Publishing dates can be changed at short notice but usually we are able ship on or before release date in the majority of cases.

PRE-ORDERS 2023 Books


1972 : When Progressive Rock Ruled The World

1972 : When Progress...

Prog Rock - Book - by Kevan Furbank

Published 28th Sept 2023 - Paperback / softback 176 pages, 16 colour pages - All our prices include VAT and SHIPPING within UK

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£ 12.99 Ex Tax: £ 12.99

A Very Simple Mind

A Very Simple Mind

Derek Forbes / Simple Minds - Book - by Derek Forbes

Published 7th Nov 2023 - Hardback 288 pages, Colour and b/w photographs - 161 x 242 x 23 (mm) - All prices include VAT and SHIPPING within UK

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£ 19.99 Ex Tax: £ 19.99

All Crews : Journeys Through Jungle/Drum & Bass Culture

All Crews : Journeys...

Jungle/Drum & Bass - Book - by Brian Belle-Fortune

Published 17th Nov 2024 - UPDATED Hardback edition - 352 pages - 225 x 225 (mm) - All our prices include VAT and SHIPPING within UK

£ 25.99 £ 30.00 Ex Tax: £ 25.99

American Hair Metal : Can't Get Enough!

American Hair Metal ...

American Hair Metal - Book - by Steven Blush

Published 25th Jan 2024 - USA Paperback / softback 224 pages - 254 x 178 (mm) - All our prices include VAT and SHIPPING within UK

£ 21.99 Ex Tax: £ 21.99

Anymore for Anymore : The Ronnie Lane Story

Anymore for Anymore ...

Ronnie Lane - Book - by David Stafford / Caroline Stafford

Published 17th Aug 2023 - Hardback 320 pages, 2x8pp images - 242 x 165 x 33 (mm) - All our prices include VAT and SHIPPING within UK

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£ 18.99 Ex Tax: £ 18.99

Bowie at the BBC : A life in interviews

Bowie at the BBC : A...

David Bowie - Book - by Tom Hagler

Published 14th Sept 2023 - Hardback 464 pages - 163 x 242 x 43 (mm) - All our prices include VAT and SHIPPING within UK

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£ 18.49 £ 19.99 Ex Tax: £ 18.49

Curepedia : An A-Z of The Cure

Curepedia : An A-Z o...

The Cure - Book - by Simon Price

Published 9th Nov 2023 - Hardback 448 pages - 269 x 200 (mm) - All our prices include VAT and SHIPPING within UK

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£ 25.99 £ 27.99 Ex Tax: £ 25.99

Dance Music Spaces : Clubs, Clubbers, and DJs Navigating Authenticity, Branding, and Commercialism

Dance Music Spaces :...

Blessed Madonna, Honey Dijon,Peggy Gou - Book - by D. Hidalgo

Published 15th Sept - USA Paperback / softback 198 pages - Illustrated - 229 x 152 (mm) - All our prices include VAT and SHIPPING within UK

3-5 days delivery

£ 28.99 Ex Tax: £ 28.99

Dark Horse Records : The Story of George Harrison's Post-Beatles Record Label

Dark Horse Records :...

George Harrison - Book - by Aaron Badgley

Published 30th Nove 2023 - Paperback / softback 176 pages, 16 colour pages - All our prices include VAT and SHIPPING within UK

£ 12.99 Ex Tax: £ 12.99

Darker with the Dawn : Nick Cave's Songs of Love and Death

Darker with the Dawn...

Nick Cave - Book - by Adam Steiner

Published 1st Dec 2023 - USA Hardcover 312 pages including Black & White Photographs - All our prices include VAT and SHIPPING within UK

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£ 24.99 Ex Tax: £ 24.99

Echoes : A memoir continued . . .

Echoes : A memoir co...

Echo and the Bunnymen - Book - by Will Sergeant

Published 24th Aug 2023 - Hardback 336 pages, approx. 25 b&w images - 240 x 156 (mm) - All our prices include VAT and SHIPPING within UK

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£ 19.99 Ex Tax: £ 19.99

Eddie Cochran in Person

Eddie Cochran in Per...

