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Baptista, Todd R.: Group harmony ; echoes of the Rhythm & Blues era.
     Narberth, Pa. 2007. 288 p. Illustrated             pb        EUR 29.90

Belford, Kevin: Devil at the confluence ; the pre-war blues music of

St. Louis, Missouri. St. Louis, Mo. 2009. 210 p. +1CD

(14 tracks, Delmark) Illustrated, large book/CD set: hb EUR 39.95

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Bruyninckx, Walter & L. Bruyninckx: 93 years of recorded jazz and blues.

[Mechelen] 2010. 1 CD-ROM. FIles are now in Microsoft WORD

format. Other than in previous editions the data is now completely

unprotected and can be entered onto your computer's harddsc for

amending, deleting, adding, highlighting etc.

Edition 7: Not the definite updated A-Z yet, but numerous typos

corrected. Also included is now material from Erik Raben,

whose "Jazz Records" ended after vol. 8, and Michel

Ruppli. Hundreds of new pages!

price for new subscribers: EUR520.00

price for current subscribers: EUR 89.00

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Donahue, Matthew A.: I'll take you there... ; an oral and photographic

     history of the Hines Farm Blues Club. Toledo, Oh. 2000. XII,119 p.

     Interesting photos     large      pb         EUR 20.85

Ford, Robert: The Blues discography ; the later years: 1971-2000.
West Vancouver 2010. 579 p. soon, ca. large pb EUR115.00

Foskett, Brian: Jazz pictorial ; more greats of jazz & blues photographed.

    Cambridge 2005. 80 p. Some photos in color       large     pb    EUR 24.70

Harwood, Robert W.: I went down to St. James Infirmary ;
     investigations in the shadowy world of early jazz-blues in the
     company of Blind Willie McTell, Louis Armstrong, Don Redman,
     Irving Mills, Carl Moore, and a host of others, and where did this
     dang song come from anyway? Kitchener, Ont. 2008. XII,187 p.        
                                   pb         EUR 21.00

Hayes, Cedric J. & Robert Laughton: The Gospel discography ;
     a discography of post-war African-American gospel records from
     1943-1970. West Vancouver 2007.658 p. large           pb        EUR109.25

Hillman, Christopher & Roy Middleton, Paul Swinton: Paramount piano.
    Tavistock 2011/12. The house pianists and others in solo and
    blues accompaniment.      no date yet,  ca.     pb    EUR 23.40

Hoscher, Dietmar: Blues ; Bluesphilosophie in Wort und Bild. Wien 2002.

     160 p. Color & b&w  photos of blues artists taken in the 1990s. Text in

     German!    large        hb         EUR 35.00

 Kennedy, Robert Emmett: Mellows ; a chronicle of unknown singers /
    introd., preface & edited by Karl Koenig. [n.p. 1995]. 133 p. Reprint of
    the book on negro spirituals first published ca. 1925. Incl. texts and
    music of spirituals      large     pb    EUR 14.45

Kennedy, Robert Emmett: More mellows. [n.p. 1997]. 177 p. Reprint of
    Kennedy's sequel book on negro spirituals      large     pb    EUR 17.25

Koenig, Karl: The evolution of Ragtime & Blues to Jazz. [n.p. 1995].

    184 p. Examples of music   large     pb    EUR 19.05

Lindahl, Erik: Blue shots ; photographs. [s.l.] 2008. 146 p. A stunning
     collection of blues musicians in b&w pb        EUR 37.90

McGrath, Bob: The soul discography ; a discography of soul recordings.
West Vancouver 2010- Focussing on recordings from 1960 to 1980
Vol. 1: A-F. 2010. 577 p. large pb EUR115.00
The remaining vols 2+3 will follow in 2011

MacLeod, R. R.: Yazoo 1-20. 2nd ed. Edinburgh 2002. XV,221 p.

