Photographs and provocative comments by a singer, composer, and photographer who is the American wife of ex-Beatle Paul capture the exhilaration, color, and excitement of the pop-music scene

Product Description: Chuck Boyd's love affair with photography began when his mother gave him a camera as a gift when he was thirteen years old. He quickly found his artistic voice, and at the age of sixteen, he went to work for Los Angeles radio station KRLA, covering special artist promotional functions...read more

Product Description: From the roots of rock in the 1950s to the music of such contemporary favorites as Coldplay and Green Day, this spectacular celebration of rock and roll traces the history and highlights of this most enduring and most controversial of music...read more

'In this absolutely unprecedented and beautifully produced coffee-table volume, best-selling music writer Paul Grushkin draws on top museum collections and private archives, renowned photographers, lauded poster artists, and record labels to illustrate the remarkable 70-year synergy between music and motoring. The narrative comprises scores of first-person interviews with prominent figures and explores common themes that have been addressed in vehicle-related songs - as symbols of freedom, vehicles as status symbols, as courting tools, as utilitarian work conveyances, as metaphors (when Reverend Horton Heat sings about his 'Big Red Rocket of Love,' he's not just talking about his shoebox Ford), and vehicles simply as vehicles. Illustrated with images of musicians, bands, vehicles, album and poster art, and collectibles, the book draws direct lineages juxtaposing artists that may have previously seemed disparate. Also included are music's car-related lore and tragedies, like Gene Vincent's motorcycle accident that spurred his spiral into alcoholism; Hank Williams' death in the backseat of his Cadillac; the death of So-Cal punk icon D. Boon in a tour-van accident; and Neil Young connecting with Stephen Stills in L.A. because the latter saw the former's Ontario plates in a traffic jam. In the end, Wheels is the expansive sort of book that everyone from the most casual music fan to the most hardcore musicologist will find difficult to put down.'--Provided by the publisher.

The acclaimed musician's personal reflections, along with those of his wife, accompanied by 350 color images, provide an inside glimpse of McCartney's most celebrated tour, capturing both on-stage and off-stage moments from New York in the aftermath of September 11th, across North America, Europe, and Japan, to his historic appearance in Moscow's Red Square. 40,000 first printing.

A fifty-year anniversary tour of rock & roll music begins with the sounds introduced by the riotous performance at Alan Freed's Moondog Coronation Ball and traverses the genre's many artists, evolution, and influence on American culture. 50,000 first printing.

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A gallery of 179 striking photographs, arranged by theme, explores the variety of rock 'n' roll styles over the years and includes images previously published in Rolling Stone and some never published before. 100,000 first printing. BOMC.

Gathers early photographs of the Beatles performing in Hamburg and includes portraits of French and German rockers of the early sixties

Gathers portraits of hard rock bands, such as the Scorpions, Iron Maiden, Deep Purple, and Def Leppard, performing at concerts in Japan

With an introduction by the director of The Who's forthcoming film, The Kids Are Alright, this pictorial account of the flamboyant British rock group highlights their three American tours

Photographs and provocative comments by a singer, composer, and photographer who is the American wife of ex-Beatle Paul capture the exhilaration, color, and excitement of the pop-music scene