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Last Night a DJ Saved My Life

The History of the Disc Jockey

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Last Night a DJ Saved My Life

By: Bill Brewster, Frank Broughton, James Murphy
Narrated by: Theo Solomon
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FOREWORD BY JAMES MURPHY

'Literally changed the course of my life' James Murphy

When someone says, 'You have to know your history...' this is it. A pop culture classic for over two decades, now fully refreshed and updated as part of White Rabbit's Deep Cuts series, Last Night a DJ ... is the whole unruly story of dance music in one volume. It recreates the dancefloors that made history, conjuring their atmosphere with loving detail and bringing you the voices of the DJs and clubbers at their heart - from grime, garage, house, hip hop and disco, to techno, soul, reggae, rock'n'roll, and EDM. Whether musical outlaw, obsessive crate-digger or overpaid superstar, the DJ has been at the spinning centre of nightlife for a century, making parties wilder, pushing clubbers harder, and driving music into completely new shapes and styles.

'The chapter on Larry Levan alone transformed me into wanting to be your favoUrite DJ' Questlove

'We can't tell the story of dance music without speaking the names of Sharon White and Judy Weinstein, so I welcome this vital update' The Blessed Madonna

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2022 Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton (P)2022 White Rabbit 20th Century History & Criticism Modern Music

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Critic reviews

"The original and still the best." (Gilles Peterson)
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Deep dive into the history of dance music, but very listenable and fun throughout. Recommend for all music fans.

Great fun and comprehensive

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Great narration,
Fantastic timeline of dance music, loved the various accounts from so many Involved in the many scenes this book covers

Loved it

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If you like your dance music , this is excellent.
Well researched and narrated.
Love the sections on Disco .
Took a 54 year old back to teenage years . Loved it

Excellent

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The perfect listen about the history of djs & music & culture. Enjoyed every part of the story.

Fantastic informative listen to dj life & it’s history.

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loved the book, great insight and anecdotes. performance was a little underwhelming in parts, but enervating in others. highly recommended.

great book overall

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A brilliant book that was incredibly hard to stay with because of the narration is so bad, the drag on every word grates! Such a shame because I doubt there is a better book on this subject

Brilliant book ruined by intensely annoying narration

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very informative, very well written and very well read. took me back to my youth of uk acid house. the last chapter is bang on the money

Excellent All Round

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Like a great DJ set this book takes you on a journey through so many genres and perfectly puts you in the shoes of the people who lived and breathed it.

Music is the answer

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An essential and extremely well researched and written history of dj’ing and music. The new update really brings it up to date in 2024 and the joining of international dots is very well executed and linked.
If you want to know the history of where we are today musically from a dance perspective this is such an important book.
The narrator is very good except for his constant mispronunciation of Balearic - which is totally forgivable in light of the superb content.
I would really like to hear Bill & Frank’s other books converted into Audio format as they are also very good and need to be accessible to the huge audiobook market of listeners.
Highly recommended -
5/5

Essential music history superbly collated

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It was a musical education.Excellent research and detail throughout the book. I read an earlier edition and enjoy the new material, especially acknowledging the female DJs and an up to date perspective on the current DJs trends and its democracy.

A musical education

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