Add MS 89160/2/22

Papers relating to the Zapple Spoke Word project, divided into four sections:

1) General items:

• two letters from Patricia Slattery, Miles PA at Zapple, 4 August and 6 October 1969;
• two letters from Betsy Klein, Miles PA in New York for the Olson and Weaver albums, undated;
• letter from Peter Asher regarding contract with Apple Records, sent with a postcard from Lewis MacAdams to Peter Asher regarding doing world strangeness poetry with Apple records, 20 January 1969;
• telegram from Peter Asher regarding John Lennon and Yoko Ono requesting Diane De Prima for spoken Apple, 24 February 1969;
• Zapple Records press release announcing formation of the Zapple label, 3 February 1969;
• autograph poem by Freewheelin’ Frank of the Hells Angels, written on a track label from Golden State Recorders during the recording of the Zapple Michael McClure album that he was to appear on.

2) Zapple 03 - Richard Brautigan

Review of the Richard Brautigan album, released on Harvest, from King Harvest Review v 2.1, [January 1970].

3) Zapple 04 - Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Sleeve artwork, intended to be a black and white full sleeve picture of the huge crowd gathered in Havana to celebrate winning the revolution, with Ferlinghetti’s name and the album title superimposed. Includes:

• large (34.5x25cm) black and white photograph of the crowd in Havana brought back from Cuba by Ferlinghetti, undated;
• unused City Lights Books postcard, with handwritten note by Miles on the back 'part of back sleeve collage', undated.

4) Zapple 05 - Charles Bukowski:

Sleeve artwork, intended to be a black and white full sleeve picture of a smoggy freeway with buildings in the distance and Bukowski’s name in large coloured letters on a coloured background at top. Includes:

• set of negatives of photographs of Los Angeles freeways and of Bukowski’s front door, undated;
• two sketches of the proposed sleeve by Miles with descriptions, undated;
• large (33.5x30cm) photographic print of one of the negatives, chosen for the sleeve, folded to size, undated;
• typescript, single spaced, by Bukowski giving a one page biography and bibliography, undated;
• photocopy of cover letter from Charles Bukowski to Patricia Slattery, March 1969;
• letter from John Martin, owner of Black Sparrow Press, 14 March 1969;
• letter from John Martin, 24 March 1969;
• Capital Records shipping form for Nagra tape recorder used to record Bukowski album, 30 January 1969.