DiscoWorld, May 1977, featuring Dr. Buzzard’s Original Savannah Band, Donna Summer, and the I-can’t-dance syndrome… just one of the indelible finds at Disco Magazines.
Obscure Music Magazine of the Day: DiscoWorld
Category: Obscure Music Magazine of the Day
Obscure Music Magazine of the Day: Synapse
The avant-pop-synthesizer geek in me has been curious about this magazine for a long time (I’m pretty sure it falls under the rubric of “obscure,” given that I don’t ever recall seeing an issue in the store; mind you, it does predate by a year or two my obsession with knobs and such). My assumption is that it was more a ‘zine for the tech-minded rather than for the critical-minded (not to say tech-minded folks aren’t critical, too, and vice versa). Anyway, now I can find out: there are a number of scanned issues available here, nicely indexed and everything.
Obscure Music Magazine of the Day: Blues & Soul Music Review
September 1971
Obscure Music Magazine of the Day: zigzag
April 1969, apparently. Not entirely obscure (I’ve seen something of it somewhere, possibly in my brother’s stash of older ‘zines), but still a blip. Wouldn’t mind knowing who this is on the cover, though. Sandy Denny?
Obscure Music Magazine of the Day: Black Music
Possibly not obscure at all in the UK. I used to own a book version of this, which I sadly lost in one move or another.
Obscure Music Magazine of the Day: Scene
Scene, May 1, 1976, from Ireland. I should dedicate this to my four-year-old daughter, who loves various Beatles songs, but, after watching a bunch of clips of the group on YouTube, has developed an almost bizarre antipathy to Paul McCartney. Her reason? “That guy is difficult.” (Also: he “looks like a girl.”)
Obscure Music Magazine of the Day: It
It Magazine, via Lettie Music. (Probably not a music magazine per se, but certainly one with a musical/visual aesthetic — a precursor to post-punk? — at least judging from these.)
Obscure Music Magazine(s) of the Day: Roxy-related
Popswop (say what?), April 74; Look-in, October ’74; Beat Instrumental, November ’72
Obscure Music Magazine of the Day: New Music
New Music, April 1, 1972
Obscure Music Magazine of the Day: Flip
Welcome to this world that we live in. Normal people going for a spin.
Obscure Music Magazine of the Day: Back Beat
Ad for Back Beat, 1972 (?), not a full-fledged ‘zine, but a supplement that came with High Fidelity. A lot of the usual suspects in here, but the name that jumps out at me is Dave Hickey, the (ahem) “Lester Bangs of art criticism” who has often alluded to his days in rock writing, the evidence of which I’ve never actually seen (but which I can now confirm truly did exist).
Obscure Music Magazine of the Day: Zoo World
Not that obscure, really. I know my brother had a copy or two, and Richard Meltzer mentioned it (somewhat mockingly) in my interview with him. But it’s more or less forgotten, and I’ve no idea if it was any good or not. (My guess is that, like a lot of ‘zines from the period, it had some decent contributers but a limited budget and/or no clear aesthetic differentiation from the big kids on the block — Creem, Rolling Stone, Circus, and Crawdaddy. But who am I to say?)
Obscure Music Magazine of the Day: Pizzazz
Pizzazz, February 1978. Not strictly a music magazine, I don’t think, but great cover.
Obscure Music Magazine of the Day: Music Views
Music Views, Oct. 1952, w/Marilyn Monroe and Ray Anthony (best known for “The Hokey Pokey”).
Obscure Music Magazine of the Day: Black Beat
Black Beat, October 1983. From my own stash, though some years ago, when weeding through boxes of ‘zines, I made the decision to just salvage stuff on Clinton and Grandmaster Flash, which might or might not have been a dumb idea. (Delicious font, btw — “Candy Coated Neon”?)
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