Your Music Book Store (July 20 and Beyond)
Here’s our weekly rundown of upcoming new music book releases …
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GEORGE HARRISON & ERIC CLAPTON
“All Things Must Pass Away: Harrison, Clapton, and Other Assorted Love Songs” (Hardcover; authors: Kenneth Womack, Jason Kruppa; Digital Book; Chicago Review Press) » BUY NOW
THE WHO
“Before I Get Old: The Story of The Who” (Paperback; author: Dave Marsh; Plexus Publishing) » BUY NOW 
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MILES A. COPELAND III (founder of I.R.S. Records)
“Two Steps Forward, One Step Back: My Life in the Music Business” (Paperback; Jawbone Press) » BUY NOW
RONNIE JAMES DIO
“Rainbow in the Dark: The Autobiography” (Hardcover; co-written with with Mick Wall and Wendy Dio; Digital Book; Merch; Permuted Press) » BUY NOW
DONNA SUMMER
“I Feel Love: Donna Summer, Giorgio Moroder, and How They Reinvented Music” (Paperback; author: Dave Thompson; Merch; Backbeat Books) » BUY NOW
THE JAM
“Dead Straight Guide to The Jam” (Paperback; authors: drummer Rick Buckler, Ian Snowball; Merch; Red Planet) » BUY NOW
THE REPLACEMENTS
“Lemon Jail: On the Road with the Replacements” (Paperback; author: Bill Sullivan; University of Minnesota Press) » BUY NOW
NICO
“You Are Beautiful and You Are Alone: The Biography of Nico” (Hardcover; author: Jennifer Otter Bickerdike; Digital Book; Hachette Books) » BUY NOW
METALLICA
“Metallica: The $24.95 Book” (Paperback; author: Ben Apatoff; Digital Book; Merch; Backbeat Books) » BUY NOW
AALIYAH
“Baby Girl: Better Known as Aaliyah” (Hardcover; author: Kathy Iandoli; Digital Book; Atria Books) » BUY NOW
KENDRICK LAMAR
“Promise That You Will Sing About Me: The Power and Poetry of Kendrick Lamar” (Hardcover; author: Miles Marshall Lewis; Digital Book; St. Martin’s Press) » BUY NOW
JOHN LURIE (of The Lounge Lizards)
“The History of Bones: A Memoir” (Hardcover; Digital Book; Random House) » BUY NOW
JON SAVAGE
“1966: The Year the Decade Exploded” (Paperback; Faber & Faber) » BUY NOW
CAPTAIN BEEFHEART & HIS MAGIC BAND
“Beefheart: Through the Eyes of Magic” (Hardcover; author: drummer John French; Digital Book; The Last Music Company) » BUY NOW
THE POLICE
“Every Little Thing: The Adventures of Sting, Stewart and Andy” (Hardcover; authors: Caroline and David Stafford; Merch; Omnibus Press) » BUY NOW
JOHN BONHAM
“Beast: John Bonham and The Rise of Led Zeppelin” (Hardcover; author: C.M. Kushins; foreword by Dave Grohl; Digital Book; Merch; Hachette Books) » BUY NOW
TIM BURGESS (of The Charlatans)
“The Listening Party: Artists, Bands and Fans Reflect on 100 Favorite Albums” (Hardcover; DK) » BUY NOW
DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS
“Where the Devil Don’t Stay: Traveling the South with the Drive-By Truckers” (Hardcover; author: Stephen Deusner; Digital Book; University of Texas Press) » BUY NOW
PAUL McCARTNEY
“Paul McCartney: The Stories Behind the Classic Songs” (Hardcover; author: Mike Evans; Welbeck Publishing) » BUY NOW
DOLLY PARTON
“She Come By It Natural: Dolly Parton and the Women Who Lived Her Songs” (Paperback; author: Sarah Smarsh; Scribner) » BUY NOW
PRINCE
“Prince: A Portrait of the Artist in Memories & Memorabilia” (Hardcover; author: Paul Sexton; Merch; Welbeck Publishing) » BUY NOW
RICK ROSS
“The Perfect Day to Boss Up: A Hustler’s Guide to Building Your Empire” (Hardcover; written with Neil Martinez-Belkin; Digital Book; Hanover Square Press) » BUY NOW
PETE SHELLEY
“Ever Fallen in Love: The Lost Buzzcocks Tapes” (Hardcover; written with Louie Shelley; Digital Book; Merch; Cassell) » BUY NOW
MATT SORUM
