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Faber & Faber Sundog Selected Lyrics
Book SynopsisScott Walker is undoubtedly one of the most brilliant, serious and intelligent of artists today. As one of the greatest lyricists of the 20th century and front man of globally loved pop trip, The Walker Brothers, Walker commands huge devotion. A major event, Sundog is the first ever selection of Walker''s lyrics curated by the artist himself, published for the first time with a stunning introduction by Eimear McBride. Walker''s iconic lyrics will proudly follow in the footsteps of other famous musicians who have been published by Faber & Faber, including Jarvis Cocker, Billy Bragg, and Van Morrison.
£999.99
Faber & Faber Love in Vain Robert Johnson 19111938 the graphic
Book Synopsis''A beautiful retelling ... which captures the great man''s spirit.'' UNCUTFrom ''Crossroads Blues'' to ''Sweet Home Chicago'', ''Hellhound on My Trail'' to ''Come On In My Kitchen'', Robert Johnson wrote some of the most enduring and formative songs of the original blues era, songs that would go on to help shape the birth of rock''n''roll in the 1960s. Beloved of Clapton, Dylan and the Stones, Robert Johnson remains one of the most iconic and mythologised figures in popular music (and the first of many to die at the age of 27). Exploring the stories and legends that surround his life and death - his childhood, his womanising, his pact with the devil at the crossroads - Mezzo and DuPont have produced a fittingly creative and beautiful depiction of this most extraordinary life.
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Faber & Faber The Importance of Music to Girls Faber Poetry
Book SynopsisIf I had not kissed anyone, or danced with anyone, or had a reason to cry, the music made me feel as if I had gone through all that anyway . . . the music attracted and repelled, organised and disturbed and then let us into the night, clusters of emotion ready to dissolve into sleep.In The Importance of Music to Girls, Lavinia Greenlaw tells the story of the adventures that music leads us into: getting drunk, falling in love, dying of boredom, cutting our hair, terrifying our parents, wanting to change the world. This is a vivid memoir unlike any other, recalling the furious passion of being young, female, and coming alive through music.
£9.49
Faber & Faber Dig If You Will The Picture
Book SynopsisDig If U Will The Picture is a portrait of The Artist who will be remembered by many as the most seductive and enigmatic pop star of his generation. A year after Prince''s death at the age of 57, acclaimed writer Ben Greenman brilliantly anatomizes the star''s dramatic career and an aesthetic that at times seemed otherworldly.In thematically structured chapters that blend critical consideration of Prince''s art with the author''s personal connection to the music, this is a fitting memorial to a legendary performer: monumental, yet deeply intimate. Drawing on over 40 studio albums, a repertoire of 2,000 plus live shows, and close analysis of the unreleased highlights of the Vault, Dig If U Will the Picture is the definitive book on Prince''s work.
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Faber & Faber Fried Justified
Book SynopsisAN UNCUT BOOK OF THE YEAR''A wild rock n' roll fairground ride of the damned.'' OBSERVER''Excellent.''NEW STATESMAN''Entertaining . . . recalls twenty heady years at the centre of the British music business.''FINANCIAL TIMESA candid frontline account of an illustrious gonzo career as an independent music publicistduring the post-punk heyday of the 80s and 90s, featuring an introduction by Bill Drummond and a new foreword by Julian Cope. Mick Houghton worked with some of the greatest, most influential and downright dysfunctional cult groups of the post-punk era and beyond Ramones, Talking Heads, The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Undertones, Felt and Sonic Youth among them.But the three acts Mick is most closely identified with are Echo & the Bunnymen, Julian Cope, and the KLF. As confidant and co-conspirator, he navigated the minefield of rivalries and cTrade Review'An entertaining memoir recalls twenty heady years at the centre of the British music business.' - Financial Times'Excellent . . . Remind[s] us that the best pop culture often comes together thanks to accidental, passionate heroes, standing out against the crowd in the most brilliant way.' - Jude Rogers, New Statesman
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Faber & Faber How Soon is Now
Book SynopsisIf you look at all the people involved Ivo, Tony Wilson, McGee, Geoff Travis, myself nobody had a clue about running a record company, and that was the best thing about it.' Daniel Miller, Mute RecordsOne of the most tangible aftershocks of punk was its prompt to individuals: do it yourself. A generation was inspired, and often with no planning or business sense, in bedrooms, record-shop back offices and sheds, labels such as Factory, Rough Trade, Mute, Beggars Banquet, 4AD, Creation, Warp and Domino began. From humble beginnings, some of the most influential artists were allowed to thrive: Orange Juice, New Order, Depeche Mode, Happy Mondays, The Smiths, Primal Scream, My Bloody Valentine, Aphex Twin, Teenage Fanclub, The Arctic Monkeys. How Soon Is Now? is a landmark survey of the artists, the labels, and the mavericks behind them who had the vision and bloody-mindedness to turn the music world on its head.
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Faber & Faber RAW
Book SynopsisThe Wu-Tang Clan is American hip-hop royalty. Rolling Stone called them the best rap group ever' and their debut album is considered one of the greatest of all time. Since 1992, they have released seven gold and platinum studio albums with sales of more than 40 million copies. So how did nine kids from the Brownsville projects go from nothing to global icons? Remarkably, no one has told their storyuntil now. Raw is the incredible first-person account of one boy's journey from the Staten Island projects to international stardom. Part social history, part confessional memoir, U-God's intimate portrait of his life - and those of his Wu-Tang brothers is a brave and unfiltered account of escaping poverty to transform the New York hip-hop scene forever.
