Sat, 08 Jan 2011 23:22:45 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/1001-songs-56-114501.html This title is an introduction to some of the greatest songs ever recorded, by an enormous range of artists from Bessie Smith to Gnarls Barkley and from Metallica to Missy Elliott. Find out what makes their songs so great - then get back to the music.

Author: DIMERY, ROBERT  Publisher: HACHETTE]]> Thu, 09 Dec 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/the-oxford-encyclopedia-of-music-in-india-56-114394.html Covering the story of music in India spread over almost 2000 years, this encyclopaedia is the most authoritative, comprehensive, and up-to-date reference on the subject. The more than 5000 in-depth entries by over 100 acclaimed contributors from India and abroad cover almost all musical forms and gharanas including dance forms, technical terms and instruments, and practitioners. Readership: Music connoisseurs, practicing musicians, interested amateurs, teachers and students of Indian classical music, as well as general readers

Author: SANGIT MAHABHARTI  Publisher: OUP]]> Tue, 07 Dec 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/beatles-10-years-that-shook-the-world-56-110068.html Roll up for a magical mystery tour! Charting the birth of the band to the bitter break up, this daybyday analysis of The Beatles phenomenon examines the private and public events that revolutionized the music world. From their iconic domination of the music industry to the dramatic split, rare and unseen photographs reveal the band as never before. Published in association with Mojo magazine.

Author: Trynka, P  Publisher: DORLING KINDERSLEY]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/blues-odyssey-56-110069.html A journey to music's heart and soul. Blues is a natural fact, something that a fellow lives. If you don t live it, you don t have it. —Big Bill Broonzy It takes a legend to explore the blues. Rolling Stone Bill Wyman s personal tribute to the music and musicians that inspired him to pick up a bass guitar.

Author: Wyman, Bill  Publisher: DORLING KINDERSLEY]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/eyewitness-companion-guides-classical-56-110070.html The guide that shows you what others only tell you. Explore and enjoy 1,000 years of classical music with this unique collaboration from DK and Classic FM.

Author: Burrows, John  Publisher: DORLING KINDERSLEY]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/hellfire-the-jerry-lee-lewis-story-56-110071.html Hellfire The Jerry Lee Lewis Story

Author: Tosches, Nick  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/how-to-play-guitar-56-110072.html Helps readers learn the guitar, master it and play their favourite music. This book provides instructions, which explain various things, from choosing the right guitar to performing live. It also offers advice for lefthanded players.

Author: Evans, Roger  Publisher: HAMISH HAMILTON]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/new-complete-guitarist-56-110073.html Featuring an allvisual approach to mastering the guitar, this playing manual covers topics ranging from simple chords to more complex styles.

Author: Chapman, Richard  Publisher: DORLING KINDERSLEY]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/new-penguin-dictionary-of-music-56-110074.html Explores in detail the lives and achievements of a huge range of composers, and examines key topics such as music history (from medieval plainchant to contemporary minimalism), performers, theory and jargon. This dictionary is a useful reference book for lovers of music, whether amateur or professional.

Author: Griffiths, Paul  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/number-one-in-heaven-56-110075.html Number One in Heaven

Author: Simmonds, Jeremy  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/penguin-guide-to-blues-recordings-56-110076.html A oneofakind new guide to recorded blues This informative, insightful, and easytouse AZ guide surveys the recorded work of more than a thousand blues artists. From towering figures of the past like Charley Patton, Bessie Smith, and Robert Johnson to stars of the modern era such as B. B. King, Buddy Guy, and Stevie Ray Vaughan, this valuable resource provides crisp, expert, and witty reviews of almost six thousand recordings and is required reading for blues aficionados as well as anyone just starting a collection.

Author: Russell, Tony & Smith, Chris  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/penguin-guide-to-compact-discs-dvds-56-110077.html This is one of the largest and most comprehensive surveys of classical music on digital audio and video discs ever published. It covers thousands of recordings, offering candid evaluation of their artistic and technical merits, highlighting notable performances, and pinpointing the best buys. The essential companion volume updating Penguinas most recent CD/DVD guide This yearbook supplements The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs and DVDs, the largest and most comprehensive survey of classical music on digital audio and video discs ever published. Together, the two books cover thousands of recordings and films, offering candid evaluation of their relative artistic and technical merits, highlighting notable performances, and pinpointing best buys. This yearbook not only reviews the many hundreds of CDs that have appeared since the publication of the main guide in 2005, but it also takes a close look at some of the more unusual areas of the classical music repertoire and includes an extensive section on instrumental concerts and recitals. Designed to help select the very best classical music and video discs available to date, The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs and DVDs Yearbook is an invaluable resource for any classical music lover.

Author: March, Ivan  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/penguin-guide-to-jazz-on-cd-7th-ed--56-110078.html The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD is now firmly established as the world's leading guide to recorded jazz, a mine of fascinating information and a source of insightful often wittily trenchant criticism. For this completely revised seventh edition, Richard Cook and Brian Morton have reassessed each artist's entry and updated the text to incorporate thousands of additional CDs. The result is an endlessly browsable companion that will prove required reading for aficionados and jazz novices alike.

Author: Cook, Richard & Morton, Brian  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/piano-notes-hidden-world-of-the-piansi-56-110079.html An exploration of the delights and demands of the piano. It considers various aspects of the instrument from what makes a beautiful sound to suffering from stage fright, from the physical challenges of playing to tales of great musicians, including Vladimir Horowitz's recording tricks, and why Artur Rubenstein applied hairspray to the keys.

Author: Rosen, Charles  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/richard-cook-s-jazz-encyclopedia-56-110080.html More than an AZ guide to the artists and bands that have shaped jazz, this invaluable resource also tracks the history of jazz and its changing styles and terminology. Essential reading for all jazz fans Far more than an AZ guide to the artists and bands who have shaped jazz, this invaluable resource also tracks the history of jazz and its changing styles and terminology. Whether readers want to know why Louis Armstrong was called Satchmo, what bebop is, or the difference between Gil Evans and Bill Evansthis wonderfully accessible book has all the answers. * Contains sixty pages of photos * Includes more than 2,000 entries on jazz artists and bands * Provides clear definitions of key terms such as swing and fusion

Author: Cook, Richard  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/rough-guide-to-bob-dylan-56-110081.html In his seventh decade and still going strong, Bob Dylan is the ultimate singersongwriter hugely revered, baffingly idiosyncratic, an enigma and a music legend responsible for a staggering number of classic songs. Now in it''s second edition, the Rough Guide clarifies the mysteries surrounding the man and the music, looking at the lyrics, the influences, the legends and the musicians he worked with. Features include The Life from Minnesota to Manchester, from the Albert Hall to the Never Ending Tour, The Music 50 essential Dylan songs and the stories behind them and Dylanology the movies, the sayings, books and websites.

Publisher: ROUGH GUIDES]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/rough-guide-to-film-musicals-the-56-110082.html The perfect companion to cinema''s most spectacular genre, The Rough Guide to Film Musicals reveals how an escapist entertainment became Hollywood''s most ingenious art form. From such enduring classics as Singin'' In The Rain and West Side Story to recent successes like Evita and Chicago, this book reviews 50 essential musicals, including several forgotten gems. There are profiles of musical icons such as Fred Astaire, Judy Garland and George Gershwin and details of musicals from around the world. Complete with a list of the best soundtracks, websites and books for further reading, this Rough Guide takes a behind the scenes look at this magical movie genre.

