atrINVEAILIFF RICHARD:111 never be the same again'

A BILLBOARD PUBLICATION DECEMBER 15,1973

NEW SEEKER LYN:1 hate menwho wear male -up!'

FACES' IANIVINe really formedour band for America!'

KNEY REBEL:'We're thenew leaders!'

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MERRY XMAS EVERYBODYSlade (Polydor 2058 422)I LOVE YOU LOVE ME LOVEGary Glitter BELL 1337MY COO-CA-CHOOAlvin Stardust Magnet MAG 1

4 YOU WON'T FIND ANOTHER FOOL LIKEME New Seekers Polydor 2058 421PAPER ROSES Marie OsmondMGM 2006

315I WISH IT COULD BE CHRISTMASEVERYDAY Wizzard Harvest HAR 5079LAMPLIGHT David Essex CBS 1902

8 ROLL AWAY THE STONEMott The HoopleSTREET LIFE Roxy Music

10 9 WHY OH WHY OH WHYGilbert O'SullivanDYNA-MITE MudWHEN I FALL IN LOVEDonny OsmondAMOUREUSE Kiki DeeTRUCK ON (Tyke) T. RexHELEN WHEELSPaul McCartney Et Wings Apple R 5993

16 5 8 LET ME IN Osmonds MGM 2006 32117 22 4' LOVE ON A MOUNTAIN TOP

Robert Knight Monument MNT 18757 KEEP ON TRUCKIN'

Eddie Kendricks Tamla Motown TMG 873DO YOU WANNA DANCEBarry Blue

9 TOP OF THE WORLDCarpenters

16 FOR THE GOOD TIMESPerry ComoVADO VIA Drupi

3 VAYA CON DOISMillican Et NesbittTHE SHOW MUST GO ONLeo Sayer (Chrysalis CHS 2023)

X STEP INTO CHRISTMASElton John DJM DJS 290

/14 POOL HALL RICHARD / I WISH ITWOULD RAIN FacesWarner Brothers K

1634127 48 9 GAUDETE Steeleye SpanChrysalis CHS

200728 20 4 SORROW David Bowie RCA 242429 25 10 EYE LEVEL Simon Park Orchestra

Columbia DB 894630 23 >31 DAYDREAMER / PUPPY SONG

David Cassidy BELL 133431 32 >C, FOREVER Roy Wood Harvest HAR 507832 28 4 AND YOU SMILED Matt Monro EMI 209133 26 4:: MIND GAMES John Lennon Apple R 599434 29 6 SWEET UNDERSTANDING LOVE

Four Tops Probe PRO 60435 14 ;*1- PHOTOGRAPH Ringo Starr Apple R 599236 33 6 LONELY DAYS LONELY NIGHTS

Don Downing People PEO 10237 44 RADAR LOVE Golden EarringTrack 2094

11638 46 2 DANCE WITH THE DEVIL

Cozy Powell RAK 16439 40 3 TAKE ME HIGH Cliff Richard EMI 208840 47 2 WALK RIGHT BACK Perry Como RCA 243241 27 THIS FLIGHT TONIGHT

Nazareth Mooncrest MOON 1442 43 GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD

Elton John DJM DJS 28543 31 9 DECK OF CARDS

Wink Martindale DOT 10944 50 8 THE OLD FASHIONED WAY

Charles Aznavour Barclay BAR 2045 18 \O' DAYTONA DEMON

Suzi Quatro46 49 2 SOLITAIRE Andy Williams47 34 11 DECK OF CARDS

Max Bygraves48 36 4 RAISED ON ROCK

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Compiledbooks

COUPLE of paperbacks withchart names have recentlycome on the stands. One isOut Loud edited by SteveTurner and published by OutLoud Publications andselling at 50p. Interestingstuff with some good depthinterviews with Alice Coop-er, Tim Rice and MickAbrahams ex -Jethro Tull toname three of them. There'ssome fiction and nostalgiaand it's worth a check.

Ed Stewart has puttogether his Book Of Pop andpublished by Piccolo at 25p.Ed takes us through justabout every big name of themoments like Marc Bolan,Slade, Rod Stewart, DavidCassidy and the Osmonds.Only Sweet and Cliff seem tohave been forgotten. Edgives brief bios, someanecdotes and facts andfigures on the people chosen.Could well be useful for quickcheck-ups on those stars.

your choiceANTHONY Madge fromLaunceston sent this as hischoice for an album ofsounds old and new: It Don'tCome Easy - Ringo Starr;I'm Still Waiting - DianaRoss; Hot Love - T -Rex;Randy - Blue Mink; HelpMe Make It Through TheNight - Gladys Knight &The Pips; Hello Hello -Gary Glitter; Bad Weather- Supremes; I Want YouBack - The Jackson Five;The First Time - RobertaFlack; Power To The People- John Lennon. Side two:Another Day - PaulMcCartney; War - EdwinStarr; Close To You -Carpenters; A Day WithoutLove - Love Affair; WithoutYou - Nillson; Have YouSeen Her - Chi-Lites;United We Stand -Brotherhood Of Man; DriveIn Saturday (Night) -David Bowie; Pictures OfMatchstick Men - StatusQuo; My Sweet Lord -George Harrison. ThanksAnthony!

top 10 '73A NICE little bundle ofreplies to last week'ssuggestion of your namingthe year's Top 10 singles. AThamas of Peverell,

by TONY JASPER

SLADE hit the top oncemore first time in the50. Only the amazingsuccess of Eye Levelfrom Simon Park Orches-tra has stopped themhaving a year of fourPlymouth suggests See MyBaby Jive, Killing Me SoftlyWith His Song, AngelFingers, Heart Of Stone,Amoureuse, Showdown,Peek -a -Boo, 5. 15, DearElaine, Dreamboat and he'sgot two at 10 and so adds, 48Crash.

winnersONLY P. Hewitt fromNottingham guessed cor-rectly the Guess Whophotgraph, namely JeffBeck.

Ed Stewart Book winners:Carole Arnold, Anne Keen,Alex Spowart, Mary Jones,Eluned Williams, AngelaWilliams, Idit Luba, TraceyStringer, Richard Allnatt,Terry Pratt, Joanne Reed,Mary Evans, Yvette Holder,Brenda Allott, Steven Farm-ery, D West, J. R. Miles,Shirley Cooper, RachelKnight, Linda Odell, Miss D.Mothersill, Glen Langridge,Andrew Davis, Faye Ed-wards.

Marie Osmond winners:Jacqueline Johnson, KevinWebb, Mark Reader, AngelaTopham, ChristineCrowhurst, Faye Edwards.There were only unfortunate-ly six albums to be givenaway. This fact by somestrange quirk was missedout of our copy. Apologies.

IiLidVJJC?[laYdDecember 14,1968

1 (2) Lily The Pink - TheScaffold (Columbia).

2 (1) The Good, The Bad,And The Ugly - HugoMontenegro (RCA).

3 (7) Ain't Got No - I GotLife/Do What You GottaDo - Nina Simone (RCA),

4 (6) One Two ThreeO'Leary - Des O'Connor(Columbia).

5 (14) Build Me UpButtercup - The Founda-tions (Pye).

6 (13) The Urban Spaceman- Bonzo Dog Doo DahBand (Liberty).

7 (4) This Old Heart Of Mine- Isley Brothers (Tamla).

8 (3) Eloise - Barry Ryan(MGM).

9 (8) May I Have The NextDream With You -Malcolm Roberts (MajorMinor).

10 (5) Braking Down TheWalls Of Heartache -Bandwagon (Direction).

10 yearsDecember 14, 1963

1 (10) I Want To Hold YourHand - Beatles (Parlo-phone ).

2 (1) She Loves You - TheBeatles (Parlophone).

3 (3) You Were Made ForMe - Freddie & TheDreamers (Columbia).

4 (5) Secret Love - KathyKirby (Decca).

5 (7) Maria Elena - LosIndios Tabajaras (RCA).

6 (2) Don't Talk To Him -Cliff R ichard (Columbia).

7 (9) I Only Want To BeWith You - DustySpringfield (Philips).

8 (4) You'll Never WalkAlone - Gerry & ThePacemakers (Columbia).

9 (8) Glad All Over - DaveClark Five (Columbia).

10 ( - ) Dominique - TheSinging Nun (Philips).

discs straight to where itmatters.

This year we've seenthem sell thousands ofrecords. Squeeze MePleeze Me, FriendStan, Cum eel TheNoize and the currentMerry Xmas Everybodyhave been the four.David Hughes, PolydorPress Officer tells us,' Slade have sold over 2million singles in 1973.Such is the demand fortheir latest that we havehad to make specialarrangements. 250,000discs are being sent fromLos Angeles to arrivethis Thursday. 30,000copies a day are beingreceived from Germany.