£13.49
Faber & Faber The Awfully Big Adventure Michael Jackson in the
Book SynopsisMichael Jackson died on June 25 2009 in Los Angeles, from of acute propofol and benzodiazepine intoxication (according to Wikipedia). The one-time King of Pop was preparing for one last assault on the mainstream with a proposed 50 night run of shows at the 02 (thereby trumping his arch-rival, Prince, who had just concluded his legendary 21 Nights). His exhaustion, paranoia and general ill-heath were an open secret. He had lived many lives and inhabited many bodies; PT Barnum, Fred Astaire, and Peter Pan in one mortal coil. His death was mourned by hundreds of millions of fans but it was almost as if he had been dead for some time already. And in his death, in vivid technicolor, we relived the dreams, nightmares, fantasies, and perversions that we had all projected on to him as a celebrity for four decades. Paul Morley's short biographical portrait of Michael Jackson looks at how we turned the most outrageous child star talent of the late 20th century into a monster; how his
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Faber & Faber How To Be Invisible Lyrics
Book SynopsisSelected and arranged by the author, and with a new introduction by novelist David Mitchell, How To Be Invisible presents the lyrics of Kate Bush for the first time in a beautiful cloth-bound Faber edition.''For millions around the world, Kate is way more than another singer-songwriter: she is a creator of musical companions that travel with you through life. One paradox about Kate is that while her lyrics are proudly idiosyncratic, those same lyrics evoke emotions and sensations that feel universal. Literature works in similar mysterious ways. Kate's the opposite of a confessional singer-songwriter ... You don't learn much about Kate from her songs. She's fond of masks and costumes lyrically and literally and of yarns, fabulations and atypical narrative viewpoints. Yet, these fiercely singular songs, which nobody else could have authored, are also maps of the heart, the psyche, the imagination. In other words, art.'' David Mitchell
£999.99
Faber & Faber In the Country of Country
Book SynopsisA new edition as part of the Faber Greatest Hits books that have taken writing about music in new and exciting directions for the twenty-first century.In his critically acclaimed book, In the Country of Country, Nicholas Dawidoff travels to the origins of country music and talks to the musicians who created this original American art form. Here, amongst others, are indelible portraits of Johnny Cash, behind whose black apparel lies a Faustian dilemma; Merle Haggard, a man as elusive as he is gifted; and Patsy Cline, a lonely figure striding out bravely in a male-dominated world. An exhilarating journey from Maces Springs, Virginia to Bakersfield, California, In the Country of Country conveys the spirit and passion that informs country music and confirms Dawidoff''s reputation as one of the most gifted cultural commentators of his generation.
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Faber & Faber Like Punk Never Happened
Book SynopsisThe definitive account of the first rise and fall of Boy George and Culture Club, and British pop music in the 1980s.NEW EXPANDED EDITION, WITH A FOREWORD BY NEIL TENNANTFEATURES A BONUS CHAPTER ON DURAN DURAN AND A NEW AFTERWORD''Speaks from the centure of pop''s beating heart.'' DYLAN JONES''Fascinating.'' NEW YORK TIMES''A controversial and honest account.'' NME''Music journalism at its best.'' THE WORDA story of money, sex, stardom, screaming fans and forgotten ideals, Like Punk Never Happened is Dave Rimmer's witty, authoritative, fast-moving and provocative insider account of the roller-coaster ride that was Boy George & Culture Club and the new 80s pop.''Rimmer is among the most entertaining writers ever to pen a rock book.''ROCK AND ROLL CONFIDENTIALThe funniest, smartest book I know about the connections between pop glitter and real-life h
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Faber & Faber Where We Come From
Book SynopsisA stunning social history of British rap and grime by one of the nation's foremost cultural chroniclers.''A stunning exploration of a genre, a movement and a world. It's every bit as lyrical as the rap Ekpoudom has documented.''CANDICE CARTY-WILLIAMS, author of Queenie''Illuminating and intimate. Ekpoudom's prose is rhythmic and deft but also crackles with joy. I know I''ll be reading it for years to come.''CALEB AZUMAH NELSON, author of Small Worlds''[An] engaging, erudite, sweeping social history of grime in Britain . . . The writing is sublime.''GARY YOUNGE, NEW STATESMAN''Brims with life and reverberates, long after you have closed its pages, with a quiet, lasting power.'' EVENING STANDARD''Ekpoudom is, hands down, one of Britain's best music writers, as attested by his new book, Where We Come From, a kaleidoscopic, state-of-the-nation social and cultural
£17.00
Faber & Faber The Tastemaker
Book SynopsisThe Tastemaker charts the singular life of a man who has been at the beating heart of music's most iconic moments for over sixty years. Leaving school and starting his career at Decca Records in 1958 at the age of sixteen, Tony King would soon find himself becoming close friends with Elton John, rekindling John Lennon and Yoko Ono's relationship, mediating a quarrelsome Mick Jagger and Keith Richards and spending time with Freddie Mercury in his final days a far cry from his childhood days in Eastbourne.Living in an era of seismic social, technological and cultural transformation, King experienced these defining moments as a stalwart in London and New York's gay scenes. Alongside his heady life in showbusiness, he was witness to the AIDS crisis and its devastating consequences: the death of family, the death of friends and the stultifying weight of responsibility in being called upon to hold things together.At once profound and suffused with Tony King
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Faber & Faber Lets Do It
Book SynopsisThe prequel to Bob Stanley''s universally acclaimed Yeah Yeah Yeah, Let''s Do It is the only book that brings together all genres to tell the definitive story of the birth of Pop, from 1900 to the mid-fifties. ''An absolute landmark/joy/gossip-fest/door to Narnia: the history of pop music before rock''n''roll. Fascinating. I can''t recommend it enough.''CAITLIN MORAN''An encyclopaedic introduction to the fascinating and often forgotten creators of Anglo-American hit music in the first half of the Twentieth Century.''NEIL TENNANT''A perfect guidebook, filled with smart thinking and the kind of communicable enthusiasm that sends you rushing to the nearest streaming service, eager to hear what all the fuss was about.''ALEXIS PETRIDIS, GUARDIANPop music didn''t begin with the Beatles in 1963, or with Elvis in 1956, or even with the first seven-inch singles in 1949. There
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Faber & Faber Prince
Book SynopsisPrince unravels the mysteries behind the life of a true musical genius. Through years of research and interviews with ex-Revolution members such as Wendy and Lisa, this is an account of a pop maverick whose experiments with rock, funk, techno and jazz revolutionised pop. With reference to 35 years of released and unreleased recordings, Prince remains the go-to book on the great man.
