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General music and musical genre books (alphabetically by title)General music and musical genre books (alphabetically by title)
All Music Guide to Rock: The Definitive Guide to Rock, Pop and Soul, 2002 (3rd ed) All Music Guide to Rock: The Experts Guide to the Best Recordings in Rock, Pop, Soul ..., 1997 All Roots Lead to Rock: Legends of Early Rock N Roll: A Bear Family Reader, 1999 All Shook Up: How Rock 'N' Roll Changed America, Glenn Altschuler, 2003 American Ballads & Folk Songs, John A Lomax & Alan Lomax, 1934 American Folk Tales & Songs, Robert Chase, 1971 American Heartbeat: Travels From Woodstock To San Jose By Song Title, Mick Brown, 1993 America on Record : A History of Recorded Sound, Andre Millard, 1995 An American Rock History, Vol. 1: California The Golden State (1963 - 1985), 1987 An American Rock History, Vol. 2: A Southwestern Pilgrimage: Texas, Arizona and New Mexico, 1990 An American Rock History, Vol. 3: Chicago and Illinois (1960-1992), 1993 An American Rock History, Vol. 4: Indiana, Iowa and Missouri (1960-1993), 1995 An American Rock History, Vol. 5: The Midwest: Minnesota and Winsconsin (1960-1997), 1998 American Song: The Complete Musical Theatre Companion 1900-1984, Vol 1 & 2, Ken Bloom, 1985 American Troubadours: Groundbreaking Singer Songwriters Of The 60's, Mark Brend, 2001 Ancient & Modern Scottish Songs, Heroic Ballads &c, Collected by David Herd 1776, 1972 Are You Ready for the Country?, Peter Doggett, 2001 Awopbopaloobop Alopbamboom: The Golden Age of Rock, Nik Cohn, 1972 Baby Let Me Follow You Down, Eric Von Schmidt, Jim Rooney, 1979 Behind The Song: Stories of 100 Great Pop and Rock Classics, Heatley / Leigh, 1998 A Bibliography of North American Folklore and Folksong (2 volumes), Charles Hayward, 1961 The Billboard Book Of Number One Country Hits, Tom Roland, 1991 Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Sixties, Joel Whitburn, 1995 Blacks, Whites and Blues, Tony Russell, 1970 Blackwell Guide To Blues Records, Ed. Paul Oliver, 1989 Blackwell Guide To Country Recordings, Ed. Bob Allen, 1992 Blackwell Guide To Soul Recordings, Ed. Robert Pruter, 1993 Bluegrass: A History, Neil V. Rosenberg, 1993 Bluegrass : An Informal Guide, Richard D Smith, 1995 Bluegrass Breakdown, Robert Cantwell, 1992 Bluegrass LP Issues, 1957-1990, Compiler John L. Boothroyd, 1991 Blues Fell this Morning: Meaning in the Blues, Paul Oliver, 1960 Blues Off The Record, Paul Oliver, 1984 Broadside: Songs of Our Times from the Pages of Broadside Magazine, Volume 1, 1964 California Rock, Califormia Sound, Anthony Fawcett, Henry Diltz, 1979 Carry It On!, Pete Seeger & Bob Reisner, 1986 Catalyst: The Sun Records Story, Colin Escott, Martin Hawkins, 1975 Celluloid Rock: Twenty Years of Movie Rock, Philip Jenkinson & Alan Warner, 1974 Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums Of The Seventies, Robert Christgau, 1981 The Classic Rock and Roll Reader: Rock Music from Its Beginnings to the Mid-1970s, 1999 Closing the Circle: Cultural History of the Rock Revolution, Herbert I London, 1984 Conversation With The Blues, Paul Oliver, 1965 Country, Nick Tosches, 1985 The Country Blues, Samuel Charters, 1959 Country Music Recorded Prior To 1943: A Discography Of LP Reissues, Willie Smyth, 1984 Crossovers: Essays on Race, Music, and American Culture, John Szwed, 2006 Crying For The Carolines, Bruce Bastin, 1971 The Da Capo Companion to 20th Century Popular Music, 1995 The Dark Stuff, Nick Kent, 1995 The Day is So Long and the Wages So Small, Samuel Charters, 1999 Days In The Life:Voices From The English Underground 1961-1971, Jonathon Green, 1990 Desperados: The Roots Of Country Rock, John Einarson, 2001 Down Beat: Sixty Years Of Jazz, Frank Alkyer (Ed.), 1995 Dylan's Daemon Lover: The Tangled Tale Of A 450-Year Old Pop Ballad, Clinton Heylin, 1999 Early Rockers, Howard Elson, 1982 Encyclopedia of British Beat and Solo Artists of the Sixties, 1980 Encyclopedia of Hits: The 1960's, Davis McAleer, 1996 Encyclopedia of Pop, Rock and Soul, Irwin Stambler, 1969 (final rev 1990)
