Your Music Book Store (Sept. 26 and Beyond)
Here’s our weekly rundown of upcoming new music book releases …
Read on.
SEPT. 26, 2017
THE BEATLES
“The Beatles: Photographs from the Set of Help!” (Hardcover; author/photographer: Emilio Lari; Rizzoli) 
ART GARFUNKEL
“What Is It All But Luminous: Notes from an Underground Man” (Hardcover; Digital Book; Knopf) 
GORDON LIGHTFOOT
“Lightfoot” (Hardcover; author: Nicholas Jennings; Digital Book; Viking)
THE ROLLING STONES
“Rolling Stones on Air in the Sixties: TV and Radio History As It Happened” (Hardcover; author: Richard Havers; Harper Design)
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OCT. 1, 2017
LED ZEPPELIN
“Led Zeppelin: All the Albums, All the Songs” (Hardcover; author: Martin Popoff; Voyageur Press)
MICK RONSON
“Mick Ronson: The Spider with the Platinum Hair” (Paperback; authors: Weird & Gilly; John Blake)
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OCT. 3, 2017
JONI MITCHELL
“Joni: The Anthology” (Hardcover; edited by Barney Hoskyns; Picador)
RAY PADGETT
“Cover Me: The Stories Behind the Greatest Cover Songs of All Time” (Hardcover; Sterling)
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
“Springsteen: Album by Album” (Paperback; author: Ryan White; Sterling)
OCT. 5, 2017
BJÖRK
“Björk’s Homogenic (33 1/3)” (Paperback; author: Emily Mackay; Bloomsbury Academic)
THE RAINCOATS
“The Raincoats’ The Raincoats (33 1/3)” (Paperback; author: Jenn Pelly; Bloomsbury Academic)
OCT. 10, 2017
RICHARD BRANSON
“Finding My Virginity: The New Autobiography” (Hardcover; Digital Book; Portfolio)
MARK FLEISCHMAN
“Inside Studio 54” (Hardcover; Digital Book; Rare Bird Books)
ALLAN JONES (editor of Melody Maker from 1984-1997)
“Can’t Stand Up For Falling Down: Rock ‘n’ Roll War Stories” (Paperback; Free Preview; Bloomsbury Publishing)
KISS
“KISS: 1977-1980” (Hardcover; author: photographer Lynn Goldsmith; Rizzoli)
LOU REED
“Lou Reed: A Life” (Hardcover; author: Anthony DeCurtis; Little, Brown and Company)
BRIAN WILSON
“I Am Brian Wilson: A Memoir” (Paperback; co-author: Ben Greenman; Free Preview; Da Capo Press)
OCT. 13, 2017
JENNIFER OTTER BICKERDIKE
“Why Vinyl Matters: A Manifesto from Musicians and Fans” (Hardcover; ACC Publishing Group)
OCT. 15, 2017
THE BEATLES
“The Beatles Book” (Hardcover; author: Hunter Davies, the only authorized biographer of the Fab Four; Digital Book; Ebury Press)
OCT. 17, 2017
ALAN DOYLE (frontman of Great Big Sea)
“A Newfoundlander in Canada: Always Going Somewhere, Always Coming Home” (Hardcover; Digital Book; Doubleday Canada)
PAUL McCARTNEY
“Conversations with McCartney” (Paperback; author: Paul Du Noyer; The Overlook Press)
JONI MITCHELL
“Reckless Daughter: A Portrait of Joni Mitchell” (Hardcover; author: David Yaffe; Digital Book; Sarah Crichton Books)
ROY ORBISON
“The Authorized Biography: Roy Orbison” (Hardcover; authors: Roy Jr., Welsey and Alex Orbison, with Jeff Slate; Center Street)
ELVIS PRESLEY
“Elvis: A King in the Making” (Hardcover; author: Alfred Wertheimer; Chartwell Books)
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OCT. 19, 2017
GEORGE MICHAEL
“Careless Whispers: The Life & Career of George Michael” (Hardcover; author: Robert Steele; Omnibus Press)
