Broadside of Boston: A Cover Gallery

Broadside of Boston
A Cover Gallery of the Cambridge folk music magazine of the 1960s.

Broadside of Boston was founded by David Wilson in 1962 and covered the thriving folk music scene of Cambridge and Boston. The first issue, dated March 9, 1962, was cranked out on a hectograph machine. Broadside of Boston should not be confused with another folk magazine, the New York-based Broadside founded by Sis Cunningham and Gordon Friesen. For more information on Broadside of Boston and the Cambridge folk scene, see Baby, Let Me Follow You Down, by Eric von Schmidt and Jim Rooney (1979) and Rainbow Quest: The Folk Music Revival & American Society, 1940-1970, by Ronald D. Cohen (2002), both published by University of Massachusetts Press. If you have any issues not pictured here and can help out with some scans, please write to me at doug@richardandmimi.com .

Many thanks to Larry McCombs, editor of another sixties magazine, Folkin' Around, for providing many of the scans. Most of the covers with the "enlarge" option are from Larry.

1962-1963 * 1964 * 1965 * 1966 * 1967

vol. 1, no. 5
May 4, 1962
The earliest issues didn't have a proper cover with photos.
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vol. 1, no. 6
May 18, 1962
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vol. 1, no. 21
December 19, 1962

vol. 1, no. 22
January 11, 1962
Geula Gill
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vol. 2, no. 1
March 8, 1963
First Anniversary Issue, with a collage of past covers
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vol. 2, no. 2
March 22, 1963
Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins
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March 30, 1963
Stonehill Special Issue (no volume or number)
Stonehill Folk Festival
Jackie Washington and Bonnie Dobson
(the guitarist at the bottom remains unidentified)
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vol. 2, no. 03
April 5, 1963
Ramblin' Jack Elliot
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vol. 2 no. 4
April 19, 1963
Joan Baez
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vol. 2, no. 5
May 3, 1963
Brandeis Folk Festival:
Jean Ritchie, Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan and others.

vol. 2, no. 6
May 17, 1963
John Hammond Jr.
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vol. 2, no. 7
June 7, 1963
Peter Walker's Folklore Center at Harvard Square
Don West on guitar, Joy Kimball, Peter Walker on phone.

vol. 2, no. 8
June 25, 1963
Arts Festival Issue.
Upper left: Dave Wilson and Bob Lurtzma playing chess with Susie looking on at Cafe Yana, Boston. Folk music nightly, admission from $.50.
Upper right: Joe Bartucca (co-owner) working in a cloud of steam from the beautiful espresso machine at The Orleans, Boston.
Center left: antique espresso machine in the window of the Turk's Head, the oldest coffeehouse existing in Boston today.
Center right: Susie Campbell, Byron Lord Linardos (manager), and Betty Staratt working at the desk of Club & Gallery 47, Mt. Auburn, Cambridge. Membership in this nonprofit club costs $1 and allows you to enter to hear some of the finest folk music in the area.
Lower left: "The Beaver", genial host and cook of the delightfully quaint Club Jolly Beaver, Cambridge, specializing in some of the more rare drinks served in coffeehouses nowadays.
Lower right: Tom Long (manager) brewing a cup of hot chocolate in the kitchen of The Loft, Boston.
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vol. 2, no. 9
July 10, 1963
Betsy Siggins and Bob Siggins.
"The formal wedding portrait of Mr. and Mrs. George Robert Siggins. Mrs. Siggins is currently Program Director of Folk Music at Club Mt. Auburn 47 in Cambridge. Mr. Siggins, having just received his Master's Degree in Biochemistry from Boston University, is currently a member of the Charles River Valley Boys and a member of the Jug Band."
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vol. 2, no. 10
July 24, 1963
Fritz Richmond
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vol. 2, no. 11
August 7, 1963
Joan Baez and Bob Dylan

vol. 2, no. 12
August 21, 1963
Pete Seeger
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vol. 2, no. 13
September 4, 1963
Steve Weber and Pete Stampfel
(The Holy Modal Rounders)
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vol. 2, no. 14
September 18, 1963
The Grandison Singers
"...primarily known for their up-tempo gospel type numbers, but whose repertoire ranges from pop standards, rhythm and blues, rock 'n' roll to pure folk music.... The group consists of Mary and Helen Grandison and their cousins Dorothy Webster and Flody Bibbins (who accompanies the group on piano as well as vocally)."
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vol. 2, no. 15
October 2, 1963
Hedy West
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vol. 2, no. 17
October 30, 1963
Bob Dylan

vol. 2, no. 18
November 13, 1963
Tommy Makem and the Clancy Brothers

vol. 2, no. 19
November 27, 1963
Judy Collins
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1962-1963 * 1964 * 1965 * 1966 * 1967

