Issue #341

OCTOBER 2007

OCTOBER 2007

MARC BOLAN
The legendary Bolan Acetates
Plus: Brian Wilson, Mike Love and the Lost Beach Boy

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  • Album Reviews
  • DVD Reviews
  • Book Reviews
  • Live Reviews
  • Letters
David Marks The 'lost' Beach Boy looks back
Bolan Acetates The first cut is the deepest, and often also the rarest; a look at demo disc collecting
Mike Love The Beach Boy we all love to hate
Brian Wilson The solo life of the chief Beach Boy
Roger Hodgson The Supertramp is still on the road
John Fahey The cranky, wily pioneer of blues guitar
Anne Briggs A wayward folk prodigy returns
Patches The ancient art of promotional weaving
Bolan Memories On the anniversary of his death, close friends and peers recall the architect of glam
Al Jones All My Friends Are Back Again: The Anthology
Alcatrazz Disturbing The Peace
Andromeda Beginnings 1967-68
April Wine First Glance/Harder Faster
Big Maybelle I’ve Got A Feelin’: Okeh & Savoy Recordings 1952-‘56
Billy Swan Rock On With The Rhythm
Black Francis Bluefinger
Blind Lemon Jefferson Texas Blues
Blossom Toes We Are Ever So Clean / We Are Ever So Clean
Brand New Heavies Brand New Heavies: Expanded Edition
Bruce Johnston Surfin’ Round The World/ Going Public
Chris Squire Fish Out Of Water
Cinerama The Peel Sessions
Clifford Brown & Max Roach A Study In Brown
Cluster Cluster 71
Coffin Nails Live & Rockin’
Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen Live From Armadillo World Headquarters 1973 & The Capitol Theatre 1975
Crystal Gayle The Greatest Hits
Current 93 The Inmost Light
David Kubinec’s Mainhorse Airline The Geneva Tapes
Decadence Within Reflections
Dot Allison Exaltation Of Larks
Elvis Presley The King: 18 Of The Greatest Singles Ever / The King
ESG South Bronx Story 2: Collector’s Edition
Fairport Convention Liege & Lief Deluxe Edition
Faust So Far
Furyo Furyo
Georgie Fame Somebody Stole My Thunder: Jazz-Soul Grooves 1967-1971
Grapefruit Around The BBC
Hank Marvin & John Farrar Hank Marvin & John Farrar
Harvey Andrews I’m Resigning From Today: The Transatlantic Anthology
Hello Keep Us Off The Streets / Again
Here & Now Coaxed Out From Oxford
Holger Czukay Vs Dr Walker Clash
Holger Czukay Movies / 21st Century
Ian Hunter Dirty Laundry
Inner City Unit Punkadelic Plus
Joe Satriani Surfing With The Alien: 20th Anniversary Edition
John Stewart California Bloodlines
Johnny Moped The Bootleg Tapes Vols 1 & 2
Julian Cope You Gotta Problem With Me
Klaus Schulze Kontinuum / Wahnfried / Live
Les Dudek Les Dudek/Say No More
Lloyd Cole Live At The BBC
Lloyd Cole & The Commotions Live At The BBC Volume 1 / Live At The BBC Volume 2
Manfred Mann Down The Road Apiece (EMI Recordings 1963- 1966)
Mercury Rev Yerself Is Steam/Lego My Ego
MIA Kala
Mimir Mimir / Mimyriad
Motörhead Better Motörhead Than Dead: Live At Hammersmith
Motown The Complete Motown Singles Volume 7: 1967
Move Move / Shazam
Nuclear Socketts Overload
Obituary Xecutioner’s Return
Orbital Live At Glastonbury
Peter Perrett & The One Woke Up Sticky… Plus
Pink Floyd The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
Play Dead From The Promised Land
Procol Harum Secrets Of The Hive: The Best Of
Professor Longhair Mardi Gras In New Orleans
Richard Hawley Lady’s Bridge
Roy Wood Boulders
Savoy Brown Lion’s Share/Jack The Toad
Severed Heads ComMerz 1982-2006
Siouxsie Mantaray
Smokey & His Sister Smokey & His Sister
Stack Waddy Stack Waddy
Stephen Stills Just Roll Tape
String Driven Thing Moments Of Truth
Suzi Quatro If You Knew Suzi/Suzi & Other Four Letter Words
T.Rex Electric Jewels
The Bluetones The Early Garage Years / Once Upon A Time In West 12
The Damned Machine Gun Etiquette
The Dancing Did And Did Those Feet
The Durutti Column Idiot Savants
The Fall Box Set
The Felice Brothers Tonight At The Arizona
The Groop The Groop
The Living End State Of Emergency
The Mekons Natural
The Only Ones The Only Ones
The Rumble Strips Girls & Weather
The Wonder Stuff Live At The BBC
The Zombies: Colin Blunstone As Neil McArthur, Rod Argent & Chris White Into the Afterlife
Thurston Moore Trees Outside The Academy
Tindersticks BBC Sessions
Tom T Hall We All Got Together And.../ The Storyteller
TV Smith & The Bored Teenagers Live At The 100 Club
Various Lost Vagueness
