I got this for Xmas...had been waiting for it since I read about it back in April '07. Like you, I much prefer the early years. I have some ancient issues I've collected over the years...brittle and ready to fall apart at the slightest touch. Cue Homer Simpson's voice, "Well, I can just throw those away now!"
How interesting and sad it is that the magazine so steadily changes as the years progress. The early years are really bizarre. There's even this weird 7-part serial called "Fuzz vs the Junk," or something to that effect, an underground comic (reprinted from a 1959 publication) that ran in a few of the 1969 issues. You also have my favorite reviewer, JR Young, turning in short stories in the guise of reviews (his epic "review" for CSN&Y's Deja Vu is my favorite).
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