August 1972 Volume 4, Number 3 The Beat Goes On Making a Rolling Stones fan—to (ticket) order; Grootna becomes fonky; calling Yoko on the telephone; & more!
Loose As A Goose And Twice As Truthful Some times in the season of dust. philandering by Lester Bangs Looney Toons How I learned to stop worrying and love the eighteen year old vote: An inaugural fantasy. balling by Dave Marsh The Beach Boys—A Sixties Epic, Part Two A continuation of the California sound even unto the 1970s. by Tom Smucker
Beach Boys Contest Win a FREE Beach Boys lp. Impossible but true.
Phil Spector And John Lennon: "And So This Is Christmas" There's only a couple hundred shopping days left for your very next seasonal, regional breakout. mass production by Richard Williams
Rod Stewart And The Faces: The Daring Young Man And The Flying Chimpanzees Down south, in Derbyville, English rock & roll roosters and tiny dancing elves join the Famed Rock & Roll Circus in an adventure in something the wrong side of paradise. a carnivorous carnival by Dave Marsh
Letter From Britain In which Angela Davis and Brown Sugar find themselves exiled on main street. anglicization by Simon Frith
Todd Rundgren Unchained Philadelphia's finest finally sees the light. unnatural acts by Ben Edmonds
Wolfman Jack, Radiophonic Svengali Of Teenage Minds From Bangor To San Diego, Finally Shows His Face Ooooooooooo-eeeeeeeeeee returns to America at last. unspeakable practices by Tim Tyler
Cover Photo by Charlie Auringer
CREEMCharlie Auringer | Lester Bangs | Robert Christgau | Robbie Cruger | Ben Edmonds | Alison Karpel | Craig Karpel | Barry Kramer | Greil Marcus | Dave Marsh | Richard Pinkston | Richard Siegel | Jaan Uhelszki | Ed Ward | Connie Warren | Bob Wilson
