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"The Smiths and Beyond. Images", photo book by Kevin Cummins - details (Mar. 7, 2002)

posted by davidt on Thursday December 06 2001, @09:30AM
Jim writes:

Just seen a the promo sleeve for a new Smiths book by Kevin Cummins called 'The Smiths and Beyond. Images'

The sleeve shows Moz slumped across an amp on what looks to be the Kill Uncle Tour. The inner sleeve shows some pictures of The Smith and solo Moz (fairly standard ones it has to be said) and some post Smiths Marr.

The information says that it will be published in the UK on March 7th 2002. The publisher is Vision On Publishing, they are responsible for the magazine Dazed and Confused. No US publishing info is given, but a US distributor is listed. The cost will be £12.99 or $19.95.

The ISBN is 1 903399 27 0.

The sleeve notes state:
"When The Smiths emerged from Manchester in 1983, Kevin Cummins was ideally placed to record the group's progress. The former art and design student had been framing bands in his hometown from the late 70s. His portraits of the late Ian Curtis had helped immortalise him around the world.

"As far as local boy turned semi-tragic hero was concerned, Smiths singer Morrissey was Curtis' more flamboyant successor and as The Smiths turned into one of the great British bands of the 80s, bringing poetry, miserablism, celibacy chic and gladioli-waving to a grey post-punk music scene, it was entirely natural that Cummins would become one of their most intimate and astute visual chroniclers.

"Cummins did their publicity stills, shot countless features for the NME and other magazines, tracked their gigs and travelled the world with them."
You can see more about Vision On at www.vobooks.com

Fingers crossed that this one actually manages to make it out of the publishers!!
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  • finally some clasic literature for me. i can spend my day reading something interesting besides the national enquirer. a book with pictures makes it more interesting for me i have something to look at. so what's next i wish there was something like a movie script based on the life of the moz, a superhero who can stop any villain with his super high hair. sit around on his ass with nothing to do and waste my time waiting for a new album to be released. for god's sake do something already
    BEAVER -- Thursday December 06 2001, @11:50PM (#22100)
    (User #270 Info | http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=19109435)
    "SPLATERED WALLS AND A KICK IN THE BALLS, THAT'S ENTERTAIMENT"

  • Sigh (Score:2, Interesting)

    I want Saint Morrissey to be released, this book
    must be seen as a new Morrissey Album, whike this
    book is like all the best off's we are flooded
    by.

    Please Morrissey, give Mark Simpson a 'YES',
    because I'm positive it's only Morrissey , whose
    responsible or somehow to blame for
    the delay the release of Mark Simpson's
    book 'Saint Morrissey .

    Sigh, I desperately longing for Mark Simpson's
    book about Morrissey, wonder how much longer
    I can cope before I have to take prescibtion pills
    [benzo's and tranq's] ;)
    Celibate Cry <[email protected]> -- Friday December 07 2001, @08:15AM (#22106)
    (User #220 Info)
    and the hills are alive with celibate cries

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