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David Bowie: Station to Station: The importance of David Bowie

Essay by Paul Morley, Financial Times, 3 September 2010

HOW MUCH DO you like David Bowie? You will have to like him a lot to want to spend more than £80 on a deluxe ...

Book Excerpt by Mitchell Cohen, 'Looking for the Magic' (Trouser Press Books), Summer 2022

This is the second of two excerpts on RBP from Mitchell Cohen's book Looking for the Magic: New York City, the '70s and the Rise ...

Elvis Presley: Caught in a Trap: The Kidnapping of Elvis – Two Excerpts

Book Excerpt by Chris Charlesworth, (Red Planet Books), August 2017

The first extract from Caught in a Trap features Elvis in hospital (which is true) accepting a phone call from Richard Nixon (which probably isn't). ...

Bring Back the Single

Comment by Geoffrey Cannon, The Guardian, 22 October 1968

A STORY of virtue rewarded: Polydor, tiny in Britain compared with EMI or Decca, sold more LPs in the third quarter of 1968 than any ...

Byrds, The, David Crosby, Chris Hillman: Jim Dickson, 1931-2011

Obituary by Rob Hughes, The Guardian, 27 June 2011

Producer and manager behind the Byrds ...

Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra: Juggy Gayles: Leader of the Old School

Profile and Interview by Holly George-Warren, Rolling Stone, 24 March 1994

JUGGY GAYLES hyped records the old-fashioned way-with style ...

Led Zeppelin, Bad Company: Mark Blake: Bring It On Home – Peter Grant, Led Zeppelin and Beyond (Constable)

Book Review by Stephen Dalton, The Times, 20 October 2018

The manager of Led Zeppelin was a giant with giant appetites, says Stephen Dalton. ...

Making It: Heavy Metal in Hollywood

Report and Interview by Jim Sullivan, The Boston Globe, November 1989

LOS ANGELES – It's 2:20 a.m., a Sunday, just after the rock clubs on Sunset Boulevard have rousted the last rowdies and kicked out the ...

Osibisa, Three Dog Night, Who, The: The More Successful You Get, The More Equipment You Get, So Teams Are Needed To Get Everything From Place To Place

Report and Interview by Ian Dove, Billboard, 6 November 1971

THEY ALSO SERVE WHO ONLY LIFT AND HANDLE... ...

Johnny Clarke, Desmond Dekker, Bob Marley & the Wailers, Lee 'Scratch' Perry, Max Romeo, Derrick Morgan: Working Like Trojans

Report and Interview by Mike Atherton, Record Collector, July 2003

Mike Atherton delves into the revitalised world of the renowned reggae label Trojan. ...

Def Leppard: Rock's New Gift of Garb

Report and Interview by Michael Goldberg, Rolling Stone, 3 November 1988

Once maligned, concert merchandising is now rock's hottest business ...

Bill Drummond, Echo & The Bunnymen, Teardrop Explodes, The: A Life In The Day Of Bill Drummond

Interview by Mark Cooper, Record Mirror, 3 April 1982

Bill Drummond, manager of The Bunnymen and The Teardrops, talks to Mark Cooper ...

Grateful Dead, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Boz Scaggs: Bill Graham: Mister Fillmore

Interview by Loraine Alterman, Melody Maker, 27 May 1972

Loraine Alterman in New York previews Fillmore, the film about America's legendary rock centre... and talks to its star, super-impresario Bill Graham ...

P. Diddy

Interview by Alan Light, Elle, October 2006

"THERE HE IS! There he is!" ...

Desmond Dekker, John Holt, Bob Marley & the Wailers, Dandy Livingstone: Reggae... The Hits You Never Hear

Report by Rob Partridge, Melody Maker, 21 July 1973

Scores of reggae records sell enough copies to qualify as pop hits. But you won't see them on the charts and you won't hear them ...

Millie Jackson, Prince, Rick James, D-Train, Maze, Skyy (US), Brass Construction: Touring Talent Sacrifices Luxury For Livelihood

Report by Vernon Gibbs, Billboard, 5 June 1982

Revert To '60s Packaging ...

Frank Turner: Live rock returns, from a distance: inside Frank Turner's "government-endorsed" pilot concert

Review by Ian Winwood, Daily Telegraph, 29 July 2020

AT FOUR PM on Tuesday 28th July, the English singer Frank Turner leans over a table in a small room in South West London and ...

Bob Marley & the Wailers: Island Records turns 50

Retrospective and Interview by Rob Fitzpatrick, The Times, 3 May 2009

NOTE: This is the original "director's cut" version of the piece that ran in the The Times ...

Crosby Stills Nash & Young: Mel Bush: The Man Who Hired The World

Book Excerpt by Mick Gold, Rock On The Road (Futura), April 1976

A PROMOTER IS THE middleman between a musician and an audience. A promoter hires a venue, books an act, organises the publicity, is responsible for ...

Doors, The: Elektra: When Worlds Collide

Retrospective by Larry Jaffee, Record Collector News, February 2020

Former Manhattan home of Elektra Records faces demolition. The Doors' heyday coincided with label being at 1855 Broadway ...