Young Soul Rebels: A Personal History of Northern Soul
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| Rating | : | 4.91 (703 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1846973937 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-01-17 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Young Soul Rebels is a compelling and intimate story of northern soul, Britain’s most fascinating musical underground scene, and takes the reader on a journey into the iconic clubs that made it famous – The Twisted Wheel, The Torch, Wigan Casino, Blackpool Mecca and Cleethorpes Pier – the bootleggers that made it infamous, the splits that threatened to divide the scene, the great unknown records that built its global reputation and the crate-digging collectors that travelled to America to unearth unknown sounds.
Five Stars I love this book, insightful and inspirational.
Originally from Perth, he was a fanzine writer on the northern soul scene before joining the black music paper Echoes as a staff writer. Stuart Cosgrove is a television executive with the UK broadcaster Channel 4. He became media editor with the NME and a feature writer for a range of newspapers and magazines.
'A thoughtful and impassioned memoire, complete with sociopolitical analysis' - Herald; 'an enjoyable account of the northern soul sceneIt's not just first-hand memories here, we also get a detailed history from the scene's root to the present dayfascinating' **** - Mojo; 'it simply scintillates' ***** - Record Collector; 'Sheer poetryit truly is a personal history, but it weaves its way through our own history as well. Buy the book, you won't regret it' - Dave Rimmer, soul-source