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    Posted: May 31 2005 at 18:56

Theres a great book about the Nice out there, unfortunately all the way through the author felt he had to to take endless digs at ELP. He seems never to have forgiven Emerson for leaving the Nice to go to ELP.

 

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ent to see Emerson and the Nice in Glasgow in 2002 and 2003 and they were brilliant.
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I caught a contact high from reading DCrosby's book, "Long Time Gone". 
I like to feel the suspense when you're certain you know I am there.....
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Points: 14693 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 11 2005 at 03:39
Originally posted by Joren Joren wrote:

The Real Frank Zappa Book


But have you tried "The Negative Dialectics Of Poodle Play" - now that's heavy .

By the way, has anyone here read Ian McLagan's book "All The Rage"? I've heard it's supposed to be an excellent read.

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Points: 10616 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 09 2005 at 14:23
Me too! I love the way he wrote about ELP in Rocking The Classics.
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Points: 4215 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 09 2005 at 10:12
Well supposedly he has 17 chapters (over 1200 pages) on ELP.  Even I couldn't write that much about them!!   So I can't wait to see it published!
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Points: 10616 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 08 2005 at 18:18

Great, thanks everybody, for all the information thus far.

So there is a website for prog-books. I didn't know that. Speaking of Ed Macan (Threefates did, thanks!): I love his book Rocking The Classics, about the origins of progrock and the description of the early progressive "counterculture".
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Points: 1695 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 08 2005 at 17:12
Originally posted by Joren Joren wrote:

The Real Frank Zappa Book


That one's a sure winner. Could've used more road stories though.
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My favourite singer ever. David Crosby's autobiography is simply breathtaking. This guy's lived life to the max. Good thing he's still with us.
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Points: 1014 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 08 2005 at 12:35

Real FZ Book for me also.

Another autobiography I enjoyed very much was Tom Gabriel Fischer's "Are You Morbid?" about Celtic Frost.

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I really like Moon: Biography of a Mad Man (I least that is what I think the title is), the 620 page Keith Moon biography, it was quite a read, but damn it was good. As was A Saucerful of Secrets: The Pink Floyd Odyssey, and then I got a bunch of assorted Beatles bios.
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Originally posted by TBWART TBWART wrote:

Originally posted by marktheshark marktheshark wrote:

If prog, I'd say "Pictures of an Exhibitionist" by Keith. As far as rock in general I'd go with "The Beatles Anthology". If your looking at Yes, don't go anway near the Yesspeak DVD. It sucks! I know books are better but if want a good doc video on Yes, try and get an out-of print VHS copy of the 1990 Yessyears video. This was done during the Union tour, so it covers more ground interviewing past and present members. Bill Bruford is a real kick with his dry sense of humor (did you know the opening of Yours Is No Disgrace was inspired by the theme song to Bonanza?).


yesyears dvd has been released...so don't go copying some old vhstape and just order the dvd instead!



Really! Hadn't seen it. Is it all region ? Hadn't gotten around to getting In A Word yet mainly 'cause I already got most of the stuff on it.
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there are some pretty interesting stories to be found in the ''in a word'' box from yes.

 
''progression is trying to eliminate boundries''
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Originally posted by marktheshark marktheshark wrote:

If prog, I'd say "Pictures of an Exhibitionist" by Keith. As far as rock in general I'd go with "The Beatles Anthology". If your looking at Yes, don't go anway near the Yesspeak DVD. It sucks! I know books are better but if want a good doc video on Yes, try and get an out-of print VHS copy of the 1990 Yessyears video. This was done during the Union tour, so it covers more ground interviewing past and present members. Bill Bruford is a real kick with his dry sense of humor (did you know the opening of Yours Is No Disgrace was inspired by the theme song to Bonanza?).

yesyears dvd has been released...so don't go copying some old vhstape and just order the dvd instead!
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If prog, I'd say "Pictures of an Exhibitionist" by Keith. As far as rock in general I'd go with "The Beatles Anthology". If your looking at Yes, don't go anway near the Yesspeak DVD. It sucks! I know books are better but if want a good doc video on Yes, try and get an out-of print VHS copy of the 1990 Yessyears video. This was done during the Union tour, so it covers more ground interviewing past and present members. Bill Bruford is a real kick with his dry sense of humor (did you know the opening of Yours Is No Disgrace was inspired by the theme song to Bonanza?).

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Points: 4215 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 06 2005 at 22:39

Any book about prog you want to know about...

Go here:

http://www.progbibliography.de

Or course my favorite page there is:  http://www.progbibliography.de/elp.htm

And this is pretty interesting there:

II. In the making

Macan, Edward L.: The Endless Enigma: A Musical Biography of Emerson, Lake and Palmer.
          (a manuscript of 17 chapters already exists. The book will cover the band' history
           from their recording sessions for their first album in June 1970 to their final implosion
           in December 1998, and Macan is currently finishing a short section detailing their activities
           during the past four years. The book is going to be both a biography of the band and a critical
           survey of all of the ELP albums (including ELPowell and Three), as well as of the solo work of
           Emerson, Lake and Palmer individually. Find out more here. Thanks to Edward L. Macan.)



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Points: 10616 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 06 2005 at 17:56

I must say I do like the Wakeman autobio myself.

The Crimson bio: I heard of that one, but I didn't know if it was any good. Now I do. There's also a good book about Fripp. I forgot the writer.

So there are good ELP / Emerson biographies? I always missed them in the bookshops, so I thought they just didn't exist. Well, I'm glad to hear that I was wrong. Thanks guys!

 
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Points: 1188 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 06 2005 at 17:24

RICK WAKEMAN - THE CAPED CRUSADER

ALICE COOPER - ME, ALICE

IAN GILLAN - CHILD IN TIME

DAVID BYRON - BORN TO PERFORM
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Points: 27932 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 06 2005 at 12:00
I like the Keith Emerson autobio as well.Packed full of anecdotes as you can imagine
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