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	vol. 1, no. 5 May 4, 1962 The earliest issues didn't have a proper cover with photos. click to enlarge
	vol. 1, no. 6 May 18, 1962 enlarge
	vol. 1, no. 21 December 19, 1962
	vol. 1, no. 22 January 11, 1962 Geula Gill enlarge
	vol. 2, no. 1 March 8, 1963 First Anniversary Issue, with a collage of past covers enlarge
	vol. 2, no. 2 March 22, 1963 Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins enlarge
	March 30, 1963 Stonehill Special Issue (no volume or number) Stonehill Folk Festival Jackie Washington and Bonnie Dobson (the guitarist at the bottom remains unidentified) enlarge
	vol. 2, no. 03 April 5, 1963 Ramblin' Jack Elliot enlarge
	vol. 2 no. 4 April 19, 1963 Joan Baez enlarge
	vol. 2, no. 5 May 3, 1963 Brandeis Folk Festival: Jean Ritchie, Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan and others.
	vol. 2, no. 6 May 17, 1963 John Hammond Jr. enlarge
	vol. 2, no. 7 June 7, 1963 Peter Walker's Folklore Center at Harvard Square Don West on guitar, Joy Kimball, Peter Walker on phone.
	vol. 2, no. 8 June 25, 1963 Arts Festival Issue. Upper left: Dave Wilson and Bob Lurtzma playing chess with Susie looking on at Cafe Yana, Boston. Folk music nightly, admission from $.50. Upper right: Joe Bartucca (co-owner) working in a cloud of steam from the beautiful espresso machine at The Orleans, Boston. Center left: antique espresso machine in the window of the Turk's Head, the oldest coffeehouse existing in Boston today. Center right: Susie Campbell, Byron Lord Linardos (manager), and Betty Staratt working at the desk of Club & Gallery 47, Mt. Auburn, Cambridge. Membership in this nonprofit club costs $1 and allows you to enter to hear some of the finest folk music in the area. Lower left: "The Beaver", genial host and cook of the delightfully quaint Club Jolly Beaver, Cambridge, specializing in some of the more rare drinks served in coffeehouses nowadays. Lower right: Tom Long (manager) brewing a cup of hot chocolate in the kitchen of The Loft, Boston. enlarge
	vol. 2, no. 9 July 10, 1963 Betsy Siggins and Bob Siggins. "The formal wedding portrait of Mr. and Mrs. George Robert Siggins. Mrs. Siggins is currently Program Director of Folk Music at Club Mt. Auburn 47 in Cambridge. Mr. Siggins, having just received his Master's Degree in Biochemistry from Boston University, is currently a member of the Charles River Valley Boys and a member of the Jug Band." enlarge
	vol. 2, no. 10 July 24, 1963 Fritz Richmond enlarge
	vol. 2, no. 11 August 7, 1963 Joan Baez and Bob Dylan
	vol. 2, no. 12 August 21, 1963 Pete Seeger enlarge
	vol. 2, no. 13 September 4, 1963 Steve Weber and Pete Stampfel (The Holy Modal Rounders) Alternate pic:
	vol. 2, no. 14 September 18, 1963 The Grandison Singers "...primarily known for their up-tempo gospel type numbers, but whose repertoire ranges from pop standards, rhythm and blues, rock 'n' roll to pure folk music.... The group consists of Mary and Helen Grandison and their cousins Dorothy Webster and Flody Bibbins (who accompanies the group on piano as well as vocally)." enlarge
	vol. 2, no. 15 October 2, 1963 Hedy West enlarge
	vol. 2, no. 17 October 30, 1963 Bob Dylan
	vol. 2, no. 18 November 13, 1963 Tommy Makem and the Clancy Brothers
	vol. 2, no. 19 November 27, 1963 Judy Collins enlarge