Wymer UK

23/07/2024

Cozy Powell A Life In Vision, pre order your copy here. Last couple of days remaining to get your name in the book too!
https://www.wymeruk.co.uk/webshop/books/rock/cozy-powell/cozy-powell-a-life-in-vision/
Full of photos, many previously unseen, as well as loads of memorabilia, along with a smattering of text from both Cozy biographer Laura Shenton, as well as recollections from photographers and friends plus a few choice quotes from Cozy himself.

23/07/2024

Whitesnake 1981. Last few remaining now half price!
https://www.wymeruk.co.uk/webshop/books/rock/whitesnake/
This unique book is based around the unpublished photos of Whitesnake in 1981 by Andy Phillips. These photos were taken on stage, off stage and backstage, with Phillips having full access during the German tour. The photos are complimented by a narrative and timeline by Jerry Bloom, including album and gig reviews that charts one of the most eventful years in Whitesnake’s history.

17/07/2024

Run With The Wolf: Rainbow On Record, pre order here...
https://www.wymeruk.co.uk/webshop/books/rock/rainbow/
Popoff uses the celebrated structure used on similar previous titles embracing the works of The Cure, Blue Öyster Cult, Robert Plant and Thin Lizzy, with Martin serving as pull-no-punches moderator and presenting the panel’s arguments in easy-to-read Q&A format. It is the author’s hope that by the end of this quite scholarly exercise, every last moat-metal Rainbow fan will find multiple new ways to approach and enjoy this classic catalogue.

16/07/2024

Into The Valley - The Autobiography, now just £10!
https://www.wymeruk.co.uk/webshop/books/punk/the-skids/into-the-valley-the-autobiography/
Richard Jobson's Into The Valley is a riveting read of how one man overcame his disability to become successful in the world of music and film and will appeal particularly to fans of Punk Rock, The Skids and Big Country.

16/07/2024

David Coverdale: A Life In Vision, now at the crazy price of just £8!
https://www.wymeruk.co.uk/webshop/books/rock/whitesnake/
A Life In Vision documents key moments of David Coverdale’s long and illustrious career as one of rock’s finest singers with photos from Deep Purple through to the present day Whitesnake along with stories that chart his career.

15/07/2024

Electric Light Orchestra A Visual Biography, now available on Amazon at just £38.99!

Coloured by a phenomenal journey of commercial success and sonic innovation, the Electric Light Orchestra story spans over half a century. Starting from humble beginnings in the early seventies, the band would go on to achieve global stardom by the end of the decade. With hits like ‘Roll Over Bee....

15/07/2024

Monsters of Rock - Donington 1980, now just £15!
https://www.wymeruk.co.uk/webshop/books/rock/judas-priest/monsters-of-rock/
In celebration of the first ever Monsters of Rock Festival comes this hardback book full of glorious photos of the bands that took to the stage for that inaugural event. Most of these shots have not been published before which add to the uniqueness of this tome. Also included are stories surrounding the event with tales and recollections from those who were there, including artists and fans alike plus a foreword by Rainbow's Don Airey that sheds light on the background to the event.

15/07/2024

A Time and a Place: The ELP Story, now just £5!
https://www.wymeruk.co.uk/webshop/books/rock/emerson-lake-and-palmer/
From the early days of the band and their iconic performance at the Isle of Wight Festival in August 1970, to Love Beach and beyond, this book documents the amazing journey of a band whose legacy not only continues to attract a loyal following, but who are still held in high regard by their peers.

11/07/2024

Genesis Reference Manual, last 6 copies remaining then it goes out of print!
https://www.wymeruk.co.uk/webshop/books/prog/genesis/
The go to reference for everything Genesis, the Genesis Reference Manual details all the known concerts, recordings, media appearances and beyond.
The most comprehensive collection of Genesis information ever compiled in one book. Genesis Reference Manual is an essential guide and reference source for all things Genesis. The final word on one of the worlds’ most enduring and successful bands.

11/07/2024

Iron Maiden The Reading Performances, now just £8!
https://www.wymeruk.co.uk/webshop/books/rock/iron-maiden/
With a large collection of photos by Alan Perry and memorabilia from the gigs plus narrative from Iron Maiden biographer Neil Daniels, this book is a wonderful celebration of Maiden's unforgettable appearances at this British institution.

10/07/2024

The Police A Visual Biography now at the crazy price of £15 while stocks last!
https://www.wymeruk.co.uk/webshop/books/rock/the-police/
This 192 page A4 Hardback coffee table style book is a celebration of the band's full tenure and complemented with a narrative by Laura Shenton MA LLCM Dip(RSL), this visual biography is crammed full with photos and memorabilia, all reproduced on high quality art paper.

04/07/2024

FZ88, now at the crazy price of just £8!
https://www.wymeruk.co.uk/webshop/books/rock/frank-zappa/fz88-softcover/
FZ88 follows in the wake of our hugely successful Zappa The Hard Way, written by Zappa aficionado Andrew Greenaway which documented Zappa's last tour in great detail.
The only thing it really lacked was a swathe of great photos to accompany the insightful and in depth story. This new title now completes the picture in more ways than one, built around the photos of Sergio Albonico.

