Delta, April 1996. Oversize Softcover. They are the most popular and accomplished musical artists of this century. But for more than three decades, the secrets behind the Beatles' unparalleld artistic evolution were beyond reach - sealed in a locked room at London's Abbey Road Studios. In this comprehensive and brilliantly..... More
Sterling, April 2010. Oversized Hardcover. An anthology that takes a look back at the retail refuges that enthralled at least three generations of music lovers, providing a glimpse into the special alchemy that makes a great record store. It includes photographs and reminiscences from musicians, music industry executives, former record..... More
Simon & Schuster, October 2004. Trade Paperback. WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE Music legend Bob Dylan's only work of fiction--a combination of stream of consciousness prose, lyrics, and poetry that gives fans insight into one of the most influential singer-songwriters of our time. Written in 1966, Tarantula is..... More
Faber & Faber, February 2023. Hardcover. A long-awaited memoir of Blur co-founder, guitar legend and visual artist Graham Coxon. Among the noise and clamour of the Britpop era, Blur co-founder Graham Coxon managed to carve out a niche to become one of the most innovative and respected guitarists of his..... More
Faber & Faber, May 2023. Paper Back. Featuring a new introduction by the author, Faber presents a beautiful paperback edition of How To Be Invisible, the lyrics of Kate Bush. Selected and arranged by the author, How To Be Invisible presents the lyrics of Kate Bush in a beautiful new..... More
Random House, November 2022. Hardcover. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A deeply moving and brilliantly idiosyncratic visual book of days by the National Book Award-winning author of Just Kids and M Train, featuring more than 365 images and reflections that chart Smith's singular aesthetic--inspired by her wildly popular Instagram. ONE..... More
Simon & Schuster, October 2022. Hardcover. A modern epic about the most consequential music culture today, Atlanta rap--a masterful, street-level story of art, money, race, class, and salvation from acclaimed New York Times reporter Joe Coscarelli. From mansions to trap houses, office buildings to strip clubs, Atlanta is defined by..... More
Black Dog Publishing, July 2008. Oversize Softcover. There is nothing quite like the feeling of thumbing through LP after LP in a dusty old record shop, only to stumble upon some hidden treasure, new obsession or forgotten love. Old Rare New: The Independent Record Shop is an homage to the..... More
Crown, April 2023. First Edition. Hardcover. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The iconic singer-songwriter and three-time Grammy winner opens up about her traumatic childhood in the Deep South, her years of being overlooked in the music industry, and the stories that inspired her enduring songs in this "bracingly candid" (The..... More
Smithsonian Books, April 2023. Hardcover. The drama of In Cold Blood meets the stylings of a Coen brothers film in this long-lost manuscript from musicologist Robert "Mack" McCormick, whose research on blues icon Robert Johnson's mysterious life and death became as much of a myth as the musician himself "This..... More
Thames & Hudson, March 2023. Hardcover. March 2023 marks fifty years since the release of Pink Floyd's classic album The Dark Side Of The Moon. Designed by Pentagram to high specifications, this celebratory publication brims with rare and unseen photographs and reveals the visual conception of the original iconic album..... More
Thames & Hudson, November 2022. Hardcover. Totally Wired charts the coming of age of music publications covering the contemporary bands, trends, and scene. This book offers a history of the journalists who described the wild landscape of the rise of rock and its evolution from the 1950s to the 2000s..... More
Rare Bird Books, May 2023. Hardcover. For the first time, you can read the Ramones' comments about their own history in this intimate series of interviews with the legendary band.The Ramones were arguably the single most influential rock 'n' roll act to emerge from that curious muddle of magic and..... More
HarperOne, March 2023. Paper Back. The Art of the Straight Line captures the energy of Lou Reed's worlds of Tai Chi, music, and meditation. It was edited by his wife, the artist Laurie Anderson, with Stephan Berwick, Bob Currie, and Scott Richman. Lou Reed was a musician, singer, songwriter, poet..... More
DK, September 2006. First Edition. Oversized Hardcover. {8 & 3/4' x 11'} In bright, clean dustjacket. Flap is not clipped. Brown end papers. First/first. Complete number string. Tightly bound. [360 pages]. More
Riverhead Books, October 2015. Hardcover. From the guitarist of the pioneering band Sleater-Kinney, the book Kim Gordon says "everyone has been waiting for" and a New York Times Notable Book of 2015-- a candid, funny, and deeply personal look at making a life--and finding yourself--in music. Before Carrie Brownstein became..... More
Cambridge University Press, August 1994. Trade Paperback. Blues Fell this Morning has become a classic account of the blues, one of the most evocative strands of American popular culture. Richard Wright's foreword pays tribute to Paul Oliver's understanding of those starkly brutal haunting folk songs created by millions of nameless..... More
Citadel Press / Kensington, December 2001. Trade Paperback. "Really The Blues" is the story of a white kid who fell in love with black culture, learning to blow clarinet in the reform schools, brothels and honky-tonks of his youth. Drawn by the revelation of the blues, he followed the music..... More
Hachette Books, November 2022. Hardcover. The definitive biography of Chuck Berry, legendary performer and inventor of rock and roll Best known as the groundbreaking artist behind classics like "Johnny B. Goode," "Maybellene," "You Never Can Tell" and "Roll Over Beethoven," Chuck Berry was a man of wild contradictions, whose motives..... More
Monoray, July 2023. Hardcover. This is the memoir of a teenage mod from the East End of London. A journey of discovery for a schoolboy dabbling with punk, funk, record shops, discos and clothes, and then... WHAAAM! An unstoppable wave of like-minded kids fall headlong in love with 60s mod..... More
Taschen, September 2015. Reprint. Cloth. "I love music so much and I had such ambition that I was willing to go way beyond what the hell they paid me for. I wanted people to look at the artwork and hear the music." --Alex Steinweiss Alex Steinweiss (1917-2011) invented the album..... More
Penguin Press, January 2023. Hardcover. The #1 New York Times bestseller. From the legendary music producer, a master at helping people connect with the wellsprings of their creativity, comes a beautifully crafted book many years in the making that offers that same deep wisdom to all of us. "A gorgeous..... More
Hachette Books, March 2023. Hardcover. New York Times Bestseller The definitive biography of legendary musician, composer, and performer Leon Russell, a profound influence on countless artists, including George Harrison, the Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, Elton John, Willie Nelson, Tom Petty, and the world of music as a whole. Leon Russell..... More
Chronicle Books (CA), March 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Vinyl record albums--wow!--they're back. Could it be for the swinging sounds and nightlife nostalgia? Mmmmaybe...but get a load of those covers. Barroom beauties, kittens in Capri pants, seductive sirens--enchantresses everywhere! Vixens of Vinyl: The Alluring Ladies of Vintage Album Covers is a...... More
Princeton Architectural Press, September 2000. Paper Back. Before Alex Steinweiss invented the album cover in 1938, at the age of 23, all albums came in plain brown wrappers. Steinweiss's idea to create a package that would protect the record and that had something visual on the outside to lure the..... More
