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Moonwalk
by Michael Jackson
MICHAEL JACKSON was the undisputed King of Pop and has been called "the greatest entertainer who ever lived."SHAYE AREHEART was, along with Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Michael Jackson's original editor.
So You Wanna Be a Rock & Roll Star
by Jacob Slichter
A hilarious inside look at the real business of popular music by the drummer of Semisonic that does for rock and roll what Jim Bouton's Ball Four did for baseball.After years of working day jobs and making music in his basement, Jacob Slichter wondered if his dreams of rock stardom were a vain illusion. Then he was recruited by two of his successful musician friends to form a band that became Semisonic. Who could forget the smash single "Closing Time," a runaway hit in 1998 that thrust Jake and his...
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The Jazz Age Popular Music In the 1920's
by Arnold Shaw
F. Scott Fitzgerald named it, Louis Armstrong launched it, Paul Whiteman and Fletcher Henderson orchestrated it, and now Arnold Shaw chronicles this fabulous era in his marvelously engrossing book, appropriately called The Jazz Age. Enriching his account with lively anecdotes and insidestories, he describes the astonishing outpouring of significant musical innovations that emerged during the "Roaring Twenties"--including blues, jazz, band music, torch ballads, operettas, and musicals--and sets them...
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Treasures Of the Hard Rock Cafe
by Paul and Joel Selvin With Steve Routhier and Warwick Stone Grushkin
Popular Music Books & Ephemera
Original Siouxsie and the Banshees Belgian concert poster for a performance at Forest National, Vorst, April 22, 1986
by Siouxsie and the Banshees
Brussels: Sound and Vision, 1986. Vintage Siouxsie and the Banshees Belgian concert poster, for a performance at Forest National, Vorst, on April 22, 1986, in support of (and one day after the release of) their 1986 album "Tinderbox," with a small "Belgique / Brussels" stamp at the bottom left. Siouxsie and the Banshees' seventh studio album, released April 21, 1986, was the first with new guitarist John Valentine Carruthers, and has been since widely hailed as one of the band's best albums, as well as...
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NZ$1,446.87
Yesterday and Today (Original 'butcher cover' promotional poster for the 1966 album)
by The Beatles (artist); Robert Whitaker (photographer)
Hollywood: Capitol Records, 1966. Vintage undistributed promotional poster for the notorious "butcher cover" of the Beatles' 1966 album "Yesterday and Today." The photograph was quickly withdrawn by Capitol Records after public outrage, to be replaced by the "steamer trunk" photograph. The poster has been bootlegged numerous times: vintage copies have the word "Incredible" printed in bright red across the top, and the Capitol logo at the bottom in jet black (as opposed to dark brown). Many of the known...
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NZ$11,064.30
Original Eurythmics Belgian tour poster for a performance at Brielpoort, Deinze on February 25, 1984
by Eurythmics
Deinze, Belgium: Konsertforum, 1984. Vintage Eurythmics Belgian tour poster for a performance at Brielpoort, Deinze, on February 25, 1984, in support of their 1983 album "Touch." In January 1983, the New Wave synth pop duo of Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart, Eurythmics, released their second album "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)," with the wildly successful title track, which quickly catapulted the band into international stardom. The band quickly recorded a follow-up album, "Touch," released in...
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NZ$1,446.87
Friday On My Mind
by Nimmervoll, Ed
Melbourne: The Five Mile Press. 2004. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition. Gift inscription to inside of front cover. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs. Foreword by Molly Meldrum. 240 pages. A year-by-year account of popular music in the Australian charts. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . Reprint. Softcover.
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NZ$24.48
The Head on the Door (Original UK record store poster for the 1985 album)
by The Cure
London: Fiction Records, 1985. Vintage record store poster, created to advertise The Cure's sixth studio album, "The Head on the Door," released on August 30, 1985. Featuring the hit singles "In Between Days" and "Close to Me," the album was the band's first big international success, and was certified gold in the US, UK, and France. 59 x 39.5 inches, folded as issued. Near Fine, with a hint of wear at the creases.
