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1000 Record Covers Michael Ochs
Taschen 3822840858 / 9783822840856 Paperback New
A fascinating survey of cover art (TASCHEN's 25th anniversary special edition) Record covers are a sign of our life and times. Like the music on the discs, they address such issues as love, life, death, fashion, and rebellion. For music fans the covers are the expression of a period, of a particular time in their lives. Many are works of art and have become as famous as the music they stand for?Andy Warhol's covers, for example, including the banana he designed for The Velvet Underground. This special edition of Record Covers presents a selection of the best 60s to 90s rock album covers from music archivist, disc jockey, journalist, and ex-record publicity executive Michael Ochs's enormous private collection. Both a trip down memory lane and a study in the evolution of cover art, this is a sweeping look at an under-appreciated art form.
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1000 Recordings To Hear Before You Die Tom Moon
Workman 076113963X / 9780761139638 Paperback New
The musical adventure of a lifetime. The most exciting book on music in years. A book of treasure a book of discovery a book to open your ears to new worlds of pleasure. Doing for music what Patricia Schultz--author of the phenomenal 1000 Places to See Before You Die--does for travel Tom Moon recommends 1000 recordings guaranteed to give listeners the joy the mystery the revelation the sheer fun of great music. This is a book both broad and deep drawing from the diverse worlds of classical jazz rock pop blues country folk musicals hip-hop world opera soundtracks and more. It's arranged alphabetically by artist to create the kind of unexpected juxtapositions that break down genre bias and broaden listeners' horizons-- it makes every listener a seeker actively pursuing new artists and new sounds and reconfirming the greatness of the classics. Flanking J. S. Bach and his six entries for example are the little-known R&B singer Baby Huey and the '80s Rastafarian hard-core punk band Bad Brains. Farther down the list: The Band Samuel Barber Cecelia Bartoli Count Basie and Afropop star Waldemer Bastos. Each entry is passionately written with expert listening notes fascinating anecdotes and the occasional perfect quote--Your collection could be filled with nothing but music from Ray Charles said Tom Waits and you'd have a completely balanced diet. Every entry identifies key tracks additional works by the artist and where to go next. And in the back indexes and playlists for different moods and occasions.
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1000 Songs To Change Your Life Time Out Guides
Serpent's Tail 1846700825 / 9781846700828 Paperback New
Music can shock and soothe, amuse and appall, but above all move the listener. In more than 30 essays and features, a variety of writers, critics, and musicians explore those songs that made a difference to their lives, to society, and to music history itself. Illustrated throughout with full-color posters, album covers, and photographs, the book is organized by theme and features informative sidebars. Sampling everything from folk songs to fugues, hip-hop to hymns, "Time Out 1000 Songs to Change Your Life" includes musician interviews and complete discographical details.
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A Cultural Dictionary Of Punk, 1974-1982 Nicholas Rombes
Continuum 0826427790 / 9780826427793 Paperback New
At a cursory glance Rombes's compendium has the form of a dictionary covering punk bands from the Adolescents to the Zeroes but scratch the surface and you'll discover a profoundly weird document where the notion of punk¯ expands to include discussions of Angela Carter Thomas Pynchon Don DeLillo and Barry Hannah—although even Rombes (Ramones) admits the last is stretching the point. The tone veers from the academic to the confessional: How can you hesitate about a song that has saved you more than once from the black depths you are prone to fall into?¯ Rombes asks in an entry concerning the British band Wire. There are several forays into the fictional including stories about imagined versions of Patti Smith and Joey Ramone as well as entries written by Ephraim P. Noble¯ who is almost certainly a fictional alter ego. If it were touted as a definitive guide to punk culture the dictionary's omissions would be glaring—but this is something altogether different: a personal investigation into the significance of punk rock an attempt to inject critical studies with a big dose of chaos and anarchy¯ and thereby create a compelling cultural narrative.
