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Random House, 2021. New Copy ... $8.99 27.99
Hanif Abdurraqib gave us a great book on Tribe Called Quest a few years back – and here, he turns his fantastic prose to a range of other artists, singers, and musicians – all presented with a fantastic balance of personal reflection mixed with a deep understanding of their work! The ... read more Book
(Please note that the spine of the book has a small remainder mark.)
Faber, 2018. New Copy ... $4.99 24.99
A book that's even more powerful and personal than Viv Albertine's previous volume – and certainly one that's more so than her famous work in The Slits – a late life meditation on the continuing struggles and challenges of life, with topics that range nicely far from just music and ... read more Book
How, 2008. New Copy ... $4.99 19.99
More than street art or more traditional graffiti – and instead a pretty cool book of messages scrawled across the city – some the seeming output of well-crafted projects, others the random outpourings of anonymous souls in an urban environment! The book is full color, and filled with ... read more Book
Omnibus, 2018. New Copy ... $13.99 36.99
A stunning book on the art and style of mod – a volume that's got a huge amount of images and objects from the 60s, plus other bits from the 80s revival and the acid jazz years as well! The book is great – not just fashion, but photographs, magazines, records, and other items that ... read more Book
Abrams, 2021. New Copy ... $11.99 40.00
Maybe the coolest book we've ever seen to combine New York City and film – a huge volume filled with photos and stills from a century of films shot in the city – movies as diverse as The Jazz Singer, Naked City, Breakfast At Tiffany's, Midnight Cowboy, Kids, Frances Ha, Manhattan, and ... read more Book
Powerhouse Books, 2012. New Copy ... $13.99 75.99
The title might seem a bit obscure, but it refers to the way that photographer Thomas Barrow worked magic on the negatives for each of these beautiful photos – images taken in the 70s and 80s in obscure spots in the west, which then bear an "X" or other mark on the negative, which ... read more Book
MIT Press, 2021. New Copy ... $9.99 39.99
A very cool book by a pair of authors who also gave us a killer volume on the rise of the full length album in the hi-fi generation – exploring a similar period here, but with an ear towards records that promoted big dance styles of the time! The book is overflowing with full color ... read more Book
Yale University Press, 2022. New Copy ... $16.99 50.99
The great Jonas Mekas is arguably one of the most important figures in American underground film in the 20th Century – not just because of his own work in the medium, but also because of his tireless efforts to support experimental and avant garde work – which he did through screenings ... read more Book
Peter Brotzmann —
Paintings & Objects ... Book Corbett vs. Dempsey, 2007. New Copy ... Just Sold Out!
A beautiful document of the artwork of Peter Brotzmann – best known to most of our customers as a key force in improvised music for the past few decades, but lately emerging with equal importance in the art world too! As you might guess from the title, the book features not only Brotzmann's ... read more Book
FMP/Trost (Austria), 1977. New Copy ... $41.99 46.99
An amazing document of one of Peter Brotzmann's greatest albums from the time – a set that includes the album on CD, plus a book of photos taken during its creation! The record features spare duets between him and percussionist Han Bennink – recorded in the Black Forest, in a very ... (Jazz, Books) read more CD
Thames & Hudson, 2017. New Copy ... $34.99 50.00
A beautiful book of images – not just for record lovers, but for all fans of sonic delights – as the author starts from the earliest days of recorded sound, then moves up through decades of representation – following images of record players, radios, cassette tapes, albums, 78 ... read more Book
Damiani, 2024. New Copy ... $38.99 55.00
The story of a legendary New York nite spot – served up in a really wonderful way! The Pyramid was a gritty bar in the East Village in the 80s – a small spot, but one that served as a real crossroads for music, performance, and gender identity – a place that was experienced by ... read more Book
Bloomsbury, 2020. New Copy ... $4.99 24.00
Many years back, we always thought that David Byrne should have written a children's book – a volume to convey the best themes of some of the Talking Heads tunes to a younger, impressionable generation. And while that never actually happened, this beautiful edition of work released in ... read more Book
(Spine has a small remainder mark.)