£15.29
Random House USA Inc The Upcycled Self
Book Synopsis“One of hip-hop’s greatest MCs, unpacking his harrowing, remarkable journey in his own words, with enough insights for two lifetimes.”—Lin-Manuel Miranda, award-winning songwriter, producer, director, and creator of In the Heights and Hamilton From one of our generation’s most powerful artists and incisive storytellers comes a brilliantly crafted work about the art—and war—of becoming who we are.upcycle verbup·cy·cle ˈəp-ˌsī-kəl: to recycle (something) in such a way that the resulting product is of a higher value than the original item: to create an object of greater value from (a discarded object of lesser value)Today Tariq Trotter—better known as Black Thought—is the platinum-selling, Grammy-winning co-founder of The Roots and one of the most exhilaratingly skillful and profound rappers our culture has ever produced.
£20.62
Penguin Young Readers Group Mad Libs For the Fans Taylor Swift Edition
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Random House USA Inc We Got the Neutron Bomb The Untold Story of LA
Book SynopsisTaking us back to late ’70s and early ’80s Hollywood—pre-crack, pre-AIDS, pre-Reagan—We Got the Neutron Bomb re-creates word for word the rage, intensity, and anarchic glory of the Los Angeles punk scene, straight from the mouths of the scenesters, zinesters, groupies, filmmakers, and musicians who were there.“California was wide-open sex—no condoms, no birth control, no morality, no guilt.” —Kim Fowley“The Runaways were rebels, all of us were. And a lot of people looked up to us. It helped a lot of kids who had very mediocre, uneventful, unhappy lives. It gave them something to hold on to.” —Cherie Currie“The objective was to create something for our own personal satisfaction, because everything in our youthful and limited opinion sucked, and we knew better.” —John Doe“The Masque was like Heaven and Hell all rolled into one. It was a bomb shelter, a basement
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Blackwell Guide to Recorded Country Music
Book SynopsisRECORDED COUNTRY MUSIC The Blackwell Guide to Recorded Country MusicThis is the definitive guide to selecting the finest recordings in country music. Artists such as Garth Brooks and Billy Ray Cyrus outsell established pop and rock giants in the United States, and they are becoming increasingly popular in Europe. Yet this very popularity means that it is now more difficult to define just what country music' is.The Guide looks at the key recordings in ten major areas of the music, selecting a main library of 100 discs the majority of them currently available CDs, but with a few harder-to-find specialist items that should form the core of any country collection. In addition, over 300 supplementary albums are listed and described, enriching the coverage of each style. Crossover artists are discussed (who adapted their styles to the vast pop audience), as are many of the other musicians who can make this vast and relatively uncharted area of music confusing for theTable of Contents1. The Early Years (Charles Wolfe) 2. Honky Tonk (Nick Tosches) 3. Regional Music: Cajun, Western Swing and the Bakersfield Sound (Geoffrey Himes) 4. Western Music and Songs of the Cowboys (Laurence J. Zwisohn) 5. Bluegrass (Frank and Marty Godbey) 6. The 1950s and 1960s (Bob Allen) 7. The 1970s (Bob Allen) 8. Alternative Country (Geoffrey Himes) 9. Irish Country (Tom Gilmore) 10.The 1980s and Beyond (Bob Allen).
£40.80
Hal Leonard Corporation Jazz Blues
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Hal Leonard Corporation The Beatles For Classical Guitar
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Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation The Real Book
Book Synopsis(Fake Book). The Real Books are the best-selling jazz books of all time. Since the 1970s, musicians
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Hal Leonard Corporation The Real Book Volume I Sixth Edition
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Hal Leonard Corporation The Real Book Volume I 6th Ed Bb Instruments 01
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Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation Pat Metheny One Quiet Night for Guitar TAB Pvg
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Harvard University Press Liner Notes for the Revolution
Book SynopsisLiner Notes for the Revolution offers a startling new perspective on Black women musicians from Bessie Smith to Beyoncé. Informed by the overlooked contributions of women who wrote about the blues, rock, and pop, Daphne A. Brooks argues that acclaimed entertainers have also been radical intellectuals, challenging the culture industry to catch up.Trade ReviewBrooks traces all kinds of lines, finding unexpected points of connection…inviting voices to talk to one another, seeing what different perspectives can offer, opening up new ways of looking and listening by tracing lineages and calling for more space. * New York Times *Daphne Brooks has written a gloriously polyphonic book. Moving through the tumult of the twentieth century and the millennium, she scores, archives, and curates the history of Black woman musicians and their radical modernities, all created in a culture that presumed they had no voices or minds. What did they do to be so Black, brilliant, and blue? Listen. And read on. -- Margo Jefferson, author of the National Book Critics Circle Award–winning NegrolandBrooks takes on a wide-ranging study of Black female artists, from elders like Bessie Smith and Ethel Waters to Beyoncé and Janelle Monáe. But she reaches far beyond music, exploring writers like Zora Neale Hurston and Pauline Hopkins…Liner Notes is a secret history…connecting the sonic worlds of Black female mythmakers and truth-tellers. -- Rob Sheffield * Rolling Stone *Brooks moves deftly between eras, from early-twentieth-century blues and vaudeville to Lemonade-era Beyoncé…In articulating the intellectual labor of so many Black women artists—unknown, ‘undertheorized,’ or both—she implicitly acknowledges those who, for whatever reason, didn’t make