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Last Shop Standing: Whatever happened to record shops Book

Last Shop Standing: Whatever Happened To Record Shops? documents the sad disappearance of a cultural icon from our high streets. Once a thriving industry, the UK has gone from having over 2000 independent record shops in the 1980s to just 269 in 2009.Written by Graham Jones, who has worked in the distribution industry for over 25 years as a record company salesman, this book presents a snapshot of a business that is under threat of going the same way as the stamp shop, the coin shop and the candlestick maker.In Last Shop Standing: Whatever Happened To Record Shops? Jones' speaks to 50 record shop owners to see why they have survived while nearly two thousand others have closed. These interviews form the basis of the book, which celebrates the rich social history in which the record shop is steeped.In 2012 Last Shop Standing was made into an award winning 50 minute film, featuring interviews with Johnny Marr, Norman Cook, Richard Hawley, Paul Weller and Billy Bragg, alongside many of the record shop owners featured in the book. Given a new tagline - 'the rise, fall and rebirth of the independent record shop', the film has been screened around the globe and was an official selection at the Chicago International Movies & Music Festival in 2013.Since the release of the original Last Shop Standing in 2009, the record shop has experienced an extraordinary resurgence in popularity. There are now more of these shops in the UK than there were five years ago. This revised edition examines the factors behind this unexpected shift and includes an update on the fortunes of the record shops featured in the first edition.Read More

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    Whatever happened to record shops? Not long ago there was one on every high street but over 550 have closed in the last five years. Now in its 6th reprint, Last Shop Standing lifts the lid on an industry in tatters. Graham Jones has worked at the heart of the music retail business since the golden era of the 1980s. He was there during the years of plenty and has witnessed the decline of a business blighted by corruption and greed. Undertaking a tour of the last remaining independent record shops, he has collected a wealth of entertaining stories that explain why the best are still standing and how the worst of them blew it. In telling the tale, Graham has unearthed some wry anecdotes about dozens of rock stars and music industry figures including The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, Elvis Costello, David Bowie, The Sex Pistols, Joy Division, Van Morrison and many others. Last Shop Standing is a hilarious yet harrowing account by a man who has been there and sold that. It is a book that will bring a smile to the face of anyone who has ever bought a CD or attended a concert and still has the T-shirt to prove it.

  • Blackwell

    Last Shop Standing lifted the lid on a music retail industry in tatters. Graham Jones collected a wealth of entertaining stories updated in this 6th edition that help to explain why the best record shops are still standing and how the worst of...

  • 0992806208
  • 9780992806200
  • Graham Jones
  • 22 April 2014
  • Proper Music Publishing Ltd
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 344
  • 6th Revised edition
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