Pantheon Books, 2011. New Copy ... $5.99 19.98
One of the most heartbreaking stories we've ever read from Daniel Clowes – penned with a sense of pathos we never would have expected during his Ghost World years! The book has a great format – long sideways, like a newspaper comic strip – and Clowes' pages alternate between ... read more Book
Pennsylvania State University, 2014. New Copy ... $4.99 10.99
Part one of a massive two volume set that looks at the growth and change in African American sacred music from the Civil War onwards – shifts that occurred for years before the music became to be known as gospel, but with an ear towards all those elements that would really come to the ... read more Book
Steidl (Germany), 2015. New Copy ... $8.99 60.00
Beautiful black and white photographs of contemporary Cuba – most shot at a level that really gets at the timeless quality of life in the nation after the US and west have left it behind! The images are from both urban and rural locations, and do a great job of getting past some of the ... read more Book
Metropolis, 2013. New Copy ... $4.99 39.99
Formica may seem like an everyday surface to some – but at the time of its creation, it was a pretty revolutionary development – one that allowed household and business spaces to step free from longer-term care – giving the workers and residents lots more time to pursue their ... read more Book
Anthology, 2018. New Copy ... $6.99 40.99
An amazing combination of photographs and artwork – both taken and done by artist Jane Dickson during some crucial years when she was living and working in Times Square! The photographs alone are incredible – great color images of porn theaters, street scenes, people in windows, sex ... read more Book
Disco Beats (Japan), 2023. New Copy ... $15.99 23.99
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 ... read more Book
Lom Art, 2022. New Copy ... $6.99 19.99
A small, colorful book on the history of videogames – one that features full color images, short descriptions, and other information on important gaming systems, plus information on famous games as well! The book begins with Atari and ends with Xbox – and while we would have liked ... read more Book
Abrams, 2022. New Copy ... $6.99 30.00
One of the best books we've ever read on any sort of creative scene and cultural moment – a superbly-penned account of the rise of underground comix in the 60s, and the growth and changes of the movement in the decades that followed! Author Brian Doherty makes the scene come alive in ways ... read more Book
Studio MOG (Japan), 2024. New Copy ... $23.99 28.99
Think you dig The Clash? Well, you've got nothing on Koji Takahashi – a Japanese collector who seems to have dedicated his life to the band! This unusual book documents Takahashi's huge collection of Clash records, and Clash-related material – not just vinyl, but posters, shirts, ... read more Book
Yale University Press, 2022. New Copy ... $16.99 50.99
A really fantastic set of photographs taken from the American road of the late 60s and early 70s – images collected on road trips by artist Jim Dow, who's got an especially strong eye for the sorts of things that might not stand the test of time! The images here are mostly of signs – ... read more Book
HoZac, 2024. New Copy ... $25.99 28.99
The EP is a very special sort of record – not a single, but also not a full LP – and instead this package often features a short but powerful burst of creativity – almost as if the artist had just put out a small release with all their best tracks at the time, instead of coming up ... read more Book
Omnibus (UK), 2020. New Copy ... $8.99 26.99
Maybe the biggest book on Chic you could ever hope to buy – a huge volume that not only looks at their importance in the disco years, but also traces their ongoing impact in the following generation – and the way that the group's Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards continued to shape the ... read more Book
Norton/Kicks, Late 50s/Early 60s/2013. New Copy ... $6.99 14.95
You may not know the name of Royston Ellis, but you've certainly heard "Paperback Writer" by The Beatles – a song that was inspired by Ellis' work on the UK scene in the early 60s! Royston would go on write novels and more, but early on he was a youthful rebel poet – one of ... read more Book
Norton/Kicks, 2012. New Copy Book ... $6.99 14.95
Fantastic early work from Harlan Ellison – not his more obtuse sci fi, or some of his slightly shady short stories – but material penned at a time when Ellison looked young enough to penetrate the underground of the gang scene in New York, which then provided all sorts of great material ... read more Book
Norton/Kicks, 2012. New Copy ... $6.99 14.95
Gritty prose from the legendary Harlan Ellison – a writer known best for his science fiction work, but who's represented here by some very early material that's plenty violent and salacious! The writing should be taken in the spirit of the title and cover – and Harlan himself does a ... read more Book
Duke University Press, 2013. New Copy ... $6.99 28.99
If you think free improvisation is just noise, or boundless expression – this book will really set you straight, as it provides this amazing exploration of the larger issues at hand in jazz – placing improvisation at the center of personal, cultural, and political relations – in a ... read more Book
Powerhouse Books, 2019. New Copy ... $11.99 50.00
Beautiful black and white images from the East Harlem scene of the postwar years – material shot by New York photographer Leo Goldstein to partly document the new wave of Puerto Rican immigrants in the neighborhood, as maybe one of the first efforts to establish a Nuyorican sense of identity! ... read more Book
Black Lizard Books, 1954. New Copy ... $1.99 3.99
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 ... read more Book
Powerhouse Books, 2019. New Copy ... $8.99 29.99
The cover image here really sets the scene – as the book is filled with photographs of New York's Bowery in the years long before gentrification – a time when the street really lived up to its legendary reputation as a home for those down on their luck and forgotten by society! The ... read more 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 ... read more Book
Little Brown, 2020. New Copy ... $8.99 30.00
Peter Guralnick has written some mighty big, career-defining books on key figures in music – but from the start, we've always loved his shorter pieces the best – the kind of work we first fell in love with in books like Sweet Soul Music and Lost Highway! And if you dig his shorter ... read more Book
(Spine has a small remainder mark.)
