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Vendor: Gary Burton
Learning to Listen: The Jazz Journey of Gary Burton: An Autobiography
(Berklee Press). Winner Best Book of the Year 2014 award from the Jazz Journalists Association. In Learning to Listen, Gary Burton shares his 50 years of experiences at the top of the jazz scene. A seven-time Grammy Award-winner, Burton made his first recordings at...- $34.99
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Vendor: Randy Poe
Buck 'Em!: The Autobiography of Buck Owens
BUCK 'EM! THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF BUCK OWENSAuthor: Randy PoeISBN-10: 1480330647ISBN-13: 9781480330641Publisher: Backbeat BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/01/2013Pages: 384Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.63lbsSize: 9.31h x 6.29w x 1.12dReview Citation(s): Publishers Weekly 11/11/2013- $29.99
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Vendor: Fred Goodman
Why Lhasa de Sela Matters
An artist in every sense of the word, Lhasa de Sela wowed audiences around the globe with her multilingual songs and spellbinding performances, mixing together everything from Gypsy music to Mexican rancheras, Americana and jazz, chanson fran軋ise, and South American folk melodies. In Canada,...- $16.95
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Vendor: Brian T. Atkinson
True Love Cast Out All Evil: The Songwriting Legacy of Roky Erickson
"Transcendence came with a price," Brian T. Atkinson writes in his introduction to this collection of reflections by and about pioneer psychedelic rocker Roky Erickson (1947-2019). The singer and songwriter who fronted the 13th Floor Elevators burst onto the Texas music scene in 1966...- $28.00
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Vendor: Leila Cobo
Decoding Despacito: An Oral History of Latin Music
A behind the scenes look at the music that is currently the soundtrack of the globe, reported on and written by Leila Cobo, Billboard's VP of Latin Music and the world's ultimate authority on popular Latin music. Decoding "Despacito" tracks the stories behind the...- $16.95
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Vendor: Touré
Nothing Compares 2 U: An Oral History of Prince
The real Prince in the words of those who knew him best--from award-winning author Touré. "...one of the rare oral histories I'd recommend as an introduction to its subject. The author's interview skills and his trusted status in the Prince orbit mean that his...- $30.00
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Vendor: Beno? Clerc
Queen All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Track
Filled with fascinating photographs and juicy behind-the-scenes details, Queen All the Songs illuminates the unique recording history of a mega-bestselling and hugely influential rock band--album-by-album and track-by-track. A lovingly thorough dissection of every album and every song ever released by the beloved rock group,...- $55.00
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Vendor: Charles L. Hughes
Why Bushwick Bill Matters
In 1989 the Geto Boys released a blistering track, "Size Ain't Shit," that paid tribute to the group's member Bushwick Bill. Born with dwarfism, Bill was one of the few visibly disabled musicians to achieve widespread fame and one of the even fewer to...- $18.95
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Vendor: Bob Mehr
Trouble Boys: The True Story of the Replacements
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Based on a decade of research and reporting--as well as access to the Replacements' key principals, Paul Westerberg and Tommy Stinson--author Bob Mehr has fashioned something far more compelling than a conventional band bio. Trouble Boys is a deeply intimate...- $21.99
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Vendor: Ian MacDonald
Revolution in the Head: The Beatles' Records and the Sixties
This "Bible of the Beatles" captures the iconic band's magical and mysterious journey from adorable teenagers to revered cultural emissaries. In this fully updated version, each of their 241 tracks is assessed chronologically from their first amateur recordings in 1957 to their final "reunion"...- $18.95
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Vendor: Questlove
Mixtape Potluck Cookbook: A Dinner Party for Friends, Their Recipes, and the Songs They Inspire
"Mixtape Potluck never wavers from its earnest stated intent: to help readers plan the best possible dinner party." --Eater "Thank you, Questlove, for this inspired book on a theme that is having a resurgence." --Martha Stewart, from her foreword What if Questlove threw a...- $29.99
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Vendor: David Yaffe
Reckless Daughter: A Portrait of Joni Mitchell
"She was like a storm." --Leonard Cohen Reckless Daughter is the story of an artist and an era that have left an indelible mark on American music. Joni Mitchell may be the most influential female recording artist and composer of the late twentieth century....- $20.00
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Vendor: Alyssa Favreau
Janelle Monáe's the Archandroid
In Janelle Monáe's full-length debut, the science fiction concept album The ArchAndroid, the android Cindi Mayweather is on the run from the authorities for the crime of loving a human. Living in 28th century Metropolis, Cindi fights for survival, soon realizing that she is...- $14.95
