Your Music Book Store (Feb. 2 and Beyond)
Current Epic Records CEO L.A. Reid knows a thing or two about discovering artists and what constitutes a hit.
It came from all his years of experience running LaFace Records with Babyface, taking over for Clive Davis at Arista and then making his mark on Island Def Jam. He worked his magic with such artists as TLC, Usher and OutKast and orchestrated comebacks for Mariah Carey and Jennifer Lopez.
He details his hits (and misses) in his new memoir, “Sing to Me: My Story of Making Music, Finding Magic, and Searching for Who’s Next,” the week’s top music book release.
Among the revelations: Though his ex-wife Pebbles accused him of sleeping with TLC’s Chilli, Reid denies it, but he agrees TLC broke up his marriage. After they became hugely successful, TLC fired Pebbles as their manager. Reid felt it was necessary in order to protect his label.
Read on …
FEB. 2, 2016
DAVID BOWIE
“Bowie: The Biography” (Paperback; author: Wendy Leigh; Gallery Books)
L.A. REID
“Sing to Me: My Story of Making Music, Finding Magic, and Searching for Who’s Next” (Hardcover; Kindle; Harper)
FRANK TURNER
“The Road Beneath My Feet”
(Hardcover; The Overlook Press)
FEB. 5, 2016
LYNN M. BRINCKMEYER
“Advocate for Music! A Guide to User-Friendly Strategies” (Paperback; Oxford University Press)
FEB. 8, 2016
CHARLES MINGUS
“Better Git It In Your Soul: An Interpretive Biography of Charles Mingus” (Hardcover; author: Krin Gabbard; University of California Press)
FEB. 9, 2016
TONY BARRELL
“Born to Drum: The Truth About the World’s Greatest Drummers – from John Bonham and Keith Moon to Sheila E. and Dave Grohl” (Paperback; Dey Street Books)
RIKKI ERCOLI
“Legends of Punk: Photos from the Vault” (Paperback; Manic D Press, Inc.)
GRATEFUL DEAD
“Why the Grateful Dead Matter” (Paperback; author: Michael Benson; ForeEdge)
PRINCE
“Prince: The Man and His Music (Updated Edition)” (Paperback; author: Matt Thorne; Agate Bolden)
NINA SIMONE
“What Happened, Miss Simone? A Biography” (Hardcover; author: Alan Light; Kindle; Crown Archetype)
DAVE STEWART (of Eurythmics)
“Sweet Dreams Are Made of This: A Life In Music – A Memoir” (Hardcover; Kindle; NAL)
TINY TIM
“Eternal Troubadour: The Improbable Life of Tiny Tim” (Paperback; authors: Justin Martell, Alanna Wray McDonald; Jawbone Press)
ROBERT WEBB
“The 100 Greatest Road Songs: The Ultimate Playlist” (Paperback; McNidder & Grace)
FEB. 14, 2016
JAN & DEAN
“The Jan & Dean Record: A Chronology of Studio Sessions, Live Performances and Chart Positions” (Hardcover; author: Mark A. Moore; foreword by Brian Wilson; McFarland)
FEB. 15, 2016
FACES
“Had Me a Real Good Time: Before, During and After” (Paperback; author: Andy Neill; Omnibus Press)
BUDDY GUY
“Waiting for Buddy Guy: Chicago Blues at the Crossroads” (Paperback; author: Alan Harper; University of Illinois Press)
FEB. 23, 2016
STEVEN BLUSH with PAUL RACHMAN and TONY MANN
“Lost Rockers: Broken Dreams and Crashed Careers” (Hardcover; powerHouse Books)
LITA FORD
“Living Like a Runaway: A Memoir” (Hardcover; Kindle; Dey Street Books)
JON LYDON
“Anger Is an Energy: My Life Uncensored” (Paperback; Dey Street Books)
FEB. 24, 2016
LED ZEPPELIN
“Everything I Need to Know I Learned From Led Zeppelin: Classic Rock Wisdom from the Greatest Band of All Time” (Hardcover; author: Benjamin Darling; The Enthusiast)
