Hungry Beat: The Scottish Independent Pop Underground Movement (1977-1984) jeff tweedy Fred Astaire

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Hungry Beat: The Scottish Independent Pop Underground Movement (1977-1984) jeff tweedy Fred AstaireDouglas MacIntyre (Author), Grant McPhee (Author) Hungry Beat is the story of an all too brief era where the short circuiting of that industry seemed viable. But hell, the times were luminous as was the music these artists made. The songs and many of the players remain, and here they tell their story and lick their wounds' Ian Rankin The immense cultural contribution made by two maverick Scottish independent music labels, Fast Product and Postcard,