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REBORN IN THE USA — NME's Ian MacDonald reviews David Bowie's Young Americans in March 1975 and RAM's Anthony O'Grady hears about "plastic soul" and fascist dictators from the transplanted Londoner that summer. Plus Davitt Sigerson reflects on Bowie, Kraftwerk, Giorgio Moroder and the "new musick" in late 1977…
SPACE INVADER — The brilliant Bootsy Collins talks to Cliff White about James Brown, George Clinton, P-Funk… and the theft of the famous "space bass" (1978).
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ALL THE CRITICS LOVE U IN NEW YORK — Davitt Sigerson (right, with Prince in 1996) praises Parade in Rolling Stone (1986). Plus he meets Chic in 1979 and talks to disco's "mix master" Tom Moulton in late 1975. Plus Barney Hoskyns asks Davitt about being "the Barry White of AOR" in 1984…
“When people receive me, they feel cold chills all over them. It makes them feel good, like they’re not dead…”
— Sister Rosetta Tharpe (1964)
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REBORN IN THE USA — NME's Ian MacDonald reviews David Bowie's Young Americans in March 1975 and RAM's Anthony O'Grady hears about "plastic soul" and fascist dictators from the transplanted Londoner that summer. Plus Davitt Sigerson reflects on Bowie, Kraftwerk, Giorgio Moroder and the "new musick" in late 1977…
ALL THE CRITICS LOVE U IN NEW YORK — Davitt Sigerson (right, with Prince in 1996) praises Parade in Rolling Stone (1986). Plus he meets Chic in 1979 and talks to disco's "mix master" Tom Moulton in late 1975. Plus Barney Hoskyns asks Davitt about being "the Barry White of AOR" in 1984…
WATCH THAT MAN — Mick Rock (1948-2021) on how he shot his definitive images of David Bowie, plus Jeff Slater at the New York launch for Mick's book of Lou Reed photographs.
“When people receive me, they feel cold chills all over them. It makes them feel good, like they’re not dead…”
— Sister Rosetta Tharpe (1964)
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SPACE INVADER — The brilliant Bootsy Collins talks to Cliff White about James Brown, George Clinton, P-Funk… and the theft of the famous "space bass" (1978).
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