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UNRELEASED BOWIE

UNRELEASED BOWIE

“I believe in Beatles,” he said in 2002’s Afraid (from the album Heathen). But does David Bowie believe in following their lead in opening up his back catalogue? Steve Pafford, co-author of the BowieStyle book, delves deep into the Fort Knox of musical archives and attempts to come up with some answers. EMI targets Bowie in new focus on back catalogue,” screamed The …

FEATURED ARTICLE From Issue 354

TRAVELS With Bowie

TRAVELS With Bowie

Backing singer and boyhood friend GEOFF MacCORMACK talks to Ken Sharp Geoff MacCormack was a childhood friend of David Jones (later better known to the world as David Bowie). In 1973, years after they’d first met, MacCormack received a phone call that would change his life forever. Joining Bowie on the road as background singer, percussionist and sometime dancer, for the next few …

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BLUESY BRITISH AND RARE

BLUESY BRITISH AND RARE

BARRY WINTON WOKE UP THIS MORNING WITH BLUES ALL AROUND HIS BED: 40 LONG-PLAYERS WITH VALUES RANGING FROM £18 TO £600 If it hadn’t been for the blues, who knows how the British music scene would have developed? The blues inspired a whole generation of UK musicians. While most of them were happy to acknowledge the supremacy of the black American originals, they went on to create a …

ARTICLE From Issue 354

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The Beatles' first contract, from 1962, on the auction block

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Unissued Steve Marriott acetate, issued

Unissued Bolan reel-to-reel tape, issued

Unissued Sensational Alex Harvey Band album, issued

Creedence Clearwater Revival's back catalogue, revived

A Hawkwind gathering - not a reunion!

And Q&As with: Michelle Williams of Destiny's Child, on her solo set

Deborah Bonham on not being John's daughter, and her Led Zeppelin collection

The Strawbs' Dave Cousins on limos with Led Zep

808 State's Graham Massey on sounding like ELP

 

Reviews from the current issue

Here is a selection from over 200 reviews from this month's Record Collector, the magazine that has the world's largest coverage of reissues

BRIAN WILSON - That Lucky Old Sun

Reflective postcard to self… For this new studio album Brian and his supportive cohorts have added a polished sheen to the ode to Southern California that was first unveiled as a live piece in September 2007. The whole concept appears to be a mixture of an autobiographical journey in the form of an idyllic sun-filled West Coast day. As a new opus it’s essentially the work …

ALBUM REVIEW From Issue 354

DI - The Suburbia Sessions 1983

More home movie punkistry from the vaults… If there’s one thing this DVD proves, it’s that given enough time pretty much anything gains a cachet. Flipside fanzine’s foresight in conducting video interviews with early 80s punks has led to a recent rash of releases of live performances, interviews and, as here, recordings of 1983 rehearsals. DI are in good …

DVD REVIEW From Issue 354

The Sunbeam Guide To Led Zeppelin by Richard Morton Jack

Low on pictorial thrills – high on facts In the wake of last year’s historic reunion, the ever-creaking Led Zeppelin bookshelf looks set to come under more pressure with no less than three new titles on the way. First is this no-frills hardback. Richard Morton Jack co-founded the reissue label Sunbeam, and the spin-off book guides are a planned series of reference …

BOOK REVIEW From Issue 354

SIGUR RóS - London Westminster Methodist Hall (24th June, 2008)

View: divinely seated, left Jónsi Birgisson, his 11 elves and 27 fairies continue to tear down the boundaries between music and art with yet another performance nothing short of the spectacular. It’s hard to imagine a stage more fitting than that of this grand hall for Sigur Rós, giving the audience a rare chance to fully appreciate just how technically …

LIVE REVIEW From Issue 354

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