A small private selection of Auto/Biographies, Music & Photography related books, available for use for research and learning.
| Artist | Author/s | Sub Title |
|---|
| Syd Barrett | Tim Willis | Madcap |
| Syd Barrett | Julian Palacios | Lost In The Woods. |
| The Beach Boys | Paul Williams | How Deep Is The Ocean |
| Bez | Mark Berry [Bez] | Freaky Dancin’ |
| The Charlatans | John Robb | We Are Rock |
| Kurt Cobain | Charles R. Cross | Heavier Than Heaven |
| Kurt Cobain | Kurt Cobain | Journals |
| Alice Cooper | AC & Keith & Kent Zimmerman | Golf Monster |
| *Elvis Costello | Elvis Costello | Unfaithful Music |
| Motley Crue | Neil Strauss | The Dirt |
| Ian Curtis | Deborah Curtis | Touching From A Distance |
| Bob Dylan | Bob Dylan | Chronicles Vol 1 |
| Bob Dylan | Sam Shepard | Rolling Thunder Logbook |
| Bob Dylan | Bob Spitz | A Biography |
| David Essex | David Essex | A Charmed Life |
| Aretha Franklin | Aretha Franklin & David Ritz | From These Roots |
| Rory Gallagher | Gerry McAvoy & Pete Chrisp | Riding Shotgun |
| Marvin Gaye | David Ritz | Divided Soul (The Life Of) |
| Joy Division | Peter Hook | Unknown Pleasures |
| Boy George | Boy George | Karma |
| Bobby Gillespie | Bobby Gillespie | Tenement Kid |
| Kim Gordon | Kim Gordon | Girl In A Band |
| Pink Floyd | Nick Mason | Inside Out – A Personal History Of |
| Pink Floyd | John Harris | The Dark Side Of The Moon |
| Pink Floyd | John Harris | The Dark Side Of The Moon (HB) |
| Pink Floyd | Mark Blake | Pigs Might Fly |
| Dave Grohl | Jeff Apter | The DG Story ~ Foo Fighters |
| Dave Grohl | Dave Grohl | The Storyteller |
| Dave Grohl | Paul Brannigan | This Is A Call |
| Debbie Harry | Debbie Harry | Face It |
| Jimi Hendrix | Harry Shapiro & Caesar Glebbeek | Electric Gypsy |
| Jimi Hendrix | David Henderson | The Life Of…. |
| Alex James | Alex James | All Cheeses Great And Small |
| Alex James | Alex James | Bit Of A Blur |
| Norman Jay | NJ & Lloyd Bradley | Mister Good Times |
| Elton John | Elton John | Me |
| Wilko Johnson | Wilko Johnson & Zoe Howe | Looking Back At Me |
| *Tom Jones | Tom Jones | Over The Top And Back |
| Billy Kinsley | Spencer Leigh | It’s Love That Really Counts |
| Lenny Kravitz | Lenny Kravits & David Ritz | Let Love Rule |
| Nick Lowe | Nigel Birch | The Life & Music Of Nick Lowe |
| John Lydon | John Lydon | Anger Is An Energy |
| Madonna | J. Randy Taraborrelli | An Intimate Biography |
| Paul McCartney | Chris Salewicz | The Biography |
| Johnny Marr | Richard Carmen | The Smiths & The Art Of Gun-Slinging |
| Johnny Marr | Johnny Marr | Set the Boy Free |
| Johnny Marr | Johnny Marr | Set The Boy Free (PB) |
| Bernie Marsden | Bernie Marsden | Where’s My Guitar |
| Paul McCartney | Chris Salewicz | Many Years From Now |
| Freddie Mercury | Lesley Ann Jones | The Definative Biography |
| Kylie Minogue | Kylie Minogue & William Baker | La La La |
| Marilyn Monroe | Peter Brown & Patte Barham | The Last Take |
| Huey Morgan | Huey Morgan | Rebel Heroes |
| Jim Morrison | Jerry Hopkins & Danny Sugerman | No One Gets Out…. |
| Morrisey | John Robertson | In His Own Words |
| Morrisey | Morrisey | Autobiography |
| Morrisey | David Brett | Scandal & Passion |
| Morrissey & Marr | Johnny Rogan | The Severed Alliance (x2) |
