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Humble Pie, Peter Frampton: Dee Anthony: Dee Works!

Interview by Chris Welch, Melody Maker, 9 February 1974

From doing impersonations of Al Jolson for 20 bucks a night to managing Humble Pie – that's the story of Dee Anthony. He talks to ...

Black Oak Arkansas

Profile and Interview by Michael Gross, Circus Raves, March 1974

HIGH ON THE HOG – BLACK OAK ARKANSAS CELEBRATES SUCCESS. ...

Aretha Franklin: Apollo Theater, New York NY

Live Review by Vernon Gibbs, New Musical Express, 23 March 1974

Aretha: a Queen with no dignity? ...

Charlie Rich: Rich at Heart

Report and Interview by Chris Charlesworth, Melody Maker, 11 May 1974

DISNEY WORLD, Orlando, Florida: You wouldn't catch the Rolling Stones gigging here, or anyone else who's even remotely associated with an anti-establishment following for that ...

Bachman-Turner Overdrive, Guess Who, The: Bachman-Turner Overdrive: 'Let It Ride' In Overdrive

Interview by David Rensin, Rolling Stone, 23 May 1974

"WE PLAY all over the States and almost every radio station we run into has 'Let It Ride' being spun next to the Guess Who's ...

Pete Townshend, The Who: Can You Believe It? Chatting with Pete Townshend

Interview by John Tobler, ZigZag, June 1974

I bet you'd given up all hope of seeing the second part of this little epic, eh? How many of you even remember the first ...

Deep Purple: Monsters of the Deep

Report and Interview by Lester Bangs, New Musical Express, 8 June 1974

I'M SITTING on Deep Purple's jet waiting to take off from Detroit Metro. The accommodations are luxurious and the general mood is a Saturday afternoon ...

Eric Clapton: Danish Blues Power: Eric Clapton

Review and Interview by Chris Welch, Melody Maker, 29 June 1974

"WE WANT Buddy Holly!... I AM Buddy Holly!" ...

The Hudson Brothers: A Real Life Drama Starring The Hudson Brothers

Interview by Ken Barnes, Phonograph Record, January 1975

KEEP YOUR EYE on the Hudson Brothers. They're probably the most exciting new act of the year. Out of thin air, they've presented us with ...

George Harrison: George's Tour Winds Down in New York, and Mr. Harrison Goes to Washington

Report and Interview by Larry Sloman, Rolling Stone, 30 January 1975

NEW YORK — George Harrison scream sings 'Sue Me, Sue You Blues', a song born and bred in this city, to a nearly packed Madison ...

Carl Perkins

Retrospective by Martin Hawkins, Let It Rock, February 1975

And when I hear that double-eagle guitar Makes me think of Carl Perkins when he was a star,Makes me think I spent some of my ...

Chuck Berry: Chuck Has Been Leaving The Stage For 20 Years

Report by Bob Woffinden, NME, 8 March 1975

They weren't complaining – they were awestruck ...

Glen Campbell: Rolling Easy

Profile and Interview by Harvey Kubernik, Melody Maker, 5 April 1975

GLEN CAMPBELL, due in Britain next week for a major tour, and with a new album, Reunion, recorded with Jim Webb, talks to Harvey Kubernik ...

Gladys Knight & The Pips: Midnight Train To Harlem

Report by Penny Valentine, Sounds, 26 April 1975

Blowing it at the Apollo means you haven't really made it at all. After a heart-stopping false start, GLADYS KNIGHT went on to prove that ...

Slik, Cado Belle: Slik and Cado Belle: Scotland The Rave!

Report by Ed Jones, Melody Maker, 26 April 1975

GLASGOW'S GLAMOROUS art deco pleasure palace, the Apollo Discotheque, seethes with expectant energy, awaiting Slik, a flash four-piece of unashamedly commercial pop ambitions. ...

Jimmy Jones: Timin' Is The Thing

Retrospective by Penny Reel, Let It Rock, May 1975

What would have happened if you and IHadn't just happened to meet?We might have spent the rest of our livesWalking down misery street. ...

Jackie Wilson: "I'm a singer not a writer," says Jackie Wilson

Interview by Robin Katz, Sounds, 7 June 1975

'JACKIE Wilson Said' is a song by Van Morrison from the St. Dominic's Preview album. Jackie Wilson said he hasn't met Van Morrison yet to ...

Dells, The, Dramatics, The: The Dells vs The Dramatics

Interview by David Nathan, Blues & Soul, 10 June 1975

TWO OF America's top vocal groups were in New York recently for a concert at The Felt Forum and we got the chance to talk ...

Yes: Relayer and Yesterdays

Review by Ken Barnes, Rolling Stone, 19 June 1975

WITH THEIR LAST five albums (including Relayer) reaching Top Five status, Yes are central to the new British Invasion. ...

Flash Cadillac and the Continental Kids: Flash Cadillac: Sons of the Beaches

Review by Gene Sculatti, Creem, January 1976

What lame-o group is finally going to win the distinction of recording The Last ‘Fifties’ Song of the Seventies? Just when I thought the sub-genre ...