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Let's Go (So We Can Get Back): A Memoir of Recording and Discording with Wilco, Etc. by Jeff Tweedy 9781101985274
RRP: £20.00£12.18Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781101985274Author Jeff TweedyFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Dutton BooksPublisher Dutton BooksWeight(grams) 240g -
My Son Jimi by James A. Hendrix 9780966785715
RRP: £14.95£13.12Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780966785715Author James A. HendrixPage Count 188Imprint A L-J A S Enterprises, L. P.Publisher A L-J A S Enterprises, L. P. -
The Woodchopper's Ball: The Autobiography of Woody Herman by Woody Herman 9780879101763
RRP: £11.99£9.02Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780879101763Author Woody HermanFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Limelight EditionsPublisher Limelight EditionsWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 219mm *... -
Dixie Chicks: Down-Home and Backstage by James L. Dickerson 9780878331895
RRP: £12.99£11.84In Dixie Chicks: Down-Home and Backstage, James L. Dickerson tells the behind-the-scenes story of the band, drawing from interviews with former band members, scores of insiders, and the band's enormous Internet fan base. This book recounts the early... -
Back Beats and Rim Shots: The Johnny Blowers Story by Warren W. Vaché 9780810831629
RRP: £75.00£60.54Big Band music instantly reminds us of America on the homefront during World War II, lavish Hollywood musicals, and the jitterbug. Fans of big band music will enjoy Back Beats and Rim Shots, which vividly describes the life of jazz drummer Johnny Blowers... -
Bruce Springsteen: An Illustrated Biography by Meredith Ochs 9780785840039
£16.38Bruce Springsteen: An Illustrated Biography-loaded with stage and candid photos of this peerless rock star-is the ultimate collector's item for any fan of The Boss. Through story and images, Bruce Springsteen: An Illustrated Biography chronicles the life... -
Going Platinum: KISS, Donna Summer, and How Neil Bogart Built Casablanca Records by Brett Ermilio 9780762791330
RRP: £19.99£16.37The first full account of legendary music producer Neil Bogart's life and meteoric career Neil Bogart was the founder of Casablanca Records and made the top acts of all 70's music's defining genres: stadium rock with KISS, disco with Donna Summer &... -
Franz Schubert and His World by Christopher H. Gibbs 9780691163802
RRP: £32.00£24.76During his short lifetime, Franz Schubert (1797-1828) contributed to a wide variety of musical genres, from intimate songs and dances to ambitious chamber pieces, symphonies, and operas. The essays and translated documents in Franz Schubert and His World... -
Orpheus in the Marketplace: Jacopo Peri and the Economy of Late Renaissance Florence by Tim Carter 9780674724648
RRP: £51.95£41.74The Florentine musician Jacopo Peri (1561-1633) is known as the composer of the first operas--they include the earliest to survive complete, Euridice (1600), in which Peri sang the role of Orpheus. A large collection of recently discovered account books... -
Jewish Identities: Nationalism, Racism, and Utopianism in Twentieth-Century Music by Klara Moricz 9780520250888
RRP: £71.00£55.45"Jewish Identities" mounts a formidable challenge to prevailing essentialist assumptions about 'Jewish music,' which maintain that ethnic groups, nations, or religious communities possess an essence that must manifest itself in art created by members of... -
"MAXIMUM CLARITY" AND OTHER WRITINGS ON MUSIC by Ben Johnston 9780252030987
RRP: £35.00£31.14Described by New York Times critic John Rockwell as "one of the best non-famous composers this country has to offer," Ben Johnston reconceives familiar idioms--ranging from neoclassicism and serialism to jazz and southern hymnody--using just intonation... -
Growing Up with Jazz: Twenty-Four Musicians Talk about Their Lives and Careers by W. Royal Stokes 9780195159271
£36.73A jazz writer for three decades, W. Royal Stokes has a special talent for capturing the initial spark that launches a musician's career. In Growing Up With Jazz, he has interviewed twenty-four instrumentalists and singers who talk candidly about the... -
The Angels by Bob Yates 9780143782636
RRP: £22.99£22.09Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143782636Author Bob YatesFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Ebury AustraliaPublisher Random House AustraliaWeight(grams) 624gDimensions(mm) 234mm *... -
