University Of Illinois, 2010. New Copy
The compelling story of Richard Stamz -- a legendary figure in Chicago soul radio of the postwar years -- told by Richard himself! The book starts out in Memphis, then follows to Stamz's important years on Chicago radio -- and it features lots of little side-stories that are almost the best part
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Bondi, 1950s. New Copy Book/DVDRom
A complete run of 1950s Playboy Magazine -- presented on a set of DVDs you download to your computer! Besides giving you one hell of a porn stash, the package is an amazing look at American culture during the postwar years -- articles, cartoons, and other features that beautifully display the
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Wax Poetics, 2007. New Copy
One of the hippest books of album covers you could ever hope to find -- a great antidote to the snoozier mainstream takes on the genre they try to pass off at big stores every Christmas! This one features super-rare album covers hand-picked by an array of staff and writers for Wax Poetics -- some
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Fourth Estate (UK), 2004. New Copy Book
The definitive biography of the legendary Big Star by Rob Jovanovic -- progenitors of power pop and influential as they are gratifying in their own right! The group was only in official existence for a few years, but their impact was huge -- and the book is drawn from interviews with band members,
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Bondi, Late 60s/1970s/1980s/1990s/2000s. New Copy Book/DVDRom
An incredible archive -- the complete contents of Rolling Stone magazine from 1967 to 2007 -- laid out on a set of DVD-roms you can download to your computer! With the software inside, you'll have access to the complete Rolling Stone for a 40 year stretch -- a completely searchable archive, filled
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Back Beat, 2002. New Copy Book
A pretty nice overview of the art we call record collecting -- not as comprehensive as you might guess from the title, but still pretty great overall! Thompson provides a good overview of different formats -- then also looks at promos and imports too -- and gets into specialty items and rarities,
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Rittor (Japan), 2004. New Copy
A really great punk rock discography -- even if most of it is in Japanese! The style here is similar to the jazz discographies we stock from Japan -- reviews of each title in Japanese, but also cover images, artist, title, date, label, and catalog number all in English -- more than enough to make
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Penguin Books, 2007. New Copy
A great look at the life and music of one of the most influential saxophonists of the past 50 years -- the mighty Wayne Shorter, profiled here in quite a bit of depth! The book looks past Shorter's famous records into the life that allowed them to exist -- chronicling Wayne's roots and family,
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McFarland, 2008. New Copy
A pretty wonderful book on film scores from our favorite generations -- put together by the guy behind the excellent website Scorebaby.com! We're pretty pleased to say that Kristopher Spencer shares our own Dusty Groove tastes in soundtracks -- and he really gets past the bigger Hollywood modes to
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AMG, 2002. New Copy
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
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Rittor (Japan), 2006. New Copy
An incredible book for collectors of all things dancefloor -- a Japanese-only discography of rare tracks from the late 70s onwards -- filled with listings for hard to find records from around the globe! Despite the "House Music" in the title, the collection actually features a wide range
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AMG, 2007. New Copy
The All Music Guide Required Listening collection of essential classic rock -- featuring 1000 album reviews from the excellent All Music Guide reviewers -- from the uber-legendary likes of Dylan, Springsteen, The Beatles, Hendrix and the like -- to just as important and less mainstream celebrated
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Back Beat, 2008. New Copy Book
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
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Funky & Groovy (Switzerland), 2005. New Copy
An amazing little book -- at a new low price -- and an essential guide to all things funky and groovy! For nearly a decade, Peter Wermelinger's been compiling information about rare 60s and 70s records on his well-trafficked website -- cover art, session details, catalog numbers, and all the key
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University Of Illinois, 2003. New Copy Book
Magnificent Montague in his own words -- the incredible life story of the man James Brown calls The Don Of Radio -- the voice 50s & 60s soul music from Chicago, to New York to LA! Montague weaves the tale of his career in radio, from segregation era voice on the airwaves, to station owner, to
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DJ History (UK), 2009. New Copy
An amazing document of the New York club scene in the 70s -- a book that traces the week by week evolution of disco from the ground up -- with details of important releases, club changes, and more -- all the stuff of history by now, but shown here in its original building blocks! The book is based
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Chrome Dreams, 2003. New Copy
Maestro is right -- as Burt's one of the finest composers, arrangers, and leaders of the past 100 years! The man's been one of our greatest musical inspirations -- and has contributed more to American music than most other folks we can think of -- but although we know his recordings well, we know
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Billboard Books, 2001. New Copy Book
A biography of one of the great jazz singers, the legendary Carmen McCrae -- who came up during the swing era, and grew to become one of the most important artists of her time! Author Leslie Gourse chronicles long hard road to fame, which began to take off when she began performing with Tony Scott
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Columbia University Press, 1997. New Copy Book
Close readings of a range of defining rock & roll -- going far beyond rock criticism and examining it through a lens akin to anthropology, and finding greater significance -- from the roles of addiction and female sexuality from Courtney Love to Madonna, the underlying politics beneath the funk
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Goodbait, 2009. New Copy
A compelling work of fiction from John Litweiler -- a writer we know best as a jazz critic, for his famous book The Freedom Principle, which was our primer to avant jazz back in the day! This time around, John's working in the world of fantasy -- imagining an America in which whites are the
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