Reviews (6)

Great book, better deal
This is really a great book for those who miss the great art we used to get with vinyl albums. Unfortunately, I just purchased this book on vacation, at the Hard Rock Hotel/Casino in Las Vegas for $40! And my book wasn't hardcover! I should have come home and looked for it on Amazon. Now I know that Amazon is the place for great deals.

only Anglo-Saxon
This book offers a well-chosen collection of record-covers. Dating from an era when music was for sale on a vinyl-LP, thus offering plenty of surface on its sleeve.
But...but...but...Vaughan Oliver?
As soon as I saw this title, I plonked it onto my amazon wish list, as it combines two of my main passions (music and design). But after flipping through a copy, I had to remove it from my list - maybe if rents plummet and I can afford more space for bookshelves it'll make a reappearance, but until then I'll do without it.
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Subjects:  1. Antiques & Collectibles    2. Antiques / Collectibles    3. Antiques/Collectibles    4. Art    5. Records    6. Techniques - Drawing    7. Graphic design    8. Music industry    9. Music recording & reproduction   

Reviews (3)

Fantastic book!
I know Martha Stewart has had bad press lately but her ideas are still pretty cool (plus this book was from a few years ago).I'm having a blast with this book because I love to go antiquing and looking for stuff to make things with.Granted, you may not find the extact items she uses but you can certainly find the same general items (e.g. egg cups, button covers, vintage fabrics).I really like how the book is laid out in terms of glass, textiles, etc.Also, she has tips for caring and cleaning different types of items which is great since you generally need to clean things that you find at flea markets etc.The ideas are all really neat and really they are easy to do.Five stars all around from me.The ideas I've gotten from this book have really spawned my creativity to make other sorts of things too.Lots of fun!

Very thin & not very helpful
Try Second-Hand Style: Finding and Renewing Antique Treasures or Decorating With Flea Market Finds or Flea Market Decorating (Better Homes and Gardens Books).I love these three books.

Pretty good if this is your thing
I have never seen some of those things available when I've done some scrounging, but the ideas to use them are pretty interesting. My favorite is the linen cabinet made from the shutter doors; you'd have to see it to understand what I mean. Having met a man who is into collecting, I thought we could use it, but so far, not. Thumb through it, see if it's for you. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Antiques & Collectibles    2. Antiques / Collectibles    3. Antiques/Collectibles    4. Care & Restoration    5. Decorating    6. Flea markets    7. Furniture    8. Garage sales    9. House furnishings    10. Interior decoration    11. Records    12. Reference - General    13. Crafts & Hobbies / Decorating   

Reviews (3)

A Wonderful Book for the Beginner.
I found this book to be extremely informative, even though it may be missing many artists and albums in its price guide.The information pertaining to what to look for and what *not* to look for helped meimmensely when I decided that I wanted to become a collector of vinyl.

It's poor information and missing many imprtant singers.
I am very surprised about this issue missin manyimprtant singers and has alot of wrong information the 4th addition is much much better than this issue.

A great, readable book with a lot of good information
Umphred is pretty sharp and his book is too. There are loads of good pictures and a host of informative essays in the front. The one about the Beatles and about the Dylan rarities are notable, as well as his list of the 100 most valuable albums. My collection is not that big, but I love this book and bought it even though a friend had already lent it to me. Enjoy ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Antiques    2. Antiques & Collectibles    3. Antiques / Collectibles    4. Antiques/Collectibles    5. Discographies    6. Discography    7. Discography & Buyer's Guides    8. Magazines & Newspapers    9. Popular    10. Popular music    11. Prices    12. Records    13. Sound recordings    14. United States    15. Antiques & Collectables    16. Bibliographies, catalogues, discographies    17. Music recording & reproduction    18. Musical scores, lyrics & libretti   

Subjects:  1. Genres & Styles - Electronic    2. Music    3. Music/Songbooks    4. Recording & Reproduction    5. Records    6. Music / Reference    7. Music recording & reproduction   

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Jazz Collectors Review
Very good book. Easy to use and it has a lot of research for Jazz Collectors. Highly recommend. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Antiques / Collectibles    2. Discography    3. Jazz    4. Prices    5. Records    6. Reference - Price Guides    7. Sound recordings   

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Not as professional as I expected
Finally a comprehensive book about the great Motoen artists from the "Golden Age."The A-Z format made it very easy to read, but the technical structure of the book seemed unprofessional and very computer generated.Sometimes graphics covered text completely.The photographs aren't exactly "unseen" as they are various.I expected less euphemisms and an accurate story.Some of it was very good, like info on David and Jimmy Ruffin's relationship with the Tempts and Motown, although you have to look around for it.

Excellent find!
I gave it four stars because I wish that there was more on some of the lesser known artists at Motown.But overall, this is a great book filled with great photos of artists in their heyday and full of facts that probably weren't known about them until now.And they weren't just still B&Ws, there were photos of artists on tour, off tour, on break, very candid!

I'll Second That Emotion...
The previous reviewers are absolutely right about this book.This is a fun and fascinating look back at a golden age of American popular music and the groups, producers and songwriters who made it happen.Much more than a rehash of the Motown story from secondary sources; the author personally interviewed many of the stars and lesser-known lights who helped create the music we love.Good, crisp writing and a generous collection of photographs bring the Motown story to life. A must-have for anyone who loves Motown or is interested in American popular music. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Antiques & Collectibles    2. Antiques/Collectibles    3. Composers & Musicians - Country & Folk    4. Discography & Buyer's Guides    5. Genres & Styles - Soul & R&B    6. History    7. History & Criticism - General    8. History and criticism    9. Motown Record Corporation    10. Music/Songbooks    11. Records    12. Soul music    13. Soul musicians    14. United States    15. Blues    16. History of specific subjects    17. Reference works    18. Soul & Gospel   

Reviews (8)

Whew!!!
I'm a Beatle fan from way back.Love them, will forever! As such, I buy every book about them, I have for years!A couple of years ago, this Hieronimus non-book came out.What a DISSAPOINTMENT!!! So BORING! Over and over again... the same info. It was like the author, Hieronimus (Bosch?) was some kind of street reporter, getting reactions from people who wanted to do nothing but sing their own praises.What a BORE!I couldn't believe such a trashy book would in any way start to explain how such a classic picture came to be, and it certainly didn't!
Finding, and Reuniting Officers and Crew of The Musical Sub
"Inside the Yellow Submarine" is a marvelous compendium of first person interviews with the Sub's chief creative officers. Like a communal diary from the Yellow Sub
I've always been curious about this film and what the people were like who were behind the curtain.It's been well documented elsewhere that The Beatles didn't make this film, but I never read much about this crazy group of artists in the swinging London of the 1960s who did.Finally, in this book, we get to hear what these creative people thought about while they developed the revolutionary ideas that went into this film.And unlike many other authors of Beatles-related books, who tend to focus on the glamour of The Beatles' personalities instead of the work itself, Dr. Bob Hieronimus does not skimp with the quotes from my new heroes, the struggling artists who brought Yellow Sub from concept to screen.The book reads like a communal diary from all the participants.The absorbing style is largely comprised of first-hand accounts from the film's creators, organized in such a clever way, with just enough commentary between, to allow readers to reach their own conclusions of who among the film's creators were Blue Meanies and who were Pepperlanders.I, for one, wouldn't want to miss one word of them.It's about time they had a chance to tell their own story and be given a stage to do so. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Antiques & Collectibles    2. Antiques/Collectibles    3. Film & Video - History & Criticism    4. Genres & Styles - Rock    5. Performing Arts    6. Pop Arts / Pop Culture    7. Records    8. Yellow submarine (Motion pictu    9. Yellow submarine (Motion picture)    10. Films, cinema    11. Rock & pop   

Reviews (7)

Best overall source available
Because of cd collecting being relatively new there hasn't been an established price guide so some pricing may be off. However this guide cotains a great deal of cd information and goes a long way in identifying rare and collectable cd's. When I first purchased this book about 6 years ago I wasn't even aware of collectable cd's. Since then I found countless rare and valuable cd's in used cd bins.

Heavy Metal Fans........BEWARE!
80% of my collection was not even listed in this book. I became very frustrated when they didn't even list the complete bands discography. To top that off, most were singles that were listed.

