Category: Music and Dance

Souvenir Folio Concert Edition, Volume Six

Price: $20.00

Publisher: (n.p.), Boxcar Enterprises : [ca.1976]

Seller ID: 23295

Condition: Very Good+

[light rubbing to covers, a few horizontal stress lines along spine, tiny closed tear at top edge of front cover, slight bump/bend at upper right corner]. (color photographs) 28-page souvenir album (including covers), consisting almost exclusively of color photos, mostly full-page, of Elvis in concert (except one where he's interacting with fans); "select photos" are credited to E. [Ed] Bonja, who was Elvis's official photographer during most of his later years. The only exception to the Elvisness is a 2-page center-spread advertisement for the Las Vegas Hilton, which served as Elvis's home ...
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Word of Mouth; a monthly publication from Warner Bros. Records - Volume 1, 1983

By: (Johnson, Pete, ed.)

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Burbank CA, Warner Bros. Records : 1983

Seller ID: 20572

ISBN: NO

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

(no dust jacket) [black buckram binding with light external wear; title embossed black-on-black on front cover and spine]. (B&W halftone photographs, graphics) Complete year (Vol. 1, No. 2 was dated February-March) of this "cheap monthly publication from Warner Bros. Records directed at retail, radio, club and college communities," with a stated aim "to draw attention to current and upcoming projects associated with WB and to do so with a fair degree of accuracy." Strictly promotional stuff, presented in a self-conscious and occasionally straining-to-be-"hip" tone, but with occasional items ...
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Word of Mouth; a monthly publication from Warner Bros. Records - Volume III, 1985

By: (Johnson, Pete, ed.)

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Burbank CA, Warner Bros. Records : 1983

Seller ID: 20573

ISBN: NO

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

(no dust jacket) [black buckram binding with light external wear; title embossed black-on-black on front cover and spine]. (B&W halftone photographs, graphics) Complete year (presuming there was no December issue) of this "cheap monthly publication from Warner Bros. Records directed at retail, radio, club and college communities," with a stated aim "to draw attention to current and upcoming projects associated with WB and to do so with a fair degree of accuracy." Strictly promotional stuff, presented in a self-conscious and occasionally straining-to-be-"hip" tone, but with occasional items o...
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The Great American Rock 'n' Roll Expo: Hollywood Palladium - October 7-11, 1982

By: Caruso, Paul S., and Hal Sloane (promoters)

Price: $100.00

Publisher: [Hollywood, Calif.], Hal Sloane Associates [?] : 1982

Seller ID: 27372

Binding: Plastic comb binding

Condition: Very Good

[modest wear to edges and corners, plastic-comb binding fully intact]. (B&W and color graphics, facsimiles) Remember this incredible, multi-faceted extravaganza, that virtually dominated the musical consciousness of Hollywood over a five-day period in the Fall of 1982? No? Well, don't feel too bad, because neither does anybody else: it never happened. What we have here is a prospectus/proposal for the event, which was designed to be a Very Big Deal indeed, with no fewer than ten, count 'em, ten individual elements: R.A.V.E. (International Rock Art Video Expo); The Museum of Rock Art (an art ...
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How to Write Words for Songs

By: Day, Julius E.

Price: $60.00

Publisher: London, Reynolds & Co. : 1936

Seller ID: 23207

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

[moderate edgewear to covers, due to slight overlap of text block; otherwise a nice clean copy, with vintage bookseller's label (Foyle's, London) at bottom corner of inside front cover]. (B&W photographs) "With hints by the following Famous Song-writers:- Bert Lee, Francis Barron, Leslie Sarony, Leslie Holmes, [and] The Western Brothers," and including a Preface by Bobby Howes. You remember Bobby. No? In addition to all the good advice from all these famous songwriters you've never heard of, a substantial part of the book is taken up with a concise rhyming dictionary, no doubt just...
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Theory and Techniques of Twelve Tone Composition [SIGNED]

By: Fotine, Larry

Price: $100.00

Publisher: Sepulveda CA, Poly Tone Music Publishing Company : (c.1967)

Seller ID: 24437

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

(blue cloth; no dust jacket, probably as issued) [nice copy, just a touch of handling wear]. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author/composer on the ffep: "June 28, 1971 / To Sonny Burke: / I hope you'll like / this book -- and if you study it very / carefully, you'll find your music will be / better than it sounds. / Larry Fotine." Fotine (1911-1990) led his own orchestra from 1948 to 1955, and was a prolific songwriter with over 300 tunes to his credit; he also worked for a couple of years as an arranger for Lawrence Welk. The inscribee, Sonny Burke (1914-1980), was an arranger, composer, big b...
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The Violinist's Handbook: Scientific Gymnastics for the Violinist

By: Fracht, J. Albert

Price: $40.00

Publisher: New York, Remsen Press : (c.1979)

