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Kenneth Bilby —
Words Of Our Mouth, Meditations Of Our Heart – Pioneering Musicians Of Ska, Rocksteady, Reggae, & Dancehall (softcover) ... Book Wesleyan, 2016. New Copy ... $6.99 29.99
A loving portrait of key figures in Jamaican music – a book done during the 21st Century, but filled with classic artists from back in the day – dozens of giants pictured in full color images, alongside some words on their art and music, plus standout tracks and details of their best ... (Books) read more Book
Janet Borgerson & Jonathan Schroeder —
Designed For Hi-Fi Living – The Vinyl LP In Midcentury America (paperback) ... Book MIT Press, 2018. New Copy Book ... $8.99 22.95
One of the smartest books we've ever seen on album cover art – a lavish full color volume that not only presents loads of classic images, but also has plenty to say about them as well! The book is a bit smaller than LP format – maybe 8" square overall – but it's filled with ... (Books) read more Book
(Spine has a small remainder mark.)
John Corbett —
Listener's Guide To Free Improvisation ... Book University Of Chicago, 2016. New Copy ... $11.99 15.00
A much-needed book for the open-minded listener – a well-written volume from jazz critic John Corbett – and one that's bound to widen your ears to a whole new realm of listening! The book's pocket-sized – maybe so that you can sneak it into a club when visiting a free jazz ... (Books) read more Book
Daniel DeVise —
King Of The Blues – The Rise & Reign Of BB King ... Book Grove Music, 2021. New Copy ... $8.99 20.99
BB King is a blues musician with a much richer story than most – one that's captured here in very vivid detail by the author, as he mixes together a wealth of historical research with quotations from interviews and other materials too – all of which really makes the long journey of BB ... (Books) read more Book
Philip K Dick —
Philip K Dick's Electric Dreams Vol 1 ... Book Gollancz (UK), 2017. New Copy ... Just Sold Out!
Fantastic fiction from one of the all-time greats – a special selection of short stories by the legendary Philip K Dick, brought together in conjunction with the anthology series inspired by these tales! Each of these stories is the basis for a different episode of the show Electric Dreams ... (Books) read more Book
Disco Beats —
Favoritism – Japan Edition 7-inch Disco – B-Side Disc ... Book Disco Beats (Japan), 2023. New Copy ... Just Sold Out!
One of the coolest, most unusual books we've ever had on rare records – a set that's shaped like a pic sleeve 7" single, and which offers up page after page of listings of rare Japanese disco singles! As the title promises, the book has a strong focus on the b-sides – cuts that ... (Books) read more Book
Disco Patrick & Patrick Vogt —
Disco – An Encyclopedic Guide To The Cover Art Of Disco Records (hardcover) ... Book Soul Jazz (UK), 2014. New Copy ... Just Sold Out!
Way way way more than just another book of album cover images – and instead, a stunningly huge volume that offers up key images from the disco generation, plus a wealth of knowledge and information too! The book really lives up to the "encyclopedic" promise of its title – as ... (Books) read more Book
David Goodis —
Black Friday (softcover) ... Book Black Lizard Books, 1954. New Copy ... Just Sold Out!
A great bit of noir from the legendary David Goodis – a lesser-known gem that was penned in the 50s, and delivers the kind of tight, stark story that makes Goodis so great! The tale follows a down-and-out character who's not really a thug at heart – trying to get back in the green with ... (Books) read more Book
James Greer —
Guided By Voices – A Brief History – Twenty-One Years Of Hunting Accidents In The Forest Of Rock & Roll ... Book Black Cat, 2005. New Copy ... $6.99 16.00
The story of Guided By Voices – a group who labored in the American underground for quite some time before finding big fame – a story that makes the group's success far more interesting than most! The book details all the work and time that Robert Pollard put into getting the group ... (Books) read more Book
Chan Ho Kei —
Borrowed ... Book Black Cat, 2014. New Copy ... $6.99 16.00
Chinese detective fiction, but with a fascinating twist – a series of separate, but related crime stories – all involving a single detective – presented in reverse order from the present to the past! Written that way, the story takes on a completely different perspective than in ... (Books) read more Book
Neal Karlen —
This Thing Called Life – Prince's Odyssey On & Off The Record (hardcover) ... Book St Martins, 2020. New Copy ... $8.99 29.99
There have been plenty of Prince books written over the years, but Neal Karlen was the journalist that the singer first let get really close to him in his early days – a status that really comes through here in the details of the book! As the title indicates, the volume is more about the ... (Books) read more Book
Andrew Krivine —
Reversing Into The Future – New Wave Graphics 1977 to 1990 (hardcover) ... Book Rizzoli, 2021. New Copy ... $14.99 45.00
Beautiful images from the late 70s onwards – posters, advertisements, album covers, and lots of other visual creations used to help showcase the new sounds and styles of the punk and new wave generation! The book is better than we even could have hoped – as it's not just a loose ... (Books) read more Book
Stanley Livingston/University Of Michigan, 2010. New Copy ... $22.99 29.95
