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Tearing Down the Wall of Sound: The Rise and Fall of Phil Spector by Mick Brown Publisher Comments “Tearing Down the Wall of Sound is a remarkable book about, among other things, fame, obsession, genius, money and madness. It paints the fullest picture yet of a man who, whether creating some of the greatest pop music of all time, or destroying the... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Hardcover 
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Wonderful Tonight: George Harrison, Eric Clapton, and Me by Pattie Boyd Publisher Comments An iconic figure of the 1960s and '70s, Pattie Boyd breaks a forty-year silence in Wonderful Tonight, and tells the story of how she found herself bound to two of the most addictive, promiscuous musical geniuses of the twentieth century and became the... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $6.50 Used - Hardcover
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Are We Still Rolling?: Studios, Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll - One Man's Journey Recording Classic Albums by Phill Brown Publisher Comments From the author's first glimpse of a magical recording studio in the mid-1960s up through a busy career that continues to the present day, this rollicking story can only be told by those that werethere. As the young tape operator on sessions for The... (read more) Your price: $18.00 New - Trade Paper
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He's a Rebel: Phil Spector: Rock & Rolls Lengendary Producer by Mark Ribowsky Publisher Comments Phil Spector created the "wall of sound," produced the Beatles' last record, persuaded the Ramones to go "pop," made the Righteous Brothers sound respectable, and was a millionaire by the age of twenty-one. His credits include some of the most indelible... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Last Living Slut: Born in Iran, Bred Backstage by Roxana Shirazi Publisher Comments The outrageous, yet surprisingly moving, memoir of a girl who fled the Iranian Revolution—and found her salvation in the deliriously sexy life of a rock-'n'-roll groupie. Honest, provocative, and vividly written, The Last Living Slut is the memoir... (read more) List Price $25.99 Your price: $17.95 Used - Hardcover
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Apple Training Series: Garageband 2 (Apple Training) by Mary Plummer Publisher Comments Now that you can record eight simultaneous tracks with it, GarageBand 2 really does turn your Mac into a full-featured recording studio. To start taking advantage of it immediately, you (and your band-mates) need this Apple-certified guide from composer... (read more) List Price $27.25 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Hound Dog: The Leiber & Stoller Autobiography by Jerry Leiber Publisher Comments IN 1950 a couple of rhythm and blues-loving teenagers named Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller met for the first time. They discovered their mutual affection for R&B and, as Jerry and Mike put it in this fascinating autobiography, began an argument that... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Restless Giant: The Life and Times of Jean Aberbach and Hill and Range Songs (Music in American Life) by Bar Biszick Lockwood Publisher Comments Restless Giant is a fascinating account of the life and times of Jean Aberbach, the elusive music publishing legend who, with his brother Julian, built one of music history's most powerful popular music publishing companies: Hill and Range Songs. During... (read more) List Price $30.75 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Dandelion: Memoir of a Free Spirit by Catherine James Publisher Comments “The rare celebrity-crammed memoir that would be worth reading even without the bold-faced names."--Kirkus Reviews Catherine James neglect by her young, beautiful mother cast a shadow over her Los Angeles childhood and made her long not... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $11.50 Used - Hardcover
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Everything Is an Afterthought: The Life and Writings of Paul Nelson by Kevin Avery Publisher Comments What happened to Paul Nelson? In the '60s, he pioneered rock & roll criticism with a first-person style of writing that would later be popularized by the likes of Tom Wolfe and Norman Mailer as "New Journalism." As co-founding editor of The Little... (read more) Your price: $29.99 New - Hardcover
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Fall to Pieces: A Memoir of Drugs, Rock 'n' Roll, and Mental Illness by Mary Weiland Publisher Comments In March 2007, twenty-four hours after Mary Weiland dragged her husband Scott's pricey rock-star wardrobe onto their driveway and torched it, she was locked up in a mental hospital. Watching all this were her frightened extended family, a conflicted... (read more) List Price $25.99 Your price: $14.95 Used - Hardcover
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Miss O'Dell: My Hard Days and Long Nights with the Beatles, the Stones, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, and the Women They Loved by Chris Odell Publisher Comments CHRIS ODELL WASNT FAMOUS. SHE WASNT EVEN ALMOST FAMOUS. BUT SHE WAS THERE. * She was in the studio when the Beatles recorded The White Album, Abbey Road, and Let It Be, and she sang in the “Hey Jude” chorus. * She lived with... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Wonderful Tonight: George Harrison, Eric Clapton, and Me by Pattie Boyd Publisher Comments Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller For the first time, rock musics most famous muse tells her incredible story Pattie Boyd, former wife of both George Harrison and Eric Clapton, finally breaks a forty-year silence and tells the story of how she found... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Wall of Pain: The Biography of Phil Spector by Dave Thompson Publisher Comments Coinciding with his trial on charges of first degree murder, this is a timely perspective on the reclusive, eccentric record producer. Phil Spector changed the way pop records were produced by creating the Wall of Sound effect, which featured soaring... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Howling at the Moon: The Odyssey of a Monstrous Music Mogul in an Age of Excess by Walter Yetnikoff Publisher Comments Show biz memoir at its name-dropping, bridge-burning, profane best: the music industry’s most outspoken, outrageous, and phenomenally successful executive delivers a rollicking memoir of pop music’s heyday. During the 1970s and '80s the music... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $8.50 Used - Hardcover
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The First Rock'n'roll Bodyguard: Alf Weaver by Alf Weaver Publisher Comments Alf Weaver single-handedly created the blueprint for today's celebrity bodyguard and for the last four decades has protected the biggest names in the entertainment business--Frank Sinatra, Madonna, Neil Diamond, John Denver, Bruce Springsteen, Diana Ross,... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $4.50 Used - Hardcover
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Hound Dog: The Leiber and Stoller Autobiography by Jerry Leiber Publisher Comments From “Hound Dog” and “Stand by Me,” to “Yakety Yak” and “Kansas City,” Leiber and Stoller composed the soundtrack of the 1950s and 1960s. They set records—in four hours they wrote four songs that... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover
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You Can't Always Get What You Want: My Life with the Rolling Stones, the Grateful Dead and Other Wonderful Reprobates by Sam Cutler Publisher Comments An exhilarating, all-access rock memoir from someone who has seen and done it all, this telling recounts the many experiences of Sam Cutler, the former tour manager of the Rolling Stones and the Grateful Dead. With intimate portraits of other stars of... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $12.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Miss O'Dell: My Hard Days and Long Nights with the Beatles, the Stones, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, and the Women They Loved by Chris Odell Publisher Comments CHRIS O'DELL WASN'T FAMOUS. SHE WASN'T EVEN ALMOST FAMOUS. BUT SHE WAS THERE. She was in the studio when the Beatles recorded The White Album, Abbey Road, and Let It Be, and when Paul recorded "Hey Jude," she sang in the chorus. She was at Ringo's... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Rock Roadie: Backstage and Confidential with Hendrix, Elvis, the Animals, Tina Turner, and an All-Star Cast by James Tappy Wright Publisher Comments A former roadie tells behind-the-scenes stories from the wild world of ‘60s and ‘70s rock music in the colorful tradition of Im With the Band and Wonderful Tonight As a roadie for some of the worlds biggest music stars, James “Tappy”... (read more) List Price $25.99 Your price: $17.95 Used - Hardcover
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