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Mark Kermode's Surround Sound
- The Stories of Movie Music
- By: Mark Kermode
- Narrated by: Mark Kermode
- Length: 10 hrs
- Unabridged
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This audiobook is read by the author and includes an exclusive Q&A between Mark Kermode and Jenny Nelson 'Brims with enthusiasm and joyful insight' – Richard Ayoade How can a film score make you cheer, shiver, cry or punch the air? How do directors communicate their musical vision to composers?...
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Ace!
- By Robert Fryer on 03-04-26
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Mark Kermode's Surround Sound
- The Stories of Movie Music
- Narrated by: Mark Kermode
- Length: 10 hrs
- Release date: 10-09-25
- 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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Laurel Canyon
- The Inside Story of Life in L.A.'s Legendary Rock and Roll Neighborhood
- By: Michael Walker
- Narrated by: Lloyd James
- Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall167
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Performance145
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Laurel Canyon was the neighborhood perched above the clubs and record companies of Sunset Strip where Joni Mitchell, Jim Morrison, Graham Nash, Cass Elliot, Carole King, Don Henley, and Peter Tork, just to name a few, lived and collaborated to make an indelible mark on our music and our culture.
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Great stories of Laurel Canyon
- By Dale Tracey on 07-11-21
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Laurel Canyon
- The Inside Story of Life in L.A.'s Legendary Rock and Roll Neighborhood
- Narrated by: Lloyd James
- Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 18-05-06
- Language: English
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Too Much too Young: The 2 Tone Records Story
- Rude Boys, Racism and the Soundtrack of a Generation
- By: Daniel Rachel
- Narrated by: Daniel Rachel
- Length: 17 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall35
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Performance34
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In 1979, 2 Tone exploded into the national conscience as records by The Specials, The Selecter, Madness, The Beat, and The Bodysnatchers burst onto the charts and a youth movement was born. 2 Tone was black and white: a multi-racial force of British and Caribbean island musicians singing about social issues, racism, class and gender struggles. It spoke of injustices in society and took fight against right wing extremism. The music of 2 Tone was exuberant: white youth learning to dance to the infectious rhythm of ska and reggae; and crossed with a punk attitude to create an original hybrid.
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Outstanding
- By Peter Collier on 10-01-26
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Too Much too Young: The 2 Tone Records Story
- Rude Boys, Racism and the Soundtrack of a Generation
- Narrated by: Daniel Rachel
- Length: 17 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 19-10-23
- Language: English
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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
- Unabridged
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Overall17
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Performance17
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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. Full of anecdote and insight, and featuring the likes of Joy Division, The Fall, Pere Ubu, PiL and Talking Heads, Rip It Up And Start Again stands as one of the most inspired and inspiring books on popular music ever written.
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Great but issue on chapter 20
- By Jonathan Lowe on 14-01-26
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Rip It up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978-1984
- Narrated by: Liam Wheatley
- Length: 23 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 06-06-24
- Language: English
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Listen to This
- By: Alex Ross
- Length: 14 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall28
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Performance17
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In Listen to This, Alex Ross, the music critic for The New Yorker, looks both backward and forward in time, capturing essential figures and ideas in classical-music history as well as giving an alternative view of recent pop music that emphasizes the power of the individual musical voice in...
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Educational
- By Benedict the Keyboard Player on 17-03-20
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Listen to This
- Length: 14 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 25-11-10
- Language: English
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Last Night a DJ Saved My Life
- The History of the Disc Jockey
- By: Bill Brewster, Frank Broughton, James Murphy - introduction
- Narrated by: Theo Solomon
- Length: 29 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall34
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Performance27
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FOREWORD BY JAMES MURPHY 'Literally changed the course of my life' James Murphy When someone says, 'You have to know your history...' this is it. A pop culture classic for over two decades, now fully refreshed and updated as part of White Rabbit's Deep Cuts series, Last Night a DJ ... is the...
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Loved it
- By Ant on 21-02-23
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Last Night a DJ Saved My Life
- The History of the Disc Jockey
- Narrated by: Theo Solomon
- Length: 29 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 25-08-22
- Language: English
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Please Please Tell Me Now
- The Duran Duran Story
- By: Stephen Davis
- Narrated by: Michael Butler Murray
- Length: 11 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall15
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Performance10
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Story11
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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The very worst voice artist EVER
- By laurence cosnett on 27-10-22
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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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Michael Jackson
- King of Pop 1958 - 2009
- By: Emily Herbert
- Narrated by: Andre Blake
- Length: 6 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3
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It is belived that, in his lifetime, Michael Jackson sold around 750 million records, making him one of the most successful entertainers ever. This in-depth and affectionate biography traces the rise of the man, from child prodigy to tortured megastar. It is the definitive portrait of a pop legend whose strange and brilliant life will never be forgotten.
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Michael Jackson
- King of Pop 1958 - 2009
- Narrated by: Andre Blake
- Length: 6 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 02-11-09
- Language: English
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Monolithic Undertow
- In Search of Sonic Oblivion
- By: Harry Sword
- Narrated by: Harry Sword
- Length: 14 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall57
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Performance54
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Story54
Monolithic Undertow alights a crooked path across musical, religious and subcultural frontiers. It traces the line from ancient traditions to the modern underground, navigating archaeoacoustics, ringing feedback, chest plate sub-bass, avant-garde eccentricity, sound weaponry and fervent spiritualism.
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Underground, Overground, wandering feedback....
