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The First Time: Stories & Songs from Music Icons

by Matt Everitt
Laurence King. Nov. 2018. 336p. illus. index. ISBN 9781786272980. $24.99. MUSIC
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Everitt (Where's My Welly? The World's Greatest Music Festival Challenge), host of the radio show The First Time With… on BBC Radio 6 Music, collects 40 of his favorite interviews with critically acclaimed musicians from the 1960s to the 2000s. Each inspiring entry contains a few pull quotes, a collage, and a playlist. The design is vibrant, with album covers lining each page. Subjects such as Pete Townshend, Yoko Ono, and Florence Welch answer questions on a variety of firsts: the first time they were aware of music as a kid, the first record they owned, first musical influences, first concerts, and first musical experiences. Artists also discuss early career memories and conclude by choosing one last song to play.
VERDICT A delight for browsers; put this eye-catching title on display and watch it fly off the shelves.—Lani Smith, Ohone Coll. Lib., Fremont, CA
Reviewed by Lani Smith , Nov 15, 2018
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