The Velvet Mafia: The Gay Men Who Ran the Swinging Sixties (Hardcover)

Darryl W. Bullock

ISBN 10: 1787602311 / ISBN 13: 9781787602311

Published by Omnibus Press, London, 2021

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Hardcover. Winner of the prestigious Penderyn Music Book Prize 2022In the fifties and sixties, in the period leading up to the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality and the founding of the Gay Liberation movement, a group of gay men behind the scenes of rock'n'roll was changing pop, politics and society for good.Through a mix of new interviews and contemporary reports, Darryl W. Bullock shines a light on the lives of the so-called 'Velvet Mafia', including impresario Larry Parnes, Beatles manager Brian Epstein, songwriter Lionel Bart, record producer Joe Meek, and Bee Gees and Cream manager Robert Stigwood.Compelling and enlightening, The Velvet Mafia explores how the LGBT professionals at the heart of the music industry were working together and supporting each other at a time when being homosexual could mean the end of your career - or much worse. Winner of the prestigious Penderyn Music Book Prize 2022Compelling and enlightening, The Velvet Mafia explores how the LGBT professionals at the heart of the music industry were working together and supporting each other at a time when being homosexual could mean the end of your career - or much worse. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Velvet Mafia: The Gay Men Who Ran the Swinging Sixties (Hardcover)
• Publisher: Omnibus Press, London
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1787602311
• ISBN 13: 9781787602311
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

In the fifties and sixties, in the period leading up to the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality and the founding of the Gay Liberation movement, a group of gay men behind the scenes of rock’n’roll was changing pop, politics and society for good.

Through a mix of new interviews and contemporary reports, Darryl W. Bullock shines a light on the lives of the so-called ‘Velvet Mafia’, including impresario Larry Parnes, Beatles manager Brian Epstein, songwriter Lionel Bart, record producer Joe Meek, and Bee Gees and Cream manager Robert Stigwood.

The Velvet Mafia explores how the LGBT professionals at the heart of the music industry were working together and supporting each other at a time when being homosexual could mean the end of your career – or much worse.

About the Author

Darryl W. Bullock is a writer, publisher, and editor specialising in music and the arts. He has written for publications including The Guardian, Pitchfork, the Quietus, Songwriting Magazine, The Bath Chronicle, Venue, Folio, The Spark, B24-7, 3Sixty, The Bath Magazine, the Bristol Evening Post, and The Western Daily Press. He is also the publisher of The Green Guide to Bristol and Bath. Darryl is the author of The World's Worst Records (Volumes 1 and 2), Florence Foster Jenkins: the Life of the World's Worst Opera Singer (Duckworth-Overlook, 2016), and David Bowie Made Me Gay.