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As
a jazz pianist hoping for success in America, George Shearing
had to overcome a handicap which most American musicians regarded
as insurmountable - the handicap of having been born in England.
He had been taught, however, by all the legendary jazz pianists,
not in person, but by way of their records.. |
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| At some point in the late 60s,
Eric Clapton fell in love with Pattie Boyd, wife of his close friend
George Harrison. Clapton's 1970 masterpiece, "Layla and Other
Assorted Love Songs" was an offering and a plea to her; they
eventually married in 1979 and divorced in 1988. Clapton's memoir
follows the recent release of Boyd's side of the story in "Wonderful
Tonight". His description of his relationship with Boyd, though,
offers few excuses for his emotional swings, substance abuse and
extramarital affairs that defined much of their decade together... |
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Synopsis:
This fascinating autobiography of the country music legend recounts
the highs and lows, the struggles and hard-won triumphs of his remarkable
life. The story takes us from Johnny Cash's childhood on an Arkansas
cotton farm to his early years at Sun Records. We read of his life
on the road and meetings with, and performances for, world leaders.
There is also the darker side of his life: the years of addiction
to amphetamines and pain killers, a suicide attempt and the spiritual
awakening that pulled him through. He looks unsparingly at his turbulent
past, but remains a man of honesty, humility and humour. |
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Reviews:
The Times
This funny, cool book about an obsessive odyssey in music will give
hope and joy to other would-be guitar men.
Dylan Jones, GQ
A six stringed classic. |
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Synopsis: This is a perceptive and critical account of the Royal Ballet's first
75 years, tracing the company's growth and extraordinary cultural
importance. Dancing through the Blitz, winning an international reputation
in a single New York performance, and adding to the glamour of London's
Swinging Sixties, Zoe Anderson vividly portrays the extraordinary
personalities who created the Royal Ballet, from Ninette de Valois
to founding music director Constant Lambert through to chief choreographers
Frederick Ashton and Kenneth MacMillan. She records the dancers: Fonteyn,
Robert Helpmann and Moira Shearer, mould-breaking artists like Lynn
Seymour, golden partnerships like that of Antoinette Sibley and Anthony
Dowell, through to stars of today like Bussell, Cope, Cojocaru, Kobborg
and Rojo, and guest artists who became part of the company, from Nureyev
to Guillem. |
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Synopsis: 'A Girl Called Madonna' tells the story of frankly the most amazing
'n' important female singer in the history of everything. Among the
breathtaking revelations: * Madonna likes to sing and dance! * Madonna
was very honest about kissing people and made other people realise
that kissing people was a good thing! * One day Madonna drank a special
potion called 'bitter'? it turned her into an English lady! 'A Girl
Called Madonna' is part of a fairly amazing new series of ultra-concise
and brilliantly illustrated pop biographies. Popjustice Icons capture
the 'amusing' and passionate spirit of the award-winning Popjustice
website: collect, as they say, the set! |
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Synopsis: Punk's raw power rejuvenated rock, but by the summer of 1977 the
movement had become a parody of itself. RIP IT UP AND START AGAIN
is a celebration of what happened next: post-punk bands like PiL,
Joy Division, Talking Heads, The Fall and The Human League who dedicated
themselves to fulfilling punk's unfinished musical revolution. The
post-punk groups were fervent modernists. |
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Synopsis: For the first time ever, Bono - the biggest rock star in the world
- tells his life story, and speaks passionately about his hopes
for the future. Bono is one of the most influential musicians at
work today. Over the past twenty-five years his band, U2, have sold
a staggering 130 million albums and collected 14 Grammys. Their
success has made Bono one of the most recognisable faces in the
world. |
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Synopsis: The first and last definitive, fully-documented, massively researched
birth-to-death biography of Frank Sinatra by the bestselling author
of File on the Tsar and Goddess: The Secret Lives of Marilyn Monroe.
Frank Sinatra said that, as a child, he heard 'symphonies from the
universe' in his head. At twenty-five, he told a friend he planned
to become 'the best singer in the world'. Soon teenagers worldwide
were behaving as though he were just that. |
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Book Description: The UK's best-selling music annual contains every single
and album to make the charts since the first hit parade in 1952.
This latest Guinness World Records publication, the 18th edition
since 1977, comes in a new larger format to include a special extra
74 page section celebrating the milestone of 1,000 No.1 singles. |
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Synopsis: Pygmalion both delighted and scandalized its first audiences in
1914. A brilliantly witty reworking of the classical tale of the
sculptor Pygmalion, who falls in love with his perfect female statue,
it is also a barbed attack on the British class system and a statement
of Shaw's feminist views. |
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Synopsis: The remaining books in Douglas Adams's masterpiece are finally to
be dramatised on BBC Radio 4, where it first began - and we're publishing
the scripts! Twenty-five years after the original radio series of
The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy exploded into the public consciousness,
the further exploits of its bewildered hero Arthur Dent are being
brought to life in their original medium. |
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Bob Dylan - Amazon.co.uk: As the first volume of Chronicles, Bob Dylan’s
long-anticipated autobiography, finally appears, we are given a
forcible reminder how it has never been easy to be a Dylan admirer.
How could the fiercely anti-establishment composer of With God on
Our Side embrace (in turn) orthodox Judaism, then fundamentalist
Christianity – two religions absolutely antithetical to his
celebration of the unfettered human spirit. |
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Julia Cameron. Amazon.co.uk Review: With the basic principle that creative
expression is the natural direction of life, Julia Cameron and Mark
Bryan lead you through a comprehensive 12-week program to recover
your creativity from a variety of blocks, including limiting beliefs,
fear, self-sabotage, jealousy, guilt, addictions and other inhibiting
forces, replacing them with artistic confidence and productivity.. |
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