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1	1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die: A Listener's Life List more books like this by Tom Moon 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 listeners' horizons - it makes every listener ... see all copies from $12.00! new only from $12.00! \| SVS
2	The American Songbook: The Singers, the Songwriters, and the Songs more books like this by Ken Bloom, Michael Feinstein (Foreword by) Presented in the striking format of Ken Bloom's successful Broadway Musicals, this rich visual history of popular song covers all of the prominent figures behind the music, in front of the bandstand, and on top of the piano. see all copies from $5.99! new only from $6.73! \| first editions
3	The great rock discography more books like this by Martin C Strong This is the bible for all popular music fans. With its unique format, featuring complete discographies, biographies and histories - plus catalogue ordering numbers, chart positions and recommended listening ...The Great Rock Discography crams in all the facts and figures you'll need - and gives informative and opinionated pieces on recommended ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $53.44! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Annual Supplement to the Piano Book: Buying & Owning a New or Used Piano more books like this by Larry Fine Supplying list prices for more than 2,500 currently made piano brands and models, as well as advice on how to estimate actual street prices to help negotiate the lowest possible price, this annual complement to "The Piano Book" offers the information necessary to differentiate between a good deal and a great deal when buying a piano. Anyone in the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.62! \| SVS
5	Mystery Train: Images of America in Rock 'n' Roll Music more books like this by Greil Marcus The author dissects America through his discussion of Robert Johnson, The Band, Sly Stone, Randy Newman and Elvis Presley. He argues that these men tended to see themselves as symbolic Americans and he reasons that their music is an attempt to live up to that role. This book was first published in 1977. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.45! \| first editions \| SVS
6	The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits more books like this by Joel Whitburn From the classic days of Red Foley, Patsy Cline and Johnny Cash to the country super-stars of today like the Dixie Chicks and Toby Keith, "Billboard" magazine has been keeping tabs on the best-sellers in country music and today, country music is hotter than ever before. Now, all the information since the earliest Billboard charts - compiled in ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.10!
7	The NPR Guide to Building a Classical CD Collection: The 350 Essential Works more books like this by Ted Libbey, Mstislav Rostropovich (Foreword by), Theodore Libbey Berlioz. Vaughan Williams. Schubert and Schumann. Mozart after the Jupiter Symphony, Bach beyond the Brandenburg Concertos, opera after The Magic Flute. In his informed and indispensible guide with over 157,000 copies in print, National Public Radio's Ted Libbey takes listeners by the hand through the classical repertory to build a music library. ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.42! \| signed copies \| SVS
8	1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die more books like this by Robert Dimery (Editor), Michael Lydon (Preface by) 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 2003. Carefully selected by a team of international critics, each album is a groundbreaking work seminal to the understanding and appreciation of music from the 1950s to the present. Included ... see all copies from $10.99! new only from $22.72!
9	The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD more books like this by Richard Cook, Brian Morton This work is a leading guide to recorded jazz, full of information and often trenchant criticism. For this edition, Richard Cook and Brian Morton have reassessed each artist's entry and updated the text to incorporate thousands of additional CDs. The book contains artist biographies, full line-ups, recording information along with details of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.95! \| first editions
10	The Pocket DJ: Ultragrrrl's Guide to Building the Best Music Library more books like this by Sarah Lewitinn Written by Spin writer and professional DJ Sarah Lewitinn (aka Ultragrrl), "The Pocket DJ" provides a comprehensive list of must-have songs and teaches readers how to create playlists for any situation or based on any theme. Playlists include absolute crowd pleasers (no matter what the crowd), songs to make you feel like you're in school (except ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| SVS
11 view cover	The NPR Guide to Building a Classical CD Collection more books like this by Ted Libbey (Foreword by), Theodore Libbey In his guide, National Public Radio's Ted Libbey takes listeners by the hand through the classical repertory to build a music library. Now, five year after its original publication - with five years of new performances to consider, new releases to review, reissues to re-evaluate - Mr Libbey has revised and updated this book. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.99! \| signed copies \| first editions
12 view cover	American Premium Record Guide 1900-1965 more books like this by Les Docks This is the ultimate collector's guide to vintage records covering more than 7,500 artists from all music genres, including big band, blues, jazz, country/western and rock, 1900 to 1965. This comprehensive identification and value guide features more than 30,000 record values, including listings for 78s, 45s and LPs. This guide is very easy to use ... see all copies from $16.73! new only from $18.92!
