Liverpool - Wondrous Place: Wondrous Place - Music from the Cavern to the Coral

by PaulDuNoyer (Author)

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  Paperback
  2004

  $4.06

  LOVED AND LOATHED, LIVERPOOL PROVOKES EMOTIONS LIKE NO OTHER CTIY IN BRITAIN. What makes 'the Pool of Life' so different? the birthplace of the Beatles, it is the cradle of UK music. It has produced more pop stars than anywhere else - from Cilla Black to Frankie Goes to Hollywood, from Billy Fury to Atomic Kitten. But Liverpool has also been a byword for disaster - the Bad News Capital of Britain. The twent-first century has seen a dramatic restoration of Liverpool's reputation with its successful bid to become the European Capital of Culture 2008. Read the extraordinary story of theis uniquely creative yet notorious town. Find out why Liverpool is more than a place where music happens - Liverpool is a reason why music happens. Featuring interviews with its key players, this book uncovers the musical impulse at the heart of Britains strangest, most self-obsessed city.