# best MUSIC books you've read?

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 3, 1999, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-music-books-youve-read/7436 "1999-09-03T04:18:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Poto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ab992/32.png) [@Poto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poto)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 1999, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-music-books-youve-read/7436/21 "1999-09-05T12:03:00Z")

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Stanley Booth, The True Adventures of the Rolling Stones. If you like Gonzo journalism. Don’t let it be your only book on the Stones, though. A few chapters are real gems. After thia, I just concentrate on the music, I don’t much care about the various messed up lives of musicians.

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**Author:** ![omniscientnot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a5b964/32.png) [@omniscientnot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omniscientnot)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 1999, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-music-books-youve-read/7436/22 "1999-09-05T13:59:00Z")

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_Many Years from Now_, by Barry Miles, published in 1997 is, basically, a couple of hundred pages interview with Paul McCartney. Macca is usually a good interviewee. Much old stuff, but interesting additions too. There are some slower moments in the book, but I’d say it makes for a nice read, on the whole.

Also have to agree with pldennison on _The Beatles Recording Sessions_ by Mark Lewisohn.

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