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2 3,2( Recoed Mio, Decembe 2, UK 4 DO VA THINK I M SEXY, Rod Stewat 2 RAT TRAP, Boomtown Rats 3 2 HOPELESSLY DEVOTED TO YOU. Otv,a Newton -John 4 3 MY BEST FRIENDS GIRL, Cas 5 9 HANGING ON THE TELEPHONE, Blondie Chysalis 6 5 PRETTY UTTLE ANGEL EYES. Showaddywaddy Anola 7 - MARY'S BOY CHILD. Boney M Adanic/Hansa 8 8 INSTANT REPLAY, Dan Hatman Blue Sky 9 25 I LOST MY HEART TO A STARSHIP TROOPER, Saah Bightman Hot Gasp 0 6 DARLIN' Fank,. Mae 4 ALWAYS AND FOREVER Heatwave 2 29 DON'T CRY OUT LOUD, EA,. Books 3 BICYCLE RACE/FAT BOTTOMED GIRLS, Queen 4 26 TOO MUCH HEAVEN, Bee Gees 5 6 Molls Chysalis GTO ' ABM EMI RSO 7 SUMMER NIGHTS. John Tavolta/O6via Newton -John RSO 6 PART TIME LOVE Elton John Rocke 7 2 I LOVE AMERICA Palnck Juvet 8 23 LE FREAK, Chic 9 - A TASTE OF AGGRO, Baon Knights DON'T LET IT FADE AWAY. Dats 2 0 SANDY. John Tavona 22 9 GERM FREE ADOLESCENCE, X -Ray Spas 23 7 GI VIN' UP GlVIN' IN. Thee Degeos 24 8 TOAST/HOLD ON, Steetband Y.M.0-A, Wage People IN THE BUSH. Musique SHOOTING STAR, Dolla PROMISES, Buttcocks 29 - TOMMY GUN. Clash YOU DON'T BRING ME FLOWERS Sveisand/Diamond 3 33 LAY LOVE ON YOU, Luwt Fenandez DANCE (DISCO HEAT), Sylveste 33 3 BLAME IT ON THE BOOGIE. Jacksons 34 5 MacARTHUR PARK, Donna Summe I e 35 3 ' LYDIA. Dean Fiedman ACCIDENT PRONE, Status Oub 37 - GREASED LIGHTNING, John Tavoita I LOVE T96 NIGHT LIFE. Alicia Badges DWPETY DAY, Fathe Abaham/Smmh 4O 64 LAY YOUR LOVE ON ME, Racey 4 22 RASPUTIN, Boney M DOWN IN THE TUBE STATION AT MIDNIGHT. Jam DESTINATION VENUS, Reeillos 44 - I'M EVERY WOMAN, Chaka Kahn DR WHO, Mankind RADIO RADIO, Elvis Costello 47 - ANYWAY YOU DO IT, Loud Gold 48 5 IT SEEMS TO HANG ON, Ashfod & Simpson GIVING IT BACK, Phil Hunt RAINING IN MY HEART, Leo Saye 5 34 SWEET TALKIN' WOMAN, Electic Light Ochesta 62 - I'LL PUT YOU TOGETHER AGAIN. Hot Chocolate WELL ALRIGHT, Santana HAMMER HORROR, Kate Bush EASE ON DOWN THE ROAD Diana Ross/Michael Jackson MCA HOMICIDE STUMBUN' IN, Suti Ouano/Chis Noman 58 - BREAKING GLASS EP. David Boyne 59 2 PUBLIC IMAGE, Public Imps Ud CA 75 SOUVENIRS. Voyage 6 53 PROMISES, Enc Clapton JUST TO BE CLOSE TO YOU, Commodoos HURRY UP HARRY, Sham NUMBER I DEE JAY, Goody Goody 66 - NO G000BYES. Cut*Mayheld 66 - STAVIN' ALWE. Richad Ace Rha Ensign RSO Elekva Casablanca Atlantic Epic Magnet RSO EMI Int Anola Logo Mecuy CBS EMI United Atists CBS CBS Wane Bos Fantasy Epic Casablanca Ulesong Vetigo Polydo Polydo Decca RAK Atlantic Polydo Sie Wane Bos Pinnacle Rada Ceole Wane Anola Chysalis Jet RAK CBS EMI' UA RAK RCA Vigin GTO RSO Motown GTO Atlantic Atlantic Blue Inc (YOU GOTTA WALK/ DON'T LOOK BACK. Pete Tose EMI 88 - CHRISTMAS IN SMURFLAND, Fathe Abaham Dacca BYER FALLEN IN LOVE, Buttcocks UA CLOSE THE DOOR. Teddy Pedegess PMT In 7 46 EAST RIVER, Bache pothes Aista PRANCE ON, Eddie Hendeson Capital 73 - MY LIFE, Billy Joe, CBS M GONNA LOVE YOU FOREVER. Cown HagPts Mecuy 75 7 RIVERS OF BABYLON4Bonsy M Atlantic UK,ieuttc I GREASE. Oiginal Soundtack RSO 2 28 JAZZ, Oueen EMI GOLDEN GREATS, Neil Diamond MCA 4 3 EMOTIONS, Vannes K -Tel 5 2 GIVE EM ENOUGH ROPE, The Clash CBS 6 36 LION HEART, Kate Bush EMI 7 22 MIDNIGHT HUSTLE, Vaious Kid 8 4 LIVE. Manhavan Tansfe Atlantic 9 2 TONIC FOR THE TROOPS, Boomtown Rats Ensign TH ANNIVERSARY ALBUM, Shiley Hassey United Atists 6 NIGHTFLIGHT TO VENUS, Boney M Alant /Hansa 2 - SCREAM, Siouksue 6 The Banshees Polydo 3 26 AMAZING DARTS, Dats K-Tel/Magnºt 4 0 A SINGLE MAN, Elton John Rocket 5 27 DON'T (WALK - BOOGIE, Vaious EMI 6 9 IMAGES, Don Williams K -Tel 7 B WAR OF THE WORLDS, Jell Wayne s Musical Vesion CBS 9 - SINGLES 9749 Capentes A&M 9 CAN'T STAND THE HEAT, Status Ouo Vetigo 20 3 ALL MOD CONS. Jam Polydo 2 6 THE BIG WHEELS OF MOTOWN, Vaious Motown 23 8 SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER, Vaious RSO 23 9 CLASSIC ROCK. London Symphony Ochesta K -Tel 24 5 BOOGIE FEVER, Vaious Ronco 25 4 HEMISPHERES, Rush Memoy 26 7 EVERGREEN, Acke Belk Wawick IF YOU WANT BLOOD YOU'VE GOT IT, AC/DC Atlantic PARALLEL LINES. Blanche Chysalis DOLLY PARTON. Dolly Paton Lotus 30 - THAT'S LIFE. Sham 69 Polydo 3 3 BROTHERHOOD OF MAN, Bothehood OI Man K -Tel OUT OF THE BLUE Electoe Light Ochesta Jet 33 2 LIVE AND MORE. Donna Summe Casablanca INNER SECRETS, Santana CBS EVITA, Oiginal London Cast MCA WELL WELL SAID THE ROCKING CHAIR, Dean Fiedman Lllesong SMURFS IN SMURFLAND, Fathe Abaham 6 The Smuls Deana EXPRESSIONS. Don Williams ABC ND STREET, Billy Joel CBS LEO SAYER, Leo Saye - Chysalis 4 - GREATEST HITS, Steely Dan ABC KILUNG MACHINE. Judas Piest CBS I'M COMING HOME, Ton Jones Lotus LIFE AND LOVE, Dews Roussos Philip, JAMES GALWAY PLAYS SONGS FOR ANNIE, James Galway ECSTASY, Vaious TO THE LIMIT Joan Amalading STRIKES AGAIN, Rose Royce SOME GIRLS, Rolling Stoms TORMATO, Yes SOUL INSTANT REPLAY, Dan Hatman 2 2 MacARTHUR PARK. Donna Summe 3 5 BLAME IT ON THE BOOGIE, The Jackson q 4 PRANCE ON, Eddie Hendeson 6 3 CLOSE THE DOOR/ONLY YOU. Teddy Pendegass 6 9 GIVIN UP, GIVIN' IN, Thee Degees 7 - IN THE BUSH, Musique 8 6 GIVING IT BACK. Phil Hunt 9 7 I LOVE AMERICA, Patick Juyet 0 ALWAYS AND FOREVER, Heaway II 8 GONNA LOVE YOU FOR EVER. Cown Heghb Affai.2 6 DANCE (DISCO HEAT), Sylveste 3 Id DISCO DANCING. Stanley Tumeta 4 3 YOU MAKE ME FEEL (MIGHTY REAL), Sylveste 5 0 SUN EXPLOSION, Man Dbango 6 7 BRANDY, O'Jays 7 5 EAST RIVER. The Beake Bothes 8 2 NOW THAT WE'VE FOUND LOVE, Thid Wold 9 9 GET ON UP GET ON DOWN, Roy Ayes Red Seal Lotus A&M Whhóeld EMI Atlantic Blue Sky Casablanca Epic Capitol Phil Ent Anola CBS Fantasy Casablanca GTO Meacuy Fantasy Fantasy' Fantasy Dacca Phil let Aista Island Polydo 20 t8 SHAME, Evelyn "jtwwagia' Kmg RCA SUPPUED BYl BLUES b SOUL 42 ~sway Sweet, London WI TA INSTANT REPLAY. Dan Hatman Blue Sky/US 2! a 2 3 LE FREAK. Chic Adanm/IT 3 8 DANCE (DISCO HEATI, Sylveste Fantasy/US YMCA, Village PeopleMecuy/2ie/US Casablanca powl 6 2 YOU MAKE ME FEEL (MIGHTY REAL(, Sylveste Faea,e'2L 6 4 I LOVE AMERICA, Palnck Juve Csmtdanca/3'/u7 7 3 MAC ARTHUR PARK/SUITE. Donna Summe Casablanca/LP/2aa pom 8 0 IN THE BUSH/REMIX, Mosque COS/ BLAME IT ON THE BOOGIE, Jackson El SIX MILUON STEPS. Rahn, Hann Mecuy I GIVING IT BACK. Phil Hunt Fa -mesa IA 2 8 LOVE THE NIGHTLIFE, Alicia Bidges Ppkbo 3 9 GET ON UP GET ON DOWN. Roy Ayes Polydo t2m 4 7 PRANCE ON/CYCLOPS 45 ood/butterfly/say YOU WILL Eddie Handeson T LA -2 a 5 26 I'M EVERY WOMAN, Choke Khan Wane Ooe/IJS 2n pomo 6 20 ONE NATION UNDER A GROOVE. Funkadeiic Wegne Bos:Za 7 4 RASPUTIN, Boney M A4mun2 8 2 SUN EXPLOSION/BIG BLOW, Menu Dbago Deco 9 6 NOW THAT WE FOUND LOVE, Thid Wold and I'M GONNA LOVE YOU FOREVER/SAY A PRAYER FOR TY^7 Cown Heights Alfas Mecuy STAR CHOICE THE GIRL CAN'T HELP IT lbw NODDY HOLDER. Slade 2 I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE 3 CLEAN UP WOMAN 4 PENNY LANE/STRAWBERRY FIELDS 5 OH WELL 6 WOMAN TO WOMAN 7 NEW YORK CITY 8 THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT 9 SUPERSTITION 0 -JAILHOUSE ROCK Lone Raab - Betsy W R The P 5 SECRET LAVE Joe - Ja4e V 6 SUGAR AND SPICE - A vet. Fmty 7 YOU WERE MADE FOR ME Stae Wes 8 BE my BABY 'P 9 BLUE BAYOU/MEAN WOMAN BLUES j -0 " 4 T RAT TRAP. Boomtown Rats Ensign 2 HIT ME WITH YOUR RHYTHM STICK, Ian Doy B The Blockheads 58 3 GIVE ME EVERYTHING, Magame Vigin 4 TOMMY GUN, The Clash CBS 5 HANGING ON THE TELEPHONE, Blondie Chysalis 6 PROMISES, Buzzcecks United Atists 7 KMB THE ONE FOR ME. Uban Cleáway Rectoy Recods B DESTINATION VENUS, The Reedlos She HOMICIDE, United Atists 5 AMBITION, Subway Sect Rough Tade CRAZY, Spiacdl Rough Tade GERM FREE ADOLESCENCE. X Ray Spec EMI In: 3 PUBLIC IMAGE, Public Image Ltd Vigin 4 TONY BLACKBURN. Rinks Bake B The Pit Ochesta SIIII `5 BABY, Rach l Sweet Stiff 6 GOODBYE GIRL Squeeze AEM 7 AMERICAN SQUIRM, Nick Lowe Rada IF ALL THE BEST. Russ Taylo Feewles Retads 9 RADIO, RADIO, Elvis Costello Rada 20 RABID NUNS, The Pedatos Spew Recods SUPPLIED BY- RECORD SCENE, 4 Sunbuy Coss Cente, Sunbuy-On- T'anws Tel " Yeas Ago Its Decembe, 973 I LOVE YOU LOVE ME LOVE MY COO-CA-CH(3O 3 PAPER ROSES 4 WHEN I FALL IN LOVE 5 DYNAMITE 6 WHY OH WHY OH WHY YDU WON'T FIND ANOTHER FOOL LIKE ME 6 LAMPLIGHT 9 DO YOU WANNA DANCE 0 LET ME IN I i %OYeas A90305 Novembe, 969) THE GOOD THE BAO AND THE UGLY Hugo Monenego I Bay Ryan 2 ELOISE The Islay Bothes 3 THIS OLD HEART OF MINE 4 ULY THE The Scaffold PINK Ami Hendix 5 ALL!)LONG THE W ATCHTOV/ER BREAKING DOWN THE WALLS OF HEARTACHE The Bandwagon AIN'T GOT NO - I GOT UFE/DO WHAT YOU GOTTA Nina Simone ELEANORE The Tutles 6 Lulu 9 M A TIGER IS WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS Joe Cocke 5 Yeas Ago 30th Novembe, 963 I SHE LOVES YOU 2 YOU'LL NEVER WALK ALONE 3 DON'T TALK TO HIM 4 I'LL KEEP YOU SATISFIED _8 MARIA ELENA Gay 'Gilme Alvin SaYdust Mahe Omond Donny Osmond Mud Gibed O'Sullivan The New Seekes David Essex Bay Blue The Osmonds The Beatles Gey and The Pacomak ea Cliff Richad and The Shadows Bab/ J. Kame and The Dakotas Kathy Keby The Seaches Fuddle and The Deames The Rosettes Roy Oh on Los Inches Taoalaos US SIM 4 YOU DON'T BRING ME FLOWERS. Steisand/Diamond 2 MacARTHUR PARK, Donna Summe 3 3 HOW MUCH I FEEL, Ambosia 4 6 LE FREAK, Chic 5 7 I JUST WANNA STOP, Gino Vennelll 6 2 DOUBLE VISION, Foeigne 7 8 I LOVE THE NIGHT LIFE, Alicia Bidges TIME PASSAGES, Al Stewat MY LIFE, Billy Joel SHARING THE NIGHT TOGETHER, D Hook OUR LOVE, DON'T THROW IT ALL AWAY, Andy Gibb, STRANGE WAY, Feel all 3 5 YOU NEEDED ME, Anne Muay 4 5 ALIVE AGAIN, Chicago 5 7 Y.M,C.A., Village People 6 3 TOO MUCH HEAVEN, BeeGees 7 20 STRAIGHT ON, Heat 8 23 'HOLD THE UNE, Too 9 25 CHANGE OF HEART, Eic Camen 0 22 SWEET LIFE. Paul Davis Columbia Casablanca Wane Bos Atlantic A&M Atlantic Polydo Ansia Columbia Capitol RSO Atlantic Capitol Columbia Casablanca RSO Potait Columbia Ansia Bang 2 24 DON'T WANT TO LIVE WITHOUT IT, Pablo Cuise' A&M HOW YOU GONNA SEE ME NOW, Alice Coope Wane Bos 23 READY TO TAKE A CHANCE AGAIN, Bay Manilow Aista OOH BABY BABY, Linda Ronsadt Asylum POWER OF GOLD,'Dan Fogelbeg 6 Tim Weisbeg s Full Moon 26 0 YOU NEVER DONE IT LIKE THAT, Ctíptain & Tennille' ABM PART TIME LOVE. Elton John, MCA 28 8 HOT CHILD IN THE CITY, Nick Gilde Chysalis WE'VE GOT TONIGHT, Bob Sege Capitol I'M EVERY WOMAN, Chaka Kahn Wane Bos 3 9 DANCE. DISCO HEAT. Sylveste Fantasy PROMISES. Enc Clapton RSO ONE NATION UNDER A GROOVE. Funkadelie Wane Bos NEW YORK GROOVE, Ace Fehley Casablanca THIS IS LOVE, Paul Anka RCA 36 2 BLUE COLLAR MAN, Styx - A&M' RUN FOR HOME, Lindisfane T Ateo 38 5 EVERY 'S A WINNER. Hot Chocolate InSnny 39 4 THERE'LL NEVER BE, Switch Gody INSTANT REPLAY. Dan Hatman Blue Sky 4 45 BICYCLE RACE/FAT BOTTOM GIRLS, Queen Eleka CAN YOU FOOL Glen Campbell Captol FUN TIME. Joe Cocke Asylum MY BEST FRIEND'S GIRL. Cas Elekta KISS YOU ALL OVER, Exile Wane Cub HERE COMES THE NIGHT, Nick Gilde Chysalis I WILL BE IN LOVE WITH YOU, Livingston Taylo Epic FOREVER AUTUMN, Justin Haywad Columbia DON'T HOLD BACK, Chanson Aeola Amenca I WAS MADE FOR DANCING, Leif Gaton Scott Bos USD5/CO LE FREAK, Chic Atlantic 2 2 MacARTHUR PARK SUITE, Donna Summe 3 4 CRUISIN', Village People Casablanca Casablanca SHAKE YOUR GROOVE THING. Peaches b Heb Polydo MY CLAIM TO FAME AV 6 8 YOU STEPPED INTO MY LIFE, Melba Mooe Epic 7 3 I LOVE THE NIGHTLFE IDISCO ROUND). Alicia Bidges Polydo 8 0 WORKIN' 6 SLAVIN' NEED LOVE), Midnight Rhythm Aian:c 9 7 AIN'T THAT ENOUGH FOR YOU, John Davis SAM 0 JE SUIS MUSIC/LOOK FOR LOVE, Ceone Coillion A LITTLE LOVIN' (KEEPS THE DOCTOR AWAY), The Raes A&M DON'T HOLD BACK/I CAN TELL Chanson Acola GIVING UP, GIVING IN/THE RUNNER, Thee Degees Anota 4 9 QUEEN OF THE NIGHT, Lolºatá Holloway Gold Une IS 24 CONTACT Edwin Sta 20th Centuy 6 2 SINNER MAN, Saah Dash - Kushne 7 25 SHOOT ME WITH YOUR LOVE, Taslia Thomas Atlantic 8: 22 DOIN' THE BEST THAT I CAN, Bettye LaVeie West End 9 23 HOT BUTTERFLY. Bionic Boogie Paydo STANDING IN THE SHADOWS OF LOVE. Feve Fantasy USALBUMS 57ND STREET, Bey Joel 2 2 UVE AND MORE. Don na Summe 3 4 A WILD AND CRAZY GUY, Steve Matin 4' 3 DOUBLE VISION, Foeigne 5 5 GREASE, Soundtack 6 7 PIECES OF EIGHT, Styx 7 - GREATEST HITS, VOL II, Bama Svesad 8 9,COMES A TIME Ned Young 9 8 LIVING IN THE USA. Linda Ronstadt 0, 8 SOME R Relie n tones TWIN SONSGILS, Dan FogelbeS g& Tim Weweg 2 3 HOT STREETS. Chicago 3 5 TIME PASSAGES, Al Stewat 4 4 CHILDREN OF SANCHEZ. Chuck Mangone 5 25 CHAKA, Chaka Kahn 6 7 BROTHER TO BROTHER. Dino Vannes/ 7 2 A SINGLE MAN. Elton John 8 9 CRUISIN' Valagº People 9 20 LIFE BEYOND LA Ambosia 20 - BACKLESS, Enc Clapton 2 22 BURSTING OUT,Jeho Tull 22 8 DOG AND BUTTERFLY. H'ean 23 3 LIVE BOOTLEG, Aeosmuth' WHO ARE YOU, The Who 25 - GREATEST HITS, Bay Manlow IS,IT STILL GOOD FOR YA. Ashfod 6 Simpson INNER SECRETS, Santana WEEKEND WARRIORS. Ted Nugent 29 2 LETS KEEP IT THAT WAY. Anne Muay GENE SIMMONS 3 34 WAVELENGTH. Van Moison 32 6 ONE NATION UNDER A GROOVE, Funkadepe 33 0 TORMATO, Yes CITY NIGHT, Nick Gilde THE STRANGER, BillyJoel REED SEED. Gove Washington, J SWITCH ACE FREHLEY 39 - THE BEST OF EARTH, WINO E FIRE ELAN, Fieball 4 4 PAUL STANLEY TWO FO/THE SHOW, Kansas PETER CRISS STAGE. David Bowls THE MAN, Bay White GREATEST HITS, Steely Dan MORE SONGS ABOUT BUILDINGS Talking Heads GREATEST HITS, Commodoes ROSS, Dana Ross OTO USsOut Columbia Casablanca Wane Bos Aantic RSO AEM Columba Wane Bos Asylum Rolling Stones Full Moon/Epc Columba Ansa ABM Wane; Bos A&M MCA Casablanca Wane Bos RSO Chysalis Potait Columbia MCA Aista Wane Bos Columbia Epic Catal Casablanca Wane Bos Wane Bos Alantic Cttysaln Columba Motown Gody Casablanca Columba AllanC Casablanca Kishne Casablanca RCA 200 Centuy ABC Sie Motown Motown Columba I 4 LE FREAK. Chic Avant. 2 2 SWEETNESS IS MY WEAKNESS, Bay White 20,6 Centuy 3 3 MARY JANE. Ack James Gody 4 I'M EVERY WOMAN, Chaka Kahn Wane Bos 5 5 ONE NATION UNDER A GROOVE. Funkedahc Wane Ba 6 9 GOT TO BE REAL. Cheyl Lynn Columba 7 7 DISCO TO GO, Bides 0 Funk easten Atlantic B 0 DON'T HOLD BACK. Chanson Aow 9 8 MacARTHUR PARK, Donna Summe Casablanca 0 7 LOVE DON'T UVE HERE ANYMORE, Rosa Royce Whtt,eld 5 LONG STROKE. ADC Band Godlie. Wane Ba 2 6 IT SEEMS TO HANG ON, Ashfod & Simpson 7 Centuy 3 30 GET DOWN. Gene Chadie e 4 8 I DON'TKNOW IF IT S RIGHT.hnO8fe"C0a e9e0 King 0tRCA Sola 5 4 LOST AND TURNED OUT. Wnspea Columbia 6 al SEPTEMBER. Eath, Wind & Fie Amu 7 FUNK AND ROLL Oaae Philadelphia Inie/naSena 8 25 COOLING OUT: Juy ButleRCA 9 26 YOU FOOLED ME, Gey Hank* IN THE NIGHT TIME, Meue Hendeson B,ddan

3 , But Recod Mio, Decembe 2, JUIC? luid Happy days ae hee again WELL, MY dalings, cold snaps ae back! And don't you hate them? As the nation shives in the coldest tempeatues since the day befoe yesteday you faithful coespondent can only be gateful that thee is so much Chistmas entetainment to keep us wam I But has the pop wold gone Yuletide mad? Aleady I fea that the Chistmas "special" - a pefectly odinay concet taking place within two months of the ancient feast of St Nicholas - la becoming as idiculous a concept as a penny fo the guy In Septembe. I look fowad to epoting on the fist Easte special' concet - at the Maquee next week - while I hea plans ae afoot aleady fo nationwide May Day tous. even befoe the Januay snows ecede. But one must move with the times, Stocking up these days means'noth)ng moe than getting In millions of new coplee of the new Baney M single. The Chistmas. one, of couse! AT LAST, my deas, I've got a good wod to say about the mighty Robet Sdgwond Oganisation - the company that bought you 'SNF', 'Gease' and supeb pictues of million -dolla yachts lying unoccupied in Venice. It seems that fa fom being upset about the timely emoval of one of thei money -spinnes fom the top of the chats they'e actually pleased. O at least that's the message I ead Into thei pompt dispatch of a 'Congatulations' telegam to the big -headed. Boomtown Rats who managed to do what eveyone else has been tying to do all yea with a numbe one 'Rat Tap'. But evil umous that fome RSO X employee Tessa Lang (22), heself a staunch Rats' fan, paid fo the telegam with'he own money ae entiely unfounded!. YOU CAN al - ways tust a I bishop's daughte o.at I least that's what Yates (daughte of Jess), ELVIS ecently have been giving me some cause to doubt that maxim. Not only is Paula calling heself Almost-Geldof in the eashot of eveyone except the big -headed Bob (we do live In hope my deas!), but he ambitions to become a gossip -columnist have led he to blow the gaff on 6 - YEAR - OLD Rachel Sweet, majoing in the Bitish economy at Akon State junio high. pictued with he tuto, Chancello of the Excheque Denis Healey in Leeds last week. The lesson. we'e told, was a shot one. I used to think. the Indiscetions of ]Bob Geldof's cuent paamou, blonde, avishing Paula the best -kept secet that we used to possess. Oh well... of couse It's about Elvis Costello. It seems that the bespectacled fome compute opeato is now "living In stn" with his new-found love, the equally avishing Bebe Rundgen (pevious escots Include the similaly named Runt and the fome gavedigge). Not only does Elvis phone he evey night when he's away, they also have soppy pet names fo each othe - not that eithe wee much In evidence at thei last public outing in Hyde Pak not - so - long ago. Paula daling, you can have a Job any time you want one! (And I bet you wish you could hea Bob Geldof say that), ON THEN. my deas, to a heavy ound of socialising - even by my standads. Fist to an elegant soiee held fo Jamaican eggae wizads Thid Wold, whee guests wee confounded by the stength of Not content with being a self-confessed bon viveu and appallingly unfunny comedian the edoúbtºble Johnny Rubbish has taken to skating clone to the laws of slande. Attempting to "wam up" the cowd (believed to he in excess of 00) fo the even moe appalling Japan in London last week he intoduced his vey own Chistmas game. Something about men in tilby hats shooting at dogs on bleak moolands as I ecollect. The touble was that he named names In the bludgeoning manne of a pub lout and fea that it night not only be the unfotunate M Thope who will be facing legal action In the nea futue. IS THIS the mysteious fifth peson In Boney M? Is this a fee advetisement fo Billy Smat's Cicus? Is this any way to teat a lady? Amil Stewat, new singing sensation signing to Atlantic Recods, shows thee's moe to the wacky wold of showbiz than a good laynx and a manage with a fat ciga as she takes the chains fom he pat and sells heself fee. Mak my wods, she'll be big i to Japan. f /4 the um bamboozles to such an extent that maintaining one's balance became well-nigh Impos- 'sible. The band did tun up eventually. I think, geeting Island's favouite son, the delightful Ijahman, like long -lost bothes.,. o should I say Wen? Next to the even - moe - elegant Motons in the heat of the West End -a place whee one has lobe vey way of out of contol Rolls Royces these days.! - to engage In laid-back bante with the somewhat bemused Cas, the only goup to get thei pictue disc Into the Top 0 befoe most people had even head It. By all accounts this was splendid entetainment, hosted once again by the lndefaugueable Moie Itellaa (29, and looking not a day ove 30), with much seasonal tukey and meiment. Sta of the paty, outshining even the loutish Boomtown Rats, was a tansfomed Phil I.ynott (ove 30, moving though the thong with the pactised gleaming ease of a continental waite. Indeed this could be neae the tuth than you o I ealise. The Iish bassist has aleady admitted to taking lessons fom the chaming Sacha Dintel (a singe) when they wee thown togethe as Miss Wold Judges ecently and even his fiends must admit that his manne (not to mention his patte) with his eve - attendant female admies has definitely become moe sophisticated. AND LASTLY - fo this week at least -and hugely unde - duess to a Japan paty, not - so - successfully cammed above the sweaty Lyceum. In attendance wee factions both humoous (Geoge Melly and boyish Alan Edwads). humouless (Hugh Conwell) and Just plain tedious (Johnny Rubbish et al). A subdued Cbmwet peused a, book on suealism (how teibly bohemian my deas) as Japan minced aound In thei diminutively outageous manne, tempes became fayed as guests complained noisily el the dinks being spiked (aen't they always?) and unpleasant mayhem seemed imminent. Just this once duty called. and left as ealy as convenient. IS THIS wit? hea -that with the untimely demise of the ResWos that thei estwhile local (ead Scottish) ivals the Valves plan to hea that Mike I Oldlleid, who can now he seen fequently on tele. vision meely talking Instead of playing le diffeent Instuments, played host to many county esidents last weekend as a kind of celebation of his new public Image. Hewing had a bucketful of this utlented compute's out. golneness of late I declined to attend. ow soy, theefoe, I felt fo the est of the guests who fist couldn't find Old field's secluded mansion in Us wilds and wee then educed to playing millionaie Cluedo' (egd. tade mak) U ode to find thei celebity In the dak and enomous ecesses when they finally did aive! call thei fist album 'Can't Stand The RezWns Eithe' - when they actually get signed to someone. And that the oddly named Pete Biquette of you - know who (no I won't give them anothe plug!) Is actually geeted with a cup of tea and a big hello Paddy (bsack when he aives back In his home town of Baay)ansduff,Ca. Cavan. "He'll always be young Paddy to us," said local man John HeReen to the eve -caing Iish pape the Sunday Wold, Also that oveweight, fome satiist Pete Cook (4) is expecting both a citical backlash and a smalle than - usual disgust esponse to his latest outpouing of filth with Dudley Mooe on 'Deek And (live' volume thee, Richad 'When In Doubt Bing The Stippes In' Bandsno, Vigin's shabby-touseed supemo, and no stange to the couts, will be most disappointed ` i chat MEAT LOAF T H E ENORMOUS ) MEAT LOAF (ove 20stone)hs continuing to, hog the headtines (as It wee). In his native ' Ameica I hea. While on a adio show s ecently a listen - e ang Into call him gogeous. "Whee do you live," iposted the oveweight aia -toting ock sta. On being Infomed of the addess a gil's domitoy at a local college - hate fom hell failed to stop M Loaf's apid aival at the afoementioned domitoy. Repoting estictions on subsequent events haven't yet been lifted. No, I doubt, has M Loaf! INFORMED SOURCES fom absolutely eveywhee my da lings, ae aleady talking about next summe's ock fesuvals and I fea that with all the gabled umous floating aound that we may aleady be enteing a Woodstock hits Bitain anticipation situation. Havey Goldsmith (32) fo me Is aleady planning a huge seies of outdoo and Indoo extavaganzas, and since Hay Is eveyone's daling at the moment who am I to suggest that his events will be anything less than magnificent. But will he win his "pomotolal" battle to bing Stevie Wonde ove I ask myself? And will evey football gound in the county become a ock venue even befoe the FA Cup daws to a pedictable close (queens Pak Ranges, my deas, place you bets now!)? The ea of tunstile ock Is definitely hee to stay -, and emembe whee you head that scuuous umou fist! THAT, AS they say, about waps it up. You'll ead about the antics of my good fiend Reginald Itosanquet elsewhee to these pages, but Just In closing I have to mention that as a DJ he was an extemely good spinne - In fact if he would tell me what made him "spin" quite as well as that I wouldn't mind Imbibing some of It sometime - and lots moe besides, Which is what you'll get If you tune In next week.,. afte the beak. Seen you then. Byeeeeee!! - s v_ 4-.. NIXON'S BACK! Unde a stick cloak of secuity the fome Peslsince dent of the United States Ls his esignation- That ay be tue, but who else but time tasteless Austalian (anothe tastleless Austalain?) could get a dummy fome Pesident» sign his ecod contact with Begga's Banquet? Duffo, that's (ad he's t him fi h e on the one o you ight. Remembe whee yo ead ob eading about him again'

