Transformer - A Story of Glitter, Glam Rock, and Loving Lou Reed by Simon Doonan
$53.00 NZD
Category: Music
In this funny and poignant memoir and cultural history, the television personality, columnist, and author of Drag pays homage to Lou Reed's groundbreaking album Transformer on its fiftieth anniversary and recalls its influence on his coming of age and coming out through glam rock. In November 1972, Lou ...Show more
Uncommon People: The Rise and Fall of the Rock Stars 1955-1994 by David Hepworth
$28.00 NZD
Category: Music
The age of the rock star, like the age of the cowboy, has passed. Like the cowboy, the idea of the rock star lives on in our imaginations.What did we see in them? Swagger. Recklessness. Sexual charisma. Damn-the-torpedoes self-belief. A certain way of carrying themselves. Good hair. Interesting shoes. T ...Show more
Yeah Yeah Yeah - The Story of Modern Pop by Bob Stanley
$45.00 NZD
Category: Music
Bob Stanley's Yeah Yeah Yeah tells the chronological story of the modern pop era, from its beginnings in the fifties with the dawn of the charts, vinyl, and the music press, to pop's digital switchover in the year 2000, from Rock Around the Clock to Crazy In Love. It was more than just music - it could ...Show more
Year of Wonder - Classical Music for Every Day by Clemency Burton-Hill
$34.99 NZD
Category: Music | Reading Level: very good
'Year of Wonder is an absolute treat - the most enlightening way to be guided through the year.' Eddie RedmayneClassical music for everyone - an inspirational piece of music for every day of the year, celebrating composers from the medieval era to the present day, written by award-winning violinist and ...Show more
100 Essential New Zealand Albums by Nick Bollinger
$25.00 NZD
Category: Music | Series: 100 Essential New Zealand Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Music-lovers love lists, and this Top 100 from Radio New Zealand's highly respected music guru Nick Bollinger will not disappoint. As his legions of fans know, Bollinger's taste is eclectic: he's as likely to give space to the Axemen as to Bic Runga. His choices come accompanied by some of the most ente ...Show more
100 Songs by Bob Dylan
$35.00 NZD
Category: Music
WINNER OF THE 2016 NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE '100 Songs is a good start, for anybody lucky enough to be starting out with such a genius' The London Evening Standard A new collection of Bob Dylan's most essential lyrics - one hundred songs that represent the Nobel Laureate's incredible musical range t ...Show more
1000 Record Covers by Michael Ochs
$45.00 NZD
Category: Music | Series: Bibliotheca Universalis Ser.
Record covers are a sign of our life and times. Like the music on the discs, they address such issues as love, life, death, fashion, and rebellion. For music fans the covers are the expression of a period, of a particular time in their lives. Many are works of art and have become as famous as the music ...Show more
1000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die by Tom Moon
$40.00 NZD
Category: Music
This is a book both broad and deep, drawing from the diverse worlds of classical, jazz, rock, pop, blues, country, folk, musicals, hip-hop, world, opera, soundtracks, and more. It's arranged alphabetically by artist to create the kind of unexpected juxtapositions that break down genre bias and broaden l ...Show more
1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die by Robert Dimery (ed)
$50.00 NZD
Category: Music | Reading Level: very good
The ultimate insiderÂs guide to every album you must hear before you die If you thought you knew your music this will make you think again. 1001 Albums is more than a simple guide to music, it is a critical list, packed with insights into why each album is significant, the key tracks, the circumstance ...Show more
1001 Classical Recordings You Must Hear Before You Die by Matthew Rye
$45.00 NZD
Category: Music | Series: 1001
1001 Classical Recordings You Must Hear Before You Die answers the need for more accessible information about the greats of classical music: it is the definitive insider's guide to the best recordings of 1001 outstanding classical and operatic works. From the great and inspiring Masses, choral works, sy ...Show more
1001 Songs - Great Songs Of All Tim by CRESWELL Toby
$59.90 NZD
Category: Music
With photographs, insider info, and eye-opening biographical details, this book is the defining celebration of the defining musical form: the song. From Gershwin to Missy Elliot, Bob Dylan to Alicia Keys, Frank Sinatra to OutKast, Leonard Cohen to Pulp - no rolling stone is left unturned. Containing 880 ...Show more