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Blues, Rock, Punk,

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Fall 2015

IPG Blues, Rock, Punk, and Metal Music Titles Fall 2015 Chicago Review Press

African Music : A People's Art Francis Bebey

9781556521287, 1556521286

Pub Date: 8/1/99

$19.95/$29.95 Can.Discount Code: LON

192 pages

Trade Paperback

Music / Ethnic

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Summary:

Engaging and enlightening, this guide explores African music's

forms, musicians, instruments, and place in the life of the

people. A discography classified by country, theme, group,

and instrument is also included.


Music Is the Weapon of the Future : Fifty Years of African Popular Music Frank Tenaille, Akwa Betote

9781556524509, 1556524501

Pub Date: 8/1/02


304 pages

Trade Paperback

Biography & Autobiography /

Composers & Musicians / General

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Ctn Qty: 32

Summary:

From the unique voice of Salif Keita and the hard funk of Fela

Kuti to the poignant blues of Cesaria Evora and the upbeat

swing of South African township jazz, African music has

shaken the planet. This book traces its history through 30

portraits. Instead of offering biographical summaries, Tenaille

plunges straight to the deepest, most intimate, and most

significant aspects of the life and work of each musician. In a

compact form, this retrospective imparts all the information

essential to understanding these complex pop stars, while ...


Fela : This Bitch of a Life Carlos Moore, Gilberto Gil, Margaret Busby

9781556528354, 1556528353

Pub Date: 5/1/09


288 pages

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African superstar, composer, singer, and musician, as well as

mystic and political activist, Nigerian Fela Kuti, born in 1938,

was controversy personified. He was swept to international

celebrity on a wave of scandal and flamboyance, and when he

died of AIDS in 1997, more than a million people attended his

funeral. But what was he really like, this man who could as

easily arouse violent hostility as he could unswerving loyalty?

Carlos Moore's unique biography, based on hours of

conversation and told in Fela's first-person vernacular, r...

IPG Blues, Rock, Punk, and Metal Music Titles Fall 2015 Cherry Red Books

Lee 'Scratch' Perry: Kiss Me Neck : The Scratch Story in Words, Pictures and Records Jeremy Collingwood

9781901447965, 1901447960

Pub Date: 4/1/11


306 pages

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Music / Genres & Styles / Reggae

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Summary:

An incredible, meticulous reference documenting the

massive musical output by the pioneering reggae

legend, inventor of dub, and Marley collaborator who

Keith Richards calls "the Salvador Dalí of music"

With more than 1,000 releases to Lee "Scratch" Perry's name

in some form or other, there is a wealth of material for fans

and collectors to immerse themselves in, and here is the

essential reference—an extensive, detailed, heavily illustrated

guide to the records produced by Perry and those that hailed

from his legendary Black Ark Studi...


Hand Me My Travelin' Shoes : In Search of Blind Willie McTell Michael Gray

9781556529757, 1556529759

Pub Date: 9/1/09


448 pages

Hardcover

Music / Genres & Styles / Blues

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Summary:

By the time he died in 1959, Blind Willie McTell was almost

forgotten. He had never had a hit record, and his days of

playing on street corners for spare change were long gone.

But this masterful guitarist and exquisite singer has since

become one of the most loved musicians of the prewar period,

spurring Bob Dylan to write, “Nobody can sing the blues like

Blind Willie McTell.” Now this richly evocative and wide-ranging

biography illuminates for the first time the world of this elusive

and fascinating figure, a blind man who made light...

IPG Blues, Rock, Punk, and Metal Music Titles Fall 2015 The History Press

Highway 61 : Crossroads on the Blues Highway Derek Bright

9780752489247, 0752489240

Pub Date: 8/1/14, Ship Date: 8/1/14


192 pages

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Summary: A musical pilgrimage unraveling the true

history of the blues

A history of the legendary blues Highway and the route taken

by modern-day blues pilgrims on their journey south into the

Mississippi Delta, this book draws on the work of the early

musicologists looking for an authentic Delta folk music in the

1930s, to the record collectors from the northern cities in the

1950s. It examines the campaigns of the Popular Front in the

1940s as it looked for a musical form arising from the

struggles of a newly emerging black American proletaria...


I'd Rather Be the Devil : Skip James and the Blues Stephen Calt

9781556527463, 1556527462

Pub Date: 4/1/08


400 pages

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Summary:

Skip James (1902–1969) was perhaps the most creative and

idiosyncratic of all blues musicians. Drawing on hundreds of

hours of conversations with James himself, Stephen Calt here

paints a dark and unforgettable portrait of a man untroubled

by his own murderous inclinations, a man who achieved one

moment of transcendent greatness in a life haunted by failure.

And in doing so, Calt offers new insights into the nature of the

blues, the world in which it thrived, and its fate when that

world vanished.


Lightnin' Hopkins : His Life and Blues Alan Govenar

9781556529627, 1556529627

Pub Date: 5/1/10


352 pages

Hardcover



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Summary:

By the time of his death in 1982, Sam “Lightnin’” Hopkins was

likely the most recorded blues artist in history. This brilliant

new biography--the first book ever written about him--

illuminates the many contradictions of the man and his myth.

Born in 1912 to a poor sharecropping family in the cotton

country between Dallas and Houston, Hopkins left home when

he was only eight years old with a guitar his brother had given

him. He made his living however he could, sticking to the open

road, playing the blues, and taking odd jobs...


The World Don't Owe Me Nothing : The Life and Times of Delta Bluesman Honeyboy Edwards David Honeyboy Edwards

9781556522758, 1556522754

Pub Date: 8/1/97


304 pages

Hardcover


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Summary:

This vivid oral snapshot of an America that planted the blues is

full of rhythmic grace. From the son of a sharecropper to an

itinerant bluesman, Honeyboy’s stories of good friends Charlie

Patton, Big Walter Horton, Little Walter Jacobs, and Robert

Johnson are a godsend to blues fans. History buffs will marvel

at his unique perspective and firsthand accounts of the 1927

Mississippi River flood, vagrancy laws, makeshift courts in the

back of seed stores, plantation life, and the Depression.

IPG Blues, Rock, Punk, and Metal Music Titles Fall 2015 Edition Olms

John Mayall: The Blues Crusader Dinu Logoz

9783283012281, 3283012288



392 pages

Hardcover


Composers & Musicians / General 6 in W | 9 in H

Summary:

The first detailed biography of a true icon in the world

of blues music illuminates his life and career, and also

provides insights into the development of his many

fellow musicians

This comprehensive biography by a true blues aficionado

follows the young Mayall from the early days of jamming in his

tree house as a teenager to the vast tours he undertakes

today. Even die-hard blues fans will find plenty of

undiscovered anecdotes and stories here, as the book covers

all phases of the Mayall’s career and not just the 1960s. John

Mayall i...

IPG Blues, Rock, Punk, and Metal Music Titles Fall 2015 Bright Connections Media

J Is for Jazz Ann Ingalls

9781622670260, 1622670264


Ages 5 to 7, Grades K to 2


40 pages

Hardcover Picture Book

Juvenile Nonfiction / Music / Jazz

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Summary:

B is for Blues, the heart of jazz, and some of the best

jazz cats have been hip to the blues!

Go on a riotous romp through some of the foundations of jazz

in this fun and educational look at America’s golden era of

music. Readers are transported into the Jazz Age through

sweeping, bold illustrations and lyrical profiles of historical

figures and musical terms. Featuring a glossary of jazz slang,

this ABC primer is sure to inform and delight readers and

music lovers of all ages.


The Jazz Book : From Ragtime to the 21st Century (7th Edition)

Joachim-Ernst Berendt, Günther Huesmann

9781556528231, 155652823X

Pub Date: 8/1/09


816 pages

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Music / Genres & Styles / Jazz

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Summary:

For fifty years The Jazz Book has been the most encyclopedic

interpretive history of jazz available in one volume.

In this new seventh edition, each chapter has been completely

revised and expanded to incorporate the dominant styles and

musicians since the book’s last publication in 1992, as well as

the fruits of current research about earlier periods in the

history of jazz. In addition, new chapters have been added on

John Zorn, jazz in the 1990s and beyond, samplers, the tuba,

the harmonica, non-Western instruments, postmodernist and...


Miles on Miles : Interviews and Encounters with Miles Davis Paul Maher , Michael K. Dorr

9781556527067, 1556527063

Pub Date: 11/1/08


352 pages

Hardcover


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Series: Musicians in Their Own Words

Territory:

Announced 1st Print: 5K, Ctn Qty: 24

Summary:

Miles on Miles collects the thirty most vital Miles Davis

interviews. Essential reading for anyone who wants to know

what Miles Davis thought about his music, life, and philosophy,

Miles on Miles reveals the jazz icon as a complex and

contradictory man, secretive at times but extraordinarily

revealing at others.

Miles was not only a musical genius, but an enigma, and

nowhere else was he so compelling, exasperating, and

entertaining as in his interviews, which vary from polite to

outrageous, from straight-ahead to contrarian. Even his a...


Coltrane on Coltrane : The John Coltrane Interviews Chris DeVito

9781556520044, 1556520042

Pub Date: 4/1/12


416 pages

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Summary: Named one of the best jazz books of 2010

by Jazz Times’s reader poll

John Coltrane created a new sound, a music that had nothing

to do with anyone except himself. The path he chose was

difficult and risky. Nevertheless, he persisted, and his

recordings now stand among the greatest of all jazz

achievements. And his life, thoughts, and words have been

just as inspiring as his music. This book collects those words

for the first time.

Coltrane was a gracious and conscientious interviewee. His

responses were thoughtful and measured; he rarely...

IPG Blues, Rock, Punk, and Metal Music Titles Fall 2015 Gia Publications

Dizzy Gillespie: The Man Who Changed My Life : From the Memoirs of Arturo Sandoval Robert Simon, Marianela Sandoval, Quincy Jones

9781622770656, 162277065X

Pub Date: 4/1/14


252 pages

Hardcover

Music / Individual Composer & Musician

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Summary:

2013 marks the 20th anniversary of the passing of Dizzy

Gillespie, a master entertainer and one of the greatest jazz

musicians of all time. This book, from the memoirs of Cuban

jazz trumpeter Arturo Sandoval, celebrates the relationship

and influence Dizzy had with Arturo and his family. It tracks

the remarkable story of how the two met in Cuba during a

very restrictive period and the eventual role Dizzy would play

in Arturo’s flight to freedom. It also recounts the modest start

and parallels that exist between the two musicians as wel...


Duke Ellington : His Life in Jazz with 21 Activities Stephanie Stein Crease

9781556527241, 1556527241

Pub Date: 2/1/09

Ages 9 And Up, Grades 4 And Up


140 pages

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Juvenile Nonfiction / Biography &

Autobiography / Music

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Series: For Kids seriesTerritory:

Ctn Qty: 32

Summary:

Duke Ellington, one of the most influential figures in American

music, comes alive in this comprehensive biography with

engaging activities. Ellington was an accomplished and

influential jazz pianist, composer, band leader, and cultural

diplomat. Activities include creating a ragtime rhythm, making

a washtub bass, writing song lyrics, thinking like an arranger,

and learning to dance the Lindy Hop. It explores Ellington’s life

and career along with many topics related to African American

history, including the Harlem Renaissance. Kids w...


The Cool Gent : The Nine Lives of Radio Legend Herb Kent Herb Kent, David Smallwood, Mayor Richard M. Daley

9781556527746, 1556527748

Pub Date: 2/1/09


272 pages

Hardcover


Entertainment & Performing Arts /

General

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Summary:

When Herb Kent was a straight-A college student in the 1940s,

his white professor told him, “You have the best voice in class,

but you’ll never make it in radio because you’re a Negro.” This

did not deter the poor kid from the Chicago housing projects

who had decided on a radio career at age five. It was just one

more obstacle to face head on and overcome.

Known as the Cool Gent, the King of the Dusties, and the

Mayor of Bronzeville, Herb Kent is one of radio’s most

illustrious and legendary stars. This fascinating autobiogr...


Deep in a Dream : The Long Night of Chet Baker James Gavin

9781569767573, 1569767572

Pub Date: 7/1/11


440 pages

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Summary:

This first major biography of the most romanticized icon in

jazz thrillingly recounts his wild ride. From his emergence in

the 1950s--when an uncannily beautiful young man from

Oklahoma appeared on the West Coast to become, seemingly

overnight, the prince of "cool" jazz--until his violent, drug-

related death in Amsterdam in 1988, Chet Baker lived a life

that has become an American myth. Here, drawing on

hundreds of interviews and previously untapped sources,

James Gavin gives a hair-raising account of the trumpeter's

dark journey.

IPG Blues, Rock, Punk, and Metal Music Titles Fall 2015 Wolsak and Wynn Publishers Ltd

The Battle of the Five Spot : Ornette Coleman and the New York Jazz Field David Neil Lee

9781894987851, 1894987853

Pub Date: 5/1/14

$20.00Discount Code: SHO

130 pages

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Summary:

This is a new-format reprint of a successful jazz book

documenting the debate over ground-breaking jazz

saxophonist Ornette Coleman. Coleman revolutionized jazz

when he first started playing at The Five Spot in New York City

in 1959. Lee investigates this time, considering both the

changes within the art and within the society of the time.


98% Funky Stuff : My Life in Music Maceo Parker

9781613743461, 1613743467

Pub Date: 2/1/13


208 pages

Hardcover

Music / Genres & Styles / Soul & R&B

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Summary:

Revealing the warm and astonishing story of an influential jazz

legend, this personal narrative tells the story of a man’s

journey from a Southern upbringing to a career touring the

world to play for adoring fans. It tells how James Brown first

discovered the Parker brothers—Melvin, the drummer, and

Maceo on sax—in a band at a small North Carolina nightclub in

1963. Brown hired them both, but it was Maceo’s signature

style that helped define Brown’s brand of funk, and the phrase

“Maceo, I want you to blow!” became part of the lexicon o...

IPG Blues, Rock, Punk, and Metal Music Titles Fall 2015 Véhicule Press

Paul Bley : The Logic of Chance Arrigo Cappelletti

9781550652529, 1550652524

Pub Date: 3/1/10

$17.95Discount Code: LON

160 pages

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Summary:

Retracing the life of Paul Bley—one of the most complex and

mysterious personalities in the history of jazz—this fascinating

biography positions him in the pantheon of great jazz

musicians from the last 50 years. A proponent of free jazz and

improvisation, his techniques, aesthetic values, and individual

style are examined in the context of his contributions to

modern jazz. The story of his musical career is also discussed

alongside many of the great bands and jazz icons that he

performed with, including Charlie Parker, Charles Mingus,...


Gil Evans: Out of the Cool : His Life and Music Stephanie Stein Crease

9781556524936, 1556524935

Pub Date: 5/1/03


400 pages

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Summary:

The life (1912–1988) and career of Gil Evans paralleled and

often foreshadowed the quickly changing world of jazz through

the 20th century. Gil Evans: Out of the Cool is the

comprehensive biography of a self-taught musician whom

colleagues often regarded as a mentor. His innovative work as

a composer, arranger, and bandleader—for Miles Davis, with

whom he frequently collaborated over the course of four

decades, and for his own ensembles—places him alongside

Duke Ellington and Aaron Copland as one of the giants of

American music. His un...

IPG Blues, Rock, Punk, and Metal Music Titles Fall 2015 Victoria University Press

Serious Fun : The Life and Music of Mike Nock Norman Meehan

9780864736369, 0864736363

Pub Date: 3/1/11


336 pages / Includes DVD

Mixed Media Product


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Ctn Qty: 22

Summary:

Vibrant and compelling, this jazz biography plots the life of

one of New Zealand’s greatest musicians: Mike Nock. From

Nock’s childhood in Ngaruawahia and Nelson in the 1940s and

his teenage adventures on the road with the Fabulous

Flamingoes to his gigs with music legends—including John

Handy, Yusef Lateef, and Dionne Warwick—and his founding of

the pioneering fusion band the Fourth Way, this account not

only tells the story of a volatile and creative man, but also

highlights Nock’s stellar international career. Containing an

analysis...

IPG Blues, Rock, Punk, and Metal Music Titles Fall 2015 The Secret Mountain

Swing Café Carl Norac, Rébecca Dautremer, Bebel Gilberto, Dav...

9782923163628, 2923163621

Pub Date: 9/1/10

Ages 5 to 7, Grades K to 2


54 pages / Includes Audio CD

Hardcover Picture Book

Juvenile Fiction / Performing Arts /

Music

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Ctn Qty: 44

Summary:

Classic recordings from the swing era by Ella Fitzgerald, Duke

Ellington, Cab Calloway, Fats Waller, and other jazz legends

are the centerpiece of this storybook-music CD set. The

illustrated story recounts the adventures of a little Brazilian

cricket named Zaz who dreams of singing in New York. Zaz

hops a ride on a woman’s fruit hat from her homeland to

Manhattan, where she meets a savvy fly named Buster who

knows all the spots to hear cool music. He takes her to the

Swing Café on East 54th Street where they dance the

Charleston, the ...

