Bibliography – Complete and Updated, December 2021

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2022 – Roxy Music in the Seventies (SonicBond Publishing)

2022 – The Hot, Sweet, Smokey, Muddy Sound of Chinnichap and Mickie Most – The Greatest Glam Show in the World (Lulu)

2022 – Growing Up With John’s Children (full revised 40th anniversary edition) (Lulu)

2021 – Rozz Williams In His Own Words (Cleopatra Books)

2021 – The Grunge Diaries – Seattle 1990-1994 (Backbeat Books)

2021 – She Walks In Beauty: My Quest for the Bigger Picture (with Jim McCarty) (Lulu)

2021 – I Feel Love: Donna Summer, Giorgio Moroder and How They Reinvented Music (Backbeat)

2020 – Encylopaedia Hawkwindia (Lulu)                                                                                                  –      Encyclopaedia Hawkwindia (abridged version) (Lulu, 2021)

2020: To Hell and Back: My Life in Johnny Thunders’ Heartbreakers, in the Words of the Last Man Standing (with Walter Lure) (Backbeat) (audiobook available)

2019: Come and Get These Memories (with Eddie and Brian Holland) (Omnibus Press) (audiobook available)

2019: Paul Simon FAQ (Backbeat Books)

2019: Goldmine Record Album Price Guide 10th Edition(F&W Publications)

2018: The Ultimate Guide to Vinyl and More: All You Need to Know About Collecting Essential Music, from Cylinders and CDs to LPs and Tapes (Backbeat Books)

2018: There’s No Bones In Ice Cream: Sylvain Sylvain’s Story of the New York Dolls (with Sylvain Sylvain) (Omnibus Press) (audiobook available)

2018 – Infinite Quest – A Checklist of Doctor Who Audio & Video Releases (Lulu)

2018 – Motorhead 1975 (with Roger Morton, photos) (Cleopatra Books)

2018 – I Brought Down the MC5 by Michael Davis (Cleopatra Books)

2018 – Nobody Told Me: My Life with the Yardbirds, Renaissance and Other Stories (with Jim McCarty, introduction by Jimmy Page) (Lulu)

– Si J’avais Su… (French language edition) (Lulu 2020)

2018 – Goldmine 45pm Record Price Guide Eighth Edition (F&W Publications)

2018 – The Incomplete Angler – Ten Years of Fruits de Mer (Lulu)                                                 –           The Incomplete Angler (limited boxed edition) (Fruits de Mer)

2017 – Jack the Ripper FAQ (Applause)

2017 – Goldmine’s Essential Guide to Record Collecting (F&W Media)

2017 – The Avant-Garde Woodstock – the International Carnival of Experimental Sound, 1972 (Createspace)
 –         The Avant-Garde Woodstock – the International Carnival of Experimental Sound, 1972 (second ed) (Lulu, 2017)

2017 – Robin Hood FAQ (Applause)

2017 – Goldmine Record Album Price Guide Ninth Edition (F&W Media)

2016 – An Accidental Musician: The Autobiography Of Judy Dyble (with Judy Dyble) (Soundcheck)

2016 – Eldritch Abbeys and Wyrd Ruins (photos) (Createspace)

2016 – What Do I Do Now?: Listening to Britpop – Twenty Years Back (Createspace, 2016)
 –          What Do I Do Now?: Listening to Britpop – Twenty Years Back (revised ed) (Lulu, 2017)

2016 – The Rocky Horror FAQ (Applause Books)

2016 – The Freakiest Show – the Armchair Guide to David Bowie Cover Versions, 1964-2016 (Createspace)
 –          The Freakiest Show (Revised and Updated Edition) 1964-2017 (Createspace, 2017)
–          The Freakiest Show (Revised and Updated Edition) 1964-2017 (Lulu, 2017)                               –          The Freakiest Show (Revised and Updated Edition) 1964-2019 (Lulu 2019) 

2016 – Standard Catalog of American Records 1950-1990 Ninth Edition (F&W Media)

2016 – Goldmine Jazz Album Price Guide Third Edition (F&W Media)

2016 – Britcoms FAQ (Applause Books)

2015 – A Seance at Syd’s: An Anthology of Modern Acid-Folk-Haunt-Psych-Prog-Space-Radiophonic-Rock Etcetera Quotes (hardback) (MegaDodo)
  –         A Seance at Syd’s: An Anthology of Modern Acid-Folk-Haunt-Psych-Prog-Space-Radiophonic-Rock Etcetera Quotes (paperback) (Createspace, 2015)
 –          A Seance at Syd’s: An Anthology of Modern Acid-Folk-Haunt-Psych-Prog-Space-Radiophonic-Rock Etcetera Quotes (revised ed, 2017) (Lulu)

