"The definitive chord dictionary for the Irish bouzouki. Chock-a-block with every chord you could possibly think of, plus the rather nice addition of the author's 'easyplay' labelling for some simple"... (read full reviews)
"Whether it's toy cars, Carl Jung, giant rocks or The Stooges, Copey the Arch Drude always brings a righteous sense of Truth to everything he writes. He doesn't even try to claim that it's The Truth -"... (read full reviews)
"I know what you are going to say. So don't bother. I realise that it's Prince and this is exactly to be expected but I am going to say it anyway. It's just pages and pages of vivid pretension. Purple"... (read full reviews)
"This is a good fact-filled study of eighties pop music. There are some good choices for best album while there are many interesting choices for the best songs of the decade. This publication is ideal"... (read full reviews)
"This book appears to be the definitive review of music in the 1970s. The author makes a good choice of best albums as well as detailing some interesting choices of songs. The concert highlights are a"... (read full reviews)
"It's good to find a selection of songs that avoids the well-worn cliched path of many critics. There are some obscure gems here that get the belated recognition that they deserve. The author clearly"... (read full reviews)
"When I was 18 years old, a friend drove me out to the next town with the intention of both getting tattoos. For me, it was a sign of recognition and acknowledgement of one, if not my favourite, band"... (read full reviews)
"No fan of The Clash will want to be without this handsome volume this Christmas. It's full of photographs, both professional and taken by the band, and marks the fi rst time these legends have put"... (read full reviews)
"What a fantastic book - absolutely riveting. It's a fascinating account of a young man's ambitious and tenacious journey from an ordinary childhood in 1960's Essex through the music industry of the"... (read full reviews)
"Oh, how I cringed whilst reading this book! If, like me, you wore too tight jeans and backcombed your hair for Britain this is the book for you. Before Nirvana and their grunge cohorts arrived in the"... (read full reviews)
"As the title suggests, Liverpool's Cavern Club has gone down in musical history, perhaps most famously for its association with the Beatles. This exhaustively comprehensive book gathers information"... (read full reviews)
"This is fun and makes a great party game, quizzing your mates about which artist demands a David Hasselhoff shrine in their dressing room (the answer's on page 20)."... (read full reviews)
"Everything you want to know about Green Day is written down in this book. I learned a lot more than the facts about Green Day. Also the history about place and time is involved, which makes the book"... (read full reviews)
"Brilliantly clever, an inspiring entrepeneur and passionate about music, Joe Boyd's account of music in the sixties and seventies is a must for anyone with an interest in folk, blues, and rock."... (read full reviews)
"I dive on this every year, as it's the best way to plan my summer classical music fix. This year's season has focuses on Wagner, Verdi, Tchaikovsky's symphonies and much more, including a Doctor Who"... (read full reviews)
"If, like me, your jazz education began in the sixties, was largely dependent on Charles Fox on the radio, and LP liner notes [given limited opportunities to see great live jazz as a teenager in"... (read full reviews)
"I purchased this book as a birthday present for my 11 year old daughter. She had already been drumming for a while and had hit a bit of a wall as far as her progress was concerned. I worked with her"... (read full reviews)
"The title of this book and the exhibition it documents—Sounds Like Silence—is ambiguous. On the one hand, silence effectively “sounds”—or as Cage put it, “There is no such thing as silence.” On the"... (read full reviews)
"Amazing book full of b/w and colour pictures never published before, this is a must have for every New Romantic fan. The book analizes all the aspects of the Bllitz Kids gang, from music to fashion."... (read full reviews)
"This is a really gorgeous book full of everything you want to know about David Bowie. I love being able to see the detail in the amazing costumes and the song lyrics in his handwriting. It brings lots"... (read full reviews)