Reversing into the Future: New Wave Graphics 1977–1990 is a unique and fascinating book of graphic design history curated from Andrew Krivine’s personal and vast collection of original posters, flyers, artworks and memorabilia from the golden age of New Wave.
The Cover Art of Blue Note Records is Graham Marsh and Glyn Callingham’s classic collection of the unparalleled record sleeves produced by the celebrated Blue Note record label.
‘He’s been part of the Coldplay family since day one, we love him.’ COLDPLAY ‘A funny, honest, absorbing account from
The Girl in the Song tells the stories of 50 women who have inspired classic rock songs.
The Boy in the Song is a follow up to 2010’s The Girl in the Song. It features the real-life
A stunning collection of over 200 essential and influential album covers of the decadeA visual reflection of psychedelia-influenced artwork to Punk anti- design – from Pink Floyd to the Sex PistolsIndispensable purchase for the dedicated follower of music and art
From deeply suspect sexual politics to crackpot religions, musicians’ elevated position in popular culture allows them to hold forth freely on subjects about which they know precious little. Mind The Bollocks collects some of the finest nuggets of wisdom ever to fall from their foul, ill-educated mouths.
Popular music has always attracted the kind of morally bankrupt individuals who are too unhinged to hold down a proper
‘The NME mattered to all those generations who grew up with music at the centre of their universe.The NME never had a truer chronicler than Pat Long.’ Tony Parsons
Since it was founded in 1952, the New Musical Express has played a central part in the British love affair with pop music.
Even the greatest songwriters (and Spandau Ballet) have had the odd bad day at the office. Or more likely, a bad few minutes in the studio toilets scribbling the first words they can think of on the back of their tranquiliser prescription shortly before the vocal has to be recorded.
What began as an underground 60s Mod scene in unlicensed, no-frills clubs in the North West of England became a
In 1903, the Victorian composer Cecil Sharp began a decade-long journey to collect folk songs that, he believed, captured the
Along with Blue Note records, the Prestige, Atlantic, Contemporary and Pacific and Riverside Labels were the chief providers of America’s East and West Coast sounds on vinyl.
Packed with memorabilia and anecdotes from the Twisted Wheel in Manchester to the mighty Wigan Casino, The Story of Northern Soul is the definitive history of the Northern Soul scene.
This fascinating, pocket reference guide passionately details 150 of rock and roll history’s most famous setlists from the last fifty years of legendary music performances.
