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Rocket 88 Books with extra thrust. Publisher exploring new worlds of music and popular culture.

Happy birthday to Jeffrey Hammond Hammond (left), bassist with early, classic Jethro Tull – with Ian Anderson, John Evan...
30/07/2024

Happy birthday to Jeffrey Hammond Hammond (left), bassist with early, classic Jethro Tull – with Ian Anderson, John Evans, Barrie Barlow and Martin Barre
📷 Dany Gignoux, Montreux, 1974
jethrotullbook.com

29/07/2024

"It's a project of love…" Devin Townsend on his new photograph book, overexposed + underdeveloped, pre-order now for shipping in the fall
devintownsendbook.com

Remembering Rick Wright of Pink Floyd on what would have been his birthdayWith Syd Barrett (Official) barrettbook.com
28/07/2024

Remembering Rick Wright of Pink Floyd on what would have been his birthday
With Syd Barrett (Official) barrettbook.com

Rare & unedited BBC 1 footage.Crystal clear video.Nice resolution.Pink Floyd Live on BBC 1 1967.Doing Astronomy Domine.Interviewer/Host Hans Keller.Hans Kell...

With John Wetton Legacy getting a lot of love on the Original Asia tour right now, here's a reminder that the 8-album bo...
27/07/2024

With John Wetton Legacy getting a lot of love on the Original Asia tour right now, here's a reminder that the 8-album box set and book of the same title capture the man's life and work perfectly…

26/07/2024

introduces his new photo book, Overexposed + UnderdevelopedOn pre-order at devintownsendbook.com…

Sade in stereo … Vintage Black Glamour Encore editions at vintageblackglamourbook.com
26/07/2024

Sade in stereo … Vintage Black Glamour Encore editions at vintageblackglamourbook.com

This is the signed – by Stewart Copeland and photographer Lawrence Impey – and numbered print which came with the Ultima...
25/07/2024

This is the signed – by Stewart Copeland and photographer Lawrence Impey – and numbered print which came with the Ultimate edition of policediariesbook.com
Lawrence's exclusive, rare and intimate portaits of The Police will be in policelineupbook.com – sign up now

On July 24, 1982 Talk Talk & Mark Hollis's third single It's So Serious c/w Today entered the UK pop charts.🎨 James Mars...
24/07/2024

On July 24, 1982 Talk Talk & Mark Hollis's third single It's So Serious c/w Today entered the UK pop charts.
🎨 James Marsh
markhollisbook.com

23/07/2024

Graphic and type designer head Jonathan discusses the unique use of fonts by in his work and the book Electricity And Ghosts johnfoxxbook.com

Who's got one of these, and what number is yours?KEITH EMERSON the illustrated official biography, Signature edition at ...
22/07/2024

Who's got one of these, and what number is yours?
KEITH EMERSON the illustrated official biography, Signature edition at keithemersonbook.com

21/07/2024

The Sunday long watch – artist and graphic designer James Marsh talks about his life and career, shows us around his studio, and considers his reputation as the man who ilustrated all those Talk Talk (Band) sleeves – as well the Spirit of Talk Talk and markhollisbook covers of course.

20/07/2024

The day in 1965 when the British underground was first seen in public – Miles and James Birch, the authors of britishundergroundpress.com describe how it all begin…

19/07/2024

Back in stock, John Foxx's The Quiet Man.
johnfoxxbook.com

18/07/2024

Word on Syd Barrett (Official), Pink Floyd (and barrettbook.com) from the co-founder of International Times Miles

17/07/2024

It was the launch event, but there'll be more chances to meet and question Ben Wardle about markhollisbook.com (and talktalkbook.com) in the coming months…

Bang the drum and wish   to Stewart Copeland📷 Lawrence Impey 1977 (policelineupbook.com)
16/07/2024

Bang the drum and wish to Stewart Copeland
📷 Lawrence Impey 1977 (policelineupbook.com)

Huey Morgan's Block Party from Saturday July 13 is dedicated to Vintage Black Glamour cover star Sade & it's great, so l...
16/07/2024

Huey Morgan's Block Party from Saturday July 13 is dedicated to Vintage Black Glamour cover star Sade & it's great, so listen (sorry, UK only unless you have a VPN…)

vintageblackglamourbook.com

BobaFatt at the controls as we mark 40 years of Sade's classic debut album.

