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Seasick Steve: Ramblin' Man by Matthew Wright 9781784189884
RRP: £9.99£7.05It remains one of the most remarkable breakthroughs in music history. The nervous and dishevelled figure who played his punk-blues song 'Dog House Boogie' before Jools Holland and his dumbstruck Hootenanny audience that New Year's Eve 2006 seemed to have... -
So Much Things to Say: The Oral History of Bob Marley by Roger Steffens 9780393058451
RRP: £23.99£20.51Roger Steffens toured with Bob Marley for two weeks of his final tour of California in 1979 and the music icon was the first guest of Steffens' award-winning radio show. In So Much Things To Say, Steffens draws on a lifetime of scholarship to tell the... -
Cast a Diva: The Hidden Life of Maria Callas by Lyndsy Spence 9781803990262
RRP: £16.99£14.10Maria Callas (1923-77) was the greatest opera diva of all time. Despite a career that remains unmatched by any prima donna, much of her life was overshadowed by her fiery relationship with Aristotle Onassis, who broke her heart when he left her for... -
Sinatra: Behind the Legend by J. Randy Taraborrelli 9780330441469 [USED COPY]
RRP: £8.99£2.65In this freshly revised edition of his classic biography, bestselling author J Randy Taraborrelli takes Frank Sinatra's vast audience where it has never been before: deep inside the private life and affairs of this complex, emotional man. The reality of... -
Sinatra: Behind the Legend by J. Randy Taraborrelli
RRP: £8.99£6.80In this freshly revised edition of his classic biography, bestselling author J Randy Taraborrelli takes Frank Sinatra's vast audience where it has never been before: deep inside the private life and affairs of this complex, emotional man. The reality of... -
Jimi Hendrix's Electric Ladyland by John Perry
RRP: £9.99£7.8933 1/3 is a new series of short books about critically acclaimed and much-loved albums of the last 40 years. Focusing on one album rather than an artist's entire output, the books dispense with the standard biographical background that fans know already,... -
Dancing with Demons by Penny Valentine 9780340766743 [USED COPY]
RRP: £10.99£2.65Dusty Springfield made her name in the 60s with a string of top ten hits. Her unique singing style and distinctive bouffant blonde look made her famous throughout the world. Despite a period in the wilderness during the 70s and 80s, she was back at the... -
Dancing with Demons by Penny Valentine 9780340766743
RRP: £10.99£7.61Dusty Springfield made her name in the 60s with a string of top ten hits. Her unique singing style and distinctive bouffant blonde look made her famous throughout the world. Despite a period in the wilderness during the 70s and 80s, she was back at the... -
Who Was Bob Marley? by Katie Ellison
RRP: £4.99£4.70Bob Marley was a reggae superstar who is considered to be one of the most influential musicians of all time. Born in rural Jamaica, this musician and songwriter began his career with his band, The Wailing Wailers, in 1963. The Wailers went on to spread... -
Bitter Crop: The Heartache and Triumph of Billie Holiday's Last Year Paul Alexander 9781837262410
RRP: £20.00£14.07Bitter Crop is an unconventional portrait of arguably America's most eminent jazz singer. Acclaimed biographer Paul Alexander shrewdly focuses on the last year of her life - with relevant flashbacks to provide context - to evoke and examine the... -
You Are Beautiful and You Are Alone: The Biography of Nico by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike
RRP: £12.99£8.80A ROUGH TRADE, MOJO, UNCUT & LOUDER THAN WAR BOOK OF THE YEARSHORTLISTED FOR THE RALPH J. GLEASON MUSIC BOOK AWARDA redemptive, myth-shattering biography of one of the twentieth century's most underestimated creative and artistic forces.'Here is the... -
That Guy Fae the Corries by Ronnie Browne
RRP: £9.99£7.32With his musical partner, Roy Williamson, Ronnie Browne became a national and international figure as one half of The Corries. His autobiography describes his childhood in war time and the austerity Britain of the 1950s and 60s, his musical career... -
Hey Hi Hello: Five Decades of Pop Culture from Britain's First Female DJ by Annie Nightingale
RRP: £10.99£5.77A ROUGH TRADE BOOK OF THE YEAR'A joy to read' Guardian'I loved this book' Irvine Welsh 'What a story! I adored it' Lauren LaverneAs a DJ and broadcaster on radio, tv and the live music scene, Annie has been an invigorating and necessarily disruptive... -
Touching From a Distance by Deborah Curtis
RRP: £12.99£8.80The only in-depth biographical account of the legendary lead singer of Joy Division, written by his widow. Includes a foreword by Jon Savage and an introduction by Joy Division drummer, Steven Morris. Revered by his peers and idolized by his fans,... -
Mister Good Times by Norman Jay
RRP: £12.99£4.59THE LIFE STORY OF THE LEGENDARY BRITISH DJ, NORMAN JAY MBE 'Full of the heart and spirit Norman Jay brings to his music, but it also offers a salutary account of growing up as part of the Windrush generation in London's Notting Hill, the violence and... -
They Don't Need to Understand: Stories of Hope, Fear, Family, Life, and Never Giving In by Andy Biersack
RRP: £18.99£12.93Before he was the charismatic singer of Black Veil Brides and an accomplished solo artist under the Andy Black moniker, he was Andrew Dennis Biersack, an imaginative and creative kid in Cincinnati, Ohio, struggling with anxiety, fear, loneliness, and the... -
All Gates Open: The Story of Can by Rob Young
RRP: £14.99£10.06'A real treat for Can fans.' SpectatorAll Gates Open is the definitive story of the most influential and revered avant-garde band of the late twentieth century: Can. In part one, Rob Young gives us the full biography- an in-depth and exhilarating history... -
Unrequited Infatuations: A Memoir Stevie Van Zandt 9781474622158
RRP: £10.99£7.61'A wonderfully original take on a Rock and Roll autobiography' Paul McCartney'An inimitable Rock 'n' Roll life told as boldly as it was lived' Bruce SpringsteenWhat story begins in a bedroom in suburban New Jersey in the early '60s, unfolds on some of... -
Nigel Kennedy Uncensored! by Nigel Kennedy
RRP: £25.00£18.30Nigel Kennedy changed the course of classical music in the late 1980s with his interpretation of Vivaldi's 'Four Seasons'. He was revolutionary: in his performance and presentation; in his technique and his open-minded attitude. A natural boundary-pusher... -
Louis Armstrong's New Orleans by Thomas Brothers
RRP: £23.50£20.33In the early twentieth century, New Orleans was a place of colliding identities and histories, and Louis Armstrong was a gifted young man of psychological nimbleness. A dark-skinned, impoverished child, he grew up under low expectations, Jim Crow... -
Oasis the Truth: My Life as Oasis's Drummer by Tony McCarroll 9781843584995
RRP: £9.99£7.05In 1991, five wannabe Mancunian musicians came together and cracked a spark that was to ignite the explosion which became Oasis. The band went from obscurity to become a global phenomenon in the space of a year, achieving world-wide recognition and... -
Some Fantastic Place: My Life In and Out of Squeeze Chris Difford 9781474605687
RRP: £9.99£7.00Longlisted for the Penderyn Music Book PrizeOver the course of a thirteen-album and multi-award-winning career with Squeeze, it was clear from the very beginning that Chris Difford has few peers when it comes to smart, pithy lyricism. In Some Fantastic... -
Wild Thing: The short, spellbinding life of Jimi Hendrix by Philip Norman 9781474611503 [USED COPY]
RRP: £12.99£2.65'Arguably the greatest instrumentalist in the history of rock music,' says Jimi Hendrix's citation in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. James Marshall Hendrix remains unique as an African American who broke out of the traditional 'Black' genres of blues,... -
Wild Thing: The short, spellbinding life of Jimi Hendrix Philip Norman 9781474611503
RRP: £12.99£8.83Almost 50 years after his lonely death, Hendrix is the abiding symbol of musical genius cut tragically short. Wild Thing will be the first biography to bring together the splendour and sadness of his brief life, and to attempt to unravel the... -
Harry Styles: The Making of a Modern Man by Sean Smith
RRP: £9.99£6.84'Fascinating and authoritative' The Daily Express Sunday Times bestselling author Sean Smith tells the extraordinary story of a modern cultural icon: Harry Styles. Harry Styles has... -
Things The Grandchildren Should Know by Mark Oliver Everett
RRP: £12.99£8.83How does one young man survive the deaths of his entire family and manage to make something worthwhile of his life? In Things The Grandchildren Should Know Mark Oliver Everett tells the story of what it's like to grow up the insecure son of a genius in a... -
Harry Styles Legends Alphabet by Beck Feiner 9780645851434
RRP: £14.99£10.14From Watermelon Sugar to Adore You, Matilda to As It Was, Harry Styles Legends Alphabet is a swooning, pop-filled voyage through the greatest hits of Britain's brightest star. Put on your flashiest suit jacket (or dress!) and get ready to fall... -
