Entertainment/Music

Good.. Hardcover. Hardcover with dustjacket. No additional printings indicated. Very clean; no marks; pages bright. Average wear. Jacket has edgewear and small archivally-repaired rip. 388pp, Index. Language: English. more information

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Good. Paperback. Sheet music published 1972 (copyright 1970) by Twentieth Century Music Corporation / Charles Hansen Music. Light-to-average wear: moderate scuffing and soiling. No writing or creases; pages bright. Single sheet folded in half; 2 pages of music. Theme from the 20th Century-Fox film MASH (and later the long-running TV series): music for voice and piano, with chords, tab boxes, and complete lyrics. Also known as 'Suicide Is Painless'. Language: English. Keywords: Robert Altman, Ingo Preminger, Donald Sutherland, Elliott Gould, Tom Skerritt, Sally Kellerman, Robert Duvall, Jo Ann Pflug, Rene Auberjonois, Ring Lardner Jr., Richard Hooker, vintage, retro, Seventies, 1970s, '70s. No ISBN. more information

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Very Good. Paperback. Softcover glossy program booklet with stapled binding published March 2006 by Playbill. Very clean; no marks or creases. Only light wear. 81 pages; color and black-and-white photos; advertisements. Cover photo: Marty Sohl. Language: English. Ticket stub laid in. The Metropolitan Opera March 8, 2006 performance of Cyrano de Bergerac by Franco Alfano, Lincoln Center, New York. Libretto: Henri Cain. Conductor: Marco Armiliato. Cyrano de Bergerac: Placido Domingo. Roxane: Cynthia Lawrence. Christian: Fernando de la Mora. De Guiche: Kim Josephson. Ragueneau: Roberto de Candia. Le Bret: Julien Robbins. Ligniere: Andrew Gangestad. Montfleury: Bernard Fitch. Vicomte de Valvert: Brian Davis. Carbon: Louis Otey. Duenna: Sheila Nadler. Lisa: Jennifer Check. Spanish Official: Brian Davis. Cook: Roger Andrews. Musketeer: Richard Pearson. Lay Sister: Jennifer Check. Sister Marta: Diane Elias. Sentinels: David Frye, Gregory Cross. Production: Francesca Zambello. Set Designer: Peter J. Davison. Costume Designer: Anita Yavich.Lighting Designer: Natasha Katz. No ISBN. [code J] more information

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Good. Hardcover. 1st edition hardcover with dustjacket 1977. Clean, tight, bright. Previous owner's BOOKSTAMP on title page. Jacket has VERY HEAVY WEAR. 172pp, Index, Bibliography, B/W photos. Language: English. more information

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Good. Paperback. Small softcover 4th edition, 8th printing, published 1978 by Schirmer Books / AMSCO Publicatons. Note: This is NOT the most recent edition, but is preferred by many readers over the heavily revised later edition by Kuhn. Average wear: light creases to corners and spine. Clean and unmarked; pages bright; binding tight. Great reading / research copy. 310 pages. Language: English. Includes music definitions, pronunciations, elements of notation, and biographical list of famous musicians. Keywords: reference, dictionaries, musical terms, music terminology. more information

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Very Good. Hardcover. Third edition (completely revised) hardcover with dustjacket 1967 Putnam's. Previous owner's name on 1st blank page. Otherwise very clean; no marks in text; pages bright; binding tight. Light-to-average edgewear to jacket. 748 pages; Index; Bibliography; black-and-white photos. Language: English. '[A]n understandable study of the fascinating aspects of music history linking past to present. ... [D]esigned to aid the serious student--be he in a college class, a conservatory, a secondary school or his own living room armchair.... [S]erves to telescope experience, to suggest stimulating challenges and to provide pertinent information that heightens a listener's awareness of one of the most profound and meaningful arts.'--from jacket flap. No ISBN. more information

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Good. Paperback. Softcover monthly periodical with stapled binding, published 1969 by Laufer Publishing Co. Average wear to covers: light crescent creases; light scratches. Very clean; no marks; pages bright; binding tight. 67 pages; black-and-white photos (a few in color); advertisements. Language: English. Front cover shows David Jones (of the Monkees) and wife Linda; Bobby Sherman (Here Come the Brides); Len Whiting (Zefferelli's Romeo and Juliet). Back cover is full-page color close-up of Davy Jones. Articles: Jonathan and David: Dark Shadows Feud Brewing?; Michael Cole: The Truth About His Divorce; David and Linda: Visit Their Lovenest; Jack Wild: Meet Your Newest Fave; plus much more, including Sajid Khan, Beatles, Elvis, Tom Jones, etc. Keywords: fan, teen idol, television, TV, popular culture, pop, star, bubblegum music, teeny bopper, fanzine, vintage, retro, Sixties, 1960s, 60s. No ISBN.

