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      This page lists Music Reference Books either published by Rolling Stone Books (Wikipedia), or books by other publishers with "Rolling Stone" in their title. This is not meant to be an exhaustive list of every Music Reference book ever published like this. It is just a list of every book I own "{A}" or have personally referenced in local Wisconsin libraries.

      New pages split off from my original Bibliography page

The Rolling Stone Album Guide (Wikipedia)

{..} = Who owns, or owned, this reference book (see the complete code list in library)

All titles in order by date:

1. 1979, #az, "The Rolling Stone Record Guide, 1st ed."
2. 1980, #6j, "The Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock & Roll, 2nd ed."
3. 1983, #ba, "The New Rolling Stone Record Guide, 2nd ed."
4. 1983, #bg, "The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll"
5. 1985, #mh, "The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide"
6. 1992, #dg, "The Rolling Stone Album Guide"
7. 1992, #6l, "The Rolling Stone Album Guide: The Companion Volume to 25 Years of Essential Rock" (7 CD set)
8. 1992, #6k, "The Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock & Roll, 3rd ed."
9. 1995, #fo, "The New Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll"
10. 1997, #ps, "Trouble Girls: The Rolling Stone Book of Women in Rock"
11. 1999, #iz, "The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide"
12. 2001, #wp, "The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll, 3rd ed.: Revised and Updated for the 21st Century"
13. 2004, #6m, "The New Rolling Stone Album Guide, 4th ed."

Complete details in order by author and date: (top/bottom of page)

 
1. #6m - Brackett, Nathan & - Christian Hoard   {A} - cover scans
         "The New Rolling Stone Album Guide, 4th ed."
         Completely Revised and Updated Fourth Edition, "More than 10,000 of the Best Rock, Pop, Hip-Hop and Soul Records, Reviewed and Rated"
         New York/London/Toronto/Sydney: A Fireside Book, Published by Simon & Schuster
         2004, 931 p., ISBN: 0-7432-0169-8, ISBN-13: 978-0-7432-0169-8, LC: 2004-058905, UPC: 9-780743-201698 D  

2. #dg - DeCurtis, Anthony & James Henke with Holly George-Warren   {A} - cover scans
         "The Rolling Stone Album Guide"
         New York, NY: Random House
         1992, 838 p., ISBN: 0-679-73729-4, ISBN-13: 978-0-679-73729-2, LC: 92-50156, UPC: 9-780679-737292
         [this is really the third edition of the Marsh & Swenson books, #az and #ba)]
   1st ed. 1979 #az
   2nd ed. 1983 #ba
   3rd ed. 1992 #dg

3. #6l - DeCurtis, Anthony & James Henke with Holly George-Warren   {A} - cover scans
         "The Rolling Stone Album Guide: The Companion Volume to 25 Years of Essential Rock"
         "This is an excerpt of the edition published in 1992" - "Specially Abridged to Accompany 25 Years of Essential Rock", ASIN: "The Rolling Stone Collection", a 7 CD box set [I bought the book separately, I don't own the CD's]
         New York, NY: Random House
         1992, 342 p., ISBN: 0-679-73729-4, ISBN-13: 978-0-679-73729-2, LC: 92-50156, no UPC

4. #6k - DeCurtis, Anthony & - James Henke with - Holly George-Warren   {A} - cover scans
         "The Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock & Roll, 3rd ed."
         "The Definitive History of the Most Important Artists and Their Music"
         New York, NY: Random House
         1992, 711 p., ISBN: 0-679-73728-6, ISBN-13: 978-0-679-73728-5, LC: 92-6339, UPC: 9-780679-737285
         [15 new chapters, 3 chapters deleted]
         See also: #6i - The Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock & Roll, 1st ed.
         and: #6j - The Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock & Roll, 2nd ed.

