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The Glory Days of Radio 1 by Robert Sellers 9781913172121
RRP: £20.00£14.91For most people in Britain in the 1970s and 1980s, Radio 1 provided the soundtrack to their lives. Commanding up to 24 million listeners a week, it was the most popular radio station in the world. An iconic institution and one of the UK's most... -
Musorgsky by David Brown 9780198165873
RRP: £25.49£22.31This is not only the first life-and-works on Musorgsky in English for over half a century but also the largest such study of the composer ever to have appeared outside Russia. Mussorgsky was one of the towering figures of nineteenth century Russian music... -
Life Is What You Make It by Peter Buffett
RRP: £13.09£11.42Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307464729Author Peter BuffettFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 181gDimensions(mm) 194mm *... -
Ian Dury: The Definitive Biography by Will Birch 9780330511483
£17.13'Does a fantastic job tracing the development of Dury's career. It also shows how Ian's life shaped his uniquely individualistic style.' Peter Hook (former Joy Division and New Order bassist), Daily Mirror. Widely described as 'punk's poet laureate', Ian... -
Fool The World: The Oral History of A Band Called Pixies by Caryn Ganz
RRP: £18.99£13.82Pixies' career spanned just seven years before the pressures of the road and personality clashes tore the band apart. But in that time they became one of the pioneers of alternative rock and left a musical legacy that would inspire generations of... -
Black Sabbath: Symptom of the Universe Mick Wall 9781409118466
RRP: £14.99£10.05'An epic tale, told the way it should be' RECORD COLLECTOR'The book he was born to write' CLASSIC ROCK MAGAZINE'An entertaining read for long-standing fans and newcomers alike' GUITARISTThe final word on the only name synonymous with heavy metal - Black... -
Garcia: A Signpost To New Space by Charles Reich 9780306812538
£13.76Jerry Garcia (1942-1995) is an American icon. The guitarist and de facto leader of the Grateful Dead was a gregarious talker, keenly engaged with the new world exploding around him. In 1972, Garcia was visited by Charles Reich, a Yale law professor, and... -
Straight by Boy George
RRP: £12.99£9.34From his days as a club face alongside Philip Sallon, Marilyn and Steve Strange, through the years of global pop superstardom with Culture Club, his rebirth as a world-class DJ, as a leading light of musical theatre with the award-winning Taboo, a... -
Band on the Bus: Around the World in a Double-Decker by Richard King 9780750970204
£12.89When nine friends set out from England in 1969 to travel the world in a double-decker bus called 'Hairy Pillock', little did they know that they would become honorary citizens of Texas, hold the keys to New York, release a record in Australia, perform... -
Fashioning the Beatles: The Looks that Shook the World by Deirdre Kelly 9781990823329
RRP: £26.99£18.84Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781990823329Author Deirdre KellyFormat HardbackPage Count 276Imprint The Sutherland House Inc.Publisher The Sutherland House Inc. -
Teenage Kicks: My Life as an Undertone by Michael Bradley 9781785581809
RRP: £16.99£15.85Michael Bradley joined his school friend's group in Derry, Northern Ireland in the summer of 1974. They had two guitars and no singer. Four years later the Undertones recorded 'Teenage Kicks', John Peel's favourite record, and became one of the most... -
The Life of Elgar by Michael Kennedy 9780521009072
RRP: £22.99£19.56This important biography of Elgar draws on letters and documents which became available in the preceding twenty-five years. Michael Kennedy, a leading scholar of British music and a distinguished musical biographer, uses this material, which includes... -
Man In the Music by Joseph Vogel
RRP: £14.99£10.43Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525566571Author Joseph VogelFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA Inc -
More Myself: A Journey by Alicia Keys 9781529046069 [USED COPY]
RRP: £20.00£2.65In her intimate memoir, More Myself, Alicia Keys shares her quest for truth: about herself, her past, and her shift from sacrificing her spirit to celebrating her worth.One of the most celebrated musicians of our time, Alicia Keys has enraptured the... -
