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The Birth of Loud
- Leo Fender, Les Paul, and the Guitar-Pioneering Rivalry That Shaped Rock 'n' Roll
- By: Ian S. Port
- Narrated by: Pete Simonelli
- Length: 9 hrs and 49 mins
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A riveting saga in the history of rock ‘n’ roll: the decades-long rivalry between the two men who innovated the electric guitar’s amplified sound - Leo Fender and Les Paul - and their intense competition to convince rock stars like the Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, and Eric Clapton to play the instruments they built.
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Thoughtful Music History
- By E. Protzman on 01-23-19
- The Birth of Loud
- Leo Fender, Les Paul, and the Guitar-Pioneering Rivalry That Shaped Rock 'n' Roll
- By: Ian S. Port
- Narrated by: Pete Simonelli
Well done!!
Reviewed: 01-10-22
Excellent telling of the real story, in contrast to the myths and tales that all us guitar players think we know about “the big two”, Fender and Gibson.
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Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941-1942
- By: Ian W. Toll
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 22 hrs and 6 mins
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On the first Sunday in December 1941, an armada of Japanese warplanes appeared suddenly over Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and devastated the U.S. Pacific Fleet. Six months later, in a sea fight north of the tiny atoll of Midway, four Japanese aircraft carriers were sent into the abyss. Pacific Crucible tells the epic tale of these first searing months of the Pacific war, when the U.S. Navy shook off the worst defeat in American military history and seized the strategic initiative.
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Astonishingly good.
- By Mike From Mesa on 09-01-12
Very enjoyable listen
Reviewed: 04-04-21
I enjoy naval history, especially WWII era history. I thought Toll did a great job of writing with just enough detail to cover each side story or point without getting bogged down in one area. It’s a vast subject to cover and I thought his pace was about right. I look forward to following up with the second and third books of this trilogy.
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