Looks at the second British invasion in rock music, describes how pop quickly replaced punk, and describes the rise of Culture Club

Like Punk Never Happened: Culture Club and the New Pop

Arts & Photography

Rimmer, Dave

Music

Faber&Faber

Biographies & Memoirs

Arts & Literature

Faber and Faber

The definitive account of the first rise and fall of Boy George and Culture Club and British pop music in the 1980s. NEW EXPANDED EDITION | WITH A FOREWORD BY NEIL TENNANT | FEAUTURING A BONUS CHAPTER ON DURAN DURAN AND A NEW AFTERWORD.\nA story of money, sex, stardom, screaming fans and forgotten ideals, Like Punk Never Happened is Dave Rimmer’s witty, authoritative, fast-moving and provocative insider account of the roller-coaster ride that was Boy George & Culture Club and the new ‘80s pop.

Like Punk Never Happened

This witty and authoritative account traces the story of the New Romantics from the moment Steve Strange and Rusty Egan began their legendary Bowie Nights at Billy’s in Soho, through the move to Blitz, and the growth of the Birmingham scene.

New Romantics: The Look

Humor & Entertainment

Omnibus Press

The Rare Soul Bible

Bee Cool Publishing Ltd

The second volume of the Rare Soul Bible contains the most comprehensive listings of artists discographies, and label listings, for Soul artists that have a connection to the UK's Northern Soul scene, ever put together in one book. Combine that with some of the author's in depth biographies, and some of his hilarious accounts of trips out of the UK to DJ in Europe and the States, it makes a fascinating read that no fan or collector of Rare soul should be without.

The Rare Soul Bible - Volume 2

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Originally published in 2002 in a limited run of 1000 copies, The Rare Soul Bible - An A - Z Of Northern Soul has been in demand ever since.Therefore, due to renewed demand because of the publication of Volume 2, Dave Rimmer, the author has decided to 'Reissue' the original Volume 1.Whilst there are no new discographies in the Reissue, all the ones in the original release have been updated, in some cases, with almost double the entries, meaning there are over 100 more pages in The Reissue.The Northern Soul scene has encompassed a wide range of musical styles; street corner Doo-Wop, through gritty R & B and sanctified southern Soul to driving, hard edged Funk.This exhaustive compilation, catalogues thousands of 45s by artists who are connected (in some cases, often by just one release) to the scene.Also included are a year of venue reports, and Dave's forthright views of the contemporary Northern Soul circuit.The Rare Soul Bible is a route map for the serious Soul vinyl addict.

The Rare Soul Bible - Volume 1 - The Reissue: An A - Z Of Northern Soul

Detroit was a Jazz city in the 1950s, but with the dawn of the the Sixties, the sound the city wanted was Soul Music. You can't ignore the influence that Berry Gordy Jr had on the city's music. He built the largest Black American owned company in the world with his Motown Empire. But there was so much more to the music of the Motor City. There were hundreds of little labels who produced music just as good as that of the major labels, but for one reason or another (Usually a lack of promotion and money) they failed to become hits. This book tries to redress that balance, by focusing on the smaller labels and the artists who made great records, but never got the hits. Stuffed full to the brim with Label Listings and Artist Discographies, this is a book for the serious Detroit afficianado.

The Soulful Kinda Music Guide To Detroit Soul: A discography of the Motor City (Soul Cities)

Philadelphia, The City Of Brotherly Love. A tale of two decades really as far as Soul Music goes, the 1960’s and the 1970’s.The 1960’s were dominated by two companies really, Parkway, and Cameo who released literally hundreds of singles. Not all were Soul, in fact they also defined the pop siound in the the States at the time, but a lot were. Patially in the back ground though was the Jamie / Guyden group. Not only did they also release hundreds of singles, but they also distributed what must at one stage have been nearly 100 other smaller Philadelphia labels. This was of course the key to getting national sales. It was easy enough to get sales in Philadelphia if you had a great record. All the Mom &amp; Pop One Stops would be selling it. But to break out of the city and get national exposure and sales you had to have a whole distribution network, and that was way beyond the resources of most smaller labels. That’s where Jamie/Guyden came in. They had the network, and could distribute your records all over the country for you, for a fee of course !By the mid Sixties though two other names were coming to the fore. Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff. As label owners and writers and producers.By the early Seventies they made it big time. They created music that became known world wide as ‘The Philly Sound’. I don’t need to go into details here about the groups and artists that had huge hits and became household names of Philadelphia International Records, if you’ve bought this book, you’ll know them anyway. Suffice to say, it created an identity for Philadelphia in the Seventies that rivalled that Motown and Detroit in the Sixties.As usual, the book contains discographies for artists from Philadelphia, and those not born there, but who recorded a significant part of their career in the city.As usual, I’m sure that somewhere in nearly 300 pages, I’ll have made a mistake, either a typo, or missed something out. What I am confident about is that these are the most accurate and complete discographies of labels and artists that you will find anywhere.

The Soulful Kinda Music Guide To Philadelphia Soul: A Discography of The City Of Brotherly Love (The Soul Cities)

The Soulful Kinda Music Guide To The Soul Of Texas: A discography Of The Lone Star State (The Soul Cities)

Independently published

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Like Punk Never Happened: Culture Club and the New Pop

Like Punk Never Happened: Culture Club and the New Pop

Like Punk Never Happened

New Romantics: The Look

The Rare Soul Bible

The Rare Soul Bible - Volume 2

The Rare Soul Bible - Volume 1 - The Reissue: An A - Z Of Northern Soul

The Soulful Kinda Music Guide To Detroit Soul: A discography of the Motor City (Soul Cities)

The Soulful Kinda Music Guide To Philadelphia Soul: A Discography of The City Of Brotherly Love (The Soul Cities)

The Soulful Kinda Music Guide To The Soul Of Texas: A discography Of The Lone Star State (The Soul Cities)