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About this book
By 1983, many of Scotland’s post-punk bands had broken up or moved south to chase the major labels in London. That vacuum was filled by an influx of young musicians who were determined to remake the scene in their own image.
In this compelling and dynamic oral history, Grant McPhee chronicles the radical transformation of Scotland’s independent music scene from 1983-1995. Including archival photos and drawing from over 100 interviews with the key players of the time, Grant McPhee allows them to set the scene in their own words; including the Cocteau Twins, Shop Assistants, Teenage Fanclub, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Primal Scream and many more.
Postcards from Scotland is the definitive story of the radicals, misfits and experimentalists who made independent music what it is today.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Dedication
- Title Page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1 The new sound of young Scotland
- 2 Edinburgh: a new dawn
- 3 Creation: the swinging sixties in the eighties
- 4 Rote Kapelle and the Shop Assistants
- 5 Back to Creation: the ascent of The Jesus and Mary Chain
- 6 Meanwhile, elsewhere in the east
- 7 As good as Ramones Records: 53rd & 3rd Records
- 8 A new era for indie music
- 9 Scotland is bigger than you think
- 10 The landscape is changing
- 11 Endings and new beginnings
- 12 Splits and ends
- 13 A new guitar sound for Glasgow
- 14 Further adventures of The Orchids, Garage and a new golden age of indie
- 15 New blood and old success
- 16 The sound of young Scotland: the beat goes on
- Thanks to
- Bibliography and Sources
- Picture Credits
- Index
- Copyright