Love and thanks to everyone who agreed to be interviewed for this book: Jim Reid, Douglas Hart, Bobby Gillespie, John Moore, Laurence Verfaillie, Murray Dalglish, Linda Fox, Philip King, Ben Lurie, Steve Monti, Lincoln Fong (who dedicates his contribution to Kyra Rubin, ‘the world’s biggest JAMC fan’), Alan McGee, Geoff Travis, Jeannette Lee, Chris Morrison, Jerry Jaffe, Neil Taylor, Stephen Pastel, Terry Edwards, Clive ‘The Doctor’ Jackson, Joe Foster, Alan Moulder, Pat Collier, Mick Houghton, David Evans, Loz Colbert, Mark Crozer, John Robb, James Pinker, David Quantick, Terry Staunton and Kevin Pearce. Gratitude also to Gerry McElhone, Barbara Charone, Karen Ciccone, Gavin Martin, Nick Hasted, Mat Snow, Sigtryggur Baldursson, Tom Seabrook, John Ingham, the essential Mary Chain fan resource that is Niina’s April Skies blog, Rock’s Back Pages, Mihoko Kimura, Carlos Benavides, Robin Kennedy, Gary Fowles and Filipe Albuquerque.
Finally, thanks to Kevin Pocklington at Jenny Brown Associates and commissioning editors Alison Rae at Polygon Books and Kathy Huck at St Martin’s Press. Love and gratitude to friends and family for support and encouragement. Special thanks as always to my husband Dylan.