2015 – Time & Some Words – the Anthology of Prog Rock Quotations 1969-1976 (Createspace)
 –          Time & Some Words – the Anthology of Prog Rock Quotations 1969-1976 (revised ed.) (Lulu, 2017)

2015 – The Twilight Zone FAQ (Applause Books)

2015 – The Spirit Of Hawkwind 1969-1976 (with Nik Turner) (Cleopatra Books)

2015 – Haunted America FAQ (Applause Books)

2015 – Goldmine Record Album Price Guide Eighth Edition (F&W Media)

2015 – Football FAQ (Applause UK)
2015 – Soccer FAQ (Applause USA)

2015 – Death Toll (fiction: by Gareth Tudor-Rose) (Createspace)

2014 – If You Dig Cliff Richard… Here’s 100+ Albums You’ve Gotta Hear (Createspace)

2014 – South Park FAQ (Applause)

2014 – Sherlock Holmes FAQ (Applause Books)
–          Sherlock Holmes FAQ (Barnes & Noble)
–          (trans) Russian

2014 – Robert Plant: The Voice That Sailed the Zeppelin (Backbeat Books) (audiobook available)

2014 – Peter Frampton – the Ultimate Listening Guide (e-book)

2013 – Doctor Who FAQ (Applause Books)
–           Doctor Who FAQ (Barnes & Noble)

2013 – The Mothers of Invention – the Ultimate Listening Guide (Part One: 200 Motels and more) (e-book)

2013 – The Clash – the Ultimate Listening Guide (e-book)

2013 – Roger Waters: The Man Behind the Wall (Backbeat Books)
–        (trans) Polish

2013 – Robyn Hitchcock – the Ultimate Listening Guide (Part One: 1976-1996) (e-book)

2013 – Peter Green and Fleetwood Mac – the Ultimate Listening Guide (e-book)

2013 – Mike Oldfield – the Ultimate Listening Guide (Part One: Tubular Bells to Voyager) (e-book)

2013 – The Ladies of Storyville (Createspace)

2013 – June 1st 1974: Kevin Ayers, John Cale, Nico, Eno, Mike Oldfield and Robert Wyatt: The Greatest Supergroup of the Seventies (Createspace)
 –         The Greatest Supergroup of the Seventies (revised ed) (Lulu, 2017)

2013 – John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers – the Ultimate Listening Guide (Part One: the London Years) (e-book)

2013 – Joe Meek – the Ultimate Listening Guide (e-book)

2013 – If You Like True Blood (Limelight)

2013 – If You Like Bob Marley (Limelight)

2013 – Goldmine Record Album Price Guide Seventh Edition (F&W Media)

2013 – George Harrison – the Ultimate Listening Guide (e-book)

2013 – Fire and Wine – An Armchair Guide to Steve Ashley (Createspace)
  –         Fire and Wine – An Armchair Guide to Steve Ashley (updated ed) (Createspace, 2016)

2013 – Essentially Elvis – the Ultimate Listening Guide (e-book)

2013 – Eric Clapton – Give Me Strength: the Ultimate Listening Guide (Part One: 1973-1977) (e-book)

2013 – Emerson, Lake & Palmer – the Ultimate Listening Guide (e-book)

2012 – Welcome to My Nightmare: The Alice Cooper Story (Omnibus) (audiobook available)
–           (trans) Portuguese (Brazil)
–           (trans) Swedish

2012 – Standard Catalog of American Records Eighth Edition (F&W Media)

2012 – Music On Film: The Rocky Horror Picture Show (Limelight)

2012 – If You Like Led Zeppelin… (Backbeat Books)

2012 – Hearts of Darkness:… the Birth of the Singer Songwriter (Backbeat Books)

2012 – A Kind of Love-In – the story of Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & the Trinity (e-book) 2019 – A Kind of Love-In – the story of Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & the Trinity (Lulu)

2012 – 10cc – The Cost of Living In Dreams (Createspace)
  –         10cc – The Cost of Living In Dreams (revised/updated editon) (Createspace, 2016)
  –         10cc – The Cost of Living In Dreams (revised/updated edition) (Lulu, 2017)

2011 – Joan Jett – Bad Reputation (Backbeat Books)

