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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825568003321

Autore

Chapman Robert <1954->

Titolo

Selling the sixties : the pirates and pop music radio / / Robert Chapman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1992

ISBN

1-134-89624-7

9786612777936

0-203-18217-0

1-282-77793-9

1-283-70818-3

1-134-89625-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (308 p.)

Disciplina

384.54

Soggetti

Pirate radio broadcasting - Great Britain - History

Popular music - 1961-1970 - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-286) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents

Sommario/riassunto

Was it a non-stop psychedelic party or was there more to pirate radio in the sixties than hedonism and hip radicalism? From Kenny Everett's sacking to John Peel's legendary `Perfumed Garden' show, to the influence of the multi-national ad agencies, and the eventual assimilationof aspects of unofficial pop radio into Radio One, Selling the Sixties examines the boom of private broadcasting in Britain. Using two contrasting models of pop piracy, Radios Caroline and London, Robert Chapman sets pirate radio in its social and cultural context. In doing so he challenges the myths surroun