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- Publisher: Impulse publications (1968)
- Language English
- ASIN: B001OIF96W
- Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I Liked this Book a lot, it has all the History about the Pirate Radio Stations, the Author Explains everything from the Beginning on How Ronnan O'Rahilly wanted to Promote some of the Artists wich he Managed but the BBC and Radio Luxembourg weren't willing to,and taking the ideas from the First Offshore Stations in Denmark,Sweden,the Netherlands, and then Creating his own Offshore Station Radio Caroline, the Story goes on including the New stations wich were appearing on the Scene ( Radio London,Radio City,Radio England,Radio Scotland) the Book is Superbly Illustrated You Get Pictures of all the Ships that were Used as Offshore Stations as well as The Forts that were also Used for Broadcasting,The Book Also explains in detail How the British Goverment began to Legislate in order to Stop the Stations and also talks about the legislation in Europe in regard of this matter the Explanation is Very Good and in Easy terms it makes it easier to Understand, then Explains the Fierce Competition between the Stations and explain some interesting Stories behind the Romantic Facade of The Stations in wich sometimes ocurred crimes,violence,sabotage,Bombings,and everything You Could Imagine.
After Reading This Book You Get the Importance of The Pirate Radio Stations in order to Promote a lot of great Performers and Groups wich otherwise Could not have made it Because of the Monopoly of The BBC I Think that a Lot of Talent and Good Music wich emanated from The UK in the Sixties and Seventies has a lot to do with These Stations and the Goals the Got giving Free Radio to the People.Excellent Book on the Subject.
After Reading This Book You Get the Importance of The Pirate Radio Stations in order to Promote a lot of great Performers and Groups wich otherwise Could not have made it Because of the Monopoly of The BBC I Think that a Lot of Talent and Good Music wich emanated from The UK in the Sixties and Seventies has a lot to do with These Stations and the Goals the Got giving Free Radio to the People.Excellent Book on the Subject.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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I am nearly sixty now, living in the Czech Republic since my birth. There was almost no chance to buy any British/US records in this country in the 60's (and even later) so we enjoyed listening to Radio 208 and those pirate stations. This book brings back the nice times when we could recognise all the new hits but neither did knew correct names of the artists nor titles of songs. Anyway, thanks to both the great DJs as well as to our good foreign pen friends we were able to follow the scene and discover such ever lasting stars like the Kinks, the Beatles, Dusty Springfield, the Stones and many others. I used to have this book many years ago but it was stolen so I am happy to find it again here. Try it and you won't be disappointed. (My apology for poor English.)
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I remember reading this book in the early seventies so was delighted when I found that a new edition was now available. As I remembered, the historical content is wonderful and makes this book essential reading for anyone interested in the offshore raio era. Here comes the but.....
This edition is difficult reading due to the lack of proofreading that was done prior to publication. It looks like the publishers took an old copy of the book, ran it through a scanner with OCR software, and then didn't bother to check that the OCR software had correctly read the text. Sometimes the errors change the meaning of what was originally written. Sometimes the errors create "howlers" such as where a "6" has been picked up as a "0" and there is a reference to something that happened to Radio Caroline in 1960! One of the regular errors is that the letter combination "cl" is picked up as "d" which can make things "interesting". "click" anyone?
So, five stars for content, but zero stars for the publisher.
This edition is difficult reading due to the lack of proofreading that was done prior to publication. It looks like the publishers took an old copy of the book, ran it through a scanner with OCR software, and then didn't bother to check that the OCR software had correctly read the text. Sometimes the errors change the meaning of what was originally written. Sometimes the errors create "howlers" such as where a "6" has been picked up as a "0" and there is a reference to something that happened to Radio Caroline in 1960! One of the regular errors is that the letter combination "cl" is picked up as "d" which can make things "interesting". "click" anyone?
So, five stars for content, but zero stars for the publisher.
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