This is one of the best non-'zine music mags I've come across. The writing is insightful, detailed and sometimes unflinchingly honest plus it seems like the writers actually admire the people they write about. The whole thing seems so unconcerned with what's hip at the moment, which is amazing for an English publication. This current issue features 21 pages on the making of Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon, which (whether you like it or not) was a milestone in recording quality and just a really groovy thing to listen to. There's info on what was on each track (from the track sheets) and how things came together. The best is Alan Parsons complaining about David Gilmour's opinion that any engineer (if it hadn't been Alan) would have recorded the same record! There's also features on Jefferson Airplane, Sly Stone, Beth Orton, Village People, the Optigan, our hero George Martin and more. It's hard to fully explain how great this mag is, but from its excellent layout to the high quality of writing it blows doors on crap like Musician or Rolling Stone.
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