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EVERY FRIDAY New 6DVISIT A ROVINGSTONE'S HOME End of WALKER BROTHERS No. 5 WHO Musical I 7, EVERLASTING A / 1 FAME LOVE BeeGees DUSTY THE LOVE AFFAIR Express DUPREE on C.B.S. 3125 Love K.P.M., 21 DENMARK STREET, W.C.2 Affair TEM 3856 No. 1097 Week ending- January 20tn, 1968. WORLD'S LARGEST CIRCULATION OF ANY MUSIC PAPER INTRODUCING IN THEIR BRILLIANT NEW DOUBLE 'A' RELEASE DECCA F12728 THE FANTASY WORLD OF H A 111Kirein IRVERSII ilk EXCLUSIVE REPRESENTATION BBArtistes Management limited CAVENDISH HOUSE, CROSSGATE, SOUTH SHIELDS. PHONE: 60861/2527 2 NEW MUSICAL EXPRESS On sale Friday, week ending January 20, 1968 Concluding BARRYCAWTHERAY'S account of the WALKERS' Japanesetour FTER athirdspectacularly More early RU GEEics Asuccessful concert at Osaka's FestivalHall-wherethetour opened-we found ourselves with 24 hours " at leisure." Gary and Scott decided not to BROTHERS NO MORE! join us on a sightseeing expedition delight of the fans who had broken theme on the organ which was lost to Kyoto, ancient capital of Japan down police barriers and pushed their on the audience, of course! so John and the rest of us set out way on to the platformat Tokyo As the show ended, near riot broke to visit a representative selection of station. out in the audience, fans clambered shrines, temples, and palaces, after A televised commercial for choco- on stage,reaching out tearfully as which our host, Tats Nagashimo, late was fixed for the nova day and the Walkers were presented with gifts who is theboys arrivedat AGI recording and huge bouquets. presentingtheWalker studios where Scott Walker " Perfec- Scottmadehisfinal"thank Brothers tour and the man respon- tionist " immediately took charge of you " speech-and allofussud- sibleforbringingtoJapanthe the sound session, working out har- denlyrealisedthatthiswasn't Beatles, Sinatra, Andy Williams and monies on the piano, checking pro- Just the last night of the tour ; just about every international star nunciation of Japanese words. itwas almostcertainlythelast you can think of, had arranged one chalked outin huge letters on cue time the Walker Brotherswould cards, balancing thesound and ever work together. of the most famous Geisha houses generallyleavingacontingentof We travelled back to Tokyo slightly in the countryto be opened engineers, producers and ad -men subdued, eatingEngel's birthday specially for us. wondering what was happening! cake.Immediately on arrivalScott We wereusheredtoa longlow Lunch hadbeenarrangedata and Gary rushed offto a recording table, and invited tosit cross-legged noted Japanese restaurant where Scott, studio,where Gary was to cut a on thefloor.ThispresentedJohn, who had insisted on a huge electric singlewithoneofJapan'stop who was by thistime wearingthe tire being positioned within inches of groups, the Gannabeats, under Scott's sleek" Happy coat "he'dbought him ashesatcross-legged onthe direction. during ourvisittoasilkfactory floor, was attentively listening to an They were at the studio till 4 am. earlier in the daywith the problem " eatingfeasibility "report from Thefollowingafternoonafterthe of what to do with hislong,lean Gary: " That's more seaweed. These presentation of sales and popularity legs. are rubber hands. Here's a lump of awards by Philips Records,Ijoined He settledforstretchingthem glue." them at the studio as Scott added straight outinfront of him under In the dressing room, while waiting the voice track to the backings re- the table,but was reprimanded by to be madeupforthecolour corded throughout the previous night. the experts for cheating. cameras, Scott launched into a one- John had already lett for a holiday After a weird and wonderful meal man show-singing and playinghis inHawaii.TheEnglishmusicians came the floorshow, in which Spanish guitar. were due to fly back over the Pole three of thegirls mimed 'traditional direct to London at eight, o'clock that storiestotheaccompanimentof night. Here are two more early BEE GEES pictures-with captions by ROBIN plaintive songs. Although the meaning SCOTT WALKER nowreturns scootandGaryleftforLos was a trifle obscure, the total effec: 'Gai.ree' Angeles at ten o'clock. GIBE, who says of the top picture, in which BARRY GIBB was awarded remains one of the highlights of the here to restart his solo career and Gary met his " public," the ever - Now it's " sayonara " to them-to the Top Composer award (on behalf of all three brothers) by Radio 5KA. entire trip. Garyislaunching himself with a p VS= t, ever -audible, diminutive fans, Tokyo-and come to think of it,it's Adelaide, two years ago r" Okay, young Gibb, you've looked atitlong new group. whose shrill cries of " Gai-ree " had enough.Now give it to me so I ran make the award to you." becomepartofourlivesbythis " sayonara "to the Walker Brothers time. too. Below is an early BEE GEES publicity picture, about which Robin cracks : Big berries While they worked on the film,I " We three men have the perfect bodies for Adonis competitions." Afterwards,we duginto" the along the seeminglyendlessmotor- wanderedroundthestudiosand largest strawberriesintheworld," ways,pastthesprawlingsiteof watchedtherehearsalsofseveral consumed agoodly amount of sake, Expo 70 (already alive with activity) shows. There are eight channels to andhad,astheysay" alotto. to Nogaya. choose frominTokyo; programmes laughs." Engel was wearing his" tent "- are shown from about 7 am through We discoveredthatthe costof a Lightweightbut extremely compli- till 1 am, and it'snot atallun- entertaining our party of12 was, catedlooking dufflecoat,purchased usual.to see a firstrun hour long staggeringly, in the region of £400! far the goodly sum of f6 that morning colour spectacular at 10 or 11in the That's hospitality, in any language. from one of the Ginza's most famous morning! later,thatcon- departmentstoresanddestinedto One of the most popular shows We alsolearned becomefamiliartoBritishforts, currently with our celebrationScott thanks to the efforts of the ubiqui- Over thereright. now is the and Gary, along with guitarist Terry Monkees. The No. 1 recordthis (the Walrus) Smith and pianist John tous press photographers. week is the Beatles " Hello Good- Marsh,wereindulging insimilar We spedbacktoTokyo that bye "withDave Dee's" O.K." festivitiesat a downtown branch of night at150 mph on one of the running second. the same Geisha house. cleanest, most luxurious and " Twinkle Lee " by our own Gary The following day the rains came. punctual trains imaginable. Leeds has Just creptintothe Top Wefastenedourseatbeltsand The only let down was The food.I Ten. Among the most popular British expected the proverbial " rough trip " sampled" inscrutableHamburger " groups in Japan at the present are back to Tokyo, but soon flew out of while John. Scott and Gary stuck to the Babes(dueoverheresoon), the bad weather. cheese sandwiches. Scott, on particu- Stones, Shadows-andsoloartists No sooner were we feeling secure larlygoodformthatnight,had such as Cliff Richard and Engelbert. again, when the conversation -stopping acquired an impressive looking January9:the finalday of the news was delivered by road manager " Security "armbandfrom one of WalkerBrotherstourandScott's " Big Louey." the Nagoya " heavies " and sported birthday.The Tokyo Hilton,where " The plane is now being flown by it authoritatively on the right arm of we were Staying, has been inundated Mr. Gary Leeds." the" tent." withgreetingstelegrams,birthday " Does Engel know?" we asked. We made several unflattering sug- cards andgifts ofallshapes and " Know? He'sjustgotoff,"re- gestions about the literal translation sizes. plied Louie, who was proving a big of the words on the armband, all of Thefinalconcertwasheldin personal sensation with the Japanese, which he greeted with Scott's famed Shizouka, at .the giant Sumpu Kaikun with deadly accuracy" Oki Saru " impression of stampeding cattle, auditorium. There was a decided end (Big Ape). alternating with hisDaktari chimp of term feeling about the show-with We stuck to road transport, never- noises. lotsofmusical" in "jokeslike theless, the following day and drove Gary meanwhile playedhide and Johnny B Great'srecurring" IDo in brightsunshinefromOsaka- seek round the train window, to the Like To Be BesideThe Seaside " YOU'VE NOT HEARD NOTHIN' LIKE On sale Friday, week ending January 20, 1968 NEW MUSICAL EXPRESS 3 ROLLING STONE CHARLIE WATTS TAKES OVER MANSION 4 ROLLING STONE, having rolled, has come to restin a magnificent, centuries old manor house, just outside Lewes in Sussex, which was reputedly used by the first Archbishop of Canterbury as a hunting lodge and was formerly inhabited by Lord Shawcross, a former attorney -general. OF FIRST ARCHBISHOP You can almost feel the history of Charlie Watts' home, which is not far from his former Lewes home, in the time -worn bends of the great oak beams and the vast open fireplaces that yawn like mysterious caves. Charlie has apparently got more personal satisfaction out of his success than any of the other OF CANTERBURY! Stones.His home is a reflection of his own artistic taste and that of his delightful wife, Shirley. They have filled the rooms with antiques, ornaments and paintings collected from near and far Thereis a fine library of books in the living room with the emphasis on art and final and only accolade for "imprei- pounds from Charlie which he with- authors who range from Dylan Thomas to Oscar Wilde.One magnificent volume which sive." drew from a wooden tea caddy after Charlie showed me was several hundred years old and contained beautiful prints somewhat And soit was that Charlie and much scraping. ironically depicting the horrors of the Inquisition, Andrew made plansto go and see " Won'tleaveyoushortatthe In contrast, On a nearby settee I noticed a copy of an American comic announcing "Quatermass And The Pit" on Sun- endofthe week,willitmate?"I the adventures of the Incredible Hulk and Giant -man. This proved to be the property day afternoon and we all decided to grinned and Charlie smiled that sad of young cousin Andrew, who later introduced me to the delights of England footballer gointoBrightonthateveningfor faraway smile which only the really Jimmy Greaves singing "from an EP which had intrudedinto Charlie's aChinesemeal.