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There's more to music than just the vinyl at Record Culture. A good read on the crazy life of a band, a step back in time in music history, or a glossy look through the fashions and culture of scenes gone by is equally rewarding.
  • Shooting Star: The Definitive Story Of Elliot Smith
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    Shooting Star: The Definitive Story Of Elliot Smith

    Paul Rees

    'Elliott was one of the best songwriters of our day and a formidable musician.' - Beck 'There's an undercurrent of real sadness in a lot of his mus...

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  • Miki Berenyi - Fingers Crossed How Music Saved Me from Success
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    Fingers Crossed - How Music Saved Me from Success

    Miki Berenyi

    'Compelling, funny, vivid.' - Mojo 'Beautifully written.' - Stylist 'Remarkable, revelatory.' - The Times Formed in 1988, Lush were part of the Lon...

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  • Whatever Happened to the C86 Kids? An Indie Odyssey - Record Culture
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    Whatever Happened to the C86 Kids? An Indie Odyssey

    Nige Tassell

    In 1986, the NME released a cassette that would shape music for years to come. A collection of twenty-two independently signed guitar-based bands, ...

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    Tenement Kid-Bobby Gillespie-Record Culture
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    Tenement Kid

    Bobby Gillespie

    'Gillespie is rock and roll's Oliver Twist. A punk rock fairytale, razor sharp on class struggle, music, style, and a singular view of the world re...

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  • Good Pop Bad Pop-Jarvis Cocker-Record Culture
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    Good Pop Bad Pop

    Jarvis Cocker

    What if the things we keep hidden say more about us than those we put on display?We all have a random collection of the things that made us - photo...

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  • Here They Come With Their Make-Up On: Suede, Coming Up . . . And More Adventures Beyond The Wild Frontiers
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    Here They Come With Their Make-Up On: Suede, Coming Up . . . And More Adventures Beyond The Wild Frontiers

    Jane Savidge

    Here They Come with Their Make-Up On examines in exquisite detail how Suede emerged from the chaotic, ruined remnants of their career and somehow m...

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  • Graham Coxon - Verse, Chorus, Monster!  Record Culture
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    Verse, Chorus, Monster!

    Graham Coxon

    A long-awaited memoir of Blur co-founder, guitar legend and artist Graham Coxon.Among the noise and clamour of the Britpop era, Blur co-founder Gra...

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    £19.00
  • Kid A Mnesia: A Book Of Radiohead Artwork
    Kid A Mnesia: A Book Of Radiohead Artwork
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    KID A MNESIA: A Book Of Radiohead Artwork

    Thom Yorke and Stanley Donwood

    A celebration of the process and artwork created for the Radiohead albums Kid A and Amnesiac.Whilst these records were being conceived, rehearsed, ...

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  • Thom Yorke and Stanley Donwood - Fear Stalks the Land!
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    Fear Stalks the Land!

    Thom Yorke & Stanley Donwood

    In which the writings of the authors Thom Yorke and Stanley Donwood are gathered together. This commonplace book includes faxes, notes, fledgling l...

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  • Some Might Say The Definitive Story Of Oasis book
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    Some Might Say: The Definitive Story of Oasis

    Richard Bowes

    The rise of Oasis in the mid-1990s was nothing short of stratospheric. Yet what made Oasis truly special was that they were the people's band. This...

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  • Stephen Morris Record Play Pause book
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    Record Play Pause

    Stephen Morris

    Before he was responsible for some of the most iconic drumming in popular music, Stephen Morris grew up in 1960s and '70s industrial Macclesfield, ...

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  • Morrissey And Marr The Severed Alliance book
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    Morrissey and Marr: The Severed Alliance

    Johnny Rogan

    Morrissey & Marr: The Severed Alliance is among the most successful - and controversial - rock biographies ever published. Having denounced the...

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  • Lunch With The Wild Frontiers book
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    Lunch With The Wild Frontiers

    Phill Savidge

    Jane Savidge is widely credited as being the main instigator of the Britpop music movement that swept the UK in the mid-1990s. Savidge was co-found...

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  • Zeppelin Over Dayton Guided By Voices Album By Album book
    Zeppelin Over Dayton Guided By Voices Album By Album book
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    Zeppelin Over Dayton: Guided By Voices Album By Album

    Jeff Gomez

    Led by indefatigable singer and songwriter Robert Pollard, GBV have been one of the most important rock groups of the past thirty years. After toil...

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  • WhileWeWereGettingHighBritpopAndThe90s
    While We Were Getting High Britpop And The 90s book
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    While We Were Getting High: Britpop And The '90s

    Kevin Cummins

    A photographic portrait of Britpop, featuring the most iconic bands of the genre, with many never-before-seen images. Remember Britpop and the '90s...

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  • Fast Forward: Volume 2
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    Fast Forward: Volume 2

    Stephen Morris

    Iconic drummer Stephen Morris presses play once more to the tune of the long-awaited second volume of memoirs.Poised on the brink of success, the d...

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    £19.00