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Published on October 13th, 2014 | by Gerry Galipault

Your Music Book Store (Oct. 14 and beyond)

OCT. 14

BLACK SABBATH
“Black Sabbath: Symptom of the Universe” (Paperback)
(author: Mick Wall; Orion, Oct. 16)

BAUHAUS
“Who Killed Mister Moonlight? Bauhaus, Black Magick and Benediction” (Paperback)
(author: David J. Haskins; Jawbone, Oct. 15)

THE CARTER FAMILY
“Will You Miss Me When I’m Gone?: The Carter Family and Their Legacy in American Music” (Kindle)
(authors: Mark Zwonitzer, Charles Hirshberg; Simon & Schuster)

THE CLASH
“Stealing All Transmissions: A Secret History of the Clash” (Paperback)
(author: Randal Doane; Kindle; PM Press, Oct. 15)

BOB DYLAN
“Once Upon a Time: The Lives of Bob Dylan” (Paperback)
(author: Ian Bell; Pegasus, Oct. 15)

ALAN GREENWOOD & GIL HEMBREE
“The Official Vintage Guitar Price Guide 2015” (Paperback)
(Vintage Guitar Books, Oct. 15)

JOSEPH INNISS & RALPH MILLER
“Rapper’s Delight: The Hip Hop Cookbook” (Paperback)
(Dokument Press, Oct. 15)

JERRY KRUZ
“The Afterthought: West Coast Rock Posters and Recollections from the ’60s” (Hardcover)
(Rocky Mountain Books)

LED ZEPPELIN
“Experiencing Led Zeppelin: A Listener’s Companion” (Hardcover)
(author: Gregg Akkerman; Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Oct. 16)

BRUNO MacDONALD
“The Greatest Albums You’ll Never Hear: Unreleased Records by the World’s Greatest Artists” (Paperback)
(Cassell)

GERED MANKOWITZ
“Gered Mankowitz: 50 Years of Rock and Roll Photography” (Hardcover)
(Goodman)

DENNIS McNALLY
“On Highway 61: Music, Race and the Evolution of Cultural Freedom” (Hardcover) (Kindle; Counterpoint)

JIMMY PAGE
“Jimmy Page by Jimmy Page” (Hardcover)
(512-page photographic autobiography; Genesis Publications)

NEIL PEART
“Far and Near: On Days Like These” (Hardcover)
(Kindle; ECW Press)

THE ROLLING STONES
“Official Rolling Stones 2015 Calendar”
(Danilo Promotions Limited, Oct. 15)

IAN SCOTT
“I’m the Man: The Story of That Guy from Anthrax” (Hardcover)
(co-author: Jon Wiederhorn; foreword by Kirk Hammett; Kindle; Da Capo Press)

NEIL YOUNG
“Special Deluxe: A Memoir of Life & Cars” (Hardcover)
(Kindle; Blue Rider Press)

NEIL YOUNG
“Young Neil: The Sugar Mountain Years” (Paperback)
(author: Sharry Wilson; Kindle; ECW Press)

OCT. 21

GEORGE CLINTON
“Brothas Be, Yo Like George, Ain’t That Funkin’ Kinda Hard on You?: A Memoir” (Hardcover)
(co-author: Ben Greenman; Kindle; Atria Books)

VERNON JOYNSON
“The Tapestry of Delights: Expanded Two-Volume Edition: The Ultimate Guide to UK Rock & Pop of the Beat, R&B, Psychedelic and Progressive Eras 1963-1976” (Paperback)
(Borderline Productions, Oct. 22)

CHARLIE PARKER
“Kansas City Lightning: The Rise and Times of Charlie Parker” (Paperback)
(author: Stanley Crouch; Harper Perennial)

ROBERT PLANT
“Robert Plant: The Voice That Sailed the Zeppelin” (Hardcover)
(author: Dave Thompson; Backbeat Books)

LOU REED
“Transformer: The Complete Lou Reed Story” (Paperback)
(author: Victor Bockris; Harper)

GENE SIMMONS
“Me, Inc.” (Hardcover)
(subtitled “Build an Army of One, Unleash Your Inner Rock God, Win in Life and Business”; Kindle; It Books)

OCT. 28

DISCO PATRICK & PATRICK VOGT
“Disco: An Encyclopedic Guide to the Cover Art of Disco Records” (Kindle)
(co-author: Robert Ashton; Soul Jazz Books, Oct. 31)

THE DOORS
“Love Becomes a Funeral Pyre: A Biography of the Doors” (Hardcover)
(author: Mick Wall; Paperback; Orion, Oct. 30)

