JANUARY 11, 1969 Dig the Blues Scene'69 ......JANUARY 11, 1969 Dig the Blues Scene'69! THERE'S...
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-- JANUARY 11, 1 969 Dig the Blues Scene'69! T HERE'S already been a terrific response to the great es t blues show of 1969 - the Melody Maker's Blues Scene '69, a tour of major British cities by leading American and British blues arti sts. American star John Lee Hooker, backed by Britain's Groundhogs who atso have their own spot, tops the bill al this big Blues Blast-Off. Hooker a Mississippi blues. ma n now living m Oetroit, w ill be joined by New Or - leans pianis t and singer Champion J ack Dupree, who now resides in th is country and the British tal• ent w i.Jl be provided by singer Jo-Ann Kelly and Ayns ley Dunbar's Retali• atlon, rated by J ohn Maya ll as one of the best blues- bands in Britain * There"s a lready been a rush fo r tickets for th e to ur which opens at London's Ro)· al festiv .. t Hall on Ft!h- at BITmlnaham Town Hall (11); Plymouth Guildhall (l2)i Croydon's Fairfield Halls (1 3) and Manchester Free Trade Ha ll (15). In November last year, Lhe MM, recognising the need fo r an Importa nt plat- form fo r the blues, pre- sent ed Blues Scene '68 at the Royal Festival Hall , with the Muddy Wa ters Blues Band topping the bJII. The 3,000 sea te r audito- rium was packed and hun- dreds were turned away - so we decided to give these fans, and hund reds of ot hers arou nd the count ry, the chance to enjoy • another blues programme, In firs t• class concert surroundings. * Tic kets for these great blues co ncerts, presented by the MM In conj unction with the Harold Davison Organi- sation, are now In great de- mand - so don't delay. Apply fo r your tickets TODAY. Seat prices are 8s, 105 Gd, 1 3s Gd, 1 6s 6d a nd 21 s a nd applications for tickets should be sent to the Ticket Department, the Harold Davison Organisalion, Re- gent House, 235 Regent Stree t, Lo ndon, W I. So, HURR Y, and don't miss the best blu e, show of the year. Coupon-page 6 As Scots group hits No.1, it's- DRINK a toast to Marma- lade - their Beatie- penned hit " Ob-La - Di , Ob- La - Da " has given the Scots group the first new number one placing of 1969. Their version of the song from the Beatles' dou ble album has beaten all com- petition - and displaced th e Scaffold from the top of th e MM 's Pop 30 this week. And the disc is sweeping the board in Europe, too. It is currently number 10 in Holland, 12 in Germany, 18 in Sweden. 15 in Den - mark and seven in Switzer - land. The Marmalade, who wear kilts on TV tomorrow (Thursday) for the first time on Top Of The Pops, have been signed to tour Germany from March 27 to April 6 and To tour with Pitney, Cocker on April 10 they leave for a tour of American colleges lasting three weeks. The group t o u r their native Scotland from January 23 to 26 and on February 7, they star in BBC-2's colour series Colour Me Pop. The MM understands that th e group has been signed for a major four-week tour of Britain with American singer Gene Pitney and British star Joe Cocker. The tour would start on February 7 and last 30 days, but at presstime it could not be confirmed by t h e office o f promoter Arthur Howes.
Transcript of JANUARY 11, 1969 Dig the Blues Scene'69 ......JANUARY 11, 1969 Dig the Blues Scene'69! THERE'S...
--JANUARY 11, 1969
Dig the Blues Scene'69!
THERE'S already been a terrific response to the greatest blues show of 1969 - the Melody
Maker's Blues Scene '69, a tour of major British cities by leading American and British blues artists.
American s ta r John Lee Hooker, backed by Britain's Groundhogs who atso have their own spot, tops the bill al this big Blues Blast-Off. Hooker a Mississ ippi blues. man now livi ng m Oetroit, w ill be joined by New Orleans pianist and singer Champion Jack Dupree, who now resides in th is count ry and the British tal• ent w i.Jl be provided by singer Jo-Ann Kelly and Aynsley Dunbar's Retali• atlon, ra ted by John Maya ll as one of the best bluesbands in Bri tai n
* There"s a lready been a rush fo r tickets for th e to ur which opens at London's Ro)·al festiv .. t Hall on Ft!h-
at ~ BITmlnaham Town Hall (11); Plymouth Guildhall ( l2)i Croydon's Fairfie ld Halls ( 13) a nd Manchester Free Trade Ha ll (15).
In November last year, Lhe MM, recognising the need fo r an Important platfo rm fo r the blues, presented Blues Scene '68 a t the Royal Festival Hall, with the Muddy Waters Blues Band topping the bJII.
The 3,000 seater auditor ium was packed and hu ndreds were turned away -so we decided to give t hese fans, and hund reds of others arou nd the country, the chance to enjoy • another blues programme, In firs t• class concert surroundings.
* Tickets for these great blues concerts, presented by the MM In conjunction with the Harold Davison Organisation, are now In great demand - so don' t delay. Apply fo r your tickets TODAY.
Seat prices a re 8s, 105 Gd, 13s Gd, 16s 6d a nd 21s a nd applica tions for t ickets should be sent to the Ticket Department, the Harold Davison Organisa lion, Regent House, 235 Regen t Stree t, London, W I.
So, HURR Y, and don't miss the best blue, show of the year.
Coupon-page 6
As Scots group hits No.1, it's-
DRINK a toast to Marma-lade - thei r Beatie
penned hit " Ob-La-Di , ObLa-Da " has given the Scots group the first new number one placing of 1969.
Their version of the song from the Beatles' dou ble album has beaten all competition - and displaced the Scaffold from the top of the MM 's Pop 30 this week. And the disc is sweeping the board in Europe, too.
It is currently number 10 in Holland, 12 in Germany, 18 in Sweden. 15 in Denmark and seven in Switzerland.
The Marmalade, who wear kilts on TV tomorrow (Thursday) for the first time on Top Of The Pops, have been signed to tour Germany from March 27 to April 6 and
To tour with Pitney, Cocker on April 10 they leave for a tour of American colleges lasting three weeks.
The group t o u r their native Scotland from January 23 to 26 and on February 7 , they sta r in BBC-2's colour series Colour Me Pop.
The MM understands that the group has been signed for a major four-week tour of Britain with American singer Gene Pitney and British star Joe Cocker. The tour would start on February 7 and last 30 days, but at presstime it could not be confirmed by t h e office o f promoter Arthur Howes.
1•11u• .!-MFLODV MAKER, January 11, 1969
1 2 3 4
/~I ~tL\DI OB-LA-DA ....................... Marmalade, CBS
2\ B y HE PINK ......................... Scaffold Parlophone
/5) 1'~1\.°Hr~RUiiA~um~f~iN ......... . .... ··· Fou~dat ions. Pye
Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band, Liberty 5 (8) ALBATROSS .......... Fleetwood Mac Blue Horizon 6 17) SABRE DANCE ......... . .......... Love Sculptu.re Parlophone 7 (4) I AIN 'T COT NO-I COT LIFE ............ Nina Simone RCA 8 13) ONE, TWO ~HREE O'LEARY ......... Des O'Connor, Col;_,mbia 9 ( I 8) SOMETHINGS HAPPEN INC ... Herman's Hermits Columbia
10 I 14) SON OF A PREACHER MAN ...... Dusty Springfi~ld , Philips
1121 (15) PRIVATE NUMBER . . .......... Judy Clay and William Bell Stax
19) RACE WITH THE DEVIL T ' 13 128) FOR ONCE IN MY L ........ ... ............. he Gun , CBS 14 (11) THE GOOD, THE BAl~EAl;io"i-Jt;;~~onder, Tamla Motown
( 12) l 'M A TICER Hugo Montenegro, RCA 16 (13) A MINUTE OF .Youii' ii,.;,E ................... ... . Uu, Columbia 17 (10) MAY I HAVE THE NEXT DREAM · w ·ITH · Y~im Jones, Decca
18 ( 16 LO Malcolm Roberts, Major Minor ) VE CHILD ... Diana Ross and the Supremes Tamla Motown
19 (23) OB-LA-DI OB-LA-DA B d, k · 20 (17) BREAKIN' DOWN THe\vAi.·.:s·oi: 'i-iEARTA~~f s, Columbia
21 (29 DO , Bandwagon. Direction l NT FORFET TO CATCH ME . ..... Cliff Richard Columbia
22 125) STOP HER ON SIGHT (SOS) ............ Edwin Sta;r, Polydor 23 I 19) THIS OLD HEART OF MINE ... Isley Brothers. Tamla Motown 24 120) HARPER VALLEY P.T.A . . ... .... .... Jeannie C Riley Polydor 22
56 26
) FOX ON THE RUN .. ......... . ......... Manfred Mann' Fontana ( ) QUICK JOEY SMALL ,
;~ 130) ATLANTIS -~a-ss~~-~'.~. -~ -t-~ _ S'.n.~i-ng __ ?r.~~~-s-~~al_ c~:v~~d~~ (-) PLEASE DON'T CO . , .. . ................ Donald Peers Colu;.,,bia
29 (2 I) ELENORE .............................. . .... .. ..... Turtl~s . London 122) IF I KNEW THEN WHAT I KNOW NOW Val Doonican, Pye
top twenty albums I Ill TH( HATLES (Doub._ Album)
Baotlcs, Apple l lll aEGGAIS I ANQU IT
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9 rl) TH( GiOOD, TH( IAD AND TH( UGlY Souodhock, Unit~ Artists
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1 fl} I HEAR D IT TH ROUGH TH E GIAPlV' INE Morvtn Gove, Tomlo
2 U) l 'M GO HKA MAKI YOU LOV E Ml Oior,a Rou oil(! The' Suc,remes- oncl the
Temptot,ons, Motown
3 IS) WICHITA LINEMAN Glen Cornpbe:11, Capi!OI
41 l"'I SOULFUL STRUT Y°"'"'° •Holl Unl1rnit.ct, 8runl'Wic.k
12 (9) THE WORLD Of MAHTOYAN I
1l 114) THI woaLD o, THI ::c'H~ Oecco
14 115) NIT Of 1111 aMCII .-;:-=.-c, IS I- ) UST Of NAT Ill,_ llff' ......
Not King Cole. Cop,tol H (151 U.ECTRIC LADYU. ND (Do•b._ Alburnl
J1m1 Hendmc Expet1en<.c, Truck 17 (18J BEST OF CILLA IU.CK
Cillo Bkx:k , Por/ophone 11 f17J LIV[ AT THE TALK OF TH( TOWH
Seeken, Columblo J9 (20) TOM JOt,!U LIV( AT nu TALK OF
THE TOWN Tom Jones, Oe<:co 20 (16) FELICfAH O lose F•hcio"O, RCA
5 flO) HOOKED OH A FULI HG B. J _ l"hornos, Scepter
; :1r f5~ugH~~N : N . MY I~Frohons, Gordy Stevie Wonder, Tomlo
I 1-) CRIMSON t, CLOVE R
9 (7) L1)~~ml./,io"' & the Shondells, Rouletto
Oiono Rou ond the SupremH, Motown 10 (-1 I LOVE HOW YOU LOVE ME
Bobby Vlnlori, Ep,c
1 FELICIANO Jose Felicione (S)5F7946 (M)R07946
2 'NUFF SAID! Nino Simone (S)SF7979 (M)RD7979
3 HAIR Orig1nol Broodwoy Cosl recording (S)SF7959 (M)RD7959
4 MONTENEGRO Hugo Monlenegro and His Orcheslro (S)SF7994 (M)~D7994
5 OLIVER Original Soundirock recording (S)S66777 (M)RB6777
6 JOHANN HAWKSWORTH BACH Johnny Hawksworth (S)SF7953 (M)R07953
7 AMAZING ADVENTURES OF The Liverpool Scene (S)SF7995
8 GARY BURTON & FRIENDS: "TENNESSEE FIREBIRD"Gory Burlon Quortel (S)SF 7992
9 HAROLD McNAIR Horold McNair Quartel (S)Sf7969 10 CROWN OF CREATION J,,fferson Airplane (S)Sf7976 (M)R07976
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ELLINGTON TOUR IS POSTPONED DllKt. FUINGTON and hltc band """111 nol \>bll Britain nut month. Th• tour, wbkh ,.,.,., bt-lnK set up b) the Rot>fort Patc- r• so n Or11.nl.utlon, ho had lo be- postJ)Ontd. Bui It 1, Uf"'Cltd
!: !::~np~:h 1~~~1n!~o~~; t::h\:i~:d:~Y ~~.~~~1:!~ilA~~f1 ~;~•oo Robert Patt.rson told th e MM on Monday: " By tht end of
ne.11:t wt-ek I s hould k now ror s urt- Ir thb 70th Birthday tour la on. The band will deftnll ely not open at the Albert Hall (In F•h• ruary 9.
" I'm 0ylng to C• llromla o n Saturday to stt Ouk• Elllnitt0n
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1h~e::u~0:\1~~m wftb: :t:,c1~:·!r1h10
• ff1~":~d 1 :,,v: television programmes.
"The Olm wlll be a documenta ry or lhe tour and a tribute
~id:u~~!J~,1~:yio ~:,::~~~~r1ie:e l~n:u~~l ~~ :,o; t~r~ .. ~e-Pateuon ,aid he bad spoken to F.lllngton over the we8end
and Duke was niost anxious to come ~ck to Europe soon. " He. ~·ants the tour to Include •ome cathedral datr. so that he can perform his sacred concef'ts in sel'ef"al countr1H," said Paterson.
Nina's Bee Gee follow-up NINA SIMONE follows-up her hit '' J Ain 't Got No ... I Got Life " with a Bee Gees song. The title is "To Love Somebody" ,eleased tomorrow (Friday) and written by Barry and Robin Gibb.
The B side is a Barry and Robin Gibb composition, too, titled '' I Can 't See Nobody."
CERALD--MARKS DIES
GERALD MARKS. founder
A~~ m~~:Fdn\:c1~,tordi~~ ~!!~ week aged 56. Mr Marks was a prominent music industry personality.
He launched D11c in 1958 after aeeln1 the need for • C"':to.~~ --~~ the paper to Charin Buchan Publications later to be
:neJge:owwi*•r:-O~r•r:c,Pr~;
fsi:~~l in putt'!'h!:~rld ~ff~h also publishes the Melody Maker.
Mr Marks launched Disc's Silver Discs, awarded for British sales of sinales exceeding 250,000. The awt1rds have become a major highlight of the record industry.
Mr Ma.rka. who lived In Cllftonville, Kent, leaves a widow The funeral was
~:::~t:y Ce~f:~~d:rlend:~ by music Industry pcrsonn..Jit,es.
Tributes to Gerald came this week from people on different sides of the music scene:
JOHN ALLISON (who, with Bob Allison had a No. I Eurovislon hit , " Arc You Sure·• under Gerald Marks' management) : .. I'm very soJTy to hear about this. It was Gerry who oriainally had raith in us. took us round the record companies and got us- a CQntract."
SIR EDWARD LEW IS, Chairman, Decca· " I am aware or the considerable contribution he made to pop records and he wlll be sadly missed by his many friends In the industry."
TITO BURNS, head or variety programming, London Weekend TV: " I always found him a very respectful pe.-son Not flamboyant. One or the lu'!!rf~f~ :~nt~e buslntss
DAVID J ACOBS, DJ and TV personAlity: " Gerry set a
r:~~~t i~~u;rr~1
~t.c~fl ~~= noticeable In everything he touched."
TEX TOUR AN EXTRA date has been added to the British tour by Joe. Tu and his Orchestra
On January 17, in addition
~fty~1~~~!nt~~~~ck wiYini:f;~
appear at the Cedar Rooms, Birmingham
Nina also has a new a lbum released this month. Tille is "Nuff Said," recorded live at a concert .
Plans are under way to present Nina at London's Royal Albert Hall in March.
Tours by Nina Simone and Tyrannosaurus Rex have this week been finalised by NEMS promoter Roy Guest. News of the tours was exclusively frontpaged in the MM on December 28.
Nina Simone, her Quartet and Trio, are coming to Bri• tain in March for • series or ~
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E~~-:~r~t >o:h=.r~h~~. to Oates follow at Wolver
hampton (21), Royal Festival Hall, London (22) and Odeon, Manchester (23).
Tyrannosaurus Rex , plus John Peel and Friends and American singer and songwriter Melanie play a major concert at London's Queen Elizabeth Hall next Monday (January 13). This will be Melanie's concert debut Jn Britain. There will be two shows - at 6.15 and 9 pm.
Tyrannosaurus Rex, John Peel and Friends and the Pink Floyd will then star at the Royal Albert Hall on February 21 for two concerts.
Tyrannosaurus. Rex and John Peel and Friends also play the following dates: Town Hall, Birmingham (February 15), Fairfield Hall Croydon (16), Free Trade Hall, Manchester (22), Col-
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NINA : London show
ston Hall, Bristol (23), Philharmonic, Liverpool (March I), and Dome, Brighton (8).
Tyrannosaurus Rex have a new single out on January 17. Titles, both by Marc Bolan, are " Pewter Suitor " backod with " War Lord
. Roy Ouest Is also touring the Incredible String Band at the following venues: Colston Hall, Bristol (March I), Fairfield Hall, Croydon (2), Town Hall, Leeds (8). Rex Cinema, Cambridge (9), City Hall, Newcastle (16), and De Montfort Hall, Leicester (23).
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GEORGE LEWIS DIES UWIS dc,od ot 68
IN NEW ORLEANS CLARINETTIST George Lewis, probably the best lovrd of a ll the conLemporary New Orleans jazzmen who s tayed a t home when jazz travelled north, died of pneumonia and Hong Kong flu in a Crescent City hospital on December 31. He was 68.
Lewis had suffered from uncerLain health over recent yea rs, and since his Jast visit to Britain in September '66 he had E,!J\'en up travelling. He remained in New Orleans,
~~alJ"ta~0 :p;~~r~J0 r~~ja~~ ~~esi~~v~~~~ ~~1:s~~e;e 1~! huned last Friday (3) at McDonahue's Cemetery, Algiers.
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tinH~fe~e:~d ~:s ~l:y~~ror~"h: bought his first clarinet. He
!:i~~r: a h~r::~l~a;o wg~~1;,g a;i~ first jobs with the Black EaJ,tle Band of Mandeville . At this period he is said to have been influenced by a clarinettist named Isadore Fritz..
Later, George played with such early jazz figures as Buddy Pctll, Chris Kelly and Kid Rena And he led a group or h,s own in the Twenties with. Red Allen on trumpet Lewis came to fame with Bunk Johnson in the early Forties, leaving his home state for the first time In '45 when he worked wilh Bunk's band in New York.
In the Fifties, Lewis led hi s band to acclaim in the USA and Europe, He played in Bri• tain with Ken Colyer's band 1n '57 and returned with his own band two years later.
(Max Jones' tribute to George Lewis - page 16)
P.P. ARNOLD IN THE MM dated December 28, 1%8, it was stated that P. P. Arnold was to record in America for Mercury Records. Immediate Records of London have asked us to point out lhat she is contracted to them.
MELODY MAKER, Janua f'Y 11 . \96g_...4)~r 3
HENDRIX PLANS OWN ALBERT HALL CONCERT
R~vrs a nd Geori e H amill<.,rt IV join Bobhie G<"ntry. L.oretta Lynn, Skttte r Davies a nd Conway Twitty
JIMI HENDRIX Experience are to promote their own concert at London's Roya l Albert Hall on February 18.
Hendrix 1s look ing for support groups ro r th e two shows planned and hopes to ha ve Spike Milligan as compere. Among groups suggested so far are Eire Apparent and the new Dave Mason-Jim Capaldi group, Wooden Frog.
The Experience start a tour or Germany on January J 1 in Hamburg, and will also visit Vienna and Strasbourg
It is hoped to record the Albert Hall concert for a ·• live" album and the group also plan to release a new studio a lhuc.1 within the next two months, called "First ~~v~ or The New Rising
JONES FOR TV SINGER Jack Jones arrives in Britain for his first appearances here later this month. He guests on BBC-1V's Lulu Show (18), the Rolf Harris S~ow (25) and will also tape his own TV special. . He will also make promo
tional appearances for his new British single " Love Story " released on January 17.
COUNTRY TOURS THREE American country artists will visit Britain for appearances over the next two months.
George Hamilton JV arrives on January 20 for five days of promotional work and appearances at U.S. bases in this country. To coincide with the trip, RCA .are releasing his American hit " Abilene " in this cou ntry.
Charley Pride arrives in Europe on February 21 for
RIMGO : Beatlei bnt
BEATLES CHOICE- ON LP FOUR Beatles albums-in addition to the forthcoming " live " album re ported in MM last week -are likely to be released by Apple in the future.
The albums would be in a special four album pack and would be of re-issue material. Each of the Beatles wou ld select his favourite BeaUe tracks, and the choices would make up one of the albums.
It 1s also possible that special material introducing the tracks
would be recorded by J ohn, Pa ul,
G~~geA;;! :;i~·sman to ld MM " There could, of course, be some duplication. But the idea came from Capito l in America and 1s primarily intended for the US market although lhey would also be available here, probably at a reasonable price."
The Beatles first " live" album will be of material recorded at their projected live concert, for which the venue and date have still to be set
th ree weeks, mainly in Britain. Jim Ed Brown flies to Britain in March for club dates and promotional appearances. He will spend at least two weeks here .
when he fell over an amplifier lead in Sheffield last week.
As a result, the group has had to cancel a number or dates and Time Box will deputise for them on most of their one-nighters
appear in a solo concert at the Guildhall. Southampton (23); Coventry Cathedral (29) and University of Keele (30).
On February 7, the group start an American tour.
PETER WELL JANSCH SOLO LP A NEW solo album by Pen tangle guitarist Bert Jansch . litled " Birthday Blues " 1s released on J an uary 17 o n Transatlantic Records.
On January 23, the group
WEMBLEY FESTIVAL MORE NAMES have been added to the bill for lhe International Country Music Festival at Wembley Pool on APTil 5.
George Jones, Tammy Wynette, David Houston , Del
rn~e~o~ i•~~c' t~re ~~g = fesuval which may run nver ~%ocedaJ':m1:n~~ of the box•
NEW STATUS SINGLE S,:-ATUS Quo's n"" s ingle. a Mike Rossi - Ricky Parfi tt song called " Make Me 5_tay A Lillie Bit Longer," WJII M released o n January 31 Tomorrow (Friday) thev start a nine..<fay tour o r German) with the Small Faces
The group's Amttic.an tour opens in Philade lphia on March 16 and wfll Jast a minimum or fow weeks. with a possible two weeks extension During sut days 1n Los Angeles they wil I recOrd their own colour 1V show
POP HONOURS POP was honoured by the Queen in the New Year's Honours List. Vera Lynn wartime Forces' Swtttheart who_has a stnag of hits to her credit, was awarded an OBE
Lew Grade. chief executive of A 1V and brotbff of impresarios Leshe Grade and Bernard Delfont, has been made a knight
PETER Swettenham, lead gui• tarist with Grapefruit, was due out or New End Hospital, Hampstead, yesterday ~':;eer~~r;:_ay) following a chest
He was in hospital for eight days and as a result the group Tecorded tomorrow (Friday's) Time For Blackbum without him.
The group's first album , "Arel.Ind Grapefruit," is due out on January 24 and, on March 1, they fly to Los Angeles where they are to record in the ABC-Dunhill studios.
SCAFFOLD IN COLOUR On February 15 Grapefruit
sta rt a three-week tour of South America.
THE SCAFFOLD'S own BBC-2 colour special is scheduled for screening on January 24. The group opened on Monday for a season opposite Stan Getz at the Ronnie Scott Club and tonight (Thursday) starts a late-night series of shows at the Open
Space Theatre, Totten. ham Court Road.
