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Music Production

Discover the Past, Present, & Future of Music Production, Recording Technology, Techniques, & Songwriting

by Tommy Swindali ...

Narrated by Austin R Stoler ...

Unabridged

3 hours 34 min

What Makes A Song Great?It's a big question and one that has been written about endlessly in an attempt to reveal the “formula” for creating a worldwide, smash hit record.First of all, a good song speaks to you. You remember it, even if it's just one really good line... It fills you with emotions, whether those be sad or happy ones.Then there is something else...it's the way the music was produced ... Read more

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What Makes A Song Great?It's a big question and one that has been written about endlessly in an attempt to reveal the “formula” for creating a worldwide, smash hit record.First of all, a good song speaks to you. You remember it, even if it's just one really good line... It fills you with emotions, whether those be sad or happy ones.Then there is something else...it's the way the music was produced
... Read more
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Don't Look Back In Anger

The rise and fall of Cool Britannia, told by those who were there

by Daniel Rachel ...

Narrated by Charles Armstrong, David John, Dean Williamson, Jot Davies, Louise Brealey, Paul McGann, Shvorne Marks, Tania Rodrigues ...

Unabridged

18 hours 44 min

Read by Paul McGann, Louise Brealey, Tania Rodrigues, Shvorne Marks, Jot Davies, David John, Dean Williamson and Charles Armstrong. Introduced by Daniel Rachel, and featuring audio-exclusive extracts from Daniel's source interviews.The nineties was the decade when British culture reclaimed its position at the artistic centre of the world. Not since the 'Swinging Sixties' had art, comedy, fashion, ... Read more

£19.99

Read by Paul McGann, Louise Brealey, Tania Rodrigues, Shvorne Marks, Jot Davies, David John, Dean Williamson and Charles Armstrong. Introduced by Daniel Rachel, and featuring audio-exclusive extracts from Daniel's source interviews.The nineties was the decade when British culture reclaimed its position at the artistic centre of the world. Not since the 'Swinging Sixties' had art, comedy, fashion,
... Read more
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Welcome to the club

The life and lessons of a Black woman DJ

by DJ Paulette ...

Narrated by DJ Paulette ...

Unabridged

7 hours 51 min

Read by the author and featuring a foreword from Annie Mac. In Welcome to the club, Manchester legend DJ Paulette shares the highs, lows and lessons of a thirty-year music career, with help from some famous friends. One of the Haçienda’s first female DJs, Paulette has scaled the heights of the music industry, playing to crowds of thousands all around the world, and descended to the lows of being ... Read more

£22.99

Read by the author and featuring a foreword from Annie Mac. In Welcome to the club, Manchester legend DJ Paulette shares the highs, lows and lessons of a thirty-year music career, with help from some famous friends. One of the Haçienda’s first female DJs, Paulette has scaled the heights of the music industry, playing to crowds of thousands all around the world, and descended to the lows of being
... Read more
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Darker Electricity, A

The Origins of Spiral Tribe Sound System

by Mark Angelo Harrison ...

Narrated by Mark Angelo Harrison ...

Unabridged

15 hours 21 min

At the time, it was unclear why the UK government targeted the Spiral Tribe travelling sound system. Even after arresting many key members and launching one of Britain's biggest court cases against them.Was it really because they were a marauding horde of anarcho-techno-pirates, their outlandish music calling a generation to rise up in rebellion against conservatism, convention, and even consensus ... Read more

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At the time, it was unclear why the UK government targeted the Spiral Tribe travelling sound system. Even after arresting many key members and launching one of Britain's biggest court cases against them.Was it really because they were a marauding horde of anarcho-techno-pirates, their outlandish music calling a generation to rise up in rebellion against conservatism, convention, and even consensus
... Read more
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Hämchen Hämchen / Wunderschöner junger Mann

by Rosa Barba, Klaus Sander, Anja Theismann, Jan St. Werner, Ingrid Wiener, Oswald Wiener, Wichtel u. die Wuchteln ...