Essential Guide -- and the only one out there
Admittedly, some of the pricing is way off and could use a refresh.But this field of collecting is so new (even the author points that out) that it is very difficult to establish pricing.For overall layout and identification of early CD's, there is simply no other guide out there.Great coverage of things like the "Edison Sampler", which was the first compact disc ever pressed in the U.S.As a bonus, Laser Discs are covered as well. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Antiques & Collectibles    2. Antiques / Collectibles    3. Antiques/Collectibles    4. General    5. Records    6. Reference - Price Guides   

Reviews (5)

A rehash of software manuals
The author appears to have done little more than collect a sheaf of manufacturers' literature and then rewrite it for this book. A typical chapter contains a step by step description of the tutorial that comes with Apple's DVD Studio Pro software. You'll get a lot more more from simply working through the tutorial than from reading Dixon's rehash of same, and you won't have to waste money on this book. Some overlap is perhaps inevitable, but 500+ pages of regurgitated material? No thanks! Save your money and wait for David Pogue to cover this topic.

A great starting point
As a newbie getting acquainted with Apple's DVD Studio Pro, I found this book to be a great suppliment to the manual.It also contains useful user guides to other authoring packages such as iDVD, Sonic DVDit!, Sonic ReelDVD and Sonic Scenarist.An interesting read if you already own or are considering any of these products.The book also covers other DVD related topics, from buying a DVD player, to technical summaries.A great starting point for those ready to take the DVD plunge.

Weak learning tool good introduction to software choices
Do not purchase this book if your intention is to learn the technicalities of DVD authoring. It is only an introduction to most of the software products out there right now.Read more

Subjects:  1. Acoustics & Sound    2. Compact discs    3. Computer Books: General    4. Computer Graphics - General    5. Computers - Desktop Publishing    6. DVDs    7. Desktop Publishing    8. Desktop Publishing - General    9. Digital techniques    10. Electronic Publishing    11. Recording and reproducing    12. Records    13. Sound    14. Technology    15. Videodiscs    16. Computers / Computer Graphics / General    17. Multimedia    18. Storage media & peripherals   

Reviews (7)

Not very useful or accurate...
...Goldmine is still holding sadly to the olden days of flea market and record shop values, instead of realizing that ebay values are the only true ones these days for collectibles.With that in mind, the guide is useful only because it's really the only one published recently.Ebay prices are generally 1/3 of those quoted here, with a few exceptions spurred by trends online that bump prices to 1/3 or so above the prices quoted in this book.If you carry this book with you as you shop at garage sales or flea markets, make sure to adjust the values in your mind accordingly so you don't pay too much in the real world for something you want to sell in the virtual one.

Inaccurate and unreliable source.
I bought this in order to estimate the vaule of my collection for insurance puposes and wasted my money. The guide claims that, for example, my mono Jackie McLean "Destination Out" is worth $30. If I were to lose my copy due to fire or some other reason would I be able to find another copy for $30? Absolutely not. More like $60. Several listings are completely out of touch with the current market and subsequent repressings of older recordings are overpriced. If you really had no idea about the jazz LP market then this book will be of at least some help. You might be cheating yourself, however, if you are looking to appraise a jazz collection about which are are unfamiliar.

Tim Neely--what were you thinking?!
I ordered this book even after I read the sparse not-so-favorable reviews, because my experience with jazz officionados (sic) is that they are whining nitpickers (example: sniveling over Ken Burns Jazz documentary). I have the old 1992 Umphred book, missed the 1994 edition and thought it was time to update. I screwed up. Read more

Subjects:  1. Antiques    2. Antiques & Collectibles    3. Antiques / Collectibles    4. Antiques/Collectibles    5. Discographies    6. Discography    7. Discography & Buyer's Guides    8. Genres & Styles - Jazz    9. Jazz    10. Prices    11. Records    12. Sound recordings    13. Antiques & Collectables    14. Reference works   

Reviews (1)

Not Fab, but handy
This pocket guide to Beatles collectibles is a handy reference for those wishing to value their own collections or add to them.I learned that my copy of Vee Jay's "Introducing the Beatles" album will not be funding my retirement, since it is in fact a counterfeit.The section on U.S. Beatles releases is useful; clear instructions are given for discriminating among the many variations that exist.
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Subjects:  1. Antiques & Collectibles    2. Antiques / Collectibles    3. Antiques/Collectibles    4. Beatles    5. Discography    6. Popular Culture    7. Prices    8. Records    9. Reference - Price Guides    10. Sound recordings    11. Antiques & Collectables    12. Reference works    13. Rock & pop   

