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15 Years Creme Organization (76 page book)
Cat: 566362 Rel: 18 Mar 15
A journal with a selection of 15 years Godspill artwork for Creme Organization
Notes: To celebrate the 15th anniversary of Creme Organization, the label releases a book in collaboration with artist Mehdi Rouchiche aka Godspill. The 76 page book showcases a big selection of the work he's done for Creme over the years. Limited to 500 copies!
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Cat: 946503 Rel: 10 Aug 23
'79 ska revival book by Gary Bushell; 300 pages for fans of Madness, The Selecter, The Specials & The Bodysnatchers
Notes: 300pp, Black & White illustrations.
It's forty years since the Specials took the pop world by storm with their infectious mix of Ska rhythms and punk attitude. Madness and The Selector followed close on their heels. Within a matter of months the 2-Tone bands had stolen our hearts and conquered the charts with a non-stop procession of unforgettable hits: 'Gangsters', 'A message to you Rudi', 'Too Much too Young', 'The Prince', 'One Step Beyond', 'My Girl', 'Too Much Pressure'...
"Your last chance to dance before World War Three," Specials singer Terry Hall called it. An exaggeration of course, but 2-Tone served up the most perfect pop since Trojan reggae dominated the UK charts a decade earlier. And the bands kept coming - Bad Manners, The Beat, The Bodysnatchers. Even Judge Dread came back! Garry Bushell was the first rock writer to see the Specials live, the first to interview Madness and the first to watch the bands attempt to export their magic to the USA. This book is his collected dispatches from the front line during that exciting, exhilarating rise of the rude boys.
The Ska, Rock & Mod revival of the late Seventies early Eighties put life and laughs into a politIcally grim UK scene. Journalist Garry Bushell was on the front line, working for Sounds and Dance Craze magazine, and was present to witness all of the critical events.
… Read moreIt's forty years since the Specials took the pop world by storm with their infectious mix of Ska rhythms and punk attitude. Madness and The Selector followed close on their heels. Within a matter of months the 2-Tone bands had stolen our hearts and conquered the charts with a non-stop procession of unforgettable hits: 'Gangsters', 'A message to you Rudi', 'Too Much too Young', 'The Prince', 'One Step Beyond', 'My Girl', 'Too Much Pressure'...
"Your last chance to dance before World War Three," Specials singer Terry Hall called it. An exaggeration of course, but 2-Tone served up the most perfect pop since Trojan reggae dominated the UK charts a decade earlier. And the bands kept coming - Bad Manners, The Beat, The Bodysnatchers. Even Judge Dread came back! Garry Bushell was the first rock writer to see the Specials live, the first to interview Madness and the first to watch the bands attempt to export their magic to the USA. This book is his collected dispatches from the front line during that exciting, exhilarating rise of the rude boys.
The Ska, Rock & Mod revival of the late Seventies early Eighties put life and laughs into a politIcally grim UK scene. Journalist Garry Bushell was on the front line, working for Sounds and Dance Craze magazine, and was present to witness all of the critical events.
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A La Becque by Delphine Dora & Le Fruit Vert (booklet + MP3 download limited to 150 copies)
Cat: 784383 Rel: 31 Jul 20
Limited semi-digital 12 page publication documenting the meeting of three musicians during an artist residency in La Tour-de-Peilz
Notes: A La Becque is a semi-digital sonorous publication documenting the meeting of three musicians during their brief stay at La Becque, an artist residency in La Tour-de-Peilz (Switzerland).
Both a digital album and artist book, the publication comprises 12 pages printed on a risograph, and includes a hyperlink to download seven improvisations (keyboards, voice, synthesizers and objects; 38 minutes).
Limited to 150 copies.
… Read moreBoth a digital album and artist book, the publication comprises 12 pages printed on a risograph, and includes a hyperlink to download seven improvisations (keyboards, voice, synthesizers and objects; 38 minutes).
Limited to 150 copies.
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Cat: 411028 Rel: 22 Nov 10
Visual guide to the history of modern music and discovery of the stories of the people behind, with archive photographs, rare artwork and newspaper clippings (190 pages, paperback, black & white/colour)
Notes: Now the world's foremost blues, rockabilly, soul and rock n roll reissue label, Ace Records has been responsible for unearthing lost classics and neglected pioneers for over three decades and provided some of the finest and most influential records of the post-war era. The first comprehensive history of this fascinating label, Ace Records takes in some of the finest and most enduring modern music, rock n roll, soul, funk, blues, jazz, R&B, garage rock and punk.
To read the Ace Records: Labels Unlimited is to explore the history of modern music and to discover the stories of the people that made it. The book chronicles this fascinating label and profiles a diverse range of artists including BB King, John Fahey, Lee Hazlewood and Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, Riff Raff, Johnny & the Self Abusers, Drug Addix and Rocky Sharpe & The Replays. Illustrated with many unseen archive photographs dating back to the 1920s, rare artwork and newspaper clippings and written by established music journalist and author David Stubbs, the Ace Records: Labels Unlimited is a highly entertaining and visually stunning guide to a pioneering alternative to the mainstream UK music scene.
… Read moreTo read the Ace Records: Labels Unlimited is to explore the history of modern music and to discover the stories of the people that made it. The book chronicles this fascinating label and profiles a diverse range of artists including BB King, John Fahey, Lee Hazlewood and Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, Riff Raff, Johnny & the Self Abusers, Drug Addix and Rocky Sharpe & The Replays. Illustrated with many unseen archive photographs dating back to the 1920s, rare artwork and newspaper clippings and written by established music journalist and author David Stubbs, the Ace Records: Labels Unlimited is a highly entertaining and visually stunning guide to a pioneering alternative to the mainstream UK music scene.
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Notes: This is a groovy little guide to all things disco - a Japanese discography that focuses on key club records from a number of different generations. As you'd guess from the title, the core focus here is the seventies - and possibly the early eighties - represented by listings of a variety of albums and other releases. The book sets out a few artist-based sections for folks like Chic, Jellybean, Jocelyn Brown, Earth Wind & Fire, and others, and also features some DJ's Choice sections, and Essential Disc Guides throughout. There's plenty here to wet your appetite, including a full colour section of rarities at the beginning, plus lots of other text and interviews in Japanese.
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Cat: 430279 Rel: 04 Jul 11
The story of the 80s indie group told by their fan (and fellow Creation artist) JC Brouchard.
Notes: Felt, the British band started by Lawrence in Birmingham, released twenty records in the 1980s on the Cherry Red and Creation labels. Hailed by the press, Felt made its mark on the independent music scene in Britain, topping the indie charts in 1985 with the "Primitive Painters" single.
In "Ballad Of The Fan", JC Brouchard chronicles the story of Felt through their records and puts it in parallel with his own experience as a fan. He first followed the band from afar, before he met up with them in England, put on their first gig in France and tagged along with them on a European tour.
JC Brouchard is the identity bestowed in 1984 upon Pol Dodu by Alan McGee, the Creation Records founder, when he made him his spiritual advisor and that of his band Biff Bang Pow! JC had his own Creation single release with Biff Bang Pow! in 1986 and was celebrated by the same band with the 1987 single "The Whole World Is Turning Brouchard!". "Ballad Of The Fan" is the first book published by the "renowned eccentric archeologist from Reims", as "Melody Maker" once put it.
