LARGE CHRIS KNOX MASTER TAPE COLLECTION DIGITISED & PHOTOGRAPHED

LARGE CHRIS KNOX MASTER TAPE COLLECTION DIGITISED & PHOTOGRAPHED

In 2019 a large recording and tape archive (254 items) was donated by Chris Knox to the Alexander Turnbull Library (New Zealand's National Library). This was to sit alongside the previously donated Flying Nun Records master tapes. The Alexander Turnbull Library have now just announced they've also made good progress with the Chris Knox collection.

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FLYING NUN'S STORY 40 YEARS ON: UNDERGROUND LABEL, NEARLY BANDS, OR SOMETHING ELSE ENTIRELY

FLYING NUN'S STORY 40 YEARS ON: UNDERGROUND LABEL, NEARLY BANDS, OR SOMETHING ELSE ENTIRELY

We asked Gareth Shute to write an article highlighting the ongoing importance of new indie labels in Aotearoa New Zealand. It got him thinking about how the story of a record label is often filled with as much mythology as truth.

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