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'rhc .Ldrd of fl l D.irgov1 ric Gould not find u dm·1ry l!'or J e llu tho Bour, his ndOi) Led niece Who'd spent all his ntoney On cartons of llo ney, A Si c.u.:ese cnnnon - not all in one piece A bicycle chain .l!'or a sadisrr, gar;;e And a pl&tinw:, doll \ii th ~ :::utile like a crec:.. se.

"Alas!" said. the Lair·d "I ' li: nov1 very scared ! " (He tJ:::de a finn ha bit of telling the truth \/hen playing bnd;. ga:u,1on Or fishing for salmon Or v! hen he \'IClS trying to \1ork free a tooth ~ 1 hich l u.s t he \ ~c...::; do inti ) "I see trouble ' s 1ir e;ving 'I'hi:.': i s a 1uatter for (cthadoae liuth ! "

il.uth ,·.etlw.done \tas a Latching c:r:ofm We ll-.i ~no < , n for her efi orts in CJ hes s in i~ ton Zoo. jhe'·d ,,edded a r [4t ··. 'l'o a one-legl_e d ba t, A leprous 6iraf1'e to a giant kangaroo. "use S'l'D" :3aid the Hear,full of glee, "She'll be her e to-night there'll be cooking to do

'l'he Jawe of l\eno1.n ,:as s oun SL.J irallinG dm.n on her t t,in-w;jine biped from .Dunba rton Yards; ::>be •·1hirleci through the sky Li ke a han.strung fly ·.ro l c:nd at sowe speed on the Laird 1 s pack of cards.

"Huu y 1 " she s crea.\ed, and her hc:;,ppiness bet:•ll'.ed; "Chuck it .and follo •. , for gar;:uling retarcJ.s ! "

Hotor::: rot ating 'l'a!lks eructoting The La.ird ' s private 'copter s 11 ed over the sea, ...... ~rossing t!ie acres

' ·' · Of fluttering breal-:cx s 1'0 sl;urklii~t; Muck nnd the .!!'air; Ides so free . ·'Se.E: ,bella, se<-) , · Your husbc:nd to be : fl. w·beelchair · rLinoceJ os eating his tea. ' " N8HO " Heaven knovTS, I'd be the last one to But Jimtil our next issue, 'there are preach intolerance." - ~noch Powell. many other interesting happenings(sic). 'rhis issue of .B'LY contains an inter­ Apart from the events listed below, view with CARAVAN and has become in there 's also 'The Mole' - Brighton's f act rather pop-orientated. But future 'underground paper'and 'Scab' produced .B'LYS vlill contain material of a more by \.Jo rthing ~vo rkshop, to read. Then varied nature. So we still need more there's 'Exspantion' for records, 'Un­ contributions. Please send poetry,ideas icorn' for books, the Combination, the letters,articles,criticism etc. to :- Film Theatre and the Rents Project to Julian Grain, 9 Stafford Road, support. Finally, the non profit-making Brighton, 5. U.O.S. Blues Society needs more members.

Thur. 23 Oct 'rhe Mooche. 'rhe U.O.S. Dlues Society at Jimmy's, Steine street.

Sat. 25 Oct Hard I>.i eat and Glass 11enagerie , at University. 8.30 - 12.30.

Sun. 26 Oct Clouds and •rrada Horne , at Sloopy's. 8.30.

Thur. 30 Oct Killing Floor. at Jimmy's.

Fri. 31 Oct " HalloHeen :Oall " 11i tb Alan Price , Idle Race , Freddie l'llack. at •rop Hank Suite, 8 - 2 am.

Sun. 2 Nov John Peel , JJridgi t St.John , Occasional \'lord Ensemble , l1ike Hart. at Sloopy ' s . r:;on. 3 Nov J ohn Jilayall at Dome . 7.45pru . 8/- IO/- 13/- 15/- Keef Hartley at Jimmy's. 'rhur. 6 No v Incredible String Band at Dome . 7.30pm. 5/- 7/6 10/- 12/6 15/- Sat. 8 Nov Village and JellybrJad , at Sloopy's. Sun. 9 Nov

'rhur. 13 .No v Duster Bennett at Jimmy' s . . Andy Dunkley , at Sun. 16 Nov High Tide and Sloopy 's.

\ved. 19 Nov t:dgar Broughton Be.ncl , Strm1bs , David Bm'l'ie , Staamhammer , He aven , J ef f Dexter , Success , Gary Farr , at Dome. 6.30 for a· t hour sho\v. 5/G B/ 6 II/6 14/6 17/6

'rhur. 20 Nov : I•'ree , at Jimmy' .J 'l'hur. 27 Nov : Juniors ~y e s , at Jimmy' s . MD ~very l"riday , at Coll·· .ge of •rechnoloGJ , 'Club 66' - 2/6. Every \'!ednesday at t h• · Hichrnond , at ' The Sound Of One Hand Clapping ' - the Co smic Sounds of t he Sun Dragon. The U. O. S. Blues Society at Jimmys a t one t i me or another in a group r e cently staged a concert featuring called t he Wi lde Fllwers, which i s Caravan. I went along t o hear t hem where the So f t Machi ne came from . As play, but l)ef or e they went 0n I spoke the member s of the JIOW Soft Lla chinc to their l ead guita:r:ist, Pye Hastings . l e ft to form the Soft JVia chine, we we r e I first asked a1::ou t forthcoming tours. thei r r epl acement s into the Wi l de l"lo­ w.e r .s . '_r h ~n tho Wilde F l owers split U1) P . H. : Th e only tour· tha, t I know elf entir e l y~ Bu t a fter a period of about that ' s absolute l y certa in :is a tour of si x mon t hs we a ll decided to ~e t tog­ .Ho l l and , Germ any and Be l gium wit h t he e ther again. 'l'he four of us took a ·Soft rliachi ne, who were ove r t here a hous(~ in \'irn i t s t abl e ,\vher e . we lived f ­ littl e whUe ago' and they were asked or al)out six months just playing t og­ vr.ho t hey' d like for t heir "J3 " group e thr a nd j amm ing a round. 'I'hcn we decid­ and they said ·1 Carave.n' 'because we 1 r e ed it wa s about time we s t a rte d t o gr:-) t o. iJ great buddi es actua lly. We ' re still s om ethinG done . So vre started tbrov1ing hopi ng to go t o America l)ut it 1 s t he the music around , certa in veopl e become age- old thing allout a group these days, i nter ested and an album c8J!le out alrno­ ever nince we 1 ve lJeen form ed, people s t imm ediat e l;v from MGlVl . So we were l a­ 11 1 unched on the album whicb is c:x tremel;y have 'been saying 1 You re ,jus t r i ght for .America. 11 However t o actually· get good l uck. there you need to haVE; thr e E: l'lo. I hits Since then we 1 ve been mainl y play- and God kno·us v1hat elae. Bu t jt appear s :Lng . gigs around the country , and d~ing t hough tha t we will have a t our soon, t h ings like a t e l evision spot fo~ ~he within the next cbc months , we hope , · German :Surov-i s ion. Other than thct t -- · . . -- fll0 0 but t hi s sort of t hin,rc is uncertai n . we 1 re jus t trying t o build up a - Jhen we ' re.p l ayin ~ i n Paris soon in wing . Becau se the a ve rage wa-:(' a gr~up the big f e stiva l t he re" It; s for j a zz starts is -by doing the circul t s an · 'fher1 -tbey ha'- t uilding up a follow~ng. - ~ and progressive groups vii t h the Soft 1 lVia chi.ne , Pink FlCD.yd·, c·aravan a nd Yes ve a hit record or an all)um thcc -t \,~e ­ Gmongst the British groups e;o ing over. lling well. We did a r a ther hard d Lltlg i n a ~ a y becau se we we r e l aunch e on ' d + D. J.: Could you t e ll us the group ' s the r e cord. They put t he re co~ ou. hist orY arid musical background ? and sai d. , "'rhis i s very good , and vr e had to live up to it. We ho·pe t~e s~~ ­ P. R. : I had a very musi cal father , h e orld a lbum will be r e ce ived a loc b e e~ ­ · · wa8 the organis t in ·Aber deen Ca thedr a l. er, be cause we ' ve s i nc e played to a I . can't r emember exactly becau se he lot of peopl e v1ho hadn ' t heard of us dl ed when I was about four or five . 0r t he albQm be fore . llut I inherited a bit of his mu s icc;J. l t c.. l ent. Other than that I think I 1 ve D.J . : I s the second L. P. coming i n the jus t l earnt through lis t ening to ot her 11ear future ? people a ll the time . ,, Tl1e f,'r oup began about one and a half P .H. : We ' ve got the first tvro track8 to two year s ago in Whi t stable, Kent . d•lwn , but vve -'might change them a b?_t . We we r e a ll friends, having a ll played Ore ' s ca lled "Vihy" or "And I wi sll _[ VJ8.S s tone d " and the other ' S ca.JJ.t?cl 11 L\ighth Clipping. " We have about e i ght continued i n next column continued on next page CARAVAN continued . continued from last column

songs at the momont, that we 1 re just hims0lf who only played bass because polishine up to r e cord.And ~ e 1 l l do it he was the better bass pl ayer and I as soon as we have some s pa re time.We was better at rhythm guitar.I still am

hope to get it r e l eased l;;y Christmas 9 a rbythm guitarist more than anything because t he Christmas marke t is t ho e lse . I suppose Elvi n Jones i s the ~ D!­ ·best time to aim foro l:ve 1 ve l eft HGM mmer 1s f avourite , but ther e 1s a fanta­ and thoue;h it 1 s nr:Jt dE":fini te yet we 1 r e s ticly wi de range of mu si c that we a ll probt:tl;ly going· to s i gn ·'.'Tith Dec~a, rrha t enjoy. It isn1t limited to any partie-· . should be coming of f ve ry soon , but as ular kind. f ar a:::- I know at the mom ent "'e 1 r e still free:! . D. J . : I s there anyone who has partic-­ ularl y influ . 11 . : \VG 8.1 1 like virtua lly th.:; srun e as the Wilde Flower s, which vras !3ri8.n ix~op l e al thou,g;-h obviously wF: a ll have Emd Hugh ~~Opp e r, Rober~c El:ridge ,Richo.r ;ur own ~articul a r like s. Basica l l y Coughlan ,. RichRrrl Sinclair and mysel f , everyone likes the 13eatl es 9 actually? we began to do origina l ma t eria l. Evr::-­ 1 l)e cause the;y r e obviously a r ee.lly ryone wrote songs 1 except for me . I good r e cording gro~p, 8. ~1d the ir songs didri • t write song·s then, But a f ter tlw are very ni ce . We e.lso llb:" the Soft llig spJ.i t, t!wre wo.s a. big soul thing 1 M a chi~ e ,b c cause there s a strong tie going on. So vre started · to play Tamla­ bctvreen them in th advancement t ha t l~lo t own and soul stuff, which is a very thoy• ve achieved r.mcl. ·i;he rat0 that ·good experience because it regi ment s tl1 ey • ve pushr; d forward a1l trw standa-­ yon into playing on- the- dot music, a rds in music; and tl1e thir:u;s tha t t~ e y sort of "me chanical" music. You have ar e doing,mu sicall:)T 7 are r oally inter­ a set pa-';tern which ;you must folJ ow, esti ng. so ic a ctually tra i ns you how to cont:i We a ll t end t owards l; l a yinG. convcm­ your music. tiona l music wit h just a s li ,ht twis t. Bu t it 1 s very ha rd -Go sa;y wha t everyone D. J.: The first a lbum revolved ma i nly e l se likes. I like Clapton but I don1t a rou:11d Dave Si ncl air on or gan, i s this go crazy about any other guitarists a de liberate move to evol ve your own rroinr; around a t the mom ent. Although styl e ? i li~ e particular things t hat they do, particu l ar passages that they play, I P.H. : Oh, yes ! That is actua lly des~ . haven 1 t heard e.ny one gui taris·c who gnecl because I myse lf am not a v e:.:y 1 com pl etely knocks m2 out for any period good gui t 2.rist and I m of the view :;'- 1p of time . If the rc 1 s anyone it would if I can 1 t p l ay anything that I thir-'1'­ be Hendrix , but even after an a lbum of r eally good, I 1 m not going to -pl[w it his , I get incredibly bore d. a feature pi e ce. Because, l1ow many l:'t­ Av far as organis ts go, I think ndreds of guitc.L rists have you heard. or 1 Dave likes Mi ke 1\a tledge , Brian Auge ·ecord pl aying bad SO lOs? rrher e G o; l ..:_J' and Keith h'merscill, and in tha t order about t en tha t are really worthwhil0 , I should think. I 1 m not sure of any excellent solos. Al l the r est are mu~· bas~~ vlayers Richard Si nclo.ir l i kes , because he 1 s basica lly a guitarist con tinued on Page 9. continued i n noxt column HIGF 'J:1I J)l::; "3c2 SLantie;s rr o :CrD.S 8 3 264- High Tide nre a relatively new group on the scene, g2ining recognition from l'fl r Peel' rJ radj_o shows. 'J:h ey have play c~ d a few gi2,'8 in and ar!S'.'L--xi London, but are not t oo v;;e ll-k no tm elscwhe.re. 1'here muuic i s heEivy rock, althou:)1 it doesn ' t lean h eavily on blues structures . There ' s an a pparent rest­ l e ssness n..1rming through the a lblJ.u., probably attribut::1blc to the influence of lc;ad gLl i tarist and song11ri tc~ r 'Cony Hill 0 He used to be with the famed Misunde rstood - a brilliantlv ~r i ginal yet sadly overlooked band, who :finally split o,,i;_g to the call of th8 Pentagon . Ihgh Tide ' s clistincti ve som1d st8ms from the u se of violin, played by Simon House, to com-­ l; l ernent the l ead gumtar, instead of the usual organ or sec­ ond guitar. One criticism of the I1P i:-:3 the poor production, vvhi ch allovv r'3 r aul Pavli ' ~3 bass playing to be swamped by the other j_n st:c-- :u!nent s, ~rhe b est traclm on the album are the more complex

numbe rs 9 like nFutilistt:3 LameYJ.t " 0 Tony Ihll p2.ays parti cul­ arly fine c;uita r on this really heavy and gritty rock number_ "Pushed BUt Not ll'orgott enn starts softly, but erupts glori­ ously into wild instrumentation, recalling the Misunderstood at their b est" "WaJJcing Down Their Outlook", includes some eer:Le interpl ay betwe en gu:llitar ancl violin, but perhaps thm­ 11 11 best tra clc is the me l odic Novvhere " Written by Simon House and the pTo:ficient C:Lrummer Hoger Hadden, it features some exc~?l l ently constructed tempo chances " "Death Wannsd Up" becomes a little repetitive and direction­ l ess after the first five minutes and the vioin sound is vag­ ·uely reminiscent of ,John Gale of the Velvet Underground. In fact, the l onger tra cks, vrhich begin with basic riffs and then df~velop into a springboard for group improvisation, are not ouite so impres ive on record as in the electric a tmosp.trere o:f' c:;:l :L ve perf'o rmance. Let I s hope that someone Vvill bring High ~~icJe t o Brie hton soon so all can h ear their nmsi c live!~~ - __ ~ . . __ D. rT

JAZZ DLUES~OLK ROCK- & ali gc,od records~ Speci a l con~as sions for students. nL_j .Since the bos'-.-er3 of rc_,rlio one l'Oc ~ red Late l ast year Pecl,the bla ck sheep their large and in.:.:.ne heads above u. r;ea of DHC,'.s disc jockey count!Uni ty, frmmed of s inKing piru.te ships, they l1C~.Ve :Dre-­ on for cc m:n i tting the heinous crime of dictably aciopteJ <• CUfJeri or attitude saying v1hat he thought ( sometiwes t o to'''arcls the stEJ tion ' s li stenine; public. th-::; emburrassc1cnt of the BDC) was told 'l'hoy treat the public as r,1 indless uor­ th!lt his pro(S rara,:;e 1·1as to be broaC. casc ons 11ho \Jill acce pt , v:ithout r e gard to on ;~ )UYld . Ey evenings beb·Jeen 7 and 9 p:D, q_nali l:;y, any n o i~:> C:J '.vhich rarlio one the object of the move bein;J to plo.c-J CD.T83 to broaUCd_;t i.l fo pop I . ~ U GiC . 'l'hey "'l'op Gear" at L'. "peak li sten in ,~ time " .. J i-'.l so feel they <:ere the e;uardions of B'lt 1;it;1 the ir cust omary myopia, the ·cLej.r li sten e r~;' · .ttOH.!.l vo.lues c c p i;­ rJ'ho Lcc.:.tl es 1 "/i J)o.y In The Life" ruw. ible to intcnnittcnt interference frc;:) ~..ic rc,e Gaim~ b o urb ar.d. J o.11e J:>irl , in 1 s ?p1n om1aro.s each evening , drmmin.:.; uny 1 "Je t ai1:,e . . • Loi i·:on P~us")- radio one broadcast a. T'his :nove, ;d1:i.d1 One of the brigllt iu.e as that llave the l3JJC thought ,,oul d be r occ"i ved ~cpp ­ filtered into their collectively de­ reci.?..ti vely, ~:as c;rec t eJ. vri th cynic::_sw, pressing illlli repn-cssi ve ,:,ent<:cli ty •.iau frcm \'Jhich evolved t he celeb1 e.ted r u­ the COLJbinu.tion of ct t ' suc...lJ.y boring, moul·s tho.t the .GBC here delibe r a ce l y o ccasi.ono.lly c:itty younc ;.,on called attec1pting to decre<:lGe Peel ' s aud:i. e YJC 3 John .P 8el with a typic.:.\l.Ly as voted radio one ' s best Jinuny Young ' s recipes. If the rwncurc pop shov1 by r e<:tlie:Ps of i'i1elouy f1ak e r, are true , it is a SI TT:\.,-:"l'Ll- CA. IL' ~-L - _-.,!,. '_•.itv y bJ..J.JJ :r .L c-z: .... L u .r.. _r J.. , --· . ··-- · ------__ p _____ ' 0 is he. gone then? - is h e gone? he who brought the .lord of God to man - Captain Carver! ucourge of the Spani sh l'.'lain Coviboy Cr.:trver! who, with sixgm1s blazing, 9

brought the su.vages to book in Romfo rd 1 J:::ssex; he who with his sand- scarred skin and book- worn eyes sat by the sea and taught the fishes how to sing. Now i n the heart of London ' s hinterl and where the buffaloes danced and the antel opes ran the) gutters are f l ooded with tears. 9

Sj_t back in the comfort of your s i :;.~penny stall s and l e t the legend l ive ins ide your hearts as told by Charlie and hi s charming chimpanzees~ "I n the morning of his life He wandered in the deep [5Teen mountai n; i n the grey- '.'ll.dte light of dawn, He say the sound of sight., and heard. "He came dovm from the mountain and crossed the 'ivhi t e and l ev el pl a in and came to where the people sat counting sand in the :3un ' s. shadow.

"' F'ly People 9 you sleep! Let Me awake yciu hearts 9 The voice of the father call s and is not heard, For your heads are filled with dew, 'dith the drops of the n i ght. HiE>e up l and com~ with l\1e into his sight;! 1 "They heard and hated Him and chased Him to the ends of all the earth through the s lope and buffetvvinged snow ' 9 the whi-~e fire flying from ~he ~vhirl wind~s eye that skl es the shock electrlc Wlrewater. Hell found him hiding in his f::: ther 1 s house . "He fell and felt their blows and Jmew col d despair undC:?r t he s·un of He cwen and screamj_ng like a child when first it su c k~ the breath of dea th into its lungs , He cri ed ' Forgive me ! for I Jmoy,r not what I do . 1" ' The sky is blank, and all along the shore the sand is black and writhing like rattl esnakes . The sea- shoal comes, the sea- shoal comes . •

Jmd nolo' in th~ _ ..strc;ets &11 shot and ahining uith rain the people carry torches and cry " Carver, Carver: ! the night, has come

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'I' he elilpty J:'gces cf 1·rinter ha-re dreamed auay their chrouds, 1\.ild above t heir ]_ocked black ha·i_r::; late dusk ' s unsteady light s t arts c. little, \-Jinks im;ards l·Jhere the sky- spirit sucks a cloud ; I n his hee.d a hot :iea churm:; , regdy to spit t he giddy stars ' flight.

Nigl:'rt _stepped over Lion Buildings lit square a~a i nst the lm,g. hill ; ~vhistl in g at the dark dozens oi.' cars mvept the tmm ' s air CJ ean of deod r ai n , p o.c ~: e d the mud dry and still.

-[ stuffGd butt--cmds do1 rn Spr:'_ _~ g ' '-' throat, ood rotti.nG ton[_,-rues, ~qu~. n 1 1~n g to shut .J.Hay her cool body ' s bre;.1th, / _Ll ut her shad01·1 cnu[;ht 11 1y heGl and spun me neatly onto my back, So I ' ll lie and \ra i; ch her set--pie ce ,judo- ballet vri th deatp. NBHO ----·------

i!.llQTJ~ 1•'HOI1i BBC Is 24 HOUHS : - Intervieuer talking to wan-in-the­ I do actually t uk·-:; f:: oloc but they $treet, on teenace viol ence. are not standing solos. Unle ss I find l"JAN-Hl- Ttf..e;.-S'l'l1.8t;'l' : I think there ' s t oo somethinf, Jn rticula.r fo:c the song, I rnuch of this violence. I ' d Eke t o uon ' t put it in on the reco rding. It get hold of some of them. be if I dhl Hould bad he cc.use it just HlT.e;llVIE t &:~ : vlbat IIOUld you do ui th m·ight taJm the o d ~e off a good aliww, them ? by putting a bc_rl guitar solo · Hhere a r·li\H-IN-'rrl8-STH.t<:.8T : I ' d give ' em all a good organ solo Hou~_d rJo in its place. beati.ng J , n quite content t o just sit behind 1 tJll <.'l"', rro • l)•••••••• ., Dave,our organis t, because he i s the voice of the grotcp , inpr ovisation->·rise , l.JE vll SH TO -rtll\NK •rhough I do copy or steal bits ood 'fHE UJ'IJA LI Gil'I' SHOW pie ces f r om every other guj_tarist that FOll ALL 'l'HEIR IIELP I N PRIN'riNG THIS I S3UE I hear, yo11 lmoH1 v.'hich i think alr:rost every other m1micia:1 doe s. Phone Richard : Bri. 25367 D.J. .,

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