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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 world of music forever. Written by Tom Lodge, main DJ of Radio Caroline, with Foreword by Steven Van Zandt, this is the true inside story of the British Invasion.
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I received this book with great anticipation, but was disappointed. There is no doubt that Tom Lodge was one of the guiding forces of Radio Caroline in its early and most would agree this was her most successful time.
The problem for me was perhaps that it was seen through the eyes of just one man and as such lacked the wider picture I had hoped for, I felt unfulfilled. The chapter about The Beatles interview I found just too long and only got halfway through it, before skipping to the next.
It was good however to read more about the north ship as books about Caroline tend to concentrate on the south ship Mi Amigo and for that reason alone I would recommend this book.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
The problem for me was perhaps that it was seen through the eyes of just one man and as such lacked the wider picture I had hoped for, I felt unfulfilled. The chapter about The Beatles interview I found just too long and only got halfway through it, before skipping to the next.
It was good however to read more about the north ship as books about Caroline tend to concentrate on the south ship Mi Amigo and for that reason alone I would recommend this book.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
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A book tracing the first three years of the radio station that changed the history of broadcasting in the UK forever. Former programme director, backwoodsman and gold miner, Tom Lodge introduced innovative broadcasting techniques to the two ships that formed Radio Caroline North and South in the mid-1960s; techniques still used today on the better commercial stations. Sadly the ships and Tom have now passed into history but Radio Caroline lives on as an internet and satellite radio station, using those same techniques that Tom Lodge introduced 48 years ago. "The Ship That Rocked The World" is a great, easy to read insight into the life and times of Radio Caroline at its peak of popularity during the decade that changed the world forever.
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Thank you Tom
7 Jan 2011
Format:Hardcover
I could not put this book down. Tom Lodge tells this story with such clarity and life. His time sailing around the coast and the holiday people on the beach flashing their mirrors to the ship. I love his interview with the Beatles. Lodge was not informed that he would interview the Beatles and so there are Lodge's strange and unplanned interaction with the four, and in particular with John, with his funny quips, these are fun to read. I was part of that period in radio and music history, and I love that Lodge speaks about the music that he liked and played. This brought back to me how musically innovated they were then. Lodge recounts an important time in British commercial radio history that led to the British invasion of America. This book is full of special stories that were unique to the sixties in Britain, with the Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, Eric Burdon. What an adventure! He was in a hurricane in the Irish Sea and shipwrecked in the North Sea and almost destroyed by MI5. I enjoyed Lodge's way of telling the story and at the same time knowing how this not only changed the music world, but changed the culture of Great Britain. Britain went from dull to hip. This book is most entertaining and "a read you cannot put down".
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Detailed, Interesting, and Seemingly Very Accurate
12 Jan 2011
Format:Hardcover
I received this book from my father for Christmas (I'm in my early 20's), and I was captivated by the story. It's extremely apparent upon reading that the author, Tom Lodge, was influential in the developing British Invasion. His encounters with rock stars (especially his interview with The Beatles, which he was given little to no time to prepare for) are fascinating stories that add to an amazing book. I found the list of tracks included in the book to be helpful in providing reference for those who weren't alive at the time like myself, or those who needed a refreshing on what tracks exactly were topping pirate radio charts in those days. Not only does the book educate the reader in important rock and roll history, it also provides tons of entertaining anecdotes and personal encounters. Whether you're a fan of rock and roll or looking to learn about origins of American pop music, this book will exceed expectations, all the while serving as a great source of entertainment. Before I read the book, I was able to find this video on youtube which previewed it pretty well: [...]
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
'Rebellion For Dummies'
8 Jan 2011
Format:Hardcover
Tom Lodge is an authentic, modern-day 'adventurer'. Throughout his life he has never failed to pick up and make-use-of new, "forward-moving" opportunities which were presented to him, regardless of the "oblique angle" changes these may have caused in his life.
In retrospect, it does seem that he was the perfect choice to be the Head Program Director for the original staff of Radio Caroline (circa 1964-'68).
This book (and its 'setting') gives the reader a sense of the more 'quaint' innocence of that time, as compared to our modern world.
