You find us at that time in the month when things start getting more than a wee bit hectic, deadlines fast approaching as we head into the final week or so of work on the new issue, for which I am reviewing Roy Harper’s Man & Myth, his first album of new material since The Green Man, 13 years ago. There’s also the small matter of next month’s cover story, which I’m also writing, which means it’s all go at the moment.

Meanwhile, as part of the special promotional feature in the current issue that we produced in association with hmv celebrating six decades of music and films, we have reached the 1970s, the era of stadium superstars, progressive rock, glam, punk, new wave and disco, for which I’ve compiled the following playlist.

Have a great week.

Music

Joni Mitchell

Blue

1971

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAsXMlkwXgs

Sly & The Family Stone

There’s A Riot Goin’ On

1971

Can

Tago Mago

1971

Roxy Music

Roxy Music

1972

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpSJVlDSlFY

Dr Feelgood

Down By The Jetty

1975

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

Zuma

1975

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GDIkb5CDUY

Bob Dylan

Blood On the Tracks

1975

Television

Marquee Moon

1977

Bruce Springsteen

Darkness On the Edge Of Town

1978

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGGGZetEkz0

The Clash

London Calling

1979

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEuyLJKG_ac

Films

Dirty Harry

The Godfather

Directed by Francis Ford Coppola

1972

Badlands

Terrence Malick

1973

Chinatown

Roman Polanski

1974

Jaws

Steven Speilberg

1975

Dog Day Afternoon

Sydney Lumet

1975

Taxi Driver

Martin Scorsese

1975

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVoSt1glAf4

The Deer Hunter

Michael Cimino

1978

Manhattan

Woody Allen

1979

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dihjrm1Qk_0

Quadrophenia

Franc Roddam

1979

Apocalypse Now

Francis Ford Coppola

1979

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gz3Cc7wlfkI