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. . . want to let off steam? Any questions on the scene? Any problems? Then drop a line to VAL orJAMES, letters dept. RECORD MIRROR -EVERY -WEDNESDAY -116 SHAFTESBURY AVE, LONDON, W.1. GER 7942/3/4 JULIE: A TATTY GIMMICK? TerryGoldsmith, 57 Denecroft 1. Run,Run, Run(12),2.Tied; Cres.,Hillingdon,Middx. - Here Breath Taking Guy (6); Come See aretheresultsoftheSupremes About Me (6)andInand Out of An irate reader strikes! poll.(a)Most popular record; 1. Love(6);c)Most popular group Reflections(20),2 Forever Came member; 1. Diana(49),2.Mary WHY don't Julie Driscoll fans come offit! We'vehad to Today (15), 3. Stop! In the Name of (18), 3. Flo(17),4.Cindy(16). listen to drivel about how "wonderful" her voice is, for Love (14);(b) Least popular record, Many thanks forthe response. months now. C. Trenholme, 13 Hambleton View, She's just a tatty gimmick, gaining attention from her Thirsk,Yorkshire. - I have a ridiculouslylaughable looks and clothes. But now we're practically new copy of the "Birth- day" LP by the Association, which told she's beautiful! !! WellIcertainly wouldn't take her I would liketo exchange for any home to meet the family. er111N1 Beach Boys LP except "Concert" Give me Helen Shapiro any day. Someone with looks and and"Party",or any Mamas and Papas LP in very good condition. talent. - Harry Morrison, Greenock,Renfrewshire. 4Es* If any readers are interested please JAMES:There is a detectable slant in your descriptions of writeto me givingdetails. MissDriscoll,butthey aretotally without support and criticisms fail to apply without logical steps to a conclusion. Julie's status in the pop field depends entirely on appre- 'it Harerock ciation of her character and voice and the amount shown by her following seems to be keeping her secure in the &ALL sorTs 'THE public eye. Blind mud slinging seldom aids a point. Better we should weather a little and present a substantiated view. GOOD 2 NEASDEN LANE, EARTH LONDON have shown enterprise inthe past, N.W.10. 459-5222 PRAISE CHALKER featuring performers in the jazz and 1st TWO R & B CHART - folk fields who are ignored by BBC HAVING just read Brian Chalker's 1 and other programme companies. BUSTERS articleinthe21st September Buttheyshowlittleenthusiasm JULIE DRISCOLL-Beauty in question * WILMAR & THE editionof'RecordMirror' I whenitcomestocountry music, would liketocongratulate him on though Igivecredittothe'Late scene ten years ago. Frank dropped his yodel for some DUKES saying what has needed to be said Night Line -Up' team who featured I hopethatsomeone fromthe time, because he was sick of being GIVE ME ONE MORE forsomelongtime.Briancon- Johnny Cash during his last British Finchley Rock 'n' Roll Preservation typed, but let's faceit, on his new cernshimselfwiththe hopethat visit. Society might read this and contact single heisinexcellent form. CHANCE - ACT 4500 Johnny Cash might appear on tele- Letters to televisioncompanies me, so that I can get to hear some Let'shopeitputs him backin * LITTLE CARL vision, but what about George Jones pleading for appearances by Coun- reallivemusic,fora change. - thebestsellers. - M. Creswlck, who tours this country next Febru- try & Western performers are norm- Tony Stepehnson, 64 Hollyshaw Lane. 238PetreSt.,Sheffield, Yorks. CARLTON ary.And doyou remember Jim ally ignored(I know from experi- Whitkirk, Leeds, 15. Reeves visit to Britain at the height ence)and we can only hope that VAL:Perhapsthereisnoone COMPETITION AIN'T 'revolution'takingplacein the NOTHING /THREE' of his fame? Only Granada conde-. articles such as this latest one by scendedtotelevise him,but only Brian Chalker may eventually'hit music field Tony, but there are in- FROGGATT WAY LOVE - ACT 4502 ina regional programme. home'. - MikeStorey,Plot59, teresting things happeninginmany JUST RELEASED The people at Granada and BBC2 Cumbrian Way, Lupset Park, Wake- directions.Itis really necessary to field, Yorks. turn completely to the past, rather A- WAS knocked out to read Ray- ERNIE K. DOE than to admire and learn from the mond' Froggalt'sletterabout DANCING MAN / LATER artistesoftheera,andprogress "Red Balloon" in last week's from there? Record Mirror. FOR TOMORROW FOR THE BEST SELECTION DULL POP The recordindustryisn'tbest Act 4502 OF RECORDS IN LONDON ALONG with many other people NEW YODEL known for its brotherly spirit, so MINNIE EPERSON visit I am well and truly sick of the I reallyappreciatedhis kind dull and uninteresting stateof IWAS delighted to see that Frank comments. Thank you, Ray,for GRAB YOUR CLOTHES "MUSICLAND" yourgenerous 44 the present pop scene. Out of the Ifield hasdecided to record enthusiasm;let's AND GET ON OUT / NO BERWICK STREET, W.I. so-called topsingers hope you'reaslucky with your (REG5626) and groups 'Swiss Maid' for his next single. there is only one group, the Rolling I saw him perform this by special next release as we've been with LOVE AT ALL - ACT 4503 230 PORTOBELLO ROAD your song. - Dave Clark. N.KEN, W.11 Stones, who still have that all im- requestinhisrecent cabaret act THE LABEL FOR TOP SOUNDS Or writeforMail Order Lists portantraweffervescenceofthe and it was a show -stopper. IN RHYTHM & SOUL to keep ahead f rom N E NOW AVAILABLE - FIRST IN THE SERIES YOR K OF THE LIFE -STORY, IN PICTURES, OF YOUR FAVOURITE POP -STARS the

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LONG PLAY CENTRE 13 GATEWAY HOUSE How's this fortaste -Sergio Mendesis been an accident that the Beatles got their PICCADILLY STATION (Dept. 98F), 42-44 GT. CAMBRIDGE RD., LONDON, N.17 touring his Brasil '66 Latin outfit in company sound together there . . . Rock and roll is MANCHESTER with blind singerJose Feliciano (very big happening in America, likeit always did. herewith "Light My Fire"), When Mendes We loveithere. The Byrds, Steppenwolf, finishes his act, his piano is pulled off stage. Booker T. Moby Grape, Country Joe and the NEW LPs - SEND NOW Attached to the Mendespiano is a rope Fish, that's rockand roll." QUICKSILVER and attached to the ropeat the otherside Owner of One Stop Records chain in Lon- of the stage . . . is Feliciano. The singer is don is currently in New York hunting down MESSENGER SERVICE 36/ 6 literally dragged onstage usingthis device. masters for a proposed new label, possibly ECLECTION 39/11 Ugh! called, One Stop, that he's starting. A good BUTTERFIELD BLUES Traffic arrived in NewYork and played solid rhythm and blues label, he says . . iiii2011084 their firstconcert at the Fillmore East to a NegotiationsareinprogressforBob BAND half emptytheatre. Nobodycan understand Dylan's only New York appearance, set for In My Own Dream 39/11 whybecause Traffic were a rave last time mid -July 1969, at the Singer Bowl. It will be, FEVER TREE 36/ 8 theyplayedtheFillmore, andthecritics if everything pans out, a three day Festival SLY & THE FAMILY have alsobeen ecstaticabout their records. built around Dylan and the line up would Actually the group wasn't on form for their include acts likePeter, Paul and Mary, Janis STONE first concertat all. Stevie Winwood told the Joplin and Big Brother and the Holding 44 BERWICK STREET, Dance to The Music 36/ 8 audience that they hadn't played together Company. 2nd TRAFFIC album 36/ 6 for about two weeks, which may have been Bill Graham's Fillmore East rock show- LONDON, W.1 2nd NIRVANA album 36/ 6 an explanation case obviously believes that the "I'm Back- Anyway,theremainingconcertswere, ingBritain" movementisstillalive and Tel 01-734 5626 GRATEFUL DEAD apparently, much, much better but it was a swinging. The next eight concerts at the Fill - Anthem of the Sun.. 39/ 8 disappointing start toa tour. To cap itall more feature - mainly as headliners - Ten SUPER SESSION Stevielost his voiceafter it was all over and Years After, Procol Horum, Eric Burdon and If you are unable to visit us- Bloomfield/Koop2r/Sills36/ 8 the group had to cancel out a Sunday gig theAnimals,theHollies,theJeffBeck please send for our Mail Order & FANTASTIC NEW CAPT. in Allentown. Group, Moody Blues, John Mayall, the Move Service Traffic arrived by Queen Elizabeth very and Terry Reid. BEEFHEART LP early inthe morning and it is a tribute to British blues groups pullin crowds . . New York publiciststhat they got some or are they cheaper as well? RECORD MIRROR,Week ending October 5, 1968 3 THE GREAT ZAPPA DADDY OF THE PUT-ON MOTHERS TALKS THE thing about Frank Zappa is you don't know where you stand with him. You meet him. You introduce yourself. He says "hello". That word! "Hello". Is he putting you on? What does itmean?It must have some deep signifi- cance. Damn itall, someone like Zappa just with TitecMajtheity can't say "hello" as if he was just an ordi- nary person-perhaps he's being satirical. "I just have to go on stage," says Frank Zappa, "and say 'good evening, ladies and gentlemen'. And the audience nudge one sings another and say 'Did you hear that? I don't know how he gets away withit.Man, he's (-\ really significant'." Now here's the problem. Is Zappa putting you on when he says he's not putting you on?Takeitfrom one who knows(yes GELOISE friends, I too have been a victim of Zappa's satirical and biting wit-or was he putting me on? Or am I putting you on?)-be crafty. Playitcool, baby.

DISGUISED When I went to see him for the first time "Butthatincidentismild comparedto someof I disguised myself in an ankle -length trench thethingsthathappen.Infactsomething happens coat and a trilby hat with a Press card at every concert we give-and the reactionis always the ribbon. But he sussed me out immedi- the same. People thinkit'sallpartoftheact. We gave.a concert in Chicago once, and while we were ately. He knew Iwas a reporter. playing a fire broke out backstage. There were flames "Itwas your notebook and pencilthat and smoke everywhere, and I made some wittyad- gave you away," hesaid. "The troubleis libcommentlike'Man,there'safirebackstage'- itgotabitoutofcontrolinthe end. and we had when people meet me for the first time they tostoptheperformance.Buttheaudience lovedit alwayserect some kindofbarrier-they and thoughtitwasallpartofour act.There are br- have a defence mechanism which immedi- probably still people wandering around Chicago saying 'Man,thatFrankZappa is reallysomething-he ately comes into operation when they talk even setthe whole theatreonfirejustto make a to me. People never trust one another any- bitingsatiricalcommentaboutJim]Hendrix'." way-but it's even worse with me because Paul Ryan they think I'm always putting them on. "When people come to see us at one of DON'T UNDERSTAND our concerts, they don't come to listento "Iwould saythatoutofallthepeople who buy our records and come toourconcerts,atleast50 our music-they come to see us in the hopes per cent don't understand what the music isall about that we might do something obscene and and don'treally want to-they justtake an interest nasty onstage.Eventhemost ordinary becausewe'reafashionablething.That's why our records soldisthefirstplace-there's one guy ina things we do are full of significance as far neighbourhood.for example. who's really ahead. He MGM 1442 as the audience is concerned. If my shoe flies has the status of 'trendsetter'. So he buys a Mothers' off my foot halfway through the act people album-and hetalksaboutit.Then everybody else buysthealbumjusttokeepupwithhim. thinkit'sasatirical A They comment. good don'treally appreciateit,they just want tobe'in'. example ofthisis when we did our last "I honestly believe that the reason our first albuni, performance in England at the Royal Albert 'FreakOut'.soldandestablishedanameforus. M G M Records Ltd., 2 Dean Street, London W.1 01-734 8321 wasbecauseofthepackaging. It Hall-about halfway through a was a double the show album.and we spent alotoftimeandeffortin guy jumped up on stage witha trumpet puttingitinanattractivesleeve.InAmerica you and decided to joinin with us. He wasn't can never hear an album before you buy it-they're allsealedup.So eventhetrendsetters bought the very good-he couldn't play the trumpet- thing becauseofthesleevedesignratherthanthe but we made music. music-from there onitsold by word of mouth. And it's ''Thatwas when we usedthebigorganatthe on the strengthofthatthatalltherestof our AlbertHall albumshavesold-notreallyon theirindividual to play'LouieLouie'. Infact, the merits,or even their musical meritsAnd when all whole sequence with the trumpeter was very enter- these people come to our concerts it's not to hear our taining-butI'dnever met himbeforein mylife. music or tosee what we're seriously trying thougheverybodywasundertheimpressionthat to do- MINK thewhole it'sbecause they've heard that we defecate on stage fliG PINK thing was rehearsed andthatitwasa orsomething. Andtheywanttoseeifit's bitingsocialcommentorsomething. But It was true." nothingofthesort-itwas completelyimpromptu. The interesting thingaboutthatwhole storyisit Fortunately I happened to have a small tape -recorder might be a big put-on. withme,and I wastapingthe concertmyself- Somehow Idon't think itis. sothetrumpet sequence was recorded. and infact we'reusingitasatrackonournextalbum. DEREK ROLTWOOD . . .they ARE the band THEY'RE not keen on being I called The Band. They're more enthusiastic about be- ing known as Jaimie Robbie Robertson, RickDanko, Richard Manuel, Garth Hud- son and Levon Helm. But we ARE calling them The Band and we're buying enough of their records togive them victory in the three -cornered fightover"TheWeight", against Jackie de Shannon and Spooky Tooth. Whichisperhapsonlyfairas .laimieRobbieRobertsonactually wrote the song. But the boys have been, together foralmost nineyears.right from the days when they worked behind Canadian rock idol Ronnie Hawkins. About their lack of name, Robbie says:"You know,foronething. therearen'tmanybandsaround ourareaof New Yorkandour knew I hadashortcut. I gOt Band to join Hawkins. friends and neighbours just ell)us back intoit when I was twelve. I Guitarist - mandolinist - violinist theband andthat'sthe way we became a party star.Infact. I be- Rick Dano, from Ontario, dropped thinkofourselves.Andthenwe came aparty." out of high school and joined Ron- Capitol T2955 m ST2955 -* justdon'tthinka name means OrganistGarth Hudsoncomes nie when he was sixteen."It had anything.It'sgot out of hand, the from afarming familyinOntario to do with physical education, actu name thing. We don't wanttoget andthere were severalmusicians ally. I alwayswantedtogoto into a rut like that." among his relatives. "My uncles all Nashvilletobeacowboysinger. Canadian -born, with the exception playedinbandsandmyfather Fromthetime I wasfive,I'd lot totheGrandOleOpry of drummer LevonHelm. whois had a of old instruments round listened I I countrysta- from Arkansas,theboysallhave the house. guess began to play andthebluesand the piano when I was about five. tions."Rick,who playedrhythm . . similarhistories . earlyex- My highschool hand waslikea guitarbeforejoiningtheHawks BUY -111E BAND posureto music,rockbands in high school and. from there, a real vaudeville band anditwasn'ttill and now playsbass,doesn'tlike Jamie Robbie Robertson, Rick Danko, Richard Manuel, Garth Hudson, Levon Helm later that Istarted to play rock." tothinkof himself as a musician group existence. Garth. unlike most rock organists. because he doesn't read music! LeadguitaristRobbiesays: "I uses a Lowery which hasawide Right now the boysliveinthe was veryyoung when I gotinto range of orchestral sounds. so boost- Woodstock area and have an albutti music. My motherwasmusical ing the group approach. called "Music From The Big andI heard a lot of country music. Drummer Helm comes from West Pink"due to be released on Then I had athing aboutthebig Helena,Arkansas,thehome of October 4. bands.I've been on guitar so long Sonny Boy Williamson."Iusedto Five characters whojellonthe EMI I I can't remember when started listento him alot when I was a musicalsceneandonthesocial but I guess I gotintorocklike scene.They say:"We supposea The Weight child.but I think myinfluences everybody else." aremoregeneralthanspecific." lotofpeople are goingtotryto CAPITOL CL15559 THE GREATEST RECORDING Pianist -singer Richard Manuel Healsohadhisowngroupat call us Bob Dylan's band, because ORGANISATION IN THE WORLD says:"Itook piano lessons when school,calledtheJungleBush we workedalotwithhim,but I was ninebut didn't see eyeto Beaters.Comingfromthesame even he doesn't call us that. We're E M I. Records (The Gramophone Co. ltd.) E.M.I. House. 20 Manchester Square, London Wl A lES eyewiththeteacher.Shedidn't stateasRonnie Hawkinsbrought fiveindividuals . . . not just The want metoplaybyearand I Levon in as the first of the present Hand." P.J.

