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Shadowplayers: The Rise and Fall of Factory Records
'Definitive and comprehensive, this is the actual story of Factory Records' - Peter Saville In 1978, a 'Factory for Sale' sign gave Alan Erasmus and Tony Wilson a name for...
Looking for the Perfect Beat: Remixing and Reshaping Hip-Hop, Rock and
Beginning his career as a club DJ and disco producer in the early-70s in his native Boston, Arthur Baker moved to New York City in 1981 and in the summer...
RAW: My Journey into the Wu-Tang
'It's time to write down not only my legacy but also the story of nine dirt-bomb street thugs who took our everyday life-scrappin' and hustlin' and tryin' to survive in...
Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys.
In 1975, Viv Albertine was obsessed with music but it never occurred to her she could be in a band as she couldn't play an instrument and she'd never seen...
Young Soul Rebels: A Personal History of Northern Soul
Nothing will ever compare to the amphetamine rush of my young life and the night I was nearly buggered by my girlfriend's uncle in the Potteries...The opening line of Stuart...
Kill 'Em and Leave: Searching for the Real James Brown
'A formidable free-style book that isn't straight biography but a mix of history, street-level investigative reporting, hagiography, Deep South sociology, music criticism, memoir and some fiery preaching' Rolling Stone magazine...
The Colonel and the King: Tom Parker, Elvis Presley and the
In early 1955, Colonel Tom Parker (the manager of the number-one country music star of the day) heard that an unknown teenager from Memphis had just drawn a crowd of...
Verse, Chorus, Monster!
'A refreshingly modest memoir.' - THE TIMES Verse, Chorus, Monster! is the memoir of iconic British musician and Blur co-founder Graham Coxon, charting a life of music, fame, addiction and...
Everything We Do is Music: How 20th-Century Classical Music Shaped Pop
The worlds of pop and rock owe a much greater debt to the classical canon than we realise. A direct and fascinating lineage draws from the experimentalism of Pierre Henry...
1966: The Year the Decade Exploded
The pop world accelerated and broke through the sound barrier in 1966. In America, in London, in Amsterdam, in Paris, revolutionary ideas slow-cooking since the late '50s reached boiling point....
Into the Black: The Inside Story of Metallica, 1991-2014
From the record-breaking success of 1991's 'Black Album' to the band's reinvention with the Load/Reload albums; from bassist Jason Newsted's shock departure to the group's subsequent meltdown as laid bare...
Birth School Metallica Death: 1983-1991
No music writers have been afforded greater access to Metallica over the years than Paul Brannigan and Ian Winwood, two former editors of Kerrang. Having conducted hundreds of hours of...
Dylan: Behind Closed Doors - The Recording Sessions, 1960-94
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The book titled Transformers: Retribution by the author David J. Williams. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
World Within a Song: Music That Changed My Life and Life That Changed
Including tracks by the Velvet Underground, Joni Mitchell, Otis Redding, Dolly Parton, and Billie Eilish-as well as thoughts on Jeff's own songs - World Within a Song asks: why do...
Wading in Waist-High Water: The Lyrics of Fleet Foxes
"There is something quite moving about seeing the lyrics of these fifty-six songs collected and assembled this way. You can see the evolution of the minds and hearts at work...
The Tastemaker: My Life with the Legends and Geniuses of Rock Music
The Tastemaker charts the singular life of a man who has been at the beating heart of music's most iconic moments for over sixty years. Leaving school and starting his...
Me and Mr Jones: My Life with David Bowie and the Spiders from Mars
From the stylist behind David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust look, an electrifying peek behind the curtains during a legendary chapter of pop culture history. Suzi Ronson was working in a Beckenham...
Me and Mr Jones: My Life with David Bowie and the Spiders from Mars
From the stylist behind David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust look, an electrifying peek behind the curtains during a legendary chapter of pop culture history. ' Suzi Ronson was there as Bowie...
Roots, Radicals and Rockers: How Skiffle Changed the World
Roots, Radicals & Rockers: How Skiffle Changed the World is the first book to explore this phenomenon in depth - a meticulously researched and joyous account that explains how skiffle...
Mystery Train: Images of America in Rock 'n' Roll Music
Greil Marcus's study of American rock and roll is universally acclaimed as the benchmark work of modern rock criticism. Using a handful of artists - a brace of bluesmen, The...
I Heart Shania Twain: A Celebration of the Queen of Country Pop
The Queen of Country Pop is still "The One," and her greatest hits, incredible life, bold style, and chart-topping songs are celebrated in this officially licensed gift book. Includes an...
Kill 'Em and Leave: Searching for the Real James Brown
'A formidable freestyle book that isn't straight biography but a mix of history, street-level investigative reporting, hagiography, Deep South sociology, music criticism, memoir and some fiery preaching' ROLLING STONE The...
Yours Truly: The Little Guide to Ariana Grande
One of the most-streamed female artists of all time, Ariana Grande is the voice of her generation. From her breakout on Broadway to her victorious path dominating the charts with...
A Field Guide to Grunge
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 Grunge, Steve Wide...
