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They Just Seem a Little Weird
- How KISS, Cheap Trick, Aerosmith, and Starz Remade Rock and Roll
- Written by: Doug Brod
- Narrated by: Eric Stuart
- Length: 10 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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A veteran music journalist explores how four legendary rock bands—KISS, Cheap Trick, Aerosmith, and Starz—laid the foundation for two diametrically opposed subgenres: hair metal in the '80s and grunge in the '90s. It was the age when heavy-footed, humorless dinosaurs roamed the hard-rock...
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They Just Seem a Little Weird
- How KISS, Cheap Trick, Aerosmith, and Starz Remade Rock and Roll
- Narrated by: Eric Stuart
- Length: 10 hrs and 52 mins
- Release Date: 01-12-20
- Language: English
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Fallopian Rhapsody
- The Story of the Lunachicks
- Written by: The Lunachicks, Jeanne Fury
- Narrated by: The Lunachicks, Jeanne Fury
- Length: 9 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Dive into this no-holds-barred group autobiography of the critically acclaimed feminist punk-rock group, The Lunachicks—featuring never-before-seen materials from the band's private archive. Fallopian Rhapsody: The Story of the Lunachicks is a coming-of-age tale about a band of NYC teenagers...
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Fallopian Rhapsody
- The Story of the Lunachicks
- Narrated by: The Lunachicks, Jeanne Fury
- Length: 9 hrs and 28 mins
- Release Date: 01-06-21
- Language: English
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Please Please Tell Me Now
- The Duran Duran Story
- Written by: Stephen Davis
- Narrated by: Michael Butler Murray
- Length: 11 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Lifelong fans and interested newcomers will love this stunning biography of Duran Duran by the bestselling author of Gold Dust Woman and Hammer of the Gods. In Please Please Tell Me Now, bestselling rock biographer Stephen Davis tells the story of Duran Duran, the quintessential band of the...
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Please Please Tell Me Now
- The Duran Duran Story
- Narrated by: Michael Butler Murray
- Length: 11 hrs and 29 mins
- Release Date: 03-07-21
- Language: English
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Rocking Toward a Free World
- When the Stratocaster Beat the Kalashnikov
- Written by: András Simonyi
- Narrated by: András Simonyi
- Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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From renowned diplomat and musician András Simonyi -- whom Stephen Colbert calls "the only ambassador I know who can shred a mean guitar!" -- comes a timely and revealing memoir about growing up behind the Iron Curtain and longing for freedom while chasing the great power of rock and roll. In...
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Rocking Toward a Free World
- When the Stratocaster Beat the Kalashnikov
- Narrated by: András Simonyi
- Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
- Release Date: 04-06-19
- Language: English
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Behind the Boards, Vol. 1
- Written by: Jake Brown
- Narrated by: Jake Brown
- Length: 11 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Inside the chapters of Behind the Boards: Nashville by award-winning music biographer Jake Brown, country music fans for the first time ever are given a front-row seat inside Music Row's most famous recording studios on tours narrated by the town's biggest record producers.
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Behind the Boards, Vol. 1
- Narrated by: Jake Brown
- Length: 11 hrs and 22 mins
- Release Date: 07-07-20
- Language: English
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Tales from the Stave
- Written by: Frances Fyfield, Clemency Burton Hill
- Narrated by: Frances Fyfield, Clemency Burton Hill
- Length: 27 hrs and 40 mins
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Frances Fyfield and Clemency Burton Hill explore the tales and tribulations revealed in the hand-written music of artists including Bach, Vivaldi, Mendelssohn, Beethoven, Mozart, Handel, Stravinsky, Schubert, Rachmaninov and Chopin. Joined by world-leading musicians and musical experts, they investigate the stories behind the manuscripts for famous songs like 'On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring', and some of the best known operas and shows of all time including The Barber of Seville, The Pirates of Penzance and Madame Butterfly.
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Tales from the Stave
- Narrated by: Frances Fyfield, Clemency Burton Hill
- Length: 27 hrs and 40 mins
- Release Date: 05-08-21
- Language: English
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A Sound Mind
- How I Fell in Love with Classical Music (and Decided to Rewrite Its Entire History)
- Written by: Paul Morley
- Narrated by: Paul Morley
- Length: 24 hrs and 44 mins
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Paul Morley had stopped being surprised by modern pop music and found himself retreating into the sounds of artists he loved when, as an emerging music journalist in the '70s, he wrote for NME. But not wishing to give in to dreary nostalgia, endlessly circling back to the bands he wrote about in the past, he went searching for something new, rare and wondrous - and found it in classical music.