Seller ID: 20621

ISBN-13: 9780820602561

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Near Fine dj

[book is flawless, with no discernible wear; jacket has a couple of tiny, near-invisible closed edge tears]. (B&W photographs, musical examples) An instructional book dedicated to the proposition that violin playing should be "a joyous undertaking," and that as a "total body experience [it] requires the harmonious interplay of the mind, body, and violin. Through the use of ingenious gymnastic exercise Mr. Fracht demonstrates how anyone with talent and drive can become a master violinist." Approximately the second half of the book is devoted to the presentation of twelve mast...
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Capitol Records Fiftieth Anniversary 1942-1992

By: Grein, Paul

Price: $65.00

Publisher: Hollywood, Capitol Records : (c.1992)

Seller ID: 25072

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ dj

[bottom front corner bumped, no other significant wear to book; jacket has a nice external appearance, but some tearing adjacent to the rear-panel section of the little cut-out window surrounding the spine has been internally tape-repaired, and there is some slight dog-earing at the edge of the front-panel section of the same little window (all this somewhat masked by a new mylar jacket cover)]. (B&W and color photographs, facsimiles, graphics) Elaborately-produced promotional coffee-table book to celebrate the legendary record company's 50th anniversary. "Limited Edition [this being no. 18...
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The Composer's Advocate: A Radical Orthodoxy for Musicians [SIGNED]

By: Leinsdorf, Erich

Price: $35.00

Publisher: New Haven/London, Yale University Press : (c.1981)

Seller ID: 20225

ISBN-13: 9780300024272

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Near Fine dj

(price-clipped) [book is tight and clean, with no discernible wear of any kind; jacket has a few tiny scrape marks on the front panel]. (musical facsimiles) INSCRIBED briefly to friends and SIGNED by the author on the ffep. "In this book the distinguished conductor sets forth some provocative theories on how to understand and perform music. Leinsdorf wields his pen with the same dexterity he exhibits with his baton. In attempting to reveal the working of creative genius, he provides as well a fascinating glimpse of the one of the most erudite and thoughtful of twentieth-century conduct...
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They All Sang: From Tony Pastor to Rudy Vallée

By: Marks, Edward B., as told to Abbott J. Liebling

Price: $200.00

Publisher: New York, The Viking Press : 1935 (c.1934)

Seller ID: 16804

ISBN: NO

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Good dj

[solid copy, very light shelfwear, a touch of foxing to fore-edge; jacket moderately edgeworn, marred by a rather serious triangular pull-tear in the middle of the front panel (no paper loss but considerable associated creasing/scrunching), and another much smaller triangular pull-tear where the paper has been lost (resulting in a small hole in the jacket, but fortunately in an uncritical spot); original price on jacket scratched out with new price inked over; see additional note about jacket pull-tear]. "A musical record of America through half a century, told in the lively memoirs of an old ...
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God Save My Queen: A Tribute [SIGNED]

By: Nester, Daniel

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Brooklyn NY, Soft Skull Press : 2003

Seller ID: 17375

ISBN-13: 9781887128278

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

[very nice copy, the teensiest bit of dog-earing to corners of rear cover, no other discernible wear]. Trade PB SIGNED by the author/poet beneath his name on the title page. "A sprawling meditation on the rock band Queen and the late legendary singer Freddie Mercury. A short essay or riff accompanies, in order of album and track, every song recorded by the band. The whole servies not only as rockumentary, but also as memoir, prose poem, and fanzine."
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Rock-a-Bye, Baby

By: Pavletich, Aida

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Garden City NY, Doubleday & Company : 1980

Seller ID: 9679

ISBN-13: 9780385112079

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good+ dj

[nice solid copy, no significant wear, remainder spray to bottom edge, gift inscription (non-authorial) on ffep; jacket a little rubbed, mild edgewear, one small closed tear and associated creasing at bottom left-hand corner of front panel]. (B&W photographs) A look at women in popular music from 1960 on, the book "is as much about culture as it is about music. In her look at the female singer from the days of the Hit Parade to the present, [the author] profiles the stars and styles of every genre from folk to funk, from bubble gum to blues. She also analyzes the cultural and political ...
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American Ballet Theatre, 1940-1984

By: Pontarelli, Robert, ed.; photography by Gregory Heisler

Price: $25.00

Publisher: [New York], Ballet Theatre Foundation, Inc. : (c.1984)

Seller ID: 23972

Binding: Stapled wraps

Condition: Very Good

[quite a bit of external handling wear (rubbing, light creasing), but internally Fine]. (color photographs) Souvenir program book, featuring full-length/full-page color photographs and short biographies of the members of the company. Principal dancers: Mikhail Baryshnikov (actually only a close-up, not a full-length shot; he was then almost halfway into his 9-year term as the company's artistic director), Patrick Bissell, Fernando Bujones, Cynthia Gregory, Cynthia Harvey, Susan Jaffe, Gelsey Kirkland, Robert La Fosse, Natalia Makarova, Kevin McKenzie, Magali Messac, Danilo Radojevic, Ross Str...
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So I've Heard: Notes from a Migratory Music Critic [SIGNED]

By: Rich, Alan

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Pompton Plains NJ, Amadeus Press : 2006

Seller ID: 22450

ISBN-13: 9781574671339

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Fine dj

[very nice copy, no significant wear to either book or jacket]. SIGNED and DATED (July 2006) by the author on the ffep. "Gleaned from [the author's] four decades of concert-going, opera-going, and record-listening on both the East and West Coasts, this volume is a collection of his music criticism, or 'journalistic adventures,' as Mr. Rich describes it." Includes reminiscences and/or ruminations on Leonard Bernstein, John Cage, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Zubin Mehta, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Glenn Gould, and David Helfgott. Rich (1924-2010) wrote for numerous publications during his career,...
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The Genius of Ray Charles [cover title: Ray Charles]

By: Robertson, Stanley

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, Program Publishing Company : [1962]

Seller ID: 22548

Binding: Stapled wraps

Condition: Very Good+

[light handling wear and minor external soiling, soft diagonal crease at top corner of rear cover]. (B&W photographs) Oversize souvenir/promotional booklet (9"x14", 24 pages) for musician Ray Charles. In addition to the Robertson essay (6 pages), there are numerous photographs of Charles both on- and off-stage, and a list of songs from which his concert set lists were assembled.
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Folk Songs of Middle Tennessee: The George Boswell Collection

By: Wolfe, Charles K., ed.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Knoxville, The University of Tennessee Press : (c.1997)

Seller ID: 22435

ISBN-13: 9780870499579

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

(no dust jacket, as issued) [nice clean copy, as new with no discernible wear]. (B&W photo frontispiece, musical examples) A selection of lyrics, transcribed music, and historical/cultural background information for 106 of the more than 1,000 songs contained in the George Boswell Collection, housed in the Vanderbilt University library in Nashville. According to the introduction, the criteria for selection in this volume included: popularity within the collection itself (in which many songs were represented by multiple versions); regionality (specific to a geographical area and often related ...
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The Commandments of R&B Drumming: A Comprehensive Guide to Soul, Funk, and Hip-Hop [SIGNED]

By: Zoro, with Russ Miller; transcription & notation by Brian Mason

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Van Nuys CA, Alfred Publishing Co., Inc. : (c.2007)

Seller ID: 19305

ISBN-13: 9780769216911

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

[light edgewear to covers, minor soiling to top edge, bumped at base of spine]. Trade PB (B&W photographs, musical transcriptions) INSCRIBED ("To ______ + ______ / Stay sweet + / keep your eyes / on Jesus!") and SIGNED by the author on the front cover. Known as "The Minister of Groove," Zoro is a renowned musician, voted the top R&B/blues/funk drummer in the world by various publications, and an active Christian motivational speaker. His book encompasses a wide range of historical, technical and instructional information on R&B drumming, including "plenty of useful exercises and transcriptio...
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Vergiss Woodstock!: die geschichte eines welterfolges: 20 jahre Wiener Donauinselfest [Forget Woodstock!: The History of a World Success (rough translation)]

By: [no author]

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Vienna (Austria), ECHO Verlag : 2003

Seller ID: 9304

ISBN-13: 9783901761218

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

(laminated covers; no dust jacket, as issued) [minor handling wear, faint soiling to rear cover; vertical wrinkle in rear endpaper]. (color photographs) Text in German. Handsomely produced, extensively illustrated year-by-year retrospective of the first 20 years of Austria's largest outdoor rock music festival. Includes numerous double-page spreads devoted to many of the star performers who have appeared over the years, including: The Beach Boys; Jose Feliciano; Joe Cocker; Kool and the Gang; Bonnie Tyler; Hot Chocolate; Toto; Chris Rea; Simple Minds; Suzi Quatro. ***NOTE: Additional shippin...
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The Complete Lyrics of Ira Gershwin

By: {Gershwin, Ira} Kimball, Robert, ed.

Price: $40.00

Publisher: New York, Alfred A. Knopf : 1993

Seller ID: 16888

ISBN-13: 9780394556512

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good+ dj

(price-clipped) [nice clean copy, minor shelfwear, binding starting to pull apart just a teensy bit at top front hinge (but still intact), small dent at top of rear cover; jacket shows minor creasing, light surface wear] (B&W photographs) Massive compilation of Ira Gershwin's entire body of lyrical work -- the words to more than 700 songs (nearly 400 of them never before published). **** NOTE: Additional postage charges will be assessed for international shipping of this large, heavy books, or for Priority Mail shipping to U.S. addresses; if this concerns you, please contact us for a shippin...
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Category: Music and Dance