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Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Alastair Riddells Space Waltz
Book SynopsisAlastair 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 this day Riddell and Space Waltz epitomize the mid-1970s heyday of glam rock in New Zealand. But in truth their impact went far beyond this. Their generationally divisive nation-wide debut on the hugely popular MOR television talent quest Studio One/New Faces demonstrated the power of mass media exposure they were instantly signed to a record deal with industry giant EMI while Riddell's controversial gender-bending image provided a cultural crossroads that greatly impacted the wider youth culture of Aotearoa New Zealand. In addition, while the album's most famous track, Out On The Street,' is rightly regarded as New Zealand's glam rock anthem, the wider album demonstrates a compositTrade ReviewA fun and detailed account of an ambitious album and band. * Christchurch City Libraries Nga Kete Wananga o Otautahi *A book that firmly places [Space Waltz] in the canon. * Witchdoctor *Ian Chapman ... is a talented writer who knows and loves his topic – all this shines through in this wonderful book – a must for anybody interested in New Zealand music. * DustyShelves Book Reviews and BookBits *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgements 1. Introduction 2. ‘Out on the Street’: Space Waltz Takes New Zealand by Storm 3. What Came Before 4. The Album Part 1 5. The Album Part 2 6. What Came After Notes Bibliography Index
£16.14
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Screamfeeders Kitten Licks
Book SynopsisReleased in 1996, Kitten Licks catapulted Brisbane indie-rock three-piece Screamfeeder into the ''90s alternative-rock boom alongside Powderfinger, silverchair, You Am I and Regurgitator. International tours, regular festival shows, and TV appearances followed. And yet, commercial success for Screamfeeder was comparatively short-lived. By the end of the decade, the band's outlook was bleak: at a career standstill and unable to record new music. Today, both Screamfeeder and Kitten Licks endure as fiercely loved cult icons. In its vitality and idiosyncrasy, Kitten Licks captures a moment of cresting change for a band, a city and a national scene, while continuing to delight and inspire those who discover it anew.This book tells the story of Kitten Licks in the words of those who lived it, and who still do. How it was made, how it was swept up into ''90s mythology and what the journey tells us about the fickle nature of music production in Australia,Table of Contents1. Static from the Stars 2. Madmen to Screamfeeder 3. Side A 4. Side B 5. This Is It 6. Consistently Intermittent 7. Some Mysterious Transaction 8. If I Transmit Long Enough Cast of Characters Selected Discography Endnotes List of References Acknowledgements Index
£20.43
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Hunters Collectorss Human Frailty
Book SynopsisJon Stratton is Adjunct Professor in UniSA Creative at the University of South Australia and a member of the university's Creative People, Products and Places Research Centre. Jon has worked at universities in the UK and Australia and held a Rockefeller Fellowship at the University of Iowa in 1998. His areas of interest include Popular Music, Cultural Studies, Australian Studies, Jewish Cultural Studies and Media Studies. He is the sole author of 12 books and has co-edited four. In 2002 he published Australian Rock: Essays on Popular Music. His most recent books include Black Popular Music in Britain since 1945 (edited with Nabeel Zuberi, 2014), When Music Migrates: Crossing British and European Racial Faultlines 1945-2010 (2014) and An Anthology of Australian Albums: Critical Engagements (edited with Jon Dale and Tony Mitchell, 2020).Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction: Where It All Began 1. Apocalyptic Visions and Road Stories 2. The Inner-City Sound, Pub Rock, and Oz Rock 3. Throw Your Arms Around Me 4. The Other Tracks 5. After Human Frailty References Index
£20.43
Hal Leonard Corporation Sweat, Tears and Jazz Hands: The Official History
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£26.92
Hal Leonard Corporation Working with Bernstein
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£25.00
Hal Leonard Corporation Keyboard Presents the Evolution of Electronic
Book SynopsisFrom its roots in 1970s New York disco and '80s Detroit techno to today's international mainstream explosion of such genres as house trance & dubstep electronic dance music has reshaped the popular musical landscape. This book digs deep through the archives of ÊKeyboardÊ magazine to unearth the insider history of the art and technology of the EDM movement written as it happened. We hear from the artists who defined the genre (Jean Michel Jarre Depeche Mode Deadmau5 BT Kraftwerk and more). Revisit the most significant synths beatboxes and musical tools that made the music possible through the eyes of those who first played them. Learn the history then the expert techniques behind the music so you can apply the same craft to your own music and mixes.
