Shindig!
Issue 173
Features Amy Rigby: The future Mod Housewife seeks fame and possibly fortune in Nashville. Frank Zinn: The West Coast pop explosion through the lens of a neglected talent. Cream: New volatile supergroup searches for direction and identity in 1966! Still Life: Coventry beat journeymen turn to progressive rock. The Gants: The Mississippi garage-pop quartet struggle to get their true voice heard. Elvis Costello: Pop agitator par excellence. Early days with Stiff Records, Clover, The Attractions and commercial breakthrough. 20 Questions: Al Jardine The Beach Boy who brought folk music, eco-32 awareness and a solid reliability to one of the most potent musical mixes in pop history. Regulars Thoughts & Words: Your letters, tweets and emails. Shindiggin' What's hot on the Shindig! turntable. Subscribers' Prize Draw: Subscribe now and you could win a pair of Cambridge Audio Melomania P100 SE headphones. It's A Happening Thing: Uni Boys, Steve Diggle, Iraina Mancini, The Jetset, Mod Lang, The Forty Fours, Carwyn Ellis & Rio 18, Jim Noir, Skep Wax Records, Flood. Family Album: Mike Hart's emotionally candid 1969 debut Mike Hart Bleeds. Deep Cuts: The golden era of the pedal steel guitar. Back To Back: The Yardbirds and Al Stewart 'Turn Into Earth'. Reviews: The best in reissues, new releases, books and live shows. Prize Crossword: Win a copy of Bob Stanley's Wednesday Morning 6 AM Radio Hits From The Small Hours 1970-1983. Vinyl Art: Ronnie Aldrich's corporate 1979 oddity Tomorrow's Yesterdays. Vinyl Clicks: Arty pop moves on 1972 one-off The Roger Saunders Rush Album.