4 4 RECORD MIRROR, Week ending October 5, 1968 "WE USED TO COPY OTHER SINGERS BUT IT NEVER CAME OFF"

KALEIDESCOPE KALEIDESCOPE, a"new" group commercially speaking, have taken shape as Peter Daltrey, vocalist, Eddie Puliner, lead guitar, Danny Bridgman, drums and Stephen Clark who plays bass guitar and finger bells. The group have in fact beentogetherforfiveyears andarecurrentlygaining recognition with their single "Jenny Artichoke". Iasked Eddie how the group first met: "It first started whenImet Danny about 16 years ago. He met Steve at college.At the time we were both messing about with instruments. Steve had been playing bass guitar for about a year. We got a trio going. We wanted a singer and couldn't find one. All the time Pete was working in the office with me! He came along to sing with us." "I was scared stiff and Ididn't want .to go" recalled Pete. "Then we started prac- tisinginthislittle school hall. We used totry and copy other singers exactly then, but it never sort of came off!" At the end of last year Kaleidescope released an album which was based on a rather magical story idea "Tangerine Dream". "They were all separate songs, but they allfitted together really," explained Pete. "I don't like albums that are sort of throw out singles. We have simplified a lot since that album as we're anxious to get ahit single." "The main public" continued Eddie, "theselittle'moddy'peoplejustdon't bothertolisten properly. They like the simple sort of things of life, like 'you love me'." "With 'Jenny Artichoke' " said Pete, "It took me minutes to write the words and Ithought I'll forget it,I'll scrub that!It's been getting a lot of good plays and people like the simple stuff. It's still us. Although it's simple it's still something we've created. If you take some songs apart they may be great or it's just diabolical. Some people seem to try too hard and they lose the quiet. They turn out things which truly must be inferior. People ring us up after years now, and say 'I heard you on the radio' it's nice." Kaleidescope write alltheir material, Eddie Pumer com- poses the music and Peter Daltrey supplies the lyrics. Pete says: "About a few years ago we had a few words and we put the music toit.It was a diabolical thing. We used to play itall day and all night. We thought it was lovely. It's mostly your own experiences that influence your writing. 'Jenny Artichoke'is just an imaginary girl. 'Room of Per- cussion' from our first LP is a very personal thing though. You can't be taught writing. You can't start writing until you've had a bit of experience of things." "We want to get other peopletorecord our songs" continued Pete."Julie Felix is interested in 3 or 4. I've just written a song today, there's nothing initreally.It's just the way it turns out. We are lucky in that." "It's awful if you go a week without writing a word" interrupted Pete, "And today I wrote some- thing and it makes you feel very much better. I'd like to write a book on science fiction.I write very doomy things, they all seem to die at the end!" "The only placeIcan writeisin my living roam, anywhere elseis completely different"Eddietoldme. "Yes" agreed Pete,"IfIwrite something outsideIgetit home and look atit and think, where did I find that!!" KaleidescopearecurrentlyplanninganewLP.Said Eddie: "We have a beautiful thing that lasts about 20 min- utes.There's rumour that John Cameron might dothat for us in the end." "It's like a musical play, about the end of the world," explained Pete. "A sort of mini -opera" added Eddie. Eddie and Peter alsolike folk music and have an ambition to record an LP. Said Pete, "We write folk songs, just with Ed and1,guitar and voice. We both love Bob Dylan and Donovan."Iasked themifthey might break away from the group to do this, "Never in a million years," was the, by no means uncertain, reply. The group obviously take their music very seriously and are hoping togain commercial success with 'Jenny Arti- choke' sothat they can improve on their equipment. Ex- plained Pete, "Everybody's going to 200-300 equipment, and we are using 50." "Our stuff's got 'Jaffa' on the side of it," chippedinEddie. "Danny's drums and the PA are good though." "We're always getting something stolen too, we're very forgetful" added Peter. To help with his composing Eddie is making valiant efforts tolearn about many different instruments. "Some instru- ments are tunedin B flat and others A flat and you've got to change all the key of the music," he explained. "I'd love to produce records too. You never know who can do what. That's why the Beatles are so lucky. They can sift 12" Stereo or Mono L.P. all through and find the best." "Brian Wilson has a good scene going too'saidPete. "He just writesallthe time Not so much recorded as captured live at Klook's Kleek, and does what he likes." this is the British group who've had such a roaring success Kaleidescope particularly like to play at colleges, despite in the States. Records this great just don't happen too often! one miserable experience in Bradford. "They wanted Everly DERAM Brothers'numbers,"saidPete."Theydidn'tgiveus a cnance." "There were still people who came back -stage and saidthey likeditthough," added Eddie."If one person Deram Records, Decca House. Albert Embankment, London S.E.1. like it then that's OK. It's worth it." SML 1023 CDDML 1023 VALERIE MABBS RECORD MIRROR, Week ending October 5, 1968 5 BARRY MASON NEARLY KICKED IT IN... ACK in June of last year I wassong for myself which I've recorded and it should be released ready to jack it all in" said song- fairly soon." writer extraordinaire Barry Mason. Iasked Barry how he felt about the criticism recently 66 "Things were so bad I was prac-levelled at him over his D.J. spot. "The main knockers have tically broke and 'The Last Waltz' been D.J.s who are not on BBC Radio 1" he retorted. "My was my swansong". argument isthis:if people object to me as a songwriter Itisdifficult to believe this situation as Barry is one of being a D.J. - why don't singers object to D.J.s trying to be our top songwriters. "I had really become brought down"a singer or something else? After all,it's all show -business, explained Barry. "It got to a stage where I was writing non- but with some people it's a question of sour grapes. Originally stop but nothing was happening. One afternoon Les Reed I was asked to do the D.J. spot for a four weeks. Now it has and I weaved out of a pub and went to a flat. We wrote been extended to last thirty weeks which proves my show 'The Last Waltz' in about twenty minutes. The same after-is popular. And all without any payola as well!" noon we also wrote 'Everybody Knows' and 'Delilah'. After Barry doesn't have many grouses, but one thing he is not that I went to Malta for a working holiday. I really needed happy aboutisthe 'system'. "What annoys me isthat a a holiday but couldn't afford one. I was 'brasic. An offer camecompletely unknown singer receives more loot from the for me to sing at a night club, so I jumped at it. They kept record sales than the composers. I think it should be fifty- me for a further week and paid me a hundred pounds to fifty". boot. SoI came back with more money than Ileft with. Barry told me of the 'Collection' - a highly illustrious Whilst I was in Malta, I read that 'The Last Waltz' was agroup of talent. "I was known as 'the chatting Mase'. Gordon hit in Britain. I only wish I could do a song showing the Mills was `godge', Mitch Murray was 'the gun from the Green' BARRY MASON emotion I felt at the time. (Golders thatis). Tommy Bruce was known obviously as "'Everybody Knows' was also submitted to Engelbert, but it 'thevoice'. Lee Graham (that's his real name) was called was turned down and Dave Clark made number one with it.'Leapy' and his name stuck. Troy Dante was 'the face' and 'The Last Waltz' has sold over 8 million records and at one he's the next one who has got to make it. We used to get time it was 1,2, 3, 4 in the Swedish hit parade - different together toplay poker and chemmy. At times the games artistes of course. got abit chaotic - nobody knowing what bets had been placed as we would always be talking and shouting. We got "I'm all right for loot now, but only since 'The Last Waltz'together in 1964 and were a very select group. In fact we happened. Before that things were a bit dodgy - you cant wouldn't let any outsiders in. get by having just one hit a year. At one time I was known Having written so many songs,I asked Barry which one as 'King of the misses'. This came about in 1965. Practicallyhe considered had the best lyric. "I think that 'I'm Coming every song I wrote was predicted a hit - Juke Box Jury, Home' was the best. But I'm very pleased with 'Les Bicylettes critics, the lot. But they didn't sell.I wrote a number forDe Belsize'. Some people don't understand the lyrics. but Cleo LaMe called 'If We Lived On Top Of A Mountain' andimagine a boy and girl on a bicycle, anti the boy singing to went along to Fontana Records one day. Terry Brown there her - that's what it is about". jokingly said, 'Hello,Isee you had another three misses The feller from Wigan has written S01/12 big hits apart last week'. The next time I saw him it was 'For God's sakefrom "The Last Waltz". Here are just a few of his success: be careful. If not, you might get one of your songs in the"Man Without Love" and "Release Me" for Engelbert. "I'm top hundred!' That's what it was like - writing hundreds Coming Home" and "Delilah" for Tom Jones. Pet Clark did of songs and getting nowhere". "Kiss Me Goodbye" and "The Other Man's Grass" (a hit for Barry started off in the business in management. Then ather in the States). "Don't Turn Around" - The Merseybeats. the end of 1964 he joined forces with Les Reed. "I want to"Here It Comes Again" - The Fortunes. "I Pretend" - Des do my best in the pop business - be it writing, composing,O'Connor, and so on. Let's hope Engelbert's newie will keep singing or whatever. I suppose I'm a frustrated singer, but the ball rolling for this prolific songwriter. this is something I want to rectify. I've made records in the past but they didn't mean much. Recently I've written a IAN MIDDLETON TOM