Various Artists Bearded Ladies
Various Artists The Cavern: The Most Famous Club In The World
Various Artists Come On Soul! Volume 1
Various Artists Cries From The Midnight Circus: Ladbroke Grove 1967- 1978
Various Artists Dear Mr Fantasy
Various Artists Fab Gear
Various Artists Grind Your Mind: A History Of Grindcore
Various Artists Hollywood Rock & Roll
Various Artists If I Could Write Poetry: A Tribute To Television Personalities / If I Could Write A Thousand Wor
Various Artists The Imagined Village
Various Artists KPM 1000 Series: The Big Beat / KPM 1000 Series: The Big Beat 2 / KPM 1000 Series: Afro Rock
Various Artists Keb Darge & Cut Chemist Present Lost & Found: Rockabilly & Jump Blues
Various Artists Sing: San Francisco Nuggets 1965-1970
Various Artists Messthetics 103: DIY & (Very) Indie Post-Punk From The Midlands ’77-‘81
Various Artists Quantic Presents: The World’s Rarest Funk 45s Volume 2
Various Artists Readymade: Sartorial Sample II
Various Artists The Record Producers: Tony Visconti
Various Artists Robert Johnson & The Last Of The Great Mississippi Blues Singers
Various Artists Ska Is Dead
Various Artists Teenage Crush Volume 5
Various Artists Vintage Grooves: Old School Hip-Hop Volume 1
Various Artists Wounded Heart Of America: Tom Russell Songs
White Flame American Rudeness
The Beatles From Liverpool To San Francisco
John & Yoko Give Peace A Song
David Bowie David Bowie: The Plastic Soul Review
Solomon Burke The King Live At AVO Session Basel
Les Claypool Fancy
Elvis Costello A Case For Song / The Juliet Letters
Dixie Chicks Shut Up & Sing
Roky Erickson You’re Gonna Miss Me
The Hollies The Dutch Collection
The Kinks The Kinks: Narrated By Ray Davies
Gary Numan Jagged Live
Pinetop Perkins Born In The Honey: The Pinetop Perkins Story
The Rolling Stones Truth & Lies
Various Artists Liverpool’s Cunard Yanks
Bruce Dickinson Bruce Dickinson: Flashing Metal With Iron Maiden & Flying Solo by Joe Shooman
Peter Doherty The Books Of Albion: The Collected Writings Of Peter Doherty by Peter Doherty
Blur A Bit Of A Blur by Alex James
Muse Muse: Inside The Muscle Museum by Ben Myers
Jimmy Page Jimmy Page: Magus Musician Man – An Unuthorized Biography by George Case
W Axl Rose W Axl Rose: The Unauthorized Biography by Mick Wall
Tom Waits The Many Lives Of Tom Waits by Patrick Humphries
Neil Young Ghosts On The Road: Neil Young In Concert 1961-2006 by Pete Long
The Best Of Cellars: The Story Of The Cavern Club by Phil Thompson
The Managers Guns, Cash & Rock’n’Roll: The Managers by Steve Overbury
Seventies Music Seventies by Howard Sounes
Seventies Music Stranded: Rock & Roll For A Desert Island by Greil Marcus (Ed)
Marooned: The Next Generation Of Desert Island Discs by Phillip Freeman (Ed)
They Could Have Been Bigger Than EMI by Joachim Gaerther
Steve Vai Manchester Apollo (20th July, 2007)
Robert Plant & The Strange Sensation Bristol Fiddler’s Club (22nd June, 2007)
The Undertones Banbridge Buskfest, Northern Ireland (24th June, 2007)
Editors Glasgow Barrowlands (25th May, 2007)
Skids Dunfermline Glen Pavilion, T In The Park Festival (7th July, 2007)
Happy Mondays Aylesbury Civic Centre (4th June, 2007)
Nick Lowe London St Luke’s (13th June, 2007)
Pet Shop Boys Swindon Oasis (7th June, 2007)
Fanfare Ciocarlia London Barbican (30th May, 2007)
Devo London Royal Festival Hall (20th June, 2007)
Terry Reid Brighton Komedia (17th June, 2007)
Marty Wilde London Palladium (27th May, 2007)
Jerry Dammers’ Spatial AKA Orchestra London Queen Elizabeth Hall (20th June, 2007)
Mogwai London Somerset House (12th July, 2007)
Steely Dan London Hammersmith Apollo (7th July, 2007)
Bert Jansch, Bernard Butler & Beth Orton London Somerset House (14th July, 2007)
The Ruts, With Henry Rollins et al London Islington Academy (16th July, 2007)
Downloads Are No Greener Ian Josland
Change The Record Lee Gill
Not Very Charitable Alec Alexander
Dark Side Of The Radio Gary Jackson
More Web Radio Ken Ironside
Runaways Pete Salmon
Jonathan Kelly Rarities Gerald Sables
Fake Quarrymen Crispin Jackson
Lowe Marks Mike Halpern
The Train Nevers Stops Brian Mugford
Tudor Lodge Steve Merry
Buyers Beware Chris Owen
Not So Anti Social Alex Ogg
Ray Of Light Tony Flynn
An Unhelpful Buddy Phil Rhoden

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