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<b>A stunning photographic presentation of the guitars that defined the distinctive sounds and style of Johnny Marr with personal reflections and insights from the legendary guitarist himself.</b><br/><br/> <i>'Guitars have been the obsession of my life ... they've been a mission and sometimes a lifeline' - Johnny Marr</i><br/><br/> The guitarist's guitarist, Johnny Marr redefined music for a generation. His ringing arpeggios and chordal innovations helped elevate The Smiths to be one of the most influential and important British bands of all time.<br/><br/> Tracing Marr's career from his teenage years to his recent work on the Bond soundtrack, <i>Marr's Guitars</i> showcases the most significant of Marr's superb collection of electric and acoustic guitars, revealing through them the evolution of his iconic sound and style of playing. Each guitar is identified with a crucial moment, a specific song or a particular sound, and each embodies a key aspect of Marr's lifelong passion.<br/><br/> Renowned photographer Pat Graham presents each instrument as a full portrait, supported by micro shots highlighting the specific details that make each one unique, while Johnny Marr himself reveals in his accompanying commentary on what tracks and at which shows the guitars were played. Many of the guitars are closely associated with Marr, such as the Rickenbacker 330, the Gibson ES-355 and the Johnny Marr Signature Fender Jaguar. Some were passed down to him, including Nile Rodgers' Stratocaster, Bryan Ferry's Roxy Music Hagstrom and Bert Jansch's Yamaha. Others are guitars once owned by Marr that have since been passed on to the next generation of guitar heroes, including the Stratocaster used by Noel Gallagher on 'Wonderwall' and the Gibson Les Paul Goldtop used on <i>In Rainbows</i> by Radiohead's Ed O'Brien.<br/><br/> Punctuating the photography of the guitars and the accompanying commentary are contextual studio, backstage and onstage shots. Together, they make <i>Marr's Guitars</i> a unique cultural history of modern music and guitar playing told through the prism of Johnny Marr's experiences and achievements.

A stunning photographic presentation of the guitars that defined the distinctive sounds and style of Johnny Marr with personal reflections and insights from the legendary guitarist himself.<br/><br/>"Guitars have been the obsession of my life . . . they've been a mission and sometimes a lifeline."--Johnny Marr The guitarist's guitarist, Johnny Marr redefined music for a generation. His ringing arpeggios and chordal innovations helped elevate The Smiths to be one of the most influential and important British bands of all time.<br/><br/>Tracing Marr's career from his teenage years to his recent work on the Bond soundtrack, Marr's Guitars showcases the most significant of Marr's superb collection of electric and acoustic guitars, revealing through them the evolution of his iconic sound and style of playing. Each guitar is identified with a crucial moment, a specific song, or a particular sound, and each embodies a key aspect of Marr's lifelong passion.<br/><br/>Renowned photographer Pat Graham presents each instrument as a full portrait, supported by micro shots highlighting the specific details that make each one unique, while Johnny Marr himself reveals in his accompanying commentary on what tracks and at which shows the guitars were played. Many of the guitars are closely associated with Marr, such as the Rickenbacker 330, the Gibson ES-355 and the Johnny Marr Signature Fender Jaguar. Some were passed down to him, including Nile Rodgers' Stratocaster, Bryan Ferry's Roxy Music Hagstrom and Bert Jansch's Yamaha. Others are guitars once owned by Marr that have since been passed on to the next generation of guitar heroes, including the Stratocaster used by Noel Gallagher on "Wonderwall" and the Gibson Les Paul Goldtop used on In Rainbows by Radiohead's Ed O'Brien.<br/><br/>Punctuating the photography of the guitars and the accompanying commentary are contextual studio, backstage, and onstage shots. Together, they make Marr's Guitars a unique cultural history of modern music and guitar playing told through the prism of Johnny Marr's experiences and achievements.

<b>A fully illustrated, enhanced and reformatted edition of Johnny Marr's acclaimed autobiography, <i>Set the Boy Free</i>, sumptuously re-imagined with additional archival photography and exclusive updates by Marr himself.</b><br/> <br/> A slick redesign integrating the classic text and photographs with expanded imagery from the archives of Angie Marr, this enhanced edition of Johnny Marr's bestselling autobiography is so much more than the story of the much-loved guitar wizard. It's the inside track of popular music over the last forty years, laid bare by a musical legend at the heart of it all and never far from the Top 10. A true collector's item, <i>Johnny Marr: Set the Boy Free</i> also includes a brand-new introduction by Marr and his previously unpublished, highly personal eulogy for Smiths bassist and school friend Andy Rourke.<br/> <br/> Published to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the original edition of <i>Set the Boy Free</i> and the 40th anniversary of the release of The Smiths' <i>The Queen Is Dead</i> - voted the greatest album of all time by NME - this illustrated anniversary edition includes swathes of never-before-published photography from this classic Smiths era, and comes at a time when Marr's stature as a musician, songwriter and household name confirms his position as a modern cultural icon.