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Twilight of the Gods: The Music of the Beatles, by Wilfrid Mellers.
This is the 1st paperback edition (first printing), published by Schirmer Books. (The hardcover edition was published in 1973.) This book is 215 pages.

From the back cover:

"Tracing the Beatles from their start in Liverpool all the way through Abbey Road and beyond, this book cuts through the mythology and focuses on what is ultimately most important and enduring about them: their music.
Mellers shows how the music of the Beatles reflects such diverse sources as country and western, blues, 1950s rock, Anglo-Irish ballads, British music halls, and oriental and baroque musical traditions. Beatles fans as well as serious students of music will gain from this book a greater appreciateon of the music that affected the lives of a whole generation. The book includes scores of musical examples, illustrations, a helpful glossary of unfamiliar terms, and a complete discography.
Wilfrid Mellers is a critic, musicologist, and avant-garde composer. He is currently Professor of Music at the University of York in England."

The contents are:

Acknowledgements
Note to the American Reader
Preface
Part One: Novice's Departure
- Prologue and Initiation
- The Beatles' Hard Day's Night
Part Two: Contest and Death
- Revolvers in Penny Lane and Strawberry Fields
- Sgt. Pepper and the Lonely Hearts
Part Three: Rebirth and Return of the Initiate
- A Magical Mystery Tour to Abbey Road
- From the White Album to Let It Be
Part Four: Exit and Lament
- The Beatles Soli
- Elegy on a Mythology
Postscript
Glossary
Discography
Index
13 black & white photos of the Beatles in various stages of the career appear in the middle of the book.

The cover design by Kiffi Diamond brings to mind the style of Peter Max, Yellow Submarine & the 1960s pop art movement. Very cool.

The book is in about very good condition showing some light wear. There's a crease/wrinkle on the spine (it doesn't go all the way down), a light crease at the front cover's bottom corner & another on back corner, and bends at the bottom of a few pages. Very presentable, however, and a terrific addition to your Beatles bookshelf. $12.95

[003895] (Kumar Basnet et al). Nepalese Songs & Melodies. Kathmandu, Nepal: Ratna Records / Shree Ratna Recordign Corporation, 1976. 45 Rpm Record. Near Fine / Very Good. Four tracks; two on each side. The vocals belong to Kumar Basnet, who is joined by others on three tracks. ESR-106. The record is in near mint condition, it has been played very carefully. Some slight wear and soiling to the picture sleeve (which also rerints the lyrics on back), else fine. Very scarce! $19.95 [004545] Biermann, Wolf. Ein Deutsch-Deutscher Liedermacher. A Political Songwriter Between East & West. Los Angeles: Kal Tobe Press, Inc. , 1992. First Edition. Wrappers. Very Good North American Tour 1992, organized by the Goethe-Institut / German Cultural Center. This 85-page book includes a biography, and lyrics of songs performed on the tour. Bilingual, in English & German, with a photo of Biermann on the cover. The back cover prints a discography & list of awards. Very good, with very light wear to covers; interior is fine. $6.95 [004281] Coolidge, Clark. Now It's Jazz: Writings on Kerouac and the Sounds. Albuquerque, NM: Living Batch Press, 1999. First Edition. Wrappers. Fine ISBN: 0945953097. 136 pages. This is a new, unread copy. $13.95 [003054] Mathews, Harry. Immeasurable Distances: The Collected Essays . Venice, CA: The Lapis Press, 1991. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine / No Jacket, as Issued. 285 pages, with an introduction by the author. Another beautifully-produced volume from Lapis Press. As new, an unread copy. $20.00 [004053] Meltzer, David, Ed.. Writing Jazz. ill. Ward Schumaker (cover). San Francisco: Mercury House, 1999. First Edition. Wrappers. Good+. ISBN: 156279096x. 315 pages of writings about jazz. This is a new, unread copy, with light wear to covers & some rounding of corners, light crease at upper third of spine (apparently bound that way). $9.95

Unzipped Souls: Jazz Journey Through The Soviet Union

[001046] Minor, William. Unzipped Souls: Jazz Journey Thru Soviet Union. Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press, 1995. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine / Fine. From the dustjacket: "Surely the perseverence, resilience, and survival of that very embodiment of freedom, jazz, in the U.S.S.R. speaks volumes about the singular worth and immense strengths of our indigenous art form. William Minor, taking the reader on a tour of the Soviet jazz circuit in the twilight of communism, personalizes the phenomenon with accounts he gathered from folks who, in the face of seemingly insurmountable obstacles, both participated in carrying off this cultural coup and continue to perpetuate the jazz idiom." -- W. Royal Stokes, editor of Jazz Notes and author of Swing Era New York: The Jazz Photographs of Charles Peterson. $14.95 [004051] Selvin, Joel. Summer of Love: The Inside Story of LSD, Rock & Roll, Free Love and High Times in the Wild West. New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1994. First Edition. Hard Cover. ASSOCIATION COPY. SIGNED. Good+ / Very Good. ISBN: 0525936750. This copy is signed on the title page: "For Rob, my favorite editor. Flashback! Joel Selvin." Jerry Garcia said of the book, "If you want to know how the San Francisco music scene developed, Joel Selvin tells you." The title is misleading - Selvin explores more than just the summer of 1967, examining the San Francisco rock scene from summer 1965 - summer 1971. The book's 376 pages include an index, many photos, and glossaries of the bands and people mentioned in the book. Dustjacket shows light wear & some wrinkling (mostly at extremities), soiling to inside. Book is about good to good+ with soiling to boards; wrinkling at foot of spine, a little shelfwear $32.95 [001738] Williams, Martin. The Jazz Tradition. New York, NY: Mentor, 1971. 1st Printing. Wrappers. Good. Paper has darkened, crease to spine, some wear, including light crease on bck cover, small tear at head of spine. 191 pages, with biographical notes. The publisher called it "a brilliant history of jazz from Jelly Roll Morton to Ornette Coleman." This is a mass-market paperback. Creased spine, small tear at head of spine, some light wear and soiling to covers. $7.00

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