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Let’s Do It: The Birth of Pop

Bob Stanley

The must-read music book of the year: Bob Stanley’s prequel to Yeah Yeah Yeah, Let’s Do It is the only book that brings together all genres to tell the definitive…

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Yeah Yeah Yeah: The Story of Modern Pop

Bob Stanley

A beautiful new edition of the much-loved, acclaimed and bestselling history of pop.

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Bee Gees: Children of the World

Bob Stanley

A compelling and unique biography of one of the best-selling bands of all time, told with synapse-rattling insight by renowned pop scholar Bob Stanley.

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The Story of the Bee Gees

Bob Stanley

A dazzling biography of one of the bestselling bands of all time, told with brilliant insight by renowned pop music scholar Bob Stanley.

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Bee Gees: Children of the World

Bob Stanley

A compelling and unique biography of one of the best-selling bands of all time, told with synapse-rattling insight by renowned pop scholar Bob Stanley.

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Sleevenotes: Bob Stanley

Bob Stanley

Musicians choose favourite tracks from their back catalogue and provide telling insights into their creation, meaning or mood. Often,all three. Here, St Etienne’s Bob Stanley writes about the influences and…

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Bob Stanley & Peter Wiggs Pres

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The latest project from two-thirds of Saint Etienne is a compact disc and deluxe double LP of English music that represented the transition from psychedelia to prog as the 60s…

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Bob Stanley Presents 76 In The Shade

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2LP 180g pressing, with deluxe heavy-duty gatefold sleeve, that features a bonus track! The months without rain and airless days and nights might not have been something out of the…

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Bob Stanley Presents 76 In The Shade

Various Artists

The months without rain and airless days and nights might not have been something out of the ordinary in the Algarve or the south of France, but it was without…

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Let’s Do It: The Birth of Pop Music: A History

Bob Stanley

The must-read music book of 2022–and the first such history bringing together all musical genres to tell the definitive narrative of the birth of Pop from 1900 to the mid-1950s…

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Let’s Do It

Bob Stanley

The must-read music book of the year--and the first such history bringing together all musical genres to tell the definitive narrative of the birth of Pop from 1900 to the…

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Yeah Yeah Yeah: The Story of Modern Pop

Bob Stanley

A beautiful new edition of the much-loved, acclaimed and bestselling history of pop.

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Let’s Do It: The Birth of Pop

Bob Stanley

The must-read music book of the year: Bob Stanley’s prequel to Yeah Yeah Yeah, Let’s Do It is the only book that brings together all genres to tell the definitive…

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Bee Gees: Children of the World

Bob Stanley

A compelling and unique biography of one of the best-selling bands of all time, told with synapse-rattling insight by renowned pop scholar Bob Stanley.

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Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!: The Story of Pop Music from Bill Haley to Beyonce

Bob Stanley

[Stanley is] as clear-eyed about music as he is crazy in love with it. -Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times

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Let’s Do It: The Birth of Pop

Bob Stanley

The must-read music book of the year: Bob Stanley’s prequel to Yeah Yeah Yeah, Let’s Do It is the only book that brings together all genres to tell the definitive…

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Bob Stanley & Pete Wiggs Present The Tears Of Technology

Various Artists

The double LP is available on 180g vinyl and contains a bonus track ? the Turquoise Swimming Pools? ?The Winds?.At the turn of the 80s, a new generation of musicians…

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Tim Burgess & Bob Stanley Present Tim Peaks

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" The Pacific North West and the English North West are damp, mossy, riddled with steep, unexpected valleys, dotted with abandoned mills, and frequently cloaked in mist. Most of the…

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Bob Stanley & Pete Wiggs Present Occasional Rain

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It's the day after the 60s. You turn on the radio and there is news about John leaving the Beatles - or will Paul be the first to jump? There…

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Bob Stanley & Pete Wiggs Present English Weather

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The latest project from two-thirds of Saint Etienne is a compact disc and deluxe double LP of English music that represented the transition from psychedelia to prog as the 60s…

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Tim Burgess And Bob Stanley Present Tim Peaks

? The Pacific North West and the English North West are damp, mossy, riddled with steep, unexpected valleys, dotted with abandoned mills, and frequently cloaked in mist. Most of the…

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Bob Stanley & Pete Wiggs Present The Tears Of Technology

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At the turn of the 80s, a new generation of musicians appeared who saw synthesisers not as dehumanizing machines but as musical instruments that could be coaxed into creating modern…

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Bob Stanley & Pete Wiggs Present Occasional Rain

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It's the day after the 60s. You turn on the radio and there is news about John leaving the Beatles - or will Paul be the first to jump? There…

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Bob Stanley/Pete Wiggs Present 3 Day Week

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Britain wasn?t on its own in having a thoroughly miserable 1973: O Lucky Man! and Badlands both found a great year to premiere, while Watergate brought America to a new…

