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November,1972 Volume 4, Number 6

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THE CHRISTGAU CONSUMER GUIDE
Twenty Questions by Robert Christgau 16
ROCK'N'ROLL NEWS 19
THE BEAT GOES ON 22
Boxtop Boogie;Howlin ' Wolf Don't Need No Doctor;Butch Patrick, the Sun Down
Kid ;Dealers Over Barrel In Seattle.
BEACH BOYS ' CONTEST RESULTS 28
LENNON AS LENIN: The Christian Anti Communist Crusade
In which our author is shown a Communist cemetery, and recognizes a Russian
plot.
rock theology by David Batterson 32
LETTER FROM BRITAIN
Losers, parasites, uncertainty.
Canterbury teles by Simon Frith 36
THE ALLMAN BROTHERS : Snapshots of the South
Including Phil Walden,Otis Redding. Capricorn and rainy knights in Georgia.
peech pitting by Ben Edmonds 38
DUST MY PUMICE
Old Crow is better than you think.
big dealing by R.Meltzer 44
VISIBLE CHEESE IS MADE ART :
Further frantic fracturings of the conventional mythology.
The Religious Frenzy of the Firesign Theatre — Side Two
dwerfology edited by Jonh Ingham 46
JOHN COLTRANE LIVES
A fictional oddysey in search of the longest note.
yodelling by Lester Bangs 62
MOVIES 56
KANSAS CITY BOMBER by Lester Bangs. DR.JEKYLL AND SISTER HYDE by
R. Meltzer.
BOOKS 68
BURTON 'S BOOK OF THE BLUES by Burton Wilson (reviewed by John Lomax );
TROPICAL DETECTIVE STORY by Raymond Mungo (reviewed by Chet Flippo).
RECORDS 60
THE BAND by Dave Marsh; KINKS by Gary Kenton ; T.REX by Ben Edmonds;
GRAND FUNK by Terry Knapp. THE DOORS by Buck Sanders; JEFFERSON
AIRPLANE by Scott Fischer; THE GUESS WHO by One Who Knows; LEON
RUSSELL by Alan Niester. ANO MORE!
JUKE BOX JURY
reck jobbing by Greg Shaw 70
ROCK A RAMA 71
BLUES AND JAZZ SUPPLEMENT 77
Featuring MILES DAVIS. PHAROAH SANDERS. MUDDY WATERS. HOWLIN'
WOLF. AND MORE!
Cover photograph by Wendi LombardI

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