MARCH 1, 2016
MIKE BADGER (former La’s guitarist) & TIM PEACOCK
“The Rhythm & the Tide: Liverpool, The La’s and Ever After” (Hardcover; Liverpool University Press)
MARY J. BLIGE
“Real Love, No Drama: The Music of Mary J. Blige” (Hardcover; author: Danny Alexander; University of Texas Press)
MILES DAVIS
“Listen to This: Miles Davis and Bitches Brew” (Paperback; author: Victor Svorinich; University Press of Mississippi)
JOHN FARNHAM
“John Farnham: The Untold Story”
(Paperback; author: Jane Gazzo; Random House Australia)
BILLIE HOLIDAY
“Billie Holiday: The Musician and the Myth” (Paperback; author: John Szwed; Penguin Books)
MICHELLE LEON
“I Live Inside: Memoirs of a Babe in Toyland” (Hardcover; Minnesota Historical Society Press)
MORRIS LEVY
“Godfather of the Music Business: Morris Levy” (Hardcover; author: Richard Carlin; University Press of Mississippi)
BARRY MILES
“The Zapple Diaries: The Rise and Fall of the Last Beatles Label” (Hardcover; Peter Owen Publishers)
BUCK OWENS
“Buck ‘Em! The Autobiography of Buck Owens” (Paperback; co-author: Randy Poe; Backbeat Books)
SHELLY PEIKEN (penned Christina Aguilera’s No. 1 hit, “What a Girl Wants,” and Meredith Brooks’
“Bitch”)
“Confessions of a Serial Songwriter”
(Paperback; Backbeat Books)
DEE DEE RAMONE
“Lobotomy: Surviving the Ramones” (Paperback; co-author: Veronica Kofman; Da Capo Press)
THE REPLACEMENTS
“Trouble Boys: The True Story of the Replacements, the Last Rock ‘n’ Roll Band” (Hardcover; author: Bob Mehr; Kindle; Da Capo Press)
THE SMITHS
“Tales of the Smiths: A Graphic Biography” (Paperback; author: Con Chrissolis; The Overlook Press)
BRIX SMITH START (formerly of The Fall and The Adult Net)
“The Rise, The Fall, and The Rise” (Kindle; Faber & Faber)
PHARRELL WILLIAMS
“Pharrell Williams: Ultimate Fan Book” (Hardcover; author: Malcolm Croft; Carlton Publishing Group)
MARCH 3, 2016
ERIC CLAPTON
“Eric Clapton: The World’s Greatest Living Guitarist” (Hardcover; author: Chris Welch; Carlton Books)
PINK FLOYD
“The Complete Pink Floyd: The Ultimate Reference” (Hardcover; author: Glenn Povey; Carlton Books)
MARCH 4, 2016
A-HA
“Living a Fan’s Adventure Tale: a-ha in the eyes of the beholders” (Paperback; author: Greg Lansdowne; Wymer Publishing)
MARCH 8, 2016
BARNEY HOSKYNS
“Small Town Talk: Bob Dylan, The Band, Van Morrison, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix and Friends in the Wild Years of Woodstock” (Hardcover; Da Capo Press)
DOLLY PARTON
“Pocket Dolly Wisdom: Witty Quotes and Wise Words From Dolly Parton” (Hardcover; Hardie Grant Books)
MARCH 14, 2016
JIMMY PAGE
“No Quarter: The Three Lives of Jimmy Page” (Hardcover; author: Martin Power; Omnibus Press)
MARCH 15, 2016
RICK HALL
“The Man from Muscle Shoals: My Journey from Shame to Fame”
(Paperback; Heritage Builders)
WOODY GUTHRIE
“Woody Guthrie and the Dust Bowl Ballads” (Hardcover; graphic novel; author/artist: Nick Hayes; Abrams ComicArts)
MADONNA
“Madonna: Nudes II” (Hardcover; photographer: Martin HM Schreiber; DAAB Media)
NEW ORDER
“The Blue Monday Diaries: In the Studio with New Order”
(Paperback; author: Michael Butterworth; Plexus Publishing)
MARCH 17, 2016
BOB DYLAN
“Bob Dylan: Experience the World’s Greatest Singer-Songwriter”
(Hardcover; author: Brian Southall; Carlton Books)
LED ZEPPELIN
“Led Zeppelin: Experience the Biggest Band of the 70s”