Author: Parkinson, David  Publisher: ROUGH GUIDES]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/rough-guide-to-led-zeppelin-the-56-110083.html Rock legends Led Zeppelin remain a colossal music force with songs at once mystical, heavy, traditional and highly original. The Rough Guide to Led Zeppelin tells the story of the life and afterlife of this most extraordinary supergroup. Features include The Story from the first meeting of Plant and Page to the untimely death of John Bonham, detailing the magic, mayhem and excesses of the era. The Music the band's fifty best songs unpicked, plus coverage of blues influences, bootlegs, solo careers, and the best Jimmy Page guitar solos and most outstanding Robert Plant vocals. The Passengers profiles of collaborators and colleagues including Roy Harper and Mickie Most. The Cargo Zeppelin films, places, myths and memorabilia, books, websites and the afterlife of Stairway to Heaven. It's a whole lotta Zep...

Author: Williamson, Nigel  Publisher: ROUGH GUIDES]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/rough-guide-to-pink-floyd-56-110084.html The Rough Guide to Pink Floyd is the ultimate companion to the band that changed the sound and scale of pop music forever. Features include The Story from the Syd Barrett era, the Dark Side Of The Moon phenomenon to their transformation into one of the world's biggest bands, The Music 50 essential Floyd songs and the stories behind them, plus all the albums and recording sessions, sideprojects and solo careers, Floyd On Film the movies and film soundtracks fromThe Wall and More to Zabriskie Point and Pink Floyd at Pompeii, Floydology file the cover versions, rarities, DVDs, books and websites. From the psychedelic happenings of 60s London to the arena gigs, world tours and Live 8 reunion it's all here.

Author: Manning, Toby  Publisher: ROUGH GUIDES]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/rough-guide-to-punk-56-110085.html The Rough Guide to Punk casts a sneering glance at the musicians, fashions, icons and record labels behind the subculture that revolutionized pop music. The guide includes profiles of more than 250 artists, from legends such as the Sex Pistols and XRay Spex to contemporary stars like Green Day and Babyshambles. There are critical reviews of landmark albums and classic singles, plus the lowdown on everything from safety pins and bondage trousers to venues like The Roxy and CBGBs. The guide comes complete with recommended playlists of the best, loudest and angriest slices of punk waiting to be downloaded to your iPod or MP3 player.

Author: Spicer, Al  Publisher: ROUGH GUIDES]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/rough-guide-to-the-beatles-56-110086.html The Beatles are the ultimate band a the most popular, the most respected, the most influential. This new edition of The Rough Guide to the Beatles covers every aspect of the Fab Four, delving deep into the music, lyrics, movies and solo careers. Features include The Story from Liverpool clubs to Beatlemania. The Music incisive reviews of every Beatles and solo album. The Canon the inside track on the 50 greatest songs. On Screen the movies, the promos and the TV appearances. The Fifth Beatle George Martin, Yoko Ono, Magic Alex and other contenders. Beatleology the best books, the weirdest covers, the most obsessive websites, the obscurest trivia. A

Publisher: ROUGH GUIDES]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/rough-guide-to-the-rolling-stones-56-110087.html Still going strong after four decades, The Rolling Stones are the ultimate rock band. The Rough Guide to The Rolling Stones explores every aspect of the music, and charts how Mick, Keith and the boys invented rock stardom. Features include The Story From the blues clubs of 60s Chelsea to the world tours and millionaire mansions, The Music 50 essential songs and the stories behind them, plus the albums, bootlegs, soundtracks and solo projects, The Entourage the girlfriends, managers and musicians, from Jerry Hall and Marianne Faithful to Andrew Loog Oldham and Nicky Hopkins, The Rolling Review the movies, books and websites a all the Stones info youall ever need. This Rough Guide leaves no stone unturned.

Author: Egan, Sean  Publisher: ROUGH GUIDES]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/rough-guide-to-velvet-underground-the-56-110088.html Sporting shades and a feedbackheavy sounds, the Velvets straddled art and rock, changing popular music forever, and sowing the seeds for punk, grunge and thousands of countercultural fourchord wonders. The Rough Guide to The Velvet Underground explores The Velvet Story How Lou Reed, Sterling Morrison, John Cale and the others emerged from the New York scene, their successes and excesses and what happened to each in their solo years. Velvet Music From their 1967 debut with Nico to their 1993 reunion with all the tales behind the tunes. Velvet Universe Everybody who was anybody in the Velvet's world, taking in Andy Warhol, Edie Sedgwick, David Bowie, Delmore, Schwaretsz and Brian Eno. Velvet Goldmine The Underground on screen, the Velvets' New York, clubs, influences, covers, websites and more.

Author: Hogan, Peter  Publisher: ROUGH GUIDES]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/100-best-album-covers-56-110089.html Other books have already praised the music inside the sleeves of these musical masterpiences, but DK 100 Best Album Covers focuses exclusively on 100 of the most striking and lasting images in popular music. Charting the changes and developments in album design since the 1960s, each of the worldfamous covers has been specially chosen as a classic document of its time. From the 60s psychedelia of Pink Floyd to the Britpop of Blur, all the covers are reproduced in full colour. Detailed annotations explain the creative genius involved in their production and lively text provides anecdotes about the work of the designers from Andy Warhol to Peter Saville.

Author: Thorgerson & Powell  Publisher: DORLING KINDERSLEY]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/all-you-need-to-know-about-the-music-bus-56-110090.html All You Need To Know About The Music Bus

Author: Passman, Donald  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/blues-odyssey-56-110091.html From the plantations of America's Deep South to the bright lights of Chicago, Bill Wyman pays tribute to the Blues and its musicians who inspired him. The stories of the fascinating and often troubled lives of some of the Blues finest artists take you on an evocative journey of the musical style that gave birth to rock 'n' roll. With rare photographs from Bill Wyman's personal archive, this a must for music fans.

Publisher: DORLING KINDERSLEY]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/complete-guitarist-56-110092.html Complete Guitarist

Author: Chapman, Richard  Publisher: DORLING KINDERSLEY]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/complete-lyrics-the-1978-2006-56-110093.html A collection of lyrics that spans the author's entire career, from his writing for The Birthday Party through the highly acclaimed Murder Ballads and The Boatman's Call to new albums No More Shall We Part, Nocturama, Abattoir Blues and The Proposition.

Author: Cave, Nick  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/country-music-56-110094.html Country Music

Author: Nash, Alanna  Publisher: DORLING KINDERSLEY]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/gig-the-life-and-times-of-a-rockstar-56-110095.html Explores how music and the muse intertwine in work and in life. This title includes stories, anecdotes, jokes, absurdities, the odd informal homily, pitfalls and pratfalls, and Yorkshire life and death. It is about the dream and reality of what you are, and what you might have been.

Author: Armitage, Simon  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/how-to-be-a-dj-56-110096.html A stylish and accessible guide to the world of deejaying. All you need is some decks, a mixer, cool choons and you're ready to go. With technical and style advice, you'll find out exactly what equipment you need and whether those optional extras are really necessary. A step by step guide to mixing and scratching and more on the CD/vinyl debate enables you to hone those deejaying skills to perfection. Also contains advice and FAQs for firsttime DJs on that big night and lots of hot tips from some big names in the clubbing world, including Danny Rampling.

Author: Hoggarth, J  Publisher: PUFFIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/how-to-play-electronic-keyboards-56-110097.html Shows how to play and produce professional keyboard sounds and rhythms from day one. This book explains the essentials with advice on those from fingering techniques and effective practice, to reading music and playing for an audience.

Author: Evans, R  Publisher: HAMISH HAMILTON]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/how-to-sing-56-110098.html How To Sing

Author: Hewitt, G  Publisher: HAMISH HAMILTON]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/maestros-masterpieces-madness-the-56-110099.html Exposes the strange truth and sheer brilliance behind the classical music recording industry. This book charts its rise since Caruso's first gramophone bestseller of 1902 and predicts the industry's imminent doom in the face of schmaltzy crossover albums and technology.

