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A guide to jazz recordings that every fan should know. It includes 1001 essential recordings from the authors' acclaimed guide, adding new information, revising and reassessing each entry, and showing how these key pieces tell the history of the music - and with it the history of the twentieth century.

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Beginning with Vera Lynn's 'We'll Meet Again', a song that reassured a nation parted from their loved ones by the turmoil of war, and culminating with the manic energy of 'Bonkers', Dizzee Rascal's anthem for the push and rush of the 21st century, this is an entertaining tour of Britain's popular music, and how it reflects society and the times.

(Hardback)

(Hardback)

Instead of hydrogen to helium, here you'll find James Brown to Kanye West - 94 artists that have defined Hip Hop arranged following the logic of The Periodic Table of Elements.

(Paperback)

Carhart, an American living in Paris, is intrigued by a piano repair shop hidden down a street near his apartment.

Packed with delicate cameos of Parisians and reflections on how pianos work and their glorious history, The Piano Shop on the Left Bank is an atmospheric and absorbing journey to an older way of life.

(Paperback)

A complete approach to musical study, from the first note you read to the beginnings of harmony. It simplifies music theory into easy logical steps, clearly written for all including the non-musical. In response to readers' requests, this new edition includes full answers and explanations to the questions posed at the end of each chapter.

(Hardback)

(Hardback)

The story behind the scandalous first performance of one of the most influential works in the history of music.

(Paperback)

The story behind the scandalous first performance of one of the most influential works in the history of music.

(Paperback)

Synopsis coming soon.......

(Paperback)

The story of the birth of acid house and dance music and club culture in the UK - as told by the men and women who made it happen.

(Hardback)

The Show Choir Handbook is a resource for current and future music educators who administer show choirs. With most literature on the topic either out of date or focused on the teaching techniques limited to vocal jazz, instructors are in dire need of a resource that addresses music produced by publishers and choral arrangers.

(Hardback)

Discovered at last, the legendary lost manuscript of Grateful Dead co-founder and primary lyricist Robert Hunter

(Paperback)

How many times have you heard a song and wondered what it's all about

(Paperback)

How do you make a song into a global smash hit that is guaranteed to make millions


In The Song Machine, John Seabrook dissects the workings of this machine, travelling the world to reveal its hidden formulas, and interview its geniuses the hitmakers at the centre of it all.

(Hardback)

For seven children and young adults, the summer of 1964 was a magical one, spent in Salzburg, Austria, filming. The Sound of Music: Family Scrapbook tells their story - both during the filming and once the movie was released.

(Paperback)

English National Opera Guides are ideal companions to the opera. They provide stimulating introductory articles together with the complete text of each opera in English and the original.

(Paperback)

From the Manchester backwaters to the worldwide 2012 tour, this title lays bare the irresistible tale of the last of the great bands. It traces the band's genesis, studded with violent gigs and abandoned recordings, and shaped by their infamous manager Gareth Evans.

(Paperback)

Accompanies BBC2's TV series and The Story of Music in 50 Pieces on Radio 3. The author leads us through the story of music as it happened, idea by idea, so that each musical innovation - harmony, notation, sung theatre, the orchestra, dance music, recording, broadcasting - strikes us with its original force.

(Hardback)

The fascinating story of how a budget classical record label became the leading provider of classical music and the man behind its success.

(Paperback)

Maria Trapp recalls the events that brought her talented family from Austria to the hills of New England.

(Paperback, No Edition)

(Paperback)

Mozart Treasures.

(Paperback)

The long forgotten story of Turkish psychedelic music in the twentieth century, told in relation to the social, political and cultural climate of the time.