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The Clash's Sandinista! by Micajah Henley 9781501390364
RRP: £9.99£7.45Following the success of their instantly iconic double LP, London Calling, The Clash set out to do something "triply outrageous." Named after the Nicaraguan rebels who successfully overthrew an authoritarian dictator, Sandinista! consists of 36 songs... -
Dinner with Lenny: The Last Long Interview with Leonard Bernstein by Jonathan Cott
RRP: £19.99£16.46Leonard Bernstein was arguably the most highly esteemed, influential, and charismatic American classical music personality of the twentieth century. Conductor, composer, pianist, writer, educator, and human rights activist, Bernstein truly led a life of... -
Opera: The Definitive Illustrated Story by Alan Riding
RRP: £25.00£20.02Experience the passion and drama of the world's greatest operas with this sumptuously illustrated visual guide.Immerse yourself in more than 400 years of the world's most celebrated operas and discover the fascinating stories behind them. Explore the... -
Baby, Let Me Follow You Down: The Illustrated Story of the Cambridge Folk Years by Eric Von Schmidt
RRP: £27.95£22.98This book presents a lively account of the Cambridge folk music scene in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Long out of print, ""Baby, Let Me Follow You Down"" is a classic in the history of American popular culture. The book tells the story of the folk... -
Beastie Boys Book by Michael Diamond
RRP: £35.00£24.43THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES, GRAMMY-NOMINATED BESTSELLERA SUNDAY TIMES, GUARDIAN, OBSERVER, ROLLING STONE, AND ROUGH TRADE BOOK OF THE YEAR A panoramic experience that tells the story of Beastie Boys, a book as unique as the band itself-by band members... -
The John Rutter Piano Album: 8 of his best-loved choral pieces in new transcriptions for solo piano by John Rutter
RRP: £18.25£13.99A welcome collection of piano transcriptions made by the composer himself, featuring eight of his best-loved choral pieces spanning the last 40 years. Designed for pianists at early intermediate level, the collection provides skilful and approachable... -
The Who: Concert Memories from the Classic Years, 1964-1976 by Edoardo Genzolini
RRP: £54.99£37.01Most know that the legendary English rock band the Who performed concerts at ear-splitting volume, smashed their instruments, and became one of the worlds most influential groups. Their period from 1964 to 1976 saw the creation of such classic songs as... -
The Wichita Lineman: Searching in the Sun for the World's Greatest Unfinished Song by Dylan Jones 9780571353408
£13.04'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... -
Irelandology by Rachel Pierce 9780702302411
RRP: £12.99£8.18A stunning celebration of the rich culture and fascinating history of Ireland featuring ten Irish illustrators. Discover everything that makes the Irish isle so special - from its famous landmarks to its myths and ... -
Television's Marquee Moon by Bryan Waterman
RRP: £9.99£7.45This is a thoroughly researched study of the origins of the New York City punk scene, focusing on Television and their extraordinary debut record. Two kids in their early twenties walk down the Bowery on a spring afternoon, just as the proprietor of a... -
Da Vinci Requiem by Cecilia McDowall 9780193519022
RRP: £13.75£10.78for soprano and baritone soloists, SATB chorus, and orchestra This significant seven-movement work from Cecilia McDowall presents an imaginative pairing of extracts from The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci with texts from the Latin Missa pro defunctis... -
Roxy Music in the 1970s by Dave Thompson 9781789521801
RRP: £15.99£11.61Between 1972 and their first break-up in 1976 (and then again following their 1979 reunion), Roxy Music were arguably the most exciting, ambitious and vivacious bans in the land - a core four piece of vocalist Bryan Ferry, guitarist Phil Manzanera, horn... -
Denim and Leather: The Rise and Fall of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal by Michael Hann
RRP: £12.99£8.60In the late 1970s, aggressive, young bands are forming across Britain. Independent labels are springing up to release their music. But this isn't the story of punk. Forget punk. Punk was a flash in the pan compared to this. This is the story of the New... -
NOW That's What I Call A Quiz: Puzzle Your Way Through Sixty Years of Pop by Michael Mulligan
