Galactic Ramble

This blog is a companion to FLASHBACK magazine, which I edit, and to my GALACTIC RAMBLE and ENDLESS TRIP books. All of these cover the 60s and 70s UK and US music scenes in detail. You can email me at flashbackmag@gmail.com.

Wednesday, 23 March 2011

ENDLESS TRIP in Record Collector

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The five-star review below appears in the current issue of Record Collector, and calls Endless Trip 'knowledgeable', 'percep...

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Wednesday, 16 March 2011

Pink Floyd: vipers at the gates of dawn

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Pink Floyd, summer 1967 - note the hip fans in the background, and Roger's crotch - I do hope he wasn't cheating Pink Floyd ...

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Friday, 4 March 2011

Pete Townshend: anxious to start moving musically

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My friend Richie Unterberger's new book has just been published. Entitled Won't Get Fooled Again: The Who From Lifehouse To Quadrop...

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Wednesday, 2 March 2011

Spirogyra: fairly loud without being ear-splitting

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Spirogyra tend to be termed 'acid folk', but a better description of them would be an idiosyncratic acoustic rock group. Initially ...

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Sunday, 20 February 2011

Endless Trip in Shindig

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Endless Trip is a 'star pick' in the January / February issue of Shindig. The review describes the book as 'an enticing mix that...

Wednesday, 16 February 2011

Endless Trip in The Wire

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Endless Trip is warmly reviewed in the current (March 2011) issue of The Wire . The review (below) says in part that 'those who think t...

Wednesday, 2 February 2011

This pretentious rubbish called 'rock'

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This priceless letter comes from the April 1972 issue of Records & Recording magazine, and perfectly encapsulates what was a very popul...

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Richard: Hello! My name is Richard Morton Jack, and I live in London. This blog is a companion to my GALACTIC RAMBLE and ENDLESS TRIP books, and to the magazine I edit, FLASHBACK, all of which cover the 60s and 70s UK and US music scenes in detail. I started the Sunbeam label in 2005 and the Flashback label in 2015. Both specialise in meticulous reissues of lost classics.

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