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Believe in Magic: 30 Years of Heavenly Recordings

By Robin Turner

Shiny and New: Ten Moments of Pop Genius that Defined the '80s

By Dylan Jones

No Regrets: Writings on Scott Walker

By Rob Young

Too Much Too Young, the 2 Tone Records Story: Rude Boys, Racism, and the Soundtrack of a Generation

By Daniel Rachel

A Booze & Vinyl Christmas: Merry Music-and-Drink Pairings to Celebrate the Season

By Andre Darlington, Jason Varney

Classic Ephemera: A Musical Miscellany (Classic FM)

By Darren Henley, Tim Lihoreau, Howard Goodall

The Norton Anthology of Short Fiction

By R V Cassill (late of Brown University)

Tchaikovsky: The Man Revealed

By John Suchet

Social Theory and Political Practice: Wolfson College Lectures, 1981

By Christopher Lloyd

Freddie Mercury (Paperback Edition)

The Concise Oxford History of Music

By Gerald Abraham

Listening to Music: The Essential Guide to the Classical Repertoire

By Jonathan D. Kramer

The New Shostakovich

By Ian MacDonald

Michael Jackson: All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Track

By Francois Allard, Richard Lecocq

Encyclopedia of Classical Music

By Rob Ainsley

Guitarists Picture Chords

By Happy Traum

The Complete Guide to the Music of Jimi Hendrix

By John Robertson

Japrocksampler

By Julian Cope

Totally Wired: Postpunk Interviews and Overviews

By Simon Reynolds

Wire's Pink Flag

By Wilson Neate

The Velvet Underground's The Velvet Underground and Nico

By Joe Harvard

Slayer's Reign in Blood

By D.X. Ferris

The Art of the Band T-shirt

By Amber Easby, Henry Oliver

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

By Tony Bacon

The Cambridge Companion to the Saxophone

By Richard Ingham (Leeds College of Music)

How Music Got Free: The Inventor, the Music Man, and the Thief

By Stephen Witt

Lives of the Great Composers: v. 1

By Harold C. Schonberg

How to Play Keyboards: All You Need to Know to Play Easy Keyboard Music

By Roger Evans

The Vintage Guide to Classical Music: An Indispensable Guide for Understanding and Enjoying Classical Music

By Jan Swafford

Listening to Music History: Active Listening Materials to Support a School Music Scheme (Music Express Extra)

By MacGregor, Helen, Dexter, Alison, Collins Music