Author: Lebrecht, Norman  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/new-penguin-opera-guide-56-110100.html The New Pengiun Opera Guide is a fully revised and updated edition of the most comprehensive singlevolume opera encyclopaedia ever published. In the course of hundreds of meticulously researched articles, it explores the complete operas of figures as diverse as Bellini and Britten, Handel and Hindemith, Massenet and Monteverdi, Rameau and Rossini, Weber and Weill; offers fresh insights into such perennial favourites as Mozart, Verdi and Wagner; and examines stage works by composers not primarily remembered for their operas Schumann, Faure and Schoenberg among them. It also brings the reader right up to date with the latest operas by contemporary composers worldwide, including Ades, Carter, Holliger, Macmillan, Picker, Reich, Saariaho and Tan Dun. In all it discusses nearly 850 composers and looks in detail at around 2,000 works. For every composer, there is an outline of their operatic career and an assessment of their contribution to the genre. Each of their significant operatic works has its own entry, with information about the libretto, duration, cast and orchestra, the background to the work, the plot, and musical highlights. Selected recordings are included, to guide the reader towards the best versions, and there is also information about publishers and available editions, as well as bibliographical references. Each article has been written by a leading expert in the field, for example, Tim Carter on Monteverdi, Philip Gossett on Rossini, David Cairns on Berlioz, Roger Parker on Puccini, Michael Kennedy on Richard Strauss, John Tyrrell on Janacek, Stephen Walsh on Stravinsky. For the enthusiast or novice, amateur or professional, The New Penguin Opera Guide is an ideal source of information and insight. It brings alive the entire rich and varied tapestry of opera, from its beginnings four hundred years ago right up to the present day.

Author: Holden, Amanda  Publisher: VIKING]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/opera-guide-56-110101.html Here is the fully revised and updated edition of the most comprehensive singlevolume opera encyclopedia ever published in paperback. Through hundreds of meticulously researched articles, The New Penguin Opera Guide brings to life nearly 2,000 operatic works by some 850 composers. From perennial favorites like Mozart and Wagner to contemporary composers like AdA]s and Reich, each articlewritten by a leading expert in the fieldoutlines the composer's operatic career and assesses his contribution to the genre. Every significant work has its own entry, with information about the libretto, duration, cast and orchestra, background, plot, and musical highlights. In addition to uptodate bibliographic material on notable editions and publishers, selected recordings are featured to guide readers toward the best available versions.

Author: Holden, Amanda  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/penguin-guide-to-jazz-recordings-the-56-110102.html The essential guide to recorded jazz, now in its ninth edition Firmly established as the world s leading guide to jazz, this celebrated reference book is a mine of fascinating information and insightful often wittily trenchant criticism. For this completely revised edition, Richard Cook and Brian Morton have reassessed each artist s entry and updated the text to incorporate thousands of additional CDs and artists. The result is an endlessly browsable companion for jazz aficionados and novices alike.

Author: Cook, Richard & Morton, Brian  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/penguin-guide-to-recorded-classical-musi-56-110103.html This invaluable resource has remained the best and most successful guide to classical music for over 30 years. Fully revised (and digitally remastered) by its team of eminent authors and full of its trademark wit and passion, this Penguin Guide offers reviews of all the latest releases as well as the finest established recordings. Now published annually for the first time and revised for the download generation, this book is essential reading for all classical music fans.

Author: Czajkowski, Paul  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/penguin-guide-to-recorded-classical-musi-56-110104.html invaluable resource has remained the best and most successful guide to classical music for over 30 years. Fully revised (and digitally remastered) by its team of eminent authors and full of its trademark wit and passion, this Penguin Guide offers reviews of all the latest releases as well as the finest established recordings. Now published annually for the first time and revised for the download generation, this book is essential reading for all classical music fans.

Author: March, Ivan  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/punk-56-110105.html Lets you discover the definitive story of Punk with three decades worth of interviews, insider stories, photographs and memorabilia. This book tells the story of rock and roll's most rebellious offspring the gigs, the threechord classics, and the scandals, successes and fashions.

Author: Mojo  Publisher: DORLING KINDERSLEY]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/record-compact-disc-collectors-56-110106.html This is the guide for record and CD collectors. Updated for its fifth edition to reflect current market prices, The Penguin Price Guide for Record and CD Collectors lists more than 140,000 valuations and offers an advice on adding to your collection. Coverage of imports and information about specialist areas such as psychedelia make this the most useful guide available.

Author: Hamlyn, N  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/rolling-with-the-stones-56-110107.html The combination of music and sex was something I had never encountered in any other group. Andrew Loog Oldham, the Stones first manager, 1963 There is no denying The Rolling Stones position as the greatest rock n roll band of all time. Women s Wear Daily, 1975 I hope they don t think we re a rock n roll outfit. Mick,1962 God if I commit suicide I m gonna miss the next Stones album. Patti Smith, 1976 They would not be welcome in this city in the future. F C Errington, Police Inspector, Vancouver, 1966 Hysterical girls whipped off their panties and hurled them. The Sunday People,1969 He s the only white cat that ever got my rhythm. Bo Diddley on Brian, 1963 The Rolling Stones are rock n roll. They epitomize everything that is excessive, exciting, powerful, lavish and brilliant about rock music. Rolling with the Stones by Bill Wyman is the book all Stones fans have been waiting for and the only history of the band that will ever need to be written. For the very first time, Bill s huge personal archive has been made available for publication. Featuring previously unseen letters, photographs, memorabilia and his own meticulously kept journals, Rolling with the Stones is the real inside story of life in the world s most famous rock n roll band told by the one man who remembers it all. From drug busts and court rooms to tax exile and solo careers, Bill s honest and humorous narrative is a backstage pass to all the key moments in the band s history big and small.

Author: Wyman, Bill  Publisher: DORLING KINDERSLEY]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/rough-guide-to-classical-music-1-essent-56-110108.html The Rough Guide to Classical Music 100 Essential CDs is the pocket size key developing any classical music collection. It contains detailed review of 100 recordings from Hildegard of Bingen to MarkAnthony Turnage, covering the acknowledge classics and others that deserve to be.

Author: Staines, Joe (Ed)  Publisher: ROUGH GUIDES]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/rough-guide-to-electric-guitar-56-110109.html A new series of concise, pocket guides help you make the most of your musical instrument. Rough Guide Tipbooks guide musicians both novice and experienced into choosing the instrument that's right for them. Each Tipbook is divided into the Basics, the use and main parts of the instrument and learning how to play; the Guide, practical tips on selecting an instrument as well as maintaining, tuning, and buying accessories; and the Contexts, the history of the instrument, how it is made, and the main brands on the market. A terrific reference and a great gift, Rough Guide Tipbooks will enhance anyone's feel for their instrument and make them a better musician.

Publisher: ROUGH GUIDES]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/rough-guide-to-elvis-56-110110.html January 2005 will see the 70th anniversary of Elvis Presley''s birth. This new edition of the Rough Guide to Elvis, will be the most uptodate guide on every aspect of The King, from his songs to his record collection, his cars to his costumes, from his birth to his mythic afterlife. The guide charts his life, the music, the 50 essential Presley songs, the collectables, the museums, a world tour of the essential Elvis sights from Graceland to Germany and the Icon Elvis as king, star, image and myth.

Publisher: ROUGH GUIDES]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/rough-guide-to-heavy-metal-56-110111.html With more than 300 artist biographies and band stories, this is the essential heavy metal companion. Additional features include dozens of boxouts and sidebars on topics as diverse and disturbing as Weird Hobbies, Christian Metal, the Japanese Scene, Weird Day Jobs, the Eastern European Scene, Hardcore Crossover and Drummer Jokes. From Alien Ant Farm to Biohazard a and yes, all the way to ZZ Top a the Rough Guide to Heavy Metal is the ultimate brainwarping A to Z. If you love metal, this is the book for you.

