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Häftad, Engelska, 2025
140 kr
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'Hugely entertaining history' - MojoBetween the late '60s and early '80s, design house Hipgnosis created some of the most iconic and ubiquitous album artwork of all time. Their original lifespan coincided with the golden age of the 12-inch LP, beginning just as the Beatles' Sgt Pepper made the record sleeve the ultimate blank canvas and ending just as new technology looked set to usurp vinyl.Having originally been approached to design an album cover for their friends Pink Floyd, students Aubrey 'Po' Powell and Storm Thorgerson would go on to define the visual identity of rock and roll for the next fifteen years, swiftly gaining international prominence for their famed The Dark Side of the Moon artwork. This paved the way for other major musicians to set foot in the surreal photo-design world of Storm and Po, resulting in seminal Hipgnosis creations for the likes of Led Zeppelin, Paul McCartney, Genesis, Black Sabbath, ELO and Yes.In this authorised account, with access to previously unpublished material and exclusive contributions from David Gilmour, Jimmy Page, Peter Gabriel, Roger Waters, Robert Plant and even Aubrey Powell himself, Mark Blake goes behind the scenes of the Hipgnosis partnership to reveal the pioneering ambition and grand vision that led to their success, as well as the clashing egos and artistic differences that undermined it. The Hipgnosis story also offers hitherto-untold insight into some of music's most legendary bands, as viewed through the prism of the people who shaped their imagery and cultural legacy.With the work of Hipgnosis continuing to be referenced, reproduced and revered worldwide, Us and Them serves as a celebration, a cautionary tale and a compelling human drama, exploring the vital intersection between art and music.
Häftad, Engelska, 2025
132 kr
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Fleetwood Mac have had a chart-topping career that spans over fifty years and includes some of the biggest-selling albums and greatest hits of the 20th and 21st centuries. But the band's story is one of enormous triumph and also unimaginable tragedy. There has never been a band in the history of music riven with as much romantic drama, sexual tension and incredible highs and lows as Fleetwood Mac.Dreams is a must-read for casual Fleetwood Mac fans and die-hard devotees alike. In the unique 'A to Z' format, consisting of mini-biographies, observations and essays, Mark Blake explores all eras of the Fleetwood Mac story to explore what it is that has made them one of the most successful bands in history.Blake draws on his own exclusive interviews with Mick Fleetwood, Stevie Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham and the late Peter Green and Christine McVie, and addresses the complex human drama at the heart of the Fleetwood Mac story, including the complicated relationships between the band's main members, but he also dives deep into the towering discography that the band have built over the past half-century.
Häftad, Engelska, 2011
221 kr
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Queen are unique among the great rock bands. It is nearly twenty years since frontman Freddie Mercury’ s death brought the band to an end – yet their fanbase remains massive. They appeal equally to men and women. Their fans are just as likely to be teenagers too young to have been born when the band were still touring and making records (thanks not least to the huge success of the musical We Will Rock You). And their musical history is one of constant reinvention – from heavy metal and prog rock to disco pop, stadium anthems and even jazz influences.Now, Mark Blake, the experienced Mojo journalist who wrote Aurum’ s bestselling book on Pink Floyd, has written the definitive history. Having already interviewed the surviving band members over the years, he has now tracked down dozens and dozens of new interviewees, from Queen’ s first long-forgotten bass players to Freddie Mercury’ s schoolmates in Isleworth, Middlesex, to trace Queen’ s long career from their very first gawky performances in St Helens through their sensational stage-stealing appearance on Live Aid to the band’ s collaboration with Paul Rodgers at the beginning of the century.Full of fascinating new revelations – especially about the improbable transformation of a shy Asian schoolboy called Bulsara into the outrageous-living hedonist that was Freddie Mercury - this is a book every Queen fan will want to have.
Häftad, Engelska, 2008
270 kr
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Mark Blake draws on his own interviews with band members as well as the group's friends, road crew, musical contemporaries, former housemates, and university colleagues to produce a riveting history of one of the biggest rock bands of all time. We follow Pink Floyd from the early psychedelic nights at UFO, to the stadium-rock and concept-album zenith of the seventies, to the acrimonious schisms of the late '80s and '90s. Along the way there are fascinating new revelations about Syd Barrett's chaotic life at the time of Piper at the Gates of Dawn, the band's painstaking and Byzantine recording sessions at Abbey Road, and the fractious negotiations to bring about their fragile, tantalizing reunion in Hyde Park. Meticulous, exacting, and ambitious as any Pink Floyd album, Comfortably Numb is the definitive account of this most adventurous--and most English--rock band.