(Hardcover; author: Chris Welch; Carlton Books)
MARCH 22, 2016
LEONARD BERNSTEIN
“Leonard Bernstein: An American Musician” (Paperback; author: Allen Shawn; Yale University Press)
XTC
“Complicated Game: Inside the Songs of XTC” (Paperback; authors: frontman Andy Partridge, Todd Bernhardt; Jawbone Press)
MARCH 24, 2016
BLONDIE
“Blondie’s Parallel Lines (33 1/3)” (Paperback; author: Kembrew McLeod; Bloomsbury Academic)
MARCH 25, 2016
JOOYOUNG LEE
“Blowin’ Up: Rap Dreams in South Central” (Paperback; University Of Chicago Press)
MARCH 28, 2016
THE BEATLES
“Eight Arms to Hold You: 50 Years of Help! and the Beatles” (Hardcover; authors: Simon Wells, Paul Skellett; Wonderland Publications)
MARCH 29, 2016
GEORGE JONES
“The Grand Tour: The Life and Music of George Jones” (Hardcover; author: Rich Kienzle; Da Capo Press)
JOHN POPPER (of Blues Traveler)
“Suck and Blow: And Other Stories I’m Not Supposed to Tell” (Hardcover; co-author: Dean Budnick; Da Capo Press)
MARCH 31, 2016
BILLY J. KRAMER
“Do You Want to Know a Secret?: The Autobiography of Billy J. Kramer” (Paperback; co-author: Alyn Shipton; Equinox Publishing)
APRIL 1, 2016
DAMON ALBARN
“Damon Albarn: Blur, Gorillaz and Other Fables” (Paperback; authors: Martin Roach, David Nolan; John Blake)
PAUL GORMAN
“Punk London: In The City, 1975-78” (Paperback; Herb Lester Associates)
JO HOARE
“Festivals: A Survival Guide: How to cope with everything: tents, toilets, torrential rain, too much booze, and more” (Hardcover; Dog ‘N’ Bone)
MICHAEL JACKSON
“83 Minutes: The Doctor, The Damage and the Shocking Death of Michael Jackson” (Paperback; authors: Matt Richards, Mark Langthorne; Blink Publishing)
TOM JONES
“Tom Jones: An Extraordinary Life” (Paperback; author: Gwen Russell; John Blake Publishing Ltd.)
ÉDITH PIAF
“Édith Piaf: A Cultural History” (Hardcover; author: David Looseley; Liverpool University Press)
QUEEN
“Queen Unseen: My Life with the Greatest Rock Band of the 20th Century” (Paperback; author: former Queen roadie Peter Hince; John Blake)
RuPAUL
“The Essential RuPaul: Herstory, Philosophy & Her Fiercest Queens” (Hardcover; author: Libby VanderPloeg; Smith Street Books)
PATTI SMITH
“Dancing Barefoot: The Patti Smith Story” (Paperback; author: Dave Thompson; Chicago Review Press)
TAYLOR SWIFT
“Dress Up Taylor Swift” (Paperback; with more than 450 stickers; Michael O’Mara)
MARY WELLS
“Mary Wells: The Tumultuous Life of Motown’s First Superstar” (Paperback; author: Peter Benjaminson; Chicago Review Press)
THE WHO
“The Who: Their Generation” (Hardcover; author: Michael A. O’Neill; Upfront Entertainment)
APRIL 5, 2016
JAMES BROWN
“Kill ‘Em and Leave: Searching for the Real James Brown” (Hardcover; author: James McBride; Kindle; Spiegel & Grau)
RITA COOLIDGE
“Delta Lady: A Memoir” (Hardcover; co-author: Michael Walker; Kindle; Harper)
APRIL 7, 2016
KATHERINE SPIELMANN
“Now Is the Time to Invent: Reports from the Indie-Rock Revolution, 1985-2000” (Paperback; Verse Chorus Press)
APRIL 12, 2016
SEBASTIAN BACH
“18 and Life on Skid Row” (Hardcover; Kindle; Dey Street Books)
BOB BOILEN (host and creator of NPR’s “All Songs Considered” and “Tiny Desk Concerts”)
“Your Song Changed My Life: From Jimmy Page to St. Vincent, Smokey Robinson to Hozier, Thirty-Five Beloved Artists on Their Journey and the Music That Inspired It” (Hardcover; Kindle; William Morrow)
