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2 2 Record Mrror, March 4, 978 UK SNGLES TAKE A CHANCE ON ME, Abba Ep_ 2 3 COME BACK MY LOVE, Darts Magnet 3 4 WSHNG ON A STAR, Rose Royce Warner Bros 4 2 STAYN' ALVE, Bees Gees RSO 5 3 WUTHERNG HEGHTS, Kate Bush EM 6 2 FGARO, Brotherhood Of Man Pye 7 6 MR BLUE SKY, Electrc Lght Orchestra Jet 8 '9 JUST ONE MORE NGHT, Yellow Dog Vrgn 9 0 LOVE S LKE OXYGEN; Sweet Polydor 0 5 F HAD WORDS, Scott Ftzgerald /Yvonne Keeley Pepper 33 DENS, Blonde Chrysals 2 8 FREE EP, Free sland 3 7 HOT LEGS/ WAS ONLY JOKNG, Rod Stewart Rva 4 28 BAKER STREET, Gerry Rafferty Unted Artsts 5 29 CAN'T STAND THE RAN, Erupton Atlantc 6 22 EMOTONS, Samantha Sang Prvate Stock 7 35 S THS LOVE, Bob Marley & The Walers sland 8 24 GLAD TO BE GAY, Tom Robnson Band EM 9 25 JUST THE WAY YOU ARE, Blly Joel CBS 20 8 SORRY 'M A LADY, Baccara RCA 2 26 FANTASY, Earth Wnd & Fre CBS 22 4 DRUMMER MAN, Tonght TDS 23 5 MNUTES, Stranglers Unted Artsts 24 2 THEME FROM WHCH WAY S UP, Stargard MCA WORDS, Rta Cooldge A&M 26 9 FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE, Smoke RAK LLAC WNE Elke Brooks A&M 28 - GOT THE WHOLE WORLD, Forest /Paper Lace Warner Brothers 29 5 LOVELY DAY,'Bll Wthers CBS 30' 40, RUMOUR HAS T, Donna Summer Casablanca 3 6 NATVE NEW YORKER, Odyssey RCA 32 - ALY'S TARTAN ARMY, Andy Cameron Klub MULL OF KNTYRE/ GRLS SCHOOL, Wngs Patlophone THE GROOVE LNE, Heatwave GTO 35 CLASH CTY ROCKERS, Clash CBS 36 - EVERY 'S A WNNER, Hot Chocolate RAK MATCHSTALK MEN & CATS & DOGS, Bran & Mchael Pye 38 7 UP TOWN TOP RANKNG, Altha & Donna Lghtnng BABY COME BACK, Player RSO SPREAD YOUR WNGS, Queen EM 4 46 SHOT BY BOTH SDES, Magazne Vrgn 42 3, EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE GONE, Jacksons Epc 43 4 SWEET SWEET SMLE, Carpenters A&M 44 WHENEVER YOU WANT MY LOVE, Real Thng Pye 45 WALK N LOVE, Manhattan Transfer Atlantc 46 - WHAT'S YOUR NAME, Andrea True Connecton Buddah F T DON'T FT DON'T FORCE T, Keelee Paterson EM WHAT DO GET7 Buzzcocks Unted Artsts DO YA WAN NA GET FUNKY WTHME, Peter Brown TK 50 - SOMETMES WHEN WE TOUCH, Dan Hll 20th Century OTHER CHART MONGOLOD, Devo Booge Boy Records 2 CTY ROCKHOUSE, The Clash, CBS 3 WHAT DO GET, Buºcocks Unted Anab a SHOT BY BOTH SDES Magedn Vrgn 5 DENS Blonde Chrysals 6 SEX, DRUGS & ROCK a ROLL, an Drury Stff mport 7 BACK STAB, Resdent, Ralph Records 8 NO TME TO BE 2, Adverts Anchor 9 S THS LOVE, Bob Marley and the Walers sland 0 'LCK OFF, Electrc Chan LghmSng THE REZLLOS, Good Sculptures See 2 RSNG FREE Tom Robnson Bend EM 3 KNOW YOUR PRODUCT Sants Harven 4 LOVE THE SOUND OF BROKEN GLASS, NCK Lowe Radar 5 COCCANE N MY BRAN, Dllhnaer sland 6 STATUE OF LBERTY, XTC Vrgn 7 DON'T TANGO ON MY HEART, The Doh Bopgen Banquet 8 PSYCHO KLLER, Talkng Heads Sre 9 RECONNEZ CHERE, Wreckaas Bc Stun Records 20 NNOCENTS, John Cooper Clerk Rebd Records Allematne Chan SUPPUED BY: LSTEN EAR, 30 Rdley Place, Newcasn~-Tyne, Tal BREAKERS 0 NCKLOWE: breakng nto chart TME WLL PASS YOU BY ETC, Tobl Legend RK LOVE THE SOUND OF BREAKNG GLASS, Nck Lowe Radar 'LL GO WHERE THE MUSC TAKES ME, Tkca Charles CBS GONE DEAD TRAN, Natareth Mountan STAY WTH ME BABY, Davao Essen CBS ZOOM Commodores Motown TMG FOLLOW YOU FOLLOW ME Geness Charsma RHANNON, Fleetwood May Repose BG BLOW, Mare D,oango Docca SNGN' N THE RAN Shod, B Devoton EM L v UK ALBUMS THE ALBUM, Abba Epc 4 REFLECTONS, Andy Wllams CBS 2 VARATONS, Andrew Lloyd Webber MCA 3 RUMOURS, Fleetwood Mac Warner Brothers 7 FOOTLOOSE AND FANCY FREE, Rod Stewart Rva 5 OUT OF THEBLUE,ELO Jet 8 THE SOUND OF BREAD, Bread Elektra 2 NEW BOOTS AND PANTES, an Dury Stff 6 GREATEST HTS, Donna Summer GTO 6 DARTS Magnet 25 THUMPNG GREAT HTS, Dave Clark Fve Polydor K - DSCO STARS, Varous -Tel ' 9 ARRVAL, Abba Epc 7 GREATEST HTS, Abba ' Epc 0 LOVE SONGS, The Beatles Parlophone 35 THE MUPPETSHOW VOL 2 Pye 3 ALL 'N' ALL, Earth Wnd & Fre CBS 32 N FULL BLOOM, Rose Royce Warner Bros EXODUS, Bob Marley & The Walers sland 20 PASTCHE, Manhattan Transfer Atlantc 24 STAR WARS, Soundtrack - LSO 20th Century 4 DRASTC PLASTC, Be Bop Deluxe Harvest 4 THE FLORAL DANCE, Brghouse & Rastrck Band Logo 5 FEELNGS, Varous _ K -Tel 22 BEST FRENDS, Cleo Lane & John Wllams RCA - BACCARA, Baccara RCA 42 STANED CLASS, Judas Prest CBS GREATEST, Gladys Knght 'Et The Pps K -Tel MENAGERE, Bll Wthers CBS PERLOUS JOURNEY, Gordon Gltrap Electrc 3-8 NEVER MND THE BOLLOCKS, Sex Pstols Vrgn 32 2 GREATEST HTS VOL 2, Elton John DJM 33 - SMALL CORNERS, Clff Rchard EM CTY TO CTY, Gerry Rafferty - Unted Artsts 35 9 DSCO FEVER, Varous K -Tel GOLDEN GREATS, Dana Ross & The Supremas Motown WANT TO LVE, John Denver RCA 38 WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM LVE, The Tubes A&M 39 BLACK JOY, Varous Ronco 40 PLASTC LETTERS, Blonde Chrysals 4 - T BEGNS AGAN, Dusty Sprngfeld Mercury MOONFLOWER,Santana CBS NEWS OF THE WORLD, Queen EM THER GREATEST HTS 97-75, Eagles Asylum 45 - LVE AND LET LVE, 0cc Mercury GREATEST HTS ETC, Paul Smon CBS WE MUST BELEVE N MAGC, Crystal Gayle Unted Artsts 48 3 GREATEST HTS, Olva Newton John EM 49 - NO MORE HEROES, Stranglers Unted Artsts HOTEL CALFORNA, Eagles Asylum UK DSCO WHCH WAY S UP, Stargard 2 2 NATVE NEW YORKER, Odyssey 3 5 THE GROOVE LNE, Heatwave 4 2 TAKE A CHANCE ON ME, Abba 5 6 CAN'T STAND THE RAN, Erupton 6 3 COME BACK MY LOVE, Darts 7 4 BG BLOW/ALOKO PARTY, Manu Dbango 8 3 WSHNG ON A STAR/FUNK FACTORY, Rose Royce 9 8 STAYN' ALVE, Bee Gees 0 4 UP TOWN TOP RANKNG/CALCO SUT, Altha & Donna Lghtnng 7 JAMMNG/PUNKY REGGAE PARTY, Bob Marley sland/dub 2n 2 3 GALAXY, War MCA/LP 3 23 FREAKY DEAKY, Roy Ayers 4 5 SORRY 'M A LADY, Baccara 5 7 FANTASY, Earth Wnd & Fre 6 9 DANCE DANCE DANCE, Chc 7 8 LOVELY DAY, Bll Wthers 8 0 DO YA WAN NA GET FUNKY WTH ME, Peter Brown 9 20 JACK AND JLL/GET DOWN, Raydlo 20 9 HOT LEGS/ WAS ONLY JOKNG, Rod Stewart MCA/US 2ín RCA 2ín GTO Epc Atlantc Magnet Decca Whtfeld RSO Polydor/LP RCA CBS Atlantc/US 2n CBS TK 2n Arsta Rve

3 ' Brtsh 900, guy _ TELEPHONE Daytme Ev2 enng EDTOR ALF MARTN ASSSTANT EDTOR Rosalnd Russell FEATURESEOTOP' Shela Prophet NEWS EDTOR John Shearlaw CHEF SUB John Wshart ART EDTOR Jon Frewn EDTORAL Barry Can Tm Lott Robn Smth SERVCES DEPT EDTOR Susanne Ga rrett ' ASSSTANT ' Bev Brggs,' CONTRBUTORS Phlp Hall Jm Farber James Hamlton Robn Kau Marlyn Laverty Kelly Pke Geoff Travs Robbe Vncent CARTOONST Charle Brnkwotth PHOTOGRAPHERS Steve Emberton Mtch Kearney Rck Mann MANAGNG DRECTOR Jack Hutton - PUBLSHNG DRECTOR Mke Sharman ADVERTSEMENT MANAGER Alan Donaldson ADVERTSEMENT PRODUCTON Mchael Htch TELEPHONE SALES MANAGER Edde Ftzgerald Rammed 5 ~swear to 7M Post 0w Paektl3 Dr saoskthe Vbtttratnna Le W r* towoe wl E ºn Pttr+d or Soon kseem spatters tw, Lr fhefd, uslotsc Kant NE20 6SG THAT GEEZER DURY WANTS TO GVE T SOME STCK! FOUND ANY good bargans down your local market lately? A cheap walkng stck perhaps? Well keep your eyes sknned because there's a certan gentleman by the name of an Dury who'd dearly lke to get hs back Seems the prde of London's East End was playng dahn at that Dngwalls gaff t'other week when ths geezer (when n Rome darlngs ) strolled nto the dressng room and lfted the aforementoned artcle Snce Mr Dury not only uses the stck as an ad to propulson but s also very fond of t he's reportedly, n the colourful language of the East End, "a bt upset" POLCE FVE: Robberes of gutars ths week concern Steve Howe of Yes, and an McLeod of Rado Stars Howe has had hs battery of Gbson, stolen - serlal number A reward s n the offng, rng wth nfor- nurtlon McLeod had a Gbson Flyng V stolen n Exeter n fact, whatever so-and-so went and ncked t please brng t back Any nformaton to 'Uncle' Pete Frame at Stff on And f you are offered one "what fell off a lorry" you know what to do On then to more pleasant dscourse n the feld of human hedonsm The arrval of upand-comng young Swndon combo XTC on the pop scene was last week celebrated wth a party at a London eatere, after a hghly successful London concert Thefour young darlngs who make up XTC had thrown themselves nto ther performance wth such gusto that they rapdly became "tred" whle guests drank wne and lager toasts n ther honour ndeed so "tred" dd they become that they scarcely notced themselves beng showered wth hefty slces of stcky cream and chocolate cake so thoughtfully provded by the management Members of Magazne and the treless Captan Sensble contrved to turn the floor of the restaurant nto a confectonery skatng, rnk around whch the group were seen to slther regardless A baffled observer, hs har matted wth dscarded cng, could only mutter: "All they needed was a slver cape each and they could have been Rck Wakeman" Such youthful energy, don't you thnk? Wth some relef t was that your fathful Lulccyy turned her attenton to the Elvs muscal the followng evenng There veteran rocker Art Perkns, Mr Blue Suede Shoes hmself, Upped up to catch the hghly successful show Exchangng a : THREE' present - day Elvs's meet the man who wrote the latterday Elvs' frst ht Eh? Standng: PJ Proby Tmothy WhtnalL Seated: Shakn' Stevens, Carl Perkns remnscences wth Jm Proby and Shakn' Stevens after the performance the man from Memphs professed hmself "very moved" by the trbute to the other man from Memphs, and was "knocked out" by Shaky's sng - f ths doesn't melt your hearts nothng wll Dave Cousns of Strawbs tells me that he was trapped for fve days n the snow near Honton, Devon On the day of the' Strawbs Lverpool concert the ntrepd muscan set off wth but a map and compass to trudge through deep drfts to the nearest staton' fve mles away He arrved just n tme to catch a tran to the gg Such a wonderful wartme sprt Approprately the Strawbs' latest albumn called Deadlnes' Back n the smoke one person who has sklfully avoded the snow, blzzards, droughts and advancng ce Age was seen at Dngwalls dsplayng one of hs new collecton of hats Yes, Johnny Rotten s back from Jamaca, apparently havng purchased over a dozen tlters on the sland n the sun Rotten plus large entourage had a dropped n to catch the excellent Reggae Regular band, and looked happy, =- suntanned and relaxed Dscussons wth Merger's bassst, vor Steadman, n Jamdown haven't led to anythng concrete as yet The return of Sweet to the stage last week brought out dozens of admrng pnks, ncludng a typcally revolnnglydressed Captan Sensble (That man agan - why doesn't he get a band together? -Ed) Have Be Bop Deluxe really been approached to headlne a rock festval on the North Yorkshre moors? know t's a lovely place for a holday, but Dmly Jucy remembers the drnk havng a lot to do wth us havng a good tme at the Marquee on Monday where we congregated to see the Boys Buzzng around the bar were Jmmy Pursey (jublant bebause he's at last gettng through to the fans that they should behave themselves) the ubqutous Pete Brloquette from the Rats, the equally ubqutous Berne Terms Band, the sombre faced bassst from (Get on wth ths tedous lst - Ed) lke's band, and almost a complete turnout from the Record Mrror staff (Oh, that's why you're wrtng all ths guff - Ed) On a more serous note we hear ths week that those wcked, evl, falsfed and completely rgged charts are gong to be challenged by a "corruptonproof" computer! Rejocng under the mouthful of ArtBer (Ar- * play Retal Televson Ht Potental and Exposure Reactor, no less) the computer wll publsh a truly accurate chart for a new weekly, magazne Sounds lke HMV had a better plan wth a dog wth ts head stuffed down a loudspeaker My frends wth the green eyeshades nform me that the romance between Roddy whatssname and Prncess Margaret contnues apace Now that Roddy's new London haunt has been revealed as a restaurant n formerly un- fashonable Battersea he's npped off to Mustlque wth the Prncess Perhaps the stran -of recordng hs frst TV show - n Pars wth Petula Clark - proved too much Just to show that Jucy's not always flled up wth ths slly pop nonsense, t does turn the head, how about ths lttle snppet Jazz man Herble Hancock went on from a twohour show at the Theatre Royal to play for a further two hours wth the Bran Parrsh Band at London's Rock Garden How about that? Sounds lke he enjoys playng keyboards as much as those chappes from Abba Now that old Dusty Sprngfeld's back n Los Angeles wth her cats we learn all about her "love and respect" for gay people "'m comfortable wth them," she sad to Gay News "That doesn't make me one and t Record Mnor, March 4, %///////////////// doesn't not make me one People can draw ther own conclusons, don't gve a damn "Qute rght, too Just' for the sake of gettng the former grave -dgger mentoned at least once ths week Jucy hopes that he's got a copy of that dreadful dreadful football record called 'Ally's Tartan Army' n fact hope he lstens to t every mnute of the day For ths appallng lttle dtty extollng the vrtues on the uncouth Scottsh football team has drven me mad already They'll never be as good as Blyth Spartans (sob, sob And talkng of team sprt Ah yes Team sprt Debbe Harry's frst words to support group Advertsng as they came off stage on the frst nght of the Blonde tour was "Arty of you guys play- darts?" Scarcely a barbed comment But what's all ths we hear about Blondle squabblng on stage? Tut tut Down t'marquee home of r'n'b, the Jam appeared last week, resplendent n ther new suts "Don't spt an ths hot", quoth Paul Weller, fngerng hs natty bt of cloth The obnoxous hal of gob contnued, nay ncreased When wll ths flthy habt stop? What fnes the tam's talor thnk about t all? Who pays the cleanng bll? Don't read on, try swallowng Here s the news, from Amerca Sorry, here s the Grammy Award news from Amerca Record of the year was 'Hotel Calforna' by the Eagles Album of the Tear however was 'Rumours by Fleetwood Mac Two songs fled for the best of the year 'Evergreen' by Barbra Stresand and 'Yoh Lght Up My Lfe' wrtten by Joe Brooks New artst of the year was Debbe Boone, daughter of Pat And well dune the Bee Gee, whose 'How Deep s Your Love' was the best duo or group vocal performance That ends the news Wonder f the Plgrm Fathers knew what they were startng? That about wraps up a pretty thn week from me Cream cakes you couldn't eat, not a slce of smoked salmon n sght, what's happened to Jucy's socal lfe you mght ask Fortunately the bacon was saved, lterally, by my frends the yachts We enjoyed our splendd lunch at the local cafe (Franks s the / í name) feastng on egg and chps and all the sausages we could eat- That's how these new pop groups keep ther G complexons so healthy, take a tp from me The evenng dress wll be back from the cleaners next week See you then Byreeeee

4 4 Reefed Mnot, March 4,978 NEWSDESXNEWSDESK NEWSDESKNews EdtorJOKN ShEARLAW-53S 5 TOURS TOUR THE BOYFRENDS TRF BON FRENDS: Royal Holloway College March, followng London Dates South Bank Polytechnc 3, Roundhouse 5, Nashvlle Rooms 7, u, 2, 28, Marquee 8, Lyceum 24 Lverpool Erc's 9, Stoke North Staffs Polytechnc 0 Bracknell Arts Centre 2, Salsbury College Of Technology 5, Plymouth The Metro 6 Newton Abbot Seale Hayne Agrcultural College 7, Portsmouth Polytechnc 8, Chelmsford Chancellor Hall 9, Readng Bones 22, Aylesbury Frars 25, Cluster Ladbrooks Holday Centre 26, Sheffeld The Lmt 30 CADO BELLE eldo BELLE: added dates, Aberdeen Art College March 3, Hamlton Bell Techncal College 4 Hampstead Westfeld College 0, Camden Town Musc Machme t GLORA MUND GLORA MUND: Norwch Toppers March, Warwck Unversty 2, London Marquee 3, Brkenhead Mr Dgby's 9 Dudley JB's 0, Manchester Rafters Bradford Royal Standard 2, Plymouth Castaways 3, London Marquee 5, Btrmngham Barbarellá s 8, Lverpool Erc's 9, London Musc Machne 2 Wolverhampton Lafayette 22, Doneaster Outlook 23 Sheffeld Lmt 24, Scarborough 0le's Club 25 London Marquee 3, Leeds Roots Aprl 6, Nottngham Sandpper? SUBS: Followng London dates, Nashvlle (supportng Wreckless Erc) March 5, Hope And Anchor 6, Vortex 7, Rochester Castle 8, Red Cow 0, Dngwalls RADATORS FROM SPACE RADATORS FROM SPACE: added dates; London Marquee March 7, Readng Bones Club 9, Newport Vllage 0, Aylesbury Frars, London Dngwals 6, London Unversty College 7 KRAZY KAT KKAZY KAT: added dates; London Marquee March, Bradford Royal Standard Hotel 2, Krk Levngton Country Club 3 Harrogate PC Club 4, Leeds Ford Green Hotel 5, Brentwood Hermt Club 8, Brmngham Barbarel la's8, Trefforest Polytechnc 9 Sheffeld Wlnnngton Park Recreatonal Centre 0, Readng Techncal College D, Plymouth Castaways 5, Torquay 400 Club 6 Bradford Unversty 7, Southport Dxeland 8 THE ALBON BAND THE ALBON BAND: Wakefeld Unty Hall March 2, Huddersfeld Polytechnc 3 Sheffeld Polytechnc 4, Nottngham Theatre 5, London Astora 2, Bournemouth Wnter Gardens 4, Worcester College Of Educaton 7, Cambrdge Corn Exchange : added dates; Swansea Crcles March 3 Stafford SUtch0eld Hal25 BUZZCOCKS BUZZCOCKS: added dates: Brghton Top Bank March 8, Derby Kngs Hall 23 MOTORHEAD MOTORHEAD:'Hull Unversty Man Hall March 3, Manchester Rafters 6, Blackburn Kng George's Hall 7, London Musc Machne 9, Rochdale Football, Ground Club 0, Aylesbury Frars Croydon Greyhound 2, Cardff Top Rank 4, Plymouth Metro 5, Brstol Tffany's 6, Madstone College Of Technology 22 BRAKES BRAKES add: London Red Cow March, London Hope and Anchor 2 London Royal Holloway College 3 St Albans Cty Hall 4 NO DCE NO DCE add: Watford Wall Hall College March, London Musc Machne 3 JUDAS PREST JUDAS PREST have now swtched ther concert at Oxford New Theatre from February 28 W March The concert at Southampton Top Rank scheduled for M arch has been cancelled BETHNAL BETHNAL add: Keefe Unversty March 5, Margate Dreamland 8, Norwch Toppers 24 and Leeds F Club 30 Plymouth concert on March 22 has now been cancelled TRAPEZE TRAPEZE: add: Scarborough Penthouse March 3, J ackedale Grey Topper 5, London Crackers 9, London Nashvlle 0, Peterborobgh Dolphn 7, and Nottngham Best Club 8, DARTS DARTS have swtched three venues for ther upcomng tour The new ggs are Halfax Cvc Theatre March 5, Hull Unversty 9, and Sheffeld Unversty 4, These replace prevously advertsed ggs at Doncaster, Scunthorpe and York respectvely SAD CAFE SAD CAFE: Keee Unversty March, Brmngham Barbarela's 4, Preston Guldhall 5 Burnley Cat's Whskers 7 Wneford Cvc Hall9, Manchester Apollo 0, Lverpool Empre Ll, Swansea Nuts Club 3 Lecester Polytechnc 5, Northampton Crcket Club 8, Stockport Davenports 9 Hull Tffanys 2 Wgan Casno 25, Blackpool Hydro 27, Mddleton Cvc Hall 30 SQUTS DAMNED SPLT THE D%NNED the frs) Currently Lo and new wave band to appear drummer John Mow' are on record, have splt up n Norfolk and rumoured followng te departure of to he gettng group group leader Bran together Captan Sen- lancets t was revealed sble hag been nvted to ths week do sesson work, and hs,lames was a founder member of the group and urne much of the band's materal, ncludng ther frst sngle 'New Rose' whch helped them to wn the race to he the frst punk bandonto vnyl The newly - acqured manager of the group, Stranglers PR Alan Edwanls, ssued the followng statement: "The splt, although sad, was felt to be n the best nterests of all concerned Muscal dfferences of opnon between James and other members of the group had become ncreasngly apparent and a break was the only obvous soluton" Problems wth the drummer and founder member Rat Scabes last year And the addton of / - THE DAMNED'S Bran James Damned began wth the the smooth runnng of the sudden departure of band There was, too, a dsappontng response to the Damned's last tour u new gutarst, Lu, and to ther second album seemed lo do lttle to help, 'Musc For Plcasú?e' name ban been lnked wth ex members of the Sex Pstols wth regard n a paws lble group- W'hle James, who contnues to be managed by Alan Edwards, s apparently wrung songs and audtonng muscans for hs own new band Edwards, who ths week announced the formaton of u new label, Albon Records, emphu stsed' that the splt had been "amcable" and foresaw a hopeful future for all members of the Damned There s a strong possblty of a major London farewell concert ADVERTS BREAK WTH DRVER DFFERENCES wth other members of the band have resulted n drummer Laure Drver leavng the Adverts He has been replaced by 22 year - old John Towe, formerly of Chelsea and Generaton X Accordng to a spokesman at Anchor Records, the Adverts record label, problems between Drver and the rest of the band became worse when the drummer contracted hepatts n Dubln Faced wth a long llness, the Adverts had to look for a temporary replacement Towe, who snce BGGER BOWE BAND DAVD BOWE'S band for hs forthcomng tour wll now feature two addtonal members Gutarst Stacey Hayden wll not be playng Hs place wll be taken by Carlos Alomar on rhythm gutar, who played on the 976 tour and on the last three albums, and a_ completely new addton, Adran Beew, on lead gutar - Beew -played wth Frank Zappa on hs recent tour Bowe apparénuy nvted hm to jon the band after watchng hm play n West Berln DE BURGH'S BACK CHRS de Burgh, whose musc falls somewhere between country and folk, s to return to Brtan ths nt -loth to play another serles of concerts Ths wll be a follow-up to hs last 5 -date tour, whch was vrtually sold -out Burgh and hs Flyng Fst Band wll play 4 more concerts as follows: Sheffeld Cty Hall March 4, Lverpool Empre 6, Croydon Farfeld Hall 6, Canterbury Odeon 7, Southampton Gaumont 8, Leeds Grand Theatre 9, Aberdeen Captol 2, Mddlesborough Town Hall 23, Wolverhampton Clete Hall 25, Derby Assembly Rooms 26, Hemel Hempstead Pavlon 28, pswm Gaumont 29, Eastbourne Congress Theatre 30, Oxford New Theatre 3 GALLAGHER GOES LVE RORY GALLAGHER s to undertake hs frst major Brtsh tour for over a year n Aprl The rsh gutarst wll play dates natonwde, startng at Glasgow Apollo on Aprl 9, as part of a world [our Confrmaton of the tour follows Gallagher's ded son to delay completon of hs new album untl the sunlt er, Full dates are: Glas- gow Apollo Aprl 9, Newcastle Cty Hall Sheffeld Cty Hall 2, Manchester Apollo 3, Brdlngton Spa Theatre 5, West Runton Pavlon 20, Brmngham Odeon 2, pswch Gaumont 23, Southampton Gaumont 26, London Hammersmth Odeon 28 and 29 Tckets are avalable from most box offces and agences now, prced at t2 -L350 MATUMB ON TOP MATUMB, voted top UK regggaser band n black paper poll, musc are ncreasng ther Use appearances followng dates n Dngwall; Marer Marche >) 2, Londen Lttle Polytechnc B Rte Orb,, Oxford London Southfar Royalty 0,, Landon London Musc Machne epotb 7, Lverpool Deptford College 22, Erra Brmngham s, LMon earbarensa 27 leavng Chelsea and Generaton X had formed hs own band, the Rage, was supportng the Adverts n reland and became Drver's deputy for subsequent dates Last week he joned the group Ml- tme Meanwhle the Adverts current tour contnues wth more dates as Pllows: Dundee Unversty March 2, Cberdeen Unversty 3, Glasgow Queen Mary's ollege 4, Bracknell Sports Centre 8, Sheffeld Top Rank 9, GONG LVES GONG HAVE returned to the scene wth a new album and a concert lned up for the end of March, t was announced ths week Currently comprsng Perre Moerlen (drums), Mrellle Bauer (vbraphone), Benot Moerlen (vbraphone) and Hansford Rowe (bass), the group that has vrtually become an nsttuton release 'Express ' on March 3 The concert s set for ` March 26 at London's Hammersmth Odeon, wth tckets now avalable at 3, L225 and [50 Mck Taylor, Allan Holdsworth and Darryl Way, who all made guest appearances on the album, seem Lkely to play at the concert also Meanwhle, there wll be a festval of 'progressve musc' at the New London Theatre on March 2 Featured wll be Henry Cow from Brtan, along wth four other European 'progressve' outfts The concert s beng staged by Rock n Opposton TRANSFER MOVE MANHATTEN Transfer, whose latest album 'Pastche' s rsng up the charts, have announced a seres of dates to follow on from ther week - long stnt at the London Palladum on 3-9 AprL Commencng at Southport Theatre on Aprl 2, they follow wth: Ednburgh Usher Hall Aprl 22, Manchester Apollo 23, Coventry Theatre 26, and Brmngham Hppodrome 27 Tckets for the slck Amercans' shows are avalable now All prces (except for the Southport concert) are 325, 275, L225 and 75 MPERALS TOUR WTH A surprse ht after more than 20 years n the busness wth 'Who's Gonna Love Me', the mperals (formerly wth Lttle Anthony) wll now be tourng Brtan n March and Aprl, Dates confrmed so far are: Charnock Rchard Park Hall March 5, Lecester Baleys LT, Blackburn The Cavendah 23, 24 and 25, Manchester Wllow Varety Cene 26, Maestag Whte Wheat 27, Southgate Royalty Nle Spot Aprl Watford Baleys 2, Southend Talk of the South Plymouth Castaways 2, Derby Baleys 3, 4 and 5 More dates are to he added - A new sngle 'Where You Gonna Fnd Somebody Lke Me', from ther upcomng album, s released next week DARREN BAND GETS C ARDS JENNY DARKEN last week sacked her entre band and road crew after the collapse of a concert at Chentaford "Too many thngs have been gong wrong and Chelmsford was the lat straw," clamed a furous Jenny afterwards " may have acted basely but 'm sure 've done the rght thng " Meanwhle concerts have been earsenlcd untl Wgan Casno an Mauch Devo n DEVO have now completed ther album wth Eno n sweat Germany and have so far announced two Brtsh concerts n March- The Ohm band play Manchester Peer Trade Hall on March and London Roundhouse on March 2 Tonght dates TONGHT are n the studos recordng a follow ap smgk to 'Drummer Man' The band wll be embarkng on a lengthy college and club tour n starch Dates so far are St Albans Cty Hall Much 4, Staffnrd Top Of The word 6, Shrewsbury Tffany's 7, Plymouth Metro 9, Penance Wnter Gardens 9, Coventry College Of Educaton, Cardff Top Rank 2, Manchester Rafters 4, Wakefeld Unty Hall la, Preston Polytechnc 7, Leeds Polytechnc 4, Dunfermlne Carnege Hall 9, Ednburgh Tffany's 20 Brmngham Barbarella's 2, ondon Musc Machne 22 More dates wll be shortly Chars out added WAYNE COUNTY and the Electrc Chars begn a UK lour ths week to be enttled 'The Edde and Sheena Tow' after ther new sngle released ths week called smply 'Edde and Sheena' Dates' are: Leeds' Roots Club March 2, Manchester Rafters 3 Lverpool Ern 4, London Fangs 7, London Stoke Newngton Rochester Castle 0, Bshops Stortfnrd Trad Lesure Centre, Brmngham Barbarcllas 4, Doncaster Outlook Club 6, Nottngham Sandppers 7, Whtley Bay Rex Hotel 9, Falkrk Manfred 20 Glasgow Satellte 2, Ednburgh Clouds 22, Dunfermlne!Cnema 23, Brstol Barton Hll Centre 25, Chelmsford Cty Tavern 3, London Musc Machne Aprl 6 Prates sngle THE SECOND sngle from the reformed Prates s released ths week- Enttled 'Al n t Together' t was wrtten by Mck Green and Johnny Spence A lmted edton wll be avalable n 2" followed by a standard sre, but all sngles wll come na specal pcture bag featurng tw Prates' logo The new Prates' album 'Skull Wars' s set for May release, More Fosters THE FOSTER Brothers have added ex - Sassah al drummer Peter Stroud to ther lne - up, and now play the followng dates London Fnchley Torrngton Marts 5, Sutton Asbfeld Golden Lon 7, London Chelsea College Afterward, the band returns to the studo to start recordng Suede agan WTR RSNG nterest to veteran rocker Carl Perken, Clearly have ressued Mn orgnal Sun ht 'Blue Suede Shoes' backed wth 'Matchbox' ths week The frst 5000 wll sell for the slghtly prce of sop thereafter 8tower Perkns' new album ter Jet '0' Blue Suede's Back', s now avalable from Merck lo Whle Charly hate two complatons of materal currently avalable wth '7W Orgnal Carl Perkns' and Rockng Guterman' Bazza's bouquet BARRY WHTE'S Lone Unlmted Orchestra relearn ther new albums, 'My Muscal Bouquet' oo Marca 0 All tracks are wrtten produced and arranged by Barry Whte 4 Darren hopes to rehearse a new band n tme n contnue wth her lour Rs tesar of her caw ngle Todyk lter' goes ahead for abran tr

