Comets (86 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Not a book but a 12-inch, 33-1/3 rpm vinyl compilation rock 'n roll record album on the discount Pickwick label, Pickwick/33 SPC-3512, "electronically enhanced for stereo," compiled "By arrangement with Mercury Record Productions," very-good-plus vinyl in a very-good cardboard jacket with some edge wear. Chuck Berry offers "Johnny B. Goode" and "Reelin' and Rockin'"; The Platters perform "Only You" and "The Great Pretender"; Bill Haley and his Comets offer "Rock Around the Clock" and "Shake, Rattle and Roll" (which was of course written in 1954 by Jesse Stone -- usually credited as Charles Calhoun -- and initially recorded in that year by Big Joe Turner.) Jerry Lee Lewis here covering "Drinkin' Wine, Spo Dee O'Dee" is perhaps even more interesting, as this jump blues, written by Stick McGhee and J. Mayo Williams in 1949 and originally recorded for Atlantic by Sticks McGhee & His Buddies -- is credited as one of the first rock 'n roll songs, five years before Elvis, though Atlantic executives insisted McGhee replace the term of address in the title refrain, which originally began "Mother--" with the four now-familiar nonsense syllables. Fats Domino here also contributes two of his best-known hits. Reduced from $14.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Not a book but a 12-inch, 33-1/3 rpm "stereo" (?) vinyl disc, a compilation on the Pickwick label, Pickwick SPC-3256, near-mint vinyl in a near-mint jacket, featuring "Rock the Joint," "Rock Around the Clock," "See You Later Alligator," Charles Calhoun's "Shake, Rattle & Roll" and "Flip Flop and Fly" (on which Calhoun shared songwriting credit with Lou Willie Turner), etc. Let us briefly consider the significance of Bill Haley and His Comets (or, as here, "the Comets.") Their early publicity and jacket notes showed no reticence about the fact that the band originally dubbed "Bill Haley and the Saddlemen" (1949-1952) introduced the new sound of "rock" (from Louis Jordan, Big Joe Turner, et al.) to their repertoire not out of any organic musical evolution, but simply because they found it got them more airplay than their original barn-dance playlist -- starting with their 1951 cover of Ike Turner's "Rocket 88," which then led to their 1952 release of "Rock the Joint." Switching to the Decca label, they had follow-up hits with Big Joe Turner's "Shake Rattle and Roll," and of course with "Rock Around the Clock," which was re-released to take advantage of the opening of the 1955 film "Blackboard Jungle." But this was not primarily a studio band, and Haley (1925-1981) -- once considered America's top cowboy yodeler -- long retained numbers like "Dance With the Dolly With the Hole in Her Stocking" in their stage show, surely confirming rock historian Nick Tosches' insistence that rock was NOT merely black music being played by white performers (though the Comets, like Elvis, certainly did cover their share of hits from the "Race Records" chart) but rather retained strong element of Western Swing. Lawrence Welk reported that when he first took his act to New York, the local promoter told him to drop his goofy onstage horseplay -- the bass player climbing up on his instrument and riding it like a pony, etc. But Welk found he got only a cool reception till he restored the stage antics, at which point his popularity boomed. Similarly, Haley's Comets -- especially acrobatic sax player Joey Ambrose and Marshall Lyle literally riding his string bass -- created a stage show that stayed popular in Europe long after America turned to the likes of Elvis Presley and Little Richard. Poorly researched jacket notes here by Robert Angus, editor, "Modern Hi Fi," begin with the claim that Haley wrote "Rock Around the Clock" -- actually properly credited on disc label here to M.C. Freedman-J. De Knight -- featured in the film Blackboard Jungle "that used Haley's recording as its theme." (The Richard Brooks film -- Glenn Ford, Sidney Poitier, Vic Morrow -- was in fact based on the novel of the same name by Evan Hunter -- also known as Ed McBain -- who'd quit teaching in disgust after two months at a vocational high school in the Bronx.) Said jacket notes spiral down from there, insisting rock and roll songs contain "coded messages . . . secret from the adult world." Whoa, dude! Reduced from $14.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Not a book but a near-mint, 12-inch, 33-1/3 rpm vinyl "high fidelity" (mono) long-playing record, Somerset P-46700, in a near-mint jacket with no interruption to the surface gloss. Jacket copy explains the name of the group ("Bill Haley and the Saddlemen") was changed to "open the door to the 'pop' radio shows that heretofore had frowned on programming Bill's efforts." Then, "a careful selection of material led to one success after another. . . . We are certain you will agree that these are some of the finest 'rock and roll' sides ever produced." Whether "Dance With a Dolly (With a Hole in Her Stockin')" became a rock anthem and staple we will leave to the critics, though this disc does offer "Rock the Joint," "Crazy, Man, Crazy," "Real Rock Drive," etc. Catalogs $150; here reduced from $85.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Billy Haley and His Comets on Cover (illustrator). 1st. 4 pages.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Name on the cover.

No Binding. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Not a book but a 7-inch, 45 rpm "single" rock 'n roll record, Essex 399, near-mint vinyl; but with a tidemark to orange label where it was once wet. Catalogs $75; here reduced from $30.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Vinyl. Condition: Sehr gut. 1 LP. LP ohne Kratzer. Hülle ist minimal berieben, mit leichten Knicken und etwas angeschmutzt (Durch Abrieb). Ggf. ist Hüllenkante nicht mehr verklebt/gilbig und/oder ein Name auf dem Artikel. Für Info: 038847/414105 anrufen. Bei Mehrfachbestellungen ab der 3. LP keine zusätzlichen Versandkosten (außer bei amazon, dort jeweils + 1,- statt 3,- Versandkosten). Versand im speziellen LP-Versandkarton. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1005.