A-Z of Record Shop Bags: 1940s to 1990s
Chosen as one of the Best Architecture and Design books Summer 2022 by the Financial Times. Why British record store carrier bags are graphic design icons: While they've never carried...
Constructing a Nervous System: A Memoir
Taking in the jazz and blues icons whom Jefferson idolised as a child in the 1950s, ideas of what the female body could be - as incarnated by trailblazing Black...
Swing Symphony
One morning I realised that I was close to Jimmie Lunceford's fatal age, causing me to entertain a strange logic. If all the good swingers like Lunceford and Gershwin aor...
Prince
Legendarily reticent, perverse and misleading, Prince is one of the few remaining 80s superstars who still, perhaps, remains unexplained. Now a firm fixture in the pop canon, where such classics...
Tango En Buenos Aires
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The book titled Tango En Buenos Aires by the author Jorge Luis Campos. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
This Year: 365 songs annotated
Collected and annotated lyrics from one of music's most visionary bards, John Darnielle. A work of rapturous beauty, This Year- 365 songs annotated celebrates the creative life and the musical...
British Rock Guitar: The first 50 years, the musicians and their
As one of the world's premier electric bass players, Mo Foster has played his guitar with the greats, and with their backing, contributions and memories has written an insightful, passionate...
Battle of Band Names
Award-winning veteran music journalist Bart Bull has created a one-of-a-kind book and compiled hundreds of the most colorful, clever, obscure, and unusual band names of the past 50 years. Broken...
The Baroness: The Search for Nica, the Rebellious Rothschild
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Beautiful, romantic and spirited, Pannonica, known as Nica, named after her father s favorite moth, was born in 1913 to extraordinary, eccentric privilege and a storied history. The Rothschild family...
The Annotated Gilbert And Sullivan 1: H.M.S. Pinafore; the Pirates of
The book titled The Annotated Gilbert And Sullivan 1: H.M.S. Pinafore; the Pirates of by the author . This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about...
Walk on: The Spiritual Journey of U2
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This revised and expanded version of Walk On: The Spiritual Journey of U2 tackles the issues and questions everyone desires to know about the world's most popular rock band. Throughout...
Howling At The Moon: The True Story of the Mad Genius of the Music
The ultimate showbiz insider's expose, Howling at the Moon is the wildly entertaining and brilliantly narrated autobiography of Walter Yetnikoff, head of CBS Records during its heyday in the 1980s,...
David Bowie Mixing Memory & Desire: Photographs by Kevin Cummins
"AS ICONIC PHOTOGRAPHER, ADVENTUROUS FAN AND INSIDER EYE-WITNESS, KEVIN CUMMINS HAS ALWAYS BEEN WHERE THE CULTURAL ACTION IS. MIXING MEMORY & DESIRE WILL MAKE YOU SEE DAVID BOWIE IN A...
Stephen Gately and Boyzone - Blood Brothers 1976-2009
Stephen Gately was a singer, songwriter and actor, who, alongside Ronan Keating, was one of two lead singers in one of the biggest pop bands in the world, Boyzone. With...
How to Speak Oasis: Learn to Talk Like a Rockstar
If you want to be a rock and roll star, you've got to talk like a rock and roll star... 'Every time I look in the mirror, God looks back'...
Finding My Voice: A story of strength, self-belief and S Club
The inspirational and honest first book from S Club legend Rachel Stevens Whether as part of the iconic S Club or as a successful solo artist, Rachel Stevens was in...
Mick Jagger:The Photobook: The Photobook
The retrospective of portraits of Mick Jagger, one of the worlds most photographed performers, was a highlight of the 2010 Arles photography festival; here, all the portraits from that collection...
Chappell Roan: The Ultimate Unofficial Midwest Princess Fan Book
THE ULTIMATE CELEBRATION OF THE MIDWEST PRINCESS From hometown Missouri girl to the Midwest Princess and global FEMININOMENON we stan today, Chappell Roan is on an extraordinary journey. Dive into...
72 Stories: From the Baseball Collection of Geddy Lee
Geddy Lee, the beloved, iconic Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, Rush bassist, and New York Times bestselling author of My Effin' Life, shares the stories behind some of the...
I Don't Want to Go Home: The Oral History of the Stone Pony
"Reading Nick Corasaniti's delightful book about the storied Asbury Park, New Jersey, club is like sitting at your favorite bar listening to the old regulars tell magnificent stories." - Rolling...
Sonita: My Journey from Child Bride to Global Changemaker
Winner of the American Library Association Alex Award One woman's extraordinary journey from child bride to global changemaker At just 10 years old, Sonita Alizada was nearly sold into marriage....
Beyonce Is Life: A Superfan's Guide to All Things We Love about
Confirm your Beyhive superfan status with this gorgeously illustrated, all-encompassing guide to all things Beyonce. All hail the queen! From her first solo at St. John's United Methodist Church to...
Mr S: The Last Word on Frank Sinatra
The book titled Mr S: The Last Word on Frank Sinatra by the author George Jacobs. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
Everyone Loves You When You're Dead: Journeys into Fame and Madness
You can tell a lot about somebody in a minute. If you choose the right minute. As a journalist (for Rolling Stone, the "New York Times", and elsewhere) and bestselling...