September 1972
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.
CREEM
Dear CREEM: Greil Marcus deserves five stars for his great review of Creedence’s Mardi Gras.
The Christgau Consumer Guide
THE CHRISTGAU CONSUMER GUIDE
Robert Christgau
The Beach Boys, Chuck Berry, Funkadelic, more
ROOK 'N' ROLL NEWS
Leon Russell’s embarking on a 50 city tour, part of which will be video-taped?
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?
Features
The T.A.M.I. Show
Jonh Ingham
Monster Rock Rick Rips Out Freaks Coast To Coast
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 ...”
THE J.GEILS BAND IN ACTION
Tony Glover
They’re master of the kick-ass and boogie school of rock and blues.
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.
A Telegram On Elvis In N.Y.C.
Vince Aletti
Mr. Presley is not coming out until everyone sits down.
Features
Tobacco Companies Smashed!
Michael R. Aldrich
Creemedia
MOVIES
Portnoy's Complaint, Stamping Ground, Frenzy
SHORT TAKES
J.K.
THE OTHER and THE POSSESSION OF JOEL DELANEY are a couple of Rosemary's illegitimate babies.
FLASHES
Creemedia
BOOKS
Ringolevio, Rolling Stones: An Unauthorized Biography In Words, Photographs, And Music, more
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.
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.
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.
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.