HOLIDAY GIFT IDEAS 2013

Our Staff Best Of 2013 list is now posted, as is our earlier write-up re: the new Nick Lowe and Elizabeth Mitchell holiday releases, but in the meantime since the season is now upon us, this gift guide will hopefully help you hit the right notes for all the music lovers on your list (current availability cannot be guaranteed):

FOUR LADS FROM LIVERPOOL (and a Muswell Hillbilly)

THE BEATLES: The BBC Archives 1962-1970 (hardcover)
THE BEATLES - On Air: Live At The BBC Volume 2 (CD/LP)
TUNE IN: The Beatles - All These Years, Vol. 1 (hardcover)
THE JOHN LENNON LETTERS (paperback)
RAY DAVIES - Americana: The Kinks, The Riff, The Road: The Story (hardcover)

HELP FOR THE HOLIDAY BLUES

BLUES IMAGES 2014 CALENDAR: Classic Blues Artwork From The 1920s, Vol. 11 (CD included)
VA - Chimpin' The Blues with Jerry Zolten & R. Crumb (ft. between-track commentary)
VA - R. Crumb's Heroes Of Blues, Jazz & Country (book + CD)
VA - The Rise & Fall Of Paramount Records, Volume One (1917-27) (800-song USB drive, 6LPs and two books [art book + discography] enclosed in ultra-deluxe wooden 'wonder cabinet'!)

SOUL, R'N'B, ROCK'N'ROLL & GOSPEL

RESPECT YOURSELF: Stax Records And The Soul Explosion (hardcover)
VA - New Orleans Funk 3: Two-Way-Pock-A-Way, Gumbo Ya-Ya & The Mardi Gras Mambo
VA - Purple Snow: Forecasting The Minneapolis Sound (2CD + book/4LP + book)
THE T.A.M.I. SHOW: Collector's Edition (DVD)
OST - Muscle Shoals
VA - Jukebox Jam! Volume Two
OXFORD AMERICAN - Annual Southern Music Issue (magazine + 2CD)
VA - I Heard The Angels Singing: Electrifying Black Gospel From The Nashboro Label 1951-1983 (4CD)

 

MOPERS & MOPEDS: IVO, ELLIOTT, MOLLY, MOZ N' ROSES

FACING THE OTHER WAY: The Story Of 4AD (hardcover)
TORMENT SAINT: The Life Of Elliott Smith (hardcover)
MOLLY DRAKE - S/T (CD/LP)
MORRISSEY: Autobiography (hardcover)
MORRISSEY - 25: Live (DVD/Blu-ray)
THE STONE ROSES: Made Of Stone (DVD/Blu-ray)

 

PUNKS vs. HIPPIES

THE CLASH - Sound System (11CD + DVD)
VA - Punk 45: Kill The Hippies! Kill Yourself! The American Nation Destroys Its Young
PUNK 45: The Singles Cover Art Of Punk 1976-80 (paperback)
UGLY THINGS #36 (Fall/Winter 2013)

MUSIC FANS-IN-TRAINING

THE POINT: Definitive Collector's Edition (DVD)
LEARN TO SPEAK MUSIC: A Guide To Creating, Performing And Promoting Your Songs (paperback)
BUN B'S RAP COLORING AND ACTIVITY BOOK (paperback)
OST - Sesame Street Old School Volume 1 (3CD)
VA - Smithsonian Folkways Children's Music Collection

 

LIFELONG STUDENTS OF MUSIC

DAVID BYRNE - How Music Works (new paperback edition/hardcover)
THIS IS YOUR BRAIN ON MUSIC: The Science Of A Human Obsession (paperback)
UNDERSTAND RAP: Explanations Of Confusing Rap Lyrics That You & Your Grandma Can Understand (paperback)
1,000 RECORDINGS TO HEAR BEFORE YOU DIE: A Listener's Life List (paperback)

 

SASSY CHANTEUSES, PARK-BENCH POP & HAZLEWOOD'S STABLE

YE-YE GIRLS OF '60s FRENCH POP (paperback)
VA - Saint Etienne Presents Songs For A Central Park Picnic
VA - There's A Dream I've Been Saving: Lee Hazlewood Industries 1966-1971 (4CD/4CD + DVD + book)

SHAKEY, VAN, THE BAND & THE MAN (In Black)

NEIL YOUNG - Live At The Cellar Door (CD/LP)
VAN MORRISON - Moondance (2CD Expanded Edition/4CD + Blu-ray Deluxe Edition)
THE LAST WALTZ (DVD/Blu-ray)
THE BAND - Live At The Academy Of Music 1971 (2CD Expanded Edition/4CD + DVD Deluxe Edition)
JOHNNY CASH - The Life (hardcover)

INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS OF FANCY

VA - Longing For The Past: The 78 RPM Era In Southeast Asia (4CD + book)
VA - Angola Soundtrack 2: Hypnosis, Distortions & Other Sonic Innovations 1969-1978 (CD/LP)
VA - Red Hot + Fela

THE GIFT OF MUSIC

TICKET STUB DIARY (to store/record memories of your showgoing year)
GIFT CERTIFICATES (which can be written out in any denomination)

 
Happy holidays!