Mozart, the Man and His Works -- Anchor A 24
Doubleday Anchor, 1955. Reprint. Mass Market PaperBack. Mass market paperback with edgewear. Stains on textblock fore-edge. [390 pages plus three page list of Anchor titles.]. More
Music
Banned in DC with Afterword by Cynthia Connolly
Sun Dog Propaganda / Cynthia Connolly, January 2015. Oversize Softcover. Covers mildly edge-worn from handling; Spine un-creased; Pages free of markings; An excellent copy. More
Temperature's Rising: An Oral History of Galaxie 500
Yeti Publishing, October 2012. Oversize Softcover. Temperature's Rising is a fascinating oral history of one of American indie rock's most enduring and influential acts. Slow, deliberate, and deceptively simple, the music of Boston-based band Galaxie 500 was wonderfully at odds with the prevailing underground sounds of the mid-to-late-1980s. The primary..... More
Joni Mitchell: In Her Own Words
ECW Press, September 2014. Hardcover. When singer, musician, and broadcast journalist Malka Marom had the opportunity to interview Joni Mitchell in 1973, she was eager to reconnect with the performer she'd first met late one night in 1966 at a Yorkville coffeehouse. More conversations followed over the next four decades..... More
Autobiography
Penguin Classics, October 2014. Trade Paperback. "Spend the day in bed" with Autobiography by Morrissey, whose new album Low in High School is out November 17th Steven Patrick Morrissey was born in Manchester on May 22nd 1959. Singer-songwriter and co-founder of the Smiths (1982-1987), Morrissey has been a solo artist..... More
Skywriting by Word of Mouth : And Other Writings, Including the Ballad of John and Yoko
Harpercollins, October 1996. Trade Paperback. John Lennon wrote "Skywriting by Word of Mouth," an impressive collection of writings and drawings, while Yoko was pregnant with Sean, and always planned to have it published. It was a wish that seemed to end with his assassination in 1980 and the subsequent theft..... More
The Carter Family: Don't Forget This Song
Abrams ComicArts, October 2012. Hardcover. Winner of the 2013 Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work! The Carter Family: Don't Forget This Song is a rich and compelling original graphic novel that tells the story of the Carter Family--the first superstar group of country music--who made hundreds of recordings and sold..... More
Absolutely on Music
Knopf, November 2016. Hardcover. A deeply personal, intimate conversation about music and writing between the internationally acclaimed, best-selling author and the former conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. In Absolutely on Music, internationally Haruki Murakami sits down with his friend Seiji Ozawa, the revered former conductor of the Boston Symphony..... More
Colors: The 1st Mini Album
Kakao Entertainment, 2021. Hardcover. Version A; Hardcover photobook w/ cd, sealed in factory shrink; Includes photocards, stickers, ID Photo & Holder. More
Time Warp 20 YRS - The truth is on the dancefloor...
Time Warp, 2016. Soft Cover. Oversise softcover book; Covers mildly worn from handling; Spine uncreased; Pages unmarked; An excellent copy. More
She Bop: The Definitive History of Women in Rock, Pop & Soul
Penguin Books, January 1996. Trade Paperback. More
Roots, Radicals and Rockers
Faber & Faber, August 2017. Cloth. One of Kirkus Reviews Best Music & Entertainment Books of 2017 As heard on NPR's Fresh Air with Terry Gross & seen on PBS Newshour Nothing short of masterly. -- The Wall Street Journal A remarkable history of skiffle.... Bragg impresses throughout with engaging..... More
NEEDLES AND PLASTIC: FLYING NUN RECORDS, 1981–1988
Third Man Books, November 2022. Paper Back. In this remarkable tale of creativity and chaos, do-it-yourself innovation and extraordinary attempts at world domination, Needles and Plastic tells the inside story of one of New Zealand - and the world's - great independent music labels. Hundreds of full color & black..... More
The Philosophy of Modern Song
Simon & Schuster, November 2022. Hardcover. The Philosophy of Modern Song is Bob Dylan's first book of new writing since 2004's Chronicles: Volume One--and since winning the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2016. Dylan, who began working on the book in 2010, offers his extraordinary insight into the nature of..... More
Grapefruit: A Book of Instructions and Drawings by Yoko Ono
Simon & Schuster, October 2000. Hardcover. Back in print for the first time in nearly thirty years, here is Yoko Ono's whimsical, delightful, subversive, startling book of instructions for art and for life. "Burn this book after you've read it." -- Yoko "A dream you dream alone may be a...... More
Jerry Herman: The Lyrics
Routledge, September 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. First Published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Lyrics by one of Broadway's most celebrated composer/lyricistsIncludes hit songs from Hello, Dolly! and Mame to La Cage Aux FollesPackaged with an original audio CD featuring Michael Feinstein singing..... More
Raw
Picador, March 2019. Trade Paperback. A PERFECT COMPANION READ TO THE SHOWTIME DOCUMENTARY, WU-TANG CLAN: OF MICS AND MEN Selected as a Best Book of the Year by Esquire Couldn't put it down. - Charlamagne Tha God Mesmerizing. - Raekwon da Chef Insightful, moving, necessary. - Shea Serrano Cathartic. -The..... More
The Ukulele Handbook
Bloomsbury USA, November 2013. Soft Cover. The definitive illustrated guide to the ukulele, from it's history to how to play, including a fantastic songbook. The ukulele has gone from strength to strength in recent years, undergoing a massive resurgence. You can hear the uke all over the place, from trendster..... More
Language of the Spirit: An Introduction to Classical Music
Basic Books, April 2017. Hardcover. A preeminent composer, music scholar, and biographer presents an engaging and accessible introduction to classical music For many of us, classical music is something serious -- something we study in school, something played by cultivated musicians at fancy gatherings. In Language of the Spirit, renowned..... More
Chronicles, Volume 1
Simon & Schuster, January 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE The celebrated first memoir from arguably the most influential singer-songwriter in the country, Bob Dylan. "I'd come from a long ways off and had started a long ways down. But now destiny was about to..... More
Lost highway: Journeys & arrivals of American musicians
D. R. Godine, January 1979. First Thus. Trade Paperback. Moderate shelfwear, but overall a nice original copy of a Guralnick classic. More
Dilla Time: The Life and Afterlife of J Dilla, the Hip-Hop Producer Who Reinvented Rhythm
MCD, February 2022. Hardcover. A NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER "This book is a must for everyone interested in illuminating the idea of unexplainable genius." --QUESTLOVE Equal parts biography, musicology, and cultural history, Dilla Time chronicles the life and legacy of J Dilla, a musical genius who transformed the sound..... More
An Elizabethan Song Book: Lute Songs, Madrigals & Rounds (A56)
Doubleday/ Anchor, 1955. First Thus. Mass Market PaperBack. Mass market paperback.This Anchor edition 'is the first publication of 'An Elizabethan Song Book.' Mildly darkened spine. Non-authorial inscription in pink ink, 'For Jille, on this her Natal date, 4.V.67' on half title page. Else interiors sound and without markings. [243 pages..... More
Verdi Librettos
Anchor Doubleday, 1963. First Edition. Mass Market PaperBack. Mass market paperback edition in English & Italian. Dust stains and mild wear with ink smudge top textblock edge. Note in blue ink half title page. [417 pages plus nine page list of Anchor titles available.]. More