STEVE DAHL (Chicago DJ legend)
“Disco Demolition: The Night Disco Died” (Hardcover; co-author: Dave Hoekstra; photographer: Paul Natkin; Curbside Splendor Publishing)
IAN McGILLIS
“Higher Ground: One Person’s Lifelong Relationship with Soul, Reggae and Rap” (Paperback; Biblioasis)
BRUCE JENKINS
“Shop Around: Growing Up With Motown in a Sinatra Household” (Paperback; Wellstone Books)
LEGS McNEIL & GILLIAN McCAIN
“Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk – 20th Anniversary Edition”
(Paperback; Grove Press)
DAVID NICHOLS
“Dig: Australian Popular Music, 1960-85” (Paperback; Verse Chorus Press)
NOFX
“NOFX: The Hepatitis Bathtub and Other Stories” (Paperback; co-author: Jeff Alulis; Kindle; Da Capo Press)
QUESTLOVE
“Somethingtofoodabout” (Hardcover; conversations with 10 innovative chefs in America; co-author: Ben Greenman; photographer: Kyoko Hamada; foreword by Anthony Bourdain; Kindle; Clarkson Potter)
JEFFREY PEPPER RODGERS
“The Complete Singer-Songwriter: A Troubadour’s Guide to Writing, Performing, Recording, and Business (Second Edition)” (Paperback; Backbeat Books)
RAY ROBERTSON
“Lives of the Poets With Guitars: Thirteen Outsiders Who Changed Rock & Roll” (Paperback; Biblioasis)
RUSH
“2113: Stories Inspired by the Music of Rush” (Paperback; contains stories by Kevin J. Anderson, Michael Z. Williamson, David Mack, David Farland, Dayton Ward, Mercedes Lackey; award winners Fritz Leiber, Steven Savile, Brad R. Torgersen, Ron Collins, David Niall Wilson, etc.; Kindle; ECW Press)
U2
“Rock Atlas U2” (Paperback; authors: Dave Griffith, David Roberts; Clarksdale)
APRIL 15, 2016
TONI TENNILLE
“Toni Tennille: A Memoir” (Hardcover; co-author: Caroline Tennille St. Clair; Taylor Trade Publishing)
APRIL 16, 2016
THE ROLLING STONES
“Experiencing the Rolling Stones: A Listener’s Companion” (Hardcover; author: David Malvinni; Rowman & Littlefield Publishers)
APRIL 19, 2016
MOSES AVALON
“Confessions of a Record Producer: How to Survive the Scams and Shams of the Music Business 5th Edition – Revised and Updated” (Paperback; Backbeat Books)
RAMONES
“Ramones at 40” (Hardcover; author: Martin Popoff; Sterling)
APRIL 21, 2016
GRATEFUL DEAD
“Grateful Dead’s Workingman’s Dead (33 1/3)” (Paperback; author: Buzz Poole; Bloomsbury Academic)
NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK
“New Kids on the Block’s Hangin’ Tough (33 1/3)” (Paperback; author: Rebecca Wallwork; Bloomsbury Academic)
APRIL 25, 2016
THIN LIZZY
“From Dublin to Jailbreak: Thin Lizzy 1969-76” (Hardcover; author: Martin Popoff; Wymer Publishing)
APRIL 26, 2016
RAY DAVIES
“Ray Davies: A Complicated Life” (Paperback; author: Johnny Rogan; Random House)
JOHN DOE
“Under the Big Black Sun: A Personal History of L.A. Punk” (Hardcover; co-author: Tom DeSavia; Da Capo Press)
BOB DYLAN
“Who Is That Man? In Search of the Real Bob Dylan” (Paperback; author: David Dalton; Hachette Books)
MICHAEL RUFFINO (of Unband)
“Adios, Motherfucker: A Gentleman’s Progress Through Rock and Roll” (Paperback; ABEcco)
STEPHEN SORRELL & DAMON MURRAY
“The Music Library: Revised and Expanded Edition” (Hardcover; Fuel Publishing)
APRIL 30, 2016
LOU REED
“Lou Reed – Chapter & Verse: New York’s Finest” (Hardcover; authors: Paul Skellett, Simon Weitzman; Wonderland Publications)
MAY 1, 2016
ERIC CLAPTON
