Halfway to Paradise. Britpop 1955-1962
Kent. Finbarr International. 1996. Rare privately published soft cover details interviews with over 150 performers from the birth of rock n' roll to the Beatles. Author was a BBC radio presenter. Filled with bw photos and facsimiles of newspaper clippings
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