Omnibus, 2022. New Copy ... $16.99 39.99
Peter Guaralnick wrote the book on Sun Records, Colin Escott wrote lots of others and plenty of liner notes too – and together they present a stunning visual look at the legendary record company – in a big coffee table-styled book that's overflowing with vintage images! The book is ... read more Book
Fantagraphics, 2015. New Copy ... $6.99 24.99
A pretty great memoir from comic artist Glenn Head – done in a style that reminds us of some of the first and best early underground work of this nature – but with a lot more cohesion and depth overall! The book-length piece tells the tale of Glenn's escape from New Jersey, and arrival ... read more Book
Duke University Press, 2013. New Copy ... $6.99 29.99
A really well-done history of samba in Brazil – and one that almost rewrites familiar narratives of the music by really focusing on the role of race within the larger context of the Brazilian music industry! The author goes back to the roots, and traces the music from its earliest years to ... read more Book
BBE (UK), 2024. New Copy ... $104.99 115.99
A stunning volume that may well serve as the greatest introduction to Japanese jazz records we've ever seen – a huge, full-color book that features hundreds of rare Japanese-only releases, most in 12" square pages that replicate the original size of the cover too – along with label ... read more 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 ... read more Book
Faber & Faber, 2020. New Copy ... $6.99 14.99
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
Hal Leonard, 2004. New Copy ... $5.99 18.95
If you love records as much as we do, you know that often the producers are as important to the sound of the music as the artists themselves – a fact that's spun out again and again in this look at some key record producers of the 20th Century! The book shows that, in the right hands, the ... read more Book
Grand Gallery (Japan), 2024. New Copy ... $36.99 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
Duke University Press, 2003. New Copy ... $5.99 27.99
It's maybe no secret that the French love American jazz – but it's a bit more specific that their love of the music goes back to the earliest years of the style – a key period between the world wars where the French not only embraced the new sound of jazz, but also created a welcome ... read more Book
Jazz Critique (Japan), 2023. New Copy ... $14.99 19.99
French jazz giant Barney Wilen is on the cover – and this issue of Jazz Critique looks at key records on the European scene from the postwar years onward! Given that "swing" is the mode here, there's not really any avant records – and instead the issue offers up a discography ... read more Book
(Note that most text is Japanese – but using Google Translate or other programs via the camera on your phone, you should be able to make your way through the contents.)
