SINGLES
ANAN-Madena/
Standing Still (Pye)
RICHARD BARNES-Look Away/ Mr In-Between (Columbia)
BLONDE ON BLONDE-All day, All Night/ Country Life (Pye)
BRASS TACKS-Maxwell Ferguson/ Sunshine After The Rain (Big T)
BREAKTHRU-Ice Cream Tree/ Julius Ceasar (Mercury)
CRAZY WORLD OF ARTUR BROWN-Nightmare/ Music Man (Track)
DAVE CLARK 5-Live In The Sky/ Children (Columbia) #39
CURIOSITY SHOPPE-Baby I Need You/ So Sad (Deram)
DEVIANTS-Youve Got To Hold On/ Lets Loot The
Supermarket (Stable)
DONOVAN-Atlantis/ I Love My Shirt (Pye) #23
DOUGHNUT RING-Dance Around Julie/ The Bandit (Deram)
ECLECTION-Please (Mark 2)/ The Early Days (Elektra)
FAIRPORT CONVENTION-Meet On The Ledge/ Throwaway Street Puzzle
(Island)
FAMILY-Second Generation Woman/ Home Town (Reprise)
FIRE-Round The Gum Tree/ Toothy Ruthie (Decca)
FORCE WEST-Like The Tide, Like The Ocean/ Ill Be Moving On
(CBS)
THE IVEYS-Maybe Tomorrow/ And Her Daddys A Millionaire
(Apple)
JETHRO TULL-Love Story/ A Christmas Song (Island) #29
JIGSAW-Let me Go Home/ Tumblin (Music Factory)
KATCH 22-100, 000 Years/ Pumpkin Mini (Fontana)
KATE-Hold Me Now/ Empty World (CBS)
LACE-People People/ The Nun (Columbia)
LOVE SCULPTURE-Sabre Dance/ Think Of Love (Parlophone) #5
MANFRED MANN-Fox On The Run/ Too Many People (Fontana) #5
THE MOLES-We Are The Moles Parts 1 And 2 (Parlophone)
THE MOVE-Blackberry Way/ Something (Regal Zonophone) #1
THE NERVE-Piece By Piece/ Satisfying Kind (Page One)
A NEW GENERATION-The Police Is Here/ Mister C (Spark)
THE NICE-Brandenburger/ Happy Freuds (Immediate)
NIRVANA-All Of Us (The Untouchables)/ Trapeze (Island)
OEDIPUS COMPLEX-Holding My Hands Out/ Brought Me Such Confusion
(Philips)
THE ONYX-My Son John/ Step By Step (Pye)
PLASTIC PENNY-Hound Dog/ Currency (Page One)
PRETTY THINGS-Private Sorrow/ Balloon Burning (Columbia)
RAINBOW PEOPLE-Sailing Song/ Rainbows (Pye)
SEARCHERS-Umbrella Man/ Over the Weekend (Liberty)
SIGHT AND SOUND-Alley, Alley/ Little Jacky Monday (Fontana)
SLEEPY-Rosie Can'Fly/ Mrs Bailey's Barbecue And Grill (CBS)
STRAWBS-The Man Who Called Himself Jesus/ Poor Jimmy Wilson
(A&M)
TEN YEARS AFTER-Hear Me Callin/ Im Goin Home
(Deram)
TIMEBOX-Girl Dont Make Me Wait/ Gone Is The Sad Man (Deram)
TOGETHER-Henrys Coming Home/ Love Mum And Dad (Columbia)
TUESDAYS CHILDREN-She/ Bright-Eyed Apples (Mercury)
TURNSTYLE-Riding A Wave/ Trot (Pye)
TURQUOISE-Woodstock/ Saynia (Decca)
VANITY FAIR-Summer Morning/ Betty Carter (Page One)
THE WEB-Baby Wont You Leave Me Alone/ McVernon Street (Deram)
ALBUMS
THE
BEATLES-The Beatles (Apple) #1
GEORGE HARRISON-Wonderwall Music (Apple)
JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE-Electric Ladyland (Track) #6
THE IDLE RACE-The Birthday Party (Liberty)
JOHN LENNON AND YOKO ONO-Unfinished Music No 1: Two Virgins
(Apple)
ROLLING STONES-Beggars Banquet (Decca) #3
TYRANNOSAURUS REX-Prophets, Seers And Sages, The Angels Of The
Ages (Regal Zonophone)
HAPPENING!
