Biography
Sixteen Again
Sixteen Again: How Pete Shelley & Buzzcocks Changed Manchester Music (and me): a love letter from Paul Hanley to his favourite band and his favourite city.
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You Must Get Them All
You Must Get Them All is the first book to capture the full, incredible story of The Fall, from Live At The Electric Circus to New Facts Emerge. It is a comprehensive chronology of the life and times of Britain’s most remarkable group,
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In Search of Plainsong
A story from the golden era of English folk-rock. Up until now, the story of Plainsong has been shrouded in myth and misinformation. In Search of Plainsong tells the true story of the group and their classic album for the first time.
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Outtakes On Bob Dylan
Outtakes On Bob Dylan: Selected Writings 1967-2021 brings together five decades of contemporary writing on Bob Dylan by the pioneer of Dylan Studies, Michael Gray
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Have A Bleedin Guess
Quietus Book of the Year Northern Soul Book of the Year The Australian Book of the Year Even if it’s a fool’s errand trying to decide which is the greatest LP out of The Fall’s huge back catalogue of albums, many fanatics of the group will tell you that the worst thing you can say about Hex is that it’s their equal best at the very least. – John Doran, ..
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When Quiet Was The New Loud
Tom Clayton's affection reclaiming of the New Acoustic Movement, an era of British music that has deliberately forgotten.
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The Chameleon Poet: Bob Dylan’s Search For Self
John Bauldie's examination of Bob Dylan covers theformative span of Dylan’s career from his emergence in the early sixties to his conversion to Christianity in the late seventies, tracing each step in the development of the artist and man from youth.
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No One Else Could Play That Tune
The Making and Unmaking of Bob Dylan’s 1974 Masterpiece Wanted Man Study Series: Take II ~ Vol.1 Limited edition monograph in hardback. NO ONE ELSE COULD PLAY THAT TUNE is the perfect companion to the all-singing all-dancing boxed set of the complete New York sessions for Dylan’s fabled Blood On The Tracks: More Blood, More Tracks. Clinton Heylin tra..
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What We Did Instead of Holidays
A History of Fairport Convention and Its Extend Folk-Rock Family In June 1968, a group of Muswell Hillbillies made their official album debut as Fairport Convention. In the next fifteen years, three of those founding Fairportees – Richard Thompson, Ashley ‘Tyger’ Hutchings and Simon Nicol – along with the next generation of Fairport recruits – Iain Matthe..
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Leave The Capital
Paul Hanley's history of Manchester music in 13 recordings, and how two recording studios facilitated a musical revolution that would be defined by its rejection of the capital.
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