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Published on June 30th, 2020 | by Gerry Galipault

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Your Music Book Store (June 30 and Beyond)

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

Read on.

JUNE 30 RELEASES

JON ANDERSON
“Jon Anderson & The Warriors: The Road to Yes” (Paperback; author: David Watkinson; Sonicbond Publishing) » BUY NOW

RICHARD BARRIOS
“West Side Story: The Jets, the Sharks, and the Making of a Classic” (Hardcover; Digital Book; Running Press Adult) » BUY NOW

SHAYLA LAWSON
“This Is Major: Notes on Diana Ross, Dark Girls, and Being Dope” (Paperback; Digital Book; Harper Perennial) » BUY NOW

BENJAMIN ORR
“Let’s Go! Benjamin Orr and The Cars” (Paperback; author: Joe Milliken; Free Preview; Rowman & Littlefield) » BUY NOW

JULY 1 RELEASES

GRAHAM SHARPE
“Vinyl Countdown” (Paperback; Digital Book; Free Preview; Oldcastle Books) » BUY NOW

JULY 5 RELEASES

PEGGY LEE
“Peggy Lee: A Century of Song” (Hardcover; author: Tish Oney; Digital Book; Rowman & Littlefield Publishers) » BUY NOW

JULY 14 RELEASES

TALIB KWELI
“Vibrate Higher: A Rap Story” (Hardcover; Digital Book; On Tour; MCD) » BUY NOW

JULY 15 RELEASES

DAVID R. WILLIAMS
“The Enterprising Musician’s Legal Toolkit” (Paperback; Rowman & Littlefield Publishers) » BUY NOW

JULY 17 RELEASES

LIBERTY DeVITTO (longtime Billy Joel drummer)
“Liberty: Life, Billy and the Pursuit of Happiness” (Hardcover; foreword by Billy Joel; Hudson Music) » BUY NOW

JULY 21 RELEASES

VAUGHN A. BOOKER
“Lift Every Voice and Swing: Black Musicians and Religious Culture in the Jazz Century” (Paperback; Digital Book; NYU Press) » BUY NOW

JAKE BROWN
“Behind the Boards: Nashville (The Studio Stories Behind Country Music’s Greatest Hits!)” (Paperback; 2nd edition; Music Square Media) » BUY NOW

CHRIS FRANTZ
“Remain in Love: Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club, Tina” (Hardcover; Digital Book; Merch; St. Martin’s Press) » BUY NOW

Other Notable Releases

“The Answer Is …: Reflections on My Life,” Alex Trebek

JULY 28 RELEASES

CHRIS CORNELL
“Total F*cking Godhead: The Biography of Chris Cornell” (Hardcover; author: Corbin Reiff; Merch; Post Hill Press) » BUY NOW

JULY 31 RELEASES

10cc
“10cc and Godley & Creme: every album, every song” (Paperback; author: Peter Kearns; Sonicbond Publishing) » BUY NOW

AUG. 3 RELEASES

THE STATLER BROTHERS
“The Music of The Statler Brothers: An Anthology” (Hardcover; author: Don Reid; Mercer University Press) » BUY NOW

AUG. 11 RELEASES

EDDIE FLOYD
“Knock! Knock! Knock! On Wood: My Life in Soul” (Hardcover; co-author: Tony Fletcher; Merch; BMG Books) » BUY NOW

AUG. 18 RELEASES

LAUREN AKINS (wife of Thomas Rhett)
“Live in Love: Growing Together Through Life’s Changes” (Hardcover; co-author: Mark Dagostino; Digital Book; Ballantine Books) » BUY NOW

BAD RELIGION
“Do What You Want: The Story of Bad Religion” (Hardcover; co-author: Jim Ruland; Digital Book; On Tour, with Alkaline Trio; Merch; Hachette Books) » BUY NOW

AUG. 25 RELEASES

LEVON HELM
“Levon: From Down in the Delta to the Birth of The Band and Beyond” (Hardcover; author: Sandra B. Tooze; Digital Book; Diversion Books) » BUY NOW

SEPT. 3 RELEASES

STEVE HOWE
“All My Yesterdays: The Autobiography of Steve Howe” (Paperback; Omnibus Press) » BUY NOW

JANET JACKSON
“Janet Jackson’s The Velvet Rope (33 1/3)” (Paperback; author: Ayanna Dozier; Merch; Bloomsbury Academic) » BUY NOW

SEPT. 4 RELEASES

THE BEATLES
“The Beatles Finally Let It Be” (Hardcover; compiled by Bruce Spizer; Merch; 498 Productions, LLC) » BUY NOW

