Peter Stanfield @peterstanfield.bsky.social · 21/08/2026New blog post on London's vintage record shops as documented by Giovanni Dadomo in Time Out (February 1976) and a few choice cuttings from their listings. Pic: Joe Strummer/101’ers www.peterstanfield.com/blog 000
Peter Stanfield @peterstanfield.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Here we go, a new essential collection of Nik Cohn’s non-fiction, which, hurrah, includes “Rebecca and the Teendreams” that was given its only public airing in Cream (October 1972). Published by Ze Books, Corner Boy hits the stores in October #nikcohn #zebooks #cornerboy 162
Peter Stanfield @peterstanfield.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Johnny Rotten by Eve Dadomo, 1976 #johnnyrotten #sexpistols #evedadomo 000
Peter Stanfield @peterstanfield.bsky.social · 17/07/2026#jessehector #hammersmithgorillas #gorillas 000
Peter Stanfield @peterstanfield.bsky.social · 09/07/2026THEM on Thank Your Lucky Stars. This and a few other choice cuts from the tv programme's 1965 annual have been posted on my blog this morning, inc. Pretty Things and Fairies www.peterstanfield.com/blog #them #vanmorrison #thankyourluckystars 010
Peter Stanfield @peterstanfield.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Ephemeral, marginal and of no intrinsic value whatsoever, my latest blog post. This one is on Metallic KO's UK release www.peterstanfield.com/blog 221
Peter Stanfield @peterstanfield.bsky.social · 04/06/20262+3+4+1+3 = the formula for the big sound used by who? Back page ad Music Maker (September 1966) #keithmoon #thewho #premieredrums 010
Peter Stanfield @peterstanfield.bsky.social · 23/05/2026"Death Trip: Iggy and the Stooges 1972-74" (Reaktion Books), the second volume of Michael S. Begnal’s study of the band, is now available If you want to know why the Stooges mattered, and still matter, then this is your tour guide of choice. Outstanding @reaktionbooks.bsky.social 084
Peter Stanfield @peterstanfield.bsky.social · 21/05/2026A BIZZARRE history of punk: www.peterstanfield.com/blog 010
Peter Stanfield @peterstanfield.bsky.social · 28/04/2026New blog post on Dave Twist’s utterly splendid third-generation rock n’ roll primer. Welcome to the teenage wasteland: www.peterstanfield.com/blog 000
Peter Stanfield @peterstanfield.bsky.social · 23/04/2026My 16 page story of the Flamin’ Groovies’ 1972 sojourn in Britain has now made it across the Atlantic. One of Ugly Things best issues, packed with goodness 130
Peter Stanfield @peterstanfield.bsky.social · 08/04/2026New ‘Thick Ear’ film noir Blu-ray from @indicator.bsky.social. Very pleased to have provided the notes for William Castle’s neat little thriller, Undertow #filmnoir 072
Reposted by Peter StanfieldReaktion Books @reaktionbooks.bsky.social · 17/03/2026Ugly Things magazine has interviewed Peter Stanfield about his book, The Yardbirds. Get the podcast on your usual podcast app, or on Spotify, right here: 🔉 buff.ly/9RJ306n 011
Reposted by Peter StanfieldDavid Hayden @seventydys.bsky.social · 19/03/2026Michael S. Begnal's excellent book 'Death Trip: Iggy and the Stooges 1972-74', which I commissioned and edited for @reaktionbooks.bsky.social coming in May. Thanks to @jonsavage.bsky.social and @peterstanfield.bsky.social for the enthusiastic endorsements. 0213
Peter Stanfield @peterstanfield.bsky.social · 16/03/2026Listen here or on Pantheon Podcasts, Spotify, etc. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...podcasts.apple.comTHE YARDBIRDS: Peter Stanfield interviewPodcast Episode · Ugly Things · March 16 · 1h 32m 000
Peter Stanfield @peterstanfield.bsky.social · 12/03/2026New ultra greased-up Ugly Things mag heading this way soon. . . flame on with the #flamingroovies 010
Peter Stanfield @peterstanfield.bsky.social · 11/03/2026#dontstealthisbook Features yours truly. . . 010
Peter Stanfield @peterstanfield.bsky.social · 27/02/2026An addition to an earlier blog post on the Yardbirds at the Crawdaddy . . . Gary Farr and the T-Bones from JazzBeat (September 1964) www.peterstanfield.com/blog/tag/Cra... #yardbirds #garyfarrandthetbones #garyfarr #crawdaddyclub 010
Peter Stanfield @peterstanfield.bsky.social · 23/02/2026When Guy met Chuck (JazzBeat, March 1964) #guystevens #chuckberry #jazzbeatmagazine 000
Peter Stanfield @peterstanfield.bsky.social · 14/02/2026New blog post on the Yardbirds’ extracurricular activities in 1966 www.peterstanfield.com/blog #yardbirds 000
Peter Stanfield @peterstanfield.bsky.social · 13/02/2026This post has made my day @reaktionbooks.bsky.social 030
Peter Stanfield @peterstanfield.bsky.social · 02/02/2026Will Straw’s 'Nights in Fairyland: Gossip, Blackmail, and the Many Lives of “Broadway Brevities”' (2026) is a neon lit history of New York’s pre-war sensationalist press and the lurid exposé of queer nightspots and lifestyles. Essential @wstraw.bsky.social 010
Peter Stanfield @peterstanfield.bsky.social · 26/01/2026The Private Life of Peter Green as serialised in Jackie magazine . . . new blog post – www.peterstanfield.com/blog #petergreen #fleetwoodmac #jackiemagazine 010