Narrated by Wichtel u. die Wuchteln ...

Unabridged

8 min

Wichtel und die Wuchteln: Hämchen Hämchen mit einem Doppelquartett des Männergesangsvereins Alpenland Mariazell 2) Wuchtel und die Wichteln: Wunderschöner junger Mann mit Lucyna und Megumi ... Read more

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Wichtel und die Wuchteln: Hämchen Hämchen mit einem Doppelquartett des Männergesangsvereins Alpenland Mariazell 2) Wuchtel und die Wichteln: Wunderschöner junger Mann mit Lucyna und Megumi
... Read more
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Brad Lansky and the Rogue Era

by J.D. Venne ...

Narrated by Dieter Zimmermann, Matthew Roberts, Adrian Galley, Jayne Batsofin, Jennifer Beattie, Kathryn Grody, Nigel Vermaas, Sally Toosey, Shannyn Fourie, Susan Danford ...

Series Audiobook 6 - Brad Lansky Series
Unabridged

1 hour 24 min

“A before B, except after C” - a favorite saying of Carbon-Based A-life. Biological or ‘B-life’ was overtaken by A-life centuries ago and now the balance of power is at the tipping point.An invisible rogue planet on a perfect collision course with Earth caught everyone by surprise, even GAIA. With nearly all forty billion humans still living on Earth, this time it really is the end of the world ... Read more

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“A before B, except after C” - a favorite saying of Carbon-Based A-life. Biological or ‘B-life’ was overtaken by A-life centuries ago and now the balance of power is at the tipping point.An invisible rogue planet on a perfect collision course with Earth caught everyone by surprise, even GAIA. With nearly all forty billion humans still living on Earth, this time it really is the end of the world
... Read more
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Musique Concrète

by Christian Kriticos ...

Series series Genre: A 33 1/3 Series
Unabridged

4 hours

When musique concrète first hit the airwaves, listeners reached for their earplugs. This strange genre didn’t sound like music at all! It ignored melody and meter. It didn’t even use instruments. Instead, musique concrète took recorded sound as its raw material. That could be anything from trundling trains to clattering saucepans. Using audio tape and phonograph records, composers manipulated ... Read more

£15.00

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When musique concrète first hit the airwaves, listeners reached for their earplugs. This strange genre didn’t sound like music at all! It ignored melody and meter. It didn’t even use instruments. Instead, musique concrète took recorded sound as its raw material. That could be anything from trundling trains to clattering saucepans. Using audio tape and phonograph records, composers manipulated
... Read more
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Never Be Alone Again

How Bloghouse United the Internet and the Dancefloor

by Lina Abascal ...

Narrated by Graham Halstead ...

Unabridged

4 hours 18 min

Whether you called it electro, indie dance, or were too busy scouring the internet for MP3s to care about a genre name, Never Be Alone Again: How Bloghouse United the Internet and the Dancefloor connects the disparate parts of an under-documented era in the first book focused on the musical and cultural phenomenon called bloghouse.For a brief period in the mid-2000s, a network of independent music ... Read more

£9.52

Whether you called it electro, indie dance, or were too busy scouring the internet for MP3s to care about a genre name, Never Be Alone Again: How Bloghouse United the Internet and the Dancefloor connects the disparate parts of an under-documented era in the first book focused on the musical and cultural phenomenon called bloghouse.For a brief period in the mid-2000s, a network of independent music
... Read more
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Halcyon and On and On: The Story of Orbital and the Rise of Rave

The Story of Orbital and the Rise of Rave

by Paul Hartnoll, Phil Hartnoll ...