“Double Talkin’ Jive: True Rock ‘n’ Roll Stories from the Drummer of Guns N’ Roses, the Cult, and Velvet Revolver” (Hardcover; written with Leif Eriksson and Martin Svensson; foreword by Billy F Gibbons; Rare Bird Books) » BUY NOW
TRACEY THORN
“My Rock ‘n’ Roll Friend” (Hardcover; Digital Book; Canongate Books) » BUY NOW
THE BEATLES
“The Beatles and the 1960s: Reception, Revolution, and Social Change” (Paperback; author: Kenneth L. Campbell; Merch; Bloomsbury Academic) » BUY NOW
THE WATERBOYS
“The Magnificent Seven: The Waterboys Fisherman’s Blues/Room to Roam Band, 1989-90” (Hardcover; author: founder Mike Scott; Flood Gallery) » BUY NOW
CHRIS JAGGER
“Talking to Myself” (Hardcover; Digital Book; BMG Books) » BUY NOW
JOHN HIATT
“Have a Little Faith: The John Hiatt Story” (Hardcover; author: Michael Elliott; foreword by Elvis Costello; Digital Book; Chicago Review Press) » BUY NOW
JOHN MELLENCAMP
“Mellencamp” (Hardcover; author: Paul Rees; Digital Book; Atria Books) » BUY NOW
DON McLEAN
“American Pie: A Fable” (Hardcover; co-author: Judith A. Proffer; illustrator: Yoko Matsuoka; Backbeat Books) » BUY NOW
CASEY RAE
“Music Copyright: An Essential Guide for the Digital Age” (Paperback; Digital Book; Rowman & Littlefield Publishers) » BUY NOW
DAVE THOMPSON
“The Grunge Diaries: Seattle, 1990–1994” (Paperback; Backbeat Books) » BUY NOW
JAY JAY FRENCH (Twisted Sister guitarist)
“Twisted Business: Lessons from My Life in Rock ‘n’ Roll” (Hardcover; co-written with Steve Farber; Merch; RosettaBooks) » BUY NOW
JOY DIVISION / NEW ORDER
“Joy Division + New Order: Decades” (Hardcover; author: John Aizlewood; Palazzo Editions) » BUY NOW
RICHARD RUSSELL (producer and owner of the British record label XL Recordings)
“Liberation Through Hearing: Rap, Rave & The Rise of XL Recordings” (Paperback; Digital Book; White Rabbit) » BUY NOW
BESSIE SMITH
“Bessie Smith: A Poet’s Biography of a Blues Legend” (Paperback; author: Jackie Kay; Digital Book; Vintage) » BUY NOW
VINCE STAPLES
“Vince Staples: Limbo Beach” (Paperback graphic novel; authors: Staples, Bryan Edward Hill, Chris Robinson; illustrator: Buster Moody; editor: Robinson; Read here; Z2 Comics) » BUY NOW
LED ZEPPELIN
“Evenings With Led Zeppelin: The Complete Concert Chronicle (Revised and Expanded Edition)” (Hardcover; authors: Dave Lewis, Mike Tremaglio; Merch; Omnibus Press) » BUY NOW
ANDRÉ DARLINGTON & TENAYA DARLINGTON
“Booze & Vinyl: A Music-and-Mixed-Drinks Matching Game” (card-pairing game and recipe book; RP Studio) » BUY NOW
STEVIE VAN ZANDT
“Unrequited Infatuations: A Memoir” (Hardcover; Digital Book; Hachette Books) » BUY NOW
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“The Art of Vinyl Covers 2022” (Calendar; Seltmann Publishers Gmbh) » BUY NOW
THE BEATLES
“Those Were The Days 2.0: The Beatles and Apple” (Hardcover; author: Peter Chrisp; Merch; Sona Books) » BUY NOW
MICHAEL BRECKER
“Ode to a Tenor Titan: The Life and Times and Music of Michael Brecker” (Hardcover; author: Bill Milkowski; Backbeat Books) » BUY NOW
BTS
“BTS – Dynamite: The Story of the Superstars of K-Pop” (Hardcover; author: Carolyn McHugh; Merch; Sona Books) » BUY NOW
BRIAN PHELPS & RANDALL BEACH
“The Legendary Toad’s Place: Stories from New Haven’s Famed Music Venue” (Paperback; Globe Pequot) » BUY NOW
HARRY STYLES
“Harry Styles: Adore You: The Illustrated Biography” (Hardcover; author: Carolyn McHugh; Sona Books) » BUY NOW
DAVE GROHL
“The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music” (Hardcover; Digital Book; Dey Street Books) » BUY NOW
PAUL KELLY
“Paul Kelly: The Man, the Music and the Life In-Between” (Hardcover; author: Stuart Coupe; Hachette Australia) » BUY NOW
B.B. KING
