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the music people CBS 9136 2 RECORD MIRROR, November 20,1971 rue o Record Mirror 7 Carnaby St., Mirrormal London WIV IPG Listen to Rocker's Rod JERRY LEE Lewis, I REALLYlostmy Little Richard, temperreadingColin Chuck Berry and Brinton's letter last Bo Diddley week, "Rod Stewart - together in one is he a big hype?". dream Rod Stewarthimself gigantic Rock'n' admitsthathe moulded Roll Festival! himself round Jagger, and Soundslike a rock what's good for Jagger is fan's dream, and yet it's a good for Rod. dream come true.These But to add that there fourgreatoriginal Rock are shades of R. Daltrey, I 'n'rollstars appeared atcome thoroughly disagree, the1969 Toronto Rock because you can't 'n' roll revival show, compare Daltrey with Rod whichwas. capturedon they have entirely film by Pennebaker who different showmanship. He also made 'Monterey Pop' should watch and listen to andotherpopfestival Rod Stewart more films. carefully.- DOROTHY true PEGLEY, 36 Bridge House,ShepherdsLane, Tragedy VAL: A record is deleted Homerton, London E9. ThelategreatGene from the company's Vincentalsci appeared at catalogue when the demand for it is no longer Typical theFestivalbut COLIN Brinton'sletter unfortunately does not sufficienttowarranta reasonable pressing - that (October30th) is just appearinthefilm - a typical of the ignorance of tragedy in view of Gene's isit would he impractical to press one record at a some people. untimelydeath a few IsheawarethatMr weeksago. However the time,for expense alone, and so the Company must Stewarthas been filmis reported to show performingintop name lengthysequencesfrom be surethatthe run of records will eventually bands and on his own for the acts of the other four, a number of years great rockstars - Jerry leave their shelves. 'Heroes - and Villians' was a single Allan stands out equalling that of the Lee's actis reported as a Stones and the Who, in 1967 with the B side HOW delighted I was to read that Allan Clarkeisleaving the Hollies. He's been completeriotwith him gathering an international ending up atop his piano 'You're Welcome' submerged much too long; a voice without a name in a group without direction, but (CL15510),andisnow now at last his individual talents will be recognised and appreciated as they should be. following, and as far asI combing hishair - and recollect, deleted.Sorrythatwe He can't fail to make it, he's a brilliant singer and a gifted, creative writer, and how on stage the film concentrates as ever the same. - IAN solely on the performers, misseditout. the Hollies will miss him. I suppose they realise they've thrown their famous sound away? STEDMAN BROWN, their music and the Three Gables, Kings audience reaction. BO DIDDLEY: Allan's decision to leave shows great courage, I think, and I wish him every success Dull in his new career. He deserves it. - M. FAULKNER; 75 Tivoli Rd, Margate, Kent. Sattern Road, Lymington, Itis only fair to warnALSO TO BE SEEN Hants. rock fans that John andIN 'SWEET TORONTO' ENTHRALLING! Eating Yoko Lennon, who your cornflakes and trying should be given a break. unmistakable style and Radio One plug records so organised the festival, also toguess Noel Edmond's They play a varied record expression which makes a much that we get sick toPlays weight. I ask you, how Goingbacktothe appearinthe film along formatand their song 'belong' to him deathwith them - but currentcharts, I Why? much more ludicrous can presentation is muck akin alone. they're playing the wrong don't with Eric Clapton and one think I've heard or two other pop acts. CAN ANYONEtellme theseRadio One to that of Kenny Everett. Thetitletrack'The records too much. the whyarecordcompany competitions become?If What a pity Auntie Beeb Last Time I' Saw Her' is All I hear on just about currentnumber one delete any we must continue this dull `Maggie May' played for at should isn'tprepared to probably the most everyprogramme is : Unique I lineofguessinggames, least a week. Radio One particular record? experimentandgiveus sensitivevocal piece ever `Tweedle Dee Tweedle mightatleasthavethe `Sweet Toronto'isto recentlytriedtoobtain can't we have some more licencepayersvaluefor recorded, but does not get Dum', 'FreedomCome exciting vitalstatisticsto courtesy to play it once a get a showingin this some old singles, some of ourmoney.-STEVE a specific mention in your Freedom Go', 'Butterfly', day!Also I have hardly countryattheNational which have been deleted. ponder over, like those of KIRKHAM,36Orchard review and the same `ManlyBlue', 'MyLittle Helen Shapiro,Clodagh heard 'RidersOnThe FilmTheatre(NFT 1 Intherecentarticleon Meadow Walk, Castle applies to 'Today Is Mine'. Girl', 'Lady Love Bug' etc. 8.45, November 22nd and Beach Boy Brian Wilson, Rodgers or Polly Brown? Vale, Birmingham 35. One really has to listen to 'Why didn't Mungo Jerry'sStorm','Sultana','IWill 11.15 November26th). (October 30th) we learn - HARRY MORRISON, this particular album more `LadyRose'and'You Return', `Coz I Love You' Letall who can getto that all but one, the last, 131 Salisbury Avenue, thanoncetoappreciate Don't Have To Be In The or 'Let's See Action' these performances and let of their twenty-six singles, Barking, Essex. Wrong the classic that it is, and I Army', Deep Purple's played on RadioOne. all rock'n'rollfans alongwithallEPs and ONCE AGAIN anartist canonly hope thatthe `Black Night' and 'Strange Theyshouldallbebig clamour forthisfilmto four LPs have been has beenwrongly public are not influenced Kind Of Woman', Move's hits. - MISS J. L. get atleast alimited deleted.Thisisagreat Tame criticised bythemusical by first opinions. - JOHN `When Alice Comes Back ASBURY, 18 Gwynne releaseonthecircuits. shameasI'msurethat ALL THOSE disappointed press, this time it is Glen COX, 49 London Rd, To The Farm' and Road,Parkstone,Poole, Thisfilmis uniquein manyothersliketheir with the tame pop Campbell for his supposed Great Glen, Nr. Leicester, `Tonight' and Jethro Tull'sDorset, BH12 2AS. Rock 'n' roll history - it work. presentation of Peter "hackneyed choice of LE8 OFL. `Life Is A Long Song' get deserves more than to end Surely also 'Heroes and Powell on Saturdays must material" (30th October), to number one? They'rePen -pal up unshown and fotgotten Villains' was a single back be at the point of despair on his latest album. allbrilliantproductions I WOULD like to on.the shelf. - SHAKIN' in 1 9 6 6? It wasn't with the new talent spot Songs like 'Rose and they deserved to get correspond with Tony TONY PAPARD, mentioned as. one. - for DJs on Radio One. Garden' and 'Love Story' Sick to thetop,butthey Burrows fans from all over 'Rockville',22Bradfield PHILIP HOOLE, 32 Elm Originaltalent such as have been recorded by a 1 QUITE agree with Peter didn't. Why? Because theworld.- URSULA Court, Hawley Road, Grove Rd., Barnes, Les Reed and John Henry large number of artists but Freestone'sletter (6th RadioOnehardlyever COLLINS, Lavenders, London NW11. London SW 13. of Radio Birmingham neverwiththat November) saying that played them at all. West Malting, Kent. 11

EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Mike Hennessey Published by Cardfont Publishers Ltd., 7 Carnaby St., EDITOR Peter Jones W1V 1PG.Distributed by The National Magazine Distributors Ltd., 22 Armoury Way, London, S.W.18. PRODUCTION EDITOR Terry Chappell Produced by Pendragon Press Ltd., Old Tram Road, RICORDMIRROR NEWS EDITOR Bill McAllister Pontllanfraith, Mon., and printed by Celtic Press Ltd., 7 Carnaby St, London VV1V 1PG. Tel 01 437 8090 COUNTRY MUSIC EDITOR Mike Clare Industrial Trading Estate, Dowlais, Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan. STAFF WRITERS Lon Goddard A BILLBOARD PUBLICATION Valerie Mabbs U.S. OFFICES: Simon Burnett bpi CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Rob Partridge 165 West 46th St., New York NY 10036 and Max Needham Other Billboard Music Magazines - 9000 Sunset Boulevard California, 90069 U.S.A. Tony Cummings ADVERTISING DIRECTOR Keith Ellis Billboard (U.S.A.) PRESIDENT INTERNATIONAL ADVERTISING MNGR. Anne Marie Barker Discografia Internazionale (Italy) OPERATIONS Mort Nasatir CLALF!FIEDS DEPT. Jenni Frost Music Labo (Japan) PUBLISHING DIRECTOR Andre'de Vekey CIRCULATION MANAGER Ben Cree Record & Tape Retailer (U.K.) RECORD MIRROR, November 20, 1971 3 How it came to

pass FOR the publicit's been something of a AT last, Charlie gentle weaning period. Gillett'sacclaimed First the voice of Herman cried out to be recognised as history of rock is Peter Noone, saying that he now had a different identity. in And that's been pretty much accepted. But the next step available was bound to come, it's just been a matter of time. So it Britain. wasn't much of a surprise to hear that Peter Noone and 'Sound Of The City'is the Hermits had finally split-- more of a surprise to find THE definitive that the knot hadn't been severed before. account of the "The thing is that we've both got our own records out rhythm and the beat now," explained Peter. "And Peter Cowap, who in fact is and the people who a friend of mine, has joined the Hermits as vocalist. It gets createdrock'n'roll boring to keep doing the same things with the same guys, fromtheslumsof and you getto a stage where you feel you need other New York, the people on stage. With a new guy in the band you can tell tenements of Detroit allthe old jokes to him again, and everybody talks to and the countless him!" other roots that from Peter's lastlive gig with stretched theHermits wasmarked spawning OfHush', andI'vesaid musical downinhistorywith he groundsaroundthe thank God Ididn't do the distribution among theother song! Julie Felix has world. audience ofall the Probably unaware he got a John Carter song, 'San remaining fanclub badgesAndreaus Fort', which she would someday and photos. Something of wasn't very happy about at documentit all, the end of an era, though first,butwhichsheand Charlie began Peter hated to recognise it Mickie are very excited acquiring technical as such when the 'goodbye and about now. But if it doesn't information friend' moment came work out thenImight try forming opinions around."It'sstupid," he about popular music it." cringed. "We'll all be seeing The problems of at an early age. The each other again. The boys arranginga new stageact, intrigue that lies 'phone me up andwe're and a group of musicians to behind every chain of still friendly." workwith, arenottoo eventsthatledtoa Howeverwith the successful writingor immediateforPeter, since Hermits"She'sA Lady"he is due to spend fourteen recording team has single released the same been written down weeks inpantomime at weekas Peter's double A Bristol. He's playingthe chronologically so the side"WalnutWhirl"and partof Dick Whittington, reader can discover the "Right On Mother," variousfamiliesthat and will be with the competitioninbusinessis production through to were associated behind bound to be strong. the scenes of the March. "These two numbers are "It's quite good because industry. the best I've done yet," said Ishall be trying out new 'Sound'traces everyone Peter emphatically. " 'Right bands, and Icanuse the from one event to the On Mother' is another by theatre every day," he told next.It begins DavidBowiesong,andI me. "I'mlookingfor a discussingwhy rock thoughtitwasn'ta good 'n'roll was a success piano, guitar and bass line ideatobringitout asa up, but I would like to have andwhat the follow up to 'OhYou componentsof the my own stringsection - Pretty Things' because theybut not the kind with their music were, then would say ohit'sPeter littledickie bows! Ican't moves into the Noone doing another David its stand allthosetrumpets elementsof Bowiesong!But now I creation, then on to anymore because everything thinksufficienttimehashas to be so loud that the what resulted from passed, and as the single is a the whole saga. people hate it. Everything fromjuke double A sidepeople can "The kind of guys that I choose for themselves which box sales to TV and wanttoworkwith are radio to music one they like." mostlyingood bands.If publicationsandto Peter admits to having a they'rethatgoodthey're thehitrecordsand favourite track, but refuses who made them. The alreadyworking and they music publishers, tobias anyone by sayingdon't need me that much, record companies and which it is. In the meantime andIdon't just want guys radio networks played he is democractically a heavy part in featuring both numbers onfrom Coventry, Manchesterplayers bit, and they triedparticularlywhen he was shapingpublictastes and Birmingham who haveto get me reading a script andCharlieexplains every television showhe chosentobefeatured on been working in littleon stage. But the audiences how. appearson- and having "This Is Your Life." Forinstance,priorto groups,Ifigure they'd became to see me making my funobservingwhich DJs "It'squite genuine that 1956, there were somewhereifthey'reanymistakes, they didn't want rarely more than two favour which track. youdon't know anything good. I don't want anme allrehearsed!It'slike or three black singers "IfiguredthatJimmy about it, 1 was really ordinary group, that wouldMary Hopkin,I in the hitparade. Young would play 'Walnut figured shesurprised when it got me!", Afterthat year, begoingbacktosquarewas fantastic just sitting on Whirl', but he played 'Right Peter told me. "In factif nearly a quarterof one, to be Peter Noone and a stool strumming her the charts were On Mother' today,"Peter they have the idea that you the Froglegs or something. Iguitar, and she could have records by black admitted. "But one side will know about the programme In that want a group of musiciandonethatforyears.But vocalists. definitely emerge, and ifit then they cancel it period, they began to type musicians!" theytriedto change her." sing their own styles, ever comes to 'Top Of The altogether. And I know that rather than white Pops'the public will have happens because a friend of crooning. decided.WiththeBeatles BY VALERIE MABBS mine was supposedto do It'sallhere - who did the show, but his publicity it,how, why, when even if they didn't call their Peter admits to having a Peter considershimself and where. The most singles double A sides theyterrorofoldthings,andprimarilyto be a workingofficelethim know, and when the television people extensive accurate werelikethat. I figuredeven hides away the goldact,and asthe report on pop's collectiVe 'Strawberry Fields' as recordsthatheandtheHerman andtheHermitsfound out, that was it. comingof agethan "Ithinktheytendto can bewritten - a favourite, but it was 'PennyHermits received. hits album has been selling guide to the musical Lane' that was the hit. I think "I want one now, those areparticularly well, he is notmiss out the best things on theprogramme, though past so amazingly a double A side single is betterfor something else sayworried about releasing an it inclusive,the people was very nice to be involved may well valuethan having amaxifour years ago," healbum of his own yet. featured. But they brought refer toit themselves single with one good song andexplained."Ichange very "I don't think it's selling in the years to come. the others bad." quickly, on people we didn't really even -over theto the kidswho were The obvious problem,peopleIlike.Ilook at my know, and they try to show Lon Goddard aroundwhenthesingles though, is finding twoold friends sometimes, allthegoodthings.The werehits,buttoa new classic numbers that are worthy ofalways at I for me was when the local, and market," Peter told me. being an A side, for everythinkhowcould I like Bobbie Charlton cried when "Like I bought a Lonnie one single. But thatthem. they showed apictureof It's because you getDonegan album recently, problem rests with acedifferent needs." the Manchester United although I didn't buy the producer, Mickie Most, who As a group the Hermits playerswhowerekilled, records when he was really J. EASY RIDER FONDA K. ELVIS seemstohavethe happyhad twenty-one hits in the because that was really popular. But if it wasn't for knack of putting the righttopthirty,andPeterstill genuine. For mineI think Lonnie Donegan my group Order, name & address & material with the,:rightremembers many with theyshouldhave shown wouldn'texist,nor would Ch/P.O. (inc 10p P&P) to: people, A<. - affection, though he admits some clipsfrom the films the Beatles. He really POSTERS BY POST, 43 some were "not really me." we made." Camden Passage, London "lie's very gocid attlint," started it all off." agreed Peter. "Though thereHe says he stilllikes to be Whether that would have L. RINDT Ni. have been times when I've"obnoxious" and likes Lookingback onany been a good or bad memory A. Colour 33 x 23in 50pG. Colour 30 x 20in 50p career andfor Peterit'shard tosay. thoughtthat I wish he'dpleasing the people workingartist's B. Colour 36 x 24in 50pI.Colour 30 x 20in 45p But ADD given a number to me when in cabaret. attempting to assess his lotsof memories he C. Colour 40 x 32in 80pJ. Colour 30 x 40in 80p 10p D. Colour 30 x 20in 50p "ButI'mnotslick. I influences and the importantand thepubliccertainly K. Colour 30 x 20in 50pP&P Lulu's recorded it. But then E. Colour 30 x 20in 50pL. Colour 16 x 54in 80P a few weeks later he's given wentthroughallthatfishmoments is- always. difficult.have. Now he has to work F. B&W 40 x 30in 50p me something like. AAirxrd and chips, and trumpetPeter noticed thison building a few more! 4 RECORD MIRROR, November 20,1971 vry "YOU DOII'T HAVE TO BE

III THE ARMY" WINGS ARE TALKING TO RM'S MIKE HENNESSEY (far left). THEY ARE (left to L.P. OUT NOW ON DAWN right)PAUL McCARTNEY, LINDA McCARTNEY, DENNY LAINE AND DENNY SEIWELL

/Aggressive simplicity' is how Mike Hennessey describes the new LP by Paul McCartney's group