Author: Berelian , Esse  Publisher: ROUGH GUIDES]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/rough-guide-to-ipods-itunes-and-music-56-110112.html The updated 5th edition of the Rough Guide to iPods, iTunes & music online is the ultimate companion to the defining gadget of the digital music era and an essential guide to music and video on the Net, on your PC or Mac, and in your pocket. This new edition provides full coverage of the latest Apple models, including the iPod classic, iPod nano, iPod shuffle, and the iPod touch. All the latest accessories and software are roadtested with newlook iTunes 7 covered in full detail. This bestselling guide includes a fully revamped section on iTunes and Movies/Video, including the lowdown on the new Apple TV hardware. Everything you need to know about buying music from the iTunes Music Store, as well as iTunes Plus, which offers highquality, DRMfree music. This book helps you discover how to select the right model and get the best deal, how to import your CDs and DVDs and manage your music and video library, how to digitize music from vinyl or cassette and download from the best online sites and stores, all this plus much, much more. Whether you already have an iPod or you're thinking of buying one, you need this book.

Author: Buckley, Peter  Publisher: ROUGH GUIDES]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/rough-guide-to-jazz-56-110113.html The third edition of the Rough Guide to Jazz has over 2,100 critical biographies, ranging from greats like Louis Armstrong and Miles Davis to rising stars like Stacey Kent and Jamie Cullum. As well as outlining every artist''s career, each entry concludes with recommendations of the best of their recordings on CD. The guide includes many illustrations by top jazz photographers.

Author: Carr, Ian Fairweather, Digby & Priestley  Publisher: ROUGH GUIDES]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/rough-guide-to-jazz-1-essential-cds-56-110114.html This title gives expert guidance on how to build a representative collection of jazz's finest music. It contains detailed reviews of 100 recordings, from King Oliver to Keith Jarrett, covering the acknowledged classics and others that deserve to be.

Author: Fairweather  Publisher: ROUGH GUIDES]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/rough-guide-to-keyboards-digital-56-110115.html A new series of concise, pocket guides help you make the most of your musical instrument. Rough Guide Tipbooks guide musicians both novice and experienced into choosing the instrument that's right for them. Each Tipbook is divided into the Basics, the use and main parts of the instrument and learning how to play; the Guide, practical tips on selecting an instrument as well as maintaining, tuning, and buying accessories; and the Contexts, the history of the instrument, how it is made, and the main brands on the market. A terrific reference and a great gift, Rough Guide Tipbooks will enhance anyone's feel for their instrument and make them a better musician.

Publisher: ROUGH GUIDES]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/rough-guide-to-opera-1-essential-cds-56-110116.html The Rough Guide to Opera 100 Essential CD's is the essential source for compiling a balanced and thoughtful collection, whether you're a confirmed opera buff or simply looking to spice for comparing not only awardwinner and a lesserknown masterpiece, but the latest digital discs and classic historical sets.

Author: Boyden, Matthew  Publisher: ROUGH GUIDES]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/rough-guide-to-rock-56-110117.html Developed through the Internet, this guide has opinion on every phase and craze of rock. There are critical discographies, reviews of CDs and career details of more than 1200 bands and artists.

Publisher: ROUGH GUIDES]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/rough-guide-to-rock-1-essential-cds-56-110118.html Destined to be debated and devoured. The Rough Guides is 100 Essential CD's is the blueprint for a great music collection. This pocket reference includes detailed reviews of 100 from today's sounds to their origins. Provocate and on the this Rough Guide is essential reading for any fan.

Author: Spicer, Al  Publisher: ROUGH GUIDES]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/rough-guide-to-soul-1-essential-cds-56-110119.html Each title in The Rough Guide 100 Essential CD series is a blueprint for a great record collection. Containing detailed reviews of 100 recordings from acknowledged classics to those that deserve to be, and brief bios of the artists responsible, these little books are condensed histories of the musical genres they explore.

Author: Shapiro, Peter  Publisher: ROUGH GUIDES]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/rough-guide-to-world-music-1-essential-56-110120.html Each title in The Rough Guide 100 Essential CD series is a blueprint for a great record collection. Containing detailed reviews of 100 recordings from acknowledged classics to those that deserve to be, and brief bios of the artists responsible, these little books are condensed histories of the musical genres they explore.

Author: Broughton, Simon  Publisher: ROUGH GUIDES]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/rough-guide-to-world-music-the-europe-56-110121.html A work on sounds from around the globe. It includes articles on more than 60 countries from Albania to Wales and Afghanistan to Vietnam, focusing on popular and roots music.

Publisher: ROUGH GUIDES]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/sinatra-56-110122.html From early fame in the big band era of the 1940's through to the farewell tours in the twilight years, this work is a story of Ol' Blue Eyes. It aims to set the record straight on Sinatra's childhood, Rat Pack capers and his famous (and infamous) friendships.

Author: Havers, Richard  Publisher: DORLING KINDERSLEY]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/status-quo-and-the-kangaroo-and-other-56-110123.html Why was Elton John's reworking of Candle in the Wind for Princess Diana a terrible, terrible mistake? Which rock star would regularly leave what unspeakable gift inside hotel room hairdryers? And did Omar Sharif and Ian Dury ever comes to blows and have to be separated by a Blockhead? Yes. With a cry of Leave it Omar, he's a raspberry. Rock and roll and rumour go together like Peaches and Geldof. This book that you're holding contains more filth, more fury and more potentially libelous stories that may yet see the author in prison, than have ever been written down in book form before. Gathered here under the cover is a brand new collection of myths, legends, and apocryphal tales of pop and rock that have come straight from the mouths of those that were there, those that shouldn't have been there and those that were there but left early and only heard about it afterwards. Crafted with the all the loving detail that you'd expect from a man who holds the UK record for the largest ever broadcasting fine for breaching taste and decency rules, Status Quo and The Kangaroo opens up a Pandora's musical box of bad behaviour and jumps head first into the mess.

Author: Holmes, Jon  Publisher: MICHAEL JOSEPH]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/rough-guide-to-frank-sinatra-56-110124.html Frank Sinatra was the king of showbiz and the voice of his century. The new Rough Guide covers his life, his music, his influences and those influenced by him. Features include Anecdotes behind 50 essential Sinatra performances. The movies the hits and the misses Frank facts the trivia and the jokes Albumbyalbum coverage and the stories behind his greatest songs The guide is an essential fan''s companion of the singing waiter from New Jersey who became the most famous entertainer of all time.

Author: Ingham, Chris  Publisher: ROUGH GUIDES]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/rough-guide-to-soul-r-n-b-56-110125.html The Rough Guide to Soul and R&B is the definitive guide to the genreas greatest singers, musicians, songwriters and record labels, encapsulating the entire history of soul music from gospel and doowop, through funk and disco, to hiphop and R&B. The guide includes detailed profiles of more than 300 artists, from such legends as Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles and Sam Cooke to contemporary stars like Prince, Mary J. Blige and Destinyas Child. There are reviews of hundreds of landmark albums, from James Brownas Live At The Apollo to Missy Elliottas Supa Dupa Fly. The guide includes recommended playlists for the key performers and subgenres and comes complete with plenty of unforgettable photos from top music photographers and picture libraries.

Author: Shapiro, Peter  Publisher: ROUGH GUIDES]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/grateful-dead-56-110126.html A good time band and an American institution, The Grateful Dead were a group like no other. Inspiring Hells Angels and politicians alike, the group are known as much for their masses of Deadhead followers as for their endless improvisational concerts and tireless touring. This book joins Jerry Garcia and the guys from the heady days of the 1960s to the stadium shows of the 1990s.

