Release Date: 27/10/11
SYNOPSIS:
Clashing together outrageous musical influences and extravagantly visual imagery, Queen's place in history as the greatest glam band of all is rock solid. Georg Purvis' meticulous, session-by-session, song-by-song, album-by-album, tour-by-tour record of the band's progress is the complete reference source that fans have been waiting for. If you love 'the Champions of Rock', it's all here.
REVIEW:
This is the Titan reprinted version of Georg’s 2007 book of the same name printed by Reynolds and Haim, so if you own that copy already, the odds are you won’t want this new one as there isn’t anything new to add. However if you have a Queen fan in your home that doesn’t own a copy, this one is a delightful trip through the albums as well as individual tracks so that the reader knows the bands full history and trivia in regard to the groups work together and as individuals.
Sadly there are no illustrations in this version (not even album covers) but the sheer volume of information makes this an invaluable piece for the Queen Collector. A decent book all in and one that will have pride of place on my shelves next to my own Queen albums. (Yes I’m that old. LOL)
BOOK BLURB:
This inspirational, fully illustrated guide to playing the guitar provides a sound framework for the beginner and reinforces basic knowledge for the more experienced player. Arranged in three sections - The Basics, Moving On and Learning from the Experts - it builds into a progressive course, with exercises, useful tips and examples designed to enable you to play better. The comprehensive coverage ranges from mastering first chords, simple tuning and fingerpicking, to improvising and composing, creating effects and matching the sounds and styles of the guitar greats.
REVIEW:
Having been taught myself to play the guitar, I’m always looking for ways to improve my skills as well as techniques. Whilst going to a crossroads to make a deal with the devil isn’t quite on the cards just yet, I love it when I find a title that is useful not only to the established but the novice musician as techniques, styles and of course how to read the music sheets, are a real life saver at times.
Add to the mix that this offering also deal with acoustic alongside electric guitar and put together in a ringbinder format (so you can use it at the same time as trying the tips, tricks and lessons out) and you know that its something that is going to be a valuable tool.
Release Date: 27/10/11