it into the capital-A archive, but whose contributions surround us nonetheless…Liner Notes is a loud warning shot: seeing Black women everywhere is not the same as seeing Black women. -- Rawiya Kameir * Bookforum *Takes on the weighty task of sifting through more than a century’s worth of music history, cultural criticism and long forgotten archives to explore the revolutionary practices of Black women musicians…Brooks is effusive in her belief that not only did these women exist in spaces previously thought to be exclusively white, she suggests their impact can be felt in all spheres of music today. -- Stephanie Phillips * The Wire *A passionate book, written with a vigorous confidence…Brooks’s command of history and her reading are broad and deep…Instinct says there is a large audience that is not only sympathetic to what she has to say but would be charged up by Brooks’s ideas, that would hear in the music what Brooks hears. -- George Grella * Brooklyn Rail *Effortlessly poetic, deeply historical, and insistently imaginative, Liner Notes for the Revolution doesn’t merely give voice to unheeded and crucial innovators; it offers a new method for approaching music history itself. -- Ann Powers, author of Good BootyDaphne Brooks’s brilliant evocation of what gets lost when women of color don’t speak, let alone sing, is one of the most moving testaments to the power of silence, and what breaking that silence means, that I have ever read. Vivid, joyful, and heartbreaking in its passionate understanding of soul in all its manifestations, Liner Notes for the Revolution is itself a new kind of music: propulsive, witty, wise, and true. -- Hilton Als, author of White GirlsFor Daphne Brooks, black feminist sound is sensuous thought. In Liner Notes for the Revolution, she feels and shows and says this with such devotion, such critical and emotional intelligence, such archival commitment and dexterity, and such urgent social aspiration that listening itself is new again. -- Fred Moten, author of All That BeautyLiner Notes for the Revolution is a groundbreaking and breathtaking volume from one of our leading cultural historians that will forever change the way we write and think about American culture. Daphne Brooks insists upon the genius of Black women music-makers, listeners, and critics. This transformative work of intellectual generosity is sure to join the ranks of classic works such as Amiri Baraka’s Blues People and Greil Marcus’s Lipstick Traces. -- Farah Jasmine Griffin, author of Harlem NocturneIt went so many unexpected places and it fed me. I was especially drawn to the under-told stories of trailblazing women who were the collectors, archivists, and storytellers. She’s made what has been in the shadows legible. It’s full of stories of creative resistance and persistence. Perfect for this moment. * Los Angeles Times *A sweeping survey of Black women’s contributions to music history and a rigorous mapping of their lives as intellectuals. From Bessie Smith to Beyoncé…A positively revolutionary ‘critical re-attunement.’ * Pitchfork *A groundbreaking study that is necessary reading for scholars of Black studies, women’s studies, sound studies, and performance studies. The methods and arguments put forth by Brooks will undoubtedly inspire the growth of Black feminist archival scholarship dedicated to unearthing the stories of many more sidelined, yet-to-be-recognized culture makers. -- Shanice Wolters * Women and Music *Through storytelling, analysis, and archival research, Liner Notes for the Revolution spans generations of Black women as musical pioneers, including Ma Rainey, Billie Holiday, and Tina Turner, and calls attention to their resounding influence. -- Jaelani Turner-Williams * Teen Vogue *Enlightening…a fresh perspective on more than a century’s worth of Black female musicians…Brooks combines an impressive archive of musical works and the artists’ own words to convincingly reveal how they each impacted popular culture. Music aficionados should take note. * Publishers Weekly *A spirited study of how Black women musicians and writers have informed each other despite gatekeepers’ neglect and dismissals…A sui generis and essential work on Black music culture destined to launch future investigations. * Kirkus Reviews (starred review) *A lyrical masterpiece that takes readers on an exhilarating journey through a century of Black sound from Bessie Smith to Beyoncé…Brooks’ liner notes are a ‘requiem’ for the oversight of Black women musicians and their intellectual resonance. * New Books Network *An impressive exploration of Black women’s intellectuality in music. -- Jordannah Elizabeth * Amsterdam News *Rich with insights…A rigorous and sweeping counter-history of American pop. -- Danielle A. Jackson * Vulture *
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Princeton University Press Fascinating Rhythm Reading Jazz in American
Book SynopsisExplores the relationship between jazz and literature, looking at jazz musicians and the themes literature has garnered from them by appropriating the style, tones, and innovations of jazz, and demonstrating that the poetics of jazz has both been assimilated into, and affected, the development of twentieth-century American literature.Trade Review"David Yaffe's Fascinating Rhythm: Reading Jazz in American Writing provides a brilliant account of the music's often overlooked influence on J.D. Salinger, Philip Roth and other lights of the literary firmament"--Alex Abramovich, Playboy "This lively and provocative book exemplifies the very best of jazz writing by scholars working primarily outside the discipline of musicology."--Mervyn Cooke, Music and LettersTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1 CHAPTER 1. WHITE NEGROES AND NATIVE SONS BLACKS AND JEWS IN WORDS AND MUSIC 15 CHAPTER 2. LISTENING TO ELLISON TRANSGRESSION AND TRADITION IN ELLISON'S JAZZ WRITINGS 61 CHAPTER 3. STOMPING THE MUSE JAZZ, POETRY, AND THE PROBLEMATIC MUSE 99 CHAPTER 4. LOVE FOR SALE HUSTLING THE JAZZ MEMOIR 150 Notes 199 Bibliography 215 Index 225
