“Enthusiasm for the mysterious emissaries of pulp”: an interview with David Britton (the Savoy interviews, part 2a)
By Simon Sellars • Feb 22nd, 2010 •
Category: H.P. Lovecraft, Iain Sinclair, Ian Curtis, Lead Story, New Worlds, Savoy Books, Shanghai, audio, censorship, interviews, literature, music, punk
The story of Savoy Books is one of the strangest in publishing history: a tale of lost opportunities, missed opportunities, repression, censorship, imprisonment … and, most importantly, an incredible legacy of work that continues to disturb, challenge and confront. All of those qualities are equally applicable to Savoy Records, the music arm of Savoy’s black empire, as Simon Sellars discovers when he talks to Savoy co-founder David Britton. The interview features sound clips from selected Savoy releases.
