AUSTRALIAN MUSIC BOOK BIBLIOGRAPHY, PART 1: A-D
Agar, Gerry Paula, Michael & Bob: Everything You Know is Wrong (Michael O’Mara, 2003)
Ahn, Ray The Comic Art of Ray Ahn (Starman, 2017) Albert, Jane House of Hits (Hardie Grant, 2010) Algra, Eric Rock'n'Roll City: 1978-1983, The Roadrunner Years (2022) Rock'n'Roll City: Part Two, Adelaide Babylon (2023) Allen, Daevid Gong Dreaming 1: From Soft Machine to the Birth of Gong (UK: SAF, 2006) Gong Dreaming 2: The Histories and Mysteries of Gong from 1965-1979 (UK: SAF, 2009) Allen, Monika The Tamworth Country Music Festival (Horwitz Grahame, 1988) Amphlett, Chrissy, w. Larry Writer Pleasure and Pain (Hodder, 2005) Anastasiou, Mary w. Anil Tortop I Want to Be a Rock Star (Larrikin House, 2016) Anderson, Cody w. Chris Shakallis, Robina Gugler and Dave Nebauer Punk in the Nation’s Capital 1977–1992 (Head Full of Flames, 2013) Andre, Peter All About Us (UK: John Blake, 2010) Between Us (UK: Bantam, 2016) Andrews, Paul Pax Without a Song (Smashwords, 2012) Anfuso, James Rockin' Australian: 50 Years of Concert Posters (Starman, 2013) Appel, Greg Confessions of a Lighthouse Keeper (Guthugga Pipeline, 2020) Apter, Jeff Tomorrow Never Knows: The silverchair Story (Coulomb, 2003) Never Enough: The Story of the Cure (Omnibus, 2005) Red Hot Chilli Peppers (Omnibus, 2005) The Dave Grohl Story (Ominbus, 2006) A Pure Drop: The Life of Jeff Buckley (Omnibus, 2008) Gwen Stefani & No Doubt: A Simple Kind of Life (Omnibus, 2008) Fortunate Son (Random House, 2009) Together Alone (William Henemann, 2010) Chasing the Dragon (Hardie Grant, 2011) Shirl: The Life of Legendary Larrikin Graeme ‘Shirley’ Strachan (Hardie Grant, 2012) Johnny O’Keefe: Rocker. Legend. Wild One (Hachette, 2013) Up from Down Under (Five Mile Press, 2013) Tragedy: The Sad Ballad of the Gibb Brothers (Echo, 2015) Playing to Win: The Definitive Biography of John Farnham (Black Inc, 2016) High Voltage (Black Inc, 2017) AC/DC 1973-1980: The Bon Scott Years (Wymer, 2018) Book of Daniel (Allen & Unwin, 2018) Malcolm Young: The Man Who Made AC/DC (Allen & Unwin, 2019) Friday on My Mind: Life of George Young (Allen & Unwin, 2020) Behind Dark Eyes: True Story of Jon English (Woodslane, 2021) Bad Boy Boogie: True Story of Bon Scott (Allen & Unwin, 2021) Don't Dream it's Over (Allen & Unwin, 2023) Carl Perkins: King of Rockabilly (Kensington, 2024) w. Kasey Chambers A Little Bird Told Me (HarperCollins, 2011) Arena, Tina, w. Jude McGee Now I Can Dance (HarperCollins, 2013) Archangel, Michael Rule By Love: Rhythms & Consent (Sazimor/Carnivale NSW, 1998) Archer, Robyn, w. Diana Simmonds A Star is Torn (Virago, 1986) Armstrong, Greg & Andy Neill When We Was Fab (Woodslane, 2024) Arrow, Michelle Friday on our Minds: Popular Culture in Australia since 1945 (UNSW Press, 2009) Aspinall, Julie Kylie: Queen of the World (John Blake, 2008) Atherton, Michael Australian Made... Australian Played (UNSWP, 1990) Atkinson, Cliff It's a Long Way from Ferryhill (Balboa Press, 2019) Austin, Denise The Man from Little River: The Story of George McArdle (Ark House, 2010) Bailey, Pauline Blues Portrait (Bailey, 2019) Blues Portrait, Volume 2 (Bailey, 2021) Blues Portrait, Volume 3 (Bailey, 2021) Blues Portrait, Volume 4 (Bailey, 2023) Baker, Andrea The Great Music City (Palgrave, 2018) Baker, Glenn A. (Ed.) Disco Inferno (Summit, 1979) The Name Game: Their Real Names Revealed (GRR, 1986) Australian Made: Gonna Have a Good Time Tonight (Fontana/Collins, 1987) External Combustion (Horowitz Grahame, 1990) Faces, Places and Barely Human Races (Random House, 1995) Best of Baker: Music (New Holland, 2010) w. Stuart Coupe The New Music (Bay Books, 1980) w. Stuart Coupe The New Rock’n’Roll (Omnibus Press, 1983) w. Roger Dilernia The Beatles Down Under (Wild & Woolley, 1982) w. Tom Czarnota and Peter Hogan Monkeemania (US: St.Martins, 1986) Baker, John (Ed.) The Art of Nick Cave: New Critical Essays (UK: Intellect Ltd, 2013) Baker, Sarah Community Custodians of Popular Music’s Past: A DIY Approach to Heritage (Rutledge, 2017) Balacco, Thomas Australia's Most Comprehensive Vinyl Record Guide (Balacco, 2016) Bandt, Ros Sounds in Space: Wind Chimes and Sound Sculptures (VAC, 1985) Barber, Tony Long Way till You Drop (Five Mile Press, 2003) Bari, Kisha Charles Bradley in Australia (2011) Barnard, Len Jottings of a Jazzman (BookPal, 2010) Barnes, Jim, and Steve Scanes The Book: Top 40 Research, 1956-2005 (Scanes Music Research, 7th Edition, 2006) Barnes, Jimmy Working Class Boy (HarperCollins, 2016) Working Class Man (HarperCollins, 2017) Killing Time (Harper Collins, 2020) Highway and Byways (Harper Collins, 2024) w. Alan J. Whiticker Say It Loud (Gary Allen, 2002) Baulch, Emma Making Scenes: Reggae, Punk and Death Metal in 1990s Bali (US: Duke Uinversity Press, 2007) Beaumont, Abby When We Were Very Young: Rock'n'Roll in the Seventies (Abby Beaumont, 2018) Bebbington, Warren (Ed.) Oxford Companion to Australian Music (Oxford University Press, 1997) Beilby, Peter, and Michael Roberts (Eds.) Australian Music Directory (AMD, 1981) Bell, Graeme Graeme Bell, Australian Jazzman: His Autobiography (Child & Associates, 1988) Bell, Jessica Dear Reflection: I Never Meant to be a Rebel (Vine Leaves Press, 2017) Bennett, Andy Popular Music and Youth Culture (Palgrave, 2000) Cultures of Popular Music (UK: Open University Press, 2001) Music, Style and Aging: Growing Old Disgracefully (US: Temple University Press, 2013) British Progressive Pop 1970-1980 (Bloomsbury, 2020) w. Kevin Dawe (Eds.) Guitar Cultures (Berg, 2001) w. Sheila Whiteley and Stan Hawkins (Eds.) Music, Space and Place (Routledge, 2005) w. Ian Rogers Popular Music Scenes and Cultural Memory (Palgrave, 2016) w. Jon Stratton (Eds.) Britpop and the English Music Tradition (Routledge, 2016) Bennett, Murray (Ed.) Product 45: Australian Punk/Post-Punk Record Covers, 1976-80 (Murray Bennett, 2015) Bennett, Tony (Ed.) Rock and Pop: Politics and Policy (US: Routledge, 1993) Berman, Connie, and Marsha Daly Andy Gibb (US: Xerox, 1979) Bermingham, Lisa Angels Bought Me Here: Guy Sebastian, the Official Biography (Funtastic, 2004) Berry, Vanessa Ninety9 (Giramondo, 2013) Bette, Manuel El año en que matamos a Skippy: un recorrido