Name: Hungry Beat: The Scottish Independent Pop Underground Movement (1977-1984)
Brand: Douglas MacIntyre and Grant McPhee

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

9781399605748

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Colour

Discs

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format Books GB

Hardback

Format detail

Limited edition

Release date

2022-09-29

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Hachette

Tax rate GB

UPC / Barcode

1 / Extended format: No / Hardback / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Douglas MacIntyre and Grant McPhee

Genre GB

Music

Label GB

White Rabbit

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The definitive oral history of Scottish postpunk, from Glasgow to Edinburgh, the Postcard label and Fast Product

The immense cultural contribution made by two maverick Scottish independent music labels, Fast Product and Postcard, cannot be underestimated. Bob Last and Hilary Morrison in Edinburgh, followed by Alan Horne and Edwyn Collins in Glasgow helped to create a confidence in being Scottish that hitherto had not existed in pop music (or the arts in general in Scotland). Their fierce independent spirit stamped a mark of quality and intelligence on everything they achieved, as did their role in the emergence of regional independent labels and cultural agitators, such as Rough Trade, Factory and Zoo. 

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