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THEMELODY MAKERSAYS *awryT. 1967 9d weekly ONT KNOCK THEPOP! 'Destructive practices' harmingpop WAR hes been declaredon pop-The sounds of '66 relightneversurvivetohe- el:~the sounds of '67. Afteralong struggle by Britain's seising peingile to create a popcur twit VASAlax made millions of Plegotes her thetstablisninent. the saw*Ettalilllakarree are busy kick - ANCMthe teeth, ro.ealkid "pirate' commer- esal1,11,10 aredue to be egflpteszed by the Ginernment. DEMISE There is now only one nation- *Wit telesietto neagramrre for pop Waitikw*--stot TV's Too Of The Pipe, wh th feannits ord. success - NO (Wirt artWtS tad precludes new- comers. mud magazines are tfi=rrkilIMPoefillligpromusic *ad its eseements.Columnists who madeMeatregulationswriting skeet pep are wow gleefullypre- &eget its demise- Owee again the hoar. old gibes *bet -twighaired morons'.arebe- tog dieted off by leader writers, HEALTHY COME Quihe apart from these who have yawnfaton teenagemusic. these mire"maTVairMone.rating Indattea- Mom who mid magazines TO THE and wavrapapees. Mart are mans TOM JONES: only Gold Disc of 1966 Warewhineeveryday lifteelibeeda depend en a Insaltter. *Meng eater- . Ayler 5 ANTIBES The artists-amorss- ...and it's all hi andstreggrras- walkers in the record- TV show ing rodliastes.and men- oaf inatmnairat teachers. FESTIVAL Emden midmaostac- popping for Tom shelved nom& f looks as AM these people .1-'0M JONESis almost a recordin1966 and Dodd showassche- thoughlovers sheaddbetakeninto 1certaintotopthe thefirsteverInthe duled. of avant-garde eeeeidayesiee by the Nilforthe Palladium historyofDeccare- On Sunday (8), he opens Jazzwill be dis- WITH sesi-pep %aimwhich TV shot,. on February cords for a British a weekdoubling at the appointed If they IL It will be his fourth are waiting to hallhasweesthe Omer- artist selling in the UK. Middlesbrough Marim- the Tomappears live on Top see theBBC -Es Albert Mao el TV sad radio ba and Stockton Tito's Aylerprogrammes. rystraneeand he b: ofthe Popstonight tease. clubs. TheCorporationhave presented with his (Thursday) and has Tom flies to South takena look at the shows THE Pesos bereft. Lord Gold Disc for "Green cancelled rehearsals in America on January 23 recorded at the London eatele- - Tirommit said Green Grass Of Home" Manchester for the forone weekof TV SchoolofEconomicsIn Aims this weekthat on the show. Ken Dodd TV showto appearances followed November-and decided tesanceive peedices are Thisistheon!)Gold do the show. He will by four days promotion not to Include them in the sevetypty berrwiertig the Disc to be awarded for still appear on the in New York. current Jazz Goes to Col- lege series. MM! erytepepor inalestry. In a statement on Mon- The Weal*,Make, day, Bill Cotton Jr, Assis- ern Nast sliestruchve tant Head of Light Enter- ameneesaroseventti tainment,toldthe MM: nerseneg the amok tat- "We have noplansto TURN TOPACE 4 danme. 11411 show theseprogrammes at I Ali present." Pal, 2--MFLI/DY MAKI Psychedelicamaniaa roundhouse Chalk Farm was oncecalled "a 1 pop GREEN. GREEN 50 Roundhouse at GRASS OF HOME Tom Jones,Decca THEderelict barn". OnSaturday it saw in theNew Year 2 (21 SUNSHINESUPERMAN withlittle elevation ofIts stature.The scene wasthe Donovan. Pye Rave, where the participants, 3 (71 SAVE ME Dave Dee, Giant Freak -Out All Night Dozy, Beaky,Mick and Tich,Fontana "emancipated from ournational social slavery" asthe ads 4 (31 MORNINGTOWNRIDE shrieked, are supposed to "realise as a groupwhatever Seekers, Columbia potential they possess for freeexpression." Either there 5(10) IN THECOUNTRY Cliff Richard, 6 ill) HAPPY JACK Columbia was nopotential among these liberatedsouls, or some- The Who,Reaction where the organisation went wrong. 7 freak -out, have (51 WHAT WOULD I BE If to get high, expand the conscience, Val Doonican,Decca the senses bombarded with kineticsand sound, you first 8 (61 DEAD END STREET Kinks, Pye have to suffer frostbite, malnutrition and nausea,give me 9 (4) YOU KEEP MEHANGIN' the "At Home With the Fogs and the BrainPolice" album, ON ...Supremes, TamlaMotown anytime. 10 1141 ANY WAY THATYOU WANTME Troggs, Page One However, despite the lack offacilities "the partici- 11 (91 WHAT BECOMESOF THE pants"-i.e. the paying guests - adjusted as they always BROKENHEARTED? do. They blasphemed at the groups, got it together inUse Jimmy Ruffin, TamlaMotown corners, and boned about tokeep the circulation on the 12 (81IF EVERY DAYWAS LIKECHRISTMAS Elvis Presley, RCA move. 13(16) UNDER On stage the Pink Floyd, the Who, and the Move each NEW MANAGEMENT Barron Knights, Columbia attempted to excite the audience into some positive action 14 (121 MY MINDS EYE Small Faces, Decca The Pink Floyd have a promising sound, and some very 15 (15) GOOD groovy picture slides which attractfar more attention than VIBRATIONS Beach Boys. Capitol the group, as they merge, blossom, burst, grow, divide 16 (131 FRIDAYON MY MIND Easybeats, United Artists and die. 17 (21) PAMELA The Who got on to the stage after an hour wait during PAMELA Wayne Fontana, Fontana which participants were treatedto "See -Saw", by Don 18 (-) SITTINGIN THE PARK Georgie Fame, Columbia Covey. The Who almost succeeded in winning over the DizzyGillespie 19 (171 JUST ONE show with an immediate flurry of smoke bombs and sound SMILE Gene Pitney, Stateside barrier smashing. But somebody pulled out the plug and 20 (24)(I KNOW) I'M LOSINGYOU Temptations, Tamla Motown the Who fellas quiet as a graveyard. Thetrouble recurred 21 to cut short two more numbers. After playing most of (22) DEADLIER THANTHE MALE Walker Brothers, Philips their new album tracks rather half-heartedly, Pete Town- 22 (18) WALK WITHFAITH IN YOURHEART Bachelors, Decca shend wheeledupon afine pair of speakers and ground 23 (191 GIMME them with his shattered guitar into the stage.It was fair SOME LOVING Spencer Davis, Fontana comment. The group had thrice been switched offas well 24 (261 CALL HERYOUR SWEETHEART Frank (field, Columbia as being constantly plunged into darkness by a team of lightingmen - none of whom seemed to know where, In 25 (20) THERE WON'T BEMANY COMING HOME fact, the stageor the Who were positioned. Roy Orbison, London The Movewere more successful. Technically they had 26 (25) DISTANTDRUMS Jim Reeves, RCA no hitches and their act .me smoothly to a stage -shaking climax as TVsets with Hitler and Ian Smith pictures were 27 I-) I FEEL FREE Cream. Reaction swiped with iron bars, anda car was chopped up. 28 1291 ISLAND IN THE SUN Righteous Brothers. Verve Two girlswere incensed enough to strip to the waist and the remaining, shivering crowdssurged menacingly 29 (-I MUSTANG SALLY Wilson Pickett, Atlantic towards the stage, the demolishedcar, and the birds. 30 (23) SEMI-DETACHEDSUBURBAN MR. JAMES The proceeds of the happeningsarc going to Centre 42 Manfred Mann. Fontana which, ultimately. hopestoraise a brandnew amphi- theatre at the Roundhouse. Whetherthey will continue to An RCA Yin...A- Vintage series LP 31 (271 HOLY COW Lee Dorsey, Stafeside put on pop shows when the theatre is built remains to be featuring 16 :are performance.6 rtatr. 32 (301 REACH OUT I'LL BE THERE Four Tops, Tamla Motown seen. They owe Itto the pop scene to doso. - NICK JONES. shared in the gro..ar 33 )-) EAST WEST Herman's Hermits, Columbia 0 RD 7111r rro,c I., --1 34 (-) I'M READY FOR LOVE RCA wow low.* swans* Martha and the Vandellas, Tamla Motown r1rAVIETOR.,1g1 35 (28) HEART Rita Pavone, RCA 36 (-1 SOMEWHERE MY LOVE Mike Sammes Singers, HMV Lennonlives! 37 1--) CABARET Frankie Vaughan, Philips RADIO station KLULinLongview,Texas,stageda 38 (-) I'M A BELIEVER Monkees, RCA Beetle "burning"ceremonylastAugust following 39 (--, THAT'S LIFE Frank Sinatra, Reprise disclosures of the legendaryJohn Lennon remarksabout Jesus Christ. The next morningasingleblack cloud OUT NOW FROM 40 (-) NIGHT OF FEAR The Move, Derain moved across thetown and a bolt oflightning slashed 41 (-I A PLACE IN THE SUN Stevie Wonder, Tamla Motown down through the air andknockedout the manager of 42 (-I FA -FA -FA -FA -FA (SAD SONG) ....Otis Redding, Atlantic the radio station. Hereportedly fellinto a pile ofthe THE WAYS AND MEANS ashes from burned Beatlerecords. 43 (-1 THEME OF THE POWER GAME Cyril Stapleton, Pye Simon and Schuster, Ameri- 44 (-1 NASHVILLE CATS Lovin' Spoonful, KamaSutra can book publishers have com- 45 I-) THE WHITE CLIFFS OF DOVER...Righteous Brothers,London missioned a definitive story of SEAOF FACES theBeetlephenomenon,In- 46 (-I SLOWLY GOING OUT OF MY HEAD Earl and Dean,Strike cluding a compendium of onPYE 7N 17277 Paul Jones, HMV record reviews, performances. 47 I-I HIGH TIME interviews and personal °beer. k,weemmerwe 48 (-1 HEY JOE Jimi Hendrix,Polydor vallons. 49 I-I MISSY MISSY Paul and Barry Ryan,Decca Lunen Probe News: One RON FAIRWAY ENTERPRISES London discotheque sent 61 Arteman * 7 Saos-woow ISM 50 1-1 IFI WERE A CARPENTER Bobby Darin, Atlantic toa Christmas Everavewithpromisesof L © LONGACREPRESS LTD., 1966 free champagne. In fact admis- sionchargesincreased and As last week the Pop 50 wasreduced to Pop 30 in the sake of accuracy,this account-, waiters replied: "You must he of "new entries" this week joking,"to requests for free far the high percentage champers. No connection between garlEySET POP FIFTYPUBLISHERS Jon's group and John's Chil- FAMOUS Rom, 25 Acuff -Rose. 26 Acull-Rose, 27 Orelloei, dren. The children are Psyche- makeitmove I f..,,nato-.2 Somihern.3 Lynn4 Cc-rnoass. 5 20Cheapen.29 ADM; 30Carter -Lawn; delic and the Jon alcoholic Management: Shadows G Faholous. 7 Marva, B Dawes, Menem,. 32Belinda. 33 Hournew; 34Carlin, ReaderIrisOrtonInStock- Kenneth Johnsonltd. Carla9 Carlin. 10 Deli lames,11 Belinda;12 35Screen Germ: 36 Robbins; 37Valando. holm says' "There in only one 193 EARLHAMGROVE, LONDON,E7 MAR 70327015 15 Screen Gems; 39E. H Morns, 40 Essex;-U proper place forwhile tiles".