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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 Woun
Label
Strange Attractor
Released
15 Jun 2023
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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
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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
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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
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Mudhoney & Steve Turner Mud Ride: A Messy Trip Through The Grunge Explosion
- Book - Signed Bookplate £18.99
Mudhoney & Steve Turner 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
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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
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
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
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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
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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
Featuring contributions from Gillian Gilbert, Gina Birch, Cath Carroll, Penny Henry and over fifty more interviewees. Factory Records has become the s [...]
Label
White Rabbit
Released
4 May 2023
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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
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
9 Dec 2022
Staff Pick
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
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
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
Nick Soulsby Everything Keeps Dissolving
- Signed hardback book with postcards £45.00
Nick Soulsby Everything Keeps Dissolving
- Signed hardback book with postcards £45.00
Special hardback edition signed by the editor with postcard set of rare drawings by John Balance, and exclusive chapbook, Having Fun with Gods...
Label
Strange Attractor
Released
10 Feb 2023
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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
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
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
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
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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
David Keenan & Han Bennink & Peter Brotzmann Schwarzwaldfahrt 1977
- Book + CD £29.99
David Keenan & Han Bennink & Peter 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
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Dorothy Max Prior 69 Exhibition Road: Twelve True-Life Tales from the Fag End of Punk, Porn & Performance
- 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
- 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
Miki Berenyi Fingers Crossed: How Music Saved Me From Success
- Signed Hardback £22.00
Miki Berenyi Fingers Crossed: How Music Saved Me From Success
- Signed Hardback £22.00
The extraordinary and searingly honest personal story of musician Miki Berenyi, revealing the highs and lows of navigating the madness of the ’9 [...]
Label
Nine Eight Books
Released
29 Sep 2022
Lola's 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Nige Tassell Whatever Happened To The C86 Kids?
- Signed Hardback £20.00
Nige Tassell Whatever Happened To The C86 Kids?
- 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
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
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
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
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
Stuart Braithwaite Spaceships Over Glasgow
- Indie Stores Deluxe Edition, signed + Mix CD £50.00
- STD Hardback, Signed + Mix CD £20.00
Stuart Braithwaite Spaceships Over Glasgow
- Indie Stores Deluxe Edition, signed + Mix CD £50.00
- 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
Bob Stanley Let's Do It: The Birth Of Pop
- Book - signed copy £15.00
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Bob Stanley Let's Do It: The Birth Of Pop
- Book - signed copy £15.00
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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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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
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
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
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
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