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Jon Savage 1966- The Year The Decade Exploded
- Book £12.99
- Book - signed copy £12.99
Jon Savage 1966- The Year The Decade Exploded
- Book £12.99
- Book - signed copy £12.99
Award-winning, Sunday Times bestselling author Jon Savage’s monument to the year that shaped the future of global pop cultural history.
Label
faber
Released
4 Jun 2021
Dorothy Max Prior 69 Exhibition Road: Twelve True-Life Tales from the Fag End of Punk, Porn & Performance
- Signed 7" + Ticket Bundle £14.99
- Signed Book + Ticket Bundle £28.00
- Paperback edition - Signed £18.99
- Hardback book Signed Edition £30.00
Dorothy Max Prior 69 Exhibition Road: Twelve True-Life Tales from the Fag End of Punk, Porn & Performance
- Signed 7" + Ticket Bundle £14.99
- Signed Book + Ticket Bundle £28.00
- Paperback edition - Signed £18.99
- Hardback book Signed Edition £30.00
69 Exhibition Road is a vibrant, wry, and engaging account of life as an adventurous, queer young person in late 1970s London. Dorothy forever.
Label
Strange Attractor
Released
2 Dec 2022
Stephen's Pick
Sam Knee A Scene In Between (revised edition)
- Book £17.99
Sam Knee A Scene In Between (revised edition)
- Book £17.99
This is the final part in Sam Knee’s incredible series of books which have documented the relationship between music and style in 1980s Britain
Label
Cicada Books
Released
14 Oct 2021
Monorail Exclusive
Sam Knee A Scene In Between USA: Sights and sounds from the indie underground '82-'88
- Book £22.99
Sam Knee A Scene In Between USA: Sights and sounds from the indie underground '82-'88
- Book £22.99
How did the Americans do? Pretty good, actually. Sam Knee's latest instalment shows off vivid early styles from 1980s DIY'ers coast to coast.
Label
Cicada Books
Released
14 Nov 2022
Stephen's Pick
Jeannette Lee and Don Letts Acme Attractions
- Slimline Book £2.99
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Jeannette Lee and Don Letts Acme Attractions
- Slimline Book £2.99
Acme Attractions tells the story of a place, and its people, that found themselves at the heart of one of the country’s great cultural moments.
Label
Rough Trade Editions
Released
11 Feb 2021
David Berman Actual Air
- Book £24.99
David Berman Actual Air
- Book £24.99
Hardcover edition, full colour end-sheets, enlarged typeface. First published, Open City, 1999. Published Drag City 2019. In the unending daily cascad [...]
Label
Drag City
Released
27 Jan 2023
Lola's Pick
Trevor Horn Adventures In Modern Recording
- Book £22.00
Trevor Horn Adventures In Modern Recording
- Book £22.00
His production work since the glory days of ZTT represents a veritable ‘who’s who’ of intelligent modern pop, including the likes of [...]
Label
Nine Eight Books
Released
4 Nov 2022
Marcel Theroux An Unexpected Gift: 3 Christmas Stories
- Slimline Book £2.99
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Marcel Theroux An Unexpected Gift: 3 Christmas Stories
- Slimline Book £2.99
ROUGH TRADE EDITIONS No.26
Label
Rough Trade Books
Released
10 Dec 2018
Jeremy Deller Art Is Magic
- Event Ticket Only £5.00
- Signed book + ticket £33.00
- Book - signed copy £30.00
Jeremy Deller Art Is Magic
- Event Ticket Only £5.00
- Signed book + ticket £33.00
- Book - signed copy £30.00
An entertaining and revealing journey into the mind of one of Britain’s greatest contemporary artists.
Label
Cheerio
Released
4 May 2023
Monorail Exclusive
David Keenan and Sophy Hollington Autonomic Tarot

Sophy Hollington & David Keenan—Autonomic Tarot, 30 card deck and instruction booklet
Label
Rough Trade Books
Released
5 Feb 2022
Robin Turner Believe In Magic: Thirty Years Of Heavenly Recordings
- Book + Saint Etienne Spring 7" single + Herb Lester map. £15.00
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Robin Turner Believe In Magic: Thirty Years Of Heavenly Recordings
- Book + Saint Etienne Spring 7" single + Herb Lester map. £15.00
Robin Turner authored, Paul Kelly designed book on Heavenly Recordings and their official / unofficial world.
