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  • Encyclopedia Madonnica

    04
    The press reports her every move, her fans defend her every faux pas as if she were divine, her detractors think she’s the devil in a bustier, and Norman Mailer thinks she’s our “greatest living female artist.” In short, Madonna is the biggest star in the world.
    Unlike some stars, Madonna isn’t famous simply for being famous. She’s carved her popularity and her notoriety out of chart-busting singles, sold-out tours, movie roles in Desperately Seeking Susan and Dick Tracy, her best-selling book, Sex, and the most artistically sound music videos in the genre.
    Encyclopedia Madonnica appraises all aspects of Madonna’s brilliant career, but it doesn’t stop there. With a book chock-full of fabulous photos, Matthew Rettenmund has compiled information on Madonna from her childhood in Michigan and her early years in New York, as well as from her heady international success and her present status as unpredictable provocateur, insatiable sex siren, and pop culture goddess. In hilarious, info-packed entries, Rettenmund pokes fun at everything from Madonna-hatred to Madonna herself, all from a Madonna-friendly stance.
    Encyclopedia Madonnica is a fan’s dream come true. It’s the first appraisal of all things Madonna that documents the entire Madonna phenomenon and gives the star credit where credit is due. Matthew Rettenmund’s irreverent writing style also manages to capture what happens to be Madonna’s major appeal: FUN. If you’ve ever had fun listening to, watching, or thinking about Madonna, you’ll love Encyclopedia Madonnica.

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    £10.00
  • Advertising Revolution: The Story of a Song, from Beatles Hit to Nike Slogan

    02
    The story of “Revolution” by the Beatles, from its origin as a protest song of the 1960s, to it becoming the musical backdrop for one of the most famous, influential, and controversial adverts of all time.

    In 1987, Nike released their new sixty-second commercial for Air shoes—and changed the face of the advertising industry. Set to the song “Revolution” by the Beatles, the commercial was the first and only advert ever to feature an original recording of the FaUb Four. It sparked a chain of events that would transform the art of branding, the sanctity of pop music, the perception of advertisers in popular culture, and John Lennon’s place in the leftist imagination.

    Advertising Revolution traces the song “Revolution” from its origins in the social turmoil of the Sixties, through its controversial use in the Nike ad, to its status today as a right-wing anthem and part of Donald Trump’s campaign set list. Along the way, the book unfolds the story of how we came to think of Nike as the big bad wolf of soulless corporations, and how the Beatles got their name as the quintessential musicians of independent integrity. To what degree are each of these reputations deserved? How ruthlessly cynical was the process behind the Nike ad? And how wholesomely uncommercial was John Lennon’s writing of the song?

    Throughout the book, Alan Bradshaw and Linda Scott complicate our notions of commercialism and fandom, making the case for a reading of advertisements that takes into account the many overlapping intentions behind what we see onscreen. Challenging the narratives of the evil-genius ad conglomerate and the pure-intentioned artist, they argue that we can only begin to read adverts productively when we strip away the industry’s mysticism and approach advertisers and artists alike as real, flawed, differentiated human beings.

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    £6.70
  • Trinity College London Rock & Pop 2018 Keyboards Grade 4 (Trinity Rock & Pop)

    02
    Trinity College London’s Rock and Pop graded songbooks contain real songs from legendary artists, with specially written performance notes for the Rock and Pop exams from 2018. This book contains material intended for Keyboards grade 4.

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    £16.40£17.10
  • The Little Book of Elvis Presley: Inspirational quotes from the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll: 1

    02

    The Little Book of Elvis Presley is a superb collection of quotations by and about the man regarded as one of the most significant cultural icons of the twentieth century. A perfect companion for Elvis fans everywhere, this book of bite-sized quips helps capture exactly what made the The King of Rock ‘n’ Roll so special. From insightful quotes by fellow artists, collaborators and friends, to words of wit and wisdom from Elvis himself, you’ll find more than 170 amusing and inspiring soundbites inside.

    ‘I figure all any kid needs is hope and the feeling he or she belongs. If I could do or say anything that would give some kid that feeling, I would believe I had contributed something to the world.’ Elvis Presley.

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    £5.70
  • The Rest is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century

    02
    The Rest is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century [Paperback] Ross, Alex

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    £16.10
  • Echoes: A memoir continued . . .

    05

    THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

    Scenic Wye Valley isn’t the typical place for a rock story to begin, but when Echo & the Bunnymen hit the studio to record their ground-breaking debut album, Crocodiles, it was anything but ordinary. The album was the making of the band – cultivating a cult following which would soon evolve into staggering mainstream success. Their lives would never be the same again.

    In Echoes, legendary guitarist and founding member of Echo & the Bunnymen, Will Sergeant, recounts the band’s whirlwind rise to stardom with his trademark wryness and intelligence. Sharing never-before-told anecdotes – including the heady Rockfield Studio sessions and touring across the US, playing sold-out shows at Whisky a Go Go and experiencing the iconic New York club scene from dusk ’til dawn – and accompanied by snapshots of the cultural, social and political scene at the time, this is a memoir to remember.

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    £18.00£20.90
  • Party Lines: Dance Music and the Making of Modern Britain

    08

    ‘A deep, engrossing history’ The Observer
    ‘A fascinating deep dive’ Jeremy Deller

    From the illicit reggae blues dances and acid-rock free festivals of the 1970s, through the ecstasy-fuelled Second Summer of Love in 1988, to the increasingly corporate dance music culture of the post-Covid era, Party Lines is a groundbreaking new history of UK dance music, exploring its pivotal role in the social, political and economic shifts on which modern Britain has been built.

    Taking in the Victorian moralism of the Thatcher years, the far-reaching restrictions of the Criminal Justice Act in 1994, and the resurgence of illegal raves during the Covid-19 pandemic, Party Lines charts an ongoing conflict, fought in basement clubs, abandoned warehouses and sunlit fields, between the revolutionary potential of communal sound and the reactionary impulses of the British establishment. Brought to life with stunning clarity and depth, this is social and cultural history at its most immersive, vital and shocking.

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    ‘Excellent’ The Sunday Times
    ‘Reminds us why the dance floor matters . . . fascinating’ Telegraph

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    £15.30£19.00
  • Trinity College London Piano Exam Pieces & Exercises 2018-2020 Grade 1

    08
    Selected pieces for Trinity College London piano exams for 2018-2020, expertly graded and edited by leading music educators.