More Myself: A Journey Alicia Keys 9781529046069
RRP: £20.00£14.29In her intimate memoir, More Myself, Alicia Keys shares her quest for truth: about herself, her past, and her shift from sacrificing her spirit to celebrating her worth.One of the most celebrated musicians of our time, Alicia Keys has enraptured the... -
Then It Fell Apart by Moby 9780571339419
RRP: £10.99£7.54*Featured in The Times' 'Best Books of the Year So Far'*What do you do when you realise you have everything you think you've ever wanted but still feel completely empty? What do you do when it all starts to fall apart? The second volume of Moby's... -
Ed Sheeran by Sean Smith
RRP: £10.99£7.46'Compelling new biography' Daily Express 'Fascinating stories' Daily Mirror 'A well-researched, entertaining look at Ed Sheeran ... Sheeran fans will... -
Deaf School: The Non-Stop Pop Art Punk Rock Party by Paul Du Noyer 9781846318603
RRP: £29.99£27.38Liverpool's dynamic music scene gave the world The Beatles. What city could hope to follow that? But 12 years later, in 1974, lightning nearly struck twice. Deaf School were a band formed in John Lennon's old art college, rehearsing in the very same... -
Rockers and Rollers: An Automotive Autobiography by Brian Johnson
RRP: £12.99£9.34By night, Brian Johnson sings in the biggest rock 'n' roll band on the planet.But by day, AC/DC's charismatic, flat-capped frontman gets to indulge his passion for all things automotive.Cars and rock 'n'roll, they were made for each other.Car racer, car... -
Hydra and the Bananas of Leonard Cohen by Roger Green 9780465027590
£30.71English poet Roger Green left the safety of God, country, and whiskey to immerse himself in an austere and sober life on the Greek Island of Hydra. But when Green discovered that his terrace overlooked the garden of sixties balladeer Leonard Cohen, he... -
Ennio Morricone: In His Own Words by Alessandro De Rosa 9780190681012
RRP: £30.99£27.17Master composer Ennio Morricone's scores go hand-in-hand with the idea of the Western film. Often considered the world's greatest living film composer, and most widely known for his innovative scores to The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly and the other... -
None of this Rocks: The brilliant first memoir by Fall Out Boy guitarist Joe Trohman Joe Trohman 9781472298997
RRP: £22.00£12.89None of This Rocks is a memoir by Joe Trohman - lead guitarist and cofounder of Fall Out Boy - that reads like a double album full of revealing stories from his youth and his experiences of modern rock and roll stardom. With wit and wisdom, and maybe... -
Fifty Shades of Crimson: Robert Fripp and King Crimson by Pete Tomsett
RRP: £25.00£19.22Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781493051021Author Pete TomsettFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint Backbeat BooksPublisher Hal Leonard Corporation -
Luigi Russolo, Futurist: Noise, Visual Arts, and the Occult by Luciano Chessa 9780520270640
RRP: £31.00£24.03Luigi Russolo (1885-1947) - painter, composer, builder of musical instruments, and first-hour member of the Italian Futurist movement - was a crucial figure in the evolution of twentieth-century aesthetics. As creator of the first systematic poetics of... -
Who by Fire: War, Atonement, and the Resurrection of Leonard Cohen by Matti Friedman
RRP: £19.99£13.56Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781954118072Author Matti FriedmanFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Spiegel & GrauPublisher Random House USA Inc -
Running Tracks: The playlist and places that made me a runner by Rob Deering
RRP: £9.99£7.05Rob Deering has been listening to music his whole life, but it was only in his mid-thirties that - much to his surprise - he found himself falling in love with the hugely popular, nearly perfect, sometimes preposterous activity of runningIn this vividly... -
I Slept With Joey Ramone: A Punk Rock Family Memoir by Mickey Leigh 9781439159750
RRP: £18.99£12.94Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781439159750Author Mickey LeighFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint TouchstonePublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 425g -
Beethoven: A Life in Nine Pieces by Laura Tunbridge