2011 – Thin Lizzy – Ultimate Listening Guide (e-book)
–           Thin Lizzy: The Boys Are Back – The True Story (Abstract – pirate edition, 2012)

2011 – Status Quo – Ultimate Listening Guide (e-book)

2011 – Patti Smith – Dancing Barefoot (Chicago Review Press)
  –         Patti Smith – Dancing Barefoot (updated edition) (Chicago Review Press, 2016)

2010 – Bayou Underground (ECW)

2011 – 1000 Songs That Rock Your World (F&W Media)

2010 – TV Smith – TV Times 30th Anniversary Edition (Createspace)

2010 – The Sweet – Blockbuster (Cherry Red)

2010 – Ozzy Osbourne: Wit & Wisdom (F&W Media)
–           (trans) Finnish

2010 – Children of the Revolution: The Glam Rock Story (Cherry Red)

2009 – Fierce Fiction: Dickens, Ainsworth, Bulwer and Thackeray in the Shadows of Newgate Prison (Createspace)

2009 – Your Pretty Face is Going to Hell: The Dangerous Glitter of David Bowie, Lou Reed and Iggy Pop (Backbeat Books)
 –          Dangerous Glitter (Veneta – Brazil, 2013)

2009 – Suede – Armchair Guide (Createspace)
–          The Next Life, First Time Around (revised edition) (Lulu, 2017)

2009 – Sparks – #1 Songs In Heaven (Cherry Red)

2009 – London’s Burning: True Adventures on the Front Line of Punk (Chicago Review Press)

2009 – John Otway & Wild Willy Barrett: Beatback (Createspace)
–         They Did It Otway: Otway-Barrett in the Seventies (Lulu, 2017)

2009 – Footnotes from the Archives of Oblivion (Createspace)

2009 – Official Heavy Metal Book of Lists (contributor) (Backbeat Books)

2008 – I Hate New Music: The Classic Rock Primer (Backbeat Books)

2008 – Doctor Who: Eclectic Gypsy (CGP)

2007 – Black and White and Blue: Adult Cinema from the Victorian Age to the VCR (ECW)

2007 – The Little Black Book of Music (contributor) (Cassell Illustrated)

2007 – The Who – Searching for the Young Mod Rebels (Createspace)                                   2019 – The Who – Searching for the Young Mod Rebels (Lulu)

2006 – Bob Marley – Critical Review (Classic Rock)
  –         Bob Marley – The Ultimate Listening Guide (e-book, 2012)

2006 – Hallo Spaceboy: The Rebirth of David Bowie (ECW)

2006 – The Jeff Beck Group – Truth (Cherry Red Books)

2006 – Marc Bolan – A Critical Review (Classic Rock)

2006 – The Rolling Stones – Critical Review (Classic Rock)

2005 – Cream – World’s First Supergroup (Virgin Books)
–          Cream – How Eric Clapton Took the World By Storm (revised/updated edition) (Virgin Books, 2010)

2005 – The Cure: Inbetween Days (Helter Skelter)
–          Forty Years of In Between Days: Listening to the Cure, 1977-2017 (Createspace, 2016)
–          Forty Years of In Between Days: Listening to the Cure, 1977-2017 (revised edition) (Lulu, 2017)

2005 – New Order – Armchair Guide (Helter Skelter)
–          A Legacy in Wax: Listening to Joy Division and New Order, 1976-2016 (Createspace, 2016)
–          A Legacy in Wax: Listening to Joy Division and New Order, 1976-2017 (Lulu, 2017)

2005 – Genesis: Turn It On Again (Backbeat Books)

2005 – Lost in the Grooves (contributor) (Routledge)

2004 – Deep Purple – Smoke On The Water (ECW)
–      (trans) Finnish
–      (trans) Italian
–      (trans) Polish

2004 – Wheels Out Of Gear: 2-Tone, the Specials and a World in Flame (Helter Skelter)
–     Wheels Out Of Gear: 2-Tone, the Specials and a World in Flame (new ed) (Soundcheck 2011)
–     Wheels Out of Gear (2017 edition) (Createspace)
–     Wheels Out of Gear (revised edition) (Lulu)

2004 – The Psychedelic Furs – Beautiful Chaos (Helter Skelter)
–     The Psychedelic Furs – Beautiful Chaos (2017 Edition) (Createspace)
–     The Psychedelic Furs – Beautiful Chaos (revised edition) (Createspace)

2003 – Phil Spector – Wall of Pain (Sanctuary Books)
–     Phil Spector – Wall of Pain (Sanctuary Encore Books)
–     Phil Spector – Wall of Pain (updated edition) (Omnibus Books)

