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  • Pepper Adams' Joy Road

    An Annotated Discography

    by Gary Carner ...
    Series series Studies in Jazz
    Pepper Adams' Joy Road is more than a compendium of sessions and gigs done by the greatest baritone saxophone soloist in history. It's a fascinating overview of Adams' life and times, thanks to colorful interview vignettes, drawn from the author's unpublished conversations with Adams and other musicians. These candid observations from jazz greats about Adams and his colleagues reveal previously ... Read more

    $52.99 USD

  • Still the Greatest

    The Essential Songs of The Beatles' Solo Careers

    As recommended by USA Today and excerpted on Rolling Stone.com!More than forty years after breaking up, The Beatles remain the biggest-selling and most influential group in the history of popular music. Fans endlessly replay their songs, craving more, while thousands of cover versions of their songs have been recorded and performed. Band biographies, pop music histories, song books, and academic ... Read more

    $47.99 USD

  • Giacomo Puccini

    A Discography

    by Roger Flury ...
    Opera recordings have been with us since the creation of the first wax cylinders. Now at a time when the 25-year reign of the compact disc appears to be coming to an end is the moment to take stock of the history of recordings of arguably the most popular composer of operas, Giacomo Puccini. In Giacomo Puccini: A Discography, librarian and music historian Roger Flury looks at each opera ... Read more

    $159.99 USD

  • Born to Play

    The Ruby Braff Discography and Directory of Performances

    Series series Studies in Jazz
    Jazz trombonist Jack Teagarden once referred to Ruby Braff as the “Ivy League'sLouis Armstrong.” That legacy of great trumpet performance and recording is brought to readers in Thomas Hustad’s Born to Play: The Ruby Braff Discography and Directory of Performances. Braff’s uncompromising standards, musical taste, and creative imagination informed his consummate artistry in creating music ... Read more

    $131.99 USD

  • Bob Dylan

    The Complete Discography

    Bob Dylan: The Complete Bob Dylan Discography contains all you will ever need to know about Bob Dylan and his releases. Including an expansive biography, album reviews and comprehensive discography, it is an invaluable guide for Dylan fans everywhere.This is an essential purchase for all lovers of Bob Dylan, with details of everything the legendary singer/songwriter produced. ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Catalog of Music Written in Honor of Martin Luther King Jr.

    Edited by Anthony McDonald ...
    In 1983, Ronald Reagan signed into law a federal holiday to honor Martin Luther King, Jr. Three years later, the holiday was first formally observed by the federal government. In response to the growing number of musical celebrations surrounding the holiday, Anthony McDonald published in 1996 the first edition of The Catalog of Music Written in Honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Now, more than a ... Read more

    $87.99 USD

  • Genesis: The Complete Guide to their Music

    by Chris Welch ...
    The indispensable consumers' guide to the music of Genesis, one of the most commercially successful rock bands of the 1980s. An album by album, track by track rundown of the music of Genesis, including special sections detailing the work of members Phil Collins, Mike Rutherford, Tony Banks, Steve Hackett and Peter Gabriel. The guide features:An album by album analysisA full discography, from the ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • A Wizard a True Star

    Todd Rundgren in the studio

    by Paul Myers ...
    “If you know what you want, I’ll get it for you. If you don’t know what you want, I’ll do it for you.”Few record producers possess the musical facility to back up such a bold promise, but in over forty-plus years behind the glass, Todd Rundgren has willed himself into becoming a not only a rock guitar virtuoso, an accomplished lead vocalist and vocal arranger and visionary keyboard player, not to ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Mr Cool's Dream - Paul Weller with The Style Council

    by Iain Munn ...
    Paul Weller wrote some of the best songs during his sabbatical with The Style Council - from savvy socially-conscious pop to effortless love songs. Between 1983 and 1985, its as if Paul was happiest taking chances, usurping expectations, borrowing magpie-like from the past and remoulding it for the present (in true Mod fashion). Iain Munn must be congratulated for flying the flag for Weller's ... Read more

    $5.99 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

  • The Penguin Guide to the 1000 Finest Classical Recordings

    The Must-Have CDs and DVDs

    INDEPENDENT BOOKS OF THE YEARThis completely new edition of the Penguin Guide reviews the 1000 best classical albums issued and reissued over the past five decades, many of which dominate the catalogue because of their sheer excellence, irrespective of recording dates. More comprehensive than ever before, it indicates key recordings on CD, DVD and enhanced SACD, including those in surround sound. ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • The Bbsat's - Baby Boomers Soul Aptitude Test

    So you think you know soul music? Well check this out! The BBSAT has a main test of 250 questions that actually read like the history of soul and R&B. Then there are over twenty smaller, one-paged quizzes, that are broken into categories like; male / female duets, songs about destinations, songs about dances, songs about the rain, songs about the sun, songs with the word shake in the title, songs ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • The 10 Rules Of Rock And Roll

