I'm a little late with this one as it's already been quite extensively and enthusiastically reviewed. And rightly so. King really captures the spirit in which the independent label scene was born and developed and of course with the characters involved it can't fail to be entertaining as well as informative. There is a real sense that this was a unique time for fearless people who were passionate about music to take the opportunity to create what amounted to a parallel music business alongside the long-established major labels and to find a different way of doing things that satisfied their ambitions, their predilection for taking risks, and their sheer enthusiasm. King interviewed all the important people at length, filtered and distilled their recollections and has produced a 600 page tome that will stand as an important chronicle of a seminal era in British music.
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