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Report and Interview by Richard Green, Record Mirror, 14 January 1967

TWO ELECTRIC guitars continued happily emitting sounds as Jimi Hendrix left the stage at Bromley Court Hotel last week. Considering the number of indignities the ...

Animals, The, New Vaudeville Band, The: Burdon Animals Toast of the Town

Report and Interview by June Harris, New Musical Express, 26 February 1967

THIS WEEK was chat time with the new Animals, following their absolutely sensational, shattering opening night at Hunter College, New York City. It was also ...

Procol Harum: Procol Crash In At No. 11!

Report and Interview by Alan Smith, New Musical Express, 27 May 1967

WATCH OUT for Procol Harum. This British group with that beautiful, beautiful record called 'A Whiter Shade Of Pale' is going to be one of ...

The Mamas and The Papas, Scott McKenzie: The Mamas and The Papas: Mamas And Papas Have A Feud On Their Hands

Report and Interview by Keith Altham, NME, 8 July 1967

"SOMEONE has just shot our gardener – I can't speak to you just now. Come up tomorrow," invited a harassed John Phillips, of the Mamas ...

Jimi Hendrix: The Jimi Hendrix Experience: "Frantic — Yet Somehow Casual"

Report and Interview by Loraine Alterman, Detroit Free Press, 28 August 1967

NO EXAGGERATION: The Jimi Hendrix Experience is the most exciting act I have yet seen in pop music. ...

Tomorrow: U.F.O.: Who Killed Flower Power?

Report and Interview by Nick Jones, Melody Maker, 28 October 1967

U.F.O. the Flower power mecca has closed. Did it die a natural death — or was it murdered? And if it was... ...

Steve Winwood, Traffic: Traffic: Stevie Winwood, A Calm, Shy Superfreak

Report and Interview by Al Kooper, Rolling Stone, 27 April 1968

IT WAS LATE 1965 and Mike Bloomfield was with Butterfield and I was with the Project. We were sitting in my apartment listening to a ...

Jefferson Airplane: Problem Of Egos Makes Jefferson Airplane Dive

Report and Interview by Mike Jahn, Pop Scene Service, 24 May 1968

Show Lack Of Leadership ...

John Mayall: Bare Wires

Report and Interview by Chris Welch, Melody Maker, 13 July 1968

JOHN MAYALL HAS taken a great leap forward with his Bare Wires suite which takes up one side of his latest Decca album. ...

Nice, The: Richard Green goes afloat with Nice

Report and Interview by Richard Green, New Musical Express, 21 September 1968

And nearly goes down with them! ...

Who, The: The Who: Oldie but Goldie

Report and Interview by Michael Lydon, The New York Times, 22 September 1968

THE WHO PLAY rock "n’ roll music ("it’s got a back beat, you can’t lose it," says Chuck Berry). Not art-rock, acid-rock, or any type ...

Jimi Hendrix, Fat Mattress: In the name of pop music NME's RICHARD GREEN suffers a... NOEL REDDING EXPERIENCE

Report and Interview by Richard Green, New Musical Express, 5 October 1968

IT IS VERY unlikely that the Editor will send me to Biafra to cover the war for the NME or that I shall be asked ...

Wilson Pickett: "I'm tired — I ain't doing no TV"— but he does!

Report and Interview by Alan Smith, New Musical Express, 15 February 1969

Alan Smith welcomes to England an unhappy WILSON PICKETT ...

Jimi Hendrix: Mitch: Different Line-Ups Are Like Different Women

Report and Interview by Val Mabbs, Record Mirror, 8 March 1969

THE AFTERNOON before the second Albert Hall concert for Jimi Hendrix and the Experience. The scene is set with amps piled high and roadies bustling ...

The Rolling Stones: King Hash Is Sure To Come

Report and Interview by Sheila Weller, Rolling Stone, 14 May 1970

TANGIER – He shakes another pebble oul of the foot-long, coral-and silver-encrusted stash pouch, pokes an amber-ringed forefinger under the schlockedelic fake-silk ascot he has ...

Country Joe & The Fish, Jefferson Airplane: Kent Aftermath: Teen Turmoil Poison At B.O.

Report and Interview by John Morthland, Rolling Stone, 25 June 1970

SAN FRANCISCO — Lou Rhode, a student at San Francisco City College, is a clerk at Tower Records, and wears an "Out Now" peace button ...

Crosby Stills Nash & Young: Alive, Well & Together: Crosby Stills Nash & Young

Report and Interview by uncredited writer, Beat Instrumental, July 1970

LONDON is getting warmer, and the nights longer, and the sound of winter doesn’t even echo anymore. And though it’s not tranquility, it’s an atmosphere ...

Eric Burdon, Jimi Hendrix, War: The last Hendrix interview

Report and Interview by Keith Altham, Record Mirror, 3 October 1970

RECORD MIRROR EXCLUSIVE BY KEITH ALTHAM ...

Buffalo Springfield, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Stephen Stills: Stills Life

Report and Interview by Geoffrey Cannon, Melody Maker, 28 November 1970

A portrait of a rock giant... at work on his solo LP and at home in his English country house ...

Eric Burdon, War: Burdon Led The Wildest War Party In Paris

Report and Interview by Richard Green, NME, 23 January 1971

FOR ONCE, the fashion writers have got it right — women's shorts are catching on, in Paris at least. And while the birds are gettin' ...