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ALWAYS MAGIC IN THE AIR: THE BOMP AND BRILLIANCE OF THE BRILL BUILDING ERA

• AUTHOR: EMERSON, KEN
• PUBLISHER: VIKING
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2005
• CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
• $25.95 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 0670034568
• ISBN-13: 9780670034567
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  AMERICAN HAIR METAL
  
• AUTHOR: BLUSH, STEVEN
• PUBLISHER: FERAL HOUSE
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2006
• CONTENT LEVEL: N/A
• $22.95 PAPER
  
• ISBN: 193259518X
• ISBN-13: 9781932595185
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  AMERICAN HARDCORE: A TRIBAL HISTORY
  
• AUTHOR: BLUSH, STEVEN
• PUBLISHER: FERAL HOUSE
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2001
• CONTENT LEVEL: N/A
• $19.95 PAPER
  
• ISBN: 0922915717
• ISBN-13: 9780922915712
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  AMERICAN SONGBOOK: THE SINGERS, THE SONGWRITERS, AND THE SONGS
  
• AUTHOR: BLOOM, KEN
• PUBLISHER: BLACK DOG & LEVENTHAL
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2005
• CONTENT LEVEL: N/A
• $34.95 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 1579124488
• ISBN-13: 9781579124489
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  AMERICA'S SONGS: THE STORIES BEHIND THE SONGS OF BROADWAY, HOLLYWOOD, AND TIN PAN ALLEY
  
• AUTHOR: FURIA, PHILIP, 1943-
• PUBLISHER: ROUTLEDGE
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2006
• CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
• $29.95 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 0415972469
• ISBN-13: 9780415972468
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  AND IT DON'T STOP": THE BEST AMERICAN HIP-HOP JOURNALISM OF THE LAST 25 YEARS"
  
• PUBLISHER: FABER AND FABER
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2004
• CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
• $19.00 PAPER
  
• ISBN: 0571211593
• ISBN-13: 9780571211593
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  ART OF MODERN ROCK: THE POSTER EXPLOSION
  
• AUTHOR: GRUSHKIN, PAUL
• PUBLISHER: CHRONICLE
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2004
• CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
• $75.00 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 081184529X
• ISBN-13: 9780811845298
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  BANG YOUR HEAD: THE RISE AND FALL OF HEAVY METAL
  
• AUTHOR: KONOW, DAVID, 1971-
• PUBLISHER: THREE RIVERS PRESS
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2002
• CONTENT LEVEL: POP
• $14.00 PAPER
  
• ISBN: 0609807323
• ISBN-13: 9780609807323
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  BECOMING ALMOST FAMOUS: MY BACK PAGES IN MUSIC, WRITING, AND LIFE
  
• AUTHOR: FONG-TORRES, BEN
• PUBLISHER: BACKBEAT
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2006
• CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
• $16.95 PAPER
  
• ISBN: 087930880X
• ISBN-13: 9780879308803
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  BLOWIN' HOT AND COOL: JAZZ AND ITS CRITICS
  
• AUTHOR: GENNARI, JOHN
• PUBLISHER: UNIV OF CHICAGO PRESS
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2006
• CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
• $35.00 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 0226289222
• ISBN-13: 9780226289229
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  BRITPOP!: COOL BRITANNIA AND THE SPECTACULAR DEMISE OF ENGLISH ROCK
  
• AUTHOR: HARRIS, JOHN
• PUBLISHER: DA CAPO
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2004
• CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
• $18.95 PAPER
  
• ISBN: 030681367X
• ISBN-13: 9780306813672
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  CAN'T STOP WON'T STOP: A HISTORY OF THE HIP-HOP GENERATION
  
• AUTHOR: CHANG, JEFF
• PUBLISHER: PICADOR USA ST MARTIN'S
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2006
• CONTENT LEVEL: N/A
• $16.00 PAPER
  
• ISBN: 0312425791
• ISBN-13: 9780312425791
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  CBGB & OMFUG: THIRTY YEARS FROM THE HOME OF UNDERGROUND ROCK
  
• PUBLISHER: HARRY N ABRAMS
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2005
• CONTENT LEVEL: POP
• $24.95 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 0810957868
• ISBN-13: 9780810957862
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  CINDERELLA'S BIG SCORE: WOMEN OF THE PUNK AND INDIE UNDERGROUND
  
