Andy Warhol's Interview: 35 Years Of Pop

Rating:
Summary: False Advertising
Review: As the previous reviewer noted, there's a huge discrepancy between the description and the actual product. I was at first worried and then, when I learned the truth, disappointed to find that the product I'd recieved was much less than promised. Amazon and the publisher should correct the descriptions immediately. And the price should be adjusted (downwards) to match the actual contents.

Rating:
Summary: Books - 5 Stars, Binding and Price - 3 Stars
Review: The information reproduced in these volumes is truly impressive. The 7 books and two slip-cased magazines are a terrific testament to Paul Morrissey, Warhol, and everyone else who worked on the first decade of Inter/View magazine.

The boxed set is packaged expertly, with the books boxed separately from the rough, unfinished plywood "Karl Lagerfeld-designed crate."

The books truly are a treasure of 1970's glamour and kitsch. Each selected article and cover are faithfully reproduced, complete with age-yellowed newsprint and the occasional "Sample Only Please Subscribe" stamped on the page long ago. If it were for content alone, I would give this collection 5 STARS.

That being said, even as a "limited edition of 2000" the $475 price is a bit steep. The Amazon price of $299 is better, but $199 would have been more appropriate.

The description published here and elsewhere is misleading. I suspect they changed the box and bindings before publication to cut back on costs and neglected to send out a new press release with an updated product description.

When I opened the boxes, the books did not match the published product description at all. The "Karl Lagerfeld-designed crate" is rough, unfinished plain yellow painted plywood (not the box with the color photo of Andy in the Santa hat seen above). The books were not uniquely bound in various materials (cloth, plastic, metallic material, etc., as in the description). Each book is bound in the same red, black, and white printed cardboard covers. Also, no Audio CD was included with book 3.

I was concerned that there may have been two additions, so I emailed the publisher. They were very kind and quick to respond:

"I'm very sorry to hear that you did not get what you expected. What you received however is the one and only result of the long working process we had with Interview magazine. If you are not satisfied with it at all I would send it back to Amazon."

If you are at all interested in Warhol, the Factory, or this period, the set is a brilliant edition to any library... just be prepared to be a little disappointed.