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At Least Bobby Kennedy Said Thank You
Paul Krassner
Ed Sanders spent a year and a half gathering material for his book The Family: The Story of Charles Manson's Dune Buggy Attack Battalion. I’ve been investigating that case for six months on my own.
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CREEM
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Dear CREEM: Greil Marcus deserves five stars for his great review of Creedence’s Mardi Gras.
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The Christgau Consumer Guide
THE CHRISTGAU CONSUMER GUIDE
Robert Christgau
The Beach Boys, Chuck Berry, Funkadelic, more
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ROOK 'N' ROLL NEWS
Leon Russell’s embarking on a 50 city tour, part of which will be video-taped?
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THE BEAT GOES ON
How do I, nice Catholic boy, ex White Pantherite, nubile young rock writer cum social deviant, get on these fucking mailing lists, anyway?
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Features
The T.A.M.I. Show
Jonh Ingham
Monster Rock Rick Rips Out Freaks Coast To Coast
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Mick Jagger Lives
Dave Marsh
“Listen man,” said a very Southern hip but definitely fictitious vioce, “there’s somethin’ you oughta know about the Stones ...”
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THE J.GEILS BAND IN ACTION
Tony Glover
They’re master of the kick-ass and boogie school of rock and blues.
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Letter From Britain
Join Together With The Band
Simon Frith
The great promoter in the sky has really been getting it together this month. Patterns everywhere.
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A Telegram On Elvis In N.Y.C.
Vince Aletti
Mr. Presley is not coming out until everyone sits down.
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Features
Tobacco Companies Smashed!
Michael R. Aldrich
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Creemedia
MOVIES
Portnoy's Complaint, Stamping Ground, Frenzy
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SHORT TAKES
J.K.
THE OTHER and THE POSSESSION OF JOEL DELANEY are a couple of Rosemary's illegitimate babies.
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FLASHES
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Creemedia
BOOKS
Ringolevio, Rolling Stones: An Unauthorized Biography In Words, Photographs, And Music, more
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Records
LONDON SESSIONS: CHUCK BERRY
No longer does Chess squeeze the stone by forcing their blues masters to make creepy Electric albums with psychedelic rock bands.
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JUKE BOX JURY
Greg Shaw
You don't often see me this excited, seldom to the point where I collar people the minute they walk in the door and drag them over to the record player to hear some new single.
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ROCK-A-RAMA
We record reviewers get hundreds of singer-songwriter (hereafter referred to as SS) albums a month and it's real hard to pick favorites, even though you don't have to listen to any of the records since they all enclose lyrics sheets and they're all poets.
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LEMONANE SPRINGS
Sandra Carroll
I hate hippies. Here I am looking like every other freak in Berkeley and finding myself forced to deal with some of the stupidest people imaginable.