por el high-energy, punk, garage y power pop Australiano [The Year We Killed Skippy: A Tour of Australia’s High-Energy Punk, Garage and Power Pop] (Sp: 66 RPM, 2016) Bicknell, Bernie, and Rob Rowe WOW: 20 Years of Way Out West Roots Music Club (WOW, 2021) Bilyeu, Melinda, w. Hector Cook and Andrew Mon Hughes The Bee Gees: Tales of the Brothers Gibb (Omnibus, 2001) Bisset, Andrew Black Roots, White Flowers: A History of Jazz in Australia (Golden Press, 1979) Bisson, Roy [CARTOONS] Yeah Yeah Yeah (Horwitz, 1964) Blair, Dale Life in a Padded Cell: A Biography of Tony Cohen, Australian Sound Engineer (Dale Blair, 2016) Blackburn, Virginia Being Kylie (UK: John Blake, 2005) Blanch, Arthur and Berice Wollun One (Tamworth Music, 2005) Blood, Mick Lime Light (2022) Blunt, Bob Blunt: A Biased History of Australian Rock (Prowling Tiger Press, 2001) Boer, Roland Nick Cave: A Study of Love, Death and the Apocalypse (UK: Equinox, 2012) Bois, John Dingoes’ Lament (Melbourne Books, 2012) Boldiston, Bill Sydney’s Jazz: And Other Joys of its Vintage Years (Bol d’Or, 2007) Bonney, Simon, and Bronwyn Adams Love in a Time of Violence: Lyrics of Crime and the City Solution (Heartworm Press, 2024) Bonomo, Joe AC/DC’s Highway to Hell (33.3, 2010) Bonython, Kym Ladies’ Legs and Lemonade (Rigby, 1979) Bored! This Was Geelong (2021) Bourke, Chris Crowded House: Something So Strong (Pan Macmillan, 1997) Bowditch, Clare Your Own Kind of Girl (Allen & Unwin, 2019) Brabazon, Tara (Ed.) Liverpool of the South Seas: Perth and its Popular Music (University of Western Australia Press, 2005) Brady, Mike Up There Cazaly (Coulomb, 2004) Branson-Trent, Gregory Magic: The Music of Olivia Newton-John (Canada: Trafford 2007) Brandt, Wilfred Zines, Movies, Gelato, Dad Jokes & 'Poof Content' (20Thousand, 2018) Breen, Marcus (Ed.) Missing in Action: Australian Popular Music in Perspective (Verbal Graphics, 1987) (Ed.) Our Place, Our Music (AIATSIS, 1989) Rock Dogs (Pluto Press, 1999) Brokenmouth, Robert Nick Cave: The Birthday Party and Other Epic Adventures (Omnibus, 1996) Brophy, Phillip (Ed.) Cinesonic: The World of Sound in Film (AFTRS, 1998) 100 Modern Soundtracks (UK: BFI, 2004) Brown, Graeme Sunshine Secrets (Moonlight, 2019) Brown, Jake AC/DC in the Studio: The Stories Behind Every Album (John Blake, 2011) Brown, Jenny Skyhooks: Million Dollar Riff (Dingo Press, 1975) w. Tina Hutchence Michael: My Brother, Lost Boy of INXS (Allen & Unwin, 2018) Browning, Michael Dog Eat Dog (Allen & Unwin, 2014) Browning, Murray Puberty & Beyond: Memoirs of a Teenager from the Rock’n’roll Era (Myhill-McPherson, 2009) Bryden-Brown, John JO’K: The Official Johnny O’Keefe Story (Doubleday, 1982) Buckland, Lindsay Myponga: SA's First Pop Festival (Freestyle, 2021) Bull, Barry, w. Ritchie Yorke A Little Bull Goes a Long Way: Business Notes from the Music Man (Pennon, 2001) Bull, Kevin (Ed.) 2019: A Year Before Lockdown (Support Act, 2021) Bull. Vika and Linda No Bull (Affirm Press, 2022) Bunton, Richard AC/DC: Hell Ain't No Bad Place To Be (Omnibus, 1982, UK) Burke, Jim Rough End of the Pineapple (Boolarong, 1982) Wobbly Boots: Dance Halls and the Way We Were (Boolarong, 1983) Burke, Norm The Hillbilly Addict (PenFolk, 2000) Burns, Ronnie The Ronnie Burns Colour Picture Book (Ronnie Burns, 2012) Burrows, Toby, and Phil Riseborough I Remember When I Was Young: The Matt Taylor Story (Hilliard Press, 2009) Burstall, Simon 93: Punching the Light (Damiani, 2019) Butcher, Bleddyn Save What You Can: The Day of the Triffids (Treadwater Press, 2011) A Little History (Allen & Unwin, 2014) Butler, Rene (Ed.) We Got You: A Tribute to Neil Finn (Mira Vista, 2017) Byrell, John Bandstand... And All That (Kangaroo Press, 1995) Byrne, Deborah Not Quite Ripe (Pan Macmillan, 2006) Byron, Tim + Jadey O'Regan Hooks in Popular Music (Palgrave Macmillan, 2023) Cadd, Brian From This Side of Things (New Holland, 2010) Cain, Ned, and Matt Mason Stick 'Em Up: Lismore Band Posters (Nedlands, 2020) Callaghan, Nico Snakes in the Grass (Daisart, 2018) Call, Anthony Behind the Voice (Simon & Schuster, 2023) Canova, Gianna w. Fabio Malagnini Australia 'New Wave' (It.: Gammalibri, 1984) Carroll, Chrystene (Ed.) Still Noise: Australian Rock Photography (ABC, 1991) Casey, Kevin (Ed.) The Len Barnard Story (NSW Jazz Archives, 2005) Cashman, David, w. Waldo Garrido Performing Popular Music (Routledge, 2019) Cassar-Daley, Troy, w. Tom Gilling Things I Carry Around (Hachette, 2016) Cassells, Rachel Music Portraits (Spring Press, 2009) Castles, John Big Stars (API, 2008) Castles, Simon Mixtape (Ginninederra, 2023) Caswell, Robert Shout! The Story of Johnny O’Keefe (Currency Press, 1986) Cave, Nick King Ink (UK: Black Spring, 1988) The Complete Lyrics (Penguin, 2001) Stories (Arts Centre Gallery, 2007) The Sick Bag Song (Canongate, 2015) w. the Bad Seeds, Sue Webster and Tim Noble Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! (Mute, 2008) w. Sean O'Hagan Faith, Hope and Carnage (Text, 2022) Ceberano, Kate I’m Talking: My life, my words, my music (Hachette, 2014) Unsung (Simon & Schuster, 2023) Chambers, Casey Just Don't Be a D**khead (Hardie Grant, 2024) Chapple, Belinda The Girl in the Band (Simon & Schuster, 2023) Charley, Peter The Abba Album (Horwitz, 1977) Chmielewski, Tim The Book of the Fred (Blurb, 2009) Chugg, Michael, w. Iain Shedden Hey, You in the Black T-Shirt (Pan Macmillan, 2010) Chunn, Mike Stranger Than Fiction: The Life and Times of Split Enz (GP Publications, 1992) A Sharp Left Turn (Allen & Unwin, 2019) Clapton, Richard The Best Years of our Lives (Allen & Unwin, 2014) Clare, John Bodgie Dada (UNSWP, 1995) Why Wangaratta? (Jazzchord, 1999) Clark, Tony w. Lyndal Walker Ephemerality is All Very Well: Portraits of Rowland S. Howard (Art Link, 2019) Clark, Tristan Orstralia: A Punk History 1974-1989 (PM Press, 2024) Orstralia: A Punk History 1990-1999 (PM Press, 2024) Clarke, Tom Shoulda Been Higher: 30 Years of Triple J's Hottest 100 (Melbourne Books, 2023) Clayton, Ronald It’s A Roadie’s Job (Clayton, 2015) Cleves, Carl Tarab: Travels with My Guitar (Transit Lounge, 2008) Cockington, James Mondo Weirdo: Australia in the Sixties (Mandarin, 1992) Mondo Bizarro: Australia in the Seventies (Mandarin, 1994) Long Way to the Top (ABC, 2001) Cohen, Alice Direct Sound to Disk (AEC, 2006) Cohen, Tony w. John Olson Half Deaf, Completely Mad (Black Inc, 2023) Cole, Beccy Poster Girl (Hachette, 2015) Collins, Merv The Remarkable Mr Morrison (Melbourne Books, 2014) Collins, Tony Reasons to be Cheerful (AT Productions, 2019) Columbus, Ray The Modfather: Life and Times of a Rock’n’roll Pioneer (Penguin, 2011) Connell, John, and Chris Gibson Music Festivals and Regional Development in Australia (Ashgate, 1988) Sound Tracks: Popular Music, Identity and Place (UK: Routledge, 2003) Outback Elvis (New South, 2017) Conomy, Trevor Down Under: The Tune, the Times, the Tragedy (Affirm, 2015) Conway, Deborah Book of Life (Allen & Unwin, 2023) Corio, David Australian Gothic: Birthday Party 1981/82 (Hanging Around Books, 2019) Corn, Aaron Reflections and Voices: Exploring the Music of Yothu Yindi with Mandawuy Yunupingu (Sydney University Press, 2009) Cornwall, M J Proby and Me (2023) Cornwell, Jane Janet Jackson (UK: Carlton Books, 2002) The Corrs (Virgin, 1999) The Whirl: Men, Music and Misadventures (Harper Collins, 2015) Coster, Stan Travelling My Own Track (Stan Coster, 2001) Cote, David Moulin Rouge! The Musical (Rizzoli, 2022) Coupe, Stuart The Promoters (Hodder, 2003) Gudinski: The Godfather of Australian Rock’n’Roll (Hachette, 2015) Roadies (Hachette, 2018) Paul Kelly (Hachette, 2020) Shake Some Action (Penguin, 2023) w. Glenn A. Baker The New Music (Bay Books, 1980) w. Glenn A. Baker The New Rock’n’Roll (Omnibus Press, 1983) w. Richard Kingsmill Triple J Internet Music Guide (ABC, 1998) w. Tex Perkins Tex (Pan Macmillan, 2017) w. Stig Edren Onstage with Elvis Presley (SEG, 2020) Cox, Peter Spinning Around: the Festival Records Story (Powerhouse, 2001) Coyle, Rebecca (Ed.) Screen Scores: Studies in Contemporary Australian Film Music (AFTRS, 1998) Reel Tracks: Australian Feature Film Music and Cultural Identities (Perfect Beat/John Libby, 2005) Crawford, Anwen Hole’s Live Through This (33.3, 2015) Creswell, Toby Too Much Ain’t Enough (Random House, 1993) Love is in the Air (ABC, 2003) 1001 Songs (Hardie Grant, 2005) Shine Like It Does (Echo, 2017) w. Martin Fabinyi The Real Thing: Adventures in Australian Rock & Roll (Random House, 1999) w. Craig Maitheson and John O’Donnell 100 Best Australian Albums (Hardie Grant, 2010) w. Craig Maitheson 100 Best Albums of All Time (Hardie Grant, 2013) w. Lisa Anthony That’s Entertainment: The Story of the Sydney Entertainment Centre, 1983-2015 (Qantas Credit Union, 2015) Crocker, Barry Last of the Entertainers (New Holland, 2023) Crockett, Andrew Switch-Foot: Surfing, Art, Music (PH Productions, 2005) Croft, Malcolm 5 Seconds of Summer: Live and Loud (BES, 2015) Crohan, Mark, and Andrew Mon Hughes The Fabulous Bee Gees: The Australian Years (Stereo33, 2017) w. Grant Walters Decades: Bee Gees in the 1970s (Sonicbond, 2022) Cummings, Stephen Stay Away from Lightning Girl (Vintage, 1999) Will it Be Funny Tomorrow, Billy? (Hardie Grant, 2009) Cutler, Sam You Can’t Always Get What You Want (William Heinemann, 2008) Daisley, Bob