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Librerías en Blues
Searching For Robert Johnson
de Peter Guralnick
Robert Johnson, while probably the most influential of all blues guitarists, is also one of the most obscure. Recognized as an influence on musicians like Eric Clapton and the Rolling Stones, Johnson was poisoned by a jealous husband in 1938--at the age of twenty-seven. This untimely death, his supposed bargain with the devil that enabled him to play guitar, and the ferocity and tormented originality of his work have given rise to a legend that has inspired a Hollywood movie and numerous stories. Peter...
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Sir Walter Scott
de John Buchan
Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet (15 August 1771 – 21 September 1832) was a prolific Scottish historical novelist and poet, popular throughout Europe during his time. Scott has been said to be particularly associated with Toryism, though several passages in Tales of a Grandfather display a liberal, progressive and Unionist outlook on Scotland's history.
W C Handy's Saint Louis Blues Featured By Louis Armstrong and His All Stars In the Columbia Record Album No Cl 591
de W C Handy
What's the Use Of Walking If There's a Freight Train Going Your Way? Black Hoboes & Their Songs
de Paul and Gene Tomko Garon
Includes bibliographical references (p. 268-276) and index
Compact disc accompanying this book shelved in the Music Listening Center
Compact disc accompanying this book shelved in the Music Listening Center
Blues Libros & Coleccionables
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[Photograph of Billy Cox]
npl: npub, nd. Photograph. 8x6 inch photograph of Billy "William" Cox, in very good condition. Bassist for Jimi Hendrix.
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EUR 42.41
If It Sounds Good, It Is Good: Seeking Subversion, Transcendence, and Solace in America's Music
de Manning, Richard
Oakland: PM Press, 2020. Hardcover. ix + 258p., 6.5x9 inches, hardcover, New.
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EUR 18.85
Black Pearls. Blues Queens Of The 1920s
de Harrison, Daphne Duval
New Brunswick: Rutgers. 1988. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Fine in near fine, sunned spine. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 295 pp .
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EUR 47.12
That's Life
de Crumb, R
1975. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. Close to fine, small numbers pencilled on front wrap. The story of the blues and blue collectors, an interesting group!! Extremely scarce Crumb item. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall .
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EUR 942.40
The directory; of recorded jazz and swing music (including gospel and blues records); volume three (E F G)
de Carey, Dave and Albert J. McCarthy, comps
Fordingsbridge: The Delphic Press, 1951. Paperback. Unpaginated preliminaries, 365-551p., plain printed 9.5x6 inch grey wraps. Cover has previous owner's stamp and a bookseller's numerals, title page is attached inside to cover and to textblock both causing some unsightly tears, spine panel is somewhat abraded and there is general handling, a good-only copy.
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EUR 16.96
Antologia dei poeti negri d'America; introduzione e appendice critica di Leone Piccioni
de Piccioni, Leone and erla Cacciaguerra, eds
N. pl: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, 1964. Hardcover. 676p., first edition, slightly worn dj. This mammoth bilingual (Italian and English) compilation includes blues, spirituals and poetry from Wheatley to Baraka.
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EUR 61.26
Albert King & Stevie Ray Vaughan: Publicity Photograph for Fantasy Records.
de Fantasy Records (New York); Stax Records
New York: Fantasy Records, 1999.. Glossy Black & White Photograph, 8 x 10 inches, Very Good.
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EUR 23.56
Johnny Guitar Watson: Publicity Photograph for Fantasy Records.
de Fantasy Records (New York)
New York: Fantasy Records, [1975].. Glossy Black & White Photograph, 8 x 10 inches, Very Good.
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EUR 23.56
Deep Blues: A Musical and Cultural History of the Mississippi Delta
de Robert Palmer
310 pages. Evolution of the Blues in America. Includes Discography, Bibliography and Index. Cover is intact with some chips and creases, but has no markings. Pages are clean with no markings noted.
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EUR 18.85
Johnny Guitar Watson: Publicity Photograph for Fantasy Records.
de Fantasy Records (New York)
New York: Fantasy Records, [1975].. Glossy Black & White Photograph, 8 x 10 inches, Very Good.