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A Deeper Blue: The Life and Music of Townes Van Zandt Robert Earl Hardy
University of North Texas Press 157441285X / 9781574412857 Paperback New
This is the first serious biography of a man widely considered one of Texas'--and America's--greatest songwriters. Like Jimmie Rodgers, Woody Guthrie, Robert Johnson, and Hank Williams, Townes Van Zandt was the embodiment of that mythic American figure, the troubled troubadour. "A Deeper Blue "traces Van Zandt's background as the scion of a prominent Texas family; his troubled early years and his transformation from promising pre-law student to wandering folk singer; his life on the road and the demons that pursued and were pursued by him; the women who loved and inspired him; and the brilliance and enduring beauty of his songs, which are explored in depth. The author draws on eight years' extensive research and interviews with Townes' family and closest friends and colleagues. He looks beyond the legend and paints a colorful portrait of a complex man who embraced the darkness of demons and myth as well as the light of deep compassion and humanity, all "for the sake of the song."
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A Dysfunctional Success Eric Goulden
Vision 1904316182 / 9781904316183 Paperback New
"It's difficult to know where to start, so I think I'll begin at the beginning and see how I get on..." This is definitely not another one of those usual rock autobiographies. It's the story of one man's bewilderment with life and his desent into alcoholism and near-redemption. with a music backdrop. Eric Goulden does have an excellent music background but that's actually a bonus and not essential to the book. After pursuing an art career and working at several menial jobs, Wreckless Eric first found fame in the mid-1970s when he signed to the emergent Stiff Records with such label-mates as Ian Dury (who played drums in Eric's band), Elvis Costello, and Nick Lowe and the Damned. His eccentric single. "Whole Wide World"/"Semaphore Signals." is one of the minor classics of the punk era. After he left Stiff in 1981 he continued to work as a musician, songwriter--his songs have been recorded by The Monkees, Marianne Faithful, and Cliff Richard--and recording artist. This is a witty. entertaining, and insightful foray into the crazy world of British music in the 70s and 80s.
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A Pure Drop: The Life Of Jeff Buckley Jeff Apter
Backbeat Books 0879309547 / 9780879309541 Hardcover New
Bono called Jeff Buckley "a pure drop in an ocean of noise." In this startling new biography, Buckley's friends, peers, enemies, collaborators, lovers, and others speak of the Jeff they knew - or, in some cases, thought they knew. His struggles with writer's block are explored, as are his battles with the concept of stardom, his desire for escape, and his attempts to deal with the unavoidable legacy of his equally gifted father, Tim Buckley.
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According To The Rolling Stones Rolling Stones
Chronicle Books 0811869679 / 9780811869676 Paperback New
For the first time in paperback--and in a great reading edition--here is the real story of the Rolling Stones, as told by the Stones themselves. In their own words, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, and Ronnie Wood get right to the heart of what makes the Stones the Stones, as musicians, songwriters, and performers, describing how their music has evolved, and revealing frankly how their own lives have helped or hindered their music-making. The Stones' own stories are complemented by insider reflections from key players in their story over the years. Also included are 64 pages of vintage photographs. "For fans, here's proof that you can sometimes get what you want." (People)
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All Yesterdays' Parties: The Velvet Underground In Print: 1966-1971 Clinton Heylin
The Perseus Books Group 0306814773 / 9780306814778 Paperback New
This is a treasure trove of rediscovered words and ephemera on the band that was synonymous with New York: the Velvet Underground. The Velvet Underground was among the most influential bands of all time. It has often been said that while very few saw the Velvet Underground perform live everyone who did started a band. Thus their sound can be easily detected in later artists such as David Bowie Iggy Pop the Talking Heads REM Jane's Addiction Yo La Tengo Luna and the Strokes. They are also credited with creating a streetwise pre-punk sensibility that has become inseparable from the popular image of downtown New York. 'Discovered' by Andy Warhol in 1966 the Velvet Underground feature Lou Reed and John Cale became the house band of the avant-garde and composed songs simultaneously abrasive and poignant standing in stark striking contrast to the prevailing flower power vibe of the era. With such notorious pedigree it is only natural that the story of the Velvet Underground has become shrouded in myth and hyperbole. All Yesterday's Parties gathers for the first time writings and ephemera contemporaneous with the band's actual existence providing an invaluable snapshot of an era by such writers as Lester Bangs Robert Greenfield Patti Smith and Lou Reed himself. Coupled with a complete discography never-before-published flyers original reminiscences of their live performances and song-by-song commentary it is an invaluable discovery for anyone interested in the Velvet Underground their roots and legacy.