Jazz Critique (Japan), 2024. New Copy ... $16.99 19.99
This issue's got a special feature on unusual and noteworthy jazz record covers – served up by a host of different critics, who each pick three different records that are represented by small black and white images, along with label, artist, and title in English – and a longer essay in ... read more Book
Jazz Critique (Japan), 2024. New Copy ... $14.99 19.99
A rundown of some of the best jazz albums from 2023 – all from a Japanese perspective, which is great considering how much more jazz gets sold in Japanese stores than in the US! The book has contributions from a few different critics, and listings of the records with album cover art and a ... read more Book
Jazz Critique (Japan), 2024. New Copy ... $14.99 19.99
A really unique issue of this Japanese jazz magazine – one that looks at female film stars who were also singers, or vice versa too – with a mini-discography that offers up three listings each of key records for dozens of different stars! The format is similar to other Japanese disc ... read more Book
University Of North Carolina Press, 2023. New Copy ... $22.99 29.95
Dusty Groove owes plenty to the world of college radio – and in fact, our store grew out of long years of experience on a college station on the south side of Chicago – so we're extra-pleased not just to see a really comprehensive book on the glory days of college radio, but also one ... read more Book
MFA, 2017. New Copy ... $11.99 45.99
A fascinating look at a little-explored form of wartime propaganda – not the posters or flyers that are normally associated with such efforts, but the smaller postcard format – one that had a surprisingly strong role in the early part of the 20th Century! The book looks not just at ... read more 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 ... read more Book
St Martins, 2018. New Copy ... $5.99 18.99
Jorma Kaukonen may not have the catchiest name in rock music, but his guitar playing is the stuff of legend – first a driving force in the young Jefferson Airplane, then getting even great showcase in his own Hot Tuna – both the kind of groups from which classic rock record collections ... read more Book
Mexican Summer/Anthology Editions, 2024. New Copy ... $34.99 50.00
A really beautiful portrait of a really beautiful musician – the late great Arthur Russell, a New York talent whose groundbreaking work touched so many different scenes in the 80s, before he was taken away from our planet all too soon! Russell's music has lived on and flourished in recent ... read more 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!)
Duke University Press, 2009. New Copy ... $8.99 49.99
A really fantastic look at the late genius Arthur Russell – handled by dancefloor historian Tim Lawrence, who does a really great job of mixing Russell's more serious music inclinations with his surprising success in the clubs on the New York scene! The scope of the book is nicely wide ... read more Book
(Library edition – hardcover pressing, with no dust jacket.)
Harper, 2015. New Copy ... $1.99 25.99
Some of the earliest work ever written by Elmore Leonard – a range of short stories from the 50s, some of which were even created while Leonard was working in the advertising business! The later Leonard style is definitely in effect here, but the stories are also shorter, more focused, and ... read more Book
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 ... read more Book
HoZac, 2023. New Copy ... $28.99
A second great dip into the world of "flop" albums from the past – records that maybe didn't dent the charts or make anyone a fortune at the time – but which have gone on to become the stuff of legend over the years! These aren't crappy records or total dreck – and ... read more Book
Yale University Press, 2014. New Copy ... $3.99 18.99
A groundbreaking book from Greil Marcus – one that gets past some of the overblown histories of rock music, to look at the medium in a completely different way! Marcus eschews all the big name performers and movements – and instead looks at the music through ten different songs – ... read more Book
London Stereoscopic Company, 2017. New Copy ... $18.99 45.99
A very cool book for any fan of Queen – as the huge volume features page after page of rare photographs from the collection of the group's Brian May, most of which are viewable in stereoscope, with a special viewer that comes along with the book! The images are very cool, and very unusual ... read more 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 ... read more Book
Corbett vs. Dempsey, 2023. New Copy ... $36.99 40.99
A long-overdue document of the artistic activity of Roscoe Mitchell – best known to most as a key member of both the AACM and Art Ensemble Of Chicago as a jazz musician, but a surprisingly accomplished painter too! Mitchell's artistic career is captured here in both distant chapters – ... read more Book
Holuzam, 2024. New Copy ... $22.99 24.99
A very cool publication on a very cool scene – the short-lived world of underground music in and around Northampton, Massachusetts in the late 70s and early 80s – home to a wildly experimental world of artists united across a network of colleges, radio stations, record stores, and ... read more Book
Tate (UK), 2020. New Copy ... $8.99 31.00
Way more than just another art book on the creations of Andy Warhol – although there are plenty of those inside, too – as the large volume is part of an exhibition at the Tate in London, which looked not just as Warhol's artwork, but also his past, his ties to the larger scene, and some ... read more Book
Duke University Press, 2011. New Copy Book ... $5.99 24.95
A brilliant portrait of one of the most unique women in jazz – South African singer Sathima Bea Benjamin, an artist who had a huge impact on scenes in both the US and Europe – and one who maybe did as much for other artists and the music in general as she did for her own career! The ... read more Book
Bungeishunju (Japan), 2022. New Copy ... $26.99 34.99
A guide to classical records, of sorts – but one that features older albums all picked by the well-known Japanese writer Haruki Murakami! Murakami is well-known as a lifetime lover of music, which comes through in his fiction, and which is almost more foregrounded in his essays – a ... read more Book
Bungeishunju (Japan), 2021. New Copy ... $25.99 39.99
A guide to classical records, of sorts – but one that features older albums all picked by the well-known Japanese writer Haruki Murakami! Murakami is well-known as a lifetime lover of music, which comes through in his fiction, and which is almost more foregrounded in his essays – a ... read more Book
Titan (UK), 2018. New Copy ... $8.99 39.99
A huge book of oversized posters from artist Juan Ortiz – all based on specific episodes of the 60s sci fi classic Lost In Space – and presented here in a dizzying array of styles! As you can see by the image on the front, Ortiz has a strong eye for retro modes – and throughout ... read more Book
(Please Note – The spine has a small remainder mark.)
