Were you there? : popular music at Manchester's Free Trade Hall - 1951 to 1996
Lysons, Richard2020
Book
Manchester's Free Trade Hall was arguably the most important popular music venue in Great Britain between 1951 and 1996. After several incarnations, the building was re-constructed in the wake of the Manchester Blitz and opened in 1951 as the new home of the city's esteemed Hallé Orchestra. Yet it was popular music which would secure the venue its fame as it responded to each wave of popular music from jazz and skiffle, through rock 'n' roll and folk to prog, punk and heavy metal. The Free Trade Hall was also the venue for incendiary gigs by Bob Dylan in 1966 and the Sex Pistols a decade later which changed the course of music history. Lysons' 'meticulously researched tome' will be of interest to anyone who ever attended a concert at the venue or has an interest in the history of popular music in Britain's most musically important city.
Main title:
Author:
Lysons, Richard, author
Imprint:
Manchester : Empire Publications, 2020.
Collation:
288 pages : illustrations
ISBN:
9781909360815 (hbk)
Dewey class:
725.8109781.6309427330904781.6309R781.6309725.810942LYS(815)725.8109LYS725.8109427330904 23725.810942733090780.9427
Language:
English
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BRN:
3071863