The Arts: Music Books

THE A-Z OF RECORD LABELS
by Brian Southall. Foreword by Chris Wright. B&W logs illustrate. Condition: NEW 2000 Sanctuary (UK) Trade Paperback, no printing given. Content: A definitive guide to record labels this expert book is both an invaluable reference work, and an absorbing read. Questions welcome [1 copy available]
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ALL THAT JAZZ!
by Jack Wheaton. B&W era photos & billboards. Condition: NEW 1994 Ardsley large soft cover, first printing. Tiny edge wear. Content: Jack Wheaton has provided an exhaustive and enlightening work designed to help nonmusicians understand and appreciate the excitement, originality, and historical significance of jazz. Through the study of this inspiring material, students should not only learn a great deal about America, about black Americans, and about contemporary art and music, but also a little bit about themselves. The book is divided into three parts. The first part provides historical background on the development of Afro-American music, examining, in particular, contributions from Africa, western Europe, and the United States. It examines the evolution of jazz in relation to its development as a folk art, commercial art, and fine art. The second part of the book is aimed at the development of listening skills. It explores rhythm, its importance to jazz, and what differentiates the rhythmic devices of jazz and classical music; explains the role of blue notes in jazz compositions; and defines improvisation and its different approaches. The third part deals with the relationships between aesthetics, technological advances, and social changes in this country and how they have affected jazz. Throughout the text Wheaton also offers many extra features---a New Orleans Parade, Jazz on Film, Jazz Festivals---that richly complement the material discussed. Also included are extensive lists of jazz musicians and groups---blues singers, big bands, bop musicians---to familiarize the student with some of the important names associated with jazz. Each chapter contains listening assignments that guide the student to an understanding and appreciation of the era, the style, the performer, or the instrument under discussion. A summary follows each chapter, as well as questions for review and discussion, topics for further research, suggestions for further reading and listening, and a listing of films and videos relevant to the chapter. Other useful features include margin definitions, an extensive glossary, numerous illustrations, a detailed chronology of important events in jazz history, a bibliography, a discography, and a videography. "All That Jazz!" is essential to any student with the desire to know the ins-and-outs of jazz, all in a single book. [1 copy available]
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AUTHENTICITY IN MUSIC
by Raymond Leppard. B&W illustrations. Manuscripts and "sheet music" illustrate. Guy Gravet cover photo. Condition: UNREAD, but not perfect, 1988 Amadeus Press Trade paperback, no printing given. Light edge wear. Content: The music director of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra examines the 20th-century attitude toward early music, focusing on works by Monteverdi, Handel, and Gluck. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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J. S. BACH 371 Four-Part Chorales (Authorized American Reprint of Edition Breitkopf)
by Johann Sebastian Bach. Condition: Gently pre-read Associated Music Publishers, Inc. (New York), no year or edition given. Small edgewear with light tanning to page edges. Content: I admit that I know nothing about music in "sheet music" form so this is the best I can do: this edition restores the original readings of Bachas far as a return to the sources made it possible to do so. [1 copy available]
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THE BEATLES DIGEST
by the Editors of Goldmine Magazine. 100 rarely-seen black and white photos. Condition: UNREAD 2000 Krause large soft cover, no printing given. Content: Beatlemania lives on. Today, 20 years after their breakup, Beatles’ popularity still runs high, and new generations of fans clamor for details on the “Fab Four”—arguably the most influential pop group in music history. This book compiles long-lost articles about The Beatles from the pages of Goldmine, which for more than 25 years has brought its readers behind-the-scenes insights into the music business. Written expressly for Goldmine, these articles comprise stories about The Beatles, interviews with their close associates, and reports on important figures in Beatles history. [1 copy available]
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THE BARBRA STREISAND SCRAPBOOK (Revised & Updated)
by Allison J. Waldman. B&W and some color photos illustrate. Condition: NEW 2001 Citadel Publishing over-sized softcover (10.9 x 8.4 x 0.8 - 288 pages), first printing. Content: Waldman approaches her job with remarkable attention to detail (witness the lists of songs cut from Streisand albums and movies) and with a sense of humor (see the column-long list of quotes about "The Nose"). She has compiled a collection of lists, quotes, and commentary on Streisand's albums, movies, men, and more. [1 copy available]
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BEGINNING FIDDLE (VHS tape only)
by Michael J. Taylor. Color tape running 57 minutes. Condition: Gently previewed 1987 video instruction by Speciality Music Productions. Tape is in excellent condition and is not an ex-rental. The box shows light edgewear bottom back corners. Content: You will learn: tuning, bowing, finger positioning, finger patterns, tablature, timing, key scales, shuffle strokes, double stops, tag endings, and a variety of fiddle tunes. No booklet included. [1 copy available]
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BEGINNING GUITARIST'S HANDBOOK: 50 Essential Questions and Answers for Players of All Ages and Musical Interests .
by Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers. B&W photos & great detailed drawings and charts. Condition: NEW 2001 String Letter Trade Paperback, assumed first printing. Content: Filled with the information beginners of all ages need to know, this book takes you step-by-step through the process of shopping for a guitar, setting your goals, learning to play, and sharing your music with others. Drawing on his decade as the editor of Acoustic Guitar magazine, as well as extensive interviews with teachers and experts, Rodgers provides a wealth of advice for a strong start on the guitar and years of fun, adventure and inspiration. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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BLACKBIRD SINGING: Poems and Lyrics, 1965 - 1999
by Sir Paul McCartney. Condition: NEW 2001 W. W. Norton hardcover & DJ (n mylar jacket), first American edition, first printing. Content: It is nearly impossible to scan any of Paul McCartney's lyrics without hearing the Beatles' music in the background, dictating rhythm, pace, and mood. But as Blackbird Singing demonstrates, the effort is worth making. This first collection brings together early and late poems, along with some of Sir Paul's greatest hits (including the words to "Yesterday," "Lady Madonna," "Penny Lane," and "Hey Jude.") In his introduction, editor and fellow Liverpudlian Adrian Mitchell urges readers to "wash out the name and the fame" and examine what's on the page. If you can do this, you're in for a pleasant surprise. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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CARIBBEAN CARNIVAL: Songs of the West Indies
by Irving Burgie. Beautiful vibrant color illustrations by Frane Lessac. Afterword by Rosa Gary. Condition: NEW 1992 Tambourine hardcover (pictorial boards) & DJ (in mylar jacket), first edition, first printing. Content: Thirteen popular calypso songs are featured in this colorful collection. Traditional chants and ballads from Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Haiti, and elsewhere as well as Burgie's original compositions, which were popularized by singer Harry Belafonte, appear. Such selections as ``Day-O,'' ``Michael Row the Boat,'' ``Yellow Bird,'' and ``Que bonita bandera'' are included. The lyrics of the latter have been translated into English at the bottom of the page. Accompanying the arrangements are full- or double-page paintings and a title bar in Lessac's characteristic, primitive style. Her bright colors and lively scenes will attract young readers to the work, and she does a good job of showing the multiethnic heritage--African, Indian, European-- of the residents of the region. An informative afterword by Rosa Guy, which is written for adults but may be read and understood by older children, traces the origins of the songs in African tradition and in the experience of African-descended peoples in the West Indies. Words & "sheet" music. Ages 4+. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED (MTV's Behind The Music Series)
by Martin Huxley and Quinton Skinner. B&W era photos illustrate. Buddy Holly cover. Condition: NEW 2001 Pocket Trade Paperback, first printing. Tiny edge wear. Content: Their lives were cut brutally short...yet the legacy has on lived on for four decades. They were three of rock 'n' roll's brightest stars, touring together in a music revue that was as grueling as it was magical. Dilapidated school buses that frequently broke down and rarely had heat carried them hundreds of miles across the Midwest with its unforgiving cold. Hoping to get a decent night's sleep, a hot meal, and a chance to clean the clothes they'd been wearing for weeks, Buddy Holly chartered a plane. On February 3, 1959, Ritchie Valens, the Big Bopper, and Buddy Holly boarded a small plane bound for rock 'n' roll heaven. This is their story, told by the family members, bandmates, and witnesses who lived it. Including material not seen in the original VH1 broadcast, Behind the Music: the Day the Music Died is a compelling record of one of rock 'n' roll's defining moments. Especially fascinating to me: the late great Waylon Jennings's interviews - Jennings was bumped from the flight. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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DREAMING OUT LOUD: Garth Brooks, Wynonna Judd, Wade Hayes, and the Changing Face of Nashville
by Bruce Feiler. B&W photos illustrate. Condition: NEW 1999 Spike Trade Paperback, first printing. Light edge wear. Content: Feiler is a Southerner who grew up distancing himself from "hillbilly" country music. After spending several years abroad, he returned to the South and soon embraced the "new" country music. One hopes that his first book on country music is not his last, for he is a savvy author and journalist who can sort through misconceptions about country music and analyze the historical background with a clarity that other writers sometimes lack. Here he concentrates on the careers of Garth Brooks, Wynonna Judd, and Wade Hayes to show what it takes to get to the top in Nashville's country music world. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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GILBERT & SULLIVAN'S CHRISTMAS
