Good Night and Good Riddance: How Thirty-Five Years of John Peel Helped to Shape Modern Life
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Goodnight and Good Riddance: How Thirty-Five Years of John Peel Helped to Shape Modern Britain is a social history, a diary of a nation's changing culture, and an in-depth appraisal of one of our greatest broadcasters, a man who can legitimately be called the most influential figure in post-war British popular music. Without the support of John Peel, it's unlikely that innumerable artists - from David Bowie to Dizzee Rascal, Jethro Tull to Joy Division - would have received national radio exposure. But Peel's influence goes much deeper than this. Whether he was championing punk, reggae, jungle or grime, he had a unique relations
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Manufacturer: Faber & Faber
Release date: 1 October 2015
ISBN-10 : 0571302475 | ISBN-13: 9780571302475
Release date: 1 October 2015
ISBN-10 : 0571302475 | ISBN-13: 9780571302475
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