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Good. Paperback. Softcover booklet with stapled binding, 1972 reprint published by Edward B. Marks Music Corp., NY. Noticeable average wear: light creases inside and out; staples rusted. Clean and unmarked; pages bright; binding tight. Good research / practice copy. Songbook of simplified guitar arrangements, with lyrics. 17 pages; 18 works: Air; The Knotting Song; Rigadoon - Purcell; Alman; Corranto - from Fitzwilliam Virginal Book; Awake, Sweet Love; Say, Love, If Ever Thou Didst Find; What If I Never Speed - Dowland; Blow, Blow Thou Winter Wind - Arne; Greensleeves - attributed to Cutting; I Care Not for These Ladies; Never Weather-beaten Sail - Campion; It Was a Lover and His Lasse - Morley; The Nightingale - Lawes; The Noble Man - attributed to Johnson; Rest Sweet Nymphs - Pilkington; Song Tune; Theatre Tune - Blow. Language: English. Keywords: classical, guitarist, musician, sheet music. No ISBN.

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Acceptable. Hardcover. Hardcover with dustjacket 1997 Morrow. Intact; binding tight; very clean except for HIGHLIGHTING and creasing to a few pages. Good reading / research copy. 332pp, Index, Notes, Resources, Recommended Reading. Language: English. NOTE: Cannot ship outside U.S. via Global Priority -- Surface or Airmail only. 'Stimulating, authoritative, and often lyrical, The Mozart Effect offers dramatic accounts of how doctors, shamans, musicians, and others use music to deal with everything from anxiety to cancer and chronic pain, from dyslexia to mental illness.'-- Ingram. more information

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Very Good.. Paperback. Mass-market paperback 1995 Pocket Books. Has REMAINDER MARK inside front cover. Unread; superclean; uncreased. 239pp, B/W photos. Language: English. 'This book is genial, good fun, and just what one would expect from Clark. His story is one of rags to riches, although he prefers not to dwell on the poverty of his young years but to highlight the spiritual wealth of his family relationships, his music, and the patchwork of unique opportunities that led to stardom. Noted as host for the CBS television show Hee-Haw , Clark offers amusing anecdotes about the show's colorful characters. Many names from country music and television also weave through his clever recollections. Clark also treats readers to glimpses of his hobbies, investments, and major ventures (such as his ownership of a show palace in Branson, Missouri). Clark does not dwell on his negative experiences but touches upon them philosophically and moves on to more positive times. This is entertaining reading by an entertaining performer.'--Carol J. Binkowski, Library Journal, 1994. more information

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Very Good. Paperback. Softcover glossy program booklet with stapled binding published October 1999 by Playbill. Very clean; no marks or creases. Only light wear. 114 pages; color and black-and-white photos; advertisements. Cover story: Verdi's Otello. Language: English. The Metropolitan Opera October 21, 1999 performance of Le Nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (libretto: Lorenzo da Ponte), Lincoln Center, New York. Figaro: Ferruccio Furlanetto. Susanna: Rebecca Evans. Count Almaviva: Dwayne Croft. Countess Almaviva: Hei-Kyung Hong. Cherubino: Susan Graham. Dr. Bartolo: Paul Plishka. Marcellina: Delores Ziegler. Don Basilio: Michel Senechal. Antonio: Thomas Hammons. Barbarina: Danielle de Niese. Don Curzio: Tony Stevenson. Peasants: Anita Johnson, Reveka Mavrovitis. Conductor: Edo de Waart. Production: Jonathan Miller. Set designer: Peter J. Davison. Costume designer: James Acheson. Lighting designer: Mark McCullough. Choreographer: Terry John Bates. No ISBN. [code J] more information

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Good.. Paperback. 1st softcover reprint 1984 Norton. 3 INKSTAMPS on title page; otherwise appears unread. Very clean; no creases or text markings. 226 pages; Index; Bibliography; black-and-white photos; list of works. Language: English. Preface: Stanlie Sadie. Keywords: composers, classical, opera, drama, biography, biographies. more information

