Bøker av Richard Houghton

An authorised oral history of The Stranglers in the words of their fans

An oral history of 1970s rock legends Led Zeppelin in the words of over 750 fans

An oral history of Simple Minds in the words of over 800 fans

Cropredy Capers is an oral history of the folk-rock band Fairport Convention and contains over 250 fan memories and 250 photos and items of memorabilia from the band's 57-year career

Black Sabbath: The Day I Was There is the story of the pioneers of heavy metal in the words of over 350 fans. From 1970 to 1975, Black Sabbath released six epoch-defining albums, including such songs as 'war Pigs', Iron Man' and the hit single 'Paranoid'. Their story has been told many times before, but never from the perspective of the front row. Until now. Starting with memories from their pre-Sabbath shows in the north west of England, when they were named Earth, the book charts Sabbath's gigging history through the drug-fuelled seventies and a relentless touring schedule on the back of the first six Sabbath albums that cast the die for heavy metal with the classic line up of Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward. Encompassing numerous personnel changes since, including vocalists Ronnie James Dio, Tony Martin, Ray Gillen and Ian Gillan, this is a fan's eye view of how Black Sabbath went on to become the greatest metal band of all time, selling over 70 million records worldwide.

An oral history of the rise of The Beatles to international superstars in the words of over 500 fans

An oral history of Pink Floyd in the words of over 500 fans

An oral history of rock band The Who in the words of over 500 fans

An oral history of legendary rock band the Faces (featuring Rod Stewart and Ronnie Wood) from 1969 to 1975

An oral history of the Rolling Stones career in the 1960s, told in the words of over 600 fans

The story of Thin Lizzy as told in the words of over 350 fans

An oral history of the folk-rock band Fairport Convention as told through the memories of over 200 fans, friends and musical collaborators

An oral history of the Rolling Stones 1972 North American tour as told through 300 first hand fan accounts

An oral history of Pink Floyd in the words of over 500 fans

Tell Everyone: A People's History of the Faces is the story of one of the world's most loved, most celebrated and most mourned rock and roll bands as seen through the eyes of over 500 fans. Forged from the shards of the Small Faces and the Jeff Beck Group, the Faces - Rod Stewart, Ronnie Wood, Ronnie Lane, Ian McLagan and Kenney Jones - stumbled bleary-eyed onto the gig circuit in 1969 and packed in more than 470 shows across the UK, North America, Australia, Japan and Europe, becoming one of the top-grossing live acts of the period. They split after their twelfth and final US tour in 1975, having consumed a lot of alcoholic beverages and produced some of themost memorable live performances of the decade, earning a reputation for bringing a party to town, both on stage and back at the hotel afterwards. Here is the Faces story told through over 500 previously unpublished first-hand accounts, from fans who still remember the backstage parties, the all-day rock and roll shows, the pub-style singalongs and the good time vibe that the band exuded every time they stepped on to a stage.

Fully authorised by the band, this book is an oral history of British folk-rock pioneers Fairport Convention as told in the words of fans. With contributions from Fairport Convention's Simon Nicol and Dave Pegg, this is the Fairport story in the words of over 300 fans, from their formation in 1967 through to their 2022 annual Cropredy Convention in a field in Oxfordshire, England where they once again played host at Britain's friendliest festival.

1972 saw the Rolling Stones perform on American soil for the first time since the stabbing of a fan by Hell's Angels at Altamont three years earlier. The Beatles having split up - and with Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and Jim Morrison all dead - the Stones embodied what wasleft of Sixties counter culture. But they were close to broke and being impacted by drug use, and did America really want to see a band some thought incapable of functioning as a live act? Plus the United States was still coming to terms with 1970's Kent State massacreand grappling with the Vietnam War, the draft and the civil rights movement.So it was that the Stones travelled coast-to-coast, playing 51 shows in 32 cities in 54 days to promote their latest album, Exile on Main St. With a groundbreaking new stage show and a setlist drawn mainly from their last four albums, demand for tickets was high and the tour a sell-out. But the Stones and their fans found themselves going head-to-head with the authorities from the outset. Concerts were marked by crowd riots in the clamour for tickets and there were drug busts and tear gassings thanks to over-zealous cops. And in Rhode Island, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards wound up in police custody while a full house in Boston was expecting them on stage.In All Down the Line - A People's History of the Rolling Stones 1972 North American Tour, over 300 fans look back 50 years at the most infamous tour in rock 'n' roll history and remember every show, from opening night in Vancouver to the tour finale (and MickJagger's 29th birthday) at New York City's Madison Square Garden less than two months later. Ladies and gentlemen, the Rolling Stones.