13 view cover	Billboard's Hottest Hot 100 Hits more books like this by Fred Bronson Back in a fully revised and updated fourth edition with eighty extra all-new pages, "Billboard's Hottest 100 Hits" is the venerated and reliable source of information on the most popular songs of our times. Immensely entertaining, endlessly informative and filled with fascinating facts and figures on the biggest hits right up to 2007, this is the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $13.55! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Bob Marley and the Wailers: The Definitive Discography more books like this by Roger Steffens, LeRoy Jodie Pierson For the first time ever, all the recordings made by Bob Marley, Bunny Wailer, and Peter Tosh have been compiled into a definitive discography which details each track-singers, musicicans, engineers, producers, studios, master tape information, matrix numbers, and recording dates of each song. see all copies from $4.15! new only from $7.50! \| SVS
15 view cover	The Life and Death of Classical Music: Featuring the 100 Best and 20 Worst Recordings Ever Made more books like this by Norman Lebrecht Filled with memorable incidents and unforgettable personalities, this is at once the captivating story of the life and death of classical recording and an opinionated, insider's guide to appreciating the genre. see all copies from $6.00! new only from $8.78! \| SVS
16 view cover	Joel Whitburn Presents Songs & Artists: The Essential Music Guide for Your Ipod and Other Portable Music Players more books like this by Joel Whitburn This title lists over 12,000 significant songs and essential hits of the past half century, from 1955 to 2005, in an easy-to-use A-Z artist listing. There's also a song title cross-reference section and playlists of each half-decade's biggest hits. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| SVS
17 view cover	The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs & DVDs: The Key Classical Recordings on CD, DVD & SACD more books like this by Ivan March, Edward Greenfield, Robert Layton This new, completely revised edition of The Penguin Guide surveys the key classical recordings issued and reissued on CD over the past two decades, many of which have dominated the catalogue because of their sheer excellence, irrespective of their recording dates. Now DVDs have also been added, with their extra video dimension, as well as the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $20.88!
18 view cover	The Penguin Companion to Classical Music more books like this by Paul Griffiths In this impressive volume, music critic Paul Griffiths offers a succinct and comprehensive guide to the history, forms, and personalities of classical music. Here readers will find: Biographies of thousands of composers from Albinoni to Zappa, with in-depth treatment of major figures Coverage of individual works, including plot summaries of ... see all copies from $4.57! new only from $5.99!
19 view cover	Goldmine Standard Catalog of American Records 1976 to Present more books like this by Tim Neely Thousands of vinyl records, along with current values, for some of today's hottest recording artists including Madonna, Prince, U2, REM and Garth Brooks are listed. This is the book that will get young collectors interested in the vinyl of their time. Readers will find 60,000 listings in three grades of condition for LPs, 45s, 12-inch singles and ... see all copies from $12.31! new only from $12.31!
20 view cover	MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide more books like this by Gary Graff (Editor) What album should you buy next? The guide profiles the work of 1,999 rock/pop artists and groups. Broad coverage includes classic, reissue, alternative, world, and modern rock. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $90.44! \| first editions
21 view cover	The Rough Guide to Classical Music more books like this by Rough Guides (Creator) This guide is aimed at newcomers to classical music and at people who may already be familiar with a few pieces but want guidance on where to go next. Providing the historical framework within which to understand the music, it also discusses the music in the context of what's available on CD. The style is informal but serious - neither a guide to ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.17! \| first editions
22 view cover	The Rolling Stone Album Guide: Completely New Reviews: Every Essential Album, Every Essential Artist more books like this by Rolling Stone Magazine, Anthony DeCurtis (Editor), Holly George-Warren (Editor) A completely revised editon (the first since 1983) of the bestselling guide to popular recordings, featuring 2,500 entries and more than 12,500 album reviews. Covers every taste in music: Rock, pop, soul, rap, country, blues, folk, and gospel. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $30.00! \| first editions
23 view cover	The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs & DVDs Yearbook more books like this by Ivan March (Editor), Edward Greenfield, Robert Layton The latest Penguin CD Yearbook is the essential companion volume to The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs. Not only does it review the many hundreds of CDs that have appeared since the publication of the last edition of the main Guide in 2001, but it also takes a close look at some of the more unusual areas of the classical music repertoire, and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.00!
24 view cover	Complete Book of Irish & Celtic 5-String Banjo more books like this by Tom Hanway "An important anthology of Irish and Celtic solos for the 5-string banjo featuring a comprehensive, scholarly treatise on the history, techniques, and etiquette of playing the banjo in the Celtic tradition. Includes segments on tuning, pick preferences, and tablature reading followed by 101 jigs, slides, polkas, slip jigs, reels, hornpipes, ... see all copies from $19.12! new only from $19.12!
25 view cover	The Mojo Collection: The Ultimate Music Companion more books like this by Jim Irvin (Editor) From the Beatles to the Verve, from Duke Ellington to Bob Marley, from Peggy Lee to Sly Stone, this astonishing book presents an authoritative and engaging guide to the history of the pop album via hundreds of long-playing masterpieces, both the much-loved and the little-known. see all copies from $3.13! new only from $12.98! \| SVS

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