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O N E O F O U R M O S T P O P U L A R F E AT U R E S , T H E S E N E W LY R E L E A S E D B O O K S W I L L E N G AG E YO U R M U S I C E N T H U S I A S T.

NO QUARTER: THE THREE LIVES OF JIMMY PAGEby Power, Martin

PRICE: $35.00 - Hardcover ISBN: 9781468312140PUBLISHER: Overlook PressAVAILABILITY: 07/05/2016

A portrait of the infl uential guitarist from Led Zeppelin includes comprehensive discussions of his early work as a 1960s session guitarist for other legendary rock groups, his achievements with the Yardbirds and his post-Zeppelin career.

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A deeply personal memoir by the legendary rap star and co-founder of Run D.M.C. shares the story of his battle with depression, revealing how overwhelming fame culminated in dangerous suicidal thoughts. 75,000 fi rst printing.

PRICE: $26.99 - HardcoverISBN: 9780062368775PUBLISHER: Amistad PressAVAILABILITY: 07/05/2016

TEN WAYS NOT TO COMMIT SUICIDE: A MEMOIRby McDaniels, Darryl & Dawsey, Darrell

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Chronicles the life and music of one of the greatest British singers of her time and the fi rst female singer-songwriter to produce a substantial and enduring body of original songs, laying down the marker for folk-rock and collaborating with the likes of such bands as Led Zeppelin before her tragic and

untimely death in 1978. Original.

PRICE: $22.95 - PaperbackISBN: 9780571278916

PUBLISHER: Faber & FaberAVAILABILITY: 07/12/2016

A comprehensive, lavishly illustrated biography with a complete discography pays tribute to The Boss’ body of work, from Greetings From Asbury Park, NJ to Wrecking Ball and High Hopes.

PRICE: $35.00 - HardcoverISBN: 9780760349724

PUBLISHER: Voyageur PrAVAILABILITY: 07/22/2016

An author and cultural critic describes the greatest moments of the life of pioneering musician David Bowie and explores how he worked, played, aged, structured his ideas, infl uenced others, invented the future and became someone who will never be forgotten.


PUBLISHER: Gallery BooksAVAILABILITY: 07/26/2016

I’VE ALWAYS KEPT A UNICORN: THE BIOGRAPHY OF SANDY DENNY by Houghton, Mick

BOSS: BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN AND THE E STREET BAND - THE ILLUSTRATED HISTORYby Gaar, Gillian G.

THE AGE OF BOWIEby Morley, Paul


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Discusses the infamous night at Comiskey Park when the White Sox and Chicago DJ legend Steve Dahl collaborated to host Disco Demolition on July 12, 1979, an event of disco-record destruction that ended in rabid rock fans storming the fi eld and the night’s second game having to be cancelled.

Illustrations.


PUBLISHER: Curbside Splendor PubAVAILABILITY: 07/12/2016

The co-founder and lead singer of the rock band Kiss discusses his childhood, the drama of his life on and off the stage, his personal relationships and the turbulent dynamics with his bandmates over the past four decades. Reprint.


PUBLISHER: HarpercollinsAVAILABILITY: 07/26/2016

Following the band Insane Clown Posse across America, a journalist explores the lives of Juggalos, fans of the horrorcore hip-hop band who are proud outsiders, revealing the truth behind the most misunderstood band and fan base in music history. By the author of Detroit Rock City. Original. 20,000 fi rst

printing.


PUBLISHER: Da Capo PressAVAILABILITY: 07/12/2016

DISCO DEMOLITION: THE NIGHT DISCO DIEDby Hoekstra, Dave. Photos by Paul Natkin. Foreword by Bob Odenkirk. Intro by Steve Dahl

FACE THE MUSIC: A LIFE EXPOSEDby Stanley, Paul

JUGGALO: INSANE CLOWN POSSE AND THE WORLD THEY MADE by Miller, Steve


Chronicles the life and music of one of the greatest British singers of her time and the fi rst female singer-songwriter to produce a substantial and enduring body of original songs, laying down the marker for folk-rock and collaborating with the likes of such bands as Led Zeppelin before her tragic and

untimely death in 1978. Original.



A comprehensive, lavishly illustrated biography with a complete discography pays tribute to The Boss’ body of work, from Greetings From Asbury Park, NJ to Wrecking Ball and High Hopes.


PUBLISHER: Voyageur PrAVAILABILITY: 07/22/2016

An author and cultural critic describes the greatest moments of the life of pioneering musician David Bowie and explores how he worked, played, aged, structured his ideas, infl uenced others, invented the future and became someone who will never be forgotten.


