GLAM! When Superstars Rocked The World, 1970-74

In the early 1970s, there's no time for subtlety or shyness. Glam came and went in a few years, blurring the lines between The Look and The Sound, a mainstream-friendly phenomenon where the stars' lifestyle was played out at school, in bedrooms, in the family living room watching Top of the Pops and in concert halls. Here are the stories of Love Grows (Where my Rosemary Goes) by Edison Lighthouse, Hot Love and Metal Guru by T.Rex, Stay with Me by The Faces, Son of My Father by Chicory Tip, Back off Boogaloo by Ringo Starr, School's Out by Alice Cooper, All the Young Dudes by Mott the Hoople, Blockbuster! by The Sweet, Cum On Feel the Noize by Slade, Drive-In Saturday and Rebel Rebel by David Bowie, See My Baby Jive by Wizzard, Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting by Elton John, This Town Ain't Big Enough for the Both of Us by Sparks and Just For You by The Glitter Band among them. The star maker producer Tony Visconti meets Bolan and Bowie, Ziggy goes pop, there are misfits, dudes, messiahs, New York Dolls, playing at the Biba shop, a tinsel town rebellion, Jesus Christ Superstar, cover girls and cover boys, teenage nightmares and New Faces. Everyone could dress how they liked - in glitter and tight trousers, big hair and big hats. This big, blousy book covers all the huge record sales, snazzy album covers, and images galore of concert tickets, memorabilia, Noddy and his band Slade while still skinheads playing Wolverhampton Civic Hall on New Year's Day in 1971 and of course red hot Rod Stewart and the futuristic Roxy Music, melodic Queen and The Move's Roy Wood. Drawing on interviews with stars and musicians, producers and photographers, stylists, writers and celebrity fans, here is the heyday of Glam Rock until the death of Marc Bolan in September 1977. Fabulously well illustrated throughout in colour. 304pp, 20.3 x 26.7cm.
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