The comets (25 resultados)
Más imágenesOnly You / The Originals (VINYL ROCK 'N ROLL COMPILATION LP)
Chuck Berry, Bill Haley and The Comets, The Platters, Jerry Lee Lewis, Fats Domino
Idioma: Inglés
Editorial: Pickwick International, Inc. / By Arrangement with Mercury Rerrod Productions, Inc., Woodbury, N.Y.
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Librería: Cat's Curiosities, Pahrump, NV, Estados Unidos de AmericaCat's Curiosities
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Añadir al carritoHardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: 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.
Más imágenesBill Haley and The Comets Rockin' (VINYL ROCK 'N ROLL LP)
Bill Haley and The Comets / Jacket notes by Robert Angus, Editor, "Modern Hi Fi"
Idioma: Inglés
Editorial: Pickwick International, Inc., Long Island City, New York, 1970
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Librería: Cat's Curiosities, Pahrump, NV, Estados Unidos de AmericaCat's Curiosities
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Añadir al carritoHardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: 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 "Sh…ake, 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.
Idioma: Inglés
Editorial: Hallmark Records, 1971
Librería: KULTur-Antiquariat, Boizenburg, MV, AlemaniaKULTur-Antiquariat
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Añadir al carritoVinyl. Condición: 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 (auß…er bei amazon, dort jeweils + 1,- ¤ statt 3,- ¤ Versandkosten). Versand im speziellen LP-Versandkarton. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1005.
Más imágenesRock Around the Clock Lot of Five 8 X 10 Stills 1956 Nice!
Directed by Fred F. Sears / Starring Bill Haley and His Comets, The Platters, Tony Martinez and His Band, Freddie Bell & His Bellboys, Alan Freed, Johnny Johnston, Alix Talton, Lisa Gaye, Earl Barton, Henry Slate, and John Archer
Editorial: Clover, 1956
Librería: AcornBooksNH, New Harbor, ME, Estados Unidos de AmericaAcornBooksNH
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Añadir al carritoNo Binding. Condición: VGF. A lot of five VG or better original release 8 x 10 stills. Size: 8" x 10". Poster.
Editorial: MCA Coral 42012, 1975
Librería: ANTIQUARIAT H. EPPLER, Karlsruhe, AlemaniaANTIQUARIAT H. EPPLER
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Añadir al carritoCondición: Gut. (1975). Platte gut, Cover leichte Gebr.spuren, Nummer in Filz am Cover oben. Sprache: Englisch.
Editorial: Metronome 200129, 1973
Librería: ANTIQUARIAT H. EPPLER, Karlsruhe, AlemaniaANTIQUARIAT H. EPPLER
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Añadir al carritoCondición: Gut. Platte gut, Cover leichte Gebr.spuren. Sprache: Englisch.
Editorial: Classic Artists
Librería: Book Express (NZ), Shannon, Nueva ZelandaBook Express (NZ)
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CD. Condición: Very Good. Number of discs: 1.
Editorial: Classic Artists
Librería: Book Express (NZ), Shannon, Nueva ZelandaBook Express (NZ)
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CD. Condición: Very Good. Number of discs: 1.
Editorial: bellaphon BI 1553, 1969
Librería: ANTIQUARIAT H. EPPLER, Karlsruhe, AlemaniaANTIQUARIAT H. EPPLER
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Añadir al carritoCondición: Gut. Platte gut, Cover leichte Gebr.spuren, Nummer in Filz am Cover oben. Sprache: Englisch.
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Librería: Forgotten Books, London, Reino UnidoForgotten Books
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Paperback. Condición: New. Print on Demand. This book explores a previously unknown law of nature - the Cosmic Law of Thermal Repulsion - that argues for a force existing between all matter in the universe. The author was inspired to explore this concept after concluding that the phenomenon of a comet's tail resulted from an out…ward force exerted by the radiant energy of the sun on the matter of the comet. After years of reflection, this book presents evidence from advances in physical science that prove the existence of this supposed law. The author's induction of a cosmic law from the phenomena of nature considers the differences between matter and force, the operation of natural forces, the forms of matter, the effects of gravitation and thermal energy on matter, and the gravitational and thermal energy of masses. The book concludes by examining the effects of heliofugal power imparted by the sun on cometary matter and the resistance to this force presented by cohesion and gravitation. This book provides a fascinating exploration into the potential for a previously unknown law of thermal repulsion between all matter in the universe, offering new insights into the nature of the cosmos. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.
Editorial: Sunflower Records, 2000
Librería: John Sanders, Holsworthy, DEV, Reino UnidoJohn Sanders
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No Binding. Condición: 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.
Editorial: Freizeit Revue Miller International, Hamburg, 1970
Librería: ANTIQUARIAT H. EPPLER, Karlsruhe, AlemaniaANTIQUARIAT H. EPPLER
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Añadir al carritoCondición: Gut. um 1970. Vinyl (Zustand: VG) Cover: VG). Sprache: Englisch.
Librería: Book Express (NZ), Shannon, Nueva ZelandaBook Express (NZ)
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Añadir al carritoCondición: Good.
