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  • The Wonder of Stevie cover art

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    • 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 21 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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    • 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 37 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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    • 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 117 ratings
    • An enthralling investigation into the mysteries of music....

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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 26 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 23 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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    • Strange Things Are Happening

    • Adventures in Music
    • By: Richard Norris
    • Narrated by: Richard Norris
    • Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins
    • Release date: 21-03-24
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 18 ratings

    • Leafy St Albans is an unlikely starting point for one of the great psychedelic/acid house musicians of his generation, but, like so many others who brought radical change to the counterculture, Richard Norris' story starts in the suburbs....

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    • Too Late to Stop Now

    • More Rock’n'Roll War Stories
    • By: Allan Jones
    • Narrated by: Matt Bates
    • Length: 13 hrs and 42 mins
    • Release date: 25-05-23
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 10 ratings

    • In more than 40 stories from the glory days of rock’n’roll, featuring Lou Reed, Elton John, Sting and The Clash, Allan Jones remembers a world that once was....

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    • White Bicycles

    • Making Music in the 1960s
    • By: Joe Boyd
    • Narrated by: Joe Boyd
    • Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
    • Release date: 19-03-13
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 111 ratings
    • Joe Boyd tells of his journey through Sixties music, from tour managing Muddy Waters and Coleman Hawkins to becoming a leading record producer....

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    • England's Dreaming

    • The Sex Pistols and Punk Rock
    • By: Jon Savage
    • Narrated by: Chris MacDonnell
    • Length: 21 hrs and 51 mins
    • Release date: 31-08-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 98 ratings

    • England's Dreaming is the ultimate book on punk, its progenitors, the Sex Pistols, and the moment they defined for music fans in England and the United States....

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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 164 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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    • 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 6 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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    • 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 104 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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    • 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 66 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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    • 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
    • Release date: 08-07-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 9 ratings

    • Subjective and idiosyncratic, Shiny and New takes us from downtown New York to post-industrial Manchester in the first widescreen attempt to weave together the stories, the songs and events of the '80s that reshaped music and society....

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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 15 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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    • Fire and Rain

    • The Beatles, Simon and Garfunkel, James Taylor, CSNY and the Lost Story of 1970
    • By: David Browne
    • Narrated by: Sean Runnette
    • Length: 11 hrs and 10 mins
    • Release date: 19-07-11
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 24 ratings
    • Fire and Rain tells the story of four iconic albums of 1970 and the lives, times, and constantly intertwining personal ties of the remarkable artists who made them....

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    • Monolithic Undertow

    • In Search of Sonic Oblivion
    • By: Harry Sword
    • Narrated by: Harry Sword
    • Length: 14 hrs and 28 mins
    • Release date: 18-02-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 51 ratings

    • Monolithic Undertow alights a crooked path across musical, religious and subcultural frontiers....

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    • The Tastemaker

    • My Life with the Legends and Geniuses of Rock Music
    • By: Tony King
    • Narrated by: Ben Higgins
    • Length: 7 hrs and 23 mins
    • Release date: 31-01-23
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 28 ratings

    • The Tastemaker charts the singular life of a man who has been at the beating heart of music's most iconic moments for over sixty years....

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    • 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 23 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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