Party Lines: Dance Music and the Making of Modern Britain
By: Ed Gillett
4.17
Format: 518 pages, Kindle Edition
'[An] excellent history of UK dance culture' – Sunday TimesFrom the illicit reggae blues dances and…
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Format: 518 pages, Kindle Edition
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