ROLLING STONES MANAGER & PRODUCER, ANDREW LOOG OLDHAM SIGNED BOOK “STONED”. 2000 Secker & Warburg Orange cloth boards with black lettering to spine. Signed on the half-title page. Near fine Dust jacket slightly creased to head of spine and a little scuffed to corners. Autobiography of erstwhile Rolling Stones manager and producer Andrew Loog Oldham. Oldham’s own story is alternated with the words of contemporaries captured in seventy original conversations. Interviews and research by Simon Dudfield and Ron Ross. (born 29 January 1944) is an English. He was manager and producer of. From 1963 to 1967, and was noted for his flamboyant style. Loog Oldham’s father, Andrew Loog, was a United States Army Air Force. Lieutenant, a New Orleanian of German descent. Who served with the Eighth Air Force. Loog was killed in June 1943 when his B-17. Bomber was shot down over the English Channel. And he was buried at the Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial. Born mother, Celia Oldham. Was a nurse and comptometer. Loog Oldham attended the Aylesbury School for Boys, Cokethorpe School. In Oxfordshire, St Marylebone Grammar School. A self-proclaimed hustler, Loog Oldham spent teenage summers swindling tourists in French towns. His interest in the pop culture of the 1960s and the Soho. Coffeehouse scene led to working for Carnaby Street. And later as an assistant to then-emerging fashion designer Mary Quant. Oldham became a publicist for British and American musicians and for producer Joe Meek. Among his projects were stints publicizing both Bob Dylan. (on his first UK visit) and the Beatles. In April 1963, a journalist friend recommended that Oldham see a young R&B. Band called the Rolling Stones. Oldham saw potential in the group being positioned as an “anti-Beatles”-a rougher group compared to the “cuddly moptop” image of the Beatles at that time. Oldham, still a teenager, rapidly acquired a seasoned business partner Eric Easton. And took over management of the Stones who had been informally represented by Giorgio Gomelsky. Oldham had previously been business partners with Peter Meaden. First manager of the Who. But they had fallen out after getting into several fights. Oldham signed recording rights to the Stones to Decca. Who had earlier declined to sign the Beatles. CELEBRATING 26 YEARS IN BUSINESS! PLEASE DO NOT WASTE OUR TIME BY WINNING AN ITEM AND NOT PAYING FOR IT!! Terms of Sale: PLEASE READ! All items are guaranteed authentic. The Inkwell Autograph Gallery. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Autographs\Music”. The seller is “inkwellgallery.com” and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, China, Sweden, Korea, South, Indonesia, Taiwan, South Africa, Thailand, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Bahamas, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Republic of, Malaysia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Jamaica, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts-Nevis, Saint Lucia, Montserrat, Turks and Caicos Islands, Barbados, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Brunei Darussalam, Bolivia, Egypt, French Guiana, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Cayman Islands, Liechtenstein, Sri Lanka, Luxembourg, Monaco, Macau, Martinique, Maldives, Nicaragua, Oman, Pakistan, Paraguay, Reunion, Uruguay.
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- Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
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- Signed by: Andrew Loog Oldham
- Modification Description: Signed Book
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- Industry: Music
