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MAY 2018

INTROVERT. MUSIC OBSESSIVE. HIPSTER: THE ELTON JOHN YOU NEVER KNEW BY THE PEOPLE WHO DID
ELTON JOHN, JIM STEINMAN, THE WILDHEARTS, LAMONT DOZIER, ABBA

LUKE HAINES

IN THE BEGINNING, THERE WAS PROG
BOB STANLEY

NOW THAT’S WHAT WE CALL A COLUMN
DAVID QUANTICK

THE LIVE-LIER THE BETTER
MACONBLACK

ABBA

ABBA’S GIDDY ASCENT FOLLOWING THEIR 1974 EUROVISION VICTORY IS A MATTER OF RECORD. LESS WELL-KNOWN IS THEIR BACK-STORY. ALAN CLAYSON CHARTS THEIR EMERGENCE FROM SWEDEN’S NASCENT POP SCENE, WHILE JEREMY ALLEN ARGUES FOR THEIR BEATLES-RIVALLING SONGWRITING GENIUS.
APPETITE FOR SELF-DESTRUCTION

THE WILDHEARTS’ MUSIC WAS FIERCE AND INTENSE, THEIR STORY MARKED BY CREATIVE AND PERSONAL TURMOIL. AND YET THEY CONTINUE TO RECORD AND TOUR. MAINMAN GINGER TALKS FRANKLY TO JR MOORES ABOUT THE BAND’S MELODIC METAL MAYHEM, THEIR CAPACITY FOR EXCESS AND SURVIVAL DESPITE IT ALL.
RC INVESTIGATES

WE’VE LOOKED AT SELECTED MUSIC MUSEUMS, LIBRARIES AND HERITAGE CENTRES IN THE PAST, BUT THERE AREN’T THAT MANY DEDICATED TO JUST ONE GENRE OF MUSIC. AND WHO’D HAVE THOUGHT THE EPICENTRE OF UK JAZZ WOULD BE SOUTHEND? STEVE BURNISTON DONNED HIS TRILBY TO FIND OUT MORE
THE COLLECTOR

JAMES SHERRY HAS SPENT YEARS WORKING AS A JOURNALIST FOR PUBLICATIONS SUCH AS METAL HAMMER AND KERRANG! HE ALSO RUNS DIVISION PROMOTIONS, PUSHING BANDS TO THOSE WHO WILL LISTEN AND MANY THAT WON’T. HE HAS PLAYED DRUMS IN A SERIES OF NOISY BANDS, AND IS CURRENTLY SEEN BASHING THE SKINS FOR PUNK ACTS DEALING WITH DAMAGE AND DESPERATE MEASURES.
VALUE ADDED FACTS

IAN SHIRLEY, EDITOR OF RARE RECORD PRICE GUIDE, ANSWERS YOUR QUESTIONS
NEW MUSIK

CRITICALLY REVILED, NEW MUSIK HAD THREE TOP 40 HITS IN 1980, THEN PROMPTLY DISAPPEARED. OREGANO RATHBONE FINDS OUT WHAT HAPPENED TO THE ELECTRO-POPPERS, AND MOUNTS A HIGHLY PERSONAL DEFENCE
GOLD SOUNDZ

AS LEADER OF THE JICKS AND EX-FRONTMAN OF PAVEMENT, STEPHEN MALKMUS’ WORK HAS PROVED ENORMOUSLY INFLUENTIAL. BUT WHAT’S ON REGULAR ROTATION ON HIS TURNTABLE? RC’S JAMIE ATKINS FINDS OUT
SMALL TOWN GIRL

... TURNED BIG-CITY QUEEN OF BEDSIT DISCO AND EXQUISITELY-CRAFTED ALIENATION. EACH AND EVERY ONE OF TRACEY THORN’S ALBUMS HAS SOMETHING TO RECOMMEND. WHICH IS WHY WE GOT RC’S LOIS WILSON TO TALK US THROUGH HER RECORDED OUTPUT, FROM MARINE GIRLS TO EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL, AND BEYOND
BAT OUT OF HELL: THE MUSICAL

BAT OUT OF HELL: THE MUSICAL
DETROIT EMERALD. LAMONT DOZIER

WITH SONGWRITING PARTNERS BRIAN AND EDDIE HOLLAND, LAMONT DOZIER WAS A KEY PLAYER IN THE MOTOWN STORY, HELPING TO DEFINE US MUSIC IN THE 60S WITH HITS THAT STILL RESONATE. HERE HE TALKS TO LOIS WILSON ABOUT SONGWRITING RIVALRY, POLITICAL PROTEST AND MAKING DIANA ROSS CRY.
HELLO, YELLOW BRICK ROAD

THIS YEAR MARKS THE END OF ELTON JOHN AS A LIVE PERFORMER ? HIS FINAL TOUR COMMENCES THIS SEPTEMBER. BUT 2018 IS ALSO SIGNIFICANT AS THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE RELEASE OF HIS DEBUT SINGLE AND THE START OF A GILDED RECORDING CAREER. NICK HASTED SPEAKS TO CONTEMPORARIES AND CONFIDANTES ABOUT THE YOUNG ELTON AND DISCOVERS AN INTROSPECTIVE ARTIST ON A HOT CREATIVE STREAK, ATTUNED TO WHAT WAS HIP AND WITH A SENSE OF BURNING MISSION THAT WOULD SEE HIM BECOME THE BIGGEST SOLO STAR OF THE 70S.
RAINY DAY MAN

DISMISSED AS A PEDDLER OF SCHMALTZ BEFORE BEING REHABILITATED BY DAFT PUNK, SOMETIME ACTOR AND MUSICIAN PAUL WILLIAMS IS NOW SEEN AS A SONGWRITER ON A PAR WITH HARRY NILSSON AND JIMMY WEBB. BILL KOPP TALKS TO THE 70S LEGEND ABOUT HIS CLASSIC COMPOSITIONS FOR THE CARPENTERS, THE MONKEES... AND DAVID BOWIE?