PUBLISHER: Gallery BooksAVAILABILITY: 07/26/2016

I’VE ALWAYS KEPT A UNICORN: THE BIOGRAPHY OF SANDY DENNY by Houghton, Mick

BOSS: BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN AND THE E STREET BAND - THE ILLUSTRATED HISTORYby Gaar, Gillian G.

THE AGE OF BOWIEby Morley, Paul

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Contains more than 70 of Billy Bragg’s best-known lyrics, selected and annotated by the author.



A day-by-day book details all of the concerts the band performed with set lists (where known), includes reviews of several signifi cant shows throughout their career, lists recording sessions for each album and session work in chronological order, corrects previously undetected mistakes as well

as provides new information and features quotes from recording engineers and studio staff.


PUBLISHER: Backbeat BooksAVAILABILITY: 07/28/2016

An updated guide to music theory explains the technical fundamentals of musical terminology, concepts and principles; furnishes a comprehensive ear-training section; offers musical examples of scales, chords, intervals and rhythms; and provides aural exercises geared toward ear training

and transcription skills. Original.


PUBLISHER: Alpha BooksAVAILABILITY: 07/12/2016

A LOVER SINGS: SELECTED LYRICSby Bragg, Billy

LED ZEPPELIN DAY BY DAYby Roberty, Marc

MUSIC THEORYby Miller, Michael


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Explores how the post-punk movement’s politics developed into the 1980s.


PUBLISHER: Palgrave MacmillanAVAILABILITY: 07/31/2016

The lead singer of a heavy metal band describes how the accidental death of a fan, who he shoved away after he rushed the stage, resulted in his incarceration, trial and eventual acquittal in Prague. Reprint.


PUBLISHER: Da Capo PressAVAILABILITY: 07/12/2016

A former apprentice to recording engineer Phil Ramone recounts how he quickly learned the ropes to move up from schlepperhood to assistant to the tyrannical Ramone, and eventually, to become a recording engineer

superstar himself. Original.


PUBLISHER: Independent Pub Group (Misc.) AVAILABILITY: 07/01/2016

POST-PUNK, POLITICS AND PLEASURE IN BRITAIN by Wilkinson, David

DARK DAYS: A MEMOIRby Blythe, D. Randall

NEVER SAY NO TO A ROCK STAR: IN THE STUDIO WITH DYLAN, SINATRA, JAGGER AND MORE... by Berger, Glenn


Contains more than 70 of Billy Bragg’s best-known lyrics, selected and annotated by the author.



A day-by-day book details all of the concerts the band performed with set lists (where known), includes reviews of several signifi cant shows throughout their career, lists recording sessions for each album and session work in chronological order, corrects previously undetected mistakes as well

as provides new information and features quotes from recording engineers and studio staff.


PUBLISHER: Backbeat BooksAVAILABILITY: 07/28/2016

An updated guide to music theory explains the technical fundamentals of musical terminology, concepts and principles; furnishes a comprehensive ear-training section; offers musical examples of scales, chords, intervals and rhythms; and provides aural exercises geared toward ear training

and transcription skills. Original.


PUBLISHER: Alpha BooksAVAILABILITY: 07/12/2016

A LOVER SINGS: SELECTED LYRICSby Bragg, Billy

LED ZEPPELIN DAY BY DAYby Roberty, Marc

MUSIC THEORYby Miller, Michael

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Leads readers on a Baroque Era odyssey through 50 towns where Bach resided, visited and of course created his works. Simultaneous. Hardcover available. Illustrations. Maps.


PUBLISHER: Univ Of Illinois PressAVAILABILITY: 07/15/2016

Provides alternatives for the traditional master-apprentice teaching model that has characterized music education. Simultaneous. Hardcover available. Illustrations.


PUBLISHER: Indiana Univ PressAVAILABILITY: 07/15/2016

Describes how women have expanded the creative reach of calypso, soca and steelband music.


PUBLISHER: Univ Press Of MississippiAVAILABILITY: 07/01/2016

EXPLORING THE WORLD OF J. S. BACH: A TRAVELER’S GUIDE by Marshall, Robert L. & Marshall, Traute M.

REMIXING THE CLASSROOM: TOWARD AN OPEN PHILOSOPHY OF MUSIC EDUCATIONby Allsup, Randall Everett

WHAT SHE GO DO: WOMEN IN AFRO-TRINIDADIAN MUSIC by Munro, Hope


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Examines different kinds of analogies, mutual infl uences, integrations and collaborations of audio and visual in different art forms: painting, sculpture, installation, architecture, performance art, animation, fi lm, video art, visual music, multimedia, experimental

music, sound art, opera, theatre and dance.


