Your Music Book Store (April 9 and Beyond)
Here’s our weekly rundown of upcoming new music book releases …
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Recent Additions
ROGER MIRET
“My Riot: Agnostic Front, Grit, Guts & Glory” (Paperback; co-author: Jon Wiederhorn; Digital Book; Post Hill Press) 
ROBERT CHRISTGAU
“Book Reports: A Music Critic on His First Love, Which Was Reading” (Paperback; Duke University Press)
COCTEAU TWINS
“Stars and Topsoil: Unearthing the Cocteau Twins” (Paperback; author: Nicola Meighan; Jawbone Press)
KEITH ELLIOT GREENBERG
“Where You Goin’ with That Gun in Your Hand?: The True Crime Blotter of Rock ‘n’ Roll” (Paperback; Backbeat Books)
THE JAM
“The Dead Straight Guide to The Jam” (Paperback; authors: drummer Rick Buckler, Ian Snowball; Red Planet)
QUEEN
“The Dead Straight Guide to Queen” (Paperback; author: Phil Chapman; On Tour; Merch; Red Planet)
PHIL SWERN
“Sounds of the Sixties: The Ultimate Sixties Music Companion” (Paperback; Red Planet)
JAMES ARTHUR
“Back to the Boy” (Paperback; Digital Book; Free Preview; Hodder)
JEFF BUCKLEY
“Grace: Based on the Jeff Buckley Story” (Hardcover; author: Tiffanie DeBartolo; graphic-novel illustrators: Pascal Dizin, Lisa Reist; Paperback; Merch; First Second / MacMillan)
JAY DeMARCUS (of Rascal Flatts)
“Shotgun Angels: My Story of Broken Roads and Unshakeable Hope” (Hardcover; contributor: Timothy D. Willard; Digital Book; On Tour; Merch; Zondervan)
NOLAN GASSER
“Why You Like It: The Science and Culture of Musical Taste” (Hardcover; Digital Book; Flatiron Books)
PAUL STANLEY
“Backstage Pass” (Hardcover; Digital Book; eBay; On Tour; Merch; HarperOne)
SONNY JAMES
“Willful Shadows: The Account of Sonny James and the Southern Gentlemen” (Hardcover; author: Gary Robble; Paperback; Clovercroft Publishing)
BARON WOLMAN
“My Generation: The Classic Rock Photos of Baron Wolman” (Paperback; Omnibus Press)
COMMON
“Let Love Have the Last Word: A Memoir” (Hardcover; Digital Book; Atria Books)
ANI DiFRANCO
“No Walls and the Recurring Dream: A Memoir” (Hardcover; Digital Book; eBay; Viking)
ADAM DOLGINS
“The Big Book of Rock & Roll Names: How Arcade Fire, Led Zeppelin, Nirvana, Vampire Weekend, and 532 Other Bands Got Their Names” (Paperback; Digital Book; Abrams)
MIKE EVANS & PAUL KINGSBURY
“Woodstock: Three Days that Rocked the World (50th Anniversary Edition)” (Hardcover; Merch; Sterling)
VIVIEN GOLDMAN (formerly of The Flying Lizards)
“Revenge of the She-Punks: A Feminist Music History from Poly Styrene to Pussy Riot” (Paperback; Digital Book; University of Texas Press)
TALIB KWELI
“Vibrate Higher: A Rap Story” (Hardcover; Digital Book; MCD)
MOBY
“Then It Fell Apart” (Hardcover; Read here; Faber & Faber)
RANDY TRAVIS
“Forever and Ever, Amen: A Memoir of Music, Faith, and Braving the Storms of Life” (Hardcover; co-author: Ken Abraham; Digital Book; Thomas Nelson)
PAUL SIMON
“Paul Simon: The Life” (Paperback; author: Robert Hilburn; Free Preview; eBay; Simon & Schuster)
JOHN DOE
“More Fun in the New World: The Unmaking and Legacy of L.A. Punk” (Hardcover; co-author: Tom DeSavia; Digital Book; Da Capo Press)
ROBERT JOHNSON
“Up Jumped the Devil: The Real Life of Robert Johnson” (Hardcover; authors: Bruce Conforth, Gayle Dean Wardlow; Digital Book; eBay; Merch; Chicago Review Press)
R. KELLY
“Soulless: The Case Against R. Kelly” (Hardcover; author: Jim DeRogatis, the former Chicago Sun-Times rock critic has been chasing this story of alleged sex abuse since 2000 when he got an anonymous tip about Kelly; Digital Book; Abrams Press)
ELTON JOHN
