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  • Zeppelin Over Dayton

    Guided By Voices Album By Album

    by Jeff Gomez ...
    Led by indefatigable singer and songwriter Robert Pollard, Guided By Voices have been one of the most important rock groups of the past thirty years. After toiling for a decade in obscurity, they broke onto the scene in the early 90s by delivering generation- and genre-defining records such as 1994’s Bee Thousand and 1995’s Alien Lanes.Pollard and a rotating cast of musicians have kept at it ever ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Young, Gifted & Black: The Story of Trojan Records

    When it was formed, Trojan Records epitomised the punk DIY ethic over a decade before 1976. With a blizzard of individual labels and a marketing strategy that involved selling product out of the backs of vans, the company spearheaded the injection of reggae and ska into the vein of British youth consciousness.In its first brief six-year incarnation, Trojan produced nearly 30 hit singles, created ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Woman with Guitar

    Memphis Minnie's Blues

    Universally recognized as one of the greatest blues artists, Memphis Minnie (18971973) wrote and recorded hundreds of songs. Blues people as diverse as Muddy Waters, Johnny Shines, Big Mama Thornton, and Chuck Berry have acknowledged her as a major influence. At a time when most female vocalists sang Tin Pan Alley material, Minnie wrote her own lyrics and accompanied her singing with virtuoso ... Read more

    $25.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • William Byrd

    A Research and Information Guide

    This book surveys the most significant published materials relating to William Byrd. It presents a collection of all-new original essays covering everything from feminist to postcolonial readings of his play as well as source queries and analysis of historical performances of the play. ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Wilcopedia

    A Comprehensive Guide to The Music of America's Best Band

    Part reference manual, part collector’s guide, part critical overview, Wilcopedia is an insightful album-by-album, song-by-song guide to the music of the most important American rock band of the twenty-first century. It offers a thorough appraisal of the entire Wilco canon, with detailed insights into every album and song the band have released, as well as side projects, collaborations, covers, ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Welcome to KinksVille

    Pop Gallery eBooks, #6

    by Marc Platt ...
    Series Book 6 - Pop Gallery eBooks
    This Kinks eBook covers their earliest British Invasion years up to 1970 and their transgender classic “Lola.”Any kid who can pick up a guitar in a garage has undoubtedly played that opening guitar riff to “You Really Got Me,” one of the most seminal and most-copied 1960s rock guitar riffs ever put to vinyl. It is easy to play and gets your head shaking and the hair up on the back of your neck ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Virginia's Blues, Country, and Gospel Records, 1902-1943

    An Annotated Discography

    by Kip Lornell ...
    During the years before World War II, hundreds of traditional musicians were sought out by commercial record companies, brought to New York or into local—often makeshift—studios, to cut recordings that would be marketed as "race" and "hillbilly" music. Virginia was home to scores of these performers, several of whom were to become internationally known. Among them were the Carter Family, the ... Read more

    $40.99 USD

  • Vinyl Record Collecting For Dummies

    by Dave Thompson ...
    Get on the vinyl train and learn about this captivating hobbyVinyl Record Collecting For Dummies teaches you how to start a collection, grow your collection, and make that collection sound excellent. You’ll learn how to shop for new, used, and rare records, and how to select the turntable that’s right for you. Learn how to determine a record’s value, build your collection on a budget, and properly ... Read more

    $12.00 USD

  • Vinyl Me, Please

    100 Albums You Need in Your Collection

    The music experts at the beloved vinyl subscription service share 100 essential albums—from iconic classics to hidden gems—in this collector’s guide.Brought to you by the subscription club of the same name, Vinyl Me, Please is a vibrant visual guide to curating must-have records for any music lover’s shelf. Celebrating artists as varied and influential as Bikini Kill, Aretha Franklin, Wilco, and ... Read more

    $17.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Vinyl Freak

    Love Letters to a Dying Medium

    by John Corbett ...
    From scouring flea markets and eBay to maxing out their credit cards, record collectors will do just about anything to score a long-sought-after album. In Vinyl Freak, music writer, curator, and collector John Corbett burrows deep inside the record fiend’s mind, documenting and reflecting on his decades-long love affair with vinyl. Discussing more than 200 rare and out-of-print LPs, Vinyl Freak is ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • Vinyl Age

    A Guide to Record Collecting Now

    From Carolina Soul Records, one of the world's largest online record sellers, comes the definitive guide to every aspect of record collecting in the digital era.Any music fan knows that there's nothing like the tactile pleasure of a record. Even with access to a variety of streaming services, digital technology has paved the way for the analog revival; from multiplatinum megahits to ultra-obscure ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Underrated Rock Book: The 200 Most Overlooked Albums 1970-2015

    Rock Music Is Not Dead!It's just changing its course; rock music has a new direction. Which might not be to your tastes. What is a fan of rock music to do? The Underrated Rock Book is for you…This book is for any fan of rock music that is looking to go back and find lost classics, obscure albums, artists that were forgotten and some that never saw the light of day. The Underrated Rock Book covers ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Ultimate Classic Rock

