Black Vinyl White Powder by Simon Napier-Bell - ISBN: 9780091880927
Paperback
Inside the British music industry: drugs, egos, and unbelievable stories.

Black Vinyl White Powder

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  • Paperback

    480 pages

  • Release Date

    15 January 2002

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Summary

A lifetime’s work and the best piece of music writing this year. The real inside story of the British music industry.

“The most authoritative, intelligent, diligently researched and unpretentious analysis of the British pop scene yet written.” - Sunday Telegraph

Black Vinyl White Powder charts the amazing fifty-year history of the British music business in unparalleled scale and detail. As a key player across the decades, Napier-Bell – who discovered Marc Bolan and ma…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780091880927
ISBN-10:0091880920
Author:Simon Napier-Bell
Publisher:Ebury Publishing
Imprint:Ebury Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:480
Release Date:15 January 2002
Weight:324g
Dimensions:198mm x 126mm x 29mm
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Critics Review

“The greatest book ever written about English Pop.”– Julie Burchill

‘Breathtakingly brilliant’ - Julie Burchill‘The definitive history of British pop * Observer Music Monthly *“one of the most fascinating, revealing and enjoyable journeys through 50 years of the UK record business” * Music Week *`Here you get a great autobiography of a very experienced man (he famously managed Wham!), who describes in great detail the advent of the pop industry and, of course, all the pitfalls that have become associated with it. – Mousse T, singer * Sunday Times *

About The Author

Simon Napier-Bell

Simon Napier-Bell was manager of the Yardbirds, Marc Bolan, Japan and Wham!, to name but a few. He still manages today.

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