Häftad, Engelska, 2012
232 kr
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Queen's success in the 1970s was accompanied by a taste for musical and non-musical excess. Is This the Real Life? draws on eyewitness testimonies- former producers and managers, ex-girlfriends and boyfriends- to create a complete picture of one of the world's most ambitiously driven rock bands at work and at play. Revealing Queen's complex dynamic, Blake also explores how Freddie Mercury's sexuality alienated some of the band's fan base, how they reinvented themselves by morphing from hard rock to pop, and how they saw out their final years as Mercury became one of the most successful rock stars in the world. Is This the Real Life? looks beyond Queen's public persona to shed light on the legendary band's four wildly divergent personalities, particularly lead singer Freddie Mercury's.
Häftad, Engelska, 2004
112 kr
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E-bok
Engelska, 201843 kr
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A SUNDAY TIMES POP BOOK OF THE YEARA DAILY TELEGRAPH MUSIC BOOK OF THE YEARA DAILY MAIL MUSIC BOOK OF THE YEARA TIMES MUSIC BOOK OF THE YEAR (''Of the many Led Zeppelin biographies marking the band''s 50th anniversary, this is the most illuminating'')OBSERVER BEST BOOKS OF 2018''An enthralling and rigorously researched book'' Sunday Times ''Blake has talked to everyone, and the stories are both lurid and melancholy'' Mail on Sunday ''A juicy saga of excess all areas, Mark Blake''s biography of Led Zeppelin''s notoriously combative manager, Peter Grant, reads at times like an all-you-can-eat buffet of guilty pleasures . . . a riotous roller coaster'' The Times ''A tale as expansive and complex as the man himself'' Mojo''To say Bring It On Home is a rambunctious page-turner is an understatement; but despite all the violence and weirdness, you can''t help liking the "real" Peter Grant who emerges here'' Planet RockThe late Peter Grant managed Led Zeppelin to global stardom. But his life story was every bit as extraordinary and dramatic as the musicians he looked after. For the first time ever, the Grant family have allowed an author access to previously unseen correspondence and photographs to help build the most complete and revealing story yet of a man who was a pioneer of rock music management, but also a son, a husband and a father.Published to coincide with Led Zeppelin''s 50th anniversary, Bring It On Home charts Peter Grant''s rise from wartime poverty through his time as a nightclub doorman, wrestler and bit-part actor to the birth of rock''n''roll in the 1950s. From here, it explores his pivotal role in the formation of Led Zeppelin and charts the impossible highs and lows of life on the road with rock''s most outrageous band.Bring It On Home includes almost 100 new interviews with family members, friends, musicians and rival managers, and walk-on parts for Sharon Osbourne, Bob Dylan, Stanley Kubrick, Freddie Mercury, Elizabeth Taylor, the FBI, the CIA, the Mafia - and Elvis Presley. As Grant''s son Warren says now: ''My dad knew everyone.''It is the first biography to reveal the truth behind Led Zeppelin''s demise, Grant''s subsequent fall from grace amid death threats and the shadow of organised crime, and his final days as a man who shunned the excesses of the music industry in favour of his friends and family.With access to several previously unpublished interviews - including Grant''s last and most revealing yet - Bring It On Home sheds new light on the story of rock''s greatest manager and one of the giants of modern music history.
