Music Books

buried in the early pages. Well worth a read (or re-read?)

 

Thanks for that - a good read in itself and a few more on the Amazon wish list.

I would never have guessed Brian Eno's choice

 

Interesting, a friend of mine makes Art using 'Extinct' objects.

I have just finished reading 'Sing Backwards and Weep' , Mark Lanegan, the quite sad story of abuse and addiction rather than story focused on the songwriting or his musical career.

 

I've just spotted that David Keenan's England's Hidden Reverse: A Secret History Of The Esoteric Underground is being reprinted with extra material, after being out of print (and bloody expensive secondhand) for years.

 

The only one I read is "How the Beatles Destroyed Rock 'n' Roll" by Elijah Wald. Great book that helps to understand popular music differently and gives a new tools for thinking about music. I advise everyone.

 

I've been enjoying dipping into Vinyl Freak: Love Letters to a Dying Medium by John Corbett.

It's mostly a compilation of his column from Downbeat magazine sharing his favourite couple of hundred amazing LPs that you've never heard of - fascinating stuff. Plus it comes with a Sun Ra flexi disk

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0822363666/?tag=pinkfishmedia-21

 

I picked up a copy of Howard Hartog's "European Music In The 20th Century" in a 2nd-hand bookshop recently, quite an eye opener, it introduced me to many modern European composers that I had never heard of before.

https://images.app.goo.gl/dJjuYQ82PwYmnbQw5

 

Got Rickie Lee Jones' autobiography as a present recently, only dipped in so far, but looks really good

 

Don't think I could read it. She left an unfortunately indelible impression on me during one of her concerts, where she lambasted her accompanist in a most cruel manner. It's taken me years to be able to even listen to her music again. I most certainly will never attend another live concert of hers, despite her frequent appearances in my area.

 

Ironic that she should lambast her band given the stellar people that have propped her up.

 

I've just finished it. She's got quite a way with words; and led quite a life.

 

I like the look of that! Ordered from Fleabay.

 

With a foreword by The Specials’ Horace Panter, Tales From The Ghost Town collects together rare copies of every fanzine produced in Coventry at that incredible time. With an in-depth review of each, accompanied by covers and inside pages alongside exclusive interviews with their original creators tracked down from across the globe, it is THE definitive record of this unique, punk inspired, explosion of grass roots creativity expressed in cut and paste form."

https://fourthdimensionrecords.bigc...nzine-revolution-1979-1985-book-by-alan-rider

My brother and his mates feature quite heavily

 

(Oxfam buy)

and


Stephen

 

Anyone got a copy of this? https://markhollisbook.com

 

This looks like it'll be of interest to some around here (attn: @paulfromcamden)



Sun Ra: Art on Saturn: The Album Cover Art of Sun Ra's Saturn Label

 

For my birthday I was given "Lyrics" by Bryan Ferry. As the name suggests, it's a book of his song lyrics. I wasn't sure how well the words would stand up without the music, but they do. Unlike Paul McCartney's "The Lyrics", the Ferry book doesn't give a song-by-song commentary.

 

Just finished Don Letts’ - There & Black Again. Interesting to read the story of Punk/ Reggae & The Clash from someone so closely involved with that scene. I’ve met Don a few times and I have a lot of respect for the man. The book is definitely worth picking up for anyone interested in that period of our recent cultural history.

 

I'm about half way through Chris Blackwell - The Islander, and am thoroughly enjoying it.