Label
White Rabbit
Released
9 Nov 2020
Rob Halford Biblical: Rob Halford's Heavy Metal Scriptures
- Signed Book £25.00
Rob Halford Biblical: Rob Halford's Heavy Metal Scriptures
- Signed Book £25.00
LOVE YOU ROB -MK
Label
Hatchette
Released
1 Nov 2022
Michael's Pick
Michael Pedersen Boy Friends
- Hardback book (signed) £14.99
Michael Pedersen Boy Friends
- Hardback book (signed) £14.99
Michael has a beautiful way with words. Boy Friends is his love letter to his best pal, Scott Hutchison, and other important friends in his life.
Label
Faber & Faber
Released
7 Jul 2022
Stephen's Pick
Simon Price Curepedia: An A-Z Of The Cure
- Special Edition Book / Ticket Bundle £90.00
- Book: Special Edition £85.00
- Book - Standard Hardbook £35.00
Simon Price Curepedia: An A-Z Of The Cure
- Special Edition Book / Ticket Bundle £90.00
- Book: Special Edition £85.00
- Book - Standard Hardbook £35.00
Book launch for Simon Price's Curepedia on Sunday the 3rd of December.
Label
White Rabbit
Released
9 Nov 2023
Staff Pick
Jer Reid Days and Diary Entries
- Book £14.99
Jer Reid Days and Diary Entries
- Book £14.99
Jer Reid, Glasgow-based activist, musician of dawson, sumshapes and others offers a glimpse into his creative process and ruminations.
Label
Gruff Wit
Released
28 Jul 2023
Staff Pick
Benjamin Berton Dreamworld (english edition) The fabulous life of Daniel Treacy and his band Television Personalities
- Book £19.99
Benjamin Berton Dreamworld (english edition) The fabulous life of Daniel Treacy and his band Television Personalities
- Book £19.99
London 1977: Daniel Treacy drops out of school, bored to death. With friends, he records a few songs thanks to a few pounds sterling lent to him...
Label
Ventil Verlag Book
Released
22 Sep 2022
Staff Pick
Martyn Ware Electronically Yours: My Autobiography
- Book - Signed Standard Hardback £20.00
Martyn Ware Electronically Yours: My Autobiography
- Book - Signed Standard Hardback £20.00
Signed Autobiography of a true synth pop pioneer who crashed into - and shaped - the mainstream.
Label
Constable
Released
25 Aug 2022
Staff Pick
David Keenan and Sophy Hollington Empty Aphrodite: An Encyclopaedia of Fate
- Slimline Book £7.99
David Keenan and Sophy Hollington Empty Aphrodite: An Encyclopaedia of Fate
- Slimline Book £7.99
An alphabetic poetic sourcebook that combines magic and inspiration in a series of channelled surrealist portraits of the powers of now.
Label
Rough Trade Editions
Released
15 Feb 2021
David Keenan England's Hidden Reverse: A Secret History Of The Esoteric Underground
- Paperback edition - Signed £25.00
David Keenan England's Hidden Reverse: A Secret History Of The Esoteric Underground
- Paperback edition - Signed £25.00
*SIGNED COPIES* The classic exploration of the English esoteric musical underground, the first biographies of Coil, Current 93, Nurse With Wound.
Label
Strange Attractor
Released
4 Aug 2023
Monorail Exclusive
Nick Soulsby Everything Keeps Dissolving
- Hardback Book with postcards £45.00
Nick Soulsby Everything Keeps Dissolving
- Hardback Book with postcards £45.00
Special hardback edition with exclusive postcard set of rare drawings by John Balance, and exclusive chapbook, Having Fun with Gods...
Label
Strange Attractor
Released
10 Feb 2023
Alasdair MacLean Exhaust Fumes, Magnolias & Light: Selected Lyrics 1997-2021
- Book £15.00
Alasdair MacLean Exhaust Fumes, Magnolias & Light: Selected Lyrics 1997-2021
- Book £15.00
Elegant volume of Clientele lyrics and other writings, sketches and fragments by Alasdair MacLean.
