Vintage Rock

VINTAGE ROCK celebrates a time when music changed the world - 45s, youth culture and the odd thrusting pelvis. Vintage Rock chronicles all the stellar artists and music, the enduring legacy of those early pioneers - and why it’s still the best way to live. Spanning the dawn of the 50s to early Beatles (pre Eastern mysticism!), Vintage Rock covers a time of Mods and Rockers, crinoline skirts and blue jeans, rock star movies and screaming-girl concerts. This special magazine rejoices in the music and verve of Elvis, The Shadows, Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry, Gene Vincent and a host more, and speaks to a contemporary audience that relishes the vitality and flair of the era.

Vintage Rock

Welcome

The Beach Boys – in their own words • Go behind the scenes with one of the world’s most successful groups as Genesis Publications release an anthology of ‘America’s Band’

JOHN ‘DUFF’ LOWE

GRAB A PIECE OF THE KING WITH ADDED SPECS APPEAL

Buddy book will raise cash for cancer charity

Hanna Hush • Her hugely personal debut album Years received awarm welcome when it finally arrived late last year and 2024 should see this Finnish singer reach amuch wider audience

Rockabilly shines at Ameripolitan awards

AWARDS LINEUP

EVENTS

The Blasting Caps

The Wanda Years

“My songs are Black music filtered through an Italian neighbourhood” • Vintage Rock meets blues fanatic Dion, as he makes a welcome return alongside some of his favourite female artists on a brand new collection of songs that explores a concept he calls “the feminine genius”

It Doesn’t Matter Anymore

MR Rock’n’ Roll • He’s credited as the man who helped popularise the term ‘rock’n’roll’ and was one of its most passionate advocates in the 1950s. Yet Alan Freed’s career ended in scandal. Vintage Rock remembers one of the most influential DJs of all time…

JOCKEY’S JUKE BOX MUSICAL • THE MOON DOG HAS HIS DAY

TOP TEN

IN TO TH E STRATO SPHERE

Rock ’n’ Roll Heroes • If there was ever such a thing as ‘lounge rock’, Louis Prima would be its inventor and chief purveyor. His performances with Keely Smith, Sam Butera and The Witnesses in Las Vegas in 1950 emptied the gambling halls and showed it wasn’t just the kids digging the big beat…

COLONEL PARKER • In Elvis And The Colonel: An Insider’s Look At The Most Legendary Partnership In Show Business, Colonel Tom Parker’s protégé, Greg McDonald, seeks to set the record straight and reveal the real manager behind the myth

TOP 20: B-SIDES

TICK TOCK SENSATION

Digging for hidden gems • After 50 years in the business, Rockstar Records have evolved dramatically over the decades and now, with new owners in control, they look set to celebrate their anniversary year in style

Vynl LP Reviews • Further selections from Joe Meek’s tea chests, the Godfather Of The Power Chord, Rockstar Records’ 50th birthday celebrations and yet more Elvis

Singles & EP Reviews • The Courettes enter new territory, The Caezars return, Jack Rabbit Slim do the business once more, plus immaculate doo-wop, thundering rockabilly, garage punk and plentiful covers

CD Album & Reviews • Dion gathers the girls, unsung rock’n’roll, aone-stop 50s jukebox, Elvis at Lake Tahoe and yet more hidden treats from Joe Meek

Soundtrack Of My Life • “I always knew Iwanted to sing, Ialways loved it,” says the voice of The Hillbilly Moon Explosion as she selects the jukebox hits of her life – from girl groups and country to punk

DEL SH ANNON’S DEBUT SINGLE IS A RUNAWAY SUCCESS

BUDDY HOLLY WORDS OF LOVE • The definitive celebration of musician, songwriter and rock and roll trailblazer, Buddy Holly.

ELVIS