Vinyl. Condition: Gut. Nr. COPS 6835. 1 LP. LP mit wenigen, oberflächlichen Kratzern. Cover berieben und mit leichten Knicken, stellenweise minimal angeschmutzt, Frontcover mit Etikett. Ggf. ist Hüllenkante nicht mehr verklebt und/oder ein Name auf dem Artikel. Für Info: 038847/414105 anrufen. Bei Mehrfachbestellungen ab der 3. LP keine zusätzlichen Versandkosten (außer bei amazon, dort jeweils + 1,- statt 3,- Versandkosten). Versand im speziellen LP-Versandkarton. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1005.

LP 30 cm. Farbig illustriertes OCover. Cover am Rücken minimal bestossen und dadurch vorne an der Stelle 3 mm eingerissen, sonst sehr gut. Platte sehr gut. Deutsche Neuauflage der erstmals 1962 ebenfalls auf Roulette in den USA erschienenen Platte mit Liveaufnahmen aus dem New Yorker "Roundtable" vom März des Jahres. Mit "Lullaby of Birdland Twist", "Twist Marie", "Down by the Riverside Twist", "Queen of the Twisters", "Caravan Twist", "Eight more Miles to Louisville" u.a. Sprache: de.

199 p. Softcover. Versand aus Deutschland / We dispatch from Germany via Air Mail. Einband bestoßen, daher Mängelexemplar gestempelt, sonst sehr guter Zustand. Imperfect copy due to slightly bumped cover, apart from this in very good condition. Stamped. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, Vol. 2175 Sprache: Englisch.

No Binding. Condition: VGF. A lot of five VG or better original release 8 x 10 stills. Size: 8" x 10". Poster.

Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: New. 1st ed. 2017. Analyzing the phase transition from diffusive to localized behavior in a model of directed polymers in a random environment, this volume places particular emphasis on the localization phenomenon. The main questionis: What does the path of a random walk look like if rewards and penalties are spatially randomly distributed?This model, which provides a simplified version of stretched elastic chains pinned by random impurities, has attracted much research activity, but it (and its relatives) still holds many secrets, especially in high dimensions. It has non-gaussian scaling limits and it belongs to the so-called KPZ universality class when the space is one-dimensional. Adopting a Gibbsian approach, using general and powerful tools from probability theory, the discrete model is studied in full generality. Presenting the state-of-the art from different perspectives, and written in the form of a first course on the subject, this monographis aimed at researchers in probability or statistical physics, but is also accessible to masters and Ph.D. students.

Vinyl. Condition: Sehr gut. MID 26007. 1 LP. Insgesamt in sehr guter Erhaltung. Cover ganz leicht berieben, Cut Out. Vinyl mit vereinzelten haarfeinen Kratzspuren. Wird in speziellem LP-Versandkarton verschickt. Optische Bewertung. Altersfreigabe FSK ab 0 Jahre Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1050.

Condition: New.

Vinyl. Condition: Sehr gut. MID 26007. 1 LP. Insgesamt in sehr guter Erhaltung. Cover ganz leicht berieben, Cut Out. Vinyl NM. Wird in speziellem LP-Versandkarton verschickt. Optische Bewertung. Altersfreigabe FSK ab 0 Jahre Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1050.

Softcover. Ex-library with stamp and library-signature. GOOD condition, some traces of use. C-03859 9783319504865 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 550.

Paperback. Condition: New.

Condition: New. In.

Booklet - Unbound Pages. Condition: Very Good. Considers the frequency and nature of comets, their potential impact on Earth, and their entwinement with historical and biblical interpretations of disaster. 32 pages with woodcuts. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Supplied without a title page. This particular trial report has been removed from a volume of Lardner's Museum of Science & Art and is now preserved in a modern loose card cover - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 11 x 18 cms. Category: Museum of Science & Art; Cosmo Books : 28 years selling on ABE; 28 years of taking care of customers on ABE; A seller you can rely on.

CD. Condition: Good. I will ship by EMS or SAL items in stock in Japan. It is approximately 7-14days on delivery date. You wholeheartedly support customers as satisfactory. Thank yo u for you seeing it.

Condition: Gut. (1975). Platte gut, Cover leichte Gebr.spuren, Nummer in Filz am Cover oben. Sprache: Englisch,

Condition: Gut. Platte gut, Cover leichte Gebr.spuren. Sprache: Englisch,

No Binding. Condition: Near Fine. 1 Audio CD, Cat # SUN 2013. The plastic case is intact. The artwork is complete. The disk may have minor marks. Sent within 24 hours. Ref: C1867.

CD. Condition: Very Good. Number of discs: 1.

Condition: New. pp. 199.

Kassette. Condition: Sehr gut. 1 Kassette, 12 Tracks. Kassette sehr gut erhalten. LÄUFT! TOP!! Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 550.

Condition: Gut. Platte gut, Cover leichte Gebr.spuren, Nummer in Filz am Cover oben. Sprache: Englisch,

Audio CD. Condition: Neu. Neu -Rock around the clock, See you later alligator, The dipsy doodle u.a. 0 pp. Deutsch.