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Vendor: Will Hermes
Love Goes to Buildings on Fire: Five Years in New York That Changed Music Forever
A vivid, dramatic account of how half a dozen kinds of modern music--punk rock, art rock, disco, salsa, rap, minimalist classical--emerged in new forms and cross-pollinated all at once in the middle seventies in NYC. Punk rock and hip-hop. Disco and salsa. The loft...- $20.00
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Beyoncé
Beyoncé is not simply a pop sensation. She is a cultural phenomenon empowering the oppressed and dispossessed, challenging white privilege and misogyny and exploding gender politics. But who is Beyoncé Knowles-Carter? And how did a small girl from Houston become the strong confident woman...- $17.99
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Vendor: Iconic Images
David Bowie: Icon: The Definitive Photographic Collection
The most significant collection of David Bowie images ever assembled A luxurious opus published to coincide with the 5th anniversary of David Bowie's death Impeccably printed, sumptuously designed, large format hardback book Top photographers, iconic images, wonderful surprises Major marketing campaign, including radio, print...- $70.00
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Prince and the Purple Rain Era Studio Sessions: 1983 and 1984
Featuring even more groundbreaking recording sessions, rehearsals, and sound checks, this expanded edition of Tudahl's award-winning book reveals the untold story of Prince's rise from cult favorite to superstar. Firsthand accounts provide unprecedented views of the musical genius's creative process and secretive studio sessions.Author:...- $27.95
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Vendor: Larry Starr
American Popular Music: From Minstrelsy to MP3
Explore the rich terrain of American popular music with the most complete introduction of its kind. With the sixth edition of the bestselling text American Popular Music: From Minstrelsy to MP3, Starr and Waterman help students hear more in the music around them with...- $128.99
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Vendor: Tracey Thorn
My Rock 'n' Roll Friend
In 1983, backstage at the Lyceum in London, Tracey Thorn and Lindy Morrison first met. Tracey's music career was just beginning, while Lindy, drummer for The Go-Betweens, was ten years her senior. They became confidantes, comrades and best friends, a relationship cemented by gossip...- $25.00
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Vendor: Hal Leonard Corp
Songs of the 1980s - The New Decade Series: E-Z Play Today Volume 368
(E-Z Play Today). Simplified E-Z Play Today versions of this collection of 100 of the biggest hits of the '80s. Songs include: Beat It * Centerfold * Chariots of Fire * Come on Eileen * Crazy Little Thing Called Love * Don't Stop Believin'...- $27.99
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Vendor: Alfred Music
The Giant Book of Christmas Sheet Music: Piano/Vocal/Guitar
This massive songbook contains 62 favorite Christmas carols arranged for piano/vocal/guitar. Titles: Angels We Have Heard on High * Auld Lang Syne * Away in a Manger * Believe (from The Polar Express) * Christmas Vacation * Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy *...- $26.99
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Vendor: Louis Niebur
Menergy: San Francisco's Gay Disco Sound
For most of the US, disco died in 1979. Triggered by the infamous "Disco Demolition" night at Comiskey Park in Chicago on July 12, 1979, a backlash made the word "disco" an overnight punchline. Major labels dropped disco artists and producers, and those mainstream...- $37.99
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Vendor: Chloe Govan
Rihanna: Rebel Flower
Rihanna's story is one of extremes. This sensational book traces her life growing up with a crack-cocaine dependant father in St Michael, Barbados before being fast-tracked to fame when Def Jam Records signed her after she relocated to the US at the age of...- $18.99
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Vendor: Amanda Petrusich
Pink Moon
Pink Moon explores how Nick Drake's third and final album has puttered and purred its way into a new millennium. Features interviews with producer Joe Boyd, string arranger Robert Kirby, and even the marketing team behind the VW Cabrio commercial that launched the album...- $14.95
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Vendor: Andrew DuBrock
Hal Leonard Pocket Piano Chord Dictionary: A Reference Guide for Over 1,300 Chords
(Keyboard Instruction). This comprehensive reference guide provides: 1,300+ chords in treble and bass clef notation; 42 chord qualities with multiple voicings for most chords; keyboard diagrams for each chord; and music theory info to aid in chord construction. A must for every piano playerAuthor:...- $7.99
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Vendor: David Browne
Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young: The Wild, Definitive Saga of Rock's Greatest Supergroup
