SINGLES
BRIAN AUGER/JULIE DRISCOLL-I Dont Know
Where You Are/ A Kind Of Love-In (Marmalade)
JEFF BECK-Love Is Blue/ Ive Been Drinking (Columbia) #23
BEE GEES-Words/ Sinking Ships (Polydor) #8
BIG BOY PETE-Cold Turkey/ My Love Is A Spaceship (Camp)
BYSTANDERS-When Jezamine Goes/ Cave Of Clear Light (Pye)
THE CASUALS-Adios Amor (Goodbye My Love)/ Dont Dream Of
Yesterday (Decca)
DONOVAN-Jennifer Juniper/ Poor Cow (Pye) #5
FAIRPORT CONVENTION-If I Had A Ribbon Bow/ If (Stomp) (Track)
JOHNNY FARNHAM-Friday Kind Of Monday/ Sadie The Cleaning Lady
(Columbia)
ANDY FORRAY-Epitaph To You/ Dream With Me (Decca)
GENESIS-The Silent Sun/ Thats Me (Decca)
GRAHAM GOULDMAN-Upstairs Downstairs/ Chestnut (RCA)
HAPPY MAGAZINE-Satisfied Street/ Do Right Woman, Do Right Man
(Polydor)
HUMAN INSTINCT-Renaissance Fair/ Pink Dawn (Deram)
JETHRO TOE (TULL)-Sunshine Day/ Aeroplane (MGM)
THE KYTES-Running In The Water/ End Of The Day (Island)
LEGAY-No-One/ The Fantastic Story Of The Steam-Driven Banana
(Fontana)
LOVE SCULPTURE-River To Another Day/ Brand New Woman (Parlophone)
MANFRED MANN-Up The Junction/ Sleepy Hollow (Fontana)
DAVE MASON-Just For You/ Little Woman (Island)
MINDBENDERS-Blessed Are The Lonely/ Yellow Brick Road (Fontana)
MOTIVATION-Come On Down/ Little Man (Direction)
THE NERVE-Magic Spectacles/ Come The Day (Page One)
A NEW GENERATION-Sadie And Her Magic Mr Galahad/ Digger (Spark)
ORANGE BICYCLE-Early Pearly Morning/ Go With Goldie (Columbia)
PRETTY THINGS-Talkin About The Good Times/ Walking Through
My Dreams (Columbia)
THE QUESTIONS-We Got Love/ Something Wonderful (Decca)
PAUL AND BARRY RYAN-Pictures Of Today/ Madrigal (MGM)
CAT STEVENS-Lovely City/ Image Of Hell (Deram)
STILL LIFE-What Did We Miss/ My Kingdom Cannot Lose (Columbia)
MIKE STUART SPAN-Children Of Tomorrow/ Concerto Of Thoughts
(Jewel)
TEN YEARS AFTER-Portable People/ The Sounds (Deram)
TRAFFIC-No Face No Name No Number/ Roamin In The
Gloamin With 40000 Headmen (Island) #40
THE TROGGS-Little Girl/ Maybe The Madman? (Page One) #37
GARY WALKER AND THE RAIN-Spooky/ I Cant Stand To Lose You
(Polydor)
WAYS AND MEANS-Breaking Up A Dream/ She (Trend)
MARK WIRTZ ORCHESTRA-(Hes Our Dear Old) Weatherman/
Possums Dance (Parlophone)
ALBUMS
BEE
GEES-Horizontal (Polydor) #16
ROY HARPER- Come Out Fighting Ghengis Smith (CBS)
MANFRED MANN-Up The Junction-- Soundtrack (Fontana)
DAVID McWILLIAMS-Volume 3 (Major Minor) #39
ZOOT MONEY- Transition (Direction)
NIRVANA-The Story Of Simon Simopath (Island)
TOMORROW-Tomorrow Featuring Keith West (Parlophone)
HAPPENING!
- The Beatles visit the
Maharishis meditation camp at Rishikesh in India,
accompanied by Donovan, Mike Love of The Beach Boys and
other friends.
- Before they leave for
India, The Beatles are filmed at Abbey Road while they
record the track "Hey Bulldog".
- Cat Stevens contracts
tuberculosis and is hospitalised. He spends the next two
years convalescing before re-appearing on the music scene
in 1970 playing sensitive, acoustic-based songs.
- Tyrannosaurus Rex
sign with the Regal Zonophone label and begin recording
with producer Tony Visconti.
- Andy Somers leaves
Dantalians Chariot. He eventually joins Soft
Machine on their U.S tour.
- A film clip promoting Gary Walker
& The Rain's single "Spooky" is cut from BBC TV's "All
Systems Freeman" on the 9th following the issue of an injunction
restraining the group's vocalist Paul Crane (ex Cryin' Shames) from taking
part in any activity by the group.
- Traffic and Manfred
Mann are among artists who play at a Philips record label
show at the Winter Olympic Games centre in Grenoble,
France (12th)
- The Spectrum hit the
Spanish charts with Samanthas Mine and
the group fly out to promote the disc on TV.
