SINGLES

THE ATTACK-Try It/ We Don’t Know (Decca)
THE BYSTANDERS-98.6/ Stubborn Kind Of Fellow (Piccadilly) #45
PETER COOK/DUDLEY MOORE-The L.S Bumble Bee/ The Bee Side (Decca)
THE CYMBALINE-I Don’t Want It/ Where Did Love Go Wrong (Mercury)
SPENCER DAVIS GROUP-I’m A Man/ Can’t Get Enough Of It (Fontana) #9
CHRIS FARLOWE-My Way Of Giving/ You’re So Good For Me (Immediate) #48
THE FINGERS-All Kinds Of People/ Circus With A Female Clown (Columbia)
THE GAME-The Addicted Man/ Help Me Mummy’s Gone (Parlophone withdrawn)
THE KOOBAS-Sally/ Champagne and Caviar (Columbia)
THE LOOT-Baby Come Closer/ Baby Come Closer (diff. Version) (Page One)
THE MOODY BLUES-Life’s Not Life/ He Can Win (Decca)
ONE IN A MILLION-Use Your Imagination/ Hold On (CBS)
OSCAR-Over The Wall We Go/ Every Day Of My Life (Reaction)
THE PYRAMID-Summer of Last Year/ Summer Evening (Deram)
RIOT SQUAD- Gotta Be A First Time/ Bitter Sweet Love (Pye)
ROLLING STONES-Let’s Spend The Night Together/ Ruby Tuesday (Decca) #3
SCIENCE POPTION-You’ve Got Me High/ Back In Town (Columbia)
NICKY SCOTT-Backstreet Girl/ Chain Reaction (Immediate)
THE SEARCHERS-Popcorn Double Feature/ Lovers (Pye)
THE TREMELOES-Here Comes My Baby/ Gentlemen Of Pleasure (CBS) #4
THE WAYS AND MEANS-Sea Of Faces/ Make The Radio A Little Louder (Pye)
WIMPLE WINCH-Rumble On Mersey Square South/ Typical British Workmanship* (Fontana)
*Some B-sides play ‘Atmospheres’.

ALBUMS

DAVID GARRICK-A Boy Called David (Piccadilly)
MANFRED MANN-Soul Of Mann (HMV) #40
ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK-The Family Way (Decca)
ROLLING STONES-Between The Buttons (Decca) #3

HAPPENING!

• The Beatles shoot promo films for the forthcoming "Strawberry Fields Forever"/"Penny Lane" single.
• The Rolling Stones appear on the Ed Sullivan Show, playing their latest single "Let’s Spend The Night Together", however Mick Jagger agrees to censor the lyrics and sings "Let’s spend some time together" instead.
• The Stones came under fire the following week when they refuse to join the other artists appearing on "Sunday Night At The London Palladium" on the revolving rostrum to wave to the audience at the show’s finale.
• BBC 1 institution "Juke Box Jury" has seven minutes cut from the Jan 7th edition. The show was recorded the previous weekend, with an all-DJ panel of Pete Murray, Alan Freeman, Jimmy Saville and Simon Dee. All four are reportedly shocked by the lyrical content of "The Addicted Man" by The Game. Murray comments "It’s the most disgusting record I’ve ever heard". The BBC decides to truncate the show owing to the ensuing outcry, even though the general public has yet to have a chance to hear the song. The Game’s Record Company, EMI, rapidly withdraws the record from release.
• The Anon, a group consisting of Charterhouse Public School pupils, send a demo tape to Jonathan King (a Charterhouse old boy) at Decca Records. Impressed, King finances further demos and re-names the group Genesis.
• The Bee Gees return to their native UK from Australia on a 5 week boat trip. In London they sign a five year management deal with Robert Stigwood.
• Leicester group The Farinas change their name to Family and move to London. They quickly become favourites at UFO and other underground venues.
• London group The Key sign to Fontana Records and change their name to Kaleidoscope.

• BBC TV "Crackerjack-Wayne Fontana (6th), DDDB&T (13th)

• German TV “Beat Club”-The Who, Eric Burdon & the Animals (21st)

• BBC SESSIONS-The Anglians (28th, Saturday Club), Alan Bown (7th, Saturday Club-9th, WS R&B), Bystanders (7th, Saturday Club), Cream (9th, WS R&B-14th, Saturday Club-16th, Monday Monday (live appearance)-25th, Parade Of Pops), Spencer Davis Group (28th, Saturday Club),  Donovan (6th, Guitar Club), Mindbenders (13th, Joe Loss Show- 19th, Pop North), Pinkerton's Colours (7th, Saturday Club),  Alan Price (26th, Pop North),  Paul & Barry Ryan (21st, Saturday Club), Cat Stevens (7th, Saturday Club--19th, Pop North), Tremeloes (21st, Saturday Club), The Who (21st, Saturday Club)

   

WATCHING!