The first and most complete narrative biography of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, by acclaimed music journalist and Rolling Stone senior writer David Browne"Riveting." -People Magazine"This is one of the great rock and roll stories." -New York Times Book Review Even in the larger-than-life...- $19.99
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Vendor: Dennis Burmeister
Depeche Mode: Monument
"Essential . . . Monument is everything it aspires to be, an impressive achievement and a fine gift for the Depeche Mode fan in your life." --PopMatters Depeche Mode: Monument illustrates the amazing success story that began in 1981 and is still going strong...- $59.95
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Vendor: Steve Dennis
Britney: Inside the Dream
Britney Spears - the princess of pop - is making a comeback, and there isn't a person out there who hasn't heard about it. In this fully up-to-date and authoritative biography, Steve Dennis reveals all there is to know about the much-loved star.Hitting our...- $14.99
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Vendor: Alec Wilder
American Popular Song: The Great Innovators, 1900-1950
"Wonderful"--The New York Times. "Provocative, opinionated, and never dull"--Down Beat. "A singular book."--Studs Terkel. When it was first published, Alec Wilder's American Popular Song quickly became a classic and today it remains essential reading for countless musicians, lovers of American Song, and fans of...- $43.99
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Olivia on the Record
The burgeoning lesbian and feminist movements of the '70s and '80s created an impetus to form more independent and equitable social and cultural institutions--bookstores, publishers, health clinics, and more--to support the unprecedented surge in women's arts of all kinds. Olivia Records was at the...- $18.95
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Vendor: David Boucher
Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen: Deaths and Entrances
Both Dylan and Cohen have been a presence on the music and poetry landscape spanning six decades. This book begins with a discussion of their contemporary importance, and how they have sustained their enduring appeal as performers and recording artists. The authors argue that...- $32.95
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Vendor: Hal Leonard Corp
The Easy Eighties Fake Book: 100 Songs in the Key of C
(Easy Fake Book). 100 '80s favorites, all made easy-to-play with simplified, yet authentic-sounding chords and complete lyrics. Includes: Against the Wind * Brass in Pocket * Call Me * Down Under * Endless Love * Footloose * Gloria * Hello * Hurts So Good...- $27.99
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Vendor: Carolyn McHugh
George Michael: You Have Been Loved
George Michael was an English singer, songwriter, record producer, and philanthropist who rose to fame as a member of the music duo Wham and later embarked on a solo career. Michael has sold over 115 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling...- $32.95
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Vendor: Ricky Riccardi
Heart Full of Rhythm: The Big Band Years of Louis Armstrong
Nearly 50 years after his death, Louis Armstrong remains one of the 20th century's most iconic figures. Popular fans still appreciate his later hits such as "Hello, Dolly!" and "What a Wonderful World," while in the jazz community, he remains venerated for his groundbreaking...- $37.99
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Vendor: Robert Dimery
David Bowie
A relentless innovator, scoring chart hits while simultaneously incorporating radical and ground-breaking elements into his work. As with all great pop stars, Bowie's image changed with almost every new album release. This appetite for reinvention, both musically and visually, saw him dubbed the 'chameleon...- $17.99
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Vendor: Brian Southall
The Beatles: Album by Album: The Band and Their Music by Insiders, Experts & Eyewitnesses
A team of experts write about each era of the band's existence, examining what they were doing for each of their original 12 UK-release albums.This informative work tells the story of the famous Liverpool musicians, from the band's formative days in Hamburg and Liverpool...- $45.00
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Vendor: Andi Coulter
Suicide's Suicide
New York City in the 1970s was an urban nightmare: destitute, dirty, and dangerous. As the country collectively turned its back on the Big Apple, two musical vigilantes rose out of the miasma. Armed only with amplified AC current, Suicide's Alan Vega and Marty...- $14.95
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Vendor: Ray Padgett
Various Artists' I'm Your Fan: The Songs of Leonard Cohen
When I'm Your Fan: The Songs of Leonard Cohen hit stores in 1991, Leonard Cohen's career had plummeted from its revered 1960s high. Cohen's record label had refused to release his 1984 album Various Positions--including the song "Hallelujah"--in the United States. Luckily, Velvet Underground...- $14.95
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Vendor: Ruben Molina
Chicano Soul: Recordings and History of an American Culture, 10th Anniversary Edition
