Random House, 2010. New Copy
A great compendium of album and 45 cover art for always fun to look at, often horrible to listen to records released by actors, athletes and other celebrities! Feast upon the cover art for records by Don Johnson, Morton Downey Jr, The Chicago Bears, John Schneider, Alyssa Milano, Eddie Murphy,
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Random House, 2010. New Copy Book
A beautifully illustrated little book devoted to the coolest musical toys of the past half century – from the collection of Eric Schneider – and featuring a forward by DJ Spooky! It's all about the images in this book, photographs of these incredible, colorful musical kitsch relics of
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Stop Smiling, 2010. New Copy
The story of the vocoder – presented in the coolest way possible! The book is way more than just a study of the famous voice-transforming technology – as it's put together with lots and lots of vintage photos, color images, and other illuminating features – all of which make the
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Wax Poetics, 2010. New Copy
Wax Poetics take a sharp left turn for Cover Story Vol 2 – veering into the strange and bizarre realms of album cover art – featuring hundreds of odd, mysterious or otherwise bugged out soul, funk, jazz, hip hop and rock album covers in this excellent tome to vinyl LP archaeology! The
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Powerhouse Books, 2009. New Copy
One of most highest reaching hip hop tomes ever written – and done so by KRS One – the Gospel Of Hip Hop from one its most pivotal figures! Here KRS One has penned a personal, philosophical tome on the history, legacy and the craft of hip hop – intended as a spiritual manual for
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Random House, 2010. New Copy
A fantastic book chronicling the photographs and tapes of W Eugene Smith's Jazz Loft Project – put together by author Sam Stephenson from Smith's archives – featuring a selection of photographs and transcriptions of the actual tapes! It's an wonderful document, long legendary and seen
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Sterling, 2010. New Copy Book
Somebody's finally gone out and written a book about one subject we can really get behind – the Record Store – and not only that, they've done a beautiful job with the entire package too! The book takes a look at the importance of the record store – not just historically, but
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Back Beat, 2006. New Copy Book
The story of Miles Davis, told by his son Gregory Davis – and as such, a bit more personal than some of the other Davis biographies on the market! There's possibly a bit less here in the way of specific detail, or cross-examination of the music – but Gregory more than makes up for that
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Back Beat, 2005. New Copy Book
Author Philip Freeman's rumination on The Electric Music Of Miles Davis – Running The Voodoo Down – digging deep into Davis's pivotal electric period! Specifically, Freeman is covering the second half of Miles Davis's career, from 1967 through his death in 1991 – the heart of
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Smithsonian Institution Press, 1998. New Copy Book
The story of Folkway Records, and Moses Asch, the visionary who ran it – a label that was perhaps the most important vessel in getting some of the deepest and best American folk music of the 20th Century into the hands, ears, and souls of the public! Moe Asch is one of the very rare icons of
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FF, 2005. New Copy
One of the deepest explorations of the disco era we've come across from author Peter Shapiro – not at all a nostalgic look back, really more of a cultural study that looks into the music and the world around it. Shapiro does a great job of putting it all into perspective, from the social
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Hal Leonard, 2002. New Copy Book
Damn right it's a hardbop academy – as Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers was the initial springboard to fame for dozens of great jazz musicians of the past 40 years – a good number of whom are featured in this book! We all remember well-known Messengers, like Lee Morgan, Wayne Shorter, or
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Chronicle Books, 2006. New Copy
It's no secret that the Japanese like baseball as much as we do – and with a groovy book like this, you finally get some tangible proof – an amazing look at Japan's baseball cards of the 20th century – amazing little objects that are possibly even groovier than the American format
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Backbeat Books, 2005. New Copy Book & CD
Strange sounds and offbeat instruments in pop – including the theremin and electrotherimen, drum machines, zithers, dulcimers, autoharps, marxophones and more! Includes a CD featuring 59 tracks worth of examples of the strange, spooky, offbeat and otherwise evocative sounds! Paperback, 192
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Sterling, 2010. New Copy Book
Classic album covers from a few different decades, and a fair bit of different genres – a book that moves past easy categorization, in an effort to draw together some stylistic links in the way that music is represented! The full-color volume is beautifully put together – with over 390
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Backbeat Books, 2001. New Copy
An ode to the Giants Of Jazz Piano from author Robert L Doerschuk – 88 of them, one for every key! Doerschuk, himself a jazz pianist draws on his own expertise to carry some analytical weight, and covers the pioneer of it all, Jelly Roll Morton, masters like Fats Waller, singers &
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Continuum, 2005. New Copy Book
A chronic al of improvised music by David Borgo – a study of improvisation from the perspective of solo improvisers like Evan Parker, to group improvisation with groups like the Sam Rivers Trio, to the dynamics that band improvising artists together. Comes with a CD with Evan Parker, Sam
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Ellis Avenue Studios, 2002. New Copy Book
A photographic essay of the southside of Chicago – with lots of beautiful black & white shots of the side of the city than many don't see if they don't live there – really beautiful! From multicultural weddings and church services, political meetings, industrial facilities, rickety
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Da Capo Press, 2007. New Copy Book
An account of the creation of Roxy Music – focusing on origins – from author Michael Bracewell and the active participation of Bryan Ferry, Brian Eno, Andy Mackay and Phil Manzanera! Re-Make/Re-Model tells how Pop Art, the 60s London Underground, and more influenced one of the greatest
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Hal Leonard, 2004. New Copy
A look at some of the great, visionary, and in a few cases, unstable producers behind some of the greatest music of our time – running the gamut from the early pioneers of the recording booth to modern tech wizards! The book takes a look at Phil Spector's Wall Of Sound, Brian Wilson's
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