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All Music Guide to Rock: The Best Cds, Albums & Tapes Rock, Pop, Soul, R&B, and Rapby William Ruhlmann, Michael Erlewine, Chris Woodstra, Vladimir Bogdanov, Richie Unterberger, Stephen Thomas EriewineISBN 087930376X (0-87930-376-X)
Softcover, Pub Group West
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All Music Guide to Rock: The Definitive Guide to Rock, Pop, and Soulby Chris Woodstra, Vladimir Bogdanov, Stephen Thomas ErlewineISBN 087930653X (0-87930-653-X)
Softcover, Backbeat Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'All Music Guide to Rock: The Definitive Guide to Rock, Pop, and Soul'Book summary:Easy to use and fun to explore, this 1,400-page tome is the most complete guide ever published on the artists and recordings that really rock. Compiled by dozens of music critics, it reviews and rates more than 14,000 great albums by over 2,200 artists and groups in more than 400 styles - both mainstream and alternative - including bootlegs, import-only releases, important out-of-print recordings, and lesser-known cult artists. A brief profile details each performerÕs career, while insightful reviews of top recordings help define the musicianÕs artistic development and impact on rock. Expanded biographies spotlight major figures, along with complete album discographies. Also features educational essays and "music maps" that chart the evolution of rockÕs diverse subgenres at a glance. [via]
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All Music Guide to Rock: The Experts' Guide to the Best Rock Recordings in Rock, Pop, Soul, R&B, and Rapby Michael Erlewine, Chris Woodstra, Richie Unterberger, Stephen Thomas ErlewineISBN 0879304944 (0-87930-494-4)
Softcover, Pub Group West
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› Find signed collectible books: 'All Music Guide to Rock: The Experts' Guide to the Best Rock Recordings in Rock, Pop, Soul, R&B, and Rap'Book summary:The second edition of All Music's popular rock encyclopedia is a thorough and informed survey of thousands of CD titles currently on the market. While pop, soul, R&B, and rap titles are critiqued, the emphasis here is on rock with a capital "R." Indeed, it's not too hard to stump the book with indie titles and other offbeat recordings. (Try The Trouser Press Guide to '90s Rock for a fitting underground complement to this more mainstream reference.) That said, the genre's almost 2,000 musicians are placed under the microscope. Recommendations for first and essential purchases as well as biographies and other vital facts flesh out the entries. This isn't the only book you'll need for your pop-music reference library, but it is a key purchase for rabid CD buyers. --Steven Stolder [via]
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The Art of Practicing: A Guide to Making Music from the Heartby Madeline BruserISBN 0609801775 (0-609-80177-5)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Art of Practicing: A Guide to Making Music from the Heart'Book summary:This landmark book enlightens amateur and professional musicians about a way of practicing that transforms a sometimes frustrating, monotonous, and overly strenuous labor into an exhilarating and rewarding experience. Acclaimed pianist and teacher Madeline Bruser combines physiological and meditative principles to help musicians release physical and mental tension and unleash their innate musical talent. She offers practical techniques for cultivating free and natural movement, a keen enjoyment of sounds and sensations, a clear and relaxed mind, and an open heart and she explains how to
Prepare the body and mind to practice with ease
Understand the effect of posture on flexibility and expressiveness
Make efficient use of the hands and arms
Employ listening techniques to improve coordination
Increase the range of color and dynamics by using less effort
Cultivate rhythmic vitality
Perform with confidence, warmth, and freedom
Photographs show essential points of posture and movement for a variety of instruments.
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Beethoven's Hairby Russell MartinISBN 076790351X (0-7679-0351-X)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Beethoven's Hair'Book summary:A well-publicized 1994 Sotheby's auction listed, among other musical artifacts and ephemera on the block, a lock of Beethoven's hair. The high-bidders of the hair, two Beethoven enthusiasts, were easy enough to identify by their oddball names: one was a doctor named Che Guevara, the other a retired real estate developer named Ira Brilliant. But the real story, as author Russell Martin attempts to explain in this book, is how did the lock end up on the auction block? More important, can we learn anything from a 175-year-old snippet of hair? Somehow, author Russell Martin attempts to weave biographical information about Beethoven's life with scientific findings about his hair (the two buyers had the lock DNA-tested), as well as trace the path the hair took, from the great composer's head right into the present.
