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Shock and Awe - from the Seventies to the Twenty-First Century
As the sixties dream faded, a new flamboyant movement electrified the world: GLAM! In Shock and Awe,..
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Shoegaze
What the hell is shoegaze? A scene? A movement? A sound? Back in the Nineties, many would have ..
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Shonen Knife's Happy Hour : Food, Gender, Rock and Roll
Shonen Knife-an all-female punk trio from Osaka, Japan-cultivated a global fan base that has include..
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Short Skirts and Whiskey Shots
Tales of nights I shouldn’t have made it home alive’ by Andrea Janov is a collection of alternative ..
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Shot From Both Sides
Want to know who won a scuffle between Stoke-On-Trent punks Asylum and 80s pop stars Dexy’s Midnight..
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Shot in the Dark
Updated Edition of David Arnoff's evocative book of rock photography – including 16 new images ..
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Shouting Out Loud : Lives of the Raincoats
Art students Gina Birch and Ana da Silva formed The Raincoats in 1977. Since the release of their se..
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Shut Up You Animals!!! The Pope Is Dead - A Remembrance Of Dirk Dirksen : The History of the Mabuhay Gardens
An autobiography of Dirk Dirksen as promoter of San Francisco's legendary Mabuhay Gardens, 1974-19..
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Sick On You : The Disastrous Story of The Hollywood Brats
The Hollywood Brats are the greatest band you've never heard of. Recording one near-perfect punk alb..
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Sid Vicious : No One is Innocent
The last word on Sid Vicious - the world's most iconic punk figure. The old school register for Soho..
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Side by Side : Selected Lyrics
Selected and arranged by the authors themselves, and featuring an introduction by Jarvis Cocker, Sid..
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Sight Readings : Photographers and American Jazz, 1900-1960
This book explores the work of a wide range of American photographers attracted to jazz during the p..
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Silence Is No Reaction : Forty Years of Subhumans
Formed in Wiltshire, England, in 1980, the Subhumans are rightly held in high regard as one of ..
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Simple Dreams : A Musical Memoir
Linda Ronstadt was born in 1946 to a modest family outside Tucson. From an early age, she, her broth..
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Simple Minds: Heart of the Crowd : A Fan History
In 1985 Scottish rockers Simple Minds topped the Billboard100 with ‘Don’t You (Forget About Me)’, ..
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Simply Thrilled : The Preposterous Story of Postcard Records
They had just a few hundred pounds, one band missing a drummer, a sock drawer for an office, more dr..
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Sinatra and Me : The Very Good Years
An intimate look at the legendary Frank Sinatra by one of his closest friends. Not many people were ..
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Sing Backwards and Weep
From the back of the van to the front of the bar, from the hotel room to the emergency room, onstage..
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Siouxsie and the Banshees - The Early Years
Monday 20th September 1976 saw one of the most unexpected moments in music history when what was to ..
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Sittin' In
A rare collection of more than 200 full-color and black-and-white souvenir photographs and memorabil..
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Sixties Rock : Garage, Psychedelic, and Other Satisfactions
Unlike their rock 'n' roll predecessors, many rock musicians of the mid-sixties came to consider the..
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Slade - Six Years on the Road 1978 - 1983
The collected on-tour photographs taken by the author from Slade live shows between 1978 - 1983..
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Slade : Did You See Us?
Compiled by Chris Selby for Jim Lea Music, Did You See Us gathers fan reminiscences about when the..
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Slade In Flame At 50
SLADE IN FLAME AT 50.In full colour.A celebration of all things to do with the book, the hit album a..
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Slade in the 1970s
Slade were one of the biggest British bands of the 1970s. One of the early pioneers of gl,am rock th..
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Slade on 45 - A pictorial guide to SLADE’s international singles releases - VOLUME TWO (1977 to 1991)
A 199 page full colour pictorial guide book to Slade's worldwide releases, with amazing illustratio..
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Slade on 45 Vol 1 - A pictorial guide to SLADE's international singles releases (1964 to 1976)
A 300 page full colour pictorial guide book to Slade's worldwide releases, with amazing illustr..
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Slash: The Autobiography
The cigarette dangling from pouty lips. These are the trademarks of one of the world's greatest and ..
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Sleater-Kinney's Dig Me Out
Sleater-Kinney's 1997 album Dig Me Out is built on Corin Tucker and Carrie Brownstein's competing gu..
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Slipknot : Inside the Sickness, Behind the Masks
"The only plan right now is to kill everybody" Joey Jordison, drummer Ignoring every rule in the..
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Sly & the Family Stone : An Oral History
Their music changed pop history, but we've never known much about the people who made it...until now..
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Sly and the Family Stone's There's a Riot Goin' on
The story behind the making of the album that signaled the descent of Sylvester Sly Stone Stewart in..
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Smash! : Green Day, The Offspring, Bad Religion, NOFX, and the '90s Punk Explosion
Two decades after the Sex Pistols and the Ramones birthed punk music into the world, their artistic ..