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Vendor: Lesley-Ann Jones
Mercury: An Intimate Biography of Freddie Mercury
Revealing and intimate, based on more than 100 interviews with key figures in his life, this is the definitive biography of Queen front man Freddie Mercury, one of pop music's best-loved and most complex figures. A revealing, intimate look at the man who would...- $28.00
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Vendor: Robyn Flans
It's about Time: Jeff Porcaro - The Man and His Music by Robyn Flans
(Percussion). Jeff Porcaro was a founding member of the Grammy Award-winning band Toto, and he also recorded and toured with a list of artists that reads like a who's who of popular music in the late twentieth century. His long-time friend, Robyn Flans has...- $24.99
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Vendor: Philip Norman
Shout!: The Beatles in Their Generation
Updated to include Paul McCartney's knighting and the deaths of John Lennon and George Harrison. Philip Norman's biography of the Beatles is the definitive work on the world's most influential band--a beautifully written account of their lives, their music, and their times. Now brought...- $22.00
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Vendor: Chuck D
Chuck D Presents This Day in Rap and Hip-Hop History
A one-of-a kind survey of rap and hip hop history from 1973 to today by Chuck D, arguably the most influential rapper in the world. In the more than 40 years since the days of DJ Kool Herc and "Rapper's Delight," hip hop and...- $29.99
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Vendor: Robert Lawson
Wheatfield Empire: The Listener's Guide to The Guess Who
Winnipeg's The Guess Who are Canada's original international rock n' roll superstars. But despite the band's enduring popularity, no one has assembled a comprehensive history of their recording career... until now.In exquisite detail that serious fans will appreciate, Wheatfield Empire: The Listener's Guide to...- $23.99
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Vendor: Beno? Clerc
David Bowie All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Track
Album by album and track by track, this first-of-its-kind catalog of David Bowie's entire 50-year and 27-album career tells the story of one of rock's all-time greatest artists. A lovingly thorough dissection of every album and every track ever released by David Bowie over...- $55.00
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Vendor: Duane Tudahl
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: John Lennon
In His Own Write and a Spaniard in the Works
An omnibus edition of two works of John Lennon's "fascinating...whimsy" (The Sunday Times, London) poetry, prose, and drawings that will "jolt you] into gusts of laughter" (The Guardian). A humorous compilation of poetry, prose, and artwork from two of John Lennon's classic works, In...- $18.99
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Vendor: Neil Young
Waging Heavy Peace: A Hippie Dream
The perfect gift for music lovers and Neil Young fans, telling the story behind Neil Young's legendary career and his iconic, beloved songs. "I think I will have to use my time wisely and keep my thoughts straight if I am to succeed and...- $21.00
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Vendor: Todd Oldham
Joan Jett
"While it's a look into the life of a rock and roll goddess, it's simultaneously a celebration of women, and not in that Indigo-girls-drum-circle, revolutionize-your-life-by-abandoning-crucial-habits-of-personal-hygiene kind of way." --Juxtapoz Magazine Rock-and-roll goddess Joan Jett holds a beloved place in the world of music. She...- $24.95
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Vendor: Keith Morris
My Damage: The Story of a Punk Rock Survivor
Keith Morris is a true punk icon. No one else embodies the sound of Southern Californian hardcore the way he does. With his waist-length dreadlocks and snarling vocals, Morris is known the world over for his take-no-prisoners approach on the stage and his integrity...- $16.99
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Vendor: Philippe Margotin
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...- $55.00
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Vendor: Jeff Lynne
Wembley or Bust
'It means so much to me to release this book during the 50th anniversary of ELO, and four years on from our Wembley Or Bust concert. It was an unforgettable night and I'm excited to relive it with all of you again inside these...- $45.00
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Vendor: Leonard Bernstein
The Joy of Music
This classic work is perhaps Bernstein's finest collection of conversations on the meaning and wonder of music. This book is a must for all music fans who wish to experience music more fully and deeply through one of the most inspired, and inspiring, music...- $30.00
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Vendor: Jon Bermuda Schwartz
Black & White & Weird All Over: The Lost Photographs of Weird Al Yankovic '83 - '86
"Weird Al" Yankovic is a 40-year music industry veteran that has outlasted most of the artists than he has parodied. His last album, Mandatory Fun, debuted at #1, the first comedy album to do so. His recent books When I Grow Up was a...- $35.00
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Vendor: Clint Brownlee
Pearl Jam's vs.
