International Times
Live Review by Miles, International Times, October 1966
I ATTENDED the Stones' concert at the Albert Hall which was fun though it turned out to be almost more of a happening than a ...
Paul McCartney, Beatles, The: A Conversation with Paul McCartney
Interview by Miles, International Times, November 1966
THIS WAS recorded at Paul's house in Cavendish Avenue, Saint John's Wood in November 1966 for International Times, known as IT, the London Underground newspaper. ...
Who, The: Miles Interviews Pete Townshend
Interview by Miles, International Times, February 1967
WHO? Pete Townshend, that's Who. Lead guitarist, song-writer, destructivist for this off-number-oned-pop group. He walks, he talks, he smashes. The WHO is the most popular ...
George Harrison, Beatles, The: The Way Out is In: A George Harrison Interview
Interview by Miles, International Times, May 1967
GH: If you could just say a word and it would tell people something straight to the point, then you take all the words that ...
Rolling Stones, The: Pop In The Police State
Comment by Mick Farren, International Times, June 1967
"People try to put us down just because we get around."The Who – 'My Generation' ...
Grateful Dead, Fugs, The, Mothers Of Invention, The: Miles' Trip: New York
Report by Miles, International Times, June 1967
"Two persons were shot dead and several others injured in a gun battle between shoplifters and store detectives in a Bronx supermarket today." ...
Frank Zappa's Comments on The Mothers of Invention's album Absolutely Free
Interview by Miles, International Times, August 1967
When Zappa arrived in London in the summer of 1967, he naturally looked to the underground press for support, just as he did in Los ...
Arthur Brown: It's Time To Use Records As Weapons
Interview by Mick Farren, International Times, October 1967
ARTHUR BROWN: I refuse to talk without the presence of my cat near the microphone. Come here... ...
Report by Miles, International Times, April 1968
The UFO idea first began in February 1966 when Steve Stollman (front the ESP avant-garde jazz record label in New York – then still in ...
Rolling Stones, The, Mick Jagger: Street Fighting Stone: Mick Jagger Talks
Interview by Miles, International Times, May 1968
This conversation was taped over cups of tea at my house on Lord North Street one afternoon a few days after the famous anti-Vietnam war ...
Review by Miles, International Times, July 1968
WITH THE guile and cunning of a Zaptieh, Zappa presents his first 'solo' record: a ballet, an opera, a collage of all the elements then ...
Pink Floyd: A Saucerful Of Secrets (Columbia)
Review by Miles, International Times, July 1968
THE FLOYD have developed a distinctive sound for themselves, the result of experiments with new 'electronic' techniques in live performance, however the result of most ...
Doors, The: The Doors: The Doors (Elektra); Strange Days (Elektra); Waiting for the Sun (Elektra)
Review by Miles, International Times, September 1968
Jim Morrison (Vocal); Ray Manzarek (Organ, Piano, Bass); Robby Krieger (Guitar); John Densmore (Drums). ...
Rolling Stones, The: The Rolling Stones: 'Street Fighting Man' (London 45-909)
Review by Miles, International Times, October 1968
CHE GUEVARA'S band were all poets, Buckminster Fuller writes his architectural papers in poetry, The Rolling Stones sing Revolution! ...
Review by Miles, International Times, October 1968
Rob Landes (pno, org, et al); Dennis Keller (voc.); Michael (gtr); E.E. Wolfe III (bass); John Tuttle (drms). ...
Big Brother & The Holding Company: Cheap Thrills (CBS)
Review by Miles, International Times, October 1968
Janis Joplin (lead voc); Peter Albin (bass, voc); San Andrew (lead & rhm gtr); James Gurley (lead & rhm gtr); David Getz (Drms, voc). ...
Deep Purple: Shades Of Deep Purple (Parlophone)
Review by Miles, International Times, October 1968
Rod Evans (voc); Jon Lord (voc, org); Nic Simper (bass gtr); Ritchie Blackmore (lead gtr); Ian Paice (drms). ...
Bob Dylan: From Rock to Acid Rock
Essay by Michael Gray, International Times, October 1968
FROM ROCK to Acid Rock is first a ride to freedom, second an illusion. Rock, the kind of music for which Rosko still does extravagant ...
Review by Miles, International Times, November 1968
THE ALBUM of huge underground word-of-mouth reputation in the States these days, an album far removed from the fashion changing ladder of the high chart ...
