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Black Sabbath: Master of Reality (33 1/3 Series)
by John Darnielle  Publisher Comments John Darnielle describes Master of Reality in the voice of a fifteen-year-old boy being held in an adolescent psychiatric center in southern California in 1985. The narrator explains Black Sabbath like an emissary from an alien race describing his...
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The Music Lesson: A Spiritual Search for Growth through Music
by Victor L. Wooten Publisher Comments From Grammy-winning musical icon and legendary bassist Victor L. Wooten comes The Music Lesson, the story of a struggling young musician who wanted music to be his life, and who wanted his life to be great. Then, from nowhere it seemed, a teacher arrived....
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Eye Mind: The Saga of Roky Erickson and the 13th Floor Elevators, the Pioneers of Psychedelic Sound
by Paul Drummond Publisher Comments "One of the most exhilarating and important rock 'n'roll stories ever told."-Julian Cope The trailblazing 13th Floor Elevators released the first "psychedelic"rock album in America, transforming culture throughout the 1960s and beyond. The Elevators...
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Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon--And the Journey of a Generation
by Sheila Weller Publisher Comments A groundbreaking and irresistible biography of three of America's most important musical artists -- Carole King, Joni Mitchell, and Carly Simon -- charts their lives as women at a magical moment in time. Carole King, Joni Mitchell, and Carly Simon...
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Drugs Are Nice: A Post-Punk Memoir
by Lisa Crystal Carver Publisher Comments In this eye-opening memoir, Lisa Crystal Carver recalls her extraordinary youth and charts the late-80s, early-90s punk subculture that she helped shape. She recounts how her band Suckdog was born in 1987 and the wild events that followed: leaving small...
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Searching for the Sound: My Life with The Grateful Dead (includes Grateful Dead Rarities CD)
by Phil Lesh Publisher Comments The bass player for the greatest improvisational band in American history tells the full, true story of his life, Jerry Garcia, and the Dead. Phil Lesh first met Jerry Garcia in 1959 in the clubs of East Palo Alto, California. At Garcia's suggestion,...
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Neil Young: Harvest (33 1/3 Series)
by Sam Inglis Publisher Comments 33 1/3 is a series of short books about a wide variety of albums, by artists ranging from James Brown to the Beastie Boys. Launched in September 2003, the series now contains over 50 titles and is acclaimed and loved by fans, musicians and scholars alike....
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Rock On: An Office Power Ballad
by Dan Kennedy 
Powells.com Staff Pick Cleverly written and feverishly funny, Rock On is Dan Kennedy's account of his music-biz shenanigans at Atlantic Records. Written with entertaining and self-deprecating wit, Kennedy’s off-the-wall confrontations and dealings make for irresistible...
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A Freewheelin' Time: A Memoir of Greenwich Village in the Sixties
by Suze Rotolo Publisher Comments A Freewheelin’ Time is Suze Rotolo’s firsthand, eyewitness, participant-observer account of the immensely creative and fertile years of the 1960s, just before the circus was in full swing and Bob Dylan became the anointed ringmaster. It...
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Scar Tissue
by Anthony Kiedis and Larry Sloman Publisher Comments This "New York Times" bestseller by the lead singer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers is a compelling story of the price of success and excess, dedication and debauchery, intrigue and integrity, and recklessness and redemption that could only come from the...
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Brian Jones - Who Killed Christopher Robin?: The Truth Behind the Murder of a Rolling Stone
by Terry Rawlings Publisher Comments Brian Jones was initially the Stones' creative driving force, but by the late '60s, he was drinking too much and strung out on drugs. He left the band in 1969 and three weeks later was found dead in his swimming pool. Acclaimed author Terry Rawlings...
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The Bob Dylan Scrapbook: 1956-1966 with Other and CD (Audio)
by Bob Dylan Publisher Comments The Bob Dylan Scrapbook is the highly collectable illustrated biography of Dylan's life during the 1950s and 60s. Created in association with Bob Dylan, the Scrapbook is crammed with features including rare photographs, facsimiles of handwritten lyrics...
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DJ Shadow: Endtroducing (33 1/3 Series)
by Eliot Wilder Publisher Comments 33 1/3 is a series of short books about a wide variety of albums, by artists ranging from James Brown to the Beastie Boys. Launched in September 2003, the series now contains over 50 titles and is acclaimed and loved by fans, musicians and scholars alike....
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The Beatles: Let It Be (33 1/3 Series)
by Steve Matteo Publisher Comments 33 1/3 is a series of short books about a wide variety of albums, by artists ranging from James Brown to the Beastie Boys. Launched in September 2003, the series now contains over 50 titles and is acclaimed and loved by fans, musicians and scholars alike....
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Sonic Youth: Daydream Nation (33 1/3 Series)
by Matthew Stearns Publisher Comments Daydream Nation is the kind of gorgeous monstrosity (born of extremes, rife with difficulties, and mythic in proportion) that can crush the will of the most resilient, well-intentioned listener if the necessary preparations haven't been made. Matthew...
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Dream Brother: The Lives and Music of Jeff and Tim Buckley
by David Browne Publisher Comments Chapter One "My grandfather had a beautiful voice. Irish tenor. Beautiful. Too much of a military hardass to deal with his own and his son's talents. I wish it were otherwise. I love you, you poor bastards.... With a father like this man, it is no wonder...
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Room Full of Mirrors: A Biography of Jimi Hendrix
by Charles R Cross
Powells.com Staff Pick Published to coincide with the thirty-fifth anniversary of Jimi Hendrix's death, Room Full of Mirrors gives full voice to the music that continues to enthrall each successive generation of rock fans. Hendrix's colorful, tumultuous life is brilliantly...
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Bob Dylan: Highway 61 Revisited (33 1/3 Series)
by Mark Polizzotti Publisher Comments Highway 61 Revisited resonates because of its enduring emotional appeal. Few songwriters before Dylan or since have combined so effectively the intensely personal with the spectacularly universal. In "Like a Rolling Stone," his gleeful excoriation of...
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Clapton
by Eric Clapton Publisher Comments In "Clapton: The Autobiography," one of the most revered and private figures in the history of rock, blues, and pop finally shares his astonishing life story. The perfect gift for any Slow Hand fan....
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Life with My Sister Madonna
by Christopher Ciccone Synopsis Ciccone's extraordinary memoir is based on his life and forty-seven years of growing up with and working with his sister - the most famous woman in the world....
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