The History of the NME: High times and low lives at the world's most famous music magazine by Pat Long (Hardcover, 2012)

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The definitive - and first - book about the infamous New Musical Express. Since it was founded in 1952, the New Musical Express has played a central part in the British love affair with pop music.Snotty, confrontational, enthusiastic, sarcastic: the NME landing on the doormat every Wednesday was the high point of any music fan's week, whether they were listening to the Beatles, Bowie or Blur. the Sex Pistols sang about it, Nick Hornby claims he regrets not working for it and a whole host of household names - tony Parsons and Julie Burchill, Nick Kent and Mick Farren, Steve Lamacq and Stuart Maconie - started their career writing for it.this authoritative history, written by former assistant editor, Pat Long, is an insider's account of the high times and low lives of the world's most famous, and most influential, music magazine. the fights, the bands, the brawls, the haircuts, the egos and much more. this is the definitive - and first - book about the infamous NME.

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PublisherPavilion Books
ISBN-139781907554483
eBay Product ID (ePID)111963090

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Book TitleThe History of the Nme: High Times and Low Lives at the World's Most Famous Music Magazine
AuthorPat Long
FormatHardcover
LanguageEnglish
TopicMusic, Business
Publication Year2012
TypeTextbook
GenreBiographies & True Stories
Number of Pages240 Pages

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Item Height216mm
Item Width135mm
Item Weight390g

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Title_AuthorPat Long
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom

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