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Selling the sixties : the pirates and pop music radio / Robert Chapman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chapman, Robert, 1954-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pirate radio broadcasting--Great Britain--History.
- Pirate radio broadcasting.
- Popular music--1961-1970--History and criticism.
- Popular music.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (308 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 1992.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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
- Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-286) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-134-89624-7
- 9786612777936
- 0-203-18217-0
- 1-282-77793-9
- 1-283-70818-3
- 1-134-89625-5
- 9780203182178
- OCLC:
- 150645627
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