It's a tall order and one at which Martin partially succeeds. His facts about Beethoven and Ferdinand Hiller (the original keeper of the lock) are solid, but he hypothesizes at length about how the hair ended up in a small port town in Denmark during the Nazi occupation. Likewise, he spends nearly the entire second half of the book describing the lives of Guevara and Brilliant, occasionally sounding more like a press agent than a journalist. Subtitled "An Extraordinary Historical Odyssey and a Musical Mystery Solved," Beethoven's Hair doesn't truly solve any musical mysteries, but it is a fascinating, original read for Beethoven-philes who want to learn a little bit more about their favorite composer. --Jason Verlinde [via]
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Beethoven's Hair: An Extraordinary Historical Odyssey and a Scientific Mystery Solvedby Russell MartinISBN 0767903501 (0-7679-0350-1)
Hardcover, Broadway Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Beethoven's Hair: An Extraordinary Historical Odyssey and a Scientific Mystery Solved'Book summary:A well-publicized 1994 Sotheby's auction listed, among other musical artifacts and ephemera on the block, a lock of Beethoven's hair. The high-bidders of the hair, two Beethoven enthusiasts, were easy enough to identify by their oddball names: one was a doctor named Che Guevara, the other a retired real estate developer named Ira Brilliant. But the real story, as author Russell Martin attempts to explain in this book, is how did the lock end up on the auction block? More important, can we learn anything from a 175-year-old snippet of hair? Somehow, author Russell Martin attempts to weave biographical information about Beethoven's life with scientific findings about his hair (the two buyers had the lock DNA-tested), as well as trace the path the hair took, from the great composer's head right into the present.
It's a tall order and one at which Martin partially succeeds. His facts about Beethoven and Ferdinand Hiller (the original keeper of the lock) are solid, but he hypothesizes at length about how the hair ended up in a small port town in Denmark during the Nazi occupation. Likewise, he spends nearly the entire second half of the book describing the lives of Guevara and Brilliant, occasionally sounding more like a press agent than a journalist. Subtitled "An Extraordinary Historical Odyssey and a Musical Mystery Solved," Beethoven's Hair doesn't truly solve any musical mysteries, but it is a fascinating, original read for Beethoven-philes who want to learn a little bit more about their favorite composer. --Jason Verlinde [via]
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Classical Music: The 50 Greatest Composers and Their 1,000 Greatest Worksby Phil G. GouldingISBN 0449910423 (0-449-91042-3)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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The Complete Guitaristby Richard ChapmanISBN 1564587118 (1-56458-711-8)
Softcover, Dk Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Complete Guitarist'Book summary:Instruction, technique, sound, and style -- the ultimate guide to playing the guitar. The Complete Guitarist is the easiest--to--follow playing manual yet devised. It takes you from the simplest cords and picking out your first tunes to more complex styles and advanced improvisation. It breaks new ground with its all--visual approach to learning fingering, chords, notes, scales, modes, rhythm sequences, soloing , and improvising. More than 100 guitar makes and models. Over 1,000 computer--generated chord diagrams. [via]
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Dave Barry's Book of Bad Songsby Dave BarryISBN 0740706004 (0-7407-0600-4)
Softcover, Andrews McMeel Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dave Barry's Book of Bad Songs'Book summary:Dave Barry, that indefatigable yukmeister, writes terrific humor columns (never mind that they all begin to sound the same if you read him regularly). He's the funniest friend you never had. If you read his column--better yet, if you don't read his column--get your hands on a copy of The Book of Bad Songs.
Barry's style is so effortless that you can't resist quoting him. This bit is from his mock-hortatory introduction: "If you keep reading, you're going to have all kinds of bad songs waking up and creeping around inside your brain, refusing to die, just like the corpses in the movie The Night of the Living Dead ..." [via]
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A Day in the Life : The Music and Artistry of the Beatlesby Mark HertsgaardISBN 0385315171 (0-385-31517-1)
Softcover, Dell Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Day in the Life : The Music and Artistry of the Beatles'Book summary:They are the most popular and accomplished musical artists of this century. But for more than three decades, the secrets behind the Beatles' unparalleled artistic evolution were beyond reach--sealed in a locked room at London's Abbey Road Studios. In this comprehensive and brilliantly rendered book the only "outsider" to gain access to these invaluable musical archives provides a new, fascinating look at the music and artistry of the Beatles, revealing how four untrained musicians merged their collective genius into a single creative force, how they came together to paint pictures with sound...and how album by album, the Beatles transformed the landscape of popular music forever.
Combining literary analysis and investigative reporting with page-turning storytelling and musical explication, author Mark Hertsgaard has written the first serious biography of the music of the Beatles. A Day in the Life takes readers inside the Beatles' creative process as never before, from the first tentative run-throughs in the studio of such classics as "Eleanor Rigby" and "I Want to Hold Your Hand" to the final master tapes.
Here we learn how George Harrison's stirring composition "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" was completely transformed from an achingly meditative acoustic masterpiece to a hard-rocking hit--in forty-four takes. We recall how the fantastic final mix of "Strawberry Fields Forever" opens the door to a psychedelic utopia, but discover it is the haunting solo version that takes us down to the core of John Lennon's disillusioned soul. And only here do we see how the Beatles' audacious ability to reinvent themselves stamped the group's unfolding ingenuity on each album like a fingerprint.
