|
Title: Fairport Convention and Electric Folk: Faber Forty-Fives: 1967-1970 Post by: Andrew on July 03, 2012, 12:36:15 PM I just found this Kindle e-book on Amazon.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Fairport-Convention-Electric-Folk-ebook/dp/B0085MG9P0/ref=zg_bs_362167031_27 It's written by Rob Young who, I believe wrote Electric Eden. Title: Re: Fairport Convention and Electric Folk: Faber Forty-Fives: 1967-1970 Post by: Jules Gray on July 03, 2012, 12:40:04 PM Interesting. I see it's kindle only.
Jules Title: Re: Fairport Convention and Electric Folk: Faber Forty-Fives: 1967-1970 Post by: jude on July 03, 2012, 01:17:48 PM Another squished up version of the early days of Fairport. ::)
I shall have to get on with writing my autobiography I think.. :-\ Title: Re: Fairport Convention and Electric Folk: Faber Forty-Fives: 1967-1970 Post by: Peter Taylor on July 03, 2012, 01:42:01 PM thats got to be worth £1.37 two days before I go on holiday
Title: Re: Fairport Convention and Electric Folk: Faber Forty-Fives: 1967-1970 Post by: Peter Taylor on July 03, 2012, 01:45:13 PM I've also risked £1.71 on Syd Barrett and British Psychedelia: Faber Forty-Fives: 1966?1967 [Kindle Edition]
Title: Re: Fairport Convention and Electric Folk: Faber Forty-Fives: 1967-1970 Post by: Jamie73 on July 03, 2012, 02:45:42 PM Another squished up version of the early days of Fairport. ::) I shall have to get on with writing my autobiography I think.. :-\ Please! Title: Re: Fairport Convention and Electric Folk: Faber Forty-Fives: 1967-1970 Post by: Nigel no longer of Lysander on July 03, 2012, 03:00:07 PM I also note that it's only 81 pages ???
Cheers Nigel Title: Re: Fairport Convention and Electric Folk: Faber Forty-Fives: 1967-1970 Post by: Jules Gray on July 03, 2012, 03:29:29 PM I also note that it's only 81 pages ??? No surprise given its price and Kindle-only status. Jules Title: Re: Fairport Convention and Electric Folk: Faber Forty-Fives: 1967-1970 Post by: Shane (Skirky) on July 03, 2012, 04:07:55 PM I wouldn't be at all surprised if, when you went through Electric Eden and counted the pages referring to Fairport Convention and Electric Folk, you came up with a figure of around eighty.
Title: Re: Fairport Convention and Electric Folk: Faber Forty-Fives: 1967-1970 Post by: RobertD on July 03, 2012, 04:31:12 PM thats got to be worth £1.37 two days before I go on holiday So if anyone asks....will that be What You Did On Your Holiday's? ;D Title: Re: Fairport Convention and Electric Folk: Faber Forty-Fives: 1967-1970 Post by: Jules Gray on July 03, 2012, 09:41:05 PM So if anyone asks....will that be What You Did On Your Holiday's? ;D Except for the stray apostrophe, just maybe. ;) Jules Title: Re: Fairport Convention and Electric Folk: Faber Forty-Fives: 1967-1970 Post by: RobertD on July 03, 2012, 09:53:44 PM Make the joke or correct my grammar? HMMM......I'm going with make the joke over correct grammar. I knows hows to speak english goodly like where to put punctation markes were supossd to be.... ;D
Title: Re: Fairport Convention and Electric Folk: Faber Forty-Fives: 1967-1970 Post by: Jules Gray on July 04, 2012, 06:51:01 AM I wouldn't be at all surprised if, when you went through Electric Eden and counted the pages referring to Fairport Convention and Electric Folk, you came up with a figure of around eighty. I think you may be onto something there, Skirky. Jules Title: Re: Fairport Convention and Electric Folk: Faber Forty-Fives: 1967-1970 Post by: Philip W on July 04, 2012, 12:36:46 PM It's just a reprint from Electric Eden:
This week, Faber publishes a six-title, ebook-only series called Faber Forty-Fives. Priced at £1.99, each of the six books (which are available of course from all ebook retailers) is an edited extract from a larger, existing work on Faber’s Pop list: Rob Chapman, Syd Barrett and British Psychedelia from Syd Barrett: A Very Irregular Head Rob Young, Fairport Convention and Electric Folk from Electric Eden: Unearthing Britain’s Visionary Music Michael Bracewell, Roxy Music and Art-Rock Glamour from Roxy: The Band That Invented an Era Nick Kent, The New Music Journalism from Apathy for the Devil Jon Savage, Sex Pistols and Punk from England’s Dreaming: Sex Pistols and Punk Rock Simon Reynolds, UK Post-Punk from Rip It Up and Start Again: Post-Punk 1978–1984 http://www.thethoughtfox.co.uk/?p=6471 |