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25/07/2024

We're stomping our feet because 'Whatever Happened to Slade?' by Daryl Easlea will be out in paperback soon

"The new Slade bible" - Don Powell

Pre-order 🔗 https://found.ee/sladebook

24/07/2024

RIP John Mayall 1933-2024

What an extraordinary life he lived and what a legacy left on music. It was our great privilege to publish his memoir.

23/07/2024

We're feeling a PRESSURE DROP

"A must have reggae bible" - Alex Wheatle

The result of decades of interviews with the key players, this is reggae writer John Masouri's fascinating account of the classic decade.

🔗 https://found.ee/PressureDrop

Claudia Wilson Purevinylx Lion Vibes Record Shop Rough Trade Resident Brighton Walthamstow Rock 'n' Roll Book Club Don Letts

23/07/2024

We are all terribly sad to hear that Duke Fakir has died.

It was our enormous honour to publish his memoir, and to hear his stories of life in the Four Tops. We loved spending time with such a warm-hearted and funny person.

📷 British Library, 2022

15/07/2024

Today's post brought an advance copy of Steve Diggle's memoir Autonomy, along with a ⭐⭐⭐⭐ review in MOJO

"Training a lens of rare acuity on interpersonal dealings, misbehaviour, songwriting and lyrical fuel..."

Autonomy is published on 22 August. Special edition & London launch tickets 🔗 https://found.ee/autonomy

Buzzcocks

10/07/2024

We're happy to share the cover for the upcoming memoir from Redd Kross, NOW YOU'RE ONE OF US

The launch will be held at Rough Trade East with the brothers in conversation with Thurston Moore on October 14! Signed copies are available to pre-order now from Rough Trade.

More info 🔗 https://found.ee/ReddKrossBook

26/06/2024

Graeme Thomson talks Kate Bush on Word In Your Ear

The remastered edition of Under the Ivy is published tomorrow!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=ZauxmNJqeK4&feature=youtu.be

20/06/2024

A Postcard From Scotland arrived today...

Grant McPhee's epic account of how bands like Teenage Fanclub, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Shop Assistants, Primal Scream, Cocteau Twins (and many other) made up the hugely creative Scottish independent music scene of 1983-1995 is published today!

Details: https://found.ee/postcardsfromscotland

18/06/2024

Thanks to our friends at Music On Vinyl we are giving away three limited edition Cass Elliot records to one person who orders My Mama, Cass on our website!

Your order must be placed between 18 and 25 June inclusive & the winner will be chosen at random.

The three records are 'The Road Is No Place for a Lady' on pink vinyl, 'Cass Elliot' on silver vinyl, and 'Don't Call Me Mama Anymore' on translucent purple vinyl

Whilst you're here, did you know that according to Shindig! magazine, My Mama, Cass is an "Affectionate and revealing portrait of an inspirational mom and unforgettably powerful vocalist. Rich in anecdote and detail." ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Shindig! Magazine... the latest! #

14/06/2024

Dafydd Rees' "illuminating" The Beatles 1963 is coming soon to paperback!

📸 from Mirrorpix . Quote from MOJO

https://found.ee/Beatles1963

13/06/2024

The first four Omnibus Remastered paperbacks have arrived! Which one are you getting first?

Pre-order info 🔗 https://found.ee/omnibusremastered

Kris Needs

12/06/2024

are hosting a tribute to Skip Spence charity concert on Saturday at The Chapel in San Francisco!

"We're bringing a barn full of diverse talent together under one roof to bring Skip's stunning music to life. Expect to hear some serious Moby Grape rippage go down too!"

Featuring an amazing group of musicians including Jerry Miller (Moby Grape) Ethan Miller (Howlin Rain), Steve Shelley (Sonic Youth), Steve Turner (Mudhoney), Kasha Killion (Sun ra) and Andy Cabin (Vetiver) and many others.

Visuals by Mad Alchemy.

Look out for some copies of Cam Cobb's biography Weighted Down.

12/06/2024

We're celebrating the new Remastered edition of Graeme Thomson's Kate Bush biography Under the Ivy on 10 July with an event at Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh

Join us to hear Siobhan Wilson play Kate Bush and Graeme Thomson in conversation with Nicola Meighan

📸 Siobhan Wilson by Ryan McGovern

Event info: https://found.ee/KateBus

11/06/2024

1976, 30 May - the first letter arrives from Tony Wilson, it begins, "The first of many."

Announcing A Continual Farewell by Lindsay Reade, an intimate portrait of a turbulent love story set against the backdrop of Manchester and Factory Records, illustrated with those letters.

