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dagi
Rocker: 41 posts
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Hi, I guess many of you will be aware of this forthcoming book by ex roadie Peter Hince. It's due for release early in October. The book looks interesting and at 288 pages will not be insubstantial. It promises not only to focus on Freddie, but also "on the more social bond I had with John..." See http://www.amazon.co.uk/Queen-Unseen-Peter-Hince/dp/1843587483/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1316111326&sr=8-1 http://www.peterhince.co.uk/Queen/book.html
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OneTrackMind
Rocker: 28 posts
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I think this could be good. Hince always seemed like a pretty decent bloke, from what I've seen and read at least. In other words, I think he'll be truthful about the happenings around the band and not exaggerate or flat out lie for shock value, which is always the worry with these kind of books. Quoted from his website : "My literary agent has shown the manuscript to major international publishers and the response is good, but because it is not a tabloid style, sleazy, reveal-all book...." Thank Christ for that.
The Earth will shake, in two will break, and Death all around will be your dowry.
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Sebastian
Deity: 6530 posts
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Who would have thought that a book about musicians would focus on music instead of their personal lives?
John hated Hot Space. Fred's favourite singer was not Paul Rodgers. Roger didn't compose 'Innuendo.' Witness testimonies are often inaccurate. Wales is not in England. 'Bo Rhap' hasn't got 180 voices.
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MercurialFreddie
old fashioned dandy
Bohemian: 861 posts
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What beer is Freddie holding on the cover of the book ?
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brENsKi
How shall we f**k off, Oh Lord
Deity: 8088 posts
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lager :-)
go deo na hÉireann
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Planetgurl
Bohemian: 218 posts
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Wow. Just finished reading Peter's new book and I am blown away: it is wonderful and I couldn’t put it down. The humour in it had me laughing out loud – very funny. Especially tales involving boredom, pyrotechnics and soft toys given to the band as presents and commandeered by the crew.... Everything in it, information-wise, was new and fresh – so interesting. I think out of all the books on the band I’ve read (practically all), this is the very best. By a mile.
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brians wig
Deity: 2347 posts
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One of the joys of the old fan club website, were Peter's "memoirs" that were published there. I'm STILL waiting for mine to arrive, but I hope the contents are in the same vein :)
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people on streets
Royalty: 1356 posts
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Hmmm I've paid 17,99 for mine. But at least it's signed by the author :-)
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A Word In Your Ear
Royalty: 1799 posts
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Mine came today, Had a quick flick through it, will read it later. One thing though, since Ratty took a camara with him on most of the tours that he did, thought he could have put more "Unseen" photo's in the book.
Joyful the sound
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Sebastian
Deity: 6530 posts
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>>> One of the joys of the old fan club website, were Peter's "memoirs" that were published there. Those were Crystal's, mate.
John hated Hot Space. Fred's favourite singer was not Paul Rodgers. Roger didn't compose 'Innuendo.' Witness testimonies are often inaccurate. Wales is not in England. 'Bo Rhap' hasn't got 180 voices.
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brians wig
Deity: 2347 posts
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Sebastian wrote: >>> One of the joys of the old fan club website, were Peter's "memoirs" that were published there. Those were Crystal's, mate. ========================================== Indeed they were! Whoops! :)
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Rien
Deity: 2204 posts
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Reading the book Queen Unseen now. I love it.
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pietrek
Bohemian: 109 posts
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Hey people, is there a photo of early The Works cassette trackilst with Man On Fire, Man Made paradise etc. ??
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CosmosTales
Bohemian: 106 posts
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By the way if you had to choose one Queen book what would be?
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Dane
No strings attached!
Bohemian: 694 posts
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I've started to read it a couple of days ago. Great stuff! Very imaginitive! It's like being on the road with the boys.
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plumrach
Bohemian: 716 posts
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I have got this book now and having read it, its very informative mainly about the roadies but some good stuff about queen and whats also good about it is that its not scandolous in the way other books have been Peter Hince seems to be a generally all round nice guy
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Pim Derks
Deity: 4301 posts
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I've got the book too and almost finished reading it. Don't really know what to think of it - it's a bit too 'insidery' for me. Constantly reminds me of Phoebe's book. Phoebe's book had tons of 'We were not amused' - and Ratty's book is written in a (to me) similar style.
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xmaurox79
Be Gentle, I'm a newbie: 3 posts
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Does anyone have it on pdf format to share it here?
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BETA215
Mom BETA will take care of you
Deity: 2519 posts
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xmaurox79 wrote: Does anyone have it on pdf format to share it here? Buy it for Kindle, download it via the Kindle PC program, and convert it to PDF. It's quite simple and legal.
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cmsdrums
Deity: 3160 posts
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Sorry, I had to chuckle at your 'it's legal' comment, bearing in mind the link in your footer! :-)
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