Vintage issue # 48 of Rolling Stone magazine dated December 13, 1969 and featuring the classic cover of Miles Davis. Mick Jagger is featured on the inside cover.
The excellent feature length interview of Miles Davis - did you know he was a near-pro caliber boxer - has many vintage photos of him before he had adopted his trademark sunglasses. There is extensive coverage of the Rolling Stones U.S. tour. And in 1969 they were at the height of there powers. Lots of photos there too.
There is also a captivating composition on Robby Robertson. Finally there is an absorbing essay entitled The Environmentalists, which chronicles the nascent environmental movement that would later lead to Earth Day, the EPA, Clean Air Laws etc.
There are also good reads on Janis Joplin, the Kinks, Jim Morrison, Ginger Baker, Bill Graham, Joni Mitchell, the Masked Maurauders, the Zombies and the arson fire at Chicago's Kinetic Playground. The column Random Notes is a fascinating time capsule which provides a glimpse of the events and perspectives of the time.
Album reviews are of Memphis Swamp Jam, an excellent blues compilation, Original Recordings by Dan Hicks and His Lot Licks, Dimensions by the Boxtops, Area Code 615 by 615, Life's Little Ups and Downs by Charlie Rich, Then Play On by Fleetwood Mac, She Belongs To Me by Rick Nelson & The Stone Canyon Band, Tadpoles by the Bonzo Dog Band, Stand Up! by Jethro Tull, Keep On Moving by the Butterfield Blues Band, Greatest Hits by the Dells and Led Zeppelin II by Led Zeppelin.
The Zep review begins "This is one heavyweight of an album! Dig: I listened to it on mescaline, some old Romilar, novocain and ground up Fusion, and it is just as mind -boggling." I don't know where they got this reviewer, but you won't believe the rest....trust me.
Book reviews are of The Story of Rock by Carl Belz, Electric Tibet by James Doukas, and The Age of Rock - Sounds of the American Cultural Revolution edited by Jonathan Eisen.
The Stones' film Sympathy For The Devil, directed by Jean-Luc Godard is reviewed. Woody Allen's Take The Money and Run is also profiled, as is the cult film Lion's Love.
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