A Sharp Left Turn - Notes on a life in music, from Split Enz to Play It Strange by Mike Chunn
$45.00 NZD
Category: Music | Reading Level: very good
A rollicking yarn about the early days of ground-breaking band Split Enz, but also the powerful story of how Mike Chunn dealt with a crippling mental health issue and went on to become one of our most influential music identities. This is a gripping read that works on several levels. It's the sliding-do ...Show more
A search for tradition and a search for a language by Douglas Lilburn
$25.00 NZD
Category: Music
AC/DC - High-Voltage Rock 'n' Roll - The Ultimate Illustrated History by Phil Sutcliffe
$49.99 NZD
$69.99 (28% off)
Category: Music | Reading Level: very good
Formed in 1973 by brothers Angus and Malcolm Young, AC/DC has become one of the most popular bands in history. This massive new title follows the band from its roots in Sydney, Australia, to its most recent releases and sold out world tours. No stone is left unturned, from the band's formation and early ...Show more
Absolutely on Music by Haruki Murakami; Seiji Ozawa
$50.00 NZD
Category: Music | Reading Level: good-very good
'My only purpose in this book was for me, as a music lover, to have a discussion of music with the musician Seiji Ozawa that was as open and honest as possible. I simply wanted to bring out the ways that each of us (though on vastly different levels) is dedicated to music.' Haruki Murakami's passion for ...Show more
Absolutely on Music - Conversations with Seiji Ozawa by Seiji Ozawa
$30.00 NZD
Category: Music
An unprecedented glimpse into the minds of two maestros.Haruki Murakami's passion for music runs deep. Before turning his hand to writing, he ran a jazz club in Tokyo, and the aesthetic and emotional power of music permeates every one of his much-loved books. Now, in Absolutely on Music,Murakami fulfill ...Show more
Acid for the Children - A Memoir by Flea
$37.99 NZD
Category: Music | Series: Red Hot Chilli Peppers | Reading Level: very good
Michael Peter Balzary was born in Melbourne, Australia, on October 16, 1962. His more famous stage name, Flea, and his wild ride as the renowned bass player for the Red Hot Chili Peppers was in a far and distant future. Little Michael from Oz moved with his very conservative, very normal family to Westc ...Show more
Advanced Guitar Chords: Easy-to-use, Esay-to-carry, One Chord on Every Page by Jake Jackson
$17.99 NZD
Category: Music | Series: Guitar Chords Series
Suitable for guitarists who feel they are able to take the next step, thsi book provides 360 chords shown as chord boxes, covering chords that are played further up the neck and in 3rd position, along with more extensive provision of augmented and diminished chords. It is useful for playing genres such ...Show more
All You Need Is Love: The End of the Beatles - An Oral History by Those Who Were There by Steven Gaines, Peter Brown
$39.99 NZD
Category: Music
All You Need is Love is a ground-breaking oral history of the Beatles and how it all came to an end. Based on never-before-published or heard interviews with Paul McCartney, Yoko Ono, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, and their families, friends, and business associates, this is a landmark book, containing ...Show more
Anatomy of 55 More Songs - The Oral History of 55 Hits That Changed Rock, R&B and Soul by Marc Myers
$45.00 NZD
Category: Music
Fifty oral histories of iconic rock and R&B hits based on the popular Wall Street Journal column 'Anatomy of a Song'.
Another Side of Bob Dylan: A Personal History on the Road and Off the Tracks by Victor Maymudes
$29.99 NZD
Category: Music
A "Los Angeles Times" Best seller!August 2014 marks 50 years since Bob Dylan released his fourth album, "Another Side of Bob Dylan." Recorded in one night, in the middle of a turbulent year in his life, the music marked a departure from Dylan's socially-conscious folk songs and began his evolution towar ...Show more
Art Record Covers. 40th Ed by Francesco Spampinato
$58.00 NZD
Category: Music
Since the dawn of modernism, visual and music production have had a particularly intimate relationship. From Luigi Russolo's 1913 Futurist manifesto L'Arte dei Rumori (The Art of Noise) to Marcel Duchamp's 1925 double-sided discs Rotoreliefs, the 20th century saw ever more fertile exchange between sound ...Show more