Original Rockers

A Times , Rough Trade and Uncut Book of the Year, shortlisted for the Gordon Burn Prize 2015. Original Rockers is a clear-eyed yet romantic account of the several years that Richard King spent working behind the counter at Bristol's Revolver Records -- a business run from the heart rather than the head. King brings that lost environment back to life -- the sounds, the smells and the people -- along with a vivid sense of how it feels to discover taste-shaping records and the artists who created them for the first time. Original Rockers evokes a golden moment in British cultural history, and celebrates the magical abandon that music offers us.

Product details

• Authors: Dr. Richard King, Richard King
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2017
• EAN: 9780571311804
• ISBN: 978-0-571-31180-4
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 196 mm x 11 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Novel-like biographies; Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; Popmusik s.a. Einzelgruppe : Berichte, Erinnerungen, Rock, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / General, Memoirs, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Rock, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Pop Vocal, History of Music, Pop Music, Popular Music, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs