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Bill Drummond

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13+ Works 510 Members 6 Reviews

About the Author

Includes the name: William Ernest Drummond

Series

Works by Bill Drummond

45 (2000) 179 copies
Manual: How to Have a Number 1 the Easy Way (1988) 123 copies, 5 reviews
Bad Wisdom (1996) 92 copies
17 (2008) 56 copies
Wild Highway (2005) 21 copies
$20,000 (2011) 15 copies
How to Be an Artist (2002) 11 copies
100 (Penkiln Burn) (2012) 6 copies
Ragworts (2012) 1 copy
3" x 1" 1 copy, 1 review
The 25 Paintings (2014) 1 copy

Associated Works

Disco 2000 (1998) — Contributor — 101 copies, 1 review
2023: A Trilogy (2017) — some editions — 73 copies, 1 review
K Foundation Burn A Million Quid (1997) — Illustrator — 40 copies, 2 reviews
Caught by the River: A Collection of Words on Water (2009) — Contributor — 29 copies
On Nature: Unexpected Ramblings on the British Countryside (2011) — Contributor — 13 copies, 2 reviews
An Antidote to Indifference 1 (2011) — Contributor — 1 copy
An Antidote To Indifference 9 (2014) — Contributor — 1 copy, 1 review
An Antidote To Indifference 8 (2013) — Contributor — 1 copy

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Reviews

6 reviews
Nuestros gamberros amigos de la KLF nos explican paso a paso como lograr un número 1 en las listas de éxitos... en Reino Unido... en 1988. Vale, el manual está totalmente obsoleto como ya sabían perfectamente sus escritores que iba a pasar, pero la sarcástica visión de la industria que se ofrece sigue siendo interesante. Además, está claro que la intención detrás de todo esto era más conseguir asumir su propia hazaña que realmente propiciar la invasión de las listas por parte de show more sus lectores.

Pero bueno, si crees que todavía funcionar, déjalo todo, sigue las reglas doradas y trabaja duro durante tres o cuatro semanas (más bien en llamadas de teléfono y preparar té que en componer nada, eso sí) y veamos a dónde llegas. La conclusión aquí está bien clara: el número uno está garantizado, el éxito y el dinero... eso ya es otra cosa.
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The KLF’s story of how they blagged their way to a No 1 in 1988. A lot of the specific advice is now outdated, but it’s still compelling as to how easy it was to manipulate the charts. The sickening suspicion remains that the era of chart manipulation, of multiple formats and airplay and hype generating sales, was ushered in by music business insiders reading this, the old story of outsider methods ultimately being adopted by the mainstream If there’s one thing that you can still take show more from it though, it’s the hustler attitude. show less
The first edition of the great book. The Manual: How To Have A Number One The Easy Way. Written by The Timelords aka KLF aka Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty. This is the book that gave the world the number one single Bring Me Edelweiss by Edelweiss. The book is legend!
Another ration book - another 3 strange little stories with memories of childhood wrapped up with odd things.

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Works
13
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Members
510
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Rating
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Reviews
6
ISBNs
20
Languages
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