Search Results: Music - General from Riverwood's Books

PBC International. Very Good+. 1995. Softcover. 0866362797 . PBC International edition, same ISBN. Ex-library book, but still in very good condition. Sturdy laminated cover and usual ex-lib type of markings. Pages clean, light wear to edges and corners of cover. Profusely illustrated in colour. Best remembered for its ideals of protest and revolution, the 1960s was a decade transformed by its music.....' 60s Flashback is jam-packed with full-color album jackets, postcards, fanzines, news clippings, and more....includes Elvis, the Beach Boys, Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Marvin Gaye & others. A real trip down memory lane. " ; 8vo; 120 pages. [575]; 8vo; 120 pages .

Oak Publications. Very Good+. 1977. First Edition. Softcover. 0825603080 . Reprint edition. Clean, tight condition. CD is icluded and has only minimal wear. Book is clean and unmarked except for donation stamps on endpage. Light corner wear & scuffing to covers. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 96 pages; Basic & advanced techniques, with 38 tunes, plus detailed sections on how to hold the bow, bow movement, and positions. Includes tunes in the styles of J. P. Fraley, Gaither Carlton, Lowe Stokes, Kenny Hall and others. In standard notation and fiddle tablature. Includes an extensive discography. (468? ) .

Hal Leonard Corporation. Near Fine. 2007. First Edition. Softcover. 1423416163 . Excellent condition - clean and unmarked. Cover has slight wear to corners. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 110 pages; 14 vocal selections (music and lyrics) from the Tony Award-winning musical, including: And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going * Cadillac Car * Family * Hard to Say Goodbye, My Love * I Am Changing * One Night Only * When I First Saw You * and more. [393-osl] .

Mcgraw Hill. Very Good. 1989. First Edition. Softcover. 0075497778 . Ex-library with sturdy laminated cover, usual stamps & stickers, light wear to edges & corners, light soiling outer edge of pages. Interior pages clean & tight, other than a few tiny spots inside front cover. There is a paper tear along spine area inside front & back cover but nothing is loose. 82 pages. B/w illustrations. Celebrated entertainer, Eric Nagler, has been described as the "Eric Clapton of kid's music". In this book, he provdes a collection of hands-on music making, musical lore and anecdote. "Not only an activity book that will help you create enough instruments to stock any number of rhythm bands, jug bands and "other" bands, this book also contains a number of short chapters on the history of the instruments, musical anecdotes, and Eric Nagler"s life with music from his humorous early experiences to an inspirational account of 50,000 Civil Rights marchers in… Read More

CA: GPI Publications. Very Good. 1977. Magazine. Interior pages very good - clean, no markings, one small form clipped out - doesn't affect any text. Cover has a little wrinkling and a few light creases, coupsle small spots on front (coffee? ) . Contents: Todd Rundren - space age guitarist; Gary Richrath - REO Speedwagon; Gene Bertoncini - NY studio mainstay and others. (*lower shipping avail to most locations) [245-osl]; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 130 pages .

Toronto: Sound and Vision Publishing. Near Fine. 1996. Softcover. 0920151205 . Excellent condition - light corner wear to covers. Pages clean and unmarked. B/w illustrations. 122 pages. Ingram: "Walden pulls out the plugs, takes a lidd off propriety, and says "laugh till it hurts" in this farcical look at a music professor and his mentor. Walden was the original Old Deuteronomy in Cats and the innkeeper in Les Miserables. " b&w illustrations. (300 -osl) ; 8vo .

St. Martin's Press. Good in Good dust jacket. 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. 0312411669 . Ex-library book with laminated cover and usual ex-lib type markings. Shows signs of wear including scuffing/light scratches to jacket, few very small edge tears, and soiling to outer edge of pages. Pages are all intact with the occasional small spot and light wrinkling to some rear pages. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Fox's interviews with 12 men important to the history of modern music are reprinted from Audio magazine, where he is an editor. The interviewees are those who developed the top vocal artists of the past half-century. Includes Mitch Miller, John Hammond, Jerry Wexler, Alfred Lion, Milt Gabler & others. (575) .

New Jersey: Prentice Hall. Very Good. 1975. Fourth Printing. Softcover. 0135098440 . Very good. Pages are clean and intact. Cover has light wear to edges and light scuffing. B/w il lustrations. 84 pages. "Jerry Coker, teacher, composer/arranger, and noted jazz saxophonist, outlines the basics of jazz music and musicianship, covering such elements as analysis of styles, training the ear, chord progressions, chord voicings, keyboard, improvising, and arranging. " (115os-3-24) ; 8vo .