03/07/2024

Full Cream, half price!
https://www.wymeruk.co.uk/webshop/books/rock/cream/full-cream/
This lavish new coffee table style book will delight all Cream fans. Drawing on archive photos from the sixties as well as the 2005 reunion this book is further enhanced with rare memorabilia along with words by Nettie Baker, Ginger’s eldest daughter and co-author of his autobiography Hellraiser.

03/07/2024

Back On The Streets: The Gary Moore Story, now just £10!
https://www.wymeruk.co.uk/webshop/books/rock/thin-lizzy/
This biography focuses on Moore’s public life: after all, music was his chosen mode of expression. Yet, it seems clear that at least some consideration of his private life is required when that approach leads to deeper and broader understanding of his music. This dual, balanced approach will provide relevant narrative context, as well as uncover hidden motivations and meaning.

02/07/2024

Blue Öyster Cult A Visual Biography, now half price!
https://www.wymeruk.co.uk/webshop/books/rock/blue-oyster-cult/
Drawing on several thousand images and items of memorabilia this large format 240-page book is a treasure trove for the Cult devotees — crammed full of live and off stage shots that portray the band’s journey through the decades. It also includes loads of super cool memorabilia including backstage passes, gig posters, media adverts and much more, all reproduced on high quality art paper. This is one future collector’s item that every self-respecting BÖC fan will want to own.

01/07/2024

Play Me My Song now half price!
https://www.wymeruk.co.uk/webshop/books/rock/genesis/play-me-my-song-%E2%80%93-the-music-of-genesis/
Whatever kind of book you want to read about Genesis, this one is it. Comprised of extensive essays in varying styles about every single song and album in the entire Genesis catalogue, Play Me My Song blends song histories, musical analysis, critical reviews, autobiographical tales, the fun of countdowns, and a dash of pure silliness to create something extraordinary.

27/06/2024

Zermattitis: A Musicians' Guide To Going Downhill Fast, a few copies available!
https://www.wymeruk.co.uk/webshop/books/rock/various/zermattitis-a-musicians-guide-to-going-downhill-fast-tony-ashton/
This limited edition hardback comes with a DVD of rare and previously unreleased Ashton Gardner & D**e film featuring a live performance from Montreux Jazz Festival 1970, a rare promo film of The Ballad Of The Remo Four, Resurrection Shuffle TV broadcast, as well as Tony's performance of his homage to John Lennon, The Big Freedom Dance filmed in part, in 1996, by Chris Evans.
* Foreword by Jon Lord
* Introduction by Sandra Ashton
* Endorsed by Billy Connolly and Ewan McGregor:

26/06/2024

Yes: A Visual Biography I, now just £20!
https://www.wymeruk.co.uk/webshop/books/prog/yes/
Yes: A Visual Biography I documents the progressive rock pioneer’s first twelve years from the release of their eponymous debut album through to 1980’s Drama: A suitable name for a band whose career has been full of drama as documented in Popoff’s narrative that charts Yes’s ups and downs as the band glided out of the sixties with a full-on assault on the seventies music scene that saw them become one of the biggest acts in the world

26/06/2024

A Hart Life, in stock and just £10!
https://www.wymeruk.co.uk/webshop/books/rock/deep-purple/a-hart-life/
The life story of Deep Purple and Rainbow's tour manager. "Colin was our mother hen" - Jon Lord Colin Hart, the former Deep Purple and Rainbow tour manager devoted over thirty years of his life to these great rock musicians. This is his story and indeed theirs. A tale of excess in terms of greed, petulance, anger and devotion. It is counter balanced by extremes of pure talent, showmanship and, of course musicianship. He was the constant 'man in the middle' through all of the break ups, make-ups and revolving door line-up changes. Joining them at twenty-four years old and leaving with a curt email dismissal thirty years later, he was there every step of their rock 'n' roll way.

25/06/2024

Whitesnake 1981. Stock into us today so use code Snake81 to get 20% off!
https://www.wymeruk.co.uk/webshop/books/rock/whitesnake/
This unique book is based around the unpublished photos of Whitesnake in 1981 by Andy Phillips. These photos were taken on stage, off stage and backstage, with Phillips having full access during the German tour. The photos are complimented by a narrative and timeline by Jerry Bloom, including album and gig reviews that charts one of the most eventful years in Whitesnake’s history.

24/06/2024

Autonomy : Portrait of a Buzzcock by Steve Diggle, pre order here.
https://www.wymeruk.co.uk/webshop/books/punk/buzzcocks/autonomy-portrait-of-a-buzzcock-by-steve-diggle/
From bass player to lead guitarist, member, Steve Diggle has been the driving force keeping Buzzcocks alive since he first met Pete Shelley in 1976. Together they would ignite the Manchester music scene, kickstart indie and become one of the best loved and most influential punk groups of all time. Following Shelley's untimely death in 2018, Autonomy is Diggle's definitive inside account of their shared musical legacy and complex friendship through the band's rise, fall, and rise again - from their punk origins supporting S*x Pistols with original singer Howard Devoto to Top of the Pops, the excess of success, break-up, reformation and life beyond bereavement. Funny, honest and touchingly philosophical, it is also Diggle's very personal story of working class escape, dreams, redemption and loss - an ultimately heroic survivor's tale from an irrepressible rock'n'roll spirit.

