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There was rich praise for the original edition of The Beatles Stories Behind The Songs Book, including Steve Matteo in The Music Paper describing it as 'One of the most readable and illuminating books ever written about The Beatles'. In his autobiography, Many Years From Now, even Paul McCartney acknowledged Steve Turner's work. Who was 'just seventeen' and made Paul's heart go 'boom'? Was there really an Eleanor Rigby? Steve Turner shatters many well-worn myths and adds a new dimension to the Fab Four's rich legacy by investigating the events immortalised in The Beatles' music and now occupying a special niche in popular culture's collective imagination. |
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There was rich praise for the original edition of The Beatles Stories Behind The Songs Book, including Steve Matteo in The Music Paper describing it as, 'One of the most readable and illuminating books ever written about The Beatles', and in his autobiography, Many Years From Now, even Paul McCartney acknowledged Steve Turner's work. Where is Penny Lane? What was the inspiration for Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds? Steve Turner shatters many well-worn myths and adds a new dimension to the Fab Four's rich legacy by investigating the events immortalised in The Beatles' music and now occupying a special niche in popular culture's collective imagination. |
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Led Zeppelin's music has thrilled generations of rock fans. Arising from the blues-rock movement of the late Sixties, it quickly expanded into something enormous, more potent and more dazzling than anything that had been heard before. They were a simply monumental musical experience, a meeting of brute force and intelligence with a riot of differing influences, from folk to funk, filling out the textures of a formidable repertoire. Led Zeppelin effortlessly created more enduring, classic-rock songs than any other band of their era. The howling desperation of Dazed And Confused, the sonic bombardment and inimitable riffing of Whole Lotta Love, the Celtic dramas of Immigrant Song, the acoustic, magical daydreams of Stairway To Heaven, the screaming firepower of Rock And Roll... all this and more, from their first few albums, was history in the making as they swept from one landmark achievement to another. The announcement of the one-off London concert (their first since 1980) led to an Internet meltdown as 25 million people registered for the ballot for one of the 18,000 tickets. Led Zeppelin: The Stories Behind the Songs reveals the roots and origins of the songs on all eight of the band's celebrated studio albums, together with all the stories behind material released after Zeppelin's break-up in 1980, including Unledded: No Quarter and the BBC Sessions album. |
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n 2010, the Formula One World Drivers' Championship reaches a landmark and 60 Years of the Formula One World Championship is published to celebrate this anniversary. Through stunning photographs and with a report on each year, every moment of significance is recorded complete with all the drama and passion. Complementing this is a series of specially commissioned interviews with half a dozen of the leading protagonists from Formula One's first six decades. From Juan Manuel Fangio's dominance in the 1950s to the era of Kimi Raikkonen and Lewis Hamilton, 60 Years of the Formula One World Championship is a glorious celebration of the pinnacle of motor sport and essential reading for any Formula One fan. |
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The Complete Encyclopedia of Football is a celebration of what Pele called the 'Beautiful Game'. It describes the history and development of the sport, its legendary players and clubs, notable coaches and stadia. There is in-depth information on the major competitions at both national and club levels as well as sections on the laws, tactics and equipment as they have evolved over the past 130-odd years. This new edition of The Complete Encyclopedia of Football has been fully updated and revised to take in the major competitions of the 2008-09 season, providing full and contemporary coverage of football at home and abroad. |
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Metallica formed in 1981 in Los Angeles, California, their original line-up consisted of Ulrich, rhythm guitarist and vocalist James Hetfield, lead guitarist Dave Mustaine, and bassist Ron McGovney. Mustaine and McGovney subsequently left and were replaced by Kirk Hammett and Cliff Burton. Burton sadly died when the band's tour bus crashed in 1986 and Jason Newsted stepped in as a replacement staying until 2001. Robert Trujillo later joined as the band's regular bassist in 2003. With a growing fan base on the underground music scene, the band was also to achieve critical acclaim in 1986 with the release of their Master of Puppets album, widely regarded as one of the most intense and influential of all thrash metal recordings. Fortune followed fame when their eponymous 1991 album (known to fans as The Black Album) went straight to No 1 on the Billboard 200. It has since sold over 15 million copies in the United States, which makes it the 25th highest selling album in the country. Metallica has released nine studio albums, two live albums, two EPs, twenty-two music videos, and forty-three singles. The band has won seven Grammy Awards, and has had five albums debut at number one on the Billboard 200. They had sold over 100 million records worldwide by the time their latest album, Death Magnetic, was released in 2008. |
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In their fifth decade together, the Rolling Stones are still the world's best rock band-and they're not slowing down. Fueled by the songwriting talents of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, they've created countless number-one singles and albums; produced the highest-grossing concert series ever (Voodoo Lounge), and starred in a Martin Scorsese IMAX documentary (Shine a Light). This volume tells the Stones' incredible story through their music, featuring an account of every song they wrote, recorded, and released. |
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