IPG Blues, Rock, Punk, and Metal Music Titles Fall 2015 John Blake

Bobby Womack : My Story 1944 - 2014

Bobby Womack, Robert Ashton

9781782199847, 1782199845



306 pages

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Summary: Honest, insightful, and unflinching, this is

the authentic voice of the Midnight Mover, a hard-

working and prolific legend in the music business who

stood shoulder to shoulder with Ray Charles, James

Brown, and Marvin Gaye as a true giant of soul, R&B,

and blues music

Bobby Womack was a true legend, a phenomenally gifted

musician with 40 albums and 30 million record sales to his

name. The success of his songs helped him to escape the

ghetto and become a star, but battles with the record industry

and hard drugs almost wiped him out. From...

IPG Blues, Rock, Punk, and Metal Music Titles Fall 2015 Quercus

Miss Shirley Bassey

John L. Williams

9781847249753, 1847249752

Pub Date: 5/1/12


430 pages

Trade Paperback



General

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Summary:

From "Hot from Harlem" to Goldfinger, the story of

how a two-bit jazz singer from Cardiff, Wales became

an immortal icon

In 1954, Shirley Bassey was 17 years old and had just

returned from a cheesy revue tour called "Hot from Harlem."

Depressed, disillusioned, and four months pregnant, she

decided that her dream of being a professional singer was

over—but a mere 10 years later, she was one of the biggest

stars in the world. This book explores this remarkable

transformation, both of an individual and of the British society

and British ps...


Lifting My Voice : A Memoir

Barbara Hendricks, Kofi A. Annan

9781613748527, 1613748523



496 pages

Hardcover



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Summary:

Growing up African American in segregated Arkansas in the

1950s, Barbara Hendricks witnessed firsthand the painful

struggle for civil rights. After graduation from the Juilliard

School of Music, Hendricks immediately won a number of

important international prizes, and began performing in

recitals and operas throughout the world. A Goodwill

Ambassador for the United Nations High Commission for

Refugees, she is as devoted to humanitarian work as she is to

her music. Always the anti-diva, Hendricks is a down-to-earth

and straightforward w...

IPG Blues, Rock, Punk, and Metal Music Titles Fall 2015 Lion Hudson

An Illustrated History of Gospel

Steve Turner

9780745953397, 0745953395

Pub Date: 11/1/10


208 pages

Hardcover

Music / Religious / Gospel

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Ctn Qty: 20

Summary:

From early spirituals to urban gospel, this definitive

guide to gospel music expounds in great detail upon

the most highly praised but least well known of the

influences to contemporary rock, soul, and rap

Far beyond its immediate image of robed choirs, gospel—

through its solo singers and quartets, its impresarios and

recording companies—has helped to give voice to the history

of black people in America as well as shaping more obviously

secular musical forms such as blues and rock and roll. In this

compelling and lively study, the stor...


Keep On Pushing : Black Power Music from Blues to Hip-hop

Denise Sullivan

9781556528170, 1556528175

Pub Date: 7/1/11


224 pages

Trade Paperback

Music / Ethnic

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Ctn Qty: 36

Summary:

The marriage of music and social change didn’t originate with

the movements for civil rights and Black Power in the 1950s

and 1960s, but never before and never again was the

relationship between the two so dynamic. In Keep On Pushing,

author Denise Sullivan presents the voices of musician-

activists from this pivotal era and the artists who followed in

their footsteps to become the force behind contemporary

liberation music. Joining authentic voices with a bittersweet

narrative covering more than fifty years of fighting oppression

throu...

IPG Blues, Rock, Punk, and Metal Music Titles Fall 2015 Canongate UK

The Nigger Factory

Gil Scott-Heron

9781847678843, 184767884X

Pub Date: 7/9/10


244 pages

Trade Paperback

Fiction / African American / Historical

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Ctn Qty: 48

Summary:

An early novel from the groundbreaking artist behind The

Revolution Will Not Be Televised, about militant student

activists struggling against their administration for basic rights

On the campus of Sutton University Virginia, the students are

trying to carry forth the message of reconstruction to a

university resistant to change. The failure of Sutton to

embrace the changing attitudes of the 1960s has necessitated

extreme action and the revolution is nigh in this scornful

statement on the way in which human beings are conditioned

to th...


Party Music : The Inside Story of the Black Panthers' Band and

How Black Power Transformed Soul Music

Rickey Vincent, Boots Riley

9781613744925, 1613744927

Pub Date: 10/1/13


432 pages

Trade Paperback


6 in W | 9 in H | 1.3 lb Wt

Ctn Qty: 32

Summary:

Connecting the black music tradition with the black activist

tradition, Party Music brings both into greater focus than ever

before and reveals just how strongly the black power

movement was felt on the streets of black America. Interviews

reveal the never-before-heard story of the Black Panthers’

R&B band the Lumpen and how five rank-and-file members

performed popular music for revolutionaries. Beyond the

mainstream civil rights movement that is typically discussed

are the stories of the Black Panthers, the Black Arts

Movement, the a...

IPG Blues, Rock, Punk, and Metal Music Titles Fall 2015 Gia Publications

Readings in African American Church Music and Worship

James Abbington

9781579997670, 1579997678

Pub Date: 3/1/09


602 pages

Trade Paperback

Music / Religious / Gospel

7 in W | 10 in H | 1.3 in T | 2.4 lb Wt

Ctn Qty: 12

Summary:

Readings in African American Church Music and Worship

features important articles and essays on music and worship

written by some of the most influential voices of the past

century, including W. E. B. DuBois, Wendell P. Whalum, V.

Michael McKay, Wyatt Tee Walker, J. Wendell Mapson Jr., and

others.


Take Me to the River : An Autobiography

Al Green, Davin Seay

9781556528101, 1556528108

Pub Date: 4/1/09


352 pages

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Summary:

With an extraordinary appeal that has continued unabated

since the early 1970s, Al Green remains the quintessential

soul man—one of the most enduring, electrifying, and

enigmatic artists of our era. But at the very heart of his appeal

is the conflict between the devil’s music and God’s calling, a

conflict he has wrestled with all his life. This is his story.

Take Me to the River is an inspiring, unsparing, and ultimately

transforming autobiography. From a sharecropper’s shack in

Jacknash, Arkansas, to the absolute pinnacle of show-busi...


Cold Sweat : My Father James Brown and Me

Yamma Brown, Robin Gaby Fisher

9781883052850, 1883052858



208 pages

Hardcover

Biography & Autobiography / Personal

Memoirs

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Summary:

Being the child of a global superstar is never easy, but being

the daughter of the “Hardest Working Man in Show Business”—

that’s a category unto itself. Like every little girl, Yamma

Brown wanted her father’s attention, but fame, drugs, jail, and

the complicated women in James Brown’s life set the stage for

an uncommon childhood. She got caught in the same trap as

her mother, doing things in her adult life and troubled

marriage that, as a child, she’d promised herself she’d never

do. The struggles she went through, both as a child and ...

IPG Blues, Rock, Punk, and Metal Music Titles Fall 2015 Triumph Books

Still So Excited! : My Life as a Pointer Sister

Ruth Pointer, Marshall Terrill

9781629371450, 1629371459



256 pages

Hardcover


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Territory: WOR

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Summary:

Ruth Pointer’s story for the first time—and in her own

words

Still So Excited!: My Life in the Pointer Sisters offers an

engaging, funny, heartbreaking, and poignant look at Ruth

Pointer’s roller-coaster life in and out of the Pointer Sisters.

When overnight success came to the Pointer Sisters in 1973,

they all thought it was the answer to their long-held prayers.

While it may have served as an introduction to the good life, it

also was an introduction to the high life of limos, champagne,

white glove treatment, and mountains of cocain...


Buck Owens : The Biography

Eileen Sisk

9781613743355, 1613743351

Pub Date: 7/1/12


400 pages

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Summary:

Buck Owens was the top-selling country act of the 1960s, with

more than thirty top ten singles and fifteen consecutive #1

hits. Inventor of the Bakersfield Sound, he was hugely popular

not only with country fans but with rock fans too. The Beatles

covered his songs; Gram Parsons idolized him; the Grateful

Dead loved him. At least six marriages, several TV shows, and

a publishing and media empire followed. And a number of

current country stars, ranging from Dwight Yoakam to Marty

Stuart, cite him as a major influence.

Yet never before ha...


Ralph Peer and the Making of Popular Roots Music

Barry Mazor

9781613740217, 1613740212



320 pages

Hardcover



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Summary:

This is the first biography of Ralph Peer, the adventurous—

even revolutionary—A&R man and music publisher who saw

the universal power locked in regional roots music and tapped

it, changing the breadth and flavor of popular music around

the world. It is the story of the life and fifty-year career, from

the age of cylinder recordings to the stereo era, of the man

who pioneered the recording, marketing, and publishing of

blues, jazz, country, gospel, and Latin music.

The book tracks Peer’s role in such breakthrough

events as the recording ...

IPG Blues, Rock, Punk, and Metal Music Titles Fall 2015 Piatkus Books

Sun King : The Life and Times of Sam Phillips, the Man Behind

Sun Records

Kevin Crouch, Tanja Crouch

9780749929466, 0749929464

Pub Date: 1/1/10


256 pages

Trade Paperback



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Summary:

Music producer Sam Phillips and his landmark studio, Sun

Records, hold a unique place in the history of rock 'n' roll. By

many accounts, before Phillips recorded "Rocket 88" by Jackie

Brenston and his Delta Cats in 1951, rock 'n' roll as we know it

didn't even exist. Phillips is simultaneously hailed as the man

who discovered Elvis Presley and derided as the man who sold

the same artist to RCA for a paltry $35,000. The list of musical

legends that passed through the doors of Sun Records is

simply astounding, including BB King, Ike Turn...


Honky Tonk Angel : The Intimate Story of Patsy Cline

Ellis Nassour, Dottie West

9781556527470, 1556527470

Pub Date: 6/1/08


320 pages

Trade Paperback

Music / Genres & Styles / Country &

Bluegrass

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Summary:

Earthy, sexy, and vivacious, the life of beloved country singer,

Patsy Cline, who soared from obscurity to international fame

to tragic death in just thirty short years, is explored in colorful

and poignant detail. An innovator—and even a hell-raiser—

Cline broke all the boys’ club barriers of Nashville’s music

business in the 1950s and brought a new Nashville sound to

the nation with her pop hits and torch ballads like “Walking

After Midnight,” “I Fall to Pieces“ and "Crazy.” She is the

subject of a major Hollywood movie and countless ...


Waylon : An Autobiography

Waylon Jennings, Lenny Kaye

9781613744697, 1613744692

Pub Date: 9/1/12


432 pages

Trade Paperback

Music / Genres & Styles / Country &

Bluegrass 6 in W | 9 in H

Summary:

Equal parts outlaw, renegade, and legend, Waylon Jennings

enjoyed a stellar music career for four decades and this no-

holds-barred autobiography reveals the story of a man who

infused conservative country music traditions with the energy

of rock and roll to rewrite the rules of popular music in

America. It chronicles all the chapters of Jennings’s incredible

life, including his beginnings as a dirt-poor son of a farm

laborer; his role as Buddy Holly’s protégé; his influential

friendships with such luminaries as Johnny Cash, Willie Nels...

IPG Blues, Rock, Punk, and Metal Music Titles Fall 2015 Virgin Books

Willie Nelson : The Outlaw

Graeme Thomson, Keith Richards

9780753511848, 0753511843

Pub Date: 5/1/07, On Sale Date: 3/9


272 pages / 2 COLOUR ILLUSTRATION

SECTIONS

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Summary:

With a face that wouldn't look out of place carved into Mount

Rushmore, Willie Nelson has done and seen it all. A dope-

smoking, whisky-drinking, latter-day cowboy with Native

American blood, four wives, and seven children, Nelson has a

career that spans half a century of American music. In this

revealing, intimate, and insightful biography, Graeme

Thomson goes beyond the myths, talking with Nelson himself,

his band, and those who know him best to discover the real

Willie Nelson. Nelson's life has been a journey of incredible

highs and ...

IPG Blues, Rock, Punk, and Metal Music Titles Fall 2015 Random House Australia

Fortunate Son : The Unlikely Rise of Keith Urban

Jeff Apter

9781741668087, 1741668085

Pub Date: 9/1/09


320 pages

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Summary:

Born in New Zealand in 1967 and raised in Australia, Keith

Urban has unlikely roots for one of the world’s biggest country

music stars. His success is undeniable: to date he has sold

more than five million albums, written five number one

singles, and his shows sell out in minutes to throngs of country

fans across the United States. His very public relationship with

Nicole Kidman—whom he married in an A-list affair in 2006—

earned Urban a totally new audience, with gossip magazines

across the planet tracking their relationship and the re...


Hells Bent On Rockin' : A History of Psychobilly

Craig Brackenridge

9781901447804, 1901447804

Pub Date: 1/1/07


240 pages

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Music / Genres & Styles / Rock

6 in W | 9.5 in H | 1 lb Wt

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Summary:

As the bastard genre of rock 'n' roll and the forgotten offspring

of punk, a history of psychobilly is long overdue. Despite

being starved of the oxygen of mainstream music press

attention for more than 25 years, psychobilly has thrived in

the underground building a network of fiercely loyal followers

and producing a huge number of bands who each peddle their

own brand of the genre.

The book follows the scene from its initial boom in the early

1980s, through the lean years of the late 1990s to the current

psychobilly renaissance’...

IPG Blues, Rock, Punk, and Metal Music Titles Fall 2015 Drag City

How Bluegrass Music Destroyed My Life

John Fahey

9780965618328, 0965618323

Pub Date: 4/15/00

$21.95/$24.95 Can.Discount Code: SPT

291 pages

Trade Paperback

Fiction / Short Stories (single author)

4.5 in W | 7.3 in H | 0.8 in T | 1 lb Wt

Ctn Qty: 32

Summary:

A collection of fictional but semi-autobiographical stories, this

work comes from one of the most influential guitarists in music

history. The tales are recalled in a conversational, feverish

tone, following the musician in his childhood and young

adulthood in post-World War II suburbia, pausing along the

way for moments of clarity and introspection. The stories

resist categorization—part memoir, part personal essay, part

fiction, and part manifesto they simply stand alone, having

their own logic, religious dogma, and mythological hist...


100 Things Elvis Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die

Gillian G. Gaar

9781600789083, 1600789080

Pub Date: 4/1/14


256 pages

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Series: 100 Things...Fans Should Know

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Summary:

With 2014 marking the 60th anniversary of the release of Elvis

Presley’s first record, “That’s All Right,” this book makes the

perfect companion for celebrating the life and music of one of

the world’s most popular entertainers. Packed with history,

trivia, lists, little-known facts, and must-do adventures, legions

of Elvis fans around the globe who still adore him more than

three decades after his death will delight in this ode to “The

King.” Ranked from one to 100, the songs, albums, movies,

places, personalities, and events that are...


The Colonel : The Extraordinary Story of Colonel Tom Parker and

Elvis Presley

Alanna Nash

9781556525469, 155652546X

Pub Date: 9/1/04


416 pages

Trade Paperback



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Summary:

A meticulously researched biography, this story profiles "The

Colonel" Tom Parker, the man behind Elvis Presley, in a

compelling new light. Filled with startling material found in

never-before-seen documents, including Parker's army

records, psychiatric evaluations, and police reports, this

investigation challenges even the most familiar aspects of the

Presley saga. Parker, who handled every aspect of Elvis

Presley's career and much in his personal life, is revealed as

an overwhelmingly selfish man who sought to hide his own

illegal al...


That Old Black Magic : Louis Prima, Keely Smith, and the Golden

Age of Las Vegas

Tom Clavin

9781556528217, 1556528213

Pub Date: 11/1/10


224 pages

Hardcover

Music / Genres & Styles / Pop Vocal

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Ctn Qty: 32

Summary:

In 1948, New Orleans veteran trumpeter and singer Louis

Prima stumbled into a young girl named Keely Smith. She was

barely a performer at all, almost half his age, destined for a

relatively quiet life; their encounter was pure coincidence. But

they went on to invent “The Wildest,” the most exciting and

successful lounge act Las Vegas has ever seen, an act that

became one of the hottest in the U.S. in the late 1950s and

early 1960s. Their records were hugely popular, and they

were courted by Frank Sinatra, Ed Sullivan, Robert Mitchum,

a...

IPG Blues, Rock, Punk, and Metal Music Titles Fall 2015 Souvenir Press

Meet the Beatles : An Informal Date in Words & Personal Album

Pictures

Tony Barrow

9780285642898, 0285642898



40 pages

Hardcover


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Summary: A uniquely firsthand introduction to the Beatles as

they were in 1963, Meet the Beatles includes features on the

band’s background, their life in Liverpool, and a photographic

record of a day in the life of the Beatles. It is a personal

introduction to four young men in the process of becoming the

world’s biggest band. Originally selling more than a million

copies, this special collector’s edition, which retains the

original cover art, is filled with rare photographs, many of

which have not been reproduced elsewhere. It is a classic pi...

