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TOGETHER ALONE : The Story of the Finn Brothers

By: Apter, Jeff

Price: $19.00

Publisher: North Sydney, N.S.W., Australia, William Heinemann/Random House: 2010

Seller ID: 009702

ISBN: 1741668166

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good +

340pp., plus 16 page, colour and b/white, photographically-illustrated section. Book clean. Spine firm. Leaves clean, one page softly corner creased. Illustrated card wrapper near 'as new'. "Based on interviews, critical analysis, extensive research and the author's 30-plus years of following the Finns, 'Together Alone' is the first biography written about the Finn brothers. This is the story of breakthroughs, breakdowns, sibling rivalry and respect - and some of the best pop songs this side of Lennon and McCartney." Contents include: Prologue, 12 chapters, Coda, Acks., Notes, Select B...
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PAUL McCARTNEY: Behind the Myth

By: Benson, Ross

Price: $14.25

Publisher: London, Gollancz: 1992

Seller ID: 004635

ISBN: 0575052007

Binding: Hardcover and Dustjacket

Condition: Very Good +

289pp., unpaginated, b/white halftone plate illustrations throughout [mostly happy-snaps]. Book clean and square. Spine firm, bright gilt title there-on. Leaves clean. Pictorially-illustrated, loose-plastic protected dustjacket slightly edgeworn only. Written to mark his fiftieth birthday, 'Paul McCartney: Behind The Myth' is a detailed and authoritative biography of one of the most talented and best-loved figures in popular culture.Contents include: Prologue, Biblio., and Index, together with untitled, numeric chapters. Book weight approx. 640g.
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JUSSI

By: Bjorling, Anna-Lisa, and Farkas, Andrew

Price: $28.50

Publisher: Portland, Oregon, U.S.A., Amadeus Press: 2000

Seller ID: 012857

ISBN: 1574670107

Binding: Hardcover and Dustjacket

Condition: Very Good +

456pp., b/white, subject portrait frontispiece, plus unpaginated b/white halftone plate sections. Book clean and square. Vivid silver title over lightly bumped spine. A faux subject signature in like silver on front board, else unmarked. Textblock pristine. B/white portrait illustrated, loose-plastic protected dustjacket minimally edgeworn, and has a minor, non-intrusive dampstain on verso (inner) surface. Such was the acclaim of Swedish tenor Jussi Bjorling (1911-1960) that the greatest tenor Enrico Caruso's widow Dorothy said to Jussi in 1951, "You are the only one worthy to wear his man...
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FINDING MY VOICE : The Peter Brocklehurst Story

By: Brocklehurst, Peter with Bennett, Debbie

Price: $11.40

Publisher: Crows Nest, N.S.W., Australia, Allen & Unwin: 2004

Seller ID: 011149

ISBN: 1741143446

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good +

231pp., plus 1 x 8 page, b/white photographically-illustrated section. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper has a short, soft crease to front panel. From the back panel: "Peter Brocklehurst is a star. This is his story . . . A stranger walked into the store, heard him singing, asked to hear his story, and there and then resolved to help Peter achieve the dream he'd all but given up on. Today, the cobbler has shut up shop. Instead of fixing broken heels he's training his voice with a top Russian maestro, studying Italian, attending deportment classes and wo...
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THE MERRY BRONHILL. (Signed Copy)

By: Bronhill, June

Price: $35.15

Publisher: North Ryde, N.S.W., Methuen Haynes: 1987

Seller ID: 004597

ISBN: 0454013434

Binding: Hardcover and Dustjacket

Condition: Very Good

[vii] + 216pp., unpaginated, b/white halftone plate sections throughout [mostly happy snaps, others stage stills]. Book clean. Spine slightly askew. Small splash-stain on foot of front board. Concise inscription, signed by June Bronhill on title-page, an erratum strip on the contents page, otherwise leaves clean. Portrait-illustrated, loose-plastic protected dustjacket lightly edgeworn only. In her own words ['I said no to having a ghost writer'], devoid of chronology ['I've never kept a diary as such'], this is an autobiography by Australian diva June Mary Gough, born 26 June, 1929 in Broken ...
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DREAM BROTHER : The Lives and Music of Jeff and Tim Buckley

By: Browne, David

Price: $9.50

Publisher: London, Fourth Estate: 2001

Seller ID: 011885

ISBN: 1857029895

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

361pp., plus 1 x 8 page, b/white photographically-illustrated section. Book clean, square. Spine firm, fine reading crease there-on. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper softly creased. From the rear cover; "Father and son Tim and Jeff Buckley were both brilliant musicians with exquisite voices. Both died young as a result of reckless accidents . . . " Book weight approx. 285g. *Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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COMPOSED : A Memoir

