Search Results: Biography - Music from Riverwood's Books

Australia: Triple J/Random House. Very Good. 1995. First Edition. Softcover. 0091830729 . Attractive copy - ex-library, with laminated cover & usual type markings. Only very light wear overa, light soiling outer edges, interior clean & tight. 125 pages. "Now those of you who like to wake up with Helen & Mikey can take them to bed too...3 Beers and a Chinese Meal and they're anyone's!", "Look, if you were stuck in the back of a Zodiac inflatable ducking and diving, trying to avoid the French navy inside the Muraroa atoll, I could think of no better companions to have up the back of the boat trying to get a cup of tea going on the Primus than Mikey and Helen..."--from the foreword by HG Nelson. (*shipping will be reduced to some locations) ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall .

Dutton Obelisk. Good. 1990. First Edition. Softcover. 0525485546 . Ex-library book with laminated cover and usual ex-lib type markings. Light edgewear to cover, moderate soiling/spotting to outer edge of pages, moreso to top edge. Interior of pages clean - looks like one section has been reglued but no pages are loose. B/w photos. 373 pages. Covers highlife to chimurenga, soukous to benga, juju to township pop - each sound is identified and appraised critically. Artists included: Youssou N'dour, Kassav, Alpha Blondy, Salif Keita, Sunny Ade and various others. ; 8vo; "The story of the urban electric music of Africa. Originally published in Hardback under the title "African All-Stars - Pop music of a continent". [572] .

Franklin Watts Library Edition. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. 0531130371 . Ex-library in excellent condition, usual ex-lib type markings, only minimal wear overall. Pages clean and intact, B/w photographs. Meet the extraordinary woman behind the voice that can bring to life the feelings of sorrow and suffering, joy and ecstasy, hope and bitterness that all people experience. You'll be given a firsthand look into Aretha Franklin's childhood in Detroit, where at an early age she learned to sing gospel in her father's church; her legendary recording sessions, concerts and tours; her stormy love affairs; and the personal trajedies she and her family have suffered.... You will understand why her music has touched so many, and why it will continue to work it's way into hearts and souls all around the world. ; 8vo; 160 pages .

William Morrow. Good. 1986. First Edition. Softcover. 0688059163 . Ex-library book - laminated cover and usual ex-lib type of markings. Cover is very good and overall wear is light, however the book has two edge stains on pages, either from a spill or damp damage. This has left an edge stain and slight wrinkling on numerous pages. This does not affect readability and all pages turn freely. "Fascinating stories, rare interviews & musical wisdom from the greats such as Leadbelly, Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan etc. "; 4to 11" - 13" tall .

Atria Books. New in New dust jacket. 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. 0743470206 . New book with no markings, minor shelfwear to jacket edges. 191 pages. Color & b/w illustrations throughout. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; "This is a memoir of Ms. Wallace's star child ..... Christopher got his knack for writing verse from his mother. She had no idea though that "all that noise" he was making with his friends in the bedroom of their small apartment would one day become platinum selling records. She also had no idea that her industrious son was becoming a leader in his circle and a small-time drug dealer. The book charts her son's climb to stardom and his death, the result of a drive-by shooting that occurred on March 9, 1997 in Los Angeles, CA. ...The murder remains unsolved. .... .

Riverhead Books. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2005. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1573223093 . HC/DJ - fine/near fine. Excellent condition. Jacket has light scuffing, couple tiny corner tears. Pages clean and unmarked. "U2 vocalist, celebrity activist and one of the world's most outsized rock stars, Bono symbolically takes off his habitual shades to reveal the relatively normal guy behind the flashy (and occasionally bombastic) public persona in this series of wide-ranging conversations.....(545) ; 8vo; 322 pages .

