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This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession by Daniel J. Levitin Staff Pick A revelation for music buffs and science geeks ... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper 
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Our Noise: The Story of Merge Records, the Indie Label That Got Big and Stayed Small by John Cook Publisher Comments Merge Records defies everything you've heard about the music business. Started by two twenty-year-old musicians, Merge is a lesson in how to make and market great music on a human scale. The fact that the company is prospering in a failing industry is... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $11.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century by Alex Ross Staff Pick Among its many other innovations, the 20th century was the first to truly have its own soundtrack. New Yorker music critic Alex Ross is nothing if not ambitious, and, as he tracks the history of 20th-century music (and the music of 20th-century history... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The House That George Built: With a Little Help from Irving, Cole, and a Crew of about Fifty by Wilfrid Sheed Publisher Comments From Irving Berlin to Cy Coleman, from “Alexander’s Ragtime Band” to “Big Spender,” from Tin Pan Alley to the MGM soundstages, the Golden Age of the American song embodied all that was cool, sexy, and sophisticated in... (read more) Your price: $16.00 New - Trade Paper
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The Wire Primers: A Guide to Modern Music by Rob (edt) Young Publisher Comments Since it was founded in 1982, The Wire magazine has covered a vast range of alternative, experimental, underground and non-mainstream music. Now some of that knowledge has been distilled into The Wire Primers: a comprehensive guide to the core recordings... (read more) Your price: $19.95 New - Trade Paper
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Heavy Rotation: Twenty Writers on the Albums That Changed Their Lives by Peter Terzian Staff Pick What do Talking Heads, ABBA, Pearl Jam, Eurythmics, Gloria Estefan, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, and the soundtrack to Annie have in common? They all inspired one of the writers in Heavy Rotation. These entertaining essays from such acclaimed authors as... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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A Fine Romance: Jewish Songwriters, American Songs by David Lehman Publisher Comments In A Fine Romance, David Lehman looks at the formation of the American songbook--the timeless numbers that became jazz standards, iconic love songs, and sound tracks to famous movies--and explores the extraordinary fact that this songbook was written... (read more) List Price $23.00 Your price: $14.95 Used - Hardcover
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Perfecting Sound Forever: An Aural History of Recorded Music by Greg Milner Publisher Comments In 1915, Thomas Edison proclaimed that he could record a live performance and reproduce it perfectly, shocking audiences who found themselves unable to tell whether what they were hearing was an Edison Diamond Disc or a flesh-and-blood musician. Today... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $25.00 Used - Hardcover
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Appetite for Self-Destruction: The Spectacular Crash of the Record Industry in the Digital Age by Steve Knopper Publisher Comments For the first time, Appetite for Self-Destruction recounts the epic story of the precipitous rise and fall of the recording industry over the past three decades, when the incredible success of the CD turned the music business into one of the most... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $10.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Creem: America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine by Robert Matheu Publisher Comments With raw photographs of rock's greatest stars and insightful prose by the legendary rock journalists who were stars in their own right, CREEM magazine stood at the forefront of youth counterculture from 1969 to 1988 as "America's Only Rock 'n' Roll... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $10.95 Used - Hardcover
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Stardust Melodies: The Biography of Twelve of America's Most Popular Songs by Will Friedwald Publisher Comments In Stardust Melodies, Will Friedwald takes each of these legendary songs apart and puts it together again, with a staggering wealth of detail and unprecedented understanding. Each chapter gives us an extended history of one song—the circumstances... (read more) List Price $27.50 Your price: $7.40 Used - Hardcover
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What to Listen for in Music by Aaron Copland Synopsis Now in trade paperback: aThe definitive guide to musical enjoymenta (Forum). In this fascinating analysis of how to listen to both contemporary and classical music analytically, eminent American composer Aaron Copland offers provocative suggestions that... (read more) Your price: $15.00 New - Trade Paper
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American Band: Music, Dreams, and Coming of Age in the Heartland by Kristen Laine Publisher Comments In the spirit of "Friday Night Lights," Laine presents the stirring story of a marching band from small-town middle America in this snapshot of a heartland community and its triumphs, disappointment, and drama.... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $4.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Story of the Supremes by Daryl (edt) Easlea Publisher Comments A dazzling celebration of one of the most successful musical groups of the sixties, The Story of the Supremes presents the incredible wardrobe that created the group’s unmistakable style and the billboards, posters, and photographs that made it... (read more) Your price: $19.95 New - Hardcover
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The World in Six Songs: How the Musical Brain Created Human Nature by Daniel J. Levitin Publisher Comments The author of the New York Times bestseller and Los Angeles Times Book Award Finalist This Is Your Brain on Music tunes us in to six evolutionary musical forms that brought about the evolution of human culture. An unprecedented blend of science and art... (read more) Your price: $16.00 New - Trade Paper
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Bach, Beethoven and the Boys - Tenth Anniversary Edition!: Music History as It Ought to Be Taught by David Barber Publisher Comments In our factory, we make lipstick; in our advertising, we sell hope. David Barber is a journalist, author, composer and performer who lives and works in Toronto. - Charles Revson, founder of Revlon Cosmetics Dave Donald works as an art director for a... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Oxford American Book of Great Music Writing by Marc Smirnoff Publisher Comments Not only have a breathtaking array of musical giants come from the Southathink Elvis Presley, Robert Johnson, Louis Armstrong, Jimmie Rodgers, to name just obvious examplesabut so have a breathtaking array of American music genres. From blues to rock... (read more) Your price: $34.95 New - Hardcover
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The Inner Game of Music by Barry Green Publisher Comments By the best-selling co-author of "Inner Tennis, " here's a book designed to help musicians overcome obstacles, help improve concentration, and reduce nervousness, allowing them to reach new levels of performing excellence and musical artistry.... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $12.95 Used - Hardcover
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All Hopped Up and Ready to Go: Music from the Streets of New York 1927-77 by Tony Fletcher Publisher Comments From Tony Fletcher, the acclaimed biographer of Keith Moon, comes an incisive history of New York's seminal music scenes and their vast contributions to our culture. Fletcher paints a vibrant picture of mid-twentieth-century New York and the ways in... (read more) Your price: $18.95 New - Trade Paper
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American Roots Music by Robert Santelli Publisher Comments American Roots Music, companion volume to the four-part prime-time PBS series, digs down deep to uncover the blues, gospel, folk, country & western, and other traditional genres at the heart of the nation's musical heritage. Incisive essays, informative... (read more) List Price $24.98 Your price: $12.95 Used - Hardcover
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