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PRESSING NEWS: British Music As It Happened 1962-1972 NEW HARDBACK BOOK

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Lansdowne Books

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PRESSING NEWS: British Music As It Happened 1962-1972 NEW HARDBACK BOOK

leaf_hound

great book. and it is .... huge ... and heavy ... 403 pages of very informative content. put on a record & enjoy :-)

December 2024


PRESSING NEWS: British Music As It Happened 1962-1972 NEW HARDBACK BOOK

zoothorn

Another amazing book, great work Richard Packaging perfect, postage all good!! We need part 2

December 2024


Labyrinth - British Jazz On Record 1960 - 75

CherrywoodL

The best book on the british jazz scene in the 1960s and early 1970s that i own and i have quiet a few.

December 2024


PRESSING NEWS: British Music As It Happened 1962-1972 NEW HARDBACK BOOK

flying500

Excellent record and service.

November 2024


PRESSING NEWS: British Music As It Happened 1962-1972 NEW HARDBACK BOOK

MortonCandy

Brilliant book

October 2024


Labyrinth - British Jazz On Record 1960 - 75

johnnyaallen

Thank you for a truly wonderful book!

February 2024


Labyrinth - British Jazz On Record 1960 - 75

RevSteve

Superb book. The 'at the time' reviews are interesting, and often funny. Beautifully produced and fascinating.

February 2024


Labyrinth - British Jazz On Record 1960 - 75

davide31

everything ok !

February 2024


Labyrinth - British Jazz On Record 1960 - 75

Moyshe58

Top stuff!!

February 2024


Labyrinth - British Jazz On Record 1960 - 75

zoothorn

Amazing book. Packaged well and delivered quickly

February 2024


Description

Pressing News is the latest book by Richard Morton Jack, author of Nick Drake: The Life, Labyrinth, Galactic Ramble, Endless Trip and Psychedelia.

A huge number of new records came out in the UK every week in the 1960s and 70s, many of them accompanied by press releases. These offered important and fascinating information but were almost all discarded, meaning that very few have survived. The product of decades of painstaking collecting and research, Pressing News reproduces 125 of them, accompanied by a wealth of other promo items and supporting imagery from music magazines, the underground press and local and national newspapers.

 

Artists featured span household names (the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, David Bowie and Pink Floyd), cult heroes (Nick Drake, Syd Barrett, Mighty Baby and Comus) and lesser-known lights (Tintern Abbey, July, Fuchsia and COB).

 

Pressing News is a deluxe limited edition large-format hardback, quarter-bound in cloth and containing over 400 full-colour pages.

 

All orders will be shrinkwrapped, double-boxed for maximum protection.

 

The first 150 will be accompanied by a beautiful Mellow Candle poster (see below), sourced from May 1972 promo materials and reproduced with the blessing of the group’s founders, Clodagh Simonds and Alison Williams.

 

A NOTE ON POSTAGE

 
Books will be shipped by Royal Mail within the UK, USA, France and Germany. For all other countries, books will be shipped via Fed Ex.
We have no connection or association with either of these two companies so in the event a book doesn’t arrive within the specified time (or not at all), or there is an issue with delivery, we will try our best to locate the book for you. However, in this event we will need time to go through this process so if you need the book quickly and there is a delay, we will not be able to send out a replacement copy / refund until we work out what has happened with the courier which may take several weeks.
Additionally, we do not send tracking details unless specifically requested by you, in which case we are obviously happy to do so.


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