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Brothers
- By: Alex van Halen
- Narrated by: Alex van Halen
- Length: 6 hrs and 9 mins
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In this intimate and open account—nothing like any rock-and-roll memoir you’ve ever read—Alex Van Halen shares his personal story of family, friendship, music and brotherly love in a remarkable tribute to his beloved brother and band mate.
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Great but incomplete.
- By Zac Stafford on 10-31-24
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Brothers
- Narrated by: Alex van Halen
- Length: 6 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 10-22-24
- Language: English
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In this intimate and open account—nothing like any rock-and-roll memoir you’ve ever read—Alex Van Halen shares his personal story of family, friendship, music and brotherly love in a remarkable tribute to his beloved brother and band mate.
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The Wonder of Stevie
- By: Wesley Morris
- Narrated by: Wesley Morris, Michelle Obama, Barack Obama, and others
- Length: 6 hrs and 10 mins
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For the first time, uncover the untold story of an extraordinary artistic journey that shaped the greatest creative era in popular music history.
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Good but not great
- By Anonymous User on 09-14-24
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The Wonder of Stevie
- Narrated by: Wesley Morris, Michelle Obama, Barack Obama, Questlove, Dionne Warwick, Janelle Monáe, Smokey Robinson, Babyface, Ray Parker Jr., Deniece Williams, full cast
- Length: 6 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 09-12-24
- Language: English
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For the first time, uncover the untold story of an extraordinary artistic journey that shaped the greatest creative era in popular music history.
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How Music Works
- By: David Byrne
- Narrated by: Andrew Garman, David Byrne
- Length: 13 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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David Byrne’s incisive and enthusiastic look at the musical art form, from its very inceptions to the influences that shape it, whether acoustical, economic, social, or technological, is now updated with a new chapter on digital curation.
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Kind of all over the place
- By Amazon Customer on 02-17-23
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How Music Works
- Narrated by: Andrew Garman, David Byrne
- Length: 13 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 04-26-22
- Language: English
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David Byrne’s incisive and enthusiastic look at the musical art form, from its very inceptions to the influences that shape it, whether acoustical, economic, social, or technological, is now updated with a new chapter on digital curation.
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Making Rumours
- The Inside Story of the Classic Fleetwood Mac Album
- By: Ken Caillat, Steve Stiefel
- Narrated by: Ken Caillat, Fred Berman
- Length: 10 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Fleetwood Mac's classic 1977 Rumours album topped the Billboard 200 for 31 weeks and won the Album of the Year Grammy....
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Caillat Cursed With Perfect Memory
- By Private. on 02-05-13
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Making Rumours
- The Inside Story of the Classic Fleetwood Mac Album
- Narrated by: Ken Caillat, Fred Berman
- Length: 10 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 02-01-13
- Language: English
- Fleetwood Mac's classic 1977 Rumours album topped the Billboard 200 for 31 weeks and won the Album of the Year Grammy....
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Beatles '66
- The Revolutionary Year
- By: Steve Turner
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 12 hrs and 14 mins
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A riveting look at the transformative year in the lives and careers of the legendary group whose groundbreaking legacy would forever change music and popular culture....
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Great listen
- By Tad Davis on 07-28-18
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Beatles '66
- The Revolutionary Year
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 12 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 03-06-18
- Language: English
- A riveting look at the transformative year in the lives and careers of the legendary group whose groundbreaking legacy would forever change music and popular culture....
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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
- Unabridged
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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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Much more than a “Making of” story…
- By W. Smith on 05-31-23
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Deliver Me from Nowhere
- The Making of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska
- Narrated by: Warren Zanes
- Length: 7 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 05-02-23
- Language: English
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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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Life in the Fast Lane
- The Eagles’ Reckless Ride Down the Rock & Roll Highway
- By: Mick Wall
- Narrated by: Al Kessel
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Legendary rock journalist Mick Wall delivers definitive insight into America's bestselling band of all time, exploring their meteoric rise to fame and the hedonistic days of the '70s music scene in LA, when American music was taking over the world....
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Disappointed
- By O'Fallon Doug on 03-20-24
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Life in the Fast Lane
- The Eagles’ Reckless Ride Down the Rock & Roll Highway
- Narrated by: Al Kessel
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 10-31-23
- Language: English
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Legendary rock journalist Mick Wall delivers definitive insight into America's bestselling band of all time, exploring their meteoric rise to fame and the hedonistic days of the '70s music scene in LA, when American music was taking over the world....
