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NEW YEAR 1981 will start with a bang . with a lull schedule of British

tours by at least four of the country's major bands. And with plenty more dales yet to come It's the Who and the Boomtown Rats - both largely out of live action in 1980 - who'll be leading the way, with Roily Music, Elvis Costello and the Attractions and the Beat (see opposite) also set for major tours In the iirst three months of next year ...

*AFTER ALMOST a year of Inactivity, The Boomtown Rats are back with a new album and a major British tour,

Their fourth album, the long awaited 'Mondo Bongo', goes on sale on January 26. Produced by Tony Visconti and the Rats, It contains 12 tracks, 11 of which are sell penned. Those include a five minute version of 'Banana Republic', 'Fall Down' which has Simon Crowe in the vocals seat: an instrumental called 'Please Don't Go and 'Whitehall One Two One Two' The twelfth track is Under Their Thumb', the Jagger t Richards song with new lyrics by Geldol Mondo Bongo' is said to be a

return to the basic Rats sound. Tickets for the tour go on sale from this

Saturday, the dates of which are as follows Southampton Gaumonl January 4,

Bristol Colston Hall 5. Cardlll Sophia Gardens 6, Birmingham Odeon 7, Leicester De Montfort Hall 9, Manchester Apollo 10,

Newcastle City Hall 11, Glasgow Apollo 13, Edinburgh Odeon 14, Shellield City Hall 16,

London Hammersmith Odeon 17 All tickets are priced 13 50,13 00 and f2.50 with the exception of Cardiff (f3.50) and Leicester (t3 SO and f3 00)

The tour heralds the start of a world tour which lakes In Germany, Scandinavia and America immediately alter the British dales

*ELVIS COSTELLO and the Attractions have now definitely confirmed that they'll be playing a special gig at the Birmingham National Exhibition Centre on December 27

Other bands appearing on the bill will be Rocfipde, Selecter, Squeeze and UB40 Doors open al 5 pm and the first band will goon al 6 pm Special late trains will be laid on alter the show from the NEC to London and other major cities

Tickets for the show priced f5.50 are. available by postal application from Elvis Costello Box Office, National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, telephone 021 780

2516, an SAE must be enclosed with each application. Tickets will also be available Birmingham Cyclops Sounds, Manchester Piccadilly Records, London Theatre Book- ings, Leeds Cavendish Travel, Hanley Mike Lloyd Music, Oswestry Four Winds Travel *Elvis Costello and the Attractions are also hotly rumoured to be starting a tour in the New Year including Edinburgh Playhouse March 9 and Glasgow Apollo March 10: AI the time of Record Mirror going to press, no further dates were known.

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The Who dates are Leicester Granby Hall January 25, Sheffield City Hall 26, Si Austell Cornish Lido 30, 31, Brighton Cen- tre February 7, Lewisham Odeon 8. 9.

Glasgow Apollo 14, 15, Edinburgh Playhouse 19, 20, Newcastle City Hall 24, 25, Deeside Leisure Centre 28, Manchester Apollo March 1, 2. Birmingham National Ex- hibition Centre 5, 6, Wembley Arena 9, 10. 11, Southampton Gaumonl 15, Poole Arts Centre 16

Tickets for all the gigs will be £5 except lot Birmingham and Wembley whete they are C5 50 and C5. Tickets. will be available Irom 9 am on Sunday December 7 Irdrn theatre box offices. Bermingham and Wembley tickets will be available by post only from G P Productions, PO Box 4TL London W1A 4TL Postal orders only should be sent made payable to GP Pro- ductIons and a 30p booking fee should be added to the cost of each ticket Don't forget to enclose a SAE and mark the dale of the concert you want to attend and the

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*BOW WOW Wow the, proteges of former Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren, begin their first maim lour this month and they'll be playing special matinee shows at various venues

Dates are London Starlight Roller Disco December -6. Leeds Warehouse (Matinee

FERRY and evening performance) 8, Notdn ham Boat Club Y. Keele University 10, Scar- borough Taboo 12. Edinburgh Nile Club (matinee and evening performance) 13, Ayr Pavilion (matinee only) 14, Manchester Polytechnic 16, West Renton Pavilion 18, Birmingham Cedar Ballroom (matinee and evening performance) 19, London Starlight Roller Dco 20, London Comic Strip 21, Bristol Granary 22

Bow Wow Wow will have a number of bands supporting them and they hared yet to confirm a major London pre Christmas gig.

POLICE DATES FIXED THE POLICE will play three Brltfsh dales - their Iasi for eight months - shortly before Christmas

They'll be playing In a monster 5,000 people capacity specially heated marquee at London's Tooting Bec Common on December 21 and 22, followed by a gig at Stafford Binyley Hall on December 23

All tickets are t5 and the gigs will be completely unseated 'min proceeds going to charity Box offices open on December 14 and a special kiosk v.111 be set upon Tooting Bec Common Itself Tickets for the London shows will also be available from London Theatre Bookings in Shaftesbury Avenue and Straight Music. 1-2 Monroe Terrace, Riley Street SWIG Tickets for the Stafford gig will be available Irom the Bnigtey Hall box office and f,tike Lloyd music shops In the town

M DANCE BAND: added dates; Cheltenham St Pauls College December 5, London Chelsea College 6. Derby Lonsdale Col- lege 9, Manchester University 10, Edin- burgh Astoria 11, -Glasgow Strathclyde University 12, London Torrington 21, Lon- don Venue 23.

EQUINOX: Stokesley Comprehensive School December 5, Siokesley Angel Inn 6, Saltburn Zetland Hotel 7, Redcar Old Kent Road 10, Stockton Teesider 19. Saltburn Zetland Hotel 28.

SUDDEN SWAY: Norwich Coleek Youth Centre December 4, London Everyman Cinema 6. Ipswich Annabellas h, Peter- borough Key Theatre 12.

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BASTILLE: Lowestoft South Pier Theatre December 5, Blackburn King Georges Hail 8, Bradford Si Georges Hall 11

STAGESTRUCK: London Grove Centre December 6.

LONDON APACHES: Cartoon Croydon (lunchtime) 7, Production Village Cricklewood 14, Dmgwalls t5, Cartoon Croydon (lunchtime) 21, Production Village 22 Cartoon. Croydon 27. The band will also release a single, 'Lost In The Jungle' on January 2 on Rewind Records.

STILLETTO: Lancaster University December 5, Rotherham Thurscoe Hotel 8, Shetlands Suborn Voe Oil Terminal 1i, Strathclyde UNiversity 12, Newbridge Memorial Hall 14, London Music Machine 15, London 101 Club t6, London Windsor Castle 17, Newcastle SI Mary's Boys' Club

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THE FLATBACKERS: who recently released their new single Buzz Going Round' play the following London dates; Rock Garden December 9, John Bull 19, Ding ales 27, ICA 31 LIGHT OF THE WORLD: who have just finished supporting Melba Franklin, have added a date to their own tour; Bishops Storllord Triad Leisure Centre December 12

THE EMPTY VESSELS: London Trafalgar December 10, Tooting Broadway Castle 11. Richmond Snoopy's 17 THE CHEATERS: London University Col- lege December 6, London Hope and An- chor 7, Woolwich Thames Polytechnic 8 Dartford Thames Polytechnic 9, Man - Chester RAFA Club 10, Stockport Technical College 11, Edinburgh Eric Brown's 12, Paisley Bungalow Bar 13. Glenrothes Rothes Arms 14, Manchester Band on (fie Wall 16, NewCaelle Cooperage 17. Har- rogate Crown Hotel 19, Carlisle Twisted wheel 20, Redcar Coatham Bowl 21, Man- chester Romiley Grey Horse 23. THOMPSON TWINS: who will be releasing thee' new single 'Perfect Game' In January. play the following dales, London Queen Mary College December 5. Raleigh Crocks 13, Bruton Town Hall 19, London Hope and Anchor 21 SPLIT RIVITT: London Golden Lion December 5, London Ding -walls 13 SIMPLE MINDS: Birmingham Top Rank December 16, London Marquee 17 and 18,

Edinburgh Nile Club 19. 20 BOBALOUIS: Addlestone Hollytree December 4, Effingham Lord Howard 5,

Byfleet Camp Hill 6, Kingston Three Tuns 7 THE CLIMAX BLUES BAND: who recently released their new album 'Flying The Flag' play the following dates Oxford Polytechnic December 5, Nottingham Rock City 6. London South Bank Polytechnic 1.2

Northampton County Cricket Club 13,

Coventry Tiflanys 18 THE REGENTS: who release their second single 'Just A Little' this week appear at, Northampton Nene College December 5,

East Retlord Porterhouse 6, London Starlight 9, London Hammersmith Starlight Roller Disco 13, London Greyhound 16

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ON THE BEAT THE BEAT are among several groups featured in a '2 Tone' film to be released in Britain next February

Called 'Dance Crazy', the film consists of footage of bands such as The Specials and The Selecter. and was soonsored by Chrysalis. Says Gavrik Losey who produced the film. "The idea was to make a movie for kids who are too young to

MO-DETTE RECOVERS

MO - DETTES drummer June Miles. - Kingston has recovered from her broken loot and the band will be playing a tour this month. Dates are: 'Coventry General Wolfe December 3, Bradford Palm Cove 4, Nottingham University 5 Somerton Blades 7, Cheltenham Eves 8, London Marquee 9 and 10, Leeds Fan Club 11, Leicester Community Centre 13, Lon- don Dingwalls 14.

Further dates will be announced shortly and -support band on most of the above dates will be The Temper,

SWEET GIG SWEET ARE to play their first gig in three years, which will also be their first as a trio, In the new year.

Mick Tucker, Andy Scott and Steve Priest will play the London ,Lyceum. on January 4, augmented by Gary Moberley on keyboards, when they will play old favourites as well as new material.

The band are currently recording a ' new album, and will tour the UK in the I spring.

see the bands live. With this in mind. the film will be released to coincide with the half term school holiday.

The Beat were filmed at Emerald City. Philadelphia. but they haven't yet decided on which tracks will be featured in the film.

The Beat are currently lining up a British tour for the beginning of 1981.

DOLLAR LP DOLLAR RELEASE their second album, 'The Paris Collection', on December 5 - and WEA are. laun- ching a competition to win a day in Paris with the gruesome twosome,to coincide with Its release. All 10 tracks were written by Dollar and' a single 'You Take My Breath Away' will be taken from the album for release In the new year.

To coincide with the single, David and Therese play their first ever live dates In January and February. At the moment they are looking al film scripts with a view to starting work on a movie In the spring.

COUGAR TIME JOHN COUGAR, whose new single 'This Time' is currently nestling in the American Top 30, will be touring Bri- tain in February.

Cougar will be bringing over his band the Zone and.the lull- rosier of dates will be known shortly. In Britain Cougar is best known for his 'I Need A Lover' single and Rlva Records will be releasing his new album 'Nothin' Matters And What It It Did' In February coinciding with the tour. The album Is, already Top 501n the States.

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IF YOU'RE the best dressed fairy In your neighbourhood, then you could get Into a O Tips (pictured left) gig for free.

Anybody dressed up as a Christmas Fair who turns up to their gigs at Redcar Coalham Bowl December 21, Not- ' 'Ingham Rock City .4 Sheffield Limit 21, -'- London Marquee 21, will be able to get in free. The four dates

' are part, of their Christmas Stocking Top tour and other dates ere Birm- ingham Polytechnic December 4, London Royal College of Art 5, London Venue 8, Keefe University 10,

t Cardiff Top Rank 11.

The shows on Christmas and New Year's Eve will include extra tun and games with competi- tions and a limited number of genuine Crackerjack pencils.

BAD MANNERS TIE IN TOUR

COINCIDING WITH the release of their latest single 'Lorraine' and album 'Loonee Tunes' Bad Manners will be playing a series of gigs this month. Dates are: Leeds Polytechnic December 4, Bangor University 5, Liverpool Bradys 6, Ayr Pavilion 7, Edinburgh Tillanys 8, Durham University 9, Man- chester University 10, Sheffield Limit 11, West Runton Pavilion 13, Lincoln Guildhall 16 Cheltenham Gloucester College 17, Salisbury Technical Col- lege 18, Bath Pavilion 19, Malvern Winter. Gardens 20, Brighton Jenkinsons 21, Melton Milton Rooms 23.

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bt STEVIE WONDER (pictured above) releases his new single '1 Ain't Gonna Stand For II' on December 15 Taken from his 'Hotter Than July' album, the B side will be 'Knocks Me OR My Feet' taken Irom his 1976 album 'Songs In The Key 011.11e; The new single will be available in both 7' and 12- versions, The 7' will be packaged in full colour bag featuring a

live shot of Wonder taken during Ills British concerts in September

* ANGEL CITY have lifted a track from their new LP 'Darkroom' and released it as a

single. Entitled 'No Secrets'. it's available now.

'JOHN ELLIS has recorded his second single, 'Hhman', which is out now.

B TROOP's first single on their own label is now available. Called 'Junior', it's available through Rough Trade. They'll be touring In January

* JOHN HOLT who wrote 'The Tide Is High', has his own '20 Golden Love Songs' released on December 12

THE KLONES have lust released their debut single on their own Red Hot Records. titled 'Metal Man'

THE PULLOVERS Item York are shortly releasing a double A sided single 'Peter Pan Pill'I'Spare Part Surgery'

*ZEITGEIST WILL release a special three track single in mid January, including 'Shake Peke' and 'Sniper'.

*THE SCROTUM POLES from Dundee br Ing out their debut single on One Tone Records this week it's a rive track EP called 'Revelation' agd it's yours for e1.20 Irom One Tone Records, 41

Balmoral Terrace, Dundee OD4 85J *THE MODERNAIRES have a new single

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SPECIALS DO A DOUBLE THE SPECIALS release a double A sided single this Farm'. The single is available in a picture bag and week. The two tracks are 'Do Nothing' plus the 'Do Nothing', which is a remixed version, features band's version of the Bob Dylan song 'Maggle's Rico and the Ice Rink Sti'Ing Sounds.

JOCK'S TROUBLE SCOTTISH ENTREPRENEUR and Four Be 2's mentor Jock MacDonald has run into trouble with the media yet again . this time over a series of football records

Several national papers claimed over the weekend that a single made by Arsenal FC supporters - and sold at the ground last week - was 'racist" and financed by the British

Movement The record was 'Crack Away The

Arsenal Beano' by a group made up of supporters and session musicians calling themselves the Sex Bristols. The Sunday Times claimed the record was "anti - Semitic" and connected it with the sale of anti - Tottenham Hotspur badges already on sale al Arsenal's ground. And the release prompted Peter Hain of the Anti - Nazi League to warn: "This Is the sort of thing that is bound to lead to conflict It's only a matter of time before young Jews and young blacks start to fight back "

But MacDonald has dismissed the claims that the record is political and racist as ' rubbish" He maintains he has been approached by a company to make a series of records by the supporters of each club, and Arsenal was simply his first choice.

"it's no secret that the Arsenal fans hate the Spurs fans; and that's what the record is about, It's not political at all, it's about football, nor is It anti -

Semitic, In fact the lead Arsenal sup - poner on the record is called Solly," he said

MacDonald plans to go ahead with another record. this time with a group of Spurs fans singing about their dislike of the Arsenal.

NEW RAINBOW SINGER RITCHIE BLACKMORE'S Rainbow have found a successor to their vocalist Graham Bonnet

He is Joe Lynn Turner from New Jersey The 28 - year - old has previously gigged around in local bands, but this is his first major one

Described as a cross between Lou Graham and Paul Rodgers, Joe has a

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MOTORHEAD ARRESTED

MOTORHEAD DRUMMER. 'Filthy Phil' Taylor. was arrested by police last week, following a lightning raid by drug squad officers on homes of the band and roadcrew.

In all 11 people were arrested and various substances taken away for analysis - although Phil is believed to be the only member of the band taken into custody.

He and the crew were later allowed to go and they've been'balied to appear at a Fulham Court on January 15.

JAM EXTEND THE IAM have extended their winter tour, although the new dates will be in the form of unpublicised secret dates.

Now they will be playing SI Austell Cornish Riviera December 8, Malvern Winter Gardens 10, Guildford Civic Hall 11, London Music Machine 12, Other dates pencilled in are Bristol December 9 and Liver- pool 14.

BRUCE IN MARCH BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN looks set to play his first British dates in five years in the spring.

Although he has just extended his US tour, Ills probable he'll play concerts in March, with three dates at Wembley Arena.

A spokesperson for CBS refused to confirm the tour, saying 'that all dates - including Wembley on March 19, 20 and 21 - were mere speculation on the press's part, and nothing had been arranged.

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THE NEW Clash album is out next week with a mammoth 36 tracks

Entitled Sandinista!' the triple album set will retail for a -maximum price of £5 99, and with the exception of 'The Call Up', all tracks are previously unreleased,

The album - co - produced by Bill Price and the Clash - was written during their last American tour, recorded In New York, and finished in London

GREEDIES CHARITY THE GREEDIES re- release their Christmas single 'Merry Jingle' this week In a bid to take over the Christmas charts. Proceeds from the royalties of the B-side - 'Merry Jangle' - will go to the Southwark Catholic Children's Society in Purley.

Thin Lizzy have just returned from the United States, and are in the process of setting up a European tour for the new year. with a British one to follow.

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HAZEL FOUR HAZEL O'CONNOR, who recently released her new album 'Sons And Lovers' as well as a new single 'Time', will be playing four dates to kick off the'New Year. Hazel will be playing; Essex University January 13, Poole Arts Centre 14, Glasgow T!t- fanys20, Worthing Town Hall 29.

UNDERTONES SPLIT FROM SIRE THE UNDERTONES will be touring Britain next month without a record label, following a total split with Sire Records, and laber boss Seymour Stein

The Derry -based group signed to Sire worldwide towards the end of 1978, and to date have released two albums and seven singles In Britain and America. But signs of disagree- ment between Sire and the Under- tones' management, Cracks 90, became apparent as early as last Autumn - during the band's first American tour.

By this summer, with the Under- tones touring the States for six weeks, the disagreements, according to 'Tones manager Andy Ferguson, had become "irreconcilable differences," and a split was hinted at as early as August.

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Sire Records were recently taken under the umbrella of Warner Bros, with the label remaining only as an A&R outlet. All the Undertones releases will, however, continue to be available until next March, when ,they're likely to be deleted and re- released by the Undertones themselves on a new label.

The announcement of the spilt this week Is the explanation for the lack of any new Undertones' material in time for the tour, although the band have been active in the studio and have at least eight new tracks ready. Discus- sions are underway with several com-

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parties with regard',to future releases, probably on the Undertones own abel via a licensing deal, and it's likely that a new single will be released in January.

And, added Ferguson: "We hope that this statement will clear the air. The band are not splitting up, the future looks very healthy, and we'll certainly be touring a lot more next year than we did in 1980." ENSIGN Records have terminated their licensing deal with Phonogram records' - and have lost their major money - spinning act the Boomtown Rats. The Rats stay with Phonogram under an existing world deal, while Ensign managing director Nigel Grainage is expected to make an announcement concerning the other acts on the label, including chart acta Black Slate and Light Of The World, in the near future. JOHN SHEARLAW

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THE TEA SET writ be supposing the Skids on their tour which begins this week THE SOFT BOYS and Local Heroes will be playing a benelii concert for Inter Ac- tion at London Dfngwalls on December 7. Inter Action is an organisation which helps disruptive schoolkids PRAYING MANTIS have Cancelled their gigs at Newport Bailey's on December 4

and Egham Holloway College on December 5, because or recording com- mitments. GLASGOW BASED live piece. Modern Man, will be supporting sTC on their for. thcoming I I date tour A 11 Z, who are currently supporting Iron Maiden, will also be opening for Black Sabbath when they start their tour this monts

SOLO JOHN JOHN COOPER-CLARKE will be playing a short series of pre - Christmas gigs without his backing band He'll be appearing al Edinburgh Playhouse December 5. London Venue 11, Liver- pool Brady's 13, London ICA 15.

John will be lining up a fuller tour for the New Year when he'll also be featured in a new BBC television programme 'lb UP' which will be transmitted some time in January or February.

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GEN X TOUR WITH NEW MAN GENERATION X (pictured above) have found a new guitarist and they'll be touring this month, followed y a new album in January.

The new guitarist is former Chelsea member James Stevenson and he'll be joining Billy Idol, Tony James and Terry Chimes on a permanent basis. Tour dates with the new line-up are: West Runton Pavilion December 6, Leeds Fan Club 7, Manchester Polytechnic 10, Middlesborough Rock Garden 11, Retford Porterhouse 12, Sheffield Limit

18, Scarborough Taboo Club 19, Liverpool Bradys 20.

These dates will be the ilrsl that Gen. X have played since November last year and there will probably be additional afternoon shows In Leeds and Liverpool and a London show will be confirmed shortly.

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Me Deadly' on January 16 James Stevenson features on the album and other guest guitarists were Steve Jones and John McGeoch.

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JUST WHN you were sale from cliff hangers (after

Kristin had that Kristin had administered that dose of heavy metal to JR) when

the world of rock 'n' roll is told to wait until December 19th when lawyers will "release details of a secret trust fund for a fantastic sum to be given to Hamburg born Bettina Hubers. She claims she Is the living proof of some wild oats that "ex - Beatle" Paul McCartney misplaced over 17 years ago. While the Sunday papers grovel around the compartments marked "innuendo", "scandel", "sex", "morality" and finally "shock, horror, probe", we recommend you do the same. It

does make It more fun!

MEANWHILE back at the Sunday Mirror. The poor darlings are still trying to squeeze their (5,000 worth out of the non

revealing revelations of Alex 'Elton John's Girl Friday" Foster (and failing miserably In stimulating mel to tell you how mundane a life It Is boogieing with Jack Nicholson and Ryan O'Neal in LA and sipping cocktails with Liza Minnelli in Studio 54, so I won't .. .

OKI Stifle those yawns There is yet another comeback by Generation X which took It's first tentative steps, with new members James Stevenson on guitar and ea - Clash man Terry Chimes beating de riddem, at Suma studios in downtown Fulham Also present were our very own Paula Yates, and spouse Bob Geldof, various Clash. Steve Jones (whose rigging quota at present is hitting saturation point), John McGeogh of no fixed abode and Danny Custom now of the Spectres Reports that Bowie, Dylan, Springsteee and Keel Richard were seen have been scotched when our informer added the name of Elvis Presley to the growing rosier of riggers Still Interested in the Generation X comeback? Wake up you al the backs

THE Hazel O'Connor Megahype tour hit trouble in Brighton where our chirpy thrush has taken to hopping on one leg alter plunging her ankle into a hole on the stage. She also lost her support band, Duran Duran, due to Illness. But In the good old story book tradition a local band Prime Suspect were attempting to twist the not inconsiderable arm of hromoter John Curd for gigs, when he

anded them the spotlight there and then alter making a quick acquaintance with their single. The band got an encore but whether they got a refund on heir tickets Is unknown and probably unlikely

PHIL Oakey of the Human League laid his life on the line when he recruited the band's two new members, Joanna. 18 and Susanne, 17 Alter the original foursome divided to go their separate ' artistic" ways, Phil ' Haircut" Oakey and home movie expert Adrian Wright were left with a sizeable hole in their lives Intrepid Phil set forth Into the trendiest depths of sunny Sheffield with his bird to search for fresh talent Their attention was grabbed by two schoolgirls dancing against the current of the river of bodies in Sheffield's hottest night spot, the Crazy Daisy Disco Swift Introductions all round and back to meet the folks, One half of one set of folks turned out to be a local award - winning pistol champion who told Oakey he would "kill him" if anything happened to his daughter Oakey replied quick as a flash, "I'll kill myself first '

MAGAZINE are scouring the four corners of California for absent Iriendzoducer

IS THERE no end to Record Mirror's 'popular demand? Yorkshire TV rang us this week requesting the services of someone From the paper lo take part In their new magazine pop programme Calendar Goes Pop', to talk about the at

a music paper and whether there Is such a thing al all.