Unabridged

10 hours

'By the end of the book, I fully expect that to many people I'm going to look like a right ***t.' Paul Hartnoll, OrbitalThe Gallagher brothers of the rave scene, Paul and Phil Hartnoll together make Orbital - one of the biggest-selling and most recognisable techno acts on the planet. They have sold millions of albums, played to an audience of 10 million people at the Closing Ceremony of the London ... Read more

£19.99

PRE-ORDER

'By the end of the book, I fully expect that to many people I'm going to look like a right ***t.' Paul Hartnoll, OrbitalThe Gallagher brothers of the rave scene, Paul and Phil Hartnoll together make Orbital - one of the biggest-selling and most recognisable techno acts on the planet. They have sold millions of albums, played to an audience of 10 million people at the Closing Ceremony of the London
... Read more
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Tales from the Dancefloor

Manchester / The Warehouse Project / Parklife / Sankeys / The Haçienda

by Sacha Lord ...

Narrated by Sacha Lord ...

Unabridged

7 hours 10 min

The must-read memoir from the visionary figure behind Manchester's legendary music scene, from The Haçienda to The Warehouse Project.Tales From the Dance Floor is an electrifying journey into the heart of Manchester’s music culture with its most influential promoter.Over the past three decades, Sacha Lord has hosted countless iconic parties, booked legendary DJs, and shaped an underground scene ... Read more

£15.99

The must-read memoir from the visionary figure behind Manchester's legendary music scene, from The Haçienda to The Warehouse Project.Tales From the Dance Floor is an electrifying journey into the heart of Manchester’s music culture with its most influential promoter.Over the past three decades, Sacha Lord has hosted countless iconic parties, booked legendary DJs, and shaped an underground scene
... Read more
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Kraftwerk

Future Music from Germany

by Uwe Schütte ...

Narrated by Sam Peter Jackson ...

Unabridged

6 hours 14 min

Brought to you by Penguin.The story of the phenomenon that is Kraftwerk, and how they revolutionised our cultural landscape'We are not artists nor musicians. We are workers.' Ignoring nearly all rock traditions, experimenting in near-total secrecy in their Düsseldorf studio, Kraftwerk fused sound and technology, graphic design and performance, modernist Bauhaus aesthetics and Rhineland ... Read more

£13.00

Brought to you by Penguin.The story of the phenomenon that is Kraftwerk, and how they revolutionised our cultural landscape'We are not artists nor musicians. We are workers.' Ignoring nearly all rock traditions, experimenting in near-total secrecy in their Düsseldorf studio, Kraftwerk fused sound and technology, graphic design and performance, modernist Bauhaus aesthetics and Rhineland
... Read more
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Wildfire

My Ten Years Getting High in The Prodigy

by Leeroy Thornhill ...

Narrated by Leeroy Thornhill ...

Unabridged

2 hours 53 min

Wildfire tells the story of the first decade of The Prodigy from the perspective of original member Leeroy Thornhill, fully illustrated with entirely unseen photography from the earliest raves, to Japan and the United States in the late '90s, by which point the band were one of the biggest on the planet.Rave pioneers whose sound also encompassed hip hop, punk and rock, The Prodigy arguably had as ... Read more

£24.99

Wildfire tells the story of the first decade of The Prodigy from the perspective of original member Leeroy Thornhill, fully illustrated with entirely unseen photography from the earliest raves, to Japan and the United States in the late '90s, by which point the band were one of the biggest on the planet.Rave pioneers whose sound also encompassed hip hop, punk and rock, The Prodigy arguably had as
... Read more
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Brad Lansky and the Anti-Starc

by J.D. Venne ...

Narrated by Dieter Zimmermann, Matthew Roberts, Bianca Resnekov, Guy McDonald, Jennifer Beattie, Nigel Vermaas, Sean O'Connor, Shannyn Fourie, Stephen Jennings ...

