BOOKS ABOUT ROCK, POP, BLUES, R & B, JAZZ
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GUIDES
Marsh/Swenson Rolling Stone Record Guide [631 pages; almost 10,000 reviews of rock, pop, soul, country, blues jazz, gospel albums] paperback $3
Gambaccini Rock Critics' Choice: The Top 200 Albums out of print paperback $3
WRITING BY MUSICIANS
Clapton The Autobiography hardback $4
Dylan
Writings and Drawings (stated 1st ed 1973) hardback
$20
Lennon
In His Own Write/A Spaniard in the Works
(stated 2nd printing, copyright 1964/65) paperback $4
BIOGRAPHIES
Henderson 'Scuse Me While I Kiss the Sky: The Life of Jimi Hendrix paperback $3
Scaduto Mick Jagger: Everybody's Lucifer paperback $4
Scaduto Bob Dylan hardback $4
Heylin Bob Dylan--A Life in Stolen Moments Day by Day: 1 hardback $10
ANALYSIS/CULTURAL HISTORY
Oliver The Meaning of the Blues [a classic of its kind] paperback $3
Hentoff The Jazz Life 1st edition 1961 hardback $8
Hentoff Listen to the Stories: Nat Hentoff on Jazz and Country Music (stated 1st ed) hardback $5
Feather Book of Jazz--From Then Till Now ["a book for people who would become musically mature"--Duke Ellington] paperback $3
Booth Rythm Oil: a Journey Through the Music of the American South [focuses on Memphis blues; Stax] paperback $4
George The Death of Rhythm and Blues paperback $4
Tosches Unsung Heroes of Rock 'n' Roll [witty & informative discussion of once-famous, now obscure pre-Elvis musicians, plus a terrific discography] paperback $4
Frith Sound Effects: Youth, Leisure, and the Politics of Rock and Roll paperback $4
Marcus Stranded: Rock and Roll For A Desert Island [20 articles, some of them brilliant, by rock critics analyzing performers & albums, plus a discography of great & often obscure 45s & lps] paperback $4
Marcus Mystery Train: Images of America in Rock 'N' Roll Music ("revised and expanded" edition 1982) paperback $5
Marcus Mystery Train: Images of America in Rock 'N' Roll Music
["probably the best book ever written about rock"--Rolling Stone Magazine; sells $25 & up on Amazon] 1st edition 1975 hardback $8
Doukas Electric Tibet: Chronicle and Sociology of the San Francisco Rock Musicians [very scarce on the West Coast--even more so in the Midwest; selling for $45-150 on Amazon] out of print 1st edition 1969 paperback $25
ART
Dean Views [Roger Dean's & others' commentary on his album art for Yes, Osibisa, etc. ; selling for $15-$30 on Amazon]
paperback $5
HOW-TO
Taussig Teach Yourself Guitar paperback $4
SONGBOOKS/SHEET MUSIC
Stevie Wonder Songs in the Key of Life [lyrics & chords for the album of the same name] out of print paperback $4
Randy Newman Little Criminals [lyrics & chords for the album of the same name] out of print paperback $4
Carole King The Songs of Carole King [lyrics & piano chords] out of print paperback $6
Crosby/Stills/Nash/Young Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young & Dj vu [lyrics & guitar chords for 2 albums, 19 songs] out of print paperback $10
The Band Rock of Ages [lyrics & musical notations for album of the same name; selling for $45-49 on Amazon] out of print paperback $10
Mitchell Joni Mitchell Songbook: Complete Volume #2 [lyrics & chords for the songs in the albums Blue, For the Roses, Court & Spark; selling $45 & up] out of print paperback $10
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