Mojo (UK) - 1 Mai 2025
“Being able to find great songs had a lot to do with my success.”
LENNY WARONKER
QUEEN
JAPANESE BREAKFAST
DIONNE WARWICK
ALAN SPARHAWK
SEX PISTOLS
THE POGUES
THE BEATLES
THIS MONTH'S CONTRIBUTORS INCLUDE...
RICK BUCKLER
NEW ALBUMS
RECORD STORE DAY 2025
REGULARS ALL BACK TO MY PLACE
ALABASTER DEPLUME
HELLO GOODBYE
ATLANTIC RECORDS
THE DOOBIE BROTHERS
REISSUES
REAL GONE
BOOKS
ASK MOJO
SCREEN
Brian D’Addario
Lonnie Holley
Kristin Hersh
ALL BACK TO MY PLACE
ROBERTA FLACK. RICK BUCKLER. MIKE RATLEDGE.
Theories, rants, etc.
It ruins the mystery if everything’s explained
Shake the freak tree and invite anyone who plops to the ground!
There’s no musical ghetto that can contain us
Temperamental artists, eh?
Being human is a condition that requires a little anaesthesia
Sweetheart, I want to throw a party
We’re all legends. But you’re right, I am a legend
I’m a performer, darling. Not a Swiss train conductor
True poetry is for the listener
The Beat Defender
The Beat Defender
THE DOOBIE BROTHERS SPARK UP AGAIN WITH ALBUM 16
ALSO WORKING
FACT SHEET
MOJO’S ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO RECORD STORE DAY 2025
DUDE AWAKENING? IT’S JEFF BRIDGES’ RSD RELEASE!
Patterson Hood
Alabaster DePlume
ALABASTER BLASTERS
Diamond R&B
Diamond R&B
JUG BAND VET AND FINGERPICKING PRO JIM KWESKIN KEEPS ON BLOWING
KWESKIN KOLLECTED
JAZZ-FUNK MAVERICK EMMA-JEAN THACKRAY WEIRDS OUT!
FACT SHEET
KEY TRACKS
ACHTUNG! THE FALL’S OLD GUARD REASSEMBLE AS HOUSE OF ALL
MOJO PLAYLIST
FACT SHEET
KEY TRACKS
One of the Last Great Record Men, the ‘Artist’s A&R’ in the Golden Age of Warner Brothers and beyond, counsellor to Prince, Van, Randy, Elliott Smith and more, shares his wisdom. “Producing is hard,” says Lenny Waronker.
Randy Newman on his debt to Lenny Waronker.
A LIFE IN PICTURES
Three key Waronker productions – by his nibs.
Michelle Zauner is the bestselling author behind the sublime, eclectic indie-pop of JAPANESE BREAKFAST – now featuring new pals Blake Mills, Jim Keltner and Jeff Bridges. With late-blooming fame informed by a traumatic bereavement, she’s in a hurry to cre
Michelle Zauner is the bestselling author behind the sublime, eclectic indie-pop of JAPANESE BREAKFAST – now featuring new pals Blake Mills, Jim Keltner and Jeff Bridges. With late-blooming fame informed by a traumatic bereavement, she’s in a hurry to cre
THE BREAKFAST SERIAL
THE POGUES UNLEASH RUM SODOMY & THE LASH
THE POGUES UNLEASH RUM SODOMY & THE LASH
DRAMATIS PERSONAE
“A vision of the past that's almost certainly kidding itself.”
ALBUMS
REISSUES
BOOKS
SCREEN
HOW TO BUY
The ties that bind
BACK STORY: HIGHER THINGS
The Horrors
Black Country, New Road
Rhiannon Giddens & Justin Robinson
Butler, Blake & Grant
Japanese Breakfast
Destroyer
Salif Keita
Queen of cups
Tom Hickox
Peter Holsapple
Babe Rainbow
Dean Wareham
Lucy Dacus
Motorpsycho
Miki Berenyi Trio
Perfume Genius
Swami John Reis
The Darkness
Nell Smith
Paradise regained
Brown Horse
Craig Finn
Mumford & Sons
Julien Baker & Torres
Eye of the storm
Unknown Mortal Orchestra
Hieroglyphic Being
ALSO RELEASED
Yann Tiersen
Snapped Ankles
Wolfgang Flür
Lola Kirke
Hannah Cohen
Lonnie Holley
Jethro Tull
Yoko Ono/The Great Learning Orchestra
Graham Reynolds
Pierre Bastien & Louis Laurain
Monde UFO
Anoushka Shankar
Cameron Keiber
Djo
Infinity Knives & Brian Ennals
Anika
Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry, Peter Harris & Fritz Catlin
Vega Trails
Simon Wells
Fred Moten & Brandon Lopez
Lullahush
Mien
Dirty Projectors & stargaze
Tenebrous Liar
Kings of the road
BACK STORY: PLANK TONE
Various
David Lee Roth
Roy Haynes
Joe Henderson
Gene Clark & Carla Olson
Various
Bob Mosley
From the air
Ibex Band
Jimmy Page & The Black Crowes
Holger Czukay
John Lee Hooker
67 Varieties
Various
Various
Various
Don Julian
De La Soul
So-Do
Ffa Coffi Pawb
Various
Wings
Unrest
The GPs
Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry And Friends
S.Y.P.H.
Ernie Graham
Blinded By The Light
CREDITS
Led Zeppelin
10 Led Zeppelin Celebration Day ATLANTIC/SWAN SONG, 2012
4 Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin III ATLANTIC, 1970
CAST YOUR VOTES…
1 Led Zeppelin Physical Graffiti SWAN SONG, 1975
6 Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin ATLANTIC, 1969 5 Led Zeppelin Houses Of The Holy ATLANTIC, 1973
2 Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin IV ATLANTIC, 1971
3 Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin II ATLANTIC, 1969
7 Led Zeppelin Presence SWAN SONG, 1976
9 Led Zeppelin In Through The Out Door SWAN SONG, 1979
8 Led Zeppelin How The West Was Won ATLANTIC, 2003
NOW DIG THIS
The last laugh
WHAT WE’VE LEARNT
John & Paul: A Love Story In Songs
The Musical Life Of Melanie: From The Village To Woodstock And Beyond
Lollapalooza
Heartbreaker: A Memoir
Men Of A Certain Age: My Encounters with Rock Royalty
Sir Coxson Dodd: His Musical Mightyness
Pressing News
Stone immaculate
WHAT WE’VE LEARNT
Standing Inside The Flame
THE LEGACY
THEY ALSO SERVED
APRIL 1954 …Chet Baker Sings
AD ARCHIVE 1954
HALEY ROCKS, BIG JOE ROLLS
Sinatra Swings Back
ALSO ON!
TOP TEN
Who hid Easter eggs on CD?
CLUES 378
Situationists Vacant
ANSWERS
Robert Pollard and Guided By Voices
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