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    • By: Alex van Halen
    • Narrated by: Alex van Halen
    • Length: 6 hrs and 9 mins
    • Release date: 10-22-24
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 814 ratings
    • 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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    • Newport, Seeger, Dylan, and the Night That Split the Sixties
    • By: Elijah Wald
    • Narrated by: Sean Runnette
    • Length: 11 hrs and 56 mins
    • Release date: 05-16-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 30 ratings
    • On the evening of July 25, 1965, Bob Dylan took the stage at Newport Folk Festival, backed by an electric band, and roared into his new rock hit, "Like a Rolling Stone"....

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    • The Eagles’ Reckless Ride Down the Rock & Roll Highway
    • By: Mick Wall
    • Narrated by: Al Kessel
    • Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
    • Release date: 10-31-23
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 38 ratings
    • 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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    • By: David Byrne
    • Narrated by: Andrew Garman, David Byrne
    • Length: 13 hrs and 10 mins
    • Release date: 04-26-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 123 ratings
    • 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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    • By: Allan Kozinn, Adrian Sinclair
    • Narrated by: Simon Vance
    • Series: The McCartney Legacy, Book 2
    • Length: 31 hrs and 35 mins
    • Release date: 12-10-24
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 4 ratings
    • The follow-up to The McCartney Legacy, Volume 1, the most complete work on the life and work of Paul McCartney ever published. Volume 2 continues to paint the portrait of one of the world’s greatest musicians, his work post-Beatles, and his life from 1974 to 1980.

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    • The Inside History of the Grateful Dead
    • By: Dennis McNally
    • Narrated by: Sean Runnette
    • Length: 29 hrs and 25 mins
    • Release date: 11-28-17
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 555 ratings
    • 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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    • A Biography of Jimi Hendrix
    • By: Charles R. Cross
    • Narrated by: Lloyd James
    • Length: 13 hrs and 30 mins
    • Release date: 11-06-06
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,522 ratings
    • 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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    • The Beatles: All These Years
    • By: Mark Lewisohn
    • Narrated by: Clive Mantle
    • Length: 43 hrs and 43 mins
    • Release date: 10-29-13
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1,580 ratings
    • Tune In is the first volume of All These Years - a highly-anticipated, groundbreaking biographical trilogy....

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    • By: Ted Gioia
    • Narrated by: Bob Souer
    • Length: 21 hrs and 59 mins
    • Release date: 05-14-14
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 306 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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    • 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
    • Release date: 02-01-13
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 404 ratings
    • 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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    • The Making of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska
    • By: Warren Zanes
    • Narrated by: Warren Zanes
    • Length: 7 hrs and 27 mins
    • Release date: 05-02-23
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 130 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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    • Once Upon a Time in Southside Queens
    • By: 50 Cent
    • Narrated by: Kris Ex
    • Length: 3 hrs and 26 mins
    • Release date: 08-08-05
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 264 ratings
    • 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 Revolutionary Year
    • By: Steve Turner
    • Narrated by: Simon Vance
    • Length: 12 hrs and 14 mins
    • Release date: 03-06-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 370 ratings
    • 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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    • 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: 12-13-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 70 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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    • By: Hanif Abdurraqib
    • Narrated by: Hanif Abdurraqib
    • Length: 8 hrs and 38 mins
    • Release date: 11-15-22
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 66 ratings
    • In essays that have been published by the New York Times, MTV, and Pitchfork, among others—Abdurraqib uses music and culture as a lens through which to view our world so that we might better understand ourselves, and in so doing proves himself a bellwether for our times....

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    • 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
    • Release date: 03-05-24
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 70 ratings
    • From the author of the definitive biography of Frank Sinatra, the story of three towering artists—Miles Davis, John Coltrane, and Bill Evans—and how they came together to create the most iconic jazz album of all time, Kind of Blue.

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    • What the Music You Love Says About You
    • By: Ogi Ogas, Susan Rogers
    • Narrated by: Susan Rogers
    • Length: 8 hrs and 34 mins
    • Release date: 09-20-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 156 ratings
    • 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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