currently reading two ...

Billie Holiday - by Stuart Nicholson

Renegade - Mark E Smith

both quality so far...

Love Saves The Day by Tim Lawrence

Light My Fire: My Life with The Doors by Ray Manzarek

Paul McCartney: Many Years from Now by Paul McCartney and Barry Miles

Jimi Hendrix: The Man, the Magic, the Truth by Sharon Lawrence

Eoin said:

Love Saves The Day by Tim Lawrence

Light My Fire: My Life with The Doors by Ray Manzarek

Paul McCartney: Many Years from Now by Paul McCartney and Barry Miles

Was gonna say the Tim Lawrence book, it is THE definitive book on the American dance music scene in the 70s.

Really wanna get his book about Arthur Russell aswell

Am reading 'Music, the Brain, and Ecstasy: How Music Captures Our Imagination' by Robert Jourdain for the past while. Its pretty intense but very interesting and suitable reading for me at the moment.

My favourites from the last while

Trouble Man 'The Jife & death of Marvin Gaye' - Steve Turner

Solid Foundation 'An oral history of reggae' - David katz

Love Saves the Day - Tim Lawerence

Innocent When You Dream 'collected interviews' - Tom Waits

Last Night - Bill Brewster

Can't stop, Wont Stop - Jeff Chang

Bass Culture - Lloyd Bradley

and Wax Poetics every couple of months.. essential reading!

3 great ones i read recently ...

The Rise & Fall of Phil Spector - Mick Brown

Passion Is A Fashion (The Clash) - Pat Gilbert

Pigs Might Fly (Pink Flloyd) - Mark Blake

all excellent , particularly first two.

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Tom_B said:

My favourites from the last while

Trouble Man 'The Jife & death of Marvin Gaye' - Steve Turner

Solid Foundation 'An oral history of reggae' - David katz

Love Saves the Day - Tim Lawerence

Innocent When You Dream 'collected interviews' - Tom Waits

Last Night - Bill Brewster

Can't stop, Wont Stop - Jeff Chang

Bass Culture - Lloyd Bradley

and Wax Poetics every couple of months.. essential reading!

Now Wax Poetics started to issue Japanese version seasonally, all amazing & fascinating articles, loving it.

"Electroshock" by Laurent Garnier is amazing book.

Its his autobiography, talking about born of - rave / second summer of love music scene, and how is evolved, from insiders view.

Not only good record/documentary of the heyday, but also a lot of passion into it.

not sure if its published in English though (for sure its in French and Japanese)