OCT. 23, 2017
GRATEFUL DEAD
“Eyes of the World: Grateful Dead Photography 1965-1995” (Hardcover; photographers include Herb Greene, Jim Marshall, David Gahr, Baron Wolman, Jay Blakesberg, Michael Putland, William Coupon, Michael O’Neill and Peter Simon; foreword by Graham Nash; Rock Out Books)
OCT. 24, 2017
BILL BENTLEY
“Smithsonian Rock and Roll: Live and Unseen” (Hardcover; a coffee-table book of mostly crowd-sourced rock ‘n’ roll photography, showcasing unseen photographs from fans and music industry insiders; Read here; Smithsonian Books)
DAVID BOWIE
“Earthbound: David Bowie and The Man Who Fell To Earth” (Paperback; author: Susan Compo; Jawbone Press)
CHARLIE DANIELS
“Never Look at the Empty Seats: A Memoir” (Hardcover; Digital Book; Thomas Nelson)
THE JACKSONS
“The Jacksons: Legacy” (Hardcover; author: Fred Bronson; Digital Book; Black Dog & Leventhal)
PINK FLOYD
“Pink Floyd – All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Track” (Hardcover; authors: Philippe Margotin, Jean-Michel Guesdon; Digital Book; Black Dog & Leventhal)
PRINCE
“Prince: A Private View” (Hardcover; author: Afshin Shahidi; foreword by Beyoncé Knowles-Carter; Digital Book; St. Martin’s Press)
PAUL SIMON
“Homeward Bound: The Life of Paul Simon” (Paperback; author: Peter Ames Carlin; Digital Book; Free Preview; St. Martin’s Griffin)
FRANK SINATRA
“The Way It Was: My Life with Frank Sinatra” (authors: Eliot Weisman, Jennifer Valoppi; Digital Book; Hachette Books)
THE VERVE
“The Verve: Photographs by Chris Floyd” (Hardcover; Reel Art Press)
JANN WENNER
“Sticky Fingers: The Life and Times of Jann Wenner and Rolling Stone Magazine” (Hardcover; author: Joe Hagan; Digital Book; Knopf)
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OCT. 26, 2017
KISS
“KISS KLASSIFIED: War Stories from a Kiss Army General” (Hardcover; author: Johan Kilhberg, as told to Sweden Rock Magazine’s Carl Linnaeus; photographer: Mats Vassfjord; Gain Production AB)
OCT. 31, 2017
BRUCE DICKINSON (of Iron Maiden)
“What Does This Button Do?” (Hardcover; Digital Book; Dey Street Books)
PETER DOGGETT
“Electric Shock: From the Gramophone to the iPhone – 125 Years of Pop Music” (Paperback; Free Preview; Random House)
PATTY SCHEMEL (Hole drummer)
“Hit So Hard: A Memoir” (Hardcover; Digital Book; Da Capo Press)
NOV. 1, 2017
DAVID BOWIE
“Bowie: The Illustrated Story” (Hardcover; author: Pat Gilbert; Voyageur Press)
THE CLASH
“The Clash on the Clash: Interviews and Encounters” (Hardcover; edited by Sean Egan; Chicago Review Press)
LEO FENDER
“Leo Fender: The Quiet Giant Heard Around the World” (Hardcover; authors: Phyllis Fender, Randall Bell; Leadership Institute Press)
PEGGY SEEGER
“First Time Ever: A Memoir” (Hardcover; Digital Book; Faber & Faber)
NOV. 7, 2017
THE BEATLES
“Beatles ’66: The Revolutionary Year” (Paperback; author: Steve Turner; Ecco)
DEPECHE MODE
“Depeche Mode: Monument” (Hardcover; authors: Dennis Burmeister, Sascha Lange; Akashic Books)
WILL FRIEDWALD
“The Great Jazz and Pop Vocal Albums” (Hardcover; Digital Book; Pantheon)
WILKO JOHNSON
“Don’t You Leave Me Here: My Life” (Hardcover; Little, Brown UK)
JOE SATRIANI
“Strange Beautiful Music: A Musical Memoir” (Hardcover, reprint edition; co-author: Jake Brown; foreword by Brian May; Free Preview; BenBella Books)
