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Searching For Robert Johnson
by Peter Guralnick
Robert Johnson, while probably the most influential of all blues guitarists, is also one of the most obscure. Recognized as an influence on musicians like Eric Clapton and the Rolling Stones, Johnson was poisoned by a jealous husband in 1938--at the age of twenty-seven. This untimely death, his supposed bargain with the devil that enabled him to play guitar, and the ferocity and tormented originality of his work have given rise to a legend that has inspired a Hollywood movie and numerous stories. Peter...
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Sir Walter Scott
by John Buchan
Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet (15 August 1771 – 21 September 1832) was a prolific Scottish historical novelist and poet, popular throughout Europe during his time. Scott has been said to be particularly associated with Toryism, though several passages in Tales of a Grandfather display a liberal, progressive and Unionist outlook on Scotland's history.
W C Handy's Saint Louis Blues Featured By Louis Armstrong and His All Stars In the Columbia Record Album No Cl 591
by W C Handy
What's the Use Of Walking If There's a Freight Train Going Your Way? Black Hoboes & Their Songs
by Paul and Gene Tomko Garon
Includes bibliographical references (p. 268-276) and index
Compact disc accompanying this book shelved in the Music Listening Center
Compact disc accompanying this book shelved in the Music Listening Center
Blues Books & Ephemera
Searching for Robert Johnson: The Life and Legend of the "King of the Delta Blues Singers"
by Guralnick, Peter (Author)
Plume, 1998. Paperback. New. reprint edition. 96 pages. 8.00x5.25x0.50 inches.
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£9.75
Blacks, Whites, and Blues
by Russell, Tony
Stein & Day, New York 1970.. 1970. Softcover. 8vo. softcover. 112pp. index, b/w illus. Good, covers creased, some wear to cover corners. .
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£7.11
Johnny Guitar Watson: Publicity Photograph for Fantasy Records.
by Fantasy Records (New York)
New York: Fantasy Records, [1975].. Glossy Black & White Photograph, 8 x 10 inches, Very Good.
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£20.24
Albert King: Publicity Photograph for Fantasy Records.
by Fantasy Records (New York); Stax Records
New York: Fantasy Records, [1982].. Glossy Black & White Photograph, 8 x 10 inches, Very Good.
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£20.24
The Legacy of the Blues
by Samuel Barclay Charters
192 pages. Cover is clean with some light chipping - see photos. Corners and spine ends show very light wear. Pages are very clean with no markings noted except a small price stamp on the flyleaf.
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£24.28
The Country Blues
by Samuel B Charters
288 pages. Reproduction of the 1959 publication with new introduction and the permission of the author. Covers are clean with some mild bumping and creasing. Pages are very clean with a tear (~1" on page vii) and no markings noted except the penciled price on the flyleaf.
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£16.19
Deep Blues: A Musical and Cultural History of the Mississippi Delta
by Robert Palmer
310 pages. Evolution of the Blues in America. Includes Discography, Bibliography and Index. Cover is intact with some chips and creases, but has no markings. Pages are clean with no markings noted.
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£16.19
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W. C. Handy's Saint Louis Blues: featured by Louis Armstrong and his All Stars in the Columbia record album no. CL 591 [sheet music]
by Handy, W. C
New York: Handy Brothers Music Co, 1968. Sheet_music. 6p., including covers, 9x12 inches, 4 pages of sheet music and lyrics (in dialect) , very good condition in lightly-worn glossy blue pictorial wraps with Louis Armstrong on the cover and ads on back cover. Originally written and published in 1914 and re-issued and recorded countless times, also the basis of an Eartha Kitt movie.
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£12.14
Peter Green: the Authorised Biography
by Celmins, Martin
Sanctuary Publishing Ltd, United Kingdom, 2003. Third Edition. Paperback. Collectable - Good Condition. VG- 2003 3rd ed revised Sanctuary paperback with photo sections. Notes in German to lower half of title page, pages toned with age, tight and otherwise unmarked. Size: 128\nx 200\nx 25.4mm. 240 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Blues; ISBN: 1860745075. ISBN/EAN: 9781860745072. Dewey Code: 787.871643092. The photos provided are...
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£72.50£58.00
If It Sounds Good, It Is Good: Seeking Subversion, Transcendence, and Solace in America's Music
by Manning, Richard
Oakland: PM Press, 2020. Hardcover. ix + 258p., 6.5x9 inches, hardcover, New.
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£16.19
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[Photograph of Billy Cox]
npl: npub, nd. Photograph. 8x6 inch photograph of Billy "William" Cox, in very good condition. Bassist for Jimi Hendrix.
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£36.43
Record Exchanger: #21, vol. 4, #5: Jerry Lee Lewis
by Turco, Art, editor, Jerry Lee Lewis, Joe Morris, Billy Butler, Alan Freed, Bob Kinder, Peter A. Grendysa, et al
Anaheim: Vintage Records, 1975. Magazine. 32p. includes covers, 8.5x11 inches, profiles, charts, discographies, photos, very good magazine in stapled red pictorial wraps. Cover story on "The Killer" (NB: this magazine was published the year your humble bibliographer ran lights, sound, and whiskey for Jerry Lee Lewis!).
