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Young Soul Rebels Stuart Cosgrove

Young Soul Rebels By Stuart Cosgrove

Young Soul Rebels by Stuart Cosgrove

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Summary

Young Soul Rebels is the intimate story of Britain's most fascinating underground music scene - northern soul. Stuart Cosgrove has been a well-known collector on the scene for decades, and here he takes the reader on a rollercoaster journey to the heart of this secret society.

Young Soul Rebels Summary

Young Soul Rebels: A Personal History of Northern Soul by Stuart Cosgrove

The Ultimate History of Northern Soul.

Young Soul Rebels is the intimate story of Britain's most fascinating underground music scene - northern soul. Stuart Cosgrove has been a well-known collector on the scene for decades, and here he takes the reader on a rollercoaster journey to the heart of this secret society: the iconic clubs - The Twisted Wheel, The Torch, Wigan Casino and the Blackpool Mecca, the infamous bootleggers, and the DJs and crate-digging collectors who voyaged to America to unearth rare sounds.

The book sweeps across fifty years of social and cultural history, taking in the rise of amphetamine culture, the brutal policing of the youth scene, the north-south divide, the rise of Thatcherism and the miners' strike, and concludes with a picture of northern soul today: as popular now as it was in its 1970s heyday.

Young Soul Rebels Reviews

'Sheer poetry . . . it truly is a personal history, but it weaves its way through our own history as well. Buy the book, you won't regret it'

-- Dave Rimmer * soul-source.co.uk *

'Cosgrove recalls [the Northern Soul scene] with a passionate honesty that never shirks, laying bare the dark side behind his personal eulogy to a whole musical genre... there are many striking moments that provide continuing food for thought. That's what I call a good book'

* Congleton Courier *

'A thoughtful and impassioned memoire, complete with sociopolitical analysis'

* Herald *

'it simply scintillates'

* Record Collector, 5 Stars *

'an enjoyable account of the northern soul scene...It's not just first-hand memories here, we also get a detailed history from the scene's root to the present day...fascinating'

* Mojo, 5 Stars *

'Not so much a book, but an LP with pages and pictures. Cosgrove gives northern soul the loud, upbeat voice it deserves'

* The Skinny, 5 Stars *

'Witty . . . and hard-hitting in equal measure'

* Scootering Magazine *

About Stuart Cosgrove

Stuart Cosgrove originally from Perth, was a fanzine writer on the northern soul scene before joining the black music paper Echoes, as a staff writer. He became media editor with the NME and a feature writer for a range of newspapers and magazines. In 2005 he was named Broadcaster of the Year in the Glenfiddich Spirit of Scotland Awards and in 2012 he won numerous awards including a BAFTA and Royal Television Society award for Channel 4's coverage of the London Paralympics 2012. He is the author of Young Soul Rebels (Polygon, 2016).

Additional information

GOR007481828
9781846973338
1846973333
Young Soul Rebels: A Personal History of Northern Soul by Stuart Cosgrove
Stuart Cosgrove
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Birlinn General
20160503
320
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Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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