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Ronnie James Dio hardback biography publishing later this month. I have a new, unread copy for sale now, post included, saving on the £20 list price. Be first on your block!

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Publisher : Omnibus Press (20 May 2021): 352 pages
ISBN-10 : 1913172120
ISBN-13 : 978-1913172121
 Just-published hardback on the classic days of Radio 1, with 40new interviews. Postage at cost For most people in Britain in the 1970s and 1980s, Radio 1 provided the soundtrack to their lives. Commanding up to 24 million listeners a week, it was the most popular radio station in the world. An iconic institution and one of the UKs most famous brands, its history and socio-cultural impact is explored in full here for the first time. Robert Sellers draws on archive material and first-hand interviews with DJs and key personnel to capture the extraordinary story of Radio 1, from its beginnings in 1967 through to its controversial reorganisation in the early nineties.

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Hardback, 800-plus pages. New. Offered at less than half price (£10, rrp £30) plus postage (£3.20). Rivals Of The Beatles is about the stories of some of the many excellent British and American groups who were part of the music scene in the 1960s at the time of The Beatles. Each chapter focuses specifically on one of these groups. What they have in common, for the purposes of the book, is some form of link to the Fab Four. Maybe they were inspired by The Beatles, or were helped by them. Perhaps they copied them. The ways in which these influences occurred varies considerably. There are detailed, in-depth, chapters on twenty groups of the era including The Rolling Stones, The Beach Boys, The Byrds, The Kinks and The Yardbirds. There are also a few unexpected inclusions – to keep things varied! This book is very detailed indeed! The chapters on The Rolling Stones and The Beach Boys, for example, are well over 80 pages in length. But although long, the various chapters are packed with interesting info. As a central part of the focus of the book is on the various records that each group produced during their career. So the more familiar with the records that the reader is, the more they will get out of the discussion of them. It will also give readers a chance to re-evaluate some of the music in their collections, and maybe shine new light on some overlooked or forgotten gems. Author was a teenager in the 1960s and has always been a committed fan of the music of that era. Rivals Of The Beatles is available in an initial, privately published, print run of 500 hardback copies. There are no firm plans at this stage for a further print run in either hard or softback. An electronic version is possible at a later date, depending on reaction to the book, and demand for it. GROUPS FEATURED 1. The Rolling Stones 2. The Beach Boys 3. The Byrds 4. The Kinks 5. Brian Poole and The Tremeloes 6. The Searchers 7. Billy J. Kramer with The Dakotas 8. Gerry and The Pacemakers 9. The Pete Best Four 10. The Dave Clark Five 11. The Yardbirds 12. The Grass Roots 13. The Grateful Dead 14. Moby Grape 15. The Association 16. The Left Banke 17. The Monkees 18. The Mothers Of Invention 19. Twice As Much 20. Cliff Richard and The Shadows