Morrissey: Alone and Palely Loitering by Kevin Cummins
£12.00'One of the greatest music photographers of all time...this book is indispensable to anyone who is a fan of Morrissey, or of great photography 'Classic Pop magazine'Unsurprisingly, given Cummin's history, the photographs are beautifully composed, from... -
Madonna: An Intimate Biography of an Icon at Sixty by J. Randy Taraborrelli 9781509842803
RRP: £10.99£8.15For more than three decades, Madonna has been generating headlines and topping charts. Now J. Randy Taraborrelli has written the definitive biography of one of the richest and most successful pop stars in the world, whose music has constantly evolved... -
Can't Stand Up For Falling Down: Rock'n'Roll War Stories Allan Jones 9781408885925
RRP: £14.99£11.11The Sunday Times' Music Book of the Year 2017 Allan Jones launched Uncut magazine in 1997 and for 15 years wrote a popular monthly column called Stop Me If You've Heard This One Before, based on his experiences as a music journalist in the 70s and... -
DLR Book: How David Lee Roth Changed the World by Darren Paltrowitz 9781493072521
RRP: £18.99£13.82What does a rock star do after leaving the band? If you're David Lee Roth, you have a Las Vegas residency, write a memoir, become a radio host, start a YouTube series, star in a Japanese-language short film, launch a tattoo skincare line, and release a... -
Dylan at 80: It used to go like that, and now it goes like this by Gary Browning
RRP: £14.95£14.53Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781788360456Author Gary BrowningFormat PaperbackImprint Imprint AcademicPublisher Imprint AcademicWeight(grams) 300gDimensions(mm) 210mm * 135mm * 14mm -
The Life & Times of Malcolm McLaren: The Biography Paul Gorman 9781472121080
RRP: £30.00£20.70'I couldn't put this book down. Malcolm inspired us to make art out of our boredom and anger. He set us free' Bobby Gillespie, Primal ScreamIncluded in the Guardian 10 best music biographies'Excellent . . . With this book, Gorman convincingly moves away... -
Pet Shop Boys, Literally by Chris Heath
RRP: £18.99£14.22The Pet Shop Boys are one of the most successful and unusual bands of the last five decades. They are the pop duo that proves pop music can be modern, ecstatic and playful as well as serious and intelligent, winning them legions of devoted fans... -
Listen to My Heart (Limited): Life, Love & Roxette by Marie Fredriksson 9781948221238
RRP: £25.99£17.75LIMITED COLLECTOR'S EDITION that includes Marie's 2004 English-language solo album The Change on CD-previously unreleased in any physical format in North America-as well as bonus track "Sea of Love" (2017), the last song that Marie recorded. This edition... -
Parachute Women: Marianne Faithfull, Marsha Hunt, Bianca Jagger, Anita Pallenberg, and the Women Behind the Rolling Stones by Elizabeth Winder
RRP: £25.00£16.68The Rolling Stones have long been considered one of the greatest rock-and-roll bands of all time. At the forefront of the British Invasion and heading up the counterculture movement of the 1960s, the Stones' innovative music and iconic performances... -
Byrd by Kerry McCarthy 9780195388756
RRP: £51.00£35.91The foremost composer under the reign of Elizabeth I and James I, William Byrd (c. 1540 - 1623) produced countless masses, motets, polyphonic songs, and works for keyboard and instrumental consort, all of which rank among the most unique and inspired... -
Later ... With Jools Holland: 30 Years of Music, Magic and Mayhem by Mark Cooper 9780008424404
RRP: £10.99£7.46'You never knew what you were going to be confronted with when you went on Later...' Nick Cave 'Later... is a voyage of discovery for us as well as the viewers' Dave Grohl Dave Grohl and Alicia Keys loved it, Bjoerk... -
Love and Let Die: Bond, The Beatles and the British Psyche by John Higgs
RRP: £22.00£16.27The Beatles are the biggest band there has ever been. James Bond is the single most successful movie character of all time. They are also twins. Dr No, the first Bond film, and 'Love Me Do', the first Beatles record, were both released on the same day -... -
The Little Guide to Abba: Thank You For the Music Orange Hippo! 9781800692329
RRP: £5.99£4.56ABBA blasted their way onto the global pop scene with a Eurovision Song Contest win in 1974. The song, 'Waterloo', the band's tenth single, was a top 10 hit around the world and spurred them on to enormous chart success with singles, then albums, then...