With rare insight, Mark Hertsgaard unlocks the mystery of the century's most dynamic musical collaboration: the competitive and creative partnership of John Lennon and Paul McCartney. A Day in the Life traces the way Lennon and McCartney worked together and paints an intricate picture of the composers as we have never seen them before: Paul, the optimistic foil who made John's ominous fragments whole...John, the natural poet who injected raw sexuality into "I Saw Her Standing There" by making a simple five word change.
Smart, fresh, compulsively readable, A Day in the Life reveals John, Paul, George, and Ringo not as celebrities or cultural icons but as musicians whose work will be remembered as some of the most important art of the twentieth century. [via]More editions of A Day in the Life : The Music and Artistry of the Beatles:
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Don Giovanniby Nicholas JohnISBN 0714538531 (0-7145-3853-1)
Softcover, Riverrun Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Don Giovanni'Book summary:[via]The English National Opera Guides were originally conceived in partnership with the English National Opera and edited by Nicholas John, the ENO's dramaturg, who died tragically in an accident in the Alps. Most of the guides are devoted to a single opera, which is described in detailwith many articles that cover its history and information about the composer and his times. The complete libretto is included in both the original language and in a modern singing translationexcept where the opera was written in English. Each has a thematic guide to the most important musical themes in musical notation and each guide is lavishly illustrated. They also contain a bibliography and a discography which is updated at each reprint. The ENO guides are widely regarded as the best series of their kind and excellent value.More editions of Don Giovanni:
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Don Giovanniby W.A. MozartISBN 0486211347 (0-486-21134-7)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Don Giovanni'Book summary:[via]The English National Opera Guides were originally conceived in partnership with the English National Opera and edited by Nicholas John, the ENO's dramaturg, who died tragically in an accident in the Alps. Most of the guides are devoted to a single opera, which is described in detailwith many articles that cover its history and information about the composer and his times. The complete libretto is included in both the original language and in a modern singing translationexcept where the opera was written in English. Each has a thematic guide to the most important musical themes in musical notation and each guide is lavishly illustrated. They also contain a bibliography and a discography which is updated at each reprint. The ENO guides are widely regarded as the best series of their kind and excellent value.More editions of Don Giovanni:
Don Giovanni: In Full Scoreby Wolfgang Amadeus MozartISBN 0486230260 (0-486-23026-0)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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Don Giovanni: Opera Librettoby W. MozartISBN 0793526094 (0-7935-2609-4)
Softcover, Hal Leonard Corp
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Dragondrumsby Anne McCaffreyISBN 0689860064 (0-689-86006-4)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dragondrums'Book summary:When his boy soprano voice begins to change, Piemur is drafted by Masterharper Robinton to help with political work and is sent on missions that lead him into unusual and sometimes dangerous adventures. [via]
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Softcover, Perfection Learning Prebound - Dragondrums: ISBN 0689306857 (0-689-30685-7)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing - Dragondrums: ISBN 0783885067 (0-7838-8506-7)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr - Dragondrums: ISBN 0808521632 (0-8085-2163-2)
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Drumming at the Edge of Magic: A Journey into the Spirit of Percussionby Mickey HartISBN 1888358181 (1-888358-18-1)
Softcover, Grateful Dead Productions
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Softcover, Harpercollins - Drumming at the Edge of Magic: A Journey into the Spirit of Percussion: ISBN 0062503723 (0-06-250372-3)
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The Guitar Handbookby Ralph Denyer, Isaac Guillory, Alastair M. CrawfordISBN 0679742751 (0-679-74275-1)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Guitar Handbook'Book summary:A unique source book for the guitar player - amateur or professional, acoustic or electric, rock , blues, jazz, or folk. The essential encyclopedia for every guitar player. [via]
Harvard Dictionary of Musicby Willi ApelISBN 0674375017 (0-674-37501-7)
Hardcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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The Heart of Rock & Soul: The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Madeby Dave MarshISBN 030680901X (0-306-80901-X)
Softcover, Perseus Books Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Heart of Rock & Soul: The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made'Book summary:In The Heart of Rock & Soul, veteran rock critic Dave Marsh offers a polemical guide to the 1,001 greatest rock and soul singles ever made, encompassing rock, metal, R&B, disco, folk, funk, punk, reggae, rap, soul, country, and any other music that has made a difference over the past fifty years. The illuminating essayscomplete with music history, social commentary, and personal appraisalsdouble as a mini-history of popular music. Here you will find singles by artists as wide-ranging as Aretha Franklin, George Jones, Roy Orbison, the Sex Pistols, Madonna, Run-D.M.C., and Van Halen. Featuring a new preface that covers the hitsand missesof the '90s, The Heart of Rock & Soul remains as provocative, passionate, and timeless as the music it praises.[via]More editions of The Heart of Rock & Soul: The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made:
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In the Fascist Bathroom: Punk in Pop Music, 1977-1992by Greil MarcusISBN 0674445775 (0-674-44577-5)
Softcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'In the Fascist Bathroom: Punk in Pop Music, 1977-1992'Book summary:By now, first-generation rock critic Greil Marcus is better known as the author of highbrow pop-culture tomes (Invisible Republic: Bob Dylan's Basement Tapes) than as a workaday, keep-it-pithy critic. This collection of columns and short pieces (most rewritten to varying degrees for the book) churned out for New West, Artforum, The Village Voice, and Rolling Stone presents the erudite Marcus as a periodical commentator subject to deadline and word-count pressures. As such, it gives a history-as-it-happens perspective on the music scene rather than a sweeping overview, meaning it's perhaps less provocative than Marcus's more recent efforts, but it's also more readable. Invigorated by the emergence of the Sex Pistols, Marcus delighted in chronicling the music and behavior of the first wave of punk provocateurs. Here are pieces on the import of the Pistols, the Clash, Elvis Costello, the Gang of Four, and (closest to the author's heart?), the Mekons, presented largely as they were originally written, with the din still ringing in the scribe's ears. --Steven Stolder [via]
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Incredibly Strange Musicby Vale Vale, Andrea JunoISBN 0940642220 (0-940642-22-0)
Softcover, Re/Search Publications
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Incredibly Strange Music'Book summary:Incredibly Strange Music can be your guide to discover recordings that specialize in border-crossingeluding scholars and historians who mainly have dedicated themselves to specific "genres" such as blues, rock, jazz, classical, and other forms. This book takes the listener on a tour of topsy-turvy, genre bending sound experience. Martin Denny, Perrey and Kingsley, Eartha Kitt and others tell how they created their unique recordings. The 12 inch LP covers spotlighted here are themselves "frameable" works of art, yet can still be found for trifling sums at thrift stores and garage sales. This is a record collectors' guide to the last remaining "bargains," and remix-culture DJs looking for something new can find a treasure trove of inspiration in these pages. On another level, this book will satisfy the itinerant reader simply in search of non-conformist thinking and passions.[via]More editions of Incredibly Strange Music:
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Jazzby Ian Carr, Digby Fairweather, Brian Priestley, Rough Guides StaffISBN 1843532565 (1-84353-256-5)
Softcover, Rough Guides, Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Jazz'Book summary:The third edition of the Rough Guide to Jazz has over 2,100 critical biographies, ranging from greats like Louis Armstrong and Miles Davis to rising stars like Stacey Kent and Jamie Cullum. As well as outlining every artist''s career, each entry concludes with recommendations of the best of their recordings on CD. The guide includes many illustrations by top jazz photographers. [via]
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Jazz: The Essential Companion to Artists and Albumsby Ian Carr, Digby Fairweather, Brian PriestlyISBN 1858281377 (1-85828-137-7)
Softcover, Rough Guides, Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Jazz: The Essential Companion to Artists and Albums'Book summary:Written by musicians, Jazz: The Rough Guide contains more than 1,600 biographies, from Ahmed Abdul-Malik (Brooklyn bass and oud player, 1927 to 1993, who played with Thelonious Monk, Herbie Mann, and Coltrane) to Axel Zwingenberger (German boogie- woogie pianist, born 1955, played with Joe Newman, Joe Turner, and Sippie Wallace, and has helped revitalize jazz piano). In addition to profiling a broad spectrum of jazz musicians (both famous and lesser-known composers and performers), it clarifies crucial jazz issues, gives historical perspective, and also serves as a buyer's guide, with discographies and pithy reviews of representative recordings.
The Guide's alphabetical, encyclopedic organization makes it useful as a dependable jazz reference, and it's wonderfully browsable, too, illustrated with fine classic black-and-white photographs (of performers such as Jelly Roll Morton and his Red Hot Peppers) and beautifully written. A good starter text for jazz neophytes, the CD suggestions are a great help toward custom- building your jazz library. There's also a fine glossary that explains a cappella and acid jazz, Afro-Latin, airshot, and atonality. It's a safe source of education if you're ignorant about ballads, bebop, or B-flat. It's useful for learning about major jazz styles (Chicago, Dixieland, and dirty, Kansas City, ragtime, and scat), plus musical concepts such as harmony, improvisation, and tempo. Concise, accessible, and addictively readable, Jazz: The Rough Guide is a great introduction to the world of jazz. --Stephanie Gold [via]
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Lords of Chaos: The Bloody Rise of the Satanic Metal Undergroundby Michael Moynihan, Didrik SoderlindISBN 0922915946 (0-922915-94-6)
Softcover, Feral House
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lords of Chaos: The Bloody Rise of the Satanic Metal Underground'Book summary:Chronicling the rise of the Black Metal subculture and the terrifying violence by its fans, "Lords of Chaos" takes readers on a tour of this antisocial, occult-influenced ideology that encourages violence and murder. 50 photos. 239 illustrations . [via]
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The Love You Makeby Peter Brown, Steven GainesISBN 0451160673 (0-451-16067-3)
Softcover, New Amer Library
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The Love You Make: An Insider's Story of the Beatles.by Steven Gaines, Brown, Peter & Gaines, Steven, Anthony DecurtisISBN 0451207351 (0-451-20735-1)
