Record Collector Sept 2021 George Harrison The Beatles Queen Brian May Tina Turner

RECORD COLLECTOR SEPTEMBER 2021  

ISSUE NO: 522

Exclusive features include:

GEORGE HARRISON – It’s always the quiet ones. So it proved when a lesser-celebrated Beatle dropped his first post-Fabs solo set in 1970 and arguably outshone his old bandmates. Colleagues, friends and family share their thoughts as it turns 51
PETER HAMMILL – The art-rock pioneer retraces his off-kilter career, both solo and with Van Der Graaf Generator
BRIAN MAY – The Queen guitar icon talks us through his newly reissued solo work, via tales of Freddie, Cozy and Axl Rose
JOSEF K – The early Postcard signings offer faintly baffled reflections on how their idiosyncratic post-punk sound has endured
READING FESTIVAL – Fifty years ago, someone had the bright idea of building a festival on a flooded landfill site. It could never work, could it?
ALLIGATOR RECORDS – The story of the resilient, influential Chicago blues label, according to founder Bruce Iglauer
FRED NEIL – Remembering the under-acknowledged, multivalent folk songwriter