In view of mutteringsthis Christmas of difficulty in buying certainrecords the good newsfor anyone finding a shopout of the Slade single is,there should only be a

delay of 24 hours at themost. "

SLADE are obviouslythe most successfulsingles group of 1973. Wecongratulate them.

phillyTHE O'JAYS: The group hasbeen on the record scene forsome time and enjoyed pastsuccess with recordings suchas Lonely Drifters, LipstickTraces, Stand In For Love,One Night Affair and DeeperIn Love. Since theiremergence on the Phil-adelphia label their fame hasspread with two majorsmash hits, Back Stabbersand Love Train. The O'Jayspersonnel is Eddie Levert,Walter Williams and WilliamPowell. They've beentogether for 14 years, thoughthe original O'Jays wascomposed of five membersand their first group namewas the Mascots. Theirlatest album is Ship Ahoyand continues their sophis-ticated funk and sensitivevocal work.THE INTRUDERS: Thegroup grew up in the streetsof Philadelphia. They havehad a long association withGamble and Huff, two of themost creative and talentedsongwriters and producersin the business. In the Statesthey've been consistent hit -makers with songs like SadGirl, I Bet He Don't Love Youand their latest single, I'llAlways Love My Mama.BILLY PAUL: Born andraised in Philadelphia, BillyPaul began his singingcareer at the age of 12. Hesoon found himself in therecording studio and thoughat one time a rock singerswitched, with great success,to singing pop ballads. Hiscareer advanced when hefound himself associatedwith Gamble and Huff andwith television appearancesbehind him, some highselling singles, he finallybroke gold with the album360 Degrees of Billy Paul.The single Me & Mrs Joneswas taken from the albumand has sold over two millioncopies in America alone. Hislatest album is War Of TheGods.

Win Isleysnew single

THE ISLEY Brothers have been around for some timemaking some of the best soul sounds. Now they've got abrand new CBS record out in the shops called Highways ofMy Life (Epic) and we're offering as this week'scompetition 25 copies of this knock -out single. All you haveto do is answer our usual heavy, mind -tiring questions andif you come out of the bin with the right answers and one ofthe first 25 then you've got yourself one of the hottestsounds around! So get penning! right now! And note theshortened entry time so as to possibly get you your singlebefore Christmas. Nothing like hoping anyway! Send toIsley Brothers Comp, Chart Parade, Record & RadioMirror, 7 Carnaby St., London W1V 1PG and byWEDNESDAY December 19.

Name

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2 Did they come together as a recording act in 1968?

Next week: a double comp! Cliff plus Bobby PickettLalbutirts to be won. Nice one that!

MAX WALL face to face witliTheFIDDLEY POODLE BIM RAM BOODELOO

DIDDLEY DOODLE OODLE BIRD

'The Fiddley Fondle Bird'

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The valueof soldhas justdoub

DIANA ROSS &MARVIN GAYE

Combine the artistry and talent of the world's greatest femalevocalist with the sensitivity and emotion of one of the world's best soulsingers and the result has to be remarkable.

"Diana & Marvin" is just that. It is a flawless execution of a sensa-tional concept. Featuring both standards and original material, thealbum includes the work of some of Motown's top writers andproducers.

Two superstars together on one album-the value of gold hasmost certainly doubled!

You Are Everything. Love Twins Don't Knock My Love . You're A Special Part Of MePledging My Love . Just Say, Just Say Stop, Look, Listen (To Your Heart)

I'm Falling In Love With You. My Mistake (Was To Love You). Include Me In Your Life.

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Mott the Hoopleto record liveMOTT THE HOOPLE climax their mostsuccessful British tour to date this Friday at theHammersmith Odeon when their performancewill be recorded by the Rolling Stones mobilerecording unit for release as a live album earlynext year on CBS.

There are two perform-ances at Hammersmith, anda few tickets still availablefor the 6 p. m. first house.This was added when the8.30 show sold out withinthree days the 18th sell-outon Mott's 22 -date tour.

The group is also scoringheavily in the disc stakes.

Their LP Mott, released inJuly, has sold 65,000 inBritain so far, and is stillaveraging 3,000 each week.Their current single RollAway The Stone has sold175,000 since its November 9release, putting it only 8,000behind Mott's previous bestselling single All The Young

Dudes. The live LP will bereleased before the group'snext studio album, whichthey begin recording nextmonth.

Mott's managers, BobHirschman and Fred Heller,flew to Germany on Tuesdayto finalise dates for thegroup's tour there inFebruary. Mel Bush, promo-ter of their British tour, toldRRM that it had establishedMott "in the top league. "

Mott's Ian Hunter haswritten his first book -Diary Of A Rock Star - to bepublished next March.

THE SWEET have renewed their RCA recording contract for a furtherthree years. The group pioneered the British teeny -bop sound during 1971and 1972 with hits such as Funny Funny, Co -Co, Poppa Joe and Wig WarnBarn, and more recently have gone heavier with chart successes likeBlockbuster, Hellraiser and Ballroom Blitz.

All the Sweet hits have been penned by Nicky Chinn and MikeChapman, seen at right in this champagne celebration of the signing.RCA's British boss Ken Glancy (left) and Sweet producer Phil Wainman(third from left) were also there as was RCA A&R manager Mike Everett(fourth from left).

The first single under the new deal will be released in January. Its titleis Teenage Rampage, another Chinn -Chapman composition, and the flip,Own Up, Take A Look At Yourself, was written by the Sweet.

They will make their second appearance this year at London's RainbowTheatre on December 21.

Groundhogs'Rainbow dateTHE GROUNDHOGS willmake their final Britishappearance this year at theRainbow Theatre on Decem-ber 22 in a Christmas showwith special guests Strayand also Jonesy, who touredwith the Hogs on their recentBritish dates.

The Groundhogs areinterrupting their recordingfor their first WWA album toplay the Rainbow date. The

LP will be completedimmediately after Christmasfor a mid -February releasehere and in the States.

Hogs lead guitarist TonyMcPhee is set to debut hisone-man synthesizer show inNew York on February 24,the first of six Americandates. The whole group willbegin their second extensivestint of American dates earlyin May.

DeepPurplein courtNICHOLAS SIMPER, for-merly bass guitarist withDeep Purple, is suing thegroup and their manage-ment, HEC Enterprises,claiming breach of contractdamages for alleged wrong-ful dismissal.

Simper alleges that thegroup did not tell himrehearsal times, and secret-ly allowed Roger Glover, hissuccessor with Deep Purple,to play instead. He is suingfor loss of earnings and thereturn of musical equipmentworth £1,200. The group andtheir company are defendingthe action.

EarthbandcancelgigMANFRED MANN'S Earth -band had to cancel gigs atCanterbury and Kingstonlast Friday and Saturdaywhen guitarist Nick Rodgersfell victim to a throatinfection caused by atroublesome wisdom tooth.

Nick is now in hospital forthe removal of the tooth, andthe band will be back inaction in time for theirChristmas Party appear-ance at London's MarqueeClub on December 18.

Earthband begin a three-week tour of America's WestCoast with Uriah Heep onJanuary 25, and will thenplay further dates in theStates prior to returning fora tour of the Continent.

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The Wizzardand the Doc

ROY WOOD gets some medical support from Jon Pertwee, BBCTV's Dr. Who, prior to both of them joining the other Who onFriday and Saturday this week in Tommy at the RainbowTheatre. Jon will be playing the Doctor role in PeteTownshend's rock opera.

If manto solo

GEOFF WHITEHORN, leadguitarist with If since August,has been signed to a solorecording deal for five yearsby Marquee Record Produc-tions.

Before joining the jazz-rockgroup, Geoff worked as asession guitarist, and playedover 100 sessions for Marqueeproducer Tony Atkins. Plansare already in hand forrecording tracks for his debutalbum and single.

Atkins told RRM: "This is avery important signing for us.Geoff is our first album -orientated artist, and I thinkwe have a very good set-up toexploit his talent. "

Since joining If, Geoff hastoured the States twice andCanada once, and made hisBritish debut with the group atthe Marquee Club onNovember 29. His solo disccontract will not affect his Ifactivities.

"I love playing with If, andthere's plenty of time also formy work with Tony," he said.

Dennydebut

WIZARD RECORDS releaseda solo album by Denny Lainelast Friday entitled Ah Laine.It was recorded in Los Angelesand London earlier this year,and features Denny with theold Stone The Crows rhythmsection of drummer ColinAllen, now with Focus, andbassist Steve Thompson.

No London gig but...

Bolan showtrucks on

T REX will be makingtheir first tour ofBritain for two yearsnext month under theproduction title ofTruck Off, and twoAmerican girl singers,Gloria Jones and PatHall, are flying over toparticipate.

Marc Bolan and thepackage will be ninestrong in all, and thetour progran\me willfeature numbers from TRex's new LP ACreamed Cage InAugust By Zinc AlloyAnd The Hidden RidersOf Tomorrow, due for

release on February 1.The itinerary is

Newcastle City Hall,(January 21); GlasgowApollo (22); SheffieldCity Hall (24); Man-chester City Hall (26);Leicester De MontfortHall (27), and Birming-ham Odeon (28).

Tickets will be on saleat the box offices of thevarious venues fromJanuary 2 with theexception of Birming-ham, where they willbecome available fromJanuary 6.

Donnydiscs

`in poortaste'

TWO CURRENT sin-gles share the samenotivation and the sametune, and may well getup the noses of manyOsmond fans. Themotivation is DonnyOsmond, and the tune isthe old traditional folkmelody My Bonnie LiesOver The Ocean.

