Paul McCartney acknowledges that it was Miles who introduced him to London's avant-garde scene. It was at Miles' London flat where McCartney first read William Burroughs and the beat poets, and heard experimental music. Miles' record collection of cutting edge jazz proved highly influential to The Beatles' development. When Miles opened Indica Books and Gallery and co-founded International Times, McCartney helped him support the ventures - and Indica was where John and Yoko would famously meet. Miles subsequently became label manager for Zapple, an experimental subsidiary of The Beatles' own Apple label and wrote for NME and various underground publications.
'Long time McCartney accomplice Miles must have recognised the market space for a Chronicle - type book with more zippy execution than Lewisohn managed. Ergo, the diary, distinguished chiefly by its gorgeous use of photography - it's almost album sized and recurrently employs huge double paged spreads. The best coffee tabke Fabs book currently available.' Q MAGAZINE
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