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Eventually ''Caravan'' grew to include articles, columns, letters, reviews, news of coming events and a page of brief "Social Notes From All Over", which consisted mostly of the goings-on of the Washington Square crowd. Roger Abraham was the record review editor and Kenneth Goldstein was book review editor. Aaron Rennert and Ray Sullivan contributed photographs, which were featured on the covers of later issues. Roger Lass and Barry Kornfeld served as assistant editors. Caravan's circulation grew to 2,000 copies an issue, and the only way to keep it going was to have it printed professionally. At this point Hoffman began taking on advertisers to offset the costs of running the zine. | Eventually ''Caravan'' grew to include articles, columns, letters, reviews, news of coming events and a page of brief "Social Notes From All Over", which consisted mostly of the goings-on of the Washington Square crowd. Roger Abraham was the record review editor and Kenneth Goldstein was book review editor. Aaron Rennert and Ray Sullivan contributed photographs, which were featured on the covers of later issues. Roger Lass and Barry Kornfeld served as assistant editors. Caravan's circulation grew to 2,000 copies an issue, and the only way to keep it going was to have it printed professionally. At this point Hoffman began taking on advertisers to offset the costs of running the zine. | ||
| − | After a few more issues Hoffman decided it was becoming more work than fun so she sold the zine to Billy Faier. Writers for Faier's ''Caravan'' included Archie Green, Fred Hoeptner, | + | After a few more issues Hoffman decided it was becoming more work than fun so she sold the zine to Billy Faier. Writers for Faier's ''Caravan'' included Archie Green, Fred Hoeptner, MacEdward Leach, and Izzy Young. Issue # 20, appearing in July 1960, was the last to be published. |
Lee Hoffan started over again with another small mimeographed fanzine called [[Gardyloo]], named after the traditional cry of warning before one dumped a bucket of slops out of an upstairs window. | Lee Hoffan started over again with another small mimeographed fanzine called [[Gardyloo]], named after the traditional cry of warning before one dumped a bucket of slops out of an upstairs window. | ||
Revision as of 13:05, 30 July 2011
Caravan was a fanzine devoted to folk music published by Lee Hoffman in New York, U.S.A.
With encouragement from friends, folk music fan Lee Hoffman began publishing Caravan in the 1950's. Folk musician Dave Van Ronk wrote a column under the penname "Blind Rafferty" and English fan John Brunner contributed a column of folk music news from the UK. Other writers included Barry Kornfeld, and Dick Weissman.
The first issue of one hundred copies were mimeographed and hand assembled, which were distributed by Lee for free in Washington Square Park. After people started dropping in to The Folklore Center looking for copies, owner Izzy Young asked Lee to let him put Caravan on his counter for sale and the zine took off. At the time Caravan was one of only two zines being published that were devoted to folk music, the other being Sing Out!.
Eventually Caravan grew to include articles, columns, letters, reviews, news of coming events and a page of brief "Social Notes From All Over", which consisted mostly of the goings-on of the Washington Square crowd. Roger Abraham was the record review editor and Kenneth Goldstein was book review editor. Aaron Rennert and Ray Sullivan contributed photographs, which were featured on the covers of later issues. Roger Lass and Barry Kornfeld served as assistant editors. Caravan's circulation grew to 2,000 copies an issue, and the only way to keep it going was to have it printed professionally. At this point Hoffman began taking on advertisers to offset the costs of running the zine.
After a few more issues Hoffman decided it was becoming more work than fun so she sold the zine to Billy Faier. Writers for Faier's Caravan included Archie Green, Fred Hoeptner, MacEdward Leach, and Izzy Young. Issue # 20, appearing in July 1960, was the last to be published.
Lee Hoffan started over again with another small mimeographed fanzine called Gardyloo, named after the traditional cry of warning before one dumped a bucket of slops out of an upstairs window.
