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Vaughan Williams by Eric Saylor
RRP: €38.66€33.81A new biography of which paints the most well-rounded and factually accurate portrait of the composer to date Ralph Vaughan Williams ranks among the most versatile, influential, and enduringly popular British musicians of his era. Throughout his... -
Neil Young 1963 to 1970: Every Album, Every Song by Opher Goodwin 9781789522983
RRP: €20.22€14.61In the realm of singer songwriters, few have been as influential as Neil Young, whose music has always been creative and relevant throughout six decades. Neil is a chameleon for whom boundaries of genres do not exist. He has delved into folk, country,... -
Not for You: Pearl Jam and the Present Tense by Ronen Givony
RRP: €17.84€16.80There 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... -
The Bach Cello Suites: A Companion by Steven Isserlis
RRP: €15.46€14.02A unique Companion to J S Bach's iconic Cello Suites from internationally-renowned cellist Steven Isserlis.'Isserlis is the master of the material, yet always able to make it accessible . . . It is an absolute treat to be led to this sublime music by... -
Beethoven: The Musical Geometer: A Study of the Golden Ratio, Vesica Piscis and Pi in Beethoven's Music by R K Owens 9780648794721
RRP: €16.11€14.57Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780648794721Author R K OwensFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint V.Pisces Publishing & PrintingPublisher V.Pisces Publishing &... -
Goodbye Russia: Rachmaninoff in Exile by Fiona Maddocks 9780571371136
RRP: €29.75€20.22In 1940 Sergei Rachmaninoff, living in exile in America, broke his creative silence and composed a swan song to his Russian homeland. What happened in those final haunted years and how did he come to write his farewell masterpiece, the Symphonic... -
Music Comes Out of Silence: A Memoir Andras Schiff 9781474615280
RRP: €15.46€10.35Andras Schiff is one of the most important pianists of our time. This stimulating account of his life and work, told in two parts, takes readers on an intimate journey from Schiff's childhood in Hungary through to the present day.In conversationw with... -
Mother, Brother, Lover: Selected Lyrics by Jarvis Cocker
RRP: €13.08€8.97Jarvis Cocker is widely regarded as one of the most original and memorable lyricists and performers of the last three decades. Here, for the first time, is a selection of sixty-six lyrics, presented with commentary and an introduction by the man... -
I've Always Kept a Unicorn: The Biography of Sandy Denny by Mick Houghton
RRP: €17.84€11.97I've Always Kept a Unicorn tells the story of Sandy Denny, one of the greatest British singers of her time and the first female singer-songwriter to produce a substantial and enduring body of original songs. Sandy Denny laid down the marker for folk-rock... -
Spice Girls: and the Clothes They Wear Terry Newman 9781788842594
RRP: €26.18€17.59Back in their ’90s heyday, the Spice Girls were unstoppable. Their individual style choices and Britpop-tastic attitude aimed a defiant kick at the cultural status quo, defining a new era of British creativity and challenging the male-dominated music... -
The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band by Tommy Lee 9780062012333
RRP: €23.80€17.48"Without a doubt, it is the most detailed account of the awesome pleasures and perils of rock and roll stardom I have ever read. It is completely compelling, and utterly revolting". ("Rolling Stone"). Ten years ago, Motley Crue's... -
Beethoven: Anguish and Triumph by Jan Swafford
RRP: €35.70€24.63Jan Swafford's biographies of composers Charles Ives and Johannes Brahms have established him as a revered music historian, capable of bringing his subjects vibrantly to life. His magnificent new biography of Ludwig van Beethoven peels away layers of... -
Microjazz Collection 3 by Christopher Norton 9781784546823
€17.21Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781784546823Author Christopher NortonPage Count 48Imprint Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers LtdPublisher Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers LtdWeight(grams)... -
The National's Boxer by Ryan Pinkard
RRP: €11.89€9.25"Pinkard's account... brings to light the ambition and artistry, the stress and frustration, and ultimately the joy of making this very special album."-Peter Katis, The National's engineer, and mixer on Boxer "I am spooked by how well [Pinkard] has... -