… Read moreIn "Ballad Of The Fan", JC Brouchard chronicles the story of Felt through their records and puts it in parallel with his own experience as a fan. He first followed the band from afar, before he met up with them in England, put on their first gig in France and tagged along with them on a European tour.
JC Brouchard is the identity bestowed in 1984 upon Pol Dodu by Alan McGee, the Creation Records founder, when he made him his spiritual advisor and that of his band Biff Bang Pow! JC had his own Creation single release with Biff Bang Pow! in 1986 and was celebrated by the same band with the 1987 single "The Whole World Is Turning Brouchard!". "Ballad Of The Fan" is the first book published by the "renowned eccentric archeologist from Reims", as "Melody Maker" once put it.
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Beat Machine Colouring Book Version 2.0 (colouring book)
Cat: 670960 Rel: 24 Nov 17
Featuring over 30 images inspired by Vintage Samplers, Drum Machines & other tools that shaped modern music
Notes: The Beat Machine Colouring Book features a collection of over 30 images inspired by vintage samplers, drum machines, and other tools that shaped modern music. In addition to the colouring pages, the book also features historical information including the release year of each beat machine, plus a brief history of the art of sampling.
Version 2.0 features all new illustrations to colour and customize. A colouring book for music lovers, producers and drum machine enthusiasts.
… Read moreVersion 2.0 features all new illustrations to colour and customize. A colouring book for music lovers, producers and drum machine enthusiasts.
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Blue Note: Yasuki Nakayama's Archives No 002 (japanese text only book)
Cat: 354030 Rel: 01 Jun 09
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Born Again: Black Sabbath In The Eightes & Nineties (by Martin Popoff) (282p paperback book)
Cat: 791137 Rel: 02 Oct 20
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Bowie A To Z (by Steve Wide & Libby Vanderploeg) (hardback book)
Cat: 754691 Rel: 12 Nov 19
56 page illustrated hardback book on the life of David Bowie
Notes: The Life Of An Icon From Aladdin Sane To Ziggy Stardust.
An illustrated alphabetical tribute that celebrates the many faces and facets of cultural icon David Bowie. From Aladdin Sane to Ziggy Stardust, Bowie A-Z is densely packed with everything you need to know about the rock legend - from the greatest hits of trivia to the most obscure B-side facts.
Creator Bio:
Steve Wide is a Melbourne DJ and writer. He has run some of the most enduring indie and retro club nights in Melbourne, and DJ'd for international acts like Primal Scream, Happy Mondays, The Shamen, Saint Etienne and Stone Roses as well as interviewing Jarvis Cocker and Noel Gallagher in front of festival crowds. He has interviewed countless UK music artists from John Lydon to Johnny Marr and comedians Bill Bailey, Noel Fielding and Russell Brand. He has Dj'd many festivals including The Falls and Moomba's "Silent Disco". He presents the long running new British music show "Far and Wide". As well as making Children's books he has recently released a book on Tokyo shopping and eating called Tokyo Precincts. He has a fish called Ziggy Stardust. He has a Masters degree in writing ad editing, yet seems incapable of editing down his own bio.
Libby VanderPloeg is an illustrator living and working in Brooklyn. She spends her days drawing and painting flora and fauna of all varieties, preferring to work with a strong cup of coffee always at arms reach. Her work has been featured in such publications as The Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, The Boston Globe, and Design*Sponge, and in books from Farrar, Straus & Giroux, HarperCollins, and Hardie Grant Books.
… Read moreAn illustrated alphabetical tribute that celebrates the many faces and facets of cultural icon David Bowie. From Aladdin Sane to Ziggy Stardust, Bowie A-Z is densely packed with everything you need to know about the rock legend - from the greatest hits of trivia to the most obscure B-side facts.
Creator Bio:
Steve Wide is a Melbourne DJ and writer. He has run some of the most enduring indie and retro club nights in Melbourne, and DJ'd for international acts like Primal Scream, Happy Mondays, The Shamen, Saint Etienne and Stone Roses as well as interviewing Jarvis Cocker and Noel Gallagher in front of festival crowds. He has interviewed countless UK music artists from John Lydon to Johnny Marr and comedians Bill Bailey, Noel Fielding and Russell Brand. He has Dj'd many festivals including The Falls and Moomba's "Silent Disco". He presents the long running new British music show "Far and Wide". As well as making Children's books he has recently released a book on Tokyo shopping and eating called Tokyo Precincts. He has a fish called Ziggy Stardust. He has a Masters degree in writing ad editing, yet seems incapable of editing down his own bio.
Libby VanderPloeg is an illustrator living and working in Brooklyn. She spends her days drawing and painting flora and fauna of all varieties, preferring to work with a strong cup of coffee always at arms reach. Her work has been featured in such publications as The Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, The Boston Globe, and Design*Sponge, and in books from Farrar, Straus & Giroux, HarperCollins, and Hardie Grant Books.
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Bristol Boys Make More Noise: The Bristol Music Scene 1974-1981 (paperback book)
Cat: 543978 Rel: 03 Oct 14
214 page paperback book with articles and photography detailing the thriving Bristol music scene from 1974-1891
Notes: 214 page book with photography by John Spink and words by Gill Loats. The book tells the story of the Bristol music scene 1974-1981 as recorded by Johns brilliant photos. Features Bristol bands Magic Muscle, The Dragons, The Cortinas, Shoes For Industry, The Fabulous Ratbites From Hell and many more.
Amazing pictures from Ashton Court Festival in 1977. Plus rare unseen photos of out of town bands visiting Bristol Johnny Thunders with Steve Jones and Paul Cook (The Sex Pistols), Ian Dury, Elvis Costello and Big Youth. These 100 copies available from the website will be signed by Gill Loats and some of the artists from the era. Also includes digital download of the CD.
… Read moreAmazing pictures from Ashton Court Festival in 1977. Plus rare unseen photos of out of town bands visiting Bristol Johnny Thunders with Steve Jones and Paul Cook (The Sex Pistols), Ian Dury, Elvis Costello and Big Youth. These 100 copies available from the website will be signed by Gill Loats and some of the artists from the era. Also includes digital download of the CD.
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Notes: Ween now seems like a permanent fixture on the pop-cultural landscape, but when the band first hit MTV in the early '90s, their longevity wasn't so secure. Nearly two decades on, though, Aaron Gene Ween Freeman and Mickey Dean Ween Melchiondo preside over one of the most devoted cult fan bases in American music. So how exactly did Ween manage to transcend joke-band oblivion? One answer is that, in the years following their MTV breakthrough, Ween gradually polished their output, turning their staunchly primitive musical sketches into hi-fi paintings. Chocolate and Cheese, released in 1994, marked Freeman and Melchiondo's first crucial steps in this direction. Based on new, in-depth interviews with both members of Ween, as well as producer Andrew Weiss and associates ranging from Josh Homme (Queens of the Stone Age) to Spike Jonze, this book explores the song-by-song creation of Chocolate and Cheese and how the album served as a bridge between Ween's original two-guys-and-a-4-track incarnation and the rich, virtuosic rock & roll force they would later become.