Vs. is the sound of a band on fire. The same confluence of talent, passion, timing, and fate that made "grunge" the world's soundtrack also lit a short fuse beneath Pearl Jam. The band combusted between late 1992 and mid-1994, the span during which...- $14.95
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Vendor: Jason Draper
Prince
His name was Prince, and he was funky. He was also inspiring, infuriating, visionary and otherworldly. Channelling contradictions in search of his own unique truth, he eventually changed his name to an unpronounceable glyph that merged the male and female symbols in an outward...- $17.99
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Vendor: Gary Lloyd Noland
Collected Chamber Works: in Varying Combinations for Piano & Strings
This volume contains the scores & parts of ten pre-COVID chamber works in varying combinations for violin, viola, cello & piano by composer Gary Lloyd Noland (b. 1957). These works were composed within a 30-year time frame spanning the last two decades of the...- $31.95
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Vendor: Joe Biel
Gin Blossoms: Suicide, Corporatism, Addiction, Creativity, and the Lessons of Doug Hopkins
Most of the hits from the Gin Blossoms' 1992 breakout album, New Miserable Experience are credited to "D. Hopkins," but the mysterious songwriter isn't mentioned anywhere else in the album notes, or even on the band's website. Joe became fascinated with the forgotten story...- $5.95
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Vendor: Peter Conners
Cornell '77: The Music, the Myth, and the Magnificence of the Grateful Dead's Concert at Barton Hall
On May 8, 1977, at Barton Hall, on the Cornell University campus, in front of 8,500 eager fans, the Grateful Dead played a show so significant that the Library of Congress inducted it into the National Recording Registry. The band had just released Terrapin...- $21.95
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Vendor: Joel Harrison
Guitar Talk: Conversations with Visionary Players
Secrets of master guitarists, revealed in conversation. Guitar Talk offers interviews with many of the most creative guitarists of our time. This new book presents these conversations, between Joel Harrison and Nels Cline, Pat Metheny, Fred Frith, Bill Frisell, Julian Lage, Elliott Sharp, Michael...- $27.95
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Vendor: Glenn Hendler
David Bowie's Diamond Dogs
After his breakthrough with Ziggy Stardust and before his U.S. pop hits "Fame" and "Golden Years" David Bowie produced a dark and difficult concept album set in a post-apocalyptic "Hunger City" populated by post-human "mutants." Diamond Dogs includes the great glam anthem "Rebel Rebel"...- $14.95
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Vendor: Andy Gill
Bob Dylan: The Stories Behind the Songs 1962-68
In this book, Andy Gill assess the circumstances behind Dylan's most famous songs, tracing the artist's progress from young tyro folkie to acclaimed protest singer, and through the subsequent changes which saw him invent folk-rock and transform rock 'n' roll with symbolist poetry, before...- $29.95
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Vendor: Leah Kardos
Blackstar Theory: The Last Works of David Bowie
Blackstar Theory takes a close look at David Bowie's ambitious last works: his surprise 'comeback' project The Next Day (2013), the off-Broadway musical Lazarus (2015) and the album that preceded the artist's death in 2016 by two days, Blackstar. The book explores the swirl...- $29.95
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Vendor: Harry Partch
Genesis of a Music: An Account of a Creative Work, Its Roots, and Its Fulfillments, Second Edition
Among the few truly experimental composers in our cultural history, Harry Partch's life (1901-1974) and music embody most completely the quintessential American rootlessness, isolation, pre-civilized cult of experience, and dichotomy of practical invention and transcendental visions. Having lived mostly in the remote deserts of...- $25.99