Simon "Lewis Leathers" Ludgate was "volunteered" by buck passer - in - chief Alfonso MartiMbianco to "stop complaining and yet your ass up to Leeds before !give you this Industrial s album to review". Finding if impossible to resist such a generous Invitation, Ludbag made a bee -line

What we didn't fell him was that the other studio guests were the dynamic duo from Dollar, small but perfectly formed Oevid and Therese, and granite -

IMwed Richard'"Jobbre"Jobson. Now, Jobson may have his 9uirks (a compulsion lo dress like George Rafy but he's ready not a bad lad, but as for Dollar! Poo! Yuch! Groogh'

Or so we thought, because Ludbum returned with Isles to the effect of "thee''. not that bad read-" In fact we

oñn terry"ecause Ivey are conside,ing the man to produce their next album The sleeping partner in this unholy alliance is the man responsible for many of the James Bond theme lunes and Girl Web The Sun In Her Halt', made famous first by the advert fore shampoo and then by Magazine, who use II as a theme tune at

the start of their set. Anyway, if you're reading this J8 (topical Initials, eh?) give Virgin a bell,

ELO took the wraps off their life(?) slot at London's last resort for lounge lizards, infamous bistro Legend's, last week In

the shape of Bev Bevan's memoirs. Aide° by the ghostly hand of Garth Pearce, the book Is as slick and glossy as most things one has come to expect of the Light Programme Orchestra, Staff hackette Mike Nicholls had tO be given a

friendly fireman's lift back to HO alter he

drank most of the house collapso single -

handed. The foolhardy fireman In

question, vlscbOus but lair Simon 'Leather" Ludgate, says he had to prise

young Michael Olt the neck of New Evening Standard writer John Blake, who he was trying to convince to do a few hve

reviews As for the policeman he tried to

assault on the way back to the office ,

JIM KERR of the Simple Minds, a man of

modes) ambition, is attempting lo give budding young producer David Bowie another leg up the ladder of status and credibility alter lending their considerable reputation and effective handclaps to the Iggy Pop set by offering him the production seal on their next waning A

chance the lad should glasp with both hands - if not there's a Peter Gabriel who's standing In the wings

AS II It's Not Bad Enough Having One Dept reports that there's a man impersonating. and creating havoc under the name of, Miles Copeland But our bluffer mel the lather of the real McCoy's secretary and our counterfeit manager made his excuses and left, Sounds like a

rob for the Police to me.

THIS week's Richard Jobson story (another one? - Ed) concerns' the tact that they haven't received their US visas and they've only got three days before they're due to step onto the stage at Hurrah's in New York. Could this be anything to do with the last Mal Ricardo's hero of the week is our favourite red under the bed Tony Senn? And speaking 01 capitalism what's this I hear about the Skids elaborate comic book sleeve to (heir 'Woman In Winter' single and it's function to get out of paying VAT since it counts as a comic rather than a record*

MORE lines from the Barracudas; Jeremy Gluck threatens that the forthcoming album will demonstrate their theory of Transcendental Deviation which le us nori - spiritualists mean They steal from other people on a higher plane (Joke courtesy of the Cosmic dept) AFTER last week's intense aggravation, Jane o1 the Mo-Dettes, who floored the Phonogram Financial Director with a knee In the groin and not the hefty right reported Iasi week, treated other employees to another side of her personality when she stalked the cortices in pale green fairy clobber for a photo session but the look of innocence doesn't fool us with the armour plated crotch THE Yobs' Christmas album, a large scale massacring of your Festive Favourites by the Boys retailing at (1 99 has been told that it can't be eligible for chart status unless the price has been raised to f7 01

NURD o1 the year award goes to Alison Short of Arista who decided to tape a message giving her intellectually stimulating views of Record Mirror at Iasi week's Aretha Franklin bash Trouble was, she put her words of wisdom over an interview with the Queen of Soul wave by the Black Echoes Correspondent. The curse of Private highs will always be with you.

Il í ..e's 4712.n .n Vve ye. again iwRn Theresa. not David, silly), He says he managed to talk lo the diminutive blonde boe,blet for at least half an hour, without even trying!

In a combination of pique and publicity grabbing. David Dollar presented our unsuspecting representative with a copy of their single and 100 nicker in used tensors, saying "you're reviewed two of our singles and you slagged 'em seme/Mni chronic. perhaps rho will chinge your . Bp Si rook d ap M good rrumovr 111:0.ven relurnad of of Ow money.


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everybody's favourite bands. Well, almost everyone's favourite bands.

Unfortunately, it was. obviously not meant to be. Everything but everything has. gone wrong this week. My life is in a shambles. First of all 0 was meant 'to be going to bu) a tarantula with Iron Maiden, one of their motley crew has al very keen interest in tropica Insects. I was ready to go on Wednesday, putting on myl wet suit, in case anyone) expected me to do a dance o the seven veils with the thing running up my arm in the? Neasden Peterie. Sadly, a' the last minute, fate dealt with me, sweating gamely in rn, wet suit, a cruel blow. Iron Maiden had pissed off tol Ibiza.

I flung myself down on the! bed . . could I really be expected to wait until the end of the month to sample thel delights of being attacked byl tarantulas with only Iron Maiden for protection?

Next, I was meant to go to the dogs, literati-, Judas Priest obviously filled

iIJA3H THE SLASH pictured here trying desperately to live up to

. his monicker, jig -sawing his trusty violin onstage at the Greyhound (Sunday), since this, it Is claimed, is the nearest he could get to the sound het wanted. Not quite the same as when Pete Townshend does it,

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took off in case I was mistaken for the rabbit and expected to run around White city pursued by a bunch o slavering hounds. I mean, it was' going to be bad enough with Judas Priest jangling chains like a bunch o out of work lavatory cisterns.

I then spent an interesting afternoon doing radio interviews. I did one interview that was to be networked througho't the country, naturally I threw myself into a speech about underpants as art. After I'd rambled on for 20 minutes, this was put to an untimely end because the girl that was doing the Interview realised she hadn't switched on the record button. The second time around I seemed to have lost that certain something and sounded like my pants were lull of potato crisps. Then I heard that Judas Priest had gone on tour.

By this time it was getting a trifle late in the week and I'm sweating, without the aid of my wet suit, at the thought of our revered editor whipping my copy out of me while I'm tied to his desk with the aid of typewriter ribbons.

It's worse than the night I spent earlier this week in Leeds. I'll not be forgetting that for quite a while. Luckily, ever thoughtful Virgin sent me up with a gentleman, who, among many of his attributes, was trained to kill. I was frightfully impressed. Unfortunately, the fact that he could fling himself around like Bodie and Doyle, was not terribly helpful once I

was alone in my hotel room. I was convinced that an attack from Jack

JOiI) 111:J 101111) ,THE "NO more music" rumpus surrounding Totnes Civic Hall ... is over.

The Tin Soldier's piece (last week's Record Mirror) explained that councillors had affected a music ban alter all of a dozen locals had issued complaints about noise and such; and that a petition in response was starting to sway things back to normality again.

Now ... "ROCK ON" proclaims the Totnes Times, and the protestors have their wicked way, as the ban is lifted. Over 1,200 names were eventually scribbled on the petition - in fact the whole thing was pretty much a formality, with only one councillor standing firmly against the decision to raise the ban.

, ,.eTippor was Imminent. God know si what it must be like for women living there

First of all I threw the eiderdown on the floor,, which, in the dark, bore an amazing resemblance to someone lying there. So then I put on my pyjamas Anyone who has seen me In my lammies would realise I was safe from virtually anything. Then a bunch of pigeons decided to have a coffee evening on the parapet outside my window, thus Casting awful shadows across the room. Then, naturally, I

wanted to go to the loo, which was about four miles away. I'd rather have been examining tarantulas with Iron Maiden than this.

The TV show I was doing was interesting mainly because the presenter warned everyone "he hoped there wasn't going to be any sexual innuendo flying about." After my totally kipless night nothing was further from my mind and, fellow guest Tom Robinson, didn't look as though he was about to give vent to a string of obscenities, followed by an impromptu strip. However, having both been warned,- we were immediately gripped with a strong desire to yell "wobbly bits, willies, etc etc "

When Interviewing Shakln' Stevens, the poor interviewer, obviously feeling the strain from speaking 'to another guest, Picado Jobson µhe producer was trying to decide whether or not sub titles were

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Necessary,, rie asked TRaky, as his chums call him, it he felt he was a "throwback of the fifties " Shaky'd obviously been watching Russell Harty's interview Grace Jones on the telly and swatted him a quick left in retaliation. He broke the Interviewer's watch.

On Friday morning Inspiration struck mot, I'd take Richard "wait a minute while 1 hold me tummy In" Jobson to one of my weightlifting sessions. I'm hoping to change gyms soon and start training with Dave 'Darth Vader' Prowse, which could be a meeting of the century. I also wanted to see Richard's new party trick of making his teeth drop out at will. Devoted fans of the Skids may not know that poor Richard was recently beaten up rather badly and several of his teeth were kicked out. The thought of Mr Jobson removing a

couple of his teeth before Dave Prowse strapped him on to a particularly virulent bit of equipment conlures up all sorts of pictures in the mind.

That night I went to see Generation X, who were looking good Billy Idol looks like he's been lifting a few 'weights and Tony James looked positively Byronic, even in a damp' cellar in Chelsea, I could hear Steve Jones muttering something about "Look like a bleedin' bunch of sissies to me'," which is another way of saying Byronic I suppose. At this point 1 was euerly looking, forward to

seeing ,ro'S 0o in trunks wn weight strapped to his Chest pumping hi irons fit to kill. Alas, it was also no meant to be 'Och aye, awright ther Jimma, Hoots Mon. ' he said as h staggered over in a iliac trench coat. "I didna know I was going on lou tomorrow, d'ya ken." Roughly translated this meant that we'll navel to wail two weeks to see lobbo's pulsing thighs In RM

Fergal, (the Rat manager), Bob, Richard and I were then taken by Richard's girlfriend to a club around the corner, where Jobson was mistaken, for some unknown reason for fellow Rat, Johnny Fingers. I was accosted by a rather drunk lady wh wanted to know if I got fed up of "Po stars nattering?" Tony James then arrived in a top hat with a lady called Magenta, who had red and black hal with matching red eyebrows An exotic sight, almost too much for th rest of the disco. A gripping night was? had by all, The next day as aa desperate last measure, I asked a friend in -the -know it Bryan Ferry had any interesting hobbles I could el his brains about. "Well, he's got aa really beautiful garden In the country," was a possibility they said. The other thing mentioned however was definitely unsuitable for this column and as a day's weeding with Bryan Ferry somehow lacked that certain something .

But wail until next week .. LOVE PAULA XXX

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THE RESIDENTS display their penchant for outlandish dress and the San Francisco Tribune.'

THE RECENT UK release of the Residents' 'Commercial'

, album and single, combined with appearances on the Old' Grey Cotton Vest (singing 'Land Of A Thousand Dances' and 'Wine -out' clad in newspaper hoods and suits) has created an enormous amount of interest in the San Francisco based .

band that have been described variously as "musical urban guerrillas", "terrible" and more recently "demented slot machine puppets".

They started m the mid - sixties in Louisiana. where five spotty teenagers from the same high school would spend all their spare time together listening to the radio. playing records and pondering over what possibilities there were for pork chops in the future of rock 'n' roll. They formed a band. and spent hours playing and experimenting with tape recorders

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themselves. the Residents decided to remain anonymous, why? Perhaps because they could all be replaced in the event of death, and nobody need know anything about it The truth is the Residents can continue rockin' ad infinitum, and that FRIGHTENS people

Around the beginning of the seventies, the band gave their only known interview for an A -cafe radio station The reason they've granted nobody an interview since that occasion Is simply because crawfish costumes are rather bulky and could get very hot and uncomfortable in a lengthy interview session.

In 1971, the Residents, clad in mummy - style bandages gave two oh their legendary live

Keep it part two(Inferiority part one)

"Because it's exactly like aohn Voight meant in 1969 when he said, 'They didn't say anything about you'."

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performances. They played five a

third time five years later in 1976.

The first Ralph release, In December 1972, was a Christmas offering entitled 'Santa Dog', a fine selection of seasonal sounds that are a perfect complement to anybody's plum puddln' 'n' cream.

The cover of the Residents' debut album, tilled 'Meet The Residents' was a grotesquely re -touched version of 'Meet The Beatles' sleeve Eventually Ralph had to submit to pressure from Phonogram, who didn't like the sleeve and -

withdrew the 'Beetle Monster' artwork, only to replace It with a

picture of four crawfish In Beetle sults who were alleged to be Paul McCraw fish. John Crawfish, George Crawfish and Ringo Starrfish.

'Not Available' was the second album recorded by the Residents, but it was not Intended to be released The band forgot its existence and in the end Ralph Records released it behind the Residents' backs during a minor quarrel.

The Residents' new 'Commercial Album' (their seventh) has 40 tracks, each one minute long

Resident music is unorthodox / disturbing / funny and fascinating, and no two tracks are ever the same.

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HE LOST his virginity to a Rotherham miner's daughter and in Germany he was so poor he slept on sheets covered in blood and semen.

Just two of the startling Confessions from drummer Bev Bevan's book, 'The Electric Light Orchestra Story' (Mushroom Books £3.95). For a financially comfortable band like the ELO, you'd be forgiven for thinking that Me has always been easy, with their Godfather Don Arden waving his magic wand and making dreams come true. But in this book. culled from Bevan's diary which he's kept since 1962, you learn that life wasn't always a bed of expensive limos, good wine and even better women.

The son of a Birmingham shopkeeper, who used to play part time in a dance band, Big Bev was a schoolboy rebel who bought his first drum kit for f32 (he had C35 in his savings account al the time). His first real break came when he joined the Move who later grew into the Electric Light Orchestra - taking sympho rock to its logical conclusion with a string section.

In (its account of the rise and rise of one of the world's riches' bands

Bevan glosses over nothing. Startino with a description of the scenes 'before a recent show, the chapter

ontrasts well with stories of ELO's first -trip to America supporting r(Wishbone Ash with everyone lsleepin in the same room

The chapter on Jeff Lynne will tell you more about this near recluse than a dozen other interviews. Bevan reveals that he was always

(something of a quiet eccentric, idling his mum and dad's house with recording equipment

Bevan also makes sensitive portrayals of the other band nembers and there's an unintentionally hilarious piece on Big Don Arden - "During negotiations at a record company Don ended the discussion by overturning a huge desk on top of an executive and storming out. Yet he is not always as hard as he makes out." Yeah, grizzly bears are

(sometimes affectionate as well. The rest of the book Is mainly

devoted to torrid tales of life on the road, including the real truth about ':eppelin drummer John Bonham riding a powerful motorbike around la hotel.

Bevan also leaves room to expound on his own philosophies. An unabashed capitalist, he feels that he's worked hard enough to enjoy the rich fruits of success. On ELO's music he freely admits that Lynne can write the lyrics to an entire album in a week, and he also reckons that there are better drummers than himself.

A very good read helped along by the expertise of Garth Pearce the editor. Not lust a glossy cash in aimed at the fans, this book is an honest appraisal of the band's career. ROBIN SMITH

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APART FROM being thrown out of a restaurant by them once, I've always found The Stranglers jolly decent chaps. Like the time Hugh Cornwell gave me a run-down of their then latest album, describing the band as "journalists" writing factually about whatever it was their songs were about.

Then he came over as a bluf I. down to earth sort of fellow. A similar personality is portrayed in this 28 page account of his five weeks inside Pentonville for possession of small quantities of drugs affectionately referred to as Harry and Charlie.

Mature enough not to sound too bitter about his sentence, he tells us how he was smart enough to handle winding up from warders and concludes with a fanciful sting in the tail: That, it he gol failed because young people look to him for guidance (the judge's excuse), such a decision is going to turn them against the pillars of society.

Except there are No More Heroes any more, right?

By Mike Nichols

THERE are so many fanzines around at the moment that it's hard to choose the best. f you have a look in Rough 'rade you're bound to find a

few good ones. It seems like 'everyone's having a go, not la bad thing in the current climate of record business :orruption and record hype. Most fanzines are tree of record company ads so you get a fresher type of ournalism, based on the truth and tired with the anger lot youth.

Two good fanzines at the moment are 'Making Time' and 'Cross Now'.

'Making Time' has a lot of Interesting stuff In It including ntervlews with the Chords and Lthletico Spizz '80. There is some

Food poetry and a cover design by aul Weller. All in all, a terrific mag

hat has so much energy that it almost leaps up and grabS you by the throat. Only 20p Ind a large SAE

rpm 34 Cobblérs Bridge Roai ,

Herne Bay, Kent. 'Cross Now' is very different from

'MT' but just as exciting. The main {articles are Interviews with John Peel, The Dolly Mixtures, Take It and Martian Dance. These are surrounded by lots of cartoons,

oems, weird bits and a general bundance of fun. As with 'MT', here's plenty to read, lots of nteresting things to stare at and

some strange ideas to set your bran icking. This "firework edition" (bit ate) of the mag has a free single by i new -wave band called TDATW, anal it's not just a Ilextl Good value for money at 30p plus large SAE from 22 Dartmouth Park Avenue, London .

NW5. While on the subject of

alternatives it's worth mentioning a few release by those Intrepid ascals of independence, NB records. The band is called Payola nd their single. 'Money For Hype',

a a witty jab al the record business i1ype process. Sung in a North ondon whine, it's a natty little tune hat boasts lines like "Hype me,

push me, up, up, up, I'm going all the way to the top!". The cover shows a television set being handed over to a nameless record dealer in 4xchange for extra chart points. The !question Is, will it be a hit? £1 from

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AT the Rats' office in London, a few rooms in an unobtrusive building on a sidestreet, Rats'

manager Fachtna O'Kelly has the whole floor to himself - six or eight hundred square feet of airy loft with only one desk and a few chairs in it, and a pile of gold discs stacked on the floor beside his desk.

I ardve at the appointed'ime to find Pele wailing for me although Simon has yet to show. He arrives inside a few minutes, and pausing only to stow his helmet, shows the way downstairs, where we find a temporarily vacant office. At the outset, I'm not particularly sure of the ground to be covered - the original intention was to indulge In a retrospective piece, but since then I've had a chance to listen to some r

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of the forthcoming album 'Mondo Bongo', and of course the single of the moment, 'Banana Republic'. It seems the most logical place to kick oil proceedings, since apart from being the band's latest record, the song itself alsb seems to refer directly to the somewhat ill-starred events of last February/March in Dublin, when the band had to spend two weeks in Dublin before being able to play a concert - and In the meantime were subjected to a senes of attacks in the courts and in the 'press So how directly does It refer to that episode then?

While Pete feels that it isn'La direct reply, he adds that it explains that part of the world a little big further!

t think we tell like that since we left the place," Simon comments, "and probably while we were there loo. A lot of other people feel that way too. Some of the things in the song are unique to Ireland, but I

reckon most people feel like that about their home once they've moved out. They come back and say 'It's nice to be back, but I'm not gonna stay' "

Pete: "It's much harder to come back to Ireland after staying away for a couple of years because you

itet a more objective view of what

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objocbve view when Dublin becomes the only place in the world tou can't do a gig, within reason, on ,our own terms, Simon reflects, 'WO did feel very bitter about it, and

=ry hurt, because we were virtually

rejected. And I think we proved our point eventually, but It cost us a lot of time and an awful lot of money. There are a lot of bands who might go to their home town, but wouldn't hang around to make the same point_"

If it became a matter of principle to the Rats that they play a concert In Dublin, it seemed to be equally a matter of principle to other that they not be allowed to play. While there was no 'conspiracy' at work,

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up there. But there were those who assumed in the beginning that the Rats wouldh't last, that various individuals in the group weren't serious about what they were doing. At what stage did they, finally decide that they were engaged in a long term project? Simon dates it to when they signed to Ensign.

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"It was very strange - everybody we confronted with it was sympathetic, but there seemed to be this tacit resentment of the band. It may be just an Irish thing. We get the impression with some Irish people that they're watching out for the next single to fall. But we don't have anything to prove any more, I

think we've succeeded. "This single is totally different to

the other eight, and each one of those was different to the others. It we'd wanted to really come on as a formula -type band and make an awful lot of money very, very fast - there are countless examples like Dire Straits, who stay around for two or three albums.

"We want to be around for a while - if we'd produced another 'I Don't Like Mondays' or another 'Rat Trap' or whatever. we Could have done that, but we don't need to."

Simon Insists that the band have consciously taken risks. "Which makes it much more exciting. There Is the possibility that it'll be a monster or that it'll fail. It's a totally unknown quantity. We thought that with every single we brought out so far. You crap yourself when you see the reviews coming In and wonder what it's going to do next week."

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obviously, that we were going to have to go al it or else we wouldn't have done the tapes and all That early on . .."

Pete: "I remember that at the time one of the main motivations was not that we thought we were any good but that we thought everybody else was dreadful. Any of the bands that came over about that time ('75, '76) we went to see them, like Eddie and The Hot Rods and we thought 'It they can do it, we can do it better!"

But at that stage they gave the impression of a band who'd fight the whole way. They now seem to have lost some of that sense of urgency. Simon argues that the difference in attitude is both natural and superficial

"I think we're still just as hungry in the essential ways that make a band successful, if you'll excuse the word."

Pete: "If the band stiffed now I'd regard it as a failure."

The Rats have set a standard for and been an inspiration to the Irish scene, something which has had pros and cons. How does Simon see that? '

"I suppose ft's battering to think that people respect you, and I

suppose that's what everybody wants. I suppose that when you are in a successful position you influence other people who are trying to do the same thing."

But there's another side to the coin, as Pete points out

"It's true that we've influenced an awful lot of bands, although some of them may deny that and slag us. We're the first Irish band 10 come out of Ireland as an Irish band and make It on the International scene. These bands may slag us and say 'We're not going to do It like the Boomtown Rats - we're not going to do It this way'."

Simon' "it'd be nice to see another band doing it. U2 are doing well at the moment, but I don't know hów big they're going to get. An awful lot of it comes down to the management side of things too, If's not Just writing the appropriate songs at the appropriate time, It's the brains behind it too. But If you don't have good songs, forget if. You don't necessarily have to play amaífngly well - none of us regard ourselves as 'musicians' and probably never will." Although there has been a dramatic development of

`the band's mixed abllittes since the early days ..

"It's natural, alley being In a band for five years. Considering none of

us had played around before, and therefore we started from nothing it would happen like that. It's unconscious, I suppose, when people play together for a long lime, you just get to know each other musically. Some of the songs for the new album we had to pull apart completely and restructure very rigidly, and each person had a part, but for quite a lot of the album it was just 'ad lib', almost. It was a lot more relaxed than the last album.

"The Fine Art of Surfacing", which I didn't like a lot, seemed to me to be somewhat overdressed, as if a lot of work was done on overdubs and arrangements. Whereas what I've heard of the new album seems to be a lot more direct.