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Notes: As part of their successful 'Rare Mod' series, Acid Jazz have once again turned their hand to book publishing with 'Circles: The Strange Story Of The Fleur De Lys', Britain's Forgotten Soul Band. Following on from the number one bestselling biography of the Small Faces by Paolo Hewitt, this time, as a companion to the forthcoming Fleur De Lys EP 'The Two Sides of The Fleur de Lys' the label shines a light on one of the legendary and perhaps most unsung mod bands of the 1960s. The book charts the Southampton group's journey from humble beginnings to becoming the first British band signed to Atlantic Records. Hits with Sharon Tandy as well as their astronomic version of The Who's 'Circles' and their own psyche masterpiece 'Mud In Your Eye' (both of which sell for well over £600) have earned The Fleur de Lys their rightful place in the mod pantheon. Authors Paul Anderson and Damian Jones have interviewed every surviving member and tell a fascinating story of sublime talent, missed chances and mismanaged business opportunities. Names like Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Beck, Aretha Franklin and The Who weave in and out of the story and the result is a must for 60s fans, soulboy and mods as well as anyone with an interest in youth culture.
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Decay Object: Fiepblatter Catalogue #7 (by Jan St Werner) (120 page paperback book)
Cat: 776354 Rel: 11 Jun 20
hand-numbered paperback book
Notes: Images, collages and renderings from the Fiepblatter visual archives 2000 - 2020. Limited to 300 copies, hand-numbered by Jan St. Werner.
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Cat: 987220 Rel: 13 Feb 24
36-page staple bound book
Notes: Val Wilmer, with Maggie Murray, founded Format Photographers in 1983, the first all-women photographers' agency in Britain. Wilmer is known for her writing and photography around African-American music, for which she has received many awards. More recently, Wilmer has become a patron of the National Jazz Archive.
36 pages
Printed in England
Staple bound
14cm x 20cm
… Read more36 pages
Printed in England
Staple bound
14cm x 20cm
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Notes: Hand illustrated by Murlo and litho printed onto A4 premium stock. Includes download code for the album.
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Notes: Enamelized is a book about down and dirty graffiti in the streets! This lush international survey looks at what's really happening in the urban graffiti scene, not in the galleries, art schools and computer labs. Enamelized features the diverse and unique styles of urban graffiti bombers and the full spectrum of graffiti from the quickly executed tag to full colour pieces displayed in the context of the urban environment. Over 250 pieces of graffiti from around the world including Brazil, Denmark Holland, Canada, England and Germany are brilliantly reproduced in full colour. One section printed on special Kraft paper focuses on the profusion of graffiti in and around Philadelphia.
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Cat: 411273 Rel: 15 Nov 10
An in-depth appraisal of a group whose legacy remains hugely underrated. Draws on years of research and hours of new interviews with band members and their friends and associates, as well as those influenced by the Chic sound.
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Factory Records 1979-1980 (book)
Cat: 861783 Rel: 10 Feb 22
Evocative photo book capturing early days of Factory Records
Notes: Part of Cafe Royal Books photographic publications series, this edition celebrates Daniel Meadows' photographs of Tony Wilson's early Factory Records roster, including Ian Curtis and Bernard Sumner of Joy Division, Vini Reilly of the Durutti Column, producer Martin Hannett, A Certain Ratio, and as a wild card, The Buzzcocks.
Meadows is a legend of social British photography. In 1973, he ran the Free Photographic Omnibus, a double decker bus that traveled England, with a fitted darkroom and living space, recording powerful portraits of everyday people in around twenty different towns. Some of these photos became his first book Living Like This.
This evocative set of photographs were taken during Meadows' further travels in the North of England in the late 1970s.
Staple-bound softcover 32 page book in glorious monochrome.
… Read moreMeadows is a legend of social British photography. In 1973, he ran the Free Photographic Omnibus, a double decker bus that traveled England, with a fitted darkroom and living space, recording powerful portraits of everyday people in around twenty different towns. Some of these photos became his first book Living Like This.
This evocative set of photographs were taken during Meadows' further travels in the North of England in the late 1970s.
Staple-bound softcover 32 page book in glorious monochrome.
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Cat: 955236
Including images of The Roxy, Sunsplash, the Marquee, The Tunnel NYC, Rock Against Racism, Notting Hill Carnival, Exploited, Empire Ballroom, Wetlands, Gossips, Glastonbury
Notes: Including images of The Roxy, Sunsplash, the Marquee, The Tunnel NYC, Rock Against Racism, Notting Hill Carnival, Exploited, Empire Ballroom, Wetlands, Gossips, Glastonbury.
David Corio began his freelance photography career in 1978 after leaving art school at the age of 18. Moving to London he began taking portraits and going to concerts and clubs across the capital for personal projects and as assignments for New Musical Express, Time Out, The Face and Black Echoes. He worked at London listings magazine City Limits in the early 1980's helping to write the music listings and editing their Nightclub section.
He moved to New York in 1992 for 16 years continuing to shoot musicians, nightlife and the arts for the New York Times, The Times and various reggae and hip hop record labels and magazines.
From daytime bhangra shows at Leicester Square's Empire Ballroom to the first hip hop club in Soho's 'Gossips' and the first Jungle Club in NYC, this collection of Fans and Clubbers, taken over an 18 year period shows many different musical genres in their infancy - their energy and excitement still fresh and raw.
David Corio's photographs are held by the National Portrait Gallery, The Victoria & Albert Museum, The ICA and The Photographer's Gallery, London and the National Museum of African American History and Culture, Washington DC and the Institute of Contemporary Photography, NYC.
36 pages
Printed in England
Staple bound
14cm x 20cm
… Read moreDavid Corio began his freelance photography career in 1978 after leaving art school at the age of 18. Moving to London he began taking portraits and going to concerts and clubs across the capital for personal projects and as assignments for New Musical Express, Time Out, The Face and Black Echoes. He worked at London listings magazine City Limits in the early 1980's helping to write the music listings and editing their Nightclub section.
He moved to New York in 1992 for 16 years continuing to shoot musicians, nightlife and the arts for the New York Times, The Times and various reggae and hip hop record labels and magazines.
From daytime bhangra shows at Leicester Square's Empire Ballroom to the first hip hop club in Soho's 'Gossips' and the first Jungle Club in NYC, this collection of Fans and Clubbers, taken over an 18 year period shows many different musical genres in their infancy - their energy and excitement still fresh and raw.
David Corio's photographs are held by the National Portrait Gallery, The Victoria & Albert Museum, The ICA and The Photographer's Gallery, London and the National Museum of African American History and Culture, Washington DC and the Institute of Contemporary Photography, NYC.
36 pages
Printed in England
Staple bound
14cm x 20cm
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Cat: 731248
Paperback book containing four stories by Allen Ravenstine
Notes: Slim, 44-page perfect bound, paperback containing four stories. Illustrated by Mary Thomas. These four stories were written while Allen was working and touring with the Cleveland band, Pere Ubu, and refer directly to those years. Previously published in The Cleveland Edition, The Re Records Quarterly and The Penguin Book of Rock and Roll Writing. Allen Ravenstine was born in Canton, Ohio in 1950. In 1968 his parents were killed in a car crash. He was a student at Ohio State University when students protesting the Vietnam War were shot at Kent State. All universities in Ohio closed, so he left Columbus, where he was studying English literature, never to return.
