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Regarding others whose luster has been tarnished by scandal, it may be a poignant surprise to recall how they were viewed before the sad, sordid truth came out.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike my dear friend and colleague David Corio―who had shot some of my own finest portraits―I came up in the London media and arts scene of the 1970s and ’80s; in the early ’90s, we both moved to New York. We shared the same typical Londoner’s sort of eclectic pan-Black aesthetic: A love of soul, jazz, hip hop, R’n’B, music from Africa, particularly Francophone West Africa, and we had a special passion for reggae and dub. We shared a cultural formation, one that is reflected in this eclectic collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen he told me in the closing years of the last century that he was planning a book of his portraits and asked if I might be interested in writing it, I sat with the archive and marveled. Through his serious commitment to and passion for music, he had kept on shooting since 1976, usually for a publication or label, but often for love, until his archive spelled out much of the arc of Black popular music from the latter half of the 20th century. I found it epic. Over a North London lunch with Trinidadian writer and broadcaster Isaac Fergusson, we discussed the way music has flowed in cycles of creativity; how the Africa from which so many individuals had been stolen remained the foundation for virtually everything we loved to listen to. That idea, that truth, resonated and took form in an alluring vibration. We decided to call it The Black Chord, as no matter how different were the sounds, together they formed one mighty harmony. ―Vivien Goldman\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePhotographs by David Corio, text by Vivien Goldman, foreword by Isaac Hayes.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Turnaround","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":50426993049931,"sku":"2219636","price":53.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/31yqOZlUa1L._SX342_SY445__959b8de2_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726820192"},{"product_id":"reggae-in-london-1980-2004","title":"Reggae in London 1980–2004","description":"\u003cp\u003eFeaturing some previously unseen photos, \u003cem\u003eAlton Ellis\u003c\/em\u003e is on the cover and \u003cem\u003eBurning Spear\u003c\/em\u003e on the back cover. \u003cstrong\u003eBob Andy\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eBarrington Levy\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eShabba Ranks\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eHalf Pint\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eDennis Brown\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eBob Marley\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eBunny Wailer\u003c\/strong\u003e, and many more are featured.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cafe Royal Books","offers":[{"title":"Pamphlet","offer_id":50429566091595,"sku":"2165214","price":6.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/David-Corio-Reggae-in-London-19802004-web1200f_60bece07_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726840222"},{"product_id":"fans-and-clubbers-1978-1995","title":"Fans and Clubbers, 1978-1995","description":"\u003cp\u003eIncluding images of The Roxy, Sunsplash, the Marquee, The Tunnel NYC, Rock Against Racism, Notting Hill Carnival, Exploited, Empire Ballroom, Wetlands, Gossips, Glastonbury.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Corio began his freelance photography career in 1978 after leaving art school at the age of 18. Moving to London he began taking portraits and going to concerts and clubs across the capital for personal projects and as assignments for New Musical Express, Time Out, The Face and Black Echoes. 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