    Collected Music Writings 2005-11

    In his first book, Australian singer-songwriter Robert Forster takes readers on an idiosyncratic journey through the past and present of popular music: from Bob Dylan to Cat Power, from AC/DC to Nana Mouskouri, from The Saints to Franz Ferdinand.With 30 years experience as a recording artist and performer and an undimmed love of popular music, Forster’s observations about his fellow artists ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Il 33° giro

    Gloria e resistenza dei negozi di dischi

    Translated by Andrea Salacone ...
    Si paria e si scrive tanto di musica, ma quanti oggi sono ancora disposti a spendere denaro per un Cd o un 33 giri? Di conseguenza, soprattutto: che fine fanno i negozi di dischi? Attivo nel mercato discografico da tantissimi anni, Graham Jones ci porta con sé in un tour di decine e decine di rivendite del Regno Unito che ancora sopravvivono alla crisi del settore. In ogni tappa incontriamo ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Motown: The Golden Years

    More than 100 rare photographs

    by Bill Dahl ...
    This is the book for lovers of Motown!Author and Motown historian Bill Dahl has expertly compiled this comprehensive guide to the musical combination of pop and gospel, known as Motown.This new compilation features an A-to-Z listing and biography of nearly every Motown group since its beginning in 1959. Also included are never-before-published photos from former Motown promotions guru Weldon A. ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Psychotische Reaktionen und heiße Luft

    Rock'n'Roll als Literatur und Literatur als Rock'n'Roll - Ausgewählte Essays

    Lester Bangs ist 'die' große Rock-Kritiker-Legende in Amerika. Geboren 1948, arbeitete er ab 1971 fünf Jahre lang beim Rockmagazin Creem und beeinflusste mit seinem neuen subjektiven Stil eine ganze Generation junger Autoren. Bangs ging 1976 als freier Journalist nach New York, schrieb u.a. für den Rolling Stone und gründete die Rockgruppe "Lester Bangs and the Delinquents". In seinen Reportagen, ... Read more

    $11.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Andre Kostelanetz on Records and on the Air

    A Discography and Radio Log

    Andre Kostelanetz On Records and On the Air is a comprehensive discography of the commercial recordings of the Russian/American conductor and radio personality, Andre Kostelanetz. James H. North has collected all his recordings, spanning the range from popular to classical. Organized chronologically by album, North provides the complete details of each recording: composer, song title, timing, date ... Read more

    $100.99 USD

  • A Pete Seeger Discography

    Seventy Years of Recordings

    Series series American Folk Music and Musicians Series
    Pete Seeger is one of the most recorded artists in American history, and his recording catalog tells us not just the story of his career but the story of our culture and its political and social history. A Pete Seeger Discography: Seventy Years of Recordings is a comprehensive listing of the 45s, 78s, LPs, and CDs recorded by Seeger in his various incarnations: with the Almanac Singers, with the ... Read more

    $67.99 USD

  • The Penguin Jazz Guide

    The History of the Music in the 1000 Best Albums

    The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings is firmly established as the world's leading guide to recorded jazz, a mine of fascinating information and a source of insightful - often wittily trenchant - criticism. This is something rather different: Brian Morton (who taught American history at UEA) has picked out the 1000 best recordings that all jazz fans should have and shows how they tell the history ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

  • The Metropolitan Opera on Record

    A Discography of the Commercial Recordings

    The Metropolitan Opera on Record: A Discography of the Commercial Recordings is a comprehensive listing of all the commercial sound recordings involving the Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, one of the world's leading musical organizations. Over 900 recording sessions are listed chronologically, starting in 1906 and continuing through the last digital recordings conducted by James ... Read more

    $83.99 USD

  • The Pocket DJ

    With more than two thousand songs handpicked and organized by former Spin magazine writer and editor Sarah Lewitinn (aka Ultragrrrl), The Pocket DJ is the ultimate insider's reference guide for selecting music, downloading MP3s, and making all-purpose mixes for every occasion imaginable. Playlists include: Essential genres: with crowd-pleasing dance mixes for indie rockers, headbangers, and hip ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Country Music Records

    The Legends and the Lost

    by Tony Russell ...
    Graced by more than 200 illustrations, many of them seldom seen and some never before published, this sparkling volume offers vivid portraits of the men and women who created country music, the artists whose lives and songs formed the rich tradition from which so many others have drawn inspiration. Included here are not only such major figures as Jimmie Rodgers, The Carter Family, Fiddlin' John ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Seasons They Change

    The story of acid and pyschedelic folk

    In the late 60s and early 70s the inherent weirdness of folk met switched-on psychedelic rock and gave birth to new, strange forms of acoustic-based avant-garde music. Artists on both sides of the Atlantic, including The Incredible String Band, Vashti Bunyan, Pearls Before Swine and Comus, combined sweet melancholy and modal melody with shape-shifting experimentation to create sounds of unsettling ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Classic Ephemera

    A Musical Miscellany

    How long did it take Rossini to compose The Barber of Seville? Which composer named five of his children Johann? Why was Elgar depicted on the back of a £20 note? Find out all this and more in this edition of Classic FM’s Classic Ephemera, an irresistible compilation of facts, figures, and trivia from the world of classical music. Written by the authors of the Classic FM Pocket Book of Music, ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus