IMPORTANT PRE-ORDER INFORMATION:
Publication Date MARCH 2025
Your payment will be taken immediately upon completion of your order, but individual DISCOMANIA orders will not ship until March 2025
Collector's Edition
DISCOMANIA: Fantastic Beats and Where to Find Them
Special Features UNIQUE to this Collector's Edition of Discomania:
- Stunning SILVER page edges
- Author Signature Plate — each Collector's Edition book will come with an Alan Jones signature label; either hold onto it as a standalone keepsake item, or affix it to the book's title page as you prefer
DISCOMANIA: Fantastic Beats and Where to Find Them
Do you believe in Mirrorballs? Alan Jones always has and DISCOMANIA remains his only lifestyle choice, punctuating actions and emotions throughout his entire existence. Everything he has ever felt has been written in Disco.
And just like the fractured mirror images in that ornamental round multitude of flashing squares, his Disco reflections are multi-faceted moments of maximum flamboyance with everything twinkling and dazzling, electrifying and empowering, sparkling and crystal clear.
But Jones was also one of the original Punks, working for British designer icon Vivienne Westwood in her World’s End boutique SEX, a DJ for Malcolm McLaren’s revolutionary band the Sex Pistols at their formative gigs, and appeared in their controversial biopic The Great Rock ‘n’ Roll Swindle. Not to mention his landmark, front-page ‘Naked Cowboy’ T-shirt arrest, his role in the infamous ‘God Save the Queen’ Jubilee Boat Party and his close friendship with neighbour Sid Vicious.
So why did he also embrace the strobe-lit glamour and glitz of the thrilling Disco movement?
Through 100-plus deluxe reviews of his all-time top Disco movies from 1973 to the present day, the international film critic, broadcaster, festival organiser and pioneering horror journalist reveals all – about his life, loves and scandals in the two exciting musical genres that have marked his extraordinary Dance Card.
Sure, you know Saturday Night Fever, The Bitch, Thank God It’s Friday, Xanadu, 54 and Can’t Stop the Music. But what about White Pop Jesus, Podium, La discoteca del amor, Don’t Go in the House, Brigade mondaine, The Face with Two Left Feet, and Bet on My Disco?
Why is this little-explored, often maligned, yet exhilarating pop enclave so important culturally? What keynote and classic Disco songs of the Golden Era do they feature? What do the author’s chosen favourite Disco Icons think of their own work in innovatively contouring the inspiring four-to-the-floor sonic landscape? And what Punk memories does this unprecedented and highly original appraisal evoke, one going way beyond the velvet ropes and epitomizing the Disco zeitgeist?
With a foreword by S’Express frontman Mark Moore, from First Choice to ‘Last Dance’ – You’ll Love the Night Life!
DISCOMANIA, a glorious celebration of Disco, Punk and a unique trail-blazing career in the Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy film arenas, is unlike any autobiography you have ever read before.
"ALAN JONES — the Oracle of Horror, Punk and Disco"
-- DJ mega-star Mark Moore
"ALAN JONES — a walking outrage"
-- author Jon Savage, 'The Secret Public', Faber & Faber, 2024
PEOPLE IN ENGLAND, SCOTLAND AND WALES PLEASE NOTE:
If you can make it along to any of these events you might want to hold back on Pre-Ordering Discomania, as we'll make sure there are plenty of copies for everyone to purchase and get signed at each venue.
Tuesday 11 March, doors 5pm, event 8pm
Booklaunch: Alan Jones in conversation with S'Express frontman and mega-star DJ Mark Moore
The Divine, 33-35 Stoke Newington Road, London, N16 8BJ
Ticketed event (ticket details coming soon) but FREE ENTRY
PLUS the following cinema dates in association with Severin Films, who are presenting their brand new remaster of Brit-Disco classic THE MUSIC MACHINE:
Saturday 22 March, 5pm
Screening of Saturday Night Fever and The Music Machine, plus Alan Jones Q&A and book signing
Aberystwyth Arts Centre
Tickets from Arts Centre box office
Thursday 27 March, 6:30pm
Screening of The Music Machine, plus Alan Jones Q&A and book signing
Rio Cinema, Dalston, London
Tickets from Rio Cinema box office
Saturday 29 March, 7:30pm
Screening of The Music Machine, plus Alan Jones Q&A and book signing
Glasgow Film Theatre
Tickets from GFT box office
Thursday 3 April, time TBC
Screening of The Music Machine, Alan Jones in conversation with Mark Kermode, and book signing
Newlyn Filmhouse, Cornwall
Tickets from Newlyn Filmhouse box office
CHOOSE YOUR PACKAGE!
Collector's Edition Book Only – THIS ITEM PAGE
— Hardcover limited edition book with silver page edges and author signature plate
GB £40.00
Collector's Edition Book and T-shirt Bundle (Time-Limited Option) – CLICK HERE
— Hardcover limited edition book with silver page edges and author signature plate, PLUS exclusive T-shirt, PLEASE NOTE: This Bundle Must be Pre-Ordered before the end of February 2025!
GB £60.00
February Pre-Order DISCOUNT BUNDLE (SAVE 10%) – CLICK HERE
— Hardcover limited edition book with silver page edges and author signature plate, PLUS exclusive T-shirt, PLUS the limited edition COCKFIGHT bundle, PLUS the limited edition SONIC SEWER bundle. PLEASE NOTE: Very Limited Availability!
GB £139.50 (10% off £155.00 full bundle value)
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Discomania Technical Details
Size: 215mm x 300mm
Binding: Hardcover
Extent: 448 pages, heavily illustrated throughout
ISBN: 978-1-913051-37-2
Expected Publication Date: March 2025
Market: Cinema
Packed weight: 2560g
Edition: First Edition
Cover Price: £49.99 (UK) / $69.95 (US)
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