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Excavate!
- The Wonderful and Frightening World of The Fall
- By: Tessa Norton, Bob Stanley
- Narrated by: Dean Williamson, Maxine Peake, Pat Nevin
- Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins
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Over a prolific 40-year career, The Fall created a world that was influential, idiosyncratic and fiercely original - and defied simple categorisation. Their front man and lyricist, Mark E Smith, spun opaque tales that resisted conventional understanding; The Fall's worldview was an education in its own right. Who wouldn't want to be armed with a working knowledge of M R James, shipping-dock procedures, contemporary dance, Manchester City and Can? The group inspired and shaped the lives of those who listened to and tried to make sense of their work.
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Disingenuous
- By Voice of reason on 22-05-21
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Excavate!
- The Wonderful and Frightening World of The Fall
- Narrated by: Dean Williamson, Maxine Peake, Pat Nevin
- Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 30-03-21
- Language: English
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Are We Still Rolling?
- Studios, Drugs and Rock 'N' Roll - One Man's Journey Recording Classic Albums
- By: Phill Brown
- Narrated by: Terry Brown
- Length: 12 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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From the author's first glimpse of a magical recording studio in the mid-1960s up through a busy career that continues to the present day, this rollicking story can only be told by those that were there. As the young tape operator on sessions for the Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, and Joe Cocker at the famed Olympic Sound Studios in London, Phill learned the ropes from experienced engineers and producers such as Glyn Johns and Eddie Kramer.
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An excellent tale, brilliantly told...
- By colin_mcleod@mmltd.uk.com on 27-07-15
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Are We Still Rolling?
- Studios, Drugs and Rock 'N' Roll - One Man's Journey Recording Classic Albums
- Narrated by: Terry Brown
- Length: 12 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 12-12-14
- Language: English
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Glastonbury 50
- The Official Story of Glastonbury Festival
- By: Emily Eavis, Michael Eavis
- Narrated by: Gemma Whelan, Jamael Westman, Lauren Laverne, and others
- Length: 5 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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The story begins in 1970. The day after Jimi Hendrix's death...dairy farmer Michael Eavis invites revellers to his field in Somerset to attend a 'Pop, Folk & Blues' festival. Tickets are £1 each, enticing more than a thousand customers with the promise of music, dance, poetry, theatre, lights and spontaneous entertainment - as well as free milk from his own Worthy Farm cows. Fast forward through five tumultuous decades, and the Eavises' vision now encompasses a gigantic 'city in the fields', with a total annual population nearing a quarter of a million.
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Surprised how this book translated
- By Kiran on 03-11-20
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Glastonbury 50
- The Official Story of Glastonbury Festival
- Narrated by: Gemma Whelan, Jamael Westman, Lauren Laverne, Louise Brealey, Oliver Ford Davies
- Length: 5 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 31-10-19
- Language: English
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Up Jumped the Devil
- The Real Life of Robert Johnson
- By: Bruce Conforth, Gayle Dean Wardlow
- Narrated by: Leon Nixon
- Length: 8 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Robert Johnson is the subject of the most famous myth about the blues: he allegedly sold his soul at the crossroads in exchange for his incredible talent, and this deal led to his death at age 27. But the actual story of his life remains unknown save for a few inaccurate anecdotes. Up Jumped the Devil is the result of over 50 years of research. Gayle Dean Wardlow has been interviewing people who knew Robert Johnson since the early 1960s, and he was the person who discovered Johnson's death certificate in 1967.
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Shining new light on life of Robert Johnson
- By Amazon Customer on 14-02-25
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Up Jumped the Devil
- The Real Life of Robert Johnson
- Narrated by: Leon Nixon
- Length: 8 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 04-06-19
- Language: English
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The Story of Us
- How the Taylor Swift Fandom Changed Our Lives
- By: Olivia Levin
- Narrated by: Olivia Levin
- Length: 5 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER We've had the time of our lives as Swifties, and now that story—full of boundless joy, unexpected friendships, cherished memories, and wild theories—lives in this celebration of our fandom and the reason were all here: Taylor Swift. We all know how it...