Softcover, New Amer Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Love You Make: An Insider's Story of the Beatles.'Book summary:Here is the national bestseller that Newsday called "the most authoritative and candid look yet at the personal lives...of the oft-scrutinized group." In The Love You Make, Peter Brown, a close friend of and business manager for the band-and the best man at John and Yoko's wedding-presents a complete look at the dramatic offstage odyssey of the four lads from Liverpool who established the greatest music phenomenon of the twentieth century. Written with the full cooperation of each of the group's members and their intimates, this book tells the inside story of the music and the madness, the feuds and the drugs, the marriages and the affairs-from the greatest heights to the self-destructive depths of the Fab Four. In-depth and definitive, The Love You Make is an astonishing account of four men who transformed the way a whole generation of young people thought and lived. It reigns as the most comprehensive, revealing biography available of John, Paul, George, and Ringo. Includes 32 pages of rare and revealing photosA Literary Guild® Alternate Selection [via]
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The Love You Make: An Insider's Story of the Beatles.by Brown, Peter & Gaines, StevenISBN 0451127978 (0-451-12797-8)
Softcover, New Amer Library
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Lyrics, 1962-1985by Bob DylanISBN 0394542789 (0-394-54278-9)
Hardcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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Main Lines, Blood Feasts, and Bad Taste: A Lester Bangs Readerby Lester BangsISBN 0375713670 (0-375-71367-0)
Softcover, Anchor Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Main Lines, Blood Feasts, and Bad Taste: A Lester Bangs Reader'Book summary:Before his untimely death in 1982, Lester Bangs was inarguably the most influential critic of rock and roll. Writing in hyper-intelligent Benzedrine prose that calls to mind Jack Kerouac and Hunter S. Thompson, he eschewed all conventional thinking as he discussed everything from Black Sabbath being the first truly Catholic band to Anne Murrays smoldering sexuality. In Mainlines, Blood Feasts, Bad Taste fellow rock critic John Morthland has compiled a companion volume to Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung, the first, now classic collection of Bangss work. Here are excerpts from an autobiographical piece Bangs wrote as a teenager, travel essays, and, of course, the music pieces, essays, and criticism covering everything from titans like Miles Davis, Lou Reed, and the Rolling Stones to esoteric musicians like Brian Eno and Captain Beefheart. Singularly entertaining, this book is an absolute must for anyone interested in the history of rock. [via]
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Mozart's Don Giovanniby Wolfgang Amadeus MozartISBN 0486249441 (0-486-24944-1)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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Music and the Mindby Anthony StorrISBN 0345383184 (0-345-38318-4)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Music and the Mind'Book summary:Why does music have such a powerful effect on our minds and bodies? It is the most mysterious and most intangible of all forms of art. Yet, Anthony Storr believes, music today is a deeply significant experience for a greater number of people than ever before. In this challenging book, he explores why this should be so. Music is a succession of tones through time. How can a sequence of sounds both express emotion and evoke it in the listener? Drawing on a wide variety of opinions, Storr argues that the patterns of music make sense of our inner experience, giving both structure and coherence to our feelings and emotions. Dr. Storr was a practicing psychiatrist for nearly forty years and is a distinguished thinker about the sources of creativity. He is deeply concerned with the psychology of the creative process and with the healing power of the arts. Here he explains how, in a culture which requires us in our daily working lives to separate rational thought from feelings, music reunites the mind and body, restoring our sense of personal wholeness. It is because music possesses this capacity that many people, including the author, find it so life-enhancing that it justifies existence. Dr. Storr's investigation of music is also an exploration of the human psyche. That is why this book, like all his work, deepens our understanding of ourselves and the lives we lead. [via]
Music for Sight Singingby Robert W. OttmanISBN 0131517341 (0-13-151734-1)
Softcover, Prentice Hall
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Music for Sight Singing'Book summary:For freshman/sophomore-level courses in any Music Theory curriculum.Blending step-by-step guidance with frequent practice, this text helps students cultivate an understanding of sight singing and develop the skills to hear mentally a piece of printed music without using an instrument. It features a finely organized collection of melodies taken from music literature, ranging mostly from fundamental works of the past to representative excerpts taken from recent twentieth-century music. [via]
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Softcover, Prentice Hall - Music for Sight Singing: ISBN 0130262633 (0-13-026263-3)
Softcover, Prentice Hall - Music for Sight Singing: ISBN 013070587X (0-13-070587-X)
Softcover, Prentice Hall - Music for Sight Singing: ISBN 0132343606 (0-13-234360-6)
Softcover, Prentice Hall - Music for Sight Singing: ISBN 0136075320 (0-13-607532-0)
Softcover, Prentice Hall - Music for Sight Singing: ISBN 0131517341 (0-13-151734-1)
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- Music for Sight Singing: ISBN 0131872346 (0-13-187234-6)
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The New Complete Guitaristby Richard Chapman, Les PaulISBN 0789497018 (0-7894-9701-8)
Softcover, Dk Pub
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No Direction Home: The Life and Music of Bob Dylanby Robert SheltonISBN 0306807823 (0-306-80782-3)
