Book Reviews

All the Songs—The Story Behind Every Beatles Release, by Philippe Margotin, Jean-Michel Guesdon, and Scott Freiman

Any Old Way You Choose It, by Robert Christgau

Baby, Let Me Follow You Down, by Eric von Schmidt and Jim Rooney

The Beatles, by Hunter Davies

The Beatles in Richard Lester’s A Hard Day’s Night, edited by J. Philip DiFranco

Big City Cat: My Life in Folk-Rock, by Steve Forbert

Bob Dylan: A Listing, by Keith Wilson

Bob Dylan: All the Songs—The Story Behind Every Track, by Philippe Margotin and Jean-Michel Guesdon

Bob Dylan: Mixing Up the Medicine, by Bob Dylan

Bob Marley & the Wailers: The Ultimate Illustrated History, by Richie Unterberger

Born to Run, by Bruce Springsteen

Boss: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band—The Illustrated History, by Gillian G. Gaar

Bruce Springsteen: An Illustrated Biography, by Meredith Ochs

Buddy Holly, His Life and Music, by John Goldrosen

The Clash—All the Albums, All the Songs, by Martin Popoff

The Complete John Lennon Songs, by Paul Du Noyer

Country Music: The Poetry, edited by Carol Offen

Country: The Biggest Music in America, by Nick Tosches

Death of a Rebel: A Biography of Phil Ochs, by Marc Eliot

Decade of Dissent: How 1960s Bob Dylan Changed the World, by Sean Egan

Dolly Parton, by Otis James

Down on the Corner: Adventures in Busking & Street Music, by Cary Baker

Dreaming of Dylan: 115 Dreams About Bob, edited by Mary Lee Kortez

Dylan: Disc by Disc, edited by Jon Bream

Elton—It’s a Little Bit Funny, by Elton John, Bernie Taupin, and David Nutter

Everybody Needs Love: The Life and Music of Eddie Hinton, by Bruce Schurman

Fifty Sides of the Beach Boys—The Songs That Tell Their Story, by Mark Dillon

Fleetwood Mac: All the Songs, by Olivier Roubin and Romuald Ollivier

Forever Changes: The Authorized Biography of Arthur Lee and Love, by John Einarson

Get On Down: A Decade of Rock and Roll Posters, edited by Mick Farren

Graham Parker’s Howlin’ Wind, by Jay Nachman with Graham Parker and the Rumour

Hendrix—The Illustrated Story, by Gillian G. Gaar

The History of Rock ‘n’ Roll, by Ritchie Yorke

How I Write Songs, Why You Can, by Tom T. Hall

The Illustrated Discography of Surf Music 1959–1965, edited by John Blair

Janis Joplin—Her Life and Times, by Deborah Landau

Jimi Hendrix—Voodoo Child of the Aquarian Age, by David Henderson

John & Yoko/Plastic Ono Band, by John Lennon and Yoko Ono

Just Country, by Robert Cornfield with Marshall Fallwell, Jr.

Led Zeppelin—All the Albums, All the Songs, by Martin Popoff

Leonard Cohen—Everybody Knows, by Harvey Kubernik

Loretta Lynn: Coal Miner’s Daughter, by Loretta Lynn with George Vecsey

Love and Fury: The Extraordinary Life, Death and Legacy of Joe Meek, by Darryl W. Bullock

The Lyrics: 1961–2012. by Bob Dylan

The Making of Superstars: Artists and Executives of the Rock Music World, by Robert S. Spitz

Making Tracks, by Charlie Gillett

Man in Black, by Johnny Cash

Mersey Beat—The Beginnings of the Beatles, edited by Bill Harry

My Life with Elvis, by Becky Yancey and Cliff Linedecker

Mystery Train, by Greil Marcus

No One Here Gets Out Alive, by Jerry Hopkins and Danny Sugerman

On the Road with Bob Dylan, by Larry Sloman

The Outlaws: Revolution in Country Music, by Michael Bane

The Philosophy of Modern Song, by Bob Dylan

Phonographics: Contemporary Album Cover Art & Design, by Brad Benedict and Linda Barton

Pink Floyd: Album by Album, by Martin Popoff

Pink Floyd: All the Songs—The Story Behind Every Track, by Philippe Margotin and Jean-Michel Guesdon

Playing in the FM Band—A Personal Account of Free Radio, by Steve Post

Private Elvis, by Diego Cortez

Ready Steady Go! The Weekend Starts Here, by Andy Neill

Right to Pass and Other True Stories, by Paul Williams

Rip It Up: The Specialty Records Story, by Billy Vera

Rock Almanac: Top Twenty American and British Singles and Albums of the ’50s, ’60, and ’70s, edited by Stephen Nugent and Charlie Gillett

Rock ‘n’ Roll Is Here to Pay: The History and Politics of the Music Industry, by Steve Chapple and Reebee Garofalo

Rock Dreams, by Guy Peelaert and Nik Cohn

Rock Family Trees, by Pete Frame

Rock, Roll & Remember, by Dick Clark

The Rolling Stone Record Guide, edited by Dave Marsh with John Swenson

The Rolling Stones: All the Songs—The Story Behind Every Track, by Philippe Margotin and Jean-Michel Guesdon

Rolling Thunder Logbook, by Sam Shepard

Song & Dance Man: The Art of Bob Dylan, by Michael Gray

Springsteen Album by Album, by Ryan White

Stomping the Blues, by Albert Murray

Tearing Down the Wall of Sound—The Rise and Fall of Phil Spector, by Mick Brown

Tonight in Jungleland: The Making of Born to Run, by Peter Ames Carlin

Triple Platinum, by Stephen Holden

White Noise & Lightning: The Continental Drifters Story, by Sean Kelly

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