TheOn Recordseries presents rare archival images and insightful interviews by long-time popular-music journalist and radio personality G. Brown.

"I've had the good fortune of doing many interviews with G. Brown. He has created a wonderfully interesting retrospective about popular music culture as vinyl morphed into multiple formats. I am honored to be part of G'sOn Recordbook series, which is both a compelling read and a joy to look at." Kenny Loggins, Grammy-winning singer-songwriter and performer

On Record Vol. 8 1986of the comprehensiveOn Recordseries captures the British synth-pop duos (Pet Shop Boys) and bombastic hard-rock acts (Europe's "The Final Countdown) making an impression on the charts, the sexiness of Madonna and Berlin, the seminal videos (Peter Gabriel's "Sledgehammer," Paul Simon's "You Can Call Me Al"), as well as the year's greatest releases from pop, R&B, country and jazz stars.

Interview-based profiles of more than 100 artists and bands include:

HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS BRUCE HORNSBY & THE RANGE STEVE WINWOOD TINA TURNER THE PRETENDERS METALLICA DEPECHE MODE CROWDED HOUSE BILLY IDOL LYLE LOVETT R.E.M. BOB SEGER & THE SILVER BULLET BAND BEASTIE BOYS BILLY IDOL JOHN PRINE CYNDI LAUPER THE MOODY BLUES BON JOVI DURAN DURAN BANGLES

About the Series:

Colorado Music Experience founding director and author G. Brown covered popular music atThe Denver Postfor 26 years, interviewing more than 3,000 musicians, including Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen, Mick Jagger, and Kurt Cobain, all of whom recounted their escapades and reminisced about what their time on the charts meant to them personally and musically. Over the decades, G. also amassed an archive of close to 15,000 rare promotional photos.

Each volume of theOn Recordseries presents nearly 200 archival images and 100 interviews with an array of performers, from the late Jerry Garcia and Dave Matthews to Bono and Santana. Beautifully crafted, these books belong in the library of every music fan and music institute.

Proceeds from book sales benefit Colorado Music Experience, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.