RRP: £12.99£8.60Do you know your power ballads from your punk anthems? Can you identify the dons of dance, or the professors of pop? The NOW That's What I Call Music Quiz Book will put your music knowledge to the test as you puzzle your way through the last thirty five... -
What Does This Button Do? by Bruce Dickinson
RRP: £10.99£7.25'I was spotty, wore an anorak, had biro-engraved flared blue jeans with "purple" and "Sabbath" written on the thighs, and rode an ear-splittingly uncool moped. Oh yes, and I wanted to be a drummer...' Bruce Dickinson... -
McCartney Legacy Vol. 1 by Allan Kozinn
RRP: £30.00£20.53In this first of a groundbreaking multivolume set, THE MCCARTNEY LEGACY, VOL 1: 1969-73 captures the life of Paul McCartney in the years immediately following the dissolution of the Beatles, a period in which McCartney recreated himself as both a man and... -
Tori Amos On Track: Every Album, Every Song by Lisa Torem 9781789521429
RRP: £14.99£10.95In 1992, Singer, pianist and composer Tori Amos achieved fame with the intensely personal solid gold record, Little Earthquakes, the first of fifteen studio albums. Each new recording cut new ground both musically and thematically. Since then, Amos has... -
The Story of NOW That's What I Call Music in 100 Artists by Michael Mulligan
RRP: £16.99£9.98Everyone remembers their first NOW album. Since NOW That's What I Call Music Volume 1 was released in 1983 on double vinyl and double cassette, NOW has become synonymous with pop music and has featured some of the most iconic artists of the last three... -
Please Please Tell Me Now: The Duran Duran Story by Stephen Davis
RRP: £14.99£9.80In Please Please Tell Me Now, bestselling rock biographer Stephen Davis tells the story of Duran Duran, the quintessential band of the 1980s. Their pretty boy looks made them the stars of fledgling MTV, but it was their brilliant musicianship that led to... -
Music in the Castle of Heaven: A Portrait of Johann Sebastian Bach by John Eliot Gardiner
RRP: £18.99£13.61Johann Sebastian Bach is one of the most unfathomable composers in the history of music. How can such sublime work have been produced by a man who seems so ordinary, so opaque - and occasionally so intemperate?In this remarkable book, John Eliot Gardiner... -
Bill Evans: How My Heart Sings by Peter Pettinger
RRP: £17.99£14.87A comprehensive biography of the brilliant jazz composer and pianist Bill Evans This enthralling book is the first biography in English of Bill Evans (1929-1980), one of the most influential of all jazz pianists. Peter Pettinger, himself a concert... -
Muse, Odalisque, Handmaiden: A Girl's Life in the Incredible String Band by Rose Simpson
RRP: £19.99£13.35Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781907222672Author Rose SimpsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Strange Attractor PressPublisher Strange Attractor Press -
Oxford Bach Books for Organ: Manuals Only, Book 1: Grades 2-5 by Johann Sebastian Bach 9780193386730
RRP: £13.25£9.89This five-volume graded series of organ music by J. S. Bach (2 volumes for manuals only; 3 volumes for manuals and pedals) provides a wonderful selection of pieces for all players. The whole is an authoritative and fully practical introduction to this... -
Sound Within Sound: A History of Radical Twentieth Century Composers by Kate Molleson 9780571363230
RRP: £10.99£7.12A radical new book by journalist, critic and BBC Radio 3 broadcaster Kate Molleson, which fundamentally changes the way we think about classical music and the musicians who made it on a global scale.'Wonderful . . . This is a book of discovery that... -
Queen Uncovered: Unseen photographs, rarities and insights from life with a rock 'n' roll band by Peter Hince 9781802796278
RRP: £30.00£21.00For 13 years, Peter Hince lived the rock 'n' roll dream. As head roadie for Queen he had a front row seat and backstage pass to some of the greatest moments in music.Now, he is opening up his incredible archive and sharing hundreds of photographs and... -
Excavate!: The Wonderful and Frightening World of The Fall by Bob Stanley
RRP: £25.00£17.59THE LOUDER THAN WAR #1 BOOK OF THE YEARA ROUGH TRADE, THE TIMES, MOJO, UNCUT, THE HERALD BOOK OF THE YEARThis is not a book about a rock band. This is not even a book about Mark E Smith. This is a book about The Fall group - or more precisely, their... -
Judy Garland's Judy at Carnegie Hall by Manuel Betancourt