compiled by John Van Der Kiste. B&W photos & era drawings illulstrate. Condition: NEW 2000 Sutton Publishing small hardcover & DJ (n mylar jacket), reprint. Content: While they may not be associated with Christmas to the same degree as Charles Dickens, Gilbert and Sullivan have become part of the Christmas season. The former began his career as a dramatist writing Christmas stories and children's plays, while the latter's prolific output as a composer included music for several carols. The two dominated English culture for much of the Victorian age. Questions welcome. [2 copies available]
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GOD BLESS THE CHILD
words & music by Billie Holiday and Arthur Herzog Jr. Warm, appropriate color illustrations by Jerry Pinkney. Condition: NEW 2000 HarperCollins large soft cover, first printing. Content: A moving visual interpretation of Holiday and Herzog's swing spiritual based on the proverb, "God blessed the child that's got his own." The song serves as the inspiration for Pinkney's depiction of the Great Migration of the 1930s. Through evocative images, the artist tells the story of one family's move north. The warm and sweeping illustrations are masterful, completely filling each spread. Although the pages are rich in detail, the well-composed paintings never seem cluttered or overwhelming. There is something new to attract readers, even after several readings. The sense of the family members as a unit, as well as their emotions of hope, anxiety, and relief, are all beautifully conveyed. While a fine choice for independent reading, this title is particularly poignant when shared with a group. An author's note provides background about Pinkney's inspirations and research. This offering makes an excellent tie-in to units on African-American history. [2 copies available]
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GOIN' BACK TO MEMPHIS: A Century of Blues, Rock 'N' Roll and Glorious Soul
by James Dickerson. B&W era photo section plus B&W photos througout. Condition: NEW 1997 Shirmer Books hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket), first printing. Content: Musical Memphis defined the blues, rechanneled it into rhythm and blues, invented rock and roll, then bastardized it into pop. This infectious blend of history, anecdote, reportage and gossip begins with wild, woolly, turn-of-the-century Beale Street, which attracted blues bandleader W.C. Handy. The 1920s Memphis music scene was dominated by bluesman Walter "Furry" Lewis, fiery ex-prostitute Memphis Minnie (Lizzie Douglas) and "Fiddling Abe" Fortas (who later became a Supreme Court Justice). The 1930s and '40s brought forth swing arranger Jimmie Lunceford and harmonica wizard Sonny Boy Williamson, but the narrative really gets going in 1950 when Elvis Presley, a 15-year-old from Mississippi, began hanging out on Beale Street, eventually recording hits with Sam Phillips's Sun Record. Otis Redding helped define soul in Memphis in the '60s. Dickerson, a freelance music journalist who has long covered the Memphis scene, seemingly drags in every artist who has recorded in Memphis, from Petula Clark to Roy Orbison, Johnny Cash and ZZ Top. His engaging chronicle sizzles with the energies that transformed American music and popular culture. Questions welcome. [2 copies available]
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THE GREAT MACHINES: Poems and Songs of the American Railroad
edited by Robert Hedin. Condition: NEW 1996 Univ. of Iowa Trade Paperback, first printing. Very light edge wear. Content: Hedin's imaginative and thorough work fills avoid. This volume should please a range of readers: academics, folklorist, railroad enthusiasts, and everyone interested in the literary and cultural impact of the iron horse and flanged wheel. Poems included: Evening Song by Sherwood Anderson; Melodic Trains by John Ashbery; The Traveller by John Berryman; Looking At New-fallen Snow From A Train by Robert Bly; Train Tune by Louise Bogan; Crossing by Philip Booth; Stations by Philip Booth; The Southern Blues by William Lee Conley Broonzy; Call Boy by Sterling Allen Brown; Long Track Blues by Sterling Allen Brown; Sister Lou by Sterling Allen Brown; Southern Road by Sterling Allen Brown; Let The Midnight Special by Joseph Bruchac; Train In The Desert - 1916 by Christopher Buckley; Tearing Up The Tracks by Christopher Bursk; The Wreck Of The Circus Train by Hayden Carruth; A Walk by Raymond Carver; Drill, Ye Tarriers, Drill by Thomas Casey; North Corridor by Michael Collier; Seven Wonders Of The World: 3. The Locomotive by Christopher Pearse Cranch; The River by Harold Hart Crane; W (viva): 8 by Edward Estlin Cummings; The Women's Room In Pennsylvania Station by Kate Daniels; The Wabash Cannonball by Alton Delmore; A Folk Singer Of The Thirties by James Dickey; The Railway Train by Emily Dickinson; Freight Cars by Stephen Dobyns; And As For Man by Loren Eiseley; Great Northern by Dave Etter; Riding The Rock Island Through Kansas by Dave Etter; Starting