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Title: Stoned : A Memoir of London in the 1960s by Andrew Loog Oldham, Ron Ross, Simon Dudfield ISBN: 0-312-26653-7 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: February, 2001 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.17 (6 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Get Inside the Head of one of Rocks Most Important Pioneers
Comment: This book is a "must-read" for anyone with an interest in the Stones, The Beatles, or the (r)evolution of Rock & Roll during the 60s. Oldham's writing style is superb and highly entertaining. While to some readers it might sound like the author is trying too hard to sound "cool" or "hip," the writing style is true to the man. Andrew Oldham writes in the same manner as he speaks, with a sharp wit and a good sense of humour. And, as one who knows his place in history. The book is definitely entertaining and very interesting in giving three different points of view. Oldham's influence on Rock&Roll is definitely under-appreciated. He was as important to the music and style of Rock and Roll in the 60s as Phil Spector was in a previous era. The insights he provides into the business and personal sides of the music business is very interesting. His relationship with The Beatles (Lennon in particular), and other Icons of that period is intriguing. I especially enjoyed reading about AOL's working relationship with the early Stones, before they were crafted songwriters. It is clear that if Oldham had never met the Stones, he would have made some other band a house-hold name. I really look forward to the second volume in this set.
Rating: 2
Summary: For completists only
Comment: Some interesting facts tossed ala salad with other excerpts and interviews. I learned a little of Oldham's personality and thoughts, but history is far more interesting in many other books. You won't waste your time with this book, but it probably won't excite you much. Not much else to say.
Rating: 5
Summary: Andrew Loog Oldham...One in a million
Comment: This is a GREAT book! It takes place in a time when London was producing film, fashion and music that would forever change people's lives then and now. Even as a pre-teen in those days in which the book is written about, I was very much impressed with the bands that were coming out of England.Most of all it was and still is the Rolling Stones.I have followed the Rolling Stones from the day I heard their first single here in the United States. I have studied their evolution as a band and am quite familiar who Andrew Loog Oldham is and what he did for the Stones.This book was interesting and an absolute delight to read, particulary knowing it was comming directly from Andrew Loog Oldham himself. His style of writing and describing how events occurred is so unique and clever that I found myself re-reading pages instanly for the sheer pleasure of it. Andrew didn't write this book with the intention of writing another book about the Rolling Stones. He wrote about the many interesting people and places that he experianced that shaped his life from the day of his birth to the year of 1964. I am anxiously awaiting the next installment of his triography, knowing that there are more fantastic stories to be read from a man who is one in a million!
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Title: 2Stoned by Andrew Loog Oldham ISBN: 0099443651 Publisher: Vintage Books Pub. Date: 08 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: Ready, Steady, Go! : The Smashing Rise and Giddy Fall of Swinging London by Shawn Levy ISBN: 0767905881 Publisher: Broadway Pub. Date: 08 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: According to the Rolling Stones by The Rolling Stones ISBN: 0811840603 Publisher: Chronicle Books Pub. Date: October, 2003 List Price(USD): $40.00 |
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Title: All the Rage by Ian 'Mac' McLagan, Dave Marsh ISBN: 0823078426 Publisher: Watson-Guptill Pubns Pub. Date: 15 April, 2000 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Rolling Stones: Off the Record by Mark Paytress ISBN: 0711988692 Publisher: Omnibus Press Pub. Date: November, 2003 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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