Publisher: DORLING KINDERSLEY]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/rough-guide-to-hiphop-56-110127.html Completely updated and radically expanded, the new Rough guide to HipHop is the definitive guide to every aspect of the music, tracing its story from its origins in the 1970s as New Yorkas urban folk music all the way to hiphopas current dominance as the worldas bestselling genre. Extensive biographies cover hiphopas entire spectrum, from the millionaire players to the underground freestylers, from gangster rappers to conscious rhymers, all alongside hundreds of illustrations by top hiphop photographers. Pioneers like Run DMC and Public Enemy, as well as global superstars of today such as Eminem and Jay Z, are all covered in detail; and each entry concludes with recommendations of the best of their recordings on CD. All the best MCs, DJs, BBoys and graffitiwriters are here, but there are also extensive sidebars that go beyond the music to the lifestyle, describing hiphopas fashions, films, feuds and fads.

Publisher: ROUGH GUIDES]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/savoy-operas-the-the-complete-gilbert-56-110128.html A treasury of all fourteen of the beloved Savoy Operas GILBERT AND SULLIVANaS comic operas are some of the worldas bestloved musical works, delighting audiences with their joyous wit and extravagant wordplay. From the triumphant comic romps The Pirates of Penzance, HMS Pinafore, and The Mikado to less frequently performed gems such as the partially lost work Thespis, all appear here in their most accurate and faithful form. Including fascinating new commentary on each work, performance histories, plot summaries, original cast lists, and illustrations from the original productions, this ultimate Gilbert and Sullivan collection will charm and satisfy new fans as well as devotees of these incomparable musical masterminds.

Author: Gilbert, W.S. & Sullivan, Arthur  Publisher: PENGUIN CLASSICS]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/triumph-of-music-the-composers-music-56-110129.html Once musicians such as Mozart were little more than court servants; now they are multimillionaire superstars wielding more power than politicians. How did this extraordinary change come about?Tim Blanning s brilliantly enjoyable book examines how everything from the cult of the romantic to technology and travel all fed the inexorable rise of music in the West, making it the most dominant and ubiquitous of the art forms. Encompassing balladeers, the great composers, jazz legends and rock gods, this is an enthralling story of power, patronage, creativity and genius.

Author: Blanning, Tim  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/all-you-need-to-know-about-the-music-bus-56-110130.html Now in its fourth edition, All You Need to Know About the Music Business is universally regarded as the definitive guide to the music industry. Called the industry bible by the Los Angeles Times, this newest edition is filled with vital information on the technological advances that are reshaping the business, and how novices and experts alike should manage such changes. In the music business, the key to success lies in knowing how to protect yourself. To do that, you need the best and most uptodate advice available. Whether you want a career as a performer, writer, or executive, Donald Passman's comprehensive guide to the legal and financial aspects of the business is an indispensable tool. Drawing on his unique professional experience as one of the most respected advisors in the industry, Passman offers authoritative, uptotheminute information. You'll learn how to Select and hire a winning team of advisors personal and business managers, agents, and attorneys and structure their commissions, percentages, and fees in a way that will protect you and maximize your success Master the big picture and the finer points of record deals Understand the ins and outs of songwriting, music publishing, and copyrights Maximize concert, touring, and merchandising deals Plus, this latest edition includes information on The power of the Internet from promotional and com mercial web sites such as Amazon or CDNow to the publicity advantages of chat rooms, bulletin boards and everimproving Webcasters (the Internet's answer to radio), and the serious dangers of piracy The new and changing laws of the electronic frontier, including copyrightinfringement, illegal downloads, and the challenges to intellectual property rights Recognizing the opportunities offered by digital downloads, MP3, and other new media which will be the future of music There are also updates on traditional industry matters such as royalties, advances, video budgets, and copyright law. The music industry can be a gold mine, a minefield, or both, but with a small investment of time in learning the business, you can reap huge benefits. All You Need to Know About the Music Business shows you how.

Author: Passman, Donald S.  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/babylon-s-burning-from-punk-to-grunge-56-110131.html Babylon's Burning From Punk to Grunge

Author: Heylin, Clinton  Publisher: VIKING]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/a-world-of-memories-56-76477.html In a pictorial world that is vivid, rich in colour and detail, Madhvi Parekh’s imaginative and extraordinary narrative outpourings continue to reverberate with a certain magical realism, holding the viewer in thrall. The sights and sounds of Sanjaya, the village in Gujarat where Madhvi grew up, are a constant companion that combines seamlessly with elements imbibed while living in the city and in frequent travels at home and abroad. Her work contextualizes her childhood experiences and her artistic journey of forty-five years. Stories from the epics and folktales are also her points of departure. A modern master of the contemporary Indian art world, her complex paintings maintain a delicate balance between the ‘folkish’ and the modernist, and are at the same time imbued with a deep-rooted secularism. Her paintings influenced by folk art, and, over the years, inspired by modern artists such as Paul Klee and Joan Mir

Author: MADHVI PAREKH  Publisher: PENGUIN BOOKS INDIA]]> Wed, 06 Oct 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/light-my-fire-my-life-with-the-doors-56-89290.html The Doors were arguably the most important rock-and-roll band of the sixties, unquestionably a catalyst for American music as we know it. Their music was the product of late-sixties southern California, with its idyllic facades. The Doors looked beyond these facades and wrote music about what they found, thus becoming the ultimate symbol for rebellion and alienation. Ray Manzarek co-founded the Doors with Jim Morrison in 1965. Together with Robby Krieger and John Densmore they created a legend. Their original mix of jazz, classical, Californian surf, Flamenco guitar and Chicago blues made an irreversible impact on the music of the day. And their worldwide popularity continues today with album sales of nearly two million a year. Ray Manzarek and Jim Morrison were both UCLA Film School graduates, best friends and rarely apart until Morrison moved to Paris shortly before his death in 1971. What Ray Manzarek knows about Jim Morrison and the Doors, no one else does. His story gives illumination to the dark myths and lays to rest the rumours that have abounded about Jim Morrison and the band. Light My Fire truly gives us an insight into the times, the enigmatic lead singer, and the magic circle that was The Doors.

Author: Manzarek, Ray  Publisher: Arrow]]> Sun, 11 Jul 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/i-m-coming-to-take-you-to-lunch-56-89291.html Pop manager extraordinaire Simon Napier-Bell had had enough. He'd had enough of pop groups. He'd had enough of the constant grief at home with his two ex-boyfriends bickering and bleeding him dry; and most of all he'd had enough of the music biz. But then he fell in love with a new passion - the Far East; and a dynamic new duo - George and Andrew - jointly called Wham! Soon, in an audacious attempt to have the best of both worlds, he found himself offering to arrange for Wham! to be the first ever Western pop group to play in communist China - a masterstroke of PR which, in one swift stroke, would make them one of the biggest groups in the world. What follows is an exciting, unpredictable and hilarious romp around the more curious corners of the world as Napier-Bell dives into the unknown, attempting to achieve the unachievable. We soon find ourselves in the company of a wonderful cast of petulant pop stars, shady international 'businessmen', and a hilarious confusion of spies, students and institutionalised officials and ministers as he edges ever closer to inadvertently becoming one of the first Westerners to break down the walls of communist China.

Author: Napier-Bell, Simon  Publisher: Ebury Press]]> Sun, 11 Jul 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/proms-guide-2010-56-89292.html The official, high-quality, fully-illustrated guide to the Proms 2010 with complete listings, booking information and articles on this season's highlights, anniversary composers, new music and other Proms events including Proms in the park.

Author: Required, No Author Name  Publisher: BBC Books]]> Sun, 11 Jul 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/bad-vibes-56-89293.html Forget Blur/Oasis and Cool Britannia. None of that actually happened. Bad Vibes is the true story of English Rock in the nineties. Written with wit, brio and no small amount of bile, Luke Haines recounts how it felt to ride a wave of self-congratulatory success in a world with no taste. As frontman of The Auteurs, Haines tells of supporting Suede, conquering France, and failing to break America. Of knuckle-headed musos , baffling tours and a swiftly unravelling personal life. And of what it’s like to be on the cusp of massive success. Funny, honest and ridiculously entertaining, Luke Haines attacks anyone within rifle range, and is more than happy to turn the gun on himself. Bad Vibes is a brilliant memoir from a man who tells it how it was - and how he wishes it hadn't been.

