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World Countdown News

World Countdown News

World Countdown News was a bi-weekly music newspaper published in Los Angeles, California between 1966 and 1969.

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The Beach Boys, The Beatles, Paul McCartney, Brian Wilson: A Hard Day's Surfin' Safari: When Brian Met Macca

Memoir by Derek Taylor, World Countdown News, 1967

When Beatles press officer Derek Taylor swapped Swinging Britain for LA's Sunset Strip in 1965, he played a pivotal part in bringing the worlds of ...

Buffalo Springfield

Profile by uncredited writer, World Countdown News, 1967

ON July 25, 1966, the Buffalo Springfield had the distinction of being the first group ever to appear at a rock concert at the Hollywood ...

Spirit

Interview by uncredited writer, World Countdown News, 1967

PLAY MUSIC with Love. Different backgrounds create new flavors. New ideas are always welcome. ...

Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart, The Monkees: The Story Of Tommy Boyce And Bobby Hart

Report by Derek Taylor, World Countdown News, 1967

THE HOTEL CHESTERFIELD is not one of New York’s most majestic hotels, but it has a virtue prized by lyricists and tunesmiths for it is ...

Debbie Harry, The Wind in the Willows: The Wind In The Willows

Interview by uncredited writer, World Countdown News, 1967

FORMED ALMOST a year ago, The Wind in The Willows is a seven-member group from the New York area playing their own particular kind of ...

The Bloodless Battle Of The Badge: The Press at Monterey Pop

Report by Derek Taylor, World Countdown News, July 1967

THE CLEAN YOUNG man at the window said he was from the Los Angeles Times and there was nothing in his face to say he ...

Harry Nilsson: Nilsson

Profile by uncredited writer, World Countdown News, 1968

WHEN NILSSON was signed as an exclusive RCA Victor recording artist, Ernest Altschuler, Division Vice President and Executive Artists and Repertoire Producer, said: "He is ...

The Doors: Column: Around About, And Then Some

Report by Anne Moore, World Countdown News, 13 June 1969

I HAVE JUST attended a happening, one that in a year or less will become another legend in the cycle of Jim Morrison. The event ...

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