Record Collector Issue 522 (September 2021)

Record Collector Issue 522 (September 2021) George Harrison

Exclusive features include:

• GEORGE HARRISON - It’s always the quiet ones. So it proved when a lesser-celebrated Beatle dropped his first post-Fabs solo set in 1970 and arguably outshone his old bandmates. Colleagues, friends and family share their thoughts as it turns 51
• PETER HAMMILL - The art-rock pioneer retraces his off-kilter career, both solo and with Van Der Graaf Generator
• BRIAN MAY - The Queen guitar icon talks us through his newly reissued solo work, via tales of Freddie, Cozy and Axl Rose
• JOSEF K - The early Postcard signings offer faintly baffled reflections on how their idiosyncratic post-punk sound has endured
• READING FESTIVAL - Fifty years ago, someone had the bright idea of building a festival on a flooded landfill site. It could never work, could it
• ALLIGATOR RECORDS - The story of the resilient, influential Chicago blues label, according to founder Bruce Iglauer
• FRED NEIL - Remembering the under-acknowledged, multivalent folk songwriter