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Osborne Guide-A must for collectors!
This guide is absolutely mandatory for anyone collecting soundtracks and cast albums.The price ranges are accurate and the lllustrations fun and informative.I have used my original copy so much that I am orderinganother.A must have for serious collectors and those new to the hobby. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Antiques    2. Antiques & Collectibles    3. Antiques / Collectibles    4. Antiques/Collectibles    5. Collectors and collecting    6. Discographies    7. Discography    8. Discography & Buyer's Guides    9. Musicals    10. Performing Arts    11. Prices    12. Radios & Televisions    13. Records    14. Sound recordings    15. Antiques & Collectibles / Movies   

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Interesting new price guide, even though widely incomplete
Goldmine COUNTRY & WESTERN Record Price Guide (2nd Edition) Read more

Subjects:  1. Antiques & Collectibles    2. Antiques / Collectibles    3. Antiques/Collectibles    4. Country - General    5. Country music    6. Discography    7. Discography & Buyer's Guides    8. Genres & Styles - Country & Bluegrass - General    9. Prices    10. Records    11. Reference - Price Guides    12. Sound recordings    13. 20th century    14. Consumer guides & advice    15. Country & western   

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A MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR DOWN 1964 MEMORY LANE
I love this book.I really do.This work is a collection of first rate photographs and wonderful anecdotes about the early career of the Beatles.Reading old articles and being regaled with these stories is a delightful vicarious experience.It is like hopping on board the Magical Mystery Tour (a 1967 classic) and taking a trip down 1964 Memory Lane.I love it!Read more

Subjects:  1. Discography & Buyer's Guides    2. History & Criticism - General    3. Music    4. Music/Songbooks    5. Records    6. Rock   

Subjects:  1. Antiques    2. Antiques & Collectibles    3. Antiques / Collectibles    4. Antiques/Collectibles    5. Discographies    6. Discography    7. Discography & Buyer's Guides    8. Popular music    9. Prices    10. Records    11. Reference - Price Guides    12. Sound recordings    13. Rock & pop   

Reviews (10)

Ultimate Tori Reference
This was a great reference up until BFP. This book does not have items after 1997. I contacted the author about possibly doing a volume II and he was not planning on it. However this book is great for early Tori items.

essential book for the tori collector
to say that this is an essential volume of work for the serious tori collector is almost a contradiction in terms. the serious collector could basically be any tori fan around the world who is slavishly devoted to tori's music & simply must own the rarities no matter how expensive or obscure they may be. naturally, this book would probably not appeal to the casual tori fan who buys an album occasionally at the local wal-mart. if you mainly interested in some basic information on tori & her formative years, you should try the kalen rogers book instead which is an awesome introduction to ms. amos & contains many lovely photographs of the goddess herself. on the other hand, this is a useful reference book if you are seriously into collecting promos, extremely rare vinyl, or the infamous y kant tori read cd. speaking from personal experience, i've found very few of the items listed in this book but i keep it on hand just in case i should run across them at record shows, used cd bins, or perhaps yard sales of tori fans. sad to say, most of these items are either long out of circulation or very few copies were distributed. one interesting fact is that most of the material you will find on ebay are not the original pressings but rather cheap bootlegs(while these sometimes can be very necessary) which are overly priced. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SHARE ANOTHER PIECE OF VALUABLE INFORMATION FOR EXTRMEME TORI FANS LIKE MYSELF HERE. if you love live tori material or rare songs which are not in print, you can often go the www.hereinmyhead.com website & pull up mp3s of all your favorite rarities. this is where i have found most of my songs for my extensive tori collection. rumour also has it you can go to www.toritraders.com where you can download full length concerts or cover art for cd cases. from what i've read or heard, this can be done with dial-up service but the process of downloading could take up to five days whereas a high speed connection would only take about five hours. as of yet, i have not tried this so i cannot substantiate the rumour but i found that tidbit to be very interesting & i figured tori fans might find this useful in addition to purcahsing this methodically researched volume of work. needless to say, this collection book sitting on his coffee table or by the computer right near the bible.