IPG Blues, Rock, Punk, and Metal Music Titles Fall 2015 Ammonite Press

The Beatles

Mirrorpix

9781907708909, 1907708901



300 pages

Trade Paperback

Photography / Subjects & Themes /

Celebrity

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Summary:

A pictorial look at the world's bestselling band and

Britain's most famous pop group

The Beatles have had more number one albums and achieved

more sales in the U.S. than any other artist. Formed in

Liverpool in 1960, The Beatles had their roots in skiffle and

1950s rock 'n' roll, but as their career progressed they

dabbled in many musical forms, including pop ballads and

psychedelic rock. In the early days, they honed their skills

playing clubs in their hometown and Hamburg, Germany, while

manager Brian Epstein polished their act. The B...


100 Things Beatles Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die

Gillian G. Gaar

9781600787997, 1600787991

Pub Date: 6/1/13


256 pages

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Series: 100 Things...Fans Should Know

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Summary:

Few music groups have been able to sustain a fan base over

half a century that is as significant and devoted as those of the

Beatles, and this entertaining guide to all things Fab Four

rewards those fans with everything they need to know about

the band in a one-of-a-kind format. Packed with history, trivia,

lists, little-known facts, and must-do adventures that every

Beatles fan should undertake, it ranks each item from one to

100. Fans of any generation will appreciate the songs, albums,

places, personalities, and events that are reli...

IPG Blues, Rock, Punk, and Metal Music Titles Fall 2015 Pavilion

The Beatles : On Camera, Off Guard 1963?69

Mark Hayward

9781862058675, 1862058679

Pub Date: 11/1/09


208 pages / Includes DVD

Hardcover


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Ctn Qty: 5

Summary:

Featuring more than 200 rare and never-before-seen images,

this is a fascinating insight into the private lives of the world’s

biggest band. Painstakingly collected and organized, the

photos include shots of the Quarrymen, where John first met

Paul; shots from the filming of A Hard Day’s Night and the set

of Help in the Bahamas; John and Yoko at home; and Paul on

holiday in Frank Sinatra’s Learjet. Interviews with many of the

photographers provide an extraordinary insight into the

background of each shot, while extended captions give f...

IPG Blues, Rock, Punk, and Metal Music Titles Fall 2015 Abstract Sounds Book, Ltd.

The Beatles : Yesterdays

Steven Charles

9780956603890, 0956603890

Pub Date: 6/1/11


116 pages / 116 page Music Book with 4

DVDs

Mixed Media Product


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Ctn Qty: 14

Summary:

The candid and unabridged story of the Beatles as told

by the insiders who worked, recorded, and toured with

the group from the Hamburg days to the bitter end

A meticulously researched and comprehensive array of inside

sources, this book collects interviews with those who knew and

worked with the Beatles throughout their career, including the

frank recollections of Pete Best, the group's first drummer.

Other Beatles collaborators in the book and on the DVD

include Tony Barrow (the group's publicist from the Liverpool

days to Abbey Road)...


The Beatles in Hamburg : The Stories, the Scene and How It All

Began

Spencer Leigh

9781569768167, 1569768161

Pub Date: 10/1/11


128 pages

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The Fab Four's formative years in the heart of Germany

Summary:

When the fledgling Beatles went to Hamburg in 1960,

they had no idea that their world--and music--was going to

change forever. Associating with gangsters and prostitutes and

sleeping in appalling conditions behind a cinema screen, the

Beatles pounded out beat music in strip clubs and dens of vice

like the Indra, the Kaiserkeller, the Top Ten, and the Star-

Club. In the process, they changed their way of playing, got

arrested and deported, wore black leather, lost their bass

player, sacked their drummer,

developed a vast repertoire of rau...


The Beatles in Liverpool : The Stories, the Scene, and the Path

to Stardom

Spencer Leigh

9781613744093, 1613744099

Pub Date: 10/15/12


128 pages

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Summary:

Chronicling the story of the Beatles in their native city of

Liverpool, this rock biography combines authoritative text with

the most striking images from their time in the city.

Documenting the seminal events of this English quartet—from

the Beatles’ childhood, the influence of Liverpudlian humor on

their lyrics, and whether John was really a “working class

hero,” to the other acts that the Beatles played for, the

influence of visiting American rock and rollers, and Brian

Epstein’s pre-Beatles troubles—this recollection reveals the

Fa...

IPG Blues, Rock, Punk, and Metal Music Titles Fall 2015 Birlinn Ltd

The Beatles in Scotland

Ken McNab

9781846972386, 1846972388

Pub Date: 10/1/12


320 pages

Trade Paperback

Music / History & Criticism / General

5 in W | 7.8 in H

Ctn Qty: 20

Summary:

In intimate detail, this account reveals the pivotal part

Scotland played in the genesis of the Beatles and the

extraordinary connections that were fostered north of the

border before, during, and after their meteoric rise to global

fame. Following the Fab Four as rough-and-ready unknowns

on their first tour of Scotland in 1960—when they were booed

off stage in Bridge of Allan—and then in 1964 as all-

conquering heroes, this insightful biography also shares how

the momentous decision to break up the band was made in

Scotland. Facts abou...


With the Beatles

Alistair Taylor

9781843583493, 1843583496

Pub Date: 9/1/11


248 pages

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Summary:

Millions of words have been written about the Beatles,

but nobody knew them quite like Alistair Taylor.

Originally published as A Secret History, this is a

unique insider portrait of the Fab Four

Look at the first contract with Beatles' manager Brian Epstein,

and you will see only one other name—Alistair Taylor's. By the

band's side from the very beginning, he beheld the inception

and growth of the most extraordinary musical phenomenon of

the last century. He witnessed the fun, the high life, the

adulation, and the music. But he was al...


Revolution in the Head : The Beatles' Records and the Sixties

(3rd Edition)

Ian MacDonald

9781556527333, 1556527330

Pub Date: 9/1/07


544 pages

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Ctn Qty: 20

Summary:

This “Bible of the Beatles” captures the iconic band’s magical

and mysterious journey from adorable teenagers to revered

cultural emissaries. In this fully updated version, each of their

241 tracks is assessed chronologically from their first amateur

recordings in 1957 to their final “reunion” recording in 1995. It

also incorporates new information from the Anthology series

and recent interviews with Paul McCartney. This

comprehensive guide offers fascinating details about the

Beatles’ lives, music, and era, never losing sight of what ...

IPG Blues, Rock, Punk, and Metal Music Titles Fall 2015 Peter Owen Publishers

The Zapple Diaries : The Rise and Fall of the Last Beatles Label

Barry Miles

9780720618600, 0720618606



224 pages

Hardcover

Music

6 in W | 9.3 in H

Territory: US & CA

Ctn Qty: 20

Summary:

This is the first full-length illustrated look at the

Zapple label—the Beatles’ experimental label and the

most ambitious expression of the Beatles’

determination to be leading members of the

counterculture movement

Created by Zapple label manager, Barry Miles, the acclaimed

author who set up and planned the “list” in cooperation with

the Beatles, and written in an engaging “diary” style, this book

lets the reader gains unique insights into the lives and working

methods of leading literary and counterculture figures of the

era—Charles O...


The Lives of John Lennon

Albert Goldman

9781556523991, 1556523998

Pub Date: 9/1/01


720 pages

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Summary:

The result of six years of research and some 1,200 interviews,

this book takes fans deep into Lennon’s secretive world, from

his traumatic childhood to his Beatles days to his hidden life

with Yoko Ono. While the Lennon of legend enjoyed a gifted

and inspired life, the private Lennon lived in torment,

poisoning himself with drugs and self-hatred. The Lives of

John Lennon exposed for the first time all of his various

lives, from idealist to cynic, from ascetic to junkie. It is a

lasting tribute to his brilliant achievements and a revela...

IPG Blues, Rock, Punk, and Metal Music Titles Fall 2015 New Chapter Press

The Lennon Prophecy : A New Examination of the Death Clues of

the Beatles

Joseph Niezgoda

9780942257458, 0942257456

Pub Date: 12/1/08


240 pages

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Ctn Qty: 64

Summary:

Offering a new interpretation of the hidden messages and

symbols that have ornamented Beatles mythology for years,

this examination of the Beatles' recordings and album artwork

theorizes that John Lennon's murder was eerily foretold.

Following a fascinating and unique trail of sorcery, mysticism,

numerology, backwards masking, anagrams, and literary and

theological writings, the book posits that John Lennon sold his

soul in order to achieve international fame and fortune and

subsequently paid the ultimate price for his success.

IPG Blues, Rock, Punk, and Metal Music Titles Fall 2015 Word of Mouth

Goodnight Keith Moon : A Parody!

Bruce Worden, Clare Cross

9780956011923, 0956011926

Pub Date: 7/1/11


32 pages

Hardcover

Humor / Form / Parodies

8 in W | 7 in H | 0.4 in T | 0.6 lb Wt

Ctn Qty: 45

Summary:

What if Goodnight Moon was about saying goodbye to

another Moon? Say goodnight to Keith, his drumsticks,

his pile of sick, and more

A hilarious parody of the Margaret Wise Brown and Clement

Hurd children's classic Goodnight Moon, this book will appeal

to fans of rock music and every parent who has read it to their

children. Classic rock aficionados won't get fooled, they'll spot

a busload of Who references, from the pinball game in the

corner to the ghost of Cass Elliott.


Roger Daltrey : The Biography

Stafford Hildred, Tim Ewbank

9780749958787, 0749958782

Pub Date: 6/1/13


256 pages

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Summary: A frank look at one of rock's most

fascinating and enigmatic personalities, The Who's

legendary lead singer

Drawing on interviews with Daltrey himself, as well as his

friends and fellow musicians, this is the most complete and

revealing biography of one of rock's most powerful

personalities."Hope I die before I get old," sang Roger Daltrey

more than 40 years ago, but it didn't quite work out like that.

The wild and passionate lead singer for supergroup The Who is

still very much alive, the premature deaths of Keith Moon and

John Entwist...

IPG Blues, Rock, Punk, and Metal Music Titles Fall 2015 Upfront Entertainment

The Who : Their Generation

Michael A. O'Neill

9780993181207, 0993181201



112 pages

Hardcover


10.5 in W | 10.5 in H

Territory: US & CA

Ctn Qty: 32

Summary:

The stories behind the music with an album by album

analysis, accompanied by images from many of the

most well known contemporary rock photographers .

The Who defined a generation and rocked the world. "My

Generation," "Pinball Wizard," and "Baba O'Riley" are some of

the most well known tracks in rock history. The rock opera

Tommy, the genre-defining Live at Leeds, and the classic

Quadrophenia are just some of The Who's albums. The

band's original lineup had an amazing 15-year span, as they

toured their way around the globe, performing ...


Revolution in the Air : The Songs of Bob Dylan, 1957?1973

Clinton Heylin

9781556528439, 1556528434

Pub Date: 4/1/09


496 pages

Hardcover


6 in W | 9 in H | 1.3 in T

Ctn Qty: 18

Summary:

The first of two volumes, this companion to every song that

Bob Dylan ever wrote is by far the most comprehensive book

on the words of America’s greatest songwriter. Here you’ll find

not just opinionated commentary or literary interpretation, but

facts, first and foremost. Clinton Heylin is the world’s leading

Dylan biographer and expert, and he has arranged the songs-

-including a number that have never been performed--in a

continually surprising chronology of when they were actually

written rather than when they appeared on albums. Us...

IPG Blues, Rock, Punk, and Metal Music Titles Fall 2015 Seren

The Captain's Tower : Seventy Poets Celebrate Bob Dylan at

Seventy

Phil Bowen, Damian Furniss, David Wolley, Ronnie W...

9781854115607, 185411560X

Pub Date: 5/1/11


132 pages

Trade Paperback

Poetry / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

5.3 in W | 8.5 in H | 0.4 lb Wt

Ctn Qty: 32

Summary:

An anthology of poems concerned with Bob Dylan’s life, work,

and cultural impact, this collection features the work of those

who were inspired by the legend. Considered one of the most

distinguished lyricists of the postwar period, Dylan has

entertained millions with the imagery, wit, and technique of his

writing, be it in songs of love, protest, or faith. With

contributions by a myriad of poets—Peter Finch, Mark Ford,

Allen Ginsberg, Sophie Hannah, Paul Henry, and Hugo Williams

to name a few—this book is a response to Dylan’s creativi...


Still on the Road : The Songs of Bob Dylan, 1974?2006

Clinton Heylin

9781556528446, 1556528442

Pub Date: 7/1/10


544 pages

Hardcover


6 in W | 9 in H | 1.4 in T | 1.9 lb Wt

Ctn Qty: 14

Summary:

The second of two volumes, this companion to every song that

Bob Dylan ever wrote is not just opinionated commentary or

literary interpretation: it consists of facts first and foremost.

Together these two volumes form the most comprehensive

books available on Dylan’s words.

Clinton Heylin is the world’s leading Dylan biographer and

expert, and he has arranged the songs in a continually

surprising chronology of when they were actually written

rather than when they appeared on albums. Using newly

discovered manuscripts, anecdo...


Bad Moon Rising : The Unauthorized History of Creedence

Clearwater Revival

Hank Bordowitz

9781556526619, 155652661X

Pub Date: 7/1/07


400 pages

Trade Paperback


6 in W | 9 in H | 0.9 in T | 1.2 lb Wt

Ctn Qty: 32

Summary:

Rightly called the saddest story in rock 'n' roll history, this

Creedence biography—newly updated with stories from band

members, producers, business associates, close friends, and

families—recounts the tragic and triumphant tale of one of

America’s most beloved bands. Hailed as the great American

rock band from 1968 to 1971, Creedence Clearwater Revival

captured the imaginations of a generation with classic hits like

“Proud Mary,” “Down on the Corner,” “Green River,” “Born on

the Bayou,” and “Who’ll Stop the Rain.” Mounting tensions a...

IPG Blues, Rock, Punk, and Metal Music Titles Fall 2015 Random House UK

Van Morrison : No Surrender

Johnny Rogan

9780099431831, 0099431831



640 pages

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5.1 in W | 7.7 in H | 1.4 in T | 1 lb Wt

Ctn Qty: 24

Summary:

In Van Morrison: No Surrender, Johnny Rogan has produced a

provocative and revelatory biography of the musician,

analysing the sense of place in his work and the tortuous

journey that took him from local fame in Belfast to

international success. Set against the cultural and political

backdrop of Belfast, before, during and after the Troubles, No

Surrender offers a unique and penetrating perspective on

Morrison’s long career and the times that made him.


Can You Feel the Silence? : Van Morrison: A New Biography

Clinton Heylin

9781556525421, 1556525427

Pub Date: 10/1/04


576 pages

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Ctn Qty: 18

Summary:

This groundbreaking biography of a brilliant but disturbed

performer explores the paradox of the man and the artist.

Based on more than 100 interviews, this intelligent profile

explores Morrison's roots; the hard times he went through in

London, New York, and Boston; the making of his seminal

albums Moondance and Astral Weeks; and the disastrous

business arrangements that left Morrison hungry and penniless

while his songs were topping the charts. Detailed are the

breakdown of Morrison's marriage, the creative drought that

followed, and...


Little Girl Blue : The Life of Karen Carpenter

Randy L. Schmidt, Dionne Warwick

9781569768181, 1569768188

Pub Date: 9/1/11


368 pages

Trade Paperback



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"This compassionate book gives a tortured waif the third

dimension she deserved." —New York Times Book Review

Summary:

Little Girl Blue is an intimate profile of Karen Carpenter, a girl

from a modest Connecticut upbringing who became a

Southern California superstar.

Karen was the instantly recognizable lead singer of the

Carpenters. The top-selling American musical act of the

1970s, they delivered the love songs that defined a

generation. Little Girl Blue reveals Karen’s heartbreaking

struggles with her mother, brother, and husband; the intimate

disclosures she made to her closest friends; her love for

playing drums and her frustrated quest ...


Dance of Death : The Life of John Fahey, American Guitarist

Steve Lowenthal, David Fricke

9781613745199, 1613745192



240 pages

Hardcover

Music / Genres & Styles / Folk &

Traditional


Ctn Qty: 28

Summary:

John Fahey is to the solo acoustic guitar what Jimi Hendrix was

to the electric: the man whom all subsequent musicians had to

listen to. Fahey made more than 40 albums between 1959 and

his death in 2001, most of them featuring only his solo steel-

string guitar. He fused elements of folk, blues, and

experimental composition, taking familiar American sounds

and recontextualizing them as something entirely new. Yet

despite his stature as a groundbreaking visionary, Fahey’s

intentions—as a man and as an artist—remain largely

unexamined. Jo...

