COVER STORY: THE BEATLES The album that invented modern pop and rock gets a stereo makeover, augmented by revelatory outtakes. MOJO delves into the secrets of its creation and consults the musicians whose lives it changed.
NICK CAVE Heartfelt, wise and fearlessly frank, Cave reflects on the transformations in his life and work since 2015 in this extract from a stunning new book.
JOE STRUMMER Exploring the music and the mayhem of the Clash man’s final fling. “Joe would stay up all night, bringing the joints in, he was the puppet master.”
BLUE ÖYSTER CULT 50 years on, its stars recall how killer riffs, literary fantasies and gay clobber fuelled the ’70s most unique band. Until it went all Spinal Tap.
GRAHAM COXON Blur’s troubled guitarist on the agony and the agony of Britpop, plus the recent realisation that it might not be The End Of The F***ing World, after all.
DRY CLEANING Florence Shaw’s existential shopping lists were the unlikely hit of lockdown. Luckily, there’s more where those came from, discovers Laura Snapes.
INCLUDED CD: THE MEANING OF WITHIN: Mojo's guide to the Fab avant-garde.