“Elton John FAQ: All That’s Left to Know About the Rocket Man” (Paperback; author: Donald Gibson; Backbeat Books)
LEIF GARRETT
“Idol Truth: A Memoir” (Hardcover; co-author: Chris Epting; Post Hill Press)
RUSH
“RUSH Coloring Book” (Paperback; illustrator: David Calcano; Merch; Fantoons)
BEN FOLDS
“A Dream About Lightning Bugs: A Life of Music and Cheap Lessons” (Hardcover; Digital Book; On Tour; Merch; Ballantine Books)
POLY STYRENE
“Dayglo: The Poly Styrene Story” (Hardcover; authors: Celeste Bell, Zoe Howe; Omnibus Press)
RUSH
“Rush: The Making of A Farewell to Kings (The Graphic Novel)” (Hardcover; authors: David Calcano, Lindsay Lee; illustrators: Juan Riera, Ittai Manero; Fantoons)
STEVE GORMAN (drummer for The Black Crowes)
“Hard to Handle: The Life and Death of the Black Crowes – A Memoir” (Hardcover; contributor: Steven Hyden; Digital Book; Merch; Da Capo Press)
ANDREW RIDGELEY
“WHAM!, George Michael, and Me: A Memoir” (Hardcover; Digital Book; Dutton)
ELTON JOHN
“Me” (Hardcover; his first autobiography; Digital Book; On Tour; Merch; Virgin EMI)
JANIS JOPLIN
“Janis: Her Life and Music” (Hardcover; author: Holly George-Warren; Digital Book; Simon & Schuster)
THE MISFITS
“Scream With Me: The Enduring Legacy of the Misfits” (Hardcover; authors: Tom Bejgrowicz, Jeremy Dean; Digital Book; Abrams)
FRANK ZAPPA
“The Hot Rats Book: A Fifty-Year Retrospective of Frank Zappa’s Hot Rats” (Hardcover; author: Bill Gubbins; Backbeat Books)
JONI MITCHELL
“Morning Glory on the Vine: Early Songs & Drawings” (Hardcover; handwritten lyrics and watercolor paintings, originally handcrafted as a holiday gift to her friends in 1971, now released to the public for the first time; Merch; Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
RUSH
“RUSH: Wandering the Face of the Earth – The Official Touring History” (Hardcover; authors: Skip Daly, Eric Hansen; Merch; Insight Editions)
BOOKER T. JONES
“Time Is Tight: An Autobiography” (Hardcover; Digital Book; Little, Brown and Company)
ALLISON MOORER
“Blood: A Memoir” (Hardcover; Digital Book; Da Capo Press)
PRINCE
“The Beautiful Ones” (Hardcover; 288-page project combines the late pop star’s unfinished manuscript with never-before-seen photos, original scrapbooks and lyric sheets; Read here; Digital Book; Random House)
BEBE WINANS
“Born for This: My Story in Music” (Hardcover; Digital Book; FaithWords)
JOHNNY CASH
“Trains, Jesus, and Murder: The Gospel According to Johnny Cash” (Paperback; author: Richard Beck; Digital Book; Merch; Fortress Press)
MORRIS DAY
“On Time: A Princely Life in Funk” (Hardcover; contributor: David Ritz; Digital Book; Da Capo Press)
WHITNEY HOUSTON
“A Song for You: My Life with Whitney Houston” (Hardcover; author: Robyn Crawford; Digital Book; Dutton)
ALICIA KEYS
“More Myself: A Journey” (Hardcover; contributor: Michelle Burford; Digital Book; Flatiron Books)
LIZ PHAIR
“Horror Stories: A Memoir” (Hardcover; Digital Book; On Tour; Random House)
PRINCE
“I Wonder U: How Prince Went Beyond Race and Back” (Paperback; author: Adilifu Nama; Merch; Rutgers University Press)
ED WARD
“The History of Rock & Roll, Volume II: 1964–1977: The Beatles, the Stones, and the Rise of Classic Rock” (Hardcover; Digital Book; Flatiron Books)
RUSH
“RUSH: Song By Song” (Paperback; author: Alex Body; Merch; Fonthill Media)
About the Author
Gerry Galipault Gerry Galipault debuted Pause & Play online in October 1997. Since then, it has become the definitive place for CD-release dates — with a worldwide audience.
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