Signed copy & event info: https://found.ee/ACfarewell

Rough Trade Resident Brighton Walthamstow Rock 'n' Roll Book Club The Portico Library The Sound of Vinyl

05/06/2024

Grant McPhee's POSTCARDS FROM SCOTLAND launches in Glasgow (21 June) + Edinburgh (29 June) with The Cords playing special sets celebrating Scottish indie from 1983-1995

With guests including Katy Lironi (The Fizzbombs), Duglas T Stewart (BMX Bandits), Andrew Tully (Rote Kapelle / Jesse Garon), David Keegan (Shop Assistants), Margarita Vasques Ponte.

+ panel discussions, book signings. Tickets & details here: https://omnibuspress.com/blogs/blog/postcards-from-scotland-launch-events

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30/05/2024

Announcing Autonomy, memoir of Steve Diggle and the definitive history of the Buzzcocks

Info 🔗 https://found.ee/autonomy

As well as a hardback, Autonomy comes in a deluxe signed and numbered edition limited to 500 copies worldwide. The deluxe Autonomy is housed in a custom slipcase designed by Malcolm Garrett and includes a Buzzcocks print.

arrives in August in the UK | September in North America

The book launch will be at Rough Trade East on publication day - tickets now available.

Rough Trade Resident Brighton The Sound of Vinyl Domino Recording Company

21/05/2024

Introducing Omnibus Remastered, essential works curated from our 50+ years published with new designs & forewords.

The first four books are published on 27 June and feature forewords by Genesis' Steve Hackett, novelists Sinéad Gleeson and Benjamin Myers, and critic Miles Marshall Lewis.

More details: 🔗 https://found.ee/omnibusremastered

Resident Brighton Rough Trade The Sound of Vinyl katebushnews.com George Clinton & The Cosmic Odyssey of the P-Funk Empire by Kris Needs Kris Needs Genesis

10/05/2024

We have been on a U.S. road trip this week, including a visit to the legendary City Lights Booksellers & Publishers in San Francisco - thanks for having us!

It has been a lovely transatlantic Omnibus meet-up, and a great opportunity to see booksellers, publishing folk, and to visit record shops.

10/05/2024

We asked Grant McPhee to put together a Scottish Independent Music 1983-1995 playlist

What else should we add?

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4Do3sE3RcecYN2i2xyQXnc?si=48b7bb516a8f4def&nd=1&dlsi=a77e12ea080744de

'Postcards From Scotland' is published 20th June.

FiniTribe The Soup Dragons The Vaselines Teenage Fanclub Monorail Rough Trade Creation Records Glas-Goes Pop

09/05/2024

"He's the new Messiah Inny? Save the nation with John Swinney"

In 1982, Scottish band Nocturnal Vermin recorded a punk track about their then schoolmate - now, Scotland's First Minister

Read more about it in Grant McPhee's upcoming book Postcards From Scotland: Scottish Independent Music 1983-1995!

https://isaacbrutal.bandcamp.com/track/john-swinney-we-salute-you

08/05/2024

Matthew Collin is publishing some of the raw interviews he did for DREAM MACHINES on a new site ⚡️⚡️⚡️

Starting with Cosey Fanni Tutti and Chris Carter (Throbbing Gristle /
Chris Andcosey)!

https://dreammachinesinterviews.blogspot.com

It's intended as a UK electronic music resource for readers & researchers.

07/05/2024

The daughter of ‘Mama’ Cass Elliot has written a book to explore the tragically short life of her mother, from relentless fat-shaming to a myth about her death

06/05/2024

My Mama, Cass was covered on the BBC News website this morning!

Owen Elliot-Kugell spoke with entertainment correspondent Colin Paterson about her mother Cass Elliot and writing her memoir, which is out this week!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-68949240

06/05/2024

'The secret life of Mama Cass — by the daughter she left behind'

There was an incredible feature on My Mama, Cass in The Sunday Times Magazine this weekend!

Journalist Hadley Freeman spoke with Owen Elliot-Kugell in LA.

Also available online 🔗 https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-secret-life-of-mama-cass-by-the-daughter-she-left-behind-j68ss5nvs

03/05/2024

We are so excited to be publishing My Mama, Cass in the UK. The extraordinary and revealing memoir of Cass Elliot by her daughter, Owen.

Publication day is Thursday next week. Signed copies are available to pre-order here: https://found.ee/mymamacassbook

We can't wait to share more info about this special book.

