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    ree = /’ ROCK BEATLES he pasts foreign country,”someone once wrote. “They do things differently there.” 'you grew up inthe 7Osand 80s, he 60s werent so ‘much foreign country asa mythological universe: world populated by legendary characters and unbelievable events. ‘Men walked on the moon, America fought a war in Vietnam. There was the Civil Rights Struggle, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Bay OF Pgs, the Manson Family ‘murders, the Profumo Affair, Chappaquiddick ~and England actully wor the World Cup. JFK, Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, Robert Kennedy and Che Guevara wereall assassinated, Eddie Cochran, Marilyn Monroe, Sam Cooke, Otis Redding, Lenny Bruce and Brian Jones never made it out alive. Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix and Jim Morrison were dead within a year of the decade ending, Skirts got shorter, bras were burnt, drugs were pretty much compulsory and sex was invented, (‘Sexual intercourse began.” wrote poet Philip Larkin, “In nineteen sixty- three. Between the end of the“Chatterfey” ban / And the Beatles first LP") ‘And then there was the soundtrack, Motown, Stax, Chess, Atlantic soul, Phil Spector, bubblegum pop, girl groups, surf music, skiffle, Northern soul, Mod, funk, folk, . Even ifrock music hadn't been invented, we would still be looking at the 60s with slack jawed wonder. ‘But this was rock's hey-day. From its birth in the mid-60s to the end ofthe decade, rock ‘music exploded in every way possible -a ravenous, ambitious and infectious strain of music that spread like a dose of clap in a hippie commune. twas such an astonishing burst of creativity that it's possible to argue that, by the end ofthe 60s, rock had already done neything itevereally woul do. Blues rock, heavy rock, heavy meta, punk rock, prog rock, psychedelia, country rock, music festivals —they all started inthe 60s. The artists who followed may have been louder, heavier and faster, but they all owed a debt tothe giants of that decade. This special eition collects some of Classic Rac’s 60s coverage from over the years. One magazine cant possibly cover all the great music and stores from that amazing decade, so think ofthis justa guide —to foreign country where they di things very differently indeed, fe Scott Rowley, Ealitor In Chief 4 L FUTURE 4 r ‘This ClassicRock compilation album was compiled by Scott Rowley Fevourit 60s album Te nH Theda Brad Merrett _ Alex Burrows RocK Sian Llewellyn Paul Henderson Ian Fortnam Iota The hese ne oligo Darrell Mayhew Fraser Lewry Dave Ling irs (dak Fe, HO Pd Me Pag Len, 21 i scrochath Raa a a | Features ‘The Dawn of Rock Semele ohare oma 25 Songs That Sap Re won ogee este 1966 And All That yt Rl Soest eta a oc anret Seeotinprontneypocs rene ey Rt howl 1966 Blues hover teenies espa ion {Sy Asin pele ey meme eBoy Fee ee Gene Capon uliestansayd bt sreddedsa nd eget a Tiss balan usa 66 From’66 steatosis abso ‘yet orgtned muscle Behind The ete ene ct heme ce trae bef des eas Set To Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac Langton tf ur Tk Foe Nes ‘rtutrodatt Tbe sutton de (site wate te ae Cream (rer Bote apn ck a Angedras ‘Simmel nlfeest toy bees TOO, Pore -batonet ome a Blind Faith Sogtintt rent rund stratt (ent cet theca See Cor aaa tenailesias ‘cogent eter eigen Sringradonerentemytect linen eta cepa rat 3 Cicer dt slg ‘The Small Faces Trxmoainrantie math sng liek Te Wha cs edt men Ferndale Cn Ths esi ‘Recipe toned ‘The Who Creat net spl ong aoe rs eso sw onedontomet epee Sanat ree Story Behind nse Cane nda Sha The he Inisiehasonsrh eaten peter Piper At The Gates Of Dawn, Frise dona dy et ie ‘uaylwa ba ont aes piece tptpamebanticionany Reatscb Band” Teabon arrest tended tA sntar yore vdoaen gee erdoncewoddbesered ‘The Cosmic Show lnk aed eis gine one elegance eh ene Reece tetra Story Behind The dence Bnd tm cremnin Sotttaber teeter Frank Zay Nites Oise paedeeret propeshertsocnge The