• AUTHOR: RAHA, MARIA
• PUBLISHER: SEAL
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2005
• CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
• $17.95 PAPER
  
• ISBN: 1580051162
• ISBN-13: 9781580051163
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  CLASSIC AMERICAN POPULAR SONG: THE SECOND HALFCENTURY, 1950-2000
  
• AUTHOR: JENNESS, DAVID
• PUBLISHER: ROUTLEDGE
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2006
• CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
• $36.95 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 0415970563
• ISBN-13: 9780415970563
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  CONSIDERING GENIUS: WRITINGS ON JAZZ
  
• AUTHOR: CROUCH, STANLEY
• PUBLISHER: BASIC BOOKS
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2006
• CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
• $27.50 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 0465015174
• ISBN-13: 9780465015177
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  EGO TRIP'S BOOK OF RAP LISTS; SACHA JENKINGS...ET AL
  
• PUBLISHER: GRIFFIN BOOKS ST MARTIN
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 1999
• CONTENT LEVEL: POP
• $22.95 PAPER
  
• ISBN: 0312242980
• ISBN-13: 9780312242985
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  GRAND OLE OPRY: THE MAKING OF AN AMERICAN ICON
  
• AUTHOR: ESCOTT, COLIN
• PUBLISHER: WARNER
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2006
• CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
• $24.99 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 1931722862
• ISBN-13: 9781931722865
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  GREAT PRETENDERS: MY STRANGE LOVE AFFAIR WITH 50S POP MUSIC
  
• AUTHOR: SCHOEMER, KAREN
• PUBLISHER: FREE PRESS
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2006
• CONTENT LEVEL: POP
• $25.00 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 0743272463
• ISBN-13: 9780743272469
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  GRIT, NOISE, & REVOLUTION: THE BIRTH OF DETROIT ROCK 'N' ROLL
  
• AUTHOR: CARSON, DAVID A., 1949-
• PUBLISHER: UNIV OF MICHIGAN PRESS
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2005
• CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
• $28.95 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 0472115030
• ISBN-13: 9780472115037
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  HEEBIE JEEBIES AT CBGB'S: A SECRET HISTORY OF JEWISH PUNK
  
• AUTHOR: BEEBER, STEVEN LEE
• PUBLISHER: INDEPENDENT PUB GROUP
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2006
• CONTENT LEVEL: N/A
• $24.95 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 155652613X
• ISBN-13: 9781556526138
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  HIP HOP AMERICA
  
• AUTHOR: GEORGE, NELSON
• PUBLISHER: PENGUIN BOOKS
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2005
• CONTENT LEVEL: N/A
• $15.00 PAPER
  
• ISBN: 0143035150
• ISBN-13: 9780143035152
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  HIP HOP MATTERS: POLITICS, POP CULTURE, AND THE STRUGGLE FOR THE SOUL OF A MOVEMENT
  
• AUTHOR: WATKINS, S. CRAIG (SAMUEL CRAIG)
• PUBLISHER: BEACON
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2005
• CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
• $24.95 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 0807009822
• ISBN-13: 9780807009826
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  HISTORY OF JAZZ
  
• AUTHOR: GIOIA, TED
• PUBLISHER: OXFORD UNIV PRESS
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 1998
• CONTENT LEVEL: N/A
• $18.95 PAPER
  
• ISBN: 019512653X
• ISBN-13: 9780195126532
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  HOT JAZZ SPECIAL
  
• AUTHOR: HANNAH, JONNY
• PUBLISHER: CANDLEWICK PRESS
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2005
• CONTENT LEVEL: N/A
• $16.99 PLB
  
• ISBN: 0763623083
• ISBN-13: 9780763623081
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  HOTEL CALIFORNIA: THE TRUE-LIFE ADVENTURES OF CROSBY, STILLS, NASH, YOUNG, MITCHELL, TAYLOR, BROWNE, RONSTADT, GEFFEN, THE EAGLES, AND THEIR MANY FRIENDS
  
• AUTHOR: HOSKYNS, BARNEY
• PUBLISHER: JOHN WILEY
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2006
• CONTENT LEVEL: POP
• $25.95 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 0471732737
• ISBN-13: 9780471732730
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  HOW NASHVILLE BECAME MUSIC CITY, U.S.A.: 50 YEARS OF MUSIC ROW
  
