The Christmas issue of Record Collector is in the shops this Thursday and features Pete Paphides talking to Benny from ABBA and also picking – and writing elegantly and elegiacally – about the Best 40 ABBA songs. There’s also a remarkable interview by Mike Barnes with Jeff Cotton aka Antennae Jimmy Semens of Captain Beefheart’s Magic Band, a Joe Strummer annotated photo gallery, we meet 60s sunshine pop family The Cowsills, New Jersey rockers Skid Row and Stax smooth operator Johnnie Taylor, Todd Rundgren talks about his new album, we showcase the wares of a fanatical Duran Duran collector, and so much more. Oh, and a 1973 / 2023 glam calendar.
The Fat Angel Sings 