I enjoyed the one on Led Zeppelin, which my partner bought for me. It's nicely produced and a good guide to their albums. But I think their price point is too high. At £5 (around normal glossy magazine price) I would be much more tempted to buy others, when you can pick up a more exhaustive and good biography (e.g. Mick Wall's on Zep) for £ 2 or £3. But good luck to Uncut, glad the series is available. Will have to check out eBay prices, as suggested.
Been holding off on these until I found one that to me was worth the price. Just picked up the one on Queen. Most of the others I just flip through at the store. Darryl
Yes, from 2012. I don't know why I never bought it. Here's a link to Uncut's pages with all the issues that they have released : Special Issues & Ultimate Music Guides From UNCUT »
i also hope on a new version of the rolling stones one after the new album gets released... any infos if the new album comes out in 2016 ?
thanks for that so I have an idea of all the ones out there. I definitely want to pick up the U2, Springsteen, Beatles, Fleetwood, Kate, Lennon and McCartney ones for sure
I notice that a few artists - Floyd and Zepp for example - have a standard guide and a 'deluxe' guide, does anyone know if the deluxe is essentially the same mag and articles but with extra/new stuff? I have quite a few of these but also quite a few of the older Q and Mojo special editions from the last ten or fifteen years. I tend not to buy one of the Uncut ones if I already have an existing Mojo/Q one. That said I did buy the Queen one for both. Been enjoying the Beach Boys one though I think it could have been bigger considering their longevity, and the Byrds one was longer despite having a smaller catalogue than the BBs. Would have liked some more new articles on various aspects of their career, but then I auppose the double page spreads for each album are doing that. Still, can't complain as I never thought I would see a Beach Boys issue. Would like to see a Black Sabbath and Genesis one but I doubt those would happen. There was a Q Sabbath/Ozzy one back in the day but I would buy another.
Others I hope we'll see one day, being its a UK publication, some of these are more likely than would be if it was a US only one Prince Michael Jackson Stevie Wonder Elton John Pet Shop Boys Blondie Genesis Simon and Garfunkel/Paul Simon The Police New Order Bjork Electric Light Orchestra George Harrison Pearl Jam Peter Gabriel Eurythmics/Annie Lennox also hopefully we'll get repressings of these (check the Amazon prices and you'll know why, many of these are totally unavailable): Depeche Mode Beatles John Lennon Paul McCartney
Mojo's & Uncut. Their source comes from nme /melody maker...but not Sounds/Record Mirror/Disc which is another source.Not to mention the other great uk magazine Beat Instrumental. Why is that?
Yes, deluxe usually means updated. I stupidly bought the recent Bruce one then realised I had the first version already. Also agreed on Beach Boys, waaaaay too thin although I couldn't pass up getting a guide to their albums that I haven't yet bought.
I always check when there's a new one out. They're both interesting for people who are already fans, as well as for someone just getting into...whoever it is. So far, I've got... The Rolling Stones The Who The Kinks (favourite issue) Led Zeppelin Small Faces/Faces Neil Young Bob Dylan There's a couple I'd like to see at some point, namely Jimi Hendrix and Elvis Presley. I initially thought that, as Jimi only released four albums (and a greatest hits) during his lifetime, maybe he wouldn't get one. And then I saw the Sex Pistols issue...and they only did ONE album. Jimi has to be a certainty now, surely. And an Elvis issue would be a must have. For me, anyway.
Does anybody know how far they plan to take the History Of Rock up to? I know many classic rockers lose interest after a certain point in the 70s or 80s but I really like these books and there's enough good music even in the weakest years that I'd buy them if they went all the way up to the present. They are so classily done
All I know is I can't wait until they cover 1976 to around 1985 or so. I'll buy every issue - NME, Melody Maker, Sounds, etc. are chock full of reprintable goodness I hope they use!
yep. I like the late 60s/early 70s but I really love the mid/late 70s and 80s. I plan to get every one, even a year I consider weaker like 1999 has some great stuff regardless
I'm loving the history of rock series. Too bad it takes so long for the newest issue to show up on stands here in the States. My only gripe with the series is that I understand they chose 65 as a starting point last year probaby because 50 years makes for a good anniversary and there is probably not enough decent archival articles to sustain an individual issue each for the years '55/'56 -64 but I do hope at some point they release a special edition catch all issue for those years.
I figured they started with 65 because that was the yea reverything was off and running. Dylan and The Beatles were entering their peak, The Stones were breaking big, The Who were starting to happen, etc.... 1963 for example would probably be too Beatles/Dylan heavy
Looking at the website, I know I passed on the Sex Pistols, Costello and a few other UG's as I wasn't that impressed enough with them to warrant repeat viewings. Also, Mojo had "Complete Guides" that trumped <imho> the Uncut ones, not surprising as I like that magazine a lot better than Uncut. The ones I have are : Uncut Ultimate Music Guides - Bowie <2 copies> Smiths REM Kate Bush Pink Floyd Mojo Special Editions - The Who Neil Young Rolling Stones Frank Zappa Pink Floyd Beatles Led Zeppelin David Bowie Q Magazine Special Editions - REM Never Mind The Jubilee - It's The True Story Of Punk <great issue!> NME Originals/Icons Special Editions - Rolling Stones Joy Division The Who The Smiths I'd like to pick up the Uncut UMG's for the Stones & McCartney, or at least check them out. Maybe a peek to see why I passed on the Costello & Sex Pistols issues as well. Here's pics of what I have :
It was really good, that's why I bought it. Being a big REM fan it had a lot of pics I'd never seen, and I've seen a lot. These things were <and still are> coming out pretty often and I looked them over really good before plunking down $12 to $15 for them. I haven't looked at it since I bought it - all those mags I posted in the pics have been in storage - I recently went to my storage unit and dug them out to see what I had and took the pictures. The Q one was really good, too.
Good deal here - $15 shipped for a new copy : REM - Collectors' Special Uncut Ultimate Music Guide 148 Pages »
