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Lovin' Spoonful, The, Beach Boys, The, Mamas and The Papas, The, Herb Alpert: Secrets of Spoonful Hit Sound: 'Music is on its way UP!'

Profile by Derek Taylor, Disc and Music Echo, 23 July 1966

DEREK TAYLOR reporting: Hollywood, Tuesday ...

Iron Butterfly - Scorching Beauty

Review by Max Bell, NME, 12 April 1975

SEEMS LIKE 1968 all over again, doesn't it? ...

The Turtles: The Turtles (Happy Together Again) (Sire)

Review by Gene Sculatti, Zoo World, 19 December 1974

ITEM: THE Turtles' It Ain't Me Babe album cover was one of the first to recognize and promptly display rock 'n roll fatty tissue, at ...

Iron Butterfly: Scorching Beauty

Review by Greg Shaw, Phonograph Record, February 1975

IT'S A WELL known axiom that one hit record is good for ten years of work. Just ask Fabian. ...

Youngbloods, The: The Youngbloods

Book Excerpt by Phil Hardy, Dave Laing, Faber Companion to 20th Century Popular Music, 2001

Jesse Colin Young, b. Perry Miller, 11 November 1944, New York, USA; Jerry Corbitt, b. Tifton, Goergia; Joe Bauer, b. 26 September 1941, Memphis, Tennessee; ...

Steely Dan: Aja

Review by Daryl Easlea, bbc.co.uk, 2011

IF EVER A record knew its worth, it was Aja, the sixth album by Steely Dan. Released in late 1977 when half the world seemed ...

Cast: Magic Hour (Polydor) ***

Review by Neil Mason, Melody Maker, 15 May 1999

CAST, BLESS them, have always been pissing in the wind. Why does it seem to go Pete Tong for our Eighties heroes? Well, here's one ...

Animals, The, Buffalo Springfield, Cher, Gene Clark, Lovin' Spoonful, The, Seekers, The: DISCussion: singles from Gene Clark, Buffalo Springfield and more

Review by Eden, KRLA Beat, 31 December 1966

ONE OF the prettiest records to date from Cher is her newest, 'Mama'. This one is another Sonny Bono composition, and it really is a ...

Judy Henske & Jerry Yester: Farewell Aldebaran

Review by Rob Hughes, Prog, 18 August 2016

At last! Unheralded '60s classic gets a proper reissue. ...

Rolling Stones, The: The Rolling Stones: Between the Buttons (London PS499)

Review by Paul Nelson, Hullabaloo, June 1967

ONE OF the essentials in any record review would seem to be a simple catchword or two describing the contents of the album in question. ...

Beatles, The, Donovan, Kinks, The, Lovin' Spoonful, The, Billy Stewart, Bobby Hebb, Happenings, The: Summertime Songs on the Heat Parade

Review by Pete Johnson, Los Angeles Times, 28 August 1966

THIS SUMMER may rank along with most Christmases for the number of seasonal records it has produced — every radio station's hit list is loaded ...

Lothar and the Hand People: Lothar & The Hand People: An Introduction

Profile by uncredited writer, Hit Parader, February 1967

Lothar and the Hand People is here! ...

Changing Times, The: A Chat With The Changing Times

Interview by Carol Deck, KRLA Beat, 15 January 1966

"I WAS BORN," he stated very positively as he sprawled across the end of the bed staring curiously at the ceiling like he'd never noticed ...

Electric Prunes, The, Mojo Men, The, Laura Nyro, Sopwith Camel: New Stars on the Horizon: Mojo Men, Laura Nyro, The Sopwith Camel, The Electric Prunes

Profile by uncredited writer, Hit Parader, June 1967

THE MOJO MEN ...

The Lemonheads: Come On Feel The Lemonheads (Atlantic)

Review by David Sinclair, Q, November 1993

IT SEEMS a quaint idea now, but there was a time when being a "serious" rock band didn't necessarily mean carting a ton of attitude ...

The Beat Farmers: Beat Farmers: Tales Of The New West

Review by Roy Trakin, Creem, July 1985

ROOTS? DID I HEAR somebody say roots? These grizzled nugget-miners have wandered in from the San Diego desert town of El Centro with an impressive ...

B.J. Thomas: B. J. Thomas

Book Excerpt by Dave Laing, Phil Hardy, The Faber Companion to 20th-Century Popular Music, 2001

b. Billy Joe Thomas, 27 August 1942, Houston, Texas, USA ...

Ohio Express, 1910 Fruitgum Company: Buddha's Artie Ripp: You Don't Chew It Play It!

Interview by Lon Goddard, Record Mirror, 1 March 1969

WHO WAS the man with the enormous ten-gallon hat? Why did he always chew gum? ...

Lloyd Cole & The Commotions: Rattlesnakes (Geffen)

Review by Craig Zeller, Creem, May 1985

AZTEC CAMERA when they're not being precious, the tone of the Left Banke, just a little Love, a bit of early Doors, a touch of ...

Percy Sledge: The Incredible Hit Story of Percy Sledge

Profile and Interview by Derek Taylor, Disc and Music Echo, 28 May 1966

Hollywood, Tuesday ...