{"product_id":"needles-and-plastic","title":"Needles and Plastic Flying Nun Records, 1981-1988","description":"\u003cp\u003eA richly illustrated Flying Nun discography – all the records from ‘Tally Ho!’ to Bird-Dog.\u003cbr\u003eFounded in 1981 by Roger Shepherd, Flying Nun Records unleashed an extraordinary wave of New Zealand music on listeners in Aotearoa and around the world – from The Clean to the Headless Chickens, Look Blue Go Purple to The Jean-Paul Sartre Experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNeedles and Plasticis a fully illustrated account of the label, the bands and the songs from 1981–1988 – the critical early years, when the label was based in Christchurch and getting records pressed in New Zealand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMatthew Goody tells the story through the records themselves. In entries on over 140 records from The Clean’s ‘Tally Ho!’ 7\" in 1981 to The Verlaines’ Bird-Dog LP in 1988, the book draws on years of research to reveal the stories of the bands, the recordings, the songs and the audience, with a host of characters contributing along the way – Shepherd, Chris Knox, Doug Hood, Hamish Kilgour and many more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this remarkable tale of creativity and chaos, do-it-yourself innovation and extraordinary attempts at world domination, Needles and Plastic tells the inside story of one of New Zealand’s – and the world’s – great independent music labels.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Upstart","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45546145186015,"sku":"9781869409593","price":70.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/2185\/3151\/files\/Goody_NeedlesPlastic__79406.1658200917.jpg?v=1744081857","url":"https:\/\/lamplightbooks.pro\/products\/needles-and-plastic","provider":"Lamplight Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}