£12.34
Hal Leonard Corporation Close to the Edge: How Yes's Masterpiece Defined
Book SynopsisThe first half of the 1970s was an especially fertile period for British progressive rock laying claim to classics such as ÊTarkusÊ ÊSelling England by the PoundÊ ÊLarks' Tongues in AspicÊ ÊThe Dark Side of the MoonÊ and ÊThick as a BrickÊ. Collectively these and other works represent the best British progressive rock had to offer. Yet it's Yes's 1972 three-track masterpiece ÊClose to the EdgeÊ that presents a snapshot of an adventurous rock band at the peak of its powers daring to push itself musically both as individuals and as a unit. In this absorbing chronicle which draws upon dozens of original and archived interviews and features rare photographs and an extensive discography acclaimed music journalist Will Romano examines why ÊClose to the EdgeÊ is the ultimate prog rock album.ÞYes had previously penned epic tracks for ÊThe Yes AlbumÊ and ÊFragileÊ but nothing on the magnitude of the musical gems appearing on ÊClose to the EdgeÊ. It's something of a small miracle ä perhaps even magic ä that the virtuoso quintet crafted such a cohesive and compelling album during an often-hectic recording process that very nearly relegated this monumental work to the dustbin of history. So potent was the power of ÊClose to the EdgeÊ that even before its release it had forever shifted the personal dynamics of the group and the course of progressive rock. Rarely had Yes or any rock outfit for that matter been simultaneously so expansive and concise spiritual and savage profound and nebulous.
£17.09
Hal Leonard Corporation Back to Black: Amy Winehouse's Only Masterpiece
Book SynopsisBe a fly on the wall of sound: get the inside history and behind-the-scenes events in the making of a masterpiece. In this refreshing book ä which focuses solely on Amy Winehouse's musical artistry stylistic influences and creative collaborations with great producers and musicians instead of her personal problems ä Donald Brackett explores pertinent questions about the importance of pop music in contemporary culture.ÞIn this incisive and fascinating study of Amy Winehouse's second and last album (released in 2006) ÊBack to BlackÊ he opens the door not only to the full experience of this great record but also explores the seductive sonic hook that pop artists always strive for and unearths what makes the record unique influential and unforgettable. He reveals the creative steps in its inception and production the technical virtuosity that makes it special and why it deserves to be considered a pop classic.ÞIn an album that continually strips down the branches of popular music to draw from its muscular trunk Amy Winehouse (with significant help from producers Mark Ronson and Salaam Remi) used the deep longing of '60s girl-group pop such as the Ronettes to fuel the torch sound she perfected in her debut. Brackett fully considers Winehouse's legacy ten years after her multi-Grammy winning album ä exploring the origins of a global cultural phenomenon by examining her roots as a storyteller; studying her swift arrival as a demonic pop diva; the crucially important creative role played by her gifted producers in the studio; the historical musical influences on her style; the soul magic of her superb backup band the Dap-Kings; ; her live performance style onstage; and her magnetic public image as a video star. ÊBack to BlackÊ is also explored song by song in an appreciation of its status as a true pop-art artifact.ÞIn the end it's the songs that make up Back to Black which go far beyond our potentially prurient fascination with the unique singer's early demise five years ago and instead bring vibrantly to life the surprising pop majesty she personified.
£17.09
Hal Leonard Corporation Accidentally Like a Martyr: The Tortured Art of
Book SynopsisWarren Zevon songs are like chapters in a great American novel. Its story lies in the heart of his and our psyche. The lines are blurred. We never seem to know if we are looking in a mirror or peering through a window; we only know that when we listen we see something . The music sets the scene his voice a striking baritone, its narrator our guide through a labyrinth of harrowing narratives. The plot unfolds without subtlety; each musical and lyrical arc awakens imagination. In Accidentally Like a Martyr: The Tortured Art of Warren Zevon , music journalist James Campion presents 13 essays on seminal Zevon songs and albums that provide context to the themes, inspirations, and influence of one of America's most literate songwriters. In-depth interviews with Zevon's friends and colleagues provide first-person accounts of how the music was lived, composed, recorded, and performed. Longtime fans of this most uniquely tortured artist, as well as those who want to discover his work for the first time, will get inside the mind, talent, and legacy of the wildly passionate Excitable Boy.
