Crossfire Publications has the definitive books on Frank Zappa, The Yardbirds, Manfred Mann, The Zombies and Jethro Tull, along with CDs by Neonfire, lots of former Frank Zappa alumni, Don Preston, Jimmy Carl Black and surf music masters The Tornadoes, The Belairs and Jon & The Nightriders. RIP our dear friend Jimmy Carl Black ... a few months before his passing, Jimmy approved and authorized Crossfire's masters of all his privately-owned catalogue albums and compilations for DOWNLOAD-ONLY release. They're all available from CD Baby, iTunes, Amazon MP3, Napster, Rhapsody and dozens of other locations. Proceeds will go to Jimmy's wife Moni Black. Please see our download list below. Yardbirds: The Ultimate Rave-Up has been revised! The book and PDF editions were released in January 2009. Also coming this summer - the long-awaited revised edition of Flying Colours: The Jethro Tull Reference Manual! There are 68 new pages, making it 324 pages! Pre-release orders (with Greg's autograph) are now being taken and will be processed at the original $22.95 price. The book will retail for $27.95, but it will be discounted at $25 on this site only. Don Preston's Retrospective CD debuted in late January 2009. The disc features 23 recordings spanning 1965-2007, including 4 new piano solos and other unreleased tracks. And yes, Don's classic 1973 versions of The Eye Of Agamoto and Sweet 15 are here! See Don Preston on tour with Project/Object throughout the year. The Tornadoes have announced their retirement, but the 50-track double CD I Believe In Music: The History Of The Gross Prophet (issued in May 2008) is still going strong. Check out I Believe In Music! (Hopefully, we'll have their last CD - a live compilation - later in 2009.) The Paul Buff series of Pal Studios recordings will finally debut soon. There are seven unreleased tracks with Frank Zappa among the 200+ recordings in the series. Each volume of the series will contain one unreleased Zappa track as well as a few other extremely rare FZ recordings. This series will also include the Original Sound recordings that Paul Buff made on his own and in conjunction with Frank Zappa. Along with the first installment in the Pal Studios series, The Hollywood Persuaders' Drums A-Go-Go album will be released with bonus tracks. Jon & The Nightriders' Stampede, our most popular release, will be joined by the first Nightriders release Surf Beat '80 (with lots of bonuses) and an album of brilliant dual guitar recordings from John Blair and The Fabulous Plank-Tones' Marty Tippens. What else is on the horizon? Candy Zappa, Nolan Porter (2 CDs), PJ & The Galaxies (the second installment of the South Bay Surf series) and 2 CDs from Zappa/Beefheart veteran Denny Walley! Another recent release that Crossfire is distributing is Tom Leavey's healing music CD Illumination. Recorded with violinist Jenn Argenti, Illumination features 10 tracks that will lift your spirits and energize your life. Great news: Crossfire releases purchased from this site are $10 plus shipping (doubles such as I Believe In Music! are $20). We can afford it so you can afford it! (The only regularly priced CDs ar e the non-Crossfire releases From Rock 'n' Roll To R&B and Tom Leavey's Illumination.) We are also now offering Danish photographer Jørgen Angel's fantastic Limited Edition Lithograph THE FIRST PERFORMANCE, with photos from Led Zeppelin's very first gig. More information and how to order... Flying Colours: The Jethro Tull Reference Manual and Yardbirds: The Ultimate Rave-Up are now available as PDFs to download, and at a special price. Go to the Books pages to find out more. Audio clips and downloads for all of our releases can be found by checking out CD Baby and all these iTunes links:
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