1966 and all that

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This past Saturday, the wife and I threw our third annual Catskill 45s party. The event started two years ago when the wife and we each turned 45, and for my part at least, seeing great significance in that number of revolutions per minute, I determined to put together a party where I would DJ Continue reading

Soul Sonic Forces

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My long-standing friend Peter Jervis, who I know as Jaf from the days when he fronted the Jamming! Records band Zeitgeist, has always had impeccable taste in soul music. (Zeitgeist’s cover version of “Ball of Confusion” became what we may safely call a “turntable hit” back in 1981-82.) Just how impeccable will be apparent when Continue reading

Saugerties This Sunday

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This Sunday, March 27, at 3:30pm, I’ll be joining my good friends and fellow music authors HOLLY GEORGE-WARREN and WILL HERMES at the INQUIRING MIND bookstore, 65 Partition Street in Saugerties, for a special rock’n’roll flavored reading. The eternally busy Holly is currently at work on a biography of the great late Alex Chilton, while Continue reading

iJamming! Interviews

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The following interviews were all conducted by Tony Fletcher unless stated. Some of them are exclusive to iJamming!, some were conducted for magazine features or record company bios, several provided research for Tony’s books; the remainder date from the days of Jamming! magazine. Those posted prior to June 2005 are in the “old-school” iJamming! html Continue reading

Tony Fletcher’s Books

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All Hopped Up and Ready To Go: Music from the Streets of New York 1927-77, published by W.W. Norton October 2009 in the United States, by Omnibus Press March 2010 in the UK. For more information, follow the All Hopped Up threads here, or follow the links at right. The Clash: The Complete Guide To Continue reading

Tony Fletcher Biography and Books

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Tony Fletcher has been writing about music since 1977 when, at the age of 13, he started a 6-page fanzine, Jamming, at school in London. Jamming grew to become a major music monthly, landing exclusive interviews with Paul McCartney, Pete Townshend and U2 and helping to introduce the likes of Scritti Politti, Aztec Camera and Continue reading