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Peter Stanfield

@peterstanfield.bsky.social
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Author of “Dirty Real: Exile on Hollywood & Vine with the Gin Mill Cowboys”; “Pin-Ups 1972: Third Generation Rock n Roll”, etc. linktr.ee/peterstanfield

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Peter Stanfield @peterstanfield.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
New 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
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Peter Stanfield @peterstanfield.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Definitely non-fiction, but it’s a flexible concept
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Peter Stanfield @peterstanfield.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Great news indeed
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Peter Stanfield @peterstanfield.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Here 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
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Peter Stanfield @peterstanfield.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Johnny Rotten by Eve Dadomo, 1976 #johnnyrotten #sexpistols #evedadomo
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Peter Stanfield @peterstanfield.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
#jessehector #hammersmithgorillas #gorillas
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Peter Stanfield @peterstanfield.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
THEM 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
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Peter Stanfield @peterstanfield.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
UK original also has that Search and Destroy where you can clearly hear the Asheton brothers. Later Embassy pressing went back to the correct master as per US. A life spent starring at matrix # or something!!!
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Peter Stanfield @peterstanfield.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
A friend stumped up for it, I enjoyed listening to his copy and only bought mine years later, probably for less than it cost in 76!
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Peter Stanfield @peterstanfield.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Ephemeral, marginal and of no intrinsic value whatsoever, my latest blog post. This one is on Metallic KO's UK release www.peterstanfield.com/blog
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Peter Stanfield @peterstanfield.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
2+3+4+1+3 = the formula for the big sound used by who? Back page ad Music Maker (September 1966) #keithmoon #thewho #premieredrums
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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
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Peter Stanfield @peterstanfield.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
A BIZZARRE history of punk: www.peterstanfield.com/blog
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Peter Stanfield @peterstanfield.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Bob Dawbarn never got over Trad Jazz’s demise and the rise of the Stones et al. He should have retired in ‘64
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Peter Stanfield @peterstanfield.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Maybe the worse Chelsea game I’ve seen. Sucked the soul right out of me
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Peter Stanfield @peterstanfield.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
She made a terrific start with this 45
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Peter Stanfield @peterstanfield.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
New blog post on Dave Twist’s utterly splendid third-generation rock n’ roll primer. Welcome to the teenage wasteland: www.peterstanfield.com/blog
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Peter Stanfield @peterstanfield.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
I noticed it was no longer available from Amazon. Maybe withdrawn cos he got a publisher involved, I hope so cos it needs an index! I’ll ask someone who might know. Back atcha
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Peter Stanfield @peterstanfield.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
My 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
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Peter Stanfield @peterstanfield.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
New ‘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
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Reaktion Books @reaktionbooks.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Ugly 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
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David Hayden @seventydys.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Michael 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.
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Peter Stanfield @peterstanfield.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Listen here or on Pantheon Podcasts, Spotify, etc. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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THE YARDBIRDS: Peter Stanfield interview
Podcast Episode · Ugly Things · March 16 · 1h 32m
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Peter Stanfield @peterstanfield.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Are the Who tracks live versions or studio? They rather dominate the set. Could it have been cut for a radio show given the mix of artists?
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Peter Stanfield @peterstanfield.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
New ultra greased-up Ugly Things mag heading this way soon. . . flame on with the #flamingroovies
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Peter Stanfield @peterstanfield.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
#dontstealthisbook Features yours truly. . .
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Peter Stanfield @peterstanfield.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
An 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
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Peter Stanfield @peterstanfield.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
When Guy met Chuck (JazzBeat, March 1964) #guystevens #chuckberry #jazzbeatmagazine
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Peter Stanfield @peterstanfield.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
New blog post on the Yardbirds’ extracurricular activities in 1966 www.peterstanfield.com/blog #yardbirds
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Peter Stanfield @peterstanfield.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Cheers for the tip, I’ve not lunched with the devil lately but will take a peek
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Peter Stanfield @peterstanfield.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
His pop criticism for Let it Rock and Creem is outstanding. He was among the best commentators of the scene in the early 70s. Took me years to make the connection between him and Fred!
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Peter Stanfield @peterstanfield.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
I found it fascinating to track writers at NME and MM to see how they developed their ideas and positions.A million miles from my favourite pop critics Nik Cohn and Penny Valentine but Simon Frith came close and so too Duncan Fallowell who is just a fabulous critic
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Peter Stanfield @peterstanfield.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Thank you once more. Researching the book was a true labour of love
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Peter Stanfield @peterstanfield.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
This post has made my day @reaktionbooks.bsky.social
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Peter Stanfield @peterstanfield.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Thank you for the thumbs up, it has made my day. So pleased you enjoyed the book. I hadn’t thought about getting Patti Smith in but wish I had made space for Laura Nyro’s Gonna Take A Miracle, an album I only discovered after I finished the book
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Peter Stanfield @peterstanfield.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Will 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
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Peter Stanfield @peterstanfield.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
The Private Life of Peter Green as serialised in Jackie magazine . . . new blog post – www.peterstanfield.com/blog #petergreen #fleetwoodmac #jackiemagazine
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Peter Stanfield @peterstanfield.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
The 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
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 08/01/2026
Seen near the U.S. Embassy in London, UK 🇬🇧 (Nonce is UK slang for pedo.)
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Peter Stanfield @peterstanfield.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
High Priest of RnR — 16 sermons
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Peter Stanfield @peterstanfield.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Merry Christmas from me too
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Peter Stanfield @peterstanfield.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Mine was a very similar experience and a I definitely bought a copy or two from Compendium
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Peter Stanfield @peterstanfield.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
A 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
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Reaktion Books @reaktionbooks.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Day 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
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Peter Stanfield @peterstanfield.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Brighton’s Lambrini Girls do an Iggy, Dreamland, Margate’s last night
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Peter Stanfield @peterstanfield.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
www.peterstanfield.com/blog/tag/Eel...
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Eel Pie Island — Blog — Peter Stanfield
The Pop-Eye: Maximum Movies and Rock ‘n’ Roll Matters.
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Peter Stanfield @peterstanfield.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
a 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
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Peter Stanfield @peterstanfield.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
In solidarity #nokings
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Peter Stanfield @peterstanfield.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
#thewho play Vancouver March 1968
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Peter Stanfield @peterstanfield.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
To 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
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