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  • Sgt. Pepper and the Beatles: It Was Forty Years Ago Today by Julien, Olivier
    Olivier Julien

    Sgt. Pepper and the Beatles: It Was Forty Years Ago Today

    The first concept album in the history of popular music, the soundtrack of the Summer of Love or 'Hippy Symphony No. 1': Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is first and foremost the album that gave rise to 'hopes of progress in pop music'...
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  • Hardcore, Punk, and Other Junk: Aggressive Sounds in Contemporary Music by Abbey, Eric James
    Eric James Abbey

    Hardcore, Punk, and Other Junk: Aggressive Sounds in Contemporary Music

    Hardcore, Punk, and Other Junk: Aggressive Sounds in Contemporary Music, edited by Eric James Abbey and Colin Helb, is a collection of writings on music that is considered aggressive throughout the world. From local underground bands in Detroit, Michigan to bands in Puerto Rico...
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  • Counterculture Kaleidoscope: Musical and Cultural Perspectives on Late Sixties San Francisco by Zimmerman, Nadya
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    Nadya Zimmerman

    Counterculture Kaleidoscope: Musical and Cultural Perspectives on Late Sixties San Francisco

    Forty years after the fact, 1960s counterculture---personified by hippies, protest, and the Summer of Love---basks in a nostalgic glow in the popular imagination as a turning point in modern American history and the end of the age of innocence. Yet, while the era has...
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  • Record Makers and Breakers: Voices of the Independent Rock 'n' Roll Pioneers by Broven, John
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    John Broven

    Record Makers and Breakers: Voices of the Independent Rock 'n' Roll Pioneers

    This volume is an engaging and exceptional history of the independent rock 'n' roll record industry from its raw regional beginnings in the 1940s with R & B and hillbilly music through its peak in the 1950s and decline in the 1960s. John Broven...
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  • The Velvet Underground by Witts, Richard
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    Richard Witts

    The Velvet Underground

    Looks at The Velvet Underground, its history and aftermath.Author: Richard WittsISBN-10: 190476827XISBN-13: 9781904768272Publisher: Equinox PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/31/2006Pages: 184Format: Paperback
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  • Hardcore Troubadour: The Life and Near Death of Steve Earle by St John, Lauren
    Lauren St John

    Hardcore Troubadour: The Life and Near Death of Steve Earle

    A biography of a legendary singer and song-writer, written with his exclusive and unfettered cooperation, this is the life behind the award-winning and bestselling albums of Steve Earle, rebel, rocker, Nashville legend. Steve Earle is the musicians' idol - 'my hero' to Emmylou Harris...
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  • Prince: The Making of a Pop Music Phenomenon by Hawkins, Stan
    Stan Hawkins

    Prince: The Making of a Pop Music Phenomenon

    The career of the prolific pop artist Prince has become inextricably intertwined with the history of popular music since the late 1970s. This multi-instrumental icon, who remains one of the highest-grossing live performers in America, has been called a genius for his musicianship, composition...
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  • 100 Greatest 80s Pop Songs: The Stories Behind Pop Music of the 1980s by Mastropolo, Frank
    Frank Mastropolo

    100 Greatest 80s Pop Songs: The Stories Behind Pop Music of the 1980s

    Author: Frank MastropoloISBN-13: 9798999927972Publisher: Edgar Street BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/02/2026Pages: 100Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.32lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.21d
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  • Big Dream and Broken Hands: The Unbelievable truth of the Music Industry by Whitehouse, Nigel
    Nigel Whitehouse

    Big Dream and Broken Hands: The Unbelievable truth of the Music Industry

    What happens when a shy kid and his mates in the Forest of Dean start a band for a bit of fun, only to find themselves catapulted to global stardom? This raw, unflinching memoir follows that incredible journey from bedroom rehearsals to platinum albums...
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  • Songs, Albums & Quotes of The Doobie Brothers: An Introduction for Gen Z by Geist, James Curtis
    James Curtis Geist

    Songs, Albums & Quotes of The Doobie Brothers: An Introduction for Gen Z

    The Doobie Brothers are an American Rock band that formed in San Jose California in 1970. The band is marked by dual-lead guitars and vocal harmonies with their greatest success coming in the late 1970's. They found an audience among the Northern California biker...
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  • Picturing Prince: An Intimate Portrait: A Intimate Portrait Featuring Unseen Photography by Parke, Steve
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    Steve Parke

