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SCB DISTRIBUTORS FALL 2015 SCB: TRULY INDEPENDENT SCB DISTRIBUTORS IS Blue Bird Press PROUD TO INTRODUCE Bullet Point Publishing Dark Dragon Books International Neighborhood Over and Above Creative Scratter & Pomace Tangent Books SCB: TRULY INDEPENDENT The cover image for this catalog is from page 105 of Al Parker: Illustrator, Innovator, published by Auad Publishing and found on page 17 of this catalog. Catalog layout by Dan Nolte, based on an original idea by Rama Crouch-Wong Unprepared To Die America’s Greatest Murder Ballads and the True Crime Stories That Inspired Them By Paul Slade “I thought I’d have a quick dip in and ended up reading it from start to end: compulsive stuff.” – Ian Anderson, Roots High concept folk culture tracing the history of 8 popular murder ballads, including Tom Dooley, Pretty Polly and Frankie And Johnny. Interviewees include Billy Bragg, The Handsome Family’s Renee Sparks, The Kingston Trio’s Bob Shane and Snakefarm’s Anna Domino, who share their insights into these iconic songs. These cheerfully vulgar murder ballads are tabloid newspapers set to music. Each has evolved to suit local place names and each mutates further still in the performances of Duke Ellington, James Brown, Bob Dylan, Dr. John, The Clash and Nick Cave, all of whom have re-interpreted Stagger Lee and RIVETING, UNUSUAL HISTORY other ballads. ■ with the stories of the real individuals whose short lives and brutal deaths are featured in each song Paul Slade is a London-based journalist who writes for the Independent, Guardian, Times, Sunday Telegraph, Sunday Times, Mojo, Time Out and more.
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