Name: Believe In Magic: 30 Years of Heavenly Recordings
Brand: Robin Turner and Paul Kelly

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

9781474616508signed

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Colour

Format multiplier

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: Yes

Format Books GB

Hardback

Format detail

Hand stamped and numbered by Robin Turner

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Limited edition

Release date

2020-11-12

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Hachette

Tax rate GB

Zero:0

UPC / Barcode

9781474616508

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1 / Extended format: Yes / Hardback / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Robin Turner and Paul Kelly

Genre GB

Music

Label GB

White Rabbit

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A celebration of Heavenly Recordings, one of the most iconic and admired independent British record labels of the past three decades, published to mark the 30th anniversary of the label.

<i>Believe in Magic</i> is a fully illustrated history of one of the most colourful and exciting independent British record labels, Heavenly. Set up by Jeff Barrett in 1990 as the acid house revolution was in full swing (he being one of the architects), Heavenly's early releases set the tone and tempo for the mood of the decade to come - their first release was by perhaps the most revered acid house dj of them all, Andrew Weatherall; and this was quickly followed by singles from St Etienne and Manic Street Preachers.

Heavenly was always more than a label though, more of a 'club' and in 1994 Jeff and Robin set up The Heavenly Social, alongside the Hacienda perhaps the most famous club in recent British history, where the Chemical Brothers made their name. Over nearly 180 releases in thirty years, Heavenly have consistently produced some of the most exciting music across all genres - dance, acid house, singer-songwriter, psych-garage - and this book collects rare photographs, ephemera, artwork into a celebration of a label that is, alongside Rough Trade and Factory, one of the most beloved institutions on the independent landscape.

Running though the book will be a ridiculously entertaining 50,000 word oral history of the chaos and bad behaviour and general party spirit that is the presiding personality of the label, its bands and the people associated with its success. 

All versions come with a specially commissioned fold out map featuring the notable London addresses in Heavenly’s history. 