4 ..l 4 Recod Mdoe, iiec. le 2, 978 FEVER Geedies, Otway, Rods, County play London IT'S CHRISTMAS concet feve! But only Londones will he able to enjoy the festive fun. John Otway, David Johansen, Eddie and the Hot Rode and the Geedy Bastads '(compising membes of Thin Lizzy and the defunct Sex Pistols) have all announced special London pe - Chistmas shows. Fist out of the stocking is Wayne County and the Electic Chais, who play the London Electic Balloom on Decembe 2, with tickets piced at Q. The gig will be filmed and ecoded with the Intention of poducing "the wold's fist video disco". Aylesbuy loony John Otway plays his Chistmas show at the Venue on Decembe 9. This concet, suppoted by a backing band of "well known musicians", will be Otway's last until next Apil. The all - sta Geedy Bastads, who played the fist gig at the Electic Balloom ealie this yea, team up again on Decembe 8. Line - up is expected to Include all of Thin Lizzy. Paul Cook and Steve Jones and Bob Geldot... as well as plenty of "seasonal" efeshment. While Decembe 7 is the date fo two Yuletide shows. Fome New Yok Doll David Johansen continues his enaissance with an exta concet at the London Lyceum (tickets on sale this Fiday), and Eddie and the Hot Rods play the Electic Balloom In thei fist Bitish date since the Sping. Not to be outdone Ralph McTell. of 'Steets Of London' fame also plays his Chistmas concet... again in London. McTell's show s a chaity concet at the Theate Royal on Decembe 3, with special guest guitaist John Williams. Dats play special gig FOLLOWING a shot tou of Ieland, Dats ae to make a special one - oft pe - Chistmas appeaance In London. The chat - staing doo woppes, who ecently added Ameican vocalist Kenny Andews to thei line - up. play the Hammesmith Odeon on Decembe 8. Tickets ae available now. piced fom f3.50 to 2. Dats have no plans fo othe Bitish concets in the nea futue, and will be concentating on ecoding ealy next yea - befoe making thei debut Ameican tou in the sping. WIN WORTH OF RECORDS 4 In This Fee Li To'Ente Competition ' Clip the top ight hand cone 'T om the sleeve of TONY HAVES' new single. "COMIN' HOME TO I YOU", attach it to this advet and post It to Mettle Recods - 0 Buley Mow Passage, Chiswick, London W 4PH- The fist coupon dawn fom a bael on Fiday 22nd Decembe, 978. will eceive ecod tokens woth e50. Evey enty will eceive an autogaphed poste of Tony Hayes. Name Addess ea I. Send with lage stamped adessed envelope to Mettle Recods. 0 Baley Mow Passage, Chiswick. London W4 4P- PS: IF you'e in London on Decembe 9th, Tony is giving away 00 fee autogaphed copies of his new single et Vigin Hecoas in uxtoo..a London W7, METTLE RECORDS Distibuted by SPARTAN (OH London Rd, Wemble,Middx e t ROD STEWART: nothing like it befoe ROD'S PARTY SUPERSTAR Rod Stewat Is to be host at a special New Yea's Eve paty at the Lyceum Balloom in London. And Stewat, a fanatical Scottish football suppote, Is to compensate fo not spending his Hogmany noth of the bode by playing a concet in between an evening of suppoting "paty acts" and othe entetainments. The "paty" will un fom 8 pm until 2 am and Rod will be playing what a spokesman descibed as "a completely diffeent show to,the one he'll be playing on the tou" befoe seeing In the New Yea at midnight. Tickets will be limited to 2000 only... and will be piced at 0 each! And in a bid to cut out ticket touting Stewat's management ae attempting to limit puchase of ticket to "the Lyceum's egula customes only". Those attending egula Lyceum disco nights on Satudays and Mondays fom Decembe 2 ight though until Chistmas will have thei ticket numbes dawn out of a hat, with a set numbe of tickets available each night. Lucky winnes will have up to' 48 hous to pay the 0 ticket pice - in case they don't have the money with them. The fist "affle night" le this Satuday (Decembe 2). Said a spokesman fo Stewat: "It's the fist time It's eve been done, and we feel that despite the high ticket pice we'e offeing what will be a complete New Yea Paty!" a.e- dt! I/. -- _. I` ` ---- n : S,. ROXY MUSIC: album and wold tou Roxy eactivate AFTER WIDESPREAD umous it was announced definitely last week that Roxy Music has eactivated itself as a woking band. The band - compising Byan Fey, Andy Mackay, Phil Manzanea and Paul Thompson - have added ex. Vibato Gay Tibbs to the line - up on bass. And a new keyboads playe will also be Joining Roxy Music - although he hasn't yet been named. The hand have aleady ecoded "a consideable amount of mateial". accoding to thei management company. which is cuently being mixed in New Yok. The esulting album will hopefully be eleased in ealy 979 And, said a Roxy Music spokesman: "Plans ae definitely being consideed fo a wold tou fo the same peiod." NAZ ADD DATES SCOTTISH ock band Nazaeth, have announced additions to thei fothcoming tou The hand play Southampton Gaumont Febuay i Wolvehampton Civic 3. Bimingham Odeon 4 Hammesmith Odeon 5. The goup's new album 'No Mean City' is set fa elease In ealy Januay, having Just been enmpteted fn Monteaux. Osibisa celebate AFRO ROCK kings, Osibisa. play a special New Yea'' eve concet at Hammesmith Odeon to celebate thei tenth annivesay This will be the kick Off on a wold tou that will Include thei fist Ameican date' in five yeds The band fie cuently ecoding a new album, although no elease date has yet been set. Ivo hits the oad THE OUTRAGEOUS Ivo Blggun and his Red Nosed Buglas take to the oad this week. Ivo, notoiously successful afte his 'WinkeYs Song', (Mispint)' will be playing a two hou show at the London Nashville Decembe 2, and the Maque* on Decembe 2 Fouteen people will acompany Ivo nn stage and the Nashville gig sees the debut of Misa Amelia Blowhad. The dates will tie in with the elease of Ivo's Album 'The tvlnkes Album (Mispint)' and a new single 'Hello My Baby'. Bolan investigation THE ROW that's blown up in the national Ken ecently ove the amount of money left by Mae Bolan, who died in a ca cash last yea, is not en tiely unexpected. His fathe, M Simeon Feld, has been tying fo sometime to find out what has happened to many of Bolan's possessions: And when the contents of the will wee evealed last yea. It was announced that Bolan had left only net. Thus discounts ealie epots that he had let( 0,000 each to his ex - wife June and Gloia Jones, the mothe of his son Rolan. M Feld has asked fo an investigation into his son's oyalties. Diamond cuts AMERICAN supesta Nell Diamond eleases in album of new mateial in Decembe. 'You Don't Bing Me Flowes' is scheduled fo elease next week and featues seven new Diamond compositions. The title tack, featuing a duet with Baba Steisand, was ecently eleased as a single and othe tacks, Include 'The Ameican Popula Song', 'Foeve In Blue Jeans' and 'Remembe Me'. Pali/Funk add daté GEORGE CLINTON'S Ameican funk'n outage outfit Paliament / Funkadellc have added yet anothe date to thei debut Bitish concet tou. They now play a concet at Bimingham Odeon on Decembe 5. Exta London dates have aleady been added to the tou - featuing what has been descibed as "the most outageous show cuently an the oad" - which begins in Mancheste on Decembe 0. Taves tou end album CANADIAN HEAVY metal guitaist Pat Taves will be eleasing a new album and touing Bitish and Euope In the New Yea. Taves will be playing Euope in Febuay and Mach including a sting of dates in Bitain. but venues and dates have yet to be confimed, His new album 'Heat In The Steets' will be eleased to coincide with the tou. RELEASES NEW SINGLES fom Ian Duy and the Blockheads. 'Hit Me With You Rhythm Stick', eleased this Fiday LATEST album -fom Donny and Maie Osmund. entitled 'Coln' Coconuts' to be eleased this month It's also the title tack of Donny and Maie film of the same name - shot in Hawaii ealie this yea. FRENCHMAN Jean Michael Jae's follow up to the best selling 'Oxygene' LP la 'Equinox.'. out this week. CHART funkstes Olympic Runnes, cuent hit 'Get It While You Can', elease Polydo debut album 'Putttn' It On Ya' on Decembe 8. DUE to "popula equest" Rocket ae to elease Elton John instumental 'Song Fo Guy' - takes fom 'A Single Man' album -as a single, It's backed with a new, uneleased John/Toupin composition 'Lovesick'. HIGHLY - ated eggae female thee piece 6, la. 7 elease new single on DEB music this week G Times' is backed with one of the goup' "hits". 'Black Skin Boy'. DIFFERENT elease of the Pablo M makttwith thee classic 'Revolutionay Deam', e elease of Max 'Wet Deam''Revolutionay Romeo's 'Revetatiun Time' and fouui album fom Eath and Stone. entitled 'Back Te. Afica'.

5 , _ Recod Mino, Decembe 2, REZIL-LOS: new goup being fomed J REZILLOS SPLIT Fou faewell gigs SCOTTISH NEW wave band the Rezillos have split up.., only weeks afte thei fist chat hit 'Top Of The Pops', The goup have cancelled thei cuent UK tou - which would have been thei lagest eve - and will now play fou last - minute faewell concets in the next fotnight. Accoding to thei manage, Bob Last: "A new goup in to the pocess of being fomed aound thee membes of the band, John Caws (who has witten most of the oiginal RezWos mateial), Simon Templa and Angle Patteson." Recod Mio undestands that the split was caused by "membes of the goup having diffeent expectations of thei involvement in the music industy Lead singe Fay Fife, who lost he voice afte five days of the tou, was unavailable fo comment, and he futue plans emain unclea. Howeve "amicable" dlscuaslonq between the band, thei manage and the pomoto of the can. celled tou, have esulted in the scheduling of fou final Rezillos concets, The last chance to see the Rezillos will be at: Newcastle City Hall, Novembe 30 (Thusday), London Lyceum, Decembe 3 (Sunday), Edinbugh Odeon. Decembe 22 and Glasgow Apollo, Decembe 23. Othe dates on the cancelled Rezillos tou will be e - aanged, eithe with a new headline act, o with Iish band the Undetones - who wee suppoting the RezWos - headlining in thei own ight. And Mashall Hain pat AFTER A shot lived caee Mashall Hain - who hit the Top 5 with thei debut single 'Dancing In The City' - have split up. Reasons,fo the spilt ae said to be amicable. Female singe Klt Hain will stay with the band - and they'll be auditioning a new keyboads playe befoe ecoding a new album and going out on the oad. Julian Mashall will pusue vaious solo pojects. Howeve the duo will be ecoding an 'In Concet' adio show in Decembe fo futue boadcast - Riley quits Pulse SINGER AND pecussionist Michael Riley has left Bitish eggae band Steel Pulse. Reasons given ae "musical diffeences'"between Riley and the est of the band Riley has ecently been suffeing W - health, and missed seveal dates on the band's last Bitish tou Thee ae no immediate plans to eplace Riley... and Steel Pulse will continue as a six - piece. ULTRAVOX ULTRAVOX: make thei fist London appeaance since the Maquee Club In August when they play the Lyceum on Decembe 0. the concet will also featue The Skids, Snips and Angletax. As a pelude to thei London appeaance Ultavox play Wolvehampton Polytechnic Decembe 7 and Nothampton County Cicket Gound 9, DEAN FRIEDMAN DEAN FRIEDMAN: plays Reading Univesity on Decembe a and will donate his poceeds to the Music Theapy chaity. THE ROSETTES THE RUBETTES: whose new album 'Still Unwinding' was eleased last week, play thei fist Bitish concets fo ove fou yeas In Decembe. Confimed dates so fa ead: Sheffield Univesity Decembe, Helensbugh Tident Club, 6 Nowich Comwelus 7, Blackpool Winte Gadens 6, Watfod Town Hall 27. REVELATION REVELATION: the eggae band wnose debut album 'Book Of Revelation' is eleased on the Buning Sounds label in Decembe, play: London Shades Novembe 29, London Ronnie Scott's Decembe & 2, London Walthe stow Assembly Hall 8, London South Bank Polytechn a 7, Stoke Newington Town Hall 5. and London Commonwealth Institute. 8. WILD HORSES WILD HORSES: the band fomed by ex - Thin Lizzy membe Bian Robetson, play the following dates: Bimingham Babaellas Decembe 3, Swansea Nutz 4, Plymouth Meto 7. THOSE FOUR THOSE FOUR: A Fench band who Impesonate the Beatles, play the following Bitish dates; Duham Univesity St Cuthbets College Decembe, Retfod Potehouse Club 2, Cheltenham St Paul's College 4, Leiceste Univesity Beaumont Hall 5, Badfod, Univesity 8, Bistol Ganay Club 7, London Royal Veteinay College 8, West London Institute 9, Swansea Univesity, Nottingham Tent Polytechnic 2. Lancashie Leigh Casino 3, St An- dews Univesity 4, Dundee Technical College5. Yok Revolution Club 8, London Fulham olden Lion 7, County stas named NEXT YEAR'S Intenational Festival of County Music, set fo Wembley Aena In Apil. will be headlined by Maty Robbins, Tammy Wynette and Cystal Gayle. The Festival, unning fom Apil 4 to Apil 6, Is the eleventh in the seies, and is again pomoted by Mevyn Conn. Othe acts appeaing Including Billie Jo Speas, Hank Locklln, Ronnine Masai), Asleep At The Wheel and Moe Bandy. Tickets fo all thee nights ae available now fom the Wembley Box Office, piced fom to While the Bighton Cente is the venue fo the second 'Bitish County Festival' next July. the success of this summe's event has meant the expansion of the festival next yea to thee days, and acts ae cuently being finalised fo the weekend of July 3, 4 and 5. Futhe enquiies to Nell Coppendale on Shoeham IN BRIEF A CONCERT oganised as a potest against the closue of London's Beaufot Maket was stopped afte five minutes by police on Satuday. The goups - The Pack, Wendy Tunes and the UK Subs, wee to play on the oof of a ecod stoe thee. A epoted 500 people tuned up and thee wee 25 aests, including those of membes of the Pack, a Canadian goup who ae suppoting Public Image at the Rainbow ove Chistmas. Accoding to the Pack's manage the intended gig was to "publicise P s Xmas shows". BRAM TCHAIKOVSKY, the tio fomed and led by thei ex - Moto's namesake, have been added as suppot to the Roy Gallaghe tou which opens at Lewisham Odeon on Decembe 8. Band ae cuently woking on debut album fo Rada. HARD - WORKING tio the Piates will be making thei debut US visit in Decembe, followed by a lengthy peiod in the studio ealy next yea to ecod thei thid album since thei efomation. GREEKSINGING sta Nana Mouskoul etuns to Bitain in Mach fo 8 -date UK tou, including concet at London Royal Albet Hall on Mach 29. LATEST WEA signing in the the UK ae fou - piece London - based Sceen Idols. Band fonted by gil singe Michelle Nieddy and also including Woody Woodmansey (fomely of his own band U -Boat) will be gigging and ecoding thei debut album fo ealy sping elease. LURKER$ LUR ICERS: Owing to the Illness of Howad Wail, the Lukes have been foced to cancel all thei tou dates until London Electic Balloom Decembe 0, At the gig they'll be giving away fee copies of the pictue disc, 'Fulham Fallout'. YOUNG MUCKS YOUNG BUCKS; following dates, London Stoke Newington Pegasus Novembe 29, London Russell Gadens the Kensington 30, London College of Pinting Decembe, London Foehel Education Cente 2, London Islington Hope And Ancho 8, London Camden Becknock 6, Bistol Polytechnic 7, Leeds Ffode Geen Hotel 8, Bansley Wentwoth College 9, FinchJey Toington 0, Fulham Boadway Golden Llon, High Wycombe College 2, London Camden Becknock 3. Seale Haynes College Of Education 5, Bude Headland Club 8. FABULOUS POODLES FABULOUS POODLES: Sheffield Polytechnic Decembe, Yok Ilkley College 2. Mancheste Polytechnic 7, London Goldsmith College 8, London Dlgby Stuat College 9,, Exete Univesity, London Music Machine 20. IMMIGRANT IMMIGRANT: pomoting thei fist single, 'One Wold', fo Diffeent Recods, play the following dates; Sheffield Limit Novembe 29, Blackpool Nobeck Castle Hotel 30, Yok Revolution Decembe 8, Bishop Stotfod Tiad Leisue Cente 23. Seafod Thid Wold 24. TRIBESMAN TRIBESMAN: London Music Machine Decembe 8, Lincoln AJ's 9, Southampton West Indian Social Club 23. THE SECRET THE SECRET: Wimbledon The Nelson Decembe s, London Nashville 2, London City Univesity 5. SPECIAL CLINIC SPECIAL CLINIC: Celebate thei 00th gig by playing Bimingham Babaellas Decembe 4. DAVE LEWIS BAND DAVE LEWIS BAND: With Dave Lewis now ecoveed fom injuies substalned in a ca cash the band play: South London Avey Hill College Of Education Decembe, Bimingham Babaellas 2, London Toington 8, Cheste College 9. WRITZ WRITZ: Exmouth Rolle College Decembe 9, London Rock Gaden 7. Bistol Cockes Club Januay 4 and 5, Bimingham Rabaella's e. Woceste College 28. MATCHBOX MATCHBOX: London Rock Gaden Decembe 30, Sothall White Hat 3. GONZALEZ GONZALEZ: have cancelled the second half of thei pesent tou and they will be special guests on the Tavaes tou except fo Stoke Jollees Club on Decembe 3. PANTIES PANTIES: Following London dates; Kensington Queen Elizabeth College Decembe, Chelmsfod Institute Of Highe Education 2, Maquee poting (sup- Supechage) 3, Music Machine 9, Chaing Coss Hospital Medical School Students Union 5, plus Wokington Down Unde Club 8, Sheffield Limit Club 9. THE DOOMED THE DOOMED: who have -sacked thei bass playe Heny Badowskl eplacing him with a fome membe of the Saints. Alisdal Wad, play the London Electic Balloom Decembe 2. SORE THROAT SORE THROAT: Livepool Eic's Decembe, Glasgow Queen Magaet Union 2, Leeds Ffode Geen 3, Enfield Middlesex Polytechnic 5, London Hospital Medical School 6, Bimingham Repetoy 0, High Wycombe Nags Head 4. GANG OF FOUR GANG OF FOUR: Leeds Polytechnic Decembe, London Electic Balloom 2, Coydon Geyhound 3, Middlesbough Town Hall 8, Mancheste Mayflowe 9. Cambidge Con Exchange 5. Woolwich Polytechnic 6. PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR: Mancheste Band On The Wall Decembe. RUDINOOS RUBINOOS: the all - Ameican pop band play the following dates next month; Edinbugh Tlffanys Decembe 4, Peston Polytechnic 8, Leiceste Univesity 7, Bimingham Univesity 8, Mancheste Univesity 9. Wakefield Unity Hall 2, Sheffield Polytechnic 33, NewcasUe Polytechnic 5, London Lyceum 7. Moe dates will be added at a late date. 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6 6 Recod Mio, Decembe 2, 978 c.. ó ím 7 EVER WONDERED what Angus Young keeps in his schoolbag? Well, foget It. I've been in thee and I can tell you. it's not a petty sight. Doesn't feel too good eithe. It's sot of hot and black and sticky...yuck... "It's hot ta," explains Angus. "That's how we get the smoke effect." The smoking schoolbag is about the biggest effect that AC/DC use onstage. No dy Ice, no stobe lights, not even a stay mio -ball - news which comes as a geat elief to me. sitting in the 20th ow at the Bimingham Odeon gig. You see, I didn't eally expect to like AC/DC. No, that's not tue. I actually expected to hate AC/DC. I mean, they didn't eally have much going fo them. They wee heavy metal (yawn). They wee Austalians (0, enough of this acist stuff! - ED). And they wee woman hates. Well they had to be, with lyics like that, didn't they? Well. yes and no. They ae loud. heavy, headbanging etc etc etc. But - thank goodness - they don't take It too seiously. As said, no oveblown stage effects. Just a lot of had wok, a lot of noise - and a lot of fun. And yes, the boys do (fo some eason) choose to eside hi Sydney but, you'll be glad to know, they'e of Scottish oigin. (O am being biased about this?) And the woman -hating? Angus denies the chage. "We love women," he eplies - petty easonably I suppose. "I don't think we put women down," he continues. "I think It's just the way we appoach the subject. They'e all eal life expeiences I mean, It's bette to wite about VD than flying sauces. Isn't it? J ''EE GUS AND THE MACHOMETER "I think we'e pobably doing the govenment a sevice. Singing those songs is poviding a bette waning than those pamphlets they give out, anyway " The othe sexual obsession of the goup, apat fom social diseases, seems to be with ladies of athe lage than aveage build - as in the song. 'Whole Latta Rosle'. "Yes, Bon has this fetish about big women," explains Angus. "He used to paty aound with these two gils who wee called the Jumbo Yes, well, we won't go Into that. But it Is tue that most of AC/DC's Image emanates fom singe Bon Scott, who must ate at least 90 points on the machomete. He's got the lot - haiy chest, dity songs... and tattoos. "He's vey poud of his chest." says Angus. "Bon gets a kick out of flashing those tattoos. Me? Oh, no, TIT TES and halt' - macho style. Bon wins SHEILA PROPHET found AC/DC's Angus Young scoed low, while Bon Scott nealy blew a.fuse I was neve quite that bave." But then Angus himself is the vey antithesis of that image, which suppose balances out the goup's macho ating. (The othe membes of the goup, by the way, ate about aveage). When you meet him, you can undestand how the schoolkld thing came about. Out of unifom, he's absolutely tiny - so much so, you wonde how he manages to get gown up clothes to fit him. He says he thought up the shots Idea back ín 974 when, he claims, he was still a eal -life schola. This, by his own eckoning, put his cuent age at 2, although Aussie fiends of mine who claim to have seen him looking moe o less the same as he does now at least seven o eight yeas ago, eckon this Is highly unlikely. Anyway, what the hell, the gimmick woks a teat. The kids love It, going bananas as he scuies ound the stage shaking his head in idiculously manic, neck -beaking fashion. When he does his walkabout amongst the people (just like oyalty, isn't it?) the kids chase him ound, gabbing him as he's caied past, shoulde high, still sceeching away on his - codless guita. "Sometimes I end up coveed in scatches and buises," he sighs. Angus eckons that thei sense of humou has had a lot to do with AC/DC's success. But then. in the kind of places the band stated out playing, you had to have a sense'f humou to suvive. "Those pubs in the outback wee ough." lie says with feeling. "You had to be a bit bawdy and bash." Bawdy and bash they still ae. But It's an endeaing sot of bashness - the same quality that the new wave bands had when they fist kicked off. Although they might not have that much In common musically with the new wave, the goup seems to shae the same "have a go" ideals and the same hated of slickness and pofessionalism as pactised by the dinosaus of the ock wold. "One of the fist big bands I went to see was Led Zeppelin." he emembes, "and befoe the show thee wee all these stoies unning ound that Jimmy Page would jump on his amp and Plant would sing without a micophone. "Then when I saw the gig, they all just stood thee. All Plant did was to stand thee shaking his long hai a bit and cocking his leg evey so often. "It was the same with all those bands - the ones who like to play coo,i saw them, and I was neve inteested. I'd come out thinking, 'What's all the fuss about?'. 'Am I missing something?'." So the band got up and did It themselves. Now, Angus eckons: "We don't cae whethe It's musical o not, f* * all those technical points. We'e thee to make it as inteesting and exciting as possible. We like to get up and ock, and still give the kids a show," _. And that's what they do. Often, All the time in fact. The band have been on the oad continuously fo ove six months now -a schedule that would kill most folk "I've had some geat times," says Angus. "I enjoy touing. No, I neve get boed - I think touing is what you make it. I do get fidgety If we have a day off, because touing is geaed ound you twiddling you thumbs and getting eady fo the show. If the show's missing, the day just doesn:t feel ight." He admits that he and the othes ae getting tied now, and ae looking fowad to thei Chistmas beak back home in Sydney. whee they'll also be ecoding thei next studio album befoe setting out on tou again in Febuay. "Ou company own thei own studios down thee, so you have all the time in the wold. It's completely away fom the est of the wold, so you can look at things fesh, with a clea head." So they'e not thinking of moving. "It's not eally a question of moving - we'e neve thee long enough to say we actually live thee. I don't mind eally - I think I could live anywhee." - So next yea's schedule fo AC/DC looks petty much the same as the last yea's. "We'e not ich yet." says Angus. "We'll just keep going till we can affod to stop." But they ae woking on Ameica... And in the meantime, tame and fotune in the wold of showbuslness has aleady helped Angus achieve one big ambition. "I've had all my teeth capped." he says poudly, displaying the gleaming ow of needles.' By an Austalian dentist? "But of couse. What else?",. h BUTCH? Well It's not the size that counts 0i

