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1960s Britain - a decade characterized by unprecedented social and economic change - saw Barry Miles begin his impressive career as a student at the Gloucestershire College of Art. In the next few years he became established as a key figure of British subculture, making the connections that led to the birth of the notorious Indica Bookshop, the advent of the 1965 Albert Hall poetry reading, the rise of Europe's first underground newspaper and the subsequent Paul McCartney interview that secured Miles's reputation as a respected journalist. Thus firmly established as a major player in the media and artistic communities, he rounded off this extraordinary period of his life by running the Beatles' Zappa label and living in New York's Chelsea Hotel. This book is Miles's fascinating attempt to put the record straight about this memorable period of history. Accessible from the very beginning, his account is as refreshing as it is detailed and informative. His transition from student to literary instigator and record label boss is described in colourful terms, and he paints an intimate portrait of the characters who inhabited his world - John Dunbar, Marianne Faithful, Paul McCartney, Allen Ginsberg and William Burroughs. Miles captures perfectly the sense of cultural excitement and experimentation that embodied the decade and established it firmly in the nation's consciousness. His memoir is intimate, compelling and a fantastic piece of writing for anyone interested in '60s subculture. (Kirkus UK)
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At the beginning of the sixties Barry Miles was at art school in Cheltenham; at the end he was running the Beatles' Zapple label and living in New York's legendary Chelsea Hotel. This is the story of what happened in between. In the Sixties is a memoir by one of the key figures of the British counterculture. A friend of Ginsberg and Corso, Miles helped to organise the 1965 Albert Hall poetry reading. He co-founded and ran the Indica Bookshop, the command centre for the London underground scene, and he published Europe's first underground newspaper, International Times (IT), from Indica's basement. Miles' partners in Indica were John Dunbar, then married to Marianne Faithfull, and Peter Asher. Through Asher, Miles became closely involved with the Beatles, particularly Paul McCartney, and In the Sixties is full of intimate glimpses of the Beatles at work and play. Other musicians who appear in its pages include the Rolling Stones, the Pink Floyd, Leonard Cohen and Frank Zappa. But Miles' greatest love is for the written word and his book includes memorable portraits of Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughs, Charles Olson, Richard Brautigan and Charles Bukowski. This is the book that everyone interested in the sixties counterculture has been waiting for. The real story, from the inside.
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