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CLIFF, I said(puttingitto him straight),a few weeks ago I wrote this article about your ten years in the business, concluding with the fact that you'd never made much of an impact on the American market. Everywhere else - Si. But USA - Non. Now that you're back, how didit go and what did you think of America ? In his usual, incredibly fast, manner, Cliff replied: "First and foremost it was more a holiday than work; I did a couple of interviews. I stayed in an apartment supplied by the film CLIFF RICHARD --T company that made 'Two A Penny' andItoured the film studios in Hollywood. No, Ididn't do much work. "I refuse to go there as a nonentity - which is more or less what I am at the moment. The thing to do, as I see it, is go there if and when we have a hit rather than just go over hoping people will like us." "THE BES From what he's seen of the American pop scene,Cliff admits to finding it "a bit strange." Pressed to be more specific, he came up with: "Well, show WEVEDONE" business is so much a business.I mean, I recognise that it QIMON DUPREE was in a "pas- isa business but in America they seem so hard about it. sive,couldbe funnyif There's a fun element and they don't seem to recognise that pushed" mood - and he was at all. excited about his latest record, "Thinkin' About My Life". "It's the best thing I've ever written,"Simon enthused. "A HIGH-POWERED BUSINESS friend of ours bet my brother "It's so much more high-powered than here. For instance, Ray and I that we couldn't write they expect artists to crawl around to deejays. We have a a song in twenty minutes and good, friendly relationship with deejays over here, they've so we proved him wrong. At been a lot of help to us, obviously, but we're not expected first, we were depressed about to crawl to them to get our records played. the failure of 'Part Of My Past' "As far as I could see, in the States they expect artistes to but now we've owned up about spend about six months of the year doing nothing but travell- ballads. We're a beat group and ing around being nice to disc jockeys. There's this high- that's what we're sticking to." powered, constant business thing. "People like Neil Diamond ring up and say 'How is the WORKSHOP record doing?' Well, the Shadows andIwouldn't dream of doing that. Maybe, aIittl2bit when we were just starting, The Big Sound recently com- but not now. The pointisthat even established American pleted their first two weeks of stars do it. A different approach." highly successful cabaret appear- Talking about his ter: great years with EMI Cliff confessed: ances. Why the change after "When The Beatles came along we thought at first the label their success in ballrooms over wasn't big enough for both of us. But then our biggest thrill the past two years? came when we heard that Paul McCartney had said 'We "We just wanted experience couldn't use Studio Two because Cliff and The Shadows were of other facets of show busi- in it.' ness," explained Simon. "We en- "It was a great prestige victory for us!" joyed cabaret very much. But DAVID GRIFFITHS we're not giving up ballrooms. TOM ISN'T TRYING That is why we hit on the idea ofthe Pop Workshop - an HEAD -SCRATCHING SHADOWS entirelynon -profit -makingex periment. It's not a studio where TO PUT DUSTY OUT Shads were also celebrating-and scratchingtheir artistes come to record singles THEheads at the awesome figure of ten years, Still bewildered, and then LP's, but a place where Hank Marvin answered the question of how it feels to have they can come and work on new been successful for a decade: sounds with a view to future "I feel about ten years older and little tired, but I still love recordings. OF A JOB..! the business.Icouldn't survive without it becauseI know "Anyone n welcomewhetherthey nothing else." are star acts or not. We also intend to A FRANKandforthright we today?' Well, The Beatles "In the beginning we didn't know or care whether or not encourage would-be sung writers. There Tom packeditinveryquickly is alotofunnoticedtalentinthis statement from w2. were to last six months. We were also about 16 years old. country and the Workshop will give the Springfield: "I am not trying didn't they? And I was never Now alittle more responsibility has been added as we've unknowns a chance." to put Dusty out of a job." too bedazzled by the grown up." lt's been a long time since there was applause, I wasmorein- an LP from the group. Any plans for Tom was talking about his Upon enquiring as to the group's future,I was told that another' newLP,"SunSongs",on clined to send it up. The Shadows need not concern themselves with their public "Our second album is almost which he sings for the first image. finished." said Simon. "It's all original time on record since the old stuff.mostly written by Ray. myself. TRAVEL "We're not the least bit worried now that Bruce is leaving oursister Eve andPaul Smith. No Springfield days. For when us to do technical sound studio work. The three of us will comedy. though. We seemedto have they broke up Tom said he "These days Idon't travel still appear occasionally backed by session musicians. No picked up a comedy image and we're more trying to change it.Itall started with no longer wanted tobea much, though I do go to the tours either.Ithink we've reached the point where they performingartiste, 'Kites'. when we thought we were never he was carnival in Rio every Febru- become unnecessary. Most of our stuffwillbe from the going togeta hit and were reduced going to concentrate on writ- ary, can't stay away. Got lots recording studio." to screaming hysterics We even wore ingandrecordproducing. masks on stagetohide our despera- offriendsthereandthe I expect they'll still be around in 1978. You can'tget too tion! The audience rolled up atit.so (At the same time the other music is so great. It's the in- much of a good thing. we keptitintheact.butnowit's Springfield, Mike Hurst, said spirationbehindthis'Sun LON GODDARD he was going topursuea Songs' album - which is not solosinging career - but a pop album, it's Latin music, he's ended up as a successful produced by Marcel Stellman producer). who asked me to do it." Deram are issuing a single ENJOY IT fromtheLP, though Tom TOM SPRINGFIELD-Not expressedsomescepticism pushing sister Dusty aside Anyway, Tom is back us- about this: "The song, 'Sig- inghisvoiceandthisis noraSteinway',isalittle on this week's new releases from Decca what hesaid:"I'venever send-up and I don't know if completely closed my mouth! it's the sort of thing that has OB-LA-DI I've been singing at parties hit potential, it was only con- You'll soon be able to see JOE SIMON in mind of many hit musica because Ienjoy it - and Iceived as part of an album, person when he tours this country, but for the never did much enjoy public which is different from OB-LA-DA his own as an artist with a performing with The Spring - thinkinginsinglesterms. time being, feast your ears on 'Message from this where we came in fields. It wasn't even Maria'. Joe is one of the best soul singers forthcoming album, and it particularly profitable. When FOR THE we split up there were these THE FRINGE around, and he puts every ounce of feeling into There is a tremendous ser storiesaboutthemillions CONGA KING this ballad. The backing voices also are amazing ment in his music. The nut we'd beturning away but Still, I leave these decisions -they surely must be straight out of a sanctified the money had to be split about what to release to the THE ART MOVEMEN record company. I can't judge JIMMY Scott.es -Conga -drummer church ! The arrangement is beautiful, and this three ways and then there of Georgie Fame's Blue Flames. and so they should be. Th were agents and all that tak- my own things, it's difficult has made his ownfirst -record is definitely a record for dancing close. MON ing their cuts. So the only enough to judge other called "AIlulo Life Must Go On". 'Loving touch', is somethi people's. The only song I've The King of Conga drums him- 1025 is the number, Monument the label. It's a very powerful numt real money I made was from self. togetherwith his Ob-la-di heardlatelythat I knew songwriting. Ob-la-da Band. has created an All you Cat -lovers will be glad to hear that and terrific build-up from straightaway would be a hit entirely new sound which is based was 'Those Were The Days.' m ahighlife Tamla Motown beat. CAT STEVENS is alive and well and back in the voices-well you'll have NO THRILL onthe The other side. "Doh". isa greet- "I'vealwaysfelt ing toeverybody intheworld, studios. His first outing forseveral months, The number to ask for is F "As for touring - I must fringe of pop. I'm closer to with plenty of soul init. 'Here comes my wife' is well worth waiting for. say I miss Wigan! No, to be folk. My biggest writing suc- Thestoryof Ob-la-diOb-la-da. 'How are things in Glocc the namewhichthe popworld It's the great combination of catchy tune and honestInever liked travel- cesses were with The Seek- knows Jimmy by, isto be included sound of this beautiful rec ling much, not when we were ers and I think they were inhis new Ahem, which hewill clever lyrics, with Cat in fine voice as ever. things are pretty good ! forcedtokeep moving.It closer to folk than to teen- he recording in the next few months age entertainment." Themeaning.whichhas puzzled A very together record, on Deram DM 211. always be popular, and was no thrill to get up each many people.willhe outlinedon morning and say 'Where are DAVID GRIFFITHS. this new L.P. Everyone knows LIONEL BART as the master- here by MOIRA ANDS RECORD MIRROR, Week ending October 5. 1968 7 RAY PAUL JONES STEVENS NEW FILM "THE Committee" can only 1 be described as a sym- bolic film. Paul Jones plays BUSINESS- thecentralcharacter, who representsthe'rebel'ele- ment of society. Althoughthe"story"is MAN? obviously incredible in itself themeaningsinvolvedare RAY STEPHENS has veryreal.Intheopening S°writtenandsunga scene the central character song called"Mr.Business- is reducedtosuffocation man." I find that rather amus- point by theidle conversa- ing because he isthe last RAY STEVENS and CLYDE McPHATTER tionofadriver, who has person I would associate with_ given him a lift. When they PAUL JONES a song with a title like that. backing group the Jordanaires were it though it could he appliedina pull up in a clearing Paul alsothere.Ray playedpianoon different way. Ifirst met Ray whenI Jones decapitates the drivergenic - inalessintensefilm. some of the tracks and generally Ray lives for his music. We spent "The Committee", which opened at went down to Nashvillein gigged around on others. alotoftime, when we weren't (Tom Kempinski) and con- the Cameo -Poly, Regent Street on en years with EMI 1964 tocut an albumfor Between takes ray would fade into working in the studio, out at Shelby sequently all that he stands September 26,does however, con- Mercury Records. a corner to work on some songs he Singleton'splace,around thepool waswriting. Ididn't know what and such. All the time Ray would for. The deed, however,is tain much "food for thought." He was literally doing any- he wasdoingbecause we were be either writing songs or playing then reversed(a power we VALERIE MABBS thing he could around the working on other numbersinan- some instrumentorother. wouldliketoexerciseat other part of the studio.All of a scene to make a few bucks. sudden he shouted out:"I've got times), and the victim leaves This is what most people in it.I've got the line I've been look- INVOLVED seemingly unaware of his ex- 'T THING Nashville were doing. ing for - 'He jumped on his camel perience. named Clyde.' " Ididn't now what The surprising thingis that, des- THE GUNN Mainly, though, Ray was working he was talkingaboutuntil,ata pite being so involved in his music, A gatheringof young peopleis as a solo singer. I met him through later date, he recorded "Ahab The heisstillso aware of the scene called at a lodge under the super- Shelby Singleton who now owns SSS Arab"andthelinewasinthe and everything around him.Also, vision of "The Committee", a dedi- SAYS SIMON Records. At the time Shelty worked song hehasaveryflexiblesenseof catedteam,headedbyRobert AT RONNIE forMercuryandlivedinNash- humour.Perhapsitisthecom- Lloyd, who are out to revenge the ville. binationofthesetwothingsthat deed. Paul Jones then becomesa The LP session was morelike DIFFERENT makes him such a fine songwriter. victim of his own mind, which is SCOTT'S a jam session with people playing Now he seems tobe findingthat notsocompletely detachedfrom various instruments as theyliked. IsaidIcouldn't understand Ray thebest way for himtoputhis Societyas he may imagine,and There was Boot Sims on sax, a fel- recording anumber like"Mr. songs acrossisto sing them him- rather emphasises his guilt, so that low called Pig and another called Businessman"becauseitwasso self. finally he is confronted by the com- The Gunn, a new group Kelsoonguitar.ElvisPresley's out of context. On thinking about CLYDE McPHATIER mittee head. Hearing his explana- tions and seeingtheisolationthe signed toRonnieScott's central figureinflicts upon himself management company, Direc- one isleft wondering quite who is thewisest - the"oblivious"con- tion, will be appearing at the formists, or the non -conformist de- new Ronnie Scott Club,in picted by Paul. And indeed, when the Upstairs Room, when it he drives away with a young chat- opens on October 3. A NEW JACK GOOD teringgirl,ifperhapsthesame thing will happen again. Also on thebillfor that An impromptu appearance by the evening are the Gary Burton Crazy World of Arthur Brown is one Quartet and Nicky Taylor. ofthe"lighter"momentsofthe film, and the background music is The Gunn, who are at pre- POP SPECTACULAR! provided by the Pink Floyd. sentrecordingtheirfirst I couldn't help feeling though that single, have been booked to Ijust knew he'd be a star even beforeIheard him I would liketo see Paul Jones - THE years rolled away as soon as I saw Jack Good. who is capable of some very sensi- appear on the Scott Walker (It'swell over ten years sinceIfirst clapped sing in public. eyes on him. In those days he was doing more "Same thing happened with Proby.Iwas inthe tive acting, and is obviously photo - tour starting on October 4. than anyone else for the presentation of pop on tele- States and starving. I'd gone the rounds of TV com- vision - first with "Six -Five Special" for BBC, then panies trying to persuade them to let me do a pilot. SIMON DUPREE Producing "Oh Boy!". followed by "Wham" and "Boy No luck. They just didn't think pop could get a big Meets Girl" forITV. At a time when other adults audience. SoIgot together all the money Icould - workingintelevision hadn'tthefaintestidea what my whole savings. I hired a big studio at CBS, a band, routinetous and haslostitsspon- was going on, Jack was amazingly aware, a brilliant dancers and some artistes,including Proby.It was taneity." super, but frightening. Producing that show Isaid to Is Pioneer of teenage entertainment) there anything which could Unbelievably. he looks and sounds exactly the same. myself thatIwas looking atall my money - here dampen Simon'spresentboutofen- thusiasm? Sameradiantcomplexionandcheerfulexpression. today and gone tomorrow. But atlast Ihad some- same hair and clothingstyle(blueblazer),same thing to show (hadn't got any recordings of the shows "OnlytheMusicians'Unionruling accent - not a trace of American even though he's I'ddoneinBritain),tookitround and eventually aboutnotusing backingtracks,"he been making his living for some years in American somebody bought it and I was back in the business. said. "I don't thinkit's ridiculous and television. "Well, Proby, like the other artistes, worked for the in theoryIagree with the ruling. But it does seem rather pointless to go into Nowhe'sback,briefly,toproduce"Innocence. union minimum scale and whenIasked him to do the BBC studios and record another Anarchy And Sour for ITV (transmission on Saturday itI hadn't seen him work at all. Fortunately, he was backing track using the same facilities October 12)."It's the kind of show Icouldn't do in terrific." as the recording studios all over again. the States." he said."There,it'sall'specials'built Itold Jack that he was one of the few people about Mind you, this only applies to groups around one big star." I got the impression that in USA whom Jim .Proby had never said a harsh word. Nothing who don't use session men, like us- Jackissubjectedtoallsortsofinterferenceand but praise. "Nice to know. We certainly got on well. tothe groups who douse them the pressures fromnetworkexecutivesandadvertisers maybe becauseIgained his respect by drinking even ruling probably makes more sense.It whereas here Yorkshire Television simply told him to more whisky than hedid. Iwent uptohis house would be unfairtosession men who do what he wants and book the talent of his choice. where he was being dispossessed of his furniture to are union members. Result.in one show; Alan Boom, Brian Auger, Julie Pay off debts. Thought this was a momentary bitof Driscoll,Breakaways,Chants,EmilDean,Lonnie misfortune but now it looks as though these incidents Donegan, Chris Farlowe,Flirtations,Dominic Grant, are recurring features. of Jim's life. Only the grandeur W YOU HAVEN'T Don Lang. Lance LeGault, Lulu, Emperor Rosko, Ian of hisscaleof living goes UP. Anyway, we bought 1,000 BIRDS Whitcomb and a re-formed Lord Rockingham's Xl, a bottle of whisky, drankitoff within an hour and "Mostpopmusiciansareinthe the raving rock group that Jack and Harry Robinson parted the best of friends,assuring each other that MADE IT BY union anditwould be betterifthey formed for "Oh Boy!" way back. we'd soon be rich!" had more interest in the rulings of the "The show's in three parts," Jack explained. "The After "Innocence, Anarchy and Soul" Jack returns union, Personally, I haven't been to any Innocence part is a bit of a satire on how it used to to America to produce a "special" on The Monkees. meetings,butinfutureI'llmakea be, the ridiculous things we used to get up to in the It's a fairy story invention of how these puppets were THE TIME YOU'RE 30, point of attending. POP of ten years ago. The Anarchy part is the wild. createdandcouldn'tplaytheirinstruments.Now. "Also, I don't think much of all these Psychedelic stuff of a year ago. And the finish is Soul, of course, they can. The show will tell the truth about tines groups which are appearing - I which is the way pop seems to be moving - and their beginningsas The Monkees.Ithinkit'svery YOU NEVER WILL don't think they are genuine. There are that's fine by me." courageous of them to go through with it." - very few original -sounding groups.All Perhaps the most surprising name in the above list TalkingtoJack's"discovery"LanceLeGault I this'freak -out12 -barblues,head -in - is Lance LeGault. Nobody in England seems to have learnt that he may well stay in Britain for a while. the -sand'bit.Mostof them arethe heard of him. "Not surprising," replied Jack, "he's He's making a record, his first."I've never liked the ASK ANYBODY! same, with two'E' and a'B'string not known in the Slates either. But he's going to be a idea before. Every record company seemed to expect on their guitars, a fuzz -box and 400 -watt very great star, no question at lie looks likea me to sell them my soul - tell me what numbers to equipment. Most ofitdoesn't mean a mean Aryan stormtrooper. or the heavy in a Western record, how to sing, what to wear and so on. Here, thingI'm sureit's only a phase like - the kind of guy who'd be running the town until I'm listening with interest to anything the company the so-called rock-and-roll revival the Good Guy turns up.He's a fine singer, born in suggests but the record will be MINE. I have a few "Our own personal sceneis looking New Orleans, who does Cajun swampland music. He's acting commitments inthe States butifthe record much better. We did an open-air festi- a sort of Louisiana and masculine version of Bobby does well I'd like to work in Britain as long as pos- valandweremobbedby overa thousand birds - it was lovely." Gentry's Mississippi music. sible. The pace oflifesuits me. London reminds me LYNNE WHEELER "I first saw him at an Elvis Presley party on a film of New Orleans. People YOU meet inthe street are lot.Lance was playing drums andIturned to my friendly and helpful." Misses and said 'There's the next one, right there.' DAVID GRIFFITHS

NEW RELEASES The list of singles for October it are as follows: DECCA: Paul Slade -"Heaven Held";Cherry Smash- "Good Time Sunshine"; DER A M: Giles,Giles & Fripp-"Thursday Morning";LONDON:Willie Mit- chell - "Up Hard"; EMI COLUM- BIA: The Gods - "Baby's Rich": Kurt Borkman - "Heaven Held": Is. Now he comes into Another one for the sentimentalists is BELL: Chris Bartley - "I Found Columbia Pictures presents 'Harbour A Goodie";STATESIDE:Glitter - single on D9ram-"Isn't fights 'by CATH IE HAR RO P. S he's a very ta lent- house - "Barbarella"; CAPITOL: SteveMiller Band - "LivingIn '' This is taken from a ed young Irish singer, and she really has a way The U.S.A."; Nancy Wilson-"Peace DUDLEY MOORE Of Mind"; TAMLA MOTOWN: The :'s ideal single material- with a ballad ! The number of this emerald release Isley Brothers - "This Old Heart ise of Lionel's involve- OfMine";CBS:RegVarney- is MD 1108. "Jingling Rag"; The Piccadilly Line nber is DM 212. -"Evenings With Corrina (So Long s a Ago)";Tammy Jones - "Come IT are happy people, Don't miss your info next week! Back My Love"; AlStewart - "LoverMan"; POLYDOR: The ,dangerousage, eir new Decca release, Who - "MagicBus"(Track): JulieDriscoll, Brian Auger & The ng to be happy about ! Trinity - "Road To Cairo" (Mar- Cynthia"; malade): Kasenetz-Katz Singing )er, with a driving beat OrchestralCircus - "Quick Joey Small (Run Joey Run)" (Buddah): A WALTER SHENSONProduction the backing. As for the Eclection - "Please"(Elektra): PHILIPS: Ken Kirkham - "High "".--EDDIE FOY Jr SUZY KENDALL to hear the record ! AndDry";Chuck Berry - "St. 12836. Louis To Frisco"; Wayne Fontana- urmaav .DUDLEYMOORE JOSEPH McGRATH and JOHN WELLS '1.7` DUDLEY MOORE "Never An Everyday Thing"; PYE: '"`Ir" WALTER SHENSON '''W'JOSEPH McGRATH TECHNICOLOR' group records LongJohnBaldry - "Mexico": 9Morra ?"Well, by the DECCA Satin Belles - "Da Dee Da Da"; ord on Decca F 12837, Leapy Lee - (No Title); WARNER 1 RHOS:GratefulDead - "Born It's a ballad that will Cross -Eyed"; M.G.M.: Tony Christie SHOWING"" PRINCf CHAIMcineCl/a7 45 r.p.m. records -"My Prayer": Infantes Jubilate- Programmes dailyat2.30,4.35,6.40,8,45 p.m. it's charmingly sung "ExplodingGalaxy";Cowsills - Sundays 3.05,4.35,6.40,8.45 p.m. The Decca Record Company Limited, Decca House. Albert Embankment "Poor Baby":Tages - "Halcyon Late Night Show - Friday and Saturday 11 p.m. ISON. London SE1 Days". 8 RECORD MIRROR, Week ending October 5, 1968

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EXCELLENTballad,excellentlysung:"If 1 Lived My LifeTwice stringsfillingin the gaps . . . easy -on -the -ear. And from The Quotations: thisisa bit on the minor -key side and lacks impact somehow. Could be Over", by Des Ryan (Polydor 56277) - a warmly romantic voice. "Cool It" (CBS 3716),a lively performance by an experienced group-and wrong, though. * * * From Stoics:"Earth,Fire,Air And Water" (RCA Victor1745). itmoves well enoughtobeinwith chart chances givensufficientair JON HENDRICKS: No More;Rainbow's End (Verve VS 572).More excellent use of low -flying strings behind and a song about what loveis support. on a pop kick nowadays, insteadof his old jazz instinct, Jon here has allabout- could do very well."Moments Spent", by Wind In The THE CAMEOS: On The Good Ship Lollipop; The Love Of A Boy (Toast one of his own songs . . . a fair guarantee of quality, but probably not Willows(CapitolCL. 15561),isa rather formless sort of song and pro- TT 508). Revival ofS.Temple's oldie,but ina high -modernistic setting a hit. * * * * duction,thoughpleasantenough. The "Petite Fleur" clarinetist of days -oddly enough, catchy enough to make progress even now. * * * * JOHN O'HARA:I Started A Joke; Show Me (Fontana TF 974). A Bee ofyore,MontySunshinecomesupwithanattractively -styled"Two - THE VOGUES: My Special Angel;I Keep It Hid (Reprise RS 20766). Lovers" a Gee song for the Scot with the Irish name and certainly a record of the (UnitedArtistesUP 2245), very pleasant melodylineand Lovely new readingoftheoldie - reallyoneofthemost melodic week.Hisvoiceistremendously sensitive andat one withaplaintive Production. Brisk and brashy, not to mention brassy, version of the movie pieces ever written, even if on the schmaltzy side. * * * * back -firing sort of lyricset-averystrong performance indeed. theme "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" from Henry Jerome And His Orchestra CHRIS ANDREWS: The Man With The Red Balloon; Keep Your Mind (United Artists UP 2252), an amiable swinger. On the Right Side (Pye 17617). A very restrained Chris as of now, appar- * * * * * Philamore Lincoln's "Running By The River" (Nems 3711)is an actual ently. All wavery and quiet and a friendly little song of a man about to JOHN CARTER and RUSS ALQUIST: The Laughing Man; Midsummer spy -storypop song - deliveredinsuitably cloak-and-dagger styleand get hitched. * * * * Dreaming (Spark SRL 1017). New teaming of two talents and a novelty at least with off -beat lyrics. Penny Lane is a pretty -voiced chick and her THE MOHAWKS: Baby Hold On (Parts One And Two) (Pama PM 739). sort of piecewhich isgimmickyatfirstbutstillquitecom- "The Boy Who Never Grew Up" (CBS 3718) shows that she knows how Bigorgan -boostedinstrumentalsoundwiththeoddvocalchantand mercial. * * * * togettogripswithlyrics. From The Young Brothers:"I've Always altogetheradouble-sidertogeta party going withspirit.But hardly THE POP POPS: Oh Lord, Why Lord? Pepa (Major Minor MM 578). Wanted Love" (MCA MU 1042),a robust harmonic sound which powers a hit. * * * * Great lead voice in this Spanish -group debut. Song is about the death of alongattractivelyoveranicely -variedarrangement."It'sEasy" sings LESLEY DUNCAN: Lullaby; ILove You,ILove You (RCA Victor Martin Luther King, very soulful and sincere and itactually could make Paul Kelvin (Morgan MR 2),a mellow sortofballad with chirruping RCA 1746).Iadmire the Duncanian voiice and her writing ability.But thechartshere.SortofclassPOP. * * * * * THE HOLLIES Listen To Me; Do The B.st You Can (Parlophone R 5733). Obviously asuper -hit.Afterfiveyears,the boys still come up with that touch ofinstantcommercialism - plus sheer musicianship. A Tony Hazzard song, this time, and it gets straight intoan 'AllanC.vocal,thenthe usual harmonies. Usual? Darned un- usual,in fact, and instantly recog- nisable. Fast-tempoed and unusually phrased and clearly a tremendous hit.Flip:Banjo,yet.Philosophic pop is one way of summing itup. MASSIVE SELLER.

t'sahappe BONZO DOG DOO DAH BAND I'm The Urban Spaceman; Can- yonsOf Your Mind(Liberty LBF 15144).Theseboysaresogood visually but sometimesitishard Denson style toget their particular sort of per- formance acrossondisc.Ifthis doesn't make thecharts,it'llget pretty near. A simple catchy little thing,withallthosehootsand growlsand boomsandwah-dahs behind, and a wee surprise in the finaleofthelyrics.Flip: Bon- zonlan comedy de luxe. CHART POSSIBILITY

KEN DODD Now That You're Gone; Anothi r Time, Another Place (Columbia DB 8477). ALesReed -BarryMason song which should proveapass- porttothechartsagainforthe excellent Ken. He sinkshisteeth (Well, some of them!) into a sing - along, chorally -backed song of gently -despairing romance.It'sall very simple andstraight forward and totally listenable. Which makes a change from some Icould men- tion. Flip: Piano -backed, mit chorus. and smooth again. CHART PROBABILITY.

THE If you wear jeans, wear Jeanboots. In BARRON KNIGHTS Blue, Beige or Black Leather, and Sand An Olympic Record(Parts One and Two) Columbia DB 8485. New or Golden Suede. wordstohitsongs,allbased on the ntriguing premise that we sent BIRD TALKERS apop -twenty team to Mexico for theOlympics. Tom Jones,Small Faces,Des O'Connor, Esther and Abi, Mama Cass, etc. . . . and it's reallydarnedclever.Theseboys the quiet ones by denson. mix comedy with ballads and It's usually the comedy that clicks. This should make thecharts,provided The big new fun idea in leisure. In Olive Suede, Sand Dee -jaysagreeonwhichsideto play. Very funny. Suede and Flamed Black. CHART PROBABILITY.

CHICKEN SHACK Worried About My Woman; Six Nights In Seven (CBS Blue Horizon 3143). Flashing guitar opening, then into a shortened version of a num- ber the group uses on stage. A lead voicethatprojectssayacouple of miles ahead, and the excitem, nt tempo quite definitely buildsallthe way. Group has a strongfollowing. Tuned right for the modern speciallyviatheir LP andclub appearances and Isuspect this will look. In Black Grain and makeit.Flip:Slow Blues, mean- ingful. Antiqued Brown. CHART PROBABILITY.

HEATH HAMPSTEAD IStarted A Joke; Beginning Of The End (Polydor 56289).Igot it wrong last time - Heath did NOT have'ahitwithhisdebutdisc. This time 'he turns to the Bee Ge-s , formaterialandit'sgoodstuff 3009 . . . an off -beat yet melodic sort ofsongwhichsuitsHeath'sbig oac voiceverywellindeed.Noten- tirelyconfident, though, but it'sa . 0,0 fine production.Flip:Not received v., tl 0,0 yet. p CHART POSSIBILITY. as 31' ZIP k imac*, eS Awt so- BOOTS BARRY RYAN A cunning, lazy way to look Eloise; Love I Almost Found You (MGM 1442). There are those who great in boots. In Black leather knock all that Barry does but their eyes will be wide open with amaze- or Black Suede. ment at the sheer magnificence of thisproduction.It'sa sort of pop symphony, with a massive orchestra, The Denson range of fashion shoes is in town now. A great range of fabulous styles at prices a vocal group (the Majority) and a Paul Ryan setoflyrics and just from as little as 49/11 to 79/11. about everything laid on with the grand touch. Barry's whole singing stylehas changed too - soaring into the falsetto range and grinding FASHION SHOES FOR MEN. outwith a bluesy edge, even.If denson therebejustice,thiswillbe a Write for name of your nearest stockist to Denson Footwear, 42-44 Kingsland Rd, London, E.2. verybighit.Flip:Much, much, much quieter ballad. CHART CERTAINTY 9 RECORD MIRROR, Week ending October 5, 1968

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THE HERD HERB ALPERT THE MAMAS AND CAT STEVENS Sunshine Cottage; Miss Jones To Wait For Love; Bud (A and PAPAS Here Comes My Wife;It's A (Fontana TF 975). Written AMS734). Piano-Introedand Supa Dupa Life(Deram DM211). AMERICA AWAKES by Messrs. Bown and Frampton, Herbinthatcuriouslyoff -beat. For The Love Of Ivy; Strange Fanfare -type intro on this welcome - Produced by them - and the boys almost casual way of his. Trumpet Young Girls(RCA Victor RCA. hack -Cat single. He sings with his should score inall directions. But bitsfillinthe background. Now I 1744). Good, but not specially so. usual flair and attack and the song BIG BROTHER AND FIFTH DIMENSION I'm not sure it's all that much of failedtotip "This Guy'sIn. Love I'dsay. The familiar tunes ring has a catchy melodic content which aprogression. The melody lineis With You" and look what happened! out on a tuneful little piece, but should comfortably restore him to THE HOLDING GoodNews;SweetBlindness sometimes hardtopickup,but I nowtipthisone,but I still somehow that vital spark is miss- thecharts.Allratherloudand (Liberty LBF 15143). This, some- there is also catchy basis and some earnestly believe that as a singer ing.Buildswell,though,ina smart and slick,yet with a good COMPANY how, Jangles along atfirst.Not trumpet somewhat riff-ishstyle, with the especiallycommercial earlyon. fineinstrumentalworkas well. he'saremarkably good atmosphere. The simplicity ofthe Piece Of MyHeart;Turtle Good song idea. Should be sizeably player.Stringsswisharoundat odd change of tempo. Can't mis- lyric line comes through well. Am- Blues (CBS NM. Very exciting. but it has that grow -on -you appeal big, at the very least.Flip:This back here. Flip: Guitar intro here take the basic class, however, so bitious,backing -wise.Flip:Not a Sorry about Janis Joblin leaving and could click - especially as could well be played as much as and an instrumental all through. it'llprobably makeitFlip:In- had song, but itJust seems to go the group, but she's very much the group has now been seen in the "A" side. Good. CHART CERTAINTY. ventive but rambling. Worth hear- on a bit. thiscountry.A rollingsortof ing. present on this one.It'snotin sound, cleverly presented, and the CHART CERTAINTY. CHART CERTAINTY. the widest commercial range but JOCELYNE JOCA is a breathless. CHART POSSIBILITY addictswillleapabouthten- lyrics demand a bit of close at- sexy sort of French chick, a name thralledenthusiasmatthe way tentionStrengthisinthe vocal DON PARTRIDGE cabaretartisteon thecontinent. Tomorrow's O.K. By Me (R.I.M.9). she line-up.Strings.Flip:Valve for DON PELOSI: A Quiet Tear; doctors,tearsapart,the money because it'sahit in the Top Man; We Have Ways Of and her "Missing You" (Mercury Balladeer witha hearty yet romantic voice. A Herb Alpert song,too, lyrics. A great sound allround. MF 1055)is suitably breathless and which could help. Expertly arranged but rather more for the adult -listen- Flip:Rambling blues. States and would have made an Making You Laugh (Columbia DB sexy. Rather less complicated than ing scene. * * * * 'A' deck here. 8484). Harmonica -wailed intro, then usualis"Let'sRide"by THE CHART POSSIBILITY. CHART POSSIBILITY. a very catchy instant rhythm, and MORGAN-JAMES (Philips BF 1707). JUDI RYLAND. You Ain't Got The Right; Dreamer Of Dreams (R.I.M. intoaKerr -Maitland songagain butevensotheirmusicianship Rim 10). A cute chick on the newly -pushed label, with trombone obligate THE O'KAYSIONS: Girl Watcher; Deal Me In (Stateside SS 2126). . a happy sort of song with vocally is something to marvel at. behind her sing -along and personable voice. Pleasant listening.* * * * aladdie and his personal Don working over strings and other SAMANTHA JONES:LovelyLonelyMan;DollOn A MusicBox Only so-so,but bouncily bright -story of Bouncy attack, never letting up, on hobby, as it were. But very samey in the way it is projected . . . that's orchestral bits'n'pieces. He's an "Little Girl" by JIMMY OAKLEY (UnitedArtists UP 2248).Fromthe"ChittyChitty"movie,asong my view. It's a smash in the States. * * * * established man now, and has be- ;Philips BF 1701).Thatexcellent which gives Samantha a chance to show off her less powering style of THE DELFONICS: Break Your Promise; Alfie (Bell BLL 1028). Liked come one ofthe most distinctive French songster SACRA DISTEL has singing. Sometimes she fair belts;here she fair coos. Nice. * * * * voices in the business. He's urgent, DONAL DONELLY: She Moved Through The Fair; White, Orange And this, Mid -tempo and moody, with an appealing lead, voice and a direct - aballadtailor-madein"By The beatsortofbacking. Takes timeto ffegister,but worth thewait. controlled - and has a stack of Way IStill Love You" (MCA MU Green (MCA MU 1037). A gentle, accented, gently rhythmic sort of song. personality. This will be a biggie. 1044). somethingthatcouldsell But not for me. * * * *AL * "TNT" * * BRAGGS: * Earthquake; How Long (Do You Hold On) Start whistling right now. Flip: A well.Irish girl with a lilting BLOSSOM TOES: Postcard; Every One's Leaving Me Now (Marmalade (Action ACT 4506). Gets a good Sound going, does Al. This is very cockney -oriented performance of the sopranoapproachononeofher 598012). One of your highly ingenious releases - and certainly a Record repetitive, but compelling and the overall approach is very commer- telly -series theme tune with the old MARY KENT and oftheWeek.Could even make thecharts.It'soff -beat and curiously one-man band sound there a -plenty. own songs: cial. Watch this one. * * * * * "Your Face" (MGM 1439).anos- arranged, with sort of throwaway lyrics in parts and full marks to producer BABY WASHINGTON: Get A Hold Of Yourself; Hurt So Bad (United MASSIVE SELLER. talgic piece. G. Gomelsky. * * * * * Artists UP 2247). Very talented soul -seller,Baby, but Baby here is rushing things a bit so that the vital impact is not really on until mid- way. Worth spinning, though. * * * * new albums reviewed by RM reviewing panel new albumsreviewed by RM reviewing panel new of BUDDY ACE: Got To Get Myself Together; Darling Depend On Me (Action ACT 4504).Very urgent bitofself-analysis,butitdoesn't entirely come off.Good discothequesound, however, whichisfair enough. * * * THE DRIFTERS: "Rockin' And VARIOUS ARTISTES:"Uptown BOBBY DARIN: "Inside Out". - BOB KUBAN AND THE IN -MEN: The Cheater; Try Me Baby (Bell Driftin' ". - Moonlight Bay; Ruby Soul". - UnderTheBoardwalk The Lady Came From Baltimore; 1027). Very powerful. This guy cheats, nicks other guy's girls, and then Baby; Drip Dive;I Gotta Get My- (Drifters); On Broadway (Drifters); Darling Be Home Soon; Bes' lets them down, treats them bad. Very commercial sound, full-blooded self A Woman; Fools Fall in Love; There Goes My Baby(Drifters); Friends;I Am; About You; I Think AT LAST, Girl(Patty It'sGonna Rain Today; Whatever on the vocal side. Excellent. * * * * * Hypnotised; Yodee Yakee; I Know; Mixed Up, Shook Up, 0, V. WRIGHT: Oh Baby Mine; Working Your Game (Action ACT Soldier Of Fortune; Drifting Away And The Emblems); My Girl Sleepy Happened To Happy; Black Sheep the talented star really whips up From You; Your Promise To Be (Vibrations);Watusi(Vibrations); Boy; Hello Sunshine; Lady Fingers; 4505). Working up quite a lather, (Atlantic587076). the frenzy on this welcome release. Of repetitive style, but maybe of Mine;It Was A Tear;Adorable; If You Need Me (Wilson Pickett); Back Street Girl THE BAND Steamboat (AUantle 587 123). I'm Gonna Cry(WilsonPickett); more specialist animal. * * * * Down TheAisle(PattiLaBelle BILLY PRESTON: Greazee (Parts One and Two) (Soul City SC 107). ONEofthegreat Lengthy, indeed nearly of marathon status, organ feature which man- WE'VE allbeenwaiting, ASET mostly writtenspecially And Her Belles);Can't You Hear stylists.In TheBeat?(Cartons);Oh Baby fact, one of the great and most ages completely to hold the interest. Musicianly build-up on the main Tv wondering what to expect for the Drifters by top writers AtlanticStereo versatilestylists. A coupleof theme, with some very exciting moments indeed. * * * * likeLieber andStoller. Buck (BarbaraLynn) from a group which has the 588 122. John Sebastian songs here, the ex- special privilege of backing Ram, JesseStone;Jimmy Oliver cellent "Lady Came From" a song *BETTY * * WRIGHT: * GirlsCan't Do What Guys Do;Sweet Levin' Bob Dylan. Known quietly (actually with the Drifters). One is FROM the stageofthe Uptown from Tim Hardin, the Stones' "Back Daddy (Atlantic 584216). Though the song idea is okay, this somehow specially impressed withthe sheer rTheatre inPhiladelphia, intro- Street Girl" and a very, very good -doesn't create much of an atmosphere. Voice is fair enough, but the as The Band, they have no widthof range of the lead singer duced by Jimmy Bishop, a top "Whatever Happened ToHappy". ever -consistentoutfit -con- production is routine. * * * troubleconvincingus of ofthis disc -jockey, and featuring the Blessedwithsomefinearrange- ARCHIE BELL AND THE DRELLS: ICan't Stop Dancing; You're their talent during the spin- sistentdespitechangesof person- artisteson some oftheirbiggest ments,Darin runs the gamut of Such A Beautiful Child(Atlantic 584217).Getting a big discotheque nel overthe years.Infact, most hits. But these are "live" perform- confidential,love -torn,moody voiceatfrontis turnsinfront his sound going ona commercial sounding song . ning of music from big pink. oftheboystake ances and as such provide the oddsortofrange - andthewhole merely so-so, but the excitement is here. * * * * (EMI Capitol C015559). and they operate best at a relaxed variation on record productions - thing comes off extremely well. It's Lonely Avenue(Liberty LBF mid -tempo, creating an atmosphere most of them too familiar to need THE CRICKETS: My LittleGirl; Highlightsinclude THE theirown. hard,ifnot impossible, to fault a 15089). Pretty good sample of the boys' ability in a hurry -along sort that is distinctively listing.For fans,anice way of man who is so superblyprofessional. of song which mostly comes off. Touch of the nostalgias, too, especially WEIGHT which is currently "Moonlight Bay", aneverybody -in hearing items linkedtogether,fol- in the rhythmic build-up. Good drumming. * * * * doing the rounds as a well harmonic fantasy. lowing fast. deserved hit single, a nicely * * * * * * * upbeatedversionof LONG BLACK VEIL, a well-known folksong, and of course one of the original versions ofNEW DON PARTRIDGE ALBUM Dylan's THIS WHEEL'S ON FIRE. Also of interest is an- "DON Partridge", - Following Your Fancy; Keep Days Chokey", which is urged enthusiastically by the Your Hands Off Her; 7 Days Chokey; The Way- star, Oscar Brand wrote "Wayward Boy", a familar otherstrikingly beautiful ward Boy;St. James' Infirmary;I'm A Gehl' folk -traditionalitem - helovesdoingthiskazoo - waxing of Dylan'sI SHALL Away; Blue Eyes; Dock Of The Bay; Old Joe Clark; featured song. BE RELEASED which was First GirlILoved; Candy Man; Black, Brown and "St. James Infirmary" somehow isn't up to usual White Blues; Mona's Song; Rosie (Columbia SX Mono standards, but he treatsitreverently. "I'm A Goin' done well earlier by Ameri- 6280). Away" is a race -along skiffly sort of Donegan -piece. cansinger Marc Ellington. Don amazed some by proving no one -hitwonder Redding's "Dock Of The Bay"isconvincingly per- Both arangements are plea- . . . "Rosie" wasfollowed smash -hit style by "Blue formed as is the traditional air, now re -arranged. "Old sing. Eyes". He won't be a one -hit album wonder either - Joe Clark". "First Girl I Loved" ts a rather monoton- this one will be a massive -seller and there's a stack ouspiece,melodically, but nicely arranged, "Candy All other titles were writ- of similar material stored up inside him. His one-man Man", adapted by Donovan, Is fiery; Broonzy's "Black, ten by Band members Rick band sound is here augmented by a collection of class Brown and White Blues" is good, but short on impact Danko, Levon Helm, Garth musicians on cello,flute,bass, oboe, piano etc. His untillaterin;"Mona's Song"isself -pennedand own "Following Your Fancy" is gently poignant. Led- nicely worded - and leads inexorably into "Rosie". Hudson, Richard Manuel and better's "Hands Off Her" swirls along with harmonica Don't take my word for the excellence of this album. Jaimie Robbie Robertson, ex- Isthe sort of thing that Don handles perhaps at his Buy it, help keep Don off the streets. And applaud It. ceptfortheDylan -Danko most interesting. "Blue Eyes" we know but the same pieceTEARS OFRAGE. team(Richard Kerr and John Maitland)wrote "7 * * * * * These comprise TO KING- COWBOY COPAS AND HAWK - BOB BROOKMEYER, on both technique whichisboth gimmicky DOM COME, IN A STATION, SHAW HAWKINS: "The Legend Of trombone and piano, and "Out Of and commercial . . two tracks areunaccompanied,the by CALEDONIA MISSION, WE .. . " - Polydor International 423 My Head" (Atlantic Special 590'024) rest 021. has him heading a very big band - Pianist Bob Brookmeyer and guitar- CAN TALK, CHEST FEVER Jim Hall. THE YOUNG and LONESOME SUZIE. OTH stars are dead, as special - and a four -movement "Blues Suite" ist :DI istswill know, but both made whichtakesupallsideoneof TUXEDO BRASS BAND, on "New The character of the music great contributions to the world thisinventivealbum - humour Orleans Joys" (Atlantic Special 590 prominentinajazz -styledsense. 023), produce authentic veteran Gos- differs from the average in of country music. Copas takes the pel -marching material whichisa thatitcontainsjustthat topsidewithsuchas"It's A "Wooden Joe's New Orleans Band Lonely World"and"Night Plane 1945-49" (Storyville 6709 204)is the strong slice of jazz history. pleasant amount of country ToMemphis" Hawkinshasthe cornetist Wooden Joe NICHOLAS. "Blues Roll On" (Atlantic Special sloppiness. The artistic lack "B" side,as itwere, on such as Plussmall group,onaseriesof 590 025)is by various artistes -Boy "Never Mind The Tears" and "You warmly traditional items like "Eh, Blue, Forest City Joe, Lonnie Young, ofrecordingandmusical Le Bas","Tiger Rag","Clarinet RosalieHill - andisspecialist Go Your Way, I'll Go Mine". Two back -to -the -roots discipline which renders the well -lovedartistesfromaworld Blues" - historicsounds.From and interesting songsasnaturalandun- that REALLY loves its stars. THE DILLARDS:"Live -Almost!" blues. "SIDNEY BECHET Sessions" (ElektraStereo EKS 7265),blue- (Storyville 671 199) throws up names touched by commercial tech- * * * * grass music with a smile, and some likeMezz Mezzrow, PopsFoster. niques. frantic finger work onbanjo and George Wetting, plus Sidney's sop- CHAMPION JACK DUPREE: That coupled with the fan- guitar . . . hillbillymaterialfor rano - sessions from the immediate tastic baseworkand the "When You Feel The Feeling You thecollector. MUGGSY SPANIER post-war daysin New York . Was Feeling", - CBS Blue Horizon diedlastyear,aged 60,sothe valuablecollection."Music For4 drawling accents puts a real 33206. album named after him (Storyville Soloists And Band No. 1" (Polydor DON PARTRIDGE flavour to the record. So eat RECORDED inLondon and the Stereo 271 2906) is sometimes limited 583790)isanintriguingproduc- up, friends blues star on voice, piano and in range but certainly vigorous and tion, with Jay Jay Johnson, Freddie . * * * * * drums(withjustharmonica tough -edged andit swings like the Hubbard, Sahib Shihab and Fried- A BETTER MAIL ORDER service L. G. added)ononeside;and witha clappers. rich Gulda, plus a kind of United forallrecords. Send now for our sizeable group for the other. Special- "South Of The Border" by Nationsorchestrainjazz -classical new list of US imported LPs. Order ist performances on specialist pieces ROBERTO DELGADO AND HIS now new British LPs by STONES, THE BUTTERFIELD BLUES like"IncomeTax","RollOn". ORCH (Polydor 184 9039), passion - TRAFFIC, TEN YEARS AFTER, BAND:"InMy Own Dream".- "Street Walking Woman", all ham- music from tropical climes - some DAVID ACKLES: "David Ackles". DOORS, BYRDS, NIRVANA, Elektra Stereo EKS 74025. mered homewithatalking -blues -Elektra Stereo EKS 74022. Classifieds BUDDY GUY, etc. Tandy (RM 52). very exciting Latin rhythms ona folksinging-composer on TITLES here include "Last stylethathas commanded are- carefully selected collection of 11\TEW 273 Bagley Road West, BIRMING- Hope's Gone", "Morning spectful following. a 11 the scene - and he's visited HAM 32(Tel: 021429 2190). melodies. Also specialist, but in Britain to help boosthis Blues" and "In My Own completelydifferentfield: "Now RITZ BOURNEMOUTH'S BEAT Dream".thevocalssplitbetween * * * * In (CBSBlue chances. Strong on the lyrical side. records for sale Resident Europe" operatesonpiano(there'sa SCENE. October 18 - "Simon Du Paul Buiterfield, Bugsy Maugh and BIG BROTHER AND THE HOLD- Horizon 7-63207), featuring the dis- he Pree." PhilipWilson.Band,ashere,is ING COMPANY: "Cheap Thrills". - tinctive stylings of CURTIS JONES, change)andwithasmall group GUARANTEED USED LPsfrom rather an overpowering bluesout- Combination Of The Two;I Need hereoforgan,guitar,bassand 12s.6d.Catalogue2s.(deductable OLDIES BUT GOODIES -R 'n' R, a now -familiar figure inthe blues percussion. Some of the better com- fit,fast gaining a following in this A Man ToLove;Summertime; clubsof Paris and London - "I fromorder). 2SurveyorsPlace, pop,auction - sale,S.a.e. Derek country,but pronetoslipintoa Piece Of My Heart; Turtle Blues; Want To BeYourSlave"isa positions are "When Love Is Gone". Portmadoc, Caems. Brown, 12 BonthronHse,Home sortofritualisticformofattack Oh Sweet Mary;Ball And Chain "Sonny Come Home" and a short Way, Putney, London S.W.15. specially good sampler. "ORNETTE but good "Laissez -Faire". A plain- 1956-6845s & LPsincludingrare whichisvery much anacquired (CBS 63392). COLEMAN on Tenor" (Atlantic 588 deletions available,overseas in- FANTASTIC Pop, Soul, Rock etc. . tive sort of collection. taste. But they always swing this 121)givesthealtojazz geniusa Sends.a.e.for moodily. HERE'S a quoteabout quirieswelcome. BargainsRecordMartMagazine. grouP'fl front girl Janis Joplin: fatter,beautifully -roundedtone - * * * * listto: Moore, 73 MillRoad, Is.6d.Pia. 22 Stevens Way, Chia - * * * * "Her belting, groovy style com- five of his own compositions laden Leighton Buzzard, Beds., or call at well,Essex. Three issuesubscrip- bines Bessie Smith's soul with the with blues and soul "feel" 16Leighton Road, Linslade,Beds. tion 4s. 6d. ORIGINAL CAST:"Hair". -RCA finesse of Aretha Franklin covered Three brothers THE IRISH JOE TEX:"SoulCountry". - RAMBLERS come upwith"The SUPER SOUL LIST. Send ls. P.O. GUARANTEED used LPs from 12s. Victor Mono RD 7959. all over with James Brown Drive. Atlantic Stereo 588 118. for fantasticlistof over 600 'Soul DESCRIBEDastheAmerican Patriot Game" (Polydor Special 236 COUNTRY material, mostly, 6d. Catalogues 2s. (deductable from The range of her earthy dynamic Singles',includingdeletions.The order). 2 Surveyor'sPlace,Port- triballove -rock musical, here- voice seems almost without limits." 506), namedaftertheDominic and the selectionlinks Behan song, and Irish material most the C Golden Soul, Dept. A., 42 Standish madoc, Caerns. with performed by the Broad- Certainly she turns in a sexy, sensa- and W field with the R and B St.,Burnley. way cast and thisearly listento tional,sexasational if youlike. of the way - strong personalities, scene. Titles include "Green Green GOLDEN GOODIES Auction. Many themusicsuggeststhatitisa series ofperformances on this vocally, and mostly folksilytradi- Grass", "Ode To Billie Joe", "By SALE, ROCK, Presley, Gracie, rock, pop, C&W, soulrarities. particularly strong show. A lotof first-ratealbum.Takeyourpick tional. Recorded "live" three years The Time IGet To Phoenix" and Richard, Moore etc.Pops, Tamla, S.a.e.toD. Brown, 78 Welbourne rock sounds, notablyin"Donna", ofthe tracks asa sampler . . . ago: "GEORGE RUSSELL SEXTET "Honey". Hackneyed song -picking? Soul, West Coast. "It's All Rhythm" Road, London. N.17, "Aquarius", "Be -In" and, probably there's so much happening all the atBeethovenHall"(Polydor583 Could have been,but Joe hasa No 4.ls. 6d. 18 Delamere Gardens. the strongest number of them all: waythatyou'reboundtofind 7906), the pianist -leader with trum- way of revitalising songs previously London, N.W.7. penfriends ona "Walking In Space", sung by every- gold.Itstoughstuff,violently peter Don Cherryguesting hits for other artistes. Tex says that RECORD BAZAAR. 50,000 from 2s. up livelyset,thoughtful and oftenin- FRENCH penfriends, all ages from body. A finely -produced souvenir of tough.Rough,too.But bound oneofhis heroes was Hank Wil- Write for lists. 1142-6 Argyle Street, 12to21. Send s.a.e.for free de- the show - and worthy listening in a variety of styles that must com- genious . . . foraddictsonly. liams. An unusuallink,musically "Four Brothers"AtlanticSpecial Glasgow. tails -Anglo French Correspondence evento those not planning to see mand respect. One can see what speaking, but intriguing enough to DYLAN on DutchC.B.S."If you Club, Burnley. it. allthe American ravingisabout. 590 022)hasJIMMY GUIFFRE make this a worthwhile buy. playingallfourtenossaxes - Gotta Go, Go Now." Offers: Wink - Continued on page 11 * * * * * created by a multiple -recording * * * * ley, 30 Terry St., Nelson, Lancs. 10 RECORD MIRROR, Week ending October 5. 1968

