{"title":"Pop \u0026 Rock","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"a-scene-in-between-tripping-through-the-fashions-of-uk-indie-music-1980-1988","title":"A Scene In Between: Tripping Through the Fashions of UK Indie Music 1980-1988","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSam Knee \u0026amp; David Conway\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHardcover | 17.8 x 2.5 x 20.3 cm | 192 pp\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCicada | 2013 | \u003c\/span\u003e9781908714060\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe mid to late 1980s indie scenes in Britain from C86 to Shoegaze are a lost moment in music history. 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