Revolution: The History of Turntable Design by Gideon Schwartz
$150.00 AUD
Category: Music | Series: SRG22M
The design, history, and cultural impact of turntables and vinyl technology: the twin powerhouses of the 'vinyl revival' phenomenon. Interest in turntables and records is enjoying a renaissance as analog natives and new converts find their enduring style and extraordinary sound inimitable. Revolution, a ...Show more
Guitar: The Shape of Sound, 100 Iconic Designs by Ultan Guilfoyle
$79.95 AUD
Category: Music
The 100 most iconic guitars from around the globe, from early modern beginnings to cutting-edge electric models The guitar is the iconic instrument at the heart of all popular music. From Delta blues on acoustics to electric rock & roll, and all that came in its wake, the guitar has proven the most ...Show more
Prince: All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Track by Benoit Clerc
$110.00 AUD
Category: Music
A new, definitive look at one of music's greatest songbooks by an expert authorThe latest book in the bestselling All the Songs series, this is the most in-depth exploration of Prince's songs ever written.Spanning nearly 50 years of albums, EPs, B-sides, and more, read the full story behind all of the s ...Show more
Faster Than A Cannonball: 1995 and All That by Dylan Jones
$35.00 AUD
Category: Music
Decades tend to crest halfway through, and 1995 was the year of the Nineties: peak Britpop (Oasis v Blur), peak YBA (Tracey Emin's tent), peak New Lad (when Nick Hornby published High Fidelity, when James Brown's Loaded magazine detonated the publishing industry, and when pubs were finally allowed to st ...Show more
Beethoven's French Piano - A Tale of Ambition and Frustration by Tom Beghin
$90.95 AUD
Category: Music
Using a replica of Beethoven's Erard piano, scholar and performer Tom Beghin launches a striking reinterpretation of a key period of Beethoven's work. In 1803 Beethoven acquired a French piano from the Erard Frères workshop in Paris. The composer was "so enchanted with it," one visitor reported, "that ...Show more
The Guitar - Tracing the Grain Back to the Tree by Chris Gibson; Andrew Warren
$32.95 AUD
Category: Music
Guitars inspire cult-like devotion: an aficionado can tell you precisely when and where their favorite instrument was made, the wood it is made from, and that wood's unique effect on the instrument's sound. In The Guitar, Chris Gibson and Andrew Warren follow that fascination around the globe as they tr ...Show more
This Is What It Sounds Like: What the Music You Love Says About You by Dr. Susan Rogers
$35.00 AUD
Category: Music
Despite being unable to play an instrument, Susan Rogers became an extraordinarily successful record producer - and certainly one of the most successful women record producers in history - because of her ability to listen. (She was an engineer on Prince's "When Doves Cry", which inspired the title of th ...Show more
Sound as Ever: A Celebration of the Greatest Decade in Australian Music: 1990-1999 by Jane Gazzo, Andrew P. Street
$50.00 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
Factory Records: The Complete Graphic Album by Matthew Robertson
$43.00 AUD
Category: Music
A creative juggernaut of the post-punk era, Factory Records was the catalyst behind the U.K. music explosion of the late '70s through the '90s with groups like Joy Division (soon to be the subject of an Anton Corbijn movie), New Order, and Happy Mondays leading the New Wave. At Factory, musicians and de ...Show more
Abbey Road: The Inside Story of the World's Most Famous Recording Studio (with a foreword by Paul McCartney) by David Hepworth
$55.00 AUD
Category: Music
Abbey Road studios has partnered with music journalist David Hepworth to write the story of Abbey Road as never told before. Featuring interviews with artists, producers and sound engineers, transcripts, photographs, and much more, this is the story of how the first purpose built recording studio would ...Show more
The Stone Age: Sixty Years of the Rolling Stones by Lesley-Ann Jones
$33.00 AUD
Category: Music
The Rolling Stones juggernaut appraised and dissected as never before - the good, the bad, the ugly. On 12 July 1962, the Rollin' Stones performed their first-ever gig at London's Marquee jazz club. Down the line, a 'g' was added, a spark was lit and their destiny was sealed. No going back. These five w ...Show more