Rockingscots:dedicated to Scottish beat groups
and rock bands
from the '60s and early '70s - since the late '90s!
BOOKS ON SCOTTISH ROCK
All of these are well worth
finding, reading and keeping.
2023 addition
All inclusive record of what was going on in the area back in the day..
Obviously many of the bands travelled further afield as well.
Check out the FB Group: "Stirlingshire Bands & Venues 1950s-70s and Beyond" - lot's of good stuff there!
Book available to buy on EBAY and MAIL ORDER from: DAVML48@GMAIL.COM or PM on FB Messenger.
Peter Innes - 'Fit like New York? (An
irreverent history of rock music in Aberdeen and North East Scotland'
Click
here to try to buy
Jim Wilkie - 'Blue Suede
Brogans'
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here to try to buy
Brian Hogg - 'The History of Scottish Rock & Pop' See also his Record Collector articles.
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here to try to buy
Impossible to decide if one is better than the other between the
Wilkie and Hogg books.
Both are just absolutely essential.
Martin Kielty - Big Noise (The Sound of Scotland) - the
newcomer - Hmmm didn't get given this for Xmas 2006!!
see: http://www.bignoisebook.com/