Beatles, The: The Beatles: The Beatles (White Album)
Review by Miles, International Times, November 1968
WELL, THE new Beatle album's here with 30 catchy little numbers for you to whistle on your way to work, glide around the Mecca to, ...
Soft Machine: The Soft Machine: The Soft Machine (ABC)
Review by Miles, International Times, November 1968
SEVERAL exotic people were sitting on the floor at an Indica Gallery opening in 1966, the tall one with the Dr Strange cape was called ...
Lady Wootton talks to Caroline Coon about Pot
Interview by Caroline Coon, International Times, January 1969
THE BARONESS Wootton of Abinger was chairman of the subcommittee on 'Cannabis' of the Advisory Committee on Drug Dependence whose Report was published on 8th ...
Spirit: The Family That Plays Together (Ode)
Review by Miles, International Times, February 1969
From The Ergot Fields ...
Edgar Broughton Band, The: Magic Triangle: The Edgar Broughton Band
Report and Interview by Mick Farren, International Times, April 1969
THE EDGAR BROUGHTON BAND came to London from Warwick in November of last year and have, in relatively short time, gained a solid reputation as ...
Interview by Mark Williams, International Times, April 1969
IT'S NOT hard to suss that Led Zeppelin are well on the way to becoming a 'Supergroup', in the best tradition. ...
Country Joe & The Fish: Country Joe: Fish Head
Interview by Mark Williams, International Times, April 1969
INTERVIEWING COUNTRY Joe McDonald was an escapade I embarked on with fear in my heart, butterflies in my stomach and a copy of How to ...
Nice, The: The Nice: Two Thirds Nice
Interview by Miles, International Times, April 1969
This interview is transcribed from a tape recorded conversation done at my house in Westminster. It has been edited for grammer and coherence only. Lee ...
Report by Mark Williams, International Times, May 1969
JANIS WAS WANDERING round rapping and goofing with her band when I ventured onstage during her pre-concert rehearsal at the Albert Hall. She was obviously ...
Interview by Mark Williams, International Times, May 1969
A VERY WELL respected record producer recently informed me that Led Zepplin were the ONLY band that we're going to elevate themselves to the ranks ...
Report and Interview by Mick Farren, International Times, May 1969
A NUMBER of musicians from various well known bands in London have, it was revealed to IT in an exclusive interview this week, formed an ...
Bob Dylan: Nashville Skyline (CBS)
Review by Miles, International Times, May 1969
PART THREE of the new-style Dylan saga Is a direct continuation from the previous two albums: Kenny Buttrey (drums) and Charles McCoy (bass) have both ...
Who, The: The Who: Pete on Tommy #1
Interview by Miles, International Times, May 1969
THIS INTERVIEW is the edited result of a two hour tape recorded Sunday May 4 at Miles's house. The story of The Who's two volume ...
Who, The: The Who: Pete on Tommy #2
Interview by Miles, International Times, June 1969
M: IS THERE any musical influence on this album at all? Outside of the WHO itself I suppose the nearest thing is The Mothers, except ...
King Crimson King Crimson King Crimson King Crimson
Interview by Mark Williams, International Times, June 1969
TEN YEARS ago every American boy's idea of a teen idol was Charles Atlas totin' a Gibson Jumbo. Today everybody here in Albuquerque, New Mexico, ...
Interview by Mark Williams, International Times, July 1969
THE FAMILY used to scare me a bit. Onstage they seemed to perform with a mixture of super coolness, a nonchalance that sometimes gave me ...
Rolling Stones, The: The Rolling Stones: Jagger Rap/Stoned Earful
Interview by Mark Williams, International Times, July 1969
FEELING RATHER like a tin can on a conveyor belt, moving along waiting to be filled with fruit salad or spaghetti, I went along to ...
Creedence Clearwater Revival: Bayou Country (Liberty)
Review by Mark Williams, International Times, July 1969
HOORAY FOR this bopping, rhythm muslc! What more can a groover of a leaper ask for than to be socked endlessly by the compulsive unpretentious ...
Blossom Toes: If Only For A Moment (Marmalade)
Review by Mark Williams, International Times, July 1969
BLOSSOM TOES. Now there IS a band. Amazing people, a gas to be with, group looners of the old school but as music makers they've ...