- BBC 1 TV All
Systems Freeman-The Casuals (2nd), Dave Berry (9th), The Troggs (16th), Traffic,
Cat Stevens (23rd)
- BBC 1 TV Crackerjack-Manfred
Mann (2nd), The Love Affair, The Symbols (9th)
- BBC 1 TV Dee
Time-Manfred Mann (3rd), Plastic Penny (10th), The
Move (17th)
- BBC 1 TV Rolf
Harris Show-David McWilliams (3rd)
- BBC 2 TV "Once
More With Felix"-guests include the Incredible
String Band (3rd) and Donovan (17th).
- ABC TV Doddys
Music Box-Moody Blues (3rd), Manfred Mann (10th),
The Troggs (24th)
- ATV Morecombe
& Wise Show-Tremeloes (4th), Eric Burdon &
The Animals (25th)
- ATV The Golden
Shot-Tremeloes (11th)
- Southern ITV New
Release-The Move, Frugal Sound, Sundragon (2nd),
The Nerve, Dave Berry (9th), The Troggs (16th)
- French TV
"Bouton Rouge"-Pink Floyd (20th-they perform
"Astronomy Domine" and "Flaming")
- BBC SESSIONS-Alan
Bown (19th-23rd, Jimmy Young), Amen
Corner (12th, Monday Monday), Bee Gees
(18th, Top Gear-24th, Saturday Club), Dave Berry (15th,
Pop North), Bystanders
(5th-9th, David Symonds-12th-16th, Pete Brady-19th-23rd,
David Symonds), The Cymbaline (12th-16th, Jimmy
Young-19th-23rd, Pete Brady), Elmer Gantrys Velvet
Opera (5th-9th, Pete Brady-26th-1st Mar, Pete Brady),
Episode Six (26th-1st Mar, David Symonds), Family
(12th-16th, David Symonds-26th-1st Mar, David Symonds),
Flowerpot Men (5th-9th, David Symonds), The Herd (3rd,
Petes People-6th, Late-Night Extra), Honeybus
(18th, Top Gear-26th-1st Mar, David Symonds), Ice (5th,
David Symonds), Idle Race (25th, Top Gear),
Kaleidoscope
(5th, Radio 1 Club-20th, David Symonds), The Loot (3rd,
Saturday Club), Manfred Mann (5th-9th, David
Symonds-17th, Petes People), Marmalade (12th-16th,
Pete Brady-19th-23rd, Jimmy Young), Mike Stuart Span
(26th-1st Mar, David Symonds), Montanas (26th-1st Mar,
David Symonds), Moody Blues (4th, Top Gear-10th, Petes
People), The Move (3rd, Saturday Club-8th, Pop
North-12th-16th, David Symonds-17th, Petes People),
Orange Bicycle (26th-1st Mar, David Symonds), Pentangle
(18th, Top Gear), Plastic Penny (12th-16th, David
Symonds), Procol Harum (25th, Top Gear), Simon Dupree
& The Big Sound (19th-23rd, Jimmy Young), Skip
Bifferty (11th, Top Gear), The Spectrum (19th-23rd, David
Symonds), Spencer Davis Group (5th-9th, Jimmy Young-10th,
Petes People-14th, Parade of the Pops), The Status
Quo (15th, Pop North--17th, Saturday Club-26th-1st Mar, Pete Brady),
The
Symbols (5th-9th, Pete Brady-7th, Parade of the
Pops-26th-1st Mar, Pete Brady), Tomorrow (4th, Top Gear),
Tremeloes (5th-9th, Pete Brady-19th-23rd, Jimmy
Young-26th-1st Mar, Pete Brady) , The Troggs (17th,
Saturday Club-22nd, Pop North), Warm Sounds (19th-23rd,
David Symonds)
WATCHING
- The Kinks play UK
gigs alongside Traffic and The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band.
- The Who begin a 6
week U.S tour.
- Jimi Hendrix
Experience kick off a marathon U.S tour supported by Soft
Machine.
- Marquee- Marmalade
(1st, 29th), Jon (1st), Jethro Tull (2nd, 9th, 16th), The
Iveys (3rd), Open Mind (3rd, 19th), Neat Change (5th,
19th), Studio Six (5th, 29th), Ten Years After (6th),
Robert Plant & The Band Of Joy (8th, 23rd), The Gods
(10th, 17th, 24th), Timebox (12th), Clouds (12th), Human
Instinct (14th), Skip Bifferty (15th, 22nd), Jeff Beck
Group (20th), Nite People (20th), The Plague (22nd),
Legay (24th), The Nice (26th), The Move (27th), The
Attack (27th), Blossoms (28th)
- Middle Earth has gigs
by The Action and Mabel Greers Toyshop (2nd),
Tomorrow, Tintagel, Spice (3rd), Pretty Things, Crystal Ship (9th), Graham Bond,
Picadilly Line, Avalons (10th), Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac etc (15th,
"A Basement Full Of Blues"), Traffic (16th), Dantalians Chariot (17th) Blossom
Toes, Fairport Convention and Tyrannosauras (sic) Rex
(23rd), and Tim Rose with The Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation
(24th), Spooky Tooth (30th)
- Speakeasy-Jethro Tull
(5th), Robert Plant/Band Of Joy (19th), The Attack
(21st), Monopoly (22nd), Le Gay (sic) (24th), Tim Rose
with The Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation (25th), Eyes Of Blue
(26th), Penny Peeps (28th), Sharon Tandy & Fleur de
Lys (29th).
