Besides the excellent feature length article on Captain Beefheart entitled I’m Not Even Here, there is revealing interview with Pete Townshend of the Who. Check out the photo of Captain Beefheart’s personal manager - he is a dead ringer for actor Robert De Niro.
There are also good reads on the Beatles breakup, the Winter’s End Festival in Orlando, the Le Bourget rock festival in Paris. canyon squatters in Canyon, California, B.B. King, Canned Ham, Isaac Hayes, hashish, being locked up in the Orange County jail (written by Timothy Leary ) and John Sebastian.
The columns News & Opinion and Random Notes are fascinating time capsules which provide glimpses of the events and perspectives of the time. The column Acoustics covered stereo equipment and musical instruments that were coming to market. The Musician‘s Free Classified helped bands get started all over the country.
Album reviews are of McCartney by Paul McCartney, Shazam by The Move, Pop origins by Various Artists, Shady grove by Quicksilver Messenger Service, Back in the USA by the MC5, Sentimental Journey by Ringo Starr, Bridge Over Troubled Waters by Simon & Garfunkel, Badfinger’s debut album, At Home by Bob Dylan and many, many more.
Book reviews are of The Mad Club by Michael McClure, Them by Joyce Carol Oates and the Story of the Blues by Paul Oliver.
The film review is of the rerelease of Fantasia by Disney. Wonder if this was tied into any recommendations on which drug to take before your trip to the local theatre.
There are full page advertisements for the album Come Together by Ike & Tina Turner, album Contribution by Shawn Phillips, album Sentimental Journey by Ringo Starr, album McCartney by Paul McCartney, album Ladies of the Canyon by Joni Mitchell, album Silk Purse by Linda Ronstadt, debut album Mott the Hoople, The First Step by the Small Faces, album Band of Gypsys by Jimi Hendrix, and SONY music.
So where you and what were you doing around the time this issue hit the newsstands? Post up and share with the group!
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