SINGLES
APOSTOLIC
INTERVENTION-(Tell Me) Have You Ever Seen Me/ Madame Garcia
(Immediate)
ARTWOODS-What Shall I Do/ In The Deep End (Parlophone)
BEE GEES-New York Mining Disaster 1941/ I Cant See Nobody
(Polydor) #12
DAVID BOWIE-Laughing Gnome/ The Gospel According To Tony Day
(Deram)
THE CYMBALINE-Peanuts And Chewy Macs/ Found My Girl (Mercury)
CHRIS FARLOWE-Yesterdays Papers/ Life Is But Nothing
(Immediate)
FORCE WEST-All The Children Sleep/ Desolation (Columbia)
THE HERD-I Can Fly/ Diary Of A Narcissist (Fontana)
BILLY J KRAMER-Town Of Tuxley Toymaker/ Chinese Girl (Reaction)
DENNY LAINE-Say You Dont Mind/ Ask The People (Deram)
THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS-Let's Live For Today/ I'm Real (Philips)
THE LOMAX ALLIANCE-Try As You May/ See The People (CBS)
THE OUTER LIMITS-Just One More Chance/ Help Me Please (Deram)
PRETTY THINGS-Children/ My Time (Fontana)
PANDEMONIUM-No Presents For Me/ The Sun Shines From His Eyes
(CBS)
THE PUDDING-Magic Bus/ Its Too Late (Decca)
PURPLE GANG-Granny Takes A Trip/ Bootleg Whiskey (Big T)
THE QUIK-Love Is a Beautiful Thing/ Berts Apple Crumble
(Deram)
TERRY REID AND THE JAYWALKERS-The Hand Dont Fit The Glove/
This Time (Columbia)
THE ROKES-Let's Live For Today (RCA)
ROULETTES-Rhyme Boy Rhyme/ Airport People (Fontana)
THE SEARCHERS-Western Union/ Ill Cry Tomorrow (Pye)
SHOTGUN EXPRESS-Funny Cos Neither Could I/ Indian Thing
(Columbia)
THE SPECTRUM-Samanthas Mine/ Saturdays Child (RCA)
TIMEBOX-Soul Sauce/ I Wish I Could jerk Like My Uncle Cyril
(Piccadilly)
TWICE AS MUCH-Crystal Ball/ Why Dont They All Go And leave
Me Alone (Immediate)
WARM SOUNDS-The Birds And Bees/ Doo Dah (Deram)
THE WHO-Pictures Of Lily/ Doctor Doctor (Track) #4
YARDBIRDS-Little Games/ Puzzles (Columbia)
HAPPENING!
Paul
Jones stars as a pop star who becomes a political spokesman for young
people, in the new movie release “Privilege”.
The
master tapes of the debut album by The Move are stolen from a car. A £200
reward for information leading to their recovery is offered.
The
Soft Machine record an albums worth of demos at De Lane Lea Studios.
Although never intended for release, these tracks were issued by Charly as
“At The Beginning” in 1977 and on CD as “Jet Propelled Photograph”.
Former
member of The Paramounts Gary Brooker and his lyricist partner Keith Reid
advertise in the Melody Maker for musicians to play their new songs. They
form Procol Harum (after initially calling themselves The Pinewoods).
At
a prearranged signal, 800 bags of flour are flung about by fans of The Flies
at The Roundhouse’s free activity fun festival (8th)
It’s
announced that Donovan’s latest US hit single “Epistle To Dippy” will
not be released in the UK because “The press might find controversial drug
taking implications in the lyric”.
Singer
Richard Shirman says that he’s left The Attack because of a ‘clash of
personalities’.
The
Bunch are featured in a TV documentary titled “Swinging London”,
alongside Twiggy and Cathy McGowan.
Radio
Luxembourg holds a contest in which listeners are asked to name the debut LP
by The Move. There are over 8,000 replies! However, when the album is
eventually released the following year it bears the stunningly imaginative
title of “The Move”!
Pink
Floyd are reported to be starting work on a half-hour long feature film,
provisionally titled ‘The Life Story Of Percy The Ratcatcher’.
Him and The Others change their name to "The Hand".
John Povey (organ) and Alan Waller (bass) have replaced Brian Pendleton and John Stax in the Pretty Things.
