THE HISTORY OF THROUGHALGOLDEN!THIS MONTHLY ISSU MUSIC'S YEARS E:1973 TRIP STARRING..."We'vePINK FLOMIL'alwa s chit like a cult... BOBROLLINGBRUCEDAVIDLED ZEPPELINDYLAN BOWIE SPRINGSTEEN STONES BOBMILESVANGRAMNEIL MORRISONMARLEYYOUNG PARSONSDAVISV Welcome to 1973 THIS IS A year in which everyone seems to be saying goodbye. At the start of the year, Leonard Cohen comes to London to say that he is deeply troubled by the music business, and that he's planning a dignified exit. Later in the year, Neil Young says much the same. Brian Eno leaves Roxy, as Ronnie Lane does the Faces. David Bowie, meanwhile, apparently quits music altogether. Those that remain, however, reap some rich rewards. Bands like Led Zeppelin, The Who or our cover stars Pink Floyd have now all escaped their niches in the previous decade, to flourish in a new context. Zeppelin play to more people than ever before, duly making an enormous amount of money. Floyd do likewise, but are troubled by their conscience and by their past. For Floyd, the absence of Syd Barrett (and the mental unrest that contributed to it) is articulated in one of the most successful records of all time. Perhaps in homage to a man who was not there, the band fail to appear at the launch for The Dark Side Of The Moon. 1973 also brings dramatic new arrivals. The Wailers and their frontman Bob Marley have suffered hardships in the Jamaican music business, but now finally find a patron who will treat them fairly. In New York, the singer Bruce Springsteen is signed by John Hammond- the man who took a chance on Bob Dylan. At a bizarre engagement in New York, Springsteen and The Wailers play a show together. This is the world of The History Of Rock, a monthly magazine that follows each strange turn of the rock revolution. Diligent, passionate and increasingly stylish contemporary reporters were there to chronicle them then. This publication reaps the benefits of their understanding for the reader decades later, one year at a time. In the pages of this ninth issue, dedicated to 1973, you will find verbatim articles from frontline staffers, compiled into long and illuminating reads. Missed an issue? You can find out how to rectify that on page 144. What will still surprise the modern reader is the access to, and the sheer volume of, material supplied by the artists who are now the giants of popular culture. Now, a combination of wealth, fear and lifestyle would conspire to keep reporters at a rather greater length from the lives of musicians. At this stage, though, representatives from New Musical Express and Melody Maker are where it matters. Several miles above Mexico with Bob Dylan. In hospital with Robert Wyatt. Watching as Captain Beefheart meets George Best at dinner. Join them there. We'll get your table ready. HISTORY OF ROCK 1973 13 UP, 3111111 UP Contents asews LPIntroducing the Eagles. 26 ums 4 Stories Will The Beatles reform? Thin Pink Floyd debut The Dark Side A slow day on the Lizzy crash in, Slade leave the OfThe Moon at London's Australian tour country. RIP Pigpen from the Planetarium. The press attend. affords Mick Jagger Grateful Dead. The band do not. the opportunity to chat about the inrd Cohen British scene and 12'Let'squit together..." 28 o Dylan the band's troubled In town to receive an award, On set for and in the air above Sam Jamaican recordings. Leonard instead decides to Peckinpah's Pat GarrettAnd Billy reveal his dissatisfaction with The Kid. How's Max Jones doing, 11.T. the music industry. wonders Dylan? 50Status Quo Y._ ISM The London band Tarzan Yoko Ono Captain Beetbeart survive a status as Bowie 16Aninterview with the artist 3gttThe Captain releases his two -hit wonders to on the as she releases Approximately excellent ("sold out"?) album Clear win a new fanbase. road Infinite Universe. Mention of Spot. And meets George Best! Boogie mania ensues. IIIPORT. The Beatles ensues. r.GrI. 40The Wailers Letters It's a Miles Davis Bob Marley and his band, 55The realness tik.New 20An abstract chat round the recording in the West Indies, or otherwise of David 'L.Lvir 'Morning legend's New York house. "I get and in London, where they meet Bowie. Farewell to so who's $15 if I sweep your porch. If I play Mick Jagger. Do they have any the Cavern. An easy - At,,-kthe New trumpet on your porch, that's pull with the Jamaican police, listening Beefheart... and Dylan? something else..." wonders Mick. more from the mailbag. Geordie News bring it all 56Ronnie Lane leaves back the Faces! Introducing home 1,11 Richard Branson's new 10 IT IkT TI la Virgin label. A searching chat with former Byrd and Burrito, Gram Parsons. 