From San Francisco by Lawrence Ferlinghetti; On Returning To Detroit by Carolyn Forche; Night Train by Robert Francis; On The Heart's Beginning To Cloud The Mind by Robert Frost; For A Daughter Gone Away by Brendan James Galvin; The Old Trip By Dream Train by Brendan James Galvin; Wreck Of The Old 97 by David Graves George; American Trains by William Reginald Gibbons; Sunflower Sutra by Allen Ginsberg; In Cheever Country by Dana Gioia; Departure by Louise Gluck; Freight Train, Freight Train by Alvin David Greenberg; A Sister On The Tracks by Donald Hall; The Last Trains by Charles George Hanzlicek; Runagate Runagate by Robert Earl Hayden; The Wreck Of The Great Northern by Robert Hedin; Blackberry Light: (the Tie) by William Heyen; Body And Mind by Conrad Arthur Hilberry; I Played Piano While My Daddy Knelt by Andrew Hudgins; Freedom Train by James Langston Hughes; Homesick Blues by James Langston Hughes; Jim Crow Car by James Langston Hughes; Pennsylvania Station by James Langston Hughes; Porter by James Langston Hughes; Elegy; In Memory, Harold Herndon by Richard Hugo; Train Wreck, 1890: My Grandmother Lies Down With The Dead by T. R. Hummer; On The Railway Platform by Randall Jarrell; Easy Rider Blues by Blind Lemon Jefferson; My South: 4. On The Train, Heading North Through Florida ... by Donald Justice; Lackawanna by Galway Kinnell; City Limits by Ted Kooser; Note On The L & N by Richmond Lattimore; The Children's Train by Dorianne Laux; The Midnight Special by Leadbelly; Take This Hammer by Huddie Ledbetter; Don't You Hear That Whistle Blowin' ... by Denise Levertov; And The Trains Go On by Philip Levine; The Flower-fed Buffaloes Of The Spring by Nicholas Vachel Lindsay; Burying Ground By The Ties by Archibald Macleish; Five Panels by Archibald Macleish; Grazing Locomotives by Archibald Macleish; The Black Train by Thomas Mcgrath; The End Of The Line by Thomas Mcgrath; The Wheels Of Trains by William Stanley Merwin; From A Train Window by Edna St. Vincent Millay; In The Pines by William Smith Monroe; Commuter by Lisel Mueller; Summer Turned by John Gneisenau Neihardt; Low-level Cross-country by Howard Nemerov; Freight by John Frederick Nims; Trainwrecked Soldiers by John Frederick Nims; The Penn Central Station At Beacon, N.y. by Ed Ochester; Coal Train by Jay Parini; At The Train Museum by Linda Pastan; The Last Train by Linda Pastan; Self-portrait Approaching Promontory, Utah by Michael Pettit; Getting There by Sylvia Plath; For Esther by Stanley Plumly; The Southern Road by Dudley Randall; Railroad Bill, A Conjure Man; A Hoodoo Suite by Ishmael Reed; Rights Of Way by Thomas Reiter ; Lucifer In The Train by Adrienne Cecile Rich; Night Journey by Theodore Roethke; Campaign: Sun On The Faces by Muriel Rukeyser; Campaign: The Young Men by Muriel Rukeyser; Limited by Carl Sandburg; Southern Pacific by Carl Sandburg; Work Gangs by Carl Sandburg; After A Train Journey by Eleanor May Sarton; Casey Jones by T. Lawrence Seibert; Terminal by Karl Shapiro; The Big Rock-candy Mountain by Louis Edward Sissman; The Roundhouse Voices by Dave Smith; Who Will Know Us by Gary Soto; Iris; Vivian St. John (1891-1974) by David St. John; Holding The Sky by William Edgar Stafford; Right Of Way by Barry Sternlieb; Written While Riding The Long Island Railroad by May Swenson; Blackberries by Henry David Thoreau; The Beulah Railway by Anonymous; The Big Rock Candy Mountains (2) by Anonymous; The Gospel Train by Anonymous; Hallelujah, I'm A Bum by Anonymous; John Henry (2) by Anonymous; Little Black Train Is A-comin' by Anonymous; Poor Paddy Works On The Railway by Anonymous. The Railroad Blues by Anonymous; Railroad Section Leader's Song by Anonymous; Tamping Ties by Anonymous; Railroad Bill (2) by Anonymous - African American; A Dream Of Trains by Mark Van Doren; On My Fourtieth Wedding Anniversay I Ride On Trains by Cornelia Veenendaal; Ballad: Between The Boxcars (1923) by Robert Penn Warren; To A Locomotive In Winter by Walt Whitman; In The Smoking-car by Richard Wilbur, Overture To A Dance Of Locomotives by William Carlos Williams, To Freight Cars In The Air by William Carlos Williams; Mystery Train: Janis Joplin Leaves Port Arthur For Points West, 1964 by David Wojahn; Photo Of My Father In A Snowbound Train by David Wojahn; Riding The Empire Builder, 1948 by David Wojahn; Outside Fargo, North Dakota by James Wright; A Poem Written Under An Archway In A Discontinued Railroad Station by James Wright; The Boxcar Poem by David Young; A Project For Freight Trains by David Young; -- Table of Poems from Poem Finder. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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GUITAR METHOD IN THE STYLE OF THE DAVE MATTHEWS BAND
with Curt Mitchell. 60 minutes run time. Condition: Gently pre-viewed MVP Home Entertainment instructional VHS tape. The tape itself is n great shape, but the box shows some wear: crease down one side panel and small edgewear to box corners. GUARANTEED. Content: This video teaches guitar in the style of the Dave Matthews Band - which does NOT appear in this video. It features amp and effect settings; picking techniques; full band and rhythm trax for solo practice. Questions welcome. [2 copies available]