19/06/2024

Rory Gallagher - The Later Years, pre order your copy here.
https://www.wymeruk.co.uk/webshop/books/rock/rory-gallagher/rory-gallagher-the-later-years/
Rather than a traditional biography, Rory Gallagher - The Later Years takes the format of a series of essays. It consists of six core sections. ‘In the Studio’, ‘On the Stage 1985-1991’, ‘Introducing the New Rory Gallagher Band’, ‘On the Stage 1992-1995’, ‘Ireland’, ‘Rory in the 21st Century’. Although the book’s focus is squarely on 1985 to 1995, occasionally it also encompasses important earlier achievements in the 1980s that have been overlooked in previous works on Gallagher.

19/06/2024

Flowers In The Rain: The Untold Story of The Move, pre order your copy here.
https://www.wymeruk.co.uk/webshop/books/rock/the-move/flowers-in-the-rain-the-untold-story-of-the-move/
With a foreword by Paul Weller and afterword by Glen Matlock this overdue book examines their event-filled career including their crowning and most damning moment: Being sued by Harold Wilson Prime Minister. ‘Flowers In The Rain’ sprouted all the way to the Number 2 spot in the charts. The catchy single, followed an edgy and careless publicity stunt by manager Tony Secunda. A limited-edition postcard pushed through the door of Number 10 Downing Street depicting the PM with Marcia Falkender in an intimate moment.

23/05/2024

Pink Floyd In North America by Glenn Povey now just £20!
https://www.wymeruk.co.uk/webshop/books/rock/pink-floyd/
In this 240 page A4 book Pink Floyd author Glenn Povey delves deep into Floyd’s history within the biggest music market in the world. It not only charts the concerts they played and records that Floyd released in the USA and Canada from 1967 through to 1983 but it also looks in detail at the band’s relationship with their American record company; the promotional aspects (or lack off!) that propelled Floyd to stadium status, and extensive details of TV and radio appearances, along with band interviews and much more.

22/05/2024

Status Quo Over And Done with foreword written by John Coghlan now just £8!
https://www.wymeruk.co.uk/webshop/books/rock/status-quo/
Over and Done is a celebration of the classic Quo line-up of Rossi, Parfitt, Lancaster and Coghlan and is built around a huge selection of mainly, unpublished on and off stage photos from the seventies, alongside those from the 2013/14 reunion. Words come from long-standing, devoted Quo fan Alan Stutz who has seen the band in excess of one hundred times since 1976, including every London show the classic line-up played in the seventies plus the very last show performed in Dublin.

21/05/2024

Uriah Heep: A Visual Biography, just £15 while stocks last!
https://www.wymeruk.co.uk/webshop/books/rock/uriah-heep/
From the early days with legendary front man David Byron, through the John Lawton years; the John Sloman and Pete Goalby fronted periods and from 1986 with Bernie Shaw taking centre stage; all eras are comprehensively covered. This differs from previous Uriah Heep books with the inclusion of so many previously unpublished photos, along with rare memorabilia and artefacts.

21/05/2024

The Stranglers On Track : Every Album, Every Song, in stock and shipping out today! Get your copy here...
https://www.wymeruk.co.uk/webshop/books/punk/the-stranglers/
Still led by original bassist Jean-Jacques Burnel, The Stranglers have created some thought-provoking music with a sense of melody which proves that their musicality and intelligence were often greater than their contemporaries. This book examines every album and single recorded by the band, as well as rarities and their many videos throughout their history. With a foreword by current guitarist and vocalist Baz Warne, the band’s colourful history is explored as we discuss every song created by one of the most interesting and eclectic bands in rock music.

20/05/2024

COMING IN AUGUST!
Dance With The Devil: The Cozy Powell Story - Revised & Expanded.

Pre order here!
https://www.wymeruk.co.uk/webshop/books/rock/cozy-powell/

* Around 30,000 additional words

* Further extensive research on Cozy's music and life in greater detail than ever before.

* Racing career explored in-depth

* New photos (many previously unpublished)

* Tour dates * Expansive discography *

This second edition of The Cozy Powell Story builds upon the original that was published around five years ago and is truly comprehensive and a worthy legacy to Cozy Powell.

20/05/2024

Ginger Baker - Hellraiser: The Autobiography of The World's Greatest Drummer, in stock now!
https://www.wymeruk.co.uk/webshop/books/rock/cream/
Peter 'Ginger' Baker was a legend. A pioneering drummer who transcended genre, he also lived a life more rock'n'roll than most. In his harrowing and outrageously honest book, he charts his journey from war-torn south London to his adopted home in South Africa's beautiful Western Cape. Along the way he tells how he discovered drums, his passion for music, his life on the road with Cream as well as his decent into drug addiction. Recently passing away in October 2019 at the age of eighty, Hellraiser is the story of a genuine music icon.