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Notes: Rare Groove, Acid Jazz, Trip Hop, Abstract, New Jazz/Future Jazz... This is the world's first "club jazz" disc guide, written by leading experts in the genre, connecting various styles over a 30 year period.

Notes: This book uses dozens of first-hand interviews, photos and original artwork to offer a new perspective on a group that would become mired in controversy almost from the get-go. It applauds the band's key role in transforming punk rhetoric, both polemical and musical, into something genuinely threatening - and enormously funny. The author offers context in terms of both the global and local trajectory of punk and, while not flinching from the wildly differing takes individual band members have on the evolution of the band, attempts to be celebratory, if not uncritical.

Notes: A curated collection of Depeche Modephotographs through the lens of Michaela Olexova, the former editor of the Band's officialfan club magazine Bong in 1994 - 2002. 84p paperback.
5% of sales from each book will be donated to Mind Charity via Work For Good.

Notes: Fine Art Book, limited to 750 copies:

Hardcover book printed on Munken Print Cream 115g/m2

96 pages, 24cm x 22cm, 93 photos

Logo, slot and circle embossed

Matt laminate + selective varnish

Hand-numbered, hand-stamped

Notes: This new book by Mitsuru Ogawa - author of the Jazz Next Standard series and Club Jazz Definitive - is a comprehensive guide to jazz in Europe, featuring 981 releases.

Notes: A spectacular large-format 272-page view inside "the metal scene that banged those heads that did not bang" includes over 400 of some of the earliest colour and black-and-white photos of METALLICA, SLAYER, MEGADETH, EXODUS, POSSESSED, DEATH ANGEL, LEGACY/TESTAMENT, VIO-LENCE and many others. Photographers HARALD OIMOEN and BRIAN LEW were dodging bodies from the very start, in front of the stage, backstage, and on the stage itself.

They captured the public victories and private parties of a scene where fans and musical idols were equally hellbent on faster, heavier music and endless outrageous fun. Oimoen and Lew fought on the frontline of a war for individuality, snapping frame by frame as thrash metal was born, along with stagediving, crowd-walking, and countless other magical moments filled with key local personalities.

Includes passionate personal accounts by Bay Area veterans Harald Oimoen, Brian Lew, RON QUINTANA of Metal Mania, GARY HOLT of Exodus, ALEX SKOLNICK of Testament, and ROBB FLYNN of MACHINE HEAD. From DIY origins to world domination, the Bay Area thrash metal scene screams to life in these fearless pages. 272 page hardcover.

Notes: 'Old Rare New: The Independent Record Shop' is an homage to disappearing independent record shops and everything that is special about them. Through rare recordings, peculiar characters and above all, total dedication to collecting music, this beautifully illustrated book journeys into these eclectic spaces of musical exchange, interviewing record shop owners, collectors and musicians to provide a rich account of the increasingly rare independent record shop. Since their introduction in the late 1940s vinyl records have become an object of beauty and obsession. Though the 7 inch and 12 inch formats are considered to have been replaced by the technological development of CDs and MP3 files, vinyl remains the preferred choice of DJs and dedicated music fans, due to its superior sound quality and the increased aesthetic value of record sleeve artwork and total package design. Record shops remain a tribute to the format and, to some extent, independent record shops have thrived as vinyl has come back into fashion. Discussing the vinyl obsession and the nature of collecting, 'Old Rare New' explores the role independent record shops played in creating musical communities before the rise of the Internet and networking sites, such as MySpace, made it easy for everyone to access new music. Record labels, concerts, musical movements, and fanzines all relied on independent record shops to cultivate an interest in their releases. This book takes a detailed look at the contribution independent record shops have made in shaping the path of music history, across genres as diverse as jazz, reggae, soul, rock, pop and underground techno. Record Shops featured include: Other Music (New York); Aquarius Records (San Francisco); Amoeba Records (California); Village Music (Mill Valley, CA ); Jack's Record Cellar (San Francisco); Val's Halla (Chicago); Somewhere in Detroit (Detroit, IL) ; The Thing (Brooklyn); House of Oldies (New York); Jammyland (New York); and, Jazz Record Mart (New York). With essays from Sean Bidder of FACT magazine, Bob Stanley from Saint Etienne, and Byron Coley, a writer who runs Ecstatic Yod record label and shop. Looking at the history of the record shop as musical community, and how that history is being challenged by chain stores and Internet downloads, 'Old Rare New' portrays an accessible and entertaining commentary on these increasingly rare yet ever valued outlets for musical obsession. Including soundbites from musicians, store owners, journalists, critics and music fans such as Will Oldham, Devendra Banhart, Billy Childish, Stuart Baker from Soul Jazz, and many more. With an accompanying independent documentary film based on a road trip across America due out at the end of the year, 'Old Rare New: The Independent Record Shop' is packed full of photographs, memorabilia and record sleeves that vividly tell the story of these hidden gems. Hugely entertaining and visually enticing, this beautifully illustrated book is the first comprehensive look at these important institutions and an essential read for anyone interested in music, collecting or social history. Emma Pettit worked as performing arts and film press officer at the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), London, from 2001 to 2007. She recently left to set up her own creative agency and PR company, Margaret, and is also a freelance arts writer, contributing to publications such as Dazed & Confused, Tank and Plan B magazine.