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CRASH LANDING – The life and death of rock's greatest guitarist:  Chris Welch's 1970 obituary of Jimi Hendrix, plus John Morthland and Al Aronowitz at Jimi's funeral.

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THEY SHALL BE RELEASED – Michael Gray reports on yet more Dylan releases
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THE SOURCE – Some of the best writing on Afro-American music from the pen of Miles Marshall Lewis, including interviews with OutKast (1996), and Russell Simmons (2003) and this tribute to Aaliyah (2001).

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“We see each other for business purposes and meetings... and, it’s, well, let’s just say that it’s ‘formal’...”
John Paul Jones on Messrs. Page and Plant (1999)

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STONE FREE – The last Jimi Hendrix interview, a week before his death. By Keith Altham (1970).

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