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The Big Payback
- The History of the Business of Hip-Hop
- Written by: Dan Charnas
- Narrated by: Kevin R. Free
- Length: 27 hrs and 14 mins
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An original journalist for The Source, Dan Charnas built a celebrated career in the rap industry. In The Big Payback, he chronicles the rise of the hip-hop culture and shows how it became so powerful in a matter of decades. Charnas also profiles many of the movers and shakers in this burgeoning cultural movement, offering unprecedented access to an industry that continues to shake the globe.
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The Big Payback
- The History of the Business of Hip-Hop
- Narrated by: Kevin R. Free
- Length: 27 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 2011-11-07
- Language: English
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A Trumpet Around the Corner: The Story of New Orleans Jazz
- American Made Music
- Written by: Samuel Charters
- Narrated by: Marcus D. Durham
- Length: 15 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Samuel Charters has been studying and writing about New Orleans music for more than 50 years. A Trumpet around the Corner: The Story of New Orleans Jazz is the first book to tell the entire story of a century of jazz in New Orleans. Although there is still controversy over the racial origins and cultural sources of New Orleans jazz, Charters provides a balanced assessment of the role played by all three of the city's musical lineages - African American, white, and Creole - in jazz's formative years.
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A Trumpet Around the Corner: The Story of New Orleans Jazz
- American Made Music
- Narrated by: Marcus D. Durham
- Length: 15 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 2018-02-08
- Language: English
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Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung
- The Work of a Legendary Critic: Rock 'N' Roll as Literature and Literature as Rock 'N' Roll
- Written by: Lester Bangs, Greil Marcus
- Narrated by: Ramiz Monsef
- Length: 16 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung contains the wild and brilliant writings of Lester Bangs—the most outrageous and popular rock critic of the 1970s—edited and with an introduction by the reigning dean of rock critics, Greil Marcus.
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Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung
- The Work of a Legendary Critic: Rock 'N' Roll as Literature and Literature as Rock 'N' Roll
- Narrated by: Ramiz Monsef
- Length: 16 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 2022-05-03
- Language: English
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And the Roots of Rhythm Remain
- ZE Series, Book 6
- Written by: Joe Boyd
- Narrated by: Joe Boyd
- Length: 40 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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From the legendary producer of Nick Drake, R.E.M., Toots and the Maytals, and Pink Floyd and author of White Bicycles: Making Music in the 1960s comes a riveting, world-spanning tour de force illuminating the artists, histories, controversies, and collaborations that shaped global music.
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Possibly one of the best books about music ever
- By Daniel F on 2025-11-24
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And the Roots of Rhythm Remain
- ZE Series, Book 6
- Narrated by: Joe Boyd
- Length: 40 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 2025-01-06
- Language: English
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A Little Devil in America
- Notes in Praise of Black Performance
- Written by: Hanif Abdurraqib
- Narrated by: JD Jackson
- Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST A sweeping, genre-bending “masterpiece” (Minneapolis Star Tribune) exploring Black art, music, and culture in all their glory and complexity—from Soul Train, Aretha Franklin, and James Brown to The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Whitney Houston, and Beyoncé ONE...
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great book, excellent narrator.
- By T-Dog on 2023-01-11
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A Little Devil in America
- Notes in Praise of Black Performance
- Narrated by: JD Jackson
- Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 2021-03-30
- Language: English
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The Legendary Horseshoe Tavern
- A Complete History
- Written by: David McPherson, Jim Cuddy
- Narrated by: Jeff Woods
- Length: 5 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Like the Queen Street strip that has been its home for seven decades, the Horseshoe Tavern continues to evolve. It remains as relevant today as it did when Jack Starr founded the country music club on the site of a former blacksmith shop. From country and rockabilly to rock ‘n’ roll, punk, alt/country, and back to roots music, the venerable live music venue has evolved with the times and trends - always keeping pace with the music.
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Chock full of stories
- By RW on 2022-08-11
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The Legendary Horseshoe Tavern
- A Complete History
- Narrated by: Jeff Woods
- Length: 5 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 2020-09-28
- Language: English
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The Perfect Tuba
- Forging Fulfillment from the Bass Horn, Band, and Hard Work
- Written by: Sam Quinones
- Narrated by: Sam Quinones
- Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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From National Book Critics Circle Award-winning author Sam Quinones, the story of a demanding instrument, the determined people who play it, and the hope they offer a fractured nation.
