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2 editorial Well here we are with issue number six - half way through our first year - and an ideal opportunity to say thank you to all our many regular readers and to the hundreds of new readers who are joining us each month. Thanks for your tremendous support, and if you like the magazine, which I sincerely hope you do, please be sure to tell all your friends. In this month's 48 page issue we have the full results of our recent "DEE JAY AND RADIO MONTHLY" poll - and you can find these on Page 14. PETE MURRAY is the second of the "Big Three" - so who will be number three? You can find out next month. Other features are included on DJs Noel Edmonds, Anne Nightingale, Tony Prince and Ray Moore - and Paul Burnett picks his records of the month. We also tell you what went on when "DEE JAY AND RADIO MONTHLY" went toMIDEM! a And of course all the latest Free Radio news - plus all the usual features, which all add up to make "DEE JAY AND RADIO MONTHLY"Britain's brightest radio and DJ magazine. Finally don't miss our exciting 'Jackson 5' poster offer on page 23 - two great 24" x 30" posters for just 5op. Dee jays - why not order in bulk? - they make greatgive-aways or competition prizes! See you all again next month - and here's to our first birthday in six months' time! BEN CREE PUBLISHER

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4 news and views 3obeatwave - free radio association 6 "THE BIG THREE" No 2 - PETE 33 Tony Mercer MURRAY 35 RAY MOORE todeejay in MIDEM 38Disco Gear with Karl Dallas 12 ANNE NIGHTINGALE 40disco picks of the month 14dee jay POLL RESULTS 42Hospital Radio Notebook frccib 43dx corner 20sounds of the month - Paul Burnett sounds on stage

22the tony mercer column 44dee jay album sounds LP reviews

24 NOEL EDMONDS 46"Record World" US charts

27 TONY PRINCE 47Radio Luxembourg charts

3 Jim tomove toradio 2 ! It was announced this week that popular Radio 1 DJ Jimmy Young is to move over to Radio 2 at the beginning of July. Jimwill host a new two hour lunchtime programme from Monday to Friday, but the exact time of the show has not yet been finalised. The move is seen as a strengthening of the Radio 2 network in the face of the recent announcement by Capital Radio of their plan to use a "Radio 2" type of content for their programmes. At the same time Tony Brandon will move to an early evening spot, and sandi-the "Woman's Hour" will move over to Radio 4 and be new family replaced by a music favourite programme. The only non -music content for Radio 2 Comparative newcomer to will then be "Waggoner's broadcasting Sandi Jones Walk". takes over from Michael It is also understood that Aspel as presenter on BBC's "After Seven" will be popular show "Family dropped and replaced again Favourites" on April 8 - the by an as yet undecided new date the show moves show. exclusively to Radio 2. During the month of Sandi, age 27, gained her March, Radio 1 and 2 first broadcasting experience Controller Douglas with BFBS in Cologne, and Muggeridge and Radio 1 has appeared on the show as head Derek Chinnery will be German hostess. She also sat listening to tapes, etc, to find in for Michael Aspel at the the replacement for Jimmy beginning of February. Young on Radio 1. This may She says: "I am obviously mean that another new face a little nervous about taking will find themselves in a top this programme on - well, spot, although a BBC who wouldn't be? "Family spokesman told "Dee Jay Favourites" is more than a and Radio Monthly" that record programme, because "it is likely to be someone you have this feeling of who is already broadcasting actually helping people to get on the network". closer together, it's fabulous. We also understand that I don't agree with people there is likely to be a major who say that broadcasting is shake-up of Radio I at about a man's market. I hope the same time - which could they're wrong, anyway!" be the most widespread and significant since Douglas Muggeridge assumed control steve's London commercial of the network in 1969. back... again contracts awarded lux on The Independent Broadcasting Authority announced last Steve Jones returns again month the names of the two companies who will run the first long wave to the Saturday afternoon of Britain's new commercial radio stations. spot on Radio 1 on March 3 The two stations, both located in London, are understood to Radio Luxembourg's for four weeks, taking over British service have taken be likely to start transmissions later this year, which is from the Baron. From the considerably earlier than was generally expected. over - for a trial period - beginning of April, the new RTL's late -night broadcasting The general station will be run by Capital Radio, headed by BBC series "The Rolling Richard Attenborough, the film actor and producer. Also on long wave from Monday Stones Story" will run on to Friday. associated with this group is broadcaster David Jacobs. Saturdays on the pop network The news station will be operated by The London The programmes which go and the DJ show will be out on 1293m run from Broadcasting Company, a consortium of five companies and six re -timed from 3 to 5 pm. individuals. Their chairman is Sir Charles Trinder. midnight through to 3 am The Stones episodes will be will be transmitted live from It appears likely that Capital Radio, who are at present repeated on Wednesdays at negotiating with the IBA for 24 hour broadcasting, will use a Luxembourg by the English 10 pm in "Sounds of the team of DJs. First in the music format somewhat similar to Radio 2. Richard studio was Dave Christian Seventies". Attenborough will be revealing more plans later, but was quoted who put out an interesting as saying "We are not going to be a legalised pop pirate!" multi-lingual programme, but programming, although one The successful applicants for the stations in Manchester, "Dee Jay and Radio or two French hit parade Birmingham and Glasgow are expected to be announced by the Monthly" understands that records will occasionally be IBA later this month. the other DJs will speak in featured. English. Although reception here is The programmes will be pretty good, the programmes compiled in London by 208's are primarily aimed at France Ken Evans and will feature and are not intended to in the main the usual compete with the existing 208 Luxembourg style of programmes.

4 dee jay into drag more big beeb No, contrary to many reports, we are not becoming involved with Danny La Rue - but are pleased to announce our forthcoming involvement with the world of Drag Racing. changes On May 13, "Dee Jay and Radio Monthly" will be More stereo for Radio 1, separation of Radios 1 and 2 on sponsoring a major drag race meeting at the Santa Pod Sunday lunchtimes, the return of and the start Raceway - and have also agreed to sponsor the John Woolfe of the Rolling Stones andBing Crosby stories - just some of the Racing Team "Funny Car" which will be driven during the big changes at the BBC announced recently by Douglas season by world champion driver Dennis Priddle. M uggeridge. We are also investigating the possibility of sponsoring a Brian Matthew, who hosted many of the top radio pop shows conventional motor race meeting at Brands Hatch later this year. in the late 50s and early 60s, returns with a new show "My More news next month. Top 12" on Sunday mornings at 10 am. In this show a top personality will select his favourite music for an imaginary pop LP. The Noel Edmonds Show then runs from 11 am to 1 pm news in top tamla and at 1 pm comes Kenny Everett's new programme. The rest of Sunday programmes remain unchanged but this means that brief tours "Family Favourites" will now be heard on Radio 2 only. BBC Radio 2 Stars of the Two top Tamla Motown The Bing Crosby Story, which will trace the career of this Week for the coming weeks acts - The Supremes and The important show business figure, will go out on Radio 2 on include Tommy Steele Temptations - are set to tour Sundays from 2.30 to 3.30 pm. (Mar 5), Vera Lynn (Mar 12), Britain this month. Both open As revealed in last month's "Dee Jay and Radio Monthly" Dorothy Squires (Mar 19), on March 9 in London, the Radio 1 will now go out in Stereo in certain areas on Saturdays Ray Stevens (Mar 26), Cliff Supremes at the Gaumont from 2.0 to 7.30 pm, which will cover the new six part series on Richard (Apl 2) and Jim State, Kilburn, and the the Rolling Stones, the Saturday DJ show, David Simmons R & B programme and "In Concert". Reeves (Apl 9) .. . Gerry & Temptations at the the Pacemakers, The Hammersmith Odeon. "Scene and Heard" moves to Friday evenings at 5 pm and Searchers, Billy J. Kramer & Other Supremes dates are Rosko's "Roundtable" goes out from 6 until 8 pm. the Dakotas and Wayne Talk of the South, Southend "Sounds of Jazz" incorporating Humphrey Lyttelton's "Jazz Fontana and the Mindbenders (Mar 10), Fairfield Hall, Club" and Peter Clayton's news/reviews show moves to Radio 1 join Peter Noone and Croydon (Mar 11), Fiesta, and stereo VHF on Saturday evenings from 10 pm to midnight. Herman's Hermits for a Sheffield (Mar 12-14), Odeon, All these changes take place from Saturday April 7 and "British Beat" tour of the Manchester (Mar 15), Floral according to Douglas Muggeridge are designed "to give States later this year. British Hall, Southport (Mar 16), additional strength to our weekend programmes and help to dates are also possible . ABC, Stockton (Mar 17), develop even further the separate identities of Radio 1 and The Sweet are currently Empire, Liverpool (Mar 18), Radio 2". working on a concept album Heavy Steam Machine, Stoke for release in April. The (Mar 19), Central Hall, album will trace the history of Chatham (Mar 21), Odeon, rock music from Bill Haley to Hammersmith (Mar 23), Deep Purple, and the group Odeon, Birmingham (Mar 24), THE SEX MACHINE are writing the tracks Odeon, Lewisham (Mar 25) themselves together with their and the De Montfort Hall, managers, songwriters Nicky Leicester (Apl 1). Chinn and Mike Chapman The Temptations follow up . Cliff Morgan, former with dates at the Odeon, international rugby player Manchester (Mar 10), De and regular broadcaster, has Montfort Hall, Leicester IT WILL TURN YOUR JINGLES ON been appointed BBC Radio's (Mar 15), Odeon, Lewisham Editor of Sport from August I (Mar 16), Odeon, Birmingham NISTANTLY of this year . .. former Miss (Mar 17), Fiesta, Sheffield ** ULTRA TIGHT PROGRAMMING United Kingdom Marilyn (Mar 18-24), Empire Ward now presenting a Liverpool (Mar 25), Dome, **CONTINUOUS LOOP TAPE OPERATION record programme on BBC Brighton (Mar 26) and the ** AT ONE THIRD THE PRICE OF ANY Radio Solent - "At Your City Hall, Newcastle COMPARABLE BROADCAST UNIT Request". (Mar 26). * PLAYBACK VERSIONS AT 334 OR 712 IPS D*SUPER DISCOTHEQUES!

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5 Ask around, and you'll hardly hear a word against Pete Murray. His philosophy is simple: "I try to get on Pete Murray,a with everyone I meet - frankly, in this industry, you can make enemies without even trying!". Pete is a broadcaster in every sense of the word, with professional a hell of a lot of experience to back it up. Born in London in September 1928, he went to St Paul's School and won a scholarship to the past and present Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, where he won a bronze medal for acting. He is one of the Grand Duchy's racking at the beginning I for his part in a play, "The graduated to repertory and main industries. assure you, but I guess I got Last Enemy". In 1962, Pete from there into West End "We had some fun while I through. 1 worked there for returned to the stage in plays .. . and then the war was over there. In those days eight years, and then "Scapa!" the musical version came and Pete was called up Geoffrey Everitt was in decided to try my luck back of "Seagulls Over Sorrento" for the RAF. charge of the -English boys. home." and at the end of that year After the war, Pete I remember going to him one On his return, Pete started took over the lead in "Come continued his stage career in day with a script and he working with BBC Radio Blow Your Horn". London and on Broadway said: 'what do you want that and TV and also did some Some of the younger and his first taste of .ter'. Well, I'd been an actor work with commercial readers of "Dee Jay and dee-jaying was when he for years and was used to television. He became Radio Monthly" must be joined the English Service of working with scripts. But established as one of more than a little surprised Radio Luxembourg in 1950. he gave me some advice Britain's top DJ's and shared to see that Pete has crammed "You know," smiled Pete, which I found really the awards with names such so much into his career so "life in Luxembourg today valuable. He said: `throtv it as David Jacobs, Alan far - he's truly been through must be the same as when I away and make all the Freeman, Sam Costa and the mill. And it is all this was there. It's just simply a mistakes you're going to Brian Matthew. He also experience that has sustained quiet little spot in the middle make, because it's the only starred in a domestic comedy his position today, as one of of Europe - in some ways an way you'll ever be a disc series with and our "Big Three". unlikely place for a radio jockey'. won third place in a TV When the BBC started station. Radio, of course, "It was pretty nerte- "Actor of the Year" award Radio 1 & 2 in October