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8 8 Recod Mino, Decembe Si Gas R G ea b`j IG.ReV,e M ihit e..t, SINGLE OF THE WEEK. e THERE Is no single of the week. the BEST OF A BAO BUNCH. TODD P.UNDGREN: 'All The Childen Sing' (Beaaville) Suitably seasonal sounding title fom fom Todd the man. Pulled fom the 'Hemit Of Mink Hollow' album in an- attempt, no doubt, to woo the end of the yea consumes and thus giving his public some poduct to eat up afte the anticipated tiumph that I and othe Runt fans expect his Venue gigs to be. Beautiful layeed poduction spoting tinkling keyboads and exquisite sax, yet still second ate stuff fom this fellow of ae genius That said, this ecod still uinates ove the majoity Of this week's vinyl wasteland. IAN DURY / AND THE BLACKHEADS: 'Hit Me With You Rhythm Stick' (Stiff) With -pogessive listens this single foces fist impessions to the back of one's subconscious. I honestly thought this Duy wold tou on vinyl was the nadi of the guy's output. at fist. You will too. Pesevee, howeve, and become hooked on the ball - busily?' bass tiff, Duy's command of the foeign patois, and the weid sax, wauings of a thousand Aabian nights, Reeks of chaacte, but I still wouldn't buy the bleede. I'm off to eflect on the fome gloies of 'Boots And Panties'. THE RECORDS: 'Stay Eyes' (The Recod Company) Pop music I hea you snal. Yesieebob, and quite a jolly affai it is too. Fist elease fom Will Bich's new bunch of chums, and, as you would expéct it's down the line commecial hookeama. The poduetlon leaves a little to be desied and, as anyone who has seen The Recods live will testify they Ie punchie than this single would lead you to believe. This should have been 'Teeneama'. A slight dissappointment. THE POLICE: 'So Lonely' (A & M) Sting Summes and Copeland poduced one of the singles of the yea in 'Roxanne'. This is in the same vein - white eggae based on iddums and a ace fo hell beakneck hook. A good album tack which could be a mino hit. STATUS QUO: 'Accident Pone' (Vetigo) and onandonandon. Unmistakeably eathy, unmistakeably Quo. A vesion on a theme. Rathe amusing. A hit. THIRD WORLD: 'Cool Meditation' (Island) Swift follow - up to the band's hit ewoking of the fab PhWy anthem that you all know. Smooth as the povebial babe's ass eplete with some tasty hamonica, and an assued cossove hit. Quintessential quality. $ C NlLllNy--'. ' PS l f!, \ : TODD RUN- DGRÉN: second ate stuff HI - TENSION: 'Autumn Love' (Island) Now is the winte of ou disco - ntent H.T. ae to be commended because, simply, they have taken on the besuited black Yank toupe at thei own game and tounced 'em otten. This isn't the expected HI Tension boogie time, athe it's a soft, low twang of a thong. vey Ameican, vey Commodolsh. A stone - gone smooche. Geat ecod, though I still couldn't. wouldn't be Induced Into slapping moolah down fo it. THE RUBINOOS: 'Falling In Love' (Besekley) with love is falling fo make believe. The Rubes live out the Ameican college to the hilt. Despite the fact that they all look alike they've just undegone a couse of monkey gland injections. Angst - idden teen anthem and all that kinda stuff. Good in a bizae way. The Rubinoos make Child look like Van Halen, 'n ah think they'e cute than Mom's apple 'n' bluebey pie. MOON MARTIN: 'Hot Nlte In Dallas' (Capitol) Moe mediocity fom a Yank with -i --ER ti moe than his fai shae of money behind him. Sounds like Lynyd' Skynyd jumping on an Ameican new wave - that means dastically old wave - bandwagon. Single's petty naff but mebbe, lust mebbe a good album. HEROES: 'Think It Ove' (Roe) Accoding to the biog. Heoes have fosaken the bight lights, big hype of a majo ecod company fo local label Rox. Quite who, in highe cicles, has offeed to sign the Meseyside lads Is neve made clea. st Buddy Holly tune pefomed with suitable iposte, this bubbles along like Pleases who have neve had the opeation Stictly amateu league but OK. AND TURKEYS. wtel S ' : NOW SEASONAL WOUNDED JOHN SCOTT CREE: 'Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindee' (Pye) GLADYS KNIGHT & THE PIPS: 'Do You Hea What I Hea' (Buddah) y. _ s SANITY CLAUSE: 'Chistmas Jingles (EMI) JUDGE DREAD: 'Jingle Bells (EMI) CHRIS HILL: 'Disco Santa' (Ensign) BUZBY: 'Make Someone Happy Evey Day' (Pye) SALSOUL- ORCHESTRA: ''Little Dumme Boy' (Salsoul) ROY HUDD: '(Eveybody Needs A) Chistmas Tee' (State) BOB PRYDE: 'Santa's Little Helpes' (State) HICKEY NORRIS! 'Reggae Chistmas' (Sate) REX HARRISON: 'One Of Those Songs' (Pye) ANGEL / CALIFORNIA BOYS CHOIR: 'Winte Song' (Casablanca) MIKE OLDFIELD: 'Take Fou' (Vigin) So loned Sometimes I feel so uninspied. Chistmas Is coming. and all that festive guff, but this exceta Is unlikely to inspie goodwill to all the men in anyone. tv J Scott Cee coons his hoay old ditty ove a douze ba blues eminiscent of a decaying blues paagons. S'awful. Old Gladys shows how fa 'she's fallen with cloying sentimental guff that pofits no one. Dead and Hill pupot to be funny, on this scoe they, well put youself, dea eade, In the position of a faiy atop a Chistmas tee and then imagine what It feels like to have a mighty Spuce, Pine o whateve ammed up ye jacksy. That's how funny the tunes ae. Busby, along with Benad Clbbens, should be stangled. Ditto with Roy Hudd, Bob Pyde and Rex Haison. Hickey Nois I am assued will be huge in Shephed's Bush, Angel. ock (sic) and oll's answe to Chalie's Angels mince it up with The Califonia Boys Choi In a song that has the most ovewoked tiff eve. Foeigne fo paedophiles Oldfield e eleases those fab honpipe jigs that have made Xmas unbeaable fo the past couple of yeas. Evey one a stone cold lose. ANYTIME, ANYPLACE... MORE TURKEYS. BONNY TYLER: 'Louslana Rain' (RCA) Tumbleweed ochestation with nae ' - wc.en.ss3n ievai Ak class. Teminal Laingytle is no tun Bonnie, and neithe Is this effot. SANDFORD & BAKER: 'Stamp On A Skuff Today' (EMI) Two plugheads ty to alleviate the Smuf menace and succeed only n making the pain in the ase consideably wose. CAREY DUNCAN: 'Ragsy' (HAM) Caey is one of dem gils that Is saving up to get maied, and in the meantime she is making deay Elkie Books soundalike ecods to attain he goals, both financial and omantic. J J BARRIE: 'You Look Just Like An Angel' (RCA) The wost MUD: 'Why Do Fools Fall In love / The Book Of Love' (RCA) Two elics given the Showaddywaddy evamp teatment. What. one wondes, have things come to when these lods among men poduce pap that actually makes Showaddywaddy sound good. RICHARD ASHWORTH & WHITE DUB: 'M3 Revisited' (Ovedive) Thee tack independent elease the cove being a paody of the title that the song lambasts, namely Highway 0 Revisited. Lead tack is a hooky eggae vesion of Uncle Bob's' 'Positively Fouth Steet'. Good keyboads can't save this fom being entiely tedious. THE SUSSED: 'I Like You / Tango / The Pev' (Ovedive) Egbaston pat - time punk ae pepetatos of this supisingly competent EP. Nothing much moe need be said. '... AND FINALLY... LIVERPOOL F.C.: 'Hap To The Kop / We ae Livepool' (Logo) The lads in ed take the pop wold by stom!!! Hadly. This is moe akin to a damp fat down Tin Pan Alley B - side Is astonishing- The Blood Reds ewoking of 'Bown Gil In The Ring', poves conclusively that footballe's bains ae most cetainly In thei feet. This Is to music what Shelia Pophet is to Sumo westling.,,., - eoovmwwila»zl9 i", f. MOW n~ GOR/J

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10 w hewed Mio. Decembe 2, 978 Fdlle anlo by TIM L0TT RECORD SHOP manages and employees well emembe the days when eage would-be puchases would walk into thei shop, sing a few off-key, out -of -tune bas of a song and demand a copy of that "geat ecod I head on the adio". And while this undoubtedly still happens, the anxious -to -please ecod deale Is now faced with a new poblem... how to match a ecod (and mostly an LP) to a huied desciption of that "eally geat advet I saw on TV'. You know, the one with the cicket bats, the one with all those guys in white suits, the one with all those funny westles In It.... Fo the phenomenon of the TV -advetised album - be It a compilation of 'Geatest Hits' o the latest album fom a goup o atist with a single high in the Top Ten - has now become a fully -established maketing policy. As well as a vey successful one. In Recod Mio's most ecent album chat moe than half the albums In the Top 20 had been (and in some cases still ae being) TV advetised, In exposue "slots" anging fom seven second flashes of the album sleeve along with a snatch of the cuent hit ight though to (250,000 "concept" campaigns lasting ove a minute on peak -time TV. Yet the TV -advetising boom, as significant a "evolution" to the majo ecod companies as was the Intoduction of ock music advetising Into the national pess (at a hugely inceased cost fom advetising in the tade music papes) in the late sixties, has only taken place in the last two yeas. Pionees in the field wee specialised "TV -maketing" companies K -Tel, Ronco and Acade ove five yeas ago - with had-hitting "instant appeal" ads fo compilation albums on familia themes: the golden yeas ohock 'n' oll, non-stop paty, disco action and so on. But these companies wee maketing oganisations - leasing tacks fom ecod companies, investing heavily in TV time and - at the time - eaching a section of the consume public untouched by nomal ecod company advetising. The leasing fees accounted fo a minute pat of the campaign budget, success being based on the sound business pactice (to eveyone then except ecod companies) of spending a lot to sell even moe. The Instant explosion and immediate sales of K -Tel et al pompted seveal majo ecod companies to think along the same lines Faced with geneally declining album sales on the one hand, and an inceasing ealisation that thei own back catalogues wee as stong as outside - compilations, Phonogam and EMI tentatively enteed the maket In late 975/ealy the fome with a Stylistics "Chistmas" compilation, the latte with the fist majo ecod company TV campaign based on maketing eseach fo the 'Beach Boys' 20 Golden Geats'. "The amount of money we spent on that campaign, aound (200,000, was consideed staggeing at the Ume," says EMI's TV pomotions manage Bian Beg "Up until then we'd left it to the specialised companies, who wee pepaed to take the isks. But the album, which was a vey stong collection. has sold a million to date. "Afte the success of the Beach Boys natually we began to look at othe catalogue aeas and we've had a whole sting In the last two yeas." And Beg modestly admits: "Obviously not all the TV compilations have been as successful, but bead on the amount invested - which can vay fom up to ( I don't think we ve had one that hasn't made some money." L t PUMPING VINYL THROUGH TIlE TUBE- ''- Once the fist steps had been made othe ecod companies followed suit, the ceative campaigns battling it out on the box fo"catalogue" mateial along with dog food and coffee commecials. But the most inteesting development, and one that is causing the most Inteest in the music business, is extemely ecent - the use of TV to advetise new poduct, as opposed fo familia and easily ecognisable mateial. Since Chistmas last yea majo ecod company "policy" (as much as it can be genealised hee) has come to accept the Idea of investing heavily In TV -advetising to pomote album sales on the back of cuent single success. Thus Kate Bush, high in the chats with 'Wutheing Heights' had he fist -;' vv 'i `. Gx^$`dQ. J '.e],'.. - 2P JOHN SHEARLAW on how TV advetising of albums began... and is likely to. continue album "flashed" In selected egional slots, similaly ELO with a cuent tou and a Top 0 single duing the summe, and moe ecently WE A's Boney M with the album fom the goup that bought you 'Rives Of Babylon'. Recod company spokesman contacted by Recod Mio view the development with mixed feelings. It's beyond a doubt, they say, that "TV does sell" and many quote cases of albums suddenly ising up the chats atte a stagnant peiod once given the "TV push" But Bian Beg denied that the campaigns wee all fail-safe.' The maket is going cazy aound this time., as It did last yea. It's a case of the stongest mateial allied to the best pesentation winning though," he says. "Not eveyone Is guaanteed to make money." And what is also causing the "majos" some concen Is that they have tuned full cicle - and ae once again competing fo the "nomal" ecod buying public peviously won ove by adio exposue and tade pess advetising... at a hugely escalated cost. This Is paticulaly tue of new atists (as Kate Bush was) o even established acts with simply a new album (ELO. say). Seveal companies admit to having "toyed" with the idea of beaking a completely new act ("cold", Is the business expession) on TV but this development - consideing the enomous isk and cost - Is unlikely even next yea. The two levels of TV -advetising cuently widely employed ae hee (f m W z 2 o z o cn to stay. High -budget 'Golden Geats' (compilations, whateve) and low -budget (and often egionally advetised only) new albums. Put them togethe and you have the top of the albums chats and all-ound "inceased" sales_ But whethe the actual "volume" of exta sales will incease In elation to the amount of money being spent to achieve them will be the question evey ecod company involved will be asking in the wake of the Chistmas spluge. And, even as those sums ae being calculated the most fascinating advet since K -Tel's vey fist will be appeaing on you sceens. In Januay BBC ecods launch thei TV cam peign to pomote the Paul Gambacc W 'Compiled 'Ameica's 40 Geatest' album... an ITV!

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12 7 Recod Meo,, Decembe 2, 979 C Elba' behind TO A sound tack of 'Dedicated Followes of Fashion' and 'tae Hoya Ae Back In Town' and with black hafloons flying the motto 'Rack le Beautiful' the new Riba shop opened el 22 Conduit Steet this week. A. hundeds waited outside with Jack Fost Use doos finally opened to eveal two Doos of not the expected new - look Riba hut moe the emnants of the old shop In Kensington Hlgb steet. The new Bibs displays the much copied design - deco that the old ones did. olous of black and gold and an abundance of mios and Hollywood hotel thities chic. flnfotunately this time aound the clothes ae tes dab and they aim tondo the same colou and design lines as the pevious collections. If you emembe Roy and the Ribs paties o If you just want to imthe in nostalgia be sawn thee; but if you want something new give It a miss Anyway the estauant next doo Is nice fo lunch. TOT TA YI.OR Pictue this GIMMICK mania, all souped up and eady fo Chistmas, is upon us. I fea. And all because - it. woks At least U The Cas' phenomenal success is anything to go by, It does. It is almost unhead of fo an unknown band to cash into the chats at numbe 0 with a debut single. And It's Impossible to hype a single in at that high a position. Which leaves One moe than nomal poses possible conclusion. The (In Stiff's case - Im+ pictue disc that the poted pictue discs like stogie was pessed on Meatloaf ae fa moe ugly though it was - expensive, often up to tuned out to be a spec-.2) the ecods have taculaly effective pomotional device. The same device with athe less amazing esults - was uultsed by Stiff with limited (5000) editions of the Lovich, Weckless. Lewle, Jupp and Sweet albums in pictue disc, the fist attempt to use pictue LPs as a pomotional device in Bitain since Cuved Ai tied It with 'Ai Condltloning' In 90. The eason fo R's lack of populaity as a pomotional device fo the last etght yeas Is pobably connected with the fact that 'Ai Conditioning' absobed a LD `'+`,. 5h. atw}.5 Yt (w, a tat o~n N+ j nol.!.et' ' JI,entee teó h (he Íbsa'f5 ' t t,d t{^`, geat deal of Wane Bos' money to vey little -commecial esponse. and thus fightened off potential band wagon - jumpes. Paul Conoy, the label manage at Stiff. says it's too ealy to tell whethe the discs have signillcantly lifted sales, but It has got them a lot of national publicity which can't be bad. Costing about a quid poved enomously popula this time ound, which could mean a spate of the things, though not all fom these shoes. Elton John's album in plc disc is' aleady a'vallable in some shops, and Blondle and Linda Ronsladt effots ae on thei way. Most of these will pobably end up on 'special impot', though, and lead to inodinately high pices. Aleady this has led to scenes of pictue albums being pinned up In walls in ecod shops and being auctioned off to the highest bidde. Rut ecod companies, p It happened in Reading TV 'C3IQSOMS IN DISCO DJ SPOT SHOCK IH000TEING with Roaanquel was a dlaappolntment, "See you favouite newscaste la a guest disc jockey spot at Reading Top Rank Suite," said the publicity. Touble was that Reggie s_s shakey on his feet and looked tied and emotional. "And now 'fo ou special guest - tot fom 'News At Ten', the Incedible Reggie ~minuet." boomed the announcement. Reggie's entance was less than Incedible, as he tipped /tense the stage and staggeed up to the micophone. "I don't know why I'm hee," he said. "Who ae you lot anyway? Oh yes I emembe.' Reggie then told a. Ni Ispad, wts It:i.f /edee get 7 ^. _ S] ve.h nne'ee s.. p M yu,e5 0d,- -: : "' ºA,.t I o e, a,.. f'at.,. a, (,`..N. ' ;AlaYiayvt _+ cake about the Tope meeting the chief Rabbi at the Vatican. Nobody laughed, "Oh Chist that one bombed. It went down well the last tlme' bid It y'know, Anyway, do ya think I'm sass " Reggie ambled off stage holding on to a cutain fo suppot. te went upstais to sign autogaph., steadying hie ao that he Could wite Pi ean " eei neve like that on the news," aid one woman. Reggie la th. latest In the line of celebity DJ's. Past guests at Reading and Southampton Top Rank have been Stan Ogden fom Coonation Steet, Reedy fom Cossoads and D Magnus Pybe. Magnus had to dagged off stage waving ids,. ams madly. Not only did he play ecod/abut he answeed scientific questions befoe dancing N the cowd. "We wondeed bow we could follow Tavolta feve." said M Malcolm Kat of Rank Leisue Sevices. "One of ou chaps was sitting down one day and wondeed what sot of Mae jockey Magnus Pyke would make. Magnus has definitely been the beat so ta. He had such a lot of enthusiasm and he's such a mavellous little move on the dance floo. All the guests ae paid a fee to appea, but I can't eveal how much". Rank want to continue these guest spots- and negotiations ae cuently undeway fo moe celebities. wale.! MA GNUS PYKE: "a mavellous little move", and fiend : Reggie (Inset). hanging on the gamophone haven't exhausted all the possibilities of weid' things to do with a 2st piece of plastic yet. I eceived a disc fom Canada this week claiming to be the fist Silve Plated disc maketed by a ecod company. The album., by Canadian band Tiumph and titled 'Rock 'n' Roll Machine', is actually vey impessive looking, L,,y.le t? I despite being a load of cap by any othe standads. Attic, who maket the disc, aen't content with this Libeace style ovekill, and have the added Insuance of the band's autogaphs on the Matix. All I can say afte one heaing, is that Tiumph need all the help they can get. All this paaphenalia will pobably be endeed uttely edundant anyway by the eal pictue disc, Le. a disc that poduces moving images -ót the band on a sceen while the ecod plays. These have aleady been poduced and will be on the maket In some counties next yea, As fo news of othe gimmicks - back. Inevitably, to Stiff, who have come up with a w; -..n Yee bees twbxj a full t PeS a Unae b éñ ÑUs cwtiww,,,,,.,oy le yal a futi I,.p.sa"'J kt itnnieunetl tnt.+kstb leot oev. ~oat wes.atn w..>,.et,st knwi, (bej wfa' s,ny TJolaMs osd I Smtish', t7:walts z'_f_'...s.`-twat Inucaise uien ite9d.ntt f"`: `.-'. Z /.. tell Owl,'" f tial"d LTC esuy I..., Q.a yyk?i dn'i Mu.+ e. al T gtty. eally neat one, again with the flue Stiffs. All those people who etained thei ticket stubs fom the tou - notices wee put advising eveyone to keep them - will be able to puchase a special ecoding'of the infamous five pefoming thei own Individual vesions of 'Be Stiff'..lupp Is doing,a blues vesion, Rachel a C&W job, Weckless Is sticking to ock 'n' oll, Jona Lewis Is doing a "Mungo Jey Meets Libeace' vesion, and wods cannot be found to descibe Lene Lovich's cut. The ecods will cost l. plus 5p postage and packing. Elsewhee In gim- mlckland, Pete Tosh, who has come up with an inteesting vaiation on the old scatch 'n sniff chestnut, an into a bit of touble with the chain stoes following EMI's maketing of a sleeve that smelled distinctly of ganja when agitated by the 'fingenail in 'the appopiate manne. Boots have efused to accept any copies with,the scatch n' sniff sticke. "We saw no eason to pomote this substance in M~IIS IJti FAMOUS stiff Jim Moison - did he eally die as a esult of abusing himself in the bath? - flickeed to life again last week in Wadou Steet. Moison, who has a 'posthumous album eleased this week, 'An Ameican Deam' was esuected by WEA Recods who sceened an old Ganada documentay 'The Does Ae Open' fo the media in a small peview theate It was anothe pomotional device. anothe Illusion shatteed. Moison. fa fom pojecting himself as a latent cult heo and mystey man, came acoss as a stoned old hippie with the thought capacity of a spaced out neandethal,. Thep othe thee. apat fom being quite emakably In competent fom a mualcal point of view, wee emakably naive N ou ecod depatments," said a spokesman. And of couse thee have been squae ecods (Richad My'hlU and oblong ecods (Yok* Ba commecial). Even the fetile (?) minds of ecod company "pomotional executives must un out of titillation eventually. My favodite novelty is the one extolled by David Bowie, that no ecod company has seen fit to put into pactice yet, That Is. disposable discs - vey cheap singles and albums, that wea out afte about a dozen plays And U you want to hea some moe, you just buy anothe copy. This would destoy the 'whoops' syndome, which involves buying a new album by you favouite pop goup, only to discove that they've ecoded a tukey. Of couse, such a ploy would do plenty fo the consunle but pecious little fo the,ecod companies, so it Is unlikely to see the light of day, This featue was pinted on special 'wood pulp' pape which ignites upon contact with any band match of household Thee was some In- teesting documentay footage, fom the band's fist visit to Bitain at the Roundhouse In 969 I was disappointed that Jim dldn t flash his choppe and Its nonappeaance wasn't compensated fo by some extemely sloppy vesions of 'Spanish Caavan', ' Wbeo The Music's Ove', 'Hello I Love You', 'Cawling King Snake' which didn't appea on ecod until Z.A Woman' and sundy othe sub standad attempts at what wan oiginally billiant mateial. The live concet shots wee cut with 'significant' newseel of nasty police, fat politicians, Richad Nixon, Adolf Hitle I?). the National Guad, and assoted demonstating students being beaten about the head by a gaggle of Babylonian foces. But It's an inteesting histoical snippet all the same. Ganada have ip plans to sceen it again on TV and It's not befog leased to cinemas geneally. fl you want to see It, wite to Ganada and convince thon thee's enough int` est But you mig st dtsapp,lnted.

13 Recod Mio, Decembe 2, e T O TA L L Y " H O T Olivia Newton -John's back in town with -he new album `Totally Hot' featuing the single 'A Little Moe Love' EMI 2879

14 necaa Ivao, Decembe 2, 978 I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE New * * * * ****, Do you want to hea about the * Yok * * * * *? I'm sie you don't. Right? So, let's make a deal. Well agee not to mention the Dolls. Thee. Doesn't that feel bette? Now,ee know whee we stand. 'Cos th * ae dead. Smashed. And what's the use fondly eminiscing? What's the point of checking out that whole sodid. Biba stained past when the hand in halls bulging stides goped aound a company executive dakness despeately seaching fo the light switch but only succeeding in tipping ove a fat ciga butt and beaking its head on a bandy balloon. I mean, who wants to emembe all that? I'm sue the geeze seving cold bees in this babe sized ba oft 42nd Steet couldn't give a toss fo the band. In fact, he couldn't give a. toss fo anything the way he bangs the bottles on the counte, except maybe his obese postate gland. O his obsolete sex dive. O that tiny shadow on his lung that the docto said was hothfng to woy about but come In anyway and we'll have a eal look. I'm sue David Johansen don't cae that much eithe. Just 'cos he happened to font the band don't mean to say his needle nose is stuck In some gluey goove evolving elentlessly on a time wap tuntable. He's got a band of his own now ain't he. This lonely planet boy Is back to the font. David has a squashed boat ace. But It's a subtle kind of squashiness like he's collided with a loy load of blancmange. This natually makes him all the moe inteesting because evey time he opens his mouth you expect his cheeks to.ubble. They don't of couse. Not even a aspbey ipple. Funny how some people make you think of food. I see Johnny Rotten and pilchads sping to mind. Bob Geldof bings visions of unny meat pies. Kate Bush geklns Feddle'Mecuy walnuts. Elvis Costello peas. With David Johansen It's definitely blancmange. Big sloppy ones that have a whale of a time in the dish befoe being gobbled up. I guess that's what makes him attactive to women Sweet tooth fantasies outside cake shop windows. He's often likened to Jagge but in fact he's much bette looking. Jagge is too much like a half eaten jaded Jelly. Johansen is pistine blancmange "I'm an unassuming, ambling kind of guy," he smiles. "I went to high school in Staten Island..." Seeing how this guy neve says "e" O "y' know" o "yeah" but poceeds with a pefect line In spiel? I'm going to take a shot beak while he. with the aid of untipped cigaettes and an endless steam of Calsbeg, elates his oft fascinating past. See you in a little while. "We lived In a esidential aea, athe like a pat of London, on the Island. Thee wee six of us. My fathe used to sing Gilbet and Sullivan stuff when he was young befoe going into the wa in the ai cops "He neve made much money so PRISTINE BLANCMANGE BARRY CAIN goes all wobbly at the knees while talking to David Johansen I^ IIJtI.I DAVID JOHANSEN on stage' and /inset) sipping and talking we lived Ina eal woking class neighbouhood. I emembe having to eat tuna fish a lot, sleeping in a wam place and selling (Cool-Ade (soft dink) on the steet when I was about six. "In those places the most you can hope fo Is a nice jacket, two o thee pais Of pants, a pai of shoes and a Job Ina gocey stoe eaning 50 bucks a week, "Thee's a good community spiit in those neighbouhoods though and they often stick up signs to tell you when eveyone's gonna clean the steet. "All the guys used to hang out in gangs. My main gang consisted of the nuttiest guys aound and all the othe gangs used to like us because we wee so cazy. I neve used to fight much, it wasn't my cup of tea. But I did hang out with one bunch whose walod used to beat up thee guys at a time In a umble and thow them ove his head, "I used to listen to Bob Dylan ' and It was at the age of 4 I Joined a band playing school dates. Sometimes, lust foa laugh, we'd thow a musician In 'cos we wee petty bad. I also had this mad gilfiend and we used to wite poems to each othe. "School dagged on. I still get this ecuing deam. I'm sitting in my old classoom beathless. See, I used to set the alam evey motning fo 8.30, get up. take a showe at 8.32, get into my clothes, khake my hai, dash out and catch the busf (avel the two miles to school and get thee at I got this whole technique pefect so could sleep till the last minute. "But as I got olde I Just couldn't getup and my mothe would come' home aound.30 and I'd still be In bed. My fathe then used to send me to school at noon- But I soon sussed out that time and went out a few minutes befoe he got In and I'd wande ound Geenwich Village. "Aound this time me and anothe guy used to play acoustics and hamonicas fo the Madas cowd. Those guys had check shits and deset boots and used to hang out at ice ceam palous. My pals used to find out whee we wee playing and come aound to beat up the Madas mob 'cos they wee t ii tl s. petty nambi-pambi. "But they also used to beat up the New Jesey guys who tespassed on Staten Island teitoy dinking pints of Tango and pop wines: "I was woking at a supemaket by now as a Cashie making 50 bucks a week which was cool I gave my mothe 20 and spent the est on clothes - T-shits, black 'leathe Jackets and oames which wee boots that came up to the ankle and wee made to last fo no. moe than two months. All the gils used to dye thei hai black too. 'Then I moved to the city and joined Fast Eddie and the Electic Japs. We won a battle of the bands contest 'cos we had a Pueto Rican dumm and a black bassist. The night we won I knew I wanted to be a sta. I walked on stage and stated singing. Then I closed my eyes 'cos I thought they wee going to kill us, But they cheeed... "People said we wee the best band aound - but that's 'cos we wee the wost. Wc,wee entetaining. Bands that time made eveything look so boing, taking a eveything so seiously. We stood out because of ou conepleuo us consumption "Then the New a" Right. We don't wish to know about that do we? Unless, of couse, you want to hea him say, "Ou life styles In The Dolls didn't adically alte - we always used to stay up all night befoe we wee In the band. I think one of the main things we achieved was to get a lot of ecod companies inteested In bands they would neve even have consideed befoe " Afte the band disintegated - an appopiate wod - David was not inteested In making any ecods. "I Just wanted to dig myself fo awhile Just sit aound and dig myself." It was while he was "digging" himself he met dumme Fankle LaRocka on the Staten Island fey. Fankle said he wanted Dave to play again with him and bassist -Buzzy Veno. They eheased, it sounded good so guitaists Johnny Rao and Thomas Task wee enlisted. And the David Johansen band was bon. (This is sounding moe and moe like a pess handout.) Ex -Doll Syl Sylvaln, Johansen's co -wite, occasionally plays with the band too. Like happy families The band have been touing extensively this yea culminating in thei cuent Euopean tip "We've been woking five night's a week and have been all ove the States, Including Canada, thee times in the last six months." He smiles incessantly. Initially, I thought it was of the piss taking vaiety, eg: "This guy looks petty dumb Ina staight kinda way. That bead definitely ain't cool." But I soon tumbled he was a pofessional aconteu unleashing his life in stacatto colou stoies that tell you moe about the milieu than the man. David Johansen is a vey Contented man. "This is the life - It doesn't eally change. I'm happy with this band and confident about the futue." His music is meely a Doll extension. Remembe how Johnny Thundes ceased clubs with his phetamine folic ock? Well his old team-mate is happy to go along with that but it's a little moe tongue in chic. moe cute phasing and nefaious negation. The wod Ls KOOL like the ade he sold on the steets at six. But will it eve attact mass appeal? "Who knows But I know one thing - I'd athe be popula in New Yok - the Shanghai of the,states - than anywhee else In this county. This place has moe of a ceative spiit. steets ahead of any othe town. "These days, If you'e the hottest band aound - that means liked in the hinte -lands -you'e bound to be homogenised and a boing individual. That's 'oe you'e hip amongst the people that eat white bead sandwiches. "Yeah it's tue. Thee ae actually people In cetkin states that gill two pieces of white bead and then slap anothe piece of white bead coveed in magaine in between and eat It as a sandwich -Who in thew ight mind wants le he popula with them?" Not you David. Not you

15 Recod Mio, Decembe 2, The Electic Light Ochesta Light Yeas Ahead 4i.. o / LIE VI _-. _ Out Of The Blue the Coula.e atbun -2 muotha in the UK chats Teks " 'TURN TO STONE; -!R BLUE Su: ild UST HERO' a, Ste" :ET TALK'P %LIEN,_ i,?4.0 CASS-IE'CO 402 C'3EE0 :0 THREE LIGHT YEARS NRtE Lff.M7f Y[ARw ' l 'EVIL -a SPeCaI ammo bou i_ conta.!'.ig Ma. u D con, - ELO at5u *OA THE T d Oh Nt w ELDORADO' 'FACE THE V.t,S:C and R I. 2 _ c' *a nov... u. I R.a Y.O.4N' Ad,sgTA i_u 5Eltz ' ILL 'QAíelºf,KER_'8 'C t 0 pi RBQ _.9 -