The records are TheDonny Song by theMayer Sisters releasedby Dart Records onNovember 30 and MyDonny by the Donettes,issued last Friday on theJam label. Apparentlythe similarity of in-spiration is coinciden-tal, and the Jam singlestemmed from an ideafirst suggested by DJMRecords area represen-tative John Holman,who was horrified tohear the Dart disc being

GLADYS KNIGHT and thePips will be touring Britainand Europe again in thespring. A three-weekitinerary is being plannedbeginning on March 28, and

including dates in London,Liverpool and Manchesteras well as Amsterdam,Paris, Frankfurt, Rotter-dam and other mainEuropean cities.

East Wind blows inACE JAPANESE per-cussionist Stomu Yamash'tastarts a British tour with hisnew band East Wind atLondon's Roundhouse onDecember 30. And during atwo-week break in theitinerary he will record themusic for a film entitled OneBy One about motor racing,which features Jackie Stew-art, Mike Halewood and PeterRedson.

Stomu's East Wind line-up iscompleted by former SoftMachine man Hugh Hopper(bass), Gary Boyle (guitar),Stomu's wife Hisako (violin),and Brian Gascoigne (key-boards).

East Wind will be supportedon the tour by the Suntreaderband, and the dates areManchester Free Trade Hall(January 7); Walthamstow

Polytechnic (12); StrathclydeUniversity (19); BrunelUniversity ( 25); ExeterUniversity (26); NottinghamUniversity (February 1);Oxford New Theatre (3);Lanchester Polytechnic (9);Harrogate Royal Baths (10),and Bangor University (17 ).

The first LP by Stomu andEast Wind called Freedom IsFrightening will be releasedby Island on January 18.

played before therelease of the Donnettesrecord.

A spokesman forPolydor, which releasesthe Osmond discs here,told RRM: "We're notcomplaining about allthis, but we think it's inrather poor taste. "

Cilia backon singles

sceneTHE FIRST single byCilia Black since shesigned a five-yearrenewal of her contractwith EMI is scheduledfor January 4 release.The titles are Baby WeCan't Go Wrong andSomeone and the discwas produced by NewSeekers producer DaveMackay.

Cilla, who is expecting hersecond baby in May, haswithdrawn from BBC TV'sMorecambe and Wise Christ-mas Day show to avoidoverstrain. Her husband andmanager Bobby Willis told

RRM that in view of her ownnine -week series beginning inJanuary it was decided not toundertake any additional TVwork.

Cilia will rest when theseries ends in March, and hernext engagement after thearrival of the baby will be asix -week summer season inScarborough opening onAugust 12.

Their debut single

Coast To Coast

Currently on tourDecember15 Selkirk, Scotland17 Free Trade Hall, Manchester19 Latimer School, Hammersmith21 Sundown, Edmonton22 Friars Club, Aylesbury26 Scunthorpe Baths31 Kensington Hotel, Holland Road

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Their new RAK albumincluding -

~.of lop Singing;--:Len Rocky Road;

:ftly With His Song;Reac My Mind;

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Produced by Mickie MostSRAK 506

OUT NOW

Coinciding with this success,a British tour has beenarranged for Leo, beginningon January 12 at the LeicesterPolytechnic. Subsequentdates are Plymouth Guildhall( 1 7 ); ManchesterStoneground (19); Hull Uni-versity (23); Reading TownHall (24); Oxford Polytechnic(28); Southampton Guildhall(29); Sussex University(February 1); London School

Man'sLyceumpanto

MAN with Viv Morris,compere and presenter of theirrecent Up For The Day tourare to stage a specialChristmas Pantomime show atLondon's Lyceum Theatre onDecember 20.

The show, entitled AlmostJack And The Beanstalk willinclude Undermine - acast of 12 who will play thecontemporary version of theold pantomime. The show hasbeen written and produced byMorris, and will last around 30minutes in an evening ofmusical and dramatic enter-tainment.

Man will be featured in anextended set joined by formergroup members, Martin Aceand Clive John. Mason andWild Turkey are supporting.

The Undermine cast whohave all been drawn in fromthe Swansea/Cardiff areas,are to present a special showat the Swansea Top Rank onDecember 17.

Meanwhile Man continue toplay a number of extra datesfollowing their recent tour.They are: Bristol Colston (14);Hemel Hempstead ( 15);Manchester Stoneground(21).

Leo hitsthe chart

LEO SAYER. protege of Adam Faith, enters theRRM chart this week at 24 with his Chrysalis singleThe Show Must Go On. The number is a cut fromhis first album Silverbird, which Adam produced.

of Economics (2), andCroydon Greyhound (10).

Leo is recording an InConcert show for BBC 2produced by Stanley Dor-fman, and he is due to spend aweek in the States fromFebruary 8.

Strawbs' biggestTHE NEXT American concerttour by the Strawbs will betheir longest yet - an eight -week itinerary starting in NewYork on January 25. It willcoincide with the transatlanticrelease of the band's newalbum Hero And Heroine,which they are currentlymixing in London after threeweeks of recording inDenmark.

ELP tvEMERSON, LAKE & PALM -ER will be featured in aspecial Boxing Day edition ofBBC -2's Old Grey WhistleTest. It takes the form of adocumentary filmed duringELP's recent European tour.

They are seen on stage atsome of the 30 concerts theyplayed within a month, andalso relaxing off stage fishing,flying and playing percussionat the Guildhall School ofMusic.

Starbuckexpand

STARBUCK, the BradleyRecords duo act comprisingBrian Engel and MartinBriley, is expanding to aquartet to become a workingband.

The new boys are ChrisDemetrious (bass) and LeeBaxter -Hayes (drums), andthe enlarged line-up maketheir debut this Thursday inGranada TV's Lift Off WithAyshea. The band is also setfor a German tour early in theNew Year.

John Cale signsWELSH -BORN John Cale, co-founder with Lou Reed ofthe New York group the Velvet Underground in 1966,has been signed by Island Records for six albums overthree years.

The first will be recorded early next year in Londonwith Chris Thomas as producer. John has neverappeared in concerts under his own name, but nowintends to work with other musicians in extensive toursof the States and Europe. He is also expected to produceand arrange for other artists on Island's roster.

HeavyMetal

NEW ATLANTIC signing, theHeavy Metal Kids, play gigsat High Wycombe Tech. thisSaturday and London'sMarquee Club on December 29following their November tourwith Uriah Heep.

The band is also recordingsome titles for considerationfor their first single, includingRock And Roll Man and RunRun Run, both written by thegroup.

Sheltersingle

BELL IS releasing a single onJanuary 4 -entitled Clock OnThe Wall written and recordedby Peter.Barnfather.

The project is connectedwith Shelter, the organisationwhich helps the homeless.Peter was the professionalmanager of Shelter Music, thepublishing company whoseprofits are devoted to theShelter funds and Clock OnThe Wall is one of itscopyrights.

PE album due soonPRINCIPAL EDWARDS arerecording their first album forthe Deram label with NickMason of Pink Floyd. The LPwill be called Round One, andwill be released to coincidewith the group's New Yeartour which is currently being

arranged.The band's two major visual

stage pieces called Tales OfThe Glass White Gangster andThe Whizzmore Kid have beenadapted for inclusion in thealbum.

The LP will be released herein late March, preceded by thereorganised Strawbs line-up'sfirst British dates which willbe three weeks of concert andcollege gigs.

Stray inStates

STRAY WILL record theirnext album in America. Theybegin three weeks of sessionsin Connecticut with theirmanager -producer Wilf Pineon January 13, and a furtherweek will be spent in mixingthe results.

The LP is planned for mid -March release simultaneouslyhere and in the States, aboutthree weeks after their nextsingle Move It appears. Thislatter has been held up by theshortage of raw materialswhich is currently affectingthe record industry.

Negotiations are in progressfor Stray to play two weeks ofcollege gigs in America aftertheir LP is completed. Theband will start its first top -of -the -bill British tour in Londonon March 21, supported byJonesy.

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Joins

Elton'sfanclub

GLAM ROCK may havedied that warm springevening when DavidBowie wet a hundred

eyes, and umpteenthousands of knickers,with his farewell scene.

t2 Maybe he hasn't beenas removed from thebusiness as some of usthought, but his quit"

gnight left pop without atotally demandingstage

ers o.ty'Marc Bolan,despitehis denials, had patent-ly failed to take theStates by storm with hismanic bopper imageand had moved into

toSlade, despite theirself-imposed exile.

huge record sales,missed out on a lot of '73because of Don Powell's

Itragic accident and thescene was left wideopen for Gary Glitter'ssuccessful take-over.

And as eye catchingas Gary is on stage hestill lacks that unknownfactor that makes you

o sit up, stare and say:'Now that guy's got

stage presence. "Yes folks, as 1973

drew to a close yourscribe drew in breath toexclaim: "The scene'sdead. "

But one name wast missing. Yes, you

guessed it, Elton John,the Home Counties'

/very own LaughingGnome. And where wasElton while we weredespairing for a show-man. Over in the Statesthat's where gettingthose screwball Yankshigh on his show.

Now I've nothingagainst Americans thatI couldn't say in athousand words, but thethought of Elton beingstolen from us in our

/hour of need is morethan I could bear./But now he's back

and touring the country

Honky Cat, Elderber-ry Wine, CrocodileRock, Goodbye YellowBrick Road, all the oldand new favourites,poured from Elton asDavey Johnstone, sure-ly one of Britain's mostunderrated guitarists,proved just how ca-pable an instumentalisthe is. Caressing theneck of his guitar like alover's body he provedhis mastery of the art of I

fills" slotting the

gets his breath back.pauses while the Guy.