Cream
disband after playing 2 farewell concerts at The Royal Albert Hall, where
they are supported by Yes and Taste (26th). The members explain that they
have taken their music as far as they could.
The
Rolling Stones appear on David Frost’s TV show to promote their still
unreleased new album.
Bee
Gees guitarist Vince Melourney quits the group because the Gibb brothers
refuse his demands to record ‘bluesier’ material.
Chas
Chandler sells his managerial interest in the Jimi Hendrix Experience. Mike
Jeffreys is now sole manager of the group.
Turquoise
are signed by Canadian promoter Martin Cane to play a 2-month season at his
Montreal Nightspot, beginning in January.
Roy
Lynes, keyboardist with Status Quo, injures his fingers when the boot-lid of
his new car falls onto his hand.
BBC
"Colour Me Pop"-Jethro Tull, Eclection (2nd), The Nice (16th),
Alan Price Set with Julie Driscoll and Brian Auger (23rd), Giles, Giles
& Fripp (30th)
BBC
"How It Is"-The Pentangle (1st), The Who, The Gun (22nd)
BBC2
TV "All My Loving" (3rd)-A "film of pop music" by Tony
Palmer, featuring The Beatles, The Who, Jimi Hendrix Experience, Pink Floyd,
Cream etc etc.
Granada
ITV “Discotheque”-Tangerine Peel (3rd)
Southern
ITV "Time For Blackburn"-The Hollies (2nd), Tremeloes, Julie
Driscoll, Brian Auger & The Trinity (9th), The Who, Crazy World Of
Arthur Brown, Force West (16th), Episode Six, Joe Cocker (23rd)
BBC
1 "Crackerjack"-The Who (22nd, playing ‘Magic Bus’), The
Casuals (29th)
German
TV "Beat Club"-The Who, Bee Gees, Easybeats, Spooky Tooth, Barry
Ryan (16th)
BBC
SESSIONS-Alan Bown (11th-15th, David Symonds), Andromeda (17th, Top Gear),
Bonzo Dog Band (2nd, Saturday Club-13th, Radio 1 Club), Cupids Inspiration
(4th-8th, Jimmy Young-18th-22nd, Dave Cash-25th-29th, Jimmy Young),),
Eclection (3rd, Stuart Henry), Elmer Gantry’s Velvet Opera (13th, Radio
One Club), Episode Six (4th-8th, David Symonds-18th-22nd, David
Symonds-25th-29th, Jimmy Young), Family (1st, Radio 1 Club--24th, Top Gear),
Flowerpot Men (4th-8th, Jimmy Young), The Gun (17th, Stuart Henry-18th,
David Symonds-24th, Top Gear), The Herd (4th-8th, Dave Cash),
Idle Race
(16th, Saturday Club-18th-22nd, Jimmy Young), Junior’s Eyes (10th, Top
Gear), Kaleidoscope (18th-22nd-David Symonds-20th, David Jacobs),
Kinks
(30th, Saturday Club), The Loot (4th-8th, David Symonds),
Manfred Mann (23rd, Saturday Club), Marmalade (6th, Radio One
Club-11th-15th, Dave Cash-18th-22nd, Jimmy Young-25th-29th, Dave Cash),
David McWilliams (27th, Night Ride), Mike Stuart Span (4th-8th, Dave Cash),
Montanas (25th-29th, Jimmy Young), Moody Blues (11th-15th, Dave
Cash-18th-22nd, Jimmy Young), The Move (14th, Radio 1 Club),
The Nice (28th,
Radio 1 Club), Nite People (4th-8th, Dave Cash),
Orange Bicycle (4th-8th,
Jimmy Young-25th-29th, Tony Brandon), Pentangle (3rd, Top Gear),
Pretty
Things (17th, Top Gear), Simon Dupree & The Big Sound (18th-22nd, Dave
Cash-23rd, Pete’s People-25th-29th, Tony Brandon), Status Quo (11th-14th,
Jimmy Young-17th, Pete’s People-25th-29th, Dave Cash), Tangerine Peel
(4th-8th, David Symonds-11th-15th, Dave Cash), Timebox (4th-8th, Jimmy
Young), Tremeloes (18th-22nd, Jimmy Young-25th-29th, Tony Brandon),
The
Troggs (5th, Radio One Club-25th-29th-Jimmy Young), Tyrannosaurus Rex (10th,
Top Gear)
WATCHING!
