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  • Thurston Moore: Sonic Life - A MemoirThurston Moore: Sonic Life - A Memoir
    Doubleday

    Thurston Moore: Sonic Life - A Memoir

    Thurston Moore Hardcover | 16.38 x 3.99 x 23.88 cm | 467 pp Doubleday | 2023 | 9780385548656 From the founding member of Sonic Youth, a passionate memoir tracing the author's life and art—from his teen years as a music obsessive in small-town Connecticut, to...
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  • Johnny Cash: The Life in LyricsJohnny Cash: The Life in Lyrics
    White Rabbit

    Johnny Cash: The Life in Lyrics

    John Carter Cash  Hardcover | 25 x 3.2 x 32 cm | 384 pp White Rabbit | 2023 | 9781399618786 The life of the Man in Black is revealed through his lyrics and by rare photographs and ephemera, in this beautifully illustrated official hardback edition,...
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  • Please Please Tell Me Now: The Duran Duran StoryPlease Please Tell Me Now: The Duran Duran Story
    Hachette

    Please Please Tell Me Now: The Duran Duran Story

    Stephen Davis Softcover | 15.24 x 3.3 x 22.86 cm | 384 pp Hachette | 2022 | 9780306846083 In Please Please Tell Me Now, bestselling rock biographer Stephen Davis tells the story of Duran Duran, the quintessential band of the 1980s. Their pretty boy looks made...
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  • Adge: King of the WurzelsAdge: King of the Wurzels
    Bristol Books

    Adge: King of the Wurzels

    John Hudson Softcover | 14 x 1 x 21.5 cm | 172 pp Bristol Books | 2012 | 9781909446014 Adge Cutler died on his way home from a gig in 1974 at a time when a major TV breakthrough was within his grasp but...
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  • Graham Coxon: Verse, Chorus, Monster! (Signed Limited Edition)Graham Coxon: Verse, Chorus, Monster! (Signed Limited Edition)
    Faber & Faber

    Graham Coxon: Verse, Chorus, Monster! (Signed Limited Edition)

    Hardcover in slipcase | 16.51 x 2.54 x 24.13 cm | 320 pp Faber & Faber | 2022 | 9780571376681 Signed Limited Edition A long-awaited memoir of Blur co-founder, guitar legend and artist Graham Coxon. Among the noise and clamour of the Britpop era,...
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  • Searching for Dexys Midnight Runners
    Nine Eight Books

    Searching for Dexys Midnight Runners

    Nigel Tassell Hardcover | 16.5 x 3.4 x 24.2 cm | 352 pp Nine Eight Books | 2024 | 978178512059 In the early 1980s, the pop charts were dominated by musicians tarted up in day-glo colours, who fought it out for coverage on our TV...
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  • Queer Blues: The Hidden Figures of Early Blues MusicQueer Blues: The Hidden Figures of Early Blues Music
    Omnibus Press

    Queer Blues: The Hidden Figures of Early Blues Music

    Darryl W. Bullock Hardcover | 15.88 x 3.56 x 23.5 cm | 368 pp Omnibus Press | 2023 | 9781913172527  This is the definitive account of the LGBTQ trailblazers of early blues and a fascinating consideration of the intersection between music and LGBTQ history, from...
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  • The World of Bob Dylan
    Cambridge University Press

    The World of Bob Dylan

    Sean Latham Hardcover | 15.88 x 2.54 x 22.86 cm | 370 pp Cambridge University Press | 2021 | 9781108499514  Bob Dylan has helped transform music, literature, pop culture, and even politics. The World of Bob Dylan chronicles a lifetime of creative invention that has...
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  • Set the Night on Fire: Living, Dying and Playing Guitar with the DoorsSet the Night on Fire: Living, Dying and Playing Guitar with the Doors
    White Rabbit

    Set the Night on Fire: Living, Dying and Playing Guitar with the Doors

    Robby Krieger Softcover | 13 x 4.2 x 19.6 cm | 432 pp White Rabbit | 2022 | 9781474624190 Few bands are as shrouded in the murky haze of rock mythology as The Doors, and parsing fact from fiction has been a virtually impossible task....
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  • When Does the Mind-Bending Start?: The Life and Times of World of TwistWhen Does the Mind-Bending Start?: The Life and Times of World of Twist
    Nine Eight Books

    When Does the Mind-Bending Start?: The Life and Times of World of Twist

    Gordon King Softcover | 12.8 x 1.7 x 19.8 cm | 288 pp Nine Eight Books | 2023 | 9781788705400  This is a memoir of tragedy and triumph, comedy and drama, demise and recovery. While fame, glory and untold riches seemed like an inevitability for World...
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  • Why Karen Carpenter Matters
    Faber & Faber