RRP: £9.99£7.45On the night of Sunday, April 23, 1961 Judy Garland made history. That's no hyperbole. Surrounded by a throng of ecstatic fans (3,165 to be exact), the legendary performer delivered a concert in Carnegie Hall the live recording of which became, upon... -
Joy Division + New Order: Decades by John Aizlewood
RRP: £25.00£16.47There's no template for making it as a globally successful pop group. Some of the ingredients remain constant and beyond the music, there's a mix'n'match selection of premature death, drugs, drink, destroyed friendships, lukewarm solo projects and... -
Singing Like Larks: A celebration of birds in folk songs by Andrew Millham
RRP: £12.99£8.13Singing Like Larks opens a rare window onto the ancient song traditions of the British Isles, interweaving mesmerising lyrics, folklore and colourful nature writing to uncover the remarkable relationship between birds and traditional folk music. Birds... -
In Perfect Harmony: Singalong Pop in ’70s Britain by Will Hodgkinson 9781788705639
RRP: £12.99£8.18A Telegraph Book of the YearA Guardian Book of the YearA Shindig Book of the Year A Virgin Radio Book of the YearAwarded the certificate of merit in the 2023 Association for Recorded Sound Collections Awards for ExcellenceIn 1970, pop was in trouble. The... -
Temporary Pleasure: Nightclub Architecture, Design and Culture from the 1960s to Today by John Leo Gillen
RRP: £39.99£29.98Opening with the psychedelic haunts of the 1960s New York pop art scene and closing more than half a century later with the rise of post-club happenings, Temporary Pleasure shows how nightlife spaces have evolved to meet the needs of their generation,... -
The Tastemaker: My Life with the Legends and Geniuses of Rock Music by Tony King
RRP: £20.00£13.10The Tastemaker charts the singular life of a man who has been at the beating heart of music's most iconic moments for over sixty years and features stories of his time working with everyone from the Beatles to the Ronettes and Elton John to the Rolling... -
Fender: The Official Illustrated History by Dave Hunter 9780760387306
RRP: £26.00£17.98Celebrate the legendary guitars and amps of Fender (R)with this authoritatively written, lavishly illustrated, and officially licensed history of the company and the culture it inspired. Originating in Leo Fender's modest radio and amplifier repair shop... -
Sonic Fiction by Holger Schulze
RRP: £21.99£19.28Sonic fiction is everywhere: in conversations about vernacular culture, in music videos, sound art compositions and on record sleeves, in everyday encounters with sonic experiences and in every single piece of writing about sound. Where one can find... -
Vinyl Countdown by Graham Sharpe
RRP: £24.99£16.50'You hold in your hand a miracle. A book about a passion, and the hipsters, oddballs and old heads who share it, written by one of their number, albeit a ludicrously erudite one' - Danny Kelly A revival of interest in vinyl music has taken place in... -
The Sweet In The 1970s by Darren Johnson 9781789521399
RRP: £14.99£10.95The Sweet's look, sound and attitude became an instantly recognisable hallmark of the early 1970s glam rock era. But the band did not start the 1970s as a glam band and certainly didn't finish as one. This book charts the band's journey through the... -
Fender 75 Years by Dave Hunter
RRP: £35.00£27.75Ubiquitous in the music world, Fender (R) guitars and amplifiers are also icons in popular culture, their shapes and sounds instantly recognizable. Authoritatively written and lavishly illustrated, Fender 75 Years is the officially licensed anniversary... -
Ralph McTell On Track: Every Album, Every Song by Paul O. Jenkins 9781789522945
RRP: £15.99£11.61Best known for his international hit, 'Streets of London', Ralph McTell has recorded over 300 songs in a career that spans more than 50 years. Due to his considerable melodic and lyrical gifts, a good many of McTell's compositions surpass 'Streets' in... -
Reggae My Life Is by Copeland Forbes
RRP: £21.99£15.23Copeland Forbes is one of the most consequential figures in the history of modern Jamaican music. Through his roles as personal and tour manager for some of the most iconic personalities in music, Forbes has been a witness to and a participant in some of... -
Major Labels: A History of Popular Music in Seven Genres by Kelefa Sanneh
RRP: £14.99£9.80From his allegiance to punk rock in his adolescence to becoming an essential voice on music and culture, Kelefa Sanneh makes a deep study of how popular music unites and divides us. Distilling a career's worth of knowledge, he explores the tribes music...