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London, United Kingdom. Distribution. Worldwide. Publication types. Books. Official website. omnibuspress .com. Omnibus Press is a publisher of music-related books. [1] It publishes around 30 [2] new titles a year to add to a backlist of over 300 titles currently in print.
Book by book, year by year, the ultimate literary trip through Bowie’s greatest decade. Darkness looms in 1974. It could be the winter energy crisis. It could be The Exorcist. Or it could be the shock that Britain’s biggest pop star, David Bowie, is about to leave its shores for good. Simon Goddard’s electric ride through Bowie’s ...
Omnibus Press arrived in 1972 as an independent music publisher dedicated to music literature. Our name refers less to old buses and more to the Latin meaning 'for all'. We share stories from all kinds of music, from the headline stage to the street corner. Download our 2024 catalogue here:
Omnibus Press; Passantino Manuscript Papers; Première Music Group Éditions Alphonse Leduc; Éditions Choudens; Éditions Bleu Blanc Rouge, founded by Jean Kluger; Éditions Musicales Transatlantiques, acquired in 2009 by Music Sales Group; Rhinegold Education, a division acquired from Rhinegold Publishing by Music Sales Group in 2010
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Larkin believed that rock music and popular music were at least as significant historically as classical music, and as such, should be given definitive treatment and properly documented. The Encyclopedia of Popular Music is the result.In 1989, Larkin sold his half of the publishing company Scorpion Books to finance his ambition to publish an encycl...
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music covers popular music from the early 1900s, including folk, blues, country, R&B, jazz, rock, heavy metal, reggae, electronic music and hip hop. Guinness Publishing, Virgin Publishing and Omnibus Press have produced the spin-offs on each subject and Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums is produced as a companion volume....
Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (1st Edition, 4 Vols), Guinness Publishing1992, ed. Larkin Colin.Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (2nd Edition, 6 Vols), Guinness Publishing 1995 (UK), ed. Larkin, Colin.The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (3rd Edition, 8 Vols), Macmillan (UK/USA) 1999, ed. Larkin, Colin.The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th Edition, 10 Vols), Oxford University Press(UK/USA) 2006, ed. Larkin, Colin.Guinness Who's Who
1. Larkin, Colin (ed.), Guinness Who's Who of Jazz, Guinness Publishing (UK), 1992. 2. Larkin, Colin (ed.), Guinness Who's Who of Sixties Music, Guinness Publishing (UK), 1992. 3. Larkin, Colin (ed.), Guinness Who's Who of Indie And New Wave Music, Guinness Publishing (UK), 1992. 4. Larkin, Colin (ed.), Guinness Who's Who of Heavy Metal, Guinness Publishing (UK), 1992. 5. Larkin, Colin (ed.), Guinness Who's Who of Seventies Music, Guinness Publishing (UK), 1993. 6. Larkin, Colin (ed.),Guinnes...
The Virgin Encyclopedia
1. Larkin, Colin (ed.), The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music, Concise Edition, Virgin Books (UK), 1997. 2. Larkin, Colin (ed.), The Virgin Encyclopedia of Seventies Music, Virgin Books (UK), 1997. 3. Larkin, Colin (ed.), The Virgin Encyclopedia of Sixties Music,Virgin Books (UK), 1997. 4. Larkin, Colin (ed.), The Virgin Encyclopedia of Eighties Music, Virgin Books (UK), 1997. 5. Larkin, Colin (ed.), The Virgin Encyclopedia of Fifties Music, Virgin Books (UK), 1998. 6. Larkin, Colin (ed.),...
All-Time Top 1000 Albums
1. Larkin, Colin, All Time Top 1000 Albums, Guinness Publishing (UK), 1994. 2. Larkin, Colin, The Virgin All-Time Top 1000 Albums(2nd Edition), Virgin Books (UK), 1998. 3. Larkin, Colin, The Virgin All-Time Top 1000 Albums(Pocket Edition), Virgin Books (UK), 1999. 4. Larkin, Colin, All-Time Top 1000 Albums(3rd Edition), Virgin Books (UK), 2000.
Chris Charlesworth is a British-based music journalist and author; and, between 1983 and 2016, managing editor of Omnibus Press. He is particularly noted for his work about, and with, The Who, for whom he has worked as an executive producer.
Omnibus Press publishes a range of books about music and musicians including biographies, autobiographies and illustrated titles.