Häftad, Engelska, 2019
151 kr
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A SUNDAY TIMES POP BOOK OF THE YEARA DAILY TELEGRAPH MUSIC BOOK OF THE YEARA DAILY MAIL MUSIC BOOK OF THE YEARA TIMES MUSIC BOOK OF THE YEAR ('Of the many Led Zeppelin biographies marking the band's 50th anniversary, this is the most illuminating')OBSERVER BEST BOOKS OF 2018'An enthralling and rigorously researched book' Sunday Times 'Blake has talked to everyone, and the stories are both lurid and melancholy' Mail on Sunday 'A juicy saga of excess all areas, Mark Blake's biography of Led Zeppelin's notoriously combative manager, Peter Grant, reads at times like an all-you-can-eat buffet of guilty pleasures . . . a riotous roller coaster' The Times 'A tale as expansive and complex as the man himself' Mojo'To say Bring It On Home is a rambunctious page-turner is an understatement; but despite all the violence and weirdness, you can't help liking the "real" Peter Grant who emerges here' Planet RockThe late Peter Grant managed Led Zeppelin to global stardom. But his life story was every bit as extraordinary and dramatic as the musicians he looked after. For the first time ever, the Grant family have allowed an author access to previously unseen correspondence and photographs to help build the most complete and revealing story yet of a man who was a pioneer of rock music management, but also a son, a husband and a father.Published to coincide with Led Zeppelin's 50th anniversary, Bring It On Home charts Peter Grant's rise from wartime poverty through his time as a nightclub doorman, wrestler and bit-part actor to the birth of rock'n'roll in the 1950s. From here, it explores his pivotal role in the formation of Led Zeppelin and charts the impossible highs and lows of life on the road with rock's most outrageous band.Bring It On Home includes almost 100 new interviews with family members, friends, musicians and rival managers, and walk-on parts for Sharon Osbourne, Bob Dylan, Stanley Kubrick, Freddie Mercury, Elizabeth Taylor, the FBI, the CIA, the Mafia - and Elvis Presley. As Grant's son Warren says now: 'My dad knew everyone.'It is the first biography to reveal the truth behind Led Zeppelin's demise, Grant's subsequent fall from grace amid death threats and the shadow of organised crime, and his final days as a man who shunned the excesses of the music industry in favour of his friends and family.With access to several previously unpublished interviews - including Grant's last and most revealing yet - Bring It On Home sheds new light on the story of rock's greatest manager and one of the giants of modern music history.
Häftad, Engelska, 2024
180 kr
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More than just a biography about the band members, this book offers an incredible compilation of stories, insights and reflections by the band members themselves and the people who knew them. Learn about the origin of the rock and roll band from their unique sound and meteoric rise in popularity to the untimely death of their drummer, infighting and accusations of plagiarism. This amazingly detailed peek into the lives of Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, and John Bonham features an oral history of the impetus and development of each album released along with in-depth interviews with the band members and their manager as well as interviews with fans, friends, and insiders on what the band and the music meant to them. Full of photos of the iconic band on the road, you can read about and feel the band's energy and transformation into the men they are today.
Inbunden, Engelska, 2024
347 kr
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Häftad, Engelska, 2013
130 kr
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Over 50 years since the release of their first studio album, Pink Floyd’s extraordinary style of music and aesthetic continues to amaze and inspire listeners of all generations. In this superbly comprehensive and engrossing history of the group, Mark Blake tells how this group of Cambridge school friends went on the conquer the world with iconic albums like Dark Side of the Moon and Wish You Were Here, and put on some of the most spectacular shows of all time. Drawing on over a hundred original interviews, Pigs Might Fly follows Pink Floyd from the early psychedelic nights at UFO in the mid-sixties through to the acrimonious schism that ended the band by the nineties. Now with a revised chapter to bring the story up to date and published to coincide with The V&A exhibition in 2017, Pigs Might Fly has been acclaimed as the definitive book on Pink Floyd.
E-bok
Engelska, 2014106 kr
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'A definitive tome for both Who fans and newcomers alike’ ***** Q MagazinePete Townshend was once asked how he prepared himself for The Who’ s violent live performances. His answer? ‘ Pretend you’ re in a war.’ For a band as prone to furious infighting as it was notorious for acts of ‘ auto-destructive art’ this could have served as a motto.Between 1964 and 1969 The Who released some of the most dramatic and confrontational music of the decade, including ‘ I Can’ t Explain’ , ‘ My Generation’ and ‘ I Can See For Miles’ . This was a body of work driven by bitter rivalry, black humour and dark childhood secrets, but it also held up a mirror to a society in transition. Now, acclaimed rock biographer Mark Blake goes in search of its inspiration to present a unique perspective on both The Who and the sixties.From their breakthrough as Mod figureheads to the rise and fall of psychedelia, he reveals how The Who, in their explorations of sex, drugs, spirituality and class, refracted the growing turbulence of the time. He also lays bare the colourful but crucial role played by their managers, Kit Lambert and Chris Stamp. And – in the uneasy alliance between art-school experimentation and working-class ambition – he locates the motor of the Swinging Sixties.As the decade closed, with The Who performing Tommy in front of 500,000 people at the Woodstock Festival, the ‘ rock opera’ was born. In retrospect, it was the crowning achievement of a band who had already embraced pop art and the concept album; who had pioneered the power chord and the guitar smash; and who had embodied – more so than any of their peers – the guiding spirit of the age: war.