The
Who play a UK tour supported by Small Faces, Joe Cocker, Crazy World Of
Arthur Brown and The Mindbenders. Full
dates are: Walthamstow Granada (8th), Slough Adelphi (9th), Bristol Colston
Hall (10th), Middle Earth at The Roundhouse (15th, 16th), Birmingham Theatre
(17th), Newcastle City Hall (18th), Glasgow Paisley Ice Rink (19th),
Liverpool Empire (20th)
Middle
Earth at The Roundhouse-Jethro Tull (2nd), Led Zeppelin, The Deviants and
Blues legend John Lee Hooker (9th), The Who etc (15th, 16th as above),
Juniors Eyes, Gun, Uriel, Writing On The Wall, Sleepy, Arcadium (23rd),
Pretty Things, The End, Uriel (30th)
Marquee-
Colosseum (1st), Pegasus (1st, 8th, 15th, 25th), Dream Police (2nd, 9th,
16th, 23rd, 30th), Yes (2nd, 13th, 27th), House Of Lords (3rd, 10th, 17th,
24th), Free (4th, 12th, 18th, 25th), The Nice (5th), Village (5th, 21st),
Eclection (6th), East Of Eden (6th, 20th), Spooky Tooth (7th, 21st),
Andromeda (7th), Love Sculpture (13th, 20th), Joe Cocker (14th), Clouds
(14th, 16th), Jethro Tull (26th), Van Der Graaf Generator (27th), Octopus
(30th)
Blaises-Yes
(5th)
Cromwellian-Nite
People (21st)
Flamingo-Sharon
Tandy & Fleur de Lys (9th)
Hatchetts
Playground-Vamp (1st), Lions of Judea (3rd, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th,
16th, 17th, 19th, 20th, 24th), The Iveys (27th), Greatest Show On Earth
(28th)
Revolution-Shy
Limbs (1st), Greatest Show On Earth (12th), Yes (25th)
Porchester
Hall, Bayswater-Pink Floyd, Barclay James Harvest, Edgar Broughton Band
(7th)
Mistral
Club, Beckenham-Greatest Show On Earth (8th), Kaleidoscope, The Mojos (29th)
Whitla
Hall, Belfast-The Nice (14th)
Birmingham
Bull’s Head-The Toast (25th)
Birmingham,
Castaways-Status Quo (17th), Elmer Gantry’s Velvet Opera (24th)
Birmingham
Cedar Club-The Toast (27th)
Birmingham Crown Hotel- Gethsemane (26th)
Birmingham
Elbow Room- The Toast (21st)
Birmingham,
Factory-Blossom Toes (22nd), Chris Farlowe (23rd), Colosseum (29th), Mike
Stuart Span (30th)
Mothers,
Birmingham-Roy Harper (1st), The Nice (10th), Family (17th), Jethro Tull
(24th)
Rhodes
Centre, Bishop’s Stortford-The Nice (11th)
Blidworth Forest Folk Hotel- Sight and Sound (7th)
Boston
Starlight Room-The Ferris Wheel (23rd)
Brighton
Dome-Incredible String Band (1st)
Brighton
Metropole-The Move, Spooky Tooth, Honeybus, Wynder K Frog etc (8th)
Bristol,
Grand Spa-Locomotive (20th)
Cardiff University- Love Sculpture (1st)
Carlisle,
