#pete frame

Read all about him on Wikipedia or – pop over to his web site

I had two of his books a long time ago. Long gone / misplaced / lost. But, if you are interested in the music of the 60s and 70s, the books and trees inside contain a veritable cornucopia of visual information relating to the music of the day.

I have often thought that it would be interesting to see something similar done for the…

Zigzag was founded by Pete Frame (of Rock’s Family Trees fame) in 1969, to explore underground music (including folk and country rock) in detailed, well researched style -- and continued through a succession of interruptions and shifts of focus and editors (including John Tobler and Kris Needs) until 1986, by which time it was more goth than not, and its editor was the redoubtable Mick Mercer. The Family Trees remained an intermittent feature until the early 80s, as did a surprisingly large amount of actually hand-written copy -- which served it well during punk and post-punk. Cover star on the top issue (1969 or 1970) is apparently -- I got this off someone’s website -- Dora Henderson, except I’m not quite sure who that is? Deborah Harry in 1978 for the second, obviously, in March 1978.  [Update: not Dora Henderson but Dorris Henderson, who sang on the UK folk rock scene in the 60s and 70s, and played autoharp]

Richard Jones talks about the Barbican Music Library’s lively programme of exhibitions, building a persuasive case for using exhibitions to build partnerships and expand your audience:

AS the environment in which libraries operate grows ever more challenging, with increasing competition for the public’s attention coupled with sectoral retrenchment, librarians are having to strive to find ways of retaining customers as well as reaching out to new ones. Over the past few years, the staff at Barbican Music Library, part of Barbican and Community Libraries (a section within the City of London’s Culture, Heritage and Libraries department), has developed a successful programme of exhibitions by forging partnerships with prominent individuals and organisations within the musical sphere.

The Cure - Family Tree, Sounds, 17th November 1990

Posted previously as a photopost this is a downloadable composite scan (much bigger than it presents here).  Sam King's Cure Family Tree, in the manner of Pete Frame's similar works, only typeset.  Sounds was essentially the grown-up version of the allegedly cooler NME.  In truth they were much of a muchness,  Sounds more rawk, NME more pop; meeting somewhere in the middle.