Great Book, A Little Disappointed Though
I purchased this book recently.It is surprisingly heavy and is packed wih pictures and info. Really a must-have for collectors.Read more

Subjects:  1. Amos, Tori    2. Biography & Autobiography    3. Biography/Autobiography    4. Collectibles    5. Composers & Musicians - Rock    6. Discography    7. Entertainment & Performing Arts - General    8. Genres & Styles - Pop Vocal    9. Genres & Styles - Rock    10. Music/Songbooks    11. Records    12. Biography: film, television & music    13. Rock & pop   

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the
This book was written by two professors at Cambridge University, who are also founders of the CEDAR Company, which is on the leading edge of audio restoration technology.The book consisely summarizes several of the audio restoration ideas developed by the authors that have been published in various journals.The book focuses on Bayesian analysis as a means for determining the most probable nature of audio defects (clicks, pitch variations and so forth) based on observed, corrupted data.Bayesian inference is also used to find maximum a posteriori characteristics of the underlying, uncorrupted signal.Read more

Subjects:  1. Acoustics & Sound    2. Conservation and restoration    3. Digital Audio Technology    4. Digital techniques    5. Recording and reproducing    6. Records    7. Science/Mathematics    8. Sound    9. Sound recordings    10. Stereo & Audio Equipment    11. Technology    12. Technology & Industrial Arts    13. Communications engineering / telecommunications    14. Image processing    15. Signal processing   

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Usefull but not so Usefull
This book is not one of Goldmine's best issues but for the most part it gets the job done.The listings are many but detailed they are not. The part that bothered me the most was the general price guidelines...for example if you look under an artist and you do not see the album listed itmight say in small print the record label and a general price value.Itwould be more helpful to list more album titles for the artists instead ofgiving a general price.It was also disappointing that only NM values aregiven.How many records from the 1950's do you have that are NM?Read more

Subjects:  1. Antiques / Collectibles    2. Compact discs    3. Discography    4. Discography & Buyer's Guides    5. Music    6. Popular music    7. Prices    8. Recording & Reproduction    9. Records    10. Reference    11. Sound recordings   

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Must Have Record Guide
This is by far the best reference guide for collecting Metal on vinyl. Although a record is really only worth what somebody will pay for it, this guide gives you a nice ballpark figure of what to spend on an LP. It also includes entries on early pre-fame recordings of bands whose members went on to become somebody (ie: ELF featuring Ronnie Dio, Black Sheep with Lou Gramm, etc)....Rookie Cards if you will. A Must For Metal Collectors, But...
Yes, this guide is a must have for all Metal record collectors. I would recommend it for CD collectors too, as it has a great discography of just about every metal band. But I was dissapointed to find out the author devalued many of the US record releases while raising the values of the UK releases. I know record collecting is more popular in the UK, but there are still many collectors here in the US too. This book makes it hard for the US collector to figure out what his collection is really worth. Case in point, GNR's banned robot cover sells for about five times what the guide lists by many dealers in the US.Anyway, I guees it is just a guide so don't take the values too seriously. Still, a great reference guide for the Metal Record collector.

MANDATORY
If you are into 80's Heavy metal and vinyl collecting you must get this books, which is mainly a catalog. It's very helpful on things as Band's LP's, EP's, release year, etc. If you have a missing LP from the 80's metal and don't know the label, year or even more, you want to complete your collection dig this. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Antiques & Collectibles    2. Antiques / Collectibles    3. Antiques/Collectibles    4. Discography    5. Discography & Buyer's Guides    6. Genres & Styles - Heavy Metal    7. Heavy Metal    8. Heavy metal (Music)    9. Prices    10. Records    11. Reference - Price Guides    12. Sound recordings   

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questionable inclusions and exclusions and too many holes
This is basically a cut and paste from his previous books, a Collectors Guide and Riffs Rule, which I prefer as they cover the artist's entire catalogue up until publication date.
Empty knowledge
Martin Popoff knows metal music within his own mind. He just can't seem to review metal music in a consistent, or consistently understandable way, nor write effectively. His ratings don't always match his writings. His prose is laughable. His effort is a example of a useless Canadian export.

Martin knows his shit
This guide continues where the seventies left off, I have the original CGTHM and through that I found some great bands I being 25 years old would have never heard. Martin tells it like it is and sometimes I disagree but he's never to far off. He tells you exactly what you need to if your a metalhead, "great for hanging out with some cold ones ,or a car deck classic," and when he gives something a ten its always been a ten. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Discography & Buyer's Guides    2. Genres & Styles - Heavy Metal    3. Heavy Metal    4. Music    5. Music/Songbooks    6. Records    7. Reference    8. Rock    9. Antiques & Collectables    10. Bibliographies, catalogues, discographies    11. Heavy metal & progressive    12. POP ARTS/POP CULTURE    13. Led Zeppelin