Some Fantastic Place

My Life in and out of Squeeze

By: Chris Difford

Narrated by: Chris Difford

'King George Street in Charlton, South London, was my first home. Six prefabs, three pubs, a school, a church and a yard where the electricity board kept cables. Two long rows of terraced houses faced each other at one end of the street, and at the other, big houses with big doors and even bigger windows. There was a phone box next to one of the pubs, and when it rang everyone came out to see who it was for. It was a tiny road - at one end of which there was Greenwich Park. It was heaven being there; its beauty always shone on me from the trees at sunsets and from the bushes in the rain. I was there in all weathers. It was 1964, I was 10 years old and this is when my memory really begins. The previous decade is built up from vague recollections that lean heavily on the imagination.'

Chris Difford is a rare breed. As a member of one of London's best-loved bands, the Squeeze cofounder has made a lasting contribution to English music with hits such as 'Cool for Cats', 'Up the Junction', 'Labelled with Love', 'Hourglass' and 'Tempted'. Some Fantastic Place is his evocative memoir of an upbringing in South London in the '60s and his rise to fame in one of the definitive bands of the late '70s and early '80s.

Read by Chris Difford.

©2017 Chris Difford (P)2017 Orion Publishing Group

I loved every minute of this book!

Admittedly I am a life long fan of Chris Difford, Glenn Tilbrook and all of the various band members of Squeeze who came and went over the years. Chris is brilliant, insightful and honest in the way he tells his story not only about Squeeze in their infancy, but how he explores the grit of his own demons. I’ve long said that these two musicians are two of the most underrated of all time.

Even bigger than that piece of this story is how raw, real and vulnerable he allows himself to become, and his ultimate path to healing.

I can’t say enough about this book other than I’ll probably listen to it again.

I enjoyed the beauty of this man's words.

I happen to be a huge squeeze fan and enjoyed the story about The Man Behind the words.