A crowdfunder to publish a book marking an era of live music in Scotland is close to hitting its final £4,000 target. Chris Brickley came up with the idea for “16 Years: Gigs In Scotland 1974-1990” after collating some of his own concert pictures, ticket stubs and posters. Over two years, he found enough material for a 500-page book and raised £14,000 through donations and co-sponsors. “Quite early on I got a cracking group of punk period photographs, which is like the holy grail because nobody really took cameras to these things. “You could do a really good series of them – particularly looking down south at Manchester and Liverpool.

Source: Irish Examiner February 02, 2020 00:00 UTC