Series Audiobook 4 - Brad Lansky Series
Unabridged

1 hour 43 min

These are troubled times. MARA, the mighty blue supergiant of the Torvus Iubar System is dying, as are the other thirteen ambistars that make up the Ambistar Collective. Billions of lives are in peril. What conceivable force could cause the simultaneous death of fourteen ambistars thousands of light-years apart?Since the peace accord between Giri Null and GAIA three years ago, Torvus has prospered ... Read more

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These are troubled times. MARA, the mighty blue supergiant of the Torvus Iubar System is dying, as are the other thirteen ambistars that make up the Ambistar Collective. Billions of lives are in peril. What conceivable force could cause the simultaneous death of fourteen ambistars thousands of light-years apart?Since the peace accord between Giri Null and GAIA three years ago, Torvus has prospered
... Read more
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Klangen af en stjerne

by Troels Donnerborg ...

Narrated by Anne-Mette Johansen ...

Unabridged

9 hours 29 min

I 1944 sidder Else Marie Pade udkørt og forslået i århus Arrest. Hun er yngste medlem af Danmarks eneste rent kvindelige modstandsgruppe, som Gestapo har optrevlet, og hun ved ikke, hvordan hun skal komme igennem flere forhør.Først da hun hører lyden af musik for sit indre øre, ved hun, hvad hun skal gøre. Med spændet fra sin hofteholder indridser hun melodien "Du og jeg og stjernerne er venner" i ... Read more

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I 1944 sidder Else Marie Pade udkørt og forslået i århus Arrest. Hun er yngste medlem af Danmarks eneste rent kvindelige modstandsgruppe, som Gestapo har optrevlet, og hun ved ikke, hvordan hun skal komme igennem flere forhør.Først da hun hører lyden af musik for sit indre øre, ved hun, hvad hun skal gøre. Med spændet fra sin hofteholder indridser hun melodien "Du og jeg og stjernerne er venner" i
... Read more
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Paused in Cosmic Reflection

The definitive, fully illustrated story of The Chemical Brothers

by The Chemical Brothers ...

Narrated by Robin Turner, Ben Bailey Smith, Maria Louis ...

Unabridged

6 hours 22 min

A ROUGH TRADE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023Paused in Cosmic Reflection is the definitive story of The Chemical Brothers. Told in the voices of Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons, with contributions from friends and collaborators, it is fully illustrated with 30 years of mind-bending visuals. ... Read more

£24.99

A ROUGH TRADE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023Paused in Cosmic Reflection is the definitive story of The Chemical Brothers. Told in the voices of Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons, with contributions from friends and collaborators, it is fully illustrated with 30 years of mind-bending visuals.
... Read more
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L'alba di Socrate

Viaggio elettronico nella filosofia di Socrate

by Mark Tagliaferri ...

Narrated by Mark Tagliaferri ...

Unabridged

1 hour 16 min

Questo album ti fa fare un breve e profondo viaggio nella mente e nella vita del più grande uomo che il mondo abbia mai avuto: Socrate, il filosofo immortale.Nell’Atene del V secolo avanti Cristo egli donò all’umanità l’insegnamento più grande: tutto il male e il bene di ogni uomo e donna non proviene da fuori, ma da dentro.L’anima è l’unica cosa che conta e chi vuole avere una vita lunga, sana, ... Read more

£7.99

Questo album ti fa fare un breve e profondo viaggio nella mente e nella vita del più grande uomo che il mondo abbia mai avuto: Socrate, il filosofo immortale.Nell’Atene del V secolo avanti Cristo egli donò all’umanità l’insegnamento più grande: tutto il male e il bene di ogni uomo e donna non proviene da fuori, ma da dentro.L’anima è l’unica cosa che conta e chi vuole avere una vita lunga, sana,
... Read more
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Songs In The Key of MP3

The New Icons of the Internet Age

by Liam Inscoe-Jones ...

Narrated by Liam Inscoe-Jones, Rori Hawthorn, Gemma Lawrence, Sam Crerar ...

