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Steve Mason
The long awaited autobiography from the musical maverick, polymath and Beta Band front man.
Steve Mason is a Scottish singer songwriter and founding member of the Beta Band. Formed in 1996 the band were quickly embraced in the media as The Next Big Thing and hailed by famous fans from Radiohead to Noel Gallagher. They were an idiosyncratic, self-contained, Dadaist counterpoint to the bloated Britpop corpse as it metastasized in the late ‘90s.
Since the bands split in 2004, front man and songwriter Steve Mason has forged a singular, highly lauded solo career, releasing 5 albums under his own name and in April this year the Beta Band reformed to announce their first shows and the UK and U.S in over twenty years.
“I see this book as a picture of someone who was lost, with zero confidence and had no idea what he was supposed to do to with his life. But through music, he found something approaching belief in himself which carried him over the next 30 years into all manner of success, failure and adventure. All the while battling the demons on constant patrol in his mind until, after they nearly finished him off, he focused his full attention on purging them from of aspect of his life. It’s a story of youth culture, failure, success, sadness and redemption” Steve Mason, Brighton, August 2025
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Best $35 I've spent in a while. Not a particularly hard puzzle (completed in under 2 hours) but what it lacks in challenge it makes up for in cute. Loved that it wasn't a traditional jigsaw shape.
Love it!
I bought this for my husband for Father’s Day . He loves it! It was carefully packaged and wrapped . 5+ stars
The service from these guys is exemplary, and I was happy to score a bundle of albums on sale. I shouldn't be surprised to find that these reissues and remasters and anniversary editions sound absolutely woeful, however. The Wall - lifeless and underwhelming. Rumours - flat, muffled, lacking in dynamics and sparkle. Air - Safari, Nirvana - In Utero... and plenty more. All sonically disappointing, even streaming beats these versions. The only highlight was Cigarettes After Sex - one of the best things I've had the pleasure to wrap my earholes around in half a century. The takeaway? Don't blow your wedge on easy to buy represses, take the time to hunt out the real deal on Discogs or wherever.
best album i have listened to in a long time. absolutely LOVE the pink record too.