Cosmopolitan Club-Greatest Show On Earth (17th)
Cheltenham
Spa Ballroom-Locomotive (16th), Greatest Show On Earth (26th)
Chester
Quaintways-Greatest Show On Earth (18th)
Chippenham
Neeld Hall-Tyranosaurus Rex (23rd)
Connahs
Quay Civic Hall-Greatest Show On Earth (7th)
Coventry
Locarno-The Nice, Joe Cocker, Love Sculpture, Jigsaw (28th)
Corn
Exchange, Devizes-The Who (23rd)
Dunfermline Kinema- The Stoics (16th)
California
Ballroom, Dunstable-Jethro Tull (1st), Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band (2nd),
Grapefruit (15th), Tony Rivers & The Castaways (23rd)
Dursley,
Listers Hall-Orange Bicycle (29th)
Edinburgh Usher Hall- Pentangle (30th)
Edmonton
Cooks Ferry Inn-Alan Bown (18th)
Epping
Public Hall-Freedom (14th)
Exeter
Key Club-Locomotive (21st)
Farnborough
Tech College-Pink Floyd (2nd)
Marine
Pavilion, Folkestone-Savoy Brown Blues Band, Puff Wheat Orange (16th), Bonzo
Dog Band, Shades Of Black, Kilroy (23rd), Spooky Tooth, The Couriers (30th)
Town
Hall, Glastonbury-Jethro Tull (9th), Delivery (23rd, supporting Alexis
Korner)
Gt
Yarmouth, Garibaldi-The Toast (16th)
Civic
Hall, Guildford-Greatest Show On Earth (9th), Barclay James Harvest (10th)
Country
Club, Hampstead-Spooky Tooth (10th), Roy Harper, Ron Geesin (13th),
Colosseum, David Bowie’s Feathers (17th), Blonde On Blonde (20th), Pink
Floyd, Andromeda (24th), The Deviants, The End (27th)
Hampstead
Klooks Kleek-Juniors Eyes (12th), Family (19th), The Gass (21st), Keef
Hartley (26th)
Hampstead,
Three Horseshoes-Pete Brown & Battered Ornaments (15th)
Hemel
Hempstead Pavilion-The Toast (20th)
Hornchurch
Robert Beard Youth Centre-Episode Six (29th)
Hounslow
Youth Club-The Toast (9th)
Ilford,
Oscar’s-The Toast (7th)
Kingston
Tech College-The Gun (28th)
Leicester
University-The Move (2nd), Barclay James Harvest (22nd)
Leyton
Town Baths-Status Quo, World Of Oz (9th), The Lemon Tree, Granny’s
Intentions (16th), Grapefruit, Playground (23rd),
Red
Lion Hotel, Leytonstone High Road-Fleetwood Mac (14th), The Nice (21st),
Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation (28th)
Linden
Sporting Club-The Toast (10th)
Empire,
Liverpool-Small Faces (20th)
Hornsey
Wood Tavern, London-Jethro Tull (15th)
London,
Bedford College-Pink Floyd, Blonde On Blonde (29th)
London
King’s College-The Move (1st), Alan Bown, The Action, The Toast (22nd)
London
Polytechnic-Pink Floyd (23rd), Idle Race, Van Der Graaf Generator (??)
