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Sound Experiments: The Music of the AACM by Paul Steinbeck 9780226829531
RRP: £20.00£19.40A groundbreaking study of the trailblazing music of Chicago's AACM, a leader in the world of jazz and experimental music. Founded on Chicago's South Side in 1965 and still thriving today, the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM)... -
The Letters of Oscar Hammerstein II by Mark Eden Horowitz
RRP: £37.49£33.76A collection of the letters from and to American musical theater's greatest innovator that provides an entertaining look behind the scenes of Broadway Oscar Hammerstein II virtually invented the modern American musical, first with Show Boat and then... -
Donovan in the 1960s (Decades) by Jeff Fitzgerald 9781789522334
RRP: £15.99£11.61Donovan is one of the musicians who defined the 1960s. From his humble, working-class roots as a teenager with big dreams, he rose to become an icon of the times, the troubadour of the flower power generation. His story is one filled with tales of... -
O Holy Night: 13 carols and Christmas hymns by John Rutter 9780193416123
RRP: £9.50£7.24This collection features thirteen much-loved Christmas hymns and sacred carols in appealing arrangements by John Rutter. It may be performed as sequence (with or without readings and prayers), forming a complete Christmas service or concert, or the... -
Piano Junior: A Creative and Interactive Piano Course for Children: Lesson Book 1 by Hans-Gunter Heumann 9781847614254
RRP: £9.99£7.40Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781847614254Author Hans-Gunter HeumannPage Count 79Imprint Schott Music LtdPublisher Schott Music Ltd -
Franz Schubert: A Biography by Elizabeth Norman McKay 9780198166818
RRP: £61.00£45.37Franz Schubert (1797-1828) was born in Vienna of immigrant parents. During his short life he produced an astonishing amount of music. Symphonies, chamber music, opera, church music, and songs (more than 600 of them) poured forth in profusion. His 'Trout'... -
Working Class Boy by Jimmy Barnes 9781460757338
RRP: £10.99£7.25A household name, an Australian rock icon, the elder statesman of Ozrock - there isn't an accolade or cliche that doesn't apply to Jimmy Barnes. But long before Cold Chisel and Barnesy, long before the tall tales of success and excess, there was the true... -
La Boheme: Vocal Score by Giacomo Puccini
RRP: £29.99£20.09Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780634071331Author Giacomo PucciniPage Count 284Imprint Hal Leonard CorporationPublisher Hal Leonard Corporation -
How to Survive a Killer Musical: Agony and Ecstasy on the Road to Broadway by Douglas J. Cohen 9781493075744
RRP: £25.00£18.54When the young composer Douglas Cohen first secured the musical rights to the novel No Way to Treat a Lady by William Goldman-the acclaimed author of The Princess Bride and Marathon Man-he hoped it would be his big break, the first step on a gilt path to... -
Listening by Jean-Luc Nancy 9780823227730
RRP: £21.99£19.19In this lyrical meditation on listening, Jean-Luc Nancy examines sound in relation to the human body. How is listening different from hearing? What does listening entail? How does what is heard differ from what is seen? Can philosophy even address... -
Uriah Heep: A Visual Biography by Martin Popoff 9781912782567
RRP: £59.99£43.64The publication of Martin Popoff's Uriah Heep: A Visual Biography is something of a bitter-sweet pill given recent events. Following the sad loss of Lee Kerslake in September 2020, Popoff - having interviewed various band members over the past few years... -
Lullaby of Birdland: An Autobiography by George Shearing 9780826417244
£23.23Pianist George Shearing is that rare thing, a European jazz musician who became a household name in the US, as a result of the 'Shearing sound' - the recordings of his historic late 1940s quintet. Together with his unique 'locked hands' approach to... -
There's No Bones in Ice Cream: Sylvain Sylvain's Story of the New York Dolls Sylvain Sylvain 9781913172459
RRP: £10.99£7.77'Don't live life worrying about it, just T. Rex the s*** out of it.' - Sylvain Sylvain The New York Dolls were called many things; glam, proto-punk, hard rock, but are probably best understood as a 'dirty rock & roll' band. Combining an aggressively... -