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Very Good. Paperback. Softcover glossy program booklet with stapled binding published April 2001 by Playbill. Very clean; no marks or creases. Only light wear. 90 pages; color and black-and-white photos; advertisements. Cover story: Berg's Lulu. Language: English. The Metropolitan Opera April 19, 2001 performance of Un Ballo in Maschera by Giuseppe Verdi, Lincoln Center, New York. Libretto: Antonio Somma. Conductor: Placido Domingo. Production; Set and Costume Designer; Lighting Designer: Piero Faggioni. Stage Director: Laurie Feldman. Count de Horn (Tom): Paul Plishka. Count Ribbing (Tom): Julien Robbins. Oscar, the King's page: Youngok Shin. Gustav III, King of Sweden (Riccardo): Franco Farina. Captain Anckarstrom (Renato): Juan Pons. Chief Justice: Bernard Fitch. Ulrica Arfidsson, a fortune-teller: Barbara Dever. Christiano (Silvano): Louis Otey. Amelia's servant: Jonathan Green. Amelia, Captain Anckarstrom's wife: Michele Crider. Solo Dancers: Victoria Rinaldi, Dean Dufford, Joseph Fritz. Keywords: Met, opera, music, performing arts, Italian, James Levine, Joseph Volpe, Doris J. Sleight, John H. Mautner. No ISBN. [code J] more information

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Very Good. Paperback. Large softcover 1984 Greenhouse Publications, Richmond, Australia. Light wear to covers. Very clean; no marks or creases; pages bright; binding tight. 96 pages, black-and-white photos; map; Bibliography; words and music to 13 songs, with guitar chords. Historical text by compiler Egan. Forewords by Brian Morrison and Mary Durack. Language: English. Cover art: Robert Ingpen, 1892. Designed to accompany 'The Shearers' album; most of the songs are written by Egan about aspects of the sheep shearer's life and the history of the wool industry. Keywords: Australian, musical, heritage, New Zealand, folk music, assimilation, shearing, slog, unions, fleece, Duke Tritton, Jacky Howe. more information

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Good. Hardcover. 1st U.S. edition hardcover with dustjacket 1981 Crescent. Abraded area (showing white on black paper) from removed label on last blank page. Light-to-average wear to jacket. Very clean; pages bright; binding tight. 224 pages; 570 color photos; Index. Large size (9x12 inches). NOTE: Cannot ship outside U.S. via Global Priority -- Surface or Airmail only. Language: English. Foreword by Phil Collins. More than 100 great rock performers photographed live on stage -- from AC/DC to Zappa. Keywords: rock 'n' roll, concert, photography, photograph, photographer, group, act, singer, band, music, pop, star, artist, picture, tour, heavy metal, glitter, glam, New Wave, punk, country rock, progressive, classic, 1970s, Seventies. more information

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Like new.. Hardcover. 1st edition hardcover with dustjacket 1993 Putnam. Superclean; no marks. 288pp, Index, B/W photos. Language: English. The great authority on country music discusses Patsy Cline, Dolly Parton, Johnny Cash, Garth Brooks, Billy Ray Cyrus, Mel Tillis, Cowboy Copas, Hawkshaw Hawkins, Jim Reeves, Barbara Mandrell, Tammy Wynette, Roger Miller, and many others. Keywords: country, western, entertainment, entertainer, biography, autobiography, memoir, Nashville, insider, singers, stars, broadcast, broadcaster, radio, TV, television, anecdotes. more information

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Very Good. Hardcover. 1st American edition hardcover 1993 Creative Education. No additional printings indicated. Glossy picture cover--NO DUSTJACKET. Light shelfwear. Superclean; no marks; pages bright; binding tight; never read. 32 pages; color illustrations. Language: English (translated from the French by Carol Volk). Ca. 10.5 x 7.5 inches. Impressionistic interpretation of the work of Igor Stravinsky in its place in the history of music, aimed at the young adult reader. Keywords: composer, 20th century, twentieth, Russia, Russian, Rite of Spring, Petrouchka, modern music, ballet, juvenile, older readers, educational. more information

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Good. Paperback. Softcover book with spiral plastic-comb binding, published 1967 by Grosset and Dunlap, NY. Noticeable average wear, especially at spine ends. Clean and unmarked; pages bright; no heavy creases. Great research / practice copy. 64 pages; essay on Styling and Strumming by Happy Traum; reference chart of basic guitar chords. Arranged for voice and piano with guitar chords and complete lyrics. Compiled and with notes and Introduction by the editors. Language: English. More than 20 songs from ca. 1829-1860, representing that aspect of 19th-century American popular music concerned with city manners, fashion, politics, finance, sports, and urban life. Includes Song of All Songs by Stephen Foster; City Blade; Away Down East; Peter Gray; Clementine; Wait for the Wagon; Jim Fisk; more. Keywords: folk music, minstrel, show, entertainment, nineteenth century. No ISBN. more information