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Smile : The Rise, Fall, and Resurrection of Brian Wilson
The story of the Brian Wilson's legendary SMiLE album from Beach Boys authority David Leaf.This is t..
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Smiling Men with Bad Reputations : The Story of Robin Williamson and Mike Heron
The Incredible String Band lit up the late 1960s music scene with their groundbreaking LPs The 5000 ..
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Smokin' Valves : A Headbanger's Guide To 900 NWOBHM Records
Taking cue from the do-it-yourself attitude of their country's punk movement, Britain's up-and-comin..
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Snakes and Ladders: My Autobiography
But before Whitesnake-and life on the road with former Deep Purple singer David Coverdale-became a c..
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Sniffin Glue
This classic book is soon back in print. All copies come with a special bonus print. Sniffi..
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Snoop Dogg: Reincarnated
The story of Snoop's musical and spiritual journey to Jamaica, reaching its culmination during the r..
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So It Started There : From Punk to Pulp
Featuring an introduction by Richard Hawley. So It Started There chronicles the life and c..
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So It Started There : From Punk to Pulp
With an introduction by Richard Hawley. So It Started There chronicles the life and career of drumme..
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So Much For The 30 Year Plan : Therapy?-The Authorised Biography
Before we recorded Infernal Love, I didn t know if I was coming or going. I developed quite a health..
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Solid Bond In Your Heart : A People's History Of The Jam
Solid Bond In Your Heart is an oral history of The Jam. They exploded onto the British music sce..
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Solid Foundation : An oral history of reggae
Solid Foundation is the definitive history of Jamaica's holy music: reggae in all its forms, from ..
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Solid State : The Story of "Abbey Road" and the End of the Beatles
Acclaimed Beatles historian Kenneth Womack offers the most definitive account yet of the writing, re..
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Solidarity Forever : The Art and Soul of Stevie Van Zandt
Solidarity Forever is the definitive account of the musical journey of the music legend of Disc..
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Some Fantastic Place : My Life In and Out of Squeeze
Over the course of a thirteen-album and multi-award-winning career with Squeeze, it was clear from t..
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Some Wear Leather, Some Wear Lace : A Worldwide Compendium of Postpunk and Goth in the 1980s
It was a scene that had many names: some original members referred to themselves as punks, others,..
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Some Weird Sin: On Tour With Iggy Pop
After splitting from the British punk band the UK Subs and relocating to Los Angeles, Alvin Gib..
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Somewhere You Feel Free : Tom Petty and Los Angeles
A complete history of Tom Petty in Los Angeles. When Tom Petty arrived in Los Angeles in 1974 in sea..
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Son of a Milkman : My Crazy Life with Tesla
Tesla's Brian Wheat lifts the lid on living the rock 'n' roll life while struggling with anxiety, de..
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Song Noir : Tom Waits and the Spirit of Los Angeles
Song Noir examines the formative first decade of Tom Waits' career, when he lived, wrote and recorde..
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Songbird
A1Fields Of Gold4:42A2Wade In The Water4:02B1Autumn Leaves4:41B2Wayfaring Stranger4:26B3Songbird3:43..
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Songbird : An Intimate Biography of Christine McVie
Christine McVie - born Christine Perfect - was the quintessentially English rock star, as both the b..
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Sonic Boom : The Impossible Rise of Warner Bros. Records, from Hendrix to Fleetwood Mac to Madonna to Prince
The roster of Warner Brothers Records and its subsidiary labels reads like the roster of the Rock ..
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Sonic Intimacy
'Sonic intimacy' is a key concept through which sound, human and technological relations can be asse..
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Sonic Life : A Memoir
A music-obsessed retrospective, beginning with his childhood epiphany of rock 'n' roll in the early ..
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Sonic Warrior
FEATURING A FOREWORD BY COREY TAYLOR OF SLIPKNOT for lack of a better term, Lou Brutus is a "Profess..
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Sonic Youth's Daydream Nation
"Daydream Nation" is the kind of gorgeous monstrosity (born of extremes, rife with difficulties, and..
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Sophisticated Giant : The Life and Legacy of Dexter Gordon
Sophisticated Giant presents the life and legacy of tenor saxophonist Dexter Gordon (1923-1990), one..
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SORE THROAT
1. I Dunno2. Complex3. Zombie Rock4. I Don't Wanna Go Home5. Kamikaze Kid6. Crackdown (Single Versio..
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Soul in Print : A History of Soul Fanzines and Magazines
Soul music remains the biggest 'underground' music scene in the world with each weekend, pre-Covid19..
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Soul Rebel
On assignment in Jamaica for Time magazine, photo-journalist David Burnett first photographed Bob ..
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Soul Survivor : The Autobiography
PP Arnold's story is that of a rich and varied life. From her early musical origins in powerhou..