English Folk Songs From The Southern Appalachians, Cecil Sharp, Maud Karpelis, 1966 English Folk Songs, Selected Edition, Cecil J. Sharp, 1959 Every Chart-Topper Tells A Story: The Sixties, Sharon Davis, 1997 Every Chart-Topper Tells A Story: The Seventies, Sharon Davis, 1998 Feel Like Going Home: Portraits In Blues and Rock 'N' Roll, Peter Guralnick, 1971 Folk Music in Britain, Ireland and the USA, Clive D. Griffin, 1989 Folk Song In England, A.L.Lloyd, 1967 Folk Songs Collected by Ralph Vaughn Williams, Ed. Roy Palmer, 1983 Follow the Music: The Life and High Times of Elektra Records, Jac Holzman, 2000 Fuzz, Acid and Flowers: A Guide to American Garage, Psychedelic and Hippie Rock (64-75), 1993 Gennett Records of Old Time Tunes: A Catalog Reprint, 197? Good Rockin' Tonight: Sun Records & The Birth Of Rock 'N' Roll, Colin Escott, Martin Hawking, 1992 The Great Psychedelic Discography, Martin C. Strong, 1998 The Great Rock Discography, Martin C. Strong, 1996 The Green Book of Songs by Subject, Jeff Green, 2002 (5th edition) The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music, 1992 Halliwell Film Guide 7th Edition, 1989 The Highway Is Alive Tonight: A History of American Protest Music, Marc Leverette, 2007 The History Of The Blues: The Roots, The Music..., Francis Davis, 1995 Hollywood Rock: A Guide To Rock `N' Roll In The Movies, Marshall Crenshaw, 1994 Hollywood Song: The Complete Film & Musical Companion, Ken Bloom, 1994 Hotel California: The True-life Adventures of Crosby, Stills, Nash, Young, Mitchell, Taylor...., Barney Hoskyns, 2006 The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Rock, Nick Logan, Bob Woffenden, 1976 In The Country Of Country, Nicholas Dawidoff, 1997 It Came From memphis: The Unturned Roots Of Rock And Roll, Robert Gordon, 1995 Jazz Rock: A History, Stuart Nicholson, 1998 The Legacy Of The Blues, Samuel Charters, 1975 Lost Highway: Journeys and Arrivals of American Musicians, Peter Guralnick, 1979 Louie Louie: The History And Mythology of ...., Dave Marsh, 1993 Making People's Music: Moe Asch & Folkways Records, Peter D Goldsmith, 1998 The Meaning Of The Blues, Paul Oliver, 1962 Mystery Train: Images of America in Rock'n'Roll Music, Greil Marcus, 1975 (Revised ed. 2000) The New Blackwell Guide to Recorded Blues, Ed. John Cowley, Paul Oliver, 1996 The New Lost City Ramblers Songbook, Seeger / Cohen / Stephenson, 1964 The New Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll, 1983 The NME Book Of Rock, 197? No One Waved Goodbye: A Casualty Report on Rock 'N' Roll, Robert Somma, 1971 Nothing But The Blues, Lawrence Cohn (Ed), 1993 Old Time String Band Songbook, Eds. Mike Seeger, John Cohen, Holly Wood Stephenson, 1976 The Oxford Dictionary Of Nursery Rhyme, Ed. Iona & Peter Opie, 1958 Ozark Folksongs, Vance Randolph, Edited & Abridged by Norm Cohen, 1982 The Parlour Song Book: A Casquet Of Vocal Gems, Ed. Michael R Turner & Antony Miall, 1972 Popular Music: An Annotated Index Of American Popular Song, Vol 1. 1950-59, Nat Shapiro, 197? Popular Music: An Annotated Index Of American Popular Song, Vol 2. 1940-49, Nat Shapiro, 197? Popular Music: An Annotated Index Of American Popular Song, Vol 3. 1960-64, Nat Shapiro, 197? Popular Music: An Annotated Index Of American Popular Song, Vol 4. 