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    £3.80£7.60
  • The Art of Darkness: The History of Goth

    08
    This is the first comprehensive history of Goth music and culture. Over 500 pages + photos & illustrations, John Robb explores the origins and legacy of this enduring scene, which has its roots in the post-punk era. Drawing on his own experience as a musician and journalist, Robb covers the style, the music and the clubs that spawned the culture, alongside political and social conditions. He also reaches back farther to key historic events and movements that frame the ideas of Goth, from the fall of Rome to Lord Byron and the Romantic poets, European folk tales, Gothic art and the occult. Finally, he considers the current mainstream Goth of Instagram influencers, film, literature and music. The Art of Darkness features interviews with The Banshees, The Cure, The Damned, Nick Cave, Southern Death Cult, Einstürzende Neubauten, Bauhaus, Killing Joke, Throbbing Gristle, Trent Reznor, Johnny Marr and many more. It offers a first-hand account of being there at the legendary gigs and clubs that made the scene happen.

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    £17.10£23.80
  • The Classical Music Lover’s Companion to Orchestral Music

    08
    An invaluable guide for lovers of classical music designed to enhance their enjoyment of the core orchestral repertoire from 1700 to 1950

    Robert Philip, scholar, broadcaster, and musician, has compiled an essential handbook for lovers of classical music, designed to enhance their listening experience to the full. Covering four hundred works by sixty-eight composers from Corelli to Shostakovich, this engaging companion explores and unpacks the most frequently performed works, including symphonies, concertos, overtures, suites, and ballet scores. It offers intriguing details about each piece while avoiding technical terminology that might frustrate the non-specialist reader.
     
    Philip identifies key features in each work, as well as subtleties and surprises that await the attentive listener, and he includes enough background and biographical information to illuminate the composer’s intentions. Organized alphabetically from Bach to Webern, this compendium will be indispensable for classical music enthusiasts, whether in the concert hall or enjoying recordings at home.

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    £19.00
  • The Last Party: Britpop, Blair and the demise of English rock

    08
    Beginning in 1994 and closing in the first months of 1998, the UK passed through a cultural moment as distinct and as celebrated as any since the war. Founded on rock music, celebrity, boom-time economics and fleeting political optimism – this was ‘Cool Britannia’. Records sold in their millions, a new celebrity elite emerged and Tony Blair’s Labour Party found itself, at long last, returned to government. Drawing on interviews from all the major bands – including Oasis, Blur, Elastica and Suede – from music journalists, record executives and those close to government, The Last Party charts the rise and fall of the Britpop movement. John Harris was there; and in this gripping new book he argues that the high point of British music’s cultural impact also signalled its effective demise – If rock stars were now friends of the government, then how could they continue to matter?

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    £11.70£14.20
  • The Little Book of Prince: Wisdom and Wonder from the Lovesexy Superstar

    08

    The Little Book of Prince is filled with quotations by one of the most innovative artists in history. A perfect companion for fans everywhere, this collection of bite-sized quips helps capture exactly what made him so special. Packed with words of wit and wisdom from Prince Rogers Nelson, you’ll find more than 170 amusing and inspiring sound bites inside.

    ‘Despite everything, no one can dictate who you are to other people.’
    Prince.

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    £5.70
  • Songwriters On Songwriting: Revised And Expanded

    08

    In these fifty-two interviews, the greatest songwriters of our time go straight to the source of the magic of songwriting by offering their thoughts, feelings, and opinions on their art. Representing almost every genre of popular music, from folk to Tin Pan Alley to jazz, from blues to pop rock, these are the figures who have shaped American music as we know it. Here they share their secrets and personal methods for converting inspiration into song: Robbie Robertson of the Band an Tom Petty talk about working with Bob Dylan; Dylan himself, in his only in-depth interview in more than ten years, says that the world doesn’t need any new songs; R.E.M. name their favorite R.E.M. songs; Madonna describes collaborating with Prince; Sammy Cahn talks about writing standards for Sinatra; Pete Seeger recounts hitting the road with Woody Guthrie; Frank Zappa admits to loving “Louie Louie”; Todd Rundgren explains how he dreams his songs; and, in the book’s most extensive interview, Paul Simon delves into his opus from “The Sound of Silence” to “Graceland.”

    And almost all of them express delight at being able to talk about the mechanics of music itself, something that they have rarely been asked to discuss. Here expanded with new interviews with Burt Bacharach, Laura Nyro, Yoko Ono, Leonard Cohen, Graham Nash, Jackson Browne, Richard Thompson, and many others, Songwriters on Songwriting is a rare volume: one of the best books on the craft of musicmaking, an informative source for musicians and songwriters, and an invaluable historical record of the popular music of this century.

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    £17.90£19.00
  • Little Pianist. Piano Songbook for Kids: Beginner Piano Sheet Music for Children with 55 Songs (+ Free Audio)

    08
    One of the biggest mistakes when someone starts learning to play the piano is playing songs with their index finger instead of using all fingers and both hands. Most piano sheet music books for kids have notes for practicing with the right hand only, which encourages the ‘plinky-plonk’ playing that children should avoid.

    In this book, however, all songs have treble and bass clef notes for practicing with both hands!

    So, suppose you are looking for a diverse collection of large-print piano sheet music for kids, young learners, or adult students that are simple enough for beginners to play and show letters (note names), numbers (fingerings), and lyrics. In that case, this is the perfect book for you.

    In this book, you will get:

    • 55 BEGINNER PIANO SONGS FOR KIDS — All songs have been arranged especially for young learners. This means that all complex chords and rhythms have been simplified. Also, all the pieces are kept relatively short, only one or two pages long. This will allow your child to enter the magic world of piano without frustration.
    • FROM EASIEST TO HARDEST – Are you tired of searching for piano pieces with the appropriate difficulty? At the beginning of this book, you will find very simple songs, and then they gradually get more challenging as the book progresses. This will keep your child motivated and enable them to progress through the levels.
    • DIFFERENT TYPES OF SONGS – You will get a diverse selection of pieces: well-known children’s songs and nursery rhymes and simplified classical pieces, as well as famous English evergreens and international folk songs. This varied selection of easy sheet music will fuel your kid’s enjoyment when practicing the piano.
    • WITH LETTERS AND NUMBERS – The most straightforward songs in this book are presented with letters above the music notes to help you know what keys to press. However, as the pieces get more complex, the note names have been deliberately left out to encourage note recognition. All songs include finger placements (numbers) in problem areas.
    • LARGE PRINT – Most music notes for beginners are pretty small, so learners struggle to read them without squinting. To avoid this, all songs in this book have a clear layout and large print for students to follow the pieces easily.
    • NOTES FOR BOTH HANDS – Most easy piano pieces for children have notes for practicing one hand only, encouraging them to play songs with only their index finger. The proper technique, however, is playing with all fingers and both hands. That’s why all pieces in this book are in both treble and bass clef (i.e., both right and left hand).
    • FREE AUDIO FILES TO DOWNLOAD – Do you want to get an idea of what a piece should sound like? If you are unsure how to play a piece, our audio files will help you get a feel for the melody.