Label
Edge Of The Lane Press
Released
12 Sep 2022
Staff Pick
Nick Cave & Sean O'Hagan Faith, Hope And Carnage
- Signed Hardback £19.99
Nick Cave & Sean O'Hagan Faith, Hope And Carnage
- Signed Hardback £19.99
Faith, Hope and Carnage is a book about Nick Cave‘s inner life. Created from over forty hours of intimate conversations with Sean O’Hagan, [...]
Label
Canongate
Released
20 Sep 2022
Miki Berenyi Fingers Crossed: How Music Saved Me From Success
- Signed Paperback with zine and Mix CD £15.99
- Signed Paperback £10.99
Miki Berenyi Fingers Crossed: How Music Saved Me From Success
- Signed Paperback with zine and Mix CD £15.99
- Signed Paperback £10.99
One of the funniest, wittiest and most poignant rock memoirs you'll read, now on paperback.
Label
Nine Eight Books
Released
12 Aug 2023
Monorail Exclusive
David Keenan For The Good Times
- Book £8.99
David Keenan For The Good Times
- Book £8.99
Based on apocryphal stories he was told by his family, For The Good Times plunges the reader into the dark night of Belfast in the 1970s
Label
Faber & Faber
Released
28 Aug 2020
Monorail Exclusive
Paul Morley From Manchester with Love: The Life and Opinions of Tony Wilson
- Book £10.00
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Paul Morley From Manchester with Love: The Life and Opinions of Tony Wilson
- Book £10.00
Signed edition with limited edition Collectus fanzine
Label
faber
Released
26 Nov 2021
Simon Dell From The Port To The Bridge: The story of Robert Rental and Thomas Leer
- Booklet £4.00
Simon Dell From The Port To The Bridge: The story of Robert Rental and Thomas Leer
- Booklet £4.00
Thomas Leer and Robert Rental's ground-breaking music in the late 70s helped create the template for indie post-punk & 80s synth. This is their story
Label
Dell
Released
25 Feb 2022
Staff Pick
Amy Rigby Girl To City: A Memoir
- Book £12.99
Amy Rigby Girl To City: A Memoir
- Book £12.99
FROM THE SINGER-SONGWRITER ACCLAIMED FOR HER HONEST, INSIGHTFUL LYRICS AND ROCK & ROLL SPIRIT, A POIGNANT AND UNFLINCHING STORY ABOUT COMING OF AGE
Label
Southern Domestic
Released
26 Aug 2021
Saskia Holling Girlsville: The Story Of The Delmonas and Thee Headcoatees
- Book £5.00
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Saskia Holling Girlsville: The Story Of The Delmonas and Thee Headcoatees
- Book £5.00
The untold story of two seminal UK garage groups from the Medway Delta
Released
7 Jan 2022
Lol Tolhurst Goth: A History
- Hardback Book £25.00
Lol Tolhurst Goth: A History
- Hardback Book £25.00
Following his memoir Cured, a deep dive into the dark Romanticism of Goth music, a misunderstood genre and culture, by co-founder of The Cure
Label
Quercus
Released
21 Sep 2023
John Robb Goth: The Art Of Darkness
- Instore Ticket Only £8.00
- Signed Book £22.99
- Signed book + ticket £27.99
John Robb Goth: The Art Of Darkness
- Instore Ticket Only £8.00
- Signed Book £22.99
- Signed book + ticket £27.99
The first ever overview of the Goth subculture, by intrepid musician / journalist and seer John Robb. Be sure to grab a ticket to the Q+A!
Label
Louder Than War
Released
13 Apr 2023
Staff Pick
Stuart Cosgrove Hey America! The Epic Story Of Black Music And The White House
- Signed Hardback £25.00
Stuart Cosgrove Hey America! The Epic Story Of Black Music And The White House
- Signed Hardback £25.00
Cosgrove's latest is a brilliant, free-flowing account of the odd relationships between black music and the White House - jaw-dropping and inspiring.