On February 2 they appear in BBC-2's Music Music Music. The group goes to Ireland on February 7 for
t~tt%n in and Dunti:t: Other dates include Malvern (I 1), Chelsea College Of Technology
!15), Manchester March 2) and Bolton 3).
They play a week in cabaret doubling the Wakefield Theatre Club and Ritz Theatre Club, Brigbouse, from February 16, and a week at the Golden Garter, Manchester, from February 23.
Kcnnv Ball is now an exclusive Fontana artist His fi~st big smash with us written by :'llirvana
V.at 4-MELOOY MAKl:.K, Januat} 11, 1969
DEEJAYS SWITCH IN NEW YEAR SHUFFLE
CLAPTON, WINWOOD, MAYALL MAY TOUR
Radio One changes announced THE New Year rings the changes on Radio One shows this month. Dav id Symonds moves over to Sunday mornings (JO a.m. to 12 noon) from January 26, taking over from Stuart Henry, who continues as regular host on the lunchtime Radio One Club in London, and introduces more Club shows from Glasgow and Bristol.
STUART HENRY /KEITH SKUES
A CONTINENT AL tour by John Mayall's band with Eric Cla pton and St~vie Winwood as Auest sta rs Is being propo:std by Gtorman promoter Fritz Rau of the Llppmn nn Rau Concert Buro
5aid Rau in London on Sa turday: "The propose.d tour would be o f Scandinavia down to ltal)I
" I . have been very su;pnstd by the quality or British blues artists, espec ially J ohn Mayall's band
" 1t 1s John's idea to mv1te these a rtists on !.uch a tou r "
CLAPTON Continental tour
Tony Brandon takes over David Symonds' 4.15 to 6.30 p .m . weekday pop show from January 27 through February,
Keith Skues takes over the
~~~ar;tr;1afea
'I SHALL BE
RELEASED' WAS
NO MISTAKE
SAY TREMELOES ·•y~Ys1a
1::z b~iinyli~; cnse I don't think we'vt' made one," <iald Tremcloe Alan Blaikcly as he and the rt"il of the Trems prepared lo go on stage at the B.1tley Variety Club recently.
Alan was talking about the Trem eloes latest single, the Bob Dylan composition, "I Shall Be Released, " which unlike their previous singles such as "Silence Is Golden,"" Helule Helule" and "My Littl e Lady," hasn't bounded into and up the chart. But then "1 Shall Be Released'' isn't the usual Trems happy-go-lucky style of song. It's 3 subdued, serious number that some people cannot relate to the group's established image.
Had the Tremeloes an y regrets about recording the song? " Not !-O far ." re plied Alan, " but it depends on how this record ~oes as 10 what cur future poli cy will be."
PROOF ·• We put it out and it
started selling straight a w a y , " said Chip Hawkes, "but it hasn 't been played although I
::-- .._..:::suppose we can 't g rumble it 's not very good radio material. ' '
Added Dave- Munde n, " lt Roes down well on s tage." H e emphasised h,s pomt by removing his t rousers.
Continued Chip, " A lot of people seem to think that it's the best thing we've done . We'vt:. got fed up being knocked and we wanted to prove we can do this kin d of number." T h e r ecord 1s ample proof that they can, too. Although it's not the usual Trems thing, they have managed to give it a Ct!rtam identity r ecognisable as being that of t he Tremeloes.
CHANGE •· We want to be c.:om
mercial and we are interested m making money" , said Alan, "so if this record doesn't happen th e next one will be more up-tempo.
I thin k that's w hat stopped us on gett ing pia)'s on t he radio. One programme. booked ou r
ALAN BLAIKLEY
record m I or IO weeks be fo re it ca me out. Whe n 1t d id and th ey heard i t, 11 was pulled out "
Th is rather re nect s !ll l.'nt1t llly that exisl s concernmg th e g roup in that tht:y are expected to cons istentl y turn out one type of record This makes th em vulne rable to a degree because if, as they have done with " I Sha ll Be Relea sed," they do something different, then they come up against those people aren' t willin!,: to accept change.
AWARE " We can easily pull
out another ' Little Lady', " pointed out Alan, "but we want to change. If 1t does n't go then we'll just go back to doing the old compositions."
Alan thought that as the ir singles do well not only in Britain but all over the world hecausc of their lighthearted approach, "I Shall Be Released ·• might not do so we ll because it deserved more listening than some of the other things they have done.
But the Trems remain happy and confident in wha t thev are do m_g, and though it doesn't worry them unduly, they a re 3ware lhat lhey have c riti cs wh o put th em down simp ly fo r be ing an e ffi c ie nt pop unit.
"Although people knock us there are not many 1,n,ups find their own matenal and arrange it. A lot or other groups have their :songs written specially ror them and get evcr ythmg seL uo but we sort out our ow n records and do the a rra ngements ourselves," commented Alan.
DEBUT At this point it was
time for the Tre me \oes to mak~ thei r debut al this top Northern night spot and Alan, Chip, Ric Wesl ,md a re-trousered Dave Munden headed fo r the stage. The Bat ley audience gav~ the g roup a good reception, a pplauding almost eve ry number as the boys played the introduct ion. And one of these was "I Sha ll Be Released .''TONY WILSON.
SAVED ! The Jimi Hendrix Experience are not breaking up.
"The group itself will always be together as Jong as we are still breathing," said Jimi emphatically, tasting his first English beer in months.
At a t ime o f ma ny ,t?roup spills , the ru t ure of th e Exp€rience had been m doubt until the ir return to the public eye on BBC TV's Lulu Show on Satunlay
And 1t was a cheerful Hendrix, with a draslicall) ~hortened hair style and excit ing future plans, who confirmed their continued exist e nce and described h is changed attitudes durmg a break at rehea rsals.
It was the first time the trio had been together r or !-ix weeks Drummer Mitch Mitchell and bassist Noel Reddmg had been back in London for some time. but Jimi had only just returned from New York .
The fir s t call at the BBC Centre was the bar , where Jimi tried to remember how to order the local brew.
As flash guns hummed and pinged, and notebooks fluttered, a white-coated bar allendant muttered darkly : "There's too much of this g01ng on." Apparently he was offended by th e 3ttention given a pop s tar and the rapidly growing pile of c igarette ash and empty fi lm ca rt ons.
Bul Lhe Exoerit.n<'t> Jre used to being stared at and ev_en insulted ' ' You should be w,th us m the South in !he States, or a t any airport in the world ," said Noe l, pee ring through his glassc-s and cas• c-ading hair sty le
J1m1 was too busy lauding the Cream to worrt about mumhlinR, 1obsworth s.
" Frie Clapton is JUU too much and Ging~r Baker-he 's like an octopus man He's a real natural drummer When you see him workini, all ycu can see are a rms and legs I had '3 jam with Joel( Bruce 1.ond the Buddy MIies Expre1,-. 1n LA.''
Later, during the TV trans• mlS!I IOn, J1m1 paid tribute LO the Cream by slopp in i,t ' ' ll !!y Joe'' and playing one nf their numbtrs
"JamminA 1s the 1hing now," c-ont1nued J1ml, " hec-au'ie eve rybodv wants to create some music We've all hef"n throu ~h th" teen ybopper proup scene But there will s t11l he a need for gnod permanent r.mups
·· We're olann1nR lo prnm'lll· nur own concert al lh r Rova l Alt,erl 1H1II on Ft-hru:irv l k WP' I I rt11 IWO shows 11ur~t lvct
MELOUY MAKER, Januart 11, 1969-P•&~ 5
In case you were
worried, the Jimi Hendrix Experience is alive and well and will not be breaking
up ...
CHRIS WELCH meets the new -look Jimi and book some nice groups. We'd like Jim Capaldi's new band, and that guy - what's his nume, Skip Mulligan?"
Blank looks all round " You meJn Soike Milligar:!' '
said Noel. " Yea h, he's s upert-. We'd
like him to be th e compe re Oh man, h~'s mv seirt of comed1nn ,
people it's two points against yourse lr. You should be sorry for them and thmk what part of their personality they have lost .
" You've got to ha\'e love in your heart and try and spread
1r::~~~d a{'; 1~~o~~n~eof~~ 1~
leader In the music field "The Beatles can be a pos t-
t1ve force and they could really get people together. They've got power because
~!ise!~e a:Crrii~insto~~d ~~: their power.
" I'm trying to use my
ro:::- i~ c~:~~ r~:y H~fsse1!n~
retire,_ bu t I just want to go on try ing to communicate
'' 'The F1rsl Wave Ot The
rif~~ lJ:~io~~nh·a;5so~thi~~
to give of themselves and it's not just money.
"I don't know what's happening in Enaland, but the dollar bill is god in the States AU those pelican people just be\\eve in money and nothma else. "
"!l's grt3l to be back on r-:;;;;;::::;;;;;;;;========================::::-~ :c 11.:t=~~:. able • nd -, rffl the, "!'aillsh are mv friend!'.
" But Hawaii 1s the olnce. I had som.! beautirul days th..:re -so many 1t irls
" l smas hed my ca r uo there at 100 mph in a SO mph zone. I gol hurt real bad - my face got sc ratched. I've been JUSt freak ing ou t for a few months after two years hard work
" And we are not breaking UP--nCI, no, no. We ha-ve an understanding between us that is as sol id as the group 1s sohd . It 's just that we each have some different things we want to do separa tely-like!' Noel is recordi ng his own group, Flat Mattress
"Our grouo 1s just going to be called the Exocr1ence in future. It's wrong that the ~potl ight should just br turned on cne guy all the time.
" Each m:!.mber of this group has someth ing to offer. You know, it 's the oublic who can smash a grouo to piece.1 by t.he wny thev treat lhEm, It's nol bad thal Cream have split elthou2h pt?oolc say 1l') sad They each have somet!lmg to do as wtll as hein& Cre.im
" There nre so manv mnre things to do m music Sometimes, no matter how badly you pla y, people come up to you and say: 'You were fan • taslic • <and that rea lly hun,., es pecia lly when you ore trymp to orogress.
"The ' Electric Ladyland' LP was good for the Lime when we did it, but now we are on to other things ."
th1;{:~r 1t~~r ~~~ie Et~e~~evne~~ Here Mitch offered hi s opinion: "We thou~ht it was a load of -- We didn't know any. thing about 1t until we came hack from the States ll
" We're goi ng to release another a lbum in the next two months," J)romised J1mi '' It'll he called Firs l Wave 0 1 The New Risi ng Sun, and we'd hkc to do a ' live ' album or the Albert Hall conce rt."
The tille 1s a reference to J1mi'1, successfu l attempt to achie\·t: composure and main• ta1n the good nature necessa ry tfl retutn hi s. sa nit y And this can be difficult when one is not whlte und crev.-cu llcd in Am!.!rka
" I said hell to a soldier and he said ' Arc yriu for rea \? ' Sri I ,;n1d - !iOtry, I didn't mean 1t If yt111 start hatin~
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STAN GETl'SCAFFOLD
What a knockout mixture! THE NEXT four we,1t, will pr'o• • Ide th, acid te,t for the "onnle Scoll Club' s new pollcy or mlaln1 th, beu of both worlds, Wilh the Stan Cell Quartet a11d Scaffold In the downst11 l rs room, and the vir tu ally unknown but neverihelen ,11ulltnl Affinity u1ut• ln , we 1hould know whether there arir enou9h
CETZ : subtle cha nge in the
last two or three years .
pnple willln11 to pay up the lncreillHd prices which such virn • turts will dlctilllt .
th~~:-~1"!0 h:u~s~iodnay:; °,!~"~~t Caught in the act
ting va lue for money, and the club was packed , someth ing which <11n rarely be said of Scott Club opening nights ,
Th• ch a nge In the room-and the pollcy- prodund an event not unlilta a Tallll Of The Town open ing minus the showbii 1chm.1.lti . The " P•"on•lltlH" were there - Cill• Blacli , tenF1 ls players Lew Ho•d and Abe Segal, comed ian Harty Feldman although It ' , s a f , to •ssume tha t c;eo drew this lut trio .
• ut from th, viewpoi nt nf the ordin a ry cu,tomer , 1lttlng there • <Duple of quid down before
:~~~r~:i'nnm:~~"isd !u=~~t,• • ::~ unique
(; eta, ,11/thoug h his group sulfered somewha t fr on, open ing night turmoil, played buu t lfully and ha, unearthf'd a "l'•I t•iscovery In Ciechosl ova lna n b,uslsl H1rosl,1v Vlt lous, who pl11ys wllh tho incredible nuency ,1 n d composure of a European Eddie Comu
Cetr. ' s tenor has undergone a subtle change In 1he lut two or three yc:an., cela in ly since It w•s possible to hear h ,m at length on his 111st visit to Ronnie ' s In th e Gerrard Stroc:I day1.
He ha1n't embra ced the In• novatlon, of the Sixties, far fro m It, but h is playing gives off an aura or freedom with the fmprenio n of being less firmly anchort'd In those r.1.mou1 h,1rmonu; c,amllnes Harmonic chan9H Jt1II orowlde Ule round· all•n .. hl1 ~apU.11, IHI\ he has ac.•utr..i 1U•e1t1l•n W his 111uk which 1 .. nuld h•v• dk-, ce,ned aet 1• very Ions ago And h11 tendency t• bt>come maudlin ,n hh more romanllt pauage, 1cem1 lo have disap• poared forever
All the SUPl'rllUOUS n esh has b1cn pared hom his worli, .ind IC Is ooulble now to see the real strcr,g1h of lhc man's music,
Monday 's opening had as momenu of d isa ppointment, r,1 • lnly b,uuse al the lack or cohulo" jn the atcompaitlment although pianist Slanley Cowwall ••~ often dellghtrul . A, usual In the,e clrc;umslancc:1 , things wm lmprovt nightly .
The Scaffold avoided both their hits and Jusl were very, very funny Those who had ,.ever seen their act, !Ike me, mull havc found It refr uhlng, run of orig inal w it , and cer• talnly the 111:lnd of humour .,,h Jc;h J•u musicians and h,ns llkc lO hea r . Drummer Johnn)' M•rthall spent th e even ing guffawing In my ear, and cven
Pl'~el n~inhgos':alt!~l~=~••nly hH competition In 1he Joke bu siness for th• ne•t month ; and anyone
~°,.0t~~~:1~0,:,e~~H!i/~'~:t"db:r~!~ down by a trip to Frith Street , - • oa HOUSTON
BLUES CONCERT
SCAFFOLD very, very funny
the s how , Bl.&ck Cat Bonu , a five-piece
electric b,1nd, pl ayed • nlci, together set..
They were followed by lhe l • n Ander-son Country Blues Band, which fe.&IUNS l,1n (gtr. vcls), Paul Rowan (hmca) and Bob Rowe (bass glr) . Anderson 's. No1t lon;al s.teal-bodled guhar 11 now amplified and the nsult of Ulla dWlltlMlie• Is a .......... catad n11111rr .......
a!:s~~o~":.?:.-:, r.:•::e '!:m~!~ and prescntC!d vs with the rarC! sight of' two Natlonal Steel bodlll!d guitars on the Hme <1tag1L" 1hen went on to perform very good solo spo1 ,
Pian ist B<lb Hall clos.ed the
~f!~o h=~d ~~\~od:':: abnoo,~~ teresUng girl bluu singer, Victoria Vc:rak emp.
Ch icke n Shack manage to bridge a gap between old and new blues styles with Stan Webb's. guitar and Christ ine Per•
~ .. ~~II r~:;• bu-;- ca.1.r,;l~r~ttn tr~: traditions of predecessors such as Mary Lou WIiiia ms and LIi Hardin .
The show ended only when the electricity wH cut off •rtor Slan Webb had managed to loosen lh• lnhlbltlons of the audie nce by Jumping down a mong them with aid or hll new loo.f'oot ' guitar lead , and st.a nd ing on a chair to get thern
•1~1\~i"l~v,n did sterllng work
as ,tagc: h•nd , stage man age r and HC . - TONY WILSON .
DES O'CONNOR
\.ondon•, Saville Thea t re with ~plcy asldu a nd a weird and
: : n:~1il~1/~iies 0~, e::!'::b~':y
~c:,~i a::eJt~•t ;,1: ~~•ll~h!~/'t~ 111:ue fans wlll get plctnty for t heir cash . Ray Fell hts a hll• arlous nlo spot. - JACK HUT• TON .
PRAGUE ROCK SECOND Czechotlovacli Rock
Croups Ftstlv,1I, held In Prague Lucerna Mall , featured
/::• Nrc:ou~subr;or;:nd •~~!adBII; nrd s rroffl Holland and Mackle Mark He n lrom Sweden ,
All tour co ncerts (two arter• noon and two night shows) were 1eld out within a rew day1,
The NICE really got Che aud l• enc@ roari ng and baffled th e few serious music critics who happened to wa nd er Into Lu cerna that night, - LUBOMIR 0O R· USKA,
OTIS FILM OT!!0 : 1E?o~!"t~
0
~h~e:~~ -:,~sr1! but , fortunately, ht ha~ been captured brllllantly on him by Ric hard Mord,1unt of Lusla Fllm1.
,.:: ':.'.!. ~=cD~ca.._.-:.,: : •':· :::--:r..c-::.r. ·:-.. -:::. :r!,~:•1:.fffl lnbu~ol::;• ;:1 \ote~•; screctn1d . It wa1 mad• durlna Ot is' IHI Br,Ush visi t with the Stax tour' ,
0 tl1 ' act 1, excltlnyly ,1nd vlv-
:~!!nsce~nv:~~~le:-~ia~;~:edsh~h: comes over with a ll th ll! lrnp,1cl of • live show . Numbers from Otis Include " Rtsptd," ,, Shake,"" My Girl .. and "S.&tlsfacllon" and tht audlctnci al Ken1lngton Town Hall, wherct It wa 1 1hown lasl week, reacted with unusual fervour - TONY WILSON .
BILLY ECKSTINE IPERMAPS • few mon wrlnklH
on his face , but not In his volu. The agelus • Ill)' Eckstlne end1arcd long-e11.&bllshed fa,ns and won .. ver man)' more with an Jmmaculate Interpretation of so ngs old and new at the shirt of • week's run at the Show· boat night sp•t In Mlddlc.s•
bo~:g~its T:r~s,:.ld;~steryur Ilk• " No Ona • ul You," a nd " I ApologlSI " still evoked the greatest respon,e from • full house . • ul • illy also proved 111a1 hi• ,mooth•as-sllk , strong• ... steel IOhH could add a •e• dlmen1lon to pop s.ongs such a, " Up, Up And Away " and " •)' The Time I (;el to
Ph~T:~•~•harli e Perslp (drums} and • obby Tuclter (piano)
~:ci:.:rtt t~~':;bo:~k~t!~e tr-::iupne~ solos to dellghl the Jan en· thu1lasts. They and pop fan, •Ilk• wlll be hoping this great man or rnu1lc comes back to Teenlde for another encore .
- CLIVE AIOIIITACE
DAVE JONES
LOOKS like a dangerous precedent
being set by the Philip Goodhand p Tait single, " Love•s Gol A Hold 011 Me " , releasetJ tomorrow (Friday), For the first ten days after release, dissatisfied customers can send back the record and get their money back. It's not clear whether record reviewers are in• eluded In the offer. Could be a 101 or people taping the single and then sendIng ii back! Incidentally the .:fddress to send unp wanted Goodhand • Tail singles Is: Syd Bacon, 134 Prince George Avenue, London, N.14.
Alternatively you can win a £100 rewa rd fo r info rma tion leading to the recovery of 500 singles , 30 LP,and some tapes s tolen from deejay Rocky Ri vers ' car a long with a £90 a mp, Th~ singles incuded a lot of irreplaceable old materia l, like early Tamlas, a nd the tapes had all his jingles.
If Love Sculpture's '' Sabre Dance" is really " progressive," then Harry James' " Flight Or The Bumble Bee '' will be a hit in 1985 . , . What, no life peerage for Jack Higgins?
MM·, Chris Welch lhreat· onlns to punch anybody who criticises the BBC-2 Cream Show ... There are a lot worse s ingers than Tony Hatch . . Better La te Tha n Never Dept: Apple's Xmas ca rds.
Eddie Condon apologised for not visiting a sick friend: " I've starred in so many
~~:pi;~ls 8 1 ~~~~!~.-~o. i~ t~ Quote from a publicist: " They"ve got long hai r so it's abound to take them two hours to get th rough customs.''
MONEY BACK IF YOU DON'T LIKE THIS RECORD! songs recorded in October? . .• they were giving a way free Champagne a t the Ronnie Scott Club on New Year's Eve.
In case you wondered· those bottles of Champagne on the tables ror the Scat~ fold's TV special contained soapy ginger beer . - franklin JIU ... , II th Gold DiK tor " My Song."
E p I sod e Six record ing " Mozart Versus The Rest" following dozens of requests after doing it on Radio One Club . , . Silliest rumour of the week: the Beatles to give a live concert in a R om a n amphitheatre in Africa . . . Foundations' o rganist Tony Gomez gets m a r r i e d at Kensing ton Registra r's Office on Mon· day (13).
MM's Laurie Henshaw reckons Dave Cash is the best deejay on the air ... Barry Ryan jammed with
a rmy g roups when he Thom ton invited to a beach visited the 34th Royal Artil · party at St Tropez - by \e ry R~giment in Dortmund Brigitte Bardot. this week. The invite came Maybe Chris Welch will after officers had seen a pie. go home nights after buymg ture of Barry wearing their life-size poster or leather-Regimental belt - incor• clad bird . Despite fhe rec tly. a nt i-Tony Palmer campaign,
Who pulls the strings to his Cream " Omnibus " TV operate Johnny Hanis on ~-ll'JM. ,&beJ.ulll- ••__,~ Keffh Goodwin please stop asking the MM switchboard to put him through to Bob Oogbone.
Where are all the new blues groups that were going to spring up everywhere? . .. Roger St Pierre's father, Alec, received MBENot just for being Roger's father. presumably.
Groups amazed by pud• den-headed, lifeless crowd at New Year's Eve Rave Up at Alexandra Palace. And Steve Ma rriott was so upset by photographers he wa lked off .. Ex-Blue Flame Eddie
Seen written on Cha rm • Cross Road wa\\" " Jiving K. Boots 1s passe " .. Georgle Fame sharing a pad wi th Mitch Mitchell Terry Reid album great . Lulu not exac tly pleastd by MM review of Cartoone singl e.
New Head Records to rel ease Blues Power label with 8. 8, King, Jimmy Reed, Alving Robinson and Otis Rush Long time since we hea rd from Reader I. Dove . . . MM photo· grapher Ba r r I e Went?..CII offered £25 by Cream fan for his Ginger Baker picture
Deep Purple gave a break• fast for the Press at the Dorchester on their return from America where they
grossed 250,000 dollars in r,::=============================, ten weeks ... Do the Young Generation rea lly need Rolr Harris on their show?
Just what is the fascination Judy Garland has for showbiz types? . . Stuart Henry announced Shirley BeU and WIiiiam Clay on Top Of The Pops .• . The Revolution's a long way off if Golden Shot can come back fo r another ser ies.
Nice Roger Slvlter t rumpet on Johnny Patrick's airing from the Opp o s l t e Lock .. . Ex-Spencer Davis drumme r Pete York sounding good with the Mel
orpe. Quartet. Paramount Fi I ms have
s tarted their own Paramount record label .
Gary Puckett and the Union Gap have got their fourth Gold Disc in a row for " Over You" . , . John Peel seems to have given the Speakeasy his Seal or Approval . . _the graphics at the start of TV programmes getting longer than some of the shows,
Album sleeve artis ts gel • ting so clever, you can't read the n11me or 1he group on half or them.
