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9781611454161 | Arcade Pub, August 1, 2012, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: “This loving memoir of an achingly passionate—and achingly chaste—romance is an invaluable addition to the growing body of intelligent Elvisiana.
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9780226717456 | Univ of Chicago Pr, May 15, 2011, cover price $27.50 | About this edition: A major figure in American blues and folk music, Big Bill Broonzy (1903–1958) left his Arkansas Delta home after World War I, headed north, and became the leading Chicago bluesman of the 1930s.
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A companion to the PBS-TV series presents an impressionistic portrait of the blues as viewed by seven famous directors, in a collection of photographs, historical and personal essays, and interviews.
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9780060525446 | Amistad Pr, September 1, 2003, cover price $27.95 | About this edition: A companion to the PBS-TV series presents an impressionistic portrait of the blues as viewed by seven famous directors, in a collection of photographs, historical and personal essays, and interviews.
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9780062029089 | Harpercollins, September 28, 2010, cover price $12.99
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A legendary blues performer traces his extraordinary life, from his humble Mississippi beginnings, to his early experiences of road trips and romance, to his recording and festival performance days. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.
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9780316735728 | Reprint edition (Back Bay Books, October 1, 2003), cover price $13.95 | About this edition: A legendary blues performer traces his extraordinary life, from his humble Mississippi beginnings, to his early experiences of road trips and romance, to his recording and festival performance days.
9780938410645 | Thunder''s Mouth Pr, August 1, 1988, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: - The Year of the Blues reaches fever pitch in fall 2003 with the theatrical release (and airing on PBS) of seven documentary films, each by a noted feature director (Martin Scorsese, Wim Wenders, Charles Burnett, Mike Figgis, and Clint Eastwood among them) and the release on CD of several major new blues compilations.
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9780316075442 | Back Bay Books, May 30, 2009, cover price $9.99
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The definitive account of one of soul's greatest figures by one of the the great music writers of our time.
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9780316731454 | Gardners Books, December 1, 2005, cover price $44.90 | About this edition: The definitive account of one of soul's greatest figures by one of the the great music writers of our time.
9780316377942 | Little Brown & Co, October 18, 2005, cover price $27.95 | About this edition: A portrait of the influential gospel singer and songwriter covers his early experiences as a choir boy, the impact of the civil rights movement on his career, and the mystery surrounding his death.
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9780349119489 | New edition (Gardners Books, November 2, 2006), cover price $23.40 | About this edition: The definitive account of one of soul's greatest figures by one of the the great music writers of our time.
9780316013291 | Reprint edition (Back Bay Books, September 5, 2006), cover price $16.99 | About this edition: A portrait of the influential gospel singer and songwriter covers his early experiences as a choir boy, the impact of the civil rights movement on his career, and the mystery surrounding his death.
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9780316055154 | Back Bay Books, December 14, 2008, cover price $9.99
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Amazon.com Review: Until Peter Guralnick came out with Last Train to Memphis in 1994, most biographies of Elvis Presley--especially those written by people with varying degrees of access to his "inner circle"--were filled with starstruck adulation, and those that weren't in awe of their subject invariably went out of their way to take potshots at the rock & roll pioneer (with Albert Goldman's 1981 Elvis reaching now-legendary levels of bile and condescension)...read more
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9780316332224 | Little Brown & Co, January 8, 1999, cover price $35.00 | About this edition: Recounts the second half of Elvis Presley's life, from his army service in 1958 Germany through his death in 1977, and focuses on his relationship with manager Colonel Tom Parker
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9780316332972 | Back Bay Books, February 10, 2000, cover price $17.99 | About this edition: Recounts the second half of Elvis Presley's life, from his army service in 1958 Germany through his death in 1977, and focuses on his relationship with manager Colonel Tom Parker.
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9781439568989 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, November 3, 2008), cover price $26.99 | About this edition: Amazon.
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Product Description: From the moment that he first shook up the world in the mid 1950s, Elvis Presley has been one of the most vivid and enduring myths of American culture. Last Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley is the first biography to go past that myth and present an Elvis beyond the legend...read more
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9780316332200 | Little Brown & Co, October 3, 1994, cover price $35.00 | About this edition: A portrait of Elvis Presley, based on hundreds of interviews and a decade of research, emerges in a volume covering Elvis' life up to his Army induction
9780788193477 | Diane Pub Co, March 1, 1994, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: LAST TRAIN TO MEMPHIS is arguably the first serious biography that refuses to dwell on the myth of Elvis.