birth of tremens pal oar on BT ‘inrbrtret pene mr deodtonthow tod ‘ShomomerO ase It’s 1969, OK? Tears elas hase ttn oma sanastyttcondoutndis nse Fale bepress ban sagen “The Who: each member ofthe tandhada separate influence “The blues had a baby and they named it rock'n'roll,” said Muddy Waters. That makes rock the exalted grandchild with R&B, soul - even surf music - on the birth certificate. fs Mitchell Poteet a ere } {sDecember 5, 1964 bunch ois rors Dartford, London, hit umber one inthe British chars with acover ofan old Howlin \Wolfrecord. A couple of wee Rolling Stones run trough ite Re Raster con TV show Ret Steady Gal As Mick ag and then boss and gars Brin on mince outrageously forthe cameras. fresh-faced Keith Richards back when he ada ce, ath ilysrms his way theough the song’sthree chords Irs an conic appearance but, beyond the haircuts and ight rouse’ portant because i mks a transon point or popule mse, This sthefirstand lst time ables song wil op the UK chars, Within ayearorso five British kids trying to cut an authentic Chicago blues record Tewastimefora new toas*rock’ wasnot seBritish" yoo itll eis 1955 with Lonnie Donegan sil Belly cune gts kid ike Jimmy Page, John Lennon and Paul McCartney wrapped round guitars. This isthe DIY punk rock thing 20-odd years before Johnny Rosten and Sid Vicious were even cleared fortake of The Who scrunched their collective influences into a tight ball and called it “Maximum R&B" for dramatic effect. Long live rock! 1955 also seestherelese ofan American fick called Blakoand jae Loaded with social ‘commentary the fl four actors Glenn Ford and Sidney Poitier clipping earholes ata rough inner ty school. Before that movie, excitement for your average British teenager involed shoving Frogspawn down gs frock and laying waste your schoolmaces dreams witha prize conket al ‘while dresad in pair of your dads od flannels Post lcbnar ingle you were rampaging through the bloody cinema, tearing up the eats and losing your shit to il Haley & The Comers Rak rau The Clack heironic hing is, just about everything that sparked the birth of rockin the mids happened acdecade cafe, Black hag: Eis Presley’ Hear Hol the sella tse of Buddy Holly Yes, The Beals raised thebar cos they wrote their own songs, Tha was Buddy’snflence just about every young Brith guitarist ofthe early 605 to date fact] made the bones ripping off Chuck Berry. Songs about shagging an teenage rebelion? ‘Yeah, Fld Cochran was all ver that stuffin the late 50s dado. Iythe tart ofthe ks, xy an Edie ae de and Americ as efetvely had its balls emoved, musically speaking The charts ooze with unthreatening imply crooner, Even vis was phoning tin The one sign of ies the emerging surf sene with catslike Dick Dale knocking the idsbandy down onthe beach, ‘Meanwhile Brie kids immerse themselves even doeperintheblues with most ofthe movers and Shakers that will shape rock catching the viking ature icons ke Muddy Waters pats Sister Roserta Tape. There's ‘another key influence coming through va Stax Records in Memphis, Tennesse, Capture in one take in 1962, Gens Oniosby Booker T& The MGs fuel the sound of mad groups ke The Small Faces via ther keyboards lan MeL agan isthe that rock’ future germinaors ike Trafic Steve ‘Winwood and Deep Purple'sJon Lord found themsalves behind Hammond organs. The ‘caravan tours tha and; sconting also puts soul into the forefront as an important ingredient in any Brit groups sound Jong wth blues and R&B ofcourse That mix ofinfluences exemplified by Sheplers Bush’ finest. The Who, Pere Townshend guitar styeis a DNA splice of proxo- punk Link Wray’s aggression, Sister Rosettas rapid-fire picking and Edd Cochran's muscular strumming. John Entwistle isa Motown inflverced by the labels resident bas penises Jamerson, Drummer Keith Moon sa surf music out anda nti general When he int puting ep his dukes, singer Roger Dalry soaks up the blues, Jastike everyone ee, the bans backing vocal licks acted from The Every Brothers. Th is, The Who