The Shindig! Montage
Just in time for the Xmas rush. Here’s our 2024 bookazine.
The Shindig! Montage is a must for all lovers of North American ’60s garage and psych music, circa 1965-71. Across 128 pages, 16 long form and in-depth articles and histories, often including fresh interviews, run with photos, records sleeves and posters. Covering such revered cult artists as The Remains, The Seeds, The Music Machine, Powder, and The Free Design, and acclaimed acts The Doors, The Jefferson Airplane, Country Joe & The Fish, Love, and Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band, this bookazine will thrill genre obsessives in search of a cohesive collection on this fascinating and enduring era.
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Contents
JEFFERSON AIRPLANE: NEIL HUSSEY compares the two classic 1967 albums.
THE TURTLES: MIKE FORNATALE chronicles the year they hit big.
THE REMAINS: BILL KOPP on Boston’s finest, before and after The Beatles.
CAPTAIN BEEFHEART: JOHNNIE JOHNSTONE tells the story of Safe As Milk.
THE FREE DESIGN: RACHEL LICHTMAN charts the career of the harmony-laden family band.
LOVE: IAN GILCHRIST speaks with Johnny Echols about the early years. Sidebar by GRAY NEWELL.
THE PEANUT BUTTER CONSPIRACY: GRAY NEWELL reappraises Los Angeles’ finest psychedelic folk-rock band.
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: CHRISTOPHER BUDD looks at the impact and influence of this experimental sextet.
POWDER: LYRIC SEIDENSTICKER considers what could have been. Sidebar by JON ‘MOJO’ MILLS.
THE MUSIC MACHINE: LENNY HELSING’s account of the mark two version. Sidebar by JON ‘MOJO’ MILLS.
THE POPPY FAMILY: ANDY MORTEN unearths dark pop treasures and power struggles.
PAUL REVERE & THE RAIDERS: BILL KOPP traces the long career of one of America’s biggest bands.
COUNTRY JOE & THE FISH: JOHNNY BLACK recounts the countercultural origins of the San Fran legends. Sidebar by SID GRIFFIN.
THE SEEDS: KRIS NEEDS reconsiders flower power outing Future. Sidebar by LENNY HELSING.
NEIGHB’RHOOD CHILDR’N: RICHARD TURNER celebrates the wrongly ignored folk-rock act. Sidebar by GREG PREVOST.
THE DOORS: KRIS NEEDS explores their legacy with Robby Krieger, Ray Manzarek, and producer Bruce Botnik.
