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The Show That Never Ends
- The Rise and Fall of Prog Rock
- By: David Weigel
- Narrated by: Rudy Sanda
- Length: 11 hrs and 35 mins
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The Show That Never Ends is the behind-the-scenes story of the extraordinary rise and fall of progressive ("prog") rock, epitomized by such classic, chart-topping bands as Yes, Genesis, Pink Floyd, Jethro Tull, and Emerson Lake & Palmer, and their successors Rush, Styx, and Asia. With inside access to all the key figures, Washington Post national reporter David Weigel tells the story with the gusto and insight prog rock's fans (and its haters) will relish.
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Fairly interesting if you like Prog
- By Kindle Customer on 25-04-24
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The Show That Never Ends
- The Rise and Fall of Prog Rock
- Narrated by: Rudy Sanda
- Length: 11 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 13-06-17
- Language: English
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Bring That Beat Back
- How Sampling Built Hip-Hop
- By: Nate Patrin
- Narrated by: David Sadzin
- Length: 12 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Sampling - incorporating found sound and manipulating it into another form entirely - has done more than any musical movement in the 20th century to maintain a continuum of popular music as a living document and, in the process, has become one of the most successful (and commercial) strains of postmodern art. Bring That Beat Back traces the development of this transformative pop-cultural practice from its origins in the turntable-manning, record-spinning hip-hop DJs of 1970s New York through 40 years of musical innovation and reinvention.
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very informative
- By Ja Dawg on 22-05-21
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Bring That Beat Back
- How Sampling Built Hip-Hop
- Narrated by: David Sadzin
- Length: 12 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 21-07-20
- Language: English
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Woody Guthrie
- An Intimate Life
- By: Gustavus Stadler
- Narrated by: Jeff Zinn
- Length: 9 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Dismantles the Woody Guthrie we have been taught—the rough-and-ready rambling’ man—to reveal an artist who discovered how intimacy is crucial for political struggle Woody Guthrie is often mythologized as the classic American “rambling’ man,” a real-life Steinbeckian folk hero who...
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Woody Guthrie
- An Intimate Life
- Narrated by: Jeff Zinn
- Length: 9 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 06-10-20
- Language: English
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More Fun in the New World
- The Unmaking and Legacy of L.A. Punk
- By: John Doe, Tom Desavia
- Narrated by: John Doe, Tom Desavia, Various
- Length: 12 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Sequel to Grammy-nominated bestseller Under the Big Black Sun, continuing the up-close and personal account of the L.A. punk scene Picking up where Under the Big Black Sun left off, More Fun in the New World explores the years 1982 to 1987, covering the dizzying pinnacle of L.A.'s punk...
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More Fun in the New World
- The Unmaking and Legacy of L.A. Punk
- Narrated by: John Doe, Tom Desavia, Various
- Series: Under the Big Black Sun, Book 2
- Length: 12 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 04-06-19
- Language: English
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Where Did Our Love Go?
- The Rise and Fall of the Motown Sound
- By: Nelson George
- Narrated by: Ron Butler
- Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Nelson George's chronicle of Motown Records' rise and fall remains a classic account of an essential American music company and its dynamic founder, Berry Gordy Jr. Gordy's uncanny instinct for finding extraordinary talent - from performers and musicians to songwriters and producers - packed the label's roster with a who's who of historic artists and hitmakers.
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Beautiful book, beautifully read
- By Greg Williams on 19-02-22
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Where Did Our Love Go?
- The Rise and Fall of the Motown Sound
- Narrated by: Ron Butler
- Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 05-05-21
- Language: English
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The Strat in the Attic
- Thrilling Stories of Guitar Archaeology
- By: Deke Dickerson, Jonathan Kellerman - introduction
- Narrated by: Deke Dickerson
- Length: 8 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Guitar sleuth and music-history detective Deke Dickerson tells the true tales behind 48 rare-guitar and amplifier finds that will make any player or collector green with envy. Finding that holy grail of a guitar stashed away beneath a bed, in a closet, in the dusty corner of a guitar shop, or up...
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Very interesting
- By p f mendes on 15-08-23
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The Strat in the Attic
- Thrilling Stories of Guitar Archaeology
- Narrated by: Deke Dickerson
- Length: 8 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 25-10-22
- Language: English
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The Devil Is in It
- A History of the American Acoustic Guitar
- By: John Stubbings
- Narrated by: Gareth Richards
- Length: 15 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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In 2020, guitar expert John Stubbings released a limited-edition book on the American acoustic guitar that sold out in days. Now, The Devil Is in It returns with additional research and subject matter for a new generation of listeners. Stubbings traveled the country and met with guitar makers, players, collectors, and historians to unravel the long and rich history of the acoustic guitar, its evolution, and the music it has made over the last hundred years.