SEPT. 8 RELEASES

SARA EVANS
“A Little Bit Stronger: A Memoir” (Hardcover; Digital Book; On Tour; Howard Books) » BUY NOW

SEPT. 15 RELEASES

WILLIE NELSON & BOBBIE NELSON
“Me and Sister Bobbie: True Tales of the Family Band” (Hardcover; Digital Book; Random House) » BUY NOW

SEPT. 22 RELEASES

BROWNMARK
“My Life in the Purple Kingdom” (Hardcover; co-author: Cynthia M. Uhrich; foreword by Questlove; University of Minnesota Press) » BUY NOW

SEPT. 29 RELEASES

ROB HALFORD
“Confess” (Hardcover; Digital Book; Hachette Books) » BUY NOW

RADIOHEAD
“This Isn’t Happening: Radiohead’s ‘Kid A’ and the Beginning of the 21st Century” (Hardcover; author: Steven Hyden; Digital Book; Merch; Hachette Books) » BUY NOW

OCT. 1 RELEASES

PEARL JAM
“Not for You: Pearl Jam and the Present Tense” (Hardcover; author: Ronen Givon; On Tour; Merch; Bloomsbury Academic) » BUY NOW

OCT. 6 RELEASES

LENNY KRAVITZ
“Let Love Rule” (Hardcover; co-author: David Ritz; Digital Book; Henry Holt and Co.) » BUY NOW

PRINCE
“This Thing Called Life: Prince’s Odyssey, On + Off the Record” (Hardcover; author: Neal Karlen; Merch; St. Martin’s Press) » BUY NOW

OCT. 13 RELEASES

KENDRICK LAMAR
“The Butterfly Effect: How Kendrick Lamar Ignited the Soul of Black America” (Hardcover; author: Marcus J. Moore; Digital Book; Atria Books / Simon and Schuster) » BUY NOW

RUSH
“Limelight: Rush in the ’80s” (Hardcover; Digital Book; Merch; ECW Press) » BUY NOW

OCT. 15 RELEASES

MICHAEL OBERMAN (rock journalist/photographer)
“Fast Forward, Play, and Rewind” (Paperback; Backbeat Books) » BUY NOW

OCT. 20 RELEASES

DAVE BRUBECK
“Digging Dave Brubeck and Time Out!” (Paperback; author: Alan Goldsher; Post Hill Press) » BUY NOW

PETER FRAMPTON
“Do You Feel Like I Do? A Memoir” (Hardcover; co-author: Alan Light; Digital Book; Hachette Books) » BUY NOW

OCT. 27 RELEASES

QUEEN
“Queen: The Neal Preston Photographs” (Hardcover; Merch; Reel Art Press) » BUY NOW

NOV. 10 RELEASES

HALSEY
“I Would Leave Me If I Could: A Collection of Poetry” (Hardcover; Merch; Simon & Schuster) » BUY NOW

NOV. 15 RELEASES

JOHN LENNON & YOKO ONO
“Hold On World: The Lasting Impact of John Lennon & Yoko Ono’s Plastic Ono Band – 50 Years On” (Paperback; author: John Kruth; Backbeat Books) » BUY NOW

NOV. 17 RELEASES

MIKE DOUGHTY
“I Die Each Time I Hear the Sound: A Memoir” (Paperback; On Tour; Da Capo Press) » BUY NOW

DOLLY PARTON
“Songteller: My Life in Lyrics” (Hardcover; co-author: Robert K. Oermann; Digital Book; Chronicle Books) » BUY NOW

DEC. 7 RELEASES

JOHN LENNON
“The Last Days of John Lennon” (Hardcover; authors: James Patterson, Casey Sherman, Dave Wedge; Digital Book; Merch; Little, Brown and Company) » BUY NOW

FEB. 11, 2021 RELEASES

COWBOY JUNKIES
“Music Is the Drug: The Authorised Musical Biography of Cowboy Junkies” (Hardcover; author: Dave Bowler; Digital Book; Omnibus Press) » BUY NOW

FEB. 25, 2021 RELEASES

IAN HUNTER
“Rock ‘n’ Roll Sweepstakes: The Official Biography of Ian Hunter (Volume Two)” (Hardcover; author: Campbell Devine; Omnibus Press) » BUY NOW

MARCH 2, 2021 RELEASES

PATTIE BOYD
“Pattie Boyd: My Life Through a Lens” (Hardcover; Read here; Insight Editions) » BUY NOW

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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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