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Sound Pictures: the Life of Beatles Producer George Martin, the Later Years, 1966-2016
SOUND PICTURES offers a powerful glimpse into the mind, the music, and the man behind the sound of t..
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Sour Mouth, Sweet Bottom : Lessons from a Dissolute Life
Sour Mouth, Sweet Bottom is the book Simon Napier-Bell's fans have always hoped he'd write. His prev..
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Space Age Batchelor Pad Music : The Story Of Stereolab In 20 Songs
Stereolab are one of the most fascinating guitar groups of the past fifty years, a source of constan..
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Space is the Place : The Lives and Times of Sun Ra
This ground-breaking biography is as much about Sun Ra's music as it is about his passionate, often ..
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Spaceships Over Glasgow : Mogwai and Misspent Youth
Born the son of Scotland's last telescope-maker, Stuart Braithwaite was perhaps always destined for ..
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Spanish Punk : Screaming for Democracy in a Postdictatorial State
It's 1975. Spanish dictator Francisco Franco dies and Spain begins transitioning to a democratic s..
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Sparks 1969 to 1979 On Track : Every Album, Every Song
This long-overdue book charts the career of Sparks from 1969 - 1979. Every album and every song is e..
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Sparks 1974
Hailing from Los Angeles, Sparks relocated to England in 1973. The following year saw the release of..
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Speak In Tongues : An Oral History of Cleveland's DIY Punk Venue
An important underground venue's untold history Speak in Tongues was a freewheeling..
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Special Deluxe
Special Deluxe by Neil Young - the second installment of the iconic musician's memoirs.Quirky and wo..
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Spirit of Talk Talk (Paperback)
Spirit of Talk Talk is a finely crafted book conceived by Toby Benjamin, celebrating the music cre..
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Spitting and Screaming : The Story of the London Pub Rock Scene & 70s British Punk
The Story of The London Pub Rock Scene & 70s British Punk' is rather a grand title. Does it over..
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Springsteen: Album by Album
The definitive illustrated book on “The Boss”—now in an updated edition to celebrate his 75th birt..
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Stackridge On Track : Every Album, Every Song
In the early 1970s, a strange apparition began to appear on the stages of a vibrant U.K. gig circuit..
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Standing Alone
Original Punk from Plymouth :01. When The War Is Over02. Silently Screaming03. Standing Alone04. Col..
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Starman : Bowie's Stardust Years
In 1972, the rock'n'roll messiah ZIGGY STARDUST was born. His provocative play on sexual identity an..
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Steely Dan's Aja
"Aja" was the album that made Steely Dan a commercial force on the order of contemporaries like Flee..
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Stephen Stills: Change Partners: The Definitive Biography
Stephen Stills was one of the last remaining music legends from the rock era without a biograph..
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Steve Marriott All Too Beautiful
Marriott led The Small Faces to the top of the ’60s pop charts before forming Humble Pie with Pete..
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Steve Miller Band : The Untold Story
The Steve Miller Band is a rock group formed during 1966 in San Francisco, California, led by Stev..
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Stevie Ray Vaughan : Day by Day, Night After Night
Stevie Ray Vaughan tightly grips a place in music history as an unmatched blues man and guitar leg..
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Stewart Copeland's Police Diaries (paperback edition)
This book is the truest account of The Police's beginning and early days, with original diary pages,..
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Stick To My Roots
The autobiography of Tippa Irie, Stick To My Roots tells the reggae musician's incredible story - fr..
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Stiff Little Fingers' Inflammable Material
Situating the band and its groundbreaking debut within the context of The Troubles, this book explor..
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Sting and The Police : Walking in Their Footsteps
During the 1980s, when pop icons like Madonna, Bruce Springsteen, Michael Jackson, and U2 reigned su..
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Stone Free : Jimi Hendrix in London, September 1966-June 1967
A compelling portrait of rock's greatest guitarist at the moment of his ascendance, Stone Free is th..
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Stone Roses : The Stone Roses LP
The Stone Roses shows a band sizzling with skill, consumed with drive and aspiration and possessing ..
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Stories I Might Regret Telling You
'With disarming candour and courage, Martha tells us of finding her own voice and peace as a working..
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Stranded
Originally Published in 1996.The definitive book on Australian punk and post-punk music, long unav..
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Stranded in the Jungle : Jerry Nolan's Wild Ride: A Tale of Drugs, Fashion, the New York Dolls and Punk Rock
Here is the story of an often overlooked, one-of-a-kind rock 'n' roll musician and the historic ti..
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Strange Things Happen : A Life with the Police, Polo and Pygmies
A remarkable memoir from the legendary drummer with The Police. Stewart Copeland is a genuine rock l..
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Strange Young Alien
It’s not often that a songwriter will deny being the author of his own lyrics, even less so when wri..
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Strangled - Identity, Status, Structure and The Stranglers
The Stranglers occupy a paradoxical position within the history of popular music. Although major art..
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