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343:"Folklore and songs of the Black Country: Folk out of focus; being a brief resume of the little known folk lore of the Black Country and Staffordshire" – Wolverhampton Folk Song Club, 1965
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Raven wrote and contributed to many books, often featuring his own photography as well as research. He was in the main a music publisher/composer/arranger and some of his books relate to
433:"English Folk Guitar, Songs and Instrumentals: Bk. 1: Off the Record Transcriptions of 44 Songs and Guitar Solos in Staff Notation and Tablature" – Michael Raven, 2006
318:, and other artists. Throughout his life, Raven wrote 80 books, and featured on 50 CDs. He died in 2008 at the age of 70. He was uncle to late musician
382:"A Variety of Guitar Music: A Selection of Pieces from the Original Best-selling Book Redrawn in Staff Notation and Tablature" – Michael Raven, 1991
352:"Popular Tunes for Guitar: Bk. 1: 8 Popular Tunes and a Welsh Fantasy Concert Guitar Solo in Staff Notation and Tablature" – Michael Raven, 1977
388:"Wizard Beguildy: 35 English Folk Songs and Country Dances Arranged for Solo Guitar in Staff Notation and Tablature" – Michael Raven, 1992
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358:"Popular Songs for Guitar: Bk. 2: 17 Well Known Songs Arranged for Solo Guitar in Staff Notation and Tablature" – Michael Raven, 1982
379:"Raven's Nest: 41 Rural, Industrial and Contemporary Folk Songs with Some Guitar Accompaniments in Tablature" – Michael Raven, 1991
373:"Chant of Falsity: 25 Exotic Dances and Irish Music Arranged for Solo Guitar in Staff Notation and Tablature" – Michael Raven, 1991
349:"Eight Traditional Tunes in Tablature: Easy But Effective Arrangements for Solo Guitar of British Folk Tunes" – Michael Raven, 1975
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English Folk Guitar Book 4 – transcriptions of 28 guitar solos, songs & accompaniments from the CD Recital – Michael Raven
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391:"Welsh Guitar: Solo Guitar Arrangements of Welsh Songs and Dances in Staff Notation and Tablature" – Michael Raven, 1994
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Soulton Hall – 36 aires, dances & cafe songs for solo guitar. Staff notation & tablature – Michael Raven 1992
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Dervish – 36 pieces for solo guitar including 14 hymns and 9 Thomas Hardy fiddle tunes – Michael Raven 1992
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Lucy's Frolic – arrangements of
English Country Dance tunes in staff notation & tablature – Michael Raven 1992
376:"Jolly Machine: 23 Songs of Industrial Protest and Social Discontent from the West Midlands" – Michael Raven, 1991
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Popular Music for Guitar – a selection of 36 well-known tunes. Staff notation & tablature – Michael Raven
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The Chant of
Falsity – 25 pieces in many different styles. Staff notation & tablature – Michael Raven
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A Guide to
Shropshire (including Telford & the Welsh Borders) 3rd revised edn. – Michael Raven 2006
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Classics for Guitar – 24 studies, Carcassi, J.S. Bach, Sor, Guilliani, Carulli. – Michael Raven
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Star of Belle Isle – 44 titles for solo guitar in tablature & staff notation – Michael Raven 1992
421:"A Guide to Staffordshire and the Black Country the Potteries & the Peak" – Michael Raven, 2004
346:"Folk-lore and songs of the Black Country & West Midlands" – Wolverhampton Folk Song Club, 1967
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English Folk Guitar Book 2 (2nd edn.) 37 tunes devoted to solo guitar playing – Michael Raven 2007
370:"Shropshire Portraits: 58 Landscape Photographs of Shropshire with Captions" – Michael Raven, 1989
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Silent Field – 36 pieces for solo guitar in staff notation & tablature – Michael Raven 1992
418:"Land of Lost Content: Folk Songs and Settings of Poems by English Poets" – Michael Raven, 1999
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English Collection for Guitar – 11 pieces in staff notation & tablature – Michael Raven
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427:"A Good Christmas Box: Christmas Carols Published in 1847 in Dudley" – Michael Raven, 2007
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Shropshire in Colour
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397:"Song of the Fox: Poems, Songs and Ballads by Michael Raven" – Michael Raven, 1996
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Tarlton's Jests – the humour of Elizabeth 1's Court Jester – edited Michael Raven
400:"Reynardine – Songs and Dance Tunes of a Popular Folk Band" – Michael Raven, 1996
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Easy Duets for Guitar-Joseph Kuffner Opus 80 & Opus 87 edited Michael Raven
355:"A Shropshire Lad. The Poems of A.E.Housman set to music" - Michael Raven, 1978
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Popular Songs for Recorder – 32 tunes with lasting appeal – Michael Raven 1977
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John O'Barbary – 32 traditional songs & dance tunes – Michael Raven 2007
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A Guide to Staffordshire & the Black Country the Potteries and the Peak
436:"English Folk Guitar Songs and Instrumentals: Bk. 2" – Michael Raven, 2006
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367:"Staffordshire and the Black Country: A Gazetteer" – Michael Raven, 1988
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The Complete Guitarist- guitar tutor Michael Raven (9th printing) 1999
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The Guitarist's Good Book – secular songs & hymns – Michael Raven
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415:"One Thousand English Country Dance Tunes" – Michael Raven, 1999
364:"One Thousand English Country Dance Tunes" – Michael Raven, 1984
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Popular Tunes for Guitar Book 2 (2nd edn.) – Michael Raven 2007
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Songs and Solos by Michael Raven and Joan Mills (MR68 - 1993)
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Michael Raven:Guitar music Books 3&4 – Michael Raven 1991
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Michael Raven:Guitar Music Books 1&2 – Michael Raven 1991
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Taming the Dragon's Strings – solo guitar by Michael Raven
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Staffordshire in Colour Photographs – Michael Raven 2006
403:"Popular Songs for Guitar: Bk. 1" – Michael Raven, 1996
361:"English Folk Guitar: Volume 3" – Michael Raven, 1984
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394:"A Guide to Herefordshire" – Michael Raven, 1996
224:A Guide to Staffordshire & the Black Country
430:"West Midlands' Ballads" – Michael Raven, 2008
409:"Shropshire in Pictures" – Michael Raven, 1997
424:"A Guide to Shropshire" – Michael Raven, 2005
596:Retrospective – solo guitar by Michael Raven
412:"Cheshire in Pictures" – Michael Raven, 1997
244:Fingerstyle guitar, specialising in Flamenco
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406:"Tin Whistle Tutor" – Michael Raven, 1996
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