In the following years he worked with an EML analogue synthesizer and a Teac four-track tape recorder and in 1974 bought the Plaza, a ramshackle apartment building in Cleveland's inner city, which soon became the home of painters, poets, writers and musicians. In 1975, he co-founded the legendary Cleveland band, Pere Ubu in which he worked until 1988... leaving to become an airline pilot.
Taking up music again in 2012, he appeared with Robert Wheeler in the film 'I Dream of Wires', recorded two album length records, 'Farm Report' and 'City Desk'. In 2014, he released his first solo CD, 'The Pharaoh's Bee'. The critically acclaimed 'Waiting for the Bomb' followed in 2018. Allen lives in New York City with his wife Ann.
… Read moreIn the following years he worked with an EML analogue synthesizer and a Teac four-track tape recorder and in 1974 bought the Plaza, a ramshackle apartment building in Cleveland's inner city, which soon became the home of painters, poets, writers and musicians. In 1975, he co-founded the legendary Cleveland band, Pere Ubu in which he worked until 1988... leaving to become an airline pilot.
Taking up music again in 2012, he appeared with Robert Wheeler in the film 'I Dream of Wires', recorded two album length records, 'Farm Report' and 'City Desk'. In 2014, he released his first solo CD, 'The Pharaoh's Bee'. The critically acclaimed 'Waiting for the Bomb' followed in 2018. Allen lives in New York City with his wife Ann.
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Cat: 881080 Rel: 30 Sep 22
Revised reissue of the acclaimed first-ever book-length investigation into French Touch
Notes: Paperback: 320 pages
Product Dimensions: 12.9 cm x 19.8 cm x 2.3 cm
Revised reissue of the acclaimed first-ever book-length investigation into French Touch.
Back in print for the first time since 2004.
Updated version features previously unpublished interviews with Daft Punk, Laurent Garnier, Cerrone, Jean Jacques Perrey, Motorbass, Chris Le Friant (aka Bob Sinclar), Air, Etienne de Crecy, La Funk Mob, Cassius, The Micronauts, Stardust, Benjamin Diamond, Modjo, DJ GilbR, i-Cube, DJ Cam and many more...
During the second half of the 1990s, Paris experienced a dance music revolution thanks to groundbreaking artists like Daft Punk, Air, Super Discount, Motorbass, Cassius, Dimitri from Paris, Bob Sinclar and many, many more. It was a scene that became known as French Touch and was heralded throughout the world as the epitome of dance music cool, forever placing Paris on the dance culture map.
Journalist and author Martin James was there right from the start, documenting the scene from its inspirations to its earliest moments and onto its global breakthrough. In the process, he inadvertently provided the French Touch moniker that became adopted throughout the world.
Drawing on a dazzling array of exclusive interviews with the biggest names in French electronic music history, French Connections explores France's significant contribution to dance music culture that paved the way for the French Touch explosion.
"Endlessly informative and thoroughly enjoyable, James manages to bring even the most boring artists (Air) to vibrant life with his energetic prose and rich imagery." Bob Stanley, Mojo
"(James) has a rare, imagistic talent for evoking the unearthly sounds of modern dance music." The Guardian
"Viva Monsieur James! Essential reading for all fans of Gallic grooves." DJ Mag
… Read moreProduct Dimensions: 12.9 cm x 19.8 cm x 2.3 cm
Revised reissue of the acclaimed first-ever book-length investigation into French Touch.
Back in print for the first time since 2004.
Updated version features previously unpublished interviews with Daft Punk, Laurent Garnier, Cerrone, Jean Jacques Perrey, Motorbass, Chris Le Friant (aka Bob Sinclar), Air, Etienne de Crecy, La Funk Mob, Cassius, The Micronauts, Stardust, Benjamin Diamond, Modjo, DJ GilbR, i-Cube, DJ Cam and many more...
During the second half of the 1990s, Paris experienced a dance music revolution thanks to groundbreaking artists like Daft Punk, Air, Super Discount, Motorbass, Cassius, Dimitri from Paris, Bob Sinclar and many, many more. It was a scene that became known as French Touch and was heralded throughout the world as the epitome of dance music cool, forever placing Paris on the dance culture map.
Journalist and author Martin James was there right from the start, documenting the scene from its inspirations to its earliest moments and onto its global breakthrough. In the process, he inadvertently provided the French Touch moniker that became adopted throughout the world.
Drawing on a dazzling array of exclusive interviews with the biggest names in French electronic music history, French Connections explores France's significant contribution to dance music culture that paved the way for the French Touch explosion.
"Endlessly informative and thoroughly enjoyable, James manages to bring even the most boring artists (Air) to vibrant life with his energetic prose and rich imagery." Bob Stanley, Mojo
"(James) has a rare, imagistic talent for evoking the unearthly sounds of modern dance music." The Guardian
"Viva Monsieur James! Essential reading for all fans of Gallic grooves." DJ Mag
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Full Watts Book #1 (150-page book)
Cat: 546252 Rel: 02 Sep 14
150 page paperback book featuring content taken from various issues of the respected "Full Watts" Rreggae-zine
Notes: A strong passion for reggae music has inspired people like Beth Lesser & Dave Kingston, Lol Bell-Brown, Penny Reel & Nick Kimberly and Ray Hurford to publish reggae-zines such as "Reggae Quarterly", "Boom-Shacka-Lacka", "Pressure Drop" and "Small Axe". Also California based Steve Milne, who was inspired, encouraged and supported by Small Axe's Ray Hurford from London UK as he states at the beginning of this book, started publishing a reggae-zine.
His Excellent, extensive roots oriented "Full Watts" was first published in 1997. Initially it appeared three times a year, with every issue containing articles, interviews, discographies and reviews of albums, singles, book and magazines. In the first half of the new millennium "Full Watts" didn't appear that regularly anymore (there was even a 2 year absence) and then the publishing of the well respected reggae-zine stopped...
And now Steve Milne (in collaboration with Ray Hurford) comes up with the "Full Watts" book, which features content taken from various issues of the reggae-zine. The "Full Watts" reggae-zine was known for it's faultless and beautiful presentation, and thus it's obvious that this also goes for the book. Besides mostly fascinating in-depth interviews with artists such as Mikey Chung, Albert Griffiths (of Gladiators fame), Ronnie Davis (the Itals), Earl Zero, Joseph Hill (the sorely missed lead singer of Culture), Linval Thompson, The Congos, Prince Malachi, Alpheus, Yami Bolo, The Abyssinians, Jah Warrior, Ras Michael, Barrington Levy and Monty Alexander, there are also a few articles included here such as Kung-Fu Reggae, Album reviews and Version Galore, which puts the spotlight on 12 versions of the "Freedom Blues" riddim. All in all a great read!