London,
Queen Mary’s College-Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, Fairport Convention, Blossom
Toes, The Web etc (1st)
London
Royal Albert Hall-Incredible String Band (2nd)
London
School of Economics-Family (16th), Jethro Tull, Fairport Convention (30th)
University
College, London-Jethro Tull (2nd), Skip Bifferty, Barclay James Harvest
(9th), Mike Stuart Span (16th), Alan Bown, Colosseum (23rd), Elmer
Gantry’s Velvet Opera (30th)
London,
Upstairs at Ronnie Scott’s-Yes (8th), Gun (9th)
Loughborough
University-Colosseum (16th), The Nice (19th), Barclay James Harvest (29th)
Manchester
College Of Commerce-Barclay James Harvest (15th)
Manchester
College of Science & Technology-Led Zeppelin (16th)
Magic
Village, Manchester-The Nice (2nd), Joe Cocker (16th), Jethro Tull (23rd)
Manchester,
Twisted Wheel-Greatest Show On Earth (16th)
Manchester
University-The Who, Orange Bicycle (30th)
Margate
Dreamland-The Casuals (23rd)
Merton
College-The Toast (17th)
Keele
University, Newcastle-Pink Floyd (27th)
Newquay
Blue Lagoon-Greatest Show On Earth (30th)
Newtongrange
Youth Centre-The Move (24th)
University
of East Anglia, Norwich-Spooky Tooth (2nd)
Nottingham
Boat Club-The Toast (23rd), Locomotive (29th)
Notting
Hill, All Saint’s Hall-Third Ear Band, Barclay James Harvest (7th), Edgar
Broughton (21st), Third Ear Band, Davey Graham (28th)
Oldham,
The Thing Disco-Greatest Show On Earth (24th)
Oxford,
Stage Club-The Toast (30th)
Penzance
Winter Gardens-Greatest Show On Earth (29th)
Plymouth
Van Dikes- Fairport Convention (9th), Free (23rd), Spooky Tooth (29th), Pegasus, Third Ear Band (30th)
Portsmouth
Locarno-Greatest Show On Earth (14th)
Reading,
The Thingemejig-The Toast (29th)
Retford,
Broken Wheel Scene-The Symbols (30th)
Richmond
Athletic Club-Pink Floyd, Arcadium (22nd), Led Zeppelin (29th)
Crawdaddy,
Richmond-Pink Floyd (22nd)
Rotherham
Fawmarsh Baths Hall-Status Quo (23rd)
Rugby
Benn Memorial Hall-Status Quo (4th)
Ruislip,
Hesdin Youth Club-The Toast (24th)
Salisbury,
Alex Disco-Downliner's Sect (9th), Greatest Show On Earth (23rd)
Sheffield
University-Led Zeppelin, Scrugg (23rd)
Southampton,
Concorde Club-The Toast (14th), Greatest Show On Earth (19th)
Southampton
University-The Who (26th)
City
Hall, St Albans-Status Quo (6th), The Who (22nd)
Stamford
Hill, Loyala Hall-The Nice (18th), Keef Hartley (25th)
Stockport
Bamboo Club-Greatest Show On Earth (25th)
Streatham
Silver Blades-Greatest Show On Earth (11th)
Tolworth
Toby Jug-Timebox (10th), Blossom Toes (20th)
Uxbridge
Burton’s-Amboy Dukes (9th), Alan Bown (16th)
Uxbridge,
Brunel University-Timebox, Episode Six (15th), Simon Dupree & The Big
Sound (29th)
Warwick University- Van Der Graaf Generator (20th)
Wellingborough
Palais-Greatest Show On Earth (15th)
Weymouth,
Steering Wheel-The Toast (15th)
Whetstone,
Black Bull-Eclection (18th), Juniors Eyes (25th)
Wolverhampton
Catacombs-Greatest Show On Earth (22nd)
Wolverhampton
Lafayette-Keef Hartley (28th), Jigsaw (29th), The Fox, The Choise (30th)
Fishmongers
Arms, Wood Green-Pink Floyd (8th), Colosseum (12th), Pretty Things (15th),
Eyes Of Blue, Sharon Tandy with Fleur de Lys (22nd), Family (26th), Gun,
Third Ear Band (29th)
REVIEWS
Crazy World Of Arthur Brown
Nightmare: A brilliant piece off Arthur's last album, which will be greatly familiar to all his fans, but could make a reasonably commercial follow-up to "Fire." The climax of shouting trumpets and Brown screaming is highly hypnotic.
