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Image not foundOne of the most influential, innovative, and inspiring composers of the 20th Century, Edgard Varése responded to advances in modern science in a climate of global conflict to create music that broke down the fragile remnants of diatonic tonality and embraced 'noise'. His intellectual shift from
$19.95 Edgard Varése
Image not foundThe Gospel series celebrates inspirational artists through quotes, biographical anecdotes, photos, memorabilia, and other miscellany from their life and work. This is a new gist on an old favorite! Organized into six thematic sections - Life, Love, Success, Family, Work, and Friendship - The Gosp
$17.95 The Gospel According to Elvis
Image not foundHere is the story of how the Sex Pistols shocked and shamed EMI - the UK's most revered and profitable record company - and ended up amazingly the richer thanks to manager Malcolm McLaren's cunning business strategy.
$12.95 Sex Pistols - 90 Days at EMI
Image not foundNine Inch Nails were the forerunners of the nu-metal genre having defined industrial rock in the 1990s. In this biographical account, Tommy Udo attempts to fully trace the history of Trent Reznor and NIN from the dog days of the 1980s up to the present day. Nine Inch Nails is the defining book on
$19.95 Nine Inch Nails
Image not foundFor a time in the late '60s and early '70s, the Doors' hard-edged rock-folk, delivered by self-styled Lizard King Jim Morrison, spoke the thoughts and beliefs of a generation of disaffected youth. This look back at the iconic band comes complete with a full discography and filmography.
$17.95 The Doors Revisited - Fire Still Burns
Image not foundNo one has captured the romance and mystique of Led Zeppelin on film more successfully than American photographer Neal Preston. His stunning collection of photographs shows Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones, and John Bonham in full flight, both on stage and off. Preston was very much a pa
$29.95 Led Zeppelin - The Neal Preston Collection
Image not foundDezo Hoffman took more pictures of The Beatles than any other photographer. He was the first professional to photograph them, and he alone documented the major events of their career - their audition at Abbey Road with George Martin, the recording of their first album, their first radio and TV sh
$15.96 With The Beatles
Image not foundThis series of biographies of great composers presents the subjects against the social background of their times. This volume on Mozart draws on personal letters and recollections, engravings, paintings and - where they exist - photographs, to build up a complete picture of the composer's life.
$19.95 Mozart
Image not foundWitold Lutoslawski is widely regarded as one of the foremost composers of the post-war era and one of the truly great musicians of the 20th century. Charles Bodman Rae's examination of Lutoslawski's life and work draws on wide-ranging and meticulous research, including hours of recorded conversat
$29.95 The Music of Lutoslawski
Image not foundA comprehensive A-Z guide of over 100 rap-rock, rap-metal and funk-metal bands, including acts from the hop-hop and hardcore punk branches of metal. Features exclusive info on Primus, Faith No Nore, Rage Against the Machine, Limp Bizkit, The Deftones, At The Drive-In, Marilyn Manson, Tool, Linkin
$22.95 Nu-Metal
Image not foundThis is the first biography of Manchester born singer David Gray, from his early years in obscurity though the gradual building of support in Ireland to the huge mainstream success of the White Ladder album, which has sold over a million copies in the UK and produced the massive hit singles Babyl
$19.95 David Gray
Image not foundThis classic account of the birth of a legendary group is the truly authentic version of Queen's rise to stardom. Author Mark Hodkinson interviewed over 60 friends and colleagues of Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor, and John Deacon to piece together a fascinating jigsaw of anecdotes from
$14.95 Queen - The Early Years
Image not foundWhen Iggy Pop (The Godfather of Punk) met Mick Rock (Is That His Real Name) in the summer of 1972, the event spawned a series of pictures of unique impact and timeless value. Iggy & The Stooges had come to London to record their seminal punk masterpiece Raw Power with David Bowie as executive pro
$29.95 Raw Power - Iggy & the Stooges
Image not foundFrom his Beatles-sponsored debut in 1968 to his Grammy-winning Hourglass in 1997 and beyond, James Taylor has been universally acclaimed as a songwriter of effortless eloquence and emotional power. In this major biography, Timothy White explores both the career and the troubled personal journey o
$24.95 Long Ago and Far Away - James Taylor: His Life and Music
Image not foundThe gloriously chaotic career of Black Sabbath stands as testament to the indestructibility of British rock at its most extreme. In the world of heavy metal, no other band has lived life to the fullest, stared death in the face so many times, battled addiction, warred within themselves and still
$24.95 Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Image not foundFrom punk rock vocalist in the ska band No Doubt to her current status as fashion entrepreneur, female icon and blond-bombshell diva of rock, this is the story of Gwen Stefani. Formed in 1987, the third album by No Doubt Tragic Kingdom thrust the ska/punk rockers into the mainstream spotlight, wi
$14.95 Omnibus Presents: The Story of Gwen Stefani
Image not foundThis is the amazing story of a true innovator and his enormous impact on the popular music of the last fifty years. Acknowledged as an inspiration by everyone from Elvis Presley and Stevie Wonder to The Beatles and Norah Jones, Charles simply changed the face of popular music forever. Author Mike
$17.95 Ray Charles - The Birth of Soul
Image not foundFrom his legendary 1950s Sun recordings to his latter-day classic 'American' albums, Johnny Cash was always the country voice of rock. This is Stephen Miller's vivid account of the life and times of a journeyman who started out with stablemates Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins, an
$29.95 Johnny Cash
Image not foundDylan's friends - from Bono to Pete Seeger to Bruce Springsteen to Rosanne Cash to Johnny Rivers - offer insight into the singer-songwriter's artistic genius and personality. This book not only succeeds in unravelling the myths behind the man, but it is a look also into the lives of the major mus
$22.95 Bob Dylan - Intimate Insights from Friends and Fellow Musicians
Image not foundThe Wailers played with Marley on all of the hit singles and albums that made him a legend, yet their story since his death is a little-known saga of betrayal, greed, and murder that is told here in its entirety for the first time. Written in collaboration with Aston Family Man Barrett and other
$29.95 Wailing Blues - The Story of Bob Marley's Wailers
Image not foundFor three decades, James Brown dominated the changing face of post-war popular black music. Others were as inspirational in the short term, and several of his successors have been bigger pop stars, but none match Brown's independent authority, sustained influence, or commercial longevity. But whi
$19.95 The Life of James Brown
Image not foundFew insiders kow The Beatles' story like Barry Miles. Far more than a simple chronology, The Beatles - A Diary is pop music's greatest success story told just as it happened - with fresh insights and new authenticity. For the world, The Beatles were a gift - the defnitive Sixties group, reliable
$24.95 The Beatles - A Diary
Image not foundThis is the most comprehensive oral history of The Beatles ever published - an as it happened story of the greatest pop group of them all. The revealing portrait features a wealth of quotes from the Sixties by John, Paul, George, and Ringo themselves and a host of of others who were close to the
$24.95 The Beatles - Off the Record
Image not foundHere is the complete history of U2 told exactly as it happened in day-by-day diary format. As well as following the mid-1970s birth of the band to the present day in journal form, U2 Diary also includes new revelations and fresh insights into key moments of U2's development. Through interviews an
$29.95 U2 - A Diary