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EUR 23.56
Country Blues Songbook
de Stefan Grossman, Hal Grossman and Stephen Cait
208 Pages. "The lyrics, melody line, and chord diagrams for over 120 great country blues, as played and sung by Skip James, Son House, Robert Johnson, John Hurt, Lightnin' Hopkins and many more, some never before published."Very clean copy with tight spine, crisp pages and no markings, except for a previous owner name stamp blocked out with red marker on the title page. Also a small stain on the lower edge.
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Sounds So Good to Me
de Barry Lee Pearson
175 pages. A close look "deeply into the musicians' traditional mask and to use tradition as a way of approaching the art form." The blues men's stories are used as a "vehicle to celebrate the artists and to shed light on what they do so well." Includes fourteen pages of b/w photos of the blues men interviewed. Covers and spine are unmarked with very light bruising of the corners. Pages are crisp and clean with no markings noted.
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EUR 23.56
The Roots Of The Blues: An African Search
de Charters, Samuel
Salem, NH: Marion Boyars Publishers. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1981. Hardcover. 071452705X . The author traveled to West Africa in search of the origins of blues music which surfaced in America. This is a nice clean, tight and unmarked book with no previous owner names and no bookplates. It is bound in the in the original publisher's blue cloth covers with gilt spine lettering.; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 151 pages .
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EUR 14.09
STOMPING THE BLUES
de Albert Murray
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 8vo (264 pages, illustrated (with photographs). Signed. Truly a seminal work of jazz scholarship. This is a very good copy of the First American edition, in dust jacket. It has been inscribed and SIGNED by the author in ink on the title page. Dust jacket is modestly shelfworn and edge-chipped, else fine. Contents fine.
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EUR 141.36
Albert King: Publicity Photograph for Fantasy Records.
de Fantasy Records (New York); Stax Records
New York: Fantasy Records, [1982].. Glossy Black & White Photograph, 8 x 10 inches, Very Good.
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EUR 23.56
CBA Chicago Blues Association pamphlet
de Brown, Leroy; Eddy Clearwater
Westmont: Chicago Blues Association. 1979. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. Wraps, 1 sheet folded, explaining the purpose of the CBA, and announcing a benefit at the Kingston Mines. There is also a definition of "blues music" and the worry that disco is going to replace the blues. This association has the names of two local blues musicians listed at the bottom of the pamphlet as officiers to contact. An interesting item from the time before blues had it's come back. Very good...
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EUR 32.98
Searching for Robert Johnson
de Peter Guralnick
Penguin Publishing Group, 1989. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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EUR 6.41
Blues (and other secular folk music of the North American Negro, trans.)
de Breman, Paul
Wassenaar: Servire/Wassenaar. 1961. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. Wraps, wear to edges, otherwise near fine. Text in Dutch, but lyrics in English. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 232 pp .
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EUR 28.27
I Was There When The Blues Was Red Hot
de Jones, Fernando
Chicago: the author. 1992. First Edition. Paperback. Signed by the author. Wraps (gold), third printing, very good+. 78pp. A blues autobiography. .
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EUR 23.56
Pop Music and the Blues: A Study of the Relationship and Its Significance
de MIDDLETON, Richard
London: Victor Gollancz, 1972. First. Soft Cover. Very Good. A neat tight proof copy stamped UNCORRECTED on the front panel. Octavo in original buff wrappers, 264 pages including postscript, bibliography and glossary. Some light soiling and *very light* creasing to wrapper. Professor of Music at Newcastle University, musicologist Richard Middleton offers a rich and detailed account of the historical conditions relating to the blues and its syntheses that now reach global audiences. An unusual copy of a...
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EUR 84.86
The Country Blues
de Samuel B Charters
288 pages. Reproduction of the 1959 publication with new introduction and the permission of the author. Covers are clean with some mild bumping and creasing. Pages are very clean with a tear (~1" on page vii) and no markings noted except the penciled price on the flyleaf.
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EUR 18.85
