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Richard King’s account of the several years he spent working in a Bristol independent record shop in the early 90s is destined to become a classic of music writing. We live in an age when the most beautiful of recording formats, vinyl, is back in vogue and thriving. In the early 90s, with the march of the CD and record company disinterest in the format, vinyl was looking like an anachronism. And with its demise came the gradual erosion of a once beautiful and unique landscape known as the independent record shop.
Richard King, author of 'How Soon is Now', blends memoir and elegiac music writing on the likes of Captain Beefheart, CAN, Julian Cope, roots reggae, British improv, Massive Attack and their antecedents to create a book that recalls the debauched glory days of the independent record shop. Chaotic, amateurish and extravagantly dysfunctional, this is a book full of rare personalities and rum stories. It is a book about landscape, place and the personal; the first piece of writing to treat the environment of the record shop as a natural resource with its own peculiar rhythms and anecdotal histories.
Richard King was born in Newport, Gwent. He has worked at the heart of the independent music industry for nearly twenty years. His first book, How Soon Is Now, was published by Faber in 2012. He is also the co-editor of Loops, an occasional journal of long-form music writing published jointly by Faber and Domino Records. He has contributed to the Guardian, the Observer and many other publications. He lives with his family in Powys.Faber & Faber20172019add-to-cart2018-03-21
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