contents ISSUE 156, OCTOBER 2024
Features The Move
How the brummy legends closed down The Marquee before they’d even released their first single
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Boys Wonder
Out of time and out of luck. The ’80s’ brightest hopes return
Cambodian Rock
From hard times in the ’60s and ’70s came an astounding musical revolution
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Pussy
The late ’60s psych-rock act that refuses to roll over and be stroked
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Richie Havens
The prolific and influential NYC folkie who opened Woodstock, started his own label and trampled musical boundaries
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Paul Williams
Holy Mackerel! The superstar singer-songwriter’s early years
Regulars Thoughts & Words
Your letters, tweets and emails
Shindiggin’
What’s hot on the Shindig! turntable
Subscribers’ Prize Draw
Subscribe now and you could win a pair of Sony MDR-M1 headphones
It’s A Happening Thing
Ukrainian Sonic Archives, The Mystery Lights, Memorials, Sean Bonniwell, The James Taylor Quartet, Kit Sebastian, Larry Manteca, Gomrath, Jeremie Albino, Bobbie Dazzle, The Cromagnon Band
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Family Album
The Lewis & Clarke Expedition’s 1967 folk-rock gem
Deep Cuts
Quadrophonic albums that have evaded reissue
Reviews
The best in reissues, new releases, books and live shows
Prize Crossword
Win a copy of Eddie Piller Presents The Mod Top 100
Vinyl Art
Ian Hunter’s mind-bending solo debut
Vinyl Clicks
Jeremy Harmer’s 1974 oddity English Tea
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20 Questions 34 Steve Cropper, the guitarist, songwriter and producer who helped shape the sound of Southern soul in the ’60s. And he’s still hungry “We were selling groove. Maybe that’s why we were so popular”
