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  • The Wonder of Stevie cover art

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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
    • 5 out of 5 stars 32 ratings

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

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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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    • 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 9 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 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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    • 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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    • 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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    • 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 8 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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    • Leonard Cohen: The Man Who Saw the Angels Fall

    • By: Christophe Lebold
    • Narrated by: Vlasta Vrana
    • Length: 19 hrs and 38 mins
    • Release date: 03-09-24
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating

    • 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.

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    • 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 122 ratings

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

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    • 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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    • 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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    • 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 108 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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    • 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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    • 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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    • 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 22 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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    • 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 27 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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    • 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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    • 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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