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Animals, The: The Animals: Hell-Raisers Of Pop

Report by Keith Altham, NME Summer Special, 1965

"THE HELL-RAISERS have all disappeared" mourned a leading national showbusiness reporter some months ago. All I can say is that he has obviously not met ...

Rolling Stones, The: The Rolling Stones: This Is A Stone Age!!

Report and Interview by Keith Altham, NME Summer Special, 1966

THE ROLLING STONES are a five-man revolution in the pop world. When they first appeared on the disc scene in 1962 they proceeded to defy ...

Walker Brothers, The: The Walker Brothers

Interview by Keith Altham, NME Summer Special, 1966

HEAVILY DISGUISED as a member of a longhaired beat group, an American balladeer has infiltrated the British beat scene and emerged victoriously among the top ...

Animals, The: Animals: Sure, We're Really Animals!

Interview by Keith Altham, NME Summer Special, 1966

THE TITLE 'ANIMALS' was given to the group by Radio Caroline chief Ronan O'Reilly, who felt it summed up the group's wild attitude to rhythm-and-blues ...

Donovan: 'I Put Myself Into My Music'

Interview by Keith Altham, NME Summer Special, Summer 1968

Donovan is the gentle giant in the pop world. He is largely responsible for shattering the conventional image of the folk singer satirized so beautifully ...

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