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Michael Tippett: The Biography Oliver Soden 9781474606035
RRP: £14.99£10.05'A delight to read' Philip Pullman'Essential reading ... a genuine landmark publication' Tom ServiceA BBC Radio 4 'Book of the Week'The music of the British composer Michael Tippett - including the oratorio A Child of Our Time, five operas, and four... -
The Who: Concert Memories from the Classic Years, 1964-1976 by Edoardo Genzolini
RRP: £54.99£37.01Most know that the legendary English rock band the Who performed concerts at ear-splitting volume, smashed their instruments, and became one of the worlds most influential groups. Their period from 1964 to 1976 saw the creation of such classic songs as... -
John McLaughlin: From Miles and Mahavishnu to The 4th Dimension by Matt Phillips 9781538170946
RRP: £30.00£27.08In the hierarchy of British jazz & rock musicians, the electrifying guitarist, composer, and bandleader John McLaughlin arguably holds an unassailable position at the very top. Across dozens of official studio and live albums that encompass solo acts,... -
Different Every Time: The Authorised Biography of Robert Wyatt by Marcus O'Dair
RRP: £16.99£12.87Robert Wyatt started out as the drummer and singer for Soft Machine, who shared a residency at Middle Earth with Pink Floyd and toured America with Jimi Hendrix. He brought a Bohemian and jazz outlook to the 60s rock scene, having honed his drumming... -
I am Damo Suzuki by Paul Woods 9781783059713
RRP: £16.99£12.87By the time The Fall released `I Am Damo Suzuki' in the mid-1980s, the elusive legend to which the song paid tribute had returned to music. Since making his name as the vocalist of the great German band Can, Kenji `Damo' Suzuki has united a vast range of... -
Tupac Shakur: The Life and Times of an American Icon by Fred L. Johnson
RRP: £14.99£11.59In 1996 Tupac Shakur, one of the most talented artists of his time, was murdered by an unknown gunman. Fred L. Johnson and Tayannah Lee McQuillar examine the theories surrounding his death and the story of Tupac's lost legacy in this definitive biography... -
Do What You Want: The Story of Bad Religion by Bad Religion
RRP: £14.99£11.85DO WHAT YOU WANT: The Story of Bad Religion reveals the ups and downs of the band's 40-year career. From their beginnings as teenagers jamming in a San Fernando Valley garage dubbed "The Hell Hole" to headlining major music festivals around the world, DO... -
Erik Satie by Mary E. Davis
£18.24A musical composer who dabbled in the Dada movement, a Bohemian gymnopediste of fin-de-siecle Montmartre, and a legendary dresser known as The Velvet Gentleman for his sartorial choices, Erik Satie was nearly unprecedented in technique, style and... -
Leonard Cohen, Untold Stories: From This Broken Hill, Volume 2 by Michael Posner
RRP: £25.00£16.49The second volume of the extraordinary life of the great music and literary icon Leonard Cohen, in the words of those who knew him best.Poet, novelist, singer-songwriter, artist, prophet, icon-there has never been a figure like Leonard Cohen. He was a... -
Why Karen Carpenter Matters by Karen Tongson 9780571369003
RRP: £8.99£6.28A PITCHFORK MUSIC BOOK OF THE YEARA radical, literary and intimate insight into one of the twentieth century's most vital vocalists. 'Tongson serves up a number of astute observations about fantasy, projection, longing, normalcy, and aberrance.' ... -
Some Sunny Day by Dame Vera Lynn
RRP: £8.99£6.22The remarkable autobiography of the last great wartime icon. Born Vera Welch on 20 March, 1917 in the East End of London, Dame Vera Lynn's career was set from an early age - along with her father, who also did a 'turn', she sang in Working... -
Rock 'n' Roll Sweepstakes: The Official Biography of Ian Hunter (Volume 2) by Campbell Devine
RRP: £20.00£15.51Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781787602502Author Campbell DevineFormat HardbackPage Count 528Imprint Music Sales LtdPublisher Music Sales Ltd -
Long Time Gone: The Perfect Harmony and Imperfect Lives of the Everly Brothers by Mark Ribowsky 9781493077786
RRP: £25.00£17.62The Everly Brothers—aka Don and Phil to fans with an intimate appreciation for them—seemed to exist almost as an apparition. Emerging within the formative era for young Baby Boomer during the blandly regimented ‘50s, they were a ubiquitous presence, clad... -
Leonard Cohen, Untold Stories: That's How the Light Gets In, Volume 3 by Michael Posner
