Record Collector #460

Main Features: GUY STEVENS: There's a good chance that he was behind at least one of your favourite records, but what made this musical renaissance man tick? BRAINTICKET: Melting your face, Belgian style JAPANESE JAZZ: All you ever wanted to know about the greatest jams from Japan JOHN LYDON: Ever wondered who had the best pair of shoes the former Mr Rotten has ever come across? You’re in luck... plus all things PiL COVER STORY: THE PEOPLE’S PUNK: “No Strummer, Pistols or The Undertones” to paraphrase, er, The Clash. We talk to fans and bands who were there and hear stories you wouldn’t have read a hundred times – to find out what punk was really all about. Warning: may contain baked beans THE COLLECTOR: Send records to Coventry, c/o Pete Chambers BOB STANLEY: Why his record RAK rings a Bell MAC ON BLACK: Lou Donaldson makes our editor do the Alligator Bogaloo LUKE HAINES: The Television Personalities’ primetime VALUE ADDED FACTS: Bowie, The Vibrators, The Prefects TURNTABLES: We look at the most belting decks out there for Xmas