(Oversized, primarily pictorial review of the "New Music" ...)
Oversized, primarily pictorial review of the "New Music" of the 1980s: Includes The Clash, Blondie, Sex Pistols, Elvis Costello, The Cars, Squeeze & many more-including some "golden oldies" too. First published in England. In 1983 this book was reprinted as The New Rock 'n' Roll.
https://www.amazon.com/New-Music-Rh-Value-Publishing/dp/0517545047/?tag=2022091-20
1981
https://www.amazon.com/Beatles-Down-Under-Australia-Zealand/dp/0909331448/?tag=2022091-20
1983
(Glenn Baker traces the Monkees' meteoric rise to fame, th...)
Glenn Baker traces the Monkees' meteoric rise to fame, the adulation and hostility they faced at the top of pop's ladder, and their sudden decline. Illustrated with over 200 photographs, including Monkees ephemera and film stills, this guide offers a complete discography and coverage of the Monkees' 30th anniversary. Glenn Baker traces the Monkees' meteoric rise to fame, the adulation and hostility they faced at the top of pop's ladder, and their sudden decline. Illustrated with over 200 photographs, including Monkees ephemera and film stills, this guide offers a complete discography and coverage of the Monkees' 30th anniversary.
https://www.amazon.com/Monkeemania-Story-Monkees-Glenn-Baker/dp/0859652920/?tag=2022091-20
1986
https://www.amazon.in/Name-Game-Music-Artists-Revealed/dp/1851450629
1986
https://www.amazon.com/External-Combustion-Featuring-Photography-King/dp/0725522178/?tag=2022091-20
1990
https://www.amazon.com/Perpetual-Motion-Travels-Glenn-Baker/dp/1863734295/?tag=2022091-20
1993
https://www.amazon.com/Faces-Places-Barely-Human-Races/dp/0091831075/?tag=2022091-20
1995
https://www.amazon.com/UC-Road-Damascus-fabulous-thoroughfares/dp/0670912212/?tag=2022091-20
2003
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Glenn A. Baker was born on July 28, 1952, in Sydney, Australia. He is the eldest of four children of Joyce Baker. He grew up in Coogee and then his family moved to Canberra. He has two sisters. His younger brother, Johnny, drowned in an accident.
Glenn A. Baker moved to New South Wales and attended twelve schools in ten years. At 15, he left school to support his mother and two sisters.
Glenn A. Baker has been active in myriad areas of media and entertainment since beginning his career as a concert promoter and artistic manager in the early 1970s. He was a manager of Ol' 55. From 1976 to 1978 Baker also managed Punkz, which he molded into the pop group Cheek, who had national chart success with So Much in Love. In 1979 he was a co-founder of Raven Records, an Australian label, with Kevin Mueller and Peter Shillito, specializing in reissues and retrospectives.
He was an Australian editor of the international Billboard magazine for more than 20 years, and he's written for hundreds of major Australian and international magazines and newspapers. Glenn A. Baker has annotated and/or compiled over 500 anthology albums, scripted radio specials and television documentaries, authored the Rock Academy board game and written fifteen books, including On The Road To Damascus and Other Fabulous Thoroughfares.
A regular on radio and television, Glenn has hosted Baker's Dozen (Foxtel 2001), After Dark (Channel 7), Beat Club (SBS), Music Video (Ten Network) and appeared regularly on The Midday Show, Good Morning Australia, and Mornings With Kerrie-Anne. On radio, he has presented on 2WS, 2BL, Triple M, 2JJ, 2SM, Sky Radio, and on 2UE.
As a public speaker, compere, host, and presenter, Glenn's clients include Toyota Australia, Hewlett-Packard, Inter-Continental Hotels, Virgin Records, Malaysia Airlines, Finnish Tourist Board, NRMA Ltd, David Jones, the National Library of Australia, National Trust, and Powerhouse Museum.
Glenn A. Baker became famous as a rock historian. In the mid-eighties, he thrice won the BBC's Rock Brain of the Universe title. In 1995 he took out the inaugural Australian Society of Travel Writers' Travel Writer of the Year award. In 2000 he won the award again and also received a Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) travel writing award and a prestigious China writing award.
(Oversized, primarily pictorial review of the "New Music" ...)
1981(Glenn Baker traces the Monkees' meteoric rise to fame, th...)
1986Glenn A. Baker is a life member of the Australian Society of Travel Writers (ASTW).
In 1973 Glenn A. Baker married Lorelle. In 2009 they divorced. Glenn is the father of five sons and a daughter.