Living the Beatles Legend: The Untold Story of Mal Evans by Kenneth Womack 9780063248526
RRP: £50.00£17.57Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780063248526Author Kenneth WomackFormat HardbackPage Count 592Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 726gDimensions(mm) 239mm *... -
Unknown Pleasures: Inside Joy Division by Peter Hook 9780062222572
RRP: £18.99£11.48Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062222572Author Peter HookFormat PaperbackPage Count 386Imprint It BooksPublisher It BooksWeight(grams) 517g -
Eric Clapton: Day by Day Deluxe Set by Marc Roberty 9781617135712
£69.98EEric Clapton Day by DayE presents Clapton's professional life in music in a day-by-day format giving details of which bands he joined and left all recordings made a both released and unreleased a as well as guest appearances he made on other artists'... -
Tangle of Matter & Ghost: Leonard Cohen's Post-Secular Songbook of Mysticism(s) Jewish & Beyond by Aubrey Glazer 9781618115492
RRP: £77.99£75.00Tangle of Matter & Ghost: Leonard Cohen's Post-Secular Songbook of Mysticism(s) Jewish & beyond analyzes the lyrical poetry of Leonard Cohen through a post-secular lens. The volume fuses sophisticated theory and popular culture with critical... -
The Grateful Dead FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the Greatest Jam Band in History by Tony Sclafani 9781617130861
RRP: £18.99£17.36The 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... -
Elton: The Biography by David Buckley 9781556527944
RRP: £16.95£12.57Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781556527944Author David BuckleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Chicago Review PressPublisher Chicago Review PressWeight(grams) 544g -
Johnny Cash FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the Man in Black by C. Eric Banister 9781480385405
RRP: £18.99£17.86Johnny Cash remains one of the most recognizable artists in the world. Starting in 1956 he released an album every year until his death in 2003. In addition to these albums there were also some posthumous releases in the years after his death. From... -
Behind the Baton: An American Icon Talks Music by Gerard Schwarz 9781574674767
£35.33To speak of Gerard Schwarz a musician conductor festival organizer gig hopper educator television personality patron and proselytizer of the arts a is to tell an exemplary American story.THYou could convey it exclusively in clich (c)s from his... -
The Real Toscanini: Musicians Reveal the Maestro by Cesare Civetta 9781574672411
£28.31Lauded by Verdi Debussy and other music legends the celebrated conductor Arturo Toscanini raised the standards of orchestral and operatic performance over an astonishing 69 years on the podium. But as he did so he acquired a reputation as something... -
Richard Wagner: The Lighter Side by Terry Quinn 9781574674415
£35.60ERichard Wagner: The Lighter SideE appeals to classical music and opera enthusiasts in general but particularly the many thousands of members of the 135 Wagner Societies around the world. There are many books about every aspect of Wagner's life and... -
Triggers: A Life in Music by Glen Matlock 9798886741810
RRP: £29.99£21.79Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798886741810Author Glen MatlockFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint Weldon Owen, IncorporatedPublisher Weldon Owen, Incorporated -
Peggy Lee: A Century of Song by Tish Oney 9781538183113
RRP: £16.99£15.11A June 2020 Library Journal Starred ReviewLee stood out among her peers as an exquisite singer possessing a cool vocal style, a songwriter frequently collaborating with leading composers of American jazz and film music, and a globally-loved entertainer... -
Karma: My Autobiography by Boy George 9781684815371
RRP: £39.99£24.83Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781684815371Author Boy GeorgeFormat HardbackPage Count 368Imprint MangoPublisher MangoWeight(grams) 612g -
Tommy Dorsey: On the Side by Robert L. Stockdale 9780810829510
RRP: £115.00£93.66Tommy Dorsey was not only a bandleader, but one of the most prolific musicians of the century. Stockdale has compiled detailed discographical listings of nearly 3,000 recordings together with brief biographical information. Each recording is listed in... -
Elton John: An Illustrated Biography by Jane Benn