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Princeton University Press Climbing the Charts What Radio Airplay Tells Us
Book SynopsisDespite the growth of digital media, traditional FM radio airplay still remains the essential way for musicians to achieve commercial success. This book examines how songs rise, or fail to rise, up the radio airplay charts. It shows that hits spread rapidly across radio because they clearly conform to an identifiable style or genre.Trade Review"There is a lot to recommend about this book. Rossman excels at balancing methodological details to satisfy the academic reader and intuitive explanations of techniques and results for the nonacademic reader. The book also takes on theories from various areas, and the author does not play favorites. It's clear he has a genuine interest in identifying the true mechanisms, which he distills in his writing."--Brandy Aven, ASA Economic Sociology Newsletter "Gabriel Rossman not only breathes life into the perhaps stale world of Top 40 but also offers messages of importance for diffusion research. Students of the mass media and industry dynamics, as well as those interested in diffusion models and mechanisms, will find much food for thought in Climbing the Charts."--David Strang, Administrative Science Quarterly "[B]rilliant."--Megan McArdle, Bloomberg View "Rossman's book is an outstanding example of a new, hybrid genre. It draws promiscuously on a range of methods to build a rich empirical understanding of a particular cultural object and industry... If this book is radio's swan song, it's a good one."--Jacob G. Foster, American Journal of Sociology "Climbing the Charts represents an important contribution to the sociological study of diffusion and music. In the end, we know much more about how innovations diffuse and Rossman updates our understanding of gatekeeping in the music industry."--Alexandre Frenette, SociologicaTable of ContentsList of Figures vii Acknowledgments ix 1 Introduction 1 1.1 The Diffusion of Innovation 2 1.2 The Production of Culture 6 1.3 Organization of the Book 8 2 How Songs Spread 11 2.1 Record Release Dates 12 2.2 Corporate Radio 15 3 Buying Your Way onto the Chart 22 3.1 A History of Payola Scandals 24 3.1.1 The 1950s Scandal and the Rise of Rock and Roll 25 3.1.2 The 1973 Drugola Scandal 27 3.1.3 The Gambino Family and "The Network" in the 1980s 28 3.1.4 Corporate Radio, Professionalized Payola, and the 2005 Spitzer Investigation 30 3.2 Suppressing Payola 35 3.2.1 The Robust Logic of Payola 39 4 Can Radio Stations Break Singles? 44 4.1 The Role of "Opinion Leaders" in Diffusion 45 4.2 The Distribution of Connection in Radio 48 4.3 Diffusion of Pop Songs and Radio Stations 51 4.4 The Role of Influentials for Endogenous Diffusion 53 5 The Dixie Chicks Radio Boycott 59 5.1 Corporate Censorship 60 5.2 Social Movements 63 5.3 Genre 67 6 But Which Chart Do You Climb? 71 6.1 Trends in the Differentiation of Radio Formats 72 6.2 Classification and Art 75 6.3 Crossover 77 6.4 New Genres and Formats 80 6.4.1 Reggaeton Comes to the Mainland 81 6.4.2 The Development of the "Hurban" Format as an Artistic and Market Niche 83 7 The Future of the Chart 91 7.1 General Lessons of the Book for Diffusion of Innovations 95 7.1.1 Particular Lessons for Diffusion in Pop Music Radio 98 7.2 Centralization and Distribution of Decision-making 100 7.3 The Struggle to Control Publicity 108 7.4 Structures of Salient Information 112 7.5 Genre 116 7.6 The Emerging Structure of Popular Culture Industries in the Twenty-first Century 119 Appendix A Datasets 123 Appendix B Robustness to Assumptions about Volume of Airplay Constituting an "Add" 127 Notes 133 Bibliography 155 Index 167 FIGURES 1.1 The Two Ideal Diffusion Curves 3 1.2 The Hirsch Gatekeeping Model 6 2.1 Diffusion Curve for "Umbrella" by Rihanna on Top 40 Stations 12 2.2 Diffusion Curves for Singles on the Rihanna Album Good Girl Gone Bad on Top 40 Stations 13 2.3 Hazards for Singles on the Rihanna Album Good Girl Gone Bad on Top 40 Stations 14 2.4 Illustration of the Corporate "Single Playlist" Hypothesis 17 2.5 Diffusion Curves for "Umbrella" by Rihanna for Top 40 Stations Owned by Various Chains 18 2.6 Distribution of Song Adoption Time Clustering by Corporate Owner 20 3.1 Stories on "Payola" and "Radio" in the New York Times 25 3.2 Exogenous Diffusion Coefficient by Quarter 37 4.1 Distribution of Nominations for Top 40 Stations 49 4.2 Social Network of Top 40 Stations 50 4.3 Typical Adoption Time as a Function of Nominations for Top 40 Stations 52 4.4 Diffusion Curves for Singles on the Black Eyed Peas Album Monkey Business on Top 40 Stations 54 4.5 Top 40 Stations in Social Network Space with Filled Dots for Those Having Played "My Humps" 57 5.1 Daily Spins of Dixie Chicks Songs on Country Stations 60 5.2 Daily Spins of Dixie Chicks Songs on Country Stations by Chain 62 5.3 Daily Spins of Dixie Chicks Songs on Country Stations by 2000 Presidential Vote 66 5.4 Daily Spins of Dixie Chicks Songs by Station Format 69 6.1 Diffusion Curve for "Love Song" by Sara Bareilles in AAA, Hot AC, Mainstream AC, and Top 40 Radio 78 6.2 Diffusion Curve for "Oye Mi Canto" by N.O.R.E., Nina Sky, and Daddy Yankee 82 6.3 Growth in Reggaeton Airplay (with Bootstrapped Confidence Intervals), 2004-2005 84 6.4 Trade Advertisement for the Si TV Cable Channel 87 6.5 Diffusion Curve for "Rompe" by Daddy Yankee on Latin and Hip-Hop Radio 89 B.1 Diffusion Curves for Singles on the Rihanna Album Good Girl Gone Bad on Top 40 Stations with Varying Definitions of an "Add" 128 B.2 Top 40 Stations in Social Network Space with Filled Dots for Those Playing "My Humps" at Least Five Times in the Stated Week 129
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Princeton University Press Shaping Jazz