In 2007, Ruben Molina published the first-ever history of Mexican-American soul and R&B music in his book, Chicano Soul: Recordings and History of an American Culture. Ten years later, Chicano Soul remains an important and oft-referenced study of this vital but often overlooked chapter...- $34.95
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Vendor: James Kaplan
Frank: The Voice
Frank Sinatra was the best-known entertainer of the twentieth century--infinitely charismatic, lionized and notorious in equal measure. But despite his mammoth fame, Sinatra the man has remained an enigma. Now James Kaplan brings deeper insight than ever before to the complex psyche and turbulent...- $25.00
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Vendor: Barry Green
The Inner Game of Music
From the bestselling co-author of the classic guide that helped hundreds of thousands of people improve their tennis game comes a book to help musicians reach new levels of excellence. With more than 800,000 copies sold since it was first published thirty years ago,...- $30.00
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Vendor: Hunter Davies
The Beatles Book
Hunter Davies, the only ever authorized biographer of the group, brings together three eminent Beatles experts to compile an invaluable and essential guide. Divided into four sections--People, Songs, Places and Broadcast & Cinema--the book covers every element of the band's history. Illustrated with material...- $47.99
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Vendor: Duane Tudahl
Prince and the Purple Rain Era Studio Sessions: 1983 and 1984
Featuring groundbreaking, never-before-heard stories, Duane Tudahl pulls back the paisley curtain to reveal the untold story of Prince's rise from cult favorite to the biggest rock star on the planet. His journey is meticulously documented through detailed accounts of his time secluded behind the...- $48.00
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Vendor: Dan Coates
The Giant Book of Movie & TV Sheet Music: Easy Piano
Experience the magic of over 75 years of entertainment history! This incredible volume contains dozens of cherished movie and TV themes by some of Hollywood's greatest composers and songwriters. Arranged by Dan Coates, this easy piano collection is great for movie and music lovers...- $20.99
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Vendor: Marc Myers
Anatomy of a Song: The Oral History of 45 Iconic Hits That Changed Rock, R&B and Pop
Based on the popular Wall Street Journal column, Anatomy of a Song captures the stories behind 45 influential rock, R&B, and pop hits through oral-history interviews with the artists who wrote and recorded them--including Keith Richards on Street Fighting Man, Rod Stewart on Maggie...- $18.00
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Vendor: John Lennon
Imagine: Easy Piano, Sheet
John Lennon's Imagine" is among the most beloved songs of our time, and a natural favorite among pianists. In this Easy Piano edition, acclaimed keyboard arranger Dan Coates incorporates the vocal melody into the piano part, so the arrangement sounds great as a piano...- $4.99
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Vendor: Caetano Veloso
Tropical Truth: A Story of Music and Revolution in Brazil
Rebelling against the Elvis-based, American-imported rock scene in late '60s Brazil, Caetano Veloso suffused lyrical Brazilian folksongs with fuzz guitar, avant-jazz, and electronic music-and in doing so blew apart the status quo of Brazilian culture. Caetano and the movement he catalyzed, tropicalia, urged an...- $24.99
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Vendor: Loren Glass
Carole King's Tapestry
Carole King's Tapestry is both an anthemic embodiment of second-wave feminism and an apotheosis of the Laurel Canyon singer-songwriter sound and scene. And these two elements of the album's historic significance are closely related insofar as the professional autonomy of the singer-songwriter is an...- $14.95
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Vendor: Dave Thompson
Hearts of Darkness: James Taylor, Jackson Browne, Cat Stevens and the Unlikely Rise of the Singer-Songwriter
HEARTS OF DARKNESS: JAMES TAYLOR JACKSON BROWNE CAT STEVENS AND THE UNLIKELY RISE OFAuthor: Dave ThompsonISBN-10: 1617130311ISBN-13: 9781617130311Publisher: Backbeat BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/01/2012Pages: 352Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.50lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.30w x 1.10dReview Citation(s): Choice 08/01/2012- $27.99
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Vendor: Jeff Apter
A Pure Drop: The Life of Jeff Buckley
It was Bono who said that "Jeff Buckley was a pure drop in an ocean of noise." During his 30 years, Jeff Scott Buckley lived many lives: suburban loner, music school misfit, and rock and roll gypsy. His real life was only revealed after...- $29.95
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Vendor: Alfred Music
Vocal Complete -- Female Voice Jazz Standards: Piano/Vocal Sheet Music with Orchestrated Backing Tracks, Book & Online Audio/Software [With 2 CDs]
