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ALBUM 

The title “Album” is a tongue-in-cheek reference to the LP (album), the record’s square format. The author/artist is releasing his own record.

The content of “Album” includes:

17 concrete poems, cross-referencing, free-associating along the lines of musical history, musical styles, a variety of musicians

19 color photographs of 45rpms (from the author’s collection) in the manner of “staged photography”

And more . . .

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PAUL’S RECORDS: a refugee from Vietnam sold used vinyl records in the streets of Hong Kong

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As a youth in Saigon’s Chinatown of the 1960s and ’70s, Paul Au was greatly affected by American “hippie” culture and Rock and Roll. He was smuggled into Hong Kong in 1974 to escape the South Vietnamese military draft.

At first living in rooftop squats, he started to trade used vinyl records on the streets of Sham Shui Po, and finally established an underground reputation for his eclectic blend and unending supply of recorded music.

This full-colour book uses sample records and sleeve art to depict the evolution of popular music in Hong Kong since the 1970s, and describes the down-to-earth part of Kowloon, with its walk-up buildings and street markets, that Paul Au has become synonymous with.

Paul’s Records solidifies Andrew Guthrie’s status as the most perceptive, and astute, observer of the lingering appeal of recording and cassette culture in post-colonial Hong Kong.” – Giorgio Biancorosso, Department of Music, The University of Hong Kong

Paul’s Records is a gift to Hong Kong and to anyone who wants to know more about the unique worlds that thrive in its crowded spaces.” – Greg Girard, author of City of Darkness: Life In Kowloon Walled City

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