Big thanks to Rob Hill for sending over details of Pop! Culture and Fashion 1955 – 1976 at the Fashion and Textile Museum.
Tag: pop
Spotify Playlist: Girl groups and girl pop
Big thanks to Jackson Wylde (who you’ll find on Twitter here) for sending the mother of 60s girl pop playlist, aka I’d Much Rather Be With The Girls Spotify playlist.
Sir Peter Blake I Love London prints
First seen as rather cool wall signs, Sir Peter Blake’s I Love London and I Love Recycling design has been turned into large metal prints in very limited numbers – which could make them very shrewd investments. Printed onto recycled tin (to fit in with the theme), each one is […]
The Big Beat Scene by Royston Ellis
To be honest, I'd never heard of this book until…well, about 5 minutes ago. But The Big Beat Scene by Royston Ellis does sound interesting. First published in 1961 (and republished with a new foreword by the author), the book is said to chronicle Britain's teenage generation, as well as […]
The School CD reviewed
Something a little different added to our music reviews section – the new album by The School. It's called Loveless Unbeliever and is released on the Elefant label. Mark Raison has reviewed the album, which is a modern take on early 60s pop if you like. I'll say no more […]
Spotify playlist: Pomp!
I've been working on this for a while, but lack of availability of some tracks has limited the progress of the Pomp! playlist on Spotify. But it's finally added up to a decent number of tunes. The clue is in the name – slightly pompous, over-produced or just a bit […]