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Very Good.. Paperback. Softcover 2000 Da Capo Press. Superclean; no marks or creases; pages bright; binding tight. Only light wear. 331pp. Language: English. 'The history of the Chieftains over the last 35 years is the remarkable tale of how an unlikely group of enthusiasts came together to rescue some of the world's most beautiful music from near-extinction, brought it to an audience of millions, and became stars. Based on exclusive and extensive interviews with all the band's members, their families and friends, and with many of the international superstars who have recorded with them, The Chieftains tells the group's own story for the first time, with insight, wit, and charm.'--from the publisher. Keywords: Ireland, Irish, traditional, folk, Paddy Maloney, contemporary, musicians. more information

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Good. Oversize 2nd printing hardcover with dustjacket pulished 1974 by Hamlyn U.K. Heavy edgewear to jacket: chips; small archivally-repaired rips. Very clean; no marks; pages bright; binding tight. 160 pages; more than 250 fab photos (including 16 in color). Language: English. NOTE: Large format-- cannot ship outside U.S. via Flat-Rate envelope; requires additional international postage. Traces general trends and lists best sellers for years 1955 to 1974 -- creating a strange mix of Great American Songbook, Motown, British Invasion, bubblegum, and classic rock. All the big names are represented --The Beatles, David Bowie, Elvis Presley, The Rolling Stones, Tina Turner, etc. -- but the lesser names evoke a great deal of nostalgia, too. Keywords: musical, popular, teen, teenager, radio, records, albums, hits, fans, photographs, publicity, stills, bands, groups, rock 'n' roll, disco, folk, country, idol, star, singer, musician, performers, singing, groups, solo, Top 10, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s.

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Good. Hardcover. Stated 1st edition hardcover with dustjacket 1995 HarperCollins. REMAINDER MARK at bottom page edge. Creased flap; bumped corner. Very clean; pages bright; binding tight; never read. 221pp; Index. Language: English. 'Intimate, authoritative, and opinionated discussions of some of the most legendary jazz, blues, country, and gospel performers ever, including Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, Merle Haggard, and Dizzy Gillespie. Here is Nat Hentoff's deeply felt exploration of jazz, blues, country, and gospel--and the musicians who bring the music to life. Hentoff has not only loved music all his life--he has lived it by being friends with many of the musicians he writes about in this collection. Hentoff poignantly describes the early days of Roy Eldridge and the last years of Billie Holiday and Bird. He tells amazing stories of the Count, Duke, and Dizzy.'--from the publisher. more information

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Very Good.. Hardcover. Stated 1st edition hardcover with dustjacket 1999 Henry Holt. Superclean; no marks; pages bright; binding tight; never read. Light store shelfwear. 406pp, Index, B/W photos, list of all known Berlin songs. Language: English. NOTE: Cannot ship outside U.S. via Global Priority-- Surface or Airmail only. 'With the same contagious enthusiasm that made his GERSHWIN the definitive biography, Jablonski explains how Irving Berlin became the personification of American musical theater.'--Ingram. more information

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Good. Paperback. Softcover 1st UK edition 1983 Plexus Publishing Ltd. Noticeable average wear: front corner creased; large crease to back cover; corners flared. Text clean and unmarked; pages bright; binding tight; spine uncreased. Great reading / research copy. 255 pages; black-and-white photos; fold-out Grateful Dead Family Tree. Language: English. Cover photo by Jim Marshall. '[T]he definitive look at the Dead phenomenon, featuring a critical look at the group's history and its music, classic photographs (many never seen before), and rare interviews'.--from back cover. Keywords: rock, rock and roll, musician, band, Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, Bill Kreutzmann, Ron McKernan, Pigpen, Mickey Hart, Phil Lesh. more information

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Good.. Paperback. Softcover with plastic spiral comb binding, published 1974 by Charles Hansen, NY. Noticeable average wear: small creases and scratches to covers; page corners worn. Very clean; no marks; pages bright; binding solid. Great research / practice copy. 177 pages. Full-page, sheet-music style music for 43 titles, including waltzes, marches, and song editions, with lyrics where applicable. Includes a vocal and original piano solo of 'The Entertainer', from the movie 'The Sting', and a brief biographical essay. Language: English. Cover art by Leung. Keywords: music, composer, pioneer, American, jazz, Texas, African American, popular music, 20th century, 1890s, cakewalk, Maple Leaf, Oscar, Academy Award, winner. No ISBN. more information

