In this issue:

Inside the court of… Joni Mitchell: Jams! Jazz! Hollywood Babylon! – Paul Simon: His new masterpiece – Nick Drake: The making of a genius – 161 reviews: Noel Gallagher, Bruce Springsteen, Keith Jarrett, Calexico & more – Love: ‘We fought tooth and nail!’ – The Zombies: Colin Blunstone’s Odessey – Bob Dylan: Comes out of the shadows – Prince: ‘I want people to think I’m insane’ – Queen: The man who could have been Mercury – The Teardrop Explodes: Bless their cotton socks! – Sex pistols + generation X = Generation sex! – Plus: Mink, DeVille, Witch, Gang of Four, Blood Sweat & Tears, Ryuichi, Sakamoto