Label
Polygon
Released
13 Oct 2022
Week-end Books I feel everything you say, I feel everything you hear
- Hardback £40.00
Week-end Books I feel everything you say, I feel everything you hear
- Hardback £40.00
A brilliant collection of writings and photographs from an eclectic mix of artists associated with the Weekend festival, Köln.
Label
StrzeleckiBooks
Released
16 Nov 2022
Staff Pick
Audrey Golden I Thought I Heard You Speak: Women at Factory Records
- Signed Hardback £25.00
Audrey Golden I Thought I Heard You Speak: Women at Factory Records
- Signed Hardback £25.00
Excellent account of the legendary Factory Records imprint from a different, important perspective. This is the story of the women at the label.
Label
White Rabbit
Released
4 May 2023
Joel Gion In The Jingle Jangle Jungle
- Hardback Book £22.00
- Signed Hardback with Postcard Set £22.00
Joel Gion In The Jingle Jangle Jungle
- Hardback Book £22.00
- Signed Hardback with Postcard Set £22.00
The memoir from Joel Gion, the tambourine playing frontman of The Brian Jonestown Massacre, one of the great contemporary cult American rock and roll.
Label
White Rabbit
Released
29 Feb 2024
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David Keenan Industry Of Magic & Light
- Signed Hardback £18.99
- Signed Book + Poster Bundle £30.00
David Keenan Industry Of Magic & Light
- Signed Hardback £18.99
- Signed Book + Poster Bundle £30.00
The prequel to the award-winning This is Memorial Device, available in a Monorail Exclusive with Airdrie and Environs Music Family Tree A2 Poster.
Label
White Rabbit
Released
25 Aug 2022
Monorail Exclusive
Marlene Marder Kleenex / LiLiPUT
- Book - Large Format £40.00
Marlene Marder Kleenex / LiLiPUT
- Book - Large Format £40.00
This is the most extensive document of this influential group, unparalleled in its depth and candor. Features over 200 images, zines, flyers, photos.
Label
Thrilling Living
Released
15 Sep 2023
Monorail Exclusive
Bill Brewster, Frank Broughton Last Night A DJ Saved My Life
- Book - standard hardback £30.00
Bill Brewster, Frank Broughton Last Night A DJ Saved My Life
- Book - standard hardback £30.00
This classic book is the whole unruly story of dance music in one volume. New expanded hardback edition.
Label
White Rabbit
Released
7 Jul 2022
Lucy O'Brien Lead Sister: The Story of Karen Carpenter
- Book - Standard Hardbook £22.00
Lucy O'Brien Lead Sister: The Story of Karen Carpenter
- Book - Standard Hardbook £22.00
A pioneering biography re-evaluating the life and legacy of transcendent musician Karen Carpenter.
Label
Nine Eight Books
Released
2 Mar 2023
Staff Pick
Bob Stanley Let's Do It: The Birth Of Pop
- Book - signed copy £8.00
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Bob Stanley Let's Do It: The Birth Of Pop
- Book - signed copy £8.00
Bob Stanley’s anticipated prequel to Yeah Yeah Yeah, Let’s Do It is an illuminating celebration of the pre-rock roll era.
Label
faber
Released
5 May 2022
Ian Preece Listening To The Wind
- Book £5.00
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Ian Preece Listening To The Wind
- Book £5.00
A comprehensive surveying of the state of the independent label in today's messed up world.
Label
Omnibus
Released
18 Sep 2020
Lawrence Lookin' For Lawrence
- Deluxe brochure + 7" single £40.00
Lawrence Lookin' For Lawrence
- Deluxe brochure + 7" single £40.00
Gorgeous limited edition of all things Lawrence brought together in one perfect place. Deluxe brochure + 7" single.
Released
11 Nov 2022
Ana da Silva Love, oh love
- Slimline Book £2.99
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Ana da Silva Love, oh love
- Slimline Book £2.99
A collection of drawings from the pencil of Ana da Silva, songwriter and musician in the legendary group The Raincoats.
Released
14 Aug 2018
Herb Lester Metal Mappa Mundi
- Slimline Book £4.00
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Herb Lester Metal Mappa Mundi
- Slimline Book £4.00
This is the Metal Mappa Mundi; it’s a metal world, we just live in it.