"WINGS" is unquestionablyBIP BOP:iscoy McCartney, areally camp little riffthatreaches you Paul McCartney'sbestsoloultimately onthe basis ofsheer album to date and while itis repetition.Thethememostlyplays largely a basic, uncluttered andaround the notes of G, G flat and E but there is an unusual middle section which straightforward album ofascends through G, A, B, C and D, back aggressive simplicity, there areto E. two tracks on it 'Tomorrow'LOVE IS STRANGE: has a reggae feel and 'DearFriend' which are("because I likereggae")andalong instrumental section before Paul's vocal classic, vintage McCartney,comes in. The song has yeah-yeahs and la sharply bringing into focus his lalasattheendandthesimple flair for melody and harmony.three -chordtunefinisheswithanice sustained vocal chord. There is considerable use of theWILD LIFE: opens with "the word love extended coda device but very littleapplies to the words you and me" and overdubbing and I nd thatthen goes on to make a raucous plea most of the tracks were laid downpresumably for conservation. .. 'Wild Life'what's goingto happen to, Wild after only one or two takes. Life, animals in the zoo ...?" Theeighttracks - plus two It has a similar rhythmic underpinning fragments - are almost exclusivelyto that in 'When A Man Loves A Woman' the work of the quartet - Paul &- a slow four with triplets on each beat. Linda, drummer Denny Seiwell and Againthethemehasbasicallythree chords - C minor, B flat and F seventh guitaristDennyLaine.Pauland- and is a repeated eight -bar phrase. The Denny Laine alternate on bass andwild vocal has nice harmonic backing and lead guitar. thereisalong, long coda before the ApartfromtheRingo albums and fade-out ending. 'Maggie Mae' on 'LetItBe' this is theSOME PEOPLE NEVER KNOW: isan first Beatle record since 'Beatles For Sale'attractive slow tune with a nice guitar in December 1965 to have a non-Beatleandpianointroandsome appealing IN CONCERT WITH song included - the Everlys"Love Is'harmony. The middle sectionisrichly Strange'. chorded. Again the repeated coda ala Most of McCartney's tunes areriffs 'HeyJude' isinevidenceandthe rather than complete songs in themselvesextended ending fades into a harmonized andoccasionallytherearemoments vocalrepriseandthencongasand which sound extremely Lennonish ("Wellmaraccas and a little light Dalek music. when you're around that long together,I AM YOUR SINGER: isa short piece some rubs off," says Paul.) with attractive harmony and has Linda There will possibly be speculation asand Paul singing to each -other "You are THURSDAY 25th NOVEMBER Birmingham, Mayfair Suite to whether 'Some People Never Know' ismy love,you are my song, linger on, FRIDAY 26th NOVEMBER Lancaster University a reply to John's 'How Do You Sleep?',You are my song I am your singer ... " but knowing Paul's extreme dislike ofRecorders on this track are played by the SATURDAY 27th NOVEMBER Cambridge Technical College what he calls "verbal tennis matches"I talented Dolmetsch family. SUNDAY 28th NOVEMBER Victoria Rooms,Hanley, Stoke -on -Tent doubt if there is any connection, despite Therefollows a guitarfragment, MONDAY 29th NOVEMBER Guildhall, Portsmouth the line "Some peOple can sleep at night probably played by Paul, which seems time". largely to be on the chord of 'Bip Bop'. Equallyon'WildLife'Paul'svoice Then comes ... sometimes seems like a strident send-up' TOMORROW: anexcellentsongwith of Lennon but againI doubt if this wasrich harmony and good support from the Plus EMI Dixon intended. eight -in -a -bar piano chord backing. It has All in all the album is good but it stilla great middle section with strong chord APPEARING ON THE FIRST TWO DATES falls a long way short of the masterpiecechanges and is one of the best songs on Paulhasthecapacityto produce.It'sthe album. & SPECIAL GUEST STAR FROM THE U.S.A. there waiting to come out, and maybeDEAR FRIEND: This is the highspot for when the final echoes ofBeatle me, a beautiful simple minor -key ballad antagonismdie, we shall see this with a finestringarrangement by masterpiece emerge. Richard liewson and an appealing oboe Meanwhile here's a track -by -track look obligato. Paul sings solo on this one to a King Biscuit Boy background of piano chords on the heat, at the album: MUMBO: This is a two -chord rocker withhis voice soaring up to a haunting high APPEARING ON THE LAST THREE DATES strong drum andorgan backing, somenote in the seventhbarwhich is old-timeBeatle-type"00000s",awild sustained for two bars. There's more rich RED BUS COMPANY TEL: 01-734 9466 falsetto vocaland a straightforward vocal harmony and the piece ends simply fade-out ending. George Harrison would with the piano chording out the last nine have enjoyed playing on this one. beats. RECORD MIRROR, November 20, 1971 5 TOPS KEEP ON DANC G PERHAPS IT'S not so surprising that collective hits album sold the Four Tops currently have a hit with particularly well. A second volumeisnow a MikePinder composition,as they available,includingthe openly admit to missing the songwriting currect hit 'Simple Game'. talents of Holland -Dozier -Holland. Aswellasmaking fairlyregularvisitsto But itcertainlyis an indication of the widening BritaintheFour Tops of their musical boundaries, and the acceptance of work the ability of younger British talent, from within the continue to frequentlyinAmerica. massive Motown Corporation. It was just a year ago that the Tops first met up "We're more selective with the Moody Blues producer, Tony Clarke, and now," explainedDuke. a lotof heardthe demo of 'Simple Game'. Straight away "Wework they went into the studio and recorded their first weekends, but then have mid -weekoff, so we single in Britain;whichshowsnot a little enthusiasm! An enthusiasm which has been repaid. manage to be at home The Four Tops for a while.I'll be very arrival inBritainhad frankwith you and originallybeen planned Abdul admitthat I liketo so that they would have work college dates, but at least one day to rest Fakir thenalldates havea before commencing their different thing to them. liveappearances. talks to Rock concerts are quick However, muddles in inand quick out, but arrangements had led to Val Mabbs they give me some kind them arrivingliterally "But the whole act isn't of feeling." When time allows the hours before they were based onit- I think due on stage. you must have noticed Four Topsstillliketo "When we got to the we've cut it down a lot. visitschools, notably in hotel we didn't have the Usually during the the poorer ghetto areas right rooms booked course of theyearsas of America. either,"Abdul(Duke) wereleasetunesand "We like to try and Fakir told me. "And we albums we fit them in to A UL: NO PSYCH givethekidsinthose we want to keepitso Tops have recorded areasanincentive,"he weren't too pleased the act. We do it as we in the studio and As the Supremes have thatwe cansingany go and gradually change many oftheir own toldme."Though we aboutthat. I guess by outside, and their also been recording with type of music, and keep compositions.Duke the time we got on stage to keep pace with the is haven't been able to get combined'ReturnOf theTemptations I a selection. Psychedelics doing a lot of writing on there so much this year." the tiredness was records coming out." The MagnificentSeven' wonderedifwe might would basicallynot be The hisown, and Obi and Are the ghetto areas showingonourfaces. group handle albumis now available seeanallianceof the quite our thing." Lawrence write a lot of But once we get into the many oftheir intricate three groups eventually. as bad as they were, I in Britain. On their next album material together. At the queried. "In some cases act webegintofeel vocalarrangements "We've been very "That could happen," `Nature Planned It', themselves - notably on same time their old hits they maybe worse, like better and the audience good friends all the time was the reply. In which whichhasnorelease continue to delight a large responds." `McArthur Park', which case I queried might the in Harlem,"was the at Motown, Brothers and date set here, the Four audience, and theirfirst The Tops have has done well for them Sisters so to speak, and Four Tops become more serious reply. consciouslyspent some as an American single. we've always wanted to involved in 'psychedelics' timerearranging their "Lawrence Payton as the Temptations have work together from the / - . stageact,andthough didthevocal beginning,"Duketold been inclined to do since .e. the familiar dance arrangements," Duke me. "In fact we worked their 'Psychedelic Shack' routines are still used to explained "And Gil thisway before, some album? some extent, they have Askin, the Supremes years ago when we were "Iwouldthink our been modified. conductorhandledthe bothjustcomingup. music would continue to .t:

"Idon't thingwe'll instrumental." Butthis time we went gowhereit iswith If" 4"- ever get completely The Four Tops into the recording thingslike 'McArthur - away from the dancing connection with the studiosbefore we Park'," Duke said. "But because it's expected of Supremes is probably worked live again I don'tthinkwe'll go us," Dukeexplained. becoming stronger both together." too far into other things,

GERRY RAFFERTY has "It was a surprise when 'Money' became a single, but I've an extremelyattractive nothing against singles as long as -N. singing voice and a they'regood.People don't take natural aptitude for them seriously anymore - not like melodic songwriting. they used to in the Beatles or Phil Quite a number of other people Spectorperiod. Incommercial have these qualifications, but most terms,I'dagree with Transatlantic'schoice ofthat lack of them that unidentifiable single. The magic that separates winner from song isn'ttotally loser; Gerry also has that magic. representative of my work, but it Finesse isn't generally acquired over is a part. night - it takes work and a large "I like music of all forms and I amount of natural ability to turn draw influences from many out an album as beautiful as his people. I got a lot from McCartneyandmanytechnical solo 'Can I Have My Money Back' influencesfrompeoplelikethe Mc KENDREE andthestoryoftheScottish writer is not a short one. Everlys, Buddy Holly and one of Money thebestinthe world - Randy "Istarted playing rock at 17", Newman. SPRING he said in a barely audible Paisley "Ilistentoindividuals more accent, "in local groups til I was than groups and mostly for their I for the 22.Then met Billy Connolly. THEIR NEW SINGLE THEIR NEW ALBUM attitudestothings.Money Neither of us were doing much, so still BECAUSE IT'S TIME McKENDREE SPRING we paired up, purely by chance, seems to be the criteria in the music industry, but good people appear to MU 1144 SECOND THOUGHTS andit moved toward folk music. business MUPS 433 be coming to the fore despite itall. I This was the Humblebums and I being a musician and being a real had to write material within the stage entertainer, while to me, it want to get across to as wide an audience as possible and pop music is was only the music. Billyisstill scope of the duo. the way. I'm part of it and I work "We didn't consider ourselves as doing the one-manshow in !Pi% ENI)ItEE within it. Currently afolkact - realfolk musicis Glasgow. " 'Money'isa departure from spinc we were more "It was a 'good thing and we traditional; myusualstyle;it's contemporary. Of course,if you had some terrific times; we learnt thefirst ontour good-time, Spoonful type number play an acoustic guitar, it's called from eachother andgained I've done. I've written others that 1 folk, now - but alot of bands valuable experience - but working in a group became to limited and I callfor weird, heavy backings - have taken much from theIrish but allthe while, the melody is In.theUK and Scottishtraditionalheritage. was getting tired of playing only the stillthere,becausethatisvery acoustic guitar. I was writing songs TOURDATES I've tried to avoid this and write important. I'll continue to keep an from my own head." for orchestration and I needed the acoustic spotinthe act as well, THURS18thNOVNORWICH The Humblebums were a scope to do them. when I FRI 19th NOV BECKENHAM the get my band - Stealer's successfulgroupandhadtwo "Ihada budgetsetfor Wheel - on the road." SAT 20th NOV BOSTON, LINCS I begantoput the qualityalbumsonTransatlantic albumand A man besieged by boundless SUN 21st NOV IMPLOSION Records - butnothinglasts songsdown -thenranover inspiration, Gerryisalso blessed MON 22nd NOV CHATHAM I started doing a few forever and Gerry eventually budget, so with anabnormal simple ones that didn't require any amountof THURS 25th NOV LONDON became a solo artist. musicaltaste;nothing isever "TheHumblebums split, big backings. The title track was overdone and each song receives FRI 26th NOV SHEFFIELD becausewhat we hadtooffer one of them that I just wrote out justtherightbacking feel. SAT 27th NOV HULL individually needed to come out. athome duringtheweeksof SUN 28th NOV OXFORD Imca41> Billyis a great comedian - a real recording. 'Mary Skeffington' was entertainer. He was torn between another. Lon Goddard RECORD MIRROR, November 20, 1971 6

