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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692980736Author a ReevesFormat PaperbackPage Count 402Imprint Half Pint PressPublisher Half Pint Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781739204952Author Howard JonesFormat HardbackPage Count 426Imprint This Day in Music BooksPublisher This Day in Music Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780892813186Author Joachim E. BerendtFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Destiny Books,U.S.Publisher Inner Traditions Bear and CompanyWeight(grams)...

Paul McCartney and John Lennon described him as the Beatles' "favorite group," he won Grammy awards, wrote and recorded hit songs, and yet no figure in popular music is as much of a paradox, or as underrated, as Harry Nilsson. In this first ever...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780954706814Author David WilliamsFormat PaperbackPage Count 130Imprint Music Mentor BooksPublisher Music Mentor BooksWeight(grams) 234g

Cobain on Cobain places the reader at the key moments of Kurt Cobain's rollercoaster ride, telling the tale of Nirvana entirely through his words and those of his bandmates as they unleashed the whirlwind that would consume them for the last half of...

Joe Jackson is a singer, songwriter, composer, and performer who has twisted and turned his career through numerous genres, and continues to release excellent albums forty years after his initial breakthrough success. For some he's the 'Angsty Young...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781899750467Author Frank AllenFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Aureus PublishingPublisher Aureus PublishingDimensions(mm) 156mm * 234mm * 15mm

What could be more punk rock than a band that never changed, a band that for decades punched out three-minute powerhouses in the style that made them famous? The Ramones' repetition and attitude inspired a genre, and Ramones set its tone. Nicholas Rombes...

This guide to Schubert's much-loved song cycle explores both the music and the poetry from a variety of perspectives. It includes biography and cultural history, literary interpretation, source studies, and musical analysis. The genesis of both Wilhelm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780671705725Author Frank ZappaFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 503g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781783052714Author Bob DylanPage Count 288Imprint Music Sales LtdPublisher Hal Leonard Europe Limited

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781901447361Author John RobbFormat PaperbackPage Count 395Imprint Cherry Red BooksPublisher Cherry Red BooksWeight(grams) 536g

Unison (with optional second part) voices with piano or orchestra The beautiful melody, popular words, and flowing accompaniment combine here to memorable effect. Vintage Rutter, and essential repertoire for any upper-voice choir. There is also a...

KEEP THE FAITH is Faith's first person account of life at ground zero of hip-hop's greatest generation. She'll share the truth about the love affair that changed her life, and the innuendo that rocked the hip-hop world to its core. From her passionate...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385316835Author Eric WybengaFormat PaperbackPage Count 324Imprint Delta (imprint of Dell Publishing)Publisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams)...

*** By the Sunday Times bestselling author of BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY ***'A fascinating insight into one of the greatest artists of our lifetime.' Evening Standard'This is a personal friendship in writing... an endearing and powerful tale of a man who...

This second edition of Esther Salaman's acclaimed book comes with added ideas and exercises. The message though is still the same: singing at all stages and the personality behind the voice - the aspirations, fears and courage we need to explore our...

Apologies 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

By the time Roger McGuinn, David Crosby, Chris Hillman, and Michael Clarke entered the studio to begin work on this album, they were basically falling apart at the seams. 'Ladyfriend', a song written by Crosby, had just failed miserably as a chart single...

The official story of 25 years of the legendary Rough Trade Records.'An essential purchase for anyone who was involved in or influenced by the punk maelstrom of 1976, a riveting evocation of a period in musical history that becomes more important the...

Empire of Sin is a vibrant account of New Orleans in the early 1920s, a time when commercialised vice, jazz culture and endemic crime formed the background for a civil war that lasted for thirty years. At its centre the city's vice lord fought...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781617751301Author Ian SvenoniusFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Akashic Books,U.S.Publisher Akashic Books,U.S.Weight(grams) 193g

Tens of millions of Queen fans around the world never got to see the classic line-up live, due to the tragic illness and death of rock's greatest front man, Freddie Mercury, who left us 24th November 1991 at the age of 45. To help assuage that absence...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783955751555Author Beate BartelFormat HardbackPage Count 200Imprint Ventil VerlagPublisher Ventil Verlag

Louis Armstrong has been the subject of countless biographies and music histories. Yet scant attention has been paid to the remarkable array of writings he left behind. Louis Armstrong: In His Own Words introduces readers to a little-known facet of this...

The first Eurovision Song Contest was held in 1956, only seven countries participated. In 2022 forty-one countries took part making it the biggest song competition in the world today. Over 161 million people tuned into watch the 2022 competition. This...

A long-overdue and definitive account of America's timeless rock bandSince exploding on the scene in the late 70s, Journey has continued to inspire generations of fans with "Don't Stop Believin'" and other hits. Celebrating the band's fiftieth...

One of Rolling Stone's Best Music Books of 2015 From Geto Boys legend and renowned storyteller Scarface, comes a passionate memoir about how hip-hop changed the life of a kid from the south side of Houston, and how he rose to the top-and ushered in a...

This book is a riveting investigation of what it means to love music and what it means to hate music, both of good and bad taste.Non-fans regard Celine Dion as ersatz and plastic, yet to those who love her, no one could be more real, with her...

Iron Maiden guitarist Adrian Smith got hooked on fishing as a child growing up in East London, plundering ponds and bomb craters on the Hackney Marshes for newts and sticklebacks, and catching perch from the Grand Union Canal while on outings with his...

A Danish musician here presents the most accurate, comprehensive work on a major figure in American jazz: Lester Willis Young (1909-1959), better known as `Pres' or `Prez,' from the nickname `President' given to him by Billie Holiday. Based on interviews...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783955751784Author Benjamin BertonFormat HardbackPage Count 280Imprint Ventil VerlagPublisher Ventil Verlag

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781887128896Author Chris AdamsFormat PaperbackPage Count 330Imprint Soft Skull PressPublisher CounterpointWeight(grams) 618gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 203mm *...

Complete with full-colour, heyday-of-home-play-inspired art for each song and a lavishly produced hardcover carrying case (and, when necessary, ukulele notation), Song Reader is an experiment in what an album can be in the 21st century. Beautifully...

He's made $100 million, is the hottest DJ in the world and has worked with the pop royalty - but who is Calvin Harris? And how did he go from stacking shelves in his local supermarket to such astonishing global success? He's come a long way from making...

Totally Wired features 32 interviews with the post-punk era's most innovative musicians and colourful personalities. From Ari Up, Jah Wobble, David Byrne, Edwyn Collins, it also includes conversations with the most influential of label bosses, managers,...

John Darnielle describes Master of Reality through a fictional character, a fifteen-year-old boy being held in an adolescent psychiatric centre in southern California in 1985.John Darnielle describes "Master of Reality" in the voice of a fifteen-year-old...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307957726Author Stephen SondheimFormat HardbackImprint Alfred A. KnopfPublisher Alfred A. KnopfWeight(grams) 3257gDimensions(mm) 290mm * 221mm * 60mm