Elliott Murphy
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Interview by Archie Patterson, Rock's Backpages, 23 December 2009
The man who bore the weight of being the "New Dylan" in the mid-'70s looks back at his early days, his move to Europe, and brings us up to date with where he's at in the 21st century
File format: mp3; file size: 20.9mb; Interview length: 22' 52"; sound quality: ***
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Report by Dave Marsh, Newsday, 19 August 1973
Being a Partial Compendium of Some of the More (Or Less) Outstanding New York Unknowns ...
Profile and Interview by John Swenson, The Village Voice, 29 November 1973
I DOUBT IF anyone has ever taken a poll, but Blonde on Blonde seems to be recognized in a lot of circles as Dylan's "best" ...
Elliott Murphy: Last of the Rock & Roll Stars?
Profile and Interview by Dave Marsh, Creem, January 1974
UNLIKE THE everyday American pop star, Elliott Murphy doesn't need to demand attention when he enters a room; he just walks in, and he's got ...
Elliott Murphy: Aquashow (Polydor PD-5061)
Review by Gary Kenton, Phonograph Record, 3 January 1974
DON'T YOU just hate to pick up a music magazine (or megapaper, as the case may be) and see a review in which some snot-nosed ...
New York Dolls, Elliott Murphy: Academy of Music, New York NY
Live Review by Chris Charlesworth, Melody Maker, 23 February 1974
NEW YORK: A noticeable aspect of the current rock scene here is the number of artists who are very directly influenced by musicians of the ...
Farewell Androgyny n. hermaphroditism (Gr. Gyne, woman)
Overview by Nick Kent, New Musical Express, 16 March 1974
Is it time to shut the closet door? OUR HERO SEES THROUGH THE SEE-THROUGHS AND COMES TO THE CONCLUSION THAT ELEGANCE IS MORE THAN A LIMP ...
New York Dolls/Eliott Murphy: The Academy of Music, New York
Live Review by Alan Betrock, Phonograph Record, April 1974
VALENTINE GLITTER: DOLLS & ELLIOTT MURPHY, THE SWEETHEARTS OF NEW YAWK CITY ...
Elliot Murphy: Night Lights (RCA)
Review by Bud Scoppa, Phonograph Record, March 1976
Lost Generation, the second album by this hero-obsessed New Yorker, made it clear that Murphy’s haughty, proper-noun-laden style could be undercut by unsympathetic or insensitive ...
Elliott Murphy: Just A Story From America (CBS)
Review by Andy Gill, New Musical Express, 21 May 1977
A FEW years ago, Rolling Stone printed a sizeable review of the first albums by Elliott Murphy and Bruce Springsteen, assessing them as contenders for ...
Elliott Murphy: Just A Story From America (Columbia)
Review by Robot A. Hull, Creem, June 1977
WHEN I FIRST put this record on the turntable, it spun and revolved just like any other vinyl tostada. The needle, just like always, ate ...
Elliott Murphy: Bottom Line, NY
Live Review by Mick Farren, New Musical Express, 4 June 1977
I WAS HALFWAY through my cheeseburger when Elliott Murphy hit stage. He was greeted by the kind of applause that is reserved for unknowns who ...
Elliott Murphy at the Hotel Café, L.A.
Review by Roy Trakin, Rock's Backpages, January 2009
BACK IN 1973, this celebrated Long Island singer/songwriter and the New York Dolls were the twin toasts of the town's still-nascent rock-crit community. ...
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