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Jazz Me Blues: The Autobiography of Chris Barber by Chris Barber 9781845530884
$32.84Jazz trombonist Chris Barber formed his first band in the late 1940s, but it is the band that he has led from 1954, after parting company with trumpeter Ken Colyer, that has established all kinds of records for success and longevity. The 54 year... -
The Big Midweek: Life Inside The Fall by Steve Hanley 9781901927580
RRP: $23.21$19.72Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781901927580Author Steve HanleyFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint Route PublishingPublisher Route PublishingDimensions(mm) 216mm * 135mm * 40mm -
The Sun Goes Down: Thin Lizzy's Final Years by Martin Popoff
RRP: $21.92$16.89Dublin's Thin Lizzy have become one of the most revered cult acts of all time. Studious and discerning fans of hard rock the world over revelling in the storytelling acumen of the legendary Phil Lynott and the craft and class of his band. Through... -
A Midsummer Night's Dream by Benjamin Britten
RRP: $15.48$12.16Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781847495440Author Benjamin BrittenFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint Oneworld Classics LtdPublisher Alma Books LtdWeight(grams) 211g -
The Police On Track: Every Album, Every Song by Peter Braidis 9781789521580
RRP: $21.92$15.84In 1976 with punk rock all the rage a trio called The Police hopped on board, but bassist/vocalist Sting and drummer Stewart Copeland had an ulterior motive. They posed as punks in hopes of getting signed and would then make the sophisticated music they... -
Freedom Fields by Seth Lakeman 9780571527526
RRP: $23.21$20.46Freedom Fields takes its name from a skirmish which took place on 3rd December 1643. The album contains a compelling array of songs inspired by the West Country and explores the turmoil of conflict, war and freedom. Several songs are about the area's... -
Be Drag Fabulous: How to Live Your Best Drag Queen Life by Katie Mockridge
RRP: $12.89$9.35Bringing together life advice and gorgeous illustrations inspired by some of the best drag queens from all over the world, this book will have you sashaying your way to success.Whenever you need life advice, just think: WWADQD - What Would A Drag Queen... -
The Jordanaires: The Story of the World's Greatest Backup Vocal Group by Gordon Stoker
RRP: $25.79$18.42The greatest backup group in the history of recorded music undoubtedly was the Jordanaires, a gospel group of mostly Tennessee boys, formed in the 1940s, that set the standard for studio vocal groups in the '50s, '60s, '70s, and beyond. In their... -
The 33 1/3 B-sides: New Essays by 33 1/3 Authors on Beloved and Underrated Albums by Will Stockton
RRP: $25.79$20.60If given another chance to write for the series, which albums would 33 1/3 authors focus on the second time around? This anthology features compact essays from past 33 1/3 authors on albums that consume them, but about which they did not write. It... -
Map of the Soul - 7: Persona, Shadow & Ego in the World of BTS by Murray Stein 9781630518509
RRP: $19.29$17.93Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781630518509Author Murray SteinFormat PaperbackPage Count 198Imprint Chiron PublicationsPublisher Chiron PublicationsWeight(grams) 231gDimensions(mm) 203mm... -
Stackridge On Track: Every Album, Every Song by Alan Draper 9781789522327
RRP: $23.21$16.71In the early 1970s, a strange apparition began to appear on the stages of a vibrant U.K. gig circuit in the shape of a band of West Country troubadours, rejoicing under the odd name of Stackridge. Their music presented an extraordinary mix of styles,... -
Modular Synthesis: Patching Machines and People by Ezra J. Teboul 9781032113463
RRP: $60.62$52.85Modular Synthesis: Patching Machines and People brings together scholars, artists, composers, and musical instrument designers in an exploration of modular synthesis, an unusually multifaceted musical instrument that opens up many avenues for exploration... -
Electric Century by Mikey Way
RRP: $19.34$13.20Johnny Ashford, former sitcom-star, drives drunk through a storefront andgets tossed in jail. His aspiring actress girlfriend bails him out and he begins seeing a hypnotherapist, who sends him to his "happy place": 1980's Atlantic City, where he relives... -
The Aesthetic Of Our Anger: Anarcho-Punk, Politics and Music by Matthew Worley