“Clapton: The Ultimate Illustrated History – Updated Edition” (Paperback; author: Chris Welch; Voyageur Press)
LOVE
“My Little Red Book: Love Day-By-Day 1945-1971” (Paperback; author: Bruno Ceriotti; Soundcheck Books)
JOHNNY MARR
“Johnny Marr: The Smiths & the Art of Gun-Slinging” (Paperback; author: Richard Carman; John Blake)
MACEO PARKER
“98% Funky Stuff: My Life in Music” (Paperback; Chicago Review Press)
DEREK RIDGERS (photographer)
“Punk London 1977.” (Paperback; Carpet Bombing Culture)
YES
“Time and a Word: The Yes Story” (Paperback; author: Martin Popoff; Soundcheck Books)
MAY 3, 2016
SCOTTY McCREERY
“Go Big or Go Home: The Journey Toward the Dream” (Hardcover; co-author: Travis Thrasher; Zondervan)
MAY 5, 2016
JAMES BRAXTON PETERSON
“Hip Hop Headphones: A Scholar’s Critical Playlist” (Paperback; Bloomsbury Academic)
DAVID TOOP
“Into the Maelstrom: Music, Improvisation and the Dream of Freedom: Before 1970” (Paperback; Bloomsbury Academic)
MAY 6, 2016
SCORPIONS
“Wind of Change: The Scorpions Story” (Paperback; author: Martin Popoff; Wymer Publishing)
MAY 10, 2016
RICHARD GOLDSTEIN
“Another Little Piece of My Heart: My Life of Rock and Revolution in the ’60s” (Paperback; Bloomsbury USA)
DAVE ROBERTS
“Rock Stars’ Cars” (Hardcover; Clarksdale)
MAY 16, 2016
C. ERIC BANISTER
“Counting Down Southern Rock: The 100 Best Songs” (Hardcover; Rowman & Littlefield Publishers)
JOHN W. TROUTMAN
“Kīkā Kila: How the Hawaiian Steel Guitar Changed the Sound of Modern Music” (Hardcover; The University of North Carolina Press)
MAY 17, 2016
TED GIOIA
“How to Listen to Jazz” (Hardcover; Basic Books)
STEVEN HYDEN
“Your Favorite Band Is Killing Me: What Pop Music Rivalries Reveal About the Meaning of Life” (Paperback; author: Jovana Babovic; Back Bay Books)
WILLIE NELSON
“It’s a Long Story: My Life” (Paperback; author: David Ritz; Back Bay Books)
DOLLY PARTON
“Smart Blonde: Dolly Parton: A Biography” (Paperback; author: Stephen Miller; The Overlook Press)
MAY 19, 2016
GETO BOYS
“Geto Boys’ The Geto Boys (33 1/3)” (Paperback; author: Rolf Potz; Bloomsbury Academic)
SLEATER-KINNEY
“Sleater-Kinney’s Dig Me Out (33 1/3)” (Paperback; author: Jovana Babovic; Bloomsbury Academic)
MAY 24, 2016
KENT HARTMAN
“Goodnight, L.A.: Untold Tales from Inside Classic Rock’s Legendary Recording Studios” (Hardcover; Da Capo Press)
MOBY
“Porcelain: A Memoir” (Hardcover; Penguin Press)
PEARL JAM
“Pearl Jam FAQ: All That’s Left to Know About Seattle’s Most Enduring Band” (Paperback; authors: Bernard M. Corbett, Thomas Edward Harkins; Backbeat Books)
JUNE 1, 2016
MICHAEL BROWNING
“Dog Eat Dog: A Story of Survival, Struggle and Triumph by the Man Who Put AC/DC on the World Stage” (Paperback; Allen & Unwin)
RUSH
“Rush: The Illustrated History – Updated Edition” (Paperback; author: Martin Popoff; Voyageur Press)
EDDIE VAN HALEN
“Eruption: The Eddie Van Halen Story” (Hardcover; author: Paul Brannigan; Kindle; Da Capo Press)
JUDITH WILLS (Britain’s bestselling diet, food, and health writer)
“Keith Moon Stole My Lipstick: The Swinging ’60s, the Glam ’70s and Me” (Paperback; The History Press)
JUNE 3, 2016
DEEP PURPLE
“The Deep Purple Family: Year by Year, Volume One (to 1979)” (Paperback; author: Martin Popoff; Wymer Publishing)
JUNE 7, 2016
DAVID HEPWORTH
“Never a Dull Moment: 1971 – The Year That Rock Exploded” (Hardcover; Henry Holt and Co.)
