Beat Instrumental Back issue No. 151 December 1975 Elton John; Jon Lord; Jimi Hendrix; Sparks; Vangelis; Todd Rundgren; Phil Lynott ...full contents of this issue as follows

Front Cover Elton John

Elton John's Album Approach 4

Sparks of Genius 6

Vangelis 8

Letters and Queries 10

Jon Lord 12

Player of the Month Phil Lynott 14

Competition 17

The Eric Clapton Story Part One 18

Bass Guitars 20

Alan Douglas Producing Hendrix 24

Todd Rundgren 26

Rock and Roll Giants Gene Vincent 28

The Marshall Equipment Hire Story 30

What The A&R Men Want 34

Lesley Duncan On Session Singing 36

How to buy a Secondhand Amp 38

Album Reviews 40

Equipment Hire Survey 43

Instrumental News 60

Synthesizer Survey 62

The HH Story 72

The Producers Phil Wainman 78

Instrument Reviews 80

Studio Spotlight Stones Mobile 84

Studio Spotlight Acorn 88

Music Mart 90

Advertisement Index 92

Price Listings Guitars, Amps, Keyboards and Drums 93

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Beat Instrumental was a monthly UK pop and rock based publication aimed at musicians & readers interested the music industry First published in May 1963 as the smaller sized Beat Monthly magazine it became Beat Instrumental Monthly with issue 18 and Beat Instrumental from issue 37 Unlike the weekly music press it was predominantly aimed at musicians, emphasizing instruments and production equipment in it's interviews and moving to progressive rock in the late 1960s and 70s.