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    Posted: July 01 2005 at 09:57

This does not mean that Borderline books is back in business. Has anybody news from these guys yet? Dag-Erik Asbjornssen has not been answering mails lately!

for all of you not familiar with those books: Vernon Joynson and Dag-Erik Asbjornssen have been writing books by countries about pro bands from mid 60's until mid-70's. Both authors are almost exhaustive - especially Joynson.

Tapestry Of Delights -Vernon Joynson - British rock-pop in General incl Ireland and almost every single ever published is in. But very interesting for progheads and very exhaustive> Stops dead on at 76, though!!      5

Fuzz Acid and Dreams - Vernon Joynson - Same by same but for US . Stays more selective (no obviously hugein order groups) to keep the book in one volume. As you might guess , less interesting for progheads since most full-blown prog groups came to be after those years concerned by the book. Invaluable for psych fans> Stops dead on 75  - has been reprinted and the addendum of the first edition is now included in the main text.    3,5

Cosmic Dreams At Play - Dag-Erik Asbjornssen - at last news from D-E A, he was rewriting this book. It has an equivalent called Crack In The Cosmic Egg published by Ultima Thule. Both offer almost complete German rock scene. Can go up for selected groups to the 80's. I find Asbjornssen's good tastes almost absolutely indiscutable and the utmost trustworthy, even if the book is a little dated by design side>    5

Scented Gardens For The Mind - Dag-Erik Asbjornssen  - same as above but for all Continental Europe, except Austria and Switzerland (badly covered in the Cosmic Dreams book but may be the reason for the re-writing of that particular book) including old eastern block countries and 60-70's illegal groups and discographies - very impressive . He can list albums up to the 90's for selected groups. A major must for progheads even if O and ZW are omitted and there are a few gaps or groups omitted >   5

Dreams , Fantasies and Nightmares - Vernon Joynson - same as Tapestry or Fuzz Acid but for Canada , Australia , New Zealand and Latin America. Stops dead on 75-6 > Rather less interesting for progheads as the major prog oeuvre for these countries are mostly from years not covered by the book. For psych fans , this is invaluable, though>    3

 



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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 04 2005 at 03:18
Apparently no-one interested.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 04 2005 at 13:57
Very interested, but it isn't new to me, anyway a great source of informations, together with Progarchives, of course...
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 20 2005 at 09:46

"At the request of Vernon Joynson , Borderlines Books have been taken off line" says the link as of today!!!!

Thanks Vernon!

I suppose Soybomb got threatened with lawsuits if they did not.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 20 2005 at 12:25
Originally posted by Sean Trane Sean Trane wrote:

"At the request of Vernon Joynson , Borderlines Books have been taken off line" says the link as of today!!!!


Thanks Vernon!


I suppose Soybomb got threatened with lawsuits if they did not.



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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 16 2006 at 11:42

Can anyone of the admin team place this modified thread in the book and misc forum?

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 26 2006 at 14:34
My very wonderful other half (yes she is in the same troom as me right now) bought me Scented Gardens For The Mind for Xmas a couple of years ago - I'm hoping for reprints of Cosmic Dreams and Tapestry of Delights to go with it. Exhaustive works, and it's fun spotting the occasional errors or omissions.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 06 2006 at 04:34
Originally posted by Syzygy Syzygy wrote:

My very wonderful other half (yes she is in the same troom as me right now) bought me Scented Gardens For The Mind for Xmas a couple of years ago - I'm hoping for reprints of Cosmic Dreams and Tapestry of Delights to go with it. Exhaustive works, and it's fun spotting the occasional errors or omissions.
 
 
Cosmic Dreams is being rewritten by Asbjornssen, but no news recently
 
Tapestry of Delights has now been completely refurbished, and the new version is 100 pages long  >>> on sale now
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 13 2006 at 08:10
Thanks for the heads-up, Hughes.

BTW, it is nearly 1000 pages, not 100.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 15 2006 at 16:58
Originally posted by Fitzcarraldo Fitzcarraldo wrote:

Thanks for the heads-up, Hughes.

BTW, it is nearly 1000 pages, not 100.


 
 
 
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acualy 1200 pages long
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 18 2006 at 07:29
Yes, excellent books.

For your information, "Cosmic Dreams" exists as a web
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    http://tmachine.chat.ru/germ/progrtop.htm

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 18 2006 at 09:23
Okay I'm sold - just ordered Tapestry Of Delight from Amazon for 23 quid, bundled up with the book Miles Beyond.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 18 2006 at 11:03
Originally posted by Dick Heath Dick Heath wrote:

Okay I'm sold - just ordered Tapestry Of Delight from Amazon for 23 quid, bundled up with the book Miles Beyond.
 
please let me know if TOD is that much better that it needs the new edition. Knowing that I have the third edition with the addendum in the back.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 20 2007 at 05:57
Does anyone know where to get these books at a half decent price?, I really really want that scented gardens of the mind book and it goes for outrageous prices like 350 pounds or 500 US dollars.
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