Eddie Cochran - Book - by Lee Bullman

Published 5th Oct 2023 - Hardback 192 pages, Photographs throughout - 215 x 292 x 19 (mm) - All our prices include VAT and SHIPPING within UK

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£ 25.35 Ex Tax: £ 25.35

Electric Dreams : The Human League, Heaven 17, and the Sound of the Steel City

Electric Dreams : Th...

Sound of Sheffield - Book - by David Buckley

Published 28th Sept 2024 - Hardback 400 pages - 235 x 159 (mm) - All our prices include VAT and SHIPPING within UK

£ 17.60 Ex Tax: £ 17.60

Estrus: Shovelin' The Shit Since '87

Estrus: Shovelin' Th...

Estrus Record Label - Book - by Chris Alpert Coyle

Published on 3rd Oct 2023 - Hardback 256 pages - Korero Press - 300 x 228 (mm) - All our prices include VAT and SHIPPING within UK

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£ 31.99 Ex Tax: £ 31.99

Fade Away and Radiate: The Chrysalis Records Story

Fade Away and Radiat...

The Chrysalis Records Story - Book - by Simon Fellowes

Published 6th Feb 2024 - USA Paperback / softback - All our prices include VAT and SHIPPING within UK

£ 13.99 Ex Tax: £ 13.99

Fleetwood Mac : Everywhere

Fleetwood Mac : Ever...

Fleetwood Mac - Book - by Mike Evans

Published 16th Nov 2023 - Hardcover - 224 pages, approx 150 illustrations - 282 x 221 x 22 (mm) - All our prices include VAT and SHIPPING within UK

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£ 21.99 £ 24.99 Ex Tax: £ 21.99

From Boom Bap to Trap : Hip-Hop's Greatest Producers

From Boom Bap to Tra...

Hip-Hop's Greatest Producers - Book - by Riley Wallace

TBA !!! - USA Paperback / softback 312 pages - Fully Illustrated - 254 x 203 (mm) - All our prices include VAT & SHIPPING within UK

£ 23.99 Ex Tax: £ 23.99

Funk is its Own Reward

Funk is its Own Rewa...

History of Funk - Book - by Lloyd Bradley

Published 6th Nov 2024 - Hardback 480 pages, Plate section - 240 x 156 (mm) - All our prices include VAT and SHIPPING within UK

£ 22.99 Ex Tax: £ 22.99

George Harrison : The Reluctant Beatle

George Harrison : Th...

George Harrison - Book - by Philip Norman

Published 24th Oct 2023 - Hardback 560 pages - 234 x 153 (mm) - All our prices include VAT and SHIPPING within UK

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£ 17.99 Ex Tax: £ 17.99

Goth: A History

Goth: A History

Goth: A History - Book - by Lol Tolhurst

Published 21st Sept 2023 - Hardback 352 pages - 240 x 156 (mm) - All our prices include VAT and SHIPPING within UK

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£ 21.99 Ex Tax: £ 21.99

Hardcore : The Cinematic World of Pulp

Hardcore : The Cinem...

Pulp - Book - by Paul Burgess & Louise Colbourne

Published 2nd Nov 2023 - Hardback 256 pages, 214 Illustrations - 270 x 220 (mm) - All our prices include VAT and SHIPPING within UK

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£ 33.99 £ 36.80 Ex Tax: £ 33.99

Hawkwind: A Visual Biography

Hawkwind: A Visual B...

Hawkwind - Book - by Martin Popoff

Published 8th Sept 2023 - New Edition Paperback / softback 224 pages, Fully illus - 297 x 210 (mm) - All our prices include VAT and SHIPPING within UK

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£ 32.99 £ 31.99 Ex Tax: £ 32.99

Jim Morrison & The Doors : Ride the Snake

Jim Morrison & T...

Jim Morrison & The Doors - Book - by Jerry Hopkins

Published 22 Aug 2024 - Paperback / softback 352 pages - 15.24 x 22.86 cm - All our prices include VAT and SHIPPING within UK

£ 14.49 Ex Tax: £ 14.49

John McLaughlin : From Miles and Mahavishnu to The 4th Dimension

John McLaughlin : Fr...

