Author : John Collis
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,64 MB
Release : 1998-10-15
Category : Music
ISBN : 1582340056
Tells the story of Chess Records, tracing the evolution of the label, and discussing its role in introducing African-American music to white America.
Author : Howard Staunton
Publisher : e-artnow
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 43,72 MB
Release : 2022-01-04
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN :
The Blue Book of Chess is a book about chess by a chess master Howard Staunton intended for teaching the rudiments of the game of chess, and giving an analysis of all the recognized openings. The main goal was to simplify a great variety and the delicate distinctions of the openings, showing such moves as are recognized to be the best. At each opening, the student of the game is presented with the variations made by experienced players in accordance with circumstances. The book is illustrated with a great variety of actually played games by numerous chess masters in order to make the understanding the subject easier.
Author : Eric Schiller
Publisher : Cardoza Publishing
Page : 151 pages
File Size : 44,77 MB
Release :
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 1580425399
This great beginning book shows players how to confidently start out a chess game with solid near-foolproof openings. Easy-to-read and targeted to novice and new chess players, the oversized format is filled with large diagrams, clear explanations, and ideas and concepts that are easy for new players. Even better, no knowledge of chess notation is required, nor does the reader need to memorize variations. Everything learned becomes common sense and the game becomes fun. Schiller, an ardent teacher of children and beginning players, shows the top ten most important chess openings and teaches readers the importance of focusing on the four clear goals of the opening. This book makes us want to learn chess all over again! 160 pages
Author : Eugene Znosko-Borovsky
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 19,95 MB
Release : 2012-04-30
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 048615839X
Clear, profound examinations of just what each opening is intended to do and how opponent can counter. Many sample games.
Author : John Broven
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 642 pages
File Size : 24,6 MB
Release : 2011-08-11
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0252094018
This volume is an engaging and exceptional history of the independent rock 'n' roll record industry from its raw regional beginnings in the 1940s with R & B and hillbilly music through its peak in the 1950s and decline in the 1960s. John Broven combines narrative history with extensive oral history material from numerous recording pioneers including Joe Bihari of Modern Records; Marshall Chess of Chess Records; Jerry Wexler, Ahmet Ertegun, and Miriam Bienstock of Atlantic Records; Sam Phillips of Sun Records; Art Rupe of Specialty Records; and many more.
Author : Rick Kennedy
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 36,42 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780253335487
* Stories from the lean early days of American popular music * Ten visionaries who altered the course of popular music * Close-up portraits of risk-taking label owners who often gambled their careers and livelihoods to release music they believed in
Author : Nathan Rose
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 43,59 MB
Release : 2021
Category : Chess
ISBN : 9780473555498
Author : Frank Hoffmann
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 2569 pages
File Size : 45,89 MB
Release : 2004-11-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1135949506
First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author : Brian Southall
Publisher : Sanctuary Publishing
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 16,1 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Music
ISBN :
Since the earliest music companies began at the end of the 19th century, many record labels have come and gone, been taken over or merged. Some have been owned by retailers, DJs, agents or managers, others by artists or vast media, electronics and film companies. From A&M Records, to Motown, to ZTT, The A-Z of Record Labels explores the colourful history of one of the most important aspects of popular music. recording it. From classical to soul, jazz to rock, folk to rap, every record label has its own successes, its own agenda and its own story. Those stories are collected here in The A-Z Of Record Labels, offering an insight into one of the most important parts in the history of popular music.
Author : Al Cimino
Publisher : Apple Press
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 45,14 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN :
