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A Long Strange Trip
The Inside History of the Grateful Dead
Written by Dennis McNally
Format: eBook, 704 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $15.99
The complete history of one of the most long-lived and legendary bands in rock history, written by its official historian and publicist–a must-have chronicle for all Dead Heads, and for students of rock and the 1960s’ counterculture.
From 1965 to 1995, the Grateful Dead flourished as one of the most beloved, unusual... Read more >
The Inside History of the Grateful Dead
Written by Dennis McNally
Format: eBook, 704 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $15.99
The complete history of one of the most long-lived and legendary bands in rock history, written by its official historian and publicist–a must-have chronicle for all Dead Heads, and for students of rock and the 1960s’ counterculture.
From 1965 to 1995, the Grateful Dead flourished as one of the most beloved, unusual... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
Le Freak
An Upside Down Story of Family, Disco, and Destiny
Written by Nile Rodgers
Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: October 18, 2011
Price: $14.99
You will hear a Nile Rodgers song today. It will make you happy.
Today’s pop music—genre-crossing, gender-bending, racially mixed, visually stylish, and dominated by dance music with global appeal—is the world that Nile Rodgers created. In the 1970s and 1980s, he wrote and produced the songs that defined that era and... Read more >
An Upside Down Story of Family, Disco, and Destiny
Written by Nile Rodgers
Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: October 18, 2011
Price: $14.99
You will hear a Nile Rodgers song today. It will make you happy.
Today’s pop music—genre-crossing, gender-bending, racially mixed, visually stylish, and dominated by dance music with global appeal—is the world that Nile Rodgers created. In the 1970s and 1980s, he wrote and produced the songs that defined that era and... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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Gig Posters Volume 2
Written by Clay Hayes
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: November 1, 2011
Price: $40.00
Written by Clay Hayes
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: November 1, 2011
Price: $40.00
Readers gave the first Gig Posters anthology a standing ovation—so for your viewing pleasure, here’s one heck of an encore: 700 more incredible posters from the archives of GigPosters.com, the Internet’s premier destination for concert poster art. It’s a mad jam of illustration and photography, collage and typography, bringing the contemporary...
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Come As You Are
The Story of Nirvana
Written by Michael Azerrad
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: September 1, 1993
Price: $19.95
Nirvana came out of nowhere in 1991 to sell nearly five million copies of their landmark album Nevermind, whose thunderous sound and indelible melodies embodied all the confusion, frustration, and passion of the emerging Generation X. Come As You Are is the close-up, intimate story of Nirvana -- the only book with exclusive in-depth interviews with bandmembers Kurt Cobain... Read more >
The Story of Nirvana
Written by Michael Azerrad
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: September 1, 1993
Price: $19.95
Nirvana came out of nowhere in 1991 to sell nearly five million copies of their landmark album Nevermind, whose thunderous sound and indelible melodies embodied all the confusion, frustration, and passion of the emerging Generation X. Come As You Are is the close-up, intimate story of Nirvana -- the only book with exclusive in-depth interviews with bandmembers Kurt Cobain... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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The Vintage Guide to Classical Music
Written by Jan Swafford
Format: Trade Paperback, 624 pages
On Sale: December 15, 1992
Price: $21.00
The most readable and comprehensive guide to enjoying over five hundred years of classical music -- from Gregorian chants, Johann Sebastian Bach, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to Johannes Brahms, Igor Stravinsky, John Cage, and beyond.
The Vintage Guide to Classical Music is a lively -- and opinionated -- musical history and an... Read more >
Written by Jan Swafford
Format: Trade Paperback, 624 pages
On Sale: December 15, 1992
Price: $21.00
The most readable and comprehensive guide to enjoying over five hundred years of classical music -- from Gregorian chants, Johann Sebastian Bach, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to Johannes Brahms, Igor Stravinsky, John Cage, and beyond.
