An Unsolicited Recommendation

[Happy Jack]

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Just-Backdated-Melody-Maker-Seventies/dp/1915858224

 

Following a post by Joel McIver I bought this, and I've just finished reading it.

 

It is comfortably the best read I've had in years ... and I read a LOT. Can't remember the last time a book had me laughing out loud (and I don't mean a bloody emoticon) so much or so often and, as a child of the 70s (I'm 68) every single bloody page meant something to me.

 

The book is so well written that I didn't even feel jealous; I just felt like I was there with him.

 

Trust me, you won't regret buying this. 

 

 

[Beedster]

Thank you Jack, just bought it 🙏

[Beedster]

To return the favour, I enjoyed this https://www.amazon.co.uk/Not-Abba-Real-Story-1970s/dp/0007146396

[BigRedX]

Lost In Music by Giles Smith

[Mickeyboro]

9 hours ago, Happy Jack said:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Just-Backdated-Melody-Maker-Seventies/dp/1915858224

 

Following a post by Joel McIver I bought this, and I've just finished reading it.

 

It is comfortably the best read I've had in years ... and I read a LOT. Can't remember the last time a book had me laughing out loud (and I don't mean a bloody emoticon) so much or so often and, as a child of the 70s (I'm 68) every single bloody page meant something to me.

 

The book is so well written that I didn't even feel jealous; I just felt like I was there with him.

 

Trust me, you won't regret buying this. 

 

 

Great isn’t it Jack? Chris Charlesworth later commissioned me to write a number of books, so I knew him well. Never lost the common touch, or the ability to laugh at the business and himself. Probably the bloke I aspired to be!

[Mickeyboro]

And a suggestion of my own. Earl Slick’s Guitar is 99p on Amazon Kindle today (Tues 25th) if Bowie is your thing.

[edstraker123]

A great birthday present for somebody I was struggling to find something for . Much obliged Jack !

[BabyBlueSound]

Thanks for the recommendation!

 

If anyone is like me and loathes amazon for any valid reason of the many available ones, here are some other links:

https://www.abebooks.co.uk/book-search/isbn/9781915858252/

 

https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Just-Backdated-by-Chris-Charlesworth/9781915858221

 

https://www.waterstones.com/book/just-backdated/chris-charlesworth/9781915858221

 

edit: and of course Worldofbooks has some used ones, I just grabbed one from there 😁

Edited March 27, 2025 by BabyBlueSound