Music -- Texas -- Periodicals

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This series includes three binders of flyers for rock and/or grunge bands in Austin in the 1990s. Well-represented are the Butthole Surfers, Roky Erickson, and Supersuckers.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: It’s Only Rock ’N’ Roll was an indie music newspaper published in San Antonio from May 1978 to April 1982. The publication chronicled the rise of punk and New Wave music in San Antonio and Austin, reporting on national touring acts like Blondie, Elvis Costello, Patti Smith, the Ramones, the Clash and the Sex Pistols, as well as local and regional rock ’n’ roll, blues and heavy metal acts. Issues included record reviews, guest columns, nightclub listings and...

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The majority are publicity shots, unless otherwise noted. The number of photographs is indicated in parenthesis. Arranged alphabetically.

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Comprised almost entirely of business receipts, the series documents the expenditures of the E. J. Shelby Record Shop in Waco, Texas. Receipts are arranged chronologically by month.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: It’s Only Rock ’N’ Roll was an indie music newspaper published in San Antonio from May 1978 to April 1982. The publication chronicled the rise of punk and New Wave music in San Antonio and Austin, reporting on national touring acts like Blondie, Elvis Costello, Patti Smith, the Ramones, the Clash and the Sex Pistols, as well as local and regional rock ’n’ roll, blues and heavy metal acts. Issues included record reviews, guest columns, nightclub listings and...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: It’s Only Rock ’N’ Roll was an indie music newspaper published in San Antonio from May 1978 to April 1982. The publication chronicled the rise of punk and New Wave music in San Antonio and Austin, reporting on national touring acts like Blondie, Elvis Costello, Patti Smith, the Ramones, the Clash and the Sex Pistols, as well as local and regional rock ’n’ roll, blues and heavy metal acts. Issues included record reviews, guest columns, nightclub listings and...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

The majority are publicity shots, unless otherwise noted. The number of photographs is indicated in parenthesis. Arranged alphabetically.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: It’s Only Rock ’N’ Roll was an indie music newspaper published in San Antonio from May 1978 to April 1982. The publication chronicled the rise of punk and New Wave music in San Antonio and Austin, reporting on national touring acts like Blondie, Elvis Costello, Patti Smith, the Ramones, the Clash and the Sex Pistols, as well as local and regional rock ’n’ roll, blues and heavy metal acts. Issues included record reviews, guest columns, nightclub listings and...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: It’s Only Rock ’N’ Roll was an indie music newspaper published in San Antonio from May 1978 to April 1982. The publication chronicled the rise of punk and New Wave music in San Antonio and Austin, reporting on national touring acts like Blondie, Elvis Costello, Patti Smith, the Ramones, the Clash and the Sex Pistols, as well as local and regional rock ’n’ roll, blues and heavy metal acts. Issues included record reviews, guest columns, nightclub listings and...

Scope and Contents The bulk of the series is invoices for studio session time, mixing, dubbing, and other services provided by Gold Star Recording Company. Names of notable recording artists mentioned in the invoices are listed in the folder descriptions. The invoices are arranged alphabetically by client. Numerous record labels and production companies made use of the studio including Charlie Booth Productions, Crazy Cajun Enterprises, Cue Records, Epstein Enterprises, Duke-Peacock Records, Gold Band Records,...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: It’s Only Rock ’N’ Roll was an indie music newspaper published in San Antonio from May 1978 to April 1982. The publication chronicled the rise of punk and New Wave music in San Antonio and Austin, reporting on national touring acts like Blondie, Elvis Costello, Patti Smith, the Ramones, the Clash and the Sex Pistols, as well as local and regional rock ’n’ roll, blues and heavy metal acts. Issues included record reviews, guest columns, nightclub listings and...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

The majority are publicity shots, unless otherwise noted. The number of photographs is indicated in parenthesis. Arranged alphabetically.

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The Doug Hanners Collection spans 1947-2011, and the bulk of the collection documents the Blues, Rock and Roll, and Country music and artists of the 1950s-1970s, with a strong focus on the music coming out of the East and coastal regions of Texas.

Scope and Contents Photographs, Letters, files, and printed material provide a glimpse of Meaux’s work as DJ, producer, and music promoter. The only item relating to his criminal activities is a 2-volume transcript of his 1968 trial along with Charlie Booth for conspiracy to transport a fifteen and onehalf year old female in interstate commerce for the purposes of prostitution in violation of the Mann Act, Title 18 U.S.C. § 371, Title 18 U.S.C. § 2421. The case was tried before a jury and a verdict of guilty...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: It’s Only Rock ’N’ Roll was an indie music newspaper published in San Antonio from May 1978 to April 1982. The publication chronicled the rise of punk and New Wave music in San Antonio and Austin, reporting on national touring acts like Blondie, Elvis Costello, Patti Smith, the Ramones, the Clash and the Sex Pistols, as well as local and regional rock ’n’ roll, blues and heavy metal acts. Issues included record reviews, guest columns, nightclub listings and...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: It’s Only Rock ’N’ Roll was an indie music newspaper published in San Antonio from May 1978 to April 1982. The publication chronicled the rise of punk and New Wave music in San Antonio and Austin, reporting on national touring acts like Blondie, Elvis Costello, Patti Smith, the Ramones, the Clash and the Sex Pistols, as well as local and regional rock ’n’ roll, blues and heavy metal acts. Issues included record reviews, guest columns, nightclub listings and...

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Ron Young, longtime music journalist, songwriter and, musician grew up in San Antonio, Texas, and was the founder and publisher of the pioneering indie music newspaper It’s Only Rock ’N’ Roll. The publication chronicled the rise of punk and New Wave music in San Antonio and Austin, as well as local and regional rock ’n’ roll, blues and heavy metal acts.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

The majority are publicity shots, unless otherwise noted. The number of photographs is indicated in parenthesis. Arranged alphabetically.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: It’s Only Rock ’N’ Roll was an indie music newspaper published in San Antonio from May 1978 to April 1982. The publication chronicled the rise of punk and New Wave music in San Antonio and Austin, reporting on national touring acts like Blondie, Elvis Costello, Patti Smith, the Ramones, the Clash and the Sex Pistols, as well as local and regional rock ’n’ roll, blues and heavy metal acts. Issues included record reviews, guest columns, nightclub listings and...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: It’s Only Rock ’N’ Roll was an indie music newspaper published in San Antonio from May 1978 to April 1982. The publication chronicled the rise of punk and New Wave music in San Antonio and Austin, reporting on national touring acts like Blondie, Elvis Costello, Patti Smith, the Ramones, the Clash and the Sex Pistols, as well as local and regional rock ’n’ roll, blues and heavy metal acts. Issues included record reviews, guest columns, nightclub listings and...