Vintage, highly collectible issue # 100 of Rolling Stone magazine dated January 20, 1972 and featuring the classic cover of Jerry Garcia. The inside cover is Malcolm McDowell in custume for the filming of A Clockwork Orange.
The interview of Jerry Garcia is excellent. There is an article On Set With "The Godfather": Crime and Nostalgia which is a "must have" for any fan of The Godfather movies. The feature length article A Clockwork Utopia about the filming of A Clockwork Orange is a classic. There is even a tongue-in-cheek illustrated article entitled A Salute To Industry: an In Depth Report on Contemporary Toking (with laboratory notes) which features photos of all of the state of the art drug paraphenalia.
There are good reads on bluesman Larry Johnson, the radio wars between WMEX and WRKO in Boston, Carly Simon, the Kent State Trials, 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 Wild Life by Paul McCartney and Wings, The Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys by Traffic, Gonna Take a Miracle by Laura Nyro, Madman Across the Water by Elton John, Other Voices by The Doors, American Pie by Don McLean, Straight Up by Badfinger, Live Evil by Miles Davis, Carole King Music by Carole King, Black Moses by Isaac Hayes and Stones by Neil Diamond.
Finally there is a special review called New Orleans in the Seventies featuring the music of Allen Toussaint, Lou Johnson Jean Knight and others.
Book reviews are of Confession from the Malaga Madhouse: A Christmas Diary, Armed Love and Dealer: Portrait of a Cocaine Dealer.
The film reviews are of Dirty Harry, Fiddler on the Roof and The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight.
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