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The Band, Bob Dylan: Bob Dylan & The Band: Night of the Zimmerman

Report by Barbara Charone, NME, 19 January 1974

CHICAGO, ILLINIOS – land of Lincoln, booming metropolis of the Mid-West, heart of Middle America. Not as sophisticated as New York, nor as small as ...

The Good Rats Just Keep On Keeping On

Profile and Interview by Wayne Robins, Good Times, 30 January 1974

YOU COULDN'T find a more classic showcase for the Good Rats than Ubie's O.T.J, in West Islip. Monday night means beer blast at Ubie's, Wednesdays ...

Paul McCartney, Beatles, The, Wings: The Rolling Stone Interview: Paul McCartney

Interview by Paul Gambaccini, Rolling Stone, 31 January 1974

THIS JANUARY marks the tenth anniversary of the Beatles' appearance on the American charts. Last month Rolling Stone conducted its first full-scale interview with Paul ...

Brian Eno: Everything You'd Rather Not Know About Eno

Interview by Chrissie Hynde, New Musical Express, 2 February 1974

IT WAS WITH a certain apprehensive curiosity that I first noticed the brown lace-up shoes. He displayed a normalcy that I just couldn't trust. After ...

Allman Brothers Band: Macon Georgia

Report and Interview by Ritchie Yorke, ZigZag, March 1974

THIS HUGE OLD Southern mansion has seen much better days. The dozen giant columns which surrounded it are flecked by peeling paint, grimly revealing the ...

Greenslade: Olé… Greenslade Rock The Spanish Inquisition

Report and Interview by Tony Stewart, NME, March 1974

ADMIRAL BLANCO'S assassination could have caused a big clamp-down in Spain. But luckily for the developing life-style based on British rock, the Espana government don't ...

The Good Rats: American Band Via Long Island

Profile and Interview by Wayne Robins, Creem, April 1974

YOU COULDN'T find a more classic showcase for the Good Rats than Ubie's O.T.J. in West Islip. ...

Amon Duul: Vive La Trance

Review by Gary Sperrazza!, Shakin' Street Gazette, April 1974

GERMANY IS HARDLY the center of the rock universe. So the only rock and roll that seeped in during the late 60's were from those ...

Andy Williams: Ol' Treacle Voice Is Back

Interview by Caroline Coon, Melody Maker, 4 May 1974

Darling of the soap-opera set, Goliath of the balladeer belt, Andy Williams is so very glad to be back in this wonderful country. Caroline Coon ...

David Bowie: Birth Of The New Rock Theatre

Live Review by Chris Charlesworth, Melody Maker, 22 June 1974

A FEW THOUSAND lucky Canadians witnessed a completely new concept in rock theatre last weekend when David Bowie opened his North American tour in Montreal ...

Carpenters, The: The Carpenters: Up From Downey

Profile and Interview by Tom Nolan, Rolling Stone, 4 July 1974

KAREN CARPENTER, the solo singing half of a brother and sister musical duo that has sold over 25 million records world-wide, has classic "good looks" ...

Carly Simon, Bo Diddley, Bette Midler, Randy Newman, Don McLean: What Does It Feel Like to Create Today's Music?

Interview by Loraine Alterman, Family Weekly, 21 July 1974

"I guess there are some people who sit down and say, 'All right, I want to write a hit single. Let's see, what's a big item ...

10cc: The Worst Band In The World?

Retrospective and Interview by Alan Betrock, ZigZag, August 1974

WHILE MANY of the veterans on the 1960s musical scene are still around, few are creating much in the way of new musical excitement. There ...

Foghat: Their Business Is Rock & Roll

Report and Interview by Loraine Alterman, Rolling Stone, 29 August 1974

So you want to be a rock & roll star Well listen now to what I say Just get an electric guitar ...

Emerson Lake And Palmer, King Crimson: Greg Lake

Interview by Steven Rosen, Guitar Player, September 1974

GREG LAKE IS the surrounded L in ELP, the British trio which has brought to the forefront the power of classical music in a rock ...

Robert Wyatt: Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London

Live Review by Charles Shaar Murray, NME, 14 September 1974

EVEN THOUGH the gig was due to start at 8.30, Drury Lane had started to clog up with earnest-looking hippies nearly two hours before the ...

Charlie Feathers

Retrospective by Martin Hawkins, Country Music People, October 1974

Martin Hawkins looks at the career of a little known but much in demand artiste by record collectors ...

Bachman Turner Overdrive: The Band That Laughs Last…

Report and Interview by Jim Esposito, Zoo World, 24 October 1974

THE BACHMAN-Turner Overdrive had just arrived backstage at the San Antonio Municipal Auditorium when the door to their dressing room burst open and seven extremely ...

The Guess Who: Guess Who's a smash!

Profile and Interview by Harvey Kubernik, Melody Maker, 28 December 1974

"I WANTED to buy some records, so I went collecting for UNICEF on Halloween and took the money," recalls the 26-year-old lead singer for the ...

Tim Rice

Book Excerpt by Bruce Pollock, 'In Their Own Words' (Collier Books), 1975

FIRST TOM SANKEY brought The Golden Screw to off-off Broadway. Then, summarizing rapidly, Al Carmines applied his lyric touch to the outrageous Home Movies and ...