Robert J. Rabel
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Solid State
- The Story of Abbey Road and the End of the Beatles
- De: Kenneth Womack, Alan Parsons - foreword
- Narrado por: William Hughes
- Duración: 8 h y 8 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 640
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 551
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 548
In February 1969, the Beatles began working on what became their final album together. Abbey Road introduced a number of new techniques and technologies to the Beatles' sound and included "Come Together", "Something", and "Here Comes the Sun", which all emerged as classics. Womack's colorful retelling of how this landmark album was written and recorded is a treat for fans of the Beatles. Solid State takes listeners back to 1969 and into EMI's Abbey Road Studios, which boasted an advanced solid state transistor mixing desk.
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1 out of 5 stars
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It's all about the recording studios
- De Tina en 02-18-20
- Solid State
- The Story of Abbey Road and the End of the Beatles
- De: Kenneth Womack, Alan Parsons - foreword
- Narrado por: William Hughes
much to learn here about the last Beatles album
Revisado: 06-09-20
The book gets off to a rough start with a little too much explanation of recording technology given. How the Beatles were recorded, at first, seemed irrelevant to me as an explanation of what makes the music great. However, when we get to the actual recording of Abbey Road, the narrative catches fire. Though I've read a good share of books written about the Beatles "Solid State" was a revelation that brought me to a new understanding of this extraordinary album.
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Can't Buy Me Love
- De: Jonathan Gould
- Narrado por: Richard Aspel
- Duración: 29 h y 52 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 117
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 106
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 108
Nearly 20 years in the making, Can't Buy Me Love is a masterful work of group biography, cultural history, and musical criticism. That the Beatles were an unprecedented phenomenon is a given. Here Jonathan Gould seeks to explain why, placing the Fab Four in the broad and tumultuous panorama of their time and place, rooting their story in the social context that girded both their rise and their demise.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Light on gossip, rich on context
- De Tad Davis en 10-29-13
- Can't Buy Me Love
- De: Jonathan Gould
- Narrado por: Richard Aspel
Perhaps the best book on the Beatles.
Revisado: 05-18-20
I know that more than 500 books haver been written on the Beatles, so it's unlikely anyone could speak of any one of them as being the best. But Gould's stand apart as a marvelous treatment of the lives of the Beatles and the times during which they made their music. What distinguishes the book, however, is Gould's incisive analysis of the music itself. While many biographies of the Beatles are caught up in gossip surrounding the four musicians, Gould keeps his eye on what makes the music revolutionary, beautiful, and even, at times, profound. I especially like how he analyzes the music in terms of its placement on record, where a break occurs at the halfway point, the disc is turned over, and a kind of new beginning takes place. The continuous format of a CD disguises and disrupts the ingenious placement of the songs--especially noticeable on Sgt. Pepper.
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Christianity
- The First Three Thousand Years
- De: Diarmaid MacCulloch
- Narrado por: Walter Dixon
- Duración: 46 h y 29 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 1,058
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 786
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 787
Once in a generation, a historian will redefine his field, producing a book that demands to be read or heard - a product of electrifying scholarship conveyed with commanding skill. Diarmaid MacCulloch's Christianity is such a book. Breathtaking in ambition, it ranges back to the origins of the Hebrew Bible and covers the world, following the three main strands of the Christian faith.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Bias
- De 8cdpmpppm en 10-04-10
- Christianity
- The First Three Thousand Years
- De: Diarmaid MacCulloch
- Narrado por: Walter Dixon
Exhaustive and exacting.
Revisado: 05-18-20
I am in awe of MacCulloch for his ability to treat so large and controversial a subject with intelligence, wit, and clarity.
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Dominion
- How the Christian Revolution Remade the World
- De: Tom Holland
- Narrado por: Tom Holland, Mark Meadows
- Duración: 22 h y 18 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,337
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,167
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,160
Crucifixion, the Romans believed, was the worst fate imaginable, a punishment reserved for slaves. How astonishing it was, then, that people should have come to believe that one particular victim of crucifixion - an obscure provincial by the name of Jesus - was to be worshipped as a god. Dominion explores the implications of this shocking conviction as they have reverberated throughout history.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Only the forward is narrated by Holland.
- De Honora en 06-16-20
- Dominion
- How the Christian Revolution Remade the World
- De: Tom Holland
- Narrado por: Tom Holland, Mark Meadows
Wonderful writer. Great reader!
Revisado: 05-18-20
Dominion is a fine work-entertaining and well researched. The thesis, however, is a bit reductionist. If Holland can identify virtually any modern progressive thought or movement as having been espoused at any time in the history of Christianity, he feels it legitimate to identify the thought or movement as being essentially Christian,
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