Best Ever Albums

Re: The Music Book Thread

alelsupreme — Fri, 6 Jan 2012 11:19:56 GMT

Author: alelsupreme

Posted: 01/06/2012 16:19

Yeah, It's amazing.

Re: The Music Book Thread

Mr. Shankly — Fri, 6 Jan 2012 02:44:19 GMT

Author: Mr. Shankly

Posted: 01/06/2012 07:44

For anyone interested in the early history of American indie rock, I recommend these:

1. Our Band Could be Your Life- Michael Azzerad
2. Route 666: On the Road to Nirvana- Gina Arnold

For punk, you have to read:

Please Kill Me- Legs McNeil

Others:

I'll agree with The Beatles Anthology and Shout. Also a Hard Day's Write and The Beatles Recording Sessions are interesting reference books too.

Cash- by Johnny Cash

I also agree on Billie Holiday's Autobio. I wrote a paper on her once, and that was my primary source.

I know there's got to be more. 🤔 I've read tons of music books about music.

Has anyone read the Keith Richards autobio yet?

Re: The Music Book Thread

monosyllables — Thu, 5 Jan 2012 12:36:22 GMT

Author: monosyllables

Posted: 01/05/2012 17:36

Anyone else having some trouble getting a look at this PDF?

Re: The Music Book Thread

Anonymous — Thu, 5 Jan 2012 10:58:56 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 01/05/2012 15:58

noWaxJim wrote:

purple wrote:

Polythene Pam wrote:

purple wrote:

anyone read krautrocksampler? is it worth $90, because that's the lowest price I can find it for...

Haven't you been looking for that for years?

Haven't read it though 😐

Maybe the library? :o

well, I've been looking for a copy around $20 for about a year!

Unbelievably someone's taken the trouble of scanning EVERY SINGLE PAGE of Julian Cope's second best piece of work (after "Reward") and uploading it onto t'internet... see here...

http://blog.swanfungus.com/2006/10/krautrocksampler.html

I love you

Re: The Music Book Thread

Jimmy Dread — Thu, 5 Jan 2012 04:04:25 GMT

Author: Jimmy Dread

Posted: 01/05/2012 09:04

purple wrote:

Polythene Pam wrote:

purple wrote:

anyone read krautrocksampler? is it worth $90, because that's the lowest price I can find it for...

Haven't you been looking for that for years?

Haven't read it though 😐

Maybe the library? :o

well, I've been looking for a copy around $20 for about a year!

Re: The Music Book Thread

RoundTheBend — Thu, 5 Jan 2012 02:09:06 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 01/05/2012 07:09

I have enjoyed reading The Beatles Anthology and U2 by U2. I want to read the RHCP one too. I like how these are in their own words and have interesting insight.

Re: The Music Book Thread

Anonymous — Wed, 4 Jan 2012 18:38:10 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 01/04/2012 23:38

Polythene Pam wrote:

purple wrote:

anyone read krautrocksampler? is it worth $90, because that's the lowest price I can find it for...

Haven't you been looking for that for years?

Haven't read it though 😐

Maybe the library? :o

well, I've been looking for a copy around $20 for about a year!

Re: The Music Book Thread

Anonymous — Wed, 4 Jan 2012 18:31:08 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 01/04/2012 23:31

purple wrote:

anyone read krautrocksampler? is it worth $90, because that's the lowest price I can find it for...

Haven't you been looking for that for years?

Haven't read it though 😐

Maybe the library? 😮

Re: The Music Book Thread

Anonymous — Wed, 4 Jan 2012 18:27:12 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 01/04/2012 23:27

anyone read krautrocksampler? is it worth $90, because that's the lowest price I can find it for...

Re: The Music Book Thread

pearljammer13 — Wed, 4 Jan 2012 18:09:06 GMT

Author: pearljammer13

Posted: 01/04/2012 23:09

Applerill wrote:

The Drumming Bible
Welcome to the Machine: OK Computer and the End of the Album
Ozzy Osbourne's Autobiography (for someone who can't even read, it's amazing)
Kurt Cobain's Biography
Digital Audio Production on the Mac

Those are my favorites :P

That Welcome To The Machine one sounds very interesting.