UNDERGROUND GROUPS BY DEREK BOLT WOOD

MANY, manydisjointeditems,pieces and even words this week. In the lengthy time of this little column's absence from the paper, due to circumstances utterly beyond and out of control, many, many things have happened on and off the groovy scene (oh, wash my mouth with soap and water-I mustn't use words like that). I've heard some lovely Suddenlyitseems, blues bands are fashionable and abletonotch up sounds, spoken to some lovely people, and lost my lovely hitrecords - allof which cheersthe heartsofthefive -strong Savoy cricket boots. Brown Blues Band. Savoy Brown have had two albums and numerous Last Friday,inablaze of publicity,the controversial singles released on Decca and they've built up a fine reputation around theclubs. Their producer Mike Vernon reckons thattheirlatest single Americantriballove -rock musical "Hair" openedinthe "Walking By Myself" could give them a wider share ofthe limelight, West End. I haven't seenit yet because I'm writing this and increase their already large following. before last Friday. In fact, I'm writing this last Wednesday. But I have spoken to one of the show's stars-Paul Nicholas- who told me all about it. Basically, and here we get down to the real gritty-nitty, "Hair" is a musical be -in. A realistic look at hippies-their costumes, dreams, freak -outs, and their love. But it's more than a realistic look at this way of life-it IS this way of life. "Hair" has a completely different set of values to any other sort of stage production. "I think," said Paul, "that 'Hair' is as important - possibly even more so-than 'West Side Story' was. That dealt with the new values of that particular generation-and it had a lot of influence on what followed. But 'Hair' could be an even bigger milestone because its approach to the whole idea of stage production, and what a shoW isall about, is completely different to what's normally accepted. 'Hair' isn't just about the new values of the younger generation- it's very much a part of those values. "When Ifirst joined 'Hair'I was very suspicious of it- I didn't know quite what to expect, but I've always been a bit wary of 'hippies',so-called, and anything to do with them. And on top of thisIthought the show was just cashing -in on the hippie craze-but I was very wrong. It's a serious production and I think it can do a lot of good- before joining'Hair',forexample,Icouldnever have Moving up nicely in the Statesis appeared on stage in the nude. I don't have to, as it happens, "Competition Ain't Nothing" by one The Montanas fight on . . .gradually building up experience for the timeLittle Carl Carlton, a Detroit -born but if I did have to it wouldn't worry me at all. I've learned when a big hit record carts them out of the routine existence of "sup-ladout here onthe- new Action a lot from the show already. porting"acts.Well,theirnewrecordisaJackie Trent -Tony Hatchlabel.The boyisonlyfourteen "But the great thing about 'Hair' is that it depends upon feature "Run To Me" out on Pye, and itcould bring that long-awaitedyears Old, and hailed by his com- change of status. Group features Willi Hayward, lead guitarist, 22, funnypanyas"the 14 -year -oldSensa- the audience entirely whetheritsucceeds or not-they man of the outfit; Gray Hollis, only 19, very much the dedicated drummer;tion".Pretty obviously Carl isin- have to become involved or they won't understand." Johnny Jones,22,lead singer and football fanatic;Terry Rowley, alsofluencedbythatotherDetroiter Personally, I'm not committing myself untilIsee the 22,guitarist and, singer, plus group arranger; and John Richard Ekock,Stevie Wonder, who was also pre- alias"Jane",23, the"Mr.Responsibility"oftheteam,who playsfixed "Little" until he rose to well show-I'll only get involvedifit's worth getting involved. guitar and drums. But a friend of the man in the ankle -length plastic mac over six feet above ground level. saw the show on Broadway and he got very involved . . . Interesting thing-as you may have noticed elsewhere in the paper, I had the pleasure of a long chat with Frank Zappa the other day. One afternoon talking to him provides enough material for a book, leave alone a short feature in RM. For example - the Mothers Of Inventionare responsible for the whole underground scene. Said Zappa: "The fact that we were able to go on stage and on record doing exactly as we wanted-making sounds that up until then just weren't accepted because they weren't com'mercial- opened things up for the whole underground movement. Groups appeared-most of them not particularly good-but all making progressive music rather than teenybopper music." I wouldn't say that Frank Zappa started the whole thing, myself, but I would agree that the Mothers did help to open the doors to let in much of the beefy goodness of under- ground. What is underground, anyway? Watch out for a really excellent album from the Pretty Things, due for releasein the near future. Called"S.F. Sorrow",itislivingproofthatthe group havereally got themselves together now. I've only heard half of the Hereistheindefatigable Joe Cocker, who looks like covered Ray Charles - well,discoveredthatthe 'tracks so far-the whole thing is the life story of, surprise, having a hit with his "With A Little Help From MY American bluesman had a big influence on him! Joe surprise, a person called S. F. Sorrow. Not only is the music Friends" (Regal Zonophone), currently being heartily remembers working at a pub called the Minerva . good-the story is good and so is the idea. All the tracks plugged on radio. His adaptation of the Beatle hit, very "where they used to throw bottles at us." His publicity relate to different phases in Sorrow's life, and the group much slower than was Ringo's vocalistic effort, could People say he used to be a "gas fitter" . . . is now a easilyestablishthislikeablecove,withtheoutsize "gas singer"-! Or did Jof say that! have worked out a whole stage act of scenery, music make- sense of humour. Joe is 23, comes from Sheffield, dis- up and mime. A sort of mini -musical. Like to talk about them at length soon-they have a lot of interesting things to say. On December 8 at the London Palladium Save/Rave happens. Save/Rave is the idea of Graham Nash of the Hollies. Save/Rave is a charity pop show to raise money for the Invalid Children's Association. A great idea, and it should be a good show-among those taking part are the Hollies, of course, Mama Cass, the Small Faces, the Move, and the Bonzo Dog Dah Band. And a lotof other names have expressed interest.Ihope more express interest and help to make it a fantastic success, because it's a very nice and worthwhile idea. Tickets will be from 15/- to 10 gns. But more about that at a later date-we're fast running short of space this week. Next Friday the Fugs are at London's Middle Earth. The Fugs area show, likethe Mothers but more so. A sort ofsatirical -comic -obscene - philosophical act held together by music, the lyrics for which are written for them by suchall-timegreatsas Ezra Pound and Allen Ginsberg. They have an album called "Tenderness Junction" whichIshould have reviewed but I left it round at Mick Wayne's house. Mick Wayneguitaristandsingerandsongwriterisgettingthings together now with his new group Junior's Eyes. And anyone who's seen them would agree with me that they are very good-an original group. I predict big things for them in the near future. FairportConventionaregettingbetterallthetime-Iwishthey'd release their country and western number "Close The Door Lightly When You Go" on a single.It's a very commercial song-in the nicest possible sense-and Ilike the way they doit.Could do a lotto establish their reputation for them. And finally all praise to Joe Cocker-his "With A Little Help From My oSHU 8365 HAU 8365 Friends'l is not onlm good. It's a smash hit. Featuring his great version of the number DEREK BOLTWOOD that has become a Soul classic, this album is a must for anyone hung on the Sound of Soul. It's raw and roaring.srnooth and soothing it's funky . it's next week a groove! 12" Ste-reo or Mono L.P. RIM Records, Britain's newest label, is now well and comes out with a single "You Ain't Got The Right", MORE UNDERGROUND trulylaunched - asubsidiaryoftheRediffusion specially written for her by Vic Flick, ace guitarist organisation, with Desmond Beatt as general manager alsocontractedto RIM, and Doug Wright. Judiis and exploitation head Tim Ormiston heading a national welcome. So isOriel Clair (right), relatively new to tONDON. Promotion campaign for the first batch of singles. But the pop scene but already establishing rm international and let use leave the business chat and get on with intro- reputation inthe cabaret scene. She debuts for RIM ducing two oftheartistes concerned. On the leftis withanalbumcalled,appropriatelyenough,"An London Records Judi Ryland,a19 -year -oldof obvious charm, who International Affair", also out around now. A Division of the Decca Record ROLLING STONES Company Limited Decca House Albert Embankment London SE1 RECORD MIRROR, Week ending October 5, 1968 11