RRP: £25.00£18.30The extraordinary life of one of the world's greatest music and literary icons, in the words of those who knew him best.Poet, novelist, singer-songwriter, artist, prophet, icon-there has never been a figure like Leonard Cohen. He was a true giant in... -
The Good, The Bad, and The Leftover Crack by John Gentile
RRP: £14.99£10.14An oral history in the vein of Please Kill MeLeftoever Crack is a band of drug abusing, dumpster diving, cop-hating, queer positive, pro-choice, crust punks that successfully blend ska-punk, pop, hip-hop and death metal genres. They've been banned from... -
Nonbinary: A Memoir by Genesis P-Orridge
RRP: £19.99£13.46A revealing memoir from a pioneering industrial musician and visual artist who inspired generations of outsiders, rebels, and risk-takers In a memoir spanning decades of artistic risk-taking, Genesis P-Orridge, the inventor of "industrial music,"... -
We Are The Clash: Reagan, Thatcher, and the Last Stand of a Band That Mattered by Mark Andersen
RRP: £18.95£13.31Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781617752933Author Mark AndersenFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Akashic Books,U.S.Publisher Akashic Books,U.S. -
Infinite Dreams: The Life of Alan Vega by Laura Davis-Chanin 9781493072484
RRP: £30.00£22.38Best known for co-founding the early punk duo Suicide, Alan Vega lived a complex and labyrinthine life, driven by a desire to express himself uncompromisingly through art. From his first sketch in art class at Brooklyn College to the 2021 release of the... -
Traveling Music: The Soundtrack to My Life and Times by Neil Peart
RRP: £18.99£13.15Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781550226669Author Neil PeartFormat PaperbackPage Count 450Imprint ECW Press,CanadaPublisher ECW Press,CanadaWeight(grams) 650g -
Sympathy for the Drummer: Why Charlie Watts Matters by Mike Edison
RRP: £18.99£14.54Sympathy for the Drummer: Why Charlie Watts Matters is both a gonzo rush capturing the bristling energy of the Rolling Stones and the times in which they lived and a wide-eyed reflection on why the Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Band in the World needed the... -
Bobbie Gentry's Ode to Billie Joe by Tara Murtha
RRP: £9.99£7.89July, 1967: It seems the entire country stopped to listen to a husky voice steeped in the simmering secrets of the South tell a tragic tale of teenage suicide. So much for the Summer of Love. "Ode to Billie Joe" knocked the Beatles' "All You Need is... -
Where the Heart Beats: John Cage, Zen Buddhism, and the Inner Life of Artists by Kay Larson 9780143123477
RRP: £19.75£13.03Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143123477Author Kay LarsonPage Count 512Imprint The Penguin PressPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc -
From the Basement: A History of Emo Music and How It Changed Society by Taylor Markarian 9781642501148
RRP: £13.99£10.95Following in the footsteps of music history/biography texts such as the infamous Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk and Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto, From the Basement details the rise in popularity of rock in the... -
Neil Sedaka Rock 'n' roll Survivor: The inside story of his incredible comeback Rich Podolsky 9781908279422
RRP: £14.95£10.43From 1958 to 1963, Neil Sedaka sold 25 million records - more than anyone except Elvis Presley. He thought he could do no wrong, but a year later he was all but off the charts, swept away by The Beatles and the British Invasion - a blow he never saw... -
The Little Guide to Elton John: Wit, Wisdom and Wise Words from the Rocket Man Orange Hippo! 9781800692312
RRP: £5.99£4.56Sir Elton Hercules John has enjoyed a phenomenal career filled with success, excess and achievement. His farewell tour was announced as more than 300 dates across all corners of the glode for years. Illness, Covid-19 and other extenuating circumstances... -
Aled Jones - My Story by Aled Jones 9781784183257
RRP: £8.99£6.42Aled Jones, a choirboy with a remarkable voice, achieved more as a teenager than many adult singers do in a lifetime. His prodigious talent propelled him to international stardom; before he was 16, he had already sold more than 6 million records and had... -
The Topsy Turvy World of Gilbert and Sullivan by Keith Dockray 9781781557761
RRP: £16.00£12.43No musical partnership has enjoyed greater success during its time span, or bequeathed a more powerful and enduring legacy, than that of Gilbert and Sullivan in the later nineteenth century. Even before their first successful collaboration in 1875, both... -
