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board Publicati Meet Mave, the rep J-) droopy groupie ITIS with a great deal of that Frank Dickens, creator delight ("enthuse, enthuse") of Bristow, one of Britain's and even more pride ("glow, most popular cartoon glow")thatwe announce characters, is todraw a mirror regularstripin R ECORD MIRROR beginninginthe first issue of 1971 next week. DELIGHT McGUINNESS IS Dickens, whose special brand of humourandsharp eyeforquirksof character delight hundredsof thousands of readers daily, hascreated, speciallyfor RECORD MIRROR, GOOD FOR YOU ahilarious pop fan calledMAVE who eats,drinks,sleeps and talksnothing but pop music. She is kindof droopy groupie, created with that unique Dickens humour and sly observation, who shares weekly adventures with her close friend, Shirl. RIOT MAVE is going to be your fave rave - she is a riot, and the staffofRECORD MIRROR, who've had a sneak preview ofthefirststrips, have been falling about ever since. Don't miss MAVE each week in RECORD MIRROR. She's really going to turn you on. And sheisjust one of many RECORD MIRROR bonuses we have IT wasn'texactly planned for 1971 snowing whenI made (-boast, boast"). mywayroundto A good Christmas Feldman's Music, but Love I sure had the Christmasspirit; youbetcha! financial pains. 0Or "McGuinness Flint" on "congrats. You guys done aMcGuinnessscoopedthem TOUGH great job.It'sa great singleall together and we were on Capitol and it must have our way to the RM local. Chilly and hungry, I andall I gottasayisit I S S and been atough decision,oughta be where it is. Now,Now,itisn't every day a made my way up the forthereareseveral I'dtake you guys out toguy gets bought a drink by stairs and once in, wasworthwhile singles on it the boozer for a litte a bunchofblokeslike surroundedbythe and the whole record is acelebration, but you knowthese. members of McGuinness how itis - times ain't so AV primeexampleofgoodwhatwithinflation Incredibly, the RM Peace Flint, who were busily writingand photographer happenedto tasteful and Christmas and all.So to all our readers celebratingtheirsuperb performance. maybe we oughta just get abe putting back a few pints meteoric rise to fame coffeefromthemachineat thesame time, so via the instant success of Theyweren'texactlyand.. whippingouthis And for our special gloatingovertheirrapid equipment, he did a quick Christmas card to "When I'm Dead And success, but you can bet it's flash as we all brought in Gone". going to be a good GURGLE Christmaswith a gurgle. you, see back page The single was pulled Christmas forthem. Before I knew what wasMcGuinness ISgoodfor from theirfirst album, "Boys", I said,happening,Tomyou - and to you well. 2 RECORD MIRROR, December 26,1970. Write to VAL, Record Mirror, 7 Carnaby St., Mirrormai London WIV IPG OOPS,TONY. Waiting DIDN'T Tony Blackburn give instruments plugged directlyinto for something away when he theelectricity,carry on without announced on Top of the Pops that any power? Could it be that those Orby they had many candles standing by so-called 'live' groups are miming all THE LIGHTS are off and should there be a blackout - but the time. Oops. Someone's slipis outsidethere's a they would carry on as usual! definitelyshowing! - GLENDA freezingfog,andI'm groups,using ROWE, Fulham Road, Chelsea. writing this shivering by Justhow can candlelight, totell you it's a beautiful day! Why? BecauseI'vejust read inmy favourite musicpaperthatthe one and only Roy Orbison will be back in Britain - punctualas the daffodils- for anotherfantastictour. Power And for good measure the RM promises us"a sizeable chunk of Orby-isminitsfuture pages. With news like that to keep us warm, we Orbi-fanatics can survive of the strikes, freezes, fogs and even thathairstyle! - JEAN CASH, 97 Moore Pk. Road, London S.W.6. Fair deal deejay offer IN MIRRORMAIL a for fans It was wonderful to see readersaid"I too Engel again after so long, I AM amazed to see that have noticed the which may explain why we the LP 'Best ofNice' increasing practice commandeered him for a (Imported) sells for 50s while.-MRS GWEN in England. In the offavour plugging COLEMAN, 100 Field interests of good music of certain discs Clt Lane, High Heath, Pelsall, I will send this album to Nr Walsall, Staffs. any person forwarding a Radio One because £2 postal order to me at they appeal to the THE 'Campaign for the address below. D.J." Independent Broadcasting' It's time British fans had a seeks the establishment of fair deal and I am a certain Surelyto local commercialradio prepared to giveitto extent this is what a DJ is stations and excludes the them. The £2 covers the all about? Isn't it up to a you tell me you wouldn't need for a national free actualbuyingofthe DJ to use the power at his plug Engelbert if you were' radio station in this album, postage and the TONY BLACKBURN: GIVING THE GAME AWAY? commandtoplay aDJMrCharteris?- country. packing, andispurely recordsthathethinks ALAN HARDY, 54 Pears non-profit making.- merit success? Road, Hounslow, Middx. I am an avid supporter the ones who arelining thanthoseofprevious JOHN CLARE, c/o offreeradio without more mediocre VAL: No doubt some and their pockets. - NORMAN years. Headquarters Royal Actuallythe way Mr governmentintervention, programmes DJs are too biased and are irrelevanciesaswellas DAVIES, 1 Belton Tce., MurrayHead's'Jesus Artillery, Second Charteris was going on it over -attentive to some but it would not work on a Radio One, go ahead and Bray, Co.Wicklow, Christ Superstar' has been Division, British Forces would seem that he would artists, while ignoring local basis. What is more supportlocal commercial Ireland. re-released to coincide with Post Office, 22. liketheDJstoplug others.But,to befair, the public, and by this I do radio! - D. J. ROBINSON, the album containing the Engelbert thus committing not simply mean the many new groups have c/o 38 Norman Road, West I MUST agree with Vivian whole 'rock -opera' as itis VALThanks for your the same offence that he is come to light through DJs younger generation, do not Mailing, Kent. Heslop that Messrs Ernest termed. The song seems to offer on behalf of our accusing them of.Surely efforts. want it on a local basis. Fullmanand Stephen readers, John. We must Engelbert is a big enough be a meaningless attempt If true democracy was VAL: Can local radio Robinson are in some way to make Christ 'acceptable stress that readers who namenowtogethit allowed to- work the true stationsprovidea good records, without constant connected with your to the present generation. send off their money do situation and need would service? Let's hear from paper. I am certain that the so at their own risk, we plugging. THANK youforDavid readers on this. .The other records seem Skan's article reporting on be revealed. Can even the lattermusthavesome tobeequallyartificial. cannotbe responsible I agree that we should Engetbert's press reception most devoted enthusiasts WITH the prices of records influence over you. Johnny Neale's Tut Your for any loss, postal or beableto"hearall at the Palladium, to which of local events compare a on the rise it's about time Whynotgiveother Hand In The Hand' tells us, otherwise. To safeguard records frequently and I also had the honour to be local newspaper to a the companies started writers a chance to have via a commercial chorus, to yourmoney, always national, as far as content cross postal orders. fairly", butwith the invited. I wasalittle makingtheir packages theirlettersprinted. Of love Jesus,-JohnPaul present radio set-up this isdisappointedtherefore, and importance is "Fragile". Ihave yet to course, I don't expect you loans' boring monologue not possible. that there was no mention concerned? buy an album without any to print this - my name about 'ManFrom ofthepresentationto The same principle bent corners or unsightly isn't Fullman or Robinson. Nazareth' brings backMove for After all, Rh are onlyEngel by four of us, of a applies to local and creasesfrom careless - STEPHEN HARLOW, uncomfortable memories human like ourselves - canbasket of fruit. national radio. If you want packaging. 52 Fraser Road, Perivale, of'Big BadJohn' anddaily Middx. ShawnPhillipshasjust "Allof them seem to have a 'boomerang' shaped VAL: I try to present a releaseda Christmas song crease about halfway down good cross-sectionof which features a trad jazz45 show the opening side - possibly letters, and believeit or backing and some reallyNOW thatthe BBC has Ringo by Zlatko sickly lyrics about making from rough opening of the not, only a small finally granted us a I AM one of your readers from Copenhagen. First, sleeve while the record is proportionof Stephen's every day like Christmas or Golden Oldies show - Easter day. lettersare after three years of I must say congratulations to Record Mirror on being inserted. andErnest's I'm not a sanctimonious the new format! The new look Record Mirror is printed - because they are asking- woulditbe This looks bad enough such prolific letter writers. person, but Iwonderif too much to start much better than ever before. In my free time I on plain sleeves, but when popular music really is the campaigning for a daily like to draw pop musicians. Here is one picture of they're laminated it ruins WHY do unknown artists ideal medium through revived 45 programme? the whole appearance of trytoreapaninitial which toexplain the Ringo Starr I have recently finished. With this Surely most listeners the cover by leaving cracks successwith an abysmal meaning of Christmas. All pictureI'm hoping fora Merry Christmas and wouldprefertohear inthe varnish, which no Christmas record? The thesongsseemhighly one show featuring Happy New Year forallyour readers and for amount of care and hard market is flooded with the pretentious and to be a memory makers rather Record Mirror.-ZLATKO VUJICH, work will remove.