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The Perfect Tuba
- Forging Fulfillment from the Bass Horn, Band, and Hard Work
- Narrated by: Sam Quinones
- Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 2025-09-30
- Language: English
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Life in the Fast Lane
- The Eagles’ Reckless Ride Down the Rock & Roll Highway
- Written by: Mick Wall
- Narrated by: Al Kessel
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
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"Surely make you lose your mind . . ." So the Eagles warn us about the outrageous and ruthless lifestyle of the ambitious rock-n-roller. In fact, Don Henley could barely listen to the track "Life in the Fast Lane" when they were recording it. He was so high that it made him sick. The band that embodied the American dream with globe-straddling success, impossibly luxurious lives, and almost supernatural talent also descended into nightmare with betrayal, hate-filled hubris, the skeletons of perceived enemies, brutally discarded lovers and former band mates left unburied in the road behind them.
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Success, excess drugs, the story is played out in all my favourite bands.
- By Gerry Scott Snowbirds US Day Tracker on 2025-09-02
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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: 2023-10-31
- Language: English
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So Many Roads
- The Life and Times of the Grateful Dead
- Written by: David Browne
- Narrated by: Sean Runnette
- Length: 15 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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No longer dismissed as relics of the hippie era, a new generation has lionized the Dead for creating a culture that paved the way for social networking, free music swapping, and the uncompromising anticorporate attitude of indie rock. Now, fifty years after the band first began changing rock 'n' roll both sonically and psychically, So Many Roads paints the most vivid portrait yet of the Grateful Dead, one of the most enduring institutions in American music and culture.
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So Many Roads
- The Life and Times of the Grateful Dead
- Narrated by: Sean Runnette
- Length: 15 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 2015-04-28
- Language: English
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The Colonel
- The Extraordinary Story of Colonel Tom Parker and Elvis Presley
- Written by: Alanna Nash, Alanna Nash - introduction
- Narrated by: Gibson Frazier
- Length: 14 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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While scores of books have been written about Elvis Presley, this is the first meticulously researched biography of Tom Parker written by someone who knew him personally. And for anyone truly interested in the performer many consider the greatest and most influential of the 20th century, it is impossible to understand how Elvis came to be such a phenomenon without examining the life and mind of Parker, the man who virtually controlled Elvis' every move.
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Fascinating look at The Colonel
- By Michael Becker on 2023-01-27
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The Colonel
- The Extraordinary Story of Colonel Tom Parker and Elvis Presley
- Narrated by: Gibson Frazier
- Length: 14 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 2017-12-12
- Language: English
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Me, the Mob, and the Music
- One Helluva Ride with Tommy James and the Shondells
- Written by: Tommy James, Martin Fitzpatrick
- Narrated by: David Colacci
- Length: 7 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Everyone knows the hits: "Mony Mony," "I Think We're Alone Now," "Crimson and Clover," "Crystal Blue Persuasion." They are nuggets of rock and pop history. However, few know the unlikely story of how these hits came to be. Tommy James had been performing in rock bands in the Michigan area since the age of 12. Prompted to record a few songs by a local disc jockey in 1964, Tommy chose an obscurity titled "Hanky Panky," which became a minor local hit that came and went.
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Me, the Mob, and the Music
- One Helluva Ride with Tommy James and the Shondells
- Narrated by: David Colacci
- Length: 7 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 2010-03-04
- Language: English
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Revolver
- How the Beatles Re-Imagined Rock 'n' Roll
- Written by: Robert Rodriguez
- Narrated by: Matthew Lloyd Davies
- Length: 6 hrs and 56 mins
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Acquired wisdom has always put Sgt. Pepper at the head of the class, but it was Revolver that truly signaled The Beatles' sea change from a functional band to a studio-based ensemble. These changes began before Rubber Soul but came to fruition on Revolver, which took an astonishing 300 hours to produce, far more than any rock record before it.
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Revolver
- How the Beatles Re-Imagined Rock 'n' Roll
- Narrated by: Matthew Lloyd Davies
- Length: 6 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 2021-01-05
- Language: English
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No-One’s Dad’s a Plumber
- Musical Truth, Volume 4
- Written by: Mark Devlin
- Narrated by: Mark Devlin
- Length: 11 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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When we think of rock stars, we are entrained to think of them as having come from regular, working-class backgrounds, and having worked their way up the slippery pole to success through hard work and talent alone. The reality is that all household name musicians are selected for success. Barely a plumber in sight. But no shortage of generals, admirals, politicians, civil servants and spies. Mark Devlin offers further evidence to show how the corporate music industry exists solely for the mind-control of the masses, with artists becoming little more than hand-picked puppets.