1930-39, Nat Shapiro, 197? Popular Music: An Annotated Index Of American Popular Song, Vol 5. 1920-29, Nat Shapiro, 197? Popular Music: An Annotated Index Of American Popular Song, Vol 6. 1965-69, Nat Shapiro, 197? Psychedelic Psounds, Alan Vorda, 1989 RED MusicMaster 7th Edition, 199? The Resisting Muse: Popular Music and Social Protest, Ian Peddie, 2006 Rhythm Oil: A Journey Through The Music Of The American South, Stanley Booth, 1991 Rip It Up!: Rock 'n' Roll Rulebreakers, Denise Sullivan, 2001 The Rock & Roll Almanac, Mark Bego, 1996 Rock 'N' Roll Heaven, Nikki Corvette, 1997 Rock File, Charlie Gillett (Ed), 1982 Rock from the Beginning, Nik Cohn, 1969 Rockabilly: A Forty-Year Journey, Billy Poore, 1998 The Rockin' '50s: The Decade That Transformed the Pop Music Scene, Arnold Shaw, 1974 The Rockin' '60s: The People Who Made the Music, Brock Helander, 1999 Rockspeak!: The Language of Rock and Pop, Simon Warner, 1996 The Rolling Stone Album Guide, 1992 The Rolling Stone Book of Women in Rock, 1997 The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll, 1983 (rev 2001) The Rolling Stone Illustrated History Of Rock & Roll, 1992 Rolling Stone Magazine: The Uncensored History, Robert Draper, 1990 The Rolling Stone Record Guide, Editors: Dave Marsh, John Swenson, 1979 Rolling Stone Rock Almanac: The Chronicle of Rock & Roll, Editors of Rolling Stone, 1983 Roots and Rhythm Guide To Rock, Frank Scott. Al Ennis et al, 1993 Rock: The Rough Guide, 1999 Screening The Blues: Aspects Of The Blues Tradition, Paul Oliver, 1968 The Seventies: A Tumultuous Decade Reconsidered, 2000 She's A Rebel: The History of Women in Rock 'N' Roll, Gillian G. Gaar, 1992 Sing For Freedom: The Story of the Civil Rights Movement Through Its Songs, Guy and Candie Carawan, 1990 Sing My Way Home: Voices of the New American Roots Rock, Keith and Kent Zimmerman, 2004 Songs Of The American West, Richard E Lingafelta, Richard A Dwyer, David Cohen, 1968 Songsters & Saints: Vocal Tradition On Race Records, Paul Oliver, 1984 Sonic Cool: The Life and Death of Rock N Roll, Joe Harrington, 2002 Soulsville U.S.A: The Story of Stax Records, Rob Bowman, 1997 Southern Music : American Music, Bill C. Malone, David Stricklin, 2002 Southern Mountain Folksongs, W. K. McNeil, 1993 Southern Folk Ballads, Vol II, W. K. McNeil, 1988 Stagolee Shot Billy, Cecil Brown, 2003 The Story Of The Blues, Paul Oliver, 1969 (revised 1999) Sweet Soul Music: Rhythm & Blues And The Southern Dream Of Freedom, Peter Guralnick, 1986 Tapestry Of Delights, Vernon Joynson, 1998 Tennessee Strings: The Story Of Country Music In Tennessee, Charles K. Wolfe, 1977 That Old Time Rock & Roll: A Chronicle of an Era, 1954-1963, Richard Aquila, 1989 Tin Pan Alley: The Composers, the Songs, the Performers and Their Times, David A Jansen, 1989 Tracks 4th Edition, Music Master, 199? The Traditional Tunes Of The Child Ballads, Vol II, Bertrand Harris Bronson, 1962 Travellers' Songs From England & Scotland, Ewan McColl & Peggy Seeger, 1977 Turning Points in Rock and Roll, Hank Bordowitz, 2004 Undercurrents: The Hidden Wiring of Modern Music, Rob Young, 2003 Very Seventies: A Cultural History Of The 1970s, From The Pages Of Crawdaddy, 1995 Waiting For The Sun, Barney Hoskins, 1996 When Rock Was Young: A Nostalgic Review of the Top Forty Era, Bruce Pollock, 1981 When the Music Mattered: Rock in the 1960's, Bruce Pollock, 1983 Who Sang What In Rock'n'Roll, Alan Warner, 1990 Who Wrote That Song?, Dick Jacobs and Harriet Jacobs, 1994 A Whore Just Like the Rest: The Music Writings of Richard Meltzer, Richard Meltzer, 2000 Yonder Come The Blues, Paul Oliver et al, 2001Books about specific performers or group (alphabetically by performer name)
