Book with QL on the cover: 70 Years of Popular Music, The 80s

[bwinkel67]

So I guess when one thinks of 80s music the Sinclair QL is one of the first things to come to mind:

https://www.amazon.com/70-Years-Popular ... 0863592821

A better look at the book cover:

[tofro]

So I guess when one thinks of 80s music the Sinclair QL is one of the first things to come to mind:

Well, of course: QL users played around with the unearthly musical capabilities of their computer, got frustrated and bought their music at the record store.

[bwinkel67]

Well, of course: QL users played around with the unearthly musical capabilities of their computer, got frustrated and bought their music at the record store.

What's odd about this book is that it was published on January 1st, 1985. It's sheet music of the 80s which means they published it 5 years too early. Considering there needs to be some time to put together the manuscript for the book, probably this was only 1980 to early in 1984 music, so they didn't even get a full half of that decade's music.

Still, cool to see the QL on the cover of a book. Had it been published on January 1, 1986, I fear it would have been an Atari ST or Amiga 1000.