Vintage Rock

VINTAGE ROCK celebrates a time when music changed the world - 45s, youth culture and the odd thrusting pelvis. Vintage Rock chronicles all the stellar artists and music, the enduring legacy of those early pioneers - and why it’s still the best way to live. Spanning the dawn of the 50s to early Beatles (pre Eastern mysticism!), Vintage Rock covers a time of Mods and Rockers, crinoline skirts and blue jeans, rock star movies and screaming-girl concerts. This special magazine rejoices in the music and verve of Elvis, The Shadows, Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry, Gene Vincent and a host more, and speaks to a contemporary audience that relishes the vitality and flair of the era.

Vintage Rock

Welcome

ELVIS WEEK RETURNS TO GRACELAND • The run up to the anniversary of Elvis Presley’s death is promising to be a busy and exciting schedule of unmissable events, beginning with Elvis Week held at Graceland this August

OUT OF THE SHADOWS

TOP OF THE BILL

WIN A COPY OF EPiC: ELVIS PRESLEY IN CONCERT ON BLU-RAY!

GREY & GREENE

Jivin’ With The King

THREE DECADES OF VEGAS

DAPHNE SHADWELL • (22 DECEMBER 1927 – 25 MAY 2026)

EVENTS

Stacy Antonel • Writer’s block, the fear of boredom and a love for reverb inspired Stacy Antonel to blend country and surf rock. From San Diego to Nashville via Buenos Aires, Antonel and her music keep moving and growing.

Kierra Brie • Kierra Brie has wowed audiences from Viva Las Vegas to the Western Swing Out and Wild Records’ Lookout! soul revue. Now she’s stepping out as a songwriter with her debut single about the addictive allure of bad love…

“The centre of everything, five hundred miles from anything” • In what would have been his 90th birthday year, and with guidance from Roy Orbison expert and rockin’ musician Marcel Riesco, we revisit the Big O’s formative years and find out how he went from dreaming big in a small town in Texas to becoming an unlikely Sun Records hitmaker in Memphis.

MARCEL ON WINK

MARCEL ON THE REAL ROY

Classic album • Seventy years after it first arrived in record stores, Vintage Rock revisits a collection of songs that broke down racial barriers while helping rock’n’roll find its voice, delivered by the R&B pioneer who set the ball in motion

IMPERIAL PHASE

THE REVOLUTION WILL BE TELEVISED

THE KING OF BLING • In the 1970s, Elvis’s stagewear was taken to a totally new level, thanks to designer Bill Belew. A new book, Elvis: Dressed To Rock, puts those iconic clothes under the spotlight, with expert analysis from performance costume historian Karan Feder…

THE JUMPSUIT EFFECT • Though Karan Feder never met Bill Belew, she did in fact work in one of the shops that the designer used to frequent…

DETECTIVE WORK • For the book, Feder spent months studying Bill Belew’s costumes, and part of her job was playing investigative reporter, finding out exactly where the designer’s inspirations came from…

SWINGING AWAY THE BLUES • The Jive Aces have been at the forefront of the UK swing revival for nearly 40 years. On the release of their new album, they talk to Vintage Rock about everything from Louis Prima and Elvis Presley to Eric & Ernie and King Charles III…

THE HARDY BOY

TV OR NOT TV

Experience: JOHNNY BURNETTE • Tragic tough guy Johnny Burnette is among the most legendary of the southern rockabillies. But before his sudden death at 30, his sweet-toned beat ballads sold better than the hard stuff.

10 KEY SONGS • Alongside tracks that have become cornerstones, the Burnette back catalogue has more variety than many give credit for…

KEY ALBUMS • Johnny Burnette’s albums for the Liberty label catered for a broader audience than the Trio’s Coral album

THE ROCK’N’ROLL TRIO...