2003 – All Music Guide to Soul (contributor) (Backbeat Books)

2003 – The Fall – A User’s Guide (Helter Skelter)
–     The Fall – A User’s Guide (revised edition) (Createspace 2013)
–     Words of Expectation: Listening to the Fall (revised edition) (Lulu 2017)

2002 – The Dark Reign of Gothic Rock (Helter Skelter)
–     The Dark Reign of Gothic Rock (revised edition) (Createspace 2015)
–     In the Reptile House (revised edition) (Lulu 2017)

2002 – The Beatles Digest Volume 2 (contributor) (Krause)

2002 – To Major Tom: Letters to David Bowie (fiction) (Sanctuary Books)
–     To Major Tom: Letters to David Bowie (fiction) (Sanctuary Books, 2003)

–     To Major Tom: Letters to David Bowie (fiction) (Foruli Books, 2013)

2002 – The Music Lover’s Guide to Record Collecting (Backbeat Books)

2002 – The Essential Listening Guide to Reggae & Caribbean Music (Third Ear/Backbeat)

2002 – AMG Guide to Rock (contributor) (Backbeat)

2001 – Funk – the Essential Listening Companion (Third Ear/Backbeat)

2001 – Bubblegum Music is the Naked Truth (contributor) (Feral House)

2000 – 20th Century Rock’n’Roll: Glam Rock (CGP)

2000 – The Beatles Digest (contributor) (Krause)

2000 – Alternative Rock: The Essential Listening Guide (Third Ear/Backbeat)

2000 – 20th Century Rock’n’Roll: Punk Rock (CGP)

2000 – 20th Century Rock’n’Roll: Pop (CGP)

2000 – The Mojo Collection (contributor) (Mojo Books)

1999 – Better To Burn Out – The Cult of Death in Rock’n’Roll (Thunder’s Mouth)

1998 – The Classic Rock Digest (contributor) (Krause)

1997 – The Goldmine Price Guide to the British Invasion (with Tim Neely) (Krause Pub)

1997 – Phish – Go Phish (St Martin’s Press)

1996 – Winona (Taylor Publishing)

1996 – Travolta (Taylor Publishing)

1995 – Punk Collectors Guide (CGP)

1995 – U2: The Making of the Joshua Tree (CGP)

1995 – The Cure: The Making of Disintegration (CGP)

1995 – Perry Farrell: The Saga of a Hypester (St Martin’s Press)

1994 – Space Daze: The History & Mystery of Electronic Ambient Space Rock (Cleopatra Books)
–     Space Daze: The History and Mystery of Space Rock (revised edition) (Createspace, 2009)
–     Space Daze: The History and Mystery of Space Rock (second edition) (Lulu, 2017)

1994 – Kurt Cobain – Never Fade Away (St Martin’s Press)
–        (trans) German
–        (trans) Italian
–        (trans) Japanese
–        (trans) Dutch
–        (edition) UK

1994 – Depeche Mode – Some Great Reward (St Martin’s Press)
–        (edition) UK

1993 – Price Guide to Collectible Records Third Edition (contributor) (Krause)

1993 – The Red Hot Chili Peppers: True Men Don’t Kill Coyotes (Virgin Books)
2004 – The Red Hot Chili Peppers – By The Way (fully upd and rev ed of 1993, Virgin Books)
–        (trans) Dutch
–        (edition) USA

1993 – The Industrial Revolution (Cleopatra Books)
–      The Industrial Revolution updated/revised 2nd Edition (Cleopatra Books, 1994)
–     The Industrial Revolution – Twentieth Anniversary Edition (Createspace, 2013)

–     The Industrial Revolution – 25th Anniversary Edition (Lulu, 2019)

1993 – Rod Stewart – Vagabond Heart (ghost: Geoffrey Giuliano) (Sidgwick & Jackson)
1993 – (hardback edition)
–        (edition) UK

1991 – In God We Rust – the Collectors Guide to Cull Coins (Ainsworth Press)

1991 – The Vaasa Plating Guide – stamps of the Finnish Civil War, 1918 (Ainsworth Press)

1991 – The Standard Catalog of Foreign Coins used in the United States (Ainsworth Press)

1991 – The 1991 US Soccer Yearbook – a statistical guide to the US international team until 1990 (private)

1991 – Philately at War – a catalog of wartime stamps and postal issues (Ainsworth Press)

1990 – The Mystery of the Kushans (Ainsworth Press)