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Good. Paperback. Softcover glossy program booklet with stapled binding published December 1999 by Playbill. Average wear; fingerprint smudges to covers. Otherwise clean and unmarked. Ca. 93 pages; color and black-and-white photos; advertisements. Cover: Francis Cugat's painting for dustjacket of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. Language: English. The Metropolitan Opera December 30, 1999 performance of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi, Lincoln Center, New York. Libretto: Francesco Maria Piave. Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski. Rigoletto: Paolo Gavanelli. Gilda: Sumi Jo. Duke of Mantua: Marcelo Alvarez. Maddalena: Victoria Livengood. Sparafucile: Franz Hawlata. Monterone: John Fanning. Borsa: Eduardo Valdes. Marullo: Hector Vasquez. Count Ceprano: Patrick Carfizzi. Countess Ceprano: Reveka Mavrovitis. Giovanna: Jane Shaulis. Page: Gloria Watson. Guard: Robert Maher. No ISBN. [code J] more information

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New. Brand-new hardcover with dustjacket, published 2003 by University of Rochester Press. Unopened, unread; still in publisher's shrinkwrap. 576 pages. Language: English. 'The American-born Winnaretta Singer (1865-1943) was a millionaire at the age of eighteen, due to her inheriting a substantial part of the Singer Sewing Machine fortune. Her 1893 marriage to Prince Edmond de Polignac, an amateur composer, brought her into contact with the most elite strata of French society. After Edmond's death in 1901, she used her fortune to benefit the arts, science, and letters. Her most significant contribution was in the musical domain: in addition to subsidizing individual artists (Boulanger, Haskil, Rubinstein, Horowitz) and organizations (the Ballets Russes, l'Opera de Paris, l'Orchestre Symphonique de Paris), she made a lifelong project of commissioning new musical works from composers, many of them unknown and struggling, to be performed in her Paris salon. The list of works created as a result is long and extraordinary: Stravinsky's Renard, Satie's Socrate, Falla's El Retablo de Maese Pedro, and Poulenc's Two-Piano and Organ Concertos are among the best-known titles. In addition, her salon was a gathering place for luminaries of French culture such as Proust, Cocteau, Monet, Diaghilev, and Colette.'--from the publisher. Keywords: biography, biographies, music, patron of the arts, Belle Epoque, modern music, French music, classical music.

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Good. Hardcover. Hardcover 1934 Garden City Publishing. NO DUSTJACKET. Average wear. Moderate age-tanning to pages. Spine wiggles but binding is holding. Text clean and unmarked. Great reading / research copy. 436 pages; Index; black-and-white photos. Language: English. Foreword by Dr. Walter Damrosch. Introduction by Dr. Daniel Gregory Mason. Edition and printing not stated. Boards covered in red cloth with dulled gilt titles on spine; black-and-gilt decoration on spine of lyre and horns entwined with vines. Scan here shows TITLE PAGE. General overview of music for the radio broadcast listener: history; instruments; discussions and biographies of composers; etc. Includes chapters on classical and orchestral pieces, folk, Early American, Appalachian, Native American, African American, 20th-century compositions, much more. Keywords: music, musical, appreciation, broadcasting, mass audience, popular, 1930s, Thirties. No ISBN. more information

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Good. Paperback. 1st printing softcover 2003 Thunder's Mouth Press. Remainder mark at bottom. Small crease to front cover and 1st 11 pages. Superclean; spine uncreased; never read. 310 pages. Language: English. Beatles alternative history. 'It's 1987, and the Beatles are gathering in Liverpool for a reunion. It has been 25 years since John Lennon walked out of the Parlophone studios, taking George and Ringo with him. Paul, American-speaking and -acting, has become the world-famous Las Vegas entertainer Paul Montana, and he's visiting Liverpool for the first time since 1962, hoping to reunite with his boyhood chums, the once hottest little quartet-in Liverpool. Father George, now a Jesuit priest, is recovering from a nervous breakdown; John is embittered, alcoholic, unemployed, and on the dole. His wife has left him, and young Julian has joined the fascist National Front. Ringo lives on the earnings of his entrepreneurial hairdressing wife while he and John sit in weekends with old rivals, Gerry and the Pacemakers. It is Lennon's curse that he can imagine what might have been. Liverpool Fantasy is a blackly comic meditation on the enduring hazards of friendship, the alchemy of collaboration, and what a world without the Beatles--that is, without idealism--looks like.'--from back cover.

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Very Good. Paperback. 1st printing softcover 2003 Thunder's Mouth Press. Remainder mark at bottom. Otherwise superclean; uncreased; unread; gift-giving condition. 310 pages. Language: English. Beatles alternative history. 'It's 1987, and the Beatles are gathering in Liverpool for a reunion. It has been 25 years since John Lennon walked out of the Parlophone studios, taking George and Ringo with him. Paul, American-speaking and -acting, has become the world-famous Las Vegas entertainer Paul Montana, and he's visiting Liverpool for the first time since 1962, hoping to reunite with his boyhood chums, the once hottest little quartet-in Liverpool. Father George, now a Jesuit priest, is recovering from a nervous breakdown; John is embittered, alcoholic, unemployed, and on the dole. His wife has left him, and young Julian has joined the fascist National Front. Ringo lives on the earnings of his entrepreneurial hairdressing wife while he and John sit in weekends with old rivals, Gerry and the Pacemakers. It is Lennon's curse that he can imagine what might have been. Liverpool Fantasy is a blackly comic meditation on the enduring hazards of friendship, the alchemy of collaboration, and what a world without the Beatles--that is, without idealism--looks like.'--from back cover.

