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WHO PUT THE BOMP #2-13 (Fairfax/Burbank, CA: March 1970-Spring 1975).
Each 8pp.-88pp. Illustrated. Published and edited by Greg Shaw. Assistant editor/art director Jonh Ingham (issues #4-9). Formats vary (most issues mimeographed and stapled).
A good, early run of Greg Shaw’s fanzine, lacking only the first issue, of which there are no known copies extant. The second and third issues were produced in runs of only 50 copies each.
Using his old mailing list from Mojo-Navigator, the fanzine he helped launch in San Francisco in 1966, and named after Barry Mann’s doo-wop hit, Who Put The Bomp was started in January 1970 by Greg Shaw, who dedicated its pages to the great forgotten regional releases of the '60s, and encouraged lively discussion in its correspondence section.
Early rock critics Richard Meltzer, Charlie Gillett, Dave Marsh, Mike Saunders, Lester Bangs, Ken Barnes, and Greil Marcus all wrote for Bomp! (as it later became known), the latter famously revealing for the first time the truth behind the Buddy Holly Plane Crash Myth in issue #7. The double issue #10-11 was the first to be printed offset, and features numerous pieces on British groups, the '60s music press, Britain’s pirate radio stations, and rock'n'roll TV in America.
Together with:
i) the scarce first issue of Mojo Entmooter (Fairfax, CA: January 1968), its title a derivation of Mojo-Navigator and Greg Shaw’s Tolkien ‘zine, Entmoot. Includes a lengthy review of the Social Deviants’ first album. Only two issues were produced, each in an edition of about 500 copies;
ii) Metanoia #3 (Fairfax, CA: May 1970), in which Shaw reports news from his local neighbourhood, his garden and Suzy Shaw’s “puttering in it” (Suzy handled Bomp’s subscriptions), along with sci-fi chatter and critical reviews of new albums by Jimi Hendrix and Ringo Starr;
iii) Metanoia #8 (Fairfax, CA: February 1971). Cover art by Jay Kinney (who also designed the covers of WPTB issues #5, 6, 9, and 12). Includes more weird tales from the neighbourhood, Suzy’s Snazzy Leather Company, the demise of sci-fi fandom, and an editorial on the current state of the rock press.
All issues Very Good to Near Fine (back cover of WPTB issue #5 detached from staples).