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Hardcover. In 1957, New York photojournalist Jerry Dantzic spent time with the iconic singer Billie Holiday during a two-week run of performances at the Newark, New Jersey, nightclub Sugar Hill. This book presents the resulting images which offer a behind-the-scenes glimpse of Billie with her family, friends and her pet chiuhuaha, among others. Num Pages: 144 pages, 190 illustrations, 100 in colour. BIC Classification: AJB; AJCP; AVGQ; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 305 x 230. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Thames and Hudson Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780500544655
- ISBN
- 9780500544655
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 7.28
€ 32.99
€ 7.28
Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, 2 8-Page four colour photo insert. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 367.
- Publisher
- Crown
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804140218
- ISBN
- 9780804140218
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 18.49
€ 23.99
€ 18.49
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822350477
- ISBN
- 9780822350477
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.62
€ 31.99
€ 28.62
Paperback. Metallica have sold in excess of 100 million albums and won seven Grammys. This book takes us from the band's inception through to the recording and eve of release of their seminal, self-titled, 1991 album. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations (black and white, and colour). BIC Classification: AVGT; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571294152
- ISBN
- 9780571294152
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.51
€ 19.99
€ 14.51
Paperback. * The charming, witty and slightly disreputable memoirs of Alex James - artist, musician, bass player with Blur, and the perfect chronicler of the Britpop generation Num Pages: 288 pages, Section: 24, colour pix. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 21. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349119939
- ISBN
- 9780349119939
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.62
€ 16.99
€ 12.62
Paperback. Series: 33 1/3. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: AVC; AVG; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 120. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781501322747
- ISBN
- 9781501322747
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.72
€ 13.99
€ 11.72
Paperback. Born in 1953 to Anglo-Jewish/Nigerian parents, Pauline Black was subsequently adopted by a white, working class family in Romford. Never quite at home there, she escaped her small town background and discovered a different way of life - making music. This is an autobiography from the front woman of influential ska band, The Selecter. Num Pages: 256 pages, ill. BIC Classification: AVGS; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Publisher
- Profile Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846687914
- ISBN
- 9781846687914
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.89
€ 13.99
€ 10.89
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Faber Music Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 100
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571527366
- ISBN
- 9780571527366
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.58
€ 24.99
€ 21.58
Paperback. Editor(s): Thompson, Gordon E. Num Pages: 222 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; DSBH; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781138270565
- ISBN
- 9781138270565
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.44
€ 66.44
Paperback. A contribution to the history of the blues and of Afro-American culture in general. Writing from a black/feminist standpoint, Harrison shows the joys, trials, heartbreaks and enduring influence of such singers as Victoria Spivey and Alberta Hunter. Num Pages: 314 pages, photographs, discography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; AVGJ; AVGK; JFFK; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813512808
- ISBN
- 9780813512808
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 41.92
€ 46.99
€ 41.92
Paperback. A philosophical look at heavy metal's dark masters of reality, Black Sabbath Black Sabbath is one of the world's most influential and enduring rock bands. Editor(s): Irwin, William. Series: The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: AVGT; AVH; HPX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118397596
- ISBN
- 9781118397596
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.66
€ 22.66
Paperback. Describes Master of Reality in the voice of a fifteen-year-old boy being held in an adolescent psychiatric centre in southern California in 1985. Series: 33 1/3. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: AVGT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 123 x 6. Weight in Grams: 90.