    Buy this book NOW and enter the splendid world of piano and music.

    This book also makes a perfect gift idea, birthday gift or Christmas present!

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    £10.00£10.40
  • How To Play Acoustic Guitar: The Ultimate Beginner Acoustic Guitar Book: 1 (Making Guitar Simple – To Learn and Play)

    08

    LEARN TO PLAY GUITAR – IN 10 EASY LESSONS!

    For thousands of people this is the ultimate “how to teach yourself guitar” book. It helped them learn faster, easier and more efficiently than any other teaching method. What’s even more remarkable is that you need no knowledge of music to learn from it.

    BETTER THAN A GUITAR TEACHER

    ★ 130 pages of superbly explained guitar lessons for beginners

    ★ 100 beautifully illustrated guitar chords & rhythm patterns

    ★ How to tune your guitar

    ★ 15 easy to learn guitar songs

    ★ Very easy guitar chords for beginners

    THE ULTIMATE GUITAR TUTORIAL FOR ADULT BEGINNERS

    Every playing technique is shown to you exactly as played by top guitarists. When teaching yourself guitar from this book, all your practice is planned from start to finish and that is the key to your success. It also helps you achieve in weeks what took many people years to learn.

    ONE OF THE BEST FINGERPICKING GUITAR BOOKS FOR BEGINNERS

    ★ How to play guitar rhythms in perfect time

    ★ Simple chord progressions

    ★ How to learn fingerstyle guitar tablature

    ★ Complements all songbooks & teaching methods

    VIDEO LESSONS – LIVE AND EMAIL SUPPORT

    This book also includes step by step lesson videos, live and email support. These additional book support levels have proved to be an invaluable help to thousands of people who succeeded in learning to play guitar. And you can ask questions about anything you need help with.

    BEST GUITAR LESSON BOOK IN 2022/23 – amazon.co.uk / amazon.de

    ★ Over 100 personalised guitar playing tips & secrets

    ★ Very easy learning guitar tabs book

    ★ Cool chords progressions that get amazing results

    ★ Easy to play guitar songs

    #1 SELF-TEACHING GUITAR BOOK FOR BEGINNERS IN 2022/23

    ★ #1 Best seller – Guitar songbooks

    ★ #1 Best seller – Instruction & study

    ★ #1 Best seller – Country music

    ★ #1 Best seller – Gospel music

    ★ #1 Best seller – Folk & traditional

    YOU’LL SEE YOURSELF IMPROVING EVERY DAY!

    Pauric Mather’s revolutionary guitar books and lessons are truly unique and by far the most personalised you will ever find. They have helped thousands of people to learn guitar. What’s even more remarkable is that you need no knowledge of music to learn from his teaching style.

    As well as being an expert guitar teacher and author of 4 #1 best sellers, Pauric Mather is now the most translated guitar author in the world. From Dublin, Ireland, he’s been a professional guitarist since 1987 and has worked with many successful artists.

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    £13.30
  • Exit Stage Left: The curious afterlife of pop stars

    08

    **A SUNDAY TIMES, GUARDIAN & TELEGRAPH MUSIC BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022**

    **INDEPENDENT BOOK OF THE MONTH**

    **GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE DAY**

    **FINANCIAL TIMES ‘BEST SUMMER BOOKS 2022’ PICK**

    ‘Incredibly moving.’ – Guardian

    ‘Entertaining.’ – Telegraph

    ‘Most books about pop stars focus on the way we turn average human beings into demi-gods. In writing a book about how they have to turn back into humans Nick Duerden has done both us and them a service.’ – David Hepworth

    ‘Funny, poignant and often inspirational.’ – Mat Osman

    The desire for adulation is a light that never goes out. We live in a culture obsessed by the notion of fame – the heedless pursuit of it; the almost obligatory subsequent fallout. But what’s it like to actually achieve it, and what happens when fame abruptly passes, and shifts, as it does, onto someone else?

    This is the point at which pop stars are at their most heroic, because they don’t give up. They keep on striving, keep making music, and refuse simply to ebb away. Some sustain themselves on the nostalgia circuit, others continue to beaver away in the studio, no longer Abbey Road, perhaps, so much as the garden shed. But all of them, in their own individual ways, still dare to dream.

    Exit Stage Left features tales of drug addiction, bankruptcy, depression and divorce, but also of optimism, a genuine love of the craft, humility and hope. This is a candid, laugh-out-loud and occasionally shocking look at what happens when the brightest stars fall back down to earth.

    ‘Exit Stage Left is the book I’ve long wanted to read about the PTSD-like after-effects of pop stardom – and Nick Duerden is the perfect writer for the job. The pop star’s bittersweet lot is represented with flair and empathy.’ – Pete Paphides, author of Broken Greek

    ‘Exit Stage Left is a funny and poignant book, drawing on Duerden’s considerable experience as a journalist and interviewer . . . he understands what motivates this strange bunch of people.’ – Andy Miller, Spectator

    ‘Fame is the brightest candle, but in this brilliant collection of interviews, Nick Duerden answers the question: what does a candle do after it’s burned out?’ – David Quantick

    ‘Duerden finds fascinating layers of humanity, pathos, humour and wisdom in equal measure. A brilliant book, for artists and fans alike.’ – Frank Turner

    Featuring brand new interviews with the likes of: Bob Geldof, Shaun Ryder, Robbie Williams, Roisin Murphy, Stewart Copeland, Billy Bragg, Wendy James, Alex Kapranos, Joan Armatrading, Leo Sayer, Gary Lightbody, Lisa Maffia, Tim Booth, Bill Drummond, Rufus Wainwright, David Gray, and Justin Hawkins.

