Montes, J.M. Suzanne Vega. Madrid: Ediciones Júcar (Los Juglares), 1992. ISBN: 84-334-
2077-1.
Fifty-five page biography with many b/w photographs, plus the lyrics from Suzanne Vega through days
of open Hand.
The Authentic Guitar Style of Suzanne Vega. New York: Cherry Lane Music, 1988. ISBN:
0-89524-375-X.
Music book with transcriptions of Suzanne's authentic guitar style: Calypso, Cracking, Freeze Tag,
Gypsy, Ironbound/Fancy Poultry, Knight Moves, Language, Luka, Night Vision, Small Blue Thing, The
Queen and the Soldier, & Undertow. Highly recommended.
Vega, S. 99.9F°. New Jersey: Warner Bros. Publications Inc., 1992.
Music book with the songs from 99.9F° arranged for piano/vocal with guitar boxes: Rock in this Pocket,
Blood Makes Noise, In Liverpool, 99.9F°, Blood Sings, Fat Man & Dancing Girl, In My Movie, As a
Child, Bad Wisdom, When Heroes Go Down, As Girls Go, & Song of Sand.
Vega, S. Bullet in Flight. Songs. London: Omnibus Press, 1990. ISBN: 0.7119.2555.X.
Lyrics from Suzanne Vega through days of open Hand plus Lightning, Freezing, & Left of Center, and
the essay Blue Sky and Blood on 10th Avenue. Foreword by Philip Glass and a critical biography by
Ronald J. Rindo and James Plath. Essential and highly recommended.
Vega, S. Canciones. Madrid: Editorial Fundamentos (Espiral), 1993. ISBN: 84-245-0625-1.
Lyrics from Suzanne Vega through 99.9F° plus Lightning, Freezing, & Left of Center, with parallel
Spanish translations and short biography by Alberto Manzano.
Vega, S. days of open Hand. New York: Cherry Lane Music, 1990. ISBN: 0-89524-545-0.
Music book with the songs from days of open Hand arranged for piano/vocal with guitar boxes, and with
a short introduction by Bruce Pollock: Book of Dreams, Men in a War, Institution Green, Those Whole
Girls, Room off the Street, Tired of Sleeping, Rusted Pipe, Big Space, Predictions, Pilgrimage, & Fifty-
fifty Chance.
Vega, S. Murmúrios urgentes. Lisbon: Assírio & Alvim, 1994. ISBN: 972-37-0353-X.
A comprehensive collection of poems and lyrics from 1968 through 1992, plus the short stories Blue Sky
and Blood on 10th Avenue, The State of Masculinity Today, and Impressions of Portugal. All texts by
Suzanne are printed both in the original English, and in Portuguese translation by F tima Castro Silva.
There is also an interview with Suzanne, printed only in Portuguese. An essential book for anyone
interested in Suzanne's early work -- highly recommended.
Vega, S. Solitude Standing. New York: Cherry Lane Music, 1987. ISBN: 0-89524-345-8.
Music book with the songs from Solitude Standing arranged for piano/vocal with guitar boxes, and with
a short biography by Billy Altman: Luka, Solitude Standing, Night Vision, In the Eye, Language,
Calypso, Gypsy, Wooden Horse, Ironbound/Fancy Poultry, Tom's Diner, Tom's Diner (Reprise).
Includes a fold-out picture.
Vega, S. Songbook. London: Wise Publications, 1987. ISBN: 0.7119.1366.8
Music book with a collection of songs from Suzanne Vega and Solitude Standing arranged for piano/vocals with guitar boxes: Marlene on the Wall, Small Blue Thing, Freeze Tag, The Queen and the Soldier, Cracking, Some Journey, Luka, In the Eye, Calypso, Gypsy, Solitude Standing, Ironbound/Fancy Poultry, Left of Center.
1987: World Tour 1987.
Twenty page glossy booklet with colour and b/w pictures and lyrics, plus a short biography by Billy
Altman.
1990: Tour of Open Hand.
Twenty page glossy colour booklet with promotional biography, pictures, artwork, lyrics, and a self-
portrait by Suzanne Vega.
Folk-Pop Femenino. Madrid: Editorial Fundamentos (Espiral).
Lyrics by Suzanne Vega, Tanita Tikaram, Tracy Chapman, Michelle Shocked, & Sinéad O'Connor.
The Coop. The Fast Folk Musical Magazine Songbook 1982. New York: The Musicians'
Cooperative at Speak Easy, 1982.
Includes lyrics and music to Cracking, Calypso, Gypsy, & Knight Moves by Suzanne Vega.
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