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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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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
- Unabridged
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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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Rock*
- A Mainstream Alternative History of Alternative Mainstream Music
- By: Chuck Klosterman
- Length: 8 hrs
- Unabridged
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Kaleidoscopic culture critic Chuck Klosterman rewrites the history of reality, built off a question that has never been asked or (in all likelihood) even considered: What if Phillip K. Dick’s The Man in the High Castle was actually about rock music? The Velvet Underground & Nico was released...
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Rock*
- A Mainstream Alternative History of Alternative Mainstream Music
- Length: 8 hrs
- Release date: 22-09-26
- Language: English
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Nilsson
- The Life of a Singer-Songwriter
- By: Alyn Shipton
- Narrated by: L. J. Ganser
- Length: 16 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Paul McCartney and John Lennon described him as the Beatles' "favorite group", he won Grammy awards, wrote and recorded hit songs, and yet no figure in popular music is as much of a paradox, or as underrated, as Harry Nilsson. In this first ever full-length biography, Alyn Shipton traces Nilsson's life from his Brooklyn childhood to his Los Angeles adolescence and his gradual emergence as a uniquely talented singer-songwriter.
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Super
- By William on 12-03-17
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Nilsson
- The Life of a Singer-Songwriter
- Narrated by: L. J. Ganser
- Length: 16 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 06-05-14
- Language: English
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Life & Works - Franz Schubert
- By: Jeremy Siepmann
- Narrated by: Jeremy Siepmann, Tom George, Peter Yapp, and others
- Length: 4 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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The life of Franz Schubert has been a gift to romantically inclined biographers: the beautiful, brilliant, modest boy who sprang to fully fledged genius at the age of sixteen; the quintessential ‘artist in a garret’, entirely consumed by his art and living a hand-to-mouth existence in Vienna (home of Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven); the gentle, cheerful, convivial young man who prized friendship almost as highly as music itself; the unworldly poet from whom great music poured like water from a fountain; the unrecognized master who died almost penniless at the age of 31.
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Schubert realised
- By karen on 01-02-18
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Life & Works - Franz Schubert
- Narrated by: Jeremy Siepmann, Tom George, Peter Yapp, Stephen Critchlow, Sean Barrett, Jonathan Keeble, Charlie Simpson
- Length: 4 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 13-11-12
- Language: English
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Swingin' at the Savoy
- By: Norma Miller, Evette Jensen
- Narrated by: Bettye Zoller Seitz
- Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Dancer, award-winning choreographer, show producer, stand-up comedienne, TV/film actress, and author, Norma Miller shares her touching historical memoir of Harlem's legendary Savoy Ballroom and the phenomenal music and dance craze that "spread the power of Swing across the world like Wildfire". It was a time when the music was Swing, and Harlem was king.
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Swingin' at the Savoy
- Narrated by: Bettye Zoller Seitz
- Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 28-07-14
- 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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Can't Be Satisfied
- The Life and Times of Muddy Waters
- By: Robert Gordon
- Narrated by: Keb' Mo'
- Length: 12 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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“A biography that crackles with as much energy as the great bluesman’s songs.” —Ted Drozdowski, Boston Phoenix The epic, rollicking, up-and-down life of Muddy Waters—who went from Mississippi farmhand to musical legend, invented electric blues, and created the template for the...
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Can't Be Satisfied
- The Life and Times of Muddy Waters
- Narrated by: Keb' Mo'
- Length: 12 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 16-04-24
- 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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Waiting for Britney Spears
- A True Story, Allegedly
- By: Jeff Weiss
- Narrated by: Jeff Weiss, Mel Bouzad, Sedona Soluoshon
- Length: 9 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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"Like a J.D. Salinger novel rolled in Hunter S. Thompson's hallucinogen dust." —Ann Powers, author of Travelling: On the Path of Joni Mitchell "[Waiting for Britney Spears] transformed and transported me." ―Hanif Abdurraqib, author of There's Always This Year A frenetic, gonzo account of...
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Fantastic book!
- By Beth on 18-10-25
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Waiting for Britney Spears
- A True Story, Allegedly
- Narrated by: Jeff Weiss, Mel Bouzad, Sedona Soluoshon
- Length: 9 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 10-06-25
- Language: English
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The History of Rock 'n' Roll in Ten Songs
- By: Greil Marcus
- Narrated by: Henry Rollins
- Length: 6 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Unlike all previous versions of rock 'n' roll history, this book omits almost every iconic performer and ignores the storied events and turning points everyone knows. Instead, in a daring stroke, Greil Marcus selects 10 songs recorded between 1956 and 2008 and then proceeds to dramatize how each embodies rock 'n' roll as a thing in itself in the story it tells, inhabits, and acts out - a new language, something new under the sun.
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Excellent listen
- By mattnesbitt on 29-03-26
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The History of Rock 'n' Roll in Ten Songs
- Narrated by: Henry Rollins
- Length: 6 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 27-01-15
- Language: English
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Bowie
- By: Simon Critchley, Eric Hanson
- Narrated by: Simon Critchley
- Length: 1 hr and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Simon Critchley first encountered David Bowie in the early '70s, when the singer appeared on Britain's most-watched music show, Top of the Pops. His performance of "Starman" mesmerized Critchley: it was "so sexual, so knowing, so strange". Two days later Critchley's mum bought a copy of the single; she liked both the song and the performer's bright orange hair (she had previously been a hairdresser). The seed of a lifelong love affair was thus planted in the mind of her son, aged 12.
