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Page 12 nrirish Top so Singles British Top so Albums From this week we shah run the BMNH Top Se Album chart Irrnperense of price RHAPSODY, 1 1 BOHEMIAN Queen EMI 1 1 40 GREATEST HITS. Perry Como K-TEL 2 2 YOU SEXY THING, Hot Chocolate Rak i 2 2 40 GOLDEN HITS, JIm Reeves Arcade 3 5 MONEY HONEY. Bay City Rollers Bell 3 9 MAKE THE PARTY LAST, James Last Polydor 4 7 THIS OLD HEART OF MINE. Rod Stewart Rive 4 3 FAVOURITES, Peters And Lee Philips 5 12, ALL AROUND MY HAT, Steeleye Span Chrysalis 5 12 DISCO HITS '75, Original Artists Arcade 6 15 NA NA IS THE SADDEST WORD, Styletics Avco 6 - GET RIGHT INTAE HIM, Billy Connolly Polydor 7 3 D. 1. V, O. R. C. E. , Billy Connolly Polydor 7 58 ROLLED GOLD, Rolling Stones Dacca 8 4 LOVE HURTS, JIm Capaldl Island 8 11 SHAVED FISH, John Lennon Plastic Ono Band Apple 9 21 THE TRAIL OF THE LONESOME PINE. Laurel b Hardy UA 9 6 ATLANTIC CROSSING, Rod Stewart Warner Bros 10 6 IMAGINE. John Lennon Apple 10 7 ALL AROUND MY HAT, Steeleye Span Chrysalis 11 19 IN FOR A PENNY, Slade_ Polydor 11 4 OMMADAW N, Mike Oldfield VirginVirgin 12 9 SKY HIGH, Jigsaw Splash 12 8 WE ALL HAD DOCTORS PAPERS, Max Boyce EMI 13 8 RIGHT BACK'WHERE WÉ STARTED FROM. Maxine Nightingale UA 13 13 ALL THE FUN OF THE FAIR, David Essex CBS 42 14 LET'S TWIST AGAIN/THE TWIST, Chubby Checker London 14 5 SIREN, Roxy Music Island 16 26 SHOW ME YOU'REAWOMAN,Mud Private Stock 15 18 THE BEST OF, The Stylistics Avco 16 20 WHY DID YOU DO IT, Stretch Anchor 16 38 20 SONGS OF JOY. The Nigel Brooke Singers K -Tel 17 18 DARLIN', David Cassidy RCA 17 17 BLAZING BULLETS, Various RONCO 18 16_ LET'S TWIST AGAIN, John Asher Creole 18 16 ONE OF THESE NIGHTS, Eagles Asylum 19 27 HAPPY TO BE ON AN ISLAND IN THE SUN. Demis Roussos Philips 19 24 GOOFY GREATS. Various K -TEL '20 10 SPACE ODDITY. David Bowie RCA 20 - CRISIS? WHAT CRISIS), Supertramp ARM _ 21 13 RHINESTONE COWBOY, Olen Campbell Capitol 21 26 GREATEST HITS, Barry White 20th Century 22 29 FIRST IMPRESSIONS, Impressions Curtom 22 10 ROCK OF THE W ESTIES, Elton John DJM 23 14 NEW YORK GROOVE, Hello Bell 23 49 ALLTIME PARTY HITS Warwick 24 39 GOLDEN YEARS. David Bowie RCA 24' 14 THE VERY BEST OF ROGER WHITTAKER Columbia 25 24 ROCKY'; Austin Roberta Private Stock 26 31 SIMON AND GARFUNKEL'S GREATEST HITS CBS 26 23 LYIN' EYES. Eagles Asylum 26 - BEDTIME STORIES. Judge Dread Cactus 27 48 CAN I TAKE YOU HOME,LITTLE GIRL, Drifters Bell 27 15 WISH YOU WERE HERE. Pink Floyd Harvest 28 28 FLY ROBIN FLY, Silver Convent4 n Magnet Star lirealiers 28 21 MOTOW N GOLD, Various Tamla Motown 29 11 LOVE IS THE DRUG, Roxy Music Island 29 27 THE SINGLES 1969-1973, Carpenters ARM 30 38 LITTLE DARLING. Rubanes State GOD'S GONNA PUNISH YOU,Tymes RCA 30 25 THE NEW GOODIES LP 8radley'S 31 30 PART TIME LOVE. Gladys Knight b The Pips Buddeh MAMA MIA, Abbe Ep10 31 39 TUBULAR BELLS, Mike Oldfield Virgin ITCHY COO PARK.Small Fates Immediate 32 99 ART FOR ART'S SAKE,IOCC Mercury KING OF THE. COPS, BIB Howard Penny Farthing 32 28 FOREVER AND EVER. Dennis Roussos, Philips 44 OF HOME, Elvis Presley RCA I RELIEVE I'M GONNA LOVE YOU. Frank Sinatra 33 53 24 ORIGINAL HITS, The Drifters Atlantic 33 GREEN GREEN GRASS Reprise 34 17 BLUE GUITAR, Juitin Heyward / John Lodge Threshold DREAMS OF YOU. Ralph ~ell Warner Brothers 34. 45 HOT CHOCOLATE RAK Bell MAKE A DAFT NOISE. FOR CHRISTMAS. Goodies 35 93 SUPERSONIC. Various 36 36 HEAVENLY, Showaddywaddy Bradley's Stallion 38 - RENTA SANTA. Chris Hill Philips THE OLD RUGGED CROSS, Eane Campbell Philips 36 65 THE LAST RECORD ALBUM, Little Feat Warner Bros Pye 46 Rocket Magnet MILKY W'AY. Sheer Elegance 37 22 ELVIS PRESLEY'S 40 GREATEST HITS Arcade 37 ALRIGHT BABY, Stevenson's LET'S WOMBLE TO THE PARTY TONIGHT, Wombles 38 43 GAMBIAN' BAR ROOM BLUES, Sensational Alex Harvey Band Vertigo CBS 38 - 30 SMASH HITS OF THE WAR YEARS VOL. 2 Wérwic74 39 32 I'M STILL GONNA NEED,YOU, Osmonds Polydor 39 34 DARK SIDE OF THE MOON, Pink Floyd Harvest Manticore 40 20 THE BEST OF ROY ORBISON. Roy 40 - 1 BELIEVE IN FATHER CHRISTMAS. Greg Lake Orbeson Arcade 41 38 HOLY ROLLER, Nazareth Mounain 41 41 ONCE UPON A STAR. Bey City Rollers Ball 42 41 SUPER LOVE. Wigan's Ovation Spark 42 19 COME TASTE THE BAND, Deep Purple Purple 43 - WIDE EYED AND LEGLESS, Andy Fairweather Low A&M 43 23 BREAKAWAY, Art Garfunkel CBS 44 - GLASS OF CHAMPAGNE, Sailor Eric Yeteryea Charts 44 - YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL, The Stylistics Avco 45 34 I'M SO CRAZY. KC'and The Sunshine Band Jayboy 45 43 BORN TO RUN, Bruce Springsaen CBS 46 46 47 ITHINK OF ME WHEREVER YOU ARE, Ken Dodd EMI 5 YEARS AGO 52 GLEN CAMPBELL'S GREATEST HITS ' Capitol - CHRISTMAS IN DREADLAND /COME OUTSIDE. Judge Dread Cactus 47 30, GOOD, BAD BUT BEAUTIFUL. Shirley Bassey United Artists 1 I HEAR 1 OU KNOCKING, Dave Edmunds I 48 37 DOWN THE DUST PIPE, Status Quo 411 - DO THE BUS STOP, FLubeck Bond 1 2 VOODOO CHILE, The J Irni Hendrix F.xperlenee Golden Hour 46 PAPA OOM MOW MOW. Gary Winer Bell S e CRAC'KLIN' ROSIE, Nell Diamond 49 55 HORIZON. Carpenters ARM 3 KF-9ER% ATION, Dun Fardan 4 INDIAN 50 40 BEGINNINGS, Steve Howe IF 1 CBS _ Atlantic - COULD, David Essee a s le 1OU'VE GOT MF. DANGLING ON A STRING. Chairman Of The Board tl IS WHEN I'M DEAD AND GONE. McGuinness Flint 7 7 RIDE. A W SIETE SH AN, T. Rex K 10 JULIE DO 1 ALO%E ME, White Plains f 9 I'VE LOST YOU, EHsls Pressley Singles 10 it IT'S WONDERFUL, Jlmn» Rubin Us Top sopllwms Top so 1970 Vs 5th December

- 1 4 STILL CRAZY AFTER ALLTNESEYEARS,Peul I 1 FLY, Roam FLT.SN. Ceaenoo, oleos lobo»ea Simon Carr.ClyrraM T R AGO 2 1 REDOCT OPUS, JWNne,S0i965 2 2 THAT -5 THE WAY B LM It,12( C [ The L rehire sew 10 YEARS 3 1 WIND#ONG. Sohnpenwr s 8 RIY 10014 JIM CriyO RCA ec Cm nee 1 THIPCARNIVILI,11119 OIL Roc wearers 4 5 L[1%00 LT ADAM .a. I _ naat[YA's,)rk; A .n+se sa s 1 s r-4--15.1913"115 14 _.Jr., PI C'Ial"mtG32oGaEATCsr Bfr! . Cokmble.la wtit B 9-s-6 ~try- 6 5 WINO 04 THE WATER, DAMC,o.65 Grelem Nun 1 4 S GFTOFF«irWI'CLO/LD. The RnIInjMto+no COW RIDER. We. UMbd Anse 7 7 BREAKAWAY, An GaAunkal C,LmOt. 11 .5 Lo 1 r:R'M UONI,e:HTO. The Toy ON BROADY/AT, an Gees mowTS RSO B 5 TEARS, Men Dodd e e BYNUMBERSWho MCA 9 SATURGAfRIGHT, Bay C'9 Rdlen It A.bu 7 B WIND ME VP, alff Ridlard 9 24 RC6 THE SUNSHINE BAND TK 10 12 MY LITTLE TOWN, 511 .40 a Garfunkel Cal.nala B 10 POSITIVELY 5th STREET, Bob Dylan 10 12 ALIVE. KNs Gunter. 11 26 FOXQM THE RUN Seri CA Mot B 12 PRINCESS IN RAGS, Gene Pitney 11 13 SAVE ME, Sliver Ccm, en Son Mtlurd lntarreta»I 0 12 16 LOVE ROLLERCOA STEP, Ohio Meyers Mercury 10 YESTERDAY MAN, Chris Andrew. 12 17 F EELS SO GOOO,Gramr Weahlnebn Jr. Kuhr 13 V IWWTE THE SONGS, Berry Menace, 4th December 1985 Mss 13 16 SHAVED FISH, John LennonApple14 14 17 VENUS AND MARS ROCK SHOW, Wlnp Gpinl 15 HONEY, OW Moen Memory 15 IS OGHTE ENWRN A BULLET. Pee WiMutl laurd HERE. Plre Floyd 15 YEARS 15 _ 5 WI91 YOU WERE CyA.nnble 16 19 OUR DAY WILL COME,Fcrele Vek PAwe Srak AGO 16 20 HISTORY- AMER ICA'SGREATESTHIT5, Amen.Werner Bros I I IT'S NOW 17 20 I WANTA DO SOMETHING FREAKY TO YOU, Lem Heywood 20th Cenbn OR NEVER, Elvis Presley 17 19 LAZY AFTERNOON, Barbra Streleard Caus4h 2 4 SAVE THE LAST Drifters to 25 I LOVE MUSICPert130'JAyr Phlladelphlln»m.aonel DANCE FOR ME,The I8 108 FAMILY REUNIOI,O'Jay' Philhellene ine 3 2 MAN OF MYSTERY, The Shadows ' 19 31 THEME FROM-M3NO0N41' po Tau Knee Where yo. a Gene To), Duna Ross Holm n HITS Seals[ Crags ., Werner Bra 4 ll STRAWBERRY FAIR, Anthony Fewley 19 23 GREATEST 24 SECRET LOVE, Freddy Fender ABC/Dot SeAnleeen Gum3u 5 7 GOODNESS GRACIOUS ME, Peter Sellers and 20 9 BORN TO Run, Bruce 21 WHO YOU, Fee Sesame . Warne. 10 LOVES Bra/Curb Sophia Loren 21 25 THE HUNGRY YE ARS, Nell S4dake Rabat i2 6 THIS WILL BE, Neel» Cale GPIs 6 3 ROCKING GOOSE, Johnny and the Hurricanes 22 26 FACE THE MUSIC,E»ceI UlhtOrdestn UM9dAnOFb 23 FEELINGS, Aileen ° 7 13 Monk RCA 5 MY HEART HAS A MIND OF ITS OWN, D 18 INSEPARABLE,Naele Cale Gplbl 24 14 IS A ROSE. MEAT WAVE/LOVE Linde Rorsbdt Aarglpl Connie Francis 24 33 2ND ANNIVERSARY,°bd0 ttld t& Tie Pep asadas TOUR e i LAVE YOU, 25 36 UMESOF 1JFE, Paul Area UMWArlab - Cliff Richard 25 10 PRISONER IN DISGUISE,e Raebdl Asylum 26 THE UST GAME OP, THE SEASON (A Bend Martin Darts 9 8 AS LONG AS HE NEEDS ME, Shirley Bassey Amber b TM Bleedlenl Geddes Tree 26 II ONE OF THESE NIGHTS TheDu», 10 13 LITTLE DONKEY. Nina and Frederick 27 23 IM ON FIR E. 5000 Vole PMAps GREATEST HITS Berry While 20th Gnbry 3 December 1910 33 211 ls I ORA Y HAVE EYES FOR YOU, Art Garfunkel CoUmSu Calumet. 28 28 R ED HEADED STRANGER ,WII6Reason 29 13 FOR THE LOVE OF YOU (Pan 1 4 211.Iy Bra T4rea 29 29 THE HEAT 150N FEATURING FIGHT THE POWER,Ie ley Bra. ICad 34 COUNTRY BOY (YouG 0 Yew Feel In LA ),G»n Campbell A GPltag 30 36 1ET'SDO IT AGAIN, Staple Sin Pre with Cures MayfieldCurb, 31 35 PART TIME LOVE. 6 The Pips Brae Gt.des AMEN Buddeh 31 22 FLEETWOOD MAC Warne 37, b MIRACLES,Je4enm Sbnhlp Grunt 12 - RUFUS FE ATURING CHAKA KHAN WALKAWAY FROM 23 77 LOVE, Darts Rump Molars 33 38 TRYIN'TO GET THE FEEUN', Barry MAIO, AMY

