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A Listmania! list by Jason Parkes "We're all Frankies'" (Worcester, UK)
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Words and Music: A History of Pop in the Shape of a City
1.  Words and Music: A History of Pop in the Shape of a City by Paul Morley
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  "One of my fave reference books alongside 'A User's Guide to the Millennium' & so much more!"
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Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung (Five Star)
2.  Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung (Five Star) by Lester Bangs
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  "The missing link between Hunter S. Thompson & Paul Morley-"
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Experimental Music: Cage and Beyond (Music in the Twentieth Century)
3.  Experimental Music: Cage and Beyond (Music in the Twentieth Century) by Brian Eno
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  "The best book on this certain kind of music & a classic really..."
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Norwegian Wood
4.  Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
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  "Well it was either this or 'Girlfriend in a Coma'- & this is 99p in a book-chain store at present!"
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Head-On/Repossessed
5.  Head-On/Repossessed by Julian Cope
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  "Cope has written other books on the Megalithic & Krautrock; these are the first two-parts of his autobiography...."
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This Wheel's on Fire : Levon Helm and the Story of the Band
6.  This Wheel's on Fire : Levon Helm and the Story of the Band by Levon Helm
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  "The bitter truth behind The Band & apparently loathed by Robbie Robertson!"
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Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk
7.  Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk by Legs McNeil
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  "Went for this over 'The Sound & the Fury' or that Ian McDonald book...."
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The Dark Stuff: Selected Writings on Rock Music
8.  The Dark Stuff: Selected Writings on Rock Music by Nick Kent
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  "This guy does celebrate the cliched side of rock but there is lots great here!"
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Serge Gainsbourg: A Fistful of Gitanes
9.  Serge Gainsbourg: A Fistful of Gitanes by Sylvie Simmons
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  "The best Gainsbourg biography at present-"
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Lit Riffs: A Collection of Original Stories Inspired by Songs
10.  Lit Riffs: A Collection of Original Stories Inspired by Songs by Julianna Baggott
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  "A nice experiment/idea..."
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The Wreckers of Civilization : The Story of Coum Transmissions & Throbbing Gristle: The Story of Coum Transmissions and "Throbbing Gristle"
11.  The Wreckers of Civilization : The Story of Coum Transmissions & Throbbing Gristle: The Story of Coum Transmissions and "Throbbing Gristle" by Simon Ford
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  "Excellent reminder of perhaps the ultimate avant-garde "rock" group-"
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The Smiths' Meat Is Murder (Thirty Three and a Third series): 5 (33 1/3)
12.  The Smiths' Meat Is Murder (Thirty Three and a Third series): 5 (33 1/3) by Joe Pernice
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  "I really liked this approach to the band/album by the frontman of Scud Mountain Boys & Pernice Brothers. I forgot how pious some Smiths fans can be...."
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Prince's "Sign O'the Times" (33 1/3)
13.  Prince's "Sign O'the Times" (33 1/3) by Michaelangelo Matos
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  "& this is another excellent example of this cool series of books based around one album...."
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Touching From a Distance: Ian Curtis and "Joy Division"
14.  Touching From a Distance: Ian Curtis and "Joy Division" by Deborah Curtis
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  "Apparently going to be turned into a film or something...."
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The Glamour Chase: Maverick Life of Billy MacKenzie
15.  The Glamour Chase: Maverick Life of Billy MacKenzie by Bono
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  "In heaven this will be shot by Rainer Werner Fassbinder & scripted by Joe Orton..."
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Tainted Life: The Autobiography
16.  Tainted Life: The Autobiography by Marc Almond
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  "Fun stuff from the entertaining & underrated Almond- I'm a fan of his material up to 'The Stars We Are' for the most part...."
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Espedair Street
17.  Espedair Street by Iain Banks
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  "Rumours are the central-character is based on Fish from Marillion; I wonder if Fugazi's next LP will be called 'Marillion'?"
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Chronicles: Volume One
18.  Chronicles: Volume One by Bob Dylan
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  "The enigma is intact, but is more readable than the dire 'Tarantula'"
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31 Songs
19.  31 Songs by Nick Hornby
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  "Nice idea, even if some of the material he chooses does nought for me..."
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Miles: The Autobiography (Picador Books)
20.  Miles: The Autobiography (Picador Books) by Miles Davis
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  "One of those books that makes me laugh a lot...."
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Cider With Roadies
21.  Cider With Roadies by Stuart Maconie
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  "I've read bits whilst loitering in book-shops & will now buy it in paperback!"
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Time Travel: From the Sex Pistols to Nirvana:Pop,Media and Sexuality 1977-96
22.  Time Travel: From the Sex Pistols to Nirvana:Pop,Media and Sexuality 1977-96 by Jon Savage
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  "This selection seems to me a bit overlooked...."
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Showbusiness: The Diary of a Rock 'n' Roll Nobody
23.  Showbusiness: The Diary of a Rock 'n' Roll Nobody by Mark Radcliffe
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  "From the ex-partner of Marc'Lard'Riley & that mythic-seminal act The Shirehorses..."
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Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground: Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981-1991
24.  Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground: Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981-1991 by Michael Azerrad
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  "Key book on the U.S. underground: Black Flag, The Replacements, DC, Husker Du et al...."
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Demonology
25.  Demonology by Rick Moody
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  "Ultimately for one-short story where a person's life is tracked by his compilation tapes..."
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