At 1:32 AM -0800 3/29/06, Mark D Lew wrote:
Also, my repertoire preference tilts toward the older stuff. I'd love a book that's got a deep collection of standards from the 20s, 30s, and 40s, and I'd like a fairly good sampling from before that, too. I like the old musicals (eg, Rodgers & Hammerstin, Lerner & Loewe) more than the new musicals (eg, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice). Anything after the Beatles I don't really need, though I wouldn't object to a basic sample of the most popular ballad type songs from that era. You get the idea.
At one point in time one of the big publishers--it may have been Readers Digest--had a series out that would be exactly what you want. You definitely don't want a fake book, since that assumes an ability to, well, fake! I'd suggest contacting Readers Digest and asking, then working through your local music retailer and their catalogs if nobody here comes up with a good answer.
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