 | David Bowie: An Illustrated Record by Murray Charles S.
Buy used from: £37.70 sadly out of print written in the classic style of nme 1979
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 | KrautRockSampler. by Julian Cope
Buy used from: £20.00 if you can find a copy - the best rock music book ever written
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 | Head On/Repossessed by Julian Cope
Buy new: £6.88 / Used from: £4.30 a great read , even if you dont like the teardrops
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 | Songs They Never Play on the Radio: Nico the Last Bohemian by James Young
Buy used from: £13.98 laugh a minute,read this and you'll never believe in 'cool' again
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 | Rip it Up and Start Again: Postpunk, 1978-1984 by Simon Reynolds
Buy new: £5.49 / Used from: £1.99 an obvious choice, but this is the definitive book on this music
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 | The Clash: Before and After by Pennie Smith
Buy used from: £49.99 The Clash doing what they did best - posing ! - no words necessary
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 | A Riot of Our Own: Night and Day with the Clash by Johnny Green
Buy used from: £0.01 great On The Road tales from the bands roadie/driver/nursemaid etc.
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| Born to Run: The Bruce Springsteen Story by Dave Marsh
Buy used from: £1.40 pre-80s biog of bruce , before the bombast set in
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 | The Rough Guide to the "Velvet Underground" (Rough Guide Music Guides) by Peter Hogan
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £2.57 entertaining , realistic , guidebook.written as if the VU were the Galapagos Islands
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 | England's Dreaming by Jon Savage
Buy new: £7.79 / Used from: £7.05 the first , still the best , account of punk by someone who was there
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