Books — New Arrivals 
A special selection of disc guides and discographies, music history, record art books, graphic novels, and some nicely-priced remainders!
Items added September 16 - 20
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Graham Marsh & Glyn Callingham —
Cover Art Of Blue Note Records – The Collection (hardcover) ... Book 
Collins & Brown, 2011. New Copy Book ... $13.99 19.95
A great re-presentation of this classic look at Blue Note Records – one that brings together material from both the first and second volumes of cover art – all presented in a hardcover volume that's got the dimensions of a 10" LP! The heavy book features over 400 record cover ... read more Book
David Hollander —
Unusual Sounds – The Hidden History Of Library Music ... Book Anthology Editions, 2018. New Copy ... $38.99 55.00
A fantastic look at the European sound library scene of the 60s and 70s – one that goes way past some of the simpler cover art books that have been around over the years – to offer up details on individual labels, histories of the music, and a great look at key musicians as well! Don't ... read more Book
Gemma Solana & Antonio Boneu —
Uncredited – Graphic Design & Opening Titles In Movies (hardcover) ... 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.)
Daniel Clowes/Abrams Comic Arts, 2012. New Copy ... $13.99 40.00
We've been living with the comics of Daniel Clowes for so many years, we sometimes forget how great he is – so fortunately, we've got this wonderful book to remind us of his genius all over again! Clowes is incredible – a comic stylist who's not only drunk deep of the best modes of the ... read more Book
Nathan Plageman —
Highlife Saturday Night – Popular Music & Social Change In Urban Ghana (hardcover) ... Book Indiana University Press, 2012. New Copy ... $6.99 80.00
A mighty deep look at the sound of highlife music in west Africa – one that not only deals with the sounds of the style, but also looks at the larger context of change in Ghana – especially as the nation's cities were on the rise in the postwar years! The book is incredibly well-researc ... read more Book
Christopher Felver —
American Jukebox – A Photographic Journey (hardcover) ... Book Indiana University Press, 2014. New Copy ... $6.99 50.00
There's no jukebox in the book – but instead, the hefty volume is overflowing with portraits of music legends from the past few decades – all shot in glorious black and white by photographer Christopher Felver, who seems to have a strong sense of sympathy for musicians in just about ... read more Book
George Clinton with Ben Greenman —
Brothas Be Yo Like George – Ain't That Funkin' Kinda Hard On You? – A Memoir (hardcover) ... Book Atria, 2014. New Copy ... $4.99 17.00
George Clinton tells his own story – the stuff of musical legend, from his early years in doo wop, through his mega-funk stardom in the 70s at the helm of the P-Funk universe, to his later years embroiled in legal battles and other issues that kept him away from creativity! Clinton's voice ... read more Book
Tony Wilson —
24 Hour Party People ... Book Channel 4 (UK), 2001. New Copy ... $6.99 16.99
If the cover image here looks familiar, it once graced an early 7" single on Factory Records – the legendary label started by the book's author, Tony Wilson! Wilson was not only a musical genius, he was sharper than most – and although his star had fallen a bit by the time of the ... read more Book
Stuart Cosgrove —
Young Soul Rebels – A Personal History Of Northern Soul ... Book Polygon (UK), 2016. New Copy ... $6.99 14.99
Stuart Cosgrove has turned us on to plenty of music over the years – we first began reading his NME articles many years back – and this time around, he delivers a wonderfully detailed history about his youth as a fanatic for American soul music on the UK scene! Cosgrove was lucky ... read more Book
Hector Fernandez L'Hoeste/Duke University Press, 2013. New Copy ... $6.99 26.95
The title's a great way of looking at the music – because although cumbia first started in Colombia, it quickly spread across Latin America and up to the US – where it's been a mighty popular style in recent decades! The book features essays by a number of different authors, each ... read more Book
Victor Bockris —
Transformer – The Complete Lou Reed Story ... Book Harper (UK), 2014. New Copy ... $6.99 18.00
Lou Reed gave us some mighty fascinating music over his many years of recording – and the man himself also led an equally fascinating life – one that's covered here in very great detail, in a hefty biography that begins with Reed's troubled life as a child, to his early years moving ... read more Book
Justin Gifford —
Street Poison – The Biography Of Iceberg Slim (hardcover) ... Book Doubleday, 2015. New Copy ... Just Sold Out!
