Record Collector #469

Main Features: RC INVESTIGATES: Inside an online auction house VALUE ADDED FACTS: Early Elton, Ja Man Dub, Mickey Finn DAVID QUANTICK: Should music and having a laugh be mutually exclusive? MAC ON BLACK: Ronnie Dyson’s, uh, golden touch LUKE HAINES: How live LPs and Freemans catalogues shaped young minds BOB STANLEY: Concept albums that beat Pepper’s to the punch THE COLLECTOR: Dub’s been good to Adrian Sherwood FRANK ZAPPA: “No Stairway, denied!” Not for our Frank JOHNNY KIDD: Original Pirate material, straight out of Willesden BLACK GRAPE: Shaun Ryder talks about his second act, and its future RICHARD PINHAS: We profile the still-pioneering Heldon guitarist BUDDY GUY: The highs and lows of one of the last bluesmen standing FREEDOM’S CHILDREN: The unsung heroes of South African rock BBC SOUND FX: When license fees paid for grown men to make duck noises COVER STORY: PUNK ’77: Kris Needs on a year that shook rock’n’roll FLARE: The inside story on our never-before-heard Rare Record Club release