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July 2010 Editor's Choice.
A comprehensive story of the record label that launched the careers
of some of Britain's greatest and best known bands including The Fall
and The Smiths. A must for any music lover but a fascinating story in
its own right.
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Synopsis
Document and Eyewitness: An Intimate History of Rough Trade by Neil Taylor
Rough Trade is practically a byword for the history of independent music over the last thirty years. 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 the collapse of the independent collective and the rebirth of Rough Trade at the turn of the century, this will be the definitive, essential account for any serious music fan.
Reviews
'Document and Eyewitness is 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... If you read one music book this summer, make it this one.'
Dylan Jones INDEPENDENT DOCUMENT AND EYEWITNESS
's treatment of its main players is affectionate-going-hagiographical, but the implication of that end-point is inescapable. The journey from the mid-70s to now denotes the arrival of an altogether duller world: music that tends to be reverential rather than iconoclastic.'
GUARDIAN
'Taylor knows his stuff, painting a picture of a chaotic organisation with a good heart... a story that's fascinating and entertaining in equal measure.'
BIG ISSUE
'The Fall and the Smiths - even if these were the only bands Rough Trade had signed it would be worth a 400-plus page book like this.'
MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS
'The journey from the mid-70s to now denotes the arrival of an altogether duller world: music that tends to be reverential rather than iconoclastic.'
GUARDIAN
'Long overdue... The type of reader who buys rock biographies will crave the detailed information that spans the late 70s to 1991 - and they will not be disappointed ****. RECORD COLLECTOR'
About the Author
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Book Info
Format
Paperback
448 pages
Author
Neil Taylor
More books by Neil Taylor
Publisher
Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ) an imprint of Orion Publishing Co
Publication
date
22nd July 2010
 Categories
 The Real World
ISBN
9780752853581
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