• AUTHOR: KOSSER, MICHAEL
• PUBLISHER: HAL LEONARD
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2006
• CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
• $22.95 PAPER
  
• ISBN: 0634098063
• ISBN-13: 9780634098062
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  I WAS THERE: GIGS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD
  
• AUTHOR: PAYTRESS, MARK
• PUBLISHER: CASSELL ILLUSTRATED
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2005
• CONTENT LEVEL: POP
• $24.95 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 1844033422
• ISBN-13: 9781844033423
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  IS TINY DANCER REALLY ELTON'S LITTLE JOHN?: MUSIC'S MOST ENDURING MYSTERIES, MYTHS, AND RUMORS REVEALED
  
• AUTHOR: EDWARDS, GAVIN, 1968-
• PUBLISHER: THREE RIVERS PRESS
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2006
• CONTENT LEVEL: POP
• $13.95 PAPER
  
• ISBN: 030734603X
• ISBN-13: 9780307346032
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  JAZZ ANECDOTES: SECOND TIME AROUND
  
• AUTHOR: CROW, BILL
• PUBLISHER: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2005
• CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
• $18.95 PAPER
  
• ISBN: 0195187954
• ISBN-13: 9780195187953
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  KANSAS CITY JAZZ: FROM RAGTIME TO BEBOP--A HISTORY
  
• AUTHOR: DRIGGS, FRANK
• PUBLISHER: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2005
• CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
• $32.00 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 0195047672
• ISBN-13: 9780195047677
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  LANGUAGE OF THE BLUES: FROM ALCORUB TO ZUZU
  
• AUTHOR: DESALVO, DEBRA
• PUBLISHER: BILLBOARD WATSON-GUPTILL
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2006
• CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
• $16.95 PAPER
  
• ISBN: 0823083896
• ISBN-13: 9780823083893
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  LAUREL CANYON: THE INSIDE STORY OF ROCK-AND-ROLL'S LEGENDARY NEIGHBORHOOD
  
• AUTHOR: WALKER, MICHAEL, 1957-
• PUBLISHER: FABER AND FABER
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2006
• CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
• $25.00 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 0571211496
• ISBN-13: 9780571211494
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  MADE IN THE UK: THE MUSIC OF ATTITUDE, 1977-1983
  
• AUTHOR: BECKMAN, JANETTE
• PUBLISHER: POWERHOUSE BOOKS
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2005
• CONTENT LEVEL: POP
• $35.00 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 1576872637
• ISBN-13: 9781576872635
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  OXFORD COMPANION TO JAZZ
  
• PUBLISHER: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2005
• CONTENT LEVEL: N/A
• $29.95 PAPER
  
• ISBN: 0195183592
• ISBN-13: 9780195183597
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  PENGUIN GUIDE TO BLUES RECORDINGS
  
• AUTHOR: RUSSELL, TONY
• PUBLISHER: PENGUIN BOOKS
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2006
• CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
• $30.00 PAPER
  
• ISBN: 0140513841
• ISBN-13: 9780140513844
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  PSYCHOTIC REACTIONS & CARBURETOR DUNG
  
• AUTHOR: BANGS, LESTER
• PUBLISHER: VIN
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 1988
• CONTENT LEVEL: N/A
• $16.00 PAPER
  
• ISBN: 0679720456
• ISBN-13: 9780679720454
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  PUNK DIARY: THE ULTIMATE TRAINSPOTTER'S GUIDE TO UNDERGROUND ROCK, 1970-1982
  
• AUTHOR: GIMARC, GEORGE
• PUBLISHER: BACKBEAT
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2005
• CONTENT LEVEL: POP
• $24.95 PAPER
  
• ISBN: 0879308486
• ISBN-13: 9780879308483
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  PUNK: THE DEFINITIVE RECORD OF A REVOLUTION
  
• AUTHOR: COLEGRAVE, STEPHEN
• PUBLISHER: THUNDER'S MOUTH
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2005
• CONTENT LEVEL: POP
• $24.95 PAPER
  
• ISBN: 1560257695
• ISBN-13: 9781560257691
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  REDNECKS & BLUENECKS: THE POLITICS OF COUNTRY MUSIC
  
• AUTHOR: WILLMAN, CHRIS
• PUBLISHER: NEW PRESS
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2005
• CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
• $25.95 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 1595580174
• ISBN-13: 9781595580177
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  RIP IT UP AND START AGAIN: POSTPUNK, 1978-1984
  