For Facts Sake (Thompson Music, 2013) Daley, Mick King Tide Rollin' (Silver Eggheads, 2004) Dalton, Tim Selected Writings: From South Melbourne (Dalton Koss, 2014) w. Rebecca Koss (Eds.) Album Rescue Series (Dalton Koss, 2015) Dalziell, Tanya, and Karen Welberry (Eds.) Cultural Seeds: New Perspectives on the Work of Nick Cave (Ashgate, 2009) Damage, Zo The Damage Report (Zo Damage, 2017) Daniels, Neil AC/DC – The Early Years (UK: Independent Music Press, 2013) Dando-Collins, Stephen Mr. Showbiz: A Biography of Robert Stigwood (Vintage, 2017) Datson, Geoffrey Then and Then (2011) Davidson, Jim A Showman’s Story (Rigby, 1983) Davies, Kerrie Delta (Allen & Unwin, 2006) Davis, John Liberte Egalite Beyonce (Smith Street Books, 2018) Dawkins, Peter The Icecream Boy (Parkinsons NSW, c.2000) Dawson, Smokey Smokey Dawson: A Life (Allen & Unwin, 1985) Dax, Maximilian, and Johannes Beck The Life and Music of Nick Cave: An Illustrated Biography (Ger.: Die Deutsche Bibliotek, 1999) Day, Christopher Kamahl: An Impossible Dream (Random House, 1995) Day, David Rock Jock (Single X Publications, 2013) w. Tim Parker SA, It’s Our Music, 1956-1986 (Pagel, 1987) Dean, Jeremy Hellfire: Life According to Nick Cave (Gardners, 1997) Dean, Roger T. Sounds from the Corner: Australian Contemporary Jazz on CD (Australian Music Centre, 2005) Deloeuvre, Guy Bee Gees: Love (Guy Deloeuvre, 2018) DeSoto, Lucy Australia Rocks: Remembering the Music of the 1950s to the 1990s (Exisle, 2016) Dewey, Karen Angry: Scarred for Life (Ironbark, 1994) Diva (Pan Macmillan, 2001) Divola, Barry Fanclub (Allen & Unwin, 1998) w. Paul McNeil M is for Metal (Love Police, 2006) w. Paul McNeil P is for Punk (Love Police, 2008) w. Paul McNeil C is for Country (Love Police, 2009) [See also Fiction] Dodshon, Mark Beds are Burning (Penguin, 2004) Dome, Malcolm AC/DC: The Definitive History (UK: Proteus, 1982) (Ed.) AC/DC: The Kerrang Files (UK: Virgin, 1995) w. Jerry Ewing The AC/DC Encyclopaedia (UK: Chrome Dreams, 2008) Donovan, Casey Big, Beautiful and Sexy (New Holland, 2014) Donovan, Jason Between the Lines: My Story Uncut (HarperCollins, 2007) Douglas, Tana Loud (ABC, 2021) Downer, Lorann Strange Tennants: Godfathers of Australian Ska (2018) Doyle, Kenny, and Chris Twomey Crowded House: Private Universe (Omnibus, 1996) Doyle, Peter Echo & Reverb: Fabricating Space in Popular Music Recording, 1900-1960 (US: Wesleyan Press, 2005) Dreyfus, Kay Sweethearts of Rhythm (Currency Press, 1999) Drummond, Bill Missionary or Cannibal? (People's Republic of Camperdown, 2015) Drury, Nevill Music and Musicians (Nelson, 1980) Duff, Jeff This Will Explain Everything (Melbourne Books, 2016) Dunbar-Hall, Peter and Chris Gibson Deadly Sounds, Deadly Places: Contemporary Aboriginal Music in Australia (UNSW Press, 2004) Dunleavy, Steve Elvis: What Happened? (US: Ballantine, 1977) Dusty, Slim Walk a Country Mile (Rigby, 1984) w. Joy McKean Slim Dusty: Another Day, Another Town (PanMacmillan, 1996) Dwyer, Paul Humanitarian: The Real Michael Jackson (self, 2019) Dwyer, Phil, with Phil Tripp When the Writ Hits the Fan (Immedia, 2004) |