Blues Unlimited
Blues Unlimited was a British monthly music magazine dealing with all aspects of blues music. Founded in 1963, it ceased publication in 1987.
16 articles
List of articles in the library
Overview by John Broven, Blues Unlimited, 12 June 1964
WITH THE emergence of interest in blues recordings after the war, with its resultant popularity, it was only natural that there should be a multitude ...
Chuck Berry: Hammersmith Odeon, London, May 10th
Live Review by John Broven, Blues Unlimited, July 1964
THE LONG-AWAITED visit of Chuck Berry to these islands came reality when he opened his tour at the Finsbury Empire on May 9th; I caught ...
Profile by John Broven, Blues Unlimited, 15 September 1964
From Blues Unlimited compendium, Nothing but the Blues, ed. Mike Leadbitter (Hanover Books, London, 1971). Edited version of article, first published Blues Unlimited, 15, September ...
Little Walter Arrives For First British Tour
Profile and Interview by John Broven, Blues Unlimited, 16 October 1964
From Blues Unlimited compendium, Nothing but the Blues, ed. Mike Leadbitter (Hanover Books, London, 1971). Edited version of article, first published Blues Unlimited 16, October ...
Howlin' Wolf: The Marquee, London, November 26, 1964
Live Review by John Broven, Blues Unlimited, January 1965
FOLLOWING HIS performances at Croydon and elsewhere, Wolf's first visit to an English club was eagerly awaited by local blues enthusiasts, He was accorded a ...
The Groundhogs, Jimmy Reed: Jimmy Reed: The Ricky Tick, Guildford
Live Review by John Broven, Blues Unlimited, 18 January 1965
14th November 1964 ...
John Lee Hooker: The Ricky Tik, Guildford
Live Review by John Broven, Blues Unlimited, June 1965
Witnessed by John J. Broven, May 14th '65 ...
Jimmy Rogers (blues): Walking by Myself: a Commentary on Jimmy Rogers
Profile by John Broven, Blues Unlimited, 23 June 1965
MANY ERSTWHILE modern blues recordings are perhaps shrouded in a greater veil of mystery today than many of their earlier counterparts. That this is so ...
Fats Domino & His Orchestra: Saville Theatre, London
Live Review by John Broven, Blues Unlimited, 1 May 1967
LEGENDS ARE built with comparative ease in the anonymity of a recording studio. And how easily such myths are destroyed in the harsh reality of ...
Archibald: 'Ballin' With Archie'
Profile by John Broven, Blues Unlimited, October 1970
DUE TO OUR tight schedule we had only one more day in New Orleans. It was all systems 'go' on Saturday from first light (almost) ...
Dave Bartholomew, The Coasters, Fats Domino: Behind The Sun: New Orleans
Report by John Broven, Blues Unlimited, June 1973
IT HARDLY SEEMED three years ago that Robin Gosden and myself were making the same journey from his Weybridge home to Heathrow Airport. Nothing had ...
Marshall Sehorn: We Had Some Good Times
Interview by John Broven, Blues Unlimited, February 1974
Marshall Sehorn of Sansu talks to John Broven about his start in the business ...
Mance Lipscomb: Obituary: Mance Lipscomb
Obituary by Tony Russell, Blues Unlimited, March 1976
FEW FIELD collectors can ever have felt as excited as Chris Strachwitz and Mack McCormick must have done when they stumbled, one summer evening in ...
Roy Brown Part 1: Good Rockin' Tonight
Interview by John Broven, Blues Unlimited, January 1977
ROY BROWN became one of R&B's first stars when his seminal recording of 'Good Rockin' Tonight' hit the charts in 1948 and 1949. In this illuminating ...
Roy Brown Part 2: Hard Luck Blues
Interview by John Broven, Blues Unlimited, March 1977
The second part of this interview with Roy Brown takes his story from 1950, with his time at King Records, through the rock'n'roll era and ...
Chuck Berry, Paul Gayten, Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters: Paul Gayten: I knew Leonard at the Macomba...
Retrospective and Interview by John Broven, Blues Unlimited, May 1978
Paul Gayten from an interview by John Broven ...
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