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3 Shades of Blue
- Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the Lost Empire of Cool
- By: James Kaplan
- Narrated by: Dion Graham
- Length: 14 hrs and 7 mins
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The story of how jazz arrived at the pinnacle of American culture in 1959, told through the journey of three towering artists—Miles Davis, John Coltrane, and Bill Evans—who came together to create the most famous and bestselling jazz album of all time, Kind of Blue....
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Superb
- By Claudia I Saldi on 05-14-24
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3 Shades of Blue
- Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the Lost Empire of Cool
- Narrated by: Dion Graham
- Length: 14 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 03-05-24
- Language: English
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The story of how jazz arrived at the pinnacle of American culture in 1959, told through the journey of three towering artists—Miles Davis, John Coltrane, and Bill Evans—who came together to create the most famous and bestselling jazz album of all time, Kind of Blue....
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The History of Jazz, Second Edition
- By: Ted Gioia
- Narrated by: Bob Souer
- Length: 21 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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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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An Exciting Opportunity Missed
- By Kindle Customer on 02-02-15
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The History of Jazz, Second Edition
- Narrated by: Bob Souer
- Length: 21 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 05-14-14
- Language: English
- 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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From Pieces to Weight
- Once Upon a Time in Southside Queens
- By: 50 Cent
- Narrated by: Kris Ex
- Length: 3 hrs and 26 mins
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From Pieces to Weight: Once Upon a Time in Southside Queens is a violent and introspective memoir that reveals not only 50 Cent's story but the story of a generation....
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Very insightful
- By steve on 08-18-11
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From Pieces to Weight
- Once Upon a Time in Southside Queens
- Narrated by: Kris Ex
- Length: 3 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 08-08-05
- Language: English
- From Pieces to Weight: Once Upon a Time in Southside Queens is a violent and introspective memoir that reveals not only 50 Cent's story but the story of a generation....
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The Silver Snarling Trumpet
- The Birth of the Grateful Dead—The Lost Manuscript of Robert Hunter
- By: Robert Hunter, John Mayer - foreword, Dennis McNally - introduction, and others
- Narrated by: Fred Berman, Dennis McNally, Brigid Meier, and others
- Length: 6 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Discovered at last, the legendary lost manuscript of Grateful Dead co-founder and primary lyricist Robert Hunter, written in the early 1960s—a wry, richly observed, and enlightening remembrance of “the scene” in Palo Alto that gave rise to an incredible partnership of Hunter and Jerry Garcia.
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distinctly hunter
- By Chrissy on 11-08-24
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The Silver Snarling Trumpet
- The Birth of the Grateful Dead—The Lost Manuscript of Robert Hunter
- Narrated by: Fred Berman, Dennis McNally, Brigid Meier, John Mayer
- Length: 6 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 10-08-24
- Language: English
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Discovered at last, the legendary lost manuscript of Grateful Dead co-founder and primary lyricist Robert Hunter, written in the early 1960s—a wry, richly observed, and enlightening remembrance of “the scene” in Palo Alto that gave rise to an incredible partnership of Hunter and Jerry Garcia.
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Tune In
- The Beatles: All These Years
- By: Mark Lewisohn
- Narrated by: Clive Mantle
- Length: 43 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Tune In is the first volume of All These Years - a highly-anticipated, groundbreaking biographical trilogy....
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Insanely great
- By Tad Davis on 12-17-13
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Tune In
- The Beatles: All These Years
- Narrated by: Clive Mantle
- Length: 43 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 10-29-13
- Language: English
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Tune In is the first volume of All These Years - a highly-anticipated, groundbreaking biographical trilogy....
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A Long Strange Trip
- The Inside History of the Grateful Dead
- By: Dennis McNally
- Narrated by: Sean Runnette
- Length: 29 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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From 1965 to 1995, the Grateful Dead flourished as one of the most beloved, unusual, and accomplished musical entities to ever grace American culture....
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Amazing story!
- By Michael Knoll on 11-04-18
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A Long Strange Trip
- The Inside History of the Grateful Dead
- Narrated by: Sean Runnette
- Length: 29 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 11-28-17
- Language: English
- From 1965 to 1995, the Grateful Dead flourished as one of the most beloved, unusual, and accomplished musical entities to ever grace American culture....
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Where Are Your Boys Tonight?
- The Oral History of Emo's Mainstream Explosion 1999-2008
- By: Chris Payne
- Narrated by: Graham Halstead, Chris Abell
- Length: 13 hrs and 54 mins
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An energetic and explosive oral history examining emo’s pop culture takeover from 1999-2008, featuring exclusive interviews with My Chemical Romance’s Mikey Way and Fall Out Boy’s Pete Wentz and Patrick Stump....
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I REALLY Wanted to Like This
- By Fuzz414 on 08-18-23
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Where Are Your Boys Tonight?
