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The Jam: A Beat Concerto

Product Description: The story of The Jam, a group which made 39 Top-30 singles and ten best-selling albums before disbanding in 1982.

By Paolo Hewitt

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9780752202693 | Boxtree Ltd, January 1, 1997, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: The story of The Jam, a group which made 39 Top-30 singles and ten best-selling albums before disbanding in 1982.

9780711903937 | Omnibus Pr, June 1, 1984, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Traces the history of this popular British rock group, and explains how the three musicians got their start

Getting High: The Adventures of Oasis

A popular band in both the United States and United Kingdom allows a respected music writer unprecedented access to the tour bus, backstage dressing rooms, and the five members' lives, resulting in an intimate portrait of the controversial group. Original. 35,000 first printing.

By Paolo Hewitt

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9780786882281 | Reprint edition (Hyperion Books, April 1, 1997), cover price $12.95 | About this edition: A popular band in both the U.

Greatest Footballer You Never Saw: The Robin Friday Story

By Paolo Hewitt and Paul Mcguigan

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9781840181081 | Mainstream, September 1, 1998, cover price $15.95

The Sharper Word

Product Description: Hard-to-find pieces by Tom Wolfe, novelist Tony Parsons, poet laureate Andrew Motion, disgraced Tory grandee Jonathan Aitken, Nik Cohn, Colin MacInnes, Mary Quant, and more document the clothes, the music, the clubs, the drugs, and the faces behind one of the most misunderstood and enduring cultural movements...read more

By Paolo Hewitt (editor)

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9781900924344 | Helter Skelter Ltd, September 1, 2002, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Hard-to-find pieces by Tom Wolfe, novelist Tony Parsons, poet laureate Andrew Motion, disgraced Tory grandee Jonathan Aitken, Nik Cohn, Colin MacInnes, Mary Quant, and more document the clothes, the music, the clubs, the drugs, and the faces behind one of the most misunderstood and enduring cultural movements.

9781900924108 | Helter Skelter Ltd, March 1, 2000, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: Paolo Hewitt, celebrated rock journalist and biographer of Oasis, The Jam and The Small Faces, has collected some of the best writings ever on mod: the music, the fashions, and the entire way of life.

Forever the People: 6 Months on the Road With Oasis

Product Description: "Forever the People" is the follow-up book to "Getting High". The book charts the continuing success of Oasis as well as providing a fly-on-the-wall insight into the band's characters and their lifestyles.

By Paolo Hewitt

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9780752271866 | Boxtree Ltd, August 1, 2000, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: "Forever the People" is the follow-up book to "Getting High".

The Soul Stylists: Fourty Years of Modernism

Product Description: The Soul Stylists is about six decades of Modernism and a highly influential world of clothes and music, but one deliberately hidden away for years from the mainstream media. This book explores the enduring relationship that exists between American black music and British working-class style, tracing a Mod tradition that began in Soho just after the Second World War and continues to this day...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

By Paolo Hewitt

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9781840182286 | Mainstream, May 1, 2001, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: The Soul Stylists is about six decades of Modernism and a highly influential world of clothes and music, but one deliberately hidden away for years from the mainstream media.

Alan McGee & the Story of Creation Records: This Ecstasy Romance Cannot Last

Product Description: At the beginning of 2000 Alan McGee of Creation Records stunned the music business when he announced that he was leaving the label. This is the behind-the-scenes story of Creation and of one man's vision.

By Paolo Hewitt

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9781840183504 | Mainstream, September 1, 2001, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: At the beginning of 2000 Alan McGee of Creation Records stunned the music business when he announced that he was leaving the label.

The Looked-after Kid: Memoirs from the Children's Home

Hewitt was put into care at a very early age following his mother's breakdown. He was placed with a foster family where he was regularly beaten and humiliated. He rebelled and was sent to an orphanage. This volume tells what life was like for kids in a British orphanage in the 1970s.

By Paolo Hewitt

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9781840185829 | Mainstream Pub Co Ltd, May 9, 2002, cover price $15.30 | About this edition: Hewitt was put into care at a very early age following his mother's breakdown.

Forever the People: The Further Adventures of Oasis

By Paolo Hewitt

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9780752224480 | Boxtree Ltd, February 1, 2003, cover price $27.95

The Looked After Kid: Memoirs from a Children's Home

Placed in care at a very early age after his mother's breakdown, Paolo Hewitt experienced a traumatic, often abusive relationship with his foster mother. Moved to an orphanage at the age of ten, he vividly documents what life was like for children growing up in care in the 1970s.

By Paolo Hewitt

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9781840187311 | Mainstream Pub Co Ltd, May 22, 2003, cover price $12.25 | About this edition: Placed in care at a very early age after his mother's breakdown, Paolo Hewitt experienced a traumatic, often abusive relationship with his foster mother.

