Music & Musicians

2010. These are the guitars so famous that their names are often household words: B. B. King's Lucille, Eric Clapton's Blackie, Stevie Ray Vaughan's First Wife, Billy F Gibbons' Pearly Gates, Neil

2009. A selection of the best of New Zealand music.

1986. 1st edition. Provides an excellent pictorial record of the orchestra’s development and is an engaging and entertaining account of the country’s longest established performing arts organisation.

1996. 1st edition. Opera diva Dame Kiri Te Kanawa shares her love of opera in this very personal and candid book.

1957. Popular song favourites in the original English language or with English worlds.

2012. On Song is a lively journey through New Zealand's diverse pop landscape.

1984. A book of traditional Pitcairn and Norfolk Island hymns.

1992. This is the most famous of all one-volume musical encyclopedias.

2021. Music biography of Eddie Van Halen.

1977. 1st edition. A selection of Australian and New Zealand folksongs.

1973. Vintage Air New Zealand record featuring music from Rarotonga.

2021. Biography of music legend Dave Grohl.

2010. Signed. The inside story from one of our true music legends - pianist, teacher, arranger and bandleader, Doug Caldwell MNZM.

2010. 1st edition. New Zealand jazz musician and songwriter Ken Avery's diary of his varied and amusing experiences playing in dance bands in the 1940's-1970's.

1997. The first book to tell the incredible story of the Rolling Stones.

1985. 1st edition. The origins and history of The Music Federation of New Zealand, 1950-1982.

1976. 1st edition. Unauthorised biography of Frank Sinatra.

1960. 1st edition. Combining thoughtful revisions - particularly to chapters on the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

1910. 1st edition. Antiquarian book on music.

1947. 1st edition. Translated from French and comprising a narrative on the symphonies written by de Saint-Foix, who also co-authored a larger, more extensive treatment of Mozart.

1990. 1st edition. This history of Atlantic Records and the spectacular career of the man who founded it.

2015. Lou Reed, who died in 2013, was best known to the general public as the grumpy New Yorker in black who sang 'Walk on the Wild Side'.

2012. Autobiography of Rod Stewart. An entertaining ramp through fifty years of bad behavior.

1954-1955. Vintage catalogue of long playing (33.5 rpm) records.

1974. Sheet Music for circa 80 Bob Dylan songs.

1960.

1988. This is the story of U2.

1905 (117yo). 1st edition. All music and words in a handy size.

Published 1946.

1957. Opera booklet in Italian.

1929. 1st edition. Metrical version and scripture paraphrases, with tunes.

2015. Unique and compelling portraits of the greatest stars from the world of opera.

2014. A biography and life story of Kylie Minogue, a true pop icon.

2010. 1st edition. With the Rolling Stones, Keith Richards created the riffs, the lyrics and the songs that roused the world.

1986. The authors offer helpful suggestions on where to begin, what to expect and what to hear next, making this an invaluable starting point from which to explore the whole range of classical music.

1947. Vintage music book, well illustrated with colour plates.

1954 -1955. Fantastic vintage catalogue of standard playing (78 rpm) records.

1983. 1st edition.

1997. Angela Bowie describes ten turbulent years with rock legend David Bowie.

1930. Vintage book on music.

2013. Autobiography of Rod Stewart. An entertaining ramp through fifty years of bad behavior.

1994. Kobbe is the only book which summaries the libretti of the world's opera

2012. Biography of one of the greatest musical talents Britain has ever produced.

2014. 1st edition. Jeremy Reed focuses on Lou Reed as rock's principal literary avatar, paying special attention to his controversial lyrics and prototypical garage sound.

1996. A look back at the original Handel, providing a portrait of his life and music.

1927. 1st edition. Scarce worldwide

2013. For more than four decades, Bruce Springsteen has reflected the heart and soul of America.

2008. Tells the remarkable stories behind 40 popular and traditional songs.

2012. Morrissey is a unique rock and roll creation. The 300,000 words of Mozipedia make this the most intimate and in-depth biographical portrait of the man and his music yet.

2014. The inspiration behind the film American Hustle, directed by David O'Russell.