£14.48Sir Elton is shown here in hundreds of photos that have never before been seen, drawn from the massive archive of The Daily Mirror.Book InformationISBN 9781566490993Author Jane BennFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Welcome Rain Publishers,USPublisher... -
My Dear Departed Past: Includes 20 Recordings of Frishberg Classics by Dave Frishberg
RRP: £19.99£19.39If you attended public school in the United States between 1973 and today odds are you've heard Dave Frishberg's songs a just see if any of these Schoolhouse Rock classics ring a bell: The Number Cruncher Seven Fifty Once a Week Dollars and Sense... -
Poor Little Bitch Girl: Unapologetic Memoirs from the Queen of Raunchy Rock 'n' Roll by C. J. Sleez 9780973647761
RRP: £19.99£12.25Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780973647761Author C. J. SleezFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Manor House Publishing IncPublisher Manor House Publishing IncWeight(grams) 166g -
Behind Blue Eyes: The Life of Pete Townshend by Geoffrey Giuliano 9780815410706
RRP: £13.99£10.84As far as legendary rock bands go, The Who ranks alongside the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. Penning the Who's enduring rock anthems and bringing those songs to life with some of the most frenetic and destructive guitar performances ever witnessed,... -
P.S. I Love You: The Story of the Singing Hilltoppers by Carlton Jackson 9780813124360
RRP: £48.50£22.94In the early days of cinema, when actors were unbilled and unmentioned in credits, audiences immediately noticed Mary Pickford. Moviegoers everywhere were riveted by her magnetic talent and appeal as she rose to become cinema's first great star. In this... -
Lorenzo Da Ponte: A Biography of Mozart's Librettist by April Fitzlyon 9780714543703
RRP: £19.99£15.86This is the revised edition of April FitzLyon's celebrated biography of Mozart's librettist, who provided the brilliant, witty texts for The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni and Cosi fan tutte. Born a Jew in the Republic of Venice, Da Ponte became a... -
Steady Steady: The Life and music of Seaman Dan by Seaman Dan 9781922059208
RRP: £26.99£21.81Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781922059208Author Seaman DanFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Aboriginal Studies PressPublisher Aboriginal Studies PressWeight(grams) 400g -
Bill Russell and the New Orleans Jazz Revival by Ray Smith 9781781791691
£69.73Born in 1905, Bill Russell demonstrated diverse musical interests from an early age. A contemporary of John Cage, Henry Cowell and Lou Harrison, his significance as a percussion composer is well known among aficionados and his work as a musicologist of... -
Reflections on Malcolm Forsyth by Mary I. Ingraham 9781772124866
RRP: £29.99£24.12Malcolm Forsyth (1936-2011) was a musical legend: a much-loved composer, performer, teacher, and mentor. Reflections on Malcolm Forsyth presents a captivating and approachable portrait of one of Canada's finest modern composers. Readers will discover... -
Louis Armstrong: The Soundtrack of the American Experience by David Stricklin 9781566638364
RRP: £19.99£16.68In the twentieth century, African Americans not only helped make popular music the soundtrack of the American experience, they advanced American music as one of the preeminent shapers of the world's popular culture. Vast numbers of black American... -
AC/DC FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the World's True Rock 'n' Roll Band by Susan Masino 9781480394506
RRP: £18.99£17.71EAC/DC FAQE spans AC/DC's 40-year career starting from the band's inception in 1973. This book covers everything from their early days in Australia to their first tour of England and the United States. It also includes personal experiences stories ... -
Jimmy Little: A Yorta Yorta Man by Frances Peters-Little 9781743799062
RRP: £28.00£18.67In this first biography of the man and his music, Jimmy Little: A Yorta Yorta Man tells the incredible story of one of Australia’s most acclaimed Aboriginal pop and country music legends and icons, Jimmy Little. At just 16 years of age, Jimmy Little... -
Exploring Art Song Lyrics: Translation and Pronunciation of the Italian, German & French Repertoire by Jonathan Retzlaff 9780199775323
RRP: £57.00£33.77Drawing generously from four centuries of Italian, German and French art song, Exploring Art Song Lyrics embraces the finest of the literature and presents the repertoire with unprecedented clarity and detail. Each of the over 750 selections comprises...