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    £9.00£10.40
  • The KPOP Dictionary: 500 Essential Korean Slang Words and Phrases Every K-Pop, K-Drama, K-Movie Fan Should Know: 500 Essential Korean Slang Words and Phrases Every KPOP Fan Must…

    08

    – THIS IS A RENWED VERSION WITH UPDATED COVER / CONTENT / ILLUSTRATIONS –

    “Take a Peek into the Psychology of Modern Korean People Through Slang”-李宇龙, SM Entertainment-

    “The Kpop Dictionary is a fun mix of common slang and adages frequently found in Kpop and Korean Dramas which will help provide a base for understanding that goes far beyond subtitles. As a YouTube personality who focuses on the ever-changing world of Korean entertainment, I see this book being an extremely useful resource to anyone interested in improving their comprehension of Korean Dramas and Kpop.”- Stephanie Ishler, Hallyu Back –

    “This will be the Bible of Korean Culture”-Seunghyun Shin, Funtastic Korea

    Learn to understand what your favorite K-Pop idols are saying on MV, TV Shows, and Dramas!

    – 500 Essential K-Pop Words and Phrases

    – Pronunciation Guide for Accuracy

    – Definitions and Their Cultural Background- Real Life Conversation Examples

    Have you just started following K-Pop and K-Drama but can’t understand the lingo? Do you want to be a part of K-Pop and K-Drama fandom but can’t blend in because you don’t know the jargon everyone is using? Or are you an experienced K-Pop / K-Drama fan wanting to expand your vocabulary? Then this book is for you!

    The K-Pop Dictionary is designed to help you learn the most up-to-date vocabulary used in K-Pop, TV shows, and K-Dramas. As the title of this book suggests, this is not an ordinary dictionary: It is specifically designed to teach you what the words mean in a K-Pop and K-Drama context, because without knowing the cultural background of the words, they are just a bunch of enigmas.

    So we have included essential information such as where the words originated, plus where, when, and how they are used. Without this, you are missing out on all the news and updates other fans are talking about!We have also included real life examples of their use. You will gain a thorough understanding of the vocabulary, its nuances, and its origins. You can use this as a quick reference book any time you run into K-Pop and K-Drama lingo, or as a study reference by utilizing the conversation examples included on every page. Oh wait! We included intuitive illustrations to help your understanding!

    Whatever your goal, this is a great way to expand your K-Pop and K-Drama knowledge; your window into the fascinating world of Korean culture!A dictionary of honest human interaction, Korean pop culture, and everyday K-POP life. A resource for language learners confused by real-world Korean, and a tool to help you understand the world of a K-POP fan. But more importantly, great entertainment for everyone.

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    £10.80£11.20
  • Daily Technical Studies for Piano

    03
    (Music Sales America). A volume of daily technical exercises to improve piano playing and technique. Includes an insert of modulatory examples.

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    £12.30
  • Goth: A History

    03

    Goth is an entertaining and evocative personal history of Goth music and culture, told by a true insider. Lol Tolhurst explores the godfathers of goth who established the genre’s roots – THE CURE, which he co-founded with Robert Smith, contemporaries SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES, BAUHAUS, JOY DIVISION – plus many more great bands that offered a place of refuge for the misfits of the 80s and ever since.

    Lol offers a fascinating deep dive into the movers and shakers of goth, imbued with his personal memories as well as those of fellow musicians, magicians and artists who make goth such an inevitable and enduring movement. Along the way he examines acts such as DEPECHE MODE and COCTEAU TWINS who helped the darkness expand. Finally, Tolhurst examines the legacy of goth music, and shows how its influence can still be seen to this day across music, film, TV, visual arts and social media.

    As thoughtful and thorough as it is utterly bewitching, Goth is a timeless testament to why Goth matters – and why it always will.

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    £19.00£23.80

    Goth: A History

    £19.00£23.80
  • Destination Dancefloor: A Global Atlas of Dance Music and Club Culture From London to Tokyo, Chicago to Berlin and Beyond

    08

    Travel the world exploring the cities that have influenced dance music and DJ culture and discovering the cutting-edge scenes taking club culture in new directions.

    Featuring incredible photography, insider recommendations, and some of the biggest names in dance music, Destination Dancefloor reveals how DJ culture swept the globe and 40 cities where you can immerse yourself in the best electronic music culture has to offer.

    Whether you want to know more about the start of house music in Chicago, the club that started Berlin on the road to becoming the global epicentre of club culture, the French Touch scene in Paris that influenced the early years of Daft Punk, why Ibiza became the world’s summer party destination of choice, or are looking for new destinations to add to your own clubbing bucket list, this unique book leans on Mixmag’s position and expertise as one of the foremost names in club culture to present an overview of global dance music, making it a must-read for all clubbers, past, present, and future. See you on the dancefloor.

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    £17.10£19.00
  • The Music Lesson: A Spiritual Search for Growth Through Music

    08
    From Grammy-winning musical icon and legendary bassist Victor L. Wooten comes an inspiring parable of music, life, and the difference between playing all the right notes…and feeling them.

    The Music Lesson is the story of a struggling young musician who wanted music to be his life, and who wanted his life to be great. Then, from nowhere it seemed, a teacher arrived. Part musical genius, part philosopher, part eccentric wise man, the teacher would guide the young musician on a spiritual journey, and teach him that the gifts we get from music mirror those from life, and every movement, phrase, and chord has its own meaning…All you have to do is find the song inside.

    “The best book on music (and its connection to the mystic laws of life) that I’ve ever read. I learned so much on every level.”―Multiple Grammy Award–winning saxophonist Michael Brecker

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    £12.10
  • Piano Book for Adult Beginners: Teach Yourself How to Play Famous Piano Songs, Read Music, Theory & Technique (Book & Streaming Video Lessons)

    08

    Recommended by Rolling Stone Magazine as the best beginner piano book, this book and streaming video course is all that you will ever need for getting started playing the most famous and cherished piano classics!

    Piano Professor, Damon Ferrante guides you through how to play the piano with step-by-step lessons for beginners and 20 streaming video lessons.

    This easy-to-follow method, used by thousands of piano students and teachers, is designed to be interactive, engaging and fun.

    No music reading is required! Learn great piano songs!

