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A staggering collection of the Art of Ray Harryhausen

Advantages: Scores of rare artwork and models. quality presentation
Disadvantages: None really

In the eighties a softback book entitled the Film Fantasy Scrapbook was published, collecting together a host of photos and drawings created during the making of Ray Harryhausen's many movies, from "Mighty Joe Young" to "Clash of the Titans". I had a copy ...

gazhack 01.05.2011 · Read full review
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Review of The Art of Ray Harryhousen - Tony Dalton, Ray Harryhausen

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The Hacienda's good times and bad times

Advantages: Interesting, sometimes funny, sometimes sad story of the famous club
Disadvantages: For the interested, none really

The Hacienda Club in Manchester was largely the brainchild of Tony Wilson, a Granada TV presenter who came to prominence as compere of the music show 'So It Goes'. Also in the frame was Factory Records, the locally-based alternative record label he helped ...

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Review of The Hacienda - Peter Hook

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A business primer in how not to run a club - The Hacienda

Advantages: Fascinating look at Manchester's music scene
Disadvantages: A little over-blown in places, but still a good read

This review is of the book "The Hacienda - How Not to Run a Club" by Peter Hook, who was better known as the co-founder of Joy Divison and New Order. The author calls the book, "a story of how Hacienda changed the shape of clubbing in England, and where i ...

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Review of The Hacienda - Peter Hook

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