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Aladdin Sane 50: The definitive celebration of Bowie's iconic album and music's most famous photograph – with unseen images by Chris Duffy
RRP: $68.61$47.60On the fiftieth anniversary of David Bowie's magical album, Aladdin Sane 50 is the ultimate celebration of a musical masterpiece - and the most famous photograph in pop history.This landmark book contains hundreds of photographs, including dozens of... -
Cash by Johnny Cash 9780002740807
RRP: $18.85$12.44This fascinating autobiography of the country music legend recounts the highs and lows, the struggles and hard-won triumphs of his remarkable life. The story takes us from Johnny Cash's childhood on an Arkansas cotton farm to his early years... -
How to Write One Song by Jeff Tweedy
RRP: $15.42$10.43A ROUGH TRADE and PITCHORK BOOK OF THE YEAR'A guide to rediscovering the joys of creating that we all felt as children.'NEW YORK TIMESOne of the century's most feted singer-songwriters, Wilco's Jeff Tweedy, digs deep into his own creative process to... -
The Gospel Of The Hold Steady: How a Resurrection Really Feels by Michael Hann
RRP: $68.61$45.71Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781636140957Author Michael HannFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Akashic Books,U.S.Publisher Akashic Books,U.S. -
Funny Weather: Art in an Emergency by Olivia Laing
RRP: $17.14$11.78In this inspiring collection of essays, acclaimed writer and critic Olivia Laing makes a brilliant case for why art matters, especially in the turbulent political weather of the twenty-first century.'Never has a publication been more timely' - Dazed'A... -
Tarantula by Bob Dylan 9780007215041
RRP: $17.14$11.39Written in 1966, 'Tarantula' is a collection of poems and prose that evokes the turbulence of the times in which it was written, and gives a unique insight into Dylan's creative evolution. 'The good samaritan coming in with the words "round &... -
Be Glad for the Song Has No Ending, revised and expanded edition: An Incredible String Band Compendium by Adrian Whittaker 9781913689506
RRP: $54.89$37.07Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913689506Author Adrian WhittakerFormat PaperbackPage Count 704Imprint Strange Attractor PressPublisher Strange Attractor Press -
Sweet Dreams: From Club Culture to Style Culture, the Story of the New Romantics by Dylan Jones
RRP: $22.28$15.37*Includes an exclusive new chapter*'Excellent' Guardian'Hugely enjoyable' Irish Times'Dazzling' LRB 'Fascinating' New Statesman 'An absolute must-read' GQAn NME and BBC Culture Book of the Year 2020For a while, Sweet Dreams were made of this.From the... -
First Floor Volume 1: Reflections on Electronic Music Culture by Shawn Reynaldo 9781913231347
RRP: $25.71$16.96Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913231347Author Shawn ReynaldoFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Velocity PressPublisher Velocity Press -
Can't Stand Up For Falling Down: Rock'n'Roll War Stories by Allan Jones
RRP: $22.28$15.59The Sunday Times' Music Book of the Year 2017 Allan Jones launched Uncut magazine in 1997 and for 15 years wrote a popular monthly column called Stop Me If You've Heard This One Before, based on his experiences as a music journalist in the 70s and... -
This Woman's Work: Essays on Music by Various 9781474621496
RRP: $17.14$11.66This Woman's Work: Essays on Music is edited by Kim Gordon and Sinead Gleeson and features contributors Anne Enright, Fatima Bhutto, Jenn Pelly, Rachel Kushner, Juliana Huxtable, Leslie Jamison, Liz Pelly, Maggie Nelson, Margo Jefferson, Megan Jasper,... -
The Wichita Lineman: Searching in the Sun for the World's Greatest Unfinished Song by Dylan Jones 9780571353408
$22.37'It's just another song to me. I've written 1,000 of them and it's really just another one.' Jimmy Webb 'When I heard it I cried. It made me cry because I was homesick. It's just a masterfully written song.' Glen Campbell The sound of 'Wichita... -
OneTrackMinds: True stories about life-changing songs by Kristian Brodie
RRP: $22.28$13.95Put your headphones on, close your eyes. Embrace the possibility of the life-changing power of music. And perhaps one of these songs will change your life too.Music can inspire our greatest creations, salve our deepest wounds, make us fall in - or out of... -
Exit Stage Left: The curious afterlife of pop stars by Nick Duerden
