Edgar Street Books

08/04/2025

Is Al Kooper New York’s Best-Known Unknown Musician? ‘New York Groove: An Inside Look at the Stars, Shows, and Songs That Make NYC Rock’ Book Excerpt Blood Sweat & Tears

‘New York Groove: An Inside Look at the Stars, Shows, and Songs That Make NYC Rock’ Book Excerpt

08/02/2025

‘Wild Thing’ and the NYC Discotheque Where It All Began - ‘New York Groove: An Inside Look at the Stars, Shows, and Songs That Make NYC Rock’ Book Excerpt The Troggs Band

‘New York Groove: An Inside Look at the Stars, Shows, and Songs That Make NYC Rock’ Book Excerpt

07/31/2025

‘Two Big Cap Guns, Plus a Toupee!’ The Characters of The Band’s ‘The Weight’ Explained - ‘200 Greatest 60s Rock Songs’ Book Excerpt https://medium.com/p/2f3307fb5385

‘200 Greatest 60s Rock Songs’ Book Excerpt

07/29/2025

What’s Your Rock IQ? Music Trivia Quiz - I’ll Satisfy Your Every Need

I’ll Satisfy Your Every Need

07/28/2025

‘It’s Got Nothing to Do with Me’: ‘Me and You and a Dog Named Boo’ by Lobo - ‘100 Greatest 70s Pop Songs’ Book Excerpt https://medium.com/the-riff/its-got-nothing-to-do-with-me-me-and-you-and-a-dog-named-boo-by-lobo-5c84c179a822

‘100 Greatest 70s Pop Songs’ Book Excerpt

07/26/2025

‘It Started as a Joke’: Sanford-Townsend Band’s ‘Smoke From a Distant Fire’ - ‘200 Greatest 70s Rock Songs’ Book Excerpt https://frankmastropolo.substack.com/p/it-started-as-a-joke-sanford-townsend-b9b

‘200 Greatest 70s Rock Songs’ Book Excerpt

07/24/2025

‘The Earliest Example of Modern Stand-Up Comedy’: Mort Sahl’s ‘At Sunset’ - ‘100 Funniest Comedy Albums’ Book Excerpt https://medium.com/p/8f3099ecfab9 Mort Sahl

‘100 Funniest Comedy Albums’ Book Excerpt

07/24/2025

JUST PUBLISHED: 100 Greatest 70s Pop Songs! Enjoy this excerpt: Walter Egan Wrote 'Magnet and Steel' 'To Express My Infatuation for Stevie Nicks' https://frankmastropolo.substack.com/p/walter-egan-wrote-magnet-and-steel

'100 Greatest 70s Pop Songs' Book Excerpt

07/21/2025

Rock + Disco = ‘Pop Muzik’ by M - ‘200 Greatest 70s Rock Songs Vol. 2’ Book Excerpt

‘200 Greatest 70s Rock Songs Vol. 2’ Book Excerpt

07/20/2025

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07/19/2025

‘Take Care, TCB’: Aretha Franklin Reinvents Otis Redding’s ‘Respect’ - ‘100 Greatest Soul Songs’ Book Excerpt https://medium.com/the-riff/take-care-tcb-aretha-franklin-reinvents-otis-redding-s-respect-9e2044513994 Aretha Franklin Otis Redding

‘100 Greatest Soul Songs’ Book Excerpt

07/18/2025

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