Librería: Book Express (NZ), Shannon, Nueva ZelandaBook Express (NZ)
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Añadir al carritoCondición: Good.
Editorial: COPS 6289, 1973
Librería: ANTIQUARIAT H. EPPLER, Karlsruhe, AlemaniaANTIQUARIAT H. EPPLER
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Añadir al carritoCondición: Gut. Platte gut, Cover leichte Gebr.spuren, Nummer in Filz am Cover oben. Sprache: Englisch.
Observing Comets, Asteroids, Meteors, and the Zodiacal Light Edberg, Stephen J. and Levy, David H.
Observing Comets, Asteroids, Meteors, and the Zodiacal Light Edberg, Stephen J. and Levy, David H.
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Librería: Aragon Books Canada, OTTAWA, ON, CanadaAragon Books Canada
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Condición: New.
INternational Edition : Rock 'N' Roll [Vinyl, LP, 206 726-000].
Bill Haley & The Comets Little Richard Chubby Checker a. o.:
Idioma: Inglés
Editorial: Ariola / Memphis International Edition, 1984
Librería: Druckwaren Antiquariat, Salzwedel, AlemaniaDruckwaren Antiquariat
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Añadir al carritoVinyl. Gatefold. Condición: Sehr gut. 12 tracks. Cover etw. berieben/leicht bestoßen, LP sehr gut erh.!! Minimale Gebrauchsspuren. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1550.
Más imágenesParty Music from the 50's, 10 Jukebox Classics
Bill Haley and The Comets, Santo & Johnny, The Ciasters Jimmy Roders The Platters The Kingston Trio u. a.:
Idioma: Alemán
Editorial: Essential Music, 2001
Librería: ABC Versand e.K., Aarbergen, AlemaniaABC Versand e.K.
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Añadir al carritoaudio-CD. Condición: Gut. 1 CD Hülle mit Gebrauchsspuren OM211F5 Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 505.
Let the Good Times Roll.
Columbia Pictures; Bill Haley and the Comets, Fats Domino, the Shirelles, Little Richard, Bo Diddley and Chuck Berry.
Editorial: [Hollywood, CA]: Columbia Pictures., 1973
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Librería: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, Estados Unidos de AmericaWittenborn Art Books
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Añadir al carritoCondición: Good. 14 x 36 inches. Rolled, full-color movie poster. Very Good. Columbia Pictures; Bill Haley and the Comets, Fats Domino, the Shirelles, Little Richard, Bo Diddley and Chuck Berry.
Idioma: Alemán
Editorial: Germany by Europa 1115480
Librería: Antiquariat Jochen Mohr -Books and Mohr-, Oberthal, AlemaniaAntiquariat Jochen Mohr -Books and Mohr-
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Añadir al carritovinyl_bound. Condición: Sehr gut. Wir verkaufen nur, was wir auch selbst lesen würden. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 2200.
Typed Letter Signed by Troy and Dollie Hoskins for 'The Four Comets | Dollie, Pauline [Same], Bob [Saras] & "Hank" ' to 'Dear Friends' [the variety entertainers Bonar and Rubye Colleano], concerning an appearance in Austria with Willy Reichert.
'The Four Comets America's Whirlwind Skaters' [Troy Hoskins; Dolly Hoskins; Pauline Same; Bob Saras; Bonar Colleano; Willy Reichert; roller-skating; variety entertainment]
Editorial: 10 January ; Munchen Austria, 1938
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Librería: Richard M. Ford Ltd, London, Reino UnidoRichard M. Ford Ltd
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Añadir al carrito4to, 4 pp. 43 typed lines, and two-line manuscript postscript. Signed in pencil 'Sincerely | Dollie & Troy.', with the name of the troupe typed over this. Text clear and complete on discoloured and creased paper. Chatty and humorous letter. 'By the time you read this letter we will have either left a terrible stench in the Theat…re or else the Manager will be satisfied. [.] JANUARY 11, FLASH!!!! The well known German movie star and Humorist, Willy Reichert, has refused permission to the Four Comets, American Roller Skaters enjoying too much success already, the favour of breaking in a new number. It is rumored back-stage that the "STAR" has heard too many laughs abou the new ACT of the Four Comets . . . . . . . . X "SCOOP" Hoskins'. Postscript reads 'Hello Maurice [Colleano] - Your blue-eyed girl really misses you.' The Four Comets have been described as 'Acrobatic roller-skating stunt quartet. The two men wear tailcoats, the women diaphanous dresses. They perform on a small circular mat. Various shots of different combinations of the quartet performing amazing, gravity defying tricks. The tricks involve them spinning around the small mat and lifting each other into the air.' From the Colleano Family archive.
