AMC Book News 
Here's the latest scoop on AMC's books and sheet upgrades programs. Books are listed in projected chronological order.

2/26/08

Indexes There is now an index to all five fake books. It's available in .pdf format. All book indexes are in database (.dbf) format, which you can import into spreadsheets so you can add other tunes. Ask for any you want.

20s-30s Fake Book (Bb) -- Now Available.

 "Little Rock getaway"-- I intended to include a sheet of but just couldn't decide what I wanted to do. I have the Joe Sullivan, Bob Zurke and Bob Crosby versions in my head, plus a later sheet music version which doesn't do the job I want. I want to do a sheet with a continuous lead line for horns.

"Oriental blues" This is really a piano solo, but I hope to do something for horns.

Dixieland Fake Book Vol. 1--Bass clef and Eb books
We're still refining the masters for both books.

Add-ons--Don't forget to browse "Addons.html". Totally unpredictable, some sheets are done, others not ready. One of these years I'll code the tunes to show availability.
Basically it will have usable sheets that won't be in any of my books--eg. vocal version of West End blues, many "patriotic" tunes for which there's no room in "Gig Book".
Most will be free, but some will cost--eg. a couple of versions of "Little Rock getaway"

Codpiece Chords--out-of-print
I'm going to completely revise it. The last part of the book contained basic ballroom dances for which its users might expect audience requests, but these will all be in Fanny Pak. I'm going to put all tunes in alphabetical order, add new tunes, add a lot of verses to old tunes, check the chords against the fake books.

"20s-30s Fake Book" has a bunch of standards, especially foxtrots, that were written in the 20. These are often already in Codpiece, and will stay there.

Dixieland Fake Book Vol. 1
I can't believe it! I'm still finding sheets to upgrade in various ways. The new upgrades are listed on the upgrade chart in the entries beginning with "2006".
Upgrades of the sheets are now available in .pdf format for both C & Bb books.

"30-40s Fake Book" owners: I greatly upgraded the lyrics .zip file by adding some missing sheets and a ton of verses. You should have received an eMail with the .zip file, but don't hesitate to ask for it if you can't find it.
Upgrades of the sheets are now available in .pdf format for both C & Bb books.

Supertrad (DCUP 2) Chord Book
When "20s-30s FB" is out I'll be able to start this book. Summer 2008?.

Fanny Pak Chord Book
This is essentially the tunes in "Gig Book", and most of those pages are done. I need ca. 100 more tunes for it, including the "add-ons". Latter-2008?