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NZ$1,148.98
Collection of eight original photographs of The Mills Brothers
by [The Mills Brothers] [The Four Mills Brothers] John Mills Jr., Herbert Mills, Harry Mills, Donald Mills (subjects)
Various cities: Various studios and photographers, 1980. Collection of eight vintage photographs of jazz vocal quartet The Mills Brothers, taken variously between the 1940s and 1980s. One with a mimeo snipe and the stamp of Raymond Booking Agency on the verso, and five with the stamps of Movie Still Archives on the verso. One photograph shows the brothers in the 1943 comedy film "He's My Guy." Three of the remaining photographs appear to have been taken during the 1960s, and four during the 1980s. Two...
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NZ$1,276.65
Waging Heavy Peace A Hippie Dream
by Young, Neil
Melbourne: Penguin Books. 2013. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition. No dustjacket. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 497 pages. . 1st thus. Softcover.
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NZ$15.58
Original photograph of composer Burt Bacharach in the recording studio, circa 1970s
by Burt Bacharach (subject)
N.p.: N.p., 1970. Vintage borderless reference photograph of musician Burt Bacharach playing the piano and singing in a recording studio, circa 1970s. With a Columbia-Warner copyright stamp on the verso. 10 x 8 inches. About Near Fine.
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NZ$383.00
U2 The Early Days Another Time, Another Place.
by Graham, Bill
London: Mandarin. 1989. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 96 pages. . 1st Edition. Softcover.
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NZ$20.03
SIGNATURE Matted and Framed with a Photograph
by LEE, Peggy
Framed Autograph. Fine and attractively presented. A 5" x 3" index card SIGNED "Love! Peggy Lee," attractively matted and framed with a 7" x 9" original photograph to an overall size of 13" x 20-1/2." Peggy Lee was an American jazz and popular music singer, songwriter, composer, and actress with a career spanning seven decades. She had her first hit song in 1942 and continued performing into the 1990s. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her 1955 role as an alcoholic...
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NZ$531.94
TYPED LETTER SIGNED (TLS) on the Rumor that a "Colored Boy" Wrote His Songs
by BERLIN, Irving
14 June 1948. Letter. Faint folds from mailing. Near Fine. On a sheet of his personal stationery (7" x 10") addressed to Michael de Lisio of MGM Pictures, Berlin answers an inquiry about a rumor, prevalent since the 1920s, that his songs had been written for him by an anonymous black boy. In full: "The little colored boy story that MacLane talks about is probably the Harry Ruby one. Some years ago, I walked into the Friar's Club with a three months Palm Beach tan and Harry Ruby, who was in the club,...
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NZ$2,127.75
ABBA The Book
by Potiez, Jean-Marie
London: Aurum Press. 2003. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition - Card wraps. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs. Includes a discography. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 263 pages. . Revised Paperback Edition. Softcover.
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NZ$38.94
Original photograph of the Eurythmics on MTV in 1984
by [Eurythmics] Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart (subjects)
London: London Features International, 1984. Vintage photograph of Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart during a promo spot for MTV in 1984. MTV is considered by many to have been largely responsible for the "Second British Invasion" in the 1980s, promoting a number of British synth pop and new pop artists that would dominate the US charts until late in the decade. The Eurythmics received the MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist in 1984. 8 x 6 inches. Fine.
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NZ$255.33
The John Lennon Letters
by Lennon, John; Davies, Hunter (Edited with an Introduction by)
London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. 2016. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition. Lower corners lightly rubbed. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 386 pages. . 1st thus. Softcover.
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NZ$16.69
Day-In Day-Out (Original UK record store poster for the 1987 single by David Bowie)
by David Bowie
London: EMI, 1987. Vintage UK record store poster for the 1987 single, the opening track for David Bowie's 1987 album "Never Let Me Down." Exploring the theme of homelessness in the US, "Day-In Day-Out" is perhaps best remembered today for its controversial music video, which depicted a young couple struggling to survive in Los Angeles. The video was heavily censored, and particularly challenging scenes (including footage of a man urinating on Ronald Reagan's star on the Hollywood Walk, a child...
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NZ$1,063.88
Love Letters
by Gambaccini, Paul (Signed)
London: Michael O'Mara Books Limited. 1996. Hardcover. 1854796445 . 8vo (5.75 x 9") , p.188, vg+/vg+. Illustrated d/jkt , price-clipped and with some indentation, black boards, small bump at top. Signed an dedicated on title page. Letters exploring "what it has been like to be a gay man in the final quarter of the twentieth century". ; Signed by Author .
