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Had a chinwag with @brianmayforreal about one of @officialqueenmusic’s greatest live shows for the new @classicrockmag. Out now #queen #brianmay #rogertaylor #freddiemercury #johndeaconqueen by @markrblake

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OUT TODAY in Paperback

‘Pink Floyd Shine On: The Definitive Oral History’ by @markrblake

A Mojo Book of the Year

“If oral histories are generally more about sculpting than writing then this is the Michelangelo’s David of the genre ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️” @recordcollectormag

“Mark Blake has done it again - another essential Pink Floyd book” Brain Damage

“I love this book. It’s like watching a great documentary in your head” @mrleeharris Nick Masons Saucerful of Secrets

“The whole brilliant, sorry saga rendered through an echo chamber of voices…a compelling retelling of the story ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️” @mojo4music

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Essential Autumnal paperbacks from New Modern

PINK FLOYD SHINE ON: THE DEFINITIVE ORAL HISTORY’ by MARK BLAKE
OUT 08-10-26

A Mojo Book of the Year

‘Bitchily entertaining’
Irish Independent

‘A rigorous and exhaustive account of one of the biggest bands of all time….Michelangelo’s David of the genre’
Record Collector

‘A compelling retelling of the story’
Mojo

RINGO: A FAB LIFE by TOM DOYLE
OUT NOW!

A Mojo Book of the Year

‘A must for any discerning Fab shelf’
Record Collector

‘The definitive biography’
i-Paper

‘Engrossing, affectionate and well researched’
Big Issue

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Essential Autumnal paperbacks from New Modern

RINGO: A FAB LIFE by TOM DOYLE
OUT NOW!

A Mojo Book of the Year

‘A must for any discerning Fab shelf’
Record Collector

‘The definitive biography’
i-Paper

‘Engrossing, affectionate and well researched’
Big Issue

PINK FLOYD SHINE ON: THE DEFINITIVE ORAL HISTORY’ by MARK BLAKE
OUT 08-10-26

A Mojo Book of the Year

‘Bitchily entertaining’
Irish Independent

‘A rigorous and exhaustive account of one of the biggest bands of all time….Michelangelo’s David of the genre’
Record Collector

‘A compelling retelling of the story’
Mojo

@tom__doyle__
@markrblake
@mojo4music
@booksbeatles
@neptunepinkfloyd by @markrblake

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My @pinkfloyd paperback is incoming - and there’s a deal on at @waterstones #pinkfloyd #waterstones #newmodern #classicrock by @markrblake

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I discussed post-war gothic literature, Thatcher’s economic policy and men in leather with @judaspriest @robhalfordlegacy in the new @classicrockmag #heavymetal #classicrock #leather by @markrblake

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3 months ago

That person you love? They’d much rather have a book this Easter.

The New Modern selection.
Tastier than chocolate

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@alexlarman by @markrblake

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@pinkfloyd’s Animals was released on this day in January 1977. You can read the story of the problematic cover shoot and the time Roger Waters almost spat on the floor of his hotel suite in front of me in my book, Pink Floyd: Shine On - The Definitive Oral History, available everywhere you buy books #Pinkfloyd #Animals #hipgnosis #hipgnosiscovers #pigs by @markrblake

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9 months ago

Thanks to @dawbellpr and @sonymusicuk for this early Christmas present. #pinkfloyd #davidgilmour #nickmason #rogerwaters #richardwright by @markrblake

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“I love this book. The narrative device that Mark Blake has employed works so well that it’s like watching a great documentary in your head.” — Lee Harris, guitarist Nick Mason’s Saucerful Of Secrets

“Bitchily entertaining” — Irish Independent

“Pink Floyd’s Wish You Were Here album has just had its 50th birthday, and if you want a candid insight into its creation – and everything else Floyd – then you can’t go wrong with Mark Blake’s new book, Pink Floyd Shine On.Stating a biography to be “definitive” tends to be a grand claim, but Shine On lives up to its subtitle” — Buzz Magazine

“A brisk account of the career of the beat curious Cambridge eccentrics who added whimsy, experimentation and theatrical excess to rock ‘n’ roll 8/10” — Uncut

“Mark Blake has done it again - another essential Pink Floyd book, full of new information, and a great companion to Pigs Might Fly” — Brain Damage, Pink Floyd News Resource

“Righteous and exhaustive account of one of the biggest bands of all time. If oral histories are generally more about sculpting than writing, then Pink Floyd Shine On is the Michelangelo’s David of the genre 5/5” — Record Collector

“The whole brilliant, sorry saga rendered through an echo-chamber of voices… the breadth of the interviews is impressive, the power struggles endless, and the anecdotes frequently telling 4/5” — Mojo

“Informative, funny, bitchy and sad. I love it” — David Quantick

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#shineonyoucrazydiamond

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@syd_barrettofficial by @markrblake

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10 months ago

Happy Christmas from New Modern x by @markrblake

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NEW MODERN CLASS OF 2025 by @markrblake

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