WorldMags.net 1971 m\v f Vm AndrewAndrewOldhamwith Oldham with A thethetwo two awards awards hehe won in in the thefirst first everever NMEalbumNHEa !bum sleevesleeve design competition, competition, Februaryn,1969February11,1969 * ■ - % . r V- 4 / I / ' / ( \ / J y \ \ A "Once you'veyou've donedone somethingsomething there's no point inin doing itit again"again" MM APRILAPRIL 17 17 What !hat becamebecame ofof former former Stones managermanager AndrewAndrew LoogWog Oldham? Bankruptcy,Bankruptcy, hehe says,says, "waswas good good for meme mentally.mentally. It represented thethe point-blankpoint-blank meetingmeeting withwith reality. TheThe nextnext logicallogical stepstep isis films..." films..." F YOUYOU DON'TDON'T havehave anan office youyou have rapped out,out, like hehe was dictatingdictating a memo.memo. came upup to London to seekseek hishis famefame andand fortunefortune to livelive outout ofof these these things,"things," saidsaid "A group group I'veI've been been producing."producing." in TheThe Biz;Biz; how how he he became became part part of ofthe the publicitypublicity i AndrewAndrew Oldham,Oldham, puttingputting thethe attacheattaché And therethere youyou havehave it.it. WhatWhat Andrew AndrewLoog Loog machine for for The BeatlesBeatles butbut theythey never got case on the floor and smiling everever soso faintly as OldhamOldhamwas, was, andand whatwhat round toto laying anyany of thethe he took outout threethree white-labelledwhite -labelled acetates.acetates. Andrew OldhamOldham is now.now. TheThe Midas touchtouch on him.him. He putput thethe toptop oneone onon thethe turntable.turntable. It waswas record label ownerowner whowho hashas "Allen Klein,Klein, And thenthen howhow hehe met five somebody called Duncan Browne, Browne, singing in a wound up as producer for scruffy kids kids playingplayingR&B R&B pleasantpleasant voice voice that was a mixturemixture of McCartneyMcCartney four whitewhite kidskids fromfrom Detroit.Detroit. contrary to in Richmond,Richmond, roderode themthem and old NirvanaNirvana singles.singles. DuncanDuncan who?who? "He Sorry, thethe formerformer recordrecord and himself to to worldwide popular opinion, used to bebe onon Immediate,"Immediate," OldhamOldham saidsaid matter-matter- label bossboss andand ex-managerex-manager ofof popular opinion, success on a campcamp imageimage of-factly inin thethe pausepause afterafter thethe recordrecord ended.ended. the Rolling Stones. To bebe and blatantly sexualsexual music, has never, inin fact,fact, He cutcut shortshort anyany further further conversationconversation precise. RememberRemember and thought, likelike everybodyeverybody by playingplaying thethe otherother two. all thethe showbizshowbiz else, thatthat he had it mademade for screwed me"me" Believe itit oror not,not, theytheywere were by * schlockthatschlock that lifelife whenwhen hesetuphe set up i The SundaySunday Funnies,Funnies, a four-four - four oror fivefive Immediate Records, Records, the first piece whitewhite sousoul I outfitoutfit fromfrom years ago waswas alwaysalways hittinghitting independent record record companycompany in in Britain.Britain. Detroit who recordrecord for you fromfrom thethe featurefeature pages You remember remember thatthat alright,alright, butbut thethe storystory Tamla Motown's Rare of thethe DailyDaily MirrorMirror oror begins to getget lessless memorable memorable andand moremore bitterbitter !— S 5035F Earth label. "Drums,"Drums, bass, Express oror whatever?whatever? TheThe round about the winter of 1967. Andrew X <1)1971 round about the winter of 1967. Andrew •.» Muck Co.Inc. 6 o keyboards andand a vocalistvocalist BMI Produced by story of thethe freshfresh youngyoung Oldham didn'tdidn't turnturn up for thethe trial ofof Mick H F2-910W0f O Andrew Oldham X Hma ?;S5 Cu to bebe precise,"precise," OldhamOldham public schoolboyschoolboywho who Jagger andand Keith.Keith Richards Richards onon drugs drugs charges.charges. WorldMags.net ALK DOWN THETHE PATHPATH OFOF FRFREED° 52 I IHISTORY HISTORY OF OF ROCK ROCK 1971 1971 ^ (R/Aitken,iRiAition, R. R. Kosinskil Kosinski) SUNDAY FUNNIESFUNNIES ej,%ql% % 414n.. , f.O .