Unabridged

12 hours 49 min

It's 2013. You're a teenager squinting at your laptop in the dead of night, flicking between iTunes and YouTube and PirateBay. Endless reams of artists unspool at the click of a button. New forms of musical discovery open up before your very eyes. This evolving digital landscape exists beyond the radio, HMV and even the most extensive record collection. You've entered a whole new world and, ... Read more

£24.99

It's 2013. You're a teenager squinting at your laptop in the dead of night, flicking between iTunes and YouTube and PirateBay. Endless reams of artists unspool at the click of a button. New forms of musical discovery open up before your very eyes. This evolving digital landscape exists beyond the radio, HMV and even the most extensive record collection. You've entered a whole new world and,
... Read more
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Blue

The Color of Noise

by Steve Aoki, Daniel Paisner ...

Narrated by Steve Aoki, Greg Chun ...

Unabridged

6 hours 20 min

**This program includes sections recorded by Steve Aoki while on tour.The music. The mix. His life.**"Sometimes I think my whole life can be seen through shades of blue..." — Steve AokiBlue is the remarkable story of Steve Aoki, the superstar DJ/producer who started his career as a vegan straightedge hardcore music kid hellbent on defying his millionaire father, whose unquenchable thirst to ... Read more

£16.84

**This program includes sections recorded by Steve Aoki while on tour.The music. The mix. His life.**"Sometimes I think my whole life can be seen through shades of blue..." — Steve AokiBlue is the remarkable story of Steve Aoki, the superstar DJ/producer who started his career as a vegan straightedge hardcore music kid hellbent on defying his millionaire father, whose unquenchable thirst to
... Read more
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Brad Lansky and the 4D-Verse

by J.D. Venne ...

Narrated by Dieter Zimmermann, Matthew Roberts, Bianca Resnekov, Caroline Calburn, Guy McDonald, Jennifer Beattie, Louw Venter, Lynita Crofford, Nigel Vermaas, Shannyn Fourie ...

Series Audiobook 5 - Brad Lansky Series
Unabridged

1 hour 26 min

MAMAI Soliton found a way to travel through the toroid artefact in the Anti-STARC. The cryptic note he left before disappearing leads Brad and Alex to Drupa 5, a deserted alien planet. There they find a beacon in a desert canyon that might belong to MAMAI.Next thing they hit upon a treasure trove of alien artefacts; to Alex, an explorer’s dream come true - to Brad, too good to be true. Alex’s ... Read more

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MAMAI Soliton found a way to travel through the toroid artefact in the Anti-STARC. The cryptic note he left before disappearing leads Brad and Alex to Drupa 5, a deserted alien planet. There they find a beacon in a desert canyon that might belong to MAMAI.Next thing they hit upon a treasure trove of alien artefacts; to Alex, an explorer’s dream come true - to Brad, too good to be true. Alex’s
... Read more
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Was jede Elektrofachkraft wissen muss

Grundlagen der Fachkunde für Elektrotechniker, Elektriker und Elektroingenieure

by Matthias Surovcik, Matthias Surovcik ...

Narrated by Raúl Gonzalez ...

Unabridged

2 hours 6 min

Dieses Hörbuch möchte Ihnen die wichtigsten Grundlagen der Fachkunde in der Elektrotechnik näherbringen. Es richtet sich in erster Linie an Berufstätige und in der Ausbildung befindliche Hörerinnen und Hörer aus der Elektrotechnik und setzt damit ein gewisses Grundwissen der Elektrotechnik voraus. Sie erhalten einen fundierten Überblick zu den für alle Elektrotechnikerinnen und Elektrotechniker ... Read more

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Dieses Hörbuch möchte Ihnen die wichtigsten Grundlagen der Fachkunde in der Elektrotechnik näherbringen. Es richtet sich in erster Linie an Berufstätige und in der Ausbildung befindliche Hörerinnen und Hörer aus der Elektrotechnik und setzt damit ein gewisses Grundwissen der Elektrotechnik voraus. Sie erhalten einen fundierten Überblick zu den für alle Elektrotechnikerinnen und Elektrotechniker
... Read more
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Lofi Revolution, The

Unwinding to the Sound of Now

by Nathan Venture, D ...

