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Published on November 10th, 2014 | by Gerry Galipault

Your Music Book Store (Nov. 11 and beyond)

NOV. 11

THE BEATLES & THE ROLLING STONES
“Beatles vs. Stones” (Paperback)
(author: John McMillian; Simon & Schuster)

JEFF BECK
“Jeff Beck: Hot Wired Guitar” (Hardcover)
(author: Martin Power; Kindle; Omnibus Press, Nov. 10)

KURT COBAIN
“Kurt Cobain: The Last Session” (Hardcover)
(photographer: Jesse Frohman; previously unpublished images taken during Nirvana’s last formal photo session before Cobain’s suicide in 1993; includes Jon Savage’s original interview, which appeared with Frohman’s photographs in the London Observer; Thames & Hudson, Nov. 12)

MARIANNE FAITHFULL
“Marianne Faithfull: A Life on Record” (Hardcover)
(photo book; co-author: Salman Rushdie; Rizzoli)

RICHARD HAVERS
“Blue Note: Uncompromising Expression” (Hardcover)
(a 75th-anniversary look at the record company; Chronicle Books)

THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN
“The Jesus and Mary Chain: Barbed Wire Kisses” (Hardcover)
(author: Zoë Howe; Kindle; St. Martin’s Press)

GLYN JOHNS
“Sound Man: A Life Recording Hits with The Rolling Stones, The Who, Led Zeppelin, The Eagles, Eric Clapton, The Faces …” (Hardcover)
(Kindle; Blue Rider Press, Nov. 13)

PEGGY LEE
“Is That All There Is? The Strange Life of Peggy Lee” (Hardcover)
(author: James Gavin; Read here; Kindle; Atria Books)

JONI MITCHELL
“Joni Mitchell: Both Sides Now” (Hardcover)
(author: Malka Marom; Kindle; Omnibus Press)

ELVIS PRESLEY
“Elvis Presley: A Southern Life” (Hardcover)
(author: Joel Williamson; Oxford University Press, Nov. 13)

GIL SCOTT-HERON
“Gil Scott-Heron: Pieces of a Man” (Hardcover)
(author: Marcus Baram; Read here; Kindle; St. Martin’s Press)

NOV. 18

GLEN BERGER
“Song of Spider-Man: The Inside Story of the Most Controversial Musical in Broadway History” (Paperback)
(Kindle; Simon & Schuster)

CHRIS EPTING
“Rock ‘n’ Roll in Orange County: Music, Madness and Memories” (Paperback)
(History Press)

CERYS MATTHEWS
“Hook, Line & Singer: A Sing-a-Long Book” (Paperback)
(Penguin Books, Nov. 20)

RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS
“Red Hot Chili Peppers: Fandemonium” (Paperback)
(photographs and interviews by David Mushegain; introduction by Anthony Kiedis; Kindle; Running Press)

WILL ROMANO
“Prog Rock FAQ: All That’s Left to Know About Rocks Most Progressive Music” (Hardcover)
(Backbeat Books)

NEIL SEAN
“Live at the London Palldium: The World’s Most Famous Theatre in the Words of the Stars Who Have Played There” (Paperback)
(Amberley, Nov. 19)

ERIC WEISBARD
“Top 40 Democracy: The Rival Mainstreams of American Music” (Kindle)
(University of Chicago Press, Nov. 20)

NOV. 25

VIV ALBERTINE (of The Slits)
“Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys.: A Memoir” (Paperback)
(Kindle; Thomas Dunne Books)

LEONARD BERNSTEIN
“The Leonard Bernstein Letters” (Paperback)
(author: John Byrne Cooke; Kindle; Yale University Press)

TAYLOR SWIFT
“Taylor Swift: From the Heart” (Paperback)
(author: Alice Hudson; Flame Tree Publishing, Nov. 28)

DEC. 2

DISCO PATRICK & PATRICK VOGT
“Disco: An Encyclopedic Guide to the Cover Art of Disco Records” (Kindle)
(co-author: Robert Ashton; Soul Jazz Books, Nov. 30)

BRUCE PAVITT
“Sub Pop USA: The Subterraneanan Pop Music Anthology, 1980–1988” (Paperback)
(Bazillion Points)

DEC. 9

LEONARD COHEN
“On Tour with Leonard Cohen” (Hardcover)
(author: Sharon Robinson; powerHouse Books)

DEC. 16

BREAD
“Bread: A Sweet Surrender – The Musical Journey of David Gates, James Griffin & Co.” (Paperback)
(author: Malcolm Searles; Helter Skelter Publishing)

JASON HANLEY
“Music Lab: We Rock!: A Fun Family Guide for Exploring Rock Music History” (Paperback)
(Quarry Books, Dec. 15)

DEC. 23

JOHN LENNON
“John Lennon: The Collected Artwork” (Hardcover)
(Insight Editions)

JAN. 13, 2015

MARKY RAMONE
“Punk Rock Blitzkrieg: My Life as a Ramone” (Hardcover)
(co-author: Richard Herschlag; Kindle; Touchstone)