16 a,secos Min,O, Decembe 2, 978 s ++++ Unbeatable ++++ Rey h +++ GIellslide ++ Ghe ItJ mks + Unhesal s " 7 0b.. - And it's moe Much moe much moe than psi moe And its cheap E 2 29 Mixed couple ', 4 ;,4.f./ ' g b OLIVIA NEWTON -JOHN: 'Totally Hot' (EMI EMA 789) I'," t.,f//ífi i II-IC MY STORY is much too sad to be told, but pactically ev'ything leaves me totally cold.' So Cole Pote began his 934 mastepiece 'I Get A Kick Out Of You' and unfotunately this sad tale applies hee. Once uoon a time Olivia NewtonJohn didn't make anyone much money She was pat of post-euovision Cliff's close coteie who always seemed to be on his half-hou tea -time shows along with old Lab! Slffe and the vaious incanations of the eve -faithful 'Shads' - one of whom, John Faa, appeas hee In the guise of poduce. Well, it seems that nowadays anyone can assume the 'poduce-pose' (why, even Simple Jimmy Sham's doln' it) but cousin John Faa has utilised a stange machine billed on the cove as the "Aphex Aual Excite". Poudly declaed and quite seiously too I suppose, but not much could excite me less aually than this ecod. 0ie (as she pefes not to be called) of couse looks pu, pu, pefect,- but all the powdeing, packaging, poses and photos thatthe dolla can buy do not make this a paisewothy album. 'Totally Hot' ates as the most misleading title eve. In my book "hot" comes in somewhee nea "fevent", "lecheous", "pungent", "fiey": Well, the ónly fie hee is that seeping fom Olivia's eyes in the beautiful pictue on the inne sleeve which will as fom now foeve occupy a place on the doo of my Fidgedafe (Debbie's aleady on' the gas stove). This music Is cold, bland, sedative, and figid. The only spak of life Is on 'A Little Moe Love' which stinks of 'Slaughte On Tenth Avenue" and the plaglalsation of pat of Richad Rodges' spooky melody gives the album Its only eally discenible tune. Fom the swiling synthesise into of 'Please Don't Keep Me Waiting' to' the sopoific vesion of Spence Davis' 'Gimme Some Lovin' the album quickly weaves ev'ything into nothing, if you see what I mean. 'Talk To Me' could be a,single but the lack of emotion and the young lady's less than poweful voice makes this a vey dismal pefomance although she did wite it heself. Thee is no 'Summe Nights' hee bu then thee's no John Tavoita eithe, sad to say. Olivia could be the Ginge Roges of the seventies, geatwith a genius but nothing much without him, fo without Tavolta's patenal command she has quickly eveted back to the quiet, dull, countyish singe we all once ovelooked - and she seemed so - confident on TOTP. I don't want to say any moe because I do athe like he. Take me home county oads. Oh yeah, M Pote's song ends with the wods, 'Fighting vainly the old ennui, I suddenly tun and see, you fabulous face'. If you see what I mean JAMES PARADE. JOHN TRAVOLTA: 'Sandy' (Polydo Midsong POLD 504). - IT'S A fai bet that this album will find its way Into moe homes containing pe - pubescents than any othe this Xmas. With that in mind. I wonde If this tue omance stuff is what comes natually to Tadolta, o if It's a calculated attempt to make as much money as possible out of the maket. -OK. leaving aside my cynicism fo the moment, I'll take it on face value. I don't think he's got a geat voice, but (like David Soul) he can manage ballads faily ceditably. I thought he was lousy on the 'Gease' album - two songs fom which ae hee: 'Sandy' and,'geased Lightning'. But this set shows off his voice to moe advantage. Besides, his Image Is stong enough to suvive a medioce voice - look how well David Essex has done. I don't know If he has a lot to do with the music, o if they just wheel him Into the studio to sing, but the aangements ae good - simple but suppotive This woked well on 'Easy Evil' which is by fa the most imaginative use of Tavolta's voice. with the shap bass beaks and contasting soft backing. He sings in a husky sexy voice, dopping in a few ogasmic gasps But fo the most pat, he leaves the blatant sexual stuff alone (with the exception of a couple of statling explicit lines in 'Geased Lightning' - watch ganny doesn't choke on the tukey) and elies on suggestion and high 'school tue love He's expet at peddling deams, which is nothing new, but he does It well on 'Back Doos Cying' and 'Moonlight Lady'. Neithe of those tax his limitations like the moe diect and foceful 'Geased Lightning'. But eally, it wouldn't matte what he was singing, It'll sell anyway And any home It lands in Can pepae fo a vey soggy Xmas as the teenies lock themselves away an thei ooms to shae his heatache. Gets you ight hee. doesn't It? ++ ROSALIND RUSSELL. y L OLLIE and REVOLTING: pehaps we'll get some moe gold o -.. ILVER B LUE (Pye NSPL 28270) THE TWO cold sleek temptesses on the cove have been lifted staight fom one of Ossle Clak's fashion shows and they look suitably sevile. Both wea silve and ae being led along by the man with the petending - to - nonchalance expession leaning on the bidge. We ae led to believe that this man is 'Silve Blue', pepetato of this disco disc and would-be conqueo of this steely pai of femme fatales. We ae supposed to envy this man, afte all he has won these two soon - to - be - loose women and is to be seen on the back cove undoing thei collas. They emain unexcited. You too will emain unmoved afte listening to 'Silve Blues' ecod. They ae because SB isn't vey handsome, you will because his ecod is a sin against moden 'DiscoMan'. Play you mum's.lames Last ecods and then ty' to imagine it discofled. Does moden Dldco-Man eally want to listen to jeky vesions of 'Tennessee Waltz' 'Yellow Rose Of Texas' and 'Jambalaya'? Tó continue the theme, Silve Blue, who may possibly be elated to David o Bay o Soldie as thee ae similaities, is weaing a blue -gey heavy suit, has steel -blue eyes, gey -blue hai and has quickly made me feel vey blue. "Good Vibations' does not sound like it, no does 'Light My Fie'. The two fallen women wea white (distempe colou) silve dog - collas, blue eaings, mauve eye - shadow, emeald - studded necklaces, silve belts and uddy - ed lipstick and nail - vanish (this is a nice shade to mix with blue). The ecod's disgusting. Silve Blue has a thick light - blue toe with matching shit of a diffeent shade, and navyblue 'wet -look' (vey appopiate) shoes and a silve bacelet. Incidentally, apologies to the featued gentleman if he is Indeed meely a male model and not the wonged Silve Blue. He also weas... + JAMES PARADE :2 i. STEELY DAN: 'Geatest Hits' (ABC ABCD 88) 'Geatest Hits' Is an ugly title fo a- double album of the best wok of such an unusbally ceative band as Steely Dan. That UUe makes you think of all the ovetly commecial bands who have fou hits and ush out a "best of" collection. Sue, Steely Dan have had some geat citical successes, It just seems an inappopiate banne. Actually, 'Haitian Divoce' Is thei only top 20 placing in this county, but in elation to musical intellects as high as those of Walte Becke and Donald Fagán, chat positions don't seem to matte. Thee ae 8 tacks hee, taken fom thei six ABC albums ove the last six yeas. with the exception of the newly eleased 'Hee At The Westen Wold', cut fo inclusion on 'The Royal Scam' but omitted. All the classics ae hee: the dak, ceeping 'Do It Again', 'Reeling In The Yeas', 'Rikki Don't lose That Numbe', 'Black Fiday' and moe ecent wok such as the eggae tinged 'Divoce', and 'Peg' and 'Joale' fom 'Ala The collection is basically govened by which singles the band has eleased ove yeas, so tacks like 'Kid Chalemagne' and 'The Fez', both fom 'The Royal Scam' and neithe of which made much impession as a 45, ae included, while equally stong numbes like 'Scam' itself and 'Night By Night' fom "Petzel Logic' ae left out. Anothe omission, pehaps less Impotant, is this yea's 'FM'. but that was neve on any Dan album. 'Logic' is actually the best - epesented album, with fou tacks included. It's not often that Steely Dan play a song that doesn't sound like Steely Dan, but- they do that successfully on Duke Ellington's jazzy Instumental 'East St Louis Toodle - Oo'. It's a good example of a vaied impact Dan have made between 972 and 978. I'm eeling in the yeas PAUL SEXTON ówen consciousness afte the equisite six weeks in the. chats. It was obv,,.'iv vey much the wot, of Austalian wites and poduces, Venda and Young: John Paul Young seemed to be meely a petty face and a easonable set of vocal chods chosen to act as fontman fo thei talents. This album, howeve, comes as a pleasant supise: John Paul (God, he sounds like the Pope) has a bette voice than I suspected On the meatie numbes like 'Fool In Love' and Ma own composition 'Red Hot Ragtime Band he displays a ough edge that puts ham somewhee between F-nikle Mille and Clais Noman (which can't be bad)- These athe ockie numbes ae of couse, intespesed with songs on the same line as the single: difficult to dislike, but athe too bland fo album mateial. They will, howeve, ensue him a place in the singles chats.fo some time to come - playing It safe, pehaps, but I can't blame eithe Vanda and Young o John Paul himself, fo that SHEILA PROPHET GREGORY ISAACS: 'Cool Rule' (Fontline FL020) I CAN'T say that I've been convinced of the fact that eggae tansfes weu on albums given the singles oientation of the whole Jamaican scene and eally this album doesn't do much to change that pemise. If thee Is a league of Jamaican vocalists then as fa as i can see Isaacs JOHN PAUL YOUNG: 'Love Is In The Ai' (Acola ARL 50) THE SINGLE of the same has comandeeed the name was one of those numbe ditties two slot. that Is instantly elbowing John Holt, Ken commecial, eminently Boothe and likeable Pat Kelly out beautifully Of the unning, but still poduced and so lightweight,- lacking the heatfelt It simply vanishes ability to accuately fom you convey his message that Dennis Bown consistently displays Isaacs uses the Kingston matla of Sly Dunba on dums, Robbie Sh,Jtosycae on basa, Bobby Ellis and Tommy McCock on hons and the jfeptones on the hamonies but they all seem to be nesting on half thottle apat fom some economical but dexteous phases fom Ansell Collins on keyboads. Thus the hopeful melancholy of Paty in The Slum, the pleadiflj 'One Moe Time', the selff. detemining 'Don't Piy Me' and the Jaunty 'John P ublie' ae fine because the compoaltlons ae stong but Ne muune musicianship fails to loft the moe anemic tunes +++ MIKE GARDNER

17 Recod Mio, Decembe 2, Hun*" v F@lo'.. ~4 'DISCO FEVER' (Pickwick PLE 703) IF YOU'VE had the misfotune to see the once lovable Kid Jensen advetising a cetain disco ecod on TV (It's on evey single night befoe the Queen) and If like me you've laughed and cied at this ad you'll be Inteested to lean that this is not the same disc. I eally hope the 'Kid', whom I actually like. Isn't thinking about taking up acting. Dik needn't woy and all that but Kid "I like anything John Peel likes" Jensen is atocious. Athu "I live in Islington" Mullad and Alan "Nobody's detected my wig In 0 yeas" Feeman ae even a lot bette. This Is completely ielevant to the ecod but inteesting don't you think? Anyway, this one, which isn't that one, contains 3 out of 20 tacks I have neve head of (though to be fai It Isn't called '20 Disco Hits') and those I know ae quite ubbishy. I only emembe Lips because they came on 'Oppotunity Knocks' once and one of the gils esembled my cuent gilfiend Unless a few hunded of you dated Gloia simultaneously aound '74 I wouldn't expect you to know them at all. Also, of the othe 'stas' hee, Munich Machine conjue up something even wose than Ka(twek and I can't face that Foxe and the simpeing Noosha ae ubbish only dedged up fom time to time fo the Time Out 'How Hip It Is To Be Unhlp' singles chat ( a n d if you can undestand thei film eviews you'e a bette man than I - and moe hip), the Dooleys ae alight U you'e In Donegal with a million lunatics (something to calm the senses you undestand) and who the hell (soy) ae Joe, Al Shap and Maie Elliot (I fancy Maie Osmond) anyway? Heatwave ae good but 'Boogie Nights' sounds so.much wose than on the adio It's just not woth it. Don't buy this but tot down to you unfiendly ecod shop and buy the two Heat - wave singles instead. Must stop, Miss Wold is on. Oh e + + JAMES M PARADE. SLAUGHTER AND THE DOGS: 'Live Slaughte,' Belle Vue, Mancheste' (Rabid Hat -23) SINCE Slaughte and Co. ae on the point of efoming, this slice of instant nostalgia looks like becoming the pesent it not quite the futue of punk's second wind. One of the oiginal high enegy outfits who played with the Pistols in June '76, Slaughte became pime victims of bandwagon - jumping as numeous othe bands with moe oiginality and know - how ovetook them in the ensuing at ace. But the playing got bette. as this fetching little atefact, ecoded shotly befoe thei second annivesay last CAPTAIN BEEFHE ART AND THE MAGIC BAND: 'Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Pulle)' (Wane Bos Impot BSK 256) ONE OF ock's all time geat eccentics, it's unfotunate that as a esult of ongoing legal hassles, the good Captain's latest waxing will not be available in this county fo some time. The sleeve atwok is edolent of 'The Spotlight Kld' ea and musically this also appeas to be whee M Van Vllet's head lies, While the disappointing '74 - '75 albums showed him taking an almost commecial path, 'Shiny Beast' has him back In the moe teitoy familia of suealism lyical and avant guad - instumentation. Regading the latte, he has suounded himself with a new set of musicians who opeate effectively on pieces like 'Ice Rose' and 'Suction P o i n t s ', While Beefheatis sax and Eic Feldman's keyboads make the sound essentially jazz - oientated, the slide guitas of Jeff Teppe and Richad Redus give it a definite county feel, too. Lyically, 'Hay Iene' is sufficiently accessible to make aiplay, while 'Love Lies' is anothe ballad couched in the sot of unusual omantic imagey one comes to expect fom the Captain. Elséwhee,It's back to the high suealism of the supelative 'Tout Mask Replica' and 'Decals'. This might not be his best album, and It's appeal to the aveage ock audience may well be limned, but love him o leave him, you can't ignoe Captain Beefheat MIKE NICHOLLS W H I T E S N A K E: 'Touble' (EMI Sunbust INS 3022) "I LOVE to hea 'em moan and cy Cos God made men to satisy." Oh, It's one of THOSE albums - geaed fo the adolescent headbanging fantasies of bee swilling denimed hodes. A night at the pub pulling fantay bids, always a little out of each. I ' m getting on a bit fo this sot of thing and so should Covedaje. But fai's fai, yea. 'shows. Judging by Mike Rossi's tasty guita - wok, he must have spent some time pactising in between hanging aound the Wythenshawe Civic Cente and making midnight phone calls to his heo. Mick Ronson. His playing on 'Johnny T' is fast and slick and cetainty not esticted to thee chods, while 'We Don't Cae' boasts nifty use of pedals and sustain. unhead of at that paticula time. Howad Bates (bass) and Muppett (dums) keep a steady hythm going, while ight upfont Wayne Baett is altenately leaping into the cowd and showeing It with blood capsules. Small wonde that two of thei stage Eaves wee titled 'Victims Of The Vampie' and 'I'm Mad'. It's this style which means he can sell out a tou -and I have to admit a liking fo it once In a while. It's all good head - banging mateial with the odd slice of delicacy "Gonna spead he petty legs so I can see sweet lip honey be the death of me." Covedaie and the boys do have the capacity to wite a good song in the Fee/Deep Puple gene, and with Covedale's gavelly voice It's often Iesistible. It's as fun as a night out on the town with the lads, but as unfulfilling as a hangove the next moning ROBIN SMITH L a - ti ía -a THE J.A.L.N. HAND: Movin' City High' (Magnet MAG 5023) GOOD TITLE, Isn't It? Only touble it that the title is moe Inteesting than a lot of the music. So have the Just Anothe Lonely Night band poduced just anothe disco album? Well, opposes of disco music would say yes, but as we all know thee's disco music and disco music. This is pointing towads the pop end of the maket: athe often the esult is facile, almost infantile songs like 'Don't Stay Out Late', which seems to concen the wite going out with some pe - pubescent gil ("Look at the clock it's afte eight, and that's the end of ou date") and the single 'Get Up (And Let Youself Go), which has nothing new to offe, On the othe hand ('Dance, Dance To The Music', despite its bland title, In n much bette, lively piece of dance music. The band's new single, 'Univesal' Love', le a change of style fo them as a 45, puely because it's not disco at all, but a slow, ich ballad which is supisingly good. With 'Don't Take My Sunshine' they do It again - poducing anothe passable love song. It's unfotunate that, being one of the few Bitish funky soul band aound, they ty so had to sound Ameican, even down to thei song titles; If they always succeeded It might not be so bad but thee ae times when the poduction of thei songs is a little lifeless and vey - un Ameican, PAUL SEXTON OGS Othe mateial Includes the, Doll's 'Mystey Gils', a below pa 'Waiting Fo The Man' and the inteestingly pophetic 'Whee Have All The Bootboys Gone?' Recoded in wondeful mono, 'Live Slaughte' documents the twilight peiod between the high noon of punk and the music's gadual movement' into pastues moe sophisticated as bands like Magazine and XTC came on to the scene. As such it is woth having and yes, since It is of limited edition, one day it might even become a collecto's Item. In- cidentally, alsoon the ball that night (Satuday. July 9) wee X -Ray Spex, Eate and Johnny Moped MIKE NICHOLLS A S B D A D R C W The spakling talents of Babaa Dickson ae captued at thei vey best on this beautiful new album 'Sweet Oasis' Give youself a teat, and get a copy of 'Sweet Oasis' CBS Recod & Cassette R B K S A D A BARBARA DICKSON 'SWEET OASIS' CBS 8398 Single: 'City To City' E B R u J. o T S A Poduct,on and Sound to Bones Howe A B.H Podi<iwn

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20 wo.oy mano, Decembe 2, 978 I { ALUMS Bloody agit LINDISFARNE: 'Magic In The Ai' (Mecuy ) THE famous five joined by a cast of thousands. packed like elephants in a boom cupboad at Newcastle City Hall last yea. I was dubious about this live album, as thei last live attempt was too ahambolic even fo them - bass pounding ove eveything and cacked - up vocals. But on this album, no poduction details have been ovelooked and despite some studio doctoing the unique atmosphee of Lindisfane At Chistmas has been etained Yes, I can see a mass of swaying scaves and floid happy faces. Fo me, this album is an iesistible piece of unabashed fun and seious melody. The hot and cold Into to 'Lady Eleano' still etains Its mystical quality although the song is handled vey fast. But U It's pecision you want. listen to 'Road To Kingdom Come' with its boad hamonica sweeps and stabilising bass 'Tun A Deaf Ea' foms the fist theme of this heady Geodie evening, with Its gypsies - by - the - camp - fie atmosphee. Alan Hull's voice has always stuck a deep chod with me. God know's why, it's petty thin at the best of times but his vocal chods always achieve a sentimental pitch. He makes 'Januay Song' deliciously maudling. But an end to the gloom with 'Meet Me On The Cone'. the achetypal good time Lindisfane song. Unfotunately, much of the est of this side dags. 'Tain In G Majo', 'Scaecow Song' and 'All Fall Down' ae meely stape ISSED THAT NIT SOUND WHILE IT WAS AROUND? GET IT FROM THE DEALER WITH ALL THE CLASSICS All the singles listed below ee but a small selection fom ove 2,000 singles and,000 LPs listed at incedible pices. 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St Geoge's, Telfod TF2 ONO Shopshie o ` LINDISFARNE: unique atmosphee the panting gasp's afte an exubeant opening. Lindisfane also didn't adjust on stage to the complexities of 'Dingley Dell'. But the side closes s with the long - lived knockabout fun of 'Scotch Mist'. Side fou has, 'the Inevitable student sing along of 'We Can Swing Togethe'. silly beaths o nostalgia fo all those who eve woe a doopy moustache, lank hai and dity denim ovecoat. Good gief, they'e still tacking 'Blaydon Races' onto It. Yup, 'Fog On The Tyne' is the follow - up and then 'Clea White Light', joined by the audience singing along in dubious hamony. An album eminently suitable fo many Chistmas stockings by a hand who ae as long lasting and eliable as Maks & Spence's undewea ROBIN SMITH GLOSTER DISCO CENTRE 9 Maket Paade Glouceste Tel: " SINGLES Sweet Team' Women Side of Midnight Mwhe Hu nt YMCA. Village Peoel, T-50 Deco Dancing Stanley Tunentloe..,.. n.ts Giving Beck. Phil Hum. n Bo Bene Boogie Oogle Cleveland Ea)... n.eo Notbo.h City Umio Ike end TMs Tumo, -.Eta T.k. M. to the Bank. Sheleme fl BO Fun*, el fo a Fiend Ride a Rocket 8,0,,.,. Jahn.an... n M Love Ameica Penick Awe n SS Gonna Love You Foaye Cown Heights AR.l.. (340 Instant Ropie Den Hatman Q.BS Anachy M the UK S.. Pimple ,al Stand Up Anemic Sim -, 0.40 Bown Sutton IRee Vimp) Polkng Stonm.3 00 Wm YYou I Pink ~ye we 2.00 Fo m Now ON, Lind CgllandIRp Don't Had Beck. CS...on n 50 Buning. Cad Doug.a... EIJO Fan. On Lee. All Chat Mid,.., Ziegle Q BO 5e.. Dug, and Rock in. Roll INNight ewe IL lmy own. SUNNF Twe«, Nn GANP..,. h 50 So..d Low. Al Humo,. n 7s Send sae fo lists While Stocks Last All Pices Include p p 2.-afo4 two= PETER STRAKER: 'Changeling' (EMI EMC "STEAKLET" Stake has come up with yet anothe "blankette'' album and I'm afaid It eally isn't awfully good. 'Scuse me. You must undestand of couse that andogynous Pete feels the need to "fuse ock with theate" as he feels that this has "neve been popely accomplished". Pass the plastic bag please. If I couldn't think of something moe VALUABLE RARE DELETIONS of evey kind fo W. e, RECORD &TAPE EXCHANGE 2 PEA DRI DGC ROAD NOTTING MU CATE fill (Tel s38) *.o all ecod. end MD. bought end o. uged 90 Geldhoak Reed Shepheds Koh, Wit; 40 Notting Nfll Gone, Wits., n Pembidge toed Netting Hill Goe, W... CASSETTE A HIRE Why pay aound G fo n o when You can hin One oa o 4,00 heny a lol I JOp. Fo full dope. o membeship o.k fo ou fee bochue STEREO CASHTTE LENDING U Room S. Shewood House C.nteeuy Cl', 3 HE RECORDS (RM) 98 Soho Maket Newpot Place Leiceste Squae London WC2 (Open -k Mon -50) In nee., N. kl Ike 44A, + I SM W,* Pa d Pena, U.S Ms Rule (PEP w)..... ULM Ma.. II,. LI......fiB WWI Win IS») five lam ie.. Wm fee I,. Pon, De IT non Bkeee, fek,&.e tie Em,d..Waken Ife Da, teem Came 7» Cask C«Pk,e CG94/ Caskle fh& Cuie. Eeee /N Ien.BA.t fee, l ti, sol We E.. ay.a- EN Need..k.l.., IIAAIwP+Owe» n, ewe Pa,BeFEeee. D He otee de eh A.,... Ile eaw yete.. n, lie ewe.. e. W... W. Goa FP Ew...,... 'M M he PH aeyólll NJ" ls.+k IPA De + Re W li W ow WI thilling than that to put In my pess - elease I'd foget it. Meanwhile I'm tying had to foget this album but I'm finding it awfully difficult, in fact I'm getting a bit angy. You see, this is '78, the age of 'Godspeil, and all that muck Is dead. (the monotony - musicals linge on but the age is definitely gone) I hope you won't think it selfish of me to want to listen to something vey '79 as they say and I don't mean punk o any of its hybids) but Pete doesn't quite fit the bill. Now I know thee have been othe unfotunates who didn't fit (Spaks and Skellen to name two) but this was/is because thei vey individual styles dictated a diffeent climate to that of thei espective foays Into Pop. "Steaky" Stake steaking quite ungacefully acoss the cove hints eveso loudly at what lies within. Though some would say he displays a cetain style,(he appeas In 'Ritz' egulaly) I can find nothing that could eve be temed as "style" hee, and I do know a bit about these things. This young epicene maste all too often lapses into that senil vibatoed vocal we emembe (bad memoies these) fom '72 and the songs ae so dated they'e almost engaged - thee is one decent one, 'Believe', on side one. The poduction is not inspied, moe insipid, and the songs ae witten by the backing band, (I bet they nipped down the Embassy fo a dink In between sessions). C'mon let's have something new, I'm aleady' fed up with "Buale's Big Night" and I eckon Fosyths' album was bette than this, (he has at least, meged MOR with theate). If'I eally wanted to do all this meging and fusing business I should think the best way to do it would be to actually go out and play live and get on with It( Lounge lizads ae out. This ecod degades men. +NI JAMES PARADE WILBERT LONGMIRE: 'Sunny Side Up' (CBS AT idiculously LAST afte a long time. hee's the debut album fom Wilbet Lfmgmle, containing as anyone would guess the tack that's aleady become one of this autumn's hottest 2 - inches, 'Black Is The Colo' Black Is not the colou, M couse, It's lage yellow egg about to beak and go squlddggee... Guitaist Wilbet was [like Eal Knuth) a discovey of Geoge Benson. It's quite had howeve to assess how -_ a guitaist he Is, because he's on show so little. At a guess I'd hazad one of the old style, had -cutting lot like Bola Seta as the neaest known equivalent, but then Eic Gale is also aound fom time to time and It becomes even moe confusing. As a doubtful compensation thee's also a vocal - athe unde stength - pesumably fom M Lon 'Love Why Don't You Find Us'. might have You gatheed that it's not eally M L's album. It's vey much the poduct instead of its ovelods Bob James and Jay Chattaway. Nothing wong with that, sue. Eveything fom the big bowling hythm mixes to the vividly live stings and shap, economic hons, spell out those two names. Touble Is, thee've been half a dozen albums like that this yea and It's getting vey fomultsed: you have to sit though hous of little gils snapping 'Lovely Day' befoe you gel to the good bits like Dave Sanbon's sax solos. O Indeed M Lys guita. Come on lads, how about living dangeously again? + +4 SUSAN KLUTH. 20 0RI(IJiLW - ROCK x 5 ' o -'7 JERRY LEE LEWIS: 'The Essential Jey Lee Lewis' (Chaly CRM 200) AS NOT seen on TV, as pobably not seen in the chats, but pobably as "essential" and "neve to be fogotten" geat as any of the cuent compilations. Chaly Recods - long time eliable puveyos of fifties music with special efeence to the ich Sun catalogue ae. In thei own wods, "at. tempting to move into the maketing gap" bet. ween Pickwick (cheap, full of vaiety) and the TV advetising giants (geat, unbeatable etc... because the box says so). So - hee's the enty. 20 tacks (can't be less!), a passable cove, and a copiously potted biogaphy on the back by someone who knows enough about the Kille to keep most Teds in thei place. Not ad, huh? And It's only 2.50! The music? Haven't you head we don't eview that anymoe? It's the concept that counts man. And this one ain't bad. Jey Lee is. In pats, one of the all - time geat ock'n'olles and Chaly have stuck to the 'Beathless' pumping side of things fo maximum effect - as well as maximum pick - up un new listenes who might - If othe companies had thei way - stul egad Bill Haley as the single most Impotant Influence on tock'n'oll. It's Jey I.N, oiginal cuts, undated excttement. peeless pecision and all the legends you've aleady head, 'Cept this time the TV won't make IDa iand o'syu moue.lm fot's": cheap too JOHN SHE ARLA W TER WEILIMsoeOD J eeaoa/ewwwimmiwm BARBARA DICKSON 'Sweet Oasis (CBS 8998) BARBARA DICKSON is the epitome of 'woking gil makes good'. She came fom almost nowhee to a unanimously acclaimed "nine to five" existence at the Lyic theate In 'John, Paul, Ringo and Bet' In which she succeeded In the absolutely idiculous task of in tepettng BeaUes' songs heself as an integal pat of the play. A new hai -do and a lot of make-up followed and this chaming Sco Ush gil was tansfomed into a 'face' specially cafted to suit '9' 'Honey' and othe pop publications fo gils In offices. She also enteed the Stlgwood cavalcade of stas and quickly showed with the subsequent hit, Nat King Cole's 'Answe Me' that she possibly possesses one of the finest voices of Moden Times. It emains one of my all time favouite singles. I wish she could wite songs too. 'Sweet Oasis' still featues that emakable vocalese but with the sopoific songs on hand I was soon to be found sifting though The Sun (no 'Ritz' handy) afte the fist listen. How disappointing. Babaa has a voice which defies supelatives, the migs defy expletives. I'm sue that Stephen Bishop, Andew Gold and especially the long - fogotten Judee Sill have a few melodies on the shelf somewhee that must be eseved fo he. The single, Gey Raffety's 'City To City' is a vey unoiginal song (loose desciption) and won't do he a lot of good eithe, and the poduction, by Bones Howes. who did such a magnificent Job on Alessis' fist album, is disappointing too. Vey depessing. Good Luck Babs JAMES PARADE THE JACKSONS: 'Destiny' (Epic EPC 83200) NO DOUBT at all that mothe's little helpes fom Gay. Indiana, have gown up. Hee's a well vaied collection which stikes 'had,at fist heaing and settles down mellow a few days late. The title tack is quite a stunne, opening with an acoustic guita figue which blows into fullscale dama. 'Blame It On the Boogie' maybe doesn't cut quite as, shap es that fom the altenate M Jackson, but We espectable. Pulsing gospel funk of 'All Night Dancin' stands shoulde to shoulde with 'That's What You Get (Fo Being Polite)' with its,'oasetling sting aangement. Thee's a niggly feeling that vocal powe tan'[ being used up to the hilt. but Y a compensation thee's some fine keyboad stuff fom Geg PhUlInganes SUSAN ICLIIIH