1990 – A Century of Struggle – a numismatic history of the Irish “troubles” (Ainsworth Press)

1990 – The Most Beautiful Coin In The World – the story of the Maria Theresa taler (Ainsworth Press)

1990 – Monsters in the Mail – a catalog of philatelic dinosaurs (Ainsworth Press)

1990 – Those We Have Loved Volume Three (private)

1989 – Beyond the Velvet Underground (Omnibus Books)
–        (trans) Japanese

1989 – Newport County: The Team That Died of Neglect (private)

1989 – Newport County: The Team That Died of Neglect (revised edition) (private)

1989 – Bono – In His Own Words (Omnibus Books)
–        (trans) German
–        (trans) Serbian

1989 – A View of the Medway (private)

1988 – Those We Have Loved Volume Two (private)

1988 – Those We Have Loved Volume One (private)
–     Those We Have Loved: Casualties and Catastrophes of the Football League, 1888-1988 (Fully Revised Edition) (paperback) (Createspace, 2017)
–     Those We Have Loved: Casualties and Catastrophes of the Football League, 1888-1988 (Fully Revised Hardback Edition) (Lulu, 2017).                                                                                     –    Until The Crowds Return: A Century of Football League Outcasts, 1888-1988 (revised edition) (Lulu, 2020)

1988 – The Pogues (Babylon Books)

1988 – The Dire Straits Collectors Guide (Babylon Books)

1988 – The Cure Visual Documentary (Omnibus Books)
1993 – The Cure Visual Documentary (updated ed) (Omnibus Books)
–        (trans) Czech
–        (trans) German
–        (trans) Italian
–         (trans) Polish
–          (trans) Slovak

1988 – T’Pau (Babylon Books)

1988 – Kiss – Still On Fire (Caroline Books)

(trans) Swedish

1988 – Johnny Rotten In His Own Words (Omnibus Books)
–        (trans) Czech
–        (trans) Slovak

1988 – Babes in Arms – Manchester United and the Munich Air Disaster 1958 (private)

1988 – John’s Children (heavily condensed/revised version of “Growing Up With” (Babylon Books)
–       John’s Children: A Midsummer Night’s Scene and Other Stories (revised ed) (Createspace, 2013)
–      John’s Children: A Midsummer Night’s Scene and Other Stories (revised ed) (Lulu, 2017)

1987 – The Sixties – Hits & Pics (Telstar Books)

1987 – The Duran Duran Scrapbook Volume 8 (Babylon Books)

1987 – The Beastie Boys Scrapbook (Babylon Books)

1987 – Spandau Ballet Hits and Pics (Telstar Books)

1987 – Mel and Kim: Hits and Pics (Telstar Books)

1987 – Half Time: Football and the Cigarette Card (Murray Books)

1987 – Frankie Goes To Hollywood: Hits and Pics (Telstar Books)

1987 – Five Star: Hits and Pics (Telstar Books)

1987 – Feargal Sharkey (Bobcat Books)

1987 – David Bowie – Moonage Daydream (Plexus Publishing)

1987 – Chris DeBurgh: From a Spark to a Flame (Omnibus Books)

–   (trans) German

1987 – Children of the Revolution (private)
2013 – Hey!: The Story of Gum into Glam, 1964-1987 (revised ed) (Createspace)
2017 – Hey!: The Story of Gum into Glam, 1964-1987 (revised ed) (Lulu)

1987 – Callan – Episode Guide (private)

1987 – Bananarama: Hits and Pics (Telstar Books)

1986 – TV Smith – Life & Times (private)
–     TV Smith – Your Ticket Out Of Here (revised ed) Createspace)                                                                                           –    TV Smith – Your Ticket Out of Here: A Performing History volume one 1973-1992 (Lulu, 2020)

1986 – Paul Young (Bobcat Books)

1986 – Echo and the Bunnymen (Proteus Books)

1986 – Depeche Mode (Bobcat Books)

1986 – Billy Idol (Bobcat Books)

1985 – ZZ Top – Elimination (Omnibus Books)

1985 – Tears For Fears (Bobcat Books)

1985 – Simple Minds – Glittering Prize (Omnibus Books)

1985 – Dead Or Alive (Bobcat Books)

1985 – David Lee Roth (Proteus Books)

1984 – U2 – Stories For Boys (Proteus Books)
–       U2 – Stories For Boys (Bobcat Books)
–       U2 – Stories For Boys updated edition (Omnibus Books)

1982 – John’s Children: Growing Up With (private)