MARCH 3, 2015

RAY DAVIES
“Americana: The Kinks, the Riff, the Road: The Story” (Paperback)
(Sterling)

TRACEY LAIRD, BRANDON LAIRD, SCOTT NEWTON
“Austin City Limits: Forty Years of Legendary Music” (Hardcover)
(Insight Editions)

LES McCANN
“Invitation To Openness: The Jazz & Soul Photography of Les McCann 1960-1980” (Hardcover, March 5, 2015)
(Fantagraphics, Feb. 8)

MARCH 17, 2015

JON FINE
“Your Band Sucks: What I Saw at Indie Rock’s Failed Revolution (But Can No Longer Hear)” (Hardcover)
(Kindle; Viking Adult)

TOM WHEELER
“The Stratocaster Continues: The Sixth Decade of the Fender Strat” (Paperback)
(Hal Leonard, March 15)

MARCH 24, 2015

LEONARD COHEN
“A Broken Hallelujah: Rock and Roll, Redemption, and the Life of Leonard Cohen” (Paperback)
(author: Liel Leibovitz; W.W. Norton & Company, March 23)

NELSON GEORGE
“The Hippest Trip in America: Soul Train and the Evolution of Culture and Style” (Paperback)
(William Morrow Paperbacks)

BRYAN RAY TURCOTTE
“It All Dies Anyway: L.A., Jabberjaw, and the End of an Era” (Hardcover)
(Rizzoli)

MARCH 31, 2015

AC/DC
“AC/DC FAQ: All That’s Left to Know About the World’s True Rock ‘n’ Roll Band” (Paperback)
(author: Susan Masino; Backbeat Books)

TRAVIS BARKER (OF BLINK-182)
“Can I Say: Living Large, Cheating Death, and Drums, Drums, Drums” (Hardcover)
(co-author: Gavin Edwards; Atlantic Publishing / Croxley Green, March 28)

THE BEATLES
“The Beatles: Then There Was Music” (Hardcover)
(author: Tim Hill; William Morrow)

TERRY BURROWS
“The British Invasion: The 1960’s Music Revolution Day by Day” (Hardcover)
(Chartbeat Books, April 1)

PRESTON LAUTERBACH
“Beale Street Dynasty: Sex, Song, and the Struggle for the Soul of Memphis” (Hardcover)
(Kindle; W.W. Norton & Company, March 30)

NIRVANA
“I Found My Friends: The Oral History of Nirvana” (Paperback)
(author: Nick Soulsby; St. Martin’s Griffin)

THE ROLLING STONES
“The Rolling Stones FAQ: All That’s Left to Know About the Bad Boys of Rock” (Paperback)
(author: Gary J. Jucha; Backbeat Books)

APRIL 7, 2015

LISA ROBINSON
“There Goes Gravity: A Life in Rock and Roll” (Paperback)
(Riverhead Trade)

APRIL 14, 2015

LITA FORD
“Living Like a Runaway: A Memoir” (Hardcover)
(Kindle; Dey Street Books)

APRIL 28, 2015

BOB DYLAN
“Bob Dylan: NYC 1961-1964” (Hardcover)
(author: Ted Russell; Rizzoli)

GREIL MARCUS
“Mystery Train: Images of America in Rock ‘n’ Roll Music: Sixth Edition” (Paperback)
(Kindle; Plume)

MAY 5, 2015

TOM HINGLEY
“Carpet Burns: My Life with Inspiral Carpets” (Paperback)
(Route Publishing, May 1)

BILL KREUTZMANN
“Deal: My Three Decades of Drumming, Dreams, and Drugs with the Grateful Dead” (Hardcover)
(co-author: Benjy Eisen; St. Martin’s Press)

MAY 12, 2015

JESSICA HOPPER
“The First Collection of Criticism by a Living Female Rock Critic” (Paperback)
(Featherproof Books)

DAVID NICHOLS
“Dig: Australian Rock and Popular Music, 1960-85” (Paperback)
(Verse Chorus Press)

VARIOUS WRITERS
“Now Is the Time To Invent! Reports from the Indie-Rock Revolution, 1985-2000” (Paperback)
(Verse Chorus Press)

MAY 19, 2015

BOB MERSEREAU
“The History of Canadian Rock ‘n’ Roll” (Paperback)
(Backbeat Books)

MAY 26, 2015

JIM CROCE
“I Got a Name: The Jim Croce Story” (Paperback)
(authors: Ingrid Croce, Jimmy Rock; Da Capo Press)

BOB DYLAN
“The Dylanologists: Adventures in the Land of Bob” (Hardcover)
(author: David Kinney; Simon & Schuster)

MORRISSEY
“Morrissey FAQ: All That’s Left to Know About the Pope of Mope” (Paperback)
(author: D. McKinney; Backbeat Books)

JULY 7, 2015

MICHAEL RUFFINO (OF UNBAND)
“Adios, Motherfucker: A Gentleman’s Progress Through Rock and Roll” (Paperback)
(ABEcco)

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