RUSSELL C. BRENNAN
ADVENTURES OF A DARK DUKE: THE PIN : Dark Duke lives an original life like no other, an Indie pop musician is his day job but he is an adventurer the rest of the time. He sticks a pin in a map and follows it to have the adventure of a lifetime set in Florida, Cuba & Mexico. From danger with a stranger to a poignant love story, to a hidden Hollywood A-list sect, the stories and characters keep on coming and so does he, for he likes to live a very erotic lifestyle and living life on the edge is what it's all about. The book is like a Russian doll with stories within stories that have many twists and turns. It's full of sharply drawn characters who often have a unique way with words. It is told in the first-person narrative making it somewhat of a modern day pulp fiction Noir novel.
MIXING WITH THE UNKNOWN : Original horror novels are hard to come by this one might just break the mould. In a nutshell, it is traditional horror meets Pulp Fiction with some new twists on horror staples plus lashings of erotica Like Pulp Fiction, many of the characters, are all loosely entwined with each other. As well as new Urban Horror the book features new twists on Vampires, Possession, Ouija Boards, Ghosts, Witchcraft and Voodoo. Erotic scenarios are one of author Russell C. Brennan's trademarks and he once said in an interview, if he bled he would bleed erotic blood.
OVER AND OVER is a modern day film Noir novel revenge thriller set in the music business. Because of Russells' extensive track record in that industry it is very accurate in words, characters, action and main story. This was about to be made into a film before the pandemic but then shelved.Interest is now back and by getting this novel you get to check out the story before the film comes out.
THE DEFINITIVE ELEANOR RIGBY STORY: Eleanor is a massive cult pop star. Russell wrote, produced and was married to her. She disappeared at the height of her popularity. She has one of the most interesting stories in pop music, from a controversial start to being asked to be a female James Bond by Cubby Broccoli to influencing one of the worlds top models, Kate Moss and also bands like Oasis, Blur & Garbage to name but a few. It is a warts and all story. Since her disappearance she had a number one hit and thirty years on her music still sells on a daily basis worldwide on all formats, with no sign of it slowing down. This book was a limited-edition paperback of just 1,000 and sold out in less than a week.(However to celebrate her record labels anniversay a another small Limited edition run has come out but it is only available thru Future Legend Records website or by dropping us an email.
THE BOX OFFICE POISON STORY: Another music biography, this time about Russells next project after Eleanor and amongst the bands fans were David Bowie, Madonna, John Barry, Brian Wilson and more. They influenced both music culture and new music genres and also had a very interesting story to tell. It also gives an insight into Russells' music production which is known to be very groundbreaking leading him to be listed in the top 20 Most Innovative Record Producers of All time, being nominated for UK record producer of the year and the National Newspaper, The Independent calling him an Indie Production God.
THE FUTURE LEGEND RECORDS STORY Future Legend Records has been called the definitive indie record label on many levels by lesser person than the Legendary Tony Wilson (Head of Factory).The ultimate success for an indie label is often to still be in business. This label is so much more than that, as it pioneers new music genres and music trends, breaks new artists and features the coolest cult artists. The label has become very influential and now celebrates its 30th anniversary with this book release that makes a riveting read for any lover of indie music or indie labels. It features many interesting stories within its journey including saving the life of a top Japanese female pop singer and influencing many. There is also a bonus chapter about the history of many of the other most influential indie record labels in history.
FROM CHALKBOARD TO NEON LIGHTS: THE DJ YEARS: This is Russells newest release. This biog charts his early years as one of the first super DJs playing big clubs and becoming No.1 in Europe when he was just 18. It is a fascinating story that also includes murder and an unusual marriage and him being asked to become the top VJ of MTV Europe.
WHEN YOUR SOUL BEGINS TO GLIDE: THE POETRY OF RUSSELL C. BRENNAN : Russell is an award-winning poet and a number of his poems have become songs. Poetry seemed to garner somewhat of a revival after lockdown and whilst attending an event he was asked to perform. This went down extremely well so a book followed. A bookshop signing had a queue around the block and he was asked to do an unprecedented second signing. When the book was released, it influenced other songwriters and inspired a number of artists to create work based on his poetry. Many said the book cover was the best of the year by far. (He also did the photo for the cover)
MUSIC BUSINESS BASTARDS (how to do well in the Music Business without getting ripped off): This was originally published by Martin Breese Publishing in the 90s with great success and so it seemed natural for Russell to update this famous book when signed to us and it did equally as well upon release and earned a decent amount of money even prior to its release due to Russells unique vision of how to market books. The advice in the book is universal so is of interest to all territories in the world where people aspire to be a musician, pop star or just famous. Also, Oscar Nominated and BAFTA winner Stan Hayward did the cover & cartoons inside the book to add extra kudos to it.
