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Here’s our weekly rundown of new and upcoming music book releases …

Sept. 26, 2023

LOL TOLHURST (co-founder of The Cure)
“Goth: A History” (Hardcover; Digital Book; Audible Audiobook, get Audible Premium Plus free for 3 months; On Tour; Merch; Hachette Books)

KEITH URBAN
“Keith Urban” (Hardcover; author: Jeff Apter; Digital Book; Citadel)

JANN S. WENNER
“The Masters: Conversations with Bono, Dylan, Garcia, Jagger, Lennon, Springsteen, Townshend” (Hardcover; Digital Book; Audible Audiobook, get Audible Premium Plus free for 3 months; Little, Brown and Company)

Sept. 27, 2023

HAROLD BRONSON (co-founder of Rhino Records)
“Time Has Come Today: Rock and Roll Diaries 1967-2007” (Hardcover; Digital Book; Trouser Press Books)

Sept. 28, 2023

SKIP SPENCE
“Weighted Down: The Complicated Life of Skip Spence” (Hardcover; author: Cam Cobb; The Last Music Company)

Oct. 3, 2023

EVAN AUERBACH & DANIEL ISENBERG
“Do Remember! The Golden Era of NYC Hip-Hop Mixtapes” (Hardcover; Rizzoli)

GRATEFUL DEAD
“All the Years Combine: The Grateful Dead in Fifty Show” (Paperback; author: Ray Robertson; Digital Book; Merch; Biblioasis)

LL COOL J
“LL Cool J Presents The Streets Win: 50 Years of Hip-Hop Greatness” (Hardcover; contributors: Vikki Tobak, Alec Banks; Rizzoli)

MARC MASTERS
“High Bias: The Distorted History of the Cassette Tape” (Paperback; Digital Book; The University of North Carolina Press)

LOU REED
“Lou Reed: The King of New York” (Hardcover; author: Will Hermes; Digital Book; Farrar, Straus and Giroux)

NEILL STOREY
“The Island Book of Records 1958-68” (Hardcover; Manchester University Press)

Oct. 10, 2023

STUART BAKER
“Dancehall: The Rise of Jamaican Dancehall Culture” (Hardcover; Soul Jazz Records)

RIK EMMETT
“Lay It on the Line: A Backstage Pass to Rock Star Adventure, Conflict and Triumph” (Paperback; ECW Press)

KISS
“KISS at 50” (Hardcover; author: Martin Popoff; On Tour; Merch; Motorbooks)

REBA McENTIRE
“Not That Fancy: Simple Lessons on Living, Loving, Eating, and Dusting Off Your Boots” (Hardcover; foreword by Garth Brooks; Digital Book; Audible Audiobook, get Audible Premium Plus free for 3 months; Harper Celebrate)

PAUL MYERS & S.W. LAUDEN
“Go All The Way: A Literary Appreciation of Power Pop” (Paperback; Rare Bird Books)

Best Sellers (Fiction)

Oct. 15, 2023

KAREN CARPENTER
“Lead Sister: The Story of Karen Carpenter” (Hardcover; author: Lucy O’Brien; Digital Book; Rowman & Littlefield Publishers)

Oct. 17, 2023

KEVIN ARMSTRONG
“Absolute Beginner: Memoirs of the World’s Best Least-Known Guitarist” (Paperback; Digital Book; Jawbone Press)

BEE GEES
“Bee Gees – The Illustrated Story: 50 Years of Hits” (Hardcover; author: Brian Southall; Digital Book; Merch; OH! Life)

DAVID MENCONI
“Oh, Didn’t They Ramble: Rounder Records and the Transformation of American Roots Music” (Hardcover; Digital Book; The University of North Carolina Press)

DOLLY PARTON
“Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones” (Hardcover; written with Holly George-Warren; curated by Rebecca Seaver; Digital Book; Audible Audiobook, try Audible Premium Plus free for 3 months; Ten Speed Press)

ED PISKOR
“Hip Hop Family Tree” (Hardcover; the history of hip-hop in graphic novel form; Fantagraphics)

SLY STONE
“Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin): A Memoir” (Hardcover; written with Ben Greenman; foreword by Questlove; Digital Book; AUWA)

ANNIE ZALESKI
“This Is Christmas, Song by Song: The Stories Behind 100 Holiday Hits” (Hardcover; Digital Book; Running Press Adult)

Oct. 19, 2023

JIM SULLIVAN (longtime Boston music journalist)
“Backstage & Beyond: 45 Years of Modern Rock Chats & Rants, Volume 2” (Digital Book, featuring profiles of Ramones, Sex Pistols, The Clash, Patti Smith, Buzzcocks, The Damned, The Fall, Joy Division/New Order, The Cure, Stiff Little Fingers, Gang Of Four, The Pogues, The Police, The Cramps, David Byrne/Talking Heads, Beastie Boys, Elvis Costello, et al; Trouser Press Books)

Best Sellers (Non-Fiction)

