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“I didn’t know Melody Maker magazine, but Barrie kept say- ing you have to go to England and talk to my mates - talk to the journalists,” explained Coles. “So, the film grew from an inti- mate artist portrait into a much bigger picture after I came back from England.” Thanks to the change in focus, the film became a much big- ger story; several stories in fact. There’s the story of Barrie Wen- tzell and his wonderful photo- graphs; the journey of the maga- NJ STAGE 2017 - Vol. 4 No. 8 zine as it morphed from a rather stodgy trade magazine into an exciting rock and roll magazine of the sixties; and an examina- tion of the music industry as a whole and the many changes it has gone through. She captures this evolutionary period in the history of rock n’ roll via inter- views with journalists, musicians, and others who worked behind the scenes. Some of the artists in the film include Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull), Eric Burdon (The Animals), Dave Cousins (The INDEX NEXT ARTICLE 50