
Over decades in rock promotion, Paul Rappaport was both a champion and a confidant to artists, witnessing their rise, fall, and occasional reanimation. In this conversation, Rap, spills about hustling airplay for a then-unknown Springsteen, navigating Pink Floyd’s civil war, and watching Keith Richards defy the laws of human endurance. His book, Gliders Over Hollywood, is a love letter to an era where music was king, excess was currency, and the business was equal parts genius and madness. If rock and roll was a circus, Rappaport wasn’t just selling records, he was in the ring with the lions.
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Gliders Over Hollywood: Airships, Airplay, And The Art Of Rock Promotion
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