Blues--The British Connection: The Stones, Clapton, Fleetwood Mac and the Story of Blues in Britain

Arts & Photography

Bob Brunning

Music

Helter Skelter Publishing

A Journey Through America with the Rolling Stones (Music)

Biographies & Memoirs

Robert Greenfield

Arts & Literature

A collection of the best articles about the musical geniuses behind classic surf singles like "Surfin' USA" as well as more ambitious albums like Pet Sounds, together with a number of previously unpublished pieces and some specially commissioned work. Features Nick Kent, David Leaf, Timothy White and others, with a foreword by Brian Wilson.

Back to the Beach: A Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys Reader

Xtc: Song Stories

Humor & Entertainment

Music in Dreamland is the authorized biography of Bill Nelson, best known as guitarist, singer, and songwriter with '70s art rock band Be Bop Deluxe. Be Bop came to prominence through a combination of rock theatrics and Nelson's flamboyant guitar work, moving from glam rock to new wave via the band's art rock masterwork, Sunburst Finish. After Nelson split from Be Bop Deluxe, he formed the acclaimed but short-lived Red Noise, with whom he recorded the new wave classic Sound On Sound before embarking on a solo career. He continues to record and perform live.

Music in Dreamland

Paul Sutton Reeves (temporarily in the ether)

Drugs counsellor and rock journalist Shapiro documents the favoured drug of each era of pop history and studies in detail the most famous casualties-Charlie Parker, Hendrix, Keith Moon, Jim Morrison et al-while examining the disturbing collusion between two billion-dollar industries. First published in 1988, this new edition features over 100 pages of new material on Tupac, Cobain and the rise of Acid House.

Waiting for the Man: The Story of Drugs and Popular Music

Shapiro, Harry

Paolo Hewitt, celebrated rock journalist and biographer of Oasis, The Jam and The Small Faces, has collected some of the best writings ever on mod: the music, the fashions, and the entire way of life.

The Sharper Word: A Mod Reader

No More Sad Refrains: the Life and Times of Sandy Denny

Much anticipated biography of immensely talented but ill-fated singer-songwriter and Fairport frontwoman that draws on hours of fresh interviews and unprecedented access to Sandy's personal papers and unreleased recordings. "She was a perfect British folk voice. Pure and easy." Pete Townshend "My favourite singer out of all the British girls that ever were." Robert Plant "In her strongest moments no female singer of the past ten years could touch her." Greil Marcus, 1978 Both with Fairport Convention and in her solo career, Sandy Denny had one of contemporary music's great voices - in many ways she was the English Janis Joplin - and Melody Maker voted her best female singer in 1970 and 1971. She was also a highly acclaimed songwriter, composing most of her own material. But, Sandy was troubled by her own demons, and took refuge in drink and drugs. Sandy Denny died aged 31 in 1978 in circumstances surrounded by rumour and mystery. Since her death she has been name-checked in song by Kate Bush, and her songs have been covered by Nina Simone, Nancy Griffiths and Mary Black. This is the first ever Biography. Drawing on hours of fresh interviews with Sandy's closest friends and musical collaborators and unprecedented access to her journals, diaries and unreleased recordings, Heylin has produced a moving portrait of a complex, driven and ultimately human, flawed genius who may well have been this land's greatest ever female singer-songwriter. Clinton Heylin is a highly respected historian of popular music, whose book on Dylan's recording sessions - Dylan Behind Closed Doors (1996, Penguin) - was nominated for the Ralph J. Gleason award.

Solo: The Life of Sandy Denny

CLINTON HEYLIN

Get Back: The Beatles' Let it be Disaster

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"You hear sometimes about the glamour of the road, but you get over that real fast. There are a lot of times that's no different from going to work in the morning. Still, you're either a player or you're not a player… If you just go out every three years or so, like I was doing for a while, that's when you lose your touch. If you are going to be a performer, you've got to give it your all."-Bob Dylan While most of rock's elder statesmen rarely venture far from home, the ultimate rock icon Bob Dylan has spent practically all of his life since 1986 touring the globe-including a gig at a military academy, a private convert for Japanese businessmen and a special performance for Pope John Paul II: Why? Respected Dylan expert Andrew Muir documents the ups and downs of this unprecedented trek, and finds time to tell the story of his own curious meeting with Dylan. "'Excuse me Mr. Dylan' I squeak. HE MOVES-and how-the head swivels round in an instant. Dylan is staring me in the face (or at least the rivers of swat where my face should be)and says pointedly and interrogatively: 'Yeah'…" Muir also tries to get to grips with what exactly it all means-both for Dylan and for the Bobcats: dedicated Dylan followers, like himself, who trade tapes of every show and regularly cross the globe to catch up with the latest leg of The Never Ending Tour.

The Razor's Edge: Bob Dylan and the Neverending Tour

Muir, Andrew

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