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The England's Dreaming Tapes [Paperback]

Jon Savage
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4 Jun 2009

In The England's Dreaming Tapes, Jon Savage has gone back to the source to re-create, in original interview form, the extraordinarily disparate and contentious personalities who emerged in the mid-70s as the harbingers of what became known as punk.

Here in uncut form is the story of a generation that changed the world in just a few months in 1976. In interviews with all the major figures of the time - including all four original Sex Pistols, Joe Strummer, Chrissie Hynde, Jordan, Siouxsie Sioux, Viv Albertine, Adam Ant, Lee Black Childerss, Howard Devoto, Pete Shelley, Syl Sylvain, Debbie Wilson, Tony Wilson and Jah Wobble - Jon Savage has produced a book huge in scope, vision and generosity of perspective.

The England's Dreaming Tapes will surely become the final word and the must-have oral history of the music, fashion and attitude that defined this influential and incendiary era.


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  • Paperback: 752 pages
  • Publisher: Faber and Faber (4 Jun 2009)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0571209319
  • ISBN-13: 978-0571209316
  • Product Dimensions: 23.2 x 15.2 x 5.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 348,691 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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The full, uncut retelling of the sensational story behind the cultural moment that was punk and its defining band, the Sex Pistols.

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Jon Savage is the author of England's Dreaming: Sex pistols and Punk Rock and Teenage: The Creation of Youth, 1875-1945. He has written sleeve notes for Wire, St. Etienne and the Pet Shop Boys, among others, and his compilations include: Meridian 1970 (Heavenly/EMI 2005); Queer Noises: From the Closest to the Charts 1961-1976 (Trikont 2006); and Dreams Come True: Classic Electro 1982-87 (Domino 2008).

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5.0 out of 5 stars the unvarnished truth 3 July 2010
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Sometimes the simplest ideas are the best and they don't come simpler than this. 'The England's Dreaming Tapes' transcribe the interviews that Jon Savage conducted with every significant figure involved in the rise of punk, on both sides of the Atlantic, verbatim and (seemingly) unedited - all the Pistols, McLaren, Devoto and Shelley, Strummer, Legs McNeill, Mary Harron and other New York faces, people who worked in Let it Rock, then Sex, the Gltterbest and Roxy crowds, the Bromley contingent, Chrissie Hynde... recorded much, much closer to the original events than we are now, these recollections don't come through the usual self-justifying, self-aggrandizing prism of hindsight, but have all the freshness of those unforgettable, fantastic times. Tremendous read, much better than the book they led to (which I always thought lacked the grubby vitality which this has in spades), probably the best book I've ever read on the punk era. For anyone who was there, or just wants to understand what all the fuss was about, can't recommend this too highly.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The only book about Punk you'll ever need! 24 Sep 2011
Format:Paperback
I read the lead up book to this (Englands Dreaming) a few years back, which I thought was ok. When I saw this, the follow up, I wasn't sure if it was going to be just a retread of the first book. However I decided to buy it - and am I glad I did! Its ten times better than the first Englands Dreaming, takes you right back to those heady exciting days of Punk!
For anyone who was there (like myself- Hey my town even gets a mention when we were one of the few places not to ban the Anarchy Tour - Cleethorpes!!), and for anyone who loved the original and only Punk scene (1976/77), its a deff must! Brilliant read.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Oh Bondage Up Yours...... 1 April 2010
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Essential reading for anyone who has read Englands Dreaming England's Dreamingand who has an interest in the Punk Explosion.
I guess the good thing about this is that the intervews are more of that time...rather than people looking back 40 years or so ...and recounting what went on at the time..if they really can remember!!!
The choice of interviewees is also interesting...some usual suspects yes...but also people who worked "behind
the scenes" as it were.
And of course..Jon Savage was right in the midst of all the mayhem..unlike some authors I've read..who may well have
been just out of short trousers...
I think this flows much better than Englands Dreaming...but I guess the two books are different in
their approach...this one isn't following a time line
A very well put together work which I think covers all the bases very well!
What is important I think is that when it all kicked off..there wasn't a generic punk rock sound...there were loads of really different bands..it didn't all sound the same..and it wasn't "punk uniform" time....Over time I think this has been forgotten and distorted..oh yes and there was a degree of ART(y-ness) to it all..and the importance of moving on...stylistically and musically....but not necessarily losing sight of what it was all about and why they got involved in the first place.
Make your own minds up about who I might be referring too...

Listeners of the recent radio 6 Punk World Cup might have heard Captain Sensible speaking some home truths about this...!!!
Blimey...I remember we had a song called "Englands Dreaming" in my first yes "Punk Rock" band....

All going so well until I spotted a date error so close to my heart...Joe Strummer did not die in 1992...it was 2002...we would surely have missed some good sounds
from Joe if he had gone then
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