    Picturing Prince: An Intimate Portrait: A Intimate Portrait Featuring Unseen Photography

    Featuring a mix of never-seen-before and rare photographs of Prince, alongside written vignettes about working at Paisley Park with the icon, Steve Parke's book is essential for Prince fans PICTURING PRINCE sees the late icon's former art director, STEVE PARKE, revealing stunning intimate photographs...
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  • Deep Purple and Rainbow Revised Edition: Every Album, Every Song by Pilkington, Steve
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    Steve Pilkington

    Deep Purple and Rainbow Revised Edition: Every Album, Every Song

    Few would deny that Deep Purple were one of the most influential and popular heavy rock bands to emerge from the melting pot of the late 1960s. They went through several line-up changes and stylistic shifts, before splitting up for the first time in...
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  • The Sound of the Machine: My Life in Kraftwerk and Beyond by Bartos, Karl
    Karl Bartos

    The Sound of the Machine: My Life in Kraftwerk and Beyond

    Karl Bartos, founding member of seminal German band, Kraftwerk."A full-blooded insider's account of life inside the Kling Klang studio. This is a must read for the robots' fans." Prog MagazineAs a core member of Kraftwerk, some of the most beautiful, era-defining music has been...
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  • We Were Here: A History of Black People and Alternative Music by Phillips, Stephanie
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    Stephanie Phillips

    We Were Here: A History of Black People and Alternative Music

    A long-overdue corrective to the history of rock 'n' roll and alternative music, repopulating it with the extraordinary Black artists and influential figures who steered its course The history of rock and roll and alternative music is often told in bold, sweeping, isolated moments...
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  • So You Think You Know About The Beatles? by Shears, Billy
    Billy Shears

    So You Think You Know About The Beatles?

    "So You Think You Know About The Beatles?" is a unique collection of facts and trivia about The Beatles. Broken down by every album they released and also by group members, the book is jam-packed with little-known information about the Fab Four.Packed with original...
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  • Cornell '77 Lib/E: The Music, the Myth, and the Magnificence of the Grateful Dead's Concert at Barton Hall by Heller, Johnny
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    Johnny Heller

    Cornell '77 Lib/E: The Music, the Myth, and the Magnificence of the Grateful Dead's Concert at Barton Hall

    On May 8, 1977, at Barton Hall, on the Cornell University campus, in front of 8,500 eager fans, the Grateful Dead played a show so significant that the Library of Congress inducted it into the National Recording Registry. The band had just released Terrapin...
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  • Nerd Girl Rocks Paradise City: A True Story of Faking It in Hair Metal L.A. by Soffee, Anne Thomas
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    Anne Thomas Soffee

    Nerd Girl Rocks Paradise City: A True Story of Faking It in Hair Metal L.A.

    After college, Anne Thomas Soffee journeyed to Los Angeles to start a career as a rock journalist and small-time heavy metal flack. This hilarious peek into the early years of the hair-band era reveals the hierarchy of fishnets, bustiers, and chicks with the Holy...
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  • The Musical Lives of Charles Manson: The Beatles, the Beach Boys, and the Invention of the Sixties -or, No Sense Makes Sense by Tochka, Nicholas
    Nicholas Tochka

    The Musical Lives of Charles Manson: The Beatles, the Beach Boys, and the Invention of the Sixties -or, No Sense Makes Sense

    Nicholas Tochka analyzes the role of rock music in the life of Charles Manson, the Family, and the August 1969 Tate-LaBianca killings, which also gives larger insight into Sixties counterculture. Failed singer-songwriter. Devious cult leader. A rock Pied Piper. The product of a sick...
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  • Turbo-Folk Music and Cultural Representations of National Identity in Former Yugoslavia by Čvoro, Uros
    Uros Čvoro

    Turbo-Folk Music and Cultural Representations of National Identity in Former Yugoslavia

    Turbo-folk music is the most controversial form of popular culture in the new states of former Yugoslavia. Theoretically ambitious and innovative, this book is a new account of popular music that has been at the centre of national, political and cultural debates for over...
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  • I Drum, Therefore I Am: Being and Becoming a Drummer by Smith, Gareth Dylan
    Gareth Dylan Smith

