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TheOn Recordseries presents rare archival images and insightful interviews by long-time popular-music journalist and radio personality G. Brown. ""I've had the good fortune of doing many interviews with G. Brown. He has created a wonderfully interesting retrospective about popular music culture as vinyl morphed into multiple formats. I am honored to be part of G'sOn Recordbook series, which is both a compelling read and a joy to look at."" Kenny Loggins, Grammy-winning singer-songwriter and performer On Record Vol. 8 1986of the comprehensiveOn Recordseries captures the British synth-pop duos (Pet Shop Boys) and bombastic hard-rock acts (Europe's ""The Final Countdown) making an impression on the charts, the sexiness of Madonna and Berlin, the seminal videos (Peter Gabriel's ""Sledgehammer,"" Paul Simon's ""You Can Call Me Al""), as well as the year's greatest releases from pop, R&B, country and jazz stars. Interview-based profiles of more than 100 artists and bands include: HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS BRUCE HORNSBY & THE RANGE STEVE WINWOOD TINA TURNER THE PRETENDERS METALLICA DEPECHE MODE CROWDED HOUSE BILLY IDOL LYLE LOVETT R.E.M. BOB SEGER & THE SILVER BULLET BAND BEASTIE BOYS BILLY IDOL JOHN PRINE CYNDI LAUPER THE MOODY BLUES BON JOVI DURAN DURAN BANGLES About the Series: Colorado Music Experience founding director and author G. Brown covered popular music atThe Denver Postfor 26 years, interviewing more than 3,000 musicians, including Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen, Mick Jagger, and Kurt Cobain, all of whom recounted their escapades and reminisced about what their time on the charts meant to them personally and musically. Over the decades, G. also amassed an archive of close to 15,000 rare promotional photos. Each volume of theOn Recordseries presents nearly 200 archival images and 100 interviews with an array of performers, from the late Jerry Garcia and Dave Matthews to Bono and Santana. Beautifully crafted, these books belong in the library of every music fan and music institute. Proceeds from book sales benefit Colorado Music Experience, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.

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G. Brown has navigated the Rocky Mountain musical landscape for decades, both as a journalist and as a radio personality. He covered popular music at the Denver Post for 26 years, interviewing well over 2,500 musicians, from Paul McCartney and Bruce Springsteen to Bono and Kurt Cobain. Published in numerous national magazines, including Rolling Stone and National Lampoon, Brown also covered music news and hosted and programmed for a myriad of Denver-based radio stations. He is the author of four other books, including the award-winning Red Rocks: The Concert Years, Colorado Rock Chronicles, and Telluride Bluegrass Festival: The First Forty Years. And he is the founding director of Colorado Music Experience, a nonprofit cultural and educational organization established to preserve the legacies of Colorado music. G. currently lives in Colorado. FB: @colomusic.org

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