In a timely new edition, All That Ever Mattered, charts the continuing success of the Scottish rock and pop industry in producing a body of music of a size and significance out of all proportion to the country's population. Opening with the artists as influential as Alex Harvey and Jackie Dennis, the story progresses through the beat scene of the sixties with Lulu, The Poets and Donovan, to the the 1970s when the Bay City Rollers spearheaded Scotland's chart successes. The sevenites was also the time when artists such as The Average White Band, John Martyn and the Incredible String band consolidated their formidable careers. Documenting the bands, movements and record labels spawned by punk including Orange Juice, Simple Minds, Teenage Fanclub, Jesus and Mary Chain and Primal Scream, the story comes right up to date with the cult status of bands such as Arab Strap, Mogwai and Belle and Serbastian to award-winning, stadium-fillling bands Travis and Texas. This book is set to become the standard work on the subject and will be an invaluable companion to anyone interested in rock and pop music not only in Scotland but throughout the UK and beyond.
- ISBN10 190292732X
- ISBN13 9781902927329
- Publish Date 30 April 2003 (first published September 1993)
- Publish Status Cancelled
- Out of Print 11 February 2008
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Black and White Publishing
- Edition 2nd Revised edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 416
- Language English