VARIOUS No Wave Rare Live & Photo Collection: New York 1976-1980 (2009 Japanese exclusive strictly limited edition 10" x 8" hardback book - 'No Wave' is the first book to visually chronicle the collision of art and punk in the New York underground of 1976 to 1980. This in-depth look at punk rock, new wave, experimental music, and the avant-garde art movement of the 70s and 80s focuses on the true architects of No Wave from James Chance to Lydia Lunch to Glenn Branca, as well asthe luminaries that intersected the scene, such as David Byrne, Debbie Harry, Brian Eno, Iggy Pop, and Richard Hell. This rarely documented scene was the creative stomping ground of young artists and filmmakers from Jean-Michel Basquiat to Jim Jarmusch as well as the musical genesis for the post-punk explosions of Sonic Youth and is here revealed for a new generation of fans and collectors. Thurston Moore and Byron Coley have selected 150 unforgettable images, most of which have never been published previously, and compiled hundreds of hours of personal interviews to create an oral history of the movement, providing a never-seen-before exploration and celebration of No Wave; includes bonus 27-track CD of live recordings featuring The Contortions & DNA, captured at legendary venue CBGBs; the CD [presented in a sealed card wallet sleeve] is housed together with the book plus a 2nd softback book [presumably Japanese language, sealed & stickered) ** Limited to 2000 copies **