JENSEN KARP (aka “Hot Karl”)
“Kanye West Owes Me $300: And Other True Stories from a Jewish Rapper Who Almost Made It Big” (Hardcover; Crown Archetype)
MAURICE WHITE
“Keep Your Head to the Sky: My Life with Earth, Wind & Fire” (Hardcover; co-author: Herb Powell; Amistad)
JUNE 14, 2016
BEE GEES
“Tragedy: The Ballad of the Bee Gees”
(Paperback; author: Jeff Apter; Jawbone Press)
THE BEATLES
“The Beatles Collected” (Paperback; subtitled “A fan’s guide to six decades of Beatles memorabilia”; authors: Pete Nash, David Roberts, Brian Southall; Clarksdale)
ALFRED BRENDEL
“Music, Sense and Nonsense: Collected Essays and Lectures” (Hardcover; The Robson Press)
BOBBY BROWN
“My Prerogative” (Hardcover; Dey Street Books)
ALLEN KLEIN
“Allen Klein: The Man Who Bailed Out the Beatles, Made the Stones, and Transformed Rock & Roll”
(Paperback; author: Fred Goodman; Eamon Dolan / Mariner Books)
JUNE 15, 2016
COLE PORTER
“A Cole Porter Companion” (Paperback; editors: Don M. Randel, Matthew Shaftel, Susan Forscher Weiss; University of Illinois Press)
JUNE 16, 2016
WARREN ZEVON
“Warren Zevon: Desperado of Los Angeles” (Hardcover; author: George Plasketes; Rowman & Littlefield Publishers)
JUNE 28, 2016
DAVE HOLMES (former MTV VJ)
“Party of One: A Memoir in 20 Songs” (Hardcover; Kindle; Crown Archetype)
INSANE CLOWN POSSE
“Juggalo: Insane Clown Posse and the World They Made” (Paperback; author: Steve Miller; Da Capo Press)
SIMON REYNOLDS
“Shock and Awe: Glam Rock and Its Legacy, from the Seventies to the Twenty-first Century” (Paperback; Kindle; Dey Street Books)
CHARLIE WILSON (of The Gap Band)
“I Am Charlie Wilson” (Paperback; Atria / 37 Ink)
JUNE 30, 2016
BOB DYLAN
“Bob Dylan Play Book” (Paperback; author: Giulia Pivetta; illustrator: Matteo Guarnaccia; Antique Collectors Club Dist.)
DOYLE GREENE
“Rock, Counterculture and the Avant-garde, 1966-1970: How the Beatles, Frank Zappa and the Velvet Underground Defined an Era” (Paperback; McFarland & Company)
KISS
“Encyclopedia of Kiss: Music, Personnel, Events and Related Subjects” (Paperback; author: Brett Weiss; Mcfarland & Co.)
