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The Ship that Rocked the World: How Radio Caroline Defied the Establishment, Launched the British Invasion, and Made the Planet Safe for Rock and Roll
Tom Lodge
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Description for The Ship that Rocked the World: How Radio Caroline Defied the Establishment, Launched the British Invasion, and Made the Planet Safe for Rock and Roll
Hardcover. Num Pages: 242 pages, b/w photos & tables. BIC Classification: APW; JFCA; KNTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 149 x 23. Weight in Grams: 422.
Did you ever wonder why so much fantastic music started coming out of Britain in the 60s? Pirates did it. That's right, Pirates. The story of how they did it seems unbelievable, but it really happened, and it completely altered the course of rock and roll. Talent alone was not enough to break through the rigid broadcasting system that filtered anything it deemed 'unsafe'. Only bands approved by the BBC, which controlled radio across Britain, could get air time. That is, until 'pirate radio' was born. This book tells of Radio Caroline, and how a band of pirates changed the ... Read more
Did you ever wonder why so much fantastic music started coming out of Britain in the 60s? Pirates did it. That's right, Pirates. The story of how they did it seems unbelievable, but it really happened, and it completely altered the course of rock and roll. Talent alone was not enough to break through the rigid broadcasting system that filtered anything it deemed 'unsafe'. Only bands approved by the BBC, which controlled radio across Britain, could get air time. That is, until 'pirate radio' was born. This book tells of Radio Caroline, and how a band of pirates changed the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Bartleby Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
258
Place of Publication
Silver Spring, MD, United States
ISBN
9780910155823
SKU
V9780910155823
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
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99-50
About Tom Lodge
Lodge was a figure in British radio of the 1960s. He was a disc jockey on Radio Caroline. Caroline and other pirates forced the government to deregulate radio, hitherto a monopoly of the BBC. He was the son of the writer Oliver W F Lodge and his wife Diana, and a grandson of the physicist Sir Oliver Lodge, was born ... Read more
Reviews for The Ship that Rocked the World: How Radio Caroline Defied the Establishment, Launched the British Invasion, and Made the Planet Safe for Rock and Roll
"...Tom Lodge was a vital figure in Caroline's most vital times. As such, he deserves Knighthood... Sometimes the law is more than an ass. Pirates? They were angels." - Pete Townshend "Radio Caroline gave us our start - my eternal thanks." - Spencer Davis "Radio Caroline was more adventurous than most stations around in its day. It championed bands like ... Read more