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£20.24
Can you Grock? Vol. 1 No. 2 (Oct. 5, 1970)
Rochester, NY: Has Productions, 1970. Newspaper. 18p. tabloid format newspaper, pages toned, otherwise very good. Music scene underground paper. Cover story on a visit with BB King. Centerfold poster depicts Jimi Hendrix, simply captioned "In Memory Of.
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£48.57
Golden Gate Quartet, USA; Programmheft mit Liedertexten. Clyde Riddick.. 1. Tenor. Clyde Wright.. 2. Tenor. Paul Brembly.. Bariton. Orlandus Wilson.. Bass. Eine Tournee der Konzertdirektion Kurt Collien
Hamburg, 1980. Pamphlet. Concert program with lyrics in English (only), no music notation, surrounding text in German (exclusively), features a number of b&w group photos with (over the decades) a various cast of always four persons. A tall stapled pamphlet, 11.5x8.5 inches, colorphoto cover with two color portraits. A very good copy, sound, clean and free of any markings.
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£20.24
Pop Music and the Blues: A Study of the Relationship and Its Significance
by MIDDLETON, Richard
London: Victor Gollancz, 1972. First. Soft Cover. Very Good. A neat tight proof copy stamped UNCORRECTED on the front panel. Octavo in original buff wrappers, 264 pages including postscript, bibliography and glossary. Some light soiling and *very light* creasing to wrapper. Professor of Music at Newcastle University, musicologist Richard Middleton offers a rich and detailed account of the historical conditions relating to the blues and its syntheses that now reach global audiences. An unusual copy of a...
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£71.43
Country Blues Songbook
by Stefan Grossman, Hal Grossman and Stephen Cait
208 Pages. "The lyrics, melody line, and chord diagrams for over 120 great country blues, as played and sung by Skip James, Son House, Robert Johnson, John Hurt, Lightnin' Hopkins and many more, some never before published."Very clean copy with tight spine, crisp pages and no markings, except for a previous owner name stamp blocked out with red marker on the title page. Also a small stain on the lower edge.
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£16.19
STOMPING THE BLUES
by Albert Murray
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1976. First American Edition . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 8vo (264 pages, illustrated (with photographs). Truly a seminal work of jazz scholarship. This is a very good copy of the First American edition, in dust jacket. It has been inscribed and SIGNED by the author in ink on the title page. Dust jacket is modestly shelfworn and edge-chipped, else fine. Contents fine.
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£121.42
The Roots Of The Blues: An African Search
by Charters, Samuel
Salem, NH: Marion Boyars Publishers. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1981. Hardcover. 071452705X . The author traveled to West Africa in search of the origins of blues music which surfaced in America. This is a nice clean, tight and unmarked book with no previous owner names and no bookplates. It is bound in the in the original publisher's blue cloth covers with gilt spine lettering.; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 151 pages .
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£12.10
In Search of the Blues
by Marybeth Hamilton
309 pages history including ~50 pages of research notes and index. Only NF because there are some pencil erasures on the flyleaf. Jacket, covers and pages are very clean. Pages are crisp and unmarked.
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£20.24
Johnny Guitar Watson: Publicity Photograph for Fantasy Records.
by Fantasy Records (New York)
New York: Fantasy Records, [1975].. Glossy Black & White Photograph, 8 x 10 inches, Very Good.
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£20.24
Stomping the Blues
by Albert Murray
NY: Vintage Books, 1982. reprint. Softcover. Very Good/None. Softcover, pictorial wrappers, 264 pages, b&w illustrations. In this classic work of American music writing, renowned critic Albert Murray argues beautifully and authoritatively that the blues as such are synonymous with low spirits. Not only is its express purpose to make people feel good, which is to say in high spirits, but in the process of doing so it is actually expected to generate a disposition that is both elegantly playful and...
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£14.57
Albert King & Stevie Ray Vaughan: Publicity Photograph for Fantasy Records.
by Fantasy Records (New York); Stax Records
New York: Fantasy Records, 1999.. Glossy Black & White Photograph, 8 x 10 inches, Very Good.
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£20.24
Sounds So Good to Me
by Barry Lee Pearson
175 pages. A close look "deeply into the musicians' traditional mask and to use tradition as a way of approaching the art form." The blues men's stories are used as a "vehicle to celebrate the artists and to shed light on what they do so well." Includes fourteen pages of b/w photos of the blues men interviewed. Covers and spine are unmarked with very light bruising of the corners. Pages are crisp and clean with no markings noted.
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£20.24
Searching for Robert Johnson
by Peter Guralnick
Penguin Publishing Group, 1989. Hardcover. Acceptable. Disclaimer:A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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£4.85
