SEPTEMBER 1973
SINGLES
BEGGARS OPERA- Two Timing Woman/ Lady Of Hell Fire (Vertigo)
BLACKFOOT SUE- Get It All To Me/ My Oh My (Jam)
COLIN BLUNSTONE- Wonderful/ Beginning (Epic)
DAVID BOWIE- Sorrow/ Amsterdam (RCA)
ROGER DALTREY- Thinking/ There Is Love (Track)
DECAMERON- Stoat’s Grope (All I Need)/ Friday Night At The Regal (Vertigo)
GUS EADON BAND- Times Are Hard Now, Ain’t They?/ Ladybird (Dawn)
ELO- Showdown/ In Old England Town (Boogie #2) (Harvest)
MARC ELLINGTON- Stealin’/ Answer Is You (Philips)
ESPIRIT DE CORPS- If/ Pictures On The Wall (Jam)
FAMILY- Sweet Desiree/ Drink To You (Raft)
FANTASY- Politely Insane/ I Was Once Aware (Polydor)
FAT GRAPPLE- Happy In The Lord/ My Friends and I (UA)
BRYAN FERRY- Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall/ 2HB (Island)
FUSION ORCHESTRA- When My Mama’s Not At Home/ Nuthouse Rock (EMI)
HOLLIES- The Day That Curly Billy Shot Down Crazy Sam McGhee/ Born a Man (Polydor)
HOLY MACKEREL- We Got It Nailed Down / Rock On (Santa Ponsa)
ALAN HULL- Just Another Sad Song/ Waiting (Charisma)
STEPHEN JAMESON- Take Me To The Doctor/ Rocky Fitzroy Jameson (Dawn)
KIDROCK- Ice Cream Man/ Dream Dream Dream (Young Blood)
KINKS- Sweet Lady Genevieve/ Sitting In My Hotel (RCA)
DEKE LEONARD- Hard Way To Live/ Aching Is So Sweet (UA)
MASON- Fading/ It’s Alright (Dawn)
NAZARETH- This Flight Tonight/ Called Her Name (Mooncrest)
PICKETT & PHILLIPS- Making Time/ Painter Man (Charisma)
RARE BIRD- Virginia/ Lonely Street (Polydor)
SARSTEDT BROTHERS- Why Don’t We Call It Quits/ Run Of Bad Luck (EMI)
SLADE- My Friend Stan/ My Town (Polydor)
STACKRIDGE- Galloping Gaucho/ Fundamentally Yours (MCA)
STATUS QUO- Caroline/ Joanne (Vertigo)
AL STEWART- Terminal Eyes/ Last Day Of June 1934 (CBS)
STRING DRIVEN THING- It’s a Game/ Are You a Rock & Roller (Charisma)
SWEET- Ballroom Blitz/ Roll & Roll Disgrace (RCA)
TIR NA NOG- Strong In The Sun/ Mountain and I (Chrysalis)
CLIFFORD T WARD- Wherewithal/ Thinking Of Something To Do (Charisma)
ALBUMS
PETER BANKS- Peter Banks (Sovereign)
MAN- Back Into The Future (UA)
NEKTAR- Tab In The Ocean (UA)
PUBLIC FOOT THE ROMAN- Public Foot The Roman (Sovereign)
RARE BIRD- Somebody’s Watching (Polydor)
SAVOY BROWN- Jack The Toad (Decca)
STRING DRIVEN THING- The Machine That Cried (Charisma)
SUNDANCE- Rain Steam Speed (Decca)
HAPPENING
Deep Purple finally announce the identity of their new vocalist, and surprisingly the job is given to a complete unknown, David Coverdale from Redcar in Yorkshire.