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HENDRIX: BAND OF GYPSIES (Live at the Fillmore East)
with, of course, Jimi Hendrix. 83 minutes run time. Condition: Gently pre-viewed MCA VHS tape. Tape is in excellent condition as is the box. GUARANTEED. Content: This tape features the only known footage of the group in concert, including Machine Gun, Who Knows, Izabella, Fire, Foxey Lady, and it also includes a musical soundtrack which includes additional performances from the December 1969 and January 1970 concerts. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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HEROES & VILLAINS: The True Story of the Beach Boys
by Steven Gaines. Two B&W photo sections illustrate. Condition: NEW 1995 DA Capo Press Trade Paperback, first printing. Short remainder mark bottom edges. Content: Gaines's 1995 book follows the rise and tragic fall of a legendary American pop band whose excesses were camouflaged by their wholesome image. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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THE ISLE OF NOISES: Rock and Roll's Roots in Ireland
by Mark J. Pendergast. B&W photos illustrate. Condition: UNREAD 1990 St. Martin's Press Trade Paperback, first U.S. edition, first pritning. Tiny edgewear at cover corners. Content: This book is the best informed and most accurate record f the phenomenon of Irish rock music. Beginning with the early days of the traveling showbands, carrying through to the sonic blasts that now bust down the basement doors of Dublin, Pendergast's tireless research has produced the finest book of its kind. Examining the roots, personalities, and the directions of rock i Erin, this book featues the great and small who have contributed to the Celtic beat heard from across the Atlantic. Features U2, Van Morrison, Sinead O'Connor, Sir Bob Geldof, The Pogues and hundreds of others. Dated but fascinating. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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LEGENDS OF NEW ORLEANS (with Audio CD)
by Pableaux Johnson. Color photos illustrate. Condition: NEW 2001 Blue Marble (Austin) small hardcover (pictorial boards - no DJ issued). CD guaranteed. Content: This book contains history, maps, and the music of the Big Easy - still flourishing after Katrina. The CD contains a sampling of types of music NOLA provides. This is a neat little book. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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LIFE ON PLANET ROCK: From Guns N' Roses to Nirvana, a Backstage Journey through Rock's Most Debauched Decade
by Lonn Friend. Foreword by the great Lars Ulrich. B&W photo section. Condition: NEW 2006 Portrait (London) fat Trade Paperback, no printing given. Small, pale "ding" front top cover edge. Content: In this nomadic, at times humbling memoir, former RIP magazine editor Friend recalls a quarter-century spent as a ringleader in the music industry circus. From the early 1980s to the late '90s, Friend enjoyed an insiders' perch for some of rock's greatest moments—he worked as a DJ, a rock journalist, editor of heavy metal's most popular magazine and had a segment on MTV. In energetic prose he invites readers along on bonding experiences like golf dates with Alice Cooper and riding in private jets with Kiss, as well as exposing moments of professional soul-searching at the hands of Metallica's Lars Ulrich and Pearl Jam. Remarkably, Friend's narrative maintains an even keel, whether he's being ignored by Kurt Cobain or wooed by Gene Simmons, and he candidly portrays the compromised, often confusing role of the rock journalist, constantly teetering between friend and patsy. The most enlightening part of the book is Friend's brief, failed stint as an A&R man, when the journalist who made a career on megabands staked his A&R career on the Bogmen, a quirky but brilliant New York outfit, and even made a run at Eels. Through success, excess and failure, music fans will enjoy Friend's anecdotes and his clear-eyed, hardly jaded view of the industry. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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THE MAMAS & THE PAPAS: CALIFORNIA DREAMIN'
by Doug Hall. Color band photos front & back covers. B&W photo sections throughout. Condition: NEW 2000 Quarry Music Trade Paperback, assumed first printing. Content: Based on exclusive interviews with founding band members John Phillips, Michelle Phillips, Denny Doherty as well as colleagues John Stewart & Scott Mckenzie, this biography of America's quintessential 1960's band traces their career from the Greenwich Village folk scene to the "summer of love." Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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MEDIEVAL SONG: An Anthology of Hymns and Lyrics