JULY 1, 2016
GLENN BERGER
“Never Say No to a Rock Star: In the Studio with Dylan, Sinatra, Jagger and More …” (Paperback; Schaffner Press)
JUDY DYBLE
“An Accidental Musician: The Official Biography Of Judy Dyble” (Paperback; co-author: Dave Thompson; Soundcheck Books)
FLEETWOOD MAC
“Fleetwood Mac on Fleetwood Mac: Interviews and Encounters” (Hardcover; author: Sean Egan; Chicago Review Press)
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
“Boss: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band – The Illustrated History” (Hardcover; Voyageur Press)
JULY 7, 2016
JOY DIVISION
“Joy Devotion: The Importance of Ian Curtis and Fan Culture” (Paperback; editor: Jennifer Otter Bickerdike; Headpress)
JULY 12, 2016
DAVID BOWIE
“David Bowie and Philosophy: Rebel, Rebel” (Paperback; edited by Theodore G. Ammon; Open Court)
JULY 14, 2016
ANDREW WEST
“The Art of Songwriting” (Paperback; Bloomsbury)
JULY 19, 2016
THE SMITHS
“Morrissey & Marr: The Severed Alliance: 20th Anniversary Edition” (Paperback; author: Johnny Rogan; The Overlook Press)
JULY 26, 2016
THE MONKEES
“Listen to the Band: The Monkees, Head, and the 60s” (Paperback; author: Peter Mills; Jawbone Press)
JULY 28, 2016
LED ZEPPELIN
“Led Zeppelin Day By Day” (Hardcover; author: Marc Roberty; Backbeat Books)
AUG. 2, 2016
THE BEATLES
“Looking Through You: Rare & Unseen Photographs from The Beatles Book Archive” (Hardcover; edited by Andy Neill; The Overlook Press)
AUG. 9, 2016
JONATHAN DALE
“Safety Pin Stuck in My Heart: Essential UK DIY Singles 1977-1985” (Hardcover; Cicada Books)
THE DOORS
“Jim Morrison and the Doors: Ride the Snake: 50 Years of Classic Writing” (Paperback; editor: Jerry Hopkins; Plexus Publishing)
MANIC STREET PREACHERS
“Assassinated Beauty: Photographs of the Manic Street Preachers” (Hardcover; photos: Kevin Cummins, the NME’s chief photographer for more than a decade; Faber & Faber)
AUG. 23, 2016
THE ROLLING STONES
“Altamont: The Rolling Stones, the Hells Angels, and the Inside Story of Rock’s Darkest Day” (Hardcover; author: Joel Selvin; Dey Street Books)
AUG. 23, 2016
STEELY DAN
“Steely Dan: Reelin’ in the Years” (Paperback; author: Brian Sweet; The Overlook Press)
AUG. 25, 2016
JON STEBBINS
“Vinyl FAQ: All That’s Left to Know About Vinyl Records and Collecting Them” (Paperback; Backbeat Books)
SEPT. 1, 2016
KURT COBAIN and NIRVANA
“Kurt Cobain and Nirvana: The Complete Illustrated History (Second Edition)” (Paperback; author: Charles Cross; Voyageur Press)
METALLICA
“Metallica: The Complete Illustrated History (Second Edition)” (Paperback; author: Martin Popoff; Voyageur Press)
SEPT. 7, 2016
JEREMY MONTEIRO
“Jeremy Monteiro: Random Thoughts of a Jazz Musician” (Paperback; Marshall Cavendish International)
SEPT. 13, 2016
FRANK ZAPPA
“Frank Zappa FAQ: All That’s Left to Know About the Father of Invention” (Paperback; author: John Corcelli; Backbeat Books)
SEPT. 20, 2016
THE BEATLES
“Beatlemania: America’s Obsession with the Paul, John, Ringo, and George” (Paperback; compiled by The Associated Press; AP Editions)
SEPT. 22, 2016
DONNY HATHAWAY
“Donny Hathaway’s Donny Hathaway Live (33 1/3)” (Paperback; author: Emily J. Lordi; Bloomsbury Academic)
THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN
“The Jesus and Mary Chain’s Psychocandy (33 1/3)” (Paperback; author: Paula Mejia; Bloomsbury Academic)
THE RAINCOATS
“The Raincoats’ The Raincoats (33 1/3)” (Paperback; author: Jenn Pelly; Bloomsbury Academic)
OCT. 1, 2016
NAS
“It Ain’t Hard to Tell: A Memoir” (Hardcover; Kindle; Atria Books)
OCT. 10, 2016
DAVID BOWIE
“David Bowie: The Golden Years” (Paperback; author: Roger Griffin; Omnibus Press)
OCT. 25, 2016
STUART BAKER
“Cuban Music in Revolution: 70 Years of Cuban Record Cover Art” (Hardcover; Soul Jazz Books)
ROBBIE ROBERTSON
“Testimony: A Rock ‘n’ Roll Life” (Hardcover; Kindle; Crown Archetype)
FEB. 21, 2017
DANYEL SMITH
“She’s Every Woman: The Power of Black Women in Pop Music” (Hardcover; foreword by Mick Jagger; Kindle; Dey Street Books)
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