By: Cash, Rosanne

Price: $17.10

Publisher: New York, Viking/Penguin: 2010

Seller ID: 010161

ISBN: 0670021962

Binding: Hardcover and Dustjacket

Condition: Very Good

245pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm, silver title there-on. Silver initials 'RC' to front panel of blue boards, which have a very small area of discolouration. Leaves clean. Illustrated, loose-plastic protected dustjacket negligibly edge-creased at head of spine, tiny pale blue spot to reverse. " . . . the story of an artist finding her voice - both figuratively and literally - in the context of her family legacy, of the commercial imperatives of the music business, and of a desire to preserve some measure of privacy in a life that has been too often subjected to public scrutiny . . . &#...
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INSIDE THE ZOO WITH U2 : My Life with the Biggest Rock Band

By: Cashman, Lola

Price: $24.70

Publisher: London, John Blake Publishing: 2003

Seller ID: 007709

ISBN: 1904034942

Binding: Hardcover and Dustjacket

Condition: Very Good +

(xi) + 260pp., unpaginated, b/white, candidly-illustrated halftone plate section. Book clean and square. Vivid silver title over firm spine. Plain black boards undamaged. Leaves clean. Pictorially-illustrated, loose-plastic protected dustjacket nominally edgeworn only. Tale-telling from U2 insider, stylist Lola Cashman, hired by Bono to completely overhaul the band's image. This book reveals her musings on the inner sanctum of the U2 entourage . . . Contents include: Prelims., Intro., 25 chapters, Epilogue. Book weight approx. 480g.
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A LITTLE BIRD TOLD ME . . . (Signed Copy)

By: Chambers, Kasey, with Apter, Jeff

Price: $42.75

Publisher: Sydney, NSW, Australia, HarperCollins Publishers: 2011

Seller ID: 013343

ISBN: 0732291089

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

269pp., unpaginated colour-plate sections. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Photographically-illustrated card wrapper mildly bumped and creased only. Signed on title-page, under a hand-drawn 'heart' symbol by the primary author Kasey Chambers, using a black felt-tip pen, else textblock unmarked. Raised in a nomadic lifestyle on Australia's remote, vast Nullabor by her entertainer parents, the family became 'The Dead Ringer Band' . . . so began Kasey Chambers' stellar country musician/singer's career . . . Contents include: Prelims., Prologue, 16 chapters, Credits, Discography. Book weight ap...
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ELTON JOHN

By: Charlesworth, Chris

Price: $28.50

Publisher: London, Bobcat Books: 1986

Seller ID: 003180

ISBN: 0711910359

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

48pp., candidly illustrated throughout: intext colour plates and b/w halftones throughout. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated gloss card wrapper nominally edgeworn and bumped on upper foredge corner. A critical biography tracing Elton John's career from his days a a pub pianist in North London to his eventual emergence as one of the world's best loved rock superstars . . . Elton John was born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on March 25, 1947, at Pinner in Middlesex, England. Book weight approx. 250g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight...
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A KIND OF MAGIC : A Tribute to Freddie Mercury

By: Clarke, Ross

Price: $20.90

Publisher: Oxted, Surrey, England, Kingsfleet Publications: 1991

Seller ID: 006875

ISBN: 1874130019

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

110pp., illustrated throughout in colour and b/white (mostly of the subject on stage). Book clean and square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper nominally edgeworn only. A tribute biography to 'Queen' frontman Freddie Mercury (born Frederick Bulsara, on September 5th, 1946, in Zanzibar). Flamboyant outrageous, hedonistic, innovative, lavishly generous; all and more of these adjectives describe the uniquely talented performer who, after much press speculation, announced on 24 November, 1991, that he was suffering from AIDS. Just 24 hours later, at the age of 45, he was dead . . ...
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ELVIS PRESLEY : Unseen Archives

By: Clayton, Marie

Price: $26.60

Publisher: Bath, England, Parragon: 2002

Seller ID: 010028

ISBN: 0752583344

Binding: Hardcover and Dustjacket

Condition: Near Fine

383pp., b/white and colour photographic illustrations throughout. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated gloss boards undamaged. Like-illustrated, loose-plastic protected dustjacket trivially creased at head, surface scratches to gilt title, tanned strip to flap folds. " . . . charts the life and achievements of the boy from Tupelo, Mississippi, from his first taste of fame in the early 1950s to his untimely death in 1977. Over 400 fabulous photographs document the important events in his lfe and career. The photographs also show how Elvis lives on today, in the hearts a...
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THE WORLD OF EARL HINES

By: Dance, Stanley

Price: $15.20

Publisher: U.S.A., Scribner: 1977

Seller ID: 009662

ISBN: 0684150301

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

ix, + 324pp., b/white illustrations throughout. Book clean, Spine firm. Leaves clean, small, soft corner crease to small section at rear of book. Illustrated card wrapper has corresponding soft corner crease to rear, and front panel, minor edgewear and surface scuffs. " . . . Stanley Dance had compiled a portrait of the famous pianist - the players around him, the South Side Chicago scene, the rise of the big bands and their collapse - in the compelling and frank form of an oral history. In his own words Earl Hines recalls the story of his phenomenal career and of the different eras of jaz...
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RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

