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[by Ste Edwards] * 2023 *
"Divine was an American actor, singer, and drag queen. Closely associated with the independent film maker John Waters, Divine was a character actor, usually performing female roles in cinematic and theatrical productions. In 1981 Divine embarked upon a music career. His producer was Bobby Orlando. Divine Scrapbook #2 charts the trashy and outrageous career of Divine through press articles, interviews and photos, which give a fascinating insight into the life and career of an iconic entertainer." [buy] |
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[by Luis Niebur] * 2022 *
"For most of the US, disco died in 1979. Gay men, however, continued to dance, and in the gay enclave of the Castro District in San Francisco, musicians started their own small dance music record labels to make up for the lack of new, danceable music. Almost immediately this music reached far beyond the Bay, with Megatone Records, Moby Dick Records, and other labels achieving worldwide success. This music reflected a new way of life, a world apart and a culture of sexual liberation." |
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[by Raff Todesco] * 2020 *
"Raffaello Todesco aka Raff Todesco was born in Orgiano in 1944. He attended the Faculty of Engineering in Padua. Music was fundamental in his life, first in Milan in the 70s as an Author of Italian Music, then from 1982 in Dance as one of the founders of Italo Disco. He has numerous record labels both as an author and producer. Known throughout the musical world as one of the creators of Dance Italian. He worked in music until 2015. This book of his contains the most important period of his life." |
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[by Ste Edwards] * 2020 *
"As a teenage fanboy back in the day, I began to collect Divine's press cuttings and compile them into what is now a treasured scrapbook, which was the inspiration for this book. Divine Scrapbook offers you the opportunity to relive the enjoyment of Divine's candid and always entertaining interviews with the media during the zenith of his pop career. The book also includes photos which stunningly capture... ''the most beautiful woman in the world'' - well, almost!" [buy] |
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[by James Arena] * 2015 *
Amii Stewart, Boney M., Dead Or Alive, Debut De Soiree, Desireless, Fancy, Gazebo, Hazell Dean, Joy, Kristian Conde, Lian Ross, Linda Jo Rizzo, Lino Nicolosi, Modern Talking, Pierluigi Giombini, Ryan Paris, Sabrina, Savage, Silent Circle, Spagna, The Twins, Tom Hooker, Tony Esposito...
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[by Francesco Cataldo Verrina] * 2015 *
"Italian Dominance On The Dance Culture Of 80's. The only book in the world that tells the true story of Italian disco music through the artistic events of the most representative characters, with interviews, statements and news unpublished."
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[by Francesco Cataldo Verrina] * 2015 * This
book is Italian version of History of Italo Disco: "Il dominio
italiano sulla 'dance culture' degli anni '80. Analisi di un fenomeno
musicalmente e artisticamente dominante che, a distanza di quasi trent'anni
dal suo avvento, vanta milioni di cultori e di appassionati in ogni
parte del mondo. Snobbato dalla critica, dai media tradizionali e dalle
majors della musica, l'Italo Disco rimane ancora un fenomeno 'tutto
italiano' commercialmente ineguagliato, ma poco compreso ed, in massima
parte, sconosciuto." |
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[by Michael Halve] * 2013 * Crazy about Italo is about experiencing a passion. About the goosebumps you get when someonme plays a crazy record that you don't know yet. About the joy of finding that copy that was still missing from your collection and about the dissapointmant of finding a record store that turns out to be closed. How the obsessive hunt for records puts pressure on family life or the ambiance of a holiday. Simply because you must have that one record. That one record, which probably can be found in that one store. Or not. " [buy: michael.halve@gmail.com] |
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1978 - 2012 [by Marcello & Gino] * 2012 *
This is the first book about Italo Disco music! It is written by well-known authors that are in this field for a very long time. Besides Italo Disco authors also write about other styles of music that are related to it in some way. And with this book you'll also get a DVD! |
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[by Željko Vujković] * 2008 * This is a collection of interviews that my good friend Željko did over the the years. I'm sure that he made you happy when you red many interesting details in his interviews about Italo that you didn't know before... Thank you Željko very much for the energy and your time that you invested in this work!
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[by Joshua Gamson] * 2006 *
"This is not a fairy tale. This was real, mighty real, and disco-sensation Sylvester was the piper. Yale-trained sociologist Joshua Gamson uses Sylvester's life to lead us through the story of the 1970s, when a generation took off its shame. Celebrity, sociology, and music history mingle in this endlessly entertaining story of a singer who embodied the freedom, spirit, and flamboyance of a golden moment in American culture." |
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[by Frances Milstead] * 2001 *
"This remarkable biography-written by Divine's mother Frances Millstead. As she tells of his childhood, their long estrangement, and a heart-warming reconciliation before his death, Frances Millstead brings a mother's love and insight to the story of Glenn Harris Millstead, who would shock his way to international stardom as Divine, the star of John Waters cult films Female Trouble, Pink Flamingos, Polyester, and his breakthrough hit, Hairspray." [buy] |
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[by Bernard Jay] * 1994 *
"Born Harris Glenn Milstead in 1945 and raised in a respectable Baltimore suburb, Divine's hairdressing career was diverted by John Waters, his near neighbour and amateur film-maker, and their cult status grew with movies like "Pink Flamingoes" and "Female Trouble". Not Simply Divine is biography that tells all - the world of Divine, the cross-dressing cult hero whose sudden death came on the eve of his greatest stardom..." |
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PSB [by Michael Cowton] * 1991 *
"This biography is based on interviews with Chris Lowe and Neil Tennant and those associated with them." In this priview I added an article about Bobby Orlando that is not a part of this book. |
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& Pet Shop Boys
[compiled by alenmilky] I edited this Bobby O & Pet Shop Boys eBook in a way that you can read from your screen or print it on paper and have a real book. |
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