Más imágenesDon't Knock the Rock (Original photograph of The Treniers from the 1956 film)
Fred F. Sears (director); Robert E. Kent (screenwriter); Alan Dale, Alan Freed, Little Richard, The Treniers, Bill Haley and His Comets (starring)
Editorial: Columbia Pictures, Culver City, CA, 1956
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Librería: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, Estados Unidos de AmericaRoyal Books, Inc., ABAA
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Añadir al carritoVintage studio still photograph of the American R&B and jump blues musical group The Treniers from the 1956 film. Mimeo snipe and Columbia Pictures Corp. stamp on verso. Rock and Roll star Arnie Haines (Alan Dale) returns home to the town of Melondale, which banned Rock and Roll music, and with the help of disc Jockey Alan Freed… (as himself), tries to convince the town that the music won't turn their children into delinquents. With notable, lip-syncing performances from Bill Haley and His Comets, Little Richard, and The Treniers. A follow-up to the 1956 Rock and Roll film "Rock Around the Clock," also directed by Fred F. Sears and written by Robert E. Kent, and also featuring Alan Freed and Bill Haley and His Comets. Set in the fictitious town of Melondale, shot on location in Los Angeles, California. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.
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Librería: Herman H. J. Lynge & Søn ILAB-ABF, Copenhagen, DinamarcaHerman H. J. Lynge & Søn ILAB-ABF
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Añadir al carrito(London, John Murray, 1820, 1821, 1822). Wirhout wrappers as ectracted from "The Quarterly Journal of Science and the Arts. (The Royal Institution of Great Britain)", vol. IX, X, XI, XII, XIII. Pp. 149-164, 416-426, 177-182, 137-151 a. 366-385, textillustr. First English translation of Olber's famous work on the orbits of comets…."In 1796 Olbers discovered a Comet and calculated its parabolic orbit with a new method, simpler than that used by Laplace. In a letter to F.X. von Zach.Olbers asked whether his treatise on this method shouild be printed, and if so, how this could be done. After reading the tratise and using it with excellent results to compute the orbit of the comet of 1779, which had presented great difficulties to many astronomers, von Zach decided to see it through the press himself. It appeared in Weimar in 1797 under the title "Über die leichteste und bequemste Methode, die Bahn eines Kometen aus einigen Beobachtungen zu berechnen" This work immediately established Olbers among the formost astronomers of his time, and his method was used tyhroughout the nineteenth century."(DSB X, p. 198).
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Librería: True World of Books, Delhi, IndiaTrue World of Books
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Añadir al carritoLeatherBound. Condición: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1715 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd repri…nt. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. Pages: 614 As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 614 Language: English.
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Librería: Geographicus Rare Antique Maps, Brooklyn, NY, Estados Unidos de AmericaGeographicus Rare Antique Maps
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Añadir al carritoVery good; tiny wormhole not impacting printed image, else excellent. Size 13.5 x 8 Inches. This elegant and important 1668 celestial chart depicts the motions of comets observed in 1664 and 1665. The sheet was included in the first volume of Stanislaw Lubieniecki's Theatrum Cometicum , which expounded on the history of observed… comets beginning from those mentioned in the Bible and including the detailed accounts of the comets observed by himself, and the European scientific community, in 1664 and 1665. This chart - A table of observations of the winter comets of 1664 and 1665, by the most eminent and distinguished man, D. Joan Hevelius, showing that they were certain against the accounts of the most distinguished man, Auzutij. - captures what was then an international scientific controversy between the Polish astronomer Johann Hevelius (1611 - 1687) and the French astronomer Adrien Auzout (1622 - 1691). A Closer Look This chart, engraved in Amsterdam by Daniel Stoopendaal, delineates seven separate scholars' tracks of a 1664 comet observed between January and March of that year. The tracks are marked with the dates of observation. Stars are included to show the comets' position in the night sky. An inset shows the comet's track in conjunction with the constellation Aries, which is depicted pictorially as a lamb. The Hevelius-Azout Controversy Lubieniecki's celestial captures the efforts of astronomer Johann Hevelius to overcome a controversy that had erupted between him and the French mathematician and astronomer Adrien Azout. The nature and movement of comets were not yet understood in the 17th century - many still agreed with Kepler that comets moved in a straight line. There were insufficient accurate observations, and scholars had yet to establish any theory with which to digest new ones. Entering the scholarly arena, Frenchman Adrien Auzout published his predictions of the movements of the comets of 1664 and 1665 based on his hypothesis that comets moved in large, circular orbits; he appealed to the scientific community to provide observations to either support or refute his predictions. Gdansk's Hevelius correctly concluded that his observations of the comet disproved Auzout's hypothesized circular orbit. Unfortunately, Hevelius' own published observations contained errors in the position of the comet, which Auzout singled out to discredit the whole of Hevelius' critique. Many scholars joined Auzout in harping on the issue of one erroneous observation rather than Hevelius' attempts to validate a hypothesis of comets' parabolic orbits. The present sheet summarizes Hevelius' response, which was to compare Auzout's predictions not only with his own observation but also those of French scholar Pierre Petit (1630 - 1677,) the Jesuit Francois Gottignies (1630 - 1689) and Swedish scientist Olof Rudbeck (1630 - 1702). Hevelius thus established that his observations were consistent with those of other European scholars and gave authority to the idea of comets' parabolic motion. Publication History and Census This sheet was engraved in 1668 by Daniel Stoopendaal for inclusion in Stanislaw Lubieniecki's Theatrum Cometicum . The book is reasonably well represented in institutional collections, but we see no separate examples of Stoopendaal's engraving in OCLC or in the trade.
