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Colin Larkin

Colin Larkin (born 1949) is a British music writer. He founded and was the editor-in-chief of The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Along with the ten-volume encyclopedia, Larkin also wrote the book All Time Top 1000 Albums, and edited the Guinness Who's Who of Jazz, the Guinness Who's Who of Blues, and the Virgin Encyclopedia of Heavy Rock. He has more…

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Education
London College of Printing
Born
1949 (age 76–77) Dagenham, Essex, England
Occupations
Writer · entrepreneur · publisher

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