John McLaughlin - Book - by Matt Phillips

Published 15th Sept 2023 - USA Hardback 280 pages, Illustrations - 229 x 152 (mm) - All our prices include VAT and SHIPPING within UK

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£ 27.99 Ex Tax: £ 27.99

Life's a Gamble : Penetration, The Invisible Girls and Other Stories

Life's a Gamble : Pe...

Penetration/Pauline Murray - Book - by Pauline Murray

Published 14th Sept 2023 - Hardback 192 pages, Photographs throughout - 285 x 210 (mm) - All our prices include VAT and SHIPPING within UK

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£ 18.99 £ 20.59 Ex Tax: £ 18.99

Little Richard : Send Me Some Lovin'

Little Richard : Sen...

Little Richard - Book - by Spencer Leigh

Published 21st Sept 2023 - Paperback / softback 260 pages, 30 black/white illustrations - All our prices include VAT and SHIPPING within UK

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£ 17.99 £ 18.99 Ex Tax: £ 17.99

Loaded : The Life (and Afterlife) of The Velvet Underground

Loaded : The Life (a...

The Velvet Underground - Book - by Dylan Jones

Published 31st August 2023 - Hardback 512 pages - 240 x 156 (mm) - All our prices include VAT and SHIPPING within UK

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£ 21.79 Ex Tax: £ 21.79

Malcolm McLaren : Autobiography

Malcolm McLaren : Au...

Malcolm McLaren - Book - by Malcolm McLaren

Release date & Price TBA - Hardback 464 pages, 16 pages of illustrations - 298 x 152 (mm) - All our prices include VAT and SHIPPING within UK

£ 29.99 Ex Tax: £ 29.99

Mick Rock. The Rise of David Bowie. 1972-1973

Mick Rock. The Rise ...

David Bowie - Photo Book - by Mick Rock

Published 2nd Oct 2023 - Taschen multilingual Hardback 300 pages - 333 x 238 (mm) - All our prices include VAT and SHIPPING within UK

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£ 34.99 £ 50.00 Ex Tax: £ 34.99

My Chemical Romance : This Band Will Save Your Life

My Chemical Romance ...

My Chemical Romance - Book - by Reinhardt Haydn

Publishing date to be announced - Paperback / softback 160 pages - 230 x 170 (mm)

£ 14.49 Ex Tax: £ 14.49

My Effin' Life

My Effin' Life

Geddy Lee / Rush - Book - by Geddy Lee

Published 14th Nov 2023 - USA Hardback 512 pages - 229 x 152 (mm) - All our prices include VAT and SHIPPING within UK

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£ 23.99 £ 26.79 Ex Tax: £ 23.99

New Romantics - From Billy's to the People's Palace

New Romantics - From...

New Romantics - Book - by Sheila Rock

Published 4th Dec 2023 - Softback 176 pages - 138 photos - 170 x 240mm - PLUS 2 Posters (480 x 360mm) - FREE SHIPPING UK !!

£ 37.99 Ex Tax: £ 37.99

Only You Know and I Know

Only You Know and I ...

Dave Mason / Traffic - Book - by Dave Mason & Chris Epting

Published 14th Nov 2023 - USA Hardback 208 pages - 228 x 152 (mm) - All our prices include VAT and SHIPPING within UK

£ 24.99 Ex Tax: £ 24.99

Ozzy and Black Sabbath : What Evil Lurks

Ozzy and Black Sabba...

Ozzy and Black Sabbath - Book - by Joel Mciver

Published 21st Dec 2023 - USA Hardback 224 pages, color & b-w photos - 276 x 235 (mm) - All our prices include VAT and SHIPPING within UK

£ 17.99 Ex Tax: £ 17.99

Party Lines : Dance Music and the Making of Modern Britain

Party Lines : Dance ...

UK Dance & Rave Culture - Book - by Ed Gillett

Published 3rd Aug 2023 - Hardback 464 pages - 234 x 153 (mm) - All our prices include VAT and SHIPPING within UK

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£ 17.99 Ex Tax: £ 17.99

Queen: I Want It All : The Ultimate Collection of Memorabilia

Queen: I Want It All...

