GENESIS PUBLICATIONS- A CONVERSATION BETWEEN MICK ROCK AND DAVID FRICKE
AT CELESTE AUDITORIUM AT NY PUBLIC LIBRARY ON NOVEMBER 9TH AT 7PM
MICK & DAVID WILL DISCUSS THE GENESIS PUBLICATIONS SPECIAL COMMEMORATIVE EDITION OF TRANSFORMER BY LOU REED AND MICK ROCK
TO BE RELEASED ON 45TH ANNIVERSARY OF RECORDS RELEASE NOVEMBER 8, 2017
WHO: Mick Rock, David Fricke
WHAT: Mick joins David to discuss Transformer, the Genesis Publications book Mick created with Lou Reed which is being re-launched to celebrate the 45th Anniversary of Lou’s landmark album, Transformer.
WHERE: Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, Celeste Auditorium at the New York Library
476 5th Avenue, New York NY 10018
WHEN: 7:00pm, Thursday, November 9, 2018
Tickets can be reserved here.
Media RSVP: Elizabeth Freund
Elizabeth@Beautifuldaymedia.com
Additional Details:
In 2013, Lou Reed, rock icon, artist and poet, collaborated with legendary photographer Mick Rock in one of the most visually exciting books Genesis ever produced. Now, with the cooperation of Mick Rock and the Lou Reed Estate, this very limited edition is available again. Genesis is delighted to bring this book to readers once more. This new re-launch of Transformer celebrates the 45th anniversary of the album, and comes with a new booklet containing 50 unseen photos of Lou Reed, as well as a loose leaf handwritten lyric sheet reproduced in facsimile.
Forty-five years ago, Transformer launched Lou Reed from the underground, way up to Mars, with a little help from Starman Bowie. Mick Rock was there to capture Reed’s flight on film, beginning with the iconic album cover and continuing through the wild side of the Seventies.
Mick Rock: ‘I’m happy our relationship weathered the outrageous antics of the past 40 years, enabling us to come together to produce such a beautiful tome.’
Lou Reed: ‘When I saw the book, I was just overwhelmed by how beautiful it is. It brought back all that energy and all that virility, captured over that period of time. The book is like an energy bomb. And it’s beautiful.’
Charting the transformations of Lou Reed from 1972 to 1980, Transformer presents never-before-seen imagery of Lou Reed by photographer Mick Rock. This book captures Lou in the studio, performing onstage, in his hotel room, and with friends including David Bowie, Nico, Mick Jagger, Iggy Pop and Andy Warhol.
Lou and Mick discussed the photographs and their friendship in a completely original, no-holds-barred dialogue. Lou Reed told the truth behind the sartorial gestures, innovative stage set-ups, subversive acts and legendary albums that made him one of the most intriguing artists in modern music.
Their collaboration is showcased in a 11.5″ x 15.5″ large format volume, traditionally craftsman-bound by hand. Lou and Mick’s Transformer image is recreated on the cover, with a variety of foil detailing and gilt page edging. The book is presented in a slipcase and will include an exclusive 7” picture disc of the Lou Reed classics ‘Walk On The Wild Side’ and ‘Coney Island Baby’, as well as a commemorative booklet, new for 2017, containing 50 more rare photos, and a facsimile lyric sheet.
Lou’s originality and creativity has inspired one of the most iconic volumes that Genesis has ever made. Each of the 2,000 numbered copies in the limited edition has been signed by both Mick Rock and stamped by the Lou Reed estate.
Available to order now via www.transformerbook.com. Ships autumn 2017
DIGITAL REVIEW COPIES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST
About GENESIS PUBLICATIONS
Genesis Publications was founded in 1974 in Britain as an independent publishing house true to the arts of printing and craftsmanship. Today, Genesis creates some of the world’s most sought-after books for readers in 90 countries, and in 2017 is celebrating its 100thedition (see more at genesis-publications.com).
About MICK ROCK is often referred to as “The Man Who Shot the Seventies,” for his photographs of Syd Barrett, David Bowie, Lou Reed, Iggy Pop, Queen, the Sex Pistols, The Ramones, and Blondie. He has shot over 100 album covers, including Barrett’s Madcap Laughs, Iggy and The Stooges’ Raw Power, Queen’s Queen II (recreated in the music video for “Bohemian Rhapsody”), The Ramones’ End of the Century, and Joan Jett’s I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll. He was the chief photographer on the films The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, and Shortbus and has published numerous books, mostly based on his classic images, including, Glam: An Eyewitness Account, EXPOSED, and The Rise of David Bowie 1972–1973. In the summer of 2017 Magnolia Pictures released a documentary about Mick Rock entitled SHOT! The Psycho-Spiritual Mantra of Rock.
About DAVID FRICKE is a senior writer at Rolling Stone, where he has worked in various capacities for over 30 years. Before joining the staff at Rolling Stone, Fricke wrote for Circus and Good Times. He has appeared in countless music documentaries and has written liner notes for numerous albums, compilations, and box sets, including The Velvet Underground box set Peel Slowly and See, The Ramones compilation Hey! Ho! Let’s Go! The Anthology and the Led Zeppelin best-of compilation Mothership.
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