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Hungry beat
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- Book Synopsis
- 'Hungry Beat' is about the Scottish independent music labels Fast Product and Postcard Records. The book covers the period 1977-83, starting with the Subway Sect and the Slits performance at the White Riot tour in Edinburgh on 7th May 1977, through to Bob Last taking the Human League from being an experimental electronic group on Fast Product to managing them as Don't You Want Me became a number 1 single in the USA and UK. It includes interviews with Bob Last and others involved in Fast Product,
- About The Author
- Douglas MacIntyre was a key part of the Scottish postpunk scene and since 1994 has operated the Creeping Bent Organisation, the Scottish independent label viewed as a successor to Fast Product and Postcard. Grant McPhee is director of the film, Big Gold Dream, interviews for which have been revisited to partly contribute to the book. Neil Cooper is an arts journalist and has chronicled Scottish postpunk manoeuvres.
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- ISBN
- 9781399600255
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- White Rabbit, (03 August 2023)
- Number of Pages
- 464
- Weight
- 340 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 196 x 128 x 30 mm
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