MIXTAPE: 21 SONGS FROM 10 YEARS (1975-1985) is published by New Haven Publishing and is available in print and eBook editions.
It can be ordered directly from the publisher or from:
Amazon UK, Amazon US, Amazon Canada, and most regional Amazon sites (paperback and Kindle ebook format)
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The Hive UK (home delivery, or pickup from an independent UK bookshop)
Mixtape can also be ordered through most independent bookshops. The ISBN number to use for bookshop orders is 978-1912587704. Please support your local independent bookshop!
LIST OF CHAPTERS
I Can Do It – Rubettes
Love Is the Drug – Roxy Music
Kid Charlemagne – Steely Dan
Love Is Alive – Gary Wright
Be Good To Yourself – Frankie Miller
I Knew the Bride – Dave Edmunds
Trans Europe Express – Kraftwerk
Burning Down The House – Talking Heads
Ain’t Living Long Like This – Rodney Crowell
I Love The Nightlife – Alicia Bridges
Too Bad – Doug and the Slugs
Romeo And Juliet – Dire Straits
Johnny and Mary – Robert Palmer
It Must Be Love – Madness
Der Kommissar – Falco
Come Back And Stay – Paul Young
Owner of A Lonely Heart – Yes
One Night In Bangkok – Murray Head
The Whole Of The Moon – The Waterboys
Just A Gigolo/I Ain’t Got Nobody – David Lee Roth
Running Up That Hill – Kate Bush
ADVANCE REVIEWS
“Through 21 songs, from The Rubettes’ ‘I Can Do It’ to ‘It Must Be Love’ by Madness, Fiona McQuarrie offers delicious deep dives into the stories behind some of pop’s most loved hits from the era of Walkmans and tape decks, when “home recording was killing music” and a mixtape could cement a friendship or declare undying love.”
- Greg Healey, author of Not In Front of the Children: Hidden Histories in Kids’ TV
“A burning enthusiasm for the music leaps from every page. This world is a level playing field in which Steely Dan, Talking Heads and Roxy Music rub shoulders with The Rubettes, and David Lee Roth at his goofiest receives as much consideration as Kate Bush at her most cerebral. Here are the revelatory histories of songs which are so vividly realised that they play in your head, at gratifying volume, as you’re reading.”
- Marco Rossi, writer for Shindig! magazine and Record Collector magazine
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Fiona McQuarrie has been writing about music for more than 30 years. She is a contributing writer for Shindig! magazine, Record Collector magazine, and the PopMatters website. Previously, she was a music critic at two Canadian daily newspapers, and a freelance music writer. She is also the author of Song Book: 21 Songs From 10 Years (1964-1974), released by New Haven Publishing in 2018.
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