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MAY 31, 1969 ls weekly

DIANA ROSS and By ROYSTON ELDRIDGE a rumour," said Mary. the Supremes are to The Supremes cur­ take more solo work. rent hit, " Living In break up. Shame ,. is at number The rumours aboL•t SOLO 19 in the Melody 11 Diana Ross leaving the Diana will be do­ Maker Pop 30 this group were confirmed ing more spots on her week. by Supreme Mary own, but for six or eMORE ON PACE S Wilson to the MM from seven months of the New York . year we'll still be mak­ ing live appearances and SPLIT records," said Mary, The final split will who is herself consider­ not be for II a year or ing releasing a solo two,'" but the three record. girls - Diana Ross, Talk of Tammi T er­ Mary Wilson and Cindy rell replacing Diana in DIANA ROSS: she will be doing more solo appearances Birdsong - will under- the Supremes is " just MONK QUARTET FOR RONNIE'S WHEN Thelonious Monk's Quartet comes to Britain in the autumn to appear at Expo '69 in , the group will almost certainly stay on to play a Deal under way month's season at 's Club. Thi! deal 1s not yet signed and sealed, but the club expects that Monk will open there for November on Monday, November 3, ring at the club, will be Kessel in a Guitar Festi• and remain for four fo llowed on June 2 by val (June 30). weeks. Jazz Expo runs U.S. guitarist Kenny Bur­ The Les McCann group from October 25 to Nov­ rell's quartet and singer open on July 14. ember I. Sandra King. The club celebrates its It is hoped that the After their two-week tenth anniversary later Clarke-Boland Big Band season, the club will pre­ this year. will be at Ron nie's for the sent Maynard Ferguson's month of October. Big Band (June 16 for a and Jon fortnight) followed by Hendricks, currently star- John Williams and Barney I I I Adv rllum nt 'DIZZY' AT No. 2 IN THE CHART Fl"H COLUMN TOMMY ROE, whose " Dizzy " has risen to PLUS TWO No 2 in the chart this week. visits Britain for a brier promotional trip Tommy Roe from Saturday (May Tht> mht-r wt>e-k I ,,_ 31). Already fixed is ahetut WALL\' \\.HYTO:\'S n~ Top Of The Pops on smRI .. Ot.rr 0, THt RO.\O.­ June 5, and radio dates roST -' Tf' IIJI 1~ th, ''Jif.1 are being lined up. l~ue' num~r. to leap Olil an4 1 ( 1 I CET BACK . . . . Beatles. Apple Agent Barry Clayman ('lr de r 11 no..., ~c-ause- 1t - 11 2 (6) DIZZY Tommy Roe. Stateside told the MM: "Tommy has to visit released on the 23rd M.1~ Th, 3 (3) MAN OF THE WORLD .. Fleetwood Mac, Columbia to be back by June 6 for rerord fr-ature-1 a stttl hal\d 4 M Y SENTIMENTAL FRIEND .. a commitment in Disney• y, h1ch JU Vet 11 someth "l (If a (2) Herman's Hermits, Columbia land in Hollywood We 5 (4) MY WAY ...... , Reprose different sound. the ver, atron hope to brmg him back rhythm c-ome1 frorrr WALLY'S 6 (8) BOXER .. . Simon and Garfunkel , CBS later for a long trip,-pos• 12-.stnn& ,:ui1ar, JON MARI 7 (7) BEHIND A PAINTED SMILE Isley Brothers. Tamla Motown sibly in July, August or September " guitar, Bal.AN BROCKLE­ 8 (1 0) RACAMUFFI N MAN ...... Manfred Mann, Fontana HURST bass. and TO Y C~RR 9 (5) . . ... . RCA Britain con,:• drum

CORN 1 Wnwon S"°"8 IUllft-399 know I seem to be \tttpm.g • H SOUL CALL on about THE CORJU ES-but th The So,,,1 Rhyih- GAS- lll en I am-•• ll-lE CORRJES H DREAM IN .. (FONTANA 4 .__.2,..~•;_•~-~=~u~N'!!ITY!:-:J503!!LJI STL S4S ) is one or the fastest I NfW ltRU.SB selling LPs m the catalogue FHIDOM hAIN frrmt Wilton today-so you had heller JOln th auN POWl:U •UN lour.t ~ - 11 e Queue •t your nearest record store sn's not tn be dis 1\ lbum HOLD DE l'USSY Kid ~~lu.T-o:JS appointed HLUT DON'T W.p o..,~O!J.;;,~1

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W 1 money's worth with 1h 15 rt'Ct •rd of the NBC-TV GU 105 X&Sl Congrotulor,on1 lo, Special Also--don'l fortet STEfA1'1 JON SANDS GROSS!\,1A ·s ne-\\ .al Ul'I 'KlllM.t.NJAltO RD 8011 (mono only) on Cty•tal lube! relecue .Nne 611, FONTANA STL 5485-'' lH.l GRA'1E.RC'\' PARK SHEIK··­ ELAl~:"i:~c;:"on1 ol'O from it't f•hulous-and so IS JOH'il NK:HoLA MARTIN Sali, FAHEY'S "THI-' '\ Ft.LO\\ 5T'EVEYOUNG ~-, THE PENTAGON b)' PRINCESS " (V ANG LI A R D RCII 1'Hf UCE l'REMoNfTION SVRL 19033}-ir }Ou'w ~"" t-lGt.ENOOK MUSIC l TD lucky tnnuJh lP ca1d1 an, f h is ('Onter1s \10\.l'II kn,'m y,.hll I me1m MflJJfJY MAKl R May 11 )fir,•, f"•t• I Major British The Hawk mourned in New York 1 HF FUNERAL of Coleman Hawkin• had httn 111 f,,r rh If' 1t,rnu,n h av thr wmt" t1mf', nnf' 1,f hi 111 I ,h1ldri n, ( 1,lrt11 M11n1 and Hawkins, the. great tenor f"n&•Jl"mf"nll hein, at • Jin tu, lf•n, """'" and • n rx W1f1 cabaret tour saxophonis t who died on r.·rincerl nn May 16 1t f1llmnrfl I) ,h,r~ . >.ho w• wllh twn al May 19, took place last Fri­ East He, was admitted lrl Nt·w !hr t nd I~"' fll1t•· \OJ day at St P~ter's Lutherar, York's Wlcke r11ham Ho1p11al Church. Lexingto n Avenue on May 17, and died tht,r two on New York's 54th Street days later Hi s body repo•td DAVE DEE TV for Clodagh The. Hawk was mourned by al Benta'1 Funeral Hr.me 1n Harlem for two days befort IJAVf 1)f' I, D",11 I akj, CLODAGH ROGERS is to .nany members of New COLEMAN HAWKINS: ill for some time York's jazz. community. the funeral ~~k8r~~n Tf~h .rii:'\,~ri Ji~: make a major cabaret tour 19 and ny to llruuf'lt thti dunn~ July and August follnwm1 d•v for a Hfll1u11n when she will be backed b)' rv da,,. her own ten.piece band. T1,morr1,w n ridavi they Negotiations are being final­ p!•y the- Hdllldt. liallroum, ised bu t 1t 11 ext>('cted that Htrt>f0rd f111lnwed by thl" C"lodagh will play on the ~wan llottl, Covtntry UIJ, Bade} club circuit which Unum Row1t1,: Cluh, N<,tl 1n111; includes lhe Batie) Vanet) ham (Junt 1) and On.1m1and, dub and the Stockton fiesla Mftri11te {7l Her follow up to her 'BALLAD OF JOHN AND number one hit "Come Back Julv cah1m:l dat11 fflt the and Shake Me•· 1s to be p;ro1.1p • rf>• Gl.lld,.n 12) and C avt'nd1sh ul~d for release m August Club. Shcftleld ( I J t,, \ !JJ Clodagh appe:ars on the Mike and Bernie Winters TV OHIO EXPRESS DUE show on June 30. She has also YOKO' BEATLES NEXT been re-booked for the Joe Herman for tract with Presid ent Records OHIO EXPRESS. nnt' or the Brown TV show to be THE BEATLES' new ends 1n July and they are screened on July 5 top "bubbltgum" aroupt single - their official LENNON FOR currently considering offers, from America, are tn tour 'LIE-IN' including one from an Ameri­ Britain this month. They ny in film role follow-up to " Get can compony. from the States on Junf' 9 TWO TUBBY ALBUMS - Herman of Back," which is cur­ Their original drummer, in Canada but eventually Ear Band and Shirley and Dates set for lhc group to Herman's Hermits who are in rently number one in allowed to enter the country. Dolly Collins, Clive Graham who left m ON TUESDAY, the top five this week with August 1967, 1s1 rejoining the dale Include Top Of The took _his quartet, mcludmg "My Sentimental Friend" - the MM Pop 30 - is The spokesman ror Apple group 1n place of Chas Wade. Po ps and the Revolution (June guitarist Louis Stewan. into is about to sign for a released tomorrow (Fri­ also announced that Lennon SYMBOLS SIGN 12), Eastbourne (13), Noltln&• the Fontana studios to record 01 5 had started a new company, ham ( 16). Thames TV "To­ a new for release in t~~~~i~/ :0 in b~ Ri~me11~ day). It is "The Ba ll ad Bag Productions, to issue PEEL FOR PROMS day" (17), Fiesta, Stockton, the nea.r future Hollywood. Of John And Yoko," mus ic, poetry and "other THE SYMBOLS are the first a nd Southbank, Middlesbrough Tubby is also busy on ar• Final negotiations are ex­ which features John artistic items " in the future. British act to be signed by DEEJAY has been (19), (20-25), Wake­ rangements for a new venture, pected to be completed almost The American Programme signed as one of the guest Ae ld (26). Tottenham Royal an orchestral album or today's immediately and if so, Peter and Paul. Bureau a major Stateside comperes at London's Pop (27) and Milan TV (28) standards for which he will will spend IO weeks this PUBLIC LAUNCHING Proms at the Royal Albert The group appear on Ger• employ strin$S on some autumn shooting the movie, The B side is "Old Brown ::encgi~:~~ h~:~1~k~h ~f:i Hall from June 29 to July 5 man television (30) before tracks, woodwind on others. which is being made by Shoe," a 11 Gregory and Godfrey Cam­ He will compere the perform• visiting Holland for two day1. This LP will be recorded at :t~eE:l\reuie: la~~c~r~: ~~ bridge 2 Fontana on June 3, 8 and 11. Co lumbia. composition, which features ~~:~n°c~e~~~fe si~i~hB~~dtu;;J Peter has been involved all four Beatles. ~~rl~!s~.e~t ur!~1;~.~ndR~~~~~ Danny O' - for­ The Hayes Quartet has with the group for five years, merly of the now defunct the Family. LED ZEPPELIN TOUR dates on Sunday (June I) at but previously he made TV John Lennon and his wife house, Chalk Farm Road, to­ Sellers-O'Donovan agency - The rest of the bill is: Led Southampton's Adam and Eve appearances as an actor. Yoko flew to Nassau in the morrow (Friday). is now the group's agent and LED ZEPPELIN are to make Club, and at Hornchurch (2) Bahamas last Saturday for a manager in Britain, ~fJ'J>!~~· PigLi(Je:~o~9); sf,~~~~ and Worthing (12). His big Four of the label's first their first ever British tour tii~"~r~~~J:o;::.shci;:neaat~~ two week stay, which was signings. the Edgar Broughton As a result of the deal, the ;:~e/~a(Jof:en~a,!!!~e, c~~~~e:, later this month ending at band plays at Sheffield (2•), Street. intended to include a week's London's Royal Albert Hall London's Bull's Head (14) and Band. and his Symbols go to America on the Equafs, Marmalade, Bob Torrington (31). " lie-in " at the Sheraton• Battered Ornaments. the Third September I for a seven•week for the first of the " pop McHUGH DIES Oceanus Hotel Ear Band and Michael Chap­ 0 ~:rs(Juth~)re~he B;~glin:~s~ proms.'' An Apple spokesman told man, will play from 7.30 pm. ~~~e~is~ !':Ji~sg ~tgaiesw:~~ Other artlst.s are to appear JIMMY McHUGH. one ot at the Flamingo, Las Vegas. with the British hand on the HERD IN EUROPE the most famous (Jf MM : "They went because Anyone interested should ~:rtl;amc:~l~y Fo~~d G~fe they did not get John's new apply for free tickets from From America they will go Swarbrlck and the Young tour with different group1 ap• the " Golden Sing Era " ot Department H, EMI Records, to Honolulu for three days pearlng at differe nt venues. THE HERD are to make their the late '20's and 'J0's, died in American visa through and first East Europe:an trip in the Bahamas is the nearest Manchester Square, London, reh!i~>°n (3~~oml~~~k DoB~~~~ Date, set for the tour are: California last Friday_ He was W.1. ~ro;~:;,i;errts n;n1o t~!~:a~~e~ 74. they can get to America." At Chicken Shack, Alan Bown 8 1 Se~~;~~ to Poland on Sep- presstime, it was reported that The first Harvest releases, nd (4), and , Chuck (J:~~mlf3~~ ~anJ,~~t~r The string of McHugh hits ~:~ro ~i~~i ld~ffearbac~~·isT':ia:. ~r~~ tember 8 for a week and then, includes s uch standards as: Lennon and Yoko flew on due in the shops on June 6, Berry and Bodast (5). Trade Hall (15), Newcastle on September 15, start a " J Can't Give You Anything from Nassau to Canada be­ include singles by Edgar They return to Britain in There will be two shows City Hall (20). Colston H11ll , three.day visit to Yugoslavia, But Love, Baby" "Exactly cause the Bahamas was " too Broughton and Michael Chap• mid-January via dates in Bristol (21 ), Portsmouth Guild returning to London Sept­ Like You," and "On The hot." They were det.ained by man. and albums by Pete South Africa and Australia. ~~·~~ 2S~nJJ~1/i~nSS~ ~~ Hall (22) and Royal Albert ember 20. Sunny Side Of The Street." Immigration officers on arrival Brown, Deep Purple, Third The group's recording con- box office is now open. Hall, London (29).

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DIANA ROSS and the MARY ,, ~ I Supremes, the world's greatest female vocal WILSON . «,,~.~ " group, are to split - WHY THE\~' but not yet. Mary Wilson, one of the two Supremes, confirmed talks to ~ti · j th(' shock news when she 1 f o;pokl to the llv-tM about the ruturta: of the Tamla Mo­ town t no on the telephont ROYSTON ' -~ trom New York. SUPREMES ·· 10 ht veT)' truthful. we ELDRIDGE • ; , t A'-~ ,I ~~~h~~ltre w~~t b~obr~~~~~1~~ f,~a;I~ f~; h~•s;~!~~h~~~d ,,'~!t'! ~ ear or two hefore this happens "Diana will be doing more spots on her own, but for six or seven months of the year MUST SPLIT \\-fll still be making live appearances a n d rtt0rds. Diana wa!I on the Dmah Shore Tammi Terrell, best known Special a lone a nd It's very hard ... here for her records with 1t was very, very Marvin Gaye, and Florence aood She'll be do­ Ba lla rd , who was replaced in int more th10g11 the Supremes by Cindy Bird­ like this withm maybe we will song, we re the two names at DIANA the Supremes the centre of the rumours. 1110erary." " These are a ll rumours. How does Mary Mo town hasn't released any see the ruture for want to get married statement at all yel:' an­ ROSS the Supremes dur­ swered Mary. tnR the next two years? a female to be married and lo " II may happen in the near ' Diana will be " It's very hard to see at he an entertainer. I love to be future. I want to do a little of doing more spots this point, along what l;nes around a home and children everything - son,wriling, PLEASED we want to go as the but I love enlertarntnl' - I dramatics and modelling on her own . . . Supremes. haven't got that excitement "There's also the thing that it's very hard out of me "There are no plans at the 1 after a person makes a to get good th;~~~s riirrh:ea:dgit~sg~f: oi~ certain amount of money, you moment for us to come over why Diana is domg a few TV begin to think whtH e lse 1s 0 things for shows a nd I understand this CAREER there? A person has t0 get hop~ri~~~l t~~ atf:\o b~~m~ three girls ' and Mr Gordy, president of some personal salisfact1on out over soon. Tell the fans not to Tamla, understands this of what they are doing. worry." " I can wail a while for " Livrng In Shame" 1s "Mayhe we will want to marriage I still want to ·• I have to decide whether I get married I would love to want to be known as one of currently in the MM chart and ,tel marru~d to some nice ~~~~~ea mfew c~~~~~s a~iwa~'(b the Supremes or Mary Wilson Mary was pleased at the y('lung man and I think that this - a few talk shows, This is very important to me." news. Mr Gordy and Diana may be more single tunes on live Reports coming out of "But we've had two or th1~k1n1: aboul thal very shows I'm trying to be America suggest that Motown three more out since then. senousty. They've been going prepared" executives are grooming a Tell our British fans that out for about three years now Would Mary release solo replacement to take Diana's there's a lot more to come " It 's very hard, though, for records? plar-e from the Supremes" Where's it going to stop? J T'S d~~~n~ft~a~t P~t ~~~ ,v;~~s:o~Jd c~~~;:a~il:~ggest- about his latest record. Par- actual sex on stage ... if 8 0 ~ipul~~-y when it's in the "This Jim Morrison busi- : ned f~e~ ~haa;, :s°'~~ff's d~~~ ness if it's true and a lot the bomb and finish it all off." 3u1 Dave ~f:e was. inc~~- of the other thi~gs that are ln<:identally, Dave Dee, Do1.y, 1 1 0 1:re:ll :~;ne\ ;;ok~ ~~~~f~~~f. hav:n;:~w: Beaky, Mick and Tich's new i~ hl~ ~;t ~= 1 0 at the BBC's studios at Gol- worried f~n~e b ra~rs .f ~~~~h ·~;t"e~~~ ders Green this week. He "There are occasions when the Pop 30 last week at 28. .f was disturbed and even girls from the audience are Which is about al) Dave shocked at the current wave being brought on st8ge for wanted to say about it. .- f:i?:~.~t~;iF~~~~ ::~:pi,:: ~};;:1~{~1~;::;~1t:;~~ ,.... ______,______:!'1a~n ha~o ~ea~~z~~gr~~~ ~~ic~ It may seem strange to hear row, "whe'I you get to the a pop arli51 apparently adopt- B b d 00 point when a pop sin~er is ~s ~~iiie~si~~1~n~r frosi-y::;= e - e - DAVE DEE : ~~u=~: /f theexrt!infin:.t~~: shot. Bui Dave feels that if 'got me worried' to be drawn8 somewhere. permissiveness on stage is al------, )~;u~t \~ ~~~H~~.'~.'i/~:.~~:,> llllllflllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllfllllfillfllflllll all! ~ia~hi a%us~~ar;:t~; not Be-be-ba-ba BOO! the suggestion of sensuality on stage or even aivinJ: the impression that something is happening. I'd be a fool to do that r do thal very thing on stage myself, it's part of the appeal of a group. But givmg the impression and actually performing sex in front of an audience are two different thin2s Who makes that sound? Is that you! "After all. it takes the veil off everything. There's noth­ You plus the Marshall Supafuzz 1975 pedal ing leh to see or suggest or 3-transistor battery operated unit, volume expenence and the result can only be indifference - tn and filter controls, jacksocket input and outp1 music and entertainment and ultimately to sex itself We mean it. Outa sight! " Take the situation in Scandinavia where censorship ...... Model 1975 £16.8.0* of hooks and films has been abolished. There you can buy pornography of every type on oµen sale in every bookshop and the result 1s that people have become Mas~ towards it. The shops rely for their sah.'s on dirty old En~Jishmen or other races The Swede or the Dane becomes immune to it if it's on show in every wln­ dow •· But even m 1hose coun trie!, the} have drawn the line al selling to young people." Dave fear!i that the situa• tion which exists m some parts of America could spread And now, attention all Groups. he-re " Why not? Everythin~ else If you·re turned on by wah wah sounds, has Society 1~ becoming mnh and more permissive Just here·s the greatest. th1nk, three years ago, would Marshall model twenty-twenty three (2023) . you have heen allowed lO re­ port what I'm saying now?" Ask the man to show you Some trip! What ahnut nudity on stage? " That doesn't bother me he,ause what'~ harmful about Modol 2023 £16.17.0• - •-- seeing a few people fl1ttini about starkers? You can see almost as much as that on any beach What 11 wrong is presenting the ullimate and Write for Marshall brochure to: calling it • entertainment ' Hose-Morris when really 1t'1 anti-enter- Rose, Morris & Co. Ltd., tainment h leaves nothlna tn SPONSORED PRODUCTS the . imagination and that's 32/34 Gordon House Road, London N.W.5. 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 lfffTI tra11c la I Mll(ll)\ MA),.fR, M•r JI. 1909 Procol Harum Inspired have got it piece of together casting! 1' 11114-: t'U or C<' lllna-lt-to­ •"lhf'r 1t•._ a ,t~::tt thln(l 10 DAV£ DEE is to play~~ hur a b.lnd ll~f' Pl'ocol Harum \\ ho ha"' actuall)' ban, the r;nonst: r Te~p­ d11nt- ~n. Shakespea~:C,~,5 what for ,omt' rf'a .. on tht' ir mu'il<' ha" a ll hut bN• n Ignored In ~~r ~ext ser ies. 8riialn duphf' a fine He has already recorde~e1J album ll~t- " hint- On Bri1htl) " J ust ho" good a~gu nr th:~~d ~1 tho.' PrO<'ol Harum a re wou J:~;e,e ampl) df'n1onstrated at th e a This inspired casting leads l\.1tdnl1thl Court, Strand me to hope we may yet !!~ L) c-.um, London, last frl­ K 1·th Moon. as Hamlet, ~ d:t) 1 hf' composition.. t r <' M~rtin playing fi\he Je•~~!1.s1! 1hough1full) ronstru<"tt'd temperance uu1:· Nell and and arranged, h•n• lmngln- O'Shea as D Kildare 111\t' l)rlc'°, and art f''\"f'• Cl.lle-d \\Ith • high dtgrt't i~an~v!~PP~h;s alack a~~ or musicianship. In fact White Mins trels fixe~ for h \\hat lht) pla)f'd Is II first parts in the film bsograp y da"ls e'\.amplt> of tht hi Rh ,1andard or maturity in of c~:11~We1:h raving about pop mu,;;1('. he tapes or an album (i11q Broo~N on piano le-d ~ecorded by Chris Farlowe hh •roup 1hrou11,h a set in New York · JuSt Ch.11 included •• Wishing CA RY BROOKER: on pia no published in 1he States: Jim \\ f'II " and " Ramblln& The overall result was an On!' both from lht' "Shine 1 was featured in " Basin ::rr~~:u~~ls~e by T.J.M.E. group, who •n ~:!~i::iter:h•:pa t~: New York. Nevertheless, power and was rema rkably g~~s shot by an unknown 1unru::i On Brlgh1l1 .. a lbum, "Sal• ~t1 ,:~~<' Blakey remains a prodigious alert 'at picking up frt?nt Street Blues," In which ~e t) Dop::· tht title tnck brief appearance at the end introduced some droll tall· Ml!~of~:~ for using 8 in Los Angeles tw() •t~ and adroit drummer with a line phrases and echoing ago. frum lhf'ir latt>sl a lbum, of the show of mime, artist high degree of manual and them. Hardman again stole gate parody. Bobby used captioned Fairport Con• thf'ir bl11. hit " Whiter David Bowle, clad Hrst In pedal independence. He'll the solo honours with great " J oanna" as a cornet solo 8 0 8 ' single "J Shade or Pall' " and a cli• just a jock-strap then a orten set a 3/4 beat going tire and Invention but and pianist Lou Forestlerl e~~\~:~ i~f Jas~ ~ iek•s r;;.f.t 1 ma11c linlsh " Rf'pf'nt Wa l• underlined the more con­ ~~:te;:n .. n~eat ora:: on hi-hat whlle playing 4 / 4 Blakey brought the whole Bandwagon now a three-_man ~:it1~g_ ';;~.'" M!ft~; ~I purgis,'' fe.aturin& organist .;~~~~ on the ride cymbal and piece to • climax with a temporary lnteresh or the act since Arthur Fulhlove used 1n Nimble bread n '1allhe\\ f"isher astronaut who had missed suggesting yet another minor symphony ror drum.oi. younger musicians In the returned to the States. commercial . Will thole Procol Harum made a wel• his lunar probe. cross rhythm with his ldt The set closed with a fine group by choosing "Mfle­ Mantovanl complams that deejays please stop lln&i:'il rome .and rt-freshing relurn He interpreted a number that hand. original Interpretation of stones " for his feature. The was Inaudible because all groups sound the same ~~:~~~si other ~ph:'1 10 the British Sct' ne a nd , With a front line or Woody "Lovcrman " by Carlos set continued with "Sweet Hands up all those who can hopefull). thf'y'II be around Amory K•ne seemed to 8 Georgia Brown," Vic ~l~y­ Half the pop bu1mes1 forget he had a mike to Shaw () and Carlos ~:~nde~ hi;'hilfoot lng bis own compos1t1on tell the difference between a lot more lhan they have Garnett (tenor), Blake)' ~:~!f. Mantovanl albums - • seemed to be cel,bratm been in the past. - TONY sing into, and the acoustics Altogether a pretty desulto­ "I'll Try.'' Duke's "In a or the Wlgmore are not steered his quintet through Legs Larry Smith had a Marque11 • Martin's Mike \11.-t LSO"li. a romping 12-bar blues, the ry set with one or two Mellow Tone " and e nded Dolan's 21st birthda} last ravourable to the organ­ Inspired moments. - JEAN with "Caravan." guitar-bass guitar-drums hlghlighl of which was the ~~!~sca~~~nl~: ~~w h'!fl:~ week . . . Frank Uppa unexpected bonus or former ELLIOTT. Between sets Ly n to n HOLLIER / KANE combination who backed Garner (Errol's brother) was was due to lectur, Oil Kane and Hollier for the Jazz Messenger BIii Hard­ euctg~~-atulatio ns to MM's " Student Unrest•· it man sitting In on trumpet. enthusing about the sheer THf FIE.LO or contemporary last part of thtlr se,t. BOBBY HACKETT musicianship and audience Bill Walker who weds Gill London School Of Ecrlri song is e, er broadening, Both performers seem In need \Voody Shaw, using th e Upton tomorrow (Friday) ics on Tuesday (27) currently fashionable wide communication achieved by o,·trlapplng pop and fo lk of a little more experience BOBBY HACKETT and Vic the group. Certainly Dick• . . _ Deram spendin~ a Joi O K , beat tnis music. l n this category fall before attempting an am­ Intervals, soloed stron.RIY, Dickenson are co-leaders or o f money to promote n ew -Tony Maeaulay has '1ir,I• dehly avoldln~ cliches, bul enson's agile trombone, al­ s i n g e r-songwrlttrs like bitious venture such as a a most proresslonal quintet ternating in a phrase from Alan Bown single ... Con­ ten, o r co-wriltt-n, the forth Dylan, Donovan, Tim concert of this kind. - not realty uying much, and which has been packing was followed by Garnett a caress to a roar, is the gratulations to the daily coming singles by Scott Hardin. Lwnard Cohen, Al TONY WILSON. them In at the Le Portage newspaper which had Kenny Walker, Marmalade, Lott Ste'14UI .. nd Ro~ Harper, so Room in Montreal's down­ rm~~~~Ja~~il P~~ai.rn~cke~~•: Burrell al Ronnie's - a John Baldry, Geno Wuhm,. ob, lousl) the standards that :!~r~n~ol~:;~e ~t~~~ - ~!ant~~ town Hotel Bonaventure. George Cables turned in an precise tone. fortnight before he a rrives ton and Val Doonicaa. P h• \f' to be applied are high ART BLAKEY The Bonaventure site is a The fina l set ran through Birmingham's Jim Simp­ a track on the next T• and perhaps applying them eloquent solo and It was concrete development of gratifying to see Blake)' "Undecided," "When Your son and Martin Hone Jones LP a nd anoth,r son, to re lath f' newcomers like HANDICAPPED by the ab• such size and hideousness, Lover has gone," "Wolve­ threatening to present the Tim Hollier and Arnot)' sence or his regular bassist, switch to brushes at this tha1 It Is a pleasant surprise considered a -poss ible for Kane m•) seem unfair. Scotty Holt, Ari Blakey point. to find a room with such rine Bl ues," "Mr Lucky'' Big Bear Ffolly package in . Thf'se arlists g:ve a joinl fa iled to communkate a In lhe Latin number that intimacy and atmosphere as (cornet feature) " Oh By the nude at the Factory on Norrie Drummond, where followed, Blakey played J ingo " (trombone feature), June 6. At least it will arc you? Photographer Bruet" concert at London's Wlg­ very coherent Jazz mt'ssage lhe Le Portage nestled In It. " Royal Garden Blues" (with mou· Hall last Thursday at the La Boheme Club in with great variety and In the first set I caugh t, Vlr sound like a ro und or Fleming wants to know . . 8 applause when the four Roy Harper now driving. 1 :nezr~. u ~u~:~~d :~r~,:h groups sit down. Bentley . Jeffeuon Arr• You," " It's a Wonderful The late Pee Wee Rus­ plane staged a free roncert World " (which just about sell's has been at their own expense as "l sums up the approach of presented to his friend, gift to Chicago." these two mature musi­ fellow-clarine ttist Kenny I BUY NOW BEFORE STOCKS MEIT cians), climaxing with Davern, in accordance with fe~~~in~uperfd"r~~( Mo~~!= " Perd ldo.' -RONALD his wishes. S WEETMAN. Fe!lx Pap­ Publicist's dream: The parJardi on bass guitar Apollo IO crew playing Circus played the Revolut . 11 Sinatras " Fly Me To The Club in Brussels last wetlt BIRMINGHAM FEST Moon" to trillions of and report: " The rtceplJ(lfl viewers on earth WE lN Birmingham hove be­ was a bit cool - somebody Stevie Winwood and sle~e· threw ice at us." come used now to weather Stills to record an album problems when the time together? Fourth Clancy brothe• comes round for our annual Bobby joined the group Festival - the only jazz. How I i n ' Wolf-John American producer Teo festival In the country Dummer Speakeasy show Ma.cero flies to London tr munlcip~lly sponsored, Up nearly a disaster until Wolf record them in July man~ged to get things to the t ime of starting, the moving late in the set. Peter Who needs a Pre.$s Club Parks Depa rtment were 0 when the re's backstage at afraid a re'tum of heavy ~~~enjoh~ ~~el J~~~ol: e~di~ the Lyceum? rain might interfere. As It the h,eated inquest Valerie Bond mtssw& happened the sun shone about in boats with the Web bravely and only ev.enlng Daily_ Sketch repor ted an Australian s heep shearer's at Poole, Dorset, this wttk weather as bluer ns the And a lovely figurt>htad s~ beer on sale sent rans home co~ment on Mick Jagger early with only u few hun- p.e!ng chosen to play Austra- ::~~:• ~~o! t~. 1~~°! h Id 1a s hand1t folk hero Ned fly dred of the i.everal have made us directors of £1 thousand who attended Kelly: .. They're trying to blacken the name o f Ned ,. s taying to the end or eigh{ A\ony Wilson thought El hours of continuous jazz on ~l~~k s~e'!:'p? make Mick 'a Cid was a film at,out thr two bandstands. Egyptian police fore, The_ jazz bill so hr was ex­ " l~~ys 1ivl~~ddK. Bil_labong: Somebody should tell Blue C)tlng a nd as varied as pos­ s port! It's a slu/on sible bearing in mind that f~!g~~~d ~h~te ~:;e G~"o~n~:r"~,:i~ nam~ of a thief, arsonist and n~ big U.S. star instrument. qualify as the sounds ri ahst appeared. Salena J ones ~~~! ~.rer. Have a Fosters, headed the programme and Bls~~i;~:ol~~o~~ And Alt her two Pfrf_ormances fo1.1nd fr~~~~s . Panassle_, son of That J azz a forth('(!ffl 1n& an apprtt_1ative and enthusi­ Panassle/az~o~ki~c Hughes book by Henry _ Pleas111U, astic audience. Also on the nd t~~kmentary fil~ g m onNe! Ar:ne rican cnt1c in Lo ori, blll last year was the Joe will certainly stokt' up t~, Hor rlol'l-J ohn Mn~cr houble accept ·T~ ·J Will America current jazz-pop entt-n Quintet presenting lndo controversy. . Jazz Fus.Ions. 1 found it th1ratio:!'a1 «g1ett?as part of 1 mer Gantry record ed LP ls there anybody maJunl 1 n:iost en1oyable, with the 8 record that has.n't •;. , s itar particularly attractive ~ 8 ~lhou r .session __ Jiving Harold Beckett in lht lrl.i rhe next auraclion was 'th~ 11 record s s_ti l\ trying to pet section? . BBC ~:,I Alex Welsh band with guest ye~rs. fir~~ sms~le/fte,.~ three se,en digging Barnt'Y Kt M· !Har George Chisholm H 0 al N.onnie's-David r ~uetcd with Ro y Wliliam! ~:t't~e-fi_nched t?p key 1~ ~; tenborough, Bill Cott0f ;;ri Tea For Two" and the have~'t 'b Bermondsey and I Terry Henebery and rtl t whole band wts magnificent together, ~~r/•~le to get n Hurll. nJ The Johnny Lambe Orchestr~ Judy Collin revuled masterly precision Bill Brufford, or \'t~~·s appear in th going leg1t tQ Cozy, of Ace .. Kt- flrut 1 Shakespearo e New York ::e~r ~f::~aMillj; st;l:l~~~ Stand, depping v.1th J{rilb de Lys ror drummtr all those old enough to re- Product ion of p<;~;npa3:~~ c•• who :r~~ Johnston, of lBS !~e t:!il'e;ve m~glc ~r~!~o w~o- w~!~~;1 j0:n~1t :~m~r Johnny C~~:s B3b Dylan: 1 clarinet-le_d reed ";~~~: Walkt'r heading bark ' ht" flying t~n Lo~~~o:~ from June -4 tL1 h( :-th fi~e~, cruises from Portsmnut }lard'j ;;~~~d/~l~cl o;~~oc~~!~,~! try e ,o reC'Ord British coun. th All we can sly I•~ 11 ~~o~ quarter or a ctntur> som g~~~~d e On.nte Bio,;;;. Meat on the pnipc --: y, lur their alhum 1s h Rt mainder of the, hand 11/"i~o~urdon, Led Zepp - 1 (l eaning, R(Hlrt from a p­ i, ond BJue~e;s of Invention nev ~. e~plrl~ il) oi"' ' 1~"'" Lightroot, we.re local eb~~ in a bcne,ti'"age touk part l\1or11:an tnuhl \H'II tic ~~;~.-t:~ i;~sfa. extreme!~ Tepp, drumm~•r ~~r A!!~~c-:•~ later.I Marqu t d 1 rr;,lly hi& I.

