Parkes, Simon

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In 1982, aged twenty-three, Simon Parkes paid £1 for a virtually derelict building in Brixton. Over the next fifteen years he turned it into Britain's most iconic music venue. And now he's telling his story: full of fond - and wild - reminiscences of the famous musicians who pla…

"In 1982, aged twenty-three, Simon Parkes paid GBP 1 for a virtually derelict building in Brixton. Over the next fifteen years he turned it into Britain's most iconic music venue. This title tell the riotous life-story of a music impresario and how he turned a near-derelict hall…