Manchester: Looking For The Light Through The Pouring Rain

Author: Kevin Cummins

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Price : $39.99 AUD
ISBN : 9780571283385
Publisher : Faber & Faber, Limited
Imprint : Faber & Faber, Limited
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Weight (g) : 1.383
Publication date : 01 March 2012
Dimensions : 254mm X 205mm X 27mm
Produced in : United Kingdom
RRP : 49.99
Availability date : 01 July 2012
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Author : Kevin Cummins
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Bind : Paperback
Edition : 512
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Language : English
Dewey classification : 781.660942733
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Pages : 400
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Illustrations : chiefly Illustrations (some col.)
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Description

Manchester, its bands, its fashions, its attitude, has defined pop culture for the best part of four decades. Joy Division, The Fall, Buzzcocks, New Order, The Smiths, Happy Mondays, Stone Roses, Oasis. These were the bands that shaped two generations of teenagers and changed the course of pop music. "Manchester: Looking for the Light through the Pouring Rain" is a portrait of these individuals, the city, and their times. Whether it be on a rain-soaked stage in Brazil, a rented room in Whalley Range, or on the dancefloor of the legendary Hacienda, Kevin Cummins' exquisite photographs capture the anarchic energy of the Manchester pop moment. This stunning visual record of the city and its pop history is complemented by four textual contributions from Paul Morley, Stuart Maconie, Gavin Martin and John Harris. What is it about that city that makes it the Memphis of the UK? Cummins' photographic record of the past 30years captures the highs, the lows and the transcendent pop moments of Manchester's most famous sons.

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The definitive photographic history of Manchester pop from 1976 to today, featuring some of the most iconic music photographs of all time.

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Kevin Cummins was photographer on the NME for two decades. He now takes pictures for The Times, Guardian, and others.

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