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The strange worlds of Soft Cell
By Patrick Clarke
A rich and revealing examination of the legendary pop duo Soft Cell.Soft Cell are not your average pop band. Marc Almond and Dave Ball may be best known for the string of hits they released in ... More
ISBN: 978-1-5261-7356-0
FORMAT:
Paperback
£12.99
Pre-OrderPasticcio opera in Britain
History and context
By Peter Morgan Barnes
This study overturns twentieth-century thinking about pasticcio opera. This radical way of creating opera formed a counterweight, even a relief, to the trenchant masculinity of literate culture ... More
ISBN: 978-1-5261-6518-3
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£90.00
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Jane Austen and music
By Gillian Dooley
Like her much-loved heroine Emma Woodhouse, Jane Austen 'played and sang'. Music occupied a central role in her life, and she made brilliant use of it in her books to illuminate characters' ... More
ISBN: 978-1-5261-7010-1
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£20.00
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A Belfast punk story
By Thomas Paul Burgess
Ruefrex were one of Northern Ireland's most popular and uncompromising punk rock bands.Emerging from the Belfast street-gang culture of the late-1970s, the group, inspired by The Clash, enjoyed a ... More
ISBN: 978-1-5261-7337-9
FORMAT:
£16.99
Buy NowFantasies of music in nostalgic medievalism
By Helen Dell
In the period between the Second World War and the present, there has been an extraordinary rise in the production of medievalist fantasy literature and film. This has been accompanied by the ... More
ISBN: 978-1-5261-7395-9
FORMAT:
£85.00
Buy NowWelcome to the club
The life and lessons of a Black woman DJ
By DJ Paulette
Featuring a foreword from Annie MacIn Welcome to the club, Manchester legend DJ Paulette shares the highs, lows and lessons of a thirty-year music career, with help from some famous friends. One ... More
ISBN: 978-1-5261-6690-6
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£20.00
Buy NowManchester unspun
How a city got high on music
By Andy Spinoza
At the end of the 1970s, Manchester seemed to be sliding into the dustbin of history. Today the city is an international destination for culture and sport, and one of the fastest-growing urban ... More
ISBN: 978-1-5261-7406-2
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£12.99
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The history of goth
By John Robb
This is the first comprehensive history of goth music and culture. John Robb explores the origins and legacy of this enduring scene, which has its roots in the post-punk era.Drawing on his own ... More
ISBN: 978-1-5261-7676-9
FORMAT:
£14.99
Buy NowThe Island Book of Records Volume I
1959-68
Edited by Neil Storey
The Island Book of Records brings the early years of this iconic record label to life.A fifteen-year labour of love, the volumes will fully document the analogue era of Island. Offering a ... More
ISBN: 978-1-5261-7376-8
FORMAT:
Hardcover
£85.00
Buy NowManchester Beethoven studies
Edited by Barry Cooper and Matthew Pilcher
Manchester Beethoven studies presents ten original chapters by scholars with close ties to the University of Manchester. It throws new light on many aspects of Beethoven's life and works, with a ... More
ISBN: 978-1-5261-5568-9
FORMAT:
£90.00
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