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No-One’s Dad’s a Plumber
- Musical Truth, Volume 4
- Narrated by: Mark Devlin
- Series: Musical Truth, Book 4
- Length: 11 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 2025-12-19
- Language: English
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How Black Music Took Over the World
- Written by: Melvin Gibbs
- Narrated by: Shamaan Casey
- Length: 9 hrs
- Unabridged
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One of the world’s greatest bassists lays down the heart of Black music, revealing how its rhythmic structures and the long history of the African diaspora made it the world’s most popular form. “An insightful, revelatory, and informative read.” —Meshell Ndegeocello, singer-songwriter...
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How Black Music Took Over the World
- Narrated by: Shamaan Casey
- Length: 9 hrs
- Release date: 2026-04-14
- Language: English
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Beatles '66
- The Revolutionary Year
- Written by: Steve Turner
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 12 hrs and 14 mins
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The year that changed everything for the Beatles was 1966 - the year of their last concert and of Revolver, their first album created to be listened to rather than performed. This was the year the Beatles risked their popularity by retiring from live performances, recording songs that explored alternative states of consciousness, experimenting with avant-garde ideas, and speaking their minds on issues of politics, war, and religion. Music journalist and Beatles expert Steve Turner investigates the enormous changes that took place in the Beatles' lives and work during 1966.
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Beatles '66
- The Revolutionary Year
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 12 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 2018-03-06
- Language: English
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The Number Ones
- Twenty Chart-Topping Hits That Reveal the History of Pop Music
- Written by: Tom Breihan
- Narrated by: Ray Stoney
- Length: 11 hrs and 10 mins
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Beloved music critic Tom Breihan's fascinating narrative of the history of popular music through the lens of game-changing #1 singles from the Billboard Hot 100. When Tom Breihan launched his Stereogum column in early 2018, “The Number Ones”—a space in which he has been writing about every...
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Good chunk of interesting but disconnected stories
- By Amazon Customer on 2023-05-13
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The Number Ones
- Twenty Chart-Topping Hits That Reveal the History of Pop Music
- Narrated by: Ray Stoney
- Length: 11 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 2022-11-15
- Language: English
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Dreaming the Beatles
- The Love Story of One Band and the Whole World
- Written by: Rob Sheffield
- Narrated by: Rob Sheffield
- Length: 9 hrs and 8 mins
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Rob Sheffield, the Rolling Stone columnist and bestselling author of Love Is a Mix Tape offers an entertaining, unconventional look at the most popular band in history, the Beatles, exploring what they mean today and why they still matter so intensely to a generation that has never known a world...
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Another Great Rob Sheffield Book!
- By The Math Devil on 2020-06-29
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Dreaming the Beatles
- The Love Story of One Band and the Whole World
- Narrated by: Rob Sheffield
- Length: 9 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 2017-04-25
- Language: English
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The Story of Motown
- Written by: Peter Benjaminson, Greil Macus - foreword
- Narrated by: Sean Crisden
- Length: 5 hrs and 26 mins
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In January 1959, Berry Gordy borrowed $800 from his family and founded the Detroit-based record company that in less than a decade was to become the largest Black-owned business in the United States. It also became one of the most productive and influential producers of popular music anywhere in the world. The Story of Motown is the story of Berry Gordy's triumph over powerful, established financial interests, entrenched popular taste, bigotry, and racism.
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Good story sometimes rushed narrative
- By toby snelgrove on 2020-04-12
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The Story of Motown
- Narrated by: Sean Crisden
- Length: 5 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 2018-10-16
- Language: English
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Please Please Tell Me Now
- The Duran Duran Story
- Written by: Stephen Davis
- Narrated by: Michael Butler Murray
- Length: 11 hrs and 29 mins
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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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Please Please Tell Me Now
- The Duran Duran Story
- Narrated by: Michael Butler Murray
- Length: 11 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 2021-07-03
- Language: English
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Music and Technology (2nd Edition)
- A Very Short Introduction
- Written by: Mark Katz
- Narrated by: Chris Abernathy
- Length: 3 hrs and 41 mins
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This Very Short Introduction takes an expansive and inclusive approach meant to broaden and challenge traditional views of music and technology. In its most common use, "music technology" tends to evoke images of twentieth and twenty-first century electronic devices: synthesizers, recording equipment, music notation software, and the like. This volume, however, treats all tools used to create, store, reproduce, and transmit music—new or old, electronic or not—as technologies worthy of investigation.
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Music and Technology (2nd Edition)
- A Very Short Introduction
- Narrated by: Chris Abernathy
- Length: 3 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 2022-10-25
- Language: English
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