Pelleas & Melisande by Claude Debussy
RRP: £10.00£7.97In this Guide to Pelleas and Melisande, Maeterlinck's original play is reprinted in full, so that the opera lover can read the scenes that Debussy did not set to music. Hugh Macdonald's much praised English translation is published here for the first... -
From Staircase to Stage: The Story of Raekwon and the Wu-Tang Clan by Raekwon 9781982168735
RRP: £18.99£12.18Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781982168735Author RaekwonFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Gallery BooksPublisher Gallery BooksWeight(grams) 277gDimensions(mm) 211mm * 139mm * 21mm -
Tonight At Noon: A Love Story by Sue Graham Mingus 9780306812200
RRP: £15.99£15.36Tonight at Noon is a story of love between American opposites: she, a product of privilege, a Smith College graduate who worked as a journalist in Europe and in New York he, an authentic jazz master, a brilliant, eccentric, difficult artist, a scion of... -
Bob Dylan in the 1980s by Don Klees 9781789521573
RRP: £14.99£10.95No period of Bob Dylan's six-decade career confounds fans more than the 1980s. The singer began the decade with Saved, the second in a trio of explicitly religious records, and a tour in which he declined to play his older songs because of concern they... -
Round in Circles: The Story of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel by Barry Kester
£18.62Round In Circles: The Story of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel is intended not only for those who share the author's love of the 'Golden Age' Broadway musicals, but also for students of the genre who want to learn about the trials and tribulations... -
Not for You: Pearl Jam and the Present Tense by Ronen Givony
RRP: £14.99£13.89There has never been a band like Pearl Jam. The Seattle quintet has recorded eleven studio albums; sold some 85 million records; played over a thousand shows, in fifty countries; and had five different albums reach number one. But Pearl Jam's story is... -
Eagles: Up Ahead in the Distance by Rik Forgo
RRP: £29.99£20.83Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781734365337Author Rik ForgoFormat PaperbackPage Count 504Imprint Time Passages LLCPublisher Time Passages LLCWeight(grams) 857gDimensions(mm) 235mm * 191mm... -
Tommy Bolin - In and Out of Deep Purple by Laura Shenton 9781789520705
RRP: £12.99£11.05It started off so well. As Jon Lord enthused in the October 1975 issue of Melody Maker: 'Tommy can't be so bad for us with so many good ideas. All I can say is when you hear the album (Come Taste The Band) you'll change your mind. Whether you like the... -
Etudes Speciales, Op. 36 - Book 1: Viola Method by Jacques F Mazas 9781480339873
RRP: £10.99£7.13Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781480339873Author J. F. MazasPage Count 46Imprint G Schirmer, IncorporatedPublisher Hal Leonard Corporation -
Yes In The 1980s by Stephen Lambe 9781789521252
RRP: £16.99£14.12When Yes ran into problems recording their tenth album in Paris at the end of 1979, it was almost the end. Yet in the 80s, the band rallied, firstly as part of an unlikely collaboration with new wave duo The Buggles, then with 90125, the most successful... -
The Anthology of Rap by Adam Bradley 9780300141917
RRP: £25.00£21.32An extraordinary collection of lyrics from rap's first thirty years, a showcase of poetic depth and diversity "This landmark work chronicles an earth-shattering movement with deep roots."-New York Times Book Review From the school yards of the South... -
Eruption: Conversations with Eddie Van Halen by Brad Tolinski 9780306826658
RRP: £25.00£17.94When rock legend Eddie Van Halen died of cancer on October 6, 2020, the entire world seemed to stop and grieve. Since his band Van Halen burst onto the scene with their self-titled debut album in 1978, Eddie had been hailed as an icon not only to fans of... -
The Gospel Of Hip Hop: The First Instrument by KRS-One 9781576874974
RRP: £28.99£19.68Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781576874974Author KRS-OneFormat HardbackPage Count 832Imprint powerHouse Books,U.S.Publisher powerHouse Books,U.S.Weight(grams) 853g -
Magical Mystery Tour and Yellow Submarine by Bruce Spizer