VOYEURS WELCOME VOL 1 & 2: Russell is a renowned photographer with many iconic images to his name and has pioneered other art genres. This limited-edition book also features award winning poetry by him and popular lyrics from many songs he has had released. A first limited edition of this sold out quickly and now changes hands on the collectors market at 15 times its original price. Volume two is nearly sold out. So move quickly is this is your bag. (If you type in The Photos of Russell C. Brennan on Youtube you will find two videos featuring his photos to give you a flavour)
MEMORIES ARE MADE OF THIS: is a new book franchise created by Russell. It has had 4 titles released.
He used to be a top DJ and has a vast knowledge of music trivia, so these are predominantly quiz books with bonus interesting trivia. Vol.1 features 'an ultra-retro POP quiz 50-90s' and it became an Amazon top 100 seller and has continued to sell regularly ever since. Because it was so populara Vol.2 was released.
Next came MOD MEMORIES, because he grew up a Mod and was editor/Writer of one of the bestselling zines of all time 'Dedicated Follower', Which featured at a cultural exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum and was brought back recently with 14 new issues just before lockdown in original paper format and sold extremely well, which of course gives him the big credibility for this particular book.
FILM MEMORIES, is the latest release and is more of a hybrid as it is part film quiz with themed rounds but part critique and write ups about the best films and talent of the last 100 years plus a bonus article about Film Noir.
Selected books are available via Paypal buttons below. (All will be signed by the aurhor. If you dont want it signed speak up)Please choose relevant button, either related to Uk or outside Uk. All other books listed are available at Amazon expept the Eleanor Rigby Story, which is available at Future Legend Records (Link at bottom of page)
There are no other book Companies giving away music with books. Because we have a sister record label that owns many popular tracks and our main author is also a songwriter/music producer we have persuaded the label to let us reward readers with a free music track (Although at some point these will features when we get around to audio books of our releases) bonus music tracks listed below.
With a number of mainstream music biographies not featuring any photos recently, we feel this is a step backwards and established publishers are stuck in their old ways of cramming a single batch together in the middle of the book.
Our philosophy is to include images with each chapter that is relevant to a person or story featured and all four of our biography releases take this approach. Nobody was doing this before, then Viv Albertine of punk band The Slits did it in her best-selling biography and we noticed another recently released book has now done it. So maybe we have set a new trend. (It would not be the first time)
Big publishers are also stuck in their old ways of putting out hardbacks first. Although selected books may warrant this, most do not but all get this treatment. We hate hardbacks for many reasons. They are two bulky to carry around, giving you less time to read them. The postage is far more expensive than a paperback making them less cost effective to order them online and sell on. They are much more expensive to buy in a cost-of-living crisis, so since we are not publishing snobs, we go direct to paperback and miss out hardbacks as it is all about the story for us and value for money.
When Your Soul Begins to Glide: You get the track Magic by Box Office Poison (which was initially an award-winning poem).
Adventures of a Dark Duke: The Pin You get the track Sex on the Internet by Psykick Holiday. (The reason for this track will become apparent when reading the book).
The Future Legend Records Story You get Mysteries & Think for Yourself by Box Office Poison, which were two of the most popular tracks put out by the label. * As a bonus anyone reviewing book can get any Eleanor Rigby track of their choice by sending us a link to their review on Amazon of the book.
Mixing with the Unknown You get the demo of the title track song by Russell that was done for the film when there was film interest for this book.
From Chalk Board to Neon Lights You get 1995 by Eleanor Rigby that was the first song russell wrote for her upon giving up DJing to marry her and launch her popstar career.
Voyeurs Welcome Vol.2 All you need to do is review this book on Amazon, send us a link and tell us your top 3 favourite lyrics/poems in the book and we will send you the song version of one of them.
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