Curiosity Shoppe
Baby I Need You: Apart from the climax which sounds like a pinch from The Nice, this is as unoriginal as the title. A fuzzy, old-fashioned Carnaby Street flower power mess.
Donovan
Atlantis: Aaaah, isn't it pretty. Don recites in sincere tones a lengthy intro to a heavy beat tale of the lost continent that will be a mighty hit, and please the multitude.
Doughnut Ring
Dance Around Julie : A happy dance disc with a hand-clapping beat - plus a sing-along la-la phase at the end of every line of the lyrics! Also features some attractive group harmonies and a solid backing.
Fairport Convention
Meet On The Ledge: A stand-out performance by a most underrated group. Better than many American groups of the same style, it is startling that they have not received more recognition. This is one for the discerning.
Family
Second Generation Woman: Groups signed to record contracts are often expected to get hits and family, being in a charitable mood have decided to lay down a heavy rock beat, doubtless hoping to appeal to those who have not seen their more esoteric live performances. An excellent group and they make the big beat idiom work quite successfully.
The Fire
Round The Gum Tree: Unbelievable teenybopper rubbish, as bad as all that Ohio Express and 1910 Fruit Gum Co bilge. There is a speeded up "Chipmunks" type passage. Own up chaps, this ISN'T what it's all about. Worst record of the year.
Idle Race
The Birthday Party (LP): A great deal of care has obviously been taken with this LP, from the set of original compositions by the Birmingham group to the handsome packaging. The trouble is that so much of the material is so reminiscent of other groups--notably The Beatles, The Bee Gees and The Move--which detracts a little from the enjoyment. But, on the whole, a very pleasant and promising album.
Iveys
Maybe Tomorrow: Lead singer sounds like John Lennon for a bit, until they go into the harmony passage. A sad and lonely sound, well performed with tasteful string accompaniment.
Manfred Mann
Fox On The Run: This sounds almost too easy to be true. A highly commercial tune with a sort of beer-jug waving foot stomping beat, it seems just the material to roar to number one.
The Nice
Brandenburger: It's a cheeky, entertaining and brilliantly executed combination of modern group style performance with a Bach theme from the Brandenburg Concerto. An instrumental that could equal, if not better, their chart success with "America".
Plastic Penny
Hound Dog: Well, here's a surprise, the old Elvis hit given a Plastic treatment. Taken at slow tempo, it is so badly performed the rockers of all Britain will doubtless be motor-cycling into town, out for vengeance. It would do the group a great favour not to play this on the radio, not only to protect our ears, but to protect their ribs.
Pretty Things
Private Sorrow: This is a track from the Pretty Things forthcoming album which traces the life cycle of a man. Written by the group, it has a fascinating lyric - soloed with startling echo chanting. The guitar work behind the vocal is extremely impressive and the nagging in it's continual repetition of the same old riff phase. Gets a bit weird towards the end with the sound of marching feet accompanying the reading of roll of honour - and that's no doubt because it has been taken out of the context of the LP. Interesting and thought-provoking, but maybe a shade too way-out.
Private Sorrow: A vastly improved group who deserve more attention than they are getting. Both their live and recorded performances are a far cry from the rough old days. This is meaningful and inventive and should appeal to all Top Gear fans, which includes me. PS. Make this a hit folks.
Searchers
Umbrella Man: Interesting handclapping introduction and a sad but strong song, unpretentious and well in the tradition of quality, well-made early Sixties-type pop.
Turquoise
Woodstock: I've got a feeling that Turquoise could emerge as one of our top groups, but I've got my doubts as to whether they will do so on the strength of this disc. It's earthy, raw, twangy, insidious - with it's reverberating guitar sound, tambourine and harmonies suggesting the early Stones. Even the lead singer's phrasing is a bit Jagger-ish - though I admit the Stones illusion fades when the other boys join in with harmonic support. Mid-tempo, compelling.