translated by James J. Wilhelm. Cover art by Karl Stucklen. Condition: Very good 1971 E. P. Dutton Trade Paperback, first edition. Although there is a spine crease, the interior is clean & tight with light tanning to page edges. Small "spot" fore edges. Content: 230 lyrics: Late Classical, Christian hymns, Latin hymns, Carmina Burana, Provencal, Italian, German, North French, & Great Britain (Old and Middle English). Excellent research tool. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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BABY GENIUS: MOZART AND FRIENDS SLEEPYTIME (DVD & Music CD)
by Genius Entertainment. Condition: NEW (shrink-wrapped) 2004 Genius Entertainment DVD and music CD. . Content: Music makes a difference! Thirty-three minutes of soothing music and relaxing images of playful puppies, cuddly kittens, flowing fields of flowers and moe - all played out on a musical bed of Mozart. With the CD, the running time if over one and one-half hours. Ages 0 to 36 months. [1 copy available]
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A MUSICAL FEAST: Recipes from over 100 of the World's Most Famous Musical Artists
compiled by Wendy Diamond. Color photos and "pages". Condition: UNREAD 1995 Global Liasons Inc. hardcover (pictorial boards - no DJ), first printing. This book looks likes the 60's exploded within the covers. Very colorful and quite busy. Content: Published as a fund-raiser for the Homeless, this book gives us photos and recipes from some of music's greatest stars: Dolly Parton (Islands in the Stream); B. B. King (German Chocolate Cake); Vince Gill (Favorite Rolls); Placido Domingo (Mocha Tarte de la Noche); Beach Boys (Veggie Burger); Basia (Polish Bigos); Tim McGraw (Cajun Gumbo); Rolling Stones (Mick Jagger's Shrimp Curry); and many others. This is a neat book - and heavy! Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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NOT FADE AWAY: A Backstage Pass to 20 Years of Rock & Roll
by Ben Font-Torres. B&W photos illustrate. Condition: NEW 1999 Miller Freeman Trade Paperback, first printing. Content: This book collects 34 of Fong-Torres' higher-profile pieces, drawn mostly from work he did for Rolling Stone in the 1970 - including profiles of and interviews with Bob Dylan, Ray Charles, Paul McCartney, Tom Hanks, and Rodney Dangerfield. He contextualizes the chronologically arranged stories with bits of information about his personal background, the growth of Rolling Stone, and pop culture. At times he picks on "unhip" easy targets like Three Dog Night and Dick Clark, but mostly his rapport with his subjects and eye for detail provide intimate and complex portraits. [Nice to have a good bio of Bonnie Raitt, also.] Questions welcome. [2 copies available]
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PEARL JAM: place/date
B&W phototography by Charles Peterson and Lance Mercer. Condition: UNREAD 1999 Universe Publishing soft cover, no printing given. The publisher's "Pearl Jam" sticker has a small tag-removal mark front cover. Interior perfect. Content: With "Place/Date", it's readily apparent that lensmen Peterson and Mercer spent plenty of unsupervised time in the company of Pearl Jam before assembling this handsome, rewarding volume. The twosome collect images dating back to the group's 1991 grunge salad days and up to 1998. Kinetic shots of the band in action (Eddie leaping, Eddie sprawling, Eddie crawling) are interspersed with backstage candids of the quintet playing dominos, napping, and killing time. In keeping with the group's egalitarian ethos, the lens is frequently turned away from Vedder and company toward PJ's fans, with telling results. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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RECORDING DEMO TAPES AT HOME (John Woram Audio Series)
by Bruce Bartlett. B&W charts, drawings, and photos illustrate. Condition: NEW 1989 Howard W. Sams large soft cover, first printing. Content: Let's face it. With new technology moving at the speed of light, a book written today is out-of-date by the time it reaches the book stores. The value of this book is in the theory and techniques used to achieve the best demo tape possible at a price you (the musician) can afford. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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RING OF FIRE: A Tribute to Johnny Cash (CD Included)
by Brian Mansfield. B&W photos by Les Leverett. Condition: NEW 2003 Rutledge Hill small hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket), first ediiton, first printing. Includes CD of Cash singing "Ring of Fire." Content: For more than 50 years, Johnny Cash entertained audiences of all ages. His winsome approach to music, combined with a raw honesty, has endeared him to legions of fans all over the world. Cash was as popular at the time of his death as ever was. His unique brand of country, folk, and rock music is currently being heard (and purchased) by young teens, as well as by his older fans, perhaps due to his steady presence on MTV, VH1, and CMT. This book contains brief stories about Johnny Cash and his wife June Carter on the road, in their religious life, their friendship offered, and their appeal. Nice book! [1 copy available]
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ROLLIN' AND TUMBLIN': The Postwar Blues Guitarists