RRP: £16.99£13.99In the introductory pages of my last published book, The Beatles Finally Let It Be, I paraphrased the ending of the James Bond films from the sixties by stating that "The Beatles Album Series Shall Return..." When I wrote those words, I thought I knew... -
Abba's Abba Gold by Elisabeth Vincentelli
RRP: £9.99£7.6733 1/3 is a new series of short books about critically acclaimed and much-loved albums of the last 40 years. Focusing on one album rather than an artist's entire output, the books dispense with the standard biographical background that fans know already,... -
The Poetry of the Blues by Samuel Charters 9780486832951
£8.98Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486832951Author Samuel ChartersFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)... -
The Soprano: A Cultural History by Matthew Boyden 9781399960403
RRP: £25.00£20.28One hundred years after the birth of Maria Callas, this landmark history charts the cultural and musical evolution of the soprano, and the achievements of its greatest exponents, from the 16th century to the 21st. Through extensive cross-cultural... -
Sampling Politics: Music and the Geocultural by M.I. Franklin
RRP: £27.99£22.85Music sampling has become a predominantly digitalized practice. It was popularized with the rise of Rap and Hip-Hop, as well as ambient music scenes, but it has a history stretching back to the earliest days of sound recording and experimental music... -
Eurovision: A History of Modern Europe Through the World's Greatest Song Contest Chris West 9780993414992
RRP: £9.99£6.80Do you think the world of the Eurovision Song Contest, with its crazy props, even crazier dancers and crazier still songs has nothing to do with serious European politics? Think again. It has been a voice of rebellion across the Iron Curtain, an... -
Muslim Songs of the British Isles: Arranged for Schools by Abdal Hakim Murad 9781872038148
RRP: £4.95£4.39Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781872038148Author Abdal Hakim MuradFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Quilliam Press LtdPublisher Quilliam Press Ltd -
The Real Country Book: C Instruments by Hal Leonard Corp 9781480382879
RRP: £47.50£35.74Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781480382879Author Hal Leonard Publishing CorporationPage Count 514Imprint Hal Leonard CorporationPublisher Hal Leonard Corporation -
Killing the Legends: The Lethal Danger of Celebrity Bill O'Reilly 9781250283306
RRP: £23.99£15.77The King is dead. The Walrus is shot. The Greatest is no more. Elvis Presley, John Lennon, and Muhammad Ali. These three icons changed not only the worlds of music, film, and sports, but the world itself. Their faces were known everywhere, in every... -
The Blues Dream of Billy Boy Arnold by Billy Boy Arnold
RRP: £27.00£22.88Simply put, Billy Boy Arnold is one of the last men standing from the Chicago blues scene's raucous heyday. What's more, unlike most artists in this electrifying melting pot, who were Southern transplants, Arnold-a harmonica master who shared stages with... -
A Riot of Our Own: Night and Day with the Clash by Johnny Green
RRP: £17.00£10.11Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780571199570Author Johnny GreenFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3plPublisher Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3plWeight(grams)... -
American Rock 'n' Roll: The UK Tours 1956-72 by Ian Wallis 9780951988862
RRP: £26.99£17.43Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780951988862Author Ian WallisFormat PaperbackPage Count 422Imprint Music Mentor BooksPublisher Music Mentor BooksWeight(grams) 678g -
They'd None of 'em Be Missed Richard Suart 9781843680369
RRP: £14.99£9.80'..the news that Baritone Richard Suart has produced an account of Ko-Ko's Little Lists will be music to your ears. Beginning with a brief history of The Mikado, this hearty collaboration focuses on the way contemporary politics and society are freshly... -
The Corries Songbook Traditional: Vol.2 by Gavin Browne 9780953848805
£19.92Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780953848805Author Gavin BrowneFormat PaperbackPage Count 44Imprint Gavin Browne PublishingPublisher Gavin Browne Publishing