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Mountain RAINBOW THEATRE: The MASSIVE COHEN long awaited concert appearance of superman Felix Pappalardi and his heavyweight guitarist, Leslie West. Leslie, whose incredible size madethe guitar look like a toy ukelele, proved an adequate guitarist; making up in flair what he lackedinmusical style.Theprospectof a giant,bothinheightand width, stomping across the UR stage like a dinosaurin outsize trappings, is enough LEONARD COHEN arrives in Britain for an extensive tokeep you glued tothe stage regardless.Strongest European tour in March/April. The tour is one of the point of theband was MOUNTAIN biggest and longest in the singer/songwriter/poet's bassistFelix;hedisplayed and dates are as good reason for the legendstrategy seems to have paidhistory the follows: thatsurrounds him. His off.The 'Sonny and CherMarch 13th, Watford Town Hall; 15th, Sheffield University; musicianshipis phenomenalShow'wasthissummer's'16th,LiverpoolUniversity;17th,LancasterUniversity; and the method he uses -surprise TV hit and holding and playing the bass 18th, Festival Hall, London; 19th,Southampton apparently a surebetfor like anordinaryacousticmid -season replacement. 'All University; 21st, Leeds University; 22nd, Newcastle Town is baffling.The guitar - I EverNeed Is You' is Hall;24th, Green's Playhouse, Glasgow, 26th, Colston best numbers of the eveningclimbing the Hot 100 chart weretwooftheloudest, Hall, Bristol; 27th, Town Hall, Birmingham; 29th, Brighton with a bulletandCher's (date to be fixed); 31st, Lanchester University; April 3rd, yet the most intricate;'Gypsies, Tramps and 'Nantucket Sleighride', titleThieves' hasjust won theCopenhagen;4th, Stockholm;5th, Hamburg;6th, oftheirlatestalbumand number one position. Frankfurt;7th, track Dusseldorf;8th, Munich; 9th, Vienna;T. REX: MARC AND MICKEY SINGTO A JOYFUL AUDIENCE DURING THEIR 'Crossroads', title However, they didn't 1 1 th, Rome; 12th, Milan; 14th, Geneva; 15th, Rotterdam; fromthenext. The bandsing either one of their new RECENT TOUR. isn't quite as amazing as itshitsatthe Row Grove on16th,Brussels;18th, components, but well worthopening night. As amatter Olympia,Paris;19th -20th,zappa the ticket price. of fact, they sang no moreTel Aviv; 22nd, Manchester AndyPowell struck a thansevenoreightsongs 'Motels'BROWN Hardin point for England byduring more than an hourUniversity;27th, playingsomeofthebestonstage. By now,SonnyDeMontfort Hall, Leicester; guitarofthenightwith 28th,Goldsmith Ash. The groupand Cher have honed their College, FILM Wishbone stagepersonalities down toLondon;29th, Exeterpreview, tour and York can tend to run on duringnear-nythic elementals, their impressionisticinstead of Jack Benny's University;30th, East jazz/rock numbers, but FRANK ZAPPA's film '200 Motels' will bepreviewed at SCORE stinginess we have Sonny'sAnglia University, Norwich theLondon Pavilion Powell'sguitar is alwaysloud -mouthed insecurity cinema,PiccadillyCircustonight attractiveandclever.I'm (Wednesday) and will move to the Classic, Piccadilly `Magpie' afraid he has the edge onand Cher's impersonation of after a gliblyspaced -outflower 'Drive,HeSaid' Leslie, though Mr West's big finishes.Frank and the Mothers OfARTHUR BROWN has been child. They'reperformingSabbath Invention appear at London's Rainbow Theatre December THEtitlethemeofthe toe is probably bigger thanthese roles with more dash signzdtowrite the Andy and his guitar. L.G. 10thand11th.Other dates for December are: Thames TV children's series than ever, and their 13th, soundtrack music for a film'Magpie' has been recorded exposure toTV'stour off Bristol;15th, Birmingham;16th, Newcastle;17th, tentatively called 'Deepby Eddie Hardin, Pete Sonny comedy -writing pros has BLACK SABBATH'srGlasgow; 20th, Manchester; 21st, Sheffield andthe group giventhemlinesto work return to America on the 22nd. Freeze' which will go beforeYork,RayFenwickand withlikeCher'sdeadpan planned tour has now been thecamerasinthe Newtwo girlsingers under the "Sure,Sonny,youmight and Cher definitely cancelled due tol Year. Brown and his groupcollective nameofThe stealtheshowtonightif the present condition of Bill ROW GROVE, LOSyou come out naked and in willalso play his score forMurgatroyd Band. Decca is ANGELES: About threeflames." They have Ward, who has been orderedRedbone datesthe soundtrack. releasingitonDecember years ago, Sonny and Cherobviouslychosentotrade torest by his doctor. He1REDBONE arrived in Britain this week for a British tour. HisrepresentativeTito off theiroriginal youth 10, and the group will be decided their career would hasbeensufferingfromThe group, who had a number one single with 'WitchBurns told RM that the filmseen performing the number be safer if theyturnedaudience for a broader mentaland physicalQueen Of New Orleans', have released an album of the themselvesinto a suppermarket appeal and trust to would have a heavy music inthe'Magpie' show the club act rather than tryingfate for occasional hit exhaustion, and thoughsame name tocoincide withthe tour. The dates are:background to its plot, andprevious day. tokeepregular tenure onrecords. Who's to say they slightlyimproved,hehasNovember18th, Top Rank, Reading; 19th, Top Rank,Brown's music will fulfil a Hardin and Fenwick the pop charts. Their firstshouldn't have done it? been advised not to appear in the bigAnyhow, no show with Doncaster; 20th, City Hall, St. Albans; 21st, Top Rank,major part of its story. NocollaboratedwithSpencer appearances Bristol; showrooms were a strangesomebody asbeautiful as on tour. 26th, Civic Hall, Guildford;27th,Villagestarringnames havingyetDavis two and a half years kind of George Burns andCher to look at could be all ThegroupwillRoundhouse, Dagenham; December 1st, Royal Albert Hall;been announced. agoinwriting the theme. Gracie Allen rock, but thethat bad. commence live work again3rd,BathUniversity; 4th, AnotherheavyBritish pairperseveredandtheir NAT FREEDLAND Hardin'sfirstsolosingle on December 3rd inStadium, Liverpool;5th, Neal signs group,JadeWarrior,are 'Driving' is released by Rotterdam,continuingonJazzClub,Redcar;8th, featured on the soundtrackDecca this Friday (19). toAmsterdamandFlint shire College; 9th, with Fly ofaforthcoming western Copenhagen. They areGlennBallroom,Llanelli; AN EX -ENGINEERatentitled 'Bad Man's River', DO IT YOURSELF hoping to make appearances1 0 th, ManchesterMorgan Recording Studiosand their recording of theRhodes a recording at all of the tour venues, asUniversity;11th,Leicesterhassigned titlesongwillbe released Info for instrumentalists soon as possible in the new'University. contract with Fly Recordsby Philips. in UK year, but no definite dates andhashisfirstsingle 'BlameItAllOn Eve' HERE we goon a newitselfparticularly on thehavebeen set. Black Elliot's EM I TT RHODES, who columndesignedtokeeptwelfth fret." Sabbath are also hoping to releasedthisFriday.The Booseyand Hawkes to made animpact withhis youinstrumentalists up to beginrecordingontheirConrad and singer -songwriter Chris NealfirstLP first album 'Emitt Rhodes', be presented with a Queens was persuaded to record his date on who's playing what,AwardtoIndustryatthe fourthalbumassoonas KINNEY'S newarrived in Britain for Radio where to buy it and what'send of thismonth...possible. Dana panto compositionafter Bluesinger -songwriter,Davidand TV and campaign under way for the Flowers dates new in the instrument Mink'sHerbie Elliott has hisfirst album,appearances,on November first National Rock/Folk DANA and Jess Conrad are toheardhissinginginthe world ...If you've got anyContest ... Rolf Harris has sincehissigning withthe12th. Hewillappearat New World star together in thestudio. queries on who plays whatproduced a new teaching company,releasedinLondon'sSpeakeasyClub etc just write and ask - itmethodforschoolscalled pantomime Dick Whittington February. Elliott makes his Instant Music ... Ivor at the Wimbledon Theatre,Kinks leave tonight (Wednesday) at may not do you any good,Arbiter,associate MD ofpanto debut debutappearanceatthe1.00 am and play the Wimbledon, beginningTHE KINKSleftfor a but Icollect the stamps. Dallas Arbiter just bought a RoundhouseImplosionRoundhouse onthe21st. Atthe AudioFairthenew Rolls Royce Coupe. NEW WORLD make theirChristmas Eve and runningthree-week tourofthe otherweek,Dubreqwere for seven weeks. Jess plays concert on November 21stEmittdoesBBC -1's'Old Hohnerhasrevisedthe pantomimedebut on easternstatesof AmericaandattheMarquee, givingtheirfirstairingtoprice of two guitars ChristmasEve when theyDick and Danawillplaytoday (Wednesday) Grey Whistle Test' on the the PianoMate whichis anmentioned inrecentRM Alice. Jess has a new single London on the 23rd. 19th. organthatcanbeplayed FolkScene.TheMusima starta13 -week seasonin finishing at Hobart College using the keyboard ofthe 16125is£10.75, not £12,'RobinsonCrusoe'attheon President Records nextin New York on December old Joanna inthefront and the F 10Suzuki is AlexandraTheatre,week,entitled'HereShe 5.They are due back in RECORD MIRROR BRINGS YOU THE parlour. Allit is isan £26.60 not £27.50 ... Buffy Comes Again' and he hopes amplifier and twolittle Birmingham. Theircurrent Britain on December 9, and NAMES . . . AND THE Sainte -Marieusing Farfisa to include the song in the BIG boxes thatsitat the backelectric piano on her RAK singleis'Kara Kara' a new albumis setfor AUTHORITATIVE WRITERS. NEXT of the keyboard. The current UK tour ...Reg produced by Mickie Most.play. release soon. PianoMate will be on sale in Clarke of Sound City says WEEK: A PAUL 0McCARTNEY Januaryfor £69 - pretty he has not heard the cheap for an organ. rumourthathe istobe INTERVIEW BY MIKE HENNESSEY; Dubreqis offering a free promoted from tea -boy. Britain neglects Europop demoinyour own home. Splendedcatalogue now AND PART TWO OF THE ROD You can contact them availablefromRiha whichTOP Britishactssuchas cover all kinds of pop in anand facilities they have." STEWART STORY BY BILL through yourlocaldealer. illustratesalltheirorgansMungo Jerry and Sweet willextended time slot later. Also seenatthe Audio VideoSupplement and includes clever new McALLISTER. Fair - in among the busty diagrammatic explanationsbe featured in a 'Europop' is being takenintendsto amalgamate the birds - Dag Fellner showing ofeffectssuch as vibratotelevision series called by TV stations in France,'Europop' shows at monthly off the JBL speakers to the delay, sustain,percussion,'Europop' which goes into Germany,Belgium,Spain, hi-fienthusiasts.Expensive intervals into a 100 -minute brilliance et al ... Memo toproduction next month. But Scandinavia, Austriaandfilmforshowing in gear this butitis the best. me: Rose -MorrisorRose, Somethingfortheyoung Morris &Co.NeverRoseat presentthere is no Switzerland,but KenAmerican campus movie group to aim for ... Hardin Morriswhich,saysRogerprospect of British viewersHoward told RM that so farclubsandinachainof and York have now taken Linford, sounds likea ladyseeing the show! neither the BBC or any ofCalifornianlate -night on sessions drummer in a tobacconist's window ad Gordon Williamson to form in Mayfair. Serves 'em right Itis being produced by a theITVcompanieshadcinemas. a percussion band. The for having the trade namecompany called Video signifiedinterest in the The same company has percussion is Beverley. Shaftesbury. Supplement,which is a show. inaugurated what itcalls a WritesMichael Cowan, I'dliketohearfrom betweenhit "The series resulted from directorofRosetti: "Here musicians raving about theirpartnership VideoBrowseridea are a few hints to help you favourite instruments orsongwriters Ken Howard the30 -minute Slam Heftywhereby you will be able to in yourchoiceof folk criticising thosethatfelland AlanBlaikley, film show wedidearlierthiswatch groups in action on a guitar. The neck is the most short of the mark ... Pleaseproducer Mark Edwards, yearwithStephenStills,screen in your local record important feature - it must don't write and ask me the be comfortable to play with value of second-handand New Zealander RoyceJoeCocker, McGuinnessshop. The pilot show for a smooth action. A slightly instrumentsthougt Sutcliffe. They plan a Flint, Curved Air andthissystemfeatures RCA and dished neatlyfretted Without seeing them I coul weekly 30 -minute show others," Howard said. "WeNeon actsDandoShaft, neckisalso desirable. Next notgive an accuratepric showed it to the TV check the body for and probably even then I' starringtopactsplaying Raw Material and Shape Of distortionand 'cracks. In be wrong ... Whateve theirhitsand also albumcompanies, but Ithink thatThe Rain, and was(Left to right),Jerry Moss, President of A&M Records, fact examine the whole happened to the Kriwacze tracks and offbeat material,they thinkthey should dodemonstrated in theMike D'Abo andBarryKrost,D'Abo's Manager seen instrument to your string organ? andhopetoextendthetheirown popshowsinChappellrecordstoreintogether after the signing of a recording contract between satisfaction. Make sure the view of all the studio space A&M Records and performer/composer Mike D'Abo. instrumentisintune with REX ANDERSON scope of the programme to London last week. 7 RECORD MIRROR, November 20,1971 STEVIE DATES STEVIE 'NO N- DER'S ownrevue, including his own orchestra, chorus and support acts, will invade theUKinAND LP NEW mid -January for aLewisham Odeonon series of majorJanuary23andFairfield concert and cabaretHalls on January 28. Other YORK (January15) appearances. concertsare: Birmingham Odeon;(16) TocoincidewithhisLiverpool Empire; (17) NOTES New Year visit, Tamla willBrightonDome;(18) 'Stevie Wonder's THE average American release Hall,Bristol; (22) Colston teenage girl owns 65 singles GreatestHitsVol 2'and Cardiff Capitol; (29) Winter possiblyhis currentGardens,Bournemouth; and30 albums, according to Americansingle,'IfYou a recent market survey. (February 2) Manchester What's more they spend a Really Love Me'. TV datesOdeon. are also being negotiated. URIAH HEEP, currently intotal of 375 million dollars JUST released is a new single on Fly from Chris Neal Cabaret venues are: (Jan thecharts with their new a yearonrecordswhich (above), 'Blame It All On Eve', which happened during a Four London dates have 24 / 25 ) Sheffield Fiesta been confirmed. album 'Look At Yourself',they play on the nine Blue Mink recording break. Chris,a tape operator atalready Club,and(31)Wakefield MorganStudioswherehe on may combine with Germanmillion record players that worked many MinkThey are the opening venue,Theatre Club. sessions, played one of his songs on the piano during a'HammersmithOdeon,on it classicalcomposerGunterthey collectively own. break and impressed bassist Herbie Flowers enough intoJanuary 14, Streatham Krempeltohelpinthe Listening to all these producing and arranging with fellow Mink -man Roger Stonebridge singles and albums takes up Coulam, Chris' first single. Odeon on January 21, production of a suite he is composing based around thearound 95 million hours a Cliff week...that's a lotof shoulder `Salisbury' theme from the listening. group's second album. Alsothewhole teenage PALADIN's Lou Stonebridge Krempel, apparently, saw population spends 21 billion tour dislocated his shoulder dollars a yearon making the group at a Hamburg gigitself an integral part of the during a gig last week, butand approached them. Heepaffluent societyin America Strawbs' theinjurywillnotaffect are presently considering and imposesitstasteon to the tur of dates the band's appearances. theoffer.Meanwhile,the parents another 15 billiono .ars. Theystartrehearsalsforband have two singles in the CLIFF RICHARD's British Peoplelooking into the their new album, tentativelyGermanchart,'LookAt future reckon that this set show for concerttour, which begantitled'Charge!', next week offigureswillbe doubled Yourself'and 'Lady In at Bristol's Colston Hall thisand play one gig, on by 1980. Black',inadditiontothe Nice to see some Tuesday(Nov 16),November 19 atalbum. Current British datesindustry co-operation. continueswith theScarborough'sPenthouseare: (Nov 19)Waltham ABC/Dunhill and Atlantic February Records are the two followingdates:(Nov17)Club.Paladinwillrecord Technical College; (20) companiesfor whom Ray HUMBLE PIE's first British ABC Theatre,Gloucester;`ChargeratApple'snewDurham University;(21) tour for over two years will (18)Capitol Theatre,studiosand theset is Charles has recorded. Ray is THE STRAWBS begin an experimental tour next Greyhound, Croydon; (22) nowcelebratinghis25th hit the road next February (19) February based on "socialandenvironmentalCardiff; Gaumont,scheduled for early '72. Poole College. year in what is loosely ...andthe group's only Hanley; (20) Odeon, Derby; called show business British appearance until thatawareness" following the successful completion of(22) Dome, Brighton; (24) (disregard the fact that a lot ofthat time was spent time will be a specialtwo trial concerts at London's Shaw Theatre. WinterGardens, playing beer joints, bars and Roundhouse concert on The production, which will take the form of aBournemouth; (26) Empire suchlike in tank t owns and November 28. Theatre, Liverpool;(29) dumps - the showbizglam two-hour non-stop show, will feature the Strawbs all came later). So Atlantic The Implosion event,prominently, but also integrates singer -songwriterFairfield Hall, Croydon; and ABC have got together whichalsofeatures (30) Guildhall, Portsmouth. and come out witha two American keyboard manJonathon Kelly, mime artist Tony Crerar and ballet Extending into December album setof Ray's biggest Lee Michaels,isPie'sfirstdancerNataschaTustin.Illustrativefilmsandtheintineraryalsocovers successes. Being on the same album makes for good Britishconcertsince Mayprojections will also be used. (Dec 1) ABC Theatre,We haveno listening, tracing the line of this year. The tourisbelievedto Exeter;(2) Gaumont, Ray's development from The Britishtour, which Wolverhampton, and (3) rhythm and blues to blues be the first of its kind and and country to 'Eleanor willalso include specialvenues booked so far Kieran Odeon,Birmingham.The tour, which includes Marvin, Rigby'. attractions,is being set byincludebothcollegesand pretty graphics Ian Warnock of NEMS andconcert halls. Full dates are:quits Welch and Farrar and Olivia includes 23engagements.(Feb 5) Royal Festival Hall, Newton -John, follows Cliff's recentsuccessful Palladium Starting on February2it London; (11)FloralHall,Steam- carries through until MarchSouthport; (12) St. George's season. 4. Pie'snewalbum, a Hall, Liverpool;(14)hammer doublesetentitledWoodsville Hall, Gravesend; ...wehavenp `Performance - Rockin' At(15) Birmingham Town LEAD singer and guitaristNew TheFillmore',issetfor Hall; (19) Winter Gardens,with Steamhammer, Kieran Top Ten entry in the StatesWeston-Super-Mare; (20)White,hasleftthe group and looks like making theCivic Hall, Dagenham; (21)buttheyareto go aheadElvis cleverworm charts here. ColstonHall,Bristol; (22)withtheircurrentBritish Guildhall, Southampton;collegetour as anA NEW Elvis single is being Bown (24)CityHall,Newcastle;instrumental trio. rushed -releasedin time for (25) CityHall,Hull; (26) The tour, on whichtheChristmas market. RAY CHARLES changes London University College;Steamhammer will beTitled'IJustCan't Help...we have ABC sell the set in (27)Wyvern Theatre,accompanied by Gringo andBelieving', the track is from America and Atlantic get to TWO changeshavebeen singer/writerAndy sellit around the world. made in the line-up of AlanSwindon; (29) Town Hall, his 'That's The Way ItIs' Donovan surfaced in Oxford. Fernbach, will play the Dave JeffBeck first infour album. Flipside is a New York and Bown,the followingdatesuntilthe surfaced inCalifornia (New years.Guitarist, Tony Released this week is the Most/Clive Estlake song,Cohn Blunstours first Strawbs' single for overend of this month: RumneyHow The Web Was Woven'. York later). Catchpole has left the band Donovan hasshed the 18 months, a Dave CousinsTech,Cardiff(20),Caius andistobe replaced by flowing -robes -and -guru College,Cambridge (22), image andistalking about JimLaney, formerly withnumber titled'Benedictus'. Leicester College (24), newalbum being a popsingeragain Scottishband,Hate. And ...and because he reckons that pop Boston College (29). bass guitarist Andy BrownPaxton is "people music."And getting a No. 1 hit is issuffering from aserious shows Osibisa nothing tobe ashamed of, skin complaint and is likely he says, squashing all those to be out of action for atTOM Paxton is making hison Marty Mary 'One Year" heavy musicians who think least eight weeks. His first British club appearance thatif you get into the Top for many TV show NEW single from Mary 20 you lose your audience positionisto be taken by yearsatInn Cognito, Westbourne GroveOSIBISA make a guestHopkinistaken from her and touch with things 20 -year -old Doug Thomson. appearance on Martycurrent 'Earth Song, Ocean serious. Good to see such a The bandstartwork onon Monday 24 November. commercial statement Feldman's London WeekendSong' album. Titled 'Water, coming from Donovan, theirthirdIslandalbumHis protege, John Denver, who composed 'Leaving OnTV show on November 26.Paper And Clay' it features whose songs apparently the endof haven't suffered in this towards A Jet Plane' and 'CarolinaLivedates sethereMaryonharmonium and December. transition. On My Mind' will be followingtheirNorwegianApple have made telephone Videotapinggroupsin appearing with him on the visitincludetwo days atfacilities on01-247-4052 performance is startingto Colpix Mini London's Rainbow Theatrefor the public todial and happen - B. B.King was 24th, and in his own right videotaped at a recent radio on 25th. on November 19 and 20. hear it. station concert he gave, Ten Monster Years After and Jethro Tull PYE RECORDSissue a havebeentaped although thesewererehearsedjobs "Colpix Mini Monster" on done fortheirrecord November 26, probably theM.O.R. SINGLE PLUGS companies. There's a studio firstmaxi -singleto feature MASSIVE TVpromotion late Novemberorearlyrecording of 'LiftOtt' on...who needsmore. video of Jimi Hendrix and fourartists.Includedare has been lined up to December, andhave beenDecember 2. MilesDavis jamming I I," together,completely four ofthe Colpix label'scoincide with Middle of thebookedto appear on Top Liveappearances EPIC unrehearsed and the Beach biggesthits, "Swinging' OnRoad's newsingle,`Soley Of The Pops' Xmas Show'forthcoming are: (Nov 26) Boys have had video tapes of A Star" by Big D.Irwin, Soley', a release which onDecember20.OtherScene 2, Halifax;(Nov their various gig made over by the 64557 the last year. "Blue Moon" follows the pattern of theirshows booked include28 -Dec 4)Garrick, Everybody sees the video Marcels,"I'mIntotwo British hits by alreadyrecording of 'We Want ToLeigh/ShakespeareTheatre tapes as aninsurancefor Something Good" by Earlbeing a Continental smash. Sing' on November2),Club, Liverpool (doubling); the future when everybody Jean and "Goodbye Cruel The group will appear on screening of'Generation(Dec 6-12)FiestaClub, has theirownvideotape World" by James Darren. Top Of The Pops either in Game'onNovember30,Stockton. cassette. RECORD MIRROR, November 20,1971 8

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The Network specifications on any of these systems a 800 has been designed for those who letter or card to me will ensure a reply ADVERTISING RATES enjoy a true separates system which from each of the manufacturers RECORDMIRROR matches, both in performance and concerned. appearance. The 800T AM/FM tuner PHONE 437-8090 with long and medium wavebands with EVERY WEEK Barry O'Keef RECORD MIRROR, NovemberMcCartney: 20, 1971 case 9 NATURALLY, when Paul McCartney broke his long silence to talk to the music press, the leading question was about his reaction to the pretty acid attack made on him in John Lennon's 'How Do You Sleep?' orthe It was exactly the question he expected, but not one he was particularly inclined to answer because he has no time for this kind of slanging match. Headmitshedoesn'thavetheabilityto "manipulate the media" like John has and is not a naturalverbal defence communicator- and gets particularly ManchesterUnited'svisualmusicalenter- upset as the number of WillieMorgan was doingtainment. A sortof although after so long a "new born babies" which in theB&C offices extensiontolightshows, silencehewaspretty or recently. Andwhatusingliveperformers, you have to ao max. Mn 111C narr score. /A 111St are drowned international number Europeanperformance, no expansivewhenhe "otherwiseeliminated". would happen if Georgepuppets,backprojection Best decided to make aand circus acts. one. less. Chicks talked to us. Whenheheardthatthis "MustsayI'vebeen single?Incidentally,the Sofar,sobetter. Now "John issoquickin kitten had to be found a working very hard lately latterbitis included onthey want to include a few own interviews", he said, "but I home within two days, - maybetoo hard. or else be destroyed, he thegroundsofvery oftheir mates in the act. AS the man said, it's a suretend to be lostfor words There's a kindof and I'm afraid that If I held took it in. strong rumour. For instance, Jon Lord of sign you're getting older Deep Purple does a fantastic madnesstothisGang when you begin to apressconference on myAt the latest count, Alexis professionthat keeps notice that the pop drunkenpiano -player own I'd dry up." now hastencats.For you onthe move.I've hut singers are getting Paul didn't want to be CCS read: Cat Collection routine. younger. PeterRobinson,of beento New Zealand, drawn into prepetuating the Society. Canada, Finland,done SAID the group leader, to a Whichbrings me toKim Quatermassfame,doesa chorusofgroans:"We're "Youstabmy back,I'll televisionshows, a Jones, who is only sh a d e s -o - Liberace pianist goingto aplaceinthe twelve,isnot related tostab yours" situation, except 26 -week radio show and me but does livein theto say about 'How Do You routine,completewith country so that we can get impersonations andplastic I'm now off to Australia same county, Essex. Sleep'andthepiggy and Japan." ittogether!"It'sso She's at Parsloes amerika grin.Roger Glover does a hackneyeda concept, that send-up of Ram: "If John I understand Ladbrokes are Comprehensive School in JON Hiseman's Colosseum racing car imitation - a sort we all laugh about it. Dagenham right now, buthad really wanted to get at offeringgenerousodds drove straight into an attack of one-man Monaco Grand Scottish group Nazareth has recorded "F011ow me,Iwould have thought againstRoger getting a Me, Follow Me"for of genuine American social Prix performance. he'dhavedone amuch holidaybefore the turn alsolaughed. Now they've RCA it's a andDavidare - betterjobthanthat.Itparanoia while in the States Rupert sampled' Londonliving- Cooke -Greenaway -Rae recently. of the century. song. reallydoesn'tbother me looking for others. Specially and they have decided the The band pulled into the that guy who has been on laughterisover. toomuch. I thoughtthe Says Dan She's certainly got style and roadsideof a small television and singing 'Mule lead singer: confidence. She couldphotograph of John and the McCafferty, makeitifonly peoplepig was a nice picture". mid -WesterntowntoaskOn with Train',thewhileSt. Hair "How the hell can anyone wouldstopsayingshe And was Paul's tonguedirections - and the citizen belabouring his head with aYOU may take this item as reallyfindthepeaceof looks like Shirley Temple on the pavement drew back tin tray! Enquiries, please, to stillin his cheek when he a show absolutelytrue. The Dean mindtothink andwrite and soundslike Shirley from their big American car Bassey. told me thatthe idea of SO Rupert Hine and DavidthePeterJonestheatricaland ChapterofStPaul's songs in London'?" withgestures having a ball to launch his ofobviousMaclver have an album outagency. Cathedral, London,have The distractions were too But surely pop singers ARE alarm. Clearly he expected much. So now they've hired I new album had been in his -- it'scalled'Pick Up A agreed to the request of the getting younger. mean, violent attackfromthe seriously. Heintje, on themindeversince he heard Bone'.Produced by DeepQUOTE from Rogercast of 'Hair' to take part in a "gang hut" in Scotland - continent. Michael and Record Mirrorcarload of lost musicians. Purple'sRogerGlover. Whittaker: "People keepthe acoupleof roomsina Jackson,ofthe famousdeejay service of Communion contributorStuart Henry But when they explainedRupert writes the music and asking me if I've dried upon formerGovernmentNaval 5. Dommie Osmond. they were English and not a December12, And fairly recent historysay, afterplaying 'Hey David is the lyric -writer and as a writer twelve songs incelebratingthethird Storesbuilding.Whenat hasthrown up FrankieJude': "'Nell either you likegangofblood -lustingphantom voice. six weeks. anniversary of the show in home,theyspendseven Lymon,JackieDennis, heavies, it or you don't". thecitizenwent Well,sofar,sogood.I'd love to dooriginal London. hours a day there. And so Helen Shapiro, Laurie completely the other way. and SaidPaul,"Ithought Now the boys want to put material, but when a song The musicwillbe far they've managed to put London, umpteen He told them where to go, the more. thatwasn'tmuchofa out a stage show based on like 'Mammy Blue' 'Setting In F' downatleastforty all right, showing substantial by Galt recommendation and I got a thealbum;makingit a comes along ... well,McDermott, who composed numbers. Mind you, there are always adjectival ability. thecynics. I remember bitworried.So Ithought therumourputabout the best thing to do was to As Jon says: "You just that the then very -young can't win!" Brenda Lee was in fact agive the disc jockeys a good IEWS FLASH....NEWS FLASH....NEWS FLASH....NEWS FLA; 35 -year -oldmidget.Fortime and invite them all toMY latestexcruciatingly ages Ibelieved it. a ball". boring link between pop Onething'scertain, music and socceris that1EWS FLASH....NaL3 FLASH....NEWa FLASH....NEW FLA,. whateverthedisc jockeys JaffAstle,of West think of the Wings album, it BromwichAlbion and isgoing to be a fantastic Oxy England, has made a worldwide seller. recordfor RCA Victor. FROM:..Pye Records (Sales)Ltd., Ex -Move singer Carl morons TOAlexis Korner and Wayneistopraise(or A.T.V. House, INthedictionary,they're charmingwife: a new possiblyblame)for the listed as oxymorons. Others kitten.Actually,Alexis emergence of'Sweet Great Cumberland Place, call them Swifty's after an (likemodel Celia Water',written by Guy London W.1. American schoolboy hero - Hammond and others) is Fletcher and Doug Flett. but whatever they are appalled by the way pets That much is fact. But one known as, they're catching are sometimes treated wonders what on fast. 10).` It's a figure of speech in REF:...Great New Singles whichcontradictoryideas are closely associated. Like: Released 19th November 1971. "I've given up smoking" he fumed. Or:"Youwon't break me", he snapped. Or, to give it a pop -topical touch: "Our FRANKIE HOWERD: "Upje t'aime" band's gone heavy", he said 7N 45061 lightly. That's the idea.The basicideaonly,because obviously this can reach the upper levels of an art form. TABERNACLE: "Rejoice" Point is: Howabout UOU trying to think some 7N 45109 up and pass them on to me. I'll use them in this column. A prize?Surelythe sheer gloryofaname -checkis KENNY BALL enough. & HIS JAZZMEN:. "When I See An Elephant Fly" Ray Brooks 7N 45107

JOHN SCHROEDER en GIRLS -OF -THE -WEEK department:ifyour surnameis Chanter, stands to reason you've got to sing for your .,RCHESTRA :..."One Way Glass" Me Some of living.Irene and Doreen Chanter, of Fulham (which is also famous forbeingnearChelseaFootball Club), 7N 45108. recordas Birds Of A Feather. In a sense, a musical YourTime sense, they'rein the family way. Two of their seven brothers, Charlie and Alec, play permanently intheir group. At some "home" matches, the whole Chanter WRNEWO ev PO DOB tribe turns up. The Chanters' new DJM discis'For Better Or Worse'. For better, say I. 10 RECORD MIRROR, Nc rONTHE BOXES

HELLO again, and straight down to business ... TUNE IN AND TURN ON: For week beginning Monday November 22nd 1971. RADIO ONE: The following artists are booked to appear: JANUARY 10, 1945, and JIMMY YOUNG SHOW - Pickettywitch, Johnny November 6,1971, have both HOD S Johnson and the Bandwagon. been Rod Stewart Days. The fiercely - DLT - Four Tops, Roy Orbison, Gene Pitney, first was his birthday and the He's the White Plains and Peter Noone. second was 'Rod Stewart Day' been bo JOHNNIE WALKER - Slade, Fame and Price, in Amsterdam. On his birthday 'Gasolin: Hot Chocolate, The Hollies, CCS, The Move, Gilbert RoderickDavidStewart came rock. Bil O'Sullivan,Tremeloes,Sweet,CatStevens,The Searchers. into the world, on 'Rod Stewart journalis TERRY WOGAN -FourTops,Marmalade, Day',courtesyofFiveGold three -pa Mixtures, Frankie Vaughan, Brotherhood of Man. Discs,a couple of Silver Discs analysis SOUNDS OF THE 70's and an Edison Award,all life. His is shE Monday - John Martyn presented to him in the Tuesday - Stoneground, Mick Softley. positiveness itself. Wednesday - Soft Machine. expectedostentatiousmanner, The other l Thursday - Incredible String Band. Rod Stewart came into mysterious thing and apologies to our younger Radio One listeners for showbusiness. Rod Stewart, rock untilthe world omitting Ed Stewart "Junior Choice" (Sat Rod Stewart had 8.30-9.55 am and Sun 9.0-10.0 am) from last week's singer, is now one of the greats. why had it taken through, man? Th regularspotsfeature.Sorry, Ed -I'lltake fifty He's been"discovered"in1971 lines!! Stewart has oni throughone album,'EveryPicture pedigrees around s RADIO TWO: As promised here is a look at some of Tells A Story' and a single taken can't getthr the regular pop and jazz features on this channel - fromit,'MaggieMay'.Their dull-headedness wl fabulous world of TONY BRANDON SHOW (Mon -Fri worldwide success qualifies Rod 11.30 am -2.0 pm) artists booked to appear include allmanner of Yet Rod Stewai Dana, Neville Dickie and Sid Phillips and his Band Stewart for It became apparen (RM understands that Tony is now pulling in some superlatives, for he's 'Red Hot Rod', years that he was impressive listening figures for this new show - also big business. But it's the years behind order with fierce! more mail than is usual for Radio 2 progs.!). that contribute towards superlatives eye for the limelig During his beat AFTER SEVEN-music/chat programme (Mon -Fri for his work. 20otherson a 7.00-8.00 pm) is introducedbyMikeParkinson course,atShort (Mon), David Jacobs (Tues), Alan Freeman (Wed), Itis perhaps incorrect to write of Rod Stewart as a solo artist, for his folks in the area Ray Moore (Thurs), and Mike Aspel(Fri).Next not working so th week New World are featured each evening. solo career involves nothing more or usoutwithho less thangathering somefriends JAZZ CLUB (Introduced recounts. "Then by Humphrey away and sank it Lyttleton) - Sun 12.05-1.0 am week features togethertwice a yeartomake, the Mike Westbrook Band. usuallyinno more thana week, to go back, whic Other Regular Programmes: Country Meets Folk boat filled up wi albums which bearhisname. Rod tide came in!" (Sat 6.30-7.30 pm); Folk On Two (Sun is Stewart essentiallya member of It made the 1 10.0-11.0 pm);PeterClayton's"Jazznotes"(Sun 11.0 pm to 12.0 midnight); Humphrey Lyttleton- the Faces, it is in his nature to be in Mirror and Daily Best Of Jazz On Record (Wed 9.30-10.0 pm); Brian that particular band. But Stewart the oneofhis bee attended Aldermi Matthew - Album Time (Mon -Fri man, a complexand interesting 6.0-6.50 pm); the art school s) Night Ride(Allweek12.0 midnight to 2.0 am, person is worth studying because he except Sun 1.0-2.0 am). two years, men( is an almost -perfectexample of Finally, Don't forget Stereo Rock BBC Radio 3 Kink Ray Davies same football tear every Saturday evening (5.30 to 6.0 pm) introduced today's rock star, the artists who earn by Manfred Mann. tags like"superstar."Andit is And, mostit because he is wholly typical of this across Europe as LIKE LAST WEEK had been workin "OldGreyWhistleTest"provingextremely syndrome that Rod Stewart will be signwriter and ha interesting programme - last week saw appearances the biggest. left London and by Alice Cooper, Gordon Giltrap plus film clips of For much of the latter part of his Jones. We met u The Platters and The Preservation Hall Jazz Band - twenty-six years, home hasn't meant club there and theysayvarietyisthespiceoflife!- Rather inauspicious start to new Sunday evening ITV chat toomuchinpracticaltermsfor show "Freedom Roadshow," but some nice sounds Stewart.Ifthereare. indeed from Quintessence, although their comments were globetrotters elsewhere than Harlem rather pretentious. then he is a globetrotter. He has been FURTHER HAPPENINGS: Redbone "Witch Queen a beantnik travelling the international Of New Orleans" group set for Sept 18th OTP - roadsof Europe withguitarslung Elvis BBC Radio One series set for January 2nd across back and no thought but to start.It will replace "All Our Yesterdays" - Among gain "experience," precious artists to be featured in new BBC -2 series "Sounds that For Saturday" produced by Stanley Dorfman will be commoditywhich only becomes The Faces, Fifth Dimension, Richie Stevens, Harry apparent when you look back over NilssonandOsibisa-JohnPeel'snew Radio your shoulder seeing it disappear into Luxembourg show every Friday evening the horizon.Lately,he's beenthe (6.30-7.30 pm) called "Stenhousemuir 2, tornadorockstar,ploughing back Cowdenbeath2"- New piratestationsetfor November 20 opening. Radio Sovereign (227m and and forth across the Atlantic. So now VHF) will broadcast from a fort. DJs set include he livesina gracious North London Roger Day, Andy Archer, Jason Wolf and Spangles house, decorated tastefully Muldoon. Cliff Richard set for BBC -1 spectacular on throughout where the Gold Discs lie Christmas Eve - Cilia Black to star in Christmas Day is base from now on panto "Aladdin"alsoon BBC -1- January1st in the loo.It important date for Beatles fans on 208. More details ... home if you like. soon.Jimmy Young showfor November 22nd Itis typical of Stewart that amidst the (Radio One) will come live from the living room of a flurry ofhis stardom he conducts estate Glasgow housewife! - RM understands that latest negotiations and bank balances, keeping a audiencefiguresindicate good success by Jimmy firmgripontherealityof finance,a Young and Sounds of the 70's at their new time subject many "stars" imagine works itself slots - finally why no TV for Welsh newcomer out. Arwyn Davidson? He never makes a bad bargain, and it's anabilitywhich comes throughinhis Bubbling under were: Anne Nightingale, Dave Cash, music, born of the dead years when no-one Tommy Vance, Hans Mondt, Roger Scott, Robbie would listen andno-onecared. Rod Dale,CarlMitchell, Don Allen, Rob Out, Jimmy Stewart andtheway he works - the Young, Keith Skues, etc, etc, etc, etc. Philips executives in Amsterdam for 'Rod CODA: Regret that pressure of space means that Stewart Day' persistently referred to "the Radio London programme guide and feature will conceptoftheman"whilehelplessly appear next week. See you all then ... pawingtheairwithoutstretchedarms, patently bewildered as to the meaning - is ben cree the way of the person who has an aim in SHOTGL ECORD MIRROR, November 20,1971 11

soon got fed up with that lark, though." WART, Determined to make his way via music ritam sNo. 1superstar,isa man of hejoined Jimmy PowellandHisFive fiercely -held opinions with a shrewdeye for the limelight. Dimensions, playing harmonica ... but no He's the one-time travelling beatnik who often singing. "He wouldn't let me sing, you see, wished he'd wanteditfor himself." Rod, needless to been born black; a rock artist ofimmense vitality whose say,struggledbyon harp although he 'Gasoline Alley' was a musical landmark in thehistory of "couldn't playit much. I used to suck rock. Bill McAllister knows Stewart better thanmost music when I should have been blowing." journalists JohnBaldry, who has helped mould and here he presentsthefirstsectionof a Rod into the artist he is, tells how he met three-partin-depthseries on Stewart - an authoritative Rod one day at the railway station near analysis of the man and his music. EelPieIsland where regular 'blues' and R&B jams took place during its growing life.His is sheer, undilutedvitality, Rod was later to play with Memphis atpopularity among young London mods. positiveness itself. That's half the game. London's Marquee when the blues pianist Rod, in fact, was "Rod The Mod" by this time, a tousle -headed figure only too well The otherhalf is his career, a made one of his too infrequent calls here. known. mysterious thing he didn't appear to have "It was the first timeI had to earn a untilthe world wanted to know where living with my guitar." He had picked up "He was singing on the platform," says Rod Stewart had been allthis time and guitarduring Baldry, stretching his legs way out in front hisdaysinthe Archway of him. "I had never heard him sing before why had it taken so long for him to break Road where his parents, Robert and Elsie, through, man? The answer being that Rod owned a newsagent shop. By the time of but he was good. He had the makings of a great one." Stewart has one ofthefinestrock hiscontinentalexpeditionhe hadalso pedigrees around and even a rock pedigree added harmonica. Stewartjoined Baldry's band, the Hoochie Coochie Men, which John had can'tgetthrough toooftenthe "Iwastotally ablues freakatthe organised after the death of his associate dull-headedness which is the norm in the time," he recalls.I sincerely used to wish I fabulous world of showbiz, man. had been born a Negro. Cyril Davies, another of the leading lights Yet Rod Stewart has always been a star. "I used to spend hours trying to imitate in the fervent blues atmosphere that hung It became apparent even during his teenage their sound. It used to drive my old lady over London at the time. It was a time of years that he was a character of the first mad and it hurt like hell at first. mysteriousinfluences,whenyour best order with fiercely -held opinions and an "Now it comes naturally and, althoughfriend would suddenly pop up with an album by an obscure artist like Lonesome eye for the limelight. itsoundslikeI'vegot a bad caseof During his beatnik period he lived with laryngitis, it's not at all painful." Sundown and flatten you with his deadpan 20 otherson a houseboat,derelictof He saw, he claims, much of France and technique. So much more esoteric and course,atShoreham. "Therespectable Spainfor£3."Notbadgoingthat." rewarding than 'pop' music. folks in the area didn't like the idea of us Typical of Stewart, though. France was the Rod was second vocalist and Baldry not working so they got the police to drive better of the two, the better -off are more looked after his band with the concern of usoutwithhosesof coldwater,"he easily accessible. "In Barcelona we used toa loving mother. Around the same time as recounts."Then they towedthebarge sleepunderthearchesofthe football he cut a vocal on 'Up Above My Head', a away and sank it so we wouldn't be able stadium. ButinSt. Tropez, where they wonderful belting number literally spitting I ROD: THE MOD to go back, which was just as well as the slept on the beaches, we could make 50 outatyou, which was theflipsideof At the end of '65, still touring Britainnatural ballad feel. boat filled up with water every time the francs an hour." Baldry's then current single, Rod cut his with Steampacket, Rod made another solo 'Little Miss Understood', however, was tide came in!" The European tour ended when they first solo single for Decca, 'Good Morning single. This time it was blatant pop. 'Thethe only solo single during his two years LittleSchoolgirl'. a It made the front pages of the Daily were arrested for vagrancy by the Itwas not riotous DayWillCome' was written by Barrystay with Beck. The Beck band crumbled, success. Mason but failed to register. Rod Stewartinthe end, becauseof Beck's outrages Mirror and Daily Sketch. But it was only authorities and deported - third class - It was also around this time that ITV oneofhisbeatnikepisodes. Healso by the British Consul. was still searching for the right thing at theagainst Mick Waller, their one-time screened a documentary titled 'Rod The right time. drummer and now regular session drummer attended Aldermaston marches, a part of Musicwas now asgreat alove as Mod', featuring yours truly. All this was the art school syndrome he followed for football, althoughhisfather was The split with Baldry came when John'sfor Rod, and the final stroke, against Ron from mid -'64 to late '65. career turnedinto theself -destroyingWood, who left indignantly and joined the two years, attending the same school as persistently urging him to "make a go of Baldry's Hoochie Coochie Men evolved Kink Ray Davies and even playing in the it" and become professional. He had up cabaret, variety TV show circle that didSmallFaces, minus Steve Marriott, who into a more contemporary idea, same football team. until this time played international not entirely unbefit Baldry, who can be aswere also in a state. Steampacket, which included Baldry, suave as Sinatra, but hardly did justice to Beckretired from thelimelight after And, mostimportant,thelong trek schoolboy football and it was obvious he Stewart, Julie Driscoll and Brian Auger. "A across Europe as a wandering minstrel. He hisearlyattempts toestablishbluesinone disappointed attempt to get a new had a promising career should he wish to greatlittleband,"Rodcallsit,and capitalise on it. Britain. band together and Rod, who had already had been working with his brother as a remembers that they didn't record atall signwriter and had just quit art school. "I He startedatBrentfordF.C.as a Instead Rod becameinvolvedwithbegun recording 'The Rod Stewart Album' ("We were committed toindividual Shotgun Express and, recording contractsforMercury(we knowit as 'An Old left London and went to Paris with VVirz semi-professional,simplytomake ends recording contracts at the time."), but if Jones. We met up with Memphis Slim in a meet with the £6 to £7. "I was only doing having expired and taken care of, Rod,Raincoat Won'tEverLet You Down'), they had would unquestionably have been BerylMarsden,PeterGreen and began to sit in on jams with Ron and the club there and I got playing with him." odd jobs, cleaning boots and things and I Peter a smash. Bardens recorded asingle,'ICould FeelSmall Faces, found himself wanting to join The Whole World Turn Round Underneatha band again. It is here the dilemma of his Me'. so-called solo career becomes most IfSteampacket wasshort-livedas aapparent. Rodmayhavewantedthe band,melting awayintoBrian Auger'sfreedom torecord solo albums ("For a Trinity and Julie Driscoll, then Shotgunlaugh really, at first." he remembers) but Express lasted no time at all, leaving Rodhe needed the security of a band before he to make his own way. could get back in front of the public. Itwas Jeff Beck who proved Rod's "I don't know ifIcould ever lead a saviour, for he picked up on him, knittedband as such. I'm not the leader of the him intoa group that spearheaded theFaces by a long chalk,I'llown up to second English invasion of America, thisthat." time a 'heavy' onslaught, and by revealing He was, he says, embarrassed to ask him to the vast American market tightenedabout joining them. They were rehearsing Stewart's style up considerably. atWood's country cottage and Stewart 'Truth'and'Beck-Ola'foralltheirwould sit apart, impatient to join in. They, mushy, arrogant,mincing,struttingfor their part, thought he perhaps didn't mistakes, are two helluva fine albums. Ofwantto know about them. The Small them Rod says: "There was so much that IFaces,it has to be said, have never had learned. Before we recorded 'Truth'I hadrespect on their side. never heard myself sing." It was not until drummer Kenny Jones The Beck group toured the States tofinally asked Rod to join that the Faces phenomenal response and it is a pity thatfinally came together as a unit. Following the English media at that point in time wasrelease of 'The Rod Stewart Album', which particularly unprepared to accept reportsdid fairly well in the States purely on the of that success. Beck remained astrength of his Beck reputation, there came mysterious, unfathomable talent to British'First Step' from the Faces, early in 1970. It is ears. Rod Stewart was for the minority. a good album, if a little precise, but paled in Still, Beck had given Rod his chance.comparison to 'Gasoline Alley', which was While still in the group he made two morereceived as one of the most articulate rock singles,although one of them (recordedstatements of the '70s. That description, if a with Pat Arnold) has never been released.little on the heavy-handed side is probably The one which has,'LittleMisstrue, and the success of both the Faces' Long Understood', on Andrew Oldham'sPlayer' album in the States and 'Every Picture Immediate label,isaclassic. Written byTells A Story' is only the black on white Mike d'Abo, it's up to that time the mostproof of Rod Stewart's current influence and superb recorded workobtainablebyauthority. Stewart. He wrenches his guts out, but you Heisnow in apositionto attempt can feel him holding back, so that it's aswhatever his heart may wish. And if he intense as Otis Redding's 'I've Been Lovingruns true to form Roderick David Stewart SHOTGUN EXPRESS: (LEFT TO RIGHT) PETER BARDENS, BERYL MARSDEN AND ROD. You TooLong',anddoesn'tloseitswill keep coming up trumps. 12 RECORD MIRROR, November 20, 1971

THERE'S more than just a littleofthe Scottish nature working behindthe 'Dean Ford? He's of Junior although you alwaysfind release ricks in things." Campbell's single I wonderedifJunior felt 'Goodbye Baby Jane'. thathemight become too Some time ago, when he involved in technicalities, and the best in finally left Marmalade, Junior possibly lose someofhis arranged the brass on had adamantly stated that he inventiveness. Marmalade's'Cousin wouldn;tbe working asan "I'm sure that can Norman'. artist again - and so it stood happen," he agreed. "But it "There's no Alan Whitehead the doesn'taffect me because I relationshipwith until he realised demandritain'forthattypeof economics of the situation. don't consider myself to be a the boys as far as I'm group any more. The sort of musician. I canplayguitar concerned,"he added. people who were screaming at Val reasonablywell-lotsof Marmalade have now grown GOOD HARM up and they're the same Mabbs people think Ican play guitar "IusedGraham Knight people who are digging Rod better than I think I can - "I think sacking Alan was Stewart. Adamson, one of talks to andBillie butI'dratherwrite.There the best thing the group ever "Though Dean Ford and I when I the Searchers are rules that you just never did. I know he's said snide don't see eye to eye I'd say Junior recorded thenumber,and he'sprobably thebest lead break because it doesn't things, he's stillatit, and it singerinBritain.When he Campbell added about six vocal tracks sound right, butwithout could do some harm; getsinthe mood and really and acousticguitar," Junior tryingtostart a war how personally,wellI'moutof lets go he can sing anything. Marmaladearein a middle told me. "It turned out quite muchoftheBeatles music the group, but I don't think played it to phase now, neither one way good and when I was actually theirs? so.The wholething is in nor the other, but they've got Peter Walsh and the people at solicitor'shands,so I can't enthusiasmandthey'llget Decca they were convinced it say much aboutit,but I'm through easily, especially with CREDIT thesongs Hughie's writing." would be a smash hit. They He's not interested. got Junior, himself, has thought maybe, just maybe, "On 'In My Life',John nothing to mention, I'm not written a few more songs he if I putitout asa ghost Lennon's song withelectric reallybothered,butI'm a is particularly pleased with. groupitmight die adeath. piano, there isa solo that is "Iwouldn't give my own married man ... So we were material toa group who can But if my name was pure Mozart. Well it's George boththerewiththe group record it and ifit's a hit they could associatedwithitit Martinplaying piano, and I and had seven or eight hits, clean up - that's no use! So help in the reviewers' pile! could never imagineJohn but I'm away fromit now it's possible that Iwill record some more of my songs - it "I had a production LennonorPaulMcCartney andI don't think about it - could be me singing with a Decca and I contractwith telling him how to play it. I buttheobviousdifference clothes peg over my nose if a was doing six or seven think they should give George withhim is thathe was strange group's record arrives arrangementsa week andit Martin ahellof a lot more sacked.I've got no time for on your desk!" was getting to be a pain in creditthan he gets - take it." the arse. I worked on 'Penny Lane' with the Bach I asked Juniorifhe felt did that groups like the Bay City Tremeloes arrangements, D trumpetonit ... The Rollers,forexample, could an album for Miller Anderson guysarebothgeniusesin claimthepop crown once and some things for Matthews their own way, but it was a held by the Hollies and Marmalade. Southern Comfort, but I was joint thing between them and "I'dbe verysurprisedif also getting alot of rubbish George Martin." the Bay City Rollers last," he and for the return I'm getting Junior says that he is now admitted."ThoughI'll be happy dobecause I decidedit would be better ina position to be able to ifthey they're Scots, and the rest of writingsongsmyself - me pick andchoose who he the guys in Marmalade and I being a Scotsman!." wants to work with; and one used to get blotto with their "I'm studying composition actthat he isparticularly managerBig Tam. ButI'm nottalkingabout onehit andorchestration,andI've pleased with is Fishbaugh, record, but half a dozen and found thatthings I've been Fishbaughand Zorna trio a hit album, then o.k. But I doing in the past were right, fromLosAngeles. He also don't think there's the same RECORD MIRROR, November 20, 1971 13

The BIG secret YOU know, when you lookat ecology you have eventually to come to the realisation

If that modern man has only been ableto create the incredible technological world in which we alllive by poisoning, killing and destroying the natural world around him. Butsurely,theradical And, despiteall we have been taught, the great Godvoices cry, surely the British Science can never control nature. When the last otter in Governmentisfully aware this country dies, that of this problem. Surely our 4.3 N., speciesisthen extinct for Secrets Act is only used togreatleader(The all time. Science will not be Honourable Edward Heath) *T4. able to bring them back. protectinformation which theGovernmentconsidershaswith his usual The ottershould be perspicacity and wisdom ARGENT: THEY'VE HAD TO MAKE A SHORTENED VERSION OF 'HOLD YOUR HEAD UP'. dangerous? extinctinroughlyseven That's right, my friend!seen right to the knub of years time. And after that Theinformationwhichthe problem and created Mr willfollow thebirds,the British GovernmentPeter Walkerand his butterflies and frogs. Theyconceals from our eyesis 'Ministryofthe will not be able to exist ifdangerous. Environment'. our world continues along Thereare athousand Codswallup! its present course. milesofriverinEngland Balderdash! Trouble with whichare so heavily Poppycock! You have only to read polluted that, if you fell in, When tackling a problem 'The Doomsday Book' by the Gordon RattrayTayloryou'd immediately have to first thing to do isto (Thames & Hudson £2.10)have your stomach pumpedmakepeopleawarethat or 'TheEnvironmentoutbeforethe water did thereisa real problem to Handbook' edited by Johnheavy damage. tackle. Barr (Ballantine/Pan 40p) to Thereareanother four Informationisthe best generosity weapon. discover thefacts forthousand miles whose water yourself.I'mnottalkingis not fitfor human IftheBritish NEAR tofifteen minutes with.It'snot essentialto all major prominence to Zombie consumption. Government really wishes to connections. about theories; I'm talking of music for fifty -pence is bands to use their own about facts. These two categories addimprove our world, why do "I thought it would read Argent theywith -hold something not to be material, but it's always been a up to one quarter of the fromthe insmalllettersunder mention of The factsare there butmileageofriversinthepeopleinformationabout sneered at, particularly at a policy with us to exploit the the Zombies," Rod admitted, "buttheyaredifficult towhole of Britain. its present condition. time when one side of an writers. Russ (Ballard) and I do theZombiesname was hardlydiscover. Andno mentioned,which isgood.TheGovernmentwouldadmit album runs usuallynot most of the writing along with Chris White, who is one of our reaction in Americawasgood,thatwhatthescientific much beyond that length. anyway, but we don't want to goexpertssaidwasactually producers." problems of back until we get an album out. Our true. But the Argenthavetheirown record last album and single got into the EveryGovernment OUT NOW! a promotingasixand half production company, which as well charts there a few weeks after beingagencyintheworldis minute A sidefrom sucha as handling their interests, is released, but then somebody pledgedtokeepingthe The New Monthly mammothmaxisinglehave responsible forthe production on suggested 'Sweet Mary' was a drug scientificfactsconcerning Duffy Power - who is also working becomeapparenttoArgent song and that was it." allthe poisons -allthe on the tour bill. Argent's rust album was in factlead,DDT,Strontium -90, with 'Hold Your Head Up'. recorded before the group had madeinsecticides,asbestos, "We'vehad tomake a anyliveappearances,sothereis mercury we've poured into ARGENT tell littledoubtinRod's mindthat version of that our world and presentin shortened peoplewillheabletonoticea the fatty tissues of each and number fordisc jockeys, say Val Mabbs considerableprogressiononthis,every one of us - out of Tony Blackburn and people like their third album. your eyes. They don't want thatwho wouldn'tnormally "Certainly the first one sufferedyou to see them. Is, because we hadn't worked together play such a long record," Rod about their It's very simple why it's NOW FULL atall,but then I wouldn't havenot easy to get facts about Argenttold me. "We've given Ira calk., .100 liked to have come on to the scenepollution. 52 Elpialon COLOUR maxi -single Mcom1166, theshortened versiontothe without any record behind usat Neitherindustry nor %ass She PAGES! w. Hoe tat al more poppy DJs, and we can "We thought it would be a good all," said Rod. "ButIthink a hitgovernment want people to .....0 FEATURES! f all Woo ideatogive him some coverage," single is a bad thing to have at fust,know what'sreallygoing back tam al give Bob Harris, for example, EIVISt Rod explained. "It's a nice plug and because no-one knows who you areon. They don't want a scare one.Terry PLUS the full length a good opportunity. He just plays and you get put very much into oneto start. Wogan said on his programme guitar and harmonica and goes on bag.I think in that respect it was a They'remuch too that he couldn't play the A side stage alone. Basically, Climax crying shame for McGuinness Flint, worriedthatyouwould of the record because it's too Chicago, who are also on the bill are becauseIheard tracks from theirbecome rather agitated and abluesband,sothere's quite a long,butthen he plays two album before they had a hit single panickyifyou knew the LOVER LOVER difference. We didn't know them with their first record, and they were truthofwhat is really singles, which is only the same Beauty features Offers you a 'Wrist too well before we started the tour, so good. But then when they had a ahead of you. 'The Chocolate Range' anount of music. The trouble is butwhatwe'dheardofthem hit they ran into difficulties getting And should you doubt Dangling' transistor at £100 worth of make-up a give-away price that we've had to cut out a sounded good!" their album across to more people. Iwhat I say is true. Phone up to be won Rod's production company is also think that could have helped with your local authority and ask solo which is abouttwo a one minutes long and acouple of handlingColinBlunstone, their break-up. whatisthe amount and time fellow Zombie.In fact with "People will accept you so muchnatureofthe chemical LOVER LOVER othersmallpieces,andit's Mike Hurst producing he recorded easier with a hit album, even ifit effluent(wasteproducts) Features 'ELVIS' in Colour feature on

definitely lost something." theZombies' bighit'She'sNot takes much longer to get an albumwhich local industry pours full colour for your the new knitted Theideaofproducinga There',underthe name ofNeil off the ground, which is usually theinto the neighbouring rivers. pin-up gallery fashions. maxi -singlefirstevolved when McArthur. case. Then if you have a hit single Phone up and see where was "Quite honestly it's very difficult people know enough about you notyou get with that innocent little inspiration finding good new talent," Rod told to label you." little question. LOVER LOVER forthcoming for Argent's next me."Whatisgoodisnormally At the moment it's rather hard to No need to lift the phone, Goes shopping for Doctor advises Xmas with new album,andyettheirlong snapped up so quickly. But I preferpredict when Argent's next album I cantellyou.Precisely you on slimming promotional four of Britain was to keep the company small, it suits willbeavailable,sinceextensive nowhere, that's where you'll gift ideas J. problems due to begin. the way we work." work on their British tour is liable get. The regular features -super fiction Despite his still quite close to keep them away from the studios They know, of course. stories of Love and Romance/On Record/ "It's just a question of that connectionwith'Zombie' friends, for some while. But the considerable But youdon'tactually The World of Mike Quinn/The New Films/ thematerialfor an album Roddoes notliketokeepthe following that has been building upthink, you poor benighted Pen Pals/Horoscopes/Careers wasn'tcomingtogethervery associationasfarasArgentare for the group, noticeably over thefool you, that they're going quickly," said Rod. "We don't concerned. Since the Zombies had last six months,shouldn'tbe tosharethatfrightening disappointed with the finished write all that quickly as a band several big hits in America including knowledge with you. 'Time Of The Season' and'She's product at least it's nice to know No Civil Servant is and we weren't getting things Not There', Rod had fearedthat thatthey'renotjustusingany allowed to reveal such MAKE that we were all that satisfied their billingin America might give material to fill the album time! information to the public or the press. An Official Secrets Act, in fact. About what? `Someone suggested 'Sweet Mary' About the condition of thewaterinthestreams and rivers of Britain which LOVER YOUR BEST FRIEND was a drug song, and that wasit' you and I daily wash in and DECEMBER ISSUE ON SALE drink. MONTHLY 12i, NOVEMBER 19 But surelyanOfficial RECORD MIRROR, November 20, 1971

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SoulTHE pop Presshave founded - well, it was aCivil long suddenly wakened up time since I'd journeyed 'up North'. to a situation that the I knew the records played specialist soul Press butpossibly,justpossibly, has been carrying on the music needed to be heard intheenvironmentofa about for a long time Northernclubbeforethe now, that in the hiddendepthsofmusical North clubs pack 'em magicspilledout from theWar! amplifiers blasting 'InOrbit' in playing soul. or 'Darkest Days'. So I, Clive As explained in a previous Richardson and Roy Stanton ...the feud that `Echoes',this doesn't knock of Shout, Lou McDermott of outallSouthern soulfans, theLondonBluesSociety themedia maythinkthe and Mike Booth of Recordrages between North is heavily into soul but Centre, hired a coach, filled it acynicismhascreptinto with R&B fans and set forthNorth and South many a Southern soul fan's to the Blackpool Mecca. And assessmentoftheir thefriendly,soulful North? for the lifting of the hair -bar, the Rolling Stones, etc. boogalooing Northern `I don'tcare how but monotony could not be so surely it is better to counterparts - far you've bloody well avoided as record after record realiseourminority 'So a few dedicated come, you can't come was played withthe positionandnotlet CHUCK JACKSON soul freaks worry, not in with long hair like arrangement, mood and style the small differences of `A Mighty Good Way' reggae. If you want more than withoutcause,about that'. lifted exactly from the opinion that exist by Robert Banks,'It the occasional James Brown thedeceitful The speaker was one, Mr previous one. become magnified out Ain't Necessary'by betweenthelatest impression given to the Pye, the tight-lippped, Mike met theeccentrics of all proportion into Mamie Galore,'Little Jamaican pre -releases, London massed pop -buyers of dinner -jacketedManagerof that evening, a guy who has giganticissues?It'sa Queenie' by Bill doesn't have a soul whatsoulis.Oddly the Blackpool Mecca. Mr Pye Ric Tic tattooed on his arm, storm in a teacup. You Black'sCombo,'The discotheque ... or does it? enough, the type was showed an amazing guys who service the deejays like soul funky? Great. Next In Line'by Untila couple of weeks originated andis now determinationtore -enforce withtotallyunknown You like it up -tempo? Hoagy Lands,'Feels ago, what you had to do was perpetuated,notby thepossibleprejudiceand mediocrity(dotheyrealise Great. Youlikeit Good' by Bobby come out of Mile End tube theaccursedmedia, derisionfeltbythecoach what a come down itis to heavy? Great. You like Wilson or 'Every Beat station, turn left, walk for a but bya portionof loadtowardstheNorthern London fans whenthey it teeny -b opperish? Of My Heart' by the quarter of a mile and there's soul fans' (Record soulscenewithout anyone eventuallyget hold of Mel Great. Youlikeit Du-Ettes'.- (Ian a pub, the Fountain. Every Mirror,11th getting near a Ric -Tic rarity. Hueston's `Searchin" and find mean, moody and Levine, Blackpool, Thursday,adeejay,Terry September 1971). Mecca establishments have out how mundane it is?) and magnificent? Great. letterSeptember '71). Davis,playedthesortof Do Northerners,ortheir the ties and suits hang-up soguys who dismiss every slow But remember, it's soul And in the twilight world records which persuaded soul self-confessed champions restrictions were checked outrecord as non -soulful. Mike's music that you like'. ofNorthern soulrarities fans to journey 10 or 15 or agree that their insistence on earlier on the 'phone - but confusion on coming back to (Blues & Soul, 70). recordsaredroppedfrom more miles tositor stand, keeping the discotheques hair length had mysteriously club's playlists once the grabbingthesounds. There dancingto anever-ending escaped mention. Inan audiencegettherecordas were hangups - no dancing; thumpety thump Detroit beat angryeditorialin he latest well as the deejays. it's a pub, so youngsters were is harming soul or that their Shout, Roy Stanton questions Tony Cummings reports 'You provehow kept out;anditwasn't likingforoldstereotyped themoralityof asituation ill-informed you are by particularly large; but at least trivia has little to do with the where an establishment imagining that "Chains it showed that R&B fans do passion,the beauty, orthe rejects long -hairs but turns a the coach is understandable: The obvious inference, of Of Love" by Chuck exist in London. involvementofsoul?You blind eye to pill pushers, who "the Mecca was like being incourse, be glad that any soul Jackson,"What's The non -dancing thing must be joking! - `despite their Edwardian a crowd of lunatics all telling hits.Infact,people who Wrong With Me Baby" oddly proved the Fountain's 'Record Mirror also outlookcapitalise so you how mad you are." Thereally care about rhythm and by the Invitations and greatest advantage. What carried an article obscenely ontheir younger saddestpart though of the bluesmusic seldomareas "I Got A Feeling" by Terry loses in atmosphere he relatingto the generation' and even hints at North vs. South affairstupid as this and realise that Barbara Randolph are makes up forin not being "up -North soul scene" more sinister reasons for the happened before the turninggood pop, records are better in -demandoldies. The restricted to a continual which,although snub. But thesituationfor away of the multitude. thanbadpop -soulrecords firsttwolosttheir dancebeatandplayeda somewhat anbiguously Blackpoolsoulfansisless Forseveralmeanadering and thatasuccessionof popularity over a year much largercross-section of written, amounted to an involvedwith suchbasic columnsBluesandSoul'sdancing -string irrelevancies 'ago. The third lost its what soulis, and should be attack on the Northern moralissues.To hearsoul Dave Godin wrote withultimately harms the image of popularity 21/2 years made to appear. The Motown scene in general, you must restrict your unbelievable optimism aboutsoul, and must affect what ago'. - (Ian Levine). oldies,the Jerry-o's and condemning it for appearanceto a carefully how the Ric -Tic groovers are sortofblackrecordsget And what of soul in the James Brown's blasted forth shallowness and lack of definedpatternandwhen helpingservice the cause ofreleased in the UK. South?Isadistortedsoul but also Ralfi Pagan's "Make truesouldepth!In entry is obtained, expect and soul.They are,infact, Be joyfulthatthe Tamsscene better than no scene at It With You," the Dramatics' short, the article was a getasimilarrestriction on damaging the cause of real and Al Greenhit,they all? When soul ceased to have "What You See Is What You scurrilous blasphemy the music played. soulandcouldconceivably deserve to, not becausetherightsortofimage Get,"GeorgePerkins' and its tone of These restrictions were eventually destroy it, as far asthey're by black singers butLondon, and all points "Crying In The Streets," dogmatic pedantary obvious to Mike Booth, the British releasesgo.After becausethey're good. Let'sfurtherSouth,droppedits even, incredulously, the anddoctrinaire only one from the party who mountainsoftotal hope`Barefootin'inChina soulclubsin favourof Showmen's "ItWill Stand" authoritarianism was entered Mecca's hallowed irrelevancies (and pagesstill Town' or 'It Ain't Necessary' progressivepop.Nowthe and Etta James' "Roll With trulyinkeeping with gates though 'You're not with tocome no doubt) aboutnever make the charts, theironly London haunts you can Me Henry." the times in which we those London troublemakers?' puristoutlooks and'settingcontribution to Northernhear R&B blastingfroma London badly needs some live'(Blues& Soul, from the man atthe door ourselves up' (seen any gooddancer's egos may be deejay's sound system are few soul discothequesbutat 68). hardlyspelt Dave Godin Seal's Ofimmense,buttheirand far between. least there were Thursday's at When 'BlackHits - No welcome. He was pleased that Approval recently?) he endscontribution to soul is nil. Inthe West End there's the Fountain- until Soul'appeared I expected, at least a few non -mid -period withapleafortotalsoul `How can you call theRoaringTwenties,the recently.Terryhasbeen and got, a shoal of criticism. Detroit records were played, unity - "monotonously, CueCluborfurtherout sacked, the management Much wasirrelevant-all Paul Humphries and The Cool 'It is unlikely in my insiduously ordinary" obscurer places like the decidedtoturn Thursday's reviewing is ofcourse a Aid Chemists and opinionthat soul such -in -demand records Railway, Harrow or Mr Bee's, over to semi -progressive statement ofpersonal instrumentalJamesBrown, music will ever be an as'IFeelAnUrge Peckham, but beautiful clubs schlocklikethethe nights. opinion, such an obvious fact and the deejay was a very overwhelmingpopular ComingOn' byJoe though they undoubtedly are, As theysaid"We'llgeta should not need clarification nice guy, indeed he pleaded commodity inBritain, Armstead,'Hit And the majority of their clientele biggercrowd with long -hair -but a littlewaswell with the management in vain likesay,theBeatles, Run' by Rose Battiste, want the black underground - music." INSIDE STRAIGHT NEWS, ENQUIRIES, OPINION

I LIKE WHAT YOU GIVE: SOUL TOWN: As a result of NASHVILLE CATS: There's heavy soul beauty "When She an even better one was given Moore, House Of The Fox, If Brenton Wood has faded in hugeinterestRoyStanton, a white guy who records soul Touches Me (NothingElse toJarvisJacksononSims single will now be released in the States his style lives on. LouMcDermot and I are for Dial in the States. Matters)"forRodge Martin 291. It wascalled January together with Maceo arranging a 'Soul Crusade' to Interestingyoumightsay, andlaterPercy Sledge and "Something I Never Had." As and All The King's Men "Got Nolan (full name Nolan the Blackpool Mecca. We'll be but not unique. But this guy Frederick Parker) has a soul Peaches and Herb. Carolyn is therecordbombed inthe To Getcha" with both parts hiring a coach and any is REALLY intosoul.He's Dutch Ross's wife and States it seems a little of "Thank You" on the flip hitwith"ILike What You 'Echoes' reader who wants to called Dutch Ross. Never doesn'twriteherself,Dutch pointless to tell everybody to - goodvalue, even ifthe Give"(Lizard 1008). The come should phone me heard ofhim? Well,does uses her name as a rush out and buyit,butif wait isn't. backing is funkier and tighter (769-3181) or write (108 CarolynVargaring a bell? pseudonym. you do seeitin an auction but the voiceispure Wood Greyhound Lane, SW16) for You might remember her as If that songwasgood and snapitup. Tony withthesamewarble,the details. But hurry, we plan to the girl who had the a hit (though tragically Rodge LOOKA PYE PYE: same falsetto. Searchitout. go the end of this month. composer crediL on the Martin has subsequently died) Stillwith Pye, the Curtey Cummings 16 RECORD MIRROR, November 20,1971

PETER JONES ON THE NEW Mirrorpick SINGLES Gilbert's languid AMERICAN voice RELEASES GILBERT0' MARTHA REEVES & The lead singer, who SULLIVAN: No THE VANDELLAS: predominates while the Bless You (Tamla groupaccentuatekey Matter How ITry; MotownTMG 794). phrases in the If I Don't Get You For a change,thisis background, has a voice (Back Again) (MAM brand new material ... that is so full of although it doesn't emotion and 53). sound it. Consequently, individualitythathe JohnnieSpence it'sfulloflife,zest, must bedestinedfor arrangement, which helps. zing,bouncy Motown enduring greatness. But mostlyit'sall down beat and all the other Hear therecord, tothatunique talent of qualities that spell assimilate the storyline, Gilbert ... aswriterand H-I-T. and letthe beauty seep somewhatlanguidsinger. RITA WRIGHT: I Can't into you. It's a mid -tempo Give Back The LoveI semi -beater, delivered with FeelFor You (Tamla THE SUPREMES & a semi -vaudevillianstyle. Motown TMG 791). FOUR TOPS: You Thelyricsare,asever, MrsSyreetaWonder's Syreeta'soriginaland its GottaHaveLoveIn quitesuperb andalso 1968 Holland & labelcreditsmark an Your Heart;I'm Glad complex. Goodguitar Dozier -produced interestingtransitional figures. - CHART CERT. About It (Tamla Ashford -Simpson - period of Motown's Motown TMG 7931. Holland -penned Diana history and will KEN DODD: This Is Our Out for quitea while Ross -like noisy keening obviously appeal to in Dance; There Are Secrets stop -and -start slowie America this labelfreaks,but may slightly -out -of -the -rut (Columbia DB 8840). All has been resurrected to be too piercingly shrill rathersurprisingly chantedwailingvocal combatthe new and foreven DianaRoss interplay chugging polished, not to mention lusher version by fans, who will possibly beater looked to me an commercial. A Les CARR (CBS VI KKI prefer Vikki. unlikely British release Reed -Geoff Stephens' songGILBERT: ANOTHER SELF -PENNED SMASH? 75831. for the Great Man - early JAMES BROWN: Hey thankstothedelay. on, it doesn't sound America!; Brother Thankfully, it is out, and instantly recognisable, but Rapp - Part 1 (Mojo it'swellworth the accent and style shows 2093006).First sound investigationbythose through later on. An of Brown on Mojo is who want more than a easy -o n -t h e -ear chorus, his last year's Christmas disco stomping beat of whichwillbesungatMarmalade in hit, a good leaping J.B. theirrecord. The parties for years to come.MARMALADE: dancer thatbears as intricateslow and Dead,spot-on,galloping Back On The Road; much relation to beartiful flip is especially commercialism. - CHART traditionalXmasfare fine. Love Is Hard To CERT. as ... you name it,I'llJOE TEX: Give The Baby Re -Arrange (Decca claim it! Full of CHRIS NEAL: BlameIt Anything The Baby F13251). messagesofbrotherly Wants; Takin' A All On Eve; All The Time love and G a w d knows what determined dedicationtoHOOKY: Too Much Time inter -racial Chance (Mercury InThe World (Fly Bug Victor).Another effect being spread all over infectious selling. -(RCA understanding, and that 60521111. Mmmm-huh! 15).Though an promisingnew group - inimitable rhythm. the News of the Gutter CHART CHANCE. verypromising,infact. Joe Tex has gone out -of -the -blue name, Mojo were originally Chris Neal could make it willhave on Marmalade, This one may notbea funky!Actually, he's hit,butthere's a very planning to put it out first time out. It's a song butwe'rejudgingthis ARRIVAL: Family Tree; beenlisteningtothe Part Of My Dream (CBS Smusicianly and with its original merit,withagoodpurelyonpopcontent. well -developed sound Malaco Funk ofKing of backing -track B-side, hook (strings And,forsure,ithas a 7617). Long time off theabout the lead voice and Floyd, but asit's Joe chorus the back-up. but have relented only added to pianoand strong commercial appeal chart scene, but the andnotKingsinging distinctive blend of voicesMOSAIC: Bluebird to give us partof his -ashuffling back -beat, Staccato theresultisstillnice rhythm)andhe (Parlophone). great though already semi -growlsitina most somedirectandpacey is still there ., .. in fact, it back -beat on this one, but and fresh. Lots of lyrics and a nice tight feel seemsfullerthan ever there's more endeavour available 'Sex Machine' choppy rhythm, funky engaging way. And angled than fulfilment, if you get to thewhole thing. rightnow.Lovelygirl album track. His other pauses and overall directly at the basic the gist. year -old Xmas hit, the commercial market. I'll tipAlmostasing -alongbut lead, a thundering piano, BOB ANDY: One Woman tightness, making it slow'SantaClaus Is it all the way, even to the in the superior class careful deliberation on the(Trojan). Of the Bob and very good (and a team, a Definitely Here To extentof...CHART ofthatilk.Should do build-up - Ithink it's theMarcia welcome departure for bestsingle heavenly -chorused reggae Stay' (right on!), would CERT. very well if not as big as of the week.piece - picked out from Joe). The slow flipis "Cousin Norman".- Lovely moments of what thegeneralruninthis have been doing usa much more typical, TIGER SUE: Burn, Burn,CHART CERT. soundslikeanguish. field because it'sboth bigger favour. even withhoarse gentle Burn; TeaseMe (Maple CHART CHANCE. well -performed and of a n d commercialinterest. One FREDA PAYNE: You've whoops Annie MA 101). Sounds King's to watch. Got To Love semi -recitation delivery. likeadebut hitfor the ANNA MCGOLDRICK: TONY ASHTON:You, Don't BROKEN TOYS: Broken Somebody (LetItBe new Phil Wainman label - Stop The Music Toys(Polydor). A jerky OTIS LEAVILL: There's Me And AFriendOf (Polydor). What a very production, on a Me) (lnvictus INV it'sTiger,ofthePaper week good voice. A perky, sortof Nothing Better; I'm So Mine; I'm Dying For You sadsortofsong. 5181. the NEMO: The Sun Has Got smiling sort of voice that rather While Freda Jealous Dolls,belabouring (Capitol CL 15702). Okay, but nothing special storms up the Yankee (Atlantic withchunky His Hat On; Bernie's Song cuts through this chunky on view. 2091160). Willie song Takenfromthe arrangement with decisive Chartswithher enthusiasm. A very catchy (Parlophone R 5927). An best Henderson has sound -trackof the'Last style.Givenairsupport, outingforages,'You arrangement,withsomeRebel'movie,thisisa excruciating,butcatchy, thiscoulddo verywell ON THE reggae side, the producedandEugene indeed. TWINKLE BROTHERS Brought The Joy', kind of double -tracking onvery well sung piece, with song from the year dot, or tackle 'You Took Me By British (Chi-Lites)Record has the voice. Though nothing even earlier. And Jonathan LUIS ALBERTO DEL lnvictus penned yet another sturdy piano pointing the PARANA Y LOS Surprise' (Big Shot) with a unleashes for our particularly surprising King, using all his skill at languid sort of style, with stonebitch of alight melodyline.Asortof PARAGUAYOS: Un Rayo delectation a torpid, just keeps De Sol (Philips). That good percussion, too. THE and plopping beat happens, it drawly,almost crawly, disguising the truth, works uninspired, predictable, pushing along. Choral into a 1920's arrangement, perishing Spanish -type ETHIOPIANS on 'Lot beauty for the build-up withfair charm theme again - conjures up Wife' (Song Bird) has monotonous and above arrangement develops well. replete whining uncrowned King of andsubstantialemotion. with holidays on the Costa substantialspirit,and a all DULL mid -tempo Its just ... well, catchy isNeeds a couple of plays, saxophones. The actual Whatsit. pacey tempo - could do slab of mediocrity. For Chicago Soul the word to sum it up. - lyrics are nigh on PORTRAIT: Hey Ruth well, this one. (Interpretive Class), maybe, but is certainly in (Pye). From heaven's sake, why? unbelievable. Organ -bassbooms RAD BRYAN: Otis Leavill. CHART CERT. there with big chances. - Mr Kingis into this one, a chattering 'My B est Girl' (Big The equally dull flip is OK, well the record may CHART CHANCE. (a)enjoying himself and sort of build-up. The vocal Shot):- a lively -enough a sort of answer version SAKKARIN: Silver (b) sending a lot of things islively,ifdelayed, and song, but a rather not top the charts, nor to 'Patches'. Canyon; Silver Story skyhigh. CHART builds on a series of short, predictable production. winany BMI citations - sharp bursts. But 'Power For The (RCA Victor2138).MrMUMMA BEAR: CHANCE. THE PERSUADERS: Thin for songwriting success, Sally Anne People' by CLANCY JonathanKingagain. He Pasadena; RUSS CONWAY: How ECCLES (ClanDisc) is Line Between Love & but judged for its dreamsupthesegroups (Parlophone R 5926). A Small We Are, How Little trumpet -ledand packs a Hate (Atlantic spiritual rather than and allows them to go offgoodperforminggroup, JOHNNY JOHNSON AND We Know (Pye). Just lot of actual power - nice 2091164). Deservedly commercial qualitiesit a fast-growing missed a tip, but Russ is record. inallsorts of directions.with HIS BANDWAGON: Sally always likely to make the THE DYNAMITES on (and ain't it nice to see is the good good This is a lavish stringfollowing- this is a Put Your Red Shoes On; charts - he has a massive 'Hello Mother' (Clan Disc) it?) a hugeU.S.hit, relaxed feeling it arrangement for orchestrachunky mid -tempopiece Gasoline Alley Bred (Bell fan following. This is go percussivelyinto a thisultra -slow and smooth piano, plus choral somewhat tough theme - imparts that makes it a - the composer creditis ofworkwhichdoesn't BLL 1185). Macaulay and ultra -Soulful group winner. make any undue demands. effects and a very comes fromthe comedy downto"Pachelbel"- Cook song with that charming melody line. discs of Allan Sherman, of goodie is absolutely On the flip, after a arrangedJonathanKing.The vocal set-up is at least direct,commercialbasic RICHARD HENRY: Keep course. THE CHOSEN superb, and should not deceptive start, the competent, and the basic A TightRein On Your FEW tackle 'Shaft' (Song No comparison with other hook - the Johnson on anyaccount be effect is decidedly workswell Woman (Decca). Brisk, Bird) with echo -y, bubbly Sakkarinitems... but a arrangement sound doesn't change brassysetting and effects butitdrags on a missed - certainly not weird if not truly pretty lavish bit ofwithinvarioussimplified much, and has in -and -out philosophicvocal bit. by all paid -upSoul polyrhythmic, while melodic sounds whichis limits. Straightforward success,butthisoneis mutterings which, you Another version, in Group Freaks, although everything seems to be popmusic.- CHART know, make sense. Quite reggae time, of 'Oh itsappealshouldbe another. - CHART certainly on theright lively,but not Mammy Blue' (Down struggling to play at a 4.4CHANCE. CHANCE. lines. A sortof outstanding. Town), by THE much wider than that. different tempo. 17 RECORD MIRROR, November 20,1971 irrorpic REVIEWERS: ton Goddard, Rob Partridge, Valerie Mabbs, Bill McAllister, Peter Jones, Mike Hennessey

MOON KY T E BLUES IMAGE CountMe Out (Mother Red, WhiteAnd Blues Tams SMOT I). Aren't we all a Image (Acto Super 2400 little tired of albums that 120). Superb instru- describe the'never-never mentation and vocals on best? landof fantasy, illusions good material. This album islightlyheavy, bit the THE TAMS: Theand lost dreams"? Records that'You havetoget song construction has Best Of (Probe SPBinvolvedwith' and'play remained on an absorbing 1044). twoorthreetimes'- level -neveroverdone. The best thing on thispoetry set to music, 'Sort This proves that relatively patterns become LP is"Go Away Littleof spaced out and floaty'? simple Girl." But playedat45 These soundlikegood great when laced with a rpm. Play itat 33 and itPrerequisites for a load of. clever variety of, sounds quite chronic. Play pretentious sounds that instruments, good . riffs itat45 anditsounds can'tstand up as songs. and accurate vocals. One blues -pop almost as beautiful as Well, the album isn't that of the best Donny Osmond'srecent bad, but nearly. Typical albums I've ever heard, it cover and U.S. chart melodylinesthatresult deserves much attention. topper.. As thereare14 from lack of inspiration - L.G. tracks 'here, the LP gives long'moody' chants.; I 'goodvalue.One of theknow it's their first effort HANK WILLIAMS better out of the fourteen and al, but ...they Hits Vol. 1 is "The Letter" which is should try to write Greatest (MGM Select 2535 073). the record which was a hit SONGS, because they Sixteen golden oldies that for the Box Tops. Might aren't poets. L.G. the C&W greats living still prove dissappointingfor relyon.Memorable hits those who bought "Hey ROCKIN' HORSE Girl" which this record of like "Your Cheatin' YesItIs(Philips6308 Heart," "My Bucket Got courseincludes, and the 075). A remarkable sound A Hole In It," "Lovesick quality is diabolical. here - Beatles circa '64 - Blues"andmore make and the vocals manage to this yet another chance to SAVOY BROWN likeLennon more sound compilealltheoriginals Street Corner Talking Yet often than not. by the original. L.G. (Decca TXS 104). Blues in strangely enough it STEVE MARRIOTT AND PETER FRAMPTON typically clean Savoy doesn't seem THAT dated, fashion.Piano, bass, and perhapsbecauseRockin' guitarlinesthatadda Horsearea good group, somewhat country flavour instrumentally,at least. to the largely 12 -bar Vocally they fall short on format of the songs. The afew numbers, likethe ease shines of the presentationpainful "Baby Walk Out rampton and the neverWith Your Darlin' Man". over -ambitious linesadd But some of the songs are their own character to thereally tight, and then you soundwhile the canhear themattheir unstrained vocals keep the best:"Biggest GossipIn pace downwithtaste. Town", "Oh Carol I'm So Fillmore Pie Savoynevergo beyond Sad" and "Yes It.Is" all SORe, HUMBLE PIE: Performance - Rockin' limits and their own demonstrate a vitality The Fillmore (A&M AMLH 63506). therefore,turnout goodthat's missing from a lot B.B.'s music every time. L.G. It may sound hackneyed, but Humble Pie are one of product nowadays. J.K. of the tastiest bands around and if there's one thing super HAMILTON, JOENINE DAYS WONDER that beatsa new Humble Pie album it'sa second FRANK ANDNine Days Wonder helping in the form of this double set, recorded at the REYNOLDS (Harvest SHSP 4014). A Fillmore, New York, earlier this year. session Hamilton, Joe Frank Andmotley assortment of It is a brilliant, no -holds -barred rock extravaganza, a B. B. KING: Reynolds (Probe SPB very,very heavy riffs, fitting tribute, unintentionally to the now departed B. B. King In 1040). Sounds like Probe's vocals, Peter Frampton who provides some sparkling psychotic London (Probe answer to Three Dog electroniCs and stoned high -flying moments, especially on the extended "I Night, except that Threehumour.Likeable-if Walk On Gilded Splinters," the Dr John masterpiece SPB 1041). DogNightarealsoon onlyforthehumorous Humble Pie have made their own. Pie have an uncanny The daddy of the Probe - The vocals aresections - because of its ability to come up with devastating riffs, too. You feel blues recorded at tight and professional overfrankness,, itwillnot, I likea punch -bagafter a session with "Stone Cold Abbey, Road and backings carefully devisedfear, stand up to repeated Fever" which has Mr Steve Marriott in ecstacies of supported by some of ,and executed. Perfect listenings. If, however, screaming and torture. Greg Ridley on bass and Jerry the greatest in English 'harmonies and perfect you do think that the idea Shirley on drums more than match all this and are so names; Ringo Starr, solos. The songs are lightof two English and three consistently there, but without intruding, that Pie's AlexisKorner, Gary R&13 with variousGerman musicians forming sound becomes akin to a raging torrent occasionally. Wright,Greg Ridley, alterations, but the wlicole alittle Common Muck -In If you're after excitement, genuine excitement, in Klaus Voorman, Duster concept is a success, oftheir own iswhizzo, rock music, then it's been beautifully packaged and Bennett, Steve Marriott because the people thendon'tbe afriad to STEPPENWOLF presented for you right here. B.M. andtonsmore,plus involved all do their parts taste. B.M. American Friends like well. Good album. L.G. MARTIN CARTHY AND Eastern flavour, but Jim Price, Bobby PAUL GONSALVES DAVE SWARBRICK absorbing when itmoves Keyes and others. The NEIL DIAMOND AndHisAll -Stars (RCA Steppenwolf: toward a traditional Selections(Pegasus PEG backings have been I'm A Believer (Joy JOYS Victor 521149). His star 6). A worthy re-release of approach to original kept light and simple, 210). Obviously worthy of line-up includes Cat selectionsfromthe numberslike"WadeIn thepersonnelsimply re-release - a set of 1967 old Anderson,Joe Benjamin, a fine organ Carthy/Swarbrick albums. The Water."Obviously changes each track and songs .0fformed bythe Pincc Woodyard, but the Craftsmen at arranging experimental, a successful a different feel is man whofinallybroke STEPPENWOLF: For Ladies Only Gonsalves tenor still traditional songs, most of album that seems to mark attained.Talkabout through here. Produced emerges triumphant in (Probe SPBA 6260). theirbest workishere a beginning. Produced by guitarwork - just buy byJeff withdedication terms of ideas. The They aren'tkidding about thetitle.The inside Ralph McTell for dear old this and amaze Barry and Ellie and itis easy to see how material includes "1 ('over sleeve features a photo of the world's first Dickmobile Swarb's emotional fiddling Jo (Isle Of Man) Ltd. L.G. yourself especially Greenwich,whoproject - The Waterfront" and "St. - a penisonwheels.Musimlly,Step's standards has become so adaptable 'Alexis'Boogie'.L.G. Neilwell... though his PG&E Louis Blues" and a rather haven't dropped an inch - tremendous guitar sound for his Fairport rock role. PG&E (CBS 64295). vocal progress is amusing "Walkin' " which monopolises,whilethebassplaysdetached but WERNER MULLER interesting to note. Carthy,at that time the Pacific Gas andElectric owed a lot to Dvorak. Six complimentary riffs and John Kay's rough vocals add more well-known,istoo changed theirname to Songs Of Joy (Decca PFS top jazzmen. grit. One of thefinestpointsisthe organ - the Static to provide a match PG&E - wasit because 4228). Songs of joy from GEORGE HAMILTON IV musical 'organ. Tasteful rock with full sound - never a With The llillsiders (RCA for Swarbrick'sfire.For the Pacific Gas and Mozart, Beethoven, Bach 14, WALDO DE LOS RIOS lapse or a fake mood. L.G. and others- splendidly Victor LSA 3043). MozartIn The Seventies those in search of valuable Electricutilities company historythis album is dressedupinstyleby Sul; -titled "Heritage." this(A&M AMLS 68066). GREYHOUND JOHN D. LOUDERMILK in of California complained? need of attention. B.M. Who knows. Whatever, Muller. A really lavish slab has the country star Volume 1 Elloree That "Mozart 40" was no Black And White (Trojan of stereo listening. reaching back to folk ages once -off gimmick is TRLS27).A stand -out (Warner Brothers K this electric rock is a gas C.O.B. ago ... to music that had proved by this album. The track hereisthe lengthy 46124). Country - lightly gospel at times, PERRY COMO Spirit Of Love (CBS snappy harmonies contemporary messages. blendofyesterdaywith "Yesterday's Love" - singer -writer on a with No Other Love (RCA Int. Try, for instance, "Streets todaylookslikepaying some fine lead singing and worthwhilesummary of 69010). Clive Palmer (ex and heavily soul oriented 1316). Reprocessed Of London" and"Dirtyoff for quite a while yet. moments of harmony. his talent.'There's the Incredibles,FamousJug withthe usual choppy material from Perry's past, Band) Original Band with and he works Old Town." thelast Herein: an interesting Basicallythegrouphas off -beat philosophy of base runs. Not incredibly with quieter, acoustic music individualistic,but high MitchellAyres,the Ray Ewan :McColl.(;corg,IV "Magic Flute" variation, a reached a mixture of "Lord Have Mercy" and based. onguitarpicking quality product in a Charles Singers and takes one stile; the vocal (by Maria Lalanne) reggae and soul whichis the evocative "Lament Of andsupported bycello, and various Hillsiders Ilk Other. onpart of "Marriage Of gettingthrough fast on The Cherokee Reservation crowded field permutationsof Indianhandorganand recorded with skill. Power orchestration."SongOf Recorded in London. Figaro" and a whole lot personal appearances. Not Indian" - smallgroup percussion. Slightly boring to the people - at Songs" and that kind of Nashville.ina sense. plus ofvery tasteful too specialist, though. backingincludingdobro in part, when itnears an enormous rates. L.G. thing. form of beat. adaptations. Should sell well, and organ. RECORD MIRROR, November 20, 1971 18 PICK OF THE HOT U.S. RELEASES

ISAAC HAYES: Theme Britain, but in America From Shaft his last three LPs have (Enterprise). Truly one been goldwinning ofthe hottest records millionsellers. ofthisor any other Althoughfamousfor year, as well as the his lengthened versions biggest success story of ofcontemporary 1971, must be 'Shaft'. ALL U S. CHARTS COURTESY OF BILLBOARP standards are 'Shaft' is a movie about that by his black private eye John enhanced mesmericorchestral Shaft,made by black director Gordon Parks arrangements and unabashedly with an eye croaky non -singing delivery,Ike's had topleasingtheblack roomonthisdouble audiencein America, album torevealmore withincidentalmusic facets of his talent and singlesalbums penned and performed toexpand on the by the black superstar 1 2 THEME FROM 'SHAFT' Isaac Hayes Enterprise/MGM 1 1 SANTANA Columbia funkeraspectsofhis ofAtmosphericSoul, 2 1 GYPSIES, TRAMPS AND THIEVES Cher Kapp 2 2SHAFT Soundtrack/Isaac Hayes Enterprise music. Isaac Hayes. 3 3 IMAGINE John Lennon Apple 3 5TEASER AND THE FIRECAT Cat Stevens A&M 411 BABY I'M -A WANT YOU Bread Elektra 4 4IMAGINE John Lennon Apple Ike's music has been For obvious reasons, most 5 8 HAVE YOU SEEN HER Chi-Lites Brunswick 5 3EVERY PICTURE TELLS A STORY released as a double ofthemusic is Mercury album,plusthe instrumental.Someis 6 4 MAGGIE MAY/REASON TO BELIEVE Rod Stewart 6 6TAPESTRY Carole King Ode opening credit theme as very pretty in a lightly Rod Stewart Mercury 739THERE'S A RIOT GOIN' ON this single, and taken as Jazzy,BossaNova-ish 7 7 PEACE TRAIN Cat Stevens A&M Sly and the Family Stone Epic a wholeit has broken way, some is tough and 8 21 FAMILY AFFAIR Sly and the Family Stone Epic 9 13 GOT TO BE THERE Michael Jackson Motown 810HARMONY Three Dog Night Dunhill allprevious recordsin dramaticin a 10 6 YO YO Osmonds MGM 943AT CARNEGIE HALL Chicago Columbia the American music menacingly Big 10 7CARPENTERS A&M tradecharts. Record Band-ish way, while the World's Charts present music called 'Do Your 11 5I'VE FOUND SOMEONE OF MY OWN the most awe-inspiring Thing'which Free Movement Decca 11 8EVERY GOOD BOY DESERVES FAVOUR placings,but Billboard accompaniesthe 12 9 INNER CITY BLUES (Make Me Wanna Holler) Moody Blues Threshold and Cash Box have satisf yingly Marvin Gaye Tamla 1214(For God's Sake) GIVE MORE POWER TO THE similar combinations well -planned climactic 13 15 THE DESIDERATA Les Crane Warner Bros PEOPLE Chi-Lites Brunswick thatarealmost attackon theMob's 14 16 EVERBODY'S EVERYTHING Santana Columbia 1338TO YOU WITH LOVE Donny Osmond MGM impressive. gunmen is one of Ike's 15 22 ROCK STEADY Aretha Franklin Atlantic 1415MASTER OF REALITY Black Sabbath Warner Bros Can you dig it - Number extendedpieces, 16 10 SUPERSTAR/BLESS THE BEASTS AND CHILDREN 1516RAINBOW BRIDGE Jimi Hendrix/Soundtrack Reprise One on the Pop Album featuring wah-wah and Carpenters A&M 1618GOIN' BACK TO INDIANA Chart, the R&B Album acid guitar lines over an 17 18 EASY LOVING Freddie Hart Capitol Jackson 5/TV Soundtrack Motown unremitting Dunhill Chartand the Jazz plodding 18 27 TWO DIVIDED BY LOVE Grass Roots 1717SOUND MAGAZINE Partridge Family Bell Album Chart, and on foundation. 19 12 NEVER MY LOVE Fifth Dimension Bell 1822CHER Kapp the PopSingleChart The singlehit,'Theme 20 17 TIRED OF BEING ALONE Al Green Hi 19 9RAM Paul and Linda McCartney Apple andtheR&B Single From Shaft', echoes (if 2020JESUS CHRIST, SUPERSTAR Various Artists Decca Chart (rising fast on the something at the start 2131 A NATURAL MAN Lou Rawls MGM Easy ListeningSingle of a film can echo the 22 14 DO YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN Lee Michaels A&M 21 21WHAT'S GOING ON Marvin Gaye Tamla Chart)? All on the same final climax)the 23 37 RESPECT YOURSELF Staple Singers Stax 2212WHO'S NEXT Who Decca week! wah-wah from this, but 24 25 QUESTIONS 67 AND 68/I'M A MAN Chicago Columbia 2313BLESSED ARE ... Joan Baez Vanguard Ifyoudidn'trealiseit, amongst a much more 25 33 ALL I EVER NEED IS YOU Sonny and Cher Kapp 2419BARK Jefferson Airplane Grunt apartfromthe C&W sprightly,ever-changing 26 26 ABSOLUTELY RIGHT 5 Man Electrical Band Lionel 25 11 BARBRA JOAN STREISAND Columbia Charts (and there's not and thundering bass - 27 29 ONE TIN SOLDIER Coven Warner Bros 2629PERFORMANCE: ROCKIN' THE FILL MORE much chance ofit accentuated arrange- 2P 19 THE NIGHT THEY DROVE OLD DIXIE DOWN Humbie Pie A&M scoringthere!) and ment. This almost Joan Baez Vanguard 2728AQUALUNG Jethro Tull Reprise somesmalllocal perplexing instrumental 29 40 CHERISH David Cassidy Bell 2824ARETHA'S GREATEST HITS Aretha Franklin Atlantic Latin-American surveys, pulse -quickeningbuild- 30 - WHERE DID OUR LOVE GO 2923MUD SLIDE SLIM James Taylor Warner Bros there's nothing else for uponly lurches un- Donnie Elbert All Platinum 3035TUPELO HONEY Van Morrison Warner Bros it to top! expectedlyintobeing MINNIMMI thebackingforIke's Columbia Allthis, and the success 31 43 THEME FROM "SUMMER OF '42"Peter Nero 3125GRATEFUL DEAD Warner Bros mooing vocal about - SUPERSTAR (Remember How You Got Where You Are) ofthe veryrealistic 32 32 -STONES Neil Diamond Uni John Shaft after tow or Temptations Gordy true-to-lifeManhattan - more minutes. 3334LIVE Fifth Dimension Bell set movie, are directly 33 38 SCORPIO Dennis Coffey and the 3432TEA FOR THE TILLERMAN Cat Stevens A&M Scarcely a song, scarcely a Sussex attributableto the Detroit Guitar Band 3526WELCOME TO THE CANTEEN Traffic, etc United Artists conventional 34 24 ONE FINE MORNING Lighthouse Evolution MEATY BEATY BIG AND BOUNCY itlho Decca cunningconcerted instrumental,and 36- 35 20 ONLY YOU KNOW AND I KNOW 3737CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY Columbia promotional efforts of difficultto getinto Delaney and Bonnie Atco A&M MGM and Stax Records fullywithoutthe 3830FIFTH Lee Michaels 36 41 WILD NIGHT Van Morrison Warner Bros 31THE SILVER TONGUED DEVIL AND I (themovie'sand context of not only the 39 37 28 YOU'VE GOT TO CRAWL (Before You Walk) Kris Kristofferson Monument Enterprise Records' album but also the 8th Day Invictus 4036DONNY OSMOND ALBUM ' MGM parentsrespectively), movie,itsexceptional who ensured that both 38 35 TRAPPED BY A THING CALLED LOVE success mustonly Denise LaSalle Westbound media worked together reflect on the power of 4140A SPACE IN TIME Ten Years After Columbia tobuilddemand for 39 - OLD FASHIONED LOVE SONG Three Dog Night Dunhill IsaacHayes' namein 40 42 I'D LOVE TO CHANGE THE WORLD 4227CAHOOTS Band Capitol thewhole package. Reprise America (andthe Ten Years After Columbia 4333SURF'S UP Beach Boys And they had a good promotion). How long 4441STICKY FINGERS Rolling Stones Rolling Stones package. IMMINSEMIO before he hits Britain? 41 45 SHE'S ALL I GOT Freddie North Mankind 45-OTHER VOICES Doors Elektra Isaac Hayes may not be 42 49 LOVE Lettermen Capitol 4648CLOSE TO YOU Carpenters A&M AT FILLMORE EAST Allman Broth;:.Sand Capricorn widely known in the doctor 43 YOU ARE EVERYTHING Stylistics 4745 44 47 IT'S A CRYING SHAME Gayle McCormick 48 -ROOTS Curtis Mayfield Cortom 45 50 TILL Tom jones 4944TRAFALGAR Bee Gees Atco 46 36 LONG AGO AND FAR AWAY James Taylor Warner Bros 5049POEMS, PRAYERS AND PROMISES John Denver RCA JAMES HAMILTON'S 47 - STONES Neil Diamond Uni 48- I'M A GREEDY MAN (Part 1) JamesBrown Polydor 49 39 WHAT ARE YOU DOING SUNDAY Dawn Bell DISCOTHEQUE PICKS 50 46 CHARITY BALL Fanny Repriseeli UNTRIED BUT GOOD JOE TEX: Give The Baby Anything The Baby Wants (Mercury 6052111) R&B JESSE DAVIS: Every Night Is Saturday Night (LP 'Jesse Davis' Atco 2400106) Mod BILLBOARD'S BIG HIT PREDICTIONS TRIED AND TRUE JAMES BROWN: Hey America! (Mojo 2093006) R&B By using last minute sales trends and detailed information THE WHO: Won't Get Fooled Again (long version) (LP collected from retailers, Billboard Publications in America Who's Next' Track 2408102) Mod/Prog are able to produce computerised facts about which singles MARSHALL HOOKS & CO: Hookin'It,Part 1 (LP are likely to make the highest chart gains NEXT WEEK in 'Marshall Hooks & Co'BlueHorizon2431003) Mod/R&B the U.S.A. It's a well -in -advance guide to new hits, many of BING CROSBY: White Christmas (MCA MU 1048) EL which will make it in Britain. MRS MILLS: Knees Up Mother Brown (45 'Glad's Party' Parlophone R 5748) Rave CH I - LITES: Have You STYLISTICS: YouAre PHIL TATE: The Conga; Hokey Cokey; GayGordond; Seen Her Everything Boomps-A-Daisy(EP'PartyDances' CBS EP 6170) I'm -A Rave BREAD: Baby JAMES BROWN: I'm A Want You Greedy Man MICHAEL JACKSON: TEMPTATIONS: Got To Be There Superstar(Remember GET RM-THE SLY AND THE FAMILY How You Got Where You STONE: Family Affair Are) PLUS POP ARETHAFRANKLIN: NEIL DIAMOND: Stones Rock Steady THREE DOGNIGHT: PAPER- SONNY AND CHER: All Old -Fashioned Love Song IEver Need Is You BULLET: White Lies Blue Eyes EVERY WEEK DAVID CASSIDY: SYLVESTER ,RT, ALIAS SLY NEIL DIAMOND Cherish SVV EA THOG: Hallelujah STONE 19 RECORD MIRROR, November 20,1971