Beautiful images from the legendary Ann Arbor Blues Festival – a long-running even that's pulled together an amazing range of talent over the years – a good number of whom are featured here! The festival probably hit its biggest fame in the early 70s – when recordings documented ... (Books) read more Book
Dan Mazur & Alexander Danner —
Comics – A Global History – 1968 To The Present ... Book Thames & Hudson, 2014. New Copy ... $12.99 39.95
A nicely global look at the history of comics over the past 50 years – one that assumes from the start that the graphic medium is a worldwide one, which allows the authors to quickly move past overdone coverage of American giants from the time! The book begins in 1968 – a time when ... (Books) read more Book
Kristin A. McGee —
Some Liked It Hot – Jazz Women In Film & Television 1928 to 1959 (softcover) ... Book Wesleyan, 2009. New Copy ... $7.99 27.99
An overlooked history in jazz – a huge book that not only documents important female-led groups and solo artists in the music, but also focuses on those that were heavily featured in visual media as well! The scope might seem small at first, but the author expands with a voluminous range of ... (Books) read more Book
Nicole Mitchell (Nicole Mitchell Gantt) —
Mandorla Letters – For The Hopeful (hardcover) ... Book University Of Minnesota Press, 2022. New Copy ... $22.99 29.99
An incredible book from Nicole Mitchell – an artist that most know for her work as a jazz musician on flute, and a range of other musical projects – yet one who's developed into a cultural force far beyond music, as you'll see in this really groundbreaking literary project! The book ... (Books) read more Book
Haruki Murakami —
Murakami T – The T-Shirts I Love ... Book Penguin Random House, 2021. New Copy ... $7.99 24.99
A really strange side of an equally strange author – the legendary Haruku Murakami, the Japanese writer whose work has helped redefine the world of fiction in the past few decades! Murakami's known for being an enthusiast whose love for certain things shows up in his work – most ... (Books) read more Book
Kip Pegley —
Coming To You Wherever You Are – MuchMusic, MTV, & Youth Identities ... Book Wesleyan, 2008. New Copy ... $5.99 24.99
An interesting look at MTV and its Canadian counterpart, MuchMusic – both of whom are considered back in the glory days, when they still focused on music! Author Kip Pegley traces similarities and differences in both programming and the way the networks interact with a larger cultural milieu ... (Books) read more Book
Chris Searle —
Talking The Groove – Jazz Words From The Morning Star (plus bonus CDs) ... Book Jazz In Britain (UK), 2024. New Copy ... $26.99 32.99
A huge book of jazz reviews from the UK – all penned by journalist Chris Searle from the Morning Star – and presented here with a bonus 2CD set of rare material from the UK scene! The CD is really incredible – and is almost worth the price of the package alone – as it ... (Books) read more Book
(Includes bonus CDs.)
William Sites —
Sun Ra's Chicago – Afrofuturism & The City ... Book University Of Chicago, 2020. New Copy ... $25.99 30.00
One of the most unique books to ever look at the music of Sun Ra – and one that's very near and dear to our hearts, given that the role of Chicago is seen as vital to the development of the music! The book digs very deep into Ra's early years – time that isn't covered in as much ... (Books) read more Book
Mark Slobin, ed —
Global Soundtracks – Worlds Of Film Music (softcover) ... Book Wesleyan, 2008. New Copy ... $7.99 27.99
A wide-ranging book on soundtrack cultures from around the globe – presented as a series of different essays on the music by a variety of different academic who specialize in film music! Mark Slobin edited the volume, and contributes a few early essays on American film music – ... (Books) read more Book
Carl Smith —
Chicago's Great Fire – The Destruction & Resurrection Of An Iconic American City (hardcover) ... Book Grove Press, 2020. New Copy ... $8.99 28.99
We're not normally ones to stock urban fire books here at Dusty Groove – but as you probably know, our hometown is Chicago, a city with a pretty incredible history – part of which is a fantastic fire that burned the whole place to the ground back in the 19th century! This huge book ... (Books) read more Book
Paul Steinbeck —
Sound Experiments – The Music Of The AACM ... Book University Of Chicago, 2022. New Copy ... $27.99 32.50
Writer Paul Steinbeck has already given us a great book on the Art Ensemble Of Chicago – but this time around, he looks at the larger scene from which they came, the groundbreaking AACM moment in jazz, which emerged in Chicago in the late 60s! Steinbeck provides some cultural and historical ... (Books) read more Book
CJ Yoshizawa —
Japanese Groove Disc Guide A to Z (paperback) ... Book Rittor (Japan), 2015. New Copy ... Just Sold Out!
One of the most essential discographies we've ever seen – mostly because we own almost none of the records in the book, which makes it an essential volume to use for digging in the crates! This time around, the folks at Rittor – who've given us other great record books over the years ... (Books) read more Book
Teruhiko Yumura —
Gangsta Rap Cassettes ... Book Ele-King (Japan), 2023. New Copy ... $25.99 34.99
Remember the days when hip hop was so underground, it was hard to get pressed on vinyl? And most of the audience wasn't going to play the music on CD – leaving tapes to be the main format to circulate the music back in the underground! This cool volume really digs deep into that musical ... (Books) read more Book
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