Hyperion. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. 0786863269 . Hardcover clean with only minimal edgewear, light soiling outer edge of pages, one edge has some light pen marks. Pages clean and intact. B/w photos. Jacket has light edgewear, scuffing, light soiling, sticker residue to rear, not price clipped. Immensely candid and down-to-earth, just like the woman herself, Knight's autobiography tells the story of a little girl with a big voice who grew up to become one of the world's brightest stars, while managing to keep her heart, soul, and Southern-born-and-bred family values, deep spirituality and humor intact. ; 8vo .

London: Virgin Publishing. Very Good+. 1999. First Edition. Softcover. 0753501945 . Book is in clean, tight condition, no markings. Cover has light wear to edges and corners, light scuffing/creasing to cover. Profusely illustrated in b/w and colour photos. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 159 pages; "Based on regular meetings and interviews throughout the last eight years-this book charts the career of The Charlatans from their earliest days right through to the recording of their first major-label album. The band and those closest to them talk exclusively and candidly about their initial white-knuckle success, their disastrous fall from grace, and a gradual reascent hampered by breakdowns, incarceration, financial catastrophe and even the death of one of their bandmates. " .

London: Eric Clapton Fanclub. Very Good. 1988. Softcover. Compilation by Bill Levenson. Light wear to edges & corners, light corner curling, light creasing, pages clean & unmarked. 30 pages. This biography focuses of the musical career of Eric Clapton and may have originally been part of an album. Numerous B&W photos, a 4 page discography and 2 pages of album cover illustarions. Great for any Clapton Fan. (*shipping will be reduced to most locations) ; 4to 11" - 13" tall .

New York: Schirmer Books. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. 0028645065 . Ex-library with usual stamps & stickers, laminated cover. Light edgewear - moreso to bottom edge which has 2 small bare spots, light scuffing/scratching of laminate, light soiling outer edge of pages. Interior pages clean & tight. Great old b/w photos.From Publishers Weekly: Musical Memphis defined the blues, rechanneled it into rhythm and blues, invented rock and roll, then bastardized it into pop. This infectious blend of history, anecdote, reportage and gossip begins with wild, woolly, turn-of-the-century Beale Street, which attracted blues bandleader W. C. Handy.....His engaging chronicle sizzles with the energies that transformed American music and popular culture. "; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall .

Plume Books. Good. 1990. First Edition. Softcover. 0452264782 . Ex-library book in good used condition. Sturdy laminated cover & usual stamps & stickers. Moderate wear to spine ends & corners, some wear & small tears to laminate along spine. Interior pages clean & tight, light wrinkling to a few pages. Great photos! b/w & colour illus.Follows Jerry, Bobby, Mickey, Phil, Bill and Brent from their earliest incarnation as house band for Ken Kesey's Acid Tests , through Woodstock and tours around the world. Includes interviews conducted on the 25th anniversary tour and 120 colour photos. Written with full cooperation of the Grateful Dead.; 001134; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall .

London: PRC Sunburst Books. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. 1856481514 . No jacket, illustrated boards. Very good condition. Light wear and scuffing to cover. Interior clean and unmarked other than one or two small spots. A few pages have some very light wrinkling. Profusely illustrated in b/w and colour. This is the story of the man who refered to his involvement in the Beatles as "a nightmare", and was known as 'the quiet Beatle', and who remains the most enigmatic, elusive and misunderstood of the fab Four. His turbulent personal musical career and other difficulties, and then his succesful emergence in his own right make for fascinating reading. (680) ; ; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall .

Hyperion. Very Good. 1993. First Edition. Softcover. 1562828479 . Light wear to corners & spine ends, light scuffing to covers. Internal pages are clean and unmarked other than. A couple earmarks. B/w photos. 217 pages. In fascinating, star-studded anecdotes, original Monkee Mickey Dolenz takes readers from his starring role at age 12 as TVs Circus Boy to the open casting call that brought the Monkees together, through the creative conflicts that finally drove them apart. [386-notosl]; 8vo .