     Transcribed lyrics of country blues songs re-issued on Yazoo records

     L1001-1020. Re-written!         hb         EUR 22.80

MacLeod, R. R.: Yazoo 21-83. Edinburgh 1992. 511 p. Transcribed lyrics

     of country blues songs re-issued on Yazoo records L1021-83   

hb    EUR 30.90

MacLeod, R. R.: Blues Document. Edinburgh 1997. XIV,593 p. Text

     transcriptions of country blues songs re-issued on Blues Document

     CDs (BDCD 6001-6050)         hb         EUR 35.90

Miethaner, Ulrich: I can look through muddy water ; analyzing earlier
    African American English in blues lyrics (BLUR). Frankfurt [etc.] 2005.
    247 p. (Regensburger Arbeiten zur Anglistik und Amerikanistik ;
    Bd 47)      pb    EUR 42.50

Pfleiderer, Martin: Rhythmus ; psychologische, theoretische und

stilanalytische Aspekte populärer Musik. Bielefeld 2006. 387 p.

Zahlreiche Notenbeispiele pb EUR 30.80

Rijn, Guido van: President Johnson's blues ;

African-American blues and gospel songs

on LBJ, Martin Luther King, Robert Kennedy

and Vietnam, 1963-1968. [Overveen] 2009.

XX,334 p. Illustrated pb EUR 32.00

Salemann, Dieter & Ulrich Neuert: An Exclusive listing. 2nd ed.

w. corrections/additions. Berlin 2003. 29 p. Label listing

large sb EUR 7.95

Van der Tuuk, Alex: Paramount's rise and fall ; a history of the Wisconsin
    Chair Company and its recording activities. Denver, Col. 2004.
    XIX,242 p. History of the famous 78rpm record label Paramount
    with 120 illustrations     hb    EUR 51.75

Wright, Laurie: Okeh Race Records ; the 8000 'race' series.

     Chigwell 2001. 252 p. Illustrated, numerical discography          

     hb    EUR 71.50

 Das blaue Wunder : Blues aus deutschen Landen / hrsg. von Winfried
Siebers & Uwe Zagratzki. Eutin 2010. 540 p. Artikel über die Fisk
Jubilee Singers in Deutschland 1877/78, Blues im Radio, Blueszeit-
schriften, Blues in der DDR u.v.m. pb EUR 27.80

First pressings : the history of Rhythm & Blues / compiled and ed. by

     Galen Gart. Milford, N.H. [later: Winter Haven, Fl.] 1989-  

     Illustrated. Clippings from Billboard magazine
Vol. 3: 1953. 1989. V,114 p.   large     pb         EUR 29.05

Vol. 5: 1955. 1990. III,155 p.  large      pb         EUR 29.05

     Vol. 8: 1958. 1995. 171 p.    large       pb         EUR 21.00

     Vol. 9: 1959. 2003. 188 p.    large       pb         EUR 21.00

The Frog Blues & Jazz Annual : the musicians,

the records & the music of the 78 era / ed. by

Paul Swinton. - No. 1. Fleet 2009. 176 p.

+ 1 CD (26 tracks). N. O. blues, Opal Cooper,

Thomas Morris, Paramount 1935, Henry Thomas,

Carl Reid, S. Bechet, Big Charlie Thomas, etc.

Numerous illustrations large pb EUR 39.00

The Frog Blues & Jazz Annual : the musicians, the records & the music
    of the 78 era / ed. by Paul Swinton. - No. 2. Fleet 2011. 176 p. + 1 CD
    (25 tracks). Stan Atkins to Edmonia and Fletcher Henderson, Blind
    Joe Taggart to King Oliver, Robert Johnson to Freddie Keppard
    & Clarence Willians to Sylvester Weaver etc. Numerous illustrations
                                        soon, ca. large     pb    EUR 39.00

Hear me howling! : blues, ballads, and beyond as recorded by the San
    Francisco Bay by Chris Strachwitz in the 1960s. El Cerrito, Cal. 2011.
    136 p.  + 4 CDs (72 tracks,     many previously unissued).
    Over 150photos. Celebrating 50 years of Arhoolie Records                 
                 soon, ca. large book/CDs set:     hb    EUR 59.95

Jazz goes Pop goes Jazz : der Jazz und sein gespaltenes Verhältnis zur

Popularmusik/ hrsg. von Wolfram Kanuer. Hofheim 2006. 248 p.

(Darmstädter Beiträge zur Jazzforschung ; Bd 9) pb EUR 22.00

Rhythm & Blues in Cleveland : 1955 edition / comp. & ed. by Galen Gart.

     Winter Haven, Fl. 2003. 148 p.  Newspaper source material reprinted

large            pb         EUR 21.00

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