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The Story of Us
- How the Taylor Swift Fandom Changed Our Lives
- Narrated by: Olivia Levin
- Length: 5 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 14-04-26
- Language: English
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This Ain't Rock 'n' Roll
- Pop Music, the Swastika and the Third Reich
- By: Daniel Rachel
- Narrated by: Billy Bragg, Daniel Rachel
- Length: 14 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY BILLY BRAGG Over the last seven decades, some of rock 'n' roll's most celebrated figureheads have flirted with the imagery and theatre of the Third Reich. From Keith Moon and Vivian Stanshall kitting themselves out in Nazi uniforms to Siouxsie Sioux and Sid Vicious...
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This Ain't Rock 'n' Roll
- Pop Music, the Swastika and the Third Reich
- Narrated by: Billy Bragg, Daniel Rachel
- Length: 14 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 06-11-25
- Language: English
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How Music Works
- The Science and Psychology of Beautiful Sounds, from Beethoven to the Beatles and Beyond
- By: John Powell
- Narrated by: Walter Dixon
- Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Have you ever wondered how off-key you are while singing in the shower? Or if your Bob Dylan albums really sound better on vinyl? Or why certain songs make you cry? Now, scientist and musician John Powell invites you on an entertaining journey through the world of music. Discover what distinguishes music from plain old noise, how scales help you memorize songs, what the humble recorder teaches you about timbre (assuming your suffering listeners don’t break it first), and more.
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Music is my business
- By M. Russell on 24-03-11
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How Music Works
- The Science and Psychology of Beautiful Sounds, from Beethoven to the Beatles and Beyond
- Narrated by: Walter Dixon
- Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 20-12-10
- Language: English
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The Way It Was
- My Life with Frank Sinatra
- By: Eliot Weisman
- Narrated by: David Aston Reese
- Length: 9 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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A candid and eye-opening inside look at the final decades of Sinatra's life told by his longtime manager and friend, Eliot Weisman. By the time Weisman met Sinatra in 1976, he was already the Voice, a man who held sway over popular music and pop culture for forty years, who had risen to the...
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Fascinating insight and entertaining
- By Ben E. on 06-12-20
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The Way It Was
- My Life with Frank Sinatra
- Narrated by: David Aston Reese
- Length: 9 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 24-10-17
- Language: English
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The Beautiful Ones
- By: Prince
- Narrated by: Adepero Oduye, Dan Piepenbring, Esperanza Spalding
- Length: 3 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Brought to you by Penguin. The brilliant coming-of-age-and-into-superstardom story of one of the greatest artists of all time, in his own words - featuring the exquisite memoir he began writing before his tragic death. Prince was a musical genius, one of the most beloved, accomplished, and...
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Over before it's begun
- By Jo Scofield on 06-11-19
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The Beautiful Ones
- Narrated by: Adepero Oduye, Dan Piepenbring, Esperanza Spalding
- Length: 3 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 29-10-19
- Language: English
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Still in a Dream
- Shoegaze, Slackers and the Reinvention of Rock, 1984–1994
- By: Simon Reynolds
- Narrated by: Alexander Arnold
- Length: 10 hrs
- Unabridged
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The definitive story of the slackers and shoegazers who reinvented rock. Twenty years after his acclaimed postpunk best-seller, Rip It Up and Start Again, Simon Reynolds tells the tale of what happened next: the underground explosion of noisepop, shoegaze, slacker rock and grunge that...
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Still in a Dream
- Shoegaze, Slackers and the Reinvention of Rock, 1984–1994
- Narrated by: Alexander Arnold
- Length: 10 hrs
- Release date: 18-06-26
- 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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Revolution in the Head
- The Beatles’ Records and the Sixties
- By: Ian MacDonald
- Length: 14 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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'The masterpiece The Beatles deserved' Vox 'The finest piece of Fabs scholarship ever published' MOJO Revolution in the Head goes to the heart of The Beatles – their records. Drawing on his unique knowledge and experience to 'read' their tracks, Ian MacDonald offers a detailed examination of...
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Revolution in the Head
- The Beatles’ Records and the Sixties
- Length: 14 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 05-11-26
- Language: English
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Rock & Roll Nightmares
- True Stories, Volume 2: True Crime & Strange Stories About Rock Stars
- By: Staci Layne Wilson
- Narrated by: Andy Garrison
- Length: 13 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Rock & Roll Nightmares, Volume 1 scratched the sinister surface with tales of the 27 Club, rock ‘n’ roll suicides, plane crashes, curses, and more. Now the award-winning series continues with concert mayhem, a look at the “baby groupie” trend of the 1970s, Satanic panic, horrific home invasions, musicians who’ve died on stage, rockers who lived on borrowed time, gun-toting music producers, deadly DJs, and much more.
