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  • Uncommon People cover art

    • Uncommon People

    • Britpop and Beyond in 20 Songs
    • By: Miranda Sawyer
    • Narrated by: Miranda Sawyer
    • Length: 10 hrs and 3 mins
    • Release date: 24-10-24
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 4 ratings

    • When Miranda Sawyer interviewed Liam Gallagher in 1994, his gag wishing Damon Albarn would die of AIDS became front-page news all over the world. This fascinating pop history, exploring the moment British music suddenly meant everything, explains why.

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    • Deliver Me from Nowhere

    • The Making of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska
    • By: Warren Zanes
    • Narrated by: Warren Zanes
    • Length: 7 hrs and 27 mins
    • Release date: 02-05-23
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 25 ratings

    • Without Nebraska, Bruce Springsteen might not be who he is today. The natural follow-up to Springsteen’s hugely successful album The River should have been the hit-packed Born in the U.S.A....

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    • Musical Truth, Volume 3

    • By: Mark Devlin
    • Narrated by: Mark Devlin
    • Series: Musical Truth, Book 3
    • Length: 17 hrs and 45 mins
    • Release date: 09-03-23
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 22 ratings

    • Musical Truth Volume 3 completes club and radio DJ-turned author/ researcher Mark Devlin’s trilogy of books, exposing the real nature of the corporate music industry and those that populate it....

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    • Sweet Dreams Are Made of This

    • A Life in Music
    • By: Dave Stewart
    • Narrated by: Dave Stewart, Mick Jagger (Foreword)
    • Length: 10 hrs and 26 mins
    • Release date: 09-02-16
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 103 ratings

    • A no-holds-barred look into the remarkable life and career of the prolific musician, songwriter, and producer behind Eurythmics and dozens of pop hits. Dave Stewart’s life has been a wild ride - one filled with music, constant reinvention, and the never-ending drive to create....

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    • Original Gangstas

    • The Untold Story of Dr. Dre, Eazy-E, Ice Cube, Tupac Shakur, and the Birth of West Coast Rap
    • By: Ben Westhoff
    • Narrated by: J.D. Jackson
    • Length: 15 hrs and 17 mins
    • Release date: 15-09-16
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 162 ratings
    • A monumental, revealing narrative history about the legendary group of artists at the forefront of West Coast hip-hop: Eazy-E, Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, Snoop Dogg, and Tupac Shakur....

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    • The Art of Darkness

    • The History of Goth
    • By: John Robb
    • Narrated by: John Robb
    • Length: 27 hrs and 15 mins
    • Release date: 02-01-24
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 14 ratings

    • This is the first comprehensive history of goth music and culture. John Robb explores the origins and legacy of this enduring scene, which has its roots in the post-punk era....

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    • Rip It up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978-1984

    • By: Simon Reynolds
    • Narrated by: Liam Wheatley
    • Length: 23 hrs and 39 mins
    • Release date: 06-06-24
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 4 ratings

    • In this, the first book to take a big-picture view of the entire post punk period, acclaimed author and music journalist Simon Reynolds recreates a time of tremendous urgency and idealism in pop music.

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  • Crate Digger: An Obsession with Punk Records cover art

    • Crate Digger: An Obsession with Punk Records

    • By: Bob Suren
    • Narrated by: Bob Suren
    • Length: 6 hrs and 11 mins
    • Release date: 15-05-18
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 2 ratings

    • A small-town Florida teenager discovers punk rock through a loaned mix tape, and punk music and culture slowly takes over all aspects of his life. Slowly his life's pursuit pushes him to the point of personal ruination and, ultimately, redemption....

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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
    • Release date: 20-12-10
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 113 ratings
    • An enthralling investigation into the mysteries of music....

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    • 1966

    • The Year the Decade Exploded
    • By: Jon Savage
    • Narrated by: Richard Trinder
    • Length: 21 hrs and 47 mins
    • Release date: 02-07-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 26 ratings

    • 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....

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  • All Things Must Pass Away cover art

    • All Things Must Pass Away

    • Harrison, Clapton, and Other Assorted Love Songs
    • By: Kenneth Womack, Jason Kruppa
    • Narrated by: Paul Woodson
    • Length: 11 hrs and 13 mins
    • Release date: 20-07-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 21 ratings

    • George Harrison and Eric Clapton shared a legendary and tumultuous friendship that shaped not only their respective lives and careers, but the shifting face of rock itself in the early 1970s. All Things Must Pass Away traces that friendship from its earliest roots in 1964....

