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27: A History of the 27 Club Through the Lives of Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain, and Amy Winehouse by Howard Sounes

27: A History of the 27 Club Through the Lives of Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain, and Amy Winehouse: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the 27: A History of the 27 Club Through the Lives of Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain, and Amy Winehouse audiobook runs 12.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Todd McLaren (about 8.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

12.5listening hrs
Arts & Entertainmentstore shelf
2013released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

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What our data says

  • At 12.5 hours, it runs longer than 87% of the 8,856 Arts & Entertainment audiobooks in our catalog.

Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.

About this listen

27: A History of the 27 Club Through the Lives of Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain, and Amy Winehouse is an audiobook by Howard Sounes: a 12.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Todd McLaren, released November 12, 2013, on the Arts & Entertainment and World shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
12.5 hrs
Narrated by
Todd McLaren
Released
November 12, 2013
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Arts & Entertainment, World
ISBN
9781452687780

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the 27: A History of the 27 Club Through the Lives of Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain, and Amy Winehouse audiobook?

27: A History of the 27 Club Through the Lives of Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain, and Amy Winehouse runs 12.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.3 hours.

Is the 27: A History of the 27 Club Through the Lives of Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain, and Amy Winehouse audiobook free?

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Who narrates 27: A History of the 27 Club Through the Lives of Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain, and Amy Winehouse?

27: A History of the 27 Club Through the Lives of Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain, and Amy Winehouse is narrated by Todd McLaren.

Is 27: A History of the 27 Club Through the Lives of Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain, and Amy Winehouse worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.3 hours, saving 4.2 hours.