• Marquee-The Herd (2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd), Nite People (2nd), Tony Rivers & The Castaways (3rd), The Syn (3rd, 17th, 24th, 31st), Pink Floyd (5th, 19th), Eyes Of Blue (5th), Neat Change (7th, 14th, 21st, 28th), The Bunch (9th, 21st), Cream (10th), Mike Stuart Span (12th), Sands (13th, 27th), Timebox (16th), Al Stewart (18th), Marmalade (19th), Jimi Hendrix Experience (24th-pictured below), The Parking Lot (28th)

• Jimi Hendrix, The Who & The Koobas appear in concert at London’s Saville theatre (29th)

• The Yardbirds support The Walker Brothers on a tour of Australia and the Far East.

• UFO-Pink Floyd (6th, 13th, 20th, 27th), Giant Sun Trolley (13th), Marmalade (20th), Amm (27th)  

• Flamingo Club- Creation (5th), Cat Stevens, The Bunch (8th)

• Billy Walker’s Upper Cut club-The Move (1st), Small Faces (6th), Pink Floyd (8th), The Four Pennies (13th), Sounds Incorporated (20th), The Fourmost (21st), Jimi Hendrix Experience (28th)

• Zebra Club-Soft Machine (7th, 14th)

• Bag O’Nails-Jimi Hendrix Experience (11th)

• 7 ½ Club-Jimi Hendrix Experience (12th, 13th, 16th, 18th)

• Speakeasy-Jimi Hendrix Experience (19th)

• Tiles-The Ugly’s (1st), Human Instinct (5th), Loving Kind, Twilights, Elastic Band (7th),  Jimi Hendrix Experience (17th), The Iveys, Twilights (21st)

• Ram Jam Club-Eyes Of Blue (7th), Cream (28th)

• Roundhouse-Creation, Artwoods, St Louis Union (7th), Soft Machine (28th)

• Seymour Hall, London W1-“Freak Out Ethel”, Pink Floyd, Ginger Johnson’s African Drum Band, Waygood Ellis & the Zone, Rich St John, Alexander Trocchi and belly dancers! (6th)

• Aberdeen University- The Move (20th)

• Ashford, Two Bees Club-Wilde Flowers (28th)

• Birmingham Aston Elbow Room- Way Of Life (21st)  

• Birmingham Carlton- Way Of Life (5th)

• Birmingham Rum Runner- Eric Burdon & The New Animals (31st)

• Birmingham University- The Bats, The Dimples (7th), Spencer Davis Group (13th)

• Rhodes Centre, Bishop’s Stortford-Easybeats (21st)  

• Boston Gliderdrome- Small Faces (28th)

• Bridlington Spa- Small Faces (14th)

• Corn Exchange, Bristol-Cream (24th)

• Bristol Locarno-The Who (26th)  

• Bristol University- Dave Berry (21st), The Move (28th)

• Bromel Club, Bromley-Jimi Hendrix Experience (4th), Motivation (20th)

• Chislehurst Caves, Bromley-Jimi Hendrix Experience (27th)  

• Cambridge Dorothy Ballroom- The Move (25th)

• Canterbury, Beehive-Wilde Flowers (14th, 27th)

• Canterbury, Christchurch College-Wilde Flowers (6th)

• University Of Essex, Colchester-Pink Floyd (28th)  

• Coventry Locarno- Eric Burdon & The Animals (19th)

• Coventry Matrix- Spencer Davis Group (6th)

• Cromer Royal Links Pavilion- Motivation (21st)

• Dunfermline Kinema- Incredible String Band (17th)

• Dunstable, California Ballroom—Human Instinct (6^th), Simon Dupree & The Big Sound (7^th)

• Toft’s, Folkestone-Spencer Davis Group (22nd), The Who (28th)  

• Glasgow Maryland- The Move (21st, 22nd)

• Glasgow, Strathclyde University- Dave Berry (18th)

• Gravesend Black Cat- The Move (15th)

