Now with a closer look at the book there's yet something I have to criticise - why some pics are featured twice or even three times is quite beyond me. Apart from that, the sheer mass of photographs is truly amazing. And there's actually the odd one out where John "Grumpy" McVie even raises a hint of a smile!
But while some pics are inexplicably shown repeatedly, there are others that can only be seen in the small b&w contact sheets "bookending" the 160 pages. Just one example: There are some photographs of J.T. Brown and Jeremy Spencer shaking hands on that historical meeting - and not one of those is featured in the book! Now that's what I call a glaring omission. And there are more . . . that's a pity!
Nevertheless - all in all - it's a great book. . . hardcover, dust jacket, good paper and a topic I never dreamed of to be presented with in a book at all (let alone that extensively). There's the odd interviewee / contributor where I can hardly see something like competence. But forget it - I can't help loving it!
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