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    • Music

    • A Subversive History
    • By: Ted Gioia
    • Narrated by: Jamie Renell
    • Length: 17 hrs and 55 mins
    • Release date: 15-10-19
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 41 ratings

    • "A dauntingly ambitious, obsessively researched" (Los Angeles Times) global history of music that reveals how songs have shifted societies and sparked revolutions....

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  • Overpaid, Oversexed and Over There cover art

    • Overpaid, Oversexed and Over There

    • How a Few Skinny Brits with Bad Teeth Rocked America
    • By: David Hepworth
    • Narrated by: David Hepworth
    • Length: 11 hrs and 41 mins
    • Release date: 17-09-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 121 ratings

    • The Beatles landing in New York in February 1964 was the opening shot in a cultural revolution nobody predicted....

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    • Mud Ride

    • A Messy Trip Through the Grunge Explosion
    • By: Steve Turner
    • Narrated by: Lloyd Floyd, Steve Turner
    • Length: 6 hrs and 51 mins
    • Release date: 13-06-23
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 11 ratings

    • A down-and-dirty chronicle of the birth and evolution of the Seattle grunge scene—from backyard skateboard ramps and underground hardcore clubs to worldwide phenomenon—as told by one of its founding fathers and lead guitarist of legendary alternative rock band, Mudhoney....

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    • Tales from the Dancefloor

    • Manchester, The Warehouse Project, Parklife, Sankeys, The Haçienda
    • By: Sacha Lord
    • Narrated by: Sacha Lord
    • Length: 7 hrs and 10 mins
    • Release date: 11-04-24
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 31 ratings

    • The undisputed prince of the night, Sacha Lord, presents a celebration of the music, culture and people of Manchester....

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    • Delta Blues

    • The Life and Times of the Mississippi Masters Who Revolutionized American Music
    • By: Ted Gioia
    • Narrated by: Chris Abernathy
    • Length: 17 hrs and 17 mins
    • Release date: 16-03-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 13 ratings

    • Tracing the history of the Delta blues from the field hollers and plantation music of the 19th century to the exploits of modern-day musicians in the Delta tradition, Delta Blues tells the full story of this timeless and unforgettable music....

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    • Paper Cuts

    • How I Destroyed the British Music Press and Other Misadventures
    • By: Ted Kessler
    • Narrated by: Ted Kessler
    • Length: 9 hrs and 18 mins
    • Release date: 21-07-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 60 ratings

    • Paper Cuts is the inside story of the slow death of the British music press. But it's also a love letter to it, the tale of how music magazines saved one man's life....

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  • The McCartney Legacy cover art

    • The McCartney Legacy

    • Volume 1: 1969 – 73
    • By: Allan Kozinn, Adrian Sinclair
    • Narrated by: Simon Vance
    • Series: The McCartney Legacy, Book 1
    • Length: 29 hrs and 42 mins
    • Release date: 13-12-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 35 ratings

    • In this first of a groundbreaking multivolume set, THE MCCARTNEY LEGACY, VOL 1: 1969-73 captures the life of Paul McCartney in the years immediately following the dissolution of the Beatles, a period in which McCartney recreated himself as both a man and a musician....

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    • The History of Jazz, Second Edition

    • By: Ted Gioia
    • Narrated by: Bob Souer
    • Length: 21 hrs and 59 mins
    • Release date: 14-05-14
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 65 ratings
    • Ted Gioia's History of Jazz has been universally hailed as a classic - acclaimed by jazz critics and fans around the world....

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    • God Only Knows

    • The Story of Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys and the California Myth
    • By: David Leaf
    • Narrated by: Alex Knox, David Leaf
    • Length: 19 hrs and 37 mins
    • Release date: 21-03-23
    • Language: English
    • 3.5 out of 5 stars 2 ratings

    • Originally published in 1978 as The Beach Boys and the California Myth, this groundbreaking study was both the first full-length book on the band and the first to recognize Brian Wilson as one of the most significant and influential artists of the twentieth century....

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