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The Cambridge Companion to the Saxophone

By Richard Ingham (Leeds College of Music)

Tony Bacon: Six Decades Of Fender Telecaster - The Story Of The World's First Solidbody Electric Guitar

By Tony Bacon

The Art of the Band T-shirt

By Amber Easby, Henry Oliver

Slayer's Reign in Blood

By D.X. Ferris

The Velvet Underground's The Velvet Underground and Nico

By Joe Harvard

Wire's Pink Flag

By Wilson Neate

Totally Wired: Postpunk Interviews and Overviews

By Simon Reynolds

Japrocksampler

By Julian Cope

The Complete Guide to the Music of Jimi Hendrix

By John Robertson

A Million Years of Music: The Emergence of Human Modernity

By Gary Tomlinson (Yale University)

What to Listen For in Jazz

By Barry Kernfeld

From "The Italian Girl" to "Cabaret": Musical Humour, Parody and Burlesque

By George Austen Colerick

The Age of Enlightenment 1745-1790

By Egon Wellesz, F. W. Sternfeld

Hawkwind: Sonic Assassins

By Ian Abrahams

Rainbow Rising: The Story of Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow

By Roy Davies

Led Zeppelin SBTS

By Chris Welch

I Was There: Gigs That Changed the World

By Mark Paytress

The Golden Century of Italian Opera from Rossini to Puccini

By William Weaver

Transformer: A Story of Glitter, Glam Rock, and Loving Lou Reed

By Simon Doonan

M Train

By Ms Patti Smith

Classic and Romantic Music: A Comprehensive Guide

By Frederich Blume

Bittersweet: The Clifford T. Ward Story

By David Cartwright

Message to Our Folks: The Art Ensemble of Chicago

By Paul Steinbeck

Fare Thee Well: The Final Chapter of the Grateful Dead's Long, Strange Trip

By Joel Selvin, Pamela Turley

YEAR OF WONDER: Classical Music for Every Day

By Clemency Burton-Hill

The Peel Sessions: A story of teenage dreams and one man's love of new music

By Ken Garner

"Busted": On Tour - the Official Book

By Peter Robinson

Anatomy of a Song: The Oral History of 45 Iconic Hits That Changed Rock, R&B and Pop

By Marc Myers

THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON: The Making of the Pink Floyd Masterpiece

By Harris

Mozart

By Richard Baker