JULY l6, 1969 b weekly
BOB DYLAN is bound for Britain! His agent in New MAGNIFICENT York has cabled acceptance of a unique offer for Dylan to SEVEN OF SOUL play a concert at the Isle of Wight on Sunday, August 31 The event is the Second Isle of PAGE 10 Wight Festival of Music staged on August 29, 30 and 31 . And Dylan is the star of a series of attractions Already booked for the Festival are: Tom Paxton, Pentangle, lndo Jau Fusions, Gary Farr, Who, Liver pool Scene, Third Ear Band, Joe Cocker and the Grease Band (who will be breaking their tour in Ameri ca to appear) , Moody Blues, Free, Marsha Hunt and White Trash, Bonzo Dog Band, King Crimson, Edgar Broughton, Battered Orna ments, Family, Fat Mattress, Blod wyn Pig and Julie Felix. Dylan stipulates he wants to ap pear with The Band and Ritchie Havens. Rikki Farr - co-promoter of th~ Festival with the brothers HUMBLE PIE Ray, Ronnie and Bill Foulk - flew to the States on Monday night to WELCH AT finalise the deal. Rikki - son of famous British boxer Tommy Farr - told the MM: THEIR " I have been after Dylan for a year. At first he said ' no,' but he became interested when we sent him a tu\\ HIDE OUT colour film of the festival site at the Isle of Wight. PAGE 15 " We are expectiog an audience of at least t 00.000, llflCi .. lay~ on boMa 6-t B~ and pita the cable from the States, a London spokesman for the personal management company of Dylan said THUNDERCLAP on Monday that the news of the loW appearance was " premature," and that no contractural agreements NEWMAN have yet been finalised. Readers who want further details should contact Fiery Creations Ltd IN Tavistock House, Ward Road, Tot'. land Bay, Isle of Wight. (Phone: BLIND DATE Freshw_:!'.'.'.._ 2460). PAGE 14
t,., .v . Av~1,1s'\" il- -t'\A 1'!$,'1'\,AN1'1(. f ll'tlJES i•~ <.,h,\. "1( ... \E-'tf' --THE TELEGRAM OF ACCEPTANCE Blind Faith LP cover banned 1n• States
LES McCANN BLIND FAITH, whose lionable or nasty about the recent appearance TEENAGE NUDE CAUSES original cover. It is a beaull• ful picture of a young glrl at New York Madison from Mayfair. But 70 per IN Square Gardens was cent of the American marked by a riot of dealers said they would not OUTCRY FROM DEALERS stock the album with this 23,000 fans - have JAZZ SCENE American trade press, shows They ore said to have de Faith group. Rut Included In cover. We. are issuing it again run into trouble, the picture ot a naked I 1- ~crlbed ll as " obscene and the LP Is a not~ saying wllh the orlglnal cover in This lime It involves the year•old girl holding a silver salacious." Accordingly, At buyers may obtain the Britain in three weeks." PAGE 8 pending Stateside release or spacecrafL lantic Records In the States orlglnal sleeve on request. Advance orders for the the ir first album. Cover of But dealers who 'iaW the are releaslng the album A spokesman or the album In the States have the album, Illustrated in a advert said they would re with a new cover Just show Robert SUgwood office says: already reached the quarter• CLAPTON promotional campaign In the fuse to stock the nlbum. In g a photo of the Blind "There Is nothb'lg ob)ec- mllllon mark. sleeve available BLUEBEAT /\1h•t •ttlNl ' IIII ,., HOT 20 FIFTH COLUMN BBC ban I (01 ~~~ 1\0::.il PLUS TWO '"' '"u., ,, .. 11\ 1(11nt11tlit1 I •WI 11 , ,,, h,.. ::I (1 I ~!·~·M• ,,m '\1'11 WI I ~ 111 I I ,ul1I •.,,, y••II 111 •1 r1 lttl 11 1m 111111 I, .. ,1 1t. , " fJI r'-0 ~~.~~~ ~ '"' 19 10¥1•\ IIIN I A.NA, 1111,1 MIit (I Jk V 1111 " 11 ••1 Im, 1ol l • Il l ~tJ~;sDs:~~ ~SE/ tu fl II I 111' I 111111 11 I 1.,,,111 1 All~'" ~IU Il l At t,•7 lhl' 11111,rma1t1,11 Sarstedt lfl TOO PROUD I It•\ ..-., h•v, 1h11 t m•,h lr1Jt 1 . ~~~ . M l It( llHV J,111 ,1 11 ,11111 •~ri r~ ,.., ,,, 11111 wllh " C 1,111 OHU HKOWN WHAT AM 1 (4) HONKY TONK WOMAN Rolling ton s, Docco 0 1•1 I A t' ,') r /\H\ " 11 111 ll 1r l•l u 2 ( l) IN THE GHETTO tlvls P1 osloy, RCA 1~,. ~~ " ,,cm1 11M l11iu1 nu1 uhrr I• (M l KC IJHV ..,MWI 21031) lht 11,r1111mu•\ 7 3 (9) GIVE PEACE A CHANCE Plo sllc Ono Bond, Applo 1! fh~C,.!t~! LI/A~(I II h11 p p111111 Iii t,1 JOI .\1AI NI •nil 4 (2) SOMETHING IN THE AIR Thund rel p Nowmun, Trock 'strip' song IIMU1 (1111 I k 111!1o WAI 11 k I Ill ~~~S~~:ING IJI N JON 11•n11r K I NNY h RI W 5 (3) HELLO SUSIE Am n Cornor, Imm d1a10 Ow W•1I lnd+nHI ( AUi l 1• ~n~•-•,,I 6 (5) WAY OF LIFE Fom,ly Dogg , Boll 9 (IOI TOO EXPERIENCE ~~")('•l ~~~R/ /,' fl~t~!~~N( 7 (14) THAT'S THE W AY GOD PLANNED IT Billy Prn ston, Applo A PETER SAR STEDT W1111fMI f lOl'fll , nNr H ' 11111 r •l· ( L Ii l•O KJ> fHHJWN song rcntur d on Radio 10 1•1 THROW ME trumpr 1 1 ht• ri 11r• ju r. l tw,, 8 (7) BREAKAWAY B och Boy s, Copltol llllr11 on !h•· 11•1 md -<,n, aldti CORN 111 CA NAVAN 11ntl lh,· lllh t r One .lub lost we k hos Wliu1on ~hon I UUI I 'l9¥ 9 (13) BABY MAKE IT SOON Morm lod , CBS b en bonncd by th AU I UMN IN N F,W YORK II 11 1111 MAKE IT WIili r N 1,rd f'd "Takr THAT SONG 1 13 (6) BALLAD OF JOHN AND YOKO . B otlos, Appl Ofr Your IOlh •1 ," The 0 ,,,1,~ Mllfgon CIAII II :1r ~;, ~1 n~~~!,, I~ It~ ~(,"$.i'O 10 1> H HOLD THE 1 14 (10) TIME IS TIGHT , Bookor T end tho MG 's, Stax f1 o~f~d~c~ ,~~ f~dd'ri~f~u;~~ 5 :!_x:gi ,.•~~N:;)r1N:.:'~L:r.Nt~>~ It w ill he Included In hhi: nco,r .., IORH ~ 4Ul.ll'.MAN lrump1•l•, 15 (8) LIVING IN THE PAST ... Jothro Tull, lslond 5l'C0 nd nlhum due for r r!' !.!., AK I:. Pl· RSSON, Al HJ,R I fl!lt l)yl'(IM+cl , tJ NCtt I 16 (28) GOODNIGHT MIDNIGHT , . Clodogh Rodg rs , RCA ICAl't' In Oc tober. 14 1171 MAN(;t,l;Sl>ORI F, NAT PH K, A 11 pOkC'Jl'llnn lhfl 131\(.' 1 ro r ;~rlNNYTlllg~~fll1 1N, rm~t~u~ 17 (27 J MAKE ME AN ISLAND . .. Joe Dolen , Pye told lho MM, "Ll1te.ncrs 11 1,.1 SOMEBODY OOLDING l',R, ROf, J- KUHN LIGHTS OF CINCINATTI , Scott Wolkor, Phillps phoned In to object to l ht SAR STEDT ie \ HOFFMAN IJll'ln r,, 20 (12) OH HAPPY DAYS . Edwin Hawkins Singers, Buddeh 1mrry . Th C'I ta pe w6s played In 11 1u1 WHO YOU C' rror, It wll\ not ht played on PII-RRI'~ CAVALLl g111l a r, 21 (18) GIMME GIMME GOOD LOVIN' Crazy Elephant, Major Minor lhe end or AURU~I and will GONNA RUN TO NIU... 'i flfNNINCi OR"i rf D ruturc occns lnns.'' rcmnln In America ror lwo Tl,. Tec:hn ~t,•n CAMfl 10 22 (-) BARABABAJAGAL Donovan ond Jeff Beck , Pyo month11 to play tn,cngemMII 11 11•1 SINCE YOU'VE f.~?.~ ~f>f1~N~~~w~tu!~~•j,:~~ 11r~~m';~~~~d rg:r~~~• USnr11!~1 lncludln,c And 23 (25) WET DREAM .... , . . Mox Romeo, Unity Las VtftU BUN GONE KOLLF,k flld 1hr arrnnl(1·rncnlt Arlltll h1bcl: " We're llvln p, In Soulh Am erica Sht'< lit also bl< fottllf CAMU 70 24 (26) CONVERSATIONS ...... Cillo Block, Parlophone n modern nae . llalf th, 1onss plny ln11 dft ll!I in McK lcn, - h)' th.- way. ,om,• of 1h1· 19 1191 JUMP IN A FIRE 1 1 25 (-) MY CHERIE AMOUR . Stevie Wonder, Tamie Motown nround arr tar morr 1111u1.c-t• Mickl e Mon, fnrmt r reco rd ~~ I t~~ut;~.r~ i~h~i" n~,ci/~ live. rcoplt! who don't nccC' pt The v1c.,or1 ,uNCH J ~;-~.I 26 (20) WHAT IS A MAN ...... Four Tops, Tamie Motown prod ut'er for L.u h,1 , told the room In !hit cnl umn I Jt.1•1 1 MM hr r'O lcnse two oo I'll SPLASH DOWN orl~~ou~\ planned to i.:ouldn't nfrnr d the 1pnc:r 27 (19) DIUY . . , Tommy Roe, Stateside ~:~k~ ~ 1~~•~ /~f ~ 11l bum1 by Lulu. One would Tht C1y1toh NU IEAT OJ6 28 (-) WHEN TWO WORLDS COLLIDE . Jim Reeves, RCA wh en tht! re wti n~ no rndfos to probabl y be released In "IIAWKINS & HINE..\ " switch olr," A UIJUlt, and thtl o ther In PAMA RECORDS 29 (- ) BRINGING ON BACK THE GOOD TIMES . Love Affair, CBS l>c tcr S1m,tcdt has had to L~~Rt~ RYm;J:~:;I 2~?:~~ •• 1~ Sept embtr One album would 71 Cr•v- Pwk l4. COLf..MAN HAWKINS and. 30 (-) I CAN SING A RAINBOW/ LOVE IS BLUE Dells, Chess turn down an offer lO write fcaturt Lulu's hfJUtC's l hlt11. the tltlc song and appear In '--tll•"• N.w .10 r1•aturrs hnn on muny of 1hr ,.,__I KbYNOTE maAtl'n or tht' the nflw Paul Newman mm, 7 "Butch Ctinldy ." Reason· ht :...,._._,._•• _,_,_ .. _ _"_'_•_"1 :r!'I r."( 1~W ~r,t ,un~ui T~t~•,rinc:;' POP 30 PUBLISHERS hfl d pri or comm ltmenl11 to nppeor on a colour T V 0Pl'RA1f.S, THRll 1Jlk. NJC',111 , 1pecu1 cutar In Oer'many. CREEDENCE rind, a h t•r m~ 11 y yt•nrs nf •Nttch rng, NIGlt1 ANO DAY. The· trock 11 fe11tur1 11 g IIAWKINS in• cl udt• m1111h l11n1 like TtODY P. J. DOWN UNDER WILSON, JOL THOMA~. TO VISIT ·rRUMMY YOUNG, CH- u.s. top ten P. J PROBY was d un to fl y SHAVl:.AS, EARL HINf_4, , I, R,\E~ CROSBY, TEDDY 11 11 1 0 ( RFEDEN CE U EAKWATER LOVE J nr W•lke1 P, lh• All S1a,1 Soui' :~too:n ~' 1~:ce-f; .ftv~ WALTl:· Rs. BIi.LY TAYLOR an d I {3) GOOD MORNING STARStilNE :~:t R viva!, currently rldlnf( the DEN~ll 8£..~T. 1 ht. HINtS Ohver. JubllH c11baret aeuon at Sydnt'ly'a Pop 3() with "Proud Mary," Chequer~ Hotel track!'I foalurr- CHARLll. (6} ONE ll'lfH Dog N1ghl. Oul'ihill mak.- lhelr Rrsl •f"VO r vl1lt to 1 0 SHAVI-.R.C,, TAB SMrnt, A (I) THE IALlAD Of JOHN ANO VOKO 0 llr11nln for a nntlonwldt' LUCAS nnd I<) IONU. BHtl•• Apple 10! Sc!t; ~.1t~~n~ht'~: S'~o't~ c:onc:ert tour In September was uno.bl e to appct1r at n I (-) IAl'f, I LOVIE YOU Andy Kim Stead Thl'lr ro llt>W•UP alnalc 10 ~~:l•l~~~,,ihll_p!',t•lrn J~h..°""n~ 10 (10) LOVl THEME FROM ROMEO AND JULIET conc.:t'rt In Urlahtun rollowln~ " Proud Mary" 11 out on ttiwl1y M1nc1 n, RCA 1 tar ua~h MtRCURV JAZZ SERIES and Otl f" thut \IOU mu t Ml'I for your ~1~f~;~ .. f(i1 T ~!:d ~;r::3y Ms°o~!~ C'O llcctinn You'll flnd a prinllnll top twenty albums on e-11nd •t1•quarter mllllon ,•rr or on the 11 lt ev1• b1c1( 11 f. TIM ROSE CONCERT topic!! in the Slates. It i1 by earl~ Ptt«.\ lnKt-, lhl'I ha 11 \n(I•• 13 (-) BEST OF CLIFF Cl1 N Richard. Coh,1mb,I 4 8 1 hl'l'n cnrrl't \i•d , hul 11 ynu &!:I TIM ROSE, si nge r•compo11t'r ; ttti;v~i 14 (15) BEST OF THE SEEKERSSt t h rs. Cohimb,a ~ lt!~l•~~~~re1~d'~~ the early pre•u.ing I'm ,ur who wrote " Hey Joe " nnd album In America It will be MOUSE PROOF you'll 'iPOI the error-it !lay 16 (115 ) THE SOUND OF MUSIC$oundtrtck. RCA " Morn ing Dew," may make a rel eased herr In October. concert tour or Britain In the l RJh~ .is 1 1181 0 5 ~~ C~~Jr d e~~~~ ~':3 ~fs Vv tfn~~~R ~c:~~1 ~~~~~ th~~~ autumn an d any nn~ who kn<,w, ju,r 17 (8) ON THE THRESHOLO OF A DREAM CBS nrc l s11 ulng Tim's ti little hh about Jlll.7 will rea · Mood)' Blues, De11m album , "Through Rose•r.o• llsl! 11 should ht 194• • 11 ( 1'1 MORE Pink Floyd , Columb,• loured Glas.cs " during the FONTANA hnve the .iotm-,y nf 19 (10) WORLO OF VAL o~~INl8:o~lc•n. Oocc, second Wl'Ck In AU!'U51 ~r Jg~~ 0rilN~~ow.~~d oi• 20 (-) A SALTY P~o~~I Harum, Rogal Zonophont CHESTRA (FONTAN, sn Two LPa •· 1,ed tor 151h poa,t/on MOODYS DELAY 549•) . Thl' record !fill' ,, " WINDMILL TJLTt..R" and 11 NEW YORK, Mondny. featurea th<: rabulous pllll'linR of Mooch, 8\ucs tour of Amerkn KENNY WIIEf..LER. llun~ o n hns been put bnck until whllr I blast you with person • October, nlthough there la o nel - on trumpets we hove chn nce lhl\l rour key dntNI DEREK W.r\TK INS, HENRY moy be plo.yed In August. SHAW, Hf:.NRY LOWTHER tind LES CONDON, The two trom 0 1 bones nre CHRIS PYNI:. and w J;3s1J:~lf.est'rv /i o~ nluR~~~ M IKF. GIBBS. JOHN DANK- 15, 16 nnd 17 reports Ren 5 1 Grt'VGlt fo0NRJHRoo~i~s. T':;~J ~t~· S8Kt's ALF REf..St, DICK HART tuba, DOR CORNFORD ALAN LULU 'RUN-DOWN' BRANCOMBI-.. piano. ' JOHN SPOONl:.R drums, DAVI:. HOL· LULU has had to refust offer• LANO bus, TRISTAN fRY pet• or all cnaaacments thli week cussion, and JOHNNY Mc• owlnK LO a throat tnre ctlon LAUGHLIN guitar. Apart from she contrnclcd while appcnr• thnt wonderful line-up, thl! Ing in M11J orc11 recently. olbum itself 11 superb "She la Julll reeling ll bll SUN AA h.u: a fabulous run-down," personal mAnl\~r 0 SHT 1392 Cw) HAT 1392 album entitled "THE. HELIO• CENTRIC WORLDS or SUN ~~:lt"n .~tss:lo~10Jd ~~e ':e1I RA II " on ESP DJSK with thi: "~~THE 0 catalogue number STL S49t, :r~~lho~fee ~r.,r~r~~~8~=~~ mainly because It J5 djstrlbuted on Mondny." IHtMHI by FONTANA. SUN "RA plav:i. Blrmlnghnm 12 Stereo o, Mono LP piano ond tuned bongos MAR· After her dfltc, SHALL ALLEN alto, .plctol n Lulu will lake I short holiday Lonoon Record, • dlvl1ion 01 The Decca Reco,d Comp•ny Limited and nutc, PAT PATRICK bari• She then nle!t to New York ut Decca Hou t Albo,1 Embankment London SEI • tone, WAL1 FR MJLLER trum• Pel, JOIIN Gil.MORE tenor, 'rti1R ROOF.RT CUMMINGS bass clannet, RONN lt. BOYKINS hu.s, and ROGER BLA"IK per MU 5 IC LAND 44 BERWICK sr~~~·s:'~ cussfon Llk«i the sleevt' !il)'11> " You never heard such sounds ITI your life" - there has al • BUFFY ST. MARIE ready hern tremendou~ interest 2525" in thl!I album - I'm sure It'll be a m
ll's because IOIDething missing 'music. Something like of today. Something to spell for you. t hrftsa Organ. e 've called these three models Farllsa 'The Flllen' use Ibey do Just Iha!. Fill . 1n many, ninny ways. For one, they're vennlilc. On them )'OU can reproduce almost any sound, ftute, darlnel, strings- MAKFR, July 2ti. 1969 BUDDY RICH BAND Dave leaves Miles, TO TOUR BRITAIN joins Herbie Mann AMERICAN DRUM star RITISII bDli'il ! I l)nve Buddy Rich has been B Holland h11s Jefl the PENTANGLE Hank Snow due with Nelson MIies Davi~ Quintel on the gre-at ovation booked for a tour of Britain eve of Miles' visit to the with his band. LEADING AMERICAN coun• the Ranchers, Nick Stroll and Anclbes Jnz.t. festival. Dave try music- artist, Hank Snow, Is now working with the Tour kicks off at Liverpool w,11 bl!: featured in concerts at ~:i~; ~~;;~~ •;~;o'"pra;: University on Friday (Novem the London Palladium and the the L1\'erpool Empire on Herbie Mann Group. PENTANGLE ber 7), followed 1.Jy concerts at Liverpool Empire next month London's New Victoria on Satur (August). ;~,,~~!u~ oin!ull~~"~ 3 Lnndnn 1 1 day (8). With his backmg group The They then fly to Norway for H ~1,~·f~~~ ~~;:.~n'~:~ Rainhow Ranch Boys, fellow IO da)'s and return (<>r trombonist Buster oo~r have BOOKED FOR BB~ttJ ,T~dt~:eJa~":e:i~~o;;.;~~h~ Aml!:rican country performers, concercs at Manchester Belle leh the Oukt Ellington Orch• from Ronnie Scott's Club) on Sun• Willy Nelson and Johnny Vue (22); Dublin Natlonul es1ra. Replactmtnlt art HPr• day, November 9, Colston Hall Darrell, both of whom ap• Stadium (23) and Glasgow old " Money " Johnson 11nd Brislcil (13), Belfast Festival (15)'. peared in Britain in May, and (24), betore returnin~ to thr Bennie Green. Tht Elllna1on A NDERSON NEWPORT'70 Palo,s, Nottingham (18), Falrfielc.l SNOW Brili.sh art1!:ts, Phil Brady and States on Augusl 25 , band l1 currently play1 na • Halls, Croydon (19), Pavi• 1 week ai J\lhintlc City's Steel loft Ellington OV~R 14,500 fans gave the llon, Hemel Hempstead (20), ' Pier. PentanRIC an ovation al the Wakefield Theatre Club (21) group had to postpone th e 1 and Free Trade Hall, Man recording this week of the B t~ee~~I PS~!ne ,F Ut~g t~~~ DUSTY'S TV GUESTS 1 PR,T~j~,~~g:~!n tho•:~ end or their Newport Folk side of their new single. The fH~oc~;d:;u:n~ ~heC~~: Ftstival concert in America chester (22). son, Free. Edgar Broughton, e,cch.111ve re:cordlna contract. A BBC spectacular in colour single, "Born To Live, Born Third Ear Band, Bridget St GUEST STARS ror three more Harber Band In concert at Oextt1r wlll commute from last week will be taped at London's Talk To Die," will now be out on John and John Peel LOndon's Mermaid Theatre As ft n•sult, the Fesllval's August 8 - a week later than S~~c~~l~':ri::~~: orjlaniscr George Wein has Of The Town on November 23. The Festival ends on Sep• r: h~~,~~w this Sunday (27), Playing the fh~.::roen~ W,.N~;;t v::~ ':r~ planned. tember I• with Tyrannosaurus Bob end Earl (September 22), UCS'1 Monday 1uslon at the bum In four years, "Tower Of invflcd them to nppear at Foundations have been ap 0 Danny La Rue (29) and Am e. ri Newf)Orl o.1taln nexl vear. ANDORRA STUDIO 100 Club (28) art the New Powu," 11 releued In the proached to record music for ::iphR ~c~:rr.erM~~~:trc:r~!: can comedian Or Mur,ay Jau Reunion - Chick Webb Sulc• next month. Pentan~le bassist Dannv two films. One is the theme or Mike Cooper. Sheila Banks (October 6), Thompson told cht MM · "It RADIO ANDORRA, a new (drs), Alan Elll1 (tpt), Dave commercial radio station the Haley Mills vehicle, McDonald, Mike Absolom and Already announced are Pe rlotlel (tmb), Dave Cham 8t was a fantastic audience and Take A Girl Like You the Diz DISley. Spike Mill1lan for Dusty's NE;es~z::·s ~~!