Greg Shaw Editor (6 results)

Stapled Wraps. Condition: Good. 4to, 80 pp. Wrappers sunned, stained (mainly at rear), worn at edges and corners; page corners bumped.

Magazine. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. A left-folded newspaper containing 48 pages including front and rear covers. Highlights include: cover story America Celebrates The Beach Boys ("Summer and the Beach Boys - Add to this the occasion of America's Bicentennial and the stage is set for the most endless of all Beach Boys summers. With the Beach Boys' first album in three years, '15 Big Ones', the group's most extensive tour ever, a network TV special, and the return of Brian Wilson to the fold, young and not so young Americans will have ample opportunity to pay tribute to several heroes of their pop-cultural history"); [Jerry] Brown vs. [Jimmy] Carter: Rock 'n' Roll Diplomacy ("Not since the folk-protest rag of the '60s has there been so much politics in rock: however, the politics are now above-ground and the causes establishment, namely Jerry Brown and Jimmy Carter. The result, a once united counter-culture now divided into opposing Asylum and Capricorn camps. The players in the West vs. South showdown include Jackson Browne, Eagles and Linda Ronstadt [Brown], Allmans, Tuckers and Black Oak Arkansas [Carter], among others"); Rick Derringer: Identity Crisis? What Identity Crisis? ("After years on the swap-and-switch circuit, Rick Derringer has decided to settle down and become a one band-one woman man. He's formed 'Derringer' and hooked on to legendary and luscious songstress Cynthia Weil. With a new album - boasting four Derringer-Weil compositions - and tour forthcoming, Rick has reason to say, 'Yes, I'm alive and very well"); Dr. Feelgood: Lobotomy Rock ("Honed to a lethal nastiness in London pubs, Dr. Feelgood is ready for America. Feelgood is: primitive r&b, a fascistic stance, a guitarist who plays two chord progressions, black 'n' white clothes, black 'n' white covers, a mono album - Would you want your sister bringing them home?"). Condition: pages age-toned as per newsprint stock used; a few short closed tears to upper edge of front cover.

Newsprint. Condition: Very Good. Vol.4, No. 1. Single issue of 'San Francisco's Phonograph Record', ironically published in Hollywood. An outgrowth of the underground newspaper but this, concerned only with Rock, or Pop music. An early 'Rock-zine'. Front cover photograph, in color, of John Fogerty. 32pp, illustrated, advertising. Minor edge wear, otherwise a solid, clean copy. Weight, 100g. Size: 11" by 17.5". Newspaper.

Magazine. Condition: Good. First Edition. A left-folded newspaper containing 48 pages including front and rear covers. In two sections (the second section covering Soul & Jazz); contents include: cover feature on David Bowie ("Bowieart: Vampo, Mondo-Deco") and internal article "Bowie" by Ron Ross ("The vampire of rock returns to suck America dry, in the year of the Diamond Dogs. Prancing with Mr. B. by Ron Ross"); article "Roy Wood, Pop Catalyst" by Martin R. Cerf ("For those who thought they'd never hear Brian Wilson and Neil Sedaka on the same record, for those who don't know the difference between the Turtles and the Osmonds, and for those who really listen to the radio: there's a man with green hair in your not-too-distant-future"); column "Performances" (Pete Townshend in England; Wet Willie in Austin; Fanny in Cleveland; Guess Who in California; and Climax Blues Band in Philadelphia); Photograph Record Reviews; much more. The second section (Soul & Jazz) contains: cover feature and internal article on The Crusaders by Walter Burrell ("Leaders for over a decade in the field of jazz, the Crusaders are moving into a broader realm of contemporary music"); autobiography "Memphis Soul Roots" by Carla Thomas ("From the Fifties, through Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Booker T. etc. right up to the present, one of the city's greatest stars recalls her life and the evolution of the Memphis soul sound"); column "Performances" (Marvin Gaye in Los Angeles, McCoy Tyner in New York); Soul & Jazz Reviews; much more. Condition: pages lightly age-yellowed; covers show periodic small or narrow edge chips; light corner creases; overall in Good condition.

fine magazine.

17 issues of four different American Tolkien fanzines sold as a lot. All staplebound. Very Good or better condition overall. Numerous illustrations. Entmoot. Crystal City, MO: Entmoot, [1965-1966]. Three issues. Issue #2, 3, & 4. Issues 2 & 3 folded vertically for mailing with mailing label and postmark on rear cover. Tolkien fanzine published by Greg Shaw, who would go on to start the music fanzine Bomp! and its record label. Niekas. Livermore, CA / Center Harbor, NH: Niekas Publications / Tolkien Society, 1962-1968. Ten issues. Issue #9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 19, 20. Issue #11 has the Philip K. Dick piece "Schizophrenia and the Book of Changes." Issue #20 includes a one-page piece by Philip K. Dick & Vaughn Bode illustrations. Palantir. Los Angeles: The Fellowship of the Ring, 1966. Issue #4. Tolkien Journal. Brooklyn, NY: Tolkien Society of America, 1966. Three issues. Vol. II, Nos. 3 & 4; Vol. III, No. 2. Horizontal fold to two issues in Vol. II.