6 Rodney Collins talks to PETE MURRAY

1967, Pete presented psychologist on the met in my life, really. might be a little different, I "Family Choice" every programme, and I can Roger Moore is great, and so suppose. morning on the networks. usually tell what the guests are Mike and Bernie Winters. "You know, I think we Two years later, when are going to be like. I Henry Mancini, too. have the format of this Radio 1 & 2 went their explain that it is just a Recently I've worked on a programme so 'just right' separate ways in the question of sitting down couple of TV things with that the whole thing could mornings, Pete was placed having a chat and a cup of . I run along quite efficiently with the middle of the road coffee and reading a few think they are probably the without me. I don't consider network as presenter of the cards from listeners." most professional people I've myself all that an important style "Open House" "Open House" can boast ever met, completely ingredient of the show. quite a guest list, too. Over untouched by their incredible programme." " 'Open House' is a just the past few weeks the success. When I was booked Others, not unnaturally, tremendously enjoyable programme has introduced to appear on their TV would disagree with Pete on programme to do, because stars such as Eartha Kitt, special on Christmas Day I that point. For "Open it is a little different every Max Bygraves, Pet Clark, was scared stiff I would let House" seems tailor-made day. The guests mould the Cyril Fletcher, Anthony them down!" for him in every way ... programme into a particular Newley, David Frost, Back to "Open House". "That's a point, I suppose. I shape - it's as simple as that. Kenneth Williams, Yvonne Three hours a day is a long mean, looking back over my I enjoy interviewing and Mitchell, Labi Siffre, hard slog for any DJ. career, I always wanted to chatting to people and it , Ray Does Pete get stuck for act - to communicate. Now, makes for a different type Conniff, Buddy Greco... anything to say? I think, for the first time in of show, other than just pretty impressive, isn't it? "Not really, because of the my life, I am actually playing a pile of records. I asked Pete who, in show type of programme 'Open getting through on the radio "Some of the guests are business, did he count as House' is. As I've said and reaching the listeners. very nervous when they good friends. "Oh, there are before, the guests make for And that, surely, is what arrive for the programme - so many people. Dickie variety, I just chat to them. acting is all about. You well, I suppose everyone is a Henderson, definitely - I If I were doing a straight could say that I don't have little nervous really. You think he is one of the most record show for three hours to hunt around for the right have to be a sort of instant unselfish people I have ever every morning, then things part these days - because

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7 I've already found it!" the ideal late night disc Praise, indeed, from one the dee-jays who seem to Pete's programme has jockey and I was surprised of the BBC's top executives. talk down to you. When quite a production team when he agreed to transfer Mrs Eileen Davies, who Pete is broadcasting he working on it, with Harry to a morning spot. I think lives in Seaton Carew, near treats his listeners as an Walters working as senior it is a mark of his true Hartlepool (that's Radio intelligent being. And producer. He says of Pete professionalism that he has Teesside country) failed to watching him today, he Murray: "I love working made an even bigger success get a ticket for the "Open seems such a hard worker." with him, he's a super in the mornings. Pete is one House" road show when it A hard worker, certainly. professional, without the of the really great visited the area - so she He's usually in the studio coldness of some broadcasters - along with decided to queue for a seat. by 8.15 every morning - professionals. He's the sort people like Christopher Stone The show began at 9 am, "I'm not all that good at of man you could always go and Jack Jackson. but Mrs Davies was outside getting up in the mornings - to if you were in trouble -a "I'll tell you something the venue at 6.20 am. I need my sleep, you know!" really good friend. else. I think that the public Pete interviewed her on - and after the show usually "In fact, our friendship often think that apart from the programme and eats a light vegetarian lunch goes back quite a way, to possessing an ability to talk congratulated the lady on and takes the rest of the day when we were both in our off the cuff for a long time her "staying power" ... fairly easy. This routine, teens and working as film disc jockeys are not blessed "I suppose I've always however, goes to the wind extras. I lost touch with with a lot of brains. been a fan of Pete Murray's," when Pete's team take the Pete after that, but we met "That isn't true and Pete she said afterwards to a programme out of studio B13 up again when I was working can talk in an amusing and local newspaper reporter. Broadcasting House for the at Philips records. I took a interesting way on a variety "I spend most of the day benefit of listeners like trip out to Luxembourg and of subjects. He's a charming listening to the radio, and Mrs Davies. he was one of the DJ's there guy." I get annoyed with some of "Open House" is one of at the time. When the BBC the Radio 2 programmes opened Radio 1, I found which, like the "Tony myself working with him Brandon Show" gets out to again at the BBC and I found meet the public in the a still photograph from one provinces. On some of these of the films we both worked occasions, Pete's programme on - I think it was called `I don't really has formed part of a radio The Day Will Dawn'. promotional campaign in Anyway, it was all about various centres, called "BBC the Norwegian resistance. play thatmany Radio Weeks". The Small world, isn't it?" programme has been to most Mark White, Head of major cities in the UK, and Radio 2: "I think for many records at home' for some of the shows years, we thought of Pete as queues of 3,000 people are

8 not uncommon. like to keep myself fairly something on, my mood viable proposition to them. "You know, when we fresh for the show which is, determines what I listen to. "I prefer the BBC. If I'm first went out on these after all, the most important Tony Bennett, I like, and asked to do a TV show for road shows, I didn't know commitment I've got." Sinatra. In the pop field I the Beeb, the whole thing is what to expect. It seems What about other disc like listening to Georgie better than a commercial job. incredible to me that so jockeys, who does Pete rate Fame and Alan Price - they You could almost say that many people will take time highly? are real entertainers in the it is the difference between out to come along and see a "Well, Alan Dell, true sense of the word. Tom watching an A and B film, radio show put together. certainly. He uses the Jones, I think, could be although perhaps that'sva "When I do these live minimum amount of chat every record collector's little unfair. dates, I have to think of two with the maximum effect. dream with even better "I think the same audiences - the one at home He's definitely one of my material and perhaps by standards will be true of the and the one in the venue. favourites. Then there's slightly modifying the way world of radio. It would be a disastrous Terry Wogan, who I listen he sings." "I am more than happy mistake to think only of the to while I'm crawling out of I asked Pete for his views where I am. In fact, I think people with you and forget bed in the mornings. on the forthcoming I'm happier now than I've the listeners at home. I John Dunn is a marvellous commercial radio scene. been for a long time - so think the London Coliseum broadcaster, as is David I've worked for why change? I'd like to `Open House' date was one Hamilton. I reckon he could commercial radio, so the think that, at the moment, of the most amazing things give most of us a run for our prospect doesn't hold any I have something to offer the I've ever undertaken - it's money." novelty for me, quite BBC. But I don't expect a wonderful feeling seeing a Music? "I don't really frankly. Look, I'll stay with charity to go on forever." radio programme filling a play that many records at the BBC as long as they This, then, is Pete Murray, London theatre. Over home, but when I do shove want me - as long as I'm a much -respected disc jockey Easter, we're taking the of Radio 2. You only have show to the London to meet him the once and Palladium - that's a you feel you've made a frightening thought, isn't it?" friend. Indeed, you can Other than those "Open feel that simply by listening House" road shows, Pete to his programme. doesn't get much chance to `Commercial In the music -radio get out on personal industry you are meeting appearances during the week. new people all the time. For "The problem simply is radio ? I my money, Pete is one of that I've got to be back in our finest broadcasters and London to do a show at in ten years' time, he could nine o'clock the following prefer the BBC' still be one of our "Big morning. At any rate, I Three". Right?

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Paul Burnett in the studio at Cannes What a week it was! Yes, it all really happened for "Dee Jay and Radio Monthly" at the 7th MIDEM International Music Festival idEire46 in Cannes towards the end crt of January!! .96 Jo-110sitjswo 3,-)i,f3e31'3 We were there, of course, to s;17 sponsor the 'live' programmes on Radio Luxembourg and I'm sure those of you who heard them will agree that they were pretty fantastic. These shows which were introduced by 208 DJ Paul Burnett included 'on -the -air' interviews with such stars as Tony Christie, Peter Skellem, Middle of the Road, Rick Springfield, Mac and Katie Kissoon, as well as yours truly. In addition there were world, European or British premiers of many new records, including the New Seekers `Pinball Wizard', Kenny's `Heart Of Stone', Mud with with 'Crazy' and Curtis Mayfields"SuperFly'. Plus new albums from Derek and the Dominoes, the and Yoko Ono. For "Dee Jay and Radio Monthly" the other highlights of a very exciting week were the three galas (see separate reviews) and the European premier of the film 'SuperFly'. 'SuperFly', which features music by Curtis Mayfield, and is produced by Sig Shore is basically about drugs - cocaine in particular - and the attempt by one dealer Priest a. (played to perfection by fantastically successful in the scene to "Dee Jay and Radio - while 208 Press Officer relative newcomer Ron States - and deserve to be so Monthly" was extremely Jimmy Parsons added his O'Neal) to get out of the here. Certainly no self encouraging - and we look Sinatra -like interpretations to racket. There is plenty of respecting DJ should be forward already to attending many songs aided and action, a more than generous without the album `SuperFly'. next year's event. abetted by his accompanist sprinkling of sex (viz. a 7 Paul Burnett kept us Luxembourg's own Alan minute shared bath sequence) entertained on many evenings Keen. The best "Dee Jay and and certainly a lot to make Throughout the MIDEM with his great Anthony Newley Radio Monthly's" editor could you think. The film and the week reaction from the whole impressions, accompanied by manage was a rather dated Al records of the music have been of the International music pianist/arranger John McLeod. Jolson impression !!)

10 (above)' Dee Jay & Radio Monthly' editor Ben Cree enjoys lunch on the beach in January with John Howson, European label manager of Buddah records-who release the 'SuperFly' sound track (below) Paul Burnett and 208 Press officer Jimmy Parsons have fun with a statue outside the studio

Curtis Mayfield who composed and plays the music, also appecre :n cne sequence the midem galas There were three gala Peter Skellern together with performances at this year's US stars John Prine and the MIDEM - each featuring the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band who usual mixed bag of American,stole the show. British and Continental acts, The closing gala on Friday and as in previous years evening featured good almost without exception the performances by the shows proved the complete Raspberries, Roberta Flack

dominance and capabilities ofand Canada's Anne Murray - the British and US acts over whose spot was somewhat our Continental rivals. marred by amplification Star of the opening gala problems. was undoubtedly Isaac It was left, however, to

1 Hayes, and although restrictedBritain's Hurricane Smith to Ron O'Neal us Priest seen here in a spot of trouble to some 15 minutes managed,close the show and the last with the aid of some pretty of these galas - and what an erotic dancers, to completely act! "The man who put the capture the essentially trade show -biz back into MIDEM" audience. Also on the bill was the note I scribbled on that night were Britain's Tonymy programme. Christie, who gave a powerful His act comprised his performance, America's Bill various hit records from Withers, who had the "Don't Let It Die" to "Oh unenviable task of opening Babe what could you say" the show, and Esther Ofarim (currently number two in the

- who drew prolonged US charts) - and included a I applause with a superb lightning off-stage costume version of "Motherless change. Child". Very, very good and let's Wednesday evening's show face it pure entertainment - !was a new idea devoted to which is really what it should .4,41011i "New International Artists" be all about! No trouble here though as Ron shares a bathtub sequence with land again it was our own ben cree girl friend Sheila Frazier

11 TN THE TOKEN WOMAN'

PP. "I'd like to know all about a lot bitchier than women." your private life!" P.P. "Do you think of your Anne "Oh, I could go on writing as a separate thing to for hours! It's funny, but no performing?" one's ever asked me that Anne "Oh yes. I like radio before!" so much better. Writing is P.P. "Well, I've been dying hard work for me, and I feel to know! Are you married, I'm not a born writer although not married or what?" Polly Perkins talks to I've picked up the technique Anne "Was. Was married over the years. I like until about three and a half communication and that's years ago, and I've two ANNE NIGHTINGALE what the revolution in music children, a boy of ten and a was all about. The Beatles girl of five. One of each, made music totally classless. which I think is pretty Radio l's lone lady DJ Also you can meet people and clever!" say, 'What kind of music do P.P. "You definitely arranged you like?' and by what they that well dear!" Beatles song, the taxi driver because I've got no one to say you can see if you're Anne "I'm now with someone said 'You going back to compare me with. I started going to like them or not." who I'm not married to. We school dear ?' I thought- by doing reviews for the P.P. "What kind of music keep talking about it and here's this great adult Brighton Argus." do you like?" can't decide whether we will moment in my life, this great P.P. "I think you're a Anne "Good question. I or not." step and he thinks I'm a lovely reviewer-you've like that-straight in! Well, P.P. "How did you first come schoolgirl! I wanted to say always been very nice about King Crimson is one, Nielson, to settle in Brighton ?" `No, I'm going to live in sin', me! I was speaking to Kathy David Bowie and Lou Reed Anne "I've always had a but of course I didn't." Kirby and she said you always -all that camp lot." romantic thing about P.P. "How did you come say nice things about her. P.P. "That's Brighton's Brighton since reading to get into reviewing records, I was wondering if you're influence on you dear!" `Brighton Rock' at the age of because you were the first particularly nice to girls ?" Anne "Yes, that's what 18, and then, as circumstances and still the only known lady Anne "Perhaps a fraction Brighton's done to me!" happened, I ran away from one?" more sympathetic. Also, P.P. "Do you find you only home to Brighton to live with Anne "I know. In a way I'd maybe I'm subconsciously like to listen to music or do a man. I shall never forget, like there to be more because thinking that if I'm nasty you appreciate performers?" as I left home carrying my I sometimes think I don't about another woman she'll Anne "I try to get to as many great suitcase, just like in the know if I'm any good or not think 'Bitch'! Really men are concerts as I can. Generally

12 the two seem to gell. I think ELO are the most exciting thing I saw last year, but Roy Wood's left now and I've not yet seen Wizzard. Good performances and good records usually go hand in hand." P.P. "You've been in music since the beginning of the Sixties. Do you think things have changed for the better?" Anne "Oh yes. Everything's been opened up. There's been a social revolution." P.P. "On 'Sounds of the Seventies' do you choose your own records?" Anne "Yes. On 'What's New' I didn't, but there wouldn't have been much point anyway. In some shows, like Tony Blackburn's, I don't think the disc jockeys would have the time to put together their own material. I gather that Alan Freeman, when he was offered his new afternoon show, stipulated that he wouldn't do it unless he could choose his own records. I think this shows because he plays good music." P.P. "How do you get on with the other disc jockeys? Are you very aware of your femininity or don't you I'd done a fair bit of DISCOTRON ELECTRONICS think about it at all?" broadcasting on programmes Anne "I try to forget it!" like 'Today' and 'Woman's P.P. "You're one of the Hour'." boys then are you?" P.P. "Does being a woman Anne "When I worked on have its special problems in the newspapers I always radio ?" seemed to be the only girl Anne "When I was doing so I suppose I'm used to 'What's New?' I thought the it. I don't have an incredibly audience was basically female active social life within this and I had women in mind, business because I've always although I never played up got to get back home to the femininity thing at all. Brighton and the kids and I Once I said on the air that just haven't got the time." a girl had sent me a pot of her P.P. "Why do you think home made marmalade, there's only you?" which I thought was great, 150 Watts R.M.S. Integral Amp 15HZ-50 KHZ 1DB Anne "I'm the token and I thanked her. The Garrard Decks Cross -Fade woman! I really am. There engineer said, through the used to be a story that one of glass, 'I suppose we'll be Cue Switches P.F.L. etc the previous heads of Radio having knitting patterns One used to play audition next'. I thought, now Jimmy 250, 400 8- 1000 Watt Models tapes of aspiring girl disc Young can do this but I, jockeys to liven up his dinner presumably, should be telling also available parties. I think this was an people how to wire up plugs!" evil thing to do. When P.P. "Have you got any Douglas Muggeridge took advice to women struggling Free Demonstrations along in a man's world?" over as Controller he was Sound Activated Strobes speaking to Derek Taylor Anne "The only way that Lighting Effects about getting a girl disc women can succeed is not jockey and Derek suggested by shouting, screaming or me. The reason they couldn't demanding, you see you don't No Deposit Credit and H.P. Terms available turn me down ultimately get anywhere that way, but was because I've got the just by quietly getting on knowledge about music and with it." S.A.E. for Leaflets to: - 64Oldhill Street, London, N.16 Tel. 01-806 6421

13 TOP OF THE POLLS

What a fantastic response! Literally thousands of votes were received for our first "DEE JAY AND RADIO MONTHLY" poll - in fact at one stage they were arriving by the sackload, much to the annoyance of our local postman. So to all of you who voted a very sincere thank you - let's make sure that the "DEE JAY AND RADIO MONTHLY" poll becomes recognised as THE definitive radio poll. As for the results - no real major upsets we feel, and so we offer our congratulations to messrs Blackburn, Walker, Rosko, Wogan, Wesley and Ross plus messrs Glitter and Stewart for two excellent records. Special "DEE JAY AND RADIO MONTHLY" trophies are now being prepared and will be presented to the winners at a special party to be held on March 20. Pictures and news of this event will be included in our next issue.

TOP TOP RADIO RADIO DJ ONE DJ

1 TONY BLACKBURN 1. JOHNNIE WALKER (BBC Radio 1) 2. NOEL EDMONDS 2. NOEL EDMUNDS 3. TONY BLACKBURN (BBC Radio 1) 4. DAVE LEE TRAVIS 3. DAVE LEE TRAVIS 5. ROSKO (BBC Radio 1) 6. ALAN FREEMAN 4. JOHNNIE WALKER 7. ED STEWART (BBC Radio 1) 8. JOHN PEEL 5. MARK WESLEY (208) 9. 6. BRIAN McKENZIE (RNI) 10. JIMMY YOUNG 7. KID JENSEN (208) 11. STUART HENRY 8. ROSKO (BBC Radio 1) 12. STEVE JONES 9. JIMMY SAVILE 13. BOB HARRIS (BBC Radio 1) 14. ANNE NIGHTINGALE 10. TONY BRANDON 15. ALAN BLACK (BBC Radio 2) 11. ROGER 'TWIGGY' DAY 12. KENNY EVERETT (-, soon BBC Radio 1) 13. ED STEWART (BBC Radio 1Er 2) 14. PAUL BURNETT (208) TONY BLACKBURN 15. MIKE ROSS (RNI) JOHNNIE WALKER

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17 Free Radio CAMPAIGN FOR INDEPENDENTC Campaign BROADCASTING

To start off we would like to to help plan the forthcoming welcome all new members of Local Commercial Radio CIB and subscribers to FRC's stations for Britain. They newscaster. Since the last two THE IBA also gave an address and issues of "Dee Jay and telephone number for Radio Monthly" which we reception reports. Many calls have appeared in, there has were received, but not all been a really fantastic ON TEST were reception reports . .. an response. If you have written engineer estimated that and there has been a slight during the first 10 days delay in your reply, we do transmission by the Power Station (Tower of Independent Broadcasting approximately 250-300 apologise, but both Power? - sorry). For the Veronica fans had telephoned organisations have been Authority on the same technically minded, the frequency 557 kHz. to complain. The reply given inundated with letters. transmitter power is 1 kW to by the IBA was that the Thanks a lot! Keep writing, If you remember in our the aerial a 275 ft vertical, article last month we frequency was allocated to our addresses are at the end top loaded by 212 ft them by the Ministry of of the article. mentioned that the IBA were horizontal suspended between having difficulty in finding a Posts and Telecommunications the two main chimney stacks. and that it was chosen many Radio IBA Calling! site for their medium wave (See photo). Regular British listeners to transmitters. So, they have months ago before Veronica the Dutch off -shore station had to use a temporary Complaints changed from 192m at the end of last September. Radio Veronica on 538m, transmitter with a temporary A recorded announcement during the last few weeks of aerial at a temporary site (!) went out with the test The Future January were very upset This is located at Lots Road, transmissions which explained As they are using a because of the test Chelsea, London Transport the purpose of the tests was temporary aerial and aerial

Veronica's aerial between two masts; the IBA aerial between two chimney stacks. (Pix.courtesy Radio Veronica CV and FRC London.)

18 site it may be necessary, the IBA have said, to use different frequencies than those already announced (1151 kHz - 26Im Who is and 1546 kHz - 194m) for the London stations when they start at the end of 1973 Arnold or beginning of 1974. We asked the IBA if they will, in the light of their previous Larne? statement, state whether they will continue to use 557 kHz; Now all is revealed! Our we received a "no comment"! DJ photo this month is The question to be answered Arnold Layne of RN I. is why did the IBA use this Arnold first joined the station frequency when Veronica's at the end of April last year signal must be making their and left for a couple of tests difficult? months in October. Since his The test were due to return in December his shows terminate on January 26, but have been getting better and they have continued after this better so we thought he date. deserved a .`plug" in "Dee Incidentally, Radio Jay and Radio Monthly". Veronica in an effort to trace His off -beat sense of humour who was "jamming" their makes his shows well worth transmissions contacted RNI tuning in to. at Zurich who subsequently Before joining RNI Arnold telexed CIB to trace the worked on several of the old source. We sent a telex back off -shore stations under informing 'them it was the another name, and then on Arnold Layne on his way back to the Mebo IL (Pic. courtesy of IBA, but it was not deliberate commercial television. FRC London). "jamming" but testing their transmitter. If you are a Veronica listener and are worried that they may start using the wavelength permanently then we urge you to write to them and simply explain the problem. The more letters of genuineprotest they get, the less likely they are to use it. Radio Nordsee International World of Daffy Don Magazine and of the They obviously do not want No "dramas" to report Allen Campaign itself, plus some to start permanent from RNI which is of course 02.00 Skyline - Various DJs free sample car stickers!! broadcasting with an annoyed good, so we can fit in their Sunday The stickers for Caroline, listenership. The address to International Service 06.00-19.00 Dutch Service RNI or Veronica cost 3 for 5p write to is: Independent programme schedule. 19.00 Hitback Show with or 50 for 35p. Our address is Broadcasting Authority, Mike Ross simply: Free Radio Engineering Dept, 70 All times are GMT 21.00 Big Wide Wonderful Campaign, BM-FRC, Brompton Road, London Monday - Thursday World of Daffy Don London WCIV 6XX. SW3.No need to get angry 05.00-19.00 Dutch Service Allen The Campaign for with them, just register a 19.00 Mike Ross Show 24.00 Brian McKenzie Show Independent Broadcasting at simple complaint,saying that 21.00 Big Wide Wonderful 03.00 Close Down 13 Ashwood House, London. you listen to Veronica. World of Daffy Don Relief DJs:Arnold Layne NW4, costs only 38p annual Allen Mark Slate membership, and you will 24.00 Brian McKenzie Shov Of course we must not receive regular newsletters, Radio Caroline 03.00 Close Down forget the World Service, free car stickers and At the time of writing, every Sunday in the 49m information on our policies. reception of Caroline is still Friday If you just want more 05.00-19.00 Dutch Service band, 6205 kHz, from rather weak over most of the 09.00-19.00. information send a foolscap country, nevertheless quite 19.00 International Top 30 SAE, and also send one if listenable during the day with Mike Ross you wish to join. (Dutch service) and late 21.00 Big Wide Wonderful Finally, don't forget the night/early morning (English World of Daffy Don Free Radio Campaign can service). According to station Allen supply car stickers, posters, owner Ronan O'Rahilly, the 23.00 Rock 'n Roll Special etc, to help you publicise the Late News financial position should be with Brian McKenzie off -shore stations. As we are Just as we go to press, the much improved this month 01.00 Brian McKenzie Show a Campaign in the true sense IBA are still continuing with and so perhaps they will 02.00 Skyline - Various DJs of the word, all prices are their test transmissions on finally be able to fit the new Saturday kept to a minimum and 557 kHz. The IBA have said aerial mast and thus increase 05.00-19.00 Dutch Service cover our printing and that they WILL use this power. The maximum power 19.00 Mike Ross Show advertising costs only. All are frequency for one of the of the transmitter they are 21.00 Brian McKenzie Show available in small or bulk London stations, until they using at present is 50 kW. 23.00 Country & Western quantities, or just send a can get planning permission The address for letters is: Jamboree with Don foolscap SAE for full details for the site in Barnet. Radio Caroline, Caroline Allen of this publicity material, of Veronica fans start writing to House, Den Haag, Holland. 01.00 Big Wide Wonderful our regular Newscaster the IBA NOW!

19 sounds of the month

Hi there, this is Paul and will be another "Blue is which was popular in should be popular in the Burnett! the Colour". Yes, in case ballrooms many moons ago) discos. As you will have read you haven't heard it this one it's got a definite tango 5. Change It All - Mac and elsewhere in this month's is another football song all rhythm to it and, who Katie Kissoon (Youngblood) "Dee Jay and Radio about a certain North knows, maybe people will - We had Mac and Katie Monthly" I was lucky London team! It's got a want to start dancing "live" on the programme enough to be down in great beat to it - but don't together again. and we were all knocked Cannes for the MIDEM miss the opening either! 4. Heart of Stone - Kenny out by this record. It has a music festival - to present 3. Crazy - Mud (Rak) - (Rak) - Another sensational very repetitive backing and the half-hour programmes From songwriters Chapman sound on Mickie Most's some great lyrics. that were sponsored by the and Chinn, who wrote all RAK label, and one which Incidentally Mac and I got magazine. What a week it the Sweet's big hits, comes deserves to be a hit. We've involved in a fabulous blues was - I'm still talking about this knockout sound. The had this one as a session at the Royalty it - and all the other idea behind this record is to Luxembourg Power Play - piano bar one evening in deejays here in the Grand get you all dancing the tango and I think it's great. Cannes - and that man can Duchy are getting just a (I think that was a dance It's got a good beat and sure lay down some mean little bit fed up with it, I think! Anyway the programmes were great fun to do and we had some really nice people on the show. The other aspect of the programmes was the fantastic number of BRAND NEW records that we were able to play - which had NEVER been played on the air anywhere before - and had certainly not been heard in England before. So I have devoted my "Sounds of the Month" selection to just some of them.

Singles 1. Pinball Wizard - The New Seekers (Polydor) - To me the knockout record of the week. It's such a great change from their usual style and it comes off really well. I'm sure you all know this is from the rock opera "Tommy" - and will definitely be a big one for them. The production, which was done in America is absolutely fantastic. 2. Nice One Cyril - Cockerel Chorus (Youngblood) - This was the phrase of MIDEM, and this was the record that had us al falling about. I honestly don't think I'll ever forget the expression on Alan Keen's face when Miki Dallon, the head of Youngblood records, first played it to him! I'm sure that this will be in the charts this month's selection by very soon - probably by the time you read this piece - 208 DJ PAUL BURNETT a 20 piano. DEREK AND THE future singles. Guest musicians sung by Yoko herself - they DOMINOS include Rik Grech, Jim are really very good. I was * * * * * * In Concert Keltner and Sneaky Pete. delighted with the whole Albums RSO 2659 020 Recorded in Los Angeles album, as I am sure you Well, I think that's about Recorded some 18 months this is one you should will be. all for the singles - so let's ago at a concert at the really have a listen to. have a look at three albums Fillmore East - this is a great * * * * * * which we were allowed album. Eric, Bobby So that's it -a brief look "exclusive radio previews" Whitlock, Carl Radle and at just some of the great on. Firstly let's look at the Jim Gordon are all on fine discs we played to you from initial two releases on the form - and these extended MIDEM. Once again a great new Robert Stigwood label numbers (four run for over big thank you to "Dee Jay (RSO) which came to us via ten minutes each) allow them and Radio Monthly" and to the kind offices of their room to really stretch out. editor/publisher Ben Cree in label manager David English Nice variety of tempos make particular for making it all - always well in evidence this an exciting and at the possible. throughout the week at same time interesting album. Bye for now. MIDEM (as were stickers and tee-shirts bearing the red cow label symbol of RSO paul records) -a double album YOKO ONO by Derek and the Dominos, Approximately Infinite burnett featuting, of course, Eric Universe Clapton and a new release Apple SAP 101/102 by the Bee Gees. One approaches a new album from Yoko Ono, next and particularly a double album, with a little caution month and when it was suggested that we should feature a another THE BEE GEES track on the programme I Life In A Tin Can was frankly a little nervous. top DJ RSO 2394 102 But there are no histrionics Beautiful album from this and wailing on any of the 22 makes his popular group. Every song tracks which make up this has really great lyrics and set, and when one considers choice several tracks could well make that they are written and

"WHAT CAN I SAY MY BOY" sincere thanks JOHNNIE WALKER

21 medium wave band or the shows and discussions. I large networks, ie CBS, ABC think that there are about 60 and NBC. of these in America at the Then comes the MOR present time. the stations. These cater for the In the major cities there are more sweeter music, not a few stations which play heavy pop and not to the classical music, and of course extremes of very soft music. there are the progressive tony In fact they programme music stations which are somewhere in the middle. mostly FM and broadcast We then have the sweet in stereo. ABC/FM is the music stations. They play Tom most well known progressive mercer Jones, Frank Sinatra et network in the US. In fact they play anything that As promised this month I is "easy listening" music - shall start to list a few of the Mancini, Ray Coniff - music American stations for your column that makes a nice background reference. These are, in my for daytime housewives. They opinion, the best stations in keep the chat to a minimum the US, and I will also be First may I say that I shall and at times run albums giving you the programme get round to answering you all straight through. directors' name. as soon as possible. One point Of course there are also the Here are our show records I have noticed from a lot of Soul stations. They play WLW, for this month. The album 140 West Ninth Street, your letters is that some of you what they say plus a fair Cincinnati, choice is from Dee Erwin on are not certain of the way sprinkling of blues, etc. Ohio 45202 the Signpost label, through that American stations There are also a great Clifford Hunter EMI. classify their music and decide number of Country and WOAI, Singles of the month include their station type. Western stations. They play Box 2641, Albert Hammond's "It San Antonio, So this month I will explain as the name implies C&W Texas 78206 Never Rains in Southern in some detail the way they sounds and also do a lot of Bill Traphagen California" out in the UK on classify themselves. Let's "live" programmes. CBS, and a new single on K YA, start with Top 40 stations. A few religious stations also 1 Nob Hill Circle, Rare Earth by Wolfe called These are just what they exist which cater for religious San Francisco, "Dancing In The Moonlight", say. They play the Top 40 music and give preachers a California 94108 Its Rare Earth's first British records plus the Top 40 chance to try their sermons Dick Starr band. albums and look in some on air. WQAM, Next month I shall tell you detail at the new records. You will also find a few 767 41st Street, how American record Miami Beach, Most of the Top 40 stations FM local -interest stations, Florida 33140 pluggers get round to all the in the US come on the which run mainly on chat Don Chandler 5,000 plus stations.

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4 eMerwiseswItt;o Diminutive Tony Prince name for himself and was may be the last in our voted Top DJ in a local current series of interviews magazine called Western with the 208 DJ's - but he's Scene. He also managed to certainly not the least! get a regular spot on a "Your Royal Ruler" has TV show "Discs A Go Go" - been socking it over the by, as lie puts it - "a little Radio Luxembourg airwaves bit of cheek". now for almost five years - "I suppose I really was a apart from a break in very cheeky little swine in 1971-72 when he left for a those days. I went round to while. More about that this TV show at TWW and later. sat down in this chair. This In fact, at one stage in his fella came over and said career it looked as though `excuse me you're sitting in he was all set to become a my chair'. I said 'It's jockey .. . nobody's chair - it was "I did a lot of horse riding just here'. So he asked me as a youngster. My uncle had to look on the back, and it a farm and I used to ride a said producer. So I said cart horse and take it to be `Oh you're Chris Mercer shod about ten miles away. are you. Well I'm Tony 1 used to get a tremendous Prince, DJ at the Top Rank kick out of that and as I was in town, and I've come up rather small people used to to take over from Kent joke that I should be a Walton' - who was then jockey. So one day shortly compere on the show. I was after I'd left school and a bit cheeky and small and couldn't decide what to do tongue-in-cheek - and it for a living, I got some paid off. Six months later addresses of stables off a I was offered the job when girl who was a horse fiend Kent went to do the and wrote to the first one Olympic Games on the list. commentary." "It was Gerald Armstrong So for Tony Prince anyway in Yorkshire, and they that little bit of cheek actually gave me a one paid off and for two years month trial. I passed the he compered the show. His trial period and at first I next step was to join quite liked the life. What Radio Caroline North. made me pack it in after "The most exciting part six months, apart from the of my life," says Tony. hard work and ridiculous "The pirate era. Those two hours, was the fact that you years with Radio Caroline only had about three rides gave me the feel for radio, in your six year which is the job I really like apprenticeship. If you hadn't now. I like entertainment succeeded in showing yourself as a whole, but really radio as a good rider by being is the spearhead of my placed in one of those entertainment - my little races - then your career as a niche in life and I'm very jockey was up the shoot. happy." I didn't fancy mucking out Also on the boat at that stables for the rest of my time were DJs such as life so I weighed the odds DLT, "Daffy" Don Allen, up and decided to pack it in. Bob Stewart and Jerry I went home, broke my Leighton described by Tony contract - which as "the funniest man who automatically forbade me was ever on radio". to ride for any other stables "Jerry used to do the - so I just knocked the idea morning show and I'm not right on the head. Maybe kidding I used to get up if I'd been with another early - even if I'd been on stable I might still have the midnight show - just to been a jockey, who knows." hear him. I don't know Racing's gain had that where he is now but I sure happened would certainly with people like Freddie and job - working all night, would like to get in touch have been radio's loss. the Dreamers, the Hollies but earning good money, as with him. I've even called What made erstwhile jockey and the Dakotas. By now opposed to the 22-1p a week him on the air - but Tony turn to the world Of I'd got a job singing with a as a trainee jockey. Then haven't heard a thing." radio? band for Top Rank and Top Rank offered me the Were there any particular "Well I'd already spent on ht the DJ, who job moving round the incidents that Tony could some time while at art ave the band a country with the band and recall of those days on college singing and playing brea n't arrive. The also doing the DJ spot and Caroline North? rhythm guitar with a group manager asked me if I I finished up in Bristol." "Hundreds - I could in and around Manchester - would stand in for the DJ, It was whilst in Bristol write you a book. We used you know in competition and this led to the regular that Tony began -to make a to get up to all sorts of 27 tricks. One particular 1968 I was called down for to my job by the skin of my soon went and Tony was incident I clearly recall an audition at Radio teeth and I had to watch soon back in the discos involved me and Bob Luxembourg by the agent. what I said on the air. again - although this time Stewart. I was having a I was using at that time. If I hadn't been pulling in mainly overseas. shower and had left my After my audition the the audience reaction I'm "I had very little work in clothes outside the shower programme controller asked sure I would have been Britain. The discos didn't room. When I came out me if I would like to join fired - because the pay very well and at that they were gone, and the station - I said 'yeah' - management I felt never time they seemed to have suddenly I heard Bob and he said 'great, you're really dug what I did on the lost their excitement - the Stewart's voice bellowing going out in two days'. air. DJ thing didn't seem to down the corridor 'all right Fantastic! "In addition there is always mean very much. Princey, we're going to "So I came out here and the point of bettering your "I was working a throw you over into the it was just at the time career and I'd always wanted hell -of -a -lot in Ireland, sea - the tourist boat is they were changing the to go to America. The radio Germany and Scandinavia - coming out'. This was the format to some degree and scene is really exciting out and really wasn't getting boat that used to come out losing the quarter and half there with all the stations any home life at all. So I about five times a day hour shows that were fighting it out with one tried my hand at acting - with all these tourists and sponsored by record another. So I thought I'd I've really always wanted holidaymakers on board - companies. It was a very go there for a couple of to be an actor. I landed a and they were going to exciting time for everyone years, get some experience few small parts on TV - carry me out on deck and concerned, brushing down and then come back when Coronation Street, The throw me into the sea the old cobwebs of the commercial radio arrived. Lovers, etc - but it was starkers. So I took flight station. There's still a lot to With the experience I would difficult, I was always and ended up in the ship's do, although I think we've have gained I could then type cast as a DJ. Then I engine room hiding behind done a lot in the past four have either come back to had a go at Oldham Rep this great throbbing cog and a bit years - certainly Lux or joined one of the and they gave me a part in covered in grease. So there since Alan Keen came commercial bodies. a play 'Butterflies Are Free'. I was snuggling up behind anyway - I really noticed "Anyway I gave in my There were only five people this cog while all the DJs during my year away the three months' notice, during in it - one of them a New and crew looked for me. great strides that were which time Alan Keen York stage/film producer, I hid there for about made and the involvement joined the station and tried and I was offered this part. half an hour until I was sure that the London Office has to make me change my Just as I was offered the that the tourist boat had with us out here now, that mind - but by that time part Alan Keen contacted gone and it took me about was never there before - it's plans had been made and me and asked me if I would three days to get all the great!" I was looking forward to go back to Luxembourg for a grease off a certain part of What made Tony Prince the challenge. Then a fortnight because one DJ my anatomy!" suddenly decide to leave 208 month before we were due to was leaving and they were Then like so many DJs in 19717 leave I found out that my short staffed. I had then to Tony came off the ship when "There were quite a few wife was pregnant - and so decide whether to help out it was made illegal and reasons actually. I was a we kicked the idea of the 208 or accept the part with applied for work at the bit disappointed at that States into touch." Oldham rep. So I came back BBC. time with the then station So Tony returned to to Lux which really blew "Of course they only management and their England and bought a all my chances with had so many places to fill - attitude towards me. I always house near Manchester. Oldham rep - they didn't so nothing! Then in April felt that I was holding on What savings they had come through with

28 anything else." more for two hours or so things about working in will do to it what they did to So what finally brought "The Royal Ball' was and Luxe bourg is that I can't the BBC. I'm quite sure Tony back to the Grand still is heard on 208. For a receiv' Radio I on my that Radio Luxembourg will Duchy full time? while he carried on working trann!' Now I heard from remain as popular as ever - I "I got an offer from the at the Blow Up - but has a DJ t the Beeb that one don't think it will affect 208 Blow Up discotheque in now given that up - it's of the producers found this in at all. Having said that I Luxembourg to come out place having been taken by Disc d pinned it up on the would love it to succeed and and be their resident DJ. the many personal notice board for everyone love it to be groovy. It I'd done the odd gig there appearances that the 208 to see with a caption which depends on all sorts of before but not every night of DJs now make all over readWAITING TONY things - how much money the week. Well the wages Britain and the Continent. PRIN E AUDITION is involved, how much they were pretty good and we "I'm not bothered about TAP. So whether that was are going to make, how have lots of good friends the Beeb any more - they in the way I don't know, much they are going to here - so we came back. are going to have to come to but m own ego won't allow spend, how much air -time At the time I was fully me now, I've done all the me to believe it's they are going to give to live aware of the situation at crawling to them. They've profes ionalism, because I music, and so on. At the Luxembourg. They had five got a strange attitude think 'm very professional. moment I'm really waiting." DJs and I couldn't very towards me there - I don't I knoI'm popular and I Finally, what sort of music well come and say 'please know what it is - but there know I get the mail. So I does "Your Royal Ruler" can I have my old job back' - is definitely some barrier. don't know what it is at the like to listen to in his I just had to wait for them I don't know I might have Beebnd I don't really care off -duty hours? to call me. tripped somebody up in the any re. If they come to "Well, I don't really get "I'd been back about two Speakeasy when I've been me allwell and good - but into very heavy music. I months when Alan Keen down there one night! it'll h.ye to be a bloody just really like good music. called me and asked would I I do know one thing about greatontract because I'm At home I listen to Nilsson, like to go back on the air - the BBC, when I'm working not Iving Luxembourg for Neil Diamond, the Mamas this was about 2 o'clock in for a station I'm very pro a lonlong time." and Papas and Middle of the the afternoon. I said 'yeah' that station. I don't hand s Tony have any Road - really hippy, hoppy, and he said 'well you're out any compliments to thougis on the forthcoming happy music - that's all." on tonight' - I had about any other station either to commrcial radio scene? Hippy, hoppy, happy - 54 hours' notice which was the press or on the air, as very excited about yes that just about sums up very exciting - and I to the point where I would it likeeveryone else when I Tony Prince - long may he remember jumping down the criticise the other stations - first hand the news. But now reign! streets - I'd never been so which is, let's face it, what I'm nt too sure about it, happy in my life." competition is all about. and I'waiting like everyone So Tony "The Royal I was once quoted in Disc else. Im rather frightened Ruler" was back and once as saying 'One of the greatest that te Musicians' Union ben tree

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Shivering Sands, Sutch and the skull and crossbones

This month we bring you as a publicity gimmick. He Radio City adopted the claimed in court that the the second part of our series set sail on May 27, 1964, in slogan "The Tower of fort was brought within on the World War II a fishing trawler called the Power", and indeed went territorial waters by an anti-aircraft forts in the Cornucopia.The ship flew from strength to strength. Order in Council which had Thames Estuary and the skull and crossbones. Then came the tragic events come into force in 1964, and off the east coast of Between the masts hung a of June 1966. A boarding they won thecase!Mrs England. banner with the words party of 11 people took over Calvert was fined £100 and In Part 1, we described "Radio Sutch". Sutch the fort. Two days later, announced: "We are closing the two types of fort, and and his crew even dressed Reg Calvert was shot dead at down for good. The fight is promised to tell you more like pirates, and Sutch the home of Major Oliver over as far as I am about each one and the part himself brandished a Smedley during an incident concerned". This which it played in the cutlass! connected with the raid. We double-dealing by development of British Free The Cornucopiahappened shall have more to say about officialdom was just one Radio. to pass Shivering Sands fort. this raid and the events example of the lengths the The first fort to be used as Lord Sutch was not slow to which led up to it later in government of the day was a Free Radio transmitting realise the advantages of the series. prepared to go to silence station was Shivering Sands. broadcasting from a stable Radio City returned to Free Radio. This is one of the ex -army structure, so he transferred the the air after the boarders The ex -army fort at the forts, built with seven large radio equipment into one of left the fort. But in Great Nore was demolished structures on legs, connected the towers. February 1967 the station immediately after the to each other by catwalks. Radio Sutch opened with was closed down. Mrs Second World War; because One of the tower structures is a very weak signal, and a Dorothy Calvert, who took it stood in one of the main missing. The fort is situated very un-professional sound! over the running of the shipping lanes. But in the Thames Estuary, But Lord Sutch's manager, station after her husband's important and dramatic about nine miles from Reg Calvert, could see the death, was prosecuted for events were taking place at Whitstable. commercial possibilities. In operating the station within the remaining ex -army fort at It was never really planned September 1964, he paid British territory. When Red Sands. that Shivering Sands fort Lord Sutch £5,000, and took Radio City had asked for Red Sands fort is would be used for over the station. He installed police help during the raid approximately 8+ miles north commercial radio. Screaming a more powerful transmitter, it was refused because the of Whitstable in the Thames Lord Sutch had decided to and changed the name to station was outside territorial Estuary. In June 1964 it was open Radio Sutch merely Radio City. waters. Yet the prosecution occupied by Tom Pepper 30 (real name, Harry Charlie Evans and John the toers, and a new Red Sands fort. The station Featherbee), Charlie Evans Thompson made transAter was installed. decided to retain ownership, and John Thompson. A arrangements for a new The c mbined result was a and arranged for the fort to "good music" station called station to replace Radio supersignal, with an be guarded. After a raid, Radio Invicta was opened. Invicta. It was called King excep ionally low level of however, it was decided to The power was only 1 kW Radio. During the interf rence. abandon the fort as soon as at first, but this was later changeover, there was Inovember 1966 all the broadcasting increased. nearly another tragedy. Radi 390 went off the air equipment had been On December 16, 1964, Three men were marooned after he operating company removed. Tom Pepper was heading for on the fort. They had run was fi ed for broadcasting Red Sands fort was then shore in the station's supply out of water and tinned withiterritorial waters. The taken over by Robin boat, the Davis. With him food, and were eating statioresumed transmissions Adcroft (formerly the FRA were Simon Ashley, a disc dehydrated peas straight on P;mber 31, having photographer, and now with jockey, and Martin Shaw, from the packet. The obtai ed new evidence that Radio Caroline). He had an engineer. Neither Martin transmitter had broken Red 'ands fort was outside plans to develop it as a nor Simon could swim, and down, so there was no way territorial waters. A lengthy discotheque, but the project they were not wearing in which they could get in and ghly technical legal did not materialise. life -jackets. The boat touch with their colleagues battle then took place. While The ex -army forts at Red capsized in the rough sea. on shore. Fortunately, the this was in progress, the Sands and Shivering Sands Tom Pepper's body was men were rescued when a court proceedings were are now unoccupied, and washed ashore. The other fishing boat arrived at the switched from Canterbury to likely to remain so. They two were reported "missing, fort to deliver some Rochord, and Sir Peter stand as a stark and silent feared drowned". Months broadcasting equipment. Rawlinson, QC, accused the reminder of the senseless later, a body was washed King Radio began Post)ffice of "shameful" and needless suppression of ashore in Spain. It could not transmitting in January 1965 conduct in seeking to have two great radio stations be identified, but a three-inch but the station did not make Radio390 tried in one court which gave so much pleasure spool of recording tape much headway. There was onfatis which had been to millions of people. found on the body was a change of ownership, rejectxlby another. In Part 3 we shall take a dried out and found to and in September 1965 the Ratio 390 was finally closer look at the ex -naval contain a programme for name was altered to Radio silenced by the Post Office forts, one of which is still Radio Invicta. 390. A 200 foot aerial mast in Jul1967, but this was occupied by Roy Bates and After Tom Pepper's death, was constructed on one of notthe end of the story for his family.

The Mi Amigo The tender alongside

One of the cabins The studio FRA photographs have as soon as possible. In the of the bridge, a generator, the Please write to the Free been produced since meantime we are making an main .ransmitter and the galley, Radio Association, 339 Robin Adcroft started the advance offer of the New and the photograph of Ronan Eastwood Road, Rayleigh, service in 1967. We are now Caroline set to readers of O'Ra Zilly on deck which was Essex, SS6 7LG, for your set revising our photolist and "Dee Jay and Radio reproduced in last month's of New Caroline photographs, preparing new sets. The Monthly" at the specially Beatwave section. All the mentioning that you read new range is much larger, reduced price of 90p. photographs were taken this "Dee Jay and Radio and covers more Free Radio The set consists of the four year. We shall also include Monthly". Please enclose a stations than ever before. We Mi Amigo photographs as a free extra a view of the cheque or postal order for shall give you full details reproduced above, plus shots production studio. 90p, made payable to FRA.

31 THE RADIO LUXEMBOURG FORMULA TWO TROPHY MEETING

MALLORY PARK, LEICESTER Sunday March 11th 12.15 p.m.

Other Races include Formula Atlantic, Formula Ford and a special Saloon Car Race which will include the debut of the new Shell Sport Luxembourg B.M.W., driven by Tony Lanfranchi.

A GREAT DAY'S MOTOR SPORT

THE RADIO LUXEMBOURG FORMULA TWO TROPHY MEETING

32 Tony Mercer is certainly accident on Broadway and something of a rarity among I was talking to this Irish British DJs. Besides the policeman and I really got a usual round of mobile good interview out of him. discotheque appearances in It was so good they various London pubs - he TONY broadcast it as an also has -.very successful interview and a few people syndicated radio show rang up and said 'that guy's running on numerous voice is different - why don't American radio stations, you give him a show?' - and and has in the past been as a result I got a quarter voted Top Radio DJ over MERCER of an hour show for kiddies, there. something like Ed Stewart's It all started when Tony programme, but also reading went out to the old Radio nursery rhymes and so on. London to take pictures for From then on it just got a Canadian magazine better and I stayed for about "Teen Scene" and met DJs SELLING ten months. Then the Ed Stewart and Mike American Army decided Lennox. they'd like me so I left and "From that I got very came back to Britain." interested in being a DJ. BRITISH RADIO It was by now 1966 and It wasn't an easy way to the pirate stations had only make a living - because at a few months left and like that time there weren't many DJs Tony received really many DJs around. as he puts it "the usual And so I started to teach to me letter" following an audition myself to be a DJ because for the BBC. at that time there was "Suddenly the American nobody to teach you - all Forces Network hit me and the people on the pirates AMERICANS I thought great opportunity had been trained in for a job. So I went over Singapore or America, and to Frankfurt and saw the one or two had been on head of the American Luxembourg - but even so put it the difference is in the gaining experience and the Forces Broadcasting at that time Luxembourg voice. On radio the voice only real place was America, Association of Europe and wasn't really a proper must be in 3-D - its got to so I went and lived there for said that I would like to be commercial station - it was be warm, friendly and clear, about two years. I went on AFN. That wasn't more like the BBC with and this is where a lot of there with the magazine possible as I had to be an jingles. disco DJs slip up when they and at first it was difficult American citizen, so I went "I started to do discotheque go to people like Roger to get a break into US radio. back to America. work and then I met Chris Squire - they have a flat Eventually I got a job as an "I got a job with station Denning. He was at voice and sound like interviewer and believe me I KNAO, which is the major Streatham when I was there - something out of a I was really bad - I always market station in Texas, he was the star and I was newspaper all the time. used to pick the most and stayed there for about the understudy. But he took Anyway over a period of awkward people to talk to. 12 months doing the an interest and he began to eight or nine months Then I moved to ABC as a mid -morning drive from show me the differences Chris taught me what he news reporter doing 8 - 12 o'clock midday. between being a live DJ called voice projection. interviews for the news, We used to do telephone and a radio DJ. As Chris "It was then a matter of and one day there was an interviews - and believe me

33 got a very open mind. A lot -of people have got the feeling that when commercial radio starts over here it'll be the Caroline -London scene all over again - which, of course, it won't. It's really going to be like nothing they have ever had before. It may even develop into a small BBC with commercials or small FM like in America, and THEY do make a lot of money. I've worked for a few small stations in the US and they do lots and lots of remotes (outside broadcasts) - they do them in supermarkets for example. Say Radio Brixton - the Sundown when it opened there - they'd do a remote from that, and it really keeps people interested." # Those then are Tony's they'd ring in if you did programme and in the end Arms" in Hackney where thoughts on the UK anything wrong on the air. we got about 70 or 80 big Tony has recorded live commercial stations - and We used to do traffic stations buying them." interviews with such stars one wonders which of the reports - which I hope local Since then Tony has as Gary Glitter, the new set ups will be the first commercial radio in this continued to send his Marmalade, the Tremeloes, to take "The Tony Mercer country will get into - from programmes to America, John Kongos and Suzi Show from London" for helicopters. Each station some recorded in a studio Quatro. their station - let's face it had its own helicopter and such as the Roger Squire As someone closely they could do a lot worse. they had them flying over Studios or Radio involved with American town. They were linked Luxembourg, and some live commercial radio, what are directly with the DJ and from one of the many pubs Tony"s thoughts on the UK ben cree would say 'Highway so and in which he works. One commercial set-up? so is blocked five miles back such pub is the "Deuragon "I'm not sure really. I've and if you go via so and so you will avoid this traffic jam', and they reckoned that within a year they had solved all the traffic jams in Texas. "Anyway I stayed there for a year and then came back to England. While in Texas I had met a guy called Jim Travis - and then I saw that he was advertising for DJsin Billboard. So I rang him and said 'I can't come back to America - same reasons as before - Vietnam, etc - but would you be interested in buying "The Tony Mercer Programme from London"?'. He asked me to make one up and send it to him which I did." There then followed about eight months of work during which time. Tony made many programmes and sent them off to the States, only to have them returned for one reason or another. "Then one day Jim rang me and said 'great, I've sold the programme to station KONG'. So I advertised in Billboard and stations Tory Marren interviewing Gary Glitter (rep) and Tie irc-m,loes (bottom)- Jor his US radio programmes-at started to apply to take the the "Dearagon Arms," Hackney, London

34 It's variety that makes 2 the onefor Ray

Ray Moore is a sort of Jack-of-all-trades, presenting almost any type of radio show. Take a listen to Radio 2 for a while: you'll hear him doing the late -night bit on "Night Ride", the magazine show "After Seven", "Dancing to Midnight", "Strike Up the Band", reading the news - and announcing that "this is Radio 2 on 1500 m Long Wave and VHF". Quite a busy boy is our EIE Ray. "In a way I suppose I find it difficult to adapt myself to certain shows. For instance, I found 'Strike Up the Band' a challenge to say the least. I like brass band music, but that's not an easy show to do." It is the variety that makes the job, according to Ray, who is a Radio 2 staff presenter, like John Dunn and Barry Alldis. Thirty year old Ray Moore was born in Liverpool: after leaving school, and whilst waiting to go to the London School of Economics, he worked for several months on the docks "as the man that helped unload and sample the cotton as it arrived in the Gulf States of America". His exam results subsequently disallowed him from taking up the offered place at the LSE, and the dock job died at the same time. So he was left without any visible means of support. In desperation, he then took an office job with the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board as a check -clerk. After six months he could

35 'Radio 2 has the most potential of all the radio networks'

stand life no longer, and wrote for a job as an announcer. arrival of BBC -2 in the O'Sullivan. That's not to to repertory theatres in They called him in for a North. Later, he began to say I'm a great fan of all Britain asking for a job. chat and said that seeing he concentrate more and more the programmes, but I ANY job! This would at had no experience, there was on his first love ... Radio. reckon it's the best network least move him in the general little chance; but a telegram Early in 1966 he was given to be a part of. direction of working in arrived from Granada a week his own network show... "When I'm not working I radio, his only ambition. later asking would he be "Pop North", which in its like listening to some of the Eventually, Oldham Rep interested in one week of day was one of the most other DJ's - Terry Wogan Theatre replied and offered relief announcer duty. He successful of the Light especially and I rate Simon him the job of Assistant arrived at the studios the Programmes presentations. Bates very highly. Then I Stage Manager at the following Monday and from In 1967, Ray moved to enjoy "Sounds of the princely wage of £5r -per week. then on his life has been London as an announcer and Seventies" on Radio 1 - and Hours? 8.30 am - 11 pm six broadcasting. Subsequently presenter on the Light I'm looking forward to the days a week and 8 am till 1 pm with Granada, he went on to Programme, and was return of Kenny Everett, he's on Sundays. He adored it! read the local news in vision, immediately flung in at the perhaps the best of the lot". After a year he left Oldham as well as announce on deep end as host of Also, when he's not and eventually ended up as programmes such as "Breakfast Special" which he working, he likes walking, an assistant in a sweet shop "University Challange", says .. . "looking back, is cycling, theatre and concerts. just down the road from the "All Our Yesterdays", probably the programme I And going to the local in BBC in Regent Street! He "What The Papers Say", enjoyed more than any Blackheath (yes, all that then joined a theatrical and a selection of other. I'm not really an early about the pint in the evenings company doing Olde Tyme documentary programmes bird, but it was good fun. is true!) with his wife Music Hall in the villages of like "World In Action". These days, I'm more of an Alma ... "Although you South Devon and Dorset; During this time, he also evening man"... He then know, I don't think I ever Sidmouth, Beer, Seaton and made appearances on went on to introduce such really want to relax Lyme Regis. Then came a Tyne -Tees TV as a vision shows as "Melody Fair", completely. If I go to a short period as a announcer and newsreader. "Galaxy" and "Ray Moore's musical I look for possible fully-fledged actor at In 1965 he joined ATV in Saturday Night", nowadays things for the programme. Swansea Rep. Travelling Birmingham as a vision called "Dancing to Midnight". It's natural I suppose, but in back to Liverpool from announcer, interviewer, He says: "Radio 2 has the a way, if you're in radio, there, he had to change scriptwriter and newsreader. most tremendous potential you're always working!" trains at Manchester, and After a brief ten months of all the radio networks.. . noticed the Granada TV there, he was offered a job music covering the whole rodney studios there. with the BBC in Manchester spectrum from Gilbert and He applied to Granada as the man to promote the Sullivan to Gilbert collins

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Photograph: Robert Ellis Dig out that middle mud!

Karl Dallas reports

Front view of the Discotron, which comes complete with gooseneck for mike and cue lights. The speaker sockets - 12 of them - are on the left, with the input and earphone PFL and slave amp outputs are on the right of the unit.

You've got to own up for a For a while this seems to all we got was that typical their new Discotron is going moment, the sound you get in have solved the problem, middly disco sound." to have. most discotheques leaves a lot which is why so many discos Fortunately, it was about A moment ago I to be desired, especially in the are so loud, but you know that time they met up with commented that quantity was mobiles. quantity is no substitute for Barry Cabe, who'd been no substitute for quality, and At a time when the set-ups quality. And when you think coping with the electronic it's absolutely true in my on which most people play about it, there's no way you problems associated with the opinion, but what about their records at home get can solve the problem by new directions pop and rock quality plus quantity? The higher and higher in quality, turning up the sound over-all, were taking. It was he who Discotron is available in three too many DJs rely upon what for though you boost the bass analysed their problem in versions, starting with a mere I describe as radiogram sound. and treble that way, you also terms of those unwanted 150 watts for £258, going on You know the effect: a big, push up the middle middle frequencies and set to 250 watts for £318, and fat, mellow sound that washes frequencies, and it is these about designing a custom- concluding with 400 watts of over you like golden syrup, which are getting in the way built set-up that would give massive power for £398. with all the middle frequencies of a clear, punchy sound, them what they needed. Since the unit has a slave swamping the essential bass which every disco tries to get I suppose you can guess the output socket, of course, sounds that keep the dancers' but so rarely finds. rest of the story, because it's you're not limited to these feet moving, and killing the If this sounds like a fairly predictable. Yes, folks, power outputs, but it makes top treble that make it familiar story then you'll be Steve and Joe and Barry a good start, you've got to possible for you to recognise ready to sympathise with the decided to set up in business, agree. the tune the DJ is actually search of Steve Morton and manufacturing disco In fact, there are no fewer playing. Joe Cuschieri a couple of equipment, and that mobile than 12 speaker output As often as not the DJ is years ago. disco never really got off the sockets. The inputs include not too technical a bloke, and "We decided to get a ground. high and low impedance so while he may feel his mobile disco going," recalls Well the mobile disco microphone sockets which are sound leaves something to be Steve, "but we couldn't find business's loss is the mobile treble boosted to created a desired, he won't be able to anything satisfactory. The disco business's gain this time, good sound when using even put his finger on it. He'll units we checked out always for I'd hazard a guess that a comparatively inexpensive boost the bass frequencies by sounded fine in the sound whatever small impact they mike, like one of the lower - turning up the bass control equipment showrooms, but might have had with their priced Shures, for preference. and even by pushing the when we got them out and own show is nothing There are also high and low volume as far as it will go. put them through the speakers, compared with the response impedance tape inputs, and

38 pre -fade earphone socket. But the real key to the sound is the control the Discotron gives you over those all-important mid - frequencies, both on the two decks and on the mike as well. It looks such a little thing, that knob marked "middle" between the bass and treble controls but it's really very important-together with Barry Cabe's unique circuitry which he's designed to go with it, of course. Turntables are specially modified Garrard SP25 mark III decks controlled by illuminated rocker switches on the left of the console. A third illuminated rocker turns the amp on and off. In addition to volume, bass, middle, and treble controls, the mike control panel has a three -position switch - on, off, and over -ride. Mixing from one deck to the other is by means of a cross -fade slider in front, positioned almost centrally between the mike panel and the decks panel, which has its own volume, bass, middle and treble controls. There is a PFL panel for controlling earphone sound with a three -position off -left - right switch. The PFL circuit Steve Morton demonstrates the result of two years' research into a DJ console is short-circuit proof, and if which gives the right bass and treble, the 400 -watt version of his Discotron, by any chance it should be selling at £398. shorted the circuit can be reset by simply turning it off The AP200 is similar in like soul and especially DISCO'S and on again. every other respect but houses reggae, where the heavy bass The unit comes complete four 12in speakers and costs is an essential constituent. with cue lights and gooseneck £107. For that reason, most DJs for the mike. The whole thing Having spent two years working in this field eschew IN is solid-state throughout. getting the bugs out of this solid-state equipment, and To go with this extremely unit, they are now beginning often have valve amplifiers of sturdy and highly portable to turn their sights further huge proportions specially GERMANY ! little powerhouse, they have afield. One of the most constructed for them. designed two basic speaker interesting ideas I have come "One of these guys came in units, though they are across is a sound -activated to check out if our stuff was Required Disco working on a folded horn strobe which they have as good as he'd been told," Jockeys and unit to increase the bass designed. It's not cheap - recalls Steve Morton. "At Jockettes response still further. £85 - but it certainly adds a first, he was very hard to

The AP100 at £60.50 new dimension to the sort of impress. He asked us to turn houses two 12in Goodman lighting effects you can offer. up the bass, and we pushed it Also Topless speakers. It is finished in At the other end of the right up, but still he couldn't Jockettes matching black leathercloth price scale is their sound -to - feel it. You know, with the bass and has a kickproof grill in a light converter which can cope that high you don't hear it so really tough beige material. with up to 1,000 watts per much as feel it, especially Excellent Pay and One of the little points I liked channel but costs a mere £15. with your legs. Conditions about this unit is the way the Don't ask me how they've "No, he said, he couldn't jack socket has been set into managed it, but it could have feel it. Then we looked at his All Travel Expenses the recessed carrying handle, something to do with its trousers. They were literally Paid so that it's not likely to be somewhat spartan appearance. flapping backwards and knocked out or broken off Still it works, which is surely forwards in time with the while in use - an infuriating the main thing. music. He was standing in Including interview thing which can be very Incidentally, it may be front of one of the speakers in Germany difficult to handle once you considered adequate testimony at the time, of course. have set up and are in the to the quality -plus -quantity "Needless to say, we made middle of a show. A small of their equipment if I tell a sale." REPLY BOX No. thing, you might think, but it you that they are enjoying If you're as hard to please is typical of the sort of considerable success with DJs as that, you may still find the D.J. 1G thought that has gone into it. specialising in black music Discotron fills your bill.

39 DISCOPICKSDISCOPICKSDISCOPICK

This month we are introducing a new feature to this selection of recommended disco sounds-chosen byour resident "DEE JAY AND RADIO MONTHLY" tame disco DJ. Each month he will select two or three "Star Picks"as being those records which he feels are particularly important to all you discotheque DJs-and to those readers who like to "leap abouta bit". So, without further ado, here we go with this month's pretty vast selection ... NEU Super UA UP 35485 THE FANTASTICS Sweet Child (When I Hear the Rain) Bell 1283 DANIEL BOONE Rock and Roll Bum Penny Farthing PEN 800 JOE QUARTERMAN & FREE SOUL (I Got So) Much Trouble In My Mind GSF GSZ 3 THE O'JAYS I Dig Your Act Mojo 2092 052 CANDYFLOSS Delta Queen Polydor 2041 360 RANCE ALLEN GROUP There's Gonna Be A Showdown Stax 2025 152 DAVE EDMUNDS Baby I Love You Rockfield ROC 1 KENNY RANKIN Coming Down Atlantic K 10275 BETTYE SWANN Today I Started Loving You Again Atlantic K 10273 DAVE COLLINS Hot Line Rhino RNO 111 ALICE COOPER Hello Hurray Warner K 16248 VAUGHAN THOMAS Giant Jam 26 CHUCK BERRY Reelin' and Rockin' Chess 6145 020 JIMMY DAWKINS Things I Used To Do Mojo 2027 011 RASPBERRIES I Wanna Be With You Capitol CL 15740 KENNY Heart of Stone RAK 144 BEACH BOYS California Saga /California Reprise K 14232 FAME AND PRICE Don't Hit Me When I'm Down Reprise K 14230 MUD Crazy RAK 146 PLATTERS Twilight Time/Only You Mercury 6052 213 LLOYD PRICE Personality/Stagger Lee Probe GFF 112 JO'BURG HAWK Orang-Outang Charisma CB 202 JOHNNY CYMBAL & PEGGY CLINGER God Bless You, Rock 'n Roll RCA 2293 JACKSON 5 Doctor My Eyes Tamla TMG 842 TIMMY THOMAS Why Can't We Live Together Mojo 2027 012 FRED WESLEY & THE J.B's J B Shout Mojo 2093 025 LISTEN Astral Boogie Parlophone R 5977 SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION Sabre Dance Harvest HAR 5066 WOLFE Dancing In The Moonlight Rare Earth RES 108 MARTHA REEVES No One There Tamla TMG 843 LYNN COLLINS Think (About It) Mojo 2093 029 JOE TEX Show Me Atlantic K 10278 CAPT BEEFHEART & THE MAGIC BAND Too Much Time Reprise K 14233 DAVE MACTAVISH Ooh La La Young Blood YB 1016 COCKEREL CHORUS Nice One Cyril Young Blood YB 1017 FACES Cindy Incidentally Warner K 16247 HARLEY QUINNE Rock And Roll Is Back Again Bell 1282 THE JOHNSON SISTERS To Know Him Is To Love Him Pye 7N 45209 FRAME Rockin' Machine Pye 7N 45213 DEKE LEONARD Diamond Road UA UP 35494 SILVERHEAD Rolling With My Baby Purple PUR 110 JON PERTWEE Who Is The Doctor Purple PUR 111 JAMES BROWN Papa's Got A Brand New Bag, etc Polydor 2141 008 PETER D. KELLY Hard Road RCA 2317 star pick star pick star pick star pick

THUNDER ROAD SLADE OTIS REDDING AND CURTIS MAYFIELD Peter Gunn Cum On Feel The Noise CARLA THOMAS SuperFly Buddah 2011 163 Polydor 2058 339 Knock On Wood/Tramp Buddah 2011 156 What a knock -out this one Another absolute monster Atlantic K 10274 Title track from the great is! The old "Peter Gunn" from the lads from Two numbers in constant new film, due to open here theme -a hit in 1959 for Wolverhampton - and one demand at most discos here next month. Was a smash hit Duane Eddy - brought smack which will again prove now re -issued just for you! stateside and makes really bang up to 1973. Tremendous extremely popular in the This partnership between the superb disco material - as beat throughout - and this one discos. Noddy is in great late Otis Redding and Carla does the whole album. Be must be the disco record of voice throughout -a really Thomas, which began in the sure not to miss this one! the year. Don't you dare miss powerful solid sound. An mid -sixties, really works very it. absolute MUST!! well - and among the star names in the backing group are Booker T. Jones and Isaac Hayes.

40 MANY THANKS to the readers of "DEE JAY" for their support in placingme

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PA & DISCO SOUNDS & LIGHTS From The Rocket Disco Rent by Day or Weekly Management: Henri Henroid, Bob Herd etc. 01-229 7466 HOSPITAL RAID0 NOTEBOOK edited by ROY MACK

Response to the over a difficult period. to Bristol Hospital Radio Whipps Cross - or introduction of this column Radio TH, which takes its Broadcasting Service!! to give it its full title, as a regular feature each name from the building from At first the television Walthamstow Lions Whipps month has, we are pleased to which programmes are company asked BHBS to Cross Hospital Radio (what report, been gratifying - not broadcast - Trinity House make them an offer; but as a mouthful!) - are in the only from existing hospital Social Centre - goes on the the network's cash balance process of constructing a new networks - but also from air five nights a week at at that time amounted to just presentation studio. This will groups and individuals who present, from 8 pm to 10 pm. £36, they offered their total bring their studio have written to us for more Programmes go out to five bank balance. Harlech, on accommodation up to three. information. Many ask for hospitals in the South Shields hearing of the position, sent Over Christmas, the station, advice on how to go about area. It was established in their Head of Sound, Mr which normally broadcasts starting a network in their 1956, at first only Michael Gore, along to have for three hours on five nights own areas. Colin Marchant's broadcasting a weekly soccer a look at the BHBS set-up. a week, presented a marathon special article last month (and commentary from the town's He was impressed - so much sixty-four hours' continuous his subsequent features to amateur football club ground. so that the television company broadcast to raise funds. come over the next few Now, the station has a decided to give the console, Local firms sponsored the months) has already done mixed format of request lock, stock and cue -buttons, feat and the result was the much to help these people. programmes, light, pop and to BHBS. raising of £300. The money So, too, have the reports that progressive music The Bristol Service are will be used to buy new we have been receiving about programmes, religious now in the process of buying headphones for the patients. activities of networks up and services and, as often as they an ambulance in which to Latest development at the down the country. can, special broadcasts by install the desk. This will give station is the installation of There have been many top -line cabaret artists from them a mobile control room lines into the nurses' home, requests from individuals for one of the town's leading to add to their two studio and their latest programme information about existing night spots. suites and five outside change: the establishment of hospital radio services in * * * broadcast points. BHBS is an all-night programme, their home areas. "Dee Harlech Television, the one of the largest hospital starting at 7 pm on Thursday Jay" is currently, with the independent station for Wales broadcast services in the and ending at 9 am Friday. help of the National and the South of England, country. Programmes are Association of Hospital has recently installed a new relayed to 26 hospitals in One or two correspondents Broadcasting Organisation, mixing console at their North Somerset and South have asked for more technical compiling a register of Bristol studios. What's that Gloucestershire, as well as information about equipment networks. As soon as the got to do with a feature on Bristol itself. Their average that would be useful in information is available, we hospital radio? A great deal listening audience is around hospital network studios. will pass it on. as it happens - because they the 12,000 mark. "Dee Jay" will continue to Meantime, continue to have donated their The service celebrates its provide as much as it can. write in. The more networks redundant desk -a 24 channel 21st anniversary this year. In last month's issue we speak to each other, the more EMI purpose-built console - * * * featured an SIS Ltd suggested all of them will benefit. hospital radio lay -out. SIS "Dee Jay" is pleased to also advertised their cartridge provide the links. jingle machines. * * At least two hospital From Tony Adamson, networks seem to have been programme co-ordinator for more than impressed. Radio TH - the network of Bristol Hospital Broadcasting the South Shields Hospital Service have bought three Broadcasting Group -comes machines. We understand a welcome for the "Dee Jay" that Portsmouth Hospital offer to start a library of Broadcasting Association programme material to which have also bought one. networks up and down the Means we're striking the country could contribute as right note in these columns, well as draw upon. we hope. Tony Adamson reports that * * * his own network would like to extend their own. NEXT MONTH: The broadcasting hours - but second of Colin Marchant's suffer currently from a special articles on how to shortage of material, go about setting up a principally through lack of hospital radio service. volunteers to operate the This one deals with the network. He feels that a One of the two control rooms at the studios of BRISTOL HOSPITAL launching of the new programme library would BROADCASTING SERVICE. Senior sound engineer LAIN ELLIOTT at the station. help networks like his to get controls and programme presenter PAUL SHARP in the studio.

42 DX CORNER dive Jenkins

The allocation of The 41 meter band offers frequencies in the short wave Who's who and where! little to the music listener, spectrum is a complex one but 31 meters will provide and depends on the type of least one of their outlets listener. plenty of music and is used service making a broadcast, will get through to the The 60 meter band is also by nearly all of the for instance the amateur target area. known as the tropical band international stations operator has different By the way you don't have because it has only stations including the popular Swiss ranges available from those to have a vast knowledge in the tropical zone. This is Broadcasting Corporation given to the international of languages to be able to where you will find the which has an outlet on broadcaster. The frequencies enjoy short wave broadcasts, South American stations 9535 KHZ try their English are also allocated differently most of the important with their distinctive and service at 21.00 GMT each depending on which radio stations have broadcasts in enjoyable Latin American evening. Other international zone of the world the English and of course music, unfortunately this broadcasting bands are the broadcast originates from. British and American band is often missing from a 25, 19, 16 and 13 meter Unfortunately some of the records are played on most lot of receivers. bands, and also to a lesser stations broadcast outside stations around the The first true international extent the 11 meter band, the allocated bands which world. broadcast band is the 49 all have broadcasts of only makes worse the Reception conditions vary meter one, often referred to interest. already difficult situation with according to the time of day as the "Europa" band The short wave spectrum frequency allocation. The and year and other factors because this band is chosen contains such a variety of trouble is that there are so including the sun, yes, solar by nearly all the European broadcasts that you will have many broadcasters using the activity plays a large part in stations for their broadcasts no trouble in finding short waves today, that the Dxing as will be seen in to other parts of Europe. broadcasts to enjoy. Tune available space for them, future articles. The uncertainty It is certainly a band of the short waves and enjoy only one tenth of the of short wave broadcasting interest to the pop music the sitar music from All short wave spectrum, is just provides a large part of the fan for here we find the India Radio, country and not enough. hobby's enjoyment, so that short wave outlets of Radio western music from Radio Most broadcasters make one day a station is received Luxembourg 6090 KHZ, and Canada International or use of all the various at full strength, while the RNI with its "world service" commercial radio from short wave bands when following day that frequency on 6205 KHZ. This is also WNYW, Radio New York planning their schedules, is "dead". the band favoured by many Worldwide. In fact the whole and will often broadcast I can however give a of the land based "pop world is yours with short wave the same programme on a general outline of what each pirates" who help to increase radio. Further details of all number of frequencies. By of the broadcasting bands has this already overcrowded these stations in another doing so they hope that at to offer the international area. "DX corner".

"From Me To You", or Like A Woman" and Ucberta Valerie Simpson-Nikolas Bernstein's "Somewhere", Ashford's "Ain't No with the singer adding new SC 11U S IDS Mountain High Enough" ... emotional dimensions to both. Flack and to hell with all those Best of all, however, were wishy-washy, unhip numbers. her deeply -felt interpretations at the What arrant nonsense! of the traditional spiritual, Thank God we have in "I Told Jesus", and the STAC IL Roberta Flack an artist of grossly -neglected Fran A. I-1. consummate skill, whose Landesman-Tommy Wolf Richard Tee, electric piano; repertoire always is as composition, "Ballad Of The and Terry Plumeri, acoustic STAN BRITT delightfully diversified as it is Sad Young Men". (arco) bass - which provided From the reactions of some exquisitely performed. (Amazingly, one well-known exactly the kind of support other critics who attended Certainly, it was good to hear critic, who should have which the vocalist -pianist this concert, it would seem her singing the R & B -type known better, described needs. Dupree's subtle use of that Roberta Flack - hailed numbers mentioned above, Roberta's performance of the the wah-wah pedal, Tee's unanimously by music writers when she made her solitary latter as lacking in intensity. subtle fills (either merging as one of 1972's Big Stars - appearance in London. She As colleague Fred Dellar with Roberta's acoustic piano, is already well on the way to sang them well: and with remarked, if there was one or substituting for its absence being demoted from amongst soul a -plenty. She was obvious ingredient in this when she was using a hand the elevated ranks of the top perhaps ill-advised to have particular treatment it was mike), and Rainey's firm, musical entertainers of to -day. opened with such a lengthy certainly intensity). Not resonant bass - cutting The prime reason for the vocal -instrumental work-out surprisingly, "The First Time through magnificently - were critical complaints, although on "Inner City Blues" - Ever I Saw Your Face" got a individual highlights. still rather obscure, seems to complete with solos from look -in; Roberta sang it even Without question, Roberta be that because Roberta's a most of the accompanying more exquisitely than on her Flack is one of the great "soul singer" -a beautifully band. But, really that was all. 1972 debut appearance in the vocal performers of our time. nebulous expression if ever But how marvellous, too, capital - and that's really Her Albert Hall appearance there was one! - she should it was to hear Roberta's saying something. did nothing whatsoever to stick only with "relevant" expressive renditions of A word of praise, here, for change that situation. Nor, items such as Marvin Gaye's Leonard Cohen's "Suzanne" - the accompanying unit - let it be added, did it "Inner City Blues", Stevie with the composer, in the Cornell Dupree, guitar; demonstrate any Wonder's "Where Were You audience, obviously enjoying Chuck Rainey, bass; Idris dimunition of her extra- When I Wanted You?" and every bar - Dylan's "Just Muhammad, drums; ordinary vocal qualities.

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the charming "For My Lady", Joining her, Ashley Frankie's falsetto and the driving "You And Me" Hutchins, Martin Carthy, efficient back-up vocals. The and Mike Pinder's wistful Pete Knight and Tim Hart material often borders on ballad to Timothy Leary - prove definitely that sad and unfulfilled sentiments "When You're A Free Man". "individually and - something the Seasons Also included are their two collectively" Steeleye Span have specialised in since their latest singles - "Isn't Life are sure to keep looking middle -period hits like Strange" and "I'm Just A good. "Beggin'", "Workin' My Way Singer (In A Rock and Roll MR Back To You Babe" and Band)". NJ "Rag Doll". With an unusual cover package (and the Seasons' first from ELTON JOHN Motown's California label) Don't Shoot Me, I'm Only the record isn't likely to win The Piano Player them any new fans but won't DJM DJLPH 427 lose them any old ones. Only Straight into the charts at one problem - the drumming number one! What more on some of the tracks - need one say except that this particularly "Touch The is probably Elton's finest Rainchild" - pushes the song album to date. Superb along at an unnatural rhythm. arrangements by Paul Cool it next time, fellers. Buckmaster. Includes his two NJ recent smash singles MIKE MORTON SOUNDS SYREETA WRIGHT "Crocodile Rock" and 20 Non -Stop Party Hits Syreeta "Daniel". Don't miss this RCA International INTS 1417 Mowest MWS 7001 one. As the title implies, this Keeping this one in the BC album contains 20 pretty family - that's Stevie Wonder good cover versions of some - who wrote or co -wrote, of the big hits of 1972. If you produced and played on all don't have the originals or but two of these numbers for just want a good party his wife Syreeta. The record - at 99p this must "foreigners" amongst the represent a bargain. BC family being the Lennon/ McCartney composition "She's Leaving Home" and a title "What Love Has Joined Together". Nine tracks in all, SAM APPLE PIE given a wonderful treatment East 17 from the orchestra of Julian DJM DJLPS 429 Gaillard - what more could Powerful guitar work on this blues -oriented effort. THE MOODY BLUES you ask from such a team? MR Sound is basic, heavy and Seventh Sojourn occasionally lacking in Threshold THS 7 strength of material. The Once again the Moodies group is good and with better come along with a songs and more ambitious magnificently arranged album production they could containing some memorable clearly make some fine songs. Their brand of STEELEYE SPAN records. laid-back psychedelia remains Individually and Collectively NJ unchanged: lavish moog Charisma CS 5 work, lyrics promoting love, After a couple of tracks peace and understanding and the record was nearly a concept thread running removed from the turntable throughout, echoing current but I stuck it out - and political and personal moods. gradually WHAM! - it was The complex arrangements back on again and again. and production request an This really does grow on you. FRANKIE VALLI. THE initial effort on the part of Maddy Prior's haunting FOUR SEASONS the listener to take everything voice really grabs hold of Chameleon in. But it is rewarding. The you. Just listen to "False Mowest MWSA 5501 material is strong, and Knights Of The Road" and Nice production with some especially recommended are "Three Drunken Maidens". exciting vocal work from

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45 u.s. u.s. charts

top 30 topcharts30 singles Mid -February 1973 albums

1 Dueling Banjos Soundtrack Warner 1 The World Is A Ghetto War UA 2 Crocodile Rock Elton John MCA 2 No Secrets Carly Simon Elektra

3 Oh Babe, What Could 3 Talking Book Stevie Wonder Tamla You Say Hurricane Smith Capitol 4 Could It Be I'm Falling 4 Trouble Man Marvin Gaye Tamla Spinners Atlantic In Love 5 Homecoming America Warner 5 Why Can't We Live Together Timmy Thomas Glades 6 The Divine Miss M Bette Midler Atlantic 6 Killing Me Softly With 7 Tommy London Symphony His Song Roberta Flack Atlantic Orch & Guest Soloists Ode 7 Don't Expect Me To Be Your Friend Lobo Big Tree 8 Hot August Night Neil Diamond MCA

8 Love Jones Brighter Side of 9 Rocky Mountain High John Denver RCA Darkness 20th Cent. 9 The World Is A Ghetto War UA 10 Lady Sings The Blues Diana Ross Motown 10 Do It Again Steely Dan ABC 11 For The Roses Joni Mitchell Asylum 11 Daddy's Home Jermaine Jackson Motown 12 More Hot Rocks Rolling Stones London

12 Rocky Mountain High John Denver RCA 13 Rhymes and Reasons Carole King Ode 13 Trouble Man Marvin Gaye Tamla 14 Seventh Sojourn Moody Blues Threshold 14 Jambalaya Blue Ridge Rangers Fantasy 15 The Magician's Birthday Uriah Heep Mercury 15 Love Train O'Jays Phil. Int. 16 I Am Woman Helen Reddy Capitol 16 Dancing In The Moonlight King Harvest Perception 17 Creedence Gold Creedence Clear- 17 Last Song Edward Bear Capitol water Revival Fantasy 18 Do You Want To Dance Bette Midler Atlantic 18 360 Degrees of Billy Paul Phil. Int. 19 Cover of Rolling Stone Dr. Hook & The 19 Europe '72 Medicine Show Columbia Grateful Dead Warner 20 You're So Vain Carly Simon Elektra 20 Who Do We Think We AreDeep Purple Warner 21 Hi Hi Hi Wings Apple 21 Living In The Past Jethro Tull Chrysalis

22 Peaceful Easy Feeling Eagles Asylum 22 Catch Bull At Four Cat Stevens A & M 23 Superstition Stevie Wonder Tamla 23 Don McLean Don McLean UA 24 I'm Just a Singer In A Rock & Roll Band Moody Blues Threshold 24 An Anthology Duane Allman Capricorn 25 Dreidel Don McLean UA 25 Loggins and Messina Columbia 26 Harry Hippie Bobby Womack 26 Summer Breeze Seals and Crofts Warner & Peace UA 27 One Man Dog James Taylor Warner 27 Your Mama Don't Dance Loggins & Messina Columbia 28 Hummingbird Seals & Crofts Warner 28 Can't Buy A Thrill Steely Dan ABC 29 Jesus Is Just Alright Doobie Brothers Warner 29 Garden Party Pick Nelson Decca 30 Give Me Your Love Barbara Mason Buddah 30 Super Fly Curtis Mayfield Curtom 46