The Soul Stylists: Six Decades of Modernism-From Mod to Casual

By Paolo Hewitt and Paul Weller (foreword by)

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9781840185966 | Mainstream, September 1, 2003, cover price $18.00

The Fashion Of Football: From Best To Beckham, From Mod To Label Slave

Fashion has played a major part in the elevation of footballers to iconic status in modern society. Whether it be famous clothes shops, haircut or dress sense, the worlds of fashion and football have often intertwined. This book presents this relationship, focusing on stars such as George Best, Alan Hudson, David Beckham, and some others.

By Mark Baxter and Paolo Hewitt

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9781840188073 | Mainstream, November 1, 2004, cover price $27.50 | About this edition: The Fashion of Football is a groundbreaking work that examines the link betweenÂ soccer and fashion.

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9781845960506 | New edition (Mainstream, January 1, 2006), cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Fashion has played a major part in the elevation of footballers to iconic status in modern society.

Made in the UK: The Music of Attitude, 1977-1983

Product Description: âThe mid-1970s was Englandâs darkest, dreariest hour. The UK was sliding deeper into unemployment, reeling from strike after strike, power cuts, the three-day work week, and IRA bombs. It was time for a new order and in Londonâs restless streets a handful of snotty young men, feisty females, and first generation Jamaican musicians created the UKâs punky revolution...read more

By Janette Beckman (photographer), Vivien Goldman and Paolo Hewitt

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9781576873939 | Power House Books, September 30, 2008, cover price $18.00 | About this edition: âThe mid-1970s was Englandâs darkest, dreariest hour.

9781576872635 | Power House Books, September 1, 2005, cover price $35.00 | About this edition: “The mid-1970s was England’s darkest, dreariest hour.

Paul Weller: The Changing Man

Product Description: Language:Chinese.Paperback. Pages: 352 Paolo Hewitt has known Paul Weller since they were both teenagers in the depths of Woking. through his ascent to fame with The Jam. the halcyon years of The Style Council and for all of his critically acclaimed solo career...read more

By Paolo Hewitt

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9780593058756 | Transworld Pub, September 24, 2007, cover price $37.95 | About this edition: Paolo Hewitt has known Paul Weller since they were both teenagers in the depths of Woking, through his ascent to fame with The Jam, the halcyon years of The Style Council and for all of his critically acclaimed solo career.

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9780552156097 | Transworld Pub, June 16, 2008, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: Language:Chinese.

9780593058763 | Transworld Pub, September 24, 2007, cover price $25.95 | About this edition: Paolo Hewitt has known Paul Weller since they were both teenagers in the depths of Woking, through his ascent to fame with The Jam, the halcyon years of The Style Council and for all of his critically acclaimed solo career.

Big Chiv: My Goals in Life

Product Description: In Big Chiv (the affectionate nickname he earnt from the Spurs fans who idolised him), Chivers tells the story of a life driven by his abiding passion, the need to score goals. For Southampton as a teenage striking sensation, for Spurs, for England and later for Servette in Switzerland, Norwich, Brighton and Vard FC in Norway...read more

By Paolo Hewitt

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9781905326747 | Vision Sports Pub Ltd, October 1, 2009, cover price $28.95 | About this edition: In Big Chiv (the affectionate nickname he earnt from the Spurs fans who idolised him), Chivers tells the story of a life driven by his abiding passion, the need to score goals.

Steve Marriott: All Too Beautiful

Marriott led The Small Faces to the top of the â60s pop charts before forming Humble Pie with Peter Frampton, where his blistering rock ânâ blues guitar playing saw him enjoy huge success before the band imploded. After years in seclusion, Marriottâs plans for a comeback in 1991 were tragically cut short when he died in a housefire. He continues to be a key influence for generations of musicians from Paul Weller to Oasis and Blur.

By John Hellier and Paolo Hewitt

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9781900924443 | Helter Skelter Ltd, August 1, 2004, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: Marriott led The Small Faces to the top of the â60s pop charts before forming Humble Pie with Peter Frampton, where his blistering rock ânâ blues guitar playing saw him enjoy huge success before the band imploded.

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9781905139279 | Helter Skelter Ltd, May 1, 2010, cover price $19.95

9781900924733 | 2 edition (Helter Skelter Ltd, October 1, 2006), cover price $19.95 | About this edition: âCompelling reading.

Sharper Word: A Mod Anthology

Product Description: "An unparalleled view of the world-conquering British youth cult."—GuardianPaolo Hewitt, celebrated former NME scribe and acclaimed biographer of Steve Marriott, The Jam, and Oasis, collects the best writing on the original, and peculiarly British, cult of mod...read more

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9781900924887, titled "The Sharper Word: A Mod Anthology" | 3 rev upd edition (Helter Skelter Ltd, April 1, 2010), cover price $14.95 | About this edition: "An unparalleled view of the world-conquering British youth cult.

'scuse Me While I Kiss the Sky: 50 Moments That Changed Music