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London: Omnibus, 2002. revised. Softcover. Near Fine. Thick softcover volume, 563 pp. Illustrated with photos. The Revised and Updated edition. Near fine, slight evidence of use. The follow up book to Off The Record1, with more outrageous opinions and unrehearsed interviews--The Beatles in their own words, quips, attitude, verbal assaults and strong opinions dating from 1970 to 2002.

St. Martin's Press, 2018. First edition. Hardcover. As New/as new. As new in as new dust jacket. Hardcover. First edition. Includes exclusive audio CD. 354 pages, with index. Illustrated with black and white and colored photographs.

London: Andre Deutsch, 1989. Second Impression. Hardcover. As New/as new. As new in dust jacket. Hardcover. 586 pp. with index, bibliography. Illustrations. Second impression. The first volume of Cairns' monumental biography of French master composer and author Louis-Hector Berlioz. This opening volume covers the period from his birth in 1803 to 1832. He originally went at age 18 to Paris to study medicine but found he had neither interest nor aptitude in that field. It was here that he was exposed to cultural influences such as the Paris Opera, Paris Conseratoire, and the composer Christoph Gluck, whom he admired equally with Beethoven. He began composing circa 1825, entered the Conservatoire in 1826 and in 1827 saw English Shakespearian actrees Harriet Smithson on nthe stage as as Juliet and became obsessed with her (the two would marrty in 1833). In 1830, he composed his famed Symphonie Fantastique. He traveled to Italy in 1831 and continues to produced his most famous and influential works.

Scarborough House, 1974. Reissue. Paperback. Very Good. Reissue. Paperback. Very good condition. Black and white photographs scattered throughout. 253 pages. Index.

New Haven: Yale University Press, 2002. Hardcover. Fine/fine. A fine, fresh copy in equally fine dust jacket. Audio CD in pocket at rear. Hardcover. xii+ 256 pp. with index. Illustrated with musical notations. Practical guide for both listener and performer to the piano sonatas of Beethoven. The author places the sonatas in context and provides an understanding of the fromal principles involved in interpreting and peforming this unique repertoire; covered are such aspects a sonata form, phrasing, and tempo as well as the use of pedals and trills. The second part of the book looks at the sonatas individually, from the earliets works of the 1790s through the pieces of Beethoven's youthful popularity of the early 1800s, the subsequent years of mastery, the years of stress (1812-17), and the last three sonatas of the 1820s.

Mcgraw-hill, 1976. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/fair. First edition (no statement as is correct). Inscribed on the front free endpaper, "To Shirley and Norman/ All my best/ Robert Merrill". Hardcover. 240 pp. Illustrated with photos. Very good in dust jacket with significant chips top front and rear bottom panels. Memoirs and observations of Metropolitan Opera baritone, entertainment personality and master raconteur Robert Merrill. The stories he tells here bounce from the most sophisticated to the rowdiest and include tales featuring Richard Burton, Frank Sinatra, Richard Tucker, Sid Ceasar, Toscanini, and many others.

Grand Central Publishing, 2009. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. First edition, first printing. Fine in fine dust jacket. Hardcover. 363 pp. Foreword by Bruce Springsteen. Illustrated with photos. The story of the life and times of Clarence Clemons, the larger-than- life saxophone player of the legendary E Street Band. Filled with hilarious (and sometimes horrorfying) never-before-told stories about Clarnece's life, his friendship with Bruce Springsteen, and his encounters with famous people the world over.

Dust-to-digital, 2015. Hardcover. Fine. New, still in publisher's original shrink wrap. Oversized color illustrated hardcover. Issued without dust jacket. Collector Jim Linderman has arranged a storyboard of sorts that dramatizes the spirit of rock and roll in its early days. Wherever there was an urge to make electronic music, there was an uncredited photographer there ot snap an image and these are the photographs that comprise this fascinating collection. With a conversation with Joe Bonomo.

New York: Routledge, 2002. First edition. Hardcover. As New/as new. As new in dust jacket. First edition/printing. Hardcover. xvii+ 254 pp. with bibliography, index of music titles, general index. Illustrated. The compelling stories of the lives and times of eight seminal figures in American music---Scott Joplin, Jelly Roll Morton, Louis Armstrong, Eubie Blake, Luckey Roberts, James P. Johnson, Willie The Lion Smith, Fats Waller.

