Leroy, Aymeric – Legends In Their Own Lunchtime : An Exploration of the Canterbury Scene : 648 page hardbound book (not for sale outside of the USA)

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This is a pre-order of the noted Canterbury historian Aymeric Leroy’s fabulous and insightful in-depth history, finally available in English.
PLEASE DO NOT COMBINE YOUR PREORDER WITH YOUR REGULAR STOCK ORDER. PLACE YOUR PREORDER SEPARATELY.
DO NOT ORDER IF YOU ARE OUTSIDE OF THE USA; distribution outside of the USA is coming soon.

The book is large and heavy and is costing us a fortune to manufacture and we do not have a fortune, so we are asking interested readers and our friends and fans to help us to be able to release this by paying for their copy in advance.

We are not a book publisher, we are a record label. We looked into getting retail distribution (shops, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, etc) and it was impractical. This means that this book will only be available from us in the USA. The book is currently scheduled to ship to you by the middle of May, 2026. Thank you for helping to make this book a reality.



FINALLY – an English translation of Aymeric’s IN DEPTH HISTORY of the Canterbury School of progressive rock - over 600 pages.
The author founded Calyx, a website devoted to the Canterbury Scene, in 1996, and has written liner notes for many archival releases. In his native France, he has so far published five books on progressive rock, Pink Floyd, King Crimson and Yes, and this, his fourth, is the product of 15 years of research and interviews with many of the scene’s protagonists.

"This book looks back on the golden years of the music scene that emerged out of Canterbury, Kent, England in the late 1960s, spearheaded by Soft Machine and Caravan and their various offshoots and relations, including Daevid Allen, Gong, Kevin Ayers and the Whole World, Matching Mole, Hatfield and the North and National Health, Elton Dean, Arzachel, Egg, Khan, Gilgamesh and more.
Musically at the meeting point between pop, progressive rock, electric jazz and modern classical, it brought together musicians from very diverse backgrounds, who together produced a unique musical blend of complexity and melody, perfectionism and British humour, carefully structured compositions and forays into joyous anarchy."

  • Book PublisherCuneiform
  • ISBN:9798993722306‬
  • UPC‭9798993722306‬
Your Price $75.00
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