Resident Brighton Rough Trade Coles Books, Bicester The Flood Gallery

01/05/2024

"You asked for the latest party"? FRI 10 MAY book launch at The Social in London with The New Cue for Bowie Odyssey 74. "Brilliant" says Marc Riley. "Rip-roaring (9/10)" says Classic Rock Magazine. Join us for Bowie tales of music, mayhem and the 3 Degrees.
Tickets: www.thenewcue.co.uk

30/04/2024

Since his anniversary, many of you have reached out asking for a recommendation on a book on my Father.
This one is the only one filled with truth, written ONLY with those who knew him best. His family and true friends, such as band members and those who truly loved and supported him and not exploited him.
Everything else I’m afraid is nothing but whimsical none sense, that was released with stories written under false pretences and even blackmail.
My family and I are grateful for Simon Spence having put this all together to get facts to the surface.
It is a sad state of affairs when even In death, there are those who are still trying to use and abuse him and us, but you’ll read all about it in this book.
✌🏻❤️

25/04/2024

Some more ⚡️ BOWIE ODYSSEY 74 ⚡️ magic

Author Simon Goddard will be at the Real Magic Books weekend festival in Wendover talking about the latest instalment of his Bowie Odyssey on 19th May!

Tickets 🔗https://realmagicbooks.com/real-magic-weekend/

25/04/2024

⚡️ BOWIE ODYSSEY 74 is on sale TODAY!⚡️Out in paperback & limited collector’s hardback. Join author Simon Goddard in conversation with The New Cue at The Social London W1 on FRI 10 MAY. Tickets: https://thenewcue.co.uk

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Dafydd Rees' "illuminating" The Beatles 1963 is coming soon to paperback! 📸 from Mirrorpix . Quote from MOJO https://found.ee/Beatles1963 #thebeatles #thebeatles1963

John Martyn died on this day 15 years ago. Did any musician in the Seventies fly so free as John Martyn did on Bless The Weather, Solid Air, Inside Out and One World? Did any fall so far? Small Hours by @GraemeAThomson is published in paperback in March. #smallhours #johnmartyn

"'The most jaw-droppingly outrageous of all rock memoirs." - Nik Cohn Next year we will publish a new paperback edition of Charles White's classic Little Richard biography. Featuring a new cover designed by Lora Findlay. Visit our bio for pre-order details. Out 22nd Feb in the UK and 9th May 24 in North America. #littlerichard #rocknroll #biography #tuttifrutti #thelifeandtimesoflittlerichard #davidbowie #musicbooks #omnibuspress #iameverything

The next Word In Your Ear Live at 21Soho in London features a punk rock double-bill, with Pauline Murray and Glen Matlock in conversation with Mark Ellen and David Hepworth November 27 at 7:30pm. https://www.tickettext.co.uk/ZOthfatjxi?fbclid=IwAR0AjpygV7q--1AkOgD05DsiDHq1qCdtF9Ic89JygHLQx-F717ZJSNrqsiM

Clang!!!! The Sound of the Machine by Karl Bartos in paperback is out now. Signed copies are currently available including from our website and Rough Trade! https://omnibuspress.com/products/the-sound-of-the-machine-paperback?_pos=4&_sid=0f2b4ca75&_ss=r #paperbackwriter #karlbartos #kraftwerk Karl Bartos

'Queer Blues' by Darryl W Bullock is a look at the links between early blues music and queer culture. "Meticulously researched and rich in detail" - MOJO "A clear-eyed history of popular music in the 20th century" - outsideleft.com Out now!👉 https://found.ee/QueerBlues

Introducing LISTENING TO THE MUSIC THE MACHINES MAKE by Richard Evans! This is the revolutionary story of electronic pop from 1978 to 1983, featuring the input of key figures, including Vince Clarke, Martyn Ware and Daniel Miller. Much more information can be found on the book's new website: https://inventingelectronicpop.com/ And you can now follow Listening To The Music The Machines Make on Facebook for news. #electronicpop #inventingelectronicpop #listeningtothemusicthemachinesmake

Look what just arrived! 📚 Early copies of 'Mudhoney: The Sound & the Fury from Seattle' by Keith Cameron, revised & updated. You can pre-order a signed copy (by the whole Mudhoney band) now! For more information: https://bit.ly/SoundandFurySeattle

'There was no more beer left. I had drunk The Clash's beer' A new episode of the Jamming! Fanzine Podcast is out today, featuring tales & war stories from fanzine journalists! ⛓ https://shows.acast.com/the-jamming-fanzine-podcast Tony Fletcher

Tales of the Smiths Competition

Here is Con Artist · The art of Con Chrisoulis creating the stunning cover for his graphic biography of The Smiths, Tales of The Smiths. Simply like and share this video for a chance to win a copy. The winner will be announced on August 31st. #thesmiths #morrissey #johnnymarr #morriseyandmarr #manchester #strangewaysherewecome #graphicnovel #talesofthesmiths