Issue #406

OCTOBER 2012

OCTOBER 2012

THE KINKS IN CANDID DETAIL
RAY DAVIES GIVES AN INTERVIEW THAT IS SOMETHING ELSE. THE AGONY AND THE XTC The painful birth of English Settlement. KISS Noisy puckers. BUNNY LEE Reggae’s big boss. THE DELLS Goodbye to soul’s greatest group.  THE MERSEYS How an anvil killed a career!

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JON LORD The organist whose career was one long Purple patch
KISS Pucker book demands a Monster investment
THE DELLS For whom The Dells toll: soul heroes take a final bow
THE MERSEYS Swinging 60s duo marching to their own beat
BUNNY LEE Reggae’s origins remembered: ‘Striker’ lights the way
XTC The creation and painful aftermath of English Settlement
COVER STORY: THE KINKS Kontroversy and kontention: king Kink Ray Davies in konversation
Ahmed Abdul-Malik/Chick Ganimian Oud Vibrations
Aimee Mann Charmer
Andy Flannagan Drowning In The Shallow
Animal Collective Centipede Hz
Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti Mature Themes
Beth Orton Sugaring Season
Blancmange The Very Best Of Blancmange
Bob Dylan Tempest
Brötzmann/Bennink Schwarzwaldfahrt
Carl Puttnam & Alaric Neville Old Masters 1999-2012
Cat Power Sun
Catherine Irwin Little Heater
Dead Can Dance Anastasis
Deep Purple Machine Head
Diamond Terrifier Kill The Self That Wants To Kill Yourself
DJ Shadow Reconstructed
Elis Regina Elis Regina In London
Elvis Costello Original Album Series
Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caballé Barcelona: Special Edition
Happy Mondays Call The Cops: Live In New York 1990
Ian Hunter & The Rant Band When I’m President
INXS Kick 25
J Marks & Shipen Lebzelter Rock And Other Four Letter Words
Kid Koala 12 Bit Blues
King Curtis Wail Man Wail! The Best Of…
Laibach An Introduction to… Laibach/Reproduction Prohibited
Lindisfarne Fog On The Tyne
Luke Haines Outsider/In: The Collection
Lynyrd Skynyrd Last Of A Dyin’ Breed
Magic Sam Raw Blues
Magnum On The Thirteenth Day
Mary Coughlan The Whole Affair: The Very Best Of Mary Coughlan
Mike Seeger Mike Seeger
Patterson Hood Heat Lightning Rumbles In The Distance
Peter Green Splinter Group Blues Don’t Change
Priscilla Paris Love, Priscilla
Redd Kross Researching The Blues
Rickie Lee Jones The Devil You Know
Robert Hood Motor: Nighttime World 3
Robert Randolph & The Family Band Live In Concert
Sensations’ Fix Music Is Painting In The Air (1974-1977)
Sex Pistols Never Mind The Bollocks… Here’s The Sex Pistols
Smashing Pumpkins Pisces Iscariot
Spear Of Destiny The Singles 1983-88
Spirit Two Sides Of A Rainbow
Steel Pulse Prodigal Sons: The Best Of…
Steve Harris British Lion
Steve Vai The Story Of Light
Swing Out Sister It’s Better To Travel
Taj Mahal The Hidden Treasures Of Taj Mahal: 1969-1973
Tamba Trio Tempo
The Botanist III: Doom In Bloom
The Christians Speed Of Life
The Dixon Brothers A Blessing To People
The Glitter Band Listen To The Band
The Highliners Live At The Klub Foot
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion Meat+Bone
The Orb Featuring Lee Scratch Perry The Orbserver In The Star House
The Pineapple Thief All The Wars
The Sea And Cake Runner
The Specials More… Or Less: The Specials Live
The Touré-Raichel Collective The Tel Aviv Session
Thee Oh Sees Putrifiers II
Tia Blake And Her Folk Group Folksongs And Ballads
Travis & Fripp Follow
UFO The Decca Years: The Best Of 1970-73
Various Artists Best Of Robsoul
Various Artists Electric Eden
Various Artists Electrospective: Electronic Music Since 1958
Various Artists Girls On 45
Various Artists Modern Music: 1945
Vernon Reid Mistaken Identity
Autopsy Born Undead
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band The Lost Broadcasts
Freddie Mercury The Great Pretender
Ian Dury & The Blockheads Live At Rockpalast
Jimi Hendrix Plays Berkeley
John Lee Hooker Cook With The Hooker: Live In 1974
Muddy Waters/ The Rolling Stones Checkerboard Lounge Live Chicago 1981
Ozzy Osbourne Speak Of The Devil
Various Artists Last Shop Standing
Various Artists Heavy Metal Parking Lot
Ace Frehley No Regrets: A Rock’n’Roll Memoir by Ace Frehley With Joe Layden & John Ostrosky
Bunny ‘Striker’ Lee Reggae Going International 1967- 1976: The Bunny ‘Striker’ Lee Story by Noel Hawks & Jah Floyd
Elvis Presley Bootleg Elvis: The Vinyl Records: From 1970 To Today by Felix Gübeli (Ed)
Mati Klarwein Mati & The Music by Mati Klarwein & Serge Bramly
Mike Scott Adventures Of A Waterboy by Mike Scott
Talk Talk Spirit Of Talk Talk by James Marsh, Chris Roberts & Tony Benjamin
Talking Heads Fear Of Music by Jonathan Lethem
The Smiths Morrissey & Marr, The Severed Alliance: 20th Anniversary Edition by Johnny Rogan
Various Artists Galactic Zoo Dossier (Number 9) by
Various Artists Punk: An Aesthetic by Johan Kugelberg & Jon Savage (Eds)
Chris Farlowe Belfast Woodstock Rhythm & Blues Festival (9th August, 2012)
Claudia Brücken London Shepherd’s Bush Bush Hall (19th July, 2012)
Jessie J London Camden Roundhouse (4th August, 2012)
Porretta Soul Festival Porretta Terme Rufus Thomas Park, Italy (19th July, 2012)
The Fall Cork Pavilion, Ireland (21st July, 2012)
Blur Wolverhampton Civic Hall (5th August, 2012)
Blur London Hyde Park (12th August, 2012)
Cambridge Rock Haggis Farm Polo Club (2nd August, 2012)
Beyond Our Ken Paul English and Vic Davis
Editor’s Letter Ian McCann
Grey-coloured Topswap Terry Macdonald
More On The Bone Jim Sheepy
Nightmares On Wax Gwilym Chesterfield
Play Or Preserve Part Ii Warren Shrimpton, Kirk Robinson and Paul Clarry
Take Part In Research Alice Bailey
Your Advice, Please Alan Lord