"'As a memoir of the enchanted Sixties, White Bicycles is among the elite...Exhilarating' Observer Music Monthly 'This engaging and readable book is an important addition to the history of its time... terrific... pleasantly gossipy' Hanif Kureishi, New Statesman 'A vivid eye-witness account... pulses with the mad enthusiasms of its period and its author' Robert Sandall, Sunday Times 'Boyd's pages abound with astute observations and fascinating personal detail... a transport of delight' Independent on Sunday 'If there's such a thing as living a perfectly timed life, then Joe Boyd has managed it... impossible to put down' Q"

Record and film producer Joe Boyd was born in Boston in 1942 and graduated from Harvard in 1964. He went on to produce Pink Floyd, Nick Drake, Fairport Convention, REM and many others. He produced the documentary 'Jimi Hendrix' and the film 'Scandal'. In 1980 he started Hannibal Records and ran it for 20 years. Boyd lives in London where he writes for the Guardian and Independent. His next book is about World Music.