One Two Three Four: The Beatles in Time by Craig Brown
36.99 NZD
Category: Music
From the award-winning author of Ma’am Darling: 99 Glimpses of Princess Margaret comes a fascinating, hilarious, kaleidoscopic biography of the Fab Four.On April 10th 2020, it will be exactly 50 years since Paul McCartney announced the break-up of the Beatles. At that point, we will be at the same dista ...Show more
The Birth of Loud - Leo Fender, Les Paul, and the Guitar-Pioneering Rivalry That Shaped Rock 'n' Roll by Ian S. Port
29.99 NZD
Category: Music
"A hot-rod joy ride through mid-20th-century American history" (The New York Times Book Review), this one-of-a-kind narrative masterfully recreates the rivalry between the two men who innovated the electric guitar's amplified sound--Leo Fender and Les Paul--and their intense competition to convince rock ...Show more
Year of Wonder - Classical Music for Every Day by Clemency Burton-Hill
34.99 NZD
Category: Music | Reading Level: very good
'Year of Wonder is an absolute treat - the most enlightening way to be guided through the year.' Eddie RedmayneClassical music for everyone - an inspirational piece of music for every day of the year, celebrating composers from the medieval era to the present day, written by award-winning violinist and ...Show more
Rough Ideas: Reflections on Music and More by Stephen Hough
45.00 NZD
Category: Music
A collection of essays on music and life by the famed classical pianist and composer Stephen Hough is one of the world's leading pianists, winning global acclaim and numerous awards, both for his concerts and his recordings. He is also a writer, composer, and painter, and has been described by The Econ ...Show more
Pink Floyd by Michael O'Neill
12.99 NZD
44.99 (71% off)
Category: Music
Follow their incredible journey from students when the band formed in Cambridge in 1965 and consisted of Syd Barrett, Nick Mason, Roger Waters, Richard Wright with Dave Gilmour joining in 1967. Syd Barrett left in 1968 but remains synonymous with the group. Pink Floyd rose to become the most commerciall ...Show more
The Road Beneath My Feet by Frank Turner
29.99 NZD
Category: Music
*The Sunday Times Bestseller* *Featuring an exclusive new chapter* On 23 September, 2005, at the Joiners Arms in Southampton, Frank Turner played his last gig with his hardcore band, Million Dead. On the laminates that listed the tour dates, the entry for 24 September simply read: 'Get a job.' Deflated, ...Show more
The History of Rock and Roll, Volume 2: 1964-1977: The Beatles, The Stones, and The Rise of Classic Rock by Ed Ward
49.99 NZD
Category: Music | Series: The\History of Rock and Roll Ser.
From rock and roll historian Ed Ward comes a comprehensive, authoritative, and enthralling cultural history of one of rock's most exciting eras. It's February 1964 and The Beatles just landed in New York City, where the NYPD, swarms of fans, and a crowd of two hundred journalists await their first Amer ...Show more
The Complete Classical Music Guide by DK
48.00 NZD
Category: Music
What makes Mozart's music so great? Why does a minor chord sound sad and a major chord sound happy? What's the difference between opera and operetta? From Bach to Bernstein, this definitive guide offers a complete survey of the history of classical music.Whether you already love classical music or you'r ...Show more
Wired for Sound: The Stebbing History of New Zealand Music by Grant Gillanders Robyn Welsh
89.99 NZD
Category: Music | Reading Level: near fine
For the first time ever, discover the story behind the Stebbing recording legacy. From pioneering violins and 78 records, to the singers, songwriters, engineers and producers who have graced Stebbing's famous three recording studios. Come inside the mid-1960s Galaxie nightclub, the evolution of the Zodi ...Show more
What Is It All but Luminous - Notes from an Underground Man by Art Garfunkel
35.00 NZD
Category: Music
In What Is It All but Luminous, Art Garfunkel writes about growing up in the 1940s and '50s (son of a traveling salesman, listening as his father played Enrico Caruso records), a middle-class Jewish boy living in a redbrick semiattached house on Jewel Avenue in Kew Gardens, Queens. He writes of meeting ...Show more
Stoned - Photographs and Treasures from Life with the Rolling Stones by Jo Wood
49.99 NZD
Category: Music | Reading Level: good-very good
"These images are great and have been tucked away for years" - Ronnie Wood Take a look inside rock 'n' roll history with over 500 never-before-seen photographs, notes, artworks, diary entries and mementoes from life behind the scenes of the Rolling Stones. Married to legendary Stones guitarist Ronnie Wo ...Show more
Let's Go (So We Can Get Back) - A Memoir of Recording and Discording with Wilco, Etc. by Jeff Tweedy
24.99 NZD
Category: Music
A New York Times Bestseller - A Rolling Stone Best Music Books of 2018 selection - A Pitchfork Pick: Best Music Books of 2018 The singer, guitarist, and songwriter --best known for his work with Wilco-- opens up about his past, his songs, the music, and the people who have inspired him. Few bands have ...Show more