    I Drum, Therefore I Am: Being and Becoming a Drummer

    Despite their central role in many forms of music-making, drummers have been largely neglected in the scholarly literature on music and education. But kit drummers are increasingly difficult to ignore. While exponents of the drum kit are frequently mocked in popular culture, they are...
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  • Political Rock. Edited by Mark Pedelty and Kristine Weglarz by Weglarz, Kristine
    Kristine Weglarz

    Political Rock. Edited by Mark Pedelty and Kristine Weglarz

    Political Rock features luminary figures in rock music that have stood out not only for their performances, but also for their politics. The book opens with a comparative, cultural history of artists who have played important roles in social movements. Individual chapters are devoted...
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  • Adapting Idols: Authenticity, Identity and Performance in a Global Television Format by Bruin, Joost De
    Joost De Bruin

    Adapting Idols: Authenticity, Identity and Performance in a Global Television Format

    Since the first series of Pop Idol aired in the UK just over a decade ago, Idols television shows have been broadcast in more than forty countries all over the world. In all those countries the global Idols format has been adapted to local...
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  • Turkish Metal: Music, Meaning, and Morality in a Muslim Society by Hecker, Pierre
    Pierre Hecker

    Turkish Metal: Music, Meaning, and Morality in a Muslim Society

    Turkish Metal journeys deep into the heart of the Turkish heavy metal scene, uncovering the emergence, evolution, and especially the social implications of this controversial musical genre in a Muslim society. The book applies an ethnographic approach in order to study social and cultural...
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  • The History of Live Music in Britain, Volume I: 1950-1967: From Dance Hall to the 100 Club by Frith, Simon
    Simon Frith

    The History of Live Music in Britain, Volume I: 1950-1967: From Dance Hall to the 100 Club

    The social history of music in Britain since 1950 has long been the subject of nostalgic articles in newspapers and magazines, nostalgic programmes on radio and television and collective memories on music websites, but to date there has been no proper scholarly study. The...
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  • Men, Masculinity and the Beatles by King, Martin
    Martin King

    Men, Masculinity and the Beatles

    Drawing on methodologies and approaches from media and cultural studies, sociology, social history and the study of popular music, this book outlines the development of the study of men and masculinities, and explores the role of cultural texts in bringing about social change. It...
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  • The Beatles in Japan by Stevens, Carolyn S.
    Carolyn S. Stevens

    The Beatles in Japan

    Following their first tour to Japan in 1966, the Beatles would become an important part of Japan's postwar cultural development and its deepening relationship with the West. By the 1960s Japan's dramatic rise in prosperity and the self-confidence of the country's 'economic miracle' period...
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  • Rockin' Out of the Box: Gender Maneuvering in Alternative Hard Rock by Schippers, Mimi
    Mimi Schippers

    Rockin' Out of the Box: Gender Maneuvering in Alternative Hard Rock

    Given the long history of feminism and its contested place in popular culture, important, practical questions arise: What effect, if any, have feminist ideas and practices had on the lives of young men and women who grew up with them? How do these individuals...
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  • Wounds to Bind: A Memoir of the Folk-Rock Revolution by Burgan, Jerry
    Jerry Burgan

    Wounds to Bind: A Memoir of the Folk-Rock Revolution

    The birth of folk rock comes to life in Wounds to Bind: A Memoir of the Folk Rock Revolution, Jerry Burgan's unforgettable memoir of the pre-psychedelic 1960s. As a naive folksinger from Pomona, California, Burgan would find himself thrust in his teenage years to...
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  • Baby Boomer Rock 'n' Roll Fans: The Music Never Ends by Kotarba, Joseph A.
    Joseph A. Kotarba

    Baby Boomer Rock 'n' Roll Fans: The Music Never Ends

    Based on 18 years of sociological research and 52 years of rock 'n' roll fandom, Baby Boomer Rock 'n' Roll Fans: The Music Never Ends draws on data collected from participant observations and interviews with artists, fans, and producers to explore our aging rock...
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  • Off the Record: 25 Years of Music Street Press by Sennett, Sean
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    Sean Sennett

    Off the Record: 25 Years of Music Street Press

    Bringing together the best writings from Australia's street press, this collection pays homage to the last 25 years of rock 'n' roll. Many of the pieces included come from the pages of Time Off, the first free music weekly in Australia, which began in...
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  • Freddie Mercury: By the Man Who Knew Him Best by Freestone, Peter
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    Peter Freestone

