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The Soul Stylists: Sixty Years of Modernism |  | Author: Paolo Hewitt
Creator: Paul Weller
Publisher: Mainstream Publishing
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 875598
Media: Paperback
Pages: 224
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 4.9 x 0.7
ISBN: 1840185961
Dewey Decimal Number: 781
EAN: 9781840185966
ASIN: 1840185961
Publication Date: September 1, 2003
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With the use of personal testimonies of both the famous and the unknown, this book seeks to establish the link between the two key elements of Modernism today—American rhythm and blues and British working-class fashion. It follows the transition of musical styles from London in the late 1950s, with the black American servicemen and their love of bebop, through the sharply dressed Mods of the early 1960s, to the dawning of the skinhead and suedehead movements which provided the musical and stylistic inspirations for 1980s bands such as Madness, The Beat, and The Specials. It also explores Britain's Northern soul scene, the soulboy and the casual, as well as 2001's Mod inheritors—the youth who make up the acid house and hip-hop scene.
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Invaluable reference August 24, 2007
Lady La (Brooklyn, NY)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This modest-looking little paperback is an amazing collection of primary sources for anyone studying the fashions or culture of these groups. Well organized and well edited, and a fascinating read.
Great book, but it does have shortcomings June 28, 2008
Zelie Nic (Pittsburgh)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book is pretty modest. It sits at just over 200 pages, but because its more of an oral history, there's a lot of white space and that cuts down on the "true" size of the book. You'll be surprised at how quickly the pages go by.
It is a great book though. Hewitt's writing is suplimented with bits of interviews from original players of the day (names like Ann Sulivan, Ian Hebditch, Cox, etc.) all of whom share their personal input into the clothes, the music...everything. The interview segments are the absolute best part and without them this book would just be a long essay from Paolo.
I wish it were longer. I wish there were more lifted from the interviews. I wish there were pictures. I have "Mod: A Very British..." and its not as if I'm lacking photos of the era, but I just think a few personal ones from the people in the book would have really beenfitted this book.
I'd pay as much as forty dollars to have this book in my collection. As it is, I only paid $9. Good deal, good book.
Short and very sweet December 1, 2008
Kevin Smith (Chicago, IL USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
As with most oral histories, you'll find this story to lack cohesiveness often, with many gaps in the narrative and conflicting claims about what really happened. That said, this lightning-fast read is packed with more than its share of entertaining and informative insights from various people who, in the 40s through the 90s, made these scenes into the legends that they are. Although ostensibly split in half between music and clothing, clothing seems to get more coverage. Required reading for any present-day mods and skins.
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