Author: Haines, Luke  Publisher: Windmill Books]]> Sun, 11 Jul 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/revolution-in-the-head-56-89295.html As dazzling as the decade they dominated, The Beatles almost single-handedly created pop music as we know it. Today, their songs are cited as seminal influences by stars like Oasis, Blur and Kula Shaker. Eloquently giving voice to their time, The Beatles quite simply changed the world. Fully updated to include material from The Beatles Live at the BBC and the Anthology series, this acclaimed book goes back to the heart of The Beatles - their records. Drawing on a unique resource of knowledge and experience to 'read' their 241 tracks - chronologically from their first amateur efforts in 1957 to 'Real Love', their final 'reunion' recording in 1995 - Ian MacDonald has created an engrossing classic of popular criticism in which the extraordinary songs of The Beatles remain a central and continually surprising presence.

Author: MacDonald, Ian  Publisher: Pimlico]]> Sun, 11 Jul 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/nul-points-56-89296.html Fifty years after Jetty Paerl took to the Lugano stage and burst into 'The Birds of Holland', the Eurovision Song Contest is still luring 450 million of us to the sofa on that special Saturday night in May. But where once we settled down to admire the 'top-quality original songwriting' that the contest was inaugurated to showcase, throughout the long post-ABBA decades Eurovision has come to entertain us for all the wrong reasons: we chortle at its magnificent foolishness, its stubborn reinforcement of the crudest national stereotypes, at a scoreboard shamelessly corrupted by cross-border friendship and hatred. And as post-modern connoisseurs of showbiz meltdown, our focus has shifted from the blandly competent winners to the spangled, hapless, table-propping losers, those left to wander the lonely, windswept summit of Mount Fiasco. The gold standard of farcical failure, the benchmark of badness, to score nul points is to suffer international ignominy and find sympathetic understanding replaced by brutal guffaws. Remorseful of his own longstanding contributions to the latter chorus, yet darkly fascinated with those lives shadowed by the entertainment world's most grandiose humiliation, Tim Moore sets off to track down the thirteen Eurominstrels who have come and gone without troubling the scorers since Norway's Jahn Teigen twanged his silver braces and leapt splay-legged off the Palais des Congres stage in 1978. From Lisbon to Lithuania, from the Black Sea to the Baltic, Moore travels the continent to hear their extraordinary stories - 'poignant, ludicrous and heartwarming in almost equal measure' - recounting as he does so the no less improbable history of Eurovision itself, a towering cathedral of cheese that can nonetheless claim responsibility for keeping Norway out of the EU and catalysing the overthrow of a Portuguese dictatorship.

Author: Moore, Tim  Publisher: Vintage]]> Sun, 11 Jul 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/piano-shop-on-the-left-bank-the-56-89297.html Ever since the piano was invented, people have longed to own one. By the nineteenth century the big, unwieldy instruments were everywhere: they shrank in the heat of the colonies, swayed on steamships and sang in the drawing room of every genteel home. Some of these old pianos have become treasured family heirlooms, some just firewood. But others have led a more itinerant life, occasionally finding their way to a secret, glass-roofed workshop in Paris where they are lovingly restored by a piano repairer with a passion for his job.When T. E. Carhart came upon Luc and his atelier, his life changed. As he explored the Eldorado of pianos in Luc's back room, absorbed Luc's wisdom on life and music and finally found the baby grand of his dreams, he rediscovered his deep love for this most magical of instruments.In this wonderfully atmospheric book, full of Parisian life, the story of a musical friendship and a mutual obsession is intertwined with reflections on how pianos work, their glorious history and the people who care for them, from the most amateur pianist to the tuners and craftsmen who make the mechanism sing.

Author: Carhart, T E  Publisher: Vintage]]> Sun, 11 Jul 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/in-the-city-56-89298.html London’s music is as important as its landmarks. It is the city of immigrant music, West End musicals, Ronnie Scott's jazz club, Abbey Road, mod culture, the Kinks, the Who and the Rolling Stones, all of whom transformed the city and were in turn transformed by it. In this fascinating history of the city's popular music, Paul Du Noyer, critically-acclaimed music writer and founding editor of Mojo, explores London's native talent, from No

Author: Du Noyer, Paul  Publisher: Virgin Books]]> Sun, 11 Jul 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/virgin-book-of-top-40-charts-the-56-89299.html The charts are the evening news of the music industry. Collected here, they show the rapid rise or demise of each single as it enters the charts, either winning over a large audience or just making music for its own smaller group of fans. Top 40 Charts is required reading for every music buff, and for anyone else who'd like to know what song was number one on their birthday or any other memorable day. With every Top 40 singles chart from 1960 to the present day, this is the definitive chart book. Includes the song title, act, record label and total number of weeks on chart for every single, as well as a detailed history of the pre-1960s charts, Published using data from the Official Charts Company.

Author: Required, No Author Name  Publisher: Virgin Books]]> Sun, 11 Jul 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/aled-jones-forty-favourite-hymns-56-89300.html Here is Aled Jones’ selection of his favourite hymns, ranked from number one through to forty. From Guide Me, O Thou Great Redeemer to Dear Lord and Father of Mankind and Shine Jesus Shine, each is accompanied by the history of its words and music. Aled brings the hymns vividly to life with his own reminiscences of performing them and thoughts on why each is such a winner, and he garners the experiences of today’s great singers and composers. Written with grace, humour and real personal insight, this is a collection that will be enjoyed across the land.

Author: Jones, Aled  Publisher: Arrow]]> Sun, 11 Jul 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/music-instinct-the-56-89302.html * All human cultures seem to make music - today and through history. But why they do so, why music can excite deep passions, and how we make sense of musical sound at all are questions that have, until recently, remained profoundly mysterious. Now in The Music Instinct Philip Ball provides the first comprehensive, accessible survey of what is known – and what is still unknown – about how music works its magic, and why, as much as eating and sleeping, it seems indispensable to humanity. * Even with what appear to be the simplest of tunes, the brain is performing some astonishing gymnastics: finding patterns and regularities, forming interpretations and expectations that create a sense of aesthetic pleasure. Without requiring any specialist knowledge of music or science, The Music Instinct explores how the latest research in music psychology and brain science is piecing together the puzzle of how our minds understand and respond to music. Ranging from Bach fugues to Javanese gamelan, from nursery rhymes to heavy rock, Philip Ball interweaves philosophy, mathematics, history and neurology to reveal why music moves us in so many ways. * The Music Instinct will not only deepen your appreciation of the music you love, but will also guide you into pastures new, opening a window on music that once seemed alien, dull or daunting. And it offers a passionate plea for the importance of music in education and in everyday life, arguing that, whether we know it or not, we can all claim to be musical experts.

Author: Ball, Philip  Publisher: Bodley Head]]> Sun, 11 Jul 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/my-antonia-56-89303.html Of Antonia, the passionate heroine of Willa Cather’s greatest novel, the narrator says that she left ‘images in the mind that did not fade - that grew stronger with time’. The same could be said of the novel itself. On one level it is a straighforward story, beautifully written, of the struggle for survival of a family of pioneers on the vast Nebraska plains. On another it encompasses history, the relationship ofhuman beings and the natural world, and the destiny of the individual - even as it lovingly and unsentimentally portrays a woman whose robust spirit and enduring warmth make her emblematic of what Cather most admired in the American people. ‘The time will come when Willa Cather will be ranked above Hemingway.’ - Leon Edel

Author: Cather, Willa  Publisher: Everyman]]> Sun, 11 Jul 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/mahfouz-trilogy-three-novels-of-ancient-egypt-56-89304.html The books' titles are taken from actual streets in Cairo, the city of Mahfouz's childhood and youth. The trilogy follows the life of the Cairene patriarch al-Sayyid Ahmad Abd al-Jawad and his family across three generations, from World War I to the overthrow of King Farouk in 1952.