Schirmer Books, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Fine, fresh, unread copy in equally fine dust jacket. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. 444 pp. with index of song titles, general index, discography. Illustrated. The triumphant story of the African Amewrican experience on Broadway seen through the rediscovered life of a unique, lyric-writing genius, Andy Razaf. Born Andrea Razafkeriefo in 1895, a descendant of the royal family of Magagascar, actually had a brief pitching career with Cleveland in baseball's Negro Leagues. He turned to songwriting, creating with partners like Fats Waller, James P. Johnson, and Hubie Blake. His more than 800 songs included such landmark standards as "Ain't Misbehavin'", Honeysuckle Rose", The Joint Is Jumpin'", "Stompin' At The Savoy", and the bawdy "My Handy Man". He was just 17 years old when his first professional song, "Baltmo'" was performed at the Winter Garden Theater in New York. "Keep Shufflin'" (1928) was his first Broadway show and his… Leer más

Chronicle Books, 2002. First American edition. Softcover. Fine. Color illustrated stiff self-wrappers. 287 pp. Illustrated on every page with color images of the album covers. Genrally fine, mere hint of use. A collection of nearly 400 examples of album cover artfrom the world's best loved jazz label, spanning the 1940s through the 1970s. It features the greatest work of legendary Blue Note art directorReid Miles.

Toronto: Power Chord Press, 2009. first printing. Softcover. Fine. Fine. Signed and inscribed by the author: "To __, R U ready to read?! Martin Popoff". First printing. Softcover. 302 pp (w/ discography). An obscure biography of the rock band, Blue Oyster Cult. The band established themselves as a stadium rock band with the hits "Don't Fear the Reaper" and "Burnin for You". This quirky book digs into the stories behind the songs and the band's adventures on tour. With black & white photographs.

London: Ward and Lock, 1857. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Very scarce. First edition, (OCLC locates only 3 copies in book form) 24mo in floral paper covered boards over three quarter dark brown cloth. 128 pp. with topical index. A tight example, interior clean and bright; we suspect the floral paper on the boards is somewhat later than the bookissuance; there is rubbing and shallow edgewear to the spine strip. The second front black has some chipping along its edge. In his introductory remaks, the editor notes that the American colonies in the early days were largely dependent on Great Britain for their popular music (he ponders that if "..the Puritans pf Plymouth and Quakers of Pennsylvania sung...we can readity imagine that their vocalism was rather restricted...".. He notes that Americans looked to the mothjer country for their popular songs but notes that at the present day, American song traveled to Great Britain and "..the ear is assailed with those terrible concoctions… Leer más

NY: Penguin USA, 1988. Soft Cover. Softcovers, 244 pps. with index of composers and index of compositions. A delightful compilation of musical lists, trivia and minutae about composers and their works. A fine, unused copy.

Milwaukee: Backbeat Books, 2018. Revised. Softcover. Fine. Softcovers. Fine, fresh, apparently unread copy, signed by Garson on the title page (also what may be Slapper's signature (though whatever it is looks crossed out). Revised sand updated edition. 311 p.with biliography, index, discography. Illustrated with photographs. Biography of pianist Mike Garson, David Bowie's most frequent musician, on record and onstage. They played over a thousand shows together between 1972 and 2006, and Garson is features on over twenty of Bowie's albums. Written by fellow pianist Clifford Sapper, who also played with Bowie, this edition is completely updated with new interviews with Garson and others post-Bowie's death.

NY: Praeger, 1972. First. Hard Cover. Yes. First edition. A very fine, fresh copy in bright, crisp dust jacket. 202 pps. with index, bibliography. Illustrated. Provocative study of Johannes Brahms which provides a fresh and much needed assessment of the artistic achievments and established facts of his life and career. From the personal library of former New York City Opera managing director Daniel Rule and with his ownership signature on the front paste down and , as was his habit, again on page 99.

New York: Morrow, 2012. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. First edition/ first printing. A very fine, fresh, unread copy in equally fine dust jacket. Hardcover. xxi+290 pp. Illustrated. Remarkably scarce in hardcover, a handbook to all things Heavy Metal from guitarist, singer and songwrited Zakk Wylde. Wylde is best known as front man for Ozzy Osbourne and founder, lead guitarist and lead singer of the heavy metal band Black Label Society.

Holt, Rinehart And Winston, 1973. First American edition. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. First American Edition. Hardcover. In fine condition with a near fine dust jacket. 200 pages with index.

New York & Chicago: Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor & Co, 1869. First. Cloth. Very Good Plus. First printing. Oblong octavo in limp dark brown cloth covered boards lettered in gilt; 68 pps. plus index; illustrated throughout with woodcut diagrams of children doing calisthenic exercises. An unusal songster comprised of music for children to sing and to exercise by. Most of the songs contained herein, printed with lyrics and music, are accompanied by several small woodcuts of boys and girls performing calestenic exercises and detailed instructions as to how to perform them properly. A solid, very good or better copy, gilt nearly complete; occasional foxing throughout.

1961 NY:Random House. First edition (stated). Near fine in red cloth spine and blue paper covered boards with affixed photo plate of Julie Andrews and Richard Burton. A trifle sunned at the edges. There is a damp stain to the front pastedown, front fly and half title as well as a lighter dampstain to the rear blanks and lightly affecting the bottom portion of the last 8 pages of text. In a very good dust jacket (pc) worn about the edges.