| Dave Mustaine | Dave Mustaine & Joe Layden | A Life In Metal |
| Ozzy Osborne | Sue Crawford | Unauthorized |
| Donny Osmond | Donny Osmond | Life Is Just What You Make It |
| Charlie Parker | Ross Russell | Bird Lives |
| John Peel | John Peel & Sheila Ravenscroft | Margrave Of The Marshes |
| John Peel | John Peel & Sheila Ravenscroft | Margrave Of The Marshes |
| Art Pepper | Art & Laurie Pepper | Straight Life |
| Pet Shop Boys | Chris Heath | Literally |
| Elvis Presley | Peter Guralnick | Careless Love |
| Prince | Matt Thorne | Prince |
| Prodigy | Martin Roach | Electric Punks |
| Radiohead | Mac Randall | Exit Music |
| Keith Richards | Keith Richards | Life |
| *Guns N’ Roses | Danny Sugerman | Appetite For Destruction |
| The Stone Roses | John Robb | The Reunion Edition |
| The Stone Roses | John Robb | And The Resurrection…. |
| The Stone Roses | Mick Middles | The Rise And Fall Of…. |
| Shaun Ryder | Shaun Ryder | Twisting My Melon |
| *Carly Simon | Carly Simon | Boys In The Trees |
| Frank Sinatra | Nancy Sinatra | An American Legend |
| Slash | Slash & Anthony Bozza | Slash |
| The Smiths | Mick Middles | The Complete Story |
| The Smiths | Tony Fletcher | A Light That Never Goes Out |
| The Smiths | Sean Cambell & Colin Coulter | Essays On The Smiths |
| Bruce Springsteen | Bruce Springsteen | Born To Run |
| The Streets | Mike Skinner | The Story Of |
| John Taylor | John Taylor & Tom Sykes | In The Pleasure Groove |
| John Tavener | Geoffrey Haydon | Glimpses Of Paradise |
| The White Stripes | Martin Roach | Morphing The Blues |
| Taylor Swift | Chas Newkey-Burden | The Whole Story |
| Paul Weller | Steve Malins | Unauthorised Biography |
| Paul Weller | John Reed | My Ever Changing Moods |
| Mary Wilson | Dream Girl & Surpreme Faith | My Life As A Supreme |
| Ronnie Wood | Jo Wood | It’s Only Rock & Roll |
| Ronnie Wood | Ronnie Wood | Ronnie |
| Led Zepplin | Stephen Davies | Hammer Of The Gods |
| Led Zepplin | Howard Mylett | Biography Updated |
| ^ This list updated: 24/03/25 | *New additions | |
| Author | Title | Comments |
|---|
| Gary Andsell | Music For Life | Aspects of Creative Music Therapy with Adult Clients. |
| Gregory A. Barker & Kathy Alexander | The Ultimate Guide To Singing | Gigs, Sound, Money And Health. |
| Jeff Bench & Daniel O’Brien | Pink Floyd’s The Wall | In the Studio, On stage and on Screen. |
| Peter Biskind | Easy Rider Raging Bulls | How the sex ‘n’ drugs ‘n’ rock ‘n’ roll generation saved Hollywood. |
| Don Black | The Sanest Guy In The Room | A Life In Lyrics. |
| Joe Boyd | White Bicycles | Making music in the late 1960s. |
| James Christopher | Elizabeth Taylor | The Illustrated Biography. |
| Jarvis Cocker | Good Pop Bad Pop | An Inventory By Jarvis Cocker. |
| James Cook | In Her Room | How music helped me connect with my autistic daughter. |
| Andrew Davies | The Gangs Of Manchester | The story of the Scuttlers, Britains first youth culture. |
| Peter Doggett | You Never Give Me Your Money | The Battle for the Soul of The Beatles. |
| *Charles L. Granata | I Just Wasn’t Made For These Times | Brian Wilson and the making of Pet Sounds. |
| Dave Haslam | Life After Dark | A History Of British Nighclubs & Music Venues. |
| Geoffrey Hayden & Dennis Marks | Repercussions | A Celebration of African – American Music. |
