Document and Eyewitness
An Intimate History of Rough Trade
- Paperback
448 pages
- Release Date
12 June 2012
Summary
Rough Trade is practically a byword for the history of independent music over the last thirty years. The Rough Trade Story: Document and Eyewitness tells the story from the inside of a phenomenally influential record label, through the voices of Geoff Travis, Jarvis Cocker, Robert Wyatt, Green Gartside and many many more.
From the early records of Cabaret Voltaire, Kleenex and the Swell Maps, through to groundbreaking releases by The Fall, The Smiths and Scritti Pollitti, on through t…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781409135586 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1409135586 |
| Author: | Neil Taylor |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Orion |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 448 |
| Release Date: | 12 June 2012 |
| Weight: | 410g |
| Dimensions: | 214mm x 140mm x 32mm |
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Critics Review
An essential purchase for anyone who was involved in or influenced by the punk maelstrom of 1976, a riveting evocation of a period in musical history that becomes more important the further we get away from it … Taylor’s book is a joy * INDEPENDENT *
Long overdue…The type of reader that buys rock biographies will crave the detailed information that spans the late 1970s to 1991 - and they will not be disappointed * RECORD COLLECTOR *
DOCUMENT AND EYEWITNESS’ treatment of its main players is affectionate-going-hagiographical, but the implication of that end-point is inescapable. The journey from the mid-1970s to now denotes the arrival of an altogether duller world: music that tends to be reverential rather than iconoclastic * GUARDIAN *
About The Author
Neil Taylor
Neil Taylor worked for the NME during the mid-1980s and has more recently worked in publishing. He is a dedicated regionalist.
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