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A hair-raising backstage memoir of the Alice Cooper group, from the bassist and co-songwriter, co-written by the journalist who first covered the band for Rolling Stone.

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A book on the craft of musicmaking, an informative source for musicians and songwriters, and a historical record of the popular music of this century.

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A study of a life lived in an environment of wild music and endless wonder, Sonic Life is the long-awaited memoir of iconic American musician and Sonic Youth frontman, Thurston Moore.

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An exploration of the production, transmission, and mutation of affective tonalitywhen sound helps produce a bad vibe.

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Sonic Youth Slept on My Floor is a lively, revelatory and gloriously well-written memoir of Dave Haslam's life and work in some of the most interesting corners of contemporary culture. It's a masterful insider account of life at the Hacienda, the rise of Madchester and the birth of the rave era.

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A compelling memoir by soul legend P.P. Arnold, charting the musical highs and personal lows of her extraordinary life.

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"This is a theoretical music technology book, influenced by new research in embodied music cognition. The main focus is on musical instruments and how they shape our experiences of music"--

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"Sounding Bodies presents the ancient Greek connections between music and medicine, their reception leading to the "sonic turn" in the eighteenth century, new kinds of sonic intervention in psychic disorders and new biological applications of sound"--

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Acclaimed writer Lloyd Bradley explores the influence of immigrant cultures on London's music scene.

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'Get the inside scoop on all things Spice!'
OK! Magazine

'A compelling new book' Daily Express

From the moment they burst into our lives, the Spice Girls have inspired millions around the world.

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The hands-down best biography of Led Zeppelin ever written. Richard Cole was Led Zeppelin's road manager for 12 years and gives a down-&-dirty, no-holds-barred account of living with the band.

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Packed with quotes, this little book is all about the Gibb brothers, the most successful family pop act ever.

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A year in the life of Lawrence, Britain's most singular musical genius who never hit the big time.

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An author's collection of photographs of the early days and life of one of the world's most legendary performers Bruce Springsteen that span from an afternoon spent in Holmdel at Telegraph Hill Road, drives on Highway 9, afternoons spent in the author's studio, to the days goofing around playing softball with the rest of the E Street Kings.

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First published in 1948, Structural Functions of Harmony is Schoenberg's last theoretical work and contains his ultimate thoughts on classical and romantic harmony. The many music examples range from the entire development sections of classical symphonies to analyses of the harmonic progressions of Strauss, Debussy, Reger, and his own early music.

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A selection of Paul Weller's lyrics which draws on songs written for "The Jam", "The Style Council" and solo releases that tell stories of life and love, rage and romance.

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The first full biography of 'the father of rock 'n' roll'.

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The first ever selection of lyrics by the iconic Scott Walker, hand picked by the artist.

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'To Richter (no first name necessary), warm greetings to the best pianist in the Soviet Union - indeed in the whole world.' Prokofiev Throughout a life dedicated to music, Richter maintained a stubborn silence about his own ideals and aspirations.

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A theory of expectations is used to explain how music evokes various emotions; for readers interested in cognitive science and evolutionary psychology as well as music.

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The story of the birth of modern rhythm-and-blues, reborn in the White Rabbit Deep Cuts series