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Amanda Palmer - Who Killed Amanda Palmer? Amanda Palmer
Cherry Lane Music Company 1603781234 / 9781603781237 Paperback New
Dresden Dolls frontwoman Amanda Palmer released her debut solo album, produced by Ben Folds, in 2008. This collection contains all 12 songs: Ampersand * Astronaut * Guitar Hero * Leeds United * Oasis * The Point of It All * and more, plus an intro/performance notes by Amanda and great photos.
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American Pioneers: Ives To Cage And Beyond Alan Rich
Phaidon 0714847690 / 9780714847696 Paperback New
A spirit of innovation has flourished in American music since the turn of the twentieth century, with composers anxious to throw off the shackles of the European masters and invent new musical languages. Charles lves captured this early pioneering flair, taken up later by Henry Cowell and John Cage; all initially met with much critical resistance. The same exploratory driving force is equally strong in the music of Carl Ruggles, Edgard Varese, Harry Partch, Colin McPhee, Lou Harrison and members of America's youngest composing generation.
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And I Don't Want To Live This Life Deborah Spungen
Ballantine Books 0449911411 / 9780449911419 Paperback New
For most of us it was just another horrible headline. But for Deborah Spungen the mother of Nancy who was stabbed to death at the Chelsea Hotel it was both a relief and a tragedy. Here is the incredible story of an infant who never stopped screaming a toddler who attacked people a teenager addicted to drugs violence and easy sex a daughter completely out of control--who almost destroyed her parents' marriage and the happiness of the rest of her family.
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Animal Tracks The Story Of The Animals Sean Egan
Arcadia Books 1900924188 / 9781900924184 Paperback New
Definitive biography of the band behind hits like trans-Atlantic #1 "House of the Rising Sun" that briefly rivalled the Beatles and Stones for popularity, before relocating to San Francisco and re-emerging as a hitmaking Acid Rock band. Hours of new interviews contribute to this gripping portrait of a hugely talented group of musicians who never quite fulfilled their potential.
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Apathy For The Devil Nick Kent
Da Capo 0306819155 / 9780306819155 Paperback New
Chronicling Nick Kent's up-close, personal, often harrowing adventures with the Rolling Stones, Lester Bangs, David Bowie, Led Zeppelin, the Sex Pistols, and Chrissie Hynde, among scores of others, "Apathy for the Devil" is a picaresque memoir that bears witness to the beautiful and the damned of this turbulent decade.
As a college dropout barely out of his teens, Kent's first five interviews were with the MC5, Captain Beefheart, the Grateful Dead, the Stooges, and Lou Reed. But after the excitement and freedom of those early years, his story would come to mirror that of the decade itself, as he slipped into excess and ever-worsening heroin use. "Apathy for the Devil" is a compelling story of inspiration, success, burn out, and rebirth from a classic wordsmith.