Label
Herb Lester
Released
19 Mar 2021
David Keenan Monument Maker
- Paperback edition - Signed £14.99
- Book with chapbook / fanzine £25.00
- Book £15.00
David Keenan Monument Maker
- Paperback edition - Signed £14.99
- Book with chapbook / fanzine £25.00
- Book £15.00
We’re really proud to announce David Keenan’s new novel, Monument Maker. Is it possible for books to dream? For books to dream within books? Is there [...]
Label
White Rabbit
Released
11 Aug 2023
Monorail Exclusive
Steve Turner & Mudhoney Mud Ride: A Messy Trip Through The Grunge Explosion
- Book - Signed Bookplate £18.99
Steve Turner & Mudhoney Mud Ride: A Messy Trip Through The Grunge Explosion
- Book - Signed Bookplate £18.99
The defining story of the grunge explosion from a founding member of Mudhoney, the band that made it all possible.
Label
Omnibus Press
Released
8 Jun 2023
Dep's Pick
Simon Armitage Never Good with Horses
- Signed Hardback Book £14.99
Simon Armitage Never Good with Horses
- Signed Hardback Book £14.99
Assembled lyrics by the excellent wordsmith and good egg, Simon Armitage. Signed copy.
Label
faber
Released
8 May 2023
Warren Ellis Nina Simone's Gum
- Book £20.00
Warren Ellis Nina Simone's Gum
- Book £20.00
We’ve been looking forward to this. Nina Simone’s Gum, the first book from award-winning musician and composer Warren Ellis, featuring an [...]
Label
Faber & Faber
Released
13 Sep 2021
Jenn Pelly & Priests Nothing Feels Natural Interviews 2016
- Slimline Book £2.99
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Jenn Pelly & Priests Nothing Feels Natural Interviews 2016
- Slimline Book £2.99
Nothing Feels Natural is an abridged edition of the zine that originally accompanied Priests' debut LP of the same name in 2017.
Label
Rough Trade Books
Released
21 Aug 2018
Katherine Spielmann Now Is The Time To Invent! Reports From The Indie-Rock Revolution 1986-2000
- Book £9.99
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Katherine Spielmann Now Is The Time To Invent! Reports From The Indie-Rock Revolution 1986-2000
- Book £9.99
Puncture was one of the greatest zines of the 80s and 90s -More than 50 profiles and essays from the magazine’s history are anthologised here
Label
Verse Chorus Press
Released
6 Nov 2020
The Chemical Brothers & Robin Turner Paused In Cosmic Reflection
- Book - standard hardback £30.00
- Record Store Exclusive Edition £75.00
The Chemical Brothers & Robin Turner Paused In Cosmic Reflection
- Book - standard hardback £30.00
- Record Store Exclusive Edition £75.00
Label
White Rabbit
Released
26 Oct 2023
Sufjan Stephens & Hannah Peel & Marcel Dzama Pink Moon
- Book + 7" £31.99
Sufjan Stephens & Hannah PeelMarcel Dzama Pink Moon
- Book + 7" £31.99
This special edition includes a 7" picture disc featuring compositions by Sufjan Stevens and Hannah Peel both covering Nick Drake's "Pink Moon"
Label
Rough Trade Books
Released
7 Jan 2022
Staff Pick
Chris Brickley Post Punk City: Glasgow by Martin McClenaghan
- Book - Medium Format £20.00
Chris Brickley Post Punk City: Glasgow by Martin McClenaghan
- Book - Medium Format £20.00
A beautiful photographic record of late 70s/early 80s Glasgow. Initial copies signed by Martin McClenaghan.
Label
Chris Brickley
Released
4 Dec 2023
Staff Pick
Cosey Fanni Tutti RE-SISTERS: The Lives and Recordings of Delia Derbyshire, Margery Kempe and Cosey Fanni Tutti
- Book - Signed Deluxe Edition £150.00
- Signed Hardback £18.99
- Signed book + ticket £28.99
- Event Ticket Only £10.00
Cosey Fanni Tutti RE-SISTERS: The Lives and Recordings of Delia Derbyshire, Margery Kempe and Cosey Fanni Tutti
- Book - Signed Deluxe Edition £150.00
- Signed Hardback £18.99
- Signed book + ticket £28.99
- Event Ticket Only £10.00
From the acclaimed author of Art Sex Music comes a vital meditation on womanhood, creativity and self-expression.
