ROLLING STONE is an American biweekly magazine that focuses on popular culture. It was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner, who is still the magazine's publisher, and the music critic Ralph J. Gleason. It was first known for its musical coverage and for political reporting by Hunter S. Thompson.
In the 1990s, the magazine shifted focus to a younger readership interested in youth-oriented television shows, film actors, and popular music. In recent years, it has resumed its traditional mix of content.
ROLLING STONE has gone through a number of format changes over the years: 24-page newspaper in its early days, a larger bi-fold newspaper until 1973 when it became a tabloid-size newspaper and then a magazine format in 1981. Though still printed on newsprint stock until 1985, it then adopted the glossy magazine look it retains today.
Editions of ROLLING STONE are (or were) published in: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Chile, China, Croatia, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, South Africa, Spain and Turkey.
Thank you to Eric Galzi and Jürgen Wasser.
 #12 June 23 1968 |
 #43 October 4 1969 (back cover) double click to read the page. |
 #47 November 29 1969. The Rolling Stone interview and the Greil Marcus article were later privately reprinted on glossy paper: see here |
 #77 March 4 1971, 7 pages |
 #103 March 2, 1972 |
 #104 March 16 1972 |
 #154 February 14 1974 |
 #156 March 14 1974 |
 #204 January 15 1976, 8 pages |
 # 257 January 26 1978, 8 pages |
 #278 November 16 1978, 5 pages |
 # 424 June 21 1984, 4 pages |
 # 437-438 30 December 1984 |
 1985 Special |
 #478 - 479 July 17 1986, 3 pages |
 # 828/829, December 1999 |
 # 882, November 22 2001 9 pages |
 April 15 2004 Special Issue |
 June 24 2004 Special Issue |
 #636, Yearbook 2004-2005 |
 May-June 18 2006, Special Issue |
 # 1008, September 7 2006, 6 pages |
 # 1016-1017, December 28 2006 January 11 2007, Special issue |
 # 1066, November 27 2008, 1 page. This issue came with 4 different covers: Bob Dylan / Elvis Presley / John Lennon / Aretha Franklin) |
 # 1078, May 14 2009, 9 pages |
 #1131, May 26 2011, 24 pages |
 #1146-1147, 3 January 2012 |
 'Special Collector's Edition' 2011 |
 'Special Collector's Edition' 16 February 2012 |
 #1166, September 27 2012, 12 pages |
 February 15 2013. Bob Dylan 'Special Collectors Edition' ('40 Years of ROLLING STONE Interviews'). 122 pages. The cover photo was already used for issue #882, November 22, 2001 |
 same, back. It also features 'over 40 years of classic Rolling Stone interviews, along with Dylan's aphorisms, words of wisdom, and shifting opinions on everything from religion to the Sixties to being misunderstood'. Also included are tributes from Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Bono, Lucinda Williams and more. |
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 #1191, September 12 2013, 8 pages |
 #1222, November 20 2014 |
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 December 2015, 'Special Collectors Edition: Bob Dylan, The Complete Album Guide'. Wenner Medial Special, 98 pages |
 same, back
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 December 2024 [1124] 16 pages on Timothée Chalamet in A Complete Unknown |
 UK edition, December 2024 [1124] 16 pages on Timothée Chalamet in A Complete Unknown |
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 January 2025 [1224] 'Special Collector's Edition' (Reissue of 2015 edition) Thank you to Jürgen Wasser |
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