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Rolling Stone: 1,000 Covers: A History of the Most Influencial Magazine in Pop Culture
by Jann S Wenner  Publisher Comments For the past 39 years, the covers of Rolling Stone have depicted the great icons of popular culture, from John Lennon, Bob Dylan, the Rolling Stones, and Madonna to Steve Martin, Uma Thurman, and Richard Nixon. Often it was an appearance on the cover...
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Tom Waits: Swordfishtrombones (33 1/3 Series)
by David Smay 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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The Beatles as Musicians: The Quarry Men Through Rubber Soul
by Walter Everett Publisher Comments The Beatles as Musicians: The Quarry Men through Rubber Soul is a comprehensive, chronologically-ordered study of every aspect of the group's musical life--composition, performance, recording and reception histories--from its beginnings in 1956 through...
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Greetings from E Street: The Story of Bruce Springsteen with Poster and Other
by Robert Santelli Publisher Comments LIFE ON E STREET is the first and only collective biography of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band written with participation from its members. Over 200 photos, documents, handwritten notes, and souvenirs join tour stories, reminiscences, and little...
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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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Local Heroes: The Asbury Park Music Scene
by Anders Martensson Synopsis Original interviews where readers will hear first-hand from the people who wrote, performed, and lived the music. Readers will revisit the myths, legends, and romantic visions of the music scene in a town that is striving to make a comeback. Accompanied...
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The Jimmy Buffett Concert Handbook: The Unauthorized Guide
by Elizabe Encarnacion Publisher Comments Here’s your passport to Margaritaville! Over the years, Jimmy Buffett’s yearly concert tours have evolved into beach-themed extravaganzas. But as any true Buffett fan knows, to fully experience the fun you have to plunge into the pre-concert...
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Heart: In the Studio
by Jake Brown Publisher Comments Profiling one of the most popular and enduring female-fronted hard rock bands in rock 'n' roll, this book offers a backstage pass to the writing and recording of all of Heart’s hit albums and smash singles. Featuring exclusive interviews with...
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Join Together: Forty Years of the Rock Music Festival
by Marley Brant Synopsis Landmark book on live music's most high-profiled and historical concerts. Although popular music has changed and evolved through the years, the rock festival remains a distinctly exciting phenomenon where anything goes, and controversy is common... and...
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Counterculture Kaleidoscope: Musical and Cultural Perspectives on Late Sixties San Francisco
by Nadya Zimmerman Publisher Comments Forty years after the fact, 1960s counterculture---personified by hippies, protest, and the Summer of Love---basks in a nostalgic glow in the popular imagination as a turning point in modern American history and the end of the age of innocence. Yet...
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Fargo Rock City: A Heavy Metal Odyssey in Rural North Dakota
by Chuck Klosterman
Publisher Comments Empirically proving that -- no matter where you are -- kids wanna rock, this is Chuck Klosterman's hilrious memoir of growing up as a shameless metalhead in Wyndmere, North Dakotoa (population: 498). With a voice like Ace Frehley's guitar, Klosterman...
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My Bloody Valentine: Loveless (33 1/3 Series)
by Mike McGonigal 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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Rip It Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978-1984
by Simon Reynolds Publisher Comments Rip It Up and Start Again is the first book-length exploration of the wildly adventurous music created in the years after punk. Renowned music journalist Simon Reynolds celebrates the futurist spirit of such bands as Joy Division, Gang of Four, Talking...
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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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Rock Star Babylon: Outrageous Rumors, Legends, and Raucous True Tales of Rock and Roll Icons
by Jon Holmes Publisher Comments Rockers Behaving Badly From Ozzy Osbourne to Chuck Berry, Courtney Love to Keith Moon, Rock Star Babylon has gathered together the most outrageous antics and diva-esque misbehavior in the annals of rock. Here in a single volume are the most wickedly...
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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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Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll Re 3RD Edition
by Holly George Warren Publisher Comments Completely updated with new entries and extensive revisions of the previous 1,800, The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia Of RockandRoll is the authoritative volume on the world's music makers -- from the one-hit wonders to the megastars. In 1983, Rolling Stone...
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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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Beastie Boys: Paul's Boutique (33 1/3 Series)
by Dan LeRoy 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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