I Just Can't Stop It: My Life in the Beat (Special Edition)
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Roger Ranking (Author)
Hardback
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Inside the limited edition:
Limited edition hardback book (not available in this format separately).
7" Single of two previously unreleased The Beat demos.
Photographic print of the Beat by Adrian Boot.
Two badges.
Certificate of authenticity.
I Just Can't Stop It is the honest and compelling autobiography from British Music Legend, Ranking Roger. As the enigmatic frontman of the multicultural band The Beat, Ranking Roger represented the youthful and joyous sound of the post-punk 2 Tone movement. As well as his illustrious career with The Beat and its subsequent iterations, this absorbing book explores Roger's upbringing as a child of the Windrush generation, touring America and his outstanding collaborations with artists such as The Clash, The Police and The Specials. 24 pp b/w and colour photos
About the Author
Musician-turned-award-winning-author, Daniel Rachel wrote his first song when he was sixteen and was the lead-singer in Rachels Basement.Daniel is the author of Isle of Noises: Conversations with Great British Songwriters - a Guardian and NME Book of the YearWalls Come Tumbling Down: the music and politics of Rock Against Racism, 2 Tone and Red Wedge - WINNER OF the Penderyn Music Book prize.Don't Look Back in Anger: The rise and Fall of Cool Britannia - an Evenign Standard and Metro Book of the Year
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- Contributor: Roger Ranking
- Edition: Special Edition
- Imprint: Omnibus Press
- ISBN13: 9781787602526
- Format: Hardback
- Publisher: Omnibus Press
- Release Date: 2019-06-13
- Binding: Hardback
- Biography: Musician-turned-award-winning-author, Daniel Rachel wrote his first song when he was sixteen and was the lead-singer in Rachels Basement.Daniel is the author of Isle of Noises: Conversations with Great British Songwriters - a Guardian and NME Book of the YearWalls Come Tumbling Down: the music and politics of Rock Against Racism, 2 Tone and Red Wedge - WINNER OF the Penderyn Music Book prize.Don't Look Back in Anger: The rise and Fall of Cool Britannia - an Evenign Standard and Metro Book of the Year
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