Oct. 24, 2023

BOB DYLAN
“Bob Dylan: Mixing Up the Medicine” (Hardcover; curated selection of more than 600 images including never-before-circulated draft lyrics, writings, photographs, drawings and other ephemera from the Dylan archive; edited by Mark Davidson and Parker Fishel; Digital Book; Audio CD; Audible Audiobook, get Audible Premium Plus free for 3 months; Merch; Callaway)

GEORGE HARRISON
“George Harrison: The Reluctant Beatle” (Hardcover; author: Philip Norman; Digital Book; Audible Audiobook, get Audible Premium Plus free for 3 months; Scribner)

JANA KRAMER
“The Next Chapter: Making Peace with Hard Memories, Finding Hope All Around Me, and Clearing Space for Good Things to Come” (Hardcover; Digital Book; Audible Audiobook, get Audible Premium Plus free for 3 months; HarperOne)

MADONNA
“Madonna: A Rebel Life” (Hardcover; author: Mary Gabriel; Digital Book; Merch; Little, Brown and Company)

THURSTON MOORE
“Sonic Life: A Memoir” (Hardcover; Digital Book; Audible Audiobook, get Audible Premium Plus free for 3 months; Doubleday)

NIRVANA
“The Amplified Come As You Are: The Story of Nirvana” (Hardcover; author: Michael Azerrad; Digital Book; Audible Audiobook, get Audible Premium Plus free for 3 months; Merch; HarperOne)

DONALD S. PASSMAN
“All You Need to Know About the Music Business: 11th Edition (Revised and Updated)” (Hardcover; Digital Book; Audible Audiobook, get Audible Premium Plus free for 3 months; Simon & Schuster)

TUPAC SHAKUR
“Tupac Shakur: The Authorized Biography” (Hardcover; author: Staci Robinson; Digital Book; Audible Audiobook, get Audible Premium Plus free for 3 months; Merch; Crown)

BRITNEY SPEARS
“The Woman in Me” (Hardcover; Digital Book; Audio CD; Audible Audiobook, get Audible Premium Plus free for 3 months; Merch; Gallery Books)

Oct. 26, 2023

RONNIE LANE
“Anymore for Anymore: The Ronnie Lane Story” (Hardcover; authors: David & Caroline Stafford; Omnibus Press)

QUEEN
“I Want It All! Volume I: The Ultimate Collection of Classic Queen Memorabilia” (Hardcover; Merch; Omnibus Press)

CLIFF RICHARD
“A Head Full of Music: The soundtrack to my life” (Digital Book; foreword by Bob Stanley; Audible Audiobook, get Audible Premium Plus free for 3 months; Hardcover and Paperback out Jan. 5, 2024; Ebury Spotlight)

Oct. 31, 2023

WILLIE NELSON
“Energy Follows Thought: The Stories Behind My Songs” (Hardcover; Digital Book; Audio CD; Audible Audiobook, get Audible Premium Plus free for 3 months; On Tour; William Morrow)

Nov. 2, 2023

K.D. LANG
“k.d. lang’s Ingénue (33 1/3)” (Paperback; author: Joanna McNaney Stein; Bloomsbury Academic)

LITTLE RICHARD
“Little Richard’s Here’s Little Richard (33 1/3)” (Paperback; author: Jordan Bassett; Bloomsbury Academic)

Nov. 7, 2023

THE CURE
“Curepedia: The A-Z of The Cure” (Hardcover; author: Simon Price; Digital Book; Audio CD; Audible Audiobook, get Audible Premium Plus free for 3 months; On Tour; Merch; Dey Street Books)

MILES DAVIS
“Miles Davis and the Search for the Sound” (Hardcover graphic novel; author/illustrator: Dave Chisholm; Merch; Z2 Comics)

JOHN DENSMORE
“The Doors Unhinged: Jim Morrison’s Legacy Goes on Trial” (Hardcover; Paperback; Digital Book; Merch; Akashic Books)

ARLO GUTHRIE
“Rising Son: The Life and Music of Arlo Guthrie” (Hardcover; author: Hank Reineke; Digital Book; University of Oklahoma Press)

PAUL McCARTNEY
“The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present” (Paperback; edited by Paul Muldoon; Liveright)

BARBRA STREISAND
“My Name Is Barbra” (Hardcover; Digital Book; Audible Audiobook, get Audible Premium Plus free for 3 months; Viking)

TINA TURNER
“Dancing in My Dreams: A Spiritual Biography of Tina Turner” (Hardcover; author: Ralph H. Craig III; Digital Book; Eerdmans)

JEFF TWEEDY
“World Within a Song” (Hardcover; Digital Book; Audible Audiobook, get Audible Premium Plus free for 3 months; Dutton)

Nov. 9, 2023

BOY GEORGE
“Karma: My Autobiography” (Digital Book; Blink Publishing)

GARY MOORE
“White Knuckles: The Life of Gary Moore” (Hardcover; author: Martin Power; Omnibus Press)

Nov. 14, 2023

DAVID BOWIE
“David Bowie: Mixing Memory & Desire” (Hardcover; author/photographer: Kevin Cummins; Digital Book; Merch; Mitchell Beazley)

JOHNNY CASH
“Johnny Cash: The Life in Lyrics” (Hardcover; co-author: Mark Stielper; with personal contributions by John Carter Cash; Digital Book; Merch; Voracious)

