I unearthed about a dozen copies which I'm perusing daily over a pint. For authenticity it should be Guinness but please allow me a little poetic leeway.
They make for great reading comparable with an early DownBeat or the Melody Maker before it strayed away from its name and, dare I say it?, a lot of the writing is not unlike what we do at BSH inasmuch as they also split infinitives, miss out apostrophes and spell jazz with a capital J which is maybe as it should be.
In truth, the magazine photos are more grey and white than black and white and I don't suppose those years up in the attic did them any favours in the book, something I know from personal experience of photos stored in attics although, in my case, they did provide the launching pad for BSH but that's another story...
Nevertheless, if you're at a car boot sale and you see copies amongst the Good House Keeping and the Car Mechanics mags - grab them and, if you find Issue 1 then send it to me - I'll pay the postage (second class). Lance
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Hi, Martin Connolly here. Fascinating to hear you have so many copies of JazzNews International. If you could, please let me know the date of the last copy that you have.
Plus, the article about my book Kind of Green is written by 'JC'. Yet, I sent it to Jeremy Kearney. Any clarification on that?
Please thank him for the great review.
My book is now being slightly revised, will be re-launched tomorrow. I hope I can get a reply asap, so I can incorporate the name.
Ah! His cover is blown!
Last copy I have was July/August 1989. I have all the previous ones except Issue one.
Very helpful. I had thought May/June '89 was the last, but no. Thanks. I will put that info into my book and credit you in the list of helpers.
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