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Apocalypse Jukebox Edward Whitelock, David Janssen
Soft Skull Press 1593762216 / 9781593762216 Paperback New
From its indefinite beginnings through its broad commercialization and endless reinterpretation American rock-and-roll music has been preoccupied with an end-of-the-world mentality that extends through the whole of American popular music. In Apocalypse Jukebox Edward Whitelock and David Janssen trace these connections through American music genres uncovering a mix of paranoia and hope that characterizes so much of the nation's history. From the book's opening scene set in the American South during a terrifying 1833 meteor shower the sense of doom is both palpable and inescapable; a deep foreboding that shadows every subsequent development in American popular music and as Whitelock and Janssen contend stands as a key to understanding and explicating America itself. Whitelock and Janssen examine the diversity of apocalyptic influences within North American recorded music focusing in particular upon a number of influential performers including Bob Dylan Leonard Cohen John Coltrane Devo R.E.M. Sleater-Kinney and Green Day. In Apocalypse Jukebox Whitelock and Janssen reveal apocalypse as a permanent and central part of the American character while establishing rock-and-roll as a true reflection of that character.
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Auguries Of Innocence Patti Smith
Ecco 0060832673 / 9780060832674 Paperback New
Auguries of Innocence is the first book of poetry from Patti Smith in more than a decade. It marks a major accomplishment from a poet and performer who has inscribed her vision of our world in powerful anthems, ballads, and lyrics. In this intimate and searing collection of poems, Smith joins in that great tradition of troubadours, journeymen, wordsmiths, and artists who respond to the world around them in fresh and original language. Her influences are eclectic and striking: Blake, Rimbaud, Picasso, Arbus, and Johnny Appleseed. Smith is an American original; her poems are oracles for our times.
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Backstage Passes & Backstabbing Bastards - Memoirs Of A Rock 'N' Roll Survivor Al Kooper
Backbeat Books 0879309229 / 9780879309220 Paperback New
A rock 'n roll classic back in print updated and revised.One of the funniest rock memoirs ever Al Kooper's legendary Backstage Passes is available again! Al's quirky life from would be teenage rocker to crashing Bob Dylan's recording session and playing the organ on Highway 61 to forming Blood Sweat and Tears and master minding the Super Sessions it's all here...plus in this updated version Al rides with us all the way back to the end of the 20th century. There has never been a more wickedly humorous and honest book by a man who has made such rock history.
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Bass Culture Lloyd Bradley
Penguin 0140237631 / 9780140237634 Paperback New
At over 500 pages this thick little British import is an exhaustive survey of the Roots Rocker Era of reggae: '69 thru early 80's when dancehall took over. The book begins with the birth of Jamaican music and the rise of the sound systems. Ska Rocksteady then Roots Reggae are examined. Economicsand the rise of Rastafarism are woven throughout the story. The various producers and their work are discussed along with the importance of Britain as a sales base and the emergence of Trojan. Dub DJ's producers singers rhythm sections etc are all discussed. This very dense and packed with stories and information I cannot imagine anyone being disappionted as long as they realize this deals exclusively with the 70's roots era.
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Beatles Diary Barry Miles
Omnibus Press 184772082X / 9781847720825 Paperback New
This incredible book contains an astonishingly detailed chronology of gigs, venues, quotes and memorable dates. It exposes the unvarnished stories of the four band members, uncovering the quarrels, sex and the drugs as well as the personal triumphs.
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Beatles DisCovered Scott "Belmo" Belmer
Beatlology 0973483814 / 9780973483819 Paperback New
A testament to the continuing legacy of the musical and visual genius of the Beatles, this compendium of Beatlemania reveals untold influences the group exerted on both the music and entertainment worlds. Beginning with a listing of Beatles songs performed by other artists, the narrative chronicles recordings from lesser known talents such as Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas and Matt Munro to superstars such as Elton John. A survey of more than 500 tribute albums with complete recording information; reviews of notable tribute albums by artists such as the Billy Preston, the Chipmunks, and the Hollyridge Strings; and a listing of 600 tribute bands worldwide are included, along with a history of nearly one thousand comedy, novelty, and cash-in records. More than 300 parodies of Beatles' jacket sleeves by other artists, other Beatle parodies found in print and on television, and hundreds of illustrations of rare album cover art round out the exhaustive account.
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