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Johann Sebastian Bach
- The Learned Musician
- By: Christoph Wolff
- Narrated by: John Pruden
- Length: 21 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Although we have heard the music of J. S. Bach in countless performances and recordings, the composer himself still comes across only as an enigmatic figure in a single familiar portrait. As we mark the 250th anniversary of Bach's death, author Christoph Wolff presents a new picture that brings to life this towering figure of the Baroque era. This engaging new biography portrays Bach as the living, breathing, and sometimes imperfect human being that he was, while bringing to bear all the advances of the last half-century of Bach scholarship.
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There are a lot of boring lists!!
- By Chris N. on 17-05-21
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Johann Sebastian Bach
- The Learned Musician
- Narrated by: John Pruden
- Length: 21 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 22-01-19
- Language: English
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The History of Gangster Rap
- From Schoolly D to Kendrick Lamar, the Rise of a Great American Art Form
- By: Soren Baker, Xzibit - foreword
- Narrated by: James Shippy, Soren Baker
- Length: 11 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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The History of Gangster Rap is a deep dive into one of the most fascinating subgenres of any music category to date. Sixteen detailed chapters, organized chronologically, examine the evolution of gangster rap, its main players, and the culture that created this revolutionary music. From still-swirling conspiracy theories about the murders of Biggie and Tupac to the release of the 2015 film Straight Outta Compton, the era of gangster rap is one that fascinates music junkies and remains at the forefront of pop culture.
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The History of Gangster Rap
- From Schoolly D to Kendrick Lamar, the Rise of a Great American Art Form
- Narrated by: James Shippy, Soren Baker
- Length: 11 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 23-07-19
- Language: English
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Maximum Volume: The Life of Beatles Producer George Martin
- The Early Years, 1926-1966
- By: Kenneth Womack
- Narrated by: Paul Woodson
- Length: 15 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Maximum Volume offers a glimpse into the mind, the music, and the man behind the sound of the Beatles. George Martin's working-class childhood and musical influences profoundly shaped his early career in the BBC's Classical Music department and as head of the EMI Group's Parlophone Records. Out of them flowed the genius behind his seven years producing the Beatles' incredible body of work, including such albums as Rubber Soul, Revolver, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, and Abbey Road.
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A legend
- By keith on 03-09-17
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Maximum Volume: The Life of Beatles Producer George Martin
- The Early Years, 1926-1966
- Narrated by: Paul Woodson
- Length: 15 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 01-09-17
- Language: English
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King of the Groove
- How One Dream Transformed into 60 Years of Making Legendary Music
- By: John Robinson, Allison Mang, Ralph Benmergui
- Narrated by: John JR Robinson
- Length: 7 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Grammy winner John JR Robinson's bestselling memoir, "King of the Groove - How One Dream Transformed into 60 Years of Making Legendary Music," is captivating listeners with behind-the-scenes stories from his unprecedented six-decade career. This book plays a part in helping others to find new ways to believe in themselves. The memoir, featuring a foreword by the late, Quincy Jones offers listener and listeners an intimate glimpse into Robinson's journey from small-town Creston, Iowa into a legacy of over 500 million records sold, proving that rhythm isn't just what he does—it's who he is.
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Amazing person
- By Þorsteinn Lýðsson on 20-11-25
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King of the Groove
- How One Dream Transformed into 60 Years of Making Legendary Music
- Narrated by: John JR Robinson
- Length: 7 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 21-04-25
- Language: English
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Fornication
- The Red Hot Chili Peppers Story
- By: Jeff Apter
- Narrated by: Adrian Mulraney
- Length: 15 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Here is the extreme story of the indestructible LA group, from their early funk days to eventual success as one of America's top-selling bands. Despite an epic reputation for exhibitionism, drug taking and drunkenness, through it all the Chili Peppers have continued to produce records that shock, challenge and intrigue their fans.
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Must read if papers fan
- By Amazon Customer on 09-03-23
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Fornication
- The Red Hot Chili Peppers Story
- Narrated by: Adrian Mulraney
- Length: 15 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 14-05-12
- 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
- Unabridged
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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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Foreground Music
- A Life in Fifteen Gigs
- By: Graham Duff
- Narrated by: Graham Duff
- Length: 9 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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The result of a lifetime's passion for gig-going by one of British television's most respected writers, Foreground Music is at once enthusiastically detailed and tremendously illuminating - of both the concert moment and its place in popular culture. It is an engaging memoir of a life lived to the fullest, and a vivid, insightful, and humorous exploration of what music writing might be. Foreground Music captures the energy and power of life-changing gigs, while tracing the evolution of 40 years of musical movements and subcultures.
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Absolutely loved it
- By SDH on 21-07-25
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Foreground Music
- A Life in Fifteen Gigs
- Narrated by: Graham Duff
- Length: 9 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 17-12-19
- Language: English
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1967 – The World of Brian Epstein and The Beatles
- The address book that defined an era
- By: Gary Kemp, Simon Halfon
- Length: 8 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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When I first saw Brian Epstein’s black Twinlock binder, I was struck by how small and unassuming it was – just 160 by 100 millimetres, the kind of thing you could slip into a coat pocket. But inside, it held a universe. The book felt alive, buzzing, ready and waiting to be explored. So I dug...
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1967 – The World of Brian Epstein and The Beatles
- The address book that defined an era
- Length: 8 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 13-10-26
- Language: English
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Krautrock
- Genre: A 33 1/3 Series
- By: Marshall Gu
- Narrated by: Adam Sims
- Length: 4 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Bloomsbury presents Krautrock by Marshall Gu, read by Adam Sims. Krautrock is not a music genre. Krautrock is a way of life. Its sonic diversity and global reach belie the common culture from where it emerged. This is a band-by-band history. In May 1945, the Allies defeated Nazi Germany, putting...
