August 1972
Dear CREEM: Only lousy letters get printed. This one’s lousy, too, so print it.
The Christgau Consumer Guide
THE CHRISTGAU CONSUMER GUIDE
Robert Christgau
Creedence Clearwater Revival, Fleetwood Mac, The Mothers, more
ROCK 'N' ROLL NEWS
The Who will be releasing four albums in the next four months.
THE BEAT GOES ON
Ed Ward
I found myself walking down Telegraph Avenue the other day at this ungodly hour in search of the nearest Ticketron, official distributors of tickets for the long-rumored Rolling Stones concert.
Features
Loose As A Goose & Twice As Truthful
Lester Bangs
A Recounting of Some Times in the Season of Dust
LOONEY TOONS
Dave Marsh
What I’m beginning to discover is not only that anything is possible — everything is.
Features
The Beach Boys A Sixties Epic—Part Two
Tom Smucker
The Beethoven Hassle and Wild Honey
Beach Boys Contest
The following ain’t a quiz, exactly.
And So This Is Christmas
Richard Williams
Up on the 17th floor of the St. Regis Hotel in New York City, John Lennon is on his hands and knees, wading through a pile of Presley singles.
Features
A ROCK N ROLL CIRCUS
Dave Marsh
Rod Stewart and the boys rip it up down south.
Letter From Britain
Devil or Angel?
Simon Frith
Yeah, I know that the Rolling Stones double album is the event of the season but I’m still fixated on the B side of their single.
Features
Todd Rundgren Unchained
Ben Edmonds
The first signal of his approach is the abrupt appearance of a small black dog, hauling its thoroughly pregnant belly behind a couch just quickly enough to cause you to disbelieve your eyes.
Features
Wolfman Jack Finally Shows His Face
Tim Tyler
Radiophonic Svengali of Teenage Minds from Bangor to San Diego
Creemedia
MOVIES
Farouk University, Tits, more
SHORT TAKES
JOE EGG: Another fine play becomes an undistinguished movie.
FLASHES
Creemedia
BOOKS
Memoirs Of A Beatnik, One Hundred Years Of Solitude, more
Records
EXILE ON MAIN STREET: THE ROLLING STONES
The title and some of the songs suggest that they are trying to make some sort of statement about America, while some of the other lyrics attest to a new-found feeling of lassitude and uncertainty in the Stones.
ROCK-A-RAMA
Juke Box Jury
Greg Shaw
A great thing is happening. People are learning to do old songs without being self-conscious about it.
Creem