Welcome to the Jamming! Fanzine podcast, with yours truly, Tony Fletcher. In late 1977, as a schoolkid in South London inspired by the DIY culture of punk, I started a music ‘zine. I had no long-term plan, and certainly no idea that over the next decade, Jamming! would grow to become a national, even international, monthly magazine. And I certainly couldn’t have imagined that in 2021, there would be a full colour book collecting together what we have called ‘The Best of Jamming!: Selections and Stories from the Fanzine That Grew Up 1977-86.' The compendium comes complete with reproduced interviews, articles, photographs and cartoons, includes fresh recollections from those who were part of the Jamming! story, and has a foreword by Billy Bragg. For the Jamming! Fanzine podcast, I am hosting conversations with some of these former contributors, photographers, musicians, scenesters and school-friends, and seeing if we can’t, through the rose-tinted glasses of history, offer some sort of perspective on the heady days of that heavyweight decade. The Jamming! Fanzine Podcast will drop every other Thursday from September 23, the book’s UK/EU publication date, unless we are late to the proverbial printers or otherwise distracted. Hit subscribe now and we’ll see you on the podcast stand. The Best of Jamming!: Selections and Stories from the Fanzine That Grew Up 1977-86 is published by Omnibus Press and available from all good book shops.on Sep 23 in the UK/EU, Dec 2 in US/Can and Jan 2022 Aus/NZ. More information and online purchasing options available at: https://tonyfletcher.net/book/the-best-of-jamming/ 'The Jamming! Fanzine Podcast Theme' is by Noel Fletcher. Copyright reserved. The Jamming! Fanzine Podcast logo was designed by Greg Morton. The Best of Jamming! book cover was designed by Martin The Jamming! Fanzine Podcast website can be found at https://shows.acast.com/the-jamming-fanzine-podcast/about       See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.