Faber & Faber. Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 1997. Hardcover. 0571199119 . Ex-library book, only light wear overall - usual ex-lib type of markings. Jacket has some scuffing and light edgewear. Pages are all intact . There is a a light edge stain on first blank endpage and a small amount of underlining on several pages, and several earmarks. Pages are otherwise unmarked. ; 8vo; " Twenty years after the death of Elvis Presley it would appear that he is more alive than ever, kept fresh in the minds of the public not only by his fans but by an astounding number of impersonators around the world. Theirs is a serious business that raises the king to a status of mythic proportion and proves him to be a pop cultural icon still able to draw a healthy crowd...." [700] .

St. Martin's Press. Good in Good dust jacket. 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. 0312411669 . Ex-library book with laminated cover and usual ex-lib type markings. Shows signs of wear including scuffing/light scratches to jacket, few very small edge tears, and soiling to outer edge of pages. Pages are all intact with the occasional small spot and light wrinkling to some rear pages. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Fox's interviews with 12 men important to the history of modern music are reprinted from Audio magazine, where he is an editor. The interviewees are those who developed the top vocal artists of the past half-century. Includes Mitch Miller, John Hammond, Jerry Wexler, Alfred Lion, Milt Gabler & others. (575) .

The University of Alberta Press. New. 2000. First Edition. 0888643284 . Large softcover is new, with no markings. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9; Maria Olenina d-Alheim, the first performer of Russian Lieder, was a pivotal figure in early 20th century European classical music performance. Maria had the ability to "tell the song", uniting words and music in an art of vocal declamation...Through her own words and those of her contemporaries, the author has recreated this exciting period of classical music in Europe. (650) .

Saskatchewan: Thistledown Press. Very Good. 2000. First Edition. Softcover. 1894345088 . Ex-library with sturdy laminated cover, usual stamps & stickers, only light wear overall - light wear to edges/corners, slight soiling outer edge of pages. Interior pages clean & tight - two earmarks seen. 174 pagesBook DescriptionImmerse yourself in this extended poem sequence based on the life and works of jazz icon Miles Davis which braids a strong narrative life-line and lyric responses to key recordings. The poetry morphs to match the periods and styles of Davis' jazz, from Bebop through hard bop, cool, third stream, modal, funk, fusion, and doo bop. A "must have" for jazz Quill and Quire, October 2000- Richard Stevenson...[is] playing with the likes of Langston Hughes...Ferlinghetti, and Frank O'Hara....Live Evil is that good. (*Shipping will be reduced, depending on your location).; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall .

Saskatchewan: Thistledown Press. Very Good. 2000. First Edition. Softcover. 1894345088 . Ex-library with sturdy laminated cover, usual stamps & stickers, only light wear overall - light wear to edges/corners, slight soiling outer edge of pages. Interior pages clean & tight - two earmarks seen. 174 pagesBook DescriptionImmerse yourself in this extended poem sequence based on the life and works of jazz icon Miles Davis which braids a strong narrative life-line and lyric responses to key recordings. The poetry morphs to match the periods and styles of Davis' jazz, from Bebop through hard bop, cool, third stream, modal, funk, fusion, and doo bop. A "must have" for jazz Quill and Quire, October 2000- Richard Stevenson...[is] playing with the likes of Langston Hughes...Ferlinghetti, and Frank O'Hara....Live Evil is that good. (*Shipping will be reduced, depending on your location); ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall .

Penguin. Very Good. 1997. Softcover. 0140266445 . Light edge & corner wear, slight crease to front cover, interior unmarked, publisher's marking across bottom edge of pages. B/w photos. The real story of musical prodigy, Australian pianist David Helfgott, written by his wife Gillian. (380noto) ; 8vo .

UT: Shadow Mountain. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. 0875791123 . Boldly signed & inscribed on endpage "June, '91, to ____, May the power of love give your spirit wings! Love & peace, Deanna Edwards". Excellent condition - hardcover clean & tight. Jacket has light scuffing & very light edgewear. The touching and heartwarming story of Deanna Edward's work in music therapy, work that now takes her all over the world to present workshops to professionals and volunteers in the healthcare industry and at colleges and universities. [445]; 8vo; Signed by Author .