Preservation: The Kinks' Music 1964-1974    by Andrew Hickey
Price: $5.00 USD. 52490 words. Language: English. Published on December 28, 2012. Nonfiction » Music » Individual Composer & Musician.
In the first ten years of their career, the Kinks underwent a creative explosion that was almost unparalleled in popular music. In this book, Andrew Hickey analyses every studio recording by the Kinks from their first album in 1964 through to the epic triple concept album Preservation a decade later, in a book that is full of forthright and sometimes controversial opinion.

The Pied Pipers of Rock and Roll: Radio Deejays of the '50s and '60s    by Wes Smith
Price: $3.99 USD. 95650 words. Language: English. Published by Iconoclassic Books  on May 16, 2012. Nonfiction » Music » History & Criticism.
Rock-'n'-roll and the men who brought it over the airwaves into homes and cars changed the cultural landscape. This book examines the phenomenon of the AM deejays who captivated a generation and helped define the counterculture that has forever changed the landscape of American youth.

The Deejays    by Arnold Passman
Price: $4.99 USD. 94510 words. Language: English. Published by Iconoclassic Books  on May 16, 2012. Nonfiction » Entertainment » Music.
In 1971, Arnold Passman's 'The Deejays' was the first book to closely examine the rise of the disc jockey - the tribal chieftains who manipulate (and possibly create) popular taste with every spin of the turntable. It became the "go-to" reference book on the subject for decades thereafter. Included is a never-before-published afterword from the author, "How We Hate to Get Up in the Morning."

Caruso's Mustache Off - and Other Writings about Music and Musicians    by Carl Van Vechten
Price: $8.95 USD. 116520 words. Language: English. Published by Mondial  on April 26, 2011. Nonfiction » Biography » Celebrity biography.
Van Vechten wrote lively and often audacious essays on musical subjects. He was first to offer serious assessments of the music of Stravinsky, Erik Satie, Gershwin, and the operas of Richard Stauss. He wrote the earliest study in America of the music of Spain. He was first to advocate musical scores for movies. He contended that ragtime and jazz were the only uniquely American music.

The Beatles In Mono    by Andrew Hickey
Price: $4.99 USD. 56120 words. Language: English. Published on April 8, 2011. Nonfiction » Music » Individual Composer & Musician.
In The Beatles In Mono, Andrew Hickey examines, track by track, the Beatles' work as it was originally created, in mono. Going through the 2009 The Beatles In Mono box set, he looks at the band's influences, their musical techniques, and the progression of their career from Love Me Do through to Get Back.

Music: What Happened?    by Scott Miller
Price: $4.99 USD. 110550 words. Language: English. Published by Joseph Mallon  on April 6, 2011. Nonfiction » Music » History & Criticism.
In Music: What Happened?, renowned musician Scott Miller writes about each of the past 54 years in popular music—1957-2010—via countdown song lists, blending the perspectives of a serious musician, a thoughtful critic, and an all-devouring music fan. Miller not only tells you why he loves particular songs, but also what was going on in the musical world in which they competed to be heard.

Follow Your Heart : John McLaughlin song by song - A Listener's Guide    by Walter Kolosky
Price: $4.99 USD. 76570 words. Language: English. Published on October 12, 2010. Nonfiction » Entertainment » Music.
This eBook text version of Follow Your Heart takes you on a fascinating journey of the music of John McLaughlin -- song by song. The tour guide is Walter Kolosky, author of the award winning Power, Passion and Beauty: The Story of the Legendary Mahavishnu Orchestra. He is aided by a foreword written by Chick Corea, expert musicologists and exclusive insights from John McLaughlin himself.