… Read moreHis Excellent, extensive roots oriented "Full Watts" was first published in 1997. Initially it appeared three times a year, with every issue containing articles, interviews, discographies and reviews of albums, singles, book and magazines. In the first half of the new millennium "Full Watts" didn't appear that regularly anymore (there was even a 2 year absence) and then the publishing of the well respected reggae-zine stopped...
And now Steve Milne (in collaboration with Ray Hurford) comes up with the "Full Watts" book, which features content taken from various issues of the reggae-zine. The "Full Watts" reggae-zine was known for it's faultless and beautiful presentation, and thus it's obvious that this also goes for the book. Besides mostly fascinating in-depth interviews with artists such as Mikey Chung, Albert Griffiths (of Gladiators fame), Ronnie Davis (the Itals), Earl Zero, Joseph Hill (the sorely missed lead singer of Culture), Linval Thompson, The Congos, Prince Malachi, Alpheus, Yami Bolo, The Abyssinians, Jah Warrior, Ras Michael, Barrington Levy and Monty Alexander, there are also a few articles included here such as Kung-Fu Reggae, Album reviews and Version Galore, which puts the spotlight on 12 versions of the "Freedom Blues" riddim. All in all a great read!
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Funk & Soul Covers (hardback book)
Cat: 661778 Rel: 01 Jan 90
Hardback book featuring over 500 legendary funk & soul record covers
Notes: Following the success of Jazz Covers, this epic volume of groove assembles over 500 legendary covers from a golden era in African-American music. Psychedelia meets Black Power, sexual liberation meets social conscience and street portraiture meets fantastical cartoon in this dazzling anthology of visualized funk and soul.
Gathering both classic and rare covers, the collection celebrates each artwork's ability to capture not only a buyer's interest, but an entire musical mood. Browse through and discover the brilliant, the bold, the outlandish and the sheer beautiful designs that fans rushed to get their hands on as the likes of Marvin Gaye, James Brown, Curtis Mayfield, Michael Jackson and Prince changed the world with their unique and unforgettable sounds.
Featuring interviews with key industry figures, Funk & Soul Covers also provides cultural context and design analysis for many of the chosen record covers.
… Read moreGathering both classic and rare covers, the collection celebrates each artwork's ability to capture not only a buyer's interest, but an entire musical mood. Browse through and discover the brilliant, the bold, the outlandish and the sheer beautiful designs that fans rushed to get their hands on as the likes of Marvin Gaye, James Brown, Curtis Mayfield, Michael Jackson and Prince changed the world with their unique and unforgettable sounds.
Featuring interviews with key industry figures, Funk & Soul Covers also provides cultural context and design analysis for many of the chosen record covers.
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Cat: 987229
36-page staple bound book
Notes: New Order, sordid campers - festivals in the 80s.
36 pages
Printed in England
Staple bound
14cm x 20cm
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Printed in England
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Goldmine Price Guide To 45 RPM Records 5th Edition (paperback book) (paperback book)
Cat: 473387 Rel: 01 Jan 90
Information on almost 80,000 45s, EPs and accompanying picture sleeves - photographs and detailed listings
Notes: The undisputed champion of collectible vinyl is thoroughly covered in this updated and expanded edition of the most comprehensive reference on 45 RPM records on the market.
Collectors and music enthusiasts of all ages will find details about more than 75,000 American records, picture sleeves and extended play singles in Goldmine Price Guide to 45 RPM Records. Collecting enthusiasts get easy-to-follow listings, organised alphabetically by artist and priced in three grades of condition, for 45s from 1949 to the present, plus a 16 page colour photo section featuring hard-to-find records and picture sleeves.
In addition, a checklist format offers collectors a ready made system for determining value and maintaining inventory, in this entertaining and informative resource.
… Read moreCollectors and music enthusiasts of all ages will find details about more than 75,000 American records, picture sleeves and extended play singles in Goldmine Price Guide to 45 RPM Records. Collecting enthusiasts get easy-to-follow listings, organised alphabetically by artist and priced in three grades of condition, for 45s from 1949 to the present, plus a 16 page colour photo section featuring hard-to-find records and picture sleeves.
In addition, a checklist format offers collectors a ready made system for determining value and maintaining inventory, in this entertaining and informative resource.
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Goldmine Price Guide To 45 RPM Records 7th Edition (760 page paperback book)
Cat: 446638 Rel: 06 Feb 12
Book listing 80000 listing 7"45s, EPs and picture sleeves, with updated pricing, including 3 articles and bonus CD (780 pages, paperback, black & white)
Notes: It's been 60 years since the little record with the big hole first arrived on the scene, changing the sound of music forever; and while these black gems have been around for a long time 45s are still red hot in the collecting market.
The Goldminer Price Guide to 45 RPM helps you stay in the loop and on the edge of the 45 RPM market with comprehensive coverage of the biggest little record ever made. In this one book you'll find updated pricing, a checklist format for easy inventorying and:
80,000 listings of 7" 45s, and EPs
Details on artists, labels, and variations
State-of-the-market report featuring an insider's look at hot trends
Three feature articles: 60 Years Of The 45: How It All Began, Why 45s Matter and The World's Rarest 45s
Bonus CD featuring: 20000 additional listings not included in the book, 1000 picture sleeves and label identification guide.
… Read moreThe Goldminer Price Guide to 45 RPM helps you stay in the loop and on the edge of the 45 RPM market with comprehensive coverage of the biggest little record ever made. In this one book you'll find updated pricing, a checklist format for easy inventorying and:
80,000 listings of 7" 45s, and EPs
Details on artists, labels, and variations
State-of-the-market report featuring an insider's look at hot trends
Three feature articles: 60 Years Of The 45: How It All Began, Why 45s Matter and The World's Rarest 45s
Bonus CD featuring: 20000 additional listings not included in the book, 1000 picture sleeves and label identification guide.
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Grace Jones A To Z (by Steve Wide & Babeth Lafon) (hardback book)
Cat: 754702 Rel: 12 Nov 19
The life of an icon from Androgyny to Zula; 56-page hardback book featuring 200 colour illustrations
Notes: Singer, songwriter, supermodel, record producer, actress and iconoclast: Grace Jones. One can only imagine how that reads on a business card. She was the phenomenon the world needed - equal parts intriguing, intimidating and indefatigable.
From her early days as a model working with Yves St. Laurent and Kenzo, her rise to disco stardom in New York City's Studio 54 followed by her storming the New Wave with her reggae-infused post-punk, through to her arresting, decade-defining work Jean-Paul Goude, her eclectic film career and continuing artistic output in the current day, Grace Jones A to Z charts her incredibly rich life. This book beautifully illustrates her life, her art, creative collaborations, films, friendships and fun - all in a brilliantly illustrated A to Z format.
Creator Bio:
Steve Wide is a Melbourne-based DJ and writer who hosts a long-running British music radio show. He has run many legendary indie and retro club nights and DJ'd for acts including Radiohead and The Stone Roses. In his radio career, Steve has interviewed countless artists, from Jarvis Cocker to Bjork. Steve's previous titles include Bowie A to Z, Prince A to Z and Warhol A to Z.
