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1. The Real Book - Volume 1 - 6th Edition For All ...
2. The Christmas Caroling Songbook
3. The Ultimate Fake Book - 4th Edition - C Edition
4. The Greatest Rock Guitar Fake Book
5. The Real Book - Volume 1 - B-flat Edition
6. The Praise & Worship Fake Book - An Essential T...
7. The Real Book - Volume II (C Instruments) - C I...
8. How to Play from a Fake Book
9. The Real Vocal Book - Volume I - C Edition
10. The Ultimate Country Fake Book - 5th Edition - ...
11. The Ultimate Christmas Fake Book - 4th Edition ...
12. The Real Book - Volume 1 - Bass Clef Edition
13. The Beatles Fake Book - C Edition
14. The Real Book - Volume 1 - E-flat Edition
15. The Ultimate Pop/Rock Fake Book - 4th Edition -...
16. Your First Fake Book
17. Scott The Piano Guy's Favorite Piano Fake Book
18. Classic Rock Fake Book - 2nd Edition - Over 250...
19. The Easy Worship Fake Book - Over 100 Songs in ...
20. The Easy Fake Book
21. The Disney Fake Book - 2nd Edition
22. The Real Book - Volume III - C Edition
23. The Easy Christmas Fake Book - 100 Songs in the...
24. Gospel's Greatest
25. The Real Book - Volume I - Mini Edition - C Ins...
26. The Best Fake Book Ever - 3rd Edition - C Edition
27. The Ultimate Jazz Fake Book - C Edition
28. The Ultimate Broadway Fake Book - 4th Edition
29. The Folksong Fake Book - C Edition
30. The Real Vocal Book - Volume II - C Edition
31. The Real Book - Volume 2 - Mini Edition - C Ins...
32. The Hymn Fake Book - C Edition
33. Fake Book of the World's Favorite Songs - 4th E...
34. The Easy Gospel Fake Book
35. The Latin Real Book (Flute / Guitar / Oboe / Pi...
36. The Easy Classical Fake Book - Melody, Lyrics &...
37. The Easy Sixties Fake Book
38. The Simplified Fake Book
39. R&B Fake Book - 2nd Edition - 375 Rhythm & Blue...
40. The Celtic Fake Book - C Edition
41. The Easy Hymn Fake Book - Over 150 Songs in the...
42. The Easy Seventies Fake Book
43. The Real Book - Volume III (Eb Instruments) - E...
44. Classical Fake Book - 2nd Edition - Over 850 Cl...
45. The Real Book - Volume II - B-flat Edition
46. The Blues Fake Book (Guitar / Piano/Keyboard / ...
47. The Best Christmas Guitar Fake Book Ever - 2nd ...
48. Praise and Worship Fake Book - Singer's Edition...
49. The Real Book - Volume III (Bass Clef Instrumen...
50. Thelonious Monk Fake Book (Guitar / C Instrumen...
51. The Real Book - Volume 3 Bflat - B-flat Edition
52. Best of Contemporary Christian - Over 400 Songs
53. Praise and Worship Fake Book - Original Edition...
54. The Hal Leonard Real Jazz Standards Fake Book -...
55. The Real Book - Volume II - Bass Clef Edition
56. The Jewish Fake Book
57. The Easy Broadway Fake Book
58. The Ultimate Fake Book - Fourth Edition (Clarin...
59. The Real Little Ultimate Broadway Fake Book - 4...
60. Early Rock'N'Roll Era Fake Book
61. Wedding & Love Fake Book - 4th Edition - C Edition
62. The Hal Leonard Real Jazz Book - C Edition
63. The Real Book - Volume II - Eb Instruments
64. The Ultimate Guitar Christmas Fake Book - 200 H...
65. Charles Mingus - More Than a Fake Book
66. The Easy Fifties Fake Book
67. Latin Fake Book - C Edition
68. The Easy Standards Fake Book - 100 Songs in the...
69. The Easy Movie Fake Book - 100 Songs in the Key...
70. The Ultimate Jazz Fake Book - B-flat Edition
71. Irving Berlin Fake Book - C Edition
72. More of the Easy Seventies Fake Book - C Instru...
73. The Real Little Ultimate Jazz Fake Book - C Edi...
74. The Easy Show Tunes Fake Book - 100 Songs in th...
75. The Ultimate Rock Guitar Fake Book
76. The Best Fake Book Ever - 2nd Edition - B-flat ...
77. The Movie Fake Book - 4th Edition - C Edition
78. Jimi Hendrix Anthology - Lead Sheets for 73 Songs
79. The Real Little Best Fake Book Ever - 3rd Editi...
80. More of the Easy Forties Fake Book (C Instruments)
81. The TV Fake Book
82. The Real Little Ultimate Fake Book - 3rd Editio...
83. Praise and Worship Fake Book - Singer's Edition...
84. The Elvis Fake Book
85. The Swing Era - 1936-1947
86. More of the Easy Sixties Fake Book - C Edition
87. The Ultimate Jazz Fake Book - E-flat Edition
88. Jimmie Rodgers Memorial Songbook
89. Praise and Worship Fake Book- Guitar Edition
90. The Professional Pianist's Christmas Fake Book
91. The Easy Forties Fake Book
92. The Best Chord Changes for the World's Greatest...
93. How to Get Real with a Fake Book - A Guide for ...
94. Miles Davis Real Book - Lead Sheets for 57 Comp...
95. More of the Easy Fifties Fake Book - C Instruments
96. The Big Klezmer Fake Book
97. The Latin Real Book - B-flat Edition
98. The Best Chord Changes for the Most Requested S...
99. The Real Little Ultimate Jazz Fake Book - Bb Ed...
100. The Ultimate Fake Book - 4th Edition - E-flat E...

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History of Fake Books

Fake books are large compilations of the tunes that musicians most commonly need to know to meet the demands of their audience. The lineage of fake books go back to the bootleg song sheets of the 1930s and the Tune-Dex song reference cards of the 1940s. But the most popular of the bootleg fake books originated at the Berklee College of Music in Boston. During the 1974-75 school year, two students created a bootleg fake book they called "The Real Book", because the tried to notate the authentic chord changes and melodic lines that professional jazz musicians would really play. This was in response to the simplified and un-hip changes shown in commercial fake books up to that time.

The Real Book

With its 400 tunes enabling musicians to have a more hip and contemporary repertoire, The Real Book was an immense underground success. The problem was that the books were illegally produced and distributed, without any regard to copyright law, or royalties paid to the composers who created the musical masterpieces. In those pre-Internet days, the Real Book was distributed illegally from musician to musician, typically out of someone's car trunk, or if in the "right" music store the staff thought you were "OK", a Real Book might appear from under the counter. This practice continues today to some extent, but the music industry is addressing it from two directions. One is through a much more vigorous prosecution of illegal books and websites under the laws of the Copyright act. The second is by making a legally authorized version of The Real Book available, and today this legal Real Book is our top seller.

Today's Real Book - Legal and Improved

We are pleased to offer our customers the first legitimate and legal editions of these books ever produced, now published legally by Hal Leonard. You won't even notice the difference, other than that all of the notorious errors have been fixed: the covers and typeface look the same, the song list is nearly identical, and the price for our edition is even cheaper than the original! Every conscientious musician will appreciate that these books are now produced accurately and ethically, benefitting the songwriters that we owe for some of the greatest tunes of all time!

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