1971 - Never a Dull Moment

Rock's Golden Year

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1971 - Never a Dull Moment

By: David Hepworth

Narrated by: David Hepworth

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The '60s ended a year late - on New Year's Eve 1970, when Paul McCartney initiated proceedings to wind up The Beatles. Music would never be the same again. The next day would see the dawning of a new era.

Nineteen seventy-one saw the release of more monumental albums than any year before or since and the establishment of a pantheon of stars to dominate the next 40 years - Led Zeppelin, David Bowie, the Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, Marvin Gaye, Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Rod Stewart, the solo Beatles and more.

January that year fired the gun on an unrepeatable surge of creativity, technological innovation, blissful ignorance, naked ambition and outrageous good fortune. By December rock had exploded into the mainstream. How did it happen?

This audiobook tells you how. It's the story of 1971, rock's golden year.

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After listening to novels exclusively on Audible, I fancied a change of pace. Even though I was only five-years-old in 1971, I do own and love a lot of the music and those artists who created it. The format of taking the year chronologically to cover artists well-known and more obscure works well. And the playlist at the end of each monthly chapter made me go and check out some artists I'd previously been aware of but not listened too.

For those expecting a purely detailed analysis of the music then, you'll likely want to do some follow up research as this is as much about the social history of 1971 as the music itself. E.g. you'll hear more about the wedding of Mick and Bianca as you will about the Nellcote sessions for Exile on Main Street.

For those who have concerns about David Hepworth's narration, yes, there are occasions when his lack of actorly polish grates, but then again an actor would never get close to reflecting his unbridled enthusiasm for the subject matter.

Overall, informative and thoroughly enjoyable and I'll certainly be spending more time in Mr. Hepworth company in the coming months.