    Freddie Mercury: By the Man Who Knew Him Best

    The most authentic memoir of Freddie Mercury--now in the Remastered Series from Omnibus Press.Peter Freestone was Freddie Mercury's personal assistant for the last 12 years of his life. He lived with Mercury in London, Munich, and New York, and was by his side when...
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  • Bruce Springsteen 1973-1987: Every Album Every Song by Starkey, David
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    David Starkey

    Bruce Springsteen 1973-1987: Every Album Every Song

    One of rock and roll's iconic figures, Bruce Springsteen produced his most influential, and many would argue his greatest body of work from 1973 to 1987. During that time, he released eight studio albums, along with the mammoth live album Live/1975-1985. Among these records...
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  • Def Leppard: Every Album, Every Song by Robinson, Scott
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    Scott Robinson

    Def Leppard: Every Album, Every Song

    LEGENDARY BRITISH HARD ROCK BANK In the beginning, there was Led Zeppelin - and Black Sabbath, and Deep Purple, the progenitors of British heavy metal, a musical form that wildly expanded the terrain of rock in the early Seventies. And as that decade progressed,...
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  • Horseshoes and Hand Grenades: Tales from the Other Mötley Crüe Frontman and Journeys Through a Life in and Out of Rock and Roll by Corabi
    Corabi

    Horseshoes and Hand Grenades: Tales from the Other Mötley Crüe Frontman and Journeys Through a Life in and Out of Rock and Roll

    In Horseshoes and Hand Grenades, John Corabi recounts his life from the mean streets of Philadelphia to the Sunset Strip. Take a look behind the scenes at Corabi's time fronting Mötley Crüe, Union, and The Dead Daisies, as well as his time playing rhythm...
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  • Shake It Off, Stir It Up: A Taylor Swift-Inspired Cocktail Guide for the Ultimate Swifties by Kurry, Hannah
    Hannah Kurry

    Shake It Off, Stir It Up: A Taylor Swift-Inspired Cocktail Guide for the Ultimate Swifties

    Shake It Off, Stir It Up: A Taylor Swift-Inspired Cocktail Guide for the Ultimate Swifties is the perfect companion for any fan looking to add a splash of Taylor magic to their next gathering. Inside, you'll discover everything from a whimsical "Lavender Haze" concoction...
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  • One Chord Wonders: Power and Meaning in Punk Rock by Laing, Dave
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    Dave Laing

    One Chord Wonders: Power and Meaning in Punk Rock

    Originally published in 1985, One Chord Wonders was the first full-length study of the glory years of British punk rock. The book argues that one of punk's most significant political achievements was to expose the operations of power in the British entertainment industries as...
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  • Rock and Hard Places: Travels to Backstages, Frontlines and Assorted Sideshows by Mueller, Andrew
    Andrew Mueller

    Rock and Hard Places: Travels to Backstages, Frontlines and Assorted Sideshows

    Andrew Mueller is Australian by birth, a Londoner by choice, a wanderer by nature, and a journalist by profession. Unable to decide between being a rock critic, travel writer, or foreign correspondent, he hit upon the novel, if time-consuming, solution of trying to be...
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  • Jim Croce for Ukulele by Croce, Jim
    Jim Croce

    Jim Croce for Ukulele

    (Ukulele). Play 20 great melodies from the beloved singer songwriter on your ukulele. Songs include: Bad, Bad Leroy Brown * I Got a Name * I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song * Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels) *...
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  • Mr. Moonlight: Brian Epstein and the Making of the Beatles by Norman, Philip
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    Philip Norman

    Mr. Moonlight: Brian Epstein and the Making of the Beatles

    The definitive, comprehensive biography of Brian Epstein--the man who built the Beatles. There will never be another pop manager like Brian Epstein, the young record-retailer from Liverpool behind the 20th century's greatest romance. Having achieved his much-derided aim of making the Beatles "bigger than...
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  • Livin' Just to Find Emotion: Journey and the Story of American Rock by Golland, David Hamilton
    David Hamilton Golland

    Livin' Just to Find Emotion: Journey and the Story of American Rock

    "Golland leaves no stone unturned in this fine-grained chronicle of the rock group Journey.... Golland's passion and precision make this a pleasure." - Publishers Weekly, Starred Review "A welcome study of one of rock's most enduring musical fusions." - Salon Since exploding on the...
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  • Cognitive Dissident: Conversations with the The's Matt Johnson by Johnson, Matt
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    Matt Johnson