- The Oral History of Emo's Mainstream Explosion 1999-2008
- Narrated by: Graham Halstead, Chris Abell
- Length: 13 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 06-06-23
- Language: English
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An energetic and explosive oral history examining emo’s pop culture takeover from 1999-2008, featuring exclusive interviews with My Chemical Romance’s Mikey Way and Fall Out Boy’s Pete Wentz and Patrick Stump....
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This Is What It Sounds Like
- What the Music You Love Says About You
- By: Ogi Ogas, Susan Rogers
- Narrated by: Susan Rogers
- Length: 8 hrs and 34 mins
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Drawing from her successful career as a music producer (engineering hits like Prince’s “Purple Rain”), professor of cognitive neuroscience Susan Rogers reveals why your favorite songs move you....
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Needed to include the music
- By Sarah on 01-18-23
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This Is What It Sounds Like
- What the Music You Love Says About You
- Narrated by: Susan Rogers
- Length: 8 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 09-20-22
- Language: English
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Drawing from her successful career as a music producer (engineering hits like Prince’s “Purple Rain”), professor of cognitive neuroscience Susan Rogers reveals why your favorite songs move you....
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Time's Echo
- The Second World War, the Holocaust, and the Music of Remembrance
- By: Jeremy Eichler
- Narrated by: Jeremy Eichler, Sherrill Milnes
- Length: 11 hrs and 5 mins
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In 1785, when the great German poet Friedrich Schiller penned his immortal “Ode to Joy,” he crystallized the deepest hopes and dreams of the European Enlightenment for a new era of peace and freedom, a time when millions would be embraced as equals....
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Beautiful
- By Chuck Millar, PhD on 05-18-24
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Time's Echo
- The Second World War, the Holocaust, and the Music of Remembrance
- Narrated by: Jeremy Eichler, Sherrill Milnes
- Length: 11 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 08-29-23
- Language: English
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In 1785, when the great German poet Friedrich Schiller penned his immortal “Ode to Joy,” he crystallized the deepest hopes and dreams of the European Enlightenment for a new era of peace and freedom, a time when millions would be embraced as equals....
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Room Full of Mirrors
- A Biography of Jimi Hendrix
- By: Charles R. Cross
- Narrated by: Lloyd James
- Length: 13 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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For many, the name Jimi Hendrix conjures up a larger-than-life image of the man who set fire to guitars, women's hearts, and the status quo. This groundbreaking account takes a far deeper look....
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Great Book - Interesting and Sad Story
- By Tim on 02-04-10
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Room Full of Mirrors
- A Biography of Jimi Hendrix
- Narrated by: Lloyd James
- Length: 13 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 11-06-06
- Language: English
- For many, the name Jimi Hendrix conjures up a larger-than-life image of the man who set fire to guitars, women's hearts, and the status quo. This groundbreaking account takes a far deeper look....
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Home Before Daylight
- My Life on the Road with the Grateful Dead
- By: Steve Parish, Joe Layden - contributor, Bob Weir - foreword
- Narrated by: Sean Runnette
- Length: 9 hrs and 28 mins
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Steve Parish was never one to walk the straight-and-narrow, even during his childhood growing up in Flushing Meadow, Queens. Busted as a teenager for selling acid in the summer of 1968, Parish landed in Riker's Island....
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Narrator-Blaa
- By MORGAN NOTEL on 10-06-19
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Home Before Daylight
- My Life on the Road with the Grateful Dead
- Narrated by: Sean Runnette
- Length: 9 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 10-01-19
- Language: English
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Steve Parish was never one to walk the straight-and-narrow, even during his childhood growing up in Flushing Meadow, Queens. Busted as a teenager for selling acid in the summer of 1968, Parish landed in Riker's Island....
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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 offers a thrilling, music-driven ride through the last 50 years of American history....
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This would be better read than listened to
- By HomeChef on 11-05-21
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Music Is History
- Narrated by: Questlove
- Length: 11 hrs
- Release date: 10-19-21
- Language: English
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Best-selling author and Sundance award-winning director Questlove offers a thrilling, music-driven ride through the last 50 years of American history....
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When Giants Walked the Earth
- A Biography of Led Zeppelin
- By: Mick Wall
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 18 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Led Zeppelin rose to become one of the biggest-selling rock bands of all time....
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Very annoying but tolerable for serious fans.
- By M. Allen on 08-14-19
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When Giants Walked the Earth
- A Biography of Led Zeppelin
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 18 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 10-22-09
- Language: English
- Led Zeppelin rose to become one of the biggest-selling rock bands of all time....
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