I need your opinion - Stevie books

FMlex · #1 08-15-2009, 04:29 PM

Okay, so I've got Storms and Mick's book -- here are three more that I found on Stevie:

1. Read Between My Lines - Sandra Halliburton

2. Stevie Nicks: Rock's Mystical Lady - Edward Wincentsen

3. Lady of the Stars: Stevie Nicks - Edawrd Wincentsen

I'm just wondering if the content is accurate, interesting, etc. Even if they're not, would they still be a good thing to have in a Stevie collection?

Thanks for any input!

paleshadow · #2 08-15-2009, 04:51 PM

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Originally Posted by FMlex

Okay, so I've got Storms and Mick's book -- here are three more that I found on Stevie:

1. Read Between My Lines - Sandra Halliburton

2. Stevie Nicks: Rock's Mystical Lady - Edward Wincentsen

3. Lady of the Stars: Stevie Nicks - Edawrd Wincentsen

I'm just wondering if the content is accurate, interesting, etc. Even if they're not, would they still be a good thing to have in a Stevie collection?

Thanks for any input!

The Edward Wincentsen books are garbage! Not only are they factually inaccurate, they read like a seventh grade book report.

trackaghost · #3 08-15-2009, 04:54 PM

The Sandra Halliburton is absolutely dreadful, it's just a bunch of Stevie quotes she's taken from magazine articles over the years linked by her inept writing and insights. You'd do better reading the comprehensive Blue Letter archives of articles on this very site.
The Edward Wincentsen books are badly written too but at the very least they have lots of photos in them.

FMlex · #4 08-15-2009, 05:10 PM

Wow that totally bums me out. So basically just Storms and Mick's book as far as accurate and stuff?

Thanks for the honesty! I think I'll skip those for now...

trackaghost · #5 08-15-2009, 05:21 PM

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Originally Posted by FMlex

Wow that totally bums me out. So basically just Storms and Mick's book as far as accurate and stuff?

Thanks for the honesty! I think I'll skip those for now...

The Cath Caroll book on the making of Rumours is good too but it's less gossipy than the other two you mentioned.
There hasn't been a really good Stevie biography though, I think because she keeps those around her close and it's difficult to obtain interviews, and really, unless it's a first-hand account like Mick's or Carol Ann's, you need fresh interviews for a good biography. Cutting and pasting quotes like Sandra Halliburton or the Leah Furman Fleetwood Mac biography is just not good enough imo.
For a general biography of the band Bob Brunning's is one of the better ones, although there are inaccuracies in that too and you won't find much you don't already know in it.

FMlex · #6 08-15-2009, 05:28 PM

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Originally Posted by trackaghost

The Cath Caroll book on the making of Rumours is good too but it's less gossipy than the other two you mentioned.
There hasn't been a really good Stevie biography though, I think because she keeps those around her close and it's difficult to obtain interviews, and really, unless it's a first-hand account like Mick's or Carol Ann's, you need fresh interviews for a good biography. Cutting and pasting quotes like Sandra Halliburton or the Leah Furman Fleetwood Mac biography is just not good enough imo.
For a general biography of the band Bob Brunning's is one of the better ones, although there are inaccuracies in that too and you won't find much you don't already know in it.

^Agreed!

Thanks - I totally forgot about the Cath Caroll book. I'm getting that one for sure.

I've read 40 Years of Creative Chaos by Donald Brackett and I thought that was really good. It focuses more on the early FM, but it was still an enjoyable read. That was when I was a new fan still though so I'm not sure if it was 100% accurate.

goldustsongbird · #7 08-15-2009, 06:12 PM

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Originally Posted by FMlex

Wow that totally bums me out. So basically just Storms and Mick's book as far as accurate and stuff?

Thanks for the honesty! I think I'll skip those for now...

I don't think either books get points for accuracy.

FMlex · #8 08-15-2009, 06:23 PM

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I don't think either books get points for accuracy.

Of course you have to take Carol Ann's with a grain of salt. Obviously she wrote what she did to make money. While I think the baseline is true, I'm sure she fabricated as she went along to make it more interesting/controversial/what have you.

Honestly the best autobio I've read of a musician is Eric Clapton's. If he had a ghostwriter, I would have never known. I thought it was great.

Nikolaj · #9 08-15-2009, 06:52 PM

The Ed W book 'Lady of the Stars' is so awful- i bought it circa 1994 via mail-order and read it for about an hour and threw it away, it really is 'ugly' in every possible way. I heard his other book is just as bad. Tore it in half by the spine I believe, and dumped coffee grounds and wet cat food over it and quickly brought the trash out to the dumpster. Didn't want it in my house. And yes, the book looks like xeroxed pages bound together, as well as the content being- creepy. That's about all I remember.
Yuck.

FMlex · #10 08-15-2009, 06:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Nikolaj

The Ed W book 'Lady of the Stars' is so awful- i bought it circa 1994 via mail-order and read it for about an hour and threw it away, it really is 'ugly' in every possible way. I heard his other book is just as bad. Tore it in half by the spine I believe, and dumped coffee grounds and wet cat food over it and quickly brought the trash out to the dumpster. Didn't want it in my house. And yes, the book looks like xeroxed pages bound together, as well as the content being- creepy. That's about all I remember.
Yuck.

Wow, it must be awful then! Hahaha

Moz · #11 08-15-2009, 09:23 PM

Do you have both of Mick's books?

daniellaaarisen · #12 08-15-2009, 11:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Moz

Do you have both of Mick's books?

Mick has two books?!

Moz · #13 08-16-2009, 12:39 AM

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Originally Posted by daniellaaarisen

Mick has two books?!

Well, I have two. The first is "My Twenty-five Years in Fleetwood Mac," copyrighted 1992, 200 pages. It's hardcover, rather large, and has many photos, so it's more like a coffee table book. It comes with a cd that features "Don't Go, Please Stay" and "You Made a Hit", performed with Mick, John, Jeremy, and Danny. There is also a track narrated by Mick.

The second is titled "FLEETWOOD: My life and adventures in Fleetwood Mac," copyrighted 1990, 290 pages. It's just like any other paperback novel. It has a few pages of photos.

I got both from Amazon for a fairly cheap price. The hardcover is going for $7.92; the paperback for $9.97.

daniellaaarisen · #14 08-16-2009, 01:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Moz

Well, I have two. The first is "My Twenty-five Years in Fleetwood Mac," copyrighted 1992, 200 pages. It's hardcover, rather large, and has many photos, so it's more like a coffee table book.

Good photos? If so, I'd definitely be interested in that.

iamnotafraid · #15 08-16-2009, 01:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Moz

The first is "My Twenty-five Years in Fleetwood Mac," copyrighted 1992, 200 pages. It's hardcover, rather large, and has many photos, so it's more like a coffee table book. It comes with a cd that features "Don't Go, Please Stay" and "You Made a Hit", performed with Mick, John, Jeremy, and Danny. There is also a track narrated by Mick.

Me likey that book!
I remember going into a book store and finding
that, and I had no idea it was out. It made my
heart skip a beat.

What about the book "Everything You Always Wanted To Know About
Stevie Nicks"? (the title is close to that). Can anyone post photos from
that out-of-print book?