IPG Blues, Rock, Punk, and Metal Music Titles Fall 2015 Drag City

Vampire Vultures

John Fahey

9780965618373, 0965618374

Pub Date: 10/7/03

$18.00/$19.95 Can.Discount Code: SPT

129 pages

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Summary:

A wide range of memoir-like pieces, including interviews,

letters, and verse, makes this collection a fitting companion to

Fahey's How Bluegrass Music Destroyed My Life. Published

posthumously, this volume rounds out the life of the legendary

guitarist and composer, providing more backstory behind his

creative ferocity. The stories provide a personal view into

decades of his poignant insights into life and music.


Bowie on Bowie : Interviews and Encounters with David Bowie

Sean Egan

9781569769775, 156976977X



432 pages

Hardcover


6 in W | 9 in H | 1.6 lb Wt


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Summary:

David Bowie has been one of pop music’s greatest

interviewees since January 1972, when he famously risked

career death by asserting to Melody Maker that he was gay.

Although he wasn’t yet a big star, it was a groundbreaking

moment. And over the years, Bowie has failed to give an

uninteresting interview. It might be said that he has habitually

used the media for his own ends, but he has paradoxically

also been searingly honest, declining to ever be coy about his

ambitions, his private life, and even his occasional ennui.

Bowie on Bowie ...

IPG Blues, Rock, Punk, and Metal Music Titles Fall 2015 Ebury Press

Ziggyology : A Brief History of Ziggy Stardust

Simon Goddard

9780091948894, 0091948894

Pub Date: 8/1/15, On Sale Date: 6/23,

Ship Date: 8/1/15


352 pages

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Territory: Canada only

Ctn Qty: 36

Summary:

From the author of the acclaimed Mozipedia, a work of

supreme pop archaeology unearths every influence

that brought Ziggy to life, from H. G. Wells to Holst,

Kabuki to Kubrick, and Elvis to Iggy

The most ambitious and important book on Ziggy Stardust

ever written, this study documents the epic drama of the

Starman's short but eventful time on Planet Earth, and why

Bowie eventually had to kill him. It was the greatest invention

in the history of pop music—the rock god who came from the

stars—which struck a young David Bowie like a light...


Rock

Mirrorpix

9781907708312, 1907708316

Pub Date: 3/1/12


300 pages

Trade Paperback


6.5 in W | 6.5 in H | 1.2 lb Wt

Series: The Culture in PicturesTerritory:

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Summary:

A visual celebration of rock music over more than half

a century

Rock has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock 'n' roll, itself

heavily influenced by rhythm & blues and country music, as

well as drawing on folk, jazz, and classical music. It burst onto

the scene in the early 1960s, with early rockers introducing a

harder beat and driving rhythm to create a distinctive sound

that would endure. This is a visual record of the multi-faceted

musical genre, whose exponents were famous for their

adoption of long hair, sex, drugs, and rock ‘n’ rol...


The True Adventures of the Rolling Stones (30th Edition)

Stanley Booth, Greil Marcus

9781613747834, 1613747837



416 pages

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Ctn Qty: 26

Summary:

Stanley Booth, a member of the Rolling Stones’ inner circle,

met the band just a few months before Brian Jones drowned in

a swimming pool in 1968. He lived with them throughout their

1969 tour across the United States, staying up all night

together listening to blues, talking about music, ingesting

drugs, and consorting with groupies. His thrilling account

culminates with their final concert at Altamont Speedway—a

nightmare of beating, stabbing, and killing that would signal

the end of a generation’s dreams of peace and freedom. But

wh...


Keith Richards on Keith Richards : Interviews and Encounters

Sean Egan

9781613747889, 1613747888

Pub Date: 9/1/13


288 pages

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Summary:

The iconic life and career of the famed guitarist of the Rolling

Stones is detailed in this compilation of interviews that spans

the last 50 years. Featuring articles from GQ, Melody Maker,

and Rolling Stone, as well as interviews that have never

previously appeared in print, it charts Keith Richards’s journey

from gauche, young pretender and swaggering epitome of the

zeitgeist to beloved elder statesman of rock. Initially

overshadowed by band mates Mick Jagger and Brian Jones,

Richards gained popularity as half of the second-most impo...


Up and Down with the Rolling Stones : My Rollercoaster Ride

with Keith Richards

Tony Sanchez

9781843582632, 1843582635

Pub Date: 4/1/11


380 pages

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Ctn Qty: 32

Summary:

Legendary among fans since its 1979 release,

originally titled I Was Keith Richards' Drug Dealer, this

is the absolutely over-the-top, outrageous account of

the Stones at their debauched peak

Tony Sanchez worked for Keith Richards for eight years

buying drugs, running errands, and orchestrating cheap thrills.

In this notorious chronicle of that time, he records

unforgettable accounts of the Stones' perilous misadventures

racing cars along the Cote d'Azur, murder at Altamont, nights

with the Beatles at the Stones-owned nightclub Vesuvio...


Brian Jones : The Untold Life and Mysterious Death of a Rock

Legend

Laura Jackson

9780749941536, 0749941537

Pub Date: 6/1/09


304 pages

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Summary:

In this definitive biography of Brian Jones, Laura

Jackson rejects the stereotype of a narcissistic rock

star who was doomed to self-destruct

In the author's quest to get to the truth behind Brian Jones' life

and death, she spoke to the people who knew him best: his

family and friends, girlfriends and confidantes, and the

musicians and friends who lived and worked with him right up

until the end in 1969. Jones emerges as a man of immense

talent, energy, and humor, but crippled by insecurities and

shyness—a portrayal greatly at odds wit...


I'm with the Band : Confessions of a Groupie

Pamela Des Barres, Dave Navarro

9781556525896, 1556525893

Pub Date: 10/28/05


352 pages

Trade Paperback


Memoirs

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Summary:

The stylish, exuberant, and remarkably sweet confession of

one of the most famous groupies of the 1960s and 70s is back

in print in this new edition that includes an afterword on the

author's last 15 years of adventures. As soon as she

graduated from high school, Pamela Des Barres headed for

the Sunset Strip, where she knocked on rock stars' backstage

doors and immersed herself in the drugs, danger, and ecstasy

of the freewheeling 1960s. Over the next 10 years she had

affairs with Mick Jagger, Jimmy Page, Keith Moon, Waylon

Jennings, C...


Let's Spend the Night Together : Backstage Secrets of Rock

Muses and Supergroupies

Pamela Des Barres

9781556527890, 1556527896

Pub Date: 9/1/08


400 pages

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Summary:

Since rock’s beginnings, there have been groupies. These

chosen few women who bed, but not often wed, the musicians

of their dreams are almost as much a part of music history as

the musicians themselves.

Pamela Des Barres, the world’s foremost supergroupie, here

offers an all-access backstage pass to the world of rock stars

and the women who love them. Having had her own affairs

with legends such as Keith Moon and Jimmy Page--as

documented in her bestselling memoir I’m with the Band--

Pamela now turns the spotlight onto other women who ...


Take Another Little Piece of My Heart : A Groupie Grows Up

Pamela Des Barres, Michael Des Barres

9781556528002, 1556528000

Pub Date: 9/1/08


320 pages

Trade Paperback


Memoirs

6 in W | 9 in H | 0.7 in T | 0.9 lb Wt

Ctn Qty: 32

Summary:

Pamela Des Barres, celebrated “queen of the groupies,”

chronicled her adventures with rock stars in her bestseller I’m

with the Band. This book picks up where that one left off, with

Pamela embarking on marriage and motherhood, all the while

sharing quarters and making friends with stars: Don Johnson,

Steve Jones, Sylvester Stallone, Bob Dylan, Dennis Hopper,

Sandra Bernhard. But this is a survivor’s story—about the

anguish of coping with loved ones’ addictions, about suffering

divorce, about the joys and terrors of raising a gifted so...


Lick Me : How I Became Cherry Vanilla

Cherry Vanilla, Rufus Wainwright

9781556529436, 1556529430

Pub Date: 11/1/10


288 pages

Hardcover


6 in W | 9 in H | 0.9 in T | 1.2 lb Wt

Ctn Qty: 28

Summary:

Steeped in sex, drugs, and rock ’n’ roll, Lick Me takes the

reader on a juicy journey through the life and times of the

infamous Cherry Vanilla. A wunderkind on Madison Avenue in

the swinging sixties, Cherry soon found fame as a DJ in clubs

in Manhattan and on the French Riviera. She starred in Andy

Warhol’s play Pork in London while gaining notoriety as a

groupie, sleeping with musicians ranging from Leon Russell to

Kris Kristofferson. Working as David Bowie’s PR lady (and

occasional lover), she played a major part in introducing

him ...


Hendrix on Hendrix : Interviews and Encounters with Jimi

Hendrix

Steven Roby

9781613743225, 161374322X

Pub Date: 10/1/12


384 pages

Hardcover


6 in W | 9 in H | 1.7 lb Wt


Territory:

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Summary:

A L.A. Times Non-Fiction Hardcover Best Seller

Hendrix on Hendrix includes the most important interviews

from the peak of Jimi Hendrix’s career, 1966 to 1970, carefully

selected by one of the world’s leading Jimi Hendrix historians.

In this book Hendrix recalls for reporters his

heartbreaking childhood and his grueling nights on the Chitlin’

Circuit. He jokes with the judge and the jury on the witness

stand, telling them that the incense in his bag was for hiding

bad kitchen odors. He explains to an American TV audience

that his concept...

IPG Blues, Rock, Punk, and Metal Music Titles Fall 2015 Headline Book Publishing

Motherless Child : The Definitive Biography of Eric Clapton

Paul Scott

9781472212719, 1472212711


$23.95/€19.99 EUDiscount Code: LON

320 pages

Trade Paperback



6 in W | 9 in H

Territory: US

Ctn Qty: 32

Summary:

A deep, insightful look into the inspiring and often

turbulent life and career of Eric Clapton

Motherless Child is the ultimate celebration and definitive

biography of one of the most influential musicians alive today.

From the 1960s graffiti proclaiming "Clapton is God," to his

seminal work in supergroup Cream and his phenomenally

successful solo career, Eric Clapton has achieved the status of

bona fide living legend and enduring icon. Now in his sixth

decade in the music business, he occupies an exulted position

at the pinnacle of the...


Ginger Baker: Hellraiser : The Autobiography of the World's

Greatest Drummer

Ginger Baker

9781844549665, 1844549666

Pub Date: 7/9/10


292 pages

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Summary:

The music, the marriages, the polo, the drugs, the

trans-Saharan trucking scheme—the drummer best-

known for his work in Cream and his contributions to

World Music tells his whole fascinating story

Peter "Ginger" Baker is a legend. A pioneering drummer who

has transcended genres, he did much to popularize world

music with his fierce passion for the rhythms of Africa. He is

that rare thing, a critically-acclaimed musician who has

enjoyed global success with not one but several supergroups

to his name, including Cream and Blind Faith. Her...


Love Becomes a Funeral Pyre : A Biography of the Doors

Mick Wall

9781613734087, 1613734085



416 pages

Hardcover



General

6 in W | 9.3 in H

Territory: US

Ctn Qty: 1

Summary:

Spanning the entire history of the Doors, this book will long

remain the definitive biography of a band that forever

changed popular music. But it’s not the story you think you

know.

Yes, Jim Morrison died in Paris in 1971—but not in a bathtub.

The other Doors were saddened and shocked but had already

fired him anyway. It wasn’t Jim who wrote the hits; it was

guitarist Robby Krieger. It wasn’t Jim who saw a bright, acid-

flared future for the band but keyboardist Ray Manzarek.

And so, the band that started out as the “American Rolling

Sto...


Love Him Madly : An Intimate Memoir of Jim Morrison

Judy Huddleston, Pamela Des Barres

9781613747506, 1613747500

Pub Date: 6/1/13


240 pages

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5.5 in W | 8.5 in H | 0.6 lb Wt

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Summary:

It was 1967. Judy Huddleston’s parents had just gotten

divorced, and she spent her last year of high school attending

Doors concerts. Transformed from a perceptive child into a

rebellious teenager bent on attracting boys and fueled by

psychedelics, she had lost her sense of self.

Then Jim Morrison came into her life.

Love Him Madly chronicles Judy’s four-year

relationship with the singer. Honest and funny, written in the

idealistic but jaded voice of a teenager, this intensely intimate

memoir is a cautionary tale about sex, codependence...


This Wheel's on Fire : Levon Helm and the Story of the Band

Levon Helm, Stephen Davis

9781613748763, 1613748760

Pub Date: 10/1/13


376 pages

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General

6 in W | 9 in H | 0.8 in T | 1.1 lb Wt

Ctn Qty: 32

Summary: The singer and drummer of the Band details, in

this book, the history of one of the most influential groups of

the 1960s. While their music evoked a Southern mythology

with their beautifully crafted, image-rich songs, only their

Arkansan drummer, Levon Helm, was the genuine article. This

updated edition of his life story includes a new epilogue that

covers the last dozen years of his life. From the cotton fields

to Woodstock and from seeing Sonny Boy Williamson and Elvis

Presley to playing for President Clinton, This Wheel's on Fire

re...


Echoes : The Complete History of Pink Floyd

Glenn Povey

9781569763131, 1569763135

Pub Date: 4/1/10


368 pages

Trade Paperback


9.3 in W | 11.5 in H | 0.8 in T

Ctn Qty: 10

Summary:

From their gigs in tiny church halls to multimillion-selling

albums—The Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, and

the rock opera The Wall—and elaborate stadium shows, this

tome celebrates legendary rock band Pink Floyd. Lavishly

illustrated with previously unpublished photographs and rare

graphic memorabilia, including posters, advertisements,

handbills, and tickets from every era of the band’s remarkable

history, this survey provides a comprehensive overview of the

group, its members, and the times. In addition to a

biographical ...


Pink Floyd: Reflections and Echoes

Bob Carruthers, Nigel Cross, Michael Heatley

9780956603845, 095660384X

Pub Date: 8/1/11



DVDs

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11 in W | 11 in H | 0.8 in T | 2.2 lb Wt

Ctn Qty: 13

Summary:

A definitive review of the music and career of Pink

Floyd on stage, record, and film, featuring the

reflections of the band themselves, as well as the

thoughts of their critics then and now

Four remarkable DVDs explain the controversial twists and

turns of the Floyd story through a unique series of interviews

featuring Roger Waters, David Gilmour, Nick Mason, and the

late Richard Wright. The recollections of the band are

compared and contrasted with the views of the insiders who

worked with Pink Floyd in the studio and on the road. The ...

IPG Blues, Rock, Punk, and Metal Music Titles Fall 2015 The History Press

The Flaming Cow : The Making of Pink Floyd's Atom Heart

Mother

Ron Geesin, Nick Mason

9780752486154, 0752486152

Pub Date: 10/1/13


120 pages

Hardcover



10 in W | 9 in H | 1.8 lb Wt

Ctn Qty: 10

Summary: Available with never-before-published

material and photographs, an unflinching insider's

account of what really happened during and after

recording sessions of Atom Heart Mother

The story behind Pink Floyd's Atom Heart Mother is one of

brilliant but often fraught collaboration between the band and

composer Ron Geesin, and here Geesin tells the full story.

From the time drummer Nick Mason visited Geesin's damp

basement apartment in Notting Hill, to the last game of golf

between bassist Roger Waters and Geesin, this book is an

unflinching...


Led Zeppelin : In the Light

Bob Carruthers

9780956603883, 0956603882

Pub Date: 6/1/11



DVDs

Mixed Media Product


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Ctn Qty: 13

Summary:

Featuring extensive interviews with Page, Plant, Jones,

and Bonham, this deluxe four DVD and book set is the

definitive critical review of the music of Led Zeppelin

on stage, on record, and on film

Contributors to this history include Zeppelin insiders in the

shape of publicist B. P. Fallon and bodyguard Michael Francis,

along with newly released archive interviews with the band,

recorded during their 1977 U.S. tour. The book includes a

complete history of Led Zeppelin in the words of the band and

its critics, and a track-by track analy...


Led Zeppelin on Led Zeppelin : Interviews and Encounters

Hank Bordowitz

9781613747544, 1613747543



480 pages

Hardcover


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Summary:

There are lots of wild stories about Led Zeppelin—some true,

some false. Led Zeppelin on Led Zeppelin dishes up the facts,

in the band’s own words, as they saw them. It shoots down

the folklore and assumptions about Jimmy Page, Robert Plant,

John Paul Jones, and John Bonham and presents the band’s

full history, from when Jimmy Page was playing skiffle to the

day the band was honored by the Kennedy Center for their

contribution to American and global culture.

Any band is an amalgam of the players, but in very

special cases, those players...