Häftad, Engelska, 2024
160 kr
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'Hugely entertaining history' - MojoBetween the late '60s and early '80s, design house Hipgnosis created some of the most iconic and ubiquitous album artwork of all time. Their original lifespan coincided with the golden age of the 12-inch LP, beginning just as the Beatles' Sgt Pepper made the record sleeve the ultimate blank canvas and ending just as new technology looked set to usurp vinyl.Having originally been approached to design an album cover for their friends Pink Floyd, students Aubrey 'Po' Powell and Storm Thorgerson would go on to define the visual identity of rock and roll for the next fifteen years, swiftly gaining international prominence for their famed The Dark Side of the Moon artwork. This paved the way for other major musicians to set foot in the surreal photo-design world of Storm and Po, resulting in seminal Hipgnosis creations for the likes of Led Zeppelin, Paul McCartney, Genesis, Black Sabbath, ELO and Yes.In this authorised account, with access to previously unpublished material and exclusive contributions from David Gilmour, Jimmy Page, Peter Gabriel, Roger Waters, Robert Plant and even Aubrey Powell himself, Mark Blake goes behind the scenes of the Hipgnosis partnership to reveal the pioneering ambition and grand vision that led to their success, as well as the clashing egos and artistic differences that undermined it. The Hipgnosis story also offers hitherto-untold insight into some of music's most legendary bands, as viewed through the prism of the people who shaped their imagery and cultural legacy.With the work of Hipgnosis continuing to be referenced, reproduced and revered worldwide, Us and Them serves as a celebration, a cautionary tale and a compelling human drama, exploring the vital intersection between art and music.
E-bok
Engelska, 202377 kr
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'Hugely entertaining history' - MojoBetween the late '60s and early '80s, design house Hipgnosis created some of the most iconic and ubiquitous album artwork of all time. Their original lifespan coincided with the golden age of the 12-inch LP, beginning just as the Beatles' Sgt Pepper made the record sleeve the ultimate blank canvas and ending just as new technology looked set to usurp vinyl.Having originally been approached to design an album cover for their friends Pink Floyd, students Aubrey 'Po' Powell and Storm Thorgerson would go on to define the visual identity of rock and roll for the next fifteen years, swiftly gaining international prominence for their famed The Dark Side of the Moon artwork. This paved the way for other major musicians to set foot in the surreal photo-design world of Storm and Po, resulting in seminal Hipgnosis creations for the likes of Led Zeppelin, Paul McCartney, Genesis, Black Sabbath, ELO and Yes.In this authorised account, with access to previously unpublished material and exclusive contributions from David Gilmour, Jimmy Page, Peter Gabriel, Roger Waters, Robert Plant and even Aubrey Powell himself, Mark Blake goes behind the scenes of the Hipgnosis partnership to reveal the pioneering ambition and grand vision that led to their success, as well as the clashing egos and artistic differences that undermined it. The Hipgnosis story also offers hitherto-untold insight into some of music's most legendary bands, as viewed through the prism of the people who shaped their imagery and cultural legacy.With the work of Hipgnosis continuing to be referenced, reproduced and revered worldwide, Us and Them serves as a celebration, a cautionary tale and a compelling human drama, exploring the vital intersection between art and music.
E-bok
Engelska, 202179 kr
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''You want it all? There''s not much missing here. 9/10.'' - Classic Rock''An engaging mix of humour and detailed critical analysis ... great fun. 4/5.'' - MojoFrom the award-winning author of Bring It On Home: Peter Grant, Led Zeppelin and Beyond and Pigs Might Fly: The Inside Story of Pink Floyd comes MAGNIFICO! THE A TO Z OF QUEEN.Addressing the phenomenal success of Bohemian Rhapsody, acclaimed music journalist Mark Blake builds on the legend of Queen and their enduring audience appeal.Providing a fresh, unparalleled take on Queen''s music, story and legacy, Blake''s complete portrait covers not only the major hits and bestselling albums, but also the inside stories behind the music.Via a series of essays, interviews and biographies, the author shares a wealth of lesser-known details - gained from over thirty years of original material - and explores what the songs of Queen say about their creators.
