Shindig! Issue 141

Features

Nick Drake  Biographer Richard Morton Jack dispels the rumours.

Alex Harvey  Before he was “sensational”. The working musician’s ’60s

Adventures.

The Wicker Man  We celebrate the totemic folk-horror musical’s

50th birthday.

Yusuf / Cat Stevens  Exclusive interview! From Tin Pan Alley to pop stardom

and the dawn of a new era. Plus, his brand-new album!

Meiko Kaji,  An icon of Japanese exploitation cinema, discusses her film work and

second career as a now-collectable pop.

Regulars

Thoughts & Words Your letters, tweets and emails.

Shindiggin’ What’s hot on the Shindig! turntable.

Subscribers’ Prize Draw  Subscribe now and you could win TSPTR Wicker Man clobber

It’s A Happening Thing Mapache, Iraina Mancini, Mohama Saz, Mystic

Chords Of Memory, Sam Burton, Co-Pilot, Night Beats,

Richard Hawley, The Gallows Pole, Me And My Kites

Family Album Synanthesia’s beguiling acid-folk curio

Songbook  The First Edition’s ‘But You Know I Love You’

Neil Young  Candid photographs from Henry Diltz’s luxurious

new CSNY chronicle

Deep Cuts Island Records’ UK beat, psych and pop oddities

20 Questions From thuggery, northern soul and disco dancing

championships to immortality as a renowned deejay

and producer

Reviews The best in reissues, new releases, books, and live shows.

Prize Crossword Win the 3-CD deluxe edition of Reg King’s 1971 album

Vinyl Clicks Andy Bown’s 1972 solo debut Gone To My Head

Vinyl Art  Dalida’s 1968 chanson/art-pop hybrid Les Temps Des Fleurs