A
last minute shake-up cancels Top Of The pops appearances by The Move and
Pink Floyd (13th)
BBC
TV “Top Of The Pops”-The Truth “Walk Away Renee”, Manfred Mann “Ha
Ha Said The Clown”(6th)
BBC
TV “Joe & Co”-featuring Manfred Mann (28th)
BBC
TV “Dee Time”-Cat Stevens, Jimi Hendrix (4th), Manfred Mann (11th),
Donovan (20th), Tremeloes (25th)
Manfred Mann on Dee Time
WATCHING!
The
“14 Hour Technicolour Dream”-a benefit for “London’s own hip
newspaper” the International Times-- is held at London’s Alexandra
Palace on the 29th. Among the acts appearing are Pink Floyd, Soft Machine (Daevid
Allen wearing a miner’s helmet), Pretty Things, The Move, Tomorrow,
John’s Children, Crazy World Of Arthur Brown, Social Deviants, The Purple
Gang, The Syn, The Flies.
The
Rolling Stones play what turns out to be their final European tour of the
60s.
Donovan
plays the Saville Theatre (24th-29th)
The
Daily Express Record Star Show at Wembley Empire Pool (16th)-sprinkled among
the hordes of lightweight chart acts are the likes of Cream, Troggs, The
Move and The Kinks.
Marquee-The
Syn (1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th), The Herd (3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th), The
Action (4th), Marmalade (6th, 13th), 1-2-3 (7th, 28th), Timebox (7th, 21st),
Les Fleur De Lys (10th), Jeff Beck Group (11th), Nite People (13th), Tony
Rivers & The Castaways (14th), C Jam Blues (15th), Chris Farlowe (18th),
Family (24th), Skip Bifferty (29th)
Sighted
at UFO-Soft Machine (7th), Crazy World Of Arthur Brown, Social Deviants, The
Giant Sun Trolley (14th), Pink Floyd, The Gas Company “Life Is A Dream”
(21st), Tomorrow,(including a jam with Jimi Hendrix playing bass), Purple
Gang (28th, The Smoke also advertised for this date???)
Electric
Garden-Tim Buckley, Roy Harper (5th), Family (6th), Soft Machine (13th),
Brian Auger, Julie Driscoll and the Trinity (19th), Fairport Convention
(20th)
Roundhouse-Pink
Floyd, (8th), The Flies (8th), Soft Machine (8th, 15th, 22nd), Sam Gopal
Indian Group (8th, 15th, 22nd), Creation (22nd).
Manor House Bluesville- The Gass (28th)
Scotch Of St James- Wages Of Sin (23rd)
Speakeasy-Soft
Machine (5th,12th, 19th, 26th)
Tiles-David
Bowie (13th), Magic Lanterns (16th)
Whisky
A’ Go Go, Wardour St-The Bunch (11th, 18th)
Upper
Cut-The Hush (6th), Jeff Beck Group (28th)
Queen’s
Hall, Barnstaple-Pink Floyd (20th)
Pavilion,
Bath-Pink Floyd (10th), The Who (24th)
Bearwood Morgue- Robert Plant & Band Of Joy (21st)
Floral
Hall, Belfast-Pink Floyd (7th)
Bexley
Black Prince-Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & The Trinity (9th)
Birmingham Carlton Club- Neat Change, Wages Of Sin (1st), Montanas, Wages Of Sin (11th), Band Of Joy (25th)
Birmingham Cedar Club- Idle Race (3rd), Wages Of Sin (17th)
Birmingham, Aston Elbow Room- Robert Plant & Band Of Joy (15th)
Birmingham Handsworth Plaza- Easybeats (15th)
Rainbow
Suite, Birmingham-Traffic (8th), Family (15th)
Ritz
Ballroom, Birmingham-Family (21st)
Rhodes
Centre, Bishop’s Stortford- The Action (1st), Pink Floyd, The Flies, Sam
Gopal (8th), Cream (15th)
Shoreline
Club, Bognor Regis-The Move (22nd)
Bolton Beachcomber- Family (30th)
Brandon Wheatsheaf- Wages Of Sin (16th)
Brighton
Dome-Cream, The Who, Merseys (21st)