    Why Karen Carpenter Matters

    Karen Tongson Softcover | 12.9 x 1.1 x 19.8 cm | 138 pp Faber & Faber | 2021 | 9780571369003 In the '60s and '70s, America's music scene was marked by raucous excess, reflected in the tragic overdoses of young superstars such as Jimi Hendrix...
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  • Moby: Then It Fell Apart
    Faber & Faber

    Moby: Then It Fell Apart

    Softcover | 12.7 x 2.54 x 19.69 cm | 394 pp Faber & Faber | 2020 | 9780571339419 What do you do when you realise you have everything you think you've ever wanted but still feel completely empty? What do you do when it all...
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  • Richard Thompson: Beeswing - Fairport, Folk Rock and Finding My Voice 1967–75Richard Thompson: Beeswing - Fairport, Folk Rock and Finding My Voice 1967–75
    Faber & Faber

    Richard Thompson: Beeswing - Fairport, Folk Rock and Finding My Voice 1967–75

    Richard Thompson Softcover | 12.9 x 1.8 x 19.8 cm | 290 pp Faber & Faber | 2022 | 9780571376988 The memoir of international music icon Richard Thompson, co-founder of the legendary folk rock group Fairport Convention. Richard Thompson came of age during an extraordinary...
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  • Exit Stage Left: The Curious Afterlife of Pop Stars (Non-mint)Exit Stage Left: The Curious Afterlife of Pop Stars (Non-mint)
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    Headline

    Exit Stage Left: The Curious Afterlife of Pop Stars (Non-mint)

    Nick Duerden Hardcover | 24.13 x 6.35 x 16.13 cm | 384 pp Headline | 2022 | 9781472277770  PLEASE NOTE: This is a NON-MINT title - a new book, but with slight imperfections to the dust jacket - see final image. The desire for...
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  • Kid Congo Powers: Some New Kind of Kick - A Memoir (Non-mint)Kid Congo Powers: Some New Kind of Kick - A Memoir (Non-mint)
    Hachette

    Kid Congo Powers: Some New Kind of Kick - A Memoir (Non-mint)

    Hardcover | 16.26 x 3.05 x 23.62 cm | 272 pp Hachette | 2022 | 9780306828027 An intimate, coming-of-age memoir by legendary guitarist Kid Congo Powers, detailing his experiences as a young, queer Mexican-American in 1970s Los Angeles through his rise in the glam...
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  • Supreme GlamourSupreme Glamour
    Thames & Hudson

    Supreme Glamour

    Hardcover | 20.32 x 2.79 x 31.24 cm | 240 pp Thames & Hudson | 2019 | 9780500022009  Supreme Glamour builds a complete picture of the charm and sophistication of The Supremes. With the assistance of her close personal friend Mark Bego, founding member Mary...
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  • Kim Fowley: Lord of Garbage
    Kicks Books

    Kim Fowley: Lord of Garbage

    Softcover | 11 x 1.1 x 18.5 cm | 150 pp Kicks Books | 2012 | 9780965977760 Rare & Collectible The autobiography of legendary music producer Kim Fowley told in his own poetry and prose. Kim Vincent Fowley (1939-2015) was an American record producer, songwriter...
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  • Remain in Love: Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club, Tina (Non-mint)Remain in Love: Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club, Tina (Non-mint)
    St. Martin's Press

    Remain in Love: Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club, Tina (Non-mint)

    Chris Frantz Hardcover | 16.38 x 3.38 x 24.23 cm | 384 pp St. Martin's Press | 2020 | 9781250209221 One of the most dynamic groups of the ‘70s and ‘80s, Talking Heads, founded by drummer Chris Frantz, his girlfriend Tina Weymouth, and lead...
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  • Pandamonium!: How Not to Run a Record Company
    Nine Eight Books

    Pandamonium!: How Not to Run a Record Company

    Simon Williams Softcover | 12.7 x 1.6 x 19.7 cm | 328 pp Nine Eight Books | 2022 | 9781788707312  As a one-time NME journalist, former Xfm radio presenter, toilet-circuit promoter and the founder of enduring homespun British record label Fierce Panda, Simon Williams...
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  • Punk Paradox: A Memoir by Greg Graffin (Non-mint)Punk Paradox: A Memoir by Greg Graffin (Non-mint)
    Hachette

    Punk Paradox: A Memoir by Greg Graffin (Non-mint)

    Greg Graffin Hardcover | 16.13 x 3.81 x 24 cm | 368 pp Hachette | 2022 | 9780306924583 Greg Graffin (b. 1964) is the lead vocalist and songwriter of Bad Religion, recently described as "America's most significant punk band." Since its inception in Los Angeles...
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