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Good.. Paperback. Oversize softcover 1st printing 1989 Billboard Publications. Spine creased; indentations from writing on covers. Superclean; pages bright; binding tight. 560pp, B/W photos. Language: English. Huge reference book; small print. From back cover: 'Fact-filled career chronologies of all the major artists, bands, singers, players' of the 195Os, 60s, 70s, 80s. From Abba to ZZ Top. NOTE: Cannot ship outside U.S. via Global Priority -- Surface or Airmail only. Keywords: rock 'n' roll, musicians, records, albums, pop, popular, industry, songwriters, performers. more information

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Good.. Hardcover. 12th printing hardcover 1949 Alfred A. Knopf. NO DUSTJACKET. Average wear: back corner bumped; fraying at cover corners; light age- tanning to pages. Text clean and unmarked; binding tight. SIGNED BY AUTHOR with gift inscription to Rollin Kirby (Pulitzer Prize-winning political cartoonist for the New York Post and other papers) on 1st blank page: 'For Rollin Kirby with warmest friendship. Newman, March 29, 1950'. 87 pages; black-and-white illustrations. Language: English. Rust-red cloth-covered boards with title on front and spine. Humorous verse on an operatic theme: hilarious summaries of and commentary on Samson and Delilah, Das Rheingold, Tannhauser, Tosca, Carmen, Hamlet, Thais, Hansel and Gretel, Lohengrin, La Traviata, Die Walkure, Tristan and Isolda, Rigoletto, Pelleas and Melisande. Originally published 1923. Keywords: music, humor, humour, poetry, poem, poet, humorist, satire, parody. No ISBN. more information

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Good.. Hardcover. Stated 1st edition hardcover with dustjacket 1998. Has REMAINDER MARK. Otherwise very clean; pages bright; binding tight. Light edge-crumpling to jacket. 305pp, Index, Discography, B/W photos. Language: English. more information

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Good. 2nd printing hardcover with dustjacket 1975 University of Illinois Press. Average wear to jacket; 1-inch rubbed area on spine. Very clean; no marks; pages bright; binding tight. 476 pages; Index; black-and- white photos. Language: English. NOTE: Large format-- cannot ship outside U.S. via Flat-Rate envelope; may require additional international postage. Published in celebration of the Opry's 50th anniversary. Essays by various authors on 19 stars: Jimmie Rodgers, Uncle Dave Macon, Vernon Dalhart, Carter Family, Roy Acuff, Hank Williams, Bill Monroe, Ernest Tubb, Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, Gene Autry, Earl Scruggs, Loretta Lynn, Charley Pride, Johnny Rodriguez, Lester Flatt, Chet Atkins, Tom T. Hall. Keywords: .

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Acceptable. Hardcover. Hardcover reprint 1934 Macmillan. Rear hinge broken; reinforced with archival tape. NO DUSTJACKET. Cloth at top and bottom edges of spine is worn and frayed. Previous owner's name and 1935 date written on first blank page. Text clean and unmarked; pages bright. Good reading / research copy. 352 pages. Includes Bibliographical Introduction to the 1930 edition. Language: English. Scan, if available here, shows title page. Dark-blue cloth-covered boards with faded title on spine. Keywords: music, history, biography, composer, German, Haydn, Mozart. No ISBN. more information

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Very Good. Paperback. 1st U.S. edition/1st printing collectible softcover 1999 Billboard Books. Light wear to covers: small creases and scratches. Very clean; no marks; pages bright; binding tight; spine uncreased. 96 pages; many color photos. Language: English. Keywords: Justin Timberlake, J. C. Chasez, Lance Bass, Chris Kirkpatrick, Joey Fatone, boy, band, group, teen, idol, pop. more information