~e lhtrt was ahsoluttlv no planning tn broadcast to Bri other is a song for slanley bers (tnr), JIii Lyon• {bass) ~=!~ tain from the principality or f~!t etoGe~ ert;rber 8) and und Adrian Pat1on (pno) - Rlanl5 last weekend when !rouble al all" Andorra on the lines of Radio Baker's The Games - a Him 1 The Jitr0up this week opened about the Olympic Games ELAINE WINS PRIZE Dusty flies to Sweden for and a aroup featurlna Uonel they booked the Charles Min. for II week at the Troubador Grlgson, Pete Burden and Art 1 ;~:aer~~fia;o h=~~~°:tat~~~ two concert !I-: in Stockholm on ~~~nt~~l:~~ 'th~s~~nyG~J:ur~: In Los Ani;i,eles and then go BRITAIN'S ELAINE. DELMAR August 30 and 31 Themen. on to plav the Castle HIii Fes in London, POP FOR PEACE Celebration , . . Juz planlst The station is still search won the Press Prize as the TO tie In with the Eholn BIiiy Taylor It dlrectln,t the tival at Ipswich, Massachu ing for permanent accom• besc Individual artist at the PET TO VISIT setts A "POP FOR PEACE" con 11th European Song Cup 1 music for lhe new David FroSI They nv from the States to modation for studios and cert Is to be he ld in Belfast, the ~~':te:1ct~~t r~l~rcfro~ American TV show, starts broadcasting on August Northern Ireland. on Satur Contest at Knokke Le Zoute. PETULA CLARK visit£ Bri September I to 13, Blue No te Behdum for a concert at the 15. lt will use tapes recorded Belgium, las1 week tain rrom Sw1t1.erland in Casino in Knokke Le Zout be· day, Organiser Father Mar• The British team - Elaine, 1 fore returnini to Britain on In London and flown to • cell us told the MM on October 10 pla} a concert at ti:, ~~~! tfit1t~~t~!?'!...rrr:~~: A u~ l~~o~ ~~:=~g;a,.:t C l~~~ Andorra. Monday: "We've had a lot of Julie Rogers, Bernadette, London's Royal Albert Hall " n At1Rust 6 when thev will com Johnny Tudor and Lee Lynch Wednesday {29) J~~~l,o':P(ba~~)~e) and Kings Head, Fulham Broad- plete the last two tracks or st trouble here and we want to - came second among the f,~:~ their new album, Co~':n:r~f:1 R~~i~h~~::~;~: use the pop culture to cool Petula wlll be accompanied ~!~a~~clutii~y~~th ~~geud;~: holds a free radio rally in things down and show the teams from six countries, by a 24-piece British orches• A British concert tour is being beaten in the final by tra conducted by Frank Owen, Norma Wln1ton and the John beinK set up for October Trafalgar Square, London. older generation young people Spain K ATJ!!n51;?!: dR1t~;)) :;.~ Taylor Trio (19) and the Chris There will be a variety of are concerned with peace." Plans are gomg ahead for th" this Sunday at the weekly ses• McGregor Ba nd (26). speakers, including deejays, The concert hopes to have (See report page 6.) <.oncer! to ~ televlSed slon at the Wateuplash Hotel, 8.8. AT TANGLEWOOD Members or Parliament and top Irish group the Freshmen London Colney, Herts . , . Bob Ronan O'Rahiily, fo rmerly of playing, and John Lennon and Wallis returns to Londo.1 11 1 Yoko Ono, John Peel and T":,nl ~~~:'!~ th~:'!:!~~ NEW YORK, Monday - Ra,n~ ;:b~~~s'"to be discussed Julie Felix are bei ng invited Kens ington Hotel this Sa lur• end's British Stock Car Rac Jefferiion Airplane, B B. King at the rally range from the FILM DEAL FOR day (26). ing Ch ampio nships at Foxhall and the Who are among future oi broadcasting to the Heath, IJ)9 wlch .•• aultarlst artists lined up to appear next Conservative Party's scheme RAC FESTIVAL 8 Charli e Byrd Is to make. an monlh at Tanglewood, the for local radio. 'TR~:: r~~~!! d :::bbun~:: elJ1: ht-wee k tour of Africa for classical musk venue in the RUGBY RAG Committee have with th e Rod Mason Jan the American State Depart• Band , based In Plymouth ... men1. :::•~;;1.~~~~:~~· of WeSl· GUITAR STOLEN f;\f:;i¥::. •s':.:.·•cd:z..~··J:~~~ SCOTT IN STATES Dave Meggcson has taken over This will be the first time Show, in the open air at SCOTT WALKER has been lined up for a film deal in the leadership of Southampton'• 1 popula r music has been pre- ALLAN WARNER, lead gui- Rai nsbrook, Rugby, on Sep- Sta tes! Persona l manager Maurice King revealed this news New Tia Juana Band. BOB G!~~~ ~ ef~as an~ • ~~ st sented al f th e venue.ch which hi;:,'i~~or~e~~~:ds:~~~~ te$e~r f~~• i!p~:!~e~ are to the MM when he fl ew back from America with Scott Newporl All•Stars, Lionel 11 0 ~a;J 12 UDDY RJCH has cul ll new Hampton, Oliver Nelson, Tom r,~~m al~ ;~~~~~s s :mp~~~a; caster stolen while the group's Alexis Korner, Duster Ben- laSt week. B bl~ band LP for the The concert is being presented van was being loaded during a nell, the Groundhogs, Jo-Ann "There are &lso some other big things in the offing for World•Paclftc label, lllled :~.u,-_J.;:nJu\Y".~~e~~
THE BO ZO Doi,: Band, N1c\?, A 'DREAM' Yes tour of Ireland ended In disappointmen1 las1 weekend (writt:s ..MM's Ch n$ Welch). The group~ were to play c-nn certs in Belfast, Duhlln and Cork r, n a tour prnmotl'd by COME TRUE themselves However they ployed only two out of four appearances Yes played at the scheduled afternoon show ,n Dublin to around 100 people in the alional Stadium The Bon1.os and Nice joined them fo r an e\lening shm, whirh drew ahout 1,000 At tork after a five-hour coach journey, the groups ro un d the venue wa,; a rootha ll stadium where 1.1 temporar}· stage was provided ,, ith hg,hl ing nr power which the group.,;, considered insufficient, and they were unahle to appear Afttr a spnnlaneous show by the groups in the local public house, which centred 0:round the piano playing of Keith Emerson and the vocal talents of the II0n1os and Ye!<>, the ~tnllP!> cauttht n mid nighl flight back to London {For u NOW TOP TWENTY IN (ull report, "" nt);I \\ eek's MM) THE B.B.C. CHARTS
WI OMILL, WHOSE cu rrent !ioln~le Is the Howard•Bhuklty composilinn ·• 8111, Bertha," HEAR IT - BUY IT have SIJlned l('lt a Continrnt11 I tour. PAMA/UNITY - 503 They open wllh two d:ays 10 Germany on July 28 and 29 then JO lO Be lgium for TV In Bruaes, follo \\ ed h.) two days of TV in Pans Thty relurn to PLEASANT DREAMS Gumany on Augu !lt IM fo r a tWO• Wttk tour MF:L(JOV i\1AKF H. , fol', 2b. ! 9Gn-PaRt: 5 after 8 year uf xrowth. In fREE CONCERTS: Free con ce rts TH~~~R~ ~:n't Nr!'a~ ; this ,;ort of weath(•r you are fin e if they're done for char lh"m oul Tht;y'Vt suddttnl)' have tc, wa.,;11 yc,u r hatr very often, in A11s1rall3 I had tu ity alone but I don't believe tn con mc re.ascd m -.i1<• wh1ch I \l,ash 1t ithout fou r t 1mes :1 certs such as The Rollmg Stones had think ,s cheating the public r b11 Suddenl)" you find an Wt.:t:k because I think they aflrac L undesir unknown m thr• ;!roup riihl If y,,ur )ia1r ,., too lr1n)t, ables who always seem to provoke m the middle of n ttnancrnl 11 ,;uffC)CUlt'S )'')Ur «alp and trouble panor&ma lhal'~ "Ahen rtttdtnfl -.tart~ You ge: different kinds of people You shrn1ld ha,·,· your hc:11r When a imlo ,1 rt1st slarls wai,lled and 1rca11·d at a h(' going to these concerts and lh at'r olf has to go Lhrou~h ha1rcJn•~-., r'c: evt·ry thrt-t r,r where you get the trouble. flops, this person ha-. Just rour d,n\11 and 11 will ki:c·p come m. I can'l n:.1lly make 115 vouihful look At the las t one there were 12 cas much of a comment on !hem ualties and 14 arrests . . and then until their st:•cond ,r third there arc those SS Ges tapo and Nazi sm~le " Somcthmi.: In The BR~~,1~~~:: l~e ,t~~~~;~~ uniforms which shouldn't be allowed Air" n•minds ITil' r,( the Barn and Milnril e 1 had any more. Beach Roys srJng" Wouldn't an u'1cl<" 1011, Brian PMs. h,· ll Be Nice." was 11 captain of Lht- l.1vrr pool Rcg1mt>nt in tlw Hurma Uprising but he "'a~ c-ap Beatles Love tured by the commun1s!s The last· thing I heard was 0 1 1 that he could be alive in R 1~~:i:os:an~~~~r;r~; ~atf; i p~~vt: ,~l ~ : M A: a~~:~.~ ~~:r~td. ~~ Dresdtn 10 the Eastern zone thing against them persona ll v but they tend good to have somebody be but I don't kno..., lo provoke problems with today's genera hind you who's there fill the tion. They wan! everything to be as it was time, somebody to come -the crtpe soles and the teddy boy Jackets home to a nd som.:body to -they won't accept that it's gonl'. go away w ith, somebody They were a generation of trouhle makers that you love. Andrew. he's about ten ~1th !he sel:l t sla~hing and the ga n~ fi ghts years old, lives in 8utking JI was the music 1hat was the troubl e but it Ma rriage inspires me to hamsh1re wilh my parents brought music to what 11 is today. Ev~n now write songs. You should marry someone becauo;E: you and m\ little sister He's got thP Beatles are still doing rock and roll . no ambitions to go into Their mu~ic ..., as trrmed beat music or R&B love them not out of con -.c nie nce. I' ve gut no other showbusiness, when I was but it was JU St rock and roll his age I was almo!;t a pro. If I'd been singing the mu sic I'm doing interest 10 any other women. I was with the Bee Gees now or lhe Beatles had done ·•Michell e" when I was eight I still then we would have been thought of as like my brothers ver)' much. squares Most of l. e rockers art: married ff A~:n~1';:~d ~ ; ."1~:ir c~~- we get on ve ry well now, they're in the minority-a dying breed. 1 got it cut because I On their new a:bum wanted lo strengthen the Ma urice has ded1catPd a POLLO: " I 'm vt-r)' interested . m n~trol- A roots of my hair and JI. O that song titled " My Tiung •· to ogy and I'm H weather ranat1c '-0 I've 1t could grow into a proper his dog Astin On my new followed the Apollo expedi- I was in Vienna two days was great and he was one album I've a soni; that's t ion m a sense. rm not ago and at a press confer• of those people who laid style. ence I was asked ir the the roundations of today's People who have their a reply called " So Whal." 0ptimistic about their ven• You wait until you hear it. ture though, I've r,ot no the Concorde until it's had gulps when you r panicking same thing could happen to pop music. hair long should have it cut faith in their coming back. a crash because I'll know and cramp is terrible, I had me as happened to Brian His new record is ftl num• then that they have learned it once but once J managed Jones as he left the group. ber one and I think it's a something and will ht: able to ~er out of the water. It That question hit me hard, case of the song and not Germs to make it safer. was all right in five min• 1 was shocked, I refused to the singer. I think Elvis utes, thP pain goes answer any more questions made a mistake in not mak• after thal 0 2 •• I've always been An ordinary tramp in the ~,i::~~ "t~atpirh;c~.a~: streets knows thal there's a BR~~~. i~~~!~ t~e :::; Death po:res~~:~~~at,T~here~~ more films he would be risk of this kind of thing seen by more people. the! papers introduced his lot or competition in pop the first time vou do any death. When a person dies think it's very sad the thing. I think they J..now music and a lot or competi• reported fairly whether he's been on drugs way the papers printed tion in the pop press which themselves that they a re not or is a pop singer, they are about his death, he may Fans coming back and if they also covers jazz, folk and human beings and hecome have been on drugs but blues. I've always been re do they'll introduce into just the same as everybody there's always a reason for He's right lo a point but this world a lot of germs. else. parted rairly by the pop Lhis. I bel ieve the reason press an artist should appear to It 's got to happen. every They say it was acciden• he Jert the Stones was be· his fans-1 believe in do by the pop press ~~ ~ ~e there's .:i plane crash Lal death, J don'! believe it cause the Stones w~re go• ing major appe:irances in 1 ---cney learn a little more and was suicide, I bel ie..,e h was ing back to work agai11 and ELY~~~T~rroen!lvi~orig~~ major cities but not one• make it safer. l won't fl y in cramp. It onlv takes a few he couldn't face it. past generation. I think he night stands. Madeline oti ock-out! Sds yourwow new single 'We're so much in love' PHILIPS BF 1799
MADELINE BELL EVERY SONG YOU S/NG'S A HONEY, THIS ONE'S A HONEY-PLUS A KNOCK-OUT ALL 0 THE WAY. THA NKS. CAUGHT IN THE ACT Faith and the cops
"IF ONLY we had some ma chine guns, we IHI RAVIRl~. co u Id have mown the bas,: tards down. A Nazi talking, during the Second World War? No, a New York cop in action al the Blind Faith concert at Madison Square Gar •
den. Blind New York busker. p,1e1, It was a remark allegedly conductor and composer • z overheard arter Ginger Moondog haor; recorded an al Baker had been beaten up bum for Columbia Masten KNOKKEAS: Britain's team in the Knokke song festival - they finished as runners-up - were (left to right) : Lee Lynch, Berna rollowing the riot on stage series, He wrote the music 1n dette, Julie Rogers, Elaine Delmar and Johnny Tudor. at Blind Faith's US debuL braille and conducted the forty An eyewitness reports that piece orchestra al the record 1,:1 ran in hi~ excitement, tried In~ .session to grab one or Ginger's Jlvlng K . Boot.s plans all BOB DA WBARN AT THE KNOKKE SONG FESTIVAL loose drum sticks for a nude tour of the US Southern souvenir. Stat« lecturin2 on Lenin, Anywhe re else this would Mau:, Humanism, tolerance be regarded as irritatin~ but and the health danger of shorl TH Em~I~~ Y ! ",!,t•u:::1 haircuts. " I expect it to J!:f) Europun Song Cup Fcstlvo1I at innocent. In New York it was Knoklle Le Zoute, Bc,lgh1m, the s ignal for a cop to smash down a bomb," he said last ended with ltui hot ravouritu. him o ver the head wilh a lhree night from a mental home in arhaln, being butcn by Spatn fool b9t0n. This ruined the Penge Nice swing music fn the ffMI. climax of GinRer"s drum solo served up at London's Pick· Aftd the bool11g - not from and he was so annoyed al the wick club by pianist Lennie lhe arltsh c:on.1n9,nt - which Flare-ups, hang-ups treatment or the fan. he slUR• Felix, drummer Mike Silve r grfflH th• Jury's nr-dh::t and bassist Cole.ridge Good wu•'t th• only note of dis• ged the cop Mr Baker was c:hord in • hKtk nine days. then " interviewed " bv the .. US legal eaRle and jau Th,,... wert •llegatlons that Police and was vo m1tinR and writer Cy Shein in London on Jt,,-,me11 had bttn bribed, • clutchinR his stomach for holiday this week . strlh by TV tectu,iclan.s. a U1reat,ned strike by accom• some time later. Beatles and Fleetwood Mac panyin9 musicians a"d moments Dick Jordan of Klook~ manager OJfford Davis re• o, Raring ter,,per,1me.nt. Kleek made hii,; firsl trfp to 811\ most dlslntensted spec:la• America recently and claims :rle~j~~i~:l~~Y~!~t:n~r; tors Hcmed agreed that this he was accused of beinR a Low~ former fellow journali.s.1 British team - Julie Jlogen, -and Britain loses " hippy." When they heard he Ela\ne Dah.,,u, Bernadette, of MM's Royston Eldridge --W,-~ was from London he became'. Joh11ny Tudor and LH, Lynch - Satwnf&)'. Trevor Watts, Mon1ezl Feza, packed In 500 nostalgic n,wn,s Alan Lewis . Have you seen w,115 tha strongut. •II round, WH!.rt~• T::•.,.;:!!tsue!a~~ Membe" were almost out• Johnny Dyan! and Peter e,-011- and dads and hordes of curious " A Commie hippy." BBC producer Brian WJUey "s that Britain had l''l'itr sent lo th• enormous Impact made over numbered by new visitors as mann completely shirked n lhe .)'Owth . Jan Anderson of Jethro Tull one eared elephant joke? • Ult Fullval. Eurovlslon and the subnquent Who r-ollowers convcr9ed on the final shambles CHRIST• And Harry more than held Jocks himself In his hotel room Come back Rex Berry, all 1s stream of offer, ror all the Erdlflgton venuo from as far OPHER BIRD lhem . The mums and deds, throughout American tour . forgiven Tony Wilson, fflemNn of the aritiP t.eam. an.Id DI Northun,bor land. Man• remen,berfn9 Iha holcha-polche Liverpool Scene had 89 appli Lonzo Doggard, Mike Dolan I• I.ha pHt. one ncwd c• ffl• chesl•r, Lo11do11, SouthamplOn hokum of their' own teenage T"E v~;:~tnc::. ev: p• ay hH alway. prewlled the •nd ev1.n the Conll•e111 days, blacltboltom•d and char1•· cations for a drummer after and Tony Brainsby pJayin~ the m'::' advertisinR in the MM They lhey had bHten s '" .....,. tMftl. Thi• r...- 5,nber prnldH Wy the. llfflo lhe Who emertM BLACKPOOL stoned the •l1t11 ••ay. The lables at the Playboy Cluh t1ands,om1.l, pN'IMU• tw• (Julle •"d LN), en had •• the staoo, th• roon, was Kids? Well, tney ro11nd they ~01 Pete Clark. last week Wilson won £10 nd ad two fln e pe.r- Elaine, Phillps had • crnaddle bul9ln1 01 1ue 1eams and there HEN new t-e
H \ I \ l \~, ,,Mt\ I O\t'I 0 1 1 1~a ,•k 1~ f\n All,"~1h, n h,, \'·H '"''t ;!~' .~:t~ l1: ~,~,7:h! lilit..1•. nut thlit \\ 11 tl \\11 11 ~lr.i 111111•111111 I kntl\\ 1 ~~~~S''i!\ t•~~11i',\\~ i,~,'~~ nmhln' t 1h1 h 11 11, tw11t1r b f l'tl nh•C h ., twh11 1 ft.l WHAT NOW FOR DOZY, th lh'i'I BEAKY t ._, 1.•rn, "~:~-~~'"' J1l1 :nhh1m \\ llh II l,,i ~I.U't' ,,1 11,11, 111111\ ltt'llln;i, lh~ ,o mr 111 111111d lf\(h'(I ,•rn htt It ,111 t \ •h1ll\il ., '"' W.- , At and 1lr 11._ 1 1u11t"' 1lhl hi lht' 11:luilln,, II ,,r rul'' ,,1 tl"-a nJ 11,,._~, flh\ll)oi: 111111111d11 w a 11•1('d .. bvul I ht'II~~, .1111,1 th ,11n, n hi Ill(', 11lchll\ttth It t'•' 11, anti l'''t' n,1.1,h, 'lllt11Uh tllifl\ hi 1•\'tlr\'tHU' lhC'n h UUJth1 a at-. hi ,•hi' •• MICK AND TICH? HARD ROCK! t-.ln&"' • ' 1,ht'r,t, ,h "°"'" \ 1111''11 \\·\llhl thl'I Mlllllllllf f'\PN'1td for a l \ ,-h,1\1 1t 'IOh1•• H.UlrHI 1\t,,o 11h1lw, decided against 11 . If the Who lhf' •lrl "•' (11h11 llh11 l.. \\( 1 WII AT HAPPENS when can do ii s<> can we. um.. \net that 1 \ ""'"' "'~' t~~!1~t' '!:r.:, a .~l~!k ::: "We' ll have to do some I 111Hhrn on Su 1nh1:\• for l 'V n successful pop com• thing with the name of course ~ ..-, .. ~:::·~ .:~~;:~!\~:,,, "" llhtl\\ 11 , " thl I ltc't'tll lo blnnllon splits up? I think we'll probably just call 1 , . ,:a," "1an 11 •· \,,, .., \)t ll ll('lli,I cin, lla ' OJl t' ll lllM Sometimes rh e resul tu nt ourselves. D, B, M and T and l ht• l \l\ ti .. l'f'N'hll I \II\. 11 leave It at that." <'anitra b(\On\ •nd urut' f,~: "~1, i:t~ "1~ o~, ,~~.,~~:~•l;~~cr. pnrl s go on lo more suc This new rock band, rising oft' lhlnkl14t l\ '"a,..-n'I a .,11, 1ml lh.1 hb)' hnc t1kro cess - like the Treme Phoenix-like out of the ashes ft'•hom,- a, ,h lht•U"-ht a hun11,•IU\\ 11 1 S I, l\11 n C"11 of a purely pop group, could 'hr- \lo 111 '1 n•tural •nd h\r thr lil \lt11111rr - "tht locs - and sometimes be inte resting and Beaky said l,111 kNI \\hi hi' \\ U an mu• \f111 f l>tH)nl "" h11d Ir's obscurity for every onhn.11") tt h I In; "h,,,,, htfor " - a nti ht1Jtl'.'< 10 bll ~~:t ;t:J10':'o~!d s~;o~~g s;;~ "~;~t'~, 1C~~,n1 • 1 1 one. could cul some material ,.~lti" ::1 :~:1\IM/o~:l\'fu:11!~ \~..~~~ Thnt's th e dilemma facing " We'll cut some sides and 1 h.a1 ~<'-h\1'1..>nt> "~" the lalt ., . . release a s rngle and see what Hrlan l
bby, hoys from tht- (lreen fields nf like mad for the pns\ two organisl, and thal would help marrlt'-d ur• "Ith ht>r p.lu NI at rt<'Ordllllt :i.t''-· , htR h~ ducked. - A.W. W11t,hjrt' a rt> plannintt lO weeks or so nnd we have the sound, hut again, we've ALAN WALSH , tlie Clouds have made a good album. The Clouds arc a new group on record. But unlike so many new groups, the Clouds have been playing together for years. And unlike so many of the new groups that are formed overnight or put together by a producer, they resisted the temprntion lO rush into 1hc studio the first time an offer came. Inslcad, they waited until they really felt ready- slowly developing a highly indi\'iclual style, and thei r own original material. ' Until finally, last October, we got them into a recording smdio and starred work on their album. That was ten months :11,!0. The album is re lea. eel today. It's calleJ 'The Clouds Scrapbook.'
jsl1nd Irecords lld T iu: ( loud\ 11 .m , I lu~ht',, I )ru,m h111 Llh,, lt.1, , (ju11 ,1r, \ nt\l',lil Gu11 ,u . H,11mnnit.,1, basing att'Ml l.1.:.11.I \ oc.11, lhll\ R11 C" h1 c, 1 l,unmund 01 1fJII , Pi.1m1, \t."ou,lll" ,uul liil',·1m Gu11 .:ar, \ '1k;JI, Iondonw11 I he doe!t resent the fact the jazz mu!'l;1cians who eat regula rly a re . often di~ missed as bemi " com merc ia l. " " Ca n't I express suffe nng even if I'm not The message is starvmg'?" he says Certa inly he has had his share cf suffering 1n the past. He played hi s fi r'St professiona l g1~ m th<· Purpl( Onion club in Lo, Angeles for 17 dollars a - 'Shut-up, sit week. Destined
" J never wo rked fo r sca le," he says. " Jt was e ither way be low or way down and listen' above.'' After the Purple On io n he worked with various music ians. mcludmg Stuff Smith and Art Pepper, "but AS ONE of the principal founders of that school of jazz piano which. J think I was destined to be because of the absurd limitations of the jazz vocabulary can onl) a leader." be described as funky gospel-tinged rhythm and blues' Les Mc The McCann T rio, origin ally with Leroy Vinnegar Cann does not endear himself to the more pretentious j~zz critics on bass and Ron Je ffe rson " Les converts everything into a 12-bar blues," says one. And another on drums (since replaced comments: " MrCann's music appeals to people who think with their feet.'' by Dona Id Dean) was a A sc lf•tau~hc , instinct ive success right from the ond non-academic pia nist s lnrt. In 1960 it played o 28-week engagement at The who reads music with some difficulty, McCann 1s no LES MCCANN Bit club in Ho ll ywood and piano virtuoso. He doesn' t packed the place every claim to bl!- and doesn't need night. "And we had fans from all walks of life," says to bl: to express h lc; kmd of Les. "There were fu r coats music. 1-fo won't be d rawn m ixed up with the weirdos into abstract musical theory; BY JEA N ELLIOTT and Rolls Royces parked h1 message is simply outside next to t rucks." " Shut-up, sit down and 1 listen " ·• I don t feel the hope plays what he feels. Right lessness I had before. I rrom his earl y days in star{ed d ieting a year and a . Lexington, Kentucky, the Wrong half ago a nd I've lost 120 church has had a strong Danger lb. Being overweight held influence on hi s music. On the whole, however, me back. Things I wa nted " I've always been in he fi nds having to work in And if you wont to listen to do, and knew I could do, music," he says, "singing clubs something of a d rag with your foel - well, that r somehow couldn't get in church choirs and pla y a nd feels that the whole doesn't see m to me to be a a round to doing. ing in r&b and marching promotion a nd projection of cr ime at a t ime when jazz ·• Fa t people a re supposed bands at school. Music a nd jazz 1s wrong. 1s m danger of becoming to be ha ppy - but that's showing off - that's me!'' " But, of course, more sepa ra ted from its roots just on the outside. Girls and more jazz clubs are and floating off uncon say, • Oh, he's fa t ' - and closing - and when you go trollably into a steril e, tha t really hurts. Being fat Thunder in to them you understand cerebra l lim bo. affected everything I did. It why. It's partly because of Says Les: " I don' t think is terrible to have talent the way jazz is going. I An extrovert and uninhi McCANN: • I don't think I've had a fair handling from critics I've had a fa ir ha ndling by but not to have your mind consider avant garde jazz 1 the critics - but that's together to make it work. bited cha rac~er, McCann 0 in valid and it's hurt the O.K. M ) time is coming." :~ ;~~g:~b1ic~n~;~ta~~y;~s He sees his main role in protest on stage. I just a nigge r, then I'll get on the music quite a bit. Yet pop Wha tever the c ritics say, off. At one point during our life as reaching people with wan~ to play the best music piano and show him what a musicians have taken some howe ver. for a great many Afresh interview on the terrace or his music. Communicating. with as much feeling and nigger sounds Jlke." of the best things from fans Les McCann's time is the Casino at Montreux He has no time fo r those emotion as J can put into it. With a luxurious house jazz, and the jazz musicians now. His last album, " Now l feel like I'm there came a heavy peel or w ho would use jazz as a If J see someone's eyes in the hills of Hollywood just sit back and let them " Much Les," has been on sta rting afresh. Losing thunder and McCann roared med iom fo r the expression light up, then that makes and about 35 albums to his do ir. They don't see that the American charts for six weight has been a sta bil is of black power politics. me happy. c redit, McCnnn has no up at the heavens: " Did I aa~saoy ~!k!"e,l.,.the m n s and his trio, which ing factor." say something wrong?' "I'm not out to show " And if anyone calls me material problems although ~~~en~~~ n the road almost Despite his commercial contmuousl\', is still pack success, McCann was for mi them ,0 years hung up with the feeling of1 being a 21 stone loser. " A Jot of things Success happened to me before I was ready for them. But Traditional bass is back But for all his com now a whole new world has mercia l success over the opened up. I'm taking I N THE course of its associa- _...- much influenced l)y the lat~ Pcwell and Kenny Clarke formal music lessons from Carl Perkins rar whom he has He returned to the St,les to last few years, Les himself tion with j azz, the double bass a particularly high rciard. work in lhe resident band c1 regards 1969 as the year of a teacher and lea rn ing has been slapped, twirled, Vinn egar, in fact, wrote the a TV series an
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OTIS REDDING SMOKEY ROBINSON AND THE MIRACLES
Vanity Fare turn hairy, and it works
VA NITY FARE - five boys from Kent with ear-length hair a nd white suits - hit the charts last year with the ir first single. Twelve months and n chanRe of lf!18Re Inter they seem set to improve on that early success. A prelty sum mery song tl tled " Early In The Morning" hos earned l~~m a 101 or airplay, tele v1s1on appearances and a host of new fam,, " Yes, we've got n bit more hairy," lau~hed drummer Dick Allix, "but 1t wasn't a deter mined thing, it's just hap pened over the past year, "When we went profes sional we still hod short hair cuts Os . we were still doing norma l Jobs but it"s ch&nJ!;ed over the past vear." VANITY FARE:' A lot more bum wiggle • With their short hair and record but it Ju~t wasn't com• their _close harmony work at merc,al enough l~Tv~n "Now it's been danc in tnr ~~~e ';':;\~pre~~o::~~~ States bv Ray Charles nnd !~~~d b~~e In i7!~t ~~=Y !~~fi~fi The Vo,::ues We'vt alwJY things to all people relt thnt we could RCl bade The sales Rau~s arr very ~ri · " We've got together three courn2mN and now wc·ve had acts r:iow - one for the uni• the telev1s1on shows. il should vcrslt1es, one for cabaret nnd ao well. cne ror the ballrooms The "Obviously vou ha\-t' 10 response we get varies where have n aood record 10 ~u1rt 1 With but the trlevlslon rNlh· ~n~~~ p!~~',~~C~ t~:n~O~~l6c sets 11 un tht' way very blase bul the further "America"> WL'II wt wrrl" lc~r~~e~~:,;~ ~~e more 1hry over thf'rt fvr 1hc Int t"n weeks or Mav and wr ml,:ht " I suppose we add a lot be do!n>: • month's IQ\.lr !'JOre bum wiggle for lhe kids l)r m the ballrooms," he chuckled lhe colle~l-~ '" SePlt'nlhN. The R\'t- mrmhf'r.i: ,11 \'11n11r ., In lhe bo l lrooms we do CJOme l·nrl' - Dick Allix. Trl"',M numbers hke Blood, Swent and Brier, Sarr)' Londt•man. Tears do _and in the unlversl r,,,.,. Gould('n and ronv Jnrn"ll - ;~~:y w:tuf~clude some Byrds. 1helr nf'w hiuuu· 1m1.J:t anJ "The universities are no !heir latt~I rtit-'Qrd mlW 11rtm' different from ony other nud- lO have made lht· brt•llk through. And the aru 1ence. A• Jona ot you're not ,crcn,p5 tPO pandering to them, But b11io11 of RL'tllni,! '" 1hlll <'U\'Cled number on~ ,pol mil\' no t h~ '10 for off now BLUES ON RECORD
H 1.. 1 vu11 •d•1 and blllO ~-~~•~:•.. o(c~SDA~:.1l!O~~~;r I Ulhtf«tr John rahl)' On thete ncordln91, orfg ln JI I Y u 1nl • 11111, 1dd111utl to No1111,, T W••hlnQIOn Whlll !:':,.': !~..,o~ r1:1~~. "~!~,!u \.t~: (RM1'S), sonny and • rownl• ~:>!•\ f~";', :1ng~l.~J:.nc""~1~'. worl! as • duo, w th various THEDL~ES 1lulppl " A n,onlh 111,r John help1, 1 on 1l9ht songs On the PAGE r1m1ln lng four, Mc: Chce 1ln91 ao1 1 , 111 1)' h 'Onl luklll 1nd 1nd plays aultar on his own , hi ::: ;::.r,~.:=~~f =·~=~.:nn'!n!:'. perform• with "••I fc11hn,:i h er e, 11 1ft Ah1f'd111n Thi lrl(llt tor !~u 1~, .. :,~:,~:: b I~ I I I~ " Ml ll11'U'"I h LU S " (SOn1I/ n,~ u'::.~,I n;~ l , • "'. I I an I I ( SNTr"") Muc,h Troubl1 " and th• Jam i· w.,, llkHt •nd th• lhl ,null ,. ,- -~~ flar bul 11t1r•c tlvo " Diamond 11 r1m1,11.1bl1 .llllum It a110 -~ Ring " The fou r opanlng track, 1nJ11rll1 lh• lhlrtJ plllH o, Du lllla lndud nu • v1r1lon of " SIiting Wll/1 1•, , ,rordlng hl,tory Tlt1 On Top 01 The Wo r ld " and a A blues man from 11,11 11.1r11d In l t)0 wh1n hi ,. Sae S••" varlanl call•d " Tell WU 10, rltorlllna tor thl Ylc lor Ml, ••bY," had 1om1 visitors 1.-ti,1 , 1h11 U(Ond. and Whll II (urtalnly a drummf'r 11 to be tfl(llon•d to b• hit b ..l l.1tlld heard Off " Tell H I," " Bottom lWO da)'I. In March 1'40, BUKKA Bluti" and " SIIUn '''). Th• lollowlng b ullk•'• r•l1H1 from bluos preat fouo' tltlo that 1nd lhe •lbum llf'IHn whtrt hi Uf'Vld I tWO • y1@r ..n11no ro, .t100Ung a the 111 1 Cyrll Da vis Thay ~::~; ~ha•11::r.••g:11:~~ t::n~~~ the land of ska ..,,n How 111 1 r1l1.1t1 ol thll Gaskin'• ban ErnHt H•yn 111111m commamor•I•• th• th 'I'd f!!~:;:~,..~od~nd ~~:r:,.~~ Bit:! piano and Eug1n1 Drooll s' 11 5 0 drums 10 th• voc11,gult.ar•ha,• NI·. ·1 MON'l 11 1lw sound or the r.~.,l~o/ •w~~~kt , w::c.~~dehJ• 1::'~:, r~i~ :.::;~ Cr':~~h~ D~n"I. monlc.1 c.omblnatlon " Wh,n 11 City'' bl11<'~ wlll he luuurher nnd /\mo~ WH tha Marquee, where the they are lntarnat lonall)' known Mllhurn," !':1~nu;/1,:'• .':10:~:.~• :!~~r~~,~~= Ro ll ing Slonu """ "' freq111nl concert arllsu, you s hould rind Jnn111kun, who Is currrnlly jll'lllnu hi s with t lld• phrltlna ol lhl vl 1llors both as listen.,, a nd this exc1ll1nt value at :ZS1 lld bnn
Blodwyn Pig may be an original, inventive name. And their new album. may have an original, inventive sleeve. But then, Blodwyn P,g do play original, inventive music. D?~'t you wish all the groups with inventive names and original sleeves played original, inventi.vc music, too?
Released July :15th on Ishim.I Record,
Ulodw)n Pii(1 \tid, Abr.1hanu,, pl.ays a i;uiur, .a !tc,cn 1-1rina: ,hdc itmtnr, and ,in,c" Jud. J .11nc.:,1\lt'r pl.1)" thuc, violil,, H:nor "'·"'• tmritum· ,.. ,, nnJ ,vpr.ino ,.,'\'.. Anil)·P,kpl,,,.., mclcctnt h.,,,.1,\\c:ll .. ,n,i "lrimcb.a... , londI , coro, ltd /\ml Ri,n Uc:t>t pl,1)', lhl· drum,. bH1ng1tr•el tond """'11 Pawe 12-Ml-J ODY MAKl·k. I I Moody and the • • VICIOUS circle
" A LOT of people, I've seen their whole ex pression change when you ask 'Who did you work with in Hamburg?' and you say 'oh, Hank Mobley, Charles Tolliver.' If you didn't say that, you could be the greatest living MOODY: • I like the way musicians are treated here • drummer and they'd ignore you. There are p I e n y of guys li ne instrument. "The thing "'raw attentiop to yourself be cons1dereJ old-fa h1ontt.! t I don't like is that peop1• you'll always be •· just " tht b.) somr peoplf''S St.\Odolrd~ around, in fact, who keep saying 'yeah, man. drummer " He laughf'CI " lt but drummers who coMtdcr play so much better BI LL MOODY I'm doing my thing,' but seems to be that the morf' their l~ader's w ishts art what they fo rget 1s that weird you get, the more becomin~ a bu or a r.trit~ than those who are someone like Grady Tate is attf'ntion you can score. m thNe da)' of ftO-,for well known." doing his thing, too, and "And then the current yourself. Th;u the are 5t1ll that there's room for e"·ery trend 1s to play loud! It's as needed was proved b) the BY VALERIE WILMER bocly out here. I feel that 1.s ,I, 1f )OU play loud enough spefli "' Ith which Jon Chubby long as you're a rhythm somebody's bound to notict Hendnck5 ,trahhed his section player )· ou're sup y ou. The public unfortu• telloVi Amtricsn and coached at Berklee by ing who was also an received good compliments posed to do what the leader nately equare loudness The speaker was a Alan Dawson, Bill was encouragement to me, everywhere but you just wants." with emotion; the)' think chubby _ chain-smoking introduced to the New York "It's so ridiculous," he don't get known until The drummer. who he}, he must re.all\ be drummer from out Los scene by the gregarious and went on, stubbing out a you're playing wi th • name· worked w ith just about good - look how h.trd ht's Respect generous little Detroiter, cigarette to emphasise his musicians. Jt's a vicious An6eles way, now a every ki nd of combo before bashing awa)·!' It seems. Oliver Jackson. point. " I've been all over circle." leaving the Sta tes for a too. 1h31 ir you don't pin) Mood) y he- 1s. cnto> permanent resident of W8)' It( In the same way that the Europe, both East and Moody is a man whose spell with the Gustav Brom hke Tony Wilh3nl!i tod.:,). mg tht" rtla. ed or Bromley, Kent. His great Jo Jones had shown West., and I know that feelings echo those of the band in Cz.echoslov3kia and you·re automaticall~ otd O\'er hl."n- :.nd has no real name is Bill Moody and Oliver the ropes, he took wherever you go there's an old•school drummers before Russia, feels that " Unless rash1oned.." de-.s1rr to go home.• " f hk(" audience fo r jazz. T've a tht> way mu ,Cians ar yes. he will forgive you young Bill under his wing the drums became front you do somethinJ;t to really Bill's thmkin~ rm.) we,11 and Introduced him to all trt"attd hl'rt:',... ht> n1't1n- if you haven't heard of the musicians, fixers and so 11unNJ ..,ecause in spite of on and did his best to make •· You hear !ii:O muc-h being a professional him at home in the big city, abouc J&.2 1 b, in • m rt a•, art form, hut wh,,., are a\\ drummer for the past It was when he was recommended as his Things are happening tht:\ (' nwr\cn.n ll\·cr hcr< eight years, he has buddy's replacement in a ITI Europe'? ln the St t . worked with few of the famous guitarist's combo tht.) think you're a w udo names th at matter. that Bill encountered his if you say )Ou're a ... f i rs t " who's-he-played musician; there 1.i, no rt- with " draught. pect for lhe pract, uvnt'f"' o: th:u art form. )OU s- .. Impact That Oliver's recommend• for Daryl an d the Four ation was strong and that Now that he is Jon the gu itarist knew his work STUDYING CLASSI three days J quit, was at first hand made no ;~fula;ill CAL cello for a high sacked b) the head after a ~ues~1~~~~:: Pt; difference; it was not until row and was mad e rN!un• showing up all round the pianist Junior Mance put brow musical career, a 13-year-old Leicester dant by the educ.at ion country and making an his faith in the Californian committee.'· Exit the teach impact soon, but mean that the picture changed. schoolboy one day mg career while, he's marking time. "Junior said: ' I don't care heard Duke Ellington. An essentially self-taught who you are, I just care "That was the stan of drummer who was straight• how you play,'" Bill re Swapped ened out from his mistakes called , "And so we went on my involvement in by the ex-Art Tatum per a nationwide tour of Ame• jazz," said 22 year old Early this year, he started cussionist, Bill Douglass 1ica, opposite Jimmy Rush- Daryl Runswick, who a. residency at London's is bass player with the Pickw ck Club. " ll \\as the / start or quite a good ) e-nr. London Jazz Four. th1n_gs have started hftp "Then, six months later I p~ning . .Jt last t ,vorkN heard Miles Davis and that with M•ke Tru·1s the drum• set me on another road," RUNSWICK: sacked by the head said Daryl, possessor of a :~~ a~d :t~~,~~ :~~~ : tremendous technique on pan,st at the club and we his instrument and un ¥.Ori
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Good and loud. But crystal clear tone is what you need most. Makes you sound great. So they scream for more. Which means quality amplification equipment. Marshall quality amplification know. How great you equipment. Makes Faith, The Gunn, Rose, Morris & Co. Ltd., the most of your Sam Gopal, Jeff can be. With your performance, and puts Beck, The Soft sound. 32-34 Gordon House Road you among the other Machine. Top groups Then perhaps London, .W.5. ' top users of Marshall. know a great sound the people who matter will think you're lloec-- llor•rie Like The Monkees, when they hear it. •'~ '\ ' f • Spencer Davis, Jethro When you hear great too. Think Tull, Blodwyn Pig, Marshall at your local about it. Better still Eire Apparent, Blind music shop,you'/1 send for our brochure. Mai-shall l'q. 14-MlLODY MAKER, July l6, 1969 THUNDERCLAP NEWMAN OVE: "Curly'' itate sound or early ape M (Regal Zonophone). men.) Well no:-i,', it Comments becomes very different I am looking forward to when one is judging thJs this concert or music. just as a record. (Listens intently), I It wlll bring back memories have heard this sort of of 8 good film which I sound lots of times on have seen only in pro before. I like the chord vi ncial cinemas where the changes in the middle projection was ex but I am not exactly cessively bad. It w~ knocked-out. old quite a good film and th~s was a piece of music A solid backing, but not played whenever the mo very original. I think nolith or sla\:) appeared however, it will get to and during one or the stages number 18 in the chart. of man's development. It must be a British It is profound and deeply group because there is moving music, but not something distinctive new very original. One can about American record~ hear influences from many composers, includ ings. You can always ing Gustav Holst. I w~uld tell. predict it will definitely sounds get into the chart because YRANNOSAURUS it will remind so many T REX: " King Ot The people of a grand and R u m b 11 n g Spires " moving production. (Regal Zonophonc). in A very loopy sound. I IX BEIDERBECKE: using them to make B •• Royal Garden Blues'' don't think I under dustbins instead of from the LP "The Legend- stood any of the something meaningful ary 81.x Beiderbecke 1924- words, probably be and wonderful. ZS" (Riverside). cause they were using Great! I know exactly who so many colloquial BLIND DATE this is - Bi.x Beiderbecke expressions. The re pEg~~E~D •, l~~ and the Wolverines. It's cording was a bit Around Downtown Girl" " Royal Garden Blues " mushy. the mark. The technical through very nicely, (Columbia). recorded in 1924 on the don't know if the quality of the record but I feel to some Difficult to say - I supp0se Gennett label in Rich extent all the sounds it could be commercial. I mond, Indiana. The studio backing is supposed to ing is very good don't know much about was beside the railroad be so mushy and indeed, but this sort of are misconceived. the commercial music track. Everytime a train indistinct, but the thing has been done so They are used in a world. went by they had to stop group sound decidely many times before. pa r t i c u I a r context This contains certain in playing because it upset loopy - in the Walt which is, I suppose, gredients that are sup the recording equipment. Disney sense of being ANUEL AND THE posed to be successful commercial and pleas Six is on cornet, and I goofy. M MUSIC OF THE ant, but I feel they but the tune doesn't have MOUNTAINS: "The much potential - musi think the rest of the line would have more cally. It needn't have up is Jimmy Hartwell on TOMMY JAMES: " Crys Love Theme From meaning used in a tal Blue Persuasion" 0 clarinet, George Johnson, Romeo & Juliet " passionate and sen ~~~id ~ui~~r :~sil~ni·a.J! tenor sax, Dick Voynow. (Roulette). (Columbia). suous manner. Un been a two minute piano, Bob Gillette, banjo, It's an American record. May I make a guess - is fortunately so much of record. and Vic Moore on drums. The backing is very My sixth sense tells me it it Hugo Montenegro? this sort of music ~brr:!kc~c;:' t!b~f.ot Min competent indeed and I Well, obviously it's a could be good but is might get into the chart. liked the bongo beats big orchestra and th~re designed for the busi This is Bix Beiderbecke's HAT'S happening to earliest recording when at the beginning. But are lots of very nice ness man who wants P"~~!~Small Faces? cottage. They have recorded an 1 papers say album, "As Safe As Yes Rofi~n~~ygce~tco~~Je~: ~1~l L ~-~~~ei ~:s~o~~; terday Is," and have TV and stereo provided b}' You " from the LP " In nearly completed a sec• manager Mr Andrew Loog David is a talented young man who The 30s In The 40s ,, ond. They are hoping to Oldbam, I found th• Inds (RCA Victor). release "Yesterday " in brewing tea in a bac.k room, has written many fine songs ... Let's chuck this Thunder about three weeks, and while their equipment W3S This Bee Geeian piece of music and clap Newman and form a start making TV and live being set up. new. groupl Obviously appearances soon. poetry is beautifully written, sung Louis and obviously Jerry has a Rolls Ro~ce recorded between 1929 .. Say . all of the group: of a drum kit complete with and performed ...... it could be and 1933. We Just can't wait to start work! " ff f~~:;1la~y!~j a hit and escalate Bowie to the top. I am going to make strong !o!:~1::;' J spent a day with them hammering these far se,•er· Chris Welch, Melody Maker. efforts to obtain this al hours before actualh al •um before the after at their secret Essex hide noon is ouL At this time out this w~k ..They have doing any interviews. I have a bet on in the office that this been rehearsing m a village Mr Marriott and Mr from merely being a good Frampton, both stripped _to is going to be a huge hit- and New Orleans trumpet hall for some months, player. he had become a where there is nobody to the waist for sun bathing knock everyone senseless. v.irtuoso artist in his own distur.b them, ~xcept the purposes, kindly providt beautiful. We had Harry som ewhere to play to about A local tractor driver Becket on trumpet and 200 peopl e. r------Barbara Hiseman on saxo " A nice place with a low stopped In amazem1ent at ,------phone. She's great - a 3 f~ne:!g~~d ~ast~~m:f1~e~ 51 ~~~Jifte~hec':n °~~t ~c~:;~ ly roped in for pictures. ~~'t; a~~g ~~x~pt~n:i'f~~: You can create much mo re m~;~~rR~1l~eis ~~~~u~~~es! got such a grea t sound and in tensity with a quieter 8 DEEP PURPLE were really helpful." approach, and we intend to very stable asset. " I'm very The group had all seen play some numbers with recent readen" letters to the 1ultar. ~!ir~n~hahla":ee :i~I ir e~,r°~s'~ MM about the group's ' I ' m concentrating delayed appearance. 0 f~fl:c t~'tr~aptry~~fw e!~ " At least they are inter• :~ ~~!Y be ~ f~~r.v~~f;~ • ested - we all thought Most of the numbers we ~~~!~:; ou~1 g~~~ ~ ~-' E~~ ~ they had rorgotten us," said will do will feature us all in young kids are rnuch more Steve. turn. We're all a bit fed up aware about music now and "The thing is we don't with being in the studio for are educated to the point 1n an six months. We can't wait where they can go straight want to do a Blind Faith. We want to make sure we to start doing gigs." on to the Cream.'' are completely together Said Peter, still making before we play in public. cups of tea: "J'm beginning I'm not putting down Blind to know how session men Played Faith - I'm saying the feel. We made the LP some ideout poor lads didn't have time time ago and now this is Back in the hall we to get it together before like being in a limbo played another of their they did their concert. period." tapes of an old Buddy Holly ·• Cream weren't any How is Peter progressing number "Heartbeat." Said good for the fi rst couple of as a musican? Chipped in Steve: " We wanted to do months - they didn't have Jerry: "He's coming on in 'Well All Right ' but Blind enough time. leaps and bounds. He's Faith beat us to it. Buddy "1 don't mind people certainly my favourite gui• Holly was so ahead of his having a go al us in tarist." ~~o_.:- he was writing for Mailbag, but the point is we Peter grinned: " And I have got to be good a nd must say Jerry is the best Jerry confided: "The only ready. We want to make drummer I've known." All thing that is worrying ua is the group agreed that that now everybody is 1 TYRANNOSAURUS ~rbu~gea~~ j~!:i~ a~r~u;; Charlie Watts was much expecting a supergroup and the reaction from people underrated as a dru mmer a super drumme r. Well King Of The Rumbling Spires who have heard it, it's a and Jerry demanded that we're just having a get• good album. The . second together and lf people dig REX Regal Zonophone RZaOn r:na;tsHe:;,~r:~i~ album will be a lot tighter." ~f~s~~~~ The Stones' " Honky ~he:hnke C:Pte~ae;d~~ what By Chris Tonk Woman " was played Said Steve: 0 8 . . ., to continuously on Peter's car supergroups - we're Just Launch record player while the four gu ys doing our best. If Piemen went out into the you want to give us a name Would the group like to fields fo r a picture session how about Super Looners?'' Welch launch themselves with a free concert? ·• We had a string seclion '' The free concert scene ror one track, but the seems to be getting like mu11cian1 just weren't in playing at the Albert Hal). terested in the session It was a nice idea when 1t 'If you want to .. We did one take and started and when it was th')' said. "ls that it?" They free and groups could have just Wanted to go home. a blow and experiment. When we said the tune had " After the last few concerts it seems you have ~!1 a~f kr;;i:"orf~~e;h~ to be amazing or peoJ?le give us a name, You mean a ~outhall will wri te in and complain. r~i That seems to have lost th e t>t.iehtr Wilh '~t,~~?.it, s~~! ~~tii~~d: bi~,as Th\ha~ ~~~ CUPID'S ~::st an expression of People should go strictly to INSPIRATION ~ Sb they play I violin enjoy themselves and if how about 1ha,.. r~d dots? They could th 1 The Sad Thing w,1 tned to work with us. !Y.,t~-~i t~rln~rn~ ~:p~~ 1 5 some TV to promote the lltll ILLIOII ~~ ,frrn:r ~e;er~~g!e:n· single and the album. We certainly don't wa nt to do ti) ~1~ned so ha rd to _be nice Super Looners?' u,, d:.:'n. and they JUSl put an Albert Hall concert. I'd like to open up at the · The brus players were Starlight, Greenford, or E.M .I R.c« 'llt (Tb Gr1 • 1P 111e C1, Ll'll ) LM I. HH " .?0 M1acl1111tr 5'ti•• l H 4111WlA llS PaR, l~MlLOOY MAKER, July 26 , 1969 MOTOWN Then lu ckily for the THE 1969 National Festi val-bu! nol so lu ck, Jazz and Blues Fes• • Uy f au 1 ho r it y 1 Hilllngdon Council, decided at a meelin1,t last week to opposo the GLC music LONDON? licence ror the. festival. There will be a Festi The Natio n al Jan val village this year Federation and the Mar catering for the thoo• quee's a pplication for the sands of people. who Ucence was to have been NICE/CHICKEN SHACK: two of the groups at the Festival. camp out. It will lncb.Jde THERE'S A choice of two chair~ considered by the a coffee shop. a dis,. for visitors who manage to fi nd Greater London Council. traffic management week they also say that equestrian events clash• cotheque and a dairy. their way into the basement difficulL the West Drayton sites Ina wJth the dates. In the case of min the headquarters of Graham Good• Both sites were In an are unsatisfactory " be " Many months ago an organisers have ar• ranged for a gigantic all's Dr. Bird records. One has an Sites area of land consisting cause of the narrowness approach was 'made to mainly of gravel pits, of the roads and the Plumpton for tho 1969 marquee to be available. arm missing and the other emits Orlglnally lwo sites In near gipsy encampments uneven ground of the festival only to flnd that SpeclaJ trains are being P. strange noise as you sit down. the West Drayton area and often used as rub• site over potential gravel the Pony Club or Great lakl on to Plumpton for were proposed. Resi blsh dumps. but within pits." Britain had beaten them the weekend of August dents Jn the village of easy reach of London as Brian Sommerville, to lt." 8-10. Impossible • Graham Good Sipson said they didn't has already been pointed Festival publicist, told The NJF and the Thanks then to the all is the 35 year want a u Love•ln" or the out in Festival adverts the MM: "The organisers Marquee then went mystery virus the 1969 old A u s t r a I ian nu lsance of the noise. which name the West ol this annual festlvaJ ahead with plans for Festfval goes on at a Bui it's there - in an alleyway head of Or . Bird better site, much to the between a wholesale department and records who The second site was Drayton site. have considered Plump West Drayton only to be opposed by the council In a statement Issued ton to be the ldeaJ site faced with serious op~ re.lief of the Hlllingdon a kind of club for retired naval officers helped bring West councillor who said: .. I -that Gooda11 sees a British version Indian music - on the grounds that by the Festtval orga but have been thwarted sllion which could have narrow roads lea.ding to nisers announcing the over the pasl two years put thls year's festival In couldn' t be more de• of America's Motown Corporation bluebeat, ska and lighted with this news." slarting. rock steady-into the site would make switch In venue this by racing or other Jeopardy. " There are three rock s teady the c o m p etitive records in the charts right now. It's chart world. unbelievable. The way I see things developing Is that it will start a little Detroit here producing soul music from the coloured popula tion in this country.'' Impossible? Improbable? It Js hard to say at the moment but who would have said that a Jamaican called Desmond Dekker Fairport Convention p.resent ., would top the charts with a song titled "lsraeJites.11 Goodall with his partner Leslie Kong, a Chinese Jamaican producer recorded and produced Dekker's last two hits here in Br itain. They set up Dr. the new English electric sound Bird, a tiny but highl)f succes s ful independent move towards an English music. The Falrporl hove company who also issue WHEN THE Fairport Conven folk sound played on elec always played with tute Pyramid-Desmond Dekker's tion get back into harness fully tric Instruments is a calcu and treated their music -"'lliwr-..,a.nd a new JJ la bel. laled one and an attempt to with re5pect and wi\\ no Dr. Bird star ted in 1965 in the autumn they will be pre• create something d\s doubt do the same. with tli\s when Australian GoodalJ tmctively English in ap• new idea came to Britain. Only now senting their new English Elec proach and form. " We want to <:O nccntrate on "It's a conscious project," an album of English mate has their product started to tric sound. Much of this will says Simon. " We'll just fly, rial," says Stmon,'' and we stem from the addition to the explore it for a while. won't be afraid. to bring In " A lot of shops. a Dave's got an amazing other musicians and rantastic number, would not group of fiddle and mandolin knowledge in that field , singers. It'll be a sort or co• take bluebeat music. They player Dave Swarbrick, for There's a great wealth of operative venture. And we' ll had a definite bias against untapped music there. The be making another LP of it. There was a well known merly with the Ian Campbell only people who have been the sort of things we've doing anythi ng to It have done in the past but It will chain of record shops in the folk group and currently work been people like Martin and WesJ End who even when be impressed by the other ing with one of Britain's leading Dave and Tim Hart and an d probably come out ' Israelites ' was up at Maddy Prior. It's another more English." number 27 wouldn' t stock traditional revivalist singers, SIMON NICOL DAVE SWARBRICK form that hasn't been It. explored, in the same way The Fai rport are now eager to Martin Carthy. as the America ns have wit h get back to work full time "' This has obviously but they are faced at the affected the chart success We've always admired their music recently. ;~~~-erit !:acsh a t~~7t ~?~~ "Tyger Is writing some inter• moment with fi nding or the bluebeat records. Dave is hearo on the Dave. 1 can't remember another drummer to fi ll the BY TONY WILSON who's udea it was to get sound. And we're getting esting stuff in th e style of One shop laughed when we latest F a i rp o r t him a solid fiddl e from John English ballads but without gap left by the tragic death asked them to take 200 him to play but when we Bailey, a guitar builder." of Martin Lambie in the album " U n ha If. were doing the sessions, the dia lect or language copies or Desmond's record bricking " on Island, Continued Simon, " Dave's problem and without th e group's motor craS h or a on sale or return. They said by Bob Dylan, their we used Dave for a cer a really great guy to work archaic im agery wh ich cou ple of months ago. t99 would be returned but playing fiddle on tain sound. He fitted in so with because he has so makes them unslngable in •· We're still looking through recently released well, that it just went on much energy. It seems a the electric contex t. And the drummers who have " Cajun Woman/' shame to break up a :~t~~~ ~:~e)':ere written by Fairport single, and playing from there." Sandy's still writing, better applied to us. There's no !::n:-r:, mandolin on partnership like that but than ever, and so is shortage Of guys, The only Graham plans to equip a guitarist Rich a rd Dave Is expected to join the they have been together a Richard ." problem Is knowing who to studio at the rear or his another Dylan com• group somelime In Septem long time. But you do need The _i dea is certainly inter• check with, and knowing T h o m p s o n, " A ber after completing out change, that's a fa ct of life. Kensington headquarters position, " Million standing commitments with 8 who will Ht. which will give him more Sailor's Life," the ~i~; cr~!~~~~~r~mm f~e ~~f~ Dollar Bash." partner Martin earthy. ~•!rt~ha\/oU. mi~~ of50i1~ " You don't rea lly realise opportunity to showcase group's arrangement " What cllnched It for us was performer and perhaps th is ~~si~~~j~st! h:U~~ c~~~ld:; what you're looking for. It's the talents of the West •· Th~ album il the first time the way we did · Sailor's like having a jigsaw with a of a traditional Eng• we've worked with Dave," will give him a chance to touched and reshaped In Indian people. Life ' which was done In do things he might not have list sea-song, and explains Fairport's other one session. Dave and anyway. In fact it seems a ~,i=c~a~~ss!~i ie~:l~n; tti~~'. " My theory behind been able to do before." logical step in the ex " Si Tu Dois Partir " guitarist, Simon Nicol. Richard just played to one The Fa irport Convention's We ca n't plan a ppearances ~tf, '::i1 °-:Cn g':,~ :! periment with traditional or an album," work whenever the artist wants to. There won't be ~:~ w~:1nga~:t c~~hen5at; last train home to Biggio HIii and that we' ve been In the studio for two hours and must hurry up and get something down on ta pe. u Somehow the Wes t Indians know when ther e's a session on nt the studios we and Island have been JOE using and they Just hang around. In Jamaica Des• mond hung around the studios until he was given a break. " t can sec what w·\1 happen when we get the studio here is that they will be ha nging around in the alley - all with Ideas for songs. But then we'll have the faciJities to Usten to them and on the law of averages there'll be som~ thing." - R.E. l\1ELODY MAKER, July 26, 1969-PaR~ 17 We could have used a brown paper bag for a cover and it would still be one of the best Island albums ever produced. ISiand IrecOfdS lid basingstr"I JethroTulis new album 'Stand~ released July 25th.on Island records. k>ndon WI I Ml I flf>Y MAKI I<, July :11;, 1%'1 NBW NPSINCLBS • IIFC.IIJUS UUJ./1 JOUrnahst a nd lhf:' h1ghl)' dtvelnpc.-d con<.t'n\ration YRA NO. AU R S powers of the golfer tom T RIX: " King Of bine to giv1· l..aurie a I he Rumbling kind of sixth st-nse- Wht·u· pup single~ are C'On Splrt•, .. (Regal 7.onO• cerned. pho,w). " l.1ghl ,1 11 T'was he who loud amJ lh,· fin·,. it's the Kini: long procla1mt"'d " Harptr of 111,, Ru111bl1ng Valley PTA " a hit wht:n ~pi1 t•~. and h,•'s th., rest of the staff pooh poohed his claim!\ With om1ng out," 1:-. tlw mocking laughter suhst~rnrC' of Marc Later he prt!dicted the enw II o I ., n ' , t'lc I rifled mous success of " Oi,cy .. t,·,·nybop, <1nd th r,• by Tommy Roe whe-n the rest_ of us wer~ tittt-r1ng till' lt.•w Olh('r linC'S audibly ,nto our hetr th,11 nrc r adily Now comes Mis$ _Rile) 1d,•nt1finblP with another recording. I Hui 11 1.Jnt·\n'I tn81Ler 1 he consider 1t worthless JIIH,1'11 h1 n,,winJ,t uncl tittle-tatt1~ Laurie has nwloc.Ju;, 11ntJ how mnny not spoke-n yet, but J r 1n ~ ~us,o nur lyrlct. In await his verdict with lht 11 ••n1m·ly, c.·vc.•n when tainted breath. n rt·c.·o rti has hN;oml' an f'Sl,1blishc..' r, I'm all agog. Hornswoggle, than Blind typewriter. The,r wrote a cigarettes stuffed in their sixteen years old . Long the week, I would un Black Eyed Pea and his few insulting Imes, then shirt pockets, writing for legs, short-bobbed hair hesitatingly nominate beetles and stinking heat Ry the way, it was planned I don't suppose blessed lo feature the 200 Magic rhythm boys. But it's fled through the library the new Underground and a mouth that's a quite pretty and my hit window, pausing only to magazines, gaze keenly little too big. Well, don't ~~rds,f~rou ! m~:~wry sleep will come for one Barrel Organs of Bert instant Thighs on LP to herald expert, Albert Hit, says: sink a paper knife into at the "pop groups," blame me lads, that's interested to note, fail ·• 1t could be a hit." the chest of the butler. laugh gently and reject what is says in the hand• me. What IS this rubbish oil the launching of Britain's about? Strings thumping Blenk\nsop lll apace Yihaa. Holly sings soul with great them with a few terse out. J am now listening rocket , but this was dis- emotion and the tune is lines of copy calculated to the record. I am now JEANNIE C. RILEY: "The 5 HOLLY MAXWELL: attractive if somewhat to direct the thoughts of opening the air-lock and Rib" (Polydor). Col• rn~~~~~j~ifn~erJyj[~t i-""':i"'•if;n'i'01l.nsogr~rf'!ent~~~ "Suffer• (Buddah). Holl y spoilt by some wooden a thousand eager seekers pressing the red " Abort " league Laurie Henshaw is Yawn, yawn, look at the time, TEN past midnight of conlroJ three miles is a lady and a soulful drumming and old or truth, along the right bulton. Goodbye. a highly respected above Foulness. lady to boot. So cop a fashioned string writing. dragon lines. Cupid's journalist, dedicated to mouthful of Anello & have, however, produced ABRAHAM AND " getting the job done" ~~w_- F~~i~~e• ~~!~~~e\ GORDON SMITH: .. Too Davide and belt up. CUPID'S INSPIRATION: a piece not wholly devoid STRAUSS: " Lay A Little and the improvement or BRYN YEMM: "The Long•• (BJue Horizon). Actually I didn't say that. " The Sad Thing" (Bell). of inspiration. It has Love On Me" (United his handicap. Every now Train" (President). Bryn Yes. it 1s a bit. Gordon A team of ruffians sud• Times are a bit hard for strength and vigour. ll Artists). C o y n e s s and then the acute per• sings quite attractively, smgs tidily with neat denly burst into my the straight commercial could be a hit. abounds. If there were an ception or the trained and when I say that 1 mean he doesn't wiggle his tonsils at you, or sud . 'E··--w· pop· ALBUMS - ".- . ··... '~~~·~2-:-~ denly come out in a rash. l remember a singer who :N . . . .-~ _.: '•• ~. ~;- .. -~ .--~_,' -~t~~;; became distinctly un attractive every time he poisoned the air with his 11 THE UNAUTHORJSED inane bleating. Nol T ~~~m;~~H~:v~~). ''.ti,I~ VERSION: " Hey Jude " merely was he the worst Three-eared Men are a God (CBS). Seven past or present Lend an ear to the choraJ scholars from Oxford vocalist in South Ocken. send for lovers of rriystic- University turn to pop sinJJ· den, he used to spit at 1sm, Stonehenge, Old Track ing. The sleeve details their his audiences and insert ways, and the cosmic force vocal techniques and your an index finger in his ear lines. This a lbum could be• Third Ear Band ears confi rm their voices are and stir the contents in come an essential part or doing remarkable things, But the most sickening any amateur Sorcerer's kit the overall sound is simply unusual development. Their should ever they seem too singer Mighty Sparrow and awrul. It reminds of sym• manner imaginable. Simply strip to lhe waist In music Is absorbing, almos1 steeped in sadness, humour bandleader Byron Lee, known phony orchestras trying to Now young Bryn is entirely 1 0 hypnotic. One cannot doubt bubbles through as in the non ~~l"~c~!~ ~~Llc~!!Y as the Dragon. For ten years Ja:zz up "St. Louis Blues ·· free from such habits and ~ro; ~•~~ the musical ability or Richard rhythmic percussion break on they have been very popular and other pointle:ss pursuits. c~ncentrates on emoting the turntable, and bingo! - Corf (violin. viola), Paul "Si Tu Dols Parllr," Sandy, in Trinidad and Jamaica and one ls immediately In touch The worst album we've heard with charming sincerity. Minns (oboe, recorder}, and Richard, Ashley Hutchings, moke regular tours of Ame• for months. Includes "A Man By gum, I couldn't half wlth spirit beings Mystic Mel Davis (cello, slide pipe.s) Martin Lambie and Simon rica Both artists own record And A Woman," "Girl Talk" tllllt"•lallle aside, the Third Their leader and percussionist Nicel are: Joined by friends companies and have done a and "Autumn Leaves." ' do with a slice or toast, Ear Band are in truth, an is Glen Sweeney and guest Dave Swarbrfck and Marc lot to raise th e slandards of drenched In peanut ------arllsts include John Peel on Ellington on a couple or recording in Jamaica. The butte r. jews harp and Dave Tomlin tracks. music swings in the West on violin. Their work is Indian style and includes basically 90 per cent improvl• PAUPERS: "Ellls Jsland" " Born Free," '' Theme From sation. with themes as jum• (Verve) Fred Catero is the Dr Zhivago," " More " and ping off points, titled thus· engineer responsible for the "Try A Little Tenderness." " Egyptian Book or The " Cateroeternally Live Sounds a little old fashioned , Dead," .. Dragon Lines." Sound," who claims the but makes pleasant dance "Ghetto Raga," and "Druid slogan " how else can the music. One." It's a demanding mlx- arlist survive." He recorded 1ure of Eastern and European Blood, Sweat and Tears and NOVA LOCAL: "Nova I " Influences, an album by Nova, but this is (MCA). A bright and quite a much more advanced kettle presentable American band FAIRPORT CONVl:.NTION: or contemporary rock. The who sound as if they enjoy SWEENEY: 1 1nd Paupers have a mass or ideas their work without getting to ~~enha~1' \ii;g ,~eau5~~ df and talents, reflected not Only egotistic or involved. The tune Third Ear leader Fairport 1s I.heir open minded in their s1raight guitar, organ, "Tobacco Road " still holds approach to music. which bass and drums sound, bul In has no attltudt. only pose. enables them to play a variety ~~et~t~a!J~~!t~f A~:~~rcs 8 their choice and use of t:~r 1 or styles, while retaining a Skip Bifferty used to reuure a ~ecasi~n~~~· ~aas"ne~ic:,~i d1stinc1fve: sound On their b~~~ri;U1 i~ifaifike ~~~huT\a~ much requested version In p1pk1ng the •· righl " targets latest engerly an! iC'1pated Engl and, and Nova Local's His . albu_ms are i;harp pro i!bu~~::; Is:~;~• t~~~ m;;:~: ~~klin:~,:~~ ac;~~pan1~~~~'. outing with Randy Winburn ductlOI\ Jobs, with a driving 0 bnckgmund of_ . Muzak type humour or " S1 Tu Dois !'\di d 1a;e :~~!Ire r an t 1 ~= ~~o:rc~:al voe:~ isth~earlram:d roe~ , nea1 ed1tmg, and ju LE Wl5 RICH OF Parttr ·· b~· aob Dylan (" rr "Numbl'r~" A.dam Mitchell is Graham Be:11 version dicious u~e or canned laughter the man on guitar, piano and and applau~e In rac1 no one CAROt GRIMES OF RICH, GRIMES !'8'~~;:.,sGf~a1!!? b~u ·~ich~~~ organ. and he takes mos1 of MURRAY ROMAN: " Blind laughs morl! he:ar11ly (and & BABYLON Thumpl'ion whi< h showcues the VOl·al~ w,th Hrad C.imp, Man's Movl t' " (Track). more horribly) al his O\lo n Sandy Dt'nny',; insp1rinJ! bell (bMH•J Murra~ Roman eicudes bad \villic1,;m, and observatlon~ RICH, GRIMES vmtc 111 the dfJWn humt t:istt: He hu~ rnormf1us popu than Murray, and ,,,me or h,., &BABnON OlE WfP f NU,110N roc-kin11: ,,t · la1un Womun" MIGHTY SPARROW & lurll)' dmon,c gn,up!> ',\·ho de!>cript1<)t1, and ~UbJt:ct~ 'rlf •01t1n r,:;wooo 111ulhl!r l hompsun ~um BYRON LE.l:.• "~parro"' enJOY hi,; tdt'tcnc:i:~ tt, pot SOlf REPRESfNTA rJON 011c,...,,.,. .. ,u,cr1 CCIUld be quilt' funn) and p till • n l-.vcn .at their rn,-.al \1 f'l'lS 1 he- Or.agon., (Trnj~n) ;ind !>t' .m,l h,s '' RiRhl re-/ev nt 11 i,nl) thert' ',\ ere a 1Hf R08Eli:t ~TlGwoon ,.1111tOOK!ll W M.09171 rrn lt111~ r-afrp,,r1 ma1n1,11n ,1 lu•111n nf r"" Lur1bhc:an man ' .attitutll" tuWllrd~ ruc11,I hUlt nivrr ,.pnn1o1ne11y and ORGANISATION ,, Ml, ta ldul t1f}fltllQ1 h iJIIIJ t;1lrnl l<'.dUrtnj!' l,il• ,1!111 I ni \mrril ii and ru,11,; Vci hi- lr'is l't" park,iJ:rd • ln,-,-nl, .. 678ROOJi:::-iT Wl MAY9121 Ml· I ODY MAKfR, July 21i, HIR9- J•1i::r \\1 I h t' mu•II m11 ~ /IOI 11lrr11 h vu ur mint.I , hut n r,11 1111 1· 111,. 1,mr mu11 t r,lf'/l 'lrt nllY non OAWUARN ANDREW REVIEWERS : HILL ANORCW Hill " O ntll BOB OAWBARN, JACK HOTTON, MAX JONES Roo11 " Grn, Root• V•nture 1nw,111 d M1 r1 Soul Spac ial Balou R11d (Blue Note RST LEFT TO RIGHT: Derek Humble, Ronnie Scott and Sahib Shihab ~fl horn) Di1k1 Jord•n lf no) , ~E!~r(PEr:!ln ~~~,rongoann l~!, e~!w:'erJ:.)ln (bu1) r1nk (bna) , Freddie W8ltl jd11) 1e\f.1mpoi,d rt1trir L.ib) 1 a,c~~my THE (;;g,~; :J11 p~:~ 0 1 JonH (dro) r•placea Jordan t11 lt o}i 0:~ :'1~~~ p~~hnh~! and Brown t'X plrtin w hy I fi nd ll r1tht-t 8 Jeu ,ntert-it1ng than mor.l Ctf Just let the band s o N~1~e !i'1;.;e ~:st ~:~ Hill'fl rc-etnl wnrk s iMcnt Jan soloists ewer the Thr..-e nf thr trac-k s hnv t" n rnth<' r ohviou 11ou l c-o ntext r:~6v21~/eb~f ~ c:n:;:~1n';- while two Al~ h avt what ms rrom a mert' Parker Jell} Ro ll Mo rton u-.td to c:• 11 lmilator in the early 1950s he 1he Spnnish tinllt In con text, SONNY has produeed a good deal or tht' music r» fin e b ut hl!I warm, enjoynble music roiled to s 1re1ch Hill, tither Al blast your head off I, person a lly, have II slis;ht r,Nfo rmer or compo11tr of all preference for his work o n li ve pieces. to his llmlt!i pau,e whil e all 1ho!'le regular STITT teno r but on this album he Mo rgan sl'em~ morr .it KENNY CLARKE, FRANCY BOLAND AND THE 1 " T HE recording is a correspondents w ho ~e ncl mt plny11 highly sophis llcated, hOm t nnd plays some plt0!\Unt bit soft," shouted BAND: " Live At Ronnie's," ALBUM 1 - Box 703; pieces of s tring wUh which to thoroughly prortssional nlto solos and Ervin l!I o hnrd man Gigi Campi, master Griff's Groove; Volcano; Love Which To No loved ~et knotted, pick _ thcms<' lvcs backed by the arrangements to ho ld down, blow1na hi.s up from the Axminsttr. of the late Tadd Dameron and USUAi hlRhly e Ktro vtrt 1e nor mind and patron of the One Permits Excuse For Loving; Now Hear My I'm just ns 11mued as you J1mmy Mundv for o neat, Tht rhy thm sectio n 1, nice Clarke - Boland Big Meanin'; And Thence We Issued Out Again To Hea r are, particularly as I would punchy, Jillie brass grouo nnd tiG,hl and never ohtrud(~, never have nssOcintcd " Blues Band, on the phone The Stars. ALBUM 2 - Rue Ch aptal; I Don't Want In addition to Stilt there Roots" wilh Brubeck. And are ~o mc good lhlnRs from :~t~;~t~ ,:~loi:~e~~~het' artl)' from Cologne, " turn Nothin' Sax No End; You Stepped Out Of A Drea m, the intro to "Umrhousc" Blue Mitchell and the two A pleasant, ratht•r 1hl1n o the volume well up." Fellini The Girl And The Turk; Kenny And Kenn y. al most confirmed my worst trombones and passable noises memorablt olhum - BOO !\utplcions with ,ts heavy• from the organ 0 /\W RARN. We did-and n(flrly go t (Polydor 583 054, 583 055) . hnnded irrelevance. Thert are knocked over rrom the Francy Boland ( pno). Kenny Clarke, Kenny Clare some nnsty moments on opening explosion of " Bo>. " ,lo urncy " when ht' ovtrdoes ( drs ), Benny Bailey, ldrees Sulieman, Dusko Gojko his Rom ont1c :1pprna1.:h and I 703." But Gigi is right, the vic, Tony Fisher (tpts). Ake Persson, Nat Peck, Eric am not On(' hundrt>d p,r cen1 in brief only way to en_}Oy these happv ahout thl' ust> of two volumes is to clear non van lier (tmbs), Derek Humble (alto) , John " Honky Tonk Pinno " - o sympathisers out of the nie Griffin, Ronnie Scott, Tony Coe (tnrs). Sahib normal piano with cardboard • In his lnforrnatlv1 slu ve • eenlui. With ten lingers h b ma gnifi ce nt a lbwm w ith 54- 1n the- :;trlng!i - on " Roo ts.'' nolO on DJANCO : DJANGO play in g wowld be ln1posslble year -old Lo uis pl ayfng som e. house, get betwl!en the Shihab (sop, bari) , Ron Mathewson (bass). Ron or the ben jau of his speakers and let the band But the~e arc mlnnr crlt1 • REINHARDT ANO TH E QUIN With only two good fi ngers on nie Scott Club, London, February 28. 1969 c1sms when lhe mon pl ays TET DU HOT CLUB OE h is ll'fl band h is pl aying Is ~nac:r:sa r: ;le T:::;,e:i~ ~ ~~on':: blast your head o ff . FRANCE (CBS lt ealm J a n mlracwlows, lly the way, one exrellent piano.- particularly Barney Blg a r d, BIiiy K1l o, Various factors lead up lO .5lll3) , Aluls Korner e nd s up J er-ry Mengo Is respon, Jblo on " Cross T1e.c; " which I " ... A MAN , who In 43 , hort hOf't ror the worst voca ls I've Arvcll Shaw, B• rrott Ot-ems the outstanding success of work is beautiful t n this al• The- Guvnor takts A tho ught would nominate n,; his be.st over heard on l' l! COrd wlU• the and Vcr lma Hlddloton, he ful vocal on "One f o r My years, produced mor1 music these albums The superb tractive Boland numbe r. solo on record. tha n mHl or us could hope to 0 lra rs Into tho boautlful songs skill of the musicians, the Ak l!: Pers.son must he c,ne d Baby •· whkh ~ears 110 re Mu ll igan, of course, mny do In rour-and•a•h•lf ctn ~"!~r;~°n~i ~rf:::.se,rc0:or~:~: of W C Handy - " Loveless mu sical camaraderie lhey·ve the world"s leading trombon !iemblance to Sinatra's. and hove something to do with il turlu ." All the evidence of " Da rk«,wn Strutters ball.'" Love," " Aunt Hag,ar•s- esta blishro over eight years ists He has a rat, middle-of plays relax.ld horn throughout oll nnd he, too, hnsn't sounded necesHry to ,;upporl this - J.H. the a lbum postwlatlon Is on then tracks ~1:~,i~~~sB•-:::ru!!':!•t Oluo:,:; or ~o. thi. "tiihtening-up " Lh e-note sound and punches so revil.3llsed on record for blows gorgeous toned, crack· out wholly satisfyin g solos 0 - " Oh, Lady Be Good,"" f'ffec.t of sev eral days at th:r~~s~ ~sor~~~a:~5 some t ime He and Brub<>ck " Dinah," " Confe.ssln'," " I • Wh•n LOUIS ARMSTRONG ling horn. What a perform• completely devoid uf tri,iali i~!~~;~: indulge in a gem of a PLAY!. W. C. HANDY (CBS anu. The qualll)' sags at Ronnie's. the fri t;.ndly audi c;hc: ws an arch sense of hu Saw St.a rs," " Tlg1r- Ro19 ," ence al fh t' cl ub, the desire u e.s. c.)unterpoint poss axe on "The Conllnt-ntal," ' ' Blwe Re81m Jan S2067) was re times when Velma Mlddloton Kenny Cl.1rke's and Kenn_~ mour on his melodic excur leased In Brllaln ln the mld takes the mike bul she hH nr the mu.c;r c,ans to t1rO\'• Full marks too, to Six and, DJango enthusiasts have h ad were no eAag~ern tion mickry surely ii would b~ o m3k e- use c f mort. dy n:im ks them for years. For younter to Armstrong after lht rlu. Of yow are colle cllnQ And, like a dream, every part1culnrly, the eKcellent coll ec tors wllhout the m this ts thlrllcs or early lor lles Whal Ar m , trong and don' t •lnady t-and with two drummers. but 1n his clay in g drumming of Alan Dawson. - Uu ng jelled nn Febru:.iry 2 The rhythm section 1s an wnb•llevable. bargain at fools they appe•r In retro this, don' t hHlla;;;";;,• tu provide some of the ~ st gimmicks are lhe last thing BOB DA WBARN, 25s lld. Th• man WH simply sp11ct. This was, •nd Is, • ~~.:t ----"I you'll find with this lot Just springy with ban101 t dostable tracks e,•er from une cf the music, music, mu•ic -JACK dispensing wtth the mstrU• world's top b1~ ~ands KUTION ment''8 customary roughnHS r ---.~bo"'u'!'l.A!,t,il,.... ~Bi!!B!'/8._i~s""'~ a nd turning It Into a s wingy rhythmic a id This Is a Boland's wntina: is a li tt le straightforward set with an in da1 ed. After hours 4,)0 Hl : Jau. 10.0 Bl: Mike Smith (Hwghes l"anusle) U .20 • r.ll5h Sl&ndard Tlmt' Raven's R and B Show. 11.0 • l HZ : Radio Jau tOgulno. U .0 FIIIDAY (lS) and 2: Bul of Jan (Humph) T: New Orlaus JF (Sarah 410 • m J ; J • u Unllmlted V1w9han, Armond Hwg). 12,lS CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENT DEPARTMENT "MELODY MAKER", 161-166 FLEET STREET, LONDON, E.C.4 Enquities: 01 -353 5011, Ext . 171 , 176 & 234 1111 1 PRESS DA TES. Every effort will be mode to include clo,sifiod advertisom nts received of tor 10 a.m. on the Friday pr•v1ou lo w rtk uf l'uhli, "' CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS BROUGHT INTO THE OFFICE WILL BE ACCEPTED UP TO AND NO LATER THAN 5 p.m, ON THE MONDAY PR VIOU rO nAY 01 VIJIIIICAflON ALL CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING MUST BE PREPAID 1 111 1 Jli. Publuhen ,.'°"' tl'te rio,htfro ,.N,. 0, wtlAJrtrw~,•• _,. ol ftt.W~ -tr•llon Alff'IOVil'h•••1yn>le II M~~ l'O(h'Okfm,,h.i.e,, '""'°'' no11,1, ..wi,,t,i. ,.., '"''"·'' 1W !" " ' ' .,,..,. JI. pur word ATTRACTIYI OINLS fM lhl l,11 d•nrh111 Stnd 111111111 111111 dtllllll• l\ftrr)' ~ Ulln ltnl JO 111 11 1 1 al\c"'\6~:(1'vS ~::1~~~l'(~·~r,~, AMAtNUtt •t1Nf'IWNIUNI ll•rnl r1•1ulu work wllh a111111ry Mull yum ,1111111• HI 1v111 , •Hh A., '" k1!11llu1 • Mw111 111 11 )1 11111 1'•1 :~~~('UH~t"' -~~ul11~~~~1ii1 r~~1:~:1·; 1111 1111 eulhu•Uon l"~r,l'lrl1'nl"l'I ut w-,1\d~n11 AM~~,:~•1~ ~ n'U~~iv 1111111111 rlll'rpll1111• 1rnd 1111 )IMrllf'I 111111111 '411 IIPlflt(II hi pUl•ll•II 11011 l~t ht.r th1I Tri 01 'tU ~I It 1d11y) 1r1111 111 •11111 111 111111• 111111 1r>tu111 1 11 I 00-CO C III LS w1111h•II lmn111 :~::: .'i'11h , 11 11 ri~tv:~uu cllltll'II)' for wnrk Ill l)('fl!IIMI k !::: l:,:;~::; 1111 !,~,i~ry fr~~lO "~-~~1~~1\;:;nJ':1~"1: t11~1~i;:;~~.,~~~;-+11tl ~!!'I~ •••II ~:~:i 1111111 111111111 IIIY IYI 11,11 f'.111t,•1h h}()d l'hCllh' Nlt'I• W,•nkl'III, >"111rnbornualh. 11 1u11i. , •s1n1t ~.·:~,1: .. .i-,1;w.~::::!~· .'.~:,,:i: '"~•n'~·~ hllld 11111111 , II "lf'II l ' l,h1nltl 11411" WANTED ANflANO MJ:NT!I "1'0'4" ., 11 11 ~;i·:~ , !11:•11•l/fi'1':~. r.1111llhn~l~~l:~~I~ Artistes wonted for Prog,es lll'ltUUI tlruukhlill 1nn tll/10 41111 ~0111 ~lvo Promotion Company with f'.'AN' r WMIT MU , IC' f 1'1111 a view to record. Please s•nd 11111" 1 Wllll"II F111111 llllll'tl Ill tupes and photographs to !I'll 1'11,111 Yhc.. ~Mt'O~t~?.(~~t~~~~:,~~j u~:-~ P.O. Box No . 8530, c/o 11111" n1 1111" 4:IPII Melody Maker 161 166 tl"-ftN MON V • oNCWflll'INO Fleet Str.et, London, E.C 4 AmnhllC ht't' 111111k 111111 how I. 't N . IO 11 ~, llrycll'li l'tllillllll'tl 1111 o,-roi 11 tlttl'(I!, l.1111(lun, WI 411 111101111 VOCALISTS WANTED N • AHHANtMMINTI ttf 111111 111 11,, o, 11,,,1 Your nr111 1111111111•1 flt•t· H1•111I 1111 1h1h1lh 10 H1111ht ,, Mu,lt •I /'l~t\'h ••• • 11i11 UUt'llll HI, l'11r1•1111111th MU .. C 10 l YR IC, \/oh,, tu1w Ill N111lh111 )' Av1•n111· w,,n,hh•v. 01 UUJ :1•1111 QUALITY D MONITflA TION 111«•011h NUfllll)' ll(llli lnllllllf"tl11I lh•t< Mu•h ., Ulutlml ltmul BEGGAR'S FARM lh•run ('r1111 tilllkt·, Nllllh require YOUR OWN 1"11111• llt•11111!1111(11 llhlld4'n 1·11 Ill I l'nlrth, I\/\, t' ru, Progressive Blues tli'l!IIIII, II ,I rulf'V ,·"111 1 Tu llt-, N,1rvl11• NP,1lh\'. li11•ut Vu111111111h ORGANIST a nd JAY'S 01SCOTHIOUI! fut 1111 tit C"llll lt11l 1' 111 tlw !-lnuth DRUMMER rlnw J,"ortll11whrldJC1' lhnl • 20711 Enquiries: STUART, SHSEY 2499 HHYlh111• SONCWAITURS M1n1t WI llh•u CONCERT REHEARSAL BAND, hi vour I'll ln1, 11111.t Vh I' VI' Leylonslont'. all lnslrumtonts - Slll)f'th dt•mu .,,rvlt ,. 500 2390. 11rr1U1Mt'lllt1 lllt1 - Ut•l:1lh fnun DEDICATED PIANO, BASS and Vl'rno l.ttl lh1rfl11wh,11 'lllr1·l. BRASS players required ror Chl l,lnwrlt-k lrf'l1111d cai;:-o Janband rormlng Jn North Lnndon. - Box 8534 DRUMM E R, HARD DRIVING PRO URGENTLY requires good : :ll~:r~:c. pk:!iup,_ "8own:~1;!~ 55580 UMMEA/VOCALIST , PAO· Profeuionol G OOD HAMMOND ~:~~\ ~ouih~':nu~IL~t'~d. R~:~ ORGAN OR O UI' with EXCITING JI! 1ype:-. or music:. - Box 853f. (UTURE REQUIRE EXP E RI E NCED DRU MMER tor residency (Provinces} Must play all t)"Pl'S mod(•rn mm;lt' - Box LEAD GUITAR/ 8524 VOCALIST VOCALISTS FAIRGROUND (preferobly Pop/Soul in fluenc.d ond J/. per worn A FOLK ORIENTATED G ROUP good lmoge). Mu1t be ovollable lo ACID/ ROCK , p1uw:ru11v,• 11 111 1lgn og,ncy, monog,ment ond record• r~11i11,i11~~iniH~u1111 Mll'k , '1'11p Ing controch. FLAUTIST Phone, SHNCH MocCULLUM, oft-er• HARMON Y S IN C• ft 11•1•k11 lfrtlUIJ nOCN'II , 0202 21005. ACCOMMODATION WANTED nct•dlnir \l()l'tll "ln'll1Cl hl 1ln11 Ill OR REED PLAYER London lltllll, - On,c ti5311 (mole o, femol•J 1/ 4 porword T WO Sl!Nl•PROFISSI ONAL hqu,n~ Woo4chu,-ch (Kent) 464 QUALITY DRUMMER for very WA NTID !Cit'( pr•C'llt,('f Interesting group doing orlglnal av GI RL S IN C• RS RIOUI RI WORK, turnl,,hrd 1h11, 1.ondon, 1n: ALSO HARMONY 8ACKIN C, material LP out ,soon Cl1• l''(pl'nsh·I' - R J 0t':U!O n m ~~ • ~:~~~:a~~~ •~ s:u ~e~lrcd, Imminent, no rubbish - Phone gz~~h11rn D11nd, RM' llt'nlo-4' i:i:~~n. •,.~c .TOl'bM:p1:, WEL 4244. Speak to Ja'ne t:~t'~~ CUITAR VOCALS, good nll KUburn, NW6 ln~~e~~i':,t J ~:u~"::i:, f~~1gJ~~{ ~~~~d~~nct~~!Cr, ~t:o:~~d!'cc{c~ material LP out soon Clas Tt-1 OLE3_ 231189 Imminent No rubbish - Phone CLI 3544. Speak to Mar\dy Known progNHlve lland SCOTS GUA• DS • AND 11 115 vac a ncies for expcrlenccd musicians Knewn ,,,..,....,,. ~ In all sections other t han t ro m• ltluet lteMtl, r~ul,..._.•cl•• ~:t~g;,. i;;' D~ ~~to~e~~ll:.u:rc. ?Ji\~ HAMMOND ORGANIST Guards, Bi rdcage Walk, London SWI. Tel, 01-130 4488, ext. ~78 and BASS PlAYER SOLO GUITARIST, vocalist, Then you're also very wise. A sm• II Loungc 'Bar, cach Thursday only GROUPS Centact Ge--444 3S4f - Greenwich '692 1337 advertisement in the classified columns ('•inc"' ••MX>•ouoh 3549) T ENOR SAX and orranlll of Melody Maker ceh thln1s movin1- I UR GEN TL V Nli• D AN ::~Jed _veilea~:•~r~i s':4r ~:fJ HERBAL REMmY f_- •-1-t! Whether you're buyin1 or sel• ORGANIST WITH OWN OIi.CAN , aflcr 6 p'm TROM• ONES & Saxes Rehear• GROUP MANAGER lrn1,, lookin1 for musicians , or after ~~~mnl~ ub~1gt-1~°u1-ilr~Jf;p, to" I?~~ 101 bond - Lcytonstone 500 2390. IAN MOZART bookings, Melody Maker is there to help En r111" and rwho 111 w ll llng to tour VACANCIES liXIST In the Man• ARE YOU 1 1 8 chester ond So ltord Police Bond BOOKINGS: you: ;~~r~:n~R!~11 ' ;r,t baet;f%t~rt ·~~ ror oboe, clarinet, snxophonc ond Jihrlnn Cray, 3 llnnover Helm• horn . Appllcanls would be re• WELWYN GDN. 26676 hOlllllflllll(' )3, W Ge rmany quired to join and serve as c LEAD GUITARIST Uri,:l'nll)' for constablc In tht:! Manchester and AND CET RESULTS FAST! icood ,cml-pro group, work -wait• Salford Police. They mus, bl' of a Ing when rcheused, tran,porl minimum ht•r word lll'I b11rllont• for 'IOU I lllmd work C.9' 0 UPS PHOTOCIIIAPHEO 11111 - Alllln 12 BcftUCll'rr lld. ll'\\I01111 11, "l·I huuh 01 '"·' London, we 040-' VOUNC VERSATILE 11.'ad gul GROUP PHOTOS it,I t'll\lbl1· ,001 t, li.. ltl"f> 0.~••I ,t,,.,.o! .... 1ar\lt 1doubllnj1: b11~s1 to }11ln pro group. mu~I be l'Xpt'th'Otl'd - prln'~ M"u· N1·11 MIi l'lwtu 1011 ,._ s., .., i.o,,d<,n !(1 11r,1rhll 111 qM4 1:hlll RO ff:t".'fl~ NEW XTRA MOR£ LPs Impressive debut album from Blodwyn Pig LODWY PIG ; " A Head li'I I hr\ l I I 111h ,1 111,thh,11 B Rings Out " (bland). Blodw)' n Pi1t havt' MOlfMtoTt Al.Ml, NOI.TKCOtl A.YINl>I n• 1::.. kl 00 104,lllU,U HOA.WAT IUJ.Hl•M IOAl>I ..,_.~~=-..:~ ::..: ~-;:;,t:~9 ~~.!': ~ ,:."'.: ..-: ~~~ O ~-~ :.A.£,~:j{l.~ (<)fau" IOUtMAU., ,.,OO,\IUJ. OAVl AU.AH ,aoMOTION.I STARLITE llltlS.H IAl\1 IOUTMA.l1 ~~~ ,1 · '- ~~@:CV? ~~~ FARX IUUI, 1:11. , ... 101, 1'1 01 HS BEAT CONCERT '69 BALLROOM I All.lNDAU •oA.D ~ (~) licb1t9/il (_()ouJt{ ~ SUDIURY TOWN '™• 7 * THE AMEN CORNER • .opening -~ (LYClUrX'. STRAND, W ,C.2) • * THE CASUALS • VANITY FARE ~ Midnight-Down ~ <> 1 l GROUND.HOGSO0 SUNDAY, 27 AJlY, 7.0-11 .0 oJ. ANoY ouNKUY uO>tn" • .,., ,ns ••iNoow I * BANDWAGON • Next Sunday: MISUNDERSTOOD nu U(Pft TATIONS * SPRINOFlllD rARK SUNSHINl * SHOO STRING IAND }c GARY IUCHANAN CA•IIHAN IAND SIR RO'v"HARPER i MUSIC EVERY NIGHT . .. fre1h-ftt1 •1'14 .,._,D.JJ. r;~,::g::,~. ::-.:: •;::•-: 1 14 and Sunday lunchttn,e, 12~2 pm 1ftacln •••1.,..1• • II tie)' c••• •-ll•ltl• COXONE [ l ~ ECLECTION ), 0 Ath"•ulan fr•• aua,1 S•tin4ay al Ath",nlen I••• all u,n,...,, at 0 SATURDAY, AUGUST 30th, 1969, 3.30 till late + TOP GROUP THE KENSINGTON· THE TALLY HO! ~" LIVERPOOL SCENE ? IU!.Stl\._~.:,:~~:o~A~ t0AO fORI(~ IK)AO, K(NllSH TOWN • ROYAL LANCASHIRE SHOWGROUND, BLACKPOOL TH( FAIUlOUS Tlck•tl ht ..,,.. _• U •• - ...,_ Ny Cl '-< JODY GRIND t(E 2113 ll 9101)'~) 6l, 7l":,~l1. 2u .. • a..,o lu,., ~ 1 .~ •• rO "''"' 11 •p,r-1 ~ 4_, J ..... \.,. ~ 1\1 ,;:.,.,,,t. lo.,., f ~I I BLACK "' -'"" Q;1• H."'1..- , .... ,,, .., \,,i...... , • ... ---~ o\ CRAB NEBULA LIGHTS ~o I lh.,,,drgl 111 P"'- 'Y-_ D.J. ANDY DUNKLEY STAN GREIG QUARID BRIAN GREEN NEW 'J. wiflt DAVHHIPHERO VELVET ol ADMISSION 20/ - (o Ftdo-, 111 ,.,.._ ORLEANS STOMPERS 10/• h~~ lllrM Z:,t., STUDENTS 16 '· (on p,oduct'°" of SU. Co,d, onl y) ~ TIO WOOD JAZZBAND HIAN UMOH ir_.1 W[D.t 30th JUL '1 ~tlll~,. .,..-.,. JOHNNY alCMA.DION 11>, ,1 Enquu,~\ "k-cno 11n9 01-73.A J.i6,4 ~ I COUN ,ra1100K ('°,.J THI FABULOUS SWINGU g0 FREDDIE MACK IS BACK BOBWA1US W"dor h••'(N""' n , • "' wndoylo;11d11- 111p"' ~S-'at N,,,.,, t lOJO I'"' ~o~X · OtV@/6)Av~ I BIU Nlll'SGOODTIME BAND TAUY HOI BIG BAND TAKE ONE WILD SOUL BAND, THE DUKE REED 1 0 ·. "'1'!1fo'H~ Mx' ~ 805.SA 4 Mc,,,do' • 11 p SWINGING ATMOSPHERE OF THE . M<)l'lojof orid 1_..y 111 p,.• OHNNY RICHARDSON TRIO HlAN llMON .,. r WHISKY A'GO GO AND YOU'RE JOHN WILLIAMS ,.....,, 111,. ALL SET FOR A GREAT NIGHT. JOHNNY HOWARD TRIO DENNY OGDEN OCTET W~II)~"' ~Wfld J\.ldd ,aoeto• (f"l\l>ID,~ HIAN BAND UMON <-'iOllt'} KCNNY NAPH• ALAN LITTLEJOHN/ MONDAY, JULY 28th LAURA LU • DANNY STREET e TONY STEVEN luu l"HIL SlAMIN (Or-I 1-11 111 TONY MILLINER QUINTET THE GOLDEN ~ . ..,..,. Jl ..,.r.sttt ---.c~rffl:\l...... WU •1~t11, STAR CLUB 41 W•1tb..,m• R-tl WIMBLEDON TOWN HALL oft Motk,-nal• Reotl, N.7 Saturday, 26th July ,. ,.,. 607 6S73 OPEN EVERY NIGHT THE JOHN DUMMER r.-ou,;11-, ~•e"'' A Fa11to,tl< Show SIMON DUPREE ffill Woekefttl BLUES BAND ' ".Jo • is,., WHISKY ~GO GO Sole Rep.1 RONDO PROMOTIONS ond The BIG SOUND PR:ESENTS 7 Kensington Church Court, London, W .a FINGERS plus D.J. EMAIIIUEL THE SKATALITES 1 Ring Tony Hodge, at 01·937 3793 BAND 1;y~rh DEMON FUZZ Sci1..,,d,H lr.•., tHI DYNAMIC : ~;-tr. ALMANAC MY51'\C SIR WASHINGTON ptu, I ~7°J,h CIRCUS .1l\3J~l\~ "'A viessuR;:'· TRNCENT COUNT OWEN VIC ALLEN AGENCY : :~Jh EXPLOSIVES I ,~~:~ KING CRIMSON n.t.SMA•IO,Ab IOOU OOIMt 11o11,_ tw-4 Scwnd~ lloy A,..,y O...nkley l'U,P.U.Uf()Nl4'0,1'0 J_ ~-~ ~~D~UR STREET, W.1 01-4377676 J Ll9htt by Optk N4of'Ye , •• SunlMr,9 tCtme Mfdy thrcw9h oUf' wtfttlow today NOaTH lOMOON S MOU THE BOB DYLAN-Don't Look Back GotoFi'NGiRs OPEN_A_IR CLUII - DISCOTHEQUE IMPLOSION AT THE CHRIS BARBER w,• "°" --• ...... • • SI 1'(10-«llofl M •• I "'""!VI"' '°" 19 JAZZ & BLUES IAND W•II Hall load. 11th•"'• s.U ELEORK ONEMA CLUB PORTOBEllO ROAD , .... A.nhw•J S,_Ke" J min.,,_• SHC.;.lh OUISTS SA lUlDA YS Wed./Thur., 30/31 July, 10.15 p.m. fN A CONCDT Mr 20 CHRIS IA.RIEi O,..,.ew..-,,."'9, 1 ,.llO,.J .... ROUND HOUSE M/shlp 2/6 Allffl , S/- ro, OOWNHAIH • OISCOTKIQUI • IAI CHA'..!( FARM RD ., N.W.1 THE LONDON JAZZ ..._., THE PEDDLERS , .. ·•-4• ...... ~, 111, "'- CENTRE SOCIETY ..._. t HUMPHREY LYTTRTON ••••••••••••••••••• SUNDAY, JULY 27, 3.30 - 11.30 Siil ll.B. SOUND S'fSUN\ SUNDAY, 27th JULY .,. 16 ALSTI,WART 1· ICA TONIGHT. JULY 24th • lNO"\M a, --AMtllCAN , .A. SOUNDS Admission 7 6 I I sHtRLEY coLuNs • NASH HousE DJ. COUNT8l11Y JUNIOR 8 p.m. CARAVAN • 1 M~u,Mac~.. ,~:::!RE . ,.. ,o CY GRANT • !~~ -~All + FRIENDS • BLOSSOM TOES Booking Office CIT 7656 c...... ··--· 1• 930 6393 8.00 p. m. 7/6 el !..._ __'.c. "..:'·..:"..:" ;;.;."':..._--- ~ STEAM HAMMER WIFORNIA BAllR00M L• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 1 WN,....M• •-- . 0-it•W• •1104 THE .,.., wll h ...... _. ran wlltl ..It QUINTESSENCE SATURllAY, JULY 26th I ...... _, ..... ti"""'• "''" ...... CAMBRIDGE .. ., .. ,,...... '' , .... THE CRYSTALS At Alton Towers JAZZ HIGH TIDE "Da Doo Ron Ron" 1 FESTIVAL Ce, i,ail l....,_...• cw-,.. 1- ••'"- on Sunday, July 27th CORN lXCHANGl JEFF DEXTER "king's arms" 3Qth.Jlst Augu,t and l,t September, 1969 RANCH ROOM 213 ll•h•p,9al• Fil ms/Stalls/ ond more ICcimu of l",nd•• s11 ... 1) SATU•DAY1 DISCO every TuHdoy the fabulous Nrw OIUANS DISCOTHEQUE lights by Insanity Machine/ RAY & ANDY'S IOAO SHOW • BARRY MARTYN'S LANGSTON HOil(, KINGHAM wilh Gu••• D.J,, OXON. KINGHAM 207 Block Sun Admlu,ew1 fr•• RAGTIME BAND N.-ot LI'"'•' o.">I Str••t S1ohon 81 3<' • "' ORINk. Till l.AlE • KfN COl Yet'S JAZZMEN Oonb at ptib pncot • BRIAN GREEN'S Sl'lllC',t o, lull "'MIS Sandie tltDAT. JUlT " ... STOMPfRS KRYSALIS • SAMMY RIMINGTON'S Mn.MOAT, JIAT ,.... EDUCATION CARDINAl JAZZBAND "-US ou• oo oo 01au ~~ll~ Shaw • PARAGON BRASS BAND MRY SUNDAY I-Midnight also SUNDAY, ADMISStOH rlU DIXtll.ANO & MAINSTl(AM ENGLAND'S FIRST • KENNY BAU'S JAZZMEN DJ. COMPETITION BLOIS flSTIVAl ~ tO•ll fl~ 6 rwcord1olyou1 PrevtOUSIY at Windsor and Sunbury Will NOW be hid at • AllXwtlSH <' rtlOtC'e ~ be • DJ fh-to The Consortium lU•IIIJ,l'I lf Nq\111'-.d\ Ca.ih PON Q•\"eft An NJF/MAROUEE presentation MONOAYt •~ Sundt, fOf tM bNt O J 1 /one of Britoins great new groups) MODUN plu• • ('01Uf9C_. fol the lololflMI ol 1h• l1notatAug1>11l1t\l RACECOURSE Compere: Lionel Hampden, "ATV Today" • RONNIE SCOTT 8-PIECE Near LEWES, Sussu • TUBBY HAYES QUARID 1,,steod of WEST ORA YTON Pop concert on the Alton Towen open oir stage Storh 3 p.m. • DANNY MOSS QUARID near London Airport with Jeannie Lambe SIR PLUMPTON At Alton Towers, former home of the Earls of Shrewd> there.is always so much to see and do with the mostury. TRAVEL: By rood obout 45 milH from London. 10 miles from Brighton, Toke A.23 or A,22 (A,275) PERCY mogniRcenl gardens in the British Isles ond O ho.st of turning off at 6.2116. Sp&etCII LATE TRAINS after end of show each night to Vlctorio and Brighton. QUINTET permanent uttroctions such as the sea-lion pool ond auiol for special party and cllt:ap travel ratel contact NJF Secretory ot the Marquee. ARTISTS: Fri. coble cars PINIC FLOYD, SOFT MACHINE, KEITH TIPPETT. el<. Sol., BONZO DOG BAND, ROY HARPE~, n..,. 1••'- :- ~OI \ t ~S THE WHO, CHICKEN SHACIC, FAT MATTRES:;, JOHN SURMAN AYNSLEY DUNBAR, YES, JOHN It should be noted that there is no additional charge fo, , -....:-. tf.A.t'INQ MORGAN. ICING CRIMSON. etc. Sun., THE PENT ANGLE. LONG JOHN BAL DRY . THE NICE. THE the Pop Show $91 ,.,.,~ IU,M, BULL ,,,.,,,,,.. l,,)UtM '1'11 FAMILY, •HAIR" , CHRIS BARBE~, KEEF HARTLEY ECLECTION, BLODWYN PIG, et<. TICKETS, Don•1 Standard odmiuion charges upply ...... lkh...... loa,I ...,.,. ,..., t\... , °" forget the SPECIAL TICKETS available in ADVANCE ONLY . Weekend t2, Se',11on £2,10,0 (,av• Adults J. /.f Children half price l••t ShNn, S.W ,14 .... IONOON M .'OIi, ~ N over £ 1 J, from: Marquee. 90 Wordour St., W. 1. (437 $601 ), Keith Prowse, 90 New Bond St., FREE PARKING SI.RIIOAY , 27ftl; JULY W. 1 (493 600()); Abbey Box Office, 27 Victoria ~t., S W.1; One Stop Records; Twickenham Trov.l , Alton Towers, open ~oily, between k ortd Uttoxeter, v, 22 Church St., Twickenhc,m, ond all usual ogencuu l .. sc:en,c North Staffordshire CHICKEN SHACK MELODY MAKER, J u ly 26, 1 IILL r·--···························································································································· ~ Lewington : CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENT DEPARTMENT ! l lM I , If Q lUDWfO $\.per o.,,.. tl9S ::'. "MELODY MAKER .. , 161,1 66 FLEET STREET. LONDON, E.C.4 !: WDWIO Sup« O..nk n25 I.U ~A-_W.U Enquiries: FL Eet Street 5011, Ext. 171. 176 & 234 SONOt ..... ,_._ge,111 w Tlli..01 -2.tl)OSf' ,_IMKI .,_ ,.o.l U0 ...__t,C)..).JO.Al.,.SAT CAltlON, 01 -• tlOO Al TO SAXOl'NOMS ~ PRESS OATES . Every effort will be mode to include classified odverti.semenh received after 1 O a.m. on the Friday previous to week of • ftNDII Strotoco11e, t10 $,f\Mfl Ml. vt --- tllt public.olton, SUPIO 5,-cW ~ ot UO COOlffOC$ .. ,..,. .... l'INOft: llwl"""t lMWI tlOO CONP4 6M~ ... aut.NS Nn'-"~ UO CONH UNDllt$lUt«i.,...i ... CLA SSIFIED ADVERTI SEMENTS BR O UGHT INTO THE OFFICE WI ll BE ACCEPTED UP TO AND NO LATER THAN 5 p.m. ON THE OUI.D 5torll,e {li91tr,) UO MONMG. o.....lMI , MONDAY PREVIOUS TO DAY O F PUBLICATION OfflKM tin TINOt SAXo,M()fie '" HAI MO NY H 75, choke of 3 U S CONtuffffHI __O.,lotfll_., mo SHAmstUIY !ICeuel) ...d co1", .,.... U9 nu i All CLASSIFIED ADVERTI SING MUST BE PRE· PAID I HtMII 100.... 5.,_., lodlet wllh SRMrt Ml VI, ne• 1207 I 00w O.th loo Cob,Mt t1 JO KtNG 5UP020. .,..t.c, till : lt. '-'bWlen ....,., ifrw ,..,,,ID..#-w~~ltotlkir.,...... ~__,.._.;,Jt,1,..,,o.,../,..,a,6u,-..,,_"°''""'°""'a,i.1orri.ric-'o,,.,.,lw',..ron j H~WATT 50w OM Spoo\er US ICOHlrtf. u c~ uo VOITIXION wllt, 1111•..- ond ,peohn US flUTU ~ ••••• •• TUITION •••• •••••• •• •• •••• •••• ORGANS •••• ••• •••• ••• •• SOUND EQUIPMENT...... DRUMS ...... PERSONAL •••••• £A SY RIMS EASY ,AtKINO HA.W,IEISCHMIDT ,..,. ~ .,., G(MfN(AIOl .,... holt, ,... ti,,.ll 42 & 44 UPP[. TOOTING tOAO MOIi. fl, ...... 1/- per word J/ 4 per word SWt7 072 3997 GtASSl. o,..,.. Ul 1/ 4 per word 1/- per word 1/- per word DATELINE COMPUTER DATINC. MOOfl Sl2Alto ,.... <_,.,._ 1 ALL DRUMS and ac:cessorlcs - THa NIIW WAY TO MAKE MEW "' no~ ~':,!:.D~~u i!~~tr ti:~:~~ ch~!-e~ Gf~~Dc~~~l liuf' :~1~. PU~ m:r F!~~~:er~i.r:..ha1!:a~t~7;j s,~'; purchased Best prices paid - FRIENDS - n.clUne date, for MUSIC- MINOS ONt cluskal or modem . From 10-1 Orange, OHi.Si 0374. cash - Top Gear, 01-240 2347. Dennis Chappell , 01 -228 4813 . everyone everywhere - FREI daily - Mod ern Sound, 128 ARE YOU buyina: a ne• Ham• ALL GOOD quality 50Und equip ALL GOOD quality drums / SPECIAL OFFER I acceuorles purchased for cash. 1r~~tlo~i~ : r lNWJ 1ht~~pt°b~~~11~~ Cross Road, WC2 COY ~~~ghor!!"!t ~h~c/~!ntb~lo~ ~lr1_Pg~~~~~~d _fs°la o\~~h wlll Wl:I call. - Orange. 01-838 0374 . '• So, .. c,,,;, -lac••· · S..oot t~;~ng 01 StraUord Road London, W8. Tel A FEW drum pupils can now b(' Hst price!-John, 23 Manor Park ALL SOUND equipment anviced A LUDWIG , Gretsch or premier , ... kit wanted for t'ash. - Top Gear, ucepted by BOB COO K al Cte'licent Edgwar.?, Mlddx. or modlftrd to any requirement Ol:~~:i~N FRIENDSHIP SOCI· 5-.'Mll•f•nl"I 01-240 23-47 &TY ' • URNLEY. Pen tr le nd, any f! ~~ R"a :1~v~:91 42·44 Upper 1c!:~:~sd~tl ~~M~A~s' 2~N Very Depir~~nt J:~~Cfn~~nl'Ele~~~~~t ALL PREMIER, Ludwig, a1e. all coun crlu. Send , .a .e ALL STYLES PO P SI NGIHG HAMMOND, LOW REY AND Developments, J17/ 119 Dartford Gretsch kits wanted - Dennis tor free detail,. Cl.UNTS Chappell, 01 -228 4813 . FRENCH pcntrlcnds, all aJel, llllAl"CtT.-w -°" tll7 TUITI ON . Personal or postal PH ILAC ORDA ORGANS. All Road, Dartford, Kent Dartford New AN OLYMPIC c:omplele 11:11 , from 12·21, acnd S.a,e. tor free U.H fMHIOIS, " r,o lessons. Berlnners encouraged. - mod("la. and second-hand 242111 or 25297. cymbals, stands, etc. Parl ex • 1 0 11 O de1alls. - Anglo French Correl• EOGWA.tf • ...,t, ::~e~ ~~re!t~,.~~:onsc~1:L2o~ ~;;t u! ocr~~~f!sde:~s~e paa!cll!~':,\'ti a : pllfl!r ~~:f;Jhua~!':n~\~e~rlv!:~ change accepted. Bargain t75 - pondencc Club, Fa lcon llouae IUtSSOH •~celt"' no Ol -228 4813 lftl.ANC 0., __,.,_ "' Phone 01-383 04&6. Squ ares " - SHAR ON ORGAN S purchase, cash waiting, will call ACKNOWLEDGED BRITA IN 'S LIM ITE D, 422 Bromley Road , a nd collecl - 807 71811. A PREMIER eomplele 11:11, su;~~eyFREE LIST OF PEN, PALS. "' be& t teache r . SAXOPHON E/ Down ham, Bromley, Kent. Tel 01 BRAHD NEW " LOND ON " cymbals, ~tand1, fibre cases, Send n stamped addr~ssed enV("• OLOS IECOIOING.""""" ,..., ~ t2lf CLAR INET priva te lesaon s. Bc1ln• 898 09 15/1. AM PS AHO CABINETS (GUARAN• Immaculate condition, part e•• lop(' to World Wide J,'rlcndshlp "RHYTHM MASTER" CONN oatfOOl_ __...,. t 15 change accepted ea.rraln '85. - YAAVJi.t..MW c-,,-1,r U f ncn / a dvanced. ADVICE ! I test/ HAMMOHD C3/PR4 0 fo r h ire. - TEED). COMPLETE RANGE Club 48 Ccml'lery Road, Denton, select INSTRUMENTS, Also poata l Flnch\ey 4378. AVAILABLE AT COM PETITIVE 01 -228 4813. ManChcstl'r, M 34 IER (Slate 1• 1Pr1 ~~~~g~~Hw~LING ROAD PUBLIC NOTICES ,U/ .)7 WA•OOU• SftUT, lONDON, w .1 BARGAIN CENTRE fA.IOWI lt,11,it1~GO AU (IIJI 7,.,j1t0()• 1 1/ 4 pl!r \t'IIJ(/ 01-560 os20 I ,., ... ,.,,., ... I ,.ut. INGH4H lr:idlnx ,,. 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Hall llury 1o1 ltl11n (UUrl l'l' n c.JI)-" • rno ....,,ltJ •, ...... nrit .. i. U.J 1w, llope} o'I.. us nr puhllc-a11nn nl this adv(•rl C),._,, SO 1,-clol, ...... , -t t1JS Te- Ool,..1, ,oc..,cl"'-" =t71 SUMH \00., 'A SI"-• ,_,. MAUHAll .. 1(1 ,.,,~ ,Oo1 A"'P All 0 ,...... ,,1,0-""'"' oH ,_,,.11.. s,.c1.t, ---6 u, 1h0j1 Miltd 120., !II lo ..., ,..t C0-..-0 -1¥0!11 01 O\ta.o,. UO , u,.b,,,-u, ritlfl -'..:""' tllS a.ft- S.• S.1- Mk 6...... 1200 ,tNou .... _,. ,.n c.,.,... NI"' 11,,.-11 NI"' "u SPECIAL NOTICES fpiph-,C.,-.1, whlt,, ..&lol~ ..,._,_.....,.NC• et tto boll ..-do VOlll Whit. Jymphi111k 1• 1 ,.,it, •vl•wor, ,..e 112' ci.tn.i ltw~ MMlef 41 UO IMl'ACl tOw P4 ,-,.&.•• •• - (IOIIIIIJC.lll't ll"ld boloI (110 Ci.lflel, ..,,,...,, go-' 1,1__,. •• F,..cl 1.90 IUM.111 AP lOO c ... "'"'''9 a.-.,,.,. .,_..., 4CKNOWLEDGEO u lhe bHll fplph•,.. ,.,,._w,w Au lllO Cl..-lf!tl Ml ...1,.., oyot,,,.. _... _ 117 IALOWIN IU-NJ \1>oi,a U ,A •• U-' fe"d" fl~u l,e, lot•dr, with ,...,..-., ,,,,...,..i, I. & M. f.,..,....., UO ..,t, -'"'P (oh OOIA>lo ,ttlUll'I ,o. .,. 4• 6p1 bold cap~ RAILWAY HOTFL. DARTFORD 6/8 per ltne ih,s applies ,f centred words are centred m rhe 'GRETSCH' SOUND column Approx 24 let 1ers and ~paCl.!S NEW GRETSCH GUITARS to the- lin e- for Gre1sch 6003 Folk Guiu,r £107 Gretsch 6010 Sun Valley Guiu,r £147 CHAS. E. fOOTI LTD., 17 Gow..~., W.I SALES ANO SElvta Gretsch 6022 Rancher Gui1ar £ 1 71 PANAMA LTD. 13 4 per hne Grat.sch 6117 Double Anniversary Guitar with lullury case £217 Approx 17 lei ters and spaces .s,us. ,ms 01-437111I EA~USl RU&! ,u-r EXCIWIGI GrefXh 6103 Streamhn•r Guitar w11h luxury case £242 10 1he lmc ..,______Est.49;•tars ------•" Gretsch 6119 Tennenean Gunar with luxury cesa £291 Gretsch 6131 Jet Fire 81rd Gu,tttr w11h luxury case £303 Gre'l,ch 6120 Ntt1hv1llo Guitar with luxury C8M £347 17 16perltne Gretsch 6122 Coun1ry Gentleman Guitar w,th luxury cne [430 I 2pl bold cap~ ROD AND 808 BRADLEY S JOHNNY SILVO Approx. 18 letter!i and space(. Gretd 6079 Ven Eps. 7---stnng Gu11ar with lu1ury case £434 Greiach 6167 Viking Gu,tar w,1h lu11ury ca• £440 10 1he hne Gre1sch 6136 While Falcon S11nd.rd Gurtar w11h luxury cue £606 Gretsch 6137 Wh••• F81eon Stereo Guitar wi1h luxury caM (678 NEW GRETSCH DRUMS Approx 16 le , re fl> and space~ I _.pl condcn'>ed Gretsch 4012 Pt.yboy Kit £31 2 HARRY BOARDMAN } IO the line- Gretleh 4016 Name Bend Kil £396 £ 1.0.0 per tine TOP GEAR MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS Gretsch 4025 Progreuive Jau Kit £386 Gretsch 4027 Rock 'N' RoU Kt! £476 Appro x 12 lel rer~ and \pace'> l ·lpl hOld cap,, 5 DENMARK STREET, LONDON, W C 2 Gre!M:h 4028 Black Hank K11 £493 TERRY GOULD to the line Just off Chor,n Cross Rood Pho,,e Ql.240 2118/2347 Gretsch 4029 Avant Garde K,1 t603 I 8pl condensed Approx 11 lf'llt!r'> and spaces FULL IANGI OP All ACCHSOIIU MIKE CHAPMAN } 10 the line ( I 5.0 per line l'ltl-OWNED GRmOt GUI ___ Approx 9 lette,... and \pacit\ Wthdt ~,tiwo Hu lit ,....,.,. ~-- ms I 8pt bold cap•. Gttttth ..... 1w Ill Silwr S,.ftll lltl JACKSON C. 10 lhP line wmchl-W. , IISD Gnttdt(-"Y'-il"'-'.chtlc•eltwe UN Grmd!0.1M1111s"'11>tt- ms 30p1 bold cap, £2 .0 O per l,ne For Free Gretsch Cetalogue wr•t• Approx 8 letter, and <,,paces FLAMINGO to the line- BALDWIN GUITARS REPAIRED - PICK -UPS REWOUND Cl"III l'OIIT 20-21 SI. GIIES HIGN ST, S.4.Mf 0.4.\' ON fHt PRtMl~t5 5f/?V!Cf lOIIDON, W.Cl 01-t36 IOCII 0,....,UMp_.. WMfSAI l"ai, I\ \111 I 11" 1 h.l N h1h fi l'lflll When will Salty Dog have its da HOW LO NG must on of the greatest groups of our time wait for the ocknowledgemont of the fickle British record buying public 7 Procal H rum, since their phenomenal rise to fame with " A Whit r Shade Of Pale," have been ignored Th,'ir l.,tc. t album "A olty 0011 " is surely the epitome of the current 11opular nnis,c scene, combining influcn es from nil Relds of music to pro du e surh Rrt'al tr,1ck, .,s " Tht· OC'vil Cunh~ from Kan!'-,1-;," "Bort