Re: The Music Book Thread

Applerill — Wed, 4 Jan 2012 15:29:46 GMT

Author: Applerill

Posted: 01/04/2012 20:29

The Drumming Bible
Welcome to the Machine: OK Computer and the End of the Album
Ozzy Osbourne's Autobiography (for someone who can't even read, it's amazing)
Kurt Cobain's Biography
Digital Audio Production on the Mac

Those are my favorites 😜

Re: The Music Book Thread

alelsupreme — Wed, 4 Jan 2012 14:57:53 GMT

Author: alelsupreme

Posted: 01/04/2012 19:57

The Rolling Stone encyclopedia is a great refrence book (though the omission of Neu is inexcusable)
Another great music book is the Beatles biography Shout.

Re: The Music Book Thread

paladisiac — Wed, 4 Jan 2012 14:46:06 GMT

Author: paladisiac

Posted: 01/04/2012 19:46

A little outdated, but still a good read, i blew through this last summer:

'Appetite For Self-Destruction'

by Steve Knopper

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Re: The Music Book Thread

pearljammer13 — Wed, 4 Jan 2012 12:57:31 GMT

Author: pearljammer13

Posted: 01/04/2012 17:57

Obviously this is only for the Pearl Jam fan, but Five Against One by Kim Neely is a great look at the band (through 1998). Also very unbiased, sometimes even slanted a little against Eddie Vedder.

Re: The Music Book Thread

Xavygravy — Wed, 4 Jan 2012 05:21:53 GMT

Author: Xavygravy

Posted: 01/04/2012 10:21

Don't really know any, but I'm reading The Pinkerton Diaries at the moment, if that counts.

Re: The Music Book Thread

Jimmy Dread — Wed, 4 Jan 2012 04:51:31 GMT

Author: Jimmy Dread

Posted: 01/04/2012 09:51

Rip It Up and Start Again and White Bicycles are both great choices - I remember reading the former whilst on a sun lounger in Portugal, then leaving it out in the rain during a freak shower and all the pages got soggy and stuck together.

Re: The Music Book Thread

Norman Bates — Wed, 4 Jan 2012 04:46:09 GMT

Author: Norman Bates

Posted: 01/04/2012 09:46

There's also a great collection of French books by "Le Mot et le Reste" book company. But these books are in French of course. If you can read it, by all means check them out, they're all good.

For instance :

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Re: The Music Book Thread

Norman Bates — Wed, 4 Jan 2012 04:43:58 GMT

Author: Norman Bates

Posted: 01/04/2012 09:43

I'd add those :

Sweet soul music by Peter Goralnick, title says it all. Only southern soul though, but encyclopedic.
Can't stop, won't stop by Jeff Chang (best book I've read about rap)
Rip it up and start again, by Simon Reynolds (about postpunk)
White bicycles by Joe Boyd (legendary Nick Drake producer talks about the pop & folk underground scenes in mid-60s to early-7s)
and Billie Holiday's autobiography.

The Music Book Thread

Jimmy Dread — Wed, 4 Jan 2012 04:31:45 GMT

Author: Jimmy Dread

Posted: 01/04/2012 09:31

Apologies if one of these has been started in the past, but as a keen fan of pop music history and as an English Lit graduate who has been put off reading novels for life, I thought I'd get some insight into what music books (if any) other members would recommend as good reading material for those boring Winter days stuck indoors with the stereo on.

My wife never knows what music-related oddity to buy me for Xmas so every year I scour Amazon and the like in the vain hope of being hit by inspiration (luckily I found "Our Band Could Be Your Life" in my stocking this year). Just so you know where I'm coming from, I'd rate these as my current 'Top 5':

ENGLAND'S DREAMING - Jon Savage

THE ultimate punk handbook - great insight into the '77 scene in the UK and beyond, with a very handy discography at the back which has served as an essential resource to discovering some of the lesser lights of the genre.

PSYCHOTIC REACTIONS & CARBURETOR DUNG - Lester Bangs

His review of Metal Machine Music is hilarious, as is the story of his acquistion of the Count Five's debut LP.

CIDER WITH ROADIES - Stuart Maconie

From Northern Soul to Napalm Death, one NME hack's oft laugh-out-loud account of his life and loves.

REVOLUTION IN THE HEAD - Ian Macdonald

You'll never listen to the Beatles' music in the same way again. I for one never realised about the unedited expletive left in "Hey Jude"...

SEASONS THEY CHANGE - Jeanette Leach

From Mellow Candle to Joanna Newsom, a labour of love dedicated to folk and psych oddities from the 60s to the present day. Essential reading for people who like daisy chains and the smell of jossticks.

There's a hatful of others I could mention, but I'd be interested to see what others have read and enjoyed...