Sam Knee : The Bag I’m In

Bobby Gillespie of The Jesus and Mary Chain / Primal Scream in a 60’s patterned anorak in 1985. Photo taken by and ©Chris Davidson.

Following up on the excellent A Scene In Between and the sartorial treasures of an era covering Postcard Records, Creation, C86, etc. Sam Knee has curated another collection of unseen photographs from fans and band members for his new book The Bag I'm In: Underground Music and Fashion in Britain 1960-1990

Get it down on your shopping list now!

Read more about this forthcoming book at Glasgow Music City Tours 

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Postcard Goes to Rough Trade

Edwyn Collins (left), Alan Horne, Postcard Records supremo,(right), and Chris from Rough Trade press.
Photograph from Document & Eyewitness: An Intimate History of Rough Trade.* ©Scott Piering collection
Source : Automatic

*Available @Amazon

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Simply Thrilled...

Simply Thrilled : The Preposterous Story of Postcard Records*

Well, I was indeed "simply thrilled" when I found this review copy of Simon Goddard's Postcard Records book in my letter box this morning. Would like to thank Maria Hughes at Random House for sending it to me. Will be writing/posting a review of the book very soon. Stay tuned!

image ©japanese forms

*Available @ Amazon

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Funky Glasgow Then - Postcard Map

'Funky Glasgow Then' - Postcard Map

Free when buying a copy of: Simon Goddard's 'Simply Thrilled : The Preposterous Story of Postcard Records' in Scotland on Record Store Day

Available @ Amazon

Read Andrew R, Hill's (Dora Maar) review of it @ Blasted

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Barbed Wire Kisses (Biography)

Barbed Wire Kisses : The Jesus And Mary Chain biography by Zoë Howe
Paperback edition available from independent music retailers on
Record Store Day in the U.K.

Otherwise, available from the 19th of May in the US and the UK.
via SlicingUpEyeballs

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On my desk - A Scene in Between

'A Scene In Between' by Sam Knee

A ‘must-have’ book for anyone at all interested in UK indie music in the 80s. Features lots a photos of SoYS’s favourites: Orange Juice, Josef K, The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Pastels, etc. [image ©japanese forms]

Grateful thanks to Gianni Motti Assistant & Outrelenoir for this wonderful gift.

Original photo credits: ©James Finch (left) ©BRT/RTBF (right)

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Simply Thrilled : The Preposterous Story of Postcard Records

Simply Thrilled : The Preposterous Story of Postcard Records

Simon Goddard : Available @ Amazon

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