Needles and Plastic

Flying Nun Records, 1981-1988

Needles and Plastic
Matthew Goody
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NZ$ 69.99
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NZ$ 55.99
Paperback
h280 x 234mm - 436pg
10 Nov 2022 NZ
Locally sourced in NZ eta 5-15 days
9781869409593
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Founded in 1981 by Roger Shepherd, Flying Nun Records unleashed an extraordinary wave of New Zealand music on listeners in Aotearoa and around the world - from The Clean to the Headless Chickens, Look Blue Go Purple to The Jean-Paul Sartre Experience. Needles and Plasticis a fully illustrated account of the label, the bands and the songs from 1981-1988 - the critical early years, when the label was based in Christchurch and getting records pressed in New Zealand. Matthew Goody tells the story through the records themselves. In entries on over 140 records from The Clean' s ' Tally Ho!' 7" in 1981 to The Verlaines' Bird-Dog LP in 1988, the book draws on years of research to reveal the stories of the bands, the recordings, the songs and the audience, with a host of characters contributing along the way - Shepherd, Chris Knox, Doug Hood, Hamish Kilgour and many more. In this remarkable tale of creativity and chaos, do-it-yourself innovation and extraordinary attempts at world domination, Needles and Plastic tells the inside story of one of New Zealand' s - and the world' s - great independent music labels.
' This is so thoroughly and lovingly researched and written, it reads with the narrative drive and immediacy of a first-hand account. This from a writer and fan who came to the Flying Nun story two decades later and from half a world away. It is a remarkable achievement, and another bizarre twist in the Flying Nun story that its first meticulously written history should be produced in such circumstances. ' (Richard Langston, Garage)
Matthew Goody is a Canadian editor and publisher who has worked in the book industry for over a decade. A fanatical record collector and researcher, he has spent years combing through the archives and record stacks to compile this comprehensive discographic history of Flying Nun' s early years. He currently lives in Vancouver, Canada.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9781869409593
Published: 10 Nov 2022
Published In: New Zealand
Imprint: Auckland University Press
Publisher: Auckland University Press
Format: Paperback
Height: 280mm
Width: 234mm
Spine: 28mm
Pages: 436

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