Music

Hardcover | 16 x 3 x 24.2 cm | 320 pp Faber & Faber  | 2024 | 9780571377022  In the early '60s, four friends from Liverpool formed a band. But this is not the 'fab four' story we know. Mary, Sylvia, Valerie and Pamela...

Amy Raphael Softcover | 15.2 x 3 x 23.2 cm | 304 pp Virago | 2019 | 9780349009827 Writer and critic Amy Raphael has interviewed some of the world's most iconic musicians, including Courtney Love, Patti Smith, Björk, Kurt Cobain and Elton John. In...

Hugo Huerta Marin Hardcover | 16.36 x 4.45 x 21.74 cm | 424 pp Prestel | 2021 | 9783791387482 This remarkable book brings you face-to-face with an incredible selection of pioneering women who have reshaped the creative industries. From legendary visual artists Yoko Ono and...

Ross Halfin Hardcover | 30.48 x 2.79 x 30.48 cm | 216 pp Reel Art Press | 2021 | 9781909526808 Led Zeppelin released only eight studio albums and no singles over the course of their 12-year career, but to date there are more than 1,000...

Dave Rimmer Softcover | 12.7 x 1.91 x 19.05 cm | 304 pp Faber & Faber | 2022 | 9780571361083 The definitive account of the first rise and fall of Boy George and Culture Club, and British pop music in the 1980s. A story of...

Bob Stanley Softcover | 15.3 x 3.7 x 23.4 cm | 656 pp Faber & Faber | 2022 | 9780571372195 Let's Do It is the first book to tell the definitive story of the birth of pop, from the invention of the 78 rpm record...

Andreas H. Bitesnich Hardcover | 31.24 x 2.03 x 30.73 cm | 96 pp teNeues | 2023 | 9783961715053 Philip Glass is one of the most important pioneers of American minimal music and scores for for well-known films such as The Illusionist, The Truman Show, Fantastic...

Ricky Adam Hardcover | 22.35 x 2.29 x 29.97 cm | 176 pp Damiani | 2017 | 9788862085106 The ‘Warzone Collective’ began in 1984 in the city of Belfast, Northern Ireland when a few local punks decided to consolidate their efforts and get their...

Kim Gordon and Sinéad Gleeson Hardcover | 16.26 x 3.3 x 23.75 cm | 272 pp White Rabbit | 2023 | 9780306829000 Published to challenge the historic narrative of music and music writing being written by men, for men, This Woman's Work seeks to confront...

Richard King Hardcover | 20.32 x 3.18 x 26.04 cm | 304 pp Anthology Editions | 2024 | 9781944860608 The definitive visual biography on the life of Arthur Russell. The music of Arthur Russell defies classification. From his pioneering compositions as part of New York's vibrant avant-garde...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

Marc Myers Hardcover | 16.5 x 3 x 24 cm | 320 pp Grove Press | 2021 | 9780802157911  Rare & Collectible Decades after the rise of rock music in the 1950s, the rock concert retains its allure and its power as a unifying experience...

John Corbett Softcover | 15.24 x 1.57 x 22.86 cm | 260 pp Duke University Press | 2017 | 9780822363668 From scouring flea markets and eBay to maxing out their credit cards, record collectors will do just about anything to score a long-sought-after album. In Vinyl...

Softcover | 18.97 x 1.85 x 19.02 cm | 192 pp ACC Art Books | 2019 | 9781788840392 Across the genres, across the generations, across the board, this book presents over one hundred inspirational albums by women, from top-selling hits to the indie and...

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...

Dan Kennedy Softcover | 13.5 x 1.8 x 21.5 cm | 240 pp Harvill Secker | 2008 | 9781846551734  How would you like a six-figure marketing job at the hallowed record label that signed everyone who counts in the last fifty years of pop music?...

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...