87 Newtown Lane, East Hampton, New York 11937 T: 631-324-1131 F: 31-324-1191 E: [email protected] W: www.harpersbooks.com Rock Scene Magazine Archive Complete Run of Rock Scene Magazine, with Photographic Archive of Issues from June 1977, July 1977, September 1977, and October 1977 Bethany, CT: Rock Scene, 1973–82. An archive of the complete run of issues of Rock Scene Magazine, accompanied by the original photographs used to produce four issues from 1977. Comprises a virtual who’s who of the music world, with extensive documentation of The Sex Pistols, Patti Smith, The Ramones, The Clash, Blondie, Bryan Ferry, Kiss, Iggy Pop, David Johansen, The Bay City Rollers, and Bruce Springsteen, among other seminal rock musicians. Photographers include well-known music personalities like Bob Gruen, Roberta Bayley, and Donna Santisi, although many other lesser-known or uncredited photographers are also included. Rock Scene was a formative rock and roll publication, which in its own understated way reported the thinking music fan’s transition from the hard rock and stadium rock bands of the mid-1970s into the punk and new wave bands of the late 1970s and early 1980s. Unlike the other 1970s newsstand rock magazines, Rock Scene embraced punk from the beginning and promoted obscure new groups in their “New Bands” section. The magazine’s lifespan from 1973 to 1982 was a glorious time in the music world. This archive contains a complete run of the magazine’s fifty-four issues, along with nearly complete photographic files for four issues: June 1977, July 1977, September 1977 and October 1977. There are a total of approximately 635 stamped / marked photographs and 141 additional uncredited / press photographs. Most of these are 8 X 10 inches, but some are 7 X 10 or 5 X 7 inches. Many photographs have numeric annotations on the edge image corresponding to the page placement in the magazine. Near fine condition overall. SOLD .