Celebration Day : The Led Zeppelin Encyclopedia

Malcolm Dome, Jerry Ewing

9781901447811, 1901447812

Pub Date: 5/1/11


276 pages

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Summary:

Whole lotta Zep-related info in this definitive

reference to one of the greatest bands in the history

of rock music

The first exhaustive A-to Z-reference work to explore the

group's world and career catalogs every song on each of their

albums, every major gig, background information on the four

musicians and everyone who worked with them, venues,

contemporaries, incidents, and articles. Led Zeppelin is a band

requiring no introduction—their fusion of blues, rock, proto-

metal, and vivid lyrical imagery ushered in the 1970's heavy

rock bo...

IPG Blues, Rock, Punk, and Metal Music Titles Fall 2015 Southbank Publishing

John Bonham : The Powerhouse Behind Led Zeppelin

Mick Bonham

9781904915119, 1904915116

Pub Date: 10/1/05


192 pages

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Summary:

In 1980, John Bonham, considered one of the greatest

drummers of all time, died under tragic circumstances. Two

months later, a simple letter signed by fellow band members

Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, and John Paul Jones stated that

Bonham could not be replaced. After nine multi-million-selling

albums and record-breaking world tours, Led Zeppelin came

to an abrupt and premature end. This personal account of

John Bonham’s life was written by the person who knew him

best—his brother, Mick. Beginning with his childhood, the book

follows Bonh...

IPG Blues, Rock, Punk, and Metal Music Titles Fall 2015 Allen & Unwin

Dog Eat Dog : A Story of Survival, Struggle and Triumph by the Man Who Put AC/DC on the World Stage Michael Browning

9781760111915, 1760111910



380 pages

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Summary:

A fascinating insider's account of the formation and

early success of two of the world's greatest bands,

AC/DC and INXS, from the man who helped them on

the road to international stardom

Bon turned up with two bottles of bourbon, some dope and

some speed. When Angus saw this stash, he said to Malcolm,

"If this guy can walk, let alone sing, it's going to be

something."

Michael Browning first spotted AC/DC in September 1974.

They were raw and rough, and much of the crowd, Michael

included, was bewildered by the flashy guitarist dressed as ...


Patti Smith's Horses and the Remaking of Rock 'n' Roll Mark Paytress

9780749940263, 0749940263

Pub Date: 1/4/11


272 pages

Trade Paperback

Music / Genres & Styles / Punk

5 in W | 8 in H | 0.5 lb Wt

Ctn Qty: 44

Summary:

Before The Sex Pistols, before The Clash, before The

Ramones, there was Patti—Godmother of punk

Drawing on sources in music, literature, and art, as well as all-

new interviews with those close to the poet laureate of punk

Patti Smith, the story of her debut album, Horses, is put into

its full context: from the singer’s early days to her rapid rise

on New York’s performance art scene and the key role she

played in the emerging art-punk movement at CBGBs. Patti

Smith burst onto a vacuous music scene in the mid-1970s with

a raw and revolu...


Children of the Revolution : The Glam Rock Story 1970?1975 Dave Thompson

9781901447477, 1901447472

Pub Date: 6/1/11


250 pages

Trade Paperback


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Ctn Qty: 18

Summary:

The definitive A-to-Z guide to a period of pomp, glitz,

glamour, and parent-worrying fashion unlike any other

Despite its disposable appearance, glam rock has survived

and thrived for four decades, and is now viewed as one the

best loved and most productive periods for pop music. From

the UK, its influence spread and fused with ideas blossoming in

Europe and the U.S., spawning artists such as Alice Cooper

and Kiss. This book chronicles every band and artist who

made a significant impression on the art form, both in its

heyday and durin...

IPG Blues, Rock, Punk, and Metal Music Titles Fall 2015 Angry Penguin

Deep Purple Jerry Bloom

9781906283933, 1906283931

Pub Date: 2/1/09


128 pages / Includes 2 DVDs

Mixed Media Product


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Series: Rock RetrospectivesTerritory:

Ctn Qty: 32

Summary:

Once listed as the world’s loudest band in the Guinness Book

of World Records, Deep Purple has an international reputation

for producing earsplitting and intensely exciting music.

Drawing on rare archive footage, radio performances from

around the globe, in-depth interviews with Glenn Hughes and

Nick Simper, and archive recordings of Ritchie Blackmore, Jon

Lord, Ian Gillan, Ian Paice, and the late Tommy Bolin, this is

the incredible story of the band’s formation, rise to fame, and

struggle to cope with the pressures of stardom and inte...


Truth... : Rod Stewart, Ron Wood and The Jeff Beck Group Dave Thompson

9781901447606, 190144760X

Pub Date: 1/1/06


208 pages

Trade Paperback



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Summary:

Jeff Beck stands alongside fellow ex-Yardbirds Jimmy Page

and Eric Clapton as one of the greatest electric guitarists

Britain has ever produced. His work in the past three decades

has encompassed progressive, soul, jazz-rock, and

instrumental music, winning him the accolade of "the

guitarist's guitarist" from innumerable musicians' magazines.

Yet despite his eclectic output and many collaborators, fans

and critics alike hark back to the short-lived Jeff Beck Group

of the late 1960s, featuring Rod Stewart on vocals and Ronnie

Wood on b...

IPG Blues, Rock, Punk, and Metal Music Titles Fall 2015 Orion Publishing

Lou Reed : The Life Mick Wall

9781409153047, 1409153045

Pub Date: 11/15/15, Ship Date:

11/15/15


288 pages

Trade Paperback



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Summary:

A biography of the songwriter, Velvet Underground

member, and musician, from the author of When

Giants Walked the Earth

Rock 'n' roll was Lou Reed's life. From recording one of the

most critically acclaimed albums of all time with The Velvet

Underground & Nico (1967), to heavy drug abuse and

performing in front of the Pope, Lou Reed's story is one of

great peaks and deep lows. Forever dedicated to his art, he

became one of modern music's most legendary and seismic

figures. Although a controversial, outspoken, and undoubtedly

misundersto...


Dirty Blvd. : The Life and Music of Lou Reed Aidan Levy

9781613731062, 161373106X



448 pages

Hardcover



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Summary:

Lou Reed went out of his way to rub people the wrong way,

from the noise rock he produced with the Velvet Underground

in the late 1960s to his chaotic work with Metallica that would

prove to be his swan song. On a personal level, too, he

seemed to take pleasure in insulting everyone who crossed his

path. How did this Jewish boy from Long Island, an adolescent

doo-wop singer, rise to the status of Godfather of Punk? And

how did he maintain that status for decades?

Dirty Blvd.—the first new biography of Reed since his death in

2013—digs d...


Whiskey Bottles and Brand-New Cars : The Fast Life and Sudden Death of Lynyrd Skynyrd Mark Ribowsky

9781569761465, 1569761469



304 pages

Hardcover


6 in W | 9 in H | 1.2 lb Wt

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Summary:

This book tells the intimate story of how a band of lost souls

and self-destructive misfits with uncertain artistic objectives

clawed their way to the very top of the rock ’n’ roll peak,

writing and performing as if beneficiaries of a deal with the

devil—a deal fulfilled by a tragic fall from the sky. The

rudderless genius behind their ascent was a man named

Ronnie Van Zant, who guided their five-year run and evolved

not just a new country/rock idiom but a new Confederacy in

constant conflict with old Southern totems and prejudices.

Pl...


Storms : My Life with Lindsey Buckingham and Fleetwood Mac Carol Ann Harris

9781556527906, 155652790X

Pub Date: 1/1/09


400 pages

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Summary:

A consummate insider as the girlfriend of Lindsey

Buckingham, Fleetwood Mac singer and guitarist, Carol Ann

Harris leads fans into the very heart of the band’s storms

between 1976 and 1984. From interactions between the band

and other stars—Mick Jagger, Eric Clapton, and Dennis

Wilson—to the chaotic animosity between band members, this

memoir combines the sensational account of some of the

world’s most famous musicians with a thrilling love story. The

parties, fights, drug use, shenanigans, and sex lives of

Fleetwood Mac are presented ...


Elton : The Biography David Buckley

9781556527944, 1556527942

Pub Date: 3/1/09


432 pages

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One of music’s true global superstars and most admired

figures, Elton John has sold an estimated 200 million albums

worldwide to date, and continues to appear regularly in the

singles charts, thanks largely to a series of high-profile

collaborations with new faces.

But he is loved as much for his outrageous personality and

witty outspokenness as for his music: recent memorable

outbursts have included a public comment that “people who

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pushy photographers “rude, vile pig...


Queen Unseen : My Life with the Greatest Rock Band of the 20th Century Peter Hince

9781843587484, 1843587483

Pub Date: 11/2/11


288 pages

Hardcover



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Summary:

An intimate and affectionate insider's story of his

years spent alongside Queen, with exclusive personal

photos

For more than a decade, Peter Hince worked alongside one of

the greatest bands in the history of rock, touring the world and

heading up their road crew as they performed at some of the

best and biggest music venues in the world. Here he recalls

the highlights of those years with the band. He was with

Freddie Mercury when he composed "Crazy Little Thing Called

Love;" he was responsible for making sure that Freddie's

stage perf...


Queen: One Vision Matthew Furniss, Steve Rosen

9780956603906, 0956603904

Pub Date: 7/1/11



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Summary:

A history of Queen, rich with archival interviews,

including a poignant recollection by Freddie Mercury's

mother

This encapsulation of the iconic band Queen features

authoritative text by leading music journalists Ben Saunders

and Matt Furniss, and is accompanied by an in-depth interview

with Brian May. The four companion DVDs trace the Queen

story from the London College scene through the triumphant

Hammersmith Odeon shows and on to fame and stardom as a

worldwide stadium rock phenomenon. The DVDs feature

candid interviews with origina...

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Freddie Mercury : Su vida contada por él mismo Greg Brooks, Simon Lupton, Jer Bulsara, Freddie Me...

9788415256328, 8415256329

Pub Date: 4/1/13


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Told through personal interviews, this biographical look at

Freddie Mercury and his role in the rock band Queen tells the

story of three academics and an art student who decided to go

against the rigid rules of the music industry and create their

own movement. Examining all aspects of the band—from its

rough start, the many times that the members were about to

break up, problems with the press, the stresses of being on

tour, and internal disputes—the bittersweet and sometimes

contradictory portrait that emerges from these

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Freddie Mercury : The Biography Laura Jackson

9780749956080, 0749956089

Pub Date: 9/1/12


278 pages

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Summary: Newly updated, this fascinating biography

features more than 50 exclusive interviews with stars

who knew the iconic performer

Looking at the reality behind Queen's flamboyant front man

and lead singer, this biography explores Mercury the person—

amusing, loyal, and generous, yet with a dark side to his

personality. It discusses his frequent use of cocaine and how it

heightened his tendency toward excess, both on and off the

stage. It also looks at the women in his life, covering his

bizarrely enduring relationships with his first love, M...


Brian May : The Definitive Biography Laura Jackson

9780749909765, 0749909765

Pub Date: 4/1/09


256 pages

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As the lead guitarist of Queen, Brian May is one of rock's most

recognizable stars. Packed with nearly 70 exclusive interviews

with some of his closest friends, colleagues, and fellow

musicians—among them Tony Iommi, Joe Elliott, Richie

Sambora, Bruce Dickinson, Raul Rodgers, Cliff Richard, and

Spike Edney—this is the definitive life of the guitar virtuoso. It

charts his life from his childhood through his years studying

astrophysics and his initial success with Queen. May’s

camaraderie and conflicts within Queen are addressed as are

h...


The Encyclopedia of Dead Rock Stars : Heroin, Handguns, and Ham Sandwiches (2nd Edition)

Jeremy Simmonds

9781613744789, 1613744781

Pub Date: 11/1/12


768 pages

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The bible of music’s deceased idols—Jeff Buckley, Sid Vicious,

Jimi Hendrix, Tupac, Elvis—this is the ultimate record of all

those who arrived, rocked, and checked out over the last 40-

odd years of fast cars, private jets, hard drugs, and reckless

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including Which band boasts the most dead members? and

Who had the bright idea of changing a light bulb while st...


Rush : Changing Hemispheres James McCarthy

9780956696076, 0956696074

Pub Date: 6/1/12



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Summary:

The true story of Rush, from humble Canadian

beginnings to international super stardom

"This is certainly one band for whom time does not stand still."

—Geddy Lee

Featuring a masterful and comprehensive text packed with

great photographs of the band, this unique package also

includes four documentary DVDs packed with candid audio

interviews with the band members, and compared and

contrasted with the views of a leading team of music

journalists, insiders, and musicologists. This amazing book and

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Springsteen on Springsteen : Interviews, Speeches, and Encounters Jeff Burger

9781556525445, 1556525443



432 pages

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Offering fans an extensive look at the artist’s own words

throughout the past four decades, Springsteen on Springsteen

brings together Q&A–formatted articles, speeches, and

features that incorporate significant interview material. No one

is better qualified to talk about Springsteen than the man

himself, and he’s often as articulate and provocative in

interviews and speeches as he is emotive onstage and in

recordings. While many rock artists seem to suffer through

interviews, Springsteen has welcomed them as an opportunity

to speak ope...


The Girl in the Song : The Stories Behind 50 Rock Classics Michael Heatley, Frank Hopkinson

9781569765302, 1569765308

Pub Date: 10/1/10


144 pages

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Summary:

Women have long inspired rock artists, but what do fans really

know about these muses? The Girl in the Song focuses on the

girlfriends, wives, rivals, exes, groupies, celebrities, mothers,

children, and even complete strangers who inspired 50 of

rock’s greatest songs. Who was the Emily in Pink Floyd’s “See

Emily Play”? Did life change for Prudence Farrow after John

Lennon wrote “Dear Prudence”? And whatever happened to

“the girl with mousy hair,” an ex-girlfriend David Bowie sings

about in “Life on Mars”?

Songs are typically...


It's Not Only Rock 'n' Roll : Iconic Musicians Reveal the Source of Their Creativity Jenny Boyd, Holly George-Warren

9781782194620, 1782194622

Pub Date: 4/1/14


322 pages

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Music

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Summary: B. B. King, Joni Mitchell, Keith Richards,

Queen Latifah, and more than 70 other iconic

musicians discuss the creative process in exclusive

interviews

"I was amazed at how many people have shared an

experience I thought was so rare." —Eric Clapton

In this exciting, original, and inspiring book, 75 of the world's

most iconic musicians reveal, many for the first time, their

thoughts on creating music. Psychologist Jenny Boyd has

probed the minds and souls of these artists and has delved

into the drive to create, the importance of nurturin...


Juke Box Hero : My Five Decades in Rock 'n' Roll Lou Gramm, Scott Pitoniak

9781600787591, 1600787592

Pub Date: 5/1/13


240 pages

Hardcover


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Summary:

Lou Gramm rose from humble, working-class roots in

Rochester, New York, to become one of rock’s most popular

and distinctive voices in the 1970s and ’80s, singing and

cowriting more than a dozen hits with the band Foreigner.

Songs such as “Cold As Ice,” “I Want to Know What Love Is,”

“Waiting for a Girl Like You,” “Double Vision,” “Urgent,” and

“Midnight Blue” are among 20 Gramm songs that achieved Top

40 status on the Billboard charts and became rock classics still

played often, nearly three decades after they first hit the

airwaves a...


Leonard Cohen on Leonard Cohen : Interviews and Encounters Jeff Burger

9781613731789, 1613731787



624 pages

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Leonard Cohen, one of the most admired performers of the

last half century, has had a strange and eventful life. Now, for

the first time, he tells his story in his own words, via more

than fifty interviews conducted worldwide between 1966 and

2012.

In Leonard Cohen on Leonard Cohen—which includes a

foreword by singer Suzanne Vega and eight pages of rarely

seen photos—the artist talks about “Bird on the Wire,”

“Hallelujah,” “Famous Blue Raincoat,” and his other classic

songs. He candidly discusses his famous romances, his years

in a Zen...

IPG Blues, Rock, Punk, and Metal Music Titles Fall 2015 Andre Deutsch

Death of a Lady's Man : A Collection of Poetry and Prose Leonard Cohen

9780233003009, 0233003002

Pub Date: 5/1/11


224 pages

Hardcover

Poetry / Canadian

5.5 in W | 8.5 in H | 0.9 in T | 0.9 lb Wt

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Summary:

A collection of poetry and prose interspersed with

lyrics, discursive passages, and diary extracts from

the legendary Canadian songwriter-poet

First published in 1978, the theme of this insightful and moving

poetry collection is love with all its dilemmas. It is largely

autobiographical in tone, offering the reader insights into

Cohen's private world. From the 1950s and 1960s onward,

Cohen's mournful, thought-provoking lyrics and poems have

formed the backdrop to the musings of generations; this

reissue, following on the huge success o...

