Roots, radicals and rockers : how skiffle changed the world / Billy Bragg.
Roots, radicals and rockers : how skiffle changed the world / Billy Bragg.
Roots, radicals and rockers : how skiffle changed the world / Billy Bragg.
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Publisher
London Faber & Faber, 2017.
Call Numbers
G 2018/0129
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
xv, 431 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Content type
still image
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
1.The Rock Island Line -- 2.Ration Book Jazz -- 3.Blues in Brass -- 4.Pilgrimage to New Orleans -- 5.Back to Basics -- 6.What Kind of Music Are They Playing? -- 7.Stumbling Towards a New Dawn -- 8.The New Edwardians -- 9.The Highbrow of Swing -- 10.Will TV Kill the British Sunday? -- 11.Sunshine on...
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Publisher
London Faber & Faber, 2017.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2017.
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Scope and Contents
Summary
Roots, Radicals & Rockers: How Skiffle Changed the World is the first book to explore this phenomenon in depth - a meticulously researched and joyous account that explains how skiffle sparked a revolution that shaped pop music as we have come to know it. It's a story of jazz pilgrims and blues blowers, Teddy Boys and beatnik girls, coffee-bar bohem...
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Roots, radicals and rockers : how skiffle changed the world / Billy Bragg.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 411-414) and index.
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Date Copyright
©2017
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Call Numbers
G 2018/0129
Record Identifier
74VKVGEM44Rb
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVGEM44Rb
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ISBN
0571327745 (hardback)
9780571327744 (hardback)
DDC
781.64
MMS ID
991024153614702626