When are Fontana going to put out the Joan Baez double album or Dylan
BLUES SCENE '69 John Lee Hooker /Champion Jack Dupree Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation/ Jo-Ann Kelly
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BOB DAWBARN discovers a new look in pop presentation COULD pop jam sessions be the major innovation of 1969?.
1 wo people who believe they couJd are Tony Hall. whose T'.H.E. compan)' has helped to promote many hit records, and Jim Simpson, the Birmingham club owner whose Big Bea.i company handles such artists as Locomotive and the Bakerloo Line.
TheiT brainchild described by Tony Hall as "a sort of contemporary pop Jazz Al The Philharmonic" - gets under way at Birmingham's Opposite Lock on February 16 when Locomotive, Bakerloo Line, Tea and Sympathy, Earth and singer Roy Everitt will be Jamming together as well
. as doing their separate spots.
chat is the point. For the sessions we. try to pick mus icians who are compatible and who will inspire each other. " or course, we intend to
make it as entertaining as possible with proper presentation and, whe.re Jazz Al The Phil used to have battles or tenors, we wiU have lead guitarists fighting it out and drum.<t playing against each other.
" When we first had the idea, none or the groups really knew each other. Now they go to each other's dates and sU in and generally swap ideas. And there is a promising riva lry building up between the individual n:us icians.''
There was r~ently an unplanned run-through at Jim's Club, Henry's Blues Club in Birmingham.
Said Jim: "We had the BakerJoo Llne, Ea rth, two
And for a second book--:a t the Locomotive in
February, multiinstrumental J s l N Jazz star Roland OW Kirk wm j o in
it's e
a thti:~·=· Simp- ma _..,_., ~
:':"~ ~: Pop at 1:ne a.re prepared to • •
~;,,;~~~sh:i Philharmonic on in clubs - a major London club date is Jn the offing - to arouse the interest for concerts and overseas dates.
There are abo recording plans.
ol AH the groups' recording contracts will carr_y a clause saying that individual members are free to record with other people," explained Tony.
'' We have our own production man, Gus Dud• geon, who did 'Urban Spaceman • for the Bonz.os and also records the St rawbs a nd Locomotive.
"On the jam sessions l shall be doing a sort of pop Norman Gram:., l~e point being that the rnus,c will a ll be of today rather than yesterda y. We feel tha t now there are enough musically conscious musicians on the pop scene to make a success of this.
"All our groups are completely different, but
o( the Locomotive, Peter York - who used to be Spencer Davis' drummer - and a trombonist. Ron Hills, who works with the Mike Westbrook big band.
" 1t went so weU that 1he foUowing week the customers kept asking why there wasn't a Jam session."
" Another thing about these sessions is that there seems to be an interest in horns again -today's generation is becoming aware of tenor saxes and flutes.
"So we plan to have a different guest star as a catalyst on each of the sessions and we felt that Roland Kirk would be the ideal man for a start."
The whole Big Bear setup Is becoming something of a workshop - the club, the groups and Jim's recording studio. Tony and Jim believe that the swapping of ideas among their groups must be a good thing.
•1 We are lucky," says
Tony, " In that none of our musicians has the head~ln-the•Sky potential pop sta r attitude. They are a ll good musicians who want to become better musicians.
ALAN WALSH looks at the growing scene in universities and colleges
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THERE'S a growing music scene in Britain that has thrown the record charts out af the window and is creating its own stars. But its idols are c osen on musical ability and not their aptitude at wiggling on stage.
The " underground ,. music scene ln Britain's colleges and universities ls growing rapidly into a CJ million market for group,; and singers interested in exploring the outer limits of today's popular musical forms -pop, blues, (dlk and )au.
And many people In the musk Industry are convinced that th e colleae clrcu.Jt will soon rival the
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ME I OOV MA KFR, Jfln u1 ry 11 , l 'Hl1"-r 1,te 7
What will be the way ahead for pop in the New Year?
!~l~o:as •;r~v:1~; lnntti: London's Brunel University carry out a simple booking policy. i We book anyone John Peel (a bove\ likes , countcy for so Iona.. know that for the most part
:i~1~;r:~c:;I; Student power ·,n ::::eda1!1kt~~:~o:!fr:;::~ leges and unlver- charged, My advice Is lo silles in Britain book only with reputable ind the majority agencies.'' >f them book live b • The amount of money
ff~~psor o!noth°!'r~ th ·c us1ness th:n~~=fc \~: ,s:et:'1~~~ ~~ :~·.~:. ~:,~~·:...~
0
:. e m US I :~~·1::: .~~· .:~:.:.'\"~.':..~~~ :t~~:u)'. l~~d r::; says: " t Dou& D'Arcy agreed tha t :us,ter: : •~fl P!~~:sa\'j~
The smaller or less ambitious establishments spend around tl ,000 a )'Ur on presenting groups for their dances. But several hundred pay-out betwee n £7-10,000 a yeu, while as many as 75 can spend around £20,000.
This money comes from grants to studenl unions, .a proportion or whkh l5
allocated for entertainment purposes. And for most s tu den ts, en tert1lnmen t means music.
And music means Ten Years After, John Mayall, Jethro Tull, Pink Floyd, Fleetwood Mac, Chicken Shack, Aynsley Dunbar ind family - some of the big• draw names on the circuit.
For example, on February 18, Manchester Unlverslt)' present a dance for students and arc presenting Muma• l1de, Pink Floyd, Ten Years Arter, flirport Convention and Simon Dupree and the Big Sound at a 10111 cost to lhe Union of around £2,500.
This Is big business for Brlll1n's agents and artists.
One leading agency which
~~ers u~?!~':S,{;r ~=r~:lc,: College Ente,,talnmcnls of Archer Street, In London's Soho. The •&ency wu formed abour a year 1go and can spend around 20,000.
Next year, managing dl-
~!c~!bi~•~, ~:~t::. expects Ht says: " I think that
eventually there'll only be two principal pop music scenes In this country - the big established ballroom chains 11kt Mecc1 and Top Rank, and lhe college and university circuit."
Chryulls Is 1nother newish and vigorous 1gency run by Chris Wrlah1 and Terr)' Ellis, who "'err bolh formerly students union 1ocl1I secretaritt--Chrh; •t
11, • nesa 11 done la tM ciollelff, but this drops off In the
~~~~) ~:~~~~!~s~~~l~~ee Chris Wri,tht said he
thought the circuit WIS a vital se~ment or the pop business. "If it dldn"t exist,
~~ffe:ec:,~e The0
~!ne~"es v~~ what ~e call. for want or a lwllu name, • underground ' groups; they aren't necessari ly chort groups.
Doug D'Arcy handles mosl or the college / university booking, al Chryulls. •• The big In-demand names?" said Doug, hJmself a fonner ,1anchester University social secretary. "Ten Years Arte r, Jethro Toi~ Mayall, Julie Dris<'oll, the Who, Aynsley Dunbar, Who and Fleetwood Mac.··
London's Brunel University 1t Acton Is one of the mosl progressive In Its presen111ton or artists.
Social secretary Peter Saunders told MM that In two terms this university year, they had spent over £7,000 •nd expected to top f:10,000 by summer.
" We book anyone John Peel likes, basically,•• he said. " We feature m1lnly the more esoteric type of ~~!lc\i~!th~:g~
8t.!':e st:0de':,!!
usually book a purely pop group, too.••
But In the race or nnance of this proportion, there wert agencies who tried to take the colleaes for a ride.
:!~~~e unts::~pu11::s c:,f:;!! have unllmlt@d funds and no experlenct'. Consequently
th~, rr.~cr ~~ll~,l:t0~1ffe\~l:i
Pelt r S1undj!tS. "All that happens 1$ that our allocatlon or cash runs ou1 and we
::rlfe:0 ti~~P !:0:~;~1f.~?ups
ce111 of then wc,re aaencles who part lcuta;, make th• colle&~
1969 should be a very good year for ...
He uld th•t ht "' as quo1ed U00 for Ont' Jeadin1t ,:roup from lhl.' •~rnc~ lhat also manaaed the group. Uh•r ht' dl,t"O,rr"d 1h11t b) bookinc throuJh an tndrprn• dl'nt •Ken<'y ht' C'Ould ,trt thl" ume J roup on the u mtniKhl lor £350, lcnln~ • nlct' [$0 bonu, for somt<ont·.
MM TIPS FOR THE TOP - PACE 12 \aundrn Is l\UH' ul this problt'm 11nd book wllh ll&t'nch~, ht k•w"'' tin ~
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u•~~~-~-~ THE task of voicing second opinion on Dizzv Gillespit> is no task at ali. F,·en though ,1 quarterCt'ntury eparate, the two as~t'Ssments. then' is no essential difference in a subJect,ve evaluation.
All that h,,s changed in e:--senc<-' i~ thr l.lpse of timr that hJ~ m,,de it possible now to offl~r a confirmation of wlut some of us suspected all Jiong. that his role in the e \·olution of JJZZ wJs n vital one, and that its infl uence was bound to IJst
It '-'OOld tie most desirable, of courst, to Judgf' a great a rt ist w1thou1 mvolvmg. an)' compa ri~on,, \\ 1thout oons1drrmg the exact t!ml' or lw, contribution, us relat1onsh1p to the comribut1ons of other:.. 1t!<> social and popular impact
Th•~ 1s 1mposs1ble, for human nntun is such 1hnt we tend to JUd~e nll art at least partially in terms of the circumstances and context of 1ts creation.
Ou r evalua tions, simila rly, are rooted m the factor of our own pl3ce m tam e. How can a jazz. fan who today 1s 19 yea r.; o ld under• stand what Dizzy Gillespie meant to me when the word " bebop•·
:'~b~~:rl~l~t~~ c~~d~~~on to my
Nr, matt('r hO\\ much he mav ha,·eo rend or her. rd about the Gii•
:~~p:h~ ~;~:t;:~~t"hen~~~n~~:l1a~-~ twc-n e,ro!-cd to the sound, in per,;;;on or on records, of Miles Dav~. Dun l-..l/1s. Kenn) Wheeler, Freddie ~
1~~~rd, before e, er hearing
Ills reaction to D1z, tht>n could
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TI1i~s ;:'h,~f:v t~~{. fe renl from the shock.va/Ue of 194-1, ~hen m, fir.st 1hou~hl, on llslenmg lu Du and Osca r
SECOND . OPINION
DIZZY GILLESPIE
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Pt'lC/ford co•Jead1ns: history·~ ven first hor g roup 1m 52nd Street, was " \Vo,,' W here did this all comi: from. and w he re 1s 1l s:oin~ to lead us'> ··
BY LEONARD FEATHER Jun a!F> the v~s l ma1nr•
1t) of music ia ns m the 1~:-Slls (and this wds by nc mtum iunlled s1mpl)' 10 trumpe1 players) owed a
One of the world's leading jazz writers, English-born Feather is now resident in Hollywood and is a regular MM contributor.
deht to Louis Armst rong, so v.as the mfl uence o r G1llei,p1e a fo rce tha t d1rect,ed the e nti re cou rse of "modern •· jazz.
Of cou rse. the word modl'rn 10\olves a t\ckltsh pmhlem or semantic~ \\hat sounded ullra-mode-rn 1n thl' 19-J0s had become pn.:tt)· much the norm in 1he 1950s, and may evt:'n sollnd slight\) pas1-~ to those who, in 1969. tak{' Orneue Coleman !>enousl),' as a trum• pt't player.
l\t'\'Crtheless, today's musicians and slUdents would be well advised to bear in mind a remark made many years ago by Miles Da\'ls "Whene\.'er I want to learn something, I go and listen to Oiz." Davis. whO::,t' admiration and rt'spect for Glllesp,e is und1mmished, started his New York career as a Junior grade bchopper. COP} Ill~ Dizzy JUSt OS did c, l'ry young trumpel pla)·~r of the day whose
in spiration had been fired b) t he unprecedented Gillespie sound.
Seen in a 25-year per• spective. the contribution or Dizzy and his bebop contemporaries seems his• torical\y even more impor· tant than it did at the time of its creation
That Dizzy was a pioneer can hardly be con• tested at this point. There is, however, considerable dispute as to whether his role or Charlie Parker's was more important in the development of bebop. Controversies or this kind seem 1rrelevanl, smce the musicians themselves at the lime were more inter• ested in co•operat1on, and in the mutual development of a new Jazz idiom, than in worrying 3bout mdividual c redits .
The truth or the matter is that no one person started bebop. As Gillespie himself hai;: often
BE PRECISE!
ASK FOR HAMILTON CAPO~ ~~ HM.'ILTON CONCESSIONAIRES
said, " Long before we ever got to know each othe r, Charhe Parker in Kansas City was evolving certain musical ideas, and I was in New York doing the same thing. It wasn't until we got together that we realised we had both been working along the same lines."
S1m1\arly. 1t is a fact , that Sonny Stitt, before ever meeting Charlie Parker, had developed an alto saxophone style v1r• tually identical with Bird's. IL would seem, then, that the character• istics which came to be known as bebop were a natural and logical outgrowth of the Jazz thl! had gone before.
Nevertheless, when it was first played for a substantial audience or musically sensitive listen• ers, it seemed as astonish· mg as a virgin birth .
DEMANDS Technicall y, it placed
unprecedented_ _ dema nds on the musicians. Harmonically, a involved a far more oblique approach than hu.d hitherto been prcvelant, with extensive use of minor sevenths,
~~~~~~~t•~~~:~~!> with m~:!~~ l'le,·cnths (better known as flatted hllhs) addt'd on top, and hnt·ar ntn11i 1hat used unc"<pet tt d notes hnrrower1 from unl,kelv chord(,
Rhythmirsllv, tc,o, th<' ITI\l'III: \\il!i dn C.SC"Jf)l' lrom th, , ""cnl 1,1II)' !-.tot.lg)' four beat r,•chn~ that had dumin3ted lht• hands and tonih11s 1,I thl· !<iV. 1ng l.ra l.1slt:n 1n p,,rtu:ulur u, thl• rh,,1hn1 !';~ l,nn5, un .i.
typical big band side of the lat e 1930s. Whether 1t be Benny Goodm:tn o r Chick Webo , a comparisun with the rhythmic underpinnings of the early Dizzy-Bird collaborations offers an astonishmg s tudy m contrasts
su~ge!~ ~i~t t rt Of esp~~ alone was responsible fo r these changes, but because or a combination of circumstances he became the one man around whom the rest seemed to gravitate.
During those yea rs of the incubation poocesi., despite his nickname, Gillespie was a relatively stable personality; most of the other bop pioneers died young, or at best spent their most vital
~~rt~at~;\~~;~ic~t~~gb,~'."1~ was important also that Gillespie, hecause of his strong sense or humour and ability to communicate with an audience, was able to become an effective catalyst in bring• ing the new ia21. to a n ever-wider audience
Any second opmron on Gillespie must take mto ac<:ount three ext remely important factor, that have helped ~hape his career and hts per5ionaht\' through the years ·
One is the tremendous opposition he had to face 1n the l'arly days from thl' J&ZZ c riucs. whu almost to a man denonnc-l'd him a!. a charlatan 11ml spcnlf'r, the la) 11rt•~s whn \\ h1:n th .,.. belatt•dly atknr,wh:d1,:c:d th«· t.:XISll'llCt of hop 1rc.J1ed 1t nHJrt• or ll•s<; ::is ,1 1ok,•. ind mu~1cmn-. of tht ,'lldn st.:ht.•nl, man}' or wbnm falll•d lo umh r ~!.ind h1~ rninur and r-:
srnu.·d his sunt .. s The second ractor 1s
IJ,u, ·5 mcreas1ni rr• h:rn<..l', in lhl' f1ftws nnd Sixties. on visual and verhnl comedy ns a plo) to <·n"un· ~ttady work
Tht' th1rd fartor is his prt'sent status in Ja1.1 as a sort of respected rounding raihcr of the contempo• rary scent who, however, almost rcgulorly tak~s second pince tu Miles, his CX·3COl)"le, in the popu
ln~t?e p1!1i5e Dr Marshall
s,earn5 comperin~ H 1947 Gillespi(! co ncert , recalled th al the premiere of Strnvinsky's "Sacr~ du Printemps .. JO . Pans m 1913 had prec1p1tated . a general riot at wh_ich ,wect old music-lovmg ~entlemen used the1r um· Jtellas as clubs; and that G ill espie was the centre of 1 comparable controversy.
HELPFUL Small wonder tha t after
,ea rs fac ing the contempt :>f most of the jazz Nrlters as well as th e ncomp~ehension of many audiences regardless or race, Gillespie decided that any measures would be helpful which brought him c lose r to the average llsLcner
In recent years his comedy material has taken on black-white overtones . Those who are never quite su re whether he is seri ous about the wearing of African costumes, the discussion of ra cial matte rs m his nightclub routines etc may take heart, for the answer is that Gillespie probably is not always sure himself
Ht:mour as a medium is not the message; essentially, the trumpet is as important to h im today as it ever was . Dedicated listeners will acknowledge that all comed y voca ls and tomfoolery aside, Dizzy today is a greater maste r of his horn than ever
Hts reputation as a composer has been consol· 1dated not only through the earl y bop works but through such beautiful melodies as "Con Alma ." His qualifications as a big band leader and concert soloist have been fi rmly established in the 1960s with such memorable ex• tended works as Lalo Schifrin's "Gillespiana " and "The New Conti· nent, " J . J . Johnson's "Perceptions," and also the Schifrin•Gillespie "Tumsian Fantasy."
QUINTET This extension of his
1941 composition " Night in Tun1s1a " symbolises the extent to which Gil• lespie has grown. It serves, too, fts a reminder of the trustrat1ons he has had to endure in being confinea for so many years to a quintet, w hen basically his ambitmn has been the full • time employment or his horn as a focal point in a lar~c orchestral context.
?·o sum up: a second opm1on of John Birks G1llesp1e amounts to a reaffirmation of his stature .. What was true or his
ftun~ufn \~n~ 944, J<; triplv
More sureh• than ever we hear in him a lrumpHer without peer in jan lustory, a composer and c-aral)st of 1mmcn<it- PTO· J)C>rtions. a humorist and entl'rtame-r of unqucn-1.:hahte freshness, anl'I a grC'atly maturt"d human hE>ing who, paradoxical a5 ll ma) seem. has rl.:'gis lt•rcd 1 pricrl('ss a,hrc>\ l' mcnl in 1H11-unn~ thi: d1i,:ni1y, as 1\cll a lht-! <:ompr1.;ht•n'.'-11)n :in,I im,p 1 ~.Ilion, ul j;J// a!> the (or•tmo~l Ii, m1,: arl rurm in th, 1\1.('nlwlh centur\
1969-and a hair of the dog for Surman IT'S A rair comment on the Alice In Wonderland world of British 1a1.z that John Surman's new Deram a lbum is only his second r ecord-his first was M1k€ Westbrook's "Celebra• tion" on which he had one solo.
Surman 15 a rguably the
~~~t t~rr::f:;~a~~ 1~r~~!h1t;o!~ His technique, on hoth ban· tone and soprano, Is remarkable and he could well become an 1mportanL writer,
~~~ He ~~fi~ed_?~~6& ~~ Readers' and Cntics· voting him number Ont' before he had been h~ard on recordand yet there is still the cons[ant stru~i?lc- to make a <!ecent tivmg pla) mJ! his music
" W11ho11t lhl' things al the Ronnie Senti Cluh th en: would ht- a few "problem .. ," he a(!.r~ed ewer a hair of the dog on New Yc:ir'5 03) "Exposurt· with Ronnie's t,and ha s helped to J,tet my name across."
One or lh l· more unuo:ual nspects of Surman•~ playing i<; that he seem!! to fit .. nugly into ~ manv cont~~1splay1ng r~g ular/\· wilh Ronnie, Humph r ?y L~•ttcllon and Mike Wutbrook as well as le.:iding an ::issorlnH.'tll of irou p~ whenever ht- g('t,;; 1htcho11nct'
" I enJ0V ol:,ving w.11h lhem .ill,'' he agreE'd. tackling his second doJ?, " Of course, I'm conscious or hei'l'I\! on a diffcrenl !ocene when t'm playing with, ,;;ay. Humph or Mike. and occa<11on• ally I may wish I was dom ~ some• thing difftrent -but that applies to i?veryhody m any Job
are still no signs of 11 coming out. But 1t·s a Mindm3rk in British jazz
" And most important, there 1s a batch of good drummers-hke T()ny Oxley, Alan Jackson and Johnny Marshall Tht way they can play nc.w JUSt amazei, me. They seem to keep an undercurrent of different times goin11. through the whole thing ·•
The generation war hac; always been rife in !he jau: world with older musicians hi~hly su~piciou,; of the youngsters and their expen• ments, and the younger Jan. men believing the mu~ir can on ly be valid if 1t is happen . 1~ now
Surman•s atutude 1s thl:"r~. fore refreshing
"We are lucky," he ad mits, " In having tht· prt VI· ous generauon of musici..1n<11 pa,·e the way. We have hcnr• filed from what they h.J"e gone throusth
·• We are 3hle 10 ,;el 1l 1sn·t too good to c<lpy, but )OU ha\·t:. to (!.O thrnuµt, thal bit to find OUl. Tlll'Y Startt<! from scratch. found out wha1 the music wao; about and were able to develnp the techniques to out it dnwn.''
Surman 1s unhkely tn r 1k .. up 1he scholarshm at America's BerkleP School which he won b.)
f::r:ea~": =ff"l1~ va l.
" I would preft"r to 1us\ a•J lo the Sta.leas 3nd h-.tc!'I Dave Holland would pul me up. This Is ...., here m,· educ•• tion lies at the moment. l',t!
" Sul real!,· I would prefer tu work with mv own groups doing In) o w n particular thing - hkc that shorl•hved trio I had with Dave Holland. W1lh that, I could do all tht' thin~~ - catyp<10, s1r::11(!.ht • a h ea d JOHt-1 SURMAN 'a fai r idea ot how blues, freak • ()ut, much I don ' t know' everything
" But , :is usual. it was a <.ase or littll' work or ooportunity. At the moment , I've got ao eightpiece p.roup with Alan Skidmore, Harold Bc<'kt:ll, Mike Oshorn~ and lhf' other guys ,;o that we can do some writing and try thin~s out, but I don't suppose WL will tel an,· work tonether
•· TI1c po int 1,; I want to pluy with d1fferent farC'~ Toe mu,;ic 1s nothing on vour own. You tan•t plnv b\' yourself and 11 is lhc aC'oon be· twt'cn musiC'ians thnt 1s important
·· Jon 13 no lon,:er :l ques. tion. of soloist and rh}•thm ~.!Cll0n _I oftl.!n J:t>t phoned 10 do g1AS With d re,;1dent rhythm section hut I trv to avoid ,t us much 11~ po<1<.t"ile -nol 1h01 1he~e aren't a lol <. f gnod rhvthm ,;t cti,,nc; about But it JU<;I isn't po .. sthlc h• dt, ;he wh,1lri thin1,:: with ;.:uv.., I don't know
"It', llke t.he.:uinR !ht> PUhlLl h au,;;;e I rJn't go 111111 my lhm~., anc! I don't knnw \\hat tht'\· ar"' mto
"I SUt>Jlo, · I mi5:hl I,• lru,;;;tr.iltd if lherl" \Ht1:n • ., man~ l!l>{'ld 111U4ici.lT'I ahi,ut Thtn.· ar, a wh,ilit t ,,nth ,,f tr"nwnd• u lure; -:-- and !ht·, l'>lnl' trnm ;a vnr...-t, uf lli;,. ~r<,up
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STARR : a rare case
SECOND TIME AROUND FOR EDWIN'S HIT
THE strangest thing about Edwin Starr's latest Brltb:h hit Is that It Is the second time around for the record,
p ;• S~or a r ~;r i~ow~lght~~ "S.8.S." was a hll In Britain two years ago and hu madt tht Pop 30 again aft«-r being re-released by Polydor: a rut' cue, and a tribute to a good record.
Edwin Starr, 26, wu born Charlu Hatcher In Cleveland, Ohio In J942. He slarled singing In )956 when he errtered local talen t
~jj~!tts.th~e :u~~re8 f~~~
whic'h was very successfu l in
- - -t-..:<;,h•:,,:~l~~~Ji;den1r~e:e°d a tafenl
sh ow on televislon caJJed Uncle Jake's Talent Show and won the conte.sl, a s uccess which /f!!'d to a fol of w ork • r o und th eir li r e•.
In 1960, Edwin wenl Into the army where, after basic ~ tormed another
~ r,,.:. i: ANulu and In Gennaa,.
Aht r dlschargr, he turned fully profoslonal and toured for more than two years as featured singer with organist
~g~~~;· h~t w:a!po~:!~
~lveOetr:r bbordt~ep re~~~Td Records. The record execu• 1lve liked Edwin's sty le and signed him for tht' company's Ric Tie label. He recorded his first record, "00 Soul," which wns a blg hit in America.
To promole this record, Edwin made n shor-t promotion• ! fi lm with actor Sean Connery, who Al that time played James Bond. The film was called 00 Soul Mee ts 007.
The reco rd tO I Into America's Nallonal Top 20 a nd made number one In various places like Det roll and. Chicago.
Edvf'in followed thl,
success up with a re<:ord calll'd "Back Streets," which was aJso • n American hlL
His flrsl Brllish h it came with "Stop Her On Sight " on Polydor- - lhe first time round.
Jn America, Edwin had become a major soul atlraclfon, appea.rlng on such TV shows as Shindig, Where The Action Is and Hollywood A Go Go and appearIng as star altracllon at theatres 11kt the Howard Theatr-e, Washington, the Appollo In Harlem and the Regal, Chicago.
He also went out on soul and R&B . shows with stars
;,~ket?,tljac~~d~1iso':'1~~d
Sam and Dave. Edwin , who had also
bra nched oul Into songwriting and record production, Joined Tamla Motown {his present label) when =- WocK ~ - :"f-."t. hit; ,.. was tM' ont, Golden World art ist to be Laken up by the Detroi t company.
News of hJ s move to Tami• came while Edwin was vis iting Britain. He has been succesdul on h is trips to this cou ntry and In fact, this year complet~ his nint h British tour.
Edw in fo llowed up his British success with " S.O.S. " with a hit wi lh " Headline News" and subsequent si ngles were " I Want My Baby Back " and " I'm The Ma n For You, Baby.''
Jn Septtmbt! r, EM I released his latest Tamla
sln:~1 h~~e Js "r: o:i!1e5;~at Edwin's new lease or Ufe In the Pop 30 has come from the reco rd whi ch first ~ave h im a hit ln Britai n, " Stop Her On Sight.'' - ALAN WALSH
FLEETWOOD Mac, Buddy Guy. Willie Dixon and Shakey Hor• ton all jamming In one session is quite a thought. But one- that could become rea lity.
Last "'eek ln t he Chicago studi&.i of Che:,s Record"', thew bluesmen gol togeth er for a blO" and lhe resull5 ma , M releawd as an album l.a ler in the yea r.
As "ell as this posslble •lbum. th~ g rou p "ill cut fu r ther ~ides for the ir nex t a lbum in New York and co mpl ete It In Brlt.::iin on their return In February,
Comedy .. One half or the album ls tn}
number-s a nd the o ther half Dann}' Klrwan's," explained Peter Green
~~~ 1::tenh0t~is~~r.;~i~i~0 s1~8:i1
bcrs With a lonR dista nce call from London
"The stuff on the album ls great,' ' said Peter, the conridence overrkling the sleepiness In his voice.
" It'll be released with a gift EP of Jeremy Spencer's stuff, a sort of comedy thing."
After a couple of reasonably successful singles Fleetwood Mac have made the Top Ten with " Alba· tross."
A rather surprising hit. being an Instrumental and not the familiar heavy blues feel of the Mac's music.
In fact, It has the same relaxed atmosphere or S a n I o and Johnny's "Sleepwalk," a hit of some years back.
Peter is pleased with the success of " Albatross," obviously. .. It's gOOd the way it's gone,'" he said, "because each single has moved in steps.
PETER " If we'd made it with
the first one It wouJd have been too easy. rm glad we've done it slowly, and that it was this one-because I wrote it. The others were more like old blues standards.
" It's a great feeling knowing that we have turned on a lot of people. We are selling records to people who weren't interested in us bef0re."
TOUCH OF
nothln1 planned. .. Albatross' was written for a n LP, but we liked it so much that we decided to put It out a s a s ing le.
" We'll go on recording albums. I won't write fo r a single. If 1 don't write anything good, then we won't put a single out . I'm not writing for- the chart."
If a suitable track is found as a fo llow-up, Peter th inks he would like a vocal rather than another Instru mental.
" I dislike fo llow-up:; that are the same sort of stuff as the previous record. It's a bit sick.
" We'll maybe do a comedy or rock th ing or a blues,"
THOSE
Their cu rrent tour is the Mac's second visit to the States, but this time the novelty seems to h:l\ e wor-n off for them.
.. It was e.,cc itinR the first time, seeing all the different tov:ns.'' said Peter, "but the second time, you realise what everything is about.
'' Chicago is OK. We went into the old part or the town, which is like Greenwich village. Chicago isn' t as vio lent as Detroit or New York."
Continued Peter. 0 \Ve' re hap py about what we'r-e
playing :a.nd the cro\\ ck are good but we art"n't gelling the promotion.
•• J eff Beck and Ten Year-s After w ere launched o,·er here with publicif} and promotion but Yoe aren't getting anl or th:u. Arrangements ha, t> been mucked up too. and so baH hotels.
•• i\lo\"ing the equipment around is cost.in,:: us a lot or mone} and 1 think mo t of the group want to go back home. We aren't playing in AmerK:.11 just forthe bread an}"\\"&}
" When we get hick
Foundations out to please everybody1
H AVING a nother mass ive hit on the ir
ha nds isn' t a ll honey for th e Founda tions, th e United Nat ions PoP group who are breaking a ttendance r e c o rd s throughout the country.
The g roup a re hav in g to
f:;nti~ se~ash1:s ~a k~~:
safety a nd securi ty of the ir dressing room as o ,·er -en thuslast lc fa ns storm the ir;ta,l!e.
Problems
FOUNDATIONS :' a sort of jam session '
not pop. I'd like to think I that cat could play It• and \H'd get a rew muir;icians togeth• er ... a sort of jam session,
"Our writini: I~ complete ly dHtere nl from ,,hal "\H' do on !,t,1ge where 'o'C!- tr)' to keep a steady mixture. We're
going to cater for everybody.
" A lot of people h1l\'e been coming to listen to us recently. Some people expect rea l soc.kiM~ me soul but they don' t hea r It . . . you can't class what we are doing now at a ll ...
Choice The Fou ndat ions are off
fo r a month's tour or Ame r ica In Ma rch but before th~} go they'll be releasing the follo""•up lo "Build ,1e l'p Butte rcup."
" \Ve', e got a choic1: ot three record~. It ,, ill bt t1 bit more amt-aitiou, V O ca 11 l and m• strum~n1.ill}, ,q,'11 tr\ lo J;Ct a\\ 3} lrom lhe •la-las• and • bah it> •
\Ve are going to keep on the commerdal 1
scene. As long as the melody Is good. that 's mos t importa nt.•,
The American a ud ience, said Ton), is compJete l} d ifferen t from ch e audie.nC'es here.
" The) go to • dance, s.11 down. and are there to listen. We learnt I lot last time a.nd \H are realh ready for them RO\li ."'
On of the S<'CN"~ behind the foundati(m_,, uc«,s. ls their closf' f lln& oft as \\ell a on stJ~
·• £\"en nhtn \\ t" "er'-" dO\\ n in th-.• ha,em.:nt "f' !!ilUdc IO~rth'-·r ,'" id Ton~, ·• 11'1l• mu,1( 1.1n, In thh b.,nd .1r ~(ml
ple tl'.'I) t.apabl.: 01 uh-at thr, \\ .1nl I , d \\\" u~ our full b1l1r,. -am , 10~ HDRlOGL
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TB£ BLUES P!Gf THE ".'ELODY l\.1AKER CC\'ERS THE \ArlOE WORLD OF THE BLUES
Bakerloo Blues Line -bringing
CLEM
the Beatles to blues .. THERE aren't any real,
pure b I u es groups. People arc starting to appreciate good music or all kinds wllhout categorising it,'' said Clem Clemson, guitarist, pianisl and vocaJlsl with BakerJoo Blues Line, one or the newer, happening groups around the Midland scene.
Clem formed the group a
f~y P8:o~e .':~1~owba~~~;
with former Koobas drum. mer Tony O'Riley from U\'erpool, who J o I n e d them three weeks ago, replacing John Hench.
They play blues clubs. colleges and universitJes all over Britain and appear regularly al Lon d on • s Marquee.
.. rd been playing piano since I was five, and took up guitar about three years ago... said Clem. " I was introduced to Terry about a year ago in a Birmingham discotheque. We found we bad the same taste in music and decided to form a group."
They started off playing pure blues A la Muddy Waters but CJem said they have moved on to a a more progressive approach, mixing blues with Jazz - inftuenced materiaJ and even the better type of contemporary pop.
things like our own version of • Eleanor Rigby• as well as more Jazz-based numbers like MUt Jackson's I Bag's Groove' and Ray Charles' 1 I Believe To My Soul'.'' said Clem.
The group have had no records released to dale, but are managed by Birmingham agent Jim Simpson who also handles the Locomotive. They are due to start work next week on their first album.
n We don't know yet which label it will appear on. U is being produced by Tony Hall's THE Enterprises and when it's completed, lt'U be offered for release to a major company."
Bakerloo Blues Line hope to include "EJeanor RJgby ,. OD the album. "We'd like to do our own arrangement., do it In a sort of Jazzy style, with a Jazz orchestra. We also hope to include a few Jazz things as well as bluesy stuff.
" I don't think it's right to divide tbe music lnto compartments any more. We find playing the clubs that the people who dig our music also go for the Nice and Jethro Tull and different types of music.
Trying to keep the blues scene true . • • THE BLUES are brewing in Britain, no doubt about that. In cellars and attics, pubs and concert halls up and down the country the music is reaching ever-increasing audiences.
Inevitably, activity or this order leads to organisa· tions devoted to its furtherance and study. Chri; Trimming's London Blues Society has t:lready done useful work, and now Trimming and a few more tried and 1ruc blues hound: have rorme<i n federation.
The idea of such a body has lonR bt-en germinating In the denur blu~ areas or South London and Bexhlll-On•Sea. It was said at the first Convention that a Nalional Blues Federation "'Ould soon bt' started. It came Into being officially on January I.
Firs: of all, the committee - and l1 seems on face value to rcoresenl oulle a nice variety of blues Interests and out• looks, also to con.sis! of proven friends of the music. I only hope they'll be able to st.ay friends of each other's,
Blue:"V!N:!u~1th
m11!r1:'n~ln: !!fed51
~:rec~~1~1e:1~un:i~ne~!
who n~ds no descriollon; blues deejay Mike Raven; Blue Horizon's Richard Vernon; blu~ singer and organiser Jan Anderson, and another club organiser, Ron Watts; and BU co-editor Mike. Leadbitter.
The Federation, run by this committee (and possible later addltJons), has been regis tered as a non-proftt maklng body. It has begun work, but Is on the lookout for helpful offers and suggestions.
And whet Is the outfit fo r? According lo Its Initial handout il Is needed to consolidate the efforts of the various people and organisations currcnely working in the fie ld. And, a very lmJ)Ort.aot Ideal, to minimise the dangers or clubs and Inferior artists leap-Ing on the wagon while the boom lasts.
., For example, as weU as blues numbers, we do
"They appreciate aU killds or mu.sic. AU we want to do Is play good mu.sic-whatever it's called," BLUES IN COMM ITTEE
Precise alms and Intentions are to bring interested clubs, orgr-nlsatlons and Individuals to a united effort and, as a reault, get the fairest Possible treatment from each other and outside. And lo Improve on standards of presenta tion. To an anae lour• by American ...._ artists ud try lo lncreue the aw•fflleH or knowled1e of the subject In this country.
ALAN WALSH Rann. Trimminf, Verno n
OUT TODAY
I • the gteat NEW ~occet weekly!
ricre' '"GOAL
Read Bobby Choriton ' s diary eod,
week
Queen's Park Rangers in colour
"Is the South Too Soft?"
More colour with Dave Clements
sei" u~~:1~.t•~ri ~!~r:e:~ vlslling bluesmeo, also to represent '' all the British artists and bands that the Fed. eration can recommend."
As for membership, this Is a two-t ier affair. Clubs and the like cao affilia te for an a nnual subscription of ES.
l ndlvld uals am become associa te members fo r Ss and thereby ga in automatic mem• bership to Federation clubs, prefere ntia l rates tor LB.S and NBF promotions, and reduced s ubs fo r BU. Affi lia ted clubs wllJ get firs t crack a t th e artists the NBF brings In.
FEATURE The blues tours sound the
most Immediately attractive fea ture of this enterprise, ond Trimming tells me the fi rs t of these wlll bring Fred McDowell to Britai n nex t month.
" We're arra ngi ng the dates now," Chris said this week,
~~~n~h:e•~efe~aWi~lnfo r8~~:!:
wee.ks s tAtU ng lh e last week
In ,_FQ~; u~'?'Our mai n Ideas Is to get into the country Amer. lean ardsts that we wa nt , so 1hat people in the clubs Ctln see them. We wa nt to help the clubs get hold ot these ar tists at a reaso nable price, such as f: 40 a n igh!.
"We're approaching some-
fnn: !~e~hs:~ a: f!u!:1~~/~kf p James. There"s II s t ro ng ch1nce we'll do fl. Th ese are lhe people - Bu kka Wh ite .nnd Ju ke Boy Bonner, loo - we're ln lerested In bringing In while it Is stlll possible.
"Our aMency l.s ca lled lhe Blues Federo llon Agency. Obviously it must bf: run on businesslike lines In order to exist. To that exlcnl It's commercial.
" Ru l our aim Is to fight the danger of ucessive commerclPllution of the blues scene. We 11IJ remember the trad boom nnd whnt happened to the music. nnd there are a f. ready signs of somcthin& simil11r taking placf' In 1he blues but1lntss.
•• \Ve•re \ure many newcC'lm· ,.rs lo blue1 over here htllne /1 all atarltd In snml.' club In thf' deo1h, of Richmond or Ullng." - M \X JONI -"i
LIGHTNING HOPKINS is one of the traditional singers whose blues poetry sti ll reminds us of the earliest days of music. Lightning, who was born Sam Hopkins on a farm n ea r Centerville, Texas around 1912, began playing guitar when he was a boy. • Earl y on he came under the influence of the great Blind L emon Jefferson, whom he saw performing in E a s t Texas from time to t ime. The Piney Woods area where Hopkins grew up was blues country. Texas Alexander was his c o u s i n; he learned something of music from listening to him. also to his older brothers. two of whom are singers and guitar players. But the principa l early inspiration was Jefferson. e Of this attachm en t. Hopkins h a s s a i d : ·· When I was just a little boy, I went to hanging around Buffalo. Texas , where a ll them preachers came together for all of them Baptist Church association mee1ings B I ind Lemon. he"d come too. and do his kind of preaching. and l"d Just get a longside and start playing with him He never run me off like he did them olhers who'd try."' e So Hopk ,ns absorbed the music of Texas players like Blind Lemon. Texas A I ex a n d e r , h,s brother /oel and Lonnie Johnson (who used to work w, th Alex and er). and learned the regional songs and way of in
terpretrng them. His uncle Lucien helped
him to buy an amplified guitar and go to Houston to. perform. • During his teens, Lightning was already making a living on the streets of Houston·s Negro section, and in house parties and dance joints. He began to supplemen t his earnings by m a k i n g records from 1946 onwards. His first titles were " Can ' t You Do Like You Used To Do" and "'West Coast Blues ·• for Aladdin . and on these he worked with singerpianist T h u n d e r Smith. Because of this. and Hopkins fancy picking. he was n i c k n a m e d Lightning, e After this. from '47, Hopkins recorded for Gold Star. RPM. Mercury, Decca, H er a I d, Folkways and other labels . No bluesman has been much more extensively recorded, and few contemporaries have m a i n tamed as h,gh a standard in the field of the folkier guitar-and-voice b I u es. Lightning's strik ing guitar playing has its rough edges. but he delivers h is origina l songs with natura l e loquence and artistry He does a high ly dramatic job on h,s own, supporting his storytelling with expressive guitar or sometimes piano (as on ·· Lightn,ng In New York •· on Candid or ·· The Rooster Crowed In Eng land •· on ·• 77 ""). but 1s also effective 1n a country R&B setting, working with drums and bass or perhap~ an added guitar or h ii rm on, ca plus rhythm • W,th Hopkrns the lyrics .and the mood are
important . His music has humour very often. a deep emotional kick sometimes, and a jumping dance beat when he wishes. Always it is personal and true to life. e Th,s veteran down-home artist is well represented on '· The Roots Of Lightning Hopkins . ' 11/!!lWJ S~Th•tlriNI"
(R ea I m). · · Earth Blues ·• (M i n , t) . ·· Lightnin ' Strikes• · (Stateside), ·• Burn,,., . In LA." (Fontana). the Hopkins and Hooker set on Storyville SLPl74. " The Blues ·• (Fontana) and the Hopkins. McGhee. Terry mixture on Society. But there are several more worth samp/ ing on Arhoolie. Stateside, Decca and Xtra
DEAN FORD
OF MARMALADE
ERIC BUROON AND THE ANIMAL ,
'* Ring Of Fire.. (MGM). Sounds hke l~ Htrd "'1th
that c:hanlin• chorus It's not a n,rw ton&. but I can' t rtm~bu who It "'l!: b}' Tht vmc(' sounds !Ike! Eric Burck>n
I dM'l thblk ft ',: got a chanc•. Tot bo-.:s ~rt is nlct1, lf'n hsu~:n \o It Yeah tha1 ·1 sC!t for the John Pcei Pf'Cl&rnmmt. I used ,o like Erit''" voict (l.n his urhc.-r r«ords hut I don't hke u anv mn~
This ll. hb the "~&th March " Ht KN's f1nat1cal 11':>(\Ut one Sl)·le of music, thtn 11t monl,hs later he chanirts bl.s mind Ht"'s JU$t • . pop stnaer, whelh1"r he srn,i;: nower power music- or what he caUs blues
"" was one or thr- nowC!r ~orile wasn"t he? Then hi: Lh&niled h.ls mind about that . Hl" mode! ~me c-ruy records Wh:u wa.1 th.st one with all the air-planes and ba,r.plpt":s" Nn, I don't hke thls.
ED~\:..1n~~Y~ Home To Me" (Sta~).
--.-.J-,~,.c-'\~:~1fer 1~!n ihi~ Burdon I 've no idea who it is. bul I d o n't rea lty like tht-.sc stretch~ out
Jr•« ~.,, rrhashed danct" nt1m herS
Thl!l lacks in• Sf\fli\lon and origi• nality There's tu1t
:~~lnlake t~'r o~~1 don't want 10 hear any more Take it (11f or I'll smash your race in
OP~:~~ Anne With The Shakey H.1;nd '' (CBS).
1 he Byrds? Oh. il 's a Lrnck lrnm the Who's LP. Is this them latest single? If it'!! an LP track h doesn't stand much or n chance. h hosn't got enou~h guts 10 mnke It 11 hit. This nt\:d5 a stronger arro.ngcml"nt
It 's not the Who? Whoe,·er ii a 1he group 1s not as good as the 8.yrds r,r the Who
No.... tell ml! who's going tr , do my cartoon No big ears .. nd biM hps please!
CHRIS GUNNING O R· CHESTRA: " B • 11
Boy" (President). This is the 1ype of music
they play when the telly breaks down. I hope they fix it soon ihis could also be music for an advert for Gihhs SR or cigarettes.
I can see a !!UY In full evcnln~ dres, strollin~ lhrous.h a forest, 1.nd a bird
~ae~~in~h!~~~; n:htu~:er~ cigarette . Well • . 1 didn't diK It
cA1:~F)~ s,un Lake"
Thb IS a blue beat ~roup. Is JI I.he Bed.rocks? Or the Dudn>eks? It'll get playec.1 in dlscotheaues and he ver}' µopular wilh .lama,can aud1• t'nces
"r~~c c~r~~'n•!hedobl~~~t;;;:; ehout It r,n he? I'm be~inlllTilt to hnd ffi','<il'H hkinc !hi$ ft tuuhJ ,i:.?l into !hf' .,ka tnp frfh·
Act11allv, I'\!\" ,::n, !111· nr1,:in:al nl th1, hy an nrrhf'• tra Wt·li, U<'I 0Ullr thfo t.rl·
t:m~l ~ 11nmn Ska cari ~ lt\f1-c (l'IU~ h\11 not Wllt'n ,t·~ ,, , 11 nr,ntnnou:,. I h.,11• m,1", t1,nl
B USTE R BROWN , '"Sugu Babe"' (Blue
Horizon). lt'.,i a hlu~ «roop, .and
r;·=·y ~~1;:llythF, ,~;;
an sound Utt sam, Thit is tho son al five
minute sona even our drum• mer could have written .
~~i~for 1~m~~Y ~t'::#en~~
Can you take ii off now, c,lc-ase?
N~ I didn't like it, I Ju.st wun t vet)· impressed. No. 1 don't say 1 don't Hke blues. But I don't Uke blues Ind no other type oJ music.
F~~ln 1: ~A J.!t.: (Reprise).
Yu. the inevitable voice I mu~t listen to this all the way through 10 tl"II you iC it's ioing to be-~ hit or not
It's not a ve-ry nice song, IS ll, I love Sinatra, but I don't think lhis will be a hit. I like all lhe standard~ be daes and •• Strsng~rs In The. Night" was great. He's get•
ting a bit short of breath these days. I think he makes all his records for his fan club members.
MARTHA REEVES AND THE VANDELLAS:
" Dancing In The Street., (Tamla Motow n).
ha::e P~;;~f0~e. ~~d A~~ ,e.rord!
1 can see this becoming a hit again. because th~e is a new generation coming up who haven't heard this It stlll stands uo, soundwlsl" and productionwise. It was a hit five years ago and it could be a hit ngaln
Thi~ sound ls coming back . I love lhat off.beat with th!!. bass and drums to[tCther . GreaL
SAM HUTCHINS, " Dang Me'' (Bell).
It swine!, gotta gotta and sock il to me J .B. It'll get played in the discothe-qucs, hut reallv it's a nothing re• cord. Hey, It's going psychedelic. No idea who ii is.
s ~. ~:n~y G ~ ~ V(t,~: don).
Oh it's another one of them! Is 1t the 19IO Ohio Exp~ss? No. I ,aid the l!HO Ohio E1wress . Bubble gum music. This mt1st be thti i;1mplcst sound there is. I het they are terrible llve These ~roups only came uo when Taml11 Motn.,...n wasn't doing much, and ~ople needed ft !lUbsmute for dancing. I tan'l st>e them lastlni:
I hate lhi!'i h's tl'rr1hk . Th~rt''< nn gutc; In it Tht' twsl fl!co.rd vou hllVI' played mr w;.S M:irtha ilntl lhi.: \';lntlt-113~ .ind lhM Ill yt".H'i uld
MFL OOV MAK FR, Ja ,iua, 11. 1% 1 f _, ,. 11
WRITING IN PUNCH, MILES KINGTON SAID .. Chris Welch on the Melody Maker, still despite its creaking name the most respected pop weekly, regularly turns his column of pop reviews into a humorous, goonish record ramble, somtimes very funny, sometimes awful, but always giving the good records the praise they deserve. Such an attitude, it seems to me, shows more innate respect for pop music than all the Sunday morning sermons in the world. The ability to laugh at itself is a surer sign of the maturity of pop music than a penchant for analysis.
NOW READ ON ... ARETHA FRANKLIN:
" Don' t Let Me Lose This Dream " (Atlantic), Her soaring vocal power is kept under silk wraps on a tasteful bossa nova. Even so, there is no mistaking the Franklin range and attack.
This appears to be an attempt to widen her appeal and sugar the pill for the masses. The nel result is the curious feeling thal Aretha is singing on her own and leaving the backing musicians well behind.
BETTER
As a more restrained per• fomiance than usual, it is attractive b1Jt would be so much better if the accompaniment was stronger.
ISLEY BROTHERS: ,. I Guess I' ll Always Love You " (Tam la Motown). Another revived 1966 Ji;Jey tune that sounds as fresh as ever nnd swings beautifully.
It seems an ext.raordinary wr..y to 10 about things -releasing old material in sequence.
It worked recently with " Old Heart " so perhaps thi s could hit the chart, and rightly so.
GARY WALKER ANO THE RAIN: "'Corne In, You'll Gel 'pneumonia.'• (Phillps), A son~ written by two ol the Euybeats and performed b~ a group that .seemed to show promise on their first tour, but failed 10 make much impoct on record buyers
This is a heavily orchestrated, moody piece, chanted rather than sung, and hypnotically
~~~?~r.Ga'7; tll:0 ~~j:;'.alkf~ Japan , but I have the feeling this rather com-
g~,':thi1s :6;~1~~r;;n~rob?:~ in Britain .
HYLDA BAKER: "Give Us A Kiss" (CBS). Give US a kiss? How many of them are lhere?
"Give us a peck and make me tinale in my shoes," si ngs our Hylda m a song from the show Broadway Follies 1927. (Sorry, an error -from !he show Mr & Mrs.)
Noct~~~/':~~s~h~l~1!th~r ~ being given a peck set to th is particular song {bouncy, coy, tldd le-<>m•pom etc), far from causing tingles in the shoes, Is more likely to cause severe convulsions in the stomach.
KATHY KISSOON: " [)On'I Let It Rain " (Colwnbill). Well here's a turn for the books and no mistake. I like ·th i1 record.
MM's Tony Wilson tells me he knows her brother - Fred Spittoon w,11. he said h .
SPIRIT Yes. pop fans (all three or
ynu), K:ithy hlls a ,::r~at soul voice ond L!'I hl~sed with an all -r1n-1ni. Dct1nn-vactcd pruducllun ,11 1hc l\'l)t: 1h111 mj1kc., $1mnu ml.'n \I. ant to throw hack nca1 P\'llish !';pint Lil 1 ,nl jtlllf) and d:inf\' !ht• whole m,:ht 1hrt.lURti
A h1I, 1,r mv n;,rm::'.!o nnt (i.1hr1l·I Waltt°r
ARETHA , soaring vocal powe r
PHIU IP GOODHAND-TAIT! " Love Has Gol Hold Of
:~;~g ~:~1etlr1 n~~ Phillip has a splendid talent for writing songs and performing them.
If this ,ounds a bit like the Love Affair, that's because he writes some of their
:1':f:lthari.~i~trl~~hc~
controls, moving toggle, to z.ero minus three and tweeting condensing input outputs.
A o~:mt~e~.\~Bn7.i~rdc0:.~
hand•Tait conscious in 1969,
CARTOONE: .. A Penny For
!!;;nick s:~a:k M~:~.~~~!~; single I reviewed last week has been withdrawn and this is their official debut
I also di.!ICO\tet they a"' th~ same group I saw b)' 1ct1dent on lht Lulu TV sho.,.. •nd referred to In the ft'View or " Knick KnackH And plun11ng dt'eJM"r still 1n1,1 mystery 11nd intrlxuc. lhr:, lln.", I am told, ht-tna hl'llltd a, the- new Bet Ci4't!I anJ nrt 1111,gt'd to h• Yf' hnlast1C" ~ntin1 abtlh}
·- All AmttH'I ,~ l"l\'lfll!' tt?Mul
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LEAPY LEE: " Here Come• The Rain " (MCA). After a ~hower of flTOWS , Lee leaps mto a show of rain, with 1 6 /8 beat that could be thattering juke boxes and rockfog -transistor radio sets off _ shelves all over the nation.
Link arms and join in with • carousel or infectious fun w~lch a~tual\y cOncludes with • bner thunderstorm
"What a horrible reconi." Thus apake • total ,tranae.r who J~•t walked put my reviewing po,t.
SMACK
!th~ fl\'e.s tht: Grbh hrolht•rj "-f>Utl of uuU1vJt., tu•t «w,·n ll1~tmC't1\'l'!' "n·11L'l1. f \,oral heat
~purt \ffii)d,. nt ,1 - '<Ill n.-1 ,-..11,4 I 1.~tk.1n,: 1h.,u1'P
Answer$ on pos:ccards. please.
EM1L DEAN: .. It'a Only Make Belfove .. (Me:rc:ury). Wnl~ cen by lhe highly esteemed team of Twitty and Nance , and once a hit for Conway, the Twit himselr. new.
;;'~J1~t ~~u1or:sh!~e W-~ Innocence. Anarcy and Soul nnd hails from South Africa, and was ell sel for an academic career readmj
~~lo~edun~~m thfro~II h1s sLudies turns in his. own version.
Which Isn't hair bad
KENNY BALL AND HIS JAZZMEN: " 1999 •• (Fon. tana), The nicest part or this song written by lhe Nirvana group, ,s a great trumpet chorus hy Kenny
The tune is very catchy and could easily be a hit, and
~h•~l ~!~: !.~~nl~ ;~a°bnatl prefer less poppy mnteriaf. but it ha.s the Ingredients to reach a widt-r market.
A few TV plug., would work wonders .
GLOOM EL TON JOHN: " Lady Samtl•
natha " (Phlllpt). 1969 is going to be the ye:n or Elton John, 11ny th ose
=:,.E.=1n. ~~layfn1 .,....., tin our mldsl
I don' t want to appear 1 prol?het of gloom, but I djstmctly rememhe.r 19.cJ
£::kfa~i1,u~0g::ul~tr ~~:J
look wh-at happened to him' Nevert.hrle,s, Elton has .o.
sturdy voice, and th1s t.s ~n
~~ti~~~~a1 cou13°~~1~-~~e~~~ waves of fntere,t
V &OOd ond ti gold St!ir
MARK MURPHY: •• Cw,w Bae.k. To Me" (P)'e). A luth ballad, sung with warmth and restraint
Mark ~as • mature voice, that remind, one a little or Scott Walker, and a rertAin
•~:?i!g ~~ r:tle;ua;,rc froadcaslln& network• could lead one to re-asonably hope for • hit
LINDA RUSSEU.: .. We Got A NeM For Each Other " (Pye). Gracious, what • wonderful tune! And what 1 gorgeous voice!
It .sends Icy thiver, down my mstep t<? hear he.r aet 10 &ripa W 1th a al0W•PICt'd 1tron1•backed ballld or the ~frmo~r~~:ef~~• r::~n~~ spirit.
MOR£
~;:::Y Lin~ou~:i • c=: e.rfol, but luteful. voice and lhl!II la the t)'l)t of material to sel the nat ion clamourlna for m0rt
DICl1 £11UV: "'tr You Love 1w " (I')/•~ Duh h. lllf men hu 1 1rt11.t voi«-, as ~~t'cdi:~ be1n1 a flnc
Not • bl! . c,n, fears. but one (t>r muJ;1r l11v,rrs wh.-re •~,. lh,.,.. 1ntht'r
lnrulot11t1lh· ll\l v.tt-k I for-U•l'II'" II-Aird Ouan1.: EdJ, had n-rordeJ k1n1 Of f m ' H h•~t. Lui 111lf thr•::irnr tl'14.' 111 111trfu1T, d b'lfohtm) t.111,h anJ now fri( ii rdnn
Apolo1t1t• to thf' ran, rf •II part,rs, tnd IMC' artd hf-'ll w11hc. lo Ill It ;lJ ~ rt Street, Plat1-tow
EDDIE THORNTON OlfTflT• "Baby 811 My Girl•• (In• stant). A rt.ally nice Y)und by 1rompe1er £dd1e'1 bud. with a wum votnl a:nd some hip trumpet welllo"
A relaxed heat prt>Vt1l1 tnd It ~minds t)f tht: old Blur
t~~!• d~:m~hrrrow;c~n:-r, would be a &•• to ttt lhl• in the c-hllrt Df,fln,tely
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I I I J M l I lllJ\ MAKI I( Ja11ut1r\o 11 1%<l
B's back in town still swinging despite the cold
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I IKt MR B's ,ong w i 1 h Sarnh Vaug• hun , Baby, ir was cold out,ldt• London's Moy F a i r H o t e I, but Billy Fck tint "a~ dre~sed in ~ummer garb for golf - and swinging.
Dul nnl NI Iha ( hlllt• u hll<' ball, Ht• \\lh IAklnj 11 ,\, lpe 11 1 drink, d r u a lio , uva nt tt,1rdt• J•u - nnd lht llcntlt>!., Or to bl' mOft" speclfi(, John Lt"nnon.
lhc- lhlna lhat mnd, Mr 8 '5 h11tkh•, rf,,l' more, th .. n mh,:lnll 11 '"O•IOOI pull WH thai (amnu" - or 1nr11mou, - nude rk or our John
" lht' kids admir.: !hf' Bntlt~ so
~~.~i~l' 11~~t/t' uT~h
them, so why did hl' h11vr 10 do II 1hl111i 11 kt' 1h11~•· l\l..td Mr R plain• lhl'I) "Su h · b~d 11\lt'. Thry'r, too big lo nt't'd 10 do 1h11 \Ort or thin,:..
" In I ll) r'II.St," hi' 11ddNf a lmos1 u 111 aftMthOU8hl, "l'wt urn btttt'r ECKSTINE I\ c-,; on ,11tuts -• n d probabl)' \l. armc-r, too
' l 'we seen better
" Dtic J'm a 1ru1 admirer ol \I, hit tht' Rt"lllt'li do
~1~ l~:J:Y·ht~~ ,l~~:lt~>' = ,aid h«' "as golna down to lh¥ rte-Ord uore lo PIY t'._.itn dollars for the BtalJ,e\ n•"" doublt •lhum. I told him lo "'•It a whllt Thal ht'd pruhabh ~ ablt- lo pick ii up .,oon for Sl•\·t'n dollan. Bui no, ht' had lo duh oul IU bU) It righl away. And \l.llh his own money, too.
"And I IO\'(' that album You knO\I.. 11', ,ut'h a stnd• up
YOKELS "H's somt lhlnM 11kt thost
'Wlnrht" 'ltrr Cathtdral • lll)S, The) wc rt' playing In Las VcgH oppo5,itt' Gt'Orgt Sht-aring. °lht')' \l.tre pullin& in 111 !ht' yokels, and Georg, w;a, aolng ou1 or his mind: GtOfRl' I• SUt"h II Jan purill . Hl' h11d Jot Puu on guitar and wns playlnjt Rrtal Jaz.z. Bui 10 man) peoplt were romln• In lo nt lhat Ntw Vaudc-\'lllt 8::tnd
"I don't di,: ewtr)ilhlni thr ,zroup, Mft' doing. But thl')' • rl' romlnR up with ,;omt' great ldu~ and somt Attlll ~On¥, I don'I go for ,1II 1hat avant xarde Jan,
PICNIC
ha~/~od ,::r a~i~~l0wftt~
1,i ChO!ot' time signatures? 19/8 or 19/4, or whattvtr it Is. Whtl's he crying to provt? fit 's eotinting so much befort the musicians get to 'ont ' they could take a pknk.
1• Mind you, a loc of people
felt the ume way about Burt 81c:hau1ch when he first camt on lht set.nt. Musicia ns would run like a thld whtn they saw his s tuff.
~;:r~~ BJ h~0~r;t~:· gr~~~
songs - and has ru lly be· come accepted,
" I also rHU)' dis your Tom Jones, Now he's a fine slngtr, He rHII)' USt:S his voice to send oul a song. He doesn't need any gimmicks. And lsn'I that v,,hat good singing Is all about? I buy his records - and not at cut prlce5, either."
A gulta.r on tht sofa 1111blc In the May ft:lr room posed the (IUCStlon: Had Mr 8 add· td this lnstrnment to his rcperlolre or trumpcl and
va lve trombone? " I Jtist fool around on
guitar," he said modestly. " I use It In my act.
" I bought this one from Mike Brya n, Remember, ht used to play with Benny Goodman. Now he runs a Jltll t psychedtllc shop just arou nd the rorntt In Entlno, whert I live.
bo~,M{d~l~~ltt~~d- 'fn':r .-.:~~ the shop and Mike, 'Jestis Christ'. I said, • Is Mike l\v-
~~~~l~~c~ef~~: ,1::;ti~~::?
COPIES " Mike picked out that
guitar for me. It 's a Swedish makt. Bot the Japs are mak • Ina some good gtiltars thtst day,. They do some great coplts. Guys buy thtm ovtr th ere, bring thtm back home, then take off the Jap ntck and fit an American ont. This way they get a top-11rade guitar for 11bout 200 dollars.''
Talk of one famous guitar. 1st who hit the botUe mort than his guilar s trings lrig• gertd off Mr 8 '1 swinging attack on drink-and drugs.
"When I told Pres {Luter Young, former tcnorlst with Coun1 Bas ie) to qull drinking so much, he'd just say: ' Lady B ' - he calltd mt that - ' pleast don' t bug me'.
" But Wt W.ll tched him die, The whole time he w:ts with Co unt Baslt , thty nevt r saw him eat a meal. No t even a cup or coffee. Ht'd have nothing but two bottles of ~l1f'~rm~ day. It just had to
" But I don't lhlnk drink ls as widespread as It was. Sam, with na rcoll cs. The young musicians of today are
!~~~°t1:ft:oiha~t11c1~,:: fool " Some or t he boya han
talttn LSD, but most of them rullse you don't net'd it jusl to make you think you're playing better,"
At lhfs point, Mr e. Shl rttd swinging about his fav ourite subject next to music - golf. He Indicated his lightweight tan • colourtd slacks - singularly unsulh.-d to the har,h London climate.
SLACKS "My manager, Douggle,
asked me why I ha<t brought over all ' those loud golf slacks', I told him they were• n't for playing hert. I want• ed thtm for when I flew rl&ht back into Miami.
" I didn't even bring my go lf dubs 10 Britain this time, Bui I shall be back In
::.11 !~~ s!l~e w~~~slh;;, .. so Meanwhile, afi this week,
Mr B. Is swinjllnK al the Showboat, Mlddltsbrough and the Top Hat, Spenn)'• more, backed b)' Bobby Tucker on piano and Chules ~~-%1fHl~ms. - LAURI E
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Do you remember a group called the Springfields ? rOM SPRINGFIELD ad -1nlts: "With two Seekers albums in the LP chart ru11 of my tunes I don't exactly need to earn a few bob at the moment."
Yet, for the first time since the Sprlngfields broke up, he Is back in business as a singer.
'' There seems to be more nnd more a trend of songwriters singing their own songs," he savs. Jim Webb has an album out and, of course, Donovan has been doing it for years. In most cases, mine too, it's a caseor trying to cre:lle a mood with n song rather than hav-
ln\o8m~::';:!lcc;~~~~:k was on an album or Latln-Havoured songs and he admits to a love of the Idiom.
" I started off with Carmen Miranda and kept going from there," he remembers. " 1 used to have a crush on Roberto Inglis. Now, I go to Rio every year and plan visits to other Latin Amerlean countries.
TOM SPRINGFIELD
" I thou&hl TV was terribly easy, and I don't know how a nyone could complain about it ...
Asked wh lc.h had been his molt aucceuful song, Tom
i r,~I~: w0;t~~:t 1!
doubt. It sold a fantad ic amount in the States and th at Is where the real mone" is,
"Actually, I haven't writUn as man, songs as people seem to
~~~nuknd sr0b:~!;.
gether 1md not all of those have been recorded.
"At the moment I'm not writlnsi; for anybody in particular, just sitting at home turning out songs. 1 write a lot of 5ongs that I wouldn't dream or ,;inglng myself, like big ballads ."
" I always tried to use Latin rhythms, even Jr they were watered down, in my songs. The Sprlngfield11' and Seekers' reeords often had a basic Latin rhythm-though they also had a country Ha,,our as well .
' some of the old ,eco,d1 U,C? awf ul '
Tom considers he is not a good judsi;e or his own work.
" I get brought down with so much of it," he admitted.
"And my sort of bossa nova singing b really nonsinging. It's in the general style of Antonio Carlos
!~~!~1"'7~h1~~~mlf l?d w:: \0e~;
happ!,, Indeed." Though Tom enjo)'s the
chance to si ng again he doesn't envisage a round of one-nighte rs.
" I'm too old to do the ballrooms and , anyway, I didn't like all that when I
was young enough," he told m<.
"And today people can get away without doing the round or ballrooms. I hope to do some TV spots on my neict album which \l.;11 Inelude more of my own songs and be mueh more commercial than the current one.
" I always enjoyed doing TV, unlike Dusty. She hated the way you could do your nut on a performance in a !.tudlo and nobody \\-Ould say anything before you just packed up and went home.
" I thlnk evervthln1t IS terrible to star! with.
" Some of the old records are awful. Whenever Dusly or I hear the old SpringHelds version of ' Isle or Dreams' we eurt up. It iii; so Hat.
" Bui then other people often don't notice the thing11 that I wort)' about. l hear a record and think • The lead singer Is so flat • or • What happened to the drum~.•
" Perhaps I'm too scnslti,•e to minor mislnkes.''-808 DA\VBARN
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JIMMY McBEATH
T"~ Mi~~rBL~~~! ~~1:!~~ Serif.') GOL200). Pnctd at ahl'u l J •1 6d, th1,_ album is an r xcel/t' nl barjtam and :i chann• for Dubliners fan!- to catt-h up on the group's c-arlter rtn 1rdmg, Titles 1n• dude ·• Wtuskey In The Jar," " Pt•ggy Gordon," "The Puc.
!~.ft-1..11~~asc; •~, an~nsl~umf;,~ tr.tckc;
J O H N McCLUSKEY: " Sin11,s Ireland's Greatest "°"s.~ " (Emerald GEM 1008). A Mir-ch n ut lrt h favnurlt'Ps
li u Larlr. In n.. ( lNr Ar "Thte• flown.," •· \1}' l .att1m Lo\lt" i nd .. W1ld Cnlnn,~1 81'\\ ' On(' f •r lht' lnsh n arkl'I po1rt,cularly \\lfh Mr .\1cC lu~kt'\ '<. soann, ll"nnr
MATT "1 c:GINN: " Hone.tty h Out Of f ashion " (Extra
\~~'}r \l~ll:~h ~•i~;';;~,te r "'~.~~ 1n11rh, r hallh ul (ir1,:,n1b and
-.- • louplr nl familiar snngc;,
"Tht' Lea ving Of Liverpool '' and " Kevm Barry " sel to the tune of " The Sash " Malt 's own songs, matnly ,n a humorou~ vem, mclude "The Dundee Ghost," "The Pill," •· The Big Orange Whale " and the title track Very 200d value for money on Transtrl· /antic's budget label
SINNERMEN AND SA RA (MGM C8099). A sort of pop• folk sound in the mould of 1he Settl~rs from this five•strong group They perform a mix• turt of trad1t.1nnal and contemponry l('ln&5
VARIOUS PEllFOllMERS: "Deep Lancashire" (Topic 12Tl88). Collect1nn or songs !Ind ba llad!! from i11dultnal Laincashirit featuring tht smi• mg of Harr) Boardman, 1ht• Oldham Tinker!!, Mike Har• dlnR, Pet e Smith, Ltt Nichol· s, n and Harvey Kersha\\. om· of the bt'sl or 1he living Lancashirt d11kct poets, rl'• citing h" poem "Cloji!:s ••
Ii t.~. ✓.~ All The. Love ~ In The World --. ,sc; ~-@
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Fool On The Hill ''"• "',si
Scarborough Fair .~, "'
• A SONG FOR COMPLAINT, SELF -PRAISE AND SORROW
VARIOUS SINGH.5 . N J•d. Ot An T~•• 5"11• Of lri t -411 V•lw- 3.. - Thf' J,..., ,01 Trodc-,.man , Tt~ Rovrno Jov,~l"mon, Ttle Condlc-hght F1ih•1mon, Thfo Conny <-he~rd lodd•e. TN- Ocury Mo,d. Grtoen Broomi, Gtut"I, The Juo Qt Punch, The Gr .. t0td O,sos tor, Tt>to Jollv M,Uc,, Tht' h1sh Wo~c,,womon , Fo,e;,,,c-lJ To Wt\Qky, ~ Rov,no Pto,.,,gh boy, TM- Buehon M1tlei, fogon The C<>tibtcr. The Ould Poper, SwC!'eo, Ch1mncv SWC<"P, The Moson's -'tlrOl"I; Rhyn,C!', Tht' To,lor By Trock, Jhc, W~ Waaver, J,m The!' CorlC!'r Lexi, Drurndelg1C!', The Merry Hoy mokt"J'$; 1'11 Mend Your Poh ond Kc!llt-s 1Top1c 12TIS9.)
fME b~~::ds of s~:~~ecat~ with trades and indus• t r ies, both urban and rural, is an ex tensive one. Farm workers, fishermen, miners and factory wor• ker:-, h.ave at some time or another cont ributed songs to the British tra• dition a nd they have been as var ious In s ty le and approach as their sources, being humorous or sorrowful, songs or complaint, pieces of self• pra ise. or descriptive pieces. Tunes too, have been sugges ted by the ac• tlon of a particu lar job o r Its performer.
On this third volume of the Folk Songs Of Britain series, originally released by the Amer ican Caed· mon label, there Is a collection of such songs recorded In the field. Many of the singers and musicians heard can s ing from a close experience or their particular song's sub ject Among those who perform on this record are lhe Copper Br o th e r s, J i mm y McBealh, Frank McPeake, Seamus Ennis, Da v y S1ewart a nd Phil Ham• mond.
An exc.eUent record of lrnd ltlonal mu,lc fea lur• Ing the genu ine article u (• r as traditional -.tyle perform<'r"i ;1,-e t'On cc.rned. This i<J one or the n,o\ t ,,a lu3hll" \<'rlt., <ti folk mu'llc rttordeni; IO bt' I '§Ut'd for a Ion.: time . - 101';\ Wll<tON
JAZZ
fH1S particular Miles Davis Quintet no
longer exists, so it is safe to assume that "MIies In The Sky,. will be the last of the series of remark· able studio recordings to which Jan Carr drew al• tenllon in hls recent Sec• ond Opinion on Miles.
Each album in this particular chapter or Miles' career, from the initial "E.S.P." on, can now be considered among the most Important jazz recordings of the Sixties; but then virtually every• thing that Davis has turned his hand to' since the mid•Flfties has been authoritative or definitive in some way or another. Miles doesn ' t kid when he goes into the studio.
MILES DAVIS: ,. Miles In The Sky." Stuff , Par.aphernalla, Black Comedy , Country Son (CBS 633521 .
O.avis (lptJ, Wayne Shorter j tnr), Herbie H.ancock (pno, electoc pno) , Ron Carter (bas~) . Tony W illia ms (drsJ . Ceorge Benson fgtrJ added on "Paraphcr • nail.a••
This Quintet matured Into what was arguably the greatest Jazz combo of the decade. The 44 freed om " which Is the holy gra II for most con tempo-rary jazzmen Is no mere musical posture for men like Davis, Hancock, Shorter and Williams. Their freedom comes from instrumental and a rtistic command of the music and also that most
vital of att ributes, a marvellous 3bllity to in• spire each other. Tony Williams' work rate in this respect would impress even Alf Ramsey.
Even the addition of guitar• 1st George Benson for one track is abso rbed into the irresistible force the Quintet becomes at its best, and the guitarist p lays here with an ea.se
INSTRUMENTAL JAZZ
J AK I To: e~~e~~: (;;::s~ : :. tic PR7463). There 1~ some great Byard piano on this, but
ie":ci~.tu~r<'~t'rcc h;ana~."°ce r~:re~ vibes and dr ums Wha t could have been a top rate jan ablum turns into some1hing of a circus. D1sappoin1in~ for Byard !ans
DON ELLIS: "Sh()(k Treat• ment " (CBS 63356). Mixture or good big ba nd swmg and ludicrou) pretension with leader Elhs' remarkable lccb· niquc providmg most of the solo interest. The unusual tim e s1gna1ures work when the matenal 1s right, and the
hand's main attractwn 1~ • n t"nthus1asm and v1~our which 1!- orten overwhelmmR But some track" are real horrurs
JIMMY FORREST-GRANT GREEN-ELVIN JONES: "All The Gin Is Gone " (Delmark OL404). Guit.ar1st Green',;; recording debul. but tht" mam interest in this set from the la te Fifties is Forrest's muscu• lar tenor. Jones and Mabern 1n good shape and the lack of
! t~a~~h/.~~!~~~te~::i\1d~e 1;:1
BENGT HALLBERG/ KJELL HAEKKELUNO: " Contrasts " (Sonet SNTF60 1). Mixtu re uf jan (Hallherg) ond cla<iisica l
BLUES AND VOCAL JAZZ
CAP'f:l~N :;~~EA:!Nt "Strictly Personal" (Liberty
~rua~;;t~~y~~~ thte~·uwf~,
peopl•, the Captain purveys a brand of very rural blues, sounding more archaic than the real thing on occasion Is he serious though?
CANNED HEAT: " Living T h e Bl ue s " (Libe rty LDL84001 E). Two•LP se t from one of the best of the young while Amtrlcan blues bands, ont' recorded " live•· at the Ka leidoscope m Hollywood.
J:;e I st~~~~ rirr!~~f-~ i~~l~~ influences, but the in •person stuff is rather self-Indu lgent and too long. But a warmly recommc:nded set for lovers of the " new" bluesmen
ARTHUR " BIG BOY " C RUDUP: "Look On Yondu's Wa ll " (Oelrnatk 0 S91 4). lfudup 1s a prelly rare name m our release llsl s and adm1rt"a ol his sonis and s1n11 ng will want to hear this coml"•hack LP by a highly rrK0rded 1rt1S1 who IS sa id lfl
t:c~~d1;n~.l"L~: po~sle?,,~;:r~: Wall." ' ., That'• All R1llhl ," "Landlurd Rluu" and 1hc no\\ vr r) fam1!,1r ·• DU'II M>
BIC 10[ WILLIAMS comprising Tony McPhee ~clec. gtr/ vcls), Steve Rye (Hmca, vcls), Pete Cn, ikshank
~~ a~~t~r~~I pi:ie~n~!r1~dm!li original with Steve Rye who Is cffect1v~ in his role of SU'lgt'r.
ALBERT KING: "Lin Wire Blues Power " (Siu
XATS I002). 1111s Kin,t lhe " blues power " Kina. i
1
1 one of thl' modern M1ssiss1ppj. born gut11r playt-~ who111;e s,na1ni and left-handed play•
:~nur~~~t7-fcr\'0t. ~t~N:~~;
rd liv• al San Franc-, cu"i Fillmore. and lhe l('l jtmuvN corn1sten1 h· 1f tom,•whar prp. d•ri•hl)
llroum /\'111 Im& ( rudup·, ML~PHI~ SU\1; ., ,\II ,<1,ut•r lllfl" trn,,:: haa Kind, Of Blun" (Xlr,11 5060) rh"tl~m Sl"lll••n lh1 1 Pro: 111.:r lllu('c;,111'
CROl 1NDHOG~. "'ier~ lr h- 11!:;:' IC ~J m ,/~d.,.'!;1.,tr/~, ~11~
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ln,i: Tht- ':iurlact-.. {I Ukr1)1) lnd alkt \ n, Ill lud na ot tu C II f) e• ,ut d m.• l ,1v lU t Cnf!ck-r Jl.1a11
Jt uj\ t lu Ir ,n, "fl t.,,nd \I •lh, 1 t.,ct, • n,1 H )nu
(Baekkelund} piano. Hallberg, long Ont' of th• finest Eu · ropean mus1c1ans, is in beautiful form on his tracks and even w1t h the non•Jau mite· rial this provides a rare
6r~rr':n,~rc:~ hear a Janman
"THI::. K.C.5. AND STOM· PIN' 6" (VJM VLP20). One for senous collectors of the old and righteous, this brings toiether two bands from the '24· '25 pe riod. The K C.5 of New York s tar Dubber Miley or Louis Metcalfe (tpt); lhe 6 from Los Angeles are led by lrumpeler Ernest Coycault Rare staff
JO- ANN KELLY Set" Ka_y," and hamme rs out solo p11no on three tracks Recom mended.
VARIOUS ARTISTS: " Me And The Devil" (Liberty LBL83 19GE). A rair example of what's happening on the British country blues st'ene Artists include Jo•Ann Kelly, Andy Fernbich, Tony MePht-e Sl('Vt' Rye S1mon And Sieve Dave K~ lly and Bob Hall ' M oSI nf them eet remarkably clO'lt: lo the Am erican on11-nals - whe1her or no1 you think that is a Jnod thin• 1, a nmurr or Pf'Uonal '"'"
BIG J OE WILLIAMS: ,. At Folk Cil )I ., (Xlra 5059). Tht: f'Xll"ll,•nllr rupl'd 111& J~. h n n1nr ~,nni"r and ka1flt• art pr , n1ed hir"r,· 1n ., t '""
rrc •rd<"d al folk City 1n t11rh 'fi2 T1lll's mdud '\foik <.1 .11 Rlu~ .'' • l'n Ttrl: 1 ·•
1r ut,J"' (; nna T,1kp '\f ,:uwt • n,, vini · n 111 trr lrihu 111 Torr,ny ~k J "' At th~ pr1.-, a t, t I• }
and assurance that has been rare in his prevJous recordings; and another slight Innovation would seem to be that Ron Carter plays electric bass on "Stuff.''
If this ls the last we'IJ hear of this awe-inspiring group. then "Miles In The Sky" ls a fitting swansong, maintaining an arti.stic consistency which has become one of the cro\41ning g lor ies of jaZL
Maybe Mr and Mrs Davis we re prescien t when they christened their son Miles, for h is career has been one long exercise Jn creating miJestones of musical logJc when all around were despairing and confused. - BOB HOUSTON.
RA.'1S1-.."Y Ll:.Wb: "1\-\alden Voyage" (Che'§s CRlS4S39). De,p1te a lot o f very s tranp.e nni!,eS this doesn' t add up to exciting mus,(' In rut 1t all sou n d rontnved and arutk1a l
MODl:.RN J A7Z QUARTET: " Under The Jasmin Tree·• (Apple SAPCOR4). Good, but not o~ ls tand•n1t MJ Q The skill, dlSe,phne and c-o.nrdina• tmn which make this one of tht' ,:reat JIU groups are all in evidence. but it hardl)' COfflt'S into the md1spenl-3hle clo111;s unles5 you'vt JUSl turntd on tn Lew,,..Jackson•Healh• Kay
SONNY STITT: "Soul People" (Transatlantic PR 7372). Sonny lS Joined herl by BOOkt"r ErvIn, Don Patterson, and drummer Billy James on a fret' and ea~y blowsng st.1S11.>n It moves alon,t e~ortlessly and unselfcon~ c1ously and the alhum as a whole contain 'I a 101 or ln1ert'sl
IRA SULLI VAN (lnlmark Dl.A02). Sull ivan and J ohnny Griffin play seven mstrumt'nts between them on 1h1s 1960 St't but evtn with the 1t1mmil.:k this 1s all rather a hore They are backt'd by Jod11i! Chr1.Shan (pno), Vic Sproles (bass} and Wilbur Campbell (drt)
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\L 00 \\ILLY: " By Thf' t 1rt>sld, .. (ll1'1 t ) on HAL2). Th, lat'-" anJ i.11/1 mu1·h ,dm•rrd >i i 11.,,,,. th smas • d, 1, n r ,pular ,,,nas 1n his 1n1m1tahl} rrlurd fashmn I t'W Stf'OI' ........ \ 10 and arranJ<'f hu thi><-t ses<.1ons v,h1d1 d<' lr,1m 1!132
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,11 , llk1· thr 11tl,· t rack, art II \,l,Mlh a llstrn
~4.LLY FIELD: " Tht FlylnM ~un" (RCA Vict or), Amrncan n· ,1(lrts<. Sall) "arbles (ht.· thrme nf hl"r srr1ts and a host 111 olhtr song'.'j wh1ch will mtan n,lthina to Bntrsh p<>p r1n.1o - and r1,:htl) ,o.
" GOLDEN HITS'' (MGM). Kt1th Skues int rod uces a stlecti,,n ol hi t~ from l95~ 10 J966 Artists mclude Conway T" illy, S heb W oo ney, J1mm) Jnnes, the Right tous Brothers and Lou Chnst1e
JOHN LENNON AND YOKO ONO: "Two Virgins" (Track). Continuous electronic music ""'1th occasional snatches or conversation
GARY LEWlS & THE Pl.A YBOYS (Sunset). Nothing very remarkt1ble about an
:::;!fe" th:b:~~:j~ p~r:~. Set,
BILL MEDLEY: " 100 ., (MGM). _ Mr Medley has a
~~~•~l ~~~d s~u~i~~p:el~~:~~~ ~1 songs and the backing group 1umps hke mad An excellent album
MELANIE: .. Born To Be" (Buddah). Youne AmerJcan
~~:re:ssiv~nd onsoni;:ite~eb~~ album. Her voctl style has auack and • nice earthiness while her songwriting seems
"i!fnnced. m a number of cases. of her twe.nty-one
)U• l :o Ont' lll h o, u \,l,tllk 51~>1.\ on the alhum bu l lhtse don' t dr-l rau from thr overall \' ll tct Well wurth 4 hsten
N A N A MOUSKOURI: " Son iu 0( My Country " (Fontana). Gret>k love songs, ona l son~" Bnd freedom
sonjt'I, all beautifu lly and ~voc1111vely sung
OMl:..GA RED STAR (Deen). A pop grou p from ll un;:t1r) Apparenlly tins is meant 1n he serious hul 1l sounds hkt' a take-off of v.ar iou~ pop s tyles rrom roc:k lt, psycht-delic
GARY PUCKETT AND THE UNION GAP: " lncrt>dlble"
~~~~). p~;~tl or~~~~f ng stut~ !ot r111ng h1., voice to th e poin t ol llt'Ute t'mbnrrassmt nl
JIM REEVES: " A Touc:h or Sndne'i.S " (RCA Victor). Tht Rtevt>s touch shines out sent1mrnta lly on prev iously unissuC'd m:Herial and some rt'•recorded sonRS. A b1I doymi;t a t times
BOOKER T. AND THE MGs: "Soul Limbo•· (Stu:). Tht'y are all good playe rs , but they haven't got as much
rocri:~g ~ ~ri~~sl~op dg:~1:r ~ espec ially when they play ·• Eleanor Rigby "
SOPHIE TUCKER: "Cabattt Days" (Fontana). Hard to sa y when this was recorded
;;ath0;;~.rir~~1i~:s !f1~ be familiar to Tucktr fans and she belts them out in the txpected extroverl way.
TURTLES: "Battle Of The Ban.ds " (London). Not as e.xatmg as it sounds, and nothing to do with the real band battles or yesteryear when Gene Krupa would dutl with Chick Webb! This is clean-cut " progressive" rock, which translated in English means over arranged studio pop as lifeliess as 1950 style BBC Light music .
VAR I OU S ARTISTS: " Groovy, Baby! " (Direction).
~.1!f~~eq~!;~~~:a.m/art~~~ Including Sly's " Dance To The Music," Bandwagon, Inez and Cha rlie Foxx, Peaches and Herb, Barbara Mason etc
INSTRUMENTAL THE AMAZING DANCING
BAND: "Volume 2" (Verve). Not tt:ally amazing, but very good and packed with top British sessionmen.
DUNCAN LAMONT ORCHESTRA: "This Guy" (Morgan). Recent pop hits played by Lamont's fine ttnor and large orchtstra. The record ing is first class stereo but some or the arrangements are a bit overdone.
MORTIER ORGAN MADELElNE: "Merry Go Round" (MGM). Stomping tunes played on the steam organ Reeks of Oortmunder Union
LAYAHANDO
HUMOUR
ST AN LEY BAXTER: " We Are Stanley Baxter"
(Phillps). Culled from Scots comedian Baxter's recent television series, this is a little disappointing. The majority or the material is mainly visual, a hhough the brill iantly observed " Parliamo Glasgow·· will have all Scots rolling about laughing
PETER COOK & DUDLEY MOORE: "Goodbye Again" (Decca). Excerpts from their TV series which have hilarious moments. But do people play thest humour albums more than once or twice?
BONZO DOG BAND : " The Do119hnu, tn Granny's Green house," We Are Normol ; Post· eo,d; Bcoullful Zelda; Con Blue Men Sing The White~, Hello Mobel, Komosulra, Humanoid Boogie, Trouse, Pre!U, My Pmk Helf Of The Oro1np1pe ; Rockal1'4tr Baby; Rh1nocrot1c Ooths; 11 Moustoc.0h1oed Daughters (Ubarty LBL IS) 13158).
ANYONE attempting the difficult task of
analyslng or even merely describing the Bonzo Dogs eventually ends up gasping vaguely about the Mothers Of Invention, Goon s, Temperance Seven, and a dozen more o d Io u s comparisons. Easier and more truthful to say the Bonzos are -
unique. Whether the humour and
thought processes that went into "Doughnut " can lnstanUy communicate to the great mass of people Is doubtful. The instant communication of their live performances was the main factor in their initial success In the days before chart success and national acclaim.
The band of Bonzo lovers has grown during the last two years, but the Bonzos themselves have
raced on ahead in their ideas and attJtudes.
fun I• still the thing-but on albums which serve as stethoscopes to their er• ratic heart beats, the mystification count may Increase to the point where " normals" are baffled, and this is doubtless part of their in• tention.
But anyone who responds to their anarchy, tradltlona11sm, and romantic idiocy will find this an inventive, entertaining and often funny selection of diversions, a deep draught of that heady wine - inspired nonsense. - CHRIS WELCH.
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The spirit of New Orleans DEA T H ha s overl.1k e,n George L ewis at the age of 68, a nd the event end s an impor ta nt and romJntic chJmpter in th e history of Ne'A- Orlc..i ns 1.izz.
V,h canno t s.iy th~~ are pl c nt,· mo r~ w he re h e c:amt' fro m C l.i r inet pla :icr:. 1n th t pu re New O rl t•fm s t rnd rt 1o n a n .> t hi n on th e n n11.tive ground
l ha: t h t'}' art' Vl:I\ II}' mur•
;~;~•·n~u~ ~h:~~audre1s :~f Ja~~~ popuhml\ and 1nflut'nce enJO}l'd h\,. l h r-. QUlt' I, sma ll , d1in1f1t·d mus ic inn who he-cam,. a lmmt unwdlm gl}, tht• fi1t url.'ht•ad nf an inlernatu•nal Ja11 movement
UNKNOWN I <'"-IS, who wa~ unkn ow n
11u1s1dt' h1 s home town for lht· first _q uart e r-ce ntury of h,~ musica l ca ree r, was sudden ly thrus t int o Jan prum mence hy a series of c-h11 nc-e happeni n1ts He was m his fo rt ies when th e hmt'ltjt ht fel l upnn him
l ht <:ollecto rs a nd historion~ who hego n a voyai;te of rtdi-.a,ve ry in the late Th 1rll(''> we rt' looking fo r Hu nk Johnson and the spirit
(l l an hOIC' jan. Thl'y hadn 't ht'ard uf Lewis.
A Jetter reached Bunk -H was mailed to th e New lbt'na pos tmas le r on a tip f rom Louis Armst rong - m 19,1"', and he replied . Mu ch o l wh at he sa id went into 1h t· hoo k, Janme n, and led 1c, a reassessment of fa cLs
~n°~• :~!e;i1; ~~~0e1a~~
1J J~~ Orleans," as Bunk 1ermed it .
HP d id n't men ti on Lew is, though he kn ew h im and had v. ork cd wi th him . But Bunk v.- aa \a lkm1 mostly or the
MAX JONES on George Lewis, the
New Orleans cla rine tt ist whose death ends
a n importa nt and romantic chapte r in jazz
first Jazz. playe rs; Kmg Bolden a nd himself, the Golden Ru le Band , Adam Oli vier , Bob Ru sse ll a nd Joe Rob ichau x.
Bunk was in hi• prime before l9\4, and l.ewi1 was
born onl y in 1900 (on J ul y 13). Noneth eless, George was playing with the Black E~gle Band in 1917, and with the Eureka, Buddy
:~\i1~ :::;1 :t,':r,:~v·j~~=
yea rs t ha t fo llowed. He had a band of his own
as ear ly as '23 , and he was playin g with bands such as Evan Thomas' Into the Thirlle,
It la his tory that Lewis
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and Johnson were un 1he stand with Thnm&s In a Loui!mrna dan(l' h&II the night in '33 the leader was mu rdt•rtd by a man named G1lhey
Georac recalled, when I interviewed him in London on his last visit here two years Oj!.0, how he'd been lucky to save his clarinet that niaht
" We wert: packing up at the end or the da nce when this fellnw stahbed Evan and sta rt ed hrt:a kin~ up everything he e;ou ld lay hands on. I'd just put my da r inet in this liltle case and tucked it away a t Lhe back of th e s tand, and t h1s cra1y man mi ssed i t "
Bunk Joh nson remem-bered somcthmJr else: "Gi lbey reaches ri ght ove r George and s li res Evan's th roa t, and the hlood pours ou t all over poor Gtorge. "
Thi s violence am ni;t on around George ic; ha rd to pi cture. He seemed to be the antithesis (?f the rough -andtumblc lrfe. the personifi cation of mildness
PARADES Rut in the biography, Call
Him George, Doroth y Tait
~1l~~n 1~t!a~~) n!';'i!e~f /hail
he was bad tempered as a yo un_g man and given to ~~~~i~~ ei.n spite of his s light
ga~:t~P o~t:h:~u;h:h~:1,: • h~; "battle-fraught career ' ' and ntver willingly fought again
" He loathed and feared all forms of weapons," says Doro thy Ta it . " He was to carry a gun only once, and
}~i~ ~n:~r:~tf; ~J e~: tah~k.s~I! neve r used it . "
B1:1t to re turn to George 's mus ic.. 11 1s clear he was
:::'w.ifue!~rpla~~-: p:::rJ~: or cl ub engagemt nts when
rib~oautl~hgee~~~:~ ,~u~r~~~i ~~ earn a Jivi ng
It was then that his health , nev er too good began to interfe re with work . Late in '35, he had a stomach operation and afte r
~~~\ ~e3cva11 i!'ten d~~~~~;ghi~
take anyt hmg stronger than tea or cofft:e, though he assured me he'd done h is sharl' long ago.
HANDSOME
Decca and V1ctnr Bunk's hand 1m,pired
scores cif disciples al home and in Eu rope. On thest" Johnson records. reissu t>d 1n
j~~~-m ~(o",\:ifle,GAdc-e T•":,~ Heafts and olhers, can be found some of thl"' mo<il impressive group variation~ in which Lewis took part
But his repulal ion rests on much besides From being ignored hy record companies for 25 years he
~: ;~;J:d ~he a;' o!tc lf en :;ouf ~ ~ mosl widely Imitated, of all New Orleans cla rinett 1!lts
Wh en Russell wished to record Bunk's hand for h is AM labe l in ' 43, he foun d
~~:150
'co~:t~ §~ne helO u!~~ Lew is' name on th e date, and those Stompe rs Climax s ides, with Kid Howa rd on trumpet , made as grea t a n impact as any o f the Bunks Fate was aga in pla ying for George.
With so many alhums lO his credit now , It would be hard to lis l them all, never mind selec t best be ts . He performs soulfully on blues and slow mel odics , or excitingly on the rags and stomps, on a great man y recordings.
They are J?,ood in a rugg ed way, t he earlie r ones such as the Bunks and Clima x New Orleans • Stampers having more vilalily and collective cl oseness in the main, while the heller late r ones show a full e r conception of the solo role
FLUIDITY Lewis was neve r the
highl y imag ina t ive solo c reator . He pe rformed th e dua l task of so loing with pe rso na l tone and feeling in the Orleans manner and embelllahln& the • nn mble
Swing, sens itivity, me lody and togetherness were. qualttles he looked for in ja7.-,, and m these matter:s he knew what he was doin g If he \ac-ked some techni ca l finesse - as did most of his groups - he. . had enough technical flu 1d1ty for hi s purposes.
Records which demo nsstrated his ensemble drive include " C li max Rag" on the Chmax set and many of the t racks on the other two
~1S!y ~o~~" ~
1~~;"~\iin~~ss~
tan " on Verve 's " New Orlea ns Jan Of George Lewi s," and the "Sam ts" ~';.,.#,Jow dele ted Tempo LP,
I'd ad vise h is many adm i-
~~~s t1o~~a r ftl; r~~~rie canLP! whi ch in cl ude the Johnson"' an d othe r th in gs w ith George, al so a ny America n Mus ic a lbums they can
!?fi!:· c~ ~~r t ~~t/~~d 5!~! of He_a rts " New Orlea ns Memories " fo r chea pness
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Records for all seasons JAU ON RECORDA Crllical Guide To Thi• First 50 Yearc;, by Albert McCarthy, Alun Mor~an, Paul Oliver and Max Harrison {Hanover Books, 42s) IT IS ('a11y tc, recnmmt'nd 1his book M a ref.--renu work to all who requin.factual information and co ncist- opinions 1r.out 1az.7 and hlues on rec~rd
A ~rest deal of cn t1c-al guidanc-(' and an 1mpr1:sslvc numher () ( facts and figu res are packed in i~ 400 pa~es At two ~u1n ('311, I'd say ii look!! 11kt" solid, las.t ing va lue
The t itle may sound familiar to older hands A fi rs t edition of Jan On Recmds - written by Charl es Fox, Alun Morgan, Pete r Gammond a nd Alex is Korner - came o ut 1n 1960
At th at 1i me we ha iled i t as " A mos t useful volu me fo r coll ecto r11 in genera l a nd pa rt icula rly those who a re m the early s tages of b uildi nit a represent a ti ve li hra ry o f jazz d iscs •·
Much the sa me can he sa id o f its successor except that th is 1s b igge r a nd bette r-l ookin ~. dea rer by fa r (the o rig ina l was 5s) an d. in my o pinion,
SUN RA ava"t ga rd e covered
mo re success fu l in a lm os t
r:.1ftew~~·dlta!• ~~r~ a s It is poss ible to be with so man y names, numbers and record titles.
Th~ book :;ch. out to pn:sen~ readvrs w ith a llllle pen portrait of the 1mpor tan 1 Ja1:7 and hluc,; men and selel"t recorded example s of tht'i r wo rk on mu.:ro~rnove dlSl"S -tha t ll>, 1-.Ps aod LP:..
In thi s 1t s ucceeds hril lmn1l y. and th t• onl y c r111c 1sm:. I could lev el would be re lative ly trivi a l unes abou t the odd o m1s s1o ns like Albert Kmg t BB u, th~ onl v K in~ prese nt), Wild Bill Dav1 son , C1:111 v Cutsha ll Eddil' Miller, Lou Mc: Garity, Johnny Windhurst, Joe Ru shton and o ther t rad 1tiooal playL"r'i whu receive pll!!SlnK ment io n at best
Modern J07nnen 10 _
cludm ,:: th e avant~i.:ard lSl.!"., a re dt.alt with gt nerous ly Max Ha r ri.son, W~<, l"On<.erns h imself w11h st} li ,t ic extreme!. from Bunk J{ihn :mn t~
: 1~h!: :1~Jy Ay le~n w~~h co un ts
McCa rthy a nd Morgan
~ho. wi~l -rai-i-::~~~d ,:i~i~~ts ca 11 l> tir up the sort of ent hus ias m w hich has vo u r eachm~ fo r t he h alf -for ~~li~; i~~nte r nr Leb ter
chie~~.rt~a~f mrvt'et\~ri~~
;~a rt~ll~~ ~1bi~t (~hc,f:t
13um~n, too) and he
~d~fr~~1:0
~~it~qoure:~1:~h~
re-<.ommendt'd reco rd,; Not ever}l th in1,: ,, w ri t-
~e-;r~ bhe~::Jl' b~1u; dI.~!~
add it ional c·on tn bu ron, a mnng th~m R, ,nu ld At· k.ins. J im Burns. J .'.lck ( oc,kL', fddtl' Lamht'rt
anf\ ~•i~!t ~~rlfs~~d w ith th(_ b rtl! hlt.~ I Tcdd 111i;: nf
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MEI.ODY MAKER. January 11, 1969-P•i• 17
Trade Talk SOUND SENSE SOUND SCENE
R OG~~~1:~n~~7:.:~e~;, \\ h1ch used to b('o made at 1:.d~" •rt- by Boose) a nd •~imkes (Sa les) Ltd. a re nn\\ be m~ made enlltel \r In , he U!-.t \ _ To pro mo t'e th r nt'\\ a ll-Ame rica n JC.:tr, llS drum Sia r Ro) Rums "111 g h e drum clinlc<i o n Februa r y 2 ln Londo n (a ft e rnoon°) and Blrmin~~ a m (eHn lnJ::) , p lus Bns to l (3), \fanchcsl <' r (4) , Let'ds (5) a nd f d inbur~h (6).
• Joe Wildbore, mus lc:-indu.str)· personalit y for mott- tha n l2 yea rs, has Jol nt'd the expanding sa les sta ff o r Rosetti a nd Co Ltd as North-West Representa tive. Roselli now ha, e s ix ~a lesmen ca rryin g a cata logue co,·ering a wide range or Instruments and act-essories, recently enla rged by t he introduction of high-quality low-pr ice elect r ic reed an d electronic orJ::ans.
• Levers-Rich Equ ipme nt Ltd a re negotiating sales to majo r US s tud ios to ta lling £375,000, Including a £70,000 multi-track Installat ion for the Ross-Ace Record ing S tudios, which will be equipped w ith eight 8-track one- inch tape co nsoles, eight 4-track c on so les a nd sev-
eral ne"' Type E Ma rk 6 ! •inch ta pe recorde rs.
• Orange Mus ical In• dus trles Ltd h3ve received a £100,000 e xport orde r CO\ erini; 12 months from a big Fre nch mus ica l in strument firm with a cha in of shops. New clien ts for Orange a t ho me lnc:lude John Mayall , Empero r Rosko a nd Dave Dee and Co.
• The firs t Hammo nd o rgan , made 34 years ago 3nd o r iginally owned by th e Paseo Me thodis t Church in Kansas Cit y. has been presented to th e Smithsonian Institute In Washingto n, DC. When th e fi rs t Ha mmo nds w e re bro ugh t into the UK, the y w ere alloca ted their own serial nu mbers, so the o r igina l s ho u kl not be confused with Ha m mond 001, w h ich was bought by Robi n Richmond.
• Gu ita r p laye r a nd teacher Dick Sadle ir has arra nged a Strum•A-Son g book fo r camp, college or club, which Incorporates simple chords for fo lk o r traditional music a nd chord symbols for guita r, ba nJo and accordion . It is published by Feldma n a t Ss.
I II AVI- owned a Ham mond
years oLnldOOwo0:ftnno~rl i~:,~!
b~~ 111 '°flnlr0
f:ss~~ffia~u1~0 r~o
~r: vne1fr! Ot ~~ ~~1rf°~51
Jl;,m~: Jacluon, Peckham.
St Giles Music Centre, 16 St Giles Street. London, WCI specialise in this conversion 1ind have done it for leading art1Stll and J roups, in cl ud ing Stevie Winwood , Amen
g~~~se.r , e1~.h~~d~h~~i ioSrfe~g:! not adversely affe ct the
~rp~~;a~~~a~~ 1\on;~s~u~\'.,~~~ £80 and take s about two weeks.
CAN gJl~~r ::~ s t~~gsw!~~: being used by the leadguitaris t of the Honeybus when they appeared In "Colour Me Pop"? - A. W. Cotton, Bromsgrove.
J im Kelley, lead-guitarist with th e Honeybus, plays a Fender Sunburst Telecaster, which he bought a rew months ago from Tlch, of Dave Dee, Dozy. Beaky Mick
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~~~d f'hi:n°cot:r! i;linia~~II ; ~~~:. You gradually lea rn . how to write fo r brass. s trings and saxes sect ions because you can use both hands on the keyboard to discover those
-----------------------------------------. big, beautiful eight-note
For expert advice on purchasing and playing-see your local dealer spread chords used by all the success rul arrangers today
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JIM KELLY , A Fender bought from D~ve. Dee'1-
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so ge t the lad cracking r!Jht away an d good luck to hun - JOE HENDERSON.
J 'VE j~~:~i~c:a~~ dn LP!! Quedo Brass and my son and I, bo th tru mpet p layers are knocked out by the fanla.stlc trumpet section. Can you give me the line--up and reveal the Id entity of Chaqulto? - Bob MIies. Todmorden.
You're not the only ones who are so impressed! A big Amen ca.n agent . who asked Fontana record ing ch ief Jack Baverstock if he could book the band for personal appearances in the States, thought they came from South Amer•
~~athebnet~~us;.ct~ae1ly, 5(:h~~UI~~
Is ....-t&me violinist Johnny
:-=r,~1:J':d-.:r. cal di rec.tor. noted for hi•
~0u~f/eiee ~~b~: 1~a~";=~~c~~
ed in London and it is Impossible to supply thP personnel. as it consis ted of freelance s tars who varied from one session to another, hut the ins trumentat ion was six trumpets. fou r trombone-. an d seven rhyth m.
wH:~ pw~~ng ; olorh~I~; section I keep n:peatlng th e same. cllches. How can I become more Inventive. -Howard Black, Avonmouth.
w~~~c.,!1,th :1t~h!s, i!o fci~:1~! you·ve got pleni of them and
~~er~ i(ei~ie 1tes i t~;;' tgn;:t
out or the rut Improvise on nu mbers you know well in keys you're not used to. You'll fi nd the cl iches that work in nne key may not work in others, or are so uncomfor• tahle that it is easier to fi nd new ones . When playing with
:ha~hy;~::1 w6i1~0
~"or~!riy 1~:
Li sten more in tent ly to what th e others are doing and try to integrate rather than pursue your own ideas
fn~: :x~: nS~~er_ pl;r:~rs l m~~~ teacher PETER SANDER.
CAN I get a violin pick-up
guitar r~p1JJ! r? t~our:. J~ Knott, Heme l Hempstead). Who is the featured trombonist on "Starlight" (Decca LP ACL 1074) by the Johnny Oout•s Orchutr.1? - (W. ::~sri:i~ N~~int~~)-Pli~! st~: Pan?~C. Williams, Llangollt n).
The v1ohn pick-up }'OU want 1s lh t' DI! Armond 700 The lrmnbom!il .,.. as Jack 8am P1p,i- or Pan are obtainahle lrnm music shops, price 2s 3d. or 2!1 9d pust trt-1: lrom
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I HA~!; ~::~u:i"~~~:! ::,~:~ th e Mellu1ron and would Ilk ~ to kno .... how 11 .... -ork"-. - 8 . \ . Applebl , Nrth.
I ht .,,,und JJ todUCl'd t,, 1h1 \ll•ll , ,1ro1i a rr .1t t u11I uul :n,11 ,1n,ul11lul. _.., v. 1lh lht> , \ 1 I on., ! ore,1 I hl"lo h• ~•ir .an
been pre-recorded on tape So 1f a player selects " flute.' " the keyboard becomes a re.al flute . This does not mean that any tune or melody has been recorded - only the chromat-1c 11n1le notes of each illfll'llmetl.l Tlltre 11 I choice of 12 dlft'etent Jead in-
:1t~~'!!en!1 ~: •~:~~n H~;
~rn~~1ene~f~\!~~ fi;i~le l~rki: ~~~~:;td · rhJtic;.: ~ re ch~! from, enabling the pl ayer to accompany h, mselr in an y rhythm which he sel ects. The rhy th ms have been pre-record• ed on tape In lhe co rrect cho rd seq uence - Musical director GEORGE CLOUS· TON.
W HEN was Paul Anka's hit son2 " Diana,•• re.
leased In Brll.aln and bow long did It remain In th• charts? - John Thomas. Roath, Cardiff.
It was released in 1957 . cam e mto our c.hart at No . 12 on Augu.sl 17. was No 1 rrom September 7 tc'I October 26 inclu sive and rts~;is at No 18 on ianuary
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J HAV!n•~uf::!~e 1A=~ ;u~o:n~e~r ;::::: ~°::t. •~",\!; fingerboard. Why 11 Ibis? -A. B. _ Garbett, Colchester.
Thi s can be cau sed by un even frets. mc.orrec tly a dJUsted t russ rod in ncc.k. or too light n gau ge s tr ing S(.'( at too low a height over fl ngerb_oa rd . For every g uitar there 1s an optimum gaug:1> of strin g _and a ny attempt to 1 0 to a lighter gauge will invitr ra ttle . Necks should be alm os t but not qu ite straight A slight " dishing " (bow) is ~h e n t he means of elim tn• t · mg buzzing Filing fret~ i.s nn t necessa rlly the answer, a nd unless done by a g uitar speciali st, can res ult 1n a n expens ive: refret . The two points o r suspens ion nut and bridg~, mu s1 be 'u am,ned period ic.ally to sec tha t the: s trings have not cul w,d~r a nd deeper grooves . If you are tn doubt, don' t fiddle. Take your guitar to a specialise dealer or repai re r - PETER DYKE. Ba ldwin Burns Ltd , St Giles Str~et , London, W C I
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FOCUS ON FOLK
IT'S NOT often you'll see a pri me minister vu u U a rcnce to hug a fo lk singer. The prime minister In qu-es• tlon It, t he Canadian pr emier, Pierre Trudeau, and {he rolk s inger, Vern Jo hn• 'i0n ,
The r(' ason for M r Trud ea u 's 11thleUc fea t wH tha t Vera ha d Jus t 5ung , a ppropriately, " Pi ere Trud eau " 11 1 a n elec• tlon ca mpaign meeting a t th e Ca na di an town or Fort tang ly.
The song described Tr udea u as helng " cult " and "as-
~ut~1~';-f;11~neo ul~~e t~h~a i:o~
n1nn jump a rt": nce. VNn had bl'cn s ln1tlng ond
campaign ln,: fo r ano lhe r parl y bul was Invited by Trudeau 's party, Chi' Llbero ls, 10 sin g a t th<'lr meetin g. Need less to say the election was wo n by Trude11u.
Ve~:.e l~~~hr~~bt:n~r:tc~f:;e h~~ gultnr, mav not be everyone' s Image or a folk s lni;tc r bu t once on s tage .she comma nds attention, whethe r It's In • folk c lub or, as s he once had occa5ion to appear, In t he
:0~~)'~~1:::rc s~~~bun~~nc~.~~ couver.
Vtr11 has a lways writte n son,ts since ch ildhood , but 11 was Just under two years lh nt she slarted writing them se rl• ousl)'.
Until then, he r mai n int e rest had been wrlt lnK fictio n and I 953 foun d her t> lecied to th e Roll of Honour of Bes t Ame rican Short S to r ies fo r a s tory tl tl ed Th(' W ay Is Ha rd And Wenry published In Canadia n Foru m.
" I've a lways had a lo t to
:::( w~~t~ ;:'~~~ 11~ ,~~~d~~ fict ion and speeches but I fi n a lly decided to sa1 It with songs.
" I think It beca me e as ier writ ing bl' lt<' r sona'i tha n :at fi ru . The s wl1c h ~-ai,;n ' t dlffic:u ll becau .. e I alwan had .-rluu .onp oa ud -. . .................. ft ftrly .... th• I h• , bl"C'ft re• corded b\l J uhn ~~use, and Hurl h ·es s;u n,: o ne ur my sona.1, In lhe f"n 1tval H &IJ in 1953 ...
FOLK NEWS M 1 ~1~~!:e:( P ~1scov:; :~ on a farm and later recl,rded in 1959, last Vl'iltt'd this
~~~~1'J'1u:Sili~~;:~~I A:~:i c-~~
returns for u tnur urgan1~~•d b\ the National Blue!. f-Cdl'r • at1on and one < lub he will ".1511 dur1nR his trip 1!11 t he t o lk Blues Bm,tol ilnd Wt·sl. ar the F-"ull \foo n. Swkeo; Croft . Ht! i,;: thtr e on 'v1arrh 2 Thl' Dh.irm a Hlues Ba nd art ~~t> c-luh's iuest~ on Janua ry
C.anad ,an 1micr and sonl( wnt('r Vf' ra Jo hri ,.o n lln1llhf'd her c-urrent lour herf' In Mart:h. hut ~t il l he~ ~omc vacant doles Vero can be c.on lacled at 0 1-D72-064~ Meanw hile. Vera con ht seen and heard •l fl vde folk dub, C.he,hirc (J11nuury 91. Lough tnn . Enex (16). S in~ fl ("rrw(' (l!.l), Ncwpurt . Mon (25), Lo FleilR, Fulhnm Road, London (2!1 ), 1hr lrCluhadnur (26), Oq >ina, ton (27)
MOVED l ht Toad Ha lt f·olk Clu b
movrd r, rcm1:-;c~ art r r th rt' t Har11 at the <.:cn lra l f-lotel. E.:., t Ham tn t ht- Gcnl'ra l t-hwtl<11 k. li lgh Rnnd. lllortl IHI Wt•ck They o pent-d aga in w11h DI, Dl slry ,,n January 3 Olhtr gut 1~ lml'd up 1ndudt'I thf" Pa nam• Llmltt-d Jui B•md 11nd lht• Vo un 1t TrRdlt lon
T•,m,irro"" (f-nd11.v) lh(' Ken Cnlyt•r Jin RMnd -'f'JPCJr 111 the I a Flt' ta. Fulham Roud I ,,ncJ,,n v. ll h ~u1t11r"I Dtnn),' Wrl,thl ppc:u1n,: on S.itu1 d,1\ c llh.-1 J:ut ,t ,lurmr J,1n11lltY 1ndm1, (;JIU \uny, l,•r 071 (i trr> l odcra n (1-.1 \ 11u1hr rn ltrinih ln .. i.'•J Ve r.a Jnhn u 1n (~'51 rmd \lcl 11 11 UrnH m,,n P I bnmr 11
R1lph H-1rrr t1 , ,,. 1dt nl lnl(.• r JI ht W,,rk nrl \lt,Jr11,
<ind I url "' luh ,:, 1..- "
;:1:~ Ir~~ 1: I :~ 1~in ~t~rt -~~I In 111,111" ,t Adull frlul 11 n
s lblv live, As a songwrite r, Vera lend s
to be to pica l In 1ubjecL She sure.hes news papers for s tories th a t will provld~ her with ma terial.
fa;· J fr~~ mo!~!~P':~~:~u b~~ some come from nowhue," SI YS Vl'ra.
" I've sel a pol'm by buskl' r Alan Young to musk. Whl'n J flrs t Jandt:d In Londo n I &0 l In with the but ke r~, lndudlng
~:; ~•:tlirkemaann~"A la n Young
Ve n has es lablis hed htrselr well o n th e fol k s cene, a nd Is kept busy with club bookings and a ppearances In co ncerts plus s pots o n s hows lik,: Counlry M eets Folk .
" The Brilis h folk scene hu nothing to co mpa re wit h ii ," says Vera . " The Ca nadi an coffee houses are s trictly for comm ercia l ent erta inm ent a nd the atmoshere Is co mple tely different. "
A hu g fo r V e r ,1 fr om Ca na d ia n pre m ier Pie,,e Trud e.1 u . Born In En~la nd a nd
brought uo In Canada and now retu rning 10 Brl la ln to give ru ll express ion to her folksinging and writing talents, Vera has found he r loyalti es being div I ded.
Vera, bo rn in our own Blrm- To ron to, and 1he Beers Family ingham originall y, has done Festiva l at Foxhollow, New well w ith her Hclio n wr ltln~ York tollowed. Eve rywhere the and Is now doing equa lly we ll critics praised her . wil h her songs. It was w hile she was •~
s o~~c; ~::ii:!a~k~'l':* :~ i'fl~ f:t~n:u:et i~e J~~e~;;kd o,°!; " Because I have ties in t"'1u
places now," comments Ve ra, " I guess I'll be commuting fo r t he res t or my life." -TONY W ILSON
when she bo ugh t • Burl Iv~ s he was spotted by CBS re• record fo r her sis ter. cords and soon Vera will be
Vera bought htrse lf a g ul- -::===================:, ID r a na look It fro m th ere. I , " By th e fa ll o r 1949 I had
my own rad io programme In Va ncouver," s he r e la tes, "and the n I sang off a nd o n In co ffee houses in a nd a ro und Va ncouver. ''
Ve ra's first visit he re was In 1966.
' ' I'd bee n wait ing t o come over here for 20 yea rs. I wa nte d lo v isit r elalions a nd see the folk scene."
Vera stayed a yea r a nd the n, towards lhe end or 1967, re turned to Canada, working ns .s secre ta ry and s lniina in her spare time,
Then In 1KB Pe tnufled &o ..,_,..,,, C.Drontle for die fellr ffftlnl and appeared at lhe Newpo rt Fo lk Fes ll val (" J
i~: :•tm~n o~~ ~~~'fi~~f1~o~~~ shops.")
fo lk fes tivals at Mariposa,
STEFA N C~OSSMAN
K~w Road , Richmond, on J onua ry 13
Sweeney's Men will tour c lub! in Februa ry a nd March They n ow work as a duo -i ·erry W ood~ a nd Johnny Moy nihan - an d arc booking t hrough J ulia Creasey a t Nl'ms Ente rPtrises (0 1-629-,~~V 1r1~~,o~~~r n~!n~:;~ ncd and hvmg in Sweden
~ Hedy West, wnh Mar1 ln
~;~:~ ~~d c~:cYeerl S:'t""~~r.,..k, ru.tll"s ( 1lv H111I on J anuarv 12. Thto High Lt>vt'I Ranter\ w,11 o\su ._harr !hr h ill
Junu.ir I:! , , .. s r~rr> Go uld a lhl• IUf'~t Ill lht Stonfmcl At m<i h1lk dub ll n1:ht,1 n Tim tl iart ,111,il Madd)' Pr lC'l r ,lpp, ;,r th, rr I IIU,11} lf,
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ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL Friday, Ja nua ry 3 1st, at 8.00 p.m.
Roy Gue st and Vic Lewis present
DONOVAN in concert
Tlckm, ~2/-, 30 /-, 21 /-, 15/ -, 10/ - fro m R.F H. (Tel. WAT 319 11 and oil u ~u ol lichl agencies >. Nem1o Presentation .
Also al Free T1ode Hall, M a nchester, on So t ., Feb. ht, at 7 .45 p.m. Tickets: 25 / -, 20 / -, 1.5 / •, 10/ - from Hime & Addison, 37 John Dolton Street, Manchester (Tel . 8LA 80 19)
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I FAIRFIELD HALL, CROYDON Wednesday, January 15th, al 7.45 p.m.
Basil Dougla s ltd. p resents
PACO PENA Flamenco Guitarist
Tickets: 17/ 6, 15/ -, 12 / 6, 10/ 6, 7 / 6, fro m Box Office, Fo;,field Holl (01 -688 9291 )
NEWS EXTRA
Solo single for Bell
liACK from h1s South Afn· con tour, stra,,tht into a wt"ck 111 Batley Variety Club-Solomon King f c.m nd
~~alt~;tc•h;i~1t1i~n. a :\~i
b<Jokin~s a-. rar :1 hrod n,.. April
WIJ I IA\.f HF\ l . high in lhf \1'1 thllrl v. 1lh Jud)' ( 18)' nnd •· r,1v•I" Numher •· h11~ a Jnln "ntlt.· rtlt'M~d nn s,.,, on I t1dA)' fl"il tltlt"d ' I F11rJ;ol 1" Hf Your LOVf'r '
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~,unto da~ 111t('d "San;J Mnn •• Othfr ,,nRltt ~chedu lt"d for
n:lf': '\(' on Friday lnclud, T~tannoHuru~ Rex's " Pewter Suitor," R1ch11rd's .. A Lhtle ~11," OtrTHtn Oouraklue•,;: "(uatschok •· and Tod Miller's "Rainbow (.;ity."
SCULPTURE CANCEL LOVE Sculpture. a t six In the ~M Pop 30 with "Sahre Oa.nce,'' have ca ncelled thc1r American tour which wa• due en dart on February I
A spokesman st.atetl on Monday that the reason was lc~d guitarist Dave Edmunds asked fo r the tour to be po,,tponed to enable him to marry 20 year old Veronka Seglnv, at. Ll andaff Cathedral, (ard1ff on February 8
MOVE FOR STATES THE. MOVE leave Britain for a four•week Amtrican wur on January 27 . NeROtiations are undtr way for them to follow this with a week in Japan
• uu 1 .. 1dtt' Al l)r1• '\f'Ol. WI' IIH' walllnlo( lflr a ,tudto to be ava,l•hh· ... ~ that we un tut tht v1,.._a1 hlt>nd or ,aeh w11h Ttin) and Allan Only afttr thh. will I t\nal dtcition he madr •·
DOORS SINGLE DOORS ntw singlt- "Touch Mt," whi ch will he released in Bntau, on J,rnuary 31, is c-llmhin• op the Ameri<'an chart-t
Ahcr two weeks It has reached No 18 Jn Billboard, th e American trade magaz.ine. Brass and tiring, are featured on the record which Is re leased on Elektra
FOUNDATIONS RUSH THE FOUNDATIONS hope to ru~h- reltue the fo llow-up to •· Build Me Up Buttercup" by tht first week of Ftbruary before they leave for their America n 1our
era~h~~m~~~s c~~i i1~~inF011~e;: up Is nkety tn be a Macau-
!~f ~~h';ei~d 01~~!;s B~l~~~ You Left Me." Thr group go into the stud io on Wednesday
On February 7 th, group record for the Tom Jones TV spectacular Th, group leave for their Amen ca n tour on February 28.
JULIE'S GUESTS GEORGlb 1-ame and ~uitarl.sl Pacn Ptna are Julie Fcl1x'i guest• on htr soc;.2 show, Once MMe With Felix, 011 Janu1ry 14
Othrr hookings for th e show include Ma r tin earthy and Dave Swa.rhnck (21) and the Strawb1 (2K)
MOODY BLUES TOURS THE MOODY BLUES make a short tour or col1e,es next month after comp1rt1ng work on their new album .
They appear at Kings JJ Aberystwyth (Fthruary 6); Old
~~~ot~n (:)~feg~fc1Smith5°C~=
lege. London (14); Liverpool
~;:;'i!;'i~~151!)~d sier~~~1 8~::
versity, London (22). They return--1.o America for
another tour th is SprlnJ
SPRINGFIELD TREK SPRINGFIELD PARK are to make a six-w,ek tour of
~~f::::: Sl~~lrnn:1~n ;~J~ /U· Their next single. to be
recorded during the next few weeks, will be a Phlllp Goodhand-Tait song
th~~e s~~~~ 1!1b~~~en,!lio~~
11 ." which will be released m late Ma rch. A full British tour ls bt1ng lme.d up for the group In April
TOPLESS LADYBIRDS SACKED HOLLIES SEARCH SEARCH for a new Holl~ to replaC'~ G raham Nash has narrowed down to just three meo
So far. over 90 applicants have been considcred to toke over from Graham, whose shock deC'is1on to quit tht r:r'lies was made last No-.·em•
Spokesman Robin Britten
~ ~eof M~ht on m:-1.ond:;: members of well-known groups, tht other 1s an
THE Toplus Ladybirds, Den-mark's bare-bosomed but
group , were sacked h.alf-way thnuah their • naag,m,nt at Edlnbur9h's C.asablanca Club. After four nights lhe four Ladybirds, who had bun pulllng In only a lrlcklt or customers, were told to go by Caublanu owner Brian Waldman, who de nied tha t he had sacked them because not enough peopl e were turning up.
" Wh en I booked lhtm I did so from a picture u nt to me by thtlr British agtnl," ht said. " On tht fourth night I sudden ly discovered that two or th• gi rls ph1y1ng In my club wt-re not In th.at orlain al pie• turt- I Immediately told them :
TUITION P4 JH' word A B~LLAO ~U11: 1n.i: t",:irn:-r Ctm· BLUES GUITAR IUlll.on fro ~~ :~~~ ,~'n!:"•,!.~~i..tr•!~" \;,u )C1Un1;, pru(t'4'"ional blue~ \:ull3t i.•t.11rd • nd t;\Ub,.. 1il11n)" form"' !!!,1t. ~:~•~bi1ew~'"\-a ~f:Mr "\Ud.-nl nnw •tar~ on tV ,md CUUUNn / sa.x•11911a lt'C!•lfd'< Prul<'"llhhfll .. u,k ..... lUlt ion, bcgtnntrl advant:l'd , tau }.Ur<'d for 11 11 full y-1r1uncd 1mprovl a. lion . - Tri Winston stodt•nr~ Tt I RIV P21-.. for \'Uh,, lngr,1m, 01--459 250 lnst rumcn1~ lt•!il Ill a1>~t•s11 ruur pntt<nlll'II •upplwd
A BRANO NEW J;Ul l,1r .,1ud111 COMPLETELY OVE RCOM E ALL ll l)W open. f'rOfC"j;S1oual 1U ill(ln DRUMM ING PRO• LENS AT cla111fral ur modt'tn from 10• ROGER KERR'S DRUM STUDI O. dally - MOd('Tn Sound . 128 - POL 1324. Char1n !( Crns.. Rnad, WC2 CO\' DRUM TUITION beclnntrt> t 11!1
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0ln1~~~ H-;lth LEC.,~1t~ ERIC GILDE R SCH OO L OF
Nu ENTt>rprl'l(' ,137 MUSIC ror all vocal aod ln&lru• ALL INSTRUMENTS, mu <tc .and menial lu!Oon West-End Studios
~1;{trovJsalion . sln,tlng - fll -373 Reg. Offlc<" : •8 The Glade, CrO)': ALL STYLES POP SINGING. ~:r-.~:0 ?QD, Surrey. Tel. Ol·
MAURICE BURMAN SCHOOL. PN• GUITAR, BANJO. BASS, all sonal or posu11 tolllon . hulnner~ s tyks 1)n1 lUl.134 Jnd1v1<1) -encnur.a,tt•d.-137 Bkkl•nhall MIO· f"rt'd Gt'IHOII, 01·7'3 812-7 11on11 Blllwr S:lrt-cl L,mdnn Wl GUITAR , CLASSICAL. folk Phont' 01-4.811 2H6 ' blut•,. - CotJk, 1")22 11011 ' fo:T al1j-A~~-t~m~~~~~IJ1fnci1•J~f~g 92~5UITAR TUITION. - 01-67• ~::~_o'w1~1;c!~dn l~ra~~~~ lo~'t~;: dr~~CKl:lllon~ R~EV?~9 21~f~claJIH !her detail, contact Wes1ern ORGANIST BEGINNER sreki Music Co. Lid . RIV 5824 or CRO proft'\"lilonal musician urs,;en tly 12•8. ror lt'"<.1,n"li Blut-1 modern jazz
AUIREY FRANK SAXOPH ONE - 352 7114 )Un Roth CLARI NET TUITI ON. Be(inners ORGAN / SONGWR ITIN G piano to adonced. - 1112 Tht" Whlle Brg;nnrr• welcnm(' - 722 981' Hous~ N W.1. EUS 1200. ut 182. PIAN O - REG 2040.
NO W OPEN : N!:W GUITAR
STUDIO Profess,ono l Tution, dossicol or modern
Also string boss ond boss guitor
001\y from 10 o .m.-6 p .m.
MODERN SOUND 1 28 Chari n g Cron Rood
Lo ndo n, W. C. 2 Tol. 01 -2401 167
TOMMY WHITTLE for person~! tonor saz tulUnn - BUS 3352
TRU MPET TUITI ON. - Tele ph11nt• 01 -41Hl 2~•:, ln!litrumt•n lfi su ppl wd
That's It ! You ' re out! " Said Mr Bob Poller. whose agency Is handling the griaup's threemon ths Brit ish tour : " I did no! sell Hr. Waldma n a photograph
t~d~0b~~ds~lr:,p1!4s~ :~~!:t al~=
that's what he got."
Hlchellc, 23-yur-old topless guitarist, addtd ~ " We arc very upset. This has never happened to us before. Audiences were terri bl e, but this Isn't the s:ort or club we're used to pl.aylng in . We 're going back lei London , and the ca11ce ll.atlon means that we'll be out or work until J anu ary I when wt have a thrt•e•nlghl engagement In Norw ich ."
RECORDS FOR SALE 1/- per word
RECORD BAZAAR, so.ooo t, nm 21· Wrltl• tor llllii. 110-& Arllylf! Sf C.1.1"1,0W
l,S• M 451 , LPs for t.1111• MJny r.ir,- <lrl<'llon1 lndud, d St•nd 1 a, for \bl w Moun· n, MIii
On Sunday '12). he !!tarts a w.-1•k doubling 1hr Starlitc> (luh at Blackburn, ond lhc Uhtm·t Cluh, Burnley, and thf' followtn~ wte.k will .tP· pear al La Strada (luh, South Shield,;
Then follow lhc Ba-Ba Club, Barnslt)· (Feb !f). Garrtck t:luh, L~igh (2:i), Tito's, Car• dllf (Mar 2), C.:resta Cluh,
~~1~1 nfJ~8~he (A~~:th,
6)'Fc:~-~
dou\>llnA the UrOBdway Club, P11ilswnrth on April 13
MIDLAND dub dee.Jay Mal• colm Jo.y Is rapidl y estahlishina himselt as an enter• 1ainer - thangii to a he lping hand from Mike Carroll, boss or the Rio GrBnde Club. Birmingham
Every Sunday at the Rio, Malcolm takes the s tage to compe.re the entire show, and sings a rew numbers ror good measure.
For the rest of the week he spins discs at the Belfry, Sutton Co ldfield (Monday and
~::::rdrtJes~~~~erl~e B~~~~t down, Kitts Green (Wedn esday), the Bolero, Wednesbury (Thursday), and Samantha's, Covent ry on Friday.
Johnn y Harrison, piani st• organ ist with the Phll Langton Trio at the Kon-Tiki Club , Wakefield, Is becoming widely known as an arranger. Among the bands and artists for whom he ha!I recently written scores, are the BBC Radio Dance Orchestra, Salena Jones. Elalnt Delmar and NOO ~~nlft{~~b nrtlst, Johnny
STILL another booking for
~hid~:d)l~rfJ:~s 6~1is-!~~~~ ( 12), they start a week at the 700-senter Ace Of Cluhs in Leeds.
Attraction .at the "Ace" for the following week (19) will be Eric Delaney and his Band
THE BANDWAGON brought down the house with their " Bringing Down The Walls 01 Heartache·• at .the Club Lafayette, Wolvtrhampton, just before Ch ristmas. Result - a
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SOLOMON AT BATLEY AFTER S. AFRICAN TOUR qu ick return hOokin~ f)n Feb
,u~.rfh! crowd iust wouldn't let them io," uld Lor11yette host Geurgc Maddox . "The
f11n,\~ ~~~~lv:J°~~ S,'e hi!u~•.m:; lht' Pt!ddlers."
Ten Year, After arc diit a1
}~flo!~J' b~on;~:t F~~ri~::11~~
Sunday (12), Jelhro Tull (16), and the Rtbel Rouser~ ( 17)
THE STEERING WHEEL club at West Bromwich, plan, lfl hook II nam e attraction at least once per month following the successful appearance of Diana Dors, prior to Chris lmas.
"We already have in mind arlists such as Jimmy Tarbuck, Frankie Howerd, the BarTOn Knights, and the Ivy League," says manager Roger Davis .
The Steering Wheel is the Thursday home or Midland
RADIO JAZZ
BRITISH STANDARD TIME FRIDAY (10)
4.0 .-.m. J : Big Ba nds (Fri, Mon-Thurs} . 4,10 J : All That Jazz (Fri Hon•Thurs). 10.S J : Jau Unllmlted . l..50 p.m. J : Big 8.ands (Fri , Mon-Thurs), 6.30 T : As ror 11.30 Dally, except Sund.ay. 7.10 Hl : Jazz. 10.0 V: sound or the Big a.ands. ll ,30 T: Harlene ver Planck.
~ e~sT~r.Lll~!~ta,:g:ndJiris. Ayi2~5
a. m. Bl and 2 : .la:t:l At Nlaht.
SATURDAY (11) 2.5 a.rn, J : Jnz Unlimited .
4.5 J : Finch Bandwagon. 12,0 noon B): J an Record Requesu (Steve Rut ) . V lS p.m. Hl : Aildio Jau Magazine. 10,1 Al : French Jazz Crou~. 10.)0 Q: Pop and J au. 11.15 A2 : Cat To Know Jazz, 11.30 T: Pop and J .au. U .O T: Goodman. Hontgomt!ry, F e 11 Ci ii n O • Duke, Mingus.
SUNDAY (U) U .5 p.m. J : Finch 8.andwagon.
7.0 Bl : Hike Rave.n"s R and B Show. 1.)0 Bl : J azz On One
pert<>nallty dt-~J•Y Barrny Bnry. NAMF OATES-Ceor&le flme at the Cavrndish, NcwcHll", and Wetherell•. Sundrrl1nd (this cu rrtnt wrek) and at Monk Bretton SOclal Club and the ( avcn d11h Club, Sheffield, sUrtinK January 19 Dinny Wllll1m1 at La Doktt Vita, Newt.attic, doubling th,. Latmo. South Shield• (alto January 19) The flowerpot Mffl a1 Tito'•· Stockton-onTees, and La Ronde, BllllnR ham (Ja nu ary 19). Thi" group Is appearing next week 02) al the Cave nd ish Club, Alack• burn. " DOUBLE-TOP" is the. cur• rent o rder-of-the-day at the Colden Ga rte r , Manchester where this week Bob Monkhouse a nd J oan Regan are sharing the honour,.
Dickie Valentine and Joe Mr Plano He.ndeuon start a week there on Sunda y (12), followed by Dick Emery and
(Pctar Clayton. Derek Humble , Denk Jewell) , U .15 J: J.au. u .s a.m. Bl and 2 : Bue or Jazz On Ro~rds (Humph) .
MONDAY (13) l,45 pm. Hl : Dhclollme . 9.)0
Hl : Lucky Thompson . 10,20 E: Kourt Edelhagen Ork , 11,0 A) : Free Jau. 11,lO T : Atkins, Lettermen, Montgomery, Sandpipers. Tamba Four. 11,45 T : Harlo-.t Horris (H u9ues Pannsie}. 12,0 T : Krupa, Peraza, Sullernan. Coltrane, Namyslow• ski. U .5 a .rn . M: J;an Cor"er'.
TUESDAY (14) 10.S a.m. J : Bobby Trou p
Show. S.O p.m. Hl : Big Ba"d Beat . 5.25 Hl : J an. S.45 Bl: J azz Today (Charlie Fox) . 10.30 0 : J;uz Journ al. 10.30 V: Jazz Corner. 11.0 U: Ousse ldorf Pop a nd Jan Festival. U.30 T : Peggy Lee . 11.30 H2: Jan. u .o T : Wes Montgom ery, Novi Voe.al Quutt:t.
WEDNESDAY (15) 5.15 p.m. H2 : Swln9 Flutu
RECORDING STUDIOS
Ruby Murtl)' (19)_ V•ra Lynn and COiin Cromp1on (2JiJ, w11h t.hti Ka)'• 51•1•" Mr,vln,: th~ hilt ft)r ,h,. wttk tar11n1t F~hruary 2
sn TRl:ME.NOOV~JY IU(.t ..... •· fol WH tom,.dl1n frank}• Howerd wht'n he appurf'd 1n mid-Dtrrmh,r al (lub P0<0-1 PO<'O, Slockport, thal ciuh boH-man Ktilh Mu1dtn rt· booked hirn f<>r this c-urrent week whtn 11ln1tr JuUe Roaer1 was ob liged to 1t1nd down owlna to 1ll•hea!Lh
Next week'• (12) att raction 11 the Ivy Luaue, followed
~f&te:~~ Bl~! •;!,;t':rss~~ January 26
Fthruary bookinp at lht c lu b include Kathy Kirby (2J Herman•, He:rmltl (9), Cleo Laine and thf' Johnny Dankworth Orches tra l 16) and Libby Morris (23). Julie Rogtrs hat been re-boOked ft)r lhe week nr April 27
(Sttreo) 1.15 81: Ju,2 Club (Blu• Notes Ja:uba nd , Johnny Crllchlnson Trio, Samml Brow", Avon Cities J,1nband) . 10 )0 Q: J azz Club (Swln9 Re-Issued). 11.20 Hl : A.adlo Jan: Maguine . 11 .,0 T : Sand,ipers, Tamba F o u r , Alpert, Marl•ne ver Planck . U .0 T: Buddy de Franco. 12.15 a.m. E: Jan Discussion.
T~~:r:.~~YH1~lames Last Band . U.lO: T : Bobby Short . u .o T: MIies Davis. Buddy Rich, MOM .Alllson, Bluo Hite.hell, •tc
Pro9rammu ,ubjitct to ch.ana•
KEY TO STATIONS AHO WAVELENGTHS IN METRES. A: RTF Fnnce 1-1829, 2->41, 3--&48 . a : aac 1--2fl, 2-1500/ VHF. 3--4M/ 1'4/ VHF. E : NOil
~~~'1-~~': ~~:1~,;:; m. M: saarbrucken 211 , o : BR Munich 315/187- Q: HR Frankrurt 50ft, T : VOA 251. U: Rad io Bremen 2221 , V: Radio Elreann 5JO.
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WELSH : BU to It 30
HOT MUS~)· ,ind Tht' L.• y• bouts GrCl'TI Mllln , P)Un'l~tud. S I ht Comm;•nct II O pm
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WATFORD JAZZ CLUB
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" WHITTINGTON ," PINNER : ALl!X WELSH.
SUNDAY AT THE CLERKl!NWEL1.
TAVERN , I p.m ., PAT EVAN'S,
ABSOLUTE MUSIC
BILL BRUNSKILL$ J;11J.mN1, Flght,n,rt Cock .. , KI0!(.'l!On
BILL CREENOW STII 0NC JAZZ
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SLOUGH, " GOOD C0MPAN• IONS ": TERRY LIGHTFOOT
SUABITO N BOB • ARTER Or chl'1>tra with Ron ~hlhrwsun . Pcl<'r Ktn,t , Laurie Monll •nd Stars Auemb ly Rooms. 8 pm
WEDNESDAY
BLACK BOTTOM ST0MPERS, GrePn Man . Blu-khl•alh
GOTHIC JAZZBAND, Earl (I f Sa ndwich
FRIDAY BLACK PRINCE ll o ll'I. Bexley, co:::u~E~:1~~:ay"~~?:O~~ Caslll'
ALBANY JAZZMEN, Romtord ;en! REO<eOIITlna ~- ·l•En,NUNlonyal ac t TOBY JUG , -rolworth. Surrey Football Club V Clost'd th is wel'k
*************** AT LA FIESTA, LONDON TOP. Lall' Nl1h1 Folk Blue~ a nd Jau: Club 16~ t'ulham Ro:id, Chelsea
KEN COLYER JAZZMEN
10-% nm plu:r; mnny guNts
***************
JACKSON and The t11 ghtlmer1
BOTTLENECK, 7.)0
SPIRIT OF ESSENCE RAILWAY TAVEftN
ANCEL LANE, E ,15
COOKS, CHINCFORD Royal Foresl Hotel
ON THE FOREST FRONTIER MONTY SUNSHINE ,
FAN Ct.UBS 1/ 4 per word
AYNSLEY DUNBAR Retaliation Fan Club SAE. - Peter Whlnnet. 2 Valjnn Crescent. Kirby Jr1hUt low, Leices ter
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cl~:."!!.¥ s~.~~ ttt;ft~ci;!~0~a~~--
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MELODY MAKER. Jan uary 1 l , 1969-P•a.o 21
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Thunday . .io,,vor1 91ti \1 ,o.. n 01
* SPOOKY TOOTH * WOOOY KEARN F,~~~ 0-) --
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* HOUSE OF LORDS ph,. TV l'•l"IOftallty
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McwldoJ'Jan_.,-l)lh
CLOSEO
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NEXT nn . .. CHICKEN SHACK! LOVE SCULPTURE ! CHRIS McGREGOR GROUP SOUL SHOW tt!~h~":1L1i.
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SPOOKY TOOTH FAN CLUB. -Wrl!e to Louise Brasslngton , :,6 Farbrook way_ Wlllenhall, Sta ll's ____________________ _
KEITH TIPPET BAND CLUB CLOSED
INTERNATIONAL NIGHT BLUES LOFT, HIGH WYCOMBE
MICHAEL BRICE AND KEEF HARTLEY PLUS AL JONES
(Oft' Tottenha m Court Rd ) w C 1 Bar to 11 30 p m ,
DENNIS FIELO, lunehllme. Gret'n Man , Plum1te1d
ELM PARK HOTEL
REHEARSAL ROOMS 1/ 4 per word
SAVOY { w~•~:~~'c','o, ) CA TfORD •AND REHEARSAL stud.Jo SATURDAY, JANUARY 11th
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KEN COLVER'S JAZZMEN
SOUNDS FANTASTIC ::.~.tn,:t~!!1t!!.~ BREWERY TAP , St. J amts New Er• Jnzba nd , lunchtime
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THE grea test ever white blues group consisted of three unique swingers -El\' is Presley, Scotty Moore and the late Bill Black . They achieved the greatest whit e blues sound With ,.~:ry&. b:•~,---=-:o ~~i~~
Larry Youna: or Lou Benneu The pathetic lack of pubhc1ty these 1wo rece ive plus short•
:~:s°f n~~eid:tlr~~~s f!~mer'tth;f; undoubted superiority. - C. D. CU DWICK, llford, Essex.
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~~~~r;er,~~1~~ ;;;apde~~e y:~d freedom of mind I want to say " thank you " to Ten Years After. They made me understand that blues isn't
i~~eth1f~;ic th:t re!chJ:el!~!· rOOls of my soul. - SANDRA BACCHI, London, SWI .
GREAT credit must go to frank Sinatra for his superb performance on television at Christmas, which proved beyond doubt that he is still the guvnor .or showbus!ness To say Elvrs 1s the No I singer is ab.iurd and utter rubbish - JIMMY BORWN, Edinburgh 6.
BLUES is being strangled by trends and purists. While bluesmen are written. off by the purists but surely if white men can apprecilHe the blues there's no reason why lhey can't play them.
No musician can play well all the time, but Mike Bloomfield, Paul Butterfield, Peter Green and Eric Clapton h..ave all turned in some really good blues. - IAN S Wl fr, Leicester. e LP WINNER
:~ri~~ ~~~~ri~o gu:lt;tr!;i~ garbage was needed . - T. NEALE, London, W2.
l'HE po'licy of record companies rega rdinJ 8 sides or singles is an insult to the intelligence ,
I suggest that record companies refuse to relea se substandard B sides. put experimental work or the work of new composers on 8 sides or use " in concert " recordings which have atmo.!lphere but are not strong enough to be A sides. - JEREMY HAWKINS, Read ing, Berks.
I DISAGREE with Richard Austin (Mailbag 28.12.68) when he states that John Maya// " becomes Jess outstandin1t . IS groups such as Jechro Tull, Taste and Chicken Shack emerge."
WHY do we have to put up These rather poor excuses with constant squabbles con• for real blues groups he lp to ceming the so-called "blues show what a brilliant artist boom." Wee.k after week we John Mayall really is by their
=~~hJ:,~~~s w~~~d!~~~~~g f~i~ f:~i~-1 attempts at playing lhe or that 4bou1 the current pop John Mayall's cause is not scene lost J ohn 1s rightly lrymg to
OK there's much 10 be keep the quality of blut>s -
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The pop scene 1s dead and s tagnant. so come on Hendrix and company - set lire to the album chartsJ-D. BARRACLOUGH, Wlg:a n, Lanes.
I AM surprised to see that there ha, been no mention of blues ba"ists 1n Mailbag correspondenco. Raving gu1· larists are a regular topic.
With such an ucellen1 standard of blues hassl~U today led by Leo Lyons (Ten Years After). Alex Dmochovski (A)'nJIC)' Dunbar) and John Dover tR3r~ Amber,, i!'s about time JW'0ple starl<-d reallsinsi: 1hat there's more to a blue!I Jroup than a ll'Jd g u I ta r I$ t - CELIA S C H O L FI ELD, Rudin&, Berlu. des1re'd, but why can't every- JONATHAN LEVY, London,
one enjoy the kind of muStc N2. I DISAGREE t,l;1th Mr Aus1m they prefer w11~out th1 <1i statement that John M.1yall 11 persistent dogmalrc "drag- WITH all the,-e g roups split• less outst.:andmg gm~" - HEATH ER J. COLE, ling up - Traffic, Cream and John's style ts d,tft.rent Oxford. so on - how about a fev. from th.at of Tull'$ or foste's
British "Super Session " and he still produces some of ROY Woods' comments :11bout albums> the most ori(:!inal material ,n the current Brllish blues Jimi Hendrix wuh Ke.1th lhl• current blues boc.im -boom (MM 21.12.68) were Emerson, Jack Bruce and M, R. CHALMERS, Chu-very true and reahs11c . Ginger Baker, for example Or tertleld, Derbyshire.
or~~~~r :;:ll~l:~ ~~~J~~te~~ r.====================:; ~~;, ~s.~~;ox.,.M~j~ c1:~:~~ MUSIC FOR TRUMPET cllchb and belt ou1 hack· neyed blues numbers without any feelmg whatsoever - A. THOMAS, Petersfteld, Hants.
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