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BLOSSOM TOES

This late 60s London quartet made two classic albums, gigged prolifically (including several fabled festivals), and even ventured behind the Iron Curtain. Richard Morton Jack gets their story straight, with the help of many rare and previously unseen images.

JUKEBOX

Luke Haines on twelve tracks that have inspired him

ALBUM BY ALBUM

Pioneering UK independent producer Vic Keary talks us through many of his productions, from pop and jazz to folk and prog

WORLD COUNTDOWN

At long last, the story behind America’s great lost underground paper and its enigmatic English proprietor, Charles Royal

ARCADIUM

An exclusive on the mysterious British prog / psych rockers, by Austin Matthews

OLAV WYPER

A rare audience with the man behind the Vertigo label – and much more besides

FIRST PERSON

Fairport Convention’s close friend Kingsley Abbott describes their early days

WALLY RICHARDSON

The fullest ever interview with the renowned session guitarist, by Scott D. Wilkinson

ROOM

The cautionary tale of the quintet behind the British prog classic Pre-Flight

CULPEPER’S ORCHARD

The celebrated Anglo-Danish folk-rockers, by Claus Rasmussen

INTRODUCING ESOTERICA

Patrick Lundborg explains the concept of ‘esoteric appreciation’ 

EUROPEAN ROCK

Fifty classic albums no collection should be without

ROBERT PLANT

A rare and revealing 1970 interview with the Led Zeppelin frontman

CRYING TO BE HEARD

The great lost Honeybus album, Recital

REVIEWS

Thorough coverage of recent CDs, LPs and books, taking in household names (the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin), cult heroes (Badfinger, Davy Graham, the Zombies) and ultra-obscurities (Mormos, Staff Carpenborg and  Thor’s Hammer), with exclusive Q&As about certain items under review.