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The Lost World of CLIFF TWEMLOW: The King of Manchester Exploitation Movies October 2009: Authors: CP Lee and Andy Willis - ISBN 9780955625718 Available now from The Cornerhouse bookshop, URBIS shop and direct from the publishers: Hotun Press "THE ORSON WELLES OF SALFORD" Cliff Twemlow was a nightclub bouncer, novelist, composer, screen-writer, ferryman and actor ... read all about him in this book! Between 1982 and 1993, Cliff Twemlow gathered together a trusty ensemble of stuntmen, performers, actors and a dedicated technical crew to set up his own mini-Hollywood in Manchester, England. Cliff and his crew created hard-hitting gangster films (GBH and GBH2-Lethal Impact), spy thrillers for which they extended their locations to Barbados, the Balearics and Grenada (Target Eve Island and The Ibiza Connection) and science fiction/horror movies (Firestar: First Contact, Moonstalker and The Eye of Satan). Packed with martial arts action, snappy dialogue, sex and gunplay, these movies are brought back to life in this book. With valuable insights from some of Cliff’s key collaborators including BRETT SINCLAIR, BRIAN STERLING-VETE, DAVID KENT-WATSON, GINETTE GRAY, JOHN SAINT RYAN, MAXTON G BEESLEY, STEVE POWELL, STUART HURST and Cliff’s son BARRY TWEMLOW, here is a fresh look at the lost world of this Man-Man-Man-Mancunian telling how he created his own innovative film industry on a shoe-string. CP LEE and ANDY WILLIS have written extensively about film and popular culture. Together, they pay tribute to this 20th century renaissance man and all his fans who enjoyed nothing better than coming home from the pub and having a great time watching one of Cliff’s movies on video. |
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When We Were Thin - Music, Madness & Manchester / Alberto Y Lost Trios Paranoias published October 2007 - During the 1970s there was Alberto Y Lost Trios Paranoias, but before that there had been Jacko Ogg & The Head People, Greasy Bear, and Hari Odin & The Thunderers, being some of the many musical manifestations of CP Lee, Mancunian mischief maker and participant in the ever-evolving Manchester Music Scene. When We Were Thin takes us from Manchester's first ever light show in the basement of ‘The Blue Note Club', to the acid-drenched world of alternative underground newspapers and communes – From the dismal years of the early Seventies' ‘superstar' Rock scene to the initial excitement of Punk and the inevitable rise of the ‘young men with minds as narrow as their ties', and the resurgence of the Hacienda and Madchester in the Eighties. Over the decades CP Lee has played at the Reading Festival, Hyde Park Free Festival, and in New York, Berlin, Amsterdam and Huddersfield Builders & Working Men's Club (‘Progressive Music Night'), to name but a few of the international venues that that have been graced with his presence – “In fact,” says Lee, “I have performed in front of most of the stoned heads of Europe.” Along the way he has met and mingled with: The Clash, The Police, Ray Davies, New Order, The Pogues, The Fall, Andy Warhol, Frank Zappa, Martin Hannett, The Pink Floyd, John Cale, Roger McGuinn, Ian Dury, Nick Lowe, John Cooper Clarke, Elvis Costello, Nico, Buzzcocks, Captain Beefheart, and several other people. He still holds the box office record at London's Royal Court Theatre for his ‘Snuff Rock Musical – Sleak!' produced one side of the very first ever Factory Records release, got drunk with The Sex Pistols (not very difficult), and made a record with Dave Edmunds. Throughout all this Manchester has been his constant mentor and muse and in When We Were Thin, he presents his uniquely positioned view of the city's Pop history from Beat to Punk, from Bedsit Rock to the sounds of the new Urbanauts, whilst still being able to take you on a trip into some of the weirdest gigs on the planet. Part autobiography, part swingeing analysis of the sounds and people that have come and gone over the years, When We Were Thin will hopefully elevate CP Lee from the back passage of history where he has languished for far too long. When We Were Thin - published October 2007 by hotunpress archive publicity and URBIS event |
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LIKE THE NIGHT REVISITED Click for Mick Middles review (Limited Edition Oct 2006)
Available from: email CP directly for signed copy! or buy from: helter skelter online
The essential companion to: The Bootleg Series Vol. 4 BOB DYLAN LIVE 1966 |
LIKE THE NIGHT (Revisited) "Over the last three decades, a lot of people have said 'I was there' when the subject of Bob Dylan and The Hawks' performance in Manchester on 17 May 1966 has come up - a lot more people than the Free Trade Hall could have held. CP Lee was there, but the point is that he can put you there too. And, he can take you all the way back down the twisty road that led to that fabled night; a night pop music broke in half." Greil Marcus In 1966, at the height of his popularity, Dylan plugged in an electric guitar and merged his poetic lyrics with the sound of one of the greatest rock 'n' roll bands. The rock world was delighted, but the folk scene felt outraged and betrayed. That summer Dylan toured the world, and every show was accompanied by frenzied booing and catcalls - culminating at the Manchester Free Trade Hall where fans called him 'Judas'. This book documents that legendary world tour where Dylan waged a nightly war with his audience, and reinvented rock 'n' roll with an incendiary zeal never subsequently equalled. "Essential reading" - Uncut
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(Click HERE to see Mick Middles' review from Mancheser Evening News, 07 December 2002)
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Mickey Jones, former member of Dylan's '66 touring band, and now Hollywood actor, has this to say about Like A Bullet of Light: "After reading Like a Bullet of Light, there is no doubt that CP has done it again. If you are a Bob Dylan fan then you already know and love Like The Night. Now you can see CP's insight to the film side of Bob Dylan. As a member of The Hawks (The Band), I had the best seat in the house for Eat The Document. Today I make my living as an actor and I do know film. So does CP Lee. CP, thanks for getting it right." Uncut Magazine, July 2000, Book of the Month! "A fascinating look at Dylan's relationship to films and film-making" Damien Love, Classic Rock Magazine, July 2000 (4 stars out of 5) "Oh no, not another Bob Dylan book, as a wiser man than I called his own volume on the mighty Zimm. But there's no need to groan this time, as Lee, with no little wit and grace , leads us through the often confused labyrinth of Bob's film career. Luckily Lee is that rare mix: a Bob fan, an academic and one time rock muso, gifted with a wry sense of humour - most useful while ploughing your way through the celluloid porridge that is Renaldo & Clara. Lee does not judge or analyse, but presents and contextualises Dylan's 'roles', whether as documentary 'subject' (Dont Look Back), character actor (Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid), or Hollywood star (Hearts of Fire). There's no hot movie gossip, no big words, just an unfolding revelation of how Dylan the musician tries to mediate his art through the movies and gets tangled up in the art of others like Pennebaker and Peckinpah. As revealing about the process of film making as it is about Dylan, Like A Bullet of Light is a quiet little masterpiece all its own." Andy Robson |
