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Give the Anarchist a Cigarette Mick Farren 9780712667326
RRP: £14.99£10.95Through a long and chequered career, Mick Farren has functioned as a writer, poet, rock star, recording artist, rabble-rouser, critic and commentator, and even won a protracted obscenity trial at the Old Bailey. After resisting the idea for a long time,... -
Goodbye, Guns N' Roses: The Crime, Beauty, and Amplified Chaos of America's Most Polarizing Band by Art Tavana
RRP: £25.99£16.98Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781770415119Author Art TavanaFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint ECW Press,CanadaPublisher ECW Press,Canada -
New York Rocker: My Life in the Blank Generation with Blondie, Iggy Pop, and Others, 1974-1981 by Gary Valentine 9781560259442
RRP: £16.99£15.20Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781560259442Author Gary ValentineFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Thunder's Mouth PressPublisher Thunder's Mouth PressWeight(grams) 328gDimensions(mm)... -
Waging Heavy Peace: A Hippie Dream by Neil Young
RRP: £12.99£9.09Waging Heavy Peace is the remarkable memoir of rock icon Neil YoungNeil Young is a singular figure in the history of rock and pop culture in the last four decades, inducted not once but twice into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.Reflective, insightful and... -
Copendium by Julian Cope
RRP: £20.00£13.86Eschewing the usual criteria of chart success or acknowledged influence, the Copendium - a collection of album reviews and themed track samplers - takes energy, originality and heaviness as its bearings. The result is a feast of obscure and neglected... -
Otis Redding: An Unfinished Life by Jonathan Gould
RRP: £16.99£11.54Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307453952Author Jonathan GouldFormat PaperbackPage Count 544Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA Inc -
Popular Music and Society Brian Longhurst (University of Salford, UK) 9780745653655
RRP: £18.99£17.27The third edition of Popular Music and Society is fully revised and updated, deftly exploring the study of popular music in the context of wider debates in sociology and media and cultural studies. Astute and accessible, it continues to set the agenda... -
Thin Lizzy: Every Album, Every Song (On Track) by Graeme Stroud 9781789520644
RRP: £17.99£14.89Thin Lizzy emerged as a four-piece in Dublin as the 1960s drew to a close, when guitarist Eric Bell and keyboard player Eric Wrixon, both from Belfast, encountered a band named Orphanage, which included Dubliners Brian Downey on drums and charismatic... -
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... -
Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock 'n' Roll by Peter Guralnick
RRP: £16.99£12.54Rock 'n' roll was born in rural Alabama, 1923, in the form of Sam Phillips, the youngest son of a large family living in a remote colony called the Lovelace Community. His father had a gift for farming, which was brought to an end by the Depression. His... -
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... -
The Northern Silence: Journeys in Nordic Music and Culture by Andrew Mellor
RRP: £19.99£18.47An essential exploration of Nordic composers and musicians, and the distinctive culture that continues to shape them Once considered a musical backwater, the Nordic region is now a musical powerhouse. Conductors from Denmark and Finland dominate the... -
Richard Wagner: The Sorcerer of Bayreuth by Barry Millington
RRP: £24.95£17.35Published in the run-up to the 200th anniversary of the composer's birth in 2013, and written by one of the most distinguished Wagner scholars in the world, this will be the Wagner book of the bicentenary. Richard Wagner (1813-1883) is one of the most... -
Telling Stories by Tim Burgess
RRP: £10.99£7.77Telling Stories by Tim Burgess of The Charlatans is one of the decade's most revealing rock books 'Clear, honest. An unusually frank and well-written rock memoir' The TimesThe Charlatans. Madchester. Britpop. Taking on the world. Here are the highs, the... -
Garcia: A Signpost To New Space by Charles Reich 9780306812538
£13.66Jerry 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... -
The Blood and the Sweat: The Story of Sick of It All's Koller Brothers by Lou Koller
RRP: £16.99£11.08When it comes to New York City hardcore, its community proudly boasts Lou and Pete Koller-brothers who have dominated the scene worldwide since 1986 with the aurally devastating Sick of It All as their vehicle."One the best books ever written about... -
Asia: Every Album, Every Song (On Track) by Peter Braidis
RRP: £14.99£13.94A progressive rock supergroup? In the 1980s? Who would want such a thing critics asked, as they immediately went on the attack. But music fans disagreed. John Wetton, Geoff Downes, Steve Howe and Carl Palmer had played with the likes of King Crimson,... -
Refiner's Fire: The Academy of Ancient Music and The Historical Performance Revolution by Richard Bratby 9781783967605
RRP: £25.00£16.79‘[…] this superb account of how that glorious institution came into being will give you deep and abiding pleasure […]’ Stephen Fry When harpsichordist Christopher Hogwood and record producer Peter Wadland founded the Academy of Ancient Music in 1973,... -
Teenage Kicks: My Life as an Undertone by Michael Bradley 9781785581809
RRP: £16.99£15.28Michael 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... -
Soundscapes: A Musician's Journey through Life and Death by Paul Robertson
RRP: £9.99£6.70In 2008 Paul Robertson, the renowned violinist and leader of the Medici Quartet, suffered a ruptured aorta. After dying for a lengthy period on the operating table, he remained in a coma for many weeks. During this time, he experienced visions which... -
Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek: West Hampstead's Musical Heritage Remembered by Dick Weindling