Book SynopsisThere are over a million jazz recordings, but only a few hundred tunes have been recorded repeatedly. Why did a minority of songs become jazz standards? Why do some songs--and not others--get rerecorded by many musicians? Shaping Jazz answers this question and more, exploring the underappreciated yet crucial roles played by initial production and mTrade ReviewFinalist for the 2014 George R. Terry Book Award, Academy of Management "The thesis of this multilayered, impressive scholarly study is that jazz is shaped by the processing of the recorded product from its geographical region, its reception and active participant audience, social structure, and its marketing and diffusion... The multiple graphs and charts serve as important sources for understanding the global aspects and diffusion of this innovative musical form."--Choice "One of the most enjoyable things about this book is that it demonstrates the importance and historically contingent nature of social categories... Other people who study product and organizational categories would do well to emulate his concern for concrete phenomena... His sensitivity to time and place are critical to the insights he draws from his research, insights that have wide applicability outside the early jazz recording industry."--Heather A. Haveman, Administrative Science Quarterly "The entire book rewards the reading, both for what it tells us substantively about a major art form and what it tells us theoretically about processes of legitimation, diffusion, and canonization."--Gabriel Rossman, American Journal of Sociology "The author should be commended on the depth and scope of the work... In summary, Phillips sheds considerable light on the formation of jazz, its dissemination, its institutions, musicians and geography, and does so with a variety of analysis tools and unique historical data."--Journal of Economic LiteratureTable of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction - Sociological Congruence and the Shaping of Recorded Jazz 1 Chapter 1 The Puzzle of Geographical Disconnectedness 13 Chapter 2 Further Exploring the Salience of Geography 40 Chapter 3 Sociological Congruence and the Puzzle of Early German Jazz 53 Chapter 4 Sociological Congruence and Record Company Comparative Advantage 77 Chapter 5 The Sociological Congruence of Record Company Deception 103 Chapter 6 The Sociological Congruence of Identity Sequences and Adoption Narratives 120 Chapter 7 Pulling It Together and Stretching It Beyond 137 Appendix 159 Notes 169 References 187 Index 203
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Princeton University Press Pharrellisms
Book SynopsisTrade Review"The infinite mind of Pharrell Williams has at long last been commemorated in book form."---Navi Ahluwalia, Hypebae"[Pharrell-isms] aims to capture the creative process that underpins each of [Pharrell’s] endeavors through quotes said by the larger-than-life personality. . . . Sleek."---Shawn Ghassemitari, Hypebeast"[Pharrell-isms] gives audiences a glimpse into [Williams’s] life mantras and some of the most iconic sayings he has been heard uttering in interviews and speeches from the last decade."---Joyce Li, Hypebeast"If you are a fan of Pharrell Williams or looking for some inspiration and motivation, Williams’ Pharrell-isms may be worth checking out."---Diane Pernet, A Shaded View on Fashion"Present[s] a full picture of how a musical genius and fashion trendsetter sees and interacts with the world."---Christopher Pierznik, The Passion of Christopher Pierznik
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Quarto Publishing PLC 80s Sound and Vision
Book Synopsis80s Sound and Vision captures the raw energy, creativity, and flamboyance of an unforgettable era through its fashion and music. With images by renowned photographer Sheila Rock, this personal journey offers a visual account including many rare images from the photographer’s archive, alongside those originally featured in seminal publications such as The Face, Rolling Stone, and Vogue. Rock’s compelling first hand narrative shot across a decade primarily in London but also LA, San Francisco, and Tokyo, takes us to a time when the real catwalk happened on the street; when style was the first and last word and when youth made their own identity, culture, music, and entertainment. Here are the burgeoning roots of gender fluidity and an index of impressive talents that bubbled out of the suburbs and art schools to energise anTable of ContentsFashion Radical Plumage Street Life Marketplace of Style Out in Clubland Visionaries Pop Powerhouse Independent Spirits Electro Magnetic
£27.20
Omnibus Press Mod Clean Living Under Very Difficult
Book SynopsisMod defined an era and created a lasting impression on the world of fashion. This book presents a richly illustrated celebration of all things Mod; from the suits and the scooters, to the music, movies, riots and revivals.Trade Review'A lavish labour of love that details the rise, fall, rise and final levelling out of the British movement in words and stunning pictures.' RECORD COLLECTOR 'Strong on illustrations and first hand anecdotes from assorted '60s faces - a good chapter on scooters.' MOJO
£16.96
Omnibus Press Scuse Me While I Kiss the Sky The Life of Jimi
Book SynopsisFusing blues, jazz and psychedelia with an outrageous personal style, Hendrix is still revered as the most important instrumentalist in rock history. Capturing the essence of Hendrix's intense and tragic life, the author covers Hendrix's life from his boyhood to the legacy he left behind.Trade Review'The strongest and most ambitious biography yet written about any rock and roll performer.' ROLLING STONE 'never less than accomplished and, as an appreciation of Hendrix's cultural significance, it has dated reassuringly little.' MUSIC WEEK
£13.46
Phaidon Press Ltd Rihanna
