In this issue

FREE CD: SOUNDS OF THE STAR-CLUB
16 original versions of songs covered by The Beatles, including tracks by Chuck Berry, Carl Perkins, Fats Waller, Little Richard, Gene Vincent, Ray Charles and Elvis Presley

COVER FEATURE: THE BEATLES
The Fab Four eventually conquered the world -- but first, they had to take seedy, dangerous Hamburg...

NEIL YOUNG
Celebrating 40 years of chart-topper Harvest

RANDY NEWMAN
The legendary American songwriter on Sinatra, Python, Family Guy and Pixar

STIFF LITTLE FINGERS
The making of '78's controversial punk protest anthem "Alternative Ulster"

TELEVISION
Guitarist Richard Lloyd reveals the turmoil behind '77 classic album Marquee Moon

THE GUN CLUB
How Jeffrey Lee Pierce sacrificed himself on the voodoo blues-punk altar

HARRY SMITH
The pioneering folk archivist and his many obsessions, including magick, liquid diets and monochords

MARK LANEGAN
Grunge's foremost blues voice looks back on his best work

AMON DUUL II
Drugs, guns, the Baader-Meinhofs and some truly interstellar Krautrock

THE JAM
Weller and co's farewell tour in pictures

IN MUSIC
Lampchop, Paul McCartney, Mark Lanegan, Shearwater, Palace, David Sylvian, Pulp, Simple Minds and many more

IN FILM, DVD AND BOOKS
Film: Jason Reitman's Young Adult; Cronenberg and Polanski
DVD: 'Nam vet revenge movie Rolling Thunder; plus Game Of Thrones, PJ Harvey, Radiohead and Moto"rhead
Books: The Last Holiday: A Memoir by 'Godfather of Rap' Gil Scott-Heron

PLUS!
The National's Bryce Dessner, St Vincent, Dion, unsung early-'90s indie-pop perfectionists Cardinal, and more...

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