scrunched ther cllcive inl into aight ball and called it"Maximum RAG for dramaiceffec, Long lve rock! Ags 20,1965 Te Stones agin. ran ones| hasbeen sidelined. Thstime Mick and Keith rein age. The new single I ant Gat No] Satin is released. This i ive kids plying at Chicago blues anymore, Satshctionisiff-driven rock The single sums up the mood ofa musi scene thats shifing from pastiche o innovation, Allover the UK. bands springboanl, nota blueprint. Somewhere in London, Ere Clapton has as got his hands onan ‘old Les Paul. 1966 s gonnabe one heli year. using theirinflences asa THE 25 SONGS O== THAT SHAPED Casting a long shadow over the genesis of rock music in the 60s, these are the songs that inspired a whole new generation of songwriters to take up their guitars in anger. ROBERT JOHNSON Allehe folklore BS about Robert Jobson making deal wih che Devil keping one step ahead of hell hounds, and Ayingin agony froma bot of poisoned whiskey swell twaskilerPR. The eal stony was his increible guitar paying As Johnson disciple and Rolling Stone Keith Richards sai, “It took mes long time to realise he was actually doing itallby himselE” Then you've got the songs. Eric Clapton's reworking of Crs Roa Bus with Cream [Wheels Of Fir 1968] tanslormed Johnson'spleainto.a York masterpiece ATPRAIIEHNER ony SISTER ROSETTA THARPE When gospd singer Sister Roseta Tharpe stepped onto disused ralvay sation platform in Manchester on May 7, 1964, she ita fireunder he emergent Britshbluesscene. The good sister had already been name-checkedasa ‘ajorinfuenceby Eis Presley and johny’ Cash, [Now as she performed inthe ai, she blew aay an audience of max and students with the lightning fs picking and vemakabe lung shredding vocals that areall over Some Thing Haypening Esery Day ROCKISLAMI TONIME DONEGAN Before Lonnie Donegan, music 7 was something dus dd on = teampetsand things, and kids were expected tobe seen and not heard, Donegan ‘The unstoppable rise ANARCHY ON THE HIGH SEA of pirate radio. Sekine ea eepitaMearsieh crbtmminae deen sini orae tt Seraiveteastcamaes cette” ctierunancedarnas, Soe eet SScnekeonne, GEeccbincaga ‘suensncagtiet ‘Smatiscer sinc Beiietaen | ReGemicicn” eemetan tte poe cece esters Senne nas eee nectar cee peeaiar bes eeeenaly Se = He Siciecion me: CRERMTRUTTG “Uainamecmeraie Sans REGEN tcetee amenseerare SY RI oe geet ay eae caer era tela eee heen aerial ce adler nea eae sere eer Se Ciatnn REI, ameiarbentes aiigutecvrn Seneuniesti” jrnewninere EAEztactieet, Exes ieen aoleeemanelte ‘ Sg ne Setesettaess Gueicacice | emem an "twas corp festa ‘eternal, Fadboeeodihoe Thyantedin cece pea Ty eens Somme | Eemeeaey BRITISH BLUES BOOM Mayalls own routines onthe harmonica-diven tracks Pavan Fan ann Avot Man were no less remarkable for ther aw, gutbucket energy while his howling vocal all onthe Mayal}Clapton ‘composition Dab Crs hosts of ies singers down the yeas. More than justa stunning blues collection, che Beano Album wasthe fist defacto rock album, Fefeatured nothing so commerial asa hit single, petit reached No. inthe UK stnexpected yet Emphatic sucess wasa key monnent inthe process ‘whereby albums started totake aver fom singles asthe barometer of bands success. With ts ime echoed the ‘evolutionary sound ts reverence forthe nuances of electric Chicago bests spiritual vigourand technical rigour che impact ofthe album was seismic. A generat thewake-up call of theicareers, and within a year the Bath Blues Boom would bein falling, guitarists had ust received st wassimply business astsual. “The record business was something we had no contol ‘ver he says materf sty "But we did have contrl oer getting our weekly quota of shows The main focus forme wast keep the band together —orsomelineup ofthe band —so tha wecouldcomtinve ogo out and pay” For Clapton, however, the Beano Album was insanthisory: Byte timeit was released he had edhe Bivsbreakers. Things happen fast when an artform sata pivotal tage ofits

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