Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groups

The Beatles Across the Universe: John, Paul, George and Ringo on Tour and on Stage (Hardback - 15 Feb 2010)

The Beatles Across the Universe
Culturally the Beatles were a global phenomenon - changing all facets of popular music for good, but not just because they were a band that made great recordings. How big a part did performing in concert play? Would they have achieved what they did without an early grounding in the dance halls and clubs of Liverpool and Hamburg? After their first year as a headline-grabbing attraction, why did The Beatles soon tire...

By (author) Andy Neill

ISBN-13: 9781844258161 ; ISBN-10: 1844258165

Price: £19.99 £15.59 UK delivery 1 to 2 days

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Stuart Cable: From Cwmaman to the Stereophonics and Beyond (Paperback / softback - 1 Mar 2010)

Stuart Cable
The Stereophonics are surely one of the Welsh nation’s most best-known contributions to the contemporary music scene, and at the heart of their story is the rise and fall and re-emergence of Stuart Cable, the band’s original drummer, who was kicked out of the band in 2003, after their first run of success. This book presents an insider’s account of Cable’s life in music, detailing his rise...

By (author) Jeff Collins

ISBN-13: 9780708321799 ; ISBN-10: 0708321798

Price: £27.86 UK delivery 3 to 5 days

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THE ELTON JOHN STORY (Hardback - 1 Dec 2009)

THE ELTON JOHN STORY
'The Elton John Story' is the book that every Elton John fan has been waiting for. It is filled with all of the addictions, self-doubts, bad toupees, affairs and scandals - but also with the triumphant later years, the coming-to-terms with his sexuality and the establishment of a happy and healthy private life. This publication features a host of fresh interviews with Elton's friends, detractors and associates...

By (author) MARK BEGO

ISBN-13: 9781906779214 ; ISBN-10: 190677921X

Price: £18.99 £15.19 UK delivery 1 to 2 days

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The Great Composers (Hardback - 25 Nov 2009)

The Great Composers
A guide to the lives and works of the 100 most famous classical composers, encompassing all styles of composition from medieval times to the present day

By (author) Wendy Thompson

ISBN-13: 9780754820512 ; ISBN-10: 0754820513

Price: £10.99 £8.79 UK delivery 1 to 2 days

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The Mahler Family Letters (Paperback / softback - 19 Nov 2009)

The Mahler Family Letters
The Mahler Family Letters reproduces and annotates 500 letters written between 1880 and 1910 from Mahler to his parents and siblings and to and from various family members. The letters form the largest and most important source of information about Mahler's early life, personality, and relationships. They document such things as his burgeoning musical career, family events and crises, opinions of significant...

Edited by Stephen McClatchie

ISBN-13: 9780195342673 ; ISBN-10: 0195342674

Price: £23.35 UK delivery 4 to 7 days

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"MOTORHEAD": THE OFFICIAL STORY BEHIND EVERY SONG (Hardback - 2 Nov 2009)

Motorhead have always been a band whose reputation for the rock 'n' roll lifestyle precedes them, but along the way they have also accumulated an impressive, Grammy-winning back catalogue full of classic songs. Here, for the first time, their creation is explored via exclusive interviews in this 100% authorised account of the band in the studio. From uncompromising beginnings, voted one of the worst bands in the...

By (author) JAKE BROWN

ISBN-13: 9781844548507 ; ISBN-10: 1844548503

Price: £17.99 £14.39 Not Available

Bon Jovi: When We Were Beautiful (Hardback - 1 Nov 2009)

Bon Jovi

By (author) Bon Jovi

ISBN-13: 9780061864155 ; ISBN-10: 0061864153

Price: £20.00 £15.60 UK delivery 1 to 2 days

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Mario Lanza: Sublime Serenade (Hardback - 24 Sep 2009)

Mario Lanza

By (author) David Bret

ISBN-13: 9781906779528 ; ISBN-10: 190677952X

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OUR SCHUBERT: HIS ENDURING LEGACY (Hardback - 1 Nov 2009)

OUR SCHUBERT
His enduring legacy.

By (author) DAVID SCHROEDER

ISBN-13: 9780810869264 ; ISBN-10: 0810869268

Price: £39.95 £32.96 UK delivery 1 to 2 days

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MY STORY, MY LIFE: VAL DOONICAN - THE COMPLETE AUTOBIOGRAPHY (Hardback - 25 Oct 2009)

MY STORY, MY LIFE
The Complete Autobiography. For 17 years Val Doonican had played and sung all over Ireland, Britain and Germany, in clubs, dance halls and theatres and it took just one major television show from the London Palladium in 1964 to turn him into a star and overnight success. His gentle voice and Irish humour endeared him to a massive audience of television viewers and his TV show ran for 25 years. This book combines...

By (author) VAL DOONICAN

ISBN-13: 9781906779610 ; ISBN-10: 1906779619

Price: £18.99 £15.19 UK delivery 1 to 2 days

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THE GENIUS OF VALHALLA: THE LIFE OF REGINALD GOODALL (Hardback - 15 Oct 2009)

THE GENIUS OF VALHALLA
When Sir Reginald Goodall died in 1990, at the age of 88, he had already acquired cult status and was considered one of the greatest Wagner conductors of our times. This book examines the mysteries of Goodall's early career, his Fascist sympathies, his remarkable late flowering and the renewed fame of his last 20 years.