Book SynopsisRihanna invites you into her world with this stunning visual autobiographyTrade Review'This book is incredible.' - DJ Khaled 'The book is a rollicking and sumptuous autobiography, told largely with intimate images. Ephemera are woven in throughout, from early passports and a Barbie workout cassette to a handwritten note from the designer Jeremy Scott that says, 'Congrats on making Paris your bitch!'. The book unfolds in chronological order, but the structure is freewheeling and chapter-less, lending it an impressionistic quality: how a person might recall her own lived memories.' - Vogue 'Well, this gives new meaning to 'drop': Rihanna's 500-page tome. If it fell on your foot, it would crush it. She has put her stamp on almost every pop culture form - music, film, fashion - and now, books... Rihanna is in a class of her own.' - The New York Times 'It's well worth the money.' - US Weekly 'In this beautiful new book...we see her like we have never seen her before.' - Good Morning America '...The book is surely a worthy work of art itself... The book... is more than just a large, incredibly heavy hardcover publication containing stunning professional photographs from her whirlwind life. Rihanna gives readers a rare and intimate look into her journey, chronicled in family pictures, captivating tour shots, and even rare handwritten letters...' - Billboard 'Even for those who aren't obsessed with the pop star's every move, it's a gorgeous collection of photographs.' - Rolling Stone 'From the childhood pictures to newspaper clippings of her first media coverage, tour-diary snippets and holiday snapshots, the previously unpublished photographs give a comprehensive look into Rihanna's stratospheric rise from Barbados to megastardom.' - Vogue UK 'Candid, unapologetic and, most importantly, authentic to her essence.' - iHeartRadio 'Another big first - Lavish!' - Essence 'Seriously, is there anything this woman can't do?' - Metro 'Set forth in this literature, Rihanna is arguably the most visually groundbreaking artist and celebrity of her generation - the ultimate blueprint of coolness and relatability. ...In all its 504-page glory - spanning her childhood in the Barbados, four distinctive album eras since 2010's 'Loud', her rise as a fashion mogul, and vacation candids - this piece elevates that conversation, reminding readers that Rihanna is the de facto queen of Instagram, 2010's fashion blogs, and celebrity media, as well as Tumblr favorites.' - MTV '...With over 1,000 behind-the-scenes photos of the artist and her entourage... as the photos revealed themselves, each new image eliciting hushed coos and nods of understanding.' - Time '1,050 color photos spanning the length of Rih's career and capturing her transition from pop star to businesswoman.' - Paper 'Luxurious.' - Bustle '...A visual masterpiece.' - Elite Daily 'Stunning.' - ET Online 'Rihanna's new coffee-table book will have more intimate moments than a Savage x Fenty show.' - HelloGiggles 'The mogul's life story in over a thousand rare photos demands prime coffee-table space...' - InStyle
£90.00
Duckworth Books Elvis Has Left the Building The Day the King Died
Book SynopsisInElvis Has Left the Building, Dylan Jones takes us back to those heady days around the time of his death and the rise of Punk Rock.Trade Review'As a writer, he has an effortless style with an unerring instinct for the absurd and the noteworthy' Independent'Jones is a wonderfully fluent writer, with a terrific knack for atmospheric phrasemaking, period detail and juicy factoids' Daily Telegraph
£9.49
Hachette Australia Slim Another Day Another Town
Book Synopsis''It seems I''ve done most things I wanted to do, but of all things, I think I most enjoy finding good songs and recording them. There are so many songs I want to record that I will be kept busy for as long as I can keep it up ... It is the people you meet along the road of life who make the travelling easier. No wonder I loved it all.'' - Slim DustySlim Dusty was Australia''s most well-loved and best known country music performer. A legend in the bush, his famous hit ''A Pub With No Beer'' made him a household name in the towns and cities too. This is the story of the life that Slim Dusty and Joy McKean shared for their fifty years of marriage and touring together - their love for each other, their family and their music - and their determination to bring country music to the whole of Australia. Slim died in 2003, but throughout Australia, and around the world, people are still playing his songs and passing them on to new generations of fans. In thisTrade ReviewWritten in a refreshingly honest and down-to-earth style ... provides a unique and candid look at the life of a travelling troubadour - a way of life that no longer exists. - Daily Advertiser, Wagga Wagga ... just like his lyrics, the prose is perfect ... It's just like listening to a bright spark in the bush. - The Age The style of the book is the same straightforward, unembellished and anecdotal one that has characterised a lifetime of Dusty's writing. - Sydney Morning Herald
£17.09
Alfred Publishing Co Inc.,U.S. Martha Mier Jazz Rags And Blues Book One Sheet
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£8.50
Alfred USA HOT ROCKS GTAB BY ROLLING STONESAUTHORPAPERBACK
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£20.66
Alfred Music The Giant Classic Rock Piano Sheet Music
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£23.74
Alfred Music Ultimate Pop Rock Instrumental Solos for Strings
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£18.69
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Popular Music in Theory
Book Synopsisaeo This is a clear and straightforward introduction to the main issues raised by the study of popular music, written by a leading authority in the field. aeo It is wide--ranging and covers the main studies and theoretical contributions to the field, including studies of the industry, and of the reception and use of popular music in everyday life.Trade Review"An excellent critical introduction to major theoretical issues and debates in the study of contemporary popular music, drawing on illustrative case studies that will be familiar to a wide readership. Clearly written and well argued, the book will be essential reading for students, researchers and teachers." Sara Cohen, University of Liverpool "A bumper primer for the field as a whole ... instructive and enlightening." Q Magazine "The book functions both as an introduction to theories in the field, and as an outline of a coherent theoretical model of its own." European Journal of CommunicationTable of ContentsIntroduction. 1. Audiences. 2. Industry. 3. Mediations. 4. Identities. 5. Histories. 6. Geographies. 7. Politics. Bibliography. Index.