IPG Blues, Rock, Punk, and Metal Music Titles Fall 2015 Allen & Unwin

A Little History : Photographs of Nick Cave and Cohorts, 1981-2013 Bleddyn Butcher

9781760110680, 176011068X



160 pages

Hardcover

Photography / Individual

Photographers / Artists' Books

8 in W | 11 in H | 2.4 lb Wt

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Summary:

A stunning record of the amazing career of Nick Cave,

one of the world's coolest musicians, by one of the

world's most celebrated rock photographers

When Bleddyn Butcher first saw The Birthday Party play, back

in 1981, he was astonished. And then enthralled. He set about

trying to catch their lightning in his Nikon F2AS. That quixotic

impulse became a lifelong quest. A little history got made on

the way. Collected here for the first time, A Little History is an

extraordinary document, tracing Nick Cave's creative career

from the apoplec...

IPG Blues, Rock, Punk, and Metal Music Titles Fall 2015 Little, Brown Book Group

Bad Seed : The Biography of Nick Cave

Ian Johnston

9780349107783, 0349107785

Pub Date: 10/1/96


344 pages

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Nick Cave has repeatedly succeeded in creating idiosyncratic,

obsessive lyrical visions which make no concession to

prevailing musical fads. His personal life has been equally

turbulent and this book tells the full story of his drug addiction.

It offers an overview of his career to date, unravelling the

motivation of this reluctant icon and exploring his unique

appeal. With exclusive interviews with Cave's fellow

musicians, friends, and colleagues, Johnston illustrates a life

lived in barely controlled chaos and provides a vivid portra...


Tom Waits on Tom Waits : Interviews and Encounters

Paul Maher

9781569763124, 1569763127

Pub Date: 8/1/11


480 pages

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Tom Waits, even with his barnyard growl and urban hipster

yawp, may just be what the Daily Telegraph calls him: “the

greatest entertainer on Planet Earth.” Over a span of almost

four decades, he has transformed his music and persona not

to suit the times but his whims. But along with Bob Dylan, he

stands as one of the last elder statesmen still capable of

putting out music that matters.

Journalists intent upon cracking the code are more likely to

come out of a Waits interview with anecdotes about the

weather, insects, or med...


My Bass and Other Animals

Guy Pratt

9780752893358, 0752893351

Pub Date: 1/1/09


304 pages

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Summary:

Guy Pratt came of age just as playing bass became sexy. In

spurning the guitar solo, punk put the low-end on more of an

equal footing—or maybe it was just that Paul Simonon and

Bruce Foxton were pretty cool. Either way, people were trying

out the basslines of "White Man in Hammersmith Palais" or

"Peaches." Having dallied with Funkapolitan, Pratt suddenly

found himself on Top of the Pops and supporting David Bowie

with the smooth Australian outfit Icehouse. At a ludicrously

young age he became a sought-after bass player to the stars,

fi...

IPG Blues, Rock, Punk, and Metal Music Titles Fall 2015 PM Press

No Gods No Masters : Live in Concert

Leon Rosselson, Robb Johnson

9781604864410, 1604864419

Pub Date: 2/1/14


2 pages

DVD

Music / Genres & Styles / Folk &

Traditional

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Summary:

In this two-disc DVD set, the inimitable performance of a pair

of Britain’s finest living songwriters—Leon Rosselson and Robb

Johnson—are captured live on stage over the course of a two

night concert held in Berkeley, California. The first disc,

“Turning Silence into Song,” showcases a pair of career-

spanning “greatest hits,” with a suitable sprinkling of new and

previously unreleased material. Each song is introduced and

contextualized with a large helping of trademark wit and dry

irony. The second disc, “The Liberty Tree,” tells the ...


On Some Faraway Beach : The Life and Times of Brian Eno

David Sheppard

9781556529429, 1556529422

Pub Date: 5/1/09


480 pages

Hardcover


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Summary:

Few record collections remain untouched by Brian Eno’s

aesthetic DNA: from ambient soundscapes and world-music

hybrids to cut ’n’ paste vocal samples and amniotic chill-out

rooms, Eno is all around us. A sonic alchemist to the stars, his

address book is a veritable who’s who of rock and his credit

adorns an outrageous number of albums. Tellingly, Eno’s work

with Roxy Music, David Bowie, Talking Heads, Devo, U2, and

Coldplay has coincided with those artists producing their most

critically revered work.

On Some Faraway Beach is the first...


The People's Songs : The Story of Modern Britain in 50 Records

Stuart Maconie

9780091933807, 0091933803


Ship Date: 6/1/14


432 pages / 36 COLOUR PHOTOGRAPHS

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Summary: These are the songs that have been listened to,

laughed to, loved to, and labored to, as well as downed tools

and danced to. Covering the last seven decades, Stuart

Maconie looks at the songs that have been the soundtracks for

changing times, and have—just sometimes—changed the way

listeners feel. Beginning with Vera Lynn’s "We’ll Meet Again," a

song that reassured a nation parted from their loved ones by

the turmoil of war, and culminating with the manic energy of

"Bonkers," Dizzee Rascal’s anthem for the push and rush of

the 21st cen...

IPG Blues, Rock, Punk, and Metal Music Titles Fall 2015 Earnshaw Books

Red Rock : The Long, Strange March of Chinese Rock & Roll

Jonathan Campbell

9789881998248, 9881998247

Pub Date: 10/1/11


304 pages

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Summary:

Rebellious, individualistic, and explosive, rock and roll seems

incongruent with modern Chinese society. However, as the

music has evolved from a Western import into something

uniquely Chinese, it has been shaped by the nation’s unique

system and its relationship with the outside world. As it tracks

the music's long journey from the Mao years to present day,

this account considers the people and the events that have

created Chinese rock's identity. Including interviews with

musicians, journalists, and industry experts, this book

demons...


Punk!

Mirrorpix

9781907708299, 1907708294

Pub Date: 3/1/12


300 pages

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Summary:

A celebration of punk rock and rockers since the early

1970s—in 500 images

Punk rock developed in the UK, the United States, and

Australia during the mid-1970s as a grass-roots reaction to the

perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock. By late 1976,

bands such as the Ramones, the Sex Pistols, and The Clash

were recognized as the vanguard of a new musical movement.

An associated punk subculture emerged, expressing youthful

rebellion and characterized by distinctive styles of clothing and

adornment, including brightly colored Mohican h...


From the Velvets to the Voidoids : The Birth of American Punk

Rock

Clinton Heylin

9781556525759, 1556525753

Pub Date: 5/1/05


432 pages

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Summary:

Exhaustively researched and packed with unique insights, this

history journeys from the punk scene's roots in the mid-1960s

to the arrival of "new wave" in the early 1980s. With a cast

that includes Patti Smith, Pere Ubu, Television, Blondie, the

Ramones, the MC5, the Stooges, Talking Heads, and the Dead

Boys, this account is the definitive story of early American

punk rock. Extraordinarily balanced, it tells the story of the

music's development largely through the artists' own words,

while thoroughly analyzing and evaluating the music...


Stealing All Transmissions : A Secret History of the Clash

Randal Doane, Barry "the Baker" Auguste

9781629630298, 1629630292

Pub Date: 10/15/14, Ship Date:

10/15/14


192 pages

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Summary:

Winner of:

2015 Independent Publisher Book Awards, Silver Award,

Popular Culture

Stealing All Transmissions is a love story. It’s the story of how

the Clash fell in love with America and how America loved

them back. The romance began in full in 1977, when select

rock journalists and deejays aided the band’s quest to depose

the rock of indolence that dominated American airwaves. This

history situates the Clash amid the cultural skirmishes of the

1970s and culminates with their September 1979 performance

at the Palladium in New York City. ...

IPG Blues, Rock, Punk, and Metal Music Titles Fall 2015 Wilkinson Press

The Strange Case of Dr Terry and Mr Chimes

Terry Chimes

9781922178244, 1922178241



168 pages

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Summary:

From his early days as a founding member of The

Clash to his current success as a chiropractor and

acupuncturist, the completely entertaining wisdom and

life story of Terry Chimes

An autobiography with a difference, this book covers the life of

a man who appears to many to be a dual personality—surely

the crazy muso bashing the drums in a succession of punk and

heavy metal rock bands couldn't possibly be the same person

as the one offering kind words of wisdom and compassion to

the sick? Yet that is the unusual transition made by the au...


Dead Kennedys : Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables: The Early

Years

Alex Ogg, Winston Smith, Ruby Ray

9781604864892, 1604864893



224 pages

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Summary:

Despite releasing records only on independent labels and

receiving virtually no radio play, Dead Kennedys routinely top

both critic and fan polls as the greatest punk band of the late

1970s and early 1980s. Their sound was inventive and tetchy,

and front man Jello Biafra’s lyrics were incisive and often

scathing. This chronicle—the first in-depth book written about

Dead Kennedys—uses dozens of firsthand interviews, photos,

and original artwork to offer a new perspective on a group

that was mired in controversy almost from its inception...

IPG Blues, Rock, Punk, and Metal Music Titles Fall 2015 Palazzo Editions

Iggy & the Stooges: Raw Power

Mick Rock, Iggy Pop

9780956494214, 0956494218

Pub Date: 4/1/11


224 pages

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Summary:

Rock history is made right in front of the lens—a new,

smaller format edition includes an interview with, and

foreword by, Iggy himself

"Mick Rock is one crazy photographer. This is the shit." —Iggy

Pop

When the Godfather of Punk met the Godfather of Rock

Photography in 1972, the event spawned a series of photos of

unique impact. Iggy and the Stooges had come to London in

the summer of 1972 to record their seminal punk masterpiece

Raw Power with David Bowie as executive producer, and Mick

Rock was on hand to shoot the cover. The uncom...


The Heebie-Jeebies at CBGB's : A Secret History of Jewish Punk

Steven Lee Beeber

9781556527616, 1556527616

Pub Date: 4/1/08


272 pages

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Summary:

Based in part on the recent interviews with more than 125

people—among them Tommy Ramone, Chris Stein (Blondie),

Lenny Kaye (Patti Smith Group), Hilly Kristal (CBGBs owner),

and John Zorn—this book focuses on punk’s beginnings in New

York City to show that punk was the most Jewish of rock

movements, in both makeup and attitude. As it originated in

Manhattan’s Lower East Side in the early 1970s, punk rock

was the apotheosis of a Jewish cultural tradition that found its

ultimate expression in the generation born after the Holocaust.

Begi...


Left of the Dial : Conversations with Punk Icons

David Ensminger

9781604866414, 1604866411

Pub Date: 7/1/13


320 pages

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Summary: Featuring interviews with leading figures of the

punk underground, including Ian MacKaye, from Minor Threat

and Fugazi; Jello Biafra, from Dead Kennedys; and Dave

Dictor, from MDC, this book probes the legacy of punk's

sometimes fuzzy political ideology, its homegrown traditions,

and its rupturing of social norms. Passionate, far-reaching,

and fresh, these conversations illuminate punk’s oral history

with candor and humor by focusing on the history of ideologies

and values as understood by performers, instead of as

represented by disco...


London's Burning : True Adventures on the Front Lines of Punk,

1976?1977

Dave Thompson

9781556527692, 1556527691

Pub Date: 5/1/09


344 pages

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Summary:

London’s Burning is the story of punk rock as it happened,

stripped of hindsight and future legend, and laid bare. Here

are the Damned and the Adverts on tour, the Sex Pistols

swearing through their prime-time television debut, the Tom

Robinson Band conducting a club full of skinheads through the

anthem “Glad to Be Gay,” rioting Rastas running through the

carnage that closed the Notting Hill Carnival, Sid Vicious

arguing about which was David Bowie’s best song. At the

same time, it is a personal story of a confused but dedicated

sixtee...


Burning Britain : The History of UK Punk 1980?1984

Ian Glasper

9781604867480, 1604867485



456 pages

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Summary:

The product of years of research, travel, and countless

conversations, Burning Britain is the true story of the UK punk

scene from 1980 to 1984 told for the first time by the bands

and labels that created it. Covering the country region by

region, author Ian Glasper profiles legendary bands like Vice

Squad, Angelic Upstarts, Blitz, Anti-Nowhere League, Cockney

Rejects, and the UK Subs as well as more obscure groups like

Xtract, The Skroteez, and Soldier Dolls through hundreds of

new interviews and photographs. As the 1970s closed the m...


Trapped in a Scene: UK Hardcore 1985?1989 : Frontline Reports

from the Hardcore Punk Underground

Ian Glasper

9781901447613, 1901447618

Pub Date: 4/1/10


600 pages

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Summary:

The underground hardcore scene of the mid- to late-1980s

was UK punk rock's last significant creative gasp. Emerging

from the wreckage of the anarcho-punk scene spawned by the

likes of Crass and Conflict, it took its influences from the studs

'n' leather punk bands of the early 1980s such as Discharge

and GBH, as well as the nascent American hardcore

movement and the emerging metal/punk crossover scene.

Filtered through some through fiercely DIY aesthetics, there

was a potent movement that spawned such seminal acts as

Napalm Death, ENT...


The Day the Country Died : A History of Anarcho Punk 1980?

1984

Ian Glasper

9781604865165, 1604865164



496 pages

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Summary:

In this revealing history, author, historian, and musician Ian

Glasper explores in minute detail the influential and esoteric

UK anarcho-punk scene of the early 1980s. Where some of

the colorful punk bands from the first half of the decade were

loud, political, and uncompromising, their anarcho-punk

counterparts were even more so, totally prepared to risk their

liberty to communicate the ideals they believed in so

passionately. With Crass and Poison Girls opening the

floodgates, the arrival of bands such as Amebix,

Chumbawamba, Flux of...


Barred for Life : How Black Flag's Iconic Logo Became Punk

Rock's Secret Handshake

Stewart Dean Ebersole, Jared Castaldi

9781604863949, 1604863943

Pub Date: 2/14/13


328 pages

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Summary: Cataloging the legacy of the American punk rock

pioneers Black Flag, this photo documentary uses stark,

contrasting portraits to share the stories of the die-hard fans

who wear the iconic four-barred logo tattooed on their skin.

From doctors to homeless punks, stories range from the

intensely personal to the absurd as each larger-than-life soul

mugs for the camera. Adding to the idea that mixed messages

can come from one unifying design, each image is highlighted

with a personal quotation, a name and bio, and a Black Flag

favorites lis...


Spray Paint the Walls : The Story of Black Flag

Stevie Chick

9781604864182, 1604864184

Pub Date: 8/1/11


432 pages

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Summary:

Black Flag were the pioneers of American Hardcore, and this is

their blood-spattered story. Formed in Hermosa Beach,

California, in 1978, they made and played brilliant, ugly, no-

holds-barred music for eight brutal years on a self-appointed

touring circuit of America’s clubs, squats, and community

halls. They fought with everybody—the police, the record

industry, and even their own fans—and they toured overseas

on pennies a day in beat-up trucks and vans. This history tells

Black Flag’s story from the inside, drawing on exclusive inter...


Occupants

Henry Rollins

9781569768150, 1569768153

Pub Date: 10/1/11


176 pages / List Rollins as "Photographs

and Writings by"

Hardcover

Photography / Photoessays &

Documentaries

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An unflinching look at the human condition in extreme places

and situations around the world

Summary:

For the past twenty-five years, Henry Rollins has searched out

the most desolate corners of the Earth—from Iraq to

Afghanistan, Thailand to Mali, and beyond—articulating his

observations through music and words, on radio and

television, and in magazines and books. Though he’s known

for the raw power of his expression, Rollins has shown that the

greatest statements can be made with the simplest of acts: to

just bear witness, to be present.

In Occupants, Rollins invites us to do the same. The book

pairs Rollins’s visceral full...


One Chord Wonders : Power and Meaning in Punk Rock

Dave Laing, TV Smith

9781629630335, 1629630330



224 pages

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Summary:

Originally published in 1985, One Chord Wonders was the first

full-length study of the glory years of British punk. The book

argues that one of punk’s most significant political

achievements was to expose the operations of power in the

British entertainment industries as they were thrown into

confusion by the sound and the fury of musicians and fans.

Through a detailed examination of the conditions under which

punk emerged and then declined, Dave Laing develops a view

of the music as both complex and contradictory. Special

attention is...


Punk Rock : An Oral History

John Robb, Lars Fredriksen

9781604860054, 1604860057

Pub Date: 7/17/12


576 pages

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Summary:

Vibrant and volatile, the punk scene left an extraordinary

legacy of music and cultural change, and this work talks to

those who cultivated the movement, weaving together their

accounts to create a raw and unprecedented oral history of

punk in the United Kingdom. From the Clash, Crass, Henry

Rollins, and John Lydon to the Sex Pistols, the Stranglers, and

the Buzzcocks, this reference features more than 150

interviews that encapsulate the most thrilling wave of rock and

roll pop culture ever seen. Ranging from its widely debated

roots i...