    ***Dear Readers, please purchase this book through Amazon, rather than third-party sellers. This will support the author. Thank you! The lessons will greatly expand your repertoire of beloved piano songs and improve your piano technique, creativity, and understanding of music. Whether you are teaching yourself piano or learning with a music instructor, this book and streaming video course will take your piano playing to a whole new level!

    Ask yourself this:

    1. Have you always wanted to learn how to play famous piano pieces, but did not know where to start?

    2. Did you start piano lessons once and give up because the lessons were too difficult?

    3. Are you struggling to follow online piano lessons that seem to jump all over the place without any sense of direction or consistency?

    4. Would you like to expand your musical understanding and learn how to play the piano through an affordable, step-by-step book and video course?

    If your answer to any of the these questions is yes, then this beginner piano book and video course is definitely for you!

    The following great music is covered in this book and streaming video course:

    * Für Elise by Beethoven

    * The Entertainer by Scott Joplin

    * Amazing Grace

    * Pachelbel’s Canon

    * House of the Rising Sun

    * Scarborough Fair

    * Turkish Rondo by Mozart

    * Shenandoah

    * Happy Birthday

    * Danny Boy

    * Kum-Bah-Yah

    * Jingle Bells

    * J.S. Bach’s Prelude in C Major

    * Home on the Range

    * This Little Light of Mine

    * Hall of the Mountain King by Grieg

    * Take Me Out to the Ballgame

    * Red River Valley

    * Silent Night

    * New World Symphony Theme

    * When the Saints Go Marching In

    * Greensleeves

    * Aura Lee

    * Brahms’ Famous Lullaby

    * Simple Gifts

    * And Many More Great Songs and Pieces!

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    £22.40
  • Christmas Carols for Piano. Beginner Christmas Sheet Music Book for Kids and Adults (+Free Audio)

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    ???? Edition 2 of this book is now available!
    We have enhanced this book’s contents by expanding the songs. All songs now encompass all verses, complete with additional lyrics. ????

    In this book, you will get:

    ???? 45 EASY CHRISTMAS SONGS FOR BEGINNERS — All songs have been arranged especially for beginning students. This means that all complex chords and rhythms have been simplified. Also, all the carols are kept relatively short, only one or two pages long. This will allow you to enter the magic world of piano without frustration.
    ???? INTERNATIONAL CHRISTMAS SONGS – In this book you will find many well-known Christmas carols and holiday songs, as well as some international songs famous in non-English speaking countries. This varied selection of easy sheet music will fuel your enjoyment when practicing the piano.
    ❄️ FROM EASIEST TO HARDEST – Are you tired of searching for piano pieces with the appropriate difficulty? At the beginning of this book, you will find very simple songs, and then they gradually get more challenging as the book progresses. This will keep you motivated and enable you to progress through the levels.
    ???? WITH LETTERS AND NUMBERS – All songs in this book are presented with letters above the music notes to help you know what keys to press. All songs also include finger placements (numbers) in problem areas.
    ???????? LARGE PRINT – Most music notes for beginners are pretty small, so learners struggle to read them without squinting. To avoid this, all songs in this book have a clear layout and large print for students to follow the pieces easily.
    ☃️ NOTES FOR BOTH HANDS – Most easy piano pieces for beginners have notes for practicing one hand only. The proper technique, however, is playing with all fingers and both hands. That’s why all pieces in this book are in both treble and bass clef (i.e., both right and left hand).
    ???? BONUS: FREE AUDIO FILES TO DOWNLOAD – Do you want to get an idea of what a piece should sound like? If you are unsure how to play a piece, our audio files will help you get a feel for the melody.

    Buy this book NOW and enter the splendid world of piano and music!
    Ideal also as a wonderful birthday present or Christmas gift.

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    £10.40
  • Trinity College London Rock & Pop 2018 Drums Grade 1 (Trinity Rock & Pop)

    08
    Trinity College London’s Rock and Pop graded songbooks contain real songs from legendary artists, with specially written performance notes for the Rock and Pop exams from 2018. This book contains material intended for Drums at grade 1.

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    £16.20
  • Meet Me in the Bathroom: Rebirth and Rock and Roll in New York City 2001–2011

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    A SUNDAY TIMES, ROUGH TRADE, ROLLING STONE, MOJO AND UNCUT BOOK OF THE YEAR
    LONGLISTED FOR THE PENDERYN MUSIC BOOK PRIZE

    New York, 2001. 9/11 plunges the US into a state of war and political volatility-and heralds the rebirth of the city’s rock scene. As the old-guard music industry crumbles, a group of iconoclastic bands suddenly become the voice of a generation desperately in need of an anthem.

    In this fascinating and vibrant oral history, acclaimed journalist Lizzy Goodman charts New York’s explosive musical transformation in the early 2000s. Drawing on over 200 original interviews, Goodman follows the meteoric rise of the artists that revolutionised the cultural landscape and made Brooklyn the hipster capital of cool-including The Strokes, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, LCD Soundsystem, Interpol, and Vampire Weekend.

    Joining the ranks of classics like Please Kill Me, Our Band Could Be Your Life, and Can’t Stop Won’t Stop, Meet Me in the Bathroom is the definitive account of an iconic era in rock-and-roll.

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    £14.60£19.00
  • The Complete Beatles Songs: The Stories Behind Every Track Written by the Fab Four (Stories Behind the Songs)

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    In The Complete Beatles Songs, Steve Turner shatters many well-worn myths and adds a new dimension to the Fab Four’s rich legacy.

    This beautifully packaged book examines every Beatles-penned song and the inspiration behind them all; with fresh research and packed with new information, there are revelations aplenty. The book covers the Fab Four’s entire output chapter by chapter and includes a complete set of printed lyrics to accompany each song, used with exclusive permission from the band’s music publishers.

    Who was ‘just seventeen’ and made Paul’s heart go ‘boom’? Who was ‘Lady Madonna’? Was there really an Eleanor Rigby? What inspired ‘Happiness is a Warm Gun’? Why was Paul the ‘walrus’ and what inspired the lyrics to Ringo’s ‘Octopus’s Garden’?

