Launched in 1993, MOJO celebrates the stories of music's all-time greats. It does this through expertly written, insightful features and exclusive, in-depth interviews. MOJO also finds and recommends new music of quality and integrity, so if you want to read about the classics of now and tomorrow, it is definitely the music magazine for you. As founding editor Paul Du Noyer put it, MOJO has ""the sensibilities of a fanzine and the design values of Vogue."" It's lovingly put together every month by music fanatics with huge knowledge, who share your passion. And because they have unrivalled contacts in the music industry, they bring you the kind of access, news and expertise you won't find anywhere else.

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Madcap: The Movie • Syd Barrett to be profiled in new documentary, with contributions from Pink Floyd and Hipgnosis.

They’ve Got Levitation • The 13th Floor Elevators were the pioneers of psychedelic garage rock whose reign ended in a mess of prison sentences and mental illness. Paul Drummond was there to watch their unexpected and dramatic reunion in a Texas field.

All Or Nothing • One of the biggest British bands of the late ‘60s, The Love Affair were made to be broken. As a new anthology hits the racks, Phil Alexander hears the young Mods’ forgotten story.

Mickey Dolenz • The Monkees’ drummin’ and singin’ free-thinker on beatnik coffee shops, making long hair acceptable, sitting in on Sgt. Pepper, and seeing Jimi Hendrix booed off stage.

…Dr King Was Shot • Soul star and Memphis native William Bell was driving to the Stax studio on the evening civil rights titan Dr Martin Luther King was killed at the city’s Lorraine Motel. He recalls the eerily empty roads, the shock and anger, and the pleas for calm.

The Strangeloves • Three farmer’s boys from the Australian outback – or so they led the world to believe – created one of the legendary Nuggets compilation’s oddest tracks. Only the truth was even stranger than the fiction…

Sunny Afternoon • In March 1966, The Kinks’ Ray Davies was suffering acute nervous exhaustion following a disastrous US tour. Then, after two months of writer’s block spent listening to Frank Sinatra, a “life-affirming” jewel emerged in a new musical style.

Gaz Coombes • For the former Supergrass frontman, back this year with his emoto-psych solo triumph Matador, the ’60s were the sonic and psychic motherlode. Here he talks us through his ten favourite albums of the era.

This Wheel’s On Fire • Jazz organ magus Brian Auger recalls how Trinity bandmate Julie Driscoll’s “mysterious” voice turned a Dylan tune into eerie psychedelic magic.

Summer 1968

At home with The Beatles • At the height of their fame in the ’60s, what The Beatles treasured most was privacy. Yet in a series of extraordinary features for their fan magazine, the Fabs allowed the cameras into their homes. Here, 50 years on, rare and unseen shots from those sessions have been unearthed…

THERE’S A RI OT GOIN’ ON ! • R&B DELINQUENTS AND PSYCHEDELIC EXPLORERS, R&B DELINQUENTS AND PSYCHEDELIC EXPLORERS THE PRETTY THINGS’ BID FOR GREATNESS WAS HEXED BY LONG HAIR, RIOTS AND A BOOZE-ADDLED DRUMMER WITH A DEAD CRAYFISH.

STRONGER THAN DIRT • Six of The Pretty Things’ 1960s best.

STILL CRAZY! • As his band hits 50, Phil May talks to Lois Wilson about Dylan, drinking and the brand-new Pretty Things LP.

A NEW EXPERIENCE • Charles R. Cross chronicles the early days of Jimi Hendrix. From the backstreets of Seattle to the juke joints of the South, it's a tale of desperation, prejudice and, above all self-belief...

JIMI'S PLAYLIST • While Jimi's roots lie in blues, soul and rock'n' roll, he listened to a wide range of music until the very end. Here are 10 albums found in the...