Gingko Press, 2013. New Copy ... $6.99 24.95
Think you know hip hop records? Think again – because if you only know the commercially released and vocal versions of the material, then you only know half the story – because among true collectors, the instrumental wax can be even more in-demand! This book opens up that secret world ... read more Book
(Includes bonus CD mixed by DJ Spair!)
Duke University Press, 2013. New Copy ... $6.99 27.95
A deep look at the firmly-rooted, if often obscured presence of African American music in some of the most legendary country music ever made, onward up to contemporary, post-millenium country's flirtation with hip hop. Edited by Diane Pecknold and featuring work by herself, and Michael Awkward, ... read more Book
Duke University Press, 2024. New Copy ... $9.99 26.99
A really no-holds-barred look at contemporary hip hop – one that focuses on the way the music continually deals with topics of death, and in a way that's very different than more mainstream concepts that would be found in white America. The author uses Afropessimism and black moralism to ... read more Book
Corbett vs. Dempsey, 2021. New Copy ... $42.99 50.00
An incredible package – one that brings together four rare publications by Sun Ra – printed words that are every bit as groundbreaking as his music – and which together represent the farther-flung corners of his vast cultural enterprise! The set represents each of the texts in ... read more Book
Record Collector (Japan), 2020. New Copy ... $22.99 24.99
A well-done guide to the legendary years of city pop music in Japan – and one that's got way more than the hundred albums hinted at by the title! The book follows the format of other Japanese disc guides – with images of key records in the genre, mostly presented in full color – ... read more Book
Dust To Digital, 2015. Used 2CD & Hardcover Book ... $44.99
A massive folkloric project – one that really shows how much the form has evolved since the early days of recording! This huge book-length collection looks at the rich legacy of Appalachian music as it moved north towards the Mason-Dixon line – from roots in Virginia and Tennessee, to ... (Folk/Country, Books) read more CD
(Still sealed with the original backing sheet!)
Powerhouse Books, 2012. New Copy ... $8.99 39.95
A fantastic collection of images from Times Square, pulled from the years before Disney took over – at a time when the action moved 24 hours a day, and at a non-stop pace! Bill Butterworth was right on the streets during the early 80s – and presents stunning full color shots of a range ... read more Book
Ten Speed Press, 2020. New Copy ... $4.99 18.99
A biography of one of the key creators in comics in the 20th Century – done in the format that he helped pioneer! The book is written in the first person – so more of an autobiography – although writer Tom Scioli provides all the words, and traces Kirby's evolution from a young ... read more Book
(Spine has a small remainder mark.)
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
Secret History, 2023. New Copy ... $20.99 29.99
The lovely Jane Birkin is maybe most famous for her late 60s duets with Serge Gainsbourg, but the singer's also got a huge legacy of great music as well – both with Serge and on her own! Author Gary Simons digs deep into the long legacy of Jane Birkin's recordings – from those late ... read more 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 ... read more Book
Gingko Press, 2013. New Copy ... $9.99 55.00
An art book on a format that almost never gets is full due – that of the opening credit sequences in cinema – often a whole genre of film unto themselves! Fortunately, the authors correct the big lack of writing on the mode – and offer up hundreds of pages that reproduce opening ... read more Book
(Includes DVD.)