Häftad, Engelska, 2022
120 kr
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'You want it all? There's not much missing here. 9/10.' - Classic Rock'An engaging mix of humour and detailed critical analysis ... great fun. 4/5.' - MojoFrom award-winning author Mark Blake comes Magnifico! The A to Z of Queen.Addressing the phenomenal cinematic success of Bohemian Rhapsody, acclaimed music journalist Mark Blake builds on the legend of Queen and their enduring audience appeal.Providing a fresh, unparalleled take on Queen's music, story and legacy, Blake's complete portrait covers not only the major hits and bestselling albums, but also the inside stories behind the music.Via a series of essays, interviews and biographies, the author shares a wealth of lesser-known details - gained from over thirty years of original material - and explores what the songs of Queen say about their creators.
E-bok
Engelska, 2024218 kr
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Fleetwood Mac have had a chart-topping career that spans over fifty years and includes some of the biggest-selling albums and greatest hits of the 20th and 21st centuries. But the band''s story is one of enormous triumph and also unimaginable tragedy. There has never been a band in the history of music riven with as much romantic drama, sexual tension and incredible highs and lows as Fleetwood Mac.Dreams is a must-read for casual Fleetwood Mac fans and die-hard devotees alike. In this unique collection of mini-biographies, observations and essays, Mark Blake explores all eras of the Fleetwood Mac story to explore what it is that has made them one of the most successful bands in history.Blake draws on his own exclusive interviews with Mick Fleetwood, Stevie Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham and the late Peter Green and Christine McVie, and addresses the complex human drama at the heart of the Fleetwood Mac story, including the complicated relationships between the band''s main members, but he also dives deep into the towering discography that the band have built over the past half-century.
E-bok
Engelska, 2010195 kr
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Queen are unique among the great rock bands. It is nearly twenty years since frontman Freddie Mercury’ s death brought the band to an end – yet their fanbase remains massive. They appeal equally to men and women. Their fans are just as likely to be teenagers too young to have been born when the band were still touring and making records (thanks not least to the huge success of the musical We Will Rock You). And their musical history is one of constant reinvention – from heavy metal and prog rock to disco pop, stadium anthems and even jazz influences.Now, Mark Blake, the experienced Mojo journalist who wrote Aurum’ s bestselling book on Pink Floyd, has written the definitive history. Having already interviewed the surviving band members over the years, he has now tracked down dozens and dozens of new interviewees, from Queen’ s first long-forgotten bass players to Freddie Mercury’ s schoolmates in Isleworth, Middlesex, to trace Queen’ s long career from their very first gawky performances in St Helens through their sensational stage-stealing appearance on Live Aid to the band’ s collaboration with Paul Rodgers at the beginning of the century.Full of fascinating new revelations – especially about the improbable transformation of a shy Asian schoolboy called Bulsara into the outrageous-living hedonist that was Freddie Mercury - this is a book every Queen fan will want to have.
E-bok
Engelska, 2011106 kr
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Over 50 years since the release of their first studio album, Pink Floyd’s extraordinary style of music and aesthetic continues to amaze and inspire listeners of all generations. In this superbly comprehensive and engrossing history of the group, acknowledged as the definitive book on this remarkable band, Mark Blake tells how this group of Cambridge school friends went on the conquer the world with iconic albums like Dark Side of the Moon and Wish You Were Here, and put on some of the most spectacular shows of all time. Drawing on over a hundred original interviews, Pigs Might Fly follows Pink Floyd from the early psychedelic nights at UFO in the mid-sixties through to the acrimonious schism that ended the band by the nineties.