- Publisher
- Continuum
- Number of pages
- 120
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826428998
- ISBN
- 9780826428998
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.69
€ 13.99
€ 11.69
Paperback. The final word on the only name synonymous with heavy metal - Black Sabbath. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations (black and white, and colour). BIC Classification: AVGT; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 138 x 24. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781409118466
- ISBN
- 9781409118466
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.96
€ 19.99
€ 14.96
Paperback. Addresses black women's negotiation of race and gender in African American music. This work explores the ways African American women musicians of the twentieth century have negotiated feminisms, engaged in social activism, and worked within - or sometimes independent of - a male-dominated music industry. Editor(s): Hayes, Eileen M.; Williams, Linda F. Series: African Amer Music in Global Perspective. Num Pages: 280 pages, 12 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGH; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 228 x 27. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- New Ed
- SKU
- V9780252074264
- ISBN
- 9780252074264
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.40
€ 30.99
€ 27.40
Hardback. Discusses how race and blackness play out in opera Editor(s): Andre, Naomi. Num Pages: 304 pages, 8 b&w photographs, 2 line drawings, 17 musical examples, 5 tables. BIC Classification: AVGC9; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 243 x 13. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252036781
- ISBN
- 9780252036781
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.97
€ 39.97
Paperback. Drawing upon extensive new first hand interview material from Debbie Harry, Chris Stein and many other significant players in the band's long history, a huge archive of personal materials and unpublished interviews, Blondie: Parallel Lives is the definitive eye-witness account of the group's long and often tumultuous existence. Num Pages: 320 pages, 3 x 8pp. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 235 x 30. Weight in Grams: 638.
- Publisher
- Omnibus Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785582943
- ISBN
- 9781785582943
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.61
€ 23.99
€ 17.61
Paperback. Series: 33 1/3. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: AVGU; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 120. Weight in Grams: 457.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781501302374
- ISBN
- 9781501302374
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.03
€ 14.03
Hardback. Editor(s): Horn, David; Shepherd, John. Series: Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: AVGW; GBC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 244 x 169. Weight in Grams: 457.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781501311468
- ISBN
- 9781501311468
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 325.64€ 286.91
€ 325.64
€ 286.91
Hardcover. Presenting a history of American jazz, this work focuses on jazz criticism from the 1920s. It also talks about jazz's critics and the role they have played not only in defining the history of jazz, but also in shaping jazz's significance in American culture and life. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: AVGJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 183 x 34. Weight in Grams: 802.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226289229
- ISBN
- 9780226289229
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 32.58
€ 41.99
€ 32.58
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGR; JFSG; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226348896
- ISBN
- 9780226348896
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 21.20
€ 25.99
€ 21.20
Paperback. Num Pages: 287 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGD; BGXA; HREZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Sentient Publications United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 287
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781591811701
- ISBN
- 9781591811701
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 23.74
€ 34.99
€ 23.74
Paperback. The critically acclaimed first-ever biography of New Orleans rock 'n' roll legend Fats Domino by a writer who obtained exclusive access to the reclusive singer Num Pages: 416 pages, 82 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: AVGK; AVGP; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 596. Fats Domino and the Lost Dawn of Rock 'n' Roll. 416 pages, 82 b&w photographs. Rock 'n' roll defined the last half of the 20th century, and while many think of Elvis Presley as the genre's driving force, the truth is that Fats Domino was the first to put it on the map with such hits as "Ain't That a Shame" and "Blueberry Hill". This is a biography of an extraordinary man and New Orleans at the birth of rock 'n' roll. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: AVGK; AVGP; BGF. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 19. Weight: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The Perseus Books Group United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306815317
- ISBN
- 9780306815317
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 15.91
€ 26.99
€ 15.91
Paperback. Miles Davis, supremely cool behind his shades. Billie Holiday, eyes closed and head tilted back in full cry. Blue Notes in Black and White charts the development of jazz photography from the swing era of the 1930s to the rise of black nationalism in the '60s. Num Pages: 392 pages, 65 halftones. BIC Classification: AJ; AVGJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 23. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226100746
- ISBN
- 9780226100746
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.82
€ 35.99
€ 28.82
Hardcover. Charting the development of jazz photography from the swing era of the 1930s to the rise of black nationalism in the '60s, this title offers an account of the partnership between two of the twentieth century's innovative art forms. It introduces us to the great jazz photographers - including Gjon Mili, William Gottlieb, Herman Leonard, and more. Num Pages: 392 pages, 65 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AJ; AVGJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 261 x 189 x 26. Weight in Grams: 814.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226098753
- ISBN
- 9780226098753
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 40.31
€ 51.99
€ 40.31