Sounds of the Sixties, BBC Radio 2
Author : Phil Swern
Publisher :
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 36,15 MB
Release : 2016-09
Category :
ISBN : 9781905959785
Sounds of the Sixties
Author : Phil Swern
Publisher : Red Planet
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 30,42 MB
Release : 2019-08-27
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781911346821
Book Description
Comprehenseive guide to the music of the 1960s.
We Could Have Been the Wombles
Author : Tom Bromley
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 36,3 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780141017112
Book Description
Everything you wanted to know about one hit wonders. Packed with information, interviews with the one hit heroes and snippets of lyrics from those songs everyone loves to hate, this is the perfect book about this very special element of pop culture.
The Tracks of My Years
Author : Ken Bruce
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 31,94 MB
Release : 2009-09-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 028307115X
Book Description
From his childhood in 1950s Glasgow, when he was affectionately known to his older brothers as ‘the wee bastard’, to his wildnerness years as an accountant when he longed to achieve his dream and join the BBC, Tracks of My Years tells the story of Ken Bruce's remarkable career. Starting work for Radio Scotland in 1977, he was soon interviewing legends like Sean Connery, Billy Connolly and Peter Ustinov, and in the eighties was lured to Radio 2 to take over Terry Wogan’s spot. He has been with the station ever since. Ken writes with insight into the world of radio and delivers lots of brilliant anecdotes from his interviews with celebrities as diverse as Rod Stewart, Keane and Burt Bacharach, who came out with the immortal line (edited out of the final version) “Phil Spector never put a foot wrong,” before adding thoughtfully, “until he shot that girl, of course.” He also writes about bringing up his autistic son and – unusually – the happiness it brings him and his wife and the many positives of what is so often portrayed as a heartbreaking situation.
Preserving the Sixties
Author : T. Harris
Publisher : Springer
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 11,68 MB
Release : 2014-04-16
Category : History
ISBN : 1137374101
Book Description
Re-examining the long-held belief that the Sixties in Britain were dominated mainly by 'youth' and 'protest', the authors in the collection argue that innovation was everywhere shadowed by conservatism. A decade fascinated by itself and, especially, by the future, it also was tormented by self-doubt and accompanied by a fear of losing the past.
50 People Who Buggered Up Britain
Author : Quentin Letts
Publisher : Constable
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 50,66 MB
Release : 2009-06-01
Category : Humor
ISBN : 184901163X
Book Description
From the Sunday Times bestselling author Which fifty people made Britain the wreck she is? From ludicrous propagandist Alastair Campbell to the Luftwaffe's allies, the modernist architects, it's time to name the guilty. Quentin Letts sharpens his nib and stabs them where they deserve it, from TV gardener Alan Titchmarsh, the dumbed-down buffoon who put the 'h' in Aspidistra, to the perpetrators of the 'Credit Crunch'. Margaret Thatcher ruptured our national unity. The creators of EastEnders trashed our brand over high tea. Thus, he argues, are the people who made our country the ugly, scheming, cheating, beer-ridden bum of the Western world. Here are the fools and knaves and vulgarians who ripped down our British glories and imposed the tawdry and the trite. In a half century we have gone from end-of-Empire to descent-into-Hell.
A 1960s Childhood
Author : Paul Feeney
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 45,94 MB
Release : 2010-12-26
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0752462288
Book Description
Do you remember Beatlemania? Radio Caroline? Mods and Rockers? The very first miniskirts? Then the chances are you were born in the or around 1960. To the young people of today, the 1960s seems like another age. But for those who grew up in this decade, school life, 'mod' fashions and sixties pop music are still fresh in their minds. From James Bond to Sindy dolls and playing hopscotch in the street, life was very different to how it is now. After the tough and frugal years of the fifties, the sixties was a boom period, a time of changed attitudes and improved lifestyles. With chapters on home and school life, games and hobbies, music and fashion, alongside a selection of charming illustrations, this delightful compendium of memories will appeal to all who grew up in this lively era. Take a nostalgic look at what it was like to grow up during the sixties and recapture all aspects of life back then.
Our Artists at War
Author : Richard Arndt
Publisher : Two Morrows Publishing
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 17,34 MB
Release : 2021-11-02
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781605491080
Book Description
OUR ARTISTS AT WAR is the first book ever published in the US that solely examines War Comics published in America. It covers the talented writers and artists who supplied the finest, most compelling stories in the War Comics genre, which has long been neglected in the annals of comics history. Through the critical analysis of authors RICHARD J. ARNDT and STEVEN FEARS, this overlooked treasure trove is explored in-depth, finally giving it the respect it deserves! Included are pivotal series from EC Comics (Two-Fisted Tales and Frontline Combat), DC Comics (Enemy Ace and the Big Five war books: All American Men of War, G.I. Combat, Our Fighting Forces, Our Army at War, and Star-Spangled War Stories), Warren Publishing (Blazing Combat), Charlton (Willy Schultz and the Iron Corporal) and more! Featuring the work of HARVEY KURTZMAN, JOHN SEVERIN, JACK DAVIS, WALLACE WOOD, JOE KUBERT, SAM GLANZMAN, JACK KIRBY, WILL ELDER, GENE COLAN, RUSS HEATH, ALEX TOTH, MORT DRUCKER, and many others. Introduction by ROY THOMAS, Foreword by WILLI FRANZ. Cover by JOE KUBERT.
The Beatles Diary Volume 2: After The Break-Up 1970-2001
Author : Keith Badman
Publisher : Omnibus Press
Page : 990 pages
File Size : 22,25 MB
Release : 2009-10-28
Category : Music
ISBN : 0857120018
Book Description
From 1970 onwards the disbanded Beatles were at last free to follow their individual interests. From that point on there were four separate stories... but they were stories that would form a complex overlapping history of quarrels and reconciliations, personal projects and sporadic collaborations. For the first time ever, a noted Beatles expert has meticulously documented the entire period of The Beatles after the break-up.
Fuzz & Feedback
Author : Tony Bacon
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
Page : 97 pages
File Size : 11,22 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Music
ISBN : 0879306122
Book Description
Everything changed in the Sixties, not least music. At the heart of this mesmerizing decade was the electric guitar. Bent, distorted, reverbed and overloaded, its sound drove some of the most revolutionary music ever made. This colorful book, decked out with 340 color photos and four fold-out spreads, traces the guitars, players and music of the '60s year by year - from folk-rock to surf to psychedelia, plus jazz, blues and country. A special section features The Beatles and their influential axes.