Sophistopunk : The Inside Story of Mark Opitz & Oz Rock

Luke Wallis, Mark Opitz, Jeff Jenkins

9781742757933, 1742757936

Pub Date: 2/1/13


366 pages

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General

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Summary: A broken home, rags to riches, mind-

blowing excess, exotic locations, laugh-out-loud

anecdotes, and tragedy; this is the inside story to Mark

Opitz and making the great albums of Oz Rock

Mark Opitz has lived an extraordinary life. His tale is

remarkable, immediately gripping, and incorporates the

making of some of the greatest music and musicians Australia

has ever known. It begins in 1975 where a job with the ABC

led Mark to the music label EMI, which in turn led to a musical

apprenticeship with the legendary record producers Harry

Van...


Going Underground : American Punk 1979?1989 (2nd Edition)

George Hurchalla

9781629631134, 1629631132



384 pages

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Summary:

An illustrated and wide-ranging survey of the

underground U.S. punk scene in the 1980s

The product of decades of work and multiple self-published

editions, Going Underground, written by 1980s scene veteran

George Hurchalla, is the most comprehensive look yet at

America’s nationwide underground punk scene. Despite the

misguided mainstream press declarations that “punk died with

Sid Vicious” or that “punk was reborn with Nirvana,” Hurchalla

followed the DIY spirit of punk underground, where it not only

survived but thrived nationally as ...

IPG Blues, Rock, Punk, and Metal Music Titles Fall 2015 Virago UK

Naked at the Albert Hall : The Inside Story of Singing

Tracey Thorn

9780349005263, 0349005265



256 pages

Hardcover



General

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Summary:

Tracey Thorn, musician and author of the bestselling

autobiography Bedsit Disco Queen, offers a unique

insider's take on the art of singing: why and how we

sing, and the voice's power to captivate

In her acclaimed autobiography Bedsit Disco Queen, Tracey

Thorn recalled the highs and lows of a 30-year career in pop

music. But with the touring, recording, and extraordinary

anecdotes, there wasn't time for an in-depth look at what she

actually did for all those years: sing. She sang with warmth

and emotional honesty, sometimes while battli...

IPG Blues, Rock, Punk, and Metal Music Titles Fall 2015 Virago UK

Bedsit Disco Queen : How I Grew Up and Tried to Be a Pop Star

Tracey Thorn

9781844088683, 1844088685

Pub Date: 4/1/14


320 pages

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Summary:

A frank and funny pop culture memoir in the vein of

Caitlin Moran's How to be a Woman, this is "how to be

a woman artist"

This is the story of Tracey Thorn, one half of the

internationally successful group Everything But the Girl,

collaborator with such artists as Paul Weller, Massive Attack,

and dance legend Todd Terry. Tracey was only 16 when she

bought an electric guitar and joined a band. A year later, she

formed an all-girl band called the Marine Girls, played gigs,

signed to an indie label, and started releasing records. Then,

fo...


Sober Living for the Revolution : Hardcore Punk, Straight Edge,

and Radical Politics

Gabriel Kuhn

9781604860511, 1604860510

Pub Date: 2/1/10


352 pages

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Social Science / Popular Culture /

General

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Summary:

Examining the multigenerational impact of punk rock music,

this international survey of the political-punk straight edge

movement—which has persisted as a drug-free, hardcore

subculture for more than 25 years—traces its history from

1980s Washington, DC, to today. Asserting that drugs are not

necessarily rebellious and that not all rebels do them, the

record also defies common conceptions of straight edge's

political legacy as being associated with self-righteous, macho

posturing and conservative Puritanism. On the contrary, the

moveme...


Here Comes Everybody : The Story of the Pogues

James Fearnley

9781556529504, 1556529503



416 pages

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Summary:

The Pogues injected the fury of punk into Irish folk music and

gave the world the troubled, iconic, darkly romantic songwriter

Shane MacGowan. Here Comes Everybody is a memoir written

by founding member and accordion player James Fearnley,

drawn from his personal experiences and the series of

journals and correspondence he kept throughout the band’s

career. Fearnley describes the coalescence of a disparate

collection of vagabonds living in the squats of London’s Kings

Cross, with, at its center, the charismatic MacGowan and his

idea of...


Thin Lizzy : The Boys Are Back - The True Story

Dave Thompson

9780956696069, 0956696066

Pub Date: 6/1/12


116 pages

Mixed Media Product


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Summary:

Interviewees on the DVDs span all eras of the band's

history and include original members Phil Lynott, Eric

Bell, Brian Robertson, Snowy White, and John Sykes

As well as a comprehensive track by track analysis by Robert

M. Corich, this unique production includes four interview DVDs

packed with candid film and audio interviews with past and

present Thin Lizzy members. Insider interviews include the

men who made Lizzy what they were, including key producers,

managers, and album sleeve designers, as well as a heartfelt

recollection from P...

IPG Blues, Rock, Punk, and Metal Music Titles Fall 2015 Pan Macmillan

Ska'd for Life : A Personal Journey with The Specials

Horace Panter

9780330440738, 033044073X

Pub Date: 6/1/08


320 pages

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Summary:

As a bass player with The Specials in his second-hand suit and

pork pie hat, Horace was a member of one of the most

innovative and exciting bands to come snarling out of the punk

era. Founded by Jerry Dammers, their fusion of punk, reggae,

and ska created a new musical fashion—spearheaded by their

own Two Tone record label—that stood for unity and racial

harmony in a polarized society. This musical odyssey with The

Specials moves from their early days on Coventry's punk

circuit, to their chart-storming success with singles like Too

Muc...


Black Sabbath : Masters of Reality

Steven Rosen

9780956603968, 0956603963

Pub Date: 5/1/12


116 pages

Mixed Media Product


11 in W | 11 in H | 2.2 lb Wt

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Summary:

DVDs feature candid interviews with original members

Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, and Bill

Ward, plus the views of later members such as Neil

Murray and the late Ronnie James Dio

The authorative text encompasses the complete inside story of

Black Sabbath and is accompanied by four companion

interview DVDs tracing the band's story from Birmingham

clubs through the first triumphant tours and on to the stadium

rock phenomenon of today. The views of the band are

complemented by a wealth of informative insights from

journalists...


Iron Maiden: In the Studio : The Stories Behind Every Album

Jake Brown

9781843583486, 1843583488

Pub Date: 9/1/11


236 pages

Hardcover

Music / Genres & Styles / Heavy Metal

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Summary:

The band who influenced everyone, from Slayer to

Gaga, gets the In the Studio treatment

For the first time ever, the writing and recording of such iconic

hits as "The Number of the Beast," "Flight of Icarus," "Two

Minutes to Midnight," "Wasted Years," "Can I Play with

Madness," and "Hallowed Be Thy Name" are explored in-

depth. Iron Maiden's crossover to chart success showed many

bands how it could be done, making them a key part of heavy

metal's acceptance as a credible genre. With an impressive

catalogue of 15 studio albums spread ove...


Iron Maiden: On Board Flight 666

John McMurtrie, Bruce Dickinson

9781409137597, 1409137597



256 pages

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Summary: Now in paperback, the first and only official

book from one of the world's biggest heavy metal

bands, with a foreword by frontman Bruce Dickinson

On board their customized Boeing 757 plane named Ed Force

One, and piloted by lead singer and airline captain Bruce

Dickinson, Iron Maiden, their crew, and 12 tons of equipment

traversed the planet and broke the mold of traditional touring

forever by playing concerts in every continent except

Antarctica over the course of the Somewhere Back In Time

Tour of 2008–2009 and The Final Frontier Tour...


The Beast : Singing With Iron Maiden?The Drugs, the Groupies .

. . the Whole Story

Paul Di'Anno

9781844548842, 1844548848

Pub Date: 5/1/10


288 pages

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True Crime

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Summary:

Paul Di'Anno's tale is one of drugs, guns, and alcohol; of

extended periods banged up in prison; and of his time fronting

the mighty Iron Maiden. His controversial antics off-stage are

even more shocking than his existence under the spotlights.

He has battled drug addictions and tumbled from the heights

of fame to the pit of bankruptcy. This is a look into the dark

and disturbing times of a man who had spent his whole life

courting his demons.

IPG Blues, Rock, Punk, and Metal Music Titles Fall 2015 Ediciones Robinbook

Metallica : Furia, sonido y velocidad

Matías Recis, Daniel Gaguine

9788415256465, 8415256469

Pub Date: 6/1/14


288 pages

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Summary:

After a career that has spanned three decades and included

100 million albums sold worldwide, nine Grammy Awards, and

an induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Metallica has

firmly established itself as one of the preeminent musical acts

of all time, embodying as no other band has a passion for the

sound and frenzy of heavy metal. This account takes a

chronological look at the band’s long history, delving into the

band members’ personal lives and the band’s records and

videos, and provides a wealth of anecdotes and trivia. The ...


The Motörhead Collector's Guide

Mick Stevenson, Lemmy Kilmister

9781901447279, 1901447278

Pub Date: 7/15/11


300 pages

Trade Paperback

Music / Discography & Buyer's Guides

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Summary:

An alternate history of the iconic band that has been

around for nearly five decades, completely revised

and updated, with a foreword by Lemmy himself

Originally published in 1994, this new edition tells the history

of the band via its discography and collectables, along with

choice selections from the infamous fanzine

Motörheadbangers. The author is the undisputed authority on

the band and his vast collection is explored chronologically

and at length, alongside selected highlights and extracts from

the zine, in a title that will appea...


A-Z of Doom & Gothic Metal

Garry Sharpe-Young

9781901447149, 1901447146

Pub Date: 2/1/03


450 pages

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Summary:

Labored, mournful, and crushingly heavy, the anesthetizing,

sloth-like riffs of Doom Metal and the melancholy strains of

Gothic Metal are all here. With a wealth of historical detail and

a full global discography of each listed band, including a full

account of Black Sabbath's tortured history, and spanning

Stoner, Gothic, and Darkwave, this encyclopedia-style book is

the first to chronicle the underground world wide phenomena

that is Doom. Pentagram, Atomic Rooster, The Obsessed,

Trouble, My Dying Bride, Cathedral, Paradise Lost, Nove...


A-Z of Power Metal

Garry Sharpe-Young

9781901447132, 1901447138

Pub Date: 2/1/03


464 pages

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Summary:

Power Metal is Heavy Metal taken to the absolute limit. When

the major Metal institutions staked their claim, they

engendered a legion of up-and-coming followers, who took the

genre in a new, extreme direction. Riffs became labyrinthine,

vocals scorched higher altitudes—and they even managed to

crank out some more volume. This encyclopedic book

documents the Power Metal phenomenon, with exhaustive,

unique histories, detailed discographies, and many photos. It

covers the British guard such as Iron Maiden and Judas Priest;

American metal...

IPG Blues, Rock, Punk, and Metal Music Titles Fall 2015 Jacana Media

Back in from the Anger

Roger Lucey

9781431404537, 1431404535

Pub Date: 1/1/13

$30.95/$34.95 Can.Discount Code: SHO

376 pages

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Summary:

The story of a once promising young musician, this

autobiography demonstrates how Roger Lucey’s life journey

was radically changed by the South African apartheid. Having

performed songs that reflected upon the cruelty and violence

of late 1970s South Africa, Lucey drew unwanted attention

from the State and police. A covert operation made sure that

his music career was severely curtailed, forcing Lucey to

search for other means of supporting himself. Following the

musician as he explored various careers, including becoming a

barman, a r...

IPG Blues, Rock, Punk, and Metal Music Titles Fall 2015 Quercus

That Close

Suggs

9780857389534, 085738953X

Pub Date: 12/1/13


400 pages

Hardcover



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Summary: The amazing life of Madness frontman

Suggs

Suggs is one of pop music's most enduring and likeable

figures. Written with the assured style and wit of a natural

raconteur, this hugely entertaining and insightful

autobiography takes you from his colorful early life on a North

London council estate, through the heady early days of Punk

and 2-Tone, to the 1980s, where Madness became the biggest

selling singles band of the decade. Along the way he tells you

what it's like to go globetrotting with your best friends, to sign

away your entire so...


All the Young Dudes : Mott the Hoople & Ian Hunter

Campbell Devine, Brian May, Joe Elliott

9781901447958, 1901447952

Pub Date: 8/9/07


416 pages

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Summary:

Campbell Devine has successfully collaborated with Ian Hunter

and other Mott members to create a biography devoid of

borrowed information and recycled press clippings but instead

full of new, sensational, and humorous inside stories;

controversial quotes; and an array of previously unpublished

views from the band. With firsthand input from members

Hunter, Griffin, Watts, Allen, and Ralphs, this definitive tome

gives the complete insight into the legend of Mott The Hoople.

Queen's Brian May and Def Leppard's Joe Elliott have provided

th...

IPG Blues, Rock, Punk, and Metal Music Titles Fall 2015 Little, Brown Book Group

Bit of a Blur : The Autobiography

Alex James

9780349119939, 0349119937

Pub Date: 7/3/08


288 pages

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Summary:

For Alex James, music had always been a door to a more

exciting life—a way to travel, meet new people, and,

hopefully, pick up girls. But as bass player of Blur—one of the

most successful British bands of all time—his journey was

more exciting and extreme than he could ever have predicted.

Success catapulted him from a slug-infested squat in

Camberwell to a world of private jets and world-class

restaurants. As "the second drunkest member of the world’s

drunkest band" Alex James's life was always chaotic, but he

retained a boundless ent...


Boy About Town : A Memoir

Tony Fletcher

9780099558552, 0099558556



368 pages

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Memoirs

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Summary:

The author of highly acclaimed Keith Moon and Smiths

biographies now tells his own story of a life in love

with music, pre- and post-punk London, via a Top 50

countdown

I was no longer fitting in at school. I was unsure of my friends,

and they were increasingly unsure of me. I wanted to be a

rock star. But while all around, voices were starting to break,

acne beginning to appear, facial hair sprouting, I remained all

flabby flesh and innate scruff, with a high-pitched whine and

not a muscle to my name. I was the runt of the class and r...


Cockney Reject

Jeff Turner, Garry Bushell, Morrissey

9781844548811, 1844548813

Pub Date: 4/1/10


284 pages

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Summary:

Jeff Turner was raised in Custom House in the East End of

London, with seven siblings to share a three-bedroom council

house. When the Sex Pistols' God Save the Queen hit, his

brother Mickey picked up a guitar and Jeff picked up a

microphone, and together they stormed the music scene as

The Cockney Rejects. The Rejects stood for being young,

working class, and not taking anything from anyone, resulting

in aggression and violence being the main staple at their

shows. However, the madness couldn't last forever, and as

chaos at the gigs s...

IPG Blues, Rock, Punk, and Metal Music Titles Fall 2015 Canongate UK

The Fallen : Life In and Out of Britain's Most Insane Group

Dave Simpson

9781847671448, 1847671446

Pub Date: 5/1/10


328 pages

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Summary:

The Fall is one of the world's most iconic groups, led for the

last 30 years by the inimitable and enigmatic Mark E. Smith.

They have released nearly 30 studio albums, with in excess of

50 musicians passing through their ranks. They are the Fallen;

this is their story. Dave Simpson has spent two years of his

life tracking down everyone who has ever played in the Fall.

The resultant book is full of hilarious and shocking anecdotes

about life in one of the most intense and insane bands. It is

also a biography in reflection of Mark E. Smi...


Feeding Back : Conversations with Alternative Guitarists from

Proto-Punk to Post-Rock

David Todd

9781613740590, 161374059X

Pub Date: 6/1/12


400 pages

Trade Paperback


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Ctn Qty: 32

Summary:

Feeding Back: Conversations with Alternative Guitarists from

Proto-Punk to Post-Rock offers a counter-history of rock music

through the lens of interviews with musicians including Richard

Thompson, J Mascis, James Williamson, Bob Mould, Tom

Verlaine, Lydia Lunch, Lee Ranaldo, Johnny Marr, and John

Frusciante. Individually, the book’s in-depth discussions

explore these subjects’ ideas and innovations; taken together,

they document an alternative-guitar tradition with roots in free

jazz, punk, avant-garde, folk, and garage rock styles. O...

IPG Blues, Rock, Punk, and Metal Music Titles Fall 2015 Anova Books

The History of the NME : High Times and Low Lives at the World's Most Famous Music Magazine Pat Long

9781907554483, 1907554483

Pub Date: 6/1/12


240 pages

Hardcover

Language Arts & Disciplines / Journalism

5.5 in W | 8.5 in H | 1.2 lb Wt

Ctn Qty: 32

Summary:

The Sex Pistols sang about it, Nick Hornby claims he

regrets not working for it. The fights, the bands, the

brawls, the haircuts, the egos, and much more—the

definitive book about the infamous music magazine.

For 60 years, since it was founded in 1952, the New Musical

Express has played a central part in the British love affair with

pop music—and has been essential for American connoisseurs

to remain in-the-know as well. This authoritative history is an

insider's account of the high times and low lives of one of the

world's most influe...


