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The BOOKS thread Mar 25, 2015 16:17:46 GMT

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I wanted to get some recommendations for music books to read, so I thought I start a thread and post my top 10 music books in the hope that others may do likewise, or just post some good stuff to read :

    Awopbopaloobop Alopbamboom – Nik Cohn
    Backstage Passes and Backstabbing Bastards: Memoirs of a Rock 'n' Roll Survivor – Al Kooper
    Chronicles Volume 1 – Bob Dylan
    Clothes Clothes Clothes Music Music Music Boys Boys Boys – Viv Albertine
    Country. The Twisted Roots of Rock ‘n’ Roll – Nick Tosches
    Hellfire. The Jerry Lee Lewis Story – Nick Tosches
    Last Train to Memphis. The Rise of Elvis Presley – Peter Guralnick
    Life – Keith Richard
    Shakey. Neil Young’s Biography – Jimmy McDonough
    The Sound of the City. The Rise of Rock and Roll – Charlie Gillett

flegg Even Better Member Posts: 221	The BOOKS thread Mar 25, 2015 18:17:36 GMT born in the fifties likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by flegg on Mar 25, 2015 18:17:36 GMT There must be a better way .Freddy Bannister. Its an old one but its all about Bath ,knebworth ,Lincoin , festivals 1970s festivals

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The BOOKS thread Apr 2, 2015 7:41:14 GMT

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Mar 25, 2015 18:17:36 GMT flegg said:

There must be a better way .Freddy Bannister.

Its an old one but its all about Bath ,knebworth ,Lincoin , festivals 1970s festivals

Seems it might be a project to get hold of this at a reasonable price. Currently on Amazon, new @ £192.54, used @ £33.30 (both + delivery).

Moz Administrator Posts: 3,330	The BOOKS thread Apr 2, 2015 8:44:25 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Moz on Apr 2, 2015 8:44:25 GMT I am currently reading 'Dont Need The Sunshine' by John Osborne. I likes him. This book is about the seaside of the UK. HE did a reading of it last year at latitude.

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The BOOKS thread Apr 8, 2015 20:53:39 GMT

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Post by hoppo on Apr 8, 2015 20:53:39 GMT

Buried Giant by that posh Jap guy....thinking: fantasy genre is strictly for chumps,,,,then that Paul Mason does a marxist critique in Guardian t'other day. Then one remembers Mr Mason works for channel 4, and thus is something of a massive chump...then again, so is Kazuo Ishiguro....He should do a gig a latitude, would fit right in.

Also reading Phillip Hoare's the Sea Inside, which is brilliant.
And the author is something of a UK indie icon.
everyone should read this book.
Pale Fountains were rubbish though.

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The BOOKS thread Apr 8, 2015 20:56:49 GMT

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Post by hoppo on Apr 8, 2015 20:56:49 GMT

Best music book of the last few months...
Viv Albertine's Boys Music Clothes
the story of being in the Slits.
And of being a young Woman in the punk rock melee...
It is truly great book.
A femmanist classic reaalyy...

And sorry Born int 50s...you already read this.

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The BOOKS thread Oct 14, 2022 17:51:57 GMT via mobile

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Post by Moz on Oct 14, 2022 17:51:57 GMT

I bloody KNEW there was a books thread on here somewhere....

Anyways, I've been listening to quite a few audiobooks. I'm assuming that counts.

I humbly recommend Simon Williams 'Pandamonium' and Miki Berenyi 'Fingers Crossed'. Both funny, tragic yarns.

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