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Sounds So Good to Me
by Barry Lee Pearson
- Seller
- HLP Songs & Ballads
- Published
- 1984
- Condition
- Very Good+
- ISBN
- 9780812211719
- Item Price
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$25.00
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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.
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Feel Like Going Home
by Peter Guralnick
- Seller
- HLP Songs & Ballads
- Published
- 1981
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN
- 9780394747064
- Item Price
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$10.00
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260 pages. Portraits in Blues and Rock 'N' Roll.
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$10.00

Ballads, Blues, and the Big Beat
by Donald Myrus
- Seller
- HLP Songs & Ballads
- Published
- 1966
- Condition
- Very Good-
- Edition
- Second Printing
- Item Price
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$15.00
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136 pages. "Highlights of American Folk Singing from Leadbelly to Dylan" with plenty of b/w photos.
Ex library.
Front cover has color illustration. Covers are intact, with some wear including smudging, rubbing and light bumping on the corners. Library Dewey Decimal mark on lower spine.
The pages are clean with no markings noted except the library discard notice on the flyleaf.… Read more
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$15.00

Ballads, Blues, and the Big Beat
by Donald Myrus
- Seller
- HLP Songs & Ballads
- Published
- 1966
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Printing
- Item Price
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$20.00
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136 pages. "Highlights of American Folk Singing from Leadbelly to Dylan" with plenty of b/w photos
Dust jacket is clipped. Dust jacket is rubbed and chipped, but mostly intact on the front and spine. The back has a tear-out on an upper corner, and major peeling over the text - see pictures.
The light blue cloth covers are very clean… Read more
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$20.00

In Search of the Blues
by Marybeth Hamilton
- Seller
- HLP Songs & Ballads
- Published
- 2008
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- Second Printing
- ISBN
- 9780465028580
- Item Price
-
$25.00
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309 pages history including ~50 pages of research notes and index. Only NF because there are some pencil erasures on the flyleaf.
Jacket, covers and pages are very clean. Pages are crisp and unmarked.
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The Country Blues
by Samuel B Charters
- Seller
- HLP Songs & Ballads
- Published
- 1975
- Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Paperback Printing
- ISBN
- 9780306800146
- Item Price
-
$20.00
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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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The Legacy of the Blues
by Samuel Barclay Charters
- Seller
- HLP Songs & Ballads
- Published
- 1977
- Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Paperback Printing
- ISBN
- 9780306800542
- Item Price
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$30.00
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192 pages.
Cover is clean with some light chipping - see photos. Corners and spine ends show very light wear.
Pages are very clean with no markings noted except a small price stamp on the flyleaf.
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$30.00

Deep Blues: A Musical and Cultural History of the Mississippi Delta
by Robert Palmer
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- HLP Songs & Ballads
- Published
- 1982
- Condition
- Very Good-
- ISBN
- 9780140062236
- Item Price
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$20.00
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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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$20.00

Country Blues Songbook
by Stefan Grossman, Hal Grossman and Stephen Cait
- Seller
- HLP Songs & Ballads
- Published
- May 1973
- Condition
- VG-
- ISBN
- 9780825601378
- Item Price
-
$20.00
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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… Read more
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$20.00