RRP: $25.80$17.22Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781570273186Author Matthew WorleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 276Imprint Minor CompositionsPublisher Autonomedia -
Bob Dylan and Philosophy: It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Thinking) by Cathy Porter 9780812695922
RRP: $16.76$15.84The legions of Bob Dylan fans know that Dylan is not just a great composer, writer, and performer, but a great thinker as well. In Bob Dylan and Philosophy, eighteen philosophers analyze Dylan's ethical positions, political commitments, views on gender... -
La Boheme by Giacomo Puccini
RRP: $15.48$12.16Puccini's La boheme is one of the most beloved and enduring operas of all time. In this guide, William Ashbrook evaluates the opera's initial reception, the reasons for its wide appeal and Verdi's influence on the composition. Nicholas John discusses the... -
The Jazz of Physics by Stephon Alexander
RRP: $15.47$14.44Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780465093571Author Stephon AlexanderFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Basic Civitas BooksPublisher INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES USWeight(grams)... -
All Of Me: My Story by Claire Richards 9781447217411
$22.10Claire Richards is loved by women everywhere for her warm and genuine personality. Now she writes honestly about her life, taking us from the bullied schoolgirl who dreamed of peforming at Wembley to finding stardom with Steps. She reveals the secrets of... -
Moving Pictures: How Rush Created Progressive Hard Rock’s Greatest Record by Will Romano
RRP: $24.50$17.56Moving Pictures takes a novel historical approach to the making and recording of Rush's album by the same name. This 1981 release was a landmark record, not only for Rush, but also for the entirety of progressive rock.There's nothing else like it in the... -
David Bowie by Sukita Masayoshi Sukita 9783667120960
RRP: $29.67$20.86With shimmering outfits, poetic texts and energetic performances David Bowie delighted millions of fans. As Ziggy Stardust, Major Tom or the Thin White Duke he proved his innovative power and eagerness to experiment. Bowie showed the world that, to stay... -
The Boosey & Hawkes Solo Piano Collection - Best of British: 29 British Gems Arranged for the Intermediate Pianist by Hywel Davies 9780851626536
RRP: $25.79$16.71Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780851626536Author Hal Leonard Publishing CorporationPage Count 96Imprint Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers LtdPublisher Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Ltd -
Michael Tippett: The Biography Oliver Soden 9781474606035
RRP: $19.34$12.64'A delight to read' Philip Pullman'Essential reading ... a genuine landmark publication' Tom ServiceA BBC Radio 4 'Book of the Week'The music of the British composer Michael Tippett - including the oratorio A Child of Our Time, five operas, and four... -
Sculpting In Rock:: Deep Purple 1968-70 by Adrian Jarvis 9781915246066
RRP: $21.92$15.84Deep Purple In Rock is, as its iconic cover suggests, a landmark in rock music. From its opening moments of mayhem to its final crash into incoherent noise, it is a fuzzbox fuelled masterpiece with not a single wasted moment. Its release was also a... -
Classical Form: A Theory of Formal Functions for the Instrumental Music of Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven by William E. Caplin 9780195143997
RRP: $83.85$72.70Building on ideas first advanced by Arnold Schoenberg and later developed by Erwin Ratz, this book introduces a new theory of form for instrumental music in the classical style. The theory provides a broad set of principles and a comprehensive... -
Candlelight Carol by John Rutter 9780193407381
$4.02for SATBB and organ or chamber ensemble Inspired by Geertgen's painting Nativity at Night, Candlelight Carol centres around the love of a mother on that first night in the stable. Orchestral material, compatible with both the SATBB and SSAA versions, is... -
Visions of Jazz: The First Century by Gary Giddins 9780195132410
RRP: $30.95$23.41Poised to become a jazz classic, Gary Giddins' Visions of Jazz: The First Century contains no fewer than 78 chapters illuminating the lives of virtually all major figures in jazz history. From Louis Armstrong's renegade style trumpet playing to Frank... -
Impossible: My Story by Stan Walker 9781775541479