5 :EWSDESK,NEWSDESKNEWSDESK News Edtor70HN SHEARLAW GENESS TO HEADLNE KNEBWORTH THE M P:MORT7 Fes ssal Mf now defntely take place on June t wth headlne eppraraaees by Ceenes and Jefferson Starahtp, promoter Freddy plannkaler annnunrnl ths week Than ends long spreute lan that Bennnger had been unable n (tract a lap - flght art - despte apparhe to 'everyone earept led Zeppeln" Knebwewth s the frst major fesles) to he announced lar ths ~meter Generals now lne up as a fve pece, wth the addton of gutarst ary alnermer to re place Steer Beckett And for JcRer'm Starehp t wll be ther Moat ever Brtsh appearance There wll be full supportng bll, a unannouncsd as we ent to press, for ~event The festval wll begn al tem and Gnhh at pm Tckets bought n advance are prced at 90 and en on sale at all the regular Kneboorth tcket agences from Aprl These nclude all Harlequn Record shops GEN X REA GENERATON X begn ther frst major Brtsh tour on March 8 nd ths wll concde wth the release of ther debut album a week later The album, smply 'Generaton X', features songs wrtten by Blly dol and Tony James, ncludng 'Kleenex' 'Ready Steady Go', 'Youth Youth Youth', 'Kes Me Deadly' and 'One Hundred Punks' t was produced by Martn Rushant The extensve tour dates read as follows: Norwch Unversty March 8, Leeds Polytecl nle 9, Lverpool Rles 0, Newcastle Unversty Mddlesbrough Town Hall 2 Doncaster Outlook 3, ' Kelghley Vctora Hall4, Manchester Rafters 6, Derby Kngs Hall 7, Huddersfeld Polytechnc 8 Coventry locarno 9 and \rgln Record shops outsde London Meanwhle specula tn contnues about the lkelhood of other outdoor festvals ths summer Whle rval promoter Harvey Goldsmth n rumured to be plannng festval to match Knehwtrth, no dshes or stes have been conlrmed And Record Mrror understands that the Fagles hem been approached wth n vew to playng a large stadum ths summer, possbly Wembley Brmngham Mayfar 20 Brghton Top Rank 22, Brstol Yate Stars and Strpes 23 St Albans Cty Hall 25, Croydon Greyhound 26, Margate Dreamland 3, Dartford YMCA Aprl, Chelmsford Chancellor Hall 2, Bournemouth Vllage Bowl 3 Newport Stowaway 4, Plymouth Woods Centre 6 Penzance Wnter Gardens 6 2 NCH HOT RODS EDDE and the Hut Rods, currently well nto' ther Brtsh kaar, releases new sngle on March 0 Ana the frst 0,050 copes wll be a 2" verson wth three lve tracks ern Use B-sde 'Lfe On The Une', hots the ttle track of the ntent album and the ttle of the tour Heel', s coupled wth 'Do Anythng You Manna Do' '( Don't Know) M hat's Really Gong On' and 'Why ('an't t De' n the collectors' edton retalng at 99p The sngle shrnks to T' on March 7, wth only 'Do Anythng You M arena Do' as the B-sde COVERDALE-TOU RLP EX -DEEP PURPLE vo- reads: Lncoln Techncal Fforde Green Hotel 25, canal Davd Coserdale s College March 3, Folke- Colwyn Bay Per 27, to embark on a major stone Leas Clff Club 4, Plymouth Castaways 29, natonwde tour through- Wolverhampton Lafa- Swansea Nuts Club 30, out March He wll be yette 5, lford Oscars 8, Newport Vllage Club 3_ Scarborough Penthouse 9, Harrogate P J's 0 Basngstoke Techncal College 7, London Musc tourng wth a full backng band cofnprstng Mcky Moody on lead gutar, Berne_ Marsden gutar, Davd Dowell (ex - Streetwalkers) on drums, and Nell Murray (ex- Colllaeum) on bass The full datesheet so far Machne 8, Newbrtdge The Club 9 Manchester Rafters 2, Doncaster outlook 23, Redcar Coatham Bowl,24 Leeds The tour concdes wth the release ofcoverdale's second solo album, 'Northwtnds' A sngle from the album, 'Break doyen', s also released ths week f BOLAN: all hs albums to be re-released BOLAN RE-SSUE EP CUBE RECORDS are to rerelease all of the Marc Bolan albums n ther catalogue on Starch 0 along wth a specal three - track trbute EP The ressues cover Bolan's 'early career wth Tyrannosaurus Rex, and wth T Rex up untl 97, wth three sngle albums and a par of 'twofers' (double albums at sngle album prce) 'T Rex' from 970 and 'Electrc Warror' and 'Bolan Booge' from 97 wll sell for 3, 75 The doubles are re- t_ releases of 'My People Were Far coupled wth 'Prophets, Seers and Sages' and 'Beard Of Stars' coupled wth 'Unborn' These wll sell for 406 The specal EP s ttled 'Hot Love' Ths wll, nclude 'Raw Ramp' (orgnally the Besde of 'Cettl On') and 'Lean Woman Blues' as well as 'Hot Love' The frst 20,000 copes are released n a four colour pcture sleeve featurng a prevously unssued photographer Marc Bolan The EP wll cost 8íp SABS SELL OUT SHOCK THE BLACK Sabbath tour for May and June s now almost completely sold out Fve more dates were added ths week to cope wth the phenomenal demand, n the Sabs' home town', Brmngham postal demand has been so great that an extra concert at Brmngham Odeon on June 6 added last week lá almost sold out already - And Black Sabbath wll now play three more London dates n addton to the prevously an nounced concert at Hammersmth Odeon on June -These are Lewsham Odeon on May' 27, and two further nghts at Hammersmth Odeon MARLEY ALBUM DUE BOB SARLEY's new album, 'Kays', wll now be released on March 7 "s Ths Love', the sngle taken from t, s Currently jumpng up the charts Full track lstng for 'Kayo', s: 'Easy Shakng' 'Kayo', 'Sun s Shnng', 's Ths Love', 'Satsfy My Soul' 'She's Gone', 'Msty Mornng', 'Crss', 'Runnng Away' and 'Tme Wll Tell' Several of these tracks were apparently lad down at the same tme as 'Exodus' - the prevous album whch s stll n the charts after nearly eght months 'Exodus' has now sold over 200,000 copes Bob Marley wll be returnng to Jamaca for on June 0 and The fnal addton wll be Brstol Hppodrome on May 26 Unconfrmed reports suggest that ths may be the fastest sellng Black Sabbath tour ever n Manchester fans queued all nght to buy tckets, and the concert was sold out wthn hours the fleet tme snce he was shot there over a year ago n Aprl: to play at a specal Peace Concert n Kngston A treaty han now been sgned between the rval poltcal partes Prevously the volatle stuaton had led to an attempt on Marley's lfe and snce the ncdent he had been reluctant to return, MOODY BLUES REFORM AFTER a fve year separaton, late sxtes super group the Moody Blues are back together n the studo workng on a new album t x beng recorded at Lttle Mountan Sound studos n Canada, under producer Tony Clark Record Mnor, Marcho, Dream on TANGEt NF DREAM have added a further dale to ther forthcomng Brtsh tour most of whch U already sold nut, The extra concert to at Lverpool Empre on Sunday Starch 28 Tltkala are avalable now Trck solos AMERCAN rock band Cheap Trck wll now play three headlnng dales n Brtan al the end of the month n addton to supportng Kansas n Manchesteron March 24 The extra concerts w0 he al Plymouth Metro on March 29, Bermngham Mayfar March 0 and Newcastle Mayfar on March 3 Story to stay LTTLE Boh Story are leavng France and comng to lve n tendon Followng ths decson they are to undertake an extensve Brtsh tour Dates so far confrmed ere as follows: Aberystwyth Unversty March 0, Wgan Casno, London Dngwall 5 Cardff nsttute of Educaton 7, Fshguard Frenchman Motel 8 Brstol BQ's le Manchester Rafters 20, Colchester nsttute of Educaton 22, Street Bath Hall 25, Chelmsford Cty Tavern 26 lford Oscars 29, Melsham Assembly 33 Haggard tour COUNTRY STAR Merle Haggard and newcomer Joe Ely are set to tour Brtan after ther appearance at the Wembley Country Mode Festval on March 27 These wll be the frst perform antes outsde North Amerca for Haggard Dates: Southampton Gumost March 3, Brghton Centre Aprl, Coventry Theatre 2, Dubln Stadum 4, Belfast Kng's Ral 5, pswch Gaumont 5, Lverpool Empre 9 To concde wth the tour MCA release a Joe Ely anent" lonky Tonk Masqudade' and a sngle Fngernals' on Mareh 0 l laggard's new sngle, ''m Always On A Mountan When Fall' s released on the same date Leer at Lear EUROPE'S whte dsco queen and one tme acquantance of Davd Bowe Amanda Lear, has her new album released on March 0 t's called ' Am A Photograph', and features her last dsco release 'Blood and ]coney', Whrlwnd support UP -AND -- COMNG young rockablly band Whrlwnd wll support Elvs Costello at London s Roundhouse on Aprl 5 and 6, t was announced ths week Whrlwnd's new sngle, 'Hang Loose ('ve Gotta Rock)', s avalable from March U LTKWGX e ' 'M7 ct Z t LTAVX!' 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6 6 Record Mrror, March a 978 Some fans wll beg or steal to see the group they follow Beng a fan s much, much more than just buyng records r de ROSALND RUSSELL ntervews the fans who follow the bands e ABBA FANS:, How often have you seen your band? Once, twce? Have you spoken to them, had a drnk wth them? Do you feel you really KNOW them? Are you NVOLVED n the band? QUEEN FANS: Does your band look after you? Do they get you nto ggs when you're broke? Talk to you n the street? Do you feel you could turn up backstage, gve your name and know that they'll recognse you and nvte you n for a pnt? How close are you to your band? FANS: How far would you go for your band? Apart from spendng all your money on ther records, would you save up to go to ggs far away from your home town? Would you consder gong to see them f you knew you had to walk home 5 mles? Would you stll go f you ddn't have anywhere to sleep after the gg? f none of these hardshps appeal to you, let me tel you about the people who do put up wth all that, because they feel totally nvolved wth the groups they follow Most bands have a dedcated followng of some sort who wll go to almost any lengths to get to ggs They walk mles home after the show, or sleep on the nearest doorstep, and blag ther way nto ggs free What choce would they have, havng htched a 00 mles to the gg wth barely the prce of a bag of crsps n ther pocket? Most of these hard lne fans are blokes Sexual equalty may have happened n law, but at home t's usually dad's word that's law - and he probably has one rule for the sons and another for the daughters By the tme the blokes are gettng nto the late nght musc, the grls are home n bed, safe for another nght from a fate worse than death But the best thng about beng a dedcated follow- er, s the nvolvement' gettng to help wth the gear, gettng close to the band on a frendshp level, rather than fan - star Snce 999 started, they've had ther own clan to gve them support They're called the Southall Mob, where the nucleus of these fans come from They're loosely led by a red hared 9 - year'- old called Foxy Foxy helps wth the gear, an unoffcal roade, and has been wth the band from the begnnng 've even been abroad wth them," he says "Holland, Brussels And 've been all over ths country, wherever they appeared Ths band would do anythng for us, know they would There are about 5 or 20 of us and we'd do anythng to see our favourte band" n the Southall Mob, there are only three regular grl fans: Ros, Helen and Tracey Known as the group's bolers a descrpton they're proud of Ros (7): 'm at school, but take tme off to see the band My mum goes mental, and so do the teachers On my report card they wrote 'Ros s lvely but she's not constructve' " Tracey (6): One of a duo called The Angels (because she and her frend come from The Angel, slngton) "go to Hlghbury Hll School, but hate t go qute often, but not all'the tme Yes, they do come after me, but they haven't done anythng about t " Most of the school kds who take tme off, seem to get away wth t qute easly Could be that the truant offcers just can't keep track of the mssng thousands mean, everybody has skved off more than once n ther lves But many many more fans are people who've left school: part of that great, anonymous unem ployment fgure that appears on the News At Ten Chrs (8) from Bark- ng: "'m unemployed now, but dd have a job at a prnters left because they kept makng me do thngs ddn't want to 'm the only one from my area n the Southall Mob They're all dummes where lve "No, never pay to get They're not sck lust n love nto the ggs Once when was away wth the band, they got us nto the hotel and we slept on the floor, undhr the beds But they were found out and got nto trouble The band was great They bought us drnks and dnner and breakfast And when we got back to London, the roade gave us a ncker each to get the tube home, because we'd no money ' Also on the dole, s Denns (otherwse known as The Wld Comanche): "We get nto all the ggs free and bunk the fares to get there" Terry (7, and known as Wld Man Fscher) works as a labourer: " have to go to work, but do take tme off to see the band when they're playng out of London - lke when they dd \Volverhampton thumbed a lft get there and to afterwards, just slept n a street corner often doss n street corners " Coln (9, very shy and the Southall's only Ted fan): "People have had a go at Me at ggs when they see 'm a Ted, but they don't touch me when they see the rest of the Mob dress lke ths because t looks smart No, don't go to see rocker bands, though dd years ago, lve at home, but my parents don't mnd me stayng away wth the group" But the strcter mums and dads needn't worry about ther daughters The whole set up s asexual The grls who go to the ggs, the rehearsal rooms, or everywhere the band go, aren't there to get up to naughtees They're all there for one reason: to see the band (hey beleve n above all others Ther own famly feelng s strong and they look after ther own - even Blly "the group (; DENNS: 999 follower ' - P '4k\ ll pervert" who specalses n unusual'phone calls to ' hs frends' mothers The Southall Mob also turn up n force to support other groups they lke (second to 999) and so you'll often see them wth the Fulham Boys at Lurkers' ggs Rng leaders of the Fulham, are the twns Max and Edde (5) Ther mum has tred to get them' to attend school, e but on average they turn up a couple of days a week - embarrassng, because ther mum's boyfrend teaches at ther school The school has threatened to suspend Max and_ although he's worred about gettng he mum nto trouble (court appearance and all the other thngs that happen after contnued non - attendance n school) he and hs brother would rather spend all ther tme wth the band than turn up for lessons that bore them Edde: " leave n three months anyway, so what's the use? get money to go to the ggs by helpng my mate's dad clean wndows on a Saturday mornng get L5 for that And my mate's got a car, so we all go n that We cut n 50p a for the petrol money and n m the guest f L we don't, get nght buses home, or walk Sometmes don't go home, sleep at Beggars' Banquet (the record company) Once stayed away for a week and my mum got upset, so went home have tred gong to school, but t's borng They don't teach anythng 'm nterested tn probably won't be able to get a job when leave school, so 'll have to goon the dole " And t's not just the kds at the state schools who skve off and dsappear for days or weeks on end Marc (6) was at boardng school, but managed to slp away to jon the Fulham whenever he could No room for downers when your wth The Depressons " was at boardng school n Readng and used to skp often got nto a lot of trouble for t, that's why lett wouldn't have done t for any other band got a grant, so used to spend that, gettng nto London t cost me about 0 a tme, havng to pay for the rest of ths lot as well But they're really good mates My mum wasn't too annoyed, because she known how much lke the band There were only three other punks at my school When played my records, they used to turn the power off at the mans" Steve, who doesn't want to be dentfed, has recently been fned for overcrowdng hs car takng fans to the ggs But he'll stll be gong Ashley (20) Ls currently unemployed He doesn't have the problems wth hs parents that most other kds have Hs mum (47) came along to one gg to see for herself what the band was lke Dressed n tght jeans and a leopard skn jacket, she was ndstlngulsable from any other fan Ashley: "ll don't have enough from my dole scrounge the money off my old dear to get to the ggs We had to pay t3 0 to get to Margate the other week never go out exce to ee th" s e Hammypt (7) worksband n a prnters and often msses work: " take a lot of Orne Contnued on Page 9

7 Record Mrror, March 4, _ Z t :,v Z > Z z - aao Z %' d `o UK TOUR MARCH '78 WEDNESDAY st THURSDAY 2nd FRDAY 3rd SATURDAY 4th TUESDAY 7th WEDNESDAY 8th THURSDAY 9th FRDAY 0th SATURDAY th WEDNESDAY 5th THURSDAY 6th FRDAY 7th SUNDAY 9th TUESDAY 2st WEDNESDAY 22nd THURSDAY 23rd FRDAY 24th GREAT YARMOUTH COLLEGE OF EDUCATON THE OUTLOOK CLUB, DONCASTER THE PENNY FARTHNG, ULVERSTONE THE ROCK GARDEN MDDLESBROUGH NKKERS CLUB, KEGHLEY BRAN'S CLUB, READNG RAFTERS, MANCHESTER BARBARELL S, BRMNGHAM ERC'S CL8, LVERPOOL STOWAWAY CLUB, NEWPORT ROOTS CLUB, LEEDS CLOUDS, EDNBURGH ROUNDHOUSE, LONDON PEOPLE'S CLUB NORWCH CANTERBURY COLLEGE OF ART ESSEX UNVERSTY THE DREAMLAND, MARGATE ),'"G3 C/`30,799 ALBON AGENCY

8 8 Record Mrror, Marcho, 978 v P 7 A -ZD/ G D L TXS 26 t s over two years now snce John Mles wth hs album 'Rebel' and ht sngle 'Musc' walked through the 'STAR' door Ths was followed by superggs wth Elton and the Stones Now after the specal 'Stranger n the Cty' album and another ht sngle 'Slow Down', comes the much awated 'Zaragon' album A bgger door s opened rew sngle No Hard Feelngs FR 3757 =4 TOUR MARCH 7th HULL Cty Hall 8 MDDLESBUAOUGH Town Hall 9 NOTTNGHAM Sports Hall 0 LANCASTER Unversty SHEFFELD Unversty 2 GLASGOW Apollo Centre 3 ABERDEEN The Captol 5 BURY ST EDMUNDS Focus Theatre 6 LECESTER De Montfort Hall 7 NEWCASTLE Cty Hall 8 MANCHESTER Apollo 9 BRSTOL Colston Hall 20 TORQUAY Town Hall 2 EASTBOURNE Congress Theatre 22 BOURNEMOUTH Wnter Gardens 23 LONDON Hammérsmth Odeon 24 OXFORD New Theatre 25 BRMNGHAM Hppodrome 26 BRADFORD St George's Hall j All Arslrlb rra Toe DECCA