DONALD FAGEN
“Eminent Hipsters” (Paperback)
(Kindle; Penguin Books)

JANIS JOPLIN
“On the Road with Janis Joplin” (Hardcover)
(author: John Byrne Cooke; Kindle; Berkley Hardcover)

LED ZEPPELIN
“Led Zeppelin on Led Zeppelin: Interviews and Encounters” (Paperback)
(edited by Hank Bordowitz; Chicago Review Press, Nov. 1)

JERRY LEE LEWIS
“Jerry Lee Lewis: His Own Story” (Hardcover)
(author: Rick Bragg; Kindle; Harper)

TOM PETTY
“Tom Petty: Rock ‘n’ Roll Guardian” (Paperback)
(author: Andrea Rotondo; Kindle; Omnibus Press)

JOHN STEVENTON
“DJing For Dummies” (Paperback)
(For Dummies, Oct. 27)

BOBBY WOMACK
“Bobby Womack: My Story 1944-2014” (Paperback)
(co-author: Robert Ashton; John Blake, Nov. 1)

ROBERT WYATT
“Different Every Time: The Authorised Biography of Robert Wyatt” (Kindle)
(author: Marcus O’Dair; Serpent’s Tail, Oct. 30)

WINSLOW YERXA
“Harmonica For Dummies” (Paperback)
(For Dummies, Oct. 27)

NOV. 4

BBC RADIO 6 MUSIC
“The Alternative Jukebox: 500 extraordinary tracks that tell a story of alternative music” (Hardcover)
(Cassell)

BRUCE COCKBURN
“Rumours of Glory: A Memoir” (Paperback)
(Kindle; HarperOne)

JAMES DUNCAN
“2015 Songwriter’s Market: Where & How to Market Your Songs” (Hardcover)
(38th edition; Writer’s Digest Books, Nov. 3)

DUKE ELLINGTON
“Duke: A Life of Duke Ellington” (Paperback)
(author: Terry Teachout; Kindle; Gotham)

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

GRATEFUL DEAD
“Live Dead: The Grateful Dead Photographed by Bob Minkin” (Hardcover)
(Insight Editions)

JENNIFER LOPEZ
“True Love” (Hardcover)
(Celebra Hardcover)

METALLICA
“Into the Black: The Inside Story of Metallica (1991-2014)” (Hardcover)
(authors: Paul Brannigan, Ian Winwood; Kindle; Da Capo Press)

MARK MOTHERSBAUGH
“Mark Mothersbaugh: Myopia” (Hardcover)
(edited by Adam Lerner; foreword by Wes Anderson; Princeton Architectural Press)

OL’ DIRTY BASTARD
“The Dirty Version: On Stage, in the Studio, and in the Streets with Ol’ Dirty Bastard” (Paperback)
(authors: Buddha Monk, Mickey Hess; Kindle; Dey Street Books)

THE STAPLE SINGERS
“I’ll Take You There: Mavis Staples, the Staple Singers, and the Music That Shaped the Civil Rights Era” (Paperback)
(author: Greg Kot; Kindle; Scribner)

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)

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

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)

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)

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

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)

NOV. 18

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

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

NOV. 25

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

DEC. 2

CHET ATKINS
“Chet Atkins: The Greatest Songs of Mister Guitar” (Paperback)
(author: Mark S. Reinhart; McFarland & Co., Nov. 30)

THE BEATLES
“The Beatles Through Headphones: The Quirks, Peccadilloes, Nuances and Sonic Delights of the Greatest Popular Music Ever Recorded” (Paperback)
(author: Ted Montgomery; McFarland & Co., Nov. 30)

EMINEM
“Eminem and Rap, Poetry, Race: Essays” (Paperback)
(edited by Scott F. Parker; foreword by Talib Kweli; McFarland & Co., Nov. 30)

DEC. 9

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

DEC. 16

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

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

JAN. 13, 2015

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

FEB. 3, 2015

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

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)

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)

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

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, March 30)

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)

MAY 5, 2015

THE BEATLES
“The Beatles: Experience the Fab Four’s Swinging Sixties” (Hardcover)
(author: Brian Southall; Carlton Books)

BOB DYLAN
“Bob Dylan: Experience the World’s Greatest Singer-Songwriter” (Hardcover)
(author: Terry Burrows; Carlton Books)

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

LED ZEPPELIN
“Led Zeppelin: Experience the Biggest Band of the 70s” (Hardcover)
(author: Chris Welch; Carlton Books)

THE ROLLING STONES
“The Rolling Stones: Experience the World’s Biggest Rock ‘n’ Roll Band” (Hardcover)
(author: Glenn Crouch; Carlton Books)

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)

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