The Zapple Diaries: The Rise and Fall of the Last Beatles Label

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 literary and cultural figures of the time, including Allen Ginsberg, Charles Bukowski, Richard Brautigan, William Burroughs, and Frank Zappa. The Zapple Diaries is the fascinating story of an ill-fated experimental venture and a revealing account of the little-known last chapter of Beatles history.

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The Zapple Diaries: The Rise and Fall of the Last Beatles Label

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 literary and cultural figures of the time, including Allen Ginsberg, Charles Bukowski, Richard Brautigan, William Burroughs, and Frank Zappa. The Zapple Diaries is the fascinating story of an ill-fated experimental venture and a revealing account of the little-known last chapter of Beatles history.

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The Zapple Diaries: The Rise and Fall of the Last Beatles Label

The Zapple Diaries: The Rise and Fall of the Last Beatles Label

by Barry Miles
The Zapple Diaries: The Rise and Fall of the Last Beatles Label

The Zapple Diaries: The Rise and Fall of the Last Beatles Label

by Barry Miles

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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 literary and cultural figures of the time, including Allen Ginsberg, Charles Bukowski, Richard Brautigan, William Burroughs, and Frank Zappa. The Zapple Diaries is the fascinating story of an ill-fated experimental venture and a revealing account of the little-known last chapter of Beatles history.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781419722219
Publisher: ABRAMS
Publication date: 09/27/2016
Pages: 240
Product dimensions: 6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Barry Miles writes about the Beat Generation and 1960s culture and is the author of more than 50 books, including the authorized Paul McCartney biography. From 1975 to 1978, he was a regular writer for New Musical Express, and in 1978 he edited Time Out (UK). He lives in London.

Table of Contents

An Apple-Zapple Chronology 6

Prequel: From Apple to Zapple 13

1 'Z' is for Zapple 19

2 The Idea 39

3 Savile Row 55

4 Blue Meanies 67

5 Hells Angels 79

6 East Coast 91

7 The Big O 99

8 The Poetry Farm 113

9 The First Trip: LA - Bukowski 119

10 The First Trip: SF - Brautigan 133

11 The First Trip: SF - Ferlinghetti - McClure 149

12 Back in Blighty 157

13 Unfinished Music No. 2: Life with the Lions 163

14 Electronic Sound 177

15 Apple Crumble 189

16 The Second Trip: Allen Ginsberg 197

17 The Second Trip: LA 205

18 Meanwhile Back in the USA 219

The Artists 225

Notes 232

Bibliography 236

Picture Credits 238

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