Narrated by James Wilson ...

Unabridged

3 hours 37 min

"The Lofi Revolution: Unwinding to the Sound of Now" offers a deep dive into the calming rhythms of the lofi movement, exploring its origins, cultural impact, and future. From its underground roots to mainstream recognition, this book unveils the psychology behind its relaxation appeal and dissects its unique production techniques. Celebrating its accessibility and integration into various ... Read more

£7.29 or Free with Kobo Plus

"The Lofi Revolution: Unwinding to the Sound of Now" offers a deep dive into the calming rhythms of the lofi movement, exploring its origins, cultural impact, and future. From its underground roots to mainstream recognition, this book unveils the psychology behind its relaxation appeal and dissects its unique production techniques. Celebrating its accessibility and integration into various
... Read more
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Re-Sisters

The Lives and Recordings of Delia Derbyshire, Margery Kempe and Cosey Fanni Tutti

by Cosey Fanni Tutti ...

Narrated by Cosey Fanni Tutti ...

Unabridged

11 hours 54 min

From the acclaimed author of Art Sex Music comes a vital meditation on womanhood, creativity and self-expression, and a revelatory exploration into the lives of three visionary artists.'A fascinating tale of the interlinking lives of three legendary trailblazers.'SALENA GODDEN' Re-sisters emanates an enthralling power.'JUDE ROGERS, MOJO'Cosey Fanni Tutti has lived the life and ... ... Read more

£32.99

From the acclaimed author of Art Sex Music comes a vital meditation on womanhood, creativity and self-expression, and a revelatory exploration into the lives of three visionary artists.'A fascinating tale of the interlinking lives of three legendary trailblazers.'SALENA GODDEN' Re-sisters emanates an enthralling power.'JUDE ROGERS, MOJO'Cosey Fanni Tutti has lived the life and ...
... Read more
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Depeche Mode's 101

by Mary Valle ...

Narrated by Jo Anna Perrin ...

Series series 33 1/3
Unabridged

2 hours 47 min

Depeche Mode’s 101 is, at first glance, a curious thing: a live double-album by a synth band. A recording of its “Concert for the Masses,” 101 marks the moment when doomy, cultish, electronic Depeche Mode, despite low American album sales and a lack of critical acclaim, declared they had arrived and ascended to the rare air of stadium rock. On June 18, 1988, 65,000 screaming, singing Southern ... Read more

£9.52 or Free with Kobo Plus

Depeche Mode’s 101 is, at first glance, a curious thing: a live double-album by a synth band. A recording of its “Concert for the Masses,” 101 marks the moment when doomy, cultish, electronic Depeche Mode, despite low American album sales and a lack of critical acclaim, declared they had arrived and ascended to the rare air of stadium rock. On June 18, 1988, 65,000 screaming, singing Southern
... Read more
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Sick On You

The Disastrous Story of Britain’s Great Lost Punk Band

by Andrew Matheson ...

Narrated by Andrew Matheson ...

Unabridged

9 hours 56 min

**MOJO MAGAZINE'S BOOK OF THE YEAR**The Hollywood Brats are the greatest band you’ve never heard of.Recording one near-perfect punk album in 1974, they were tragically ahead of their time.With only a guitar, a tatty copy of the Melody Maker and his template for the perfect band, Andrew Matheson set out, in 1971, to make musical history. His band, The Hollywood Brats, were pre-punk prophets ... ... Read more

£10.00

**MOJO MAGAZINE'S BOOK OF THE YEAR**The Hollywood Brats are the greatest band you’ve never heard of.Recording one near-perfect punk album in 1974, they were tragically ahead of their time.With only a guitar, a tatty copy of the Melody Maker and his template for the perfect band, Andrew Matheson set out, in 1971, to make musical history. His band, The Hollywood Brats, were pre-punk prophets ...
... Read more

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