“King of the Blues: The Rise and Reign of B.B. King” (Hardcover; author: Daniel de Vise; Digital Book; Grove Press) » BUY NOW
PEPSI & SHIRLIE
“It’s All in Black and White: Wham! Life and Friendship” (Hardcover; authors: Pepsi Demacque-Crockett and Shirlie Kemp; Digital Book; Welbeck Publishing) » BUY NOW
ELVIS PRESLEY
“Christmas with Elvis: The Official Guide to the Holidays from the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll” (Hardcover; author: Robert K. Elder; Digital Book; Merch; Running Press) » BUY NOW
KELEFA SANNEH
“Major Labels: A History of Popular Music in Seven Genres” (Hardcover; Digital Book; Penguin Press) » BUY NOW
EDDIE VAN HALEN
“Eruption: Conversations with Eddie Van Halen” (Hardcover; authors: Brad Tolinski, Chris Gill; Digital Book; Merch; Hachette Books) » BUY NOW
AMY WINEHOUSE
“Amy Winehouse: Beyond Black” (Hardcover; featuring newly shot lyric sheets, sketches, and ephemera together with contextual photographs and video stills, including album, single, and promotional artworks and outtakes, interspersed with reflections from major artists; author: Naomi Parry; Abrams) » BUY NOW
JR MOORES
“Electric Wizards: A Tapestry of Heavy Music, 1968 to The Present” (Hardcover; Reaktion Books) » BUY NOW
FRANK BELLO
“Fathers, Brothers, and Sons: Surviving Anguish, Abandonment, and Anthrax” (Hardcover; written with Joel McIver; foreword by Gene Simmons; Rare Bird Books) » BUY NOW
DAVID BOWIE
“We Could Be … Bowie and His Heroes” (Hardcover; author: Tom Hagler; consultant editor: Tony Visconti; Merch; Cassell) » BUY NOW
ROB CHRISTOPHER
“Boogie Down Predictions: Hip-Hop, Time, and Afrofuturism” (Paperback; Digital Book; Strange Attractor Press) » BUY NOW
LEONARD COHEN
“Leonard Cohen – Untold Stories: From This Broken Hill, Volume 2” (Hardcover; author: Michael Posner; Digital Book; Simon & Schuster) » BUY NOW
WOODY GUTHRIE
“Woody Guthrie: Songs and Art * Words and Wisdom” (Hardcover; authors: Nora Guthrie, Robert Santelli; Chronicle Books) » BUY NOW
ROBBY KRIEGER
“Set the Night on Fire: My Many Lives and Deaths as the Guitarist of The Doors” (Hardcover; Digital Book; Merch; Little, Brown and Company) » BUY NOW
ALLISON MOORER
“I Dream He Talks to Me: A Memoir of Learning How to Listen” (Hardcover; Digital Book; Hachette Books) » BUY NOW
QUESTLOVE
“Music Is History” (Hardcover; Digital Book; Abrams Image) » BUY NOW
THE ROLLING STONES
“The Rolling Stones: Unzipped” (Hardcover; author: Anthony DeCurtis; Merch; Thames & Hudson) » BUY NOW
THE CURE
“The Cure FAQ: All That’s Left to Know About the Most Heartbreakingly Excellent Rock Band the World Has Ever Known” (Paperback; author: Christian Gerard; Merch; Backbeat Books) » BUY NOW
JANIS JOPLIN
“Photographs of Janis Joplin: On the Road & On Stage” (Hardcover; photographer: Elliott Landy; Merch; Backbeat Books) » BUY NOW
THE BEATLES
“The Beatles Illustrated Lyrics” (Hardcover; Merch; Thunder Bay Press) » BUY NOW
CARPENTERS
“Carpenters: The Musical Legacy” (Hardcover; authors: Mike Cidoni Lennox and Chris May, drawing from exclusive interviews with Richard Carpenter; Princeton Architectural Press) » BUY NOW
ERIC CLAPTON
“Six-String Stories” (Hardcover; On Tour; Genesis Publications) » BUY NOW
JOY DIVISION
“Joy Division: Juvenes” (Hardcover; expanded edition of the 2007 photograph book, with new interviews with Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook and Stephen Morris; photography by Kevin Cummins; Digital Book; Merch; Cassell) » BUY NOW
METALLICA
“Metallica: The Black Album in Black & White: Photographs by Ross Halfin” (Hardcover; author: photographer Ross Halfin; Merch; Reel Art Press) » BUY NOW
BILLY PORTER