Babeth Lafon is a French beauty and lifestyle illustrator based in Berlin. Her clients include Harper's Bazaar, L'Oreal, Architectural Digest, L'Occitane, Marie Claire and Elle Decoration.
… Read moreFrom her early days as a model working with Yves St. Laurent and Kenzo, her rise to disco stardom in New York City's Studio 54 followed by her storming the New Wave with her reggae-infused post-punk, through to her arresting, decade-defining work Jean-Paul Goude, her eclectic film career and continuing artistic output in the current day, Grace Jones A to Z charts her incredibly rich life. This book beautifully illustrates her life, her art, creative collaborations, films, friendships and fun - all in a brilliantly illustrated A to Z format.
Creator Bio:
Steve Wide is a Melbourne-based DJ and writer who hosts a long-running British music radio show. He has run many legendary indie and retro club nights and DJ'd for acts including Radiohead and The Stone Roses. In his radio career, Steve has interviewed countless artists, from Jarvis Cocker to Bjork. Steve's previous titles include Bowie A to Z, Prince A to Z and Warhol A to Z.
Babeth Lafon is a French beauty and lifestyle illustrator based in Berlin. Her clients include Harper's Bazaar, L'Oreal, Architectural Digest, L'Occitane, Marie Claire and Elle Decoration.
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Cat: 987226 Rel: 09 Jan 24
36-page staple bound book
Notes: The follow-up to Janette Beckman's, Hip Hop Years New York 1982-1992.
British-born photographer Janette Beckman began her career at the dawn of punk rock working for music magazines The Face and Melody Maker. She shot bands including the Clash, the Specials, Boy George and the Jam as well as three Police album covers.
Drawn to the underground hip-hop scene, she moved to NYC in 1983 and photographed pioneers such as Run DMC, Slick Rick, Salt-N-Pepa, Grand Master Flash, LL Cool J and more.
Beckman has published four books : 'Made in the UK, Music of Attitude 1977-1982', 'The Breaks Stylin' and Profilin'1982-1990' 'El Hoyo Maravilla' and in 2018 'The MashUp' a collection of her Hip Hop photographs reinterpreted by legendary graffiti artists.
Her work has been exhibited in galleries worldwide and is in the permanent collections of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, the Museum of the City of New York, Marseille Musee des Civilisations de l'Europe, and the Tokyo Nakamura Keith Haring Collection
She lives and works in New York, clients include Levi's and Dior.
36 pages
Printed in England
Staple bound
14cm x 20cm
… Read moreBritish-born photographer Janette Beckman began her career at the dawn of punk rock working for music magazines The Face and Melody Maker. She shot bands including the Clash, the Specials, Boy George and the Jam as well as three Police album covers.
Drawn to the underground hip-hop scene, she moved to NYC in 1983 and photographed pioneers such as Run DMC, Slick Rick, Salt-N-Pepa, Grand Master Flash, LL Cool J and more.
Beckman has published four books : 'Made in the UK, Music of Attitude 1977-1982', 'The Breaks Stylin' and Profilin'1982-1990' 'El Hoyo Maravilla' and in 2018 'The MashUp' a collection of her Hip Hop photographs reinterpreted by legendary graffiti artists.
Her work has been exhibited in galleries worldwide and is in the permanent collections of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, the Museum of the City of New York, Marseille Musee des Civilisations de l'Europe, and the Tokyo Nakamura Keith Haring Collection
She lives and works in New York, clients include Levi's and Dior.
36 pages
Printed in England
Staple bound
14cm x 20cm
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Cat: 211961 Rel: 01 Jan 90
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Notes: 'I Ain't Mad at Ya' by Owen Broomfield (aka Hulk) is a document of the social, cultural and political realities of growing up in the 60's/70's, as a black youth on the Aston/Handsworth border.
Owen exposes the issues faced by the black, predominately African-Caribbean, community and the daily racism they faced in school, on the streets and in the workplace. He then takes us through his seminal years of growing up, from the physical fights with white racists to the battle of wills with teachers and sports coaches. But the book really comes into its own when Owen writes about his three constant companions and passions: sport, music and his family.
Owen excelled at a number of sports and could have been a professional basketball player if fate (and a rehearsal) hadn't interfered. Instead he turned to music, which came naturally to him, and for a few fleeting years was part of an extraordinary movement in Birmingham's and indeed the UK reggae scene.
He vividly brings to life some of the musicians, characters and hustlers of Handsworth and the venues where they plied their trade, giving a voice to these lost and hidden bands, encouraging the reader to discover them. As an added bonus, the discographies at the end of each chapter are incredibly deep and will offer even the most knowledgeable reggae lover something to discover.
The book's central theme is of Owen's spiritual journey and of the love he shares for his mom Gladys, a formidable but loving presence through his life, Dad Hartnel, and brother Lewis as well as a dizzying cast of relatives.
'I Ain't Mad at Ya' offers a rare insight into Birmingham's black community and shines a light on the incredible amount of black music culture produced in the vibrant suburb of Handsworth and the role its musicians and entrepreneurs have played in shaping and influencing popular music in the UK.
… Read moreOwen exposes the issues faced by the black, predominately African-Caribbean, community and the daily racism they faced in school, on the streets and in the workplace. He then takes us through his seminal years of growing up, from the physical fights with white racists to the battle of wills with teachers and sports coaches. But the book really comes into its own when Owen writes about his three constant companions and passions: sport, music and his family.
Owen excelled at a number of sports and could have been a professional basketball player if fate (and a rehearsal) hadn't interfered. Instead he turned to music, which came naturally to him, and for a few fleeting years was part of an extraordinary movement in Birmingham's and indeed the UK reggae scene.
He vividly brings to life some of the musicians, characters and hustlers of Handsworth and the venues where they plied their trade, giving a voice to these lost and hidden bands, encouraging the reader to discover them. As an added bonus, the discographies at the end of each chapter are incredibly deep and will offer even the most knowledgeable reggae lover something to discover.
The book's central theme is of Owen's spiritual journey and of the love he shares for his mom Gladys, a formidable but loving presence through his life, Dad Hartnel, and brother Lewis as well as a dizzying cast of relatives.
'I Ain't Mad at Ya' offers a rare insight into Birmingham's black community and shines a light on the incredible amount of black music culture produced in the vibrant suburb of Handsworth and the role its musicians and entrepreneurs have played in shaping and influencing popular music in the UK.
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Cat: 548939 Rel: 05 Dec 14
A collection of Bill Callahan's lyrics, presented along with 116 illustrations
Notes: Until we have a feature film in which Bill Callahan's words are spoken by the true and deep characters who exist within the songs, the best format will be this lyric book - wait, no, the best format will always be the albums featuring the songs, since they are sung by Bill Callahan, the author and singer, in his own inimitable and completely individual fashion. I Drive a Valence, however, which spans two decades of Smog/Bill Callahan songs, is a fairly unforgettable look-see; in fact, it's a definitive-yet-concise trip through the mirror, collecting the lyrics to 70 songs and pairing them with 116 dreamy ink-wash images by the man himself.
The nuances and ambiguities within plain-spoke expression are at the exquisite center of Callahan's gift, and the plain fact of words on paper nails them down in a concrete fashion that signals eternity somehow more concretely than sounds in the air can conjure.
