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You Must Get Them All
You Must Get Them All is the first book to capture the full, incredible story of The Fall, from Live At The Electric Circus to New Facts Emerge. It is a comprehensive chronology of the life and times of Britain’s most remarkable group,
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Have A Bleedin Guess
Quietus Book of the Year Northern Soul Book of the Year The Australian Book of the Year Even if it’s a fool’s errand trying to decide which is the greatest LP out of The Fall’s huge back catalogue of albums, many fanatics of the group will tell you that the worst thing you can say about Hex is that it’s their equal best at the very least. – John Doran, ..
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The Big Midweek: Life Inside The Fall
Steve Hanley, Olivia Piekarski
Guardian Book of the Year Rough Trade Book of the Year Reader’s Digest Editor’s Choice Dagsavisen Book of the Year The first insider’s account of life inside The Fall, Steve Hanley’s story unfolds like a novel; from 1979 when he joined his schoolmates Marc Riley and Craig Scanlon in The Fall, he puts us right in the heart of the action: on stage, on th..
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You Can Drum But You Can’t Hide
Of all the iconic musicians and scenes that emanate from Manchester, Simon Wolstencroft is the one who joins up the dots. He learnt his chops playing with Johnny Marr and Andy Rourke, but turned down The Smiths because he didn’t like the cut of Morrissey’s jib. He parted ways with his schoolmates Ian Brown and John Squire before The Patrol became The Stone R..
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Leave The Capital
A History of Manchester Music in 13 Recordings A Northern Soul Book of the Year Nominated for the 2018 Association for Recorded Sound Collections Awards for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research When British bands took the world by storm in the mid-sixties, the world turned and looked at London. Despite the fact that the most successful of ..
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Carpet Burns: Life With Inspiral Carpets
Carpet Burns is Tom Hingley’s account of his life as lead singer of Inspiral Carpets, one of the big three bands of the Manchester movement who, along with The Stone Roses and Happy Mondays, changed music for a generation. Tom’s own words provide an account of what it felt like to be in the eye of a pop hurricane and what happens when the hits end and the ar..
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