£21.53
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Bob Marley
Book SynopsisIs Bob Marley the only third world superstar? How did he achieve this unique status? This study sheds fresh light on issues such as Marley's contribution as a musician and public intellectual, how he was granted access to the global media system, and what his music means in cultural and political terms.Trade Review"[Bob Marley: Herald of a Postcolonial World?] is the most intellectually nuanced and comprehensive treatement of Bob Marley available ... The book exemplifies nicely the analytical power of a rigorous and carefully applied social theoretical framework ... this is an excellent book, and I'm delighted that someone has finally given Bob Marley the elegant and sustained critical analytical treatment that he deserves. It is the richest , most serious, and most interesting scholarly analysis of Marley available." Popular Music "The number of issues that Jason covers is quite remarkable and the bibliography highlights the excellent research; I doubt there will be many other books written on Bob Marley which cover 19th century slave revolts, mento and nyabinghi musical styles and unemployment and police harassment in Birmingham ... I fully recommend the book to anyone who has spent any length of time listening to Bob Marley, or to anyone who has an interest in the origins and spread of reggae music." The Socialist "Jason Toynbee not only brings out the complexity of his music in this fascinating book, but takes the reader to some interesting details of the history of the rise of one of the most influential musicians of the twentieth century." Spectrum "This book is a serious scholarly treatment of the life and music of Bob Marley which is well worth reading. It does not only trace Bob Marley's life and music through the turbulent post-war years but attempts to answer a crucial question: why has this artiste and this music, from a small Carribean island, had such a broad global impact? ... Toynbee insists that the global appear of this music has its own independent substance. The same may be said for this thoughtful and knowledgeable book. Courses in cultural studies and musicology at both the undergraduate and graduate levels should take careful note." Global Media and Communication "A smart and engaging example of what a popular music biography should look like." Timothy Taylor, University of California, Los Angeles "As if infected by the sheer surprise and complexity of his music, this book makes sense of the contradictions of Bob Marley's life and work with wonderful analytic verve and an engaging display of the dogged scholarly need to understand. A tour-de-force of applied cultural theory and in itself confirmation of Bob Marley's continuing inspirational power!" Simon Frith, Edinburgh University Table of ContentsAcknowledgements vi Introduction 1 1 How Do You Solve a Problem Like Bob Marley? 7 2 Nesta Marley and Colonial Jamaica 37 3 Bob Marley at the Reggae Conjuncture 72 4 Standing Up and Finally Being Counted 114 5 Up On the Rock, Chanting Down Babylon 153 6 After Bob 196 Discography and Filmography 232 Bibliography 236 Index 252
£15.19
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Popular Music and Society
Book SynopsisThe third edition of Popular Music and Society is fully revised and updated, deftly exploring the study of popular music in the context of wider debates in sociology and media and cultural studies. Astute and accessible, it continues to set the agenda for research and teaching in this area. The book begins by examining the ways in which popular music is produced, before moving on to explore its structure as text and the ways in which audiences understand and use music. Packed with up-to-date examples and data on the contemporary production and consumption of popular music, the book includes overviews and critiques of theoretical approaches to this exciting area of study and outlines the most important empirical studies which have shaped the discipline. Topics covered include: The contemporary organization of the music industry The effects of technological change on production The history and politics of popular music Gender, sexuality andTable of ContentsContents List of Figures List of Tables List of Boxes Acknowledgements Preface Introduction: Constraints and Creativity -- Arguments and Framework Part I Production 1 The Pop Music Industry 2 The Social Production of Music Part II Text 3 History, Politics and Sexuality 4 ‘Black’ Music: Genres and Social Constructions 5 Texts and Meaning 6 Performance, Dance, Distinction and the Body Part III Audience 7 Effects, Audiences and Subcultures 8 Fans, Production and Consumption 9 Beyond Subcultures and Fans: New Audiences, Scenes and Everyday Life Conclusion Further Reading References
£18.04
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Where Youre At Notes from the Frontline of a Hip
Book SynopsisA story of how hip hop conquered the globe and nobody noticed. This work explores the way how, through hip hop, the potent symbolism of black America has been acquired, used and subsumed by cultures on every continent to create a uniquely different form of globalism.Trade Review'A dazzling study of hip-hop illuminating and passionate throughout' Observer 'Neate's boundless enthusiasm and positivity proves oddly infectious this is thoughtful stuff: think Eminem rather than Vanilla Ice' Q 'Patrick Neate takes us on a very personal tour of hip hop this is the story of a genuine 'culture' told by a genuine enthusiast. A brilliant read, even if you know jack about hip hop' X-Ray 'Neate tells it like it is This is a heartening appreciation of a wondrous thing: poetry for the masses. Neate loves it and so should you' The Times
£7.99
Edinburgh University Press The International Film Musical
Book SynopsisA unique study of the film musical, a global cinema tradition.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Corey K. Creekmur and Linda Y. Mokdad; PART I: EUROPE; 1. Great Britain: John Mundy; 2. France: Kelley Conway; 3. Germany: Antje Ascheid; 4. Portugal: Lisa Shaw; 5. Spain: Inmaculada Sanchez Alarcon; 6. Italy: Alex Marlow-Mann; 7. Greece: Lydia Papadimitriou; 8. Russia: Richard Taylor; PART II: LATIN AMERICA; 9. Mexico: Ana M. Lopez; 10. Brazil: Joao Luis Viera; PART III: ASIA; 11. Japan: Aaron Gerow; 12. China: Emilie Yueh-yu Yeh; 13. India: Michael Lawrence; PART IV: THE MIDDLE EAST; 14. Egypt: Linda Y. Mokdad; 15. Turkey: Nezih Erdo?an; PART V: HOLLYWOOD AND THE WORLD; 16. The Postmodern Transnational Film Musical: Bjorn Norofjoro; Coda: Rick Altman.
£22.79
The History Press Ltd Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek
Book SynopsisWith artists including David Bowie, The Rolling Stones, Tom Jones and The Moody Blues at Decca, and Ronnie Scott, Cream, Fleetwood Mac, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Elton John, Rod Stewart and Stevie Wonder at Klooks, this book records a unique musical heritage.
£9.49
The History Press Ltd My Heart is Bleeding
Book SynopsisWritten by Dorothy’s good friend Johnny Tudor, this fascinating first biography of a Welsh singing phenomenon is an unprecedented insight into the glitz and glamour of 1940s and ’50s Hollywood.
£14.24
The History Press Ltd The Flaming Cow
Book SynopsisCelebrating more than 50 years of the ground-breaking Atom Heart MotherTrade Reviewa fantastic read . . . witty and incredibly detailed
£15.29