9 Record Mrror, Marcho, 'My mum goes mental' OL 5,', ; XS t--úer Oo- SOUTHENDAND STRATFORD MODS: complete sxtes fashon rght down tolambrefras Quadrophrna bur wth a crush on ThrJa,v From Page 6 off, but usually 've done all had to do frst haven't got nto trouble so far My parents don't mnd me gong away u lth the group usually get a ttt wth the band, but even f hal to pay 'd stll go" Unlke most fashon conscous kds the people that follow the Depressons, would appear to be Depreadons' fans frst, punks second Seemngly for these devotees the much publcsed "movement' as such has lttle or no sgnfcance Gettng off at ggs gettng to know the band, savng up to pay for the fares nvolved and n some cases walkng mles to get home alter a gg has fnshed - way past the tme the last tran leaves The general age for these fans s between le and 9 Very few work Some are stll at school or college u hle others are ether on the dole or earnng small wages as Junors or apprentces The band come from Brghton so naturally problems arse for the orgnal de - hards stll lvng n Brghton when t comes to catchng the group's regular ggs n London Rod Norman (from ' Brghton) " was wth them last tme they played n London but frst saw them when they played at our sxth form college n Brghton for 20p 'm stll at college not but 've got a Saturday job and scrounge money when can off my mum and dad" What s t that these fans fnd so appealng about the Depressons? Smon Ban (from Brghton): "Frst tme saw them there were about seven of us dancng out of about 30 When the encores came they dedcated them n thaee of us that had been dancng They've got energy And they're Brghton and they've got somethng n them more than most They're the best Brghton band ever Better than Leo Sayer, Psycho Normal, The Paranas - better than anybody" The Depressons are not shortof female admrers,t fanatcs who wll do anythng - go anywhere Mandy Fannng (from London): "'ve been a fan snce saw them at the Greyhound n Croydon last September They are great Not only dfferent but they're lovely too lve n lent act sometmes t's dffcult to get home but manage " An" Z e THE FULHAM: Lurkers lovers Can you spot the twns? Glenda Arny (from London) "When saw them down the Rosy knew they were too good for that place" (Glenda has purple har, blue lpstck and the wldest face make up snce Alce Cooper She s 8 and works durng the day as a telex operator What reactons had she encountered from the people at work or on the street? "The grls al work don't lke t much wore a head scarf for the frst few days and when fnally went n one day u thout t on, everybody was really shocked You should have seen ther faces nearly got the sack over t " Lawrence Summers (from London) has two partcular passons n hs lfe One of them s West 'Ham Unted, the other beng the Depressons "They are great that's all don't work The unemployment offce can't fnd me a Job " Last' word then from one anonymous chap: "They're -my lfe When 'm out theren front of the stage don't care about anythng else The musc s enough can beg, steal or borrow my money any tme and ve got legs to walk home on f have too That's all need" 4 Marc Wllams (7), who s a strong contender for Generaton X's num- ber one fan, has more than a passng acquantance wth Record Mrror's doorstep He slept on one nght after a Gen X London gg, and he couldn't get home to Waltham Abbey Marc, and hs frend Paul Whtehall (5) are cur - 2 mnd hm beng out late, but both wll go as far as they can to see ggs Marc "'ve got t50 saved up to go on tour wth Gen X should be able to get lfts to the ggs and 'll ask Blly f Can sleep n the van, don't mnd sleepng rough as long as know 'll get to the next concert We love the group and they respect us, Blly's mum s great, she talks to us on the phone for ages, They've sent us Contnent to see the band badges and posters and later ths year And they're lettng us go to the although' they also rate rehearsals We're n the New Hearts and The contact wth them every Pleasers, The Jam s the day," only band (wth the J Paul: " was nto Gene "They're more cv Y possble excepton of The Vncent before, my mum lsed They talk to us Who, whose 'Quadro- - - lked hm, hope to go on Groups lke the Sex phena' s ther anthem +r the tour as 'll be 8 n Pstols wouldn't want to along wth 'Ths la The July and leave school ths know You have to gve!modern Word') they'd summer them credt for openng cross the sea for Marc: " spend my doors for a lot of people, "Ths ",, + money gong to see the ce- - band We'd do t for Generaton X, but not for,, l s power pop - but you can't see them and we were here before talkng to ther fans" the papers even thought Hlary Hamer (5): of L" anyone else ' The Jam's fans are n y the process of reorgans ng ther trans p art n the PAUL: Gen mad rently formng a specal and very select fan followng for Gen X, to be called The Hundred Punks, after the song of the same ttle Ths wll be separate from any other fan club the group mght have The Hundred Punks won't be a fan club as such, Just a group of fans who endeavour to get to all the ggs to support the band, a hard core followng Marc: "'m a tranee rep but don't lke t, t's borng 'm Just watng for the tour to start then go wth the band don't thnk 'll have the Chance agan because 'll be too old feel a bt of a kd gong out on the road wouldn't lke to work for Gen X, though, t would take all the fun out of benga fan " used to go and see Geness, but bands lke that, you can't go up and talk to them They don't feel they've got to talk to you went backstage at the Hammersmth Odeon to see Urah Nee!), but all these people were talkng really posh and felt out of place " Marc, hvhase got blond har lke Blly dol's, reles on nght buses to get hm home alter ggs and hs frend Paul sometmes stays wth hs grandmother who doesn't true sprt of the Mats, who they copy they're plannng to get scooters lke the old Lambrettas complete wth all the wng mrrors that made them so dstnctve For the tme beng, the Southend contngent travel n Mark Roe's Trumph Herald, whle the Stratford Mods have easer access to London They're all as much nto the complete sxtes fashon as they are nto the band But unlke the other fans, they are not prepared to skp work school to see the band Mark (8) s an apprentce engneer: "We've been to Aylesbury, Cambrdge, Canter bury but that's about as far away as wé ve been go, n the Car and everyone else chps n for the petrol money You, can't go somewhere lke Newcastle, you can't Just forget your work and go 've taken leave to go and see the band but f lost my Job wouldn't have the money to go and see TheJam" The Jam fans are so keen to keep to the Mod style, they buy ther sut's "t's new for us, we' weren'tobl enough to do t all the frst tme round We were all punks orgnally, but we got sck of punk We've got nothng aganst t, t was good, but t's become a rp off, too commerctallsed You've Just got to look at all those rch monkeys at the Roundhouse, dressed n the C40 punk suts You stll get some decent punk bands lke The Adverts and Sham 89" Jam fans generally try to get nto the ggs on the guest lsts, but they pay when they have to But what makes the Jam so specal to them? from Jumble sales, the orgnals from the perod, Grant Flemng (7) was partcularly proud of hs whch he pcked up for 50p But they don't thnk _they're lookng back by followng The Jam and ther fashons BLLY The' perv' of the Southall Mob "We dcn't collect autographs or anythng We're frends wth them, you don't ask frends for autographs," Hlary sn't allowed to travel everywhere wth the band, because she's stll at school, but her brother Chp (7) and some of the other Southend and Stratford Mods - Andy Swallow (7), Steve Walt (8), Alan Suchy 8) - hope to get leave to go to tle

10 0 Record Mbror, Marcho, 978 f e3 revewed by ROSALND RUSSELL, no / FRST N F had the badges, nto of 'em A bucketful each Perhaps enough to start knockng together our awn Concorde Then we got the bographes, A sackful of 'em Enough to nstu a far slue bonfre Fne) ~got NEED A LVÉR JOHNNY COUGAR: ' Need A Lover' (Rve ) A atackful of 'em Enough to stoke up the bonfre for a week After a great roar of a buld-up, Cougar turns out to have the voce of a ktten "Broodly aggressve" says hs press hand-out He's about as aggressve as a newly neutered tomcat suffer- ng from shock Other- / wse t would have been a knockout record- t has the best ntro 've heard n ages, really gutsy backng, superb arrangement t an't a lover you need Johnny, t's a voce Maow THE BANNED: 'Hm Or Me' (Harvest HAR 49) Thunky, chunky Lasse lke beat sound (all meat and no gravy) though hot as good as 'Lttle Grl' whch should have been a HUGE ht, nstead of í Just a lttle ht But maybe wth ths proposed clean up of the charts, groups lke ths stand a better chance of gettng n and past the stuff that needs the ad /of slver across the palms The vocals are í the locals, but could / have been harder n wth more than a shout though BRASS CONSTRUC- j T0N: 'We' (Unted Artsts UP 3&30) f don't thnk there's anythng clever n brngng out formula follow-ups t's the frst one that's good, the rest are shadows Ths one s postvely ghostly BC have been chuckng out ther sound lke a Walls factory on a bonus scheme and t's as borng as last weeks' Melody Maker, They should pay us to lsten to t, THE ZONES: 'Stuck j Wth You' (Zoom ZUM 4) Melodc punk / heavy metal pop, they're dancng on the tghtrope but balancng wth style, lked t, thought thought t was a bt lght on the vocal mx, t'd sound great on the telly and would only need a short blast through that medum to set t on ts way Stck wth The Zones and you won't regret t STEPHANE DE SYKES: 'Nothng Goes Rght' (DJM DJS j t0s3o) How true A gutless producton for the grl who looked qute lkely to a couple of years ago t trunk ste's grown too mellow too quckly, Save your soul / and get out on the road, sweat n the clubs, forget ths soppy rubbsh and get down to rock 'n' roll BETTE MBDLER: 'Say Goodbye To Hollywood' (Atlantc K083) An; other lady who looked lkely to and she dd to a lmted degree n the States She was never a wld success here and ths an't gonna mprove her 'chances Good song, lousy arrangement and the vocal mpact of a laryngts vctm DEBBY BOONE: 'Calforna' (Curb K7097) Not ANOTHER song about Hollywood don't any of these people lve normal lves n ordnary places? She's one of Pat Boone's kds, but we can't all be perfect Super kleen song that, has the same effect as Snffng Dot - has a purfyng effect but t sure gves you gutache A DOCTOR WRTES: Mss Russell Was very lucky not to have suffered any le effects from snffng ths tolet cleanng agent as t can usually lead to unpleasant reactons whch could nclude a loss T stomach contents We do not advse any of our readers to try ths experment and remnd them t )s only sutable for external use SUBURBAN STUDS:- ' Hate School' (Pogo POG OM) A speedy, enthu- s tastc lead balloon There's a tght buld up of tenson n the musc towards the mddle of the song, but the lyrcs are pretty dreadful - sorry Edde Zps, could not tell a le The same person s responsble for the vocals whch were harsh (no bad thng) but lmted JON MTCHELL; 'Off Nght Backstreet' (Asylum K30), t's been a long tme snce she's had a ht sngle hereand ths one's gonna make t even longer To apprecate JM you need to hear the albums n tote tor t you pretert, n the lvng room) A three - mnute shot s too frustratng, unfulfllh ng Anyway, t was a rotten track A mss DONNE WARWCK: 'Do You Beleve n Love At Frst Sght' (Curb K74) Old soul lady turns to dsco and falls on her face Tel turn t n, love, ll were you And now two truly dsgustng versons of the same song,, MDNGHT STUD: 'Glora' (Carrere EM 2780) and DEE JAY: 'Glora' (Chrysals CHS 2208) Well, don't know anythng about Carrere, but 'm surprsed at Chrysals, puttng out ths There's not much to choose between them for awfulness SUZ PNNS: 'Rule Brtanna' (EG ) From the 'Jublee' album, a very slly and totally outrageous verson of one of the great fallaces of our tmes specally lked the Htler snatch n the mddle of the operatc passages But thnk t would get very wearng after a couple of lstens THE CRUSERS: 'Get A Job' (Alaska ALA 202) Don a -op poop Actually the most nterestng thng about ths sngle s that the H sde carres a logo belongng to Joy Sarney (wasn't she the Southend housewfe who?) but a completely dfferent song s, pressed on t s ths a specal trck, or one of those mstakes you get lots of money for spottng? t, so, clam my hundred pounds Stephane de- Sykes "forget ths rubbsh and get down to rock 'n' roll -,CYANDE: ''m A Boy' (Pye ON 4048), The Who song, lung wth less panache, more basc feelng The loss of drama has been counter balanced by what thnk s mealer musc Now 'm not sayng Cyande play better than The Who - they don't - but lke ther less technocratc approach to ther musc And 'd wrtten all ths down even before they came nto the offce and won us over wth ther youthful charm and enthusasm t pans me to say ths, but don't thnk t'll make t, even though do keep my fngers crossed for them BOZ SCAGGS: '993' (CBS 8090) am aware that ths has already been a ht elsewhere and has more than a passng chance of repeatng that success here But Can't help thnkng t's a case of the great cult here, You can keep hm as far as 'm concerned, at least on hs showng on ths track t's another good voce throwng tself away on a lousy song SLADE: 'Gve Us A Goal' (Barn 204 2) 'd lke to see the oldes make t agan, really would always loved ther ggs, just for the atmosphere thnk that's what they must have been thnkng about when they wrote ths song, because t recaptures the football fervour they used to buldup That's why t's a,bt sad, because don't thnk t's worked thnk they're gropng n the dark (not a pleasant occupaton when t's Just for deas), lookng backwards for ther future The song's got plenty of guts, the typcal raspng- vocals, all that stuff, but t's mssed the goal LEF GARRETT: 'Runaround Sue' (Atlantc K090) Only 8 years old and already branded as the teenage hearthrob of '78 Poor sod Gold crowns of ths sort start turnng to thorns before the year's out t s possble to break out of the mage, but t's not easy t's a pretty enough song, but a rehash of an olde sn't the stuff that dreams are made ol Somebody should fnd the kd a new song and get hnt ott of that dsgustng blue satn shrt At the moment, he looks lke one of Hello (well, the way they used to look) Hs voce s sugar pe West Coast surf's up, lqudsed for the easy swallow Complan rock ELVS COSTELLO AND THE ATTRAC- TONS: '( Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea' (Radar ADA 3) f was gonna be real hp, 'd make ths sngle of the week, But 'm not, and 'm not lked t, the bass and keyboards lay down a layer of sound as rch as Devl Cake, and thnk t'll chart But can't say t's the best 've heard: nothng to do wth the playng, or the sngng, both of whch were excellent lust ddn't thnk much to the song, not On a few hearngs anyway 'm probably gonna kck nyself n a couple of /f////////////u///)"//////f/l'//////////////////////////////////////u/go'/l'//////////f////f/y//// 4 weeks when the record has sought me out from every rado staton turn to, but at the moment Tm not turnng cartwheels over t STEELY DAN: 'Peg' (ABC 4207), Steely Dan albums, great Steely Dan sngles, awful They have to Create a' mood (lke Jon Mtchell) so you have half an hour to really getnto t and relax Three mnutes don't work Very smooth, polshed but cut off too soon TERRY SLVESTER: 'Slver A Gold' (Polydor ) Ths was co - wrtten by Gary Osborne whose sster Jan s marred to Kenny Jones of the Small r Faces, Trva asde, t's not a song for the modern world Pretty, but defenceless lggy POP & JAMES WLLAMSON: 'Kll Cty' (Radar ADA 4) Predctably snster, the sleeve s a tasteful shot of someone coppng ther lot n the electrc char Nce eh? Sngle's pretty hot too Buy t You'll have to -lsten pretty closely to Catch the lyrcs as they're bured n the pledrvng cement mxture sound, bat they're there and that's what counts t's taken from the album of the same ttle, so you mght have already heard some of t Ht " 'r _ ra - ' l _, DONNA SUMMFR: 'Rumour Has t' (Ca sablanra CAN 22), The man reason can't stand her records U because they are predomnantly dsco beat and that bores the pants Off me (don't get excted don't tnten to t that often) However, s a she sngs beautfully and on ths track, excels herself t's bound to be a ht wsh she'd be more adventurous wth her deas, that's all, but don't suppose they want to rsk anythng new n case t doesn't sell EMOTONS/ 'A Long way To Go' (CBS sll) The overdone soul dsco vocal varatons helps pull ths song down to rff raft level t doesn't have the mpact 'of ther last sngle n fact t doesn't have the mpact of a fresh egg dropped on the floor Slp oldn' all the way to the fve fora qud rack LONNE SMTH: 'Funky Reacton' (TE TKR 802) Great voce, am,azn' voce Lave the voce Hate the song Can't stand the tred old dea of the breathy backng vocals, they flatten the whole producton and gve away the fact they haven't been able to come up wth anythng new But that VOCE SUZ QUATO: 'U You Can't Gve Me Love' (KAK 27) The leather queen has thrown off her gauntlets and taken a kd glove approach to love So there does best a woman's heart under all that macho stuff She sounds a bt lke Bonne Tyler on ths - only a bt - and t's a cracker of a song Bound to be a ht, mostly thane to her voce (that's always been a punch n the gull but also because of a smart gutar lne, very cleverly constructed The tomboy's cons down out of the tree

11 Record Mlrror, Marcho 978 J / SPELL T RAY DO A brand new sng e currently number 5 on the Amercan Record World Chart ARSf bl To hear t rng: (0) ARSTA

12 2 Record Mnor, Marcho, 978 nl, s7elahe ++++ ay t "+4+ Gve ha spn +f Glee ls mn f Unbearable at t o,, f Of course, some people would say 've just acqured ths arty, ntellectual mage, but really 've always had ths leanng towards poetry and thnk ths helmet suts me, don't you? PATT SMTH: 'Easter' (Arleta Sport 049) NOT BENG personally too brght, tend to take excepton to rock 'n' roll ntellectuals, especally snce most of them are very defntely of the pseudo varety Patt Smth, because of ths terrble prejudce of, mne, occasonally escapes from a par of speakers as rectal pan rather than New York God gven nspraton Her classc monologues, and there are a few here, area bt rdculous, really There you go, dug one up, a reservaton about :Easter', t was dffcult Flaws are scarce 'd just lke to pont out; Patt Smth sn't terrbly avant garde any more, not n the sense that she was when she began Ths s gong to alenate, of course, those crtcs whose only concern s that product s amed towards a possbly mythcal elte who just love to lsten to Patt ramble on n her aggravatng NY arty whmper Sell out! they wnge Pshaw No, 'Easter' s not avant garde n the Sense that 'Homes' was,,or perhaps t just seems that way because the publc has caught up wth her Whatever ths s nothng else, but a rock 'n' roll album An unusual one, unque n fact, but rock 'n' roll all the same t takes no tme announcng the fact the frst trad of tracks 'Tll Vctory' 'Space Monkey' and 'Because The Nght' are power epcs Not epc n terms of longevty (they are: 246, 404, 322) but n those short muscal molecules are a unverse of Ben Hur atmosphercs They convey a werd sense of mportance, don't know, they are the goods All of ths beauty s not only thanks to Patt's magc, mystc, maraudng song voce, whch s lke a hammer, whch s lke a great; heavy, unstoppable wooden mallet, batterng through the other elemental beauty: the Patt Smth band, who are power wthout responsblty heavy water, channelled at hgh pressure To contnue through the frst sde, 'Ghost Dance' s sort of creepy - 'We,, shall Lve agan' Gradual and hymnal, four and a half mnutes long, t's Patte beng arty, but not too self conscously A chant of the dead, very Eastern overtones wth orental flute, bzarre jngle - jangle back -up t goes on a bt, suppose ( don't care!) Then the mercfully short 'Babelogue' whch, pure monologue s drvel, but t compensates wth a clever applause rhythm secton Really 'Babelogue' s nothng more than a convenent and whmscal ntro for hard rock excurson number four, 'Rock 'N Roll Ngger', whch proves agan what always thought; Patt s a true orgnal, an nnovator, but her heart s pure rock 'n' roll Now sde two nearly fell over tself at the startng block because 'Prvlege (Set Me Free)' features a rectal of the 23rd psalm n New York gutteral Werdly enough, t works, cut n between Patt's slowed up rebellon shoutng - "'M SORRY 'M 90 GOD DAMN YOUNG! 'M SORRY 'M SO GOD DAMN YOUNG!" 'We Three' s about as close to a Classc ballad that Patt's ever got, openng wth those far off black -of nght gutar ntros that Lenny Kaye has off so pat peakng md - way and endng breathlessly - "Don't take my hope away from mee, ee ee" And then, some of what sounds at frst lke munch wth growled vocals and low down lead chordng, wth '26th Floor' / 'Hgh On Rebellon' n fact t s raunch wth a bt of dumb monologue thrown n Stll t's easy to gnore, and what's left s a resdue of gron level rock, all hell Fnally: 'Easter', whch s, n fact', reasonably borng unless you're a Patt poetry freak 'm not, dolse her as a rock 'n' roll snger, not ths year's answer to Elzabeth Barratt Brownng Stll there's enough of her true vocal sprt here to keep me happy, mean, ecstatc can hear them the Roman guard of elte - Crucfy! Crucfy! Crucfy! 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13 ++++ Record Mrror, March/, 97 3»A!~ _/r//'y,r/,uy LOU HTS THE PTS t stnts because t's so obvously LOU REED: StrT Monte( ( Arleta Records rkpart NS) THE PRORLF wth redundant, tred old men s that sometmes they pet won't de queuy Lou Reed has been a muscal corpse for years now Al hs peak, many, many years ago, he had some artontehtng vsons, created "move Mat demolshed barrers- But even then amdst the nspraton, wll dangerous rnd of dreck that always ngerad at the corners of hs art threatenng t, and fnally stranglng t To face some stoney facts, Reed has been lvng on Ma reputaton for far too long He qute smply hasn't made a decent album snce 'Transformer' Dumb ass Journal - lets wth more sycophancy than sense propped hm up, but a dead man s a dead man, and you can't whtewash that wth PR 'Street Hassle' le a creatve nadr 'Metal Machne Musc' was Completely ndgestble but at least t was audacous; ths L9 the pts Reed has made a lvng out of expressng hs boredom Now he communcates t only too well Lou, look at your rnsed - out old mnd work - gee Pm a new yawk tuf guy so gotta wrte about dead grls and call them btches, and sng about women lke drt, and sng murder, and sng gutter Lke so many, many tmes before t just s not enough Ten years ago maybe t would have been, but we heard all that now the work of a man wthout a gran of creatvty left n hs body pummelled The muscans on the whoever album - the hell they are - have obvously detected ths and reacted n the must apatte ay possble total le dsnterest f ever a band wounded lke t was "Just dong ts There are eght tracks on 'Street Hassle' and nothng redeems any them of Reed drbbles around wth a few cheap gmmcks to nl n the holes n hs ablty A atrng'quartet spread rrelevanuy over the UUe track An unlstenable lve cut Washed out saxophones on 'Walt' desperaton n he even brngs n Sprngsteen Bruce to try and brng some sort of credence to the album He contrbutes - one lne to the ttle track "Baby We Were Born To Kll" Lou throws na few sha la la la lees here and there, even a na na na na na The smpleton, t's just a smoke screen of cheap trcks that fall utterly to conceal the man's hollow foundatons t's so late now, Lou Not even dyng n the physcal sense wll help now, because too much garbage has gone under the trough hate 'Street Hassle', not because t's essentally posthumous, but because of t's ncredble stupdty Only an dot could have created t, and don't mean that n any complmentary sense as n Wld Man Fscher or Jonathan Rchman That's pathetc, and what's worse, completely worthless + TM LOTT Je LOU REED: a muscal corpse WARREN ZEVON 'Exctable Boy' Asylum K5x79 'M BASED 'cos 'm n love wth Jackson Bros ne and hs me- / lancholy moods, and as he co -produced ths album wth Waddy ~le / Wachtel t's got a head -start before even gve t a lsten - And 'm mpressed t's good Very good One of the reasons s the excellent producton, and another s warren's surprsng versatlty He avod«the trap that so many wnger songwrters fall nto of lumpng a whole selecton of smlar soundng materal on one album resultng n each song soundng the same There's the catchy uptempo beat of the the track Exctable toy' and 'Johnny Strkes Up The Band',' cleverly balanced wth the smooth slowness of numbers lke 'Accdentally LlkeA Martyr' The lyrcs are send- Uve wthout soundng pretentous, the mull clnshlp excellent and the vocals «dap! easly to the changng moods, uca deep and sonorous The only crtcsm s vsual- The cover shot features Warren lookng sheepshly stupd not exactly n keepng wth the UUe Now U they'd put Jackson Browne on the cover MARY ANN ELLS ANDREW GOLD: 'Al Ths And!leaven Too' (Asylum KS9oT2) "ALL RGHT AN: DREW, we want you to make an album n three weeks Fll t wth nce lghtweght songs and don't bother too much wth the lyrcs, Everybody knows and loves you, after all you were n Lnda Ronstadt's band and had a smash wth 'Lonely Boy' Now let's see, we'll pcture you n a whte sut on the album cover to please the moms and dads" / That's the way seems ths album was 0 / conceved Somebody wants to launch Gold as a downmarket Blly Joel - another entertaner for mddle Amerca, Thb Ure t lent gong to work, + ROBN SMTH RENASSANCE: 'A Sons For All Seasons' (Warners 5ale) ANNE HASLAM la sympho rock's Jule Andrews, every note and lyrc perfect Renassance sought fame n Amerca but stll mantan a consderable popularty over here despte the ravages of new wave (Oh God sorry, off on that tack,/ agan) lke ths, a most successful combnaton of group and orchestra, well balanced from the surge of the bass to the last mvement of the strngso Openng Out' begns wth whmscal playng that grows steadly before some sharp notes, And then there's Ms Haslam floatng 'twst drums and strngs 'The Day Of The Dreamer' begns ponderously before lght and shade and Vvald (?) type strngs 'Closer Than Yesterday' s quet after the storm, Just Anne and acoustc gutar 'Northern Lghts' and the ttle track are pulse beckonng works Musc to float out of the wndow by ROBN SMTH í - CJ - DOUBLE A SDE MAX SNGLE fa BLUE SUEDE SHOES! 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14 t t 4 Record Meror, March 4, 978 tll lltl Where there's hope, VAROUS ARTSTS: 'Hope Anchor Front Row Frsoval' (Warner Brothers Kee77) N THE true sprt of the Hope & Anchor and n (hazy) memory of many happy evenngs spent there, ths double album set has been revewed w hull have a hangover Keeps t all authentc y'k now Because t's not just any old complaton set, t's the Hope brought to fans who haven't had the good fortune to come to London and experence the musc played n the bowels of ths pub The (Vat: Wlko Johnson Band (two tracks) The Stranglers (two tracks) Tyla Gang (twotracks) The Prates (two tracks) Steve Gbbons Band (two tracks) XTC (two tracks) Suburban Studs (one track) The Pleasers (two tracks) Dre Strats (one track) Burlesque (one track) X Ray Spex (one track) 999 (two track s) The Sants (one track) The Only 'Ones (one track) Steel Pulse (one track) Roogalator (one track) Phlp Rambow (one track) For a complaton CHAKA KHAN / RUFUS: 'Street Player ( ABC ABC4 5239) THERE S talk of Chaka takng her marvellous voce and scnullaung stage magc outsde Rufus That's why the bllng s splt n two t's hard to say how Chaka would fare on her own, but t s very hard to magng a more sympathetc muscal r } r CHAKA KHAN album, t's been well put together specally the runnng order wth each act dovetalng nto the other and no devas- tatng dsruptve Jumps_ There are hardly any duff tracks 'm not keen on XT'C's ''m Bugged' because the free range, keyboards style s very rrtatng, but do lke ther 'Scence Fcton' so that balances out My own favourte tree are: Wllko's 'Dr Feel - good' and 'Twenty Yards Behnd', The Stranglers' 'Straghten Out', both Prates' songs (they can do no wrong) 'Don't Munchen t' and 'Gbson Martn Fender', The Sants' 'Demolton Grl' and well, sad t was a - good album n fact, t's excellent, surprsng only n that the sound s so good, despte havng been recorded n a cellar, But wonder how many alteratons were made n the studo afterwards, to clean up the sound? Don't magne havng heard these albums that you can beetle nto the Hope and hear musc as techncally -good as ths but you can be guaranteed a great atmosphere and that's somethng they may have edted out wth the mstakes RO- SALND RUSSELL settng than s provded here Rufus have always managed to sound funky wth real soul and then to nclude some very rock styled flourshes Tony Maden's gutar succeeds Ume and Ume agan (o sound lke a dstnctve voce You know how Erne sley's gutar sends every sley Brothers track nto a new stratosphere, well Maden does that too, ncludng a refned and unhystercal approach that soothes and exctes you at the same tme Ths s a great album, satsfyng wth t's opulent sound - beautfully produced lke a cushon wth a hard edge The track 'Street Player' sounds lke an FM rado ht and 'd lke them to stay together GEOFF TRAV- S THE BOYS: 'Alternatve Chartbaalers' (NEWS) N GLOROUS slag catto - The Boys "When all the punk hands / All Sound second hand / rll stll Be lovng you / When Johnny Rotten / Has been forgotten wll stll / Be lovng you / When you're bored wth anarchy / You wll stll/ HOPE & ANCHOR mug shot Be specal to me / Backstage Pass / You have been around / All the bands n town / And all the rats n Boomtown / You've had all The Jam / Even Paul's old man / n ther brand new Mercedes van / oh oh -oh oh - oh" fadeout That's called 'Back stage Pass" t's on The 'Boys new album 'Al ternatve Chartbusters' t's ther second album The frst was very specal Ths one's better t's FUN! t's NGENOUS! t's SARCASTC! t's lttle references to 'greaoy wops" on Hosea Nova blnkers t's those acknowledgements to the teenage elxr "TCP cured my acne TCP left me pmple free " t's the ferocty of football thousands t's the ballads 'Brlckfeld Nghts' and 'Herone' t's too young to ge steady t's The Boys at ther spot, squeezng, har combng, grl fearng, baseball bootng best t's charmng t's those subtle turns of phrase that melt your heart t's alarmng The predctable dchotomy of the frst album a straght cross between the ha ha and serous - s fuzzer The Steel / Dangerfleld and especally Plan schools of wrtng cock deft snoots at adolescent agones Shakng hands tnsertng the dpstck nto the beaten up frst Cortna and fndng sawdust- Mult coloured sawdust The Boys play on the knd of emotons Blue Jeans, Pnk, Fab 208 and all the other twee twollop teenes perpetuate Only they transmute the eternty nto fun flexblty And the toons are eveñ funner n fact, can't stop laughng Even though ddn't get the promsed exclusve you stupd nurd Cas Stop, Stop, Stop Hahahahahaheeheeheeheehee BARRY CAN ENCHANTMENT 'Once Upon A Dream' Road show (CAS áe49) YOU START to realse that there s somethng specal gong on here when you get to the second track, 'f You're Ready' The musc starts to bounce and ht you lke t does on LTD's 'Back n Love' and the handclaps are placed perfectly The next track starts off very slowly, dreamly enchantng you, entrappng you, a ballad that draws you n from the frst hearng of that warm falsetto voce The ntensty sustans tself untl the muscans start to move t up and the track fnshes wth a fast growng passon Surprsed you may be, but when you hear t 'll guarantee you'll be _delghted Enchantment supported here by a stellar cast of heavy studo muscans have shot themselves nto the very top lne vocal groups Wthout any doubt here s one of the names of G E O F F TRAVS CLFF RCHARD 'Small Corners' (EM EMC 929) THERE ARE stll a surprsng number of people around who fnd a tlt of God slot musc vastly easer to take than 80 seconds of power pop or gob slop Even mllons of lapsed Chrstans fnd Clff's evangelsng efforts paatble enough to buy Even so, he gets way too cute to be credble on ths album, hs latest "bble class" effort Though he gets vocally braver wth every HUMPHREY BOGART, JAMES CAGNEY et al: 'The Gbden Age Of The Hollywood Stars' (Unted Art eta USD9) THERE ARE a handful of flms 've actually cred over 'They Ded Wth Ther Boots On' the clumsly ttled,trbute to General Custer starrng a youthful Errol Flynn was one n retrospect the hghly mplausble scene of Flynn'ln goatee beard har neatly ted n a bun, brandshng sx guns al hs last stand and shoutng n an Anglofled Ausse accent "You drty redskns" hardly seems the perfect tearjerker But was only eght, a partcularly susceptble TV kd Every one of the 50 flms hghlghted on ths two album set have been on TV Pre-war kds pad to gan admttance to the Hollywood hero - era The cnema dsmantled the buldng brck ndoctrnaton of restrcted mnds and replaced t wth 90 mnute skyscraper fantases But when televsed nto mllons of lvng rooms these gant dreams from the desttute 30's and 40's underwent a dstnct metamorphoss Not only dd they lterally shrnk, they became personal, welcome ntrusons nto the home Not so much an escape, more a way of lfe Now, n the audo age, the moves enter a thrd phase The ablty to hear wthout vson presents us wth the opportunty to apprecate the fner ponts of the soundtrack And that brngs ts own rewards The acute hammness evdent n most of these snppets s acceptably attractve t has enabled mpersonaters to make lucratve earnngs for the last 50 years Edward G's narcotc ntonaton n "See",, or Bogart's pullover pronuncaton - "Here's lookng at you kd " Prceless There's Cagney ran - lng and ravng n 'Angels Wth Drty Faces' after frendly Father Pat O'Bren had pleaded wth hm to act lke a coward on hs way to the char to prevent hs young flock from regardng hm as a hero There's Lauren Be - call tellng Bogart to whstle f he needs her n 'The Bg Sleep' There's Olva De Havlland tellng Flynn how she loved hm n 'The Adventures Of Robn Hood' and wth the beneft of hndsght we now know that she REALLY dd Who wouldn't' And there's Jolson sngng 'My Mammy' from the frst talke 'The Jazz Snger' n 927 Buy t, Then, when you next go to a Sham 89 concert nstead of shoutng for more you can, W complete confdence, smply say: "Play t agan Sham BARRYCAN album Clff has broken lttle new ground snce ''m Nearly Famous' gave hs career such a shot n the arm He has chosen to open 'wth an awkward soundng chldren's chorus begnnng the chldren's hymn 'You n Your Small Corner' (hence the album's ttle) whch gves way to a steady rock 'n' roll raver 'Why Should The Devl Have AU The Good Musc' Great support here from Bran Bennett on drums n fact every song s a gem of recordng technque However, P ro - duces some falsetto wals that had the neghbourhood torn clawng at the wndows - tryng to get out The lyrcs are so slck as to almost smack of rreverence, "They naled hm to the crass and they naled hm to the ground, but they shoulda known they can't keep a good man down" Hs attempt at Krs Krstofferson's ponderous'why Me Lord?' falls utterly when one recalls the bearded wonder's grunt and grumble, ever so humble verson (What happened to the pous Krstofferson? ) Songwrter Anne Herrng has provded the album wth possbly ts most commercal song 'Gong Home' t gets the same "senstve" treatment Clff made famous on "Mss You Nghts" Here he gets great support, frdm hs backng sngers as always f the publc can take an "Oh Lord" song just now, 'Gong Home' should be a bgge All other tracks than those' mentoned wll turn eyes glassy only n the Bble belts of Chrstendom + + JOHN WSHART BUZZCOCKS:'Another Musc n A Dfferent Ktchen' (Unted Artsts) OH YEAH, here's an ex punk band jumpng onto the powerpop bandwagon t seems to be* the thng to do these The Buzzcocks con- fldently expect someone to begn a revew of ther album wth tense kndof sentments How wrong can you be 'Another Ktchen' closes and opens f Closes the door on a burnng orals year hot foot and fancy free A year as ntangble as the phlosophes t proffered Dead t s a renovatng record - constructng a scaffold around what The Buzzcocks have already acheved yet explorng avenues that many ddn't even dream exsted let alone ra- f versed And all encased n the dosyncratc / engmatc Buzzcoek oyster Okay, ntal exposure only served to enhance my opnon that the Shelley / Dggle gutar combnaton s maybe the best around Meet nterestng anyway On 'e' and 'Autono- my ths electrc wrenchng sound projects mages of cardographs, le detectors, any machne that measures vsble sound You're watchng the lnes dstort, collde, explode but always on path to logcal conclusons Shelley's vocals have always fascnated Perpetual ascenson nto effemnate ranges, ap- proprate Just so pronunclauon, ashamedly al:erbc - " don't lke French ksses / Cos you swallow my tongue, " need SEX need LOVE need DRNK need DRUGS need FOOD need CASH need YOU to love me back," " want you AUTONO- MY!" Hell he even rock 'n roll yodels on 'Get On Our Own' Subsequent playng provdes postve pleasure Any album that can nclude the dsmemberng Pulsebeat' and ' Don't Mnd' the best pop song of '78 so far just has to be specal Lsten to the clps from Boredom at the begnnng and end of the record Thert remember the doors BARRY CAN And the next revewer wll get the same! s a L(r-- a l+,