RECOR the 50MIRROR _y. 4,

-1C - ONLY three receptions at the same time last singles albums week - SUPREMES, RONNIE DYSON and :5 6 1 1 16 EVERY PICTURE TELLS A STORY MARMALADE. Record & Tape Retailer 1 1 4 COZ I LUV YOU Slade Polydor 2058 155 Rod Stewart Mercury 6338 063 4 5 TILL Tom Jones Decca F 13236 runs a reception diary to prevent this sort of 2 225 2 TOP OF THE POPS Vol 20 VariousHallmark SHM 755 Bell BLL 1180 problem - why aren't record companies 3 7 3 JOHNNY REGGAE Piglets 3 2 4 IMAGINE phoning JANE to eliminate this confusion? 4 212 MAGGIE MAY/REASON TO BELIEVE John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band Apple PAS 10004 Rod Stewart Mercury 6052 097 4 5 7 ELECTRIC WARRIOR T.Rex Fly HIFLY 6 BEACH BOYS and BS&T U.S. concerts to 5 8 5I WILL RETURN Springwater Polydor 2058 141 5 4 5 MOTOINN CHARTBUSTERS Vol 6 polling booths at their U.S. concerts to 6 11 5 BANKS OF THE OHIO Various Tamla Motown STA./IL 11191 Olivia Newton -John Pye 7N 25568 615 9 SANTANA III CBS 69015 encourage voter registration among 18 year 7 715 TAPESTRY Carole King A&M/Ode AMLS 2025 716 3 GYPSYS TRAMPS AND THIEVES 8 616 BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER olds great to see 'Bread and Butter' group MCA MU 1142 Cher Simon and Garfunkel CsBHSv6L3679995 the NEWBEATS back on the crust of the Fly BUG 16 8 37 2 JEEPSTER T. Rex 9 --MEDDLE Pink Floyd Harvest wave. 9 6 7 TIRED OF BEING ALONE Al Green London HL 10337 10 3 5 HOT HITS No. 7 Various MFP 5236 10 9 7 THE NIGHT THEY DROVE OLD DIXIE 11 9 7 TEASER AND THE FIRECAT DOWN Joan Baez Vanguard VRS 35138 Cat Stevens Island II PS 9184 9 WITCH QUEEN OF NEW ORLEANS 12 11 7 WORLD OF YOUR 100 BEST TUNES 11 3 Decca S/PA155 Redbone Epic EPC 7351 53 hits and 70,000,000 records later, 13 -- THIS IS POURCEL Franck Pourcel Studio Two STWO 7 12 5 9 SIMPLE GAME Four Tops Tamla Motown TMG 785 14 -- FEARLESS Family Reprise K 54003 BARRY MANN has finally cut his own 1313 19 LOOK AROUND Vince Hill Columbia DB 8804 15 10 6 THE WORLD OF YOUR 100 BEST TUNES album ROLF ilARRIS has published a 14 205 RUN BABY RUN Newbeats London HL 10341 Decca S/PA 112 book teaching children how to read 15 109 SULTANA Titanic CBS 5365 16 816 MUD SLIDE SLIM AND THE BLUE HORIZON 1612 7 BRANDY Scott English Horse Hoss 7 James Taylor Warner Bros K 46085 music cert for the Irish top ten: DUANE 17 29 2 ERNIE (The Fastest Milkman In The West) 17 -- JIMI HENDRIX AT THE ISLE OF WIGHT EDDY's `Guitarred 'n' Feathered' revived by Columbia DB 8833 Track 2302 016 Benny Hill 18 23 6 WORLD OF MANTOVANI Vol. 2 Decca S/PA 36 AL 'TNT' BROGUES and the SINN FEIN 18 22 4 SURRENDER Diana Ross Tamla Motown TMG 792 19 37 16 BIG WAR MOVIE THEMES SHOWBAND Memphis is soon to have its 191810 SUPERSTAR/FOR ALL WE KNOW Geoff Love and His Orchestra MFP 5171 A&M AMS 864 first TV special in America, featuring Carpenters 20 33 3 THIS IS MANUEL Studio Two STWO 5 20 14 17 FOR ALL WE KNOW 21 1311 WHO'S NEXT The Who Track 2408 102 CARLA THOMAS, ISAAC HAYES, JEAN Shirley Bassey United Artists UP 35267 22 1414 JIM REEVES' GOLDEN RECORDS KNIGHT and the BAR-KAYS; how about a 2117 10 KEEP ON DANCING Bay City Rollers Bell BLL 1164 RCA International INTS 1070 2215 9 TVVEEDLE DEE TINEEDLE DUM 23 17 6 WORLD OF MANTOVANI Decca S/PA 1 ION British bid forit? FANNY soon to cut 24 24 16 C'MON EVERYBODY Elvis Presley their third album with the aid of RICK Middle of the Road RCA 2110 Harvest HAR 5043 RCA International INTS 1286 23 26 5 CHINA TOWN Move 2518 7 YESTERDAY'S MEMORIES EMERICK, the engineer on 'Sgt Pepper' and 24 27 5 LET'S SEE THE ACTION Who Track 2094 012 `Abbey Road' how would Diana Ross's James Last and His Orchestra Contour 2870 117 25 19 11 FREEDOM COME, FREEDOM GO 26 1 ANDY WILLIAMS GREATEST HITS CBS 63920 `Surrender' have fared as the follow-up to Fortunes Capitol CL 15693 27 16 7 PILGRIMAGE Wishbone Ash MCA MDKS 8004 26 21 8 SPANISH HARLEM Aretha FranklinAtlantic 2091 138 28 1 WORLD OF VAL DOONICAN Decca S/PA 3 `Ain't No Mountain High Enough'? 27 24 14 DID YOU EVER Nancy and Lee Reprise K 14093 29 404 ALL TIME PARTY HITS Joe Loss MFP 5227 4 FOG ON THE TYNE Lindisfarne Charisma CAS 1050 28-- TOKOLOSHE MAN John Kongos Fly BUG 14 30 12 2 SING A SONG OF FREEDOM 312716 EVERY GOOD BOY DESERVES FAVOUR 29 45 Moody Blues Threshold THS 5 Cliff Richard Columbia DB 8836 3231 4 THE CARPENTERS A&M AMLS 63502 CINDY BIRDSONG is her real name - 30 33 4 RIDERS ON THE STORM 33 - 1 NON-STOP DANCING 12 James Last Polydor 2371 141 and the singer in the SUPREMES says it's an Doors Elektra K 12021 34 -- A GLASGOW NIGHT OUT COLIN BLUNSTONE's 3123 13 YOU'VE GOT A FRIEND James Taylor Warner K 16085 Glen Daly Golden Guinea GGL 0479 English name 32 28 7 LADY LOVE BUG Clodagh Rodgers RCA 2117 35 22 9 FIREBALL Deep Purple Harvest SHVL 793 pulling line included the attractive view of 33 25 10 BUTTERFLY Danyel Gerard CBS 7454 36 38 7I'M STILL WAITING Tamla Motown STML 11193 the GPO tower from his flat window. The 34 30 8I'M LEAVIN' Elvis Presley RCA 2125 Diana Ross 37 -- THE BIG ONES The Four Seasons Philips 6336 208 view has since been marred by a certain 35 3411 ANOTHER TIME ANOTHER PLACE 38 32 13 MOTOWN CHARTBUSTERS Vol 5 explosion HERMITS not such soft guys Engelbert Humperdinck Decca F 13212 Various Tamla Motown STML 11181 36 35 4 GYPSY EYES/REMEMBER - CARL GREEN racesmotorbikes as a 39 - 1 BIG SPENDER Shirley Bassey Sunset SLS 50262 Jimi Hendrix Track 2094 010 40 - 1 CURVED AIR Warner K 46092 sideline RM saddened to hear of DUANE 37 50 2 BURUNDI BLACK 4129 6IF I RULED THE WORLD ALLMAN's death. Burundi Steiphenson Black Barclay BAR 3 Harry Secombe Contour 6870 501 38 48 2 FIREBALL Deep Purple Harvest HAR 5405 42 34 4 STUDIO TWO CLASSICS VariousStudio Two STWO 6 39 - - SOMETHING TELLS ME (SOMETHING IS GONNA 43 - 1 THE INTIMATE JIM REEVES STATUS QUO's MIKE ROSSI and BOB Jim Reeves RCA International INTS 1256 HAPPEN TONIGHT) Cilia Black Parlophone R 5924 YOUNG both racing to become fathers in 44 19 7 TOP OF THE POPS Vol 19 VariousHallmark SHM 750 40 3217 HEY GIRL DON'T BOTHER ME TamsProbe PRO 532 45 41 2 LOVE STORY Soundtrack Paramount SPFL 267 January DOVER PATROL (of 'We'll 413812 TAP TURNS ON THE WATER C.C.S. RAK 119 46 43 2 JOHNNY CASH Hallmark SHM 739 Meet Again' mutilation) unlikely for VERA 42 46 25 CHIRPY CHIRPY CHEEP CHEEP 47 46 2 SOUND OF MUSIC Soundtrack RCA SB/RB 6616 LYNN's new TV series DION's next Middle of the Road RCA 2047 48 - 1 MASTER OF REALITY Columbia DB 8822 Black Sabbath Philips 6360 050 is MICK JAGGER 43 36 8 MAMY BLUE Roger Whittaker called 'Sanctuary' 44--IS THIS THE WAY TO AMARILLO 49 - 1 BUDDY HOLLY'S GREATEST HITS Coral CP 8 throwing a party for ALICE COOPER in Tony Christie MCA MKS 5073 50 48 3 BLUE Joni Mitchell Reprise K 44128 Paris? the COASTERS have recorded the 45 31 7 PUT YOURSELF IN MY PLACE old LEIBER-STOLLER hit 'Love Potion Elgins Tamla Motoon TMG 787 46-- YOU GOTTA HAVE LOVE IN YOUR HEART Number Nine', done in 1959 by the Supremes/Four Tops Tamla Motown TMG 793 CLOVERS BBC -2's 'The Goodies' did a 47 40 15 DADDY DON'T YOU WALK SO FAST good sketch about kidnapped recording stars Daniel Boone Penny Farthing PEN 764 48 -- HOOKED ON A FEELING last week. TOP 50 compiled for Record Mirror, BBC, Record & Tape Jonathan King Decca F 13241 Retailer and Billboard from a panel of 300 shops by the 49 426 MY LITTLE GIRL Autumn Pye 7N 45090 British Market Research Bureau. LITTLE RICHARD concert tour 50-- AMAZING GRACE Judy Collins Elektra 2101 020 cancelled AL GREEN's producer, WILLIE MITCHELL, buys a mellotron this top producers 5 years ago 10 years ago week DALLAS FRAZIER has released

a single in the U.S' called 'The Common, 1 Charles Chandler 1 5 GOOD VIBRATIONS Beach 2 Gordon Mills 1 3 TAKE GOOD CARE OF MY Broke Elastic, Rotten Cotton, Hound Dog 3 Jonathan King Boys BABY Bobby Vee 4 Rod Stewart 2 3 SEMI-DETACHED Snoopin', Ankle Droppin', Funky Fuzzin', 5 Phil Cordell/Dave Williams 2 1 HIS LATEST FLAMEElvis 6 Welch/Farrar SUBURBAN MR JAMES Presley White Sock Blues. 7 Snuff Garrett Manfred Mann 8 Tony Visconti 3 2 BIG BAD JOHN Jimmy Dean 9 W. Mitchell/AI Green 3 1 REACH OUT I'LL BE THERE 4 4 TOWER OF STRENGTH 10 Jack Lothrop Four Tops 11 Pat and Lolly Vegas Frankie Vaughan Lr 12 Tony Clarke 4 8 GIMME SOME LOVING 5 6 MOON RIVER Danny Williams 13 Norman Newell 14 - Spencer Davis 15 H. Grundy/M. Clarke 5 4 HIGH TIME Paul Jones 16 D. Bloxham 6 5 THE TIME HAS COME Adam 17 Walter J. Riddley 18 Ashford/V. Simpson 6 - HOLY COW Lee Dorsey Faith mike morton congregation 19 Jack Daugherty 7 2 STOP STOP STOP Hollies 7 7 VVALKIN' BACK TO 20 Johnny Harris HAPPINESS Helen Shapiro 21 Jonathan King 8 6 I CAN'T CONTROL MYSELF Spanish Harlem Sultana Brandy 22 Giacomo Tosti The Troggs 8 8 TAKE FIVE Dave Brubeck 23 R. Wood/J. Lynne 9 9 THE SAVAGE The Shadows Butterfly Keep On Dancing Simple Game 24 Who/Glyn Johns 9-IF I WERE A CARPENTER 25 Cook/Greenaway Bobby Darin 10 -I'LL .GET BY Shirley Bassey I'm Leaving Mamy Blue 26 J. Wexler/T. Dowd/A. Mardin 27 Lee HazIewood/N, Sinatra 10 - GREEN, GREEN GRASS 28 Gus Dudgeon And eight other great hits. 29 Norrie Paramor OF HOME Tom Jones At all record shops NOW! 30 Brace Botnick/Doors 20 RECORD MIRROR, November 20, 1971

AFTER watching and live act if they reformed now - andconsidersthattheir listening to Yes there withdrawalfrom live are many passages and appearances constituted a big musical experiences factorintheir eventual split. "Now they could play 'Lucy thatremain inthe In The Sky With Diamonds' mind, but not least of on stage with the instruments all the fascinating and weuse,butbeforeitwas gettingtoo complicated for confident guitar work them." of Steve Howe. Correct use of equipment His acoustic spot featuring isvitaltoYes,andthey the popular "The Clap" and always make a point of "Mood For A Day," proves rehearsingatvenues before to be a favourite with theirlive appearances.It's a audiences,anditwould be measure consideredto be easy to assume that Steve is a essential in America,with classically trained guitarist. their large concert halls, and But, not so! America is of great interest to "It scares the hell out of Yes. me whethertomake the "In a way England is decisionto havelessonsor feelinglike a warm-upfor not," Steve explained. "I America," Steve told me. thinkit can endanger you in "Wedid a sixweektour some ways when you start to there inJunewithJethro say now this dot means that Tull, and everybody said - itstartsa chain reaction. 'great', but we said 'wait till Bill(Bruford - drummer nexttime'.It'smore of a withthegroup) canread psychological strain, the music, but he sometimes speed of everything, but more lacks a little confidence as far excitingthanEnglandina as he just doesn't let himself way. Here you have to be play, hetriesquite hard. I warm andsensitive,it's the

wish I couldgivehim as feeling that you know much confidence as he gives everyone, but in America it's me, but he getsworried more a test of your music." because he thinks he's not at Yes are currently touring page 103 in his book - but America,appearingfor one inpractice he's way pastit. week with Ten Years After, But until he gets to page 103 and for some time with the he's not happy. Beach Boys, as well as "I was never told I playing for five days at the couldn't play something like Whisky A Go -Goin Los thatuntilI'dbeen playing Angeles, which they're not so tenyears;and I kepton happy about, but which

playing, and now I find contractual options made peoplesay it'sfunny you necessary. They also expect to 00` thought of playing something return to the States in likethat,butit'sbasically February. To avoid bootlegging because peopledidn't say of their album in America - play it a certain way!" where it would be no Steve,likes listeningto exaggeration to expect a people he feels are not run of demand - Yes' album release the mill musicians, like Julian was in fact delayed until this Bream,Zappa,and Crosby, month. Stillsand Nash - and the Itisdifficult for someone things he considers to be out outsideof the groupto of his reach. NowBrita visualise which direction Yes "Idon't stealideas from will be moving in next, but other records," he added. "I onconsiderationtheirown like classical music, but it's so ideas seem to be the obvious extension. far ahead of me. I think one "Somebody once summed day I could be sitting at the us up as being the group who Festival Hall playing a saveYes do all the thingspeople concert on my own -it's that feeling once again. For Daltrey said 'fifty per cent of shouldn't do together!" good for the ego! I'd like to the first couple of gigs you BY VALERIE MABBS rock is having a good time' - I laughed Steve. "And the next think could be like a John need to get warmed up, but performance.Andit'sthis a particularly well. But we like and that's whatdrives stage we're moving into - it's Williams orJulian Bream, bythe time we got to the that keeps the group to set our own mood, and we factor musician through. unanimous amongst us - is they have such feeling for the FestivalHall we had settled were rather annoyed when a alive and far from static. One "We're not music freaks, music.It'srelativetothe drawingmoreoutofone down andthe whole show DJ upand trap that they are aware they turned started but Yes has always been a piece music, and finding kind of music you're playing, started to run smoothly. Most must avoid is delving too far of playing records at the reasonably free group. We do different ways of playingit. I feel allkinds,but my places the audience latch on into technicalities at the loss Wolverhampton Civic Hall, want to progress, but not to It'sthisthing about mood, ability puts me into a to Rick, especiallyin places because we considerit's the of atmosphere. the point where we can just position that I play the kind let's find a piece of music we he's played before." Yes tour and we should be "We felt very cautious of play andnot feelthem. of music I'm playing now. But Yes also take considerable this when we started off on like and playitin different abletouse what we want. Ritchie Blackmoreisalways ways, getting more orchestral as I get older and have time care to create theright The Yes road managers were the new album," Steve going on about how he could to concentrate I could extend possibly. atmosphere before they step rushing about saying 'get him admitted. "We knew we blowanyguitaristoffthe "John and I wouldalso my ability." on stage, building an couldcomplicatethingsby off',but he put "Ram" on stage, but he's never pliyed liketo domoreacoustic The addition of Rick expectancy with the dramatic then, thank God! playing aroundwith anything that's impressed me Wakeman on numerous songs,and we're hoping to Firebirdmusic,andtiming Yes are constantly striving arrangements, but John and I I or any of Yes. had great draw more out of the keyboards has obviously their appearance on stage for new ideas and passages to wrote 'Roundabout'which hope forPurple when they added a further dimension to individualmusiciansinthe withinfinitecare.Another addtotheiract,andare has an audience participation started, but they've gone way Yes, as band. We've always tried to well as involving interestingfeature is their feeling,it'seasy,youcan exceptionallyawareofthe offtheirtracksomewhere do things on our own and to considerable reorganisation. ownseriesoftapedmusic need for contrasts. Even their acceptitstraightaway - and got into a rut, along with "We spent a week give soloistsa chance to do that they play in the interval. movements on stage - there'snot too much going groups like Black Sabbath - rehearsing with Rick in what they want.Infactif "John (Anderson - though notintentionally on there.If we are going to as as far I'm concerned - something forced Yes to Devon before the British tour vocalist) put our current tape rehearsed - reflect this, one playcomplicatedmusic we who decide to hammer their opened, and it was putting a break up you would have five together. We have Joni membertakingup a new realise it has to have emotion. guitars about and play three weight on hisshoulders," new groups on your hands - Mitchell singing and that puts position as another "We'retryingtofind a moves chords." butifyougetfivetalents Stevetoldme. "We didn't everyone ina passive mood, happy medium betweenall forward. Harmonyin sound KingCrimson andELP together, you can do better know if our manager put too then comes the Firebird pop music, strong vocals and and presentation - yet there Steve considers to be covering things than five muchonusatonetime, piece," explained Steve. "I'm strong instrumental and very talents is always an underlying reasonable ground, taking apart." because you so quickly forget hoping toput the next element of dissatisfaction good arrangements, trying to thought and precision in their the magic of being on stage, Whichis a feeling I hope cassettetogether,it'sjusta within the group, no matter get a littleSly andthe acts.But hefeelsthatthe but it was marvellous to get shame that they don't record Family Stone in it too. Roger the groupwillmaintain for how successfultheir Beatles could be the greatest some time to come. "-..P.TTFTS YES Otis Dewey the adulationIreland has pride about his being the Whitman owes it all to for Slim. His vocal style is first Country and Western Heowes it to the Na so much in their romantic artist to play the London the Navy! tradition, carrying withit Palladium. During his war service folks,albeittheinsular 16 years on in in the early '50's." theeven more romantic Althoughtoday he is between 1943 and 1946 worldofCountryand showbusiness and still not Slim'smaterial is a image ofthelonesome not regarded so much as his a wrinkle on that littlemore contemporary cowboy, astride his faithful an ethnic Countryartist he entertained Western music. big -jawed, slightly these days, for he likes to Palomino, guitar ringing in as, say, Johnny Cash - "I shipmates - "battle - And Slim Whitman, of handsome black -crowned "keep pace with the the Arizona valleys, that the played withJohnnyon weary" his biography calls course, became famous for head, can look back on a times," but he claims that formulacouldn'tfailto theLouisiana Hayridein them -with some "Rose Marie" (which still career thathas seen him onthe whole thereisn't work. 1955..." - he sayshis holdsthe record here as sell millionsofrecords much difference in And:"Thelastthree "styleofCountry music versatile guitar pickin' and the longest -ever No. 1 from his nearly forty Country music these days. records Ihave made in the hasn't changed very much, the odd yodel, And very single,fromJuly 23to albums and hundred "Only nowit'sbigger States since Ileft last year I sing basically the same, fruitful, too. Otis acquired October 1, 1955), "Indian singles,andstilllook to thanit'severbeen,"he have allhit Top Ten. hutjust have different laughed. "It is now known backgrounds." the nickname "Slim," Love Call"(thatfamous thefuture with abright Itis his romantic image yodel),"I'llTake You eye. in Britain, Holland, that has taken him out of Andthat,perhaps, is became an important Home Kathleen" (a touch "I'mbiggerthanever Germany,Africa, the world of Country and the key to his success, his attractionon board ship of the Irish there and that in Britain," said Slim from everywhere, where it Westernintothelarger ability to adapt. wasn't hoard ofatall (so much so thathis alwayswins themover) Dublin where hewas in worldofshowbiz. As a and the middle of a tour. "All before.It seems to be at tohave naturally the utterly Country artist he has captainrefused evocative "Cattle Call," so theauditoriumsaresold its peak nowhere in expanded the music's Bill him transferred) and got realistic in its imagery. out. This is going to be an Ireland." audiencecommandand SLIM WHITMAN the taste for showbusiness, Slim Whitmantoday, even bigger tour than back One canwellimagine still retains a good deal of McAllister /1"