£17.09
Blank Forms Editions The Cowboy's Dreams of Home: Blank Forms 7
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£15.20
MA Music, Leisure and Travel Songlines Presents...The Music of Latin America
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£9.99
Equinox Publishing Ltd Venue Stories: Narratives, Memories, and
Book SynopsisVenue Stories is an anthology of creative non-fiction that remembers, celebrates and reinvigorates our complex and plural relationship with small and independent music spaces. Written by musicians, promoters, fans and academics who have a shared passion for small music venues and musical cultures in all their splendid variety, this anthology features memoir, essays, life writing, historiography and autoethnography. Each chapter is united by a focus on the personal, the sensory and half-remembered. These are stories that cross disciplinary lines and blur distinctions between creativity, reportage and critical analysis. Venue Stories pays a visit to the toilet venues, back rooms and ad-hoc club nights that make up so much of our musical landscape. It spends time in small and local venues and asks what they mean in personal and cultural terms. Writers visit celebrated spots, long forgotten spaces and emergent venues. Whatever the lineage, they are independent, original and wonderfully weird. The stories are memories of seismic gigs and life-altering raves. They are mosaic remembrances and recollections; funny, heart-breaking, rage induced and sometimes a combination of all of these things. This is a collection of stories by and for fans, band members, merch sellers, pint pullers, journalists with a freebie, roadies with a backache and sound techs with an earache.Table of ContentsForeword Emma Warren, Journalist and Broadcaster Introduction Helen Pleasance, Robert Edgar and Fraser Mann 1. Peripheral Dancing: The Jazz Rooms, Brighton 1984 Helen Pleasance 2. Finding the Dirt: Nesh at Elektrowerkz Fraser Mann 3. Chatting to Jarvis Robert Edgar 4. Fascinating Rhythms Beth Hughes, Writer 5. The Bull & Gate, Kentish Town, London 1987-1991 Polly Hancock, Musician, Photojournalist and Promoter 6. Weapons of Bass Destruction Kevin Narrainen, Musician, Producer and Writer 7. Girls with Guitars Vim Renault and Lene Cortina, Punkgirldiaries 8. (Princess) Charlotte and her 1980s offspring O’ Jays Ruth Miller, Musician 9. The Brewery Arts Centre Peter Atkinson, University of Central Lancashire 10. ‘Nothing Comes Easy’: Small Venue Concerts with The Wedding Present David Lewis Gedge (Musician) and Jon Stewart (Musician and BIMM Institute) 11. In Memory of the Standard: Hard Rock in East London Anna Marie Barry, Historian and Writer 12. The New Breed - 1990s Mod Revival Scene in Leeds Abigail Gaines, Photography Studio Manager 13. Sitting on the Bench in Leicester’s Charlotte Ed Garland, Writer 14. Kings Cross, Kentish Town and Kensington Gore via Gallowgate: In Search of the Goldilocks Zone Julianne Regan, Musician and writer 15. Spiritual Auras: Jungle Venues in Birmingham and the West Midlands 1993-7 Penelope Wickson, Art Historian 16. The Wheat from the Chaff Matt Colbeck, University of Sheffield 17. More than a Club: The Genius Loci of Eric’s Penny Kiley, Music Journalist 18. Coming of Age at the Warehouse, Liverpool 1981 Dawn Amber Harvey, Writer 19. The Rainbow Venues and Swingamajig: Closing the Doors on the Home of One of Birmingham’s Favourite Festivals Chris Inglis, British and Irish Modern Music Institute, Bristol 20. Sold-out, Locked Out, Power Out Tom Hingley, Musician and Writer 21. Mothers Club in Erdington Alan Smith, Writer 22. Music Spaces & Music Memory Anna Elias, Musician and Therapist 23. Glitter, Rubber Ducks, and Dinghies: The Georgian Theatre and the Teesside Gigging Community in the Early-2010s Amy McCarthy, Writer 24. The Rock Garden: Conversations with my Dad, a Punk-rock DJ’ Tom Jackson, York St John University 25. … For a Girl Tarryn Watkins, Musician Final word Mark Dafyd, Music Venue Trust
£67.50
Uniformbooks Sonorama: Listening to the View from the Train
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£12.00
Medina Publishing Ltd The Last Great Event
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£17.05
Blank Forms Editions Common Tones: Selected Interviews with Artists
Book SynopsisInterviews by Alan Licht with Vito Acconci, ANOHNI, Cory Arcangel, Matthew Barney, Glenn Branca, Rhys Chatham, Tony Conrad, the Dream Syndicate's Karl Precoda, Richard Foreman, Henry Flynt, Milford Graves, Adris Hoyos, Ken Jacobs, Jutta Koether, Christian Marclay, Phill Niblock, Alessandra Novaga, Tony Oursler, Lou Reed, Kelly Reichardt, The Sea and Cake, Suicide, Michael Snow, Greg Tate, Tom Verlaine, Rudy Wurlitzer, and Yo La Tengo's Georgia Hubley and Ira Kaplan. Introduction by Jay Sanders. For the past thirty years, Alan Licht has been a performer, programmer, and chronicler of New York's art and music scenes. His dry wit, deep erudition, and unique perspectiveinformed by decades of experience as a touring and recording guitarist in the worlds of experimental music and underground rockhave distinguished him as the go-to writer for profiles of adventurous artists across genres. A precocious scholar and improvisor, by the time he graduated from Vassar College in 1990 Licht had already