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Scale Auto Magazine
Executive Editor: Mark Savage
What had been a hobby for pre-teen male gearheads back into the late 1950s and 1960s has grown up. Scale Auto Magazineprovides today’s (mostly adult) hobbyists with information and inspiration. Editor Mark Savage and his team do this well, publishing a handsome and useful magazine every other month.
Take Five, the Public and Private Lives of Paul Desmond
by Doug Ramsey
A serious, thoughtful biography of a jazz saxophonist by a jazz critic and musician who knew his subject personally. This spells real insight, and, in fact, this book ought to be a model to all biographers.
Dunkirk 1940 Through a German Lens
by Alan Ranger
Dunkirk has always remained a controversial topic in terms of strategy and goals. This book skirts the whole issue and instead introduces into the record several hundred snapshots taken by German soldiers.
Sticky Fingers
by Joe Hagan
At the best of times, Rolling Stone magazine was, and once more is, so much more than merely a chronicle of the music industry or popular culture. It showcased heavy-hitting political reporting and writers who would become literary luminaries. This masterful biography offers a look behind the curtain.
The Beauty of Time: The Watches of A. Lange & Söhne
by Harry Niemann
A cult brand to those who know it, Germany’s finest watchmaker is showcased in this very affordable and well curated book.
Maximum Volume, The Life of Beatles Producer George Martin
by Kenneth Womack
Still can’t enough of Beatles material? This book shows how important Martin’s contributions and collaborations were to the Beatles’ recorded music, and it shows his profound concern for both the music and for the band.
Luxury Toys for Men, The Ultimate Collection
by Nathalie Grolimund (ed.)
So it says “men” in the title . . . but almost everything in here is gender-neutral: real estate, helicopters, [men’s] suits, fancy food.
Go ahead, dream a little.
Collector’s Choice Music Catalogue, August 2017
by Joe Van Horn
Speedreaders is often unique in the material we review—and proud of it. Here is a music catalogue that may periodically come to your house. But we sometimes do more than a mere review; this essay is both informational and illuminating.
Batman Black and White
by Gianni, Goodwin, Gaiman, McKeever, Miller et al
Not for fanfolk only! Every book lover with an especial interest in pen-and-ink, black-and-white, the art of drawing, should consider tracking this one down.
Do Not Sell at Any Price
by Amanda Petrusich
The title comes from a sticker that was affixed by their original or early subsequent owner to some 78 rpm records eventually acquired by hardcore collectors: Do not sell at any price. This becomes a ready symbol for the fervor and obsession of the collectors found in the book.
Vinyl Freak, Love Letters to a Dying Medium
by John Corbett
Although most music consumers today stream their favorites, there has been an uptick in the interest in vinyl. There too is a tremendous backlog of out-of-print vinyl, and not everything, believe it or not, is available on CD or streaming. This book takes a long look at this phenomenon.
The Art and Inventions of Max Fleischer, American Animation Pioneer
by Ray Pointer
Betty Boop is over 80 years old but to her fans she’s as young and sexy as ever. See how she, and Popeye and KoKo and lots of other characters were created and how the pioneering animation studios worked.
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