| Mark Hertsgaard | A Day In The Life | The Music And Artistry Of The Beatles. |
| Bill Hicks | Love All The People | Letters, Lyrics, Routines. |
| *Will Hodgkinson | Lawrence | Street Level Superstar, A Year With. |
| Peter Hook | The Haçienda | How Not To Run A Club. |
| Spencer Lee | Drummed Out! | The Sacking Of Pete Best. |
| Paul Nordorff & Clive Robbins | Therapy In Music | For Handicapped Children. |
| David Nowell | Too Darn Soulful | The Story of Northern Soul. |
| Simon Reynolds | Shock And Awe | Glam Rock And Its Legacy |
| John Robb | The North Will Rise Again | Manchester Music City 1976-1996
An Oral History. |
| Nicholas Schaffner | The Pink Floyd Odyssey | Saucerful of Secrets. |
| Stuart Shea | Pink Floyd FAQ | Everything left to know….And more! |
| Nic Sheff | Tweak | The horror of addiction, the miracle of survival. |
| Trent Aitken-Smith | The Tattoo Dictionary | An A-Z guide to the secret language of tattoos. |
| Bob Stanley | Yeah Yeah Yeah | The Story Of Modern Pop |
| Eric Sykes | Eric Sykes | If I don’t write it, nobody else will. |
| DJ Target | Grime Kids | The inside story of the global grime takeover. |
| Twiggy | Twiggy | A Life In Photographs |
| Jessica Pallington West | What Would Keith Richards Do? | Daily Affirmations From A Rock ‘n’ Roll Survivor. |
| *Timothy White | Music To My Ears | The Billboard Essays. |
| Nigel Williamson | LED ZEPPLIN | The Dead Straight Guide To. |
| Victor L. Wooten | The Music Lesson | A Spiritual Search For Growth Through Music. |
| Bill Wyman | Bill Wyman’s Blues Odyssey | A Journey To Music’s Heart & Soul. |
| Donald Zec | Some Enchanted Egos | Decent exposures of some of the most celebrated characters of our time…. |
| ^ This list updated: 20/03/25 | *New additions | |
| Author | Title | Comments |
|---|
| AOP | Beyond The Lens | Rights, Ethics & Business Practices In Professional Photography – 3rd Edition – 2003 |
| Gerry Badger | The Genius Of Photography | How Photography Has Changed Our Lives |
| *David Bailey | Look Again | |
| John Beardsworth | Digital Black & White Photography | Advanced Version |
| Claire Craig | Exploring The Self Through Photography | Activities For Use In Group Work |
| Harold Evans | 5000+ | Press Photography In A Changing World |
| Michael Freeman | Film | Collins Photography Workshop – 1988 |
| Jason Fulford & Gregory Halpern | The Photographers Playbook | 307 Assignments And Ideas |
| Paul Gallagher | Aspects Of Expression | Exploring The Art And Craft Of Monochrome Photography |
| *John Hedgecoe | Black & White Photography and Darkroom Techniques | Complete Guide To…. |
| Sophie Howarth & Stephen McLaren | Street Photography | Now |
| Polaroid | How To Take Instant Photos | Polaroid |
| Graham Gordon Ramsey | A Creative Guide To Exploring You Life | Co/A Holly Barlow Sweet – Self-Reflection Using Photography, Art. and Writing |
| *Sidney Ray & Jack Taylor | Photographic Enlarging | In Practice |
| Ron Spillman | The Complete Photobook | Third Edition – 1983 |
| David Ulrich | The Mindful Photographer | Awake In The World With A Camera |
| Sue Venables | Photocrafty | 75 Creative Camera Projects |
| Graham Walters | Stage Lighting | Step By Step |
^ This list updated:
20/03/25 | * New Additions | |
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