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photographer and tour manager.
Rebel Grrrls Molly Tie 5th June, hb, £20, 9781913172985 The story of women and punk told through the narratives of ordinary women from the streets of 1970s London to the beaches of California in the 2000s.
Punk Pop Mohawk Annabella Lwin 17th July, hb, eb, £20, 9781915841162 Lwin reflects on her turbulent upbringing, English Burmese identity, “discovery” by Malcolm McLaren, joining new wave group Bow Wow Wow at the age of 13 and a life of making music.
Love and Fury Darryl W Bullock 13th March, hb, £25, 9781915841247 Major biography of Joe Meek, maverick engineer, songwriter, artist manager and record producer, who was responsible for the first US number one hit by a British group.
Smile David Leaf, Melinda Wilson 3rd April, hb, eb, £25, 9781915841315 The story of Brian Wilson’s legendary Smile album from a Beach Boys authority. It is a story without precedent, appropriate for music that was and remains groundbreaking.
Bowie Odyssey 75 Simon Goddard 3rd April, pb, eb, £17.99, 9781915841568 Sixth volume in Goddard’s epic adventure through Bowie’s greatest decade is a 10-gram panic attack of drugs, death and the momentous birth of the Thin White Duke.
Diary of a Rock’n’roll Star Ian Hunter 27th March, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781915841629 Hunter’s fascinating diary of touring America with Mott the Hoople in 1972, published in a remastered edition. “May well be the best rock book ever”— Q magazine.
Defying Gravity Jon Savage, Jordan Mooney, Cathi Unsworth 27th March, pb, eb, £14.99, 9781915841834 Jordan was one of the most iconic figures of the punk movement.
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Here is what was really going on behind those watchful eyes when anarchy hit the UK.
Steely Dan Brian Sweet 15th July, pb, eb, £14.99, 9781915841841 Celebrating the 30th anniversary of the acclaimed biography of Steely Dan, the book which drew back the veil of secrecy surrounding Walter Becker and Donald Fagen.
George Harrison Graeme Thomson 29th May, pb, eb, £14.99, 9781915841872 New paperback edition of the biography of the Beatle.
Oxford University Press
Stomp Off, Let’s Go Ricky Riccardi 1st May, hb, eb, £26.99, 9780197614488 Fresh take on the most widely discussed period of Louis Armstrong’s life.
On Elton John Matthew Restall 26th June, hb, eb, £22.99, 9780197684825 Imaginative new way to explore the career and music of Elton John within the contexts both of other artists and the sweeping shifts in popular culture.
Soon and Very Soon Robert F Darden, Stephen M Newby 31st March, hb, eb, £26.99, 9780197748121 Gospel singer and seven-time Grammy winner Andraé Crouch (1942-2015) hardly needs introduction. Soon and Very Soon celebrates the ways his legacy indelibly changed the course of gospel and popular music.
Parallax Press
Lyrical Dharma Born I 29th July, pb, £17.99, 9780984627165 Powerful and poetic illustrated meditation on hip-hop and mindfulness.
Reaktion Books
Transatlantic Drift Katie Milestone, Simon A Morrison 1st March, pb, eb, £11.99, 9781836390732 The emergence, evolution and global spread of nightclubs and electronic dance music.
The Bookseller Buyer’s Guide Non-fiction
The Yardbirds Peter Stanfield 1st February, hb, eb, £25, 9781836390770 Shows how British pop trailblazers helped shape rock music.
Repeater Books
Rebel Rebel Chris O’Leary 10th June, pb, eb, £25, 9781915672834 David Bowie: every single song. Everything you want to know, everything you didn’t know.
Bass Instinct Andrew Green 13th May, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781915672964 Junglist’s legendary followup, Bass Instinct takes readers on an odyssey across 1990s London as a young black man navigates love, sex, work, partying and the quest for the perfect bass-line.
Running Press Adult
Fleetwood Mac All the Songs Olivier Roubin, Romuald Ollivier 24th April, hb, £50, 9780762486304 Filled with fascinating photographs (some rarely seen) and juicy, behind-the-scenes details, this tells the story behind the band, album-by-album and track-by-track.
Schiffer
Richard Manuel Stephen T Lewis 28th July, hb, £27.99, 9780764369247 The Band’s songwriter’s compositions and performances analysed in expert commentary while shining a light on his contributions to his groups and the impact he had on music.