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    £19.00£23.80
  • Scattershot: Life, Music, Elton and Me

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    *THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER*

    ‘This is the most glorious of books. I am besotted by the life I never knew he had.’ -Elton John

    ‘Every page of Scattershot is a delight, a joy, a name-dropper fan’s delight. Divine. I couldn’t put it down.’ -Pete Townshend

    ‘In Bernie Taupin’s miraculous memoir Scattershot you’ll meet legends, cowboys, geniuses, unforgettable faces in the night, shady purveyors of outrageous fortune, warriors of the heart, and most of all, Taupin himself. Hilarious and so emotionally true, Scattershot is like a letter from a cherished friend. You’ll want to keep it close, so you can read it again and again.’ -Cameron Crowe

    ‘Touching. Charming. Humble. Witty. And exquisitely written. Taupin’s words need no musical accompaniment. They sing with a poets voice.’ -Gary Oldman

    ‘Eloquent and inspiring, Scattershot is a freewheeling memoir that is as warm and evocative as Bernie Taupin’s most memorable lyrics. A born storyteller, Taupin gives us the life of an artist whose outlook was shaped by a rare but fascinating blend of lifelong innocence and endless intellectual curiosity.’ -Robert Hilburn, author of Johnny Cash: The Life

    ‘Scattershot takes a non-linear approach and is all the better for it. It’s funny too (one cokey chapter is titled Days Of Wine And Noses), and encounters with Salvador Dali and Princess Margaret colour the zippy narrative. There’s a sense Taupin can’t quite believe it all happened…’ -MOJO

    ‘An entertaining ride that doesn’t spare the horses’ -RTE Guide

    ‘Sharply written’ -The Independent

    “I loved writing, I loved chronicling life and every moment I was cogent, sober, or blitzed, I was forever feeding off my surroundings, making copious notes as ammunition for future compositions. . . . The thing is good, bad or indifferent I never stopped writing, it was as addictive as any drug.”

    This is the memoir music fans have been waiting for. Half of one of the greatest creative partnerships in popular music, Bernie Taupin is the man who wrote the lyrics for Elton John, who conceived the ideas that spawned countless hits, and sold millions and millions of records. Together, they were a duo, a unit, an immovable object. Their extraordinary, half-century-and-counting creative relationship has been chronicled in biopics (like 2019’s Rocketman) and even John’s own autobiography, Me. But Taupin, a famously private person, has kept his own account of their adventures close to his chest, until now.

    Written with honesty and candour, Scatterhot allows the reader to witness events unfolding from Taupin’s singular perspective, sometimes front and center, sometimes from the edge, yet always described vibrantly, with an infectious energy that only a vivid songwriter’s prose could offer. From his childhood in the East Midlands of England whose imagination was sparked and forever informed by the distinctly American mythopoetics of country music and cowboys, to the glittering, star-studded fishbowl of ’70s and ’80s Beverly Hills, Scattershot is simultaneously a Tom Jones­-like picaresque journey across a landscape of unforgettable characters, as well as a striking, first-hand account of a creative era like no other and one man’s experience at the core of it.

    An exciting, multi-decade whirlwind, Scattershot whizzes around the world as we ride shotgun with Bernie on his extraordinary life. We visit New York with him and Elton on the cusp of global fame. We spend time with him in Australia almost in residency at an infamous rock ‘n’ roll hotel in an endless blizzard of drugs. And we spend late, late night hours with John Lennon, with Bob Marley, and hanging with Frank Sinatra. And beyond the world of popular music, we witness memorable encounters with writers like Graham Greene, painters like Andy Warhol and Salvador Dali, and scores of notable misfits, miscreants, eccentrics, and geniuses, known and unknown. Even if they’re not famous in their own right, they are stars on the page, and we discover how they inspired the indelible lyrics to songs such as “Tiny Dancer,” “Candle in the Wind,” “Bennie and The Jets,” and so many more.

    Unique and utterly compelling, Scattershot will transport the reader across the decades and around the globe, along the way meeting some of the greatest creative minds of the 20th century, and into the vivid imaginings of one of music’s most legendary lyricists.

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    £8.30£23.80
  • The Wonder of Jazz: Music That Changed The World

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    Praise for this book

    “This new book by Sammy Stein is a highly individual take on jazz past, present, and future that fizzes with enthusiasm and optimism. She has taken the trouble to seek ideas and insights from hundreds of musicians. ” Jazz Halo

    “In each paragraph of each chapter, a lot of care is taken to provide content that the reader can trust and use. The Wonder of Jazz already has a place among the reference books on the genre and it will certainly be cited in future academic and journalistic works.” Geisa Fernandes, journalist

    “Whether you are a complete novice or jazz aficionado this book takes a fresh and very current look at the wonderful world of jazz, improvisation and its practitioners.” Andy Quin, conductor, composer, musician

    This book shares the history, influences, and impact of jazz music. The Wonder of Jazz is like being in a room with some of jazz’s coolest people and spending a couple of hours soaking up their passion and knowledge.
    Starting with the origins of jazz, this award-winning author, columnist and reviewer shares her knowledge generously and with an authority that makes this new publication a defining work on the subject.

    With input from over 100 musicians the book discusses what exactly is jazz, and how do you know you are listening to it? Do we truly know when and how jazz first originated? Who was the first jazz musician? How does jazz link to other genres? What about women in jazz? And writers and journalists? Do reviews make any difference?
    This book is a deep dive into jazz’s history, impact, and future. It discusses the social, cultural, and political influence of jazz and reveals areas where jazz has had an impact we may not even realise. Its influences on hip hop, the connection to third stream, classical, and other art forms are all discussed as well as the future, the impact of young people and how they are changing established canons from within.
    The journey this book takes the reader on is one of discovery and revelation.
    Some of the information comes from research by the author but much comes from those in the music, those who teach, witness the reactions of an audience, and understand how relevant jazz is right now.
    The book looks at jazz’s game changers – the people after whom the music was never the same, civil rights, gender, jazz dynasties, and how jazz musicians have lent their power to deliver political messages in subtle and not so subtle ways.
    A book about jazz music’s vitality, energy, dynamism and its people, the ordinary people making extraordinary music.
    Jazzwise magazine said of Sammy’s work, “It’s all here, beautifully written, eloquently argued, clear-eyed in its intentions and open in its invitation” and Jazz Matters said, “The sheer volume and status of the people who have given up their time to help Sammy, both women, and men, is a testament to the respect Sammy has earned across the industry and the trust people have in her to relay their stories faithfully.”