RRP: $22.28$14.75**A SUNDAY TIMES, GUARDIAN & TELEGRAPH MUSIC BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022** **INDEPENDENT BOOK OF THE MONTH** **GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE DAY** **FINANCIAL TIMES 'BEST SUMMER BOOKS 2022' PICK** 'Incredibly moving.' - Guardian'Entertaining.' - Telegraph'Most books... -
Sellout: The Major-Label Feeding Frenzy That Swept Punk, Emo, and Hardcore (1994-2007) by Dan Ozzi
RRP: $22.28$14.55NATIONAL BESTSELLER AN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR "Ozzi's reporting is strong, balanced and well told...a worthy successor to its obvious inspiration, Michael Azerrad's 2001 examination of the '80s indie underground, Our Band Could Be Your Life... -
Head-On/Repossessed by Julian Cope
RRP: $22.28$14.55Julian Cope's highly acclaimed autobiography and its long-awaited sequel in one extraordinary volume. Julian Cope shot to fame with eighties band 'Teardrop Explodes' during the Punk era. Hailed as a visionary by those people who recognise his... -
Too Late To Stop Now: More Rock’n’Roll War Stories by Allan Jones
RRP: $29.14$22.06More than 40 stories from the glory days of rock'n'roll, featuring Lou Reed, Elton John, Sting and The Clash. Allan Jones brings stories - many previously unpublished - from the golden days of music reporting. Long nights of booze, drugs and unguarded... -
Redemption Song: The Definitive Biography of Joe Strummer by Chris Salewicz
RRP: $25.71$17.32The definitive biography of Joe Strummer, released with a new epilogue to mark the 60th anniversary of his birth. Chris Salewicz was an intimate friend of Strummer's for over 25 years. Drawing on more than 300 interviews with family, friends... -
Nailing It by Rich Hall
RRP: $34.31$24.51'An uproariously funny collection of true stories from one of the comedy greats' - BILL BAILEY'I loved this book. Absolutely adored it. I devoured it and savoured every word. A wild and wonderful love letter to comedy' - ADAM HILLS'It's rare for... -
45 by Bill Drummond
RRP: $18.85$12.69At the age of 45, Bill Drummond is less concerned with setting the record straight as making sure it revolves at the correct speed. Whether he's recording 'Justified and Ancient' with Tammy Wynette; contemplating the dull lunacy of the Turner prize;... -
The Future of Songwriting by Kristin Hersh 9781911545613
RRP: $15.42$10.74Over a long, hot Christmas in Australia, Throwing Muses frontwoman and critically acclaimed solo artist Kristin Hersh considers her future as a songwriter, asking herself questions such as, is it possible to create music and not show off about it? How... -
Constructing a Nervous System: A Memoir by Margo Jefferson
RRP: $17.14$11.49WINNER OF THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 FROM THE PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING CRITIC AND ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF NEGROLAND 'This is one of the most imaginative - and therefore moving - memoirs I have ever read' - Vivian Gornick, author of... -
How Music Works: A listener's guide to harmony, keys, broken chords, perfect pitch and the secrets of a good tune by John Powell
RRP: $22.28$15.59Have you ever listened to an incredible piece of music and wondered exactly why it makes you want to dance or cry? Are you mystified by how musicians just 'know' what notes to play next when they're improvising? Or why certain notes sound great together... -
Exit Stage Left: The curious afterlife of pop stars by Nick Duerden 9781472277770
RRP: $34.31$23.59**A TELEGRAPH BEST MUSIC BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022** **INDEPENDENT BOOK OF THE MONTH** **GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE DAY** **FINANCIAL TIMES 'BEST SUMMER BOOKS 2022' PICK** 'Incredibly moving.' - Guardian'Funny and humane.' - Telegraph'Most books about pop stars... -
How Shostakovich Changed My Mind by Stephen Johnson 9781912559206
RRP: $17.14$14.01Through interviews conducted with surviving members of Soviet orchestras, through his reading of philosophers, psychoanalysts, and neurologists, Johnson paints a compelling picture of one man's music and its power to validate and sustain another man's... -
Listen to This by Alex Ross
RRP: $22.28$14.55Includes a new chapter on John Cage. Alex Ross's award-winning international best-seller, 'The Rest is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century', has become a contemporary classic, establishing him as one of our most popular and acclaimed... -
