Cherry Red Books: 21 books

From The Heart of Saturday Night through Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers and Bastards, a rare look at the creative process of the Grammy-winning visionary artist   Via exclusive interviews with engineers and producers and quoted commentary from Tom Waits himself, this book investigates...

To the modern pop world, Stock, Aitken and Waterman (and Waterman's PWL brand) form a key link between the analogue past and the digital present of record production and writing. The label and studios produced so many pop hits in the 1980s that their name became a byword for success and perfection;...

An exploration of the greatest albums, experiences, and tunes from more than a century of electronic sound ** ** From anarchic sound art manifestos of the early 1900s to the three minute radio-friendly hits of the late 20th century, via tape manipulations, WWII surplus gadgetry, synthetic...

The underground hardcore scene of the mid- to late-1980s was UK punk rock's last significant creative gasp. Emerging from the wreckage of the anarcho-punk scene spawned by the likes of Crass and Conflict, it took its influences from the studs 'n' leather punk bands of the early 1980s such as Discharge...

This is the fascinating biography of Joe Meek-widely recognized as Britain's first real independent pop music producer and hailed as Britain's answer to Phil Spector. His public life was one of laughter, tears, and above all, music. His private life was a tortured tangle of violence, sex, drugs, gangsters, the occult, and eventually, murder.

Bringing together the previously unpublished I Have the Greatest Respect for You George and the new, expanded Fucked by Rock, the man behind Zodiac Mindwarp offers shocking, hilarious episodes and events from a decade of debauchery, derangement, and brain-damaging excess   Mark Manning...

A fascinating compilation of the life stories of perfectly ordinary people and the different paths they've taken on their spiritual journey searching for oneness, completeness, and unity   From a rich variety of backgrounds, the people profiled here have been through extraordinary...