• Greenford, Starlite Club- The Move (8th), Small Faces (13th)

• Kingsway Theatre, Hadleigh-The Who, Roulettes, She Trinity (25th)  

• Hull Skyline- Small Faces (26th)

• Palais, Ilford-The Who (31st)  

• Ipswich St Matthew's Bath- Spencer Davis Group (16th)

• Commonwealth Institute, Kensington-Pink Floyd (17th)

• Festival Hall, Kirkby-in-Ashfield-The Who (13th)

• Country Club, Kirk Levington, Yorks-Jimi Hendrix Experience (15th)

• Leeds University-The Who, Hamilton Movement (21st)  

• Leicester Corn Exchange- The Move (13th)

• Granby Hall, Leicester-Cream (19th)  

• Liverpool University- Eric Burdon & The Animals (21st)

• Institute Of Contemporary Arts, London-Pink Floyd (16th)  

• London Queen Mary's College- Spencer Davis Group (21st) 

• London, Royal Albert Hall- Donovan (15th)

• Maidstone Joker Club-Wilde Flowers (8th)

• New Century Hall, Manchester-Jimi Hendrix Experience (7th), The Factotums, The Trend (13th)

• Central Pier, Morecombe-The Who (6th)  

• Nelson Imperial Hall- Spencer Davis Group (7th)

• Club A Go-Go, Newcastle-Cream (20th)  

• Newquay Blue lagoon- Motivation (7th)

• Northampton Maple- Eric Burdon & The Animals (14th)

• Orford Cellar, Norwich-Jimi Hendrix Experience (25th)

• Beachcomber Club, Nottingham-Jimi Hendrix Experience (14th)  

• Nottingham Dungeon- The Move (27th)

• Astoria, Oldham-Jimi Hendrix Experience (22nd)  

• Penzance Winter Gardens- Motivation (6th)

• Birdcage Club, Portsmouth-Eric Burdon & The Animals (12th), Pink Floyd (21st)

• Orchid Ballroom, Purley- Small Faces (11th), The Who (18th)

• Reading University-Pink Floyd (14th)  

• Redcar Coatham Hotel- Spencer Davis Group (8th)

• Benn Memorial Hall, Rugby-Pink Floyd (23rd)  

• Salisbury City Hall- The Move (26th)

• Tollbar, Sheffield-Jimi Hendrix Experience (8th)

• Guild Hall, Southampton-Cream (13th)  

• Southampton Moor Hill Youth Club- Les Fleur de Lys (13th)

• Floral Hall, Southport-Spencer Davis Group (14th), Cream (21st)  

• Stevenage Locarno- Eric Burdon & The Animals (11th), The Move (18th), Small Faces (25th)

• Stockport Tabernacle- Small Faces (27th)

• Stourbridge Town Hall-Cream (18th)

• Swindon New Yorker Disco- The Motivation (14th)  

• Wolverhampton Queen's- The Move (23rd)

• Worcester College- The Move (14th)

REVIEWS

The Game

The Addicted Man: Lyrics won't please everyone--otherwise it's a fairly pedantic sort of group sound, with good instrumental splashes. Rather advanced, musically.

Koobas

Sally: This'll either be a hit or a stinking great flop! The Gracie Fields oldie, sung straight with barely a glimmer of humour, and with long passages featuring the human whistle! Yet play it a couple of times and it starts clicking into place. Unusual, off-beat in this day and age.

The Loot

Baby Come Closer: Big hopes for this new larry page outfit--they come from rural parts as did the Troggs. An exciting instrumental sound and the vocal lines are full of purring sexiness, with a split arrangement. I've a feeling it'll break through first time. There'll be comparisons but nothing to worry about.

Moody Blues

Life's Not Life: These talented lads "bubbled under" last time out and this is rather a stronger release. Deliberately repetitious, a bit on the philosophic side, and arranged with an ear on the unusual. Can't see it being really big though...it chops and changes around a bit too much.

Rolling Stones

Let's Spend The Night Together/ Ruby Tuesday: And everybody wonders if this one will get to number one. In fact, it should--and easily. Top value comes from "Spend The Night", which could have a fairly innocent air to it if it wasn't by the Stones! Slightly submerged Mick, over a bah-bahing vocal arrangement, sturdy drive and a highly commercial yet musicianly approach. Flip is a moody sort of slow ballad, in what the Stones call "our 'As Tears Go BY' mood". Good contrast, good value.

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