“Unprotected: A Memoir” (Hardcover; Digital Book; Abrams Press) » BUY NOW
KELEFA SANNEH
“Major Labels: A History of Popular Music in Seven Genres” (Hardcover; Digital Book; Penguin Press) » BUY NOW
NIKKI SIXX
“The First 21: How I Became Nikki Sixx” (Hardcover; On Tour, with Def Leppard, Poison and Joan Jett and the Blackhearts; Merch; Hachette Books) » BUY NOW
SHANE MacGOWAN
“A Furious Devotion: The Life of Shane MacGowan” (Hardcover; author: Richard Balls; Omnibus Press) » BUY NOW
ANNE-MARIE
“You Deserve Better” (Hardcover; On Tour; Mobius) » BUY NOW
BOB DYLAN
“Bob Dylan All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Track (Expanded Edition)” (Hardcover; authors: Philippe Margotin, Jean-Michel Guesdon; Digital Book; Free Preview; Merch; Black Dog & Leventhal) » BUY NOW
BOBBY GILLESPIE
“Tenement Kid: From the Streets of Glasgow in the 1960s to Drummer in Jesus and Mary Chain and Frontman in Primal Scream” (Paperback; Merch; Third Man Books) » BUY NOW
BRIAN JOHNSON
“The Lives of Brian: AC/DC, Me, and the Making of Back in Black” (Hardcover; Digital Book; Merch; Dey Street Books) » BUY NOW
ANDREW McMAHON (Something Corporate / Jack’s Mannequin / Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness)
“Three Pianos: A Memoir” (Hardcover; Digital Book; Princeton Architectural Press) » BUY NOW
DAN OZZI
“Sellout: The Major Label Feeding Frenzy That Swept Punk, Emo, and Hardcore 1994–2007” (Hardcover; Digital Book; Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) » BUY NOW
GINA SCHOCK
“Made In Hollywood: All Access with the Go-Go’s” (Hardcover; foreword by Kathy Valentine; Digital Book; Merch; Black Dog & Leventhal) » BUY NOW
MIKE ERRICO
“Music, Lyrics, and Life: A Field Guide for the Advancing Songwriter” (Hardcover; Backbeat Books) » BUY NOW
DAVID BOWIE
“David Bowie – All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Track” (Hardcover; author: Benoît Clerc; Merch; Black Dog & Leventhal) » BUY NOW
LEONARD COHEN
“Leonard Cohen: The Mystical Roots of Genius” (Hardcover; author: Harry Freedman; Bloomsbury Continuum) » BUY NOW
LIL’ KIM
“The Queen Bee” (Hardcover; Digital Book; Hachette Books) » BUY NOW
PAUL McCARTNEY
“The Lyrics” (Hardcover; two-volume, 900-plus page “self-portrait in 154 songs” based on conversations he had with prize-winning poet Paul Muldoon; Read here; Liveright) » BUY NOW
JONI MITCHELL
“Joni Mitchell: Backstage Pass” (Hardcover; author: Michael A O’Neill; Merch; Danann Books) » BUY NOW
JESSE DAYTON
“Beaumonster: A Memoir” (Hardcover; Digital Book; Hachette Books) » BUY NOW
JOHN ILLSLEY
“My Life in Dire Straits: The Inside Story of One of the Biggest Bands in Rock History” (Hardcover; foreword by Mark Knopfler; Digital Book; Diversion Books) » BUY NOW
JONAS BROTHERS
“Blood: A Memoir by the Jonas Brothers” (Hardcover; written with Neil Strauss; Digital Book; On Tour; Dey Street Books) » BUY NOW
LED ZEPPELIN
“Led Zeppelin: The Biography” (Hardcover; author: Bob Spitz; Digital Book; Merch; Penguin Press) » BUY NOW
MARC MYERS
“Rock Concert: An Oral History as Told by the Artists, Backstage Insiders, and Fans Who Were There” (Hardcover; Digital Book; Grove Press) » BUY NOW
RAEKWON
“From Staircase to Stage: The Story of Raekwon and the Wu-Tang Clan” (Hardcover; co-author: Anthony Bozza; Digital Book; Gallery Books) » BUY NOW
WILL SMITH
“Will” (Hardcover; written with Mark Manson; Digital Book; Read here; Penguin Press) » BUY NOW
ROKY ERICKSON
“True Love Cast Out All Evil: The Songwriting Legacy of Roky Erickson” (Hardcover; author: Brian T. Atkinson; forewords by Billy F Gibbons and Henry Rollins; Texas A&M University Press) » BUY NOW
U2