34 3e ROCK AND ROLL ALL NIGHT (Lee Menton), Kiss - Gabler. tllf Soul Top 20 34 39 JOURNEYTO LOVE, Stanley Chase Nemec.. 36 40 OF FILL FIRE, Gone. HI 35 47 VENUS AND MARS, PaulMáSMey[ Wiry GpasM 36 40 THE Welle Nelson PLUE EYESCRYIN'IN RAIN Gbn*l. 36 40 MOVIN' ON, Gnmoearm Motown 1 6 nRST IMPRESSOMS 37 43 YOU SEXY THING, Hot C Paola e BlgTree The knpnsalone RCA 2 IS NA NA ISERE SADDEST WORD. The Wilrars 37 37 FEELINGS Morrie Albert ell 36 29 BAD BLOOD,N Sedaka Rachel 3 4 FLY ROBIN FLY, Sine Convention 3e 42 ROOKYMOIITAIN CHRISTMAS, John Denver RCA 4 I HOLD BACK THE NIGH. Trem 39 39 L TIN' EYE S. Eagles My Lon 5 S CHANGE WITH THE TIMES Van McCoy 39 n sew COCONUT, Dew MumCoklma» 4Q 51 VOLARE, N Mar0no C91144 6 3 SUPERSHIP, George Bnean 40 54 THE LAST RECORD ALBUM, Little Fret Werr»rBre 7 RIGHT BACK WHERE 41 22 OPERATO9,MaalottanYraroI.r - WE STARTED FROM. Mares MWrnnges Agent's e - LET'STW15T AGAIN,9 Chubby Checker 41 51 ARE YOU READY FOR FREDDY, Freddy Felder _ ABC/Dot 12 ROLLERCOASTER. 42 e2 LOVE MACHINE et, LMIrWw Temt. LOVE The Ohio RarIeerr 47 52 DIAMONDS C RUST, Jaen Beer AL AO 10 2 WHAT A DIFFERENCE A DAY MADE. Ember TI 1p, 43 53 WINNERS AND LOSERS, Hamilton, Jae Fred, & Reynolds. - Pt.ybay 11 19 114 93 CRAZY. KC 310 The 9ne.Ma Bed 43 53 MAHOGANY I ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK, Dare Rees MoSson 44 45 EIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN. Mart allTuc%er Bend GpMam 12 13 DOIT ANYWAY YOUWANNA People 44 44 LOVE WILL KEEP US TOGETHER. TM Captain& Tanate MM 13 9 17OHLY TAXES A MINUTE. L5 55 OVER »HEAD, Heebner/2 Chokee Mac RepNa 14 - I CO IL) HAVE DANCED ALL NIGHT. eMdu 45 21 MAN CHILD ~he Hamad CoiAM» 15 11 KING KONG R. 1, y 3151-17 9 NG A 9ONG.EeAh,W1n.1[ Flre - CeuneM 3mm Omer 46 46 041071 ROLLERS Arista 16 7 IANT LYIN', Gee 41 17 *Cr. 505.611113---- . Agena 17 10 RIDE A WILD HORSE. Om Oak 47 56 HIGH ON YOU, SFr 18 14 ME YOUREADY FORTNIS 111 LOVLPOWFR WIV»Hubn Melon The Brothers 48 32 PICK OF THE LfT7ER,SONEpk Sprenn Munk 19 MY Areaa - YOU SET HEART ON FIRE, 11na Charles 18 AO FYIL'WOYAN EeWrkI lehtOtr3,..tra I IruaM 20 16 JOIANNESGIAG, GI Yoh lion 49 34 SEARCHIN' FOR A RAINBOW Marshall Tischer Band Concern JIG Ad CAR oAnfl'M enRRY IMe Drew. 50 '3i RHINECTONF IbWBOr GMnco v_ e11 Gdb1 Soul Top 20 DiscoTop20 VS Us Disco Top 20 I 2 1 LOVE»uSIC (Penh. O'Jarr tll AI 2 FULL OFFER( Green 1. 5 YOU SEXY Hot Chocolate RAK 3 3 LET'S DO TTAGAI N. 5ta 9rprs 1 BABY FACE, Wing and A Prayer Fife and Drum Corps Wing and A Prayer THING, 5 PART TIME LOVE Gt.dyr Krsa/,ñ Tl» Pla S 1 THAT%TIE WAY 'LIKE IT, RC a TM 99., Nne Gang 2 1 LOVE IS THE DRUG, Rosy Music Island 2 I LOVE MUSIC, The O'Jeys _ Phil Intl 6 7 CARIBBEAN FESTIVAL KeAá TM Gana 3 3 WHY DID YOU DQ IT, Stretch Anchor 7 II LOVE ROLLERCOASTER, OhioPtann 3 SALSOUL, Salsoul Orch Selsoul e 17 WARE UPEVERY8001. 4r111 H..oa MW n4 Tre911M Mes TRAN-75-. Soul Train Gene 4 4 LOVE JimCapoldl Island 9 10 SOIL 4 LAY BUMP /THE LADY BUMPS ON, Penny McLean Atco HURTS 10 12 FOR THE LOVE OF YOU Mart [ 21 me era Pert 1, McCoy 4 14 FLY ROBIN FLY, Silver Convention Magnet II 15 LOVE MACHINE. 5 1'AM SOMEBODY. Jimmy James and The Vagabonds Pye 12 6 CIAIrEWMTH THE TIMES Van MaCq (dd» Kendrick. 4 B NEW YORK GROOVE. Hello Bell 13 8 HAPPY .6 I COULD HAVE DANCED ALL NIGHT, Blddu Orch Epic 14 9 FLY, ROBIN, FLY, Sannn,Se. THIS OF MINE, Rod Stewart Riva 15 28 RAIL AWAY FROM LOVE. Da 7 EVERY BEAT OF MY HEART, Crown Heights Affair De - Lite _L8 OLD HEART 16 13 LOW RIDER. 17 43 9140 A SONG, Earth. Wanda nrt 14 LET'S TWIST AGAIN. John Asher _ Creole 8 OVERTURE LOVE MACHINE. The Miracles Tombs -g it 19 GIVE ME YOUR HEART, B»o4ele e MONEY HONEY Bey Chy Rollers Bell 19 D WHAT'S COME OVER ME. Me rpe leneoh L 9 SUNNY, Yamboo Montuno -- - 20 22 COME LIVE WITH ME eaae Mares0c 10 7 RIGHT BACK WHERE WE STARTED FROM. Maxine Nightingale PIA 10 NEVER GONNA LET YOU GO, Vicky Sue Robinson RCA 11 to SIIPFRSHIP Geivga'Red' Ronson GT1 11 LOVE TO LOVE YOU BABY. Donna Summer Oasis 12 ILLUSIVE, Babe _IJ - J FT' S TMI1$I Yf ÁIN Chubby. Qualm! Luodun Ruth Capitol 11 11 SKY HIGH Jigsaw Sp et h 13 CASANOVA BROWN. Gloria Gaynor MGM 14_ 10 I'M SO CRAZY 'ROUT YOU KC b The, Sunshine Rand Jayhoy 14 EXTRA. EXTRA lRead All About It), Ralph Carter Mercury R ONE- F W P1.91 Disc/ 15 INSIDE AMERICA, Juggy Murray `1.5 OMAN MAN Isms Brawn (record Mirror Jupiter 16 NOWHERE. Hocus Pocus .16 2 1 AIh(:YLYJh[ Gautga68r Crea Javhny Shield 1Z _ AElf S YGONNA PUNISH YOl1_Temu RCA BBC Chart 17 STAR TREK. The Charles Randolph Oren Sounds Randwod 16 - ART YOII RFAFIY FOR THLR The Brothers RCA 18 TRAIN CALL FREEDOM. South Shore Commission Wand 19 - f1(1 T14K RI IS STOP F ether Bend PaMdo, Supplied by British Market Research 19 TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT. Armada Orch Sceptor / COntempu 20 ONE FINE DAY, Julie Budd 20 - SPIDER MAN, Ramsey Levees Columbia Bureau / Music Week Tom Cat US chart supplied by Billboard UK Soul Singles by Blues b Soul UK Disco Chart complied horn nation-wide DJ returns RECORD MIRROR & DISC, DECEMBER 6, 1975 3 Bay City Bowie f/ Roller. details

I' DETAILS HAVE been announced of David NEWS DESK Bowie's week of concerts to be held at the o} London Weriibley Pool. News of the shows 01-607-6411 were revealed exclusively In Record Mirror collapses and Disc five weeks ago. NEWS EDITOR The six concerts, from With Bowie on tour will May 3 to May 8, end a be Earl Slick (lead ROSALIND major world tour which guitar), Carlos Alomar STUART WOOD of the Bay City Rollers i takes In America, Europe (rhythm guitar), Dennis collapsed onstage in Melbourne on Tuesday and Scandinavia, It will Davis (drums) and RUSSELL Murray (basal. night. The group were 20 minutes be Bowie's first British George into their appearance since Ham- A new album, titled second set at the Melbourne Festival Hall meramlth In July 1973, Station To Station, will be when Woody collapsed and had to be when he announced his released worldwide in JUDAS carried from the stage. retirement. It will also be January. Bowie's Sim, his only appearances In The Man Who Fell To shown In A doctor was called to the UK next year. Earth, will be ROLL the theatre and after the Spring, when a be JUDAS PRIEST begins a examination, said Woody Joni Begins soundtrack will also serles of dates this was suffering from severe released. month. They are' North. exhaustion. The reel of The tour will start at the ampion College of Educo. beginning of February on the group Carried on tour Canada Generator tino (Dec 5), Liverpool without him. He will. the West coast of (8), Twicken- JONI MITCHELL, whose and continues to New Stadium however, be well enough album Hissing Of Sum- York, where Bowie blows ham Winning Post ill, to continue the tour. mer Lawns is due to be VAN DER GRAAF North Staffs Poly (8), boards a liner and sails to released this month, will the south of France. Generator have been Birmingham Bingley There were riots in gigs in Adelaide when be coming to Britain for At Wembley. there will forced to cancel Hall. with Haw kwind 500 fans dates in March. Italy, following the theft Dudley Technical stormed the stage and the be one show a night (121, The Concerts, which 8 of truck with 770,000 and London show had lobe stopped for beginning at pm. their College 113) have yet to be finalised, are available only worth of equipment Roundhouse (28). 15 minutes Tickets will be part of a European from MAM, 24/25 New inside. The roadlea -..."' tour. f Bond Street, London Wl. discovered the truck was 1.8 A stamped. self ad. missmg from the 'hotel A Wave dressed envelope must be when they rear early to f rL little enclosed and an in drive to the next gig after SEVENTH WAVE dater dication of a choice of Rome for December include: dates. Ticket prices are later that morning, the Norwich City College (5), [2 75 and 13.75. Cheques group received three London LSE (e) and to be made payable to ransom demands for Exeter University (10). STUART WOOD: carried from the sfeye- MAM. [10,000. Fru - up to more HI HI BLACKBYRD ::- new tricks .3 FRUUP BEGIN a British tour at Hastings Pier Pavilion on December 5. Their album, titled Modern Masquerades, was released ' .. this week to coincide. a The other dates are: Aylesbury Friars (8), Stacking up Chelmsford Chancellor STACKRIDGF. DATES MUD: new album this week Hall (7), Brunel Univer- for December include ,'n sity (9), Farnborough Cheltenham Town Hall Tech (13). Birmingham (), London Bedford Barbarel las (14). College (5), Uxbridge are: . January dates Technical College (18), .. More Mud .. Dérby Kings Hall (Jan Lineedn Technical College MUD 11AVE added two mas Day and Boxing Day 18). Liverpool Stadium (19) and Aylesbury THE BLACKBYRDS: albums due dates to their British editions of Top of the (17), Southend Kursaal Friars (27). Pop.. (18). North Staffs Poly AS ANNOUNCED previously in Record Farnborough Burlesque (31), Laudon tour. They are Mirror and Disc, Donald Byrd and the The group's tint dates (23), St Albans City Hall THE FATBACK BAND, Hammersmith Odeon (22) and Bournemouth Minter whose single Bus Stop Blnekbyrds are coming to Britain to Ba Gardens (December 22) for 1978 will be a week at (24). London Roundhouse Birmingham rba rel las (33). the Batley Variety Club (25), Brighton Sussex was released last week, tour in January. Donald Byrd han an album released and Credit! Capitol (23). coincide with Mud will also be doing from February 22-26. A University (801, Woolw- are due to arrive in to the tour, titled Placea (31), Wolver- In February. They open on January 18, the venue to And Spaces, on United television. dates. They European tour Le set for ich Poly Britain Artists. The will pre record April. Mud's album Use hampton Civic Hall (Feb They will play 14 dates, be confirmed. Other dates are: Blackbyrds have an album released on appearances an Christ Your Imagination, is 1), and Crawley College but they have yet to be Dunstable California Ballrmm (IT), Fantasy on December 12, t1Ued City released this week. (8). confirmed. Manchester Palace Theatre (18), Life.

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STEELEYE SPAN'S drummer Nigel Pegrum has collapsed In Norway. STEELEYE SPAN NEWS IN He became Ill during a set 10cc. . .- see In Heiden, just south of Oslo, and doctors have diagnosed severe gasten MAN COLLAPSES B]IEF enteritis. Steeieye have been forced to cancel their Whole German tour. SPLINTER RETURN from in the Spring Maddy Prior and Tbn the Slates this week. They hart have gone to 4 will play dates In the UK on Germany to explain to February Dales will be 10CC BEGIN a Pressmen announced next week and d Steve major British tour appointed fans the reason The Gibbons nand on at have been added to the line February for the cancellation. up of the Great British Music Sheffield City ¿Halls Stoeleye's single, All Festival on December 3t. M To coincide with the Around My Hat Is album titled Any Road Up ti currently high In the will be out In January. They tour, -they have an are Joining The Who for Record Mirror and Dine PEGRUM their album released on Chart. SPAN'S NIGEL US tour in March January 9 titled How Thin Lhay December Dire You. Their dates are: Sheffield Crucible single, Art For Art's Theatre (1), Hull Chamber of ESSEX BACK Grimm Commerce (5), Middleton St Sake has just been Georges College of Educa- released. DAVID ESSEX has tion (8), Rath University (12), Croydon Greyhound The other tour dates returned from the States business where he played to GRiMMS, WHOSE (la, and Huddersfield are; Manchester Free Ivanhoe's (18) . . Addi- Trade Hall (Feb 3H), enthusiastic audiences In winter tour was tional Osihisa tour dates: Glasgow Apollo (5/8), II New York, Los Angeles cancelled because of Sunderland Annabel's (Dee Edinburgh Usher Hall and St Louie. He has been Illness, have had 12). Birmingham Barba. (7/8). NeweasUe City Hall Invited back to appear at rellas (I1) and London re - Roundhouse (14) , UFO (9/10), Leicester De 10CC new album in the Bottom Line In NY their dates and the LA Boxy. the December dales: Cromer Montfort (12/13), Cardiff scheduled for Links Pavilion (6), Notting- Capitol (11/35). spring. ham Albers all (9V, Brighton Dome (18), They are: Birmingham Wakefield Bretton College London Hammersmith Rep (Feb 8), Portsmouth (12) Northampton County Odeon (18/19), Port- KIDS'. Guildhall (9), Sheffield Cricket Ground (13), Twi- smouth Guildhall (20), CHRISTMAS SHOW ckenham Winning Post (H) CAT: still tickets Poly (II). Runnel Unlver- and London Roundhouse Birmingham Odeon THE. KIDS and Sassafras silty 03), University of (25), (21/22), Bristol Colston are to play a special East Anglia (14), (arn Hall (2V25), Llverponl Christman show al the bridge University (If), Vie Stanihalrs Vivaria are Empire (28/27), Croydon Stevens of Joining Procol Harum on Liverpool Stadium an Hereford College their January tour. Dates Fairfield Hall (29), I'ducmbed (17), Landon Oxford New Theatre December 22, supported are Bristol Colston hall special Queen Mary College (IO). (Jan 3), Cardiff Capitol (March 1 2), and Ipswich by Liverpool -group THERE ARE still tickets Brunel University (20). Theatre (4), Portsmouth Gaumont (3/4). Supercharge. The Kids, Cat Manchester ()MIST Guildhall (3), Mid- The band is available for the currently Sassafras, A Band Galled OW' Stevens concert at Staf (21), Lancaster Unlver. dlesborough Town Sail (7), finishing a US tour. Albert 5h 11 (n O and handy Pie are ford Bingley Hall. It will ally (22/t1), Warwick Nottingham (14/25), Bath ,Birmingham Town 11x11 (e) currently on tour with be the only Concert where University r*** the University (27). Bristol and Oxford New Theatte Ilot On The Traiin Show. he will be using the full (II) AN ALBUM of old -a American rig, as n stage University (2A), South- material by Ringo is to he An extra date for the boor specially. ampton University Frank Meld, Polly Brown Is being built and rush released on the hiss been added on la a (March 2), Stirling Tammy loses are British Rail running among the artists chosen to Apple label as soon as Decmebeir le at Yeovil special train from Bir- University (5) and Glas- possible gow Queen sing songs put forward as The album will Johnson Hall. The tour's mingham and the ticket Margaret Eurovlslon entries before a contain 10 tracks, in- Hammersmith Paiute will be a npeclal price of Union (8). panel al the Royal Albert cluding You're Sixteen, bop Supporting A two week residency in Hall Juries date has been changed return. nest February. Photograph and Back Off in Stevens will be a group of London and one week in from 12 BBC regions will Boogalon It will be titled the Central lnndon Poly' THE KIDS- Christmas In Liverpool. magicians from I.os Uverpenl have yet to be decide which song go Blast From Your Past. on Drencher 7. Angeles. confirmed. forward to the competition.

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XOLIDAY 4 NIXTMARE EDITOR ALICE COOPER brings his Welcome to My SUE BYROM Nightmare show to a Lake Tahoe hotel for A SSISTA NT EDITOR' one week beginning December 12. It Is the Peter Harvey first time a rock and roll theatrical show NEWS E OITOR has played in the holiday' town, Rosalind Russell resort EDITORIAL located North of Las Vegas on the border Jan Iles between California and Nevada. The show David Hancock includes a cast of 30 and a set that cost Ray Fox - Cumming 450,000 dollars (0220,590). Joining Alice as David Wright special guest is Vincent Price. US CORRESPONDENTS #i..k King, Harry Nilsson, Stephen Morley (New York) Peter Yarrow and of Fred Bronson (California) PAUL SIMON performed course, Art Garfunkel. DAViD AND CHER- on Cher's American television show, Cher wore a CARTOONIST on two consecutive nights carrot - coloured wig to complement Bowie's hair, end the two sang "Can J. Edward Oliver at the Santa :Irk*** Monica Civic You Hear Me" from the "Young Americans" album and a medley their MANAGING DIRECTOR Auditorium. The first DONNY A MARIE Included ' Da Doo Ron Ron', "Youngblood" end "Wedding Bell Blues': Jack Hutton night Art Garfunkel OSMOND received such EDITORIAL DIRECTOR watched from the wings, high ratings for their and when Paul Mike Sharman received -recent American tele- Sedaka for moneys The an ovation for Bridge last group that used different networks at the ADVERTISEMENT DIRECTOR vision special, It is now allegedly owed them from this method was Over Troubled Water was assumed as fact that they the moment - not to mention Peter Wilkinson their 1973 sessions that A rehles in 19811. heard to murmur, "I used will have a weekly that they are still suing ADVERTISEMENT MANAGER produced "The Tra La each other several to be in that, band." But television series begin- Days Are Over" album. for Alan Donaldson Garfunkel never moved million dollars - ning in January_ They go Sedaka's four - day CHER. FACING low out of the wings to join Ms on national television le Distributed by: former engagement is sold out, ratings on her American irer*** partner - until the US December 14 to by the Way. television SPOTUGHT MAGAZINE the second night, when he serie,, V Introduce their new reportedly thinking of rumored DISTRIBUTION LTD came on stage and ducted single. Deep ELTON JOHN Purple. relearning with Sonny to be signal to SPOTUGHT HOUSE with Simon on My Little lees ARE in Los Angeles - star infix not in marriage, just an Roar of the Greasepaint. 1 BENWELL ROAD, Town, The Boxer, this week to perform at THE BAY CITY ROLL- television. Scarborough and The rumour is ' The Smell of the CrowdUI LONDON N77AX Fair the Santa Mallet Civic ERS will soon be eating that the two wall Old Friends. After the reteam Las Angeles next slim Teel eph o n e: 01-607 6(11 Auditorium. The night their way into the hearts as early as January. be concert Paul invited a few following of American children. mer_ There would their concert A Sonny t receptive to toe seven performances, par friends for dinner at a they have reservations merchandising company Idea, but there local Chinese restaurant are a slbly at the Hollywood for a party of 18 at Neil Is planning to include a mountain of legal hassles Bowl, show and soon found he had a record by the Rollers and the anal Sedaka's 'Troubadour an to work out, including the would be taped and shown party of 150, including opening. interesting, con- the back of specially tad that Sonny Neil Diamond, Carole and Cher In theatres all over sidering lie band is suing marked cereal boxes. have contracts with America RECORD MIRROR b DISC, DECEMBER 6, 1975 5

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DOWN THE transatlantic 'phone, Steve Harley sounded quite chirpy, consid- ering . . . "The new single? Did you write the smg yes, what I specifically as a single! Ah that's Yes I did and I'm not want to talk about, ashamed to admit It, but it isn't getting because I'm very proud of the track. It Isn't getting tiCK. played . And BBC airplay though, and more's the pity, I feel very let down by because it's a them. In the past we've magnificent opus,' always put ourselves out Black Or to do things the Beet, titled wanted us to do. White and featuring However, It Is encour 1% f+K a cast of thousands. aging that the few people "I worked very hard on 'who have heard the It," says Steve. 'I spent record on the smaller k seven days and seven commercial station have nights on the backing liked It enough to go out and, over three and buy It. C tracks months. I mixed It lour limes to get It right. Self-respect "The choir we used in it 1 Is very big. It Included ' If It isn't a hit Madeline Bell, Barry St. well, I can live with that, John, some other name but for my own self 'r people and a whole lot of respect I would very black." much like It to be a And the string arrange- commercal success.," ment', At the time we spoke, "That was done by our the record was In the keyboard player, Duncan breakers under the top' Mackay, using ten cellos,' fifty. "They won't have and ten violas - no us on Top Of The Pops violins. Duncan's' a until we get' Into the top Doctor Of Music and fifty," says Steve, "and knows all about these then we can't appear things, so he was because we're touring obviously the right man here In America We've for the Job.'-' spent three grand making 'Money is no consequence to me. That business of accumulating money and living like a star is just rubbish'

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" most dates and a Kinks on and when we do I larley has spent a great I've damned well got to "You should knout What is It' audience has to be appear, our equipment's deal of time In America. give them good value for better than to ask me He Chuckles: "Walt sympathetic to British set up In front of the Is there, one wonders, a it. that," says Steve. "I can and see. " rock In general, doesn't Kinks' and there isn't chance that he may be "Our next British tour never explain specifically If Black Or White It? room to swing a cat. joining the mass exodus starts In February, a what my lyrics are about, doesn't become a hit, will "Still, I Ilke the element of musidana from Brit- month after the album's they're really just sym- you then bring out a "I've never been in the of danger and we tend to ain' out, and I've already been bols. Basically though, really certain hit single - position of supporting go on feeling very angry "There could be," he 'giving It a he of thought the song Is about like Make Me Smile anyone before, I've and then give our all. I admits, "but not for tax for several months. It's hypocrisy and I deliber- (Come Up And See Me)? always headlined, so now like the challenge of reasons I haven't got going to be good no matter ately put It out In Ume for I'm finding out about all trying to overcome the that kind of problem, what It coats. Christmas. Singles the problems you have lo odds, hut on the other because nobody has until "Money Is of no "I enjoy Christmas as put up with when you are hand, on a professional they make a lot of money consequence to me. I'm much as anyone else, but "There isn't a Make Me second on the bill and I'm level, It isn't good to risk In the States. If I did go. It always being told 'you it Is a hypocritical thing. Smile on the album and would be because of the can't do this because it'll It's all peace and some people have told me way Britain Is going. cost too much", but I brotherhood and that - that I should go back into don't care. All that but shy can't it last all the studios and record business of accumulating year through? one. I won't do it though. 'I've never been in the Sentiment money and living like a "There's too much I'm putting out the album, "There are Commu- star is just so much compromise about, hy- saying 'that's my music nists infiltrating every- rubbish. pocritical compromise. and If you don't like It, supporting position before. where at very low level "When all's been said People should be more well that's too bad! There and I hate Communists " and done, It's only the positive, more extreme are three tracks on the That sentiment has been music that Counts, and that's the message of album however that I'm having to eat humble put Into song on the new "Yes," he continues make album on a track called Use song - make your would, to my mind, waxing lyrical, "when all mind up and quick, singles. " Red Is A Mean Mean the pioneers have pio- 'Black Or White and Steve says that the Colour. "The BBC will neered, the martyrs been - pie. I don't like it play step on Ir." album Is an "irreverent - never that one. " martyred the latest one" and that the whole "I've come close American hypes hyped, It group agree that It makes recently to leaving all bolls down to just the Arrangement a "huge leap forward" for not one tiny bit' Britain, but then 1 came music. " The Idea of the song, them. "We're a real back- I can tell you Steve says, was taken group now," he adds. though that If the Progress from a book of T. S. "It's taken us a year to having to eat humble spoiling a show you've situation goes on getting Finally, Steve has a few E W ot's called The Hollow get there but we've done It pie." worked on for months lust worse, In ten years I'll be Men. "You should read now. Cockney Rebel are Do you mind? because you haven't done legging It with what few words to say about his own personal progress. It," he advises, "and then not just something I look "I don't like It - not one a soundcheck," thousands I can escape you'll know what I'm on on as my backing group. tiny bit." He laughs at his In the States, a with - He still gets angry about about." We're all in tt together own predicament. The compilation album of the "The people I really social injustices, but is Black Or White will and I'm proud to he part thought of Mister Harley, best tracks from Cockney feel sorry for are the kids much less angry on his open the second side of the of such a group. I really who's used to calling the Rebel's three albums to who come to the concerts. own account than he used next Steve Harley And love those musicians." tune In no uncertain date has been put A lot of them must be to be. Cockney Rebel album, Steve and his cohorts manner, having to curse together as a 'Greatest unemployed, Or their "A lot of those chips which is due out in are currently in America, Inwardly and bite his lip Hits' package, "Which," dads are unemployed, or have worn away," he January. One wonders If playing their first ever Is rather amusing, al- says Steve, "is slightly their best friend's brother says, "and over the past the kind of big arrange- full-scale tour there. "We though me can't help embarrassing because we Is unemployed, and it's so year I've mellowed out a ment featured on the don't expect to set the feeling sorry for him haven't had any hits depressing for them. lot" But it's not going to single will run right place on are on this one "We are able to use the here." "When they pay be- be allowed to show in his through the album. tour. It'll take time and Kinks' lights, which is Still, the albums been tween one pound fifty and music. "No, don't wor- ''Not really," says I'm prepared for it to do generous of them," says out for about a couple of two pound fifty to come to ry," he says, 'It's still all Steve. "There Is me other so, because Tye got the Steve, "but they are of weeks now and looks as U a concert, that's an awful there - and I'm still into track with the same kind time, I can watt. course angled for them It may do very well, tot of money to. find If you kicking a few heads in. of thing, but Black Or "So far we've done four and not us, so they aren't particularly with the haven't got a job. I'm Believe me, there are a White is undoubtedly the dates and the response always that effective. band on tour to promote always very conscious few heads around that big boy of the album." has been terrine. We're "We don't get time for a it. that if they've spent that need kicking in .. . 8 RECORD MIRROR s DISC, DECEMBER * ?V AN AFTERNOON with a sailor is an enjoyable ex- perience. Henry Marsh has been a Sailor for An enjoyable more than a year and while his ex- ploits (and those of his cronies) are always talking points in the rather with licentious port of experience Amsterdam, they pr whole still have make an Plains In particular. this and of that, the to round the song A Pimlico Pied -a - terré adrenaltn impression on the made everyone go 'Oh It's Is not the seedy worry ruler of the waves - waterfront bar room that really great, don't Britain. Henry is more at home in, about it-' Sailor has a following But it won't be long but It has to do . Sailor now and we have a smelt) before their sleazy look The question first is hope that any Rosy pays off, because now about them throwing the and I they're out fans won't feel in any way of uniform, sailor's uniforms over- Hancock by the single. r they're determined to let board. by David offended everyone know why it's "I'll answer that first of The sueress of Chain- the not -so-nice girls that elfin my normal speaking being accepted as an not be confused with pots). will mean tele- like these sailors. voice and then in a sort of original sound and an music for the groin or the vision spots and, of For a start they have no high pitched wall," he original concept, but it more esoteric extremes of course, there's a new act . shame. replies. worked at the begin- rock. that goes on the road in year to promote n Sailor are offering the An afternoon with a ning." Henry, who once had the new » 'r t nation A Glass Of sailor is an enjoyable Henry Is the group's extremely lung hair, a the new album, phis the Champagne which even experience. nickelodeon player and beard and an electric new image. leading hand Marsh has that now has short 'It's sleazy, but to I 'When we first started responsible for guitar, 41 '1 a make me look sleazy 1a \ _ - to admit sounds like Boxy we did a gig with to lot of distinctive sound, but the hair, glasses and he ridiculous because I'll HENRY MARSH: a neurotic woodpecker's style Music, and Virginia the press there and we Captain is really Georg keyboards style were dressed in the sailor Ko)anus, formerly with describes as "a neurotic always look like a Tory . wear a :-. suits. It was the first sign Eclecton, and the son of a woodpecker." MP, so l sort of +a..:_z:\ J( that maybe the sailor Russian prince. But an original sound, decadent lightweight ^ suits weren't a good idea. Georg wrote all. the an original concept? An suit. Georg calla me a ''(''..N1 wrer.k. (6 A lot of people said: 'I say music on the first album unabashed rip-off of Panamanian - y»;5,-_-,.....,: The new act has us that's a really good piece which is very much to do Virginia Plains isn't of record company with sailors' nights out on exactly original! dressed as a bad °asdtl manipulation a com- the town doing vaguely "Well," says Henry Rains movie. _.\1t\1'7 - a Ioniser mercial pop group naughty things with taking a deep breath. It's bit than i .1 . `.1\l dream.' naughty ladies in a "I'll defend It like all the naval thing and Y _ a bizarre with lisle And we were going, slightly charming way musicians not with 'wot rather 'No it was really all our it was a sort of Walt you mean" but with a , . audience/group type In- idea', but no me would Disney version of the real 'When we're In the volvement we do. tl'a believe us because it thing," says Henry. studio and we've gat basically slightly daft seemed that supposedly "And he saw the whole something original we '7f you carne along yew reasonably intelligent concept right from the don't need to cmcentrate- can't be 'cool and groovy' omí people (you flatter start very much in terms dly say "Rosy had a It's lighthearted. if Sall. yourself, Henry) - would of it being like a Gene great sound with Virginia get heckled It's essential want to wear laid back Kelly musical. But the Plains now how do they do "It's not a car of clothes and not dress up pictures taken of us In It' Let's get it" ' saying 'right, man' and like lithe fairies. those suits made us look "We stopped the then off with the amps "In that respect it was so innocent. " recording of the album to and leave. misunderstood. While the music is not Cut A Glass Of Cham- "An evening with Sailer SAILOR: (from left) Henry Marsh, Grant Serpell, Georg Kajanus and Ph I "It seemed to stifle Innocent, It Is meant to be pagne and though we said Is an enjoyable ea- Pickett what I now gather is taken lightheartedly and 'This Is a bit derivative of perirnce. "

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6 I I i Do you remember the night In September 8 The two of us laid in the hay Do you remember the day in CROSSWORD December TIIF. PIIl S'I hoe nor And how we got reel entries lo this 10 carried away f) crossword drawn from the postbag will won a O Chorus: unique Fresco - Le - Raye Record Mirror F If you're In for a penny Ills,' Freak T . shirt. You gotta be in for a pound Send your entries Is over and over you play me ( rmsw ord I' O Ilox 16 'Cos 195, Spotlight House, I That old fashioned sound Henoell Road, London. So look around N7 Entries must L` J arrive by December 12. 18 ' Did you discover that ooh I'm a lover When we took a tumble or two ACROSS DOWN Were you surprised when you tried I II goes with Kossoff ll) 4 "-'On Slnopy" (e1 me for size 6 Rudolph ghiot us a l'eirg Sinker 2 Nothleg for the space -walking number 19) captain (41 You bit of( more than you could 2 Dyestuff from Pete. Atkin (5) 7 to Uktsory foxy one' (41 chew 9 It's bud for Neil Sella lea 15 ) 1 like a Sadistic Mlko menu (31 - 12 "Rurkln' .. Over The World" 5 Nhere to n.,1 a JT minstrel 17) (John Fogerty) 13) 8 Ills voyage has been recorded by 13 Sir se's beginnings are on disc (4) Slew Hackett t7) Chorus: 16 A Lung muir but not Derek (A) to Rork and Roll Foghat characters ear If you're in for a penny li No-good like George gammon! (7) ID f Is W o's Irrhnicolour one (5) 11 This horse gives us the name of Ike You gotta be in for a pound 21 It may he shaved by Lennon lU Libel ill 'Cos over and over you me 23 Elysian sort of meeting (9) It Group on the road'. (7) play 24 is Judy an earthy cha meter? 14) 15 The one-time tearful Ken 141 That old fashioned sound 17 Colour of Alice Cooper's widow (5) So look around 19 A call from Bruce SpringsWen (t) 20 Amazing rhythm ones! 141 Play the refrain 22 With w hick to attract Jude's Play it, attention? (2) play It and play it again. SOLUTION TO LAST WEEK'S PUZZLE Do you remember 1 ACROSS: 1 Malpractice, 6 Fun of, 7 the night Thrust, 0 Stranger 9 Hide, 10 Ford, 13 GOWN: I Mount 2 Leonard, 3 Aitken, 4 surrendered Ronstadt, 16 Mexico, 17 Silly, 18 At ILrk(ey), SCashid, 9 Bothnr, 11 Oldest, Seventeen 12 To Love, 14 Dylan. 15 Wire, You wanted to paint me in oils L Oh you are tender do you remember The sleepers could hear tea for CROSSWORD ENTRY FORM No. 500 miles. NAME Repeat choros and fade. ,.ADDRESS I Copye,eke Pleasé slate T. shirt she: Large/ medium sma1L Ring appropriate size. Iamltd. 1975 Barn WaUaYaa !'Rada) RECORD MIRROR &DISC, DECEMBER 6, 1975 9

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November 15th Liverpool Empire Decen 1 ammersrnith Odeon 16th Coventry New Theatre 2nd T.', Odeon 17th Bristol Colston Hall 7 ,-ampton Civic 18th Bristol Colston Hall ton Guild Hall 19th Cardiff Capitol Theatr ngham Odeon 21st Taunton Od th Birmingham Odeon 23rd Bournemouth Winter GI liens th Newcastle City Hall 24th Southampton- 13th Dundee Cairo 26th Manchester Free1! 14th Aberdeen Capitol 29th Hamrr. j. ,T aeon 15th Glasgow Apollo 30th Hamm-- , Odeon 16th Glasgow Apollo If you missed the tour, don't miss' The Old Grey Whistle Test' live from Hammersmith Odeon on Christmas Eve.

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Bowie Is family In Switzerland view. future? . haven't even worked on same time' No because sipping apple juice. where they'll be based For him it's probably "Oh I see.. " it It'll be a lot more his tall eye's not "Are you a health during the European " Which will he an ungodly hour but he .. your spontaneous " functioning etc . freak"' tour cue in to 'a great new "You haven't planned Then it's back to David "No, tinned food " The question doesn't lean world second lo Harty is Impeccably ahead' " an image whatever Bowie and the show "You're a teenage war get a refusal is about dressed In a suit and tie "Ummmm'" that may mean?" planned for next May, He baby." Bowie's mother suffering There's silence, I Howie matches up wills more "I think the image gives an almost unU "A third generation anguish and being tearful more small talk, more may well adopt may well - short - 'him philosophy on how beat stalker." because she a one pocketed, spiel and then the doesn't hear sleeved open white sports real be me I'm sort of he will astound when he And Men comes the first from him Is It eyewash thing "twit's go over now, Inventing me at the says: "The impact of the of two -questions bowie or shirt. He has three to tall real: bangles on his wrist. live, by satellite, moment show has to be the refuses to answer because left beautiful downtown Bur- "That's really my own He's without spectacles. astounding thing. The he says there's not business. I see you still bank in Angeles . You can see Bowie but Los .. identity dressing of the show Ls enough time to give a full have a keen sense of Are you there Mr David just a dressing a explanation (though rumour, you can't hear him. Bowle?" "Do you mean re Russell" You can see the orange Inventing yourself?" perfunctory kind of thing Harty will later say there Into the song clip which "Very much so." were five "difficult" Harty straw hair slicked And nothing could have "Yeah. Self in- calla The Shape Of straight back from his venitve." "One of the most questions Bowie didn't Things To Come, realises been more true. From the exciting things I did was answer) forehead You can see the beginning Bowie "From the waist up- it's wrong and calls It but you still chides work with old Lindsey, lipstick can't Harty for not starting the wards." Lindsey years Golden Tears (whirh hear him. The satellite, it "Yeah, Jolly Kemp ago. Forces makes it wrong twice). conversation with "How uncomfor- It was a w yet combined mixed ouId appear. is not in are you?" table." media It's about extra The interview con- position. Though Bowle seems show." cludes with "Don't launch into to Harty seems almost terre.sUal forces, a sub- both parties questions without saying be saying he will assume ject Bowie's touted for trying to say the word the of whoever disappointed that the it's nice to see you," says IdenUty he most important thing in years. (unction" as many times Amazing is when he comes back to as Bowie. But it's all kept Bowie's life wasn't a The conversation possible. Instant very England, I tarty still can't moves off that shaky contrivance. "David Bowie was born amicable shake This glamorous and glittery Bowie Once the questions are Ziggy. tact affair, and changes the ground back to films, promises to came in 1947 and after one or will plague much of the back on the launched they're of a rag - subject to Bowie's fleet Bowie maintains his first programme, two false starts launched Interview as bag variety. The only Harty gets film. The Man Who Came movie has increased his hopes there'll be a phone himself into one of the more confused between in and most amazing careers in thing of importance is the To Earth (He gets the appetite for painting, promises to be news that Bowie will play Bowie the man and Bowie title wrong). writing and spending free always David Bowle. the pop world. His the Image. And, rise to fame London concerts in May. time with himself and his oh yes, just at the meteoric There's no projection of end he almost equalled that of Harty explains that family, but "not relaxing says how much he image when Bowie says Discipline so much loves everyone. the mythical . " London is now "hellishly" as feeding at (Don't more than he knows what songs he'll There's talk of dis- ease they all Disco Tex? Harty 's pre - Interview expensive what California and taxis don't sing, musicians he'll Cipllne and w hat it "I'm not sure whether spiel builds Bowles star use and ! bother to change their how long he'll means. The Interview er like the idea of image, but like the perform for. These, he begins: becoming Energy - meters because Inflation "You know what an actor," he adds, remainder of the talk in maintains, are the Impor- Ott me air, Wings area says little about the man's puts fares so quickly out t mean, a lot of people In Then It's back bit better. Howie tant things,- your position to says music. of date. It's all in- " It's Harty's star Confusion: he'll bring Harty back accurate. But the musical climate that image again. "There "But you are Things don't come has We in that kind some of his drawings and together easily changed. have must be things that -if you of privileged the Bay City Rollers. decide position also Confesses he's been "I can't hear him." to do them as a aren't you David, where Offered exhibition Joke "You may have to create major people an at says Harty to the floor start get you don't have to make the Metropolitan in New crew. "Your accent, your a whole new scene for worked up about them." any "In order to save voice, your method yourself. do kind of decision like York lime why don't I begin of What you Of course. that?" speech hasn't changed. think of that? Then They then move to bb - half - way down page six Bowie lays it on "I have to make pWmic or aura yet you've been away for "No . . I'll just come the line. as energy because David obviously two many decisions as anyone and Bowie maintains that years. Does that back and play my "I'm still a doesn't want to go tan of else everyday. there has just been a mean you've been locked songs." everything, fan through a history of his away somewhere?" of films, "Yes, I do have to make method discovered of entire life again?" But still chasing after fan of records, fan of rock Bowie dismisses' that the star Image, decisions. I consider photographing it, He has The silent Bovae looks Harty bands.. , fan of yours." type of question with a fails to up myself fairly respon- pictures of this energy relaxed sitting against a plot on all the Before the movie clip is joke which builds until It references to songs and sible." which he processed beach backdrop, Harty shown, Bowie makes a Then gets hard to distinguish falls to ask Bowie just Harty, knowing himself jokes that he should have point about the guy he he's blown between accuracy and the what musical direction plays, it, makes a "I'll send some of nose one too, maybe Brighton, put-on. Sussex. It's a (lash Complete about over can show Then it gets more he's Into, of the old mystery, turn and you maybe BWckpool difficult distinguishing of Vie saying Bowie is more them if want" Then it's small talk old Ziggy: "It's asatm{ed you The silence continues, just who is putting who about equipped to make deci- Things start to get then Bowie's fear of that I'm an alien front sions ... contact. on flying He still has than other people really interesting but the ''How it. outer space, It's not are you.' Harty is more together Does he bore easily' Na. He's caught In his satellite moves away and necessarily true." Great own con fusion. . , contact is lost RECORD MIRROR b DISC, DECEMBER 6, 1975 11

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FROM BILL HALEY to the Beatles, from Alan Freed to Fabian, THIS is the STORY OF ROCK"N' ROLL. Each week RMEI D will introduce one of the great names of rock 'n' roll, not just those who are still household names today, but all the inovators, the people who started it all ... This week: The man who coined the phase rock 'n' roll, Alan Freed. It all started with a DJ ROCK 'N'-itOLL - three little words, but about him, and many they sum up a whole multi 1'. were from com- which -million industry far reached crahy proportions in the pop plimentary. He was mimic scene of the mid 1950s regarded by the radio whole and tarried the establishment as being a record Industry upside down, "wise guy" and that was Rock 'n' Roll -a whole new way of life. no term or endearment in Before Rock 'n' Roll took over, all of two decades ago. those days. pop was soon-moon-and-June lyrics. He was regarded as sallyUy Come To It was Softly, Me and It was plaintive love songs, being a flash operator. mostly of mind -crushing, ear -soothing boredom. All the same he got Rock 'n' Roll changed all that. whites interested In block Despite variations, It's still today the solid musical music, then built white cork that sells millions of records every stars to match the great superstars, year, creates injects excitement Into millions of original black ones. A lives. great many people owe a In 1911 Rock 'n' Roll l great deal to the man's comes of age. It becomes energy and sense of 21, earns the key of the pu epeee. door to the musical world. In the end the music In this serles, The History business establishment of Rock 'n' Roll, we'll 4t tried to stamp hard on trace the wlerdo, ex- Alan Freed because he'd trovert, wailing charac- become so Important. ters who made that By stamping on him history happen. they believed they were We'll name 'em, exam. stamping an Rock' n' Roll [fie 'em, let some of their as a form rat muele, enthusiasm for Rock 'n' But they figured with- Rol rub off out the millions who'd But where do you start? been turned on to Who cops the honour of something that had really actually STARTING 1 put both guts and gusto Rock 'n' Into popular mush. Roll; 4s.r Bill Haley and his However, another ene- Comets - with their song rV my was to plague Freed Rock Around The Clock, - 111 health. What with part of the soundtrack of bad health, overwork, the -film Blackboard ALAN FREED:A Flash that car smash, and later Jungle, the song as filch operator a whole river of booze caused fans seeing that passing through his film to go Moths' mad and system, Alan Freed never tear up the seats -and did look the sort to grow dance in the aisles? by Peter old gracefully, Nope, it didn't AC- But Freed was a TUALLY start there. Nor fighter, right to the end with the hip -swivelling Jones when he died, aged 43 In Elvis Presley, the big- January 19a5, in Palm gest. richest, most con- 'the US Army, but was Party. The Rock 'n' Roll pioneering. he even took records, he never ran Springs, California, of sistent rocker d the whole Invalided out with mas- part came from two black out a copyright on the down the music he'd uremia power packed parade. tolditis, slang words for having a title. helped to Create. The fact that he ended Nor did It start, as some From show business Certain kind of tun the He took his radio Even when he, was nowhere near as powerful as he like to think with Jackie came' a call Freed kind of tun that got you, extravaganzas to New badly injured in a ,car had been In his Brenston's record, Rock- couldn't ignore. He really er, very excited_ York radio, and right smash, he didn't stop heyday, and yet was still et 88, made In 1952 Nor got Into and became Freedonce said: "I got through to the end of the promoting the music he a comparatively young R&B, roan, with Arthur Crudup, a disc Jokey on WJW, a so excited by the basic 1950a he was easily -the loved Although he spent marks him down as one of Chuck Berry, nor any of radio station In Cleve- beat of the music, that I most successful disc -jock four months In hospital, the many tragic the other early musicians land, Ohio. couldn't stop from keep- In his line of business he still managed to keep figures Involved In the history of rock and roll who had hard-rockln' Freed gave himself the ing time with the records. What's more he ran a his radio shows going within them name "Moondog" and he "I'd either sing along one-man campaign to And even when he lost a No, the originator - black music with them, or slam my make pop rock a form of lot of his radio jobs But there were featured music was a dlaajockey, name heavily On his 'show. hand down on the that was Inter- because of the bribe. triumphs, too, along- of Alan Freed. telephone book I kept by racial just as much tun scandal, he still pushed side the tragedies. Up to that time for blacks as for whites. his love of rock A dark -hatred guy who pop music was the microphone." through We'll American Freed also had talent as Though this eagereyed "second rate stations" in trace the was 30 years old when he firmly divided Into white expression a composer. For it was he character never really small townships. stories of the big first used the - ballads and music who wrote Maybellene for believed himself to be That wan the guy. names in this series, "Rock 'n' Roll". and Western - orf Country Chuck Berry. He talented, Freed also When he did get Into Freed was a lively, the one hand, and what also ...But who tonnes wrote a appeared in movies records, with his Rock high -charged ball of was termed "race music" hits for vocal - 'n' next? life was group, the Moonglows. with Bill Haley in Rock Roll Band, with singles energy, but his - and the Blues and R&B - He'd stage Rock 'n' Roll Around The Clock, and In and albums on Vogue One of the two big constantly upset by sheer on the other concerts. One he staged Rock Rock Rock - and In Coral, be never stopped initial performers, W luck. White people 'rarely Born December .15, at Cleveland In 1952 had Don't Knock The Rock. working for his own kind naturally. And al listened to this "race 30,000 Freed never of music. 1922, Freed got Into "hot" fans turn up to did "knock phabetical prefer music while still at music" -U only because occupy 10,000 sets. The the rock". When the Even Freed lost count ence He it was hardly ever played police and riot squads had "payola" scandal broke ,of the number of young gives ne=t school. learned on the It was music trombone for a while and radio. to be called out to quiet In 1960. and Freed among hopefuls he practically week's space to of the ghetto. Freed foisted on the In formed a band called the the fans. others was taken to toúrt. public Haley (Bill, who Sultans of Swing. changed that_ So when he finally used and accused of taking - order to give them career comes before Pre- engi- He called his show the name Rock 'n' Roll to bribes from record breaks. -And yet there After studying sley (Elvis) . neering, Freed went into Moondog's Rock 'n' Roll describe the music he was companies to play certain were always headlines

mill§ &dal wiz MU MAD 'MUM " 55" Pi *j 'NU MiU& 0I 4L,,4_ E PC 3752 RECORD MIRROR 8 DISC, DECEMBER 6, 1976 11 v There's. no other QUIETLY. AL- .os MOST without any- one in Britain taking too much notice, one-time teeny heroes Sweet have become the hardest ' commercial band around. You can smell it in the air at the studio where they're cut- - ting a new single. 1114;`11.v Not heavyness, but wE t ¡ + bristling con- : ® tttttt' fidence. Each of rár¡it?iitii ,°-tY, '.them looks supreme- tiáreetpttttátt Z ly sure of them- ';a+er ¡=Nl;`Z 5., r selves as they listen :+isetttt.11 to a really gutsy =r+ásee '°¡tttttfr'y;4 backing track ..aar++er:óettttpt.t tt pultr,.. they've Just laid et ee If f'. down. Andy Scott Ft +i+±e'ps.5et't?:. shouts where the iar. '± I Oip %%%%%%% . . t emphasis should be, La, a.i+aeettettt eel 5 and all of them are 1 " ,I 11l ' eager to get the ' jr-- ásiáa ultimate fat hard SWEET: 'We 've seen them ell come end go... by Peter Harvey rock sound. to Top Mick: "The Chinnlchap The change is even come and go," he be a dangerous situ- no hook, and six minutes completely assured: all used to go along and put thing was a bit shakey for apparent with their' continues, relishing the ation." long. He hears a lot of "Well, there isn't anhody, Of The Pops 18 months 'roe we publicist. Where once idea. "We've seen yer T. A feud with Queen is nice lithe bits in It and Is there? There's no other ourselves In cages and try about each other, but wanted a certain type of they used one Rex's, Slade . apparently bubbling un- band like us around. " and outdo of the best because certain radio and wanted known pop publicists, "And there was die der the surface. It's stations have blasted it to Mick: "You get into the those days have gone." material they they now have the same Mud and Qualm thing," something they reckon Is death and there's been a Did lhls mean they to keep us In the guy who represents bands Mick Turner Joins in "cos none of their making but lot of promotion, It's got were more relaxed? established bracket, It like Man and Hawkwind. everyone thought because they still can't resist a where It Is." "We are now," Mick was a money thing with Then there's their of Chinn and Chapman we comment about Bohe. But he adds: "it's a lot replies, "because we're them. Of course they almost contemptuous alti- were wrapped up in mien Rhapsody. Cleverer than a lot of self-sufficient. We knew were motivated by money tude to the past and to that." "They're very lucky to singles around. There's more than we were' but they did strive and other groups. With "Which we used to have got away with it," bits of us in there, a bit of credited for. We knew we they came up with The America now effortlessly hate," they both say in says Andy "They had to IOCC, you know there's had a certain amount to Sixteens - probably the under the Sweet spell unison. do a lot of advertising. everybody in that single offer and we knew that we best thing they wrote, the along with Australia and "And you've got Queen It's good marketing mind It's not a breakthrough, position we were in with could probably do most of best thing we did Europe, they're in a good at the moment," says you, cos it's got then. In It's just something that hit records, and it's all the things ourselves. " together. There again It

. . . In was and we ' position to scoff. Andy," everything the end, and the man happened." very flattering, but you The breakthrough, arrangement And scoff they do. that we (hear now, I've the street doesn't really Ask them does this realise one day there will from teeny outfit to thought we were quite "We've seen them off," heard us doing years know Ile sees a lot of mean they are not be somebody up there and respected rock group capable, It was Just that Andy scowls. before, especially vocal nicely commercialised worried about any other It all becomes false " came, they feel, with The we had been brain "We've seen them all things - that's getting to things stuck together with band and Andy's reply la "Yeah," says Andy, "we Sixteens. washed Into believing

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ARIES LEO (Mar 21 to Apr 20) (July 29 to Aug 23) band Ooh, youxnlnnies. When Before you put the like sky blue, so every looked finger of blame on US ! loved that we couldn't do It and every face beau- ones, wait , Think it on World-wide a .. our own. . - step Andy. "We'd purposely we what hap- over, pace forward, for Sweet waited." tiful, look the room bite "And we're who left some of the high voice So far played pens: You end yourself the thumb, and most a pretty are forced to live, they've, quick recording band for the off to get more balls In the just two gigs and the SAGITTARIUS stepping an the snakes importantly remain moment, with an Ameri- 23 Dec 21) anyway," says Andy. band, and It's a natural response was very ex- (Nov to and missing those -tight - Upped, If you can market that is one Stop being a battle - axe "We don't take 20 hou rs or year behind. progression from the citing. They were in ladders to success. Ah moan to your love about two days to English Desolation Boule- Saute and LA following and concentrate on your co, you think help Is In what they should and mix or The album was anything. We know record vard but not from the the band's world tour. sexuality to impress the the guise of every should not do,they't1 be where ed at Muslcland and American. population. II you act we're going when consists When our "We were so scared," smiling fare. But look off like a flash. And no we put mainly of first. manager heard It like you've just popped what's oft the mesain'. things down an takes, says he said says Nick:. "For the first other tape. " Andy. Both of 'that's too much a out of the local boutique them agree of gap. time in years my mouth Cheek - destruction. That's the key to. it," they're very That's not the next album went dry." for a cuppa, gels and pleased with It and would In America but the boys will be ready to like to point one Their manager, Ed VIRGO out that Zep after." book you for appoint- TAURUS 24 to Sept 29) bassist John Leffler (he of Osmonds (Aug Paul Jones So back here In Britain ments. Seeing It's (April 21 to May 21) Your new found vibran. did not play on the album. those fame) had stuck out for nearly Xmas you can be "There original Munich headliners playing to Risky is not your middle cy will be with you for a were lots of tapes have undergone' generous wiv 'ern. name, neither Is frisky. few more weeks. ices Press people at three thousand_ and the changes. CAPRICORN So you wanna be like the best to concentrate on studio," Andy explains; "It's still though they could have headstrong members of "because not over- Chi- (Dec 22 to Jan 21) staid matters of yourlle with the biggest done," Andy says, "but played places like your society, Well the though, like money, band in Germany record. we've cago and Detroit to 12,000 Hasty days and crazy added a few things. will be creeping only way you can be work and way of Ing in Germany you can We've purposely audiences, in the end nights is forget left It to up on you and pretty daredevilish to tricking the Bank says Mick. "You can be a Imagine, the scenes. a blues feel Leffler decided two gigs worries, troubles, and now Ids a soon you Goat people your Manager. Expect to disaster If you don't know People wanted to sit In on big basic album were enough. and borrow what but more will be running to the depression hear praise from higher you're doing, the session but we didn't commercial. - obviously." want The trouble man / chick most likely, your next door ranks any of that. None of with too many dubs is you neighbour's smile: the Stones for solace. Don't panic, The point they're sessions for us; lose a lot and it becomes making Is that, for two people falling asleep all very synthetic. ". everything's under con- and - - trol. The danger button 'LIBRA a half years they over the place and taking More GEMINI recorded to the same six hours about the new Is out of hand's reach (Sept 241o~ 23) to do an album: "We recorded it (May 22toJome21) The only daring thing studio with Chinn and overdub. We just have been showing wanted In June and if we'd AQUARIUS You you can get away with Is Chapman and all they to get things done. Tut Ls John released It then, America (Jan 22 to Feb II) your tears. tut, It poking yer tongue out at had to do was set Paul Jones just not good to too their happened would have Imported So you fancy having a appear the bus conductor, as gear up and say what to come down ft Now they're all set to do vulnerable for the lig and we would have nibble on the side? And to friends we're afraid that being sound they wanted. after he'd met lost on a big tour there early next and workmates. Try to Brian one the album we'd got out," you dream of being cocky won't wash now "The thing night year and then . . pos- that stag- in a club. So that's says Mick. naughty and nifty and put on that hard nut gered us," Mick sibly Japan, for them, the That way you'll that you're leading contin- Well shell. - so ues, when Andy: "And It's given last entirely carefree, planet Is In the all '"vas we got frontier. do all Impress, more than to away from us time to sit on It, so It's Meanwhile, Andy has now's the time to stern Uranus. Try put that particu- Improved the album. those things, provided offend admirers. Lucky on your most in- lar studio, with a his single out, a Is new Action will go on you don't Jump the gun. number toy, The little faros and be engineer, we it and completely remixed ver- tellectual were a bit, this track that we are False starts will ruin bit will show itself in due witty without being worried about basic sion, Lady Starlight, of course. laying down today will which he says: want It your crafty schemes tricky. sounds . "I do nothing for probably be the follow up to happen if it happens. I and will "But at Kingsway with to vanity. Fox in America before see It - your growing Lou there was more guts would just like to CANCER Z._ Action. take off, naturally, as I SCORPIO on Fox On The Rom than (.lane 22 to 23) (Oct 22 Nov 22) Mick: "It's amazing to hope It will In Europe, PISCES July to we could believe." says put the record straight. " (e eh le to Merritt()) You are no different We know you like to be Andy. us because we've been because of their love for America, where Fox On waiting We Cheer up rail, before from the man on your beside the seaside, but Then when years. had a It, but In England. I don't the band The Run is heading for number three about three know." the blues turn to yellows right or the lady on your you'll have to be content went to Muslcland the top ten, begins to bear In you all have Iri years ago (Little Willie) we leave, Andy and the red -face turns left, that with sitting with your Munich they discovered heavily on everything the As white with fright- your little hang-ups and but we let lithe, It was the wearing fox fur and Mick Don't toes dipped In the they could get an even hand do. This new LP for wrong get it? Just Ink at low -downs, Your hips bathtub. Please don't example. record company., In a full length racoon, bigger sound. "We realised Bell Records. We would rather yourself for one long might sag and your hope for your wildest that In comparison to the Andy mentions, and If you voice might squeak, but That LP which Is due have gone Into America earnestly- "Oh If you see minute can dreams to come true. out at the January, Desolation Boulevard re- the same way as the there's hnnesUy say 'nowt's up' hon. can you move when Walt till next week. was Queen tell them is carpet's Janurary, will he re leased in America it Rollers have done, it's as nothing going on. then the damage the swept Iran Lady luck might be under -dubbed." says irrevocable. under you! more leased simultaneoualy simple as that. I'm glad We're alright... " kind then.

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HIS FIRST SINGLE FOR THE PHILIPS NO MORE ROCI("N'ROLL 60g6490 MIRROR 8 DISC, DECEMBER 6, 1975 RECORD The ACE Sporting TAKE (Record) r. Life IT SINCE EVER the England by Kevin football squad scored a freak Allen chart topper with Back Home after their World EASY triumph in Cup 1966, there's been a steady ACE ARE a band's band, a group of flow of sports' musicians who want nothing more than to flavoured play together, a bunch of guys who'll never records. get stars in their eyes. Right now that flow seems to be turning They just don't think like that. They into a float. Mo- haven't got one poseur amongst them, and If hammed Ali, who once recorded a quite you took them out for lunch they'd more brilliant version of than likely ask for liver and bacon rather Ben E King's than Filet Mignon. classic Stand By Me, with the lute Sam Tate, after their long Cooke produdng,has American tour, they did been back In the sport new boots and by Peter studio lately and his ehirts. But now Ace have bitter rival Joe been back In Blighty Harvey Frazier has put out a a while and Ram King and rash of disco styled Fran Byrne look more singles- --. like the guys queueing to learned their lesson find A tribute to All made very much by accident. +'-pT"' early this very much an get In the Roundhouse time round when they ;' E-.^Ifa 'i the UK charts "We're and now there's aiming rather than the stars of tried to record 11ow Lang year album company, another, this time to at middle of - the - road the show. as u single. didn't "It just Henry Cooper, titled material but a studio In the Prows office at work", says Ram, "so we tour /n January they ACE: British Henry's Hammer and approached us with a Anchor records forgot It and just went recorded by Jamaican tape lease deal for Ile a hard prefer cup of tea to ahead and recorded the when hundreds of fans than when Row Long wan their American status to singer King Roy. Ironic England Football Squad liquor and Casually album." had to be left outelds on In the charts", says cancel a tour there. The Isn't It, a tribute to the record and we liked the new Ace accept that the Of enure° the mild - be the pavement because a Fran. release of the new album black All from a white idea. LP Is more relaxed, and album track was released band that had been to had been delayed, so they Englishman and now a "it appears a song- relaxing, than their fiat, as a single and after number one in America calmly derided to sit back tribute to the white writer had played Don Experience a more funky, outing. decided to play at a pub In and take their ease for a Cooper from black Revle a demo tape. He reaching number II In Jamaican! While world wasn't consciously a liked it and got the FA to "It Britain went on to number feting -ton. "And the band was while. They'll be doing light heavyweight cham- made like that", r Barn "Oh it was just a sort of Whistle Test soon, a approve it and adopt It al one In the States, better", says Bam. pion John Conteh has the squad's official start. to explain, 'ill just thank you," continues given a British in January "America has us ter gone as far as launching Then I was out that way. with a grin. "You theme, turned Fran lot more life. We have and returning to the his own Bona label and Is offered the deal, There wan an up on the Criticism know that was the place been getting a reaction States in February! releasing The Boxer 'Sales will naturally first album 'con it was the where we started out and right from the start of You ask them if the amidst a massive public- depend on how well the splurge. find album. Things had So this time, they didn't we just wanted to go back gigs whereas before it band has any big Ideals ity squad does. If they're been going nicely, the have any single in, mind, and thank everybody for was only after we'd done and Barn replies: "Yeah Add to all that new winning, It'll sell like hot band was coming togeth though both feel No helping us along." How tong. We'rea bettor I'd like to do a football records from the England cakes. er and we'd been doing Future In Your Eyes was Both agree that was band, tie experience Is opera on ice." Football Squad with there "A little boy knocked an We Are, the and the number. a lei, so It They'd though before they to shbw But seriously, like any the England door the other day good choice. great, beginning Rugby League Squad asked how much the was easy really. already been labelled one used to have trouble through." band's band, all they was with Up And Over and football record was so I "This album - hit wonders so they had and borrowing So much so that Ace want to do is keep on begging Hear The Mighty Dreg - gave him a copy Inc different. .4 fair per- no worries. equipment and now they were confident enough of gigging. one Roar from the Welsh nothing Within a minute centage of It was written "It's great", says Barn, have everything needed Rugby League Club and half a dozen more kids In the studio." "'cos on the fleet album for a 20,000 capacity gig. you get to wonder if the were banging on the everybody wee for us and So there were space reason our sportsmen door!" keep on losing we didn't have a bad problems and their Is because Besidee marketing Mellow they're spending more through conventional review, but now. ...Meewe've equipment was cut by two time very In the recording record shops, Line push "We didn't have returned from thirds. studios than out training. their sports records at much when we went In", America, we're starting "I couldn't understand sports std Joe Venues' "We says Fran. to get a bit of criticism. why we were playing so Cretney. himself a 1,590 copies of the English Anyway they both which is fairenough." fast", says Brian, "and I former boxer, and biz Rugby League Squad Line Records Company agree the album is laid - Even B they were flung was one of the culprits. 1 record at one game,' geld are behind much of this back. "No, not laid back Into the pub scene we were nervous Joe Cretney, who keg ale) think sporting activity on the drawn tongue - In hack", says Ham, "I'd they broke out of, they actually, It was a hit of recording scene: "We've up 'all It mellow. I think wouldn't be too worried. nostalgia." Cheek suggestion lest for .1 sold thousands of these future products, like because we wide a lot In Only lent week they Their relent British records In the past few the studio we got deeply played the Hope and records by the Engiteat tour, without the benefit 41. J months," he told me. Salmon Fishing Squad, the barking (where into K - even Anchor it all of the new album's Cretney, proud of his Red Indian Fireside and we started) and delivered "a tracks - release, was well re- achievements - 1110,000 Songs and Song» For rehearsed a lot." real pub - rock set, real oeived. album sales In less than a Drunken Swimmers while The question of a single speedy", say Fran. "The crowd- reaction year after starting with a record of famous chess never came up_ The band It was a crazy night was bigger and better first LI,000 capital - got moves 1s a more serious into the sporting scene project!

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" a fen spat In crated three months on a new Croshaw, a Kevin: can't see the rock 'n' roll group act. at 19 the eldest Kevin, rooked an by the "We usually let few From now on they aim "I group member, plus girls backstage for to work four or five nights point ofmiming." must be every spunky When It came to cutting rest as the joker among the Kevin. The group still he always personal autographs," every week though there Still they think kid's idea of a dream. a single they played all played them, says Rollers are "alright". eomelrue, but that's the instruments the social clubs, wanted to be In a group. says Steve. will be no more sleeping them. but as personal er , . "You can't knock exactly what happened to selves, drummer Steve "Then when I knew I "And In the van and humping then with Its Bray put "We a kisses," Kevin grins. success," says Dave. 10 year old Kevin Harris. it: got could earn quite a bit their own equipment. On release they began much better reaction with "Oh yes," says Steve, "They're the biggest Just six months after he gigging. The more than as an the day of the interview rest, as they the new line-up." "It's always their birth- were due in Scotland band In the country and If turned down an appren- say, was Ice Cream. apprentice I thought I'd they we were as a Mick: "Particularly lake a When I day and they want a but first they were half ticeship In Coventry They all agree they owe after chance successful we'd be more Kevin joined us. went the audition I kiss." returning to Coventry to factory. Kevin Is having a lot to Peter Waterman, things to than to deal with the sort of tan really started to knew I had to join them, Allan says: "They all help their new road man happy." but as Kevin points out: move then As for writing their own mania usually associated was " Allan: "He's even If they were come In with their eyes with the gear. Then, after "It only through non-stop entertainment." bright red and tears were being songs, it's too early to with the Rollers. doing a lot of work rubbish, If it hadn't Scotland, they that we Suddenly all of Steven rolling down. They walk a road say, Pete Waterman Everywhere his group, got that chance worked we would have all Joined by full We son's Rocket are talking In with their heads down crew. wrote their current hit Stevenson's Rocket, play didn't doss about. We got . had it!" he exclaims, to guide them the fans go bankers, and stuck at once and the office at laughs. "I then when they see the Kevin's Ideal: "I'd like and is likely in." Magnet Records and everyone fancy, for some time, but because of this their debut Bass where don't know what I would ones they they Just it so that we got a really player Allan, who they are he eventually they all want single, Baby, doing their first was Just n grab you don't they," good following so that Alright is at 18 Is one of the older day have done. It to write. of Interviews Is a looks at the others for k Ids would appreciate now streaking up the members of the band, cacophony big risk." singles chart. says: "Some of noise. support. things that we like days we "It's a he used to go without dream, you "It's great," goes doing." dinner, know," keyboard player on. nice to know Talent we were working Clamour "It's like to be Slogging so hard. David Reid (18) sums up you're appreciated. We Mick: "We'd But It's much better than everyone's respected musically, "I don't think we've got working thoughts. But already they're worked so hard. " are Of course It didn't in factory." "We all had dreams used to the "We for whereas the Rollers the talent yet to write our The group of getting practised the happen just like that, they started over hit records and what It constant clamour of fans. months, we didn't do any knocked all time. own singles," says Kevin, had been slogging around three years ago but only Would Allan: "We don't use "because there's a Id went pro after be like," says A free fan club was gigs al all." says Kevin. the gruelling social club a guitarist Steve, who's also le and launched at the same Ume "For ages. And when you tapes on stage. It's purely more Involved than meets circuit tall beer and the eye. You've got to bingo) when they hap- know what a pop song is pened to get a booking at t' all about." Coventry's Tiffany's ball- Their idols are the room. There they were Beatles though they don't spotted by Magnet A&R think there will ever be a executive, Peter Water- group as big. What they man the of Good Bye Eel, reckon Is on their side is a Coventry man who still that their audience Is the does a disco spot at the same age as them. be as big as ballroom. . i "We wanna As a veteran of the we can," says Kevin. Sixties beat boom, the "We'd like to make pop Beatles. and American music a bit more R&B. he recognised Interesting." something raw and If you take Into account earthy In (kern and the fact that they're being decided to take them re -booked wherever they under his wing. He signed play with an automatic them to Magnet, got them proviso that crash bar- to give up the soul- riers are used the next destroying social club time, it could be that's circuit, and before they Just what they will do.

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/..,!' r7'Lii' 1/ 1 . I'm learning a lot more been spent having a good I cv. f -about myself as a singer time. Going to Caribou to tt!i g 11fa.t1.1 and as a musician. I really work on Elton's album, and 1 think this album's going to s then just going around with 1~Ii help me a lot. It feels a lad Davey and learning to ' more A. natural to mc, and I relax. Now she ...,' . ready "V7.11 think I'm staging with a lot to tackle the world leant. more feeling. " What would happen It she I Did that mean that she came back, found re-newed now disliked her earlier success and then found she albums? couldn't cope and wanted to "No, I don't see things retreat again? like lhst. I'll try to be a bit "The reason I wanted to more positive: 1 think that retreat before was because the first Rocket album was I wasn't happy- For better than I've Got The whatever reason, con- Music because there was fidence, whatever ... but more of me there. It's in the last six months I feel THE another reason for break- I've got over that. Working ing up the band, so that I In -the studio has made a lot can hopefully recapture of difference to me, because that." I've been happy working Meanwhile, there's her there, and I want In get out it single. Once A Fool, which and work now, and I think a feeling Is her Brat release wider that I've got back the production of Robert of security." Appere. On the album, there are a couple of numbers from Blair Bash. Freaked rather than a band in to have a ell, her old keyboard their wanted everyone She says that what most own right. " say, so when you've five player, a Sam Cooke number, several oldies but, freaked her out last year But when the reviews people and me all trying to up to were almost togeth. surprisingly, nothing from was people coming unanimous In put different things her and congratulating her SINCE THE breaking,up of the Kiki Dee Band their praise of the band? er, it can get a bit difficult. KW herself. "I guess guile a few far having 'marte it'. earlier this year, the lady In question has been "Oh ... well, I guess my And then in a way I felt a what they head in people will be surprised by "I didn't know noticeably absent from the music must have been bit of a cop-out because a record scene. No somewhere that, but It's just the way It meant 'laving hit records, no interviews, else. I think the year and a half that the making it, It's Just just a fleeting people might understand I happened. I havent't isn't band were together, starting. What It really appearance here and there on the arm of what I mean when they changed the line-up about stopped writing or any- thing like that, we just went meant was that I'd finally Davey Johnstone, Elton John's lead guitarist. hear the new album. I've every two weeks) I can't In through a lot of material got acceptance, England used quite a few American really give any deeper States, And with The last few Elton's American tour at musicians on that, as well it was Just the and picked things from and in the explanation, that acceptance I now feel Dodger Stadium in Los as some of Elton's band way I felt at the Ume. " And other writers. Next time months have been - that I can go out and really spent in America, Angeles, she spent most of Kenny Passarelli, James Kiki shakes her head, maybe..." I really mean her Ume bopping energeti- Howard, Dee Murray hoping that her ex- Plana for Use immediate give myself where she's finished a that, you know, I wasn't rally In the press box to the (Elton's old bass player) . planation makes sense. future are unsure. Kiki new album with a new very much wants to go on doing that before. However sounds of Elton and the Her career has spanned much people felt what they It could obviously pose a years now, and the load soon, as It's been producer, Robert Ap- band. quite few were seeing on a stage or Later on, Klkl talked problems as far as future somehow It seems that nearly a year. pe re, added some hearing on a record was about the year and, of tours are concerned If the every time Kiki Is on the "I've really got the Itch In vocal back-ups to of studio go back and tour since I've me. It wasn't, not really. course, the breaking up of majority her verge of breaking through "Now people seem to be Elton's Rock Of The musicians are permanent a way, she takes two been watching the Elton the band back in the Spring In big accepUng me for what I am \Nestles album, and at the end of a very members of another band. steps back and then has In gigs. I don't know whether but KW' hopes that she It'll be just me or whether - paranoia and all - and generally been get- successful British tour. almost start again. "I I'm much happier." "I suppose the main knows enough British and suppose a lot of It has to do I'll work with someone else ting herself together. reason for the break-up American musicians to put with me personally, I get on the bill. But hopefully In the Certainly she looks a lot was that I didn't think it together her own band. quite paranoid at times .. . that'll come together by 1 New Year." Netter than she did earlier was working out - they suppose one of the hut I still think that I'm this year. Much more seemed to be coming across other problems with the progressing the whole time, She admits that her stay relaxed. At the last gig of as my backing band. Klkl Dee Band was that I whatever direction it Is. in the States has basically Sue Byrom

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EXPRESS Mr. Cool Do It (Tit You've Satisfied) WIGANS CHOSEN FEW CARL DOUGLAS BAND Foot see Blue Eyed Soul CARL DOUGLAS CURTIS MAYFIELD Kung Fu Fighting More On Up WILLIE HENDERSON Bump AFRIOUE Gangster Boogie KNIGHT AND THE Soul Makossa GLADYS TOMMY JAMES AND THE PIPS Way We Were SHONDELLS The NSPL 28216 Mony Mony t Available on Cassette and Cartridge 6, 1975 24 RECORD MIRROR & DISC, DECEMBER hamilton's asl _~ ; 1: : PAGE You won't believe this . . . but dj hot line YOU MAY remem- over ber a few months Bridge back my raving about a Misty - Ish The Jitterbug is back! arrangement of placid waters Glenn Miller's In (RCA), and - especially The Mood, only - BENNY GOODMAN'S DAVID: Desiderata available on import, Stompin' At The Savoy (UK) makes a super bridge and Don't Be That Way between slow and fall by JOE BOB'S available sequences as you con dance (both by chance opines NASHVILLE week on The Best Of to It at both tempos, this Bob Prcedy (Bahus Enter- SOUND COM- Benny Goodman, RCA tainments, Gulseley) PANY. It has Starcall HY 1020). already rating races from remained in my own I then turned Chris onto Ashley Rally (Ashley's some that I use, like Disco, Ferryside) and Sieve personal Top Ten ELLA FITZGERALD'S Day (Chingford), BAND OF ever since as it gets Beat Me Daddy Eight 'lb T11E IILACK VIATCII: such great reaction The Bar (Verve), WILL (lance 11f The Cuckoos BRADLEY'S Boogie (Spaartyyrk)gghas to be an Xmas at MoR - type gigs. KER Woogle Maxie (RCA isltOTHE No WRegrets Well, It seems that a tF RS: tSA 3214) and GLENN 10701 a hit for Les large number o(dee Jays Sussex SPARKS: aiding a '40s revival MILLER'S Make Believe Aron (Ball -!tai, Bognor c_/ l_ all around the country Plus one Regis) and Chris Sang have reported Ballrooms Time have either been trying a growing . . to Swing and Boogie - down. Sure enough, the of my own pet segues, ((love) MUSCLES: DAVID: bridge. get that version or else feeling for old Big Band Woogle his otherwise fog bound crowd went RAY NOBLE'S Top Hat Make Me nappy (Rig Bear) have been asked to play music, In particular Tony funky Southern Soul straight In The Mood. IIAIRIIY Is breaking out for stelvin Jeff Rusting (Hull) lnlo (RCA LSA 3067), Mel's MARVELS: Lover's Con- it, and ns a compromise Seville (Cardiff Mobile audiences become. and on to such Davis (Mad Disco, have carried ROY'S Somebody Stole and Peter certo (Gull) Is big for Tom have been playing what- Discotheque Services), We have both been using '30s / '40s / swingers Warminster) who My Gal (Starline MRS Grelg (Plympton) Lathed (Barry), who also ever other versions they used Joe Loss's this sort of music at MoR as GLEN MILLER'S 5069) and the clincher 1'ANTASTICtt: version to satisfy - superbly funky RUItEN Ups (he to could get, the JOE. BOB re- parUes for a long Ume, Moonlight Serenade, - SID PRIMPS' !lore WILSON: Got To Get Your Minutes That Changed Th,- record evidently being peated requests for In The but now Chris finds that Chattanooga Chao Chao. D'Oeuvres (HMV). Own (US Cadet) works World (Bus Stp), and for Mood, anal Chris somewhat elusive. Added Hill. his audiences at the Gold Stardust, String Of The question now Is - wonders for Chris 11111 (Gold Ray "R osko" It nbinao to this, the mood has also Chris HUI Is the DJ from Mine really love to work Pearls, Little Brown Jug wlll the Jitterbug take off Mine, Canvey Island), and (Tiffany's, Leicester) .. been right for a general the Gold Mine on Canvey out the proper Jitterbug, (all on RCA), TIIE and become the next big Chris'. own RENTA SANTA (lay Robinson, chuffed about 1940's revival, what with Island who has Just Jive and ANDREW'S SISTERS' (Philips) is already number a vigil from the man himself, Quickstep thing, after the Twlet? one for Anthony Allan also tips JUDGE. DREAD: some of the recent brought out that hltbound movements - which look Boogie Woogle Bugle Boy Just as o hint, It looks as if up. Santa (Speakeasy Wakefield). Come Outside (Cactus), as fashions, the publicity cut Renta really great when done by INCA), A1RT1E SHAW'S the record that helped who has GRAEME does Dave It was EDGE: Singleton (Islam) about MANHATTAN (Philips), and people In GI fashions' Frenesl (RCA). WOODY start It all by being The Tunnel (Threshold) as 8111.0R: A Glass Of while he was visiting me TRANSFER. and HERMAN'S Wood - unavailable - the JOE record of the week . DJ Champagne tFpie) Is with a it 1 "I11g SPARKS' ).mks, Looks, copy of that Last Saturday I Joined chopper's Ball (MCA), ROB - will Indeed be out John" (Lights Fantas- bubbler for Mlle McLean how Gold tic Disco, Plymouth) , Looks. discovered Just Chris Hlli at the 11111)1)'. BEILRIOAN'R here sometime In ffnda (Strathdiseo. Glasgow) . . Asa result, several DJs deeply into Big Band, Mine to see what went Frankle and Johnny January. the SUR FA ills: Mine 001 Willism Fitton (Newton (Paramount) a sensational Reath, MancheslerI wane segue out of Let's Twist info about good JOF LOSS Again funky Les and JIMMY SIIAND-lei» "Godfather" Spalne (Time- party LPs. on lee* have piece, Liverpool) tips the recommendation from you new spins Fame like J 1MES all In time for Xmas lilt (155 I N: lot (US Polydar ) FLIRTATIONS: sir. tint' and JAGGY MURRAY IIICA) the most of the Adam and aye story JONIS: Inside lmerlea In from IUS oppuular record In C)evetamd, 4Z.145 Genesis, this power/u1 Jupiter1 STII'I,E iDiot Ron Morrison Another reggae semi - slowle sounds SINGERS: (Celdlta I _ Funky Lose Disco, Estos) - the quite innocent until you If atom) a listen tasty album Thursday 4th at the Lord timely to the words, track for Rob Sampson Nelson in lurdon's fine mess x#a which reveal that Adam's (Black Holloway ,j+ biggest Cobra Disco, Burgess (toad I help Roger Srou Play OF ,, was RAND TIIE BLACK temptation his 111111 P1UL DAVID- all the hits from liad and 11 %Tell: Danes Of The i own right hand) SON: Midnight Z( gip Rider (Tr. - then next Thursday Cuckoos ltipark SRL 11351. lFa is l Ith 1 do J 11I 55001'11: The Slim Ting/ charted at last, by 1957. , , ah huh) Better known as the laurel , ,C (rattle Version) (Tropical, & Hardy theme. this divinely 1 , . number unknown, Ihru }Q Y silly rumpty - tumply r ?. - President). instrumental is likely to , Good strong der - jay become the new March Of .v.l.p ' Version of The Mods, the Carl Malcolm star and tip is guaranteed NI. with a flipside to get your audience linking BAND OF THE BLACK WATCH: divinely silly. Dub Version by SOU(. SYNDI TWO MORE Ups bou t tape to follow arms for a rampage o CATE. on from last Is there BOB MARLEY & THE. the definitive Marley set rye). Mobile Discotheque destruction) time for rssKtpsnUpthaendGanyekGorren.orda - Greig's DAVID RUFFIN: oath Services/ it to be TI I E Xmas hit of '75? WAILERS: Live! (Island It's certainly won me over to Piano Concerto In ILPS 93761. A Minor, having been rocked Away Fran: Love (Tamla Csuogykeye, nee Ikt Even the 6lpvde's ch - chi - him at last, anyway when fro a This album of the Amaaingil for dancing up In the past by Kokomo Mason TMG 1017) mobile date where the floor may be cha Caribbean Honeymoon Lyceum good Raved a bit dodgy you won't RIR that produced No Woman all the way through, with (not the group) as Asia about in radio that the record jumps about. find makes a useful Come Circles and fast moving Peter No Cry (included now in its - to a Minor, now goes disco with a Grelg (Route 66 Disco Dancing send - up! JH applause kept Stateside, Plympton) has taped a special full 6.55 version) has to be manageable minimum, al- rattling fast bump rhythm the ex - Temt's Xmas jingle to advertise led festive PICK Intricately residencies events upcoming at his though Side Two is possibly And it sounds great( progressing pul- Re uses the first five sets of sator is likely to be a grower HAND. PI.ASTIC ONO strongest for a general GRAEME The llappy Xmas War is Over (Apple), EDGE: and Could well he big once CROSBY: Jingle cuts into RING audience,audience featuring as it Tunnel (Threshold 231. Bells (MCA/ with a voice ill people know Its subtle shifts. events, and fades - over Ballad the does No 1 5h01 The %Voila surprise, the straight into the "And the snowman the bit at the brio Sheriff and Gel Up, Stand bloodies' drummer doing a GWIEN SIKH 4E: Be Keeps end of NIZZARIX I ímnhrt perks XmasEvery Day Wish" JH PICK. (H &&&&& Up basic disco funker, Totally Something Groovy Gain' On musically 11. A good id a that Can be adapted JOAN CONTF.II: TM Boxer instrumental, It's an ever (President PT to any occason. as a of an all JEANNIE REYNOLDS: Lay part overall / Dance The Baser (Rosa KO building whomping stomping Flip 'of her On Ale "library music" catalogue typically TK Some Lorin' I, thru president) pounder with wukka - woks Love Insurance, Gwen's (Casablanca NB sin). put out by Thomas J. Pugilistic champ Conteh's and sinister synthetics. soulfully mated flowing Jeannie hangs up the Valentino Inc, of 151 West much ballyhooed debut on Genuinely funky. too! slowe is a killer that to my phone to say that the way 46th Street, New York, N'Y own is surprisingly Whether his label DAVID: Desiderata (UK mind cuts dead the sterile james'topten rated 10036 u touch her in places Valentino good, even if his voice is 115). night club dirges of is driving her insane will accept orders for just Gladys 'X" - maxesd so far back it's almost Set now to a danceable Knight. This can I I the single I know not, gal sing! COULD H A V E DANCED go on. move it to the left. and over the ropes. Pure disco gently roiling 'rhythm, the Ow,ow, wail on! ' ALL NIGHT to right, yeah you neither do their UK agents. move it the funk of the War f Kool & The much - requested Les Crane Blddn (Epic) It baby, there, Audio& Video Ltd (telephone AL MARTINO: Volare Y WHY Not right Gang type, it's a (ho a useable (Net DID YOU DO IT Stretch 91-580 2283). punchy oldie gels usefully Btu (Anchor) that's It! All this she sang! but you can ho hot' energetic bouncy reading by Capital Radio's D!pinto DI Blasi / You 5 RIGHT BACTt WHERE WE Mavis always try as are Belong STARTED FROM exultingly in frothy you hound stomper which sounds Dave Cash, who intones the To Me (Capitol Q. Maxine Nightingale style a happily to find the single useful B you 151N1) (U.A ) Staplesosh to possibly even better on the sehmaltsy platitudes in 4 LOVE HURTS hustling backing that's can indeed get It Just what the world Jim Capaldl (Island) Conteh - less (Upside plummy mid - Atlantic tones needs 5 LOVE IS THE spired by some Jiggly treble JH PICK version. and I kid you not! a DRUG Rog, Music Certainly worth while elm chant and drums - - 6 EN THE MOOD (Inland) guitar which shouldld cut trying stereotyped disco remould of on the floor- TAVARES: Free Ride thunder. JH PICK. Joe Bob's Nadi through disco A JUDGE DREAD: Come THE MILLION .URN: South the 1958 Domenico Moduitno vine Sound Company (UK Capitol ) funk) goodie (Capitol 11114 ). international smash, 7 MUSIC WHILE Edgar Outside 1 Christmas In Rampart Street Parade (Rut totally YOU WORK WALTER MURPHY Olt. Winter's near - Nt twisted to fit retains those great freaky Dreadland (Cactus CT sal. RU 30-41 an archetypal Paul Fenoulteet (UA LP) CIIESTR s Disco Bells The Mike hustle backing- R guitar noises and in fact Strne hit from in fact flip of the smoothly The even WIDE. EYED AND LEGLESS (Mahe, usavallable thee 62 now features the older Jo Stafford slowle on normal outlets). sounds not all that different girl harmonised '50's - style Andy Falrweather Lew being chatted - up by Dread the flip is one of my own (AIM) So obvious that harts, vocally, too, However, It is W Howie, I'll Never Smile 9 I ONLY HAVE EVER FOR YOU it telling him to sod off, get Eaves (a recent miss for Jim a be interesting to see If what Again, this raaaamatasay here's computerised disco Reeves), and I Dick Powell (LTA ) was once classed as stuffed aid other such Dixieland instrumental could confess to LP) singly that bends that heavy Rock unladylikeexpressions! prelerring it 10 THE TRAIL -0V~ LONESOME PINE old Xmas Jingle will now he accepted as Ex- be lust the thing that some favourite, tremely rude s1USCLES: Laurel k Hardy rat the Funk. Tavares are in danger and MoR locks art looking for, Make Me Happy (VA) Bells, to current Nets screamingly tunny, should of going the Chambers it especially as nobody seems (Rig Rear OURS 5, Ihru York hustle sound. If it can M a monster. The faster BREAKERS be done to Baby Face and Brothers route and falling to me making this happy son Polyder) reggae flip as between two stools here )all as of noise any more. JH Home - grown bouncy fast Volare, why not Jingle Bets? offensive H less useful. I DAN()'. OF THE CUCKOOS with hit whereas in America the(' JH PICK husker with chanting and Although crammed PICK. soul Bnod potential, this single is not probably do well as they ve SAS ROMEO: Bag Jack clapping. energetic if Of The Back W alb IMpasrt ) THE ARMADA ORCIRES (Tropic al rauttre, The intro Y HAPPY TORE ON generally' available as it's made what amounts to an A: Soundtrae TST of the AN ISLAND IN THE SUN exciting record. 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1 t 1 f A by Kevin Allen CHUCK'S FOOT Blue eyed IS BACK ON . boys of

THE 1r THROTTLE r a . . CHUCK JACKSON, one, of the years to sign with Motown reggae. major R&B .. artists of the 'Sixties, had 23 pop chart and I was Offered what 1 looked liken good deal. soul entries during his spell with Scepter/Wand .).i*' BLUE-EYED that's GT Moore Records. "I went to the company groups are now an He then switched to Motown - with a pretty big and The Reggae I accepted part of the but instead of his career reaching even reputation. In seven - , greater heights, it went Into limbo. years every one of my \ scene but a blue - Guitars Now the man's back, Scepter/Wand records eyed reggae group? happening big 'There's my baby had made the R&B charts : he's got the need some- In the over and most gone CHUCK JACKSON - now that's Tim discos with I've Got The the 1-e.' had pop Wyte and organist too, even though it was where quite a cop of thing very different. Jonds were- In from the Need (a song first "Later, when 1 went Apollo for a week. When solo, they'd sltlt difficult at that time other stars from the Lots of white artists, start though. popularised via a Mo- give me work we first met .he had nt- a to 'Sixties are finding new from the Beatles on down, ments' LP) and happily at their club, Sylvia's break black records to rhythm at all, and he "We're experimenting Lounge. white record buyers. lease of life. One is Brook have used reggae Ideas all the signed to a brand-new I suppose It was knew It. but he sure could Is and the and improving Inevitable that Chuck have Benton and Chuck but G. T. Moore off with deal with Sylvia and Joe one day could been sing. Interested In the possi- Reggae are time We started we'd link up a bigger still during "The next Ume I saw Guitars three horns, Robinson's All Platinum for his bilities of them maybe pretty much unique In four gutters, label. recording deal. Scepter/Wand days but him on TV he was like a conga 'tl guess you could getting together for a joint whole songbook plano / organ, say the Though It seemed the for Florence Greenberg per- that their emergency -brake completely'dltlerent album: "I guess it is based on reggae. washboard, bags, drums has been on right move for him at the rejecting several of what son, he projected rhythm my career for a ouldn't make sense a bit of a cliche and vocals. Then we cut time, Chuck always eventually proved to be and soul, he'd become u 'It's the past half -decade but unless we both got het now but that's what we out the horns. gd.a new now foot regretted having gone to Burl Bacharach and real artist, he wax singing the is right back Hal again at the same Ume. are, a reggae band," drummer and two back- on the throttle," he told Motown: "I really didn't David's biggest songs. like he meant It." vocalists, then we got want to Motown, Gerald Moore explained, ing me. leave Scep- "Burt called me one Once with pleasant yet another drummer and ter/WVand. It all hap- day and you Chuck Jackson's own Unique relaxing In the said: 'Could Chelsea flat he shares dropped the backup Re -build pened over a stupid talk to Florence, she's progress ground to a halt: One thing is already vocals, and we've got dispute. You know, that just turned 'They had another singer evident Platinum with his lady,Shusha. now down a great - All two drummers, n saxo- "All Platinum is a was a great sang.' at Motown by the name of are own "I started off with a little r went over to his letting Chuck's phone and a girl conga young and expanding company, so successful office and played Marvin Gaye and that's unique vocal style shine soul band back in the hey he me day of R&H and player! company and that's what but like a who 1 to compete British close-knit It's Not Unusual. I then had out, where as Motown "In the days had 1 need to help re -build my family unit, pleaded with Florence but with. I thought there was swamped it beneath their places like the Flamingo, early t We were to reject a Id of the songs career. I've known Sylvia "I had a ros with she wouldn't listen, so room for both of us but I Detroit Sound: called Gerald T. "1 guess I'd written because the and Joe for 18 years and Scepter/Wand boss Flor- Burt went to kept ending up with that wan the biggest Moore and the Memphis over band a strong we've been neighbours ence Greenberg. I guess England and gave second -choice material, trouble. The records I Gent. tie did all the didn't have It to songs one enough to for 14 years. a e were both a little too Tom Jones. Burt also with the songs he and had our at Motown could from of Sam grasp of reggae 'When I was with the stubborn. Really, neither offered me What's New others had turned down have been by any Motown Del Vikings back in 1857 1 of us wanted the Split but Pussycat and Florence and I got second-rate area." was 17. Sylvia was then neither would back down turned that down Idol" promotion too. With the revival of his teamed with Mickey When I left, everyone was Tom Jones owed more "I don't think the 'fault fortunes, Chuck is hoping r Baker a's Mickey and crying, Including me. than just material to stemmed from the top of to get to Britain once Sylvia - they had a "Deep down I'd wanted Chuck Jackson I re the company. Smokey more. "I'm really looking million -seller with Love Is to stay with Florence for marked on the similarity Robinson and Berry forward to It. I was Strange - and we were just as long as r kept on of his vocal approach: Gordy were keen for me to summed to come over with touring with them. It was recording but when the "Well, that's easy to succeed but the middle an All Platinum package my first time out on the 'spilt came 1 got straight explain. Tom carne over men just didn't want to In November but the tour road and I didn't know un the phone to Smokey to the States and spent a know me." was postponed. Now R anything. She looked Robinson. He'd been great deal of time with Things look much looks like well :nuke it after me. She'd tell Joe: after me for about five me. I took him to the better at AU Platinum early In the New Year." "pBci '`,, glwr 9 ' ' P t, VAN has ar- Still no scheduled VAN MOCDY : The Disco Kid t Avoo «9009 ) MOODY has ranged and produced ex released date on either \ IN THE past. Van Mc(by's music been unfairly aide mere Temptation David Rut - of the Atlantic for criticised by some as being 'plastic soul' or Stevie 'automated disco fodder'. It's true that he does aim fin's latest album effort Wander's Songs In i The Key Of . Ms music square on at the dancers but what in hell's Who Am I? and the single Life album . wrong with that' Take the current single Change cut Walk Away From 100 per cent soul and GT MOORE:likes football With The Times (also included In this album). Who Love stormed Into the US tree admission is the It near forces you up on your feet to dance? Hot 100 chart within two format at the University and Dave's albums and play them can deny weeks Arms WONDER: that way hulas The truth lx that Mc(by has a rare gilt for both of release. The In South Park date? all the songs from an Ott* we've pair recently appeared Avenue, Norwich, while become more adept rhythm and musical harmony, perhaps due In some Redding album. the one we've been able to get Into part to his professed love for symphonic classical together In a sell - out the city's Norfolk -Wherry is available from 87 called The Soul Album more varied concert at New York's also features soul from Albert Terrace, Woistae. - material " music. Unlike other disco orientated nets, he always that was our repertoire, Work is sometimes hard Avery Fluter Theatre . . Thursday throukh week, ton, Newcastle, Staffs ST5 but weaves a rich and ever changing musical pattern the first song I ever to find for a white There's been talk of the - ends, sAY, wrote reggae around the basic beat of his numbers: thus Change was like a reggae band and Gerald fills In City of Los Angeles Lucille Talks Back . With The Times is more than an Insistent riff, it Though previously number, sort of like Dr time by playing with develops, evolves from start to finish, never letting up adopting the title track (ABC ABCL 5149) brings reported as having left Kit ch. Shusha from the Miracles' City of B.B. King's sound even the - he led the band on the danceabllity while at the same time being group, General How did the Reggae on her last three' Angels concept album as further up to . date with Johnson is expected albums: suitable for borne listening too with Its interest filled to be Guitars get off the ground "I'm into a lot of things arrangement. We'll certainly be hearing a lot of this the official town theme. many of the tracks with them when they In the first place? besides Meanwhile, the group are getting dose to that make their 'I'd reggae. At one album in the dubs over the next few months. pretty next British bombed out a bit Cline had currently making their funky stuff. Fans of visit in the New to tell I lour separate Year .. . you the truth- I but - first tour of Japan. contemporary blues will nice `album retreated inter woven banda * from the to a place in the country going. was Sadly, Jackie love this one, especially Dramatics, MUM simply It hectic and OLIVER BAIN: Blue Max (Cmtempo) with some friends and we - sometimes Wflem Is reported to st111. up - daUngs of such that, on there was an A SNEAK preview of one of Co tempo's upcoming ABC (ABCL got a band together, just be In a coma though themes as Inee41 Flab 5150). Ron Banks Identity conflict but releases, courtesy of Nasbaro records who sent us a really for fun really, and that think it helped me become doctors say his progress som's Reconsider Baby . does have copy of the Stateside release on their A -Bet label out one of the best evolved Into the Reggae e far better must dam than of Nashville. Despite the company's source, their fol lowing anon -stage fall discography freaks lead voices In tout music Guitars. 1s satisfactory with and any soul fan who tf I'd just been sticking to music is very much in a soul bag and this latest 10- likes and the group con- "Of course, we their new single You're digging deep Into sistently had one style." tracker,from bandleader Sabi Is no exception. Earth pretty come through problems, we've been Gonna Make Me Love the music's roots will go Gerald believes In funk Is the driving power behind Sam's rooting alto vlth fine material. through a few You chasing the success for Chris Savory's Hot line-up keeping varied Interest.: and tenor sax and keyboards' work. . Tote and the changes Party Hearty of Reaching The over the past two "We're all football freaks kicks the album off in suitably frenetic vein though For Best, Buttered Soul fanzine Mayta e, Burning Spear years since we started. - Breads and Herb Rooney which la packed in the group. We often the odd bleeps, presumably censoring some near - the full of the Hemer,Hemmer, all now The biggest problem was better known as the info and also Includes have a game on the - knuckle word or other, are a annoying. - signed to island who. finding a trifle Sale Exciters are once drummer who afternoon of a gig, It's not be as distinctive as of, say, - plenty of small ads for atter their success with could play reggae playing may that again touring the UK and rare soul be. important in this business but It is much more In tune with Just record& The Bob Marley are now cause basically Junior Walker, did a pint show with the triage It's back - to keep physically fit The on today's black music scene. duplicated but at venturing more deeply to front drumming what is happening Drifters at the ABC 75p per Issue other night we stopped on an all album, vocals is atlll good into reggae, the music Martin Hayward, who Essentially this I. -instrumental Theatre, Chester. on value for its wealth of Blackheath In the middle being limited to half -spoken, half -chanted asides. they helped bring over Mays that reggae rhythm November m. Interesting features and here In the of the night and had first place . guitar, bass player Tom tick ahoud." 17 I RECORD MIRROR & DISC, DECEMBER 6, 1975

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WINGS: Venus And Mars I Rock Show (Capitol R6010) rc ,G.t It must still be a bit of a mystery as to why Letting Go never really made the charts, but here's Wings' follow - up, taken, like the B- WieE` side from the album of the same name. As so `S r, f many thousands of people already have the album, this 3 d- J Probably doesn't need too much introduction, except M RTÑEYANDWINGS: e lot raunchier to say it's a lot raunchier than Letting Go, and should ELECTRIC LIGHT OR- first single, a bouncy MARTHA REEVES: do a lot belle!. CHESTRA: Evil Woman cheerful song that's (Your Love Keeps ALVIN STARDUST:An- (Jet 7641 undisguised pop, with a Lifting Me) Higher And Key to symbols gel From Hamburger It's been such a touch of the Jamaica Higher (Arista 361 Heaven (Magnet 51) long time since steel drums thrown In for That old Jackie Poor old Alvin we've heard luck. It's the kind of Wilson favourite up: hit 11 r, time no hear hasn't had too Thumb from ELO that it record you find yourself being given a ELO: Long much success was interesting to hear liking without really new airing by Ms unfortunately, he doesn't here comet the intrepid with singles of her debut what they'd been doing. wanting to, Reeves, making do too good a job of it, Band Of The Black Watch late, I'm not too sure and Thumb sideways: -V In fact this is a vary solid outing on her new record wobbling something ter- with a neat little rendition this it The .rbout one, although might, might not 3 record, very strong bass JASON SINCLAIR: label. The trouble is that rible on the higher notes of the LEtH theme, last a bit better than the and a sound that does End Of The World she's slowed the pace Very mournful. complete with spoken two, and has a fairly of those growing (Cactus CT 761 down a little, so if you intro, It'll probably get to one OF THE catchy chorus line. Thumb down: tricks on you. Nice Jason who? remember the original THE BAND number twol There's so much about at oh dear sound, and o fine record. Hang about, a well, you tend to want to BLACK WATCH:Dance The Cuckoos (Spark the moment in the way of b, small bird has speed it up all the time. I Of good singles, me fears it CHAMPAGNE: Vahe- lust told me this prefer the other version. SRL 1135) JACKIE WILSON F, might just get lost. vale (Thunderbird The is, In fact, your favourite Someone's THE CHI-LITES: Don't 103) Judge under a (and I Burn No Bridges one of the best things LEON RUSSE'.L: Lady 111-5 quick off the OSIBISA: Sunshine The group who quote) clean disguise. (Brunswick BR 281 they've put out for ages. 7199) FAI mark with Day (Bronze 201 perfectly clear is Blue (ABM - Very jolly and bouncy, were in a bit of a What's Laurel and Recorded before rumpus recently that here's another From the Will Jackie's recent There's as much and a great riff running Wisp al- Hardy the most likely Eri with regard to standard getting the old O'The heart - attack, 1Y` of a Latinbeat through the song. I can Mr contenders for number wins on reggae one - two. Both bum, this +Ily as annAfricanAfrican see hoardes of people their number of one the way the Charts ifs two great Dread and reggae fans Russell giving us one on Osibisa's forming congas to this Uncle Hughle's Opp are going at the moment, soul talents combined. with their should enjoy it. the ballad treatment, and latest offering, which is one. Knocks emerge The vocals are shared torn and turn about, and the overall feel is of an old Temps récord, Good mix that might survive the SANTA MAKES A COMEBACK! Christmas blitz.

JOHN DENVER: Please YIN & YAN:The Twelve AL MARTINO; Volare THE THE GOODIES: Make A CARPENTERS: The singles Daddy (Don't Get Days Of Christmas (Capitol CL 15841) Santa Claus Is Coming Daft Noise For Christ- Christmas PAGE Drunk This Christmas) (Gull 26) LARRY OR- To Town 7144) mas (Bradley's 7533) Volare (AEtM THE TONICS: White EMMYLOU HARRIS: RCA 2636 CHESTRA: Having tiríkled (Penny Farthing 903) Oh gawd, here's Christmas (Magnet 52) Light Of The Stable A small con- 14410) pioc John's lbeveryone's fan- the silly, record (Warner Bros K I solabon from the Rocky Mountain cy with their Strange that two of the' week! The Tonics are Completely dif- acts Carpenters in Christmas al- version of If, Yon gi different view of their T This time the actually the ferent Christmas should release bum, the blurb Van return to do battle down a singers who single, with Em - Er cancelled tour, this record Goodies have laid accompanying this record with this traditional this oldie goddie back - track, while work with Adr- mylou being week. You features last year's funky suggests that 'perhaps Christmas ditty. Whilst in the same Carpenters' Christmas they take front vocals and Ian Baker, and who let rip aided on vocals by Dolly can choose, If you feel so Ronstadt every little girl should buy relatively amusing on the single, Merry Christmas sing about the advert} of with full harmonies. In Parton, Linda inclined, between Al's Neil a copy of this record as a first hearing, it isn't the Darling, the Christmas with a few fact, their harmonies area and Young. Classy vocam or Larry's lads on B-side, pre - Christmas present kind of record that to rip - off of the Four record that'll probably get with Santa Claus on the seconds in the middle for their daddies. All its humour after doing a nifty uptempo up - looked in the spate maintains A -side Slightly down make a few daft noises, Freshmen - hands over orchestral job Unfortu- seasonal songs together now . . . bleahl several piayings Might tempo hence the title. I'm afraid who remembers them? - of other nately, I remember version, but It's not really sung as a just do it. but I have my Karen's done, but still a we've got this year, but e s version. vocals are as I haven't yet got into the beautifully funny song. doubts. Dominico golden as ever, spirit of the thing, crib. Pleasant though nice touch.

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It shows in the finished product by revealing a Glitter Band who have far THE WILD ANGELS: greater musical talents than have previously shown on BLACKBYRDS lack that necessary something Let's Get Back To Rock their singles, barring the current one. Makes You Blind being the black man's Radio Luxembourg fame, N' Roll (Pye Golden 614). is a funky instrumental that would stand up in any soul medicine); the wonderful- but it doesn't. Or if it has, Hour GH disco; there's a reggae number; a couple of more ly wicked Burnin' and I've missed it. There A greaser's dream, Sixty typically GB sounding Lootin'; the rolling and doesn't seem to be any minutes of Rock 'n' Roll tracks - in all there's an tumbling Trenchtown great point in brining this by Britain's ackhowledg- album that's summed up Rock and finally the out again, because it's ed top Rock 'n' Roll in the title. All the highlight, Lively Up not that nilarious. band. That means 22 numbers are written by Yourself, A classic. tracks covering just about the band, either collec- Tastier than hot patties. ROY WOOD: Mustard every classic in the book tively or individually, and JI Uet LP121 S such as Rip It Up, Ready next year should see them BABE RUTH: Stealin' As the stoned hippy once Teddy; Jailhouse Rock; a lot said: is a with more respect as Home (Capitol E -ST "God jigsaw Good Golly Miss Molly; puzzle" so musicians. Judging their al t 11451) and too is pop What'd I Say; All Shook future on this album, l music as made by Roy While I am completely Up. You know the sort of `they've earned it. S8 aware of the amount' of Wood. He's got all the thing. Rock 'n' Roll Is pieces, Iw THE BLACKBYRDS: hard graft Babe Ruth puts the voices, the always threatening to Instruments, the produc- make a big City We (Fantasy FTA into its career, I can't comeback, tion, the arrangement, the I 3003) profess to have any great but it's never really made writing and the influence It. This won't Walking In Rhythm was a enthusiasm over choir change that make him a complete but if well -deserved hit,but this album. Their material c anything your hales isn't strong enough and it amalgam of pop - already slicked back and album unfortunately particularly Sixties pop. doesn't seem to contain smacks of late Sixties your trousers are tight, rock instead of forward But,' perhaps because he this should really make anything of the same works on it all too hard with =j looking rock. Also they your Christmas greaser. calibre. the possible and long, the net result is I . - exception of Loire So s lean heavily on Jenny' i OH for lead a complex mish-mash of ,i Haan vocals. She - Fine, a ballad. The MARLEY, tastier than hot patties WOOD: mish - mesh styles and Ideas which ELECTRIC LIGHT OR- all the doesn't really have the Blackbyrds contain only add up to the finally given, Elkie the are a houshold name now CHESTRA: Face best of the highest degree If kind of voice that can Ths elements on an overall eccentric experimenting opportunity to record - and' the album is Music List LP 11) jazz/soul, but the collec- taken tackle all kinds of quality, numbers and of a studio/musical what must be, for her, the del 'nits ly ,Hou sewHe's tion of eight on marking of star get away Why is it that neither Jeff tracks dilettante. Because he dream LP. Recorded at Choice material. Where Is content and presentation with it. She can perform music nor their album lack that does everything the songs the Record Plant in LA, the blood and guts Lynne's ROY then Crisis? beats Crime well, but I feel they are of necessary something to come out too jaunty and Wood's never sounds of The Century in a photo not aware of their the nine cuts feature the yesteryear. Or was therm pull them out of the stilted, totally original? Alright, so finish. limitations as far as this despite being usual cast of West Coast any at all? Was h all in the numerous bands playing and as the Beatles were the goes. She sang beau- catchy clever, on star musicians producing fevered imagination of the same kind of music. BOB MARLEY AND The Rain Came Down On clean, light, if rather the Sixties? No, there was greatest masters 8f tifully on 2000 Sunsets, plagiarism After several listenings, it THE LIVE: Everything, Why Does support. some here, and but ELO take it WAILERS which I liked, but don't compressed, how becomes an album that A too far on the Beatle-like (Island ILPS93761 seem them being ablirlo Such Pretty Glrl Sing Where she goes wrong is lovely to hear Apache basically in Walrus sound of Night. stays the Those Sad Songs and in the nature of e rather again. It's a live album This is reggae music at reproduce this on a live rider, the Harrison feel background, never ac- Look Thru' The Eyes Of A lack-lustre bunch of sell - and the French lie show. I I audience tually impressing very It's most pop Wring! Bob hope haven't of Waterfell, and the John been too, hard, because Fool. Some of the ideas, penned songs and the seemed to like the show Marley's live album, Lennon No -9 . ruch on the ears SB like the camp style of limitations (saved by He's in a corny sort Dream recorded at the Lyceum in they are not abad band, of way Mustard and You Sure A Rebel and Sayer's (don't you despise revisited touch of One SUPERTRAMP: Crisis? this year makes his perhaps just a bit people July Got It Now, are a Tomorrow) and who clap in Summer Dream. Then What Crisis? IA &M last recorded album, 'uninspired. RR the time to songs refreshing progression, limitations of her incon- at concerts?). Loosen.up there's Poker which AMLH68347) Natty Dread, sound like sounds like BONZO DOG BAND: but that's not enough. sistent voice. She does a bit Shads, and stay supercharged Crisis? What Crisis? isn't Mantovani goes Jamai- Keynsham (Sunset SLS Maybe without the have a distinctive lilt but away from the Euroelsion Stee(eye Span {nice an album that hits you can. The live album is just middle 50375) pressure to produce and a too often it veers into song contest in future, eight) and the hard first time around, but like being at one of his RR simpler more natural substandard wailing. As e overblown myeterioso rather gets under your concerts while you're in This is a re-release of an THE DRIFTERS: 24 approach Roy will still performer in front of her opener, Fire On High, skin more it. privacy of album that came out first Original Hits (Atlantic the you play the your own produce a stunning LP. lase band, Vingegar which labs into classic came out in 1961). If you Joe, Records K60106) Around the fifth play you front room. The pulsating This is not one. PH Who thrashing, Evil thought the were the Elkie was very exciting; In then realise just how reggae beat leaps off the Bonzos This album seems to have Woman is the one true funny then, presumably the singer/songwriter much blood, sweat and turntable and Marley's ELKIE BROOKS: Rich made some kind of record ELO piece in this sparse this opinion holds good class she's too patchy. elbow grease has done gospel JA voice reaches Man's Woman (AErM history in that it was eight -cut outing. For the today. I think they had PH into the works. Roger the soul (and sole). SP 4554) released a couple of rest, despite the Imagini- and some THE SHADOWS Hodgson and Richard Outstanding cuts are their moments A long career of singing LIVE: weeks ago in one city in tive use of strings and here At The Paris Davies have produced Dom Belly Full, which of then are recorded the blues, performing Oiympfa the North of England to production, and lyrics, like We Wrong. I (E M I E M C 30951 some fine songs, like implores the listener to - Were rock 'n' roll and generally test its popularity, and on there's always that StIster Moonshine and forget their sorrows, did expect the ode track being one of the few It's sad in a way to see the the basis of sales in that nagging feeling that Another Man's Woman, troubles, sickness, weak- to have some connection dominant dames In the Shadows becóme re- city alone, n made the you've been there and the musicianship is of ness and dance (grooving with- Horace Bachelor of British music biz has spectable. I mean they album charts And now before. PH f milli 'dui wail MU MAD iiihiiiila , : Li,zing op; `z1 Gai 0I CidDjr"- \.j' EPC i It - o. 3752 ~,, , _f . .:. - RECORD MIRROR &D/SC, DECEMBERS, 1975 31 Á_aa AA r 00 ,c)0

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ALIKE RTO Y LOS TRIOS money's SUTHERLAND BROTHERS Tillie Farm, for PARANOIAS, & QUIVER Glamorgan HELEN SHAPIRO, Talk of MUD, Odeon, Edinburgh Harrow Polytechnic, Treforesl the Midlands, Bradford (031 667 3805) KURSAAL FLYERS I STACK RIDGE I BANCO, 664191) URIAII IIF.EP, Odeon, MOON I CR 451i CAVAN, (Bradford 6101) Town Itall, Cheltenham CHRIS FARLOWE, New Birmingham (021 643 Roundhouse, Chalk Faint, 11USTI.ER, The University, 2564) Music Hall, Victoria, London SAS 71 (01 CA RA VAN, tendon N W 1 (01.267 Shrewsbury (Shrewsbury (Southampton Theatre sake? 834 0671) , Southampton KOKOMO, I UPP, 520191. 556291) Royal. Drury Lane, London SASSAFRAS I RAND & DANA, New Royal Cabaret CALLED 8/ RANDY PIE, 1w JUSTIN IIAYWARD WC2 (01.838 6106) Lounc, Preston, JOHN LODGE I A J Lanchester Polytechnic, of CURVED AIR I CLIMAX Coventry (Coventry 24168) WEBBER, University (BLUES BAND, The Univer- CURVED AIR, The Univer- Brunets Uxbridge (Ux- sity, Reading (Reading bridge 37188) sity, Salford KIDS, 800222). SCREAMING LORD SUTC11 HEAVY METAL 1111011DRY ' SASSAFRAS I BAN[) Polytechnic, Kingston A TH E SAVAGES, College of Mee mite r 6 CALLED Of II ANDY PIE, Education, Doncaster FAMILY COOKIN', Baths, City Hall, (lull. GONZALEZ, Bishop Otter Scunthorpe ELECTRIC LIGHT OR- BROTI ER LEES, Baileys, W LILY, The Polytechnic, OSSEUM II, Watford Colic ge, Chic besler CHESTRA COI (Watford 39848) DESMOND DEKKER, Col- Sunderland Odeon, Birmingham . L ..r GE NO WASHINGTON & lege of Education, Dudley EDGAR BIROUGHTON RAND of Tech- SASSAFRAS/ TIFF It AM JAM BAND, J13151Y JAMES & TI,E HAND, Institute CALLED 0/ NDY PIP, Middlesex Polytechnic. En VAG 3BONDS, City College, nology, Bolton The Univversity, ABirrmingham (held. Leeds JUDAS PRIEST, Stadium, (021 172 18411 HOCK ISLAND LINE, WIG %NS OVATION, Block Liverpool JIMMY RUFFIN, Baileys, Battersea College of Educo Lion, Cardigan SUTIIE BLAND BROTHERS (Derby 383151) It The Derby lion, Koehn mplon N AZ%IIF,TII I SNAFU, y QUIV'E Polytechnic, MIKE HERON'S REPUTA- DR IFTF.RS, Baileys, Derby Mayfair, Newcastle (New- Sunderland TION, Golden Diamond, (Derby 363151) castle 23109) CURVED AIR, The !Myer. Stoney Street, Sutton in Lancaster (Lancaster JIMMY RUFFIN, Baileys, M ALI.5 , Earnshaw Hall, oily, As hf*Id Blackburn (Blackburn Sheffield 65201) GENO WASHINGTON A 062662) BUDGIE, Corn Exchange. SUPERTRAMP I JOAN RAND, MOVIES, THE RAM JAM FUMBLE, Marquee, Ward - Cambridge (Bury SI Ed- A RN ATE ADING/ Baileys, Bristol our Street, London WI (01 munds 3937) II ammersmtth Odeon, Lon- GLITTER RAND, Locarno, 437 6603). GENTI.E GIANT, Univer- don Wr, (017184061) RLE, Sl Peters College, Portsmouth (Portsmouth IARAVAN I MICHAEL sity of East Anglia, Norwich FUN 25491) CIIAPx1 AN, Usher Hall, (Norwich 520681 ( Birmingham PAUL SIMON, Palace, Edinburgh V1V ST 01311ALLS VIVA- ALBERTO Y LOS TRIOS paranoias, University S Manchester (061 238 0184) CILIA ILL ACK, Central !tall, RIUM, Goldmiths College, JUSTIN HAYWAIID A Keeping Chatham Landon S W I4 (01 692 0211) Essex, Colchester (Colches- ter44114) J01114 LODGE / A. J. DECAMERON, The Univer COLOSSEUM II, Johnson NERRER, The MAC A KATIE KISSOON, University, sit y, Aberystwyth Ilall, Yeovil Exeter (Exeter 77911) (Aberystwyth 3812). U It1AlI DEEP Gau moot, Baileys. Liverpool . KENNY. Peer Pavilion, QUEEN, Guildhall, Preston THIN 1177,Y I JONATHAN Southampton (Southampton (Preston 21721) KELLY, Crucible Theatre, 22001) Cieelhorprs ANDY FRASER / Sheffield (Sheffield 799223). ANDY FRASE It f DRIFTERS, Stour Centre, STRANGE DAYS The HELEN SHAPIRO, Talk of STRANGE DAYS Top Ashford Exeter (Exeter Bank 26536) GLITTER BAND, The University, Yorkshire, Bradford (Brad- Cardiff [Cardiff 77911) tracks ford 684494) I'ROCOL 11 ARUM The University, Nottingham (Nottingham 55912) UIIIAH HEED, Free Trade PIt OCOI. HARUet, The University, She/field HEAV Y METAL KIDS Hall, Mainrhester (481 834 University Swansea (Sheffield 21076) GONZALEZ, Bedford Bradford 09341 (Swansea 24851') SUPERTRAMI' I JOAN ELECTRIC LIGHT OR ,GENTLE GIANT, Town NAZARETH I SNAFU, De AIRMATR APING MOVIES, ROCK ISLAND LINE, Rolle CIIESTRA! COLOSSEUM 11, Birmingham (021 236 11011 Coventry College, Exmouth Ball, Montfort Leicester Coventry Theatre, New Victoria, London SWII 2392) (Leicester 22850). 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Grand Pavilion, Leicester ( KENNY, AND 1 FRASER I Leicester 27652) Lodge Lane, N I1 E Withernsea THIN LIZZY, Finehley,, A V Y METAL STRANGE DAYS The Middleton SI London KIDSINUTZ, Top Rank, KURSAAL FLYERS .Aston George College of Educa - University. Liverpool (051 MUD, Apollo, Gl4sgow (041 Cardiff (Cardiff 265381. University, Birmingham 709 4744). lion. Darlington 332 6055) (021 359 3611) UFO, Albert Hall, Notting- JACK THE LAD, City Hall. JIMMY JAMES A THE KURSAAL FLYERS, Round- ham (Nottingham 43971). and albums 11ROTHERHOOD OF Al AN. VAGABONDS, Samantha's, St Albans house, Chalk Farm. London CURVED AIR/CLIMAX La Dolce Vita, Birmingham HELEN SHAPIRO, Talk of Exmouth NW) (01.267 DANA, New Royal Cabaret 2540 HIVES RAND, TO,In Hall, Yorkshire Bradford (Brad- BURGLAR BILL, Ewell GENTLE GIANT. 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Ore 42E EKA w 14 olio defwts on _cep.of* pier. of 05001 36 RECORD MIRROR b DISC,' DECEMBER 6. 1975 A big splash GARY GLITTER'S going to get himself into hot water soon, but, of course, it'll be hot water with P' style. r You see Garza Ls having his new ultra - luxurious bathroom fitted out with marble and glass REALLY THERF.'S only specially imported from one thing to say - and Italy. you see her? Honestly, the year's mod boring TV And at the same time programme! So our he's taking a Up from his competition this week old who ( mute Donovan (get out those naughty also planned a marble nntelete): Who wan the bathroom al his home In most boring, David Itow1e Ireland or Reinstall Harty? Gaping Itahould be a rime me, which Is exactly what It looked beautiful until we've heard about AWB'. our folk singer decided to Hamish Shat and the run himself a bath. Then Divine Miss M. Such a A . , It happened .. crash scandal and Christmas an tirtan . and a splash swoosh rise ... But Mt's hope a gaping great hole in the piece of that Mauve »pith floor. will touch die hearts of Italian marble. It would Rick Wakeman and appear, needs special Procol Harem. Let's strengthened joists Io the have mo more titfs, It's floor because it Is so kiss - and make up knock-out heavy! Gary has made time. Right hoy.? Right, sure that all precautions now what's this we hear have been taken In order about Alloe.Oooper not to repeat. Donovan'n "selling out" to bas THE ROLLERS: not a record advance. JOHN CONTEH: advance unknown. experience. Vegas? Darlings, Alice WELL, DIDN'T we cause a stir lust week! sold out years ago - he's That new Rollers album which managed to just getting more money achieve a loo,tluu advance before release is now.. mighty impressive hut not the largest And It seems Stove advance ever. I h, (ley has been picking Painting the up a booh (sorry, bob) nr That glory belongs advance orders for Can't trail ... two by appearing in those to the Beatles who Roy Mr Love over (here. naughty sea nags with N,mn ,'hlle the had a 7:NI,UUB ad- Buller,. HERE WE present fiend for the golden the Trail Of The their way back- Smart -oaken! ladles. But Mille ore coning along nith this age of I. eh? they bare the Id, he vance order for their 11,1 Ian albums year's. biggest Hollywood Lonesome Pine. going platinum. Stan Laurel and In order not to get lost But before they even hit doesn't1 which makes their Beatles For and they hitmakers as you've the first glen little Atevle just as boring inn' pre.ented with those Oliver Hardy (which while actually on the trail leafy big fat Sale album. never seen them Stanley thin Oily went anti put Isla toot as eves. d lrrs by world light 1s which? which Is had great loll heatswei gte l bas log before (unless of as they idea to paint the trail us And In danger of Advance champ John Cordell. which?) get they went along so the That's another fine course you're a ready to go out on terrible becoming die cause in And while we're on lao could fled mess you've got us Into. Bruce Rpringsteen. After !icons the Beatles hail overkill pubildty II cauld 1.111111,11011 11k a ,l va nee Appropriate - he overkill app, -»ranee. »ales tor their singles Corot hits - The (inure of melt 'n' roll lei his own ILn't Buy Me I ova and I .Ingle out appropriately CHIP OFF returns in March . . . Norma 1101d Your (land titled latter, hill then' The (inure future coons and achieved an ill. Unir no new. yei as to haw round about.luly . . . In reroni the States of many autvanre order. 11 (Malt for ill 2.100.111111 achieved. THE OLD Now reme Is little dower a e sugatples . . What le that old heavyweight Cassius Clay (and Mates BLOCK ... your real name sister) In this week's doing an the Knit Dylan SLADE, WHO have been Rolling Thunder tour concentrating on winning except for putting the hearts In States, have the ticket prices up to It been In the US for six Back to the roots. Indeed! months and the thing they And after going from s* most mina about good el' Limmle and Family England Is the food. Cookie' to Family (teethe swinds' Their answer? To Import It's now back to Jimmie a box of HP sauce to and Family Cookie' America, and con- which makes for even sequenUy turn the New more bar deorn . Yorker, who were work- .. ing for Slade on to the And that'. something SPAN sauce's delights. you rk,eS level at Keith Moon who has written the victory script for a fiim based ,el Disk Wbltengt n. A ease Said Dave Hill: "We of "turn an" again Keith? , said to 'em 'Mot you Ko Íf What la that Cat (1 -never haven't had over 'ere is a - give - Interviews - ain't ` ,AK chip butte'. an we got the really speak) eleven. MAN jig ' I. of chips on the bread and doing writing singe for ' .L ! l butter and put the HP on Herb Albert? We'll never it It freaked 'etñ out!'" know, he doesn't do LAUREL AND HARDY: another fine mess. HP far -victory! Interview,.,! But enough of this bitehery. What on earth NÁZ were Hot Chocolate's BEHIND THE BREAKERS clothes doing round Shepherd's Bush Green WHY THEY'RE called Godfather Sinatra. lie's earn an everyone lees and when were the the breakers heaven only not my baby! see F.thna get that hit she owners? WIU Freddie knows, none of them seem The Tymes are .tW so rightly deserves. She Merrawy sack hi. person. to have the abWty to pushing their brand of doesn't Ilve in the al maaaeur. Will Lynsey LÉO soul break! They've all been but it looks like God's ' breakers you blown de Paul pop the question there for too tong. The gonna punish them if they So Make A raft Noble to Ringo Starr? WUI Elton only startling breaker don't make it next week. Foe Christens whteh'l John ever roan back and PLUS! CURVED AIR, thin week Is the legendary Bill Howard (who's he?) make the Goodies happy will the Loch Nees Itchy Coo Park by the is declaring himself King and probably drive the Monster ever tame out. Small Faces which Of The Cops again but family mad, but do It Ponder on those, Mrs YVONNE FAIR, CAN deserves to go right up that's not getting him anyway. Our bottom soeurs. while we tell you there. anywhere either Who stoppers Ws week are the thoeking lurid details loves ya baby? Sheer Elegance whose of the truth behind the ... AND BRITAIN'S Abbe tying at No 2 with Ralph MrTell's Dreams Mllkyway dome'. seem to chart». Well ... tie nu Mama Mia are trying to Of You (remember It's the he getting the airplay and more room, have repeat the full you'll M 'arrange. rip - off of that old hymn Let's Womble To The wait till ofd week. Saab meal /production Job that Jest Love Of Man's Parry Tonight which is want» for a BEST AND BIGGEST gave them a risatws: a blggie Wet Desire) is melting about another vastly different l agourn d Joy by Jens lime out and they should the same progress as. old epic from Mike Batt and Pawn, So snap out those GIG GUIDE be happy now.. 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It in easy to see why Cliff has lasted so long. IRE_ Rod Stewart should go Press dem lips » back to grave digging and David Essex should stick DEAR MAILMAN. to acting. Isn't It sick how the preen treat 'Normal People' - by a Love from Anne, aged 18. that I moan pop stars. 1t. PS. What kind of music In every daily newspaper we find In solid bold black do you like? And do you and white print the gruesome details of Leslie /I like the Eagles' I do. McKeown's car accident etc etc.. . Well, what have you Nobody thinks how It affects the poor guy, or even his lCaAti UNdg ffG I nB lo say for yourselves? tans. I saw a girl crying on the bus aged about seventeen and on asking her why, she said she was weeping for with Leslie McKeown of the Bay City Rollers. She thought / Listen he would be sent to prisons because of the impression the papers had given Í mother tome on, leave the KIDS alone you Id - let the girls L(177den N7 7/1 X DEAR MAILMAN, enjoy their youth. I think Sue Byrom needs DISCO TEX: Steven Morley, her head looking into. To See King Monty Doncaster. say that Eric Faulkner and Stuart Wood are the Never mind. young broken hearts nasally mend new Lennon / McCartney quickly I TEX IS KING! Then they think, Ohl dust type music than the is bloody stupid! Ike and Tina Turner Here's the new one a year (soul) music he is Nobody can ever hope are close behind. on and this time It's writing now. OK, It's not to achieve to come near Award fraud Sir Monty Rock 111 Indiscreet, reaching 17 - bad, In fact Fame was the standard set by these a patch on Least of all DEAR MAILMAN, Freak, only 17! - then out 2 good, but not two geniuses. Birmingham. weeks later any of his greats like the two kids who write On Sunday. October 18, I Quicksands, Rock 'n' Roll rhymes. went to the LWT awards Oh dear, and Sparks nursery Ex -hairdresser is now not excally being discreet Suicide, Bewlay Bros, A Beatles.fan forever, r al Wembley Pool, and II hairrnkrer. But is he etc. Hope he reverts to Preaton, I was about the LP an' all. The frankly, disgusted. losing It! Answers If you Iggy /12ak 1 After being Instructed to decision must be Sparks P.P. In actual fact, Sue please . . . are slipping, and or it's Eck, treat all the artists Springfield, Fife. Byrom said that Rollers' equally, as the audience' 1 obviously a weak album. fans are raker to describe surely would, the BCR's BUT (building up Eric and Woody as the sang 3 songs, whereas the No Sparks breath) it's not. It's new Lennon / McCartney, others sang two, and the Cliff heights It wasn't necessarily her 1 BRILLIANT, BLOODY audience lights were BRI W ANT. MAILMAN. own opinion. turned off when the DEAR MAILMAN, DEAR CLIFF RICHARD: Looking al Over the past two years I See Height* Rollers came on. t the charts In Cut Record Mirror & Disc you Upset Sparks Fan, have been to see quite a Being as It was an Whitley Bay. few concerts Leo Award Winners show, I -J notice some peculiar Uve Hey, you L%S.McKEOWN: things. Sayer, David Essex, thought aft the winners 1 agree, there's %nine See Press Dem Lips I personally kept an eye Wlgans Ovation, the should have been treated odd things going on In the Osmonds and Rod Stew- guys... same. while on the chart progress of the Also, the Sparks' LPs. charts. however there's art. l thought they were other artists were on, the tons of fishy music fans for other winners, so Propaganda came In going all great. from now on when BCR's fans just chanted It's a case of the majority very around and unfortunately But, last week I saw you write to Mailman, Rollers songs all the way high and then It appears that folks ruling! slipped out of the 3 Cliff Richard in é show at we'd like you to write through, which I thought thirty, LIKE fishy music. weeks later. Now, an .. Southport and I went off manse seasonal epics for was very low. Essex completely! Mailman, so we can Apart from all this, all. outsider would think, OK! Santo King Monty ? That can't be much of an Compared to Cliff, all gel into the Festive spirit but Linda Lewis mimed to album. these other so called stars Also IM's hear about your their records. To me It They would think a Ziggy zenith are a load of um, rubbish. reviews on the muele was a waste LI. DEAR MAILMAN, sheer of group with a big following I never thought I would scene of 1975 and your J. Bashnell, Why It Is that most people do not like Disco Tex? I like them in the middle of DEAR MAILMAN, go mad about -Cliff views on Ebristnas and Southall, Middx. Well said fan, but he is really the you i think heir fantastic. He Is a lour promoting the LP "Ziggy Richard all ~dim ran From all accounts undoubtedly the King of left right and centre, can't Cumbria", I hilly agree dishy. He is a much consunw. 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