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A Sound Mind
- How I Fell in Love with Classical Music (and Decided to Rewrite Its Entire History)
- Narrated by: Paul Morley
- Length: 24 hrs and 44 mins
- Release Date: 01-10-20
- Language: English
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Miles and Me
- Written 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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Live at the Fillmore East and West
- Getting Backstage and Personal with Rock's Greatest Legends
- Written by: John Glatt
- Narrated by: Peter Berkrot
- Length: 13 hrs and 38 mins
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John Glatt tells the story of the Fillmores through the lives of Bill Graham, Janis Joplin, Grace Slick, Carlos Santana, and an all-star supporting cast. Chronicling the East and West Coast cultures of the late 1960s and early 1970s-New York City with its speed, heroin, and the Velvet Underground versus San Francisco with the LSD-drenched Summer of Love - Glatt reveals how Graham made it all possible. But why did Graham shutter both Fillmores within weeks of each other in 1971, during the height of their popularity?
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Live at the Fillmore East and West
- Getting Backstage and Personal with Rock's Greatest Legends
- Narrated by: Peter Berkrot
- Length: 13 hrs and 38 mins
- Release Date: 02-12-14
- Language: English
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The Legendary Horseshoe Tavern
- A Complete History
- Written by: David McPherson, Jim Cuddy
- Narrated by: Jeff Woods
- Length: 5 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Like the Queen Street strip that has been its home for seven decades, the Horseshoe Tavern continues to evolve. It remains as relevant today as it did when Jack Starr founded the country music club on the site of a former blacksmith shop. From country and rockabilly to rock ‘n’ roll, punk, alt/country, and back to roots music, the venerable live music venue has evolved with the times and trends - always keeping pace with the music.
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The Legendary Horseshoe Tavern
- A Complete History
- Narrated by: Jeff Woods
- Length: 5 hrs and 41 mins
- Release Date: 28-09-20
- Language: English
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The Life of Mozart
- Written by: Edward Holmes
- Narrated by: David Case
- Length: 11 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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In this biography, written long before the significance of Mozart's work was fully realized, Holmes reveals the musician's character and genius, his struggles, his influence on art, and the brilliant reputations that surrounded him.
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The Life of Mozart
- Narrated by: David Case
- Length: 11 hrs and 43 mins
- Release Date: 26-02-04
- Language: English
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The Book of Exodus
- The Making and Meaning of Bob Marley and the Wailers’ Album of the Century
- Written by: Vivien Goldman
- Narrated by: Vivien Goldman
- Length: 12 hrs and 54 mins
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Reggae superstar Bob Marley is one of the world’s most important and influential artists. Exodus, named by Time magazine as “Album of the Century,” is Bob Marley’s masterpiece of spiritual exploration. Recorded in London after an assassination attempt on his life sent Marley into exile from Jamaica, Exodus is the most lasting testament to his social conscience. Now, in The Book of Exodus, Goldman chronicles the making of this album, from its conception in Jamaica to the raucous but intense all-night studio sessions in London.
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The Book of Exodus
- The Making and Meaning of Bob Marley and the Wailers’ Album of the Century
- Narrated by: Vivien Goldman
- Length: 12 hrs and 54 mins
- Release Date: 24-09-19
- Language: English
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The Vinyl Frontier
- The Story of NASA’s Interstellar Mixtape
- Written by: Jonathan Scott
- Narrated by: Mark Elstob
- Length: 9 hrs and 6 mins
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In 1977 a group of scientists, artists and writers gathered in a house in Ithaca, New York to work on the most important mixtape ever conceived. It wasn’t from one person to another - it was from Earth to the cosmos. When NASA sent Voyagers 1 and 2 on a grand tour of the outer planets, they knew the ultimate fate of these plucky probes would be to drift forever in the unimaginable void of interstellar space.
