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Daniel Rachel

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Birmingham, The United Kingdom

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Music, Nonfiction, History

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Daniel Rachel is a musician turned award winning and best-selling author. His works include:
Isle of Noises: Conversations with Great British Songwriters (a Guardian and NME Book of the Year),
Walls Come Tumbling Down: the music & 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 & Fall of Cool Britannia (An Evening Standard and Metro Book of the Year),
The Lost Album of The Beatles: What if the Beatles hadn’t Split Up? (Guardian Book Choice)
Too Much Too Young: The 2 Tone Records Story: Rude Boys, Racism and the Soundtrack of a Generation

He has also co-authored
Oasis: Knebworth: Two Nights That Will Live Forever (with Jill Furmanovsky – A Sunday Times Bestselle ...more

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Who are your favorite music writers and which writers have had the biggest influence on your style and approach to the craft?

Daniel Rachel Hi Nathan,

England 's Dreaming' by Jon Savage set a bar for books on music. It's written with knowing intelligence and gets to the heart of the subject…moreHi Nathan,

England 's Dreaming' by Jon Savage set a bar for books on music. It's written with knowing intelligence and gets to the heart of the subject. Similarly, Bob Dylan's 'Chronicles' was of great literacy worth and put to shame the many previous ghost written memoirs that pandered to tabloid style prose.

A great favourite is Mark Lewisohn's chronicle of the Beatles recording diary at Abbey Road. As a musician, it revealed so many techniques to use in the studio and continues to be a joy to dip in to.

Lastly, Alex Ross 'The Rest Is Noise' and particularity 'Listen To This' inspired many decisions about how to present technical detail in an accessible way for 'Isle of Noises'.

Best wishes,

Daniel (less)

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Joe Thomas has quoted extensively from "Walls Come Tumbling Down" in his soon-to-be crime trilogy on Hackney and North London in the 1980's. I think they are great and important books, so I'm looking forward to reading yours. Have you read "White Riot" or "Red Menace" yet ?

Daniel Rachel I bought copies at Joe's launch. He very kindly asked for permission to quote from Walls Come Tumbling Down beforehand. I hope you enjoy the read!…moreI bought copies at Joe's launch. He very kindly asked for permission to quote from Walls Come Tumbling Down beforehand. I hope you enjoy the read!(less)

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	Too Much Too Young: The 2 Tone Records Story: Rude Boys, Racism and the Soundtrack of a Generation 4.33 avg rating — 278 ratings — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Don't Look Back In Anger: The Rise and Fall of Cool Britannia 3.97 avg rating — 219 ratings — published 2019 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lost Album of The Beatles: What if The Beatles Hadn’t Split Up? 3.50 avg rating — 226 ratings — published 2021 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Walls Come Tumbling Down: The Music and Politics of Rock Against Racism, 2 Tone and Red Wedge 4.23 avg rating — 161 ratings — published 2016 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Isle of Noises: Conversations with Great British Songwriters 4.24 avg rating — 112 ratings — published 2013 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I Just Can't Stop It by Ranking Roger, Daniel Rachel (Goodreads Author) 4.11 avg rating — 82 ratings — published 2019 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Art of Noise: Conversations with Great Songwriters 3.83 avg rating — 71 ratings — published 2014 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Oasis: Knebworth: Two Nights That Will Live Forever by Jill Furmanovsky, Daniel Rachel (Goodreads Author) 4.57 avg rating — 58 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	This Ain't Rock 'n' Roll: Pop Music, the Swastika and the Third Reich by Daniel Rachel (Goodreads Author), Billy Bragg (Introduction) 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Daniel Rachel answered Tolkien InMySleep's question: Joe Thomas has quoted extensively from "Walls Come Tumbling Down" in his soon-to-be crime trilogy on Hackney and North London in the 1980's. I think they are great and important books, so I'm looking forward to reading yours. Have you read "White Riot" or "Red Menace" yet ? I bought copies at Joe's launch. He very kindly asked for permission to quote from Walls Come Tumbling Down beforehand. I hope you enjoy the read!
Jul 22, 2024 05:16AM · 1 like · like
Daniel Rachel answered Jan's question: Will Too Much Too Young be coming to Audible? Hi Jan, Thank you for your question. In the UK, Too Much Too Young is available on Audible. Is this something you can access? With thanks, Daniel
Jan 19, 2024 05:35AM · 1 like · like

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“Bernie [Rhodes] once said to me, “Don’t ever think that the fans dress like you. You have to dress like the fans.”
― Daniel Rachel, Too Much Too Young: The 2 Tone Records Story: Rude Boys, Racism and the Soundtrack of a Generation

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