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Band Books

A combination of music books from a few lists with some of my personal favourites added:
https://everyrecordtellsastory.com/the-top-50-greatest-music-books-part-1/
https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/words-and-music-our-60-favorite-music-books
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/the-read-down/books-to-read-if-you-love-music
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The Beautiful Ones (Prince)
The Beautiful Ones
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Prince
Let's Go (So We Can Get Back) (Jeff Tweedy)
Let's Go (So We Can Get Back)
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Jeff Tweedy
No Walls and the Recurring Dream (Ani Difranco)
No Walls and the Recurring Dream
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Ani Difranco
A Dream About Lightning Bugs (Ben Folds)
A Dream About Lightning Bugs
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Ben Folds
My Own Devices (Dessa)
My Own Devices
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Dessa
What Is It All but Luminous (Art Garfunkel)
What Is It All but Luminous
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Art Garfunkel
Astral Weeks: A Secret History of 1968 (Ryan Walsh)
Astral Weeks: A Secret History of 1968
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Ryan Walsh
The Beastie Boys Book (Michael Diamond, Adam Horowitz)
The Beastie Boys Book
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Michael Diamond, Adam Horowitz
Year of the Monkey (Patti Smith)
Year of the Monkey
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Patti Smith
Frank (Frank)
Frank
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Frank
Testimony (Robertson)
Testimony
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Robertson
Not Dead Yet (Collins)
Not Dead Yet
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Collins
A Freewheelin' Time (Suze Rotolo)
A Freewheelin' Time
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Suze Rotolo
The Disco Files 1973-78: New York's Underground Week by Week (Vince Aletti)
The Disco Files 1973-78: New York's Underground Week by Week
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Vince Aletti
Our Band Could Be Your Life
Our Band Could Be Your Life
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Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung (Lester Bangs)
Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung
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Lester Bangs
White Bicycles: Making Music in the 1960s (Joe Boyd)
White Bicycles: Making Music in the 1960s
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Joe Boyd
Bass Culture: When Reggae Was King (Lloyd Bradley)
Bass Culture: When Reggae Was King
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Lloyd Bradley
Last Night a DJ Saved My Life: The History of the Disc Jockey (Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton)
Last Night a DJ Saved My Life: The History of the Disc Jockey
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Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton
Silence: Lectures and Writing
Silence: Lectures and Writing
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Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation (Jeff Chang)
Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation
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Jeff Chang
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (Richard Cook and Brian Morton)
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings
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Richard Cook and Brian Morton
Krautrocksampler: One Head's Guide to the Great Kosmische Musik - 1968 Onwards (Julian Cope)
Krautrocksampler: One Head's Guide to the Great Kosmische Musik - 1968 Onwards
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Julian Cope
Master of Reality (John Darnielle)
Master of Reality
24
John Darnielle
Miles: The Autobiography (Miles Davis With Quincy Troupe)
Miles: The Autobiography
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Miles Davis With Quincy Troupe
Chronicles: Volume One (Bob Dylan)
Chronicles: Volume One
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Bob Dylan
The Recording Angel: Music, Records and Culture From Aristotle to Zappa (Evan Eisenberg)
The Recording Angel: Music, Records and Culture From Aristotle to Zappa
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Evan Eisenberg
A Year With Swollen Appendices (Brian Eno)
A Year With Swollen Appendices
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Brian Eno
Fuck You Heroes: Photographs 1976-1991 (Glen E. Friedman)
Fuck You Heroes: Photographs 1976-1991
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Glen E. Friedman
Music Downtown: Writings From the Village Voice (Kyle Gann)
Music Downtown: Writings From the Village Voice
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Kyle Gann
The Smiths: Songs That Saved Your Life (Simon Goddard)
The Smiths: Songs That Saved Your Life
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Simon Goddard
Love in Vain: A Vision of Robert Johnson (Alan Greenberg)
Love in Vain: A Vision of Robert Johnson
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Alan Greenberg
Sweet Soul Music: Rhythm and Blues and the Southern Dream of Freedom
Sweet Soul Music: Rhythm and Blues and the Southern Dream of Freedom
33
Decoded (Jay-Z and Dream Hampton)
Decoded
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Jay-Z and Dream Hampton
Ego Trip's Book of Rap Lists (Sacha Jenkins, Elliott Wilson, Jeff Mao, Gabe Alva)
Ego Trip's Book of Rap Lists
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Sacha Jenkins, Elliott Wilson, Jeff Mao, Gabe Alva
The Voice of New Music: New York City 1972-1982 (Tom Johnson)
The Voice of New Music: New York City 1972-1982
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Tom Johnson
The Manual: How to Have a Number One the Easy Way (Jimmy Cauty and Bill Drummond)
The Manual: How to Have a Number One the Easy Way
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Jimmy Cauty and Bill Drummond
Fargo Rock City
Fargo Rock City
38
Appetite for Self-Destruction: The Spectacular Crash of the Record Industry in the Digital Age (Steve Knopper)
Appetite for Self-Destruction: The Spectacular Crash of the Record Industry in the Digital Age
39
Steve Knopper
Hip: The History (John Leland)
Hip: The History
40
John Leland
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