• AUTHOR: REYNOLDS, SIMON, 1963-
• PUBLISHER: PENGUIN BOOKS
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2006
• CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
• $16.00 PAPER
  
• ISBN: 0143036726
• ISBN-13: 9780143036722
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  ROCK & ROLL YEAR BY YEAR
  
• AUTHOR: COMPTON, LUKE
• PUBLISHER: DK PUBLISHING
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2005
• CONTENT LEVEL: N/A
• $30.00 PAPER
  
• ISBN: 0756613345
• ISBN-13: 9780756613341
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  ROLLING STONE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF ROCK & ROLL: THE DEFINITIVE HISTORY OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ARTISTS AND THEIR MUSIC
  
• PUBLISHER: RANDOM HOUSE
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 1992
• CONTENT LEVEL: POP
• $37.95 PAPER
  
• ISBN: 0679737286
• ISBN-13: 9780679737285
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  ROUGH GUIDE TO HIP-HOP
  
• AUTHOR: SHAPIRO, PETER
• PUBLISHER: ROUGH GUIDES
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2005
• CONTENT LEVEL: POP
• $24.99 PAPER
  
• ISBN: 1843532638
• ISBN-13: 9781843532637
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  ROUGH GUIDE TO REGGAE
  
• AUTHOR: BARROW, STEVE
• PUBLISHER: ROUGH GUIDES
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2004
• CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
• $24.99 PAPER
  
• ISBN: 1843533294
• ISBN-13: 9781843533290
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  SONGBOOK
  
• AUTHOR: HORNBY, NICK
• PUBLISHER: RIVERHEAD BOOKS PUTNAM
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2003
• CONTENT LEVEL: POP
• $13.00 PAPER
  
• ISBN: 1573223565
• ISBN-13: 9781573223560
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  SOUND OF THE BEAST: THE COMPLETE HEADBANGING HISTORY OF HEAVY METAL
  
• AUTHOR: CRISTE, IAN
• PUBLISHER: HARPERCOLLINS
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2004
• CONTENT LEVEL: N/A
• $13.95 PAPER
  
• ISBN: 0380811278
• ISBN-13: 9780380811274
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  SPIN: 20 YEARS OF ALTERNATIVE MUSIC: ORIGINAL WRITING ON ROCK, HIP-HOP, TECHNO AND BEYOND
  
• PUBLISHER: THREE RIVERS PRESS
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2005
• CONTENT LEVEL: POP
• $19.95 PAPER
  
• ISBN: 0307236625
• ISBN-13: 9780307236623
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  TRIKSTA: LIFE AND DEATH AND NEW ORLEANS RAP
  
• AUTHOR: COHN, NIK
• PUBLISHER: ALFRED A KNOPF
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2006
• CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
• $22.95 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 1400042453
• ISBN-13: 9781400042456
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  TURN THE BEAT AROUND: THE SECRET HISTORY OF DISCO
  
• AUTHOR: SHAPIRO, PETER, 1969-
• PUBLISHER: FABER AND FABER
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2005
• CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
• $26.00 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 0571211941
• ISBN-13: 9780571211944
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  VIBE HISTORY OF HIP HOP
  
• PUBLISHER: THREE RIVERS PRESS
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 1999
• CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
• $27.50 PAPER
  
• ISBN: 0609805037
• ISBN-13: 9780609805039
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  WALKING A BLUES ROAD: A SELECTION OF BLUES WRITING, 1956-2004
  
• AUTHOR: CHARTERS, SAMUEL BARCLAY
• PUBLISHER: MARION BOYARS
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2004
• CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
• $17.95 PAPER
  
• ISBN: 0714531073
• ISBN-13: 9780714531076
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  WE GOT THE NEUTRON BOMB: THE UNTOLD STORY OF L.A. PUNK
  
• AUTHOR: SPITZ, MARC
• PUBLISHER: THREE RIVERS PRESS
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2001
• CONTENT LEVEL: POP
• $13.00 PAPER
  
• ISBN: 0609807749
• ISBN-13: 9780609807743
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  WILL THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN: COUNTRY MUSIC IN AMERICA
  
• PUBLISHER: DK PUBLISHING
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2006
• CONTENT LEVEL: POP
• $40.00 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 0756623529
• ISBN-13: 9780756623524
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