Giorgio Gomelsky 'For Your Love'
The Incredible Life of a Music Impresario for the Rolling Stones, the Yardbirds & Magma
by Francis Dumaurier
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Pub Date 20 Jun 2023 | Archive Date 28 Oct 2023
Aurora Metro | Supernova Books
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Description
Giorgio Gomelsky was at the centre of the counterculture in 60s’ London and 70s’ Paris before running a studio for avant-garde musicians in New York. He was the original manager of the Rolling Stones and the Yardbirds in London, then managed the French supergroup Magma and developed the career of Gong.
Dumaurier recounts his friend Gomelsky’s love of life, his dynamism, and the creativity that made him “push the envelope”. With a keen eye for talent, Gomelsky’s ideas helped shape the rock music we know and love today – acting as a catalyst for change and innovation.
Advance Praise
“At last! A biography of the man who did more than most to shape rock music in the 60s and 70s. Francis was a close friend and admirer of his subject in his later years, and his book captures Gomelsky’s brilliant butterfly mind; a labour of love.” – Ralph Brookfield, musician and writer of books on music.
“In his biography ‘Life’, Keith Richards says of Gomelsky: “He pushed us forward, found us concerts, at a time when there was nothing else to hope for.” A creative, inspired poet, passionate impresario, Giorgio Gomelsky lived in New York where the author Francis Dumaurier met him and then rubbed shoulders with him for a long time. From their friendship was born this moving testimony that (finally) does justice to the man.” **** – Maryline Stan, Amazon
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Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781913641344 |
| PRICE | US$19.99 (USD) |
| PAGES | 204 |
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Featured Reviews
zeb k, Reviewer
This is a biography of an entrepreneur at the early beginnings of the British Invasion of the 1960s. He was the first manager of the Rollin' Stones (later Rolling Stones) and the quintessential rock group The Yardbirds with both Beck and Clapton. But he always got pushed out of the way by better connected managers and record labels.
In the seventies he bought a townhouse in New York and turned it into a performance space. The basement and first floor were set up as performance and recording areas, the second floor was the business and the top floor was his home. For years old and new friends came and went as they were guided by Giorgio on their way to stardom or obscurity.
The book is a love letter to Giorgio of a friend of over thirty-five years with reminisces of people who dealt with Giorgio over the years.
