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  • Published: 5 November 2015
  • ISBN: 9780241974643
  • Imprint: Penguin Audio
  • Format: Audio Download
  • RRP: $19.99
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Special Deluxe




The second installment of the iconic musician's memoirs

Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of Special Deluxe, written and read by Neil Young.

Quirky and wonderfully candid, Neil Young's new book of reminiscences is as compelling as his first book. He returns with more unforgettable stories about his six decades in the music business - but this is not your average rock biography. He centres this new work on one of his life's passions, cars, using the framework of all the cars he's ever owned to construct a narrative of his life and career, exploring and demonstrating how memories are attached to objects. Young also expresses regret for the environmental impact of his past cars, and now passionately advocates the use of clean energy.
Special Deluxe is a mix of memoir and environmental politics by one of the most gifted and influential artists of our time.

  • Published: 5 November 2015
  • ISBN: 9780241974643
  • Imprint: Penguin Audio
  • Format: Audio Download
  • RRP: $19.99
Categories:

About the author

Neil Young

Neil Young's music and songwriting—which span 40 years and 34 studio albums of rock and roll, folk, and country, with shadings of blues, techno, and other styles—are among the most enduring and popular in modern times. From his early days with Buffalo Springfield through his solo career and collaborations with Crosby, Stills & Nash; Crazy Horse; and dozens of other notable musicians and groups; Young is acclaimed for both his musical talents and his artistic integrity. With a major hit in every decade since the sixties, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice. A well-known political activist, environmentalist, and philanthropist, Young has been involved in several causes, notably cofounding Farm Aid and the Bridge School, which assists children with physical impairments and communication needs.

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Praise for Special Deluxe

Its biographical insights, career anecdotes and generous quotations from his lyrics make it an ideal present for Neil Young fans. And even those who don't know his work will find it endearingly wacky and oddly wise

Blake Morrison, Guardian

Starting from his time in Omemee, Ontario, to the present day Special Deluxe relates the stories untold in Waging Heavy Peace

Q Magazine