Playing the Changes: Jazz at an African University and on the Road Darius Brubeck 9780252088261
RRP: €23.79€18.79Catherine and Darius Brubeck's 1983 move to South Africa launched them on a journey that helped transform jazz education. Blending biography with storytelling, the pair recount their time at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, where they built a pioneering... -
Folk Music: A Bob Dylan Biography in Seven Songs by Greil Marcus
RRP: €23.80€20.21Acclaimed cultural critic Greil Marcus tells the story of Bob Dylan through the lens of seven penetrating songs "The most interesting writer on Dylan over the years has been the cultural critic Greil Marcus. . . . No one alive knows the music that... -
The Captain's Apprentice: Ralph Vaughan Williams and the Story of a Folk Song Caroline Davison 9781784744540
RRP: €23.80€17.01***AS READ ON BBC RADIO 4******WINNER OF THE NEW ANGLE PRIZE FOR LITERATURE******LONGLISTED FOR THE HWA AWARDS***A beautifully written exploration of the world of Edwardian folk music, and its influence on the composer Ralph Vaughan WilliamsIn January... -
Michael Tippett: The Biography Oliver Soden 9781474606035
RRP: €17.84€11.78'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... -
We Could Be: Bowie and his Heroes by Tom Hagler
RRP: €23.80€16.07***With consultant editor Tony Visconti. David Bowie's story has never been told quite like this.Tracing the star's encounters with fellow icons throughout his life, We Could Be offers a new history of Bowie, collecting 300 short stories that together... -
Don't Dream It's Over: The Remarkable Life Of Neil Finn by Jeff Apter 9781916829008
RRP: €20.17€13.70Across five decades and counting, New Zealand-born singer/songwriter and Crowded House founder Neil Finn has become one of the best-loved figures in popular music, crafting enough hits along the way -- Weather With You, Locked Out, I Got You, Fall At... -
Beatles '66: The Revolutionary Year by Steve Turner 9780062475589
RRP: €11.89€8.58A riveting look at the transformative year in the lives and careers of the legendary group whose groundbreaking legacy would forever change music and popular culture. They started off as hysteria-inducing pop stars playing to audiences of screaming... -
Donna Summer's Once Upon a Time by Dr Alex Jeffery
RRP: €11.89€9.25Contradicting assumptions that disco albums are shallow and packed with filler, Donna Summer's double album Once Upon A Time stands out as a piece that delivers on its promise of an immaculately crafted journey from start to finish. A new interpretation... -
Promise That You Will Sing about Me: The Power and Poetry of Kendrick Lamar by Miles Marshall Lewis 9781250231680
RRP: €28.55€23.42Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250231680Author Miles Marshall LewisFormat HardbackImprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 1000gDimensions(mm) 243mm * 201mm *... -
Exit Stage Left: The curious afterlife of pop stars Nick Duerden 9781472277770
RRP: €23.80€15.95**A TELEGRAPH BEST MUSIC BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022** **INDEPENDENT BOOK OF THE MONTH** **GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE DAY** **FINANCIAL TIMES 'BEST SUMMER BOOKS 2022' PICK** 'Incredibly moving.' - Guardian'Funny and humane.' - Telegraph'Most books about pop stars... -
Unmasked by Andrew Lloyd Webber
RRP: €15.46€10.36"You have the luck of Croesus on stilts (as my Auntie Vi would have said) if you've had the sort of career, ups and downs, warts and all that I have in that wondrous little corner of show business called musical theatre." ... -
Genesis Reference Manual by Alan Hewitt 9781915246158
RRP: €44.02€34.66With Genesis finally drawing a veil over their career with the last concerts taking place in March 2022, the full career is now encapsulated in one hefty tome. Or as the author Alan Hewitt was adamant it should be referred as - the Genesis Reference... -
Seven Deadly Sins by Corey Taylor
RRP: €17.84€13.03'I was 22 years old, a hard-on with a pulse: wretched, vice-ridden, too much to burn and not enough minutes in a hour to do so'The action begins in West Des Moines, Iowa, where Corey Taylor, frontman of heavy metal bands Slipknot and Stone Sour,... -
