In many years of selling music collectibles, I always get the greatest satisfaction when I can find the ‘perfect home’ for something. Sometimes it’s placing something of great historical importance in a museum collection. Other times it’s helping a longtime collector fill a hole in their collection that’s been vexing them for decades. A few […]
I’ve been collecting rare records and music memorabilia for 46 years, and just when I think I’ve seen it all, something surfaces that blows me away. This is one of those times. Yesterday I listed on the Recordmecca site an impossibly rare–and possibly unique–reel to reel tape of rough-mixes for an unreleased Van Morrison studio […]
In 1983, legendary artist Robert Rauschenberg designed the album cover for Talking Heads’ fifth studio album, Speaking in Tongues. Rauschenberg’s cover, with three spinning plastic discs and a clear vinyl LP, all packed in a vacu-form clamshell, was too costly for regular copies of the album; so the album was issued with a conventional (David […]
More great press for Total Chaos:The Story of The Stooges/As Told By Iggy Pop in a Rolling Stone recap of Iggy and my interview/Q&A /book signing last Friday night at the Rizzoli Bookstore in NYC. Rolling Stone recaps some highlights of our talk including Iggy’s revelations about K-Mart and fashion, Bob Dylan wannabees, ruining Joe […]
Just back from Detroit where we had an incredible launch for Total Chaos: The Story of The Stooges/As Told By Iggy Pop, with…Mr. Iggy Pop himself. Iggy joined me for an interview, Q&A and book signing at Detroit’s stunning Third Man Records. Jim Jarmusch, director of the wonderful Stooges documentary Gimmie Danger (which had it’s […]
To celebrate the publication of one of the most anticipated books of the year, TOTAL CHAOS: The Story of The Stooges / As Told by Iggy Pop, Third Man Books is beyond excited to present legendary and legend-making musician Iggy Pop in conversation with author Jeff Gold. They will appear in Detroit on October 25 at Third […]
I’m excited to announce that my new book, Total Chaos: The Story of The Stooges/As Told By Iggy Pop will be released November 15. It’s an uncensored oral and visual history of the band that invented Punk, as told by the man who willed The Stooges into existence, and kept them alive through through […]
In May, the great David King passed away. You may not have heard of him, but he was my hero. An obituary in the New York Times described him as ‘a graphic designer and design historian who amassed one of the world’s largest collections of Soviet political art and photographs, which he drew on for […]
Collecting autographs requires patience. Sometimes extreme patience. But getting David Bowie and his 1970 band The Hype to sign my UK dress cover copy of The Man Who Sold The World took me 42 years. That’s got to be one for the Guinness Book of World Records. Here’s the somewhat short version. I was and […]
As I previously wrote, I had the great fortune to work with Prince during the 90’s, while an executive at Warner Bros. Records. I art directed a number of his album covers (pictured throughout this post*) and oversaw much of the marketing for his records. We weren’t friends by any means; nobody at Warner Bros. […]
This week Third Man Books (part of Jack White’s Third Man Records) announced a book I’ve been working on for quite some time. Here’s their press release. As the winter release comes nearer, I’ll be posting some updates, but for now, this tells the story. THIRD MAN BOOKS ANNOUNCES TOTAL CHAOS: THE STORY OF THE […]
An hour ago I learned that Prince has died. I had the very great privilege of working closely with him during the 1990’s, while I was at Warner Bros. Records, his record label. At Warner Bros, and before that A&M Records, I had the good fortune to work with many extraordinarily talented artists . But […]
Today I’m listening to David Bowie’s first 8 albums in chronological order, and thinking about one my all time musical heroes. When I heard he’d died, I was shocked, but not surprised. There were rumors of ill health, and he hadn’t looked well in recent videos. But still… In the 1970’s, I was obsessed with […]
I’m sorry to report that the great Bruce Langhorne is in hospice care and dying. I visited him a few days ago and he is in a good place and at peace. But the 24 hour care he needs is expensive, and so I suggested letting his fans know, in case anyone is able to […]
I love set lists–the list of songs an artist puts together to perform at a particular concert. To me, they’re among the most compelling of all music collectibles — ideally, handwritten by a musician, used on stage during a performance, and documenting a specific moment in that artist’s evolution. Some artists play the same songs […]