Label
Faber & Faber
Released
18 Aug 2022
Staff Pick
Tony D Ripped And Torn
- Book £25.00
Tony D Ripped And Torn
- Book £25.00
With limited print signed by Thurston Moore and Tony.
Label
Ecstatic Peace Press
Released
20 Feb 2019
Tom Doyle Running Up That Hill - 50 Visions of Kate Bush
- Signed Hardback £20.00
Tom Doyle Running Up That Hill - 50 Visions of Kate Bush
- Signed Hardback £20.00
Running Up That Hill: 50 Visions of Kate Bush is a vibrant and comprehensive re-examination of Kate Bush and her many creative landmarks.
Label
Nine Eight Books
Released
9 Nov 2022
Herb Lester / Richard Littler Scarfolk & Environs
- Slimline Book £5.00
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Herb Lester / Richard Littler Scarfolk & Environs
- Slimline Book £5.00
Scarfolk & Environs: Road & Leisure Map For Uninvited Tourists is a large format map that comes in a bespoke folder, with extras.
Label
Herb Lester
Released
19 Mar 2021
Han Bennink & David Keenan & Peter Brotzmann Schwarzwaldfahrt 1977
- Book + CD £29.99
Han Bennink & David KeenanPeter Brotzmann Schwarzwaldfahrt 1977
- Book + CD £29.99
“In the spring of 1977, two musicians – Han Bennink and Peter Brötzmann – disappeared into the depths of a German deity named Dark Forest…” – David Ke [...]
Label
Trost/Wolke
Released
9 Dec 2022
Monorail Exclusive
Stephen Millar and Gillian Loney Secret Glasgow
- Paperback £15.99
Stephen Millar and Gillian Loney Secret Glasgow
- Paperback £15.99
Everyone needs a shady lane. The Glasgow you walk past but maybe don't notice. Get to know the city with this gem of a book.
Label
Jonglez Publishing
Released
24 Nov 2023
Staff Pick
Joe Thompson Sleevenotes
- Book £4.99
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Joe Thompson Sleevenotes
- Book £4.99
Joe Thompson and Hey Colossus have been part of the European underground scene since 2003.
Label
Pomona
Released
13 Jul 2019
Nick Banks So It Started There: From Punk To Pulp
- Book - signed hardback edition £20.00
Nick Banks So It Started There: From Punk To Pulp
- Book - signed hardback edition £20.00
So It Started There chronicles the life and career of drummer Nick Banks, and how he came to be in one of the UK’s most iconic and beloved bands: Pulp
Label
Omnibus Press
Released
28 Sep 2023
Kid Congo Powers Some New Kind Of Kick
- Hardback book Signed Edition £20.00
Kid Congo Powers Some New Kind Of Kick
- Hardback book Signed Edition £20.00
An intimate memoir by legendary guitarist Kid Congo Powers, detailing his experiences as a young, queer Mexican-American in 1970s LA's punk n glam era
Label
Omnibus Press
Released
3 Mar 2023
Staff Pick
Thurston Moore Sonic Life: A Memoir
- Event Ticket Only £10.00
- Book - Signed Standard Hardback £20.00
- Signed Hardback + Ticket Bundle £25.00
Thurston Moore Sonic Life: A Memoir
- Event Ticket Only £10.00
- Book - Signed Standard Hardback £20.00
- Signed Hardback + Ticket Bundle £25.00
Join us on November 16th as Thurston Moore is in conversation with Rockademic Brian Hogg to discuss Sonic Life.
Label
Faber & Faber
Released
26 Oct 2023
Monorail Exclusive
P.P. Arnold Soul Survivor
- Book £22.00
P.P. Arnold Soul Survivor
- Book £22.00
This is the long-awaited memoir of a true soul survivor.
