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Book cover for 'You've Got Michael' by Dan Beck, featuring two people in conversation, a woman in silver outfit and sunglasses, and a man in glasses and striped shirt, with guitars in the background.

Book cover titled "London Calling, New York" by Peter Silverton, featuring a black and white cityscape of New York City, with colorful text in pink, green, beige, and blue.

Book cover for 'King Cal' by Peter McDade, featuring a brown paper bag with a hand-drawn crown above the large, red title text.

Book cover titled 'This Ain't No Disco: The Story of CBGB' by Roman Kozak, with photos by Ebet Roberts, featuring black and white photographs of a graffiti-covered alleyway, with graffiti on a sign reading 'CBGB' and other graffiti tags around.

Blue vinyl record with black center label featuring text: 'Looking for the Magic' by Mitchell Cohen. Outer rim has text: 'The rise and fall of an artist of art and the art of an artist. The past and present are a circle, not a line. New York City, TOSH AND THE RIST OF ARIST OF A. Records.'

Book cover featuring a black and white photo of Lou Reed wearing a leather jacket and cap. The title is "Sweet, Wild and Vicious" with subtitle "Listening to Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground" by Jim Higgins, surrounded by a border of music cassette tapes.

Collection of magazine covers of Trouser Press from 1974 to 1984, featuring various musicians and bands, with large text 'zip it up!' and additional text about the magazine's best issues and editor.

Cover of a book or poster featuring a black and white photo of a young man, with colorful images of other young people, a microphone, and a musical note. Text reads 'Time Has Come Today' by Harold Bronson, related to Rock and Roll Diaries from 1967 to 2007.

Book cover titled "Backstage & Beyond Volume 1" with collage of photos and bands like Roxy Music, Mott the Hoople, Lou Reed, The Kinks, The Wolf, Motörhead, and a person at a keyboard. Subtitle mentions 45 years of classic rock chats and rants by Jim Sullivan.

Book cover titled "Backstage & Beyond, Volume 2," featuring photos of musicians, concert tickets, and band logos, celebrating 45 years of modern rock chats and rants, authored by Jim Sullivan.

Red poster for a music venue documentary titled "Marquee" featuring photographs of Robert Sellers and Nick Pendleton, with a woman smiling, a stage light, and a bicycle at the bottom.

Book cover with a black and white photo of a woman with curly hair, holding a cigar, and the title "Art Fein Rock's in My Head: A Memoir" in bold red and white text.

Cover of a book titled 'Music in a Word Volume 1' by Ira A. Robbins. The background is bright pink with black handwritten text, and the title is in large black and white letters. The subtitle 'Fifty Years on a Rock and Roll Soapbox' is on a pink banner at the bottom.

Book cover titled 'Music in a Word Volume 2' by Ira A. Robbins, part of Trouser Press Books series, with a blue background and handwritten notes in the background, and a subtitle 'Fifty Years on a Rock and Roll Soapbox'.

Book cover titled 'Music in a Word Volume 3' by Ira A. Robbins, with an orange background and handwritten text overlay, featuring the subtitle 'Whippings and Apologies'.

Book cover titled 'The Blocker Street Tapes: Echoes of Greenwich Village' by Bruce Pollock. The title features the words 'BLOCKER' and 'STREET' filled with images of brick buildings and fire escapes.

Book cover for 'WannaBeat' by David Polonoff featuring a collage of icons and images signifying San Francisco beat culture

Black and white photo of the Buzzcocks on the cover of Shameless Distortion: The Photographs of BC Kagan.

Black and white cover photo of a group of angry young people, mainly boys, shouting and gesturing, with the title 'Kick It Till It Breaks' in large yellow letters, and a red banner at the top labeled 'Trouser Press Books'.

Poster with large bold black text that reads, 'MARC BOLAN KILLED IN CRASH.' Below it, there is smaller text on a black band that says, 'A Musical Novel of the 1970s by IRA A. ROBBINS.' Partially visible at the bottom are the words "Evening Standard."

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