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

As everyone else is mostly saying, a touch overlong, or longwinded, yet, having said that, it does shine a light on an area of Apple Corp that I was mostly ignorant of. I'd literally thought Zapple was Lennon and Ono's dreadful second "Unfinished Music" release and Harrison's dreadful "Electronic Sou......more

The stories here are of interesting people – the Beatles, famous writers like Allen Ginsberg, Frank Zappa, Brian Epstein. And it’s about their interactions, where ego, money, and creativity are at stake. The stories are interesting, in and of themselves. But the voice of the author is very droll, an......more

I came across this book from a Facebook ad illustrating a wonderful anecdote about Paul….and expected (wanted) much more Beatles involvement than actually existed. Interesting read, but really felt like a padded (very padded) article more than a book.......more

A nice overview of the Zapple label and Apple in general. If you've read Miles' McCartney book Many Years from Now you will have already read many of the anecdotes presented as well as getting a sense for Miles' generally pro-McCartney stance (Paul was the fiscally responsible Beatle, the truly avan......more

Sometimes reads like a list of hip people Barry Miles knew and hung out with but ultimately the story is interesting enough to rise above that factor. If you have any interest in the 1960s underground art scene this covers pretty much all the major literary and music figures from anecdotes about Gin......more