By (author) JOHN LUCAS

ISBN-13: 9781843835172 ; ISBN-10: 1843835177

Price: £14.99 £13.49 UK delivery 1 to 2 days

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LEONA (Hardback - 15 Oct 2009)

LEONA
Global superstar Leona Lewis tells her story for the first time in this stunning illustrated autobiography.

By (author) LEONA LEWIS

ISBN-13: 9780340918999 ; ISBN-10: 0340918993

Price: £20.00 £15.60 UK delivery 1 to 2 days

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BLOODY MARY: MY LIFE AND TIMES (Paperback - 8 Oct 2009)

BLOODY MARY
In this funny, moving and typically outspoken memoir, Ireland's best-loved jazz singer pulls no punches.

By (author) MARY COUGHLAN

ISBN-13: 9780340993477 ; ISBN-10: 0340993472

Price: £13.99 £11.19 UK delivery 1 to 2 days

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STRANGE THINGS HAPPEN: A LIFE WITH THE POLICE, POLO AND PYGMIES (Hardback - 1 Oct 2009)

STRANGE THINGS HAPPEN
A remarkable memoir from the legendary drummer with The Police.

By (author) STEWART COPELAND

ISBN-13: 9780007339396 ; ISBN-10: 0007339399

Price: £15.99 £12.79 UK delivery 1 to 2 days

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The Treasure of the "Beatles" (Hardback - 1 Oct 2009)

The Treasure of the
Follows the amazing journey of the Beatles, from early beginnings to the international supergroup. In this book, each fully-illustrated double-page spread covers either a year of their history, one of the band members or an album. It builds to tell the story of the Fab Four in words and pictures.

By (author) Terry Burrows

ISBN-13: 9781847324405 ; ISBN-10: 1847324401

Price: £25.00 £19.00 UK delivery 1 to 2 days

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Swing from a Small Island: The Story of Leslie Thompson (Hardback - 1 Oct 2009)

Swing from a Small Island
Jamaican bandleader and trumpeter Leslie Thompson worked with all the most significant black British swing musicians of the 1930s, including the legendary Spike Hughes and Ken Snakehips Johnson, and performed in London through the Blitz. This autobiography reveals the many-sided realities of life Thompson experienced as a West Indian in Britain.

By (author) Leslie Thompson; Jeffrey Green

ISBN-13: 9780955788826 ; ISBN-10: 095578882X

Price: £20.00 £15.60 UK delivery 1 to 2 days

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MICK RONSON (Paperback - 1 Oct 2009)

MICK RONSON
Mick Ronson was the guitarist for Ziggy Stardust, but he was also a whole lot more. This fully revised and updated biography is crammed full of first-hand recollections by those who were closest to him including family members, close friends and colleagues including Lou Reed, Mick Jones, Ian Hunter, Chrissie Hynde, Glen Matlock, Steve Harley, Bob Harris, Joe Elliott and hosts of others. With numerous unpublished...

By (author) WEIRD & GILLY

ISBN-13: 9781906191146 ; ISBN-10: 190619114X

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YOU NEVER GIVE ME YOUR MONEY: THE BATTLE FOR THE SOUL OF THE "BEATLES" (Hardback - 1 Oct 2009)

YOU NEVER GIVE ME YOUR MONEY
When Paul McCartney told the world in 1970 that he had no plans to work with the Beatles again, it was widely viewed as a cultural tragedy by the media and public alike. This title tells the dramatic story of the personal and business rivalry that has dominated the Beatles' lives since 1969.

By (author) PETER DOGGETT

ISBN-13: 9781847920744 ; ISBN-10: 1847920748

Price: £18.99 £15.19 UK delivery 1 to 2 days

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JOURNEYMAN: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY (Paperback - 1 Oct 2009)

JOURNEYMAN
An autobiography of Ewan MacColl that presents an account of the life of the singer, songwriter, actor, playwright and broadcaster, beginning with the story of a working class Manchester childhood, which had a profound influence on his songwriting, inspiring, for example, "Dirty Old Town" (1949).

By (author) EWAN MACCOLL

ISBN-13: 9780719079368 ; ISBN-10: 0719079365

Price: £20.99 UK delivery 1 to 2 days

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Peter Maxwell Davies Studies (Hardback - 27 Aug 2009)

Peter Maxwell Davies Studies
A timely reflection on the remarkable music of Sir Peter Maxwell Davies and his rich and diverse career. 2009 marks the 75th birthday of Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, an occasion that presents an opportunity for reflection upon, and appreciation of, a period of compositional achievement that extends from the 1950s to the present. This book forms part of that reflection through a statement of the current condition of...

Edited by Kenneth Gloag; Nicholas Jones

ISBN-13: 9780521886581 ; ISBN-10: 0521886589

Price: £55.00 £44.00 UK delivery 2 to 3 days

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