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David Corio recalls: "This is Dexys Midnight Runners before they had a major label or hit record. I spent a few days in Birmingham with them before seeing the band perform or knowing anything about their music. When I finally saw them live in London a few weeks later they blew me away. With a mighty horn section and stomping rhythm tightly controlled by lead singer Kevin Rowland, this was one of the most powerful shows I had the good fortune to attend. Journalist Gavin Martin and I met up with them several times always in working-mens cafes for endless cups of tea and to hear Kevins philosophy on life. Kevin Rowland controlled the band completely - banning alchohol and enforcing a strict dress code of white tees, donkey jackets or leather coats and woolen docker hats. Somehow he managed to persuade the others into going for regular early morning runs, long before jogging became fashionable. Despite their immense talent Dexys Midnight Runners werent suited to the commercial music scene and their albums didnt sell as well as they should have. Each new album was always a surprise as they invariably came up with a different musical style. A few years after taking this photo I got on a plane in Lisbon after photographing Rick Wakeman. I was wearing espadrilles with my hair in a pony-tail. And there already on board was the whole band - coincidentally all wearing the same espadrilles and sporting pony-tails."
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David Corio recalls: "NME had voted De La Souls 3 Feet & Rising as the best album of 1989 and they asked me to meet up with the trio as they were promoting their third release Buhloone Mindstate. I got picked up in a minivan in mid-town and whisked uptown. Throughout the whole journey I didnt have a clue what they were talking about. They were well known for their witty lyrics,quirky skits and eclectic sampling but it was as if they were talking in a totally different language interspersed with hysterical laughter. We piled out next to the Apollo Theatre in Harlem and I had to marshall them together to fit them all in the frame with part of the famous venue in the background. They seemed barely aware that I was photographing them but it made for an easy, laid-back photo-shoot."
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David Corio recalls: "Billy Braggs musical career was just beginning to take off when I met up with him in west London. If possible I try and find a few suitable locations before I do a shoot which can put a subject at ease and also help to create good compositions. A demolition site seemed ideal for Billy Bragg at the time as he was heavily involved in political causes on the left wing trying to break down the stranglehold that Margaret Thatcher held over the country. His second album Brewing Up With Billy Bragg came out later in the year and continued on his anti-war themes and his discontent with the British tabloid press. He has remained politically active backing the 1984 miners strike and helping to form Red Wedge a musicians alliance to encourage young people to vote for the Labour Party. He has also promoted tactical voting particularly in Dorset where he now lives but surprisingly announced he was voting for the Liberal Democrats in 2010 and must have been unpleasantly surprised when they formed a political alliance with the Conservative Party to gain power."
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Archival silver gelatin photograph made in the darkroom from the original negative on 8 x 10 inch paper, image size 7.5 x 7.5 inches (19 x 19 cm), edition of nine in this size worldwide, signed & numbered by Gered Mankowitz on the front under the image area.
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Limited edition of 250 on 20x24 inch Fuji Crystal Archive paper, signed and numbered on the front by Amalie R Rothschild.
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The Beatles, Brian Epstein’s home in Belgravia, London, May 1967 Barrie recalls the days fondly – "This was the first time I’d met and photographed The Beatles. It was at the launch party for Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band at Brian Epstein’s house in Belgravia – a very posh part of London. There were people there from the press and elsewhere, and The Beatles were walking around talking and laughing. I was taking a few shots inside the house when Derek Taylor, their wonder press officer, suggested all the press and photographers go outside and we’ll do some pictures by the door. I managed to crawl up to the front through the crowd and get this picture of the “Fab Four”.
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