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The Vinyl Frontier
- The Story of NASA’s Interstellar Mixtape
- Narrated by: Mark Elstob
- Length: 9 hrs and 6 mins
- Release Date: 26-11-20
- Language: English
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Hold Tight: Black Masculinity, Millennials and the Meaning of Grime
- Written by: Jeffrey Boakye
- Narrated by: Ben Bailey Smith
- Length: 8 hrs and 36 mins
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Hold Tight is the book that kick-started the 'Grime Library'. Bursting into bookshops in July 2017 to rave reviews and a sold-out event at Rough Trade East, Hold Tight paved the way for Grime-related books such as Wiley's Eskiboy, Dan Hancox's Inner City Pressure and DJ Target’s Grime Kids. Celebrating more than 60 key songs that make up Grime’s DNA, Jeffrey Boakye explores the meaning of the music and why it has such resonance in the UK.
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Hold Tight: Black Masculinity, Millennials and the Meaning of Grime
- Narrated by: Ben Bailey Smith
- Length: 8 hrs and 36 mins
- Release Date: 30-07-20
- Language: English
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Decoding "Despacito"
- An Oral History of Latin Music
- Written by: Leila Cobo
- Narrated by: Leila Cobo
- Length: 8 hrs and 18 mins
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A behind the scenes look at the music that is currently the soundtrack of the globe, reported on and written by Leila Cobo, Billboard's VP of Latin Music and the world's ultimate authority on popular Latin music. Decoding "Despacito" tracks the stories behind the biggest Latin hits of the past...
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Decoding "Despacito"
- An Oral History of Latin Music
- Narrated by: Leila Cobo
- Length: 8 hrs and 18 mins
- Release Date: 02-03-21
- Language: English
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1966
- The Year the Decade Exploded
- Written by: Jon Savage
- Narrated by: Richard Trinder
- Length: 21 hrs and 47 mins
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In America, in London, in Amsterdam, in Paris, revolutionary ideas fomenting since the late 1950s reached boiling point, culminating in a year in which the transient pop moment burst forth. Exploring the canonical figures, from The Beatles and Boty to Warhol and Reagan, 1966 delves deep into the social and cultural heart of the decade through masterfully compiled archival primary sources.
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1966
- The Year the Decade Exploded
- Narrated by: Richard Trinder
- Length: 21 hrs and 47 mins
- Release Date: 02-07-21
- Language: English
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Excavate!
- The Wonderful and Frightening World of The Fall
- Written 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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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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The World in Six Songs
- How the Musical Brain Created Human Nature
- Written by: Daniel Levitin
- Narrated by: Daniel Levitin
- Length: 10 hrs and 31 mins
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Dividing the sum total of human musical achievement, from Beethoven to The Beatles, Busta Rhymes to Bach, into just six fundamental forms, Levitin illuminates, through songs of friendship, joy, comfort, knowledge, religion and love, how music has been instrumental in the evolution of language, thought and culture. And how, far from being a bit of a song and dance, music is at the core of what it means to be human.
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The World in Six Songs
- How the Musical Brain Created Human Nature
- Narrated by: Daniel Levitin
- Length: 10 hrs and 31 mins
- Release Date: 16-02-21
- Language: English
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Composers
- Their Lives and Works
- Written by: DK
- Narrated by: Richard Trinder
- Length: 13 hrs and 32 mins
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Profiles offer revealing insights into what drove each individual to create the musical masterpieces - symphonies, concertos and operatic scores - that changed the direction of classical music and are still celebrated as masterpieces today. The audiobook introduces the key influences, themes and working methods of each individual, setting their works within a wider historical and cultural context.
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Composers
- Their Lives and Works
- Narrated by: Richard Trinder
- Length: 13 hrs and 32 mins
- Release Date: 16-07-20
- Language: English
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Run the Song
- Writing About Running About Listening
- Written by: Ben Ratliff
- Narrated by: Ben Ratliff
- Length: 7 hrs and 23 mins
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Run the Song is also the story of how a professional critic, frustrated with conventional modes of criticism, finds his way back to a deeper relationship with music. When stumped or preoccupied by a piece of music, Ratliff starts to think that perhaps running can tell him more about what he’s listening to—let’s run it, he’ll say. And with that, the listener in turn is invited to listen alongside one of the great listeners of our day in this wildly inventive and consistently thought-provoking chronicle of a profoundly unsettling time.
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Run the Song
- Writing About Running About Listening
- Narrated by: Ben Ratliff
- Length: 7 hrs and 23 mins
- Release Date: 08-04-25
- Language: English
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