Queen Memorabilia - Book - by Greg Brooks

Published 13th July 2024 - Hardback 464 pages - All our prices include VAT and SHIPPING within UK

£ 39.99 £ 47.50 Ex Tax: £ 39.99

Revolutionary Spirit : A Post-Punk Exorcism: The Teardrop Explodes, Care, The Wild Swans, And Beyond

Revolutionary Spirit...

Liverpool Post Punk - Book - by Paul Simpson

PRE-ORDER price !!! Published 5th Dec 2023 - Paperback / softback 288 pages, 20 black and white and colour pics - 215 x 150 (mm)

£ 14.95 Ex Tax: £ 14.95

Saxophone Colossus : The Life and Music of Sonny Rollins

Saxophone Colossus :...

Sonny Rollins - Book - by Aidan Levy

Published 23rd Nov 2023 - USA Paperback / softback 784 pages - 234 x 153 (mm) - All our prices include VAT and SHIPPING within UK

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£ 17.99 Ex Tax: £ 17.99

Scattershot : Life, Music, Elton and Me

Scattershot : Life, ...

Bernie Taupin / Elton John - Book - by Bernie Taupin

Published 12th Sept 2023 - Hardback 320 pages - 240 x 156 (mm) - All our prices include VAT and SHIPPING within UK

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£ 22.49 Ex Tax: £ 22.49

So It Started There : From Punk to Pulp

So It Started There ...

Pulp - Book - by Nick Banks the Drummer

Published 28th Sept 2023 - Paperback / softback 400 pages, 16 photographs - All our prices include VAT and SHIPPING within UK

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£ 15.99 £ 17.85 Ex Tax: £ 15.99

Sparks 1969 to 1979 On Track : Every Album, Every Song

Sparks 1969 to 1979 ...

Sparks - Book - by Chris Sutton

Published 24th Jan 2024 - Paperback / softback 160 pages, 16 pages colour - All our prices include VAT and SHIPPING within UK

£ 15.99 Ex Tax: £ 15.99

Steve Marriott All Too Beautiful

Steve Marriott All T...

Steve Marriott - Book - by Paolo Hewitt & John Hellier

Published 24th Nov 2023 - 2 extra chapters - Paperback / softback 368 pages, 24 Illustrations - new revised 3rd Edition of the 2004 first printing.

£ 17.99 Ex Tax: £ 17.99

Stick To My Roots

Stick To My Roots

Tippa Irie - Book - by Tippa Irie

Published 24th Aug 2023 - Hardback 320 pages - 240 x 156 (mm) - All our prices include VAT and SHIPPING within UK

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£ 17.99 Ex Tax: £ 17.99

The Art of the Bizarre Vinyl Sleeve : Crazy, Exotic, Tastelesss, Funny, Peculiar, Strange, Inept, Mind-Boggling, or Just Plain Wrong

The Art of the Bizar...

Bizarre Vinyl Sleeves - Book - by Simon Robinson

Published 1st Dec 2023 - Paperback - 180 pages, 300 + colour illustrations - 210 x 210 (mm) - All our prices include VAT and SHIPPING within UK

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£ 22.49 £ 24.99 Ex Tax: £ 22.49

The Beat, the Scene, the Sound : A DJ's Journey through the Rise, Fall, and Rebirth of House Music in New York City

The Beat, the Scene,...

House Music - Book - by DJ Disciple & Henry Kronk

Published 15th June 2023 - USA Hardback 230 pages - Illustrated - 231 x 161 (mm) - All our prices include VAT and SHIPPING within UK

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£ 24.99 Ex Tax: £ 24.99

The Doors Unhinged : Jim Morrison's Legacy Goes on Trial

The Doors Unhinged :...

The Doors - Book - by John Densmore

Published 9th Nov 2023 - Hardcover 368 pages incl 40 b&w pics - 167 x 224 x 35 (mm) - All our prices include VAT and SHIPPING within UK

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£ 19.95 £ 22.00 Ex Tax: £ 19.95

The Island Book of Records Volume I : 1959-68

The Island Book of R...