RRP: £10.99£7.99**WINNER of Presto Books' Best Composer Biography**NINE WORKS OF BEETHOVEN, NINE WINDOWS INTO THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF A MUSICAL GENIUS. 'We are doubly blessed that Beethoven should have led such an extraordinary life. Laura has combined the two - the... -
Miss Shirley Bassey John L. Williams 9781847249753
RRP: £12.99£8.83John L. Williams draws on original research and interviews to provide a portrait of a young woman on the cusp of stardom, whose rise to fame was in many ways symbolic of a changing world.About the AuthorJohn L. Williams is the author of six books, most... -
45 by Bill Drummond
RRP: £10.99£7.61At the age of 45, Bill Drummond is less concerned with setting the record straight as making sure it revolves at the correct speed. Whether he's recording 'Justified and Ancient' with Tammy Wynette; contemplating the dull lunacy of the Turner prize;... -
Hunky Dory (Who Knew?): The best I can remember from twenty years at the heart of '60s and '70s rock and pop by Laurence Myers 9781912892297
RRP: £20.00£9.11WHAT A STORY! WHAT A LIFE! A FASCINATING MEMOIR FROM A LEGENDARY MUSIC BUSINESS EXECUTIVE WHO... Signed the little-known David Bowie... Owned the Hunky Dory and Ziggy Stardust albums... Looked after the The Rolling Stones... ... -
Bob Dylan: The Stories Behind the Songs 1962-68 by Andy Gill
RRP: £25.00£17.63In this book, Andy Gill assess the circumstances behind Dylan's most famous songs, tracing the artist's progress from young tyro folkie to acclaimed protest singer, and through the subsequent changes which saw him invent folk-rock and transform rock 'n'... -
Magic: The David Paton Story by David Paton
RRP: £15.99£11.79Discovering The Beatles at the age of fourteen, David Paton had no idea that one day he'd work with Paul McCartney in Studio Two at Abbey Road or that he'd write a number one worldwide hit, or that he'd spend three years touring the world and recording... -
The John Lennon Letters: Edited and with an Introduction by Hunter Davies by John Lennon 9781780225036 [USED COPY]
RRP: £12.99£3.64A lifetime of letters, collected for the first time, from the legendary The Beatles musician and songwriter John LennonJohn Lennon is one of the world's greatest-ever song writers, creator of 'Help!', 'Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds', 'Imagine' and dozens... -
The John Lennon Letters: Edited and with an Introduction by Hunter Davies by John Lennon
RRP: £12.99£8.83A lifetime of letters, collected for the first time, from the legendary The Beatles musician and songwriter John LennonJohn Lennon is one of the world's greatest-ever song writers, creator of 'Help!', 'Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds', 'Imagine' and dozens... -
Why We Sing by Julia Hollander
RRP: £16.99£12.28'A must-read for anyone moved by the power of song' - Lesley Garrett, CBESinging has always been there for us, at the root of what it is to be a human being. Through personal anecdote and scientific fact-finding, this book celebrates the way song... -
Jimmy Page: The Definitive Biography by Chris Salewicz
RRP: £12.99£8.71Founder of one of the most influential and successful rock bands of all time, legendary Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page has nevertheless remained an enigma. In this definitive and comprehensive biography of his life so far, Chris Salewicz draws on his... -
AC/DC: Hell Ain't a Bad Place to Be Mick Wall 9781409135258
RRP: £14.99£10.05Mick Wall penetrates the closed world of Aussie rock legends AC/DC.AC/DC moved to Britain from Sydney in 1975, and soon set up a residency at London's Marquee Club. Their short hair (including the odd mullet), loud rock and attitude chimed well with the... -
I'll Be Your Mirror: The Collected Lyrics by Lou Reed
RRP: £25.00£17.59A 2019 Music Book of the Year, THE TIMESOut of print for several years, a comprehensive volume of Lou Reed's lyrics with brand new introductions, now updated in a new text design to include the lyrics from his final album with Metallica, Lulu.Through his... -
Birth School Metallica Death: 1983-1991 by Paul Brannigan
RRP: £14.99£10.06Metallica have sold in excess of 100 million albums and won seven Grammys. Their journey from scuzzy Los Angeles garages to the stages of the world's biggest stadia has been an epic and often traumatic one, and one of the few truly great rock 'n' roll...