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The first official book by and about The Alan Parsons Project is now available to pre-order here: alanparsonsprojectbook.com

Secure your copy now to receive first access to the Signature Edition. Limited to 650 copies.

Also, if you pre-order now, you will have your name printed in the book.

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Remembering #PhilOchs on the 50th anniversary of his war ending… 📷 #TomWilkes 1969 #rehearsalsforretirement #ikillthereforeiam #iaintmarchinganymore

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Newly announced, tickets go on sale this Friday. Check out the list of contributors, and something there for Ride fans too...

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First London event, #MarkHollis biographer Ben Wardle will be at The Circle & Star Theatre in Hampstead on May 14 for a talk (talk) and playback with oil projections too. Tickets are limited so… #talktalk #spiritofeden

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Hi Thomas – actually, you can't buy the eBook on Amazon or anywhere else, because we haven't published one. There's an audiobook available at all the usual places (Apple, Spotify etc), otherwise we recommend the the very lovely paper edition, from our own website…

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Pre-order now available for the first official book by and about The @alanparsonsproject.bsky.social, released as part of the 50th anniversary celebrations. Order here: alanparsonsprojectbook.com.
Pre-order the Classic Edition to get your name printed in the book…we're #Sirius (sorry!)

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From talktalkbook.com @richardbarbieri.bsky.social: ‘To me #SpiritOfEden and #LaughingStock are quite simply works of art. These albums have such an exquisite beauty about them and a complete and powerful understanding of space. There's magic at work here and a spirituality of sorts.’ 🎨 James Marsh

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Mark Hollis: A Perfect Silence | Rocket 88 The full, fascinating story of one of the UK’s most enigmatic musicians.

…and now there'll be two (or three if you count Spirit of Talk Talk) markhollisbook.com

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Mark Hollis: A Perfect Silence | Rocket 88 The full, fascinating story of one of the UK’s most enigmatic musicians.

That's a little unkind… markhollisbook.com 😎

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We have a new book on preorder… #thealanparsonsproject

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We like making BIG books #fatboyslim #itaintovertilthefatboysings

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Tonight at Birmingham's #mockingbirdcinema, a #MarkHollis and #talktalk event with author Ben Wardle and a lava lamp lit playback of #SpiritofEden

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Playing on what would have been #grantwmclennan's 68th birthday
📷 Francine McDougall, 1991
#grantmclennan #gobetweens #roberforster #amandabrown #lindymorrison #cattleandcane #whenwordgetsaround

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Remembering David McComb, co-founder of #thetriffids, who dtd in 1999.
📷 Tony Mott

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On what should have been #stevemarriott 's 79th birthday
#humblepie 🎨 #geredmankowitz 1969 #immediaterecords

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Remembering #billyfury on the 43rd anniversary of his passing
📷 The Sound of Fury (Decca LF1329) 1960 #joebrown #andywhite #regguest #billstark #alanweighall #jackgood #larryparnes #mono

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btd in 1947 #davidbowie
📷 #BrianWard, 1971
btd 1935 #elvis
📷 #AlbertWertheimer 1956

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London Calling New York, New York…New year, new read… it's about more than just #TheClash, #JoeStrummer, #MartinScorsese, #FrankSinatra and #LizaMinnelli (although they're all in there, of course). #londoncallingnewyorknewyork

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January 6, 2026 is the 80th anniversary of the birth of #SydBarrett
📷 #pinkfloyd Music Ltd Archive, April 1968

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Paul Westerberg - It's A Wonderful Lie
Paul Westerberg - It's A Wonderful Lie YouTube video by SZ KO

"So don't pin your hopes or pin your dreams
To misanthropes, guys like me…'
(un)happy birthday Grandpaboy…
youtu.be/2INC0In9ZzY?...

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From Liam Newton, author of the comprehensive #10cc biography The Worst Band In The World; #lolcreme
10ccbook.com

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On what should have been his 85th birthday, gone far too soon; #PhilOchs. A singer-songwriter who used irony at a time when it was not appreciated…

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NORMAN COOK (Fatboy Slim)
It Ain’t Over… ’Til the Fatboy Sings
*Signed* Hardback
Preorder: www.resident-music.com/product/cook...
We've just heard the fantastic news that this local legend is going to sign copies of his new, access-all-areas, photo book for us in the new year!

@rocket88books.com

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Remembering the great #TerryHall
📷 Elaine Constantine

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Remembering the late, great #BobStinson on what should have been his 66th birthday #TheReplacements
📷 Daniel Corrigan

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Sad news from Taos, New Mexico, that one of the finest Texan troubadours has left us; adios, #JoeEly

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