Island Records 1959-68 - Book - edited by Neil Storey

Published 10th Oct 2023 - Hardback 400 pages - Fully Illustrated - 300 x 300 (mm) - All our prices include VAT and SHIPPING within UK

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£ 77.99 Ex Tax: £ 77.99

The Real Rock Follies : The Great Girl Band Rip-Off of 1976

The Real Rock Follie...

Rock Bottom - Book - by Annabel Leventon

Published 14th Aug 2023 - Reissue - Paperback / softback 366 pages, 19 piccies - 199 x 140 x 25 (mm) - All our prices incl VAT and SHIPPING within UK

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£ 10.99 Ex Tax: £ 10.99

The Resurrection of The Crazed

The Resurrection of ...

Early Psychobilly / Psych(e)billy - Book - by Paul Wainwright

ON STOCK !! Published 7th Dec 2023 - Paperback 260 pages - Illustrations from the original FANZINE - All our prices include VAT and SHIPPING within UK

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£ 20.99 Ex Tax: £ 20.99

The Stranglers 1977-90 : A Musical Critique

The Stranglers 1977-...

The Stranglers - Book - by Mark Finnigan & David Rodgers

Published 10th Nov 2023 - Paperback / softback 422 pages - 297 x 210 (mm) - All our prices include VAT and SHIPPING within UK

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£ 29.95 £ 34.99 Ex Tax: £ 29.95

Throbbing Gristle : An Endless Discontent

Throbbing Gristle : ...

Throbbing Gristle - Book - by Ian Trowell

Published 21st Dec 2023 - Paperback / softback 288 pages, 20 Halftones, black and white - All our prices include VAT and SHIPPING within UK

£ 29.49 Ex Tax: £ 29.49

Too Much Too Young: The 2 Tone Records Story : Rude Boys, Racism and the Soundtrack of a Generation

Too Much Too Young: ...

2 Tone Records - Book - by Daniel Rachel

Published 19th Oct 2023 - Hardback 288 pages - 240 x 156 (mm) - All our prices include VAT and SHIPPING within UK

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£ 21.99 Ex Tax: £ 21.99

Tori Amos: Piece By Piece

Tori Amos: Piece By ...

Tori Amos - Book - by Tori Amos and Ann Powers

Published 14th Dec 2023 - UPDATED Paperback / softback 368 pages - 210 x 160 (mm) - All our prices include VAT and SHIPPING within UK

£ 15.49 Ex Tax: £ 15.49

Tupac Shakur

Tupac Shakur

2Pac / Tupac Shakur - Book - by Vibe Magazine

Published 30th Nov 2023 - Paperback / softback 176 pages, 100 Illustrations - 280 x 215 (mm) - All our prices include VAT and SHIPPING within UK

£ 14.70 Ex Tax: £ 14.70

What Have We Got : The Turbulent Story of Oi

What Have We Got : T...

Oi Music - Book - by Simon Spence

Published 24th Aug 2023 - Paperback / softback 320 pages, 2x8pp - 234 x 156 (mm) - All our prices include VAT and SHIPPING within UK

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£ 15.99 £ 17.89 Ex Tax: £ 15.99

Whatever Happened to Slade? : When The Whole World Went Crazee!

Whatever Happened to...

Slade - Book - by Daryl Easlea

Published 12th Oct 2023 - Hardback 336 pages, colour & b/w photos - 234 x 156 (mm) - ALL our prices include VAT and SHIPPING

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£ 18.99 £ 20.59 Ex Tax: £ 18.99

White Knuckles: The Life of Gary Moore

White Knuckles: The ...

Gary Moore - Book - by Martin Power

Published 7th Sept 2023 - Pre-order price - Hardback 336 pages - 234 x 156 (mm) - All our prices include VAT and SHIPPING within UK

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£ 18.99 £ 20.59 Ex Tax: £ 18.99

Wild! Wild! Wild! : A People's History of Slade

Wild! Wild! Wild! : ...

Slade - Book - by Malcolm Wyatt

Published 29th Sept 2023 - Hardback 336 pages, 100 colour & black-and-white - All our prices include VAT and SHIPPING within UK

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£ 21.99 £ 25.00 Ex Tax: £ 21.99