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Love Rock Revolution: K Records and the Rise of Independent Music by Mark Baumgarten Publisher Comments Punk isn't a sound--it's an idea! In 1982, K Records released its first cassette and put its own spin on punk's defiant manifesto: You don't need anyone's permission to make music. Thirty years later, the label continues to operate in the underground... (read more) Available July 10, 2012 Your price: $17.95 New - Trade Paper 
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Guitar Zero: The New Musician and the Science of Learning by Gary Marcus Publisher Comments On the eve of his 40th birthday, Gary Marcus, a renowned scientist with no discernible musical talent, learns to play the guitar and investigates how anyone—of any age —can become musical. Do you have to be born musical to become musical? Do... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $17.95 Used - Hardcover 
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Talking Heads' Fear of Music by Jonathan Lethem Publisher Comments Fear of Music, the third album by Talking Heads, was recorded and released in 1979. It is, like each of their first four albums, a masterpiece. Edgy, paranoid, funky, addictive, rhythmic, repetitive, spooky, and fun - with Brian Eno's production, it's a... (read more) Your price: $12.95 New - Trade Paper
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Joan Jett by Todd Oldham Publisher Comments Rock-and-roll goddess Joan Jett holds a beloved place in the world of music. She started her first band, The Runaways, at age fifteen and has blazed a trail that has inspired and thrilled her fans to this day. AMMO Books is proud to release this... (read more) Your price: $24.95 New - Trade Paper
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Walrus Was Paul : the Great Beatle Death Clues (98 Edition) by R. Gary Patterson Publisher Comments "PAUL IS DEAD." It was the late 1960s, the Beatles hadn't toured since 1966, and some truly bizarre indications began appearing, pointing to the unthinkable: Paul McCartney had been killed in a car accident and replaced by a look-alike. The Walrus Was... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Enjoyment of Music: Essential Listening Edition by Kristine Forney Publisher Comments 'The Essential Listening Editionconnects students with the music, providing them with the strongest and most affordable media and listening packages available in music appreciation, all designed to help them build listening skills and understand the... (read more) Your price: $18.75 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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White Bicycles: Making Music in the 1960s by Joe Boyd Publisher Comments “This is the best book about music I’ve read in years, and a gripping piece of social history.”—Brian Eno When Muddy Waters came to London at the start of the 1960s, a kid from Boston called Joe Boyd was his tour manager; when... (read more) Your price: $18.00 New - Trade Paper
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Here, There and Everywhere : My Life Recording the Music of the Beatles (06 Edition) by Geoff Emerick Publisher Comments Geoff Emerick became an assistant engineer at the legendary Abbey Road Studios in 1962 at age fifteen, and was present as a new band called the Beatles recorded their first songs. He later worked with the Beatles as they recorded their singles “She... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $9.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell: The Dangerous Glitter of David Bowie, Iggy Pop, and Lou Reed by Dave Thompson Publisher Comments First-ever look at the intertwining, outrageous lives of three rock legends. When Lou Reed and Iggy Pop first met David Bowie in the fall of 1971, Bowie was just another English musician passing through New York City. Lou was still recovering from the... (read more) Your price: $19.99 New - Trade Paper
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Neutral Milk Hotel: In the Aeroplane Over the Sea (33 1/3 Series) by Kim Cooper Publisher Comments A surrealist text loosely based on the life, suffering and reincarnation of Anne Frank, with guest appearances from a pair of Siamese twins menaced by the cold and carnivores, a two-headed boy bobbing in a jar, anthropomorphic vegetables and a variety of... (read more) Your price: $14.95 New - Trade Paper
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Fab: An Intimate Life of Paul McCartney by Howard Sounes Publisher Comments Howard Sounes, the bestselling author of Down the Highway: The Life of Bob Dylan and Charles Bukowski: Locked in the Arms of a Crazy Life, turns his considerable reporting and storytelling skills to one of the most famous, talented—and wealthiest... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Hardcover
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Then Sings My Soul: 150 of the World's Greatest Hymn Stories with Other by Robert J Morgan Publisher Comments Rob Morgan's inimitable style will help people reacquaint themselves with the hymns of the faithful. His goal is to keep these traditional hymns vital and meaningful to all generations. Don't look for a dry recounting of boring stories. These devotional... (read more) List Price $19.99 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Best Music Writing 2011 (Da Capo Best Music Writing) by Alex Ross Publisher Comments Best Music Writing has become one of the most eagerly awaited annuals of them all. Celebrating the year in music writing by gathering a rich array of essays, missives, and musings on every style of music from rock to hip-hop to R&B to jazz to pop to... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $11.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Black Sabbath: Master of Reality (33 1/3 Series) by John Darnielle Publisher Comments Black Sabbath's Master of Reality has maintained remarkable historical status over several generations; it's a touchstone for the directionless, and common coin for young men and women who've felt excluded from the broader cultural economy. John... (read more) Your price: $14.95 New - Trade Paper
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Bach's Feet: The Organ Pedals in European Culture (Musical Performance and Reception) by David Yearsley Publisher Comments The organist seated at the king of instruments with thousands of pipes rising all around him, his hands busy at the manuals and his feet patrolling the pedalboard, is a symbol of musical self-sufficiency yielding musical possibilities beyond that of any... (read more) Your price: $99.00 New - Hardcover
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Gospel Sound : Good News and Bad Times ((4TH)85 Edition) by Anthony Heilbut Publisher Comments This book relays the complete history of gospel music, paying special attention to the relationship between gospel and other African American musical forms in America such as jazz and RandB. It discusses specific gospel music singers as well as the world... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price: $11.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Songbook by Nick Hornby Publisher Comments "All I have to say about these songs is that I love them, and want to sing along to them, and force other people to listen to them, and get cross when these other people don't like them as much as I do"—Nick Hornby Songs, songwriters, and why and... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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CBGB & OMFUG: Thirty Years from the Home of Underground Rock by David Byrne Publisher Comments CBGBUs influence and legacy is honored with 200 photos of some of the most celebrated artists in music history. It includes an Introduction by Hilly Kristal, an Afterword by David Byrne, and additional commentary by numerous performers and patrons.... (read more) List Price $27.50 Your price: $7.95 Used - Hardcover
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Tom Waits: Swordfishtrombones (33 1/3 Series) by David Smay Publisher Comments Two entwined narratives run through the creation of Swordfishtrombones andform the backbone of this book. As the 1970s ended, Waits felt increasingly constrained and trapped by his persona and career. Bitter and desperately unhappy, he moved to New York... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Beethoven's Chamber Music in Context by Angus Watson Publisher Comments Watson provides professional and amateur musicians, and music lovers generally, with a complete survey of Beethoven's chamber music and the background to each individual work - the loyalty of patrons, musicians and friends on the one hand; increasing... (read more) Your price: $29.95 New - Trade Paper
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