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Post by doug61 on Jun 11, 2021 15:25:49 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2021 23:29:38 GMT
Seen it but not bought it.
Anyone read it?
Bought a few in the 70's right through to the late 80's.Used to also do a bit of writing for MRR back in the 80's too.
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Jun 12, 2021 10:05:09 GMT
 Eddie Piller is best known for being a professional Mod and keeper of the Mod flame This suggests to me this is a bit of cash in quickie, but I'm just speculating I've had a book for decades that is a collection of all the Sniffin Glues called The Bible - that's well worth getting/reading  |
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Post by doug61 on Jun 12, 2021 14:26:53 GMT
Eddie Piller is best known for being a professional Mod and keeper of the Mod flame This suggests to me this is a bit of cash in quickie, but I'm just speculating I've had a book for decades that is a collection of all the Sniffin Glues called The Bible - that's well worth getting/reading Remember the Sniffing Glue comp well, bought it in Soho around 1979? |
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Post by doug61 on Jun 12, 2021 14:28:01 GMT
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Jun 13, 2021 7:25:51 GMT
Eddie Piller is best known for being a professional Mod and keeper of the Mod flame This suggests to me this is a bit of cash in quickie, but I'm just speculating I've had a book for decades that is a collection of all the Sniffin Glues called The Bible - that's well worth getting/reading Remember the Sniffing Glue comp well, bought it in Soho around 1979? Can't remember the year it came out. Early 80s would be my guess It's flipping great Better than many weighty punk tomes in that it propels the reader straight back into the early days A decent compendium of SG, Ripped and Torn etc would be well worth getting - just dunno if Punkzines is it. Kinda doubt it
How about this one, anyone got it?
Punk Diary: Ultimate Trainspotter's Guide to Underground Rock 1970-1982New one on me Doug
Any good?
Sounds promising...
Punk Diary is a comprehensive chronicle of the punk rock era, combining for the first time in one volume the previously published Punk Diary and Post Punk Diary expanded with new material never before published. Experience this volatile period in popular music and culture first-hand, as author George Gimarc uses original archival material and in-depth interviews to present a day-by-day accounting of over 1000 bands and 4000 recordings, including record releases, live gigs, bands getting together or breaking apart, riots, arrests, and revealing quotes from the personalities of the day.
This review might well give a good indication of pros and cons...
I have both this updated version and the original this is based on, namely Gimarc's 'Punk diary 1970-1979' from the mid 90s. See what he did there? He's added three extra years.. yet trebled the size of the book! And added a CD at the back with interviews from the author's radio show. The 'punk' title was a bit of a misnomer for the first book, given that much of the music covered (overwhelmingly UK in origin) was garage rock, new wave or early synth pop. The 'punk' tag is even more misplaced now that Gimarc's takes us well into the 80s, with Smash Hits, the Belle Stars (a more earnest Bananarama... ask yer mum) and Kajagoogoo featuring among the book's final entries.
This book is far from an indepth 'thought piece'. Basically 'Punk diary' is a load of snippets from the British rock press (remember that, boys and girls?), handily sliced together so that we don't have to clutter up the house with mountains of yellowing back issues of Flexipop, Sounds and the NME. As such it's great for dipping into, spoilt only by numerous typos (Shreikback, Bauhuas...I could go on). Why put so much effort into this only to skimp on a decent proof reader? It's especially unforgivable seeing as much of this content is reprinted from the 1994 original. But the greatest mystery the book never solves is how and why an American like George Gimarc became so obsessed about this weird and farflung music happening on the other side of the Atlantic. Well, I'm glad he did because it's given us a hard-to-put-down time capsule from an era when British music was without equal in the world: 'we never had it so good', indeed.
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