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Meld a Buzzcocks biogrpahy with social history of the musical and artistic growth of Manchester brought about by punk and you get this hugely readable and bitingly humorous tome...
What’s She Like is kind, generous, and honest, told by a reliable narrator. Having no myths to preserve, Helen O’Hara has written the book that Dexys aficionados will savour, a warm memoir that cuts through politics and actions, written with a knowle..
You Must Get Them All is the yardstick by which all future books on the band will be judged and the bible for those worshipping at the Church of The Fall, past, present and future. This book will be one that I go back to time and time again...
Ian Clayton shines a forensic light on one of the great bands, and great enigmas, of the English Folk Rock boom of the early 70s and, with the keen eye of a musical historian, shows exactly why Plainsong were such an important band at the time and, e..
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BooksSixteen Again
Sixteen Again: How Pete Shelley & Buzzcocks Changed Manchester Music (and me): a love letter from Paul Hanley to his favourite band and his favourite city.
Read MoreThe Big Midweek: Life Inside The Fall
Steve Hanley, Olivia Piekarski
Steve Hanley's memoir give unprecedented insight into the intense, highly-charged creative atmosphere within The Fall and their relentless work ethic.
Read MoreTrouble In Mind
Bob Dylan’s Gospel Years – What Really Happened Rolling Stone Book of the Year Mojo Book of the Year ‘When I get involved in something, I get totally involved. I don’t just play around on the fringes.’ – Bob Dylan In 1979 there was… trouble in mind, and trouble in store for the ever-iconoclastic Dylan. But unlike in 1965-66, the artifactal afterglo..
Read MoreThro My Eyes: A Memoir
A memoir by Iain Matthews, one of the music industry’s great survivors. He has been making pitch-perfect records for over fifty years.
Read MoreBringing It All Back Home
Shortlisted for the PEN Ackerley Prize When you hear a certain song, where does it take you? What is the secret that connects music to our lives? Heart warming, moving and laugh out loud funny, Bringing It All Back Home is the truest book you will ever read about music and the things that really matter. Author Ian Clayton listens to music as a kid to e..
Read MoreAnarchy in the Year Zero
The story of the birth of Punk, with a capital P. How did it happen and why it still matters
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BlogRoute Acquires Paul Hanley's Buzzcocks Book
Route is delighted to announce the acquisition of Paul Hanley’s new book, Sixteen Again: How Pete Shelley & Buzzcocks Changed Manchester Music (and me)...
Route Acquires Mark Hoyle Memoir
Acquisition announcement for Mark Hoyle's memoir, Swerve..
An open letter from Clinton Heylin to potential readers of The Double Life of Bob Dylan Volume 2
An open letter from Clinton Heylin regarding the process of creating The Double Life of Bob Dylan Volume 2 and what happened to the North American edition...