Pavadinimas: 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die
Autorius: Robert Dimery (Editor), Michael Lydon (Preface)
Leidykla: Universe
Metai: 2006
Formatas: PDF
Talpa: 99.59 MB
Kalba: anglų

This bookshelf-busting testament to music geeks' mania for lists is about as comprehensive a "best-of" as any sane person could want. Editor Dimery and the army of 90 music critics he drafted to compile this beast begin in the 1950s with Frank Sinatra, end in 2005 with The White Stripes and cover every genre, sub-genre, fad, flash-in-the-pan and musical movement that hit in the intervening years, taking each on their own merits. So, noise-and-terror group Lightning Bolt (featuring "a 'singer' who barks through a contact microphone taped inside a gimp mask") gets lauded as a "truly challenging listening experience," Bon Jovi's "Slippery When Wet" gets dubious props for turning "heavy metal into a pop genre that women would be able to love" and Yoko Ono gets ignored. Arranged chronologically and with an excellent index, the book's a pleasure to peruse. Hundreds of jacket art reproductions accompany original track listings, and the critic-penned album summaries are brisk, informed, devoid of snark and full of argument-ending trivia. As with any list, there are bound to be glaring omissions and contentious inclusions, though Dimery buffets the book somewhat by disqualifying from consideration compilations, greatest hits albums and most soundtracks. For music lovers, it doesn't get much better.

Pavadinimas: Rhythm Guitar Encyclopedia
Autoriai: Jody Fisher
Leidykla: Alfred Publishing
Metai: 2006
Puslapių: 96
Formatas: PDF
ISBN-10: 0739026208
ISBN-13: 978-0739026205
Talpa: 6.96 MB
Kalba: anglų

Includes over 450 rhythms in every musical style including rock, blues, jazz, folk, alternative, country and more. Examples are shown in an easy-to-read rhythmic notation, standard music notation and TAB. Fingerstyle accompaniment patterns are included.

Pavadinimas: Encyclopedia of Heavy Metal Music
Autoriai: William Phillips and Brian Cogan
Leidykla: Greenwood
Metai: 2009
Puslapių: 312
Formatas: PDF
ISBN-10: 0-313-34800-6
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-34800-6
Talpa: 2.76 MB
Kalba: anglų

It has been reviled, dismissed, attacked, and occasionally been the subject of Congressional hearings, but still, the genre of music known as heavy metal maintains not only its market share in the recording and downloading industry, but also as a cultural force that has united millions of young and old fans across the globe. Characterized by blaring distorted guitars, drum solos, and dramatic vibrato, the heavy metal movement headbanged its way to the popular culture landscape with bands like Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath the 1970s. Motley Crue and Metallica made metal a music phenomenon in the 1980s. Heavy metal continues to evolve today with bands like Mastodon and Lamb of God.

Providing an extensive overview of the music, fashion, films, and philosophies behind the movement, this inclusive encyclopedia chronicles the history and development of heavy metal, including sub-movements such as death metal, speed metal, grindcore, and hair metal.

Essential and highly entertaining reading for high school and undergraduate courses in popular music studies, communications, media studies, and cultural studies, the Encyclopedia of Heavy Metal Music and Culture offers a guide to the ultimate underground music, exploring its rich cultural diversity, resilience, and adaptability. Entries for musicians include a discography for those wanting to start or develop their music collections.

Pavadinimas: Encyclopedia of the Blues
Autoriai: Edward Komara (Editor)
Leidykla: Routledge
Metai: 2006
Puslapių: 1274
Formatas: PDF
ISBN-10: 0415926998
ISBN-13: 978-0415926997
Talpa: 8.75 MB
Kalba: anglų

This comprehensive two-volume set in one brings together all aspects of the blues from performers and musical styles to record labels and cultural issues, including regional evolution and history. Organized in an accessible A-to-Z format, the Encyclopedia of the Blues is an essential reference resource for information on this unique American music genre.

Coverage includes:
• The whole history of the blues, from its antecedents in African and American types of music to the contemporary styles performed today
• Artists active throughout the United States and from foreign countries
• The business of the blues, including individual record labels active since the prewar era
• Aspects particular to blues lyrics and music
• Specific issues such as race or gender as related to the blues
• Reference lists of blues periodicals, blues newsletters, libraries, and museums.

Pavadinimas: AC/DC: The Encyclopaedia
Autorius: Malcolm Dome, Jerry Ewing
ISBN-10: 1842404369
ISBN-13: 9781842404362
Metai: 2008
Puslapių: 288
Formatas: PDF
Talpa: 9.22 MB
Kalba: anglų

Focusing on key elements surrounding a group that stands alongside legends such as Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, and Led Zeppelin, this book reveals the phenomenon that is AC/DC. Covering past and present members, songs, gigs, events, albums, bootlegs, producers, and numerous other subjects, this exhaustive overview spans an extraordinary 35-year musical career -- from the very earliest incarnations of the band prior to Bon Scott's arrival, through the era in which he fronted the band and his untimely death, to the wildly successful landmark record "Back in Black," all the way to their 2003 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and beyond. Detailing a group that has sold an estimated 150 million albums worldwide, this is the definitive reference of one of music history's most notable pioneers of hard rock. A fair number of photos (b&w).

