Paul Morley - Steve Harley live - NME - December 18 1976

 

Steve Sutherland - Scott Walker - Melody Maker - January 18 1992

 

A contrarian viewpoint on Scott Walker - claiming that the stuff with the Walker Brothers was the greatest, the solo work just pretentious, morose guff - that I don't agree with in the least, but am nonetheless impressed that someone would argue it with such conviction. 

Sounds writers predictions for 1977

 

Kodwo Eshun - Club Licks column - The Wire - September 1992

Chris Roberts - Sebadoh - Bubble and Scrape - Melody Maker - May 1 1993

 

Ed Ward - The Musical Head liner note (1972)

 

More about the Orphic Egg label / the Musical Head series

Here's some more of the liner notes by name rock critics of the era - barely legible unfortunately - including Lester Bangs, Dave Marsh, Langdon Winner and David Dalton.

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Paul Morley - liner note for Short Circuit: Live at the Electric Circus (1977)

Paul Morley's first ever liner note, for the 10-inch vinyl live mini-LP tribute to closed-down-prematurely  Manchester punk venue the Electric Circus

Paul Morley - The Thing Is... An Interview [Brian Eno]

 

bonus mischief

Chris Roberts - Jimi Hendrix live albums - February 29 1992 - Melody Maker

 

I enjoyed this contrarian underwhelmed review from Chris at the time, even though I'm a Jimi-worshipper (although that said, it's hard to imagine any circumstances in which I would put on a Hendrix live album - actually prefer him as a studio magician, painting pictures with sound). 

Brian Case - Julie Burchill's Girls on Films - Melody Maker - March 1 1986