6A Roxy Music 82 heRovbeilleymatt84 'V In the thick of the new Two former members of the Soft album, and in Paris on the Machine give an audience. Robert decadent trail with Ferry, Eno Wyatt ponders the future in Stoke and band. Mandeville hospital, while Kevin Ayers is bananas in Maida Vale. 6R Albums tiTwo views on Bowie's new Pink Floyd one, Aladdin Sane. Have Led Zep 8gtiDavid Gilmour unburdens lost it on Houses OfThe Holy? himself on Pink Floyd's major new work, The DarkSideOfThe Moon. "Just because our music 70Led Zeppelin is about neuroses doesn't mean The band play their biggest ever we're neurotics". show, and continue their pitiless American campaign. Amid the 9A Slade carnage, Page and Plant sit down 'TTheSlade phenomenon to chat, while John Bonham can't be derailed -even by a celebrates his birthday. near -fatal car accident. From Scotland to the Isle of Man, the band return triumphant. 78Bruce Springsteen "The new Dylan"? Bruce 9g News Springsteen is working out what V The Kinks, Bowie, Eno... he is, but he knows he isn't that. Everyone quits! The Keith Moon A live show with Bob Marley Radio Show. And introducing... shows some promise. Steely Dan. HE ROLLING STONES Do 1 he Stra ROXY SIDE ONE RS -19105 VOCAL Pub.. Promo.ut ST RS 27174 SP B V.. ASCAP Tune 4 30 STEREO From Rolling Stones LP COC-5910 ANGIE IM. Jagger & K. Rtchardi Produced br Jrnmor. Maier Stroil9A3t; rto,cokne.7eLr orr, , `. 100 132Brian Eno On the tra In with the man of the rock band from their He can't eat, but he's full of big moment, who has the state of the eccentric purpose. ideas. The "non -musician" reveals world much on his mind. Live, he Now including: jazz, his surprising "retro" position. retires Ziggy Stardust benefit concerts. Who Pub 136Petele Townshend 106Van Morrison 116What'sWk yours?An antidote 1241eilYoung unveils Quadrophenia. The Celtic bard bring; his to big -volume rock concerts. The intransigent star makes American musicians to Europe. Introducing Dr Feelgood, Ace and a stand against big concerts 140 Live! Minds are blown by the man's Kilburn & The High Roads. and takes things back to basics. Bowie takes over the music, but the best stuff, says Van, Marquee to film a US TV show and is made in private. unveil another new direction. 122dbums 1283ws Track by track with Mick Jagger as Slade write a Christmas song. 112The Allman Brothers the Rolling Stones finally complete Bowie's old manager reveals the 145lOcc apologise, and other Death cannot swerve the Southern Goats Head Soup. truth. Ronnie Lane goes solo. gems from the mailbag. Timelnc. (UK)Ltd,8th Floor, BlueFin Building, noSouthwarkSt, London SElOSU I EDITOR John Mulvey, whose favouritesong fromi973 isFiirlmmerbyNeu! DEPUTY EDITORJohn Robinson Search And Destroy by Iggy& The StoogesART EDITORLora Findlay/et by WingsPRODUCTION EDITORMike Johnson Summer Breeze by EarthWind & FireART DIRECTOR Marc Jones Rock On by David EssezDESIGNER Becky Redman D'yer Mak'er by Led ZeppelinPICTURE EDITORKimberly Kriete New York CitySerenade byBruceSpringsteenCOVER PHOTOWilliam SoranoTHANKS TOHelen Spivak, Rebecca Bench, Georgie LillingtonMARKETINGCharlotteTreadawaySUBSCRIPTIONSSonjaZevenPUBLISHINGDIRECTORJoSmalleyCOVERSPRINTEDBYPolestarWheatons TEXT PRINTED BYPolestar Chantry IWWW.UNCUT.CO.UK Subscription rates: One year (12 issues) including p&p: UK £119.88; Europe E129.40; USA and Canada $203.88; Rest of World E155.75. For subscription enquires from the UK please call 0330 333 4555 and for enquiries from overseas please call .44 (o) 330 3330 233 0 recYd Time Inc. or email magazinesdirectOquadrantsubs.com. Back Issues enquiries: Tel: 01733688964. www.mags-uk.com HISTORY OF ROCK 1973 I 5 7:a1W CHUCK STORMS OUT1973 JANUARY-MARCH LEONARD COHEN, BOB MARLEY, STATUS QUO, MILES DAVIS AND MORE "Songsare soimportant" MM MAR 3A's Eagles are in London, making album two. IT'S A RARE trip. You hear a band and turn on to their music straight off. Warm and refreshing or hard -driving, straight -down -the -line rock'n'roll. The music's biting hard and filters into the bloodstream. First time I heard the Eagles it was like that. I popped their album on the turntable, listened to a couple of bars and was totally immersed in the songs. And it was the songs that caught me before their own unique, relaxed country - rock style brought a new awareness. The songs on the debut album are so strong, each one played and recorded with a feeling of love and care. In the States, the Eagles are home and dry, their album's been a constant seller since it was released around the middle of last year and in the singles market it's had good mileage. Two Top 10 singles and another, "Peaceful Easy Feeling" just working its way into the Top 20. Yet here they don't mean a light.