BON SCOTT
“Bon: The Last Highway – The Untold Story of Bon Scott and AC/DC’s Back in Black” (Paperback; author: Jesse Fink; ECW Press)
NOV. 10, 2017
MIKE GITTER
“xXx Fanzine 1983-88: Hardcore & Punk in the Eighties” (Hardcover; edited by Bridge Nine owner Chris Wrenn; Bridge Nine)
NOV. 14, 2017
SAMANTHA FOX
“Forever” (Hardcover; co-authors: Leif Eriksson, Martin Svensson; Backbeat Books)
WANDA JACKSON
“Every Night Is Saturday Night: A Country Girl’s Journey To The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame” (Hardcover; co-author: Scott B. Bomar; foreword by Elvis Costello; BMG Books)
GENE SIMMONS
“On Power” (Hardcover; Digital Book; Dey Street Books)
THE SMITHS
“Tales of the Smiths: A Graphic Biography” (Paperback; author/artist: Con Chrisoulis; Digital Book; The Overlook Press)
ED WARD
“The History of Rock & Roll, Volume One 1920-1963” (Paperback; Free Preview; Flatiron Books)
ROBERT WEBB
“The 100 Greatest Road Songs (The Ultimate Playlist)” (Paperback; McNidder & Grace)
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NOV. 15, 2017
DAVID BOWIE
“David Bowie: The Man Who Fell to Earth” (Hardcover; author: Paul Duncan; Taschen)
NOV. 16, 2017
GEORGE MICHAEL
“George: A Memory of George Michael” (Hardcover; author: Sean Smith; HarperCollins)
NOV. 21, 2017
JANN ARDEN
“Feeding My Mother: Comfort and Laughter in the Kitchen as My Mom Lives with Memory Loss” (Hardcover; Random House Canada)
BOB DYLAN
“Why Bob Dylan Matters” (Hardcover; author: Richard F. Thomas; Digital Book; Dey Street Books)
FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS
“Florence! Foster!! Jenkins!!! The Life of the World’s Worst Opera Singer” (Paperback; author: Darryl W. Bullock; The Overlook Press)
MARC MYERS
“Anatomy of a Song: The Oral History of 45 Iconic Hits That Changed Rock, R&B and Pop” (Paperback; Grove Press)
STEVIE NICKS
“Gold Dust Woman: A Biography of Stevie Nicks” (Hardcover; author: Stephen Davis; St. Martin’s Press)
NOV. 28, 2017
LITTLE MIX
“Our World” (Hardcover; Penguin UK)
NOV. 30, 2017
JAMES TAYLOR
“The Words and Music of James Taylor” (Hardcover; author: James E. Perone; Praeger)
DEC. 1, 2017
ROBBIE WILLIAMS
“Reveal” (Hardcover; co-author: Chris Heath; Digital Book; Free Preview; Blink Publishing)
DEC. 7, 2017
DELBERT McCLINTON
“Delbert McClinton: One of the Fortunate Few” (Hardcover; author: Diana Finlay Hendricks; Texas A&M University Press)
DEC. 12, 2017
SCOTT IAN (of Anthrax)
“Access All Areas: Stories from a Hard Rock Life” (Hardcover; Digital Book; Da Capo Press)
DEC. 15, 2017
STANLEY SADIE
“Definitive Opera Encyclopedia (New & Expanded Edition)” (Hardcover; Flame Tree Publishing)
DEC. 19, 2017
RIKKI ERCOLI
“Legends of Punk: Photos from the Vault” (Paperback; Manic D Press, Inc.)
MARCH 13, 2018
RICKIE LEE JONES
“Rickie Lee” (Hardcover; Grove Press)
JULY 17, 2018
ELTON JOHN
“Elton John FAQ: All That’s Left to Know About the Rocket Man” (Paperback; author: Donald Gibson; Backbeat Books)
OCT. 2, 2018
EDDIE VAN HALEN
“Eruption: The Eddie Van Halen Story” (Hardcover; author: Paul Brannigan; Digital Book; Da Capo Press)
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