Softcover, Perseus Books Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'No Direction Home: The Life and Music of Bob Dylan'Book summary:Robert Shelton, a critic for the New York Times in 1961, caught an early Bob Dylan gig at Folk City in Greenwich Village and wrote an effusive review for the newspaper. The coverage in the Times was a huge boost to the career of the then-struggling folksinger, and Shelton and Dylan became friends, seeing each other frequently around the Village folk scene. When Shelton, in the 1980s, finally got around to finishing his full-length biography of Dylan, he could draw upon a wealth of insider stories from the early days. The book is naturally strongest when describing Dylan's early career, from his coffeehouse gigs as a Woody Guthrie disciple to the insanely high artistic peaks of the mid-'60s. A particularly engaging passage concerns a freeform interview Shelton conducted with Dylan as they flew high above the Midwest in early 1966; Shelton's memories of Dylan are essential reading for fans. Shelton saw much less of the notoriously private Dylan as the years passed, and the book loses momentum as he becomes less of an eyewitness and more of a distant observer, though Dylan's story is credibly told up through the mid-1980s. --Robert McNamara [via]
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Softcover, Da Capo Pr - No Direction Home: The Life and Music of Bob Dylan: ISBN 0345347218 (0-345-34721-8)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group - No Direction Home: The Life and Music of Bob Dylan: ISBN 068805045X (0-688-05045-X)
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The Norton Anthology of Western Music: Ancient to Baroqueby Claude V. PaliscaISBN 0393976904 (0-393-97690-4)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Norton Anthology of Western Music: Ancient to Baroque'Book summary:This comprehensive collection of 150 scores illustrates the significant trends, genre and national school in the Western world from antiquity to modern times. This 4th edition contains 20 pieces new to the collection and an increased number of 20th century works. Each numbered selection is either a complete work in itself or an entire movement from a longer original and each is accompanied by commentary. All foreign-language texts are accompanied by English translations. [via]
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The Norton Anthology of Western Music: Ancient to Baroqueby W W Norton & Co, Claude V. PaliscaISBN 0393969061 (0-393-96906-1)
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Ocean of Sound: Aether Talk, Ambient Sound and Imaginary Worldsby David ToopISBN 1852427434 (1-85242-743-4)
Softcover, Serpents Tail
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The Oxford Companion to Musicby Percy Alfred ScholesISBN 0193113066 (0-19-311306-6)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Ranters and Crowd Pleasers: Punk in Pop Music, 1977-1992by Greil MarcusISBN 0385417217 (0-385-41721-7)
Softcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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The Rock Snob's Dictionary: An Essential Lexicon Of Rockological Knowledgeby Steven Daly, David Kamp, Ross MacDonaldISBN 0767918738 (0-7679-1873-8)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Rock Snob's Dictionary: An Essential Lexicon Of Rockological Knowledge'Book summary:At last! An A-to-Z reference guide for readers who want to learn the cryptic language of Rock Snobs, those arcana-obsessed people who speak of "Rickenbacker guitars" and "Gram Parsons."
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We've all been there--trapped in a conversation with smarty-pants music fiends who natter on about "the MC5" or "Eno" or "the Hammond B3," not wanting to let on that we haven't the slightest idea what they're talking about. Well, fret no more! The Rock Snob's Dictionary is here to define every single sacred totem of rock fandom's know-it-all fraternity, from Alt.country to Zimmy. (That's what Rock Snobs call Bob Dylan, by the way.)More editions of The Rock Snob's Dictionary: An Essential Lexicon Of Rockological Knowledge:
The Romantic Generationby Charles RosenISBN 0674779347 (0-674-77934-7)
Softcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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The Rough Guide to Jazzby Rough GuidesISBN 1858285283 (1-85828-528-3)
Softcover, Rough Guides
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Rough Guide to Jazz'Book summary:The Rough Guide to Jazz is the essential reference tool to jazz artists and recordings, from world renowned legends and major musical styles to more obscure, yet influential artists and lesser-known movements. Including more than 1600 biographies and almost 3000 recommendations of recordings on CD and vinyl, this concise volume covers jazz music from its very roots up to the present day. Written in Rough Guides' trademark readable, entertaining style and including photos of many of the artists, Jazz is the most complete and dependable directory to the artists and albums. [via]
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Rough Guide World Music Africa, Europe and the Middle Eastby Simon BroughtonISBN 1858286352 (1-85828-635-2)
Softcover, Rough Guides
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Rough Guide World Music Africa, Europe and the Middle East'Book summary:The world music scene has grown so massively in the last five years, that The Rough Guide to World Music has had to split into two volumes to maintain its role as the most authoritative guide. Within the two volumes the book is now arranged alphabetically by country. Each fully updated article includes an overview of the country's music, presenting the story behind every genre, band and artist, with its accompanying discographies, and offering illuminating insights into the countries today. [via]
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Scar Tissueby Larry SlomanISBN 1401307450 (1-4013-0745-0)
Softcover, Hyperion Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Scar Tissue'Book summary:As lead singer and songwriter for the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Anthony Kiedis has lived life on the razor's edge. So much has been written about him, but until now, we've only had Kiedis's songs as clues to his experience from the inside. In Scar Tissue, Kiedis proves himself to be as compelling a memoirist as he is a lyricist, giving us a searingly honest account of the life from which his music has evolved.
