Take advantage of Black Friday!
Here are ten great gift ideas you should consider for the music fan on your holiday list.
All books available directly from Amazon...just click on the book cover and check that off your list.
10. ROCK 'N' ROLL STORIES Lynn Goldsmith
The best of Lynn Goldsmith’s photographs, with commentary that takes the reader into the studio, the tour bus, the concert hall, and the streets where the pictures were made. Perfect for that rock 'n' roller in your house!
9. MILES DAVIS: THE COLLECTED ARTWORK Scott Guterman
An impressive archive of unique and evocative visual work showcasing the sketching and painting of the legendary Miles Davis. No jazz fan would say "So What" with this in their stocking!
8. 101 ESSENTIAL ROCK RECORDS Jeff Gold
Record lovers will love this tribute to the vinyl album that celebrates 101 of rock's most influential records — from The Beatles' 1963 debut "Please Please Me" — through the Sex Pistols' "Never Mind the Bollocks" (1977.)
7. THE BEATLES: THE BBC ARCHIVES: 1962-1970
This is the story of two of Britain’s most important cultural forces in tandem — The Beatles and the BBC — word for word, event by event, as it happened with verbatim, unabridged transcripts. Stuff their stocking with The Beatles and The Beeb!
6. FOR THE LOVE OF VINYL: THE ALBUM ART OF HIPGNOSIS Storm Thorgerson, Aubrey Powell
The first book to survey Hipgnosis' output in detail, focusing on more than 60 package designs — from cover to label — described with entertaining detail by the team who created them. Fans of Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Yes and classic album cover art will love finding this one under the tree!
5. JAZZ: A HISTORY OF AMERICA'S MUSIC Geoffrey C. Ward & Ken Burns
The gorgeous companion volume to the ten-part PBS TV series. Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns vividly bring to life the story of the quintessential American music — jazz. Get it for that special someone...just don't expect to see them for the rest of the holiday!
The title says it all...fifty eminent musicians are photographed and interviewed on film about the process of making music, the power of music, and the experience of writing, producing, and performing. You know they'll LOVE it!
3. SONIC YOUTH: SENSATIONAL YOUTH Thurston Moore, Kim Gordon
Be the hippest elf on the planet and give them this comprehensive 784-page volume that features Sonic Youth album covers, band portraits, documentary photos and two 7 inchers of unreleased songs!
Put the definitive collection of photographer Ken Regan’s best work and behind-the-scenes anecdotes under the tree. It covers an amazing Who’s Who list of rock superstars from the past forty years.
1. ONCE UPON A TIME: THE LIVES OF BOB DYLAN Ian Bell
Because he's in the news with a new video. And because you can never really have enough Dylan.
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