Review by Mark Williams, International Times, July 1969
THE ONLY OTHER record I possess on English Monument, is Ray Steven's single, 'Mr Businessman', which is beautiful and so is this album by Mr ...
Nick Drake: Five Leaves Left (Island)
Review by Mark Williams, International Times, July 1969
I DON'T think I've been so impressed by an unknown singer/songwriter since I got the Duncan Browne album on Immediate, eighteen months ago, (why don't ...
Profile and Interview by Mark Williams, International Times, July 1969
WHILST STARVING in Birmingham, trying to make ends meet, the dreary winter days were claeered up a little by an album called We Are Ever ...
Mothers Of Invention, The, Frank Zappa: Frank Zappa Interview
Interview by Miles, International Times, August 1969
FRANK: There are some things I'd like to clarify about my editing technique. The editing technique is an extension of the composition because, as I ...
Nice, The: The Nice: Nice (Immediate)
Review by Mark Williams, International Times, August 1969
THE NICE just keep escalating from strength to strength, their reputation solidifying as their incorporation of classical phraseology (sometimes admittedly borrowed wholesale) becomes even more ...
Bonzo Dog Band: The Bonzo Dog Band: Tadpoles (Liberty)
Review by Mark Williams, International Times, August 1969
LIBERTY RECORDS have gone to an almost unusual amount of trouble to supply record reviewers, deejays and other assorted irks with a copious, track-by-thrusting-track run ...
Tea & Symphony: Rock In The Sticks: Tea & Symphony
Interview by Mark Williams, International Times, September 1969
THE MOST INTERESTING group in this article, from an historical point of view, is Tea & Symphony. They have had almost as many changes in ...
Bob Dylan, Richie Havens, Band, The, Tom Paxton: Bob Dylan, The Band: Isle of Wight Festival
Live Review by Miles, International Times, September 1969
VISITORS to the 2nd Isle of Wight Music Festival at Godshill near Ryde more than doubled the population of the Island, outnumbered the 130 local ...
Deep Purple with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra: Royal Albert Hall, London
Live Review by Mark Williams, International Times, October 1969
THE ALBERT Hall Concert on Wednesday September 24th, featuring Deep Purple in concert with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, was possibly the most important musical event ...
Deviants, The: The Deviants: The Deviants (Transatlantic)
Review by Miles, International Times, October 1969
FIRST CAME PTOOFF!: an album of outrageous London Underground freakery, soggy nostalgia and general-purpose nastiness – as English as potting sheds and The Goon Show ...
Delaney & Bonnie And Friends: Accept No Substitute (Elektra)
Review by Miles, International Times, November 1969
THE ALBUM that Apple wanted to get so much because George liked them so much and so for that matter did Derek Taylor which might ...
Sam Apple Pie: Sam Apple Pie (Decca)
Review by Miles, International Times, November 1969
FROM THE depths of London's East End, the old Liberties, comes another underground group – a real one this time. ...
Mountain: Leslie West: Mountain (Bell)
Review by Mark Williams, International Times, November 1969
LESLIE WEST is a large American who sings a bit like a white Buddy Miles (or a black Terry Reld) and plays guitar just like ...
Byrds, The: The Byrds: Preflyte (Together Records)
Review by Miles, International Times, November 1969
THEY'RE CUTTING ACROSS BARRIERS WHICH MOST PEOPLE WHO SING ARE NOT EVEN HIP TO. THEY KNOW IT ALL. IF THEY KEEP THEIR MINDS OPEN THEY'LL ...
Judy Henske, Jerry Yester: Judy Henske & Jerry Yester: Farewell Aldebaran (Straight)
Review by Mark Williams, International Times, November 1969
JUDY HENSKE'S magnificent, almost butch voice makes this album memorable. Jerry Yester's vocals, arrangements and production (shared with ex-Lovln' Spoonful man Zal Yanovsky,) don't. ...
Youngbloods, The: The Youngbloods: Elephant Mountain (RCA)
Review by Mark Williams, International Times, November 1969
THIS ALBUM is one of the essential records one would possess if a broad cross-sectlon of Rock is the ultimate zenith of one's collecting habits. ...
Rolling Stones, The: The Rolling Stones: Let It Bleed (Decca)
Review by Mark Williams, International Times, January 1970
IT'S ONLY after deliberately listening to the complete Stone's recorded output (9 albums, umpteen singles, 1 promotional album, 2 EPs) that one really appreciates just ...
