ReviewThe book appears to be pretty comprehensive on documenting what the author set out to do, which is to list every vinyl record released by French bands between 1977 and 2000 which fall broadly into a 'rock' category. It doesn't keep strictly to it's definition, there are examples of overspill on the dates in that listed reissues and compilations tend to stretch beyond 2000 and I think it also lists records by French bands that got released outside of France. The book skips all of the boring info, the listings tend to just give the briefest description of what a band sounds like, and then lists their releases (many with pictures). Recommended
The author gives very little away about himself, he just writes 7 lines then signs off as "David 1904", and the publishers details are equally brief.
I uploaded some images of pages from the book, if you are fairly experienced at judging records by their covers/song titles/band names then this book is just enough for what you need, you can easily check out a record online, youtube, bandcamp, even retailers like amazon will give you more info and maybe a sound sample.
Here is the publisher's punk rock website 'Euthanasie Records', there is a comment about the massive archive needing to be scanned (I know the feeling).
The book should cost 30 Euros, it may be available on the website above, else try some of the better record shops in France, I got mine from Born Bad in Paris.