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EVERY THURSDAY critics lashSOMEONE please tellout... me when thecurrent idiomof"commercial" soulislikelyto come to an end. We're fed up with the disc -type 116 Shaftesbury Avenue, London W.1. stuff which almost Controls the R. and B charts in these times. I'm Telephones GERrard 7942/3/4 not knocking these records as some are by my favourite artistes, but it's time the record companies which used to deal in the real aspects of soul started thinking about the other half of the public who would appreciate a bit more of the real thing. We rarely hear the more soulful numbers being plugged and they are lost in the mass of singles out each week. For instance, when did we last have a goodie from the Tops, Tempations and many others who once gaveus Dave Williams, President, Frankie something worth waiting for? At least Stax has kept up thestandards but thisisone company out of LaineInt.FanClub, 31Hornsey many. If the companies have decided to cater only for the "ravers", then Street, Holloway Road, London, N.7: will some of these people widen their choice of artistes and take notice of So nice to read a review, by Peter Inbrief... realsoul.Then we'llget Inuresoulfulgoodies from Tamla. And also Jones, on Frankie Lathe . . . with hear more of such people as Maxine Brown, Irma Thomas, James Carr outtheoldcliches:"Thought he Barry Parkin, George and Dragon and Jimmy Holiday. - Kathy Thompson, 55 Humphrey Road, Old Trafford, retired,"or"Good tohearhim West beeping, Peterborough:Ipro- Manchester 16. AGAIN." Frankie is constantly testabout thelackof Bob Dylan to death ofthe rave reviews and comments on the so-called having new discs reviewed. All his I'M sick new singles are well up the Ameri- recordings. Recently we had 1 almighty soulsters on Tamla, Atlantic, Stax - notably Redding, The canchartsandhislatest "Leopard - skinPill - Box Hat" - Tops,Temptations,Conley,Pickett,Dorsy,JamesBrown,Stevie album why not alive version of "If You Wonder and Joe Tex. They are nothing more than a poor commercialisa- went high in the LP chart. Thanks, Gotta Go Go Now" or "John Birch tion of when the word "Soul" was justly applied. The late Sam Cooke, Peter Jones, for an honest and fair Society Blues", or the Dutch single Ben E. King, The Original Drifters, Shirelles, Little Richard and the blues review. "Mixed-up Confusion". Bob has at greatslikeBurdon and Domino. They arethefoundationsofallsoul Lisa Meissner (aged 12), 12 least20 songsunreleased ty him- music. The restisunprincipled, imitative, manufactured and "in -crowd" Alleyn Park, London, S.E.21: How self. - pandered garbage. Justacontrived loadof money -hooking cons. - dare YOu insult my favourite Gary Bachmann, 1Hillside, Tala- Roddie the Rocker, 24a County Road, Walton, Liverpool. Monkee. You spell Micky "Mickie" ton, Exeter, Devon. In Memoriam, twice, then on another page you've the Late Great Jim Reeves.July put "Mickey". Micky willbe hurt sure this reader must be extremely if you keep on insulting his name. 31,1964, FAME SITUATION relieved to have been cured of his William Gwynn: 6 Greenbank, terrible addiction to drugs.Itisa Miss J. A. Greenslade, 26 Craven Penzance, Cornwall:If the Flower- GEORGIE Fame isnowinthe Avenue, St. Judes, Plymouth, potMen,BillandBen, wantto samesort pity that a copy of this letter can- ofsituationashe not be distributed toall the coffee Devon:To date Ihaveascrap- make a come -back, they oughta do was before thereleaseofhis book ontheWalkers(singlyand it now . "Yeh Yeh" a few years back. Be- bars and discotheques where much asa Sithisdrug -peddlingisdone and group) which has 370 pages Gaby,253BeverleyDrive, Edg- foreit was released, everyone was measuring 13 in.by 8 in., with real ware, Middlesex: Anyone help me raving over hisfantasticauthentic notalwaysdonebypeoplewho pictures and autographs and numer- blues yet he never seemed to get a could be described asstillintheir ous cuttings. Anyone equal or beat get "loot Suit" by the High Num- . bers, "Circles" by the Fleur- de - commercialhituntil" r ehYeh youth . . simply peopleoutto this? get -rich -quick by pushing dangerous Lys;"It's Alright", by the Rockin' Thenfollowedastringofchart Vickers; successes,"In The Meantime", drugs to teenagers unaware ofthe "Run, Run, Run" by the Mike"MohairSam"Kelly,39 . . . "Something", "Getaway", "Sunny," consequences. I know many will join Cat think the last is the "B" me in wishing "P" allthe bestin Long Grove Avenue, Dalton, Hud- side of "Club of Lights." "Sitting In The Park". Then when dersfield,Yorks:Can anyone help he parted from the Blue Flames to the future. - David E. Strawbridge, K. Vaughan, Station Hotel, Alfre- 21 Laurel Avenue, Mansfield, Notts. me obtain numbers seven and eight ton,Derbyshire:So Alan Bown is reformhisnewband,hischart "Rock 'n'Roll News" - will pay at last mentioned in RM - to say status seemed on the wane again. anything. Keep your paper rockin'! he's "no longer with Pye". Blimey, "Because I Love You" was a com- is that the most you could rake up? parative flop. With the album "The Ann Swanborough, 12A Cambridge Two Faces Of Fame",thereare Keep your Geno Washingtons'cos RITCHIE MEMORIES Crescent,Stapleford,Nottingham: whenJesssings,withthernost many unturnedfacetsofhisin- Why have people deserted the Dave phenomenal act on the scene today, credibletalent.Hisinterpretations AS the words say in the tribute Clark Five? How can a group make it'sheaven. of jazz numbers are great, especi- acomeback whennobodyseems ally"Bluesology"andhedoesa record"ThreeStars" . . DianaCox, 15 BazehillRoad, young willing to support them. Even when tremendous Job on Percy Mayfield's "Ritchie Valens was a theyhadaminorhitwith "You Rottingdean, Brighton, Sussex: Billy "River's Invitation". AllI now hope boy,just seventeen" when he died GotWhatItTakes",therewas JoeRoyalisaveryunderrated is that Georgie Fame is re -accepted in that tragic and now historicair barely a word of encouragement or singer. His new record, "The by the general public and not just disaster of 1959. Some people have Praise from anyone. James Craig. Greatest Love"isreallybeautiful leftto be appreciated by his long- heard his name via the crash with EXCEPT In Record Mirror, Anne! and should be a hit - buy it! Love standing fans. - Terence Redpath, Buddy Holly and Big Bopper, but tohear from any otherBilly Joe 55 Bermondsey Wall East, London, how many have studiedhisgreat Alan J. Bates, Pendellswood, fans. S.E.16. talentor even heard hisrecords? Netherne Hospital, Coulsdon,Surrey : Dawn Enbelbrecht, 804 Connought On his way to being an international Any American reader a copy of the Flat, Jacob Mare's Street, Pretoria, singer, Ritchie was a prolific song- two -disc South Africa: Any of your readers writer.Covers of"Donna" and LP "TheBeatlesStory" MINI-ANITA theywishtosell?I'llpayany- liketo write to South Africa? Any "C'mon Let's Go" were hitshere thing.Incidentally,it was released letters will be passed to my friends GLAD for Marty Wilde and Tommy Steele. in the States to commemorate the out here. the fantastic Anita Harris has Only two Valens singles were issued Gill Moore, 37 Monument Road, herebeforehisdeath. Beatles' first anniversary there and ahitrecord. She must easily "Donna" subsequentlysoldamillion. Woking, Surrey:Thanks toDerek be the best - looking girl singer in and "Blue Birds Over The Moun- Boltwoodforthenicearticleon this country - and it won't be long tains" . . . his "Bamba" was the Stenhouse, 12 Wishful Thinking. They have a large firstcommercialarrangementof Heather J. Sunart before she's an even bigger inter- Gardens, Woodhill, Bishopbriggs, following, despite no hit yet, butI nationalnamethanCilia,Dusty, the South American folk -song, since hope their chart times will be here copiedover and overagain.I'm Glasgow: Would any male readers Sandie, At long last, England has a in London liketowriteto me? I soon._.Rigteous femalesingerwho reallylooks lucky enough to have a copy of his am 17 years old and I'm 5 ft. 11 in. Rick Winkley, 30 Terry good in a mini -skirt and shows how only LP-one of the best and most tall - soIlike males over six feet. Street,Nelson,Lanes:We've had well a pair of nylon stockings canoriginal half-hours of POP ever re- polls for instrumentalists and be filled. - George Sterling, Roneo leased. The only singles issued here Miss J.Oakley, 25 Briery Close, singers and songs. How about one Corner, Romford, Essex. sincehisdeathwere two re- releases of "La Bamba". But why Cradley Heath, Staffs: Can anyone for the ten most important American help me get a copy of "Jealousy" record labels... my choice; Colum- not issue, say, the LP track "Come by Billy Fury, or "Twinkletoes" by bia, Tamla, Atlantic,Capitol, RCA. BEST TO 'P' On Let's Go"? Buy the few Valens Roy Orbison - I'm desperate for Kapp, Philles, Mercury, Philips and tracks available for they are truly Liberty. 'VEreadtheletterfromyour cherished memories. - Simon E. them. Any Price. anonymousreader who signed Myers, 76 Brookfield Avenue, Poyn- SAM COOKE-a hitherto unpublished photo of the late Ihimself simply "P-'. Itis a very ton, Stockport, Cheshire great soul star when he visited Britain. See lead letters. well written story in itself and I'm Babe" if you want a rave-up. And Meade Lux Lewis's piano playing GROUP ABILITY beatsJerryLee Lewisanyday. I'm not knocking rock singers or CAN'T see how recording mana- theirfans,nor amIa mod. I'm ger John Burgess knows what justasking rock fansto wake up Kenny (witha near accidental heistalking about.He says andthink abit.-B.Splink, 15 that the best way to judge a singer Cumbrae Avenue, Putson, Hereford. who had madeademo ortape was to hear the singer with some trad hit) talks about jazz sortof backing . . . "At least a RADIO GAN piano".Rubbish! Nomatter how good or bad the singer,a backing 'M A MEMBER oftheRadio enhancestheoverallperformance I Ganbroadcastingservice. At sounds, Beatles & NewOrleans onlyanddoesnotimprovethe the moment I am searching for singer's voice.Surely the best way information ontheBeatles so we tojudgeasingeristo hear him can eventually get KENNYBALL'S jazz gentry have OfTheSiameseChildren';-Green singing without a backing.If a per- a summary of son needs an instrument to enable their life history.I hope to produce clicked big with the Beatle song,Leaves Of Summer' from a Western him to stay in tune or in time, he aweekly programme,introducing "When I'm 64" .. ., yet it was a record film;`So Do I',based on a German theirrecordswithfactsontheir doesn't deserve credit at all.Nowa- life,individually,aswellas a made almost by accident. Here, talk-tune. So why not aBritish tune- days, with vocal harmonies playing group. Mygeographicalposition ing to Peter Jones, the trad favouriteand one by the teamI imagine are an important part in records, surely and the fact that I'm serving on a talks about the our top writers? itis better to judge a vocal group's one-yeartourhereprevents me link between John abilitywithout abacking.IfMr. from obtaining the information my- and Paul and Le Jazz Hot. "The Beatles have progressed in so Burgess's view istypical, then it's self.I'dbe very gratefulifany many directions it was only a matter no wonder thatso many records readerscanhelpme. -R 1949871, "We had a session, just to put down arereleased on which the quality T. Banks SAC, Radio Gan, Royal ideasfora newsingle.Then Lesof time before they wrote a tune with of singing is pathetic.Sad to think Cocks of Pye popped in and flippeda Dixieland flavour. As it is, we're one that good singers and groups are Air Force, Gan, BFPO 180. missedjustbecausetheirtapes over 'When I'm 64' . . .,so we post-up on the Beatles here-our version have only voices on them.-G. S. M poned what we were doing and insidewas recorded using only my own Jazz- Reynolds(onehalfoftheBright FINLAND POLL 30 minutes had a record. Les, nevermen, so we can perform the number Ideas),86BurtonRoad,Findern. live. As for Beatle writing:brilliant, Near Derby. HERE are the results of a recent one to hang around, rush -released it- KENNY BALL'S JAZZMEN "Stump"magazinepollhere it was in the shops within three days.specially in numbers with a folk feel inFinland anditshows how "Now people are surprised that welike 'Eleanor Rigby' or 'Penny Lane'. "A bighitisa wonderful thing, we lead the world inappreciating "Certainly the presentdiscscene and naturally the best form of adver- ROCKER HATER realpoptalent. 1, Cream; 2, recordedaBeatletune. Why thisis very healthy, with people like Tomtising. But it Beatles; 3,Who; 4,Jimi Hendrix should be I just don't know. I've never doesn't mean that we Experience; 5,Hollies; 6,Beach (IAN'Tyou shut up all the contributedtotheideathat someJones, Vicki Carr, Sinatra and Vincewould work harder-we couldn't. We Boys;7, Spencer Davis;8,Stones; Hill popping up now and again, alonghad only two days off last month; and kA blitheringrockfansforfive 9, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers;10. jazz folk have-that anything written minutes and let someone else Move; 11 withgreat grouppieces haveonly two daysoffthis.One- Monkees; 12, Moody after1920isautomaticallyrubbish. fromthe getawordinedgeways?Every Blues;13,Kinks:14,Cat Stevens; Hollies, Kinks, Tremeloes and Beatlesnightersstill make up most of our week you have letters from rockers 15,Traffic.A fewnotes:We've What they failto remember is thatand SmallFaces. One thing whichwork, though we're playing more and raving about Helen Shapiro, Fury, had the Monkees show since Christ. when jazz first found its feet in Newdoes concern me is that I hope we domore, weeks in cabaret. We also still Vincent,Holly,etc.etc. Why not mas but none of their records got Orleans, most of the early music was face up to the fact that the majority to number one . . . Jimi's LP high not go back tothe not -so -olddayspayvisitstovariouspartsofthe ofrecord -buyers are too young or in the charts (singles!) . Recent based on tunes brought in by immi-when the label 'American' meant thatworld-takingoff toooldtohaveheardofthese visitorsDaveDee, CatStevens, grants and sailors from all over the in September for artistes.Thesamegoesforthe the Moody Blues appreciated here . . . world. artiste automatically got on TVappearances in America, Canada, Fiji proposed TV shows. Half were from every single group performs and radio, while much better British(our firstvisit there), New Zealand rockers. Fourteen -year -olds don't "Happy Together" nowadays . . . "Our past hit records have come wanttoseeandhearout -dated, cover by local group beat "Penny artistes were never given a chance.and Australia. dredged -uprocksingers from a variety of sources. 'Midnight however Lane" . . Sonny and Cher's re- This situation is still very much with "But a big hit is certainly a wonder- good(orbad)andthesesingers cent"LittleMan"topforthree InMoscow' frombehindthe to Iron us via TV companies, I'msorryto ful thing." no longer appeal a mass aud- months . . , anybody interested in Curtain; 'Sukiyaki' from Japan; 'March say. PETER JONES ience. A finalword:trylistening our scene, write to me: Mr. Jukka to Elmore James's "Dust My Wallenius, Kiriaskatu, 2D72 Valkea- Blues"orBuster Brown's "Sugar koski, Finland. RECORD MIRROR, Week ending August 5th, 1967 3

Is be stirthe RM ENQUIRY ON ELVIS PRESLEY

ELVISPresley makes a film reviewer, laidoffthe Elvis butforabsolutely no onenow. There'stime,inthe - (hisactualtallyis knockers! Every time some-else. If your reviewer further Presleycareer,forall now twenty-six whichisa one has the courage to speakcontends that 'Elvis and his things . .. lot ofcelluloid). He makes a few home truths about thelidvisers know exactly what If one applied top critical a lot of money on each. He so-called 'King', they're sub- they'redoing',Icanonly judgementtovirtuallyall makes, even more important, jectedtoeverything fromfeel pity for them, for any- pop -based films,noneof a lot of fans happy on each. threatsontheirlifeto body who is satisfied to dothem would come out with And healso makesalot requests to do something to thesamethingoverand any cinematic credit. If, how- of critics angry. themselves that is physicallyover with no broadening ofever, Elvis and his manage- Elvis readsallthecriti- impossible. the horizons or progression, mentannouncedthathis cisms,thereforehe knows musthaveaprettytiny nextfilmwasaserious that his acting efforts leave mind. drama, aimed at the alotof people,if not dis- BRAINWASHED "Finally one doesn't have Academy Award field,then gruntled,thenfarfrom to be 'super -smart' or 'hyper- we'd all be justified in judg- gruntled! He also reads the "Who arethefans andcritical'to pick holes ina ing it at that level. box-office receipts and there- your reviewer trying to kid,Presley film. All one has to fore knows that he pleases anyway? Can they honestly beis athinkinghuman millions of his fans. deny that Elvis has very little being." FAN'S VIEW acting ability? Do they really RM'S Peter Jones believes End of message. And it certainly seems to in taking an Elvis film at its thinkpeople,apartfrom Start of Peter Jones' reply: face value, which means on Elvisfans,enjoy watching me thatcriticssailmore "I'llgiveMr. Turnbull the heavilyintoanElvisfilm its entertainment value. He the same story -line in every benefitofthedoubt and accepts picture? than those made by equally that the basic assume that he has actually big pop names. Elvis films, formuladoesn'tchange "Quiteapart fromthese seen 'Double Trouble'. That much. But adds that these minorpoints,arePresley basically, should be judged he went with great doubts fromthefan'spointof films virtually replace world fans so brainwashed in theirabout Elvisisapparent in view . . . not a high -brow tours by Elvis - and how acceptance of everything hehis phrase 'so-called King' ... many touring artistes actually doesthattheyhaveno on thegrounds that even intellectuallevel.Proofof change desire to see their hero pro- a movie's appeal and success theirstageperfor- inside the business this title (asentertainment,notan mances all that much? gress on to something with islavishedon Presley for Typical of the anti -Presley more depth than the normalthe achievements he has toart -form) is in the box-office Presley film? I do not accept "take".Ifyoudon'tlike mood is this letter from Ron his credit in establishing theElvis, don't go to his films. Turnbull, of Edinburgh. yourreviewer'scontention wholemodernpopscene. "After reading your review that bad acting, bad script, If you don't like hisfilms, Popularity pollsprove that Butmillionsdo of 'Double Trouble' and the contrived songs and unorigi- Elvis remains top -voted world don'tgo. subsequent remark go . . atthe nal story -line make up formale star - after a career ByallmeansletElvis- end of it,I think itis time good entertainment. roughlyfourtimeslonger thatElvisfans,andthe "Maybe for Presleyfans, baiters say and think what than most of those around theylike.I'mallfor con- now. troversey. But let them not hammer theentertainment values' of those who follow HIS FANS the "King" with loyalty and affection. El's fans range from the Or does someone wanna very young, newly latchingmake something out of that! ELVIS-hislastsingledidn't doso well-how willhis on to a fine talent, to the -PETER JONES "Long Legged Girl" fare? SA near middle-aged, who have IRST of all,Ishould like to thank all those who wrote in after remained loyally with him. r theinitialeditionof"Disc/info USA". As the deejays say As Elvis, almost alone among - "Keepthosecardsandletterscomingin" - Okay? Top Tenners,does NOT Address as alwaysisDise/Info USA, Record Mirror, 116 Shaftes- bury Avenue, London, W.1. undertakepersonalappear- 16 Mr. Charlie Gillett(Stockwell, S.W.9) has sent in a string of ancetours,hisfilms have solet'sstartwith some of them.The to be of a common denomi- lateJesse Belvinsanginseveralgroups,underseveral pseudonyms andforseverallabels.Does anyone have any nator.Imean, he COULD details? make an X -certificate film if 17 Who weretheoriginal members ofBillyWard's Dominoes youlike,except thathalf when he formed the group in 1950, apart from Clyde McPhatter? 18 Who sang withtheFive Royales, who had severalhitsfor his fans couldn't get into Apollo and Kingincluding the original of "Dedicated To The seeit. A -certificate dramas? One ILove"? Allright,exceptthatthe 19 Which records by The Moonglows did Marvin Gaye sing on? 20 Are any of the many singers called Williams related to each same thing applies. other? And what is Tony Williams, formerly of the Platters, doing now? "So an Elvis film aims to 21 (refersNo.9/8July67)The guitarist behind Bobby Bland be amusing, colourful, song - with Joe Scott's band is named Wayne Bennett. This informa- studded,entertaining,and tion was supplied by Charlie Gillett (Stockwell, S.W.9), Robert Briel(Leiden, Holland), and Stuart Deighton(Sheffield). withas many changesof 22 (refers No. 7/8 July 67) Seems everyone knows about "Every location as possible. The film dayIHave The Blues" except me! The album isreleased is,in short, a backcloth to on Starday's cheap subsidiary Nashville NLP 2030 and contains thefollowing:"Everyday","GuitarShuffle","LowSociety apersonalappearanceby Blues","Blues With A Feeling"(LowellFulson)'"In The the star - with the differ- Clay", "Don't Leave Me", "Do The BestICan". "No Good ence that he plays a Blues"(CharlesBrown),"ChicoBoo","Old TimeShuffle" (Lloyd Glenn), "Blues For The People", "It's Alright" (Jimmy character and is involved in McCracklin). Thanks to Robert Briel (Leiden, Holland), Derek situations. If he makes three Lynes(Chiswick),Arne H.Aarnes (Oslo, Norway),John filnisina year, thisisthe Holliday (Bishop Auckland), and Hernan H. J. Tonus (Utrecht, Holland).WilliamFlood(Glasgow)tells me ofanother LP equivalentofthreeworld with tracks by Ray Charles, Jimmy McCracklin, Lloyd Glenn, tours in a year. Except that Lowell Fulson,Charles Brown and JesseBelvin,called"All he is seen by more people The Hits Vol. 3" on Wyncote W 9079 (Cameo/Parkway's cheap line).The album "Merry Christmas Baby" which reappears thanhecouldpersonally each Christmas,isalso ona Starday subsidiary,Hollywood. play to in maybe five years. Anyone know track listage for this please? 23 (refers No. 3/8 July 67) Here are the Eddie Floyd singles on Safice:"Never Get Enough Of Your Love"/"Baby Bye" - Safice 334; "I'll BeHome ForChristmas"/"CanThis Be Christmas" - Safice 336; "Make Up Your Mind"/"No No No" FROM SINATRA - Safice 338. Eddie's single on Lupine was a solo effort after all.Also he had a single "Hush Hush" on Atlantic 2275.Info "01 course we'd like to see herecame fromStuartDeighton(Sheffield),Tonyllargan (Middlesbrough),PaulHarrington (Harrow) and Jim Shanley Elvis tackle a major dramatic (London, W.6). role. So probablywould 24 (refers No.5/8 July 67)Although Stuart Deighton(Sheffield) didn't know of titles on the Riverside LP he did mention that Elvis. According to experts the Four Tops had recorded for Chess, followed by Red Top associated with his films, he (Red Top tracks still unissued), then a single on Columbia - is improving all the time as "Ain't That Love"/"Lonely Summer", Columbia 41755. . . 25 (refers No. 15/8 July 67) Now here's a switch! Stuart Deighton an actor . and they prob- (Sheffield) states that Ike Turner told him, when he and Tina ably know more aboutit visited Britain last year, thatitwasn't Mickey Baker playing than we do. I happen to like guitar on "It's Gonna Work Out Fine" but Sylvia Robbins (the other half of the Mickey and Sylvia team) who was recording JetryLewisbutI'mper- solos for Sue at that time! The mystery gets deeper . . . fectlyhappyseeing him 26 (refers No.14/8 July 67) Had a surprise reading letter from exercise his talents in GeorgeKerr(Lewisham,S.E.13),when hestatedthatthe Isley Brothers made two singles before the Gone tracks. They similar -typemovies.Ifhe were "The Cow Jumped Over The Moon"/"Angels Cried" on turnsstraight, then I turn Teenage 1004(in1957) and"ThisIsThe End"/"Don't Be off . . . " Jealous"on Cindy3009. Istandcorrected - andthanks! Surprisedalsothe Gone tracks were made aslateas 1959 Reader Brian Murrell, an though. 27 Tony Hargan (Middlesbrough) wants to know of anything else Elvis -addict,says,infair- onJotisbesides"I'm Missing You" Loretta Williams,"The ness,thatElmightlearn Sloopy"BillyYoung,"Where YouLead Me" and"Who's something from Sinatra, Foolin' Who"byArthurConley. Incidentallyhow many releases did Arthur Conley have on Fame - I know of only whose "films nearly always one, "Take Me (Just AsI Am)" on Fame 1009. Any more? have a good story and are 28 James T.Bardley(Guildford)would beinterestedtoknow extremelyprofessional." I ofany recordings made by James Brown or Hank Ballard before they joined King.I've heard that thereisallegedly a agree. But then Frank is not James Brown album on Crown, which would presumably con- dependent on the charts, is tain Modern recordings. very much an older man - 29 Arne H. Aarnes (Oslo, Norway) asks if anyone could give any informationofagroupcalled Jo Ann and Troy who once he launched himself into the made "I Found A Love" for Atlantic. high dramas of "From Here ROY SIMONDS To Eternity" etc. when actually older than Elvis is 4 RECORD MIRROR,Week ending August 5th,1967 wearing them!The new onesare remain inBritainfora further great,and going down - inthe three weeks to complete an album MORE sense of effect! - a bomb!" . . . CBS releasing ONE MOBY GRAPE single here on August 11- AUNT SALLY intheU.S.theyreleasedFIVE Shads to Yugoslavia singles on the one day . . . ERIC Urprong BURDON & THE ANIMALS open WardourStreet's new -lookPINK FLAMINGO on August28. New dates for the group include: U.F.O., PROGRESS? TottenhamCourt Road - August FINALLY after years and years 4; Cut, for Split Contest Upper ForestGate, 5; Marquee, 8; Speakeasy, 10; Windsor of rebellion and pointless SHARON TANDY JazzFestival, 11; ridicule, pop music has found ImperialBall- itcan room,Nelson, 12; pathsalongwhich spread CountyClub, its On U.S. Africanfemaleartiste Kiklevington, 13; CornExchange, gospel. the West SOUTHSHARON TANDY hadbeen Chelmsford, 19; DouglasHouse, Coast, singers and musicians have singing witha bandinS.A. London,20; "Top Of The Pops", unitedbecausetheirphilosophies forafewyearswhenshe was 24. September dates include Cloud havecoincided.They've founda discoveredby FRANK FENTER 7, Leicester, 1; WinterGardens musicalway throughthetangled who signed hertoa management Pavilion, Weston-Super/Mare, 2. cobweb of life. In Memphis, contract and brought her to The group appear in Cabaret for a Detroit and New York, the England where sheis now settled week atthe Fiesta, Stockton com- colouredartistesstruggleagainst aflatwith an almost overwhelming power of in - in pop group mencing September 24 . . . D.J. FLEUR DES LYS and her four pet MIKE QUINN appearson"Juke hateandintolerance, Pop music cats ALFIE. WENDY, OY OY and Box Jury" thisSaturday. Re - has become avitalpartoftheir LITTLE. diffusion Television have also lives.In England, the Beatles and She becamethefirstnon-U.S. filmed 'A Day In The Life Of Mike Dusty Springfield areallthe time artiste to record for Atlantic Quinn' for showing later this helpingtoimprovetheimageof pop, Records when she flew to Memphis month . . . "Somewhere My Love" but on differentlevels. Then to record severalnumbers in- the hitTHE MIKE SAMMES along comes reader R. K. Cannings- cluding "ToeHold", arecent SINGERSrecorded ayearago Bushellwithdisparagingremarks British release.She says:"I was Whilst BRIAN MATTHEW ison keepspoppingupinthecharts, about the record -buying Public not inMemphis fortendays andit holiday,D.J, KEITH SKUES will cutting downsaleoftheirlatest giving enough recognition to was anincredibleset-up.Every- host"SaturdayClub"onAugust release "A Man & A Woman" . . . this so-called new wave of psyche- one was so casual and the artistes 26 . . . TONY HALL ENTER- DAVID MASON of TRAFFIC penned delicmusic. I mean,psychedelic PRISES now promotion consultant the group's August 25 release "Hole music is nothing but noise,isn'tit to Track Records, who have THE In My Head".Flipsideisentitled like all music? Then where- JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE, "Smiling Phases" . . . ERIC in lies the attraction? Nude birds? THE WHO andTHE CRAZY Amplified scissors? Distorted WORLD OF ARTHUR BROWN transistor -radios? Cascades of

. . TRAFFIC,LONG JOHN binding lights? Some of itI learned BALDRY, CLIFF BENNETT now tostand,someofit I even got handledbyTheGunnellAgency to like.But to mention "progress" . . . Duetosuccessoflatest inconnectionwithJimiHendrix! release, proposed AMEN CORNER My mind hasbeenblown,man, triptotheStateshas beenpost- blown, Ifthisisprogress,long poned . . . TRULY SMITH appears liveBillHaley. - LarsGiliberg, on "Easy Beat" (August 6), Linnegalan 7, Gothenburg S.W., "SaturdayClub" (12)and"Pop Sweden. North" (31) . . . Still no plans for a SEEKERS British single, although TOM SPRINGFIELD is in Shadows left London on Wednesday (August 2) for ROCK ALBUMS thestudiosrecordinganalbum THEtheSplit withthegroupthisweek. Next Song Contest,inYugoslavia, which takes JUST spun two knockout albums. TuesdayTomwill berecording place on August 4, 5 and 6. They were accompanied by Norrie GeneVincent'slatest LPis arein the studios from the THE NEW CHRISTY MINSTRELS Paramor, headof EMI International Pop Music Division, out now in France and Decca moment they wake up. They record nextsingle,hisowncomposition are releasingit here in September. and record, havea happy session "Roots"andhe hasalsopenned who will conduct a 40 -piece Yugoslav orchestra to back the -andthestudiosareveryun- "Open Your Heart" the KIKI DEE Shads. The orchestra will also be under Norrie's supervision Therockmaestroreallybreaks clinical, quite small, have a newground,singingbetterthan September release . . . Currently BURDON has bought a house in St. I relaxed atmosphere and don't in for other EMI artistes competing from the rest of Europe. ever. urge anyone who thinks Ireland,CAT STEPHENSwill John's Wood and CHRIS FARLOWE of as "chapin have white walls like we have-they be All of the songs are Yugoslav -penned, but the ones sung him simply that buyingaWhitehorseover hasboughtahouseinDulwich blackleather who sings'BeBop are dark green.Their equipment there. He appearson"Monday by Western artistes have lyrics in the appropriate language. which he will let off into flats . . A-Lula'to hearthis. Andthe ismagnificent. Monday" (August7),"Dee Time" "Ineverreallyhadtimeto Promotional dates for ALAN Don Black wrote the lyrics for the two Shadows numbers otherisacatnamed, MerrillE. (8)and "Saturday Club"(9) . . . PRICE'S"TheHouseThatJack look about the city becauseIhad - "I Can't Forget" and "Running Out Of World" (Don is Moore,whocombines! Haley -type to learn nine songs Built" include "Top Of The Pops" vocals and a torrid boogie style of in one and a (August 2), "Dee Time" (3), also collaborating with Henry Mancini on music for the new half days and record themall. I "A BellyfulofBlue Thunder", on was backed by THE MAR KEYS "Saturday Club"(5), "Swingalong" Peter Sellers film "The Party"). Other nations competingEmber. - Harry Dodds, Gene - and the bass player drove me (14),"PopNorth" (17),"Gang- willbe Denmark,Spain,France,Holland, Germany and Vincent Fan Club, 9 Lumsden around ELVIS PRESLEY's house." way" (21). He appearsfor a Italy. The- Shads return on the seventh. Terrace, Catchgate, Stanley, County Sharon is a bit concerned about week'sCabaretattheCavendish, Durham. her latest release "Stay With Me", Sheffield from August 6 . . . P. J. whichFrankFenterrecordedin PROBY in BritainforCabaret thiscountry - and whichisher appearances in October . . . ALEX VARIETY SHOWS firstdisconwhichshedoesn't HARVEY doingsomuch college have fullorchestral backing. Con- work thathe'sthinkingofapply- SURELY the reason most of the cerned - only becauseitis ing for a grant! . . . Will UNIT Newies from Monkees, Sinatra, pop 4 PLUS 2 abetter tours are constantly sodifficultforafemaleartiste ever make flopping is the lack of variety recordthan"Butterfly"? . . to have chart success here. Papers LOOT leadsinger CHRIS BATES in the package.Too many groups, may publicise female artistes or no quality singer, or not enough becausethey provideattractive in rail in Swedenbecausehe boppedsomeyouthswhocalled Cliff plusa Hendrix oldie glamourin a show mustaffect picture stories - but there are so attendances. The himnames . . . ROULETTES recent Beach few girl singers in the charts. Boys'tourwasaworthyexcep- "A girl singer can't cause beginaweek's CabaretinBlack- AMONG the new releases for the week ending August 11this a Hendrix burn and Burnley on August single,made withCurtisKnight tion,withthecleverinstrumental hysteria amongst men - butthe (andalsoaCurtisKnight com- andvocal performances . . in the boys do itwith thegirls and the 20 . ROD BUCKLE has taken position)recordedbeforeHendrix formedtheExperience. over THEMSELVES, changed their Other new releasesforthat week include newies from theMonkees, delicate mould of the Beach Boys; girlscanfallinlovewiththe Cliff Richard, and Frank Sinatra. awildly swinging act from Helen men. Ithinkit'llalways be like name to THE VIRGIN SLEEP and has recorded them with the Tibetian Alltherecordstobereleased Shapiro, looking dazzling; and com- that,too.There'snosolutionto petent Join -in performancesfrom that problem - I'vejustgotto Buddhist flower power chant "Ohm onthe11thareasfollows: - Jarveyin'; GO. Our Plastic Simon Dupree and the Big . . . . Thank you makebetterrecords,findbetter . Next GEORGIE FAME single Mane Padme Hum" DECCA. Jimi Hendrix and Curtis Dream - A Little Bit Of Shangri- plusTerry likely ROBBIE DALE - youareonce Feel; La. Reid.Tour promoters songsandtrytogetanimage tobeself -pennednumber. Knight - How Would You remember - varietyisimportant. which will appeal to both boys and This Saturday (5th), Georgie again my favourite Admiral . . . DennyD'Ell - A Woman Called ATLANTIC. Willey Amos Hunt - -Harry Morrison, 62 Sinclair Road, girls. Butitisadifficult thing." appearsattheCivicHall,Nant- Sorrow; Casey Alan - My Thanks Would You Believe. POLYDOR. London W.14. Sharonwillhaveherown45 wich . . BEACH BOY BRUCE To You; The ChocolateWatch LynnHolland - May God Help minuteTV show inHolland in JOHNSON arrivesatLondon Air- Band - The Sound Of Summer; You;Ikettes - I'm So Thankful; September which she received as a portat8.45p.m.thisFriday on DaveBerry - Forever.R.C.A. Rainy Daze - Blood Of Oblivion. result of her successful appearance Flight TWA 706from New York theMonkees - PleasantValley PHILIPS.KarenYoung - The AMEN PRAISES withtheStaxtourearlierthis ROY WOOD has penned "Flowers Sunday; Skip Bifferty - On Love; Hurt Won't Go Away; Brian Hyland Year. MONUMENT. Robert Knight - - GetTheMessage,FONTANA. AFTER sevenyearsofsinging In The Rain" c/w "Here We Go Everlasting Love. The The She says:"I think thisis going Round TheLemonTree",THE Herd - From Under- thepraisesofvintagerock to be a better year than I've had. COLUMBIA. Scott Peters - Go world; Leon Ashley - Laura. androllandJrnockingthe MOVE'snextsingle - thedisc TellTheWorld;Cliff WARNER BROS. I've got that feeling and my stars will be released by a different label Richard - TheTokens - Britishscene,I'vejustheard a tell me.The last few years have The Day I Met Marie. C.B.S. Moby It's A Happening World. REPRISE. scundthatrates am ng than Deram. The group are Grape - Omaha; Kenny Bernard FrankSinatra - The World We anything been a bit of hell!" likelytoappearatAvalonBall- thatisbeingimpor d fromthe room, San Francisco from October - Somebody; Danny Street - My Knew. A&M. Chris Montez - Statestoday.Thes nd:thatof THE ACTION Love Of A Lifetime;Milo O'Shea Foolin'Around. the most swinging and most 2-8 . . Next ROGER WHITTA- KER disc being released by groovy band inth land.the Wasiteighteen months ortwo AmenCornerand GinHouse". yearsago when THE ACTION Columbia on August 25 entitled "AHandfulOf Dreams". Asa The last UK groups to make me seemed allset to make a big im- take any notice were Ithe Nashville pactonourcharts? Theyhad resultofhisrecentKnokkeLe Teens and the Animals but Amen builtupamassive following in Zoutesuccesshis"If IWere A RichMan"enteredDutchcharts Country'Music Chart Corner leave them streetsbehind. London clubs and were appearing within two days and he has been Theydon'tneedlightingeffects regularly on programmes suchas anddestructiontoput overtheir "Ready Steady Go" - then,they booked as special guest at a Gala act. Anyway, Jones atOstendCasinoonAugust19, COUNTRY SINGLES COUNTRY ALBUMS Peter gave seemed to completelydisappear appears on Brussels TV on August them a good review and we can't from the limelight. bothbewrong. - RussAllsopp, I 21 andopensTheBird'sClub, met the boys in a London pub 1 THERE GOES MY 20 Allensbank Crescent, The Heath, on August 28. He . GREEN, GREEN GRASS Amsterdam . . recentlyandtheytoldmethey THE EASYBEATS commence EVERYTHING 1 Cardiff. had a new organist - IAN WHITE - appears on "Pop North" on August their GENE PITNEY U.S. tour this OF HOME MAN, a former member of BOZ's 19and beginsaseasonatQuag- Friday(4). Followingcompletion (1) Engelbert Humperdinck (1) Tom Jones (Deeea) group."We played music that was lino's.London on August 29 . . of the tour their recording manager (Decca) very popular in the clubs but our ROBERT HURST & THE BIG GLYNN JOHNSwillflytothe 2TRYING TO FORGET 2THE STREETS OF FLOWER ,PAD fanshave changedabitbecause TASTE, currently atthe Star Statesto record the group in Los BALTIMORE Club,Hamburg,havetheirfirst (3) Jim Reeves (RCA) S0 the teenage-rave-boppers have we've changed our music.Lots of Angeles . . . WHISTLING JACK (2) Bobby Bare (RCA) groupsbeganplayingthesame discreleasedhereinSeptember SMITH spent14solid hoursina 3HAFTA LUEGO latched on to their new . . THE BEE GEES appear on vantravellingtoScotlandlast 3DOWN HOME scene. with the Flower -Power numberssowe decidedtobea and on (2) Hank Locklin (RCA) People. They even hold bit more of ourselves and started "Dee Time" on August 8 week . . . DAVE DEE, DOZY, (3) Merle Travis (MFP) their own towrite "Pop North" on August10. This BEAKY, MICK & TICH commence FUNNY, FAMILIAR littlelove -inin Hyde Park,listen- our own material. We 4 ingtotheprofunditiesof week they are recording their next a shorttour of Ireland . this 4MY KIND OF COUNTRY Allen think we went as far as we could FORGOTTEN FEELINGS Ginsberg. Twelve months ago, these single andhave alreadybegun Friday . . . BRIAN AUGER and (5) Marty Robbins (CBS) withthatsortof music,although (4) Tom Jones (Decca) pseudo -intellectuals were we could have kept on playingit recordingtheirnextalbum. They JULIE DRISCOLL off to1Villanfor COUNTRY MUSIC HALL shouting are making ahalf hour television aTV spectacularonAugust11. LITTLE OLD WINE 5 the praises of Dylan, soon dropped and kept our following." 5 infavourofthe As thegroupstand atthe show based on their album, shoot- Incidentally,Julieisquiteaspec- DRINKER ME OF FAME VOL. 9 next in-fave-rave . . . idol. momenttheysay,"We arestill ing of which begins in August tacular herself when she performs - Various (London) It'slaughable, ifone is RICHARD SHERMAN of TILE hypnotic Indian -influenced dance at (5) Robert Mitchum capableof surveying the scene as very much atthe rehearsal stage, ATTACK and RAY PHILLIPSof (Monument) COUNTRY MUSIC HALL a whole, to see little boys and girls but we'vegotlotsofideas. We London clubs . . . THE ACTION 6 THE NASHVILLE TEENS judged offtoSwitzerlandonAugust 29 JUST BETWEEN YOU OF FAME VOL. 10 running round shouting "love" and appearedattheElectricGarden aMissUnited Kingdomcompeti- 6 hailingthenewgeneration. It's recentlyand gavea100whistles forTV, Radio and fashionshow. AND ME - Various (London) tionlast week . . . DAVE CASH Their current releaseis"Shadows notnewatall. Itisthescene to the audience-and they all blew in making a single for Stateside . - Charlie Pride (RCA) 7BUCK OWENS AT thatKerouac wroteabout the them when we had a drum solo. & Reflections" . . THE BLOSSOM - release only . . . MANFRED MANN '50's,thatDylanhasbecomeso Wedidthesamethingatthe TOES made their first public SAM'S PLACE CARNEGIE HALL appearance atthe weirdie'love -in'. 7 much apartof. Butlet'sbe Marquee, but no one blew a single (6) Buck Owens (Capitol) (6) Buck Owens (Capitol) thankful thateach new phase whistle.But we beliveinaudience at Alexandra Palace last Saturday participation." andasaresulthavereceiveda MISTY BLUE 8THE BEST OF JEAN produces at least a couple of good whole bookingsinseveral 8 soundsaswell as a glut of year's - Eddie Arnold (RCA) SHEPARD hangers-on.Praise be to Kerouac, KOOBAS Continental countries . . . New group NIRVANA are described as 9YOU'VE STILL GOT A (7) Jean Shepard (Capitol) Dylan, Ginsberg, Byrds, Love, THE KOOBAS are currently "MUFF WINWOOD's sculpturein JeffersonAirplaneandtheNew PLACE IN MY HEART 9WELCOME TO MUSIC BeautifulPeople,theBeatles. - . . . Likelythatnew touringEurope. Theyarenow sound" - Jamie, Jon & Jerry CITY USA F. W. Cringe, 93 Cottingham Street, in Denmark following appearances DAVID GARRICK recordwillnot (Decca) inHollandandGermanywhere be released in Britain until October (8) Various Artistes (CBS) Goole. 'Yorks. they created what the Continentals 10CHARLESTON RAILROAD10ROY ORBISON SINGS call'jazzbeat'.On August 24th TAVERN DON GIBSON theyleaveforWestBerlinand (8) Bobby Bare (RCA) BRENDA FAN? thengo ontoSwitzerland where STOLEN SOUL (9) Roy Orbison (London) theyprovidetheCabaretatno HERE's howtospellBrenda InternationalFashion show and NEARLY f3,000 worth cf tecords Lee: B: bright, bouncy, appear on TV's "Hits A Go Go". werestolenfromthe'Soul breathtaking;R:regal,rich, Thegroup'snextBritishsingle Citytopsoulshop, in 21 refined; E: everlasting, enchanting, "Woe Is Love, My Dear" is Deptford High Street, E8 this week. NE".T WEEK earthy;N:natural,noble,neces- releasedhereon September 15. Owner Dave Godin told the RM - sary; D: dynamic, dependable, - The group's manager TONY "MostoftheLP'swerestolen delectable; A:all these and more; STRATTON SMITH writesto me: and MIKE HUGG are writing thewithout covers,soifany readers L:lovable,lively,lyrical;E:ex- "As we startedfloweredtrousers film musicfor the"Up The areoffered cheap soulrecords - citing.explosive,emotional; E: in Pop we have gone back to them Junction" movie, which stars then they'll know where they electric, elegant, everything.-- forthisContinentaltour. Ithink SUZY KENDALL . . . Fontana come from!" Dave hopes that busi- Aretha Franklin colour Cuthbert J. Murphy, 31Greystone itwasamistakeevertostop have asked BLOSSOM DEARIE to nesswillbe continuing asusual. Place,Cleator Moor, Cumberland. RECORD MIRROR, Week ending August 5th, 1967 5 "WE LOVE TO MARE A MORE HAPPYsoma.." SAYUMW 'MOD MANAGER' IN answer to reader Wilson's I open letterto Andrew Oldham, may Iask Andrew to ignore it. I'dsoonerGeneVincentwasn't recordedatallthan bythe mad manageroftheStrollingGroans gettingathim andspoilinghim. My advice to Gene is to get Dickie Be -Bop Harrell and Gallopin'Cliff Galluptogetheragainandonce TRE moreproducerealrockin'wax like we hadinthegreatfifties. But thankstoyou, James Craig, for mentioning Gene so frequently inyourfinepaper.-Elaine Shep- pard, 18 HazelGrove,Horfield, Bristol 7. BRAINWASHED? SO the record -buying public here have not yet got used to "psy- chedelic"music.Peopledon't go out and buy progressive records justso they can beputintothe TopTen.Theygooutand buy recordssimplybecausetheylike them, NOT because they are frightened by "little green men with atomic water pistols." As for Elvis stillsingingrockthoughitwent out five years ago, that shows that somepeoplestilllikerockand don't trytokeep up with fashion even though they don'tlikeit. I admiretheBeatlesandHollies, etc.fortryingtoget ahead. But must weallbebrainwashedto like and go out and buy psychedelic music?-LindaPavey, 81 Friern Watch Avenue, Friern Barnet, Lon- URE we're happy," said Tremeloe Alan don, N.12. Blakely, in reply to my rather mundane question. "We're a happy group, and we N.Z. OPINION love to make a happy sound. That's JUST a few observations,based what we're all about. It's great to be on a recent working holiday in London.WeinNewZealand back at the top again, and we really wonder at the way you people take enjoy every minute of it." yourselvesandpopmusicitself Weweresitting in so seriously. It's the way members theTremeloesdressing -room, of pop groups talk such a load of Larraine and I. Oh-perhaps I should explain. Larry is a pretentious rubbish, both ver- 12 -year -old Canadian girl who was in England at the time ballyandinprint,pronouncing the Tremeloes were in Canada, and who will be returning certain singles "works ofart".In our partofthe world, popisre- there on Saturday, thus missing the Trems. So, to save gardedasentertainmentanden- disappointment I took her along to meet them at Top of joyed as much. And thereisthe partisanattitudewhereanything the Pops-a mistake. They spent all the time talking to British, no matter how bad, stands her about Canada, and I had a job trying to get a word a good chance in the charts, where- in! But seriously, they were as pleased to meet one of their as a biggie like "Kind Of A Drag" young fans as she was to meet them. Well, almost. fromtheStatesgets nowhere - thatrecordbytheBuckinghams But, back to business. "What," I asked, "about America?" made number one here. You claim "Not as good as England" was the chorused reply."I thatAmericangroupslike the mean, we have a record in the charts over there, and we BluesMagoosandPaulRevere COPY the Beatles and Stones . were well received. But we had to work hard to get our- but who did the Beatles and Stones selves across to the audience-perhaps they're a lot cooler copy?U.S. R and B artisteslike Waters,Berry,Diddley,Coasters or something, but it was a matter of starting off with a etc.And yourself -supposed"hip- completely cold audience and having to knock ourselves ness"ofpoppeople,withtheir out to get them to enjoy themselves. But in the end we talkof digging Motown, Stax etc. . . . yet people like Aretha Frank- went down well. But they're very different over there- lin,Stevie Wonder, Aaron Neville all the girls seem to be wearing those long Bermuda shorts, and so on get hits here. Yet some and bobby -sox. At one place we played two nights running. U.K. groups have toured here and callus"Victorian."-RossPaton, The first night we said how much we disliked what they 125 Aotea Street, Auckland 5, New were dressed in. The next night, all the girls arrived wear- Zealand. ing skirts and things. It was fantastic. "On the whole we preferred Canada-it was much more TOM JONES TOUR .like England over there-it was more playing to the sort GREAT-so Tom Jones is at last of audiences we are used to. But I think we'll find it a lot doing another tour.It'llbe a easier when we go back to the States in September. marvellous opportunity forhis "We had a great time over there, though. Except for fans, who recently have not been abletosee Tom perform, dueto when we first arrived, of course, and we had all that trouble thefactthat he has been spend- about the undercarriage of our 'plane. We had to circle inghistimeintheplushclubs. the airport for hours and do this sort of crash-landing I've seen Tom capture the hearts ofthe "Talk Of The Town" audi- bit. But we got down safely, amid all these fire -engines ences and can't waittosee him and ambulances and things, and when we got out of the live on a stage inaless intimate. 'plane, all the pressmen were saying how worried everyone atmosphere.But what ofhis sup- porting bill?I'd say Helen Shapiro was. It wasn't until then that we realised how dangerous -with her vibrant sexy voice and the whole thing was. fantastic stage presence.But could "We toured America in this large 41 -seater coach, which the amplifiers stand so much vocal powersuchasTomandHelen was rather good, and every time the sun came out we comingthroughthem? - Maggie stopped the coach, ripped off our shirts and things and Williams, 80 Beaufort Road, lay out on the grass sunbathing. I think this was one of the Ashton-under-Lyne,Lancashire. most enjoyable parts of the trip. "But the greatest thing was that we passed our road - DYLAN NEWS manager Dave, off as an English lord. Lord Kewball. And NEWS ofBob Dylan has been everywhere we went all the Americans were fantastically almostnon-existentinrecent impressed. Infact, at one place we were doing a show, monthsbut I havegleaned some from the States.It seems he Dave was humping all our gear off the bus, and we men- isstill quite ill, mostly having diffi- tioned that he was really Lord Kewball, and the local cultyin moving his neck.He has sheriff, complete with star and gun, insisted on carrying some scars onhisface and has grown a beard, maybe because he all the stuff for him. Dave just sat back and this Sheriff feels self-conscious about those and his deputies did all the work! scars.A report in Woodstock said "What really surprised us was the group scene over in that his wife was following him in a car when the accident happened the States. Most of the groups that we saw weren't nearly and she rushed him toadoctor. as good as we expected, they seemed to be playing just Talking oftheaccident,it seems straight R &B,and not particularly brilliant either. The therearwheellockedandhe swerved fromlefttoright many groups over in Canada are much better, on the whole. times before he was thrown to the Though we did see this one fantastic group, The Mothers ground.Another report says he has not done any recordingsincethe Of Invention. They played for about 40 minutes, and they accident and may not do so for a just did two numbers in that time! And while the music year or so.A few months ago,a was playing they were doing all these weird things. For NewYorkpaperreportedthat example, there was this large piano on the stage, and one Dylanhasa five -year -old step daughterfromSara'sfirstmar- of the members of the group went behind it and started riage.And a happy notetoclose throwing odd things like bits of wood, scraps of paper, with:Saraisnow expectingan- and so on, over the top. Then when he'd finished throwing other child.-Valerie Price, 23 Lynd- worth Road, Stirchley, Birmingham, everything over, he came round- to the front of the piano, 30. and started throwing everything back again. Really crazy. "But it's great to be back in England again, and now PALE MIXTURE we've got a bit of success once more we're going to do THE Procol Harum havebeen our best to keep it. We've been writing our own material criticisedforcopyingother for a while now, but we haven't come up with anything groupsyetgettingallthe praisefortheirnumber onehit. strong enough for a single. Although we do write most of One reader said that Procol Harum the 'B' sides of our records. And of course, there's a lot hadcopied the Spencer Davis of our own stuff on our new album which we're in the sound.In a way, that is true.I'd liketohearStevie Winwood and process of recording at the moment. We're hoping that hisnew grouptackle"A Whiter it won't be too long before we start writing the sort of Shade Of Pale", for Stevie's voice songs that can be released as 'A' sides. and musical ability equals that of Procul Harum.IlikeStevie sing- "But at least now we are playing the sort of music ing the old Sledge number "When that we've always wanted to play. I mean, that's the reason A Man Loves A Woman" and I'm we split with Brian Poole originally-we just weren't doing infavourofhisorgan piecesin "Gimme Some Lovin' "and "I'm what we wanted to. But now it's all happening. We're happy, A Man".Combine and re -arrange we're making happy music, and what's more, we are having the two and you get a sound very a fair bit of success." much like"Whiter Shade".-David Simpson,7Milton Road, Welling, DEREKBOLTWOOD Kent. RECORD MIRROR. Week ending August 5th. 1967 RECORD MIRROR. Week ending August5th. 1967 7 iklaP; SFS AN fi CIBT, 00,440 Lulu (who toured with Creativity them) tellswhat Davy, -THAT is why the American scene is Mike, Peter and Micky superior to the . British, says RM's arelikeaspeople. . ULU has always been a tremendous extro-fore I went on - screams, yells, everything. That was vert, ready to face an audience with confi-allIneeded to hear,Iknew there'd be no problems dence. Which is doubtless why she has foundand I went on in a mood of expectation, waving and David Gooch. . . herself,during her three-year career, onsaying hello. It continued like that at every show. concert bills with top-ranking male artistes "Peter Tork said they'd never worked with another - a potentially dangerous situation becauseartiste on the bill who'd got such a marvellous reaction. THREE months have elapsed since fans are likely to be impatient to see and hear theirYes, kt was astonishing - when I sang 'Let's Pretend' DENNY CORDELL (on the right) talks to RM's Derek Boltwood about record produc condtig to the Golden State. Now idols. For a girl singer to face a predominantly girlit wag so quiet you could have heard a pin drop. And non-a subject on which he is an authority. is as good a time as any to take stock of the difference between British and audience takes a lot of nerve. Lulu has it. there were six thousand people listening!" American attitudes to pop and rock; "I touredwith the Walker Brothers at the height of She spent a good deal of her time with The Monkees differences that may only be hinted at their fame with two number ones to their credit.Iand the more she saw of them the more she liked them. by casual observation, but which be- toured with Gene Pitney, who'd had a string of hits.Lulu's impressions: "Davy Jones is very eager to be e focused when lookedatany And I was with the Beach Boys when they were riding length of time. In a word the difference nice, to be liked and to make people happy. Underneath is creativity. high with 'Good Vibrations'," said Lulu. "And now I'veit all he seemed rather sad. I get that way sometimes appeared with The Monkees - who are a bit more ofandperliaps that's why I got on very well with him. a phenomenon than the others! "Mick 3i Dolenz is completely mad. A terrific artiste Bart & Novello 'The prospect of going on before The Monkees didn'twho never seems to stop performing. Don't know where The most successful sets in the world behind Procol Harum, the Move, are those which have used creativity bother me at first. But so many people in the pop busi-he gets his energy from. to its fullest advantage, tailoring the ness started asking 'Are you frightened?' What do you "Mike Nesmith was supposed to be the hard, rude glove to fit the hand, not the reverse think will happen?' and 'Do you think it will be OK?'one who could be unpleasant. I never saw any sign of Georgie Fame and Denny as so often Is the case. This is a truism Isuppose these remarks were well meaning enoughthat, I guess it's just his publicity image. He is serious that fitsnearlyif not every walk of life,butnon more especiallythan but I must admit that the fussing started to make meandquietandterribly sweet. Leine talks about why he show b. The success of Ivor Novella nervous, especially whenIthought that you can't pre- "Peter Tork is very outgoing and friendly. He. goes as opposed to Lionel Bart was that dict what Monkee fans - the teeny hoppers -willdo.up to people and talks to them when the others can't Novelle tailored his scripts and songs "Fortunately, I reckoned I have a young image, I'mbe botheretl. He does it for the sake of the group, like to a cast of hand-picked talents. Since isa record producer that time It has become commonplace one of them, but I was stilla bit worried about myPaul McCartney did for The Beatles. But he's more far the script to be written and THEN reception until the very first night when I heard Jimmythan The Monkees' public relations man. Peter does it 'M only as good as the artist-I try to find the players. So It is with rock, Savile introducing me. The whole place went wild be-because he is basically kind and helpful. All four make to seek out what's in someone, and VIL:'''''ehaMEireleFFse Via Pop, folk and the entire gamut of bringittotheforefront"Thus popular music. an excellent team." make Denny Cordell, the man who le1111 '''''s'YTis'ait"tltVgrstle,hint lars LULU-in the news recently. DAVID GRIF1FITHS is probably the most go-ahead and inventive of all the record producers l'"L'IrLr'llTinPVIt'ntle7 ;ver7:1:F: Ion the scene at the moment. Denny Most successful isthe guy behind the sounds of Procol The two most successful UMWs m. Harum,GeorgieFame,The main the Beatles and the Beach Boys. .1rst`d'.5 TLX."'Ett'sd,d:114:;. Move and dap'. his friends! In both cases their continued success he gave Pet ,iI:mPetItion is Mc cau:lyst'for 'Mt'''. Denny LaMe-all people who make a very If ssisi...r many potentialstars,they andthos Twentwone LPs andnow distinctive sound on record, as well as being can be directely attributedtotheir demoMtratop ta thee sin eg.eas Sive Men,a need lastImula 2".1f*,;111?":1":XL1.7. some of the more progressive artistes going, ;gels:of Me record.L. Wyd - own writing, and, to some extent, pro- thereCord rial.The record companies s the anie tiste8 a. produeers Ne !tha musically. of duction talents. It would he foolish to ru"."' th7t'dlIrt!?, diderent, "":77:421f1-eet SII ..dGoa:Competition. moressh mitory h Itall started with the Moody Blues - a .' i.yV,yrea,' rch l'Itse sayItisonly the self-sufficient who %%IT: l'ie""tartn"Ittlertir Johnng has a hit single! Be.. .7,Y, group who, in 1965, were one of the most can make the grade - the Turtles' their approach tceygemnetioL%,Z advent rated groups in the country, Denny, at that tkVrea pf.s'''ass.2silictIs soky.g ioalclass successes have been penned out- allysimIlar. The Arne JOr nsi27 0 of time comparatively unknown, heard them, siders, likewise Paul Revere and the Nees' MN Is brought. r fit" Mit!Murray gritttri: istluransett' saM 0.r,7:0f! EVENTUALLY the mks "You hear smne guys kick- liked what they were doing, and offered to rg,F1',' Ir 'arttst.gve,zitgLro.°Int_ Raiders,inrs, not to mention the Monkees This re., y, Johnny Mann came through ing againsttfiesheer hard dotheir recording - these cases the producer has "oZ., within Great f ss re fr10-0.z,za- Awareness loadandclear,up.upand work ofmaintainingsuccess. for them. Then came Barbra S addilianlathis aggrernhe SIAM diere N found material suitable and stamped away over the Atlantic. This Well, I sat:'Remember the Georgie Fame, and then . .. recognition. '?rt "11172= 1.711ridtk"'" .;° brtrtht rirarSaclo'rrha'v'e tIO e. effort ofit eco "I more or less stumbled into record pro. ZtontTi '. edt, .1 ad an indelible permnality on it But the be ableto I.k good - as en soloed.. 117.1.'7.1r-An'og..771r; young, good-looking "vete- days when things weren't too I factremainsthattheEnglishper. as act. The Rel earn writing giTeln"Can C ran" of the American chorus good - and be grateful'. .duction. tend to lead a day-to-day exist- Ilyare a r rsden. former as opposed tothe An businesssoundedmorethan Rightnow. when wefinish ence. One morning I woke up, and found ch narTees . p Mat Isso that I was a record producer - and here I does not have the drive or in many Would an Engrish concern do M happy. Aftertwenty-onebig - talking, I have tostarton a cases the talent to arrive at something - If would, Men has ItY The same corn° 7.Z.:rwIrta- sellingalbums, coringjust four scores and arrangemems "I never think II must record that group original. about every &sae. of popular for26singersand a thirty - , butthey'renot l'irs."&oniedidirsesd7y=tfe - they're going to make Itbig'.Ilike to In thecourseofseeingtalentwhilstpro7rulf="'io music. he's suddenly way up pieceorchestra. My deadline record people who IfeelI can work with, G Cotintry thereinthe Martswith a isin two days' time - and commercial single. there are other things to do. and of course, they have to be happy to BortY.rtilb=y of work with me as well. Said Johnny, "This reallyis SoI guess I'll be down to just "I enjoy studio work - Ilike to try to "h" norl;" wonderful thing to happen. two hours'inbedtonight. Running a choirisanin- createa good atmosphere, with everybody k moS'in"heigre 7,Fni You can't believe the pleasure feeling good. You know, joy creates success itgivesallthe singers here. terestingjob. We've worked like Andy Oldham says,we're new Ifitsellsevenmore,then withstarslikeDannyKaye, - it's all from we'll certainly be thinking of Bing Crosby, FrankSinatra, part of the 'happiness industry'. Personally, A q're'r'e Veb' THE FLOWER POT MEN I'm tryingtosella ini one's are unwilling NEIL DIAMOND a visit to Britain. I'd probably Nat Cole, Julie London, Eddie piece of emotion - JOHNNY MANN something a bit deeper loan you get from, anyMIng Matis ob s.ns:vernalscp bring a chorusoffourteen Fisher - and the young rock for example, Whistling Jack Smith. That's turtbevinerrs"tibnre;t"Iglith mnises",4 group records singers,plan a concert and rollstars like Bobby Vee solelyfor the benefit of one just frivolous. I Thank the Lord for DECCA Let's go to San Francisco programme and use your andGene MC Hand- kind of music." "'Getaway by Georgie Fame isa good at "lbeet'of 'ITYithriern.:VithOtet It musiciansby way of accom ling singersis not like hand- On "Up Up And Away". f'rinstance.Ithad wide sortof suburban DM 142 paniem. If well,yoset there were four girls and six I . . appeal, but underneath this there were some p,r, b.11:Car""mar Mat George ingtontYPe the night time "But we do have a lot horn-playeri. he men. Johnny as ever directed. nicetastes.Ialwaystrytoincludenice about'Ican't ul yesIdo 4011)01 DERAIN/I goingfor us intheStates. blows thesame notes and arrangedandconducted.He %reernt;rtig atI didn'tlike. tastes for people who dig sounds - they're HLZ 10151 Right now I'mmusical direc- othing shows through. can't explain why thisparti. a "Butfyou screamat a the key factors. Like the fade of 'Getaway. :IT ,,clafiseenli,tsl. this week tor,withthesingers,on cularsingleof many should Idig fades. The one in 'Whiter Shade of . ! 45 rpm Deeps -4=1s Joey Bishoplate -nighttele- singer, thenallthe happiness have registmed in so big Pale' is one of my favourites. vlsiOnshow which goes out goes out of the voim. We're ritain. justHein basks the "You know, someone like Micky Most, for five nigh.a week. Maybe I inbusinesstomakehappy %arm= msriVerail . . "happiness" of being up there example, records with a completely different singa number. or chat with ounds. So we are much more in the big -sellers. set of values. But his are as good as mine tea 11ZZ =2,. 71'"u7.7 ;r7p,T,Z theguests,thatkindofin. a bigfamily unit. My singers Johnny was born inBalti- - I hope mine are as good as his.Ilike to formalthing. Then we have are also my closestpersonal more.Maryland. andstudied make GOOD records, good sounds, and not ourrecordingsessions.And friends.That'sthebasisof piano.trombone and bass. He justcatchytunes.IneverthinkthatI makesit,beisrneng tobeso ble - 07 THESPECTRUM TRULY SMITH THE FAIRYTALE we do radio commercials the. sound we make - it's worked with Charlie Ventura's mustn't put something in a record because El:nod:" " regin:brabse"of "thi's which mato to mast. gotta be happy and bubbling orchestra for a while and then mere are Youdon't itge it'suncommercial. IfIlikeit,it goesin. crossall Me time - but a, And there are other television and- thrilling. did twoyears in theU.S. Recording for me Is like doing a gig - it's s nas goingtoknock everyone oUt peoplesinginglikethat eally I wanna go back there again Guess I was dreaming ArmyFieldBand. whichin- a matter of working at what I'm good at - too much. Portobello Road thiltslwt's tiring and hectic you're raising hell all the cluded a trip to London. "I'd IOct and have my blow by making records. b"Tv,o'Freunperun'r: schedule.i But I guess I'm ime. just love to see London luckyin 1 cangetby alsoagainstthe :traducing a record isa form of com- RCA 1619 F 12645 F 12644 that "And I'm again."he said. nvos. well. A. Ithink w withonlyfourhours'sleep critics who believe that some munication.Ilike people tolike whatI Hee Denny Tor e scene. and all M RCA\IC tog DECCP But Johnny Mannisgenu- am dOing, but I don't make any concessions DECCP a night. I can remember times records have no right tobe iny and wholeheartedlyen- - if they don't likeit,it doesn't matter. when I didn'tsleep infour inthe charts. Everythinghas joying gevery momentofhis It's lust basically that I like to like it 'II renteatl'irm ttlri rtre days. But successisthere to righttobe thereifitis trek up up and away. r.r1-1,0 b jyd W k b'g h eel gh 'h h f LruP 24 =reu ° X°: DEREK BOLTWOOD L success. No Top Forty chart is created PETER JONES RECORD MIRROR. Week ending August 5th. 1967 RECORD MIRROR. Week ending August5th. 1967 7 iklaP; SFS AN fi CIBT, 00,440 Lulu (who toured with Creativity them) tellswhat Davy, -THAT is why the American scene is Mike, Peter and Micky superior to the . British, says RM's arelikeaspeople. . ULU has always been a tremendous extro-fore I went on - screams, yells, everything. That was vert, ready to face an audience with confi-allIneeded to hear,Iknew there'd be no problems dence. Which is doubtless why she has foundand I went on in a mood of expectation, waving and David Gooch. . . herself,during her three-year career, onsaying hello. It continued like that at every show. concert bills with top-ranking male artistes "Peter Tork said they'd never worked with another - a potentially dangerous situation becauseartiste on the bill who'd got such a marvellous reaction. THREE months have elapsed since fans are likely to be impatient to see and hear theirYes, kt was astonishing - when I sang 'Let's Pretend' DENNY CORDELL (on the right) talks to RM's Derek Boltwood about record produc condtig to the Golden State. Now idols. For a girl singer to face a predominantly girlit wag so quiet you could have heard a pin drop. And non-a subject on which he is an authority. is as good a time as any to take stock of the difference between British and audience takes a lot of nerve. Lulu has it. there were six thousand people listening!" American attitudes to pop and rock; "I touredwith the Walker Brothers at the height of She spent a good deal of her time with The Monkees differences that may only be hinted at their fame with two number ones to their credit.Iand the more she saw of them the more she liked them. by casual observation, but which be- toured with Gene Pitney, who'd had a string of hits.Lulu's impressions: "Davy Jones is very eager to be e focused when lookedatany And I was with the Beach Boys when they were riding length of time. In a word the difference nice, to be liked and to make people happy. Underneath is creativity. high with 'Good Vibrations'," said Lulu. "And now I'veit all he seemed rather sad. I get that way sometimes appeared with The Monkees - who are a bit more ofandperliaps that's why I got on very well with him. a phenomenon than the others! "Mick 3i Dolenz is completely mad. A terrific artiste Bart & Novello 'The prospect of going on before The Monkees didn'twho never seems to stop performing. Don't know where The most successful sets in the world behind Procol Harum, the Move, are those which have used creativity bother me at first. But so many people in the pop busi-he gets his energy from. to its fullest advantage, tailoring the ness started asking 'Are you frightened?' What do you "Mike Nesmith was supposed to be the hard, rude glove to fit the hand, not the reverse think will happen?' and 'Do you think it will be OK?'one who could be unpleasant. I never saw any sign of Georgie Fame and Denny as so often Is the case. This is a truism Isuppose these remarks were well meaning enoughthat, I guess it's just his publicity image. He is serious that fitsnearlyif not every walk of life,butnon more especiallythan but I must admit that the fussing started to make meandquietandterribly sweet. Leine talks about why he show b. The success of Ivor Novella nervous, especially whenIthought that you can't pre- "Peter Tork is very outgoing and friendly. He. goes as opposed to Lionel Bart was that dict what Monkee fans - the teeny hoppers -willdo.up to people and talks to them when the others can't Novelle tailored his scripts and songs "Fortunately, I reckoned I have a young image, I'mbe botheretl. He does it for the sake of the group, like to a cast of hand-picked talents. Since isa record producer that time It has become commonplace one of them, but I was stilla bit worried about myPaul McCartney did for The Beatles. But he's more far the script to be written and THEN reception until the very first night when I heard Jimmythan The Monkees' public relations man. Peter does it 'M only as good as the artist-I try to find the players. So It is with rock, Savile introducing me. The whole place went wild be-because he is basically kind and helpful. All four make to seek out what's in someone, and VIL:'''''ehaMEireleFFse Via Pop, folk and the entire gamut of bringittotheforefront"Thus popular music. an excellent team." make Denny Cordell, the man who le1111 '''''s'YTis'ait"tltVgrstle,hint lars LULU-in the news recently. DAVID GRIF1FITHS is probably the most go-ahead and inventive of all the record producers l'"L'IrLr'llTinPVIt'ntle7 ;ver7:1:F: Ion the scene at the moment. Denny Most successful isthe guy behind the sounds of Procol The two most successful UMWs m. Harum,GeorgieFame,The main the Beatles and the Beach Boys. .1rst`d'.5 TLX."'Ett'sd,d:114:;. Move and dap'. his friends! In both cases their continued success he gave Pet ,iI:mPetItion is Mc cau:lyst'for 'Mt'''. Denny LaMe-all people who make a very If ssisi...r many potentialstars,they andthos Twentwone LPs andnow distinctive sound on record, as well as being can be directely attributedtotheir demoMtratop ta thee sin eg.eas Sive Men,a need lastImula 2".1f*,;111?":1":XL1.7. some of the more progressive artistes going, ;gels:of Me record.L. Wyd - own writing, and, to some extent, pro- thereCord rial.The record companies s the anie tiste8 a. produeers Ne !tha musically. of duction talents. It would he foolish to ru"."' th7t'dlIrt!?, diderent, "":77:421f1-eet SII ..dGoa:Competition. moressh mitory h Itall started with the Moody Blues - a .' i.yV,yrea,' rch l'Itse sayItisonly the self-sufficient who %%IT: l'ie""tartn"Ittlertir Johnng has a hit single! Be.. .7,Y, group who, in 1965, were one of the most can make the grade - the Turtles' their approach tceygemnetioL%,Z advent rated groups in the country, Denny, at that tkVrea pf.s'''ass.2silictIs soky.g ioalclass successes have been penned out- allysimIlar. The Arne JOr nsi27 0 of time comparatively unknown, heard them, siders, likewise Paul Revere and the Nees' MN Is brought. r fit" Mit!Murray gritttri: istluransett' saM 0.r,7:0f! EVENTUALLY the mks "You hear smne guys kick- liked what they were doing, and offered to rg,F1',' Ir 'arttst.gve,zitgLro.°Int_ Raiders,inrs, not to mention the Monkees This re., y, Johnny Mann came through ing againsttfiesheer hard dotheir recording - these cases the producer has "oZ., within Great f ss re fr10-0.z,za- Awareness loadandclear,up.upand work ofmaintainingsuccess. for them. Then came Barbra S addilianlathis aggrernhe SIAM diere N found material suitable and stamped away over the Atlantic. This Well, I sat:'Remember the Georgie Fame, and then . .. recognition. '?rt "11172= 1.711ridtk"'" .;° brtrtht rirarSaclo'rrha'v'e tIO e. effort ofit eco "I more or less stumbled into record pro. ZtontTi '. edt, .1 ad an indelible permnality on it But the be ableto I.k good - as en soloed.. 117.1.'7.1r-An'og..771r; young, good-looking "vete- days when things weren't too I factremainsthattheEnglishper. as act. The Rel earn writing giTeln"Can C ran" of the American chorus good - and be grateful'. .duction. tend to lead a day-to-day exist- Ilyare a r rsden. former as opposed tothe An businesssoundedmorethan Rightnow. when wefinish ence. One morning I woke up, and found ch narTees . p Mat Isso that I was a record producer - and here I does not have the drive or in many Would an Engrish concern do M happy. Aftertwenty-onebig - talking, I have tostarton a cases the talent to arrive at something - If would, Men has ItY The same corn° 7.Z.:rwIrta- sellingalbums, coringjust four scores and arrangemems "I never think II must record that group original. about every &sae. of popular for26singersand a thirty - , butthey'renot l'irs."&oniedidirsesd7y=tfe - they're going to make Itbig'.Ilike to In thecourseofseeingtalentwhilstpro7rulf="'io music. he's suddenly way up pieceorchestra. My deadline record people who IfeelI can work with, G Cotintry thereinthe Martswith a isin two days' time - and commercial single. there are other things to do. and of course, they have to be happy to BortY.rtilb=y of work with me as well. Said Johnny, "This reallyis SoI guess I'll be down to just "I enjoy studio work - Ilike to try to "h" norl;" wonderful thing to happen. two hours'inbedtonight. Running a choirisanin- createa good atmosphere, with everybody k moS'in"heigre 7,Fni You can't believe the pleasure feeling good. You know, joy creates success itgivesallthe singers here. terestingjob. We've worked like Andy Oldham says,we're new Ifitsellsevenmore,then withstarslikeDannyKaye, - it's all from we'll certainly be thinking of Bing Crosby, FrankSinatra, part of the 'happiness industry'. Personally, A q're'r'e Veb' THE FLOWER POT MEN I'm tryingtosella ini one's are unwilling NEIL DIAMOND a visit to Britain. I'd probably Nat Cole, Julie London, Eddie piece of emotion - JOHNNY MANN something a bit deeper loan you get from, anyMIng Matis ob s.ns:vernalscp bring a chorusoffourteen Fisher - and the young rock for example, Whistling Jack Smith. That's turtbevinerrs"tibnre;t"Iglith mnises",4 group records singers,plan a concert and rollstars like Bobby Vee solelyfor the benefit of one just frivolous. I Thank the Lord for DECCA Let's go to San Francisco programme and use your andGene MC Hand- kind of music." "'Getaway by Georgie Fame isa good at "lbeet'of 'ITYithriern.:VithOtet It musiciansby way of accom ling singersis not like hand- On "Up Up And Away". f'rinstance.Ithad wide sortof suburban DM 142 paniem. If well,yoset there were four girls and six I . . appeal, but underneath this there were some p,r, b.11:Car""mar Mat George ingtontYPe the night time "But we do have a lot horn-playeri. he men. Johnny as ever directed. nicetastes.Ialwaystrytoincludenice about'Ican't ul yesIdo 4011)01 DERAIN/I goingfor us intheStates. blows thesame notes and arrangedandconducted.He %reernt;rtig atI didn'tlike. tastes for people who dig sounds - they're HLZ 10151 Right now I'mmusical direc- othing shows through. can't explain why thisparti. a "Butfyou screamat a the key factors. Like the fade of 'Getaway. :IT ,,clafiseenli,tsl. this week tor,withthesingers,on cularsingleof many should Idig fades. The one in 'Whiter Shade of . ! 45 rpm Deeps -4=1s Joey Bishoplate -nighttele- singer, thenallthe happiness have registmed in so big Pale' is one of my favourites. vlsiOnshow which goes out goes out of the voim. We're ritain. justHein basks the "You know, someone like Micky Most, for five nigh.a week. Maybe I inbusinesstomakehappy %arm= msriVerail . . "happiness" of being up there example, records with a completely different singa number. or chat with ounds. So we are much more in the big -sellers. set of values. But his are as good as mine tea 11ZZ =2,. 71'"u7.7 ;r7p,T,Z theguests,thatkindofin. a bigfamily unit. My singers Johnny was born inBalti- - I hope mine are as good as his.Ilike to formalthing. Then we have are also my closestpersonal more.Maryland. andstudied make GOOD records, good sounds, and not ourrecordingsessions.And friends.That'sthebasisof piano.trombone and bass. He justcatchytunes.IneverthinkthatI makesit,beisrneng tobeso ble - 07 THESPECTRUM TRULY SMITH THE FAIRYTALE we do radio commercials the. sound we make - it's worked with Charlie Ventura's mustn't put something in a record because El:nod:" " regin:brabse"of "thi's which mato to mast. gotta be happy and bubbling orchestra for a while and then mere are Youdon't itge it'suncommercial. IfIlikeit,it goesin. crossall Me time - but a, And there are other television and- thrilling. did twoyears in theU.S. Recording for me Is like doing a gig - it's s nas goingtoknock everyone oUt peoplesinginglikethat eally I wanna go back there again Guess I was dreaming ArmyFieldBand. whichin- a matter of working at what I'm good at - too much. Portobello Road thiltslwt's tiring and hectic you're raising hell all the cluded a trip to London. "I'd IOct and have my blow by making records. b"Tv,o'Freunperun'r: schedule.i But I guess I'm ime. just love to see London luckyin 1 cangetby alsoagainstthe :traducing a record isa form of com- RCA 1619 F 12645 F 12644 that "And I'm again."he said. nvos. well. A. Ithink w withonlyfourhours'sleep critics who believe that some munication.Ilike people tolike whatI Hee Denny Tor e scene. and all M RCA\IC tog DECCP But Johnny Mannisgenu- am dOing, but I don't make any concessions DECCP a night. I can remember times records have no right tobe iny and wholeheartedlyen- - if they don't likeit,it doesn't matter. when I didn'tsleep infour inthe charts. Everythinghas joying gevery momentofhis It's lust basically that I like to like it 'II renteatl'irm ttlri rtre days. But successisthere to righttobe thereifitis trek up up and away. r.r1-1,0 b jyd W k b'g h eel gh 'h h f LruP 24 =reu ° X°: DEREK BOLTWOOD L success. No Top Forty chart is created PETER JONES 8 RECORD MIRROR, Week ending August 5th, 1967 now albums reviewedby Norman Joplin and Peter Jones new albumsreviewed by Norman Joplin and (Recommended Vikki Carr album, plus great new Andy Williams. Andsome fine soul releases from the Sue label.

VIKKI CARR: "ItMust Be ANDY WILLIAMS "Born Free"- BOB AND EARL "Harlem BARBARA LYNN "The Barbara Him". - ItMust Be Him; None Born Free;Somewhere My Love; Shuffle" - Baby It's Over; Dancin' Lynn Story" - Oh Baby (We Got But The Lonely Heart;Her Little SpanishEyes;StrangersInThe Everywhere;YourTimeIsMy A Good ThingGobs'); Jealous HeartWent ToLoveland;Laia Night;Sherry;MusicToWatch Time; Baby I'm Satisfied;I'll Keep Love;YouCan'tBuy My Love; Ladaia(Reza);Look Again;For- GirlsBy; I Want ToBe Free; Running Back; Harlem Shuffle; My You're Gonna Be Sorry;Don't Be get You;Cuando Caliente ElSol: Alfie; Then You Can Tell Me Good- Woman, My Woman;TheSissy; Cruel; Everybody Loves Some- How Does The Wine Taste; Should bye; Sunny;IWill Wait For You; YourLovin'Goes A Long Long body;YouDon'tHaveTo Go; IFollow; May ICome In;Toys; You Are Where Everything Is (CBS Way; Puppet On A String;Don't You'll Lose A Good Thing;Letter San Fransisco(Liberty83037). 63027). Ever Leave Me; Fancy Free (Sue To Mommy AndDaddy; Don't THE girl with the built-in vocal YOU canprobablytellbythe 1LP 951). SpreadItAround;It'sBetter To beautifulvocal of HaveIt; sobis now, deservedly,ahit titlesthat thisis an exquisite ripHE duets Dedicate The Blues To parade name. On this set, built album.Allofthesongs are I Bob and Earl areso under- Me; Money;All I NeedIsYour round her current hit,she sings in among the best adult ballads of re- rated - they are as good as Love (Sue ILP 949). both Spanish and English-and to say centmonths,andAndy'sdistinc- SamandDaveorJamesand ABOUTthissomeonegaveus that she shows utmost respect for tivevocalsjustaboutsuitevery- Bobby Purify - justlistentothe a decentslab of soulon "BabyI'mSatisfied"or Barbara the lyrics is to understate the whole thing on here.His version of "Then Lynn.Sue comes up witha YouCanTell Me their new single "Baby It's Over." thing. Her voice has a chameleon - Goodbye" is And of course the dance hit "Har- collection of titleswhich have likequalityinthatitcompletely tender, whilehis"StrangersIn mostly been unissued U.S.singles. changes with each change of song. The Night" is somewhat drier than lemShuffle," much -imitated but Just listen to her bubbling exciting Sinatra's. Worth buying. never bettered,isafineside one I like her in belting mood; but then closer. A must LP for all soul fans. treatmentofPresley's"Don'tBe Ialso like her when she is purringly * * * * Cruel,"orthesophisticatedblues Play thisalot . . . soft. To be honest, one or two of treatmentonthehaunting"You the songs go on a bit too long but ROBERT GOULET "OnBroad- * * * * Don't Have To Go." And of course that's an arrangement fault;noth- way Volume Two" (CBS 63031). SWINGIN' GENTRY SINGERS: theclassicbiggie"You'll Lose A ingto do with Vikki.This album MORE big hits from the big hit "Pop Goes The Country"(London good Thing." Ifound the way the will help establish her even further HAE 8320) saxes had been usedabitdated Specially commended: "It Must Be shows.Robert (who looks like (unlike Tamla), but apart from that, Him", "Toys", "Forget You". Roger Moore) has a big IDEA hereistotreattheall- thisisa superb LP. voiced style which ispleasant and time great Countrysongs * * * * effective.Songs include items like withabigchoralarrange- * * * * "My Cup RunnethOver","Sum- STANLEY BLACK ORCHESTRA: mertime" and "Real Live Girl". ment.The purists may already be VARIOUS ARTISTES "Dr. Kitch" Blockbusters"(Decca throwing up their arms inhorror, (Island ILP 954). "Broadway butin general termsitcomes off Stereo Phase Four 4114) * * * LIKE the covers says, isa well. Nashville - sounding rhythm this GREAT recordingprocess,this. THE GRATEFUL DEAD "Grate- and a whole host of voices joined collection ofribaldcalypsos, The impeccable Black orches- fulDead"-The Golden Road(To cn songs like"Can't Stop Loving sungbyLordKitchener,Mighty traand chorus(theLondon UnlimitedDevotion);BeatItOn You", "Cold, Cold Heart", Sparrow, Mighty Dougla, Lord Festival aggregation) move through DownTheLine; Good Mornin' "TennesseeWaltz" and"Jamba- Creator and Lord Christo. They're LittleSchoolgirl; ColdRainAnd notallasstrongas "Dr. Kitch" such evergreens as"Hello Dolly", Snow; Sittin' On Top Of The World; laya". Fairenoughbutnothing Me Over'',"Everything's startling. but they'll raise many a laugh . . . ''Look CreamPuffWar;MorningDew; Coming Up Roses" . . . and there New New Minglewood Blues; Viola * * * * * * is alotofimaginationinthe arrangements. Lee Blues (Warner W 1689). * * * yD HAVE thoughttheGrateful VIKKI CARR-her LPistagged after her singlebiggie. I Dead's music would have been (RM pic Dezo Hoffman) much more insidious and acidy THE WERNER MULLEROR- -but it turns out to be more in the CHESTRA:"SpectacularTangos" vein ofthe Rolling Stones-or per- JAMES LAST "Love,This Is My (Decca LK 4869) hapstheElectricPrunes! The LIVERPOOL isatthepresent moment thecentreofthe THE WALLACE BROTHERS' "Soul Song" (Polydor 583 553). R & Binfluenceisheavy-apart Connection" (Sue ILP 950). FOR loversofthetempestuous consciousness of the human universe" so said Allen Ginsberg THE beautifulsoundofJames tangorhythm,there'salot from the obvious blues "Good Morn- -the "Incredible New Liverpool Scene" LP with ADRIAN 1111HEgospel -influencedharmonis- Last on a selection of familiar tolookforwardinthisset. ingLittleSchoolgirl","Morning HENRI and ROGER McCOUGH, the Liverpool poets, given ispartof ingoftheWallaceBrothers tunes,mostofwhichhave The orchestra certainly has aball Dew" is a quasi "House Of whathemeant. On CBS 63045. Thereareexcerptsfrom has produced some soul gems beenpophitsatsome ontitleslike"La The Rising Sun Treatment"-effec- timeor Cumparasita", tive, "Porgy And Bess" on Music For Pleasure MFP 1154-good value- like "Precious Words" and "Lover's another. A sophisticated,yetoften "The PearlFishers","Fernando's too.The climax item,a ten- for -money stuff. JACK PAYNE'S "SayitWith Music" LP on the Prayer" - thissixteentrack LP veryswingingsound,reminiscent Hideaway",withsomepositively minute version of their "Viola Lee same label (MFP 1156) has his old hits re-recorded for EMI and from Sue is an example of beauty of Bert Kaempfert - and there are breathtakingbrasspassages.Roll Blues"has some good phasesof they'll bring memories back for many many people. A 1959 record insoulmusic.Good sleevenotes some ofJames's own songs here UP the carpet, then, and tango the excitement,andisreminiscentof from JOE 'FINGERS' CARR re-creating the music of the twenties from Guy Stevens. for good measure. nightaway. Jimi Hendrix.Sorry aboutallthe isre -issued on MFP 1157 and comes across very well. On the comparisons . . . Studio One labelis"Rock Steady'!,aselectionofgentler ska * * * * * * * * ** * * * items. Quite listenable-on 1LP SOL 9000. THE TURTLES

First great LP from the 'WHITS vo+tir 01.-4 fabulous The Mamas TURTLES& The Papas Happy together LWeff including the title track Dedicated to the one I love, My girl, Creeque Alley, Sing and their latest chart -busting single for your supper, Twist and shout, Free advice, Boys and She'd rather be with me girls together, String man, Frustration, Did you ever want to cry, John's music box, and Look through my window 0SF 7880 6D RD 7880 lrstereo or mono LP record 0 HAU 8330 ..COND0/1. 12"mono LP

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Some of this week's hit potentials-the Small Faces are next to the Warm Sounds, while there are the Young Rascals neighbouring Neil Diamond. Finally a bonus pic of none other than Little Richard. THE VANILLA FUDGE You Keep Me Hanging On; Take Me For A Little While (Atlantic THE SPECTRUM JOHNNIE YOUNG NEIL DIAMOND 584123).Slowpiping organintrowhich quickly speeds upto a THE funky R & B arrangement of the recent Supremes biggie - blues Finton IAm The Thank The Lord For The Night Portobello Road; Comes The Craise Kirk; ELECTRIC PRUNES guitar work and a male vocal, slower than theoriginal.It'sa Dawn (RCA Victor1619) Lotsof World (Polydor 58186) Bee Gee Time: The Long Way Home (Lon- Shadow Morton production and very very commercial. Vocalis Thisis on Wind- thingshappeningforthisgroup. tune with aplaintive sound. build - don HLZ 10151) built The Great Banana Hoax; reminiscentofPaul Jones, andfromthebluesbeginningit so hence the chance -takingtip for and -buildbeat, and solid backdrop. gospellinesandI'd sayis [he up Toys (Reprise 20067) What with develops intoan acids -psychedelic sound with everything happen- a talent'sbestbetyet this is a them. This is a strong song, Goodlyric and melodywith to make the sound -effects and all, ing.Anexcellentrecord.Bubbly sound ontheflip,another thoughabitpredictable-a hymn haunting strain running throughit. chartshere.Spiritual -hand -clapping bit onthemessyside. Butthe gear, simple oldie which Isn't as exciting as the top side. Ins not really sure of praise to one of the best-known Hisvoice is young -sounding but with guitarhacking grouphaveregistered,inminor whether ornotthisshould have been includedinthissection, market streetsinLondon.Ithas comesacrosswell.A verycom- and a strong -sounding v o c al ways,herebefore - andthisis but I like it a lot. zest and freshness, afair old beat mercialtopside.Flipisanother group. Could be wrong about it. but clever without being overcon- and ifitgets enough air -play sup- Bee Geetuneandfeatures harp. there are plenty fans of this darkly. trived.Ratherjerky andstaccato portwill makeit.Organstrong. stringsand asolidballadsound. dressed good -looker.Thisisrather but with a distinctive atmosphere. TOP FIFTY TIP Flip: anokaysongbutnothing Thisshould give Johnnie hisfirst exciting. Flip:All right but nothing Flip: Gimmicky and ponderous but different. hit here. special. with fair appeal. TOP FIFTY TIP SOLOMON BURKE Just AsIAm; IStayed Away Too Long TOP FIFTY TIP TOP FIFTY TIP TOP FIFTY TIP (Atlantic 584122). His biggest U.S. hit for ages - it'sa slow soul item,a Penn -Oldham organ -backed item with semi -talkinglyrics. THE YOUNG RASCALS THE THE WARM SOUNDS SMALL FACES It'sreal.* ltchycoo Park;I'm Only Dream- A GirlLike You; It's Love FLOWER POT MEN Sticks and Stones, Angeline; (Immediate IM 058) "TheBirds ing (ImmediateIM 057) This'll (Atlantic584128)Must sayIlike Let's Go To San Francisco (Parts click at Of Something (Beats A Whole and And The Bees" didthisoutfita okay - notrouble all. LITTLE RICHARD A LittleBit thisbetterthan"Groovin' " One And Two) (Deram DM 142)I Relaxedsortof opening, Nothing); Money (Columbia DB 8240). A Larry Williams an favour and this,whistling and all, then we Lotof itcouldbe even biggerhit. likethisalot.Atmospheric, easy areinvolved philosphicallyricand Starts, verse -style, In subdued mood. could prove stronger yet. It's insome bluesyhol- rockernumberhere - modern -sounding to remember, beautifully sung and certainly darnedcatchy,in the lering.Answeringbits,group -wise, a compelling yetslightly subdued driving beat. R & B type sax butthenitexplodesintoaction. arranged. I know that double - and the the good-timevein,withoddoff -beat "It'sall toobeautiful" and femme backdrop andtypicalRichard vocals. * High-flytng leadvoice over partnersdon'toften makeitbut phrase is somewhatoverworked. a catchy instrumental gimmicks. Oddly restofthegroup and the top deck here isstrong enough dated in some ways, but on reflec- Foot -tapper, tempo -wise,and this approach to the song. Plenty hap- tostandalone.Playit a couple imprinteditself a bashing tionratherclever.The chorus is on meIn double- pening behind, including oftimes andIguaranteeit'llbe quicktime.Yes, a bighit.Flip: DIONNE WARWICK The Windows Of The World;Walk Little brassscene.Flip:Clever,instru- easy on the ear. Liked this one a withyoumentally,forages.Big lot. Slower, but sung in a sort of Dolly (Pye Int. 7N 25428). A pretty Bacharach David ballad from a bit. Flip: A nice song but nothing mentally, but goes on sound, yet starkly simple somehow. much happening. remote -control way. Good, and Dionne - asad sortofatmosphere pervades butthevocalis TOP FIFTY TIP Very beautiful and so on. TOP FIFTY TIP different. lovelythatthismust beoneofthebestrecordsthisweek. TOP FIFTY TIP TOP FIFTY TIP * * * * THE DOORS Light My Fire; The Crystal Ship Three versions of"I Want To Go Back There Again", a song (Electra 45014) Bitlate on review- with a hit "feel" to it have already arrived. There is one by new ingthisbutit'stopinthe States group BILL KENWRIGHT AND THE RUNAWAYS (Columbia DB and should make considerable 8239),jerkilytreated and making the* most ofthe near tongue - impactrighthere. Startsoffin twistingBerry Gordy Jnr.Lyrics . . . plustambourine -boosted routinestyle,butitgetsbetter rhythm, and with a rather exciting build-up. And there Isa good fast-and the lyrics areworth oneby THE NEW FORMULA (PyePiccadilly35401),with a studying.A simplerepetitivesort clearer lead voice and a mixture of the relaxed and the terribly of composition. Crisp drumming urgent-more emotion onthisone. And thereis TRULY SMITH and organ; massive -sounding (Decca F 12645), who takes the number and makes it just right for `John I.ennonhas soul" instrumentalbridge.Strongstuff. a girt-this girlisa fine talent, destined for really big things. You Flip:Good song but notso com- pays your money and you takes your choice butIpersonally go mercial. for the Smith gal's chances.

TOP FIFTY TIP SAYS STEVIE WONDER KAY KENNEDY! The Playground; Time To Part (Pye 17362.Highly S. promising newgirlon asongwhich is beautifullyconstructed and worded. May not he ahit but it'svery, very good. * * * * FOR some strangereason, Tamla Motown WEST COAST CONSORTIUM:: Some Other Someday; LookingBack have suddenly started calling Stevie (Pye 17352). New group at mid -tempo and in a sort of minor key, vocally. Wonder "The Prophet Of Soul" which seems Grow -on -you appeal, speciallyinthe clever vocal styling. * * * * to be a somewhat corny catch -name for some- rapid KENNY DAMON:SweetMaria;Silently(Mercury MF 995).High - talented young star-here on a sing -along sortof song which might be one of Stevie's ability. commercial but doesn't fully demonstrate hisability.* * * Still, I doubtifSteviecares.Hislatest MIKE BERRY: Raining In My Heart; Eyes (Polydor 56182). Erstwhile record"IWas Made To Love Her" is at reviews group hit -maker on a rather pleasant song-but he'sstillvery much on number two in theAmericancharts,and a Buddy Holly kick . . . song, style, arrangement. * * * * MADELINE BELL:ClimbEv'ry Mountain;ItMakes No Difference shooting up theBritishlists,and lookslike surpassingsales -wisehis "Uptight", which of THESHIRALEE, a more-than- Now (Philips MF 1596). A great song and a great performance. Whether useful group. tackle"I'llStay it'sforthechartsisanotherthing,but Mad hasnever,surely sung course washispreviousreallybighitback By YourSide '(Fontana TF better. Lavish in every way. * * * * inFebruary1966. Since then Stevie has had 555) with afullorchestraand a WINSTON'S FUMBS: Real Crazy Apartment; Snow White (RCA Victor hitslike"Blowin' In The Wind" and "A most expressively haunting lead 1612).Powerfully atmosphericproductionfora fast -buildinggroup.Bit voice. That fine song -writer over -eerie atfirst hearing, but thisis progressively performed and there's PlaceIn The Sun", but nothingas dynamic HUBERT PATTISON sings onhis Plenty happening. Could register big.* * * * or exciting as his new record. own "My Home'sIn My Pocket" KAROL KEYES:Can'tYou Hear The Music;TheSweetest Touch Incase youwanttoknow whyStevie (Fontana TF 859),a rather throaty (Fontana TF 846). Talented young charmer, on a pounding sort of beat - Wonder isn'tLittle Stevie Wonder anymore, pieceofgood-time selling-catchy. ballad - double -trackedinparts.Cheery arrangement; promising debut From PETER LAW: "Lingering on her new label.Could easily click. * theanswer is thathe'ssixfoot onetall. On" (MajorMinor MM 522), a Okay?Inadditionhe's 17years old andis shimmering continental -slantedbal- lad of considerable appeal. "Funny currently having a romarkse withMarguerita Man", by JOHNNY McAVOY (Rita)Ross, teen-age sister of Diana Ross of (Pye17365), a country -styledper- the Supremes. As a Tamla handout says coyly formance with a curiouslycom- ONLY -DOWN FOR L.P.s pellingslidingsenseofphrasing. - 'No matter how discrete Stevie and Rita "For Brandy" (Polydor 56185) (Balance 5/- weekly). After 5/- down, the 3 L.P's, fresh from the trytokeeptheirromance, theyareoften features DAVE JUSTIN on a fairly makers, are posted to you, anywhere in G.B. Just send 5/- with a seen together on the campus of Wayne State stron!,songbutit'snotterribly list of Nos. and titles. State your age. Under 17 not accepted. PRINT University;inthelibrary;sharing a malt or different. yourfullnames and HOME address.County courtdebtorsnot "IGet The Fever" sings JACK supplied. under ashade tree with a book ofpoetry'. RUANE JNR. (Pye 17359), a beaty Any popular L.P.includingall BEATLES, STONES, MONKEES. I like the "sharing a malt" bit. of a sort routineitem, bitcorny DYLAN, BEACH BOYS, ELVIS, DUSTY, FOUR TOPS, SUPREMES Anyway,here's a picofStevie andRita in parts with an off -sounding vocal and all TAMLA MOTOWN STARS. strollingacross group. "SailorFromGibraltar", the Wayne StateUniversity STEVIE-above withRita,and below ata by the CHARLES BLACKWELL campus.Rita isveryattractive,andtaller, recording session with W. Cosby and Sylvia ORCHESTRA(UnitedArtists UP THE G. A. LONG PLAY CENTRE one would imagine than her older sister. Oh 1187) is musicianly andsuitable (Dept. 966), 42-44 GT. CAMBRIDGE RD., LONDON N.17 Moy. atmospheric.Irather liked "Guess yes - more quotes from the handout. "Almost I Was Dreaming" by THE FAIRY- everyone is wondering whetherRita is the TALE (DeccaF 12644), a slow - childhood sweetheart that Stevie sings about builderbutworthwaitingfor - good harmonies. THE RED you'll be missing out inthelyrics of'IWas Made To Love Her'. SQUARES with -True Love Story" Neither Stevie nor Ritawilltalk about their (Columbia DB8247) get a com- on something if you blossoming romance, but Rita was noticeably mercial bluesy soundgoing but it'snotreallyhitmaterial."IfI sitting starry-eyed watching Stevie perform at Should Ever Lose Your Love-. miss Record Mirror Leo's CasinoinClevelandlast week." by JOHN CORTEZ (President PT Actually I don't think anyone thinks Stevie 146)isatig-voiced romantic bal- lad which the older folkwill love. is singingaboutRita,partly becausehe's LEE LYNCH, on"I'llHold You TAKE A SUBSCRIPTION singing about Susie. In MyHeart" (Pye 17363). is As you can guess, there willshortly be a string -backed, plus piano, and gently ballady.JAY AND THE and be sure of a copy Tamla albumcalled"IWas Made To Love TECHNIQUES (PhilipsBF 1597) Her", which may well include "LOvely Rita". tackle"Apples,Peaches, Pumpkin Britain3 months 7/6, 6 months 15/-,1 year £1.10.0. Especially considering what Stevie said about Pie" with a rather jerky and dis- connected style butitmoves well. Foreign3 months 10/-,6 months 20/-, 1 year 37/6. soul. Read on. From DOC CARROLL AND THE Europe-airmail6 months35/-, 1 year 70/-. "Soul is a feeling,"saidStevie,"it'snot ROYAL BLUES: "There Goes (My Outside Europe-airmail6 months £2.10.0,1 year £5. soulmusic,it'smusicthat hassoulinit. Heart Again)" (Pye 17360), a paceY have included "Hey Harmonica Man", "Castles I liveoutside the U.K. and wish the paper to be JohnLennon andtheBeatleshavesoul in near countryish-beat-ballad-amiable. InTheSand","HighHeel sent by ordinary mail/airmail.(Delete aredoing.It's Sneakers"and "Night AndDay", theoldCole sectionnot what they not Rhythm and "Nothing's Too Good For My Baby", as well Porterballad,is neatlyup -dated applicable). Blues, butit isEnglishsoul. Soul goes back, by THE GIBSONS(MajorMinor as those already mentioned. MM524), with some really fine Send form and money toSubscription Dept., Record back, back." Mirror, 116 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, W.I. Last week Stevie appeared withhisgreat I met Stevie once when he was last here, harmonies. andhe was very Ienclose f s. d.for subscription. hero RayCharlesattheBaltimorearena. pleasant indeed. And des- and that was probably a show worth watch- pitethefactthathe is a blind,he would start playingvarious instruments NEXT WEEK ing.Beforethe showStevie said"Man,it scattered NAME around,duringthepress reception,which will be fantastic". rather livened things up. is now seventeenandhasbeen a ADDRESS Stevie His record PINK FLOYD top record star,inthe States atleast,since is one of the best inthe charts he was twelve. Then, he had amillion -selling and deserves to go to number one - Ijust recordcalled"Fingertips" which was issued hope the follow-up isn't too similar. IN COLOUR here on the Oriole label. His subsequent hits NORMAN JOPLIN RECORD MIRROR, Week ending August 5th, 1967 10

MEET David Brooks, aSurrey man educated at Charterhouse. A most amiablechap who startedin show business when he formed a dance bandtoplayat clubsnear his home.Later he enrolled at a London Drama School and worked inrepertory. Then he moved to America and earned guest spotson thenationally- popular Lawrence Welk TV shows. He had a straight part in "The Munsters", won parts in "Von Ryan's Express" and"TheBible". Hetestedfor Sinatrafortheroleofthe Irish Lieutenant in "General Custer" - got the co-starring part with Frank. LMMEMMEEMIMMIMI but the film was shelved! But more Gunn E. Haugen, 15, Sinsenveien 18, Adolphe Jaeggl, 23, c/o Mrs. good luck came along.Television. Oslo 5, Norway. Stars-Jimi Whetham, 8a Daleham Gardens, radio,everythingfrom"Cracker- Hendrix, Cream, Who, Blues - LondonN.W.3. Stars - Stones. jack" to "Mickey Dunne". And now breakers, Otis Redding. Hobby and Small Faces, Animals, Spencer his record"Wanderlust", out on interests-Dance, boys, pop, records, Davis, Manfred Mann. Hobby and Pre - it'sfrom a movie ofthe theatre (plays). interests - Cinema, dancing, skat- same name inwhich David stars ing,travelling. as Big Jeff Murray, an Australian cowboy.SaysDavid:"My ambi- tion isto get good music into the

charts."His own recordis . . READERS' CLUB good 'n'excellent!

Mark McDonald, 18,34 Smalewell Road, Pudsey,nr.Leeds,Yorks. Miss Janet Middleton, 16,5 School Stars - Dionne Warwick, Esther Lane, Edenham, nr. Bourne, Phillips.MaxineBrown, BenE. King, Lincolnshire. Stars - Small Faces, Shirelles. Hobby and Spencer Davis Group, lu!erests Clothes, Beatles. - travelling. Stones, Walkers. Hobby and Soul, Dionne Warwick. interests - Collectingpostcards, sport, penfriends please,records and dancing.

Miss Maria Fensome, 18, 113 Bringhurst Road, New Parks HAILED as "something new and exciting" on the Dutch pop scene- Estate,Leicester. Stars - P.J. JanHeerdink,17, J.de Reyger- Daddy's Act, out here with a VERY different version of the Beatles' Proby andmanyothers. Hobby straat20, Delden(o.v.),Holland. "Eight Days A Week" on Columbia. They've been together for about andinterests - Songwriting, pop Stars - Del Shannon, Gene Pitney. sixmonths-formerly members of other groupsinthe Hague. Between scene,girlpenfriendinLondon BeachBoys and Stones. Hobby them, they'd actually made 134 records. On drums is Pieter Bart Terlaak; or America, will answer all letters. and interests - Listening to John Jonkman plays guitar;lead singer is Allan Ellis; Lenny Bouman is records, reading RM, collecting on bass; and Ronald Westerbeek flits between organ, piano, guitar, harpsi- records. chord and vibes. Disc -jockey Tony Windsor helped them break through in Britain; Harry Walters signed them to a disc contract. The boys were due IPETER TONES, to visit Britain recently, but the trip had to be postponed for a few weeks.

PeterHolmSorensen, 16, Sanda- geralley and Odder, Denmark, Stars - Rolling Stones, Kinks. Del Berry Wilson,19,2114 "0" Street. Shannon, Defenders, Orchids. Hobby Belleville, Kansas. 66935, U.S.A. andinterests-Listeningto R and Stars-Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, B.girls andlistening toRadio Mick and Tich,Artwoods, Cream, Luxembourg. Zoot Money, Monkees, Who, Birds, Beat Stalkers,Paul Crane. Hobby and interests - Playing drums in allgirlgroup,travelling,records.

"Sammy" Samwell used to be one of the Shadows MARY McCarthy has worked in the underpaid group IANand wrote hits like "Move It" for Cliff. He's now on scene-a few bob here and not much work. After an enthusiastic talent -discovering kick and his latest three years' waiting, her own debut record ("The contender for stardomis16 -year -old Linda Lewis. HeFolk I Love". CBS) came out, Mary thought it her last Christine Westmacott, 15, 22 Iit at school when Ifirst heard her. So Devonshire Road, Tottenham N.17. says: "She was still chance-andshe couldn'tstandthewaiting. she But I was terriblyimpressedwithherstyleand borrowed the fare and slipped off to Germany. But . . . Stars - Monkees, Dave Clark Five, delivery.Idon't expect overnight success, andIdon't her disc was heavily praised by deejays like Don Moss Elvis. Cliff, Hermans Hermits. SommerDaniel, 161, Hopitalde want it, but Ifeel this girl really can present a serious("Top Twenty cert") and Peter Murray-and itgot a Hobby andInterests. - Dancing. Hoerdt, Bas Rhin, France. Stars- challengetostarslikeDusty,Cilia, Sand and Lulu".lot of plugs. Mary heard the glad tidings. She returned, records, boys, money. Beach Boys, Lovin' Spoonful. Linda (debut disc "You Turned My Bitter Into Sweet"much more optimistic, to Britain. As she stepped off the GREATEST HITS Pinkerton's Colours. Monkees, onPolydor)was introduced to Sammy by Americantrain in London. she was signed by agent Colin Berlin, new Turtles. Hobby and interests - blues singer John Lee Hooker and she has worked with whohandlesbig -moneyboyslikeT. JonesandE. wru are ar Playingguitarwith mycousins, Herbie Goins and the Night -timers and the Ronnie JonesHumperdinck. The days in the pop wilderness now seem Taa atiale sport(athleticsp1.),England. 0 -Set,She's been singing since she was five and hasover for vivacious Mary. a MY beeninsuchfilmsas "Hard Day's Night","Violent at MIMY Playground" and "Taste of Honey". Mal Ma wnatrMIT a III tal tarn HMO SINCE therelease a coupleof weeks or so agoof"ICan Make ItWith You", by Robb and Dean Douglas.there'sbeen near pandemonium inthe areaof 12 great tracks specially theswitchboardat Arthur Howes' officesin London. Reason has been brought together from a flood of calls asking for informa- tion about the two personable boys. previous Coral LPs to Trevor Cook,18. 107 Queen Alex So receptionistLaurieSibuntook make a sensational bar- Road West,NorthShields,North- the sensible way out - she called umberland. Stars - All Tamla and Robb and Dean uptotheoffice gain album at Soul(1,000 Dances), Mamas and so they could answer fan enquiries Papas, P. J. Proby, Beatles. HobbyZina Bracha, 17, Beith Bar Shishat, about themselves bythemselves. and interests - Dancing, listeningKiryathShmuel,Tiberias,Israel. Hencetheaccompanyingpicture. Okay'? only 20/92 toSoul. travelling on trains, girls,Stars-Cliff and the Shadows. Hobby andinterests-Buyingrecords. Pen -pals??? Q AH 148 Owing to the fantastic success of Readers' Club and the rate at which your photos have been pouring in, it would have been impossible to keep pace with theminthe paper. Therefore, we are not printing the coupon any- more, until we ridourselves of the enormous backlog which has accumulated. So, hard luck anyone who hasn't yet written-but in a couple of months (we hope) the Ace of Hearts Records The Decca Record Company Limited coupon willbe back again.Untilthen, we'llprintas Decca House Albert Embankment many photos as we can.... London SE1 RECORD MIRROR, Week ending August 5th, 1967 11

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BOB DYLAN'S GREATEST HITS - Bob Dylan (CBS) TOP HAPPY TOGETHER 5 YEARS - Turtles (London) 23EVOLUTION 19 The Mollies (Pariophone) AGO L.P.'s 24THRILL TO SENSATIONAL 28 Super Stereo 25SOUNDS LIKE 1 SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY 30 Herb Alpert and the HEARTS CLUB BAND TijuanaBrass(A&M) 1Beatles (Parlophone) REMEMBER YOU 26TONY'S GREATEST I Frank Meld (Columbia) 2HEADQUARTERS HITS 2 The Monkees 14 Tony Bennett (CBS) 2 SPEEDY GONZALES (RCA Victor) 27GOLDEN ALL TIME 3 Pat Boone (London) 3SOUND OF MUSIC HITS 3 Soundtrack (RCA) 27 Bachelors (Decca) 3I CAN'T STOP LOVING 4FIDDLER ON THE ROOF 28SUNSHINE SUPERMAN YOU NATIONAL MART COWIED gig00 RITMLEA AIR MAILED FROM NEW YORK 6 London Cast (CBS) 26 Donovan (Pye) 2 Ray Charles (HMV) ARE YOU 29A COLLECTION OF 4A PICTURE OF YOU 1 ALL YOU NEED IS 26CARRIE ANNE SAN FRANCISCO- 5 LOVE 16 (10) The Mollies 1 LIGHT MY FIRE* 26 EXPERIENCED 16 BIG HITS, VOL 5 4 Joe Brown (Piccadilly) 2 (7)Doors (Electra) FLOWERS IN YOUR 16 Various Anises 1(3) Beatles (Parlophone) (Parlophone) 4 ilini Hendrix (Track) lumina Motown) 5DON'T EVER CHANGE 2I WAS MADE TO HAIR* 5 The Crickets (Liberty) GIN HOUSE 10(9) Scot McKenzie (Ode) 6MAMAS & PAPAS COME THE DAY 2SAN FRANCISCO 27 LOVE HER. DELIVER - Seekers (Columbia) 6HERE COMES THAT (FLOWERS IN YOUR 47 (2) Amen Corner (Deram) 6 (7)Stevie Wonder 27COLD SWEAT (Tamla) 47 (2) James Brown (King) 9 Mamas & Papas FEELING HAIR) 28SEVEN ROOMS (RCA Victor) 7 Brenda Lee (Brunswick) 2 (4) Scott McKenzie (CBS) OF GLOOM 3ALL YOU NEED IS TESTIFY BEST OF THE 28 (Revilot) 7 19 (8) Four Tops LOVE* 37(3)Parliaments BEACH BOYS GUITAR TANGO 3DEATH OF A CLOWN (Tamla Motown) 27_(2) Beatles (Capitol) HYPNOTIZED - Shadows (Columbia) 19 (3) Dave Davies (Pre) 29 11 Beach Boys (Capitol) HERE COMES 4CAN'T TAKE MY EYES 31 (3) Linda Jones (Loma) 8MORE OF THE TOP 8THINGS 4IT MUST BE HIM 29 OFF YOU* 30CHAPEL IN THE MONKEES 16 Bobby Darin (London) 4 (10) Vital Carr (Liberty) THE NICE MOONLIGHT* 18 (12) Small Faces 1(111 Frankle Valli (Philips) S Monkees (RCA) 9COME OUTSIDE (Immediate) 32(4) Dean Martin (Reprise) E.P.'s 6 Mike Same 5ALTERNATE TITLE 5WINDY. 9MONKEES 5 (7) Monkees (RCA) DON'T SLEEP IN THE 3(10) The Association 31I LIKE THE WAY 12 The Monkees (RCA) 10LITTLE MISS LONELY 30 (Warner Bros.) 36 (3) Tommy James & 8 Mien Shapiro (Columbia) 6I'LL NEVER FALL SUBWAY Shondells (Roulette) 10 RELEASE ME 1 EASY COME, EASY GO 34 (11) Petula Clark (Pye) A WHITER SHADE 15 Engelbert Humperdlnck 4 Elvis Presley (RCA) ONCE UPON A DREAM IN LOVE AGAIN 6 32THANK THE LORD (Decca) 21 (2) Tom Janes (Decca) OF PALE* FOR THE NIGHT-TIME GEORGIE FAME - BWy Fury (Deem) 31SOMEWHERE MY 6 (6)Procol Hamm 11 THIS IS JAMES LAST 2 41 (2) Nell Diamond (Bang) 3 Georgie Fame (CBS) 12LET THERE BE LOVE 7SHE'D RATHER LOVE (Deram) 7 Various Artistes (Stax) BE WITH ME 31 (4) Michael Sammes 33FOR YOUR LOVE* 12SMALL FACES FOUR TOP HITS 11 Nat King Cole and George Singers (HMV) 7COME ON DOWN TO 22(5)Peaches and Herb 3 Shearing (Capitol) 5 (8) Turtles (London) MY BOAT* 23 Small Faces 1 Four Tops (Date) (Immediate) (Tamla Motown) 13RIGHT, SAID FRED 8I WAS MADE TO 32WHEN YOU'RE YOUNG 5 (16)Every Mother's Son YOUR UNCHANGING AND IN LOVE (MGM) 34 13DOCTORZHIVAGO 10 Bernard Cribbins LOVE HER LOVE 13 Soundtrack (MGM) 4PRIVILEGE 28 (2) Stevie Wonder 24(8)hfanrelettes 8WHITE RABBIT 35 (4) Marvin Gaye (Tamla) 14JIGSAW 2 Paul Jones (HMV) 14ENGLISH COUNTRY (Tamla Motown) (Tamla Motown) 11(6) Jefferson Airplane TO LOVE SOMEBODY* 18 Shadows (Columbia) BEACH BOYS HITS GARDEN 33SHAKE (RCA) 35 15TOM JONES LIVE AT 5 9SEE EMILY PLAY 45(2) Bee Gees (Atm) 6 Beach Boys (Capitol) 9 Jimmy Rodgers (Columbia) 6 (7) Pink Floyd (Columbia) 33 (8) Otis Redding (8181) 9MERCY, MERCY, THE HAPPENING. THE TALK OF THE 15YA YA TWIST MERCY 36 TOWN BEST OF BENNETT 34RELEASE ME 39 (3) Herb Alpert and the 6S Tony Bennett (CBS) 14 Petula Clark (Pre) 10A WHITER SHADE 35 (27) Engelbert HumperdLeck 12 (7)Buckinghams TUuana Brass (A&M) to Tom Jones (Decca) OF PALE (Columbia) BUDDY HOLLY'S I'M JUST A BABY (Deeds) 37LET THE GOOD TIMES 16 7FOUR TOPS 7 (I1) Procul Harura (Deram) CARRIE ANNE* GREATEST HITS 7 Four Tops (Tanga Motown) - Louis Centel (Deem) 35STRANGE BREW 10 ROLL & FEEL SO GOOD 11 UP, UP AND AWAY 16(61 HoWes (Epic) 38 (3) Bunny Sigler (Parkway) 22 Buddy Holly BREAKING UP IS 29 (9) Cream (Reaction) (ACe of Hearts) 8HITS FROM THE HARD TO DO 9 (4) Johnnie Mann Singers 11SILENCE IS GOLDEN.38DON'T GO OUT INTO GOING PLACES SEEKERS (Liberty) 36TRYING TO FORGET 21 ((5)Tremeloes(Epic) 17 - Neil Sedaka (RCA) THE RAIN 5 Herb Alpert (Pye) to The Seekers (Columbia) THERE GOES MY 41 (2) Jim Reeves (RCA) 12A GIRL LIKE YOU 13(6) Herman's Hermits A DROP OF HARD 18OUR FAVOURITE 12 (MGM) 18 HI EVERYTHING 37THE HOUSE THAT YOU STUFF MELODIES JACK BUILT 17(4) Young Rascals C'MON MARIANNE. - Geno Washington (Pye) 8 (11) Engelbert Humperdlnck 39 20 The Dubliners 12 Craig Douglas (Columbia) (Deena) - (1) Alan Price Set (Atlantic) 9(8) Four Seasons (Major Minor) (Philips) 10MORNINGTOWN RIDE 19STRANGER ON (Decca) 13JACKSON. 19 FOUR TOPS (LIVE) 9 Seekers (Columbia) THE SHORE 13LETS PRETEND 14(5) Nancy Sinatra and 38 40LETS LIVE FOR 25 Four Tops 24 Acker Bilk 11 (6) Lulu (Columbia) EVEN THE BAD Lee HazIewood (Reprise) TODAY* (Tamla Motown) We regret that owing to non - TIMES ARE GOOD 20GREEN, GREEN GRASS availability ofthe EP and LP SHARING YOU 14JUST LOVING YOU - (1) Tremeloes (CBS) 14SOCIETY'S CHILD* 33 (Il) Grass Roots (Dunhill) charts at press time,last week's 20 20 (6) Anita Harris (CBS) 15(8) Janis Ian (Verve) OF HOME 15 Bobby Vee (Liberty) HEROES AND VILLAINS 17 Tom Jones (Decca) charts have been repeated. 39PAPER SUN 15PLEASANT VALLEY - (1) Beach Boys (Brother) 15RESPECT 32 (10) The Traffic (Island) SUNDAY 12 (0) Aretha Franklin DON'T SLEEP IN THE (Atlantic) 30(2) Monkees (Colgems) 42 all184818101/11111ENNEWINIIIRo, 40SILENCE IS GOLDEN SUBWAY* GROOVIN' 38 (15) Tremeloes (CBS) 16UP, UP AND AWAY 18 (9)Petula Clark 16 4 (9) 5th Dimension (Warner Bros.) 15 (11) Voting Rascals 41WITH A LITTLE HELP (Soul City) (Atlantic) FROM MY FRIENDS 43HERE WE GO 34 (6) Young Idea (Columbia) 17I TAKE IT BACK. AGAIN* BRITAIN'S TOP BRITAIN'S 17CREEQUE ALLEY 19 (6) Sandy Posey (MGM) 28 (7) Ray Charles (ABC) 39 (2) Mamas and Papas 42HI HI HAZEL BABY I LOVE YOU 18 THE RIVER IS WIDE. 18TAKE ME IN YOUR 48 (2) Troggs (Page One) 34(2) Aretha Franklin 44 FZ&B SINGLES TOP R elk B (Atlantic) 48 (2) The Forum (Mira) ARMS AND LOVE ME TALLY MAN 13 OD Gladys Knight and - (1) Jeff Beck (Columbia) SOUL FINGER* 45AIN'T NO MOUNTAIN TRAMP the Pips (Tend* Motown) 19 1 11/SHAKE RATTLE AND ALBUMS 24(7) Bar -Kays (Volt) HIGH ENOUGH* 2 Otis Redding and Carla 44THE LAST TIME 42(10) Marvin Gaye and Thomas (Stag 641612) ROLL 19007 46 (2) Who (Immediate) 20MAMMY. Tammi Terrell (Tamla) 9 Arthur Conley 14 (4) Desmond Dekker 23(3) Happenings 2RESPECT (Atlantic 584121) (Pyramid) MORE AND MORE (B.T. Puppy) 46GLORY OF LOVE I Aretha Franklin 1 KING AND QUEEN - (1) Andy Williams (CBS) (Atlantic 584615) 12WHEN YOU'RE YOUNG 1 Otis & Carla (Stax 589067) 49 (2) Otts Redding (Volt) 20YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE TO LOVE SOMEBODY 21WORDS 007 SHANTY TOWN AND IN LOVE 2SWEET SOUL MUSIC 17 (5) Nancy Sinatra (Reorise)46 44 (21Monkees (Colgems) TRACKS OF MY TEARS* 2 Arthur Conley so (2) Bee Gees (Polydor) 47 33 Desmond Dekker 17 Marvelettes 40(9) Johnny Rivers (Tamla Motown TMG 609) (Atlantic 5871119) 21TRAMP 22MAKE ME YOURS (Imperial) (Pyramid PYR 60041 ir THE TIME HAS COME 20(7) Betty Swami Money 3CLUB SKA '67 24 (3) Oda Redding and 7-1.(1).1.aiP.)Arnold 48 I WAS MADE TO 13SHAKE 4 Various Artistes Carla Thomas (Stu) Ansel AMIE LOVE* STEP OUT OF YOUR 4 10 Otis Redding (Island WIRL LP11411) 23 LOVE HER (Atlantic IMMO 22MARTA 25 (7) Smokey Robinson & MIND* NEVER LOVED A MAN, GREEN STREET 5 Stevie Wonder 4 Miracles (Tamla) 29(6) American Breed 28 (5) Bachelors (Demi) GREEN (Ada) (Tamla Motown TMG us) 13TOUGHER THAN (THE WAY I LOVE THERE GOES MY TOUGH YOU) 23TONIGHT IN TOKYO - (1) New Vandevile Bald 24 THINGS GET BETTER 22(4) Sandie Shaw (Pm) (Fontana) EVERYTHING* OUT AND ABOUT 515 Eddie Floyd (Stag 6111016) 18 Derrick Morgan 7Aretha Franklin 26(5)Englebert Humperdinek (1) Tommy Ray" and (Pyramid PYR66101 (Atlantic 587166) 24ANNABELLA A BAD NIGHT (Parrot) Bobby Hart (A & M) 6TAKE ME IN YOUR CLUB SKA '67 Vol. 2 23 (3) John Walker (Philips) - (1) Cat Stevens (Deram) A LITTLE BIT OFSOULS THE WORLD WE ARMS AND LOVE ME RUDIE TAKE A - Various Artistes 25 11 Gladys Knight and the MESSAGE (Island WIRL LP 956) 25IF I WERE A RICH MAN BYE BYE BABY 7 (10)Music Explosion KNEW 17 (H) Topol (CBS) - (1) Symbols (President) (Laurie) - (1) Frank Sinatra (Reprise) Pips (Tanga Motown TMGIwo - Dandy (Ska Beat JB 273) 6DOUBLE DYNAMITE 3 Sam and Dave A OM dot denotes new entry. 7SWEET SOUL MUSIC SOUL FINGER (Stax 569943) Aa asterisk domed record released k Britons 6 Arthur Conley - The BarKeys ARE YOU (Atlantic 564463) (Stag mow 7 BUBBLING UNDER BUBBLING UNDER EXPERIENCED 8FOR YOUR PRECIOUS17THANK YOU JOHN 9 Jimi Hendrix Shake,RattleAndRoll - Arthur Conley(Atlantic) Blues Theme - Arrows (Tower) LOVE 8 Willie Tee (Atlantic 58411 (Track 612041) When The WorldIs Ready - VinceHill(Columbia) You're My Everything - Temptations (Gordy) 4 Oscar Toney Jar. 8LIVE (Stateside SS 21133) 18I FEEL LIKE CRYING Long LeggedGirl - ElvisPresley (RCA) Don't Let The Rain Fall Down On Me - Critters 13 Sam and Bill 10 The Temptations FiveLittle (Kapp) (Tamla Motown TML11653) Fingers - FrankleMcBride(Emerald) 9GROOVIN' (Brunswick 0 5073) SPANISH HARLEM Time Seller - Spencer Davis (Fontana) Washed Ashore - Platters (Musicor) 7 Young Rascals SheShot A HoleIn Shoot Your Shot - Jr. Walker & All -Stars (Soul) (Atlantic 584111) 18HERE WE GO AGAIN - Ben E. King My Soul - Geno Washington Fakin'It - Simon & Garfunkel (Columbia) 16 Ray Charles (Atlantic Special 596 6011 (Piccadilly) 10SEVEN ROOMS OF (HMV POP 1595) 10YOU'VE GOT MY MINH Dr.Kitch - Lord Kitchener (Jump Up) Don't You Miss Me ALittleBitBaby - Jimmy ReflectionsofCharles Ruffin (Soul) GLOOM 20GET READY MESSED UP Brown - Rupert's People 14 The Four Tops 12 Donnie Elbert 5 James Carr (Columbia) Sweetest Thing This Side Of Heaven - Chris Bartley (Tamla Motown TMG (CBS 2847) (Stateside SL 10295) Morning Dew - Tim Rose(CBS) (Vando) My Mammy - The Happenings (Pye) Pictures Of Lily - Who (Decca) Soul Finger - Bar Keys (Stax)

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Charlie Pride -America's coloured

cowboy CHARLIE PRIDE anybody who knows It was August 1965 when ASKanything about Country "SnakesCrawlAtNight" Musictoname anartisteand "Atlantic Coastal Line" with a bright future in this werecut.After a short fieldandyou'llhearthe period RCA Victor took up nameCharliePridewith the tracks and issued them monotonousregularity. as a single. Both sides were But Charlieisa Countrywell -received and so Charlie star with a difference. He isreturned to Nashville to cut the only negrotosuccess- hisdebut album - titled fullysingthisparticular "Country Charlie Pride" brand of music. and another_ success for the Born just 30 years ago in promisingartiste.InMay Sledge,Mississippi,hehas 1966,"BeforeIMet You" lived for the past seven years was issued and improved on inthenorth-west Stateof itspredecessor.Before last Montana, having spentAutumn saw the release of severalyearsinMemphis. "Just Between You And Me" He has always had more ofwhich wenthighintothe a flair for C&W than Rhythm C&W Top 20andsetthe & Blues. But Charlie's earlyscene for his current chart dreams were to be a base- rider, "I Know One" which is currentlyplacedatNo. 6 ball player. After leaving the on servicein1958,heplayed its way up in the C&W in the Negro - American list.Thereisalsoanother League for Memphis Red -Sox LP availableintheStates, andlatertheBirmingham titled "Country Charlie BlackBarons.In 1961he Pride" which might be joined the California Angelsreleased over here depending in the National League buton the success of his current just missed out. Fortunately two-sided offering over here, for Country Music lovers he ".rustBetweenYou And turned his hand tosinging Me" and "I Know One". seriously. Thatistheprofessional Afterleavingthe We s t history of CharliePride. Coast, he went back to Mon- He is married to a charm- tana, where he began work- ingyoungladywhoalso ing in a zinc smelter whilst hails f r o m Mississippi. singing in the local clubs in CharlieandRozenehave the evening. Whilst appearing threechildren, Kraig,Dion at a local club in Helena in and Angela,ranging 1963,RedFoleyandRed from Sovine heard Charliesing- nine years to two years in THE BREAKAWAYS - all flowery ... (Dezo Hoffmann RM pic) ing and suggested he should that order! come down to Nashville and Pride, as his wife affection- get an audition. ately calls him, is an Charliedid justthis. On individualist who does every- atrip home toMississippi, thing his own way and suc- he went via the Music City ceeds.Heisa quiet,yet and auditioned forJack confident young man who, Johnson, then a Public Rela- although aware of his great &THE MOVE tions manand nowhis promise, is very human. manager. Johnson liked what Withhiswife, herecently he heard and took some tapes THOSE one-time gangsters, Carl, Trevor, Chris, Bev calledinto London whilst ofCharlie.Butnotuntil returning home fromGer- and Roy are MOVE-ing in on us again, with a single 1965, when he had a break many, where he entertained due for release in a week or two, and an LP to follow from his work, was Johnson the troops with great success. as soon as the boys feel it's ready-they've recorded able to record Charlie most of the tracks already, and they're spending properly. JOHN E. ABBEY a lot of time improving and adding to what they've done. Said Roy, who writes the group's material: "Every track is different to the last-there's quite a wide variety of stuff on it. The trouble is that the LP won't be completely up to AM OWAU Ats, date because every time we record something, although at the time we put everything into it, when it's done we move on to something new." "is very different to our TE TEFvETE "Our new single," added Carl, previous records. It's a lot calmer-a lot cooler. I think it's DYLAN re - signed for U.S. so much if they had looked a little better than anything we've done so far. It's another of Roy's (songisa Columbialabel (CBS here) deeperintothelyric? songs." interesting 'twenties and U.S.hitforcolouredpsychedelic As I've said, Roy is the group's songwriter. "Eventually - 'thirtiesLP releasefromMusic group the FIFTH DIMENSION). ForPleasurethismonth - in- Interesting how everyone recorded when the Move are right up in the first division - I hope Debonaire JACK BERRY GORDY's great Wanna cludes "The Again" atthe I'll be able to be the real back -room boy of the group. Just BUCHANAN" and the onlyAL Go BackThere same time . . amazing how a write their material, and record their songs and so on. I'd be THE MOVE-talk about their career and their new LP. BOWLLY LP on the market . . . the And couple of pop newspapers managed quite happy to let someone else take my place in the group, worth wait - "Heroes to write several features last settled down a bit. The only thing that stays constant is the Villains" . . KENNY BALL but I'd still be a part of it. need to earn money. When you first start off you have this seemed anything but happy playing week on FlowerPowerwithout once mentioning LSD . . . Diana "WhenI'm64"on "Dee Time" "I write mostly at night - at about 12 when my parents drive to earn money, and then when you start gettingit DORS visitedtheSpeakeasyfor . . next DONAVAN single could have gone to bed, and when it's nice and quiet." thefirsttime, on Friday . . in you have to keep going after it. People think that when you be"ThereIs A Mountain" . . It surprised me to learn that most of the boys in the group have a hit record it makes you rich - but believe me it dee jays PAUL KRAMER and IAN ten years ELVIS has had 68 chart opportunity entries . . . T -M fact:inspite of live at home with their parents. doesn't.Ilike to think that there are four divisions in the MACRAE takingtheir Tamla's fabulous recent chart "When our first record came out," said Carl, "we came up Pop industry, like in football. The fourth division is where to make their first full-length successes here,not one ofitsbig featurefilm, now that the stations hitactshas sofarsetfootin to London, and everyone said 'Oh - you'll have to live up the country are,the groups who areclosing down . . . KINKS most of the groups in Britainthisyear . . . not much here'. We tried it but we soon decided to move back to Bir- haven't yet had a hit. Then the third division is where we "WaterlooSunset" not given a chance of the FIFTH DIMEN- mingham. In London, everyone that meets us sort of says chart tip by 'Cash Box' . . . Q31: SION'S "Up-Up and away" being are, the people who have had a hit or two, but still aren't Whichofthefollowing TV series 'Hello, you're with the Move, aren't you'. But back in Birming- issued -it'son Liberty, who at the stage of being almost sure that every disc they bring titleswasalsothenameof a the JOHNNY MANN ham we've still got our own friends - you know, we feel mammothhitdisc - "Z -Cars", also have out will go into the charts. The second divisionis for the version . . more at home there, and we, can be accepted for what we "Softly Softly", "No Hiding Place", really popular groups whose records rarely seem to fail - "DangerMan","It'sDark Out- are. And Idon't like going to the clubs either - on the and then there's the first division. That's where we want to side"? whole the people there are very false.I don't like it when be. That's for people like the Beatles, the Stones and the According to press handout, a guy comes up to talk to you just because you've got some MAMAS AND PAPAS"California OLYMPIC Hollies - the groups who have time to sit back and experi- Dreamin' "setthesceneforthe sort of a name. So we tend to keep away from the 'scene'. ment, and really do some good stuff, without having to worry FLOWER POWER movement . . 60 Anyway, I prefer living in Birmingham - I think we all do. too much about the charts. TV Quote from MR. RONALD There are some great things going up there at the moment, "The Beatles are really too much. And they're such shrewd DUNCAN (noted supporter of DRUM and some of the groups are really very good. But it's difficult pirate radio): "Pop music is guys as well. They could see that they were losing their musicalvomit" . . . imaginative OUTFIT to make it unless you come to London. Birmingham is about soul LP releasethismonth from grip on the younger audience, and they realized that the Astrikingex- a month behind London-we've started going to the late -night Sue . . . Britishdiscsbubbling CASHPRICE Monkees were there to take their place - so they changed under the U.S. top hundred include ample of Olym- movies. We don't go to watch the film, just to see all the yobs their image completely. I'm not saying that they changed just- "HaIlaSaid The Clown" - pic value. You £39 whistling and jeering and ripping up the seats and things. YARDBIRDS, "Marta" - BACHE- can add ahi - for publicity,but they certainly publicisedtheir change. hat. tom-toms Hire purchase They're just too much. LORS, "Out Of Nowhere"-FRANK terms available And now - you know, they're just like Gods. And George IFIELD, and "Paper Sun" and extra cym- "You know, when people first meet us, they are really sur- - bals.Outfitin- over12, 18or Martin - he's incredible, he really knows what it's all about. TRAFFIC . . . A30 - JULIE cludes: Bass 24 months. prised to see that we're not aggressive. They don't realize "Denny Cordell, who records us,is great as well. He's a NEWMAR . . . other discs to have that what we did on stage was just an act - we had to have usedtheFrench National Anthem Drum, separate fantastic guy, and he has some really great ideas. His only as theirintro includeFRANK tension, 14 in. x51 in. Snare something new so that we would be noticed. But people got trouble is that he's not really a musician - if he knew a bit SINATRA's "French Foreign Drum,Snare DrumStand,10 in. the impression that we are always like that. As far as I'm more about music, then he'd be almost unbeatable. But he Legion" and MARILYN MONROE's genuine Zyn Cymbal, Cymbal Arm, concerned the other boys inthe group are some of the "Diamonds Are A Girl's Best CowbellandClamp, Bass Drum 1 1 pair Sticks. gets a great atmosphere going in the studio, and we can Friend" . . . 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