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by Andrew Keeling
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2010
An informative, insightful guide to the secret mechanics that power the mysterious music of King Crimson This is a scholastic yet accessible work. that takes you through all the complexities of the music, stripping away layer after layer to reveal the inner workings of the exquisite machinery of harmony, counterpoint and rhythm that go together to make: "Larks Tongues In Aspic"
by David Weigel
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2017
The wildly entertaining story of progressive rock, the music that ruled the 1970s charts—and has divided listeners ever since.
The Show That Never Ends is the definitive story of the extraordinary rise and fall of progressive (“prog”) rock. Epitomized by such classic, chart-topping bands...
Rockers and Rollers
A Full-Throttle Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2011
From PinkCadillac to Low Rider to Little Red Corvette, rock music hasalways had a racy love affair with cars. And AC/DC lead singer Brian Johnson isnot only a rock legend, second-to-none at infusing razor-sharp lyrics with thescreaming metal energy of a true rock and roller, but also a dyed-in-the-woolcar...
Wonderful Tonight
George Harrison, Eric Clapton, and Me
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2008
An iconic figure of the 1960s and ’70s, Pattie Boyd breaks a forty-year silence in Wonderful Tonight, and tells the story of how she found herself bound to two of the most addictive, promiscuous musical geniuses of the twentieth century and became the most famous muse in the history of rock and...
Show Tunes
The Songs, Shows, and Careers of Broadway's Major Composers
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2010
Show Tunes fully chronicles the shows, songs, and careers of the major composers of the American musical theatre, from Jerome Kern's earliest interpolations to the latest hits on Broadway. Legendary composers like Gershwin, Rodgers, Porter, Berlin, Bernstein, and Sondheim have been joined by more...
Eye Mind
The Saga of Roky Erickson and The 13th Floor Elevators, The Pioneers of Psychedelic Sound
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2007
“One of the most exhilarating and important rock ’n’ roll stories ever told.”—Julian CopeThe trailblazing 13th Floor Elevators released the first “psychedelic” rock album in America, transforming culture throughout the 1960s and beyond. The Elevators followed their own spiritual...
by Bob Gendron
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2008
"In the absence of love, there is loneliness, sorrow and desperation. And that's where I come in." --Greg Dulli, introducing "When We Two Parted" onstage in San Francisco
Like no record before or since, Gentlemen is fraught with the psychological warfare, bedroom drama,...
by Georg Purvis
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2012
Clashing together outrageous musical influences and extravagantly visual imagery, Queen's place in history as the greatest glam band of them all is rock solid. Their fan base continues to grow, a decade and a half on from the death of Freddie Mercury, Queen's super-charismatic front man.
Georg...
Living Stereo
Histories and Cultures of Multichannel Sound
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2015
Stereo is everywhere. The whole culture and industry of music and sound became organized around the principle of stereophony during the twentieth century. But nothing about this-not the invention or acceptance or ubiquity of stereo-was inevitable. Nor did the aesthetic conventions, technological objects,...
Psychedelic Popular Music
A History through Musical Topic Theory
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2017
Recognized for its distinctive musical features and its connection to periods of social innovation and ferment, the genre of psychedelia has exerted long-term influence in many areas of cultural production, including music, visual art, graphic design, film, and literature. William Echard explores...
The Kinks
A Thoroughly English Phenomenon
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017
Emerging from the same British music boom that birthed the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, Dave and Ray Davies’s band, the Kinks, became one of England’s most influential groups. Remembered best for such singles as “You Really Got Me,” “Lola,” and “Sunny Afternoon,” the Kinks produced...
New York State of Mind 1.0
Behind The Music Tales, #7
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2018
New York State of Mind 1.0 is three exclusive interviews, and 166 links to singles, videos, interviews and tales.
A fascinating genuine narrative formed in the crucible of Golden Age Hip-Hop mindfulness.
New York State of Mind 1.0, the 7th book in the series, provides you with a real...
by Helen Brennan
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2001
From early accounts of dance customs in medieval Ireland to the present, Helen Brennan offers an authoritative look at the evolution of Irish dance. Every type of dance from social to traditional to clergy is included. Brennan takes care to explain the different styles and traditions that evolved...
Way Beyond Compare
The Beatles' Recorded Legacy, Volume One, 1957-1965
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2008
An answered prayer for Beatles fans and collectors, the first volume of a unique work that exhaustively chronicles all known and available Beatles recordings!
Have you ever watched a Beatles film clip and wondered:
• Where was that filmed?
• Is any more of that footage available?
Have...