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Shots from the Hip (Penguin originals) (Paperback)

by Charles Shaar Murray (Author)

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Paperback: 496 pages
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd (27 Jun 1991)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0140123415
ISBN-13: 978-0140123418
Product Dimensions: 17.8 x 12.7 x 2.5 cm

Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)

Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 467,205 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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A collection from one of pop music's writers, which forms a compendium of frontline despatches. The book is divided into several sections - the early 1970s (the hippy hangover and the glamorous tendency), the middle 1970s (the end of civilisation as we know it) and the late 1970s onwards (after the end). Pieces include the world's rudest interview with Paul McCartney, proto punk and Manhattan wierdos (ie the Ramones), punk rock, soul power, the Rolling Stones, Murray's memorial of Jimi Hendrix and the death of Presley.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great collection of music journalism, 18 Jul 2007

By	Jeremy Walton (Oxford, UK) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I grew up as an avid reader of the NME in the 70's, and CSM was always my favourite writer on there: his sense of humour, passion for the music and (in my view) good taste put him ever so slightly ahead of other fine writers of the time such as Nick Kent and Ian McDonald. Since leaving the NME, he seems to have been rather less visible. I read his "Crosstown Traffic" when it came out, but - as I recall - didn't think his gift for a snappy, compact article transferred easily to the overarching argument required in a book.

I was delighted, therefore, to come across this collection on Amazon (and even more pleased to be able to obtain a copy from one of their resellers). I immediately read it from cover to cover, and have dipped into it many times since. It's an excellent collection of his articles spanning some twenty years from the early 70's onwards, ranging from period pieces such as an interview (of sorts) with Marc Bolan when T.Rex were just about to be The Next Big Thing to more timeless essays, like an intelligent assessment of Miles Davis. Just trying to imagine how hard it would be to track down something as valuable as this prior to the advent of the internet makes you realise all over again what a great thing it is.

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