Saskatchewan: Thistledown Press. Very Good. 2000. First Edition. Softcover. 1894345088 . Ex-library with sturdy laminated cover, usual stamps & stickers, only light wear overall - light wear to edges/corners, slight soiling outer edge of pages. Interior pages clean & tight - two earmarks seen. 174 pagesBook DescriptionImmerse yourself in this extended poem sequence based on the life and works of jazz icon Miles Davis which braids a strong narrative life-line and lyric responses to key recordings. The poetry morphs to match the periods and styles of Davis' jazz, from Bebop through hard bop, cool, third stream, modal, funk, fusion, and doo bop. A "must have" for jazz Quill and Quire, October 2000- Richard Stevenson...[is] playing with the likes of Langston Hughes...Ferlinghetti, and Frank O'Hara....Live Evil is that good. (*Shipping will be reduced, depending on your location); ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall .

Harcourt Brace. Very Good. 1976. First Edition. Softcover. 0155648837 . Cover has scuffing and light edgewear, some soiling/spotting to outer edge of pages, light creasing. Pages are intact and clean other than a few checkmarks and an address stamp on endpage. Contents: Dimensions of Sound, Melody and texture, Rhythm, Medieval music, Renaissance music, Instruments, Baroque music, Performance, Music in context, Romantic music, Music in the marketplace, Music from 1900-1945, and Music since 1945. B/w illustrations. 310 pages. [775]; 4to 11" - 13" tall .

Chronicle Books. Very Good. 1993. First Edition. Softcover. 081180416x . Pages clean and tight, occasional bit of ink rubbing from one page to the other, light age tanning. Cover has light edge and corner wear, light scuffing and 3 small tears across spine. Bottom edge of pages has a small remainder marking and light soiling. "New York Jazz: Coltrane, Miles, Mingus, Monk at their peak. And the album cover art produced by their labels - Prestige, Atlantic and Riverside - conveyed that same excitement through daring and innovative graphics." b/w & colour illus. [730]. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 110 pages .

London: Thorsons. Near Fine. 1998. First Edition. Softcover. 0722534957 . Excellent condition, pages clean and unmarked, overall wear very light. 110 pages. B/w illus. ; Thorsons Principles; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 110 pages; The arts have the power to reach our innermost feelings. We can harness this healing power to foster self-development, increase confidence and work towards greater happiness. (115os) .

Alfred Knopf. Very Good. 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. 0394508289 . Ex-library book, but still in very nice condition - usual ex-lib type of markings. Library binding, jacket attached to book. Light edgewear to cover, a little moreso to bottom edge, light soiling outer edge of pages, back cover and occasional small spot within book. Interior very good, one page seen with small edge tear. 306 pages. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; When rock critic Greil Marcus asked 20 other writers on rock what one rock-and-roll album they'd want to take to a desert island, the resulting 20 fervent essays by the likes of Dave Marsh, Lester Bangs, Robert Christgau, Nick Tosches, M. Mark, Jim Miller, Ariel Swartley, Langdon Winner, Ellen Willis, Joe McEwen, Tom Carson, Paul Nelson, Kit Rachlis etc. Became this engaging book. It's a brief but intense amusement to imagine spending the rest of your life under a coconut palm listening to The Kinks, The Eagles, Van Morrison or The… Read More

Da Capo Press. Very Good. 2007. First Edition. Softcover. 0306814307 . Clean, intact condition, no markings. Slight soiling to bottom edge of pages. Light age tanning to page edges. Cover has light edgewear, minor creasing and minor corner curling. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 400 pages; "Though most casual fans know the story of hip-hop's birth in the ashes of the South Bronx, the story of the South's entry into the modern rap scene remains relatively unknown. Here, author and music writer Sarig (The Secret History of Rock) provides the "Dirty South" its first complete history, an ambitious tale featuring Southern industry luminaries like Pharrell Williams and Jermaine Dupri, as well as the acts mentioned in the subtitle. Sarig's chronicle boasts remarkable depth and breadth, covering every aspect of Southern hip-hop, including dozens-if not hundreds-of acts. Moving away from historical documentation to analysis can lead Sarig to make some questionable… Read More

Ellipsis Arts. Fine. 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. B0000059TT . Ellipsis Arts 1995, hardcover book & CD (approx. 5.5" tall) . ISBN: 1559612746. Excellent condition, book is clean and unmarked. CD has a couple tiny scuffs but otherwise as new. Contains: Naqshbandi Sufis, Healing and Trance in Moroccoand Balinese Temple Festival. "Delve deeply into authentic rituals from three spiritual cultures using music to open up into extraordinary realms of being..." . Colour illustrations. (170os); The Musica Expeditions Series/Book and CD; 24mo 5" - 6" tall .