In this issue

540 January In this Issue: Iggy Pop 1973/2023 special – The Stooges’ Raw Power revisited + Iggy new interview; Beatles acetate found; John Carpenter - soundtrack king; Linda Hoover rediscovered; fanzines celebrated; Laibach – sturm warning; Christine McVie, Wilko Johnson, Nik Turner and Keith Levene remembered… and much more

Colin MacIntyre – No man is an island

Mull Historical Society mainstay Colin MacIntyre lifts the lid on his vinyl reissues and box set

10+ mins

Jukebox Heroes

Continuing our ongoing survey of unusual formats, Simon Wright looks at the rise and fall of jukebox EPs and 'Little LPs'

4 mins

The Collector

This month: Jeremy Greenspan of Junior Boys

6 mins

VALUE ADDED FACTS

Ian Shirley, Editor Emeritus of the Rare Record Price Guide, answers your questions

10 mins

Diggin' For GOLD

Our regular look at the more arcane corners of record collecting. Includes Label Of Love and Sound And Vision

10+ mins

Christine McVie 1943-2022

In the soft-rock soap opera of Fleetwood Mac at the height of their global fame, Christine McVie was a calming presence. While no stranger to the relationships freefall and wild substance abuse that unwittingly became shorthand for the making of Rumours, there was something steady and reassuring about her ice-cool voice on You Make Loving Fun, Oh Daddy and possibly the finest 200 seconds of her entire career, Songbird.

5 mins

Not Forgotten

Keith Levene 1957-2022 - Keith Levene was, in a literal sense, hugely instrumental in the formation of punk and post-punk. As a teenage member of The Clash, he persuaded Joy Strummer to join the band. He taught Viv Albertine of The Slits to play guitar, and alongside Jah Wobble and John Lydon, he was responsible for some of the pinnacles of the post-punk era, defining achievements such as 1979's Metal Box, a jagged, silver monument which still stands, Shardlike, casting its long shadow.

10+ mins

music to visit

Bob Stanley carries pop's baggage everywhere Ark of the lost Raiders

4 mins

mac on black

Fan or obsessive? Ian McCann long since crossed the divide

4 mins

david quantick likes

...to write a column for Record Collector. Yay Remake/Remodel - or re-record?

3 mins

auteur to author

Luke Haines writes the shuk out of rock'n'roll It's all about the 'tude

3 mins

33 1/3 minutes with...Jake Bugg

A prodigious talent, Jake Bugg burst out of Nottingham aged 18 with his self-titled debut album in 2012. Featuring timeless rock’n’roll hits Lightning Bolt and Two Fingers, it saw Bugg championed by Noel Gallagher and starting a fascinating career that has led to albums produced by Rick Rubin and The Black Keys singer Dan Auerbach. After 2021’s poppier Saturday Night Sunday Morning returned Bugg to the Top 3, his debut has recently been reissued as a deluxe set adding demos and a London Royal Albert Hall show. Bugg tells RC of rediscovering teenage demos, hanging out in Rick Rubin’s garden, and getting walloped with indie stars at football.

4 mins

THE WHO, WHAT, WHERE AND HOW OF 'WHY'

The song Why has a significant place in music history because it was one of the tracks the fledgling Beatles recorded with Tony Sheridan in 1961 before making a recording debut in their own right. But few people know of an earlier, 1958 recording of the song made by Sheridan, which recently surfaced on a 10\" acetate. Beatles scholar Hans Olof Gottfridsson tells the story of a song that would later attain immortality by association.

10+ mins

Iggy Pop Special: Funtime

Credited to Iggy & The Stooges, Raw Power is, to some ears (usually bleeding), the greatest rock album of the early 70s, sheer sonic violence further enlivened by bids to "search and destroy". More than The Stooges' previous two albums, it captures the puressence of rock'n'roll while setting fire to the rulebook. With a little help from James Williamson, their guitarist, Johnnie Johnstone tells the story of its brief yet volatile making and impact following its release a half-century ago this month. And then, on p88, RC is granted an audience with the mighty Iggy Pop in which he traces his career from the band's 1973 landmark to his new solo album, Every Loser, concluding with a Stooges/Pop discography on p97. All aboard.

10+ mins

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Record Collector Magazine Description:

Record Collector Magazine is a monthly magazine dedicated to all aspects of record collecting, from the latest releases to rare and vintage vinyl. It is published by Metropolis Group The magazine covers a wide range of topics, including:

* New releases: Record Collector Magazine reviews new albums from all genres, including rock, pop, jazz, blues, and classical music.
* Reissues: The magazine also reviews reissues of classic albums, as well as box sets and compilations.
* Rare and vintage vinyl: Record Collector Magazine features articles on rare and vintage vinyl, including profiles of record labels, artists, and producers.
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* Record collector interviews: Record Collector Magazine interviews record collectors from all walks of life, from celebrities to everyday people.

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