The Definitive Desert Island Discs

80 Years of Castaways

The Definitive Desert Island Discs
Ian Gittins, Lauren Laverne
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Hardback
h240 x 156mm - 480pg
3 Nov 2022 UK
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9781785947957
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To celebrate the 80th anniversary of Desert Island Discs, dive into the most moving, entertaining and inspiring stories, from eight decades of the most iconic show on radio. Eight tracks. Endless stories. We all have our own Desert Island Discs - that handful of songs that transport us back to special times in our lives, capturing a mood perfectly and helping us tell our stories. Celebrating 80 years of the BBC' s most iconic radio show, The Defnitive Desert Island Discs revisits some of the most remarkable and unforgettable of those life stories - song by song, and memory by memory. Whether it' s Dame Judi Dench on her first experience of jazz in America; Lemn Sissay on ' Amazing Grace' capturing his love of Scotland; or Ike and Tina' s ' River Deep - Mountain High' reminding Ian Wright of darker times, the music chosen helps reveal life' s precious moments with a unique power and intimacy. Every story is a journey, and these are the songs that guided the way. With an introduction from Lauren Laverne, and featuring many new stories not included in the original broadcasts, this is the ultimate tribute to the music that defines and shapes us.
Ian Gittins is a music writer for the Guardian who has also written for Melody Maker, Q, Time Out, MTV, Daily Telegraph and New York Times and has penned biographies of Bj rk and Talking Heads. He is also the co-author with Nikki Sixx of M tley Cr e of the New York Times bestseller The Heroin Diaries- A Year In The Life Of A Shattered Rock Star and the co-writer with David Essex of the Sunday Times number one bestseller Over The Moon.
Status: Indent title, imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781785947957
Published: 3 Nov 2022
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: BBC Books
Publisher: Ebury Publishing
Format: Hardback
Height: 240mm
Width: 156mm
Spine: 40mm
Weight: 500g
Pages: 480

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