Inbunden, Engelska, 2025
302 kr
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A Mojo Book of the Year 2025“Informative, funny, bitchy and sad. I love it” David Quantick“Michelangelo's David of the genre” Record Collector“A compelling retelling of the story” MojoThe definitive oral history of Pink Floyd as told by friends, associates, family members and the band themselves through exclusive, never before published interviews.Bestselling music author Mark Blake has been an associate and collaborator of Pink Floyd for over thirty years. Shine On takes on the behemoth task of capturing the most comprehensive history of the band ever compiled, drawing on huge amounts of new, archive and unpublished interview material with Gilmour, Waters, Mason and Wright. No other writer has interviewed the members of Pink Floyd as often nor as thoroughly, which is candidly apparent in this textured, gripping and consistently surprising biography. For the first time, the band's story is told as an oral history with each chapter presented through the words the band, their friends, contemporaries and supporting musicians. The accessible structure and high level of detail means that the narrative is both approachable to casual readers and magnetic to the committed.Shine On is comprised of a significant amount of previously unpublished material, including a rare interview with Rosemary Breen lamenting that her younger brother Roger, aka Syd Barrett, should have never become a musician as well as exclusive new interviews with the band and their associates, reflecting on their enduring legacy and rather more complicated recent twists and turns in the bands story.Shine On is a skilful retelling of one of the most turbulent and enduring groups in rock music history, a complex history that only someone as skilled and insightful as Blake can navigate.
Häftad, Engelska, 2026
144 kr
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A Mojo Book of the Year 2025“Informative, funny, bitchy and sad. I love it” David Quantick“Michelangelo's David of the genre” Record Collector“A compelling retelling of the story” MojoThe definitive oral history of Pink Floyd as told by friends, associates, family members and the band themselves through exclusive, never before published interviews.Bestselling music author Mark Blake has been an associate and collaborator of Pink Floyd for over thirty years. Shine On takes on the behemoth task of capturing the most comprehensive history of the band ever compiled, drawing on huge amounts of new, archive and unpublished interview material with Gilmour, Waters, Mason and Wright. No other writer has interviewed the members of Pink Floyd as often nor as thoroughly, which is candidly apparent in this textured, gripping and consistently surprising biography. For the first time, the band's story is told as an oral history with each chapter presented through the words the band, their friends, contemporaries and supporting musicians. The accessible structure and high level of detail means that the narrative is both approachable to casual readers and magnetic to the committed.Shine On is comprised of a significant amount of previously unpublished material, including a rare interview with Rosemary Breen lamenting that her younger brother Roger, aka Syd Barrett, should have never become a musician as well as exclusive new interviews with the band and their associates, reflecting on their enduring legacy and rather more complicated recent twists and turns in the bands story.Shine On is a skilful retelling of one of the most turbulent and enduring groups in rock music history, a complex history that only someone as skilled and insightful as Blake can navigate.
Inbunden, Tyska, 2016
346 kr
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E-bok
Tyska, 2016135 kr
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Der Stoff, aus dem Legenden sind - altbewährt und neu bewertet2014 erschien mit "The Endless River" das letzte Album von Pink Floyd - eine Würdigung des 2008 verstorbenen Keyboarders Rick Wright, eine Rückbesinnung auf die gemeinsame Arbeit und ein Zeichen dafür, dass das letzte Wort über die britischen Rocklegenden eben doch noch nicht gesprochen wurde. Ganz genauso verhält es sich auch mit diesem Buch: Auch wenn man glaubte, schon alles über Pink Floyd zu wissen, beweist doch Mark Blake mit seinem breit angelegten, extrem gut recherchierten Werk das Gegenteil.Blake zeichnet nicht nur das Porträt einer Band, sondern das einer Generation. Die Stationen sind bekannt, aber der unverstellte, frische Blick, mit dem Blake sich dem Thema widmet, eröffnet neue Sichtweisen - auf den rätselhaften Syd Barrett und seinen Abstieg in den Wahnsinn, auf die Machtkämpfe innerhalb der Band und die so unterschiedlichen, schließlich nicht mehr miteinander zu vereinbarenden Persönlichkeiten. Blake konnte dabei auf eigene Interviews mit den Bandmitgliedern zurückgreifen, sprach aber auch mit Freunden, Tourbegleitern, musikalischen Zeitgenossen, ehemaligen Mitbewohnern und Studienkollegen.Und so folgt der Leser Pink Floyd durch ihre psychedelische Phase und die Nächte im Londoner UFO-Club, erlebt die Wandlung zu einer der größten Stadion-Rockbands der späten Siebziger und die bitteren Zerwürfnisse der Achtziger- und Neunziger, aber auch die angespannten Verhandlungen von der Reunion 2005 bei Live8 im Hyde Park. Blake entwirft dabei faszinierende Charakterstudien: Da ist Roger Waters, eines der wohl schwierigsten Rockgenies, und da sind Dave Gilmour und Nick Mason, beide nachgiebig und gelassen. Dabei bleibt er stets objektiv und beschränkt sich darauf, die unglaubliche Fülle an Fakten, die er zusammengetragen hat, ins Zeitgeschehen ebenso sauber einzuordnen wie in die spezielle Geschichte der Band.Damit ist "Pink Floyd - Die definitive Biografie" genau das, was ihr Titel verspricht: die umfassende Geschichte dieser außergewöhnlichen Band, die nichts auslässt, nichts beschönigt, aber auch nichts verteufelt, sondern erzählt, was geschah - gut informiert, farbig, facettenreich und ausgesprochen spannend.
