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The Zapple Diaries: The Rise and Fall of the Last Beatles Label (Book)
This is the first full-length look at Zapple—the Beatles’ label for experimental music and spoken word recordings and the most ambitious expression of the group’s determination to be leading members of the counterculture movement in the late 1960s. Barry Miles, the acclaimed author, was the Zapple label manager and has written an engaging and slightly gossipy you-arethere review of this fascinating period in Beatles history. The book provides insight into the lives and working methods of leading…
No Wave: Post-Punk. Underground. New York. 1976-1980. (Book)
Beautiful 144-page hardcover book that is visual chronicle of the No Wave, with an eye-popping selection by Soinic Youth's Thurston Moore and Byron Coley of pictures of your favorite No-heroes such as James Chance, Lydia Lunch, Glenn Branca, etc. but also David Byrne, Debbie Harry, Brian Eno, Iggy Pop, Richard Hell, etc..