Here's a great  podcast interview with Stewart Copeland talking about policediariesbook.com (plus Ann Powers on  Mitchel...
15/07/2024

Here's a great podcast interview with Stewart Copeland talking about policediariesbook.com (plus Ann Powers on Mitchell)

Today's episode is about two emblematic musicians who take us to very different parts of the globe, from the London punk scene to the Laurel Canyon utopia of the 1960s and 70s. First, Stewart Copeland speaks to NPR's Leila Fadel about his memoir, Stewart Copeland's Police Diaries, which chronicles h...

The Sunday long read (ICYMI), Stewart Copeland discusses policediariesbook.com, Synchronicity and studio spats with Stin...
14/07/2024

The Sunday long read (ICYMI), Stewart Copeland discusses policediariesbook.com, Synchronicity and studio spats with Sting and Andy Summers Music

As the Police’s biggest hit album Synchronicity is reissued, their drummer answers your questions on punk, his CIA dad and Sting’s ‘magnificent’ pecs

Happy birthday to Roger Mcguinn!
13/07/2024

Happy birthday to Roger Mcguinn!

The Byrds - Eight Miles HighRecorded Live: 9/23/1970 - Fillmore East - New York, NYMore The Byrds at Music Vault: http://www.musicvault.comSubscribe to Music...

Forty years at the forfront of extreme music… the Life of Na**lm Death bassist Shane T Embury covers a lot of ground fro...
12/07/2024

Forty years at the forfront of extreme music… the Life of Na**lm Death bassist Shane T Embury covers a lot of ground from Birmingham to Tokyo (and beyond), and a lot of music with different bands, including Brujeria, Liquid Graveyard, Lock Up and Diamond Head among many others.
napalmdeathbook.com

All the John Foxx books – The Quiet Man (now back in stock), Electricity And Ghosts the classic edition, and Electricity...
11/07/2024

All the John Foxx books – The Quiet Man (now back in stock), Electricity And Ghosts the classic edition, and Electricity And Ghosts the signature edition from johnfoxxbook.com

On pre-order, the Classic edition of Devin Townsend's overexposed + underdeveloped book of photographs from home and abr...
10/07/2024

On pre-order, the Classic edition of Devin Townsend's overexposed + underdeveloped book of photographs from home and abroad

devintownsendbook.com

Thanks to The Spill Magazine for this review of John Foxx's Electricity And GhostsOn order now at johnfoxxbook.com
09/07/2024

Thanks to The Spill Magazine for this review of John Foxx's Electricity And Ghosts
On order now at johnfoxxbook.com

JOHN FOXX – ELECTRICITY AND GHOSTS: THE VISUAL ART OF JOHN FOXX ROCKET 88 BOOKS BOOK REVIEW BY AARON BADGLEY Before John Foxx was John Foxx, he was Dennis Leigh. As Dennis Leigh (his real name), he attended Harris College Of Art in Preston and then Royal College Of Art in London. He formed his [.....

Tonight at Sidney & Matilda in Sheffield, talk, Q&A, playback – all   and
08/07/2024

Tonight at Sidney & Matilda in Sheffield, talk, Q&A, playback – all and

07/07/2024

biographer Ben Wardle will be talking , signing books, listening to a playback of and answering questions from the audience at The Trades Club tonight and at Sidney & Matilda tomorrow – book and ticket deals at markhollisbook.com/tickets

No surprise perhaps that   chose a David Bowie track for his pre-Talk Talk mixtape of 1981, but it was this version… hea...
07/07/2024

No surprise perhaps that chose a David Bowie track for his pre-Talk Talk mixtape of 1981, but it was this version… hear what Mark Hollis A Perfect Silence author Ben Wardle thinks about it at The Trades Club, Hebden Bridge tonight or Sidney & Matilda, Sheffield tomorrow (July 8)

Production credits * Producers: o Tony Visconti o David Bowie * Musicians: o David Bowie: Vocals, Guitar, Saxophone, Keyboar...

This is the inlay card of a     compiled by   to show his influences and insprations for the kind of music he wanted to ...
06/07/2024

This is the inlay card of a compiled by to show his influences and insprations for the kind of music he wanted to make, before forming … you can hear the tracks on Spotify by searching Mark Hollis pre-TT Playlist… you can see and hear Mark Hollis A Perfect Silence author Ben Wardle discuss the tape in Hebden Bridge tomorrow and Sheffield on Monday, see markhollisbook.com/tickets for details

If you happen to be in the area of Hebden Bridge on Sunday, why not try to catch a talk and Q+A with markhollisbook.com ...
05/07/2024

If you happen to be in the area of Hebden Bridge on Sunday, why not try to catch a talk and Q+A with markhollisbook.com author Ben Wardle (), and listen to the classic album Spirit of Eden?

04/07/2024

… read all about it in policediariesbook.com…

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