The BBC had total control over the radio programming on land in Britain at that time, and refused to play anything but the most boring, staid music. Without the 'young upstart' rebelliousness of Radio Caroline, 'surpassing' the laws of the land and introducing untold numbers of newly-recording British bands - I think it's fair to estimate that probably 80% of the British Invasion would not have 'been allowed' to formulate in England(!), let alone ever being spread across the world. (The BBC would definitely, at that time, never have played the Stones. the Who, Kinks, Yardbirds, Animals, Cream, Zeppelin, etc. - The "cutting edge" of modern musical innovation from that time period of Tom Lodge's tenure as head program director/deejay with Radio Caroline, 1964-'68).
In regard to the British government's 'stranglehold' on the creativity of their own populace - it is reasonable to bear in mind that Britain's last war with Germany had had disastrous effects upon London itself (physically), and had left England economically 'constrained' and restricted (food rationing imposed, etc.) for a lengthy time period after the war. From this factor we can conclude two things: -a- The British government could have been still perceiving their "airwaves"/radio as needing to be stiffly controlled, (partly as "habit" from war-times, but also due to the important role that radio had played in the outcome of the war). -b- The British youth would have become focused upon using their own creative wiles to free their own lives from those extremely drab, boring and financially fruitless times, after the war, (through the 50's) in England.
Tha repression of after-war life in England had virtually caused a "pot-boiler" of pent-up creativity among its youth. Without Radio Caroline there to 'give voice' to all their dreams, not only would the world have missed this creative musical outpouring - but there's no telling what those poor blokes themselves (young musicians) would have had to suffer through (living 'unfulfilled lives', working away at their 'endless' day-jobs, etc.)
In reading this book one gets a glimpse at 'the workings' of a massively successful Music/Art Freedom Rebellion waged against an unreasonably restrictive 'Authority Figure'. In these present times, as the masses are 'converging' into technology (as per the "global village" effect), a little upgrading of each of our own (Individual) justified-rebellion willingness and rationale -"know-how"- couldn't hurt.
In retrospect, it does seem that he was the perfect choice to be the Head Program Director for the original staff of Radio Caroline (circa 1964-'68).
This book (and its 'setting') gives the reader a sense of the more 'quaint' innocence of that time, as compared to our modern world.
The BBC had total control over the radio programming on land in Britain at that time, and refused to play anything but the most boring, staid music. Without the 'young upstart' rebelliousness of Radio Caroline, 'surpassing' the laws of the land and introducing untold numbers of newly-recording British bands - I think it's fair to estimate that probably 80% of the British Invasion would not have 'been allowed' to formulate in England(!), let alone ever being spread across the world. (The BBC would definitely, at that time, never have played the Stones. the Who, Kinks, Yardbirds, Animals, Cream, Zeppelin, etc. - The "cutting edge" of modern musical innovation from that time period of Tom Lodge's tenure as head program director/deejay with Radio Caroline, 1964-'68).
In regard to the British government's 'stranglehold' on the creativity of their own populace - it is reasonable to bear in mind that Britain's last war with Germany had had disastrous effects upon London itself (physically), and had left England economically 'constrained' and restricted (food rationing imposed, etc.) for a lengthy time period after the war. From this factor we can conclude two things: -a- The British government could have been still perceiving their "airwaves"/radio as needing to be stiffly controlled, (partly as "habit" from war-times, but also due to the important role that radio had played in the outcome of the war). -b- The British youth would have become focused upon using their own creative wiles to free their own lives from those extremely drab, boring and financially fruitless times, after the war, (through the 50's) in England.
Tha repression of after-war life in England had virtually caused a "pot-boiler" of pent-up creativity among its youth. Without Radio Caroline there to 'give voice' to all their dreams, not only would the world have missed this creative musical outpouring - but there's no telling what those poor blokes themselves (young musicians) would have had to suffer through (living 'unfulfilled lives', working away at their 'endless' day-jobs, etc.)
In reading this book one gets a glimpse at 'the workings' of a massively successful Music/Art Freedom Rebellion waged against an unreasonably restrictive 'Authority Figure'. In these present times, as the masses are 'converging' into technology (as per the "global village" effect), a little upgrading of each of our own (Individual) justified-rebellion willingness and rationale -"know-how"- couldn't hurt.
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