The Red Hot Chili Peppers are that rare breed of rock band. Critically lauded and popularly embraced by millions of fans, their albums consistently sell into the stratosphere -- their CD Californication sold over 13 million copies alone.
Now in Scar Tissue, Anthony Kiedis defies the rock star clichs. In his telling, we can see everything he has done has been part of a passionate journey. Kiedis is a man "in love with everything" -- the darkness, the death, the disease. Even his descent into drug addition was a part of that journey, another element that he has transformed into art. [via]
Searching for Robert Johnsonby Peter GuralnickISBN 0452279496 (0-452-27949-6)
Softcover, Plume
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Shakey: Neil Young's Biographyby Jimmy McDonoughISBN 0679750967 (0-679-75096-7)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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The Study of Orchestrationby Samuel AdlerISBN 039397572X (0-393-97572-X)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Study of Orchestration'Book summary:This manual provides practical suggestions for classroom activities, lesson plans, instructions for integrating the enhanced CDs into classroom activities, and answers to the self-tests and scoring exercises in the workbook. [via]
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Temperament: How Music Became a Battleground for the Great Minds of Western Civilizationby Stuart IsacoffISBN 0375703306 (0-375-70330-6)
Softcover, Vintage Books
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Temperament : The Idea That Solved Music's Greatest Riddleby Stuart M. IsacoffISBN 0375403558 (0-375-40355-8)
Hardcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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Then Sings My Soul: 150 Of the World's Greatest Hymn Storiesby Robert MorganISBN 0785249397 (0-7852-4939-7)
Softcover, Thomas Nelson Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Then Sings My Soul: 150 Of the World's Greatest Hymn Stories'Book summary:Rob Morgan's inimitable style will help people reacquaint themselves with the hymns of the faithful. His goal is to keep these traditional hymns vital and meaningful to all generations.
Don't look for a dry recounting of boring stories. These devotional-style stories show the emotion and drama behind the hymns of faith that have changed many lives throughout history -- the people whose faith led them to write these wonderful hymns and the people whose faith was affected by reading, hearing, and singing the songs. Designed to be personally reflective, these stories speak to your soul and add depth and meaning as you worship God through song.
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- Includes words and music to each hymn
- Special softcover, french flap cover design
- Ivory paper with brown ink
- Jagged-edge paper, giving it a classic feel
- Complete with hymn index
- Use for devotionals, teaching illustrations, introductory remarks for song leaders and music ministers
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Then Sings My Soul: 150 of the World's Greatest Hymn Stories Book 2by Robert Morgan, Gloria GaitherISBN 0785251685 (0-7852-5168-5)
Softcover, Thomas Nelson Inc
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Tonal Harmony: With an Introduction to Twentieth-Century Musicby Stefan Kostka, Dorothy Payne, Allan SchindlerISBN 0070358745 (0-07-035874-5)
Hardcover, McGraw-Hill College
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Too Many Songs by Tom Lehrerby Tom LehrerISBN 0394749308 (0-394-74930-8)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Tori Amos: All These Years The Authorized Illustrated Biographyby Kalen RogersISBN 0825614481 (0-8256-1448-1)
Softcover, Omnibus Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Tori Amos: All These Years The Authorized Illustrated Biography'Book summary:The only fully authorized story of the girl and her piano, containing over 150 never-before-seen photographs. [via]
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U2 by U2: Bono, the Edge, Adam Clayton, Larry Mullen Jr.by Neil McCormick, U2ISBN 0060776757 (0-06-077675-7)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'U2 by U2: Bono, the Edge, Adam Clayton, Larry Mullen Jr.'Book summary:In 1975, four teenagers from Mount Temple School in Dublin gathered in a crowded kitchen to discuss forming a band. The drum kit just about fit into the room, the lead guitarist was playing a homemade guitar, the bassist could barely play at all and nobody wanted to sing. Over thirty years later, Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr. are still together, bound by intense loyalty, passionate idealism and a relentless belief in the power of rock and roll to change the world.
