Rolling Stone magazine No 319 June 12 1980

IN THIS ISSUE
Rock & Roll
Journey : By Ben Fong-Torres..................................8
How San Francisco's platinum hard-rockers quit their evil ways and conquered the
music business
Yellow Magic Orchestra: By James Henke .......14
Japan's premier technopop group has a hit in the States.
Solar Records: By Steve Bloom ................16
A black-owned record company scores with hits by the Whispers and Shalamar.
The Chieftains : By Scott Isler.....18
Srelands best-known traditional outfit is increasingly in demand.
Cleveland Internationals Steve Popovich : By Lee Abbott......20
The former promotion man has built a successful independent label with acts like
Meat Loaf and lan Hunter.
Jazz: By Robert Palmer............ 23
dames Blood Ulmers futuristic fusion jazz gains acceptance.
Warner Communications Inc. announces a counterfeiting bounty; CBS and WEA
raise prices on multiple-record sets; and Atlantic President Jerry Greenberg resigns
to start his own label.
Random Notes
Blues Brothers update; Beach Boy Brian Wilson talks to English mag; plus news
about Paul McCartney, Bette Midler and new releases
Features
George Lucas : The Empire Strikes Back : By Jean Vallely ....31
The Force behind Star Wars hopes its sequel will make enough money so he can be
free from the Hollywood studios.
War against the White House : The Struggle of Edward M.
Kennedy : By Alexander Cockburn and James Ridgeway ....36
sf| fs the millionaire from Massachusetts whose wife moved out worse than a couple of
Baptist bullshit artists from Georgia? Report and interviews from the campaign
trail
Rock & Roll Heaven : By Burk Uzzle................. 48
Where the stars are buried: a photo essay in memory of eight who died young
Snap Shots : By Twiggs Haversham..... 49
if| Compact, easy-to-use vacation cameras
Reviews
Records:
Frank Sinatra : Trilogy : By Tom Carson ......53
Smokey Robinson : Warm Thoughts : By Dave Marsh ....... 53
Also, Rodney Crowell, Robin Lane and the Chartbusters, Roberta Flack, lggy Pop,
Journey the Slits, John Stewart and the Brothers Johnson
Undercover: By Greil Marcus................ 2
Jean Rhys, by Thomas F. Staley
Performance............. 68
The Pretenders, by Mikal Gilmore; Rachel Sweet, by Lloyd Sachs

Founded in California, by Jann Wenner back in 1967 Rolling Stone Magazine delved deep into the music world and frequently tackled political issues. In the first edition 11/9/1967 Wenner wrote that Rolling Stone "is not just about music, but about things & attitudes that the music scene embraces. However it quickly distanced itself from the underground newspapers of the time embracing traditional journalism & avoiding the radical politics championed by the underground press.