Colin Larkin

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Colin Larkin (born 1949) is a British writer and entrepreneur. He founded, and was the editor-in-chief of, the Encyclopedia of Popular Music,[1] described by The Times as "the standard against which all others must be judged".[2]

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Colin Larkin
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Born1949 (age 7374)
Dagenham, Essex, England
Occupations
  • Writer
  • entrepreneur
  • publisher
  • musician
Websitecolinlarkin.com
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Along with the ten-volume encyclopedia, Larkin also wrote the book All Time Top 1000 Albums,[3] and edited the Guinness Who's Who of Jazz,[4] the Guinness Who's Who of Blues,[5] and the Virgin Encyclopedia Of Heavy Rock.[6] He has over 650,000 copies in print to date.[7]