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the best rock book I've listened to for a while
- By Katie on 14-04-26
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Rock & Roll Nightmares
- True Stories, Volume 2: True Crime & Strange Stories About Rock Stars
- Narrated by: Andy Garrison
- Series: Rock & Roll Nightmares, Book 4
- Length: 13 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 15-05-23
- Language: English
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Vocal Break
- On Women, Music and Power
- By: Lauren Elkin
- Narrated by: Lauren Elkin
- Length: 9 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Brought to you by Penguin. A dazzlingly original reassessment of the power and plurality of women's singing voices by the critically acclaimed author of Art Monsters and Scaffolding For millennia, women’s raised voices have been heard as unruly, uncivilized, dangerous. Women singing were cast...
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Vocal Break
- On Women, Music and Power
- Narrated by: Lauren Elkin
- Length: 9 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 21-05-26
- 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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And Party Every Day
- The Inside Story of Casablanca Records
- By: Larry Harris, Curt Gooch, Jeff Suhs
- Narrated by: Larry Harris
- Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Now it can be told! The true, behind-the-scenes story of Casablanca Records, from an eyewitness to the excess and insanity. Casablanca was not a product of the 1970s, it was the 1970s. From 1974 to 1980, the landscape of American culture was a banquet of hedonism and self-indulgence, and no person or company in that era was more emblematic of the times than Casablanca Records and its magnetic founder, Neil Bogart.
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Superb
- By Linda T on 23-10-22
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And Party Every Day
- The Inside Story of Casablanca Records
- Narrated by: Larry Harris
- Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 30-03-11
- Language: English
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A History of the World in 50 Pieces
- An Official Radio 3 book
- By: Tom Service
- Narrated by: Tom Service
- Length: 6 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Brought to you by Penguin. Explore how music has changed our world through 50 pieces across classical, folk and world traditions with BBC presenter Tom Service, in this official Radio 3 compendium. Music transports us and defines us. As a form of expression, it has been passed down through oral...
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A History of the World in 50 Pieces
- An Official Radio 3 book
- Narrated by: Tom Service
- Length: 6 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 13-11-25
- Language: English
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Willie, Waylon, and the Boys
- How Nashville Outsiders Changed Country Music Forever
- By: Brian Fairbanks
- Narrated by: Tyler Darby
- Length: 13 hrs and 48 mins
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The tragic and inspiring story of the leaders of Outlaw country and their influence on today’s Alt-County and Americana superstars, tracing a path from Waylon Jennings’ survival on the Day the Music Died through to the Highwaymen and on to the current creative and commercial explosion of...
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Wonderful
- By MR NICHOLAS BALL on 17-05-26
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Willie, Waylon, and the Boys
- How Nashville Outsiders Changed Country Music Forever
- Narrated by: Tyler Darby
- Length: 13 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 04-06-24
- Language: English
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Minimalist Music
- Genre: A 33 1/3 Series
- By: George Grella Jr.
- Narrated by: Ryan Wilson
- Length: 4 hrs and 2 mins
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Minimalism as a genre is best defined not by any style or flavor but by its means. A still young genre with ancient roots, minimalism is much less any kind of style than a practice, a manner of making music. Reviving those means and applying them to contemporary sounds and experiences, the pioneers of minimalism created a new and avant-garde music that immediately communicated its power to listeners of all kinds.
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Minimalist Music
- Genre: A 33 1/3 Series
- Narrated by: Ryan Wilson
- Series: Genre: A 33 1/3 Series
- Length: 4 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 30-04-26
- Language: English
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Hip Hop America
- By: Nelson George
- Narrated by: Brandon Dirden
- Length: 9 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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From Nelson George, supervising producer and writer of the hit Netflix series The Get Down, Hip Hop America is the definitive account of the society-altering collision between Black youth culture and the mass media.
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Hip Hop America
- Narrated by: Brandon Dirden
- Length: 9 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 18-05-21
- Language: English
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