The legendary Iceberg Slim has given us plenty of his own story over the years – but this book is the first to look at the man behind the man – writer Robert Beck, who started as a pimp and became a surprisingly successful author – as well as an underground figure who inspired a ... read more Book
(Spine has a small remainder mark.)
David F Garcia —
Arsenio Rodriguez & The Transnational Flows Of Latin Popular Music ... Book Temple, 2006. New Copy ... $6.99 30.95
A very detailed look at Arsenio Rodriguez – the Cuban legend who was a key part of the development of Latin music in both Havana and New York! The volume is quite well-researched, and looks at Arsenio with a lot more information than we've ever seen – in chapters that almost feel like ... read more Book
Carrie Brownstein —
Hunger Makes Me A Modern Girl – A Memoir (hardcover) ... Book Riverhead Books, 2015. New Copy ... $6.99 27.95
You know her from Sleater-Kinney, you love her on Portlandia, and you'll soon discover that Carrie Brownstein is a hell of a writer, too – able to tell her tale with all the wit she's brought to recent TV work, but also with the kind of openly powerful words that she first gave us with her ... read more Book
(Spine has a small remainder mark.)
William S Burroughs —
Naked Lunch ... Book Harper Perennial (UK), 1959. New Copy ... $6.99 18.99
The book that forever put William S Burroughs in the literary map – a mad mix of pulp prose, science fiction, and modernist writing technique – and still maybe one of the greatest books that the man ever gave us! The story is as fast-moving as it is modern – kind of an Alphaville ... read more Book
Rob Jovanovic —
God Save The Kinks – A Biography ... Book Aurum (UK), 2013. New Copy ... $5.99 14.95
A behind-the-scenes look at The Kinks – a group you'll know for their fantastic music of the 60s and 70s, but who also have a much larger tale behind their songs! The book certainly offers up plenty of history on the group, and strong appreciation of their music – but it also opens up ... read more Book
William S Burroughs —
Soft Machine ... Book Fourth Estate (UK), 1961. New Copy ... $6.99 12.99
One of the greatest novels ever from the legendary William S Burroughs – a book that was written very much under the influence of the cut-up technique, but which also still retains some of the pulp prose of Burroughs' 50s material too! The book is a roller coaster of a read – one of ... read more Book
Robert Farris Thompson —
Aesthetic Of The Cool – Afro Atlantic Art & Music (hardcover) ... Book Periscope, 2011. New Copy ... $9.99 40.00
A lavish, oversized book that traces the origins of "cool" in West African culture, through its passage in the Caribbean, American south, and up to the New York scene – all in a vivid interplay between words and images! The text is surprisingly deep – more than you'd expect ... read more Book
Jake Austen —
Flying Saucers Rock 'N' Roll – Conversations With Unjustly Obscure Rock 'N' Soul Eccentrics (paperback) ... Book Duke University Press, 2011. New Copy Book ... $5.99 24.95
The best (truly – they got this book right) of Roctober gets a classy rock 'n' soul book compilation from Duke University Press – an incredible collection of interviews that were featured over the years in the great DIY magazine over the years! Interviews with musical legends who ... read more Book
Jay Disbrow —
Jay Disbrow's Monster Invasion – Chilling Archives Of Horror Comics (hardcover) ... Book Yoe Books, Early 50s. New Copy ... $7.99 24.99
Crazy comics from the pre-code horror and fantasy years – all from the mighty pen of illustrator Jay Disbrow! Disbrow's got a style that's all his own – very fluid, and almost "blobby" when it comes to the main characters of these vintage horror comics – often these ... read more Book
(Spine has a small remainder mark.)
Clizia Gussoni & Craig Yoe, eds —
Weird Love – Unlucky In Love & More (hardcover) ... Book Yoe Books, 1950s/1960s. New Copy ... $8.99 29.99
A great look at offbeat romance comics of the postwar years – and a book that takes its "weird" as seriously as its "love"! Craig Yoe has given us lots of great horror anthologies over the years, but this series has him teaming up with Clizia Gussoni – to dig up a ... read more Book
(Spine has a small remainder mark.)
Mark Ribowsky —
Dreams To Remember – Otis Redding, Stax Records & The Transformation Of Southern Soul (hardcover) ... Book Liveright, 2015. New Copy ... $8.99 27.95
A hefty book on the great Otis Redding – one of the best soul singers of all time, even though he left this planet all too soon! Redding's career on record was less than a decade long, but marked by a huge amount of work – not just time in the studio, with the legendary Stax Records ... read more Book
(Spine has a small remainder mark.)
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