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Sore blues'plea toStones

THE ROLLING STONES - a fan asks them to considerrecording bluesier material, with which they gained their

first big success.

etdde1,1fr. USA

JUST a quick word as to the purpose of this new feature --basically it will be a kind of clearing -house for informationon American discs, mainly in the Rock, R & B, Blues and

Soul fields. Queries and requests for information will be publishedas will the replies to them. So if YOU think you can answer anyof the queries published this time (or in the future) send in yourreply; or if there is a particular piece of information you want,write in, and we'll see what can be done. Get the idea now? Theaddress to write to in all cases is Disc/Info U.S.A., Record Mirror, 116Shaftesbury Avenue, London, W.1.

1. On the "New Jimmy ReedAlbum" from Bluesw ay , justissued here on HMV, the Ameri-can sleeve -notes state there isanother guitarist on some of thetracks, who they are unable toname for contractual reasons.Now my contention is that it isProbably Hubert Sumlin. But hasanybody got any definite informa-tion on this point?

2. Can anyone give the line-upof the Coasters, on their newDate record (out here on CBS)?The reason for this query is thata certain Billy Guy had a singleout recently on Verve, and Iwonder if it's the one who wasin the Coasters.

3. Eddie Floyd is said to havehad at least three singles onthe Stax/Volt subsidiary Safice.Can anyone supply titles andnumbers? Also the recent EddieFloyd single on London came fromLupine. Now was this a LupineFalcons track, renamed as anEddie Floyd track, or did he infact record solos for Lupine?

4. Just like to set the recordstraight here on one point. Ithas been stated that FrankieFord's new single, "I Can't FaceTomorrow" (on Debloon in theStates) is his first since 1961.In fact. in between he made"Hello Dolly" for 20th CenturyFox in 1964.

5. One of the Four Tops statedthat besides the jazz album theymade for Workshop (the Tamla/Motown jazz subsidiary), theyalso made one or more for River-side. Does anybody know any-thing about this, such as titlesor numbers, etc.?

6. Nat Perrilliat, tenor saxistwho was over here with FatsDomino, says that he made analbum in 1959, with a clarinet-tist named Alvin Baptiste, for anAmerican label called RexRecords. Anyone know anythingat all about this album, or theaddress of Rex Record please?

7. Does anyone know the num-ber, or tracks, of an albumcalled "Everyday I Have TheBlues" which features LowellFulson, Charles Brown, LloydGlenn and Jimmy McCracklin,reputedly on the American C & Wlabel Starday?

8. Bill Black's pianist/organist

has made at least two solosingles to my knowledge. Oneon Sun, and one on TRI. Arethere any more that are knownof?

9. Does anyone know the nameof the guitarist in the Joe Scottband which backs Bobby Bland?

10. Now about Roy Head'srecordings. I believe that theBackbeat ones are the mostrecently recorded. But whatabout the TNT and Scepter ones?I have a feeling that the Sceptertracks came from another label- can anyone confirm this? Andalso the TNT album I think, isvery old, but may have had anorgan dubbed on it at sometime. Any confirmation on thesepoints would be welcome.

11. Chuck Willis has had twoalbums released by Epic -"Chuck Willis Wails The Blues"and "A Tribute To Chuck Willis".Is the personnel which backsChuck on either of these twoLPs known?

12. On the Atlantic "SaturdayNight At The Uptown" LP, aknockout guitarist is heard behindWilson Pickett on "If You NeedMe". Anyone know his name-and is he one of the OhioUntouchables, who I believebacked Pickett at some time?

13. "The Sun Is Shining" byElmore James on "The BluesVol. 3" is a completey differenttake of the tune to that on theChess single version - even thewords of the last verse aredifferent. Anyone know for sureanything regarding this fact?

14. The very first recordingsmade by The Isley Brotherswere for Gone Records (aRoulette subsidiary). I know offive tracks, which are to befound on the End (anotherRoulette subsid.) LP, "Battle OfThe Groups". Can it be confirmedthat these are the only five theymade for Gone, or were theremore?

15. Where the story camefrom that Mickey Baker playsguitar on Ike & Tina Turner's"It's Gonna Work Out Fine"?I'm willing to bet that it is Ikehimself-evidence being his workon his solo Crown LP. However,I wouldn't mind being provenwrong. Hard facts anyone?

ROY SIMONDS

AN open letter to the Rolling Stones: As a matter ofgrowing personal curiosity I would like to know why

you have tended to stray so far from the sound on youramazing "Rolling Stones" LP. I can see that you mustdiversify your activities on record, but would it really betoo much to ask for another bluesy album - writing thesongs is no problem as "Spider And The Fly" and "HighAnd Dry" show so well. Your treatment of other people'smaterial such as "Cry To Me" and "That's How Strong MyLove Is" shows equally clearly. I doubt if this dream wouldbe realised, but there must be hundreds of thousandswho'd buy it, like they did "Little Red Rooster", your onlyinstant No. 1, and in one chart, your first chart topper. -Keith Wilson, 15, Mayfield Road, Weybridge, Surrey.

CUT-PRICE L.P.'s?HOW do the major labels, all but

one of which now run a cheappop label justify the difference

in price between their series whenthe quality of the records is in eachcase usually similar? Pye now seemto release their older material ontheir 12s. 6d, Marble Arch label,and not Golden Guinea. Doesn't thissuggest that they find it moreprofitable to do so because of amore than proportionate increase indemand created by the price reduc-tion? I think it's time Polydor fol-lowed the lead of Ember who sellall their LPs at 17s. 9d. and cutthe price of theirs - they might bedoing themselves a good turn.Derek Brandon, 40 Leighton Road,lichen, Southampton.

James Craig - Youmust take into accountDerek, the enormous costof studios and musicians.This is why cheap - labelLP's are usually oldmaterial for which there areno studio overheads. In thecase of American or foreignmaterial, a very high per-centage has to be paid tothe mother company, whichis reduced proportionatelyfor re -issues.

DAZED . . .

AFTER my letter appeared on'Your Page', I've received200 replies in two days and as

many callers from Cardiff andBristol. I don't mind, but my wifeand postman are on the verge ofa nervous breakdown. So could Itell everybody who wrote in witha s.a.e. that I'll reply as soon asPossible. By the way, does any-body know anything about a groupcalled Hal Paige and the Whalerson Melodic who had a disc called"Going Back To My Hometown"?Yours in a daze, Russell Allsopp,20 Allansbank Crescent, The Heath,Cardiff.

IMAGE RUINEDIN THE year 1964 a very

beautiful song by a verylovely young lady climbed

into the charts. The song, "AsTears Go By" and the young ladyMarianne Faithfull. Ever sincethen I have bought every singleand LP Marianne ever had issued.I was always knocked out whenI saw her on TV-she was so un-touchable. I'm sure there weren'tmany fellows in England who didn'tlike Marianne. Then she got mar-ried-I remained her fan and stillbought her records. But this weekI was really brought down. Why?Because to me she has ruined herimage by posing on a front coverof a weekly magazine dressed onlyin black underwear and blackstockings leading up to hersuspenders which are also fullyrevealed. To my mind, this justisn't her. The magazine I spoke ofis "Tit Bits" No. 4242-Marianneis on the front cover.-Peter Kane,Little Bookham, Surrey.

NANCY DEFENCETHE remarks from 'Sandie ShawI Fan' about Nancy Sinatra

(Letter page 24/6/67) werechildish and uncalled for. Nancyisn't the greatest singer around -but she isn't the worst. I havethree of her albums and severalsingles. Lee Hazlewood and Nancywork hard on each track - thesongs are good, the arrangementsare great. 'Love Eyes' is myfavourite single track - it onlyjust missed the 50. I wish her wellwith her James Bond song, I hopeit reaches the charts. I admireNancy and her work and I hate tohear catty, stupid comments thatare unjustified. - Victor G. Davis,2 Sivilla Road, Kilnhurst, Rother-ham, Yorks.

JAMES CRAIG - Thisis only one of many letterssent me defending NancySinatra.

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LIVE RECORDS PLEAWITH the high price of records

today, why aren't there more"live" LPs and EPs? Surely

they are cheaper to produce andrecord than if they were made ina studio-instead of spending costlyhours in a recording studio, whynot go to good clubs like theMarquee or Flamingo and spendtwo pleasant hours recording? Asthere is so much controversy goingon about the quality of the soundsof groups maybe some of the up-and-coming groups could showtheir worth on a "live" album,such as the Stormsville Shakersand the Action who deserve morepraise.-Tim Newbigin, Broadoak,Milford, Godalming, Surrey.

READERS' POLLTHIS is my second attempt to

run a poll through RecordMirror. The subject is (a)

the ten best pop records in the lastten years, and (b) the ten worstPOP records in the last ten years.Let's have hundreds of votesplease, sent to me, the resultsshould be most interesting. - P.Dodsworth, 6 Chatham Street,Southwell, Notts.

BUDDY PETITIONIN ANSWER to your reader John

Richer's request (RM June 22)I would like to inform him

that I have a small petition almostset up. If all Buddy Holly fanswould send their names or peti-tions along to ATV London withinthe next month or two, they couldhardly refuse us a re -showing ofBuddy's appearances on the Lon-don Palladium. - L. Kenan, 58Annadale Road, Marino, Dublin 3,Eire.

S'VILLE SHAKERSIN

last week's Record Mirror youprinted a letter from MissRosetta Thomas from Pembroke-

shire, in which she implied that shewas responsible for the STORMS-VILLE SHAKERS Fan Club. Iwould be glad if you would let yourreaders know that this young ladyis unknown to myself or the group,and that it would be a completewaste of their time and moneyif they wrote to her. They should,instead, contact Doreen Pettifer, 86Furze Lane, Farncombe, Godalm-ing, Surrey, who is the officialsecretary for the StormsvilleShakers Fan Club. - CHRIS CAS -SAP, Manager, 10 Josephs Road,Guildford, Surrey.

ONLY -DOWN FOR3L.P.s(Balance 5/- weekly). After 5/ down, the 3 L.P's, fresh from themakers, are posted to YOU, anywhere in G.B. Just send 5/- with alist of Nos. and titles. State your age. Under 17 not accepted. PRINTyour full names and HOME address. County court debtors not

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Buck-the nonIllashuillegiant...

WITH the emergence ofCountry & Western, or

at least songs of Countryorigin, there is naturally alot more space given over inmagazines to the men whospearhead the trend. Onesuch man is Buck Owens, whohas been the most successfulgenuine Country artiste overthe past two or three years.

Buck has one main differencefrom his rivals for the crown. Herecords not in Nashville but inBakersfield, California. He alsospends most of his time on theWest Coast. Thanks to Buck and afew others, Bakersfield is becomingquite a strong opposition to Nash-ville. Other West Coast artistesinclude Tommy Collins, Merle Hag-gard, Bonnie Owens and Red Simp-son.

Bakersfield is a rich farmingand oil -producing community with apopulation of around 70,000. It is

situated just over 100 miles fromLos Angeles, which is actuallywhere the artistes record for theCapitol Recording Company, mostlyunder the direction of Ken Nelson.

Back to Buck. He was born inSherman, Texas but reared inMesa, Arizona. It was in 1951 thatBuck and his family moved toBakersfield. Having played inseveral of the local, small-timebands, Buck was spotted by famedC & W star, Tommy Collins. Col-lins, quick to spot the potential ofthe young guitarist, persuaded Buckto join up. Whilst with the band.Buck recorded one or two soloitems for Claude Caviness' PopRecord Company of Pico Rivera,California. Capitol, who had beenkeeping close tabs on the younggenius, soon signed him exclusivelyto their own roster. The success inthe last few years has prompted theresidents to jokingly refer to theirtown as 13uckersfield'i

But for Buck it was not an easyride to the top. In his 38 years hehas had many disappointments.

Until he was in his early twentieshe was not sufficiently good withhis guitar to get a job. lie becameon leaving school, a truck driver-hauling fruit and produce betweenCalifornia's San Joaquin Valley andhis home town of Phoenix, Arizona.Then before moving to California,he played with the Bill Wood Bandin Parkersfield, Arizona.With his band, the Buckeroos, he

is now happily placed as America'stop Country and Western artiste.To his credit he has such hits as"LOVE'S GONNA LIVE HERE","I'VE GOT A TIGER BY THE'PAIL", "MY HEART SKIPS ABEAT':, "ACT NATURALLY" (alsorecorded by the Beatles). "CRY-ING TIME" (also recorded by RayCharles) and more recently "SAM'SPLACE". Buck writes nearly every-thing he records.