RRP: $19.34$12.51A startling and important memoir about family and forgiveness, love and redemption For the first time, Stan Walker speaks with startling honesty about abuse and addiction, hardship and excess, cancer and discrimination, and growing up in a family where... -
The Swing Era: The Development of Jazz, 1930-1945 by Gunther Schuller 9780195071405
RRP: $34.82$27.09Taking up where Early Jazz (OPB, #6.95) leaves off, this second volume of Gunther Schuller's history of jazz considers the swing era - the age of dance bands and radio shows. Tracing the origins of swing and its effects on American musical and social... -
Words Will Break Cement: The Passion of Pussy Riot by Masha Gessen 9781847089342
RRP: $12.89$8.64On February 21st 2012, five members of an obscure feminist post-punk collective called Pussy Riot staged a performance in Moscow's Cathedral of Christ the Saviour. Dressed in their trademark brightly coloured dresses and balaclavas, the women performed... -
Beyond Sketches of Spain: Tete Montoliu and the Construction of Iberian Jazz by Benjamin Fraser
RRP: $40.62$35.06Few musicians shaped Iberian jazz more than pianist Vicenc "Tete" Montoliu i Massana (1933-97). Fascinated by the modernist aesthetics of mid-century jazz, Montoliu was known for a carefully crafted mix of lyricism and dissonance, a penchant for... -
Born Again!: Black Sabbath in the Eighties & Nineties by Martin Popoff 9781912782390
RRP: $21.92$14.13In this scintillating sequel to Sabotage! Black Sabbath in the Seventies, Martin Popoff blows up the kaleidoscopic narrative of the Sabs over the ensuing twenty years, dissecting each and every of the band's ten studio albums and two (and-a-half) live... -
Liverpool Music Roots by Dave Jones
RRP: $38.69$29.08Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781919616537Author Dave JonesFormat PaperbackPage Count 302Imprint This Day in Music BooksPublisher This Day in Music Books -
Rancid On Track: Every Album, Every Song by Paul Matts 9781789521870
RRP: $20.63$14.98In the 1990s, there was only one real punk rock band still standing. Rancid. Other so-called punk acts had bent the term so much they were unrecognisable as punk or had become a caricature of the expression. Or worse of themselves. Childhood... -
Focus In The 1970s: The Music of Jan Akkerman and Thijs Van Leer by Stephen Lambe
RRP: $19.34$14.13For a few short years in the 1970s, the unique music of Focus entertained the world. Build around the prodigious instrumental talents of Dutch masters Jan Akkerman (guitar) and Thijs Van Leer (keyboards and flute), the band produced three classic hit... -
Carl Czerny: One Hundred Progressive Studies for the Piano, Op. 139 by Carl Czerny
RRP: $20.00$15.48Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781540012371Author Carl CzernyPage Count 141Imprint Hal Leonard CorporationPublisher Hal Leonard Corporation -
The Songaminute Man: How music brought my father home again by Simon McDermott
RRP: $21.92$15.31The nostalgic memoir of a young man, eldest of fourteen, growing up in 40s Wednesbury. The heartbreaking true account of his son struggling to come to terms with his father's dementia. A tribute to the unbreakable bond between father and... -
What Makes The Monkey Dance: The Life And Music Of Chuck Prophet And Green On Red Stevie Simkin 9781911036616
RRP: $19.29$13.13How do you define success? If you let somebody else define what success is, you re a sucker. I m no sucker. Chuck Prophet started out as a post-punk California kid who helped kick-start the alt-country genre when he joined Dan Stuart s Green On Red,... -
Together Forever: Beastie Boys and RUN-DMC by Glen Friedman
RRP: $46.44$35.17Few forces in New York hip hop proved as historically important with past, present, and future fandom than the Beastie Boys and Run-DMC. While they burst onto the music scene and crossed over from hip hop to the mainstream in the 1980s, their popularity... -
Anthrax: Among The Living by Rob Zombie
RRP: $24.50$16.65In 1987, Anthrax unleashed a heavy metal & pop culture touchstone with the release of their historic Among the Living album! Now Anthrax & Z2 invite you to explore the album like never before with this original anthology graphic novel! Each song on the... -
Piano piccolo: 111 Little and Very Easy Original Cassical Piano Pieces by Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation 9783795710736
RRP: $21.29$18.31Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783795710736Author Hal Leonard Publishing CorporationPage Count 112Imprint Schott Musik International GmbH & Co KGPublisher Schott Musik International GmbH...