21 I 9 A A C H A Y E S: Chonlcle (EMI/STAX STM 7(ltla) ISAAC HAYES is one of those people who "does things" on o with ecods (don't jump to peveted cone luslons) but you don't know exacv y what i t is. Raely the uestion Is asked, "Doesq he ama nge, podu ce, enginee, wite. play o sing them o a combination e' all o most of these things " Ike actually does title a lot. He Is asquit fa o df lh t s Chonicle' has the dlsltnction o[ including some of the most emakableal Geen's 'Let's Stay Togethe', featues I In W'llll on his smooth vocal and soft, swooping backing voices and his ow Theme Fom The Men' should decoate evey TV movie fom 'e ea ion Im possible' to 'Lou Gant' which featues anguished sceams and evolving sien sounds and hospitals. Also fo you pleasue ae his vesion of 'By The Time I Get To Phoenix' which fist saw the light on the'hot Butteed Soul' album, 'Stax', 'Sgt Peppe', and the innovative aangements on Bachaach's 'Walk On By'. The alb um tllustat 'hat a golden peiod these ealy seventies was fo black music. Stevie chuned out the evelasting 'Music Of My Mind' and 'Talking Book' an d th en supassed the both with 'Innevfslons', the 'Islet's' came up with '3+3' and even old Bay Whit e e t the e a etas time s C 'I..oee'8 Them slip out which led e to endless m of en.fou simple p Fo once even the ight tacks have been chosen, Buy it Soul Boys JAMES PARADE.,, =-~. SHOWADDYWADDY: 'Geatest Hits ' (Aista ARTV ) FACTS FIRST. This is the second'geatest Hits' o j ai Gt- wo y yeas - a staight fowad assemblage of flue back wvlth flue aveage Showaddywaddy penned songs and the Zell - known Lloyd Pice t '(You've Got) sonality', Pe- Concept second. This album is to be the object of a full scale TV campaign In the pe Chistmas - fonlght, descibed by Aista as "ou biggest maketing hits " Thelast five tilts h ave so Id almost 3 million combined - Aista will be happy with 250,000 units fo this one, Spead libeally c t ween toe pp g gannies and attle - bashing tots. Resevations thid, Showaddywaddy have a justified claim t o being g one of Bitain's most consistently successful bands - In the singles maket Hut, wheeas thei e guia - as. clocktvo k "evivals" (loving eceations, dynamic ewoking, call them what you will) ae beaable, even enjoyable, In small doses, all at once they sound like a die, plastic ock 'n' cola paty backing tack. In shot, they'e deadly dull. The one you still like, the ones I like even, ae In thee somewhee. But to buy them again with geneous amounts of blue to hold them togethe is to admit to shee TV - dominated idleness.... o no ttste at all, "Geatest Hits' - as seen on TV! - Is otten oil fo lazy people - and ft won't save you a penny. JOHN SHEARLAW SANTANA: Secets' (CBS 88075) IT SEEMS Inevitable that anyone Involved in the so called "cossove music" in Ameica, will eventually end up jolning the anks of disco pop In ode to maintain those "platinum" ecod sales that have become such an essential pat of the Ameican musac scene. The Santana of '78 Is not the Inspied Santana of the ealy '70's. This new album contains only thee songs wothy of attention 'Deale I Spanish Rose'. 'Open Invitation' and 'Wham'. 'Deale' witten by Jim Capaldl, is In fact nn exception to the est of the album, with keyboad playe CM Rhyne actually having some say. But too often we ae teated to It same disco dl mus C which 'lick puts vitually no demand on the playes and theefoe poduces no supises With so many 'Inne excellent musicians aound him I'll always listen to a new Santana with bated beath, but thee's nothing hee to match the excellent 'Lotus' set, although many fans welt buv this egad less This album contains thee good tacks as I've said and these which save it fom disaste Moe attention should be paid to º79 music; not musac, then maybe we'll see the eal Calos Santana ++ WILLIAM SAND f J.' j [ L _eq RUS H: 'Hemisphees' (Mee uy ) WHEN fist listened to 'Hemisphees' I must o d m ll that a I was moe (and a tittle contused (and even dlsappolnled) by Rush, a goup whom I have tw followed fo man yeas. Howeve, futhe spins on the tuntable g aduall e alteed my feelings, and); am positive that musical) It ates as one of thei ybest effots to date. My Initial esevation was most likely due to lh e fact lhnl because It Is a n extemely complex ventue, and fa less Immediate than past woks, It is difficult to appeciate staight away. A Faewell To Kings' ended with the pomise that the stoy of 'Cygnus X -IA'.' would be continued and In fact the whole of the fist side Is taken up )y 'Cygnus X -t Book II: iemisphees'. Lasting )ve 8 minutes. it deals with the confontation between Apollo (Binge of Wisdom) and Dionysus (Binge of Love) on Mount Olympus. and then the aival of Cygnus (B inge of Balance-! Neil Peal's lyics aen't up to standad on this epee, o fo that matte R thoughout g the album, hut fom a Y R0AY musical aspect thee ae few poblems - that fist side being as good as anything they've done since '22', Geddy Lee's "Robet Plant on acid vocals you eithe love xi' hale; pesonally i fall the fome categoy, consideingg his singing to bees P eclall Y good on the litld tack Itself. The Into othe emaining sole e lions ae two much shote ones called 'Glee umetanees and The Tees' which ae simila s to the style of 'A Faewell To Kings': the gand finale Is 'La Villa Stangiato', a nine and a halt minute Instumental, whee the pace vaies consideably, it commences slowly befoe becoming heavie and moe solid, and then It delves Into Floydlan slumbeland foa while, with Alex Llfeson executing some pleasant lead. My advice to Rush fans Is to appoach 'Hemisphees' with patience and those ignoant of the Recod Mio,, Decembe 2, band's wok would do well to check out ealie eleases like '22' and 'Caess Of Steel' fist, ++++ STEVE GE. VARIOUS ARTISTS: 'Downtown Disco Paty' (MCA MCF 2898) THEY'RE ALL doing It, aen't they' Getting In on the act of disco con pllations, that is. This one tttl/ S fom MCA seems to take the thing quite seiously; aide one is labelled "doo fille" and side two "paty." Fo me the fist side contains Cal tit e fa bette dl disco! tacks k - they'e moe ecent and, pobably fothat a eason. moe fun k y. a s moe Wht they'e "USA disco mixes" ao that each one segues cunningly Into the next The fl s t t w 'o ea c k s a e both by the Ane", an vocal tio Sta B lad. ail' 'Which Way Up the ecent 'Wha You Westin' Fo and., even allowing fo the similaity between them, the Join I: suche that If you hadn't head each of the songs seveal time: befoe, you,pobably wouldn't notice It al alt Rose R oyce s P u t y ou Mone Whee You Mouth); ' a ch vc slightly at beginnit g and end, and followed Im - medí aey t I byw ae a a xy', which Was 'Gala pobably thei most blatantly disco single eve. This side comes b a beathless finish with Gwen Dickey and the teambackagain fo 'Ca Wash' whichfoisco goes needs no Intoductlon, Side Two is' a cuious collection of ho s sa s 'Music Fo Goo ' nfuth Into td'sixties, Shiley EU)s'TheClapping Song' and Ion Bayd) 's '.2-a' (both wee e -e ease s yea, Deodato's 'Pete Gunn' sneaks In as well to keep the pace up and then we'e allowed to cool off with Doble Gay's Classy 'Dift Away' and, Love Unllmited's dlsapponting 'LWaikln' In The Ran With The One I Love ', +++ PAULSEXTON.00 %I; YNE H "'IQ E/yE.7 0'. RSON _ ~as, - ~MI MOW, ~NO «ON/ ~NM.0 MOM IMO. ~ON ~NO einw YOUR ASS OFF 00 /am THAT'LL elassoss eissigiss isossoes asiziow IQUE _BLEND OF JAZZ DISCO FUSION i - e (poo

22 Recod Moa, Decembe ' A v 4- ON TOUR WITH SPECIAL GUESTS GONZALEZ 28 Nov ASHTON Thameside Theate 29 Nov SOUTHPORT Southpot Theate. 0 Nov. WITHERNSEA Pavilion I Dec MIDDLESBROUGH Town Hall 2 Dec. DEESIDE Leisue Cente 3 Dec STOKE lones Club 4 Dec. LEICESTER De Montfot U.S 6 Dec. EASTBOURNE Congess Theate 7 Dec POOLE At Cente 8 Dec WOLVERHAMPTON Civic Cente 0 Dec, LONDON Ham menmíth Odeon a. sz v" s :_ ; g., at taken fom the fothcoming album "Madam Buttefly" an _o... +A n _ M t, t- '.. ',tltc'-.t.s.f', s9 - a vf Alice inside out ALICE COOPER: 'Fom The Inside' (Wane Bothes K5677) THE BAT out of hell has clipped his wings, thown away his last bottle of booze and vowed neve to be naughty again. Alice was In dange of heading fo that geat boogie house In the sky, afte yeas of pickling his live with alcohol. But he pulled back and went on a cue. This album Is a loose concept of his eflections and hospital expeiences. Apocalyptic tacks, heavy with thundeous guita and keyboads. The title tack is a panoamic view of being on the oad and how the booze toubles stated. Taupin, who hasn't lost his talent fo incisive lyics. 'The Quiet Room' Is full of opposing paallels between thoughts of home and fustation about being locked in a padded cell. But Coope isn't going to foget about his ealy "weido" Image. 'Nuse Rosetta' is a fantasy about one of the nuses weaing silk suspendes, subjected to his lust. 'Seious' Is equally maniacal, Coope balancing on a knife edge of hoo -packed atmospheic guita. 'How You Gonna See Me Now' is the soap opea of the album as Alice pepaes fo his etun home and a meeting with his wile. I haven'lhead a song with the lyical calibe of TODD RUNDGREN: 'Back' To The Bas' Easten paaphenalia to (BeasviUe Recods the moe 'Utopia', of Shel SUvestein's songs K65) oientated +Oops, Wong hee, Including ' Don't Planet' of last yea. It Want To Be Alone AS NIKKI Lowe often begins with the heavily Tonight'. Though It's a says, "Thee Is nothing synthesized 'Real Man', a good song, I don't know new," which come to Rundgen pime - cut and why Capitol pulled It on think of it isn't a bad I eckon that I'm ight in as a single. excuse fo constant saying that this ecod In tact, almost all of the cabon copies, but wait a has not been dubbed o songs ae hade than minute. Nick calls his out- alteed in any way, usual, moe in line wish dated countyish - ock because apat fom the the est of what's going pose 'pop', well listen immaculate dum -sound on instead of leaving the hee because somewhee and supeb swooping band out on a limb out thee Is a man who backing - vocals the Although I'm a sucke fo hasn't esoted to sound quality isn't thei weepy songs (like 'I plagiaism, gimmicky exactly wondeful, which Gave He Comfot' and Knowing She's Thee') think they've made a o pose and who eally has made Total Pop Music. Todd Rundgen plays a musical game of pistol - packing pop best called Polypopoly. Though his., -k, II Imagine 'School's Out' meeting a quality disco tack and you'll get the 'idea of how the song sounds. ALICE COOPER: on the wagon Alice now woks Highlights ae the pimaily with Benie cocktail - piano into to many assoted seventies albums Rundgen has clevely fused mid -sixties idyllic Ameican melodies with vaious foms of heavy - ock. soul; jazz, Easten Intigue and even moden Instumental pieces akin to Debussy to ceate a complete 'pop - sound encyclopaedia', and amazingly he emains an enigmatic cult. To put it simply, if 'Revolve' is the pefect Bitish pop ecod then Todd's t 'A Wizad, A Tue Sta' Is its Ameican equivalent. The diffeences between the two, apat fom the eve - pesent evocation of the espective Fathelands is that wheeas the 'Beats, songs wee the poduct of new hee. Even as an atefact It's a must though and fou all the key minds (o thee - tacks ae thee. Shake emembe Ringo) and P -P -Pop woking togethe with 'Jack Knife Johnny' fo JAMES PARADE. Geoge Matin, the yeas. A one - time wa Rundgen heitage has heo is educed to mostly been witten,.sweeping the floos to pay sung, played, engineeed fo his mophine money and poduced by him; and eveybody hates him Todd's maxim obviously because he has a Viet- being that if you want namese wife. something doing The album ends on a popely, do It youself. piece of Coope hoo Fom a humble but show with 'Inmates We'e auspicious stat in a Ml Cazy'. Alice spits like gaage - band called The a Bible - thumping demon Nazz, Todd Rundgen has ceatue befoe being poduced solo albums joined by a zombie chous with his band Utopia, mouthing dak lyics. changing styles moe Phew, I need a Coke. + + fequently than Bowie (if + + ROBIN SMITH you thought 'Low' was Innovative Just quickly iwnv... check out the second side of 'Initiation' fom two yeas ealie) and constantly seems to shug off oppotunities to be commecial and be famous. This live double album coves the peiod fom the balladeeing of 'Something / Anything' though the electical tickey of the 'Wizad' album and all that I do believe is pefeential to those silly 0ec and Wings 'live' ecodings which tend to sound like the oiginal ecods wapped in foam ubbe. Si 'neve Neve Land' and emotional 'The Veb To Love' but 'Hello It's Me' comes off best with Its achetypal chous utilising the vocal talents of Hall and Oates, Stevie Nicks (when she's not with he goup she's alight) and Rick Deinge- The inane plodding of 'Don't You Eve Lean' woks well Oveall it's not as impessive as 'Anothe Live' and eally seves to document the old Viking's pogess though the last six yeas and If you have the whole Rundgen legacy thee's nothing OW NFU DR HOOK: 'Pleasue And Pain' (Capitol EA -ST 858). DR HOOK'LL neve be ich while they ecod othe people's songs. but they make such a good job of the Intepetation. It must be a temptation they just can't esist. At the moment, they'e STILL stuggling to shake off 'Sylvia's Mothe' (my God, they must be sick about that. but people have such long memoies) but it looks as though the fight's nealy ove. They have a couple smat move with the oveall feel of this album. AU they need now V anothe hit singgle ROSALIND RU9-SE.

23 Recod Mio, Decembe 2, I GUYS 'N' DOLLS - at last the shocking tuth behind the simpeing sextet is evealed. Remembe that cute white suited combo? All expensive dental wok and undeam deodoant. Remembe those wondefully wholesome songs about stay eyed kids In love? Well, behind the image luked DRINK, GAMBLING and... SEX. MI can now be evealed - coutesy of Theeze Baza and David Van Day, who left to fom Dolla. Thei fist single 'Shooting Sta' is cuently No 27. "It was a vey Incestuous time In Guys 'n' Dolls," eminisces Theeze. We all paied off duing the fist yea we wee togethe. We used to sleep in each othe's bedooms when we wee on the oad. In the monings they used to knock on the doos eally ealy. so that we could get back to ou own ooms and the pess couldn't spead any scandal. "We pobably did it because we wee insecue. It was a teible life, we wee living a steile existence whee we wee expected to flash ou pealy white teeth and emain viginal all the time. We wee meant to be ideal, well scubbed people - the sot of kids that naive paents would like to see as thei childen. I Just didn't feel human. "We'd go gambling as w ell. emembe that Dominic (the one with tinted blonde hai and big beach boy smile) was heavy y Into it. It was easy to spend 00 a night. "Then thee used to be aguments. I emembe thee was a ow between Matine and Dominic In ou tavelling bus. He took his clog off to hit he and she kicked him in the shin. It was vey painful. "Thee was a time when the gils got vey dunk one night befoe a show. We staggeed on stage and the boys wee vey angy because we'd had so much. I was thown acoss a oom aftewads and I Cacked my head." And that's not all. The band used to oganise food thowing paties. A GUY, A P LL, AND. 4 One night they even pushed a ' pote into a swimming pool. He was so annoyed that he theatened violence. "I had a whole vat full of food poued ove my head once," continues Theeze. "One hotel even sued us fo,200 because of the damage we'd caused. Thee must I be many hotel ownes who have awful memoies of us. "We wee all vey immatue because Guys 'n' Dolls was an atificially ceated goup. Just answeed an ad one day and afte a bief audition got the Job. We had ou photogaphs taken standing by plush limos and we wee made to feel and act like supestas, when we wee each eaning only I50 a week. "They called the goup Guys 'n' Dolls, but eally it was Matine and Dominic's show Usually all the close ups wee taken of them when we did a television show, nobody else eally got a look in." So Theeze and David wee destined to fail in love and stike out on thei own. "The expeience taught us quite a bit about life," continues David. "Befoe we had been put In cotton wool and pampeed, but now we had to stand on ou own two feet. Times got so bad I was on the dole it took 5 months befoe we boke though. "Some companies wanted us to do exactly the same thing we'd been doing with Guys 'n' Dolls. No matte how attactive thei offes we tuned them down. We didn't want to be doing silly things again. "The managing diecto of Acobat Recods took us on without even heaing us. He said he wanted to take a gamble. "He's something of an old hippie," confides Theeze. "He sits unde a table and meditates.' "We wanted a positive, almost heavy metal name so that we could disassociate ouselves foeve fom Guys 'n' Dolls," continues David. "I was watching a money pogamme one night on TV and they flashed up this big dolla sign. I thought it was an intenational sign that eveybody ecognises, so we thought we'd use It "We don't want to play the cabaet cicuit and we'll be going on tou when we know that we've ceated a demand. We don't want to ush into live pefomances until the audience is eally hungy fo us and we can satisfy them. "I think places like the Venue in London will be ideal fo us, they'e comfotable but the audience Isn't complacent. When we wee in Guys 'n' Dolls we used to do cabaet places and the audience wee too busy tucking Into thei chicken in the baskets to notice you when you came on - and too pissed to bothe to notice you when you wee at the end of you act." "At one cabaet place thee ween't any ed canations to wea with ou white suits," says Theeze. "We had to use nail vanish to dye white canations - that shows you how silly Guys'n' Dolls became. When we tou as Dolla we won't be weaing white suits. I pefe something a little moe slinky." "Géi off' assyou d dancew y

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25 26 Recod Mea, Decembe 2, 978 : i. SN`t.l e _ L,, G v 'E N.UG' VG The Clash ae definitely one of the top five ock 'n' oll bands of all time and thei new album is one of the finest ock 'n' oll ecods eve made... sez RONNIE GURR. Beaing that in mind, now ead on. `OOK I play, ight?... And people go bonkes. That Is it. That's what I want out of it, that's all," assets Joe Stumme fom the opulent cocktail ba of his safe Banton hotel home. The statement is tue, cold had fact. The Clash do make people go bonkes. The following night, two thousand salivating fans, splinteing seats and making bidge -heads onto the stage of the Odeon in Edinbugh ae a testimony to the tuth of Stumme's fist piece of oatoy, Unfotunately I, and moe than a few othes, find as time goes by. that the Clash's opinions, statements and platfoms ae becoming a little difficult to agee with. Fo this eason I tackled the poblem with my Philip's cassette ecode blazing. Befoe shaing the delights of the Clash clash with you. I think f should state that the new album. 'Give 'EmEnougli Rope' Is one of the finest ock 'n' oll ecods eve made and, as such It deseves you espect and attention. What I find difficult to undestand Is that cetain boy jounalists wite gushing aticles backing the band's sensationalist and, fo the most pat, unfulfilled claims Do you emembe pomises? I do. I do... and babe, the sun most definitely don't shine out the Clash's issoles As someone once said, they may make good ecods but don't expect too much Intelligence. I knew It was going to be one of those inteviews when, on eply to my fist question - how is the witing split these days? - I eceived this eloquent discouse. Quote fom Mick Jones; "Me an' 'im wite 'em." Quote fom "him" (Stumme): "We jus' wite 'em, that's all," At which point Jones huls a ejoinde In my diection: "It's none of you business." Hadly the Incisive steet -speak that one would expect fom such a gatheing of vital poles, eh what? Still, we bante ou way though a un-down of the tacks fom the 'Rope' album. Stumme is the mainman chat wise, Jones Is content to add the pefunctoy snide Insult and Simonon, stage ight adding the occasional telling emak. Side one opens, o athe explodes, with 'Safe Euopean Home'. Thoughts? "S'about Jamaica." slus Stumme, "we went thee to wite songs, me an' - Mick Jones is 'i.m - we 'ad a lousy time 'cos we couldn't find any black musicians. They wee all In the ba of the Sheaton Hotel, y'know. We figued how safe it was back hee y'know, and when we thought about it we wanted to come back." Jones chips In: "We'd go back and have anothe go though." Pehaps, I ponde, the man is joking. We move on. 'English Civil Wa' is "Just about what could come", sums up Simonon concisely. This gives Stumme the cue to discuss the uselessness of both a govenmental system and laws, His basic agument centes aound the fact that he thinks that people ae sensible enough to come to ageements without having to abide by laws. THE WHOLE dan thing gets even stille when we discuss the single about to be lifted fom 'Rope'. The song is 'Tommy Gun'. Pesumably, I ventue this concens the mecenay mentality. This signifies a deadly fascination with things that ae inexticably nasty, a tend which seems to appeal to Stumme. "The song's moe about teoists than It Is about mecenaies." Did he suppot the activities of teoist goups. I wondeed, thinking back to the days of his Red Amy Faction shits. "Yeah," he states with some elish. "I suppot them fo this eason...'cos they ae acting, ight? And even though they kill people, It's like innocent bystandes, ight? It's followed like 20 yeas of negotiating, and people who go out and stat shooting people ae like, despeate. I was wondeing what kind of people they wee." At this point Mick Jones Inteupts: "I don't suppot this killing stuff," he bluts between mouthfuls of peanuts and leaves It at that. "I know I wouldn't, couldn't go to those extemes myself so I thought about what kind of human beings they wee and wote the song, that's all," concludes Stumme in a manne which smacks of tendy sociological bollocks. On the same militant theme, a mate of mine, visiting Edinbugh's local adio station noticed that Paul Slmonon, afte being Inteviewed thee, had signed his occupation in the visito's book as "a mecenay". He had spelt It wongly I didn't laugh, honest. 'Julie's Been Woking Fo The Dug -Squad' is, as Stumme points out, pue New Oleans with some magnificent Ivoy tickling fom one Gloves Clove. The subject hee is faily staightfowad, being an aual documentation of the Opeation Julie LSD busts. At which point I boach the subject of dugs and the numeous efeences contained on Dug Stabbing Time' is a song about people who spend all thei time taking dugs and what a way that Is to live," explains Joe. What, I wondeed, of the "Cocaine flowing up ou noses" quote fom 'Cheapskates'? Hypocisy. I would have thought. consideing the fact that Jones was busted fo possession of said dug a few months back. "He was busted fo a quate of an ounce of the wold's wost hashish and they found a minute tace in his pocket o something. Somebody must have given It to him fo nothing, that happens in this game," continues Joe In Jones' absence. "And those hipstes at NME blew It all up." WRICH IS whee things stat getting heated. Fed up of Jones' Jaded smat ass comments and the way Stumme takes the piss outa my accent - eally funny Joe - I stat asking blunt questions, The album has been a long time coming, 8 months being the peiod of time usually assoc ated with the likes of, say, Pink Floyd to come up with an ove -poduced. oveblown 2 Inc he. Jones loses his head at the example I plucked out of thin ai "You come In hee with you hoay old cliches saying we'e like the Pink Floyd," he explodes (Wong end of stick son.) "We'e pissed off with you slag angles," spits Stumme. Why 8 months then? Cooling out Stumme explains. "The tuth is. ight, that we ae not talented enough to poduce an album as good as we have in thee o fou months, also we don't want to ip off anyone by binging out a bad ecod, simple as that " Admiable sentiments I suppose. How did he feel about the band's contempoaies who have. poed duc thee albums to the Clash' s two "They'e all teible ecods

26 II though ain't they?" dismisses Stumme, with some point. I suppose. Anothe pig's head which the Clash ae into kicking is the ock media. I state that fo what the band has actually done ove the last yea they have had moe good pess and font coves than anyone. This eally, if you'll excuse the pun, put the gun amongst the pigeons. Stumme continues the mocking accent - yawn - and calls me a few well chosen expletives. "What is the oot of you hellgeence?" he asks. I maintain that moe than anyone the Clash have made claims that have not been caied and I doubt will eve be caied though. Like... we ain't in it fo the money. The oot of my belligeence? I will not be fooled again. A staight question. Ae the Clash in it fo the money? Joe Stumme: "Nah, thee is no money." The man then goes on to explain how he is a paty to a monumental debt. "I make sue things like that don't bothe me if you let it bothe you you'e in a bad way "It bothes me," intejects Jones. Stumme then states that neithe he no Jones have had - ho hum -a oyalty cheque yet, they all went to CBS, "Why ae we talking about this?" Simonon wondes. Stumme to Simonon: "People think we'e ich." They may not be Lax exile status yet but they must be comfotable. "Listen, I'd say that in London I had about 50 quid all told, all my woldly possessions. Thee is nothing else fo me," offes Stumme. Simonon eckons that they will make money, but, he says ightly, It all boils down to what you do with it. WHAT WOULD he do with it? Stumme opined that he would, cheque book in hand go out and buy a piate adio station and float It oft the Thames. Simonon states that "money should be put back whee it's taken fom". "I'd put money into clubs and things Thee's no solution to it. you just have to believe what we say, `The tuth is, that we ae not talented enough to poduce an album as good as we have in thee o fou months, also we don't want to ip anyone off by binging out a bad ecod' believe t o not, it's up to you and anyone else that eads the pape." Once I believed that, now, well adopt I'll a tva lt-and-see attitude. You would, fo you own sake, be well advised to do the same. Late, Stumme told me I could take him to task in the futue, but he was gonna do something, give away, it just something with his oyalties. Something didn't gel though. The evening was iddled with contadictions in the hetoic. The most potent example of this when came I asked why they had bodyguads. Jones and Stumme again eupted, then poceeded to delive a diatibe on how they have no bodyguads, that this was a malicious umou and it just was not tue. The guys I efeed to wee dives. At the end of thei Condemnation of me, the question, and the goundless umou, Simonon leant ove and said: "Anyway In this game we need bodyguads...," If the pevious evening was one of contadictions, the night of the gig was one of matchless joy. The Clash poved beyond a shadow of doubt they ae the most potent. vital and exciting band teading boads at the moment. A joy, they pefomed 'Janie Jones' 'Gaageland', 'Police And Thieves' and 'White Riot' fom the most significant and Impotant album eve eleased. Soaing though the new album's songs they poved thei woth by pefoning 'Julie' and 'Stay Fee' live. The ceam wee the singles, 'White Man', and 'Complete Contol', veitable bijous. The Clash ae definitely one of the top five ock 'n' oll bands of all 'Ime. See them live, live with the n album and find out why. Sadly though thei bullshit polemics pevent them fom becoming heoes like say Mott. the Stones o the Faces. As one local luminay said to me afte bushing past Mick Jones in the lobby of the chichi Banlon Hotel: "He," motioning at Jones' back, "wis about that" - he held up thumb and fist finge an inch apat - away fom being a heo." I knew what he meant. The Clash ae going to be vey ich soon, they ock out bette than anyone, it's just a pity that they'e such a bunch of schmucks. v t--+`, f t, 'Ñ?5 th4 Hw t, "ifn INSTA' REACTI \ o0049 nagq +g eoi if.=-/7 fcioc7 4 mess c fliiueie i( o ni) INSTANTRR[PLAY.e mob Al GC,i e O C 4 AA,4 Recod Mino, Decembe 2, 978 a, 8. LOOK DPOS TO IlL FORAM INSTNNT REPLAY OF THE DAN NARIMAN $TORY. THAT WAS THE YEAR NE JOINED FORCES WITH THE EDGARWINTLA GRPUP TO DENVER A STRING OF MONSTER SMASH 3 AND A IATNUM AUMUM `THEY ONLY COME OUT AT NIGHT: FLICK FORWAKD TO '78 no YOU SEE AMi HARTMA' RIVING Ni(M AGAIN w -n4 'INSTANT ipliv; THE,INNS MofT IRRt95T6LE 50LE. NOW COMES DM NARTMAN'S 'INSTANT REPLAY' Al-SUM.6koWTntOHAR AS A DIfOND,SMOOT}I AND XIPPLEASTHE FINEST LATHER. 5EVFM TRACKS IN ALL, TOUCFIED WI{ THE MUSCLE THAT PUTS AAN NAISMAN IN ACIASS OF HIS t7wn. GET 5T T REACTION. GET 'INSTANTREPEP(',' II II, o V NEW LBUM o 7 J i Instant Replay' SKY Rema a cause

27 Recod Mio. Decembe 2 (i't), who.was ' MA IF wh ny a eview can Plait time wite.to Help Afte- eading Ronnie Gu'3' ecent inteview wttt Eic Faulkne and..the Rolles, and also his 'aunt T ;eview, I decided FIRST OF all let me tell 'Stanges In The You that my favouite Rhtc. and I was eally goups ae Status Quo and Queen (this guy needs help - Lit). Well, they wee my favouite goups, but now The Bay City Rolles have taken thei place (this guy needs help REAL bad - MM)..,.d'.supised when I head it 7 Can honestly say that Status Quo and Queen ae, nothing compaed to the new sounding Bay City Mites. My mate has just heo... the new album and «Yapped his (ave goup' -c. Will It eve end? Mike Russell, Bfllinge, Meseyside. a But - Jeez - all this time we've been wasting ou pecious time on The Stones, Dylan. 'The Who..,o The Clash. Siouxsle, Elvis Costello. Wow. Who would've guessed, co, ulp (etc). Is this lette a joke? Woking class heo I AM 7 and wok In a hoible little factoy in Glasgow, but I managed to save enough money to tavel south fo a day to see Alex Havey at The Venue and think It was the best show I have eve seen. Then I ead in you pape that "somebody" said It was abysmal. If you don't like Alex any moe shut you little middle class mouths about It 'cos I don't cae what you like. Just don't annoy me by slagging him. Jim McColl, Glasgow. Ah, Ilemme get title ights you don't cae what we like, but you'e annoyed when we slag old Alex? This. folks, is the ceme de la ceme of the lettes this week. A naughty bit I NOTICE that you have not had Ivo Biggun Choosing his Top 0 ecods in you Sta Choice featue, so hee ae the 0 I think he'd choose. I You Need Hands 2 The Flashe, 3 Hold Tight - 9 Move It 5I Can't Leave You Alone 6 Get A Gip On Youself 7 Tossing And Tuning 8 Hey Diddle Diddle, the, Cat And the Fiddle 9 Hold You Head Up lotrll-fllbums ARf CRIIITfD fqu4il is ` t 'Lee.. sew S Stf. forfvfr Pii íbi, 0 Come With Me Maybe they should put Ivo Blggun'a favouite ecods on a compilation LP. The company who put it and should be Stiff Recods John Seviou, Pakslone, Poole. *You think like this Is filth -tipe gonna get pinted? You must be losing ye mables. You'll have to do bette AS I sit hee listening to my new album, I find It difficult to be annoyed, because my new album Is 'Mud Rock On', but with cetins like Philip Hall aound I...(emalnde of lette deleted due to lack of inteest). A Mud/Rich Kids fan. * Thee must be some Inteesting, wothwhile, genuine lettes aound hee somewhee, ',Let's un, see... _ Chalie's angel WHILE I appeciate you kind news Item in last week's RM, I am vey upset that you saw tit to Include a pictue of me, in fact someone tying to Impesonate me. Believe me, I'm vey cut up about It. I'm sue my fans would like to know that I'm alive (what a gas) and well and dinking blood In Bath. My new single, 'It Sue Bings Out the Glae In my Eyes' Is out on Stiff (Bloody lia - a Stiff spokesman), something you'll be if you don't pint a genuine photo of me. Don't lose you head man, listen to Uncle Chalie and you libe will go with a bang! Yous Affectionately, Chales Manson. (M). * Nope. Don't fink that's one of 'em. S & fyfs e ; c Lies THINK you make lettes up. Pete, Halifax. And damned lies SO do I. Jetho. Oxfod. He'll neve play the piano again JUST WHO does Chis Westwood think he Is - Spldeman? (What the hell's Spldeman got to do with this? - MM) He thinks Alice Coope's finished, huh? Well I've news, he's,just beginning. (Majoity of lette emoved fo medicinal puposes). Does he enjoy hospital food? Doesn't he ealise he'll be eating It U thee Is no apology fo last week's eview of Alice's single at the bottom of this lette?,doesn't he ealise that If he eve sets foot in Peston I will bite him, John Beave, Peston_ *Well, hee we ae at the bottom of you lette...and still no apology. And he's only been hee a week TO RONNIE Gu: How dae you insult the geatest goup since Thé Beatles (stifled snigges fom the RM office - MM). You ought to be put against a wall and killed vey slowly! You eview of the Capentes' single is a load of... Fo a stat you efe to 'people like the Capentes'. Thee Is no one like them, they ae unique and...(emainde deleted due to even less Inteest). El Jo, Leeds. *As If ou Ronnie REALLY dislikes The Capentes: he only stated the 'Capentes backlash to povoke a eaction. In eality, he's a wam adaptable human being who owns all The Capentes' ecods and plays them continuously, day and night, S'tue. Vile vinyl I'M GLAD to see that Public Image ae eleasing an album pessed In plain black vinyl. All these dayglocoloued vinyls make me sick, It's nice to see a band that has confidence In its ecod sales and doesn't ely on petty colous. Elaine, Datfod. *But Lo, a fee inflatable life-size goilla and do -IS- youself teoist kit fee with evey copy. O will It be vinyl that pukes, shoots bullets, smokes pot and squits hydochloic acid simultaneously, continues to play even when emoved fom the tuntable? Any moe gimmicks, pleeze? We've, dopped them I HAVE come to the conclusion that you ag's standads ae dopping, Afte eading last week's Jt.+ v Lulcy, In which It w aid that Queen wee a...tine English band'. Alf Matin must be a senseless ceep fo allowing such ubbish to be pinted. If the eview of Queen's new LP Jazz', is no good then you ag will be a thing of the past fo me. Gaham Smith, Hayes. *Alf Matin would be a senseless ceep If lie DIDN'T allow such ubbish to be pinted. As fo the evlew.,.(hel)ol hello?) It's boing, but tue THIS PAGE is ifly, ally boing today. Ludwig V. Beethoven, South Kensington. A bunch of ceeps WHY HAVE you ceeps neve pinted an aticle on the geatest hand to the wold, I'm talking about the Valves. You'e so pa thefts. with you featues on Sham and the Banshees. Get II ight. Do *Honest, we don't make It now. this stuff up - It's all The Matian, Cleetho. tue. Who wote that? pea. Yoks. Al Even if we do, get boing lettes at Recod Mio, it doesn't stop us enjoying ouselves., CLUES ACROSS What The Rolling Stones have become In thei old age ill) 6 Custy David Gal.. Kaut) 5) 8 Fome Roxy saxophonist l+,6) 0 They told us about Lady Mamalade (7) taiey Bothe,, classic 7,4 3 Obsessed heavy metalbt'a (.i.) I5 Gil In Ray Davies' song ( 6" Euope:o, disco queen (+) 7 Dat. Complaining about the weathe 43,7 20 Jlmi Hendix oiginal Blat was a hit fo Rod Stewat (5) 2 Incedible... Band (5 22 A face in the Stones 3) 24 A fiend of Lydia (4) 25 The night that's alight fo fighting le) 26 Geneation X fontman U 27( What they called Donovan In 467 6,6) ACROSS DOWN Answes The path the Ramose, ae taking 443.4) 2 They had aom. Misplaced Ideals 5.4 ) 3 She had an Elite Hotel and a Luxuy Line 7,6 4 She had Clayton on hie knees 5) What Genesis wee doing by the pound 7,) 6 See + Down 7 David Covedeie' fome goup (4,4 9 Bob Maley album(4) 2 Eddle's fome patne 3) f & 6 Down Ited Stewat stogie that followed 70 Acoss ( ) 5 When Eddie and the Hot Rods wee living thei life on Evely Bothes hit (2.3 9 One of the singles taken fom Gease (Si Steve Haley told us ti was a mean colou (6 23 The tempeatue of Eno's jets () Manic Fo The Toops 0 Rumous it Muddy 2 toot U Ego + Sllvestc 6 Stay 7 In The Midnight 90 N,ddy 2 Sweet 22 Glass 23 Aja 24 Hai 26 Hee 29 Ales % Zoom 2 Mud 32 You Got What It Takes. DOWN I Thee Times A Lady 2 Name Of The Ganes 3 Cuel 4 ObeenhMa 6 Tumbling Dice a E4d,e 7 it Out Of Tlme 9 Shot By Both Skies i6 Rah Edga it aj" el Stom 23 Ram 2'Nal 77 Rush 26 land

28 Recod Mio, Decembe? l th 0 bo,gj thém b k geth.. 4 ` ( P : a " 7 "' "4/ t we DECEMBER Hall Bangwyn 2nd SWANSEA 3d CARDIFF Top Rank Suite 4th PRESTON Guildhall 5th LIVERP )OI, Empie Opea House 6th BLACKPOOL 7th To be announced Salfod Univ 8th MANCHESTER. 74tcs Getitli the GOtitliwJontht 8th 9th LEEDS Univesity Victoia Hall loth STOKE-ON-TRENT Guildhall PORTSMOUTH Village Bowl 2th BOURNEMOUTH 3th BRIGHTON Dome 4th PLYMOUTH Poly 5th 7th BATH Pavilion BRADFORD St, Geoges Hull. le album. City Hall SHEFFIELD City Hall 20th NEWCASTLE City Hall 2st NEWCASTLE City Hall 22nd NEWCASTLE City Hall 23d NEWCASTLE Single Album Cassette ' Recodéd Live at Newcastle City Hall

29 33 Recod Mia, Decembe h CHRIS WESTWOOD believes the Skids ae on an uphill slide. Could it all be imagey - like the goup's lyics. LIVELY SPRATS, The Skids. They wee in London last week, playing suppot to the wetched Dtcklea, whom they adequately oveshadowed, outclassed and blew off stage. Now, they embak on a not inconsideable tou pio to hauling ass ound the studio and stating wok on an album befoe the month chokes Itself out. A Vigin Recods handout Insists: "Choose anothe band to The Skids and you'll get the band you deseve." I neve did wok that one out... So, with a modicum of pio info, the fesh memoies of two gigs (a geat one at The Maquee. and unsettled one at the Electic Balloom) and thee singles, the wite found himself luching into an Inteview situation- Which, ás it happens, didn't tun out as bad as I'd eckoned. The last time we'd met, The Skids had been subjected to the igos of a day's TOTP eheasals. had contacted flu, and wee geneally about as talkative as cadboad cut-outs: low-key wasn't the half of it... but it all came out at The Maquee gig which they enteed with a ock -had aggessive esolve, consequently fishing out a pefomance which devastated. When the time came to actually whip out me tape ecode and ask the questions. Richad Jobson, the vocalist and youngest membe, evealed himself to be the band's main spokespeson, only occasionally being assisted by 'the othe thee', Stuat Adamson (guita), Tom Kellichan (dums). and William Simpson (bass), who basically confined themselves to concise petinent eplies. At fist we dwelt on topics like the ed -vinyl gimmicky of the 'Wide Open' RP, my misconception of the 'Contusion' lyical -angle. which is appaently Richad's conception of Communism (the blood/goe imagey epesenting 'Red' in the sense of Commie flags, the busting clot Image epesenting the all -encompassing 'theat'... ). Afte ten minutes I discove the goddam mike ain't plugged In, so painstakingly make the 'necessay adjustments' and soldie on. Occasionally, Richad shouts "Eeeeeeeced!" o some such loonyism. but basically sticks to answeing questions: fist comments concen pigeon -holing... "We'e getting citicised fo this all the time... but the thing is, we'e totally diectionless, We'e not aiming fo any maket at all. We once got accused of being diectionless, but people did nay ealise that's exactly what we wanted." I wondeed how the band saw its "pogess" since that fist maxi -single. Stuat: "Thee's no pogession, cos that's like taking a musical diecuon. All we've done Is wite new songs." That fist single was 'Chales' which emains in the set even now. Witten by Stuat, the guitaist, it's lyically moe clea-cut than Richad's songs. Since then, John Peel championed the bañd. Vigin Recods decided to suss 'em out, and lo, a big ecoding contact. Unfotunately, someone along the line had equested that the band dop cetain numbes fom the set. something which, fankly, astonished me. Stuat' "When someone says something like that, you immediately stat to think about the song itself and lose confidence in it." ft. Richad: "You could nay pogo o spit to some of these songs." "We've lost thousands and thousands of songs, good songs. Thee's five songs we didn't play on Satuday that look obvious choices fo LPs." One of the shelved -songs, 'London', was a favouite of the band. - Richad: "It was Just ou geneal opinion of London. it's just a big fast place, whee no matte who you ae, you'e a nonentity. We can go an a pub In Scotland and we'll know eveybody in thee, and that Just doesn't happen in London. The Membes ae in a sot of solitay confinement... and that's exactly what it's like. Down hee It's a big ace to see who can get on.., but up thee It's eally fiendly. That's the thing about being Isolated up In Scotland. You'e not dawing fom anyone else... [You'e dawing off yeself..' The gist Is, then, that the band will emain Scot -based, etaining the segegation fom Vigin. And the maste plan? Richad: "When we get an album out - if it does well - people will want to hea those songs live. Like, 'Contusion' was neve eally a popula song live, but since the EP It's become temendously popula. When you see a band fo the fist time it's f ---g had, to get into them unless they'e something exta speclal, Which we ae." (HeHa) Mateial of the 'London' Ilk, then, has not been elbowed foeve and eve amen: The Skids ae sitting on It... good old mateial dies had. And as to the band's othe mateial, Richad comments that he's "neve actually witten a 'happy' song; 'Hope And Gloy' Is about the stife of actually witing a song... It's also about getting upon stage and potaying It. eefing something fo the song It doesn't matte what anybody says so long as you've still got a feeling fo a song. It's when the feeling goes that... eveything goes," Stuat: "It's all about Imagey. I mean you take what you want fom the lyics and what's behind them. Its like the lyics ae RICHARD JOBSON, vocalist with the Skids the dawing and the music's the colouing." How poetic, I'm thinking. Then he says: "I'm going fo anothe bee." It's fact and Skids folk -loe now that Stuat was once caught standing aound, talking on the stais of The Glasgow Apollo: a meat -head bounce pomptly seized and kicked him out.. not ealising that this was the guitaist who'd Just finished a set. Also fact: the self -same Stuat once attacked ou vey own Sheila Pophet when unde the influence. but we won't go Into that. As an axe -man, he's caved out a unique sound. I ask whee he'd gotten the sound fom. "I got it fom the bagpipes. I did!' he insists as laughte is stifled. "When people play the bagpipes thee's always a done, Just one single note playing allthe time in the backgound. I get that by playing an open sting, then playing a melody on the sting next to it." Othe guitaists have aleady been seen to adopt this tack... listen only to the into of Stiff Little Finges' 'Altenative Ulste'.. familia is it? Convesation swings back to the songs/lyics, and Richad is saying: "I wouldn't call these songs mobid. They'e depessing, like, to ead..." and immediately one is eminded of 'Night And Day', which Is intoduced onstage as a paean to a chick who was aped and aped and aped. They make me feel anxious on stage. I hope the audience feel anxious, watching, but live it's usually nothing to do with wods it's moe eliant on the music and the sound." Flip the coin, listen attentively to the gogeously dumb endeing of 'Albet Tatlock', a neat sideline afte all the nea -impenetable, but studied, amblings Of thei' othe numbes. Richad: "The intoduction to that song's geat. Like, this is a geat soclo-political song, the one that's gonna beat ye f ---g Robinson, ye Puseys etcetea.. and people ae having nightmaes." The band then bust Into a simplistic numbe which is nothing 'a / 0 but a ecital of chaacte -names, Annie Walke. Stanley Ogden. Elsie Howad, ALBERT TATLOCK and the ilk. Deep and meaningless, the numbe is an established stage favouite. Richad continues: "We can come up with thee o fou songs Ina week. 'Of One Skin' fo instance. That cane togethe in five minutes. I waited till we'd finished eheasing and showed it to him (Stuat, who wites all the music ). Then he said, 'Ah, I've an idea fo that,' and that was it! We played it fo the fist time the next night." ó 'Bewae, little one knowledge Inside, you seem to acknowledge Taced the case of you family Path A maitime captain escaped the last laugh. Deep little one ponde Sleep you seem to discove Meandeed the tack of a ight-angled oad Vesuvius my Sheba eupted and boed.' /u The second single was the Vigin -eleased 'Sweet Sububia', which emains a delectable cowd anthem pop song. It chated biefly at 7, a TOTP slot was - filmed (Just In case) but without the all-impotant aiplay the song pomptly disappeaed and the TV appeaance neve happened. With the thid effot, namely the 'Wide Open' EP, The Skids established themselves as one of the most vital Bitish talents of the '75 class. if the eviewes did but know it: fou choice, meaty, beaty, weighty, dancey, hooky, bouncy. ebullient, eclectic, electic numbes, bound upon R -E-D vinyl -.. and the cove ammed the fact that It was ed ight down the gullet. Geneally, the escapade was teated like some mega -hype, which upset The Skids (who ween't esponsible fo the colou scheme), and the actual contents. 'The Saints Ae Coming', 'Of One Skin'. 'Night And Day' and 'Contusion', wee tagically ignoed. A pity, a pain In the ' butt. Othe than the occasional t A ' eviews, Richad points out that "pess -wise, we'e getting zilch exposue at the moment, even simple things like advets, postes. We did a Scottish tou with The Zones, and thee was only one gig on the whole tou that was put In the gig -guide. Just one gag.. the Dunfemline gig. I. mean. nobody caed about that one anyway 'cos that was the only gig whee postes went up." Bill: "We did the postes ouselves anyway.' Digessing, Richad mentions how the 'scene' in Scotland Is vey healthy, how the punk -is-dead bigade ae hopelessly misfiing, how he himself was once a p -u -n-k, how the scene's 'totally changed. Then (at the beginning) It was guys between the ages of 5 and 25 who wee punks. Now it's eight yeas olds up to 4, 5 yea olds, because the olde guys ae now eithe In bands o too much Into looking cool and standing up the back. I'm soy when people keep saying Punk Is Dead. It's not eally, when you've got all these young guys, who've neve head 'Anachy', just getting into it" 'Thee's blood on the oad Ca on the motoway Sceaming machine Passed by the Red Coss of Agony O Victoy o Ecstasy. Thee's blood on the steets Man In the subway Human emain passed by the Red Coss of Agony O Victoy o Ecstasy.' We wap up the inteview. cawl to the bog while they depat, fo thei hotel. The album will likely be consumption -. ady by Febuay: a nixed XTC tou (The Skids ace eventually offeed thid -billing,., which they ejected) and now a seies of dates in thei own ight. Musically they ae the sound of today, the time and mood U ight This Is a pemie outfit staing you squae in the mu. Now what you gonna k. about

30 Recod Mio, Decembe 2, he Yea Of The Cat' as two yeas ago. Quite a passagé f time! - 0,4( Now Al Stewat's back, with anothe beautiful collection of songs. And a tou in Decembe. Until then, hee's the album you've been, waiting fo indikae5 tilesiit9,e' Tinte PassaeS. --, Recod: PL 2573 Cassette: PK 2573 RCA Recods and Tapes,..., _ a. - ;.,.4. _. ^,' o.., , Poduced by Alan Pasons fo Kinetic Poductions Ltd t I a ^ e lhnet thhp dom t, Nó é n d 5e4Me l2th pde 5 4th ode' t5th odeo. óth» gd9hlo` st O,l od stet o m,y Y) wjheatte cd en...lsta^do PP -5 Aíe o. cw

31 32 Recnd Mio, Decembe 2, 978 Eded M SUSANNE GARRETT. Send jou poblems o Help, Recod Mio, 40 Long Ae, London WC2E 9JT. P AM sue that -othe people may have been too shy to speak up about this subject, o pehaps no answes have been published. My gilfiend IS a vigin - the fist vigin ye been with and although she wants to have intecouse as much as I do, we ae unable to beak he viginity. Possibly because,. she is nevous fo a stat, she complains of pain wheneve I stat to put on the pessue She insists I wea a condom, as I can push hade when I do. Can she beak he own viginity? My gilfiend thinks I am tying not to have intecouse with he now In case I hut he. but the tuth is that I'd feel teible If I attempted again and failed. I eally love this gil and want to stay with he. Alan. Aboath. The thickness of the hymen, the membane coveing the entance to the vagina, does vay fom peson to peson. And, although this is not always so, it's natual fo a gil to feel some pain when thee Is unaccustomed pessue on this thin skin o when It Is boken fo the fist time. It Is vey ae though fo a gil to have such a thick hymen that t has to be boken medically in ode I HAVE being going out with my gilfiend fo two yeas now but someone fom the office whee she wolks tells me she has been seeing anothe lad In the evenings afte wok. still take he out and go to he house at weekends. and sometimes duing the week, but feel thee is She's stated seeing someone else Too nevous to losé he viginity fo intecouse to take place. Often the hymen Is boken o ton duing stenuous physical execise without the gil eve being awae that this has happened. If you gilfiend uses tampons duing he peiods, the hymen can be boken when she Insets o, moe often, emoves a tampon which has swollen Inside he, as It collects men- stual blood. But, although they'e less bulky than the sanitay towel, some gils don't like using tampons and you gilfiend may feel this way, too. Nevousness duing attempts at intecouse, because of feas of pegnancy o' being discoveed in the act, o simply due to a fea of being penetated and the unknown, can also cause a tight contaction, muscula camp, known as vagfnlsm whee the entance to the vagina Is closed off completely. Penetation Is easie when you patne feels secue and elaxed. Ty to talk to he honestly, without being heavy o Insistent about It, and let he tell you why she's nevous in he own good time. Pehaps, despite what she tells you, she doesn't yet tust you enough to enjoy making love with you. She's the only vigin you've known and theefoe she may also have fim moal convictions which she hasn't confided, in case of being something wong bet. ween us. The thought of he with anothe man makes me feel Ill - but I don't know what to say o how to find nut how she eally feels about me. stand Please help, I don't want us to beak up Jim. Deby thought peculia In the light of you own geate sexual expeience. Take tt slowly, and don't foce he into an involvement she Isn't eady to handle. Thee's no need to feel inadequate - you too ae having to deal with an expeience you haven't encounteed befoe. She's going though the same soul - seaching scene. It could just bing you close togethe. The suest way of lowing someone you cae fo Is to let baies build up between you to the extent whee you'e no longe sue of whee you with each othe Has this happened in you elationship O have you both known each othe fo so long that you take each othe fo ganted? Eithe way, the solution Is in you own hands. You must be stong enough to ask he whethe this umou Is tue. You may be woying unecessally, even though thee does seem to be a cetain lack of communication between you ight now. Talking to he will help you both staighten things out, even if she is seeing anothe guy only as a fiend. Make It' clea to he that you love he, accepting that you don't own he and ealise she's tee to live he life as she aen't Chooses but pepaed to be stung along. You have nothing to lose but you as yet unpoved suspicion. Seventeen, and wants to wok aboad I AM a 7 yea old bakey assistant who doesn't like living )n this county. I would eally like to live In Gemany, whee I have fiends. The people I saw at my local job cente said I was too young. I eally want to do this though and have been talking to my family about it fo many months. Mike, Lincolnshie. We eceive many lettes fom people who, want to live and wok aboad, but you must appeciate that many, counties, including Gemany, shae a simila unemployment poblem to ou own, and unless you'e tained In a specialist o pofessional skill, you chances of finding wok may small. be As you'e aged unde 8, you can't take - up any oppotunities within the EEC though you local job - cente - the usual channel of infomation, but thee's nothing to stop you fom taking a holiday, staying with you fiends and seeing what tuna up. Fo a fee leaflet, 'Woking in the Fedeal Republic of Gemany' wite to In- fomation Division, Manpowe Sevices Commission, Selkik House, 88 High Holbon, London WC. The moe highly skilled you ae, the moe likely you ae to find wok aboad. You could bave the UK fo a couple moe yeas and build-up you job potential, instead of tying to make the beak ight now. 'FEEDBACK answes you questions. Send you knee fo Recod Mio. 40 Long Ace, London WC2E 9J Please don't send a stamped addessed enetop as Mil can't answe you leves individually, Faulty Poducts new addess APOLOGIES to all concenedfault fo a booboo (RI Novembe 25th, 978). Y w distibute the Safai Label have now moved to It. Blenheim Cescent, London W. Robet Johnson: the vinyl fo BLUES collecto Robet Macquale o Stathclyid wants to add moe Muddy Wates albums to h collection and find mateial by legenday pe - blues musician Robet Johnson. Wates albu eleased in the UK and cuently available ae "Ba in the Ealy Days" Syndicate, fsc00/2h doub album. "Good News Volume III"". Syndicatevolu the led (e Is i and "We Thee King tilogy, featuing Little Wate and Howling Wolf t Syndicate, (SC005). Afte signing to Blue Sky Recods In 376. Mu ecoded two albums, "Had Again", Blue S (8853), 977 and "I'm Ready". Blue Sky ( Most of his pevious Ameican ecodings is eluding " \t Newpot" IPye Jazz 960) - elssuel Checke 973) and "London Sessions", (Chess 975 ae now deleted but ae available fom time to tiny though blues specialist shops. Fo details of cueq availability send a stamped addessed envelopeoal Len Fancout, Dobells, 75 Chasing Coss R London WC2. While Mississippi bluesman Johnson neve tually made an album, his old 78's ecoded d five sessions in 938 and 937 fo the Ame) Recod Copoation's field studio, have been co piled into two excellent CBS albums. These ae "Ki of the Delta Blues Singes". (CBS 82456) and volu two of the same set, (CBS 8402). Sonet have al eleased a "white man sings the blues" compile., entitled "In Memotum_ Robet Johnson", (SNTII 854). But if you'e into pue Johnson. avoid it. Is You PAty iead fin lis Feet? '.4! f.4' Fi ` i.. -. What you need is a tiple shot of 00% poof Salsoul to clea the sofa of dance dop -outs and get the show olling again. "Satuday Night Disco Paty" is foty-five ' minutes of sexy, sensual, Salsoul hits fom top atistes like Chao, Loleatta and Double Exposue. The famous Salsoul Ochesta's "Geatest Disco Hits" is twelve tacks of non-stop dance music, guaanteed to tun you living oom into the best disco in town. L And the Salsoul Ochesta's"Chistmas Jollies" album is the hippiest, funkiest selection of caols and taditional Yuletide ditties since Santa caught ó.satuday night feve. t - Salsoul. Thee albums that wok as -they play. 4._ e i 'S- SSLM4W SSLP507 SSIP50-8 'Geatest Dist o Hits- not available until Dt'emtx' tt,en- fui...ina.,.-, O. S.

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ROD STEWART etuns to play a multi - tou date taking him thu' Decembe, kicking - off with fou nights at Mancheste Bellevue Sunday, (Satuday. Tuesday and Wednesday), with Bighton, dates in Bimingham and London to follow Two new bands membes, Kevin Savlga (keyboads) and Phil Kenzle (sax) who appea on 'Blondes latest album Have Moe Fun' Join egulas Otmine IFS Recod Mio. Decembe 2, ünt,c i dl thnr So n o p4 y sub! t nctn ee_ daial`hu4 it l,e se ^Intbe o,pdh 6.. A V ió ( cl4 ApplCe (dums), ib. Te)cplld Billy Peek, Gay Gainge, pn p Cegan. Jim K (guita) and Phil Chen (bass) fo the tou. -0,-", Chat - aces BONEY M fly in fo six a4tititr tiba' concet majo appeaances. opening at os LONDON. Music mesmith London Ham- Machine, Odeon (Thusday and e(`f Fiday). Moe at, Camden ). Bimingham Odeon Zaine (Satuday). Livepool Git/Tall Stoy. (Sunday) Empie Mancheste LONDON, Nashville. Ken- Bighton Apollo (Monday) and!yew singtem Cente 0.6(3 (Tuesday) 607), Chas / Dave Funock hits the oad with a show vengeance and a LONDON. as video Pe ALBERTO sue. Y Stoke LOST Newington skate TRIOS (0.226 into thei PARANOIAS 5930). Winte fou, Richadson ello! suppoted by (ello, ello,. Band THE POLICE, also gigging In LOND ee Rock NOVEMBER 30 Gaden. Catch thei own moe ight. DEVO headlining at Covent Gaden mesmith London's Ham- Odeon 398), (Satuday & Hollywood Sunday). ABERDEEN, Capitol Killes 'Gease' escapee LONDON OLIVIA NEWTON Swan, -JOHN has an Theate (2245). Lonnie Ham- at exta night mesmith London's (0-748 Rainbow (Sunday) 043), and Donegan Tige Aabby fom thee's moe THE CLASH, WILKO JOHNSON'S BATH. Publle Hall, Hee And LONDON, Royalty, SENDERS, SOLID PERE UBU. GENERATION X. Now Southgate.8 BELFAST, The Pound. 088 CLAPTON ERIC 42. / MUDDY WATERS. The Cazy Meanwhile. MS Cavan and the IVAYNE COUNTY with Doomed THE Rhythm Rocke. bidges ELECTRIC CHAIRS. 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BIRMINGHAM, Odeon 02 Bullets Swift ), Devo/Dol I By you getting BRISTOL, Unlveslty MANCHESTER, Kelly...6'.626. Gaffa A m b e Steet. fo Doll BLACKPOOL, Nobeck C.tRDIFF, Sophia Gadens Knives/Wilful Damage (5234, The Acceleatos.26578). David MANCHESTER. Maytlolve, BRIGHTON, Buccanee Essex/The Real Thing Squeeze (66906, Fan Club CHELTENHAM. Towel Hall MANCHESTER, Polytechnic BRIGHTON, Sussex Chistmas? 9:.c9(. Geneallon X ). The Cuises Univesity 648t, Pee COVENTRY, Wawick MANCHESTER. Russells Club ( ). The BRISTOL, Colston Hall Pollee/The Bata 29768, Lindisfane BRISTOL. Univesity COMM 246). The Albion Band BURTON ON TRENT. 76 Club. Blaze Blaze S sette BURY ST EDMUNDS, Giffin (367). Qoasa JI CHELTENHAM, Noth Glouceste, Mechanical Hosetough/Cocky COVENTRY, New Theate 234. Showaddywaddy DONCASTER, neat Aid Cente (298. Ben.4 Baces Hand EASTBOURNE. Lattbtldge Ama, The Little JImmles EDINBURGH Clouds ( :53). The Lukes/The Valves EDINBURGH. 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35 38 Recod nno, Decembe 2, 978 looto MANCHESTER, Apollo, FROM PAGE 34 CORK.. Savoy. The Dats CROYDON, Falheld Halls ( , Thee Degee. CROYDON, Geyhound ( ), Penetation DUBLIN, UcGomdglee, The Dooned DUNDEE, Royal Cente Hotel (94074), Skewdlve el GUILDFORD Civic Hall (07.34), Boomtown Rate tzens. Vt. as Wine Ba, Yok Plate (456249), De L VFR L, Empie ), Roney M LIVERPOOL. Pickwick, Hee & Nov / ['sulk Pie ageald / The Table LAN t)on. Bidge House, Canning Town ( , RDB LONDON, D)ngwalls, Camden Lock, CC/wan Joe fom New Oleans LONDON. Geyhound, Fulham Palace Road ( ). Foundations LONDON, Hammesmith Odeon ( , Deve / Doll by Doll LONDON. Hope 6, Ancho. 'Wing-ton ( ). Yamg Buks LONDON, John Bull. ChiewIck ( Flet Ald LONDON, Maquee. Wa dou Steet ), Supechage LONDON. Nashville, Kenatngton ( ), Voice lad nslondon. Oval House. Kennington ( ), The Sadl.tas LONDON, Pegasus. Stoke Newington ( ), Soil Yad LONDON, Rainbow, Finsbuy Pak ), OUVIa Newton -John LONDON. Royalty. Southgate ( ), Robin WLDlameon LONDON, Ruskin Ams. East Hon, Dog Watch LONDON. Theate Royal, Duy Lane. ( ). Ralph McTeil / John Williams LONDON. Toington, Noth Flochtey ( ), Dove Lew). Band LONDON. Tamshed, Woolwich ( ). Five Hand Reel / Bian Dewhust / Joe Stead LONDON. Two Bewes. Clapham. Live Wie LYTHAM. St Paul Chuch Hall. The Photos Ane lck ( ), Pete ash / Matumbl MANCHESTER, Bellevue (o822333, Rod Stewat MANCHESTER, Mayflowe, WUd Noeen MIDDLESBROUGH. Town Hail (43432), Magatne / Neo NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, Polytechnic (2876), Steetband PORTSE 4, Rotay Club, Nightide PORTSMOUTH. Guildhall (24355), Boomtown Rata REDCAR, Coatham Bowl 74420), Wilk* Johnson's Solid Sendes REDHILL, The Lake., Little ~mica SHEFFIELD. Limit ), New Jets SHEFFIELD, Polytechnic (36072, Albion Band MechanIcal Hoaetough / Cocky SHEFFIELD, Top Rank (2927), Albeto Y lost Tios Paanoias / The Police SLOUGH, Fulcum Theate (3929).e Plattes SOUTHAMPTON, Gaumont 29772), Child STOKE, Joilees (326), Tavaes SUNDERLAND. Empie (73274), Showaddywaddy DECEMBER 4 BIRMINGHAM, Babaellas 02) ). Special Clinic BIRMINGHAM, Mecat Coss, Ophan BOLTON. Technical College (2999, Hee & Now I The Fail / Petie Fitzgeald BRENTWOOD. Hemit Club 27084), Blaze Mau BRISTOL, College of Education, Judas Piest (film) BRISTOL, Hippodome (299444), Child / Playboys CARDIFF, Sophia Gadens / 8). Pete Tools / Matumbl - CHESTER. Smatles, Blitzkieg Bop CLEETHORPES, Winte Gadens (62923), No Dice DERBY, The Polytechnic, Faahlon DURHAM, The Univesity 8466), JohnMatyn EDINBURGH, Tiffany's ( Rubino00 EXETER., The Unlveslly (779). Boomtown Rao HULL. Thé Unlveslty (4243). Belt & Baces Band PORTERHOUSE CLUB 20 CAROLGATE, RETFORD', NOTTS DISCO ROAD SHOW THOSE FOUR wow Havey Goldsmith Entetainments pesents owe www Diect fom Jamaica I T ' e'i4acyii5v /,SY MOM MOM S MO M WOW immw MOW MOW MOW S WOP MOM E iswo P - On Tou The Rainbow Theate 'Wednesday a Thusday 4th a 70 Decembe 9pm Tickeut ,..400 hon it,. s..,.no. ado lamb...(..et NA tie the Ue...e Gold.,.M ee, Office ai Cheapens, 0New SonoSI.,N, Pell (Zoe beak.". F.) Apollo Theate Mancheste Sunday 3d Decembe Tel. eel 7 nil Sophia Gadens Cadiff Monday 46)4 Decembe T. -0»eV t.zf.ds. Ho al Pak Rotel 78506). Qty Limits LEEDS, Vlves (456249), John Hedley Haggett Band LEICESTER. Ganby Halls (n 302). Real Thing LEICESTER, De Montfot Hall (22530), Tavaes LONDON, Bidge House. Canning Town ( , Spud Dtngwalie, LONDON. Camden Lock ), Slow Motion / Rlvvfta / The Tights LONDON. Geyhound. Fulham Palace Road ), Bob Ke's Whoopee Band LONDON, Half Moon, Putney ( ), Geogic Fame a The Blue Flame. LONDON. Hammesmith Odeon ), HI Tension LONDON, Hope & Ancho, Islington ). Pinpoint ION DON, Kings College. Suey Steet ), Boyfiends LONDON, Maquee. Wa dou Steet ( , 2alne Guff LONDON, Moonlight, Railway Taven, West Hampstead ( ), Necomentz / Clifton Hill LONDON, Nashville, Kensington ( ). Bowles Bos LONDON, Pegasus. Stoke Newington ). The Cooks LONDON. Quugllnos, Buy Steet ), The Plattes LONDON, St May's College. Twickenham, Mechanical Honetough / Cocky LONDON, Upstais at Ronnles, Fith Steet ( ),Stoneahot MANCHESTER, Apollo. Adwick ( ), Roney M MANCHESTER, Fee Tade Hall ). Devo / Doll by Doll } DLESBROUGH, Town Hall (45432), Showeddywaddy OLDHAM, Civic Hall ( ), Albeto Y Loeb Tios Paanoia. / The Pollee Guildhall PRESTON. (272), Lindisfane RAYLEIGH, Coce, -High Steet (770003), Flying Sauces SHEFFIELD, The Unlve Ity 24076), Magazine / Neo, STOKE HANLEY. Odeon. Lonnie Donegan STOKE HANLEY, Victoia Hall 2464). Jape Caot TAMWORTH, Cheques, Paadox WALSALL. Thee Cowns. Muscles WARRINGTON, Won Hotel. 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Electic Balloom, Camden ( , Wild Hoses / Phyelcals i él s %._ l e( I^] G4 _)//". e.<, " s a)f-; ~e ae. ROD STEWART: stats his tou at Mancheste Bellevue on Satuday LONDON, Geyhound, Fulham Palace Road ( , Richad Dlgance LONDON, Hammesmith Odeon ( ). Eic. Clepton / Muddy Wates LONDON. Hope & Ancho, Islington ( Red Beas & Rice LONDON, Kensington, Russell Gadens , Beave LONDON, London College of Pinting, Elephant & Castle 0-735' 687), Pee Ubu / The Human League LONDON, Maquee, Wa - dou Steet ( ), F tache-z / Redwood LONDON. Moonlight. Railway Taven, West Hampstead ( ), The V e / Embago LONDON. Music Machine. Camden ( ), Gilachool / UK Subs / The Stoat LONDON, Nashville, Kensington ( ). Misty LONDON, Noth East London Polytechnic. Baking, Mud / The - Cuises LONDON, Pegasue Stoke Newington ), Tema Shoe. LONDON, Upstais at Ronnles, Fith Steet ). Taxi LONDON. Windso Castle, Haow Road ( ), Blaze Blaze MANCHESTER. Apollo, Adwick ( ), Child / Playboys MANCHESTER, Belle Vue ( ). Rod Stewat / NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, Gateshead Labou Club, Belt & Bace. Band NORWICH, St Andews Hall (22233), Penetaton NOTTINGHAM, The Unlveslty (5592), Hee a Now / Blank Space / Patik Fitzgeald PLYMOUTH, Fiesta (20077), Detoit Emealds PLYMOUTH, Meto ), Fankl Mille / Daang SALFORD, The Univesity -( ), Whltefle SHEFFIELD, Limit (7:000. The Mekong SHEFFIELD, Polytechnle, Tolley Slte 36872). Steetband SOUTHEND, Cliffs Pavillen (3535), Real Thing STOKE HANLEY, Odeon. Lonnle Donegan YORK, The Unlvetalty (5625, John Matyn DECEMBER 8 ABERYSTWYTH, The Univesity (4242), WIlko Johnson's Solid Sendes BIRMINGHAM. Babaellas ( ), Magazine / Neo BIRMINGHAM. Golden Lion, Solihull, Ophan BLACKPOOL, Opea House 25252), LIndletsne EASTBOURNE, Congess Hall (36363), Tavaes EDINBURGH. Abecon, The Valves EXETER. Route. (6865); The Fas / Steve Toy / Tight Shoes GLASGOW. Amphoa, Necomance LONDON. 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Ubu WISBECH, (e). o Ely College, WORT7LINO. Balmoal. Nightide WREXHAM. Jolly Taven. Haem Saanm YORK, Revolution (6236. The Boys YORK. The Venue, Ron. deay.as. Mawule

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37 ag Recod 0.9.o, Decembe 2, 97e ROADSIIOWS THE CARS Lyceum, London OT A CAR evs up. noisily Inceases speed then smash. it cashes. This is the tape that healds the entance of The Cas. Supisingly enough It is the only gimmick they use In thei clean Ameican set. Thei excellent debut album is not only full of vey cleve pop songs but is -wapped up in a glossy They sounded tpoduction. ike a supeio studio band who would stuggle to cut it live. I was wong At a sold out Lyceum they played the whole of thei album and pefectly captued its inticate but melodic atmosphee. They even sang the high hamonies almost note pefect. Howeve, as pesonalities thee was something missing. S Lanky Ric Ocasek with his jet - black hai and macabe pale face was the obvious focal point, and when he took the lead vocals his shap penetating voice added wied elief to thei oganised music. Unfotunately bassist Ben O is the chief lead vocalist, but his softe chaacteless voice failed to impess. Pehaps the unsung sta is keyboad playe Geg Hawkes - a feshe faced vesion of John Denve. He walks to and fom his keyboads like a clockwok obot, contibuting imaginative tinkling noises. What the band lack In chaacte they cetainly make up fo In the quality of thei music. It is fine, hectic pop played with skill and estaint. 'Best Fiends Gil' and 'Bye Bye Love' showed The Cas to be mastes of commecial melody., CARS: mastes of commecial melody They ae odds on favouite hit machines. The Cas combine English pop with the efined US Foeigne ock, vey successfully. They ovestepped this delicate fusion at the end of thei highly enjoyable set with an ovelong, tedious guita solo. I 4 suppose a t it pleased the instument'al connoisseus, but I found it totally unnecessay. Oh well, you can't win them all. This was just one black mak fo a set which poved that` The Cas will be vey successful without the help of pictue discs. PHILIP HALL X RAY SPEX, Hammesmith Odeon A BALLAD? Is this the end of X Ray Spec as we know them? Is thee life afte gem - fee adolescence. Yes, but fo a fa moe pofessional band with the emphasis less on Continual all ound movement and moe on tight musical ability, laced with hm. Pesentation was athe moe polished too - thee X Ray Spex logos hung esplendant about the stage, and a mightily Impessive show of vivid lights illuminated the stage and back dop in shap clea colous. Wheneve I hea X Ray Spex live o on ecod, i always get the feeling that thee Is a mino eathquake going on in the immmediate backgound; such is the spectacula sound and image they conjue up even in the face of the paticulaly aveage sound system they had to contend with. Instumentally the fist thing to stike the inceasing ole of the guita, now a little stalet In Its own ight, guided by Jack Aipot though a seies of neat Intoduction solos athe than the pevious function as a backing instument poviding the powe behind the sound and leaving most of the lead line to sax. Sax and sexist Rudl Thompson ae still as essential to the band as salt to the sea but its pesence is moe Pecise, adding to the sound athe than Its pevious wont of tampling all ove it. Along with the chunky hythm section of B.P. Huding (dums) and Paul Dean (bass) wee taed with a neawe pefect band The cente of attention was of Couse Poly Styene, who cut a dashing figue in black touses, peaked hal and blood ed dumme boy jacket. With moe contol ove he voice now and yet exubeant as eve. she led the band Into a collection of new and old numbes. 'Obssessed With You', 'Waio' - an up tempo song with deceivingly slow vocal and, I think, I Can't See' wee the best of the new numbes, each with clea pogessions fom thei ealie mateial. Thee was an oveall almost oiental feel ceeping into_ the music, and definite taces of eggae Influences luking within. Only one faily dab numbe 'Age' which Jacked the spice of the othe mateial bought a slight down to the set. The pace soon stepped up again howeve, as they faun ched into a steam of old favouites, until suddenly, midway though 'I Am A Pose' disaste! X Ray Spex wee silenced as the PA system boke down completely unde the stain. They left the stage fo seveal minutes until emeging to estat 'I Am A Pose' with the well behaved, capacity cowd seeming gleeful that they had got half an exta song. Following with the excellent single 'Gem Fee Adolescence, (OK, I give up, whee did you hide the electic piano?) finishing with and 'Dayglo'; thee was no altenative but an encoe. Taking to the boads fo the thid time that night fo 'I Am A Cliche', BP exploded In a cowd of dy lee which tasted though to the final numbe, the inevitable 'Oh Bondage Up Yous'. Thee's no doubt that the show was a unaway success At pesent X Ray Spex have eveything going fo them - only hope they continue to ise. KELLY PIKE DAVID ESSEX, REAL THING, NICK VAN SEDE Dublin RDS Hall RDS, IN ease you'e wondeing, stands fo Royal Dublin Show - this gig is moe suited to hoses than people. The fact that It was only thee quates full didn't help mattes, especially towads the hack whee the shiveing masses began to thin out. The pospect of a lone singe songwite making any sot of dent on this geat, cold ban seemed faily emote, but Nick Van Eede's Cheey stage pesence somehow managed to fill the empty spaces. In such a shot set (he was allotted 20 minutes) It's difficult to Judge his potential as a songwite, but all in all. his catchy numbes seemed pleasant enough, and I thought he went down petty well, conci- sideing the cumstances. Real Thing taed even bette with a cowd who seemed detemined to have a good time, despite the deadful en- vionment. The hits wee geeted with stoms of applause, and the est of the numbes - which I found on the mundane side - got a supisingly wam eaction. Really they ae a totally slick and t Do Hold Ba Chanson ae two vey classy, well - seasoned session musicians - David Williams and James Jameson J. - who debut with a funk heavy R&B disco sound. Don't hold back on discoveing Chanson, and emembe - it's ponounced Shan -sóíí AROD 40/2

38 i ` pofessional outfit, but uncomfotable numbe. thei mateial Is the big almost numbing poblem. With o so many mudeing the effect. goups aound aiming fo stifling. the same sot of sound, I admie you have to thei be something willingness to 'banch special to stand out. And out', to move on... some sadly. I just don't think of the bette numbes Real Thing ae special hee wee new ('On enough. Retuning' and 'Mutual They wee back on- Fiend' - "We might stage as back - up singes eplace the old / With the to a beaded David new"). Replace the Essex. setting old foot on- with the new is exactly stage fo the fist time whee it's at almost since 'Evita'. all I think he 'Pink Flag' is now absent, was suffeing fom the so's 'Dot Dash' and tansition to a bigge vaious chunks of the audience - I hope that 'Chais Missing' album. was the eason, anyway. Instead, 'Mecy' has At any ate, found his become an awesome, manneisms, once en- spectacula tiumph, a deaing, ovedone and ove manneed, his songs athe laboued, his Inte - song chat well off the mak. Vey diffeent fom the Chaismatic figue who, a couple of yeas ago, could have an audience eating out of his hand. Meanwhile, his band of supe slick session musicians did all that was equied of them. without expending one ounce moe adenalin than they wee being paid fo. This natually, did not help build up the atmosphee. The kids still sceamed in all the ight places, but felt something was badly missing. Pehaps It was simply the deadul choice of venue - this place should be handed hack to the livestock fothwith. Hopefully, things will have wamed up by the tine they each Wembley - but if I wee you. I'd wea my woolly undies, lust In case. SHEILA PROPHET W I R E / MANICURED NOISE Maquee, London DIFFERENT TWO musics In the same place. the coect place, this sweaty little joint on tt'adou Steet. Wie- to dispel all memoies of the duffo Venue gig (that place eats bands fo beakfast) by unleashing a geat set which devastated, and... Manicued Noise - to confim that the cuent buzz' on thei behalf holds wate. These Mancunians opened the poceedings at and with the exception of a vocalist whose laynx was lacking and whose visual pull was questionable, they wee eally quite aesting, utilising a stict bass / dums / guita I sax font, with occasional clainet Intejections: They sounded not a zillion metes fom The Magic I Land cica '89. Although missed the titles (the vocalist's announcements wee whispeed, slued and edundant) couldn't help admiing thei Pobing, seaching. i;appling style oganised, odeed disode. They will not be huge' but they'e bette than many who will be. Wie, a stak contast. wee Ineffable. Essentially, thei compound is Wee / pace / synchonisation, 'effect'. dynamics, deadpan humou and supise ae impotant thei factos, while shee enegy quotient - often deceptive - Is occasionally above and be'yond that of any othe hand cuently the teading boads., even The Clash. Enegy and They know how to use IL I admie Wie's use of minimalism as a plea o lack itself. not as an end in I admie thei attitude to the puntes, Palming though the Inh ning Sand My Joints', then cn""'sing into a slowe. foceful menace / message, while 'I Feel Mysteious Today' boasts what is almost cetainly the best - eve shock finish,,, "Did you eve conceive / That you too can leave / EXACTLY WHEN YOU LIKE!" It builds, builds, builds., laye - upon laye of cold steel, sawn off guita, theshing, manipulating, then dead stopping. Ulp, Whew, Thee encoes? They oblige, The finale, 'Too Late', Is a chaotic. buising 0 minute epic and It's still too bleedin' shot, Wie, when eta cumstances pemlt (which, In my expeience, Is thee - quates of the time) ae a butal, unstoppable, self - consciously comic and ugly confontation, a band whose impoved musicianship, whose 'natual' pogession, has allowed them to fill out the sound and to facilitate / fulfill thei Ideas, of which thee ae plenty. Wie ae my favouite band. Catch them in an appopiate setting and find out why. CHRIS WESTWOOD MAGAZINE The Venue THE MAN with the high foehead and the low slung eyelids just made a slip up, hadly In keeping with his highbow Image i.e. he played the Venue late show. The Venue late show has vey quickly become something of phenomenon in the way of gigs. The fact Is, by the time a band comes, on fo the second set - In this case It's about 2 am - the band ae knackeed, the audience ae knackeed, and the atmosphee, consequently. Is most cetainly knackeed. As fa as I know, Magazine ae a temendous band, but I can't be uttely sue because like most of the Incedibly eseved kept falling audience asleep. We'd spent most of ou enegy ealie in the evening, eithe booing o cheeing a bunch of ap- palling Siouxsie and the Banshees imitatos who qualify as the band most beeft of talent I've seen this yea. Magazine. in contast. ae pehaps one of the most inspied bands o f 978: and they eally get thei due fo that. The band did not play badly, though the vital keyboad electonics seemed to be lost in the mix somewhee, Howad Devoto kept a stiff uppe lip - despite a few sou comments about the only minimal Inteest that he was geneatingid Magazine d not disgace themselves in the face of apat l. t It hasm sa made thei wee that doesn't hold a light to what appeaed on 'Real Life', bui then ft's got a lot to live up to My TuI pa' and 'Motocade' ae dual zeniths that even a Devoto is going to have touble supassing, On stage, the ex Buzzcock is a vey small, undenouished - looking figue, but he has a chaisma of sots. It wasn't just the noise fom the speakes that occasionally managed to ja people out of thei ope, but his self - pojection, his little unt pesona, almost theatening the audience, odeing them to attend, because something Impoe.tant Is.happening up he All the same, his disconceting habits of disappeaing off stage when he didn't have anything to sing, lent the concet a athe detatched atmosphee. It was easy to get the Impession that he was doing his duty but not eally enjoying himself. In a healthie envionment, I know they would have knocked me flat. But as we wee all knocked flat befoe they stated, Magazine didn't eally stand a chance TIM LOTT JAMES BROWN Hammesmith Odeon YOU NEVER eally appeciate how vital those two hous between leaving wok and going to a concet ae until you'e thust into an ealy show. I was expected to get my adenal gland pumping afte an enegy daining day and a fantic stuggle acoss the metopolis on London Tanspot's sadine tins duing the cush hou. I could have made the effot but the JB's wee half heatedly chuning out lukewam instumentals with both eyes on the clock and the second house, and wee meeting a deseved mogue - like esponse fom the audience. At fist I attibuted the lack of commitment as limbloosening but the level emained constant thoughout, accomplished but limp. 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39 i.+,e. c. m/ci ZOADSHOW SHEER POWER ANO M JESTY NEIL YOUNG LA Foum FORGET ALL that guff about Industial music fo the industial Re's. 978 has been the yea when the heoes have come home to oost Dylan again confounding the citics, this time with unabashed polished pofessionalism; Bowie with one eye ove his shoulde as the othe beadily scans the futue - and Neil Young back on the oad. Of the thee, Young has been by fa the least - celebated and the most eatic. But on this pefomance, the last of his six - week tou, he would have blown the othes clean off the stage, notwithstanding the supeflous whimsy of some of the act. The pacing was fiendish. The fist set was acoustic, showing the little lost toubadou of the days of yoe, Thee numbes fom the 'Comes A Time' album followed the opening 'Suga Mountain' befoe Neil switched fom guita to piano fo a faultless endition of 'Afte The Goldush'. Each note penetated the oaing silence of the vast auditoium with uneathly pecision, enhancing the poignancy of his factued vocal. Wheeas the White Duke ovecomes audiences with shee powe ánd majesty, Young adopts an almost Inveted chaisma. magnetising his fans with hap - walling vulneability. The highlight of the fist set was a new numbe, 'Out Of The Blue Into The Black' containing the immotal lines: 'The king is gone, but he's not fogotten / This is a song about Johnny Rotten. It's bette to bun out than fade away / ock 'n' oll is hee to stay.' Young himself has always subscibed to the 'buning gut' ethic which explains why his caee has continually peaked and 'oughed. But U his output In ecent yeas has left a lot to be desied, the second half of the evening showed him doing anything but fading away. When the oadies dessed as the Jawas fom Sta Was had disappeaed, along with the flight cases and Woodstock bulletins coming ove the P.A-, Neil etuned with Cazy Hose to play the most apocalyptically billiant set of electic music I have eve witnessed. Staight away they enegetically locked into 'When You Dance (I Can Really Love)', Juxtaposing this with Needle And The Damage Dons'. Fom this point the pace quickened as the band ocked out, with Young calling all the shots with some devastating guita lines. 'Cotez The Kille' appeaed the stand - out tack until this in tun was excelled by 'Cinammon Gil'. At this stage the fuious momentum would have, been wothy of a Pake o a Spingsteen, as they eached a gloious climax with 'Like A Huicane'. Neil seemed unstoppable as, with amp canked up high, he dischaged a stunning seies of licks which would have. left the aveage HM punte begging fo mecy. It's almost unbelievable that one geneally noted fo his singe / songwiting talents should also be such a fine guitaist, and one whose wild abandon neve entiely eclipses the vulneability which each esounding note nevetheless etains. It's also tempting to. see his two contasting sets as symbolising the elationship between ock 'n' oll and the Individual' the 'acoustic innocence of 'I Am A Child, giving way to the loss of idealism; as epesented by the heavie guita wok - outs of the second pat of the show. Howeve, I would pefe to think of it In tems of two sides of the atist's pesonality, which both complement each othe and demonstate Neil Young's Continuing Impotance as a majo figue of moden music MIKE NICHOLLS. BOB DYJ.AN Foum, L.A. BOB DYLAN has done a lot of oad wok since his appeaances in Bitain. and apat fom the money. he must sometimes wonde If It's all woth It. His voice (neve the most melodic) Is cacked and avaged so that it esembles Joe,Cocke with layngitis, and fo all his et fots he is ewaded with little thanks fom the citics and Dylan Watches of Ameica. In a ecent LA Times Inteview, Dylan commented that he no longe knew what some eviewes meant anymoe, and that It Is them, and not him, that have moved away fom the ebellious spiit of the sixties. When an,atist of such Intellectual, social and political statue Is subjected to such in - sighted debate as to { -*«.'-'77/777 w / WO, NEIL YOUNG.` inveted chaisma. whethe his touses should o should not have stipes on them, o whethe gods should shake hands with thei audience, then one can sympathise with Dylan fo feeling that the point is being missed. At the Foum he gave the most eloquent and poweful potayal of what the point Is, as meaningful now as It was 2 yeas ago. Few people have the, oppotunity of seeing Dylan pefom fom less than SO yads away, and fom that distance you get the full powe and pesence of this "slight figue with the tuneless voice. Since tills band fomed ealie this yea. his songs have been honed to a azo shapness and many of the new aangements have become much cleae. 'Tangled Up In Blue' is now so chilling, I fo one, would be glad if thé new, vesion featued on his next album, Fo those that wanted to hea the "old" Dylan, he pefomed a couple of solo acoustic numbes, one of which, 'It Ain't Me Babe'. demonstated that none of the powe Is lost when the band is off the stage. Howeve, the band he has now - unashamedly ock and oll - Is one of the best he has eve had. Anyone who want to accuse him of copying othe atists must come up with a bette act and a bette band than his as evidence. At least those who think he is on a nostalgia tip should be happy, and those who feel he Is just a thowback fom the sixties should pay attention to his main contibution - the lyics to his songs. How have times changed since he wote 'The Times They Ae A - Changing except they ae changing faste and moe dastically? 'Maste Of Wa' Is suely moe elevant today in the age of the neuton bomb than eve befoe. and his love songs gow moe welcome in the face of the inceasing computeisation of ou society It la the citics who have alteed on the way Dylan's aim emains tue and he just gets bette and bette. He has given two of the best concets (fom all aspects) I have seen this yea, and, a sold out s JO cowd between the ages of 2 and 80 echoed that feeling. FRED RATH LINDISFARNE f CHRIS REA: Edinbugh Odeon TO PARAPHRASE Lennon and McCatney, "'E was a woking lad, noth of England way, now' he's hit the big time, In the U.S.A." Chis Rea's this paticula honey pie, and, on stage, the eason fo the lad's success Stateside Is appaent. Only witnessing his last five songs, I would hesitate on' making any had and fast judgement on the man and band, but, suffice to say, he had the cowd on his side to a man. He Chuns out the kind of west coast cliches that ou colonial cousins cave and ae apt to wet thei denims ove. Still, I'm sue the album 'What Eve Happened To Benny Santini?', the title tack of which was the epic of the evening, is insidiously listenable. Fo this eason Rea will be ecognised and cheished in the UK by the minoity audience of bed - sit boda cuently shaed by Al, IF Stewat and Raffey. Gefy If Rea and band poduce 'slightly steile, although I hasten to add (again), Insidiously pleasant and listenable music, then headlines Lindisfane ae thei pefect complement. The five Geodie lads still exude the ealy wamth and humou that made them a special pat of my past. The -newe mateial etains these oots yet Is moe melodic; less bawdy - In the nicest possible way - and Is still as enjoyable as the joyous sounds of time gone by. Eighteen songs, each' an execise In 'boozy county blues and each given a justified amount of hysteia. Yes, folks, they ae all hee - fo you sins and money to get 'We Can Swing Togethe', 'Meet Me On The Cone', 'Lady Eleano' and the Classic 'Winte Song'. The last song displays Alan Hull's almost unique `talent of obseving a social poblem and balladeeing about It without sounding twee o patonising. A eal talent., Of the newe nateial you'll get a majo pat of 'Back and Fouth' album and the excellently bland new single 'Band New Day'. All pue, escapism with absolutely nowt to say and, hey, aen't we glad of It. This billing has the makings of the best of its sot of the yea and as such should be investigated. If you love sloppy, outta tune yet vibant music, the best Chistmas pessie you could wish fo would be a ticket fo the 'Magic In The Ai' tou. The new live ecod Is 'Magic In The Ai', the tou is 'Magic In The Al, Listen and see 'Magic' in moe ways than one. RONNIE GURR. THE MONOS: Edinbugh, Helot- Watt Univesity THE MONOS ae the band who, because of thei name, - wee dismissed afte thei ecent London tip as being - oh dea - mono tonous. Stpi, Jounalists In need of a natty last line have got a job to do, even it it Is at the expense of stuggling musos. Hell, even if they have to bend the tuth to suppot thei owi band of smamy and lnept'pose. Get this. The last thing, The Monos ae Ise, monotonous. The Edinbugh - based Monos, unlike thei eponymous English cousins. ae not diluting the sixties In anothe powe slop deam. They pefe Instead to poclaim- that Powe Calypso o Powe Swing is the thing. Evey song diffes significantly, thus claims of being 'dlec- 'tlonless' would appea valid if you listen with hadened citical eas. Me, I went to haye a good time, and was hugely impessed and en- tetained. Impessed by the potential which luks unde The Monos' ough edges, impessed by the ock tight bass of Winston Oddoye, the vaying textues of Dave Buchanan's lead guita, the eclectic dum skills of Bod and the smooth hook vocals and guita of Jah Whoosh. Entetained by the mincing theatics of Cockney Feddie King on lead vocals. The man's voice is pefectly offset by Whoosh's vocal con tibution, being as It Is a classic mixtue of vocal Inflexions. Pesonally he evoked' Fey's d -e -e -p twang, and King could be the missing link between El Feai and the absud hiccoughing of, say XTC's Andy Patidge. DAVID JOHANSEN The Venue, London. A LITTLE bit of New Yok flew in last week and poceeded to conque The Venue. I didn't think It was possible but The David Johansen Goup actually ceated a eal atmosphee at this tendy hambuge joint. It was cabaet of the gutsy,ock 'n' oll kind Music to get Indigestion to. The band, looking like extas out of West Side Stoy, stomed though a set full of noisy powe. Johansen and his Italian conies showed that they ae one of Ameica's most impotant and exciting talents. He has a deep bassy voice, which is equally at home on a aw ballad o a thumping city ocke. This la aggessive New Yok City music Cool Meto'. I 'Funky But Chic' and 'Lonely Tenement' wee pounded out, with Johansen acting out the wods to evey song. It is a cony stage show with plenty of taditional ock 'n' oll poses, Johansen even has a collection of diffeent hats on stage with him. They ae all so natually cool, that you can't help but like them Johansen's fellow New Yok Doll, Syl Sylvain deseves a special mention fo his dumb expessions and high hamonies. Sylvain contibutes the delicate plano opening to the sets classic numbe 'Feochette', which builds up into a wild sfngalong climax. 'Reach Out. Ili Be Thee' and 'Build Me Up Buttecup' wee attacked with violence, passion.., tun up the volume' They encoed with a Doll's oldie, 'Pesonality 7 Cisis' which sounded like a punk anthem Thee wee even kids dancing on the stage; gosh, The Venue will neve be the same. Come back soon M Johansen and Goup, England may not need you. but I'm sue we'll alwayys ap pedate you band of sweaty club music. PILII.IP Viáualiy he comes on ail bae - chested and copped halt, his bnmeed toso flopping evey which way a la Fed Mecuy. He could be the new Helen Shapio. The vey antithesis of monotony, the songs ae the band's vaying influences spwed on the boads fo all to dissect Calypso, eggae, bluebeat. In all thei foms ae spliced with some had ock of the old school, and a faily Iesistible blend the end esult is too. Pesonal laves wee 'Movie Queue Romance' a jeky caibbean Cut with guff vocals, 'Talking Pictues' a quiky neo - of posse, Roxy Music - like contende fo a single, and 'One Way Love', a song which, again, Is a potential hit, containing as It does all the quintessential Mane - calypso equiements. Having chosen a mee, thee tunes, I think It only fai to state that all the songs have somethtng commendable about them. contoting It's a thought that The Monos, along with bands like The Membes, The Simple Minds, The Valves The Skids, and The Zones ae foming the vanguad that will make ock beaable fo the coming yea. See them o be damned. RONNIE GURR JOY DIVISION: Aitinch)3m Check Inn Club A NEW gig in town and ight on me own doostep! And not only that. but pomotions ae taking place coutesy Of mankind's fist punk chiopodist. It was unfotunate, then, that fo openes we had to be subjected to disposable local goup the Bidet Boys, a dum- meless tio with a dumme, and the slightly bette Sugical Suppots, who appaently go down a stom on the gamma school cicuit. Still, Joy Division wee OK and could well pove to be to, next yea what the Fall have been to Mancheste this yea and what Buzzeocks wee to last yea, etc, etc. Ove the last 2 months they have,dopped thei (denied) affinity to Nazism and ae Instead concentating on poducing some tight dynamic music with above - aveage lyics. Fonting the band is the pallid, hypeactive Ian Cutis. whose weid. wied meckanik dance outines ae eminiscent of Lou Reed cica '74 The Velvets connection is maybe a little supeficial, but cetainly the downe hythms of Pete Hook (bass) and Stephen Mois ddums) ae vey like Siste Ray which as it happens, Is also the band's encoe. Nevetheless the oveall sound Is well gounded In the late seventies, mainly due to the Banshee esque metallic chod of guitaist - Benad chopping Dickln. who inteestingly has dopped his estwhile stage monicke, 'Albecht'. The Teutonic influence extends to the subject matte of most of thei songs Including 'Leades of Men', the only numbe I ecognised fom thei home - made 'Anadeal Fo Living' EP. None of the titles wee Intoduced and indeed thee was no stage talk whatsoeve, which obviously suits thei austee and abasive image Altogethe, a band to definitely etch out fo,il you caught them on the RezWos tou You'll kw" what I mean, MIKE NICHOLI A

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TSeIXxd Mtn0 Udeenbe, 8/tl NEXT WEEK Will Siouzsie and the Banshees talk to Buy Recod Mio and find out BYJ'nLSIIA((IL an DISCO DATES THURSDAY (30j\ Mick Ames hits Blceste COD: FRIDAY () Robbie Vincent & Pete Tong funk :ahfod Kempton Mano, Gaham Gold fonts Fulham Town Hall fom 8-2, Steve Dee hits Pestwood Village Hall: SATURDAY (2) Chis H at Canvey Goidmine has a funky "disco fashion show" with Southend College Of Fashion students, Gaham Cante & James Hamilton funk South Royalty with Foggy's Roadshow, Matin Sta & US Ftoadshow funk Bistol Assize Couts pub, Steve Dee hits Downley Village Hall, Bay Dean hits Buy St Edmunds' Giffin in ConhUl fo two nights; SUN- DAY (3) 'Bitish Hustle' is peviewed at London's Rialto Cinema at.30 am fo those appeaing in it only, Chis Hill & Pete Tong funk Gavesend Woodville Halls, Sean Fench funks Fleet County Club's Boogies; MONDAY (4) Mac Wcstley & Mike Pake hit Blackpool Jenkins WEDNESDAY (6) Southen Counties oadshow hits Wyke Regis YC, and THURSDAY (7) Bath Pump Rooms. DJ ToP 0 KEV &NITH. mobile with the Recod Beake QuadmsoundDleco on , has built up a weekend esidency on Fn/Sat/Sundays at Kingston-upon-Thames's White Hose In -London Road. whee as well as the usual disco sounds he splits athe inteesting oldies on Satudays. COME OUTSIDE. Bobby Stevens & Kay Bay Embassy (62 2 LIPSTICK ON YOUR COLLAR, Connie Fancis MGM ('59) S SEVEN LITTLE GIRLS, Peaches Explosion '75 eggae ) 4 CUPID, Johnny Nash Majo Mino '69) 5 MULTIPLICATION, Bobby Dain London ('0) 6 MAMA TOLD ME NOT TO COME. Thee Dog Night Stateside ('70) 7 IN THE MOOD, Sound 948 UK ('75... what about the B-side?) 8 LIQUIDATOR. Hay. Tojan '69) 9 HAVE I THE RIGHT, Honeycombs Pye I'64) 0 YEH YEH, Geogia Fame Columbia ('BU DISCO NEWS. CT u p V R o e VILLAGE PEOPLE 'YMCA' has been emixed with geat feaky sound effects and long instumental beaks on dynamite 8:47 US Casablanca pomo 2n - beg, steal o boow a copy, as it's so much bette than the commecial vesion!., Funkadelic Is due out unexpectedly this week in - wait fo It! - the US emlx 2in fom, so go get it!.. I'm not meant to tell you this, but the US 2n vesions fom one paticula label goup have been quietly test -maketed in London only, so see If you can spot which they ae by checking the Disco Top 90 fo thee peviously impot -only 2in titles now minus the "US" befoe thei label info., Miacle Recods will be doing a 9:08 2in on John Davis 'Ain't That Enough Fo You'.. London's LODJ Assn meets this Sunday (3) at 4 pm In the Bluecoat Boy pub. City Road, nea Angel tube, while down In Kent that night at 8 pm the annual SEDA membes' quiz is at Wotham's Moat Hotel. Noth East,Essex DJ Assn's Chistmas paty on Monday (4') at 8 pm In Colcheste's Woods Social Cente will featue a Lasetonics light show... Tom Wilson (Edinbugh Rutland) plans to stat an Edinbugh aea association, so inteested Jocks contact him at 84 Budlehouse Avenue, Edinbugh - via Telsta?!.. Alex Andes (Jesey Memaid). sitting behind me at Sunday's Disco Foum, was eally knocked out when he won the fotnight in Bemuda lucky numbe daw - he'll be used to island life, fo sue!.. Olympic Runnes ae touing the county 'In a "Mutha Coach" doing selected PA's, but the actual venues seem mainly unconfimed.. Gaham Gold's un into touble at his Sunday night Geenfod Champes gig in the Railway Hotel, so please if you don't look obviously ove 8 bing something to pove you age... Gene Faow 'Dance With Me' (Magnet I2MAG 33) and Gonzalez 'Just Let it Lay' (EMI 2EMI 2888) ae now on 2in... HOTLINE SOUTH OD Die' etuns make up a cuent e like this: I Dan Hatman, 2 Jackson,, 3 Phil Hut... - Alicia Bidges. 5 Sylveste fold), 6 Honey At Inld'S Thid Wold (old), 8 Sylveste (new), 4 Roy! A (2n), 0 Thee Degees. Patick Juvet, 2 Lk Summe, 3 Menu Dlhan((o 4 V Illage Peept Rahni Hais, 8 Chic, 7 F ankle Valli fold), t9 its Gossip. 9 Rod Stewat, 2n Chante Sistes. him contibutos fom the aea Include Johnny 0-fasting!'-fasting!'Emmas), John Delaney I Realist! C(l [mental), Dave Xanadu IBexhill). Paul Oa (Bighton Bunnies). Steve Opin (Bighton Ni Feve). Geoge Emeson / John Lewis (Bie' Meto), Phil Leopad (Bighton Jenkinsons), John" Diamond IHove Cliftonvflle), Chis Lynn (lancing Wawick Robbins (Chicheste Comweila). Pt Goe (Southampton Roots), Tevo Jon, (Southampton Magnum). Dave Leste (Southamp Shield & Dagge), Dennis Bynne (Snuthampb Cente), Gaham Wight (Southampton Magnum Simon Rhodes (Bounemouth Winston), EcNttni huh? 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Funkadelic t'6f ' I RASPUTIN, Bon SUN EXPLOSION/BIG M Wane Bos/2in Dbango Atlantic/2in 2in, BLOW, Manu ó NOW THAT WE FOUND LOVE, Thhd Wold Island/2in An GONNA LOVE YOU FOREVER/SAY A PRAYER FOR TWO, Cown Heights Allan Mecuy/20/LP DO'YA THINK im SEXY, Rod Stewat Rive 2n pomo IT SEEMS TO HANG ON, Ashfod b Simpson tvane Aio22ín Bin GIVING UP GIVING IN, Thee Degees 5 TAKE THAT TO THE BANK. Slualama RCA 2m MIND BLOWING DECISIONS/ALWAYS ñ FOREVER, Heatwave GTO/2m I RIDE.O-ROCK ET, Bothes Johnson Funk AbMenca/ 2in GET DOWN. Gene Chandle US 20th Centuy ChiSound/LP/2In pomo., YOU RE A STAR, Aquaian Deam Blekta LP BURSAS!' 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THANK YOU FOR FUNKING UP MY LIFE/HAVE YOU HEARD HE NEWS, Donald Byd Elekta LP M FIRED UP, Fatback Sping ITS MUSIC. Damon Hams US Fantasy WMOT 2,n OUE TAL AMERICA, Two Man Sound Miacle 2in JUST TO BE CLOSE TO YOU. Commodoes Motown/LP LOVE DON'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE, Rose Royce Whitfield t PARTY, Leon Haywood MCA/2in RAMA BOOGIE WOOGIE, Cleveland Eaton Gull/2in CAN'T YOU SEE ME, Roy Ayes Polydo LP SAVE SOME FOR THE CHILDREN. Howad Kenney U5 Wane Bos LP LOVE TO SEE YOU DANCE, Finished Touch Motown/US 2w pomo J TURN MY WORLD BACK AROUND, Eddie Hoan US HDM LP 54 E9 6a 7, 'II Si 5 /I LET'S DANCE TOGETHER. Wilton Felde NO GOODBYES, Cun,s Mayfield EASE ON DOWN THE ROAD. Diana Ross/Michael Jackson l YOU STEPPED INTO MY LIFE, Melba Mooe ABC LP Cabon 2w Etoc/US 2uí SOENIRS, CEO/2in LIKEUV THE MUVoyage SIC MAKE IT HOT, Rodney Fanklin US Co' Iamb,' LP US Wane Bos LP CAN TELL John Hady RCA 2ín SHAME. Evelyn 'Champagne' Keng HOPELESSLY DEVOTED 0 YOU. Oliva Newton.John BLACK IS THE COLOUR. Wilbe Longmi'e HARLEM HUSTLE, Shampoo STAR CRUISER/THIS SIDE OF Diamond MCA RSO CBS LP Enagn/2m MIDNIGHT, Gegg TK/US LP SING SING/BOOGIE WOMAN. Gaz US Salsoul LP SEPTEMBER, Eath Wind b Fie CBS SUDDEN SAMBA. Neil Lasen US Hoizon LP GET UP/HELP YOURSELF, Bass Constuction US UA LP I'M A MAN, Macho EMI 2n LET ME BE YOUR FANTASY. Love Symphony Ochesta US Penthouse LP RAT TRAP, Boomtown Rats E RSO TOO MUCH HEAVEN, Bee Gees SAVE ME SAVE ME, Fanke Valli Wane Bos 00IN' THE BEST THAT) CAN, Bettye LaVete Atlantic/2in ALWAYS THERE, Wilke Bol,,, US Columbia LP VICTIM, Candi Slates Wane Bos/LP/US I2in pomo GREASE. Fankie VaW IIYSICAL ATTRACTION/TURN ME UP/JOYFUL MUSIC K,th Baow US Columbia Combia LI' LOVE DISCO STYLE/PLUG ME TO DEATH, Eouc Dum Band US Pism LP ONE FOR YOU ONE FOR ME. La Bionda Mecuy/2in PART TIME LOVE. 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Chao 'Ole Ole' (Salsoul 2in), Ceative Souce 'Who Is He And What Is He To You' (Paul Wlnley 2n), Fat Lay's Band 'Boogie Town' (Fantasy LP), David Fathead Newman 'Keep The Deam Alive' (Pestige LP), Kinsman Dais 'Satuday Night' (20th Centuy. LP), Al Hudson 'Spead Love% (ABC 2(n), David Simmons 'W They Miss Me' (Fantasy WMOT 2In), Saah Dash 'Sinne Man' (Kishne 2n). Vince Montana 'I Love Music' (Atlantic LP), Philly Ceam 'Sly HI' (Salsoul 2n), Laua Taylo 'Dentin In My Feet' (TI'S 2in), Patick Adams' Pheek 'I'm A Big Feak' (Pelude LP), Loaine Johnson 'Feed The Flame' (Pelude LP), Sidney Banes 'Foot Stompin Music' (Paachute LP). ADC Band 'Long Stoke' (CoUllibn LP), Lemon 'Feak On' (Salsoul 2ín). Double Exposue Newsy Neighbous' (Salsoul 2n), Fist Choice 'Hold You Hoses' (Salsoul 2n), Kikokos 'Jungle D)' (Polydo LP). Bob McClipin 'Supesta' (Buttefly Din). Caolyn Cawfod 'Coming On Stong' (Mecuy LP). Jey Butle 'Cooling Out' (Phil Int LP). 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44 Recod Mio, Decembe b. MORE NEW BLONDIE N YOUR WEEKLY POSTER GUIDE ACTUAL LIFE-SIZE CHERYL LADD Fo Sale PIN - ON BADGES - Send now fo the bigga, Betts Badges. Send only U (plus 8p. Lage SAE) fo any 5 badges, o 25p (plus 9p. SAE each badge). Bowie (4 designs), Abba 2 designs). Status Quo (5), Pistols (3), Clash (3), Rainbow 2), Blondle (5), Queen (6 Ind FOG). Kiss (3). Robinson Band (2), Led Zep (2)E Vibatos (2). Rod Stewat (5), Elvis Pesley (5). Sham '69 (2 Inc. ' Huy Up, Hay"). Slack Sabbath (2). Sid Vicious & Bas, Genesis, Tan Duy, Rush, Johnny Rotten, Yes, ELO. ELP, Deep Puple, Pink Floyd, - 'Jim mi Hendix, Mac Bolan, OGWT (Stakicke), Dee), Gen - X, XTC, Blue Oyste. Siouxsle, Thin I izzy, Pete Gabiel,.lam. Magazine, Motos, 999. Motohead, 0cc, ('Itavox, X -Ray Speck, lohn Otway, David Essex. Penetation. Whltesnake, Rock Against Racism, Suzl Qualm, Weckléss Eic. Steve Hillage, Happy to be a Red, Punk Rules, Public Image Ltd. Santana, AC/DC, Judas Piest, Lynyd Skynyd, Bob Dylan, Jetho Tull, Van Halen. Fee list of hundeds of badges send with you ode. Oveseas customes please send one IRC fo each Badge odeed. DJ's Goups, Clubs, Pomotes, Fund - aises. We make badges to you own design - (.2 pe 00 (including P&P and VAT), Black & White only Send finished Atwok In 24ín dlam,cicle and emittance. Allow 0-4 days delivey. Send now to PhotoSouvenis IRI I. 23 Leiceste Road, Fallswoth, Mancheste. BEACH BOYS stomp magazine - 30 pence each o 3 subsciption 0 Issues). - Andew, 45 Elizabeth Avenue. Exete, Devon. ELVIS LAST concet, Colou poste shows 30 diffeent action pictues. [.50 to David Reynolds, 67A Watfod Way. London N W7. MIRRORS - BLONDIE. Tavolta, Ramones. Rainbow. Buzzcocks, Who, Rats. Queen, Clash, Roney M. Spex. 0cc. Jam, Slouxsie, Commodoes. Motos. Hen- dix, Sham. Lizzy, Zeppelin, 'Patti. Fey. Bowie. Devon, ELO, Tubes, Genesis. Magazine. Maley. R Palme, Cultue. Pesley, Rally. Dylan. BG's, A. Clbb, Gease. Bolan, Costello, TRB. Sabbath. Stones, Yes, Rezillos, Elton. Stewat. Penetation, Talking Heads, Clayton, Beatles, Reed, Fonz, Eastwood 940 x 70. fl 30 + Op Packing 4 fo (4_50 / 5 fo 5.60), 5p exta fo Chistmas wapping Also Mio BADGES.,4n x 2In in same goup as above, plus Rose Royce, Wllko, XTC. Motohead. Sgt Peppes, Rock'n'oll. P.I.L. Geneation X. Essex, 'dden & Ants, 999, Police CaE's, Tosh. Skynyd - 40p each (6 fo.90 / 0 fo L.50) + 5 p&p. - Cheques / P.O.s fo mios o badges: Rolding, 4 Chuch Road, London Ell GAR. AC/DC COLOUR PHOTOGRAPHS - Exclusive 'In Concet'.. AC/DC pictued live on stage at Hammesmith Odeon, London - Novembe 6th 978' by p o f e s s i o n a I photogaphe. Pack containing 0 diffeent pints (Sin x 3%,4n) excluding p&p pe pack UK / lop oveseas / 35p. Don't delay, Buy, today ONLY available fom: GIGPIX COLORP ICKS (R3), P.O. Box 22, 6 Maks Road Wokingham, Bekshie., RGII INW (o send sae fo bochue detailing ou photo ange featuing many othe top bands). PERSONALISED BADGES, send any photogaph, titling dawkngg to be pofessionally made into 2,4in metal badge. 30p each. 5 diffeent el post paid. - Photobadge. 55 Nethefleld Avenue. Eastboune. COMPLETE MOBILE disco fo sale, Including ecods, lights and tuck..500 ono. - Telephone Datfod evenings weekends. DISCO CHAINS fantastic light metal chains. 3ft long hung with dozens of light eflecting tabs that flash and spakle as you dance, only 60p (2 fo fl) fom Seagull Tading Company (Dept RI. 9 Teminus Road, Eastboune. Sussex. YOUR FAVOURITE ock sta painted in wate colous, supeb quality. - Details Box No 825. DIRECT FROM JAPAN AND USA!! FANTASTIC MOVIE STAR BOOKS!! Ove FIFTY diffeent titles available including ELVIS!! MONROE!! JAMES DEAN!! 007!! EASTIVOODI! BRUCE LEE!! JODIE FOSTER!! etc. All PACKED with colou and glossy photogajust ALSO ARRIVED!! Supeb collection of ae USA movie magazines, mainly 9 5 0' s photogaphs (colou and b/w). Poste / stills. - Send 25p plus LARGE SAE fo extensive Illustated list to Simons. 28 Woodstock Road, London NC. BOWIE EXCLUSIVE: Immaculate Recod Company pomotion mateial.' "Pin - Ups", "Ziggy Stadust", "Young Ameicans", postes, [.50 each plus 20p P&P. - J. Logue, 55A Pak Road, Bushey, Hets. GENESIS T-SHIRTS, badges, books etc, send SAE to Genesis infomation - PO Box 07, LOndon N65RU. LOOK COLOUR photos fo sale 6 to a set, Saye. Dana, Docto Feelgood, Commodoes, Diana Ross. only t.2 set. Also 2 Mac Bolan. Photos 80p o 3 Slade. D. Please state atist. Robet Clelve Actaeon. The Geen Wingham, Cantebuy, Kent JOKES. STINK bombs. tat powde. snow blizad, cigaette banges. hot sweets. exploding matches. volcanic suga, dity' teeth. sneezing, itching powde, mucky pup. galic toffees, saucy postes, novelties. - Send SAE fo long list and fee gift. - Dept R, 67 Wincheste Road, Bistol Bí34 3NJ. LIVE COLOUR ock photos - now available, W'Ishbone Ash, VBlondle, Van Helen, Slade, Bowie '78, '76 & '74, Stangles, Pesley, Tavolta, new Quo, Patti, Costello, New Gabiel, Tom Robinson, Abba, Genesis, Motos, Kiss, Zeppelin, Sabbath, Runaways, Rush, tizzy, UFO. Blackmoe, Puple, Gillen, ELO, ELP, Wings, Who, Yes, Rod. Mac. Fey, Roxy, Stones, Pake, Tubes, Ronstadt, Elkle, Essex, Dylan, Eagles, Oyste Cult, Nugent. Miles, Ramones, SAHB, Floyd, Heap, l0cc, Towe, Tull and many moe. A set of 0, 34tH x 5n, bodeless colou pints, costs just [3.60 (2 sets, (6.50) both Inc p&p,,o send sae fo fee catalogue. List' the poofs you'd like to'see - Sample pint, 25p. Fo quickest sevice and best photos, wite to: Dick Wallis Photogaphy, 59 Hamilton Road, London SE27 9SW, BOLAN SUIT AND TROUSERS made to measue by his tailo fom oiginal pattens. - Telephone Colin Wild , pm. 'NEW SEEKERS and all membes photos pies pin -' ups SAE to Tevo, 38 Stewatalown Road, Belfast BTil 83Q. CUTTINGS ETC, Elvis. 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SITWTONS RECORDS FOR SA SECONDS e.sstr E,/MENNTS FL OR SALLE 'FUTON SPECIAL NOT.Ct RECORDS WANTED SOLAR TIONS WANTED,d sos o,t- pm'.% Hese *seo.fl Lents Ilk oe. wo.a Al/0.7Ww p., wo.cods m on BOLD Se' lo ow wens pe NUMe RS Mow toa wod. asa SOO ~woe N. SEM, EOSIN AY.d.en..% 7 7s> wee eem as, Q SO me see! -eb*.n olne"p" SEINES D,SCOUNTS 5. le! la* W q...e.+a.n 0%.v m ewe,. a te 4 BOLAN ROCKS MALVERN this Tuesday. Tickets available on doo Don't miss it! I ANN( FRID LYNGSTAD. You by fa the best (female) membe of Abba even Chis Powell Can't ague. - Vaughan. Guensey. ALTERNATIVE VOICE 6 - out now. 25p plus SAE. - 7 Woodside Gove, Hatbun, Cleveland. BOLAN ROCKS MALVERN, 5th Decembe. don't miss It!!I T. REXMAS PARTY at Malven Winte Gadens, 5th Decembe. Live Boogie fom "SLIDER' and "Metosect" and a Botanic Fllmshow. Ticket and badge, U.25 + SAE fom Fiona Bolan, 23 Lowe Howsell Road, Malven, Wocs. Recods Wanted PICTURE SLEEVE Singles: Otway - Really Fee, Blondle -. "Sheads", Lene Iovich - Polydo Chistmas single. - Gay 66 Hayes Lane, Bomley, Kent CS. PAID fo Bolan's " Midsummenlghts' Scene"! [30 fo "Wizad", "Degee", "Gumbo", Limited "Zinc Alloy..." - Tel. Leyland 35077, A QUICK sevice and top pices guaanteed fo you unwanted LPs and Cassettes. Any quantity bought - Send details with sae fo cash offe by etun of post. GEMA. Dept RM, PO Box 54, Cockhamwell Road, Woodley. Reading, Bekshie. Situations Vacant YOUTH 8 to lean D/J wok and ecod shop. full employment, accommodation Included, wite with photogaph please. - Box Numbe 840. WAIST TO WORK In ecod companies o ecoding studios? Want to be a successful songwite o concet pomote? Want to be a ecod eviewe o even stat you own ecod company? Read the new "Music Industy Business and Employment Guide", [ fom R. S. Poductions. Hamilton House. Nelson Close, Staveton. Totnes, Devon. B. a a,e.ec lee C. C.o. "on. O.de,p S.neN Daps. Owed Mena, a0 Ad. tong Ace London UT, Die 9 E.0 C4\, -íg) E.0 58 I E.70 DL 7 (.0 RUSH No KIM L.0 ' DISC - JOCKEY, male / female 8-25ys wanted. No equipment needed Beginnes with pe- sonality consideed. Accommodation available If equied ). t.5 o la.. pvl e^. Nu,M.nw..g i pen,n.y m,..inl,n*.m. s ;en.,'.asss In,..m only,`. Ne. K N a, I.,pñ,/,b I L.p..,.n,.n,.ne N oe M.5 ed. P ep 'e..0.0 :w..n... 5.m Pea Poduce (NM Lambe/on Ho,.., San. P..,.., x.n, C759 BULB LACQUERS eneh. oseta.a. bw.. 9e.n. yeeo..d map,n.leennpe in mme any ode.,mnna el I. 00,lo, CRI! 7 L.0 (Meta 4 L.0 o8sl,0 ABeA (GUILD L.70 C.itIG3EIlo c TIG(R (Velvet) LA3 ttocengs E.70 ~sough to ebb h,.nd,.d+ of bulb, CI Pit P Std te ELftTO LUMINANCE lab B,nNI...h good I 'If sell).0 "CARDS & POSTERS" 22 MOOR STREET, BIRMINGHAM ADD lop peat/whiee f., /2 Penns, Sp eoh 'Oe * ()7.3 Miele.0 Alen n 0 web e E. o GLeedNo.ly. Deb SA VIO Spec*. MEW DPe.. Nee One:. 'Mabee* N,gwnl Geese GwnI EL P.m, Inns e4n L*nT.Jpv n 30 mcn. Dee S. n.:,bo,., Se. 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45 40 ROCvd Mmcl, Uecemnel L. tyo "THEY'RE A boing bunch off# * * *s," At least one of my colleagues was not ove optimistic about the entetainment potential of a night with The Jam. The digestion of a dozen o so Inteviews fom 976 to moden times did Uttie to dispel the Impession that tf the Jam ween't exactly boing to talk to. they tended towads the - consevative, with a small "c". This is, of couse. something of a cime as fa as jounalists ae concened. If bands don't make "good copy" they get attacked. I've done it myself, It's quite fun, eally, but a tifle self-indulgent. Besides, being uttely aveage Is nothing to be ashamed of. As Paul Welle puts it: "We don't abide by any ock 'n' oll laws, we don't confom to any steeotypes. We'e not Into smashing up evey hotel we go to. We don't take dugs. I don't think that appoach is too nice." In that light, the Jam ae non -confomists athe than the evese. It seems absud, but when you'e thust into a position of "youth spokesman", It takes couage to be nomal. And If the Jam have nothing shocking to say, no half-baked theoies to unload, then it is because they ae you and you Uncle Stan and the guy at the back of the bus. They ae the woking class of taditional invention - inaticulate, unexciting, but diligently honest. I use' unexciting" to descibe thei lifestyle and attitudes, not thei onstage pefomance. This wasn't always tue. In fact, until this album, 'All Mod Cons', they seemed musically blinkeed; occasionally successful Who copyists. 'All Mod Cons' is the bith of the goup, as thei own men, o athe. Welle's own men. It eclipses its pedecessos uttely. The quality of the new mateial pays off handsomely onstage, especially as it is fused with a new awaeness of the live possibilities of the band. Effects ae used spaingly, but not fo thei own sake. The explosions, both musical and actual, of 'A Bomb In Wadou Steet' ae not just expensive gimmicks. They add to the excltment in a definite way. Paul tells me that he feels old at 20, but its a statement that doesn't make too much sense afte seeing him play. Teeth baed and limbs sweating. pink flesh and matted hai, a satoial thundebolt. But the Uambuoyance is only of an onstage vaiety. Immediately aftewads, Paul sinks into a clutteed sofa beside his petty and quiet gilfiend Jill ('English Rose' on the album is fo he benefit). John Welle. fathe and manage, attends to the flocking fans politely and diligently. A vey likeable and consistently genial man, his espect and affection fo the kids who cowd the dessing oom, pevents even the slightest note of discontent when he is foced to tun one bunch out to let anothe faction tn. Buce Foxton stands in a gaggle of fans by the dooways, nusing his ibs which wee damaged In a nasty uc us in Leeds a shot while befoe with some Austalians. One antipodeny went home with thee stitches in his head that night. You'e pobably not inteested in all this cap, but It's bette than the quotes. You want some moe?: Paul Welle signs autogaphs while Rick Buckle ponces fags" nonsense? Well foget it, I'm fed up to hee with it. So anyway, we got the coach and cuised on back to the hotel. John sits next to me. Me and Paul, we don't eally have aguments." he says. "I undestand him and he undestands me. I enjoy woking with him. "I've managed the band fom the stat, bought Paul his fist guita. Thee have been [lines when I think I was the only one who believed we wee going to make It. I knew we'd get thee in the end." And we did get thee In the end; the hotel that is. Thee was a buffet t UTTERLY AVERAGE TIM LOTT gets bombed in the tube station at ush hou -and ends up feeling a goosebey in Wadou Steet at midnight laid on, which I found slightly embaassing because Welle, who I shaed a table with, Is so insula when couched with his gilfiend. I honestly believe that outside of the goup and Jill he has baely any inteest in anything. This is not a citicism. On the contay, such dedication to the things that ae impotant to him is extemely laudable. But It makes me feel like a goosebey. nip upstais to have a wash with the Intention of etuning in a N few minutes to see if the atmosphee has livened up a bit. Afte a couple of minutes in my oom, the phone ings. It's John, concened that someone might have offended me. This, ina small way, sums up the pesonal life of the Jam.. That little spot of olde-wold coutesy, that may sound tivial to an outside. but which is so unusual in the ock 'n' oll wold, because ft's a ode wold, an indiffeent wold. The Jam have insulated themselves fom this They etain mannes, they maintain civility. They have avoided the almost compulsoy cynicism that comes with any sot of success, and that I tuly espect. Paul Welle even says he is less cynical about the music business now than eve befoe, an admission which is unusual to say the least fo a band of his geneation. I etun downstais and Paul tempoaily sepaated fom Jill. becomes moe talkative. "I've gone though a lot of changes since I was 8." he says. "The obvious sot of thing, l suppose. I've gown ty, both mentally and physically. "I was eally vey Idealistic when we stated out. We'e playing places now that I neve Imagined we would play - like Wembley fo the Festival. Mind you, we wouldn't have played that If it hadn't been a festival. Hopefully thee'll be a bit of a canival atmosphee, so It wont matte so much. "In the beginning, we said, 'we'e not going to end up the same', But you lean that you have to make some compomises." Paul to Insistent that he hasn't compomised In any majo ways - he eminds me that they ae the ' only band out of 76 who ve made it who still go back and play the small clubs - but he acknowledges thee have been a few mino things, like taking out a sweawod fom the single so that it got onto the playllst. They've abandoned such naiveties as "total contol". It is this ecognition that things ae as they ae, and that thee Is pecious little a single band can do to change that, that has given Paul some peace of mind. Despite all appeaances that the Jam ae essentially a miseable bunch of sods - even the Clash smile fo thei phtogaphs now - Paul says it's pobably the fist time since he stated that he's eally enjoyed himself. "We lost ou diection a few months back. I was witing some idiculous songs and feeling petty pissed off. But now, with 'AU Mod Cons' we've eally shown eveybody. Things seem so much moe Impotant now than they did befoe." Quite apat fom thei inspiational poblems, The Jam wee having poblems with thei ecod company Polydo. "When you'e making money fo them eveything's wondeful," says Paul. "When you'e not, they don't want to know. Even Polydo wouldn't deny that." By the way, eveything's wondeful between the band and Polydo at the moment of couse. "You've got to sues out who's on you side and who Isn't I tusted some of the wong people oiginally, but I've got eveything soted out now." Paul Is feeling secue as well as happy, a fact that cannot be unconnected with his on -the -oad pesonal etinue. John and JUI. "Othe people think thee's something peculia about it. but I don't, John Is vey good at his job. it's as simple as that." Paul says he doesn't take them on the oad out of any emotional need to compensate fo leaving all his fiends behind in Woking. while he follows the full-time pofession of being a pop sta. ( Incidentally, he natually Doesn't-WantTo-Be-A-Sta, though It's a bit inevitable now). " neve eally had any fiends back In Woking anyway, only one o two, and we ve got plenty to talk about when! see them. Most people ae jeks anyway. I don't give a fea Which sounds inconguous fo someone who displays such obvious politeness to eveyone he meets fo maybe not so inconguous seeing as it was him that was esponsible fo those thee stitches mentioned ealie). But to sot out the mysteies of Paul Welle's soul, is not difficult but pobably impossible, entice! don't think thei ae any secet depths to be plumbed. As an inteviewee, he is a disappointment copy -wise, simply because he is a "dull and simple lad" who Just might be the finest woking-class songwite since Ray Davies Don't bothe looking fo a statling inne self; eithe Welle Is so detemined to keep it hidden that he hasn't given a glimpse of it in the last two yeas - o, fa moe likely, thee Isn't one. As Paul says himself: "I do my shopping at s Fida aftenoon JustTesco' like eveybody y else_" Weile believes in having nothing to say. That's humdum, but ad afmco sanmto, us i h ewoa,n Ued thteyoely tgometh tia,lb

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