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The story of Motown
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Peter Benjaminson |
Motown was part of growing up in the 1960's and 70's. An amazing number of well-known stars worked for Motown: Diana Ross and the Supremes, Martha Reeves and the Vandellas, Gladys Knight and the Pips… |
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Bowie in Berlin
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Thomas Jerome Seabrook |
By 1975 rock icon David Bowie was in crisis. Lost in Los Angeles, he was ravaged by cocaine abuse, overwork, and an obsession with the occult, while his marriage lay in tatters. Desperate to reignite… |
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Lovestruck Summer
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Melissa Walker |
Austin music festYay, summer in Austin!Good food, good times. Fun for everyone!Okay, living with my sorority-brainwashed cousin, who willingly goes by "Party Penny," is not exactly what I had in mind… |
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Cutting a record in Nashville
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Lani Van Ryzin |
Text and photographs record the steps involved in cutting a record in Nashville, one of the nation's top recording cities. |
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Bahama burnout
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Don Bruns |
For rock and roll writer Mick Sever, another story, another deadly island paradise is all in a day's work. This time, Mick heads to Nassau, Bahamas, home of the legendary Highland Studio. Known for p… |
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How Music Got Free
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Stephen Witt |
This book is a riveting story of obsession, music, crime, and money, featuring visionaries and criminals, moguls and tech-savvy teenagers. It's about the greatest pirate in history, the most powerful… |
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Cowboys and indies
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Gareth Murphy |
From the invention of the earliest known sound-recording device in 1850s Paris to the CD crash and digital boom today, Murphy takes readers on an entertaining and encyclopedic ride through the many c… |
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Moses Avalons 100 Answers To 50 Questions On The Music Busine
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Moses Avalon |
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The Longest Cocktail Party
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Richard DiLello |
"The Longest Cocktail Party is a unique document of its time. Keenly sought by fans and collectors of rock'n'roll history, Richard DiLello's Apple memoir has been unavailable since its first publicat… |
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White Bicycles
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Joe Boyd |
When Muddy Waters came to London at the start of the '60s, a kid from Boston called Joe Boyd was his tour manager; when Dylan went electric at the Newport Festival, Joe Boyd was plugging in his guita… |
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Once upon a time in Shaolin
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Cyrus Bozorgmehr |
Reveals how the Wu-Tang Clan secretly recorded a single-copy album before auctioning it for millions to one of the most hated men in America, detailing how they prevented leaks using strategies that … |
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The jazz bubble
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Dale Chapman |
"Hailed by corporate, philanthropic, and governmental organizations as a metaphor for democratic interaction and business dynamics, contemporary jazz culture has a story to tell about the relationshi… |
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Ralph Peer and the making of popular roots music
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Barry Mazor |
The first biography of Ralph Peer, the adventurous A&R man and music publisher who changed the breadth and flavor of popular music in the United States and around the world, a man who was crucial in … |
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Blue Note
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Francis Wolff |
One hundred of the musicians who defined the premier jazz label are celebrated in photographs taken from 1948-1969 by Wolff. Each photograph is identified by subject, session or album being cut, and … |
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Sound explosion!
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Ken Sharp |
A look at the members of Wrecking Crew, a group of L.A. studio musicians who played uncredited on some of the 1960s and early 1970s most recognizable recordings. Told through interview excerpts with … |
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Zits
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Jerry Scott,Prue Scott,Jim Borgman |
"Based on the hit comic strip Zits and featuring over 300 sidesplitting illustrations, Shredded follows high school sophomore Jeremy Duncan and his band, Goat Cheese Pizza, on an epic road adventure … |
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A life for a life 2
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Mike Jefferies |
"Drako is back to finish what he started! Now with his own label, Reality Records, up and running and a few won't-back-down soldiers behind it, nothing can stop him. He still has his list of white co… |
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Suzanne de Passe
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Mark Mussari |
A biography of the president of Motown Productions, a bright, determined woman whose business gifts have brought her many awards in television and movie production. |
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Inside the Music Business (Blueprint)
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Tony Barrow |
This book is a comprehensive guide to a career in the music industry. Offering advice as to how to get into the business, it explains the main features of a wide range of jobs, such as management, pr… |
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The Hit Charade
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Tyler Gray |
Without Lou Pearlman, there would have been no Backstreet Boys, no *NSYNC, and possibly no Justin Timberlake. In the late 1990s, Pearlman's boy bands ushered out guitar-and-angst-driven grunge music,… |
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