Based on his own intensive research and extensive interviews with musicians, journalists, insiders and DJs, The Wire contributor Mike Barnes’s A New Day Yesterday amounts to a major study of UK progressive rock in the 1970s, examining the scene and the social conditions from which the music grew.

At 608 pages long, A New Day Yesterday: UK Progressive Rock & The 1970s is officially published by Omnibus on 27 February. If you order it from The Wire you'll receive your copy a month in advance. More details in the shop.