Author: Mahfouz, Naguib  Publisher: Everyman]]> Sun, 11 Jul 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/christmas-stories-waterstones-exclusive-56-89305.html 0

Author: Tesdell, Diana Secker  Publisher: Everyman]]> Sun, 11 Jul 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/christmas-stories-56-89306.html As a literary subject, Christmas has inspired everything from intimate domestic dramas, to fanciful flights of the imagination, and the full range of its expression is represented in this wonderfully engaging collection. Goblins frolic in the graveyard of an early Dickens tale; a love-struck ghost disrupts a country estate in Elizabeth Bowen’s ‘Green Holly’; devils, witches, Cossacks and peasants cavort in Gogol’s ‘The Night Before Christmas’. The plight of the less fortunate haunts Chekhov’s ‘Vanka’ and Willa Cather’s ‘The Burglar’s Christmas’, but takes a boisterously comic turn in Damon Runyon’s ‘Dancing Dan’s Christmas’ and John Cheever’s ‘Christmas is a Sad Season for the Poor’. From Nabokov’s intensely moving story of a father’s grief in ‘Christmas’ to Truman Capote’s hilarious yet heartbreaking ‘A Christmas Memory’, from Grace Paley’s Jewish girl in the Christmas pageant in ‘The Loudest Voice’ to the dysfunctional family ski holiday in Richard Ford’s ‘Creche’ – each of the stories is imbued with Christmas spirit of one kind or another, and all are richly and indelibly entertaining.

Author: Tesdell, Diana Secker  Publisher: Everyman]]> Sun, 11 Jul 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/romances-56-89307.html Completing the 8 volume Everyman Signet Shakespeare contains Shakespeare series, this final volume contains Shakespeare's four Last Plays - THE TEMPEST, PERICLES, THE WINTER'S TALE AND CYMBELINE. The beautifully produced, single-column text of the plays, with the Signet footnotes, is supplemented with bibliographies, a detailed chronology of Shakespear's life and times, and a substantial introduction in which Professor Tony Tanner discusses each play individually while setting each in context.

Author: Shakespeare, William  Publisher: Everyman]]> Sun, 11 Jul 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/the-last-samurai-56-3990.html o behind the scenes of Edward Zwick's (Legends of the Fall, Glory) powerful epic set during Japan's turbulent movement away from a feudal society and into a modern nation. Tom Cruise stars as Captain Nathan Algren, battle-scarred Civil War veteran turned Winchester gun spokesman, who travels to Japan in 1876 to train the emperor's troops. With his western-trained troops in place, Emperor Meiji plans to sever ties with the traditional samurai warriors who protect the territories. But during combat, Algren is wounded and captured by the samurai. And it is while in captivity that he discovers the warrior code of honor and undergoes a spiritual transformation that will align him with the very samurai he was sent to quell.

Author: NONE  Publisher: WARNER BROS]]> Wed, 30 Jun 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/the-everything-guitar-chords-book-56-83377.html Thousands of guitar chords that anyone can read - An affordable and accessible introduction by an expert author - Larger, easy-to-use format - Includes corresponding audio CD The Everything Guitar Chords Book includes: - Major and minor chords - Exciting chord progressions - Instruction on when and how to use chord types Plus The audio CD highlights the most important chords and progressions that all guitarists need to master

Author: MARC SCHONBRUN  Publisher: ADAMS MEDIA]]> Wed, 30 Jun 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/acting-for-film-56-83378.html In this must-have guide for aspiring performers, a veteran film actor shares her secrets for success when performing for film and television. Readers will discover exercises for relaxing the face to achieve maximum expressiveness; maintaining proper eye focus in front of the camera and conveying the "beats" of a scene, even in the shortest takes. They'll also discover tested techniques for adapting to the styles of different directors; modulating voice and breath for maximum effect; preparing for the first day on the set; enduring multiple takes and on-the-set waiting; and much, much more. For any performer who intends to make a living in front of the camera, Acting for Film is the most authoritative resource

Author: CATHY HAASE  Publisher: ALL WORTH PRESS]]> Wed, 30 Jun 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/moving-up-in-the-music-business-56-83379.html MOVING UP IN THE MUSIC BUSINESS

Author: JODI SUMMERS  Publisher: ALL WORTH PRESS]]> Wed, 30 Jun 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/producing-for-hollywood-56-83380.html PRODUCING FOR HOLLYWOOD

Author: PAUL MOOD  Publisher: ALL WORTH PRESS]]> Wed, 30 Jun 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/the-directors-take-one-1-56-83381.html In this fascinating series, today's most acclaimed film directors reveal intimate details of their most influential work and unique approaches to their art. Interviews with 13 top directors including James Cameron, Spike Lee, Ron Howard, and Sydney Pollack.

Author: ROBERT J EMERY  Publisher: ALL WORTH PRESS]]> Wed, 30 Jun 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/the-directors-take-one-2-56-83382.html In this fascinating series, today's most acclaimed film directors reveal intimate details of their most influential work and unique approaches to their art. Directors interviewed include Terry Gilliam, Garry Marshall, Joel Schumacker, and Rob Reiner.

Author: ROBERT J EMERY  Publisher: ALL WORTH PRESS]]> Wed, 30 Jun 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/the-directors-take-one-3-56-83383.html This companion to the Silver Plaque-winning Starz/Encore documentary series of the same name is the third installment of the books that were declared "unquenchable entertainment value " by Kirkus Reviews. The Directors, Take Three offers dozens of masterful insights on the craft of directing from such renowned filmmakers as Robert Altman, Wes Craven, Alan Parker, Tim Burton, Steven Spielberg, and Barry Levinson. Here are details of their experiences making a variety of classic films from Nashvifie to Nightmare on Elm Street, Rain Man to Raging Bull, and Pee Wee's Big Adventure to Schindler's List. You'll discover directors' earliest reactions to scripts for films that became classics; how legendary scenes were staged and shot; behind-the-scenes stories of the unknown actors who landed major roles and went on to become superstars; the underdog films that confounded expectations; directors' unique approaches to their art; and much, much more. This magnificent series also includes each director's filmography, complete listings of major awards, and cast credits for every film discussed. A fabulous source of insights, anecdotes, and industry secrets for film buffs everywhere

Author: ROBERT J EMERY  Publisher: ALL WORTH PRESS]]> Wed, 30 Jun 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/the-directors-take-one-4-56-83384.html In this fascinating guide, today's most acclaimed film directors reveal intimate behind-the-scenes details of their most influential work and unique approaches to their art From masterful insights into the craft of directing to untold anecdotes of on-the-set pranks, The Directors: Take Four is the latest installment of the series that was declared "unquenchable entertainment value" by Kirkus Reviews. Here are never-before-revealed details from 10 renowned filmmakers, including Cameron Crowe, Adrian Lyne, Tony Scott, Phillip Noyce, Wolfgang Petersen, and Milos Forman regarding their experiences on the making of films from Fatal Attraction to The Crying Game, Amadeus to Top Gun, The Shawshank Redemption to The Fly. Readers will discover the directors' earliest reactions to scripts for films that became classics; how legendary scenes were staged and shot; behind-the-scenes stories of the unknown actors who landed major roles and went on to become superstars; the underdog films that confounded expectations; and much, much more. This magnificent series also includes each director's filmography, complete listings of major awards, and cast credits for every film discussed. A fabulous source of insights, anecdotes, and industry secrets for film buffs everywhere

Author: ROBERT J EMERY  Publisher: ALL WORTH PRESS]]> Wed, 30 Jun 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/learn-to-play-like-the-guitar-greats-56-83385.html LEARN TO PLAY LIKE THE GUITAR GREATS

Author: CHARLOTTE HURDMAN  Publisher: AMBER BOOKS]]> Wed, 30 Jun 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/the-complete-professional-audition-56-83386.html In the United States, there are 300,000 actors; 100,000 hold union cards. There are 184 college theater programs and 108 performing-arts high schools. There are 578 acting schools and coaches in New York City and Los Angeles alone. "The Complete Professional Audition is the one book all of those actors need--"because before actors can act, they have to pass the audition Here's practical, hand-holding advice for choosing material, rehearsing, warming up, staying calm, standing out in a crowd, understanding casting, avoiding pitfalls, following up, getting the right headshot and resume, and accepting an offer. There's even a section on handling rejection--"not that "The Complete Professional Audition user is ever going to need that, of course. Ultra-useful appendices of recommended songs and monologues (yes ) make this the complete guide for everyone with an audition coming up.