    About the author
    Sammy Stein is a reviewer, columnist, and author. She writes for Jazz Views, Something Else Reviews, Free Jazz Collective, and is the jazz correspondent for Platinum Mind. She has curated and hosted radio shows, and her books have won praise, including a Jazz Times Distaff Award and a place on their Gearhead list. Her ‘Women In Jazz’ book (8th House) won Phace Magazine’s Music Book of The Year award. She is International Editor for the Jazz Journalists Association and has had work commissioned into the Library of Congress in America, a huge honour for a non-US writer.
    Passionate about jazz music, Sammy curated and organised the London Jazz Platform festival, which showcased acts from the UK, Europe, and America. She has hosted radio series, including Ladies of Jazz, The Freer Side of Jazz, and curates the Jazz Treasure Trove for Jazz Bites Radio.

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    £12.30
  • Killing Joke On Track: Every Album, Every Song

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    Forged in a West London fire ritual in 1979 and reborn with their original line-up in 2008, Killing Joke have been creating uncompromising music for 44 years. In addition to their incandescent self-titled debut in 1980, they have released essential albums in each of the past four decades: Night Time (1985), Pandemonium (1994), Killing Joke (2003) and Pylon (2015). But Killing Joke are more than a band; they are a primal force that exerts an intangible gravity on both its members and its fans. They have influenced countless groups across multiple genres – including Metallica, Nirvana and Nine Inch Nails – while their own style ranges across post-punk, dub, industrial, world music, electronica and alt-metal. Their equally eclectic lyrics traverse social alienation, dystopian futures, the folly of hubris, Cold War dread, paganism and the occult. Above all, their work embodies a process of self-discovery whose aim is nothing less than the revelation and integration of our darkest urges. Killing Joke On Track covers the 15 studio albums and almost 200 songs of Killing Joke’s vocation to date. It’s a celebration of a band who are often challenging, always provocative, but ultimately life-affirming.

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    £11.70£15.20
  • Chapter and Verse – New Order, Joy Division and Me

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    Founding member and guitarist of Joy Division and the lead singer of New Order, Bernard Sumner has been famous over the years for his reticence. Until now… An integral part of the Manchester music scene since the late 1970s, his is the definitive version of the events that created two of the most influential bands of all time.

    Chapter and Verse includes a vivid and illuminating account of Bernard’s Salford childhood, the early days of Joy Division, the band’s enormous critical and popular success, and the subsequent tragic death of Ian Curtis. Bernard describes the formation of New Order, takes us behind the scenes at the birth of classics such as ‘Blue Monday’ and gives his first-hand account of the ecstasy and the agony of the Haçienda days.

    Sometimes moving, often hilarious and occasionally completely out of control, this is a tale populated by some of the most colourful and creative characters in music history, such as Ian Curtis, Tony Wilson, Rob Gretton and Martin Hannett. Others have told parts of the story, in film and book form. Now, for the first time, Bernard Sumner gives you chapter and verse.

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    £10.50£11.40
  • Adventures in Modern Recording: From ABC to ZTT

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    A Telegraph Book of the Year

    As a renowned recording-studio maven, Trevor Horn has been dubbed ‘the man who invented the ’80s’.

    His production work since the glory days of ZTT represents a veritable ‘who’s who’ of intelligent modern pop, including the likes of ABC, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Paul McCartney, Rod Stewart, Pet Shop Boys, Seal, Simple Minds, Grace Jones and Yes – among many others.

    This book is Trevor’s story in his own words, as told through the prism of twenty-three of his most important songs – from the ones that inspired him to the ones that defined him.

    This play-by-play memoir transports readers into the heart of the studio to witness the making of some of music’s most memorable moments, from the Buggles’ ground-breaking ‘Video Killed the Radio Star’ to Band Aid’s perennial ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas?’, via hits such as ‘Relax’, ‘Poison Arrow’, ‘Owner of a Lonely Heart’ and ‘Crazy’.

    Offering unrivalled access to the dark arts of the producer’s world and the even darker arts of the music business itself, prepare for some adventures in modern recording…

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    £9.60£10.40
  • The Story of Northern Soul: A Definitive History of the Dance Scene that Refuses to Die

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    Packed with memorabilia and anecdotes from the Twisted Wheel in Manchester to the mighty Wigan Casino, The Story of Northern Soul is the definitive history of the Northern Soul scene.

    What began as an underground 60s Mod scene in unlicensed, no-frills clubs in the North West of England became a youth craze that has long surpassed all others. The Northern Soul scene has confounded its critics by surviving and growing into an adult dance phenomenon whose followers share a passion for the music of Black America unrivalled anywhere else in the world. The Story of Northern Soul takes the first ever in-depth look at the culture, the music, the artists and the people frequenting the all-night venues which are synonymous with the British Soul Scene. Packed with memorabilia and anecdotes from the Twisted Wheel in Manchester to the mighty Wigan Casino, The Story of Northern Soul is the definitive history of a dance scene that refuses to die.

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    £11.50£12.30
  • Trinity College London Rock & Pop 2018 Drums Grade 6 (Trinity Rock & Pop)

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    Trinity College London’s Rock and Pop graded songbooks contain real songs from legendary artists, with specially written performance notes for the Rock and Pop exams from 2018. This book contains material intended for Drums at grade 6.

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    £18.00
  • 500 Best-Loved Song Lyrics (Dover Song Collections)

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    Wonderful compendium of complete lyrics for well-known folk songs, hymns and spirituals, nursery songs, popular and show tunes, etc. Includes Oh Susanna, The Battle Hymn of the Republic, Shenandoah, Swing Low, Sweet Chariot, A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody, hundreds more. Indispensable for singalongs, parties, family get-togethers, etc.

