John Lennon in his own words
Quick Fox, 1981. First Thus. Paper Back. Quarto. {7' x 10'} Well worn, especially at edges. Torn at base & head of spine. Cover curls toward fore-edge. More
Quick Fox, 1981. First Thus. Paper Back. Quarto. {7' x 10'} Well worn, especially at edges. Torn at base & head of spine. Cover curls toward fore-edge. More
Hachette Books, November 2022. Paper Back. This definitive biography of rap supergroup, Wu-Tang Clan, features decades of unpublished interviews and unparalleled access to members of the group and their associates. This is the definitive biography of rap supergroup and cultural icons, Wu-Tang Clan (WTC). Heralded as one of the most..... More
Riverrun Press. Hardcover. More
Macmillan Pub Co. Hardcover. Blind-stamped on front free endpaper. More
Louisiana State Univ Pr. Reprint. Paper Back. {8 & 1/4' x 10 & 3/4'} Edgeworn. Third Edition. Revised & Enlarged. Quarto. Creased lower left corner back cover. And vertical creases on spine. Several pages toward end of book with what appears to be insect damage bottom fore-edge. [362 pages]. More
Belafonte Enterprises / Buddha Records, 2001. Oversized Hardcover. {9' x11 & 1/2' x 2 & 1/4' Case with 11' x 8 & 1/2' boodk} Case includes 5 CDs + 1 DVD & Two sided DVD, side one mastered in NTSC and the other side mastered in PAL. There is ribbon..... More
Running Press Book Publishers, July 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. It was 40 years ago -- more or less -- that a 22year-old broadcast journalist from Florida was invited by manager Brian Epstein to travel with the Beatles to every stop on their first North American tours. The only American reporter..... More
Pantheon, August 2018. First Edition. Hardcover. One of jazz's leading critics gives us an invigorating, richly detailed portrait of the artists and events that have shaped the music of our time. Grounded in authority and brimming with style, Playing Changes is the first book to take the measure of this..... More
Cherry Red Books, 2006. Trade Paperback. A detailed and definitive history of British punk music. In 1976, music changed forever. Punk arrivedoffering an electrifying alternative to the bloated, sterile rock music of the day. "No More Heroes" chronicles not only the icons of the punk movement, but also looks at..... More
Harmony, October 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Nearly twenty years in the making, "Can't Buy Me Love" is a masterful work of group biography, cultural history, and musical criticism. That the Beatles were an unprecedented phenomenon is a given. In "Can't Buy Me Love," Jonathan Gould seeks to explain why, placing..... More
Callaway, October 2023. Hardcover. Several years ago, a treasure trove containing some 6,000 original Bob Dylan manuscripts was revealed to exist. Their destination? Tulsa, Oklahoma. The documents, as essential as they are intriguing--draft lyrics, notebooks, and diverse ephemera-- comprise one of the most important cultural archives in the modern world..... More
Henry Holt and Co., May 2022. Hardcover. In country music, the men might dominate the radio waves. But it's women--like Maren Morris, Mickey Guyton, and Kacey Musgraves--who are making history. This is the full and unbridled story of the past twenty years of country music seen through the lens of..... More
Dolphin Books /Country Music Magazine Press Book, 1977. First Edition. Paper Back. Quarto. {9:' x 11'} Edgeworn with vertical creases on spine. More
Doubleday, October 2023. First Edition. Hardcover. From the founding member of Sonic Youth, a passionate memoir tracing the author's life and art--from his teen years as a music obsessive in small-town Connecticut, to the formation of his legendary rock group, to thirty years of creation, experimentation, and wonder "Downtown scientists..... More
Little, Brown and Company, October 2017. First Edition. Hardcover. The essential biography of one of music's most influential icons: Lou Reed. As lead singer and songwriter for the Velvet Underground and a renowned solo artist, Lou Reed invented alternative rock. His music, at once a source of transcendent beauty and..... More
Little, Brown and Company, October 2005. First American. Hardcover. One of the most influential singers and songwriters of all time, Sam Cooke was among the first to blend gospel music and secular themes--the early foundation of soul music. He was the opposite of Elvis: a black performer who appealed to..... More
Plume Books, May 1990. Trade Paperback. More
Doubleday, October 2023. First Edition. Hardcover. From the founding member of Sonic Youth, a passionate memoir tracing the author's life and art--from his teen years as a music obsessive in small-town Connecticut, to the formation of his legendary rock group, to thirty years of creation, experimentation, and wonder "Downtown scientists..... More
Doubleday, October 2023. First Edition. Hardcover. From the founding member of Sonic Youth, a passionate memoir tracing the author's life and art--from his teen years as a music obsessive in small-town Connecticut, to the formation of his legendary rock group, to thirty years of creation, experimentation, and wonder "Downtown scientists..... More
Bloomsbury Academic, November 2023. Paper Back. Canadian performer k.d. lang broke new ground in the 1980s by blending the genres of punk and country, dubbed "cowpunk," with her band, the Reclines. Despite Grammy-award-winning recordings and frequent North American TV spots, mainstream country radio excluded lang from airplay due to her..... More
Viking, November 2023. Hardcover. The long-awaited memoir by the superstar of stage, screen, recordings, and television Barbra Streisand is by any account a living legend, a woman who in a career spanning six decades has excelled in every area of entertainment. She is among the handful of EGOT winners (Emmy..... More
Simon & Schuster, July 2013. Trade Paperback. "A deeply sympathetic biography of Lorenz Hart, the talented, troubled lyricist of film and Broadway fame. Marmorstein has done an enormous service for fans of stage and movie musicals" (Kirkus Reviews, starred review). "Blue Moon," "Where or When," "The Lady Is a Tramp,"..... More
Cherokee Publishing Company, February 2009. Oversize Softcover. Johnny Mercer wrote over 1,000 songs, wrote the lyrics for several theatrical productions, co-founded Capitol Records, co-founded the Song Writers Hall of Fame, had 18 songs nominated for the Academy Award, wrote four Academy Award winning songs, had over 100 hit songs, had..... More
AUWA, October 2023. Hardcover. Not many memoirs are generational events. But when Sly Stone, one of the few true musical geniuses of the last century, decides to finally tell his life story, it can't be called anything else. As the front man for the sixties pop-rock-funk band Sly and the..... More
William Morrow, October 2023. First Edition. Hardcover. Selected as one of the Best Music Books of 2023, the perfect gift for Willie Nelson fans and country music lovers! Revealing, funny, whimsical, and wise, outlaw country legend Willie Nelson shares the untold stories behind the his favorite songs, with all the..... More