Reel Art, 2023. New Copy ... $18.99 49.95
A huge array of photographs from the golden years of 90s hip hop – all captured within a few short years by Peter Spirer, at a time when he was diving deep into the scene to really document the sort of energy that's made this stretch such a legendary one for the music! These photos are way ... read more 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 ... read more Book
Duke University Press, 2001. New Copy ... $8.99 27.98
A long-overdue moment of exposure for pianist Horace Tapscott – one of the greatest creative forces in west coast jazz in the 60s, 70s, and 80s – but an artist whose genius was often kept away from the limelight! That hardly seemed to matter to Tapscott, though – as his legacy is ... read more Book
Goldmine, 2016. New Copy ... $4.99 27.99
An overstuffed edition of the Goldmine Jazz Price Guide – filled with great information! First off – forget the prices in this one, because we hate price guides, and we don't suggest that they actually have any correspondence to the real world – because people buy records at all ... read more Book
Duke University Press, 2000. New Copy ... $6.99 31.99
A massive look at the surprising rise of all-female jazz bands in the 1940s – a moment that partly occurred during the years of the draft in WWII, but which has a much larger, longer history than you might expect – all delivered here in great detail by the author! Sherrie Tucker really ... read more Book
Duke University Press, 2013. New Copy ... $6.99 28.99
A very unique look at Cuban music – one that definitely lives up to the title, by offering up different chapters that present examples of musical expression in great detail – so much so that the end of the book has surprisingly copious notes that are almost as worth reading as the main ... read more Book
Duke University Press, 2023. New Copy ... $7.99 28.99
A well done book about the continuing importance of soul and R&B in black culture over the decades – one that begins its journey in the 70s, and moves right up to the present with a key chapter on the music in the post-George Floyd landscape in America! Author Alexander Ghedi Weheliye ... read more Book
Carlton (UK), 2018. New Copy ... $4.99 14.95
An album-by-album, song-by-song look at David Bowie in the 70s – in a book that almost offers up album reviews for each Bowie classic, but then breaks the albums down into songs – and has a lengthy passage on each! Some sections are the story behind the song, others deal more with the ... read more Book
Thames & Hudson, 2016. New Copy ... $31.99 45.00
A gorgeous visual celebration of the legacy of Motown – a huge full-color book that features rare photographs, magazine ads, record jackets, labels, and lots lots more – all presented with a history of the label as well! And yes, there have been plenty of books written about the ... read more Book
Taschen, 2015. New Copy ... $22.99 30.00
One of the funkiest coffee table books you'll ever hope to own – a massive collection of rare funk and soul album covers – beautifully put together, and with a wealth of information too! The set's way more than just a stash of cool-looking images – as the folks at Taschen have ... read more Book
Taschen, 2015. New Copy ... $22.99 30.00
An amazing book – a true treasure for any fan of rare jazz albums! The book offers up way more than you'd guess from its title – because the array of material here is really fantastic – vintage jazz album covers of a very wide range, and not just the usual classics you might find ... read more Book
Faber & Faber (UK), 2020. New Copy ... $4.99 19.95
The music of Robert Wyatt often comes across with a surprisingly poetic quality – one that finally gets its due here in a well-presented book that mixes words from his songs with images and other writings – most done in collaboration with Wyatt's longtime creative partner Alfie Benge! ... read more Book
Back Beat, 2004. New Copy ... $3.99 19.95
Dig jazz on the screen? Here's a great book to help you spend your jazz video dollars wisely – filled with reviews by All Music Guide essential writer Scott Yanow! Reviews are Yanow's life, and he really does a great job here of summing up jazz performances both on music-specific videos and ... read more Book
Teruhiko Yumura —
Gangsta Rap Cassettes ... Book Ele-King (Japan), 2023. New Copy ... Just Sold Out!
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 ... read more Book
DC Comics/Insight Editions, New Copy ... $2.99 11.99
A teeny tiny book of comic book covers – one that presents 300 continuous issues of Detective comics, home of The Batman from his first appearance onward! The issues start in the early 60s and move through the 70s and 80s, and really show a lot of changes in artwork and style – the ... read more Book
DC Comics/Insight Editions, New Copy ... $2.99 11.99
300 issues of Wonder Woman's self-titled comic – presented here from the first early 40s issue on up through the early 80s – all in brilliant color, and in a tiny pocket-sized book! The 40s begin with lots of famous artwork from HG Peter, then moves through a variety of other artists ... read more Book
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