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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486824093Author Graham LockFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams) 625gDimensions(mm)...

Two full-color eight-page photo insertsAbout the AuthorHOWARD KAYLAN is the lead vocalist of '60s rock legends the Turtles, whose Top 10 hits include Happy Together, Elenore, She'd Rather Be With Me, and You Showed Me. He sang with Frank Zappa and the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783868280463Author Venetia DeardenFormat HardbackPage Count 368Imprint Kehrer VerlagPublisher Kehrer VerlagWeight(grams) 1407g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781634244138Author Robin Bragg-MarcelliFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Trineday StarPublisher Trineday StarWeight(grams) 313gDimensions(mm) 230mm *...

A book showcasing the legendary Fleetwood Mac blues session at Chicago's Chess Studios in January 1969 This book focuses on a crucial moment in the history of one of the most popular bands in music history and its beginnings as a blues band in the late...

The Oxford History of Western Music is a magisterial survey of the traditions of Western music by one of the most prominent and provocative musicologists of our time. This text illuminates, through a representative sampling of masterworks, those themes,...

As fascination with the Rat Pack thrives in films and on television, Dean Martin remains one of the group's most enigmatic members. The Hollywood image of Dean Martin with a martini in one hand and a woman in the other continues to dominate public...

From The Inside is a thorough revised and expanded re-working of Hayward's previous books, Tin Pan Alley: The Rise of Elton John and From Tin Pan Alley to the Yellow Brick Road. From The Inside is not just an ordinary biography. It is effectively an...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781593762995Author Sean YseultFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Soft Skull PressPublisher Soft Skull PressWeight(grams) 792g

In 1978, Greil Marcus asked twenty writers on rock-including Dave Marsh, Lester Bangs, Nick Tosches, Ellen Willis, and Robert Christgau-a question: What one rock-and-roll album would you take to a desert island? The resulting essays were collected in...

Although nobody realised it at the time, the historic importance of the MC5 is vast. Often considered a 'post-punk' band, their influence reaches far and wide, with everyone from Green Day, The White Stripes, Motorhead, Ramones, Rage Against The Machine...

An oral history of the rock band Slade in the words of over 300 fansBook InformationISBN 9781915858078Author Malcolm WyattFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint Spenwood BooksPublisher Spenwood BooksWeight(grams) 750g

Over 300 fans, friends and celebrities choose their favourite songs by 'semi-legendary' Indie band The Wedding Present, nominating the one song that means the most to them and why.Book InformationISBN 9781916889682Author Richard HoughtonFormat...

That Was Me: Paul McCartney's Career and the Legacy of the Beatles explores the impact of Paul McCartney as a musician outside the Beatles, identifying the continued excitement in generations of fans and listeners, and his perennial efforts to perform...

The concept album is one of popular music's most celebrated-and misunderstood-achievements. This book examines the untold history of the rock concept album, from The Beatles to Beyonce. The roots of the concept album are nearly as old as the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781901447576Author David BurkeFormat PaperbackPage Count 202Imprint Cherry Red BooksPublisher Cherry Red BooksWeight(grams) 301g

The Oxford History of Western Music is a magisterial survey of the traditions of Western music by one of the most prominent and provocative musicologists of our time. This text illuminates, through a representative sampling of masterworks, those themes,...

`Heroic and absurd, scurrilous and profound, Who Killed Mister Moonlight? charts the descent of four intelligent young men with faces like ruby-eyed dime-store skull rings into a glittering and very modern maelstrom. Fast, compelling, and disarmingly...

This is the definitive work on the great songwriters who dominated the classical era of American popular music. Uniquely analytical yet engagingly informal, the book draws on over 700 musical examples to demonstrate the melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780859652339Author Ann PowersFormat PaperbackPage Count 478Imprint Plexus Publishing LtdPublisher Plexus Publishing Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780859654401Author Jerry HopkinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Plexus Publishing LtdPublisher Plexus Publishing Ltd

For over three years Jacqueline Doherty has been watching her rock star son's messy descent into drug addiction. Every step of the way has been charted by a hungry media. And every step of the way has been agony for a loving mum. Pete Doherty's celebrity...

Insightful and entertaining, Becoming Beyonce: The Untold Story is the first authoritative biography of the most famous woman in the world today and a must-have for the 'Bey Hive'.She's adored by her millions of fans, writes and performs songs that move...

Love music? Love illustration? Want to know more about some of the best musicians ever to record - from Bowie and the Beastie Boys to The Smiths and St. Vincent? Then A Guide to Music's Cult Artists is for you. Featuring 100 of the coolest artists...

Jazz and its colorful, expansive history resonate in this unique collection of 60 essays specially-commissioned from today's top jazz performers, writers, and scholars. Contributors include such jazz insiders as Bill Crow, Samuel A. Floyd Jr., Ted Gioia,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857366757Page Count 80Imprint Trinity College London PressPublisher Trinity College London PressWeight(grams) 285g

Words like "inspiring," "expansive," and "moving" are regularly used to describe Sigur Ros's ( ), and yet the only words heard on the record itself are a handful of meaningless nonsense syllables. The album has no title-or rather, its title is no title:...

There's no denying that throughout the 1970s, Jethro Tull were at the top of their game. With iconic albums such as Aqualung (1971), Thick As A Brick (1972), Songs From The Wood (1977) and Heavy Horses (1978) to their credit, the band had majestically...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909454309Author Attila The StockbrokerFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Cherry Red RecordsPublisher Cherry Red RecordsWeight(grams) 614g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780867198737Author Jerilyn Lee BrandeliusFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Last Gasp,U.S.Publisher Last Gasp,U.S.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781785373657Author Gerald DaweFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Merrion PressPublisher Merrion Press

Althought there are numerous books dealing with the science and acoustics of speech, there are relatively few that deal with the singing voice as distinct from the speaking voice. Now, Johan Sundberg's The Science of the Singing Voice-illustrated with...

The love song is timeless. From its beginnings, it has been shaped by bohemians and renegades, slaves and oppressed minorities, prostitutes, immigrants and other excluded groups. But what do we really know about the origins of these intimate expressions...

The long-awaited memoir of Booker T. Jones, leader of the famed Stax Records house band, architect of the Memphis soul sound, and one of the most legendary figures in music. From Booker T. Jones's earliest years in segregated Memphis, music was the...

In his page-turning and inspiring first book, legendary songwriter and recording artist Jason Derulo shares his 15 rules for finding success in any pursuit, and invites everyone-especially artists and creators-to start on their path to...

Koji Kondo's Super Mario Bros. (1985) score redefined video game music. With under three minutes of music, Kondo put to rest an era of bleeps and bloops-the sterile products of a lab environment-replacing it with one in which game sounds constituted a...

Jazz 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...

When the Motor City 5 stormed the stage, the band combined the kinetic flash of James Brown on acid with the raw musical dynamics of the Who gone berserk. It's a unique band that can land itself on the cover of Rolling Stone, a month before the release...

Apologies 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 Oxford History of Western Music is a magisterial survey of the traditions of Western music by one of the most prominent and provocative musicologists of our time. This text illuminates, through a representative sampling of masterworks, those themes,...