Jason Molina: Riding with the Ghost by Erin Osmon
RRP: €17.84€13.03Erin Osmon presents a detailed, human account of the Rust Belt-born musician Jason Molina-a visionary, prolific, and at times cantankerous singer-songwriter with an autodidactic style that captivated his devoted fans. The songwriting giant behind the... -
Mick Jagger by Philip Norman 9780007329519
RRP: €17.84€11.85A miracle of still-plentiful hair, raw sex-appeal, and strutting talent . The frontman of one of the most influential and controversial groups of all time. A musical genius with a career spanning over four decades. He is a testament to British glamour,... -
Halfway to Paradise: The Life of Billy Fury David Stafford 9781785584534
RRP: €23.80€17.36"There's only ever been two English rock 'n' roll singers," Ian Dury said, "Johnny Rotten and Billy Fury." Butter adverts have tainted Johnny's status, but Billy's combination of beauty, sex, innocence, talent, charisma and vulnerability has never been... -
A Mammal's Notebook: The Collected Writings of Erik Satie by Erik Satie
RRP: €20.83€18.85Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781900565660Author Ornella VoltaFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Atlas PressPublisher Atlas PressWeight(grams) 586g -
Frank & Co: Conversations with Frank Zappa, 1977-1993 Co de Kloet 9781911036814
RRP: €17.79€12.11I think the best way to start when somebody says something can t be done, just look at them and say: why not? Frank Zappa, Los Angeles, 1990. Co de Kloet and Frank Zappa were friends for many years, and during that time Co recorded nearly every... -
Slade in the 1970s by Darren Johnson
RRP: €19.03€13.82Slade were one of the biggest British bands of the 1970s. One of the early pioneers of gl,am rock they enjoyed an incredible run of six number one singles, four top-ten albums and a succession of sell-out tours. However, after a failed attempt at... -
Just Backdated: Melody Maker: Seven Years in the Seventies by Chris Charlesworth 9781915858221
RRP: €29.75€19.21Just Backdated - Melody Maker: Seven Years in the Seventies is a memoir by Chris Charlesworth who, between 1970 and 1977, was a staff writer and editor for Melody Maker, the UK’s best-selling music weekly in an era when rock stars fell over themselves to... -
Rebel Music: Bob Marley & Roots Reggae by Kate Simon 9781905662821
RRP: €47.60€32.05'This collection of timeless photographs gives us an up close inside look at this uniquely complex man and brilliant iconic artist who forever changed the world. One love...' - Lenny KravitzRebel Music is a tribute to one of the greatest legends in world... -
Buddy: The definitive biography of Buddy Holly by Philip Norman 9780230768239
€20.86Buddy Holly is the best-known yet most elusive and enigmatic of all Rock 'n' Roll legends. Now Philip Norman, who has won international praise for his biographies of the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and Elton John, has written the definitive story of a... -
Who By Fire: Leonard Cohen in the Sinai Matti Friedman 9781954118447
RRP: €20.23€16.02Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781954118447Author Matti FriedmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Spiegel & GrauPublisher Random House USA Inc -
To Hell and Back: My Life in Johnny Thunders' Heartbreakers, in the Words of the Last Man Standing by Walter Lure
RRP: €17.84€15.71There have been many books written about Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers, but only by people who weren't there. Walter Lure was-from the band's chaotic beginnings on New York's Lower East Side, through a now-legendary UK tour with the Sex Pistols... -
Innocent When You Dream: Tom Waits: The Collected Interviews Mac Montandon 9780752881263
RRP: €13.08€9.06Tom Waits in his own words: a collection of three decades' worth of interviews with Tom Waits'I've never met anyone who made it with a chick because they owned a Tom Waits album. I've got all three, and it's never helped me,' Tom Waits. Born, seemingly,... -
Schubert: A Musical Wayfarer by Lorraine Byrne Bodley
RRP: €35.70€28.76An insightful biography of the great composer, revealing Schubert’s complex and fascinating private life alongside his musical genius Brilliant, short-lived, incredibly prolific—Schubert is one of the most intriguing figures in music history. While his...