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    £8.50
  • The Well Tempered Clavier: Books 1 and 2 Complete: Books I and II, Complete (Dover Classical Piano Music)

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    “His art was of an encyclopedic nature, drawing together and surmounting the techniques, the styles, and the general achievements of his own and earlier generations and leading to a new perspective.” — Grove’s Dictionary of Music and Musicians.
    This informed assessment of the genius of Bach’s works can be applied with greatest accuracy to The Well-Tempered Clavier. This highly influential work is monumental in the history of Western music. It represents not only the culmination of Bach’s own maturation process, but also the galvanization of the emerging style and structure of modern keyboard music.
    The grace and fecundity of The Well-Tempered Clavier have thrilled audiences, musicians, and composers for centuries. Mozart, when rapidly advancing to the height of his mastery, had but to read a manuscript copy of The Well-Tempered Clavier and his style developed a new polyphonic richness and depth of harmony. Beethoven studied all the accessible works of Bach profoundly (including The Well-Tempered Clavier) and frequently quoted them in his sketchbooks, often with direct bearing on his own works. Chopin is nowhere more characteristic than when he shows his love of The Well-Tempered Clavier in his Etudes and Preludes. It was Schumann who, in a series of maxims for young musicians, said “Make The Well-Tempered Clavier your daily bread.”
    This remarkable volume contains all 48 preludes and fugues, from Books I and II, in all major keys, reproduced directly from the authoritative Bach-Gesellschaft edition. The fine engraving is beautiful, clear, and easy to read. These elegant pieces, which vary in difficulty, are available complete in one low-cost, convenient Dover edition.

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    £16.40
  • The Beatles – Complete Scores (Transcribed Score)

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    (Transcribed Score). A fitting tribute to possibly the greatest pop band ever – The Beatles. This outstanding hard-cover edition features over 1100 pages with full scores and lyrics to all 210 titles recorded by The Beatles. Guitar and bass parts are in both standard notation and tablature. Also includes a full discography. Songs include: All You Need Is Love * And I Love Her * Baby You’re a Rich Man * Back in the U.S.S.R. * The Ballad of John and Yoko * Blackbird * Can’t Buy Me Love * Come Together * Drive My Car * Eleanor Rigby * From Me to You * Glass Onion * A Hard Day’s Night * Help! * Hey Jude * I Saw Her Standing There * I Want to Hold Your Hand * Michelle * Penny Lane * She Loves You * Twist and Shout * Yesterday * and many more! Book is packaged in its own protective box. A must-own for any serious Beatles fan or collector! 7-2/8 x 10-7/8 .

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    £70.80
  • The Faber Music Christmas Piano Anthology (Faber Music Piano Anthology series)

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    The Faber Music Christmas Piano Anthology is an essential collection of the greatest Christmas songs and carols, specially arranged for solo piano, for the intermediate pianist. The perfect gift for Christmas, this beautiful anthology includes favourites such as O Holy Night, Sleigh Ride and It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas alongside arrangements of Winter (from the Four Seasons), Troika (from Lieutenant Kije), and more.

    Contents:

    A Holly Jolly Christmas

    A Marshmallow World

    A Winter’s Tale

    All I Want For Christmas Is You

    All Through The Night

    Auld Lang Syne

    Away In A Manger

    Bethlehem Down

    Carol Of The Bells

    Coventry Carol

    December Prayer

    December Song (I Dreamed Of Christmas)

    Deck The Halls

    Ding Dong Merrily On High

    Do They Know It’s Christmas?

    (Everybody’s Waitin For) The Man With The Bag

    Frosty The Snowman

    God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen

    Hallelujah Chorus (from Messiah)

    Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

    Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

    Holy, Holy, Holy

    I Am Blessed

    I Saw Three Ships

    I’ll Be Home For Christmas

    I’ve Got My Love To Keep Me Warm

    In The Bleak Midwinter

    It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas

    It’s Christmas Time All Over The World

    Jingle Bell Rock

    Jingle Bells

    Joy To The World

    Last Christmas

    Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!

    Little Donkey

    Merry Xmas Everybody

    Mistletoe And Wine

    O Christmas Tree

    O Come O Come Emmanuel

    O Come, All Ye Faithful

    O Holy Night

    O Little Town Of Bethlehem

    Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree

    Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer

    Santa Baby

    Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town

    Silent Night

    Sinfonia (from Christmas Oratorio)

    Sleigh Ride

    Stop The Cavalry

    The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You)

    The First Noel

    The Holly And The Ivy

    The Little Drummer Boy

    The Power Of Love

    The Star

    Troika from Lieutenant Kije

    We Three Kings

    We Wish You A Merry Christmas

    Weihnachtsbaum: Die Hirten an der Krippe (In Dulci Jubilo)

    What A Wonderful World

    What Child Is This?

    When A Child Is Born

    While Shepherds Watched

    Winter (from The Four Seasons)

    Winter Wonderland

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    £19.00£20.90
  • Really Easy Piano 50 Popular Songs

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    Easy Piano arrangements of fifty pieces, from pop songs to classical themes, complete with song background notes and playing hints and tips.

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    £13.90£16.10
  • A Light That Never Goes Out: The Enduring Saga of the Smiths

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    To this day, they were, their fans believe, the best band in the world. Critics and sales figures told a similar story. Yet for all their brilliance and adoration – their famously energetic live shows routinely interrupted by stage invasions – The Smiths were continually plagued by their reticence to play the game, and by the time of 1987’s Strangeways Here We Come, they had split.

    Tony Fletcher’s A Light That Never Goes Out – part celebration, part paean – moves from Manchester in the nineteenth-century to the present day to tell the complete story of The Smiths. The product of extensive research and unprecedented access, it will serve to confirm The Smiths as one of the most important and influential rock groups of all time.

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    £12.30£14.20
  • Lyrics: The definitive collection of the Roxy Music frontman’s iconic lyrics

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    **THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER**

    Celebrate the 50th anniversary of Roxy Music’s iconic first album with this collection of Bryan Ferry’s evocative lyrics of aspiration and romantic longing, introduced by the author.

    ‘Lyrics is a book any Roxy fan would be proud to have on their shelf’ The Telegraph

    Bryan Ferry’s work as a singer and songwriter, both as a solo artist and with Roxy Music, is legendary.

    Lyrics collects the words written for music across seventeen albums, from the first iconic Roxy album of 1972 via the masterpiece of Avalon to 2014’s reflective Avonmore, introduced by the author, and with an insightful essay by James Truman.

    All the classic Roxy anthems are here – ‘Virginia Plain’, ‘Do the Strand’, ‘Love is the Drug’ – songs in which the real and the make-believe blend in a kaleidoscopic mix, shot through with cinematic allure.

    Also included are the evocative lyrics of romantic longing and lost illusions for which Ferry is rightly revered: ‘Slave to Love’, ‘Mother of Pearl’, ‘More Than This’. As he writes in his preface, ‘The low points in life so often produce the most keenly felt and best-loved songs.’ And, it might be added, some of the best poetry.

    Discover this unforgettable collection of Bryan Ferry’s work today.

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    £17.10£19.00

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