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An oral history of the folk-rock band Fairport Convention as told through the memories of over 200 fans, friends and musical collaborators

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An oral history of the rise of The Beatles to international superstars in the words of over 500 fans

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Black Sabbath: The Day I Was There is the story of the pioneers of heavy metal in the words of over 350 fans. From 1970 to 1975, Black Sabbath released six epoch-defining albums, including such songs as war Pigs', Iron Man' and the hit single Paranoid'. Their story has been told many times before, but never from the perspective of the front row. Until now. Starting with memories from their pre-Sabbath shows in the north west of England, when they were named Earth, the book charts Sabbath's gigging history through the drug-fuelled seventies and a relentless touring schedule on the back of the first six Sabbath albums that cast the die for heavy metal with the classic line up of Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward. Encompassing numerous personnel changes since, including vocalists Ronnie James Dio, Tony Martin, Ray Gillen and Ian Gillan, this is a fan's eye view of how Black Sabbath went on to become the greatest metal band of all time, selling over

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The story of Thin Lizzy as told in the words of over 350 fans

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A history of the band Queen as told through more than 400 eyewitness accounts of seeing them live in concert

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A history of the 1960s rock band Cream (Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce & Ginger Baker) told through 500 previously unpublished eyewitness accounts

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An oral history of Pink Floyd in the words of over 500 fans

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Goin’ Down De Mont catalogues the 800+ rock and pop concerts staged at Leicester’s De Montfort Hall over the past 65 years through 200 eyewitness accounts from fans and celebrity musicians. This includes The Beatles, the Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Simple Minds, OMD and Kasabian.

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An oral history of legendary rock band the Faces (featuring Rod Stewart and Ronnie Wood) from 1969 to 1975

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An oral history of the Rolling Stones 1972 North American tour as told through 300 first hand fan accounts

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Cropredy Capers is an oral history of the folk-rock band Fairport Convention and contains over 250 fan memories and 250 photos and items of memorabilia from the band's 57-year career

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An oral history of the Rolling Stones career in the 1960s, told in the words of over 600 fans

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An oral history of rock band The Who in the words of over 500 fans

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An oral history of the rock band Slade in the words of over 300 fans

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