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Jimmy Page the power and the glory

Jimmy Page the power and the glory

Interview by Jonathan Wingate Iseems entirely fitting that Jimmy Page is sitting here in the artists’ lounge of Gibson Guitars’ Soho offices. We are here to discuss the release of the appropriately titled It Might Get Loud, a triumphant and truly compelling cinematic journey through the lives of Page, U2’s The Edge and Jack White of The White Stripes – three of the most …

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PINK FLOYD Transmission: Now Possible

PINK FLOYD Transmission: Now Possible

RC’s resident archive film consultant Keith Badman reports on the recent recovery of two of Top Of The Pops’ most legendary moments I shall never forget the time and date, approximately 3:30 on the afternoon of Tuesday, 10 November 2009, when Dick Fiddy, of the British Film Institute, showed me the two, recently recovered editions of Top Of The Pops. Finding lost clips from this now …

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“ Jimi Hendrix loved the way I sang. We would have been a two-guitar band. It would have been just great.”

“ Jimi Hendrix loved the way I sang. We would have been a two-guitar band. It would have been just great.”

STEPHEN STILLS looks back on a rollercoaster career that has seen him survive superstardom, booze, drugs and cancer to enjoy his current renaissance Interview by Rob Hughes The summer of 1971 was a testing time for Stephen Stills. Latest album Stephen Stills 2, despite a rapid ascent up the US charts, had come in for a fair bit of criticism from the music press, mainly for its liberal …

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Reviews from the current issue

Here is a selection from over 200 reviews from this month's Record Collector, the magazine that has the world's largest coverage of reissues

AUTOGRAPH - That’s The Stuff

US hair-metallers’ 1985 outing Led by singer/guitarist Steve Plunkett, this West Coast quintet unleashed a 10-tracker that spawned stateside hits and supports with the likes of Mötley Crüe in the middle of the 80s. Their label reissued the platter with a slick cover of Grand Funk Railroad’s We’re An American Band, to distinguish them from Russia’s …

ALBUM REVIEW From Issue 373

WESLEY WILLIS - Wesley Willis’ Joy Rides

Rock over London, rock over Chicago; rock in peace When Wesley Willis finally succumbed to leukemia in August 2003, it was the last in a long line of tragedies that plagued the man who, without ever acheiving mainstream success, became one of the richest, most talked about “outsider artists” of the 90s and 00s. At six-and-a-half-feet and over 300 pounds, Willis may …

DVD REVIEW From Issue 373

The Beatles: Across The Universe On Tour & On Stage by Andy Neill

Beatlemania… yet again Surely there’s nothing left untold as far as The Beatles are concerned? With images sourced from the archives of the Mirror, (currently the world’s largest newspaper archive) this is a compilation of many previously unseen photos. In his foreword, the Mirror’s 60s showbiz columnist Don Short (who supposedly coined the term …

BOOK REVIEW From Issue 373

PUBLIC IMAGE LIMITED - Leeds Academy (16th December, 2009)

View: standing, stage-right Tonight’s PiL gig made me uncomfortable. Not because you end up seeing much of the gig through the screen of someone else’s camera-phone, but John Lydon broke down in tears halfway through Death Disco, his father’s recent death bringing emotions to the surface. Kicking off with Public Image, however, much of the set contained material from Metal Box …

LIVE REVIEW From Issue 373

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