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Title: Ready, Steady, Go!: The Smashing Rise and Giddy Fall of Swinging London by Shawn Levy ISBN: 0-7679-0588-1 Publisher: Broadway Books Pub. Date: 08 July, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95

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Average Customer Rating: 4.08 (12 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: SWINGING LONDON IN VIVID DETAIL
Comment: This is a great connect the dots guide to this brief moment in time. I couldn't put it down.
If this period is of interest to you then read this book. It is a knockout!
PS: By the way, author Shawn Levy's book on Jerry Lewis is a very revealing and detailed look at the comic's life/career. /gt

Rating: 4
Summary: London in the Sixties! The Center of the Universe!
Comment: What a Great Time! What a great Scene! I love books about different Cultural/Musical scenes. This one does not dissappoint. Learn about the Movers & Shakers, and overall Tastemakers! Clubs! Shops! Photographers! Graphics! Drugs! Haircuts! Movie Stars! It Girls! Power couples! If you were not there, No Need to go without feeling like you were! A Fun Read as well! Shawn Levy has a very readable and enjoyable writing style.

Rating: 4
Summary: Thanks, Shawn
Comment: I appreciate Shawn Levy's clarifying the source of some of his quotes. I made the same point -- that most of the sources are newspapers and other publicly available media (nothing wrong with that) -- in a response that Amazon declined to publish. Perhaps it thought (incorrectly) that I was implying plagiarism.

I was a teenager in Swinging London and I thoroughly enjoyed the book: It brought many memories. (We were all a little wild back then.) But I'll stick to my original comment that there are a number of minor historical "quirks" (such as the photograph of a war-protesting "Londoner" who is obviously American). I'd guess that some of the other oddities come from misinterpreting the more colourful and colloquial language used in British tabloids.

I also stand by my summary. "Ready, Steady, Go" is a more accurate picture of the *mood* of Swinging London than any historically accurate, but soulless, text book of that time and place. It's also great fun to read.

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