By: Foss, Hubert

Price: $23.75

Publisher: London, George G. Harrap: 1950

Seller ID: 011832

Binding: Hardcover and Dustjacket

Condition: Very Good

219pp., b/white, subject-portrait frontispiece. Book clean and square. Bright gilt title over minimally bumped spine. Blue cloth boards lightly bumped. Textblock top edge tinted, a small, original seller's sticker affixed to front pastedown, endpapers, foredge and foot of textblock flecked, else leaves clean. Illustrated, loose-plastic protected dustjacket price-clipped, tissue repaired tears, edgeworn . . . The biography of iconic British composer Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958). Contents include: Prelims., Prologue, Biographical details, 13 chapters, Index. Book weight approx. 455g. Size:...
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ELVIS IN PRIVATE

By: Haining, Peter

Price: $17.10

Publisher: London, Guild Publishing (BCA): 1987

Seller ID: 006240

Binding: Hardcover and Dustjacket

Condition: Very Good +

256pp., two unpaginated colour plate sections. B/white, subject portrait frontispiece, and numerous intext candid illustrations throughout. Book clean and square. Spine firm, bright gilt title there-on. Leaves clean. Pictorially-illustrated, loose-plastic protected dustjacket nominally bumped only. Coinciding with the tenth anniversary of Elvis' death, this pictorial, using a copious number of photographs (some previously unpublished) gives the reader a unique glimpse of the private life of modern music's King . . . Contents include: Prelims., Intro., contributions by people who knew Elvis, Ap...
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THE MAKING OF A QUAGMIRE

By: Halberstam, David

Price: $52.25

Publisher: London, The Bodley Head: 1965

Seller ID: 007498

Binding: Hardcover and Dustjacket

Condition: Very Good +

323pp. Book clean and square. Bright gilt title over lightly bumped spine. Plain black boards nominally bumped only. Flecked text-block edges, and a former owner's name on ffep., else leaves clean. Illustrated, loose-plastic protected dustjacket lightly edgeworn only. A comprehensive and extraordinary personal account of his fifteen months in South Vietnam, by New York Times foreign correspondent David Halberstam (1934-2007). An amazingly frank account of the many facets to the American involvement in Vietnam in the 1960s . . . Contents include: Prelims., 19 chapters. The winner of numerous jo...
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THE BOOK OF LENNON

By: Harry, Bill

Price: $22.80

Publisher: London, Aurum Press: 1984

Seller ID: 008287

ISBN: 0906053749

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good +

223pp., b/white photographic illustrations throughout. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean and crisp. Montage-illustrated card wrapper negligibly edgeworn only. Back Cover: "The complete John Lennon sourcebook: Records, Films, Publications, Performances, People, Places, Personal facts . . . " Book weight approx. 400g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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ELLA FITZGERALD : A Life Through Jazz

By: Haskins, Jim

Price: $19.00

Publisher: Sevenoaks, Kent, United Kingdom, New English Library: 1991

Seller ID: 011278

ISBN: 0450487962

Binding: Hardcover and Dustjacket

Condition: Very Good +

280pp., b/white photographic illustrations. Book clean. Spine firm, gilt title there-on. Plain brown boards very lightly edge-bumped. Leaves clean, faint tanning to page edges. Illustrated, loose-plastic protected dustjacket mildly edge-creased, a few small edge nicks, mild sunning to spine (titles clearly legible). From the jacket flap: "Through interviews with Ella Fitzgerald's friends and fellow musicians, Jim Haskins has produced a balanced, informative account of her place in music history, a sympathetic portrait of the world's First Lady of Song." Contents include: Acks., 11 chap...
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MOBY - Replay: His Life and Times

By: James, Martin

Price: $17.10

Publisher: London, Independent Music Press: 2001

Seller ID: 013074

ISBN: 1897783205

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good +

220pp., plus (iii). Unpaginated, b/white halftone plate section. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Illustrated card wrapper lightly bumped only. Textblock unmarked. The "first and only book on Moby" - Replay, his life and times is the biography of U.S. born techno musician - Moby (born Richard Melville Hall, September 11, 1965 in Harlem, New York City). Contents include: Prelims., Author's Acks., Introduction, 24 chapters, Discography. Book weight approx. 320g. *Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight.
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DAYDREAM BELIEVIN'

By: Jones, Davy

Price: $71.25

Publisher: Metairie, LA., U.S.A., Author (Distributed by Hercules Promotions): 2000

Seller ID: 013728

ISBN: 096186141X

Condition: Very Good +

vii, + 394pp. Intext, b/white halftone plate illustrations, and facsimiles, throughout. Book clean and square. Spine firm, bright gilt title there-on. Illustrated card wrapper bumped on lower foredge corners, else slightly splayed. Textblock unmarked. In his own words, 'Daydream Believin'' is a revealing account of the life of David Thomas (Davy) Jones (b.1945-d.2012), from his childhood in England, beginning as an apprentice jockey, to his young days on the Broadway stage in New York, and ultimately his phenomenal success as teen idol in the 60s group, The Monkees. Davy also details up-to-dat...
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Category: Music Biography