I Am the Voice Left from Rehab James Freud

9781741665567, 1741665566

Pub Date: 3/1/07


304 pages

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Summary:

"I have performed for royalty, dined with Superman, stood on

a stage before 100,000 people and graced the covers of

magazines. I lived an enchanted lifestyle. I woke up one day

to find it had all deserted me. I found myself lying broken,

beaten, and bleeding upon the wreckage of my youth."

Achieving fame in the eighties with hits like "Barbados" and

"Modern Girl," James Freud was voracious for everything and

anything life had to offer. Vivacious and irrepressible, he hung

out with Robert Smith and Siouxsie Sioux in London, he once

hit ...


I, Doll : Life and Death with the New York Dolls Arthur Killer Kane

9781556529412, 1556529414

Pub Date: 8/1/09


256 pages

Hardcover


5.5 in W | 8.5 in H | 1 in T | 1 lb Wt

Ctn Qty: 32

Summary:

The New York Dolls, during and after their all-too brief

existence, were a huge influence on David Bowie and Mott the

Hoople, KISS and Aerosmith, Guns n’ Roses and Mötley Crüe;

when they toured England under the supervision of punk

impresario Malcolm McLaren, they indirectly caused the

formation of the Sex Pistols. Their bassist Arthur “Killer” Kane

died suddenly at age 55 in 2004, but he left behind not only

the Dolls’ timeless music--and their many thousands of fans

and friends--but this memoir of the Dolls’ early years.

Arthur Kane ...

IPG Blues, Rock, Punk, and Metal Music Titles Fall 2015 Virgin Books

Hallelujah! : The Extraordinary Story of Shaun Ryder and Happy Mondays John Warburton, Shaun Ryder

9780753507810, 0753507811

Pub Date: 6/1/13


264 pages

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Ctn Qty: 32

Summary: The extraordinary and hilarious story of

Shaun Ryder and Happy Mondays, with contributions

from Tony Wilson, Bez, Chris Moyles, and Fatboy Slim,

and the cooperation of Ryder himself

Credited with a range of achievements, from creating

Madchester and introducing indie kids to dance music to

bringing ecstasy to Britain, the Happy Mondays were the rock

'n' roll story that beggared belief. In Shaun Ryder they had an

inspired gutter poet; and in his sidekick Bez they had a

cultural icon. Here is the story of how this hapless group of

ruffian...


John Peel : Margrave of the Marshes John Peel, Sheila Ravenscroft, Jack White

9781556526527, 1556526520

Pub Date: 6/1/07


432 pages

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Summary:

When he died in 2004, John Peel was in the middle of writing

his memoir, which was completed by his wife, Sheila

Ravenscroft, with help from their four children. His compelling

autobiography details his life as the most influential DJ in rock

history. At BBC’s Radio 1, Peel helmed his own show from

1968 until his death, and first introduced UK listeners to

reggae, punk, and hip-hop. T-Rex, David Bowie, the Faces,

the Sex Pistols, Fairport Convention, Pink Floyd, the Clash, the

Buzzcocks, the Cure, Joy Division, the Wedding Present, Def...


Music to Die For : The International Guide to Today's Extreme Music Scene Mick Mercer

9781901447262, 190144726X

Pub Date: 2/1/09


700 pages

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Ctn Qty: 10

Summary:

Since Mick Mercer’s acclaimed last book 21st Century Goth

was published in 2002, the MySpace internet phenomenon has

helped fuel a worldwide explosion of related music. But as well

as adding countries to the musical map, the post-Goth scene

has resulted in a bewildering variety of musical sub-genres.

This fully illustrated book is aimed to be the ultimate resource

to make sense of the chaos, covering the fields of ambient,

cabaret noir, deathrock, goth, gothic metal, horror punk,

melodramatic song, post-punk, and psychobilly. Packed wi...

IPG Blues, Rock, Punk, and Metal Music Titles Fall 2015 Birlinn Ltd

Nileism : The Strange Course of the Blue Nile Allan Brown

9781846971389, 1846971381

Pub Date: 11/1/10


266 pages

Hardcover


Memoirs 5.5 in W | 8 in H

Summary: 2011 sees the 30th anniversary of The Blue Nile's

first work together. Four albums—containing a total of just 33

songs—have followed since. Yet scarcity has served only to

intensify love for the band's intensely romantic songs.

Reclusive and enigmatic, The Blue Nile are one of modern

music's greatest mysteries, as secretive about their plans and

status as they are about their painstaking methods. For the

first time Allan Brown, a fan from the time of the band's first

album in 1983 and friend of the band's composer Paul

Buchanan, gets b...


Cobain on Cobain : Interviews and Encounters Nick Soulsby

9781613730942, 1613730942



432 pages

Hardcover


6 in W | 9 in H


Territory: WOR X UK, AU, NZ & IE

Summary:

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 their five-year career. This is the most comprehensive

compendium of interviews with the band ever released. Each

interview is another knot in a thread running from just after

the recording of their first album Bleach to the band’s collapse

on the European tour of 1994 followed shortly by C...


Nirvana: A Tour Diary : My Life on the Road with One of the Greatest Bands of All Time Andy Bollen

9781857828757, 1857828755

Pub Date: 9/1/13


280 pages

Trade Paperback



5 in W | 8 in H | 0.5 lb Wt

Ctn Qty: 40

Summary: Afforded the kind of access a journalist can

only dream of, Andy Bollen gives fans a new story

focusing on the real Kurt Cobain—not the angst-ridden,

troubled rock star of folklore, the kind and humorous

Kurt the world seldom saw

When Nirvana first exploded onto the music scene in 1991,

few people could have predicted their subsequent global

impact, or that the band's lead singer Kurt Cobain would be

transformed into one of music's most enduring and iconic

figures. As drummer for the British group Captain America,

one of the two support...


The Primal Screamer Nick Blinko

9781604863314, 1604863315

Pub Date: 12/12/11


144 pages

Trade Paperback

Fiction

5.5 in W | 8.5 in H | 0.4 lb Wt

Ctn Qty: 100

A fictional descent into horror, madness, and the frenzied

anarco-punk scene

Summary:

A gothic horror novel about severe mental distress and punk

rock, this narrative is written in the form of a diary kept by a

psychiatrist, Dr. Rodney H. Dweller, concerning his patient,

Nathaniel Snoxell, brought to him in 1979 because of several

attempted suicides. Snoxell gets involved in the anarchist

punk scene, and begins recording songs and playing gigs at

anarchist centers. In 1985, the good doctor himself “goes

insane” and disappears. This semi-autobiographical novel from

Rudimentary Peni singer, guitarist, lyricist, and illust...


Songs in the Key of Z : The Curious Universe of Outsider Music Irwin Chusid

9781556523724, 1556523726

Pub Date: 4/1/00


272 pages

Trade Paperback

Music

6 in W | 9 in H | 0.7 in T | 1.1 lb Wt

Ctn Qty: 36

Summary:

Outsider musicians can be the product of damaged DNA, alien

abduction, drug fry, demonic possession, or simply sheer

obliviousness. This book profiles dozens of outsider musicians,

both prominent and obscure—figures such as The Shaggs, Syd

Barrett, Tiny Tim, Jandek, Captain Beefheart, Daniel Johnston,

Harry Partch, and The Legendary Stardust Cowboy—and

presents their strange life stories along with photographs,

interviews, cartoons, and discographies. About the only things

these self-taught artists have in common are an utter lack of

c...


The Stone Roses : The Reunion Edition John Robb

9780091948580, 0091948584



492 pages

Trade Paperback


Sales Restrictions: Canada only

6 in W | 9.5 in H | 1.5 lb Wt


Ctn Qty: 8

Summary: Fully revised and updated, with brand-new

chapters and exclusive details on their reformation;

this is the definitive, most revered account of the

band, from a journalist and musician who was there

from the beginning

The band, the lifestyle, the revolution—this classic biography

charts the phenomenal rise of the Stone Roses to the icons

they are today, using interviews, rehearsal tapes, and the

archives of author John Robb. Robb's exclusive inside

knowledge of the Stone Roses creates a compelling and

intimate insight into how the band s...


The Story of Crass George Berger

9781604860375, 1604860375

Pub Date: 9/1/09


304 pages

Trade Paperback


5 in W | 8 in H | 0.8 in T

Ctn Qty: 36

Summary:

In-depth interviews with the main movers in the punk rock

movement—Crass members Penny Rimbaud, Gee Vaucher,

and Steve Ignorant—detail the face of the revolution founded

by these radical thinkers and artists. When punk ruled the

waves, Crass waived the rules by putting out their own

records, films, and magazines and setting up a series of

situationist pranks that were dutifully covered by the world’s

press. Not just another iconoclastic band, Crass was a

musical, social, and political phenomenon: commune dwellers

that were rarely photo...

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The Story of Northern Soul : A Definitive History of the Dance Scene that Refuses to Die David Nowell

9781907554230, 1907554238

Pub Date: 4/1/11


330 pages

Trade Paperback


5 in W | 8 in H | 1 in T | 0.9 lb Wt

Ctn Qty: 32

Summary:

The definitive insiders account of the longest surviving

scene in the history of British music contains rare

interviews with artists from Motown right up to Fatboy

Slim

What began as an underground 1960s Mod scene in

unlicensed, no-frills clubs in the northwest of England became

a youth craze that confounded its critics by surviving and

growing into an adult dance phenomenon whose followers

share a passion for black American music unrivaled anywhere

else in the world. This book takes the first-ever, in-depth look

at the culture, the mu...

IPG Blues, Rock, Punk, and Metal Music Titles Fall 2015 Hodder & Stoughton

Unzipped Suzi Quatro

9780340937518, 0340937513

Pub Date: 11/1/08


368 pages

Trade Paperback



General

5 in W | 8 in H | 1 in T | 0.6 lb Wt

Ctn Qty: 32

Summary:

Born Susan Kay Quatrocchio and raised in Detroit, Suzi Quatro

grew up to be an international superstar musician and actress

during the 1970s. Her rapid rise to the top was fueled by huge

talent, determination, hard work, and a fabulous sense of

humor. In this candid autobiography, Suzi tells the behind-the-

scenes story of her life, including her years spent working,

partying, and rocking alongside such legendary figures as

Noddy Holder, Alice Cooper, and Iggy Pop. She unveils the

origins of her career, from her first gigs touring dives...

IPG Blues, Rock, Punk, and Metal Music Titles Fall 2015 Fremantle Press

Vagabond Holes : David McComb & the Triffids Chris Coughran, Niall Lucy

9781921361623, 192136162X

Pub Date: 10/9/09


384 pages

Trade Paperback



6.3 in W | 9 in H | 1 in T | 2 lb Wt

Ctn Qty: 48

Summary:

In an homage to David McComb’s haunting music and lyrics

that inspired a generation 30 years ago, this collection of

stories, poems, and artwork celebrates the man and his

postpunk band, the Triffids. Due to sold-out tribute concerts

across Australia and the remastering of the complete Triffids

oeuvre, a new generation is discovering McComb’s work; fans

old and new can delve deeper into his life and music in this

intensely personal biography. Many of the featured

photographs and images are previously unpublished. Works

by both local an...


Pete Doherty : Last of the Rock Romantics Alex Hannaford

9780091910792, 009191079X



352 pages / 16 ILLUSTRATIONS

Trade Paperback



5 in W | 8 in H | 0.9 in T | 0.5 lb Wt

Ctn Qty: 32

Summary:

Pete Doherty, erstwhile singer with The Libertines, is a British

icon. Whether he is playing impromptu gigs in his front room

or performing at Live 8, he possesses a sense of drama and

expectation not seen in a performer since Sid Vicious. He is

enigmatic, charismatic and thoroughly entertaining. Since

leaving The Libertines, his life has become something of a

rock 'n' roll soap opera where rumours of crack addiction

abound, gossip about his relationship with Kate Moss is rife,

and predictions for his future vary wildly. Written by Ale...


Michael Stipe : The Biography Rob Jovanovic

9780749951474, 0749951478

Pub Date: 9/27/07


256 pages

Trade Paperback



5 in W | 8 in H | 0.7 in T | 0.4 lb Wt

Ctn Qty: 36

Summary:

For the last quarter of a century Michael Stipe has been the

lead singer of R.E.M, who from their humble beginnings toured

and built a steadily growing legion of fans before breaking into

the mainstream during the early 1990s. Today Stipe is one of

the most instantly recognizable faces in rock and R.E.M. are

held in a respect that only 25 years of excellent songwriting

and hard work can justify. But Stipe is much more than just

the singer. This biography will explore his nomadic early years

as the child in a military family, his early ...


Noel Gallagher : The Biography Lucian Randall

9781857829563, 1857829565

Pub Date: 5/1/13


274 pages

Hardcover



6 in W | 9 in H

Ctn Qty: 32

Summary: A look at the musician who is as well-

known for his singer-songwriting talent as he is for his

controversial, outspoken statements and his

tempestuous relationships

With the renowned Britpop band Oasis at the forefront of the

Britpop movement in the 1990s, Noel Gallagher was

responsible for writing some of the big anthems of the period,

including "Wonderwall" and "Champagne Supernova." At their

peak they were playing sold-out concerts to more than

200,000 people. But what is the truth about the boy from

Manchester? How did his relations...


Oasis : The Truth: My Life as Oasis's Drummer Tony McCarroll

9781843584995, 1843584999

Pub Date: 5/1/12


292 pages

Trade Paperback



5 in W | 8 in H | 0.5 lb Wt

Ctn Qty: 40

Summary:

The candid and hilarious tale of the first five years of

Oasis, from their founding drummer

Tony McCarroll joined Oasis when they were still a band called

The Rain. What started as five young men with a common

dream of becoming rock stars eventually disintegrated into in-

fighting, ego clashes, and financial disputes, until in 1995,

following the release of Definitely Maybe, things came to a

head and Tony left the band. Here, Tony reveals the truth

about the early years before the band was formed. He

discusses the drug consumption, the ...


From the Ground Up : U2 360° Tour Official Photobook Dylan Jones, Paul McGuinness

9781848093683, 1848093683


Ship Date: 4/1/14


256 pages / 300 EXCLUSIVE

PHOTOGRAPHS

Hardcover


8.5 in W | 11 in H | 3 lb Wt


Ctn Qty: 10

Summary: The visually stunning, official inside story

of U2's tour—band-authorized, with exclusive behind-

the-scenes interviews and photos, and a foreword by

U2's manager

The inside story of one of the most successful concert tours in

history contains exclusive contributions from the band,

manager Paul McGuinness, and world-renowned set designer

Willie Williams as well as exclusive photographs from

photographer Ralph Larmann. The author was given complete

access, including behind the scenes at Glastonbury 2011. The

massive 26-month undertaking b...

IPG Blues, Rock, Punk, and Metal Music Titles Fall 2015 University of New South Wales Press

Vanda & Young : Inside Australia's Hit Factory John Tait

9781742232171, 1742232175

Pub Date: 10/1/10


272 pages

Trade Paperback



6 in W | 9.3 in H | 0.8 in T | 0.9 lb Wt

Ctn Qty: 10

Summary:

Featuring revealing interviews with the members of AC/DC

and other chart-topping acts, this chronicle profiles the careers

of Australia’s top songwriters, producers, and star-makers:

Harry Vanda and George Young. From their partnership as

members of Easybeats to their diverse range of hits—including

"Friday on My Mind," "She’s So Fine," and "Love is in the Air"—

this inspirational account demonstrates how Vanda and Young

harnessed the raw energy and power of Aussie pub rock to

become legendary musicians.


Independence Days : The Story of UK Independent Record Labels Alex Ogg

9781901447415, 1901447413

Pub Date: 5/1/10


600 pages

Trade Paperback


6 in W | 9.5 in H | 1.3 in T

Ctn Qty: 18

Summary:

Collating more than 150 interviews, Independence Days traces

the story of the UK independent record label boom from the

late 1970s to the mid-1980s, a period which saw a new

generation of independent spirits take up the baton and

revolutionize the course of popular music. The era's most

celebrated labels are covered, including Rough Trade, Beggars

Banquet/4AD, Factory, Cherry Red and Mute, as well as

releases by such notable acts as the Smiths, Joy Division, the

Buzzcocks, Elvis Costello, Gary Numan, Teardrop Explodes,

and Nick Cave. I...


In the All-Night Café : A Memoir of Belle and Sebastian's Formative Year Stuart David

9781613730782, 1613730780



208 pages

Trade Paperback


6 in W | 9.3 in H | 0.7 lb Wt

Ctn Qty: 30

Summary:

“One afternoon in 1994, I had an idea.” So begins Stuart

David’s charming, evocative memoir about the indie pop band

Belle and Sebastian.

Determined to make his living writing stories and songs,

Stuart had spent several years scraping by on the dole in his

small, industrial hometown. Then he had the fateful idea to

learn bass guitar, and to head for Glasgow in search of

likeminded artists.

In the All-Night Café describes his fortuitous meeting with the

group’s cofounder Stuart Murdoch in a course for unemployed

musicians. It tells of t...

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