for the new(ish) April issue of Literary Review I commissioned a number of pieces, including Deborah Levy on Bowie, Rosa Lyster on creative non-fiction, Jon Savage on Pulp, mike harrison on Oyamada, Richard Williams on Kind of Blue, Chris Power on HGarner
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Bought OTD in 1969: proper first wave UK psych - the product of the getting it together in the country ur-myth. Very found of this - some great jazzy pop songs, a convincing title jam, and I like Dave Mason’s goofy explorations

Bought OTD in 1970: his first album, before the saccharine took over. Concise tuneful songs about pop stardom, femme fatales, and getting an erection. Side 2 is the pick, with the title track, Katmandu and Lilywhite

Bought OTD in 1969: the toughest, hardest Brit R&B lp to date. No quarter asked or given. Mystic Eyes is the perfect opener - a live jam captured in the studio - but my vote goes to the mega reverbed Diamond and the bitter London song, You Just Can’t Win

Buzzcocks, Johnny Moped, Wire, X-Ray Spex and Smak's gig at the Roxy reviewed by Jon Savage in Sounds 16th, April 1977. Pics by Gus Stewart.
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Bought OTD in 1969: cheap. Pretty terrific soul/Stones/Byrds hybrid with a top 40 hit and intense, punk energy. Picks: Signed DC, Mushroom Clouds, Gazing, Can’t Explain. Surf instro Emotions was used in Medium Cool, great film about 1968 Chicago riot

15th, April 1978 an article on Cabaret Voltaire by Jon Savage. 'We got together as a mutual interest in sound it was only later that the idea of gigging came up.'
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Bought OTD in 1971: 2/3rds great album - some unnecessary blues and the 78rom gimmick is a nause on vinyl, but some terrific rockers and great tracks like He, Motorcycle Irene and Rose Coloured Eyes. The Grape Jam lp is bobbins

Bought OTD in 1970: this was bashed to hell. The 1964 demos: the ballroom tunes are charming, the first album material is sweetly done and the three forgotten Gene Clark songs are amazing: You Showed Me, the Reason Why, For Me Again. Airport Song great too

Bought OTD in 1970: another crucial teenage record (I was 16). It had the hit that I remembered from TOTP because it was played with film of Dylan arriving at Heathrow. But the second side did it for me: much loved, played constantly

The Sex Pistol's gig in London reviewed by Jon Savage in Sounds 9th, April 1977. @pistolsofficial
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Bought OTD in 1971: the pop album, recorded in 1966. And their best. The hits of course, plus a great opener and closer. Embryonic Journey is a cool glass of water, while the Today/ Comin Back To Me stretches out a fog bound, smoky, ambient romanticism

Jerry Dreva and Robert Lambert of radical gay concept group Les Petits Bon Bons pictured in Rock Scene late 1973. The Bons Bons were famous for being famous and cut a swathe through the LA glam scene

My absolute all time favourite album. ❤️

Bought OTD in 1969: a defining record of my teenage years and an all time favourite that deserves all
the plaudits and more. ‘Write the rules in the sky/ But ask your leaders why’

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Bought OTD in 1970: not issued in UK. Found cheap in Switzerland. Very patchy but the Jeff Beck collabs are standouts, as is the Susan/ Atlantis single coupling. I Love My Shirt is ridiculous. The last Most production and the end of a great run

2nd, April 1977 Made In Britain images of the New Wave by the Sounds staff including Jonh Ingham, Eve & Giovani Dadomo, Jon Savage and Vivien Goldman.
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