Part Gen X memoir, and part English Beat oral history, the book takes a detailed look at the making of, response to, and influence their third album “Special Beat Service” had on young American fans like marc as well as musicians like Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam, Adam Duritz of Counting Crows, Elvis Costello, and Pete Townshend of the Who.
“Soul Salvation” includes a foreword by Jay Boberg, the president of I.R.S. Records who worked to break the band in America during 1982-83 and features extensively researched interviews, insights and anecdotes from band members, record company executives, music critics and notable fans. “Soul Salvation” is the first book of its kind to explore the English Beat’s unique story and its massive influence on a generation of American music fans and the birth of 80s indie rock.
“Soul Salvation” is Marc Wasserman’s second book with the brilliant DiWulf Publishing in the US, following the publication in 2021 of the groundbreaking ‘”SkaBOOM!: An American Ska & Reggae Oral History” which documented the unwritten history of American Ska.
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