“U2’s The Joshua Tree: Planting Roots in Mythic America” (Hardcover; author: Bradley Morgan; Merch; Backbeat Books) » BUY NOW
AVICII
“Tim: The Official Biography of Avicii” (Hardcover; author: Måns Mosesson; Merch; Mobius) » BUY NOW
KELSEA BALLERINI
“Feel Your Way Through: A Book of Poetry” (Hardcover; Digital Book; On Tour, with the Jonas Brothers; Ballantine Books) » BUY NOW
MERLE HAGGARD
“The Hag: The Life, Times, and Music of Merle Haggard” (Hardcover; author: Marc Eliot; Digital Book; Hachette Books) » BUY NOW
JOAN JETT AND THE BLACKHEARTS
“40×40: Bad Reputation / I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll” (Paperback; a team of creators brings these albums to life as 20 vivid stories in a singular graphic novel; On Tour; Merch; Z2 Comics) » BUY NOW
LENNY KAYE
“Lightning Striking: Ten Transformative Moments in Rock and Roll” (Hardcover; Digital Book; Ecco) » BUY NOW
SUE KWON (photographer)
“Rap Is Risen: New York Photographs 1988-2008” (Hardcover; Testify Books) » BUY NOW
WILL SERGEANT
“Bunnyman: Post-War Kid to Post-Punk Guitarist of Echo and the Bunnymen” (Paperback; Third Man Books) » BUY NOW
BILL LICHTENSTEIN
“WBCN and the American Revolution: How a Radio Station Defined Politics, Counterculture, and Rock and Roll” (Hardcover; The MIT Press) » BUY NOW
GARY NUMAN
“(R)evolution: The Autobiography” (Paperback; Constable) » BUY NOW
GARTH CARTWRIGHT & QUINTINA VALERO
“London’s Record Shops” (Hardcover; foreword by Cornershop; The History Press) » BUY NOW
PINK FLOYD
“Pink Floyd Live: Collected” (Hardcover; author: Alison James; Merch; Sona Books) » BUY NOW
JOHNNY CASH
“Citizen Cash: The Political Life and Times of Johnny Cash” (Hardcover; author: Michael Stewart Foley; Merch; Basic Books) » BUY NOW
THE ROLLING STONES
“Parachute Women: Marianne Faithfull, Marsha Hunt, Bianca Jagger, Anita Pallenberg, and the Women Behind the Rolling Stones” (Hardcover; author: Elizabeth Winder; Digital Book; Merch; Hachette Books) » BUY NOW
SHAUN RYDER (of Happy Mondays and Black Grape)
“How to Be a Rock Star” (Hardcover; Atlantic Books) » BUY NOW
QUINCY JONES
“12 Notes: On Life and Creativity” (Hardcover; Digital Book; Abrams Image) » BUY NOW
MAC MILLER
“Most Dope: The Extraordinary Life of Mac Miller” (Hardcover; author: Paul Cantor; Digital Book; Merch; Abrams Press) » BUY NOW
GRATEFUL DEAD
“The Golden Road: The Recorded History of the Grateful Dead” (Paperback; author: John Kilbride; Merch; Sonicbond Publishing) » BUY NOW
WHITNEY HOUSTON
“Didn’t We Almost Have It All: In Defense of Whitney Houston” (Hardcover; author: Gerrick Kennedy; foreword by Brandy; Digital Book; Abrams Press) » BUY NOW
DANYEL SMITH
“Shine Bright: A Personal History of Black Women in Pop” (Hardcover; Digital Book; Hachette Books) » BUY NOW
BANANARAMA
“Really Saying Something: Sara & Keren – Our Bananarama Story” (Paperback; authors: Sara Dallin and Keren Woodward; Merch; Arrow) » BUY NOW
SAMMY HAGAR
“Sammy Hagar’s Cocktail Hits: 85 Personal Favorites from the Red Rocker” (Hardcover; co-author: James O. Fraioli; foreword by Guy Fieri; Skyhorse) » BUY NOW
KRAFTWERK
“Kraftwerk’s Computer World (33 1/3)” (Paperback; author: Steve Tupai Francis; Bloomsbury Academic) » BUY NOW
RADIOHEAD
“Radiohead: Life in a Glasshouse” (Hardcover; author: John Aizlewood; Merch; Palazzo Editions) » BUY NOW
JOHN PRINE
“Prine on Prine: Interviews and Encounters with John Prine” (Hardcover; author: Holly Gleason; ) » BUY NOW
SONNY ROLLINS
“Saxophone Colossus: The Life and Music of Sonny Rollins” (Hardcover; author: Aidan Levy; ) » BUY NOW
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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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