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OZ #1-48 (London: OZ Publications Ink Ltd., January 1967-November 1973) - all published,
including both pink and yellow variants of the ‘Please Plant a Flower Child’ poster issue . Edited by Richard Neville, and (later) Felix Dennis and Jim Anderson (guest editors include John Wilcock, Germaine Greer, Paul Lawson, Andrew Fisher, and Jonathon Green). Art direction by Martin Sharp, Jon Goodchild, Philippe von Mora, Felix Dennis, David Wills, Richard Adams, Pearce Marchbank, Barney Bubbles and others, with photography by Bob Whitaker, Keith Morris, and Steve Dwoskin. Known as London Oz up to and including issue #19 (March 1969), thereafter simply as Oz (the name derived from the monthly satirical magazine founded in Sydney by Richard Neville and Richard Walsh in 1963). Formats and sizes vary.
Aside from numerous UPS/LNS syndicated features, contributors include: Colin MacInnes; David Widgery; Polly Toynbee; Robert Hughes; Simon Watson-Taylor; Anthony Haden-Guest; Jean-Jacques Lebel; Angelo Quattrocchi; Joseph Berke; Neal Ascherson; Caroline Coon; Bill Levy; Jim Haynes; Hoppy; Miles; Nick Kent; Dick Pountain; Bob Harris; Albie Thoms; Steve Abrams; Kate Millett; Michael Abdul Malik; Heathcote Williams; Charles Shaar Murray; and Mick Farren. Artists who contributed work include the art directors listed above, along with Mike McInnerney; Hapshash and the Coloured Coat; John Hurford; Ed Barker; Peter Till; Adrian George; Rod Beddall; Andrzej Dudzinski; Peter Brookes; Malcolm Livingstone; William Stok; and William Rankin (the work of American underground artists Robert Crumb, S. Clay Wilson, John Thompson and Greg Irons also appeared regularly, and work by Wallace Berman is illustrated in issue #27). Interviews exclusive to Oz (as distinct from those syndicated by UPS), include John Peel; Dick Gregory; Tuli Kupferberg; Mike Ratledge; Norman Zinberg; Wavy Gravy; Jimmy Page; Frank Zappa; Marsha Hunt; Arthur Lee; Anäis Nin; Judith Malina; and Timothy Leary. The lively letters pages included correspondence from figures as diverse as John Calder, Clive James, Neil Megson (Genesis P-Orridge), Jay Landesman, Craig Sams, and Abbie Hoffman.
A very good set of this celebrated hippie magazine, including the blue subscription form (#2); the scarce ‘Yoko Ono at the Saville’ flyer (+ facsimile of the rare colour variant) and both light and dark pink variants of the Che Geuvara [sic] poster (#8); the Outcry! People’s Park poster + Running Man Book News booklet (#21); the Honeybunch Kaminski poster (#24); Print Mint posters leaflet (#26); the Jimi Hendrix/Oz News poster (#30); the Janis Joplin/Oz Old Bailey Trial poster (#36); and the subscription form/ad. for Wembley Rock‘n’Roll show, still attached to staple (#43). Condition ranges from Very Good to Near Fine.
