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So, what do Q know? RBP’s 50 favourite music books

Mat Snow, Rock's Backpages, 25 February 2001

"Genius!" trumpets the cover of this month’s Q magazine: "The 50 Best Music Books Ever Written." Naturally, we wuz hooked and forked over our three quid. So imagine our horror when we opened the rock glossy to discover their ‘authoritative’ list boasted more hideous gaps than Shane MacGowan’s smile. Well, we at RBP love a challenge, so proudly present, in no particular order, The 50 Best Music Books That Q Should Really Get Round To Reading...

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