{"product_id":"dance-of-the-ceramic-city","title":"Dance of The Ceramic City - The Heavy Industry's Gone But The Rhythm Lives On:The Story of... Stoke: The Torch. Top Rank. The Place. Freetown. Introspective. Shelley's. Entropy. Golden. Sin City, and","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: 'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: 700 !important;\"\u003eFROM NORTHERN SOUL ALL-NIGHTERS TO L.A. (LONGTON AREA) RAVES, CHART REMIXES, AND DECLINING POTTERIES\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: 'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eThis is the story of a powerhouse Midlands city ignored by governments, and a 50-year youth subculture forged in pure DIY grit.\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eTold by a Golden warm-up DJ who never reached his full potential—but went on to sell 100,000 Potteries-based crime books—this narrative tracks the characters that made the scene.\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eMeet Northern Soul titan Colin Curtis, who reshaped the UK’s coolest dancefloors. Follow Bob, sneaking into 70s all-nighters at fourteen before driving global star DJ Sasha to 90s superclubs. See how an unassuming English lecturer convinced José Padilla—Ibiza’s Café Del Mar legend—to take up a residency at Golden, the UK’s unlikely second superclub.\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: 'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: 700 !important;\"\u003eFROM SISTER SLEDGE AND SNOOP DOGG TO TOP 75 HITS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: 'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eFollow the Shelley’s MC who landed a top 75 chart hit, brought hip-hop giants Kool Herc and Grandmaster Flash to Satchmo's in Hanley, and nearly went bust booking Snoop Dogg.\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eMeet the DJ brothers who got Sister Sledge back in the charts and produced 40 songs for Robbie Williams; the 70s Soul DJ who took Motown’s Junior Walker to see his mum in Fenton; Pete Bromley (Stoke’s best-known house supremo); Daf from Ace of Clubs, warming up The Prodigy’s ‘Firestarter’ premiere; former Entropy DJ and promoter Daba, who’s raised thousands for charity; and the promoters who built Stoke’s legacy.\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: 'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: 700 !important;\"\u003eA CITY THAT REFUSED TO BE SILENCED\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: 'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eFramed by the author’s journey around the six towns and a reckless nine-week stint in Corfu—filled with wild nights, acid, arson, and Albanian refugees swimming the Ionian Sea—this is a testament to an unwavering city that refused to be silenced.\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ANALOGUe LOVe","offers":[{"title":"Perfect Bound","offer_id":68133602623792,"sku":"9781806454570","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0262\/2357\/5085\/files\/9781806454570.jpg?v=1792484300","url":"https:\/\/www.thegreatbritishbookshop.co.uk\/products\/dance-of-the-ceramic-city","provider":"The Great British Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}