History & Criticism - General
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Wendy Carlos’s Switched-On Bach
$14.95 Read moreSo much, popular and scholarly, has been written about the synthesizer, Bob Moog and his brand-name instrument, and even Wendy Carlos, the musician who made this instrument famous. No one, however, ha
- Series: 33 1/3 #141
- Author: Kheshti, Roshanak
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 118
- Publish Date: October 31 2019
- ISBN10: 1501320289
- Language: English
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Jawbreaker’s 24 Hour Revenge Therapy
$14.95 Read moreTwo and a half decades on, Jawbreaker’s 24 Hour Revenge Therapy (1993-94) is the rare album to have lost none of its original loyalty, affection, and reverence. If anything, today, the cult of Jawbrea
- Series: 33 1/3 #130
- Author: Givony, Ronen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: April 19 2018
- ISBN10: 1501323091
- Language: English
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Statesman of the Piano: Jazz, Race, and History in the Life of Lou Hooper Volume 266
$47.43 Read moreOntario-born jazz pianist Lou Hooper (1894-1977) began his professional career in Detroit, accompanying blues singers such as Ma Rainey at the legendary Koppin Theatre. In 1921 he moved to Harlem, per… [more below]
- Series: Carleton Library
- Author: Mills, Sean
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: October 15 2023
- ISBN10: 0228018803
- Language: English
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The Musical Human: A History of Life on Earth – A BBC Radio 4 ‘Book of the Week’
$35.00 Read more“Michael Spitzer has pulled off the impossible: a Guns, Germs and Steel for music.” –Daniel Levitin
A colossal history spanning cultures, time, and space to explore the vibrant relationship between- Author: Spitzer, Michael
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: April 13 2021
- ISBN10: 1635576245
- Language: English
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Band’s Music from Big Pink
$14.95 Read more“Music From Big Pink is a moving book that succeeds not just in vividly evoking its time and place but in distilling one young man’s cliched and minor destiny into something approaching tragedy….Thi
- Series: 33 1/3
- Author: Niven, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: November 16 2005
- ISBN10: 082641771X
- Language: English
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I See the Rhythm
$12.95 Read moreCoretta Scott King Illustrator Award – American Library Association (ALA)
i see the rhythmis an inspiring celebration of African American music and the far-reaching impact it has had on the world.
From
- Author: Igus, Toyomi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: April 01 2013
- ISBN10: 0892392126
- Language: English
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Beyond the Dream Syndicate: Tony Conrad and the Arts After Cage: A “Minor” History
$31.00 Read moreTony Conrad is exemplary of the 1960s artist who remains inassimilable to canonic histories. Creator of the “structural” film, The Flicker, collaborator on Jack Smith’s Flaming Creatures and Normal Lo
- Series: Mit Press
- Author: Joseph, Branden W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 489
- Publish Date: August 23 2011
- ISBN10: 1890951870
- Language: English
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The War on Music: Reclaiming the Twentieth Century
$32.00 Read moreA fascinating journey into global politics that made classical music a proxy for power, inadvertently creating the “sound of Hollywood,” and excluding hundreds of composers
“[Mauceri’s] writing is mo- Author: Mauceri, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: April 26 2022
- ISBN10: 0300233701
- Language: English
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Jack Bruce Composing Himself: The Authorised Biography
$24.95 Add to cartWhen Cream broke up in 1968 it was by no means a foregone conclusion that it would be Eric Clapton who would enjoy continued commercial success. After all, it was Jack Bruce who had the looks, and who
- Author: Shapiro, Harry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: March 01 2010
- ISBN10: 1906002266
- Language: English
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Vinyl Me, Please: 100 Albums You Need in Your Collection
$29.95 Add to cartBrought to you by the subscription club of the same name, Vinyl Me, Please: 100 Albums You Need In Your Collection is a vibrant visual guide to curating must-have records for any music lover’s shelf.
- Author: Please
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: April 04 2017
- ISBN10: 1419725971
- Language: English
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Historic RCA Studio B
$19.95 Read moreHistoric RCA Studio B, “Home of 1 000 Hits ” is a landmark with a legacy built by some of the most important producers and artists in country and pop music. During a golden window, from 1957 to 1977, … [more below]
- Series: Distributed for the Country Music Foundation Press
- Author: Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: September 01 2016
- ISBN10: 0915608278
- Language: English
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LCD Soundsystem’s Sound of Silver
$14.95 Add to cartWhen LCD Soundsystem broke up in 2011, they left behind a small but remarkable catalog of music. On top of the genius singles and a longform composition for Nike, there was a trilogy of full-length al
- Series: 33 1/3
- Author: Leas, Ryan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: June 16 2016
- ISBN10: 1501325612
- Language: English
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Songs in the Key of Life
$14.95 Add to cartLike all double albums, Songs in the Key of Life is imperfect but audacious. If its titular concern – life – doesn’t exactly allow for rigid focus, it’s still a fiercely inspired collection of songs a
- Series: 33 1/3 #42
- Author: Lundy, Zeth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: January 15 2007
- ISBN10: 0826419267
- Language: English
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Music Is Power: Popular Songs, Social Justice, and the Will to Change
$27.95 Read moreHonorable Mention, 2019 Foreword INDIES Awards – Performing Arts & Music
Popular music has long been a powerful force for social chang
Honorable Mention, Graphis 2021 Design Annual Competition- Author: Schreiber, Brad
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 13 2023
- ISBN10: 1978839022
- Language: English
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Dancing W/Welk
$24.95 Read more“Not long before embarking on a tour with his own band, author Chris Vondracek discovered the autobiography of Lawrence Welk, the most famous musician to emerge from the Dakotas. This memoir traces Vo… [more below]
- Author: Vondracek, Christopher
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 260
- Publish Date: September 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1941813410
- Language: English
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Smoky, Sweaty, Rowdy, and Loud: Tales of Cleveland’s Legendary Rock & Roll Landmarks
$15.95 Add to cartLet’s head backstage at Cleveland’s legendary rock and roll landmarks as club owners, talent bookers, performers, promoters, and concertgoers share stories from the 1950s through 1990s about …
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- Author: Olszewski, Mike
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: May 15 2019
- ISBN10: 1598511041
- Language: English
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Spiderland
$14.95 Read moreOf all the seminal albums to come out in 1991-the year of Nevermind, Loveless, Ten, and Out of Time, among others-none were quieter, both in volume and influence, than Spiderland, and no band more mys
- Series: 33 1/3 #75
- Author: Tennent, Scott
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: November 11 2010
- ISBN10: 144117026X
- Language: English
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The Great American Songbook: 201 Favorites You Ought to Know (& Love)
$24.95 Read moreIn an age of ubiquitous music and countless new songs releasing every minute, the Great American Songbook endures. After all, the Songbook–that sprawling canon of popular songs, standards, and show t
- Author: Suskin, Steven
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: April 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1493070940
- Language: English
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Lamestains: Grunge, Sub Pop and the Music of the Loser
$25.00 Read moreA surprising history of Seattle’s Sub Pop Records, pioneer of grunge . . . and champion of losers.
This book is a critical history of Sub Pop Records, the Seattle independent rock label that launched- Author: Attfield, Nicholas
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: January 01 2024
- ISBN10: 1789147069
- Language: English
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Jesus Christ Superstar: Behind the Scenes of the Worldwide Musical Phenomenon
$36.95 Read moreIn 1969, when Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice decided to write a rock opera about Jesus Christ, they had little idea they were about to embark on one of the most popular, boundary-pushing, and influe
- Author: Nassour, Ellis
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: February 29 2024
- ISBN10: 1493068040
- Language: English