Label
Bonnier Books
Released
7 Jul 2022
Stuart Braithwaite Spaceships Over Glasgow
- Indie Stores Deluxe Edition, signed + Mix CD £29.99
- STD Hardback, Signed + Mix CD £20.00
On Sale!
Stuart Braithwaite Spaceships Over Glasgow
- Indie Stores Deluxe Edition, signed + Mix CD £29.99
- STD Hardback, Signed + Mix CD £20.00
We're all incredibly excited about our friend of the shop, Stuart Braithwaite's fantastic debut memoir.
Label
White Rabbit
Released
5 Oct 2022
Staff Pick
Richard Norris Strange Things Are Happening
- Hardback Book: Record Store Edition £35.00
- Book - standard hardback £25.00
Richard Norris Strange Things Are Happening
- Hardback Book: Record Store Edition £35.00
- Book - standard hardback £25.00
A memoir by one of the most influential and ubiquitous underground British musicians of the past thirty years
Label
White Rabbit
Released
25 Apr 2024
Pre-Order
Jon Savage Teenage (2021 Edition), Signed
- Book £12.99
Jon Savage Teenage (2021 Edition), Signed
- Book £12.99
The acclaimed history of the century and a half of ferment, folly and angst that resulted in the arrival of ‘the teenager’ in 1945, from award-winning
Label
faber
Released
4 Jun 2021
Rick Buckler That's Entertainment: My Life In The Jam
- Book - signed copy £9.99
Rick Buckler That's Entertainment: My Life In The Jam
- Book - signed copy £9.99
Label
Omnibus Press
Released
13 Mar 2023
Jonny Trunk The A Z Of British Record Shop Bags
- Book £24.99
Jonny Trunk The A Z Of British Record Shop Bags
- Book £24.99
RECORD STORE DAY 2022
Label
Trunk
Released
23 Apr 2022
Richard King The August Fawn
- Slimline Book £2.99
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Richard King The August Fawn
- Slimline Book £2.99
In the late summer of 1978, Allen Ginsberg and Arthur Russell left the building they shared in New York City to spend a week together.
Label
Rough Trade Books
Released
28 Sep 2018
James Yorkston The Book Of Gaels
- Signed Paperback £9.99
James Yorkston The Book Of Gaels
- Signed Paperback £9.99
Rural West Cork, Ireland. Two Kids, Joseph and Paul, and their struggling, poet father, Fraser, are battling grief and poverty. When a letter arrives [...]
Label
Old Castle Records
Released
9 Nov 2022
David Keenan & Sophy Hollington The Complete Automatic Tarot

New, expanded edition of David Keenan and Sophy Hollington's Automatic Tarot. Signed by David Keenan
Label
Rough Trade Books
Released
8 Dec 2023
Monorail Exclusive
Chris Brickley The Inner Circle: Graham Gavin's Glasgow in the 90s
- Book £20.00
Chris Brickley The Inner Circle: Graham Gavin's Glasgow in the 90s
- Book £20.00
The Inner Circle is the third independent publication from Chris Brickley, following on from his live music photobooks: 16 YEARS and Saints & Sinners.
Released
28 Nov 2022
Monorail Exclusive
Rick Butler & Zoe Howe The Jam 1982
- Book - signed copy £25.00
Rick Butler & Zoe Howe The Jam 1982
- Book - signed copy £25.00
Signed Copies
Label
Omnibus Press
Released
13 Mar 2023
Aidan Moffat & Bill Wells The Lavender Blue Dress
- Book + CD £9.99
Aidan Moffat & Bill Wells The Lavender Blue Dress
- Book + CD £9.99
A match made in heaven! Aidan Moffat and Bill Wells team up for a beautiful, whimsical children's story.
Label
Self-Release
Released
31 Aug 2023
Staff Pick
Jude Rogers The Sound Of Being Human
- Book - signed copy £16.99
Jude Rogers The Sound Of Being Human
- Book - signed copy £16.99
A book about how music shapes every emotional stage of our lives from one of the most high-profile female pop writers in the UK today.
