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A special selection of disc guides and discographies, music history, record art books, graphic novels, and some nicely-priced remainders!
Items added April 19 - 23
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Yasushi Ide —
Vintage Jazz Poster Scrap ... Book Grand Gallery (Japan), 2024. New Copy ... $38.99 44.99
A really cool book of rare jazz posters – most of them from the 70s, with images of posters from the US, EU, and Japan! The collection within is great – and there's so many unusual images that differ nicely from more iconic album covers – which are then mixed with more familiar ... read more Book
Yusef Komunyakaa —
Testimony – A Tribute To Charlie Parker (hardcover – with bonus CD) ... Book Wesleyan, 2013. New Copy ... $6.99 30.99
A beautiful set of poems dedicated to the legacy of bebop genius Charlie Parker – presented in a variety of ways that make the book far more engrossing than you might expect! Some of the poems deal with the bebop scene directly from the artists' perspective, others contemplate the music as a ... read more Book
(Includes bonus CD!)
Mick Houghton —
Fried & Justified – Hits, Myths, Break Ups, & Breakdowns In The Record Business 1978 to 1998 ... Book Faber & Faber, 2020. New Copy ... Just Sold Out!
An insider's view of the UK music scene from the punk years onwards – served up by Mick Houghton, who had close associations with KLF, Echo & The Bunnymen, Julian Cope, Jesus & Mary Chain, and other key acts! The "on the ground" tone of the book is a great look inside this ... read more Book
Peter Shapiro —
Turn The Beat Around – The Secret History Of Disco (softcover) ... Book Faber & Faber, 2005. New Copy ... $6.99 14.99
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 ... read more Book