MELODY MAKFR, May 31, 1969-Pase 7 The Ballad Beatles of John and Yoko

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6 R5786 la Page ~MELODY MAKER, May 31, 1969 SANDY BROWN at the Hungarian Jazz Festival Playing for the Bank of Funland TRIED everything I kne"". to ge_t arrested AFTER her extrava­ thinks and you'd better believe 1 it. With Southern whites, th~)' at the Hungarian Jazz Festival this year _ gantly successful Al­ either like you or they don _t. bert Hall concert the If they like you, you know it hired a car, brought Ron Mathewson to play If they don't, t~~y most prob· other Sunday, Mahalia ably shoot you. bass and Western agen_t provocateur Decent Jackson sat back in her Politicians would like . to Don Aldridge to infunate the loca_l police, dressing - room chair give her some kind of pos1t1on on a board or committee. b~t But without the presence of MM Editor Jack looking pretty flaked. Mahalia says she _wouldn t She rummaged through want to be in poht1cs she Hutton whose excesses got us arrested last her travelling bag-a mini• would rather do her own JOb ature medicine chest - and and help where she ca~ year i~ Prague, somehow the chemistry swallowed something. " I'd rather JUS_t do mine as wasn't quite right. " I w,sh I was as young as a citizen I thmk I'd be a I was when you first met me poor spokesman. And then, If Ah well: c'est la Maxie,," she said "There's sO you get paid you can'l say much tn be done o.nd it's all in what you thmk When they paix. . a ,,.,orthy cause. But I'm gel­ talked to me about a Nixon r missed Martial Sola! ling too o ld ror the road and TV programme I told them I don't nt'ed the money."· whose concert was the Mahalia went on to explain ~~~p~iiy_1'1d wC:tfo~ig;:~n:~; day before r arrived, that she, liked lo gel paid for too. How tragic both those which was a pity, but her wMk, as a nyone did, and bOy5 got killed" ~~~fner~ llvmg m reasonable heard 's group on the Friday •· But," she added, " I don't Violent wnrk for the money. I s ing night. because I love to slng I don't Conversation with Miss Johnny is playing as well rare for luxuries lrke Jewel­ Jackson often touches on the as ever but the backing by lery. This rs the only diamond race struggle. Many times sh~ Kenny Drew, Jimmy Woode I ever keJ'!I " refers to ·• our poor people and Art Taylor never got She showed mt' a rmg, which she's owned si nce I first together either rhythmically (.~· th!?d J~~~ a~hi;~/~:~~ or harmonically so the set sflw h• decided to She laughed at the memory lOCETiiU Of JAZZ MIJ$1Cl,1,M$ ....-.T(l5 My memory of the Jam AN0f4NS session was almost wholly erased by Hungarian SAT . MAY1111-SUN .JUNlhl 10•• ._ S •.,. •a.:~ Mr, •• CONW,lY KALL Harry's new-look big band cog!1ac but the disturbingly HD LION SQUAil lOHOOf'l. WC I unlikely !eeling that I'd Co.1 lot ,._o dor1-l0 THE CONCEPTION of been playing with a Japa­ players like this. nesefi band was fortunately looioNleA,.,...,. what constitutes a jazz big IA N CUit IOI HOUSTON 1AAII> "You can do a lot with two con rmed the next da band has varied little over brass sections - for example ASMAN, CfOIGf MEUY OA\t '1.,l'K,­ the past 40 years. you can have one playing ~hen I saw them wandei­ WOITH, ALIHT ...... _GUTHY ()IAII.OfOI mg round the town. ALAN MOlGAN o...il -~) _. There have been occasional open and the other muted variations - Artie Shaw's use shadowing the sound. ' They played well on c-pat,t,o,,,' o.,1ewn- C--- 1 " I'm. hoping to do all this Sunday ~n the same bill as U-..• n11,1oc...... ,. th•....,._"' f~e a 1::egu1 :Jo:~r~~tnsne:t~~nt on a Jazz album and Terry c...i,..,. ,. ~... Henebery has promised me a thl~ LublJana radio band (fat worth's Seven Section of a JO y chaps whose perform­ TtC h to ff•"' Chrlt W•Hri Anl ,..._., few years back and the use or BBC·TV thing wh~n he starts will ance was somewhat better J.au c..,,.. •.,h_ 6 t••••"-"' W•1 ,_.. woodwind or odd instruments. a new senes which be Ct•n, Sf 14 hi Ol-•t2 SU4 ,i...­ featuring British jaumen than good palais status). Now Harry South has come •ndo•••J are not piece brass sections plus four HARRY SOUTH bound by categon 5 of mu51 c­ 11~eds, rhythm, and various double br.iss section Y-?u c~n mmgle pc.,p rh:,;thrri, /~~---" percussion. I thought 1t ~lluld wnh Jazz solo1s1 for e\. be ideal for stereo. ample I Th• House of Musi, , Ad_ept, 138 Old St., London, ~.~ .1 J '• I did this for the album, each with three or four "I've Just spent a couple c, f Send this coupon for the 1llus lrc.ted colour brochure g1vmg which will be out 1n Septem­ trumpets and • couple or very funny Wef,ks doing a ber, and then thought the trombones - and use three or scene wnh .an orche::.tra fo r full deta,t,, ~f Vandoren Reeds and Mouthpieces, including I four strong ux soloists hke The Magic Christian OriginaJ. the new S Jou So• op hone Reeds and Mouthpieces same thing could apply equal- I 1 1 Tuhhy H3yes, J oe Harriott NAM: ror W.~ ~t:~~e t~~ l:~~ t ~;rngR and Peter King I would !hl!~e~~~ iu:to~:l~p~~e~a~~ ~~ t11 th ink of something new to feature them backed hy the a musical adviser but 1 ~ot I ADDRESS I do w11h th e standard big hn.nd double brass section roped 1n as a handkader for line-up .. The popularity of the sax the &cene and found my~elf 10 section helOJt ratht:r low these front of the cameras ·· \. - ~5 / " What I want to do now 1s days I 1hink II would be more -- have two brass sec-lions - acceptable to present the H'< BOB DAWBARN MELODY MAKER May 3 1, 1969--Pait: 9 A few years ago, a person was proud to say he was a musician. It was like saying 'my son's a HERD :• You can only do your best• A happy feeling doctor'. Now I'm almost ashamed among the Herd to say I'm in the music business THE HERO, hll by Peter to our music thoy can a"d u Frampton joining the nebu­ they Just want to llsten they lous Humble Pie and the en­ can It's nice to h11ve a sh11ro forced deparlun or Andrew or both and 11lthough some Stule, are strangely happy. peopl1 might be dancing Nol ror them the collage there's more or a rapport be­ hlde•way lo '' git It together.'· tween us and them." Instead they are quietly play­ ing gigs as a trio, gelling to '' ~h~hi::noeur.'sd:~::~n:n!~"egll~ HFRMAN, WHO took off on Mon­ " It's a Job even ror a musician drink-but I still think It's a waste Mickie about the release of II re• know n1w man Henry Spln- h igh In lht< charts, what wlll cord. But he's proved he knows be the nt<11t step from the new day on n three-month trip that will to get Insurance for his car! of time. ~~~Y ao"..1in°~fi: ~~ ~":ty t~hl~: Herd? "Fortunately, we're an lntema• a best. Often l've wanted some• plily music. "You ca" only do your best embrace such faraway pl1tces ns " The sales of records are tlonal act now. And it's great to joke these days. A No. I hit sells thing else released, but he's stood "We're enJoy1ng playlng 11nd In the pan we hav1n'1 , the Philippines, Aus• out--and I've proved to be the more now than wo'vo done In always done that. ll brings work in cabaret instead of doing around 150,000, when once it 1 b11ck th11t 111ylng 'you Ot,ly tralla and Mexico, avows he'll one-nighters. would sell that many at No. 30. one who was wrong. Mickie has ~h•ur::~t ! :-~!e°v"or;1°;::~d !: get out of a thing what you done every single record I've ever put Into It ' W1're happy at never do another tour In Britain. tho sounds we're getting " " It's a different type of work "And how many albums can made. Frankly, I think Lulu was Hid organist Andy Bown ••st the moment, I Jusl hope that " Unle~~ It's with Val Doonican or entirely. You can do Andy Wil­ you sell? 50,000 is the very limit. week. the band can be successful so liams or Jack Jones records, in­ stupid to leave him." " Some other groups have that we can stay as we are the Beatles," he says. And no•one Is going to live for Herman's follow-up single to seen us and although they tr we get II hit we'll be really, stead of a string or your own hits six months on that.'' "My Sentimental Friend" won't haven't actually sneered really happy " Pop tours as such don't exist and rock and roll. It's stupid. I " The thing about a trio Is Happily for Herman, he's had be issued until he returns from 1 1 11ny more," says Herman firmly. wasted five years like this. ~:it:~~h~:~e 1'~ be~J~nrnu~t~; that there's no room ror one a string of hits-17 singles in all. his world tour in September. person to dr11g, It pushes you · " And the groups themselves 0 get a bit fed up with now, But even though hJs latest, My on . We havet,'t reached our arc lo blame. Five years ago there at,d then looked at us as If to llmlt as a trio at all. Sentimental Friend" last week say ' Let's see what you c111n were about eleven groups who do1' Well, they've seen what " I don't know whether DIVE shot to No. 2, he's not anxious anyone reaches their limit would go on, do their latest hit, to be in the No. J slot. PATTERN ~• can do and they've llked Buddy Rich says he's the then disappear. gre•test which he Is but " I'm glad we have become an "I'd rather have a record at " We're proud or the sound " Now, the big stars nre Tom Did he feel the interval too we're getting as a trio espKI· everyot,e else Is still learning international act. You can't make No. 2, 3 or 4 than at No. I," says I dot,'t really ever push my~ Jones and Engelbert.. The Hollles great? .. No," he says firmly. ally In a good sounding hall setr on organ unto my hill any money from records in Eng­ Herman. "A No. 1 record ls so It's an occupational hazard will last for some years, and, I land today. Record sales have "That's our pattern of working. playing in dull h;11lls, but It's exttnt, no one"s reached the hard to follow. People seem to llmlt on organ although If I hope, Herman's Hermits. But where taken a dive In England. It's dif­ Every year we go abroad. We really a good sound. Henry's could play well as Brl11n expect so much more when you lilted In bHutlfully and u are the rest? ferent abroad-but here everything spend three months out of Eng­ Auger I'd be very pleaHd make No. J. land. then's a good sound between but even then you'd want to Is against records. him •ud the bass and the or- go on." "Our next record won't be re­ Henry Spinetti. the brother " Some people can't even afford " Arc we gOUng he•vlcr1 FAULT leased until we can be here to "" of actor Victor and the Herd's a car-so why should they waste promote it." What's heavy I dot,'t really !'tw drummer, was tucking their money on bits of plastic. HARDER know. I don't llke calllng It into napJ111cks swimming In Obviously, Herman's Hermits rock ilnd roll but that's what syrup as we talked. " It's their own fault. They've To me, though, records are still It Is rnlly. " I Cllll'l't really sey how been dirty and said the wrong more important than cars. There "But we stUI work very hard have established a work routine " Our sound Is very big but h's going as I don'l kt,ow on our records. Harder than we've that pays off. He may have some it's nol really heavy music. things. A few years ago, a person are so many memories for me wh11t It WIIS llke befora, " said ever done. And we owe it all to strong Ideas about the groupie It's a funky sound but I don't He nrJ. " But I've never had was proud to say he was a musi• on these pieces of plastic. like th•t description either to work so hard and I'm en­ clan. It was like saying • my son's "But a lot or people in Eng­ Mickle Most. is as scene. But he has stayed the pace " We do • couple or old rock joyln¥ It." a doctor!' Now, I'm almost land would rather spend money Important to Herman's Hermits as -as his world rating and the t,umbcrs and some Tami• but Which sums up the happy one of Herman's Hermits. chart convincingly prove. everything we do Is In our feeling In the new Herd very ashamed to say I'm in the music on drink than on records. Drink­ style. If people want to dance well. - R,E. business. ing Is really a waste of time. I "We used to argue a bit with HEAD-FIRST

War Between Fats and Thins Tl-{ CONT!Ov'ERSIAL HARVEY MATUSOW'S JEW'S HARPBAND FIRST ALBUM Released Friday May 23rd HDLS6001 Head Records The man who made me sell my tenor MAX JONES on the first of the saxophone giants

__...._-.. ~ - . (()LEMAN HAWKIN~. whi 1, or bronchial pnt>umonut on Mhndly Jazz Scene tribute to Coleman Hawkins !\1 IS in a Nt'w Y

un~~~ 1::/:.:i~rf' thnn th l. (I( Clv d(.)mlOat, d \ \.' l he-a rd the nl!ws of tt-nor JaZZ. but 1n 11dd111on h Colt•mjn HJwkins Chewing nked with mrn like Arm,tronl(. ~ l n e 5 , Ellln~ton, H ndl'rson d t· .11 h, a me~sage was Hodges Nichols. :rnd Re-1dnhecke \\ .11ung for me as one ~r the- muiac's mtt.:rn,1t1nnally " l'h 1"t' nng B1 n Wcbslt.'.r :1 1 ,n ff !', you come in,'' kns~"m:~~e:{) that h~ was ablf! tt• ,t , :.mJ 11:,vin._i • Cop<'n · ~ leave Fletcher Henderson in 1t134 ('M) rlant · the me uge • a nd visit England und r J11ck h.itt n numhf'r 11 '9 1m - the fat Hylton's sponsorship He workf'd 11 hlt-d with Hylton a nd Mrs ~ylton·s band I h11d n dpuht what \hf· recorded in London. in Novtm~r 1al had hf-rn about And I'd !h~i"'1'"~ !;~~:tnin,ti::;'ltfll"~ that year with p1.an1st Stanlt-.., lh ,.ht h WH at tinmf' In RI~= then. we:nt to tht" Contmrn_l. ""' l f'rd.am Bean playmg with vnnous aroups m with France. Relg1um, Holland, Sw1l1l r­ Jand and Dt•nmsrk, and htc-oming Someone fl major mfluC'nct- on_ tht·1r Jazz It was 3 vi~,it which la-.tl'd until

" >n -~ lhl' o ptralOr 9 I t t hruuah. th r, 1a m1h ar Bi t,: an d ~~~uJ~md";~~e orh;! · h~~:n it,.~k"·t~ R ' Ht' ~nn, llOC t"d , With IUI the State~. his flr!lit U.S rl'corJ rr"l1m 1ru1 r, llt'll. I lelt .,o Ben ri,"1 "'htn I heo11r d t ht n.-..., !> dah.• !'el'n COLEMAN HAWKINS, 1':H: Toured Britain In April , puM,i, h, d m Den m,11 rk 1,1 1 born St. Joseph, Mis­ turned to the USA In July. October, '39, wu thr ,-:round '°' ,n th,•n., 1940-45: Lead ing blg b•nd al Golden breaking "Body And Soul" whu:h 'N,1 I hf"a rd 1t f m m souri, November 21 , Gate B•llroom, and v• rlouJ other put him right back into pronlmf•nc1 c nr , I thl" Petrr S. 1~1 .. , s vt.nuH until February lMl, then 1904. Died New York , leading o•n small groups. Organ• For years H nwk had ht't'n lhi Sht- !Old n, ,• ( nil- man lsed on• of the first bop recording guint or the tenor, thl' mo!'it intlu ha,1 p 1, d and I said May 19, 1969. JUNIOR 1chool1 In St, Joseph and 11:nlon1 1'44. ential and imitated man on h1!t Oh I ord, no.• Bui 11 KanHs City, Mlnourl, then 1tudy• 1946>-SO ; Own band appeared in film instrument While he was ahrr d, v. .a, n·t une'ltp('Cled I Ing music at Washburn Colhige, Crim,on Canary, 194'. Recorded ~ mt' ltmt' 'i: think h e Topek a, Kansas •nd in Chic.go, celebrated unaccompanied solo new contend~rs ('ntered the list\ wanhd to RI• Illinois. Orlglnally played piano " Picano " 1941. Took part. in fint such men as Ben Websh.-r, Chu and ullo, tenor sa,:ophone from National Jan. al thl Phllharmonlc 1 the ag• of nine. Clggln11 with 1946. t~te;r;i:•: -~~r JChOOI bandJ from 11; at ltl ltSl-56: E:a:len1lve touring with ~6~biy, T~~~14 playing profenlonally In and JATP . Co•ltd sucnnlul quintet olcJ Hawk answered their chullr·nl(1 around Kania, City, Mlnourl. whh tl:oy Eldridge. Also member of in typical fashion-with a m,1ster 1 1 1 piece. Bu t I h-1" I 1m sorn· :~h ~~';i! T::i~:h!; 19~~ntil ieagc::i:~ - appeuancn with "R~/!!~~:Jo'.n Eldridge; Newport Jau Futlval : Throughout his cart't'r, Hawkin \l. f'rt• HZJ: \\:e ,:: r .. at friends Lll!ft Mamie Smith In N•w York , "Th• Metropol • ": Vlll•ge Gato listened to othl"r mu2,ic1ans (he Wa!, .I nd 1>. f'll. adm1rl"r 'i You freelance recordln11s with Fletcher 1tc. Took p•rt In Fletcher Hender• kno"" ht wa ~ al"" S)!i mv Henditrson, gigging at variou1 New ,on rounion recordings. inspired early on by Louis A rm !av •urik tenor pla,er York clubJ lncludln11 G.,den of Joy IIEGULAII JATP tours of Europe v. hat the hdl with planl1t Ginger Jonu. Finl recordina with Ouk• Elling• t~~u"&t !~~th!~~l~T~~ th,::~us~~ th1't· v.hf'rt" I came l'l~4;~~:efs~a tu~~:h1:s~~.. ~er of Fletcher ton, 1962. workod In Brll•ln •Ii • ' Bea n ... when do you eat ?' He wasn't a put-downt>r youth 0 or lrnm And I ,1,U t'!i <; he lt)4-)I, Left HendtflOn to tour ,olOJlt November 1%7. ful expression. COMPILED BY JOHN CHILTON llk•~ r~; tht· hegmmn,e. Europe u 5oh1iJt . Arrived In If w, leave out lht" \(}l•JI 1 nn some rar\i'°r Hend..r1 ,n ,d.,h,;;r,d tha t m Jn HI" the things make me think job I ever was ret1.1ly scared to records (wh1c.h had a rather wa<; thf' ma~ 1er He revolu ru!~~~~ filtt~~~tihro~:~ur~i~! now t ionised I ht" horn And he was take up The man corny stacc&lQ chnrurtt-rl, it ,~ of an aihng Coleman "Well, that was the last who a mastt'r musician all the way •· As II matter of fact, I hardly an e.ita~anatinn trJ ••Y Webster commented on this time I saw him. As I say, I lh.it thr Hawk never so undr•I - stud it" d rhe,r'r, knew the continued to play like Hawk half expected this news but it da,; c; 1r'I, pla}t-d pi ano and, until one day Clyde Hart. the change m Hawk dated or trite Yet he nev r v..f"II. r1":1 lh undersumd music pianist, said· 'Well, Ben, you ·• We used to hang out knocked me Oat just the same wouldn't eat '\acnflc"d his taslc or ml.11 fi nally did il You've got to together a ireat deal. and I ·• Well, he had h,s fun and I vidualit y remember h1m as always ro­ 1 wh ere you sound more like ~u,i';:tsed h,~ ~ isic~vt~~~;ahe~~ Ben v..ould mv1te mush:ians Ht' valUf'd oriaindhty .:ibov~ Bean than he does himself ' bust and full or i.re QF ~?U~~~·m!n re~:: up on the stand to play with mo'Jt attnhuteJ, and •aid 1,I Chance lived it up over m Europe m his own playmJ!: " I ll"Vf'r " From that day on, I tht' Thirties kms as the biggest influ­ him. When penple l'lsked decid ed to go my way and tenor - ever since Hawk why he didn't do the I h-arnl'd ~o mu{h from " I'd say that Coleman wac; ence on ~;~e a~~Yw~~r\1c-pl~~r 3~t~dJ,~ develop my own !I Ound." fou r­ same, he'd repl> " Ben needs h,m I 11,tlnt'd t, a ll hi,; rec• hard to get close to. He d1dn·t I started playing at 'em - I don't" •rd" -....11h Flrtcht'r lfrndt'rson, E,; N yo ne who'd known meet new people tno fan, and teen or fifteen. ll ~~~t h~m'"~u~l~~-~•t~~r~;~I·; knt"u. t'V~rv ~\llO hf" pl.ayed. Hawkins for more than a few he didn't buy too many Hawk had a tremendou1 what 'Jlruck him a, ,i lnprv u " When l saw him at Hawkins was a legend. He ego. But 1n _him 1t was ireat I \\ h .. n 1hr rhanlt' came- to 8 drinks We drank up a lot of was fantastic. He virtually und11C'1phnl"d plavma b~a r; ~~~! 1nh fr~g~~i; ~~ruhc1~ Ronnie Scott's, with that Ion" really dug at takr h,.,, pla1 I'. m the band - hair and long beard, looking my bonles over ten years. invented the tenor. He was thl'. When I Ukt•d dunnr ht appearance on his last visit to Our greate.st problem wa~ -.... di 11 v. a'- a her th~ 'd tried so thin, of course I was ~rst to play . 1t as an vi ~lt in Ille '67, ir hr th• uJhl Lr,tn Younit for a short 11me Bntam surprised 1 getting him to eat. He'd Just the " new lhm1" o ,pnnent, I drmk brandy all the time. He - \ ou an ,magme the ch a l­ Friends tried to get him to •· I was gomg mto Ronnie's ~~!~r't::: ~s:~ef~~u;~ec~ ~~~ were add1nc a d1mt'm,1('ln to l nitl" II prf'~~n trrl eat more regularly. and befor_e funny noises He made 1t a never ate more than a bowl of Jau, h11 rrp\y wa-. " Gnod afle1 him, you know, and I valid voice soup. Then we'd find he had l hat v..a5 in i93 4, when he returned to New York It came over early because I left half or it ne1s, no 1here i• noth1n1 to t,,leman first ...,ent rwer to seemed that he was becoming wanted to hear him play I " I guess he must have I'm just pleased that Mfore th Eun,pe and JI wu the only healthier was 1n every night until he hked me a little because we he died we were pn viledged ~~u~~t ~~~,1~e a~~ii 7a~~ ~~ finished, and I'm glad now used to JO in the bars in New to have him work at the Club claHlcal rnusu: If ;ou Clfl·t ------, that I was Yo rk and talk, or i.o back to As a sax player myself, it had do that well, }'Ou can't do .. We'd Sil up and talk, night Yes, I loved that old always _been my amb1t1on to anything tlse •· DURATOMIC sometimes with Ronnie and hi s apartmenl and sit up all have him I always thought I didn't e..,.t.!r get to knO""' Pete Kmg in the office, other man. "We've ,tot to have h im here." I first heard he had died Hawkma well. thoueh I mt:l times at the Piccadilly Hotel •· You know a funny thmg, from Pete Kmg. But some­ him manv times where he was living. We'd though? It was that man who Ben Webster was in town body who had recently re­ But I heard ham • lot o,.,e, chew the old fat and talk all told me years ago: ' Ben, when the Hawk wu here, and turned from the Statu told that New York talk when you drink you must ea1 ' the two of them woutll sit in me he was very ill. •;:· ;;dr!,~itd:~t ,fr~~ "Talk-to-me" And I said· 'Bean, when do ~~e ,:;r "And Coleman sa,d some the Club for hours and rib hearing him dose up at • strange things to me, then you eat?' " each other. I wish I had had a . RecordinJs? Ones that stick and also the last time I was in tape-rccordt:1 going Ben ~hyt~~ ,.m~nadde :iri•r·;sc~•i~ e,~ofo~o~~ ,f:~~n~~;~~~~u::. New York wi1h him Some of MAX JONES would go on to Hawk about sticks a sax section including Benny 1 his age. He'd say: " My daddy Carter, plus 0Jango Reinhardt r:~g~~c~:rm :~~! an;c~~~·:~- ~fae;1. .,to take me to hear you • Body and Soul ' wu another from what purpMted to be Now talk. shout, beat-out all the way with these great record. And so was' The the Hme instrument as the great new Ouratom1c sticks Stronger than any Day You Came Alnne • one I was cC1axlna ref'hlt> st,ck previously produced. they have a perfect nolst::. from at horn" we1ght-to-s1ze ratio and keen balance. How What I can U\' IS that I IN NEXT WEEK'S MM RONNIE SCOTT gave up thf' tenn r niht a"-a,· come 1 Because they're made from wood and sold it impregnated with a special plastic material by a process of high -energy rad1auon developed by the Atomic Energy Research Assoc1atton I KENNY Smash that cymbal! Hit those heads! Go-go-go all !he way with Duratomic Sticks I ONLY 19,6,.,,.,. BURRELL (R,corr,,.,..,id,d ,.,r,,I pric•J Av•ilable from all good mu~,c 1tore1

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MELODY MAKER, May 31, 1969-Page 11 'I'd have to work hard to be a failure Uncle again' says Peter THE FURTHEST OUT WHAT'S the big- gest problem facing Peter Sars­ tedt at the mo­ ment? His new single? Keeping up ID?cat with the pace of hit records? No. It's time: time to develop some of the THE MOTHERS OF projects which for too long have had to stay locked inside his brain . .. The truth is I'm a bit bored," he told me this week perched on a chair in the MM office. " There is so much I want, and have, to do and no time to do it.'' Uncle LINKED

For inf:tance, there is an INVENTION HAVE offer from producer Michael Codron to write a musical for London's West End. And there are many songs he wants to write. "Not just happy little things; instant things which I ca n write m a minute, but more elaborate projects, like songs I want to write about space and the IDleat planets. Perhaps six or seven lmkcd songs which might take weeks to complete." EVER BEEN! So Peter will be taking what the Americans call a Sabbatical time off from the normal every­ day work to undertake special proJects. When? Certainly not yet, but Peter gave the impression that it wouldn't be too fa r m the future, Although, United-Artists press officer Barbara Scott emphatically insist­ Uncle ed that it would be arter he had completed all contractual engagements. . . . . ::· . ... "Take my stage work," DOUBLE ALBUM said Peter, puffing a Players " I have perhaps enough material ror four BY ALAN WALSH hours out of w hich I can choose enough good ma­ the record industry at terial for one hour on mote his new single, stage. I want to gel some "Frozen Orange Juice," this time. but though he finds it He would very much like, if new stage songs together, constricting he insisted it were possible, to return so that means I have to he doesn't hate it. to the obscurity he had write four more hours of " I feel it might be doing before his records started material to choose from me some good and selling, but is resigned to That takes time." anyway, I don 't want to the fact that he can't. IDleat do any damage to the "I'd like to go back and record compa ny or my be what I was before a JI BORED agents, so I'll do it, even this," he said, "but I though it's time con­ realise you can't ... you TRA 197 79s 9d He is also slightly bored suming." can't go back. In fact, because he has been Peter wrote the new single you mustn't try." involved m the pop a round Christmas time But he feels that whatever business, successfully a!1d on a holiday in Tunisia happens on the record unsuccessfully, for quite with his gi rl friend. It's a scene, he won't ever be a a Ion~ time. more up-tempo song than failure again. '' That " J had the success vicari­ "Whe re Do You Go To," sounds like conceit, but it ously through my broth­ given a much mo~e is n't rea lly. It's just that I er, when he was makmg elaborate a rrangemenl m have a realisation that 11 big And one way or 2/4 time, with strings, whatever happens to me, another I've been si nging and French horns sweep• it will be quite hard for and w ritmg for some ing over hi s distinctive me to faiL Transatlantic time " voice It seems like an­ " In fact, I'd have to work WHERE TRENDS BEGIN Now he 1s faced with the other smash hit, although very ha rd to be a failure. gru elling round _ of ap­ Peter felt that albums, To quote a pop cliche: pearances, mterv1ews, TV more than si ngles. were ' Eve n the bad times are and radio spob to pro- the important aspect of good·"

atmosphere. It ls really all . I . I I • I • down to the tribal thing." The fine-up for Junior's Eyes has Mick {lead 11tr, tmb, Ycls) , . . . Grom (vcls), Honk (bus gtr) and Steve Chapman (drs). They have, . says Mick, "Just one criteria to play so that the music comes naturally and . ' . '. ' . ~;;:;~' th1 audiences wanting ' ' .. ' ' . . ' . . ' . . ' ...... 0 11 1 • • • • I '• • • . . ' ' . . . to r!a~s:n~~: r~rj~s~a~ ~ ;'!:~: ~ow far I can't," a dds Mick , . . . . The point is to communica te ' ' ' . ' ' ' " ...... though as h1r as writing I~ ''...... ' ' ' co-:,cerned, as soon a s a song Is ' ' " ' written It becomes Irrelevant. Jhhl~g~~t_ or ::1~gA•)/el~N~very- MICK WAYNE 8 wouldn't call it jan "II, WLIN' WOLF JOHN rD_U~~ER ON TOURING WITH HO " ----=-- of that goddamn wah wah! YOU CAN proba~ly imagine that it's quite an experience to _me.et a legendary m u s , c , a n you've admired on record since you were a kid and know that you're going to play with him every night for three solid weeks. Well, my band felt a bit nervous Jast week as we waited for Howlin' Wolf to turn up for a quick rehearsal before we embarked on a British tour with him. Ambled

But as soon as he ambled Into the room and a giant handshake and gravel­ voiced greeting, " Hello, I'm the Wolf, nice to meet you," had been offered all round we relaxed. And after a roaring Jam on H Houserocking Boogie," and receiving the com­ pliment, " You' re playing my kinda music and that's HOWLIN' WOLF, a man of many parts gonna make things easy," we felt pretty elated. as hard in the States and just about the only thing Wolf, In fact, has turned when he's not playing one­ Wolf hates is something he out to be a man of many nighters with his present ca11s "that goddamn \\ah­ pares, not the least being band - Hubert Sumlin wah guitar!" following the his constant good humour (guitar), Henry Gray condemnation with a hi­ and genius for joke teUlng. (piano), Willie Young larious Imitation of the He's had us falling about In (tenor), Calvin Jones (bass) sound and the comment, the van with laughter and and WIilie Williams " that don't do nothing for he's Just as entertaining off (drums) he's either me man!'' stage as on. keeping a watchful eye on his new club in Chicago or his farm in Te nnessee Heart Supply where he lies to relax, fishing, hunting or looking Anyway he gave us the But first and foremost up old friends. good news that he's culling he's a natural bluesman. " I He's told us a lot about an album of new songs like a lot of things but my the Chicago blues scene and with his band at Chess as music is what I like to do cleared up the Little Walter soon as he gets back to the most," he says. And at the mystery explaining that the States. •• And this time "' age of 59 he's got a harp player was hit with a ain't gonna have none of seemingly limitless supply bottle during a tour or his that goddamn wah-wah. or energy and enthusiasm favourite Southside bars. Jusl the good old stufl for it. He throws all his Incidentally WiUie Steele played straieht and simple, guts and emotion into every (Wolrs old drummer) ls In from the heart." performance and he's vis­ the army, and his ex­ ibly moved by the amazing He's also invited us to SU NNYLANO SLI M, real guitarist Willie Johnson has play with him at his club in features rough-vo,ced though he sang and played t1me, Luandrew was on the receptions he's been getting n.1ml' Albert Luandrew, 1s country singer carry,ng an with power and conviction m0\/e through the South, given up playing and now Chicago and we hope to here all over the country. works In a steel mill. a M1<,\1""'~'P' hlue-sm.an who acoustic su1tar. Slim--1,ke he was probably unable to work mg 1n M1ss1ssrpp1, Apparently he works Just take him up on it when we con1e .. frp,11 Vane(', a small his friend, Memphis Sl1m- make the impression he Louisiana, Arkansas and As far as we can gather go to the States in July. 1own .. h11, near l,1mberl m 1s a piano player, and none would naturally have made TCflnessee. and it was dur­ the cor 1onlands o f the the less traditional for that. m a Chicago bar. mg the late Twenties that Doi ta. Blue-:. fans. tend ro He came to this country he came by his nickname. havt; an ml.lge o f !h~ typical with the America n Fo lk • Sunnyland, who was The area of his birth, the Delta blue-.. art,.,, which Blues Festival ,n 1964, and born on September 5, 1907, bottomlands of the Sun­ Good music with just ------•• had a characteristically flower River, was known hard up-bringing. He as the Sunny land. " In the worked on the land, chopped customary manner they a streak and picked cotton, and named h,m after the col­ of comedy ploughed when he wa,; old loqural term for his home AFTER a year or enough. Since h1,; mother region," writes Oliver. " He so or the so-called Lowell Fulson was on and died when he was young, he was well over six foot , "blues boom" that was really a blu es lived with his stepmother. slender then and tough. most of the pr~­ audience. But we did our He remembers bemg un­ They called him Sunnyland fcssional electric usual thing, laughing and happy, but m the local Slim." blues bands in having a good time, and we church he learned to play this country are went down a bomb. Lowell • Followms a period 1n mov Ing away said we were • swingi ng ~;~~~- ~~d ::;~:.:re~. ~:: Memphis, where he met from simple cats! ' We just play good trmes today I'd still lik e to " all the sood piano players ethnic blues Into music with a streak of play organ," he has said . " I of the time " and heard blues-rock and on comedy in it." would gladly take some Bessie Smith and other in other musical The comedy, insisted Sam, lessons The thing wi th the singers, and sltnls of labour­ directions. Isn't injected as a gimmick. feet causes me some ins. he moved up to Such a group Is " It just happened. We en­ trouble. The rest I know Chicaso in 1942, There, on Sam Apple Pie, a joy ourselves and it shows.'' anyhow'' the South Side, he drove a five - piece band truck before fmdi nS jobs from Waltham- e After that, Sunnyland ,n mus,c. He worked with picked up piano from lislen- Lonnie Johnson, Peelle ~~:• h~ie"\~;',; SAM APPLE PIE ENCORE 1ng 10 players m the jomts Wheatstraw and Dr Clay­ playing the club/college cir- rhyth ) T' around Cla rksdale, Lambert ton, amons others, and cult for the past year or so (lead m 't ) m.kerbell Smith The group have just com­ and Tutwiler Soon he was when he recorded for Victor "There are plenty of (drs) gdr • Dave Charles pleted their first recordings playing blues on the piano. m December, '47 11 wac; semi-pro bands playing tr) ;h Bob Rennie (bass for Decca - a single titled and at the age o f 17 he as Dr Clayton's Buddy. simple 12-bar blues," said fn W t? were all friends "Tiger Man,'' due out at tht started work as accompan,st leader and vocalist Sam vario a I t amstow, playing In end of the month, and an to s,lent films playing e Slim says that he made Sampson. "A professional gettl us rther groups, before album for release In a blue,;, presumably. at dif­ records 1n the South m '32, band has to do something in thng ogether a year ago couple of months. They also ferent speeds 1n a local bu1 the,;c ha..,c not been more to grab and keep the u e t!esent band. I have a contract "ith cmem.a. He got to know discovered He recorded audience. differe~t m~ we are a bit America's Sire label and If Eurreal Little Brother Mont­ with Muddy Waters for th their single happens, they'll Aristocrat and Tempo Tone Plimsoll ~m J e usual gomery later on, and group eans blues be making their first Ameri­ listened to records by such and then. under h1 !!> own Chtcai i;>,I aylng music from can trip Inter in the year. b1uesmcn as Big Bill and name and as an accom­ are ;, said Sam. "We "Basically, we want the Robert Johnson panist. for .a variety of " Like everyone else we to We like band to be successful on labels m Ch1caso during the started off playing 12-bar hav:P:Y J~~hP· record, but what we r('all)' eJohnson he seems to Fifties and Sixties. Tracks blues, but the musical In­ and we like tg on stage have known Qui te well want to do is entertain. We he m.:tde with bass and fluences Inside the group =~dience feel r°ha~a!! !~! work hard at that and if Paul Oliver quotes him thus, drums (and two with L11tl e have gradually changed us Joying ourselvl"s Which 1n Converi.a tton With The Brother) 1n '60 were re­ we don't get an encore at and our own style, which Is w~. are. ' the end of a gig, we are Blue'> " I met Robert John­ leased here on " Chicago still blues-Influenced b t You do get b son 1n Helena, I me1 him Blues S~!!o1on" f" 77 " trouble from tha it or really disappoint('d." which is more folk-ro~k h~s ALAN W ALSH. m We.,, Helena and West LP). Other examples on h,s emerged." purists somet1 e blues Memph1'> and al'>O 1n M1 sS1!!> hard, barrelhou.,,e music can Sam Apple Pie used to be mostly we go dmes but 1------,;1pp1 all O\/Cr John­ be heard on the Storyvdle because we I own well, the name Sam sang under audience Ilk Pay music the ,;on played gui tar, but we •· Sunnytand Sl im," 1f you (and the one he used to kmda p,1 t terned ounelves can find 11, .and the new well as es to. hear as McliNlfA on him played · Ou .. , bombard the MM's Mailba, ·· M1dn1ght J ump " l Blue with letters), but now the G My Rroorn' and' Terraplane Horizon) on which he is =~:il"~~joo~ ~l~:,,;,"~0 1~~; lllt1.N•t.LION use It as the group namf to?; Y ng themselves, Blues ' they come out supported hy harmonica, The rest or the band ~ on r•cord. too." By this 1 MAINLINI. RU1t•r, ha\s anrl drums A n d y J o h n s o n (slide For exampll' we the Marquee last' weekp~fl~ StinK. MELODY MAKER, May 31, 1,..__paCf' ll An extremely The promise of tasteful pop opera a silver lining ALBUMS EE GEES: WH~-~~ T°';::;~;~~'::!! ; B "Tomor­ murh tnf'rgy to obtaining an row, Tomor­ onttmal approach The Who ha1te- a lwa}s been able to row," (Poly~ ~!v~l~&~:::r ::~51"!,~~hush~! dor). Rumours M'en there from the start The were circulat­ Who's who le concept has. been ing in the cor­ 1 ridors of pop ~f 1h! f~1Jhe ,~:~~est~~~ They have taken their own that only Rob­ path at all times, and this has ert Stigwood lead to fulfillment m BARRY GIBB: a tine epic song " To mmy," a pop opera writ• remains of the ten by Pete Townshend and original Bee performe-d on a two album set that will add great prestige to Gees, and that the recording industry and he has formed pop . scene alike. There is according to the press re.lease. Presumably this is the a backing group and is general intention at any rate. noth1nc terrifyincly deep OT A major saga pretentious in ,. Tommy." Nor shortly to go on the w:.r:nJk~~~ ID_hrae:~~n:il:lui: lncidentaUy, the film should 1s there anything remotely • road. commencing with talking abouL J thought he be banned. It contains scenes obscene. If anything, it is in which the use of grass and utremely tasteful in ,ts DALTREY two weeks residency at ;rind~~~~= a~~o~,:i'~~hes, other drugs are openly used in treatment of very real situ• sings with ure Batley Variety Club. However, this '5 a beautiful a manner calculated to inspire at1«;>ns. By now, from the dose of and in the audience the belief that from the Beatles trailer s1n1Je "Pinball But I think these can one to sooth the breast of tbe grass is in someway desirable W12ard ". which became the ha_rmonica, vocals), Steve safely be discounted as most savage football or rugby and even beneficial. EATLES: "The Ballad Of John And Yoko" Who's biggest hit for some Miller (bass guitar) and Roger fan of the type that rampage Swallow (drums) play well wholly unfounded. 0 tune, most people will be BUDDY MlLE S EXPRESS: B (Apple). An historic record that will repre­ awa.re nf the story hne which and try their best. But the This is a fine epic sonr ~~d~cJ~;d~~m:!1v:"f!es~~t "Miss Lady .. (Mercury)- It i.s sent a major piece of evidence at some future producer's venture into • fashion one wonders if they my opinion that Buddy is not co_nCf!ms a deaf, dumb and Mothers of Invention type blind boy who ba.ffles his ~~b, a:u~:ry ~j~gs ~~ are the last of the pure races. P particularly good a drummer fnQuest on the Bealle's saga. freakin& out Is painful and retaining all the earthy charm, parents, is bullied by his embarras.s1n1. all the power and feeling at ~e;ealin One can see it now - WORLD 1V 1983 cousin, lumed on to LSD h!s disposal. The strings and manners and inte.llicence of ~~las:J!!~· maf:~ Neanderthal man. personality and tttmendous PRESENTS Sir Ken Russell's 1be Beatles. First assaulted by his uncle, bui J. J. JACKSON: .. The purno soar and crash the through 1t a11 de1telops the drive. the commentator. "lbis was a sad plea for Greatest Uttle Soul Band In tempos shift and the inood VOGUES: .. Earth Ancel His drumming: is prone to ability to play pinball machin- The Land " (MCA). A band tolerance at a time when public wrath against 1 (WUI You 8e Mine)" (Re­ be clumsy, but manages to the Beatles was at its height" but hi there 1983, :for~1~nde~;~r::ya lncludmg such BriLish jan :ro;~e !~s~irSnv:' 1inf~: prise). A trip back into pop generate great atmosphere in !~:~i~~ notables as cure. The story is thus Just around the comer. history, with t.ha.t old " boop­ a way many better drummers don't forget those k:noddng the Beatles now and John MarshaJI (saxes) lama-oo-wah" sound frank could oot achieve. conce.rned with mind ex­ Stu Hamer (tpt). Teny Smith Hi ho silver tining. and are the same who have always knocked them. pansion under the roost u­ well done Barry. Zappa recreates so well He sings with great guts (&tr), and Personally I prefer the and fire. They just get a little more ammunition now and treme circumstances. Jn four Bill Eyden (drs) belts out sides the music coven a "wogga-kwall-murk " sound then. Jackson's ar-raneemenu with of the late l 900's. MAGNA CARTA: "Mid­ variety of moods from coarse the )eader's. hefty, if rather in­ .. F':o~~ER ~;sT~~c!~ Says John of this eXcellent rock opus: " The excitement lo crystal beauty, (United Artl.sts). " Peter Sar• Wlnttt " (Mercury). A ttracllve ftex1ble vo1ee, powerinc them HARPERS BlZA.RRE: .. I flutes and guiL• r provide a way things are going they're lllODna cnacify and that such variety i.s on on most tracks. It's the stedt? He's a one hit wonder." obtained is a tribute to Kit Thus spake a friendly Love You AUce B, Toklas .. beautiful backing to the me." A gloomy view of an unlikely event, sort of jazz-influenced soul (Warner Brothers). Nace title vocals, and Spike Heatley has La mbert's productJOn, and the you'd expect from • man who gentlemnn ordering cenerous get nalled alright - to the top the Who's instrumental ability. quantities of 80020 The song from ' cur­ 1 :~u or has for arranged organist Wonder Drink. in i..;ndon's rent movie and could equal ~~:~c~o!:ni~e.nt° wt7c~"fj1J Pete's guitar work is heard at J!1ck McDuff. Hi&h quality il.s best e.ve,- especially on the Speakeasy. He was, in fact, the , success of Simon & this out of the re.alms of lhe discotheque music with the Garfunkel's " Mrs Robinson." usual. " Overlure., and the halt• titles includuing "Tobacco Peter Sarstedt. time instrumental " Under• Road," "Flat, Black And 9ne must correct him. He 1s ture " a pi~ of work gomc to be a two hit wonder, Together." "A Change Is a.t least. which had ils origins in an Gonna Come·• and " In The early Townshend composition Same Old Way." This i.s an obvious hit - •· Rael " which had the ge.nn ot an idea for an opera. Pete JUNIOR WALKER & TKE :~;":i~'Jer1~~~~'·st~~~,c:1,~1aH~; shelved his plans for a while ALL STARS: .. Road Runrter., own composition, it is far when a certain " Teenage (Tamla Motown). A welcome prtJerable to his first hit and Opera" wa.s caining publicity reissue of Walker favourites will establish Peter as the J ohn Entw1slle mu.st be like "Road Runner," " Pucker fl,rst singer/ writer in pure pop prai sed for his horn playing Up Buttercup " and " Last since Gal Stevens. a nd bass lines and the tersely ~ •IL" Rea.I rocking stuff that's descriptive. ". AbouL" Just bound to get you Several of I.he sonp., like twitchin& round the floor to BAND:EDGAR .. Evil" (Harvest).BROUGHTON Vio- "Chnstma.s," are strong lent underground rock with rr======- Tam la's top in,trumental e-n ou&h to be ta.ken out of group shades of pops most noL• ble context and stand up on their absentee, Arthur Brown. a Qf:u~lOU!l (?/fJtllulc/ own like "Pinball." Roger EIRE APPARENT: "Sun­ Eda:ar has a good band and Daltrey sings with great care rise., (Buddah). Jimi Hendri::1 !"uch going fo r him, but I.his and conviction throughout, producrd this set but bis ~ not a parUcularly impres­ THE PENTANGIE and Ke ith Moon's drumming influence isn't easy to detecL sive debut for either band or 1s a.s vital and invaluable u It's pretty nerage group new label. ever. Let us hope the succe55 mus.ic showing nothing very MICHA.EL CHAPMAN: •• It of " Tommy " will spur Pete ongmal an or quickly on to the next project Didn't Worir. Out .. (Harvest). performance. The lead sinaer A much better Harvest re­ HARSH REALITY : sounds like Jim Morrison with lease., with thoughtful guitar a large clothes pee on his and organ backing to Mi• ~~uvhea~ s~ ~~t; rshU~!~ nose and the auitarist, on chael's restrained vocal on a ohviously haven't a clue what '.' Rock 'n' Roll Band " strings simple son& of love. they are do ing o r why Just about every current Somehow the dreadfully taste­ cliche into one solo. It's not a less cover, depicting the group bad record, but it's not J.~~~~t:iE M~Dc~f stripped to waist and covered ~~~~~l~~~ude · l,~e Cl~;!1:~; In a period of extens11te in inked-on blood, a n a ttempt 011 11 at drama rendered in a : : Jre~~te[pafr!: -~inw;t ~ws~~!~~~:e ~~~::~~~lo l,!~ a1ngul a.rly hammy manner. To form of a thunderstorm - something n~w happenma. be fair Alan Greed (organ, lead vocal. piano). Mark '.'. ~~';!~& Glory " and an~n teme~~de!~u\e:~~f~: Gri ffiths (guitar, trumpet, · Mark Lindsay, have been 1toca ls). Dave Jenkins (&uitar, ::f.%~i~g ~~~e:i!o~, t~:ir~C:~! fans who buy their albums ~~~! . haven 't meant a lighi They produce honest driv• ,ng rock without any of the simpering qualities of the dread bubblegum mo1tement. Revere plays organ and Mark is the lead s in1er. f1.ere they hammer a riff that reminds of earl y S tone.!!, Watch out for the surprise coda! KING KOSS: "Splnnlna Wheel•• (Polydor). Imitation 1s the .sm cerest form of fl a ltery, and Km& Koss, a local lad, fo llows the Blood, Sweat And Tears trail by covering tht superb David Clayton-Thomas song rrom the ir last epic album PICATO 1 roiT:! i1 a[h! " ~~i~7~111 , bli:1ll BALL END NYLON s trings added, and In all fOI.K GUITAR STRINGS SUGGESTE-D lfTAI. 1epresents a supreme ex­ ,llCf INC . , T ~:U~le or musical murder most d. n1 l • h t .. •••lretch-' Myloft-l AU END 3 0 MIKI AND GRIFF: .. Evuy­ 732 l(H) ., 21'1d ,_,tr'4d,ed Nylon-I.All ENO 3 3 body Knows " (M ajor Minor). U,n (7 01rt✓ U I i--1:twlheo,I'' 733 G ., 3,1' ,.,.,., tr•khM Nyfo,,-I Al t END 3 • As John D LoudNm1lk 1&1d c, f 734 D OIi .Cit. !Nt..... ,,.._d w.,. w-rwt- 1.AU fNO • 0 M1k1 and Griff " Thf're'i only 7l5 A or ,- S.tw .. ~ Wo.-t- l ALL ENO one. thing ...,. rong with them r tt• ?7 !ktt' Yt, hould h livln& 1n , Nashville where we could 737 IAU fND ~ '°" Gvto• $et .. t: nJOY th I r l)f'rsonaltly both STEREO SINGlE B16124 flO#II AlL GOOD MUSK:Al MltCHANOtSt IVAI H S on and off th~ re.cord" And GENHAL MUSIC STRINGS LIMIT[D J phn D l nu dermilk knnws what he•, ta lk1n 1: about , I

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I \ • Tl TOADSTOOL VILLE has switched on to electricity! POLAN pastures nC'w Tyrannosaurus Rex have gone I've bought a Stratocaster. " heavy" and OUT are the " It doesn't actu.ally sound Al rattling pots of yesteryear. that much dlfforent, just moro IN are loy drums and - funky. We always played pop sssh, a Stralocastcr. Marc music anyway, and to mo It's Bolan, curly-ha1rl!d bopping completely fair lo use elec­ Imp or pop, has wrought tricity. Dul we won't be loud. changes and unleashed prog­ We're using two 15 watt amps ression In his two-Imp group. " Going to America doesn't Marc and Steve Peregrine­ really excite me at all. If we Took have been criticised for are a success - well, that will "sounding the same " on be lovely." RICHIE HAVENS is not 11pp1•ur.11 111 thl' !s neccs, s.1ry, " sa,'d Z .appa. "Audiences are just people .. Mind you, I ,n always 4va,lable - that's the way I look at British tour in Birming­ in moustaches, beards and lots of 1l," he says, "and it's always ham tomorrow (Friday). flowing hair." after the show if that's wh.1t they been like that in the States All agree, however, that in per­ want. •• unless I'm working a strictly Whether the Mothers or reported that his , son, Zappa is a man of persuasive H 0 college audience." An essen• Birmingham will ever be the .. tt 11 .. tial part of hts performance charm and, it is rumoured, holds Bisarro, is do,nl pre Y we . anywhere is to feel an same again after the experi­ doors open for ladies. , , W now have a subsidiary called empathy with the au- ence, we shall just have to He also has a penetrating wit c Who's on it? Capt1in Bcef­ dience. " I want to get wait and see. Str11J ht • , d d everybody to join in. I know which doesn't always transfer too heart for ono, tt_e ks _one a two recor the first couple of songs I'm There have been so many attempts well to print. . h I thin •• e1ttcllent. We going to do, then I leave it. I set w h,c . to explain what the Mothers are ve our n tw croup, AJ,ce contend that I don't pick the On the transatlantic phone this aI 50 h• • about - inclding several by their • nd we are putting out a songs - the audience does. week - he called at exactly the C ooper, • . lb " I've had people come up to leader and mastermind, Frank Zappa time he said he would - Zappa sing. Ic f ro m their • um. me after a show and have a - and each has merely added to the 11st with them of songs they announced one .addition for the I .s.i,d how "'"ch I had enjoyed confusion. Mothers on their tour, trumpeter had wanted me to do and I've th Mothers' R11bcn (;, The Jets done them all, down the line. Like the man said about ja1.1. : " If Buzzy Cardner who is a brother of e If you ,c,lty know the old " They've been thinking you have to ask you 'II never know." the group's tenor saxist, Bunk album.k f tho 1 9 50 s ,' t ,,' h"I1 ar,o' us Iy them down there and I've just Ca,dne,. O done them. So everybody is The Mothers are fine musicians roe Ho,r n,anY people who just giving and receiving on that and very funny. But their main func­ 1 asked if Zappa had seen Tony funnJ. It on the radio had taken it side." tion is to point up the lunacies of hc.:a_r Ob•iouily no ono who Pal?'er's All My Loving TV film, in 1 1 He describes his music as the so-called normal world. s!ri~us 1 1r•at affection for THE TWO SIDES OF HAMISH IMLACH XTRA 1069 mixture of pop, jazz, folk and which he is interviewed and told ia,e th d,dn t k .,,.,, ic could havo made blues - "they're nil there at The trouble is that their targets him at the National v 'iewcrs And e.:arly roe the same time in each song.'' arc so diffuse and constantly shifting Listeners' Association was taking tho LP. Richie says of the material that it becomes dangerous to tic legal action against BBC-TV for z agreed: •• 1 believe you have he does: " Most of them, I showing it. think, are part of my philoso­ labels on them, like revolutionaries, app~ lent of r1'clers, though I'm phy of realisation. My own anarchists, satirists and the rest. Did they, I wondered, have simi­ tho cqu,va what yGU call them o,er songs are my communication. They are. however, consistent in lar censorship problems in the States. not ,ur,:_, 11 r,1ertt1lly most of thct The kind of songs 1 write take their championing of the individual there. . c the , ,oup are rockers. time in coming down to a He said he hadn't seen the film people tn against the conformist, pre-packed simple text but warmed up on TV censorship. " As f or People. takingh it for re.ii , " I get an idea then I forget machine-ruled way of life of socie~ 111 " look, you guys over there are , 41 pl.ace t • U.S., a ro- 1t until it happens again. Then in the 1960s, thc,o 1 ,,ll~d Philadelphia A it comes out simple. I think in so advanced in the sh.ape of things t dcd h lb . And that means they are against ,,ea, O terms of everyworld, not you can catch on TV. Believe me, ,r . 1 yed t • u,n there and Hamish Imlach everyday things." the conforming drop-out as much as dee,ay P .a it ••th th ~~ h you would die if you had to si t in d' d ' t connect h e mot er,. Richie Havens is still some­ the politician dripping platitudes. 1 front of an American TV set, n ••cd •" t t1t letters from HAMISH IMLACH BEFORE HAMISH IMLACH thing of an underground Zappa himself has been the sub­ performer, particularly in He rec~~, Rub•" ""d the Jct, were & AFTER XTRA 1059 XTRA 1039 I " When I was last in England I Britain, but he thinks that ject of much purple prose from kids $1Y•t t tlti"I since O.anny and isn't a bad thing. journalists trying to let their readers watched a special on nudism in Man­ the ,,e.a Cl " Because of more commu­ into the secret. chester· I thought it was excellent the Jun1on- _.J,ole ba1 hill of 'I nication - radio and tele­ but we could never have seen it on " I h,110 • ma, vision - new demands are He's been called " a spindly­ TV · h · on to "'•· The11 they dis­ being created There are new framed, sharp-nosed gamester whose '" t c Unite" States. Americans they ,~n:, •'' tflC Mothers, and no - people we have not heard appearance suggests some of the more are too obsessed with people with co11ere" y .,,o,t. from yet, but when we do their clothes off to be .able to take sinister aspects of Edgar Allan Poe, ' t .. body ,,red ,n •• -•nt d there wlll be rapid changes 1n I • .. o,,,,n•"Y• e to relclse from John Caradine and Rasputin." Tranu1l~nt1c music." Wero we ever likely to see nude it with no tcfctCI\Ct on the olbum TONY WILSON MELODY MAKER, May 31 , 1969--,Pqr 15 BRIAN AUGER on the latest sounds in BLIND DATE

f"lllNDI RCL/\P NL W­ Muld bl' calll'd Tht f 1ffl Hr-art Tran1 plan1 With t MAN: '' Something In Anattththc" F1tht r thel c,r 1 he Air " (Track). 1 THE MOTHERS 1h11 ,,. vrr\· Iii 1llt·1~h in i:nn ­ : \~eri~rne hll~lO s 1t.'i1dh :.~ c 1>pt1 r, n 1n1I rn 1h1· arr,n,-, Bond'• Y·front1 and re 11w n1. bul Y(' ry fllt" .Ulnt I corded Jhem. ARE BACK-AND d 1in't rt" 11 Jl y kn r, w who 11 l'l Ont t•f tht' m·w b1nd 11 J think a 1,,1 of rrte f nn 11', rrl'lt)' ,tOCld for iJ hr, 1 music 1s very prnc nal 1n rt rurJ ( ould bt I m1nt,r that 1t II JO per nal that BOB DAWBARN hit ifs 1mpossl!',lt fvr propU' Vrl} nHr at 1hr ht,: rnmnt, outside t,, uprns anyt.hani ellcept the trraouon they PONDERS. ~~~c ~:~~ '. duc~~l~ V~~?~n;;!l frel abbut 9r hat thry hn~ l'hat'• abnut LI I don'l Music 11 a ptrtcm.11 enw'>IJOD think thtrr's much to add It's really i.p to you 1f you lo that. verv cu y Ii ttmn.1t dig 11 or no, Thi~ dofos nnhma: r r me Tht title donn'I 1up:t1t E Da<:-~i -~:~1~~"<;~~ 1nythin1 to mr about • ha vest). they feel about thr mo'1c I dnn't think I'm vr'l 1m What does .. cambr1d th 1969 " mean' It cou ld haw WILL 1 been a &OOd thing or a bi d ~~~,.. e: ~~ o/h~u~1col~ o"~'. trn1 11• ~ ovrr produ r<'d exper1enc~they don' t _11y. Obvmusly not a chart record I'd have to ask the 1rt11t if It ,ound1 hke an I P cut he thoueht 11 was • &ood ~mNinr hH takrn I think performance 1n try1n1 to put 1 It could bl" a good dllt'O· over what ht thou&ht 1hrqur record . 1 don·t know This 1s not • very &ood who ii Is. It 1ounds like 1011 example or this •ort of BRUM of peoplr thing. This is • little Jons • winded. She has more or '.',N~I !I:; less got into what she's E"~N~~~~N going to do in this form. Deep And Mountaln After one hes pid what one High " (MGM). haa wanted to say move on " River Deep And Mountain to another form. I'd like to talk to John and EVER :~t 'Jto~~~nds0~:gu~7 I!~! Yoko to try and find out Ryans? It's a ve.ry commcr­ their conception of it. That's c1el r«ord I re•lly don't th know about this, if 1t could ~;.::t ~•a~~k:~w:bi;;ai be I hit or not. huee staircase and at tbe ll's not good Burdon I think top, findin1 a wall with Eric needs about six months "Not Quite" written on 1L on Lhr road again to heu AOOd Burdon. It's a song 0 BE l~uS:.%ept 1l1ufo~ that's been I biJt hit and ~t he could possibly get a hit whet it is but I'm •urprised With It It's D pretty &ood they haven't had a lot more arranarmrnt. imagination in the musical make-up of the thin&. A lot FAMOUS JUG BAND: 0 "The Only Friend I h~uidutl:! ~=! ftu;~: Own" (Liberty), to listen to for a lot more THE It's got a Itron& country and people. western navour. The SOnJt I think you t:hould aee it done live because the emotional ~i,~\1~~fu,s~!or~fr1~ta!~ra';:. content would be made more not bri1111ntly done. Tim Hardin. lt'1 be.eutUul The Uons" OJA). Wall. It could be called readily accessible. It's a hit Don't think it could be. 1 hit. I still h1ven't guessed who Mary Hopkin? No, definitely "Sund.ly Morning At The difficult with a record which I thought 11 WIS the Dessi­ ll is, but it doesn't really can't be. It's like Sunday Wailing Wall" Instead of Is just a flat, black piece of cated Men JuJt and Leather milter, I'm into 1L Ni~, morning at the Wailing "Clmbridge 1969,'' or it plastic. SAME Bottle Enstmble It cou ld very nice. But electric get 10me plays on the piano! speclehst sort or pro­ It's very different from his gramme.a other 1lbums. This im­ presses me very much in­ THE deed We've &Ot • track on PENT ANGLE: "Once the new album with just I Had A Sweetheart., p!1no •nd voict it's very effective. I like the rleetric AGAIN? Th~:ifs TJ~ry nice. I dig this piano. Sounds hke the Pentanglr. Very nicely done. Very good ARL SCRUGGS AND Procol A band_ I don't know why E they're not bigger LFSTER FLA1T:" Rainy I don't know if this j5 chart Day Women Nas 12 and m1teri1I. Anything that 35 " (from the CBS album doesn't reek or inslant "Nashville Ai r plane•• s~L~ nf>g chart isn't likely to get 63570). Harum played This is not a strong We're really in the cou ntry single any way and western bag today. This I approve or sten~o singlrs is a Bob Dylan tune. Very Regal Zonophone RZ3019 like this one_ In fact, every Mothers on Br1ti1h lt•f•l to the Mothers at .1II, but the record good as a country and wes­ single should be iSllUt"d in tern album. " l' we ne•Cr felt that so~t of ,1d­ comp,n)' would•' t hne it." strreo. 0 0 I'm not really very much up wutisinc w ,.u ncccu.,,y, u1d Z1pp.1. Tnnutlantic Records ,,re releasin1 ~op~ous~trr ;~.~ h:~sr~r: " Mind you, I' m 1lw1y1 anil1bl• • new Mothers .1lbum to tie in with LYING BURRITO BRO­ guess on this one. Obviously itter the show if that's wh.it they the tour. F THERS: " Dark End Of The Street " (from the A American. I hke that sort w,1nt." " The record wH g:oi•g: to be the of finger-picking banjo play­ soundtr•ck of a film we've been and M album "Glided ing if it's well done. He reported that his record label, PaJace Of Sin " AMLS worki•g: on," uid Zappa. " lt'1 called Bi.1:,1rrc, is do,nl ·• pretty WC!II ." 931). Uncle Me,t, but there's a sm•II prob­ This doesn't really get to me " We now h11.-• ,1 1ub1id11,y ulled M ~f :~~::~ lem over 300,000 dollars which we 11 111. It's like a country ~.~:u!; Stu,sht. Who's ~n 1'1 C,pt•in Bed­ 69 " (from the B and C need to finish it. and westernised Simon and heart for on• He • ~one • two record Garfunkel, but not as &ood album " Tree Top Tall " " Wc'.,e taken some eacerph from CAS 1001). set which I think •• cu:cllent. We Quite well done musically_ but the film and compiled ,,. 18-minutc 11 re.all y dorsn't make any It's like stepping into the also hive our n~ 110.up, Alice trailer which we'n ullcd Burnt musical impression on me It's inoffensive. It's music g:~~g!hob:c~o ~~~~l:so. ~} ~ooferf o:~h;: al~:,/~"'"I out a Weenie Sandwich. I shill han it you put on while eating, those 19•o films with swma with me when I come to Britain­ somrthmg like that bands In Colour My World Columbia D88583 'd how '"uch I had enjoyed Could be II lot more driving. ""i :, 1 if the curtoms men don't take it (curr~nt/y touring U.K.) the Mothers' R"ben 6- The Jets away." 0 ~~ t~;~~hT-ve s~~ui~~• I!~~ ,1lbuM. If you ,callp , k,.ow _th~ old WiH the film be shown duriftl H ~JRs:Mife~e Ro~~~; this is I really don't know Elektra album "The ,ock of the 19S0t •t II hilariously their Royal Albert Hall show1 ,r there is a market for Moray Eels Eat The Hoh· this Vrry unimaginative the fv Ho• '"'"' ,eople who j111t "I don't think the Albert Hall way they've done it. It's hc::J' it on the radio had taken lt 1\1 o d a I Rounders" is eq uipped for it - whc• we pl,1yed (EKS74026). •· Chattanooga Choo Choo". Three The ,.,iouilyl ob.-icu.tllr no o~e who there before ther wer~ ,11 upset type music 1 Got absolutely no idea who 11 d"d 't ha•• a 1 ••t aHechon for over the ligllt shows, which seemed I 15 The first track sounded 0 .:,~ ,ock '""sic co1,1ld h,ue made bit retarded to us. Maybe I'll show like wildly exaggerated su!~~~~:~o:~ Dylan. I really think I'd D ~ ih'c th the film at our press reception. have to sit and hsten to thr Breeu " (rrom the Elek• Dog Temptations LP. ,ecd: ·• I ielit"• )'ou have •z 11 •· Actuallr, the Albert Hill im­ whole LP because listening tra album " Transformer" the ::~:"aleflt of rod.tt1, thou1h I'm pressed me ,. 1 .,-cry nice place to to one tnck out of conteat EKS74034). leaves you up 1n 1he 1ir. Very well produced I'm not Ain'tToo not aur• what ,- c.11 them o.-e, pl,, - the ,1tmosphere ,s so warm. There's a certain country and really ,::assed with the tune there, Well, ,..c,.hil)' "'ost of the But it ,1lway1 soundi like 1-t. wtstern influence in it. The voice is nice. Not very Night Proud To Beg people j,. th• ,,... , " • rockers. You pl,1y a note and five notes c:omt They're like a country and sure who 1t is. J dor.'t Tami• Motown TMGIN wutern Mothers of lnven• recogmse 1t as an English " As for pco,1• ••~i•1 it fOf rHI, b,c:k from the i1fconr." One 11 lion almost. A very strange singer h , • plac• ' tht U.S., • re­ Onr the pHt fc,w yun there hH aroup. The arrange:r's conception or Stateslde/Ounhill SS80'l0 ~ e;•; area, call.ct ~1ladelph1,. A been • 100d deal of talk of the way Freak out , psychr• the tune has tried to get un influence society and drllc folk Quite 1nterestin~ into 10me free rorm almost, d:'ej:y played ti:• .:~~u~ tM,e and this. Quite a strange record but it's very difficult to didn'J co•n•'' th he Mothen. even politics. I uid that despite the I should thmk that John 1rr1nge free form . I'm not t.alk I hadn't detected too many si1n1 H• rec••••d •~~" ,':; ,~•tt•rs fro"' Peel would play a section really 11toaethrr sold on Brian William The kids sayinl Ru • Jets were of it happening. .. of 11 It's the sort of stran1Ze that. I don·t think thlt this tM ,,ea._,, ,tufll ,u,ce o,,.n, ,,.d " I think it has happened. re - thm& he would _play on his is the best track on the programme. It's Just a weird 1lbum There srrms to be Hyland Bell Grassroots torted Z.1pp,1. " The mu sic has conception. enouah talent 1n the whole hill of mail uuud • lot of change,. for on• record - arranger singtr, •~.~u~~o.: •"'":' -. i;' IM HARDIN: "Every­ thi"I it's draw" youna people to- musicians - for other A Million To One My Whole World The River Is Wide they ••"' •" to ti• M hen ther d11 - T tracks to be bttter 1ethe, into • sort of .army - • c:on­ thing Good Becomes Dot OOT124 co•ered ,t -..•• :or, othe,,, • •d no More True ·• (from the Is Falling Down St.atesld1/ DunhUI SSIOta fo,m1n1 little ,1rmy . CBS album "Suite for OHN LENNON AND Stu STAX121 bo~.Y ;~~~:.~;/ ._. .,IMed to rtle,ot J " I don't know if th1t'1 100d, Susan Moore and Da· YOKO ONO: "Cam­ it with n• ,efer•"ct o" the •lbum but it's h• ppcncd." mlon" 63571). bridge 1969" (from the Nier electric piano The first Zapple album "Unftnlshed thing into il ,ounded like Music No. 2-Llre With Par, 15-MELOOV MAKER, a..y 31 , 1969

You're a stranger 1n Town And that means any one of the acti.on on the music scene, the MELODY MAKE~ this week major towns in Britain You may be a Mancunian in London, o ff ers t h1s. unique, . se leered round-up of Bri tam s Clubland or a Londoner in Edinburgh. You have a few hours to spare, Keep it by you It provides an invaluable reference to a;:y~~ and want to catch some Pop. Jazz, F,olk or Blues. So where visiti11g new places during the current holiday season c u do you go~ To provide the answer to the seeker after some guide you must not miss.

• SUNDAY NIGMT aLUliS CLU• , osao•N• ltOAD, SOUTH­ SIEA. Yls.tU.. • lues ...... ,.,. MCh Suntlay • OASIS CLU•, NORTH END Visitinl • reups. SY• llay d!S• oth•~"• nursd•Y folk . • MARINA CLU• , COLOSIOTN AVENUE D iscotll•~u• -ry WHERE TO GO Friday. S.tlifr.. y, S1utlllf Plus MANCHESTER local • r••P'I• • MANCHESTEa Sl'O•Ts GUILD. • JAll AT THIE SUNSHIMa Oft• ., U.e cou•try'1 bu.t•ll119wn INN, FARL_INGTON. n • rMays jur llatff. Hu ahH.ts ll•d I pffl Ylstl,-. jen • n • IPS r11111lar Ylsits rNm Ira.I IMnds In die .Jui Cell,ar, ••II •flen f-t11r.- lnl•rn•tl-111 niillfflU .., .. N ... rt Hin-. WIid am Da'lt'IMn 1ft add1ll•• W le-ad,na IN BRITAIN GLASGOW ar1UM IMn•s. ••cen1I:, com• •-cM r111ul.ar appe•ranc:e, at • ELECTitlC C.ARDEN, .. l•t.,.,,als llf app,. ..matel:, 15b SPECIAL ROUND-UP COMPILED BY THE MM'S SAUCHIE.HALL STJI.UET, GLAS­ ...111 ,.., lll• Mayne"' Fe,wus.n GOW, C.2. Opell Wed• iudays., ...... Fridays, S.t11nla)'S ...ct S11• d.y'I ,,..,.. a pffl 19 mllln.ht. llu.l· • NEW CENTU• Y If.ALL. NATIONWIDE TEAM OF CORRESPONDENTS MAYNARD HRGUSON: bis 11-t 1reup la tit• T•ar 6u, Op,1:rated itac:h Sat'-trday b:, Chris NcClllr• S.cti•" •• ll•n11edy SlrNt Artists Lt,d b•11d popular •t Manchester u...... TIiey PAMnl MCh W•d; top l"P • OIIOVEltS ARMS. Smlthfteld • TOPIC FOLK CLU•, FOX • Spo,h Gu~d. •P•&r •,."II' an,f artJsts. U.su11Uy StriteL FrldaJ'I. 1tuldit11t artists GOOSE HOTEL andr•rd'• , ..... • SERGEANT PEPPERS, J... GT • play to ui,acft:, !lay at lll• and 1uests. In• rolk club. MHts .....ry SaUlrda.y a11d .,._. 11l1ht during WUTE.RN • OAD. Ci,LASGOW, 11-r. NORTH EAST W.J. Dl"n Tun.days, Fridays • MOTHII.H, HIGH STREET, the Wititk. Features loca.l • MAGIC VILLAGE. ne dly's EltOINGTON. T•p blua end sJll9'-" al'ld ,,.ups. DERBY anit S.tunl•Yt f,.111 10 '"' ,_ ,..,.. ., .,,..reuiwe ~• an• NEW ORLEANS JAZZ CLU • ..... Stein a• d tit• Tute .,. Pr'OIAISIYI ,-p grHps Fridays, • •, EDWUDIAN CLU ital ·• ...,.,,.,....nd " ...... ,. . Her• S1turd1ys a.nd Sund•JS• Jelln FOURTH • ANkS, NEWCASTLE • • . • the tw9 ~ naul• ,-1,,ters. Ute •«-t Is o• orl•h•11llty, l . With 11urly l,IIO •e1n1Nn, Mutk 1t.ffJ')' No11d1y 011ly. • DEll• Y JAZZ CLU• • Opo• lleitl fMlued rit9ularly Ofl ...,..ry T11.-sday nl•M at tl'lit Cor-- • PICASSO CLU•. lie • UCH­ _.rtk:wlarly or material. Sundays. CS•• spedal fuh1n). Is •11• of th• 1tl111st jull d11bs • SPOTTED HOUSE. . ...,._lhitr In 111 • rltal11 and ope111 .-.ery PIIU which effen ,,,.,... nl9flts 110r•tl011 Noeitl I• th• t..,..'s AJIAN STIIEET, GLASGOW, C..l. • auck LION HOTEL.. Ever:, 1.4.N CAMPBELL: prese11ts • HENRY'S • LUESHOUSE. Ca.Ult Marll:d. Tnid a"d mai11- Open ... Tll'ffd•ys. Friillays -d ni9lll. It has sl• r11ident bands of ~ INCh Wflll,_ Oflit moditrn, slnaffl ;are tlla club's ltlpl• Siillturll-.,. the M.-chuter J~ his group 1t the Jui O' Tlluda.:,s, a.t the Crwwn, HIii and all but OM, the modern th• olhw two m,111nly soul •"d Sa,tunl•Y 1111• ha f,..... 1• .,.. te Cl•II fflHls., wlttt 1111 lon1.-.su,b­ l\uw:h. str"t, r11n by Loc:-tJv• 1'-"lit N'lltty J.., Ya11n• a.nd lth•a •lghts. did. • am. N• nslde• t 1n11,. lh.llffl J:-ith Six Jau aan, I• m•"•••r Jlin Slmpsan. wllkfl plays - Witd11udays a,._ ruhlenc.1. • JAZZ AT THE GllANDSTANO. • MARYLAND JAZZ CLU• , S • SLAUGHTERHOUSE • LUES ..... Derlly's flew.st Jau

lnY•""'llO!! at •1r"''"ftllffl T-n Hall - t1,t fln1 date on their • aru,,h to11r. Th1t r,ecordu1g c•mpa,uH arl' plllnt hirther presU1e on the I I ~ MOTHERS-PROVINCIAL SUCCESS STORY club. P1e 11,., ••• ,, LP of the Sbakey Vicic • lu• I a.nd playing The tl'tftyboppera dwindled at Mothers earlier t.l'lls year and Th• IUCCHS or Mother, Is • Tn a suburban High s,,.,.,t ~ ' J'M~rep~:~~~ They chan9td the name te away a"d •-- ,tudeftU fr•tn ".., Pink Floyd have reco,ded • ~= :~~=•:!c~a"; tribute to tht dedlullon of Phil 111,e alllum there. place ..... so says deejay Joh" Myatt and John Taylor, th• two Mothers - " -• fell It ••,1 the n•arby ""'"en•l1n of ••r• • m1ngh1m Aston • nd W;iirw1d1 And EMI hav• ci,o,sen Mothers PHI, talkfn1 about Mother,, mtn bthlnd lht club For It wu d,nerent nough le catch on became th e h;iird core M the for a recept,on 11e1rt '#cdi.esday I '_1, ,! generally regarded as the lead. their b•llef that there WH • - and replaced pop groups Ing bluH and progressive pop w,th then lesser.Ji:"-" n;iimu (JMne 4) to launch their new public ror something fflOrt than ":!Z:~;r;~~pOGr ,c.-nt:." HarvHl pr'9gl'S11Ve label with ' ,. \ ~ ~ ch1b In the provinces JUSt pop groupl that led the llke Flutw~ Mac:, Chicken "~~~:!, Shack, Jethro Tull and Joe comme"U Phil My• tt •· Lou ol the Edg;iir • rou9hton lhnd, And John P1tl should know. club to embark on !ls prHcnt groups haY1t told u1 they th,nk Pett • r-n•• • •ttered Orna• He's appe;iiring then •very poHcy. Cocker. we h•11e tht most appr1tc:1at1ve menti and the Third Ear • and S;iiturd;iiy •t lht moment.. In• Eighteen months a.sio, after "And we Invited John Peel to Cl'-d any•here .. So. tf you want to h•;iir the OPH"&ting H the Car1ton Club, introduce them," says Phil. • bell In blue.s • nd progreUtVI' ~':hdnuc;:te,.Su,i~s former modern Ja:U proffloter. Tomorr- (Friday. May JO). :!!~t~~:"(M:~ featuring hit p;iirade namu, Hothen vent11re Into cenc:ert pop. Ulere'1 ••ly one thing for 31). Proco! Huum (June T), Phil and John HI about bui1d­ •· Wt were probably the Jirs-t It, Dad C1II in at Mothersl - dub In the c:ountry to use him promotion for the firl"t lime by • and Dup Purple and Croup lng a new image for the club, presenting Ameriui's Mothers of DENNIS DETHEIUDCE Ther;iipy (June 14). 1ltuated above a furniture 1tore in this way." LOOK IN AT THE PART from thl'ir more to be a tumble-down old place A obvious therapeutic until ,..,,, tarted It up and put value, Brllaln's pub-s have in .:in Edwardian bar and always been .:1 n.:itural breed• Introduced music and enter- ing ~round for enll'rtainment 1ainment. or all types. "Then there is the Phoenix In London alone, the cit)'·'-. In the We.st End, which pre­ pubs - whether gilt and sents modern Jazz, and varl• majestic relics of the Vlctc,. ous other places !Ike the Iron rlan age or the modern, plush­ LOCAL Bridge Tavern, In East India carpeted and subdued llghting Dock, whic.h has a sort of contemporaf)' hostel gentle trad jazz as we.II a.s a present almost every kind of -for good music corned) group called the live entertainment imaginable. Levity Lancers. That's anothtr • For the price or a pint (or a place that's packed out most small cover charge in some nlghls. places), you can enjoy every­ thing from striptease and drag " I think it's fair to say that scene IS music attracts cu.stomers and Folk shows to old-time music hall, go go dancen, discotheques that's good for the trade. And Jt's amaz.ing how far some and every variety of live THE th~~~gho:~ub Bri~:~ • group from Tubby Hayes to people will travel to a pub if it's presenting what they want unique and a lr,-bute to underground pop and folk. sustained enthusiasm. The history of popular 10 see or hear." music in this country is lled The Chef and Brewer chain Most people who run folk unique closely with the pub world. have around 20 pubs in the clubs don•t make money. The The ,-olden age of pubs was central London area and a folk field isn•t a bi~ money example of folk performer the Victorian times, when spokesman said that about 12- spinner. The majority of the managing this successfully is brewers built their premises JS of these. have some sorl of professional performers make Julie Felix. Another good one to cater for live entertain­ music, whether live or on juke a reasonablt> living out of the is the Scottish duo Robin Hall ment, boxes. " \Vr are introducing clubs, and semi.professionals and Jimmy MacGregor. Indeed, these atmospheric music more and more into our find It a useful aux.iliary The number of folk clubs In eslablishments virtually premises," said the spokes­ income earner. Britain bas been in proportion created the music hall tradl· man. Estimates of the number of to the growth or the revival in lion of the turn of the •• It's essential today to se.11 folk clubs in Britain vary. The interest In folk music, and the a pub and this means provid• Cl'ntury. Many of these prem­ HOWLIN' WOLF: American linger in •n English pub. turnover of clubs is rrcular, last ten years has seen the ises still ulst and thrive In ing more than just drink," but for every one that cl~s revival grow steadil}• and the late sbtties. said a spokesman for the another opens. The £oghsh reach the point today where II is extremel)- unlikely that \Vhite Lion, Edgwa.re, whil«­ is an active music scene in Anchor chain or hotels and Folk Dance And Song Sodet)' folk music is accepted as the- British jazz scene would one Ind Coope pub, the Naifs bars all over the country. But taverns. list o\·er 300 in Britain but .another branch of the musical be as strong u lt is (and Head in Hackney, has an all-­ London does offer a greater The compan) has around probably the number is nearer tree. there ue still weak spots or pop policy thal has n~essi­ ,&riety of music, and one 112 licensed premises (" They soo. course) if It weren't for taled them sound•proofing brewery executive said that it are more than pubs. We call The last few years has seen licensed premises. In many their main music room. appeared to be easier in the the.m la\·erns because every a stabilising of 1he folk club cases, the only place a Music in public houses, or capital to obtain a music onr offers full catering facil­ set-up. As the "boom," false frustrated musician can play course, \·a.rles In sophis- licence, which Is essential. ities .. , and hne introduced a or otherwise, has settled and Is al a small gig al his local tication from the simple Music in licensed premisl's new discotheque s)'stem at six folk music has established pub. pianist providing the music woukf not be possible without of them. These are Dlscodines itself firml}, the would-bf: This has Jed to the pre• for a sing-song, to the the encouragement and basically discotheques exploiters of the situation dominance of jazz (and folk) unswerving dedication of goodwlll of the brewers and which offer, for around 12s ha\·e dropped away realising JOHN PEEL clubs in pubs. Places like the London's country and western the tenanll and landlords. 6d, .an evening of music and a that the plcl teens." an "a:rnateur" business. achieved an International rep­ stories of recent years. Griffin menl. People run dubs because they JOHN FAHEY THREE DOG NIGHT ,.~ ..., utation as the home of all that Catering, which o"'ns pubs in A spokesman for Ind Coope, The company was going enjoy It and have the s.atisrac­ + JOHN PEEL is besl In modrm Jaz~. the London area, started a who are a national concern, inlO entertainment more fully tion of scelng a successful Fr,doy Jvn• 20th Othei clubs, llke the Tor• few years ago presenting told MM that t1tey as a in the future. " It's tssentlal club prosper. t JAN DUKES DE-GREY rington In North London, and country music in one pub. JI company were very keen to to our future trade to providr This may seem a little. ~ncby J..,.. Iv HELD FOR BENEFIT N IGHT Klook's Kleek In West Hamp. has since grown to cover a see music and other types of ~astald~ur customers want/' idealistic in a day and age of for stead, operate one or more chain of country pubs entertainment in their pubs. quick pro6ts but It Is this FAIRPORT CONVENTION throughout the London area. "There is always a place for son MACHINE ~/~~~!nt atal::~~k, presenting Music in pubs means a very framework of enthusiasm Artistes to be announced They have now opened a music In pubs whether it's happy partnership between and love of the muslc tha.t has + BABYLON On the pop scene, too, there showcase for the music: the just a juke box or Jive tho publican and his customer. prevented and are many pubs presenting Nashville Room, in West entertalnmenL Frdc,y J-6th The publican realises that to the Mr Bigs or show business ~ onJy lrltkh Club o~ regular pop music. Fan: club, Kensington, opened a few " In our pubs we offer make a profit he must attract from movJng in and eventua.l­ at the Northcote Arms, South· months ago and presents the cvuythlng accordink to the customer~ Entertainment is ly killing the situalion by BONZO DOG all, Middlesex, presents the besl in country entertainment requirements of the custom­ the best way of doing this. In over-e.xploitatlon. RITCHIE HAVENS but of the contemporary pop twice a day, seven days a ers. Down In the East End, for return, for the prl« of a pint Any folk artist wishing for So!\IIVO)', 1-7lh groups people like week. And the opening was example, drag goes very well, of bitter or a gin and tonic, bigger things in the way ot Blodwyn Pig, Keef Hartley attended by top country although ii wouldn"t in, sll)', tho customers see some good fame and fortune has had, PROCOL HARUM and others, as well as booking names like Chet Atkfos and Welbridge. And pl-.ces like entertainml'nl or hear some lnevitabl)', to move out of the­ THE TASTE Mary Reeves, wife of the late the \ Vaterman's Arms are music. + JOHN PEEL visiting American attractions folk club circuits and chance BLODWYN PIG like Howlin' Wolf. singer, . packed every night. So, If you want to see a their arm In the harder, + Others Include the Railway Of course, music in pubs is "The Wa terman's Arms, good s how. look in at the th Fully Licensed Arms, Wealdstonc, and the not confined to London There which is in Limehouse, used local. - ALAN WALSH. * ~:f~s~lon~-o~:rh~~s tlie m~!~ THE NICE * Pub Prices fuda1 ,....l>h * Wear what yau like * Concession Prices for CLOUDS Students and Nurses

London: still room to rave SUPERfREAK p,e,enh Gate. Some of them provided smallest and most Intimate of around the stage and dance pop buslness. THE COUNTRY CLUB TIM\.~,~~ w!e~h'::~~~g7na: groups seven days a week, clubs, and the Cromwellian art>a, and below stairs is They enjoy being able to 210a Haverstock Hill Thursdays and Sundays :icy, Although cynics may Go•Go dancers and Coke ii the least formal, with bars on plenty of room for lun=hlng ~isten to qua.Illy music, either ,ow claim the soubrh1uet no! a lways Scotch. two floors and a spot of and drinklnp, at tables or the 1n the main room (jazz) or THE FREA-KEASY - . - ',creaking city" more appO· Toda)' the original hard gaming. The former club ls in bar. upstairs (pop), at ,·olume Fishmonger's Arms, Wood Green Every Friday core clubs have survived the Masons Yard, off Duke Street, 11te, there is stHI raving room, brl:hr1c:::111,,c~:,~~\che~~b~ levels which make eating if not a raving boom. contraction of Interest that St. James, and the latter Is ~rinkina and talking posslbl; Sunday, J;~-,;,1 at R0uNDH01JsE- - situated In the Cromwell Two years or more years pruned away many boom Jlshmrnt, which cattrs for the tn the most chilised fashion. jumpers, providing their vital Road. hip of suburbia as " ·en as A FAIRPORT CONVENTION BENEFIT with Igo lhe discothequ«-s were on Apart from the more ex­ BR I AN AUGER, BLODWYN PIG, JACKI£ LOMAX, the cre.'llt of a wave of Scotch service of rock, booze a nd "the business." Food, drink clusive c.lubs then' ls the Ind Coke. me.rry making. and som, incredibly attraclh e Marquee, marching on for JODY GRIND, EAST OF £DEN, JOHN PEEL The Scotch or St. James waitresses In sih er suits m:ake There was a areal nois«­ HAUNT ever, and catrring for fans of plus others 15/ a lrom all the groups that wa.s THE scene back in 1965 Jt the most unusual disco in progruslve i:troup music, the hammu,:d out soul from dusk along with the Cromwellian, town. JOO Club, and now Hampstud Tidett f,._, R~ 8o• Oloc. Chol, far.., Raad. Gn,nd Cenlfal l"o-., to dawn, and a mighty where. the Beatles, Stones, Just down the road from The Speakl'U}' In Ma.rgare-1 Country Club, one year old as Channg Croii Rood. S.._., S1obla, '297 P'ot1obello Road tlanglng of cash registers. Walker Brothers and aU the the Crom is Blolses, Jong a S1reet, has had a t'he-cke.~d an Unde"round Scene. groupies of the day would favourite haunt, where top career, which includes being bands cram on • tiny stage. burnt down and bring put out JooBno!t a~~tos,tt :ir:;· nicely, and some of the mosl of acclon for some months SUBURBS but the richer pop stars no energetic dancing In London last '\-ear. LUXURY longer go clubbing with any can be observed. 0 05 There is gaming here and th:'ou;~rel~r;' ~~taf;, ~~:h,~a:! ~:,~~~~cy 1:n~rs: 1~keof i~~ circular bar, useful for spott• pla}, jam for fre. or loon, tipl.~;e ~~:~ . Is •th\~~~u7ni~~ Ing friends and enemies. manquee Burden, Zoot Mo~ey, B~ian Food and conversation can be machines and the brst of local In BrutOfl Place, off Berkel)· obt•ined in a snled-off res­ pro1r"sshe rock bands. Au1~e~:c:~tc!~~~~s1::i;":c'~f:h Square is the Revolution, one taurant, a areal boon to thosr In the outer suburbs there Moon or 1hr Who brought any of London's nl''tl.er clubs, intl'nt on chattlna up and UC': the pub club stalwarts Jilte thanks the Melody Maker and all Iii(, to the midnlJlhl hour with decorated in a lavish 19th 1 a series of escapades century style with portraits of av:~~~fe li~~~:~, ~fu~h~a~a~:; ~:!.~. F~ck:~~Ufland~h~~= M.M. readers for their splendid frrquently related "'here 'ere famous r~volutlonarles. In the ten years betn the firsl nam" hippies and mods rub shoul- main room, ,eat• are arranged In Jan In London, and I no"' support in the past and looks forward t~~1~n \~~/~ pro,imity. - po~h!ta;sco':'cehet.ls one of the ln • seml-clrC'ular fuhion also Krntly favour,e,d by the to their continuing support in SUPPLEMENT EDITED BY LAURIE HENSHAW the future. J. afe I.I. - MflOOY MAKER, May 31 , !91i l tamour. Jan Club in :_!, 'happy jazz Rrit.tin 1, a , \able proposi• SCOTT: tion young people' Sul j.tz1 being of minor. booze and ALEX WELSH : 100 Club it :,. intf'r(•\t, ii, obviously not 0 1 c;. uth a moneyspinner as 'We manage stalwart W"~~ne:. Ma:;red ~~~:n~ po p, and Ronnie has had an a touch 0 5 Yardbirds, Who, Moody Blues, U('lhlll battle to make hli, SCOTT'S: the hmous sign :~di~lp:!!;:1~du/ g~~e~:f~~c~ff. Speneer Davb:, Move, Herd, cluh a, \\OrJd.famous as it 81 n o\\ undoubtedly is. to pay Ronnie acqu ired the place of variety' lie}hf~rs\ti°c'y al~.;~, ,ind have ~~h~o }~!i n~~n N1::r!1tt~~~ " We',<' had our head• next door. "We knocked conlinued to do. Last time I in common? • 5 1 1 Answer: Their first maJor a (.'hec;.," he sn)'s with the elub appearanees were resl• undt.' rr.tandinA smile of a ~~e~:~~io~~,:~d ~~dw i!:'I~: LONDON'S 100 Club Is one f~l:~~. ~:e ~~~~ ~e:: tir~=~ tbe ren( 1 138 dcncles at London's Marquee dedicatf.'d musician \\ho :a;g:"~o~ps:!r:p:,orre~~~~ known ° ~o::s c~f"';;'~:iti~~!~ ~~~n~e~~:!"• 0f tth:heh!11 ~~d Club. r eali,;;e., he mu,t always be 0 The list explains why the cians. It never entered our and danclnt;,'' says Ronnie. ~ 1 •~~h!~atscha~~g•e~ou~;~: S\\ immln~ ag:1inst the tide f:;Jayml1d~~-; j1 ~~•er~J~~~ 0j!!:~ Marquee has remained one of o f undi,cernin~ mass taste. heads to feature importt'CI " It's stall a bit of a and blues nights, and the takt.-n place, too. the most famous clubs in the It·~ no\\ just on ten years world. but ii didn't. all hair ~us:~~an~ULa:!iT~~ ~~";1i~!1 ~~~It~, ~~: ~a~:e ilo~~ ~h! :ri:~~e\::1c!~; ~iu~6c!~ ~:~! "We have two bars which pen by aceident. John Gee, since Ronnie, and his tenor­ th 51 foreign musicians. next." i~:d~~at~ub~o e wartime ~~ lhe club's manager, must rank TEH YEARS AFTER, playin~ budd}' Pete King, ~e~t~i~.~. ~ha~sli~~~t~~ as Britain's most consistent ln unchl•d their historic jazz " But featuring home mu• Older enlhusiasu will confidully. "Curtains have t::alent spc>tter. And he needs rc1idcncy slcians didn't really work FOCAL doublless cherish memories of been hung, MW toilets In- club \ enture in the first st ff) be, for once a group be­ " It Is a plaee \Vhere you out, so we came to an Sunday nights at Feldman's, alled · · ·" comes an International attrac• Gerrard Streec premises. agreement with the MU to or subsequen1 evenina.s a1 the "In our opinion," says ean listen, a.nd I stress listen th lion they are usually prked rather than danee, to the best feature foreign musicians Nowadays, the Ronnie London Jazz Club or Humph• ~fgber,f ·• we've ehangedh e bevond the means of the clubs. 1 "Take Ten Years After,'' m popular music in the best on an exchange basis. Scott Club is firmly estab- re~a~!'}~~toda~1~~ had come ba~eme~~m :nt~al e;0.::;;i~~ conditions we can provide. COMPARE "That worked better for lished as a focal point for Into vogue by then, and which, though not a swanky says John. "Two years as:, 1 they did an audition for me "Some time back there wa.s 2 nd 1 st1mf' sort of public enquiry Sa) \ Ronnie: "Being a :ec:~~e. ~~cissi~~~er, t~ :~~r~~ctti~~ ·1h~ m~~: ;r~ ~~~ee:'tasc'::::~ s~: ~i ~~o 1!~h~l~u~•~t when they were ealled the j~f ~~f ~~r. :~"c•; Blues Yard. They had heard I inio dubs and we had big• p la } e r, I ,,orked in the then present British Jazz musi- commercial attractions is thriving times as Jazzshows with a friendly atmO!!>phere." was a jazz fan and wondered w~~ from Scotland Yard who jil LI c lubs, but I knew they clans in the States. So the bringing In a clientele Jazz Club. And there is ht-Iler new!!> how to make an Impression, brc.ught Lord Longford down s te~~ 1 ~~ ~em::i~~ed~n~ MU agreed to our bringing whose Interests overlap Into fro";::e '~:he~et-~~ ~?:et~~dtsw~f a~~~ ::e°'m~~~~e~ 50 they played • Woodchoppers ti'.> the club with them to stt ~~:J 1 1f~: :~:fl~ Ball.' I knew riAht away here an example or a well - orun was a potential hot property club. When he left he !old and gave them a date on the me he thought it was an ideal ~~=i '~f:Ctm~~!',£~:l~f 2~~1~}.r~~~ y;~,mt~;ho~: :gi~:ff };5 1.:~;.~ i~~(:fft,J:!~i~::.~J.~~ ~i":\1f i~;({:'i:~I~f :I:!~ spot. I gave them a residency club fo1 young people." \\ h h them O\'E~r here. pop groups,'' he says. his mother, Mrs o. Horton, unt1I 2 am on Fridays and In October, 1967. John believes that a sue• " '-i o \\ e first got this Now the TV cameras and Mrs T~d Morton, Saturdays. "The rest was logical - ccs!.ful club must have Its own SMALL the first album, rave reviews, m1,.Meal poliey. G~~~!rd s~~~~l~eTht Even SO, it was stlll an plan to move into Ronnie me~~~~~t°~~t'h,~ nu~~g~~~af:; re~,Z~~~'n~e 1!~iri[1~::~ina. s~~! tht' Windsor festival, America "Th(' Marmalade is one of r~~~\o:~ and the biJ( time. They eome the few ,groups who play the had lmo\\n fo r a long time, uphill struggle. 11 The place ii~~t's~~•yw~~sl~~~in~o~~= :a~g~/ 0g:~lnT~elrl e::~; ~~~! !~~:r, ~:; w;~:so~a:i!ry pr,:i: baek from America where thev M~rque1. beeause !hey st.1rted l'nl local j,122. musi- ______Then, last autumn, HENSHA\V ' jaz.z "as out of publle ravour,..,;_ holdingnl~~ru:le~liie1:n~ our o"n. r 1:b " And thiii: is our problem. phere and lhe members like v=~~ Unless we hne the big names lo feel it is exclusive - this we still prt>sen1 the regular we are dead. Ob\'iously a resi­ i!!> why they often lurn aR,alnsl '-taple diet ol three • B's,• deney is now out of the- ques. one or our ~roup5 when they (Barber, Bilk and Ball), Alex tlon so we must find new get a big hit At the moment Welsh, Ken Colyer, etc. We groups with equal potential. we have Spirit Of John would lovl' to use some of lhc And our problem remains Morgan, Yes and Terry Reid other Dixieland bands more when bookinJ( th<" big names: on residencies n.nd, as usual, often, but in terms of how mueh of the extra eost the}- have a hard fight at the CORRIES LIVE allenda"ees and professlonal must be passed to the public b(',..-/nnlnK but !hen the audi­ '\y-.

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REVIEWERS: BOB DAWBARN, BOB HOUSTON, JACK HOTTON, MAX JONES

J?roup 11 quilt' ama11n1:, al _.,RUH[ SHl:.PP : '' One For thouf"h all f.,u, jil thl pcrind Tron ' P'-' 1 l C, J !Poly , WC're' playin,i: tf,Jtth,-r (,("(II do• S8J H21 s,ona11y at Ste-veM' Liltlt· Shepp lfnrl. Gr• chon Moncur Theatre- Cluh I I 1, Ro1• t ll Rwdd {lmh,I J,111mr G• niton rt,oi•t, Bco\l' er Clyne- and Stt·vrM arr an H"rl' 1dr,l Rt- <:'lrck-,d ot th<­ tloquent rhythm s e- c I I o n ('l,...no.wvh,r,,ocn M,.,~•klooc rathtr than a mere- rhythm \ 1 Wr~I Germon.., O,;t.,brr machine-, both mtn C"Onlrihut ' 1%7 1n~ immen1u.•h,· to the- shaJ)f' ;, The War Ahtod." Domn and form of tht mu,ic rathtr 11 I Knew., frunk,,,n1e,n •~•lo ~•\l1coled lo

th • Duke Peuson Is probably )N d~~rrhe;=r m:~~a1~~~ea~i better known tod•)' as an 1967 was the year of Archie Shepp'. arranger and leader of 1e11lon bands with a slight slant to• the year when the greal t e nor JEFF CLYNE - - wards the commercial, ANC.EL player and bandleadcr outraged TR£VOR WA TTS - JOHN STE• EYES (Polydor 513723) remind, VENS. "Springboard." l ovr Furope with conct:rt performances us that he was also a compe· Wos Born; C4, Bolled, Helon's tent, bopplsh soloist. Six of which were descrihed as " defecat­ CIOW"n, I C'S Nc,gN O'Anfon, the seven track, were recorded ing on the audicnct-." Crozy Jor'le; Spri ngboard {Po ly­ in 1961 with Thomas Howard dor 545 007). (bass} and Le• Humphries Be 1hat as It may, hut the mus ic Ion Corr (tpl), Trevor Woth (drs). The seventh, the title wh1c:h Shepp hurl ed nt the unsuspect• (alto), Jeff Clyne (boss), John track, was made with Bob 1n&: audiences two years ngo--and re­ Stoven1 (drs/, London, August Cran5haw (bass} and Walter '11t'mher that even some who w erl" 1966 Perkins (drs) It's pleasant, kel·n admire rs of his recordt!d work gently twinging ju:r - hardly found II too much to take-1,; con­ memorable but good enough to T H:~r~so~h=b~~t~hfJr a~;~:~ while away th• time without u1inrd on tht- Pc'll)'dor LP getting too involved. The tracks Recorded at the l)()naueschingcn one at Polydor has sat on Include " Bags' ~roove," " I' m Mu siktt:Re m We~t GNman)', 11 cap­ it for almost three years. An Old Cow Hand .. •nd tuu•i;. tht' musical theatnc11hty and .. E•odus ... - B D. d.auntm~ pre'iencP that thr- 1Zroup, and JD~o~dusi~rac:;~sre :rwa:ti:~ come-and this is exception­ tht: trader rspec.ially, exhuded cm • Blue Mitchell l• a wonder• ta~e ally good-but it would have ful trumpet pl1yu. He has • For thost: who dan:n't remember, m3de a much firmer ,mpact if direct style, • hard vlrlle tone. a he11thy range and an 11 h.?,:ins with a lonr bas-, solo hy ~~:adw~=~n ;e~~d b~~o re=~~ Garr"on and then 1ht• oth.-rs filter 0 e•citlng sound. On BLUE 1nt,) consciousneu amd explode m!O couragement meant more th3n MITCHELL/ COLLISION IN 1oday. BUCK (Blue Note BST 14300) thal pounj1ng, pulst-rncinj!. Lnsemble he is on a 1oul kick with such ""h1ch was one of the mos\ exciting However, all four men are pl1yers a5 Jim Horn, Ernes t fcatur~s of this group " Shadm., Of musicians or substance 3nd 1r Watts, Anthony Ortega , Monk Your Smile" peeps thruu~h. und lh.!n the music _now is perhaps less Higgins, ind Dee ErvIn. It's a thtre a re long a nd ve ry fine solos striking, it 1s no less im­ bag that sultS Mitchell ind he frcim Shepp and Rudd pressive. blow:s mightily through the least three or the trncks­ Carr hos 3Jways been one session. The organ, ter'lors The on lv thin& mis•dn~ 1s the " Dragon," "Paper-Back•· and or our most tho ughtrul jazz. and t rombones sound round Soun march endmi,E-a ptty, " Mandala " from which he men, a trumpe te r or musical him is Inclined to become for r,ne would hav ... thOuAhl II monolOr'IOUS and the 1lbum, and pi a ni s t Fry move off mto good sens~ and taste. Watts' as a whole, wlll not appe•I to wa~ neht for Donaue,;chmgen RAY their JBstgedly effcc11vc com­ STANLEY alto has some beautiful lnsti-ad, we have th~ We.;t strict Jan followers. But if ments. The frequent d3ring of Or'I LP . momen1s, especially in dia­ Blut Mitchell's trumpet mikes GL·rm an branch ol the Shepp the phrases is softened for the logue with Carr, and the :,ou move, start moving. - fan club l'XDressmg adm1rat1on RUSSELL listener. by the always-attrac­ togetherness or the whole J .H. rn fhttr ,,mple fashion tive g uitar _tone and-though TURRENTINE A knockout 0 1 • record nnd Russell denies 11 vehemently ~u.11ranteed to give nightmare'! -whaL I 5till detect as an to tho,1,c who had written off underlying Romanl1c1sm. that ni.,.:hl at the Hemme rsm1th The understanding between Odl'On n!I I b.ad dream, thOS'". the four musicians make the hke- m~. who thought 11 wa1> quarlet tracks the most re­ marvellou'! will need warding, despite the added prr,mpt1n g to buy ndvantage o r some excellent Barney Kessel Becke tt flugelhorn and nice Dobson te nor in the eight­ .· , I piece The ensemble passages ' . Virtuoso RAY RUSS[LL , " Du,gon w,th the octet seem to add Holl." Dragon H,11 lo) Some httle to the atmospheres or lh,ng In Thr Sky lb); Can t the pieces and, towards the While " One For Trane ·• 1s Hovl' My Popt'r•Bock Bolk (ol , end or "Sky," interfere with a vutuo,o band ptrf.lrmance, Wl' Lie Noked In Whole Snow lo), Mondo lo fbl !CBS Realm the flow. the taler l mpulsl' set displays Thi s is Russell', album and ST AN L [ Y TURRENTINE : 52663). " Alway, So mething There ." Shepp's ab1h11es more than lol-RusJe ll (glr), Ron F1oy 1t i~ hi!I personality which those of the grour, lfot thl· Alwoyi; SomelhmQ There L11tle tpnol, Ron Mothcwton lbon). dominates 1t The result is Green Applrs; Wht>n I Laoll. evidence here is that this band Alon Rushton (dr\l never less th3n interesung t'\t'n mmu<; the unh1ue he-m.an lb)~$ 'ol plu, Harold and often most rewarding ~"~!cv~~.;Y~~e L~~~~,~~ rrr,mhon, or Rutltl, is shapm1: Beckett (!pl, tt,.,gl'l!, Bud -BOB DAWBARN Soul P1en1c; Home Town, Sano up for ~re.a.t thin,lt'> Porkc1 l!pl), Donald Bclchtol For Bonn1t', Ht>y Jude, Fool l!mb!, Lyn Dobson l!nr). On The Htll {Blur No le " r1f'!'ita " where Shepp A y RUSSELL · f • Twonty•two preuy fine Ptr• BST84298 J. wruho abnve a '! 1m pl • r,fl by those musici~~son~~o rorm1nce5 from three excellent Tunentlno (lnr), Burt Col­ \1unC"ur and Owe•H. is as R 11 1 lon, Hh.,gel), Jom es Buffing­ 5 ton, Dick Berg ffrer'lch hOrni) ,iood J. oerformanct" ns any believes in " NOW" and, ;i~~•~m(, 9} b.1nl .;~~~:e,.< 1~~} 0 0 Jimmy Cleveland (lmb), Jerrj, Shepp ,roup h3s put on re· as he reiterates once more ::~h o;!~~: :n s:~~Ar ~:;.E;. Dodgion folio, !Jul~, cit), c1 rd "Soph1s11caL•cl Lady" on the sleeve note, cannot SO N WITH THE JAZZ GIA NTS Jerome Richo1d1on (lnrl, Bony 1, yet anolher of thm;•• bt.aul1· 31 Golb10,th or Kenny Bunell lul tr1hutes to Ellingt'ln that ~=t ,::?p;~ty~~egst=~ i~ ~~~! t~!~~pr!:!:ed ~!~'bic--t~ot~:~ fgn), Honk Jann or Herb,e ha\'e beco:n1• as much a part 0 which re pre5ents unusu1lly H11ncock fpnol, Bob Cronshaw ,f Shepp as thev ;,re- or ago. good value. To begin with, the {bos~ Fer'ldei bossJ Mel Lew/i This would seem to deny ncords run ror so minutes or Mock ey Rok er (drs) Mm,:us music any permanent value- each. Which mHH tht> buy<-r 5 It would bt difficult ror even or even such ZI thing OS pure r:; ~~sk'n,:~es,;! v:;~ ~a::sfr~ the_ most pedantic or Ellinft• music. Music, o nce played, addition to the quinllty and " J ~~=;;~;dE a!' a:~~~:,~ tonu1n5 to find rault ,n lhl5 should apparently been t hrown b1rg1ln price he gt> ts hig h- cial album," says Leonard interpret11t10n, and Shepp's away with yesterday's beer- c:allbre music by a number of Feather's sleevenote, Sup­ urength as a ror,;ue e-lephant burger wrappings. exceptlonal artlsh. Peterson Is pose nothing, it's "com­ mus1c1an who knows when to It's an a ttitude which also ;:~T,f'r:1~~eth;:i~_e ~~ -~~~~; mercial" to the point of hehave himself ha, prot-nbly presupposes .a straight ah~ad with ••1 Brown, Alvln Stoll er nausea. never heen bUlcr lllu,trnted progression by the musician and Herb Ellis on the H•wkins 1 1 0 Th.at 1s perhaps a little ;~~n, t~ fr~~~e:;3°s~c~~:~~i:17: !rt1 :fnally H~::ue:' !~e ~:~: unfair as there are one or and digress into blind alleys Genius Of Co/emu Hawki ns " two moments when Turre n­ Vital now and the n. In '59 - •nd the b1 nd handles tine g ives a hmt that he is a Be that as it may, Russell the beat admlrably, sounding u fine Jaz.zman and even the The lmDulse 1s probably 1he has come up with a good super-profeulon•I as you' d odd occasion when you can beli';v~ the sleeve i1 right in IJrtter set, for Sheop himself ~i~grfi;s tr:i !ir:c!hetha°e~g:. ::~ko,:r·::l~{ plays wnh c.ven mon: utho r­ ~~~~~\Jn~i~~ =· 1 1 1 credrling-lf that is the right ity and 1megmat1on th•n o n Re11 Jm LP His playi ng, though ~!:1s1~::kStrong1~ : : • .. : r, h ; ~ word-Thad Jones with the the "live ' Polydnr ~t:t But " free," is full or form and The Moon," " Never Be The arrangements It contain '! some or the Ket holh 1f you can afford ~~re coi~:;:;~~1:r:gs ttra\ ~hi;~ !~~e:~in::d ha;~ y ~~r "~=rt~; lhtm for Shl'PO 1'1 i.lrl'1d}' one 1 nast1es_t string passages I've 'r th:111 <,elect h11nJ of mus1- ratht:r self • C'o nscious titles ln°g~~." :env~e.~;n~orl:hels 1~~1!i heard m a long time and the c1Jn whn,, evtry LP i n the sleeve for the prlu of one , .. t his for all lo SCP un't b• bad. - M J U1:th'-BOB DAWBARN. ~••" '"-MFI .OOY MAKF R, Ml}' 3 1, 196'}

TWO-PAGE FOCUS ON FOLK SPECIAL Solo brother Wizz and Alan, a touch of Bobby joins Clancys to replace Makem

OBBY, for years the the Moses -Aaron syndrome B " solo" Clancy Brother ts to Join Paddy, Tom a~ Liam in the group following the de­ A whose parture of Tommy Makem. songs " rank in compe­ He will go to London tence alongside those by with them in two weeks when they will record Paul McCartney and two albums for CBS. Leonard Cohen." That is He will also go on the group's Australian tour Wizz Jones' opinion of which opens on Septem­ Alan Tunbridge who pro­ ber 8 in Brisbane. The Furey brothers duced eleven songs for flnbar and Eddie, as al­ his United Artists album, ready announced in the BOBBY , MM, will accompany the ,ec:ording two LPs "Wizz," released this Clancys. month. Tommy Makem, relax­ singing of Anglo•lrish ing at his 20•roomed folksongs t ha n his Alan, a cartoonist and com• manor house in a se­ brothers. He once en• merciaJ artist by profession, cluded area near the gaged in a heated radio used to run a folk club in border, debate on this subject Putney and now concen• still has not announced with them In Boston. plans of his solo career. In Ireland Bobby and trates on producing songs This week he was Peg had their own long­ Wizz. He refers to the decorating and gardening running TV series which newly-blossomed partner­ and at night listening to greatly influenced many ship as "' The Moses•Aaron traditional musicians at a young people in the folk syndrome.'' Maytlme festival in the nearby town of Dundalk. ~e;::~lo:! fu~~i!b,:;~~ Bobby Clancy toured traditional performers In the US and Canada at such as Seamus Ennis PUBLIC the height of the folk and Nicolas Toibin. revival in 1963. He first His influence in more " Moseft was a bit shy and always worked as a soloist and practical terms Js borne let hi !t brothe r Aaron act as his later with an American out today In the success mouthpiece to the public,'' he girl Sharon Collen. or Adrienne and Luci exp la ins. " I'm not really shy but When he returned to Johnston or the John• I prefer to be In the background Ireland in 1964 he teamed stons whom he en­ with W lz1 singing away out up with his sister Peg couraged to sing folk• front. We both like it this way. who had already made songs when they were Beside$ I'm a lousy guitarist albums for Folk Legacy schoolgirls. anyway." and Trad it f on, the Bobby has made few Alan and Wiz.z fi rst met in Com­ specialist folk music public appearances in the wall in 1959. They worked ln label owned by brother past two years since he a hotel during the day .tnd at Paddy. bec.ame mine host of a night Alan wrote poems while Peg and Bobby re-. pub in Kilkenny called Wizz played the guitar In various corded two albums of The Jug of Punch. He clubs. The fi rst song they worked traditional songs. It was also has a successful In­ out together was inspired by WIZZ JONES AND ALAN TUNBRIDGE: met in Cornwall in 1959 accepted that Bobby surance brokerage. some satirical verses Tunbridge always had a more tradi­ wrote a bout the hotel little bit about • Free­ tional approach to the JOE KENNEDY staff. Over the last ten dom, freedom, freedom,' years they kept in sp-0ra• with a chorus echoing it dic contact. • BY RAMSAY WOOD ln the background. COUNTRY ALBUMS Both are manied with "What I'm looking for is children and feel that somebody who Js free OUT or the m11!eu of the their mus ical expression old scratched 78s-that's of a cast-off. It's not pop from a concept of free­ American revival a refl ects something of fine as far as It goes, but and It's not serious music dom and not a slave to It. number of young musicians it's boring and you really. The only reason " If you want my viewpoint, and singers emerged who took Slightly oddball, their maturity as family 1 might just as well play that I write as 1 do Is I prefer to pose questions foficar~~~i: ~~,te~er1h!~ men. Wlzz, In particular, that I thlnk that I see r:i~ p resent folk scene-es­ the record." rather than attempt to pro~uce straight ca rbon• pedall y in London,-is On his partnership with things other people miss answer them. AU my copies, stamped someth ing of but still Alan, he says: " It takes or that I can express songs attempt to point their personalities into the dominated by a lot of them more accurately. daz.zling technical vir­ me about three months out situations, but they music . The Holy Modal Roun­ to learn one of Alan's "As a draughtsman I am don't say Join the Salva- lers (Transatlantic PR7451) tuosity in the " authentic songs well. What I like interested ln accurate ob­ tion Anny or Join are two such musici ans. Pe ter country blues style," the about them is their sim­ servation and no doubt Krlshnamurtl or get Stamped (vcls, bjo, fiddle) and very enjoyable music In general is iml• plicity because this gives this attempt at accunte Adult Education or any­ Steve Weber (gtr, vcls) have talive and superficial In based their style on Old me a Jot of leeway as description can-ies over think like that. Timey, the American country manner a nd Phil leads the its attitudes. 11 a performer. I enjoy sing• Into my songs. I dislike J don't have any answers musjc of the 20's and JO's way on a mixture that ing,, a well.constructed sentimental or opiniona­ but I can see questions in stilling their own o ff beal in cludes " Mama Tried " by song and In getting it ted -anything that all over the place. If my hu'!m ur often via reworked lyrics a nd yet, particularly as Merle Haggard and Johnn)' SUPERB right. And don't believe gets pretty sUmey or songs ask any questions Cash's •· Folsom Prison what Abn says about not tries to tell you what to then that tends to even far as backing-basically fiddle and guitar - is concerned Blues," both fut becommc .. I look fonvard to about being any good on the do• II out more, for by hav­ have remained remarkably country , tanda rds, " Hello four or five years from guitar. I th1nk he sings " Frankly, I'm tired of hav­ ing the question accura• close to the style. This album California " and "Did J Ever now when a lot of these his own songs better than ing people trying to tum tely posed It ls auto­ includes such things as Love You " by W illy Ne lson kids who are fantastic on anybody." me on to whatever their matically answered. A Charl ie Poole's " Hesita tion plus Phil's own " You Gotta the guitar are going to be Says Alan: ·• Folk music, as kick happens to be. I con­ problem clearly seen Blues," with some added up­ Have Love," which shows that superb because they are it is called, Is the only sider It an invasion of ceases to be a problem." to-date lyri cs, thei r parody !IS well as pl aying and. 11ng1 111 field of public expression privacy. You take the cur­ Last word from Wlzz: " I " Mr Spaceman" based on the m .. the idiom convmcmaly. going to start saying 1962 hit "Mr Bauman " something for themselves. where my kind of writing rent vogue for freedom don't have anything to Brit ish songwriters are begi n• --every song has got to "The Cuck oo,' ' " Same oid ning to match thei r America n At the moment they are can find an outlet. It's a say - that's why l slng Man " and modern com­ co un terparts A good con· just trying to sound like very narrow world--klnd have It In somewhere, a Alan's songs." positions in the Idiom like trasting selection, suni wel l fin d played with feeling MELO DY MAK ER. May 3 1, 1969--Pa~t- l l

THURSDAY WEDNESDAY TWO-PAGE FOCUS ON FOLK SPECIAL AT DOGHOUSI, Grry hollnd • ALTA• AltlN . OOWNHAMWA'f FOLK FORUM Dn•nl .am ar,,,nlr:, 01 hllJ MflU ,ulham l'alarr, Roa d SING ERS NIGHT . ft r~ldenll & Gu ~qll II JS prn To r, Work1J hop TSO pm JOH N BR EE Z E (Wow!) AT FOX l11fngto11 Cr n. N,l , SATURDAY cont. CR'tl"T "-• IIUII / 11 11 ! JIM BASSETT COU 5'1 NS, d Gr r,k St 7 :H 11 GAS W ORKS •LACK BULL, Hl1h Rnad N 2P YOUNG TRADITION KINC.S HEAD , Upp r lrt • MARTIN CARTHY Jslintlnn CLOC. & STU • OANCE•s NICHT. Wttlf'nd A better understanding DAVE SWARBR ICK JOHN.,M,i'ifrvN Tummy Mr<'arth y IPbhy C'u )' ROY HARPER has requested we print th e TERRY AND CHRIS Trtl t·unt11n fo llowing_ /(•ttn, H comes as a result of n DENNIS • YAN H SA VICTOR BROX SUR• ITON A t'mbly R"1•m ll ldtpr prtnll!d on the> MM's Mailbag pag<.> of DICBY STUART COLLEG E, Ror, KEITH CHRISTMAS DEREK SARJ EANT FOLK TRIO April 26 headed, "Let's Be Fa ir To Roy hn rnplon JOHN FRAS• R DIZ DISL8 Y Ha.per," from Melody Maher reader& ;,1 IS LINGTON TOWN HALL , N 1 N_orwoy, and ashing for more credit to be JOHN MARTYN Al l TH E IEST FOLK in P'l oor 1inJt n w~•lcomr COUNTRY MUSIC given lo Roy's crealivity lhe con­ ...W Tl• HO• .... ·d• .. ._.W lcmpo~o r} ~ong writing field and comparing FOLK CENTRE , HAMMERSMI TH FESTIVAL .... ,....,....,..,~>] /um w ith o thu Rrtt1 ...- h a rtis ts KEITH CLARK • I HOURS OF COUNTR Y MUSIC ... W f0OJ.Ot~~~ an~ra1;~i~en, Swa~:;i~ ~ sp~~l!nt~~ll~ner'shcw~~tuais~- be JOHN JAMES ~~ ~ th~ recorded a new a lb um, •· Hat," d l'!IIC rlbmfl'. her bl'D U\y a nd t'h arm THE ENTERPRISE llamp~tead (students v workers , vice versa, and compere Do m,mc Behan, one o r the ma in attractio ns at for Decca on which he plays AT THE CELLAR , Cecil Sharp St all' 1u rl's tlrllt numr and poem Underground v Po lice, etc.), It comprise the Fo lk Night bill the Cambridge Fo lk Fe,s lival harps icho rd as well as guitar, .JO HNN Y SILVO " resident, The will b<' n·nt to you for r cwr1 11ng llou1t', Camdt"n Town 8 pm Folk Enterpri• ri. a nd Te rry Is a lactic that is a product o n July 3, o f the Pop Prom s this year and release ii; expected DAYE SMITH wnh Tony Deane In your own h,1n d Plralie enelote r. ould oppmute ('h1tlk Ya rm Sta• 7s 6d PO cheque to Gerald or th t' twentie th century srn- hemg promoted by NEMS Th e Irish Rovers, the fo lk aro und Septe mber time llon. 7.30 pm. utlona l head llne sellout. (In from June 29 to July 5 The re foursome who made the US Manoh a ll , 52 Earls Cou rt Road Ano ther bluesman, Ian An­ Kt' nsm1ton, t.ondon . W .8 GRAND BENEFIT 0 1 :a~ : ~:;,. n il you mus l be sen. :111ro::~n~;s ost ~~na: ,~ l~s+hl e~nic~ ~~h .. d erson has an a lbum, "Stereo HIGHLY CREAT IV E lyr\el1t :~~ ~i~k~~: t~~I~ Death Breakdo wn " out o n th!:~~: ~~~ ~r~i /i~r~i~~ "f1~ ; What t'Ver you migh t thin k 12s Sd; 10s and 7s 6d 1ollo wed it up with a gold CONCERT Strt!rl st'eks com merc1al a bl e Liberty, while Wally Whyton, J OHN SAN DRA to ma lli e good d emos, Profe111o n1I J want, I don't want war. I This w1l1 be the firs t maJor album of the same name, whos~ departure from Coun• FRIDAY JUNE 6th coll a boration e nv1 n1t'd. llrord or don't want to be one half of concert a p peara nce o r the appear at thie Irish Fo lk t ry Meets Folk in June w il l with FAULKNER KERR London a rea.-Box 8-41 4 a s ub-llend rh:-Clapton mock Dubliners m Bnta in for some Festival o n June I and 2 not be permanent, has a self• REDD SULLIVAN IF YOU requ1rr U pt' rt h t'lp In row. I k now t hat .~ o u can time and one o r the last They will he seen o n Eireann pe nned single on Fontana, TROU BADO UR , t.JO. obta1n1n1 the be1 t Introductions point fi ngers a t me I k now concert appearances by the TV next Saturday o n the Late "Out On The Rood " jusl MARTIN WINSOR JON BETMEAD and coi:itra ct1 with recordln li: a nd released DAVE & TONI ARTHUR publ11hmg compa ni u and m a n, ------. Lai"ie~h~:ve had two albums , Gerry Lockran's s ingle, NOEL MURPHY agf'me nt, we ca n arn,na:e a ll 1h1 1 " The Unicorn " and ·• Liver• "Standing On Your Own," is MONDAY for )OU Enormous 1ucce11es 1h 11 year - Tel Brian Dav11 01-202 pool Lo u " re leased m Britain out on the Decca label, and SHAGGIS by MCA Reco rds. From Ire­ AT CATFORD RISING SUH 0307 has completed a new a lbum, JUG TRUST SINGER'S NIGHT INTRODUCTIONS to new friiends land, they Ry to London for a " The Essential Gerry Lock­ And surprlsr gurs1s, 8• midnlght•. of the o ppoattc 1n arranied by t en-da y p ro motio nal vis it ran" Bu ff et•, bar" COME ANO HELP AT HANGI NG LAMP, Th~ Vi ne• post. Me mbe rs aged 111 upwa rds which Includes a s pecial The Spinners' lates t Fon­ SWELL THE COYt'ERS OF T II E yard, R•chmond. S pm ~Ye rywhere. Write for d etalb, p resenta tion at the Round­ tana single on release, "The l':f'OSS Adm 7s 6d Cttll Sharp s taling 11 1e, llayfa1r Introductions !louse. 2 Regent's Park Road, house, Cha lk Farm, London, Old Dun Cow," has some DAVE TRAV IS (Department 53 ), 80 Neal Street N.W I Nearut lllbp s la llon , :S s uperb C& W LP"s to dalt' London, WC2 on June 8. fruity Geo rge Chisolm t rom­ C11mden Town The Fa mous Jug Band, who JAN• SCOTT for 1 enu1ne bone o n it T his is fro m their ENFIELD FOLK CLUB friends, lntroducUons oppot lte have ha d t heir fi rs ! single , " Not Quite Fo lk" album due The Hop Pnll'ii. Baker Street, sex with sincerity a nd tbou1htful­ •· The Only Friend I Own," out soon. They have a lso Enfi eld ness, Details f ree. 5d stamp to recorded the theme tune, Jana Scott 50/ 84 Maddox Street ::1~~i1a:YthcL~ !~h nd~!coft1~ " Cricket Time •· which w ill he MARC ELLINGTON London W.1. ' Festival 1n Augus t W iu. heard thro ugho ut BBC TV's FOLK COURIERS MU SICIAN, 21, own ft at, i. por ts J ones, who hos had a s o lo coverage o r the t est ma tch ~~l ~,n~~i~ ~ P~tlofl~lf ' swln1lng a lbum released, has replaced series, a nd can be heard for HAMPSTEA D RUCBY clu b Red­ PENFRIENDS - Britain a nd C li ve Pa lmer in the group the first time nex t S a turday hill S I off Albany St N w l a broad (1t1t e age). - Dttalls, Ple n ty of a ct ion o n t he It may a lso be a future s ing le. ANDY AND REWS Sit'. Frie nd1 For Al l UUI ), 193 recording front of la te. Andy Alex Campbe ll had to Chatn,or th Road . Lo ndon, NW2 Fernbach, coun try blues cancel da t es last week be• MARQUI S of Cla nrlc• rdt'. PEN PALS ( Brltaln. Eu rope, a rtist , has formed a band, the So ut hwick SlrN!I, Pad dm,t:ton Overseas) Illustrated brochu re cause o r illness, b u t he hopes rree -lle rml!!I, Be r lin 11. B01 Andy Fernhach Connexio n, to be ba ck in action soon , CLA NFOLK PR ESENT ETH 17/ m , Ge rma n y I PM KEN SLAVIN 8 pm T-SHIRT ROMANC E OR PENFRIENDS En&l a nd / a broad 'l'hou u ndt of MINOTAUR, N11x'11 !lead , No rth members. - Details, World 17/6 Street. Claph11m Frie nds hip Enterprises Ml74 THE JACKSON Amhurst Pa rk N .111 • I ' 6 Res1den1 Sut• Taylor !~AIN no. Regular 1r1ps.-1179 DULCET FLUGELHORN 116 " TH E ROB EY " FOLK CLUB UNDER 217 Penpab a ny-wnere Ol" ENIN C NI GHT I I - Details free. Teenaie Club t'alcon House. Burnley. JOHNNY SILVO UNU SUAL !"EN-FRI ENDS! £:r O' BRIEN WI TH CHARLIE ~:=:~s ~~~ ~lrsh1~~ e:~n;·ge•~n~~~'!ia~~::' En!~~~~e ~ EOR::m:J~~h?.. 2(- - Dep t. M). Bu reau Br itannia. u !1~::.iore Grove, Ru1by war. TROUSERS St•\Cn Sislt'r!li Road, N.7, opposite ~~~§~~~rn:::rtt~~\ion t Pll'C;idllly WORLDWIDE CONTACTS! Fr t details plus photos e :r 7. Contact Sgns. Arran1tement , Munchen 1 B Box WALTON ~ MES, ltlB !24. Ge rman y. Th 11 1s the oge of the Fl ugelh« n a nd here is o lirsl-clon model from p" Ch un h Slrccl STAN ARNOLD MADDOX PEN CL UB . The \er)' the fomo111 Du lce! Brau range Comp lele w11h mouthpiece 1n ,. P rhen h be.-.t Br ing excll cmcnt, new In• aARRY SKINN I III leolhercloth·covered feh·lrned cose A-o,lob!• ,n 1ue1,t to your life. Sd stamp ror 11'"" bloc1 fre, d etail .-YR, !50 Maddox St blw red Lo ndon. W l TUESDAY lit) ... ,-llo""t'llhl YOUN G MA N d.s tn ~~--:.. £37 .7 .6 ll'ill):tinl Jtlrl t 17-Zl 1 ror clubs C0 MPl (U ou,nr AT FOX Islington Grn . N.l . con<:rrt . t'tc 0 1,:, IIA\'all' ,ho oti• 1....., ••I t-i ""' 0 1 •~"'~,...,, o,,..i.,. Dunbar Tull. O~·lan :and otht'rs -~ JACKIE & BRIDIE Lond,1n .lr.-11 - Box 8-411 Of.'.11 Wtt•k new re!i.ldt:nl IO~C!r DICK GARRATT FAN CLUBS 1/ 4 per word CLIFF AUNGIER CASUALS Offi cial Fan Club S.a.e. J o1ep hlnc Payne, 9 Ta11ea 11 111, Kwell. Surre)' Mon• y refundabl• If NOEL &''sHAGG1s FOLK & COUNTRY NIGHT 8 0 r• tumed a • new w ithin pl th,• DUlljtt'l>II ("Jul) Th«- Cupp, r ct~;.N~Y s a~tt.,t'~~c~~~ ia~~· Pete Stanley & Brian Golbey 7 da,,_ folHr Kridco: Ho• d. s EI der , 18 Carlisle Stretl , W 1 Malcolm Price Send P O lo. FOL K ~ ULHAM The Crayfolk JOHNNY SILVO HOTELS w,U bto ploying cit ROD HAMILTON AND Y AN• '4 per word FARGO ~:::st.'u 1~~~1E R: oT~ldM:Js)ON , Thl ST ON • HALL HOU SE HOTEL (20 CRAYFORD TOWN HALL, Kent m1nuh'll West End) fir t-dao MAIL ORDER THREE HORSES HO E$ FOLK fll(lln and hrNlkfost hOtl•I TNml on Saturday, 7th JUNE, 7.30-11.30 p.m. from 22N lld dally Hot and t'l'id, c,~-~=• T~t\;:.1111 .St ret't .Nr !lamp fully c1•ntnl\y h at<'d rill rooms Tlckeh al door 6 / - Liceni.ed bar 11 BENJI NCK $TRHT SIN GIERS NI CHT Sho\\ en bath 1nrlUSl\'t' T\' Radllt THIS IS A IEXl EY A.RTS rESTIVAt EVENT LONDON, W .1, E/ 2QZ IE 1~r)unt "'dl1•m•· Ynur h,1'1 1uun~e. 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INEXPIINSIV&. - 540 MSe. ;_~le uf;~ce;ir;;t,c :~c":t" te,e"i/.;, for 1nintng. - EnqulrlH lo AMATEUR DRUMMER seeb mu­ ALL-ROUND planl.st 1e•ks 14 3 VOCALIST for nc\ Roll in and register with mouth 8:156' 1 1 VERSATILE u1 now Wr II ,otm h•v'-' you CROUP AVAILA• LI:, Tuesday Plea.- opply, giving detoi11, to low ORGANIST/ LEAD vocals for Young PRO DRUMMER seeks ~:.~~JI ~1:l::rc':-n~.~:~~f1 ·foo "!= VOCALIST t11rning wh1\r you g-roovc' - and Wednesday. Soul, pop, latln, 1410, ,lo Melody Make,, 161 -166 procresslve free mu111e aroup - 11 SHOWMAN. Own 110-Wlll PA ~nrrh A1cncy. 2$ Kina, Road, Jan. - REL 6893 or BRI 3317, fllick, 452 5181 BIG BAND with good pad- P~iA,: ~J~~:rs~!mf'ccnder gear reQulrC!s pro gn>up, band Any fleet Stre• f, London, E.C.4, SW 3 iopposlll' Peter JontSI Tri. HOWARD • AK• II 1t.1na1. Ca­ ORCANIST / PIANIST (or well anywhere 1eeks worlljn& harmony group 1htn1< conaldrrrd - V•nr• 730 8122 up 10 7 p.m baret, anywhere, - 1111 GJ•n"ood established pro backln1 group 11 2 8 3551>, i.>Vll'nine• A Jam,. BASS GUITARIST and vocalist with retainer. Some re ading re Bo• No. 8409. c/o M•lod)' Mok•, ow~ ~a;sg ort. u A A 1 5 T ' 110 Oldwyk, BHJld(m, ,~~f'J: MAK• TH• scaNI, book our Carden•• IUord, Ol·HO 4043. wanted (100 watt) to join g u lln- 'J i"'~ arU1t1 In your area and urn quired - Details e.rpulence ll'lC 0 1 VOCAL IST do1,.1blln1 ,:u1111r / LOU PAUG• ll'I PR• lliNTA• 11-t and drummer workl n 11 g roup , Ill Box 8408 161 -166 flfff s1r ..t, london, E,C.4. b~~~~hG~~ee~ts~ir.a:: n,mmlH\On - Dclalll Box 71l H , TIONI. Banda 11nd Cabaret.-tl ~~~~ y° ~~1; ba.t,. Hll'kS pro hh•f'~ ht.a¥) progretslve blues - 672 :n:11 ORCANIST REQUIRED for prll 6 ROADI ES AHO V;,n, Wllnted, Oluwoo d Odna.. Jlford Ol•HO /aft er 7 pmJ . 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Manhall. - Trev. 472 5570 AND OTHERS REQUIRES WORK- !,,;:;;;;;,,;a;,;,,;;,,;,,,,====:::!1,a~z~Ag~T,~: n;,es~~~:. ';;;~~;1 INC GROUP. LONOON•BASED headlnir are NOT accepted gi~ 1 ::;!~~~ ;e:!r~a:sanirei~~:J e~ PIANISTS. START WORK THIS 9ASS GUITAR, n-pro (lop with • ox ND'S. - 590 2788 01 -6 44 8562 COMING WEEKEND, Wide choke Northern r,rcnrdmrc rroupl Seells ( NO SOUL) - 2'2 4044. SEC CA AGENCY. - 01 437 30113, CLARINET PLAYERS required. of lounge work, 1·5 ntghti. weekly. ••ort - Te l Che1ter 36158 p I AN 0-0RC.AN , rc~ldt•n(Y. Long-Vac Entertainments AMATEUR SONGWRITERS . ~f'nrl SKIN DEEP p rogrcss1vl' blues, Also youna men of sah ool leaving All areas. Now, lncreued r3tes. BAS S GUITAR Pro St'ek• work­ London (Young) - 603 2477 1rnywhl'rc, any time - OJ,550 age, keen to train for mu1lc1 I day 1 - -Clayman"s, Blshop,gatf' 5531 ln1t group or gl,i:s - COi, MU r:ur J1°c;~;.~; w:~h ~:roEn Work for Social 8322 career. - Details from RAMC (day). PIANO/ ORGAN, 21 - Ha.rcneld {r~~tC. BASS GUITARIST. doubllng 35H IMlddlf 1 Pnr.,dc•, H1l11ngdon Mtdd1c1ex Secretaries ond Social THE INDEX Sla lf Band, Ash Va le, Aldenhot. PROCRESSIVE CROUPS (London " THE YELl.OW BLOOD." Versa­ COLIN CAMPBELL, of New­ based ) required for manacement l)lues barmon1l.'1 50w Mnr• PIANO. - 01 '90 0210. Jihilll Vn:t amplilkallon. but no A.l ARRANGEMENTS. B Jil:t"I Secretorie,~el•d ll)e pop group, avallnble for rastl t' Please come home 10n or a nd recording - 01 889 2~84 PIANIST, el( nlghlclub, Si¥ht ford Avcnu(", BnrkinJ. 01·594 U!HJ dancu -Welwyn Carden 20956 or contacl us. No quC'Sllons asked. RELIABLE ORGANIST for vcr• 1ransport - Oavt Hulk.a;. 2 rC"ader. bulk. ;1cc cabarel. - f"hmwell Clo$t. Bromlt1 Hill, Luton 22300 EARN MONEY SONGWJllTING, 25241. Mum and Dad. util e semi-pro quartel , mus! Amazlnr frf!1t hoot lrllt how - Toi Camb,ldgo (0223) 63653 TONY DENNIS Band - GRE CORNET AND CLARINET rehearse, Jan infful'nced an ad• Bromley Kl'nl PIANIST, elrl drumm1•r, 11fgs. - 4491 (Mr. Searl(' a fter 6 p.m) playc.n required for the tlOYAL BASS (STRINC), ampllll<'d 974 10-13 1 ;~fi,a\\ \V:lu~rhd~nc Park Street PIAH IST/ OtlCANIST requires kc~S:-·1u t~~ordng::.~. L~~~~n TOP GROUPS available at Secca ARTILLERY (LARKHILL) BAND , read, busk. vacant 3ht. - WI. Agency - Please contact Captain W. Jes1op Bu1tnel!I 912 6988 l"IOmt ALLEN, RA Director o f Music, Gr~~~ red~1~:s•~/~~l~~~~r. p~t?f aso 5418 ~~a•n"J:rd,, Ex~~~~tve som'":per~~:~~- EXPERIENCED AMATEUR 1on1 SITUATIONS WANTED Lark hill, SALISBURY. Wills. erably singer. - Ring ror audl· BLUE5 GUITARIST relatively Reader/cabare1 London arll'a - writer nl.'('d~ pro fn.1lonal oullf'tf DOUBLE BASS and drum~ lion 7:S4 74114 lne.rperlcnced. lOOW equlpmenl, 363 OSH - Andrew,. ThalChld Couap REHEARSAL ROOMS wanted to play mod<'rn jan ror TRUMPET LEAD rcqulre-d. - .,,,anta to Join or form blues btmd PIANIST/ ORCANIST, 3 yt>3TS London Roa d . Oborne. Shcrl)ornt' J/. per word music nol money Enlhuslasm Ken Stevens, Samson and Her­ 8tl6 3313 (t-vening~) 1 5 Dorset. 1/ 4 per wo rd MUSIC TO LYRICS . VolC'l' t11pt' YOUNG MAN 1%2), 3 years essential. lllord ar('a -Flat 2. cules, Norwich CLARINET, Jan. dance - 992 ~C~d b~!eer!~~~~1ng a~:i~pa~~r'li • AND REHIARSAL ,tudlo 554 6887 TRUMPET or Corne, required 5133 only - Trench. 1137 41131 - 36 Sudbury I\Vt'nUt' Wt•mbh·y, )ourn11h.;1, P Jt _ 1clpl•r11•nc,.,; also 01-902 3,41(11 w1dr knuwh-d):t' and t·xper!ent·(' DO YOU play any o f the for well-established Trad1trnnal DANCER tpreh-rring progres• PIANIST pro 1vallable, d11ylhn t. ~~~~•0~lr-:1t~~\~ 5i'.c.lttl (I~:~ ronowlng JnstrumcnL,. ftu1e, ja:n band , Ox ford 11.rl'D - Oxford Sl\'C/blues) sttkl i,::tg~/group. - for aucUllon• etc. - STR 11134 PR.OFESSIONAl. A. ll ll AN G - m pop mu,;\( ,,;,:t'lu 1·111plo)'ml'OI 2071) Box tl3fl7 40717, Contact Barbara 72i lOH. I 30 PIANIST. - REG 2040 INC, topl\nea, e tc.-EIU• Rleh, LARGE REHEARSAL room, g:~tUsi\~~~nc,t,, f;:~n;~•s!~~m!~c~i~ WANTED - ORGAN BASS AND DRUMMER, an -,;ly\cg-, lllJ:(' 16, PIANIST. READ. BUSK . :iso 0171 (evtnlna •L slage, ground Door. - 837 3218 and you wish to join 1he Rei;ular DRUMS, 10 form backing group good looklng. tall. h1nd·,ome, ACCOMP. Write pllrti; and \r;ln)I SONGWRITERS . Demu tilPe!t by REHEARSAL ROOMS al George Army as a musician !or the new for live work and record pr(lrnu• hairy, 9 yean' ,•:i:perkncf' Full po1;1t1ons - asz uoa. pXpert :a rran"er Melc,d!ti \(I AGENCIES WANTED IV, Brlxton HIil 874 2tH three years engagC"m<'nt, please lion - Bos 8419 Prl'mler kit with extnl', 1<-elts PIANIST. RC'Sl d l'ncy.Mli,t!'i - 736 lyrics. S inK<"U" urrnn~c-mcnt, THE CABIN. The 1 reatest r e• per word write- 10: Bundmastl'r Raymond YOUNG KEEN trumpet n•11ulrrd wcll•known pro r,;:roup.-Rox 8372 2~17 Tnp llncs - 74 Lcwrnd~•r HIii, J/. hears al pad around. W:ut, The Quel'n's Own Hussars, for ruldeney . - Kl'n Stevens, DtlUMMER AVAILABLE. Ell• PIANIST SOLO/dance/al'rn, i,:-tgs -lngrl'b:iumc 47823. 1ST. ex recordinjl: group. !'iCeks material on d1,c tor dtmon1tra PRINTING member/i o f H .M Forces wllh TOP PRODUCTION COMPANY. ORUMMER EXPERIENCED, r e­ inventtv~. lnlciltKl'nl blue,; ba,i:cd lion purpnsc11 In our fully muskal expcri<'llce llr<' a lso In• MUST BE EXCELLENT READERS. llablc. g1g:re~1d<'M<'Y 642 9631 band. preferably pro - 01-1174 11 PUBLICITY 114 per word vll<'d to apply ALL REPLIES WILL BE AN • ORUM MER, EXPEJllENCED, 7023 ~~~f'i:Y!~11 ll~uiJ v~~;,~"l;ur F~~~ 10,000 HA NDBILLS, J:7 1011 DRUMMER AND CUITARIST, SWERED. - BOX 8418. ...-ersalllt, transporl - 5i4 2261 PAO HAWAIIAN steel gultarlal mu~1(' ,etting.11 to wurd,; Send JI- per word Samples, Whltmont Press, 2b vocals! to form grQup - Ga• DRUMMER, E)(PERIENCED. - 11ceka work on Ea~, COGlfl Any• words, manu1u:rlpt or your own Mount Pleasant RO llld. London, brlclle Will 45i5. 807 27iS t:ipc - City Mu,lc. ~cr;ilby. l'UBLICITY. Fabulous• Cheap• TWO ENTHUSIASTIC - J Brady, FUl'-Nlrk GtHIWin 01·4112 3fl:i2. s. E 1!I - 01·690 2696 DRUMMER, good s inger - DRUMMER, gigs / lounge - ~~t~~br~"u~s~d~2~~ Grt•al Yarmouth 603 2477 day. MUSICIANS 738 2868. SOUL versatile trumpeter, DRUMMER WANTED, Crl'ative. pref«ably Pion,•t Gulan11 and DRUMMER, GIGS. - Simon, 880 young rud - 01•278 4052 Must be muso! Crnydon area - 4431 . Drummer/Bongo Player, to joon Singer TROMBONIST TRADITION• 337 6350. DRUMM EJl . -Jim Tr.:n•ls, 01·603 AL / MA INSTREAM. Gllfl 4870 eve­ DRUMMER WANTED, semi-pro, ,n p,oduced act l!'fflbroc•lli Song, M11,c 4193. nings. musl be heavy, dedicated. hatry, ,;ind MaYeme,,I Coloured and whl• DRUMMER SEEKS J;QOd work- YOUN& DRUMMER, guod gl'hr Woodford a rea , blues Influenced m11i!c,on1 plea1e appl~ aox a-411 , c;;~fck;~:am~ondon - 892 seek~ work, llf,:ird a r e.A - 500 - 505 027-4. HJ pm cla "'Melody Mal•r'" , 161 166 Fleet ~~~3 3813 between 6 a nd 7 pm DUOS, TRIOS and other lounge StrNI. L011don. EC 4 ORUMMER. TRANSPORT. - YOUNG PRO FLUTIST DBL entertainers re quired Dcta!ls and 992•5133 ORGAN S EEKS GROUP. - TEL pholographs to Dec-Joy Enter• 0 RUMME R , YOUN(;. l'X· STEVE DAY SLOUGH 21761 pr1 srs Agll'ncy, 8 Thl rlmcre Road, perlenced, vcraatlle, wl\l travel Streatham, London, SW16. ARTISTS WANTED Pref Germany - Tt>I. 0111-480 2138 EXPERIENCED 1/ - i,er word ORUMMIA. - Ol•U3 nu. Go-c:;o DANCERS required also DRUMMER, 24. vcrntlle, semt• WANTED BASS GUITARIST D.J 's for weekdays - 1185 4045 pro, re.quires residency - R IP l•od Vo,al for iuper p1agrH11Ve 1212 1ar1er ti p.m I Franll r"ardlng group p1eporing for tour TABBY'S CLUB DttUMMER, 28, experienced Opposite Ealtng Bro11dw11)' Sta• Jau:, pop, diner, seeks work S. of U.S. Only r•ply if con ploy and lion, require Soul group:,;, Co•Go London. - Burgh Heath 54078. ,ing w•II. lox 1415, c/o M•lody dancers. - Telephone Mr F"cry, DUO•OR&AN , drums and voca\1, Young lay-out man for 5117 1777 a fter 7 pm. weddlnirs clubs etc - 580 8386 Mok...-, 161 -166 flee! Str•t, london, E.C.4. F OLK GUITARIST , MELODY MAKER. Bright pro/commerclal folk group, recording contuct, req uire lead ,~~t;!'.s~:;,c:~:•11~/Cl'_cl ia:R y~~rl~ Pe1er Rice approach. Web offset GRENADIE R GUARDS BAND now has vacanC1t'!f for experl• e nced Ba.soon, Snxophont> nnd ;o~~;;nri;r.~~A;p~c+;:r. - - - experfence an advantage. - rector or Mu11lc, Gr enadie r OUND -RE.CORDING Guards, Birdcage Wall!, London, STUDIO WANTED 5 ·~.JITARIST wanled for work lnlil to purchase m group. - 858 0249 London Full scope for the right 4~ or B~track equipment ATTENTION ALL Ring 769 1938 DRUMMING ENTHUSIASTS ideas. Must be N.U.J. JOIN NOW an aHodotion of yCMOr Ye,Y ow11 THE BRITISH DRUMMERS' Send samples to ASSOCIATION MAJ! CROW fot th• development of LAotB, 1001 f p..-cunive art WANTED _.,._f•t•~Mdy«t111M•t•1• ...... The Editor, (Dept. J) ,i- ,.,.d ,... ol'tl'•COI- I-""" d9N:IJ1 YOUNG(ISH)I? ORG.«NIST c,#.....,.i-.t,.p, ,.. ,.. , ... ,... '"• ...... , with HAMMOND or SIM. for "'-,.._, ., ..,...,..,.s_, small bond In London Oreo A,()Orf!.!. "'""''" ...... _,... - Melody Maker, 161 Fleet MUST understand pop. • ,:": -~l •.·:::.-;•"d•"••-'4tofwub,...·; .::::::. :-:, •.II b• o,..o,nl •• ,- ., 01-458 3492 "...._. ,., h,,ghr .._,,_. P11.,d 9••••"•ud Pul), Street, London, E.C.4 ~lu ll••ttd S• •P ~, Si.,, ...,,~1 ,ont O..,y ,o, ...... lftelt)O/. lu1htClt ,..,i,, ,.,_h,ct••• M O ,HHICAl CUllUlf IUHAU ro,.pl MHoS J. 30 ..UO 51.l

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Llll: S star Freddie King, EITH and J1m Lipthorpt, B Killing flooi and Arca• K proprietors of Stock dium pla) at London Poly. ton's Club F1t"sta, have allo­ technic Students Union on Freddie King plays cated £50,000 for msnaier Junr: 7, followed by Fleet• Cohn Hutchison to book star American acu: fo r the cluh wood Mac and Fat Oaugh­ over the next 12 months. , SIMON te1 (14). Already lined up for the The Ale, Wl'lsh band pla~ Students Union date F1t"tta are Bill Haley, Chuck !l'f Jau Nflrlh-West at tht> Berry. Len Barry, Ohio Wt l( idford l ommumty Centre, Expr,ss and the- Crystals and Cht>shire, on Saturday (31) Cohn has now sta rtC'd negol 1 /ack Laurence is to record s alions for Litlle Richard, the ~t rite; ,,f numbers with his Everly Brothers, Nancy S1· nn:ht <;lra fur 1he 88(. ·s Late nntra Roy Orbison, Gene Night Extra programmes P1tne)', Nancy Wilson. Jerry Th r- ~· ..-. 1\1 bt slotted into Lee Lewis, Tommy Roe, the ~aflC'US ed1l1ons Dick Fou, Tops, Stevie Wonder, James Music is rush-releasing Fats Domino, Tmy Tim and GARFUNKEL Cilia Black's "Surround Your­ Brenda Lee 'it'lf With Sorrow " m South says Colin: "We shall still Africa continue to present top B~it­ ish acts, but so many are tied up with seasonal engagements Single tha t we shall have to look to • America for 25 per cent of Stockport drummer Pett our stars," S1aples deps with the Humph­ rty Lyltellon band al the Conway Hall, London, on I • Salurday (3J) Billy Fury Scoop fo r Mothers at Bir• has a new singll' "White I mmgham who have signed DES Rose," written hv sln~er / American Richie Havens for L0mposer Jimmy Campbell r t- • < his only British club dote o_n leased on June 6 Ameri­ '- June 6, the night after his C"an blUl' S pianist Otis Spann conc-ert at London's Royal cpens a two week British tour - . -.. Albert Hall, at El Rondo, Leicester. on June 20 London Atlrac­ FLEETWOOD: free Camden Fringe concert uon:. &rt' negotiating to bring • Local boy makes good when O'CONNOR hack hluesmen Howling Wolt Stockwell College, Bromley, recorded as a s in gle a number elude Magna Carta (June 1), Jefferson stars in cabaret at nnd Lowtll Fulson for British on Saturday (3 l) ... a new titled "Come Laughing Saffron (8), Johnny Sllvo (15} La Dolce Vita, Birmingham, tours in the autumn Cupid's Inspiration single will Home," which is the title of a and Derek Brimstone (22) . Yorkshire hlues musicians be released shortly. They play new play based on Coronation Flirtations have a new album ~°:ne J:::r~n c~:1t~rac;~3 Mkk Whittaker and Jed Ti USAF Bentwatcrs on June l . Street which starts a seven· released tomorrow (Friday) on 5 • Turner have formed a new A new singer, John Fo rd has week tour of Britain at Deram. They leave Br1ta1n at ~i~hclr~e b;rg::i:' ~~~~1:;ni~~ hand calltd Snowy Wood. his first single, "I Know It's Blackpool next month. The the end of June for America this is his first appeara nce Love," released o n the Philips si ngle is released on June 6. but will be returning for dates there as a solo artist. label tomorrow (Friday) . . . Guests !med up for Mr on the Continent be-fore Lymington's Chord Club Leaves new group Money have Smith't club, M1mchester, in- coming back to Britain has been takin~ name groups to Hampshire for the past Groups set for the Camden four years A progressive and SPECIAL Fringe Festival f1 ec concert blues club, they present Eire tomorrow (Friday) at Parlia­ RADIO JAZZ Apparent on May 31. ment Hill Fields, Highgate, Marlon Montgomery's London, include Fleetwood British St.and ;ard Time Al: Jau, 10.)0 Q : Pop ;a nd J11u. WEDN ES DAY C•} week at Wakefield Theatre Mac, Taste., Edgar Broughton, FRIDAY (30) 11:S J : J au. 11.15 A2 : ceu t.o 9.15 pm Bl: Juz Worbhop 0 •.10 am J : J 11u Unlimited Know Jazz. ( Mike Taylor Memor ial, pl!r• ;~i~~r~du~t~iid~f Poet and the One Man Band, (Fri, Mon-T hurs). 6.30 pm T : As SUNDAY ( l ) rorm ed by Dave Kelly Croup, ;}1~~• ~ht and Ouster for 11.30 dally, exc.ept Sun day, 12.5 pm J : F inch Ba ndwagon. Charles Fox). 9.)0 E : Clarkt­ dancing girls at the Yorkshire Bennett. The concert, organ­ l .10 H2: J au. 8.23 Al: R and B 4.30 Hl: Benny Ballay Ouartet. Bolande Big Ban d . 10,30 Q : Jazz nitery ised by Blackhill Enterprises, ( Daily, excepl Sunday}. 9.0 Bl : 10.0 Bl: Mike Raven's R ;and • Club 11.20 H2 : " a d io Jau LP starts at 9 pm. Jan On Ont. 9.35 U: o. C. Show. 11.0 Bl and 2 : Best or Mag;uint. 12.15 am E: Jan. MCA Records A and R Smith, Jeannie C. Riley. 10.0 J an ( Humph}. T HURSDAY (5) Hl: J au. 11.15 E : Jau from MONDAY (2) 7.)0 p m E : Intim ate J au. • The Move and Moody Blues controller Mike Sloman has Poland, 11.30 T : Pop and J an 7.45 pm Bl : J ust J an {J ohn Programmu s u bject to change. resigned and leaves the com­ ( Dally, -cepl Sunday). 12.0 T : Dunn). 10.20 E: Kurt Edelhagen KEY TO STATION S AND have been forced by barring pany at the end of June . . J . Jan (dally, ncept Sun day}. Ork 11.0 A): F r ee J au. 11.25 WAVELE NGT HS IN METRES clau$es m other contracts to .l. Jackson and the Greatest U .15 am E : Pop a n d Jau H2: J au History. 11,45 Al: J an A: RTF France 1-1129, 2·348, bow out from La Reserve, Little Soul Band In The Land SATURDAY (31) Panoram 11 ( Hugues P;a nauie} . B : BB C 1-127, 2-1500/ VH F, 3- Sutton Coldfield They arc play USAF ba.se, Akonbury, •.s am J : Finch Bandwagon. 12.5 am J : Bobby Troup Sh ow. 4"4/ 188, 194/ VHF. E : NO A Ha m­ replaced by Love Affair (June SUPPLEMENT Unc:,, tonight (Thursday) and 12.0 n oon Bl : J au Record T UES DAY (3) burg 30,/ 119. H: Hllversu m 1- 9) and Marmalade (23). The Requeits (Stava Rau}. 2.15 pm S l" M H2: Big Ba n d Beat. 5.25 402, 2-291 J : AFN 54l/ 344/ 2TT. Eclection visit the club on Assembly Roomi,, York, on Y2 : Radio J 11n Magazine 4.15 H2: J an. 5.45 BJ : J an Tod ay O: BA Munich 315/117. Q : HA Satllrday (31) . . the Idle H2: B lues Power. 6.)0 Bl: J an ( Charlu Fox). 10.30 V: J au Fran krurt 506. T : VO A 251 . U : June 2, followed by Grape­ Race are on Radio One·s Top Club ("oy Budd T rio, Lionel Corner. 10,)0 O: Jau J ournal. llad lo Bremen 221. V : ltl d lo fruit and Emperor Rosko (16) Gear on June 29 and play at Crlgson Snlet, Hump h ). 10.1 11.0 U : Be nny Good man. Elreann 530. and Vanity Fair (30). BRON AGENCY LTD. THE CHERRY TREE 29-3 1 OXFORD STREET, W. 1 4 37 506 3 WELWYN GARDEN CITY , HE RTS. booked the complete bill for Controry to any other sta tement, this OUT TODAY CROESO '69 BLUES FESTIVAL club is open under new monagement ABERGAVENNY, MAY 23rd EVERY Tuesda y for the best in blues. with TUESDAY, JU NE 3 rd, in response to FLEETWOOD MAC · JETHRO TULL de mand, a living legend: ELMER GANTRY • EYES Of BLUE HOWLIN' WOLF l! DAVID SYMONDS Tuesday, June 10th Entire Festival organised by FAMILY Abergavenny Youth Entertainments Committee the gteat Tuesda y, June 17th NEW ~occet weekly! FREDDIE KING ,, bi st ever football weekly PacJcr-d with interest for everybody Hr rt ·GOAL 111 CALIFORNIA BALLROOM • DUNSTABLE EVERY Thursday Discotheque Friday, M•y 30th- Fantastic AH -Amencan Blue, Show featuring EVERY Sunday Live Tamla-Soul Read Bobby Chorlton', diary HOWLIN' WOLF weekly plui plu. plu1 JOHN WILSON'S CLUB CUBANA * Manchester City in glorious colour FREDDIE KING 45 Grosvenor Rood, llford, Essex plu1 plu1 plu1 * More colour with Wyn Davies Tel. 01-,78 1836 ond Allon Clarke JOHN DUMMER BLUES BAND Every Tuesday, Horry Stoneham Trio and KILLING FLOOR with Pete Morgon IMorgan•Jame1 Duo) on ban Ac1mi111on 10/- l.JaiMed bllra td1 1 • m Doors open 8 p m 1,tl lata NEW MEM&EKS WELCOME BEACH BOYS are he re for another se ll - out tour. To day, the paper that leeids the pop scene bri ngs you a new front-pa ge colour picture of Carl, Dennis, Al, Bruce and Mike ... plus the sta rt of a sens ational new series on the group. A new series of inter views with a great group, which no Beach Boys fan dare miss ! It's in Britain's best-selfing co/our pop weekly GET DJ:SC and MUSIC ECHO OUT NOW P•J:~ 24-MFLOUY MAKER, M ly 3 1, 1969

NOITIC(On AUU NOIIMCOn A¥1Nut 0 0 ~~~/,(~@feo2'j THE NICE "°l MUSIC EVERY NIGHT Admiuion free first night with this advert Mey lell ond Sundny Lun,hhme, 12-2 pm Ttw"-• Ju- 12 2-31 Clu~. R.A..I 1 ..11np • vrne A,.m,n,•n Ir•• ••c•pr 5atu,dar al Adm u••n fr•• •II •nuon1 •t 0 PETER JOHNSON ENTERTAINMENTS Jun• 1 > Mrr'"94- ( sTEPPENWO LF ~ Cl .., Hltchffl THE KENSINGTON THE TALLY HO! Kitndown. Crttobl'ook. K•nt Uml:»rhutlt 0892· 78 516/566 n,..-•. , June 19 .....,..,. Clu~ lfUS~Ell CAIIDH~~ HOU.A.ND lfQAD fOlfTESS IOAD KENTISH ·owN Sol• Ag•nts lo, ...... , ,.,_ ~~ Glass Menagerie 7& KfNSINCTQN WI• N w S .... Jun• 20 St. E,.rnun4'1 Iv,~> 17 73 31 91Ol~mpo1 lu••• OJ 13• 137 21 • o• Hail, O•fe,4 \ Explosive Spectrum Light Show ~0 K•"' ,~ Tc ..,. 1.,1:,. , , ., JASON 0 0 KIPPINGTON S.r., Jun• 21 '"-ntiln, ...._...... , ' Thvnd,;,y, tll P"' ~ D.J.: Jeff Dexter "J_ STAN GREIG QUARTET LODGE CREST 1/llST L.I' · ""lull et G~• c•" frda-,. a..11 pm BRIAN GRUN ~! OUT SOON 2 ~r,dc,y'Solurday. I 11 p"" o{ Tic:e~~;:::a:~~-f;:;~;~;~Ns;~ B~;,'~;;;:~to- Jo TtD WOOD JAZZBAND So!urdoyl-llpm ----.. -...-,1 BRIAN LEMON TRIO I I ~ello Rood, W. 11 ; Grand Central Posten, I 00 Chor- ~\\ Sundo-, l.-h1,...._ 11-1 p"' RUFUS MANNING :;.c:... 1ng Cron Rood, W.C.2; and Lyceum, Strand, W.C.2 ),:~, JOHN SURMAN olld S1111doy N-.ihl, 1-10 ]0 pm ~c o <:._.:> <;_,:> o Sunday lun,;h1,,..., 11-2 pm TAUYHO!BIGBAND ASSOCIATES Bill Nlll'S GOOOTIME BAND Monday. 1-1 1 p m 47 G USSON I O AD. CAMHIDGI ~o"~~ ~ 0~.,2-,~,..o CA.MIS. {022>1 6-3301 S"ndoy rughl. 1-10.JO pm JOHNNIE RICHARDSON FATJOHN COX BOSSA 4 DIXIELAND IAND THE JOHN DUMMER feolur,ng Vocol,ot JUDY HILL Mon.IT,-,., 1-11 p.m . DENNY OGDEN'S OCTET JOHN WIWAMS TRIO The Maued Gadgets of Wedn.,.day,81lpm BLUES BAND W.cJ Judd P.OCTOll j!1.,,to,), llflAN Auximenles Sole Rep.: RONDO PROMOTIONS LIMON (•,onoi KENNY NA"H ALAN LITTLEJOHN/ Some Musica I 7 Kensington Church Court1 London, W .8 (lou) PHIL StAMEN lOru""J 1-11 pm Calllsthenlcs Ring Tony Hodges at 01 . 937 3793 TONY MILLINER SEPTET DON PARTRIDGE THE BRITAIN'S MOST EXCITING GROUPS WITH THE THE THE PINK BUSKERS ART ORANGE FLOYD IN CONCERT MOVEMENT BICYCLE The AZIMUTH the finest of the Street Enterta iners Sole Agency: Star attractions of records. radio and television CO-ORDINATOR BIRMINGHAM, Town Hall M•y :>Cl f.trti.,4 H.11, C.O'f'OOH NEMS ENTERPRISES LTD., NEMPEROR Enquiries to ACUFF ROSE MUSIC LIMITED Jun• I If•• ci-..... CAMlllOOf Thursday, May 29 (7.45 p.m.) J...,• 10 u1,,.,- H.. I, HllAST HOUSE, HILL ST ., W.1. TEL . 01-629 15 St, George Street, London, W 1 01 -629 0392 '-• 14 C•lu.,, H_.I, l.15T0l , Mansion House Round Room Ju,.. IS Gull4holll, POHf.MOUTH 6341 . J- 16 "'9 0-., a.t/OH'l'ON Friday, May 30 (6.45 p.m. & 8.45 p.m.) J-• 20 ,_., Hhll..__.,,c_ llVHf''t. BELFAST, Ulster Hall Nole 22 Jr- f,-1• Hal, MAHCHUTU. Saturday, Moy 31 (7.45 p.m.) WHISKY If GO GO "'i vi:E°sslfR\!' THE FINAL LUNACY f RlAJS I ;~;-;;h BUNKERS BRAIN I June 26 FREE MEMBERSHIP ON OPENING NIGHT ROYAL ALBERT HAU JOHNNY HOWARD MON., JUNE 2nd : ~~;~~~ SMILE \ LONDON BAND WOTH MIKE COOPER I :::.~~ FRONT LINE BAND ~ t ..•OfJ"'•,..•~I LAURA LEE • DANNY STREET • TONY STEVEN MANDRAKE PADDLE STEAMER (Cen,;.. u ,n 360" 11••••1 7 JO p m HEAD SOUNDS by ANDY OUNJ(LE Y ··~•Af"KJ, 11 '-,,mltr 111 •-. c...... Cimrs, INffll, WU 11-U.m• IJGHTS br o,nc NERVE NICE PEOPLE by NICE l'EOl'LE : :::7. PLAYGROUND : L 33-37 WARDOUR STREET, W.1 01-437 7676 J CHAMPION i::::,,,, thurMav29rh %;roor1 Com,r,ntioo "BENEFIT JACK DUPREE John~•Ron'O-,;i;;:-Y.;:K,;ngCrimson-JackleM-=-uly FRI ., 30th MAY , from I-Vil Judy Oybla-Princi,pal Edwnirds~lcn-tra . Remember Humph at th• Eclection-Forest-l!ridget St.John and other•• OUT Tick•h 7 / 6 1n ad~onc• from friMay30th CfrJectior/. HEAVEN Canway 7 Naw - S.U .• Phlllooa Fowcett Cell ... ~ TOMORROW! 94/100 Lelghom Court I.cod ~ satMay3lst "Ftelty'Things (SPARK) STIEATHAM, S. W l6 i); LYMOUTH frijuneTull ~ PHONE GOSPORT 81867 / 85385 NO HOME TODAY E,rrorth~ Ro,d - =,- 51326 satjune7th Caravan HUMPH LUCAS ud !lie RETURNS TO CM MISTER NUMBER ONE MIIE COTION SOUND C.B S RECORDS "REPUTATION" on CBS releos•d 9th May No 4276 May 31st-June 22nd THE CONWAY TOUR Of SWEDEN STEVE MILLERS DELIVERY A No One Record from 43- 44 Al~wt• s~. i...,.,_, W .I Hounslow Labour & Social Club May 31st, 7.30 sharp MAY•• 1436 20 Neath Road, Houn,low SHY LIMBS CONWAY HALL SATURDAY, MAY 3ht, 8 p.m. 0202 77354 Red Lian Sq., Landon, W .C.1 JOHN WALDEN =::.::.::.::.::.::.::.::.::.::.::.::.::.::.::.::.::.::.::.::.::.::.::.::.::.::.::_- KULT '======:======:! T,ckets 15/- & 10/- from DobeU s Mal\agement WORKSHOP The Logical ProgreH:on toward• Perfection 7 7 Channg Cross Road London MICHAEL O DRISCOLL GREAT MUSIC GREAT SOUND WC 2. or London Jau Centre W IN FIELD 604 MARSHA HUNT Soc , c/o Chns Well~rd 6 Lewis For Haod Music and lluH ham Wiy. New Cron. London Agonoy 01 -156 0471 AUDIENCE SE 14 Tel Ot -692 5534 THUNDERCLAP NEWMAN Sole Rep. RONDO PROMOTIONS J P SCHOflELOOl-836 2899 7 ken1ington Church Court, London, W.8 Tickets available on 1he door P1oduct1on PEDESTAL MUSIC now available for Ring Tony Hodges at 01-937-3793 Sole engagements; also representation of one of the BEN-:' FRAME "c"iis .. ·iv·i·s·· 1 country's leading The Entire Sioux Nation DENNY CURTIS f.nq,,,ir•• lo CUFF HITTLE with RICHA•D IENJAMIN ASSOCIATES LIMITlD soul bands Loadstone "THE MESSAGE" ll:191',,I Ha,,,1,,1 ll:119"nl t00d Ho"!,.f RELEASE 6th JUNE Slolc.-on lr•nr T•I 1071:2) 14•1 J'il•96 contact All enquiries - 01·670 0956 Peter Rudge BRUNEL UNIVERSITY STATE ROOT 'N' JENNY JACKSON Acton, W 3 (opp White Hart) with The Zenith Band • Tu.,• At lo n l awn EXPRESS TRACK FU., MAT 30tt., 7.30 p .m. Telephone ~ f I BOB KERR'S 078 883-687 I 688 'L-

WEDNESDAY cont. 0 1. UES LOFT. HIGH WYCOM BE THE RETURN, AT LAST FREDDIE KING CLUBS P LUS TH~ KILLING F LOOIII manguoo90 Wardour Stre London W .1 BLIJES POWER fru,.,,n rrn •n S tn t l R,•;1d111 LEVEE CAMP MOAN ; Howi1·N·G : ~Nkc~·,MsoN SATURDAY co11t MONDAY p\u., \!Ut'•l" ~I J .i ml' lnhr m;1r ,t CIRCUS FLAMINGO ""-'«J, ,.. ] • ? AT 3J.Jl WAROOUR STRUT, W. I "'"'"'' ,..,y2!ilf'I , IILACI< • OTTOM STOMPERS. AL FAIRWEATHER, .JOHN FELTHA ~ ICKETERS, •• WOLF ERIC SILK'SSOUTHERN Gre1•n Man . lllacllt1e• ll1 l"ICARO , Douir Murro c.,u ,ntll 111 1h ~I ALAN ELS DON. *JOHN DUMMER AUDITION NIGHT t.:"*M\n,t•t•***** 11 .J lf 1,lnnn . I nw r r Rfrhmond BLUES BAND !.e~.:._..::- .:;.::::. FR16A"S ALL-r,.;ITERp,SETt ARE hn~~UESCIE~. Tv.ukrn A•JJ d . Pulnv)' GOTHIC .JAZZBANO. E a rl nr JAI.lBAND ~,1ndw1ch ,t McKENNA MENDELSOHtl ._ "'" _..,1 ~O'°ZN~ -~UULSl fA~cr ~LlC~Mi SHAKEY VICK MAINLINE 1.-00, ,.,. , ,, · I0-1 • M1yJ01h l,._RLY IT'S THE. DIG LEVEE CAMP MOAN ANGLERS MAGDALENM.AY BALL ''°'' TONIH CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY Broo m Rd, T;• ddl!IJll "n •• di 'KEN COLVER'SJAZZMEN DAYE M~ Jan 8Jnd ,. ... , ··•""""' """ AYNSLEYDUNB ~l~S~T ,._9,~J~~N'2't~NWi~'J ~HJ Thilfflf'I TV ~ludlO l COLIN SYMONS BAND THI . YE.-.R or TH£ f.:XCITING R!!Jdln« Ru,:b, c:\uh • The S ,rnd S ft"a lurn lhl' BLODWYN PIG •RETALIATION !11,u,d,,) May31•t rcdoul,t,1 bh INEZ ANO GILLON'~ ROUND• SAM APPLE PIE ,._WINE TERRY UGHTfOOT'S ABOUT, 24 p nl J;!.n modl•rn ~•m W,•11,•r" f {'L h1r 2 Lowndr• MOBILE DISCOTHEQUES All-STAR JAZZBAND CHARLIE Court , ol'f l:,1rn11b\ Strrt•I W .1 1/4 per word AT PLOUGH STOCKWELL, S.W.9. A BETTER So und with Pt•nn)' :rcmiMoRGAN Bfll NILE'S GOODTIME FOXX ROYAL ~J !- Club and Kathv ~ DIS{' Sho w - Phone ,t PEGASUS Too]t')' S!t("tl SEI PHIL DANNY MOSS 5H ;5u -PM S~AMUI, , PETE EWSON'S HOCLINE ACTION DISCOTHEQUES. UN BAND lHE INEZ ANO CHARLIE FOXX KINC, TERRY S HA NNON, REG 5 PETTIT, MART FRA NKLIN COOKS FERRY INN QllY. F.TIONABLY STUPENDOUS, manquee sfudios • ~:~7.::.:..-:-;- ;,:;;:;; ~y J uN111 A ~ uJt:L !ROM a r .- now du l" to l'itpa n s 1on . ~7~:f ~T~G~ Angi:I • oed. Edmonlon a blf' lU oll'N Ro•d Sho.,. OON'T MISS IT COME E.-.RlY THE OLD~USE Kln1u land Ro;ad «oil Old SO. t2 Groups. Bi nds. Dis<:o_thequcs, Go · MARTIN .JOSEPH , GILL LYONS BLODWYN PIG ALEX WELSH tt•~t,t,~: t.!.! t!.! DENNIS SMITH, • ~~-n ir~ ir;~~s... o ;~tt~'r:ti.r·~ ~~~rro 1 OAYE JONES' BAND. Tudllr 0413 ~ Jul'lll 2r,d t:ft'r.R ~6'u,tfL .... ~~l6 -:,gE HI~~ TOFTS FOLKIESTONE (;r~c•(' Jlou~t'. MAIDSTONE A DISC JOCKEY with powt•rful BLUESVILLE '69 CLUBS A London Jau C.noe E.....,mg e.-.cK AT THE FLAMINGO ...G1'1N 11 111 , • ' p o rta ble Hl•FI cqulpment - 01 - RICKEN BECKERS DUNKIRK FESTIVAL WINNERS COOL BIRO CURTIS QUINT. "~.::::.~~:~ '.;~~RP A•'°'""' CLUBS REOPENING SOO N A1AN SKIDMORE QUINTET GREEN MAN . BLACKHEATH HILL :.. td Mob\h• Dlscol hl'quu for WATCH THIS ADVE RTISE ME NT COMBINATION TOWN HALL, HIGH WYCOMBE EVERY MONDAY. ADM , FREE 7 HOWARD RILfY TRIO ENQUIRIES. 01-73) 5451 ~~~9 1~~J•~ 10'~!:tl~n: pm> Ol-4!1 All enq uir i es: 01 -348 2923 ONE OF THE COU NTRY'S BEST KEEF HARTLEY ylllt(llv. Jun•lrd ~~\~N,ti~f'\i~ 1Na°¥~eiHOWS MUSIC • Y ERIC SILK, .Ship llnll'I yoGERANIUMu alw:t)5 promise. T h e d yod iscotu nchlftqu~ - I'======L ======~ Rru:linJ SLUES NIGHT SIMON STABLE'S DIET 01·60S-9t1 21, eve nin gs W [ D., JUNE 4th, 8 P.ffl . _ 1 o .ffl GOTHIC JAZZBAND. t~rl Of OUT·O-TOWN MOBILE Dls- STEAMHAMMER MEN!************ THERE ARE GIRLS GALOR(·•·· Sandwich cothl'qucs. for any f unction - SAVOY ( w'.~::;;:;o, ) (ATfQRD EVERY WEEK BECAUSE ALL GIRLS L11mbtrhurs t. 0812•78•516 I 5611 "~•vJune 4lh ARE ADMITT£0 FRU ANO THIS READING " SHI,,," EIIIIC SILK. Kl' Til SATURDAY, MAY 31st IS DATE-MAKING NIGHT SO SUNDAY RING OHIOO lWS (cvenm1P Ft- A•ttroho COME iARL y ANO ENJOY YOUR VNy mobile discotheque All 5£LV£S ANO DANCE TO AT THE CLERKEHWELL RESURRECTION CLUB Ot'CISIOn ll' YARRAYARRAJAZZBAND TAVERN, I p . n,. THE LONDON THE WARWICK SOUND AND AROUND. Th e TONI ROCKET DISCTET YOUTH .JAZZ ORCHESTRA. Ul t lm ate Soun d - 01-2811 3293 ,UU T UCI NSII> UI ....ii IUTAUllAHT EAST • ARNET ROAD (HR ALEXANDER PUB) any Hml:' PRINCE BUSTER UD1JC9 um ,01 S'fl.lOIN'f MIM&IH ..,., _ ., ... c.,. ,_ ..,. ..,...., BOB DOWNES OPEN MUSIC STROBE LIGHTS, 111 ens and 26 *************** BROOKS I, WRICHT PLUS WORDS TURNSTILE ens. - Tel 612-3881 d ay. i03-H38 EVEIY SUNDAY THE 100 °"" 1oo n ,lord Nl:Alt UIC l H O SQUAil Strett SHERMIAHS AT PLOUGH, STOCKWELL, SW9 JOHN ,.,.....,, ..., ,, .. , -,.JO,...... WOORLITZA MIKE WILSON DUO GREYHOUND, l liKh Rd, Ch 11 d • PLUS PALE GREEN LIMOUSINE FAHEY well H eath KEN COL YER'S JAI.lMEN AT THE PLOUGH, ILFORD ...... ,,,..,. 1o,,.,_,,,,_,, .. ,, .... QUORUM PLUS ' +JOHN PEEL FISHOOK BLUES COOKS, CHINGFORD BRIAN EVERINGTON QUINTET BRETT MARVIN & CROMIT LIGHTS. SU l"D r d'! v a lid ROYAL FOREST HOTEL + JAN DUKES DE-GREY QU<'t'n Ehz.abcth slept hcn• • LACK BOTTOM STOMPERS. 12/ 6 tH£THUNDfRBOLTS JAZZ AT THE THE EAST SIDE STOMPERS Gl'Orj,'1' Mo rden

CY LAURIE JAZZBAND ;i.t the TORRINGTON suavl" Cam bridge llutcl, Cam CIVIC HALL KULT berley tA30J, Jan fo r li stening - HIGH ROAD, NORTH FINCHLEY nnd dancin g In o lde worldl' DUNSTABLE C 1.5 HCORDING AIT1$TU lnum.ite atmoii;phl'tl'. 8 pm THAMES HOTEL HAROLD McNAIR FLEETWOOD MAC J . , . SCHOFIELD AGENCIES l'<•"'P'•"' C•1t rl, MlchlleH• WITH THE BILL LE SAGE TRIO OAVIO JONES. J,n,men O M T 01~836 2899 Ni::r:l Wci:k, DICK MORRISSEY CroXII') Jew l lckffl ovolloble + BABYLON ANO TERRY SMITH. TUESDAY BLUES fR!(glJ(& HIS DENNIS FIELD, IUn l'htlm t;>, Prmcl' Albert, Kin.: Slrtct SOUlHIRNJAUBAND LEVEE CAMP MOAN G r een Man, P lumstead . M;aldl'nhe ad Vivien Ki ng Edward VIII Collegt, Com• DUNKIRK FESTIVAL WINNERS LEVEE CAMP MOAN Balfode Group m cr·c l~I Rd. BIRD CURTIS QUINTET. BOB WAIUS' TERMINUS HOTEL, GRAVESEND. plus 1;:u,1-t ,;; St Jamu JnO r mar)' olCompaniH O,,ENINC NIGHT! Albany JJU SIORfYVlW JAZIBAND m t'n al Lord NJpll'r Thurnt,111 061-2281451 Hrath GROOVESVILLE WELWYN GDN. CITY RtlHst dolt "W;1kr Arm~ .. IAII) EpplnJ.: LP. on Stobie KIN COi YIR'SJAZZMEN THREE TUNS, 8ECKENHAM JOHN SURMAN QUARTET Nl'xl CHERRY TREE SU 8002 torfy Juna Thundil\ MIC"harl Garrick S(':tlt l HOWLIN' WOLF WOOD GREEN"'''_,.,., KEEF ArM•) 100 CLUB, Oxford M SlrNl11y FRIDAY STEAMHAMMER ALAN ELSDON'S A LBION , KENSINGTON 1oppo• HARTLEY ~Ill' O]ympli41 Mod1• r 11 Jn17 ('Vt•r) T"" Bar, C. • rdr n Ml" m e. 8 6. ThwrM.-,, Moy 'J 9 1 c ...,.1-,. T_ .,,..,, Ftltl•w, M•y 30 , a.,.i.,. Cl...,, 1.,,1.,.. _ . JAZZ MEN!! .. rid ;,~ Thi'- v.t l'k thl' HARVE 'W' l 0ut•~h 7 6 WEDNESDAY fr• nt, •-1.11,.. 1 ..rt -·Centtelole Moll, HwlL s-,,..4•y, Mey 31 , ,,._ ,..... , WOOD BAND ~ •.• • Sunday THE FAMILY c.11 ..• . OafeNI , ,.,,...,.,, J...,• 11 rhe Cricket.,.., Ch-• ,- T-...ley. J.,_ 3, T opf'nln~ Junt- 20 t: W c a,wc ll , The Se( re1ary, Green M.in 1:U ad..huth "C:ro uH Wl1 1l' ,'" \\'Jkl• Arm ~. l-==--"'='---===;:__---11 BL UE S LO~WYCOMBE. 1:;ppin 51: Out' tu C" lrrln,I e rror SH AKEY VICK 'S BLUES BANG S 11 vu ~ Rrown n o w Jpp1•umg 161h • KING'S HALL ROUNDHOUSE THE KE NSI NGTON PLUS NEW OYNAFLOW Juru ronn1e ROMFORD MARKET LODGE AVE., DAGENHAM ' USUU GAltD(N 5. W 14 EARL /~ch \ arr • GUN CaOYOON 11 .30 Phll M"""Y,Jt.1,-2~ s...... ,_,M..,31• l .,lt'I 49 , 9 . 7J ll r n1"-n Yarr .i J au~_""- - SATURDAY MAY 3ht scott's Wednesdoy, Jwn• 4th ERIC SILK , Th;Unl'~ Hol d .JAZZ AT THE CHICKEN AYNSLEY JOHN ll ;a mpto n C~ ALAN SHACK .' DUNBAR COTHI C .JAZZ• AHD, R1, ,• r huJ I TORRINGTON Until May 31st HIGH ROAO, NORTH FINCHLEY SURMAN NEWFRIDAY' J.C. SKIDMORE TOMMY WHITTLE Adm111IOI\ 6 Sliidcnh S MIOLAND ARMS, HENDON BARNEY KESSEL To book o loble ,.,g 619 1700 FRI MAY ) Olh WITH THE EO FAULTLESS TRIO * RAILWAY * WWDSTONI* CAIJFORNIA BALLROOM TRIO n.a. S1,111My-PNm J-.i,. TONY DESBOROUGH IOHN SURMAN QRT. COUNTRY CLUB Wlril,.,...... Dwo1tuol• .2I04 QUINTET SO yord1 lel~,u Pork T,be N W J RAY WILUAMS & IATUIDAY, MAY 1ht THE GREYHOUND, REDHILL, 1, JOHN P ETTIFER TRIO JON HENDRICKS BULL'S HEAD &RICHTON ROAD, FROM I. BA':t~l S BRIDG E PAO SHI THE GRENADES BAND + 7 .30 p.m. A4m. 7 16 GENO WASHINGTO ONE STC)PRECORDS PINDER CLEVELAND BAND, lHllllent l•l• DISCOTHEQUE l .unc 111 11TH' Bn ll kh'} J il l'k PETER KING QUARTET TONY LH TBIY JINKINS Eve ry Saturday Night ...._ - 11 . 11 no ,sa &THE RAMJAM BAND TONY AICHI• H..,.,.,.lWffloH,.,,,• SIOt- tll1 C.,;...... _.. ...~ •• ,.. RICH'ii'HA VENS June 2nd for 2 w eeks TwHdo,. w . ,1,...4o,....,l....,wJ., 1..W...t•hy"-~• '""' allL LI SAGI JIIO o s TER-;:EYJAz Z CLUB SKIN KENNY BURRELL ft, !KM & ~n l....,.Jw _ ....d h • ~""a CAT CLUB, WH ITE HART, ACTON PIEO BULL flTlNO June 16th f or 2 w eeks SAT., 31st M A Y THE BULL ,_., LEW HOOPER SHOW ADM, •I• \..-.day -h1--w.. ,;1,i ,_ SATURDAY UP . RICHMOND ROAD MAYNARD HAROLD McNAIR KEEF EAST SHEEN f_,.._ HAROLD McNAIR KLOOKS KLEEK FERGUSON IAll~AY HOTH 100 WEST lND lANf. WIST HAM.~StfAD NW l FLEETWOOD MAC •" ~ BILL LE SAGE TRIO ------BIG BAND JON HENDRICKS THURSDAY, MAY 29th TUESDAY, JUNE 3rd HARTLEY UPSTAIR5-teGtvrtn9 • ~ PET E KI NG QUARTET THE AUDIENCE TRIFLE LIVERPOO L FAIRPORT BENEFIT INDO-JAZZFUSIO NS SCENE "" .1 DICK MORRISSEY ALL NURSU FREE I EAST OF EDEN Al ROUNDHOUSE FREE & TERRY SMITH 47 Frith Street, W.1 Thur•., Jvl\e Sttu IOOT & JINN1' TU(S., JUNI lOt+i, f llOOll KINO D J Hffy ftoyd M.,.,t Iron'! Mw11llond... rwlCk St STAN ROIINSON Nut fro4o,- k ( Ff HAl:TliY Gerrard 4752/ 4239 FREE LEW HOOPER D.J. AlAN SWORD DJ. PAT B r c lb,-Mf-lOOY MAKfR. M1y 31, 1969 ···································································· ...... TUITION 114 per word BILL A • ALLAD 11nrlnit <'aurr Classified Advertisement Department Mclrn ~chool of Sm,::101 tr.ain• "'Nl:LODY NAllEII.. , 151-IH Fleet SlrHI. London, E.C.4 you for profi:nlonal wort on TV, rt'cord• and cluba Many forml"r LEWINGTON Enquinu fLEet Slreet 5011, t.1 171. 176 & n, 1tudl'nl! now 111.lra on TV and rl'l·ord .-Tt"I RIV t:!:!11 for vnu.t' LTD. lt'H to u 1·-. your poltnt11I nlESS DATU f,_.e,y effMI wrll be mode to include clou1fied odverhsemenl1 received ofter A • llANO NEW 1u11.r· 11udlo now ot 0 11 10 om. on the Fridoy p,eviOYs to week of publ1cntion. ~l~~a!c::tnor ~if;::~'.n-Jro:: ~~'?; dally - .llodtrn Sound, Ult I 44 SHAFTESBURY CLASSlfllD ADVHTISlMlNTS •ROUGHT INTO THI OFFICE WILL II ACCIPTID UP TO AND Charint Crou Road, WC2 COV NO LATH THAN 5.00 p .m. ON THI MONDAY PllYIOUS TO DAY OF PUBLICATION AVENUE ll~CKNOWLEOG• D • RITAIN'S bHt lUChN. SAXOP'HON • / W.C.2 ALL CLASSlfllD ADVHTISING MUST ll Pll-P'AID CLA.IN5T pr1Hle leHOnl. B,1ln• neu / adnnced ADVICE! I tt'II/ 01-240 0584 Oi,. Minh..-, r•larn Hitt ..p,t-r.., ,.,..,,. o,- w,llldfaw od,.,,,..,.,.nh ol ,,._,. docrt"ho,, Alll-,o,,QI, t'"91)' •~ ,_ " ,_._" fo cr,a,d _,foh1, '"•r a•• not re1pons,bl• ,~ c'9,1

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GILES HIGH STREET ACTON W 3 "2 7 '24 LONDON, W.C.2 01 -836 1000 _ - r. t 1 MfLODY MAKFR, May 11, 1969 Let's HEAVEN HELP not forget Benny US IF WE JAZZ LOVERS all over the world will have JOmed in the re101cing of Duke Ellington's 70th birthday so while we are in a mood for celebration let us not forget to mark the 60th LOSE JETHRO birt.hday of Benny Good­ man on May 30 AT BIRMINGHAM Town Hall we wit­ nessed the most in­ APPEAL credible musical experi­ ence in a long, long Here is a man who apart time thanks to the from his unchallenged amazing Jethro Tull. supremacy on his instru­ Ten Years Afler were tht:·ir usual brilliant selves ment did more than any­ and Clouds helped lo make one else to lift Jazz and th<: evening more than mem­ Write to Melody Maker, 161 Fleet orable but Jethro Tull were Street, E.C.4. You could win your its pop derivations up from just unbelievable Heaven the violin-ridden, schmalzy help tht> music lovers of this favourite album. country 1f we lose them to saxes image of the thirties the Stat('s and make a whole new Thanks a million Ian, Glen, Clive and Martin for sameness in the music they pete against a barrage of appeal to youth. - PETER fantastic music and the produce. 0 NEWBROOK, Cobham, most entertaining act on the ·• Days Of Future Passed •· ~=;~~ngs:it1o~ ~~e~h/r~~di~ sc~ne- today - LYN and was a brilliant album and ence. Surrey. CHERY PERKINS, Orolt­ held gigantic promise for the When an audience has oairl wich, Wares. next one which was good but to attend a concert such be· not up to the previous stand• haviour might be excusable ard "' Threshold Of A but never at a free cona:rt. Dream " is alriiht but much -BRYAN ASHBY, Harrow, Groups too much hke "Lost Chord•· Middilt. GOODMAN: unchallenged supremacy to be called good or progress­ s1ve. IT SEEMS as though new The Moody Blues did hold ury to do so methinR • houl "Taste" and "Stoned- and upcoming soul groups I'VE RECENTLY seen both the potential to be the great­ 's Colloseum thl" matter ourselves and for henge." are never mentioned m MM e1t thing since the Beatles but thl! ruson those keen enouRh These are the result.s of There are many talented those Days or Future have and Terry Reid's Fantasia should form themselves into a quality musicians foraelting <;oul bands over the coun­ sadly passed. - DA V I 0 and noticed the similarity in co-operative movement to aboul labels and 1ust concen• try if people would bother LEWIS, London N.W.11. style of both bands to the further Northern British tratm& on playin& superb ., to lc,ok and listen to them old organisa­ Blues. Please write c/o Co l­ music. - D. A. WHITFIELD, ___ vin. 48 Minard Road. Glas• rath~r than sticking to the tion If this is to be the new Romford, Es.se11. sound of '69 then Bond RnW S I .-JOHN !;ARETI, ~Ho-.lW•tbo,,,n,,,:C... boys who've already made SIOUX CEO INOIAN l"ltlNCE should quit looning in the IF JOHN Lennon wants to l"o,c:h.utwL,od l..-.don, W1 the t'li~ time-. There are mah happiness, why HA•OLO IUSCITH ,.i 01-ro J011 be States and come back to 76 51'tofteibv,y ,_.,.. i.o..don. w I man) lalent!t still to dis SURELY when a group is doesn't he give some money Tel 01...:0 s112nn1 M,J'-4 •--- ,_,. ~--... covt red. - Miss J. STAM­ generous enough to play for show them how it should be ,..,. _ _.. ... 11o...a done. to Oxfam?-CHRJS PAR­ MLRS, London W 11. free at a concert, the least Bond's old LP's includinR SONS, llford, Essex. they are entitled to from the the fantastic "There's A Bond SO JOHN PEEL and Pete I AM getting a little bored audience is politeness. At Between Us " featured some• Drummond have the most with this fawning over the the first of Camden Fringe thing of a superJtroup line-up boring voices on Radio One. Mt11•d ) Blues They have Festival's free concerts at -, , Could it be that they have Pit '- l"d their hest snd are Parliament Hill Fields, Pete DtC'k Heckstall-Smith and enough variation in their NEXT WEEK Brown's group had to com• Bond - PETE SA UNOERS, no"' t"le cumtn~ much of • Brunel University, London. prvgrammes and therefore have no need to sound ex­ citing or initiate us in the Note intricacies of making shep­ HAROLD DAVISON PRESENTS herd's pie? I think so. BEACH Neither Mike Rnven or THE ONLY CONCERT APPEARANCE IN IT'S INTERESTING to note Humph have particularly GREAT BRITAIN BY that nearly all of the re­ thrilling voices. Their shows, vived 45s that ha ve recently however. are of such hiRh done so well in the chart quality that they have no BOYS have been soul or coloured need to stimulate interest by discs. the use or catch phrases or DAVE BRUBECK Good thouih some or these inane jokes -IAN HAGUE. w1ththe oldies are, their acceptance Moseley, BlrmlnRham. Then ,ou·,e .,1,0 we,-, wl\e several years after their birth A sm.111 "d11erf11t•ment ,n the surely indicates that the soul AFTER LISTENING to the c:1.,,11f,ed colum,11 of Melody CINCINNATI SYMPHONY sounds of yesterday are as " Hollies SinR Dylan ·• I can Malle-, lfCh th,niu mov,n,i:­ good 1( not belter than those only lament the passinR of the PETE 1 ARE YOU t " , t' W 1cther ,ou·,c of today and that s~ul music Rreat group who produced buy,n,; or ,cll,n,i: loolo.,ng to, such heaut1ful sounds on ORCHESTRA has not prowcssed since 1965. mus,co,,n\. O• .:tftc, boolconc, -PAUL "Butterfly."' Come on _Hol• WINFIELD-NICHOL­ Mctody M,.. to. l • ,s there ,,, and the SON, Ruls1ip, Middlesex. lies, Graham Nash was right Dylan is not your music.­ B~OWN'S hdp you RONALD STEWART, Glas­ MIAMI UNIVERSITY CHORUS IT JS evident that frustra­ gow, Scotland. ANO en RES UL TS FAST' Performing a programme of Dave Brubeck Compos1- tion is growing in Scotland t1ons 1ncludtng The European Premier of · 'The light In over the lack of blues con• MAILBAG wnlers are mis· The Wilderness· certs especially when there sing out Instead of moan­ BATTERED MINDED? are now so many of those ing and argu!ng about the Melody LONDON, ROYAL ALBERT HALL bluesmcn we want to hear merits of various pop, jazz appearing in England and folk musicitms they It's evident too thal pro­ should be listening to in• SATURDAY, 14 JUNE, at 7.30 p.m. moters are going to do noth­ ORNAMENTS Maker ing to satisfy the ever in­ credible LP's like "Blood, Tickets: 7/6, 15/-, 21/-, 30/-, 42/­ creasing " would be " aud­ Sweat and Tears," "Those Available from Harold Davison L1m1ted, Regent House, ience,. Therefore it's neces- Who Arf Aboul To Die," 235-241 Regent Street. London, W . 1, and all usual SMALL ADS ti cket agencies and from Royal Albert Hall Box Office I WAS deeply shocked to Telephone (KEN 8212) learn of the tragic accident MEAN BUSINESS! in which Martin Lambie WHY FAIRPORT died, he will be sadly missed both as a musician and as a person. I hope MUSIC FOR TRUMPET the other members of the group will recover with MUST CONTINUE LOUIS AlMSTRONG'S 50 JAZZ CLASSICS great speed and will see Sugor Fool S1omp, Copenh.ogen, etc Pr,ce S/ ., po•I ,.d fit to continue as a group Fairport~ a stunning g roup loss to a very excell ent, SCORE OF SOLOS Robert Paterson and John Coast present because I'm sure Martin and beautiful people. I yet seriously underated Dtnoh, Jeeperi Creel"'r1, Morg,., etc Pnce 716, post ,4d MONDAY NEXT, JUNE 2nd, at 8 would have wished it so. hope they get over this group. I, with many 14 DIXIELAND INSTRUMENTAL FOLIOS -J. COX, London SW7. ternble shock and continue others, hope that this tra­ &~ITISH CONCERT DEBUT to do great things. Good gedy will not deter the Volu- 1. H,9h Soc1•1y, f,n lool llu.s, Sugo, lllu•s. e c COULD YOU pass on luck, Fairports. - QAVE group from continuing to Volvme 2 Mople leof l.og, ltlfl1j1 ,orter S'omp, •h: sympathy to all friends LANG, Swansea, Glam. make excellent music and ,nee S/· •och, post ,.d eoch and relatives of Martin TRUMPET WORK- OUT by LES CAREW ~i~:n ~h:~n~he~hesor~f; CANADA'S TOP CONTEMPORARY SINGER Lambie and J ean ie Frank­ THE UNTIMELY death of A .,o,1ohon of doily e•erc11•• ,r,ce 6/-, po., 4d lin from myself and all Martin Lambie of Fairport deserve. - LES DALY, Tockets 25/•. 21/-, 17/6, 12/6. 10/- Giasaow. 01 9283191 and agents those who thought the Convention is indeed a sad