A-Z of Analogue Synth books ARP EMS Korg Moog Roland!

A complete two-volume set of the most comprehensive encyclopaedia of analogue synths and keyboards in the world - direct from the author.   Now that all completely mint copies of the A-M part are sold out, I'm selling sets which include an A-M which is not mint.  THIS ONE HAS SOME SLIGHT MARKS ON THE FRONT COVER.  At first I couldn't see the fault - in normal use you wouldn't notice. The eBay photo is of another set of books, but it wouldn't see the difference unless you looked very very closely.

The original A-M was produced in 1994, and then re-written and expanded in 1998.  There are probably nearly twice as many words crammed in to the second edition as there were in the first.  The second edition has 320 pages, 16 of which are full colour, while the original edition only had 240 pages.   There's a whole lot of extra information about EMS, Moog, and many other manufacturers; a greatly improved index, and a new index to the musicians mentioned in the book.  So if you're into, say, Tangerine Dream, you can find the 25 pages on which they're mentioned; Tim Blake, 8 pages; and even Tim Buckley on two. 

The first edition was printed in a run of 2000, and 2000 copies of this revised edition were also printed.  This second edition has been officially out of print for well over a year now, so is impossible to buy via any bookseller like Amazon. 

The original N-Z was printed in 1996, in a run of 2000, and then the second revised edition (of 3000) was printed in 2003.  It has 384 pages, including 16 in full colour.   Please check the photos to see the sort of coverage you will get of rare, obscure instruments like the Syntons and Wavemakers or ultra-famous offerings like the Rolands and Yamahas. 

The total number of words in these two books is probably over half a million.   With hundreds of illustrations, charts, etc., the whole package provides a comprehensive guide to analogue synths, organs, electric pianos, theremins, etc., up to 1998 for ones beginning A-M, and 2003 for the N-Zs.  The books have been well-reviewed in magazines all round the world, by people as knowledgeable as Mark Vail and Gino Robair, and enjoyed by some of the best-known names in electronic music, such as Fatboy Slim, Hans Zimmer, Herbie Hancock, Aphex Twin, Chemical Brothers, Depeche Mode, and Adrian Utley of Portishead.