Universe, March 2010. Hardcover. The ultimate compendium of a half century of the best music, now revised and updated. 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die is a highly readable list of the best, the most important, and the most influential pop albums from 1955 through today. Carefully selected.....
Taschen, December 2016. Hardcover. Since the dawn of modernism, visual and music production have had a particularly intimate relationship. From Luigi Russolo's 1913 Futurist manifesto L'Arte dei Rumori (The Art of Noise) to Marcel Duchamp's 1925 double-sided discs Rotoreliefs, the 20th century saw ever more fertile exchange between sounds and.....
Rock Out Books, December 2015. Hardcover. A photographic document of the Grateful Dead's final five Fare Thee Well concerts in Santa Clara, Ca. and Chicago, Il.. The book follows the final reunion of the core four surviving members of the Grateful Dead - Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh, and.....
Rock Out Books, October 2015. Hardcover. Hippie Chick is a fine art, hardcover coffee table book by famed rock and roll photographer Jay Blakesberg. Featuring 445 images shot over the past three decades, Hippie Chick celebrates the unique connection between the vibrant community of free-spirited women who are inspired by.....
Everyman's Library, March 2009. Hardcover. Music may be the universal language that needs no words--the "language where all language ends," as Rilke put it--but that has not stopped poets from ancient times to the present from trying to represent it in verse. Here are Rumi and Shakespeare, Elizabeth Bishop and.....
University of California Press, April 2017. Hardcover. Featuring a wide array of iconic rock posters, period photographs, music memorabilia and light shows, "out-of-this-world" clothing, and avant-garde films, this catalogue celebrates San Francisco's rebellious and colorful counterculture that blossomed in the years surrounding the 1967 Summer of Love. This book explores.....
Outskirts Press, November 2017. Trade Paperback. Songs to Fill the Air: Tales of the Grateful Dead is my follow-up to Aces Back to Back: The History of the Grateful Dead. Songs to Fill the Air is a collection of my essays on the Dead: never-before-told tales that reach across far-ranging.....
Outskirts Press, February 2022. Trade Paperback. Were They Ever Here at All? More Epic Tales of the Grateful Dead is author Scott W. Allen's third and final installment in his written histories of the revered San Francisco group, updating the Dead's history through August 2022. Mr. Allen's series of biographies.....
Morgan James Publishing, May 2022. Trade Paperback. About Man and God and Law is the story of how Bob Dylan sparked a revolution of the spirit and why it matters today.Many of our assumptions about empathy, sensual pleasure, and the essence of work, community, country, race, and the divine have.....
Chicago Review Press, October 2005. Trade Paperback. The stylish, exuberant, and remarkably sweet confession of one of the most famous groupies of the 1960s and 70s is back in print in this new edition that includes an afterword on the author's last 15 years of adventures. As soon as she.....
Abrams Image, September 2019. Hardcover. A fascinating illustrated history of lost, overlooked, and uncompleted works of science fiction and fantasy Science fiction and fantasy reign over popular culture now. Lost Transmissions is a rich trove of forgotten and unknown, imagined-but-never-finished, and under-appreciated-but-influential works from those imaginative genres, as well as.....
Julia Dreyer Brigden, August 2019. Trade Paperback. Born on the South African veldt to a San Francisco socialite and a dashing Afrikaner, Julia "Girl" Dreyer Brigden has lived many lives. Crossing the Atlantic on the Queen Elizabeth and traversing the United States in a 1953 Lincoln Continental, the family washes.....
Z2 Comics, October 2022. Hardcover. CELEBRATING THE ICONIC LEGACY OF SUBLIME WITH THE OFFICIAL GRAPHIC NOVEL The laid-back Long Beach trio spawned an entire genre--fusing reggae grooves, punk grittiness, ska energy, back-porch folk introspection, and hip-hop swagger. The band goes from playing backyard parties and selling cassettes out of the.....
Z2 Comics, August 2021. Trade Paperback. CELEBRATE THE SOUNDS OF SOCAL'S FAVORITE SONS WITH THIS OFFICIAL ORIGINAL GRAPHIC NOVEL! After teenage pals Bud and Eric form a band in high school, it takes a fateful meeting with a new kid named Bradley to discover the blend of punk-rock and reggae.....
William Morrow, August 2022. Hardcover. From T. J. English, the New York Times bestselling author of Havana Nocturne, comes the epic, scintillating narrative of the interconnected worlds of jazz and organized crime in 20th century America. "[A] brilliant and courageous book." --Dr. Cornel West Dangerous Rhythms tells the symbiotic story.....
Park Street Press, September 2017. Trade Paperback. Explores the visionary, mystical, and ecstatic traditions that influenced the music of the 1960s - Examines the visionary, spiritual, and mystical influences on the Grateful Dead, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, the Incredible String Band, the Left Banke, Lou.....
Backbeat, November 2006. Trade Paperback. The origins and secrets of the Grateful Dead's magical sound are told! This book is the first in-depth examination of the Dead's technical side, including their recording methods. From the "Acid Tests" of the mid-'60s to the famous "Wall of Sound" PA setup in the.....
Red Lightning Books, August 2019. Hardcover. In the summer of 1969, 400,000 people from across the country came together and redefined the music scene forever. Though the legacy and lore of Woodstock lives on in the memory of its attendees, a new generation can experience the real and unedited festival.....
Insight Editions, March 2011. Trade Paperback. In 1967, British photographer Gered Mankowitz had the opportunity to photograph the Jimi Hendrix Experience in two sessions at Mankowitz's legendary Mason's Yard studio. Hendrix had just recorded his BBC sessions, taking London by storm and was on his way to establishing himself as.....
Rizzoli, October 2020. Hardcover. In honor of Bob Marley's seventy-fifth birthday, this glorious oversize book collects more than 150 photographs that celebrate the life and influence of the forefather of reggae and one of the greatest musical and sociopolitical icons of twentieth-century pop culture. Drawing exclusively on photos in the.....
Bring Music Home, November 2021. Hardcover. Featuring 200+ Venues in over 30 Cities During an unprecedented moment in music's history, a team of photographers, producers, designers, and collaborators led by Amber Mundinger, Tamara Deike and Kevin Condon came together to document the collective experience of the pandemic and its impact.....
University of California Press, May 2017. Trade Paperback. Listening for the Secret is a critical assessment of the Grateful Dead and the distinct culture that grew out of the group's music, politics, and performance. With roots in popular music traditions, improvisation, and the avant-garde, the Grateful Dead provides a unique.....
Harry N. Abrams, October 2021. Hardcover. Music Is History combines Questlove's deep musical expertise with his curiosity about history, examining America over the past fifty years. Focusing on the years 1971 to the present, Questlove finds the hidden connections in the American tapes- try, whether investigating how the blaxploitation era.....
Phaidon Press, October 2019. Hardcover. Rihanna invites you into her world with this stunning visual autobiography "It's a piece of art that I am really proud of..." --Rihanna From her Barbados childhood to her worldwide tours, from iconic fashion moments to private time with friends and family, the book showcases.....
Picador, October 2008. Trade Paperback. Winner of the 2007 National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism A New York Times Book Review Top Ten Book of the Year Time magazine Top Ten Nonfiction Book of 2007 Newsweek Favorite Books of 2007 A Washington Post Book World Best Book of 2007.....