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Bob Stanley And Pete Wiggs Present Fell From The Sun

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1989 had been a long hot summer, but 1990 felt longer and hotter. Since the house music explosion of 1987, Britain had had a whistle in its mouth, and it…

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Bob Stanley/Pete Wiggs Present 3 Day Week

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Britain wasn't on its own in having a thoroughly miserable 1973: O Lucky Man! and Badlands both found a great year to premiere, while Watergate brought America to a new…

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Bob Stanley And Pete Wiggs Present Fell From The Sun

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In May 1968, Paris was burning. Out of the student uprising came a new wave in French music that matched the country?s mood ? darker, and more introspective than y?-y…

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100 Questions & Answers About Erectile Dysfunction

Pamela Ellsworth,Bob Stanley

EMPOWER YOURSELF!

No man wants to read this book but many men should. Did you know that erectile dysfunction is rarely all in your head, but is sometimes a warning…

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Excavate!: The Wonderful and Frightening World of The Fall

Tessa Norton,Bob Stanley

A definitive insight into the ever-influential world of Mark E. Smith and the Fall, featuring never-before published essays and ephemera from fans, collectors and the artist and band themselves.

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Auto Erotica: A Grand Tour Through Classic Car Brochures of the 1960s to 1980s

Jonny Trunk, FUEL

Whether it’s the poster for the three-wheeler Bond Bug or the rare and racy flick book for the Ford Cortina Mark III, Auto Erotica will delight and possibly drive you…

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Hotel Mavens Volume 3

Stanley Turkel Cmhs

My long-time preoccupation with hotel history reveals one continuous strand: the achievements of unique entrepreneurs who created singular hotels one at a time. These pioneers were not "hotel men" by…

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Hotel Mavens Volume 3

Stanley Turkel Cmhs

My long-time preoccupation with hotel history reveals one continuous strand: the achievements of unique entrepreneurs who created singular hotels one at a time. These pioneers were not "hotel men" by…

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The Battle of Long Tan: As told by the Commanders

Robert Grandin

An account of the most famous Australian battle of the Vietnam war by the six Australian commanders and one New Zealander commander of the units which made up the Australian…

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Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan, now a major motion picture

Robert Grandin

An account of the most famous Australian battle of the Vietnam war by the six Australian commanders and one New Zealander commander of the units which made up the Australian…

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Kisstory

A landmark music documentary from Biography, KISStory chronicles the legendary rock bands five decades in the business, as founders Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons reflect on their historic career….

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Streets Of Laredo | Six Shooter Classics

A trio of western outlaws Jim (William Holden), Lorn (Macdonald Carey) and Wahoo (William Bendix) have a life-altering experience when they rescue an orphan named Rannie (Mona Freeman). Later on…

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Last Posse, The | Six Shooter Classics

Wealthy rancher Sampson Drune (Charles Bickford, A Star Is Born) is resented by members of the Romer family, who feel he swindled them out of their cattle. They retaliate by…

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Let’s Do It: The Birth of Pop

Yeah Yeah Yeah: The Story of Modern Pop

Bee Gees: Children of the World

The Story of the Bee Gees

Bee Gees: Children of the World

Sleevenotes: Bob Stanley

Bob Stanley & Peter Wiggs Pres

Bob Stanley Presents 76 In The Shade

Bob Stanley Presents 76 In The Shade

Let’s Do It: The Birth of Pop Music: A History

Let’s Do It

Yeah Yeah Yeah: The Story of Modern Pop

Let’s Do It: The Birth of Pop

Bee Gees: Children of the World

Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!: The Story of Pop Music from Bill Haley to Beyonce

Let’s Do It: The Birth of Pop

Bob Stanley & Pete Wiggs Present The Tears Of Technology

Tim Burgess & Bob Stanley Present Tim Peaks

Bob Stanley & Pete Wiggs Present Occasional Rain

Bob Stanley & Pete Wiggs Present English Weather

Tim Burgess And Bob Stanley Present Tim Peaks

Bob Stanley & Pete Wiggs Present The Tears Of Technology

Bob Stanley & Pete Wiggs Present Occasional Rain

Bob Stanley/Pete Wiggs Present 3 Day Week

Bob Stanley And Pete Wiggs Present Fell From The Sun

Bob Stanley/Pete Wiggs Present 3 Day Week

Bob Stanley And Pete Wiggs Present Fell From The Sun

100 Questions & Answers About Erectile Dysfunction

Excavate!: The Wonderful and Frightening World of The Fall

Auto Erotica: A Grand Tour Through Classic Car Brochures of the 1960s to 1980s

Hotel Mavens Volume 3

Hotel Mavens Volume 3

The Battle of Long Tan: As told by the Commanders

Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan, now a major motion picture

Kisstory

Streets Of Laredo | Six Shooter Classics

Last Posse, The | Six Shooter Classics

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