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9780316332255 | Back Bay Books, September 1, 1995, cover price $17.99 | About this edition: A portrait of Elvis Presley, based on hundreds of interviews and a decade of research, emerges in a volume covering Elvis' life up to his Army induction
9780756774202 | Diane Pub Co, March 1, 1994, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: British edition of the highly praised first definitive work on Elvis Presley's life.
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9781439508626 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, June 26, 2008), cover price $26.99 | About this edition: From the moment that he first shook up the world in the mid 1950s, Elvis Presley has been one of the most vivid and enduring myths of American culture.
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9788496879195 | Independent Pub Group, April 1, 2008, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: After carrying out a meticulous investigation, Pete Guralnick provides the reader with a definitive biography about the brilliant ascent and the spectacular decadence of Elvis Presley, offering a masterful portrait of both the individual and the society that elevated him to the voids of success.
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9788496879188 | Independent Pub Group, April 1, 2008, cover price $24.95
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9788496879201 | Independent Pub Group, April 1, 2008, cover price $49.95
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9780306813009 | Da Capo Pr, February 26, 2007, cover price $26.00 | About this edition: One of the most original, influential, and commercially successful American songwriters, Jerome Felder, aka Doc Pomus (1925-1991), gave the world a dazzling legacy of musical hits during rock ’n’ roll’s first decade.
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9780224073684 | Vintage Uk, August 16, 2007, cover price $27.05 | also contains Lonely Avenue: The Unlikely Life and Times of Doc Pomus | About this edition: One of the original, influential and commercially successful American songwriters, Doc Pomus (1927-1991) is remembered best for the dozens of hits he wrote during rock 'n' roll's first decade.
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9780060525453 | Reprint edition (Amistad Pr, November 1, 2004), cover price $17.99 | About this edition: An illustrated study based on the seven-part PBS-TV series furnishes an impressionistic portrait of the blues and its influence on American music and culture as viewed by seven famous directors, in a collection of photographs, historical and personal essays, and interviews.
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9781560255475 | Da Capo Pr, November 19, 2003, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: The author, a former Blues producer and manager, shares his personal recollections and photographs of Buddy Guy, John Lee Hooker, Lightnin' Hopkins, Chuck Berry, Ray Charles, Bob Dylan, and Otis Rush, among others.
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9780415936538 | Routledge, February 1, 2002, cover price $110.00 | About this edition: The Voice of the Blues brings together interviews with many pioneering blues men including Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Little Walter, Jimmy Reed, B.
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9780306809996 | Da Capo Pr, October 4, 2000, cover price $18.50 | About this edition: A collection of essays and articles about music and its culture covers diverse modern styles--rock, pop, rap, jazz, blues, country, and more--and features works by Greil Marcus, Neil Strauss, David Samuels, Eddie Dean, Mark Jacobson, and Sasha Frere-Jones.
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9781567403251 | Abridged edition (Brilliance Audio, November 1, 1999), cover price $12.95 | About this edition: Last Train to Memphis, the first part of Guralnick's two-volume biography of Elvis Presley, was called a masterpiece by the New York Times.
9781567408089 | Abridged edition (Brilliance Audio, January 1, 1999), cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Recounts the second half of Elvis Presley's life, from his army service in 1958 Germany through his death in 1977, and focuses on his relationship with manager Colonel Tom Parker.
9781567406153 | Unabridged edition (Brilliance Audio Lib Edn, January 1, 1999), cover price $153.25 | About this edition: Recounts the second half of Elvis Presley's life, from his army service in 1958 Germany through his death in 1977, and focuses on his relationship with manager Colonel Tom Parker.
9781567400861 | Bookcassette Sales, January 1, 1999, cover price $36.95 | About this edition: Recounts the second half of Elvis Presley's life, from his army service in 1958 Germany through his death in 1977, and focuses on his relationship with manager Colonel Tom Parker.
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9780345420893 | Ballantine Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $49.95 | About this edition: From details of his childhood in Tupelo, through his rise to success, to his death, a chronology of Elvis Presley's life and career draws on an array of archival material, photographs, documents, letters, artifacts, and memorabilia
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9780316345231 | Back Bay Books, February 1, 2000, cover price $35.00 | About this edition: This slip-cased edition offers the two volumes of arguably the first serious biography of Elvis Presley that refuses to dwell on his myth.
