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Vendor: Burton Wilson
Austin Music Scene: Through the Lens of Burton Wilson
What do Muddy Waters, Earl Scruggs, Jerry Jeff Walker, and Mose Allison have in common? Or Guy Clark, Fats Domino, Roy Buchanan, and Janis Joplin? The answer lies in the pages of photographs taken by veteran photographer Burton Wilson of Austin. The book is...- $22.95
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Forever Doo-Wop: Race, Nostalgia, and Vocal Harmony
Music can be a storehouse for emotional, social, and cultural experiences that deepen and acquire greater value over time. This is a book about a particular genre of vocal harmony music called doo-wop that has accrued deep meaning and affective power among Americans since...- $27.95
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Horror Films FAQ: All That's Left to Know about Slashers Vampires Zombies Aliens and More
Horror Films FAQ explores a century of ghoulish and grand horror cinema, gazing at the different characters, situations, settings, and themes featured in the horror film, from final girls, monstrous bogeymen, giant monsters and vampires to the recent torture porn and found footage formats....- $22.99
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Vendor: Mark Clark
Star Trek FAQ 2.0 (Unofficial and Unauthorized): Everything Left to Know About the Next Generation the Movies and Beyond
STAR TREK FAQ 2.0: EVERYTHING LEFT TO KNOW ABOUT THE NEXT GENERATION THE MOVIES AND BAuthor: Mark ClarkISBN-10: 1557837937ISBN-13: 9781557837936Publisher: Applause BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/01/2013Pages: 442Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.47lbsSize: 8.97h x 6.09w x 1.03d- $22.99
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Music Is the Weapon of the Future: Fifty Years of African Popular Music
From the unique voice of Salif Keita and the hard funk of Fela Kuti to the poignant blues of Cesaria Evora and the upbeat swing of South African township jazz, African music has shaken the planet. This book traces its history through 30 portraits....- $18.95
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Vendor: Bina Lee
K-Pop A to Z: The Definitive K-Pop Encyclopedia
Everything fans could possibly need to know about Korean pop music K-POP is popping up everywhere Don't be left out of the phenomenon This book will help you learn the K-Pop lingo, culture, and important facts about the top stars of the industry, including:...- $16.99
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DJ Culture in the Mix: Power, Technology, and Social Change in Electronic Dance Music
The DJ stands at a juncture of technology, performance and culture in the increasingly uncertain climate of the popular music industry, functioning both as pioneer of musical taste and gatekeeper of the music industry. Together with promoters, producers, video jockeys (VJs) and other professionals...- $47.95
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Vendor: Pat Metheny
Pat Metheny with Christian McBride & Antonion Sanchez - Day Trip/Tokyo Day Trip Live
(Guitar Recorded Versions). Transcriptions to all the tracks from Metheny's 2008 one-day-long recording session with bassist Christian McBride and drummer Antonio Sanchez: At Last You're Here * Calvin's Keys * Day Trip * Dreaming Trees * Is This America? * Let's Move * The...- $22.99
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Vendor: Brent Hagerman
Bob Marley FAQ: All That's Left to Know about the King of Reggae
Who is your favorite Bob Marley? Athletic soccer jock? Herb aficionado? One Love superhero? Subversive revolutionary? Sexy ladies' man? Political activist? Dreadlocked bohemian? Peace broker? Rastafarian natural mystic? Third World theologian? Streetwise ghetto rude boy? International pop star? Folksy troubadour? Reggae guitarist? Loving family...- $19.99
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Vendor: John Kruth
This Bird Has Flown: The Enduring Beauty of Rubber Soul, Fifty Years on
The Beatles' sixth studio album, Rubber Soul, was a game changer. By December 1965, when the album was released, the Beatles had played the first arena rock show at Shea Stadium for 55 000 delirious fans, been awarded MBE (Member of British Empire) medals,...- $19.99
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Vendor: Tony Sclafani
The Grateful Dead FAQ: All That's Left to Know about the Greatest Jam Band in History
The Grateful Dead rose out of San Francisco's '60s underground rock scene with an unprecedented sound and image. Its members, steeped in rock, folk, classical, and blues; their instrumental prowess; and their refusal to bow to commercial conventions helped originate jam band music. Unapologetic...- $24.99
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Vendor: Mike Eder
Elvis Music FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the King's Recorded Works
ELVIS MUSIC FAQ: ALL THAT'S LEFT TO KNOW ABOUT THE KING'S RECORDED WORKSAuthor: Mike EderISBN-10: 1617130494ISBN-13: 9781617130496Publisher: Backbeat BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/01/2013Pages: 384Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.30lbsSize: 8.96h x 6.12w x 0.90d- $24.99