"I think you have to go through that sort of thing and the fact that you don't particularly like It .. well, I don't think it's as good as 'Tonic For The Troops' either, but a lot of people do obviously I personally agree with you - atthe time I felt it was a little bit overproduced. But I think it's good to do that sort of thing, to actually sit down and structure the whole thing very rigidly and think about everything that goes into it. Whereas this time we went in with a different producer and his way of working was totally different to Lange's (Tony) Visconti's method is like - 'Record the backing tracks and enjoy yourselves,' much more relaxed "

I remember reading that at the lime of the first album that Lange somewhat dominated proceedings in that he Could Show the band how to play a particular piece no matter what the Instrument The impression created was that he could be

overbearing. Simon elaborates on his relationship with the Rats

"In the first album, Lange tried to put a lot of things in and in some cases we used them. But If we didn't think they were good we'd throw them out. It actually got to the stage on the second album where he had all the songs done, and Lange would put stuff over the top. He rearranged the formal of a few songs, but we usually stuck to what we were playing.

"The exception to that was 'Rat Trap', which he worked on a lot. We did that song In the studio without ever having played It live. When we weiil to Holland, none of us knew that song. We hadn't even routined it and we worked It out with him in the studio - so the guy Is good at what he does, obviously."

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undertook an extensive world tour which took them through the States, Canada, Japan, New Zealand and Australia.

Their album sales skyrocketed as a result 'The Fine Art of Surfacing' was a golden album in Australia New Zealand, Israel, Greece and Simon recounts, it went double platinum in Canada

But so lar America hasn't tallen for the Rats I figure It's a situation that must rankle

"On the last world lour, we did much better there than we thought we would," Pete argues, "I think the main reason was that we were believing what we were reading about America, that we weren't popular there But when we played there the last time it was packed houses everywhere! Our album didn't actually go that high in the charts and I suppose people reckon It from that I didn't go Top 50, it went to about 80 or so, hung around there a while and then went back down. so in those terms I suppose

in the States. It's the biggest market - In the world, so It's very important to us."

They're not despondent either because they feel the reason for the States resistance is obvious. Simon etborates

"The main thing against us was obviously that the Yanks didn't go for 'I Don't Like Mondays', because they realised it was about them. As Geldof says, they don't like having their dirty washing waved In their faces The system over there is very corrupt, like the way you get radio airplay Is different The locks were told not to play 'Mondays', because of its content, and therefore it didn't get played."

But live, Pele emphasises again, things were a hell of a lot more positive.

"Billboard (the American record business trade paper) has a Top 50 gig chart and while we were on tour there we were NumberOne in the chart, because it was 100 per cent in most gigs, so I think that's a lair enough indication."

So what happens withAmertca If they don't actually crack it and make it big there?

Simon: "Make it enormous? So what? The stage further for us there Is to be like one of the American supergroups, I suppose. That sort of success doesn't bother us terribly. It certainly doesn't bother me that much anyway. We're doing well, I

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Intéresting. There again it comes back to the same thing, If we wanted, to do the formula thing - like The Police, you know, they definitely have a sound, you know what their next single is going to sound like."

Pete: "I quite like The Police, but II I'm going to play a Police album I

lust pick any o) them, It doesn't matter a shit which one I pick because they're all the same anyway. So I'll lust pick a Police album and put it on for a while. It's lust like muzak to me, It's good muzak, though."

Simon: "Yeah, they're good guys and they play very very well but they don't seem to have taken It on a stage further since 'Roxanne', the first biggie."

Pete: "But there's no need for them to, they're making plenty of money out of that as it Is, they may as well squeeze it for all they can.

Simon: "Yeah, and coming back to the American thing if we'd wanted to hammer it home we could have done that. When we were over there the last time 1 turned on the radio and it was really funny, all this Ayatollah thing was going on and this Country song came on with words like, 'God bless Chevrolet, Harley-Davidson and RCA, They ain't bad but at least they can say, It's made in the USA 'They're hedging, at the moment, on this world Crisis "

Pete: "That Iran thing - I left the band too at one stage, cos I was emigrating to Iran. I had my visa and everything, but 1 never acluatty went. I'm glad now! i wanted to get out of Ireland anyway, whether it was with The Boomtown Rats or otherwise, because I was in a nine to five situation and I wasn't going to get out of that, so I applied for

this lob In Iran because It was much better money. But I had to guarantee to stay two or three years It was contract work. But I'm glad I didn't go "

The way things are going, when things settle down there, maybe they'll get to tackle the Ayatollah on his home ground by playing there. 'Banana Republic' - Number One in Iran, anybody?

As the band develops, the tendency for Geldof to dominate proceedings diminishes. The result

is that the others are seeing their songs being recorded more frequently.

"It's a natural evolution," Pete explains, "I was writing songs all along - It's lust that I never wrote anything that was any good up to now . and Imight never write anything again that's any good!

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Simon also sings one of the songs on the new LP.

'Yeah, Bob lust asked me if I

wanted to have a go at it. It's called 'Fall Down'. There's another song with lust keyboards backing, and it and the one 1 did are very underproduced. Visconti played recorder on 'Fall Down'. He brought along these beautiful big records, one massive bass thing, and played a solo in the middle of it."

Pete: "I played a big acoustic South American bass, only it's guitar shaped."

Simon; "It's just a very simple song and it's very short. Some of the songs are like that and there's no reason to make them longer. Everybody strives for this three -and- a -hall -minute song, but these are only oneanda-half or two minutes brig. You remember the Beatles' 'While Album', you know the way they lust throw little things in all the time. In tact there's a reference b it al Me end of 'Go Man Go', it doesn't have to be geared for radio play. But

'Banana Republic' was chopped around - there's an album version and a single version. The album version has a much longer Intro, it gives you more time to get into the first bit before it changes tempo "

The new album seems to be tar more rhythmic In Its focus

"It's lust on particular albums particular Ideas and instruments come out more than others." Pete explains. "The last album had a lot of keyboards, which is what we were into at the time. This album has a lot of bass and drums "

Despite the higher profile being played by other Rats n the band, Briquette's Dirty Weekend sideline has inevitably given rise to speculation that things may not all be honky dory within the band. Both Simon and Pele argue, on the contrary. that the indfyidual members are getting on better than ever now.

"I can't speak for the rest of the band," Pete says, "but for me

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there's no question of trying to pursue a solo career. It'd be the worst thing I could do - you can Imagine an album from me! It's purely because Jane (Aire) Is getting her own band together very shortly - and it's lust a one-off to play with her, before she goes. "It's good experience for her as well to have to learn new material, it's all Motown. I'd love to do it more, but I don't have the time off from the Rats, which is obviously more important anyway, It's the main thing."

But while Pete can gig in Ireland with a pick-up band, the situation is different for the Rats as a unit. What are the prospects of them playing Ireland again soon'? Inevitably the conversation drifts back into 'Banana Republic' territory.

"It's too tpuch trouble, it'd cost Is too much money and there are too many bigoted people over there," Pete argues. ' Wilh an Unknown quantity, like rock and roll still is in Ireland, people's first reaction is to say 'No! I don't want to know, take it out of here.' Because they don't understand. That's what happened to us in the past. Eventually we'll go over to Ireland and play a goad gig

and there'll be no problem But it's a time thing,and people are going to have to gel used to It and accept that we're not going to spit and puke and corrupt the youth of reland . "

Simon' "You can go on and on about It, but the whole thing was lust ridiculous We don't feel that we want to go back there. We were quite sick aoout the whole thing. There's a hundred times the violence al any sports event In Ireland -

"The other thing that really bugs me is that those guys thought we were pulling a fast one They didn't believe us They thought the whole thing was a big publicity stunt!"

Then there's the article in this month's Irish Business which explains how the band now "generate over £4m on each album" and how they "had a regular spot at Maugham's Hotel in Talbot Street and were spotted In Ireland by Mulligan Records who spent the sum of £16,000 - hefty by Irish standards - producing their first Iwo albums."

The piece goes on to claim, "Each Rat is said to be earning £100,000 per year - 2 per cent royalties on £5m sates". Both Pete and Simon are speechless with, by turns, laughter and Incredulity as every word of the above is wildly Inacurate

Pete: "The stories that go on over

in Ireland I remember hearing a story that Geldol and O'Kelly were having an affair That was definitely a rumour, about homosexuality in the band."

So you are In a position to deny It? "Well, I've finally decided to come

out of the closet ... and declare myself heterosexual!"

The Rats new album 'Mondo Bongo' will be released just after Christmas, and from what I've heard of it

'those who wrote the Rats off after 'The Fine Art of Surfacing' are in for quite a surprise. Equally, all the evidence suggests that there's still a lot more to come from a band who now seem to be stronger, in many ways, than ever.

To mention The Beatles in t.,e same breath as the Rats is, to an

_extent slightly facetious. But their situation does bear comparison In

one respect. in Irish terms, the Rats have achieved as much and had as much success as the Beatles did in English terms For their pains, the Beatles got OBEs from their government

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THE JACKSONS: 'Heartbreak Hotel (Epic). The Jacksons really annoy me. No one has the right to be around for over 10 years and still produce music of such quality that It puts their past achievements effectively in the dumper, and tortes you to concentrate on them as a living, vibrant Influence on all spectrums of music. Consider my annoyance firmly placed in the compartment labelled jealousy and this single in the compartment labelled essential listening.

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THE SUBTERRANEANS:'My Flamingo' (Demon). So the NME's Nick Kent, still one of the most perceptive of music journalists, adds fuel to the old adage that music critics are frustrated musicians, with a single that recalls the best of The Pretenders, Mink De Ville, Television, Talking Heads and the firm flavour of New York with it's washes of jangling guitars, it's pumping rhythm and idiosyncratic vocalisation. In a word, a gem.

BARBRA STREISAND: 'Guilty' (CBS). Streisand's ability to refuse to be constricted by the boundaries that others have placed in her have led to such successful entities as the Donna Summer liaison 'Enough Is Enough' and her last experiment with Barry Gibb The shimmering seductive cooing, oohing and ahhing of the eiderdown like Bee Gee formula Is such an ear anaesthetic that anything will sound good. The voice of strident Streisand is a bonus.

THE BARRACUDAS: '(I Wish It Could Be) 1965 Again'. (Zonophone). The self-confessed worst band in the world, the first new relic of a bygone age, produce another tongue- in-cheek homage to the'era of pure pop, pure tun and good music. Their enthusiasm, wit and endearing humour still make their vision of the endless summer lar more acceptable Man the many of the faceless alternatives around

SHOCK: 'Angel Face' (RCA). The Glitter Band oldie gets a kick up the backside by the percussive bent of Rusty Egan. who, for all his many eana, is a Great vendor of rhythm, an c'-cellenl grafter of Chunky sound, en inspired DJ and a good guy to

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THE SPECIALS: 'Do Nothing' (2 -

Tone). A new, improved version of Lineal Golding's song of social frustration is given a lusher .

treatment with washes of Jerry Dammers' 'Ice Rink String Sounds' and a heavier rhythm base which does nothing to diminish a quality piece of work.

STEELY DAN: 'Hey Nineteen'

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nafterhis brief sojourn with Steely Dan to force the essence of Becker and Fagan Into the Doobles and become even more successful how Steely Dan's very infrequent dose's of sophisticated elegance has tended to follow in the trail marked out by Mike MacDonald. This trend seems even more marked on 'Hey Nineteen' but the studied cool of Becker and Fagen still gives the Dan an edge that the Doobles still only hint at,

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THE BEAT: 'Too Nice To Talk Too' (Go -Feet). I really can't muster much enthusiasm for a single that is so beautifully produced with layers and whirls of aural texture but goes nowhere beyond decoration. A disappointment.

THE dB's: 'Dynamite' (Albion). Through a punchy rhythm comes a psychedelic purple haze slur of a vocal that heralds a song that reaches no satisfying conclusion.

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result but it doesn't demand that you listen again,

BILLY PRESTON AND SYREETA: 'Please Stay' (Motown). Preston's past Includes The Beatles and The Stones, Syreeta's Is Stevie Wonder, neither of which explains the utter cloying slush of this reject from a

Broadway musical.

COMMODORES: 'Jesus Is Love' (Motown). I've said it before and I'm sure I'll have to say it again. Commodores, the world doesn't need another 'Three Times A Lady' ánd the sooner you appreciate that then us, the punters, and you can begin to find another point of contact.

WHIZZ KIDS: 'Suspect No 1' (Ovation). A spirited venture that makes all the right noises but falls

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DIRE STRAITS: 'Roble() And Juliet' fVertigo). Dire Straits have long ago orgotten about themselves and

have been too busy living other peoples lives for them It used to be JJ Cale, now It's Bruce Springsteen but they still hold themselves back prepared to satisfy others to the detriment of themselves- They'll learn.

JON ANDERSON: 'Take Your Time' (Atlantic). It's becoming more and more apparent that Anderson has lost his ability to create his illusory world with the hazy clarity he used to. Now It seems laboured, false and stodgy and drivel like this making his nirvana seem even further away

THE KORGIS: 'Rovers Return' (Rialto). It's certainly the silly

'season when mutton dressed as lamb has you reaching for the mint sauce and this Korgi's single doesn't offend as much as it should

JERMAINE JACKSON: 'Little Girl Don't You Worry' (Motown). A good groove and production is wasted on a flimsy song that meanders when the rhythm demands sharpness. But the enthusiasm displayed might carry it through.

THE DAZZ BAND: 'Shake tt Up' (Motown). Par -tee, par -tee, par -tee, par -tee. Nothing special but if you're on the dance floor already you probably won't leave but it won't inspire you to stay on for the next record.

ON THE AIR: 'Another Planet' (WEA). Poor Simon Townshend, not only is he saddled with being in the shadow of a very famous brother, he's gone and developed a style not too dissimilar to Paul Weller but without the snap and rush of the real McCoy.

CHRISTMAS FARE ELMO AND PATSY: 'Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer' (Stiff). GREG LAKE: 'I Believe In Father Christmas' (Manticore). BONEY M: 'Mary's Boy Child' (Atlantic). THE GREEDIES: 'A Merry Jingle' (Vertigo). If you exchange the birds on the last Sweet People single for a musical box you'll get the drift. Jim Davidson's rather obvious joke doesn't make this cheery affair anymore interesting despite the sleigh bells and kids. Forge) about Elmo And Palsy. While Greg Lake and The Greedier are worthy additions to the usual festive playlists


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usic business is Institutionalised nreality, a public place of hostile andness that's no doubt meant to

e pleasing. That's Entertainment. 'Where do I live on this piece of

paper?" asks Steve in 'Map of the World' from the Comsats' excellent debut, 'Waiting For A Miracle.' Where Indeed in such a place? Fortunately rather than be depressed by such places, the band seem innocently surprised by them, more bewildered than disgusted

When the word "groupies" comes up in the conversation, Steve says, "I don't know how anyone can sleep with someone they don't know." He's not being cute or puritan, he's genuinely puzzled. The Comsats' questions have a way of challenging the accepted everyday, making things come alive again, up for grabs, in question. The world glows again in their music.

Steve Fellows has difficulty expressing himself at times. It's the same difficulty that causes his eyes to squeeze together and turn Japanese onstage, while the shoulders shake and a hand steadies itself on the mike He's trying to get through, to tell the truth. But he talks with absolute openness and -an amazing humility. He seems surprised at the depth of, Interest in the Comsats and my interest In his words - "You make me sound much better than I am," he says several limes. Actually, they're much better than I can say.

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THE music business Is lull of alien languages, subtle seductions designed to take you away from yourself and make you a "rock and roll"

band, part of the Institution. The Comsats' situation Is designed to resist this. They drive home in a

station wagon after gigs rather than stay In hotels. They live and work together in a house In Sheffield: "We rehearse and improvise together every afternoon when everyone else is at work. The neighbour says her baby can't go to sleep unless we're pláying. The bass I soothing."

But touring is strange, it makes you a tourist. The Comsats have just completed a mini -tour with Captain Beefheart, a gig or two with Yellow

(Magic Orchestra and a tour of their own: "Il's hard to produce music that cares every night. We thrive on experiment and a gig every night

!drags you towards routine. Touring Is like being locked in a cage, You hardly have time to get the feel of a hall and then It's time to play. But It's funny, each time you begin the song, the feeling comes back. We play mood music and as each mood begins I can feel my way back Into it.'

Steve was fascinated by Beefheart: "Sometimes he seems like two people' he can be really nice and friendly, talking In his own private language, ranting away, and then sometimes he's like a businessman." As for Beefheart's private language, his lyrics and his

(music, Steve is alternately attracted and a little wary: "Beefheart seems to get away from meaning altogether, he makes shapes of words, He makes little wooden shapes rather than making tools, like having a guitar and polishing it

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anything that doesn't relate to people in a difect way seems useless Just a diversion."

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r music so stimulating. Private and public, individual and group are in constant dialogue in their sound. What comes out Is music that questions, music in which all four players keep their individuality while building something great. The Comsats' ability's to keep the parts and their sum in view, The result nags in an interesting rather than irritating manner, Steve sings about being caught, tense, between independence and community, the ,

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special ability is to pit their private world, their desire to exist inside themselves, against the outside world and all' Its unreal languages. Yet they evade the problem of floating oft into oblivion like monkey pilots by keeping a dialogue with the world, by staying curious. And they play short pop songs with strong melodies, that are love stings as much as anybody's and make the ,dance

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;the real story, so we will never understand. ' Steve sees the charactefas a fanatic: "The thing about all cults or beliefs, they each claim to be the one and don't allow for any others. They all claim to

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which the world entwines us. 'Baby' is aboullovers' language and all language by extension, "Don't

iwanna be your baby, don',t wanna have to. crawl for you You wrap me up in Chinese feel, The clothes I

wear, they make me wee Tonight Steve is in a talkative

mood. The video is on in the hotel room showing 'The Wild Geese'. It's an immensely bloody film and It

keeps sucking our eyes towards It,

drawing us in against our will. They make me weep. One review accused the Comsats of playing bedsit music like early Al Stewart, a cheap shot at the inward quality of some of the music: "I don't think our songs are despairing. What I'm hoping is that we're making music that's similar to

psalms, that has that same uplifting quality. I keep trying to write 'happy' songs but they come out sounding silly."

Andy Peake is a little drunk. He is the band's keyboard player and back-up singer ("he's a much better singer than I am but I somehow can't relate to somebody else singing my words," says Steve). He wonders about the DJ's downstairs, still partying away: "They're meant to sound all happy on the radio but there they are having such a desperate'good time' - they all seem to be privately depressed. I

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you can't escape from yourself. When I write I try to ask myself what do I really think? I don't want to go on about myself but I have to write

l about what I see. I can't write about somebody else. But I've got a sign on the wall at home that says 'NO I'S' and I'm frying to live by It."

This is the tension that gets the Comsats' going: Steve arguing with his introspection and all the external systems that try to make him their own. At the moment the Comsats'

tare on the outside, their curiosity [shows up the world They're keeping their independence. They've signed with Polydor In the belief that a major label can offer as much freedom as an independent. "Look at the limitations of the

(Factory label where every band is produced by Martin Hannett who has that house sound. I guess our main direction is to keep our own base and not to owe money to other people so we can remain In charge. One day we want our own studio."

The Comsats' music has the spirit and the feeling. The songs are based around a figure, often around Mic Glaisher's individual drumming 'that plays with the melody as much as the beat. Long bass lines and keyboard phrases intersect and then Steve's guitar emerges from the dialogue to make a statement and then retire. And over the top, Steve's flat caring voice.

The Comsat Angels make nonher English music. It takes Place in a cold landscape where ' The air is freezing and the grass is like wire In between the trees." In laces like Rotherham where people wait for

Imiracies and "nothing happens," where lovers "live together on our own." This is where we live now and the Comsats' music Is engaged in a dialogue with our lives that illuminates them and gives them back to us enlivened. Any other band would just pass over. f'

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Some parts of this album are good_ and others are bloody awful, it's really as simple as that. But it's not the four sides of utter tedium I

expected after hearing gross stories of Big Mac's less than inspiring run at Wembley.

Travelling to Japan, we kick off with 'Monday Morning', cute and wholesome as an episode of "The Waltons," It's good to see Mick Fleetwood with more room to express himself than in the studio and he thoroughly enjoys himself, wacking everybody up the backside should they falter.

'Say You Love Me' spoils the continuity, badly hacked out and with the impact of a wet lettuce dropped from 50 feel The old faithful 'Rumours' track 'Dreams' certainly improves the pace and 'Oh Well' keeps faith with the original. Nicely gritty throughout, although the vocals seem well spent for a time. Never mind, the track still, has the excitement of a devil worshipping ceremony in Highgate Cemetery at midnight. Yes, it's time for some of that wholesome Fleetwood Mac hearts and flowers with 'Over And Over'. All wet eyes and broken relationships, that live, seems to have even more poignanacy Pity they didn't run this back to back with 'For You:, which sadly isn't on the album.

'Sara' Is the real jewel of the first album with Nicks, that little queen of the night, displaying a voracious vocal appetite. Next up, comes the stinkingly awful 'Not that funny' (which was pretty bad as a studio track) followed by 'Never Going Back'. A monumental double live blunder especially 'Never Going Back' with much vocal howling, 'Landslide' is also surprisingly boring.

'Fireflies' finds Mac amongst family and friends and it's a cosy little track before the sharpness of 'Over My Head', 'Rhiannon' was recorded in London and fairs remarkably better than 'Landslide'. 'Don't Let Me Down Again' and 'One More Night' come across as mere time fillers until the real mega cut 'Gíi Your Own Way' is finally brought out. It lives up to your expectations and more with a long intro and a lot of audience encouragement Obviously they have to follow it up with 'Don't Stop' and both tracks provide the most exhilarating moments of the album. Rounding things oft is 'I'M So Afraid' and 'The Farmer's Daughter' lovingly dedicated to Beach Boy, Brian Wilson.

A patchy album: herewith enough good moments to make Committed Mac fans slap down their cash, +++

PETER CRISS: 'Out Of Control' (Mercury 6302 065) By Malcolm Dome EVERY TIME I hear of a drummer going solo, I expect any subsequent album to be replete with jungle juice tub -thumping and ritualisation, Well, in the case of Peter Criss, nothing could be further from the truth, as on his first individual project since

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What's on offer here Is a competent, professional, and entertaining (if rarely inspired) mixture, including ballads with string arrangements ('By Myself'), ballads without strings ('Feel Like Letting Go'), soft -centred rock'n'rollers ('In Trouble'), songs about love ('I Found Love') and sex ('There's Nothing Better') and a cover of 'You Better Run' that compares favourably with Toronto's version on 'Lookin' For Trouble', if a mite slower, fatterand more deliberate in,

execution All in all, Criss unmasked will

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male Sheena Easton, however lavish the production? +++.

VARIOUS ARTISTS: 'Running In Mazes' (Circle In The Square CITS 001) By Ronnie Gurr THE PROBLEM here is glaringly obvious. Scotland (God bless her), at this moment In time has higher musical standards in all musical fields than any part of these sceptered isles Unfortunately its nearest point to the increasingly vacuous metropolis is some four hundred miles or so.

