Greensleeves: The First 100 Covers (2nd edition)

Alexander Newman, also known as Al Fingers, is a London-based DJ, cultural historian and musicologist. He began his publishing career at Blues & Soul magazine, working alongside Mat-C on the hip-hop magazine Fatboss, before moving into book writing, design and exhibition curation. In 2012, he founded One Love Books, a publishing house dedicated to music, art and culture. His previous publications include DPM, An Encyclopaedia Of Camouflage with Hardy Blechman (Maharishi, 2004), Fashion A–Z, An Illustrated Dictionary with Zakee Shariff (Laurence King Publishing, 2009), Clarks In Jamaica (One Love Books, 2012/2021), Sound System Culture: Celebrating Huddersfield’s Sound Systems with Paul Huxtable/Let’s Go Yorkshire (One Love Books, 2014), In Fine Style: The Dancehall Art Of Wilfred Limonious with Christopher Bateman (One Love Books, 2016) and Covers: Retracing Reggae Record Sleeves In London with Alex Bartsch (One Love Books, 2018).

• CONTENTS9 Foreword by Paul Simonon10 Introduction by Alexander Newman14 Interview: Chris Sedgwick & Chris Cracknell (Founders, Greensleeves Records)66 Interview: Tony McDermott (Illustrator & Designer)100 Interview: Dave Hendley (Photographer & Journalist)108 Interview: Kevin Metcalfe (Mastering Engineer)118 Interview: Patrick “Chiki” Donegan (Guitarist & Producer)138 The Covers240 Sources244 Discography258 Index

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