23FLEETWOOD MAC 22 Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac TOP (Blue Horizon) 24WHEELS OF FIRE 5 YEARS 18 Cream (Polydor) L.P.'s 25 BEAT OF THE BRASS 24 Herh Alpert (A & M) AGO NATIONAL CHART COMPILED 26NUT GONE FLAKE BY THE RECORD RETAILER 31 Small Faces (Immediate) 27CRAZY WORLD OF BOOKENDS ARTHUR BROWN 4 Simon & Garfunkel (CBS, 15 Crazy World Of Arthur LIVE AT THE TALK Brown (Track) SHE LOVES YOU 2 28WAITING FOR THE I The Beatles (Parlophone) OF THE TOWN SUN 11 Seekers (Columbia) 2DO YOU LOVE ME 1 The Doors (Elektra) 7 Brian Poole & Tremeloes 3 HOLLIES GREATEST 29HONEY HITS (Deeca) 29 Andy Williams (CBS) THEN HE KISSED ME 3Dollies (Parlophone) 30LADY SOUL 3 *MAI OMIT COWILD IT liE WM RIMILfa AIR MAILED FROM NEW YORK 4DELILAH 26 Aretha Franklin (Atlantic) 9 Searcher: (London) 2 Tom Jones (Decca) 31THIRTEEN SMASH 4fT'S ALL IN THE GAME 1 THOSE WERE THE 26AMERICA HEY JUDE* 26BORN TO BE WILD 5BOOGEY WITH CANNED HITS Cliff Richard (Columbia) DAYS 26(13)Nice (Immediate) 1 19 (101 Steppenwolf (Dunhill) HEAT (4) Beatles (Apple) 3)1 one Jones (Deeca) IF I HAD A HAMMER 1 (4) Mary Hopkin (Apple) 9 Canned Heat (Llbert)) 5 27THE GOOD, THE BAD, HARPER VALLEY PTA.27LIGHT MY FIRE 32SMASH HITS 8 Trini Lopez (Reprise) AND THE UGLY 22 (7) Jeannie C. Riley 6WHEELS OF FIRE 27 Jimi Hendrix Experience 2HEY JUDE 13 (10) Jose Feliciano (RCA, (Track) 6I WANT TO STAY HERE 36 (4) Hugo Montenegro (Plantation) (Double LP) & Eydie 2(5) Beatles (Apple) (RCA) 33UNDEAD (3i..e (CBS)StevenLaence FIRE' 28THE HOUSE THAT 7 Cream (Polydor) 3 7ARETHA NOW 38 Ten Years After(Decca) JEZAMINE 28MARIANNE 9 (41 Arthur Brown (Atlantic) JACK BUILT 12 Aretha Franklin 34STEVIE WONDER'S 7JUST LIKE EDDIE 3 (2) Cliff Richard IC (8) Aretha Franklin 5 Heinz (Deeca) 3(0) The Casuals (Dacca) (Columbia) 4HUSH' (Atlantic) 8 JUNGLE BOOK GREATEST HITS 4 (7) Deep Purple 13 Soundtrack (Walt Disney) 36 Stevie Wonder 8 SHINDIG 4LITTLE ARROWS 29YESTERDAY'S DREAM (Tetragrammaton) SOUND OF MUSIC (Tamla Motown) ShadowsiING 27(7) Four Tops maALL ALONG THE 9 9 (71 Leapy lee (M('A) (Tamla Motown) MIDNIGHT WATCHTOWER 5 Soundtrack (RCA) MkRAY CHARLES 9BLUE BAYOU/MEAN 5 10IN SEARCH OF THE GREATEST HITS CONFESSIONS - (1) Jim Hendrix Experience WOMAN BLUES 5 BOLD ME TIGHT 30SUNSHINE GIRL 14 (5) The Grass Roots (Reprise) LOST CHORD VOL. 2 17 Roy Orbison (London) 5 (9)Johnny Nash 25(12) Herman's Hermits (Dunhill) 10 Moody Blues (Deram) - Ray Charles (Stateside, (Regal Zonophone) (Columbia) STREET FIGHTING MAN I'LL NEVER GET I'VE GOTTA GET A 30 11 JOHNNY CASH AT 36PARSLEY, SAGE, 10 31ONE INCH ROCK 6 31(4) Rolling Stones (London) OVER YOU 6 MESSAGE TO YOU FULSOM PRISON ROSEMARY & THYME I GOTTA GET A 28(5) Tyrannosaurus Rex 17 Johnny Cash (CBS) 33 Simon & Garfunkel (CBS) 6 Johnny Kidd & (Regal Zonophone) 6(7) Bee Gees (Ate0) *PIECE OF MY HEART The Pirates (HMV) MESSAGE TO YOU - (1)BIg Brother & The 12TOM JONES LIVE AT 37A MAN AND A WOMAN I (91Bee Gees (Polydor) 32I.ES BICYCLETTES DE 7FOOL ON THE HILL* Holding Co. (Columbia) THE TALK OF THE 40 Soundtrack (UA) 11APPLEJACK 7.(71 Sergio Mendes & 38BRITISH MOTOWN 1 Jet Harris & Tony Meehan 7LADY WILL POWER BELSIZE Brazil 16 (A & M) TOWN (Deeca) 37(2) Engelhert Iiiimperdinek 32HELP YOURSELF 19 Tom Jones (Deeca) CHART BUSTERS 10 (9) Union Gap (CBS) Detail 8MY SPECIAL ANGEL 34 (5) Tom Jones (Parrot) 13BEST OF THE 32 Various Artistes 12WISHING ir (3) vogues (Reprise) ramla Motown) to Buddy Holly (Coral) 8SAY A LITTLE PRAYER LISTEN TO ME BABY COME BACK BEACH BOYS VOL, 1 - (1) The Willies (Parlophone 9ON THE ROAD AGAIN33 8 Beach Boys (Capitol) 39SOUNDS OF SILENCE THE FIRST TIME C (9) Aretha Franklin 38 (2) Equals (RCA) A MAN WITHOUT LOVE 39 Simon & Garfunkel (CBS) - Adam Faith (Parlophone) (Atlantic) 34ONLY ONE WOMAN 17 (6) Canned Heat 14 48(2) The Marbles (Polydor) (mem) 6Eecrigeeal)bert Homperdinck 40LOVE ANDY ELENORE 34 Ands Williams (('BS) 14 STILLi 9RED BALLOON 35KEEP ON 3445 (2) Turtles (White Whale) Karl; Denver(Decca) 10GIRL WATCHERS 15MR. WONDERFUL 19 (31 Dave Clark Five 29(1F0 Bruce ('hannel 12(51 The 0-Kaysion (ABC) BAD (Columbia) (Bell) POOR BABE 14 Fleetwood Mar 15 MAGIC BUS 35 (Blue Horizon) It Billy J. Kramer 36RED RED WINE 11 42(31 Cowsills (MGM) (Parlophone) 10 HIGH IN THE SKY (4) Jimmy James & 19 (81 The Who (Deeca) 16FRIENDS It MI) Amen Corner (Deram) It 36BANG-SHANG-A-LANG 28 Beach Boys (Capitol) 16YOU DON'T HAVE TO Vagabonds (Pye) 12REVOLUTION* 50 (21 Archles (Calendar) 17IDEA BE A BABY TO CRY DANCE TO THE MUSIC it(3) The Beatles (Apple) 1 ICE IN THE SUN 37 31 1 Bee Gees (Polydoe) 12 The Caravelles (Defeo) 17(7) Status Quo (rye) (13) Sly & The Family Sion SHAPE OF THINGS TO 18BARE WIRES (CBS) 13PEOPLE GOT TO BE CI' AND COMING LPN 17 5SolEHAoliniCe,11(IpN' FREE* COME 16 John Maya!! (Demo hone) 2DO IT AGAIN 38I'M A MIDNIGHT - (I) Max Frost & the Trooper COME THE DAY 7 (1D The Beach Boys 5(121 Rascals (Atlantic) 19 THE IMMORTAL OTIS BED- MOVER 20 Seekers (Columbia) HELLO LITTLE GIRL (Capit01) 1, 2, 3, RED LIGHT. DING - Otis Redding (Stax). - Fourmost (Parlophone) 45(4) Wilson Pickett (Atlantic) 14 38LOVES MAKES A 20 GREATEST3FourTops'furs SONG OF LEONARD COHEN 3110) 1910 Fruitgum Co. WOMAN 3 CLASSICAL GAS 39VOICES IN THE SKY (Buddah) - Leonard Cohen 19I'M TELLING YOU NOW 29(10) Barbara Acklin (Tornio Motown) 14 Freddy & The Dreamers 12 (6) Mason Williams 33 (9) Moody Blues 4Deran0 (Brunswick) DEAN MARTIN'S GREATEST (Warner Bros.) 15SLIP AWAY 21HISTORY OF OTIS HITS. Vol.1 - Dean Martin (Columbia) YOU'RE ALL I NEED TO 13(16) Clearance Carter REDDING GET BY (Atlantic) `SWEET BLINDNESS (Reprise). HELLO MUDDAH, 14 ON THE ROAD AGAIN 25 Otis Redding (Atlantic) MUSIC IN A DOLLS HOUSE s(II) Canned Heat (Liberty) - (1) Mart in Gaye & - (1) Fifth Dimension HELLO FADDUH Tammi Terrell 16SUSIE Q (Pt. 2) (Soul City) 22GREATESTfurs - Family (Reprise). - Alan Sherman (Tamla Motown) 32 (2) Credence Clearwater 21 Supremes (Tamla Motown( 1Warner Bros.) 15DREAM A LITTLE Revival (Fantasy) 40NATURALLY STONED DREAM OF ME 41I NEED YOUR LOVE 17TIME HAS COME TODAY 46 (3) Avant Garde (Columbia) 14 (8)Mania Cass(R('A) SO BAD 21(4) Chambers Bros. 35(12) Fleetwood Mac (Columbia) THOSE WERE THE DAYS 16HELLO, I LOVE YOU (Mae Horizon) - (1) Mary Hopkin (Apple) IS(4) Doors (Elektra) 18OVER YOU WITH A LITTLE HELP 41(2) Union Gap (Columbia) 42THE WEIGHT !BRITAIN'S TOP BdilmummiminIRITAIN'S17A DAY WITHOUT FROM MY FRIENDS LITTLE GREEN APPLES 33 (4) Jackie de Shannon LOVE - il) Jae Cocker 19 (Imperial) (Regal Zommhone) 25 (4) 0. C. Smith (Columbia) 22(4) Love Affair (CBS) R&B SINGLES TOP R B akWRECK OF THE 20INDIAN RESERVATION43THE SNAKE MY LITTLE LADY 23 (31 Don Farden 45 (31 Al Wilson (Soul City) 18 yrANTOINETTE (GNP/Crescendo) ALBUMS. 22 (3) Tremeloes (CBS) - (1)Date Dee & Co. FOUND A TRUE LOVE 11PRAYER MEETING (Fontana) I SAY A LITTLE 44 1 1 SAY A LITTLE 19 Willie Mitchell 19HELP YOURSELF 21 18(21 Wilson Pickett (Atlantic) 13 (12) Tom Jones (Deeca) 44 MONY MONY PRAYER PRAYER (London RI. 10215) 32(18) Tommy James & 2:: Aretha Franklin 12 (51 Aretha Franklin 45DOWN AT LULU'S* WHY DON'T YOU HARD TO HANDLE Shondells (Major Minor) (Atlantic) 33 (8) Ohio Express (fluddah) (Atlantic 584206) TRY ME 20 HEARTACHE HOLD ME TIGHT 16 (10)Otis Redding (Atlantic)45 LOVE 2 III Maurice & Mac THE IMMORTAL ... 47(2) 22WHO IS GONNA 2 Johnny Nash 1 Roy Orbison (London) ME 46HIP CITY (Chess CRS 8681) 2Otis Redding MY WORLD 25 16) Jr. Walker & All Stars (Regal Zonophone RZ 3010) 13 (Atlantic) 2 THIS GUY'S IN LOVE 24(6) Dionne Warwick HIP CITY 15 (14) Bern Alpert (A. & - (1) Cupid's Inspiration (NEM (Soul) 3HARD TO 5 Junior Walker & 2ARETHA NOW (Scepter) C'MON MARIANNE HANDLE/AMEN AU Stars 1 Aretha Franklin I LIVE FOR THE SUN 47 YOU'RE ALL I NEED BROWN EYED WOMAN 3Otis Redding (Tondo Motown TMG 667) (Atlantic 587114) 22 I))(8) Grapefruit (RCA) 23 410 29(6) Vanity Fare (Page One) TO GET BY - (1) BM Medley (Atlantic 584199) 14HITCH IT TO THE 3 THIS IS SOUL 48DREAM A LITTLE 1' (91 Marvin Gaye & Tammi 4YOU'RE ALL I NEED HORSE 3 Various Artistes 23LIGHT MY FIRE DREAM OF ME I MET HER IN CHURCH (Atlanticsalon 'Terrell(Tomb) 4- (1) Boston% (Male) TO GET BY 11 Fantastic Johnny 1'. 30 (3)Jose Feliciano (RCA) 45 (8) Anita Harris (CBS) I Marvin Gaye & Tammi (London HL 10212) 4MR. WONDERFUL M'LADY 24DO IT AGA1N Terrell M'LADY 0 Fleetwood Mac THE WEIGHT 20 (9) The Beach Boys I WISH IT WOULD RAIN 24 - (1) Sly and the Family Stone (Tamla Motown TMG 668) 21 (Capitol) 49 - Sly & The Family Stone (Blue Horizon BPG7/63205) (3) The Band (Capitol) (Direction) 47 (4) Gladys Knight & Pips (Direction 58-7707) (Soul) 5RED RED WINE 5 WISH IT WOULD RAIN WHEN THE SUN COMES 25SAY IT LOUD - I'M 13 Jimmy James 16COMPETITION AIN'T 7 The Temptations 26I PRETEND 50 BLACK AND I'M PROUD BREAK YOUR PROMISE and the Vagabonds NOTHIN' (Tamla Motown TML 11079) 21 (151 Des O'Connor SHINING THROUGH 50 (Columbia) 39(6) Long John Baldry (Pye) 3f.(3) James Brown (King) - Delfonies (Philly Groove) YESTERDAY'S DREAM 12 Little Carl Carlton 6 WITH CANNED) 9 Four Tops (Action Act 4501) HEAT Aa astertsk denotes record released In Mtge. (Iambi Motown TMG 665) LOVE MAKES A 10 Canned Heat A blurdotdenotes new entry. 7GIVE ME ONE MORE WOMAN (Liberty LBL 83103) BUBBLING UNDER CHANCE - Barbara Acklin 7GREATEST HITS 7 Wilmer and the Dukes (Vala MO 10381 6 Stevie Wonder DOWN ON ME - BigBrother &theHoldingCo.. (Tamla Motown TML 00751 BUBBLING UNDER (Mainstream). (Action Act MOO) 18THE HORSE 8 15 (HIT Nobles 8 ,S43(:JilLii,SrliRt,EheNHADE WHITE ROOM - Cream (Atco) I'M A MIDNIGHT (Direction 58/3518) I WILL COME TO YOU - Dusty Springfield(Philips). CHAINED Marvin Gaye (Tamla). MOVER ON THE ROAD AGAIN (London HA 8365) HARPER VALLEY PTA - GannleC.Reilly. I'VE GOT DREAMS TO REMEMBER - Otis Redding 6 Wilson Pickett -41- Canned Heal 9I'M A MIDNIGHT WAIT FOR ME MARIANNE - The Marmalade. (Atco). (Atlantic 584203) (Liberty LBS 150901 MOVER FEELING ALRIGHT - Traffic(Island). HEY WESTERN UNION MAN - Jerry Butler (Mercury) 9I'LL DO ANYTHING ftSTAY IN MY CORNER - Wilson Pickett SUNSHINE OF YOUR LOVE - Cream (Polydor). SWEET YOUNG THING LIKE YOU - Ray Charles. 8 Doris Troy (Toast TT 507) - Dells (Chess CTS 80791 (Atlantic 587111) I WANT YOU TO BE MY BABY - Billie Davies. FOOL FOR YOU - Impressions (Custom). DANCING MAN 20DANCE TO THE MUSIC10 LADY SOUL WE CAN HELP YOU - Alan Rown (Music Factory). SHOOT 'EM UP BABY - Andy Kim (Steed). 17 Ernie K. Doe - Slt & The Family Slone 8 Aretha Franklin LOVE ISKIND, LOVEISWINE - TheSeekers HOLD ME TIGHT - Johnny Nash (Jab. (Action Act 41502) Direction ;8-3568) (Atlantic 507 099) (Columbia).

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Jimmy James,theVagabonds,hismanager androad managers, have formed a football team as there are exactly eleven of them . . . Eclection areto appear ina BBC -1

"Wednesday Play" on October 16 . . useless info dept.: Heath Hampstead, whose current release isthe Bee Gees number "I Started A Joke", used to cut Adam Faith's mother's hair

. . A36: "Hair".. in France Atlanic issuing SoulCollection albums under the general heading "Terrible!" . . first batch of little green apples proving quite a windfall for the Beatles

. . . for U.S. market will Joan Baez cover "Those Were The Days"?.. strange that the Stones' controversial albumdoesn't include a revival of Tommy Steele's "The Writing On The

Wall"-or even "Shanks For The Memory" . . . best wishes

to R.M. writer Alan Stinton on his recent marriage . . . nice to see such a good reception from critics and public alike for

"Hair" . . what a pity about all this Motown trouble . . . clever ad for Lyn Roman disc "When I Was Five"/"Just A Little Lovin' " in Billboard features a pull-out plastic copy of

the record that actually plays . . Q37: Which famous singer has the distinction of having had a fillet steak named after her by a noted West End restaurant? ... Tim Buckley arrived in Britain on Monday and appears at the Queen Elizabeth

Hall on October 7 . . . isit ta-ta-to-tum for the Beast? despite present popularity, asplitis rumour:A within the ranks of Pudding Chair Sometime ... Sad 2nd Billing dept.: Kerrilee Male space marked "Eclection girl" below "Julie Driscoll" on shared dressing -room door .. L.G. thanks Al Stewart for one of the most embarrassing

moments of his life . . . good to see Jackson C. Frank back after 3 years ... Elephant's Night now being celebrated every Friday at the Avenue .. Graham Nash and Leslie Crowther make a good double act ... Viv Prince inspired by Tinga and 'Pucka and currently working on a Wibberly Wobberly Way Symphony . REG PRESLEY'S MUSIC

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WAS walkingbrisklyalongawet melodic stuff at an early age and passed on street commenting to myself on the to psychedelics." state of drivers and driving, in Lon- "I have a cycle worked out which seems 3don, when I suddenly found myself to encompass our scene. We do something in noted Trogg Presley's modern West very basic, but with a good strong beat and End ffat.I was started by Reg's prediction pick up a lot of listeners. Then our succes- that the automatic population was soon to sion of releases get just a bit more sophis-

be increased by one . . . ticated and those people follow us along. "Nobody willlet me drive the group van Then,periodically, we step back and do when we're travelling. The rest of the group something elementary again, thereby picking don't have any faith in my ability to drive. up a new sector of kids who are at the right Iguess that's becauseI never bothered to age to appreciateit.If we continually do learn. Anyway, I've got a very good teacher this, we soon have a following which accepts coming round and we're going to get outside us and really digs what we do. 'Wild Thing' London and have a go." was an example of the basic mixture, and I asked him to watch out for taxis because so was 'With a Girl Like You'. These have one of them might have me in the back. a common run in them which seems repeat- "It would be nice to drive in the States. edly to hit strong about every two years or We just got back from our second tour, you so.If any other group had recorded 'Wild know.Itwas farbetter thanthe earlier Thing' at that time it would have been big venture which was really just for the pur- as well. It was one of those freak records." pose of establishing us over there." Perhaps Reg feels trapped in the Troggs "Playing in different states is like playing musical image. Most group members get the in different countries. The reception changed urge to expand and do something entirely with each venue. Some of the kids went different. really wild and were moving right with us. "Nobody seems to realise that I like doing Others lookedasifthey wantedtobut these numbers.Iwant to keep the music couldn't let loose. They sort of semi -grooved. Trogg-like because Ithink we have a very ButattheKaleidescopeonHollywood's good sound. I have a peculiar intuition which Sunset Strip, they just sat there cross-legged tells me pretty nearly how far a single will THE HERD long haired and staring with that look that get in the charts.Ilike something you can clearly demanded a Hendrix style sound. The grit your teeth to." Fillmore East was nearly as bad." Reg and the Troggs are offtoAustria SUNSHINE COTTAGE "Our bubble gum type of music goes down now and later to Ireland. But first alittle well with the twelve to sixteen year olds, but escapade behind the wheel somewhere in the TF975 completelyevadesthosewho startedon outskirts of London. LON GODDARD A SURE FIRE HIT! THE SWISS MAID Recorded by FRANK IFIELD on COLUMBIA D.B.8478.

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