LAJ's Bookshelf
My take on rock icons and the music business.
Love, Freddie: Freddie Mercury’s Secret Life and Love
The closest thing to an autobiography of the Queen legend the world will ever know, this book is the result of a four-year collaboration with a woman who turned out to be Freddie’s own daughter. Her generosity in sharing with LAJ the 17 volumes of handwritten notebooks given to her by her father four months before he died, in which he reveals the true story of his life, enabled LAJ to write the book that has changed the way we think about Freddie Mercury.
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The Stone Age: Sixty Years of the Rolling Stones
On 12 July 1962, the Rollin' Stones performed their first-ever gig at London's Marquee jazz club. Down the line, a 'g' was added, a spark was lit and their destiny was sealed. No going back.
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Songbird: An Intimate Biography of Christine McVie
Christine McVie - born Christine Perfect - was the quintessentially English rock star, as both the backbone and the beating heart of Fleetwood Mac.
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Fly Away Paul
How McCartney survived the Beatles, found his Wings and became a solo superstar.
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Who Killed John Lennon? The lives, loves and deaths of the greatest rock star
Late on 8 December 1980, the world stopped turning for millions when news broke that its best-loved rock star had been gunned down in cold blood in New York City.
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Love of My Life: The Life and Loves of Freddie Mercury
Millions of Queen and screen fans who watched the Oscar-winning film Bohemian Rhapsody believe that Mary Austin, the woman he could never quite let go of, was the love of Freddie Mercury's life. But the truth is infinitely more complicated.
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Tumbling Dice
"Hilarious, revealing, shocking and hugely enjoyable account of the wild, weird world of celebrity and even wilder, weirder world of tabloid journalism." - Piers Morgan
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Bohemian Rhapsody: The Definitive Biography of Freddie Mercury
On her quest to discover and unravel the man behind the legend, LAJ travelled across Europe, visited Zanzibar and voyaged to India.
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Hero: David Bowie
Respected music journalist and biographer Lesley-Ann Jones knew David Jones from the days before fame, when he was a young musician starting out, frustrated by an industry that wouldn't give him a break and determined to succeed.
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Ride a White Swan: The Lives and Death of Marc Bolan
From mod folk artist to flower power pixie elfin to the king of glam rockers, Marc Bolan was the ultimate chameleon. His far-reaching musical and stylistic influence is more relevant today than ever
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Imagine
When rock journalist Nina Vincent witnesses the murder of John Lennon, she has two choices: forget about it, or write about it.
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