Shindig! Magazine Issue 146 (December 2023) Big Star

Shindig! Magazine Issue 146 (December 2023) Big Star

Features
PP Arnold: The pop-soul legend reflects on her stillborn mid-70s band Axis.
The 2023 Shindig! Writers’ Poll: Our highlights of the year’s music, books, live shows, TV, radio and more.
1964-1984: A brisk trot through 20 years that changed music forever.
1964: The Fairies: Wild, untamed R&B from the blues heartland of, um, Essex.
1974: Big Star: Looking to the past while sounding like the future, the Memphis act crafts its second album.
1984: Plasticland: Out-of-time authentic lysergic emanations!
20 Questions: Folkie, psychedelic seer, bohemian, family man. Donovan celebrates 60 years in music with a deluxe box set of one of his most cherished albums.

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 bundle of Cambridge Audio and Qobuz goodies!
It’s A Happening Thing: Gruff Rhys, Emma Anderson, Project Gemini, Monde UFO, Raze Regal & White Denim Inc, Ruby J, East Village, Jim Jones, European club culture, Gulls.
Family Album: Chris Farlowe With The Hill’s From Here To Mama Rosa.
Songbook: Roger Nichols and Paul Williams’ ‘Do You Really Have A Heart?’
Deep Cuts: Rare, overlooked and unavailable library music albums
Reviews: The best in reissues, new releases, books and live shows.
Prize Crossword: Win the new vinyl edition of The Move’s Shazam.
Vinyl Art: Szörényi Levente’s Hungarian 1973 oddity Utazás.
Vinyl Clicks: Jeremy’s Secret’s The Snowball Effect.

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