The Frustrations Back row: Allen Warner, Pat Burke. Centre row: Tim Harris, Steve Bingham, Tony Gomez. Front row: Eric Allendale, Colin Young. THE BIGGEST PROBLEM for the Which is liable to be quite some Foundations, as far as Colin Young time, since the Foundations are set isconcerned,is the lack of time for a two month coast to coast tour they've had in which to rearrange of America in June and July, and their state act. prior to this they will be visiting "We've beendoing the same Sweden,Denmark,Austria and numbers on stage for the past two Spain, where they have had four years", he explained with disgust. number one hits. Group organist "It can get really stale then, but we Tony Gomez arrived to join us at just haven't had the opportunity to this point, andlaunched into set aside several weeks to rehearse. enthusiasticconversation onjust "It's s'tuations like this that can some ofthe peoplewhose lead to groups messing about with influences he has absorbed, or those druns, because of the frustrations he has admired. that build up. We've been using our "We'reinvolving a lotmore hits on stage and about the only progressive sounds into our material other number we do that's not our now. I likeLed Zeppelin, Love, ownis Sonny Boy Williamson's Chicagoand Blood, Sweat and 'HelpMe'.Really we findthe Tears.NaturallyI'mparticularly teenybopper scene a drag, and I interestedinorganists andthat think ballrooms are dying anyway." often involves ajazz feel. I saw Forthese reasonsthe Roland Kirk down at Ronnie's and Foundations are planning to take he was quiteincredible. One some time out for heavy rehearsals, eveninghe went intothe street between visits to the studio to put outside blowing away, and he was the finishingtouchestotheir just like the Pied Piper! forthcoming album. "IfindKeith Emerson to be "We've been in the studios for a very interesting, he's got alot of while now completing the album," nice ideas. Vincent Crane,of Colin told me, adding an aside that Atomic Rooster is quite good, but he didn't like other people to buy HARVEY he's not reallysaying anything RACES F himdrinks since he always new. I find some classical music to preferreddoubles!"Allofthe AttitA be very relaxing, I particularly like tracks are our own compositions. Albinoni." It's mainlymyself and Eric ANDREWS Allendale who write, but the rest of In case heshould sound his the group seemtobetaking a over -confident, expounding greaterinterest now, particularly views on othermusicians, Tony Tony Gomes. I wrote 'Born To Live added. "As an organistI've got a Born To Die', which was released as hell of a long way to go. It takes a Places a single, but didn't do too well. lot to master." Since then I haven'tputmy Butit'snot just music about material on an A side. Well a man's which Tony talks at length. During gotta live!" our meeting the conversation The group'scurrentsingleis progressed from the fact that he and faces 'Take A Girl Like You', which is a was a mere five foot three in height, BillMartin and Phil Coulter tothetheorythat withman's composition. evolutionthe bodyisbecoming "One of the other problems of smaller, because brute strengthis working continuouslyis that you no longer sonecessary, and the OSDN 9 ODN9 never have time to organise your brain becoming larger. private life," Colin told me. "Any "It's very hard to imagine," said time you're not travelling is spent Tony, "But anexperiment was sleeping to catch up. I have a few recentlycarriedout on a dog, Newest in thenovaseries,analbum bya girlfriends, but withallthe time keepingitsbrainfunctioning by we're away I don't think it's really electric impulses after it was dead. fair to any girl. Naturally there are Imagine what knowledge could be temptations, and you always get stored and usedifthis was done gifted writer/singer of contemporary folk. the girls who get 'knocked out' over with men." you at gigs. Tony has also been delving into "I haven't written to my father the realms of the supernatural, and for a long time. He didn't want me relateda story involving a friend to go into music, but I'd travelled who's young son became convinced DECCA to Britain with him several times, that someone came into his room at 12"Stereo or Mono LP and I likedthecountry, so I nights, and would actually point decided to stay and build up my out the visiting 'boy'. Then later 28/6 Decca House Albert Embankment London SE1 own career anyway. Now Idon't the family discovered that a young getin touch becauseif I did I'd boy had died in the house. At that SERIES recommended price The Decca Record Company Limited have to go into all the explanations point the discussion got a little too ofwhat exactlyI'm doing and 'eerie' for lunch time listening, and explain my financial situation. So I as the barman dipped the lights, we don't bother! Maybe when I've got fled to the light of day! everything organised." VALERIE MABBS RECORD MIRROR, March 21, 1970.