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The Devil Is in It
- A History of the American Acoustic Guitar
- Narrated by: Gareth Richards
- Length: 15 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 20-01-26
- Language: English
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Depeche Mode's 101
- 33 1/3
- By: Mary Valle
- Narrated by: Jo Anna Perrin
- Length: 2 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Eight years after its founding in Basildon, Essex, Depeche Mode, rooted in 1970s Krautrock, combined old-fashioned touring, well-crafted songs, and the steadfast support of KROQ to dominate Southern California, the United States, and then the world, kicking open the doors for the likes of Nirvana in the process. 101 is the hidden-in-plain-sight hinge of modern music history.
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Depeche Mode's 101
- 33 1/3
- Narrated by: Jo Anna Perrin
- Length: 2 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 13-05-25
- Language: English
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Pink Floyd's The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
- 33 1/3
- By: John Cavanagh
- Narrated by: Philip Battley
- Length: 2 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Through a series of interviews with a wide range of people connected to Pink Floyd in their earliest days (including Nick Mason, Peter Jenner, Jenny Fabian, Storm Thorgerson, Duggie Fields and Peter Whitehead), John Cavanagh paints a vivid picture of how this remarkable debut album was created. He brings to life the stories behind each track, as well as Pink Floyd's groundbreaking live performances of the time.
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Pink Floyd's The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
- 33 1/3
- Narrated by: Philip Battley
- Length: 2 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 13-05-25
- Language: English
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Modernism: The Strange Story of Art and Music in the Twentieth Century
- By: Max Ridgway
- Narrated by: David Wright
- Length: 6 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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The 20th century witnessed an explosion of creativity as artists, musicians, and writers rejected centuries of past practice and boldly created new visual forms, new musical languages, and new ways of thinking. This is the story of the individuals who created the art, told within the context of the times in which they lived.
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Nice explanation of Modernism and easy to listen to
- By Anonymous on 22-07-25
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Modernism: The Strange Story of Art and Music in the Twentieth Century
- Narrated by: David Wright
- Length: 6 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 17-01-19
- Language: English
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101 Hymn Stories
- By: Kenneth Osbeck
- Narrated by: Various
- Length: 8 hrs and 29 mins
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This collection of uplifting, informative stories behind your favorite hymns will warm your heart and revitalize your worship. Each entry comes with the hymn's full text and musical score. Perfect for devotions, sermon demonstrations, bulletin inserts, and introducing congregational hymns, each hymn story includes information about the author, composer, the tune's name, and scriptural basis.
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faith-inspiring
- By Ruthie G on 18-02-26
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101 Hymn Stories
- Narrated by: Various
- Length: 8 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 01-02-10
- Language: English
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Fifty Sides of the Beach Boys
- The Songs That Tell Their Story
- By: Mark Dillon
- Narrated by: Mark Dillon
- Length: 10 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Reflecting on the Beach Boys’ long, fascinating history, this book tells the story behind 50 of the band’s greatest songs from the perspective of group members, collaborators, fellow musicians, and notable fans. The band's music is as influential now as it was 50 years ago, and this retelling of how the iconic rock group found itself in the annals of pop culture couldn't come at a better time.
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Really Disappointing
- By RGB on 06-08-24
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Fifty Sides of the Beach Boys
- The Songs That Tell Their Story
- Narrated by: Mark Dillon
- Length: 10 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 08-01-13
- Language: English
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Billy Vera: Harlem to Hollywood
- By: Billy Vera
- Narrated by: Billy Vera
- Length: 8 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Bloomsbury presents Billy Vera: Harlem to Hollywood, written and read by Billy Vera. Although he's a showbiz lifer, Billy Vera is cut from a wholly different cloth than his peers. If an artist is measured by their devotion to their craft, Harlem to Hollywood may be the purest treatise on the...
