From 1987 to 1995, Bristol, England's Sarah Records was a modest
underground success and, for the most part, a critical laughingstock
in its native country-sneeringly dismissed as the sad, final
repository for a fringe style of music (variously referred to as
“indie-pop,” “C86,” “cutie” and “twee”) whose moment
had passed. Yet now, more than 20 years after its founders
symbolically “destroyed” it, Sarah is among the most passionately
fetishized record labels of all time. Its rare releases command
hundreds of dollars, devotees around the world hungrily seek out any
information they can find about its poorly documented history, and
young musicians-some of them not yet born when Sarah shut down-claim
its bands (such as Blueboy, the Field Mice, Heavenly, and the Wake) as
major influences. Featuring dozens of exclusive interviews with the
music-makers, producers, writers and assorted eyewitnesses who played
a part in Sarah's eight-year odyssey, Popkiss: The Life and Afterlife
of Sarah Records is the first authorised biography of an unlikely cult
legend.
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The Life and Afterlife of Sarah Records
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781628922233
Publisert
2015
Utgave
1. utgave
Utgiver
Bloomsbury USA
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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