Difference between revisions of "Barry Miles"
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| − | + | '''Barry Miles''' (Cirencester, England, 1943) is a British teacher, journalist and biographer. | |
| − | He was friends with | + | Miles studied art at Cheltenham College of Art, moved to London and qualified as an art teacher. His first job was with Better Books. From there he went on to found the Indica Bookshop and Gallery, which led to the founding of ''[[Wikipedia:International Times|International Times]]''. He was friends with Frank Zappa since the [[The Mothers|Mothers Of Invention]] came to London as part of their first European tour in 1967. |
| − | He set up Zapple, the spoken-word arm of The Beatles' Apple record label. In the 1970s, he went to live in New York, working with Allen Ginsberg on a catalogue of his tape archives and writing for New Musical Express. He returned to London to spend a year editing Time Out. | + | He set up Zapple, the spoken-word arm of [[The Beatles]]' Apple record label. In the 1970s, he went to live in New York, working with Allen Ginsberg on a catalogue of his tape archives and writing for New Musical Express. He returned to London to spend a year editing Time Out. |
| − | His many books include biographies of [[Jack Kerouac]], [[Allen Ginsberg]] and [[Paul McCartney]], Hippie, and his 2002 memoir, "In the Sixties" | + | His many books include biographies of [[Wikipedia:Jack Kerouac|Jack Kerouac]], [[Wikipedia:Allen Ginsberg|Allen Ginsberg]] and [[Paul McCartney]], Hippie, and his 2002 memoir, "In the Sixties". |
| − | He has written under the pen-name "Miles", and is sometimes wrongly credited as "Miles Mabbett", due to his co-authoring a book about Pink Floyd with Andy Mabbett, which is often listed as by "Miles and Andy Mabbett" [http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/276362.Miles_Mabbett], [http://www.bookfinder.com/author/miles-mabbett/]. | + | He has written under the pen-name "Miles", and is sometimes wrongly credited as "Miles Mabbett", due to his co-authoring a book about [[Pink Floyd]] with Andy Mabbett, which is often listed as by "Miles and Andy Mabbett" <ref>[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/276362.Miles_Mabbett Miles Mabbett at Goodreads.com]</ref>, <ref>[http://www.bookfinder.com/author/miles-mabbett/ Miles Mabbett at Bookfinder.com]</ref>. |
| − | [[Category:Supporting Cast|Miles | + | Miles wrote the biography ''[[Frank Zappa: A Biography]]'' and an ''[[Frank Zappa - A Visual Documentary]]'', an illustrated chronology of Frank Zappa, and also the interview snippet compilation book ''[[Frank Zappa - In His Own Words]]''. |
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Latest revision as of 12:02, 23 May 2026
Barry Miles (Cirencester, England, 1943) is a British teacher, journalist and biographer.
Miles studied art at Cheltenham College of Art, moved to London and qualified as an art teacher. His first job was with Better Books. From there he went on to found the Indica Bookshop and Gallery, which led to the founding of International Times. He was friends with Frank Zappa since the Mothers Of Invention came to London as part of their first European tour in 1967.
He set up Zapple, the spoken-word arm of The Beatles' Apple record label. In the 1970s, he went to live in New York, working with Allen Ginsberg on a catalogue of his tape archives and writing for New Musical Express. He returned to London to spend a year editing Time Out.
His many books include biographies of Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg and Paul McCartney, Hippie, and his 2002 memoir, "In the Sixties".
He has written under the pen-name "Miles", and is sometimes wrongly credited as "Miles Mabbett", due to his co-authoring a book about Pink Floyd with Andy Mabbett, which is often listed as by "Miles and Andy Mabbett" [1], [2].
Miles wrote the biography Frank Zappa: A Biography and an Frank Zappa - A Visual Documentary, an illustrated chronology of Frank Zappa, and also the interview snippet compilation book Frank Zappa - In His Own Words.
