Founded in 1989, Ptolemaic Terrascope magazine is one of the most well respected, widely read, frequently quoted independent music journals in the world. Throughout nearly three dozen issues, the Terrascope championed the finest offerings from the world of folk, freakbeat and psychedelia, to Krautrock, prog, punk, free jazz, electronica - and nearly every genre in between. Published by Nick ('The Bevis Frond') Saloman in London, editor Phil McMullen assembled some of the finest artists and critics around from his country retreat in the rural West of England and presented exclusive interviews with pioneers in each of the aforementioned musical styles, as well as discovering many new and upcoming artists along the way. Highlights from past issues include interviews with Captain Beefheart, Spirit, Charlie Watts, XTC, Paul McCartney, Caravan, Robert Wyatt, Country Joe McDonald, Frank Zappa & The Mothers, Jefferson Airplane, The Kinks, Quicksilver Messenger Service, David Ackles, Ian Matthews, Arthur Lee & Love, Vivian Stanshall, Bardo Pond, Man, Neutral Milk Hotel, Guided by Voices, Olivia Tremor Control, Hawkwind, the Ramones, Tiny Tim, the Incredible String Band, Tom Rapp & Pearls Before Swine, Mick Farren & The Deviants - and many, many more. In essence, almost the entire history of rock and roll from the Sixties to the present day has been discussed, dissected, interpreted, and evaluated within its pages.

Click these links to read the interviews with Phil McMullen published by the Foxy Digitalis webzine regarding the story of the Ptolemaic Terrascope magazine and Terrascope Online  Part 1 and Part 2

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Ptolemaic Terrascope magazine was edited by Phil McMullen from 1989 - 2005

ALL BACK ISSUES HAVE COMPLETELY SOLD OUT

Key:

PT-x = Ptolemaic Terrascope Magazine

POT-x = Enclosed hard-vinyl 7" EP (issues 1-24) or CD (issues 25+)

PT-1 - May 1989 (also known as Volume 1 Number 1).

Contents: Bevis Frond, Flyte Reaction, Outskirts of Infinity, Twink, Green Pajamas.

Inserts: "The Scrapbook" (A4 double sided sheet) cover, and inside vintage cuttings from 1970s UK music papers including Traffic, Moby Grape, Geranium Pond, Robin & Barry Dransfield, Trees and Shirley & Dolly Collins

POT-1 7" The Flyte Reaction - Carousel / Psychos Mum - I Don't Remember / Mick Wills - Untitled / The Bevis Frond - The 99th Very Last Time

PT-2 - September 1989 (also known as Volume 1 Number 2)

Contents: Spirit, Wipers, High Tide, Adrian Shaw, Bevis Frond, Walkingseeds.

Poster offer: signed, ltd. edn. Pink Floyd print by Terrascope artist R.M. Bancroft.

POT-2 7" Adrian Shaw - Paths Of Time / The Outskirts Of Infinity - Eyes In The Back Of My Head / Pete Pavli - Cello Piece / The Walkingseeds - Gates Of Freedom / Pete Pavli - Time Centre

PT-3 - January 1990 (also known as Volume 1 Number 3)

Contents: Charlie Watts, XTC, Spirit, Tangle Edge, Ectomorph, Bevis Frond, Twink.

PT4 - May 1990 (also known as Volume 1 Number 4)

Contents: Edgar Broughton, Barry Dransfield, Captain Sensible, Flaming Lips, Walkingseeds, Dave Stewart, Utopian Fields, Spirit, Bevis Frond.

PT5 - September 1990 (also known as Volume 2 Number 1)

Contents: Pete Brown, Blue Cheer, Dead Moon, Man, Barry Dransfield, Spirit, Dave Stewart, Napalm Beach, Audio Murphy, Bevis Frond, Green Pajamas.

Note: Title Page says "Issue Four" - this is in fact issue five

PT6 - January 1991 (also known as Volume 2 Number 2)

Contents: Current 93, John Cipollina, Cliff Richard, Vietnam Veterans, Man, Dave Stewart, Galaxie 500.

PT7 - May 1991 (also known as Volume 2 Number 3)

Contents: Tony McPhee, Legendary Pink Dots, Curved Air, Jerry Donahue, Trees, Marshmallow Overcoat, Man, Sundial, Van Der Graaf Generator.

PT8 - August 1991 (also known as Volume 2 Number 4)

Contents: Nurse With Wound, H.P. Lovecraft, Van der Graaf Generator, The Badgeman, Davey Graham, Alan Moore, Caravan, Man, Jamie Muir, Incredible String Band, Proteus Lights.

PT9 - January 1992 (also known as Volume 3 Number 1)

Contents: Robert Wyatt, Help Yourself, The Troggs, Clark Hutchinson, Ant Bee, Alan Moore, Glenn Phillips, Mandragora.

PT10 - April 1992 (also known as Volume 3 Number 2)

Contents: Shirley Collins, Hawkwind, Kaleidoscope (US), Tractor, Cul De Sac, Dr. Brown, Glenn Phillips, Gordon Haskell, Mooseheart Faith, Help Yourself, The Nice.

PT11 - July 1992 (also known as Volume 3 Number 3)

Contents: Kaleidoscope (US), Robin Trower, Iain Matthews, Yardbirds, Big Brother, Hampton Grease Band, Magic Mushroom Band, Arthur Lee.

PT12 - November 1992 (also known as Volume 3 Number 4)

Contents: Patto, Martin Carthy, White Heaven, Mothers of Invention, John Kirkpatrick, The Daily Flash, Rutles, Monomen, Pavlov's Dog, Cerebral Corps, Alchemysts, Simon House.

