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SHERYL GARRATT was editor of The Face from 1989 to 1995 and her book — first published in 1998 — is a knowledgeable and journalistic foray as she recalls her own personal story during the emergence of acid house and entwines it with a brief history of house music from the underground Chicago scene to the super-clubs of the mid-90s.
A salutary reminder perhaps? London and other major cities in the last decade have seen licensing requirements become more problematic and many legitimate clubs in the capital and elsewhere have closed, giving way to a increase of illegal or unlicensed raves and parties.
Additions to this new edition allow Garratt to highlight the parallels between the late 1980s and now and it stands
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