Mark Shipper
Mark Shipper was the founder and editor of one of the first and most influential rock fanzines, Flash. He later wrote for Phonograph Record Magazine and became editor of the music industry trade publication Radio & Records. He is the author of Paperback Writer: The Life and Times of the Beatles, the Spurious Chronicle of Their Rise to Stardom, Their Triumphs and Disasters, Plus the Amazing Story of Their Ultimate Reunion (1978). He currently writes the Shipper Report for radio stations across the U.S.
15 articles
List of articles in the library
The Standells: The Blue Max, Van Nuys, California
Live Review by Mark Shipper, Phonograph Record, November 1972
IT WAS the best kept secret in town, but yessir, the Standells came through here a couple of weeks ago to play their tough-as-nails brand ...
Raspberries: The Raspberries: Fresh (Capitol)
Review by Mark Shipper, Phonograph Record, December 1972
THEY'RE A monument to youthful exuberance, a triumph of pure adolescent joyousness over post-teen disillusionment, and maybe just the last straw it's gonna take to ...
Judy Collins: True Stories And Other Dreams (Elektra)
Review by Mark Shipper, Phonograph Record, April 1973
LIKE AIR pollution or a sore that won't heal, Judy Collins will not go away. She is godlike only in that she's been around forever. ...
Flo & Eddie, J. Geils Band, T. Rex, Wings: Pipeline
Column by Mark Shipper, Phonograph Record, June 1973
EDITOR'S NOTE: After many months of intensive negotiations with his career advisors and financial counselors, Phonograph Record Magazine is pleased to announce the acquisition of ...
The Sonics: Explosives (BuckShot Records)
Review by Mark Shipper, Phonograph Record, June 1973
SUPPOSE I TOLD you there actually existed a band at one time (say around 1965) who sounded like (but better than) the Kinks on 'All ...
George Harrison, Jefferson Airplane, Joan Baez: Pipeline
Column by Mark Shipper, Phonograph Record, July 1973
AS THE DUKE of American Rock Critics, I am afforded privileges and favors undreamed of by others in my profession. ...
Grateful Dead, Steely Dan: Pipeline
Column by Mark Shipper, Phonograph Record, September 1973
"GREAT ALBUMS are hard to find these days," I once wrote in my definitive book on the subject, Great Albums Are Hard To Find These ...
Leon Russell, New York Dolls: Pipeline
Column by Mark Shipper, Phonograph Record, October 1973
ONE OF ROCK'S great unanswered questions (due to the fact that nobody cares enough to ask it) is this one: exactly what is bugging Leon ...
Leon Russell, The Rolling Stones: Pipeline
Column by Mark Shipper, Phonograph Record, November 1973
IT WAS AN unusually hot week in Kingston, Jamaica. Early spring this year. I was having lunch at an outdoor cafe with an up and ...
Bette Midler, Bob Dylan, Linda Ronstadt, Wings: Pipeline
Column by Mark Shipper, Phonograph Record, December 1973
WELL, 1973 IS gone and a new year is upon us. The only reason I mention that is because some of you are so dunced-out ...
The Band: Islands (Capitol SO-11602)
Review by Mark Shipper, Phonograph Record, April 1977
A FRIEND OF mine called me one night last summer and told me he had an extra ticket to the Band concert that night and ...
The Beatles, Bob Dylan: I Don't Believe in Zimmerman
Book Excerpt by Mark Shipper, Paperback Writer (New English Library), 1978
THE FIRST few months of 1966 were pleasant ones for the Beatles. Meat The Beatles remained at the top of the charts all over the ...
Memoir by Mark Shipper, Rock's Backpages, April 2012
WELL, I CAN'T STAND IT ANYMORE. Deep in the back of my head I have this Karmic debt I owe to Greg Shaw for setting ...
Donna Summer: Thoughts on Donna Summer
Comment by Mark Shipper, Rock's Backpages, May 2012
BY NOW YOU'VE HEARD about the sad passing of Donna Summer or, as she's always referred to, "Disco Queen Donna Summer" – she hated that ...
Comment by Mark Shipper, Rock's Backpages, June 2013
ONLY FOUR YEARS too late, but I never looked for anything like this, since I never expected anyone to share my feelings for the work ...
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