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Mojo Collections

MOJO Collections were special issues of MOJO magazine.

 

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The Chambers Brothers: Time for The Chambers Brothers!

Retrospective by Barney Hoskyns, Mojo Collections, December 2001

IN THE STANDARD ANNALS OF "black rock", the acknowledged progenitors tend to be the usual suspects – Hendrix, Sly, Love. But there was another act ...

Chic: These Are The Good Times

Retrospective and Interview by Daryl Easlea, Mojo Collections, Fall 2001

THINK CHIC, think chic – a passport back to Studio 54, 70s hedonism; good times, guaranteed to bring gravity to the flapping flares and mirrorball-twirling ...

Cymande

Retrospective and Interview by Angus Batey, Mojo Collections, 2002

STEVE SCIPIO pauses. The bass player and songwriter with Cymande is trying to recall what exactly his band's biggest hit, the reggae-funk masterpiece 'The Message', ...

Sylvia Robinson, The Sugarhill Gang: Sugar Hill Records: Here's To You, Mrs Robinson

Retrospective by Angus Batey, Mojo Collections, Winter 2001

She took Motown as her blueprint and signed the first all-female rap group. But, as Angus Batey discovers, Sylvia Robinson and the Sugarhill mob spent ...

Eminem: Trailer Made: Eminem B-Side Buyer's Guide

Guide by Dorian Lynskey, Mojo Collections, Summer 2001

Eminem was just another basement hip hop hopeful, then he had an exceedingly profitable trip to the loo. Dorian Lynskey plots a wax history. ...

Aphrodite's Child: The Fabulous Furry Greek Brothers

Retrospective by Kieron Tyler, Mojo Collections, Fall 2001

The apocalyptic rock of Aphrodite's Child spawned Demis Roussos and Vangelis. ...

Lou Reed: The Velvet Evolution

Retrospective by Kieron Tyler, Mojo Collections, Fall 2001

Even the coolest stars had to learn their craft at some point and Lou Reed was no exception. Kieron Tyler picks the dark one's early ...

Dusty Springfield: Simply... Dusty (Mercury)

Review by Steve Pafford, Mojo Collections, 2019

ALL THE EXTRANEOUS talk of tantrums and tears, beehives, booze and bisexuality has, over the years, tended to overshadow the fact that Dusty Springfield was, ...

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