The Selecter – Black by Design: A 2-Tone Memoir – Book by Pauline Black

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Black by Design: A 2-Tone Memoir – Book by Pauline Black – The Selecter Black from Vinyl Records London

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Born in 1953 to AngloJewishNigerian parents, Pauline Black was subsequently adopted by a white, working class family in Romford. Never quite at home there, she escaped her small town background and discovered a different way of life making music. Lead singer for platinumselling band The Selecter, Pauline Black was the Queen of British Ska. The only woman in a movement dominated by men, she toured with The Specials, Madness, Dexys Midnight Runners when they were at the top of the charts and, sometimes, on their worst behaviour. From childhood to fame, from singing to acting and broadcasting, from adoption to her recent search for her birth parents,nbspBlack By Designnbspis a funny and enlightening story of music, race, family and roots.nbspldquoIts more than a musical memoir. Black paints a vivid portrait of simmering racial tension in Britain after the Second World War… This is also an intelligent and affecting account of life as a black child in a white family, feeling like a cuckoo in somebody elses nest… Britains original rude girl, she approached her job with a fearlessness and determination that carried her through a subsequent acting career… She takes few prisoners, which what you would expect from a woman who has spent a lifetime taking a sledgehammer to race and gender barriers. With Black by Design, one hopes she will get the recognition she deserves.rdquo IndependentldquoTheres plenty of on the road tales to please 2Tone fans, but this is ultimately the story of a brave, intelligent womans struggle to make sense of the nasty world around her.rdquo MojoldquoThe perfect poster girl for the 2Tone record label… she has stories aplenty, and her intelligence and fierce sense of right and wrong make them a fascinating… read.rdquo Metro The Selecter Black is available for home delivery from Vinyl Records London, only £12

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