Vintage issue # 87 of Rolling Stone magazine dated July 22, 1971 and featuring a classic cover of Jethro Tull.
Besides the excellent feature length article on Ian Anderson and Jethro Tull, there is a fascinating piece chronicling the Celebration of Life Festival. There is also a well written essay on everyday life in Hawaii entitled Hawaiin War Chant - No More Hula Hula, No More Primo Warriors - No More Aloha. Finally, there is a compilation in praise of old time fiddlers.
There are also good reads on the closing of the Fillmore East, the album Jesus Christ Superstar, Ashford and Simpson, communes, and Rolling Stone pleading with it's readership to forgive them for raising the price of the magazine to.....are you ready for this.....sixty cents. Seems they were being accused of profiteering and selling out to "the Man".
The columns Perspectives and Random Notes are fascinating time capsules which provide glimpses of the events and perspectives of the time.
Album reviews are of Live At The Fillmore by Aretha Franklin, Aqualung by Jethro Tull, Summer Side of Life by Gordon Lightfoot, Songs For Beginners by Graham Nash, T. Rex by T. Rex, Thirds by the James Gang, The Yes Album by Yes, Touch by the Supremes, Maybe Tomorrow by the Jackson Five, Love Letters From Elvis by Elvis Presley, Reggae Chartbusters by various artists and many, many more. There is also a review of the many comedy albums that had been released that spring and summer.
Book reviews are of Way Uptown in Another World by Shane Stevens, The Adept by Michael McClure, Gargoyle Cartoons by Michael McClure and Play Power by Richard Neville.
The film review is of Drive, He Said, the directorial debut of Jack Nicholson. Daughters of Darkness starring Anthony Perkins is also reviewed.
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