Inbunden, Tyska, 2019
348 kr
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E-bok
Tyska, 2019140 kr
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Oftmals wird vergessen, dass hinter allen erfolgreichen Interpreten ein Manager steckt, der die Strippen zieht, Hindernisse aus dem Weg räumt und seinen Schützlingen die nötigen Rahmenbedingungen sichert. Neben dem gewieften Colonel Parker, der Elvis Presley betreute, gab es nur ein - in diesem Fall wörtliches - Schwergewicht, das bis heute einen legendären Ruf genießt: Peter Grant, der Mann, durch den Led Zeppelin zu den Rockgöttern der Siebziger wurden. Riesenerfolge, astronomische Gagen, die Schaffung eines Mythos und eine unvergleichliche Legendenbildung gehen auf sein Konto.Bevor Grant zum Manager-Mogul aufstieg, kämpfte er als Wrestler, ließ sich als Schauspieler in verschiedenen Filmen sehen - darunter einer Verfilmung von Vladimir Nabokovs Skandalroman Lolita - und schuftete als Bühnenarbeiter. Aber erst als er Don Arden begegnete, dem späteren Black-Sabbath-Manager und Prototypen des mafiös angehauchten Managers, zeigte sich sein wahres Talent. Von ihm lernte er die "halblegalen" Tricks und Kniffe im aufblühenden Musikgeschäft der Sechziger, woraufhin er die Yardbirds betreute, aus denen Led Zeppelin entstanden. Nun gab es für Grant keine Grenzen mehr: Er setzte Gagen durch, die zuvor niemand für möglich gehalten hätte, entwickelte clevere Geschäftsstrategien und verbreitete haarsträubende Geschichten von Orgien, satanistischen Ritualen und einem Pakt mit dem Teufel. Und ganz nebenbei gründete der kompromisslose Geschäftsmann ein Plattenlabel und managte andere einflussreiche Acts wie Bad Company und die Jeff Beck Group. Als er am 21. November 1995 an den Folgen eines Herzinfarkts verstarb, hinterließ Grant ein gigantisches Vermächtnis.Erstmalig wird nun die Karriere hinter vielen anderen Karrieren dargestellt, die nur mit Superlativen beschrieben werden kann. Der renommierte Autor Mark Blake machte sich auf die Suche nach Zeitzeugen, Wegbegleitern und Musikern, die alle ihren Teil zu seinem schillernden Porträt beitrugen, das verblüfft, schockiert, aber zugleich auch überaus seriös informiert.
