{"product_id":"9780857128232","title":"The Smiths: The Early Years","description":"\"A stunning photographic record of The Smiths' formative years.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor many The Smiths were the definitive alternative rock band of the '80s. A bracing antidote to Thatcher's Britain for the youth of the day, Manchester-based Morrissey, Marr \u0026amp; Co. even approached something like mainstream success towards the end.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut at the start they were scruffy, uncompromising rebels. This was the period in which Paul Slattery took a series of band photos of great intimacy and power.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSlattery was particularly close to The Smiths in those early days, and his images - many of them seen for the first time here - were an insider's work: informal, brash, exciting and revealing. Seen together these photos form an exciting visual narrative on the work of an influential band that, for a few turbulent years, cornered the market in lyrical gloom laced with mordant wit.\"","brand":"Music Sales Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47101212557552,"sku":"9780857128232","price":12.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780857128232_p0.jpg?v=1763828049","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780857128232","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}