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Some albums are simply undeniable watersheds in an artist's career. Artistic or commercial triumphs (or sometimes both), but…

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Against the odds, 90125, released towards the end of 1983, was Yes' best-selling album. Yet it was never intended to be a…

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Released in 1969, Let it Bleed was The Rolling Stones' eighth studio album (tenth in the USA). This account examines in…

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The music of Crosby, Stills and Nash, and especially their 1969 self-titled debut album, exemplified the Woodstock…

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No period of Bob Dylan's six-decade career confounds fans more than the 1980s. The singer began the decade with Saved, the…

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Championed by David Bowie, Mott The Hoople became one of the best known bands of the Glam era. A succession of top twenty…

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A retrospective of one of Britain's most successful bands. Spanning the period 1970 to 1984, the creative peaks and troughs…

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Genesis remain the best known and best loved progressive rock band in the UK, bar none. While the 1980s represent their most…

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The 1980s encapsulated Marillion's birth, commercial apex, and near-implosion. This book combines meticulous history with…

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Black Sabbath The Dio years looks at the three different Dio eras with every album and track put under the microscope,…

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The Stooges' music has influenced countless other bands, artists and genres, and this book examines the band's enduring…

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UFO, the legendary band which have been gracing the world's stages for the last 50 years, have given us more than their fair…

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Swedish quartet ABBA released their third, self-titled album in 1975. It was a record that led the group to their…

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David Paton is the singer, songwriter and bass player with the group Pilot, writing the worldwide hits 'Magic', 'January'…

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Motorhead are arguably the greatest rock and roll band in history, but it took many years to win that accolade. This is the…

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Sometimes acclaimed as Scotland's finest-ever singer-songwriter, Gerry Rafferty was born in 1947. After developing a passion…

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Long, unfurling tracks; huge stacks of gear; music like that of no other group; trailblazing live gigs based on…

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In 1992, Singer, pianist and composer Tori Amos achieved fame with the intensely personal solid gold record, Little…

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Caravan have a history that stretches back over half a century, with a catalogue of music that ranges from progressive rock…

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Everyone loved The Hollies. They were the 'group's group'. Never confrontational or rebellious, always smartly suited,…

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The Incredible String Band evoke love and devotion to all those who fall under their spell. Their world is not ours, but a…

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David Cronenberg's films stand collectively as one of the great achievements in cinema. Fearless, imaginative and…

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Roy Harper must be one of Britain's most undervalued rock musicians and songwriters. For over fifty years he has produced a…

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This book gives an overview of Aimee Mann's career from her earliest days, making it big with 'Til Tuesday and onward…

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The Pretenders proved revelatory, lashing hard rock to the sexy, sassy swagger of streetwise punk and catchy, chart-busting…

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The J. Geils Band were the original Bad Boys from Boston, getting down to it and blowing your face out every night. With…

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The second in a two-volume set, which began with an examination of David Bowie's career up until 1982. Bowie released eleven…

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The Kinks burst onto the British music scene in 1964, propelled by the historic guitar riff of 'You Really Got Me'. In Thank…

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On Stage: Phish - The Baker's Dozen provides an in-depth exploration of Phish's monumental 13-night residency at Madison…

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The Temptations are one of the iconic soul vocal groups, this book covers the first phase of their career, with volume two…

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In ten short years, Roxy Music made two of the most experimental albums in popular music history and one of the most…

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When Crowded House arrived with their debut album and hit single 'Don't Dream It's Over' in 1986, the seed of a unique…

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The Damned are arguably, the kings of UK Punk, they were the first band to release a single, with 'New Rose' in 1976.…

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Jefferson Airplane's classic lineup - one ex-model, two ex-folkies, one ex-jazzer and two ex-D.C. guitarslingers - crafted…

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Free were formed in 1968 towards the end of the British blues boom. After two critically acclaimed albums, the release of…

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Between 1972 and their first break-up in 1976 (and then again following their 1979 reunion), Roxy Music were arguably the…

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This is a journey through Kiss's first and most storied decade. It is the story of the four men behind the masks, and the…

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Van Halen are arguably America's greatest ever rock n' roll band. From inauspicious roots as a backyard covers outfit, they…

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Green Day are one of rock history's greatest and most successful bands. Singer/guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong, bassist Mike…

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Brian Eno is arguably one of the most influential musicians working in rock music. Starting out as synthesizer peacock of…

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Oftenderided by critics, Bucks Fizz produced a wealth of tremendous pop records andthis book is a celebration of the group…

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An enigma, Leonard Norman Cohen was possibly the most improbable bohemian intellectual songwriter/singer in music history.…

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The Beatles pioneered so much in the recording studio during their short time together that it's easy to forget that they…

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Phil Ochs was the 'The Prince of Protest' in the sixties. The only real rival to Bob Dylan, he was the archetypal Greenwich…

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This book takes a deep dive into Iggy Pop's solooutput from 1977 to 1999, exploring every album track by track…

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American critic and musician David Starkey takes a deep dive into Bruce Springsteen's early catalogue, highlighting the…

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In this informative, readable and - for punk fans at least - annoying book, Kevan Furbank looks at the progressive rock…

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In this book, Opher Goodwin dissects Ian Dury's albums and songs to tease out their spirit and reveal the inspirations…