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Re: Rock books that rock
- Subject: Re: Rock books that rock
- From: "Paul Vallis" <paulvallis@ho...com>
- Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 15:11:01 +0000
I've got a reasonable music book collection, although I haven't read half of them yet (one of the reasons I've just come to Uni was to get the time and the excuse to do so!). I've heard of Cope's Krautrocksampler but have never even seen a copy, let alone got one.
Diary of a Rock'n'Roll Star by Ian Hunter is a another good one.
Other recent reads include Patrick Humphries biographies of Richard Thompson and Nick Drake. I'm not a big fan of his writing, but you can't knock his research and attention to detail. In my opinion, the Drake book is the slightly better of the two, which is odd as he didn't have access to the subject (obviously) nor two of the main people in his life (his sister and Joe Boyd), so he's down to quoting from previously published sources. Could be that, with the Thompson book being the earlier one, he's just getting better at it.
Helter Skelter books in Denmark Street in London is a great place to try if you're looking for anything obscure. Don't know the website address of the top of my head, but it should be easy to find via a search engine. Don't even think of venturing into the shop if you have any plans at all for the rest of the day.....
PV1
From: Nick White
Reply-To: blueplanes@st...net
To: blueplanes@st...net
Subject: Re: [Blueplanes] Rock books that rock
Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 10:21:30 +0100 (BST)
Cheers, Paul. I can't find a copy on the internet but
I'm going to see him in a couple of weeks time so I
will check the merchandise stall.
Nick
--- Paul Vearncombe wrote:
> Not at all. In fact I can't stand a number of his
> favourite records, but
> the reviews are still a joy to read. If you've read
> Head On you know what
> his style is like, and this is just the same.
> Hilarious.
>
> PV2
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Nick White"
> To:
> Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 10:09 AM
> Subject: Re: [Blueplanes] Rock books that rock
>
>
> > Sounds interesting - but do you have to like
> Krautrock
> > to enjoy it?
> >
> > --- Paul Vearncombe
> wrote:
> > > My vote is for Mr Cope - not for Head On which
> was
> > > great, but for his
> > > "Krautrocksampler" which is his write-up of his
> > > favourite German music,
> > > including a priceless top 50 run-down. The man
> has
> > > a way of writing which
> > > makes you ACHE to hear the record he's
> describing.
> > > The most passionate book
> > > about music I've ever read.
> > >
> > > PV2
> > >
> > > P.S. Oliver Postgate - I feel a childrens' telly
> > > conversation coming on...
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Ruth and Damian Kingsbury"
> > >
> > > To:
> > > Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2003 6:46 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [Blueplanes] Rock books that rock
> > >
> > >
> > > > My vote has to go to "dream brother", the
> Tim/Jeff
> > > Buckley biog. And the
> > > > Oliver Postgate book too. Strictly speaking
> he
> > > wasn't a rock star, but he
> > > > did invent Bagpuss, the Clangers, Ivor the
> Engine,
> > > Noggin the Nog and the
> > > > self heating house, which makes him more
> important
> > > than Bono as far as I'm
> > > > concerned.
> > > > Anyone fancy writing a Blue Aeroplanes book?
> > > >
> > > > Damian
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Nick White"
> > > > To:
> > > > Sent: 14 October 2003 12:52
> > > > Subject: [Blueplanes] Rock books that rock
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > I can also highly recommend Julian Cope's
> "Head
> > > On".
> > > > > "Repossessed", the follow up, is much less
> > > enjoyable
> > > > > though.
> > > > >
> > > > > The one book everyone should own is "This is
> > > Uncool -
> > > > > the 500 greatest singles since punk and
> disco"
> > > by
> > > > > Garry Mulholland. It does exactly what it
> says
> > > on the
> > > > > cover.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0304361860/qid=1066132120/sr=1-1/re
> > > > f=sr_1_2_1/202-3215430-7359049
> > > > >
> > > > > Nick
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > >
> >
>
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