I Drive a Valence does this for the listener - makes him/her a reader, while putting Bill Callahan's songs on another shelf where they sit just as entirely as they do on LP shelves around the world.
… Read moreThe nuances and ambiguities within plain-spoke expression are at the exquisite center of Callahan's gift, and the plain fact of words on paper nails them down in a concrete fashion that signals eternity somehow more concretely than sounds in the air can conjure.
I Drive a Valence does this for the listener - makes him/her a reader, while putting Bill Callahan's songs on another shelf where they sit just as entirely as they do on LP shelves around the world.
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Cat: 416449 Rel: 04 Feb 11
The Touring Diaries Of A Scottish Gent, book featuring a series of tour diaries including information from radio and press
Notes: · This is the first ever publication from The Domino
Press, the new publishing imprint from Domino
Records.
· The book is written by James Yorkston, one of
Domino’s most esteemed and critically acclaimed
artists.
· Presented as a series of tour diaries, ‘It’s Lovely To
Be Here’ offers a mix of deadpan humour and
wide-eyed wonder whilst mapping out the realities
and endless disorientations of life on the road.
· Press - Reviews in Mojo (4/5), Uncut, Word, Financial
Times, Songlines, Rock N Reel. Features in The Bookseller,
Independent, Design Week, Grazia.
· Radio - Radio 4 Front Row interview, BBC Scotland Tom
Morton session, 6Music Nemone interview.
· Tourdates - January 26 Glasgow Celtic Connections The
Royal Concert Halls ‘Conversation Pieces’ (Ian Anderson
interviewing James Yorkston live for Celtic Music Radio),
26 Glasgow Celtic Connections The Recital Room Glasgow
City Halls, February 3 Berwick Upon Tweed The Maltings
Theatre & Cinema, 5 Thirsk The Old Courthouse, 11
Edinburgh Old St Paul's Church Hall, 16 Manchester Deaf
Institute, 17 Wakefield Henry Boons, 19 Birmingham
Midlands Arts Centre, 20 Cambridge The Junction, 21
Norwich Arts Centre, 22 Brighton Ballroom, 23 London St
Giles Church.
… Read morePress, the new publishing imprint from Domino
Records.
· The book is written by James Yorkston, one of
Domino’s most esteemed and critically acclaimed
artists.
· Presented as a series of tour diaries, ‘It’s Lovely To
Be Here’ offers a mix of deadpan humour and
wide-eyed wonder whilst mapping out the realities
and endless disorientations of life on the road.
· Press - Reviews in Mojo (4/5), Uncut, Word, Financial
Times, Songlines, Rock N Reel. Features in The Bookseller,
Independent, Design Week, Grazia.
· Radio - Radio 4 Front Row interview, BBC Scotland Tom
Morton session, 6Music Nemone interview.
· Tourdates - January 26 Glasgow Celtic Connections The
Royal Concert Halls ‘Conversation Pieces’ (Ian Anderson
interviewing James Yorkston live for Celtic Music Radio),
26 Glasgow Celtic Connections The Recital Room Glasgow
City Halls, February 3 Berwick Upon Tweed The Maltings
Theatre & Cinema, 5 Thirsk The Old Courthouse, 11
Edinburgh Old St Paul's Church Hall, 16 Manchester Deaf
Institute, 17 Wakefield Henry Boons, 19 Birmingham
Midlands Arts Centre, 20 Cambridge The Junction, 21
Norwich Arts Centre, 22 Brighton Ballroom, 23 London St
Giles Church.
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Cat: 554319 Rel: 05 Nov 14
250 page paperback book detailing the life of musician Jackson C. Frank
Notes: The story of Jackson C. Frank is tragic. The victim of a school fire in his youth, struggling with homelessness and mental illness throughout his life, half-blinded in old age before his death in 1999, Frank met continuous obstacles. And yet he enjoyed a shining moment with the release of Jackson C. Frank on Columbia Records in 1965. The album would go on to be seen as one of the greatest folk albums of the decade - maybe of all time - and its opening track "Blues Run the Game" has become a standard covered by hundreds.
Jim Abbott's book is the result of years of research piecing together evidence, relations and apocryphal stories from Frank's life. It is also part memoir, as Abbott cared for Frank through the final decade of his life. Their friendship was fraught with difficulties, which Abbott portrays with the honesty of a journalist. In doing so, he draws a portrait of a uniquely gifted songwriter, blessed with talent and besotted by demons. At 250 pages, Abbott's memoir shows a flawed and caring individual whose struggle was best depicted in his songs.
Following the release of Jackson C. Frank: The Clear, Hard Light of Genius, Ba Da Bing will release three volumes of Jackson C. Frank: The Complete Recordings in early 2015, compiling work from throughout his life, including unreleased material.
… Read moreJim Abbott's book is the result of years of research piecing together evidence, relations and apocryphal stories from Frank's life. It is also part memoir, as Abbott cared for Frank through the final decade of his life. Their friendship was fraught with difficulties, which Abbott portrays with the honesty of a journalist. In doing so, he draws a portrait of a uniquely gifted songwriter, blessed with talent and besotted by demons. At 250 pages, Abbott's memoir shows a flawed and caring individual whose struggle was best depicted in his songs.
Following the release of Jackson C. Frank: The Clear, Hard Light of Genius, Ba Da Bing will release three volumes of Jackson C. Frank: The Complete Recordings in early 2015, compiling work from throughout his life, including unreleased material.
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Jazz & Cricket: An Unlikely Combination, by Matthew Wright (paperback book)
Cat: 827932 Rel: 11 Jun 21
75-page book including colour and black and white photographs
Notes: Links between cricket and music have been written about at some length, as has the importance of calypso, but little has appeared to document the affinity between cricket and jazz.
This book redresses the balance with reference to those involved in both, through history and anecdotes, and in the social background of their parallel development.
"I like it when nobody, neither the participants nor the audience, knows what's going to happen or how it's going to turn out, which is the link between cricket and jazz." Richard Williams
Read about....
The saxophonist who took a Test match hat-trick
The jazz club that made the West Indian team honorary members
The trombonist tipped as a future England wicket-keeper
The bowler who became a highly regarded bassist in New York
The tenor player who wrote a tune dedicated to spin bowler Jim Laker
The Indian batsman given a signed photo by Ella Fitzgerald .....and much more!
… Read moreThis book redresses the balance with reference to those involved in both, through history and anecdotes, and in the social background of their parallel development.
"I like it when nobody, neither the participants nor the audience, knows what's going to happen or how it's going to turn out, which is the link between cricket and jazz." Richard Williams
Read about....
The saxophonist who took a Test match hat-trick
The jazz club that made the West Indian team honorary members
The trombonist tipped as a future England wicket-keeper
The bowler who became a highly regarded bassist in New York
The tenor player who wrote a tune dedicated to spin bowler Jim Laker
The Indian batsman given a signed photo by Ella Fitzgerald .....and much more!
