tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post1817819930347787005..comments2024-03-19T10:12:43.882+00:00Comments on Bookride: Moon the Loon, Max Beerbohm and Electric TibetBookridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05881971821359627382noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post-9584295339292733912010-10-05T02:11:58.937+00:002010-10-05T02:11:58.937+00:00A few years ago, in a suburban charity shop, I cam...A few years ago, in a suburban charity shop, I came across a slightly rancid copy of Pamela Des Barres' notorious 'I'm With The Band: Confessions of a Groupie'. Knowing it was, at that time, rather sought after, I sheepishly presented the lurid paperback to the prim and somewhat intimidating lady behind the till. The withering look she gave me - a balding, grey bearded sixty-something - as I handed over my<br />50p, was one I will long treasure. <br />As I will the £40 or so I subsequently sold the book for.....Steve Archernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post-83424707809638574572010-10-04T17:56:42.814+00:002010-10-04T17:56:42.814+00:00Another vintage item of impeccable pedigree is Jul...Another vintage item of impeccable pedigree is Julian Cope's 'Krautrocksampler'. Not many turn up on the market and when it does you won't get much change out of 80 quid.Paul Fitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07282730057845453074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post-82218818742715816482010-10-01T20:14:37.311+00:002010-10-01T20:14:37.311+00:00"Moon the Loon" has always been sought a..."Moon the Loon" has always been sought afteer over here, especially in the pre internet days.In my twelve years of working at the shop I managed that specialized in such books, we never had a copy, and trust me we looked; I had punters lined up around the block for it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post-42773422332133935232010-10-01T14:33:44.453+00:002010-10-01T14:33:44.453+00:00I'd love to read that book, even though Keith ...I'd love to read that book, even though Keith Moon died when the only records I owned were 7-inch "long-playing" Winnie the Pooh stories. Unfortunately I'd be leery of actually reading a 40-year-old paperback that I'd paid over $20 for.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post-9095796208252468662010-10-01T14:01:32.210+00:002010-10-01T14:01:32.210+00:00'She did not want it, not because it was £20 b...'She did not want it, not because it was £20 but because she had never heard of him or even his group The Who.'<br /><br />'Ah, the bower we shrined to Tennyson, gentlemen. . .Edwin Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05317173893948248954noreply@blogger.com