GTOs, The: The GTOs: Permanent Damage (Straight/CBS)
Review by Miles, International Times, February 1970
IT'S NOT TOO difficult to reject the spectacle of Hollywood, to drop out, find yourself, re-evalue your ideas, unless you LIVE in Hollywood. What if ...
Black Sabbath: Black Sabbath (Vertigo)
Review by Mark Williams, International Times, March 1970
A BLOW JOB. Just get the gear on stage and wind it up Marshall stacks nine feet high on big & harsh with an edge ...
John and Beverley Martyn: John & Beverley Martyn: Stormbringer! (Island)
Review by Miles, International Times, March 1970
J & B LAY IT DOWN AND STOMP ON IT ...
Yes: Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
Live Review by Mark Williams, International Times, April 1970
IT HAS BEEN many months since I've seen YES and the consequent starvation of tight British progressive rock music par excellence left me eagerly awaiting ...
Frank Zappa: Zappa Press release, on disbanding Mothers, 1970
Report by Miles, International Times, April 1970
"The Mothers of Invention, infamous & repulsive rocking teen combo, is not doing concerts any more." ...
The Sound of the Seventies and The Pop Proms: It's All a Put On
Report by Mark Williams, International Times, May 1970
Pop Proms, Rock machine & the penis of promoting. ...
Report by uncredited writer, Mick Farren, International Times, September 1970
2011 note: this report on the 1970 IoW festival is led off by Mick Farren but includes contributions by other, unnamed IT writers. The title ...
Interview by Chris Rowley, Howard Parker, International Times, 1972
"IF YOU CAN’T get cunt, you want to be a rock ‘n’ roll Something so you can get it, and when you have it you ...
Grateful Dead: The Grateful Dead: Empire Pool, Wembley
Live Review by Mick Farren, International Times, April 1972
"The trouble with a lot of kids who come to our concerts is that they can't see beyond the drugs. They get so ripped that ...
Rolling Stones, The: The Rolling Stones: The Long Road to Room Ten-O-Nine
Comment by Mick Farren, International Times, June 1972
The Rolling Stones: Exile on Main Street ...
Smith, Perkins & Smith: Smith, Perkins & Smith (Island)
Review by Charles Shaar Murray, International Times, June 1972
I THINK I'M going crazy. Crosby, Stills, Nash, Young, Kossoff, Kirke, Tetsu, Rabbit, Fishbaugh, Fishbough, Zorn, Brewer, Shipley, Demick, Armstrong, Seals, Crofts, Scott, Ethridge, Barbata, ...
Persuasions, The: The Persuasions: Street Corner Symphony (Island)
Review by Charles Shaar Murray, International Times, June 1972
THE PERSUASIONS are a five-strong black vocal group who perform acappella. Their album Street Corner Symphony is just what it says: a set of songs ...
Retrospective by Mick Farren, International Times, September 1972
A LOOK AT A JET AGE RED HOT MAMA ON THE SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF HER DEATH ...
Review by Chris Rowley, International Times, May 1973
THIS IS THE definitive Hawkwind LP and very definitely their best. Being live it has all the right qualities to bring back memories of twitching ...
Review by Bob Fisher, International Times, May 1973
A COUPLE OF years ago an excellent little gangster movie from the States was doing the circuit, called The Grissom Gang. Now rock has come ...
Bob Marley & the Wailers: The Wailers: Catch a Fire (Island)
Review by Penny Reel, International Times, May 1973
WITH THE Wailers presently heralded as the reggae band by music acclaimants, I expect to see Catch a Fire amongst those record collections where Eddie ...
Overview by Penny Reel, International Times, May 1973
WHITE MAKES his move. Black makes his move. White moves and Black reciprocates. Black moves and White reciprocates. The players perpetuate the game for the ...
Toots & The Maytals: Funky Kingston (Dragon)
Review by Penny Reel, International Times, June 1973
Jamaican Rock'n'roll ...
Commander Cody: Commander of the Ozone
Profile by Chris Rowley, International Times, August 1973
OZONE: Form of Oxygen having three atoms per molecule, pungent, refreshing odour and exhilarating influence. ...
What Made Rizla Famous Made A Loser Out Of Me
Comment by Penny Reel, International Times, May 1974
AFTER YEARS OF shadowy unwillingness as one of the mainstays of the dope scene, Rizla and their finest quality gummed papers have finally put one ...
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