A picture of Rolling Stone magazine No. 32.
A picture of Rolling Stone magazine No. 32.
A picture of Rolling Stone magazine No. 32.
A picture of Rolling Stone magazine No. 32.
A picture of Rolling Stone magazine No. 32.
A picture of Rolling Stone magazine No. 32.
A picture of Rolling Stone magazine No. 32.
A picture of Rolling Stone magazine No. 32.
A picture of Rolling Stone magazine No. 32.
A picture of Rolling Stone magazine No. 32.

Rolling Stone Magazine No. 32 May 3 1969 Traffic Cover Aretha Franklin Albert King Ads

$25.00

Offering: Rolling Stone No. 32. San Francisco: Straight Arrow Publishers, May 3, 1969.

Good+ — the spine is fragile with edge-flaking and small chips along the length, plus expected browning to the newsprint; the top edge shows some creasing and shallow tears, and there’s an old mailing label on the back cover. The issue, however, was stored full-length and not folded — a rare survival for Rolling Stones of this era — which makes the pages lie flatter and turn more cleanly. Complete, intact, legible, and perfectly usable for reading or display.

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Description

This early 1969 issue lands right at the heart of Rolling Stone’s transition from scrappy underground paper to cultural barometer. The cover story highlights a “Last Look at Traffic” — perfectly timed for collectors of Dave Mason, Steve Winwood, or anyone charting the shifting borders of late-60s British rock. Inside you get a run of fantastic period photography: Mississippi Joe Callicott in a gorgeous half-page portrait; a young, serious Aretha Franklin; Traffic posed against industrial haze; and the paper’s signature blend of counterculture reportage, festival news, and Bay Area strangeness. It’s a snapshot of 1969 America right before things turned darker.

As with most Stones of this era, some of the biggest pleasures are the ads: Albert King’s 252 Pounds of Electric Blues Power in full psychedelic design; A&M’s surreal promo for Seatrain; Delaney & Bonnie; clubs, radio stations, long-gone labels, and the whole visual vernacular of the late 60s. These vintage ads are half the experience and one of the reasons early Stones have such enduring appeal — they’re time capsules disguised as newspapers.

A strong, full-length survivor of an increasingly scarce early issue — the kind that deepens any 60s collection and never stays in the shop long.

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Weight 1 lbs
Dimensions 11 × 15 × 1 in

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