The latest issue of Record Collector, due out this Thursday, if you were there in the early 70s at the various free festivals and West London happenings that made up the period’s countercultural ‘freak scene’. And if you weren’t, hopefully this month’s cover story will bring it alive. Props to writer Sarah Gregory for tracking down some of the survivors/major players and getting them to retell/relive the tale. Elsewhere, Danny Baker explains why he’s decided to auction off his record collection, Jim Reid of the Jesus and Mary Chain reveals the names of his most loathed 80s acts, we meet ‘ambient metal’ progenitors Earth and the reliably engaging Elbow, introduce the ‘discodelic’ (it says here) Say She She and ‘American Clash’ Red Rockers, recall the moment Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Muddy Waters brought the blues to a Manchester railway station, and review Nico, Bowie and the Manics among many others. A nod’s as good as a Twink, or something.
The Fat Angel Sings 