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IDldJJ_I& h-U The Del Amitri Companion Issue 7 February 1998 EDITORS NOTES: News Update ... I BOURNEMOUTH, ENGLAND - I want At press time, there are no confirmed Del I Am1tri appearances for the next few months. to start by thanking everyone who sent I back the Survey forms - we had a huge If you have sent us a self-addressed stamped response. which means it has been of I envelope, or choose to do so, we will update great help to us in analysing what you you by mail should any news develop I are all looking for in l&P, and it will enable I between issues. As always, please check in and sign up for the e-mail list if possible· j us to continue improving in the future . www.delamitri.com/mailing list. html This issue will be the first to be published I at a time when there is no current or Rumours ... I imminent activity to report on, but I am sure this can only be a positive sign, and I It's tough for us to address "rumourshas we j (and the band's management) don't want I for one cannot wait to see just what fans to be disappointed if things don't come new material will be the result of the I through. But there are a few out there that I band taking a well-deserved rest from we thought it best to address. We have being on the road and promoting their I checked with Deis management on these issues, and here is the official word as of I last album ... In the meantime we have January 15, 1998: some great reviews for you from the UK I tour in the autumn, including the Royal Del Amitri - Greatest Hits release. I Albert Hall which was a case of, in Negotiations have begun and we will let you I all know if and when a release date is Justin's words "Del Amitri get pretentious scheduled. I in two sets." No, seriously, it was a fantastic evening, and a chance to hear I Del Amitri is rumoured to have written a song I live for the first time the beautiful "Make for World Cup Soccer. Word from Deis It Always Be Too Late." management is that this is not comfirmed or I scheduled. We will let you know if the I cover photos by(/. to r.) Diane Deecken, Diane Deecken, situation changes. M1chelle Kimber I About Infidels & Popstars I The Editors of this Delzine are· I I ANNA BARWICK - BOURNEMOUTH, ENGLAND Charliebee@mcmall com j DARREN HOLMQUIST - PORTLAND, OREGON, USA darren@spintone com f KELLI SMITH - NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE, USA musrclaw@copilotcom 1 Please feel free to contact any of us at the e-ma,I addresses above or at erther of the subscnption addresses found I I on page 23. For more information on Del Amltri please vrsrt the Infidels & Popstars Web Srte at http://www.copilot.com/delzine/ and most importantly for the most comprehensive Del Amitn rnformatron on the WWW please vrsrt Alison Bellach's official Del Amitri Web Site at http://del-amitri.linex com You can now I I access both sites and the A&M s,te through the main page· ! http://www.delamitri.com ' - - --·-------- --C1998 lnffdels & Popsllrs Page 2 day - hence the coats - with "High Times• playing in the background. It then proceeded through I THE l&P DIARY I various band shots to finally arrive at the start of the concert. Because of the short notice which is usually l given for the band's appearances on various 1 As the TV programme was only 50 minutes or so I TV/radio programmes it is virtually long, it only featured some of the tracks that were impossible to send mailshots to our played on the night, and the sequence of those subscribers in time, so instead we will be tracks do not follow the original set The I running a regular column in l&P to tell you "casualties" include "Last To Know,· "Paper Thin ,• l what you may have missed in the past "Here And Now"" Jimmy Blue,· "Ones You Love," 1 quarter! No, we are not sadists, but if you "Hatful Of Rai~ " "Mother Nature's Writing" and are a collector of these things it will hopefully "Stone Cold Sober." But left in the set were "Some l be a fairly comprehensive checklist (even Other Sucker's Parade,"" Just Like A Man," "Cruel 1 if we cannot guarantee it to be 100% Light Of Day," "Not Where It's At," "What I !hink l complete!) of which tapes you need to She Sees," "Roll To Me" (surprise, surprise!!), l obtain. "Start With Me," "Medicine," "Be My Downfall/Drowned On Dry Land," "Driving ..." and l November "Kiss This Thing Goodbye." , The Great Escape, STV - ·some Other Although the cutting prevented much of the chat l Suckers Parade"rNot Where It's At" between songs to be left in, but there was en~ugh to give you a feel of the atmosphere on the night. 1 No Better Location, STV -Aberdeen Capitol l concert, recorded 22/10/97 Coming as it did at the end of the UK tour, it was a refreshing reminder of the gigs we had just been l December to and, in my opinion, about as close as you can get to a Del Amitri concert in your living room. 1 Jack Docherty Show, Ch5 - ·some Other l Suckers Parade" l The Paul Ross Show, ITV - "Some Other WSFLASH .... NEWSFLASH .... NEWSFLASH .... NE l Suckers Parade", "Mother Nature's On 30 November there was a benefit evening l Writing ," "Not Where It's At" organised by the supporters club of troubled Scottish football club Partick Thistle, at which the Bathers played, with Justin on guest vocals. The evening was a fundraising event for the Glasgow No Better Location club , which is facin g huge debts and threats of bankruptcy. by Anna Barwick ASH .... NEWSFLASH .... NEWSFLASH .... NEWSFL ·······························-····----------------------- Del Amitri played a concert at Aberdeen's Capitol Theatre on 22 October 1997, which was recorded for television by the Scottish ITV, and later Reader's Poll Results broadcast nationwide around the third week of November lo coincide with the release of the title Thanks so much to everyone who took the time track from "Some Other Suckers Parade" in the to fill out our reader survey cards and return them UK. to us . As is the case with most surveys, we received responses across the board to all the The televised version of the concert began with questions ... things some of you really liked, others an opening shot of the band walking towards the disliked vehemently ... so on those issues, we'll camera in what was described by a friend as keep using our best judgment We've deleted Dallas-like style, at Aberdeen airport on a freezing sections that a majority of readers weren't fond (cont. on page 5) Page 3 l&P Readers' Letters RE: Lyric writing contest RE: A&M Dear I & P. I'm doing my bit for the Deis! I can't be the only fan lending Deis tapes to friends to try and convert Just sending a huge THANK YOU to all of you them, having the Deis on in the car when it's my for the fun prizes I received for winning the Del turn to drive and not drink, and generally shouting Amitri lyric-writing contest. I would also like to from the rooftops how brilliant they are! So what personally thank Justin for his comments are A&M doing to promote what I consider to be (particularly the "rude" ones he wrote on the song the best band since the Beatles? "Not Where It's itself - he might want to consider a second career At" seemed to be promoted pretty actively but as a music critic!'). which were much too kind. In "Some Other Sucker's Parade" died without trace. my defense I'd like to state that the song was I heard it once on Virgin Radio and saw the Deis never intended as "parody," just a good-natured performing tt live in the No Better Location concert attempt to capture some of what I enjoy in the shown on ITV and also on the Paul Ross Show Deis lyrics. In the spirit of the big awards - both at ungodly hours when sensible people ceremonies and their long-winded speeches, I should be in bed. I don't think any of us want the would also like to thank my allergist, in whose Deis to become so big that they only play large office I wrote most of the song, and my employer stadium gigs, but the record company don't seem for providing the computer and e-mail software to be doing anything to widen the incredibly loyal on which the song was submitted (and the paid Deis following . What worries me is the that the "goof-otr time during which I do such things). boys might become disillusioned and call it a day. Kelli was kind enough to send me the portfolio of entries that Justin was given -- I thought many of So the question is are A&M "Where It's At" or the songs were terrific and would buy a round for could they be the Deis' "Downfall"? Perhaps all the authors, if I knew who they were! Justin and lain could let us know what they think Cheers! - we promise we won't tell A&M.