And suddenly it's allover. Encore and all,the band are done.Astonished you glanceat your watch and findtwo hours, rightenough, have passed tand the show isfinished, despite thelayers of tinsel andglitter still covering thestage.

".

Elton's Christmasbox of delights

with his potent littleband of fellow extra-vagents and what aglorious return it is.Packed houses every-where, party time inHoliday Inns up anddown the land and eachnight two hours ofENTERTAINMENT.

He knows whatbusiness he's in does MrDwight. The houselights dim, the bandquietly take up their

positions and as thecheering reaches itsnatural crescendo onleaps our Elton in a blueand white romper suitin which he cheerfullyemphasises his podgi-ness. Dispensing withhis outer garments,he's off. One song afteranother tumbles fromhis lips, the bandpugging away behind,tight fine musicians all.

Each song wasplayed to perfection.

Rarely was there eventhe trace of a bum noteor a misunderstoodarrangement. Oncemore, the EJ proapproach showedthrough. There werehighlights, of course,but never a failure.Your Song, the beau-tiful Lesley Duncansong that Elton record-ed on TumbleweedConnection waspoignant to an extreme,especially as it qui-

vered to life from thefinal dying chord of onerock number and fadedout gently into another.

Rocket Man blastedus of our seats. NigelOlssen's drumming hasimproved amazinglyduring the States tourand on this one he hitoverdrive starting intoit like the Englishman'sBilly Cobham. EvenElton seemed slightlyshaken by his drum-mer's energy.

An Elton John con-cert has to be seen to bebelieved. I know that'sa tired old cliche pit tomuch misuse, especial -

business but take myly in the rock n' roll

word for it. If anyoneoffers you a ticket to seethe new king of rock,snap it up.

America, beckons toElton once again, andwith his dollar spinningcapacity being what it

seeing the man will getis, our chances of

fewer and fewer.That's not to suggestthat this is Elton's lasttour the man lovesthe stage far too muchto ever consider doing aBowie but one a yearmay well turn out to beour ration.

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TONY JOE WHITE, darling ofsmooth countrysounds, is theIn Concert guest on Saturday.

Also on the show is ManfredMann's Earthband - who areveritably good if their lastsingle is anything to go by.

Story of Pop on Saturdayfeatures British blues bandswho influenced rock musicthroughout the world. Thisweek's episode is titled:"Bring It On Home. "

Sunday's My Top 12 shouldbe hilarious with Bill Oddieproviding the laughs . . .worth tuning to?

Sounds on Sunday has PeteAtkin. And in the regular SOSnightly spot there is (tonight):Alvin Lee and friends, Glencoeand PFM.

Monday: Sandy Denny,Back Door, Country Gazette,and Sassanfras.

Tuesday: Eno and Fripp,Bridget St. John, and JackThe Lad.

Wednesday: as I'm tired ofrepeating, is review night.Merry Christmas.

`Listen Your Majesty...'

Lux campaign forLennon's pardon

RADIO LUXEMBOURG is mounting a massive campaign to get John Lennona Queen's pardon for his drug conviction in November 1968.

Lennon made a directrequest for a pardon in histelephone interview withLuxi's Tony Prince on Sunday(December 9).

Answering questions aboutBritain's Monarchy he said:"I think it's about time theQueen gave me a pardon forbeing busted in England.

"So listen Your Majesty, Ithink I have done more goodfor Britain than harm, so giveme a nice pardon, then I cantravel around again. "

Lennon will not leaveAmerica because he believeshis re-entry would be barredbecause of the offence. He iscurrently involved in exten-sive legal wrangles to try toget the position rectified.

In a statement, Tony Princesaid he would broadcast anappeal for petition signaturesthree or four times a night

until enough names werecollected. He hoped to presentthe appeal to the Queen beforeChristmas.

"I believe this is a terribleinjustice," he said. "Hecontinues to pay for this crimein a professionally cripplingway. "

ColourRadio

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While neither Luxembourg,Tony Prince, or RRM condoneLennon's offence, Princebelieves John has been made ascapegoat.

Tony said that "everyoneloves John and would like tosee him able to re -visit his owncountry. " Readers' letterswill be forwarded toLuxembourg to add weight tothe appeal.

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NoddyjoinstheCapitalcrewNODDY HOLDER is thelatest pop personality tostep into Euston Tower toentertain Capital listen-ers. He joined NickyHorne's Mother Wouldn'tLike It Show and latertalked to Dave Symondsfor a profile in Capital Rapon Saturday.

RUMOURS have been goingaround that Radio Mi Amigo isnot going to start. Strangethen that several DJ's andtechnicians from Caroline andMi Amigo have been in Londonover the past few weeksbuying some very expensiveequipment for the studios inthe Hague, and aboard theship. If the reported financialposition of the Carolineorganisation is correct, thenMi Amigo must be paying formost of it. Very strange if theyare not planning to start. Theyhave also had whole sets ofjingles professionally made.The new 199 foot aerial mast isnearly completed and hasbeen professionally put up thistime; not the mark of theCaroline organisation.

Last time, Norman Barring-ton and Dick Palmer put upthe mast as best they could.Unfortunately, it was not quitegood enough. It was only aforce four wind which broughtthe old mast down and itwasn't really the wind whichwas responsible. The Belgianmast had been constructed insuch a way that it rested uponthree relatively small in-sulators on the deck.

This not only meant that themast was live right down tothe deck, but also that at sea atremendous amount of pres-sure was put on the insulators.The guy ropes were alsomisplaced and every time theywere strengthened, more andmore pressure was put on theinsulators. They cracked andthe mast fell. Or that's theway the story goes (pop goesthe weasel?).

This time the mast is six foothigher, a different construc-tion, and being put up byprofessional aerial erectors.(yes they are really calledthat).

Radio Mi Amigo is still a bigmystery but is run by aBelgian business man who hasgone to great pains not to havehis name revealed, and thiscolumn is to serve Free Radio,not to work against it, soalthough we have a fair idea ofwho he is, we will not publish it(unlike less responsiblejournals).

Now to the rivals. Nothinghas been heard recently of the

Zondaxonagon, 1-Ta7di; At-lantis, or Radio Condor. Andthis supports present rumoursthat the ship is a long, longway from where it should be,three miles off Zandvoort orVlissingen. But Atlantis issmall and mysterious andalthough our source isreliable, who can be sure?

On to Caroline itself (in thenicest possible way) (burp!)and more apologies fromyours truly. This time theCaroline club. They arerumoured to be in the processof sending out badges and aletter (just to be generous)with a promise of the CarolineBook in the New Year to allclub members. I've got a proofof one of the badges (or I didhave until the dog chewed it)and it's really beautiful. Adeep blue with the little girlsymbol in the middle. Aroundthe edges are printed thewords "Radio Caroline" andon each side you have 259mand 390m printed.

At Caroline, things seem tobe flying forward under thevery capable supervision of18 -year -old station manager,Charlotte.

As we told you (so there!)five of the eight sections of themast are up and the otherthree will be put up as soon asthe weather allows. ThenRadios Mi Amigo and Carolinewill start shortly after on 259mand 389m respectively - lookout for tests (and divers).

All is ready to go and we arepromised a fresh new formatfor Caroline with music to suitthe time of day and a fairsprinkling of top -forty alongthe way - said our poetlaureate.

News casts will be plentiful,as will the jingles. Maybe abreak from the strict top fortyformat is needed - after all,theoretically, Radio One is topforty, and who doesn't need abreak from that.

Caroline should have two 10k. w. transmitters coupledtogether (nicely!) and MiAmigo will have the big 50k. w. with an output of 40 k. w.

A temporary injunction isnow out against the Rev. CarlMcIntyre and his politicaloffshore station, the Voice ofFree America. The injunction

was taken out by the FederalCommunication Commissionwho supervise nearly 7,000legal local commercial sta-tions in the USA as the IBA dohere.

And on slightly less thrillingthings, we all know thatCapital is nothing like a"pirate" station. But nonethe-less, they are offering stickersand a programme guide forjust an S. A. E. From CapitalRadio, P.O. Box 539, LondonNW1 3DL.

The Campaign for Indepen-dent Broadcasting soon havetheir next newsletter out formembers. For 38p per yearCIB will keep you informed onall the events in commercialradio. Send S. A. E. for fulldetails to CIB, 13 AshwoodHouse, Victoria Road, LondonNW4.

As you can see we havestarted an information centrein Nottingham. Once again,the number is 0602266856between 7.00 p. m. and 10.30p. m.

Volunteers for inlandstations are still needed,especially in London andOxford. If you would like tohelp in Oxford but don't livenearby, they can offer a freestay over the weekend. Drop aline to the FRIS and we willput you in contact. Engineers

The Brighton IndependentRadio Movement has nowdecided to close Newswavemagazine after internaleditorial disagreement. Edi-tor Terry Sibley will producethe final issue this week andwill then open a newmagazine, Transwave, in thenew year.

This will cover all forms ofradio with features based onthe major news stories, Thecost will be 18 pence. Wewould welcome the plans ofinland stations for theirChristmas broadcasts veryquickly, as we hope to give fulldetails in our Christmas issue.Please write to the FRISdirect.

This column is preparedevery week by Free RadioInformation Service. Wewould like to thank News-caster and FRC Central,Monitor and the East AnglianFree Radio Campaign fortheir help with this issue. FreeRadio Information Servicescan be contacted everySunday at 051 608 3735 between10.00 a. m. and 8.00 p. m. 01670 9328 between 7.00 p. m.and 10.30 p. m. Our mailingaddress is 40 Ivor Court,London NW! 60L but this isonly a mailing ddress and no-one concerned with FRIS canbe contacted there in person.

MARK LETT

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Radio XmasRADIO LONDON are to stage several Christmas'specials' over the holiday period including an exclusivein-depth interview with Neil Sedaka.

Radios Brighton and Medway will also be carryingthe programme in which Sedaka will be talking to DavidCarter and singing several of his multi -million sellingdiscs. The interview can be heard on Christmas daybetween 1.30 and 2.30.

On December 28 Radio London devote their entire PopShop programme to golden oldies and rock 'n' roll gemsfrom the fifties and sixties. David Carter hosts the four-hour show which includes phoned -in dedications.

Finally Mike Sparrow hosts Radio London into 1974with a special New Year's eve rock -chat show. Includedwill be a personal selection of what he and theBreakthrough team consider some of the best albums of'73.

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"EEEYUP! In't thatJohnnie Walker?"screams a young fan,covered from head to toewith Donny Osmondbadges, as Johnnie and Ispeed away from Broad-casting House in hiredbattered old blue Jensen.

"You're not going tomake this interviewsound too dramatic areyou?" enquired Mr.Walker.

We arrived at themansion he calls home,and what a mansion itwas - just likeBuckingham Palace with-out the Corgis.

"I like cats better, you'dbetter watch that onebecause he hasn't been. . . . too . . . . well. . , oh, you've foundout. We'll clear it upafterwards!"

Johnnie Walker is oneof those people that youjust can't help liking,either at home or on theradio.

"Would you believe it,but when I started off mydisc jockey career I wentalone to RadioLuxembourg for anaudition. They told me tocome along with fourcopies of a script and halfa dozen records. So Ispent two weeks writing,re -writing and writing thescript until it had lost anyspontanaity. No club deejay ever has a script, sothey were asking me todo something that Iwouldn't do anyway.Anyway, the guy told meafterwards, "Look son,you'll never be a discjockey as long as you live,so off you go home, andstop wasting time. "

Johnnie is another inthe long line of ex -Publicschool disc jockeys, whoinclude John Peel, NoelEdmonds and TonyBlackburn.

"I joined the school ateight, and no matter howoddly shaped a peg youwere when you arrived,by the time you left youwere going to fit in theround hole if you liked itor not. The whole timethe school was trying totake away your identityby putting you in awfuldrab uniforms and givingyou numbers. I couldn'tsee how bits of papercould be so important, soI rebelled, and there wasno finer way of doing thatthan to become a d. j. . "

So young Walker wasoff to challenge the worldin his khaki shorts, withhis satchel thrown overone shoulder. We nextmeet our young herowhen he joins one ofthose 'naughty pirateships,' and really doesmost frightfully well,what what!!

"Radio England wasthe first station I joined,and it was terrible. TheAmerican backers hadgiven the workmen twoweeks to get the shipready, and all theysucceeded in doing inthat time was to put upsix masts which fell down

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one after another, buildstudios and transmitters.They forgot about whereeveryone would sleep,and so when I went out tothe ship we were kippingon the floor. Eventuallythey did build somebunks up in the bows ofthe ship, but not enough,so it meant that as soonas you got out of bedsomeone else got in. "

In the war, the ship hadbeen used for carrying thebodies of the deadAmerican troops back toAmerica, and everyonewho worked on the shipin the pirate days will wellremember the smell onwarm days of the rottingflesh. Not surprisinglythe ship was haunted. "

The history books alltell of how successfulJohnnie was on RadioCaroline, but now he hasreached a pinnacle in hiscareer, what are hisfeelings- when he looksback at the slopes behindhim?

"Good question that -what does it mean( . . .Well, really, I owe a greatdeal to Ronan and RadioCaroline. Really Carolinewas the inspirationbehind the new com-mercial stations, and itgave the kids a great dealto live for. Of course onthe Mi-Amigo it wasn't allplain sailing, and youtended to lead a verycabbage like life, because

apart from sleeping andeating there was nothingelse to do except yourshow, which is why theywere so bloody good. "

So what of the futurefor Mr. Walker?

"Well, I'm a terriblecoward. People keepasking me why I don't do'Top of the Pops,' andreally it is because Icouldn't face standing upbefore such a tremendousaudience. I'd like to dosome sort of telly show,but not at such a highlevel. If anybody comesup with an idea that isn'tcorny, please let meknow. It is so difficult to

do a new style show, butAlan Freeman recently didit very successfully with"All Systems Freeman,"which was a fantasticshow.

"I don't think that theBBC were being very fairin taking the show off sosoon, because even 'Topof the Pops' took nearly ayear to get established."

"Excuse me inter-rupting, but what do youwant for tea Johnnie?"enquired his lady wife.

Beans on toast, thankslove. "

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NEARLY missed Clif-ford T Ward's newhouse. The instruc-tions said it was nextdoor to the PostOffice. The Post Officewas spotted but thetrouble was the car'sspeedometer said 50!So a quick foot down onthe brakes, a screechto wake the fieldinhabitants, quick lookin the mirror, and alittle reverse back andup the drive and hey,the door of TheSpinney is alreadybeginning to open.

Set out from Londona little after 5.30 in themorning, no kiddin'!Anyone feel like beinga pop writer. No?You're probably sen-sible, stay underneaththose bedclothes. Ar-rival time was aroundten minutes past nine.Clifford T Ward andfamily live in Worces-tershire and the loca-tion, well, you needvery precise instruc-tions to get to it, theback of nowhere butattractive, indeed allvery pleasant.

So the first stepacross the door, nearlyfour hours after settingout from a rather cold,frosted feeling Lon-don. Here we arefolks, the Wards - offthe record!

Cliff had a welcome smilebut looked rather tired. Hehadn't really been long backfrom London himself. Hehad been down to appear onThe Old Grey Whistle Test."Did you see it?" he asked."Not got tele," was myreply' "went to bed early toget here feeling vaguelyalive. Trouble was I couldn'tsleep anyway, so I shouldhave gone and foundsomeone with a set. "

Anyway, in we go andthere's Pat, Cliff's wife. He'smade a good choice there.She's very slim. I'd betternot continue but I didattempt to get Cliff out of theway! Pat got busy makingsome welcome coffee andcutting thick slices of breadfor some toast. She looked so

A Ward on

around your head. And forgood interesting lyrics, hearAre You Really Interested orModern Conveniences. Themost memorable track isDebbie And Her Friends.

So, now we've come toDebbie, the young lady hasalways been handicappedfor she has no use of her legs.She seems so happy, well,listen to the track and itcould have been rathersickly but Cliff hits the rightnote. He aims to raise moneyto help the Spastic Society.

More coffee and tea flowedwhilst we listened andreclined on comfortablesofas. The Wards have threein one room, the main roomwhich overlooks fields andtheir own roomy garden.

Cliff has a very child -likereaction to his songs andrecords. He looks almostanxious as he asks, "Is itOK? I mean don't say it'sgood if you feel otherwise. "No need, with plays to makepeople aware of it, the futureof Mantle Piece seems a goodone.

the Mantle Piecegood for half -past nine that Icheekily asked, "Do you notget many pop writers uphere?" "No," was the reply,"Well, you know it's quite away and some people thinkLondon's much the easiestplace to talk to Cliff. "

Clifford T. Ward is now 26.He got married when he wasaround 18. It happenedbefore he went to WorcesterCollege of Education to trainas a teacher. The Wardshave three children, twoboys and a girl. The boys areMarlin who wears an AstonVilla track -suit and Samwho's also in a track -suit,only his colours aredifferent. His team are WestBromwich Albion. Fortu-nately I recognise thecolours otherwise I mighthave thought to my horror Iwas supposed to join in someearly -morning family run!

Debbie is their daughter,more about her later. Theboys go to an incredible old-fashioned, in a nice sort wayof way mind -you, school

called Pensax Church ofEngland Junior & InfantSchool. Later I met theHeadmistress Mrs. Ball andher deputy Mrs. Nixon.They seemed to be enjoyinghaving a parent appearingon the tele and theschoolchildren? They justcame out to the playgroundand shouted, "Cliff. "

Still, all that came later,coffee and toast, make firstclaim and a flick throughCliff's scrap -book. I confessI did not realise there hadbeen so much written aboutthe singer -writer of the hitGaye and almost Where-withal, that one was abreaker for many, manyweeks. Good to see in thecuttings RRM and indeed tosee it amongst the earliestones.

Mantle Piece, Cliff's newalbum, is out on December 7.So not surprisingly we didtalk about it. We got into itby my asking Cliff the songshe sang on the Whistle Test.Much better than words is of

course to listen and so on theturntable went a white -labelrecord copy. It's hard in thiscontext to seem totallyhonest and objective. I meanyou would expect me havingbeen given hospitality for aday to say some pleasantthings. Anyway have sometrust in this, the album is agood one. Only one songseemed to carry somethingover from the first, or to bepreceise Cliff's second,Home Thoughts. (The firstwas released on Dandelion,the label run by John Peeland Clive Selwood. When thelabel ceased the albumrights passed to Polydor andafter Cliff's successes onCharisma they've recentlyre-released the disc).

There's plenty of sparkleand freshness. Scullerylooks like being the single, itneeds hearing a few times.Screen Test hit me hard,maybe because it's one of themost commercial tracks witha line "I Want to be a Star"which keeps revolving

TonyJasper

visitsaweand

familyWe went out for lunch, "a

somewhat middle-class pubbut the food is good and I andthe group have rehearsalrooms there. " Well, we didlook rather show -bizamongst a somewhat elderlyclientele before the businessmen arrived in their suits.Over lunch Cliff told of his

proposed visit to the States atthe end of January. Gayehas just been released thereand Home Thoughts isscheduled as well.

Another thing on Cliff'smind was an operation whichshould be over by the timeyou read this. He's hadthroat trouble and has beenadvised to have the oldtonsils out. "The funny thingis everything has been clearand it almost makes me wantto change my mind!"

Pat was particularlyinterested in the Americanreferences. "I'd love to go tothe States and if he can takeanyone then I'm going," shesaid with a winning smiledirected at both of us.

Cliff seems very much intohis writing -singing careerthese days. The school -daysseem to have become verypast, even if the calendarsuggest different. Thefurthest thing from his wayof approaching this newphase of his life is to think ofcreating very instant popmaterial. I don't think ismeans a total getting awayfrom at least some songs inflippant vein but he doeswant to write material whichwill have lasting musicalvalue and often at the sametime pin -point some aspect ofour society, as indeed hedoes on the new album.

Funny, really, you talkand talk and then someonesays the time and it's mid-afternoon. Back to the housefor another half -an -hour orso before setting off. Moretea and Mrs. Ward in actiononce more!

We swop a few stories,anecdotes and then it's thegoodbyes.

Nearly forget to mention,we did journey down to theschool but then you doubtlessgot that from the school staffallusions. Martin and Samhadn't come back when Ideparted. Pat was gettingready to go and collect themand Clifford was suddenlybesieged by phone -calls,including several inter-viewers.

"Tell them, to get off theirasses and come up," Ishouted. The journey backand the arrival time aroundseven o'clock, a quick pickup of RRM from thenewstand, for it's Wednes-day, a read when back in theflat and then a long, longsleep!

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Drinkingit inTHE BROTHER LEES,vocalist -impersonators, putout a single called RememberThe Night That The OrchestraSang? - with top politiciansentering with comments fromthe audience . . . one was Mr.Harold Wilson, who was madeto say he was only there for thebeer.

Now a letter from Mrs.Marcia Williams, Harold'spersonal secretary, to DJM'sSue Dunkley saying that Mr.Wilson did very much enjoythe record . . . "though he didfeel that he would probablyhave wanted to join in ratherthan just enjoy the beer!"

SweetsakiANOTHER important awardfor the Sweet: the 1973 HitachiSound Award for "popularityin the field of lightentertainment. " That popu-larity which, during the year,led to hit records likeBlockbuster, Hell Raiser andBallroom Blitz.

I quote the Hitachi boss:"Every year we'll look into thefield of popular music andselect the individual who hasmade the greatest contribu-tion in the previous twelvemonths . . . and these fourmusicians, Brian Connolly,Mick Tucker, Andy Scott andSteve Priest, must surely havemade the biggest impact in1973."

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Now a real hitCOAL -MINERS are leav-ing the pits at the rate of600 a week, according tothe latest figures. Mostleave because they wantmore money in a morecongenial job. ButMillican and Nesbitt areleaving because theyhave made a hit record.

As Vaya Con Dios got

from theinto the charts, theoouple decided to makesinging a full-time career. . . after TWENTY-FIVE years singingtogether for local chari-ties and in clubs.

itI discovered the duo

don't sing except onstage work. "Not even inthe bath after a shiftunderground. Down thepits the lads used towonder why we weren't

always singing. But wekeep that for our off -work stints. "

Next step for the lads:an album of oldies butgoldies. And a vote ofthanks for Hughie Greenintroducing them toOpportunity Knocks,where they had eightweeks of success on thetrot.

Still lookingfor a room

HOTEL MANAGEMENTS just don't want to take in theRolling Stones . . . quite unjustifiably. So says PeterRudge, the man who master -minds Stone -rolling toursround the world.

So it's a real problem for the boys to find a decent mealor hotel room. Says Peter: "In Manchester, we ended upin a hotel at the end of the airport runway. None of thegood hotels would take them. Why? I don't know. Theyreally are very quiet.

"Sometimes we find we can book them in individuallyunder their own names. Sometimes we have to usepseudonyms, and it's okay . . . but the minute you sayRolling Stones to some hotel management, they rememberthe Press from ten years ago and freak. "

The Stones were booked into one Newcastle hotel just sothe five-tet could have a bath and a meal between shows."When we got there, we found fifty policemen postedoutside. So we told them to go home because there'd benothing for them to do. And there wasn't. "

As for meals, the group goes separate ways most of thetime to avoid problems, but if they do eat in a group thenthey try to find somewhere with a private room.

"The group themselves keep strange hours", confidesPeter. "They never actually go to bed before 10 am. ".

British isTHE YEAR-END inter-national winners for thesingles and albums scene, asanalysed by Billboard in theStates, show strong Britishrepresentation.

Like Gilbert O'Sullivan istop singles easy -listeningartist. Paul McCartney andWings come second in the toppop groups department. EltonJohn is top male vocalist(singles), with Gilbert fourth.

Deep Purple are top albumartists of 1973 - and in the topsingles list, Paul and Wings

bestcome fourth with My Love.

Nice going, gentlemen .oh, and Linda!

Amazing fansA QUOTE from Mott theHoople's Overend Watts:"When we first went toAmerica, we were amazed atthe way the fans were. Theywere ready to accept a newgroup, which in England isvery difficult. If you're a newgroup in England, nobodywants to sit and listen to you.They just wait for theheadliner

Paul's theworld's worst

THERE'S so much super -hype and ballyhoo in thepop business. New names come on the scene andare hailed as the biggest and best. None reallyjustify the publicity right from the off . . .

Except Paul Trevillion.He's been hailed as the bestWORST singer in the world.He is all of that and more. Hisfirst atrocity committed torecord is Bad Vibrations,which comes in two parts . .and least you'd have thoughtthey would omit the "B" side.

With the aid of a pianist anda few lines delivered with theskill of an ace confidencetrickster, our hero perpetratesvia Decca some impersona-tions of Dean Martin, BuddyHolly, Elvis Presley andothers who, so far as I know,have never done HIM anyharm at all.

Paul admits his DeanMartin bit took fifty takesbefore they found one badenough to use. He says with asigh: "It's hard workproducing rubbish. "

He is working full -speed andflat-out to produce a follow-upeven more excruciatinglybad. His excuse seems to be:"Picasso was the best WORSTartist in the world and he gavepleasure to everybody . . . theworld discovered it couldpaint. I am doing the same inthe music business. "

sing at you, I append a pictureLest Paul Trevillion should of the man, so helping make

accost you in the street and early recognition easy.

HERE'S a new studio portrait of Olivia Newton -John, whois now big - and good - news in America, as well as beingour top -voted girl singer. Let Me Be There is the country -flavoured song which is getting rave reviews even down incountry -saturated Nashville, Tennessee. By the timeOlivia emerges from the Eurovision Song Contest in Aprilnext year, representing the United Kingdom, chances areshe'll be a real international superstar.

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HighrevvingHarleys

I MEAN Harley Quinnehaven't any doubts. Doubtsabout what? Such A Night isthe answer. Two of the triowere in London town to tellthe world another hit iscoming their way.

They said, "Johnny Rayhad a hit with this a long timeago. The song is a good oneand we're into it but it's nocopy of the oldie. The clubresponse has been great.That alone helps us to feelvery, very confident_ Roskolikes it and he knows the hitsand that's a great bonus toput with the club reaction.

"We also know Elvis did aversion some years back.What we didn't do was toplay over their versions.Someone suggested the songto us. We played it over andthen played round with it.We also went through someof our stuff, tried some otheroldies and back we went toSuch A Night and stayedwith it.

"I don't think there is aconflict between our love foroldies and home-grownmaterial. I mean live ourmaterial is very much in therock 'n' roll bag whereas thestuff we get down and writehas more shape to it, albumtracking substance ratherthan being out and outcommercial and aiming forin the case of a single the Top50. Turn Such A Night overand you'll get what wemean. "

They sr -1, "We don't needa Chinn Chapman. We'venothing against what they'redoing for Sweet, Suzi andMud. Nothing offensivereally, just that we find ourmaterial more beneficial. Imean Suzi's good, noquestion there.

"Our burning ambition isto write good material.We've no wish to make a fewhits and then disappear.Music is us. Sure the moneyis important and we would

like it to roll in but there'smore to us!

"We're not a copy ofanyone, though if you ask usfor our beginnings, then theBeatles all the way. In ourown musical seekings it'svery much the way ofmelody.

"In terms of projectingourselves as a group and notjust the music, we thinkcreating the right image isimportant. As yet we haven'treally got stage garb assuch. Well, we wouldn'tdress up like Gary and nomake-up thank you. Andwe're not like Fumble. We'renot glittery. I dunno, we'rejust us.

They said, "It's not easygetting there -to the top inpop. We're slightly worriedover the petrol situation for itwill hit people who like us doplenty of one night standsand make long journeys tothe extreme ends of thecountry. We did Glasgow theother day and then we'vebeen down to the Garden,Penzance.

"You have to be carefulthe cheques come through,sometimes it's ages andages, RAF clubs are some ofthe worst in that. By andlarge the scene has beengood to us though there havebeen some nasty or ratheroff-putting moments. Oncewe were asked to change in acow shed full of water andstraw.

"There was anotheroccasion when thiis guy saidthat when we finished the setwe could get our gear and soforth out through a door tothe side of the stage. We didthis or rather we pushed thedoor and then all hell brokeloose with alarms going allover the place!

"Naturally some placesstand out. I mentioned thegig at Penzance, there wasanother good one at the Blue

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"I'll give you an exampleof bouncer in action. Therewas a group on with us. Oneof them wore a funny hat.Well, when he turned up thisbouncer helped himself to it.OK, fun for a bit. The guy inthe group just before theywere due on wanted it backfor it was part of their stageget-up. So he goes up to thisbouncer and asks for it. Theguy just goes beserk andlays into the group'smember."

Harley Quinne have plentyto say about themselves butsome nasty things werementioned about others.

They said: "The New YorkDolls are so awful, so bad.I've heard better onOpportunity Knocks. Peoplego round today saying theStones are now this and that.We went to see them and theDolls don't get near them.They are still fantastic.

"Suzi we've said is good.Elkie is great. I mean youwouldn't think she's awoman Well she is but she'sgot the power of a guy.Maggie Bell is anotherknock -out and so too wasJanis Joplin.

"Tony Blackburn isn'tgoing to play our disc. Ofcourse if it's a hit, he will.Draw your own con-clusions!"

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CRAMPED for space as ever again this month I thought itwould be nice to devote this section to Christmas presentideas so / wrote to everyone I know and asked the fellas fortheir suggestions (I made my own to the girls but none ofthem took me up).

Understand Charlie Grima and Keith Smart, a pair ofWizzard drummers, have both bought Rogers drums whichthey are playing exclusively. They both play double bassdrum outfits, so their kits consist of 14 drums and feature

Selmer picksSELMER have of course pointed out that there are plenty of lowpriced items for Christmas presents in their range but have beengood enough to pick out a few examples including the SelmerPlay It Easy tape courses which cost £4.82 and available toteach any instrument you care to name. The guitar course isparticularly comprehensive and costs only £4.09.

Another suggestion is Viva guitars which are priced from£7.87 and a great range of guitar accessories including Gibsonstraps from £2.13, Gibson capodastras from 68p, Hamilton capes(94p), Hofner and De Armond pick-ups from £4.18 and SelmerFuzz-Wah and Wah-Wah pedals.

It's a little more expensive than most of the things on this page,but how about the Melody Maker Student Trumpet outfit for amere 28 quid.

large sizes like 24in bass drums, 14in x 10in and 18in x 16intom toms and the new Rogers Superten snare with the allsteel shell.

The Fender Soundhouse is now making news faster than Ican print it. They have established an excellent repair andadvice centre and a roadies room with music and comfyseats, a few amusements and soft drinks only at the momentI'm afraid. The roadies section is being run Josie JoieRoberts who has established a register of roadies and isrunning a sort of employment bureau for them. She has

How about this then. A Weiss harmonica with bell.It can't be bad for 60p. The handlebars and the restof the bike are available as accessories at £35.20.

For the proA LITTLE something for thereal professional, a newmicrophone from Reslo whichhas been designed for all usesand is the result of extensivefield tests. Reslo wanted tocome up with the microphonethat would appeal to anybodywho needs one. They havecome up with the ResloSuperstar 80. As they are verymoney minded the idea was tooutsell everything on themarket, which means produc-ing the best and mostgenerally applicable micr-ophone ever. It is designed fortheatres, clubs, outdoorevents, groups, orchestrasand solo musicians.

`Maracas'THERE'S a comedian at Rose -Morris whose first comment tome about Christmas was"maracas" - well I misheardhim. Actually it's not a badidea because if they're goodenough for Mick Jaggerthey're good enough foranyone and El Cometamaracas cost between 73p and£1.76.

Then there's all those otherLatin American instrumentslike shakers at £2.05 andclaves at around £1 or howabout a conga for £12.40?Even if you don't play it, it willlook good in the corner of theroom.

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Or you could go for a hand -painted Mexican guiro (that'sthe thing that sounds like acomb being scraped with aruler) for £2.33 or a headlesstambourine (nasty) with 13pairs of jingles for £3.87.

Then again, says Rose -Morris (nice girl), how about aukelele for £1.70. Here's agreat idea. Does he, or she,leave the guitar propped upagainst things all round thehouse so that if you move achair or brush past a table itslowly falls to the floor with ajangle and a suggestion ofrapid depreciation? Well, howabout a guitar stand for justunder £2.

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WE'RE ALL still rolling about on the floor aftersome of the above suggestions from Pete Tulettat Simms -Watts. Where do you get the ideasPete?

On the more serious side he has put forwardbandmaster mouthorgans at £2.65 and £4.25. ATimmi-Tam with cover for £2.05, guitar polish(Gibson) in spray and liquid and a polish cloth.There is also a nice Rosetti plastic recorder for85p.

On the cheapMY MATES at John Skeweshave sent me an admirableChristmas shopping list. Theysay that the lowest pricedcomplete instrument in theirrange is a kazoo for 10p. Thereare also tin whistles (21p),jaws harps (they call 'em) at12p upwards, Peter Pan flutes(you'll never grow old if youblow one) at 25p and ocarinas,an instrument which has stillto find its way into rock, from75p.

Then there's swing andbandmaster harmonicaswhich range in price from 25pto £5.50.

For the classical guitaristhow about a footstool for £2.

For the electric guitarist thereare lots of effects pedalsavailable under the nameZenta which sell for between£10 and 25.

Then there are things likerecorders which start at 86p inthe Hornby range and blowkeyboards called Otava whichrange from £2.99. What abouta good old fashionedStylophone for £9.82 and makeit a happy Christmas for RolfHarris too.

Finally for the drummerthere are Hornby sticks from46p a pair, bongos from £2.83,tambourines from £1.80 andmaracas from 43p.

Hohnerharptreat

HOHNER have always beengood for a Christmas treat.The most you can spend on aharmonica is £20 but generallythey are only a few pounds andthere are quite a few,including the keyrange mod-els, that are just a few pence.They also suggest aharmonica tutor called TheBlues Harp by Tony - LittleSun - Glover.

Then of course there'sMelodicas, the cheapest wayto introduce someone to thekeyboard and a true musicalinstrument to boot. No theyare not toys, Billy Prestonused one at the Rainbowrecently. "Will it go round incircles" he said at the time.

Hohner also has quite a finerange of guitars which sell atunder £20. There are tworanges of classical andacoustic guitars called Musi-ma and Hondo.

Super plusHERE'S something that can'tpossibly fit into a stocking.It's the new FarfisaSuperpiano which has thedouble advantage that it cannot only be used to create thesound of the concert grand butalso honky-tonk, harpsichord,clavichord and banjo. Thereare ten different rhythms on abuilt-in ryhthm unit and acassette recorder is alsofitted.

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BeatingfromtheheartBY his own admission, AlanWhite is a heart drummer andnot a head drummer, which isdifficult to believe when yousit there and watch him in themiddle of Yes under thatcanopy thing that he uses toproject the sound forward.

Watching the band theother day I got the impressionthat Alan was in reality themost important member of thegroup. Their highly complexcompositions seem to relyupon him for cues and nomatter what anybody else onthe stage is doing, Alan is rightthere driving everything all thetime.

Sitting on the floorsurrounded by little blackfluffy things the other day Iasked him if it wasn't difficultto remember everything.

"We have been creating thenew album for four monthsnow so we have lived with itfor four months and it'sbecome second nature. Iknow all the sections by heart.There's quite a few things youhave to remember that have tobe spot on or you ruin it for the

band but most things justfollow into one another. "

He has had his present drumkit for seven years and it's onlyhis second kit ever. On stagehe appears to be surroundedby the most complicated kit,but he says that underneath itall it is a Ludwig Classic with a22in bass drum, a 13in and16in tom tom. "And I usuallytune it pretty low so it's fairlyhard to play. You have to usea lot of strength to play so I'mnot a technical drummer,more of a feel drummer. "

Alan is a Ludwig man. He'snot saying they are the best,just that they are the best forhim. That kit is the only kit heever wants to play. "I feel soat home with my drums Inever use anything else. It'sjust another extension of mybody. I think old Ludwig kits,seven or eight years old, havea much better sound. They'vechanged a lot now. "

He uses a number ofsnares. At present he has a400. He used a Concert for awhile but says he had troublemiking it on stage. He also has

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a wooden Gretsch that heuses for a warmer sound.Keith Moon gave it to himsome years ago.

All his cymbals are AvedisZildjian with the exceptional ofone Paiste that he sticks overon the left and bangs quite alot. It's a Chinese that has agood crash sound that cutsthrough everything and diesoff very quickly.

Believe it or not, Alan is aproperly trained pianist. Hestudied piano from the age ofseven. "My uncle was adrummer. I came from apretty musical family. He waslistening to me one day, andsaid I had a pretty percussiveway of playing piano. NextChristmas he bought me akit.

That was an Ajax. Threemonths later the young Alanwas playing it on stage. "Itjust felt natural to me. I leftschool straight away and I wasin a group that was famous inthe area. Then I joinedanother band and anotherband."

He had two lessons. Hecouldn't relate to what he wasbeing taught. He can readmusic, because of the yearsspent studying piano, but hedoesn't like to. "I much preferto feel it as it goes along. " Allthat stuff he has up on stageto hit now he does use at sometime during a performance.None of it is just for show.

"Basically I just need thenormal set but couldn't seeany reason for not havingsome extra sounds up there. "He also plays vibes now.There is a section at the end ofthe new album and he usesthem on stage too - exceptthe night that I went whenhe'd broken them the daybefore. "I do play tunedpercussion quite a bit. I playedvibes on a couple of Lennonalbums. "

Was there any advice hehad for drummers just startingout? He gave himself a pieceof advice when he started andthis is what he passes on:

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Make orbreak forBlackfoot Sue

"THIS SINGLE is reallyus. It's the best thingwe've put out for ages.We've got this feelingthat we're going to beright up there once morein the charts. Here havea listen, it's called Get ItAn To Me. "

Tom and Eddie aretalking. They're part ofBlackfoot Sue. Hey,what happened to theirlast single, particularlysince so many peoplesaid, hit.

"Gawd, that must beone of the biggest hang-ups we've ever had. Itwas commercial and Idon't think it made eventhe breakers. Thetrouble lay in CBS re-releasing Albatross byFleetwood Mac and ofcourse too many peoplesaid our Summer discwas a bit similar. Itwasn't that much in ourview but we got labelledand everyone went out tobuy Albatross and thatwas that. "

Summer was fromBlackfoot Sue's Season-al Suite. There wereplans to put it on analbum.

"Yea, it was the idea todo this but for themoment we appear tohave gone cold on it.Actually we have aroundfive albums of materialjust waiting to be put onwax.

"We play it some-times during our live

gigs. We've had anamazing last few monthsby the way in ourtravels. There have beensome great receptions.Funny thing is peoplealways want tobracket us. We don'tmind the Americanimpression. They put uswith groups like LedZeppelin and that can'tbe bad. Over here peopleget suprised by thevariety of our material.

"Do you know we'vebeen playing now for tenyears. We doubt if manypeople realise this fact.And today is the firstoccasion we've been outof debt.

"Well, we haven't beenpoor. I mean our creditfrom say a week of gigscomes after we've takena weekly cut each andpaid all expenses. We

reckon it costs us £900 aweek to keep on the road.We've all got good homesand haven't lacked toomuch. We've had to workpretty hard for it.

"Can't see us chang-ing, breaking -up. Youcan see how happy weare. We're just going tokeep playing, entertain-ing and keep our fingerscrossed for THE CHARTENTRY!

"We would love tobreak big in Europe andyou know we've donewell in Israel, SouthAmerica and Australia.The trouble with the popstakes is the fact ofpeople forgetting every-thing so easily. Youcan't keep travelling andyet you would like to.

"Anyway, over herewe would love to get TopOf The Pops, a spin onRosko's Roundtable andsomeone's record of theweek. Get It All To Mehas just got to breakBIG."

TonyJasper

Saving thechildren

AS I mentioned last week,the Jackson Five arecurrently appearing in amovie in the States. They'renot the stars, and the film isnot a story, but it is the resultof a very important concertthat took place in 1972. Tounderstand why the film wasmade, or why even that theconcert was given, takes alittle bit of backgroundreading.

There is a black organiza-tion in the USA calledP. U. S. H. (People United toSave Humanity). Formed afew years ago, it is acollection of black business-men who have beensuccessful and like otherbusinessmen, hold an annualconvention to educate othersto their various businesses,methods etc. The hugeconvention finds its home inChicago every September fora week.

What makes it so special isthat this convention featuresa huge musical display ofblack pride. Artists of everytype of background donatetheir services, and profitsfrom the concert are given toa charity that relates to thetheme of each year. Forexample, this year's themewas "Save The BlackColleges" and all moniesmade, were turned over theAmerican Negro Collegefund, who send thousands ofworthy students to univer-sity by supplying scholar-ships.

In 1972 the theme was"Save The Children". Andperforming at the concertbefore movie cameras wereMarvin Gaye; who's song"Save The Children" wasused for the film's titletheme, Issac Hayes, RobertaFlack, The Temptations,Nancy Wilson, Bill Withers,Gladys Knight and the Pips,Sammy Davies Jr. , QuincyJones, Curtis Mayfield, The0 -Jays, Jerry Butler, Ram-sey Lewis, Zulema andsinging "I Wanna Be WhereYou Are" none other than theJackson Five.

"All of the artists involvedin this event donated theirtime and energy and paidtheir own expenses. Some ofthe best people came homethat week", explainedReverend Jesse Jackson;the young president ofPUSH.

"Some black artists oncethey've made it big, aredepicted as irresponsibleand not interested in theblack cause. Save theChildren should put a stop tothat way of thinking. "

The film's producer MattRobinson is a known name inthe TV field. Mr Robinsonwa:. one of the developers ofthe well loved Sesame

Street. He wanted to capturethe positive affects that aconcert of this nature wouldhave on people.

"People rocked together tomake a better world. By thetime we got to the segment atthe end where Marvin Gayeis singing "What's GoingOn", we turned to variousforms of internationalfootage. Using children fromall over the world takes it outof a concept concerpt into avery broad internationalaspect. "

The film belongs toParamount; the soundtrackis Motown's. The recordcompany is waiting forParamount's UK releasedate before they release thealbum, and all one can do ishope that Paramount doesn't,hold the film very long.

The Jacksons were also atthis year's PUSH Expo.There were a series ofconcerts this year. On thefirst night such luminariesas Al Green, The FifthDimension, the Indepen-dents and the TavaresBrothers performed plus TheNew Birth of "I CanUnderstand It" fame. Thesecond night included thenew Miracles, Love Unlimit-ed and their mentor BarryWhite, Quincy Jones andRoberta Flack.

The third night was aFriday, from what Iunderstand and it featuredJr. Walker and the All Stars,Earth, Wind and Fire,Ahmad Jamal and theSisters Love. Now Saturdayfeatured two sets ofconcerts. The afternoonmatinee spotlights a fulllength concert by only onegroup, and holding fort all bythemselves this year were. . . you guessed it, the J5.

Reports from the Statessay the group caused nearriots with the 15,000 seat hallbeing flooded by severalextra thousands of kids.Heaven only knows whatthey played (as if any onecould hear them), but wordhas it they looked great.

Saturday night featuredspecial guest Millie Jackson,Nancy Wilson and EarthWind and Fire again.Sunday was a biggie withsuperstars Issac Hayes,Johnny Taylor and Mandr-ill. It looks like Chicago willnever be the same again . . .not until next year, anyway.

One last note, I still have afew of those exclusive J5banners. Send me a largeSAE and I'll rush one off toyou. Fans wishing to send acard or letter to the boys,write wh:., you wish, seal itand clip an 8p stamp to yourletter. All mail will be put ina separate envelope for eachbrother, with the stamps

From the top - J5, GladysKnight, Isaac Hayes, BillWithers - all helping.

collected on the outside.Send those cards and lettersto me before December 31.

RobinKatz

18 RECORD Et radio MIRROR, DECEMBER 15, 1973

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LYN PAUL says, "I can'tstand those people whowander on stage wearingfrayed jeans, dirty plim-solls with one of thosedishevelled T-shirts. Toomany groups are on egotrips and in dressingrooms are unapproa-chable. And those funnyoutfits some of themwear. I do not like men inmake-up. I prefer to bekissed by a man, notsomeone looking like awoman. We do things adifferent way in The NewSeekers."

It was this differentway I had gone to find outfrom Lyn, a girl currentlybasking in the splendourof seeing The NewSeekers high in the chartswith You Won't FindAnother Fool Like Me andknowing she put downthe lead vocal.

She first talked back-ground, "We've all beenin the business for twelveyears. That does make adifference. I learnt thehard way when I wasknown as Tansy Paul. Doyou know Mickey Mostturned me down once?(giving one of herinfectious giggles). Ithink it makes us moreconfident, we know theropes and then it gives usappreciation of what itmust be like for thosewho are trying to reachthe top.

"However, I do not seewhy there is often emnitybetween groups andgroups and singers withsingers. We toured theStates with Liza Minnelli.I mean she could havebeen on an ego trip butinstead she messed inwith us and we had somemarvellous times togeth-er. She's a greatperformer and I've learnta lot from her.

"My approach to liveperformances has noth-ing to do with wanting ordesiring to look grubby. Ireally think I owe it to theaudience to look as bestas I can. I think theyexpect someone they'vepaid money to listen toand see to look great.

"I do not visualisemyself wearing a leathersuit on stage like SuziQuatro. I prefer dressesor trouser suits. I'll tellyou my ideal ladies ofsong, Pet Clarke, JulieLondon and Peggy Lee.

"I admit I have beenthrough a casual