The Music Book Thread

Jimmy Dread · 2012-01-04T04:31:45-05:00

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...

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purple

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

Polythene Pam

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? 😮

purple

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!

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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.

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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
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purple

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!

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

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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?

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Yeah, It's amazing.

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