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Vendor: Joe Bonomoa
Conversations with Greil Marcus
Greil Marcus once said to an interviewer, "There is an infinite amount of meaning about anything, and I free associate." For more than four decades, Marcus has explored the connections among figures, sounds, and events in culture, relating unrelated points of departure, mapping alternate...- $40.00
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Vendor: Timothy Gray
It's Just the Normal Noises: Marcus, Guralnick, No Depression, and the Mystery of Americana Music
Roots rock, Americana, alt country: what are they and why do they matter? Americans have been trying to answer these questions for as long as the music bearing these labels has existed. Music can function as an escape from the outside world or as...- $21.00
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Vendor: John S. McClure
Mashup Religion: Pop Music and Theological Invention
Popular music artists are intentionally unoriginal. Pop producers find their inspiration by sampling across traditions and genres; remix artists compose a pastiche of the latest hits. These "mashup" artists stretch the boundaries of creativity by freely intermingling old sounds and melodies with the newest...- $34.99
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Vendor: Gord Deppe
SpoonFed
"With a string of smash hits - Nova Heart, Tell No Lies, Old Emotions, Romantic Traffic - the Spoons redefined the musical landscape and captured the hearts of fans everywhere. The Spoons toured extensively, playing sold-out shows with an array of fellow icons including...- $24.95
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Vendor: Nicola Dibben
Bjork
This book provides the first comprehensive musicologically-informed account of Icelandic singer-songwriter Bjk. Bjk is internationally recognized for her unique and innovative musical style, as well as her collaborative working relationship with artists, musicians and sound engineers. Her work crosses the boundaries between club and...- $24.95
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Vendor: Bobby Womack
Bobby Womack: My Story 1944-2014
Honest, insightful, and unflinching, this is the authentic voice of the Midnight Mover, a hard-working and prolific legend in the music business who stood shoulder to shoulder with Ray Charles, James Brown, and Marvin Gaye as a true giant of soul, R&B, and blues...- $16.95
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Vendor: James Ball
Pop Science: Serious Answers to Deep Questions Posed in Songs
A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist uses data, facts, and science to deliver hilarious, fascinating answers to some of the most famous questions in pop music history. "Is there life on Mars? Where have all the flowers gone? Pop songs can pose excellent questions and James...- $16.99
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Vendor: Taylor Dayne
Tell It to My Heart: How I Lost My S#*T, Conquered My Fear, and Found My Voice
Tell It to My Heart: How I Lost My S#*T, Conquered My Fear, and Found My Voice captures Taylor Dayne's ascent against all odds, and the stories behind the dance soundtrack of our lives. From her early life growing up in a challenging blue-collar...- $28.95
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Vendor: James L. Dickerson
Mojo Triangle: Birthplace of Country, Blues, Jazz and Rock 'n' Roll
The winner of the 2006 IPPY Award for best non-fiction book from the South (presented by the Independent Publishers Association), the Mojo Triangle tells the true story--at long last--of the birth of the blues, rock 'n' roll, country and jazz Draw a straight line...- $19.95
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Encyclopedia of Rock, Pop & Folk Music in Canada
The second edition of Encyclopedia of Rock, Pop & Folk Music in Canada is the most comprehensive book of its kind. It details the wide diversity of musical talent in this country. This long-awaited book, updates the 1994 first edition with more record labels...- $29.95
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Bob Dylan Too Much of Nothing
When Bob Dylan picked up a silver cross thrown on stage and found Christianity in the late Seventies, it ended a search that had begun when his life crashed to a halt in 1966. According to Dylan, the turning point came one night in...- $18.00
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Dead Straight Pocket Guide to Ska
Ska originated in Jamaica in the late Fifties and combined Caribbean mento and calypso with American jazz and r 'n' b. Ska developed in the Sixties with artists such as Prince Buster, Clement 'Coxsone' Dodd, and Duke Reid who formed sound systems to play...- $14.95
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Cloud-Based Music Production: Sampling, Synthesis, and Hip-Hop
Cloud-Based Music Production: Samples, Synthesis, and Hip-Hop presents a discussion on cloud-based music-making procedures and the musical competencies required to make hip-hop beats.By investigating how hip-hop producers make music using cloud-based music production libraries, this book reveals how those services impact music production en...- $49.95
