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Music Lover’s Guide to Record Collecting

From tips for evaluating recordings, to lively discussions of bootlegs and piracy, to the history...

Marvin Gaye, My Brother

Marvin Gaye's life and brilliant career were cut tragically short on April 1, 1984 - one day befo...

Studio Stories

This is an engaging account of some of the most memorable moments in New York's recording history...

Stratocaster Guitar Book

Leo Fender's company changed the course of popular music in 1954 when they introduced the Stratoc...

Pearl Jam FAQ

Pearl Jam FAQ is what the British refer to as a 'spanner ' covering the entire arc of the band's ...

Jim Marshall - The Father of Loud

In the early 1960s, a handful of brash British kids needed a new sound for a new kind of music. T...

Perfect Union of Contrary Things

A Perfect Union of Contrary Things is the authorized biography of musician and vintner Maynard Ja...

Shell Shocked

If You Like the Beatles...

The Beatles came up in the rock and-and-roll era, when Chuck Berry, Little Richard, and Elvis Pre...

KISS FAQ

Since 1973, KISS has recorded over 20 studio albums; been recognized as an innovator in rock pres...

Who FAQ

Fifty years after Pete Townshend, Roger Daltrey, John Entwistle, and Keith Moon made their first ...

Guitar Lick Factory

There's nothing like the feeling you get when you add a new guitar lick to your musical vocabular...