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Pop Culture

Black Sabbath & The Beatles 1962-1969 Brian May’s Red Special
Ozzy Osbourne From Liverpool to Abbey Road The Story of the Home-Made
by Carol Clerk & Paul Elliott by Ernesto Assante Guitar that Rocked Queen

ne of the most influential and he Beatles’ adventure together ended and the World
Oprovocative bands of all time, Black Texactly 50 years ago, with Abbey Road. by Brian May with Simon Bradley
Sabbath—dubbed “The Beatles of Heavy Follow their story, year by year, from their
Metal” by Rolling Stone—and their col- early popularity in Liverpool’s Cavern n 1963, Brian May and his father Harold
orful original frontman Ozzy Osbourne Club, to their American “invasion” and Istarted to build the Red Special—an
changed popular music forever. Their the rise of Beatlemania, to the recording electric guitar meant to outperform any-
comeback album 13, with an almost fully of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, thing commercially made. Here, Brian
reunited lineup, raced to the top of the the group’s tense disintegration, and their talks about of his one-of-a-kind instru-
international charts. This book tells the final moments in the studio. Filled with ment, from its creation on. He played it
band’s story. nostalgic images, this book offers memora- on every single Queen album and during
ble anecdotes, songs, and events that will
Former news editor of Melody Maker, delight Beatles’ fans. the band’s amazing shows: the roof of
CAROL CLERK won a journalist of the Buckingham Palace, Live Aid, the closing
year award from the industry association ERNESTO ASSANTE is a correspondent for ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics . . .
PPA for her coverage of the Live Aid con- La Repubblica newspaper, a music critic, and beyond. Along with original diagrams,
cert at Wembley. Her many books include author, and radio and television host. He sketches, and notes, May has included a
Pogue Mahone: Kiss My Arse, The Saga of has written several books published by great selection of photographs of himself
Hawkwind, Madonna Style, and Vintage White Star. with the guitar—which was fully disman-
Tattoos. She died in 2010.
tled so it could be shot— as well as close-
PAUL ELLIOTT is a highly respected music ups and X-rays.
writer and his work regularly appears in Although best known as the lead guitar-
MOJO, Classic Rock, Q, and Kerrang. He has ist of Queen, BRIAN MAY has a PhD in
interviewed Black Sabbath on a number astrophysics and is an expert in 3D pho-
of occasions.
tography. He co-wrote Bang! The Complete
History of the Universe with Chris Lintott
and Patrick Moore (Carlton), A Village
Lost and Found with Elena Vidal, and
Diableries: Stereoscopic Adventures in Hell
with Denis Pellerin and Paula Fleming
(both by London Stereoscopic Company).

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