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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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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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Whatever You Say I Am
The Life and Times of Eminem
Written by Anthony Bozza
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: September 28, 2004
Price: $13.95
does eminem matter?
On assignment for his first cover story for Rolling Stone, the very first national cover story on Eminem, Anthony Bozza met a young blond kid, a rapper who would soon take the country by storm. But back in 1999, Eminem was just beginning to make waves among suburban white... Read more >
The Life and Times of Eminem
Written by Anthony Bozza
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: September 28, 2004
Price: $13.95
does eminem matter?
On assignment for his first cover story for Rolling Stone, the very first national cover story on Eminem, Anthony Bozza met a young blond kid, a rapper who would soon take the country by storm. But back in 1999, Eminem was just beginning to make waves among suburban white... Read more >
Also available as an
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Motown
Music, Money, Sex, and Power
Written by Gerald Posner
Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: October 11, 2005
Price: $15.95
In 1959, twenty-nine-year-old Berry Gordy, who had already given up on his dream to be a champion boxer, borrowed eight hundred dollars from his family and started a record company. A run-down bungalow sandwiched between a funeral home and a beauty shop in a poor Detroit neighborhood served as his headquarters... Read more >
Music, Money, Sex, and Power
Written by Gerald Posner
Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: October 11, 2005
Price: $15.95
In 1959, twenty-nine-year-old Berry Gordy, who had already given up on his dream to be a champion boxer, borrowed eight hundred dollars from his family and started a record company. A run-down bungalow sandwiched between a funeral home and a beauty shop in a poor Detroit neighborhood served as his headquarters... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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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.
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Lady Sings the Blues the 50th Anniversary Edition
Written by Billie Holiday and William Dufty
Foreword by David Ritz
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: March 2, 2011
Price: $11.99
With photos
Originally released by Doubleday in 1956, Harlem Moon Classics celebrates the publication with the fiftieth-anniversary edition of Billie Holiday’s unforgettable and timeless memoir. Updated with an insightful introduction and a revised discography, both written by celebrated music writer David Ritz.
Lady Sings the Blues is the fiercely honest, no-holds-barred autobiography of... Read more >
Written by Billie Holiday and William Dufty
Foreword by David Ritz
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: March 2, 2011
Price: $11.99
With photos
Originally released by Doubleday in 1956, Harlem Moon Classics celebrates the publication with the fiftieth-anniversary edition of Billie Holiday’s unforgettable and timeless memoir. Updated with an insightful introduction and a revised discography, both written by celebrated music writer David Ritz.
Lady Sings the Blues is the fiercely honest, no-holds-barred autobiography of... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Coal to Diamonds: A Memoir
Written by Beth Ditto and Michelle Tea
Format: eBook, 176 pages
On Sale: October 9, 2012
Price: $10.99
A raw and surprisingly beautiful coming-of-age memoir, Coal to Diamonds tells the story of Mary Beth Ditto, a girl from rural Arkansas who found her voice.
Born and raised in Judsonia, Arkansas—a place where indoor plumbing was a luxury, squirrel was a meal, and sex ed was taught during senior... Read more >
Written by Beth Ditto and Michelle Tea
Format: eBook, 176 pages
On Sale: October 9, 2012
Price: $10.99
A raw and surprisingly beautiful coming-of-age memoir, Coal to Diamonds tells the story of Mary Beth Ditto, a girl from rural Arkansas who found her voice.
Born and raised in Judsonia, Arkansas—a place where indoor plumbing was a luxury, squirrel was a meal, and sex ed was taught during senior... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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Gig Posters Volume I
Written by Clay Hayes
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: April 1, 2009
Price: $40.00
The Rock, Pop, Hip-Hop, Dance, Folk, Metal, Electronic, Indie Music Spectacular
Here are more than 700 extraordinary posters from the archives of GigPosters.com—the Internet’s premier destination for concert poster art. With the rising popularity of MP3 files and streaming digital music—and the near-extinction of traditional album art—concert posters have become... Read more >
Written by Clay Hayes
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: April 1, 2009
Price: $40.00
The Rock, Pop, Hip-Hop, Dance, Folk, Metal, Electronic, Indie Music Spectacular
Here are more than 700 extraordinary posters from the archives of GigPosters.com—the Internet’s premier destination for concert poster art. With the rising popularity of MP3 files and streaming digital music—and the near-extinction of traditional album art—concert posters have become... Read more >
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Lynyrd Skynyrd
Remembering the Free Birds of Southern Rock
Written by Gene Odom and Frank Dorman
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: October 14, 2003
Price: $16.99
The first complete, unvarnished history of Southern rock’s legendary and most popular band, from its members’ hardscrabble boyhoods in Jacksonville, Florida and their rise to worldwide fame to the tragic plane crash that killed the founder and the band’s rise again from the ashes.
In the summer of 1964 Jacksonville, Florida teenager... Read more >
Remembering the Free Birds of Southern Rock
Written by Gene Odom and Frank Dorman
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: October 14, 2003
Price: $16.99
The first complete, unvarnished history of Southern rock’s legendary and most popular band, from its members’ hardscrabble boyhoods in Jacksonville, Florida and their rise to worldwide fame to the tragic plane crash that killed the founder and the band’s rise again from the ashes.
In the summer of 1964 Jacksonville, Florida teenager... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Classical Music
The 50 Greatest Composers and Their 1,000 Greatest Works
Written by Phil G. Goulding
Format: eBook, 656 pages
On Sale: March 16, 2011
Price: $13.99
MAKE A SOUND INVESTMENT IN CLASSICAL MUSIC
Who are the ten most important classical composers? Who in the world was Palestrina? Why did Stravinsky's "Rite of Spring" cause a riot? Which five of each important composer's works should you buy? What is a concerto and how does it differ from a sonata?
Maybe... Read more >
The 50 Greatest Composers and Their 1,000 Greatest Works
Written by Phil G. Goulding
Format: eBook, 656 pages
On Sale: March 16, 2011
Price: $13.99
MAKE A SOUND INVESTMENT IN CLASSICAL MUSIC
Who are the ten most important classical composers? Who in the world was Palestrina? Why did Stravinsky's "Rite of Spring" cause a riot? Which five of each important composer's works should you buy? What is a concerto and how does it differ from a sonata?
Maybe... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