It certainly looks as though Mr.Buck Owens will still be on top inthis year's C & W Popularity Pollsand there is no sign of his down-fall.

JOHN E. ABBEY

In brief . . .

AD. CARPENTER, 55 BridleRoad, Eastcoate, PinnerMiddx. - Could I organise

a poll to find out the most likedand least liked track on theBeatles "Sgt. Peppers" LP. Iwill inform you of the resultthrough RM when ready.

Peter Morgan, Eddie CochranAppreciation Society, 85, Kingsway,Kingswood. Bristol. - I have somefantastic rare photographs of thelate Buddy Holly - and I willswop these for anything on thelate Eddie Cochran. such asphotos, cuttings, programme's,anything at all.

Allan Lindsay, 32, GlenareDrive, Glasgow, S5. - I wouldlike, at a reasonable price thesetwo Small Faces records - "HeyGirl"/"It's Too Late" and "I'veGot Mine"/"Almost Grown". Canany reader help me?

Matthew Harvie, East DykesFarm, Strathaven, Lanarkshire. -As an ardent Byrds fan I wouldlike to organise a poll to find theirmost popular (a) single. (b) LP.and (3) LP track. My personalselection - (a) "Mr. TambourineMan", (b) "Younger Than Yester-day", (c) "Wild Mountain Thyme".- Says James Craig - Matthew'sletter is one of many I havereceived asking for a Byrds poll..Terry and Chris Malley, 22.Granleight Road, Leytonstone,London, E.11. - Elvis PresleySocialites are proud to presenttheir third Elvis party "Such ANight With Elvis Fans". It takesplace on Saturday. Nov. 4, 1967,at the "Ex -Servicemen's club",Harvey Road, Leytonstone, E.11,tickets 3/6 available from us atthe above address.

J. Butcher. 21, DunbridgeHouse, Alton Estate. Roehampton,London, S.W.15.-Can any readerhelp me get hold of Otis Redding's"Mary Had A Little Lamb" (Volt109) and "I'm Depending On You"(Volt 126) - both are 'B' sides,I'll pay anything for these discs.

Boppin' Bob Dene. the Rockin'Machine, the Rockhouse, LondonRoad, Hutton, Essex.- If MerrillMoore had recorded "Great BallsOf Fire" or "Whole Lotta Shakin' "they'd have sold twice as manyas Jerry Lee Lewis. MerrillMoore is the greatest rock 'n'roller in the wide world andmakes even Little Richard looktame.

Carol, 14, Fossedale Avenue,Knowle, Bristol 4. - Getting ridof any musical papers? Do mea favour. spare a minute pleaselook through them for any articlesor pictures about Jim Proby.Want to do a good deed? Postthem to the above address.

Jennifer Brown, 15. HolmdaleRoad, Christchurch, Kent. -Dear readers, is there anyonewho has anything on Jack Jones,such as articles, pictures, recordsthey don't want. I will buy.Send to the above address.

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The songs you have recorded so far have embraceda dog, a 9 to 5 type job, a gun, and a market. Butyou appear to avoid the love -type of lyric. Why?

A. I have in fact written a number of love -songs, but love -songs, for me, are very deep-too deep. I find that otherthings, such as observing everyday life, are far more in-teresting. A lot of my ideas are from personal ex-periences.

Q. Do you believe in "message songs"?A. Yes, this is something I believe in. Messages are very

important to me. I have written two songs whichhave very deep messages. I don't know whether Ishall release them, though. They may not be under-stood.

Q. Why not? Do you find it difficult to communicatewhat you really feel in a song?

A. Well, yes I do. You see, if I were to explain in con-versational terms what I mean people would under-stand, but I have to express myself in more abstractterms. Even then, if the kids were to understandwhat it was all about, I'd have to chat to them forten minutes before singing it. Even so, I do preferto write songs that say something. I like the ProcolHarum record very much, but I couldn't have writ-ten the lyrics-it's not personal.

Q. I suppose you are a sort of social commentator?.11.,--, .........

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CAT STEVENS-an in-depth interview by Pete l.anza.

A. Yes, precisely. I look at life and then comment about it."Mathew & Son" for instance. We need the people wholive lives like that, of course.

Q. Is there anything in your past that has had a lastinginfluence upon you. Something, which has remained asort of back -cloth to what you are doing now?

A. Yes, Folk Music. This has had a tremendous influenceupon me, and continues to. Most folk -songs are, afterall, observations of life.

Q. What was it that made you take up music?A. I just don't know. If I see something being done, then

I have a great need to do it myself. This gives me greatsatisfaction, and is why I sing my own songs mostly.

Q. When you write a song do you have a definite idea atthe outset, or does it just come into your mind? Do yourideas germinate from experience?

A. Yes, well naturally, I have an idea. And if I get veryexcited about it I find the time to work on it. I may beplaying my guitar, be in the street, or just see a wordand keep it in mind. I have my own style but it varies.

Q. Do you feel when observing people that you are a partof them, or do you feel isolated?

A. Oh! I have to feel part of everything I'm involved in,otherwise I wouldn't feel anything at all.

Q. Why did you form your own production company. Wasit for freedom?

A. Yes, I suppose basically it was the desire for freedom.I was a songwriter, then a singer, and now I'm a pro-ducer.

Q. What sort of producer are you. Executive or creative?A. There is the producer who gives the material to the

arranger and leaves it at that. Then there is the producerwho gets right into the mood of the idea of the song, andso becomes very involved in the production. That's thesort I am. There may be other kinds of producer, I don'tknow.

Q. You won't produce your own records, though? -A. No. I would never do that. That's working too close to

the canvas. I have to have someone there to take a goodlook at what is going on. I couldn't do that if I wereproducing myself. That is why Mike Hurst is good for me.

Q. Do you have any other forms of self-expression apartfrom music?

A. Yes. I was at art school for a while. My whole life re-volved around art at one time. I liked to draw cartoons-that's a very immediate art -form.

Q. What was the bridge between your interest in art andthe move over to music?

A. Music has come through much bigger than art ever did.It's more immediate. You can be surrounded by picturesand it's great, but if you have music and pictures . . .

Can you imagine a world without music?Q. Are you conscious of any ultimate direction in your life?

A. No. I play life like a game of chess. First one imove, thenthe next. I move from one point to another. For me thisis the best way, it's more exciting than having every-thing mapped out. And this way you don't fall over some-thing under your nose.

Q. Then you don't have a sense of identification with whatyou are doing?

A. No. I don't. Really, I don't know what I am or what I amnot doing. I think it would be sterile to be any otherway. But at times I get very depressed-so depressedthat I don't even want to wash. But there's always some-thing to be done. An interview like this, for instance.So I have to push myself out of depressions.

Q. Are you affected by trends in Pop music?A. Yes, in a certain way, I am affected by trends. Every

trend stems from a root, and I now regard myself as oneof those roots. I enjoy trends very much, The presentProcol Harum trend absolutely.Success. Has this influenced your life in general, apartfrom giving you a sort of security?No, just the opposite. I worry about what I'm earningnow. Will I be earning the same next year? This hasgiven me a sense of insecurity, and so it makes me fighteven harder. I have also matured tremendously.What were you doing before "I Love My Dog"?Ah yes. Then I was struggling to get my songs to otherpeople. I was just the songwriter then, but no one wasreally interested in my style. The Trems recorded oneof my songs because I was an "in" writer. But all alongI have believed in my songs, in what I have been doing.

R. What about your very early life. Did anything happen then to castthe mould of Cat Stevens?

A. I didn't really have a childhood, and what I did have was rough. Iwas never accepted by the other kids. You know, they all wanted toplay football. or something, and I wanted to draw-I started drawingat a very early age-and consequently, I was always alone.Being alone in your childhood must have made YOU very sensitive,very emotional. Are you? Are YOU easily hurt?Yes, I would say so. If I let people get inside me then they canreally play with me, then I can get hurt. But I am very wary ofpeople and have built a sort of shell around myself. But I like tostudy people, they have become more interesting to me.Would you say that this shell has caused a barrier, that it hasdeprived you of some things that have otherwise "got through" toyou?es

Y, I would. But I'd rather be like that than have these greatlet -downs later on. I worry about things. Probably when I lookback, when I'm about sixty, I'll think, God, why did I worry? Butat the moment it seems worth it.Do you have any preoccupation with age? Do you, as many teenagersdo, dread getting "old"?No. I'm looking forward to it. Then people will come to me foradvice, and I'll be able to sit back and say-"Well . .

What do YOU think of psychedelic freak -outs?You don't really want to ask that question, do you? I think thatreally the people involved in this are lying to themselves. I'drather go to a film, that's more of a psvehedelie hanpenin" Yoo'rereally living something then. If people want to "float around", thenthey can swim.Finally, have you any advice to offer would-be professional song-writers and singers?Yes. Believe in yourself and never give up.

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"S N LA FINE EL M0N 0"The story of the Rakes, the English group that's top in ItalyIF YOU ask any Italian pop -

fan something about theRokes, he will tell you:"SONO LA FINE DELMONDO!" In English thatmeans: "They are terrific,they are the end of theworld!"

The Rokes are the bestbeat group in the Italian popworld. They have beenItaly's top selling disc makerson the beat scene for thelast three years. They havefans all over Italy and dur-ing their concerts the audi-ence is always one of thewildest.

But Italy's number one pop -group is English. ShelShapiro, guitar (23) was bornin London; Bobby Posner,bass (22) comes from Har-row; Mike Shepston, drums(23) from Weymouth, andJohny (with one "n" as hewants it), guitar (22) comesfrom Walthamstow.

This will perhaps be ashock for many English holi-daymakers who, coming backfrom their annual two weeksin Italy, bought a Rokes' discas a souvenir!

The story of the Rokes is verysimilar to that of the Beatles. Shel,Bobby and Mike all went to theHarrow County School. As soon asthey finished they decided to trythe high adventure, and so with afourth boy called Malcolm (Johnsat that time was playing in Pariswith a group called the Londines),at the end of '61 they left for Ham-bourg. That was a hard time untila gentleman from Italy invited themfor a four -week tour in Italy. Mal-colm, may be fed -up with one meala day, came back to England andJohny, casual friend of the group,took his place. Their first appear-ance in Italy was at the AlcyoneTheatre in Milan. Teddy Reno, thebest Italian talent -scout and alsoRita Pavone's manager, liked themand invited them to participate ina national contest for unknown popsingers, the same that Rita Pavonewon the year before. Of coursethey won. It was August '63 andthey recorded "UN' ANIMA PURA",an old melodic Italian song, but

with Shel's special beat arrange-ment. A beautiful song that leftthe top twenty in the summer of'65. Two years since it was re-leased!

But the lucky moment for theRokes arrived in the February of'65, when in Rome the first everbeat club was opened. The PiperClub.

The Club, wanted by all theyoung ones of Italy. had a smash-ing success. That was the first vic-tory of the young generation againstthe old.

The Rokes who played in the"Piper" for the first two monthsbecame suddenly the heroes, thesymbols for the teenagers. Theirsecond single "C'E UNA STRANAESPRESSIONE" went straight inthe top twenty and so did all theirother singles. Last year they hadtwo strong number ones and theircurrent single "BISOGNA SAPERPERDERE" is now at 4th place.With this song they entered thefinals of the S. REMO FESTIVAL.Something that the Hollies, anotherEnglish group in the Festival,could not achieve.

Following their Piper Club successthey co-starred in a film with RitaPavone "LA FIGLIA AMERICANA."They were wanted all over Italyand are still all booked up until

spring of '68.Last summer they came first

place with the Equipe 84, an Italiangroup, in a big tour contest allaround Italy. Thus creating adivision between the fans similarto that of the Rolling Stones andthe Beatles in England.

Shel, or "super"-Shel as theItalian fans call him, for his 6 ft.5 in., Mike, Johny and Bob live inRome in spectacular villas orluxurious apartments. They alreadyspeak the dialect of Rome, whichis like the English cockney, andfor this they are liked more. Fastcars are their passion. Shel has aMERCEDES 250, Bob a LANrIASports, Johny an ALFA ROMEOG.T., and Mike a FERRARI onorder and a little red 500 FIATfor the parking problem in Rome.

They don't dress in fancy clothes,but serious and modern suits,English -Continental style. Theyappear always very smart, assmart as their playing! They aremasters on arranging top interna-tional hits for their Italian versions,using their personal touch of folk -heat -blues.

Shel and Mike wrote nearly allthe songs for their 3 L.P.s whichare top of the beat field sales.

Their first record in England-released April 21-is a Shel com-

THE ROKES-most of them went to HarrowSchool.

position and it is the Englishversion of "PIANGI CON ME"which in Italy sold over 800,000,an enormous sales figure for theItalian market. In English the songhas become "LET'S LIVE FORTODAY" a slow, forceful folk -rocker with the lead vocal (Shel)offset by some high volume har-money works. A dreamy guitar(Johny's) and other guitar soundsinterwoven in the backing give the

record an unusual tune.The flip -side "Ride on," also

Shel's composition, a thumpingbeat, comes out from a goodrecording.

I think the record can make thecharts. If so we'll see the Rokessoon and the English public willsuddenly realise that "0 Sole Mio"is forgotten in Italy.

ARMANDO GALLO &GAIL SIMPSON.

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TWENTYchess sets were

among the souvenirsbrought back from Hungaryby THE NASHVILLE TEENS,whose audiences there couldbe counted in the thousandsand who consider that thegirls are beautiful but ratherdull. "Clotheswise, all Inckids were trying to buy thethings we had - and Roy'sfaded jeans were the mostpopular and dozens of peopletried to buy them," saysAart. "If we'd have takenBEATLES or STONES recordswe'd have made a fortune -they're unobtainable there."

Other comments from theboys: "They're knockoutpeople - we didn't see asingle punchup while wewere there," "the night clubshad knock out bands and youcan buy beer all day andnight," "if The Stones wentover there there'd be anotherrevolution," "the guy thattook us out wants us to re-turn," "a lot of Russiandelegates came to see us."INTRODUCING - THE ROSE& THE RADISH.

A new Pop Talk depart-ment begins this issue - TheRose and the Radish. Eachweek a rose will be posted toa person or organisation whohas contributed to the popmusic scene and a radish sentto someone whose contribu-tion is mildly unmemorable(though this award may be atongue -in -the -cheek tick -off).

A ROSE to The Monkeesfor proving that they canreally entertain - and forbringing so much pleasure tothe tens of thousands of kidswho saw them at Wembleyover the weekend. A par-ticular mention to MICKYDOLENZ for his versatilityand to the show's producerfor a first-class production.

A RADISH to the shop nearCarnaby Street which cashedin on THE ROLLING STONEStragedy by selling handcuffsand dubbing them "JaggerLinks."THE BRINCOS

Although their current re-lease "Lola" hit the top spotin Spain it failed to dent thecharts here, despite promo-tion which included 'Top OfThe Pops." However, the boysare determined to continuehaving a crack at the Britishmarket and in the nearfuture have a sixteen -trackalbum, full of their ownmaterial and in the Englishlanguage, for release here.

I talked to the boys ontheir recent trip to England- but only leader FRE-NANDO ARBEX could speakEnglish to a certain extentand he was helped by hiswife CHERRY. Cherry isEnglish and met Fernandowhen she was in Spain asJULIE CHRISTIE's under-study filming "Dr. Zhivago."

The group are likely to re-turn here in September andFernando comments: "Britainis great for music, it is thedoor to all the World. Wehave had eight No. 1 hits inSpain, a No. 3 hit in Franceand a No. 7 hit in Italy -but we want to record all oursongs in English as it is moreof an International language.In Britain the people under-stand a lot more, they aremore professional. You havebetter studios, musicians andgroups. We feel very happyhere. In Spain we have threegood television programmesfor pop promotion. 'Satur-day Night' is the best.

"When we are in Spain, ifwe go out alone the peoplelook at us - if two or threeof us go out together we aremobbed and have our clothesripped off.

"Every one of our recordshave been written by our-selves. We don't analyseother people's songs as wedon't want to be influenced."

The group, who have beenin formation for two years,are to be the subject of amassive promotional cam-paign by LARRY PAGE ontheir return to this country.AUNT SALLY

THE BAG 0' NAILS hold-ing a "Drag Night Party" onMonday, July 17 and no onewill be allowed in unlessthey're in drag. Manager JOEVAN DUYTS will arrive in achiffon mini -skirt . . . THEWHO recorded two JAGGER/RICHARD songs "The LastTime" and "Under MyThumb" for rush -release toshow their sympathies liewith THE STONES followingtheir harsh sentence . .

Tenor sax player STEVEGREGORY, who left THEALAN PRICE SET last weekhas now joined THE AMBOYDUKES . . MONKEES FANCLUB Shop at Wembley musthave made a fortune lastweekend . . . Rumoured thatthere may be personnelchange in THE PROCOLHARUM . . . Congratulationsto RAY KANE on his newappointment . . . DERRYWILKIE has left THEFREDDIE MACK SOUND forthe second time and is nowspending two months onthe Continent . . . MIKENESMITH most frequentclubgper of THE MONKEESlast week . . _UFO membershad a sit-down by The NewsOf The World offices nextweek . . . Bells, tattooedjeans, shawls, chinese jackets- some males are really be-coming more colourful thanthe females on the Londonscene . . Pop singers ADRI-ENNE POSTA and KAROLKEYES now concentrating ondramatic television parts.COUNTRY MUSIC

Beat group THE BREAK-THROUGH have now turnedto Country Music . . . THEKENTUCKIANS and THEBLUE MOUNTAIN BOYS offto Germany . . . KARL BEL-LEW to appear at Manches-ter's Free Trade Hall onJuly 15 . . . HILLSIDERS,COUNTRY FIVE, TUMBLE-WEEDS and PHIL BRADY &THE FREEWHEELERS likelyto represent Great Britainwhen they film colour docu-mentary for CBS TV at theClarendon, Hammersmith inthe near future. The pro-gramme is to be shown coast -to -coast in America in Febru-ary . . . "The Crispian St.Peters Show " at the GraftonBallroom, Liverpool on July12 also features three Coun-try groups.STEVE ROWLAND

First major solo disc bySTEVE ROWLAND to be pro-moted here is his current re-lease "So Sad" - the oldEVERLY BROTHERS release.Steve had a hit in the Statesin the '50's "Our Ridin"' bySTEVE ROWLANDS & THERINGLEADERS, an E.P. hitin Spain "King Of The SurfDance" and a recent Britishrelease "I'm Coming Home"under the name GAYLORDPARRY, but he justly con-siders "So Sad" to be his firstteal single as a solo artiste.

As you may have read inpast issues of RM, Steve hasappeared in several films. OnDecember 2, 1965 he came toBritain following his comple-tion of an LSD film "TheHallucination Generation" totape numbers for the filmscore and whilst here he re-newed acquaintance with hisold friend P. J. PROBY.Proby introduced him tonumerous people and Stevebecame interested in theBritish pop scene. Whilstcoming out of a studio inSouth Moulton Stree t,GEORGIE RAVE - who waspassing by and noticed thischaracter with long hair,stopped him and said, "Do youwant to be a pop singer?"Steve said "Yes" as a joke,and Georgie bundled himinto a cab and took him toFontana where he met JACKBAVERSTOCK. Jack was in-terested in Steve as a singer- but due to work permitdifficulties and the fact thatSteve had film commitments

Jim many morediscs to come

RCA Victor label manager BOB ANGLES has spent somemonths re -cataloguing JIM REEVES material and has comeup with the news that he will be able to release four brandnew singles, one E.P. and four new albums - all releases willbe new material to the British market.

First of the releases will be out on Friday, July 14 entitled"Trying To Forget" c/w "The Storm". Both numbers wereproduced by CHET ATKINS.

Traffic tourTHE TRAFFIC, currently high in

the charts with "Paper Sun"and yet to make their debut

Public appearance, have announcedthe dates of their first British tour.On October 13 they appear at theGuild Hall, Southampton and follow-ing dates are: London (14 and t5);De Montfort Hall, Leicester (16);City Hall, Sheffield (17). Town Hall,Birmingham (18), Odeon, Leeds(20), Odeon, Manchester (21).Bristol (24) and City Hall. New-castle (26).

Pop ShortsFIRST JET HARRIS disc in three

years, 'My Lady", released byFontana on July 14 and pro-

duced by co -manager TONYMEEHAN. Lead vocalist on thedisc is PETER GAGE . . .

GEORGIE FAME the subject of aTV documentary to be shot inSeptember for Dutch Television. . . Granada's "Firstimers" willnow be shown on Wednesday nightsat 11.15 p.m. . . VINCE HILL isoff to Germany on July 10 andwhilst there he will record "Eidel-weiss" in German. First promotionon his forthcoming single "WhenThe World Is Ready" will be "TheDickie Valentine Show" on ATV onAugust 6 . . BARRY FANTONIappears on BBC 2's "Robbing ThePoor To Help The Rich" on July13 . . . ALAN BOWN appearing on"Monday Monday" on July 31

Vanished four mastertracks of DENNY LAINE's forth-coming single "Why Don't YouCome" - and if they are not foundhe will have to record anothernumber . . . CAT STEVENS inthe studios earlier this week re-cording "Face In The Moonstone","The Laughing Apple" and "BadNight". Two of these titles willbe used as a double "A" sideand released on either July 14 or21. Cat will he off to Sweden inAugust . . . Next FebruaryPINKERTON'S COLOURS com-mence a three-month Cabaret tourof the Far East . . . THE YARD -BIRDS begin a three-week tour ofthe Far East in February 1968, tobe followed by two weeks in Aus-tralia. The groups current Americanrelease is "Ha Ha Said The Clown"and no British disc is set for re-lease until their return here inSeptember . . "Gin House" c/w"I Know" the Deram debut forAMEN CORNER on July 21. Thegroup appear on the National Jazz& Blues Festival at Windsor onAugust 12 . . . THE MOVE willhe topping the bill over severalartistes, including THE PRETTYTHINGS at The Alexandra Palaceon July 22 . . . THE HERD appearon Germany's "Beat Beat Beat"TV show on July 12 and their nextrelease is the HOWARD/BLAIKLEYcomposition "In 'the Underworld". . . SYN have two month tour ofGermany and Scandinavia com-mencing in November . . . KOOBASbegin six week tour of Sweden,Denmark, Norway, Germany andHolland on July 19. Holland pro-ducer Alan J. Factor is to filmKoobas' manager TONY STRAT-TON SMITII's war story "TheRebel Nun" - actor/musicians 'theKoobas naturally in line for smallparts. Due to a breakdown THECREAM could not honour theirbooking at the Floral Hall, GreatYarmouth - but now return tothe venue on July 12 . . THEBEE GEES go to Sweden, Norwayand Denmark on July 20/21/22.The group have also been bookedfor a three day promotional tourof Germany in mid -August . . .

THE CRAZY WORLD OF ARTHURBROWN are now represented on theagency side by Nems Enterprises.

Elektra dealpOLYDOR Records now handle

the exciting American recordlabel Elektra in this country.

The first release by Polydor underthe new arrangement is the currentchart topping American single byTHE DOORS "Light My Fire".which is released here this week.JAC HOLZMAN, president of Elek-tra was in London last week com-pleting the deal - and artistes in-volved include THE DOORS, LOVE,THE INCREDIBLE STRING BAND.PHIL OCHS, JUDY COLLINS andTIM BUCKLEY. JIM REEVES

NEXT WEEK:

Exclusive Monkees Photos!!!

Yes! It's KEN DODD with Prime Minister MR. HAROLD WILSON-they're seen backstage when the P.M. visited the Palladium.On the right is Moss Empires chief Mr. LESLIE MACDONNELL.

in Spain, Jack thought a wayround the problem would beto give him the title of "Re-cord Producer." So Steve re-turn to Spain for a shortwhile believing he could re-turn to Britain to sing onrecord in the near future.However, the Home Officestated that they would evokethe work permit if Stevedidn't produce records him-self. So Jack Baverstock con-tacted him and said, "I'll giveyou a group to record." Thatgroup was DAVE, DEE,DOZY, BEAKY, MICK &TICH - and the record was"Hold Tight", Steve's firstproduction here. An immedi-ate hit - and since thenSteve has had continued suc-cess in Britain!

