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David Cassidy, Shaun Cassidy: Shaun Cassidy, Rock Star

Interview by Wayne Robins, Newsday, 5 March 1978

An overnight sensation No time for an explanation Sensation, yeah, yeah, yeah — Shaun Cassidy, 'Teen Dream' ...

Interview by Todd Everett, High Fidelity, May 1979

FOR A teenage idol, Shaun Cassidy is thinking deep thoughts these days. Some of them have to do with an identity crisis. Not his: Contrary ...

Tim Buckley: The Fantastic Voyage of a Starsailor

Retrospective by Max Bell, New Musical Express, 22 December 1979

"I'm as puzzled as the newborn child I'm as riddled as the tide Should I stand amid the breakers Or should I die with death my bride? Come hear ...

John Stewart: Wheels of Thunder

Interview by Mark Leviton, BAM, 18 April 1980

If you can laugh in the face of the fireIf you can dance in the light of the flamesAnd if you don't look down when ...

Willie Nile: What Would You Do If You Got Rich?

Profile and Interview by Sandy Robertson, Sounds, 28 June 1980

NEW YORK. The Bowery is a Hell's Angel being shot in the ass by an off-duty cop he's just tried to strangle. The Bowery is ...

Steve Winwood: The Steve Winwood Autodiscography

Interview by Jim Green, Trouser Press, May 1981

Steve Winwood's work defies pigeonholing; his distinctive "blue-eyed soul" vocals grace an impressive blend of rock, soul, jazz and folk. He's responsible for a wealth ...

Happy Traum: An Interview With Happy Traum

Interview by Ken Hunt, Folk Scene, May 1981

LIKE MANY of his contemporaries, Happy Traum came out of the folk revival on the East Coast in the '60s and although his activities have ...

New York: Positively 4th Street

Retrospective by Lenny Kaye, The History of Rock, 1982

The music that came out of New York's melting pot ...

Barbra Streisand, Captain Beefheart, Carly Simon, Harry Nilsson, Leo Sayer, The Pointer Sisters, Ringo Starr, Tiny Tim: Richard Perry

Book Excerpt by John Tobler, Stuart Grundy, 'The Record Producers', BBC Books, 1982

IF ANY PRODUCER could be said to have an instantly identifiable sound, aside from the obvious case of Phil Spector, it would be Richard Perry. ...

Phil Spector

Book Excerpt by Stuart Grundy, John Tobler, The Record Producers (BBC Books), 1982

WHENEVER THE subject of record producers is discussed by anyone born before 1960, one name will always surface, that of Phil Spector. ...

Monkees, The: Peter Tork: The Monkees and After

Interview by Bruce Pollock, When The Music Mattered, 1982

IT WAS PROBABLY late 1966 or early 1967 when word first began to circulate through the Village. "You know the Monkees, that plastic-fantastic pop group, ...

How Music Changed The Look Of American Youth

Essay by Cynthia Rose, The History of Rock, 1982

BY 1962, ROCK'N'ROLL was no longer the pressing issue it had appeared in the days of Teddy Boys and juvenile delinquency. Music had given way ...

NRBQ: The One And Only Combined NRBQ: Nothing Really Beats Quality

Interview by Dave DiMartino, Creem, March 1982

YEARS AGO, say 1968 or so, I was a snivelling adolescent who stole off outside the house to smoke Tareyton cigarettes. I often did shameful ...

Rick James: Sex, Street Smarts and Success

Interview by Michael Goldberg, Rolling Stone, 24 June 1982

SAUSALITO, CA — Rick James Lies sleeping on the plush burgundy velvet seat in the back of the long black limousine. It has been forty-eight ...

David Johansen: Position Of A Vagabond Missionary

Interview by Mitchell Cohen, Creem, December 1982

IN AN OFFICE that overlooks Central Park, David Johansen finds the videotape he's looking for, a recording of his New Year's morning show at the ...

R.E.M.

Interview by Blake Gumprecht, Alternative America, Winter 1983

FROM INGLORIOUS beginnings playing a birthday party, R.E.M.'s independent first single, 'Radio Free Europe', was Robert Palmer's choice as 10th best single of 1981 in ...

John Mellencamp: John Cougar: Pink Houses In The Midwest

Interview by Bill Holdship, Creem, January 1984

MY STOMACH WAS in my throat again, and I was seriously contemplating murder. The victim would be editor-in-chief of the rag you presently hold in ...

The Redskins: Keeping On And On

Interview by Adam Sweeting, Melody Maker, 11 February 1984

Adam Sweeting weathers a storm of political invective from THE REDSKINS ...

Ray Parker Jr.: from sideman to lady's man

Interview by Michael Goldberg, Rolling Stone, 27 September 1984

'Ghostbusters' is his latest chartbuster ...

Aztec Camera: Knife (WEA 240 483-1)

Review by Adam Sweeting, Melody Maker, 29 September 1984

RAZOR SHARP ...