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Good.. Hardcover. Stated 1st U.S. edition HARDCOVER with dustjacket 1994 Scribners. Clean. NOTICEABLE WEAR to jacket. Has REMAINDER MARK at bottom. 234pp, Index, Notes, Discography by Phil Schaap, B/W photos. Language: English. NOTE: Large size; cannot ship outside U.S. via Flat-Rate envelope. 'Most of the great jazz and popular singers have been able to invest the songs they sing with an autobiographical subtext. Billie Holiday did it; so did Frank Sinatra and many others. But not Ella Fitzgerald. As British critic Nicholson explains it in this engaging biography, you got a package deal of subjectivity and song with Holiday or Sinatra. With Ella you got only the song. This sounds like criticism, and in a way it is, but Nicholson makes us understand Ella's emotional distance from her material in terms of both her technical mastery and her acute embarrassment about her past--when discovered by Chick Webb in the 1930s, she was literally living on the streets of New York. Ella didn't want to tell a story with her songs; she wanted to swing, and that she did through more than 50 years of recording and performing. Nicholson ably chronicles it all--offering interesting reassessments of the lightly regarded Milt Gabler period with Decca records and the more-celebrated Norman Granz years with Verve and Pablo. This is a well-researched, gracefully written biography, stronger on musical analysis than on psychological insight--just as Ella would want it.'--Bill Ott, Booklist. more information

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Good. Paperback. Softcover stapled booklet, no additional printings indicated, published 1985 by Del-Se-Nango Old Tyme Fiddlers Association, New Berlin, New York. Name and phone number written at top of page 2. Otherwise clean; pages bright; binding tight; no creases. Some sun discoloration to front cover. Noticeable average wear. Ca. 72pp (pages not numbered); B/W photos. Language: English. Album of members of the Del-Se-Nango Old Tyme Fiddlers Association, formed in 1978 (name derived from New York counties of Delaware, Otsego, and Chenango). Includes member biographies; many photographs; reminiscences; documentation of tours, parties, festivals, and contests; fiddle makers and history; and essay, 'The Future of Old- Time Fiddling,' by Kelley Kirksey. Notable members include Hilton (Hilt) and Stella Kelly of Sidekicks fame, William Powers, James Ryan, Ruth I. Stearns, Robert E. Dougherty, many more. Scarce item. Keywords: traditional, American, rural, United States, fiddling, fiddle, violin, square dance, caller, old time, old timey, musician, performer, performing, performance, country, bluegrass, Catskill, upstate, county, mountain, central, New England, ephemera, region, regional, local. No ISBN. more information

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Good. Hardcover. Hardcover Nordiska Musikforlaget / Wilhelm Hansen, Stockholm. No date; ca. 1970. 6 lines of writing by previous owner on 1st blank page; no marks in text. Picture cover; no dustjacket. Light soiling to covers. Light age-tanning to pages. Binding tight. 250 pages; 195 songs. Language: Swedish. Cover art: 'Folkvisan' by Otte Skold in the Goteborg [Gothenburg] Konserthus. Swedish songbook of traditional and popular music. Keywords: music, musik, Sweden, Swede, ballad, lyrics, melody, anthology, sing, piano, folk, folkvisa, folkmelodi, dansvisa, musical. No ISBN. more information

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Good.. Hardcover. Hardcover with dustjacket 1977 Harrison House. Clean and unmarked; pages bright; binding tight. CRUMPLING to jacket edges. Ca. 80pp; more than 30 color photos; many B/W photos. Language: English. Must- have for fans of the King. Keywords: biography, pictorial, singer, rock, rock 'n' roll, pop. more information

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Very Good. Paperback. Softcover published 1998 by Fireside. REMAINDER MARK at bottom. Otherwise like new: superclean; no creases; unread. 208 pages; Index; color photos. Language: English. Investigates 'McCartney is dead' trivia. Introduction: Jay Fox. Keywords: music, hoax, puzzle, rumor, albums, rock, Magical Mystery Tour, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.

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Good. Hardcover. 1st edition hardcover with dustjacket 1993 Schirmer / Scribner. Edge-crumpling to jacket. Abrasion from removed label inside cover. Text clean and unmarked; pages bright; binding tight. 319pp, Index. Language: English. 'Without a doubt, Pollock knows the songs, styles, performers, places, and the era of rock'n'roll. He recounts its historical and social development from the mid-1950s to the present, using the musical, sexual, social, and political evolution of the baby boomers as a unifying thread. All the big names are here--Elvis, Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Bruce Springsteen--and then some.'--Carol J. Binkowski, Library Journal. more information

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Very Good. Paperback. 2nd printing softcover 1990 John Calder / Riverrun Press. Very clean; no marks or creases; pages bright; binding tight. Only light wear. 128 pages; black-and-white photos. Language: English; libretto also in Italian. Keywords: music, reference. more information