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9780316332729 | Reprint edition (Back Bay Books, July 1, 1999), cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Examines the cultural factors which have influenced the musical careers and styles of such individuals as Jerry Lee Lewis, Muddy Waters, and Johnny Shines
9780060971755 | Reprint edition (Perennial, September 1, 1994), cover price $14.00 | About this edition: Examines the cultural factors which have influenced the musical careers and styles of such individuals as Jerry Lee Lewis, Muddy Waters, and Johnny Shines
9780394747064, titled "Feel Like Going Home: Portraits in Blues and Rock 'N' Roll" | Vintage Books, May 1, 1981, cover price $4.95 | About this edition: Examines the cultural factors which have influenced the musical careers and styles of such individuals as Jerry Lee Lewis, Muddy Waters, and Johnny Shines
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9780316332743 | Reprint edition (Back Bay Books, July 1, 1999), cover price $16.99 | About this edition: This masterful exploration of American roots music--country, rockabilly, and the blues--spotlights the artists who created a distinctly American sound, including Ernest Tubb, Bobby "Blue" Bland, Elvis Presley, Merle Haggard, and Sleepy LaBeef.
9780060971748 | Reissue edition (Perennial, September 1, 1994), cover price $15.00 | About this edition: Depicts the lives of American musicians who create and perform country and blues music, creating from a union of the two rockabilly, and includes text and photographs on such performers as Elvis, Charlie Rich, and Johnny Cash
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9780060155148 | 1 edition (Harpercollins, February 1, 1986), cover price $32.95 | About this edition: Chronicles the history of Soul Music from its origins in the rural South to its heydey as a multimillion dollar business
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9780316332736 | Reprint edition (Back Bay Books, July 1, 1999), cover price $18.95 | About this edition: Chronicles the history of Soul Music from its origins in the rural South to its heydey as a multimillion dollar business
9780060960490 | Reprint edition (Perennial, September 1, 1994), cover price $18.00 | About this edition: Chronicles the history of Soul Music from its origins in the rural South to its heydey as a multimillion dollar business
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9780316644020 | Gardners Books, February 4, 1999, cover price $35.60 | About this edition: Following 'Last Train to Memphis', this is the second of two volumes of a biography of Elvis Presley, drawing on documentary and interview material.
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9780525248019 | Obelisk, September 1, 1989, cover price $15.00 | About this edition: Explores the life and legend of blues singer Robert Johnson, whose music influenced Muddy Waters and an entire generation of rock 'n' roll artists
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9780452279490 | Reprint edition (Plume, August 1, 1998), cover price $12.00 | About this edition: Explores the life and legend of blues singer Robert Johnson, whose music influenced Muddy Waters and an entire generation of rock 'n' roll artists
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Product Description: Peter Guralnick reconstructs the early years in the life of Elvis Presley, giving us a fresh, realistic look at Elvis through the first twenty-four years of his life. Filled with great stories, Guralnick takes us from Elvis' humble beginnings, through his teen years to his first recordings with Sam Phillips and sudden fame and wealth...read more
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9781561004171 | Abridged edition (Brilliance Audio, February 1, 1995), cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Peter Guralnick reconstructs the early years in the life of Elvis Presley, giving us a fresh, realistic look at Elvis through the first twenty-four years of his life.
9781561002498 | Unabridged edition (Brilliance Audio Lib Edn, February 1, 1995), cover price $105.25 | About this edition: Peter Guralnick reconstructs the early years in the life of Elvis Presley, giving us a fresh, realistic look at Elvis through the first twenty-four years of his life.
9781561006243 | Bookcassette Sales, February 1, 1995, cover price $27.95 | About this edition: Amazon.
9781570422065 | Abridged edition (Hachette Audio, October 1, 1994), cover price $17.00 | About this edition: A fresh portrait of Elvis Presley, based on hundreds of interviews and a decade of research, emerges in the first volume of a two-part biography covering Elvis' life up to his Army induction.
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Gathers portraits of individual artists and rock groups of the fifties and sixties
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9780385194341 | Dolphin Books, October 1, 1988, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: Gathers portraits of individual artists and rock groups of the fifties and sixties
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