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An informative, illustrated guide to the 35 of the most important rap songs ever released

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33 1/3 is a new series of short books about critically acclaimed and much-loved albums of the last 40 years. Each focuses on one album rather than an artist's entire output. Velvet Underground's first album - with the Andy Warhol banana cover - introduced, along with 'Sgt. Pepper', a new form of rock music: the artsy concept album.

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Ultimate Heavy Metal Guitars profiles 80+ heavy metal guitarists from the 1970s to today, featuring performance photography and an authoritative text detailing the careers and gear of each.

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An illustrated celebration of the Best Beatles songs, ranked from 1 to 100. Each selected song is explained with an expert commentary, historical context, interview material and fascinating facts and trivia. Like all "best of" lists, the book's opinionated stance generates animated discussion.

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In 1963, in a south London hotel, Andrew Loog Oldham discovered an unknown rhythm and blues band called the Rolling Stones and became their manager and producer; 2Stoned is the remarkable record of these years, when Oldham's radical strategies transformed them into the Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Band That Ever Drew Breath.

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Featuring Nick Hornby, this book includes about 31 songs written by that either have some great significance in his life - or are just songs that he loves. He discusses, among other things, guitar solos and losing your virginity to a Rod Stewart song and singers whose teeth whistle and the sort of music you hear in Body Shop.

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Hepworths knowledge and understanding of rock history is prodigious [a] hugely entertaining study of the LPs golden age The Times
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The era of the LP began in 1967, with Sgt Pepper;

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From prolific metal guitarist and songwriter for Exodus (and formerly Slayer) Gary Holt comes an entertaining and deeply personal memoir of Holt's "destruction-laden" life, along with a firsthand account of the genesis of the Thrash Metal scene, from its origins in the Bay Area to its world domination

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The untold story of the making of Johnny Cash's most controversial album, Bitter Tears

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Tony Fletchers A Light That Never Goes Out part celebration, part paean moves from Manchester in the nineteenth-century to the present day to tell the complete story of The Smiths.

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From a national treasure, the selected lyrics of Billy Bragg.

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Reissue of a riotous chronicle of one of the UK's greatest punk rock bands - the Clash

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Journalist Amy Raphael talks to 18 incredible women about their experiences as musicians and the music industry with fascinating and illuminating results

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The inside story of the Rolling Stones according to the Rolling Stones themselves.

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Starting out as a backing group for Ronnie Hawkins, before being propelled on to the world stage by Bob Dylan, The Band literally changed the course of music with their first two albums.

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Adele touches the hearts of millions of people who love her for her music and share the real and honest emotion she brings to each and every song. In a cynical age, she is a phenomenon.

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From former Talking Heads frontman and multimedia visionary David Byrne and revered bestselling author, illustrator, and artist Maira Kalman--an inspiring celebration in words and art of the connections between us all.

Don't miss the Spike Lee film of the Broadway hit American Utopia--on HBO.
A Beat Most Anticipated Graphic Novel of Fall 2020

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Collects lyrics from the popular rap artist's two albums and includes his commentary on the origin of each song.

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'APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION has the best of Wall's Kerrang! features, each bolstered by new, insightful post-scripts. You won't read a funnier rock book****' MOJO

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Introducing the reader to the wisdom of Art Blakey's - One of the greatest jazz performers and teachers of all time - teaching through his quotes and reaching into the deepest grotto of the meaning of each one of them.

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From the ultimate David Bowie expert comes an exploration of the final four decades of his musical career, covering every song he wrote, performed or produced.