I love The Kinks as much as the next guy — unless the next guy is my pal Johnny. He LOVES The Kinks. So when I heard about the updated and exhaustively expanded version of All Day And All Of The Night, I immediately sent him the info. Naturally, he was way ahead of me; he had already pre-ordered his copy of the massive 520-page tome, which finally arrives next week. Guess I won’t be seeing him for a while. Oh well; I can fill the time with some ot the other tuneful new tomes:
The Kinks: All Day And All Of The Night: Day-By-Day Story Pt. 1: 1940-1971
By Doug Hinman & Andrew Sandoval
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “First published in 2004, Doug Hinman’s authoritative book on The Kinks’ history is considered the ultimate reference source for the facts on their recordings, releases, concert dates, as well as radio and TV appearances. Now with 20 years of non-stop research, Beatland is set to bring back the book in a massively enhanced and fully rewritten series of volumes. The first expands The Kinks’ origin story (1940-1963) through to their seminal Pye/Reprise recordings (1964-1971), adding dozens of newly uncovered dates and merging analysis of every recording made during that period. Doug’s original book covered The Kinks’ entire career in 350 pages in black-and-white print. Part 1 of the new edition is 520 pages, fully illustrated in color with ephemera, documents and 400 images, some never before published. For this edition, Hinman has teamed with fellow Kinks reissue kompiler Andrew Sandoval to expand the contents and dig even deeper to document the group’s creative journey. You can expect to find details of heretofore unknown songs, canceled concerts and detailed contemporary reviews from dozens of primary international sources.”
Have Mercy Baby: The Life Of Clyde McPhatter
By Steve Bergsman
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Clyde McPhatter (1932–1972) was the golden voice behind a musical revolution — a soaring tenor whose electrifying performances helped define the sound of early rock ’n’ roll. From his breakthrough with The Dominoes to founding The Drifters and launching a solo career, McPhatter left an indelible mark on American music, becoming one of the few artists inducted twice into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. Born into the gospel traditions of North Carolina, McPhatter brought spiritual intensity to the rhythm-and-blues stage. His vocals on Sixty Minute Man and Have Mercy Baby helped transform doo-wop into a national sensation. At Atlantic Records, he not only led The Drifters to chart success with songs like Money Honey, but also helped shape the label’s rise as a cornerstone of American R&B. As a solo artist, McPhatter continued to break barriers with crossover hits like A Lover’s Question and Treasure of Love. But behind the spotlight, he faced mounting pressures — from the isolating toll of fame to speculation about his personal life — all of which contributed to his struggles with depression and alcoholism. Drawing on exclusive interviews with family members and close associates, Have Mercy Baby offers the most comprehensive portrait to date of a musical pioneer. More than a voice of his generation, McPhatter laid the groundwork for soul, rock, and R&B artists for decades to come. His influence still echoes, even as his life reminds us of the cost of being ahead of one’s time.”
Prince’s Minneapolis: A Biography Of Sound And Place
By Rashad Shabazz
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “When 19-year-old Prince took the stage to perform I Wanna Be Your Lover on American Bandstand, those who watched couldn’t reconcile how Prince’s funky disco-pop sounds had hailed from a place like Minneapolis. But the Minneapolis sound — a pop-musical fusion of funk, R&B, rock, punk, and new wave — did not emerge from a vacuum. The place and space of Minneapolis shaped the musical ecosystem that made Prince famous. And in turn, a complex array of social forces shaped the city’s soundscape. An expert on place, race, and culture, geographer Rashad Shabazz reveals the hidden history of the Minneapolis sound, Prince, and his beloved city. More than a biography, this is a biography of the city and the world of sound from which Prince emerged. Shabazz traces the history of the Minneapolis sound alongside the city’s history, from colonial contact through periods of Indigenous removal, white settlement, mass migration, industrialization, music education, suburbanization, and systemic racism. This complex history, combined with the exceptional talent cultivated in Minneapolis’s small Black communities, gave rise to a groundbreaking genre, the otherworldly legend that was Prince, and music that captivated the world.”
Punk Anarchism: An Anti-Politics Of Resistance
By Sean Parson
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Punk anarchism is a radical critique of contemporary politics, offering an alternative framework rooted in anarchism, punk rock, dadaism, situationism and political nihilism. Arguing that traditional approaches to political change are ineffective in the face of the climate crisis and the failures of liberal institutions, the book advocates for rejecting the possibility of meaningful political change within the existing political system. Drawing on historical cultural movements like the Russian and Japanese nihilists of the 19th and early 20th centuries, Sean Parson calls for a politics of pure negation, centered on the destruction of the current social order, rather than its reform — advocating for a revolutionary politics that embraces resentment against the wealthy and rejects hierarchical power dynamics. Punk Anarchism asks: what if resistance were motivated by a sense of playfulness and enjoyment, rather than hope for a better future? Ultimately, Parson proposes an anti-theory of negation as a way to imagine political agency beyond traditional frameworks.”
Punk And Disorderly: Acting Out Gender And Class In First-Wave British Punk
By Karen Fournier
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “A discussion of the 1970s British punk scene, this book foregrounds the participation of women as performers and songwriters in early British punk, and examines how women in the scene crafted expressions of social alienation that were informed by the intersection of classism and sexism. Early British punk rock is often associated with male bands like The Sex Pistols, The Clash, The Damned, The Buzzcocks or The Stranglers, whose songs capture and reflect a historical moment in Britain that was defined by unemployment, nationwide strikes, racial strife, and the growing sense of hopelessness within a seemingly deteriorating British Empire. While lesser-known, the work of female punk bands like Penetration, The Raincoats, Siouxsie And The Banshees, The Slits, and X-Ray Spex also engaged with these themes, but added a gendered perspective on what it meant to be “an underdog” in Britain in the 1970s. Through a close reading of punk art, fashion, and music, this book examines how female contributors to the early British scene responded uniquely to the alienation expressed by their male peers, and demonstrates how social alienation was inflected by the intersection of classism and sexism in the work of those women who helped to shape the early British scene.”
Document and Eyewitness: An Intimate History Of Rough Trade
By Neil Taylor
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Rough Trade is practically a byword for the history of independent music over the last 50 years. Document And Eyewitness: An Intimate History Of Rough Trade tells the story from the inside of a phenomenally influential record label, through the voices of Geoff Travis, Jarvis Cocker, Robert Wyatt, Green Gartside and many more. From the early records of Cabaret Voltaire, Kleenex and Swell Maps, through to groundbreaking releases by The Fall, The Smiths and Scritti Pollitti, on through the collapse of the independent collective and the rebirth of Rough Trade at the turn of the century, this is the definitive, essential account for any serious music fan.”
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