- By Bewarethetoon on 01-04-21
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Monolithic Undertow
- In Search of Sonic Oblivion
- Narrated by: Harry Sword
- Length: 14 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 18-02-21
- 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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Overall76
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Performance70
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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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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
- Unabridged
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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. Covering the turbulent family strife and internal conflicts as well as giving proper attention to the remarkable music, the book was an instant classic.
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Too Much About David Leaf
- By Steve on 19-03-24
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God Only Knows
- The Story of Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys and the California Myth
- Narrated by: Alex Knox, David Leaf
- Length: 19 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 21-03-23
- Language: English
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Wagnerism
- Art and Politics in the Shadow of Music
- By: Alex Ross
- Length: 28 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall24
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Performance19
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’An absolutely masterly work’ Stephen Fry Alex Ross, renowned author of the international bestseller The Rest Is Noise, reveals how Richard Wagner became the proving ground for modern art and politics—an aesthetic war zone where the Western world wrestled with its capacity for beauty and...
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A masterful example of Gesamtkunstwerk
- By Wotan on 05-07-21
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Wagnerism
- Art and Politics in the Shadow of Music
- Length: 28 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 15-09-20
- Language: English
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Night People
- The bestselling autobiography from the music icon and award-winning producer
- By: Mark Ronson
- Narrated by: Mark Ronson
- Length: 6 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall66
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Performance64
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Brought to you by Penguin. Lady Gaga, Adele, Amy Winehouse, Dua Lipa, Bruno Mars, Miley Cyrus, the Barbie soundtrack—Mark Ronson’s musical fingerprints are everywhere in our pop culture. Now comes his electrifying memoir, which captures the music, characters, escapades, and raw emotional...
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Brilliant listen
- By Shazzle on 01-01-26
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Night People
- The bestselling autobiography from the music icon and award-winning producer
- Narrated by: Mark Ronson
- Length: 6 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 16-09-25
- Language: English
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Strange Things Are Happening
- Adventures in Music
- By: Richard Norris
- Narrated by: Richard Norris
- Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall28
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Performance27
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'A revelation. Richard Norris lived the twentieth century and beyond like no one else . . . this is one of the truly great eyewitness accounts of the counterculture' DAVID KEENAN 'A dazzling psychedelic memoir' CAUGHT BY THE RIVER 'Makes you feel like getting up and doing something!' WENDY...
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Incredibly narrated and brilliant stories
- By Phil Lucas on 14-09-25
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Strange Things Are Happening
- Adventures in Music
- Narrated by: Richard Norris
- Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 21-03-24
- Language: English
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Mighty Real
- A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000
- By: Barry Walters
- Narrated by: Barry Walters
- Length: 21 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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“An excellent history of the queer world’s countless music scenes.” —Emma Alpern, Vulture “An essential book for this moment.” —Rob Sheffield The definitive history of LGBTQ music, from Stonewall to RuPaul, and its impact on culture and American life From the underground...
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Mighty Real
- A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000
- Narrated by: Barry Walters
- Length: 21 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 12-05-26
- Language: English
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Leonard Cohen: The Man Who Saw the Angels Fall
- By: Christophe Lebold
- Narrated by: Vlasta Vrana
- Length: 19 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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After more than two decades of research and travels, Christophe Lebold, who befriended the poet and spent time with him in Los Angeles, delivers a stimulating analysis of Cohen’s life and art. Gracefully blending biography and essay, he interrogates the mission Cohen set out for himself: to show us that darkness is just the flip side of light.
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Leonard, the poet, the arch angel, the messenger, so real, so delicate, so dark, as is life itself
- By Miss Judith Finlay on 02-02-25
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Leonard Cohen: The Man Who Saw the Angels Fall
- Narrated by: Vlasta Vrana
- Length: 19 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 03-09-24
- Language: English
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Music as an Art
- By: Roger Scruton
- Narrated by: Saul Reichlin
- Length: 10 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance8
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Roger Scruton is a polymath. He has written authoritatively on a huge range of subjects from the environment to wine, from cosmology to the Middle East. He is also an accomplished musician (organ and piano) and a composer of works including an opera and a song cycle. This is Scruton’s second major work on music for Bloomsbury - the first being Understanding Music (Continuum, 2009).
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Scruton is delightful as ever
- By Roger Marlow on 28-01-19
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Music as an Art
- Narrated by: Saul Reichlin
- Length: 10 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 23-08-18
- Language: English
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Deliver Me from Nowhere (Movie Tie-In)
- The Making of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska
- By: Warren Zanes
- Narrated by: Warren Zanes
- Length: 8 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall47
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Performance42
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The fascinating story behind the making of Bruce Springsteen’s most surprising album, Nebraska, revealing its pivotal role in Springsteen’s career—now with a new afterword Soon to be a major motion picture starring Jeremy Allen White (The Bear) “Brilliant . . . For fans of American music...
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The author’s narrative is superb
- By David C on 19-11-25
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Deliver Me from Nowhere (Movie Tie-In)
- The Making of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska
- Narrated by: Warren Zanes
- Length: 8 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 02-05-23
- Language: English
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Long Road
- Pearl Jam and the Soundtrack of a Generation
- By: Steven Hyden
- Narrated by: Ron Hippe
- Length: 8 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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A leading music journalist’s riveting chronicle of how beloved band Pearl Jam shaped the times, and how their legacy and longevity have transcended generations. Ever since Pearl Jam first blasted onto the Seattle grunge scene three decades ago with their debut album, Ten, they have sold 85M+...
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Awesome Memories
- By Michael L. on 19-02-26
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