{"product_id":"detroit-67-the-year-that-changed-soul-paperback","title":"Detroit 67: The Year That Changed Soul - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eStuart Cosgrove\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFULLY REVISED AND EDITED PAPERBACK EDITION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShortlisted for Penderyn Music Prize\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDetroit 67 is the story of Motor City in the year that changed everything. Twelve chapters take you on a turbulent year-long journey through the drama and chaos that ripped through the city in 1967 and tore it apart in personal, political and interracial disputes. It is the story of Motown, the break-up of The Supremes and the damaging disputes at the heart of the most successful African-American music label ever.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSet against a backdrop of urban riots, escalating war in Vietnam and police corruption, the book weaves its way through a year when soul music came of age and the underground counterculture flourished. LSD arrived in the city with hallucinogenic power and local guitar band MC5 - selfstyled holy barbarians of rock - went to war with mainstream America. A summer of street-level rebellion turned Detroit into one of the most notorious cities on earth, known for its unique creativity, its unpredictability and self-lacerating crime rates.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe year 1967 ended in social meltdown, rancour and intense legal warfare as the complex threads that held Detroit together finally unravelled.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFeatures the story of DETROIT, a major motion picture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStuart Cosgrove\u003c\/b\u003e originally from Perth, was a fanzine writer on the northern soul scene before joining the black music paper \u003ci\u003eEchoes\u003c\/i\u003e, as a staff writer. He became media editor with the \u003ci\u003eNME\u003c\/i\u003e and a feature writer for a range of newspapers and magazines. In 2005 he was named Broadcaster of the Year in the Glenfiddich Spirit of Scotland Awards and in 2012 he won numerous awards including a BAFTA and Royal Television Society award for Channel 4's coverage of the London Paralympics 2012.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 512\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 7.7 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 03, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42155772084359,"sku":"9781846973666","price":23.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/e76381871669d47f509e6bec7cd958fa.webp?v=1733238638","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/detroit-67-the-year-that-changed-soul-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}