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CORNWELL, HUGH: : Hugh Cornwell - A Multitude of Sins: The Autobiography

LONDON.HARPER COLLINS,2004.

ISBN 0007190824.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn.FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj. Subject's bright,crisp,clean b/w photographic illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks, tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - an unread copy.Publisher's bright,unblemished, original plain black cloth boards with bright, crisp,blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn,ix-xvipp+1- 304pp [paginated] includes Martin Roach (Cornwell's manager) Foreword,author Prelude,14 chapters,16pp contemporary b/w photographs in 2 blocks of 8pp apiece,between pp80/1 and pp208/9 respectively,Hugh Cornwell career flow chart,a Discography,an Index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,Acknowledgements,Picture credits for non-existent pictures (pp6-16) and a Contents list/table.   Hugh Cornwell's autobiography draws on his unforgettable experiences,describing - in all its controversy - the story of his life.Hugh's career began long before The Stranglers,with his move to Sweden in 1974,where his life began to take a most bizarre path.There,he founded Johnny Sox,his prototype band,which he started with two American draft dodgers and two Swedes.These formative musical experiments are recounted here for the first time,together with Hugh's involvement with Kai Hansson,a notorious bank robber and the band's benefactor,who was Sweden's public enemy number one.Hugh returned to London just as punk was about to gatecrash the mainstream music party,and he describes both his own and The Stranglers' abrasive early years,through to their public acclaim.Throughout this time Hugh encountered a host of extraordinary people,including Malcolm McClaren, Joe Strummer, Debbie Harry and Hazel O'Connor and he recounts the outrageous times he lived through with them.Walking away from The Stranglers when they were at the height of their fame was a decision no one - including Hugh - expected.Only with hindsight did he realize why he had to leave and since then he hasn't looked back,continuing to forge his own career in music.Hugh Cornwell,the original guitarist, singer and main songwriter in The Stranglers, enjoyed massive success with ten hit albums and 21 top forty singles in the 13-year period that he was in the band.He has revelled in his musical freedom ever since he stepped off the stage at The Stranglers' sold-out Alexandra Palace gig in the summer of 1990 and announced that it was the last time he would be fronting the group. Hugh has subsequently released three studio albums,'Wired' (1993), 'Guilty'(1997),and 'hi-fi' (2001).His new album 'Beyond Elysian Fields' has been produced by Tony Visconti and is due to be released in the Autumn of this year (then 2004). Please contact seller,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stock(s') actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after the 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 US AIRMAIL to these destinations can now,in some cases,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. **

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