The History of Rock - July 2015

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Название: The History of Rock

Издательство: Time Inc.

Год / месяц: July 2015

Номер: Issue 1

Формат: PDF

Размер: 40.63 MB

Язык: Английский

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Тема номера: 1965 Month by month

This is the world of The History Of Rock, our new, deluxe monthly magazine that revisits 50 years of extraordinary music, 12 months at a time, by revisiting the incredible interviews and stories printed in NME and Melody Maker.

Well written, informative and with some fabulous photos, these magazines instantly appealed to music enthusiasts and have become sought after pieces of music memorabilia.

Welcome to 1965.

As the year dawns, the personalities who will define much of the music of the next fifty years – be that The Beatles, Bob Dylan, or the Rolling Stones – are all still in their early 20s. They are already working at an extremely high level, producing classic work like "Help", "Highway 61" and “Satisfaction”. In their wake, a second wave of innovators are busy determining their own paths, inspired by the work of others (“they knocked us out” is a phrase you’ll read a lot) and their own unique visions.

The music writers of "New Musical Express" and "Melody Maker" were there with them all. These were not by any means the faintly dandyish figures of the following decades. Rather, these were diligent newspapermen with musical leanings; dedicated record “trade” professionals who uncovered pivotal detail by their fastidious reporting of music events. They skillfully captured the major personalities up close, at a time where music – and along with it, music writing – was undergoing rapid change.

This is the world of The History Of Rock, a new monthly magazine and ongoing project which which reaps the benefits of this access for the reader decades later, one year at a time. In the pages of this first edition, dedicated to 1965, you will find verbatim articles from frontline staffers, compiled into long and illuminating reads. You will be present as enduring reputations (“the witty Beatles”; “the battling Kinks”) are formed, but also to discover fascinating byways off the main track.

You will recognize many of the names, faces and places here, but you’ve perhaps never quite seen them quite so innocently, or so intimately in their time. Here, Carnaby Street is still a fashionable destination. A Rickenbacker guitar, as advertised by John Lennon, will cost you 150 guineas. Andrew Loog Oldham seems to have a hand in everything. America? America is spoken of as an extremely remote place indeed, and a sense of spirited transatlantic competition thrives in the language of much of the reporting.

What may surprise the modern reader most is the access to, and the sheer volume of material supplied by the artists who are now the giants of popular culture. Now, a combination of wealth, fear and lifestyle would conspire to keep reporters at a rather greater length from the lives of musicians.

At this stage, however, representatives from "New Musical Express" and "Melody Maker" are where it matters. At John Lennon’s dinner table. Being serenaded by John Coltrane in his hotel room. In a TV studio with the Rolling Stones.

Join them there. You’ll be knocked out!