authored important articles on minimalist composers La Monte Young, Tony Conrad, and Charlemagne Palestine, and recorded with luminaries such as Rashied Ali and Thurston Moore. In 1999 he became a regular contributor to the British experimental music magazine the Wire while continuing to publish in a wide array of periodicals, ranging from the artworld glossies to underground fanzines. Common Tones gathers a selection of never-before-published interviews, many conducted during the writing of Licht's groundbreaking profiles, alongside extended versions of his celebrated conversations with artists, previously untranscribed public and private exchanges, and new dialogues held on the occasion of this collection. Even Lou Reed, a notoriously difficult interviewee, was impressed. Alan Licht is a writer, musician, and curator based in New York City. He is equally known for his guitar work in the underground rock bands Run On and Love Child and in the experimental groups the Blue Humans and Text of Light. He has released eight solo guitar albums and more than a dozen duo and trio records of improvised music. Licht is a contributing music editor at BOMB magazine and his essays and reviews have appeared in Artforum, Parkett, the Wire, the Believer, Sight & Sound, and many other publications. He is the author of An Emotional Memoir of Martha Quinn, an extended personal essay about coming of age as a rock fan and musician; Sound Art: Beyond Music, Between Categories, the first full-length study of sound installations and sound sculpture to appear in English; and Sound Art Revisited, an updated version of the latter, published last year; and he is a co-author of Will Oldham on Bonnie Prince' Billy, a collection of interviews with Will Oldham, and Title TK 20102014, a compilation of concert transcriptions, with Cory Arcangel and Howie Chen. Jay Sanders is executive director and chief curator of Artists Space, New York.
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Bohlau Verlag Musiktheater Und Kommerz: Untersuchungen Zum
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£68.39
Bohlau Verlag Ein Chor erobert die Welt: Die Wiener
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£32.39
Bohlau Verlag Schönberg verstehen: »Überwältigende Vielheit
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£967.80
Boehlau Verlag Walter Braunfels
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£76.50
Evangelische Verlagsanstalt BachJahrbuch 2023
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£14.25
Evangelische Verlagsansta The Text of Handels Messiah
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£102.40
Bohlau Verlag Jacques Offenbach: Ein Europaisches Portrat
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£29.44
Bohlau Verlag Koln Da Ideia Ao Samba. Von Der Idee Zum Samba:
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£50.24
Böhlau-Verlag GmbH Welterfahrung in Tönen
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£36.00
Harrassowitz In Spirit and in Truth
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£42.00
Harrassowitz Verlag Jüdische Musikerziehung im Preußen des 19. Jahrhunderts
£71.20
Verlag Vittorio Klostermann Frei: Zwei Gesprache
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£18.81
Brill U Schoningh Kultgeschichte ALS Musikgeschichte:
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£81.60
Brill I Schoeningh Controlling Sounds
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£89.25
Franz Steiner Verlag Wiesbaden GmbH Franz Schubert: Die Texte Seiner Lieder Und
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£168.30
Franz Steiner Verlag Wiesbaden GmbH Ubersetzung ALS Debatte
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£64.80
Steiner Franz Verlag Virtuosity and Innovation
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£50.40
Steiner Franz Verlag Timor et tremor
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£63.00
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Preise, Jerusalem, Den Herrn: Johann Sebastian
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£82.50
Lit Verlag Scores of Being
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£43.20
Brill I Fink Mythos Neuorientierung
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£103.20
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Brill I Fink Instrumentalspiel im schulischen Kontext
£115.20
Schwabe Compendium Improvisation: Fantasieren Nach
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£62.90
Schwabe Verlagsgruppe AG Notationskunde 13. Und 14. Jahrhundert: Teilband
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£70.20
Schwabe Verlag Basel Welt im Werk. Klaus Huber 19242017
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£45.90
Jan Thorbecke Verlag Welt-Kult-Ur-Sprung / World Origin of Culture
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£17.91
Norient Books Home is Where the Heart Strives
£24.70
Spectormag GbR Unearthing the Music
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£23.40
Spector Books DNA #18: Channel Power
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£9.50
Spector Books DNA #21: Sound - Space - Sense
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£9.50
Editions Notre Savoir Analyse afrocentrique du patriarcat
£32.92
