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THE BOP WON’T STOP

When rock’n’roll’s popularity began to fade in the US, the legendary Gene Vincent made the UK his new home. With the help of Matchbox’s Graham Fenton, Vintage Rock charts Gene’s later years of triumphs, plenty of tragedy and an indelible mark on a generation of rockers…

Stray Cats Are Back

Brian Setzer and co are recording a new album for 2019’s 40th anniversary

RARE ROCK’N’ROLL RECORDS

Early cuts from Gene Vincent and Eddie Boyd, plus Roy Orbison’s adventures in jingle-land and two rare 7”ers from James Cotton, courtesy of www.omegaauctions.co.uk…

EVENTS

FEATURING: The Blasters, Johnny Knight, The Original

Dodge Brothers

Southampton’s Dodge Brothers can play rambunctious rockabilly or invent a soundtrack to a silent movie at will. Vintage Rock asks the quartet about their train-lovin’ retro sounds…

THE ½ PRICE SALE

SUBSCRIPTIONS FROM JUST £4.50!

Singles & Ep Reviews

Rock’n’roll is a universal language this issue, as rockin’ 7 ”s fly in from Germany, Austria, Spain and the Frenchspeaking quarter (huh?) of Bradford. Label names of Migraine, Hip Shakin and Fury tell their own story…

Vinyl Lp Reviews

This month, it’s vintage soul and R&B, wacky 50s weirdness and best-ofs featuring the likes of Bill Haley, Ike and Tina Turner, Vince Everett, and many more…

HEMSBY ROCK’N’ROLL WEEKENDER

The final Hemsby Weekender of 2018 was the end of an era, as veteran organiser Willie Jeffery announced he is stepping down. But a host of great acts saw this landmark event go out with a bang… setting a high standard for the new Hemsby that is coming in 2019

A LIFE IN Rock ’n’ Roll

It’s not all rock’n’roll for Vince Eager, as he recounts days of brief encounters with West End theatre producers as he gets pushed towards auditions for stage plays, musicals and even the movies…

Soundtrack of my life

The Bullets have been pumping out prime-cut rockabilly for over 30 years now. Here, vocalist Brett Waters shares his personal rockin’ Top 10

CONNIE FRANCIS IS NOT STUPID

The career of Connie Francis had been up and down until

ROCKIN’ AT THE COFFEE BARS

In 1950s London, early skiffle bloomed into rock’n’roll in the coffee bars of the West End. Vintage Rock travels back with skiffle king Chas McDevitt to days of gig fees paid in spaghetti and the nascent careers of Cliff Richard, Tommy Steele, Terry Dene, Wee Willie Harris and more…

Classic Album

‘It may not be American, but it’s ours’ thought British teens as wannabe rockers emerged from the UK suburbs. At the forefront was Marty Wilde, who recalls cutting his own 1959 debut LP with a sense of the impossible…

WALK ON THE WILDE SIDE

NEARLY 60 YEARS AFTER THE RELEASE OF WILDE ABOUT MARTY, THE 79-YEAR-OLD MARTY WILDE IS STILL ROCKING…

THE UNTOLD STORY OF CHICAGO ROCK’N’ROLL

Chicago of the 1950s is forever associated with the blues of Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf and the genius of Chess Records. But behind the bluesmen, early rock’n’roll also thrived in the windy city as Vintage Rock tracks down some lost stars of US rock history…

BUDDY WITH STRINGS ATTACHED!

Sixty years after his passing, Buddy Holly is back with a new set of musical clothes, courtesy of The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Producer Nick Patrick tells us the story of Holly’s symphonic new album, True Love Ways…

The Big orchestra

Buddy-plus-orchestra may be a first, but the new Roy Orbison album Unchained Melodies is a repeat teamup with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Vintage Rock looks at the ‘new’ Big O album and revisits some of the original recordings…

ROCKIN’ RONNIE

His underground classic Rockin’ Bones was released in 1959, but Ronnie Dawson had to wait until the 1980s to gain true acclaim. To mark 20 years since his induction into the Rockabilly Hall Of Fame, Vintage Rock profiles the late, great Blond Bomber… and speaks to those who knew him best