E-bok
Tyska, 2021114 kr
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Queen von A bis Z: Fakten, Listen, AnekdotenDie große Queen-Geschichte wurde schon oft erzählt - nicht zuletzt in dem äußerst erfolgreichen Biopic "Bohemian Rhapsody" aus dem Jahr 2018. Mark Blake, der bereits mehrere Bücher über Queen und Freddie Mercury verfasste, widmet sich in seinem A-Z vor allem den weniger bekannten Tatsachen und fördert dabei eine beeindruckende Fülle an Informationen zutage, die viele Fans überraschen dürfte.Dabei umreißt auch "Magnifico!" das Gesamtwerk der Band und setzt sich mit jedem Album und jedem großen Hit auseinander, legt das Hauptaugenmerk dabei auf die Insider-Geschichten hinter der Musik und arbeitet heraus, was diese Songs über die Musiker verraten, die sie erschufen. Es richtet den Blick auf Ereignisse, Personen und Orte, welche die Karriere der Band eher unabsichtlich beeinflussten - angefangen bei dem Bassisten, der zwei Gigs mit Queen spielte und gefeuert wurde, weil er auf der Bühne zu sehr aufgedreht hatte, oder den Mitgliedern von Freddie Mercurys Schülerband.Andere Einträge ergänzen die bekannten Fakten um zusätzliche Facetten oder bieten kurzweilige Exkurse - beispielsweise zu den LPs, die die Bandmitglieder 1970 gerade hörten, den 15 Großbritannien-Gigs von Jimi Hendrix, für die Freddie Mercury durchs ganze Land reiste, oder den bizarren Coverversionen, die Queen in ihren Anfangsjahren spielten.Doch auch tiefgreifende Analysen kommen in "Magnifico!" nicht zu kurz. Blake schildert, wie das Queen-Management Freddie Mercurys Beerdigung inszenierte und welchen Einfluss das Outing des Sängers auf die Sexualmoral des späten 20. Jahrhunderts hatte. Und auch auf den phänomenalen Erfolg des Films "Bohemian Rhapsody" geht der Autor natürlich gründlich ein und erläutert, welche Alternativ-Version der Queen-Geschichte hier erzählt wird und wie weit entfernt sie von der Wahrheit ist.Ein Buch, das sich ebenso schön am Stück lesen lässt, wie es zum Blättern einlädt - liebevoll illustriert und voller unerwarteter Erkenntnisse.
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Spharische Sounds und monumentale KlangschopfungenDer Erfolg von Pink Floyd lasst sich nur mit Superlativen beschreiben. In den Sixties gegrundet, eroberten sie in jedem Jahrzehnt ein neues Publikum, das ihre Meisterwerke als Kulturgut etablierte. Der Rockhistoriker und Pink-Floyd-Spezialist Mark Blake hat in jahrelanger Arbeit Originaltone zusammengetragen und eigene Interviews gefuhrt, die sich nun zu einem schillernden Portrat vereinen. Dabei kommen nicht nur die Musiker selbst zu Wort, sondern auch Produzenten, Freunde, Tontechniker, Coverart-Kunstler und Fotografen. Der Autor nimmt den Leser mit auf eine Reise von den verrauchten Clubs des Swinging London bis hin zu den gro ten Stadien der Welt, in denen die Band ihr visuell uberwaltigendes und musikalisch facettenreiches Programm auffuhrte. Trends kommen und gehen, doch Pink Floyd haben ein nachhaltiges Werk kreiert, das jede Generation beruhrt und verzaubert. Diese Biografie der besonderen Art besticht durch ihre Lebendigkeit, Unmittelbarkeit und den direkten Zugang.
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Finska, 2017348 kr
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Rockin ikoneihin kuuluvan Freddie Mercuryn perustama bändi nousi 70-luvun puolivälissä maailmanmaineeseen singlen Bohemian Rhapsody myötä. Siitä alkaen yhtye pysyi listojen kärjessä ja valoitti yleisönsä energisellä lavashow'llaan aina vuoteen 1991, jolloin Freddie Mercury menehtyi aidsiin. Hiljaiselo päättyi 2000-luvun ensi vuosikymmenella, kun bändin muut jäsenet lyöttäytyivät yhteen Free- ja Bad Company -yhtyeissä mainetta niittäneen Paul Rodgersin kanssa, lähtivät kiertueelle ja tekivät uuden studioalbumin. Queenin levyjä on myyty kaikkiaan yli 300 milj. kpl, mikä tekee siitä kaikkien aikojen toiseksi suosituimman bändin The Beatlesin jälkeen.
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Inbunden, Engelska, 2026
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Inbunden, 2016
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When Freddie Mercury died in 1991, the music world lost one of its most flamboyant characters, as well as a supremely talented writer and vocalist. Best known as the lead singer with Queen, his amazing four-octave voice was a distinctive element in the band's unique sound which resulted in more than a dozen million-selling albums over three decades. As the band's main songwriter he was responsible for some of their greatest hits including Killer Queen, We Are The Champions and Bohemian Rhapsody. Published to co-incide with what would have been Freddie's 70th birthday in November 2016 and the film of his life story currently in production.A definitive retrospective on the life and work of Freddie Mercury, both as the lead singer with Queen and in his much-acclaimed solo capacity. Fully illustrated throughout, including archive memorabilia and many previously unpublished photographs.