Hit factories : a journey through the industrial cities of British pop
Whitney, Karl2020
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After discovering a derelict record plant on the edge of a northern English city, and hearing that it was once visited by David Bowie, Karl Whitney embarks upon a journey to explore the industrial cities of British pop music. Manchester, Liverpool, Newcastle, Leeds, Sheffield, Hull, Glasgow, Belfast, Birmingham, Coventry, Bristol: at various points in the past these cities have all had distinctive and highly identifiable sounds. But how did this happen? What circumstances enabled those sounds to emerge? How did each particular city - its history, its physical form, its accent - influence its music? How were these cities and their music different from each other? And what did they have in common? 'Hit Factories' tells the story of British pop through the cities that shaped it.
Main title:
Author:
Whitney, Karl, author
Imprint:
London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2020.
Collation:
326 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2019.Includes bibliographical references and index.
Audience:
Specialized.
ISBN:
9781474607414 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
782.42164782.421782.4216782.421640941
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1188110