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Adw~ent ExKUtiwe Rod Sopp Tel: 01-837 3699 Edltoriel Meneger Paul Flint reStralla Ian Oury front page pie by Adrian Boot Editonal address Smash Hit$. Cogent EIIIOCI tlouM. 14 GrHt Pulteney Street. London W.1. n,·s rr>IIQllLt,,.. pubhahed byEMAP ,.,._l Pubtic:at,ons Ud, Peterborough, end is pnnted by East Midland Litt.o Printers. Peterborougl'L Copynght exists on• tong£ appeanng ,n Smash HltS They must not be reprodocad w\thout the CDnMtll of !he copyngM holdet'I. GANGSTERS By The Specials on 2 Tone Records
Bernie Rhodes knows, don't argue Can't interrupt while I'm talking Or they'll confiscate all your guit1r1 Why mu1t you record my phone calls? And Catch 22 says If I sing the truth Are you planning a bootleg L.P7 They won't make me an overnight star Said you've been threatened by gangsters Now it'1 you that's threatening me Don't offer us legal protection Thay use the law to commit crimes Can't fight corruption with con tricks I dread to think what the future will bring They use the law to commit crime When we're living In real gangster time And I dread, dread to think what the future'II bring When we're living in gang1ter time Bernie Rhodes knows, don't argue Don't call me scarface
Words and mus,c by The Specials. Copyright Control. Reproduced by perm,ss,on.
P1C ALLAN BALLARD Is She Really Going Out With Him? By Joe Jackson on A&M RJtcords
Pretty w omen out walking with gorlllH down my atreet Rep11 11t chorus From my window I'm atarlng whlule my coffH go.. cold Look over there (where?) there, there'•• lady that I uMCI to know She's married now or engaged or something so I'm told But If looks could kill There's • m an there w ho's m arked down as dHd 'CauM I've had my fill - listen you Take your hands from her head Chorus I get so mean around t his around this scene la she ,.ally going out with him Hey hey hey Is she rHlly gonna take him home tonight Is she rHlly going out w ith him Repeat chorus 'CauM If my •Y" don't deceive me There's something going wrong around here (around here) Something going w rong around here Somet hing going wrong around here Something going wrong around here Tonight'• the night when I go to ell the partlff down my strHt Somet hing going w rong around I wash my hair and kid myHlf I look real smooth Look over there (where11 the,., here com.. Jeanie with her n- boy friend They say that looks don't count for much Words and music by Jo11 Jackson. If so there goes your proof Reproduced by permission A lbion Music
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SMASH HrTS 9 By E.L.O. on J.t Record•
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8 SMASH HrTS ,. SKA WARS THE HOTTEST place In the nation Good newt for those of you this summer was the Electric who haven't yet seen them live Is Ballroom In Camden, North that the group have now 1igned London, on the Saturdey that The their 2 Tone label lo a distribution Special• w ound up their U.K. club deal with Chrysalis Records. This tour with • prestigious London means that "Gangsters" (the gig. lyrics of which are on page 4) The event attracted a curious can now be bought easily at most mixture of punks, skinheads and local record shops. mods (plus a few celebrities like The Special• have a follow-up, Joe Strummer of The Clesh) who " Too Much Too Young", already blocked traffic in the street recorded, but the second release outside. The gig sold out • good on 2 Tone will be a single from couple of hours before The London group Madness called Specials went on stege. "The Prince", a tribute to Inside, sweat dripped from the bluebeat legend Prince Butter. walls and the air was so heavy there w11 barely enough oxygen And the sk• revival goes on: to light a match. Apart from the Island Records have just released headliners, the bill featured two "Intensified", a compilation other act, on The Specials own 2 album of sixteen early '601 Tone label: The Selecter (the original ska recordings complete group feetured on the B aide of with authentic, primith,e aurfece The Specials "Gang1ters" single) crackle. Oldest track is the 1962 and Madneu. like The Specials, classic "Housewive's Choice" by both di1pense a heady mix of ska Derrick & Patsy. and bluebeat rhythms which go straight for the feet In a compulsive ru1h. Your Bitz reporter had 1ueh a hugely enfoyable time in the jostling, dancing mess that he was still 1miling ear-to-Hr a day or two after the event. It was possibly 1979'1 best rock gig. We've already raved twice about The Specials in Smash Hits (despite the commentl on the letters page) so we shouldn't leader over his production of need to remind you thel we rate NEW NUMAN their first single "Now It's this Coventry group II one of the Gone". They have now signed IN THE wake of the enormous best things to happen in a long to Polydor, are looking for a success of "Are Friends Electric?" while. new producer, and hope to and " Replicas", Beggars Banquet have their first single out Records are re-releasing the first shortly. Tubeway Army album, known as " The Blue Album", on August 4. At the same time, they will be making available Gary's first two singles, "That's Too Bad" and "Bombers", as a double-pack retailing at £1 .60. All three discs ware initially released as limited editions and have not been available for quite some time. Meanwhile Gary's newsingle, "Cars", should be released about the mlddle of this month, also on Beggars Banquet. Still no news of • fan club, however. CHORDS SIGN UP SOUTH London mod group The Chords (recently featured in Smuh Hits) have split from Jimmy Pursey's JP Productions after rowing with the Sham 69 REASONS TOBE BUZZCOCKS CHEERFUL HISTORY Part4 ONE OF the New Weve's most BY NOW you shouldn't need sought•aher pieces of history telling who Buddy Holly was, but the "Spiral Scratch" EP by the some of len Dury's other reasons original Buucocks - is about to to be cheerful might leave you become generally available once punled. We didn't know who again. Dmitri and Pasquale were until First put out in January 1977, it Ian filled us in, so here's a name was one of the first ever by name rundown of the rest of independent punk releases and the cast. was recorded by the first " Good Golly M iss Molly" Classic Buzzcocks line up of Howard rock 'n' roll record by little Devoto {vocals). Pete Shelley Richard (guitar), Steve Diggle {bass) and Elvl• and Scotty Scotty Moore John Maher (drums). was Presley's guitarist on his The EP contains four tracks: LAST ISSUE we gave you the updating the fun spirit of the earliest recordings " Boredom", "Time's Up", n•-on Sh•••• one ha" of the sixties beat groups. They'll be WM WIiiy Harris Flamboyant "Friends Of Mine" end old Rezlllo1 For thoM of you playing a healthy proportion of British rock 'n' roller of the 1950s. "Breakdown", and the original who've bean wondering what golden oldies again and the rest Dyed his hair pink recordings are being used. The Fay Fife and Eugene Reynolds wlll ba complately new songs Stephen Biko Young South label and the artwork will be have been up to, the latHt Is that written by Fay, Eugene, HI-Fl and African civil rights leader who almost identical to the original, they too have a naw band Robo-Rhythm. Unlike Shake, died in police custody in except to show-by announcing CaNed The Revlllos - tha there will be no old Re%illos September 1977 the presence of Howard Devoto name from whidl Eugene songs In the set "Volara" Corny old Italian song, a - that these are in fact old originally devised RHlllos - the The Revillo• are alrHdy doing hit in 1958 for Dean Martin end recordings and not a new single line up Is as follows: Fay Fife some low profile warm up gigs, Marino Marini by the current Buzzcocks team. {organ, vocals), Eug8fta Raynolds but there are a couple of bigger Smokey Smokey Robinson - The label, as before, is the (guitar, vocals), HI-Fl Harris {who occasions scheduled for possibly the greatest soul Manchester independent New was In the very first Rulflos line Edinburgh Tlffanys on Sept 3 and songwriter of them all Hormones, and from August 17, up, guitar), Felix (bass), London laiceltar Square Nona Rico R,co Rodriguez, master of it should be available in all record Robo-Rhythm {drums), plus Babs Dame Hall on Sept 6. the reggae trombone shops. and Charla on backing vocals. Those of you waiting to lff Woody Allan Bespectacled, The first single from The The Revillos elMwhare, neurouc American humourist Ravlflos wlll be• Fay Fifa song however. may ba In for a long Dali Salvador Dali, eccentric COMMODORES called " Where's The Boy For wait In order to help kHP It fun Spanish painter Me?", with the other side a joint to play In The Revll101, the band Dmitri and Pasquale Pair of camp TIMES FOUR Fay/Eugene composition called plan to gig only on Fridays and Italian wrestlers {honest I) MOTOWN band The " The Fiend". It'll be out on Saturdays! Thay do plan to tour John Coltrane Genius of the jazz Commodores - who had a 1978 Septambar 7, Eugena tells us, far and wide, however-just saxophone No 1 with "Three Times A lady" and It'll be on their own spacial don't hold your breath I Adi Celentano Italian pop singer - arrive in Britain for four gigs label celled "SNATZO Record!" The Revlflos are also keen to Bonar CollHno Hollywood actor, later this month. Also on the bill which in tum will be diltrtbuted kffP to fairly 1mall venuH, but now deceased. "Did a lot with a will be The Emotions, the vocal by a new label from Virgin called they do plan to ralHM lots of comparetovely ugly mug," sez Ian) group featured with Earth Wind & " Din Disc". Got all that? 1lngla1 over the naxt year. Fire on "Boogie Wonderland". Eugena and Fay plan to guide Having had a ,naak preview of Venues are Glasgow Apollo their n-band along the linH soma of thair songs, we reckon It {tickets priced at £2.50, £3.50 and they had originally lntanded for won't be long before you - The £4.50) on August 23; London The RHlllos, that is, dedicated to ~evlllos in Smash Hits again! Wembley Arena {£4.60 and £6) on Aug 25 and 26; and Stafford Bingley Hall {all at £4.50) on Aug THE ONE RATS 29. THEY WANT TOUR 1979 SEEMS to have turned THE BOOMTOWN Rats, who took really sour for John Travolta. His Just ten days to get to the top of new film has been hammered by the charts with "I Don't Like critics, his last two UK slngles Mondays", will be doing a flopped, and now he's in trouble massive British autumn tour. with his record company, Their schedule will probably Midsong International. They take in around 45 gigs, starting claim that Travolta is well late September and continuing overdue In recording a third through to early November. We'll album due under his contract, give you the full list of dates and and say they are considering venues as soon H they have taking legal action against him. been finalised.
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, MEN AND MACHINES TELE)< come from Brussels in Although the three of them Belgium, which is not eKactly admire the German band known as one of the hubs of rock Kraftwerk, they are anxious not and roll. As Marc Moulin, their be bagged as doomy leader and strongest English experimentalists. Marc wishes to speaker, drily observes "Brussels make it clear that "it is electronic is not very famous for music, but it's not technological. It is apart from Plastic Bertrand. We human music and there's a lot of mostly import music. It's just like humour in it. We feel closer, in the cars; we have no Belgian fact, to Giorgio Moroder cars.11 (producer of Donna Svmmer and Moulin himself Is a fairly Sparks/." well-know n figure in his native Their new look at Bill Haley's land. He runs a small, " Rock Around The Clock" comes adventurous independent label from their " Looking For Saint that rejoices in the name of Tropez" album and is their 'Ruffing Kamikaze', and also second European hit. hosts a regular John Peel type When they started to play radio show called Radio Cite. together about a year ago, they He plays keyboards and dressed up in the strange handles backing vocals in Telel< uniforms you see because they PARKA POWER Part 2 while Michael Moers sings lead didn't wish to be recognised by w ith the aid of a gadget called fans who knew them from their LONDON'• Merton Parka, - " Pl11tlc SmHe", " You NNd The Vocoder, an electronic previous ventures. As you may formerly The Snulcere - ere WhNla", "Hard Tlmn" and "I process that lends the human have notice if you've caught them probably 1M mOlt 'IOI Don't Wen't To Know Yov". voice that wobbly, outer space on the bol<, the funny costumes ltlfluenced of ..the Mod bendl, Dannywrttnthelr-... elded effect (fans of Sparky end his have now been dropped. and this eoon bNomee evident by his brother MlctlNI. Magic Piano will need no "Music used to be played by a when they 1tert to play. Mlclc'1 gruff voice telling leed introduction). few people only," says Marc, Although they were reletlvely and Danny beclclng him male•• Dan Lacksman Is the "but since the 60's it has become Ignored by the music papen until rare combination. Nell ataya mastermind w ho mekes up the open to more people. -tly, ttiey've bNft together felrty ... ltarlng erovnd him trio. He programmes all the Synthesisers w ill w iden it even io....,than eny of the other Mod telling In .. end .,,.. tthln9, and veriou1 machines and mixes the further." bendl. five yNrs Igo they were SlmOtl, though he loolca • nice, sound. Ten years ego he was the Anyone for a Sunday night playing .n Motown oldlft but quiet eort, find• • more ef'INtlv• first man in Belgium to actually sing-a-long-a-synthesiser? more r-ntly they've cut down way of 1pulcln9 when he', ow n e synthesiser. on molt of th-. behind 1M drum,. The Merton Parle.. ere Mlcll The Merton l"erba NgMd to Telbot (lceyboanh and vocal, .....,. lanqNl .,._The Danny Talbot (guitar end v-ia), Lurlcarl caught their NI and Nell Hun-ell (ban and baclclng recommended them to aN et vocal1J, and Simon Smith B.. gars . A contract wn quWdy (druma). At 20, Mick and Simon drawn up and the Merton l"arlca are IN two oldnt membere becametheflm Mod bMd to relNN a elngle- " You NNd Their ... hlcludea --c,f Smokey lloblnlon a The Wheele"/'1 Don't Went To Know Mlredn' " Tean Of A Clown", You", which also lncludff • netty The Contours' " Do You Love llttte patch for yer l"erlc1, Me", The Monie-' " Stepping Mualcally they're the belt and St_.. end --■ionally " The vlavally very lharp. Try and catch Kldl Are Alritht". Added to thou them. ere their own numbere 1111• SlmOfl Glbaon
for RAR and have made • public FLASHBACKS 1tand •1•ln1t racial prejudtc.. AUGUST 5 1976 was the day 1 uit1rist Eric Ct1pton had t oo On Aug 131971 The CIHh m uch to drink and w ant on1t•11• played their first-ever gig to• at the Birmingham Odaon telling handful of friends. They had bN!' people t o vote for Enoch Powell formed when Miele Jonn and and dalmlng t hat "foreigners P1ul Slmonon bumped Into Joe w ltl tum Britain Into• colony Stn,mmer In• London etreet w ithin ten yHrs". Th• market and t old him he w11 too organl11tlon Rocle Against good for the band ha w11 then In. Racism (RARI was formed as • direct re1pon11 to Clapt on•• Phll Lynott of Thin Lizzy and at upidly lrr11pon1ible ramarlca. Robert Plant of Lad Zeppalln Tom Robinson, Th• Claah, Elvis ahare • birthday on Aug 20 Costello, Steel Pulse, X-Ray (Lynott was born In 1951, Plant In Spax. and The Rut1 are Just • few 1948). And on Aug 11 Joe of the act, who h.1ve played 9191 Jackson will be 25.
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I think lists are all right." of England really only means that those who only sit In the Ttelevision, a fridge, a I remind him of "England's you're from somewhere in the audience. Whan you consider mechlne that dispe11t" ~offee, Glory",• aingle he wrote and world. I've 1lway1 thought that how easy It Is to abandon your and a kh-21. The seats recline, the produced three or four years ago 'All The Way From Memphis' roots once sacluced by fame and leg room Is generous, a tape for veteran music hall comic Max would have been a lot better if It prosperity, It's all the more recorder plays. Through four Wall, a sort of affectionately had been 'All The Way From heartening. hard months on the road, this patriotic song that took a similar Watford'. I think if Ian Hunter had "It's not to be parochial; It's to sleek and mighty coach has been delight in li1ting people, pl-• been writing about Watford allow your character and where home to Ian Oury & The and things close to Ian's heart. since Mott Th• Hoople started you come from to be there and Blockheads, Its comfo·rts "My mum," he recalls withe then he'd be more closely walk about the place ... to be in Important to the busir,ess of grin, "told ma to write a hit enmeshed In the national other places with your own keeping spirits up and slngle. She was fad up of me consciousness; I think we'd love accent, your own character, your maintaining sanity while hauling being sklnt and moaning about him more." own shapes." the length and breadth of It. She said pop people are Sitting opposite me In a bright Europe. supposed to have popular tunes. IN A SPHERE of entertainment royal blue suit and flat cap, Ian Ian Oury watches the M1 slip So I went back and I wrote what I where a loud mouth and brightly converses easily and humorously by and ponders the subject of thought was a popular song." coloured trousers are often of the things that capture his "Reasons To Be Cheerful, Pt. 3". Ha glances over at Chaz passed off as character, Ian Oury Imagination; the actors and "Well, there were two songs Jankel, his musical collaborator has, over the last couple of years, musicians, comics and that we didn't put on 'Do It and right hand man, and laughs, come to the fore as a 'popular characters that seem to fill up his Yourself' that were even more "Didn't turn out to be all that personality'; he Is not all that far head. He Is an avid watcher, miserable than the ones that we popular, did lt7" from reaching the same status in listener and reader and did put on it. So, It seemacl From Plaistow Patricia through the eyes of the British Public as everything he has digested sensible to cheer up • !bit. The Blllerlcay Dickie to The Ticket people like Morecambe And comes out in his conversation last song on the album Is 'Lullaby Man At Fulham Broadway Wise, Elton John and Henry with a sim pie, Infectious delight. For Frances', which Is supposed Station, Ian Dury's songs are full Cooper. Sometimes he'll hit you with• to be saying, 'it's 111 right really of very English references, many No pop act 1lnca Th• Beatles quick, jokey anecdote and than ... It's not all this horribleness of them reflectlng a love of a kind has attracted such Intense nut minute he'll be subdued, really'. So the things in this song of life fast disappearing beneath affection as Oury & The thoughtfulandtenderashe just -m like reasons to ba motorways, shopping precincts BlockhHds. He Is not only sharp, considers something that strikes cheerful . .. only personal ones. and high rise flats. funny and unpretentious; he Is him as sad or tragic or cruel, like "In a way, it was lnsplracl by "Most of what's English has also a little wise. Ha has an the recent death of Minnie the 'Sargeant Pepper' sleeve ... come from somewhere else appetite for life and a fascination Riperton. He Is fascinated with just a load of nice people. I write anyway. I don't really hold a flag with peopr. that Infects most absurdity. Continues over page PICS: ADRIAN BOOT SMASH HITS 11 somebody who's llved through a different age. I think the world's " I was rHdlng about Buzz softer now, gentler, more pretty, Aldrin. When he took his giant bac:ausa the war's further away. stride for mankind on the moon, SN, my klda know naturelly nice ha broke hla urine bottle in hla things that took me a lot of effort boot and ha was walking on plu to find out. I never found out right across the moon." Ha can't naturally." contain a throaty giggle; WHEN THE tatty curtain parts "Squelch, squelch .. . thought at Sheffield to revaat Ian Oury that was pretty nippy ..." standing there in grey convict suit and artfficially blacked eye, STREWN AROUND tha bus are the audience roar as if they are The BlockhHd Famlly. Smlllng, willing him to succeed, to do it chatty saxophonist Davey Payna right for their sake. Aft-•rds in (lika Oury, soaked in Jazzl, the dressing room and by the Gaordies Mickey Gallagher and backstage door, people hang John Turnbull, laughlng Norman cround an hour for a glimpse, a Watt-Roy, thoughtful drummer handshake and a quick word, as Charley Charles; friendly, If they want to touch him to mature, professional musicians make sure ha's rHI, to let • little all of them. (In the draasing room of that warmth rub off. I wonder of Tha City Hall, Sheffield, thay how he copes with all the talk for hours about WHk spots attention and adulation without In the act, worrying constantly sealing himself off Ilka a recluse. about keaplng tima, an " I don't think there's any point obsession about•• nHdful as in being pleased about success tha BN G- getting nervous .. . It's Irrelevant. I'm just about where their neirt meal Is pleased about the work. I don't coming from .I try and fight succe11 because Than there's Fred Rowa; a that would be another ego trip solld, middle aged Cockney, really. I've always lad a fairly band organiser, constant sealed-off llfe, I've always companion and worked in private ao it hasn't haavy•whan,raquired. Finally, really changed and I atilt have the completing the inner circle, same friends I've always had. there's Kosmo Vinyl, tha "I used to walk down Oxford whlppersnapperfrom Bow, Street and people uaed to go sharp d•-•• fast talking P.R. 'look at 'Im' bac:ausa I dressed up man and personal confidante. loud and I limped. So they looked Tha word 'family' Is the only at ma anyway. The difference adequate description for tha now ia they look at me and they closeness and loyalty that you recognise me afterwards. I still fffl In their company. walk down the atrfft just aa lt'a tempting to Interpret their much as I used to in the old days. good humour as vulnerability In Not very much I" the contairt of• business as Though analysis of his wort( is greedy and axptoitatlva as rock bast left to others, tan does rate and roll but Oury, in particular, "Sweat Gane Vincent" as hia seams to hava brought a kind of bast song, but he would dearly toughness with him from his Ilka to re-record It. difficult childhood that could be "I like it because It's a pop thrown out as protection at song and I find it hard writing You're welcome, we can spare it tlmas of stress. It's apparent pop songs. I always and up going when he discusses the song to soma little corner of ahe'a tolaratad, walcomad even. " Tomorrow morning, when " Quiet" on the new album. Dagenham In my head. All my It turns out she leamt saxophone you're doing your milk round or " It's the thing that's good songs are a little bit at school. When the BtockhHds nicking things In C&A, don't be about being rude. There's a lot of autoblographlcal and a bit close the act proper with "Sex sorry for yourselves and have to bad things about being rude but outside. I wouldn't like to know And Drugs And Rock And Roll" say, 'I could have had a llttla hug there are occasions whan being which parts are which either. I and are Joined on stage by last night'. Thia Is called 'lullaby ruda is realty tha bast thing you might stop doing it." support band Root Boy Slim And For Frences*." can do, the most positive thing, You getto aea the way ha The Sex Change Band, there's During the delicate, tender, " It's about• guy who used to thinks and the way he would Ilka Ruth, toting • ma11ive baritone reggae tinged number that teach ma called Tusa. He used to hla own music to be when ha sax, nairt to Davey Payna and the folio-, • song that could make say, 'I'll coma over there and talks about one of his passions two horn players from The Sax you laugh and cry at the same bang• few haads'. lt'a about tha llkejazz. Change Band. WIii her friends time, I thought beck to what he'd tHching profession for sure, "Whet I love about jazz ls Its believe her when aha tells them 7 said earller in the coach when about the dangers of it, In a way. constant attitude of openness, Returning for the encore Ian talking about " lnbatweanies". If you point It out too much it ita fluidity. Thay Jutt do It stands centre stage next to a "It waa put there like• becomes rldlculous, you without any regard for huge sHrchlight and introduces pracadent." he aald, feeling for bac:om what you' re complaining popularity, just for Its own sake. tonight's BtockhHd com.,.ution. the right words. "It was trying to about. It's really just a That's what I admire. My A roadie awNpa the beam over astabllah that whatever happens small amount•of ridicule. I favourite Instrument has always the audience and eventually • •ft-•rds, this Is In a way hHrd that SO par cant of all bNn the saxophone bac:ausa it's pretty girl from tha fourth row ia where we're at, where we are In teachers in England are the nearest to the human voice p;cked out and helped up on to terms of how we think ... maladjusted. It's gonna and up and yet It's got 10 keys. It's to do the stage where Kosmo and Ian what's Important la friendship, with the teachers bacoming the with being alive and It's to do present her with a prize for being what's Important Is gantlana11." students and the students with the state of life and the BlockhHd Of The Night, a corny bac:oming the teachers. The quality of life and the human old seaside organ album. Much THERE'S A line in a song from teachers are going to rHlisa how feelings In the musician. If the applause. " Do It Yourself" that goes, "It's much help thay naed from tha music doesn't have that The band dose out with • hard to be a haro, handsome, students. humanity In It than that's when It searing version of 'BlockhHda' when you've had your helmet "Children of eight years old becomes academic." and when tha applause has dlad cracltad." To have your helmet now know mora than people of -•Y, tan steps to the mike and, cracked aa repeatedly as Ian Oury 48 yHrs old, in tha sense that tha A GIRL called Ruth hangs In • quiet, considerate voice, says and to emerge playing such changes that occur In our world round backstage at Sheffield. the moat serious thing of the generous, human music la a are so large end so rapid to She talks politely to everyone so evening. remarkable thing. 12 SMASH HITS Ooh! What A Life You Never Know By The Gibson Brothers on Island Records Ooh ooh What You've Got There'll be love (he means there'll be love) By M e And You on Laser Records Happiness (yeah there'll be happiness tool There'll be love (love for everyone) Ooh oh yeah yeah yeah Ooh ooh yeah baby yeah yeah yeah Tenderness (yeah there'll be tenderness too) Chorus You buy your fancy clothes that's your style Ooh what a life You want the world to know you're iortunate child Ooh what a life You think you bought my love like a toy Ooh what a life And you better watch your step my pride and joy Ooh what a life Chorus No more wars (no one to kill no one) You never know what you got till it's gone listen baby No more tears (no more tears I promise) You never know what you got till it's gone There'll be food (enough for everyone) You better not play with love till you know For many years (for many years I promise) What you're doing Repear chorus You never know what you got till it's gone (You better not play with love till it's gone) What a life to live in 1his world you'll see What a life to live for you and me A big house in Hollywood boy you're cool And everybody everybody You w ant it understood you're no one's fool What a life to live for you and me I'm tired of hanging round playing games Repeat chorus Don't treat me like a clown I'm not to blame What a life Repear chorus Repeat 16 times Take a look around you Repeat chorus You see what love has done to you What a life to live in this world you'll see I don't wanna leave you What a life to live for you and me You better watch out you better watch out And everybody everybody You never know what you got ooh ooh What a life to live for you and me You never know what you got yeah baby yeah yeah yeah yeah Repeat chorus to fade Repeat chorus to fade Words and music by A Franclort!D Vangarde. Reproduced by Words and music by L Bel/IC James. Reproduced by permission permission Blue Mounrain Music Lrd. Mighty Three/ Carlin Music. ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK By Telex on Sire Records Rock around the clock tonight Rock around the clock tonight One two three o'clock, four o'clock rock Rock around the clock tonight Five six seven o'clock, eight o'clock rock Nine ten eleven o'clocllc, twelve o'clock rock When it's eight nine ten eleven too We're gonna rock around the clock tonight I'll be going strong and so will you We're gonna rock around the clock tonight Put your glad rags on and join me hon We're gonna rock rock rock till broad We'll have some fun when the clock strikes daylight one We're gonna rock gonna rock around the We're gonna rock around the clock tonight clock tonight We're gonna rock rock rock till broad daylight When the clock strikes twelve we'll cool our We're gonna rock gonna rock around the beds clock tonight Time to rock around the clock again We're gonna rock around the clock tonight When the clock strikes two and three and We're gonna rock rock rock till broad four daylight If the band slows down we'll yell for more We're gonna rock gonna rock around the We're gonna rock around the clock tonight clock tonight We're gonna rock rock rock till broad daylight One o'clock, two o'clock, three o'clock We're gonna rock gonna rock around the Four. five, six o'clock clock tonight Seven, eight, nine o'clock Ten, eleven, twelve One, two, three Words and music by Max Freedman/ Jimmy De Knight. Reproduced by permission Ed Kassner Music Co. Ltd. SMASH HITS 13 -·'h;,e ,, ...... ~, .,-:.._oo ..,, ' T HOSE OF you who read the singles reviews in the last issue will know that I gave Red Starr a helping hand wear anything on the beach reviewing the Kandidate single these days! "Girls Girls Glrls". It's not that A couple oftoga-rocking the poor creature is over-worked records were "Dancing And or anything. just that he doesn't Prancing" by Candido (Salsoul) appreciate a good sound when and "This Time Baby" by Jackie he hears one. After blowing my Moore (CBS). A record that I love nose twice and getting him in a dancing to, and request as soon strangle-hold (nettyl, he began as I'm in a disco, is "Baby Bame to admit to liking it. Funny how Boogie" by The Gap Band us girls are classed as the weaker (Mercury Import). sex! No Red, I don't need a hand Recently I've had a few letters writing my column so you can from people asking me the tltln hop off! of certain records they've heard Boogie Down There don't seem to be too in their local discos. They usually many good new sounds around begin by saying "Bev, the other right now, but I've done my best night I heard this terrific record: (Get Funky Now) to check out the freakiest ones. it went something like this, By The Real Thing on Pye Records Two that will make you move are 'Come on and boogie with me, " Feel The Real" by David come on and boogie etc', Bendeth (Epic) and "Grooving wondered If you knew what it Boogie down get funky now You" by Harvey Mason (Arista). If was called and where I could buy Boogie down get funky now you can't dance to these two it." I don't know who you lot Wooh wooh boogie down then you must be a wally. think I am, but it's a bit tough Wooh wooh get funky now Daxter Wansel's "I'll Never pinning a title to a lyric'llke that. Wooh wooh boogie down Forget My Fevourite Disco" What I suggest you do is, next Wooh wooh get funky now (import) ls another that seems time you're boogying the night to be hot at the moment. away and you hear a record you Gonnatakeyou up Talking of favourite discos, I like, go up and ask the DJ what Gonna take you to the top poppad Into one of mine the it's called. Most DJs are friendly Ain't gonna stop other day-llford Town Hall. The and approachable. Until you drop theme of the evening was togas Before I go here's a few more Gonna take you high and beach wear. The person with for your shopping list: "You Can Gonna take you to the sky the best toga won a prize - a Do It" by Al Hudson & The Gonna take you high toga being one sheet draped Partners (MCA), "Put Your Body We'll make you fly around your body secured by ona In It" by Stephanie Mills (20th Hfety pin. Century), end " Why Leave Us Gonna make you move I passed on the idea of going Alone" by Five Special (Elektra). Till you can't resist that groove out dressed in bed linen(I) and I shall leave you now and go Everybody move instead wore shorts, along with torment Mr Starr. I adore the Aahh feel the groove feel the groove feel the groove many other Town Hailers. But I little creature really, even if he Boogie down did see a couple of boys in does have no taste! Wooh wooh get funky now pyjamas and sun-glasses. People Wooh ¥!ooh boogie down Wooh wooh get funky now If you're funky or not We can make you hot If you're funky or not We'll make you hot If you do your thing We'll make your body swing Do your thing You funky thing Dance to the beat Until you feel the heat Reach yourfeet Bev's beachwear ... Aah feel the heat feel the heat feel the heat snapped by a Boogie down roving Wooh wooh get funky now photographer Wooh wooh boogie down Wooh wooh get funky now etc to fade when she took Red Starr for a Words and music by Chris & Eddie Amoa. paddle In the Reproduced by permission Open Choice Ltd. sea. 14 SMASH HITS After The Love Has Gone By Earth Wind & Fire on CBS Records For a while to love WH ell we could do We were young end we kn-and our eyes were alive DHp Inside we knew our love WH true For a while we paid no mind to the pHt We kn- love would IHt every night aomethlng right Would Invite us to begin the dance Something happened along the way Whet used to be happy WH ud Something happened along the way And yesterday WH 111 we had And oh after the love hH gone How could you lead me on? And not let me stay around Oh oh oh after the love has gone What used to be right Is wrong Can love that's lost be found? For• while to love each other With all we would ever need Love was strong for 10 long Never knew that whet we• wrong oh baby wasn't right We tried to find whet we had TIii udnesa wH all we shared We were scared this affair Would lead our love Into Something heppened along the way Yesterday was all we had Something happened along the way Whet used to be happy Is sad Something happened along the way Words and music Oh yHterdey was ell we had by D. Foster/J. Graydon/8. I r..._~OICl@AlE And oh after the love has gone Champlin. How could you lead me on? Reproduced by And not let me stay around permission Oh oh after the love hes gone Rondor Music/ Copyright Control - What used to be right Is wrong Could love that's lost be found? Repeat to fade -z, ...... ,.... M9"0WIIU!II ft How to enter Simply solve our crossword puzzle, writing the answers in ink, pen or ballpoint. It's a Complete the coupon with your own full name and address, and then cut it out and post it in a sealed envelope addressed to: fair SMASH HITS (Crossword No. 18), 117 Park Road, Peterborough PE1 2TS. Make sure It arrives not later than August 22, 1979, the cop! closing date. Sender of the first correct entry checked after the closing date will Oy oy oyl What's going on 'ere then? then win the radio cassette Nothing officer, honest .. • we were just about to tell our player. Senders of the next readers that we've got 25 copies of The Police album. 25 correct entries will each "Outlandos D'Amour", to give away as crossword prizes. receive a copy of the You know, the one with "Can't Stand Losing You" and The Police album. "Roxanne" on it .. . The editor's decision on all Giving awayll Now come on, you don't expect me to matters relating to the believe that. Next you'll be telling me that they fell off the competition will be final and back of a lorry. legally binding. No No no, it's not like that at all. You can even enter it correspondence can be yourself if you want. Here's how it works: the first entered into. The correct entry opened after the closing date wins a radio competitio·n is open to all cassette recorder, plus a casHtte of "Outlandos readers in Great Britain, D'Amour". The next 25 correct entries opened each win a Northern Ireland. Eire, copy of the album. Channel Isles and the Isle of Okay son, now I want a straight answer. Where'd you get Man, excluding employees these albums which you say you're giving away? (and their families) of Smash From the • .. erh •. . the .. • um ... The Police. Hits and East Midland Allied Alright smartass, try these 'andcuffs on for size, you and Press. me are going dahn the station . .. r------~~-----~1 I ACROSS DOWN 1 Commander of the 1 Chas & Dave's cockney chart-topping Army (4, 5) caution! 5 "Blue·····" by Elton John, or 2 Frontman for The Who (5, 7) "Night ••••• " by Bob Seger - 3 Turned nose (anagram, 1 one word completes two word) albums 4 She does a weekly Radio 1 7 Chrissie Hynde ls their lead request spot singer 13, 10) 5 Accompanied Jonathan 8 Sounds like Ian Oury Is handy Richman on "Road Runner" around the houseI (2, 2, 8) and "Egyptian Reggae" (6, 6) 10 Pink Floyd LP - usually find 6 Parts of a song them In a zoo! 9 Summer. autumn, etc - or 12 & 14 across Eddie's back-up Frankie Valli's former band band (4. 7) 14 See above 11 & 23 across Elvis Costello's 16 Punk band with girl bassist, first album (2, 3, 2, 4) they had a hit with "Looking 12 Successful half of what you're Through Gary Gilmore's reading! Eyes" 13 Where they did The Late 17 " ••• When", a Lene Lovich hit Show's stomp 19 Person with hair in 15 Booji boy band from the USA, dreadlocks who follows a had hits with "Satisfaction" refigion closely 8SSC)Ciated and "Come Back Jonee" with reggae 18 A Gibb formally, or it could be 20 "Rock •···•··"was e TV series . MrGold starring Julie Covington 20 Part of Fleetwood Mac you 22 A musician alone 7 might find on the high seas! 23 See 11 down 21 Denny of Wings 24 No fake Thing I 22 "Aladdin •···" David Bowie 25 Individually they were Davy 24 Moody Spark, Russell's other Jones, Micky Oolenz, Peter half Torie and Mike Nesmith (3, 7) No.18 Answers to Crossword No. 16 lllame Age ACROSS: 1 Peaches and Herb; 8 Stewart; 3 "(No 1 Song In) (Dave Lee) Travis; 9 Sister Heaven"; 4 Set; 5 David Bowie; 6 Sledge; 12 (Nick) Lowe; 13 "Eafter"; 7 Banshees; 10 Leif Address Wings; 1~ Ri~k W1ktrn1n; 18 Garrett; 11 Nick (Lowe); 14 Lurkers; 22 Police; 23 fan (Oury); (Gary's) Gang; 16 Solo; 17 Rice; 24 "One Way Ticket". 18 Lana (Zavaroni); 19 Epic; 20 DOWN; 1 Pete Shelley; 2 Amii Sire; 21 (Brian) Eno. Winners of Crossword No. 16 are on page 27 L------~~- SMASH HITS 19 STERS • POSTERS 21 CLINT ,.~IHII. ITONH ALSO AVAI.Allt.E ,;J 7 FAlllRAH 9 JACLYN I33 Pf.TUI 59FAMAHlll.Ut: 35 ACE UUIII 38 fl'AUl IIUSlt 1•1•1•• ~CH• roSTAGE &::::~••-.:.-~•-~ - ~••o 421 .JNI 431 C.LAOO 431 J.DEAN 444 IU QUI 445 FAMAH 401 THE WHO 404 BEAlUS 40e f .MAC 4011.SANATH 410 L.ZEPPf.LW 4t2 llV1S 414 L M>NST. 418 J .,-AOf. 402: Hl!NOfllX 405 KISS TOUR 407 P'.Mc:CAR'T1tlEY40I M .JAOOER 411 G.OlAO 413 J.STARSHP 415 ■ . aovs 417 T.NUOENT ELVE •• . EA H +POSTAGE& GIANT ROCK STARS 42" • 68" £2.35 EACH+ PARCEL POST PACKING. 1 POSTER ADD 30p, 2 OR MORE ADD 4 OP· & PACKING 1-4 POSTERS ADD [1 .15. 5 OR MOM ADD £1.60 . ..,--1 ■ 1 m FE SIZE POSTER 24" • 72" £2. 3 5 EACH + P. & P. ir't~ POSTER ADD 4 0 p, 2 OR MORE ADD 5 0 . To: LONDON POSTERS ~ 126 EASTERN AVE, REDBRIDGE, ILFORD, ESSEX. 1•0 A.COOPu, 1•1 FONZ I I NAME: ...... I ~ ADDRESS: ...... · ···••····· ...... I ...... I , ...... I 522 IEE. GUI -· . . 524 K•S It 157 A.GIN, I 501 KISS 502 A .COOPE.R 504KATLEI PLEASE RUSH POSTERS No(1J ...... · · · · · · · · · - I CALLERS WELCOMED MON-FRI. 9.30-5.30 110WWGS 514 IIOCK ITARI I 1511 F. MAC 107 ll0 ZE"8JN 520TlDNUGENT ...... I ENCLOSE [ ...... SAT. 9.30-12.30 5111UUAflMY I Ul .OSTON 525YH 521 e&.UE O.CUI.T PLEASE INCLUDE POSTAGE & PACKING ... _j • ...... _...... ~ ..... fll!I!...... ,. .tt,. ---..:: ...... to-,lllll's••··.:c--- ..,..,.._ ...--·-·--·--c:,io,v, ..., ,us.,,.,,...... _,._,,.,_by Jimmy ,.,,...---,.,.,,.. ,-,,odllCfd jliC.llr.lkP....,..,,,. n,blllflinf• + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + By CLIFF w hat?' say I. To me they ere a great little modem pop combo, WHITE w ho wr;te neat, amusin'jl rhymes about commonplace attitudes THIS IS rTI 11 Th• moment you've end then s.at them to catchy been waiting for. The last time I pop-rock a.:eompaniment. On get to slag off your favourite this one there's lotse bass, lotsa rHords and insult your heroes. choo11le, lotse wit end lots.a fun. Attar today, Red will h•ve I n Love it. So there. p1nnerto help him defend the Sma,h Hits doo,. 1gatnrt your LULU : I Love To Boogie (RodletJ. outraged cries and poisoned Heavens to Murgatroyd, ! even darts. Under the cir<:um•tancet I love this. About once every five have to do with punk. That said, IHI I can fffHy go to town and be years Lulu comes up with a a II-too-tregi callv •1rue one of I'll now admit that the Rockin ' downright nasty thls t ime. record that goes some way to !eanagesuicide, and the song Shades lw hoere regularly Unfortunatllly, wouldn't you just e~plain why she was so highly fea tured on "Oh Boy") have rated back in 1964. This time i!'s a 1ells it rea50nably dramatically. know it, thtire's a whole hHp of Troubla Is, the singer doesn't made a jaunty, Danny & The good rlllea1e11 around st the gently pulsing, sensual disco sound the least bit concerned, Juniors style pop-rock track that's moment. This is whR - find. track that sui!s her admirably. A angry, bltter or whatever other Just about bearable, but it isn't a bonnieweetheng. emotions he mi11ht be feeling patch on whattheyc.ando in real IAN OURY AND THE inside. It's all thrown away In a life on stage. BLOCKHEADS : R9asonsTo Be JENNIFER WARNES: Don't Melt■ nondescript pop-ro<": k p;.,ci RICKIE LEE JONES: Ricaie Lee SEX PISTOLS: Some Product Jones (Warner Bros). By contrast, (Carri On Sex Pistols) {Virgin). I this is an amazingly strong debut thought I w as going to hate this from a very different American moneygrabbing exercise but girl. A cross between Bruce instead it's both entirely honest Springsteen and Joni M itchell, and entirely brilliant. For £3.20 she's great stuff. loads of good you get 42 minutes of the Pistols songs - atmospheric, emotional, tallcing, plus odd snatches of jazzy, street-cool stuff in highly music, banned radio ads, stupid colourful stories sung, and interview ers, Grundy swear loaded with character. File under words etc, all very cleverly and Major New Talent. Besttrax: wittily edited and put together. "Chuck 'E's In l ove", " last Best of all is the American radio Chance Texaco" (8 out of 10). phone-in session. Away from the intellectualising and idolising NEIL YOUNG: Rust Never Sleeps both equally stupid and w rong (Reprise). Right up there w ith the sound of four irreverent kids Bow,e stands the elusive genius enjoying the chaos they create of Neil Young. One side acoustic, says more than 100 Sex Pistols the other electric, this quiet but features. Buy it {9 out of 10). SMASH HITS 25 A PLEA from the heart. How long is everyone in Blondie apart from Debbie Harry to be ignored? On the front of the magazine it says Now, hold on, that's not entirely Blondie interview or Blondie Pie, true, Debbie. Chris Stein phoned but you open it to find - Debbie UI 1peclallyfrom N-York the Harry. Which is okay for the lads other week to talk about tha around, but what about us female band's plans. We take the point Blondie fans? How about a solo about the band'• female fans. pie of Jimmy Desiri or a pie of all though •.• ARIES (Mar 22-Apr 20) LIBRA (Sept 24-0ct 23) You'll feel great, look great- ■ nd A super sodaI scene, a chance to get your chance to shine I A super widen your circle. A secret hope or new friendship will give you a wish will soon come true. Don't be boost; extra cash will come in any afraid to ask a favour - just use time from now. your natural charm. TAURUS (Apr 21-May 21) SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 221 Bun around and tie up loose ends, There's a lot of activity high in your get started on something new, chart. This moans that you could explore fresh scenes. There's a lot to take a step up, Improve things for be gained in friendly chit-chat - yourself. You1I win through any give out more. rivalry around. GEMINI (May 22-June 21 ) SAGITTARIUS (Nov23•Dec The rush is over. the scene is more 22) relaxed - but stiff plenty of action, Life has been a bit rough recently socially. H you've made a -clal but things are on the up-and-up effort recently. rewards are aurely now. There's more happiness on the way, around but give priority to your health-also your appearance. CANCER !June 22-July 2Jl CAPRICORN (Dec 23-Jan 201 Frisky Mars goes into your sign for A bit of aggro to needle you, some several weeks and gives you plenty teasin' to confuse you. Don't get of get-up-and-go! Be bolder In your over-sensitive, keep your cool. approach, chase up opportunities, Accept life's little Up$ and downs 90 in and wint but spoilt yourseH a bitI LEO (July 24-Aug 23) AQUARIUS (Jan 21-Feb 19) Goodies should be coming your Finding life• bit of• puzzle7h's part w■y, both In personal life and in of your starry pattern but later you'll more practical areas. A meeting or know where you are going - and interview in the first week will have why. Just now, do your best to a lucky outcome. cc>-operate with others, VIRGO (Aug 24-Sept 23) PISCES (Feb 20-Mar 21) You are heading into a fabutous Get right Into frlendsh111$ and social period when everything will be life-you soon won't have too going for you. All you need is much spare time. H you've been confidence, ao give yoursetf • fflrting with the Idea of• study talking-to now and again! course, make inquiries. Crossword No. 16 Winners CASSETTE Hardwick, Warks. Berlcshire. Caroline WINNER Tracey Spooner, Marshall, Radlett, Paula Saxon, Parson Cross, Herts. Colin Brentwood.Essex. Sheffield. Hazel Finnegan, ALBUM WINNERS Minnett, Barnsley, Worthing, Sussex. Geraldine Carr, S. Vories. Claire Michael Angell, Nenagh, Co. Haw den, Chatteris, Rutherg)en, Tipperary, Ireland. Cambs. Austen Glasgow. Alison Penelope Chong, Garth, Woodford Smith, Buckie, Haringay, London. Green, Essex. Mr Banffshire. Claire Stephen E. Mccorkle, Sutherland, McCusker, Newington, Billingham, Whitehead, Co. London. Paul Cleveland. Karen Antrim, N. Ireland. Flanagan, Little Liu, Bootle, C. Towner, Hulton, Worsley. Merseyside. M ark Hastings, Sussex. Julie Everett, Hull, Powell, Gosforth, Alan Williamson, Yorks. Nigel Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Rawdon, Leeds. Walker, Andrew Narraway, MissLWells, Canterbury, Kent. Penkridge, Staffs. Sleaford, Lines. Kevan Cornish, Sue Taylor, Gary Turner, Wokingham, Manchester. WHO COMPETITION WINNERS there can·t be that many people The following ten people are the luck y winners In our Who called Nik Cohn? REAL THING: c/o Barbara & album competitio n. Your "Kids Are Alright" prizes will be in Beverly Hanson. Sheffield, Yorks. Deborah, 42 Abbotts Drive, the post • • soon •• possible. He is indeed the walking one and Stanford-le-Hope, Essex. (1) M r A Moll, Frisethorpe, Norwich. (2 ► Richard Thomas, Craven Arms, Salop. (3) Amanda Live!, Penrhos, Bangor, only who wrote the story outline for "Fever", and our quote was SPARKS: c/o Mary Marti n, PO Gwynedd. (4) Andrew Scollick, Atherton, Lanes. (5) Mr N lifted from his book about the Box 24419, Los Angeles, Elkin, East Hagbourne, Didcot, Oxon. (6) Michael Bibby, North Shields, Northumberland. (7) Pet er Millington, history of rock and roll called California 90024. Sheffield, Yorks. (8) Debbie Thompson, Blackpool, Lanes. (9) •Awopbopaloobopalopbam DOOLEY$: 12 Cranwell Avenue, Gary York, Leicester. (10) Casey O'Drisc:oll. Welwyn Garden boom', a volume which can't be Culcheth, Near Warrington, recommended too highly. City, Herts. Ch8$hire. The answers to the competi tion, by the, way, are (A) The High Numbers, (B) Brunswick, (C) 1973, (OJ ''Tommy", and (E) I AM writing to complain about ELO: PO Box 2BF, London W1A "That'll Be The Day". you stating that Gary Numan 2BF. would be in your July 12-25 SMASH HITS 27 The' names list~ are hidden in the diagrams. They run horizontally, vertically or diagonally~ many of them are printed backwards. But remember that the names are 11lways in an uninterrupted straight.line, letters in --sequenca; whichever way they run. Some- l~rs will l)eedto 11!1 u~ more than once. Others you won't need to use at all. ou find th1tm. Solutions ' + + -t . t I T + I- f + I !- DAFAEJANE I LVOUNGO I j t SRASNIBORSWVS 28 .. SMAS!i HITS t t .. L ALTERNATIVE ULSTER There's nothin' for us in Belfast The Pound's old end that·• e pity OK, so there's the Trldeot In Bengor And then you welk beck to the city We ain't got nothin' but they don't really care They don't even know you know They just want money We can take h or leave h What we nffd Is Chorus An Altem1tlv• Ulster Grab it and change It It's your■ Get a n Alternative Ulster Ig nore the bores end their laws Get an Alternative Ulrter Be en anti-security force Alter your native Ulst er Alter your netlve land Take a look at where you're IMn' You got the Army on theatrHt And the RUC dog of repression Is bartclng at your fNt Is this the kind of place you wanna llv17 Is this where you wanna be7 I• this t he only llf• we're gonna have7 What we need la Repeat chorus And they say they're a part of you And that's not true you know They say they've got control of you And that's a lie you know They say you w ill never be Free free free Alternetlve Ulster Aft•mative Ufater Alternative Ulster Words and music by Fingers/ Ogilvie. Altemetive Ulster Reproduced br permiuion Rigid Digits Go end get It now Music. SMASH HITS 29 .., ·* *,I,- *1<-'f * ,A, j<-I< ,.* ¥~. Compiled by Bev Hillier AS YOU'LL Sff, gigs trell eway to little or nothing in high summer. Mein events are the Ian Oury & The Blockheads tour, which winds up in London and llford during the coming fortnight, and the big festival events. Led Zeppelin make their second summer appearance et Knebworth on Aug 11, then there's two big London gigs on Saturday Aug 1B-you can choose between The Who and other big names at Wembley Stadium, or the Buzzcocks playing a free concert in London's Hyde Perk {at pretstime we heard that they're trying to get Squeeze to join them on the bill). Don't forget to check with venues before Htting out, In case of late f Eddie & Th• Hot Rods cancellations. As for Sunday Aug 19, Barry Masters o you might as well stay in and watch telly -we've got nothing at all in our lnveders White Hart, Thornes, Nr Invaders Blackpool Norbreck Castle gigs diary. Doncaster Hotel Friday August 10 Chas & Dave Doublas loM Palace Lido Matchbox Leicester TVL Club Ian Oury/Blockheads Hammersmith Odeon Monday August 13 Saturday August 18 Zones Birmingham Barbarellas Invaders Bristol Trinity lk.ozzcodts London Hvde Park Free Festival Eddie & The Hot Rods London The Who London Wembley Stadium Camden Music Machine Tuesday August 14 Eddie & The Hot Rods St Albans City Hall Invaders Norwich Boogie House Ian Oury/Blockheads llford Odeon Invaders Carlisle City Hall Invaders Burton 76 Club Saturday August 11 Monday August 20 Ian Oury/Blockheads Hammersmith Odeon Wednesday August 15 Invaders Wolverton Crawford Arms led Zeppelin/New Barbarians Stevenage len Oury/Blockheads llford Odeon Joe Jackson Edinburgh Tiffanys Knebworth Festival Invaders Liverpool Eric's Eddie & The Hot Rods London Tuesday August 21 Camden Music Machine Thursday August 16 Invaders London Moonlight Club Matchbox Worcester Martley Village Hall Specials, L.inton Kwasl Johnson, John Invaders Chesterfield Fusion Cooper Clarke Hammersmith Palais Zones Blackpool Norbreck Castle Chas encl Dave London Stratford The Flamingo Wednesday August 22 Sunday August 12 Invaders York Pop Club Ian Oury/Blockheads Hammersmith Ode an Friday August 17 Thursday August 23 Zones Leeds Fforde Green Hotel Ruts, Linton KwHI: Johnson Edinburgh Invaders Derby Ajanta Club Squeeze London Lyceum Clouds Commodores Glasgow Apollo PUZZLE ANSWERS IN THE NEXT ISSUE OF SMASH HITS THE POLICE JOE JACKSON GARY NUMAN IN COLOUR PLUS ALL THE USUAL GOODIES. 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