Metropole,
Brighton-The Move, Mike Stuart Span etc (14th-Brighton Arts Festival)
West
Pier, Brighton-Pink Floyd (15th)
Corn
Exchange, Bristol-Cream (18th)
Ram
Jam Club, Brixton-Eyes Of Blue (8th), Pretty Things (15th)
Bromel
Club, Bromley-Pink Floyd (19th)
Cambridge Corn Exchange- Wages Of Sin (26th)
Cambridge Victoria- Wages Of Sin (8th)
Canterbury
St Thomas' Church Hall-Wilde Flowers (8th)
Starlight
Ballroom, Crawley-Pink Floyd (23rd, plus “Full Supporting Cast”)
Dereham Sunshine Rooms- Move (29th)
Top
Rank, Doncaster-The Move (17th)
Kinema,
Dunfermline-Koobas (9th), Human Instinct (10th), Tremeloes (17th), Zombies
(23rd), Small Faces (24th)
Dunstable
California Ballroom-The Symbols (1st), Normie Rowe & The
Playboys (8th), The Hush (29th)
Ealing
Tech College-Graham Bond Organisation, Swinging Blue Jeans, The Spectres
(15th)
Feathers,
Ealing Broadway-Alan Bown (17th), Pink Floyd (24th)
East
Ham Poplar Town Hall-The Attack (8th-supporting John Mayall)
Mr
Magoo’s, Edinburgh-Small Faces (26th)
Folkestone,
Tofts-Wilde Flowers (1st, 2nd, 14th, 16th, 28th, 30th)
Locarno,
Glasgow-Small Faces (25th)
Great Yarmouth, Garibaldi- Wages Of Sin (1st)
Great Yarmouth, Tower Ballroom- Wages Of Sin (2nd)
Starlight
Club, Greenford- The Creation, The Syn (14th), Pink Floyd (21st)
Town
Hall, High Wycombe-The Who (25th)
Hounslow
Ricky Tick-The Gass (8th), Alan Bown (15th)
Plaza
Teen Club, Huddersfield-Pink Floyd (30th)
Skyline
Ballroom, Hull-Family (13th)
English
Electric, Leicester-Family (14th)
Leicester
Nite Owl-Alan Bown (8th), Wynder K Frog (15th)
Leatherhead Bluesette- John's Children (2nd)
Liverpool Pier Head- Move (28th)
Club West Indies, London- Wages Of Sin (22nd)
Loughton Youth Club- The Hush (28th)
Luton Beachcomber- Wages Of Sin (25th)
Winter
Gardens, Malvern-Jeff Beck Group (25th)
The
Kinks, The Move & The Tremeloes play a charity gig at Manchester’s
Belle Vue Hall (6th)
Dreamland,
Margate-Manfred Mann (22nd)
Newbury
Plaza-Cream (14th)
Mayfair,
Newcastle-Tremeloes (26th)
Newmarket, unknown venue- Wages Of Sin (17th)
Beachcombers
Club, Nottingham-Jeff Beck Group (23rd)
Britannia
Rowing Club, Nottingham-Pink Floyd (9th), Family (22nd)
Nottingham Slipper- Graham Bond Organisation (28th)
Oakington RAF Base- Wages Of Sin (20th)
Thing
Club, Oldham-Family (23rd)
Stage
Club, Oxford-Pink Floyd (25th)
Birdcage
Club, Portsmouth-Pink Floyd (1st), The Move (15th)
Rochester
Corn Exchange-Wilde Flowers (3rd)
Benn
Memorial Hall, Rugby-Pink Floyd (22nd)
City
Hall, Salisbury-Pink Floyd (6th)
Soham, Cambridgeshire, unknown venue- Wages Of Sin (14th)
Southampton Concord- Family (27th)
Guild
Hall, Southampton-The Move (21st)
Tabernacle,
Stockport-Pink Floyd (28th)
Railway
Hotel, Tilbury-Pink Floyd (13th)
West Bromwich Adelphi Ballroom- Action (3rd), Troggs (24th)
Wyton RAF Base- Wages Of Sin (13th)
REVIEWS
Apostolic Intervention
HAVE YOU EVER SEEN ME? : One of the first Steve Marriott-Plonk Lane compositions and production arising from their deal with Immediate.This is a big, deep, very Small Faces-like number and sound, but it's a little aggressive and imposing for the current pop market. As ever with Faces records you feel there are great bits and then again, it could all have been so much better.
