Tuesday, November 13, 2007

Rolling Stone magazine issue # 77 March 4, 1971

Vintage issue # 77 of Rolling Stone magazine dated March 4, 1971 and featuring Bob Dylan on the ouside cover and Stephen Stills on the inside cover.

Besides the coverage on the release of Dylan's film, Eat The Document, there are feature length articles entitled A Conversation With Stephen Stills, Bringing It All Back Home (Saul Alinsky), and The Alan J. Weberman Story.

There are good reads on Spiro Agnew, Paul Butterfield, Ginger Baker, Led Zeppelin, Eric Burdon, the Allman Brothers, Tom Fogerty leaving Creedence Clearwater Revival, JOhn Lee Hooker, Fats Domino, Odetta, Jim Morrison, Little Richard, the Carpenters, Joni Mitchell and reggae music.

The column Random Notes is a fascinating time capsule which provides glimpses of the events and perspectives of the time. The column Acoustics covered stereo equipment and musical instruments that were oming to market.

Album reviews are of Elvis Country by Elvis Presley, Words and Music by Jimmy Webb, Two Years On by the Bee Gees, Jo Mama by the same, Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus by Spirit, Jesus Christ Superstar by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, a survey a recent blues releases and many, many more.

Book reviews are of Trial by Tom Hayden, and of a trio of books by Jack Kerouac including Lonesome Traveler. There is also a weird poem by Timothy Leary and a short essay by Eldridge Cleaver.

The film reviews are of Little Big Man directed by Arthur Penn and starring Dustin Hoffman, Dynamite Chicken and Brand X. The Musicians Free Classified section is of the East Coast.

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