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Krautrock
- Genre: A 33 1/3 Series
- Narrated by: Adam Sims
- Series: Genre: A 33 1/3 Series
- Length: 4 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 29-04-25
- Language: English
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Goodbye, Guns N' Roses
- The Crime, Beauty, and Amplified Chaos of America's Most Polarizing Band
- By: Art Tavana
- Narrated by: Peter Berkrot
- Length: 10 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Goodbye, Guns N' Roses is a genre-rattling attempt to explain the appeal of America's most divisive rock band. While it includes uncharted history and the self-lacerating connoisseurship of a Guns N' Roses fetishist, it is not a recycled chronicle - this book is a deconstruction of myth, one that blends high and low art sketches to examine how Guns N' Roses impacted popular culture.
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I'm somewhat glad this was free
- By Villordsutch on 01-08-23
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Goodbye, Guns N' Roses
- The Crime, Beauty, and Amplified Chaos of America's Most Polarizing Band
- Narrated by: Peter Berkrot
- Length: 10 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 13-04-21
- Language: English
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Composers
- Their Lives and Works
- By: DK
- Narrated by: Richard Trinder
- Length: 13 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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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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Shiny and New
- Ten Moments of Pop Genius That Defined the ’80s
- By: Dylan Jones
- Narrated by: Simon Slater
- Length: 10 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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The '80s were about big ideas writ large - new money, new style, gender fluidity, gay pride, attritional politics, the 'special relationship', nuclear fear, AIDS, cocaine, ecstasy, tabloid royalty, the rise of urban pop and ultimately geopolitical chaos. Using a big narrative approach, Dylan Jones' history of the decade in pop frames the decade through some of its most important and popular hits, choosing records that either epitomised their time or ushered in a new cultural shift.
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Very good but slightly annoying performance
- By P.Barnhill on 12-05-22
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Shiny and New
- Ten Moments of Pop Genius That Defined the ’80s
- Narrated by: Simon Slater
- Length: 10 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 08-07-21
- Language: English
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Torment Saint
- The Life of Elliott Smith
- By: William Todd Schultz
- Narrated by: Christopher Ragland
- Length: 17 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Bloomsbury presents Torment Saint by William Todd Schultz, read by Christopher Ragland Elliott Smith was one of the most gifted songwriters of the nineties, adored by worshipful fans for his subtly melancholic words and melodies. The sadness had its sources in the life. There was trauma from an...
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Torment Saint
- The Life of Elliott Smith
- Narrated by: Christopher Ragland
- Length: 17 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 28-04-26
- Language: English
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The Life of Mozart
- 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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Intensely moving, expert account of a great spirit
- By Enobarbus on 11-01-24
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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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George Michael's Faith
- 33 1/3
- By: Matthew Horton
- Narrated by: Shea Taylor
- Length: 4 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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On Saturday, June 28, 1986, George Michael picked up his tasseled leather jacket, walked out of London’s Wembley Stadium and cheerfully tore up five years of glittering pop history. He’d just disposed of Wham!, the band he’d formed with school friend Andrew Ridgeley when they were teenagers, and now, at 23, he knew he was all grown up. He just needed to convince everyone else.
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George Michael's Faith
- 33 1/3
- Narrated by: Shea Taylor
- Length: 4 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 13-05-25
- Language: English
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I Thought I Heard You Speak
- Women at Factory Records
- By: Audrey Golden
- Narrated by: Audrey Golden, Ebony Jonelle, Jessica Joslin
- Length: 16 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Factory Records has become the stuff of legend. The histories of the label have been told from many perspectives, from visual catalogues and memoirs to exhibitions. Yet no in-depth history has ever been told from the perspectives of the women who were integral to Factory's cultural significance. Told entirely in their voices, I Thought I Heard You Speak is an oral history that reveals the true cultural reach of the label and its staying power in the twenty-first century.
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Setting the record strait
- By Mrs Vivienne Wilson on 25-06-23
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I Thought I Heard You Speak
- Women at Factory Records
- Narrated by: Audrey Golden, Ebony Jonelle, Jessica Joslin
- Length: 16 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 04-05-23
- 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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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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Willin'
- The Story of Little Feat
- By: Ben Fong-Torres
- Narrated by: Ben Fong-Torres
- Length: 9 hrs and 52 mins
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The saga of the legendary Los Angeles band Little Feat is one of rock 'n' roll's great stories. Formed in 1969 by ex-members of Frank Zappa's Mothers of Invention, Little Feat created groove-heavy music that was an irresistible mix of rock, blues, R&B, country, jazz, soul, and funk. Fronted by the charismatic but doomed vocalist and brilliant slide guitarist Lowell George, the band recorded such classic studio albums as Sailin' Shoes and Dixie Chicken, as well as Waiting for Columbus, which many consider to be one of the best live albums of all time.
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Willin'
- The Story of Little Feat
- Narrated by: Ben Fong-Torres
- Length: 9 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 25-01-21
- Language: English
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David Bowie Made Me Gay
- 100 Years of LGBT Music
- By: Darryl W. Bullock
- Narrated by: Darryl W. Bullock
- Length: 11 hrs and 43 mins
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A groundbreaking book exploring the breadth of history of recorded music by and for the LGBT community and how those records influenced the evolution of the music we listen to today. From Sia to Elton John, from Billie Holiday to David Bowie, LGBT musicians have changed the course of modern music. But before their music - and the messages behind it - gained understanding and a place in the mainstream, how did the queer musicians of yesteryear fight to build foundations for those who would follow them?
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A superb history
- By N W. on 24-10-22
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David Bowie Made Me Gay
- 100 Years of LGBT Music
- Narrated by: Darryl W. Bullock
- Length: 11 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 30-04-19
- Language: English
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