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Jazz Critique Magazine 3/3/2006 - Issue 130: Japanese Rare Groove Classics 1950-1970 (Japanese Text) (book)
Cat: 254978 Rel: 01 Jan 90
Notes: A great issue of the Jazz Critique magazine, one that features a wealth of rare records from the Japanese jazz scene of the fifties and sixties. The first part of the issue is done in discographical form at a level that features cover images, song titles, dates, and personnel for dozens of totally great rare grooves from Japan. Text is all in Japanese, as it is in the rest of the magazine, but as with other Japanese discographies, there's plenty here to hip you to some really great records.
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Cat: 264869 Rel: 18 Apr 07
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Notes: Whatever happened to the record shops? Not long ago every town had one. Between 2004 and 2008 independent record shops were closing at a rate of one every three days. 'Last Shop Standing' looked if it was going to be an obituary to these great institutions. This new updated version, featuring lots of new anecdotes, looks at 2009: the year the record store fought back. With initiatives like Record Store Day, which attracted the support of artists all over the world, record shops staged the biggest and best comeback since Ali v Foreman.
New shops started sprouting up everywhere and vinyl sales rose by 33%. Graham Jones' 'Last Shop Standing' tells the story of Record Store Day and also lists all shops that have taken part. 'Last Shop Standing' features messages of support for independent record shops from Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen, Peter Gabriel, Joe Satriani, Damon Albarn and Chuck Berry amongst many others. This book champions the great characters that run record shops and explains to the public the problems they have faced. Graham also explains why he believes the record shops who have survived have a real future and why the public must support them.
The author, Graham Jones has worked at the heart of the record industry since the golden 1980s. He was there during the fruitful retail years and has witnessed the tragic decline of a business blighted by corruption and corporate greed. Jones has collected a wealth of entertaining stories that explain why the best are still standing, and how the worst of them blew it.
Featuring a new Introduction by Spencer Hickman (Rough Trade) and an additional chapter written by Michael Kurtz, the founder of Record Store Day.
… Read moreNew shops started sprouting up everywhere and vinyl sales rose by 33%. Graham Jones' 'Last Shop Standing' tells the story of Record Store Day and also lists all shops that have taken part. 'Last Shop Standing' features messages of support for independent record shops from Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen, Peter Gabriel, Joe Satriani, Damon Albarn and Chuck Berry amongst many others. This book champions the great characters that run record shops and explains to the public the problems they have faced. Graham also explains why he believes the record shops who have survived have a real future and why the public must support them.
The author, Graham Jones has worked at the heart of the record industry since the golden 1980s. He was there during the fruitful retail years and has witnessed the tragic decline of a business blighted by corruption and corporate greed. Jones has collected a wealth of entertaining stories that explain why the best are still standing, and how the worst of them blew it.
Featuring a new Introduction by Spencer Hickman (Rough Trade) and an additional chapter written by Michael Kurtz, the founder of Record Store Day.
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Cat: 526673 Rel: 23 Apr 14
A fascinating book documenting the decline, and recent come-back of record stores in UK
Notes: The book 'Last Shop Standing: Whatever Happened to Record Shops?' is the story of how the UK went from having over 2000 independent record shops in the 1980's to just 269 by 2009. Graham Jones was in the perfect position to witness their sad decline from the vantage point of a record company salesman who has travelled the length and breadth of the UK to sell stock to these shops. As he watched the tragedy unfold he decided it was important that someone documented their tales before the record shop went the way of the stamp shop, the coin shop and the candlestick maker.
He set off on a tour of the UK to interview 50 record shop owners to see why they had survived whilst a couple of thousand others had closed. These interviews are the basis of the book. Graham thought he was writing the obituary of the record store but Last Shop Standing became a celebration of these great cultural meeting places: a David and Goliath tale of stores managing to keep going despite the immense pressure from downloading and supermarkets.
In 2012 Last Shop Standing was made into a successful film featuring Johnny Marr, Norman Cook, Richard Hawley, Paul Weller, Billy Bragg and lots of record shop owners from the book. The film has been screened all over the world and the DVD was the official film of Record Store Day 2013. Recently, record shops have made an astounding comeback and we now have more record shops than back in 2009. This updated sixth edition of Last Shop Standing plains why. This edition also gives a comprehensive update on the original shops interviewed. Last Shop Standing has become a piece of social history. It is also a damn good laugh.
… Read moreHe set off on a tour of the UK to interview 50 record shop owners to see why they had survived whilst a couple of thousand others had closed. These interviews are the basis of the book. Graham thought he was writing the obituary of the record store but Last Shop Standing became a celebration of these great cultural meeting places: a David and Goliath tale of stores managing to keep going despite the immense pressure from downloading and supermarkets.
In 2012 Last Shop Standing was made into a successful film featuring Johnny Marr, Norman Cook, Richard Hawley, Paul Weller, Billy Bragg and lots of record shop owners from the book. The film has been screened all over the world and the DVD was the official film of Record Store Day 2013. Recently, record shops have made an astounding comeback and we now have more record shops than back in 2009. This updated sixth edition of Last Shop Standing plains why. This edition also gives a comprehensive update on the original shops interviewed. Last Shop Standing has become a piece of social history. It is also a damn good laugh.
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Letters To Emma Bowlcut (book)
Cat: 399784 Rel: 23 Jul 10
Epistolary novelette collecting 62 letters, the first published writing from Bill Callahan (79 pages, paperback, black & white)
Notes: The Letters to Emma Bowlcut, an epistolary novelette, collects 62 letters from a nameless protagonist to a woman he saw at at a party. The letters form the seduction, in sifting the loose, disparate details of his day-to-day, the desires, the frustrations, the joys. The self as depicted through emotional weather updates, social observations, anecdotes, advice and well timed punchlines. The Letters to Emma Bowlcut captures the sensual and esoteric qualities of letter correspondence. There is something in the time it takes the post to deliver and the physicality of the object that eventually arrives, that evokes an intimacy, a depth: a desire to be known and an opportunity to present oneself in the internal fantasy of every day's secret internal dialogue.
Over the course of 9 releases as Smog, Bill Callahan built an international audience for his musical fights and lyrical incites. For the past 3 years, he has presented his music under his own name to. His artwork, which has adorned the covers of all but one of his albums, has been distributed in the form of 3 sketchbooks (Women, The Death's Head Drawings and Ballerina Scratchpad and he has contributed his unique perspective to magazines over the years, but the Letters to Emma Bowlcut is his first published writing. As Bill continues to record and tour, playing concerts throughout Europe, Japan, North and South America and Australia, the Letters to Emma Bowlcut will be disinseminated among his ever-chaging and growing fan-base.
… Read moreOver the course of 9 releases as Smog, Bill Callahan built an international audience for his musical fights and lyrical incites. For the past 3 years, he has presented his music under his own name to. His artwork, which has adorned the covers of all but one of his albums, has been distributed in the form of 3 sketchbooks (Women, The Death's Head Drawings and Ballerina Scratchpad and he has contributed his unique perspective to magazines over the years, but the Letters to Emma Bowlcut is his first published writing. As Bill continues to record and tour, playing concerts throughout Europe, Japan, North and South America and Australia, the Letters to Emma Bowlcut will be disinseminated among his ever-chaging and growing fan-base.
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