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As mGl ol vou will know d ncw Hc.P war stagc of mclamoPhic changc h wa3 a iomcd all.i ihc dcpsrlur. ol DavidByron Divotal abm in lhal torc sc.ds ol and John Wcllon in 1976,Thc lin€ up ol dis.oni.d nad bccn :own boih in lhc slvlc John Lawton T.cvor Boldd, 1.. Kcrslal., Ken Hcnsl.y and Mrck Box prodlccd thr€. elblns duris lhc 1977-7speiord and a poslhumouslyr.lcascd liv. album

Thcsc dbum lollow.d. lo my mind,an elbum ori.ntaiion. Th€ inlcclious Rollin On r.9r.sls lh! mosl cohcr.nl Picccwh.r. lhc banrhch.histry scem! lo gclbcsl

post prodlclion cll.cls, Ficily was shelcd lo lollow thc rclaliv.ly siquc but badly r€.Evcd Hqh AndMqhly dndn didth! bv culinq down lhe oPcralionwnh k$ divcts. inslruhcnlEli.n end cvcn l.ss p.odrcl@n worl. Th. album was chara.ictiscd by i

Byroncould producc whcn requncd- had bccn pJaccdil wotld havc b€.n al odds dth th. r.sl, Olherhiqhlil.s irom lhisalbum back arc "F.c. M." - an i.roslibLy.alchy acolslic on balarcc Fncflywas a slrongcom. "Thc albumand cach liack i! r.comcnd.d lislcdnq lono and Danc.' _ an Ehosphenc wfh lh. .xc.plion ol lhe garblcd Do You nm-bd wilh a rare hall I m. Ic.l whichdraws Kn w" and the conlusedlille Itack Fnellv lhelislcner inlo ils hearl, sharcdwilh HighAnd Mighiy lh. domnan.c oi KcnH.mlcys wriiing{hi.h wasenlering a tfu

lnnoccnt Viclim" had, tm rold, massiv. Hcnslcywas d.spcralclyt.ying lo lpdal. th. commcf.dl succ.ssjn romc parls ol lhc .lcmcnrs ol Uiah Hccp which|ft. mosl h.avy world wilh ils tghr,boppy, n.lodc Ec@siic bandscan b. t.ac€d back 1o ihe Woodslock bascd songs, crplrsiv. drmming lrom L.e, ..a and althoughil's irportart lo applaudhis llnky rm-ru iypc basslincs lroh Tr.vor, nobl. clJorls,onc has to rccognis.lhat thc occasronal.lcctric gutar blrsls lrom Micky s.ll - consciousnc$ol lh. changc ol dd 1as1.lulbut, rdcNcd kcyb@rdslrom hurical dn cftn and possibly a lack ol Kcn, Pc.son.lly,I lound il a dEappointingconsosli wilhin ihc band was nol always aibum- .avinqlhat 3om€songt can b. s.cn cxprcsscdin lhe mssi. in e posiiivc way. I as a posilivcdiccti@ .hangechardcl.ris.d c.rtainly think thal lhis pdiod do.s nol mrk by cont.adiclions.ribil.d bolh w hin and as orc of He.p'sb.sl bll what do H.cp's

A y.a. lala lhc bandrccordcd "Fallcn Angcl" havc pres.ntcda lanlasy "Bcsl an albw which saw lhc ircr.as.d lor lhe pc,io.dand I lhink youl nvolvcm.nl ol clcckic guita. and John w.rc il .cl.ascd,would sound vcry Lawln as lh.lcadingwril.r ol hcavytoncs, A n'cc balad crcdrr.d ro Le and iokd heavylracks - rctablyliln Alivc"fcdecm this conclusionlo lh. Lawronsudio .ccordinqs. "FallcnAng.l" was a l.ss dvcrsc dbm bul, rrlhct cvid.nccol a sl.ugglingHc.p wilh an unsclllcdh.ail, A ycar lalcr John larlon was rcmovcd from lh. band but, clcarly shouldnol hav. bc.n scap.goal.dlor llE Sidc2 .vid.nl p.oblcmsolhin thc band. Admittcdly thc.e s a h.avier cdge lo 'Fallcn Angel" whchc,calcd lhe oddgf.a1 treck, bul alsoa s.nc. ol l.nsionand comprdise 1orwhich mostoi lh. musicullimar.ly sullcrs, I ihirk is clcar lhal lhc La{ron ycah wcr. h Jad lhc Hcnslcyy.ars, y.ars dominalcd by Kcns dcsnc lo changeUriah Hccps muscaldncc on, I bcli.velhal Ken wanl.d lo dmntrh lhc h.a!y .ide ol H.ep, lihil thc usc ol produclioncll.cls andaio ih. songs al a wd.. aud.ncc. I aho b.licv. lhal K.n B lrodulrr5 lifs i5 not ea5u| | An exclusive interview with Trsvor Botder ( Coflttnued from lsiue 2 ) r,rr. rhar do corpred to RaAincsirence? tl'eir bii s hefa ^nd soundanyrhinq Like ihe.-a! I !ahted rhar n,rr or rtr{lish atbun, btrr yotr Fa{inq silen.e nachine,hcre l-"e]. That s I ire irs brs!. sl !\ r^nt ro {! hrck io ,lrtrn hh.hine, I ranted to oL^y Nith rcp and eye.yone elsr in we r3cd to do in tl'P 70's, rhe.e ihe hand lotrld q. in riLh an Pight t.rick rnd erefroie rould 0Lat li!e, a(d it rPnr norn in one

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Evenrually th€ day camo and I saw tho gig, Robin Gcorgo was rhc quilarisl .nd John Shc..cr (who now runs a drum clinicl {as his drumm.r. Th. placo was pack.d and ir rockcd all lhc way as h. ran through lho sonos from thc forthcomino album. ''on- Thc Rocls includ'ng Rebccc., Bad cirl and Ncver Say Dic. July Morning and Sweot Lorrain. w6re the H..p classics aod thc nighr {as finish€d 6ff wirh Eddi. Cochran s ''somcthing Elso which iust lboul summod!p th. gig. Afto. thc sho{ | moi David, w. had I was ro be in London ai lhe sta.t of a chat and h. sighod my cop), of his Augusr 1981.prior lo going I lookcd -Baby Fa.. Kill6r" alblm, Hc was m lhe pr.ss lo !o. what good 9i9s. if somc sins.r and onc hcll of a nic. any, would bo on. Low and bchold, HE,E,PIN JAPAN % B.fof. HccP r..iv.d tn Jrprfl it sry, ouf w.lt w.5 sc.trGd th&t criticr and .vcn rcw..dcd, Thci. pldYing wts som€ f.ns didn't .xpcct su.h morc than lu3t .xciting to us, €xcitine 36ows. Th. btnd LGG's conrpl.x d.umming was hsdn't p|lycd J.prfl sincc l9t3 powcrtul 6ut n.v.r .ou8h. .nd. to dr.k. m.ttc.3 wors., it w.s thought by som. th.t Hc.P Mtck w..€ g.€rt in thc studlo but rlav.d th. hcavy and .motloflal ;ulia. pr.ts wi(h a smllc Phil stru{k thc p€rfect b.lsn.c A lot of di€ hard t.ns hrd b..n b.twc.d o.Atn trd .Ynthcsiz.r weiting a long tlme fo. H€€P to iound rnd show.d hl6 .omtatl. .cau.n, rbcy plty.d two nights tsrt€. I'm sur. You alreadY in Tokyo .nd mrny pcoplc know how B..nlG ting6, I toughl both tickcts, thls shows woddcrcd how many slngcrs how cdgcrly wc wrnt.d to s.. cad sing as pcrfc.tly ss hc did th. bdnd rnd not only th. fons *ho 3aw ah.m la yc..s &go. I don't know hoe you f.lt whcn Th. s.t lilr wr3 alaost thc you sow thts lirc up to. lhc sam€ ds the one th.Y Pl&Y€d on f|fst tlme, for mc it was thc UK tour, bul th€rc was d su.prtrlnE, I kn.w Plril and *ondcrful Plft f.om thcm ' B..ni.'j *o.k t.for€ thcy rh.v olrvc<, Look At Your5cll join.d H€€p, In Japrn, "crafld "" irri tiirO cnco.c. Thls h.s Prix" dcbul c.€atcd . scoeatlon ipccl&l mctdidg tr.rc, &t fl.st dod th€ band arc ttill highly H..p's llfit two LP'3 w€rcn't ..tc.m.d. I'd tikc to 5.Y ..lcesed in J.p.n, tor manY proudly, J.pan was th. flrtt Japenc6c irns, country to r.lces. th. "StEtus" You.s.lf hod lhc f,amc tmpact slbum .nd thcy w.r. r.8&.d.d si Gypsy dld fo. mo.t ol You, rs . 3upc. brnd. I htv. thc flfst .onc ol th. fif6t €njoy.d thcir muslc 60 much so dllrum. ln f..t, I'v. hcard tht I ws6 looking fo.*d.d to tc. .ut sold bcttcr in this .ount.Y th€m in H.cp.nd I don't think thrn in.oy oth.. P.rt of thc I wrs th€ oflly on.. world. Nobody would havc bc€n compl€tly tttisft€d lf th€Y On l9th S€pt. thsnks to rh. h.dn'r ptay.d it, Aft.r thc ahows, I ldund r.ticlcs which prsl.Gd th.nr prrv.nt froff.omiog lo ihe us "l show. I h.!rd sonr.on. raY, walk€d ln this sto.nr bccdutc I kn€w I had only to w.lk to s€c hallne coor..ll th. wry lo our H€€p, compa.ed with thc Y.trs countiy ana I hoPt th.Y'll I'v. w.ited to 3.e thco this n€v.r k..p us wtitine inorh.. typhoon is not so i,rd." I 49... Collectors

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, At odrr ol d ha^dlull ol UK.ldr.s aowa.ds ahe.^d ol t989 U"iah H.;p \9outd ptay d tp.caat .o^c.rt on 29th Nov.mh.. or rn. ituatot ol c.ntior In.l.p.^d.na T.l.vltao^ in Nottin?hdm. rh. sAow wds ?eco.d..t lo. broad.dst on rhe ITav ;et\9ork a' pd.t ot a sefies ot coneertt u der the till" ol Be.trock lr wat alto ptckcd uP bv sode it t7." rutetit. stations and, durlnq l99O ||ould bc reteat.cl ds a ei.teo caUed Live LeA.nds. As thts was to cotumerat. Hl was .hdftged stishttY from th.ouglrott t,Le yca?, ln ea.io ''Rdeaae sllenc. tou.. The s.l '""1" i.t, not dtt ol th.m ma.t. lt onto .h" vid.o: Btrd of Pr.1.'ttiaaienr. Aad Ba.t Man, C.v Frc..rom, St.dtin" The otlter stde Ot Bloo.l R.a Roses, Mr Malestie. Th. Wizar.l ,titv tto"iinB, Rach Kict, Gypsy. Easy Lavln, lst .ncore. Thats rha way l:h.it lt ,s.2nd .nco.., Lody l^ Black A.tmis.aon ro th. eotuae.t wds rree, tlck.ts \4.r. obtoin..t bv vrltting to ce^,rat T.v, fnit nds d tr.at in its selt fo. the H'eP fdilhlull tut. rh4r. were qui.e d l.w mom'nrt thar ||'r' i"",ir.tety vn.xpecte

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Fu.ther 10 th. question id ihe last isrue "Liv€ about NTSC vtdeo, we c.d noE, say that Leg€rds" ls avaitable in thls format ir JEpan, If eny of the USA m€m6e.s a.e inte.esr€d lt ls medo by: VIDEOARTS JAFAN tNc, AhAsAkA cHlJoH BtRU. 3-2-6 AKASAKA;MtNAToKL, ToK!o lO7. JAPAN. \ve do.'l know il they do expo.r orde.r but they may b€ 6bl. to gtr,€ you the odd.es ol someone In ettho. J6pan or rhe Srarcs who doer, Many th.oks to Asukd Koike fo. ,h6 tnf.r.trratton.

Win T-shirts Owned bv Pete Goallt v Pete hai given us th.ee of his old (ou. t shl.tr, thde hale been in bis cupboard since the tours and a.e a real collecto.s ltcm, \ve have made the quiz 6asy in th€ past to b.eak you In gently 6ua oow tr's aime to .est yo(r knowledge. To win the t rhi.rs answ.. the fottowing

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I[e USA lenon ol Bld Ol F..V is a ldile drrrer.fl, I s lhe sameAlSlerla,i end lhere is drc singlcwhch was a rc wcA ol B.n DVa.\ Likr a roll'ngslone. Th. band hav. rchcRrs€dofc or rwo ol lhe .lassi.s thal arc llext lssue ro loigcr itr lh€ set and rl lhcy were lo do orie il wouklFrcbably b. SweelLoftiiR. As lar ns we lnow thae ar€ no L,oo{re!al|nrft De! Br.on\ 'o6 P.oFc{';n the or C!'s whlchis vcry rlrange as mosl olrcr bar s scemlo boasl (ir lhal is rhe'lqhla6rd) .rdl$s lisls ot b.olre$ Howeve' rl Vou Grl i. olJ.uL3,,,..o(. iio4 drllare'I lel us all2ft.'w