edited by Jas Obrecht. B&W photos throughout. Condition: NEW 2000 Miller Freeman Trade Paperback, first printing. Content: Reviewer: "By "postwar blues", we mean the upbeat, amplified, often aggressive material that many popologists see simply as the roots of rock'n'roll. But for blues fans, the muscular power and driving passion of the bluesmen is enough by itself, and this collection of articles and interviews profiling many of the genre's greatest players, is manna from heaven for the folks who could care less what happened after Elvis shook his little heinie on the Ed Sullivan show. This is a classicist's view of the blues -- standardbearers such as Otis Rush, Muddy Waters and BB King get multiple entries, wild West Coast and Texas bluesmen like T-Bone Walker and Clarence Gatemouth Brown also get their propers, and while the main emphasis is on the dudes who plugged in, acoustic players such as Fred McDowell also get a nod or two. The book draws on a variety of writers, and reflects a variety of interviewing and narrative styles -- most of the material originally appeared in "Guitar Player" magazine, but while some technical points are investigated, the book is an even better source of information about the players themselves -- their personalities, their stories, their world view. A true blues fan should enjoy this book quite a bit!" [1 copy available]
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THE ROLLING THUNDER LOGBOOK
by Sam Sheprd. Foreword by T-Bone Burnett. B&W tour photos by Ken Regan. Condition: NEW 2004 Da Capo Trade Paperback, first printing. Content: Originally published in 1977, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Playwright Sam Sheprd rode along with Bob Dylan's Legendary Rolling Thunder Tour in 1975. Shepard's goal was to make a movie of the tour. Never happened. But this book did. Laced with the profanity so common with the times, Shepard details the concerts, the personalities, and life on the bus. Along for the ride were Joni Mitchell, T-Bone Burnett, Allen Ginsberg, Mick Ronson, Joan Baez, Arlo Guthrie, and Ramblin' Jack Elliott. So 60s - even if it was published late in the 70s. New preface by Sheprd and a new foreword by T-Bone Burnett. [1 copy available]
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THE SEARCH FOR ROBERT JOHNSON
by John Hammond, Jr. B&W & color footage. 72 minutes run time. Condition: Gently pre-viewed 1992 SMV VHS tape. The tape is in excellent condition but the box shows very light edgewear. Content: Reviewer: "Did Robert Johnson really sell his soul to old Scratch at the crossroads? John Hammond, Jr. explores the life and times of this legendary bluesman. Hammond, a fine blues musician himself, travels through the small towns of the Mississippi Delta and interviews several of Robert Johnson's contemporaries and acquaintances, including Johnny Shines. Hammond even tracks down a woman who claims to have been Johnson's wife. Most of the interviewees are in the later years, giving the documentary a living history feel. The documentary is filled with Johnson's music, much of it performed by Hammond, in Delta settings. It is quite stirring to see Hammond playing Crossroads at the crossroads. If you are a fan of the Delta blues, this is a must have film." Questions welcome [1 copy available]
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STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN: LED ZEPPELIN UNCENSORED
by Richard Cole with Richard Trubo. 16 page B&W photo section. Condition: UNREAD, but not perfect, 1993 Harper paperback, first printing. Although unread, it has had some shelf wear handling at the photo section - not bad, but there. Content: Cole, tour manager to maestros of metal music Led Zeppelin throughout the band's 12-year existence, collaborates with Trubo, a syndicated journalist, on this sordid tell-all. Alcohol, cocaine and heroin abuse, shameless groupies and perverse pranks figure largely in the saga. Cole boasts of his and the band's phenomenal appetites for liquor, drugs and sex while denouncing those who say Led Zeppelin harmed the international legions of teenage girls who routinely sought rock-star notches in their bedposts. He clearly enjoyed the company of drummer John Bonham, who died of alcohol-related causes in 1980; many trashy tales of "Bonzo's" booze-soaked shenanigans appear here. Conversely, guitar virtuoso Jimmy Page, who never confided details of his occult interests, remains an enigma. Vocalist Robert Plant is generally portrayed as hostile and arrogant, and bassist John Paul Jones receives the least mention, perhaps due to his down-to-earth, less excessive behavior. Fans who don't mind a roadie's braggadocio and sexism will find many an explicit anecdote in these pages. Questions welcome [1 copy available]
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TEXAN JAZZ
