Re: Dave Marsh book

[ckt@best.com (Chris Thomas)]

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>BUYERS BEWARE: The book is inaccurattely listed as "updated" in Goldmine
>magazine, and the record store that is the culprit here is "Rock Dreams" of
>Mercer, NJ. As I type this message, I'm on hold, waiting to speak to the mail
>order rep at Rock Dreams. UPDATE: I spoke to the store rep, and he offered to
>take the book back and exchange it for something else. I decided to keep the
>book because of the different cover, plus it's always good to have an extra
>mint-condition copy of a book that you love. For those on the list who don't
>have the book, "Before I Get Old" is the WHO Bible, and a great read. I'm just

This is a troll, obviously, but I can use it to point out that Richard Barnes
*has* updated *his* Who book, Maximum R&B, and it's supposed to be out now,
although it apparently hasn't shipped yet.

>disappointed that the new printing is JUST a new printing, and not an updated
>version. I sure do hope that Marsh updates the book rather soon; 12 years have
>passed since its original publishing date, and the twists and turns their
>careers have taken since (both good and not-so-good) deserve to be properly
>documented.

Not to mention about 1400 pages of wasted paper to be removed!

Chris