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Billy Vera: Harlem to Hollywood
- Narrated by: Billy Vera
- Length: 8 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 01-12-25
- Language: English
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Music Is History
- By: Ahmir Khalib Thompson, Questlove
- Narrated by: Questlove
- Length: 11 hrs
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Best-selling author and Sundance award-winning director Questlove harnesses his encyclopedic knowledge of popular music and his deep curiosity about history to examine America over the past 50 years. Choosing one essential track from each year, Questlove unpacks each song’s significance, revealing the pivotal role that American music plays around issues of race, gender, politics, and identity.
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Music Is History
- Narrated by: Questlove
- Length: 11 hrs
- Release date: 19-10-21
- Language: English
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Satchmo Blows Up the World
- Jazz Ambassadors Play the Cold War
- By: Penny M. Von Eschen
- Narrated by: Christina Delaine
- Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
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At the height of the ideological antagonism of the Cold War, the US State Department unleashed an unexpected tool in its battle against Communism: jazz. From 1956 through the late 1970s, America dispatched its finest jazz musicians to the far corners of the earth, from Iraq to India, from the Congo to the Soviet Union, in order to win the hearts and minds of the Third World and to counter perceptions of American racism.
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Satchmo Blows Up the World
- Jazz Ambassadors Play the Cold War
- Narrated by: Christina Delaine
- Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 10-07-18
- Language: English
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The Beatles
- Image and the Media
- By: Michael R. Frontani
- Narrated by: James Langton
- Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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The Beatles: Image and the Media charts the transformation of the Beatles from teen idols to leaders of the youth movement and powerful cultural agents. Drawing upon American mainstream print media, broadcasts, albums, films, and videos, the study covers the band's career in the United States. Michael R. Frontani explores how the Beatles' media image evolved and how this transformation related to cultural and historical events.
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The Beatles
- Image and the Media
- Narrated by: James Langton
- Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 16-03-12
- Language: English
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Miles and Me
- By: Quincy Troupe
- Narrated by: Richard Allen
- Length: 5 hrs and 35 mins
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Quincy Troupe's account of his friendship with Miles Davis is a revealing portrait of a great musician and an intimate study of a unique relationship. It is also an engrossing chronicle of the author's own development, both artistically and personally. A keen and critical observer, Troupe captures and conveys the power of Miles' presence, the mesmerizing force of his personality, and the restless energy that lay at the root of his creativity.
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Miles and Me
- Narrated by: Richard Allen
- Length: 5 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 25-09-18
- Language: English
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Good Music, Sacred Music, and Silence
- Three Gifts of God for Liturgy and for Life
- By: Peter Kwasniewski
- Narrated by: Kennedy Hall
- Length: 10 hrs and 34 mins
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More is at stake in the music we listen to or perform than most people are aware. In this vivacious and challenging work, Dr. Peter Kwasniewski—a philosopher, theologian, composer, conductor, and singer—explains why the great classical music of Western civilization is morally and intellectually good for us, as well as why certain other forms of music can actually be harmful.
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Good Music, Sacred Music, and Silence
- Three Gifts of God for Liturgy and for Life
- Narrated by: Kennedy Hall
- Length: 10 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 12-10-23
- Language: English
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Map of the Soul 7
- Persona, Shadow & Ego in the World of BTS
- By: Murray Stein
- Narrated by: James Conlan
- Length: 3 hrs and 44 mins
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Map of the Soul: 7 is a capstone of a three-album project intended to reveal the inner landscape of the human soul that is packed with rich symbolism and woven together with BTS’s signature sound and moves. Starting with the lyrics, this book launches into a deep, engaging examination of the album in the light of the psychology of Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung. The many layers of meaning embedded in the number 7 are brought to light, along with several fundamental concepts of Jungian psychology.
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Map of the Soul 7
- Persona, Shadow & Ego in the World of BTS
- Narrated by: James Conlan
- Length: 3 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 12-08-20
- Language: English
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All Shook Up
- How Rock ‘n’ Roll Changed America
- By: Glenn C. Altschuler
- Narrated by: Jack Garrett
- Length: 9 hrs and 20 mins
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As Glenn Altschuler reveals in All Shook Up, the rise of rock 'n roll--and the outraged reception to it--in fact can tell us a lot about the values of the United States in the 1950s, a decade that saw a great struggle for the control of popular culture. Altschuler shows, in particular, how rock's "switchblade beat" opened up wide fissures in American society along the fault-lines of family, sexuality, and race.
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learned so much! brilliant.
- By David on 27-07-18
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All Shook Up
- How Rock ‘n’ Roll Changed America
- Narrated by: Jack Garrett
- Length: 9 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 15-03-11
- Language: English
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