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CAMPBELL, ALI and ROBIN with GORMAN, PAUL and ABBOT, TIM: : BLOOD & FIRE: The Autobiography of the UB40 brothers

LONDON.CENTURY,2005.

ISBN 1844137023.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] NFINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,glossy laminated subject's b/w+ colour portrait photographic illustrated dw/dj, with white,grey and silver gilt lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight, clean - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,would appear unread apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp, generally clean,sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain black endpapers.The rear board has an inexplicable cup ring to it! UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,2-217pp [paginated] includes introduction,27 chapters,16pp contemporary, biographical monochrome+colour photographs in 2 blocks of 8pp apiece,between pp58/9 (monochrome) and pp154/5 (colour) respectively,and an index. Plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication with co-author's (non-band members) acknowledgements to it's reverse. Sprung from a family background steeped in a rich mixture of radical politics and traditional folk music,brothers Robin and Ali Campbell and their childhood friends went on to create one of the most unlikely yet enduring groups in pop history: UB40. Theirs is a career that has spanned four decades and resulted in sales of more than 50 million records with 50 hit singles to their credit.A rich cast of characters - from music business wheeler-dealers and backroom players to Nelson Mandela,Chrissie Hynde,the late Robert Palmer (then 2005),Sting and all the great 'fathers' of reggae - make appearances in 'Blood & Fire',but this is not just a musical story. 'Blood & Fire' is the startling and,by turns, comic and tragic autobiography of two working-class brothers fighting against the odds and overcoming police busts,MI5 surveillance, divorce,drink,drugs,mismanagement and addiction. At times the rollercoaster has tested even their own relationship to the very limit,but the brotherly bond has seen them through. When UB40 formed Robin was an ex-British Leyland factory fitter hustling in snooker halls while Ali was long-term unemployed and had recently suffered a brutal attack in a bar brawl in which he nearly lost an eye.When he received £4,000 in criminal compensation for the attack he ploughed it into buying musical instruments for himself and his mates.The rest is history as the brothers and their gang showed the world that the throb of inner city Balsall Heath had, and still has,global appeal. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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