"The Doors, in person, have become the best the West has to offer. In concert at the Village Theater several weeks ago, they were frightening and beautiful beyond my ability to describe. ..."

My Sargent Pepper Trip . . . . . Richard Meltzer

Report on the State of the Beatles . . . . . Don McNeill

Between the Floors . . . . . Gary Blackman

Lucy in the Sky . . . . . Rafeal Black

Sargent Pepper as Noise . . . . . Paul Williams

Whitenoise? . . . . . David Flooke

Saucer Lands in Virginia . . . . . Sandy Pearlman

What Goes On? news of the rock field

A Whiter Shade of Black / Mowtown Records / . . . . . Jon Landau

Pythagoras the Cave Painter / Jimi Hendrix / . . . . . Richard Meltzer

The Byrds' Greatest Hits and Others . . . . . Paul WIlliams

Cover: Paul McCartney, photgraph by Linda Eastman.