Watch a video introduction to U2 by U2In a epic journey that has taken them from the clubs of Dublin to the stadiums of the world, U2 have sold over 130 million albums, been number one all over the world, revolutionized live performance, spearheaded political campaigns and made music that defines the age we live in.
From the anarchic days of their Seventies punk origins through their Eighties ascent to superstardom with the epic rock of The Joshua Tree, the dark post-modern ironies of Achtung Baby in the Nineties and their 21st-Century resurgence as rock's biggest and boldest band, this is a tale of faith, love, drama, family, birth, death, survival, conflict, crises, creativity . . . and a lot of laughter.
Told with wit, insight and astonishing candour by the band themselves and manager Paul McGuinness, with pictures from their own archives, U2 by U2 allows unprecedented access into the inner life of the greatest rock band of our times. [via]
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Unforgettable Fire: The Story of U2by Eamon DunphyISBN 0446389749 (0-446-38974-9)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Unforgettable Fire: The Definitive Biography of U2'Book summary:U2 has always been a band shrouded in mystery. Now, for the first time ever, comes a painstakingly detailed and honest account of the remarkable band from Ireland whose political, spiritual and personal music has touched the hearts and minds of its countless fans. [via]
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Unforgettable Fire: Past, Present, and Future--The Definitive Biography of U2by Eamon DunphyISBN 0446514594 (0-446-51459-4)
Hardcover, Grand Central Pub
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The Vintage Guide to Classical Musicby Jan SwaffordISBN 0679728058 (0-679-72805-8)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Vintage Guide to Classical Music'Book summary:The most readable and comprehensive guide to enjoying over five hundred years of classical music -- from Gregorian chants, Johann Sebastian Bach, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to Johannes Brahms, Igor Stravinsky, John Cage, and beyond.
The Vintage Guide to Classical Music is a lively -- and opinionated -- musical history and an insider's key to the personalities, epochs, and genres of the Western classical tradition. Among its features:
-- chronologically arranged essays on nearly 100 composers, from Guillaume de Machaut (ca. 1300-1377) to Aaron Copland (1900-1990), that combine biography with detailed analyses of the major works while assessing their role in the social, cultural, and political climate of their times;
-- informative sidebars that clarify broader topics such as melody, polyphony, atonality, and the impact of the early-music movement;
-- a glossary of musical terms, from a cappella to woodwinds;
-- a step-by-step guide to building a great classical music library.
Written with wit and a clarity that both musical experts and beginners can appreciate, The Vintage Guide to Classical Music is an invaluable source-book for music lovers everywhere. [via]More editions of The Vintage Guide to Classical Music:
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Walk On: The Spiritual Journey Of U2by Steve StockmanISBN 0976035758 (0-9760357-5-8)
Softcover, Strang Communications Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Walk On: The Spiritual Journey Of U2'Book summary:This is the book everyone is talking about. WALK ON: The Spiritual Journey of U2 tackles the issues and questions everyone wants to know but no one has directly explored about the world's biggest rock band.
Throughout WALK ON, author Steve Stockman mines the band's public works and interviews to see if Bono found what he was looking for on their Popmart tour"baby Jesus under the trash." He follows the band from their early days in Dublin's Shalom Christian Fellowship all the way to their most recent, and most spiritually profound, Elevation tour. Along the way, he examines not only the band's story, but also the symbolism and story behind their songs, and the larger issues of church, culture and the Christian Ghetto. It is an eye-opening book for all readers. Who knows, it may turn out that it's Christians who have misunderstood U2and, possibly, the Gospel itself. [via]
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Words And Music: A History Of Pop In The Shape Of A Cityby Paul MorleyISBN 0820327050 (0-8203-2705-0)
Softcover, Univ of Georgia Pr
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World Music: Salsa to Soukous, Cajun to Calypsoby Brian Priestley, Ian Carr, Digby Fairweather, Simon Broughton, Mark EllinghamISBN 1858280176 (1-85828-017-6)
Softcover, Rough Guides, Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'World Music: Salsa to Soukous, Cajun to Calypso'Book summary:Once you start flipping through World Music, there's no stopping. Unlike other genres, world music spans so huge a territory (the world) that there are surprises and new pleasures for everyone. The table of contents sets the tone. Laid out as a map of the world, the chapters are located directly on the map. This is followed, however, by a traditional table of contents, laid out in linear 1 to 13 format for those who don't go for the visual approach. However you chose your dive-in point, you won't be disappointed. A tremendous amount of work has gone into this guide, covering a remarkable number of subgenres and groups. Search for a group you've heard of, read up on a specific genre like klezmer or flamenco, get CD recommendations, or troll for new finds like Altan, the Irish band of the '90s, and Ibrahim Tatlises, the premier Kurdish performer. There's a wealth of sounds out there that Rough Guide makes accessible. --Stephanie Gold [via]
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A Year With Swollen Appendicesby Brian EnoISBN 0571179959 (0-571-17995-9)
Softcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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