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Like New.. Hardcover. 1st U.S. edition 1995 Harvard University Press. Superclean; no marks; pages bright; binding tight; appears unread. Only light shelfwear. Gift-giving condition. 410pp, Index, Notes, Bibliography. Language: English. NOTE: Cannot ship outside U.S. via Global Priority -- Surface or Airmail only. 'Gender is at the core of rock. In this music (historically created by males), the tension of love, lust, and hate between the sexes is a central issue. In addition, rock, from its inception, has challenged the validity of culturally imposed sex roles. Journalists Reynolds (Melody Maker, New York Times) and Press (Spin, Village Voice) address these issues determinedly and knowledgeably. Methodizing gender motifs within male-created rock, they contrast a snarling misogyny (e.g., the Rolling Stones) with an awe-captured, oceanic mother-worship (e.g., Pink Floyd). Especially provocative is the authors' taxonomy of role imagery among female rockers: tomboy rebel, riot grrl, mysterious masquerader, vulnerable confessor. ... Revolts emerges as the only complete analysis of gender in rock music. The writing is intelligent, evocative, and engaging, rich in thought without becoming ponderous. Even those readers who question the authors' nervy paradigms will find this an authoritative, comprehensive history of rock. Thorough, unique, and challenging.... Highly recommended.'--Bill Piekarski, Library Journal, 1995. more information

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Very Good.. Paperback. Softcover 1999 Perennial Currents. Superclean; no marks; pages bright; binding tight. Only light wear. 64pp. Language: English. For ages ca. 9-12. Keywords: pop, idol, teen, diva, singer. more information

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Very Good. Hardcover. 1st edition hardcover with dustjacket 1996 Simon & Schuster. Superclean; no marks; pages bright; binding tight; never read. Light wear to jacket. 336pp. Language: English. NOTE: Cannot ship outside U.S. via Global Priority -- Surface or Airmail only. 'For his 14th book, the best writer among living American composers collects pieces mostly written to fulfill commissions--as is most of his music, he loves to remind us--and 3 interviews. Two-thirds of the essays are about music and musicians; the rest, about literature. The interviews saliently include Rorem's conversation with waspish critic John Simon about the latter's reputed homophobia and, in something of an about-face, gay-activist physician Larry Mass' with Rorem about his reticence to consider homosexuality as an influence on art, especially opera, and modern audiences. Everywhere, Rorem attractively demonstrates his strengths as a memorable and amusing commentator on culture. Chief among those strengths are the fearlessness with which he characterizes an artist's style, content, and attitude, and his ability to crystallize the leitmotivs of his analysis into apothegms that are as applicable to our common life as to the life of art--We are what we repeat, for example, and Wit stems from irony, not situation. And then there is his charm.'--Ray Olson, Booklist. more information

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Like New. Hardcover. Stated 1st U.S. printing hardcover with dustjacket and CD 1997 Baskerville Publishers. Light store shelfwear to jacket. Never used-- plastic sleeve holding CD is unopened. Superclean; no marks; pages bright; binding tight. 316pp, Index, Chronology, Discography, Repertory, Debuts, B/W photos. Language: English (translated from the Italian). 14 live selections from 1954-1963 on CD. NOTE: Oversize format -- Cannot ship outside U.S. via International Priority envelope. Keywords: opera, mezzo-soprano, classical, singer, tribute, Italy, vocalist, vocal, La Scala. more information

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Like New.. Paperback. Softcover. Superclean; no marks or creases; pages bright; binding tight. Gift-giving condition. Official program of 1994 concert televised on PBS. 70pp, color photos, lyrics with translation. Language: English. Keyword: opera. more information

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Good.. Hardcover. Stated 1st edition hardcover with dustjacket 1985 St. Martin's Press. Jacket crumpled at spine. Very clean; no marks; pages bright; binding tight. 234 pages; black-and-white photos. Language: English. Expanded from 'The New Yorker' profile. Keywords: music, conductor, biography, biographies, Andre Previn, classical, orchestra. more information

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Good.. Paperback. Oversize (ca. 11 x 8.5 inches) softcover booklet with stapled binding. Privately published in 1955. Superclean; no marks or deep creases; pages bright; binding tight. 1-inch scratch/scrape on front cover at top. 32pp, great B/W photos of acts. Language: English. From inside front cover: 'An invaluable guide for beginners, amateurs, professionals, teachers, and all who love guitar. ' Author was a seasoned performer and well-known teacher of correspondence courses in music. Practical and inspirational tips for guitar players: technique, business, performing, etc. Front cover shows Gloria Powers with Regal guitar. No ISBN. more information

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Very Good. Hardcover. Stated 1st edition hardcover w/ dustjacket 1982 Little, Brown. Very clean; pages bright; binding tight. Only light wear. Story adapted by Anthony Burgess. 204pp, Notes, Discography, B/W and color photos. Handsome book. more information

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