Pavadinimas: The 100 Most Influential Musicians of All Time
Autorius: Gini Gorlinski (Editor)
ISBN: 1615300066
Metai: 2009
Puslapių: 362
Formatas: PDF
Talpa: 3.88 MB
Kalba: anglų

It has been said that when it comes to success, it isn't what you know, but who you know. In this intriguing series, readers get the best of both worlds. Concise but information-packed biographies detail the lives and life's work of hundreds of leading individuals from an assortment of disciplines. Readers will get to know the foremost minds within science, art, writing, music, invention, politics and philosophy. Each valuable compendium offers a comprehensive index, complementary visuals, and behind-the-scenes details that reveal the very human nature behind world-changing personalities.

Pavadinimas: Рок-энциклопедия
Autorius: Сергей Кастальский
Leidykla: ЗАО "Ровесник"
Metai: 2003
Puslapių: 889
Formatas: JPG
Failo talpa: 234.57 MB
Kalba: rusų

Издание включает в себя более 10 000 статей о зарубежной рок-музыке, иллюстрации, рецензии, обзор музыкальных стилей и самые полные дискографии. Впервые «Рок-энциклопедия» начала публиковаться в августе 1987 году на страницах журнала «Ровесник». Многие читатели помнят журнальный вариант издания, когда из номера в номер выходили статьи не только о знаменитых музыкантах, но и о малоизвестных группах. Первое издание «Рок-энциклопедии» вышло в 1997 году и содержало 1370 статей о зарубежной рок-музыке, 100 иллюстраций, 200 рецензий на альбомы, 50 статей о музыкальных стилях и дискографии. Оно быстро превратилась в «библию» для всех истинных меломанов.

Pavadinimas: ex YU ROCK enciklopedija: 1960-2006
Autorius: Petar Janjatović
Leidykla: Čigoja štampa
Metai: 2006
Puslapių: 320
Formatas: PDF
Failo talpa: 143,28 MB
Kalba: serbų

Iliustruotos jugoslavų roko enciklopedijos antras papildytas leidimas.

Pavadinimas: Krautrock Kompendium in Kolour (V1.0)
Puslapių: 112
Formatas: PDF
Failo talpa: 68,10 MB
Kalba: anglų

Krautrock Kompendium is a collection of all the reviews of Kosmische music that have appeared in the pages of The Sound Projector magazine. Here arranged A-Z by name of artist, with a complete index of all names appearing in the reviews, plus a lavish selection of digital photographs and scans of LP sleeves and CD covers in full colour.

We present this as an ebook, as some of the material has already been made available online. This item isn’t available in the shops. We might consider producing it on paper as a one-off special, although the production costs of a full colour book would be very high.

Pavadinimas: Русский мат
Autorius: Ф.Н. Ильясова
Leidykla: Лада М
Leidimo metai: 1994
Puslapių: 174
Failo formatas: PDF
Failo talpa: 940 KB
Kalba: rusų

Русский мат показан в книге показан как многогранное явление. В антологию влюченны матерные произведения из факлорного наследия, работы известных и неизвесных авторов - поэзия, скизки и проза, пословицы и поговорки, эпиграммы, частушки, потешки. Значительная часть текстов публикуется впервые. Специально для Антологии составлены толковый словарь русского мата и словарь синонимов и эвфемизмов.

New volume and the last in the series that has shown the way to hundreds of collectors around the world. This new one has 144 pages, with 59 pages all about UK collectable items. The book has around 1200 pictures of sleeves of highly collectable albums of psychedelia, progressive, folk, beat and garage from the 60's to early 80's.

The fourth volume in this resourceful series of books that make up a kaleidoscopic overview of the rarest records around. This edition also features an index for all four volumes in the series. Full of essential images of folk, psychedelia, garage and beat records from the '60s and '70s the book is packed with over 1000 colour photos of album covers from all over the globe - including the rarest collectables from UK, Germany, Sweden, Turkey, Italy and U.S.A etc.

The third volume in this quality series of books is hardbound like the others and slightly thicker at 144 pages. Filled to bursting with photos of rare psychedelic, progressive, folk, garage, rock and beat album covers from all over the world it's an essential companion to previous volumes. Features a rarity scale, genre descriptions & release details.

Part 2 in the series of books on covers of rare records from all over the world. This time including actual and new values in euro prices. Another cream of folk, psychedelic, progressive , garage, beat records. Over 1000 professional colour photographs of the rarest 60's and 70's album covers from over 40 countries!! An indispensable book for all serious collectors and curious music lovers, with a accurate description of: Origin, Label, Value and Rarity.

What a great idea! Hans has collected together in a beautifully bound hard back book, full colour pictures of the covers of all those incredibly rare records you could never afford, so now you at least know what they looked like.... '60s and '70s Folk, progressive, psychedelic, rock, garage from all over the world - they're all here. If your collection looks like this I hope you've got good insurance!! Freak Emporium