PUBLISHER: Oxford Univ Press: OxfordAVAILABILITY: 07/14/2016

An innovative and multi-layered study of the music and culture of Renaissance instrumentalists spans the early institutionalization of instrumental music from c.1420 to the rise of the basso continuo

and newer roles for instrumentalists around 1600.


PUBLISHER: Cambridge Univ Press (Cambridge)AVAILABILITY: 07/01/2016

Collects the essential writings from the last 25 years of Latin American music studies. Simultaneous. Hardcover available.



THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF SOUND AND IMAGE IN WESTERN ART by Kaduri, Yael

INSTRUMENTALISTS AND RENAISSANCE CULTURE 1420-1600: PLAYERS OF FUNCTION AND FANTASY by Coelho, Victor & Polk, Keith

LATIN AMERICAN MUSIC READER: VIEWS FROM THE SOUTH by Leon, Javier F. & Simonett, Helena, eds.


Leads readers on a Baroque Era odyssey through 50 towns where Bach resided, visited and of course created his works. Simultaneous. Hardcover available. Illustrations. Maps.



Provides alternatives for the traditional master-apprentice teaching model that has characterized music education. Simultaneous. Hardcover available. Illustrations.


PUBLISHER: Indiana Univ PressAVAILABILITY: 07/15/2016

Describes how women have expanded the creative reach of calypso, soca and steelband music.


PUBLISHER: Univ Press Of MississippiAVAILABILITY: 07/01/2016

EXPLORING THE WORLD OF J. S. BACH: A TRAVELER’S GUIDE by Marshall, Robert L. & Marshall, Traute M.

REMIXING THE CLASSROOM: TOWARD AN OPEN PHILOSOPHY OF MUSIC EDUCATIONby Allsup, Randall Everett

WHAT SHE GO DO: WOMEN IN AFRO-TRINIDADIAN MUSIC by Munro, Hope

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Brings previously published work, some of it available in disparate locations, together with key excerpts from a noted music scholar’s three books, and other writings that remained unpublished at his passing in 2011, making available ideas that were not included in the earlier books and presenting

an overview of his thought over the course of his life. Simultaneous. Hardcover available.


PUBLISHER: Wesleyan Univ PressAVAILABILITY: 07/12/2016

Presents an incisive and imaginative look at the international environmental sound art movement, which emerged in the late 1960s. Simultaneous. Hardcover available.



Reveals the commonalities between ancient Greek auditory art and the concerns of contemporary sound studies, avant-garde music and aesthetics, making the argument that “classical” Greek song and drama were, in fact, an early European avant-garde, a proto-exploration of the aesthetics of noise.


PUBLISHER: Fordham Univ PressAVAILABILITY: 07/01/2016

THE CHRISTOPHER SMALL READERby Small, Christopher. Ed by Robert Walser

ENVIRONMENTAL SOUND ARTISTS: IN THEIR OWN WORDS by Bianchi, Frederick & Manzo, V. J., eds.

DISSONANCE: AUDITORY AESTHETICS IN ANCIENT GREECE by Gurd, Sean Alexander


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Examines how, in the decades following World War II, French jazz audiences engaged in a process that both challenged and reinforced ideas about their own nation and culture.


PUBLISHER: Lexington BooksAVAILABILITY: 07/15/2016

JAZZ AND POSTWAR FRENCH IDENTITY: IMPROVISING THE NATION by McGregor, Elizabeth Vihlen

Offers important historical and analytical information about three dozen of the best-known pieces written for the fl ute. Simultaneous. Hardcover available.



NOTES FOR FLUTISTS: A GUIDE TO THE REPERTOIRE by Dzapo, Kyle

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Brings previously published work, some of it available in disparate locations, together with key excerpts from a noted music scholar’s three books, and other writings that remained unpublished at his passing in 2011, making available ideas that were not included in the earlier books and presenting

an overview of his thought over the course of his life. Simultaneous. Hardcover available.


PUBLISHER: Wesleyan Univ PressAVAILABILITY: 07/12/2016

Presents an incisive and imaginative look at the international environmental sound art movement, which emerged in the late 1960s. Simultaneous. Hardcover available.



Reveals the commonalities between ancient Greek auditory art and the concerns of contemporary sound studies, avant-garde music and aesthetics, making the argument that “classical” Greek song and drama were, in fact, an early European avant-garde, a proto-exploration of the aesthetics of noise.


PUBLISHER: Fordham Univ PressAVAILABILITY: 07/01/2016

THE CHRISTOPHER SMALL READERby Small, Christopher. Ed by Robert Walser

ENVIRONMENTAL SOUND ARTISTS: IN THEIR OWN WORDS by Bianchi, Frederick & Manzo, V. J., eds.

DISSONANCE: AUDITORY AESTHETICS IN ANCIENT GREECE by Gurd, Sean Alexander

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