Paul's Records

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Paul's Records

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Brand: Blacksmith Books (HK)
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How a Refugee from the Vietnam War Found Success Selling Vinyl on the Streets of Hong Kong

Written by Andrew S Guthrie

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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 Kowloon, and finally established an underground reputation for his eclectic blend and unending supply of recorded music.

Andrew S Guthrie was born in New York City, lived for most of his life in Boston, Massachusetts, and moved to Hong Kong in 2005. While in the States he exhibited at the Boston Institute for Contemporary Art in 1996 and was awarded a Massachusetts Cultural Council Fellowship in Photography in 2003. His cultural history/artist edition of the 1960s by way of ten 45rpm singles, titled Broken Records: 19601969, is in the collection of the Brooklyn Museum of Art in New York City.

ISBN-13: 9789881376435
Publisher: Blacksmith Books
Imprint: Blacksmith Books (HK)
Publication date: 15 August 2015
Format: Paperback
Pages: 140
Dimensions: 180 x 130 mm
Language: English