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16 6 Record Mrror, March vr,4900 : ( ` XN,_ c "V l" v-,l :-?- 5 J `',''A_; u r t l - - _ t 4 =, _ : (, \! '` '9,- t - kz (\\ r ``-: : ''\ a snarlng new sngle + r 7 J Quck Joey Small get t before t btes ya X3758 Slaughter, &2Thet) oeccn é,,; - _ POP? What's that say the Rush fans ROBN SMTH gets n amongst the faded denms and greatcoats to see Rush NEWCASTLE CTY Hall on a partcularly drab nght A young audence bedecked n faded denm, grandaddy vests and long ' har Ask a lot of them f they've heard of power l pop and they shake ther heads Rush are all that matters One lad has htched hs way through 20 mles of snow to make t along to the gg He probably won't make t home tonght and plans to sleep on the staton wrapped n hs ex -RAF greatcoat "Seen 'em before, they're marvellous,,' he says "Nah, punk -doesn't nterest me They don't have good lght shows do they? Every song sounds the _same" Phlosophy Rush áre an all Canadan /earthquake band Heavy metal dluted wth peace love and phlosophy Too late, you ask? sdefntely not, they partly a gap left by Zeppeln Rush are avalable and t's a sellout tour The group come packaged n an extensve lght show and although they thunder everythng comes through 'By - Tor And The Snow Dog' s swamped wth dry ce and 'Kanadu' s completed under a celng of lghts Already the fathful are gatherng at the front, playng magnary gutar on raled up posters and makng peace sgns Rush go through ther motons well - pelvs thrust forward, shake of the head, agonsed face contortons - rah, rah, rah Lke Yes they brng the bass very much to the fore and Geddy Lee sounds lke a Canadan verson of Jon Anderson Unlke Yes they haven't developed the same melody structures, when you gel rght down tol they go n for a lot of basc crash and bang Somethng tells me they could be dong a lot more, they have the power at the moment but not enough subtlety 'A Farewell To Kngs' s the best of the set t starts wth very Englsh style acoustc gutar played very nmbly Suddenly there's a flash of explosons followed by the man theme knockng out of the speakers, 'You Don't Get Somethng For Nothng' s very ndulgent but they suddenly cut the heaves 'Cygnus X-' s robot rock, mechancal noses and Gedy Lee pcked out under a sngle red spotlght Near the end the band are caught n an endless maze of nterlockng beams 'Closer T, The Heart' has some more acoustc playng then a seres of rppng notes and archetypal heavy metal playng 'Workng Man' s the most basc offerng of the evenng, screechng vocals and lumpy notes tumblng down on ther most clumsest song After the show the fans rush for the stage door, standng n the snow lke carol sngers On stage Rush may specalse n demonc rock but off stage they're rather quet and retrng "When you're a support band you can afford to go a bt wld," says lead gutarst Alex Llfeson n the dressng room "You're dong a short set and you've stll got energy to burn off But we're _ headlnng now, we can't afford to go on stage tred; we want to delver well every tme You have to co-ordnate tours so that you get nto a rhythm (you go wld then everythng just gets straned" Rush were formed n 969 by Alex and bass gutarst Geddy Lee Ther orgnal drummer was replaced by Nell Pearl whose contrbutons to the band's lyrcs have been vtal "Canada s a very apathetc country," contnues Alex "There's only three major ctes so you nevtably have to be successful n the, States frst before you can go back lke conquerng heroes and get apprecaton for your labours We've had to work really hard but t's pad off" Rush do a lot of 'recordng n England down at Rock feld Studos on the Welsh border "t's a beautful old buldng and maybe t suts us better than some of the Amercan studos because the atmosphere s so relaxed, t's not too clncal", says Alex There's not a great feelng of pressure, we can wander down to breakfast and then nto the studo "On the lghter gutar parts thnk 've tred to get an Englsh type feel behnd my playng, lke the great amount of culture over here both muscally and n your hertage" Over n the corner ste Geddy Lee the most soft spoken member of the band "We chose the name Rush because t represents a postve force or feelng t means that you can acheve anythng you really want to by your own efforts, whether t's musc or anythng We're very much nto power for ndvduals for each person to express ther own mnds" One of the best examples of the Rush phlosophy s captured n the '22' album where prests control the world and one ndvdual tres to express hmself after fndng a gutar The prests confscate the nstrument knowng t could lead to a break n ther dctatorshp "What we stand for s sgnfed by our logo of a guy reachng out n the star", says Geddy "We're a captalst band, we come from mddle class homes So although our parents maybe ddn't approve what we were dong n the early days, there was always a warm bed torus at nght "Our musc does lend tself qute a lot to Brtsh nfluences, we're nto people lke Jeff Beck But our musc hasn't been contrved, t Just flowed naturally and ended up the way we are today Our musc uses scence fcton experences because that way you can create fantases that help to broaden people's mnds We use creatve magne non tolet people thnk Vsuals "One day hope we can move nto flms, 'd really lke to orchestrate vsuals 've seen 'Close Encounters Of The Thrd Knd' and was mpressed by t t comes over as a very real flm" The fans have Cleared enough so t's nto the lmo and back to the Newcastle Holday nn Band's lyrcst Nel Pearl holds court n hs room ' Llke my rado controlled model car?" he asks, holdng the machne proudly before settlng down n a char "We play wth them to relax", " lke noble vrtues, the dfference between rght and wrong," he says " also don't 'ke people tellng me what to do and that can happen wth some bands, they become puppets of record companes You have to make your own decsons f you want your deals to come across "Brtan's na strange state at the moment because you have a socalst government 'm aganst socalsm because agan t stfles the ndlvtd'ml, t tres to wrap hm up not lettng hm thnk for hlnuell " some murº Mme to thnk and relax Then to bed

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18 , 8 Record Maroc, March 4, 978 Edted by TM LOTT Would you buy a record off these men f' WHAT'S THE dfference between W H Smths Record Department and Vrgn Record Store? Both are stuated wthn spttng dstance (a Joke for you punks) from each other n London's Nottng Hll n Smths the record department s Just another effcent unt n the store Just one more tll, rngng the changes "Take over the desk a mnute" (Thought they only sad that n ('rooroads) says depart- ment manager Phlp Baley to a young grl assstant on my arrval "Er can we take your pcture?" ask "Oh don't- know about that 'll have to ask the manager" He dsappears for ten mnutes then reappears Our Manager s just checkng wth bead offce" Another ten mnutes and head offce gve ther approval: Phlp stands pretendng to tdy the records for the camera He looks every nch the sort of young man that mums and dads would lke to buy ther records º Q t -, yr;rsr - Sy,3 ~Tm ' JJ`!!D - f,; p -, _,,r - -, 'm from Young handsome thought Clff was on EM face Tdy har not too There are no lstenng long and the nevtable facltes 'n Smth's sut and te as found on all "Well we do have a stereo those eager young mddle on whch we play a vared management men prow- selecton of musc lng round Smths leapng throughout the day to on you wth a servle promote sales," explans smle and a "Can help Phlp Oh so that's what you madam" as soon as that tny sound softly you pck up the Basldon pervadng the depart- Bond ment was They sell Back at the counter a albums that way? very refned mddle aged The categores n lady s demandng n loud Smths are lumped under upper class "A copy of such headngs as 'Pop A- 'Sorree 'm a,ladee' by Z,' 'Classcal' and 'Easy that pop group Barkarah Lstenng' Well suppose pleese" f had a voce Dems s easy for some to lke that 'd be sorry too lsten to What about the "Let me show you new wave? around," says Phlp "We have a very good Two mnutes later we're selecton " beams Phlp, back where we started, "Well no we don't stock standng beneath a rather the Sex Pstols - that's a -pathetc promoton ds- central company polcy" play consstng of two Where's the Clash? "Oh album covers strate- Well guess we're out of gcally placed at angles stock at the moment" beneath a poster adverts- Tme for my escape ng the new Clff Rchard There's Just one more album (who else, such ca thng mssng from the nce young man) "Yes t department Perhaps does look a bt slly at the Phlp could check wth moment" says Phlp the manager and Area readng my thoughts Control about gettng ' But the man from CBS s some atmosphere Subcomne _ to, do t properly ject to Head Offce for us" Funny always approval Of course, 9 -- k,-r, S MO ara Sportng beard, washed huge selecton of rock, out T -Shrt and flowng' soul, New Wave (t's got locks he lurks up and t's own secton here) f ' 'f y` :lellllesk^ y% a ATMOSPHERE S somethng Vrgn Records abounds tn The slghtly shabby decor comprsng lots of posters, fsh mobles and a few degenerate pot plants to add a cosy touch The loud musc beltng out from an excellent sound system has ways of makng you buy albums There's two thngs manager Dave Martn can't do Frstly he can't tell me whether they do Chart returns to the BMRB and secondly he can't put on a record wthout Scratchng t 've been here 'L0 mnutes and he's managed to scar three album already Dave looks lke somethng left over from a Steve HWage concert íl////y down behnd the counter thrustng people under headphones, sellng records and answerng a constant battery of questons from me, the other assstants and of course the customers themselves "Ave you zee den zee zees" nqures a large blonde lady "Er don't work here actually" reply and Dave rushes over to translate and bear her off the selecton of 0cc platters, You can hang around Vrgn for hours wth no danger of beng molested by maraudng shop swlstants or arrested for loterng, browsng at your lesure through the d,le reggae and mports And they get stars shoppng here too (sgh) On a good day you mght spot Blly dol and Sex Pstols Steve Jones and Paul Cook splashng Out on the new Jon Mtchell And talkng of the defunct punks, Dave nostalgcally recalls the debut of the SP's frst album "We sold nothng but 'Never Mnd The Bollocks' fora whole day By half four had to dose the shop t was near rots AU our magaznes had dsappeared and half the punka were over the counter" Now that's how a record shop should be run THE SONGWRTER'S HANDBOOK: By Harvey Rachlln (Harper And Row, t, as) "YOUR EYES are lke two lmpd pools Come wth me and we wll, um urgh Oh God what can put next? Damn, can't thnk of another lne How the hell dd Berne Taupn do t? Looks lke 'm gong to be a taxdermst all my lfe There aren't many people who haven't at sometme been smtten by wld passons and wanted' to put t down on paper Beng a successful songwrter s far easer than beng a performer You haven't got the worres of beng on stage, you take the money and retre to the countrysde spendng hours on your next masterpece To help you out s "The Songwrter's Handbook" wrtten by Harvey Rachln who 'm assured s a songwrter, record producer and publsher The foreword s by Sammy Cahn who wrote none other than 'Call Me rresponsble' and 'Three Cons n The Fountan' So U you want to wrte another 'Anarchy n The UK;'or 'Oh Bondage Up Yours' ths sn't the book to do t by t deals more n hpw to wrte popular mddle of the road songs The book breaks a song down nto basc elements showng you how to combne them nto a wnner t takes you through wrtng lyrcs, wrtng down your deas, how to make demos and marketng - n fact everythng you want to know n a rather large nutshell ke any book of ths type t's an ad You've got to have a certan amount of basc profcency to begn wth Now let me see "Your eyes are lke two lmpd pools Stff/Chs Test PUNK LVES n Ednburgh, at least The last Stff / Chswck talent contest n Manchester may _have had our Tm proclamng that pop was here to stay, but on ths rad over the border by the two maraudng companes, t was back to good old three mnute thrashes Whch was fne At frst By the sxth band t was a bt wearng: by the eghth t was bangng your head aganst the wall and screamng tme f my dmnshng apprecaton of the talent on show was due to the jadng effect on my earholes rather than actual lack o! muscal qualty, apologse n advance to the Scars, Groper and especally to the Freeze, the poor unfortunates who were forced to play last However, t certanly SEEMED that the best stuff was all at the begnnng So now on to the good news: the Monos(not the same outft as the one currently playng London) were my personal favourtes, a tttle older than the rest of the bands and perhaps because of ther advanced years, a lttle more orgnal n a Contest of ths sort, anythng dfferent s bound to stand out - and to me, they dd They also have a good presence n ther lead snger, the only one of the evenng who dsplayed any real star qualty Cuban Heels, an offshoot of Johnny And The H/ Self - Abusers, were a sharp lookng lot n ther brown polo necks Ther musc was pretty sharp too - Feelgoods nfluenced r 'n' b stuff 'm not sure where that sort of materal would lead them at the moment, but Chswck's Ted Carroll was mpressed enough to thnk of sgnng them The Skds had a lot of local support, and found them reasonably mpres sve, H a -bt lackng n the charm department At least they've taken a step away from the punk sound - n fact, one song, 'Scared To Dance' had defhlte Deep Purple undertmnes, suppose l must be about tme for a heavy metal revval ' The other two bands worth a menton are Channel 4, who wore red T shrts and played pretty well and the Subs, who were the only 'foregners' n the bunch (they hal from Glasgow) and so had a bt of a rough tme from the chauvnsts n the audence Both groups were a bt lackng n orgnalty, but that can always develop The bascs were there, at any rate - So there we have t - maybe no great whte hopes, certanly not the future of rock 'n' roll, but mostly pretty decent bands Some were better than a lot of groups on the Current London crcut, some were better than that Stff and Chswck are now plannng further contests n Dubln and Venna, and hopefully, an all wnners show some - wheren London ABOUT A fortnght ago receved a photograph that's been perodcally annoyng me ever snce The snap bore the mysterous slogan 'The Rutter Are Comng', :s drum kt and four sxtes style star shapes emblazoned wth 'S te', 'Nasty', 'flck' and 'Barry' The photo orgnated from the WEA press offce who pecularly, refused to nay anythng about t a all, except that a story would eventually be forthcomng t never came forth Ths week 'Publc Eye' n THE OBSERVER sheds some lght on ths dark and carefully prepared engma The Runes, are, t turns out, a satrcal re s launch of the Beatles by one of the leant talented of the Python, Erc dle, and part tme Python Nel tones The RuUek make ther debut appearance on a se mnute TV show whch was flmed n England last summer but whch wll be screened ntally n the Unted States f the Rutland Weekend Show s anythng to go by t wll be funny very rarely The song are apparently n "strct Beatles style" and nclude 'Ouch', 'Bold My (land' and 'Sergeant Rutter's Darts Club Band' An album of 4 hts and a sngle wll be released lo concde wth the TV specal The show wll also feature especal appearance by stars who perform mock ntervew about what The Runes meant to them Three worthes nclude Mck and Banca Jagger and Paul Smon Tastng of borng old tarts, everyone should take a cautonary note of the unpleasantness that ran ensue when cultures clash as recorded n the SUNDAY EXPRESS Accordng to The Express, Amercan father Lee Bennett spent four years tryng to get h long hared son, John, to get a crew cut Frustrated by the ongong non chp off the block stuaton, lee took a step whch to Englsh eyes looks the tnest bt unrmnonable He shot hs son through the heart Lee s now awatng sentence for murder, and looks lke becomng the frm martyr ever for barbershops A snppet n SUNDAY TMES' so - far rather nebulous 'RockabUly Rebels' Accordng to Mck Brown, the Rebel cult s bult around a Teddy boy wth class mage Age spectrum: 4ZS Unform: short vaseuned har, two nch turn ups on the Levs, commando steel tpped boots, Amercan confederate garb The world wat ther decson - punk or bof bashng? The SUNDAY MRROR conclude ther Rod Stewart Dee Harrngton scandal ths week Dee gets pssed off, Rod stops snortng coke (t says here) Rod hts Dee Rod gets loose, phlanders all over the place, notably n Span wth Joanna Lumley Dee gets very pssed off Red repotted wth Brtt Dee gate so placed off, she plwes net back to England The end Should you be nterested n further Seam on the tumultuous twosome, Dee's rest -n, 'My Rack Wth Rod', wll be publshed later *le year The only story to match THE SUNDAY PEOPLE's cover scoop about Prncess Anse sackng her mlkman for lack of consequence s the less than Startlng revelados that Lnda Fletcher host of TV's 'Get t Together' show, has, along wth her husband Mke, got the sack Calm down Steady on undo hasn't been releved of her dudes at TV Phew She's bees sacked from the West Country band she plays le, Harpschord, for frequentty flunkng cut or glen How ran follow that except by sayng goodbye to Mr Mlls Goodbye Mrs Malta