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Popular Music in the Classroom: Essays for Instructors
Popular music has long been a subject of academic inquiry, with college courses taught on Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan, and the Beatles, along with more contemporary artists like Beyonce and Outkast. This collection of essays draws upon the knowledge and expertise of instructors from...- $45.00
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Made in Ireland: Studies in Popular Music
Made in Ireland: Studies in Popular Music serves as a comprehensive and thorough introduction to the history, sociology and musicology of 20th- and 21st-century Irish popular music. The volume consists of essays by leading scholars in the field and covers the major figures, styles...- $49.95
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Sweet Thing: The History and Musical Structure of a Shared American Vernacular Form
As children, many of us learn to sing, "If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands." But despite the familiarity of this tune, few of us realize that what we're singing is actually part of a pervasive - and centuries-old - musical...- $89.00
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Vendor: Alfred Music
Sing Out! All Time and Old Time Favourites
In 1970 the Ontario government prepared a book of All Time and Old Time Favourites to be available to all Senior Citezen Homes, Clubs and Centers, and adult Charitable Institutions for use by the members, residents, auxiliaries and staff. But these contained only the...- $21.95
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Vendor: Gooyong Kim
From Factory Girls to K-Pop Idol Girls: Cultural Politics of Developmentalism, Patriarchy, and Neoliberalism in South Korea's Popular Music Industry
Focusing on female idols' proliferation in the South Korean popular music (K-pop) industry since the late 1990s, Gooyong Kim critically analyzes structural conditions of possibilities in contemporary popular music from production to consumption. Kim contextualizes the success of K-pop within Korea's development trajectories, scrutinizing...- $44.99
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Vendor: Sean Smith
Spice Girls: The Extraordinary Lives of Five Ordinary Women
'Get the inside scoop on all things Spice!'OK! Magazine'A compelling new book' Daily ExpressFrom the moment they burst into our lives, the Spice Girls have inspired millions around the world.Emma, Geri, Melanie C, Mel B and Victoria were adored and admired in equal measure....- $16.99
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Vendor: Robert Gottlieb
Reading Lyrics: More Than 1,000 of the Twentieth Century's Finest Song Lyrics
A comprehensive anthology bringing together more than one thousand of the best American and English song lyrics of the twentieth century; an extraordinary celebration of a unique art form and an indispensable reference work and history that celebrates one of the twentieth century's most...- $50.00
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Vendor: Daniel Selby
The Complete Osmond Family Illustrated Discography
Beginning in 1963, a family from Utah started turning out records and within a decade became one of the top selling musical acts in history.From old-time standards to pop through country and onto Broadway, this family has tackled it all. Follow along on their...- $49.00
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Vendor: Francis Kenny
Understanding John Lennon
Understanding John Lennon takes us back to where it all began. While other writers have only touched on the 'cause' of John's genius, Francis Kenny reveals its roots in the post-war nature of Liverpool, John's family with its complex history, and the pain and...- $24.95
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Vendor: Elton John
Elton John/Leon Russell: The Union
(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook). We proudly present the matching folio to the soulful double album featuring Elton John and his longtime idol Leon Russell, along with an all-star lineup of guest musicians including Brian Wilson, Neil Young, Booker T, Don Was, and Robert Randolph. Features...- $16.99
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Vendor: Lady Gaga
Lady Gaga: The Fame
(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook). "Just Dance" along with the 14 tunes from the debut by this theatrical dance-pop singer/songwriter. Includes: Boys Boys Boys * Brown Eyes * The Fame * I Like It Rough * Just Dance * Lovegame * Money Honey * Paparazzi *...- $16.99
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Vendor: Air Supply
The Best of Air Supply
(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook). The world will never be "All Out of Love" for Air Supply! This collection contains 17 of the pop duo's best, including: All Out of Love * Even the Nights Are Better * Every Woman in the World * Here I...- $24.99
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Vendor: Marcia Hatfield Daudistel
Across the Border and Back: Music in the Big Bend