Since the days of Stone The Crows, Nazareth, Average Whites ante Cado Belle the fact that such sterling stuff was at such a distance was real drag city. However, the fact that bands had to, and still have to, haul their dole subsidised bodies and decrepit gear to the hornee -of the hits in order to play showcases that amount to toilets, Is not only tragically destructive to real talent but is corporately disgusting

Here we have the worm turning. 'Running In Mazes' does not purport 10 be a tartan 'Best Off'; It would be a fool who could attempt to compile the definitive collection of all that's coming to the boil north of the. border. Instead this is a showcase for some of the acts that have

passed through Glasgow's Ca Va studios

Willie Gardner, late of the much lamented Zones, opens with 'Autocrat' whereon fellow Glaswegian popsters Modern Man provide back-up. It's a magnificently proud, heavily synthesiser laden work; surprising considering Gardner's reputation as a flash guitar man This boy is a true star and a sadly missed talent of real merit. More please. Soon. Liberty Bodice suffer In Gardner's wake. Nice middle section and sustained guitar though the lyrics of 'Mummy And Daddy , their piece here, are trite to say the least. Science are Billy Mclsaac and Kenny Hyslop, former Zones Playmates of Gardner and 'Wipe Out is their electronic version of the Surlarl's biggie of yore. Passable candy floss, but really they must try harder to match the pop sensibility that Mclsaac Is capable of producing himself, with their microchip tendencies. Mclsaac again surfaces on The No Entry Band's 'FC Years'. Here he plinks on the planner with an Abba like vengance. Great stuff. The Minutes tick alongwith the intriguingly titled 'Linda (sed To Be A Man)'. Merely average with nice plinking on chorus. For the American second division methinks. The Guinea Pigs after some neat guitar interplay on 'Pylons', a folk based work perhaps, Ho hum,

Side two finds The Titles (aren't these names awful?) doing 'Doctor Doctor' (aren't thest titles awful?). A compact little song that Sounds like Paul McCartney duetting with Jon Anderson, Not bad. The Cuban Heels, old diehards of le scene Ecosse, whip up some RIB fervour with 'Modern Girl' Worth looking out for as I believe they have moved on to better musical pastures since this was done 'Microscope' from The Hollow Men is again middling with a singer who I feel dearly wants to be Peter Perrett Root 2, who have two tracks here, Come on strong with the most technically competent songs. 'Peggy' sports lovely horns and glides along in the reggae soul vein

Finally Zoom Lens wind things down with the title track. Massively fat power chords mingle with weedy organ_ Could be the new Spandau

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Ballet (already!). Not a work then of any great lasting merit but they probably wouldn't want it any other way. + + + +

XDREAMYSTS: 'XDreamysts" (Polydor 2442181) By Philip Hall WE'VE GOT a strange mob here. With their long hair and embarrassed poses on the album Cover, XDreamysts look like a band of hard rock refugees.

Instead their debut album turns out to be a minor gem fee of pure, uncontaminated pop songs. 'XDreamysts' is similar In feel to Elvis's 'My Aim Is True' album, Both contain an air of unconcerned musical detachment. In XDreamsts' case it sounds as though they've been cut off from the music scene for the last few years, They make geñuinely lightweight pop music wlthout'ever sounding contrived or sell-concious.

Unlike most modern pop groups they don't speed through their songs, instead they take their time and allow their melodies to stand up on their own two chords.

'Stay The Way You Are' and 'Silly Games' are calm acoustic pop songs with hints of Smokie about them. The band's charm continues throughout the album with songs like 'Money Talks' and 'One In Every Crowd' containing Instantly direct melodies which reminded me of a non-alcoholic rockplie.

The band do occasionally let rip, as on 'Bad News' and 'City Girl', and in many ways these fasten songs aren't as attractive as XDreamysts' more restrained moments + + ++

DR HOOK: 'Rising' (Mercury 6302 076)

"By Ronnie Gurr DR HOOK, I've always felt, are a walking disaster looking for an area to happen In. This time around the band surface on Mercury, and just in time for mum's Christmas pressle too. As you can imagine, Mercury must have paid not inconsiderably for the Hook's collective services.

For their trouble and cash, the label gain a massive slice of the market and the kind of simpering nonsense that will make Capitol s 'Greatest Hits' such a devastating success. With folks that like simpering nonsense y'understand.

No surprises then. Dr Hook remain on the rails and arrive solidly - (or is that stolidly?) at the heart of thelemarket. 'Rising' for what it's worth is an excellently recorded and produced work Artistically, however, this is dire stuff Dr Hook now need the Medicine Show more than ever. Should have turned platinum by tomorrow. + +

CHRIS SPEDDING: 'I'm Not Like Anyone Else' (Rak SRAK 542). By Mick Mercer ALL I remember Chris Spedding for is that old single 'Motorbiking'. Quite what he s done since then I neither know nor care. For now he is just a singer with his guitar, a

man within a band. He leads his fellow minstrels

through tunes old and new, alternating between total boredom (oldies) and eerie attraction (originals) that clearly illustrate his problem. They'chug antiseptically through songs "blessed" with what he calls ' a boogie beat", which in reality is loud pop that seldom give the listener much trouble. Insubstantial, Is the word.

It's a right old hotch patch. with varying styles and rates of success The finest moment is 'Musical Press', a semi -bitter attack on journalistic habits, where he rants and raves a tiny amount. Not too shocking of course.

Nothing in particular overwhelms me I confess, but my mother thinks It enchanting! + + +

CITY BOY: 'Heads Are .Rolling' (Vertigo 6359 024) By Philip Hall CITY BOY obviously have a lot of belief in themselves. After live years' struggle they've still not given up the hard fight for recognition. In fact 'Heads Are Rolling' is one of their strongest, and most commercial efforts to date.

It's an overproduced, pomp -pop album which Is obviously aimed at the lucrative American market, fortunately the overboard arrangements bring the best out of the mature songs, Though the band rely heavily on high-pitched keyboards and tight-trousered harmonies their clever songs still contain a surprising amount of glossy energy about them,

'Mr Shoes', 'Bloody Sunday', and the delightfully commercial 'Change In The Weather' show oft City Boy's immense songwriting talents These are relined rock songs which Continue to surprise by the'way they take a simple melody and build it up into a lush dreamy rock sound

If ELO, Kansas, and Boston can make a fortune out of blown -out pop music then there's no reason why City Boy shouldn't be equally successful. They prove here that they are capable of making music which is fresh, and highly unfashionable, I respect City Boy's determined talent and hope that their perfectionist approach will at fast reap the rewards that are long overdue to them, + + + +

ROCK RELICS DEEP PURPLE: 'Deep Purple In Concert' (EMI SHOW 412) By Malcolm Dome I'M CONVINCED that each time a Deep Purple To Reform'? (the question mark is obligatory) story appears, the EMI moguls rub their hands with glee So long as the lads don't blow it by actually coming together, there's an enormous market for outtakes and reissues of Purple prose Following the release of 'Deepest Purple' and 'New, Live, And Rare Vol 3', comes this live jive archive double Sadly, this does no more than hint at the innovative influences the men from the Deep had upon the metallic brigádes Culled front two BBC 'In Concert' recordings made by the Mark II version (for many, THE line-up) this is an unbalanced, unwieldy package possessed of only the occasional whisper of that interlocking rhythmic plasma which so engulfed Purple's greatest live performances

The first record comes from an early Seventies session and features an almost plodding 'Speed King', a lengthy instrumental workout In 'Wring That Neck' (lifted out of the ordinary by some deft organic manipulations by Lord(, plus yet another version of 'Child In Time (with Gillan's voice strangely straining and lacking the passion of Osaka in August '72, as captured on 'Made In Japan') and 'Mandrake Root' In it's messiest state

The second record is a mid '72 exercise, rather less ravaged by the passage of time and intermingles competent action replays of 'Strange Kind Of Woman. 'Lazy' and 'Space Truckin' with the near -boogie of 'Never Before', which sutlers from a marked degree of looseness plus a splendid snort at the ripping riff of 'Highway Star' and a glorious, dam-bustin' run- through of 'Lucille , as Blackmore ejaculates a sharply simplistic yet characterful fluidity and Gillan retches and growls with all the subtlety of a gang of hoodlums.

Such a pity, then, that 'Highway Star' and 'Lucille' are rare moments of rare energy, verve and drive and ultimately 'In Concert' Is no more than e partially embarrasing relic to a bygone age when the quality of a song wa- measured in length rather than content and heavy metal wan more fashionably known as progressive rock +.r +


DINKUM DEVOTO MAGAZINE: PliVirlIfitilft V2184) By Ronnie Gurr IN WHICH Magazine mark time magnificently. Recorded live in Melbourne Festival Hall in Australia, 'Play highlights the fact that Magazine now sound as ft playing live is an enjoyable experience. At times one can almos hear the joy. Even hear Howie allowing himself the luxury of a wry smile. t Time was. when Magazine in their quest to be earnest, wandered off the path slightly. After the magnificent debut of 'Real Life' things got morose on 'Secondhand Daylight', an album which found Devoto not so much wrapped up in himself more wrapped into himself. Then with 'The Correct Use

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purl le the latter album being promoted live. The result Is polished, funky but chic and a marvellous gift for the Brits who weren't lucky enough to catch the last relaxed world tour. 'Give Me Everything' opens and at once thrusts bass man Barry Adamson to the forethough in no way should that detract from the all round ' strength In depth that the bend possess. John Doyle's drumming perfectly complements the skills of his rhythm section partner. Dave Formula's keyboard layering, ranging from the gorgeous organ flourishes on the opening back to the jazz tinged piano work out on 'A Song From Under The Floorboards' Is exemplary throughout New guitarist Robin Simon Eel much follows the groundwork set by John MCGeoch and I look forwardhto seeing his obvious talents asserting themselves on future studio work. Howard Devoto Is Howard Devoto, cracking enigmatic lines with e vengeance ('Model Worker' sports a line about Reagan and 'Parade' has the puzzling "positioning line). 'Floorboards' is a magnanimous high here and alter a -severe edit there's ¡Permafrost' which pales slightly in the wake of the former track. Still there's a masterful guitar solo over wailing bass sighs then straight Into ' 'The Light Pours Out Of Me' and 'Model Worker'. The lyrics were analysed on the release of 'Soap', this time we should be content to take the whole as an empassioned dance album. The heighf of content in this medium should be Sly Stone's 'Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)', and under Adamson's forceful playing and direction, it indeed is. A great live album then that closes the first volume of the Magazine. Fair dinkum I believe the phrase is.

THE YOBS: 'The Yobs Christmas Album' (Safari RUDE 1) By Frank Plowright DON'T THE album releases around Christmas make you want to puke? Every year it's the same old

collection of 20 greatest hits from someone who hasn't had a hit in a year. In recent years the only decent'Yuletide releases have been by the Barron Knights, but now we have the Yobs (alias The Boys) Christmas album.

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'White Christmas'? Or 'Jingle Bells' as Public Image would play it, Other (racks Include a Nazi version of 'Silent Night', various British immigrants singing 'We Wish You a Merry Christmas' and the evocative realism of 'Ballad Of The Warrington', concerning the poignant plight of two night travellers caught in a blizzard while making for the pub.

The rest of the tracks fall Into two categories: standards, speeded up with a threshing guitar backing, or with altered lyrics. II your mind approaches the cesspit quality of mine 'The Twelve Days of r Christmas' will have you rolling on the floor and If it doesn't 'Rub A Dum Dum' and 'Sliver Bells' make great pop songs.

Somehow I can't see this being compared to the Phil Spector Christmas album in years to come, but it's a good tun album at C1.99, good value,+ + + +

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JUDY MOWATT: 'Black Woman' (Island ILPS 9649) By Mark Cooper THIS ALBUM Is an explicit statement of spirituality and of strength - a black woman's survival The title offers the record as a statement and the contents bear it out. This Is a self -produced album employing a famous mixture of sessioneers who never swamp the singer's clear vision. As a result, the cliches of reggae are avoided and the album burns with a personal intensity employed In the often mutally exclusive causes of women and rastafarl.

Judy Mowatt Is a member of the (- Threes. In the song 'Joseph' she - offers explicit thanks to Bob Marley for his help and inspiration. The song opens with flutes and brass, pure easy listening soul and then Judy's voice comes in, immediately

personal and confident. By the end bf the song, she appears to be _

offering Marley thanks and reassurance and apologies. "We're not here to cast you down," she assures him. Later, in 'Sisters' Chant' she requests of Jah and that he 'let the sisters walk with thee.' There is a sense of womanly pride throughout the record.

Like all soul singers, Judy sings about liberation, She uses the moods, styles and vocabularies of gospel and Aretha's Atlantic sixties soul to offer a call to spiritual arms. Much of the material is written by ludy but there Is a particularly

compelling version of the old Wailers' classic, 'Concrete Jungle.' A dark mood of introspection surrounds the song as Judy sings "Still I'm not free I know I'm bound here In captivity ,1 Too often reggae albums offer a spiritual vocabularly with tired singers trotting out truisms. On this record the faith comes alive again, is fell personally,

VELLO: 'Solid Pleasure' (Ralph YL8059L - B) By Richard Newson VELLO IS the latest signing to the adventurous Ralph Records and 'Solid Pleasure' is the band's debut album. A Three piece from Switzerland, Vello are heavily involved with electronics, and draw from a number of influences, the most obvious being Tangerine Dream and Kraftwerk.

Side one kicks off with 'Bimbo', a straightforward pop song with lashings of satisfying'fun electronic sounds. 'Bimbo' deserves a far larger audience in its single form than it's currently getting

The Tangs' feel ís present in 'Night Flanger', and there are also some keyboards straight out of the Floyd's final moment of glory, 'Sheep' Guitars wail mournfully as Dieter Meier sings, "I'm turning on de lights" in his Swiss accent.

'Magneto' Is a depressing piece that destroys the album's continuity. Monks chant eerily and airport PA systems and sounds of running feel are also heard. Not much tun.

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On those pop songs the subject matter was sufficiently obtruse for the listener to suspect that there was something more behind M. The name of the band is pretty mysterious, for a start, and Its mentor Robin Scott gives the image further credence. And on the second album, It's your worst fears confirmed, to borrow an advertising slogan. That Is your worst fears if, in your heart of hearts, you were hoping for another poppy album with hit singles on the side. '

ANGEL CITY: 'Darkroom' (Epic EPC 84502) By Malcolm Dome

IN THE dark, a thousand shadowy influences whisper their wares. In the dark, the living deal give up their egos to the chimes of doom. In the dark ... Angel City come on like a five - man thrashaboogie missionary force.

As you should have gathered by now, these Angels have ascended from the sonic throne - room down under, simply to raise a little hell and they choose to do It through a solid core of well - framed riffs that, although bringing to mind AC/DC, avoid the trap of 'soundalike convenience' and, indeed prove to have a substantially surprising sting in their armoury.

'No Secrets', the opening track, sets the scenario for what follows Built around a simplistic, thudding tempo, the song is embellished by the quick - paced guitars of the brothers Brewster, as rasping vocalist Doc Neeson incants some stranely dementold lyrics telling the tale of "Amanda the actress" who "walks like a pharoah, dresses in day - glo" yet "Late at night .

let's you discover the smile she keeps". It all reads'more like Gore Vidal than the Beano and the entire album pits disposable, light - hearted boogie boons against gloom - time verbiage. So, 'Ivory Stairs' warns that "They got you dancing to a gallows tune" as the atmosphere is filled with slaughterhouse - sensitive rhythms, while 'Wasted Sleepless Nights I Darkroom' re- creates the scent of mid - sixties psycho - pop siphoned through an eighties hard - rock whirlpool. reflecting such lines as "Take vellum and arithmetic, take a

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So's you know, 'Working For The Corporation' offers the most memorable and probably the most Infuriating tune, whistled of all things by Scott and his cronies; 'Joie. The Party' has the cleverest lyrics, playing on the political / goodtlming ambiguity of the title; but songs like your Country Needs You and 'Maniac' have vocal tracks which are just too aggressive and charmless. Having established one thing - on the title of their big hit of '79 -M now seem to be striving for another, political credibility. Muzik isn't the medium for It, and though their ability's still obvious, it's abused here. + + +

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So when the 'Darkroom`cometh, dare you ignore it's compelling bawl of the defiled? + + + +

RITA MARLEY: Who Feels It Knows It (Trident TLP 001) By Mark Cooper RITA Is the last of the I -Threes to come up with a solo effort This Is possibly because she was working with the entire Kingston Mafia to make the record; all of Marley's and Tosh's bands are here and the best of the rest, a total of approximately 30 musicians That the music has a consistent flavour is due to Rita herself and the fact that these musicians do have a corporate sound.

Rita has a lough, cheeky voice that somehow reminds me of Millie and 'My Boy Lollipop' but there's an obvious maturity In her singing, a brimming, glistening quality that is almost night club seductive. Titles like 'Play, Play' and 'Easy Sailing' (this one finishing with sailing "effects") give you an indication of the mood of the record, a slow summer celebration- The weakness is that little 01 the material has any melodic depth, the only obvious exceptions being the title track and Bob's 'Thank You Jah' which has an insidious horn rift

The other disappointment (and this Is possibly a white Ian's concern) is that the songs do not discuss Rita's position as a woman in Rasta as Judy Mowali's recent release began to do. Father Jab dominates the lyrics and a woman, we are told. "is the mirror of her man." Rita's failure to discuss her

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A consumers' guide to the Xmas compilations: MIKE NICHOLLS hands out the carol sheet

WHAT WITH JC's birthday coming up, the compilation cowboys are mix 'n' matching more seriously than ever. Leading the field is Polygram whose Polystar label has come up with three very realistic contenders. Mind you, they need to be, the amount their respective TV advertising campaigns are costing.

First up Is 'The Hilmakers - 18 original hit tracks by 18 chart topping artists' (Polystar HOP TV I) which whacks together crackers by such unlikely bedfellows as Van Morrison, Jean Michel Jerre, Duo, Gabriel, the Rats, Rosy and Rainbow and in doing so leaves a confusing taste

More homogenous is 'Sixties Flashback' (Polystar EYE TV 3) which unmines diamonds like The ' Herd's 'I Don't Want Our Loving To Die' and The Pretty Things' 'Don't Bring Me Down' as well as more predictable stuff such as The Tornados 'Telstar' Thunderclap Newman's 'Something In The Air' and The Shangri - La's Leader Of The Pack', none of which are likely to have seen their last compilation album.

Also here are gems from The Zombies, Small Faces and The Walker Brothers, not to mention Julie Driscoll, Whose 'This Wheel's On Fire' is duplicated on their third in the series. 'It Ain't Me Babe - Great Artists Sing The Songs Of Bob Dylan' Polystar) whose main surprise is that this wizard prang wasn't dreamed up earlier.

Ever since The Byrds unwittingly bridged the gap between rock and folk by recording 'Mr Tambourine Man', anyone who's anybody has done a Dylan song or two and the other 13 here range from the excellent to the downright duff. In the latter category come 'Rock Machine' kindred spirits Spirit's feeble 'Like A Rolling Stone' not to mention Melanie's stomach -

churning 'Lay Lady Lay' Preferable are Ferry's tab 'A Hard

Rain's Gonna Fall', Fairport Convention's Classic 'Si Tu Dots Partir' and Rod's melting 'Girl 01 The North Country'. Such adjectives Could also reasonably describe Jimi Hendrix's 'All Along The Watchtower' which you may or may not care joining me in nominating the finest rock 'n' roll cover version of all time.

Another TV promoted potential mega -sella is Dr Hook's 'Greatest Hits' (Capitol EST 26037) a self explanatory series of titles your mum would like notwithstanding the finely threaded dry humour Darts have 81sá had a quietish year but their 'Greatest Hits' (Magnet MAGL 5037) will be another biggie, boasting Daddy Cool', 'The Boy From New York City' and the superb 'Don't Let It Fade Away' amongst others.

Following the ground - breaking (!) 'Bandits At 10 o'clock', 101 Records puts out 'Live At The 101 - Warts 'n' All (Polydor 2478137) which features two cuts apiece from acts that have played the, popular Clapham dive,

These include The Deaf Aids whose 'Heroes' is as great as both the Philip Gayle songs, Otherwise there's little to recommend it, not even the much - touted Thompson Twins who fall to impress entirely.

Flogging cows now Is the company which previously restricted this activity to dead horses. 'Cash Cows' (Virgin MILK I (very witty)) features a song apiece from artists as diverse as Japan and Gillen, The Human League and Kevin Coyne, The Ruts and Captain'Beetheart, all for the princely sum of £1.15, presumably available from mega - stores everywhere.

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For the more industrially - minded, welcome to'Wanna Buy A Bridge?' (Rough Trade ROUGH US 3) a collection of that label's singles - for America! Not so bizarre bizarre, actually, since Stiff Little Fingers (Alternative Ulster'), Spizz ('Soldier Soldier') and The Raincoats have all successfully gigged over there. It is probably hoped that Young Marble Giants, Delta 5 and Cabaret Voltaire will do likewise, so good luck to the label who have included withthis package a swell map showing my own door step.

From the sublime to the rid'Gulous - '20 Christmas Classics' (Willa Motown STMR 90131 a horrendously sentimental selection of rubbish courtesy of Diana Ross, The

'Temptations, Jackson 5 and even Stevie Wonder and Smokey Robinson. Pass Diana's going to cop for further royalties this Xmas with Diana Ross And The Supremes 'Early Years 1961-64' (Motown STMR) 9008) which includes early classics 'Where Did Our Love Go' and 'Baby Love' as well as stuff which was never released here.

Marvin Gaye didn't happen here In a big way until 1969 with '1 Heard It Through The Grapevine' so most of the material on this 'Early Years 1961-64' Motown STMR) will be unfamiliar to the majority Worth its weight in coke, sorry, platinum, is 'Can I Get A Witness' which Dylan apparently played over and over again all night while writing 'Mr Tambourine Man'.

Another legend - James Brown - has rarely come across as the most modest soul (geddit?) and 'Live - Hot On The One' (Polydor 2683 093) is no exception, the sex machine spending most of the first side assuring us what a star he is on this two - for - the - price - of - one double.

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Pale in comparison is 'The Three Degrees - 'Gold" (Epic 22110) even if the Philly sound did seem acceptable in the boring mid seventies. Polydor's double - back series Continues apace with Barbara Dickson 'Answer Me' / 'Morning Comes Quickly' (RSO Super 2394188) though their big Xmas money spinner will be Sham '69 'The First The Best And The Last' (Polydor 2383 596).

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There's no reason at all to cut yourself off from making new friends and contacts with other people who don't share your sexuality. Don't turn down invitations or possible social activities lust because the person who suggest going out somewhere isn't gay. You can still be friends.

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No one is perfect, and as far as human dimensions are concerned there Is no such reality as perfection. Bear in mind that someone with even a.classically beautiful face may have spots down there where it doesn't show.

FOUND OUT I'M 17 and am going out with a boy of the same age. We love each other very much, but the problem Is my mum. When she found out about us, she was angry and told me not to see him or have anything more to do with him, as he's no good, She knows his parents, and says they let their children do what they like.

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iL WONDERFUL WARBLE Same drill as last week, get the formalities over and done with and then on to the news and views of you the public at large. First off it's this week's dispatch from the wilds of Stoke-on-Trent ...

WARBLE I BELIEVE I heard the first cuckoo of the year today. While listening to a delightful tune on Radio Two Pm sure I heard a Cuckoo in the distance, as well as a couple of other birds. The song was appropriately called 'Et Les Olseaux Chanlent' which means, as I'm sure you know, 'And The Birds Were Singing'. I also heard a redstart, a starling and a willow warbler. I think t heard a grebe and was that a lesser spotted white bellied held sparrow I heard? A mtstle thrush sang merrily in the distance battling against the raucous sound of a rook.. A brook was tinkling Its winding way to sea and birds could be heard washing in the pool formed' by the old lightening struck tree, forming a natural bridge for the rabbits, sniffing and hopping, unconscious to the tact that Margaret Thatcher is Prime Minister. The sun threw shafts of light through the trees and a fly buzzed idly around ... Paul Humphreys, the least famous person in Stoke - on - Trent. Me? I woke this morning with the soot caked grime of my window blocking out the dark greyness of the thunderstorm outside. The sweet harmony of the pneumatic drill pierced my post alcoholic haze like a thermal lance and made my guts wretch. The air was tilled with the caustic odour of stale bigarettes and essence of giraffe. My bread and condensed milk sandwiches had congealed whiie,the fifes gorged themselves to the hilt. After experiencing such'heaven my day could only get worse ... And it did

LASSIE'S LESSON So what If Paula Yates is a bitch, so' was Lassie, and look where It got hers John Connolly, The hall -wit of New Barnet.

HALF WIT Most people would regard you as a real wit Mailman, me, I'd say you were half (hat. John Connolly, New Barnet.

GAG WHAT do you get if you knot the Nine O'Clock News'? Angela Ribbon, great gag huh? A Cortina Anna Ford, New Barnet.

CHAS IF that bird does marry Prince Charles then maybe she could get Les Dawson to teach her a few of his mother -In-law gags. John Connolly, The wit of New Bernet. And finally ... GETTING killed Is a once in a lifetime experience. John Connolly, New Barnet And now back to the letters.

NO PHOTO AFTER flicking through the November 22nd issue I saw that there was no photo of the Star Choice and I was disgustedii was Bernadette Nolan's choice and she is my favourite Nolan. So it you want to keep one of your two readers please print a photo of her as she will make your page look a lot better than ever. Thank you.

A Nolans fan from Liverpool. PS I think I deserve an LP token for owning up to being a Nolans fan. I think you need treatment.

TOGETHER I HAD a dream last night. I saw all the different groups of music fans standing together. I saw punks, mods, skins, heavies, soulies, teds, and more living together without fighting or slagging off the other types of music They stood together and became one force to be reckoned with They became so strong that they brought the music Industry to its knees and then forced it to,repent and It improved and made them happy. They crushed the music press and made them do Its job properly There was no more fighting, no letters and comments slagging groups, singles and types of music, No letters and slogansproclaimjng a certain.group or singer as the best. And across the sky was emblazed three words, FREEDOM OF MUSIC. Why can't my dream come true? Why must the different factions fjght? Let's join together and fight the common enemy and win. FREEDOM OF MUSIC before its too late. Peanut, Maidstone, Kent. Wouldnit it be boring if you couldn't dislike some music? Would you know "what good music was if it was all good? Isn't the fact that you can like and dislike the music the true freedom of music? Isn't It all tun, the knocking, the slagging,,the adoration, the worshipping, the clans? Why put me out of a job? Thank God, you woke up!

NO KILLER I WONDER If listening to Phil Lynott's 'Killer On The Loose' could have sparked off the Yorkshire Rippers latest killing. The BBC has banned records in the past - Judge Dread, for example - for supposedly obscene lyrics. 'Killer On The Loose' has the most obscene lyrics I have ever heard In my life. Andy Liddle, London N11. I THOROUGHLY agree with ladies from 'The Woman's Centre' on the Thin Lizzy song 'Killer On Thé Loose'. I'm pretty much a sexist as most male teenagers who are into heavy metal but I reckon the Thin Lizzy single was/is pretty sick. Alter all, it must be pretty shit for the parents of girls who were killed by a phychopathic murderer I rapist to think that people are glorifying the horror of It, The bastard who is killing these girls Is probably getting a big, thrill out of the fame provided by sexism and machismo that's gotten out of hand in this case John Manwell, Oakinglon, Cambridgeshire. WHAT a load of verbal diarrhoea from a bunch of stupid cows The Yorkshire Ripper does not rape but murder and would encourage no one but a moron, Why have you not kicked up a fuss about, 1) 'Kill The Poor' - Dead Kennedy's 2) 'Euthanasia' - Tygers Of' Pan Tang. Mr Lynott and co are earning a living and how they do It is up to them, just like prostitutes. I, for one have

ught the record and I also hope it gets to Number One. C Smith. Interestingly enough the last letter

was the only one without a lull name and address which says more about the opinion than the actual words used. Secondly, John Manwell, you don't have to affix a label of sexist to yourself to observe common decency and know that Mr Lynott's song does, however inadvertently, glorify a ' person who has been using women as a pawn in a battle of wills between himself and society.

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crushed In the stampede to get picked.

A BIT OF RIBBING WHY doesn't your Assistant Editor pack up her bags and join Spare Ribs, instead of boring my tits off spouting her own crusade everyllme she puts pen to paper. I pick up Record Mirror and I find the Motels interview has been written by her and, no sooner has she got inside (Our walls with the group than she accuses a bloke of being a chauvinist because he asks his girlfriend to pull her skirt over,her knees. Then she wonders why"our relationship went cool to frostbite." We are in danger of having a slanging Instead of an Interview, and anything Interesting the chastised guitarist might have said has been totally lost because of Auntie Ros's totally Irrelevant remark. So what have you got? A free plug for Miss Russell's pet subject, an uncooperative Interviewee and a lousy interview as the end product. Quite honestly she isn't doing her job and the person who subbed her story (If anyone did) shoula have told her so Yours faithfully, someone who knows where Spare Rib is, if he wants to read it, and is of,the'male sex (as if it mattered). Deer unfortunate male person with tits - Tint McGovern's remark about the skirt was part of an evening of similar behaviour. If you Want the truth reported, then read it. If you want fairy tales, read Hans Christian Andersen. RR.

JAM ON IT. I HAVE been moved to put pen to paper by The Jam concert at Bingley Hall In Birmingham. The Jam are perhaps Britain's best band, Paul, Bruce and Rick are extremely talented and they continue to produce good music but the Birmingham concert was not good enough. Despite the audience enthusiasm and applause the band seemed as though they were just - doing another recording session and II It wasn't for a polite, "Thanks, la" we wouldn't have known that they knew we were there. Perhaps it was because they were too concerned with promoting the album (which took up most of the set) to make sure they collect their 'Pretty Green'. Are they really different now and are they saying as their excuse that 'That's Entertainment' or are they just feeling the effect of commercialism? Your album review says "and the multitude were

satisfied", with the music, yes, but with the attitude they showed at the concert, no way. Phil the Mod, Birmingham. Feeling the effect of commercialism? Don't make me laugh! The Jam are one of the few bands left in this green and unpleasant land that haven't made many concessions to the great god commercialism. Remember their music Is for you to like or dislike as you please but it's their's.

COME OFF IT IS it true that Diana Ross's new single Is really a gay lib anthem? Frank Burns, Seaforth, Liverpool. This organ will never be a recepticle for cheap gags, away with you young sir!

SILLY BLEEDER WHAT ever happened to the King Of The Nosebleeds? The legendary JT, Netherton,

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FAB I BOUGHT a copy of your paper today and thought I would let you knew my opinion. Well, I think it's just what a pop fan needs these days! I'm going to buy it for my daughter (8) every week from now on. It's easy to read, no bad language and none of the untrue "gossip" so many other papers write about. So well done, from a slightly older teenager. Mrs A S Barking, Hallwbrth, Essex. Our faces are a -blush with modesty.

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MIDLE URE leans over the balcony of a New York night club. He's watching

a below average performance by The Spectres, fronted by fellow ex -Rich Kid Glenn Matlock. Never devoid of an imaginative question, I ask him what he thinks.

I'm glad I joined Ultravox." he mutters by way of response.

Nevertheless. there are no shortage of local luminaries who have come downtown to watch Glenn's group which Is on the verge of signing "a major American record deal", in the audience are Ctem Burke and Frank Infante of Blondie, not to mention a surprisingly healthy -looking Johnny Thunders, and Chris Cross, one of the founder members of Ultravox.

The set finishes at about three o'clock In the morning and we all slope back - stage. Glenn and Midge are immediately friendly and a

unanimous decision is made to repair to the Mudd Club. Though not as hip as it was a year ago - le we all effortlessly glide in without paying - the Mudd is still a useful hang . out for lost and lonely British boys seeking solace in an alien city. Frank Infante obligingly agrees to make up one of several four - somes and some happy. it temporary, partnerships are made

In fact. Ultravox thrive on this sort of thing The only reason remaining members Billy Currie and Warren Cann haven't joined us on the town is that they're "otherwise indisposed" Actually. Midge put it rather more succinctly but his precise description doesn't bear repeating in Record Mirror

Furthermore he for was it Chris?) was laughing on the other side 01

his face when a recent old flame came to visit him back - stage at his own gig the following night when he was still enjoying the attentions of that morning's conquest

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This Is the band's third American jaunt In less than two years and although during that time Ultravox have only recorded one album, for reasons which will become clear. each member of the group has also been involved in other time and energy consuming projects (apart horn the opposite sex).

"We need a month off to get away from each other." explains Warren Cann, the groups Canadian drummer. ';But we're such '

workaholics that one five - day break and we're bored!"

To appreciate how this condition -has come about, a brief historical analysis is in order. Warren takes me through his band's back pages, some of which nave remained hitherto concealed as adesult of contractual hassles.

After being dropped by Island towards the end of 78 Uliravo- decided to four America.

"We saw how Squeeze had done 16

ft and how The Pol`Ce were doing it - breaking through' via the club circuit with Ian Copeland's (broth' r

of Mites, manager 01 The Pollee. if you didn't k-lfbw) agency generating interest amongst

hepromoters. The strange was," thing

continues,no a Of the British press were writing about us. So when at the end of the tour John (Foxx) and Robin Simon (now guitarist with Magazine) left, there was very little publicity "

What were the reasons for the splits?

Well Robin had never travelled before and it all went to his head a bit," the drummer opines, and as for John. it got to the point where we couldn't agree on the time of day any more. There was no way we could Continue with him."

If all this sounds rather plesumptious coming from a drummer, let me tell you that Mr Cann Is no simple skin - hitter He wrote the lyrics to half the tracks on the 'Vienna' album, something which would have proved impossible were Foxe still in the band

"It was very Irustrating for me He'd say 'bring in a song' but if he didn't like it that would be the end

of 11 without him saying what was wrong with it. But if you disagreed with one of his. he'd sulk for a

week." The upshot was a group decision

not to'replace him with another) singer: "You never get the same degree of closeness as with someone who's also playing an instrument." they reckoned But Mr Right proved elusive "so all the band got involved In different things. just to pay the rent. Remember we had no record Company or manager backing us,'

One of these "things". it Steve Strange will excuse the expression, was Visage. which Billy Currie got involved in through Rusty Egan and Midge Ure Both the latter wale licking their wounds in the wake of the demise of the 'Rich Kids, both were checking out new musical thrills and Midge. in particular. had been knocked out by Ultravox's then latest epic, 'Systems OI Romance'.

Encouraged by the ever -

effervescent Rusty, one thing led to another and 'Midge actually joined us in April '79,' Warren reveals, ' but because of hisifegal problems and ours, we Had to keep t gulet. I m' an it we'd got a rec deal we'd have had our old managerslclaiming royalties in time '

Before long a management team was recruited - that fantous Welsh firm Morrison O'Donnel, guiding spirits behind that notorious Thin LiZzy combo. Now when ft comes to having a reliable lead guitarist on the road in America. Lizzy have never had the best of luck One remembers the comings and goings of Gary Moore. Brian Robertson severing tendons in his hand defending Frankie Miller in a bar -

room brawl and so on Da boys' summer '79 tour proved

no exception and who should be drafted In at a moment's notice but all - purpose trouper, veteran of every kind of pop, rock ensemble you can think of - Midge Ure

' Midge was like a one man publicity crusade for Ultravox in America," says Cann, "Phil (Lynott riot an exRich Kill was realty good about a "

But the ultimate PR exercise on oehall of the band was performed by Billy who played on the Gary Human tour after the stern - faced young

man had spent his previous lour months of lame whining the praises of Ultravox as his main source of inspiration

"Meanwhile I'd joined Zaino Grill and Chris was writing songs with his brother so a lot of people must have wondered what was going on." declares Warren. still sounding, surprised at all these past complications "But really it was a matter of branching out and wailing till our new managers sorted out the formalities."

Which takes us to the past busy year that has seen precious few British dates but two lengthy American tours. Were Ultravox - to

'common with other BrItIsh bands - thinking of packing up and crossing the pond once and for all?

No, we like the United States but culturally and aesthetically It does t?othing for us."

Huh'? "I mean we're not gonna start

writing about cruising down the highway and all that stuff. Ultravox have always been excepti'nhel in sticking to their British costs but copped a lot of sticv elres FoAx .

sung In an English aceerst. I mean that's very rare How Party of our singers do') Okay,rlag Hunt r. Bowie and Jag er sometimes yet we were ca led pretentious when someone like Graham Parker sounds like he was born in a shanty town in New Orleans."

If the band have never looked across the Atlantic for musical inputs. is White European disco a fairer representation of their current slate of play? After all. they did call their album 'Vienna' and this term has been used to describe fellow fashionable synthesiser bands like Simple Minds and Spandau Ballet to name but two

"I don't really like that expression but It is true that many of our melodies are based on European or mid - European melodies and unconventional scales, That's down to Billy really, who's had a classical music background He learnt violin and viola at music college winch is useful since they can act as springboards for all other instruments '

'But as for calling irVienna' - well it was lust a City that conjured up romanlie images Like Beirut or Cairo may be associated with cloak

and dagger skullduggery and Tokyo with geisha girls. Every city has an aura or charisma about it - we Chose one for its sense of romance "

That seems to be an ongoing obsession with the band .

"Yeah well another thing is we've always liked to have a certain duality in our music. Like the contradiction In the title 'Systems of Romance' or 'All Stood Still' being anything but that (He means It's an energetic little ditty) We've always tried for that, Like listening to our music in depth and finding it fulfilling or lust putting it on and bopping round the room to. We've tried doing that since the first album and reckon we've got gradually more successful at it.

"Contradictions can be very Creative which is why we all work and write together. It's not generally known how homogenous our set up Is It's not one person or partnership but a collection of different ideas. '

Hence the apparent contradiction within their work hard/play hard approach to life which Warren reckons keeps them going at their current pace. Having lust returned from America, a few European TV showcases will precede a short British tour.

Initially the band weren't keen on doing this but realise it is necessary as a result of the paucity of dates played here by them this year Now they'll have to wait until the new year before working on material for the newt album.

Any spare time on their hands - like the two weeks around Christmas - will no doubt be Idled with consummate ease Aher all Midge hay somehow found the hours to produce the Visage, Alrix and Modern Man albums whilst Warren is working with Hans Zimmer, an eminent session musician whose most recent achievement has been to produce a

decent Damned album Yep workaholics is no vain

glorious description of Uifravo. not that a bit of hard work ever did anyone much harm Which is maybe why I'm still hacking out this at three o'clock in the morning I

wouldn t mind except I'm in London not New York and there's nowhere to bloody go afterwards

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STREWTH, ANOTHER year down -the cosmic plúghole already, as 1980 breathes its last (at last). But before we shut the door on another year of rock history, what,

7 about the late great moments of 1980? What indispensable albums came between you and your cash? What gigs dragged you away from 'Dallas'?

t Which loud mouth irritated you so much you burned their interview in the streets?

At the end of last year, you claimed Gary Numan } was the most exciting thing since Kate Bush In a,body

stocking. But he's packing N In (until he changes his mind), so will Sting grab the No 1 male artist spot and

{ dance off into the sunset? Or Springsteen? Or maybe Ian McCullough (of Echo & the Bunnymen) is your kind of crooner? Has Kate Bush croaked her last next

TE to Hazel O'Connor or Pauline Murray? Has Sheena Easton got more talent than a plate of cold custard and more personality than a soap dish? Were the Police videos the most thrilling fabbo groovy things on TOTP the whole year? Isn't this exciting! ' Were The Plasmatics the biggest non event since

the BPI's chart hyping rig? Madness Selecter, Adam B the Anfs, The Teardrop

Explodes, U-2, the UK Subs, The Nolans (Whaaat?-Ed), so many to choose from. Never before in the field of human conflict have so many owed so much to so many, or something like that. You fill in this lot and we'll publish, and - more than likely be damned.

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LONDON. Dingwalls, Camden Lock (01 267 4967), Roy Wood's Helicopter / The Gas

LONDON, The Forum, Kentish Town (01 267 3334), The Foundations

LONDON, Golden Lion, Fulham (01 385 3942), Park Menus

LONDON. Goldsmiths College,, Lewisham 016921406), Gary Glitter

LONDON Green Man; Stratford 101 534

1637), AE Liquid LONDON Greyhound, Fulham Palace

Road (01 385 05261. TV Smith's Ex- plorers/No Meen Feet

LONDON, Hall Moon Heme Hill 101 737 4580, Red Beans And Rice/Those Helicopters

LONDON, Hanibrough Tavern, Southall (01

574 6254r, ZlIz LONDON Hammersmith Odeon (01 748

4081 Human League/Restricted Code LONDON, 100 Club Oxford Street (01 636

0933), Pressure Shock LONDON, John Bull, Chiswick (01 994 0062)

Teiemacque LONDON, Marquee, Wardour Street (01 437

6603), No Dice LONDON, Moonlight Club, Railway Hotel,'

a MEGA -GIGS FOR MEGA -KIDS FOLLOWING successful Stateside procession crowned with number one slot for latest album The Game, QUEEN flex their tights and their talents with

brief but long-awaited Bdflsh visit this week, kicking off with a double -niter at Birmingham international Arena, (Friday and Saturday), moving to a triple contender at Wembley Arena, (Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday). But, if you weren't among the lucky thousands who qualified for tickets, you'll have to give this one miss. as boa office returns are unlikely.

Meanwhile ROD STEWART, reverting to the musical roots of his pre- Hollywood/Britt Ekland days, and reaping the results of an American -style voice -training course, blasts out more rock 'n' roll ballads with dales at Wembley, (Friday, Saturday, Sunday), prior to winding up his winter marathon al Manchester and Birmingham.

DIRE STRAITS, Transatlanikally 'revamped too, In the shape of American Hal Lindes replacing David Knopfler on guitar continue the opening leg of UK 25 -dater, playing Sheffield City Hall, (Thursday and Friday) Glasgow Apollo, (Saturday), Aberdeen Capital, (Sunday), Edinburgh

Friday),

(Monday) and Newcastle Upon Tyne, City Hall, (Tuesday, Wednesday). Uncle Scam Isn't the only one dishing out pre -Santa parcels. MADNESS are

all -set to distribute heapin' helpings of that nutty nutty sound with only 12 bopping days to go before Christmas. Their dirty dozen starts with one night stands at Newcastle Upon Tyne Clly Hall, (Monday), Edinburgh Odeon, (Tuesday), and Glasgow Apollo, (Wednesday). Newcastle, Edinburgh and all other up n' coming dates except for Brighton Centre, (December II), will include special matinee performance for the under -16's, where ticket prices will be kept at £1.00 only.

Intent on romoting Yuletide mass consumption of latest single 'A Woman Yn Winter', THE SKIDS, back from two New Yawk nights, WWI Bristol Colston Hall,'Monday), and Exeter University, (Tuesday).

Despite surprise split from Sire last week thru' "Irreconcilable differencess" THE UNDERTONES play scheduled veinier dates, regardless, opening at Lancaster University, (Monday), followed by Glasgow Tiffany's (Tuesday), and much more next week. The band has been busy writing new material for the tour, and Feargal and the gang won't Just be performing for the fans either - they'll be touting for new, (and better?), deal. Extra DUR Y, SLADE and SAXON too.

What else? Try a taste of Imported wizardry from the land of Oz, with THE MOTELS, continuing second bash al performance in cold climate this year. A slightly changed Ilne-up including Tim McGovern, replacing Jeff Jorard, (lead guitar),+ hit London Apollo Victoria, (Monday), Manchester Polytechnic, (Tuesday), and Bradford University, (Wednesday).

West Hampstead (01 624 7611),' The. LookallkeslTTe Lines

LONDON, Rock Garden, Covent Garden (01, , 24039611. Broadcast

LONyDOa;N Royalty, Southgate (01 886 4112)., Flcers LONDON, Starlight, above .Moonlight;

Railway Hotel, West Hampstead (01 624 7611), Salita

LONDON, The Torrington, North Flnchley, (01 445 4710), Terry Smith And The Dave Qulncey Quarrel

LONDON, Tramshed, Woolwich (01 855 33711, Diamond HeadiShadowlax

LONDON, Two Brewers, Clapham High Street (01.622 3621), Brunel

LONDON, Westfield College, Hampstead (01 435 6593), The Revillos

LONDON, White Hart, Acton (01 992 56771.' Gun Control

LONDON, Windsor Castle, Harrow Road (01 286 8403), The Chevrons

MANCHESTER, Apollo, Ardwick (061 273 1112), The Damned

MANCHESTER, Polytechnic (061 273 11621, Black Slate,_

MANCHESTER, Rapers ,1061 236 9788), Throbbing Gristle/Eric Random

MANCHESTER, Squat. Devas Street, Diagram Bros/I0 Zero

MANCHESTER, Univers ty, Owens Park Hall (061 273 511111, Eddie And The. Hot Rods

MIDDLESBROUGH, Rock Garden (2419951. Knife Edge

NELSON, Springbank Hotel (65948), Citizen UK

NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, City Hall (20007) Yes

NORWICÍI, East Anglia University (56161), Hazel O'Connor And Megahype

PAISLEY, Bungalow Bar (041 889 6667) Rude Boys

PENZANCE, North Cornwall Arts Centre, Bert JanschiJohn Renboum

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POOLE, Arts Centre (70521), Billy Connolly PORT TALBOT, Troubadour '(17968l.

Budgie PRESTON, Guildhall (21721), Sky ,

SHEFFIELD, City Hall (22805). Dire Straits. SLOUGH, Thames Hall (38669), Shakln'

Stevens NORWICH, Cromwell's (612909) Aswad REDHILL, Lakers Hotel 61043). 'The Chefs SHEFFIELD, Limit Club (730940), Dance

Band SHEFFIELD, Penguin, Mason Lathe Road'

(385897), Haze SOUTHAMPTON, Haymarket, Games To

Avoid SOUTH SHIELDS, Commando Club

5551511, The Fauves STOCKPORT, Davenport Theatre 1061 438

- 38011, Showaddywaddy ' STOKE HANLEY, Victoria Hall, (24641),

Girlschooll Angel Witch UXBRIDGE, Brunel University (39125), Stan

Arnold ' WILLENHALL, Cavalcade 1618041, Switch 7

WINCHESTER King Alfred's College 'WO822811, The Planets

RTHING, Balmoral (36232). The Push

FRIDAY. DECEMBER 5,

ASHTON UNDER LYME, Spread Eagle (061 730 57321, Knife'Edge

BANGOR, University (53709), Here And Now

BATH, University (63228) Srade BEVERLEY, Memorial (all (8679251, Head

Hunter BIRMINGHAM, Cedar Ballroom. Constitu-

tion Hill (021 236 2964), Killing Joke BIRMINGHAM Golden Eagle, Hill Street

1021 643 5403), Dangerous Girls / The Everready's / The Denizens

BIRMINGHAM, National Exhibition Centre (021 780 4141), Queen / Straight Eight

BIRMINGHAM, Odeon (021 643 61019. Steeleye Span

BIRMINGHAM. University (021 472 1841), Steel Pulse

BISHOPS STORTFORD, Triad Leisure Centre 156333), Geno Washington

BRENTWOOD, The. Hermit Club (218897), Taiwan Pins

BRIGHTON, Sussex University (698194), The Enid

BRISTOL, Colston Hall (291768). Billy Con- nolly,

BRISTOL, Sett Cellar 17738041, Dave Pope And Band / Sheila Walsh

CARDIFF, Grassroots Coffee Bar (31700), French Lettuce / Discount Chiefs

CHELTENHAM, North Gloucester Technical College (28021), Nightdoctor

CHELTENHAM, St Paul's College 125570), Dance Band

CHINLEY, Prince's Hotel, Permanent Were

COVENTRY, New Theatre (23141), Saxon / Limelight

CROYDON, Warehouse Theatre (01-680 40609, Fruit, Ealing Bears I Empty Vessels

DOWNHAM MARKET, Town Hall, Frequency

DUDLEY, JB's (535971, The Fiatbackers -

r y

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MADNESS: Newcastle City Hall (Monday)

DUDLEY, Technical College -(Newcastle 77294) Frankie Miller

DURHAM, Bede Collegb (65929). Weapon 01 Peace

DURHAM, University (64466). Erogenous Zones

EDINBURGH, Odeon (031 667 38031, The Damned

EDINBURGH, Playhouse Nite Club -(031 665 2064). John Cooper Clarke

ETON, The Christopher (Windsor 6594d). Kicks

EXETER, University (77911), Er Majesty's Jolly

GLENROTHES, Rolhes Arms (753701), Dick t Smith Band GRAVESEND, Red Lion (66127). Spider HAILSHAM, Crown Hotel, High Street

1840041), True Lite Confessions / The CI- Ingone

HARRIETSHAM, Roebuck (859 2'441, Moontrer

HARROW, Harrow College, Positive Signals

HIGH WYCOMBE. High Wycombe College (44630), Stan Arnold

IPSWICH, Manol Ballroom, Restless KILMARNOCK, Bickering And Bush,

Henry Gorman Band LAUNCESTON, White Horse (2064), The

Rage / Bop Apocalypse / Knives Of Enamel

LEEDS, Tartan Bar, The Accelerators LEICESTER, De Montfort Hall (276321,

Showaddywaddy LEICESTER, Scarlolt Club, Metro Glider LEEDS, Florde Greene (490984), Budgie LEEDS, University, Tartan Bar (39071),

Shake Appeal LINCOLN, Cornhill Vaults (35113. Alien LIVERPOOL, Empire (051 709 1555). Jon Anderson LIVERPOOL, Masonic, Asylum LONDON, Apollo, Victoria (01 828 6491), Split Era / Fingerprint: LONDON, Bandwagon Soundhouse,

Kingsbury, Toad The Wet Sprocket' LONDON, Basement Bar, Clarendon Hotel, Hammersmith Broadway (01 748

1454), Sore Throat LONDON, Bridge House, Canntng Town

(01 176 2889). Monsters LONDON, City 01 London Polytechnic (01

2471441), Doll By Dog LONDON, Cock Tavern, North End Road,

Fulham (01 3856021), Jazz Sluts LONDON, Dingwalls, Camden Lock (01 267 4967), Jackie Lynton's Happy Days / Team 23 LONDON, Greyhound, Fulham Palace

Road (01 385 0526), -Witchlynde / Heritage LONDON, Hall Moon Herne Hill (01 274 2733), Zilch / Terminal) Rescue ' LONDON, Hall Moon, Putney (01 788 23871, Carol Grimes' Sweet FA LONDON. Hope And Anchor, Islington (01

359 Midnight dtre (Boys LONDON IClub Ox Andford'Lemon

Zua LONDON, 101 Club, St John's Hill, Clapham (01 223 8309,. The Balloons / Flying Testes Bros LONDON, John Bull, Chiswick (01 994

0062). The Look / Coopers LONDON, Moonlight Club, Railway Hotel, West Hampstead (01 624 7611). Skl Patrol / Local Heroes / The Last Gang

LONDON, North East London, Polytechnic (01 52709331, The Lookallkes

LONDON, Old Oueen's Head, Stockwell (01 274 3829), Broadcast

LONDON, Palladium (01 437 73731, Matchbox

LONDON Queen Mary College 101 980 4811), The Thompson Twins

LONDON, Royal College Of Alt (01 584 5020). OTIps / Rio And The Robots / M Let's Go

LONDON, Scala Cinema. Tottenham Street (01 637 93071, Clock DVA / Egan Blah Blah / B Movie / The Last Cars

LONDON, School OI Economics, Holborn (01 40519771, Roy Wood's Helicopters

LONDON, South Bank Polytechnic, Rotary Street (01 261 1525 a 39), Jab Jab

LONDON, Three Rabbits, Manor Park (01 4780660), Oral Exciters

LONDON, Thurlow Arms, North Norwood. Cannibals

LONDON, University of London Union, Malet Street (01 580 9551), Black Slate / The Passions

LONDON, Walmer Castle, Peckham 101 703 4639). Shadow's*

LONDON, Wembley Arena (01 902 12341, Rod Stewart

LONDON, While Swan, Greenwich, Suite) Approach

LONDON, Windsor Castle, Harrow Road (01 286 84031. 3.00 am

MAIDSTONE, Armstrong Hall (6734961, Bouncing Dentists / Vocal Attack

MANCHESTER, Apollo, Ardw,ck (061 273 1112), Ultraroa / ~Fatal Charm

MANCHESTER, Millstone (061 832 5006) Crispy Ambulance / Stop Bath Terror / Spak BIt1

MANCHESTER, Umisl (061 236 91141, Mud, (Christmas ball)

MELTON MOWBRAY, Painted Lady 18121211, The Step

MORECAMBE, Grand Floral Hall, Shakin' Stevens

NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, City Hall (20007), Girlschool / Angel Witch

NOTTINGHAM, University (513111, The Mo- Delles

OXFORD, Penny Farthing, The Spoilers OXFORD, University (511732). Pressure

Shocks NEWBRIDGE, Rugby Club 1871506), Ohlbo

Paranloli NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, Polytechnic

1287611. Gary Glitter NORTHAMPTON, Roadmender's 1214081,

Accelerators NORTHAMPTON, MJM Club, Religious

Overdose . NORWICH, Whites (255399) G Squad

PAISLEY, Bungalow Bar (041 889 66671, The LaughiN Apple

PAISLEY. Cottage Of Technology 1041 887 1211), Mafia

PENZANCE, Demelzá s (2475) Vardls POOLE, Dorset Institute Of Higher Educa-

tion (524111), Switch POOLE, Wessex Hail 1352221, Ian Dug And

The Blockheads RAINWORTN, Recreation Centre. Blush /

The Detours REDOITCH, Football Club (645191,

Dawnbreaker RICHMOND, Snoop,e's, The Castle (01 948

4244). The Deco,alors ROCHDALE, Rochdale College 14041).

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L, 0D Heroes University (061s 739 7011 :2A,

rd The Duck

(-min Dlway And Wild Willyi Barrett

6Ca°FIELD, Clry Taboo, ll r22í85) Dire Straits

Bgf ,0-araLD. ~Meta Sperta

SHEF 1 O. ~BeaNy 1240761 Eddie And

Rods

S a H i s -Tension

College 11T7031,

511PlING, Stuart Hall Tavern (812384), Deft

sI KOKmo TRENT, Hemostat's 16161981.

TWMTOloN, Odeon (2783). Adam And The

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An

T Unity (8655) Slade

waRRNGdN, Mortis Cheshire College al11OHAM

Rock Club, Chinatown

SATURDAY DECEMBER 6

AYLESBURY, Friar's (88948), Killing Joke

BICESTER, Red Lion (3180), Allen

BIRMINGHAM. Cedar Ballroom, ConsNlu- I an HIIl (021.236 2694), The Set

6l9MIÁ 1Hum.

Eagle And Tun, Drgbeth,

6IOU 78004141), Fast Relief

Golden Eagle, Pinill kies

BI(0021-1 1111). ()peensl / Straight Eight

Centre E ight

BIRMINGHAM, Odeon (021-643 6101), Ultravos / The Fatal Chasm.

BISHOPS STORTFORD, Triad Leisure Centre 1563331. G irlschool / Angel Witch

BOLTON, Institute Of Technolerry (28851), Here And Now, Accident On The East !Aries

BAADFORD. Palm Cove Club (4998951, Aswsd

BRADFORD. University (334AALGary Glit- ter

BRIDLINGTON, Coachman (739681,- 1

generator BRIGHTON, New Conference Centre

031311,1m Dury And The Blockheads RADON, Royal Oak, Prime Suspect CAMBRIDGE, Technical College (3632711,

The Planets CARLISLE, Twisled Wheel (20335), A -Z CHESTER. The Albion (25717), The Precau-

tions CHICHESTER, New Park Road Centre, The

Costs COVENTRY. General Wolte (88402),

Racketeers / Captain Video / Metro Glider / Liza Spent / Taste

COVENTRY, New Theatre (231411, Joe( Anderson

DARTFORD, YMCA 1205211. Triarchy / Holslool

CHESTER. Deeslde Leisure Centre .5`67311. Showaddywaddy

DONCASTER. Tally Ho 1722372), Knife Edge

DUNFERMLINE, Belleville Hotel (270701. Boots For Dancing

EASTBOURNE, Congress (36363), Sky EBBW VALE, The Level (0685 871506).

Ohibo Paranloil EDINBURGH. The Moon, Young Offenders EDINBURGH, Playhouse Nite Club (031-665

20;41 Eddie And The Hot Rods ELLESMERE PORT, Bull's Head, Asylum FALKIRK, Magpie (20809), Dick Smith Band GLASGOW. Apollo (041-332 92211, Dire

Straits GLASGOW, Easterhouse Promot^1041L771

50991, Nile Start GUILDFORD, Polytechnic. Roy Wood's

I' Helicopters / Trespass KORNCHURCH, The Bull (421251, Deep

M«hine hUDDERSFlEL0, Polytechnic (381561.

Slray Cats NUNGERFORO, Plume 21541, Overkill ILKELY, likely College (609010). Whipps KIMBERLEY, Recreation Centre (752197),

Paroles KINGSTON, Polytechnic, The Step LAWNSWOOD, Boddington Hotel. Cool In

The Shade LEEDS. Royal Park (785076), Geoff Jackson

And The Huns LONDON, Basement Bar, Clarendon

Hotel, Hammersmith Broadway (01-748 1454) Crying Shames

LONDON, Bridge (louse. Canning Town 101,176 2889) Gerry McEvoy/ Sunfighter

( LONDON, Chelsea College, Manresa Road, Dance Band

LONDON, Cock Tavern North End Road. Fulham (01-3856021), tit -FI

LONDON, Greyhound Fulham Palace Road (01-385 05261, Prr.tei/The Fix

LONDON, Hall Moon, Herne Hill (01-274 7733) Talkover

LONDON, Dingwalls, Camden Lock (01-267 49671. Black Slate (midnight)

LONDON Dodger's, Tratalgai, Shepherds Bush (01-749 5005), The Works / Limehouse

LONDON, Hope and Anchor Islington (01- 359 4518), Ricky Cool And The Rialtos

LONDON, John Bull, Chiswick (01-636 14261 Spider / WII4,Daga

LONDON Marquee, efardour Street (01- 43,66011, Black Slate 0.00pm)

LONDON. Moonlight Club. Railway Hotel, West Hampstead

01 Desire 4

7510, Patrik FN -

LONDON. Norwood Hai; Slyda / The Ideals

LONDON, 190 Community Centre' DePl- lord Amba/ Rubber Johnny

LONDON. Pine Tavern, Plough Road. Brunel

LONDON, Rockstore, Dean Street (01-436 8455) Modern Jazz/ The Allies

LONDON, Thames Polytechmc, Woolwich 101 455 06181. Slade

LONDON Theron Arms, West Norwood., Sore Throat / Answer

LONDON, The Venue, Victoria (01-748 4081), Osibisa

LONDON, Wembley Arena (01-902 1231), Rod Stewart

LONDON- Westminster Medical School 1018289611), Suttel Approach

LONDON, White swan, Greenwich, Bbd Publicity

LOUGHBOROUGH, Unlveralty (631711,

A '

4:11.

'L

I

ROD STEWART: Wembley London (Friday, Saturday, Sunday).

Steel Pulse LUTON, Blowin's, Great British Hope MANCHESTER. Cyprus Tavern (061-224

5114), Performing Ferrets / Kevin Hetrick / The Lipids / Bunch of Tories

Y DDLESBROUGH, Teeside Polytechnic

Band The Nolsy98 'Brick / Tim Jones

an MILTON KEYNES, Nawgatloe CentreBerl

Jansch / John Renbourn NEW BRIGHTON. Floral Pavilion, Shakin'

Stevens NEWCASTLE - UPON - TYNE, Spectro Arts

Centre (22410), Dancing Lessons NEWCASTLE - UPON - TYNE, University

128402), Weapon Of Peace NOTTINGHAM, Boat Club, Trenlside

1869032 , Magnum NOTTINGHAM. Rock City (4112121, Climax

Blues Band OLDHAM, Tower Club (061-624 5491),

W hilefire PLYMOUTH, Polytechnic (213121, Er Majes-

ty's Jolly PRESTON, Warehouse, Kraken READING, Bulmershe College 16633873

Frankie Miller READING, Caribbean Club. Nightdoctor ROEHAMPTON, Global Institute College

101.878 1947), Revillos (Xmas ball) SHEFFIELD, University (24076), Small Print SHIFNAL, The Star (Telford 4615171. 9We'

Review / The Mob_ ' ` - &L000Hr Technical College (33300).

Panther 45 / The Custom SOUTHAMPTON, The Saints, Millbrook,

Games To Avoid SOUTHEND, Top Alex, Alexandra Hotel

(45934), Axe Bentley And The Traffic Lights

SOUTHPORT. Southport Theatre (40404), Steeleye Span

STROUD, Marshall Roms (30741, Chinatown

SUN MILAN D, Polytechnic (761911, Slade TOR OUKr, 430 Ballroom (281031),

Barracudas WEYMOUTH, Cellar Vino 171, Talon WOLVERHAMPTON, Polytechnic

John Otway And Wild Willy Barret WOODBRIDGE, White Hail, The Spoilers

SUNDAY DECEMBER 7 ABERDEEN, Capitol (23141), Dire Straits

Straits. BATH Tiffany's 1653421, Mardis. BELLSHILL, The Iron Maiden, Young 01 -

fenders

BICESTER, Red Lion, The Spoilers. BRADFORD, Bradford College, Vaults Bar,

(3927121, Generator, BIRMINGHAM. Odeon, 1021 643 61011,

Budgie/While Spirit/Troubleshoolee. BLACKBURN, King George's Hall, (58424),

Steeleye Span. BRADFORD, Princeville, (579845), Whipps. B RIGHTON, Jenklnsons, 125897), Black

s ISTOI, Local 261931, Adam And The Ants. 1

B OLTON, Swan Hotel,122908)' fthemaim B URY The Bridge, The Echophase. CAERPHILLY, The Crown Inn, Ohibo

Peranlol! CARLISLE. Coach Horse, ADZ. CHIGWELL, White Hart, (01-50522541, Park

Avenue. COLCHESTER, Essex University, (863211),

Psycho Hamster/KIINrdonoughts. CROYDON, Crawdaddy, The Star, London

Road, (01-684 1360), The Business. DERBY, Tiffany's, (41441), Pressure

Shocks. DUNSTABLE, Oueensway Hall, (6033261,

Del Leopard. GLASGOW, Apollo, (041 332 9221), The

Damned. GLASGOW,1Maaa Gtgr'sest Street, Altered

GLE14rTHES, Rothes Arms, (753701), Vent ms.

GUILDFORD. Guildford College, Er Mates- ty's Jolly.

HALIFAX, Civic Theatre. (511561, Showaddywaddy.

IPSWICH, Gaumonl, (53641),

Salon/llmellght. LANCASTER, University, (65021),

Ullravos/The Fatal Charm. LEEDS, Haddon Hall, 17511151, Knife Edge

.LEICESTER, University, 126681), Stan Ar- nold.

LONDON, Bridge House, Canning Town, (01.476 28891, Night.

LONDON, The Castle, Tooting Broadway, (01-672 7018), Far Cry

LONDON, Cock Tavern, North End Road, Fulham, (01-385 6021), Works.

LONDON, Greyhound Fulham Palace Road (01-385 05261, Eel Okin/Trimmer And Road,

LONDON, Hal Moon Hone Hill (01.274 2733). Mickey Jones Bend'Poul Good- man.

LONDON, Hall Moon, Putney, (01.788 23871 Kevin Coyne.

LONDON, Hope and Anchor, Islington (01- 359 4510), The Cheaters.

LONDON King's Head, Acton, (01-992 02821, Furniture / 3am.

LONDON, Lyceum, The Strand, (01á3k 3715) Glrischool/Angel WiAah. - -

LONDON, Marquee Wardour Slreel (01- 43788981; Stray Cats.

LONDON, Moonlight Club, Railway Hotel., West Hampstead, (01-624 7611), Icarus.

LONDON, Duke Of Lancaster, New Barnet, 101.449 0465), Spider.

LONDON, Lyceum. The Strand, 101-836 3715), Girlschool / Angel Witch / Dedr- Inge, / Tank.

LONDON, New Golden Lion. Fulham, (01- 38539421, Eddie And The Hot Rods.

LONDON, Pegasus, Stoke Newington, (01-

8891158). Taiwan Pins. 'LONDON. Southbank Polytechnic, (01.261 I 1525) The Step, LONDON Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, (01-

836 8101). The Enid. LONDON Torrington, North Finchley, 101-

445 47101, Ricky Cool And The Rialtos. LONDON, Wembley Arena, (01-902 12346,

Rod Stewart. LONDON. Wimbledon Theatre, (01-946

5211), Three Degrees, MANCHESTER, Apollo, Ardwtck, (061 273

1112) Yes. NORWICH University of East Anglia.

(561611. Gary Glitter. NOTTINGHAM, Hearty Goodfellow,

(422571 The Lovely Bodies, NOTTINGHAM, Imperial Hotel. 147881),

Token Gesture. OXFORD, Corn Dolly, (447811, Bad Publicl-

1y

P AISLEY Bungalow Bar, (041 889 8667). Ghost Stool/(lunchtime)

PETERBOROUG H7' Gladstone Arms, 44388), Axis.

POOLE, Arts Centre, 1705211, Sky. RUSHTON, Bay-Noree New 'Inns. v

WMtefire, SOUTHAMPTON Gaumont, (297721. Ian

Dury And The Blockheads. SOUTHAMPTON Joiner's Arms, (256121.

The New Brendan. STOURBRIDOE, Mitre, Arizona Smoke

Review. WOLVERHAMPTON, Civic Hall. (213591,

Slade. WOLLASTON, Nag's Head, (6612041.

Accelerators.

MONDAY DECEMBER 8 BATH. Moles, Barracudas BIRMINGHAM Cedar Ballroom, Constitu-

tion Hill (021 7136 2694), Monochrome Set BIRMINGHAM, Odeon (021 643 81011. Adam

and the Ants BIRMINGHAM, Romeo And Juliet_s (021

0436696), Misspent Youth BIRTLEY, William IV, Erogenous Zones BOLTON. Aquarius Club, Twisted Ace BOURNEMOUTH, Winter Gardens (264481.

Slade BRADFORD, St George's Hall 132513),

Steeleye Span B RADFORD, Palm Cove 1499895) whilellre BRADFORD, Bradford College, (/aults Bar

3927121. Relies ,111111BRISTOL. Colston Hall (2917881. The Skids

/ Tea Bel CARDIFF, Sophia Gardens )10181). Ian

Dury And The Blockheads CHESTERFIELD, Aquarius (70168), Del

Leppard COVENTRY. Belgrade Theatre (20205) God's Toys / Human Cabbages ) Br Chrome Six / Profile

EDINBURGH, Carlton Studios, Positive Noise

EDINBURGH Odeon (031 667 3805), Ullravox / The Fatal Charm

EDINBURGH, Tiffany's (031 556 6792). Bad Manners

HARDSTOFT, Shoulder 01 Mutton (Chesterfield 850276), Slade

HUDDERSFIELD, Polytechnic 1381561, Here And Now / Accident On The East Lance

IPSWICH, Gaumont 1536411, Shakin Stevens

LANCASTER. University (650211, The Undertones

LEEDS, Marquis Of Granby (454480), Knife Edge

LOUGHBOROUGH, University 1631711. Menllou

LONDON, Albany Empire Deptford (01 691 4582). Beryl And The Perils

LONDON, Apollo Victoria (01 828 6491), The Motels / Billy Karloll And The Ea triunes

LONDON, Brecknock, Camden (01 485 30731 Thu Flatbackers

LONDON, Bridge House, Canning Town (01 476 2889), The Step

LONDON. City Of London Polytechnic (lit 247 1441), Stan Arnold

LONDON, Cock Tavern, North End Road, Fulham (01 385 6021), Razzy Dezzy Spasm Band

LONDON, Ding alts, Camden Lock (01 287 I IIIkii Midnight And The Lemon Boys LOHtyóle, Graves Mane Stratford (01 504

18371, Telemacque LONDON, Greyhound, Fulham I Priem(

Road (01 385 0526), The Lookallkse / 1111e Decorators _

LOMD914 keswernersmtth Odeon (01 748 4081), Al Stewart And A Shot In The Dark

LONDON, Hope And Anchor, Islington (01 359 4510), Club Tango / 23 Skidoo

LONDON Marquee, Wardour Street (01 437 66031, Slur Cats

LONDON. Moonlight Club, Railway Hotel, West Hampstead 101 624 76111, Martian Dance / Signtlicam Zeroes

LONDON, North London Polytechnic, Holloway (01 607 3279), Astead

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IG JAPAN Lyceum, London By Mike Nicholls HELL, BLITZ or whatever this week's latest club is, for the masses Judging by their accents the two girls next to me had made a pilgrimage from Doncaster but then over the past Iwo years Japan have played even less gigs here than

t Spandau Ballet, gasp. Shame, because whilst also pnme

altractors of the attractive, they've got an Infinitely greater grasp over what they're doing. not to mention wearing to the subdued light of this

I show, the 'Gentlemen Like Polaroids' hiccup evidently needed more "live" playing prior to recording. On stage none of the influences are nearly so apparent, the superb rhythms fusing with Richard Barbieri's Improving synthesiser to produce some of the most insidious dance music Imaginable

Following the taped Warszawa', er."Burning Bridges' intro, Sylvian swans to the front of the stage, hands casually, thrust deep Into the

pockets of an impeccable mid -

ength leather coat. Wh000aaaa! This is what they want!'

Thanklully, there the posing ends as style becomes subsumed by Then charming musical hypnotism. Taking islands In Africa' develops into pure modern funk courtesy of a bass guitarist and drummer Sylvian has got every reason to have full confidence in. Hls own vocals also quietly seduce and though he sounds like Ferry on record, their restrained presentation live reduces all similarities.

The choice of material is ideal and its juxtaposition exemplary, the sD tely 'Methods Of Dance' a perfect foil for the wistfully despairing 'Love's In Vain'. For'once the fanatics at the front were luslified In going ovér the top and the lime they played prior to the power - cut was one of the fastest gig hours I've ever known.

It was unfortunate that when the band returned, they were unable to regain the same momentum, a boring chunk preceding the fine Moroder - encouraged 'Life in Tokyo' and the concluding 'Fall in Love Again.'

Yet all,things considered, it was an unimpeachable show, Japan confirming that they aren't lust a hunch of pretty faces and shameless plagiarists but a group of talented, maturing musicians who wed dance to romance in the most consummately stylish way.

FRANK ZAPPA The Palladium, New York By Ira Meyer FRANK ZAPPA resumed his annual Halloween antics after'a one year hiatus - taking to the Palladium stage with a six piece band that sounded brassier than Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey's big bands put together

Yes, one of the keyboardists did lilt a trumpet to his lips for a few brief moments, But most of the "blowing" was by of synthesisers Add two black guitarist I singers -

with a lot of soul and sure enough Mr Z had yet another whole new attack.

Mr Z himself was pretty straightforward on this night. Black pants and yellow shirt, he sang I intoned his lyrics with just the right note of irony, picked up a guitar for a well - heeled solo here and there, and conducted his mini -orchestra with. well, aplomb.

The arrangements were much tighter than,usual and there was less abstract rambling than is generally the case with Mr Z's Outfits. And the brevity suited Aim well. Okay it wasn't all that coherent. there was this rather absurd song (the lyrics read from a notebook) about kitchen utensils Need I say more?

But this show wonted better than most of Zappa's over, say, the last live years. Just oft the wall enough lo be quirkily unique he didn't go off the deep end - which is what Zappa at his best has always been about

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Hammersmith Palais, London By Mike Nicholls IT'S NO longer a case of being crept upon unawares. Stealth and strategy have been replaced by a firm grasp of the wrist and an Invitation that this is the way, step inside And how can you refuse? Nothing to loses

Talking Heads haveiost nothing by expanding into a nine -.piece funk orchestra. David Byrne's impressionistic bleakness had reached Its peak and it was time to travel on. That the journey should have taken us to the roots of tribal rhythm etc must have surprised nobody They always were based in Ase street but covered their tracks pretty well.

With 'I Zlmbra' the turning point, that was a suitable time for Funkadelic man Bernie Worrell to be brought on stage, along with Busla !ones in a loud - checked suit. But it

was 'Psychokllter' that opened the I show, sharply exorcising the past, 'the words 'say something once. why say it again" more loaded than ever.

Even this was radically different, softened by harmonies yet galvanised by Adrian Belew's ostentation. A second guitarist has been essential for this outfit and none of the other players were any more superfluous. Visually, the new

More than Kiss or Cheap Trick, where the cartoon characterisations are created via sordid and sundry accoutrements, Zappa Is himself a

living, breathing and immensely musical cartoon character. And the level of musical development leaves you believing that the form doesn't matter much at all. Whatever he'd decide to try, Frank Zappa would make it his,

NASH THE SLASH Fulham Greyhound, London By Mike Nicholls WHITE NOISE at its most delectable, Delightfully disciplined, dumb bur deluxe, deliciously deliciously deranged, as my old pal John Cooper Clarke would say

Actually, comparisons don't end there because like the JCC of the days of yore. Nash also uses a drum machine, not to mention a synthesiser and what sounded like a tape loop but which apparently Isn't as that would provide less scope for making mistakes!

Is this man or machine! I hear you asking. Well, bearing fn mind he 't on his toddle. one sympathises with NTS's considerable battery of gadgetry and can only marvel that One man creates such an unholy row This is enhanced by the. gent carving and crashing away on ad almighty violin.

What kind of way is this to spend a Sunday night?

recruits were a scream their grinning and apparent fooling around stood out like so many sore thumbs alongside Tina Weymouth's persistent intensity.

Musically they added no end of extra jabs and frills which In turn became layers of extra textures redefining the sound. Animals' was almost unrecognisable, incorporating a startling section of chants whilst the earlier -Warning Sign' should have gone on half the might, so absorbed were they all In its abundant cross - rhythms.

Here percussionist Steve Scales played a vital role, repeatedly steering the songs away from their foundations Into something less Structured its significant that few of the 'Remain In Light' cuts have -- conventional beginnings or endings and live this is taken to the limn

'Born Under Punches' and 'Cross eyed And Painless' lapsed Into

ever - diminishing circles of controlled dementia and 'Once in A Lifetime' featured some engaging call and response battering between Tina and back - up vocalist Dolette McDonald

Elsewhere - notably 'Life During Wartime' and 'Take Me To The River' - she tended to encourage loo much of a gospelly direction but that's a small quibble in relation to the overall groove of the new band.

In reply to one joker, Talking Heads '80 didn't make me see God - but then I didn't hear anyone shout "Judasl" either,

-Visually our friend' is no less bizarre, a bandaged visage and shades putting him somewhere between the Invisible Man and the Elephant Man. He can also play mandolin and you'll maybe recall that his last one - a rare custom job - got pinched during his support slot on the Gary Numan lour.

Nevertheless his new one sounds In order and on 'Children Of The Night', the title of a forthcoming album, God help us, he makes it sound like a sitar. Elsewhere there are some inspired covers. The excrutíatingly synthesised 'Smoke On The Water', needless to say, pisses all over the original whilst the use of strobe during the weepy bit of 'Dead Man's Curve' puts a whole new complexion on the word poignant.

Then there's a version of 'Baba O'Reilly' that would have even brought a smile to Pete Townshend's lips_ He was probably In church though. Glad I wasn't.

THE NOLANS Conference Cente, Wembley By All' Martin

SCHMALTZ, PURE, unadulterated schmaltz. 11 can easily be knocked, but what's the point?

KILLING JOKE / DISCHARGE / FAD GADGET The Lyceum, London By Bev Perry BOUNCERS seem to get more and more obstreperous these days It was a kind and helpful bunch of these bruisers that prevented me getting In where I should have been half an hour previously. Missing Fad Gadget was mistake number one

Once through the turnstiles, it's like entering an arena full of the new tribalists The Lyceum tonight's unusually lammed up with black leather and dog collar Indeed, the words Adam and Crass have hardly had a long - term stay before their names are wiped from the backs of jackets and replaced with Discharge or, inevitably. Killing Joke

First oft from Discharge (tour Vicious clones with exquisitely Bryicreemed spiked hair) was,the hell - raising 'Realities Of War'. Songs follow at a break - neck speed unequalled in The Guinness Book Of Records, resulting In a fuzzed - up, unintelligble sound. 'Fight Back', 'Society's Victim' and 'Tomorrow is For Us' are -much the same; all ridiculously fast, angryy, anthemic - and anaemic. Just like an impotent lover, they can't sustain it for more than a few minutes without falling short of their previous promises A crazy form of youth cult - ure, perhaps - but at least the vocalist's mad - cap movements provoked humour in the audience

Killing Joke are provoking in other, more subtle, ways. They gig rarely, aren't bothered about airplay and don't give a toss about the music press. Jaz, singer and keyboards, spins arm windmills between tittering tormented' tones and pacing'the stage excitedly, From the first song, an urgent funked .up rhythm, they go into'It's So Dead , making for an awesome build - up of power sound with an Insidious edge of mystery. Paul (no surname) on drums, is the catalyst behind the batallion; his aggressive, searing pace stays up throughout Taker . During this frenzy, Jaz

provokes the crowd into a deafening chorus of "Take, take, TAKE!" and the response Is as strong as the anger and frustration of today's repressed youth can give 'Primitive Life' ensues, as 'angling and uncompromising as ever, followed with encores of 'Tainted' and 'Complication'.

While Jaz and Paul are the instigators and most impressive in constituting the band's force, Youth

and Geordie remain relatively impassive and reticent, even though their fans dance savagely and shout out in hero worship. All this. and 14 year - olds puking' up after a solvent - sniffing session Just another part Of the Killing Joke, my dears ..

This group have a strange, lullabiihc faculty, but there's also a cruel edge to the lyrics verging on the disturbing and painful How much influence it has over their fans for the most part a very young and Impessionable lot, is an apprehensive thought After all, who needs yet another tribal war ?

THE FIX 101 Club London By D W Charles A MOBILE recording studio parked In the street outside doesn't always guarantee the quality of the sounds within. But when 101 Records decided to'capfure the Fix on tape In Clapham, quality was certainly the order of the day_ Duality with a capital O.

Remnants of the late lamented Portraits and Phil Rambo* bands, the five man Fix were Immediately Impressive, even stunning, despite a bare handful of gigs to their credit Blessed with one of the clearest sound mixes yet heard down the 101,1he Fix cruised through arrangements that sparkled witn wit and invention, offering a snappy and imaginative hybrid of all that's good about mainstream eighties rock

As you might expect with such a young outlil the Fix's musical roots showed through occasionally with a flash of the Thin White Duke here and a glimpse of Bill Nelson's colour dreaming there But once their precision - engineered rhythm section picked up the beat and Pete Greenall added dashes of shimmering synthesiser, the Fix took on an air of real distinction.

Singer Cy Cumin looked and sounded calm and collected, relying more on his richly textured voice rather than empty poses. And he turned songs like 'Acrobat', 'The Strain' and 'Dancing In The Dark' into such masterpieces of drama and dynamics he and his band must soon expect to join such as Split Enz and Fingerprintz on the airwaves.

Until then though you'll have to watch for them on the next 101 Club live album I don't know who else will be on It, but they'll have to be mighty good to be better than the Fix.

ROCK CHAMELEON B-52s/AU PAIRS/PEARL HARBOR

By Mark Cooper

A FAIR mixture this before a packed house bursting to dance. Pearl Harbor has reorganised the Explosions having left the old band in San Francisco. This must be one of their first performances - they sounaea loud ano overly traditional with Pearl as boisterous and inexhaustible as ever. Too early to judge them tonight, they were off well before nine o'clock.

The Au Pairs followed and offered the most exciting and challenging music of the evening as far as I'm concerned. Their songs are explicit and political but not didactic or pompous. The sound Is dominated by a rock hard rhythm section, Paul Foad's choppy rhythm guitar located somewhere between the work of Wilke and Andy Gill of the Gang of Four and the sensuous vocals of Lesilé Woods. These last two dominate the stage marching back and forth while exchanging guitar breaks. The music is an engaging mixture of choppy anger. and Hynde-like lyricism, midway between commercialism and the stark dark political dance of the Leeds bands. The single 'It's i Obvious' Is repeated in the well - deserved encore and Is a fair._

indication of their work so far. More to follow.

The B -52s are well -loved and they proceeded to be as charming and ironic as ever. They claim to be a party band -it must be exhausting partying every night and being kooky. The sound tonight was a little muffled and the band failed to grab al exhilaration. 'Wild Planet' Is a weak album when compared with the first album and indicates a band who defined their sound so distinctly 'on their first outing that they'll probably never recover.

Stylistically they're in a corner, telling the same party joke over and over. Each song has its riff, strange raga -like guitar or organ phrases, followed by a chorus, a shriek or a

throwaway line. The solid work of the band Is done by Ricky Wilson on guitar and Keith Strickland on drums. The rest is a mad mixture of voices in harmony and dischord, organs and maraccas, an inspired amateurish jumble that somehow coheres into a unique sound, a Certain kind of party.

They open with 'Hot Lava' and take us on a ride through the kind of American kooky trash world that the English love to recognise as the old colony. At their best, on songs like 'Private Idaho' they succeed in being both obsessive and danceable, ail 1ó,dances inclusive. 'Planet Claire' opens the four encores and is still their most definitive and distinctive number. Will they ever recover from it?


FREDDIE'S READIES QUEEN La Rotunde Du Bourget, Paris By Mike Nicholls

MOST MEGA -BANDS don't need to go on the road to push their latest album. Some would appear to do so for the sake of their tans, hence the Genesis tour of Apollos and Odeons Others (the Floyd) wait until the creative juices have been sufficiently stimulated for them to better their previous spectacle.

Queen don't do it for either reason. Clearly they're )ust in it for the money. Cynical? You should have heard what Freddie had to say to the kids who'd mortgaged an arm and a leg to be there:' Its very nice to see you all in this shit -hole. tonight. What the 1- are we doing here?"

Indeed, Freddie, what? Your usual pre -gig huddle with accountants, managers and promoters revealed that only 6,000 out of a possible 15,000 tickets had been sold for the first - ever show in this Le Bourget aircraft hangar. That's still a'bob or two, Fred but I don't suppose those lights come cheap, not that they could even rescue this distressing debacle.

SO dependent were the act on their regular blinding interplanetary light invasions that I felt remorse for my annual.slag-oils of young Mr Human. Mercury might have.a better voice and be more suited to making a pral of himself - red Spandex pants blue kriee.pads and macho handle -bar moustache - but otherwise he couldn't give a loss.

Material like'Killer Queen; and 'Another One Bites The Dust'

sounded reasonable but was ridiculously rushed. The pacing was appalling and when Mercury sussed the lack of feed -back from the bemused crowd, the result was that the erstwhile boredom would have been less -embarrassing.

Sure they've always had a weakness for accompanying their grandolse arrangements with equally melodramatic gestures but hall the time Fred looked set to give himself a hernia, though It was. Brian May who he introduced as "the one with the big cock".

Scowling and lurching like a psychotic bull -fighter, he eventually" got It together to board the PA. Once there he realised he'd bang é, his head on the gantry, so while on

May continued bashing out a '

heinously repetitive riff, Fred lust squatted, resembling nothing so , much as an ape dying of constipation. ñ r'

Following the twee, trite 'Crazy Little Thing Called Love' it was time to remind us of their 1975 death warrant, 'I Don't Like Mondays', whoops, 'Bohemian Rhapsody'. Yes, they've still' to improve on it, but standing by the mixing desk I was consumed by a terrific urge to wrench out the pre - recorded tapes during the relentless "Gaiiileo / Mamma Mlas".

The rest of the time Queen came over as a cross between a third rate Judas Priest and a tenth rate Quo, peddling sterile, stale HM without any of the endearing idiosyncrasies of either of those bands. It's annoying when a band of their potential devote their talent to making the fastest buck but it's their game and they can play it how they want. Another one bites the dust? Sure, but why should they care?

HMMM, now what did '1 do with my pocket calculator? ment. The overall sound sometimes swamped Martha's vocals and a few of the endings were a bit sloppy, but all of that was offset by the abun- dance of excitement and apparent lack of nerves.

As before, Martha seemed to be a

bit nailed down by her guitar, but once free of that she loosens up and lets rip.

'Careful , with its structured and dramatic build up of the keyboards, comes through with real inven- tiveness and class. The band didn't seem so stiff and stereotyped, and the cockiness I took for arrogance has neutralised into humour Michael Goodroe, the bass player; is as laconic as ever, but guitarist Tim McGovern showed a more 'relaxed performance.

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THE MOTELS The Venue, London By Rosalind Russell THREE WEEKS ago, during their Australian tour, Martha Davies of the Motels threatened to "rip the god - dam walls down" when they played again in the UK. The walls of the Venue are still standing, but they sure as hell must have a few cracks In them.

The band's performance was 50 per cent better than It was in Melbourne and gives them a much, firmer footing in this country. The Venue was packed - the llrst time I've seen it so crowded - and en- thusiastic. It helped that it wasn't entirely a seated audience, because the.Moteis' set needs a lot of move -

Callen( song and drew worthy ap- preciation, but the surprise for me was 'Total Control' I didn't like It

when they played It In Australia, but I've had to completely revise my opinion of the song and their handling of it. It comes over as a real"cracker now. As does 'Dangef, which was one of my favourites anyway Martha overlays her sense of drama with a

sensitive ability not to go over the top.

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THE SOUND Moonlight Club, London By Andy Phillips STICKING the sound within the established rock 'n' roll format is a

pointless task, their open and positive standpoint more than iuslilies their existence. Every song Is approached with total commitment - after all, what is commitment if it

isn't absolute? A phony stance? . .

not in this case Okay, so the band's Influences at

times are so obvious they hurt but their use of the foregone often transcends their mentors. Song like 'Night Vs Day' and 'Hour Of Need' are incisive proof of this. The sound are rapidly developing their own unique approach and line of attack.

Singer I guitarist I lyricist Adrian Boorland has a disarming knack for summing up the obvious which often lies hidden within us until pointed out. This lyrical factor coupled with the band's knife - edge dynamism makes for a competing force which, surprisingly enough, Is totally accessible'

The three other members, Graham Green (bass) Bi Marshall (keyboards) and Mike Dudley (drums) are by no means lust secondary layers in the scheme of things all contributions being of equal Importance. Their recently released debut album 'Jeopardy' Is of course featured heavily along with some recent material. So all In all, another name to go with U 2

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it's true, they use all -the rock 'n roll cliches in the book, but put so much force and energy behind it, Mat no - one could dare complain Least of all in front of the Raiders' unruly Hells Angels following.

Alter a dormant period the band are back In business again. Complete with new singer and rhythrn guitarist, they are ready to knock any tired audience into lively dance form,

Sporting a persuasive Iggy Pop stance, singer Gass proved to be a worthy replacement, as he flung himself about' the stage with anarchic abandon and desperate vocals. John Hodge continues to change his expensive collection of guitars with almost every number. But who cannot forgive such indulgence when the result is a marvellous array of guitar tricks, forming the backbone of the Raiders own cult sound'?

Criminal World', 'Addiction' and Sweet Revenge' are all typical Raiders' material The bitter - sweet sdes of life tinged with a touch of psychadeiia and more than a suggestion of crazy, not - caring rock 'n roll, Yes, the Raiders legend Ines on!

THE METHOD ACTORS Beach Club, Manchester By Alan Entwistle WHEN YOU go to Manchester's Beach Club you won't- ust see a couple of bands. You'll see a movie loo.

Tonight's cinematic offering is Hitchcock's 'The Birds'. And although many here have seen She him before, it's still a more worthwhile exercise viewing in the pre -gig waiting period than trying to :ompare the blankness of a venue's

ails to the blankness on the -unter's faces. , S

And after the film, as value for money becomes the key phrase, people begin making their way i.pstairs to see tonight's support act, Separate Fix run through a set it bleak songs. They're a band hove succumbed to 'Unknown

°leasures', but who are still young and ambitious enough to develop Inis sound Into their own style and achieve a kind of perfection.

They leave to a warm reception from tonight's small audience and are followed soon after midnight by The Method Actors, from Athens, Georgia - the town that brought you The B 52's and Pylon.

The Method Actors employ only Ike basic elements of rock music: drums, guitar and vocals. But yet for a two - piece they somehow manage to construct a vivid musical format that Is essentially their own. Vic Varney's thrashing guitar melodies are backed by Dave Gamble's well co-ordinated drum patterns, creating some of the finest modern rock music around. Entertainment for the soul and for the feet.

The song, 'Bleeding', and their single, 'The Method', are performed with both Vic and Dave on vocals. And as stunning guitar work is matched by Imaginative, tight drumming, some of the audience are enticed into motion, proving the music's danceability.

The band finish tonight's set with Around The World', with Gamble hacking out a steady backbeat to Varney's rotating vocals and guitar.

RESTAURANT FOR DOGS Moles Club, Bath By Fred Williams A BUSY man, this Barry Andrews, Since leaving XTC, he's worked on the session circuit, become a Gentleman (that Is, a fully paid -up member of Robert Fripp's League Of Gentlemen), and now grown his own band, Restaurant For Dogs. Restaurant will be supporting the League on their upcoming tour, so in spite of the MU rules on moonlighting, Barry will be playing in two bands on the same night; but this sort of thing is common these days - Restaurant's bassist, David Marx, brought along his own band, The Mix, as support, and played a rather hot lead guitar with them.

Considering the contrast between- XTC's new wave leanings and Fripp's almost classical professionalism, speculation

abounds as to which direction Restaurant will steetr: rock, rhythm or midway? Or any way? Even though the set commenced In a Fripp fashion, elegant riffs in slow - flow tempos the answer's In the question - it was in XTC that he got noticed, and It's In rock that his roots Ile strongest.

Marx and Andrews make a fine team, bass and keyboards interlocking In fast, Intricate patterns that only dwell for moments exploring one theme before moving tin. The feel is dynamic, while the material veers from the crass extremes of hl -speed electronic iunk (all the vocals have punk ntonations) to more "serious", slower, pieces with throbbing, insistent surges which in mid - number turn incredibly funky. Andrews makes a virtue out of surprise, and thus makes intriguing music.

Restaurant For Dogs? Get the trough out, I'm hungry.

10 ZERO Yutick's Nest, Blackburn By Alan Entwistle ANY INITIAL doubts that 10 Zero might have had trouble pulling oil such a stunt were soon assuaged.

The environment of a northern cabaret club seemed to pose few problems for Blackburn's fizziest pop group as they took on the Liquid Gold role for a night. But cabaret patter was all that punctuated tonight's rivetting set of instant modern -rock classics.

Not long ago, easy comparisons between the band and ye oide XTC were drawn so often it became a stigma, and potential fans would take their money and their allegiance elsewhere. Times were hard.

But tonight IO Zero are proving ,that the odd albatross here and there can become a phoenix and rise up from the ashes of its past, and that a band can change their basic ideology and become more appealing than ever before. Tonight almost all the quirky pop numbers of old have been ditched; the new set offering only two glimpses of this history: 'She's So Rare' and 'Crazy Dolls' - the A and B sides of the band's last single. Otherwise the songs are all new, all written In a

style that is the band's own. From the opening

controversial/commercial 'Cruise Missiles Over Europe', and through the more mellow ground of 'Soldier Of War' and 'Don't Explain', right up to the immediacy of such gems as 'Fireball' and 'Broken Man' 10 Zero shed a fresh light on mainstream Pop music; approaching it in an interesting way, and producing class art typical only'of the better contemporary bands.

EROGENOUS ZONES Newcastle University By Alden Cant YEAH YEAH, another girl group. Superficially, Erogenous Zones are instant attraction. Their songs (courtesy of keyboardsman Trevor Sewell) will hit upon nagging hooks

' at regular occurrences while they have the obvious local ploy in a reel petite girlie singer called Sue Porter who, despite her size completely dominates the visual side of the Zones. Delve slightly deeper and instead of working a bunch of instant I disposable pop tunes, an Erogenous Zone number can be quite a complex arrangement with many a change of gear.

Sue's presence upfront is obviously going to be their major weapon. The rest of the Zones hang in the wings, though they do have fleeting moments of centre - stage glory, and leave Sue to engage herself In a series of synchronized dance - steps with short but intimate chatter in between songs.

The songs are smacked with a distinct keyboard flavour that ain't too far away from the Skids 'Wargames being as close in subject matter as the swirling keyboards and melodramatic choruses The strongest points in the Zones' music ate Contained In the opening three or four numbers - including 'Wargames', that breathe fire and are all very tine efforts. Alter that, the set tends lo slip into their shadow and only during 'Tropic Of Cancer' do they return to what they're really capable of achieving. The other members - Richard Heart (guitar), Chick Ryder (bass) and John McKenna drums mainly adhere to a rock solid rhythm which emerges as the Zones overall strongpoint.

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Because he cracked the Top 40 charts with 'Cars', though, he's got leagues of teenaged tans who turned out in force for this performance, all of whom seem satlslied with what Numan gave them. He is isolated on stage from his musicians, and spends his time looking dramatic and distant -hip thrust out, vaguety machine -like dancing, lips pursed.

For the last three numbers, the bass and guitar players come down off their pedestals and join Numan, whc himself straps on an axe for the occasion. This attempt at conventional band Comladerie comes oil badly, as the three seem uncomfortable and Numan shows himself a just -barely -adequate guitar player. For a band whose stock In trade is disatlection, this display of ;list -folks rock 'n' roll is embarrassing and pointless.

All the imagination that should have gone into the music was apparently taken up by set design and the result is stultifying. At least four times, what seemed to be the opening measures of 'Cars' were heard, but they were In fact different songs. The numbing beat of 414 time had exclusive dominion = this from a band whose strong suit Is rhythm.

Other bands do the synth -pop better and TV game shows have more exotic seta. Numan's unsympathetic, distant persona is ulltmately not enough - he bores rather than fascinates When gutless Gazza plaintively sings 'Remember, I am human," the response he's likely to get is "Who cares?"

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BLACK SLATE Top Rank, Birmingham By Kevin Wilson IN THE wake of certain disadvantageous circumstances; ie a poor disco, an indifferent set by the usually competent Wide Boys and a small, luke warm audience. Black Slate played a remarkable gig at Brum'sTop Rank.

The place was probably too big for a band selling itself on the strength of one hit's!) single but they made the most of it, Starting with 'Reggae Music' the fusion of the standard reggae units (bass, guitar, drums, keyboards) was made and expounded to its Fullest potential

'Legalise Gotha Herb' received a warm welcome, and 'Freedom Time' was played with ferocity and conviction, Thencunusually, Des Mahoney embarked on a short but emotive, drum excursion leading into ;Amigo' - abysmal on vinyl but superb live- Keith Drummond's 'vocal coaxings won over the doubting audience and led into 'Boom Boom' wnh its chant "say what you mean, mean what you say" and war cries of "boom boom festival"

'Reggae Musk' provides a well deserved encore and Black Slate Leave us wanting, They're rapidly becoming an MOR reggae band, lust a little too safe for comfort

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DISCO DATES THURSDAY tat level 12 play live with Robbie Inn - cent at Darllord Fright love Macmne (nine black ladies) play Ma%lar Gunmen until Saturday, Rues Gray a Heaven Clark On -lank Manchester Fevers with Eric Hearn for eone) Jebe Clancy lino Rochester

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Pawlet Man. on the A36 neat Burnham I Bridgwater weekly, FRIDAY (5) Chris Hal joins Marlin Collins al lelehworth Grange. Brothel Lowe with Tony Reeve & Steve Harvey laic- lunks WM- hard Cortege In Hempstead Road, Jell Yount 6 Sob Jones Ina - funk Canvey Goldmine, Froggy with Sean Frencn A Pete Tong funk Southgate Royalty Paul Clark A Gerry Rudd lank Rustinglon Smuggler, ROOST Steve rgglns does erdgend Great ba

W ne Hotel Keith Slack does Chylecole

Pheasant Restaurant near Strafford - on . Avon, Bran Stevenson does Casdelon Midway Hotel, Paul Dickson funks Pontypridd El Torreros Wine Bar weekly. SATURDAY 161 Russ Gray debuts brand new Iazz funk lunchtimes al Manchester Fevers In Fennel Street weekly. Harnngey Leans have an afternoon reenage boogre weekly, Robbie ~cell 6 Froggy funk Southgate Royally, Brother Lamm funks Drelcot Rio. Sean French funks Leysdown Stage 3. Chris Klopper A Eammon Evans funk ~Mani Sprintla Tavern. Nick Dawes does Reading Cavershams, Brian Stevenson does Whitworth Mount Pleasant, Chris Bangs & .Jaffa

é- drink Outh Enter Bowl (Royal er Hotel) 8weekly SUNDAY (71 Sean French 6

Chris Bangs (all - tunic Harrow Bogans weekly, Marlin SI John hits Bolton Castle Hotel weekly (Mondays tool, TUESDAY (9) Carl Sutton jazz - funks Swansea Cavalier Club weekly,Tony J kins goesstraight" to Heaven for Fnklton,WODNES1DAT

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ODDS 'N' BODS STEVIE WONDER. rather Than Happy B,nhdaY or even Lately', has chosen i I Mgt Gonna Stand For It' as his nest single UK lam releases due Im. minenlly molude Grover Washington Ir Let It Flow I Wmellght . Yarborough 6 Peoples Don't Stop The Musa', Ernie Watts lust Holden On', Lenny While Km Sluff' I Slip Away I Fancy Dancer' (fie last bile only on the 12in, not the Tin)

tames Brown Rapp Payback' is apparently unavailable to CBS here due lo his Polydor 1 TK contract wrangle Millie .lanksoo s brand new send - up of kerbs Blow and other rappers, I Had To Say II', will be un promo 12in by Onus wllh luck

WEA impon LPs actually available here with Kcalarogue tubers a Patrice Rusher

52260), Lenny While (K 52261). Grover YJ.shmglon (552262). Prince 5506621. Slave (SO 522.1. Ritchie Rome (E6 256). Ernie Walls 1E6 2851

London s RJ world has been shaken by Far- man Graham Canter leaving Maylal: Guluvers for Sohn Le (Tear Route to ul 11 back on lis feet" (al least II It be handy lot Groove lust across Greek Street% bur nla replacement al Gullivees in the d,mmwwe loam of Graham Gold Is already proving Popular wen the punters (when I'm wllh him at the weekends It's the OtIle & Large show ) Ex- caliberhavewonSkyy(thmr 'Here's To You' Is CM

US lain promo), and In the Chart race between the PRAT es -pruners Morgan Khan es way ahead of nave McAleer thanks to Young 6 Co Fred Dove has temporality suspended VJEA's club mailing list as Ise (probably with reason) reckons Mal ere slump en attendances means it's less easy to And sufficient rime when the club Is lull to plug

lWe. product effectively Showstoppper Promo - iens nerd National Soul flay will be indoors al the Brighton Conference Centre (wile lull lactillles already boat - Tel on Alb May 1981, Cagier 7 al the old camp being the weekend of April 10/11/12th'

Greg farces (023449912) could have work for expenenOed club lochs in the Beds/Heris area

Paul of the Cavan reggae label (adding Ina -

lunk material neat year) MVdea jocks lo send lull work deans for mailing list cog siderabon to him at

Cavan Ltd, e2 'Irvington Street London EC2 Steve Dennis next Fndayb121 holds a World Row. mg Championship' for learns of five from clubs anywhere competing for speed rowing on machines and for style to oops , lull derail* Item him at the venue, Faces, Five Ways, Birmingham iS London Weekend Television's Royally - filmed ' bribes" show will now go ouf al 1 30 on Sunday week 041 Polydor marling lest locks recently polled about their muslo paper readleg habits kept Record Minor way ahead of the rest for the third poll livening Alan ones last week neglected to mention Stephanie Milli main

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Flicks' Colin Hudd. You can catch Dave tonight (Thursday. 4th) at Strood Micawbers.

guveoue claim to lame being net creation of the Perna Ross I rudy Garland role In the original stage production el 'The Ma', lollowleg v tilers Motown signed het but she left the label when the movie role didn't go to her O V Wright of 'Thar's How Strong My Love Is' lame recently died, and Pramatics' composer Tony Hester was murdered en a Detroit mugging Antonia Rodriguez La Bamba' 0011 seem, big in Scotland I far North, while the Influx of up - country mobile I marling Ira) - orientated chart contributors is hay. leg such ellect on the UK Disco 90 as puffing Dl S C O' back Into the Top 30 and generally

conllrming what we already know is (or more to the point has been) popular with pop buyers 1

am templed to alert two different chi ts, one for general locks and one for soul specialists Steve Walsh when last seen was playing 'Bout le Bo yid at Harringey Layers' Thursday ladies nigh', where Nicll..y Price serves hurl salads disguising knockout cocktails to Trap unwary In-

ns Chris Ennis (Exeter Boxes) 51111 main - lams his Kano Sukalagwun was a while abel given to him by a mend (n) from London who told him the tales and that It was not - if true, the moral Cods Is, don I trust Londoners bearing 511101 Sterl. Mg Vann (Bethnal Green Tipples) found Kunz Donkumnobi a 'T El E n. (Tere s One Born

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Surface Noise makes me crack up" isn't the most tactful badge slogan Pie's cutting lathe runs slightly fast, explaining the dlllerence in RPM between US and UN releases on Exwbber Sugarhill Gang did indeed fond Mends al Funklton

Paul Clark A Phi) Leppard's Ina - funk Thursdays al Brighton metro, once the no -

leans" bastion of John Lewis, now welcomes jeans and T-shlrls lan The Frogs sot has so many record. that, at his Wednesday jazz funk nights with Lave Mhddlelen al Bletchley Peaches, hen buy a round of drinks if anyone asks hem for a record he hasn't got Marlin Plalls (Blackburn) runs live miles every morning, doesn't drink, doesn't smoke, but does the other. Honey Bee Benson now seems to be al Bishop's Sion - ford Triad Lersure Centre .. Tom Wilson (Edin- burgh Oscars) says. 'next lime remember Margaret Thatcher Is old enough to be your mother" - not mine mate, unlorlunately unless she was a child bride' D iF's aggressive new MU -opposing slogan sports a clenched fist any the message, Hire a Laren I" KEEP IT DEAD,

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Peacheº A Herb Fun Time' I 'One Child 01 Love' (Polydor 12in), Jantes Brown 'It's Too Funky In Here' I 'Get Up Ofta Thal Thing' (Polydor LP), Mansard 'Margaefa' (Champagne 112m1, Sweat

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UK SINGLES t SURER TROUPER, Abbe

7 THE TIDE IS NIGH, Blon0le 9 BANANA REPUBLIC. Boomtown Rats

12 EMBARRASSMENT,Madnese 11 TO CUT A LONG STORY SHORT,

Spandau Ballet RelormetroniChrysass I 3 I COULD BE SO GOOD FOR YOU, Dena Waterman EMI 4 NEVER KNEW LOVE UKE THIS BEFORE, Stephanie Mills 20Th Century 7 CELEBRATION, Nool 5 The Gang De -Ells

15 DO YOU FEEL WY LOVE. Eddy Grant Cnatgn 8 (JUSTLTKEISTARTING OVER, John LennnIYoko Ono WEA/Geffen I

10 EARTH DIES SCREAMING70REAM A LIE, UB40 Graduals 5 FASHION, DawO Bowie RCA

18 I M COMING OUT, Duna Ross Motown 6 WOMAN IN LOVE. Barbra Slreisand CBS

69 STOP THE CAVALRY. JOna Leone SIIII 35 THERE S NO ONE QUITE LIRE GRANDMA,

SI. W Imfred S School Choir MFP 23 ROCK 'N ROLL MAT NOISE POLLUTION, AC/DC Allanlrc .I 22 ACE OF SPADES. Motomead Bronde 17 PASSION, Rod Stewarl

20 20 I LIKE WHAT YOU RE DOING TO M . Young BCo 21 26 DON'T WALK AW AY, Esc Light Orchestra 22 25 LADY, Kenny Rogers 23 19 RUNAWAY BOYS, Steep Cali N 16 SAME OLD SCENE.RonY Mualc 25 14 SPECIAL BREW, Bad Manners

26 13 ENOLA GAY, Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark 27 31 LOVE ON THE ROCKS, Nell Dternond ra 19 DOG EAT 00G Adam And The Ants 79 29 LONELY TOGETHER, Barry Man,low 30 - FLASH,Oueen 31 - ANT MUSIC. Adam And The Ants 32 21 WHAT YOU'RE PROPOSING. Status Ouo

33 42 LOOKING FOR CLUES. Roben Palmer N - LIES,Sialus Ouo 25 50 BLUE MOON, Showaddywaddy 36 33 KISS ON MY LIST. Hall/Oates 37 24 IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A WAY OUT,OdySsey 38 72 OVER THE RAIN BOWIYOU BELONG TO ME, Matchbox 39 - DECEMBER WILL BE MAGIC Kale Bush 40 - THE CALL UP, Clash 41 - ISRAEL Sloan,,, And The Banshees 42 40 GIRLS CAN GET IT, Dr Hook 43 66 RABBIT, Chas6 Dave re 7B WHEN YOU ASK ABOUT LOVE, Matchbox 45 44 HUNGRY HEART. Bruce Spnngsleen r6 60 IF ICOULO ONLY M AKE YOU CARE. Mike Berry

47 - DIE YOUNG Black Sabbath as 62 SH BOOM/WHITECHRISTM AS, Darla 49 - WOMEN IN WINTER, Skids 56 r6 IT'S HARD TO BE MUMBLE. Mac °sates

51 54 WHIP IT. Devo 52 34 D I S'CO.. Onawan 53 27 SUDDENLY. Obv1a NewtonJohn/CIIIl Richard 51 43 BEER DRINKERS AND HELL RAISERS,Molorhead

55 3e FALCON. Rah Band 56 52 SHE15 A GROOVY FREAK, Real Thing 57 36 BOURGIE BOURGIE, Gladys Knight And The Plps 58 r5 BAGGY TROUSERS. Madness 59 - LORRAINE, Bad Manners 60 39 THE NIGHT THE WINE AND THE ROSES. Liquid Gold 61 37 ALL OUT OF.LOVE, Air Su8PI5 62 61 LIFE IS FOR LIVING, Barclay Jame5Harvest 63 - WHATA FOOL BELIEVES. Arena Franklin 64 47 FEELS LIKE THE RIGHT TIME, Shakalak 65 51 AIN'T NO LOVE IN THE HEART OF THE CITY.

While Sna60 65 - WHO'S GONNA ROCK YOU, Nolans 67 55 I NEVER GO OUT IN THE RAIN, High Society 68 - SANTA CLAUS IS BACK IN TOWN. Elvis Presley 69 - NEVER MIND THE PRESENTS, Barren Knights 70 - GUILTY, Barbra Slrelsand(Barry GIbb 71 75 THE STRONG ARM OF THE LAW, Saaon

72 - BOOM BOOM, Black Slate 73 41 GOTTA PULL MYSELF TOGETHER. Nolans 70 - SLIP AND DIP MANNA BE WITH YOU. Coffee 75 - LOUIS OUATORZE. Bow Wow Wow

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STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN. Led Zeppelin 10 BOUNTY HUNTER, Molly Hatchet 11 BEER DRINKER EP. Molorhead 12 PMILBY, Rory Gallagher 13 ACE OF SPADES, Molorhead I4 CRAZY TRAIN,Oooy Osborne 15 YOU SAID ITALL.Ozzy Osbourn le ROCK N ROLL AIN'T NOISE POLLUTION. ACI OC

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1 WHEN YOU'RE IN LOVE Dr Hook 2 CRAZY LITTLE THING CALLED

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BY far the most important of the impressive array of new charts added to RM this week are the

independent charts. Each week since January, Record Business research has surveyed 46 specialist outlets throughout the UK to determine the best - selling independently distributed singles and albums. The sole criterion for inclusion In the chart Is that a record Is not distributed by a major record company - that Is Pye, CBS, EMI Polygram, RCA or WEA

THE BMRB Top ,75 currently Includes lust three independent records: Motorhead's 'Beer Drinkers And Hell Raisers EP, and High Society's 'I Never Go Out In The R&In'. both distributed by Pinnacle, and UB40's 'The Earth Dies Screaming I Dream A Lie' which is handled by Spartan, Both UB40 and Molorhead figure prominently in the indIe chart but High Society are conspicuously absent This Is because the shops used In the compilation of the indict charts are predominantly rock I new wave specialists where High Society's infuriating thirties style disc Is unlikely to be stocked. let alone sold These shops deal more with the extremes of the rock spectrum from the sparse new wave disco rhythms of the Silts, the Pop Group and Killing Joke to the uncompromisingly anarchic new wave of Crass, Poison Girls. Discharge and Zounds

Controversial double album 'Stations Of The Crass' has sold over 35,000 copies, far In excess of the

sales achieved by many of the albums in the nether regions of the BMRB album chart. Similarly Stiff Little Fingers' first Rough Trade single has so far notched up sales of 60,000, In neither case has the record come near to breaking the BMRB chart as the vast majority of sales have been through the rapidly growing network of specialist shops which have been springing up to cater for a demand the more mainstream dealer either can't or doesn't want to understand. -

lt's Interesting to note that If the charts had been established two or three years ago The Specials, Jilted John SLF, The Ruts, Rezillos, Human League, Adam & The Ants and Cockney Rejects would have been amongst the first chart - toppers. tt can be seen then that apart from providing an accurate reflection of the alternative music scene the Independent chart also acts as a nursery for artists who will later establish themselves with major record companies. '

The Ilst of records which have topped the independent charts since their inception make Interesting reading: (Singles) Jan 19. 'Where's Captain Kirk" - Spizz Energi, Mar 0: 'Food For Thought' - UB40, May 31: 'Bloody Revolutions I Persons Unknown - Crass / Poison Girls, Jul 5; 'Love Will Tear Us Apart' - Joy Division, Aug 30: 'Paranoid' - Black Sabbath, Sep 13' 'Can't Cheat Karma I War 1

Subvert' - Zounds, Sep 27: 'Paranoid' - Black Sabbath, Oct 18: 'Requiem' - !Wittig Joke, Oct 25: 'Atmosphere' - Joy Division, Nuv 8: 'Kill The Poor' - Dead Kennedys, Nov 15: 'The Earth Dies Screaming I

Dream A Lie' - UB40, Dec 1: 'Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers' (EPP- Motorhead (Albums) Jan 19: 'Dirk Wears White Sox' - Adam & The Ants, Jan 26: 'Station Of The Crass' - Crass Feb 9; 'Unknown Pleasures' - Joy Division. Feb 16: 'Stations Of The Crass' - Crass, Mar 1: 'Sheep Farming in Barnet' - Toyah, Mar 15: 'Stations Of The Crass' - Crass, Mar 29: Songs The a

Lord Taught Us' - Crass, Apr 5: 'Stations Of The Crass - Crass Apr 12: 'For How Much Longer Must I. We Tolerate Mass Murder' - Pop Group, Apr 26: 'Bootleg -Retrospective' - Slits, May 17: 'Totale's Turns (It's Now Or Never)' - ̀ail, June 23: 'Blue Meaning' - Toyah, Jul 5: 'Live At Last' - Black Sabbath, Jul 26: 'Closer' - Joy Division, Sep 20: 'Signing Off' - UB40, Nov 22: 'In The Flat Field' - Bauhaus, Dec 6: 'Grotesque (After The Gramme)' _

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FUTURIST t IAAPY ANN, Human League, from 'Holiday' EP

2 2-ISAIAGE Visage, Iron 'Visage' 3 SECONDS TOO LATE. Cabaret Voltaire < GATHERING DUST, Modern English

5 TAR X, Ultravoe, from 'Vienna' p RICKY'S HAND, Fad Gadget 7 GLAMOROUS BOYS, James Vane

3 SCARY MONSTERS. David Bowie. :rum 'Scary Monsters'

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I BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Queen 2 YOU SEXY THING Not Chocolate 7 MONEY HONEY The Bay City Rollers 4 THIS OLD HEART OF MINE

Rod Slewart S ALL AROUND MY HAT Sleeleye Span 6 NA NA IS THE SADDEST WORD

The Stybsbcs 1 D I V O R C.E Billet Connell 6 LOVE HURTS Jim Cawldl 9 THE TRAIL OF THE LONESOME

PINE Laurel and Hardy 10 IMAGINE John Lennon

YESTERYEAR TEN YEARS AGO (December 5. 19701

I IHE AR YOU KNOCKING Dave Edmunds

2 VOODOO CHILE Jiml He nano 3 CRACKLIN' ROSE Neil Diamond 4 INDIAN RESERVATION Don Ferdon 5 YOU'VE GOT ME DANGLING ON A

STRING Chairmen Ol The Board 6 WHEN I'M DEAD AND GONE

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11 10 MANILOW MAGIC. Barry ManIIO* 12 25 BARRY, Barry Man110w I3 B KINGS OF THE WILD FRONTIER, Adam 6 The Ants II 37 SINGS 20 NO. 1 PUTS, Brotherhood 01 Man 15 18 JAZZ SINGER, Nell DtarnOnd Ill 9 COUNTRY LEGENDS, various 17 20 ABSOLUTELY, Madness II I2 HOTTER THAN JULY, Stevie Wonder 19 19 AXE ATTACK, Parlous 20 17 THE LOVE ALBUM. Various

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I/ DOUBLE FANTASY, John Lennon 16 ACE OF SPADES. Motomead 35 GAUCHO. Sleety Dan 16 RADIO ACTIVE, Various 58 BEAUTIFUL SUNDAY. Lena Marled 21 ORGANISATION, Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

24 THE RIVER, Bruce Spnngsteen 26 NEVER FOREVER, Kato Bush 28 LIVE. Eagles 27 LITLE MISS DYNAMITEIBrenUa Lee 34 VERY BEST OIF ELTON JOHN, Elton John 43 LOONEY TUNES, Bad Manners 30 LIVE IN THE HEART OF THE CITY, whItesnake 28 STRONG ARM OF THE LAW, Saaon 31 FLESH 8 BLOOD, Rory Music 33 JUST SUPPOSIN', Slalus Duo

41 22 GOLD. Three Degrees <2 40 MASTERWORKS, Various 43 29 THE BLACK ALBUM, The Damned 44 46 RISING, DI Hook 15 51 ONE TRICK PONY. Paul Simon 46 44 BREAKING GLASS, Harel O'Connor 47 50 SPACE INVASION.Varlods 48 55 ME 6 BILLY WILLIAMS. Mao Boyce 09 38 REGATTA DE BLANC, Police 50 41 SMOKIE'S HITS, Smokle

51 45 0E2. Mike Oldlield 52 02 MAKIN' MOVIES, Dire Straus

53 66 SAD CAFE, Sad Cale 54 39 GIVE ME THE NIGHT. George Sensor. 55 61 20 GOLDEN GREATS OF KEN DODD. Ken Dodd

158 - LAUGHTER. Ian Diary & The Blockheads 57 48 PARIS, Supenramp 56 64 DIANA, Diana Ross 59 68 WAR OF THE WORLDS, Jeff Wayne ' 60 70 SLADE SMASHES, Slade

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MORE SPECIALS, Specials GREATEST HITS VOL 2. Abbe RUMOURS, Fleetwood Mac THE LEGENDARY BIG BANDS. Varloua OUTLANDOS D'AMOUR, Police BAT OUT OF HELL, Meat Loal MY GENERATION, The Who THE TURN OF A FRIENDLY CARD, Alan Parsons Protect BACK IN BLACK. AC/DC SKY 2. Sky

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71 60 PACES. EARTH Wind 5 Fire 72 63 CONTRACTURAL OBLIGATION ALBUM. Monty Python 73 - THE HITMAKERS. Various 74 - TRIUMPH,JacEaons 75 67 MIDNITE DYNAMOS, Matchbox

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24 26 THEME FROM THE DUKES OF HAZZARD. Waylon Jennings RCA

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62 72 HE CAN'T LOVE YOU. Michael Slanley Band

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68 70 MORNING MAN. Rupert Holmes

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US SOUL 1 MASTER BLASTER Stevie Wonder

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7 ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST. Queen 11 LOVE K LOVE. George Benson

d I'M COMING OUT Diane Ross

9 I NEED YOUR LOVIN' Teena Mane t5 REMOTE CONTROL, Reddings 13 THE WANDERER, Donna Sommer 17 WHEN WE GET MARRIED. Larry Watson. 20 I'LL NEVER FIND ANOTHER, Mannatrans 11 FIINKW' FOR JAMAICA. Ton. Browne 1* WHERE DID WE GO WRONG. I T D

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34 73 NITS, Boa Suggs 35 53 HAWKS AND DOVES, Nell Young

38 39 HONEYSUCKLE ROSE. Soundtrack

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44 29 AUDIO VISIONS. Kansas Krnhner a5 15 DIRTY MIND, Prince WaOsi, Bros 46 31 TP, Teddy Pendergrass P I R

47 51 ARETHA. Amino Franklin Amts NI a8 URBAN COWBOY, Soundtrack Fun MoonlMylum a9 49 NOTHIN' MATTERS AND WHAT IF IT DID. John Cougar Si,.

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55 69 LIVING IN A FANTASY. Leo Sayer 56 56 HORIZON. Eddie Rabblli

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55 34 SPECIAL THINGS, Polder Maters 59 45 GLASS HOUSES Billy Joel 60 62 I BELIEVE IN YOU. Don Williams'

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