THERE GOES MYEVERYTHING(1) Engelbert Humperdinck(Decca)

2 FUNNY, FAMILIARFORGOTTEN FEELINGS(2) Torn Jones (Decca)

3 CHARLESTON RAILROADTAVERN(4) Bobby Bare (RCA)SAM'S PLACE(6) Buck Owens (Capitol)THIS SONG IS JUSTYOU(3) Clinton Ford (Pye)

THE LAST TIME(9) Glb Johnson (King)IT TAKES A LOTOF MONEY(5) The Hillsiders (Strike)LITTLE OLD WINEDRINKER MEGO) Robert Mitchum(Monument)DANNY BOY- Ray Price (CBS)

1 0 RELEASE ME(7) Engelbert Humperdinck(t)ecea)

Not many bigname newies

VERY few records to be released on the week ending July 14, andeven fewer big names. There are new singles from Dean Martin,Jim Reeves, and Adamo, plus a new one from Jet Harris, his first

release for three years, and a solo release from Dave Davies.All the records to be released that week are as follows:DECCA. Tne Majority - Run-

ning Away with my Baby; DERAM.David Bowie - Love You till Tues-day: R.C.A. Winston's Fumbs -Real Crazy Apartment; Jim Reeves- Trying to Forget; BELTONA.Mona Devi - The Battle of theSomme. PARLOPHONE. Mike Cur-tis - Mary, Mary: Ron Goodwin- The Magnificent Two; H.M.V.Adamo - Inch Allah.

COLUMBIA. EI-Ec-Tricians -Champion House Theme; PARLO-PHONE. 'l'ony Wilson - Sweet Kindof Loving; Mia Lewis - A Woman'sLove: CAPITOL. Nancy Wilson -Mercy, Mercy, Mercy; STATESIDE.James Carr - Let it Happen:COLUMBIA. Nelson Riddle -Theme from Eldorado. C.B.S.Statler Bros. - Ruthless: Lynne

Randell - Ciao Baby: Gene Latter- Little Bit of Leather; RobertPlant - Long Time Coming; JetHarris - My Lady: Blues Magoos- One by One.

PYE POPULAR. The FettlersFolk Group - Ring of Iron; IRISHSINGLES. Joe Dolan - Tar andCement: The Carousels - HolidayRomance; The Strangers - YouDidn't Have to be so Nice. PICCA-DILLY. Ray King Soul Band -Behold; Ali Ben Dhown-Mustapha.PYE INTERNATIONAL. B. J.Thomas - I Can't Help It (if I'mstill in Love with You); REPRISE.Dean Martin - In the Chapel inthe Moonlight. CHESS. The Tiffanies- It's Got to be a Great Song.PYE POPULAR. Dave Davies -Death of a Clown.

Country Music ChartCOUNTRY SINGLES COUNTRY ALBUMS

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GREEN, GREEN GRASSOF HOME(1) Tom Jones (Decca)

2 THE STREETS OFBALTIMORE(2) Bobby Bare (RCA)

3 MY KIND OF COUNTRY(3) Marty Robbins (CBS)

4 BUCK OWENS ATCARNEGIE HALL(4) Buck Owens (Capitol)MANY HAPPYHANGOVERS(8) Jean Shepard (Capitol)

6 WELCOME TO MUSICCITY USA(6) Various Artistes (CBS)

7 DOWN HOME- Merle Travis (MFP)

8 THE BEST OF JEANSHEPARD(9) Jean Shepard (Capitol)

9 ROY ORBISON SINGSDON GIBSON(7) Roy Orbison (London)

1 0 TIIE DRIFTER(5) Marty Robbins (CBS)

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Herman new film-a musical comedy

WHEN Trevor Peacockwrote "Mrs. Brown

You've Got A Lovely Daugh-ter" the song sold in its mil-lions around the World -and no doubt took pride ofplace in the record collec-tions of any Brown familywho had an attractivedaughter. But the story doesnot end there - in fact itseems that there's a far moreattractive girl around, be-cause in the film version of"Mrs. Brown", Judy Browndoesn't get her man.

HERMAN'S HERMITS havebeen filming at SheppertonStudios since May 1 andLEK LECKENBY tells me:"Originally we were supposedto spend two weeks in Man-chester but they've cut outthe locations there and it'llall be filmed in the studiosand around London. The filmis supposed to take ten weeksto complete, but if we haven'tfinished it by July 10 we'llbe off on our Americantour and will have to comeback and complete it in Sep-tember.

52 SCRIPTS"Trevor Peacock who wrote

the original song also wrotethe original script. Then itwas transformed by anAmerican - Norman Van.But the dialogue became tooAmericanised so he cameover to England and both heand Trevor worked togetheron the finished script .

and after 52 scripts we'realright!"

Without revealing any se-crets - and there are sup-posed to be several surpris-ing angles to the film - Lek

able to give me a basicrundown on the plot.

MANCHESTER"We're five guys from Man-

chester with different jobs.We're all friends and we'reall cheesed off with whatwe're doing so we unite, geta group going and travel toLondon. Pete's (Herman's)got a girl in Manchester, buthe's not interested in her atthe start because he doesn't

HERMAN'S HERMITS-here's the story of the plot oftheir latest film.

want to get involved. In Lon-don he meets another birdcalled Judy Brown (SarahCaldwell) and we go to workfor her father as barrowboys. In the evening weplay in the group - but be-cause Pete's infatuated withJudy Brown he doesn't turnup to a club and we get thesack. Disillusioned, we all goback to Manchester and Peteends up with his original girlfriend (Sheila White).

A TRAMPStanley Holloway and

Mona Washbourne play Mr.and Mrs. Brown and LancePercival is a tramp who ap-pears all through the picture.

"To me, every scene's funny, it'sa musical comedy. I think we comeout funny. Peter has a lot of graftto do, alt the work - and I'm im-pressed by the way he's doing it.

"We've all got canvas seats withour names on them and the kingtrick is to hold a lighter under aseat while someone's sitting in it.Karl's kingpin at that. He uses a bigstick, about six foot long, so hedoesn't get hammered when he'splayed the trick on somebody. Thefirst time it was done it happened toBarry. Afterwards he sat down fora while and I could see him think-ing. Then he tried it on Karl - butKarl wasn't sitting on a canvas seatand the whole thing caught fire. Itwas the Sound Engineer's seat andhe didn't like it.

"We have practical jokes everyday now - that was the start of it.When we were in Covent Garden

everyone was throwing gooseberriesat each other and the director wasdoing his nut. Fruit was flyingeverywhere. But it was taken ingood fun because everyone in theunit are great guys and easy to gelon with.

SPAGHETTI-The worst part of the film for us

takes place when we go back toPete's house and find the trampthere and eat spaghetti. The stuffwas uneatable and we had to lookas if we were enjoying it. EspeciallyKarl who was supposed to be aglutton. We had to do this sceneseveral times and it was dreadful.Once, when they were doing aclose-up of Barry eating it he sud-denly ran off the set and puked.We asked them for different spa-ghetti and though they changed it,it was the same brand.

Some Italian film producer musthave left it behind. They must havehad it in the prop room for tenyears. Spaghetti was one of myfavourites, but I've been put off itfor life now. Poor old Lance Perci-val, he had about ten scenes withthe stuff.

CARNABY ST."As the tramp he wears Mod gear

Carnaby Street stuff, all ripped up.I saw him in the canteen and hewas putting soup on his jacket andubbing it in to make it more

tramplike."Sounds as if the film will be fun.

Incidentally, Lek mentioned thatwhen The Hermits went for a Medi-cal because of the film's Insurance- Stanley Holloway was fitter thanall five boys - and he's over 73!

BILL HARRY

RON RICHARDS

HAVE you noticed the veryexciting and encouraging

trend in pop song lyrics?What's brought it home tome is the week I've just spentrecording Spencer Davis andhis new group. I was veryimpressed with the kind oflyrics they are writing.There's much more depththan in the pop songs of afew years back.

It's pretty obvious that wehave to thank the Beatles forstarting the trend towardssong -stories that have almostan "Alice In Wonderland"ring to them. Graham Nashof The Hollies is another popstar who seems to be de-veloping a gift for writingthis kind of material. For ex-ample, there's "Lullaby ToTim" on their new album"Evolution".

I've got a feeling that inthe next couple of years someof the pop songs on albumswill last five minutes or

AIR & THE 'ALICE IN

WONDERLAND' WORDSlonger. I think they're goingto be developed much moreas pieces of music and asstories. The standard -lengthpop song - suitable forsingles - sounds more likean advertising jingle or atrailer for a film when youhear it on an album. We'vegot to develop from thinkingalways in terms of 21minutes. The aim will be toenable the listener to sitdown and really enjoy a num-ber because it has so manydifferent dimensions.

In America the LP andsingles' markets are almostentirely separate. It's theyoungest kids, with limitedpocket money, who buy thesingles. But most of the al-bums are bought by collegekids between the ages of 15and 21. And this album mar-ket is unlikely to be satisfiedwith six "singles" on eachside of an LP.

There's no doubt that theaverage level of songs hasbeen getting better for along time. The pop songs of30 or 40 years ago were very,very simple, made for alargely uneducated public.When people get better edu-cation they are able to appre-ciate better pop songs. And

I'm sure the general level ofeducation is much higher.The Thirties' songs were gen-erally better than the Twen-ties. The level probably wentdown in the Forties, a resultof the war.

I guess each era has its ownmusical scene and there's usually. areason for it. The fantasy scene oftoday's pop must be a reflectionof the state of the world. Wartroubles - in Vietnam. Middle Eastand so on - make people want toescape into fantasy because theydon't like what they see in theworld. And, thanks to television,they do see what's happening. Onceupon a time less educated peopledidn't care what was happening inthe rest of the world so long as itdidn't touch them. Nowadays wecan't get away: pictures of Indiansstarving and men dying in Vietnamare coming into our homes. Un-doubtedly, there's a crying needfor fantasy to brighten things upfor us.

Same thing is happening withclothes. Groups are wearing fan-tastic gear and it almost looks asthough they are going all-out tolook scruffy! Ten years ago, kidscouldn't get or afford good clothesand so they wanted to see theirstars smartly dressed. Now there'san abundance of smart clothingquite cheap so they prefer to seethe stars looking way out. I reckonthat people require their enter-tainers to be the opposite, in someways, to themselves. If you lead ahumdrum life you need very excit-ing pop music. If you lead anexciting life you need to relax withquiet, subtle pop.

RON RICHARDS

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E R T A INLY the best -produced pop -music presentation I've everseen-that's a summary of the Monkees in concert at the

massive 10,000 -seater Wembley Pool. Constant changes of costumefrom the boys, with colour stills and movies shown on a hugescreen, and a tremendous amount of verve and apparent improvisa-tion from the four boys.

But the noise from the fans was so tremendous that it wasvirtually impossible to judge exactly how good they are on theirinstruments. Even so, Mike Nesmith produced some frantic guitarsounds; Micky Dolenz hammered his drum kit with total abandon;Davy used maraccas, tambourine, mini -organ and (once) bass;Peter Tork moved from bass to organ and back again. Vocally theboys were fine-in movement and style and sheer dynamicpresentation.

Their individual solo spots featured Peter on "Banjo CrippleCreek"; Mike on "Can't Judge A Book By The Cover"; Davy on"Gonna Build A Mountain" which built the highest scream fre-quency; Micky on his James Brown take -off on "I Gotta Woman".They also tackled: "I'm A Believer", "Last Train To Clarksville","You May Just Be The One", "Auntie Grizelda", "I Wanna BeFree", "Sweet Young Thing", "Girl I Knew Somewhere", "Mary

Mary", "Alternate Title", "Stepping Stone". A fantastic finale,powering sound and excitement, then a quick good -night and theboys were away into the depths of the hall-taking no bows.

The Monkees work with an air of being unsure of what comesnext, but it's obviously highly -planned. Micky expended the mostenergy, but Davy remains a clear-cut favourite with the fans ...certainly on the last show Sunday.

They worked non-stop for well over an hour-which also makesit the longest bill -topping performance I've yet seen.

It took me half -an -hour to get back full hearing in my ears.And it was certainly a show to remember. The Monkees give,in every way, absolute value for money.

An unforgettable evening. And more about the backstage Monkeebusiness next week in an exclusive article.-P.J.

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THE SMALL FACES-new label, new manager.

The HAPPY facesBEAMING,- mous-

tachioed, a blackwide -brimmed haton his head, wear-ing a long, colour-ful jacket (like a

smoking jacket) which he'dbought at "Granny Takes ATrip" - STEVIE MARRIOTTlooked happier than I'd everseen him. We were in ANDYOLDHAM'S luxurious office sit-ting around a marble toppedtable. Ian was reading a maga-zine and Plonk had justdropped into the next officeto talk to TONY CALDER. Oneof several reasons for hisbouncy behaviour began toerupt all around me in fullstereophonic sound - THESMALL FACES' new albumwhich was released on June 23.

Their first Immediate L.P.and most certainly their best.Progressive, rippling withideas, the album will come asa delight to all Small Facefans. "We can try all sorts ofthings now," said Steve. "Be-fore we were told 'now you

can't do that' - this is realprogression for us."

Plonk joined us and pointedout that the session was A&R'dby themselves and explainedthe use of various instrumentsand sounds on a track -by -trackrundown on the album, whichalso showcases 14 examples offirst class Small Face composi-tions. He said "A record is arecord. It's different from a'live' show and that. We weretrying to make each track adifferent sound. We felt thatif it blows our mind it mustdo the same for a few otherpeople."

Steve said, "We used to makerecords strictly for the public.We were told what to do. Nowthis is US, if anyone's goofingit's us. But we believe we knowwhat the kids want becausewe're kids ourselves. It's quitea landmark. We could go oneway, we could go the other-but at least we're happy."

Tony Calder dropped in withsome refreshment and news ofthe Immediate package tour ofEurope. To the Faces-who

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hadn't travelled extensivelyoutside of Britain the list ofdifferent Continental countriesthey'd be visiting almostproved too much.

"It's great," said Steve, "allnice people going about theContinent, everyone having anice time as well as working.Continental wise it's just be-ginning to happen for us sincewe joined the new label. Thereis so much pushing, so manypeople rooting for us. We'rehaving things we've never hadbefore and we're being recog-nised in these countries as abig group.

"This whole change to Im-mediate and to ROBERT WACEas our manager has given usfreedom of mind. When theorganisation is good you've gotto be happy. I dig being happyand it's only in the last twomonths that we have beenhappy. No one is trying to sup-press us and we have nicepeople around us. If you canbe happy you're laughing, youcan get rid of hang-ups. Theyoung people in this businessknow what we want - they're -kids themselves. It's not likesome old guys who are living40 years in the past. This busi-ness is getting lots of youngpeople with ideas in it thesedays, particularly cleverrecord producers."

The aura of gaiety seemedto be intoxicating and I askedthem whether they playedpractical jokes on each other."Practical jokes? Last night wewere playing submarines in thebathroom. You've gotta haveboners. We never play jokeson each other. When we havea laugh it's all four of uslaughing."

BILL HARRY

Terry -`Why I didn'tjoin Spencer Davis'

YOU would think that a

17 - year - old like TerryReid, vocalist with Peter Jay'sJaywalkers, would jump atthe chance to join a nameoutfit like The Spencer DavisGroup, following in the illus-trious footsteps of StevieWinwood. But Terry turneddown Spencer's offer lastweek after a great deal ofspeculation. He is happy withthe start given to him byPeter Jay and The Jay-walkers, with whom he hasbuilt up a good following, andintends to further his careerwith them.

In this exclusive interview,he told the RM: "NaturallyI was very flattered and in-deed tempted by Spencer'soffer to succeed Stevie Win -wood, but after much thoughtI decided against it.

"Following a man ofStevie's talent wouldn't beeasy to begin with, and mystyle is nothing like his any-way. I thought that withoutStevie, Spencer would haveto make a dramatic change.If I did join them, peoplewould immediately compareme with Stevie which wouldbe unfair on me and thegroup.

"Look at the testing timeMike D'Abo had when tryingto follow Paul Jones withManfred Mann. Sure heweathered the storm, but itwas no picnic, and that kindof scene isn't for me. I maynot have been so lucky."

Obviously Terry has an oldhead on those young

PETER JAY (left with TERRY REID, who stayed on with Peter instead of joining SpencerDavis).

shoulders of his, and he isstill full of admiration forSpencer's group and Stevie'sTraffic outfit.

"I saw Spencer's new bandat the Marquee recently ontheir first real big Londongig and they weren't exactlygiven a hero's welcome," saysTerry. "I believe the publicshould give them time tosettle down before judging asthey are extremely capable

musicians and have a toughtask ahead in re:establishingthe group without Stevie. I'msure they'll succeed."

Meanwhile Terry and TheJaywalkers are doing verynicely right now. Last weekthey appeared at the Bratis-lava Pop Festival and willshortly be making a film.Peter Jay has written a scriptabout the trials of a teen-ager entering the pop world,

and will produce the film,which features Terry in themain role. Shooting begins inthe Autumn and co-stars arecurrently being sought.

The group's next recordwill be made early nextmonth for August release,and having heard some titlesfrom which it will be chosen,I wouldn't be at all surprisedto see it high in the charts.

JERRY EDWARDS.

A HIT -AFTER SIX YEARS OF SOULI REMEMBER about six

years ago, when I firststarted working at the ItecordMirror receiving two copiesof a certain record. The uiscin question was called "EveryBeat Of My Heart" by agroup called the Pips andfunnily enough both copiesof the record were on labelswhich no longer exist - theBritish one was on Top Rank(remember that?) and theAmerican one was on VeeJay.

It was a really lovelyrecord-a slow, delicate soulballad with a spine -tinglingvocal by a girl, and the songhad been written by JohnnyOtis-the same man who tenyears ago had a number onerecord in Britain with a re-

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Not much was heard of thePips after that. I read inAmerican trade mags thattheir name had been changedto Gladys Knight And ThePips (she was the leadsinger on "Every Beat Of MyHeart") and some more re-cords had been issued there,but not here. Among thosewere "Letter Full Of Tears"-which Britain's Billy Furyrecorded and took into thetop twenty-and "Operator".

These numbers were re-leased later by the Sue labelunder the guidance of GuyStevens. However it wasseveral years before Gladysand the Pips made theAmerican charts in a bigway. And the disc they didit with was "Giving Up" -another beautiful soul sound- this time a Spanish -flavoured item which wasquickly issued here on State-side, and covered by severalBritish girl singers. But allto no avail.

A few other singles fol-lowed. Then - nothing. Butrecently came the news thatGladys had joined Tamla-Motown. A lot of her earlieradmirers must have won-dered whether Gladys' indi-vidual sound and voice wouldbe submerged under theoverpowering Tamla soundThe answer was NO-for thefirst disc was "Just Walk InMy Shoes"/"Stepping CloserTo My Heart", which wasfollowed by the exciting"Take Me In Your Arms AndLove Me" giving Gladys andthe Pips their first Britishchart success in six years.

Here's some backgroundon Gladys Knight And ThePips. They're a family group.The Pips comprise MeraldKnight who is Gladys'brother, and her two cousinsWilliam Guest and EdwardPattern. They originally sangtogether in High School intheir native Georgia and

GLADYS KNIGHT AND THE PIPS-an interesting group.then Gladys won first prizein a TV talent show-the TedMack Amateur Hour, whichis one of America's equiva-lent programmes to HughieGreen's "OpportunityKnocks". Before that the girlwho had been trained inclassical singing since theage of seven was performingat recitals in New York,Florida and throughout theSouthern States. But despiteall h e r success Gladys'mother insisted that she re-turn to her schooling andpursue her chosen career ata later date.

Later the Pips were con-tracted to Vee Jay, wherethey cut their first great hit

and since then they havebuilt up a reputation as oneof the most individual -sound-ing groups on the soul scene.Live, the Pips are reputed tobe very good. They have notonly triumphed in the States-but in Bermuda's famous"Forty Thieves" club theyare remembered as one ofthe best acts.

In their spare time-whenthey get any-the Pips ridebicycles. Which must provesomething . . . I just hopethat with their British suc-cess someone will think ofbringing them here - theyshould be worth watching.

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new albums reviewed by Norman Joplin and Peter Jones new albums reviewed by Norman Joplin and

PAUL JONES - his second solo album released thismonth.

STANLEY MYERS'(RCA Victor RB 6708).

ONE of the most importantsoundtrack LP's for quite awhile. The neo-classical

approach is effective and althoughI haven't seen the film, I shouldimagine the music would fit inadmirably. Synopsis enclosed.* * * *

JOHN HANSON "The DesertSong" - The Riff Song; Romance;The Desert Song; French MilitaryMarching Song; Eastern And West-ern Love; Stout Hearted Men; OneKiss; Softly As In A MorningSunrise; Wanting You; Marianne;Lover Come Back To Me (PhilipsBL 7799).

KNOW this record will be big,I partly because of John's suc-cessful West End show, and

"Ulysses" Partly because my parents likehim - the criterion of Mum -and -Dad success. Patricia Michael ison most of the tracks - theirwonderfully swelling and excitingvoices compliment each other well.* * * *BERT JANSCH "Nicola" (Trans-

atlantic TRA 157).ONE of Britain's foremost folk

singers and guitarists - Bertmakes the kind of LPs which

take a good deal of listening tobefore you can fully appreciatethem. His style can be jerky,or smooth, but always simple. Hisvoice, expressive and unusual.matches his won songs. A verygood cover -sleeve on this album-you could look at it for ages.* * * *

SURPRISE 'FRIENDS' L.P. FROM PAUL

(PLUS MONKEES NEWIE & SOUL GOODIESJPAUL JONES "Love Me Love My Friends" - Love Me; I'oor Jenny;Trendy Miss Wendy; Nosher Burns; Song About Mary; Along CameJones; Bony Moronie; Little Sadie; Charlie Brown; Lonesome Death OfHattie Carroll; Tarzan etc... (HMV CLP 3602).

IKNEW sooner or later that Paul would record "Along Came Jones"- he's also done another Coasters' number "Charlie Brown", whichcomes over as a light-hearted romp - as do most of the songs on

here, which surprisingly include a number of old rock -era hits. Like"Poor Jenny", and "Bony Moronic". His "Love Me" is ultra -commercialand could well be a single - the original songs here are interesting too.His voice sounds better than ever here and one can't help thinking thatas a single, the Dylan number "Hattie Carroll" could repeat the successof "If You Gotta Go".* * * *'BIG' MAYBELLE "The Pure

Soul Of 'Big' Maybelle"-96 Tears;Mellow Yellow; That's Life; ThereMust Be A Word; Eleanor Rigby;Love Is A Hurtin' Thing; I Can'tControl Myself; Cabaret; Black IsBlack; Coming On Strong; TheEgg Plant That Ate Chicago; TurnThe World Around The Other Way(CBS 62999).SOME American pop hits here,

some of British origin, but allof them are given Maybelle's

big -voiced big -band soul treatment.Her voice is much more in thevein of the old blues songstresses,rather than in any modern style-but the result is far more adult.This could be a big seller - it'sthe kind of record which becomesthe in thing.* * * *OTIS REDDING AND CARLA

THOMAS "King And Queen" -Knock On Wood; Let Me Be GoodTo You; Tramp; Tell It Like ItIs; When Something Is Wrong WithMy Baby; Lovey Dovey; NewYear's Resolution; It Takes Two;Are You Lonely For Me Baby?:Bring It On Home To Me; OohCarla, Ooh Otis (Stax 589007)

IT SOUNDS like a lot of troublehas gone into this record. Thebackings are quite thin-but

come across very potent, and theduo's vocal work is spontaneousand soulful. They sound like they'reenjoying it all. Otis's admirationfor Sam Cooke comes out in "BringIt On Home To Me". This is a'must' for Stax fans and they won'tbe disappointed. Interesting-theirversion of the Marvin Gaye -KimWeston item "It Takes Two".* * * *

VARIOUS ARTISTES "SoulSounds Of The 60's"-Ike and TinaTurner-Dust My Broom; BeautyIs Just Skin Deep; I'm Hooked;Anything You Wasn't Born With;The Tams; Cohcrete Jungle; WbatKind Of Fool; Percy Mayfield -River's Invitation: Betty Everett-Bye Bye Baby; In Your Arms: TheImpressions - People Get Ready:You've Been Cheatin'; It's AllRight; Need To Belong: DouglasGibson and the Sweet And Sours:Steve Alaimo - So Much Love(HMV CLP 3619)

IDON'T need to recommend thisR & B for soul fans. Thetitles alone will do that. But for

anyone who isn't familiar withthese sides and likes soul music-buy this. It contains some of theloveliest and most sophisticatedof the evergreen R & B standards.The unfamiliar tracks here arealso good. But to hear "What KindOf Fool", "People Get Ready"."River's Invitation" . . my kindof music.* * * *

BILL HALEY "Real 'live' Rock'n' Roll" (Ember EMB 3386).

ACTUALLY, this must be aboutthe most dated record of alltime. It's Bill Haley singing

the twist - or various types oftwist songs. You'd have to be astaunch Haley fan to buy this.Sort of thing for rockers who'veonly just caught up with 1962styles . .* *

THE MONKEES "The Monkee Headquarters" - You Told Me; I'llSpend My Life With You; Forget That Girl; Band 6; You May Just BeThe One; Shades Of Gray; I Can't Get Her Off My Mind; For Pete'sSake; Mr. Webster; Sunny Girlfriend; Zilch; No Time; Early MorningBlues And Green_s; Alternate Title (RCA Victor RD 7886).

THIS has been reviewed by David Gooch some weeks ago. This ismerely to tell you it's now available In the shops. For a few extracomments - this is their best LP to date, and very interesting,

even though it isn't one hundred percent good.* * * *ETTA JAMES "The Soul Of Etta

James" - Dance With Me Henry;Do Something Crazy; Women; MyOne And Only; I Hope You'reSatisfied; Good Rivkin' Daddy;Hey Henry; Strange Things; That'sAll; I'm A Fool (Ember EMB3390).

SOME pre -Chess Etta Jameshere - it's all raw R & B -rum -rock, and leads off with

her hit "Dance With Me Henry",which is an answer record to HankBallards "Work With Me Annie".Ifer rasping fast vocals contrastwith her blues style and althoughthe backings are all jerky, saxyand dated, this is still a good LP.By the way, is the tasty lady onthe cover Etta? Because if not,it's confusing to say the least.* * * *

WHETHER TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD'S fans will like himall South Seas, I don't know-but his latest album is"Aloha" on Capitol T 2681, and contains some standard tuneful

Hawaiian items. From the distaff side-ERNESTINE ANDERS;,SON and a beautiful record just called "Ernestine Anderson"which contains some familiar, but not corny, numbers. OnColumbia SX 6145.

For Derek Flint fans, there's "In Like Flint"-the soundtrackfrom the latest "Our Man Flint" epic spy film. The music is ascolourful as the films-on Stateside SL 10207. But if it's Africanrhythms you prefer, then "African Addio" on United ArtistsULP 1172 is your cup of tea-and RIZ ORTOLANI is responsiblefor the tunes and conducting the orchestra. A good cover pic too

. . from another spy film-this time the new James Bond epic,"You Only Live Twice". Nancy sings on this one, and JOHNBARRY composes and conducts on this exciting and compulsiverecord. The United Artists' film, "The Whisperers", is OK, andthe soundtrack, another JOHN BARRY item, is exquisite. It reallyis good and is on United Artists ULP 1168.

The songs of Frederick E. Day will appeal to many Mums andDads, and TOMMY SANDERSON directs the music on this LP ofvarious artistes singing his numbers, called "Nearest And Dearest"on Columbia SX 6151. The popular number "Sunrise, Sunset"from "The Fiddler On The Roof" show is the headliner on a newLP by MANUEL AND THE MUSIC OF THE MOUNTAINS-onColumbia SX 6139-style as per usual, with some good tunes.THE JOHNNY SCOTT QUINTET and "Communication" is onColumbia SX 6149 and it sounds like a very cool record-so isorganist JERRY ALLEN'S "Sump'n Else" on Columbia SX 6150which is a record that will appeal to musicians, as well as thegeneral public. FRANCK POURCEL's "The Sound Of Magic" onStudio 2 Stereo TWO 158 is a collection of some evergreen moviethemes, beautifully arranged and played. Comes over well instereo.

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reviewed by Peter Jones new singles reviewed by Peter Jones new singles reviewed by Peter Jones new singles reviewed by Peter Jones

YOUR GUIDE TO MIS WEEK'S NEW SINGLES

Some of this week's big names -a re-recorded Judith Durham, great oldie from Wilsonand Otis. Good Bee Gees and powerful follow-up from Sandie Shaw.

ADGE CUTLER ANDTHE WURZELS.

I Wish I Was Back On TheFarm: Easton-In-Gordano (Colum-bia DB 8222). Quite a merry littleromp from Adge - I don't thinkit'll be an enormous biggie, butwith West Country sales this brightyokel ditty with some good funnywords could just make the fifty.The self -penned flip is more of astory -line song.

TOP FIFTY TIP

THE BEATLESAll You Need Is Love; Baby

You're A Rich Man (ParlophoneR 5620). This Is not only anobvious number one -it's a recordwhich is likely to go on for ever.John sings the very gepetitfvelyrics, after an intro from theFrench national anthem or some-thing, brassily laid down. There'sa choral sound, touches of violentguitar, and a finale which for megoes on a bit but is good-humouredand includes snatches of "AmericanPatrol", "She Loves You", etc, etc.Very catchy and involving a worldmessage. Flip: Some will preferthis, oddly enough -and it is oddenough. Interesting sounds all theway.

TOP FIFTY TIPTHE BEE GEES

To Love Somebody; Close AnotherDoor (Polydor 56178). Nice stringson this one, a delicate and almostjerky number from the "MiningDisaster" team. This one is veryun-Beatle-ish and is, in the longrun, a better song. The lyric isnice and the lead singer handlesit well. "13" side unavailable atpress time.

TOP FIFTY TIP

RUPERT'S PEOPLEReflections Of Charles Brown;

Hold On (Columbia DB 8226). Firstthoughts on this are that the groupare doing a Procol Harum. Butin fact the tempo Is similar, butthe organ work Isn't so dominant,bluesy guitar taking over. Song isoriginal, the singer has an expres-sive voice. Could happen. Flip isfaster, a routine beater with goodvocal work again.

TOP FIFTY TIP

THE WHOThe Last Time; Under My

Thumb (Track 604006). Top grouppays tribute to the Rolling Stonesby recording two Jagger -Richardnumbers and sub -titling the disc:"In Support Of Mick Jagger andKeith Richard". I think the topdeck is one of the best Stone-iansongs and I like the treatment here- different, yet sympatheticallydone. Strong beat and powerful all-round. A hit. Flip: Rather moreroutine, yet also indelibly stamped"Who".

TOP FIFTY TIP

JUDITH DURHAMThe Olive Tree; The Non -Per-

forming Lion Quickstep (ColumbiaDB 8207). Attached to this recordwas a piece of EMI headed note-paper saying that the tempo hasbeen made slightly faster on thissong, which will add to its charmand make its ainveal even greater.When present stocks are exhaustedthey will be replaced by thisversion. Hard luck anyone whobought version one, who liked ver-sion two better.

TOP FIFTY TIP

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SANDIE SHAWTonight In Tokyo; You've Been

Seeing Her Again (Pye 7N 17346).Another Bill Martin and PhilCoulter song from Sandie - thisisn't as strong as her last, butnevertheless it's an appealingoriental -slanted ballad, with Sandieon top vocal form, Lyric is sad,but not despairing and this shouldbe a quick and successful follow-up.Flip Is a Chris Andrews song - aLatin-ish number with some goodsinging and lyrics.

TOP FIFTY TIP

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OLIVER NORMANDrowning In My Own Despair;

Down In The Basement (Polydor56176). New name to me - on aShel Talmy production. He soundslike the Four Tops (really!) on apowerful plaintive Tamla-inspiredsong and a strong femme backdropchorus. Catchy enough to click -depends on the plugs. Tinny guitaron flip, which is another blues -tinged number with a frantic sound.His voice is still OK on this decktoo.

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THE LEGENDS: Under The Sky; Twenty -Four Hours A Day (ParlophoneR. 5613). A very catchy sort of thing this, but maybe a bit dated. Tune is OKand there's a nice organ instrumental break. * * *

GORDIE LIGHTFOOT: Adios, Adios; Is My Baby Blue Tonight (PresidentPT 138). A typical Jim Reeves type country affair with country piano backingthings up. Corny - but as it seems, commercial. Certainly well performed.* * *

DEBRAH AIRE: What The World Needs Now Is Love; This Land OfMine (Polydor 56180). Yet another version of this Bacharach-David song -this one is breathy, OK really, but if Jackie De Shannon and Mad didn't,then I can't see Debrah making it. * * *

THE ROYAL GUARDSMEN: The Airplane Song (My Airplane); OM (State-side SS 2035). Personally, I think this is their best to date - it's a light-hearted. catchy little beat ballad with a clever lyric. Could make it, but itisn't as gimmicky as their hit. * * *

THE CREATION: If I Stay Too Long; Nightmares (Polydor 56177). Aslow -burning powerful effort here, a Shel Talmy production with nice res-trained but powerful vocal. Could well be a hit with enough exposure.* * *

JACKIE LYNTON: Answer Me; I Never Loved A Girl Like You (ColumbiaDB 8224). .1ackie's version of the oldie is very well sung - a builder to afine climax. Could pull sales on either oldie or vocal merits. Worth listeningto. * * * *

DORIAN GRAY: Behind The Tear; Walking Down A Backstreet (Parlo-phone R 5612). C. & W. item here, and a Ned Miller number which could dothings for Dorian. It's well -performed, catchy, and could garner currentcowboy fad sales. Wilde about it (Sorry Roger!). * * *

THE HUMAN BEANS: Morning Dew; It's A Wonder (Columbia DB 8230).A version of the folk song currently doing things for Episode 6. This onemay be too late -but it's not a bad version of the haunting, commercial beatballad. * * *

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BARRY WHITE'S -All in theRun Of A Day" is a blues -tingedbeat ballad on President PT

139 which has more of an adultappeal, while BERNARD SHARPE's"The Other Side Of The Sky"(Parlophone R 5611) is an OKGreenaway -Cooke song which I

didn't think particu'arly suited thesinger. Comic TED ROGERS does astraight version of "L'Amour" onPye 7N 17347 - can't see it doingparticularly well. And CURLY PUT-MAN's "My Elusive Dreams" maynot be too commercial, but it's ahaunting, plaintive adult balladwhich could do OK in C & W mar-kets. (On HMV POP 1599). BRIANFAHEY's "The Plank" is a merrylittle theme from the film of thesame name (Parlophone R 5615),while MIKE AND BERNIE WIN-TERS have a neo-comedy item in"Smother Me With Moondust AndElusive Strawberries" - could clickwith their fans - on CBS 2844.

ROGER BLOOM'S HAMMER havea bouncy beat ballad in the shapeof. "Polly Pan" (CBS 2848). but it'snot as distinctive as it needs to befor chart success. Another theme -"Champion House Theme" fromthe EL-EC-TRICIANS (Columbia DB8228) is a must for the devotees ofthe BBC -TV series. MARY Mc-CARTHY's "The Folk I Love" is astrident sort of square - dancy beatballad with lots of bouncy appeal(CBS 2832). If you like comedysongs about Bullfights and Matadors.then DEANO's "What's The MatterWith The Matador?" is for you. Butit's cheeriness could make it click- on Columbia DB 8233. Twothemes from "A Man And AWoman" ( Un Homme Et UneFemme) - one of them by SOUNDSORCHESTRAL (Piccadilly 7N 35391)and the other by THE MIKESAMMES SINGERS on HMV POP1598 - take your choice.

BOBBY SOLO'S "Have I Told YouLately That I Love You" 'is a finereading of the evergreen, maybe abit corny for chart impact but finelistening nevertheless (Page OnePOE 029). And "Make Mine Music"by THE RUSH is cheerful and gay,Perhaps a little outdated thoughlyric -wise. (Decca F 12635). If youfancy terrible pun names for agroup - try THE EYE -FULLTOWER (squirm) and their "HowAbout Me" on Polydor 56734 - agentle old twenties -style beat ballad.An Australian hit in the shape of"Lady" by JOHNNY YOUNG isissued on Decca F 22636 - it's aninsistent beat ballad with youngsounds. THE JIMMY BOWEN SING.ERS have "It's Such A PrettyWorld Today" on Reprise RS 20592- it's a neo-country type of thing,but pretty, and pleasantly per-formed.

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ARTHUR CONLEYShake, Rattle & Roll; You

Don't Have To See Me (Atlan-tic 584121). Arthur sings this BillHaley hit in a very similar styleto Sam Cooke's version, excepta few 'Lord Have Mercy' typeshouts are thrown in. Franticbeat, and a strangely un-Atlan-tic sound - but it's a goodrecord and sounds OK udpated.Flip is a slower more soulfulitem with Arthur on good vocalform. Nice.TOP FIFTY TIP

P. P. ARNOLDThe Time Has Come; If You

See What I Mean (ImmediateIM 055), Nice intro on this soulfulnewie from Pat, which is aballad with a plaintive tune -a little bit similar to her lastand there are usual vocal cres-cendos and there's an underlyingbeat. Really, a very nice record.Flip is beatier - and harksback to Pat's Ikette days. Agood value -for -money single.TOP FIFTY TIP

OTIS REDDING ANDCARLA THOMAS

Tramp; Ooh Carla, Ooh Otis(Stax 601012). This amusing duetis a mixture between LowellFulson's "Tramp" and Joe Tex's"Papa Was Too". It's a jerkynumber, with Carla taking it outof Otis and constantly insultinghim. It's a good sound this and,basically, a big hit. Flip is astandard beater with good workfrom all concerned. Their voicesare effective on this.TOP FIFTY TIP

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Women Like That Yeah; I ntGoing And Get It (Atlantic584119). Typical Joe Tex basiclyric, with catchy tune and goodbrassy backing and tune. Thiscould be even bigger than "ShowMe" which did OK. He keepsup a consistent standard withhis singles and albums. Flip isa frantic ultra -fast beater withloads of sax and frantic Texvocal.TOP FIFTY TIP

WILSON PICKETTAND THE FALCONS

Billy The Kid; I Don't WantNo Part Time Love (LondonHLU 10146) I'm taking a chancetipping this. But it's one of thebest records this week - an oldFalcons side with Wilson sing-ing lead and an incredible beat-different and rhythmic and veryvery dancable - it's unfortun-ate that this proves how muchbetter Wilson was then. Flip isa soul -laden item which is asgood, in its own way, as sideone. Every soul fan shouldrush out and buy this double -sided goodie.

TOP FIFTY TIP

PERCY SLEDGEThat Something Wonderful (Atlan-tic 584080). A dancable Four Topsbeat on this one, which floppedfor Percy some time ago in theStates. But as Redding made itwith a U.S. flop once, this couldwell do so. It's a pleasant song,very un-Sledge but enough plug-ging could do the trick. Flip ismore of the Percy we know andlove - a beat ballad with amore soulful lyric.TOP FIFTY TIP

LOU RAWLS: Show Business; When Love Goes Wrong (CapitolCL 15507). I don't know what to make of this. It's a kind of up-dated version of "There's No Business, etc. . . ." - Corny, wellPerformed, but it doesn't come up to an "On Broadway" standard.* *

JAMES BROWN AND THE FAMOUS FLAMES: Let Yourself Go;Good Rockin' Tonight (Pye Int. 7N 25423). The usual screamer fromJames - constant beat but the whole thing never seems to getstarted. Not a hit I think. * *

SAM AND BILL: I Feel Like crying; I'll Try (Brunswick 05873).Make no mistake, this is good. But it isn't too commercial -it's aduo soul item with loads of feeling. Slow and Good. * * * *

KELLY BROTHERS: Hanging In Here; You Put Your Touch OnMe (President PT 143). A Gospel -tinged, tuneful soul effort withsax backdrop and a bit of a Sam and Dave approach. * * *

THE ATTA('K: Washington Square; ('lease Phil Spector (Philips BF 1585).Quite a lively, almost quietly frantic thing, with a nice feel to it, The num-ber develops and the group get a powerful, yet controlled sound. The flip isamusing. * * *

ROBERT GOULET: My Love Forgive Me; World Of Clowns (CBS 2845).Amore, Scusami - a familiar big -voiced treatment of the number withRobert giving his all. I suppose this could be a chart hit, but the song ismaybe a bit too familiar. * * *

MEL TORME: Lover's Roulette; I Remember Suzanne (CBS 2857). Agentle, lilting, well -sung ballad from Mel, who comes across well on thisone. Lyric is perhaps a little hit too contrived but the sound is pleasing.

* *RONNIE HILTON: If I Were A Rich Man; The Laughing Gnome (HMV

POP 1600). From the "Fiddler On The Roof" show, Ronnie's version of the'l'opol hit seems to be a little late. But it could garner sales with hisstaunch fans. * *

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2 A LITTLE BIT OF SOUL.5 (6) Music Explosion(Laurie)CAN'T TAKE MY EYESOFF YOU.6 (7) Frankie Valli (Phillips)

4 SAN FRANCISCO -FLOWERS IN YOURHAIR*7 (5) Scott McKenzie (Ode)

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6 SHE'D RATHER BEWITH ME2 (8) 'Dirties (White Wale)DON'T SLEEP IN THESUBWAY*10 (5) Petula Clark(Warner Bros.)GROOVIN.3 (11) Young Rascals(Atlantic)COME ON DOWN TOMY BOAT.13 (6) Every Mother', Son(MGM)

10 UP, UP AND AWAY19 (5) 5th Dimension(Soul City) 36TRACKS OF MY TEARS*14 (5) Johnny Rivers(Imperial) 37C'MON MARIANNE*16 (4) Four Seasons (Philips)DING, DONG THEWITCH IS DEAD*12 (5) The Fifth Estate(Jubilee)LIGHT MY FIRE*20 (3) Doors (Electra)ALFIE*15 (9) Dionne Warwick(Scepter)RESPECT.5 (10) Aretha Franklin(Atlantic)I WAS MADE TOLOVE HER. 4224 (3) Stevie Wonder (Iamb)

18 7 ROOMS OF GLOOM* /129 (7) Four Tops (Motown) -*0MERCY, MERCY,MERCY25 (3) Buckinghams(Columbia)

20 HERE WE GO 45AGAIN*26 (3) Ray Charles (ABC)zi SOCIETY'S CHILD* 4628 (4) Janis tan (Verve)SUNDAY WILL NEVER

22 BE THE SAME 4711 (6) Spankie and our Gang(Mercury)WHITE RABBIT45 (2) Jefferson Airplane(R.C.A.)DO IT AGAIN A LITTLEBIT SLOWER*21 (8) John and Robin 49(Abnak)DON'T GO OUT INTOTHE RAIN35 (2) Herman's Hermits(MGM)

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27 JACKSON39 (2) Nancy Sinatra andLee Hazlewood (Reprise)

FOR YOUR PRECIOUSLOVE*30(3) Oscar Toney Jr.(Bell)

PAY YOU BACK WITHINTEREST.29 (4) Hollies (Imperial)

30 I TAKE IT BACK41 (2) Sandy Posey (MGM)

CARRIE ANNE.43 (2) Hollies (Epic)

AIN'T NO MOUNTAINHIGH ENOUGH.22 (6) Marvin Gaye andTamml Terrell (Tomb)MAKE ME YOURS

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YOU MUST HAVE BEENA BEAUTIFUL BABY37 (3) Dave Clark Five(Epic)

STEP OUT OF YOURMIND44 (2) American Breed (Acta)MORE LOVE44 (3) Smokey Robinson &Miracles (Tamia)

SOMEBODY TO LOVE.18 112) Jefferson Airplane(RCA)

MARY IN THEMORNING27 (4) Al Martino (Capitol)NEW YORK MININGDISASTER 1941.17 (5) Bee Gees (Atco)SILENCE IS GOLDEN.- Tremeloes (Epic)

SOUND OF LOVE*31 (5) Five AmericansRELEASE ME.23 al) Engelbert Humperdink(Ponta)FOR 'YOUR LOVE*- Peaches and Herb (Date)I GOT RHYTHM*33 (121 Happenings(B. T. Puppy)ALL I NEED.34 (10) Temptations (Gordy)

SHAKE, RATTLE SrROLL49 (3) Arthur Conley (Alco)THERE GOES MYEVERYTHING- Engelbert Huperdinck(Parrot)TRAMP36 (8) Otis Redding andCarla Thomas (Stan)BABY PLEASE COMEBACK HOME- J. J. Barnes (Groovesville)

*An asterisk denotes record released in Britain.

BUBBLING UNDER

Chapel In The Moonlight -Dean Martin (Reprise)You Wanted Someone To Play With -

Frank& Laine (ABC)Love Me Tender -Percy Sledge (Atlantic)Somebody Help Me -Spencer Davis Group (U.A.)It's Cold Outside -Choirs (Roulette)Hypnotized -Linda Jones (Loma)Oogum Boogum Song -Brenton Wood (Double Shot)Joy -Mitch Ryder (New Voice)Soothe Me -Sam and Dave (Sias)Bowling Green-EverlY Brothers (Warner Brothers)

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4 MORE OF THEMONKEES4 Monkees (RCA)

5 MONKEES9 The Monkees (RCA)FIDDLER ON THE ROOF5 London Cast (CBS)BEST OF THEBEACH BOYS6 Beach Boys (Capitol)DOCTOR ZHIVAGO12 Soundtrack (MGM)GOING PLACES11 Herb Alpert (Pye)HIT THE ROAD STAX20 Various Artistes (Stan)THIS IS JAMES LAST14 Various Artistes (Stan)RELEASE ME8 Engelbert Humperdinck(Decca)A DROP OF HARDSTUFF7 The Dubliners(Major Minor)MAMAS & PAPASDELIVER18 Mamas & Papas(RCA Victor)SUPREMES SINGMOTOWN23 Supremes (Tamla Motown)SMALL FACES- The Small Faces(Immediate)

17 BOB DYLAN'SGREATEST HITS22 Bob Dylan (CBS)

HEADQUARTERS- The Monkees(RCA Victor)

19 SECOMBE'S PERSONALCHOICE19 Harry Secombe (Philips)

20 TONY'S GREATESTHITS25 Tony Bennett (CBS)

21 GREEN, GREEN GRASSOF HOME10 Tom Jones (Dem)

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23 EVOLUTION13 The Hollies

24 TOM JONES LIVE ATTHE TALK OF THETOWN24 Tom Jones (Detai)A COLLECTION OF16 BIG HITS, VOL. 5- Various Artistes(Tamla Motown)

26 HERE COME THETREMELOES15 Tremeloes (CBS)

I211! TWO FACES OF FAME- Georgie Fame (CBS)FOUR TOPS (LIVE)30 Four Tops

(Tamla Motown)S.R.O.- Herb Alpert and theTijuana Brass (A & M)SPANISH HARLEM- Ben E. King(Atlantic Special)

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BEST OF BENNurr5 Tony Bennett (CBS)

MORNINGTOWN RIDE6 Seekers (Columbia)

FOUR TOPS7 Four Tops (Tamla Motown)

EASY COME, EASY GO8 Elvis Presley (RCA)

TELL THE BOYS9 Sandie Shaw (Pie)

HITS FROM THESEEKERS10 The Seekers (Columbia)

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1 I CAN'T STOP LOVINGYOU4 Ray Charles (HMV)

COME OUTSIDEI Mike SameA PICTURE OF YOU2 Joe Brown (Piccadilly)

GOOD LUCK CHARM3 Elvis PresleyGINNY COMELATELY5 Brian HylandDO YOU WANT TODANCE/I'M LOOKINGOUT THE WINDOW6 Cliff RichardHERE COMES THATFEELING14 Brenda Lee (Brunswick)ENGLISH COUNTRYGARDEN12 Jimmy Rodgers (Columbia)AIN'T THAT FUNNY8 Jimmy Justice (Pye)YES MY DARLINGDAUGHTER16 Eddy Gorme (CBS)

alk I REMEMBER YOU.111. - Frank (field (Columbia)

LAST NIGHT WASMADE FOR LOVEII Billy FurySHARING YOUlo Bobby Vee (Liberty)DON'T EVER CHANGE111 The Crickets (Liberty)GREEN LEAVES OFSUMMER7 Kenny Ball and hisJazzmen (Pye)

11, OUR FAVOURITEMELODIES- Craig Douglas (Columbia)STRANGER ONTHE SHORE9 Acker BilkI DON'T KNOW WHY15 Eden KaneAS YOU LIKE IT13 Adam Faith

Aft PALISADES PARK111, - Freddy Cannon (Stateside)

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RESPECT1 Arelha Franklin(Atlantic 5840151

2 SEVEN ROOMS OFGLOOM5 The Four Tops(Tamla Motown TMG 612)

3 SWEET SOUL MUSIC 132 Arthur Conley(Atlantic 584083)

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5 WHEN YOU'RE YOUNGAND IN LOVE3 Marvelettes(Tamia Motown TMG 609)

6 GROOVIN'8 Young Rascals(Atlantic 584111)

7 THANK YOU JOHN10 Willie Tee (Atlantic 584116)

8 THE HAPPENING6 The Supremes(Tamia Motown TRIG 607)

9 TAKE ME IN YOURARMS AND LOVE ME 194 Gladys Knight and thePips Clautla Motown TMG 604

ALL I NEED- Temptations 20(Tamia Motown TM(; 610)

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Marvin Gaye & TammiTerrell(Tamia Motown TMG 611)SAME TIME, SAMEPLACE- Mable John (Sus 601010)THE FIRST CUT IS THE - Ben E. King

(Atlantic Special 590001)DEEPEST 10 YOU'VE GOT MY MINDt2 P. I'. Arnold MESSED UP(Immediate 1M047(GET READY

11)HO James Carr(Stateside SL 19205)

(CBS 2807)19 Donnie Elbert SOUL SOUNDS

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KING AND QUEEN1 Otis & Carla (Stan 1/190071ARE YOUEXPERIENCED2 Jimi Hendrix(Track 612001)DOUBLE DYNAMITE4 Sam and Dave(Stan 5891102)FUNKY BUTT LIVE7 Geno Washington(Piccadilly MPL 380211)PAIN IN MY HEART- Otis Redding(Atlantic 584042)SUPREMES SINGMOTOWN8 Supremes(Tamia Motown TML 11047)JAMES & BOBBYPURIFY5 James and Bobby Purify(Stateside SL 10206)COLLECTION OF HITSVOL. 55 Various Artistes(Tamla Motown TML 11050)SPANISH HARLEM

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2 THERE GOES MYEVERYTHING2 (7) Engelbert Humperdinck,(Deceit)

3 ALTERNATE TITLE7 (3) Monkees (RCA)

SHE'D RATHERBE WITH ME6 (4) Turtles (London)

CARRIE ANNE3 (6) The Hollies(Parlophone)

IT MUST BE HIM20 (6) Vital Carr (Liberty)

OKAY4 (8) Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky,Mick and Tich (Fontana)

PAPER SUN5 (6) The Traffic (Island)

GROOVIN'8 (7) Young Rascals (Atlantic)

IF I WERE A RICH MAN11 (12) Topol (CBS)

RESPECT25 (5) Aretha Franklin(Atlantic)

HERE COMESTHE NICE14 (8) Small Faces(Immediate)

SWEET SOUL MUSIC13 (11) Arthur Conley (Stan)

THE HAPPENING10 (9) Supremes(Tanga Motown)

SEVEN ROOMSOF GLOOM17 (4) Four Tops(Tamla Motown)

DON'T SLEEP IN THESUBWAY12 (7) Petula Clark (rye)SEE EMILY PLAY28 (3) Pink Floyd (Columbia)

STRANGE BREW19 (5) Cream (Reaction)

GIVE ME TIME29 (7) Dusty Springfield(Philips)SILENCE IS GOLDEN9 (II) Tremeioes (CBS)

TAKE ME IN YOURARMS AND LOVE ME30 (1) Gladys Knight and thePips (Tamla Motown)ROSES OF PICARDY22 (9) Vince Hill (Columbia)WATERLOO SUNSET15 (9) Kinks (Pre)THEN I KISSED HER16 (10) Beach Boys (Capitol)

DEDICATED TO THEONE I LOVE23 (14) Mamas and Papas(RCA)

39 WITH A LITTLE HELPFROM MY FRIENDS44 (2) Joe Brown (Pye)5IARTA- (1) Bachelors (Decca)

41 SOMETHIN' STUPID35 (16) Frank and NancySinatra (Reprise)

42 CASINO ROYALE4(A1 (8,11)mlerb Alpert

43 PUPPET ON A STRING37 (17) Sandie Shaw (Pye)

44 THE FIRST CUT IS THEDEEPEST27 (10) P. P. Arnold(Immediate)

45 FUNNY FAMILIARFORGOTTEN FEELING39 (13) Tom Jones (Decca)

46 MOANIN'46 (2) Chris Fariowe(Immediate)

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ANNABELLA- 11) John Walker (Philips)

I GOT RHYTHM3(s6talsTidhee) Happening

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I'LL COME RUNNING26 (5) Cliff Richard (Columbia)

WHEN YOU'RE YOUNGAND IN LOVE40 (4) Marvelettes(Sarnia Motown)

E3111(A4)E0Etis Redding (Stan)

JUST LOVING YOU43 12) Anita Harris (CBS)

WHAT GOOD AM I24 (5) Cilla Black (Parlophone)

LET'S PRETEND42 (2) Lulu (Columbia)

OLIVE TREE34 (4) Judith Durham(Columbia)

NIGHT OF THELONG GRASS21 (6) Troggs (Page One)

WITH A LITTLE HELPFROM MY FRIENDS45 (2) Young Idea (Columbia)

YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE- (1) Nancy Sinatra (Reprise)

SEVEN DRUNKENNIGHTS32 (15) Dubliners(Major Minor)

HERE WE GO AGAIN- (1) Ray Charles (HMV)

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BUBBLING UNDER007 (Shanty Town) - Desmond Dekker and The Aces

(Pyrlamid)Cry Softly. Lonely One - Roy Orbison (London)Windy - Association (London)I Was Made To Love Her - Stevie Wonder

(Tamla Motown)San Francisco (Flowers In Your Hair) - Scott

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breach of contract) andTrevor Burton of the Move(admitting breach of thepeace) . . Stax fans will lapup the new 'Soul Messenger'magazine published by theirfan club . . . presiding at theRolling Stones case wasJudge Block . . . EstherPhillips may be revivingBrenda Lee's "I'm Sorry"for her next single . . .

'Monday Monday' producerKeith Bateson and wife Lizawaiting happy event . . .

n e x t year's InternationalMusical Festival (held inMonterey this year) may bein London, New York, orStockholm . . beautifullyproduced - the Bee Gees'"To Love Somebody" . .

will history prove that thoseresponsible for the jailingof M. J. and K. R. weremerely casting the firststones?

Geno Washington's ex -girl friendAretha Franklin has bought twominiature collies 'Ram' and 'Jam'

. . . Micky Dolenz highly delightedwith Bob Angles' choice of currentMonkees single . . . A26- None ..great scoop by BBC -1 procuringthe Beatles' services 'live' (afterall this time) for "Our World" -and how useful that clip will beto 'Top Of The Pops' during thecoming weeks . 'Juke BoxJury' producer Colin Charmanlooks like a young Charlie Drake,. . . asked if he'd like a GreatDane, impresario Arthur Howescracked - "I've got one -Victor Borge ' . . Tony Frondof Decca leaves to become theConcert Manager of the NorthernSinfonia . 027 - which Britishgroup member in an interviewdated March 1966, outlined his planfor a comedy film series builtaround a pop group involvingchase scenes, creepy old castlesetc.?

Paragon Publicity would like tobook Bill and Virginia Harry for'Opportunity Knocks' . . . T -Mfact: on the forthcoming SupremesLP of Rogers and Hart songs.new, big -voiced Diana Ross soundslike a cross between Brenda Leeand Kay Starr . . . Robb and DeanDouglas whose disc is "I CanMake It With You" met for thefirst erne three months ago in aBBC dressing room . , whenWILL an American disc top RM'sC & W singles chart?

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after success with the Beach Boystour, Helen Shapiro consideringother tour offers . . . at theSpeakeasy to see the Toys wereGeorge and Patty, Jeff Beck. MikeNesmith. Micky Dolenz, Lulu,Keith Moon. Pete Townshend andSpencer Davis . . . "Cry SoftlyLonely One", despite the similarityto "Only The Lonely", was NOTPenned by Roy Orbison . . soon -to -be -issued - Little Richard's "ALittle Bit Of Something ,(Beats AWhole Lot Of Nothing)" and "LittleRichard's Greatest Hits", L.P.recorded live in Hollywood andincluding "Get Down With It" . .

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. . Elektra groups Love and theDoors to come to Britain separatelyin the Autumn . everyone whowent to the Speakeasy to see theToys brought with them a toy -the hundreds of toys collected wentto Dr. Barnardo's Homes

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RECORD MIRROR, Week ending July 8th, 1967

UNCHEON with twomembers of The PinkFloyd - Roger Watersand Nick Mason - plustheir two managers(Andrew King and PeterJenner) got off to a bit

of a tricky start when I had to confess thatI'd never been able to summon the courageto go and catch their act at one of thepsychedelic clubs in London where theFloyd cater to the musical and visual needsof the freak -out set. My excuse for thisoutrageous neglect was that the noise inthese joints was too painful for my not -especially -delicate eardrums. Their forcefulreplies concentrated on the assertion thatcertain of their effects can only be achievedvia aural assault.

Anyway, there's little doubt about theirprofessional cunning and competence. Itdoesn't look as though they'll be returningto the pursuits they trained for - Nick,Roger and Rick Wright were architecturestudents at the Regent Street Polytechnic,Syd Barrett studied painting at CamberwellArt School. "Mind you," pointed out Nick,"the best chance for an architect to findclients is in show business. I'm always onthe look -out for someone who has half amillion pounds to spare and wants me todesign him a house. Please tell the readersof the RM to get in touch with me if theyare affluent enough to need my services!"

It's not just in London, where they enjoya cultist appeal, that the P.F. are pleasingaudiences. Even in areas where psychedeliahas no clear meaning they are finding betterand better receptions. However, their record-ing career has not so far flowered beauti-fully. Manager Andrew spent some timeexplaining that it was not in their bestinterests, in the long run, to have had ahit with their first disc. It sounded fairlyconvincing as he expressed great sympathywith the dilemma of Procol Harum whostruck it rich first time and must, Andrewfigured, be worried stiff about their follow-up. (My own impression is that ProcolHarum are too busy worrying about whatcars, houses, stocks and bonds to invest in.)

The Pink Floyd"even fans don't always understandwhat we're trying to do""Arnold Layne," said Andrew, was destinedto have a minority appeal. At which co-manager Peter observed: "It certainly ful-filled its destiny!"

Then we discussed the chances of theirnew "Emily". Roger said: "When you recorda single you are not interested in showingthe" public how far you've advanced sincethe last record. You've got to please therecording company, apart from any otherconsideration, otherwise they won't releaseit."

They have just finished work on their firstLP which is about to be rushed cut. But,of course, no recording can indicate thefull scope of this group. Brave, rugged -earedacquaintances who have caught the PinkFloyd in action tell me their stage presenta-tion is extremely exciting, thanks to theiringenious lighting and stereo effects.

"You should come to one of our concerts,"suggested Nick. "In clubs we play louder,partly to hold attention. In concerts, whereeverybody is seated and, we hope, seriouslylistening, we perform with greater range.We use a box, called the Azimuth Co-ordin-ator, which was designed for us and enablesus to throw stereo effects around a hall."

They gave a sell-out concert at the QueenElizabeth Hall in London. They lavished somuch care and money on the show thatthey wound up out of pocket on it. Theyalso got banned from holding future showsthere because they threw flowers! No kid-

ding: "It seems we contravened a regulation,"explained Roger. "We were told that peoplemight have slipped on the flowers we threwinto the audience." (Which conjures up apretty image of concertgoers tripping overflowers.)

The show itself was by all accounts agreat artistic success. It was a very mixedaudience that included quite a few olderpeople, apart from the artistes' parents.Said Roger: "Someone I know was sittingnext to two old ladies who sat there still andsilent until the interval. Then one turnedto her friend and said 'They're very good,aren't they'?"

Such praise, especially from the elderly,is not exactly an automatic response for agroup that tries to be original and adventur-ous. "Even fans don't always understandwhat we're trying to do," sighed Roger. "Wehad some photographs done, only in blackand white, using a 'psychedelic' slide super-imposed on us. Some fans who'd writtenasking for pictures wrote back wonderingif we'd spilt something on the pictures. Theyreally believed something had gone wrong."

They admit they can't help being broughtdown on occasion when they meet withhostility. "The Pink Floyd are a very goodtarget - though we always get along wellwith promoters who have a professionalapproach."

"But we do run into those who say 'What-ever it is, it isn't music'," added Peter.

DAVID GRIFFITHS

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