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2015 Prize Winner

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The Penderyn Music Book Prize is the only UK-based book prize specifically for music titles including history, theory, biography, autobiography.

The 2015 award ceremony took place at the Laugharne Weekend, on Sunday 12th April.
The winner was Mark Lewisohn for ‘The Beatles - All These Years: Volume One: Tune In’ (Little, Brown)

'I can think of no greater praise for Tune In than to say that it gives The Beatles the beginnings of the biography they deserve.'
Peter Aspden, Financial Times

'Though they'll probably never rival Jesus in terms of shelf space, for as long as there’s a publishing industry, there will always be books on The Beatles. And the one they’ll always come back to, the Bible of the beat to which all others defer, will be this one.'
Mark Paytress, Mojo

'Tune In, the first volume, has all the heft of the Old Testament, with greater forensic rigour.'
Kitty Empire, Guardian

Mark Lewisohn: “It’s my life’s work now. I’m delighted to have won the first Penderyn Music Book Prize, and the whisky will come in handy too!"

Stephen Davies, Penderyn MD: "We congratulate Mark on his fantastic achievement in writing this first volume, and look forward to the next instalment."

For more information, or to speak to Mark Lewisohn or Richard Thomas, please contact Hannah Corbett 07711 797 792
For information on Penderyn Distillery please contact Jon Tregenna 07702 088 298



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Nigel Short & Stephen Davies of Penderyn with Mark Lewisohn
Winning author, Mark Lewisohn
Pics by Emyr Young
emyr.ffoto@gmail.com

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Mark Lewisohn accepts the 2015 Prize
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The 2015 short list

Americana by Ray Davies
Bedsit Disco Queen by Tracey Thorn
Chapter and Verse by Bernard Sumner
Isle of Noise by Daniel Rachel
The Big Midweek by Steve Hanley
Yeah Yeah Yeah by Bob Stanley
Clothes Music Boys by Viv Albertine
Rock Stars Stole My Life by Mark Ellen
All Those Years by Mark Lewisohn
The People’s Songs by Stuart Maconie
Different Every Time by Marcus O’Dair
A Little History by Bleddyn Butcher
Future Days by David Stubbs

The 2015 judges

Mark Billingham
John Cooper-Clarke
Shane McGowan
Beth Orton

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