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Not krautrock! Floydian Brit proggers conquer Germany
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Into Oblivion. Experimentation and fusion in the ’70s
Neil Young
His defining masterpiece Harvest and the rocky road that led him there
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50 Our guide to the early ’60s French pop explosion and the records that define it “It was only when I got on stage that I realised the size of the crowd, and then I was terrified” – Sylvie Vartan
ISSUE 126, APRIL 2022
It’s A Happening Thing
The Kaisers, A-Z Of Record Shop Bags, Bob Lind, Graham Day, Alison Cotton, Ghosts Of Jupiter, MPS Records, Melody’s Echo Chamber, Papercuts, Catseye, Sophia Rose Djebel, TWINS, Daemonik Fonce, ROT TV, Home Movies, Fooks Nihil, Ben Phillipson, Edwardson / Moran / Sell / Stokes
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Shindiggin’
What’s hot on the Shindig! turntable
Family Album
John Golding’s 1974 singer-songwriter offering Photographs
Back To Back
Shapes of things, from Wild In The Streets to The Black Country
Deep Cuts
What The United States Of America did next
20 Questions
Tim Burgess on life, death, coffee, listening parties and the power of music
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Reviews
The best in reissues, new releases, 45s, books and live shows
Prize Crossword
Win Bill Fay’s Still Some Light Part 1 double album
Vinyl Art
Betty Davis’s They Say I’m Different
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