In the vast, sparsely populated area of West Texas known as the Big Bend, life takes place on a different scale. The nearest neighbor can be forty miles away, perhaps located not just in another town but another country, the border historically less obvious...- $45.00
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Vendor: Kenneth Womack
Fandom and the Beatles: The ACT You've Known for All These Years
More than 50 years after their breakup, the Beatles are still attracting fans from various generations, all while retaining their original fan base from the 1960s. Why have those first-generation fans continued following the Beatles and are now introducing their grandchildren to the group?...- $35.99
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Vendor: Ben Green
Peak Music Experiences: A New Perspective on Popular music, Identity and Scenes
Peak music experiences are a recurring feature of popular music journalism, biography and fan culture, where they are often credited as pivotal in people's relationships with music and in their lives more generally. Ben Green investigates the phenomenon from a social and cultural perspective,...- $170.00
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Vendor: Aventuras de Viaje
The Do-Re-Mi of Singing: The Ultimate Beginner to Intermediate Singing Guide
Teach Yourself to Sing!Discover everything you need to start your singing journey with this two-part singing lessons book.Whether you're just starting out or a seasoned singer that wants to learn new techniques for different genres, this guide will help.Learn about all the singing skills...- $20.99
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Vendor: David McGrath
Gene Pitney: The Singer, the Songs, the Songwriters
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. Roger Cook and Roger Greenaway. Burt Bacharach and Hal David. Carole King and Gerry Goffin. Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil. Barry Mason and Les Reed. Dimitri Tiomkin and Ned Washington. Randy Newman. Al Kooper. An eclectic group of famed...- $16.95
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Vendor: Hippo! Orange
The Little Guide to Abba: Thank You for the Music
ABBA blasted their way onto the global pop scene with a Eurovision Song Contest win in 1974. The song, 'Waterloo', the band's tenth single, was a top 10 hit around the world and spurred them on to enormous chart success with singles, then albums,...- $8.95
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Vendor: Sarah Harding
Hear Me Out
'I can't rewrite history; all I can do is be honest and wear my heart on my sleeve. It's really the only way I know. I want to show people the real me. Or perhaps remind them. Because, somewhere - amongst the nightclubs, the...- $17.95
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Vendor: Terry O'Neill
Elton John by Terry O'Neill: 40 Years in Photographs
A photographic portrait of Elton John, by iconic photographer Terry O'Neill "Looking at Terry's photographs is like gazing through a window at the most extraordinary and exciting moments of my life. I'm so glad he was with us throughout the madness: in his evocative...- $34.99
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Vendor: Graeme Turner
John Farnham's Whispering Jack
The album examined in this book transformed the singer John Farnham from a faded teen pop star into the most popular solo rock performer in Australia, in a career that has lasted for more than 30 years. Whispering Jack remains the top-selling album by...- $22.95
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Vendor: Larisa Kingston Mann
Rude Citizenship: Jamaican Popular Music, Copyright, and the Reverberations of Colonial Power
In this deep dive into the Jamaican music world filled with the voices of creators, producers, and consumers, Larisa Kingston Mann--DJ, media law expert, and ethnographer--identifies how a culture of collaboration lies at the heart of Jamaican creative practices and legal personhood. In street...- $95.00
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Vendor: Richard Bowes
Modern Music Masters - The Verve: Mmm5
Four equally vital components in one machine, The Verve emerged in the early 1990s and set themselves apart from both shoegaze and then Britpop. From shimmering, other-worldly elegance to timeless song-writing, they set about creating their own psychedelic sonic soundscapes, releasing four albums which...- $14.99
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Vendor: Florian Heesch
Heavy Metal, Gender and Sexuality: Interdisciplinary Approaches
Heavy Metal, Gender and Sexuality brings together a collection of original, interdisciplinary, critical essays exploring the negotiated place of gender and sexuality in heavy metal music and its culture. Scholars debate the current state of play concerning masculinities, femininities, queerness, identity aesthetics and monstrosities...- $56.95
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George Michael: The Biography
From the formation of Wham! to his untimely death, this is the ultimate biography of George Michael. George Michael is an enigma. He was one of the most open and vocal pop superstars on the planet, yet he was also fiercely protective of his...- $15.99
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