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Oz
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Oz Magazine,
along with International Times was THE underground magazine
during the late Sixties in England. Originating from Australia
where it was founded by Richard Neville and Martin Sharp it
came to England in February 1967 where the first issue hit the
streets of an unsuspecting London.
Oz ran for 48 issues and was printed in a variety of shapes
and sizes during its time, this of course caused us hell while
scanning these and if you look close enough you will see the
'joins' on some of the more awkward shaped issues....
Misinterpreted by many as a 'Psychedelic' magazine, Oz actually
had more in common with Private Eye being VERY anti-establishment
but with its target audience firmly focused on the emerging
underground scene it scored a massive hit. Until then there
was only really the Indica Bookshop run by Miles for this kind
of literature so it's success was virtually guaranteed.
From the outset it was full of anger, radical ideas and left
wing political ideals but by the time Issue No.3 arrived it
was obviously becoming visually very psychedelic. Australian
artist Martin Sharp had started experimenting with LSD and the
stunning cover of Issue No.3 is testament to his new found influences
featuring a joint smoking Mona Lisa and some very suggestive
looking bananas!!
Issue No.4 featured superb artwork from one of London's finest,
Hapsash and the Coloured Coat but perhaps the most famous cover
of all was Martin Sharp's Bob Dylan cover for Issue No.7.
It was not all psychedelic beauty though, sometimes the covers
were enough to stop you in your tracks as result of their powerful
imagery (Issue No.10) or were just down right controversial
(Issue No.25 and 28).
Anyway for your enjoyment we give you a visual feast in the
form of cover art from our (almost complete) collection of Oz
Magazine.
We hope in the future to bring you a small write up on each
issue with a brief overview of the magazine's contents but due
to time constraints this is not currently possible................enjoy!!
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Poster from Issue 5
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