Revista de Imprensa: Uncut e Mojo, Julho

In his own write - Mike Skinner

Jon Wilde Interview - James dean Bradfield

My life in music - Alison Goldfrapp

You had to be there - Joe Meek gets his 'collar' felt

Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes - Ian Broudie

I thought you were dead - John Walker

Fight Club - Richard Archer vs Preston

The stars that fame forgot - Judee Sill

From the vault - Radiohead from 1997

The making of... - New Order's "Ceromony

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Editor’s Letter

Our cover story on Led Zeppelin IV, by Barney Hoskyns, which anticipates the book Barney has written on this classic LP, published in September. Zep were in their early pomp when the album came out in 1971, and for the rest of the decade they were apparently unrivalled in the scale of everything they did, which of course, made them inevitable targets of punk’s scorched-earth scorn, not all of it entirely undeserved.

I recall seeing their last ever UK show - at Knebworth in August, 1979. I was standing with Southside Johnny, anodd addition to the day's bill, as the night sky grew bright with fireworks and explosions and a light show that in itself made the stage look like a small city being bombed out of existance, both of us quitespeechless at the spectacle.

Elsewhere in a fairly random look at this month's contents, we're on the roadwith Jack White's Raconteurs, Peter Hook and Stepen Morris look back on New Order's debut single, "Ceremony", Billy Bragg talks us through his classic albums and Ian Hunter revisits the glory days of glam and Mott The Hoople.

As ever, enjoy the issue and keep letting us know what you think about Uncut.

REVOLT. REVELATION. REVOLVER!
How do you distil the career of the greatest pop band ever into one track that tops a body of work which has defined the very way in which we think about music?

101 GREATEST BEATLE SONGS This month MOJO Magazine corrals a legion of Beatles' fans - some rather famous - and get them to vote for their favourite Fab Four track. From R&B rip-snorters to avant-rock freakouts, perfect pop to primal screams, MOJO's 101 Greatest Beatles Songs countdown presents pure Beatle brilliance, picked, pruned and praised to the skies by an all-star panel including Noel Gallagher, Yoko Ono, U2, Ozzy, Paul Weller, Arcade Fire and many more musical gratefuls.

THE STORY OF REVOLVER 40 years on, how the Beatles wrought rock 'n' roll's first sonic revolution. By Barry Miles, engineer Geoff Emerick, and sleeve artist Klaus Voormann. And! Paul McCartney on the Beatles songs that still make him say "I wrote that?!"

PLUS... And if that's not enough... Lemmy, godfather of all things black, fast and metal holds forth on Hawkwind, Hendrix and time, the Flaming Lips on the road and off their rockers, and Killing Joke - the acid-soaked tale of the most unnerving band of the 80s.

THE MOJO FILTER:

ALBUMS
Sonic Youth go pop; Vetiver soother the soul; Primal Scream get back to retro; Neil Young goes for Dubya; and Gomez make their masterpiece.

REISSUES
Box sets from Jake Thackeray and The Walker Brothers, plus reissues from Bert Sommer, The Triffids, Sebadoh, Siouxsie and John Cale.

BOOKS
Joe Boyd's memories, Peggy Lee's life and the ultimate rock fashion tome.

DVDs
Supersonic! More Bolan on the box, plus Minutemen and Strummer docs.

LIVES
Yanking the hype chain at Coachella 2006. Plus, The Zutons in London. Look, a lady!

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