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THE 1963 TALKIN’ PUBLIC DOMAIN BLUESSony’s bizarre 100-copies-only Bob Dylan album had collectors agog last Christmas. What was it about? Was it intended to halt the tide of public domain material being issued? Did it contain anything of musical significance? Evan Marshall unearths the facts, explains the law, and reveals what’s delightful and what’s d’oh! within Dylan’s burgeoning public domain catalogue When is an … FEATURED ARTICLE From Issue 415 |
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A MEDICAL MIRACLEIn theory, Medicine Head never stood a chance of cracking the charts. And one of them would have preferred it that way. But success found this most individual and unlikely 70s “band” – whether they liked it or not. John Fiddler and the often-silent Peter Hope-Evans tell their tale to Nick Dalton For like-minded dropouts who barely regarded themselves as an act, suddenly finding that … ARTICLE From Issue 415 |
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FOLK OF AGESThey knew Dylan before he was a star, and they’re still making acclaimed albums. Tom Paley and Spider John Koerner talk to Garth Cartwright about folk, blues, and their lives and times It’s a profoundly wet summer afternoon and The Apple Tree pub in London’s Clerkenwell is heaving. The artist who has attracted such a turnout is Tom Paley, the 84-year-old American folk musician who … ARTICLE From Issue 415 |
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Reviews from the current issue
Here is a selection from over 200 reviews from this month's Record Collector, the magazine that has the world's largest coverage of reissues
IT HUGS BACK - Recommended Record
The title says it all Get ye to the beach and jump around with some friends: you know, the way hip clothing adverts make you think your life could be, but actually never will be… until you give yourself over to an album like Recommended Record. If the world were a fair place, this would be pumping out of car stereos from New Cross to Newquay until the clocks go back …
ALBUM REVIEW From Issue 415
VARIOUS ARTISTS - History Of The Eagles
Warts’n’all portrait of the country-rock superstars Clocking in at close to three-and- a-half hours running time, practically no stone is left unturned in this far-reaching documentary chronicling the rise, fall and rise again of one of rock’s biggest ever groups, who, as the film reminds us, had the biggest-selling album of the 20th Century. The bonus third disc …
DVD REVIEW From Issue 415
MOD: A VERY BRITISH STYLE by Richard Weight
So we’re calling Kraftwerk mods now? Social historian Richard Weight has taken a wide-angled academic look at a movement that started in the early 60s and still flourishes today. Weight illustrates that, by the mid-60s, the word “mod” had, especially in America, become a catch-all term to cover everything British, from The Beatles to Mary Quant designs. In …
BOOK REVIEW From Issue 415
BRITISH SEA POWER - Exeter Phoenix (4th April, 2013)
View: joyful The branches on stage can mean only one thing: BSP are in town. And this time, they’re New & Improved, fresh from great reviews for new album, Machineries Of Joy. Clambering on stage to the twinkling keyboards of the title track, it’s a stunning song, setting the bar high. Then off they go, mixing unfamiliar new material with lots of old favourites, …
ALBUM REVIEW From Issue 415