Facing the Other Way: The Story of 4AD by Martin Aston
RRP: $34.29$22.86The first official account of the iconic record label. An NME Book of the Year 2013 * A Rough Trade Book of the Year 2013 * A Times Literary Supplement Book of the Year 2013 This Mortal Coil, Birthday Party, Bauhaus, Cocteau Twins,... -
The Politics of Vibration: Music as a Cosmopolitical Practice by Marcus Boon
RRP: $39.43$33.62In The Politics of Vibration Marcus Boon explores music as a material practice of vibration. Focusing on the work of three contemporary musicians-Hindustani classical vocalist Pandit Pran Nath, Swedish drone composer and philosopher Catherine Christer... -
Kate: Inside the Rainbow by John Carder Bush
RRP: $85.77$59.61A MUST-HAVE COLLECTION OF RARE AND UNSEEN PHOTOGRAPHS OF KATE BUSH.WITH ESSAYS BY HER BROTHER, JOHN CARDER BUSH, ABOUT KATE'S LIFE AND CAREER.Stunning and unique images from throughout Kate Bush's career including:Outtakes from classic album shoots and... -
60 Songs That Explain the '90s by Rob Harvilla 9781538759462
RRP: $51.46$31.05Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781538759462Author Rob HarvillaFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint TwelvePublisher TwelveWeight(grams) 454gDimensions(mm) 231mm * 160mm * 28mm -
Hotel California: Singer-songwriters and Cocaine Cowboys in the L.A. Canyons 1967-1976 by Barney Hoskyns
RRP: $25.71$16.64The story of a remarkable time and place: Los Angeles from the dawn of the singer-songwriter era in the mid-Sixties to the peak of The Eagles' success in the late Seventies. 'Hotel California' is an epic tale of songs and sunshine, drugs and... -
John Lennon: The Life by Philip Norman
RRP: $25.71$17.32The final word on music's greatest legend, in which Philip Norman reveals a John Lennon the world has never seen. With ground-breaking insight into the pain, beauty and frustration that shaped the genius of modern music, John Lennon: The Definitive... -
Listen: Jeph Jerman in Conversation with Aram Yardumian by Jeph Jerman
RRP: $42.88$27.15Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783982316635Author Jeph JermanFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Errant BodiesPublisher Errant BodiesWeight(grams) 748gDimensions(mm) 249mm * 191mm * 18mm -
Pete Townshend: Who I Am by Pete Townshend
RRP: $22.28$14.55He is one of the greatest musical talents Britain has ever produced. But even as the principle songwriter and lead guitarist for The Who, it would be unjust to define Pete Townshend's life simply through his achievements with bandmates Daltrey, Moon and... -
The Hard Crowd: Essays 2000-2020 by Rachel Kushner
RRP: $17.14$12.20From the Booker-shortlisted author of The Mars Room, a career-spanning collection of spectacular essays about politics and culture.In The Hard Crowd, Rachel Kushner gathers a selection of her writing from over the course of the last twenty years that... -
The Wichita Lineman: Searching in the Sun for the World's Greatest Unfinished Song by Dylan Jones
RRP: $18.85$12.56The sound of 'Wichita Lineman' was the sound of ecstatic solitude, but then its hero was the quintessential loner. What a great metaphor he was: a man who needed a woman more than he actually wanted her. Written in 1968 by Jimmy Webb, 'Wichita Lineman'... -
A Quick Ting On Afrobeats by Christian Adofo
RRP: $17.14$12.20Afrobeats is a fast-growing genre, one that has carved out a distinct and powerful Black identity rooted within the African continent.The first book of its kind, A Quick Ting On: Afrobeats chronicles the social and cultural development of the eponymous... -
Nailing It by Rich Hall 9781529422450
RRP: $20.57$13.72'An uproariously funny collection of true stories from one of the comedy greats' - BILL BAILEY'I loved this book. Absolutely adored it. I devoured it and savoured every word. A wild and wonderful love letter to comedy' - ADAM HILLS'It's rare for... -
This Woman's Work: Essays on Music by Various
RRP: $34.31$24.51This Woman's Work: Essays on Music is edited by Kim Gordon and Sinead Gleeson and features contributors Anne Enright, Fatima Bhutto, Jenn Pelly, Rachel Kushner, Juliana Huxtable, Leslie Jamison, Liz Pelly, Maggie Nelson, Margo Jefferson, Megan Jasper,... -
Granta 164: Last Notes by Sigrid Rausing 9781909889576
RRP: $25.71$18.78Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909889576Author Sigrid RausingFormat PaperbackPage Count 264Imprint Granta MagazinePublisher Granta MagazineWeight(grams) 355gDimensions(mm) 210mm *...