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Vendor: Alex Jeffery
Donna Summer's Once Upon a Time
Contradicting assumptions that disco albums are shallow and packed with filler, Donna Summer's double album Once Upon A Time stands out as a piece that delivers on its promise of an immaculately crafted journey from start to finish. A new interpretation of the Cinderella...- $14.95
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Vendor: Pelle Berglund
Buddy Rich: One of a Kind: The Making of the World's Greatest Drummer
(Percussion). In this meticulously researched biography, author Pelle Berglund presents the first comprehensive book on the life of Buddy Rich, still considered by many to be the greatest drummer ever to pick up sticks. Using interviews with many of Buddy's band members (some conducted...- $24.99
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Vendor: Frederic Chopin
Complete Preludes, Nocturnes & Waltzes: 26 Preludes, 21 Nocturnes, 19 Waltzes for Piano (Schirmer's Library of Musical Classics)
One of music's all time greats, Frederic Chopin has written some the most beautiful piano compositions of the Romantic Era. Beloved by his contemporaries such as Franz Liszt and Robert Schumann, the brilliant yet fragile Chopin created an astonishing enduring body of work in...- $21.95
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Vendor: Steven Roby
Hendrix on Hendrix: Interviews and Encounters with Jimi Hendrix
Hendrix on Hendrix includes the most important interviews from the peak of Jimi Hendrix's career, 1966 to 1970, carefully selected by one of the world's leading Jimi Hendrix historians. In this book Hendrix recalls for reporters his heartbreaking childhood and his grueling nights on...- $20.99
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Cobain on Cobain: Interviews and Encounters Volume 9
Cobain on Cobain places the reader at the key moments of Kurt Cobain's roller-coaster career, telling the tale of Nirvana entirely through his words and those of his bandmates. Each interview is another knot in a thread running from just after the recording of...- $28.95
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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: Bill Crow
Jazz Anecdotes: Second Time Around
When jazz musicians get together, they often delight one another with stories about the great, or merely remarkable, players and singers they've worked with. One good story leads to another until someone says, "Somebody ought to wrie these down!" With Jazz Anecdotes, somebody finally...- $21.99
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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: Christoph Wolff
Bach's Musical Universe: The Composer and His Work
Throughout his life, renowned and prolific composer Johann Sebastian Bach articulated his views as a composer in purely musical terms; he was notoriously reluctant to write about his life and work. Instead, he methodically organized certain pieces into carefully designed collections. These benchmark works,...- $40.00
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Vendor: Brian Wilson
I Am Brian Wilson: A Memoir
They say there are no second acts in American lives, and third acts are almost unheard of. That's part of what makes Brian Wilson's story so astonishing. As a cofounding member of the Beach Boys in the 1960s, Wilson created some of the most...- $19.99
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Vendor: Sequoia Maner
Kendrick Lamar's to Pimp a Butterfly
Breaking the global record for streams in a single day, nearly 10 million people around the world tuned in to hear Kendrick Lamar's sophomore album in the hours after its release. To Pimp a Butterfly was widely hailed as an instant classic, garnering laudatory...- $14.95
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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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