Midnight Riders: The Story Of The Allman Brothers Band, Scott Freeman, 1995 This Wheels's On Fire: Levon Helm And The Story Of The Band, Levon Helm/Stephen Davis, 1993 Across The Great Divide, Barney Hoskins, 1993 Beatlesongs, William J Dowlding, 1989 The Ultimate Beatles Encyclopedia, Bill Harry, 1992 Abbey Road/Let It Be: Classic Albums, Peter Doggett, 199? Chuck Berry: The Autobiography, Chuck Berry, 1987 Chuck Berry: The Biography, John Collis, 19?? Brown Eyed Handsome Man: The Life and Hard Times of Chuck Berry, Bruce Pegg, 2002 Timeless Flight, Byrds Miles Davis: A Critical Biography, Ian Carr Miles, Miles Davis / Quincy Troupe, 1990 No More Sad Refrains: The Life & Times Of Sandy Denny, Clinton Heylin, 2000 Bo Diddley : Living Legend, George White, 199? The Complete Bo Diddley Sessions, George R White, 1993 I Am The Blue: The Willie Dixon Story, Willie Dixon with Don Snowden Bob Dylan, Anthony Scaduto, 1971 Dylan Behind Closed Doors, The Recording Sessions 1960-1994, Clinton Heylin, 1996 Bob Dylan: Watching The River Flow, Paul Williams, 1996 Invisible Republic: Bob Dylan's Basement Tapes, Greil Marcus, 1997 My Back Pages: Classic Bob Dylan 1962-1969, Andy Gill, 1998 Song & Dance Man III: The Art Of Bob Dylan, Michael Gray, 2000 Bob Dylan: Behind The Shades Revisited, Clinton Heylin, 2001 Simple Twist Of Fate: Bob Dylan and The Making Of Blood On The Tracks, Gill / Odegard, 2004 Everly Brothers: Walk Right Back, Roger White, 1984 (rev 1998) Divided Soul: The Life Of Marvin Gaye, David Ritz, 1991 Rock & Roll Doctor: The Music of Lowell George and Little Feat, Mark Brend, 2002 Woody Guthrie, A Life, Joe Klein, 1982 I Me Mine, George Harrison with Derek Taylor, 1980 Remembering Buddy, John Goldrosen and John Beecher, 1987 Dazzling Stranger: Bert Jansch & The Britsh Folk & Blues Revival, Colin Harper, 2000 Searching for Robert Johnson, Peter Guralnick, 1989 Backstage Passes & Backstabbing Bastards, Al Kooper, 1998 Bluegrass 1950-1955 Bill Monroe, Charles K Wolfe & Neil V Rosenberg, 1989 Can't You Hear Me Callin': The Life of Bill Monroe, Father of Bluegrass, Richard D. Smith, 2001 Bossmen: Bill Monroe & Muddy Waters, James Rooney, 1971 Van Morrison : Too Late To Stop Now, Steve Turner, 1993 Can You Feel The Silence: Van Morrison: A New Biography, Clinton Heylin, 2003 Papa John, John Phillips w/ Jim Jerome, 1986 Last Train To Memphis: The Rise Of Elvis Presley, Peter Guralnick, 1995 Careless Love: The Unmaking of Elvis Presley, Peter Guralnick, 2000 Jimmie Rodgers, Nolan Porterfield, 1991 Travelling The Highway Home: Ralph Stanley ...., John Wright, 1993 Winwood : Keep On Running, The Steve Winwood Story, Chris Welch with Steve Winwood, 1989 Sing a Sad Song: The Life of Hank Williams, Roger M., Williams, 1981? Hank Williams: The Biography, Colin Escott, with George Merritt and William MacEwan, 1994Magazines and fanzines
Many magazines and fanzines have contributed to the information collected together on the pages of this site but as the majority of these were read before the site existed there is no record of what information came from what source or even what was read. The following publications, and no doubt others which will be added when they come to mind, contributed in one way or another.
Billboard
Bucketful Of Brains
Comstock Lode
Crawdaddy
Creem
Dark Star
Down Beat
Duprees Diamond News
Freak Beat
The Golden Road
Goldmine
Grateful Dead Almanac
The History Of Rock
Hit Parader
Holding Together
Ice
Masters Of Rock
Melody Maker
Mojo
Mojo Navigator
New Musical Express
Ptolemaic Terrascope
Record Collector
Relix
Rolling Stone
Shindig!
Spiral Light
Ugly Things
Unbroken Chain
The Wire
ZigZag
Last updated March 2007