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Bradford Noise - the books
Bradford's Noise Of The Valleys Volume 1 (1967 - 1987)
A History of the Bradford music scene. Bradford's Noise Of The Valleys is a trawl through local music history between the years of 1976 and 1987.
Originally published in 2009, this revised, updated and expanded 2025 edition has over 60 additional pages. Artist profiles have been brought up to date with new details and additionalal images. It contains over a hundred and thirty 'rock family trees' naming more than five thousand local musicians and over a thousand bands, ranging from The Cresters to Smokie to New Model Army.
The book has profiles of over a hundred bands and artists and over sixty local clubs and venues. Every page is packed with photos, articles, posters and images from the period. 352 A4 size pages!
Also available to order is the accompanying four CD set with more than four hours of music from over eighty of the local artists featured in this book.
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‘...this work of breathtaking scholarship. Books like this send you spiraling back through the landscapes of your memory...’ Ian Clayton
How to buy Bradford’s Noise Of The Valleys Volume 1: 1967-1987
Bradford's Noise of the Valleys Volume One is available for £24.99 from all good book stores.
You can also buy the book from Amazon or from this site using the links below.
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Bradford's Noise Of The Valleys Volume One - £24.99
Purchasers of the book should also be interested in Bradford's Noise Of The Valleys - The Music 1967-1987 - a 4 CD set containing over four hours of music from the bands featured in the book. Containing more than 80 tracks, this essential audio companion CD set is also available from our shop.
Bradford's Noise Of The Valleys Volume 2 (1988 - 1998)
Bradford’s Noise Of The Valleys Volume Two is an in depth study of local music history between the years 1988 and 1998.
It contains over a hundred ‘rock family trees’ naming more than five thousand local musicians and over a thousand bands, ranging from Zed to Tasmin Archer to Terrorvision. Originaly published in 2013, Volume 2 is now available in a revised, updated and expanded edition, with extra pages, profiles and images. A4, 312 pages.
It features 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 period and covers 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.
Released as a companion to this book is a 6 CD box set, The Music 1988-1998, containing more than eight hours of music from over a hundred of the local artists featured in this book.
‘...it’s this city’s infinite diversity and variety that keeps me interested and shows the full effect of the region’s endless talent potential...’ Tim Walker, Voltage
How to buy Volume 2
Bradford's Noise Of The Valleys Volume 2 is available for £19.99 from all good book stores.
You can also buy the book from Amazon or from this site using the links below.
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Bradford's Noise Of The Valleys Volume 2 - £19.99​
Purchasers of the book can send off for the equally fabulous Bradford's Noise Of The Valleys - The Music 1988-1998 - a 6 CD set containing over five hours of music from the bands featured in Volume 2! Containing over 100 tracks, this essential audio companion CD set is available from our shop.
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Bradford's Noise Of The Valleys Volume 3 Part 1 (1999 - 2003)
Bradford’s Noise Of The Valleys Volume 3.1 continues the story of the Bradford music scene into the 21st Century! Bands starting out as the new millennium began are profile, alongside the continuing adventures of long-running bands like New Model Army and Skeletal Family.
Split into two parts (Part 2 - 2004-09 is due for publication in 2026), Volume 3 follows the major players and minor legends through the first decade of the 21st Century. Timelines of bands from that era are brought up to the date of publication (2025) in most cases, with focus on notable events and artists.
A4 size coffee (or Yorkshire tea!) table type book, 206 pages.
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'Extraordinary and encyclopedic, this unique project now reaches its third volume. There can be no other city that has had its musical history recorded in quite such microscopic detail.' Nick Toczek
How to buy Volume 3.1
Bradford's Noise Of The Valleys Volume 3.1 is available for £14.99 from all good book stores.
You can also buy the book from Amazon or from this site using the links below.
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Bradford's Noise Of The Valleys Volume 3.1 - £14.99​
Released as a companion to this book are three CDs - a stand-alone Folk/Blues/World Music disc and a double pack featuring Indie/Alternate and Rock/Metal. These essential audio companion CDs are available from our shop.
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