28th June, hb, £54.99, 9780764368165 Thrilling journey through the superlative recorded canon of one of the world’s most legendary heavy metal bands.
Sona Books
The 100 Greatest Songs of All Time Carolyn McHugh 19th April, hb, £25, 9781915343857 More than a collection, this book is a celebration of musical genius, cultural milestones and the timeless artistry that has shaped the soundtrack of our lives since the 1950s.
The Who
Michael A O’Neill 12th May, hb, £22.50, 9781915343871 The stories behind the music with an album-by- album analysis and accomp-anied by images from many of the most well-known contemporary rock photographers.
Stray Kids Carolyn McHugh 12th April, hb, £22.50, 9781917259064 Ultimate fan book delves into Stray Kids’ whirlwind rise to stardom, their self-produced music, and how they’ve become empowering role models for millions worldwide.
Seventeen Carolyn McHugh 12th April, hb, £22.50, 9781917259071 Explores Seventeen’s inspiring journey, their music and the bond they share fans.
Summersdale
The Little Book of Oasis 10th April, pb, eb, £6.99, 9781837997206 Quotes, facts and a shedload of tidy trivia.
Thames & Hudson
Minstrels and Minstrelsy in Late Medieval England Richard Rastall, Andrew Taylor 4th March, pb, £39.99, 9781837652556 Major study piecing together the intriguing but fragmentary evidence surrounding the lives of minstrels to highlight how they were keenly involved with all aspects of late medieval communities.
Unicorn
German Jazz Guitars Cameron Brown 10th February, hb, eb, £60, 9781916846692 Lavishly illustrated guide showcases the Bate Collection of guitars and explores the socio-political background behind the decline of the most productive centre of stringed-instrument manufacture in the world.
Universe
The Art of Dancehall Walshy Fire 18th March, hb, £38.95, 9780789345769 Definitive celebration of the distinctive art of poster and flyer design in the highly influential culture of Jamaican dancehall music.
University of Chicago Press
Hallowed by Their Name: The Unofficial Iron Maiden Bible Martin Popoff
Buzz Me In Martin Porter, David Goggin 24th April, hb, £30, 9780500028698
The Symphony Concert in Nazi Germany Neil Gregor 30th May, hb, eb, £36, 9780226839103 Drawing on untapped archival resources, Gregor offers a new history of how the musical worlds of German towns and cities were transformed during the Nazi era.
The inside story of Record Plant studios, the real Hotel California, that reveals how the greatest music of the 1970s was recorded.
The Boydell Press
Edward Elgar and Adrian Boult Nigel Simeone 18th February, hb, £55, 9781837652204 Considers Boult’s interpretations of Elgar’s works by drawing on the conductor’s annotated scores, broadcast performances and commercial recordings.
University of Rochester Press
Intimate Entanglements in the Ethnography of Performance Sidra Lawrence (ed), Michelle Kisliuk (ed), Ama Oforiwaa Aduonum, Catherine M Appert, Lesley Braun et al 15th April, pb, £18.99, 9781648250675 Expansive and intersecting understandings of erotic subjectivity, intimacy and trauma in performance, in ethnography and in institutional and disciplinary settings.
University of Texas Press
The Dad Rock That Made Me a Woman Niko Stratis 6th May, hb, £21.99, 9781477331484 Memoir-in-essays on transness, dad rock and the music that saves us.
Welbeck Metallica
Chris Ingham 27th February, hb, £25, 9781035421909 Revealing and in-depth guide to Metallica’s discography, covering every one of the band’s studio albums.
Live Forever Tom Sheehan 5th June, hb, £35, 9781035429011 The first eight years of rock gurners Oasis recorded by renowned photographer.
The World of BTS Catherine Saunders, The Boy Fitz Hammond (illus) 8th May, pb, £7.99, 9781804538517 Unofficial fan book contains facts and quizzes as it follows the journey of these international pop icons from band formation through to stadium tours and solo careers.
Weldon Owen
Friend of the Devil Len Dell’Amico 8th April, hb, £27, 9798886741681 The inside story of Jerry Garcia and Grateful Dead from 1980 to 1995 from one of the few non-band members allowed in the inner circle.
Wesleyan University Press
Copyright Consciousness Dave Fossum
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