Chimps in Balaclavas Posted March 31, 2015 Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 Does anyone know of any decent ebooks about Glasto that I could buy/download & where to get them? I'm mainly looking for books on people's experience of the festival but anything else about the festival would be great too. Cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StoneCircle Posted March 31, 2015 Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 Does anyone know of any decent ebooks about Glasto that I could buy/download & where to get them? I'm mainly looking for books on people's experience of the festival but anything else about the festival would be great too. Cheers. Here are 3 by Rick Leach who I follow on Twitter, enjoy! http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0060YCKGW/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=14NTGIHFSJDIT&coliid=IQWHHIMZUEAZE http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00IBK2V6M/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=14NTGIHFSJDIT&coliid=I1EBEDAVJ58M0X http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00Q1UJACC/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=14NTGIHFSJDIT&coliid=I36REOBXBCIHCI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chimps in Balaclavas Posted March 31, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 Thank you StoneCircle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funkyfairy! Posted March 31, 2015 Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 Here are 3 by Rick Leach who I follow on Twitter, enjoy! http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0060YCKGW/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=14NTGIHFSJDIT&coliid=IQWHHIMZUEAZE http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00IBK2V6M/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=14NTGIHFSJDIT&coliid=I1EBEDAVJ58M0X http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00Q1UJACC/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=14NTGIHFSJDIT&coliid=I36REOBXBCIHCI They are all really good books to start with - I enjoyed all 3. There is another (I'll look it up tonight) by someone who must frequent these forums although I think the book was written as their 15 year old 'dream' of what happens at the festival as opposed to reality (although I could be wrong). I'll look up the name of it later on my kindle - but IMO it was dreadful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt2007 Posted March 31, 2015 Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 Glastonbury Festival Tales by John Shearlaw - History of the festival year by year until mid 00's, good book and well worth a look. John is head of press for the festival. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bexj Posted March 31, 2015 Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 Merrion Williams is the author. It's called Glastonbury! The adventures of a man nearing old age and his young daughter at the greatest festival on earth. A light read, but got a bit boring to be honest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grumpyhack Posted March 31, 2015 Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 Glastonbury Festival Tales by John Shearlaw - History of the festival year by year until mid 00's, good book and well worth a look. John is head of press for the festival. I've got Glastonbury - An oral history of the music mud and magic by Crispin Aubrey and John Shearlaw - published 2004. I don't know if that's the same or a different book - or whether one is a re-working of the other. But it's a good read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt2007 Posted April 1, 2015 Report Share Posted April 1, 2015 Same book..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chimps in Balaclavas Posted April 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2015 (edited) Nice 1 folks, I've read the first book by Rick Leach and I'm half way through the 2nd. Fantastic read, local lad too & I can't believe the similarities, especially what he did Saturday night when he left Muse to go see TPSB's then left them to go elsewhere. Coincidentally the same time as me AND he was stood roughly where I was stood for Muse! I'll give his other 1 a bash too then give the rest a go. Keep them coming if anyone knows of any more. Thanks. Edited April 6, 2015 by DAVA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bc2000 Posted April 15, 2015 Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 I've read the first Rick Leach one, I quite enjoyed it and found it one of the better Glastonbury diaries which are available. I also wrote one based on my experiences of the 2013 festival, it's in a diary style format of what I did over the whole festival. It was a lot of fun writing it and I will hopefully be following up with another one. If you did read it, I would appreciate any feedback you had on it! The link is below. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Glastonbury-Festival-Experience-Brendan-Casey-ebook/dp/B00KXGNM06 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoghurt on a Stick Posted April 15, 2015 Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 Apologies - not an e book, but it is a very nice photo book ( for anybody in to that kind of thing); http://www.amazon.co.uk/Glastonbury-Another-Stage-Venetia-Dearden/dp/3868280464/ref=sr_1_43?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1429135412&sr=1-43&keywords=glastonbury+festival Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glasto-worker Posted April 16, 2015 Report Share Posted April 16, 2015 (edited) Does anyone know of any decent ebooks about Glasto that I could buy/download & where to get them? I'm mainly looking for books on people's experience of the festival but anything else about the festival would be great too. Cheers. Glastonbury Festival Tales http://www.amazon.co.uk/Glastonbury-Festival-Tales-Crispin-Aubrey/dp/0091895995/ £2.29 {& FREE Delivery in the UK on orders over £10.00 } Used - Very Good 249 pages came out June 2004 { so details 1970 to 2003 } goes into the Production more than from a ticket holders view but as I know some of the people mentioned its interesting reading their take on events. well worth the money . Edited April 16, 2015 by glasto-worker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chimps in Balaclavas Posted April 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2015 Thanks, plenty to keep me busy I shall check them out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parsonjack Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 Another vote for Glastonbury Festival Tales as a great read you can dip in and out of....there are some bits in there that make me weep every time I read them.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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