    A guide to the best rock music of the 60s, 70s and 80s

    From a 2014 perspective, the classic rock era falls basically between the years of 1965 and 1985, It is the rock music produced during these years that is the focus of this book. The book serves as a guide to that music, as well as later recordings produced by the artists that came to prominence during the classic rock era.The book provides biographical information on the greats of classic rock ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Ugly Beauty: Jazz in the 21st Century

    What does jazz mean 20 years into the 21st century? Has streaming culture rendered music literally meaningless, thanks to the removal of all context beyond the playlist? Are there any traditions left to explore? Has the destruction of the apprenticeship model (young musicians learning from their elders) changed the music irrevocably? Are any sounds off limits? How far out can you go and still call ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Treat Me Like Dirt

    An Oral History of Punk in Toronto and Beyond, 1977–1981

    by Liz Worth ...
    This compendium of interviews with key players in the Toronto punk scene is “easily one of the best rock biographies you’ll read this year.” (Montreal Mirror)Treat Me Like Dirt captures the personalities that drove the original Toronto punk scene. This is the first book to document the histories of the Diodes, Viletones, and Teenage Head, along with other bands such as the B-Girls, Curse, Demics, ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Trapped in This World: Culture on the Edge—The Omnibus of Pop Culture Writing by A. J. Payler (writing as Aaron Poehler)

    ABOUT THE BOOKFrom the murder of Bobby Fuller to the ascent of Soul Asylum, A. J. Payler covered the most interesting corners of the music world during a time of unprecedented upheaval and change in the music industry. Ferreting out little-exposed corners of pop culture with the tenacity of a devotee, Trapped in This World: Pop Culture on the Edge—The Omnibus of Pop Culture Writing by A. J. Payler ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • This Band Has No Past

    How Cheap Trick Became Cheap Trick

    ‘This band has no past’ was the first line of the farcical biography printed on the inner sleeve of Cheap Trick’s first album, but the band, of course, did have a past—a past that straddles two very different decades: from the tumult of the sixties to the anticlimax of the seventies, from the British Invasion to the record industry renaissance, with the band’s debut album arriving in 1977, the ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Thirty Six Albums That Matter

    Pop Gallery eBooks, #3

    by Marc Platt ...
    Series Book 3 - Pop Gallery eBooks
    “Thirty Six Albums That Matter”: (With Several Video Links at the End of Manuscript) You could argue what are the BEST 36 albums of all time until the cows come home. That is NOT what this book is about. This is about the culture of popular albums. Each one of these albums (or CDs) contributed something significant to past generation’s listening habits or had a big impact on culture because of ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • The Yacht Rock Book

    The Oral History of the Soft, Smooth Sounds of the 70s and 80s

    by Greg Prato ...
    ‘It’s amazing that this style came to be. Can you imagine being a struggling musician back then? It must take an incredible amount of restraint to play that gently.’ —Actor/comedian Fred Armisen, from his foreword to this bookJust what is ‘yacht rock,’ you ask? Perhaps the easiest description is music that would not sound out of place being played while carousing aboard a yacht back in the good ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Way I Walk: The Music of Jack Scott

    Musicians of Note

    Series series Musicians of Note
    The Way I Walk: The Music of Jack Scott tells how the Canadian born son of an Italian immigrant rose to rockabilly fame, but got lost in the shuffle as the music continued to evolve. Scott scored hit after hit as deejays flipped his records over and turned both sides into hit songs. In 1958, all six sides of his three records scored in the top 100 with two of them being top ten and a third side ... Read more

    $3.75 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Soul Sound of the Sugababes

    by Chloe Gilholy ...
    The Sugababes have made a huge impact in the music industry. Their influence is still felt and is stronger than ever now the original line-up reunited over ten years ago. Their hits are still played in many radio stations today. The band have been through trials and tribulations, but one thing that never changed was the quality song-writing and vocals. The music of the Sugababes tells tales of ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Rolling Stones All the Songs Expanded Edition

    The Story Behind Every Track

    Comprehensive visual history of the "World's Greatest Rock & Roll Band" as told through the recording of their monumental catalog, including 29 studio and 24 compilation albums, and more than a hundred singles.Since 1963, The Rolling Stones have been recording and touring, selling more than 200 million records worldwide. While much is known about this iconic group, few books provide a ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • The ROBBIE WILLIAMS Song Guide

    329 Songs By Robbie Williams

    by Vernon Smith ...
    Robbie Williams left the group Take That in 1995 to launch a solo career, in which all but one of his 11 studio albums have reached #1 in the UK. Six of his albums are among the top 100 biggest-selling albums in the United Kingdom. Moreover, Robbie has released seven number-one singles.Robbie has received a record eighteen Brit Awards--winning Best British Male four times, and two awards for ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

  • The Real Diddy

    Behind The Music Tales, #12

    by Harris Rosen ...
    Series Book 12 - Behind The Music Tales
    Unearth the passion, grace, and mystery of Sean Combs, the apostle and avatar of pop culture, and one of the most complex Americans of the past half-century.Exclusive Sean Combs interviewDistinctive Toronto 1999 press conference12 exclusive photos52 links to videoRare promo itemsThe Real Diddy unveils a core unde... ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus