Working Class Man by Jimmy Barnes
27.00 NZD
Category: Music History & Biography
It's a life too big and a story too extraordinary for just one book. Jimmy Barnes has lived many lives - from Glaswegian migrant kid to iconic front man, from solo superstar to proud father of his own musical clan. In this hugely anticipated sequel to his critically acclaimed bestseller, Working Class B ...Show more
Pink Floyd: Behind the Wall by Hugh Fielder
65.00 NZD
Category: Music History & Biography
Pink Floyd: Behind the Wall is a comprehensive history of the legendary band featuring photos, album covers, and posters as well as insight into their iconic songs and albums.
Keith Richards - Life by Keith Richards
30.00 NZD
Category: Music History & Biography | Reading Level: very good
As lead guitarist of the Rolling Stones, Keith Richards created the riffs, the lyrics, and the songs that roused the world. A true and towering original, he has always walked his own path, spoken his mind, and done things his own way. Now at last Richards pauses to tell his story in the most anticipated ...Show more
Pink Floyd: Song by Song by Andrew Wild
60.00 NZD
Category: Music History & Biography
Pink Floyd Song by Song takes a fresh look at the songs which led to Pink Floyd becoming the third best-selling band of all time. From 'Arnold Layne' to 'Louder Than Words', Pink Floyd wrote about anger, isolation, regret, dismay, and fear. These themes, not always obvious starting points in popular mus ...Show more
Eruption - The Eddie Van Halen Story by Paul Brannigan
28.00 NZD
Category: Music History & Biography
A searching, affectionate and in-depth look at the life and legends of the late, great guitar god.
The Number Ones - Twenty Chart-Topping Hits That Reveal the History of Pop Music by Tom Breihan
38.00 NZD
Category: Music History & Biography
Beloved music critic Tom Breihan's fascinating narrative of the history of popular music through the lens of game-changing #1 singles from the Billboard Hot 100. When Tom Breihan launched his Stereogum column in early 2018, "The Number Ones"--a space in which he has been writing about every #1 hit in th ...Show more
Around the Corners, Out to the Edges - A Memoir by composer Jonathan Besser by Jonathon Besser; Nicola McCloy
50.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Biography | Reading Level: near fine
Acclaimed classical music composer and director Jonathan Besser's career has been colourful and experimental, immersed in the burgeoning New Zealand art scene of the '70s and '80s. Born into a Jewish household in New York in 1949, Jonathan struggled in school as a neuro-atypical child, before delving in ...Show more
Mozart: the Man behind the Music by Donovan Bixley
35.00 NZD
Category: Children - Reference | Reading Level: near fine
Child prodigy, genius, freak, a man who lived frivolously and died a pauper... The myths surrounding Mozart, composer of some of the world's most sublime music, have long overtaken the known facts of his life. Now, in this charming and very personal tribute, artist Donovan Bixley offers a portrait of th ...Show more
The Mirror Steamed Over - Love and Pop in London 1962 by Anthony Byrt
45.00 NZD
Category: Music History & Biography | Reading Level: near fine
In the early sixties at the Royal College of Art in London, three extraordinary personalities collided to reshape contemporary art and literature. Barrie Bates (who would become Billy Apple in November 1962) was an ambitious young graphic designer from New Zealand, who transformed himself into one of po ...Show more
Beatles: In Pictures by AMMONITE PRESS
30.00 NZD
Category: Gift | Series: In Pictures Ser.
The Beatles: In Pictures takes a nostalgic look at the world's most famous pop group, presenting 300 photographs from the Mirrorpix archives.The best-selling band in history, with sales of over a billion, The Beatles - John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr - have had more number-o ...Show more
A Fabulous Creation: How the LP Saved Our Lives by David Hepworth
24.00 NZD
Category: Music History & Biography
_________ 'Hepworth's knowledge and understanding of rock history is prodigious ... [a] hugely entertaining study of the LP's golden age' The Times _________ The era of the LP began in 1967, with 'Sgt Pepper'; The Beatles didn't just collect together a bunch of songs, they Made An Album. Henceforth, e ...Show more
While We Were Getting High - Britpop in Photographs with Unseen Images by Kevin Cummins
70.00 NZD
Category: Music History & Biography
Remember Britpop and the '90s through hundreds of its most striking images - with many seen here for the very first time. Taken by renowned photographer Kevin Cummins, chief photographer at the NME for more than a decade, the images in this book explore the rise and fall of Cool Britannia and all that c ...Show more