RRP: £9.99£7.55The book explores the history of Decca Studios, where thousands of records were made between 1937 and 1980. Klooks Kleek was run next door from 1961 to 1970 in the Railway Hotel by Dick Jordan and Geoff Williams, who share their memories here. With... -
The Hip Hop Wars: What We Talk About When We Talk About Hip Hop--and Why It Matters by Tricia Rose
£16.12Hip-hop is in crisis. For the past dozen years, the most commercially successful hip-hop has become increasingly saturated with caricatures of black gangstas, thugs, pimps, and 'hos. The controversy surrounding hip-hop is worth attending to and examining... -
Sonic Youth's Daydream Nation by Matthew Stearns
RRP: £9.99£7.67"Daydream Nation" is the kind of gorgeous monstrosity (born of extremes, rife with difficulties, and mythic in proportion) that can crush the will of the most resilient, well-intentioned listener if the necessary preparations haven't been made. In this... -
Be My Baby by Ronnie Spector 9781529091571
RRP: £10.99£7.93Hailed 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... -
Orain Red by Kenneth Macleod 9780861521791
RRP: £6.99£5.87Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780861521791Author Kenneth MacleodFormat PaperbackPage Count 56Imprint AcairPublisher AcairDimensions(mm) 198mm * 128mm * 5mm -
R. Crumb Heroes of Blues, Jazz & Country by Stephen Calt
RRP: £15.99£11.35For over three decades R. Crumb has shocked, entertained, titillated and challenged the imaginations (and the inhibitions) of comics fans the world over. The acknowledged father of "underground comix," Crumb is the single greatest influence on the... -
Rockers and Rollers: An Automotive Autobiography by Brian Johnson
RRP: £12.99£9.09By 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... -
Reveal: Robbie Williams by Chris Heath
RRP: £8.99£6.22'It's much more interesting to be a little bit broken and talk about your vulnerabilities.'An intimate, funny and frank account of the moments behind the music, the truth behind the headlines and the fascinatingly complicated man behind the imperious... -
Nothing but the Blues: The Music and the Musicians Lawrence Cohn 9780789206077
RRP: £28.99£20.40It is our most passionate music, rooted in ancient Africa but brought to blossom in America at the doorstep of the twentieth century. It is a living heritage of song born in poverty, persecution, and hard labor, born of love and love betrayed, of... -
More String Time Joggers: 17 pieces for flexible ensemble by Kathy Blackwell 9780193518285
RRP: £6.95£5.43More String Time Joggers is a welcome addition to the ensemble repertoire for beginner strings from the authors of the award-winning Fiddle Time series. This exciting collection provides inventive and enjoyable ensemble material for all string groups,... -
Jason Molina: Riding with the Ghost by Erin Osmon
RRP: £14.99£10.95Erin Osmon presents a detailed, human account of the Rust Belt-born musician Jason Molina-a visionary, prolific, and at times cantankerous singer-songwriter with an autodidactic style that captivated his devoted fans. The songwriting giant behind the... -
Vinyl London: A Guide to Independent Record Shops by Tom Greig 9781788840156
RRP: £15.00£11.02London's record shop scene is at its most vital and buoyant point since the 1990s, following a resurgence of interest in vinyl over recent years. Tom Greig, who has immersed himself in the world of London's record shops for close to two decades, profiles... -
Slayer's Reign in Blood by D.X. Ferris
RRP: £9.99£7.67D.X. Ferris explores the creation of the most universally respected metal album.Slayer's controversial "Reign in Blood" remains the gold standard for extreme heavy metal: a seamless procession of ten blindingly fast songs in just twenty-eight minutes,... -
Nico: Life And Lies Of An Icon Richard Witts 9780863696558
RRP: £15.99£11.61Nico was revered as 'the most beautiful creature who ever lived'. She was Andy Warhol's femme fatale and the High Preistess of Weird, yet few knew her real name or her wretched origins. When she called herself 'a Nazi anarchist junkie', they thought she... -
Hungry Beat: The Scottish Independent Pop Underground Movement (1977-1984) Douglas MacIntyre 9781399600248
RRP: £20.00£12.05'Hungry Beat is the story of an all-too-brief era where the short-circuiting of that industry seemed viable. But hell, the times were luminous as was the music these artists made. The songs and many of the players remain, and here they tell their story... -
Best of the Beatles: The sacking of Pete Best by Spencer Leigh
RRP: £8.99£6.45This intriguing book examines the greatest Beatles mystery, which has caused endless speculation over the years - why was Pete Best sacked just as the Beatles stood on the threshold of stardom? Everyone has their own theory and Pete Best himself has... -
Beethoven for a Later Age: The Journey of a String Quartet by Edward Dusinberre 9780571317141
RRP: £10.99£7.32'They are not for you but for a later age!' Ludwig van Beethoven, on the Opus 59 quartetsBeethoven's sixteen string quartets are some of the most extraordinary and challenging pieces of music ever written. They have inspired artists of all kinds - not... -
Sugar Man: The Life, Death and Resurrection of Sixto Rodriguez by Craig Bartholomew Strydom
RRP: £12.99£9.09In the summer of 1972, during a compulsory stint in the South African military, Stephen 'Sugar' Segerman heard the music that would forever change his life. A decade later, on yet another military base, Craig Bartholomew Strydom heard the same music. It... -
Escaping the Delta: Robert Johnson and the Invention of the Blues by Elijah Wald
RRP: £11.99£7.11The life of blues legend Robert Johnson becomes the centerpiece for this innovative look at what many consider to be America's deepest and most influential music genre. Pivotal are the questions surrounding why Johnson was ignored by the core black... -
Joy Division's Unknown Pleasures by Chris Ott
RRP: £9.99£7.6733 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,...