Rock'n'Roll Sweepstakes: The Official Biography of Ian Hunter (Volume 1) Campbell Devine 9781787601543
RRP: £20.00£15.51Ian Hunter's fifty-year-long career and extensive repertoire of percipient, creative songs have earned him a reputation as a true rock phenomenon. This first part of a two-volume, authorised biography charts Ian's unique musical journey from his... -
Biblical: Rob Halford's Heavy Metal Scriptures by Rob Halford 9781472290854
RRP: £12.99£8.83Rob Halford's A-to-Z of Rock and Metal sees Rob to run his lively eye over all facets of the music and metal world. It's a lively encyclopaedia in which Rob shares his thoughts, memories and anecdotes on every area of the rock 'n' roll life, from tours... -
The New Bach Reader by Hans T. David 9780393319569 [USED COPY]
RRP: £19.99£8.73Through hundreds of letters, family papers, anecdotes, and records, the Bach Reader established a new approach to biography by offering original documents in impeccable translations. In The New Bach Reader, Christoph Wolff has incorporated numerous... -
The New Bach Reader by Hans T. David 9780393319569
RRP: £19.99£17.37Through hundreds of letters, family papers, anecdotes, and records, the Bach Reader established a new approach to biography by offering original documents in impeccable translations. In The New Bach Reader, Christoph Wolff has incorporated numerous... -
Who Killed Mister Moonlight: Bauhaus, Black Magick and Benediction David J. Haskins 9781911036104
RRP: £14.95£10.43`Heroic and absurd, scurrilous and profound, Who Killed Mister Moonlight? charts the descent of four intelligent young men with faces like ruby-eyed dime-store skull rings into a glittering and very modern maelstrom. Fast, compelling, and disarmingly... -
Two Steps Forward, One Step Back: My Life In The Music Business by Miles Copeland 9781911036777 [USED COPY]
RRP: £14.95£4.23My real story starts with a disaster, an unmitigated, pull-the-rug-from-under-you, clean-out-the-bank-account disaster. But had it not happened, The Police would never have risen to become the biggest rock band in the world; Jools Holland would not have... -
Two Steps Forward, One Step Back: My Life In The Music Business Miles Copeland 9781911036777
RRP: £14.95£10.43My real story starts with a disaster, an unmitigated, pull-the-rug-from-under-you, clean-out-the-bank-account disaster. But had it not happened, The Police would never have risen to become the biggest rock band in the world; Jools Holland would not have... -
Be My Baby by Ronnie Spector 9781529091571
RRP: £10.99£8.15Hailed by Rolling Stone magazine as one of the greatest rock memoirs of all time, Be My Baby is the true story of how Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Ronnie Spector carved out a space for herself against tremendous odds amid the chaos of the 1960s music scene... -
The Age of Bowie: How David Bowie Made a World of Difference by Paul Morley 9781471148118
RRP: £9.99£6.61THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'A handsome six footer with a warm and engaging personality, Davie Jones has all it takes to get to the show business heights including . . . talent.' David Bowie at 17 in May, 1964 writing his own press biography. Respected... -
Chairman at the Board: Recording the Soundtrack of a Generation by Bill Schnee
RRP: £25.00£19.22Chairman at the Board is an intimate, funny, and absorbing look at the music business by an insider who has recorded a host of the greatest musical artists of the twentieth century. Bill Schnee takes the reader inside the studio-behind the curtain-and... -
Byrds Requiem For The Timeless Volume 2 Johnny Rogan 9789529540952
RRP: £30.00£23.69Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789529540952Author Johnny RoganFormat HardbackPage Count 1248Imprint Rogan HousePublisher Rogan House -
In At The Sharp End (Stories From The Front Line Of The Music Business) by Ron McCreight
RRP: £10.99£7.99Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781398464780Author Ron McCreightFormat PaperbackPage Count 226Imprint Austin Macauley PublishersPublisher Austin Macauley Publishers -
Far And Wide: Bring That Horizon to Me! by Neil Peart
RRP: £26.99£18.26Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781770414419Author Neil PeartFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint ECW Press,CanadaPublisher ECW Press,Canada