Tag: royston ellis

The Big Beat Scene reviewed

Another thing we mentioned a while back – and The Big Beat Scene by Royston Ellis is another new review online. Royston Ellis wrote the book in 1960, aged around 19, with the book published in 1961. Reissued once more by Music Mentor Books, it's described as 'an ouspoken expose […]

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 […]