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A cool little book that brings together years and years of Miles Davis news, interviews, and features from Downbeat Magazine -- a collection that distills Davis appearances in the magazine from the 40s through the 90s, saving you a heck of a lot of work looking up the articles on their own! The... read more

A guide to essential Old School Rap & Hip Hop from team at the indespensible All Music Guide -- featuring more than 500 music reviews of important records by Grandmaster Flash, Run-DMC, NWA, Beastie Boys, LL Cool J, Public Enemy and so much more -- plus reviews on soul and funk LPs that were... read more

The massive All Music Guide To Rock -- The Definitive Guide To Rock, Pop And Soul (3rd Edition) -- featuring reviews of thousands and thousands albums as rated and reviewed by the exceptional All Music Guide writers! The book is an encyclopedia of pop music from the 50s to the early 00s -- and an... read more

One of the earliest ranges for any record price guide we've ever seen -- a book that starts at the beginning of the 20th Century, then stops right in the middle of the 60s! Most of the material here was issued only on 78rpm records -- although the book has some 45s and LPs too -- and the resource... read more

Really unusual jazz photographs from Larry Fink -- not the kind of over-hashed, too-iconic images that usually fill up books like this -- but cool candid shots, unusual performance moments, and even some abstracted shots that certainly keep things interesting! The book begins somewhere in the late... read more

Rock & roll tales from Josh Alan Friedman -- cutting through the myths and telling true stories of storied artists and pivotal music figures in rock, blues and beyond from the past half century! Includes chapters on Jerry Lieber, Doc Pomus, Mose Allison, Dr John, Rick Sykes & The Rhythm... read more

The evolution of underground rock, on a nearly day-by-day basis -- an amazingly big book that details famous moments, concerts, records, and other events -- listing them out, in historical order, from the release of The Stooges' Funhouse in August of 1970, through Husker Du's Everything Falls Apart... read more

The heady life and even hipper music of Sly Stone -- told here by an author who managed to get Stone's participation on the project! The book focuses most strongly on Sly's rise to fame and key late 60s/early 70s years -- a time when his records not only changed the face of soul music, but also... read more

A tribute to the great Jack Lemmon from his son, Chris Lemmon -- sharing family stories, personal reminiscences, and anecdotes from and about Jack Lemmon. Includes first person tributes from Black Edwards, Julie Andrews, Tony Curtis, Neil Simon, Shirley MacLaine and others. Forward by Kevin... read more

Rock music in the 1970s -- pulled apart, and laid out in chapters that trace its changes and evolution on a year by year basis! Frank Moriarty's approach is surprisingly detailed -- making the volume much more than the simple "yearbook" that you might expect from the title -- and he's... read more

The title's a bit cheesy, but the book really looks great -- a wealth of vintage photos, both color and black & white -- laid out with lots of historical detail too! The book's not the end-all for rockabilly -- and really just sticks to bigger stars who are more rock, than "billy" --... read more

Cool vintage photographs from William "Popsie" Randolph -- a photographer who's captured some great shots of jazz musicians, singers, soul groups, and other artists from the 40s through the 70s! The book jumps right into the photos right away -- and reproduces them in brilliant black and... read more

A deep look at a pretty cool little label -- Trumpet Records of Jackson, Mississippi -- a company born in the back of a hardware store! Trumpet only flourished for a few short years, but put out some wonderful stuff -- work by Elmore James, Little Milton, Sonny Boy Williamson, and others --... read more

Here's the book that's going to help you win plenty of arguments when it comes to The Monkees -- the volume that will get past the easy, obvious answers that everyone else uses to talk about their music! The book's exactly what it promises -- a day-by-day look at the group's famous late 60s years -... read more

A wonderful book for fans of deep soul -- a Japanese discography that features essential listening both on original 45s and on CD! The first half of the book is an amazing overview of deep soul 45s -- one that features listings for hundreds of rare singles -- with artist, titles, label, dates, and... read more

All the articles from the out of print Volume early issues of Shindig! Magazine -- with additional photos and redesigned for this deluxe book treatment -- hardcover bound, and beautifully so! Features those excellent articles on class psychedelic, garage and other 60s & 70s titans -- including... read more

The cream of the crop of excellent articles from the out of print early issues of Shindig! Magazine -- with some of which are newly expanded -- and include additional photos and other redesigned touches for this deluxe book treatment -- hardcover bound, and beautifully so! Features on benchmark... read more

Our hats are off to Dave for being so honest -- and we'll bet there's a lot of you out there who can appreciate his proud, personal take on the music! The book's as polemical as its title, and Thompson really lays out his ideas in the chapter headings -- which include "Is That A Bustle In... read more

Punk rock trivia galore -- a book that's somewhere in between the Ego Trip volumes from the hip hop world, and the original Book Of Lists from the 70s! Given that Dick Manitoba, of The Dictators, is on board to put the thing together, you can bet that the book's pretty fun -- and if that's not... read more

Words and photos from Tom Wright -- a pretty great photographer who chronicled the inside lives of some legendary rockers back in the 60s and 70s -- most famously The Who, but a host of others as well! The book features Wright's great photos from back in the day, plus lots of inside reflections on... read more