NICK DRAKE
“Nick Drake: The Life” (Hardcover; author: Richard Morton Jack; foreword by sister Gabrielle Drake; Digital Book; Audible Audiobook, get Audible Premium Plus free for 3 months; Hachette Books)

MAL EVANS
“Brother Malcolm: The Beatles’ Gentle Giant” (Hardcover; author: Kenneth Womack; Digital Book; Dey Street Books)

ROB HARVILLA
“60 Songs That Explain the ’90s” (Hardcover; Digital Book; Audible Audiobook, try Audible Premium Plus free for 3 months; Twelve)

PETER JESPERSON
“Euphoric Recall: A Half Century as a Music Fan, Producer, DJ, Record Executive, and Tastemaker” (Hardcover; foreword by David Fricke; Digital Book; Minnesota Historical Society Press)

MARTIN KEMP
“Ticket to the World: My 80s Story” (Paperback; Audible Audiobook, get Audible Premium Plus free for 3 months; HarperCollins)

GEDDY LEE
“My Effin’ Life” (Hardcover; Digital Book; Audio CD; Merch; Harper)

DAVE MASON
“Only You Know and I Know” (Hardcover; contributor: Chris Epting; BMG Books)

JOEL SELVIN
“Arhoolie Records – Down Home Music: The Stories and Photographs of Chris Strachwitz” (Hardcover; Digital Book; Chronicle Books)

Nov. 15, 2023

ELMER BERNSTEIN
“Elmer Bernstein, Film Composer: An Authorized Biography” (Hardcover; author: Peter M. Bernstein; Digital Book; Rowman & Littlefield Publishers)

Nov. 16, 2023

SLADE
“Whatever Happened to Slade? When the Whole World Went Crazee!” (Hardcover; author: Daryl Easlea; Omnibus Press)

Nov. 21, 2023

STEVE CROPPER
“The Colonel: The Steve Cropper Story” (Paperback; written with Mike Read; Omnibus Press)

FLEETWOOD MAC
“Fleetwood Mac: Everywhere” (Hardcover; author: Mike Evans; Merch; Weldon Owen)

ARTIE SHAW
“Artie Shaw: Icon of Swing” (Paperback; authors: Barnett Singer, Jesse Read; McFarland)

Nov. 24, 2023

GEORGE HARRISON
“Dark Horse Records: The Story of George Harrison’s Post-Beatles Record Label” (Paperback; author: Aaron Badgley; Sonicbond Publishing)

Top Preorders

Dec. 5, 2023

ELLA FITZGERALD
“Becoming Ella Fitzgerald: The Jazz Singer Who Transformed American Song” (Hardcover; author: Judith Tick; Digital Book; W.W. Norton & Company)

THE VELVET UNDERGROUND
“Loaded: The Uncensored Oral History of The Velvet Underground” (Hardcover; author: Dylan Jones; Grand Central Publishing)

Dec. 8, 2023

STUART COUPE
“Shake Some Action: My Life in Music (and other stuff)” (Paperback; Penguin)

LAURIE KAYE (co-conducted John Lennon’s last interview)
“Confessions of a Rock ‘N’ Roll Name-Dropper” (Paperback; Fayetteville Mafia Press)

March 7, 2024

THE CLASH
“The Clash’s Sandinista! (33 1/3)” (Paperback; author: Micajah Henley; Merch; Bloomsbury)

PULP
“Pulp’s This Is Hardcore (33 1/3)” (Paperback; author: Jane Savidge; Bloomsbury)

SKIP SPENCE
“Weighted Down: The Complicated Life of Skip Spence” (Hardcover; author: Cam Cobb; The Last Music Company)

March 12, 2024

JONI MITCHELL
“Traveling: On the Path of Joni Mitchell” (Hardcover; author: Ann Powers; Digital Book; Dey Street Books)

March 19, 2024

THE BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA
“Spirit of the Century: Our Own Story” (Hardcover; Digital Book; Audible Audiobook, get Audible Premium Plus free for 3 months; Hachette Books)

THE BLUES BROTHERS
“The Blues Brothers: An Epic Friendship, the Rise of Improv, and the Making of an American Film Classic” (Hardcover; author: Daniel de Visé; Atlantic Monthly Press)

April 2, 2024

THE BEACH BOYS
“The Beach Boys by The Beach Boys” (Hardcover; 400-page anthology told through the words of Brian, Dennis and Carl Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine and Bruce Johnston, with behind-the-scenes recording session photographs from the Capitol Records archive, band archive and members’ archive; Read here; Merch; Genesis Publications)

May 14, 2024

KATHLEEN HANNA (of Bikini Kill)
“Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk” (Hardcover; Digital Book; Audible Audiobook, get Audible Premium Plus free for 3 months; Ecco)

July 1, 2024

DEAN MARTIN
“Backstage at The Dean Martin Show” (Paperback; author: Lee Hale, with Richard D. Neely; Lyons Press)

Sept. 23, 2025

LIL’ KIM
“The Queen Bee” (Hardcover; Digital Book; Hachette Books)