19 Record Mnor, March4, TOMBSTONES N HS MOUTH BUT NONE ABOVE HS HEAD YET, / / ' Tt C Yr Now,My:t- Yt ul (-5oj! c:s Enough_ tó,stop you gong BODLY FUNCTONS are messy affars But the whole unsghtly busness s made rather less pleasant - n fact frequently ntolerable - by lavatores Now 'm not talkng about the commodes you see n the pages of Vogue - all pnk, marble and slver nlad tolet roll holders 'm talkng about the pts you get at rock ggs They are revoltng They are vle They are slmy They are dsease rdden They are flthy Almost wthout excepton To see Just how unpleasant see below for our n depth assessment of bogs at rock venues n London Our fndngs are not for those of a weak dsposton But who s responsble for these atroctes? t's the proverbal sx of one and half a dozen of the other stuaton The fans as often as not are anythng but relgously respectful towards lavatores They pss n snks They wrte on walls They nck tolet paper They break tolet seats n the face of fans so bent on destructon, the propretors sometmes can't be bothered to go to all the trouble of keepng a decent hog when as soon as the doors open t gets devastated And the've got a pont Í smell Grafft suted to - these wth rather coarser tastes n wt Dryng of hands acheved by wagglng them n the ar for fve mnutes The ladles, generally clean, tolet paper readly avalable, snks n dsgustng state Grafft of borng nature but the sexual appeal of 99 and Tonght feature heavly Locks, and they work! Generally amable clentele but "pungent odour" would be a chartable descrpton of the smell ngenous devce to - provde showers for occupants of one cubcle; when pullng chan a shower of water falls from the hgh level cstern, thereby ensurng hgh standards of hygene HAMMERSMTH ODEON Not bad No wadng through nastles on the floor n ether the lades or the gents and no notceable unpleasant odours Rather thn wafer of soap n both, and an apparent lack of towels Abundance of too paper,(lee sandpaper varety), manly scattered across the floor One loo n gents had drppng cstern, handyf you want to wash your har whle croppng Notceable absence of grafft n both women's and men's themselves the necessty of vstng the tolet There s a small drty snk, and soap But the loo s always flooded on the floor, and one nght there was a pool of blood belongng to a grl who cut her wrst Avod t all costs Tran your bladder NASHVLLE, North End Road Talk about walkng across water you need Wellngton boots or a Teds nght out wth thck crepe soles Men's had no soap, no paper, drty snk, borng but copous grafft Smelly Ddn't dare excrete, would have soaked my trousers round the ankles, Lades also revoltng Only two loos, condtons truly dsgustng The floor s usually swmmng, no soap, towels -or loo paper, the doors don't lock Only good thng s abundant grafft, moll comments on the sexual prowess of certan muscans Now 'm not one to gossp, but HNGWALLS, Camden Lock One of the prcest venues, and men's bogs reflect that Only mens tolet out of all of those nspected that was clean, wth plenty of snap, hot water, decent bog paper, plenty of snks, no overflowng gutters, elec toe hand dryng machne, very lttle grafft, locks on the doors, reasonably fragrant Mnd you 've seen them e lot worse on punk nghts Altogether pretty decent ths tme, 'd be PAPA JOHN CREACH sn't so much' -an old fart as a geratrc burp And he sn't even borng Four years away from penson age - he's 6 - the tombstone toothed negro has recently launched hmself on a solo career after splttng from that baston of mddle aged hppedom the once -great Jefferson Arplane (whch meta- morphosed nto the Jefferson Starshp shortly before he left) He left the Starshp not,because of any dffculty n relatng to whte rock 'n' roll - " can' play anythng, lke to get a lot of varety" - but because t was all gettng a bt too, much for hm " was tourng wth three bands; my own, The Starshp and HoCruna t was too much, too many chores" he says speakng Transatlantc from hs home n Los Angeles He lves wth hs sxty - year old wfe, who lke everyone else uses the tradtonal 'Poppa' Prefx: and tours wth hm They are chldless - "'d sure lke to have some though" Poppa John s currently HOPE AND ANCHOR n the meantme, the Upper Street, slngton problem of "whose fault" Mena, possbly the vlest takes place to the more tolets ever constructed gettng ready for a sx mmedate problem of Tny No place to take a week tour after recovhow smelly / drty r flea Number Two Only two erng from a bout of rdden etc The stomach - frequently overflowng d!stu rdng facts we urne bowls Dsgustng RANBOW Flnspury produce below, smell nevtably happy to take my Park crowded, slng an the MARQUr E, %ardour grandfather there (f he The message from the walls Flthy snk wasn't dead) Ladles also Ranbow lo those wth 8 trawl Surprsed to fnd no Gents pretty slmy and tramps or wnos better than most Plenty burstng bowels s; get slumped odueroue Vomt pool n n the corner - probably of cubcles - fve n all - hgh Downstars men corner One urne trough enough room hot water, soap and roller has queues, putrd tosmzlls, Almost oferflowlog Com us revoltng as towels Bg mrrors wth, no paper soap the pensatory soap, snk (hat dressng room the Ladles knd of lght whch ever One trough Lades 'a terl No lock on Only sllkhuy convnce, lass bad you that )tx're downstars also of subhucubcle_ Very poor class Female vstors dyng of to the TB Only snag s man standard, wet floors of clentele - belchng, Hope are advsed to have Butt the loon sometmes no paler no towels, pools Partng etc are rampant the retenton stop qualtes workng of a durng Lbe of vomt Upstars n both Medum to unpleasant came( aventng thereby savng wth horrble case( la much better - results the tartlet hs halls dusen n%/sr///%y MDY ~ye -7F pneumona, whch at one pont threatened hs lue But he seems unconcerned about'- the affect the tour could have on hs health " do pretty much what' want, work when lke love t, lt'sa klndof challenge take plenty of vtamns 'm not about to retre yet" Papa John began workng n the jazz clubs n Chcago n the 90, and though he's flrted wth the dea of playng drums, fddle remans hs one and only nstrumental love " can play anythng Jazz, blues, rock n' roll t earns me me money" Though he's never been to England the ageng vrtuoso s eager to vst ths sceptred sle, and hopes to make the crossng ths year DJM have Just released a sngle 'Country Boy', welch s a lot better than you mght expect - a rock country booge featurng hs very unusual electrc fddle style and some farly passable vocals mean he's not exactly power pop but who known he could soon be gracng the centre spread of that worthy fan mug for the over sxtes, SAGO loos reasonably clean snks, paper towels, Wen loo paper ROUNDHOUSE, Chalk Farrs klrn's pretty substandard, grmy, smelly lackng n doorlorka and all the rest of t Ladles reasonably clean tolet paper aplenty There were snks, but Poole 0 the patrons acre sttng on them Snks very con,fortahr A taste of fame agan ONE-TME star of the sxtes, Roger La Verne formerly of the Tornadoes, tasted tame agan last week Roger broke the world pano playng record by sttng n The Osbourne Tavern, Stroud Green for 45 days, 8 hours and 25 mnutes plunkng away at the vores The prevous record was 45 days hours le was allowed two hours a nght to sleep, and tme off for "natural functons", Ths latter clause seems to allow some room for cheatng - a contender could plead ncontnence and take a quck nap n the tolet So we at Record Mrror have devsed a new foolproof extcrete - as - you - play system (see llustraton) Offers from Ross Me% hrer for the blueprnts of ths ngenous devce wll be welcomed AVALARE FV TC FRST TD, [ crgnal, YL'f472 [jot ae - Ecal NEVER MND 77E BOLLOCKS Oea+ Patsst 4-catehllV d,º tll 2 re ; 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20 20 Record Mrror, March 4, 978 -Y Record Mrror, March DATELNE: London The Abba Press conference 978 n a scene that could have come straght from 'Abba - The Move' a Brtsh journalst asks the group f they were a flop when they frst sang together? The group laughs Bjorn answers "Yes, t's true We were a complete falure we were dong somethng wrong " What was that? "We were tryng to sng other people's musc and other people's lyrcs Those tmes - we prefer not to thnk about t now Thank you Abba THOSE tmes were around 970 Before Abba had won the Eurovslon song contest n Brghton wth 'Waterloo' Before they followed ther frst breakthrough nto the European market wth a strng of nternatonal hts Before they'd clocked up a staggerng 50 mltonplus sales all over the world - salng more n art equvalent perod than the Beatles n ther prme And whle the Abba success story shows every sgn of contnung ther rse to fame has been one of the most remarkably rapd journeys n pop hstory L 4 rl k They shot from the relatve obscurty of mnor Swedsh pop 'personallues' to become one of the world's top groups n only just over four years - wthout any major setbacks - and wth all ther own materal, produced by themselves Abba s: Agnetha Faltskog, Bjorn Ulvaeus, Ann-Frd Lyngstad and Benny Andersson And ther ever-present manager and mentor Stg Anderson Between them t was once rumoured, they've earned more money than Sweden's largest frm; Volvo, the car company And whle the group dsmss ths as "just a story", they're happy to ndcate that ther success has brought them prvacy and securty n ever larger measure Whether or not they've reached a peak " can't say how long we'll survve," says AnnlFrd l s for the publc to decde But you can't compare us to the Beatles, say, because unlke them we have our prvate lves away from the musc " And Benny adds: "As long as we enjoy ourselves as much as we do now we'll contnue You don't want to make too many long range plans we'll just keep on dong t' At 27 Agnetha Ase Faltskog s the youngest member of Abbe Born 5 Aprl 950 n Jonkopng, Sweden A soto snger before meetng and matng wth Bjorn, she was once descrbed as Sweden's Conne Francs Pror to becomng a full - tme snger Agnetha had been a swtchboard operator Several hts as a solo artste, and an appearance as Mary Magdalene n the Swedsh verson of 'Jesus Chrst Superstar' to her credt Marred Bjorn n 97 Two chldren so far Her bottom has been descrbed as the 'sexest n the world', a fact whch Agnetha prefers not to thnk about, or so she clams Meanwhle both her voce and her superb posteror are central to Abba's success Often cted as natural and shy, Agnetha s aleo sad to be hot - headedly romantc, and accordng to one book 'spent her courtshp jthrowng thngs at Bjorn n fts of romantc passon! Lkes: "relaxng wth my chldren, swmmng and gymnastcs She has ambtons to be an actress but "only f the rght part comes along" So far, apparebtly, she hasn't been offered the rght part But what part was she offered? " don't want to tell you" Was t somethng lke a Swedsh sex fn? "Somethng lke that - refused For the moment musc s' the most mportant thng anyway don't lke to have these 'sexy' ttles" Abbe are; the pop phenomenon of the seventes A combnaton of a clean and attractve mage and superbly produced nstantly catchy musc Style, sex appeal and bouncy tunefulness But they proved to have steel behnd the tnsel An ambton to succeed outsde ther natve country, and not Just fade away as another tarnshed Eurovslon stereotype The songwrtng talents of Bjorn and Benny The magc vocal ngredents of Ann-Frll and Agnetha's voces The busness acumen of Stg Anderson t all added up to them long before even the Swedes had accepted them Bjorn and Benny's long dscussons n a boat off the coast of Sweden Agnetha and AnnFrd gong to watch ther boyfrends recordng - and realsng that they could add that extra qualty to put them n the bg league And Stg Anderson's contnued fath, realsng that the two couples - wth some shrewd presentaton - could be a devastatng spectacle As the fary tale would havet; they all stuck to ther guns and now they're callng the shots Abba surprsed them all That frst outng wasn't a complete falure, more of a falterng step n 970 Abba meant only one thng to the Swedes t was the name of a brand of herrngs, natonally famous and avalable n vrtually every grocery store Meanwhle Bjorn, Benny, Agnetha and Ann-Frd took the stage n Gothenburg under the name of the Engaged Couples Three of them were natonally famous Bjorn had been a heart throb n a rock group called the Hootenanny Sngers; long-hared and attractve he fronted a group wth a strng of hts n Sweden Benny, smlarly, was well-known as the keyboards player n a heavy rock outft called the Hep Stars And the blonde Agnetha had scored as a slm teenager wth a pretty voce wth romantc songs lke 'When Kssed The Teacher' Both the romances of Bjorn and Agnetha and Benny and Ann-Frd were front page news, so ther teamng up professonally - as well as prvately - should have been a sensaton Bjorn Krstan Ulvaeus, as wrter and producer, s one of the manstays of Abba n the studo Born n Gothenburg on 25 Aprl 945, Bjorn became the local hero of Sweden's top pop group the Hootenanny Sngers by the md sxtes ntally he ddn't wrte songs, but after the frst one he wrote for the Sngers became a ht n Sweden he was persuaded to spend more tme composng Sad to be the most ambtous member of Abbe, Bjorn j was the frst to meet up -wth Stg Anderson, and the frst to thnk serously about sewng hs m UeC to an audence larger than Sweden could provde le met Benny by chance over a drnk after a concert - and found that they got along well wrtng songs together Marred Ag netha n a blaze of publcty -n 9 though he was engaged once to another grl At the same tme vgorously pursung a dual career wth Benny as a snger / songwrter Drvng force behnd Abbe today, and often acts as a spokesman for the group utlsng a clean and well - The ABBA' Story 'by John Shearlaw drlled form of showbus' Bess good humour Relaxes: Wth the chldren readng, playng musc and runnng n the woods but not very often!" Contnues to wrte wth Benny "nearly every day" and has ambtons to wrte a full - length muscal featurng Abba But the crtcs, whle not unknd ddn't see much future for the sngng quartet, Not that ths dscouraged there All the group felt that there was somethng there t just needed workng on They had to fnd en mage and powerful sound Two years later t came, wth 'People Need Love' Bjor n and Benny had sal up busness n earnest several years before wth Stg Anderson Between them they ran Polar Musc, wth the boys producng and wrtng songs for other artsts Stg often provded le ly One of ther records 'She b MY Knd of Grl' was a ht n Japan, and when they went there wth a follow up the grls came too The song em 'People Need Love' and Agnethe and Annl-Frd sang on stage the Benne Y realsed what had been mssng before and eagerly returned O Sweden to try and capture the magc on record Ths song' ajornand break through t worked - n a small way - but the bggest change was yet to come n Amerca the record was credted to Bjorn and Benny and Svensa Flcka n Sweden to Bjorn and Benny, Agnetha and Fr -da But n the studo ths had proved such a mouthful - even to the Swedes - that they were often referred to by ther ntals alone Stg decded to use the ntals as the name shortly afterwards: t, he felt, promoted nternatonal understandng (and that, after all, was the orgnal plan) and was mmedately recognsable They approached the fsh -cannng company and got the go ahead- t wee the start All they needed was an nternatonal ht - n Englsh, always referred to by the group as The language of " - to confrm trm ther treats n 972 Abba had ther sghts set on!be Eurovslon Song Conceal for the followng year Bjorn and Benny none up wth 'Rng Rng' t was a R they now feel was the real begnnng of the four -pece Abbe Retold Rng, Rng' wan tremendously Popular n Sweden and hotly Upped to be the country's entry for tarovlaon- The only problem was t e sseeuon commttee, A panel of experts had been 4PPotnted to select the song to NWese-nt Sweden Several of them n re already, apparently, Prejaganst Anderson 'Che AndUt whle performed the Bong A Agnetha oaths very obvously Pregnant -a fact whch endeared them both to the Press and the naton the judges remaned unmpressed 'Rng Rng' came only thrd t was the bggest set - back to Abba snce Gothenburg Yet the song went on to be a ht across Europe And ts success strength ened the resolve of the group By the tme of Eurovslon the ' followng year Abba were ready wth a song they thought couldn't fall Ths tme, too, the panel of judges had been replaced by a people' jury' The songs was 'Waterloo' Benny and Bjorn provded the musc, SUg the lyrcs l won bya landslde 'Waterloo' t was released cross Europe and heavly P Costumes were specally desgned s r and the for the orchestra e a cede A wth a Napoleonc theme Abbe themselves adopted gltter costumes almost to excess were determned to make a showey When Abbe arrved n Brghton they were 00- outs both Stg and mers mmedately placed hefty bets on ther song! And n Sweden the Press seemed remarkably unconcerned Only one Correspondent was n England to cover the event ntally a jazz and cabaret snger, Ann-Frd Synnl Lyngstad s the second female voce n Abbe 'Frda' was a "war baby" - her mother a Norwegan her father a German offcer born n Narvk on 5 November 945 Moved to Sweden whle stll very young and started sngng n her early teens Marred early and had two chldren, but left her husband to pursue a solo career, meetng Bonny shortly afterwards The allegaton that she'd deserted her husband and chlden was a Swedsh - scandal at the tme but completely un founded Perhaps the least famous of the group n her prevous career, her superb voce now leads the group's sound Relaxes: "Readng, exercsng three tmes a week, and takng sngng lessons every day" Hopes one day to sng straght opera, thus her voce tranng takes precedence Her voce s mezzo soprano Lves wth Benny but has no plans to have any more chldren She says: "'m very satsfed now 've had enough Of course 'Waterloo''- helped by the extravagant costumes and the group's own freshfaced appeal - romped home Englsh crtcs were staggered by the band Whle Swedsh natonal papers were n a state of consternaton they had no-one who knew anythng about the band to report on Sweden's frst ever vctory at Eurovslon! The fght was on Abba had been successful as a studo group Frst, they needed a follow-up to' Waterloo' (whch reached Number n the BrUsh charts) Second, they had to prove themselves as a lve gro n up 975t all happened The follow-up - a re-recordng of 'Rng, Rng' - was a small ht n Brtan But after a tour of Europe n 975, the frst outsde Sweden, came ' Do Do Do' then 'SOS,' And to cap ther success there was 'Mamma Ma', a bouncy, full - producton dancer, whch ht the top of the Brtsh charts n tme for Ch rst mas 075 TO Abba the BrUsh speakng countres were really the key Sweden wasn't bg enough to hold them n Brtan 'Mamma Mla was followed9 by 'Fernando' n March t D75, and 'Dancng Queen' n August Both made t to Number The Englsh crtcs had to bow down By the end of 975 Abba were the world's best-sellng group The albums sold as well as the sngles n Australa Abbe became THE group - ther popularty boosted by a sell- out tour Even n Amerca, the one market that the group really hope to crack n 978/9, nterest was nterestng Fnally Abbe played lve n Brtan along wth a 6 -pece band wth no expense spared The result was over three mllon tcket applcatons! The new album, ther best to date, was called 'Arrval' A truer ttle couldn't have been conjured up The next ht, approprately enough, was 'Money Money Money' What was the next step? Abbe managed n those three years to conquer the world They defeated the standard crtcsm all Eurovson songs could be wrtten by a computer - by comng up wth ht after ht Fnally ths year the pressure proved too much Abba were just too popular They ddn't have tme to play for everyone who wanted to see them To do so would have prejudced ther chances of comng up wth new songs So they decded to make a flm "The flm, you can say, s defntely n place of a tour n 975," states Bjorn "We haven't made any Well - bult -and bearded Goren Bror Benny Andersson makes up the Abba quartet He was born, of a muscal famly, n Stockholm on 6 December 946 A key board player from the begnnng Benny spent many years wth the Hep Stars, another of Sweden's top groups n the sxtes llowever the break up of the lep Stars left Benny wth many debts and he worked soldly wth Bjorn, wrtng songs for other people Accordng to reports Benny s the gentle partner n the songwrtng team - the peaceful antdote to Bjorn's burnng ambton Met Ann' - Frd n the socal crcle of Swedsh muscans and has lved happly wth her ever snce Has two chldren from a prevous engage- ment Lkes: "Spendng tme at sea - have my own boat L Reportedly both he and, Bjorn would lterally 'take ther troubles to sea' and spend hours alone n a (oat whle dscussng the future of Abba n the early days Never far from t pano or an organ, Benny contnues to dspense contented jovalty, as well as hs obvous 5' obsesson wth hs mus0 ft plans for another tour as yet Who knows?" Abba to ths day s a hard-workng 'communty' outft All the group decde what to release, even what to record f one member doesn't the somethng t's out And: "Of course we have arguments, any couples have arguments,' explans Bjorn "But that s our prvate lves, between me and Agnetha and Benny and Ann Frll "What people don't realse about - us s that we were frends before Abba happened f r:, We're all 'Commtted to the common cause Where Abba s concerned we don't have arguments " They all nsst, too, that the musc - not busness - s the ultmate deal They set out to take ther musc to the world and now - they've succeeded, How could you gnore them? Abbe s: four sexy, attractve Swedes who sng and wrte better pop songs more often than most groups could manage n a lfetme Untarnshed appeal muscal prow ens n the pop market place Abba are: the world's bggest group at the moment A phenomenon that s almost beyond explanaton And remember t was a long tme before the four that are ADM fnally became Abba and reaped ther rewards

21 , j 22 Record Mrror, March 4, 978 revew wth ntegrty takeover am referrng to the vews?) of Robn Smth and Barry Can who revewed the latest sngle and album by Dusty Sprngfeld can accept traghtfonvard crtcsm but downrght nsults are to be deplored suggest that Mr Smth and Mr Can understand the meanng of the ttle 'crtc' before settng themselves up as such have been an ardent fan of D u s ty Sprngfeld's snce The Sprngfelds days and n my opnon Dusty has never produced a better album n her long career know that you ma thnk am based, but - can assure you that have been crtcal of some - of her earler records People tend to forget that U t hadn't been for Dusty í Sprngfeld ths country w ould never have heard of the Torno Motown sound 'Dusty had ths musc frst played on 'Ready Steady Go' back n the sxtes suggest that f your paper s movng away jfrom the straght sngers to punk rock, you should make ths clear by refranng from revewng them have purchased your magazne for a number of years, but regrettably ths wll now cease D M Sanderson, member Dusty Sprngfeld nternatonal Apprecaton Socety Leda f Ms Sprngfeld 's assµred of makng a great comeback then why haven't her sngle or album made t nto the upper reaches of the charts Couldn't we both be just a lttle bt rght? Unfortunately corn- % meats often hurt Ms Sprngfeld's makeup does look lke Polyf lls and to see her staggerng out on 'Top Of The Pops' was embarrassng Oh, and % ] London Wrte to Malman, Record Mrror, 40 Long Acre, WC2E 9JT :Does anyone out there know; someone wth ntegrty? F PEOPLE on your by the way, Jump on the punk / there's are bloody stupd punks edtoral staff cannot bandwagon layabouts, nothng worse than who don't know what the a revew records n a based crtc and help some decent - R S hell they're on about í correct manner wthout You'd better prnt ths bands get record CO, havng to resort to Can's ana! letter because can take tracts? jlscathng sarcasm, they awaya lfe By the way Long lve Debbe should be found employ fxaton -Status Quo rool, Fong s Harry ment n some other part cool and f ya don't go Dave Mlls, Mooches of your magazne and let WTH REFERENCE to out and buy Blondle's ter someone who can Barry Can's revew of new sngle 'll blow the Don't you lke them or the Dusty Sprngfeld lot of you morons up somethng? album, whlst agreeng Wz, the Gver and wth hs comments on Taker of Lfe the record hs general- A load of What are you some satons over comebacks knd of a nut? are qute rdculous footballs "Great comebacks have BEN GUN, a habt of fallng on ther arses e g Slade" Does Mr Can have an anal fxatorf? Slade certanly haven't fallen on ther arses Ther last sngle reached 32 wth lttle promoton Ther album receved unanmous crtcal -acclam Ther tour was a sell out Ther new sngle 'Gve Us A Goal' s brllant and when t reaches the top perhaps Can wll keep hs bg gob shut f he doesn't 'll get Noddy Holder to come around and make hm suck one of Noddy's baby Char- sse's drty nappes Even Elvs Costello says 'Blame t On Can' vor Bgun, Lttle Hampton "thnk love you vor - BC s he jealous? OKAY BARRY b, o f ) Can Who rattled your bleedn' cage eh? 'm fumng at what you sad about Gary (THE) Gltter n your Dusty Sprngfeld revew What the hell has Gary got to do wth that old bag? He can stll pull the crowds See hm on hs next tour and eat your words Just because he doesn't make chart records he an't a flop Blame t on lack of arplay and TV appear - arses Anyway Barry ( b o, f) Can you're only jealous because you have to be taken everywhere n your lttle wheelchar and Gary's makng more money than you Anymore of ths talk Can and 'll bop yer one, okay? Gary Gltter fan Hyde, Cheshre 'm deeply sorry r 4 SPRNGFELD BUDDY HOLLY GARY GLTTER Have these people got anythng to do'wth today's musc Gary Gltter fan Please forgve me Gary s a warm, very beautful person and t's not hs fault that he's a falure No apology needed AS A regular subscrber to your paper feel must wrte to you to express my dsgust at the way Robn Smth descrbed Dusty Sprngfeld durng hs so-called revew of her sngle He seemed qute content to merely nsult her appearance n a vague effort to rase a few cheap laughs teed to thnk your paper gave a far and accurate opnon of artsts and musc but you, as edtor, must agree that ths knd of pathetcally unfunny nsult on ths country's best female snger s totally unjustfed feel you should, as a responsble person prnta decent apology to members of her apprecaton socety and to Dusty herself A Hamerton, Tha cham, Berks t's true, am a responsble person That's why employed Robn Smth - Ed Yabadabad0000l - RS Second wave loones THE LOONES on ths page bear a, dstnct resemblance to the punk rock exploson The frst wave of loones were cool (there's four of us) The second wave just don't know what the hell s gong on The Creester Oh no more hate mall Usng very old quotes got nothng to do wth today's musc You got t wrong HELLO Mr Malman, remember me? (well actually no) have wrtten to you before and told you how Shela Prophet was makng your mag a bore Lo and behold, snce last wrote the crtcs have struck yet agan Ths tme t's Just not Mss Prophet but some dot called Barry Can Whatever they wrte, whatever they say, there's smply no way they can wn Ther artcles stnk and every week drop them nto the bn No matter how much rot Shela wrtes or how many Gangers Can drops Abba wll always contnue to be top of the pops Paul, Number One Abbe Fanatc Calm down, take a cold bath and control yourself B you'd have read Shela's revew of the Abbe album you MANY THANKS for deemng t ft to prnt my last scrbaclous engma n your based, journal However would lke to crave your ndulgence one more tme N order to take Robn Smth to task over hs revew of the Buddy Holly re-release 'Wshng' Here s a quotaton from Lllan Roxon's Rock Encyclopeda on Buddy Holly: "He was one of the gants of early rock, a fgure so mportant n the hstory of popular musc that t s mpossble to hear a song n the charts today that does not owe somethng to the tall, slm, bespectacled boy from Lubbock, Texas' An mpartal revew would be apprecated n would have seen that future Marmaduke Hobby Horse, London Here s a quote from Robn Smth: "Buddy Holly was a,decayng overgrown schoolboy wth u slly voce" And Lllan Boson's book was wrtten such a long tme ago, her quote has she lked Ths one's demandng YOU'D BETTER lsten to me f you know what's good for you demand that you stop prntng crap letters from mad loones eg the Allen, Kng of the Nosebleeds and the Creester, They The frog's a punk AM the frst frog to wrte to RECORD MRROR? Yes, croak, thought so thnk t's tme to tell your dear readers aboutthe ncreasng amount of punk n the frog world lke The Newts, Spawn and The Tadpoles who are all makng a bg mpact Froggy Toadsonr Rver Ouse You toad More drty bts WE AT the mole party want to complan at the recent lack of nudtles n RECORD MRROR You the readers must bare wth us a moment whle we put 'forward the followng requests A pcture of Gaye Advett's tts, also a pcture of Blonde's Debbe Harry makng love That's t, goodnght - The Rght Honourable Mole, Hants Aren't moles meant to be blnd Save your greenes HAVE been to see Slaughter And The Dogs and can advse you to save your lttle green - les Ths four -pece assassnaton squad have no dea what musc s about, have heard some bad gutarsts n my tme but Mke Ross's s the worst Hs repertore of fve chords s nearly as clever as my dog's, except my dog knows G Wayne Bartel knows nothng about sngng so can we please destroy ths useless unmuscal hoard of ex -dole queue Andy Cameron, Jeanne Del Marr, Sydney Devne Hampden Heroes and Dumbarton FC have all brought out sngles n recent weeks Not one has been revewed n RECORD MRROR Have you got somethng aganst our World Cup songs Tartan Melane land Yes Scot- They're both gong down WONDER Lf Brotherhood Of Man beleve n rencarnaton t certanly seems lke t snce Fgaro s the rencarnaton of Angelo Remember Angelo took hs lfe "down on the bench" whle Fgaro can be seen "down on the beach'; Do get an album token for ths remarkable observaton? A Wlson, Desbury, No, just 0 copes of the Brotherhood Of Man's most recent album Sweet fnd a clff - WHY DON'T Sweet go and take a long walk off a short clff' f they had any prde they would have splt up ages ago n the days of glom rock they were over shadowed by T Rex and Slade The feld they are amng at now s well covered by lace, Queen and ELO So you see, Sweet, you wll never be top Denns Aston, Amble Are you a complete mbecle? Sweet have struck the Top 0 wth 'Love la lke Oxygen' / ' ycu /ove 09 l NTU'JØ a

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23 24 N[oed MUM March 4 07t,ryd rru: lamm R 4~ tm n ME ACROSS Latest Modern Lovers sngle (2,3,5) a Formally The guar ry men <7) n They were not Just another bunch of pretty- faces (2) Punk Prnk flunk Rockers (e) Reggae No (2,43,7) 8 Ry Cooder's Chcken Musk (4) 7 The Unbelevable Strng Band (0) 2 Double A sde wth Mall Of Kntyre' (5,) 24 Dave's soul partner 2e (3 Eleanor' or Ma donna (4) 27 Predecessors of The Runaways(S) 38 ncdental grl n Faces' stn ete (5) 90 Stranglers' label () 32 Panful Ronne Tyler sngle (39) 37 Had recent ht wth Daddy Cool (5) 37 Elvs Costello was below were (4) 34 Brtsh Reggae act Black (5) See 4 Across 3s 40 and 39 Across They're makng us Nervous Wrecks (55) 42 Mr Bollx (2) 43 Amercan heavy metalsts who have just drawn the lne () 44 a told us about the Streets Of London (6) DOWN Out of the blue ELO ht (243) 2 Stars of flm Black Joy (4) 3 Label surrounded by water (9) 4 Englsh Folk Rock err (80) S les got Hot Legs <3) Black Sabbath galfarad(5) 7 Pnk Floyd's crazy Damond (3 ) What The Moody Blues nghts were dressed n (5) 2 Noody drummer (4) 3 Bob Dylan's former S backng group (4) Earned nckname The most redundant supergroup (,,) 7 Jeff Lynne's race (4) 8 Generaton X front man (4) 9 Smple Commodores' sngle (4) 20 Had 977 ht sngle wth Black Betty (3,3) 22 Mnor ht for The Bays (42,4) 23 Erc Clapton's fnest (5) 25 Yes sr, they can booge ) 28 Rch or Danels (7) 29 Measurement n 'sxtes xuprrgroup (4) 9 Sonny Bono's ex - partner (4) 33 ntally Terry Syl venter (,) 34 They caused a Whte Rot (5) 35 Had debut ht sngle n 973 wth Rock On (5) 40 Paul McCartney LP (3) t Rch Kds' label (,) 43 Mr Kopper (2) LAST WEEK'S SOLUTON ACROSS Glen Matlock 8 War 9 Anmals 0 Akkerman 2 Abba, 9 Be - Bop Depute 5 Gordon 6 Sre 8 See 9 Nce 20 RCA 2 Utopa 22 Pe 23 Gmme Some 26 Run 27 Man 29 ron 30 ABC 3 Stlls 33 Hunter 34 Shoe 35 Unted 37 Lee 38 Small 39 My Love DOWN Graham Gouldman 2 Erc Burdon 3 Mean 4 Taste 5 KM Dee 7 Aja 8 Grll 0 Atomc Noel Edmunds 4 Jon Mtchell 8 Slver 7 Reason 8 Sayer 20 Rlperton 24 Mnne 25 Someday 28 Nash 32 Led 34 Sam 35 UFO 36 ke yry-y/xy/ et FEEDBACK sruwrn your woe/doom Send your nners roc Record Mrror 40 Long Acre London WC2E 93 Please don't send a sfa,nped addressed envelope a, we can't an twee your letters ndvdually ett ert e r t y l n 5 rte o d 7 a- ( ( sa MCKJONES ofthcclash About a month ago obtaned a Copy of "Complete Control" by the Clash, and when took t out of the et - pcture sleeve notced that the label on the record wasn't the normal CBS label - nstead t was whte et and had a large red A stamped on t wth "Promoton Record Not for Sale" n small prnt got a rare record? Have - Alan [Myth 'Frad you're gonna be' dsapponted kd You have nadvertently pned the ranks of the Grand Order of Lggers your would be vnyl rarty s no more than a promotonal copy - a freebe whch j s usually sent out to rado statons, musc papers and the lke True, there are, less of these to exstence than records wth the normal company label, but can't see t breakng the bank n "Gong For A Song" You neglected to say where you obtaned your copy any mpovershed RM reporters up your way??? HAD a fav group, MUD was ther name, ute 52 Snce they've been gone, lfe don't seem the same Gee, mss those guyrrm, where are they now? - Andrea George, Chelmsford Not to worry, dear heart, the tger - fooled teenyboppers are stll alve and kckng -o Good news for all you Mud manc+, 'rause although there has been very lttle n the way of vnyl over the last few months, the band are once agan set to send a j plethora of plastc spnnng your way The next Mud sngle Cut Ct Across Shorty" wll be released on RCA on March 7th, wth an album to follow soon jalter Frnntrnan Les s releasng a solo sngle on the Warner Brm label n te near future Not to be outdone, Rob and Ray have also been busy - look et out for ther 45, "Please Don't Ever Change" on Pogo, release date March 9rd Gg - wse the band es are back n acton, and once agan catch Mud on the Road Confrmed dates are as follows: London, Roxy, March 3 Bury St Edmunds Focus Theatre et 4th, Grmsby WMC Hall 8th, Huddersfeld Tech 9th, Lecester Poly 0th, Loughborough Unversty th, Sheffeld Poly 3th, Aston Thames - sde Theatre 9th The boys wll also be playng n Scotland on the j 4th - 8th March, but as yet these dates are unconfrmed Please could you prnt some nformaton on Barry Blue - hs whereabouts etc and the address of hs fan club f possble - R Clements, pswch Former heart throb Barry Blue has now abandoned hs sngng career and s now a very successful record producer le s currently workng for GTO Records and hs clams to fame j nclude the producton of featwave's sngle "Booge Nghts" and album "Too Hot to Handle" whch both et scored platnum n the States More recodtventures are studo sessons wth Dana There s no fan club, but for more nformaton wrte to: Clare, c/o GTO Records,"7 Barlow Place, Bruton Street, London es W Edted try SUSANNE GARRE7T Send your prohle n, to Hr/pp Record Al terne 40 Long Acre, London WC2E VT Dad's a owner NEED to talk my problem over wth someone You see my father la always runnng me down 'm 23 years old and usually do well, but lately nothng seems lobe good enough Whle try to do My best at most thngs, he's always sayng that ts' rubbsh and could do wth mprovement Well, last week at work got a four pound rse, and, n the heat of the argument sad: " can't be that useless because 've just been gven o rse " All he had to say was that he couldn't see why When 'm talkng to hm about somethng, f he dsagrees, he mmedately says 'm talkng out of the back of my head We've had many rows whch have nearly ended n blows and though try to stay n my room and play records and keep my mouth shut about 90 per cent of the tme t's hard Lately have been depressed more than at any other tme N MY ENTRE LFE, Can you suggest w'hat should do? Peter, Rngwood Have you ever thought that your muter mght see your rad success work wse nd your tendencytto stand up for yourself ss threat to hs total domnaton of the household? Perhaps he's fndng t dffcult to My -teacher s pregnant - by me! PLEASE help me for am faced wth beng n terrble trouble Recently we t to a dsco where met my teacher from school - she'a about 29 and marred wth one son We both had too much to drnk and, as cry parents were out, took her back to my home We had ntercourse, and now she has loud me that she s pregnant love her very much' and would lke to marry her but t s mpossble as she s much older than me 'm 654 and don't know what to do Mark, Bournemouth Don't blame yourself too much You've both been pretty rrespon slde, but your teacher s as much to blame as you are Possbly more so n vew of the dfference n your ages She's not exactly an nnocent young grl who was forced nto bed by a demon dsco goer, s she? t's not unreasonable to argue that she should have known better than to seduce or let herself be seduced by one of her pupls wthout takng relable contraceptve precautons Whle you're feelng understandably gulty ant worred about your one - nght stand wth ths Mrs Robnson type lady, try to be ratonal You want to do the rght thng by her, but you're not qute sure what t ls She's marred and she's stll lvng wth her husband Unless she no longer sleeps wth hm, the chld she's bearng now could just as easly be hs And t's unlkely 'that she'd even consder breakng up an establshed marred relaton shp on the strength of one rresponsble nght wth a schoolboy who has no means of supportng her or her famly Whle t's doubtful that your bref relatonshp wll contnue, you'll have to adjust n each other for as long as you're at the same school and should try to talk t over You've both learned a valuable lesson for the future, possbly at the expense of another human lfe come to terms wth the fart that you're am an adult now and s actng ths way out of sheer jealousy Unless you ern acheve the dubous dstncton of becomng even more of an M('P than he s, or ran brng yourself n make a last, vslk,nl effort to brdge the cnmm,mlraflnn gap you mght do better to ennsldsr leavng horse our mproved fnancal state may be just enough to make all the dfference between pºy log for your beard at home and fndng your own room or flat Tearng yourself away from a farly stagnant and upsettng envronment could work won dery for your ego, not N menton your sell - confdence When he sees you standng on your own two feet at last, your father may fnd t easer to accept that you're not smply a handy scope goat for hs own frustratons or a con verdant mule extenson of hmself, but another human beng wth alma, opnons and ambtons, just lke hmself rregular perods 'M 8 and started havng perod four years ago, but ever snce then they've been rregular Although 've never had ntercourse, they've stopped for two months now and 'm gettng really worred What should do? Lynn, Lverpool f you've never had a sexual relatonshp, then you've no need to worry about the possblty of pregnancy When you start menstruotlnc, your perods may be a touch sporadc and rregular for the frst year or two Rut as t hasn't sorted tself out by now t would be advsable to see your doctor for a quck cheek - up Worry, fear of pregnancy and tred news are all factors that can upset the menstrual cycle, but f you're generally run down or there s any other problem your doctor cam advse Leejaw cn e,(as ah,, ck 230 NALENTNO 4

24 Record Mrror M well 'Ru ourhást' Donna Sú er ths s oye numutc t[nat's gong to spttad, 6af w ' ;: mum ( *2 : : 7 -, :: : _ :, r * DoubleAlbum n Ara:tanle on Tape n - From o her latest `ONCE UPON ATME' ' CALD 5003 ncludes the ht sngle' Love You' J9 k P 4 OQ"', r,aíer

25 M Rreerd RJrOr- 4+_ tr«, v er r Three London ggs, three packed houses LONDON'S SAT;RDAY NGHT at the Marquee was the second nght of a mnt Jam bltz on London, a gesture to show they meant what they sad after Hammersmth, that they'd go back to playng the small clubs once they'd proved they could handle - and fll - the bg venues But t was just a gesture, because enjoyed ther performance at Hammersmth every bt as much as the Marquee For a start, could see better at Hammersmth and there on a bg stage ther whte lghtng was more dramatc, more effectve THE JAM wnners all the way Rut back to Saturday support band was The Jolt who are h'el, stll fghtng ther wa) out of the confuson that wan last year's new wave thnk they know w hat they're dong, but the audences haven't qute grasped t They came n for a far bt of hecklng from The Jam fans, to began wth but hard work and good playng eventually won them over t mght take a whle before the excellent songs they've wrtten - 'Decoyed', 'All Can Do' (the frst two) gan acceptance For the tme beng at least t was a Small Faces' song 'What - cha Gonna Do About t', that helped them vn the battle on Saturday Wth nn audence that's look- ng towards the sxtes for ther heroes / nfluences, ths was a good choce Once The Jolt's album comes out next month, they'll stand a better chance wth fans who'll recognse ther songs 4 There wasn't any dffculty n recognsng The Jam's openng song Ths s The Modern N orld' - the ntro of whch s among ther most strkng peces One of the thngs lk* best about The Jam la the precson' wth whch they Conduct ther performance There s a mnmum of muckng around, ntroductons are kept bref, and there are no messy hestatons Very professonal well rehearsed and clear cut The only small speeches were handed out by Paul Weller, who expressed the feelngs of the band at beng back n the clubs hear The Clash are dong the 00 Club," sad Weller "That's good, t means no-one s beng exploted" They were only a couple of songs nto the set when some goons lobbed over ther glasses t's unlkely though, that they were thrown by Jam fans who are altogether a very senalble breed But the Marquee s stll attractng a mnorty of morons: whle gobbng and glass throwng has all but - stopped n other London clubs (the Roundhouse asde) the Marquee dehards are stll lvng n ther tme warp Or perhaps they were always o@that mentalty Weller made a couple of comments about ther behavour, tellng them to leave t out t's one thng messng up someone's tatty T shrt, t's qute - another lettng fly wth a mouthful all over The Jam's smart sults Self respect s n ths year As to the rest of the set, they're ntroducng the new songs sandwched between last year's classcs The only song ddn't thnk much of was ' Need You' from the 'Ths s The Modern World' album But the reason for that was just the lve sound t wasn't as good as t could have been, but t's possble to gel away wth that n a packed, sweaty club rather than at Hammersmth where all the sound defects show up stll love 'Sounds So Sweet', 'All Around The World' 'London Grls' and 'n The Cty' And t's easy to see why The Jam are away out n front n the modern world So lathe lady who wrote on the Marquee tolet wall "Kll the power poppers", t's too late, they're already wnnng ROSALND RUSSELL T HK BANDY E n one nght God Now don't get me wrong lke the dea of these packages - value for money and all that But sometmes, they're just more trouble than they're worth For nstance, when the frst two bands happen to be the Secret and Wre One of the Secret pants hs face gold and wears a red shny catsup That must be why Arsta sgned them God knows t couldn't have been because of ther muscal talent The Secret are undoubtedly the worst band Use yet come across n 'La Contrved, tedous, nosy and offensve They ddn't even reach the standard three chord level'of competence halt the tme they forgot what they were playng, fell over ther own feel, and ended up n a 'horrble (angle of runaway rhythms Ther frst sngle, 'The Young Ones' just abotít represents The Secret at ther best (Or story - there sn't much to choose between them) A group (awt forgotten Rand number two wax' %Sre who seem to he ether hated or loved, mostly because of ther lyrcs and the atmosphere they nvoke Dfferent people reckon they're ether bleak, desolate and forbodng or a load of pretentous hsddle Me? read the back of 'rnk Flag' and couldn't work out Must the he they were gong on about The only song that stayed wth me was somethng about beng n a tn of sardnes, t's so funny, haba Very profound Not that t mattered on Wednesday, though, because the lyrcs were more or leas naudble anyway And wthout those, Wre's one bone of contenton crumbles No ddn't hate them ddn't partcularly lke them ether n fact, my only reacton to the bref, XTC' just need a ht sngle basc thrashes that pass as Wre's songs ('Call' that a song;' yelled out the bloke behnd me after one partcular mnmal epc) was apathy A great, sweepng, drown- ng wave of t Maybe my senses had been dulled by rx a r~ _, the sheer awfulness of the Secret: whatever, just couldn't care lees stll qute lke the sngle, ' Am The Fly' because t has a catchy chorus n fact t remnded ear of some thng the R amones mght N do, only w llhout the frantc energy or Censen - told humour That gves the Ramones ther charm Defntely wthout the humour - a more humourless bunch t would be hard to fnd Or to put another way, YR o Olt e o rfoeer 4 p2, Coe

26 r over ' Ccoocoeaw5 THE JAM, XTC and AN DURY make sure BURN R to Mere we w ere, two thrd d the way through the evenng, and no doubt about t, t Was begnnng to look lke rte off Nothng could sax" h now Or could t maybe just nsayhe, the hwndon cavalry ' And at last they came, la de nck of tme rdng the bll on ther slver chargers (Well, l somethng lke that), At any rate, XTC managed to modem the fath Two duff bands n new nght s enough to put you off ths w hole slly husne's But go llfud our depressed!sprts, grabbed our beat - up earholes and set nor leaden toes atappng agan Oh yes C TC's muscal Corn ponenls (tnker toy keshnard sound set aganst slashng gutars) are maybe a lttle too qurky to ft nto the,straght power pop caeoe, but t hasn't gone aganst them nstead, t's enabled them to create ther own cosy nche snrrtew here safely on the frnges of current trends lust w ho your average SW fan s t s hard to say Wednesday's turnout was the usual confused ragbag kckng arotmd just nun eyeng each other up sdeways and wonderng f that's what they ought to be wearng hut whoever there are e ertanly enough of them around to fll the Lyceum and put ther album n the harts n fact all that's mssng nose s that elusve ht sngle t could easly have been 'Statue af lberty' - t's Certanly a popular enough fve number - but nntnrtunately, t seems the herb have banned t bemuse of that dlstrace( ul lte about s,llng beneath her skrts Tut, tut stll can's really see Í \T( losng too much slop over that mnor hurdle They may not t full be Loomng to the number eme spot n the jet-propelled manner of soot,' of ther contemporunes, but they're dong all rght XTC K OK OK? SHEA PROPHET V MM, HOW do bad band no, not But nyway, back to love an bad at The all, lyrcs are superb lsten - Dngwalls and the nght Dury? danceable, Let maybe they apply to me / you a bt n queston tno Pre-packaged The Block- and anyone whom feet me count the flash heads are n cuttng n UP, dash ways: pan-lsh are utter nowhere ther n near a love one ther Presley day cusloks, wonder coffn hm lve, album Kndergarten personfed and for 'NeedleUme' all hs mnlmallsl Smutty poems to be f t wasn't stature, Duty s woopng n plastc, on TV, for on the passed under the Shadow desk or tan t up out front, and the Stff, n Dury unseen and by the teacher's hs New the unversal kds are Ropes soopng for t up on steely eye Songa lke thngs to Boots come, the floor He s and loud Pantes maybe (n 'Wake Up And %fake Love they'd have been both decbels and ature),, and gven half just that tltueblteaser Wth Me' and ts to and makes WC nose (a compatrates were a chance, n mneadulate, but that's - gve quck workng Class flush Loo! but that's or take-lfe dong the rounds when was round the cystern) stll n hand-me-down gettng Mr Dury a lttle s about to Forget all too-ohtake your grandma navy knckers to the stage, and the told you about prunes naughty / " come awake wth the s 0 audence are becomng epeom salts and con gft for womanknd You are stll asleep, but the gft don't seem to mnd asde, and ]ust farly raucous - doubt stlpalton, you don't even Where the hell are " hether you could hear need a prescrpton an Empre we? State Buldng 'm gellng really crunch to the ground carred away as the nght Abs' Dngwalls on and here- he s, the spurts on, Dury and the Wednesday nght Hop off man hmself Blockheads nspre fun the tube, over the brdge Now t really beats and a me sort of nnocent and you're there But why get a buzz out of ths decadence He spends the what's ths? Excess stock guy mean, logcally frst 5 mnutes wth ths from the local 20,S S-? speakng, he's a physcal enormty of a cgar -The Camden youth, club- deformty wth a steam- danglng from hs lower outng? There must be tottered face, but as they lp, ts half some 50 kds dong artedheo tulatlpon wth a say, love moves to Westslde Story n front the, of mysterous ways He's the mke-stand Dngw-alls, and gettng totally non-classlnable my "teesn pall - suddenly n through the pack s lke no room for hm n Yellow nsgnfcance runnng the gauntlet n a Pages, an East End 20th century Tom gyppo wth a voce that Brown's Schooldays could lne the budge's t's only 830, the nght Cage maybe t's just s but young, the evenng me wth a penchant for s stocally hangng on to the ndefnable, never ts vrgnty, and these was much good at kds haven't got tckets - algebra, two and two admttedly at three qud a don't necessarly make throw t's a mte (huh?), expensve for your aver- So, let's see, what or age punter, and 'm hklf who s ths 'an Dury expectng an audlence'of person? nstant nostalga back to when was a kd, damonds, Daly Telegraphs and car workers, and my old man brought but surely ' n chocolates on a Y'see the thng s, t's,sunday, but couldn't not the prce of Use tckets, afford the satn and laces w ell at least not the to match, so we ended up orgnal prce - whch wth Cadbury's Ms - ncdentally s all n ad of Shapes Okay so they one -parent famles - t's look all squelched up but the bleedn' racketeers they taste dvne, and that who got there before s what Dury s all about everyone else and bought The face s mashed up, a job lot of shall we the exteror s non -cool / say qute a few tckets unsophstcated, btrt the They are kndlng the nsde, the musc, the feel, fres of captalsm at 0 s perfect No pretence or qud a shot on the gales, false llusons - Dury s and that takes a nasty Dury s Dury from the bte out of ths week's dole frst sallva-soaked nbble money So my sympa- to the last gulp and t's thles for you lot who gone That s an Dury ddn't qute make t, and Dury s rock and roll only hope you castrated fertlser musc t's been the people responsble around for so long that t's got to be good Con - But 'm here to enjoy parng Dury to new wave myseu nsde, Dngwalls lke consentng sla on rl go Coo s pretty hosptable A P P g d cosy lttle sgn over the old-fashoned cow dung - bar ndcates half-prce and we all know whch s drnks before 0 o'clock - st for the Earth (Fr unte!) a euphemsm for gettng of drunk now, 'cos you won't Y'see t's had tme to be able to afford t later, develop, to fester t'ssalt All s well -lubrcated, of the ale earth spade call oled and affableakds Warsaw Fmk, the / geratrcs and support, come and go, mums -to -be musc and no-one s any the Maybe the word 'm wser, bar the asprng lookng ubqutous hfor ss rfle larus Legs and CO n front of the stage They're not a for my vocabulary AN DURY: rock and roll fertlser musc Rse on ths oceaslnn halfway op your back Sldng down your body, touchng your behnd Ahh wonderfully wcked Can help t f 'm a drty old man n drag? Note the poet -but don't -know-t technque "You come awake, n a horny mornng mood And have sproper sv Record Mnor, Marche, wrggle, n the naughty naked nude, - Sorry, 'll have to atop ths, my red eorpuaclen are workng overtme, and can't afford any more laundry Mlle The nght was amazng Dury resplendent r scarves, earrng, and dayglo blue lookng ob-so hutch and foundng oh -so randy n a musc hall sort of way Of cour,e no gg would be complete wthout the farewell 'Sex And Drugs And Rock And Rohr, and that's exactly where t's at, sn't t? Oh and by the way, an Sr / Mr Dury, f you're readng ths, how about comng round to mne (or breakfast one nght'?' e - ztato yvvoo0 y,0 VSAO -

27 28 Record Lar, arch 47 LFT ammeramlh Orents í HEY WHAT happened` a : o teeny mana not ' even the merest whne of estmd re :ldleo cl, S am Ambulance Brgade jhavng to deal wth nymphet hystercs Sweet have fared well ther tans have grown wth them Former lttle grls' hand now j appealng to the boy» The Odeon the rg t rmmed a large sprnkl- (rg of kng har and pel denms, whle other campagners from the tan day» of bubblegum t are Mll havng to rely rattan the weenes 0h The metamorphoss s complete Sweet aren't " lookng sally any more the old pm RRtt s gone t Remember -'the tmp j t w'tsted Bran Connolly? He looks good three daya, Rod Stewart substtute fur the gels EVERYTHNG, from the sound to the lghtng Was very credtable They played a few of the oldes but even these have lost the old bubblegum feel that used to make you íí crnge Ballroom Butz' was played almost along Deep Purple lnes, structured from the pumpng bass 'Fox On The Run' was a foot bangng stamp along that developed nto a í chant Yes you can take the band serously at last especally wth ther rendluon of J J Cale's 'Cocane' S The *et borrowed extensvely from 'Level Headed', 'Calforna' Nghts' beng accomípanted by watery scenes of a coastlne Surprsngly 'Love s Lke Oxygen' was delvered qute early on the set, handled wth as much care as the sngle But the mpetus wasn't lost after that the band Went on to create fresh exctement The chemstry s there haven't seen them snce ther teeny - bop days slly costumes on Top Of The Pops etc The effect now la shatterng The wat, to quote a well worn clche has been worth t ROBN SM'l NEW HEARTS Rock Garden, Lone don (Warnng: ths revew makes no menton of that "rch journalstc categorsaton " hence í - forth known to all and sundry as power pop) The New Hearts played two nghts at the Rock Garden recently íjthe frst gg however turned out to be somethng of a non - event due partly to the fact that the musc prts o /baled the Only Ones as beng the man attracton Not that there were any Only Ones fans there you understand, more to the pont there were n fact very few New Hearts fans there, leavng the rather non plumed Rock Garden regulars for the man f part to shuffle around uncomfortably as the band generously went thru the motons Ostensbly was to revew only the frst nght tut consderng that la) actually caught most nt Ue far superor set they produced the followng nght, and lb) knowng ''hqtq MND Out wth n as a sure bet SWEET: rake them serously the band from prevous encounters and realsng Just how good they are decded t could only be counter produc fve to everybody concerned f were smply 'to wrte a downer The facts are these At the frst set on Wednesday lurched around somewhat subdued makng mental notes lke, "small stage dull audence flat harmones", whlld on Thursday was to be found screamng alongsd/ the best of 'em for more And more we got Four encores n all and there could have easly been more The need was certanly great enough Hold on though, that's jumpng the gun a bt Alongsde all the standard fave raves lke 'Love s Just A Word', 'Another Teenage Anthem', 'Pm Not Free But 'm Cheap' and 'Here Come The Ordnares' they ncluded a couple ot recency recorded extras; "one of whch shapes up lke a possble next sngle 'Plan Jane' s wet t's called but plan t most certanly an't An ever the contngent of showmanshp an Pan (vocals) looks resplendent n scarlet sut and Cool black shrt Lke already sad, the Wednesday nght ramalama you can forget wthout too many qualms The Thursday gg was (crtcal over - reacton here readers) blasted wth rhythmcally nspred genus The crowd remaned proof to the fact by gong completely bananas; ably supportng the vew -shared by sutably "n the know" persons that ndeed you could do worse n pckng The New Hearts for the top of the tree n sfa ( And he ddn't even menton power pop once ) JOLN BULL s THE SMRKS Musc Machne WAS T a qurk of fate, wll wonders never cease For the frst tme n ths human's memory, there was a perfect sound level at the Musc Machne! Revellng n ths new found luxury t would have been no struggle to' have taken a fancy to The Smrks, f only for ther hstorcal sgntl- Cance Fortunately was not to be led astray A four pece wth a gft for durable dttes and nfty lne n footwork They ddn't confne themselves to the home grown matter though They began wth the Beatles' ' Saw Her Standng There' and also ncluded memorable versons of 'Barbara Ann' and 'Hppy Hppy Shake' n these and many more gutarst / vocalst Nel Ftzpatrck and Smon Mner ndulged n a seres of dancng routnes whch would nvoke a temperamental outburst from any sea respectng choreographer Ths par has another devaton, songs wrtng Between them they produce the band's orgnals, specalsng n creatng perfect pop songs and even managng to come up wth two reggae / pop numbers wth t, 'The sland Sea' beng one of the strongest songs n the set Other contenders 'OK UK', 'whch makes a travesty of the hppes promsed land, 'Bankng Wth The Bankers', 'Rosemary' and 'You Got Somethng' al of whch could make good as sngles (Already sgned to Berserkley, they should cut ther vnyl teeth n the near future), The vocal harmones were all spot on, but on ther own numbers both sngers had a tendency to swallow the lyrcs, t <09/ w r L! leavng one wth only a fant outlne of the story Stll, after only three months together The Toelappers And Punters Club have a new star turn, KELLY PKE RADATORS FROM SPACE New Regent, Brghton THE SLEEPY New Regent had a good, cavernous, small - hall feel aboutt, so that you really wanted somethng magcally creatve to happen However, the only magc n evdence was that of the jnxed varety For the Radators From Space have not met wth a lot of luck n the past Nether dd The Radators have luck on ther sde ths nght; several strngs were broken and as lead gutarst and vocalst Phlp Chevorn later explaned, when he breaks a strng hs gutar starts fallng apart So the last couple of numbers were played mnus lead gutar, Then, after one quck encore, when the Rad atoes had had enough and decded to qut the stage n a rush they found that they had been locked out of ther dressng rooms! Despte the dsaster and (allure to project ther group personalty The Radators proved that they had some good songs n ther prevous sngles 'Televson Screen' and 'Enemes' and ther 'forthcomng sngle 'Mllon Dollar Hero' 'Press Gang' and 'Psychotc Reacton' were also reasonably nterestng The trouble wth The Radators s that f they ddn't talk between songs you would hardly know they were rsh clutchng shllelaghs but there seems to be ltte pont n merely wantng to Jon the ranks of fnceess, second dvson Englsh punk bands, The Radator should stop tryng to lve the part down and nstead lve up to the future Stop strvng to be normal and make the most of what they have that s dfferent f they made more of ther hertage they could rse above the sea of anonmty, GARF,TH KERSHAW THE POLCE Hope and Anchor, London WERD ONE ths You see, a group lke the Ponce would appear on the surface to be Ml of contradctons- A three pece rockng and rollng dynamo: they are by today's standards all very competent muscans capable on' occasons of comng up wth a neat lne n potentally great rock 'n' roll numbers Stng (bass / vocals) has all the qualtes that make up a great snger Stewart Copeland s a fast and furous drummer who knows all the ns and outs of techncalty whle metre latrne a dstnctve feel for whatever number t s the band s playng The thrd band member s Andy- Summers (gutar), a near' veteran on the sessons crcut, lke hs compadres you cannot fault hs muscanshp although he s hardly the most vsual Respte ther Olde' deal strength», they seem to have fallen prey to the free for all punk hertage n lot of the newer banda are sufferng from at the moment That "hertage" speak of ncludes playng back up to Cherry Vanlla support ggs for the Electrc Chars hd ther nvolvement wth llegal records So, they've been around to they've come a long way So, they are proven n the eyes of then purls( (yes they were there yawn - n the begnnng) But that s where the connecton must stop, The Polce are not, contrary to ntal reacton, a secontl dvson punk banft bathng n the semnal glory of the Sex Pstols et al They have n ther favour what could turn out to be the bggest ht sngle ths sde of next Xmas, 'Roxanne', about to be released on A & M Unfortunately the remander of the current set they play, apart from one or two exceptons, was lke so much salad dressng surroundng the real meal So, t's a mxed bag A couple of great numbers and a lot of man' - stream muscle lke them but they rrtate me JOHN BULL BE BOP DELUXE Hammersmth Odeon YES, TS fashon tme agan Be Bop have moved away from tn suts ant have adopted gutarst have ever seen Who says sex doesn't sell? BLONDE/ ADVERTSNG Blackburn DEBBE HARRY s an anmated Barbe Doll, complete wth all mn'vablapar M And do mean all A correspondent from the front nforms me her npples spend the evenng expandng to cork -lke proportons From my poston at the back, such detals were lost, but the sound was better That was the grunt decson of the evenng; the choce between aural and vsual satsfacton A mnd / body dchotomy Predctably, the males n the party chose the eght, plumped for the sound made the mstake Because the truth s, Bond are easer on the eyes than the ears Even allowng for the horrendom frst nght sound problems, the hand sounded pretty dre - chaotc and untogether When Debbe herself left the stage, the mess became obvous: when she was there, domnatng the proceedngs, you hardly notced t That proves just what a good frontperson she be And she s Dressed n knee-length shorts and matchng top (the knd of outft that looks rdculous on anyone except traned models) she bounced and skpped, Shrley Temple -lke, to the delght of the rows of adorng boys crammed n front of the stage Of course she uses sex towel' the show: don't object to that After all, male lend sngers have used t for years, Bull just wsh she'd cons clean abets! t all that complanng about sexsm from the press My foot She knows what's turnng 'em un and t sn't her ncredble vocal abltes Not that she has a bad mtre: n fact, on record t's a truly appealng sound, barked up admrably by a perfect pop chorus Onstage t tends b get Met among 'he competng nstruments, as do most of the songs, no matter how good they are (And some of them are great) t's a pty, bat t stll looks as H Bonde are forever destned to be hest on vnyl Support group Advertsng are n the opposte stuaton: they sound pretty good, ther songs are great, but they haven't qute worked out ther stage act yet Ye, they suffered from the sane techncal horrors u Bondle, but beng a more basc outft, there was maybe less et go wrong: at any rate, ther songs fought ther way out and rams' seros,o as really enjoyable,dngºlone popdttlrs They're just not nvolved enough wth ah,r _audence: they're stll playng at them rater than to them Maybe t's because there so' oneá ng rtng Don't get me wrong personalty W the fore But é h thng's for she, though, don't expect cone wth practce - a them to co me on stage playng support on bur tae cols ls the brat wearng eh amrnck and practce u band rya get SHFJA PROPHET d e naopunk look Charle Tutrabal was n one of those frghtfully ea pensve lpstck T-shrts j and Rasta locks, whle Bll Neon ls was n shny j trousers, baggy shrt and touches of eye make up Lke the album, ther í approach h» become starker No more elaborate Shows, Jun a grll of lghts at the hack The set's been cut too, even 've got to admt that the last tme! saw them t was j becomng somethng of an endurance teat Thls,tlme around the playng seems to be more mechancal Smon Fox on drums, j jerkng hs head lke a doll to the precse songs movng n and out lke a muscal pston Be Bop seemed anxous to dspense wth the old mage t ddn't turn nto an evenng of just the greaten hts, not that the audence seemed to mnd 'New Prescslm' summed up the stuaton, drums Bayed alve and gutar addng up to the total of a teutonc march Somehow 'slands Of The Dead' ddn't have the same effect as the studo verson t's the most cunnngly surrealstc track on 'Drastc j Plastc', The band ddn't qute manage to - Caputure the same feelngs But 've never heard Nelson playng better, hs work was n danger of becomng too ndulgent Now he and the rest of the hand have pulled up and re - thought Rejuvenaton ROBN SMTH ZAL Brmngham Barbaretlas ZAL S the name of the outft whch has roes from the ashes of the old Sensatonal Alex Harvey Band through the efforts of ex - members Zal Clemnson (gutar and vocals), Chrs Glen (bass and vocals) and Ted McKenna (drums and vocals),,added to ths tro s gutarst and vocalst Blly Rankn and ex - Tubes snger and dancer Lero) Jones As one who found the stage theatrcals and antcs of the old band rather too much was dsapponted to see that much of the old clownng and assocated tomfoolery remaned Fortunately, t was accompaned by some ex cellenl musc whch more than satsfed the eager crowd who gave ZAL ther heartenng recepton on ths, ther debut tour, The band's materal showed a healthy preoccupaton wth socal comment and wttcsms, and was much mpressed by ther selecton of songs, the most strkng of whch told of the evls of mperalsm and colonlatsm whch had produced today's atttudes towards "nggers wogs and coons" Also excellent was the aptly ttled 'Who Murdered Sex' and ns best rocker of the evenng 'Bg Boy', Certanly ths was a most mpressve begnnng and 'suggested that much can be expected of ZAL as they take up where the Alex Harvey band left off CLULEY NALL "

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29 b HJacd (l-sroe, We'ch4, 976 ////J'////////íy/; 0/ The nformaton % here was correct at % the tme of gong to press but t may be % aubjact to change so we advse you to check wth the venue concerned before travellng to a gg, Telephone numbers are gven where possble frljl?_:rt j M S R (7 J"' LO DON, tl, (Ynden /036 them, : cream LO\DON, Dtrtgwatle, Camden e", Eee Arte (Twn / Lev and the jl Rera LONDON Golden hon, Fulham 0-aó 3942), Th- 3pen j LONDON, Greyhound Fu ham 0366 O6e), Acme 0 ON DON, HLmmerntth j Odeon ( ) % Ruk 7 pp LONDON, Marquee, Ward 0 our Street / ), ;2 army hat % LONDON, Musc Maehne, (lblden (6a6-0428), j Rnnde bland Rrd / Aeareere, LONDON Nl/w Roxy % Theatre, Harleden (0 j N), JunMr Walker a The M Stare LONDON, Red COW Hammersmth , The Brakes LONDON Rochester Castle Stoke Newngton, ), lean, Palo LONDON, Rock Garden Covent Garden ( ) Heed Walter / Paul Rordan 2 LONDON, Spy Margaret Street ( ) The nuns Ones LONDON St Martn's f heal of Art (Tarng Cram Road t e dew quad r Merboltt M ARCH RTON STA('MY, Bump - r Club, Garho' (lllukd Hero /trm\guam, Medlhll College of F-durdtlon (0272 M7, armlet RRADFORD, St Geer' Hall 575$, Sleeley Span CARDFF The Unventy 6642, Hot (bocelale CREATE ReELD All CM ler The umll COVENTRY Warwck Unversty (20359 The,tomes DERBY Ratfy (676), Johns) Nees DERBY Kng Hull (Sfíl) Rodn DONCASTER Outlook (64434), 999 / The Crabs DUNDEE Calyd Hall 2269 Edde and the hot Rods / (odn Star / Brae DU DEE, Unlverlty (26) The Advert» DUNSTABLE, Calforna Ballroom (02804) Moode / Adcertung DURHAM, The Unversty, TM Motor GLASGOW, College of Technology Res Moe GREAT YARMOUTH, Tlf ferny (5708) Darts / Rumble Strp GULDFORD, Cvc Hall (6734) Judea Prnt HGH WYCOMBE, Nan Head (2758), W'reckle Ere KLMARNOCK, Sand rlanne, Hector LANCASTER, The Un- versty (6520), Bert Janch LEEDS, F Club, Ace of Club (663252), Electrc Char / Lev and the Rockets LEEDS, Polytechnc _ WR CKLESS ERC starts hs tour at Hgh Wycombe Nags Head Thursday HUNDREDS of good -o lour startng We week and dong the dollo-dal of elubland Mud are back on the road after a long break, see the veteran at Northampton Salon Ballroom (Wednesday), London, New Boxy (Frday) and Bury St Edmunds Focus Theatre (Saturday) The Dart bulleeye al Redcar Coatham Bowl on Wednseday and Great Yarmouth Tffany on Thursday wth ota more gm MEd The no - no old Young One begn a lour of ther own after havng pulled out of the Vbrator date heel - catch them at London' Speakeasy (Wednesday), Basldon Sx (00, John Otw) and Wld hlly Barren / The Fly LVERPOOL, Erlcs ( ), The Destroyer LONDON, Albany Empre, Deptford ( ), Moonahot LONDON, Breeknoek, Camden ( )3), Scarecrow LONDON, Cantle Tootng ( ), Heart - drop LONDON Dngwall Camden Lock ( ), Snblmbl LONDON, 00 Club, Oxford Street ( ), Reggae Regular LONDON, John Bull, (Tlewlek, Rebel LONDON, Moonlght Ral way Tavern, Went Hampstead ( ), Preyng Mantle LONDON, Musc Machne, Camden ( ) The Jam / Black Slate LONDON, Pegasus, Stoke Newngton ( ), Cock Sparser LONDON, Red Cow, Hammeremlth ( ), The Young Ones /////////l/////////////y///////l////////'/////// //r7 74 s Bells (Frday) and London's Dngwall - wth Fumble -on Saturday Alto n the race - Wreck( Erc - playng Hgh Wycombe Nag Head (Thursday), Sheffeld Polytechnc (Frday) and Brstol Polytechnc (Saturday) Look out for Ms new backng band, The Rocket n late starter - John Mle undertake major Brtsh tour, startng on Tuesday, supported by the ndeetruct able, the nvncble - Johnny Cougar Fed up wth bread and butter! - try a lttle Jam, last UK date for some tme at London's Mele Machne on Thundery, LONDON, Rochester Castle, Stoke Newngton ( , Rff Ran LONDON, Rock Garden, Covent Garden ( ) Sotto LONDON Remy, Covent Garden ( ), Publlek LONDON, Vortex Cracks Wardout Slreet ( ) Strder LONDON, Weetarneld Col loge (5369), After The Fre MANCHESTER Can alcade ( ), The Thorn MAMCESTE, Rafter ( , Ml, M 594) TEM UMW (0234 Wools eawe m PLYMOUTH Fleas 20077), Roy Wood' Wer Rand nl / The N, PLTVT, MO Metro, Pe on Ells rad pttttsmoltt), cuadrada (24555) Glbert O7nlllvan PORT TAODr Trouts dor, NYC READNG, Bryant Club Eau's / F7nml SHEFFELD, polyteehnle (2290), lmelght SWAN SF, ACbr e, tk,r stock WAKF,FELD Unty Haft 6585, Albon Hand YORK, Oval Ball (24252 Whrlwnd MARCH ABERDEEN, Captol (2345),Edde and the Hot Red / Rado Stan / Squeeze ABERDEEN, The Unver- y (5725), The Advert BASLDON, Sg Bells, Young tree BRMNGHAM Barba reles ( ), Rtche Haven BERMNG/AM Unlverally (02)472 8), Muscle BSHOPS STORTFORD, lockerll College 0 Educaton (63000), Fe - bonus Poodle BOURNEMOUTH, Wnter Garden (20448) Glbert O'Sullvan BRADFORD, Queens Hall (39272, Stng BRENTWOOD, Hermt Club (27084), Pekoe Orange BRSTOL, BQ Club (4228), Suburban Stud BRSTOL, The Unversty (35930), Ralph McTetl Roy Wood Hsao Band / The End / Alberto Y Lost Tros Paranoa / Reggae Regular / The Ne,v / The Smrks / The Meda / Brent Ford & CAMRROE, Corn Cr change Rua reer ka CARDfF, The ONdescrclly (6642, waaldaatw CORK Knrduel, lttle (lab Story DEH BY Baleys (666 Johns", N awl, nerry Techncal Col N Zed Clemlasna DUNDEE, College el Technology The Redlm DURHAM, Unlveral(y 64444, 4e mchrelt'e EAST RETFORD Port erhouor (70469 Jobe Olway and Mld Llly Barret / The ray EDN RU KO, Cloud ( brstmr EOAM, Royal Holloway College (4466, The Brakes GULDFORD, blur ey a venallrumble Strp HARLOW Technlral Col sego (22300) Wre HUDDERSFELD, Pol- ytechnc (22258), The Alblen Rand LANCASTER, Unlventy (6602), Hot Chocolate LEEDS, Fforde Grene Hotel ( WTtr,- nd LEEDS PolytScnnle (40) Subway Ser LECESTER, Polybehnle (27662), Robn Banks / The Payroll / Dsco Zombe / Porretles / Mery Aeolc and the (Recharge / Deed Ele Syndrome LVERPOOL, Unlverlty, Sphnx Bar (02-7(6 744, Naughty lump LONDON Archtectural Assocaton (0/ ), Throbbng Grstle LONDON, Breeknoek, Camden ( ) Urchn LONDON Brdge House, Cannng Town The Roll LONDON, Dngwall) Camden ( ), Rabolto / Bran Parlb Band LONDON, Lttle Bt Rley, Brxton Oval, Cold - harbour Lane ( ), Matumbl / Palm r fast movng album / features ther new sngle 'EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE GONE' THE JACKSOS wn'na a 6 p / ),,-[ a 6 Lf - - r a\ d' / a-;--4 Hs6 8f035 Tacwpesds

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31 - 2 Pac4,d March 4, 978 About to blow MARY ANN ELLS dals Erupton -n Germany and gets a crossed lne ERUPTON ARE another of that brand of band who along wth the lkes of Heatwave and The Jaln Band are busy puttng the soul back nto the Brtsh musc scene Only dfference s they're dong t from Germany where 'they've been lvng for the last 5 months Despte competton from two Deutsch Hausfraus on a crossed fne managed to speak to Greg Perrneou, lead gutarst wth Erupton for about half an hour before the frequent nteruptons (geddrtll made further conversaton mpossble At the moment they're engaged on a natonwde tour of West Germany supported by such / \ % t PRECOUS archng herfgure j / notables as Harpo and Rosena Stone_ Not much danger of beng blown off stage there Soul Search' Erupton frst formed back n 974 and accordng to Greg, at frst they ddn't take ther musc serously at all "We just used to play for fun," he recalls "My brother, who's also n the band, and myself used to rehearse on two old Spansh Y! ERUPTON: love lvng n Germany gutars n my mum's front room Then a couple of our mates got nterested and we stopped foolng around and began to take ourselves serously "Then n 975 we entered a 'Soul Search' competton whch was sponsored by 'Record Mrror' and came frst out of four hundred contestants The prze was a recordng contract and some badly needed equpment, We decded to turn professonal then "As a result of our success n the contest we had offers of work lterally floodng n and we spent the next two years tourng all over Europe, Afrca and Amerca - landng up n Germany where a we've been based ever snce " n case you ddn't know, Erupton have just made the charts wth ther uptempo verson of Anne Peebles classc ht ' Can't Stand The Ran' "Why that partcular number Greg? Greg where have you gone?" "H?" says a chrpy female voce," t's Precous Wlson (lead snger wth the band) here" Oh Er, h Precous" (Precous?) repeat the queston "Well we just loved the orgnal song so much that we just thought t would be nterestng to uptempo t a bt, gve t a dsco treatment suppose you'd call t We're r r absolutely thrr'md about t gettng nto the charts though We mss Brtan although we all love end t's great to thnk our smgte peopn England wll begn to know us and Beng the only female n ths funky flvesome, Precous s undoubtedly both the vocal and focal pont of the band "But we all beleve that the vsual aspects of our act are as mportant as the sound we make," she says "We all move about a lot - partcularly me as don't have any nstrunfent to restrct my movements have costume changes - plenty of glttery and Colourful gowns Only trouble s that t means have to watch my ftgure Very dffcult 'cos love my food Watng by the phone Obvously the band are kept pretty busy most of the tme But when they do get some spare tme what do they lke to do best? "Oh, that's easy," says Precous "We spend a lot Of OUT spare tme just lstenng to musc The guys lsten to a lot of bands to mprove ther muscal technques and just lke lstenng to female vocalsts lke Mlle Jackson and Barbra Stresand 'm also teamng to play gutar so spend a lot of tme practsng " Presumably, wth ther sngle chartng n Brtan they'll be plannng a trp over here pretty "soon? "Well," laughs Precous, "all we're wanng for s that phone to rng and we'll be over on the next plane Hopefully that wll be n the near future" NEW SNGLE T'S YOU THAT NEED UP t 9 From the album Once Upon A Dream UAS 3049 Not n USA R&B Charts / n

32 r Record Mrror, Marche, ( YOU, USE VER MEAT LOAF: Bg bats don't Beast cry Nor does goo -goo eyes Ellen Foley of burgerland BARRY CAN gets ht by Meat Loaf n New York BOY - On a hot was a varsty tackle flowng n a Status Quo "Yeah, but when hear summer nght would and a hell of a block mockwnd t was great Sprngsteen thnk of The you offer your When played my So we're n ths New Who t's the resonances, gutar York apartment drnkng the reverberatons, the throat to the _wolf made the canyons bourbon from cut glass echoes t's smply 976 wth the red roses? rock - but- Meat loaf s hangng out rock and roll," says Grl - Wll he offer me Every Saturday nght agan and talkng about Stenman dsmssng the hu mouth? felt the fever grow" Texas assocaton Boy - Yes All ths teenage mong- " left Dallas when "Our songs," says Jm, Grl Wll he offer me olodmanla s lovng graduated, was always "are a seres of herocs, ths teeth? encased n a Phl drunk, playng basketball Amplfcatons of' realty, Boy Yes Spectorama smokescreen and runnng Yeah, every glorfcatons of fantasy, Grl - Wll he offer me produced by Todd "'ve day for years ran fve There an't been a lot of hs jaws' got ples n me pyramds" mles" that n the last few years, Boy Yes Rundgren Lke, shudder to thnk Fleetwood Mac are a Grl - Wll he offer me The album deals wth what he would have glorfcaton of what's hs hunger? passon - the Bazooka looked lke f he'd only already real Everythng Boy Yes Joe chewng knd wth walked muscal at the moment Grl - Agan, wll he lberal dollops of motor He talks about the seems so homogensed, offer me hs hunger? bkes, Coupe de Vlle's, mpressve array of talent The seventes have been a Boy - Yes, football games, lubr- Grl - And ww he bated schoolloveetc, who play on the album: decade of langudness, "None of them, contrary starve wthout me? And there's nothng to opnon, are sesson Boy Yes wrong wth the epc players They're Just Grl - And does he love muscal backdrop, Yank me? kds hate ther parents n Boy - Yes On a hot luxury "Hey mom, Dad summer nght you offer an't taken my Chevy your throat to the wolf AGAN!?" That's why wth the red roses? they loathe the Pstols Grl Yes who don't -play on a bed of Boy - bet you say that roses bemoanng pubes' to all the boys cent mental trauma And that's Meat Load - "Oh know you belong the Laurel and Hardy of nsde my achng heart soda fountan sowlquy n And can't you see my New York faded Levs burstng apart?" Meat Loaf hangs out The album, ther debut everywhere manly be- has prodded a few of the cause of a hamburger ' curous but t's lve that swollen body He sngsatt Meat Loaf have created the Songs on 'Bat Out Of the bggest str an't Hell' n a hamburger had the pleasure yet but swollen voce He's swell dd catch them on last Jm Stenman has week's Whstle Test wrtten all the songs on performng the tue track 'Bat Out Of Hel', Heroc embellshed by flm of a songs manly concerned nght rder OD'ng on wth the amplfcaton of revs realty - hs words Meat Loaf sngs sweat 'Bat Out Of Hell' s an and blood and tears n a album of nsurrecton and glory flled hell bent for the ncessant adolescent leather overweght or fght aganst cod all gasm, har sutably Then 'l ' m dyng at the bottom of a p n a blarng am Torn and twsted at the foot of a burnng bke And thnk somebody somewhere must be lollng a bell And the last lng see Ls my heart" 'We all lve too comfortably That's why we lke FM rado' guys from other bands Panst Roy Btten works wth Bruce Sprngsteen and bassst Kasm Sultan works w th Rundgren And of course there's Rundgren hmself and Edgar Wnter, We smply rehearsed as' any band would" Stenman nterrupts "Studo muscans can't really dentty wth what you're tryng to lay down When you act as a band there's a genune emotonal joy apparent wth every success "We started work on these pones n '76 wth some exploratory sessons the year before " Meat Loaf - "We would have completed t earler only we're both perfectonsts" The feel, the ambtons of the album have been compared, compared, generally favourably, wth Sprngsteen The sxtes were a decade of rock and roll "Everyone got older and left rock behnd them They've dspensed wth the herocs and are now dealng wth nteror forces We all lve too comfortably That's why we lke FM rado" "Unversal fantases are projects n a changng envronment," says Stenman as he talks of the "mpulses and sexual desres" that haunt rock and roll songs "You can be just as fanatc wthn an Elvs Costello arrange ment as you can wthn a Steve Wonder arrange ment "The songs on the album are a combnaton of all my dreams, all my obsessons But t's essentally sarcastc A lot of the most dramatc moments on 'Bat' are sarcastc "But that doesn't mean to say fnd 'teenage' a dsparagng term Rock and roll s teenage t's narcssstc Teenage s one of the most pure Amercan terms have ever heard" And Meat Loaf s one of the nastlesl But Stenman has managed to vnyllse hs deals And vnyllsed dreams last longer LOAF! WOULD WE sell you a bummer? We're not even tryng to sell them, we're gvng'them away 50 MEAT 'LOAF ALBUMS TO WN These unque albums have a full colour pcture actually prnted on the vnyl (shown below), ACTUAL ALBUM PCTURE PRNTED QN THE VNYL ' eat Loaf BAT OUT OF HELL Here's how to get one of these fantastc albums Just complete the questons below along wth your name and address Cut out the coupon and send t to Record Mrror, Meat Loaf Competton, PO Box 6, Harlow Essex CM7OJA The frst 50 correct answers wll receve a copy of ths exclusve album Normal competton rules apply and the Edtor's decson s fnal, Who co -produced Meat Loaf album? 2 What famous muscal was Meat Loaf n?, ' s MEAT LOAF COMPETTON 3, Whch Ted Nugent album dd Meat Loaf sng on? NAME ADDRESS,

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Hello Road:/ 'The Bottle (Arsta ARST 2 -!PH Johnny Gutar Watson Steve Wonder - type funky r roller but the 2n's Cap s % ROCKAR(LLX 'lurrteaee RADERS: Reek' (Sun CYS 4 Recent rock 'n nstrumental, roll 'Dr, frst out Xmas,' as RACE:A'RA 'knoehle (LP goo Ratear' RCA 7034 PL Typcal Contnental soundng follow already UK up nterest GEORGE BENSON: 'On Broadway' (ls arose are, 720 K Drfters comes olde be- a lovely funk 2n Jazz - lareher GROVER WASHNGTON: 'Sausalto' (LP 'Lve Rt)nu' Al Ruda The SOULD 0íC) Specalst lan - funk ter USEF LATEEF: nl so' 'Robot (CT CTSP Complex 02) ljaze- funk bumper POCKETS' n The (CBS Pocket' 6-O), Repettve prgler (lanky SMON BELL 'Grls' t Plenty' rye 7N 46050) Dated fast Jackson 5 tsleys - typo pop hupper, could ANDREW GOLD: Never Her Let Slp Away' (Asylum K 32) Jaunty slow swnger, nce Molt STEPHANE DE SYKES: 'Nothng Goes Rght' (DM DJS 0030) Pleasant cool Pets MoR swayer wth a hnt of CS W GENERAL JOHNSON: 'Don't Walk Away' (Arsta ARST 66) Pent - up GREG GREGORY cola har by day, epees street rod at the weekend, drve a Cadllac, and spns funky soul al London's Sundown lncharng Croat Road, where he'a also jthe house engneer LET'S ALL CHANT( LOVE EXPRESS, Mlehael lager Rand Prvate Stock2n 2 DANCE LTTLE DREAMER, Bonc Booge Polydor GRME SOME LOVNG, Kong's French Creeps LP RUN TO ME, Kelly Mare US 'ye 2n 5 PM MAD AS HELL, El Coco Pye LP 6 GALAXY, War US MCA 2n 7 BLACK PARTY, Anthony Whte US Sabots{ 2ín 8 EROTC SOUL, Larry Page Ork US loodoo í2n O THAT'S THE KND OF LOVE 'VE GOT FOR YOU, Msts Sprlaglteld Mercury LP MOON BOO'N ORS US Salam) 2a by FAMES HAMLTON HEATWAVE'S HOT NGHTS n xl(llr ahtj', lratwave's wealth of n ago, ended 977 as the year ht, beaten Unted States' ar' only r lay sdbr Debby Kest Lfe' however Boone's 'You Lght on Up My show, n the recently two networked renordn ('Hsl TV 'People's ted as ClMee' Jont wnners of the lke uwanl Watched by SO mllon sosuethng vlewera, compere Dck Van Dyke taled on composer Rod Temperbm 0, accept the award tud, not expectng that t waa the composer who waft due to be honoured, wonted lohnny Wlder to accept nstead No, had to be Rod, so - hersslghl) 0- one - Use Essgll hnasn of Use group went out on stage before the oyes of Amerca, And what dkl he say? "Tally hot" THEO JONS THEO LOYLA, of DJF and SEDA assocatons, has been apponted head of Polydor's dsco promoton department) Already well ensconced n the Job, Theo plans a massve re -vampng of the DJ malng lst, along wth a lot more communcaton wth jocks and, of course, DJ assocatons He hmself wll be Comng off Use road as a moble Jock, but wll stll be dong two nghts a week at Brdge Country Club near Canterbury, f you thnk you mght qualfy for ncluson, apply to Theo to Jon the Polydor Super - Jock's Maltng Servce, at Polydor Ltd, 7/9, Stratford Place, London WN OBL STAR TP TONY 'SHADES' VALENCE (BBC Rado Medway) showed off bn new bubble -cut harstyle at Southgate's Royalty'last Saturday, and oleo came up wth a good competton whch sounded dead easy but whch n fart nobody managed to wn Gven one and a half mnutes, you'd reckon you could completely eat Just three normal -sred cream crackers, wouldn't ya? Well, throe people on Saturday couldn't do ll REGONAL Spnners she long - waled lve ' verson of Gl's classc )aufunk lea per! j - style slow soul sw ayer, rather good EMOTONS: 'Baby 'm Through' (Stag SO) JOHN PAUL 'Best YOUNG: 'Love Of My Love' - s The type perky Ar' (Arleta ARO olde :n Gently gallopng, BRAN & BRENDA RUS- tambourne - shakng smooth SELL 'That's All Rght pop Too' bulder, bg n US (Rocket ROEN 55) 'Clean dscos Up Woman' - style slow )ggler * Aartche' í LPNHATTAN RB RANDY RADER: 'Dance 50444: For sophstcated On (Dsco Darlng), Pts / 2' NOR crowds, A Gal n (Epc EPC 6007) Hauntng Calco' s a gorgeous swayer, md - tempo Euro hustler t / 'On A Lttle Street n wth odd phonetc - vocal Sngapore' and 'n ACT ON A Mellow sound, jtone' are relaxed bg band 'RGBY: 'The (louse Of The LAST WEEK'S London crooners, whle 'Where Dd Rsng Sun' (Load GO 33) chart was rather too Our C Love Go' s ther Santa Esmeralda and truncated to show just why customary Motown revval Revelaton are also battlng the London area le the most MONTANA, FEATURNG wth mport versons of ths worthwhle canddate for SSTER SLEDGE: 'When Anmals olde, gven the separate regonal lenj You Wnk Upon A Star' Euro treatment Uon However, an ths t ' Atlantc K 0) Breathly MDNGHT STUD: 'Glora' subdued twee lttle groove'', F week's full Top 50 for (Carrete EM 2760), Beat- London wu de monalra L edted from a grandose les, Anmals, Stones - now nothng appears n t that Dance Fantasy nspred By Them get the poundng would not normally be Close Encounters' on US Eurodsco treatment, mentoned on ths page 2m DEE JAY: 'Glora' (Chry- ether n the natonal dsco LES ROCKETS: 'Space sals CHS 2206) j and a chart or n tre DJ Hotlne r Rork' (Delta FR 3752) much better straght punk Therefore, lhls wll be the (3 Freaky fast nstrumental revval 'last regonal chart al- / Euro pounder wth Kraft- ECLPSE: 'You Really Got though t may well be u erk - type synthetcs, Me' (Epc EPC 606) repneed by an mport JOHNNY FORTUNE: whle the Knks go Eurodsco -lstng n future Menu, Dragster'' (St '6l) uon too, as well as havng Great fat gutar, / nstrumental nstrumen Cal racer wth terrfc ' j Dlbango, 2 Staroard, 3 Roy VAN HELEN: Von, Really Ayers, 4 EWF, 5 Rose tar tosound Captal effects, Got Me' (Warner Bros K Royce, 6 War, 7 Al Hudson, 707)- an angrer rock 8 Mandrll, 0 Eastslde Rado's revval, wth fancy 2n ConnecUon, l 'Cruang' tans promos CARL PERKNS: 'Blue 0 Odyssey, Cameo, 2 Mchael lager SHELA McKNLEY: 3 Heatwuve, 4 Gene Suede Shoes' / 'Matchbox' Goodbye My LOve' (Ran Page, 5 Erupton, 6 ' j(charl CS 06), Ressued bow RATS 002) Jmmy Shela B Devoton, rockabwy classcs, frst Hughes / Searchers olde 5,000 copes et just 60p now 7 BY Express s Lenny Wlla lush smooth soul lanu, la Chc, 20 BW ROBERT GORDON: 'H Tha hustler' Wthers 2 Bee Gees, 22 s Wrong' (Prvate Stock MARTNEZ 'Masterpece' Peter Brown, 23 Com PVT ll) Great choked emoton - rockabad+d, (State STAT '7), Brothers modores, 24 Raydlo, 25 Bob Hs- Johnson - type bouncy Marley (new), 28 South nal wrtten by Lnk Wray burbler road Connecton, 27 Peter n '57 for Elvs TTANC: 'Flashback' (Bar Brown (LP 25 Donna THE CRUSERS: 'Get A clay BAR 704), Santana j Job' (Alaska ALA 202) t Slhouettes' 958 "shuns - no - Summer (new), 29 Jmmy type throbber, Lndany, SO LonnlerSmlth JEFF PHLLPS: 'Rock Me 3 Hgh Energy, 92 Kay - on ' duo - cop rocker does a Darts Slowly (RCA PB 507) Gees, 33 Francne McCee Thuddng sexy slow swayer 'Feéln' Good' (Canadan RCA 2n) 34 Player, 35 Althla k Donna '36 Cerrone 37 Lnda Clfford, 98 EWF (LP) 39 Lamont Doalcr, 40 Johnny Gutar Watson 4 George lb'nson 'On Broadway' (Warner Bros LP), 42 Blly Preston 'Wde Strde' A&M LP) 43 Wayne St John 'Some lnng's Up' (US Sesms] 2n) 44 JugKY Jonea 'Come On Do t Some More' (US Jupter LP) 45 Ashford & Smpson 'Don't Cost You Nothng' Warner Bro LP), lus Dusty Sprmg 47 New Markette 'Theme From MASH' Satrll 2n), o6 Dorothy Moore 'Wth Pen n Fend' (CBS) 40 Bunny Sgler 'Let Me Party Wth You' (US Gold Mnd) 50 sne ' Prelude LP) d) RAY CHARLES ' Can See Clearly Now' londonl adds Terry Emm (Dun stable), Forrester (Crouch ), Dr John (Telford Dsco - Tech) Rallae(la Cerra 'Do, Do t Agan' (Kole) Dps for Phl Bshop (Goldcrs Creen Great Expectatons) Steve Day (Mads Vale Clarendon Court Les noted Spate hock' (Deena) does Greg Daves (Watford New Penny) Rob llarknelt (Harlow Glbe, Vntners) Nck Lowe ' Love The Sound Of Breakng Glass' (Radar) rocks Jason West (Cambrdge), Herbst Stylus (Bromley - by Bow Duke of Wellngton) Gerry Raffety 'Raker Street' (VA) hts Tony Henwell (Portsmouth Black Prnce), Strathclyde Dsco Assn!Glasgow), Dana (toss Top Of The World' (Motown) makes Lt Baley (Lecester Socety), Allan Osborne (Colburn Walkervlle) Le Pample mousse 'Le Spank' (lye) adds Jm Hggnson (Spennymoor Top Hat), Ray Straughan (Fellng), whle Notch Jefferson 'Spank Your Blank Blank' (Para chute) hts Mal Stuart (Whtley Bay Sands) -al la the same areal Ralph McDonald 'The' Path' (US Marln LP) beats Bob Jones JChelmsford Dec Jal) mm McGrR 'Talgunnerl (US LRC LP) funks Owen Washngton (Camberley Frenches), Ell's Second Comng 'flop Scotch' (US TK LP) ncks Norman Daves (Dubln Phoenx) wvj `fr; Record Mme, March 4, 978 3% UK DscoTop5O CONTNUNG *woodlce boo nge 2 A F YOU REEL UR()ANON, Alo Ruda 22 ABClñr 26 CAN YOU GET T / rusrey MONaty Mew alas m CLOSE ENCOUNTERS Of THE THRD RND, Gene Page ara 74 - RUMOUR 2 HAS O, Donna Summer 25 :0 JUST Cawtd,wa ONE MORE NGHT, Warm Coo 26 VMgn LOVE'S UNKND Doe Sumner OTO nn WHAT'S YOUR NAME WHATS Meech YOUR NUMBER, True HE h on vdde 2n 30 SNGE 04 RAN, B e A 30 Cor6reebnCreoY Caner* YOU'RE SO RGHT FOR Eatrele 2e 2 TOO HOT TA TROVZOOM Commodores Motown Dn 39 SHOUT T OUTMDE ON, BT Femme EM lest 44 TS SEROUS Cameo U5 Ctocolcne Care LP S THS LOVE Bob Mertes, hw+d 32 CHOOSNG YOU, Lanes W'rwns ABC 2n 38 SUPERNATURE/GVE ME LOVE,ETC, CwoneatancLP j ALL RGHT NOW Free hand - E j LETS AU CHANTAOVE EXPRESS Mrelvet Zap Rend Prw te Stock/2m 42 MOVE YOUR BODY, Gene Farrow Magna ll 48 EASY, Jmmy Llnaev ssandllav Swan 20 GONE DEAD TRAN (Mmed" Mountan - FUNK REACTON, Lonne Smth YE 36 DENS DENEEL Blonde Camba EVERYBODY DANCE CNc Atantc LPAJS 2m 50 JOHNNY JOHNNY PLEASE COME HOME) Oeude Barry Mercury 37 MAGC MND'JUPTER, Earth Wed B For CBS LP j 43 YOU LKE R WE LOVE T, Southend CannectlonUS Mal5opanv 2n 47 - EVERY 'e A WNNER, Hot Chocolate Ras 48 - RSKY CHANGES Bonc Boopm US Potydo WHENEVER YOU WANT MY LOVE, ReaMTlunp Pye FROM NOW ON, Lnda Gafford - Cartons 2n BREAKERS KLOWATT NVASON, Kay -Gees US De -Lre LP 2 WE, Brass Consrrucson UA 3 BABY COME BACK Player RSO a V!S A DAMN SHAME, Johnny Gutar Watson DM 5 SGHT FOR SORE EYES, Lamont Dons, Werner Ros 6 THEME FROM CLOSE ENCOUNTERS Me/o RCA 7 THAT'S THE KND OF LOVE 'VE GOT FOR YOU OustY SpdnpEald Mercury LP/porno 2m B SHU' DG DANCN, nner GG Exams, Ebony 2,0 9 DANCE WTH ME, Ren Brown TX LP 0 DON'T MAKE ME WAT, Pano Brooks Casablanca JOX VOX GORDON MCNEL (tnthesay ólenburn Hotel) rvals hs neghbour Alan Donald's recent "punk request" story: ths tme, Gordon told the punter, "Sure, what punk do you want?" 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Repars carred out to all makes of dsco and lgmng equpment ncludng servcng and modfcaban Collecton and delvery servce can be arranged Quck servce guaranteed BARON ELECTRONCS, 6 CHESTNUT AVENUE HARE/ARE, SURREY GU27 2AT n+ CTemN mgc Pelee, oro QS"' r7s 7ono MLuaona{w7rºk e Me C a 4772 r>as at rs 08,0 J very Spot bank tsmad no0 Spot benk tamp* -, (S0 A m ot be,en,eo m,opla lst k P,electonxM,rna,mpnloeeunaCeES Strobe Jno Mentor Sewn end An Acueo,ke PANDORAS BOX 48/49 Cowck S 'eat St -Thomas, E Te RECORD MART CONTNUED FROM P 2 r s pl5ds rho -r w ran$ RE/r MÑS au TM 002AYll `at nee AOUS of 06S w m Duet - Memo Mn 7 r m/ rr eter~«,,-z4- p Mtn al Goad odl And LP Srr 2ap,o4lrse al- CRUT NRt ncords RAML V wsae7 TRANSPARENT COVERS Prer Meer Prreer Molls :n, rws 0 ro(ap mean rmw lsenl0 rlue rrla Vmaw fawn t74 Me r PR (AAA M [nza (ernlrr'aw aen aw D'» w rlr r ah ~WY rrr roo ewer r PR Mar Orr to le etr Y rerd See+ V La e M W UM rrrrrnjrr Mar'rralYdbMa4 o aw Orr oak A COOA b SON 3a RUM El Daer4de wr Tat«enr^, t meepn,7 4aD DQyffAALD_DlSS4 A RECORDNG Am over VAt amtn arp O s C CASES peeer M HANDYMAN SNGLES App0 - E Apere LOD - nom STORE - raw 7 Sro4e ace 00 un onl vrds d Koh S Dud" ettl Personal BEAUTFUL GRLS from all contnents want correspondence frendshp, marrage Sample photos free! - Hermes Verlag Vox JANE SCOTT for genune frends, ntroductons Dppposte sex, wth sncerty and thoughtfulness Detals free - Stamp to Jane Scott, 3/R M North Street Quadrant, Brghton, Sus sexj3n 3GS, DOVELNG PART VER, catalogue Select your own partners and penfrends - For free sample photos, sae,a6 PO Box 00 Haywards Heath, Sussex MAKE FRENDS world - wde through our exctng new magazne 50p fortnghtly Pay after recevng 8 from: Lesure Tmes (RN 38), Chorley, Lamm DATNG CON FUENTAL offer the most comprehensve ntroducton servce aval- able for all, ages natonwde Free detals DATNG CON" FDENTAL (Dept RD'7), 44 Earle Court Road London W8 DAVE, 2, lonely and quet seeks sncere grlfrend, 8-22 for lastng relatonshp South East London areal - BOX No 437 LONELY GUY, 9, seeks sncere grlfrend lvng n Brmngham wren looks unmportant - Box No 438, STEPHEN (S) RATHER quet seeks grl for steady relatonshp - 0 Eger Avenue Surblton, Surrey 'KTS 9'S O (S/E England) SCANDNAVAN GUY stud 25, seeks blonde ntelectual grlfrend, photo please - Glasgow regon Box no 46 ATTENTON ALL TYNE A WF:At GRLS Two grls wanted for two lads to date, Must lke some form of musc and be 7, 22, We have 'transport Please wrte box no lea All l ette-rs answered LONELY MALE 23, seeks female nterested n Elvs Photo U possble please - Box no 459 YOUNG MAN, 2 shy but good lookng, would lke to meet a senaluve natured grl nterested n musc and art All letters answered Your photo returned wth mne (Mdlands) - Box no 458 WORLDWDE PEN" FREND SERVCE All ages All nterests, SAE Detals PC, 39a Huth- erlegh Road, Ruslp Manor, Mddlesex F YOU would lke to make new frends, but maybe lack the con fdence for face to face contact please just take a few mnutes to consder a unque new servce whch sn't out to make money but would genunely lke to help For tree detals wth no oblgaton drop - a -- jg Computer Datng had last 'e Mundy nay b,r ulepr-s' Worm 5005 em,ptlul rd rrubtr wsa- L anp, e an n vs Nd v low -,dour lonachott and Math Noe t 50 D,pl (WM) - 23 anne s lsd Lead ' ` `w T* 0437 SO] SAE,today to Dept RM 20 Denman Road London SE5 5NP You'll be happy you dd! Pal LOOKNG for a grl 8-2 Leeds / Wakefeld area, wth a cheerful personalty who's sexy and lkes good musc, enjoyng yourself and nghts out, 'm an 2; f you nterested wrte meat 45 Fenton Street, Tngley, Wakefeld West Yorkshre - and 'll see you lght, OK? HOW TO GET GRL FRENDS, what to say how to overcome shyness, how to date any grl you fancy - SAE for FREE detals DEPT RM, 38 A bbeydale, Wnter - bourne, Brstol The only FREE datng servce Send letters descrbng yourselves (+ -SAE) to: - 8 Woden Road, East, Wednesbuy, W Mdlands KARL Me (20, of Gwent, send address!! - Box No43 ARE YOU A RAVER female lke dsco and 5-8, lvng n Leeds, Wakefeld area? f so, wrte - Trevor, 45 Fenton Street, Tngley, Wakefeld, West York- shre, for fun and frolcs ARSENAL EC FAN wanted to wrte / go to matches wth- - Barry Grbble, 58 Queens Crescent, Stubbngton, Hants BLACK MALE( aged 28, wants a whte lady aged between 826 years, Must be a non - drnker and non smoker, - Box No4W ELVS FAN, dl, quet, Sncere, seeks mature lonely young lady aged between 226 All letters answered, Northern reland preferred - Box 465 monely young lady aged between 2-2 All lettrs answered, Northern Leland preferred - Box 465 Records For Sale RECORD FNDNG SERVCE Those you want and can't fnd Thousands to stock, wll get" f not Any artsts, any records, just jot down those you need and send wth SAE - Don' 37 Southend Road, Wck - ford, Essex BOAN, BOWE, Pstols, Ramones Who, Zeppeln, etc, rartes - SAE, 96 Longhurst Road, London, SES GOLDEN CLASSCS Sngles from 8Ap, LP's 28 Hundreds of Bargans - Dept R, 7 Jesse) Drve Loughton, Essex SNGLES 6'2-78, AL SAE for lnt: Cln, 2 Beatrce Clone, Eta EX-QART OLDES, 59-77, - SAE: Kneeshaw, 9 Whtworth Road, London SF,25 MARC BOLEAN FANS a few brand new copes of Jasper C Debussy Max sngle (70 Posted Jenny Harde, 44 Audreys Close, Huston Clmbs DUSTY, Clff, Cla Lulu, Petula, rare news / artcles, also extensve record lst - SAE: Bob (R3,4 Beresford Road, Oxton, Brkenhead, Mer seysde T REX GREAT HTS ALBUM, Bolan Poster (260 - Geoff, 3 Cromer Road, ChudweU Heath, Essex BEST OF T REX (Fly), Uncorn (Regal), Vxen (Jones /Bolnn) offers - Box 483 BOJANGLES LST no 2 avalable now Abha, T / Robnson as always Al eondluon hargalna Also new sngles, LPs casette at low prces SAE for lsts and detals - 7 Chooser Road Rugby, Warwckshre Tel: Rugby CARTBUSTERS: Golden Oldes avalable '54-76 A must for collectors a godsend for DJs - SAE, Dlskery, 86 / 87 Western Road, Hythe, Brghton, callers welcome APOLLO RECORDS 0E0 + oldes, send'sp - 3 St John's Park, London, SE3 FREE RECORDS wth each order Rock pop, Tamla, oldes - Large SAE, 92 Button Lane Eatlegh, Hampshre SECONDHAND sngles for sale, fully guaranteed from Sp each, thousands n stock Send 20p for lsts to: Dave Banks, 223 Wllllamthorpe Road, N o r t h w n g f eld, Chesterfeld GOLDEN OLDES Our latest catalogue olgolden olde sngles s ready for dspatch, send 20p toe P F S, 3 Cranb rook Road, lford, Eases GOLDEN OLDES galore, ex jullebox records from 2 yep, hundreds of hts, most major stars, - SAE for lsts: Dept H8, 82 Vandyke Street, Lverpool, Le LPs from 20p 4Ss from 5p - Large SAE: Thompson, 24 Beaufont Avenue, Blackpool TOPS for new pops at only 45p! Bowe, Pstola, Vllage People, Paul Smon, etc etc large SAE, HS Pckard Records, 20 Mchgan Avenue, Manor Park, London, E2 tjd "Gumbo", "Mdsummer Nghtscene" : Knks "You Stll Want Me"; Bowe "Prettest Star", "lma Jane", "Memory": Traffc Jam; Hgh Number - Send lsts Hughes, BA, Trafalgar Road, Wallasey, Merseysde ALL RECORDS and tapes wanted for exchange up to f2 each pad - Brng to Record Sr Tape Exchange, 90, Goldhawk Road, Shepherds Bush London, ',','2 Tel: , ABRA CONCERT photos Set of eght 7x5 exctng photos of Abbe Only p p&p q oney refunded U not satsfed Send to - van Lang, 22 Sparrows, Herne, Bushey,Herts CLFF RCHARD Ps / EPs wanted detals, condton, prce SAE - 28 Gateways, Guldford RTCHE VALENS LPs/45s wanted - de- tals, condton, prce SAE - 28 Gateways, Guldford ELVS LPS - "He Touched Me" and "Elvs" (968 NBC specal) C5 cash offered - Mss Morre 32 Saly men Crescent, Alness, Ross -shre -Scotland WANTED BARUND black sngle by Barund black - D Hughes, Adames Road, Fratton Portsmouth, Hants FREE - 'LL Be Creepnl Lndlafarne - Clear Whte Lght Caravan - Love To love You - 6 HUlberry Close, Eaton Park, Stoke, Staffs WANTED, ELVS LPs/EPs (partcularly HMV) - Wrte - Records Wanted SNGLES WANTED - Astbury 4 Felds (lose Alsager Stake -on -Trent Send sae wth lsts to Dave Banks, 223 WWam EVE GRAHAM and sthorpe Road North- Roger Cooks sngle wngfleld, Chesterfeld Smtng Through My (20 CASH for (each) Tears wll pay 0 - Bolan "Poet" "Wzard Paul Rudkln, Albert Street, Spaldng Lncolnshre URGENTLY RE- QURED 'N' between Ambrose Slade and very early Slade records LPs and 45s - Wrte Joe Jordan, 0 John Street Pentre, Rhondda, Mld Clam, South Wales WANTED BEGNNNGS by -Slade also Nazareth bootlegs, records, photos, mports etc Anythng wanted - Bob Vnes 4 Stafford Ave Hogs nchurch, Essex For Sale POP PLLOWS Your favourte stars beau- Ufully prnted Elvs, Starsky and Hutch, Font, Snoopy appr'ox 4n x 4n, only 95 Cheques/ POs toe Wld, 453 Canterbury Way, Stevenage, Berta PUNK T SHRTS,"Destroy" "Flth" - "Adverts" - "Squeeze" small, medum, large, t2 plus 25p p & p - Stuart Reynolds, 36A Thornhll Road, Rastrck, Brghouse York shre COLLECTORS TEMBt Those vntage years( Record Mrror, November offer BADGES Ds dfferent, ncludng: Pstols (5) Quo (4), Stranglers (2) Queen (4), Boomtowns, Rush (3), Wzzy (5), Skynyrd (2) Sabbath (2 Zeppeln, 25p poouree Also Searukl, Sewons, programmes SAE for brochure - Badge 03,59 Pccadlly, Manchester ARTCLES ON T Rea, Gltter, Rollers, Os manla Slade, tasaarly, State Star / a - SAE Anne, 7 larlech Close Eaton, Mddlesbrough NOEL EDMONDS two colour photos postcard else Sep Bn a en 60

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Haase, tuodonn, Cí adx SEX PSTOLS,- nsde The story, by-free and Judy Verorel, nslted pubbym Unversal f unavalable from your lesp you a aral rdor drect from #Wtdpen MUSC PUBLSHNG HOUSE - U, St Albans Avenue London W4, POEMS / LYRCS wanted by publshers, rash przes annually - Detals (sae) 26, Brooke Street, Charley, Lnes LYRC WRTERS, make most of your Words - Detals (sae) 00, ~grove Gardens, Fenham, Newcastle ATTENTON LYRC wrters! Make most of your materal - Detals (sac) 55, Ash Road, Salley, Brmngham 8 SONGWRTER MAGA- ZNE free from: - nternatonal Songwrtrs' Assocaton (RM), Lmerck, reland LYRCS SET to musc - Shannon Musc, 93, O'Connell Street, Lmer- ck - LYRC WRTERS? 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