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Richard Cook and Brian Morton's Penguin Jazz Guide: The History of the Music in 1001 Best Albums is an indispensible guide to the recordings that every fan should know. Richard Cook and Brian Morton's Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings is firmly est...

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Record covers are a sign of our life and times. Like the music on the discs, they address such issues as love, life, death, fashion, and rebellion. For music fans the covers are the expression of a period, of a particular time in their lives. Many...

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This is the story of Greensleeves Records - from its beginnings as a West London record shop in 1975 to its rise as a pioneering label that brought authentic, uncut Jamaican music to the world. Focusing on the label's formative years and its first...

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AC/DC is a band that defines rock music. From their early beginnings playing on Australia's pub circuit to the platinum-selling albums and stadium tours of today, they have never strayed from their unique, instantly recognizable formula. In fifty ...

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From Rolling Stone, the definitive and lavishly illustrated companion book to one of the most popular and hotly debated lists in the world of musicWhen Rolling Stone publishes a list, the world listens. The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list was...

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Celebrate the 75th anniversary of the first commercial LP with this authoritative, highly illustrated, and multi-faceted look at the history and culture of vinyl record collecting and turntables. Vinyl records continue to be hot commodities among ...

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THE DEFINITIVE RECORDING HISTORY OF SWEDISH SUPERSTARS, ABBA, TOLD ALBUM-BY-ALBUM AND SONG-BY-SONG. Filled with fascinating photography (some rarely seen) and sensational behind-the-scenes details. Discover the untold stories behind ABBA's greates...

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The Blue Note label is one of the most widely known and respected producers of jazz music in the world. This reference book, by noted discographer Michel Ruppli and Blue Note producer Michael Cuscuna, expands upon the previous edition and includes...

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Without Beethoven, music as we know it wouldn't exist. Who was this titan of world culture? 'You want to build a Beethoven library? There can be no better starting point... Brilliant.' John Suchet, Classic FM presenter Through 100 recordings, Lebr...

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This is the most in-depth exploration of Metallica's songs ever written. From their widely circulated demo, No Life 'til Leather, all the way to their 10th studio album Hardwired... to Self-Destruct - Metallica have earned the title of the biggest...

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Find out what 20 rock journalists and writers have to say about Rush's 20 studio albums. Formed in Toronto in 1968, the rock trio Rush has gone on to multiplatinum success behind the distinctive high register and virtuosic bass-playing of frontman...

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'I'm no stranger to failure, and I'm aware it can arrive at any minute-as it often has. You have to keep things close to your chest and be aware of what's really important: the work, not everything around it. If you have faith in the work, then th...

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'a fantastic read . . . witty and incredibly detailed' - Brain Damage By the late 1960s, popular British prog-rock group Pink Floyd were experiencing a creative voltage drop, so they turned to composer Ron Geesin for help in writing their next alb...

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Från Abba till Monica Z innehåller, i bokstavsordning, texter om 377 svenska skivor från Evert Taube 1956 till Little Jinder 2016. 15 initierade skribenter berättar om varje skiva och argumenterar varför just den är intressant och ska vara med i b...

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As featured in Wallpaper*, The Wall Street Journal, Monocle, and New York Magazine's, The Strategist The design, history, and cultural impact of turntables and vinyl technology: the twin powerhouses of the 'vinyl revival' phenomenon Interest in tu...

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Bob Dylan: All the Songs focuses on Dylan's creative process and his organic, unencumbered style of recording. It is the only book to tell the stories, many unfamiliar even to his most fervent fans, behind the more than 500 songs he has released o...

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A pioneering "horror-punk" band, the Misfits are legends in their own time. This discography tells the story of the band in all of its incarnations through all of their recorded output--both official and unauthorized releases. Discographies are pr...

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Explore New York's vibrant vinyl scene with this tribute to 33 1/3¿of the city's favorite record shops, as captured by acclaimed photographers James and Karla Murray.¿Spanning all 5 boroughs, these havens have become essential to the cultural fabr...

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An updated edition of the most comprehensive account of the Rolling Stones' work yet published, with the full story of every recording session, every album, and every single released during their nearly 60 year career. The Rolling Stones have been...

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The Cure's story is a fantastical pop fable, but their trajectory has not been one of unbroken success.¿Along the way, their uneven, uneasy pop odyssey has taken in fierce intra-band tensions and fall-outs, numerous line-up changes and even a bitt...

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