Label
White Rabbit
Released
28 Apr 2022
Karl Bartos The Sound of the Machine: My Life in Kraftwerk and Beyond
- Book £20.00
Karl Bartos The Sound of the Machine: My Life in Kraftwerk and Beyond
- Book £20.00
Karl Bartos's acclaimed biography, with signed bookplates.
Label
Omnibus Press
Released
24 Feb 2023
Staff Pick
David Keenan This Is Memorial Device
- Book £9.99
David Keenan This Is Memorial Device
- Book £9.99
The place is Airdrie. The year is 1983. Memorial Device, the best band that ever existed, are about to change everyone's lives forever. Signed copy
Label
Faber & Faber
Released
18 Jan 2021
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Sinead Gleeson & Kim Gordon This Woman's Work
- Book £20.00
Sinead Gleeson & Kim Gordon This Woman's Work
- Book £20.00
THIS WOMAN'S WORK is a collection of essays by 16 female writers
Label
White Rabbit
Released
7 Apr 2022
Archive of the Week
David Keenan and Sophy Hollington To Run Wild In It: A Handbook Of Autonomic Tarot
- Book - signed copy £7.99
David Keenan and Sophy Hollington To Run Wild In It: A Handbook Of Autonomic Tarot
- Book - signed copy £7.99
Slimline signed copy
Label
Rough Trade Books
Released
19 Apr 2021
Adele Bertei Twist: An American Girl
- Event Ticket Only £5.00
- Signed Hardback + Event Ticket £22.00
- Signed Hardback £20.00
Adele Bertei Twist: An American Girl
- Event Ticket Only £5.00
- Signed Hardback + Event Ticket £22.00
- Signed Hardback £20.00
Adele Bertei is an original. So happy to present an extremely special event around her new memoir, Twist: An American Girl.
Label
Ze Books
Released
27 May 2023
Various Artists & Mogwai Vigilantia: What Happens When Artists And Writers Pay Attention To Mogwai
- Book - Large Format £16.50
Various Artists & Mogwai Vigilantia: What Happens When Artists And Writers Pay Attention To Mogwai
- Book - Large Format £16.50
33 artists and writers respond to the music of Mogwai with a vivid collection of texts and mixed media combining essays, poems, painting, drawing, pho [...]
Label
Chroma Editions
Released
18 Sep 2023
Vox Teen Beat Vox Teen Beat: The Complete Collection 1965-67
- Book with flexi £27.00
Vox Teen Beat Vox Teen Beat: The Complete Collection 1965-67
- Book with flexi £27.00
LTD to 1000 copies w/ flexi. It gathers reprints of all 7 issues of the periodical broadsheet of the same title at the birth of the 60s Garage boom.
Label
Phantom Books
Released
21 Apr 2023
Staff Pick
Vashti Bunyan Wayward (Signed By The Author)
- Book £16.99
Vashti Bunyan Wayward (Signed By The Author)
- Book £16.99
So good. No hype, just uncontrived outsiderness and vivid adventure. She's a total original. Signed copies.
Label
White Rabbit
Released
25 Mar 2022
Stephen's Pick
Nige Tassell Whatever Happened To The C86 Kids?
- Signed Paperback £10.99
- Signed Hardback £20.00
Nige Tassell Whatever Happened To The C86 Kids?
- Signed Paperback £10.99
- Signed Hardback £20.00
Mapping the past into now. Includes interviews with Tim Gane, David Keegan, Sushil Dade, Stephen Pastel...
Label
Bonnier
Released
18 Aug 2022
Staff Pick
Gordon King When Does The Mind-Bending Start? The Life And Times Of World Of Twist
- Book £20.00
Gordon King When Does The Mind-Bending Start? The Life And Times Of World Of Twist
- Book £20.00
Welcome to World of Twist: the greatest lost band of all time.
Label
Bonnier Books
Released
21 Jul 2022
David Keenan Xstabeth / The Towers The Fields The Transmitters
- Book £8.99
David Keenan Xstabeth / The Towers The Fields The Transmitters
- Book £8.99
Signed paperback edition with prequel story, The Towers The Fields The Transmitters.
Label
White Rabbit
Released
28 Jan 2022
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Simon Dell From The Port To The Bridge: The story of Robert Rental and Thomas Leer

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