Peter Stanfield @peterstanfield.bsky.social · 15/01/2026The Who ten-pin bowling club at Piccadilly's Excel lanes in the Summer 1965. Paul Hogarth illustration . . . New post: www.peterstanfield.com/blog #thewho @thewhothismonth.bsky.social 021
Reposted by Peter StanfieldThe Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 08/01/2026Seen near the U.S. Embassy in London, UK 🇬🇧 (Nonce is UK slang for pedo.) 6339301131
Peter Stanfield @peterstanfield.bsky.social · 16/12/2025A new blog post on Brian Hogg's marvellous book, "Low Yo Yo Stuff: Music and Memories a Thousand Times Over". Get a copy for the one you love the most. www.peterstanfield.com/blog 120
Reposted by Peter StanfieldReaktion Books @reaktionbooks.bsky.social · 04/12/2025Day 4 of our advent calendar shows how some British pop trailblazers helped to shape rock music ... it's The Yardbirds by Peter Stanfield. #advent #christmas #rockmusic #books #nonfiction #reaktionbooks 021
Peter Stanfield @peterstanfield.bsky.social · 22/11/2025Brighton’s Lambrini Girls do an Iggy, Dreamland, Margate’s last night 010
Peter Stanfield @peterstanfield.bsky.social · 19/11/2025a recent find among my mum's photos. The scene is the common room, Maria Grey teacher training college, Twickenham, c.1954. Two years later the college's students would be raving on Eel Pie Island just over the bridge 120
Peter Stanfield @peterstanfield.bsky.social · 26/08/2025To mark my survey in Ugly Things #69 of the 1973 debates in the British press about the relative merits of THEM and Van Morrison, I've put on my blog the full text of Lester Bangs’ sleeve notes www.peterstanfield.com/blog #lesterbangs #them #vanmorrison 140
Peter Stanfield @peterstanfield.bsky.social · 13/07/2025T-Shirts Optional – Led Zeppelin, Orlando, Fla (1971) #LedZeppelin 010
Peter Stanfield @peterstanfield.bsky.social · 12/07/2025It was a typical Saturday night at the Ludlow Garage. . . Standing in the rear was a tall girl wearing a black leather motorcycle jacket and blue levis and a look of utter boredom. #flamingroovies 010
Peter Stanfield @peterstanfield.bsky.social · 09/07/2025MC5 . . . working the press – London 1970. Couple of hitherto unknown, to me at least, interviews with the band. Visit my blog for the lowdown, link in profile #MC5 051
Peter Stanfield @peterstanfield.bsky.social · 02/07/2025New blog post on Music Now 1970 and the paper’s coverage of T. Rex on the cusp Link in my profile #marcbolan #trex 120
Peter Stanfield @peterstanfield.bsky.social · 01/07/2025Got the Summertime Blues? Let Pete Townshend disabuse you . . . 000
Peter Stanfield @peterstanfield.bsky.social · 19/05/2025Moving Like a Crazy Caterpillar Fed on Pep Pills . . . The Yardbirds at the Crawdaddy. New blog post, link in profile #TheYardbirds #yardbirds 110
Peter Stanfield @peterstanfield.bsky.social · 10/05/2025'The Most Blueswailing . . .' earned a top review in yesterday's Wall Street Journal. The Financial Times has yet to knock at my door . . . Thank you @wesleystace.bsky.social Full review is posted on my blog, link in my profile @reaktionbooks.bsky.social #TheYardbirds #yardbirds 021
Reposted by Peter StanfieldFrank Krutnik @krutnik.com · 20/04/2025Check out Boris Karloff in this rare 1949 radio adaptation of a Cornell Woolrich story. For commentary, see the April 20 blog entry on krutnik.com. youtu.be/1WxH1LhhFIM?...youtu.beBoris Karloff, "The Night Reveals", Mystery Playhouse (ABC Radio)YouTube video by Krutnik videos 021
Peter Stanfield @peterstanfield.bsky.social · 19/04/2025Hard on Shindigs! heels is an equally wonderful 4star review from Daryl Easley for Record Collector #theyardbirds #yardbirds @reaktionbooks.bsky.social #daryleaslea 022
Peter Stanfield @peterstanfield.bsky.social · 19/04/2025Fantastic 4star review from Grahame Bent for @shindig_magazine #theyardbirds #yardbirds @reaktionbooks.bsky.social 021
Peter Stanfield @peterstanfield.bsky.social · 14/04/2025Tony Blackburn Sings the Yardbirds. . . New blog post; link in profile . . . 000
Peter Stanfield @peterstanfield.bsky.social · 02/04/2025The Who were never above appropriating a good tune when need demanded. Moon and Entwistle’s ‘In the City’, b-side of ‘I’m a Boy’, is one of dubious provenance that’s nevertheless worth a whistle test. New blog post: www.peterstanfield.com/blog #thewho @thewhothismonth.bsky.social 041
Peter Stanfield @peterstanfield.bsky.social · 01/04/2025Seventeen magazine (March 1965) covers the ‘Young London Look’ and, as the ace faces of the City, the Who play their part. Much more of this in my blog: www.peterstanfield.com/blog #thewho @thewhothismonth.bsky.social 031
Peter Stanfield @peterstanfield.bsky.social · 31/03/2025Derek Berwin's fabulous 1965 photo of the Who that was used to illustrate Fabulous magazine's January 1966 Pop Art themed issue. More of the contents can be seen on my blog: www.peterstanfield.com/blog #thewho #popart 010
Peter Stanfield @peterstanfield.bsky.social · 31/03/2025Just in . . . 8/10 review in Classic Rock by Claudia Elliott . . . 'a thoroughly birdmerizing yardmerizing treat' #theyardbirds #yardbirds 010