Alastair Riddell's Space Waltz by Ian Chapman; Jon Stratton (Series edited by); Jon Dale (Series edited by)
$28.00 NZD
Category: Music Biography | Series: 33 1/3 Oceania Ser.
Alastair Riddell's band Space Waltz was a short-lived one-album New Zealand rock act who hit gold with a #1 hit single in October 1974 with the song 'Out On The Street' but thereafter failed to achieve anything even close to that feat. While relegated to one-hit-wonder status in the eyes of many, to thi ...Show more
Amy Winehouse: In Her Words by The Amy Winehouse Foundation
$60.00 NZD
Category: Music Biography
Global icon. Six-time Grammy winner. Headline-maker. The most talented recording artist of her generation. Much has been said about Amy Winehouse since her tragic death aged just 27. But who was the real Amy? Amy Winehouse: In Her Words shines a spotlight on her incredible writing talent, her wit, her ...Show more
Be My Baby by Ronnie Spector
$39.99 NZD
Category: Music Biography
Hailed by Rolling Stone magazine as one of the greatest rock memoirs of all time, Be My Baby is the true story of how Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Ronnie Spector carved out a space for herself against tremendous odds amid the chaos of the 1960s music scene and beyond. Ronnie Spector’s first collaborat ...Show more
Beastie Boys Book by Adam Horovitz, Michael Diamond
$85.00 NZD
Category: Music Biography
A panoramic experience that tells the story of Beastie Boys, a book as unique as the band itself--by band members ADROCK and Mike D, with contributions from Amy Poehler, Colson Whitehead, Spike Jonze, Wes Anderson, Luc Sante, and more. Formed as a New York City hardcore band in 1981, Beastie Boys st ...Show more
Bee Gees: Children of the World by Bob Stanley
$37.00 NZD
Category: Music Biography
"'The Definitive Biography' - PETE PAPHIDES The world is full of Bee Gees fans. Yet, for a band of such renown, little is known about Barry, Maurice and Robin Gibb. Weren't two of them twins? Didn't one of them marry Lulu? Where does Andy fit into the Gibb family tree? And why did they storm out of ...Show more
Biographic Marley - Great Lives in Graphic Form by Liz Flavell
$23.00 NZD
Category: Music Biography | Series: Biographic Ser.
Most people know that Bob Marley (1945-1981) was a singer-songwriter who popularized reggae music and whose Jamaican culture and Rastafarian beliefs have attained worldwide influence. What, perhaps, they don't know is that his music inspired 7,000 prisoners of war to escape; that after running out of mo ...Show more
Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen
$27.00 NZD
Category: Music Biography | Reading Level: near fine
The international Number One bestseller.Over a million copies sold in the English language.Published in 23 foreign languages.'A heartfelt memoir . . . there is a fearlessness to his prose, a willingness to engage with his past, that chimes with his songwriter's desire to give voice to the people around ...Show more
Bruce Springsteen: The Stories Behind the Songs by Brian Hiatt
$69.99 NZD
Category: Music Biography | Series: Stories Behind the Songs Ser.
A detailed look at each and every one of his tracks, providing a unique look at this rock legend's method, as well as some of the many anecdotes and tales that are prolific in his long music history. Important insight into the work of a truly great songwriter. Updated to include the albums Western Stars ...Show more
Charlie's Good Tonight - The Life, The Times and The Rolling Stones by Paul Sexton
$37.99 NZD
Category: Music Biography | Reading Level: very good
The official and fully authorised biography of the world’s most revered and celebrated drummers, and mainstay of The Rolling Stones Charlie Watts was one of the most decorated musicians in the world, having joined the Rolling Stones, a few months after their formation, early in 1963. A student of jazz d ...Show more
Chopin's Piano: In Search of the Instrument That Transformed Music (PB) by Paul Kildea
$28.00 NZD
Category: Music Biography | Series: Journey Through Romanticism | Reading Level: near fine
'Beguiling ... Limpidly written, effortlessly learned' William Boyd, TLS, Books of the Year In November 1838 Frédéric Chopin, George Sand and her two children sailed to Majorca to escape the Parisian winter. They settled in an abandoned monastery at Valldemossa in the mountains above Palma, where Chopin ...Show more
Dave Brubeck: a Life in Time by Philip Clark
$28.00 NZD
Category: Music Biography
WINNER OF THE PRESTO JAZZ BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020 An articulate, scrupulously researched account based on first-hand information, this book presents Brubeck's contribution to music with the critical insight that it deserves - ***** BBC Music Magazine This is the writing about jazz that we've been waiting ...Show more
David Bowie All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Track by Benoit Clerc
$90.00 NZD
Category: Music Biography | Series: All the Songs Ser.
A first-of-its-kind chronicle of David Bowie's career, spanning 50 years and 27 studio albums, David Bowie All the Songs tells the story of one of rock's all-time greatest artists -- album by album, and track by track.A lovingly thorough dissection of every album and every track ever released by David B ...Show more