The Bee Gees
New York Mining Disaster 1941 : The Aussie Bee Gees group are now in Britain - and very talented they are too. A story in song ballad thats folksy in some respects, and a bit like the Beatles in other ways. Fascinating harmonies, underlined by cello, and a lyric that keeps you glued to the speaker. I found it wholly gripping - congrats to the boys.
David Bowie
Laughing Gnome : A novelty number chock full of appeal! This boy sounds remarkably like Tony Newley, and he wrote this song himself. An amusing lyric, with David Bowie interchanging lines with a chipmunk like creature.
The Cymbaline
Peanuts And Chewy Macs: Harmless, inoffensive, finger-snapping and enjoyable--that just about sums up this Cymbaline self-penned item. The lyric's about a street vendor, and the catchy chorus is his cry and sales jargon.
Force West
All The Children Sleep: A raucous, vibrant, enveloping sound, with shuffle beat. The absorbing lyric is attractively harmonised...what you can here of it!
The Herd
I Can Fly : Not surprisingly there is a Dave Dee feel to the number, and Steve Rowland's production leaves me cold as usual-which is a shame because this type of harmonious, atmospheric number-which relies mainly on effect-needs clever production. Without wishing to be a downer we can only say-if you're going to freak, please do it properly. Believe it or not, there is good and bad 'psychedelic' music.
Billy J Kramer
Town of Tuxley Toymaker : Billy's voice doesn't come over completely, but the number has a lot of appeal and certainly might hit with its cute fantasy line, and child-like philosophy. Not bad.
Denny Laine
Say You Don't Mind : Denny has a very distinctive, expressive sound and it's a pleasant, lilting record, nicely produced by Denny Cordell. Not an instantly commercial song but the blue, mournful feel incorporates enough charm to make its way into the 30.
Outer Limits
Just One
More Chance: Shimmering organ-flecked sound blends with pounding beat and
appealing vocal. Good tune too. Maintains the high Deram standard.
Pandamonium
No Presents For Me: Exudes a suitably raucous, strident sound. The pounding is a little overbearing, but good for dancing.
The Pudding
The Magic Bus: You'll like this! A Pete Townsend item, it's got a wonderfully bouncy beat, fascinating tympani-bongoes-guitar-brass backing, and a cute lyric that'a a whole heap of fun. The tune's catchy, too.
The Purple Gang
Granny Takes A Trip: Prohibition-style Chicago raver with this new well-spatted double breasted Birmingham group. It's a very charming little ditty with nice bluesy harmonica, some of the most appealing comb and paper on record, and a good lyric about Granny taking a trip once a year to the movie auditions in Hollywood. But she never makes it. Good record, nicely produced and it swings along in a vaudeville good-time way. Possibly a hit?
The Spectrum
Samantha's Mine: A real swinger of a disc--soloed, with intriguing falsetto harmonies. Plus organ, clavioline and maraccas. Well worth hearing--give it a spin!
Warm Sounds
Birds and Bees: Produced by Mike Hurst (who is responsible for Cat Stevens discs), this is a brilliantly styled disc, both vocally and arrangement-wise. The boys harmonise superbly, and indulge in a little scat singing. There's a mid-tempo beat, tinged with classical influences - with cellos prominent. Nice song, too - only trouble is, it might be a shade too obscure for the average fan.
The Who
Pictures Of Lily: The storyline of this very unusual number happily isn't as sordid as one might think from the synopsis! It's a job to get your teeth into the melody at the outset, but the frequently repeated chorus has a quick-to-register tune that you'll all be whistling before long. It's extremely well harmonised, employing falsettos and counterpoint with discretion and subtlety. Add to this The Who's inevitable rumbling, reverberating beat and you've got a disc that's intriguing to say the least. A certain hit!
Yardbirds
Little Games: Gee whiz, what a shattering beat from the Yardbirds! A heavy handed walloping drive all the way - and this, coupled with the raucous twanging and sitar effect, creates a completely insidious and nagging wall of sound. Psychedelic it may well be, but not of a distasteful nature. The lyric is simple, but absorbing and topical, and the melody is little more than a riff phrase repeated over and over.