    Cognitive Dissident: Conversations with the The's Matt Johnson

    Matt Johnson, lead singer of seminal post punk band, The The, bares all in this meditation on creativity, love and loss, with writer James Wood.Cognitive Dissident may begin in the music biography tradition, but it quickly becomes something deeper. Born out of years of...
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  • Life Goes On: The Lessons We Learned From Eighties Music by Shoars, Eric J.
    Eric J. Shoars

    Life Goes On: The Lessons We Learned From Eighties Music

    Author: Eric J. ShoarsISBN-13: 9798218689964Publisher: Oliver Hazard PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/03/2025Pages: 226Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.79lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.61d
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  • Lost In A Distant Dream: Rainbow 1982-84, 1994-97, 2016-19 by Davies, Roy
    Roy Davies

    Lost In A Distant Dream: Rainbow 1982-84, 1994-97, 2016-19

    First published in 2002, Roy Davies' Rainbow Rising was the first biography of Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow. It chronicled the beginnings, break-ups and numerous line-up changes of Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow up to 1997. The biography was a starting point and was well-received.Over the two decades...
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  • When Evening Falls: Rainbow 1974-77 by Davies, Roy
    Roy Davies

    When Evening Falls: Rainbow 1974-77

    First published in 2002, Roy Davies' Rainbow Rising was the first biography of Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow. It chronicled the beginnings, break-ups and numerous line-up changes of Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow up to 1997. The biography was a starting point and was well-received.Over the two decades...
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  • Searching In The Darkness: Rainbow 1978-81 by Davies, Roy
    Roy Davies

    Searching In The Darkness: Rainbow 1978-81

    First published in 2002, Roy Davies' Rainbow Rising was the first biography of Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow. It chronicled the beginnings, break-ups and numerous line-up changes of Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow up to 1997. The biography was a starting point and was well-received.Over the two decades...
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  • Kayleigh & Beyond: The Story of Marillion From chart hits to cult epics by Catanoso, Luca
    Luca Catanoso

    Kayleigh & Beyond: The Story of Marillion From chart hits to cult epics

    From the success of "Kayleigh" to the epic suites that defined a genre: this book retraces the extraordinary story of Marillion - from their beginnings in Aylesbury to the Jester years, the Direct-to-Fan revolution, and the legendary Weekenders that turned their audience into a...
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  • Street Corner Talking, the Autobiography of Kim Simmonds: The Life and Music of the Founder and Guitarist of Savoy Brown by Simmonds, Kim
    Kim Simmonds

    Street Corner Talking, the Autobiography of Kim Simmonds: The Life and Music of the Founder and Guitarist of Savoy Brown

    In this candid autobiography, Kim Simmonds, legendary guitarist and founder of Savoy Brown, shares his six-decade journey in blues-rock. From discovering the blues in post-WWII Wales to leading one of Britain's most enduring bands, Simmonds recounts Savoy Brown's rise to international fame, particularly in...
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  • The Story of the Christmas No. 1: Mistletoe & Vinyl by Burrows, Marc
    Marc Burrows

    The Story of the Christmas No. 1: Mistletoe & Vinyl

    Marc Burrows explores the peculiarly British cultural phenomenon of the Christmas singles chart. The festive top spot was something that, prior to 1973, wasn't particularly important but has since become a cornerstone of the December news cycle and, for years, an annual cultural moment...
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  • Tina Turner Bio: How One Woman Transformed Pain Into Art And Empowerment by Max, Cotton
    Cotton Max

    Tina Turner Bio: How One Woman Transformed Pain Into Art And Empowerment

    Tina Turner: How One Woman Transformed Pain Into Art and Empowerment Tina Turner's life is more than just a story of fame and music-it is a testament to resilience, reinvention, and the power of self-belief. From a small-town girl in Nutbush, Tennessee, to the...
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  • Black Sabbath and the Rise of Heavy Metal Music by Cope, Andrew L.
    Andrew L. Cope

    Black Sabbath and the Rise of Heavy Metal Music

    The definition of 'heavy metal' is often a contentious issue and in this lively and accessible text Andrew Cope presents a refreshing re-evaluation of the rules that define heavy metal as a musical genre. Cope begins with an interrogation of why, during the late...
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