Sing 16 of the world's most beloved jazz standards in the style of legendary vocalists like Ella Fitzgerald, Judy Garland, Etta James, Eileen Rodgers, Barbra Streisand, Sarah Vaughan, and more! This deluxe package (songbook plus online media) provides everything you need to arrive at...- $21.99
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Vendor: Peter Guralnick
Sweet Soul Music: Rhythm and Blues and the Southern Dream of Freedom
A gripping narrative that captures the tumult and liberating energy of a nation in transition, Sweet Soul Music is an intimate portrait of the legendary performers--Sam Cooke, Ray Charles, James Brown, Solomon Burke, Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding, and Al Green among them--who merged gospel...- $21.99
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Vendor: Ayanna Dozier
Janet Jackson's the Velvet Rope
The question of control for Black women is a costly one. From 1986 onwards, the trajectory of Janet Jackson's career can be summed up in her desire for control. Control for Janet was never simply just about her desire for economic and creative control...- $14.95
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Vendor: Lori Majewski
Mad World: An Oral History of New Wave Artists and Songs That Defined the 1980s
Teen People cofounder Lori Majewski and author Jonathan Bernstein's Mad World is a highly entertaining oral history celebrating the New Wave music phenomenon of the 1980s via interviews with 35 of the most notable artists of the period. Featuring members of Duran Duran, New...- $22.99
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Vendor: Derek Bailey
Improvisation: Its Nature and Practice in Music
Derek Bailey's Improvisation, originally published in 1980, and here updated and extended with new interviews and photographs, is the first book to deal with the nature of improvisation in all its forms--Indian music, flamenco, baroque, organ music, rock, jazz, contemporary, and "free" music. By...- $16.00
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Vendor: Randy McNutt
Cincinnati Sound
From 1940 to 1970, Cincinnati overflowed with musical opportunities. Hank Williams recorded his hit "Lovesick Blues." Andy Williams, Rosemary and Betty Clooney, and Doris Day appeared regularly on WLW Radio, which also broadcast Boone County Jamboree. Then came the network television show Midwestern Hayride...- $31.99
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Vendor: John Oates
Change of Seasons
Now in paperback with new material, a memoir by John Oates of Hall & Oates, the most successful musical duo of all time. John Oates was born at the perfect time, paralleling the birth of rock 'n roll. Raised in a small Pennsylvania town,...- $29.99
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Vendor: David Browne
Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young: The Wild, Definitive Saga of Rock's Greatest Supergroup
"In what is the most comprehensive biography of the group to date, Browne compiles a fun and fast-paced music history.... an authoritative chronicle." --Publishers WeeklyThe first and most complete narrative biography of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, by acclaimed music journalist and Rolling Stone...- $44.00
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Vendor: Kara Nesvig
Britney Spears Oracle: A Deck and Guidebook to Be Stronger Than Yesterday [With Book(s)]
Queen Britney inspires and delights in all her most fabulous forms--from her greatest music videos to fave Instagram moments--in this vibrantly illustrated oracle deck and guidebook set. GORGEOUSLY ILLUSTRATED: Each of the 40 cards in this oracle deck is vibrantly illustrated with original artwork;...- $18.00
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Vendor: Anthony Piper
Jason Derulo's Uzo
Jason Derulo teams with Z2 comics to bring his TikTok character UZO to life! In the distant future, a mysterious asteroid accelerates the effects of climate change and turns the planet into a frozen wasteland where the last gasps of humanity fight over dwindling...- $19.99
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Vendor: Steve Wide
A Field Guide to Britpop
This book is your gateway to the oasis of Britain's music in the 90s. A Field Guide to ... delves into music's most influential genres to uncover the innovators and agitators who changed music history forever. In A Field Guide to Britpop, Steve Wide...- $14.95
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Vendor: David Johnson
It Can Be This Way Always: Images from the Kerrville Folk Festival
For fifty years, music fans, hippies, artists, and songwriters have converged each spring on Quiet Valley Ranch in the Texas Hill Country. They are drawn by the thousands to the annual Kerrville Folk Festival, a weeks-long gathering of musical greats and ordinary people living...- $35.00
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Vendor: Tony Fletcher
Perfect Circle: The Story of R.E.M
Formed in Athens, Georgia in 1980, R.E.M. released their first single, Radio Free Europe, in 1981. By the time the band broke up they had recorded fifteen studio albums, 63 singles, sold more than 85 million records, signed the biggest recording contract in music...- $24.99
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