Simply Thrilled

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<p>They had just a few hundred pounds, one band missing a drummer, a sock drawer for an office, more dreams than sense and not a clue between them how to run a record company. But when Alan Horne and Edwyn Collins decided to start their own label from a shabby Glasgow flat in 1979, nobody was going to stand in their way.</p><p>Postcard Records was the mad, makeshift and quite preposterous result. Launching the careers of Orange Juice, Aztec Camera and cult heroes Josef K, the self-styled Sound of Young Scotland stuck it to the London music biz and, quite by accident, kickstarted the 1980s indie music revolution.</p><p>Simon Goddard has interviewed everyone involved in the making of the Postcard legend to tell this thrilling rocknroll story of punk audacity, knickerbocker glories, broken windscreens, raccoon-fur hats, comedy, violence and creating something beautiful from nothing, against all the odds.</p>

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Simon Goddard grew up in Wales and Scotland before studying art in the North of England. He later moved to London to work as a music journalist and is now recognised as one of the most unique voices in pop writing. In addition to<i>Simply Thrilled</i>, he has written acclaimed books about The Smiths and Morrissey (<i>Songs That Saved Your Life</i>,<i>Mozipedia),</i>Bowie<i>(Ziggyology)</i>and the Stones (<i>Rollaresque)</i>.<i>Mozipedia</i>was voted<i>Mojo</i>magazine readers Book Of The Year and has since been published in three continents.

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