THE NOIZE by Ian Edmundson & Chris Selby. YOUR REVIEWS.

[admin]

Feel free to say what you think and rate the book, without fear of persecution or retribution....

[admin]

The book is dropping through your letterboxes now, so please have your say, if you own or have seen a copy.... All opinions welcome.

The authors will not be voting in the poll.

[SEUBY]

Super document of the recorded history that is slade. Will take a bit of reading lots of tit bits in the text.
If a book can get so much interest. Just think what a new cd or tour with the classic line up.

[SEUBY]

Pleased to see that i have lust about got the lot

[mds]

The Noize arrived last night (Amazon delivered on a Sunday evening!) and I quickly read the Slayed, WHTS and SAV2 sections and found them to be well written, researched and presented. Additionally, the unique observations I was hoping Ian and Chris would provide were very informative. I like the way each of the albums were analyzed on a song by song basis with insightful comments on musicianship and composition. Well done gentlemen, The Noize definitely delivers the goods!

[banginman]

A full review will be on Amazon very soon.

[kelvinht]

Bl00dy Amazon. Book looks fab at a first glance.
Shame the box it arrived in (with some other books) was already partly ripped open....the back cover ended up being slightly bent. Not damaged enough to return, but still a bit grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Delivery feedback left, will feedback on the book when I've had a proper look

[Kev Read]

Got my buk and bizzy reading this fab new slade product

Kev read

[mugsybaker]

Still to fully read in it's entirety (there's a lot to get through), but I have to congratulate both you Ian, and Chris on a first rate book which gives us fans what we have wanted for years. A most definite ten out of ten. Well done guys, very professionally done.


My only gripe and it is a small one which has nothing to do with the authors, but with the printers is that several of the pages at the front of the book are slightly out of alignment, which makes the text look a bit pissed on the page. It may just be that as it was a early printed copy, it that slipped through the net before the printers could correct the problem. Anyone else noticed this in their copies?

[admin]

If it is misprinted, contact Amazon. It is a printing error on their part. They should replace it.

[GOYER]

My comment was not accepted by Amazon France, so I sent it to Amazon UK, here's what I had to publish: A Bible for all fans of the Slade group
 
This discography concerns all Slade records since 1964 to today, it was directed by 2 English fans, it is a bible of wealth for all fans, all record releases a year with photos and history for each title ! I highly recommend this book. And I received the same answer from Amazon UK I order the book in England and he refuses my comment.I do not understand.

[kelvinht]

Wonder if it's something automated and doesn't like the word bible as that could mean it's something religious so against their rules.
(I'm only guessing..as assume they can't manually read all feedback)

[PG]

I thought that
Maybe use THE BOOKEST

[admin]

My only gripe and it is a small one which has nothing to do with the authors, but with the printers is that several of the pages at the front of the book are slightly out of alignment, which makes the text look a bit pissed on the page. It may just be that as it was a early printed copy, it that slipped through the net before the printers could correct the problem. Anyone else noticed this in their copies?

The text on this page was paid out like this intentionally.

[mugsybaker]

It's got nothing to do with how you set it out Ian, more to do with how the paper was cut or the printer alignment.

For example your "The Steve Brett Releases" headline starts about 10mm down from the right top of the page. If you follow that line along to the left, it would be more like 5mm down from the top. I haven't counted how many pages are like this, but it is certainly over 30 or 40, maybe more.

[admin]

I have checked through the current pdf version (I have done a couple of typo corrections) and it's not like that in there. :/

[SEUBY]

What a great job you have both done. A dedicated effort. Hats off to you both.
Must say i am pissed off with any nit picking. Lets be honest little in life is perfect
Thank you both.

[PG]

Well said SEUBY
I love all about this book ..
The way you can travel trough the years and what I’ve realised by reading this is book is ,
I’m not alone
From about ‘75 to ‘81 I felt very alone as a Slade fan
Nobody at my school or even in my Town liked Slade they would all scoff or say they liked them but have moved on and I really didn’t understand that .
Slade were still putting out good stuff and this book reliterates that feeling I had as a teenage Slade fan .
It’s strange to think that I thought I was the only kid in the land that loved Slade as much as I did and still do ..
But this book smashes that and ties in with those years in the wilderness, I wasn’t alone just out on a limb keeping the Slade fires burning in my area
Thankyou Guys really love the book
10/10 for me

[Poukhill]

The Noize arrived yesterday: I must say: FANTASTIC!
Thanx Ian & Cris

10 out of 10

[admin]

Cheers folks.

[bullit27]

Ordered the paperback on Amazon Germany coz the dutch Amazon just gave a link to the e book version, now hope I can participate soon with my review

[Kev Read]

at present I'm just flicking through this fantastic slade book great photos great info on the record of the particular year plus great tit bits of what the band were doing as well,also ian and chris thanx for the great work around the 77-80 period as that's my fav era with slade all I can say its brilliant thank you and chris for your superb project the slade bible of discography ( hallelujah )

kev read

[admin]

[admin]

Must say i am pissed off with any nit picking.

I do want to hear what people say about the book - what they are happy with and what they think is wrong. It is possible to update it.

The copies I ordered for friends recently do not have the spaces at the top of the pages. That was an amazon printing error.

[admin]

Don Powell has had his copy of the book.

[mds]

Don Powell has had his copy of the book.

[stevemstyles73]

Sorry for not posting in a while but received my copy of the book and of course it didn’t disappoint
Massive thank you to Ian and Chris a great read and in sight
Sorry for only giving 9 out of 10 that’s onlt because of the type error about Eastnor castle being named in Leicestershire and not Herefordshire

[admin]

Eeek. I will correct that now for all future copies.

[Hardrock73]

the book was delivered on Saturday February 9th @ 2pm, I read as far as 1980 and completed the rest on Sunday 10th ! A labour of love by Ian and Chris, one query I have is that "Noize" went in at #1 on 27th February 1973, I still have my ticket from Manchester Hardrock it was a Tuesday as DLT did the chart run down at lunchtime. Nod said " we had a bit of news today" they played Noize 5th song in......
Good to see Jim's answer to one of my questions about Slade in USA post RRA success/his unfortunate illness, still not convinced the band would have returned to promote the album/Rogue's Gallery.
Twas an enjoyable read and well done to all concerned [a Slade novel next ? ]

[admin]

The noize #1... They knew the single was #1 that day as their advance sales figures outstripped the rest of the singles in the charts and were confident to announce it.