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Essay by Dave Marsh, Creem, April 1973

WHEN THE CURTAIN comes up, the band are all ready there, pumping out a fuzzy, semi-atonal, rhythmically confused version of left-field '50's music. They are ...

Yoko Ono: Approximately Infinite Universe

Review by Metal Mike Saunders, Phonograph Record, April 1973

YEAH, WELL, believe it or not: this is a totally rock 'n' roll album. It's also so far and away the best Beatles-related effort to ...

Rock Critics Rule... and other startling musical revelations!

Special Feature by J. Montague Fitzpatrick, Coast, April 1973

Or: how Lester Bangs, Dave Marsh, Chet Flippo, Nick Tosches, Robot A. Hull, Lenny Kaye, Richard Meltzer, Mike Saunders, Gene Sculatti, Ed Ward and 26 ...

Bruce Springsteen: Greetings from Asbury Park, NJ (CBS 65480, £2)

Review by Richard Williams, The Times, 14 April 1973

Springsteen is special ...

Barbara Jean English

Profile and Interview by John Abbey, Blues & Soul, 11 May 1973

AT A time when a lot of talented girls are beginning to surface again, it is also worth noting that there are a few completely ...

David Bowie: Cha...Cha...Cha...Changes — A Journey with Aladdin

Report and Interview by Roy Hollingworth, Melody Maker, 12 May 1973

CHARING CROSS STATION, London, 9.10 pm: And when he arrived they screamed and they cried, and they rushed, and gushed forth and beat their feverish ...

Anne Murray: Canada's Sweetheart Stays Put

Interview by Judith Sims, Rolling Stone, 7 June 1973

LOS ANGELES — "Canada has never had a star in the real sense of the word. They've had people big in Canada and nowhere else, ...

Jermaine Jackson, Jackson 5, The: Let's Hear a Scream For the Jackson Five

Profile by Lillian Roxon, New York Sunday News, 17 June 1973

"Hey, Jackson Five fan! Look at all this outasight J-5 groovy good stuff you can order! Hurry! Send away today! Fast delivery! Money-back guarantee" ...

CBS Records: U.S. Attorney Bows Probe — Leiberson Upholds Code

Report by Ian Dove, Billboard, 23 June 1973

NEW YORK — Support for the Billboard editorial (see last week's issue) calling for the RIAA to create a committee of industry lenders to structure a code ...

Dr. John: Dr John aka Mac Rebennack

Overview by Greg Shaw, Phonograph Record, 1 July 1973

THE STORY OF NEW ORLEANS ROCK 'N' ROLL ...

Black Oak Arkansas: It's One Big Party and You're Invited

Report and Interview by Lillian Roxon, New York Sunday News, 22 July 1973

I HAVE IT from the horse's mouth this week — the best way to get a rock and roll band is through the road managers. ...

Rolling Stones, The: Mick Jagger (1973) [transcript]

Audio transcript of interview by Keith Altham, Rock's Backpages transcripts, 26 July 1973

This is a transcription of Keith's interview with the Stones mainmain. Listen to the audio of this interview. ...

Commander Cody: The Early Sound Of "Now" Music

Interview by Lillian Roxon, New York Sunday News, 29 July 1973

HIS FIRST BAND was called the Fantastic Surfing Beavers and, according to Commander Cody, it was the worst band that ever existed. I was sorry ...

Genesis: The Rainbow Theatre, London

Live Review by Andrew Tyler, NME, 10 August 1973

IT'S A LITTLE dishonest using the same strokes to hammer Genesis as are periodically used against Yes. But there you go. Such is the nature ...

Elton John, Bernie Taupin, Bluesology: The Rolling Stone Interview: Elton John

Interview by Paul Gambaccini, Rolling Stone, 16 August 1973

ELTON JOHN wanted to do The Rolling Stone Interview when we first suggested it to him in February. A grueling British tour kept him occupied ...

Hot Chocolate: Chocolate Brown

Interview by Charles Shaar Murray, NME, 25 August 1973

THERE IS absolutely no getting away from the fact that it was an excessively hot and sticky afternoon. Sweaterama incarnate. Clothing stuck unpleasantly to the ...

Fania All Stars, The, Manu Dibango, Mongo Santamaria, Gran Combo de Puerto Rico, El , Jorge Santana: Fania All Stars, Mongo Santamaria, Manu Dibango et al: Yankee Stadium, The Bronx NY

Live Review by Ian Dove, The New York Times, 26 August 1973

'OUR LATIN THING' PLAYS AT STADIUM 30,000 See Fania All Stars and Others at Second Base ...

Sly & The Family Stone: Fresh (Epic)

Review by Dave Marsh, Creem, September 1973

Sly Today: Caring, Confident, Contradictions ...

Kilburn & The High Roads: Kilburn and the High Roads: Hardened Criminals Plan Big Break-Out

Report and Interview by Nick Kent, NME, 1 September 1973

AT LEAST, THAT'S THE WAY THEY LOOK. BUT THEY'RE GOING TO BE BIG: NICK KENT ON THE ROAD TO SUCCESS WITH KILBURN AND THE HIGH ...

Art Garfunkel: Angel Clare (Columbia)

Review by Loraine Alterman, New York Times, 9 September 1973

Garfunkel On His Own ...