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NZ$42.59
Three original photographs of Elvis Costello onstage, circa 1980s
by Elvis Costello (subject); Jean-Louis Rancurel (photographer)
N.p.: N.p., 1980. Three vintage matte-finish borderless photographs of Elvis Costello onstage, circa 1980s. Stamp of photographer Jean-Louis Rancurel on the versos. 7 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine.
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NZ$765.99
Cole A Biographical Essay
by Gill, Brendan; Edited by Robert Kimball
London: Michael Joseph. 1971. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. Light wear to dustjacket edges and corners and mild chipping to spine ends. Previous owner's details to front free end paper. Illustrated with lots of sepia-toned photographs - many full page. xx, 283 pages. Includes over 200 lyrics to Cole Porter songs - some never previously published. Includes three Appendices: Chronology of Cole...
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NZ$38.94
Original photograph of Fleetwood Mac in performance, circa 1969
by [Fleetwood Mac] Danny Kirwan, John McVie, Mick Fleetwood, Peter Green, Jeremy Spencer (subjects)
N.p.: N.p., 1969. Vintage black and white borderless photograph of Fleetwood Mac in performance, circa 1969. With the stamp of SKR Photos International on the verso. Shown in the photograph are the band's founding members, Peter Green, Jeremy Spencer, and Mick Fleetwood, along with bassist John McVie and guitarist Danny Kirwan. 8.5 x 6.5 inches. Very Good plus.
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NZ$510.66
His Band and the Street Choir (Original artwork assemblage for the 1970 album)
by [Photography] [Album artwork] Van Morrison (subject); David Gahr (photographer)
Los Angeles: Warner Brothers Records, 1970. Original photographic artwork assemblage for Van Morrison's classic 1970 album, , with original double exposure photograph by David Gahr, designed by Janet Planet and used by Warner Brothers Records as shooting artwork for the album cover. Production annotations, in manuscript marker and pencil, at bottom of board below the image. Annotations on verso noting, "Van Morrison 'Cover' 1884," in manuscript marker, with the "1884" being the album catalogue number,...
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NZ$29,788.50
A Hard Day's Night (Original photograph taken on the set of the 1964 film)
by [The Beatles] John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, George Harrison (starring); Richard Lester (director); Alun Owen (screenwriter)
N.p.: N.p., 1964. Vintage reference photograph from the set of the 1964 film, showing director Richard Lester behind the camera. Les Artistes Associés stamp on the verso. A musical comedy about the Beatles, capturing the band during the height of Beatlemania, set over 36 hours in the life of the band members as they prepare for a television performance. Nominated for two Academy Awards. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good, with pinholes at the corners. Criterion Collection 711. Ebert I. Rosenbaum 1000....
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NZ$383.00
Original photograph of Christine McVie, circa 1970s
by [Fleetwood Mac] Christine McVie (subject); Chris Walter (photographer)
N.p.: N.p., 1970. Vintage borderless double weight photograph of keyboardist Christine McVie, circa 1970s. With the stamp of photographer Chris Walter on the verso. McVie joined Fleetwood Mac in 1970, two years after after marrying bassist John McVie, having already contributed backup vocals and painted the cover art for the band's third album, "Kiln House." She wrote several key releases for the band, most notably "Over My Head" and "Say You Love Me" on the band's self-titled 1975 album, and "Don't...
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NZ$595.77
What They Heard: Music in America, 1852-1881. From the Pages of "Dwight's Journal of Music."
by Sablosky, Irving
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State Univ. Press, 1986. First edition. Cloth. Ex-lib copy with the usual markings, otherwise very good+ crisp, clean, and bright in a very good+ dust jacket.. Frontis, x, 317 pp. Illus. 8vo. Dwight's Journal of Music was the first significant American music journal.
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NZ$65.53
THE BEATLES CONQUER AMERICA: The Photographic Record Of Their First Tour
by Hoffmann, Dezo
London: Virgin Books, 1984. 160pp., numerous b/white illustrations throughout. Book clean. Spine firm. Leaves clean and unmarked, tiny corner creases to several pages. Illustrated card wrapper has soft corner creases and a few small areas of surface abrasion, minor edgewear, scuffs and indentations. B/white illustrations to inside covers. The photographic illustrations in this book were all taken between January 14 and February 22, 1964. Book weight approx. 510g.. First Edition. Softcover. Good+. 4to -...
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NZ$28.93
