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Talking to Myself Hardcover – 10 Sept. 2021

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It’s Chris Jagger’s turn to lift the lid on one of the most colourful and exotic periods in British cultural history as he unrolls an insider’s tale of growing up among the bombsites and ration books of post-war Dartford, weaving through the glittery underground of late 1960s countercultural London, spending months in India before most trod that path, the highs and lows of acting and film work, and pursuing his own unique musical adventures that have resulted in a number of albums and gigs across the world. Ultimately though it’s the beguiling story of a close-knit family and deep brotherly ties, which endure from both sides of the spectrum.
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  1. Print length
    400 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    BMG Books
  4. Publication date
    10 Sept. 2021
  5. Dimensions
    16.51 x 2.79 x 24.13 cm
  6. ISBN-10
    1911374184
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1911374183
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Chris Jagger has been busy, as, it seems, he always is. There’s been the song writing: adding to the pile of 100+ compositions he’s created, recorded and had published over the years and heard on the dozen albums he’s released, some solo, some with his band Atcha! And there’s been the small scale animal husbandry: he and his wife, Kari-Ann keep chickens and sheep at the farmhouse near Glastonbury they’ve called home for 20 years.

Chris spent lockdown completing his long-in-the-works memoir and autobiography Talking To Myself. It’s a rich, detailed, hilarious, gossipy tale that digs deep into he and his older brother Mick’s upbringing in Dartford, Kent, and plots the siblings’ emergence into adulthood and shared lifelong appreciation for the blues. It also chronicles the younger Jagger’s musical adventures from the Seventies onwards with entertaining detours into his travels through Afghanistan to India and his later acting career in theatres across Britain, returning to music in the mid-nineties when he also began writing stories for newspapers and journals. “It’s a different proposition writing a long book and creating your own style, so I hope readers will enjoy the trip too” he adds.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ BMG Books (10 Sept. 2021)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 400 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1911374184
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1911374183
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 16.51 x 2.79 x 24.13 cm
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Norrie
5.0 out of 5 stars A gift for my friend...
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 January 2023
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She loved this and couldn't put down from start to finish. In her words she really enjoyed this book.
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L Y.
4.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 15 October 2022
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I'm name checked in the book, although as our late Queen once said "recollections may differ", it's a good read, and brings back some good memories. Chris is well travelled, and writes with affection
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David Pierce
5.0 out of 5 stars Superb book, easy read and very interesting.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 13 October 2021
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Very well written, lucid and a very interesting insight to the historical post war period. It covers many
different topics from growing up in post war London to travels abroad and the sixties and seventies music, drama, journalism and first hand knowledge of interesting individuals . A great read.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Good value
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 28 November 2021
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I bought this book for a friend’s birthday. Good value
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cooko
4.0 out of 5 stars v good
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 2 February 2022
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A very good journey covering life’s rich tapestry in suffient detail to keep the reader on board. Well done indeed.
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Kindle CustomerJohn Bulloch
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic read
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 15 January 2023
Fantastic read, having met Chris on a few occasions i was kean to learn more about ths facinating man,and boy did he deliver.A fascinating insight into an extraordinary character.I would thoroughly recommend this book.
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Molinda
5.0 out of 5 stars A Brilliant Pop Biography. A Fabulous Archive Classic of social and Musical history.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 14 November 2021
No one was and still is closer to the action of what happened in the world of Pop music and entertainment in the last five decades of the 20th Century and the first two of the 21st...than Chris Jagger. He is a singer, songwriter, constantly touring musician, writer, actor and director of the highest standard and quality...as you would expect from his family background. Mick and Chris Jagger are close in understanding, like only people who have grown up together can be close. They're in the same business and always have been; but in different ways and scenarios ... their musical, intellectual, social and empathic understanding is unique. Insight into one of the greatest Pop and rock bands of ALL time ... is part of the fascination of Chris Jagger's autobiography ... but there is so much more to this beautifully written tale and most of it concerns the extraordinary life and opportunity to observe, which Jagger's life has given him; and to which he has brought a forensic eye of wit and insight and his own undoubted creative genius. If you want to know what happened and perhaps just want a good read in these bleak times we are passing through, please get ' Talking To Myself'...it will get you talking to yourself about the great time you are having reading it and how it illuminates your own experience, because in a sense, EVERYONE is part of the music and so will relate to this fascinating life story. 'Talking To Myself' is bound to become a key archive classic for future historians and writers of all kinds who want to write about the social and musical Zeitgeist, atmosphere and significance of Pop music in the 20th Century...about what REALLY happened.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A must read for music fans
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 25 April 2022
Excellent, Excellent, Excellent. A riveting read. Found it hard to put the book down.. Very well written and it certainly took me back to my younger days
Chris is a great story teller and his interactions with musicians of the past, his journey through India and Tibet was fascinating. His acting and film work, also pursing his own musical career up to the present day.
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Alan Northcott
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant insight into this era
Reviewed in the United States on 8 August 2022
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I thoroughly enjoyed reading Chris's book. It is written in a very engaging way, and almost impossible to put down once you start. I hail from the same part of the country, and even attended the same school (Eltham College) so the stories of that time were particularly engaging for me - but that's just one small part of the book. I certainly never realized the scope of Chris's travels and with so many places and adventures retold I'm sure that most people will find much to interest them.

Chris drops lots of names of artists and people we know and remember, and some that we don't; they are never intrusive and not gratuitously included, just part of telling his story. They add a fascinating texture to the tales, and reveal many hitherto secrets about the people who moved in those circles.

I sometimes find it a chore to finish reading any particular book I pick up; and with 373 pages you might imagine that would apply here. Not so, in fact I can see myself going back and rereading this book several times. A great buy that I am well pleased with, and highly recommend.
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BZ
1.0 out of 5 stars Not worse to read
Reviewed in Germany on 31 October 2021
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For me boring to read.
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mary5414
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book like new
Reviewed in the United States on 18 November 2022
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Service was very fast. Book looks new and sounds interesting.
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