Author: DARREN COHEN  Publisher: BACK STAGE BOOKS]]> Wed, 30 Jun 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/the-back-stage-sctor`s-handbook-56-83387.html THE BACK STAGE SCTOR`S HANDBOOK

Author: NONE  Publisher: BACK STAGE BOOKS]]> Wed, 30 Jun 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/conjunctions-:-42-cinema-lingua-56-83388.html Now that the art of motion pictures has matured into its second century, Conjunctions has commissioned a diverse group of writers to respond--in poetry, fiction, and multi-genre works--to the countless cultural, historical, psychological, and theatrical aspects of the seductive flickering medium we watch in the dark. Cinema Lingua pays creative homage to the symbiosis between filmmaking and the written word. Our authors explore, rewrite, and celebrate all avenues of film, from its narrative plots to visual storytelling, from character to mood, from lighting to suspense. Each contributor presents defining visions of the movies and focuses the lens of writing on one of our liveliest modern art forms, from mainstream Hollywood to the most exotic corners of the experimental and avant-garde. A movie theater of the mind, Cinema Lingua's contributors include Joyce Carol Oates, who explores the troubled relationship between Alfred Hitchcock and his leading ladies, Peter Straub writing on film noir, Peter Gizzi, who offers a multi-genre poem on silent film, Frederic Tuten, whose Never Never Land Near Marienbad is based on the Alain Resnais film, as well as works by Peter Hutton, Elizabeth Willis, Robert Coover, William H. Gass, Tan Lin, Kent Jones, Joshua Furst, and many others. Edited by Bradford Morrow.

Author: WALTER ABISH  Publisher: BARD]]> Wed, 30 Jun 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/cut-hollywood-murders-accidents-other-tragedies-56-83389.html "Rebel Without a Cause" was one of the most talked-about movies of the 1950s. It might also have been the most jinxed. Among its stars, James Dean was soon killed in a car crash, Sal Mineo died several years later, murdered by an unknown assailant, and the beautiful Natalie Wood died mysteriously when she fell from a docked pleasure boat and drowned. This heavily illustrated book recounts these and many other tragic events that have haunted the Hollywood movie community from its early-twentieth-century beginnings to the present day. Here are accounts of the sudden, premature deaths of stars like Rudolph Valentino, Montgomery Clift, and Peter Sellers. Here too are stories about celebrities who died young because of alcohol or drug-related problems--John Belushi and Elvis Presley among many others--and of the tragic 1998 murder of comedian Phil Hartman. Car wrecks, plane crashes, and other deadly accidents sent Jayne Mansfield, Grace Kelly, and Carole Lombard, to untimely deaths, and accidents occurring during film production have taken several lives, perhaps the most dramatic being the helicopter crash that killed Vic Morrow in 1983. The tragic stories of many Hollywood personalities are told in "Cut , "the definitive volume on the fleeting lives of movie celebrities, some of whom became more famous in death than they had been in life. Hundreds of photos, many in color.

Author: NONE  Publisher: BARRONS]]> Wed, 30 Jun 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/one-hundred-sex-scenes-56-83390.html Implicit and explicit, Hollywood and European, these 100 films revolutionized the way cinema represented the pleasures of the flesh. Alluring photographs capture the physical heat, while a perceptive analysis examines every crucial aspect of cinematic eroticism. Some of the films, such as "Double Indemnity," show sex as an irresistible, dangerous trap; others, including "Tom Jones," wittily suggest desire through dialogue and visual metaphors. A number of works, from "Ai No Corrida "to the homoerotic "Caravaggio," shocked, challenged, and disturbed. Also on display are the frank, uncompromising approach of European directors such as Bertolucci, Bun uel, and Almodovar; the darker side of on-screen sexuality including S/M ("The Night Porter"); and taboo subjects such as incest and necrophilia-- implied in Hitchcock' s masterpiece, "Vertigo,"

Author: NEIL FULWOOD  Publisher: BATSFORD]]> Wed, 30 Jun 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/inside-songwtiting-56-83391.html A rare look from "both sides of the desk" by one of the only songwriters to achieve the distinction of having songs on the Country, R&B, and Pop charts all at the same time. His songs have been recorded by an incredibly diverse range of artists, including Britney Spears and both the Backstreet Boys and the Oak Ridge Boys. And when he's not writing music for chart-topping artists, he writes best-sellers. Jason Blume, author of the best-selling 6 Steps to Songwriting Success, returns with a book that has been called the musician's version of Natalie Goldberg's million-selling Writing Down the Bones. Inside Songwriting presents both inspirational stories of the author's long, and sometimes difficult, climb to the top, as well as practical advice, valuable tools, and instructive activities that no accomplished or aspiring songwriter, singer, or musician should be without. It provides a richly detailed, no-holds-barred account of the author's personal experiences (trying to make a go of it in the topsy-turvy music world), and offers inspiration and practical instructions on the techniques and raw artistry required to put a song together. Far from being a traditional "how-to, " each of the 60 short chapters in this book uses attention-grabbing anecdotes to relay valuable insights and important lessons. But Inside Songwriting also offers much more; it provides a rare look at the business of songwriting from "both sides of the desk, " and offers aspiring songwriters what they need most--encouragement, comfort, and hope.

Author: NONE  Publisher: BILLBOARD BOOKS]]> Wed, 30 Jun 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/country-music-56-83392.html Covering everything from Western to Rockabilly, Bluegrass to Country Rock, this profusely illustrated celebration of country music is an authoritative and lively history of America's most popular form of music, its creators, interpreters, and institutions. (Music) Covering everything from Western to Rockabilly, Bluegrass to Country Rock, this profusely illustrated celebration of country music is an authoritative and lively history of America's most popular form of music, its creators, interpreters, and institutions. A rich visual chronicle of the diverse American musical idioms collectively known as " country, " this entertaining and meticulously researched book explores more than 100 of the most significant people, places, and moments in its century-long history. Profiles include Stephen Foster, the Carter Family, Gene Autry, Roy Acuff, Hank Williams, Minnie Pearl, Jerry Lee Lewis, Dolly Parton, Waylon Jennings, the Oak Ridge Boys, Alan Jackson, the Dixie Chicks-- and dozens more. Other subjects include the Grand Ole Opry, the Bristol Sessions, " Louisiana Hayride, " Rockabilly, Country Rock, and "O Brother Where Art Thou," among many other things. Timelines lay out the entire history of the form at a glance, and the greatest country songs of all time are discussed in depth throughout. Every page of this extroardinary book features a wealth of images-- many of them rare and never-before published in book form-- from sheet music and memorabilia to portraits, album covers, and candids. It is truly a must-have for the millions of fans of country music in all its diversity.

Author: RICHARD CARLSON  Publisher: BLACK DOG]]> Wed, 30 Jun 2010 18:30:00 +0100