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he's gettin it
- By M GARVIN on 09-08-21
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Bowie
- Narrated by: Simon Critchley
- Length: 1 hr and 35 mins
- Release date: 08-01-15
- Language: English
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Clubland
- How the working men’s club shaped Britain
- By: Pete Brown
- Length: 9 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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The untold story of a British institution ‘Brilliant.’ Alan Johnson ‘Compelling.’ David Kynaston ‘The beer drinkers’ Bill Bryson.’ Times Literary Supplement Ferment Magazine’s Best Beer Book of the Year Pete Brown is a convivial guide on this journey through the intoxicating...
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A beautiful historical work of art.
- By Dr on 03-02-23
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Clubland
- How the working men’s club shaped Britain
- Length: 9 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 09-06-22
- Language: English
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Howling at the Moon
- The Odyssey of a Monstrous Music Mogul in an Age of Excess
- By: Walter Yetnikoff, David Ritz
- Narrated by: Walter Yetnikoff
- Length: 6 hrs and 14 mins
- Abridged
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Show biz memoir at its name-dropping, bridge-burning, profane best: the music industry’s most outspoken, outrageous, and phenomenally successful executive delivers a rollicking memoir of pop music’s heyday. During the 1970s and '80s the music business was dominated by a few major labels and...
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Needs a technical fix
- By Amazon Customer on 21-03-21
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Howling at the Moon
- The Odyssey of a Monstrous Music Mogul in an Age of Excess
- Narrated by: Walter Yetnikoff
- Length: 6 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 08-03-04
- Language: English
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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
- Unabridged
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Overall62
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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. Ted Kessler left home and school around his 17th birthday, determined 'to be someone who listened to music professionally'. That dream appeared forlorn when he was later arrested for theft behind the counter of the record shop he managed during acid house's long hot summer of love.
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Painfully middle of the road
- By Karmel Mandrick on 25-01-25
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Paper Cuts
- How I Destroyed the British Music Press and Other Misadventures
- Narrated by: Ted Kessler
- Length: 9 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 21-07-22
- Language: English
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Space Is the Place
- The Lives and Times of Sun Ra
- By: John Szwed
- Narrated by: Leon Nixon
- Length: 16 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Considered by many to be a founder of Afrofuturism, Sun Ra - a.k.a. Herman Blount - was a composer, keyboardist, bandleader, philosopher, entrepreneur, poet, and self-proclaimed extraterrestrial from Saturn. He recorded over 200 albums with his Arkestra, which, dressed in Egypto-space costumes, played everything from boogie-woogie and swing to fusion and free jazz.
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Well that was quite the story and experience!
- By L. Alexander on 22-06-22
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Space Is the Place
- The Lives and Times of Sun Ra
- Narrated by: Leon Nixon
- Length: 16 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 09-11-21
- Language: English
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Magnum Opus
- The Unbelievable 15-Year Saga of Guns N' Roses' Chinese Democracy
- By: James Greene Jr.
- Narrated by: Christopher Ragland
- Length: 11 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Bloomsbury presents Magnum Opus: The Unbelievable 15-Year Saga of Guns N’ Roses’ Chinese Democracy by James Greene, read by Christopher Ragland. By 1993, Guns N’ Roses had hit practically every benchmark possible for a rock n’ roll band. Their eight-year journey had included an explosive...
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Magnum Opus
- The Unbelievable 15-Year Saga of Guns N' Roses' Chinese Democracy
- Narrated by: Christopher Ragland
- Length: 11 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 08-01-26
- Language: English
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Hungry Beat
- The Scottish Independent Pop Underground Movement (1977-1984)
- By: Douglas MacIntyre, Grant McPhee
- Narrated by: Angus King, Debbie Cannon, Guy Satchwell, and others
- Length: 13 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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'Hungry Beat is the story of an all-too-brief era where the short-circuiting of that industry seemed viable. But hell, the times were luminous as was the music these artists made. The songs and many of the players remain, and here they tell their story and lick their wounds' Ian Rankin The...
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Hungry Beat .. What Memories !
- By Amazon Customer on 25-09-23
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Hungry Beat
- The Scottish Independent Pop Underground Movement (1977-1984)
- Narrated by: Angus King, Debbie Cannon, Guy Satchwell, Jimmy Chisholm, Robin Laing
- Length: 13 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 15-09-22
- Language: English
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Einstein, Michael Jackson & Me
- A Search for Soul in the Power Pits of Rock and Roll
- By: Howard Bloom
- Narrated by: Jim Meskimen
- Length: 17 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Howard Bloom - called “the greatest press agent that rock and roll has ever known” by Derek Sutton, the former manager of Styx, Ten Years After, and Jethro Tull - is a science nerd who knew nothing about popular music. But he founded the biggest PR firm in the music industry and helped build or sustain the careers of our biggest rock legends, including Michael Jackson, Prince, Bob Marley, Bette Midler, Billy Joel, Billy Idol, Chaka Khan, and 100 more. What was he after? He was on a hunt for the gods inside of you and me.
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Superb listen
- By Ezada on 02-03-23
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Einstein, Michael Jackson & Me
- A Search for Soul in the Power Pits of Rock and Roll
- Narrated by: Jim Meskimen
- Length: 17 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 18-08-20
- Language: English
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Make My Funk the P-Funk
- Parliament-Funkadelic's Meteoric Rise in 1975 from Chocolate City to Mothership Connection
- By: Daniel Bedrosian
- Narrated by: Kenneth Medford
- Length: 5 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Bloomsbury presents Make My Funk the P-Funk by Daniel Bedrosian, read by Kenneth Medford. P-Funk keyboardist Daniel Bedrosian brings to life the recording and musical activity of Parliament-Funkadelic in 1975, an epoch-making year marked by the release of three seminal albums: Chocolate City...
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Make My Funk the P-Funk
- Parliament-Funkadelic's Meteoric Rise in 1975 from Chocolate City to Mothership Connection
- Narrated by: Kenneth Medford
- Length: 5 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 08-01-26
- Language: English
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