Strange Requests and Comic Tales from Record Shops

Strange Requests and Comic Tales from Record Shops PDF Author: Graham Jones
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780956121264
Category : Anecdotes
Languages : en
Pages : 110

Book Description
With over thirty years as a record company sales rep and still going strong, Graham Jones has visited more record shops in Britain than most people and certainly more than anyone will be able to in the future. Over the years he has collected a vast number of funny stories and anecdotes. He relates the best of them here, as told to him by those who have been (mostly) pleased and sometimes bemused to find themselves stationed behind the record shop counter. This hilarious new collection of 'I'll hum it have you got it?' and similar stories is an engrossing memorial to an increasingly bygone age. Features cartoons throughout the book by Kipper Williams. His cartoons have appeared in music publications including Melody Maker, Smash Hits and the Black Sabbath World Tour programme (1977).

The Vinyl Revival And The Shops That Made It Happen

The Vinyl Revival And The Shops That Made It Happen PDF Author: Graham Jones
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780992806217
Category : Music trade
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
"It explains why we have more than a hundred more record shops than we had in 2009, and how others have gained the reward from their hard work. Budget turntables, manufactures, supermarkets, chain stores, clothes shops, pressing plants and even the government are amongst the many who have benefited from their efforts. Graham Jones has spent 32 years travelling the UK selling to independent record shops and visited more record shops than any other human. This book guides you around the record shops of the UK who sell new vinyl. He has gathered some fascinating and funny anecdotes told him by our much-loved record shop staff so that when you visit you will feel like you already know the characters behind the counters. It is perfect for vinyl fans to keep with them on their travels around the country."--Amazon.com.

Last Shop Standing: Whatever Happened To Record Shops?

Last Shop Standing: Whatever Happened To Record Shops? PDF Author: Graham Jones
Publisher: Omnibus Press
ISBN: 085712417X
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 304

Book Description
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. 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.

Marvels

Marvels PDF Author: Kurt Busiek
Publisher: Marvel Entertainment
ISBN: 1302507044
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 261

Book Description
Collecting Marvels #0-4. Within the Marvel Universe, heroes soar high in the skies, ready to battle the villains who threaten their world. Yet living in the shadow of these extraordinary icons are ordinary men and women who view the “MARVELS” with a mixture of fear, disbelief, envy and admiration. Among them is Phil Sheldon, a New York City photojournalist who has dedicated his career to covering the exploits of the Marvels and their effect on humankind. Written by Kurt Busiek and masterfully illustrated by Alex Ross, Marvels presents a richly painted historical overview of the entire Marvel Universe, spanning from the 1939 debut of the Human Torch to the fearsome coming of the world-devouring Galactus — and culminating in the shocking death of Gwen Stacy, Spider-Man’s first love.

The Strange Death of Alex Raymond

The Strange Death of Alex Raymond PDF Author: Dave Sim
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781736860502
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
"The story traces the lives and techniques of Alex Raymond (Flash Gordon, RipKirby), Stan Drake (Juliet Jones), Hal Foster (Prince Valiant), and more, dissecting their techniques through recreations of their artwork,and highlighting the metatextual resonances that bind them together"--Page 4 of cove

S.H.I.E.L.D. by Jim Steranko

S.H.I.E.L.D. by Jim Steranko PDF Author:
Publisher: Marvel
ISBN: 9780785185369
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Rarely before and rarely since has comics seen a talent as innovative as Jim Steranko. Blending together influences from Pop Art to Salvador Dali and Will Eisner to Wally Wood, Steranko's boundary-breaking style is an incomparable visual language that continues influence and inspire storytellers decades later. Now, for the first time ever, Marvel is proud to offer the complete Steranko Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. in one volume! COLLECTING: STRAN GE TALES (1951) 151-168 & NICK FURY, AGENT OF S.H.I.E.L.D. (1968) 1-3, 5

The Weird

The Weird PDF Author: Ann VanderMeer
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0765333600
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1153

Book Description
An oversized anthology of dark and bizarre tales written throughout the past century includes entries by international best-sellers and award-winners, including Neil Gaiman, Stephen King, and Franz Kafka.

New York Magazine

New York Magazine PDF Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 148

Book Description
New York magazine was born in 1968 after a run as an insert of the New York Herald Tribune and quickly made a place for itself as the trusted resource for readers across the country. With award-winning writing and photography covering everything from politics and food to theater and fashion, the magazine's consistent mission has been to reflect back to its audience the energy and excitement of the city itself, while celebrating New York as both a place and an idea.
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