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5. #wp - George-Warren, Holly, Patricia Romanowski & Jon Pareles.   {A}{E} - cover scans
         "The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll, 3rd ed.
         Revised and Updated for the 21st Century"
         New York/London/Toronto/Sydney/Singapore: Fireside, a Rolling Stone Press Book
         2001, 1115 p., ISBN: 0-7432-0120-5, ISBN-13: 978-0-7432-0120-9, LC: 2001-40285, UPC: 9-780743-201209
       781.66 R75 (.E)
   1st ed. 1983 #bg
   2nd ed. 1995 #fo
   3rd ed. 2001 #wp

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6. #az - Marsh, Dave & - John Swenson   {A}{F}{I} - cover scans
         "The Rolling Stone Record Guide, 1st ed."
         New York, NY: A Random House / Rolling Stone Press Book
         1979, 631 p., ISBN: 0-394-73535-8, ISBN-13: 978-0-394-73535-1, LC: 79-4757, no UPC
       [with record numbers, albums in alphabetical order, but no release dates]
       789.9136 - Mar (.F), R - ML 156.4 .P6 M37 (.I)

7. #ba - Marsh, Dave & - John Swenson   {A}{C}{F} - cover scans
         "The New Rolling Stone Record Guide, 2nd ed."
         New York, NY: A Random House / Rolling Stone Press Book
         1983, 648 p., ISBN: 0-394-72107-1, ISBN-13: 978-0-394-72107-1, LC: 82-40116, no UPC
       [no record numbers, albums in chronological order, w/dates, if known]
       R - 789.913 - M365n (.C), 789.9136 - Mar (.F)
   1st ed. 1983 #bg
   2nd ed. 1995 #fo
   3rd ed. 2001 #wp

8. #6i - Miller, Jim   {A} - cover scans
         "The Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock & Roll, 1st ed."
         New York, NY: Rolling Stone Press / Random House
         1976, 382 p., ISBN: 0-394-40327-4, ISBN-13: 978-0-394-40327-4, LC: 76-14190, no UPC
   There seems to be 2 different printings of this book with different covers and in different sizes, 14.5 x 10.9" and 10.5 x 8.4". The copy I just bought is 14.5 x 10.9" (large) and is pictured at 0-394-40327-4, with a more complete view at front cover scan, but the 10.5 x 8.4" (small) printing is pictured at 0-394-73238-3 (ISBN-13: 978-0-394-73238-1). What is confusing is that the large printing I have has both ISBNs on the copyright page, see: copyright page scan, but the sizes Amazon describes for the two printings are reversed. Is there really two different sizes for this 1st edition and is the contents the same for both sizes?

9. #6j - Miller, Jim   {A} - cover scans
         "The Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock & Roll, 2nd ed."
         "A New Edition of the Best and Most Complete History Brought Up-to-Date and Expanded"
         New York, NY: A Random House / Rolling Stone Press Book
         1980, 474 p., ISBN: 0-394-51322-3, ISBN-13: 978-0-394-51322-5, LC: 80-5265, no UPC
         [18 new chapters]
         See also: #6k - The Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock & Roll, 3rd ed.

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10. #ps 1997, O'Dair. "Trouble Girls: The Rolling Stone Book of Women in Rock" {A}

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11. #bg - Pareles, Jon & - Patricia Romanowski   {A}{C} - cover scans
          "The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll"
          New York, NY: Rolling Stone Press / Summit Books
          1983, 617 p., ISBN: (paperback) 0-671-44071-3, ISBN-13: 978-0-671-44071-8, LC: 83-4791, no UPC
          ISBN: (hardcover) 0-671-43457-8, ISBN-13: 978-0-671-43457-1
        R - 784.54 - R7539 (.C)
    1st ed. 1983 #bg
    2nd ed. 1995 #fo
    3rd ed. 2001 #wp

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12. #fo - Romanowski, Patricia & Holly George-Warren, Jon Pareles.   {A}{E}{F} - cover scans
          "The New Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll"
          New York, etc.: Fireside / A Rolling Stone Press Book
          1995, 1120 p., ISBN: 0-684-81044-1, ISBN-13: 978-0-684-81044-7, LC: 95-35045, UPC: 9-780684-810447
        R - 781.66 - N53 (.E), R - 781.6603 - New (.F)
    1st ed. 1983 #bg
    2nd ed. 1995 #fo
    3rd ed. 2001 #wp

13. #iz 1999, Swenson. "The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide"

14. #mh 1985, Swenson. "The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide",

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