Vinyl Dreams: How the 1970s Changed Music by Tony Wellington
$39.99 AUD
Category: Music
A scintillating journey through the seventies and the extraordinary music it gave rise to — including the new concept of sound that defines music today.After the dense miasma of the sixties, the seventies hit like a hangover. Idealism took a pounding as cynicism began to pervade western culture. Stagfla ...Show more
The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music by Dave Grohl
$24.99 AUD
Category: Music
THE SUNDAY TIMES NO 1 BESTSELLER * ONE OF NME's BEST MUSIC BOOKS OF 2021 * ONE OF VARIETY'S BEST MUSIC BOOKS OF 2021 * INCLUDED IN AUDIBLE'S BEST OF THE YEAR LISTSo, I've written a book. Having entertained the idea for years, and even offered a few questionable opportunities ('It's a piece of cake ...Show more
Scattershot: Life, Music, Elton and Me by Bernie Taupin
$34.99 AUD
Category: Music
"I loved writing, I loved chronicling life and every moment I was cogent, sober, or blitzed, I was forever feeding off my surroundings, making copious notes as ammunition for future compositions. . The thing is good, bad or indifferent I never stopped writing, it was as addictive as any drug." This is ...Show more
M Train by Patti Smith
$24.99 AUD
Category: Music
REVISED EDITION WITH FIVE THOUSAND WORDS BONUS MATERIAL AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS. M Train begins in the tiny Greenwich Village cafe where Smith goes every morning for black coffee, ruminates on the world as it is and the world as it was, and writes in her notebook. Through prose that shifts fluidly between ...Show more
Sticky Fingers - The Life and Times of Jann Wenner and Rolling Stone Magazine by Joe Hagan
$34.99 AUD
Category: Music
A New York Times Top 10 Book of the Year (Dwight Garner)A New York Times Top 10 Book of the Year (Janet Maslin)A New York Magazine Top 10 Book of the Year A USA Today Top 10 Book We Loved Reading in 2017An Amazon Top 100 Book of 2017 An Amazon Best Biography of 2017 An Amazon Best History Book of 2017 A ...Show more
The Complete Classical Music Guide by DK
$42.99 AUD
Category: Music
What makes Mozart's music so great? Why does a minor chord sound sad and a major chord sound happy? What's the difference between opera and operetta? From Bach to Bernstein, this definitive guide offers a complete survey of the history of classical music.Whether you already love classical music or you'r ...Show more
Ukulele for Dummies by Alistair Wood
$41.95 AUD
Category: Music
Strum a tune on your ukulele--no Hawaiian shirt required Picture it now: the sun sets over the shimmering sea, and, as the beach bar falls quiet, you begin strumming Queen Liliuokalani's "Aloha 'Oe" to a mesmerized crowd. ... Okay, while this doesn't happen every day for ukulele-players, you'll still ...Show more
Bad Boy Boogie: The true story of AC/DC legend Bon Scott by Jeff Apter
$34.99 AUD
Category: Music
The life, death and rock'n'roll rollercoaster career of AC/DC frontman Bon Scott. Australia has produced any number of great rock and roll frontmen and women. But none has left quite the same mark as AC/DC's Bon Scott. No one had the same skill with lyrics as Bon, who called his words 'toilet poetry', h ...Show more
Nina Simone's Gum by Warren Ellis
$39.99 AUD
Category: Music
From award-winning musician and composer Warren Ellis comes the unexpected and inspiring story of a piece of chewing gum. Featuring an introduction from Nick Cave. 'Warren has turned this memento, snatched from his idol's piano in a moment of rapture, into a genuine religious artefact.' NICK CAVE On T ...Show more
Sound as Ever: A Celebration of the Greatest Decade in Australian Music: 1990-1999 by Jane Gazzo, Andrew P. Street
$49.99 AUD
Category: Music
The 90s was a magical time for Australian music. Record labels had money to spend, the Big Day Out and Triple J went national and suddenly everyone was getting a 3-piece together and gigging in the inner-city pubs of their town. Sound as Ever is a celebration and a documentation of this fertile period w ...Show more
Tragedy: the Ballad of the Bee Gees by Jeff Apter
$34.99 AUD
Category: Music
The rollercoaster careers of the brothers Gibb – Barry, Robin, Maurice and younger brother Andy – is perhaps the greatest saga in Australian music history. This is the story of the brothers’ incredible careers and of the Gibb ‘curse’ – an all-too-human look at the yin and yang of fame. This edition is a ...Show more
The Flame by Leonard Cohen; Adam Cohen (Introduction by)
$49.99 AUD
Category: Music
The Flame is the final work from Leonard Cohen, the revered poet and musician whose fans span generations and whose work is celebrated throughout the world. Featuring poems, excerpts from his private notebooks, lyrics, and hand-drawn self-portraits, The Flame offers an unprecedentedly intimate look ins ...Show more