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From Manchester's backstreets to global dancefloors - the untold story of a musical pioneer.
Beginning on the night in November 1963 when his mum took him to see the Beatles live at Manchester's ABC Cinema, Mike Pickering takes the reader through sixty years of clubs, clothes, gigs, record labels, football matches and politics.
Pickering has lived through decades of rapid change in popular music. As an influential DJ he introduced house music into the legendary Haçienda. He signed Happy Mondays and James to Factory Records before working with Kasabian, Gossip and Calvin Harris at Sony. His Mercury Prize-winning, multi-million-selling group M People transformed the music industry's attitude to dance music. As he tells his remarkable story he introduces an array of friends and collaborators, many of whom would become important - and sometimes notorious - figures in music history.
Manchester must dance is a revelatory insider's account that moves from the cramped back streets of 1950s north Manchester on a journey deep into music, the city and the wider world. It features forewords from some of those Pickering inspired: Martin Fry, Johnny Marr, Noel Gallagher and Calvin Harris.
Contents
Forewords by Martin Fry, Johnny Marr, Noel Gallagher and Calvin Harris
Part I: Learning
1 A different world
2 A northern soul
3 A new thing
4 A team for life
5 A close call
6 A blessed relief
7 A matter of life and death
8 A contribution from Martin Fry
9 A European
10 A change in the air
11 A record label
12 A girl with dyed red hair
13 A new order
Part II: Playing
14 A caper
15 A pale, elusive metallic blue colour
16 A sound effect
17 A love tempo
18 A New York anglophile
19 A loud guy in a loud world
20 A revelation
21 A tax bill
22 A right booker
23 A lost soul
24 A famous guitarist
25 A contribution from Johnny Marr
26 A culture clash
27 A challenge
28 A new generation
29 A house is built
30 A meeting of minds
31 A decoy or two
32 A scam and a racket
33 A rock group you can dance to
34 A rave
35 A contribution from Noel Gallagher
36 A ride on time
37 A fake me
38 Aglow
39 A spontaneous decision
40 A police raid
Part III: Working
41 A cliched crime drama
42 A temporary contemporary table
43 A super club
44 A song writing project
45 A son of god remix
46 A pair of Woolworths ears
47 A Rob by any other name
48 A loss and a victory
49 A fresh start
50 A contribution from Calvin Harris
51 A new city
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