International Musician & Recording World

International Musician was a monthly music magazine launched in early 1975 by Richard Desmond, Malcolm Green and Ray Hammond. The magazine was published by Cover Publications Ltd., which the three founders incorporated in 1974.
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Interview by Jon Tiven, International Musician & Recording World, April 1975
THERE ARE quite a few Americans lurking about who took their basic roots from British Rock. Do you consider yourself among them? ...
Brian Eno, Robert Fripp, King Crimson: Robert Fripp: Retiring Fripp
Interview by Jon Tiven, International Musician & Recording World, June 1975
Fripp's King Crimson brought a new meaning to the word "tight". For a short time the band represented a pinnacle of British rock achievement. Since ...
Jeff Beck: Another exclusive in which Beck reveals his true colours
Interview by Jon Tiven, International Musician & Recording World, July 1975
JEFF BECK'S reputation as the world's greatest guitarist, the planet's most erratic musician, and the Universe's most elusive character precedes him. With a career full ...
David Bowie, Elton John: Gus Dudgeon
Interview by Jon Tiven, International Musician & Recording World, October 1975
Jon Tiven talks to Gus Dudgeon about Elton, Bowie and recording in general. ...
Interview by Tim Oakes, International Musician & Recording World, June 1980
IN MANY WAYS, Mike Oldfield is the perfect artist to officially open the IM & RW Test Bed studio. His whole career was born out ...
Peter Tosh: The Stepping Razor
Interview by Peter Murphy (British), International Musician & Recording World, July 1981
PETER TOSH has a self-made reputation as a hardman. His songs proclaim, "I'm the toughest", "I'm a Stepping Razor...I'm dangerous". He also has a habit ...
Profile and Interview by Robin Katz, International Musician & Recording World, August 1981
'IT SEEMS MY reputation's met you before me' sang the Milky kid Bobby Vee back in the '60s. In a sense it sums up Iggy ...
Interview by Peter Murphy (British), International Musician & Recording World, September 1981
JOHN MARTYN gets filed under M for Miscellaneous when it comes to the mainstream categories of popular music. His eclectic style has taken in traditional ...
The Kinks: Kinks Ray & Dave Talk To Chris Welch
Interview by Chris Welch, International Musician & Recording World, December 1981
HEARD THAT NEW BAND THE KINKS?That's how they like to think of themselves. And their fans feel much the same. They have only vague memories ...
Ian Gillan, Bob Marley & the Wailers, Robert Palmer: The Producers: Steve Smith
Interview by Chas de Whalley, International Musician & Recording World, December 1981
STEVE SMITH is one of those comparatively rare creatures: a quiet American. No more, and quite possibly less than average height, he doesn't favour the ...
Interview by Adrian Deevoy, International Musician & Recording World, October 1983
Here come the Smiths smiling, brandishing their blooms and being hotly pursued by ADRIAN DEEVOY, our very own handsome devil. ...
Laurie Anderson: Home Of The Brave
Review by Mark Dery, International Musician & Recording World, 1985
A GARBAGE disposal with indigestion, glub-glubbing on a smooshed Jiffy Pop foil bubble or a gluish wad of Captain Crunch, is not a pretty sight. ...
Interview by Adrian Deevoy, International Musician & Recording World, March 1985
ADRIEN DEEVOY FINDS STRAWBERRY SWITCHBLADE TO BE MORE THAN JUST FLAVOUR OF THE MONTH ...
Scritti Politti: Green Machines
Interview by Adrian Deevoy, International Musician & Recording World, July 1985
"I'D JUST like to say now that I am not a knobist." ...
Paul Hardcastle: Re-Mixed Blessings
Interview by Adrian Deevoy, International Musician & Recording World, November 1985
Paul Hardcastle is a lot more than '19'. He has a recording back catalogue, an album in the pipeline and a huge reputation as a ...
Interview by Chas de Whalley, International Musician & Recording World, January 1986
Ken Scott muses on his journey from Bowie to Kajagoogoo. Chas de Whalley listens attentively ...
Robyn Hitchcock's Colossal Mutations
Profile and Interview by Mark Dery, International Musician & Recording World, July 1986
WHAT DO you get when you cross nursery crimes, rump-bumping beats, hooky melodies that are bittersweet as a bite of watermelon pickle, and batty lyrics ...
Robert Palmer, The Power Station: Robert Palmer: Rob's Revenge
Interview by Hank Bordowitz, International Musician & Recording World, October 1986
Every once in a while, Robert Palmer pulls another hit out of the bag, and silences those critics who accuse him of being a pop ...
Hipsway: The Producers: Paul Staveley O'Duffy
Interview by Chas de Whalley, International Musician & Recording World, October 1986
Chas de Whalley, Paul Staveley O'Duffy, and the Get Down Mixdown Factor. ...
Cliff Richard, Tina Turner: The Producers: Terry Britten
Interview by Chas de Whalley, International Musician & Recording World, December 1986
The man who made AOR respectable? Terry Britten confesses all to Chas de Whalley ...
Report and Interview by Mal Peachey, International Musician & Recording World, June 1988
The appearance in the charts of The Story of The Clash, Volume 1, sees former guerillero Joe Strummer back in the public eye and back ...
Profile and Interview by Andrew Smith, International Musician & Recording World, November 1988
The Spirit of Eden LP is both a logical step and a radical departure for TALK TALK. Andrew Smith thinks it may prove controversial... ...
Prefab Sprout's Jordan: An Interview with Paddy McAloon
Interview by Tom Doyle, International Musician & Recording World, October 1990
The new Prefab Sprout album, Jordan: The Comeback, is a veritable potpourri of styles. Tom Doyle talks to mainman Paddy McAloon about singing, songwriting and ...
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