The Vintage Guide to Classical Music is a lively -- and opinionated -- musical history and an... Read more >
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Elvis: My Best Man
Radio Days, Rock 'n' Roll Nights, and My Lifelong Friendship with Elvis Presley
Written by George Klein and Chuck Crisafulli
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: January 5, 2010
Price: $13.99
When George Klein was an eighth grader at Humes High, he couldn’t have known how important the new kid with the guitar—the boy named Elvis—would later become in his life. But from the first time GK (as he was nicknamed by Elvis) heard this kid sing, he knew that Elvis Presley... Read more >
Radio Days, Rock 'n' Roll Nights, and My Lifelong Friendship with Elvis Presley
Written by George Klein and Chuck Crisafulli
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: January 5, 2010
Price: $13.99
When George Klein was an eighth grader at Humes High, he couldn’t have known how important the new kid with the guitar—the boy named Elvis—would later become in his life. But from the first time GK (as he was nicknamed by Elvis) heard this kid sing, he knew that Elvis Presley... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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The Mysticism of Sound and Music
Written by Hazrat Inayat Khan
Format: Trade Paperback
On Sale: September 3, 1996
Price: $24.95
Music, according to Sufi teaching, is really a small expression of the overwhelming and perfect harmony of the whole universe—and that is the secret of its amazing power to move us. The Indian Sufi master Hazrat Inayat Khan (1882–1927), the first teacher to bring the Islamic mystical tradition to the West... Read more >
Written by Hazrat Inayat Khan
Format: Trade Paperback
On Sale: September 3, 1996
Price: $24.95
Music, according to Sufi teaching, is really a small expression of the overwhelming and perfect harmony of the whole universe—and that is the secret of its amazing power to move us. The Indian Sufi master Hazrat Inayat Khan (1882–1927), the first teacher to bring the Islamic mystical tradition to the West... Read more >
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Honky Tonk Girl
My Life in Lyrics
Written by Loretta Lynn
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: April 3, 2012
Price: $29.95
One of the most beloved country music stars of all time gives us the first collection of her lyrics and, in her own words, tells the stories that inspired her most popular songs, such as "Coal Miner's Daughter," "Don't Come Home A' Drinkin'," and, of course, "I'm a Honky Tonk Girl."
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My Life in Lyrics
Written by Loretta Lynn
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: April 3, 2012
Price: $29.95
One of the most beloved country music stars of all time gives us the first collection of her lyrics and, in her own words, tells the stories that inspired her most popular songs, such as "Coal Miner's Daughter," "Don't Come Home A' Drinkin'," and, of course, "I'm a Honky Tonk Girl."
... Read more >
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Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung
The Work of a Legendary Critic: Rock'N'Roll as Literature and Literature as Rock 'N'Roll
Written by Lester Bangs
Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: September 12, 1988
Price: $17.00
Vintage presents the paperback edition of the wild and brilliant writings of Lester Bangs--the most outrageous and popular rock critic of the 1970s--edited and with an introduction by the reigning dean of rack critics, Greil Marcus. Advertising in Rolling Stone and other major publications. Read more >
The Work of a Legendary Critic: Rock'N'Roll as Literature and Literature as Rock 'N'Roll
Written by Lester Bangs
Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: September 12, 1988
Price: $17.00
Vintage presents the paperback edition of the wild and brilliant writings of Lester Bangs--the most outrageous and popular rock critic of the 1970s--edited and with an introduction by the reigning dean of rack critics, Greil Marcus. Advertising in Rolling Stone and other major publications. Read more >
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The Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock and Roll
The Definitive History of the Most Important Artists and Their Music
Written by Rolling Stone Magazine
Format: Trade Paperback, 720 pages
On Sale: November 10, 1992
Price: $40.00
The ultimate illustrated history of rock & roll--comprehensive, authoritative, and fully updated with coverage of the most important new sounds and artists of the 1980s and `90s. Read more >
The Definitive History of the Most Important Artists and Their Music
Written by Rolling Stone Magazine
Format: Trade Paperback, 720 pages
On Sale: November 10, 1992
Price: $40.00
The ultimate illustrated history of rock & roll--comprehensive, authoritative, and fully updated with coverage of the most important new sounds and artists of the 1980s and `90s. Read more >
