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Psychedelic Suburbia: David Bowie and the Beckenham Arts Lab by Mary Finnigan (Paperback, 2016)

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Author: Mary Finnigan ISBN 10: 0986377023. Used-Very Good: The book will be clean without any major stains or markings, the spine will be in excellent shape with only minor creasing, no pages will be missing and the cover is likely to be very clean.

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David Bowie was 22 years old and still living with his parents in southeast London when, quite by chance, he met Mary Finnigan while visiting her upstairs neighbours in nearby Beckenham. Still an unrecognised talent haunting the London folk clubs, desperately seeking paid gigs, he couldn't even dream of a future as a global rock phenomenon. Life started to take interesting turns after he moved in with Mary and her two children in the spring of 1969. With a small group of psychedelic pioneers, they launched the Beckenham Arts Lab in a local pub and organized a free music festival in the town's park. That summer his first hit, Space Oddity, made it into the charts and became the theme song for the first moon landing. He was suddenly on a trajectory towards superstardom. Millions of words have been written about Bowie's life, but his early days as a struggling songwriter and performer have been shrouded in hearsay. Here is the full story of his pivotal year in Beckenham, written by his friend, lover and landlady, one of the first people to encourage and support him.

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PublisherJorvik Press

ISBN-139780986377020

eBay Product ID (ePID)225883583

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Book TitlePsychedelic Suburbia: David Bowie and the Beckenham Arts Lab

AuthorMary Finnigan

FormatPaperback

LanguageEnglish

TopicMusic

Publication Year2016

GenreBiographies & True Stories

Number of Pages201 Pages

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Item Height229mm

Item Width152mm

Item Weight280g

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Title_AuthorMary Finnigan

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States

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by stoke_kev
18 Jun, 2025
Great read covering 1969 and 70. Interes...
Great read covering 1969 and 70. Interesting anecdotes, Bowie fans who like this period will find it interesting
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