by Dave Oliphant. B&W era photos illustrate. Condition: NEW 1996 University of Texas Press Trade Paperback, first printing. Content: While Texas is not generally thought of with New Orleans, New York, Los Angeles, Kansas City, and Chicago as a hotbed of jazz, Oliphant shows how many who found fame in those spots got their start in the Lone Star State. Artists as diverse as Scott Joplin, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Jack Teagarden, and Ornette Coleman all started out in Texas. From its origins in Joplin's ragtime piano through Jefferson's country blues to Coleman's hard bop, Oliphant details the development of this most American of musical genres. Meticulously researched and footnoted, this book is not only a definitive history of Texas jazz but a fine overview of the style as a whole. Questions welcome [1 copy available]
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THIS IS OURS: Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors
by Tim McGraw with Martin Huxley. Color & B&W photos illustrate. Condition: UNREAD 2002 Atria hardcover (coffee-table book) & DJ (in mylar jacket) first edition, first printing. DJ has light edgewear top edge. Content: This is McGraw's story of the making of his album Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors. To hear the singer and country music stalwarts tell it, McGraw broke all the rules on his latest outing: rather than record in Nashville with technically brilliant session players, McGraw decided to have his buddies from his road band, the Dancehall Doctors, back him in an upstate New York farmhouse-cum-studio. From the project's initial planning and reception to its ultimate realization, this volume presents a view of McGraw and his band that's as slick and upbeat as the best PR material. McGraw loves and respects his long-time band members (they're the "guys who knew you when you were borrowing money from them," he says affectionately); and they, in turn, seem deeply fond and admiring of him. In first-person snippets that dot the text, musicians, producers, engineers and techies wax poetic about McGraw's artistic integrity, his intuitiveness, his desire to please fans, his ability to pick songs (he doesn't write his own) and his refusal to do easy hits - even how much women appreciate his posterior. There are basic biographical snippets - Tim dropped out of college, taught himself how to play guitar and then moved to Nashville; even when he couldn't pay the heating bills, his friends knew he'd become a star-and lots of pictures of McGraw and friends, as well as reasonably interesting discussions about making the album itself, which will be released simultaneously Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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WAY UP NORTH IN DIXIE: A Black Family's Claim to the Confederate Anthem
by Howard L. Sacks and Judith Rose Sacks. B&W era photos illustrate. Condition: NEW 2000 Smithsonian Trade Paperback, first printing. Tiny edge wear. Content: Relying on family and public records and oral history, the authors (Howard Sacks is chair of the Department of Sociology/Anthropology at Kenyon College; Judith Sacks is an editor and researcher) present a credible and carefully researched case which attributes authorship of the Confederal anthem Dixie to an African American family of musicians. Thomas and Ellen Snowden, liberated from slavery and having moved to the Ohio frontier, formed the Snowden Family Band; they and then their children performed banjo and fiddle music for black and white audiences from the 1850s to the early 1900s. Dan Emmett, a white minstrel performer, claimed to have written Dixie in 1859; but the authors argue that the Snowdens, who swapped songs with Emmett, either wrote the song or coauthored it. The Sacks's analysis of 18th-century African American musical culture documents the ways in which this music was appropriated by white performers. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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What's Your Opera I.Q.?: Over 100 Quizzes For Opera Lovers
by Iris Bass. Condition: NEW 1997 Citadel Trade Paperback, first printing. Content: Reviewer: "I began looking at the quizzes, and found that I could answer some of the questions on the radio quiz without reading countless other books simply by taking these opera quizzes. The book contains opera quizzes on every imaginable subject from the obvious such as composers and singers to famous books read by opera characters, animals that play a role in opera, quizzes about opera history, and the like. The book is fun, makes learning about opera enjoyable, can make the reader look smarter than he/she is, and who knows, the reader may land a spot on the Saturday afternoon Metropolitan Opera Quiz." Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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WILDERNESS: The Lost Writings of Jim Morrison, Volume 1
by Jim Morrison. B&W photos throughout. Condition: UNREAD 1990 Vintage Trade Paperback, 10th printing. Tiny edge wear with light shelfwear to the top corners of 3 pages. Content: Compiled from the literary estate of the singer who brought a wildly lyrical poetry of the damned to the world of rock 'n' roll. Includes unpublished poems, drawings, photos, and a candid self-interview. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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