PT13 - April 1993 (also known as Volume 4 Number 1)

Contents: Noel Redding, Andy Roberts, Mothers of Invention, Ed Kuepper, Loud Family, Popealopes, Michael Quercio, Medicine Ball, Laughing Trees, Walkabouts, Gas Huffer.

PT14 - August 1993 (also known as Volume 4 Number 2)

Contents: Viv Stanshall, the Shadows, Jefferson Airplane, Kaleidoscope (UK), the Mothers of Invention, Dean Carter, the Ramones, Alice's Orb, Jane Pow, Evergreen Dazed, Young Fresh Fellows, Ghost, the Wall of Sleep.

Note: Wall of Sleep made a bespoke sleeve for the POT-14 EP, only 25 copies of the magazine were sent out with this included though.

PT15 - December 1993 (also known as Volume 4 Number 3)

Contents: Crawlspace, Paul Kantner, Marble Sheep, Plummet Airlines, Fairfield Parlour, Mike Gunn, the Kinks, Paul McCartney, Strapping Fieldhands, Anglagard, Tom Rapp, Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks, the Soft Boys.

PT16 - May 1994 (also known as Volume 4 Number 4)

Contents: Velvet Underground, Them, Show of Hands, Red Chair Fadeaway, Jefferson Airplane, Dan Hicks, Tom Rapp, Wizz Jones, Family, 11th Dream Day, Flying Saucer Attack, Blossom Toes, Guided by Voices.

Print run: 1st run: 2500 copies printed (350 less than we had orders for). 2nd run: 500. Subscription copies mailed out 3rd May, 1994.

Note:  Flying Saucer Attack made a bespoke sleeve for the POT-16 EP, only 25 copies of the magazine were sent out with this included though.

PT17 - SEPTEMBER 1994

Contents: David Ackles, Band of Susans, Nick Kent, Arthur Lee, Fiona Joyce, Blossom Toes, Prisonshake, Simon Nicol, Skooshny, Flamin' Groovies, Mick Farren, Jefferson Airplane.

PT18 - MARCH 1995

Contents: Tiny Tim, Robyn Hitchcock, Celibate Rifles, Episode Six, Steve Wynn, Gene Parsons, Roy Harper, Paul Roland, Dave Swarbrick, Arthur, Smell of Incense.

THE LACE TRAPPIST ROE COME EP (POT-18) - Tiny Tim - Devil May Care & Tiptoe Thru The Tulips (live) / Robyn Hitchcock - Creatures of Light & As Lemons Drop

PT19 - SEPTEMBER 1995

Contents: Moby Grape, Pete Sears, Michael Chapman, Reverb, National Heroes, Bevis Frond, St. Mikael, The Lyres, The Flat Earth Society, Episode 6, The Wellwater Conspiracy, Frank Zappa.

Inserts: No inserts were included with this issue.

PT20 - APRIL 1996

Contents: Julian Cope, Mighty Baby, Jessamine, The Spacious Mind, Sundial, Moby Grape, The Olivia Tremor Control, The Marilyn Decade, Brother J.T.

PT21 - SEPTEMBER 1996

Contents: Pete Best, Bridget St. John, Sonic Boom, The Grifters, Moby Grape, Neutral Milk Hotel, The Nazz, Porcupine Tree, Dead C, Guru Guru

PT22 - FEBRUARY 1997

Contents: The Silver Apples, Roy Montgomery, Richard Davies, The Mandrake Memorial, The Outsiders, Warser Gate, Witch Hazel, The Shadows.

PT23 - JULY 1997

Contents: Alastair Galbraith, The Monks, Damon & Naomi, Peter Green, 50 Foot Hose, Barbara Manning, Hood, Bert Jansch, Randy California

PT24 - JANUARY 1998

Contents: Electric Prunes, Guided by Voices, The Misunderstood, The Lazily Spun, Cosmic Invention, Karl Precoda, Pelt, and Salamander.

PT25 - AUGUST 1998

Contents: The Savage Resurrection, Stars of the Lid, Atman, Can, Green Pajamas, Country Joe McDonald, Zumpano, Rhombus of Doom, Gomez. Note: issue 25, being our 1/4 century issue, featured the same R.M. Bancroft cover artwork used for issue 1.

PT26 - FEBRUARY 1999

Ccontents:The Magic Band, Linus Pauling Quartet, Steamhammer, Stone Breath, the Doors, the Kinks, Supreme Dicks, West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band.

PT27 - AUGUST 1999

Contents: David Ackles, Windy & Carl, Vortex Navigation Co., Eyeless in Gaza, West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band part 2, the Webb Brothers, Hawkwind (Dave Brock), and Nikki Sudden.

PT30 - JUNE 2001

Contents: Bardo Pond, The Lucky Bishops, Its A Beautiful Day, Jeff Nuttall, Gary Marker, Subarachnoid Space, Vashti Bunyan, The Minus 5, Mirza, Soft Machine.

PT31 - FEBRUARY 2002

Contents: Acid Mothers Temple, Amber Asylum, Bardo Pond, Keith Christmas, Circulus, Clientele, Delicate AWOL, Will Sergeant/Glide, the Hollies, Michio Kurihara of Ghost and The Minders.

PT35 - DECEMBER 2004

Contents: Movietone, Sharron Kraus, In Gowan Ring, Jack Rose, Tarentel, Longstone, Mission of Burma, Nick Nicely, the Stooges and The Open Mind.  

Note: To open a copy of the TRACK LIST for POT 35  click here for copy which you can colour in and print for yourself