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PRE-ORDER VOLUME 3 PART 1 AND NEW EDITIONS!
Bradford's Noise Of The Valleys

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REVISED UPDATED AND EXPANDED EDITIONS!

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Bradford's Noise Of The Valleys is a series of books and CDs that tell the story of music scene of Bradford and the surrounding areas, including Keighley and Halifax, from the 1960s onwards.

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The books contain hundreds of 'rock family trees' naming thousands of local musicians and bands, covering a whole range of musical styles.

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They feature individual profiles of hundreds of bands and artists and many local clubs and venues. Every page is packed with photos, articles, posters and images from the periods and cover a massive range of musical styles from pop and rock to folk and blues to indie and punk to hardcore and doom metal to the dance scene.

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Volume 1 has over 70 new pages and is packed with new images, profiles, and band trees. Volume 2 has over 20 new music pages. Both books follow bands up to 2025, if they lasted that long! Volume 3.1 introduces new bands from 1999-2003 and follows new adventures earlier bands!

 

Volume 1 covers the years 1967 to 1987, Volume 2 continues the history between 1988 and 1998. Volume 3 Part 1 covers bands new and old who were active on the Bradford music scene between 1999-2003 and carries their stories on up to 2025. The Folk/Blues/World Music chapter covers 1999-2009. Volume 3 Part 2 will go into detail of the years 2004-2009 and follow those bands up to date.​

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There are three new CDs to accompany Volume 3.1: A stand-alone Folk/World Music CD featuring the likes of Claire Teal, Sex Patels, Creation Roots and Captain Hotknives, and a Indie/Alternative/Rock/Metal double pack featuring tracks from New Model Army, Embrace, Kaiser Chiefs, Skeletal Family Exoterik, Laika Dog, Khang and many more.

Books about music are nothing without the context of the music itself. With the three new CDs there are now 22 CDs compiling Bradford bands and artists. Some well known names nestle amongst little remembered bands who produced some killer tunes in their day. The wealth of talent across all genres of music has to be heard to be believed, and you should listen!

 

The first four CDs are packaged in the CD set The Music 1967-87, CD five is entitled The Missing Music and collects some of the tracks that were not found in time to be released with the first book. It’s the same story with CD 6, The Missing Music 2 1972-1987. The Missing Music 3 and 4 double CD compilation, which showcases music not featured on the previous CDs and covers the whole period of both books. Missing Music 3/4 was released as a double CD set in May 2014 and is available from Amazon, and our usual outlets.

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CDs 7-12 are comprised as the 6 CD box set, The Music 1988-1998, which was released alongside Bradford’s Noise Of The Valleys Volume 2 1988-1998, in November 2013.

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The Missing Music 6 was released in November 2019, The Missing Music 7 and the first of our Leeds Noise Of The Valleys CDs were released in June 2023.

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The latest additions to the Bradford Noise CD collection are The Missing Music 8 and Leeds Noise Of The Valleys CD2, released in March 2024.

Check out the fabulous CD collection, all available at special website only prices!

This site accepts payment by PayPal only and items will be posted out within a couple of days.

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Available for live appearances, talks, quizes and etc...

Authors Gary Cavanagh and Matt Webster have also made several appearances at venues including pubs, clubs, libraries and festivals giving a talk peppered with audio clips of various bands and acts covered in the books and are available to do a talk tailored to a particular era or genre. 

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There was even a Bradford's Noise Of The Valleys Local Music Pub Quiz, to great acclaim!

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