- 100 Club, Oxford
Street-Mike Stuart Span, The Penny Peeps (8th), Savoy Brown Blues band
(12th)
- Cromwellian Club-The Web (1st),
Wishful Thinking (6th), Jethro Tull (26th)
- Hatchetts Playground- Timebox (15th,
22nd), Pussyfoot (17th), New Formula (26th)
- Pink Flamingo- Lee Harmer's Popcorn
(5th), Legay (7th), Locomotive (17th),
Cymbaline (21st)
- Sybillas,
London-Barclay James Harvest (15th)
- Whisky AGo
Go-Mr Mojos Messengers (25th)
- Bagshot Pantiles-New Formula (9th),
Ferris Wheel (11th), Pyramids (13th), The
Web (25th)
- Barnes, Red Lion Covenfolk- Strawbs
(5th)
- Bath Pavilion-Simon
Dupree & The Big Sound (5th)
- Beckenham, Zodiac Club- Black Cat
Bones (12th), Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac (19th), Ten Years
After (26th)
- Cellar Disco,
Bedford-Pesky Gee (1st)
- Birmingham Aston, Elbow Room- Spooky
Tooth (9th, doubling Carlton Club-see below)
- Birmingham
Carlton-Soft Machine, Sam Gopal Dream (3rd), Spooky Tooth (9th), Plastic
Penny (11th), Traffic (17th)
- Birmingham Co-op Rainbow Suite-
Spooky Tooth (10th)
- Crown & Cushion
Club, Birmingham-The Herd (18th)
- Birmingham Handsworth Plaza- The
Move (3rd)
- Bognor Regis,
Butlins-Simon Dupree & The Big Sound (4th)
- Gliderdrome, Boston-Amen Corner
(17th), The Herd (24th)
- Bradford
University-Kaleidoscope (17th)
- Pavilion,
Bridlington-The Herd (10th, Peter Frampton is taken to hospital with a
septic thumb after this show)
- Brighton Dome- The Scaffold, Bonzo
Dog Doo-Dah Band (22nd)
- The "Brighton
Federation Of Students Field Day Dance" has music
provided by Fairport Convention, Jethro Tull and The
Attack (28th).
- Domino Club,
Cambridge-Pink Floyd (26th)
- Cambridge Fitzwilliam
College-Moody Blues (16th)
- Cardiff Sophia
Gardens-The Move, Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band (8th)
- Cardiff Top Rank- Yardbirds (9th)
- Catford Witchdoctor- Tony Rivers
& The Castaways (3rd), Amboy Dukes
(10th), Marmalade (17th)
- Essex University,
Colchester-The Who (10th)
- Coventry Butts
College-Status Quo (16th)
- Starlight Ballroom,
Crawley-The Who (11th)
- Croydon, Star Hotel-Peter Green's
Fleetwood Mac (19th), Ten Years After (26th)
- Dagenham, Barlong Hall- Yardbirds
(10th)
- Dartford Victoria
Hall-Plastic Penny (5th)
- Locarno, Derby-The
Herd (15th)
- Didsbury Training
College-The Herd (16th)
- Dundee
University-Status Quo (24th)
- Dunfermline
Kinema-Status Quo (25th)
- Dunstable California
Ballroom-O'Hara's Playboys (2nd), Flowerpot Men (3rd), Love
Affair (9th), Plastic Penny (10th), Two Of Each (16th), Chris Farlowe
(17th), Tony Rivers & The
Castaways (23rd),
Grapefruit (24th)
- Durham, Dunelm
House-Procol Harum (23rd)
- Ewell Tech
College-Dantalians Chariot, Pretty Things (17th)
- Folkestone Lees Cliff
Hall-Moody Blues (10th)
- Glasgow
University-Status Quo (23rd)
- Golders Green
Hippodrome-Status Quo (18th)
- Grantham Cat Ballou Club- Eyes Of
Blue (18th), Love Affair (25th)
- Grays Tech
College-Moody Blues (17th)
- Hammersmith College- The Action,
Chicken Shack (9th)
- Hampstead Klooks Kleek- Fleetwood
Mac (6th), Graham Bond Organisation (7th), Brian Auger,
Julie Driscoll & The Trinity (14th, billed as "Brian
Anger"!), Alan Bown (20th), Graham Bond (21st), Ten Years After (27th),
Graham Bond (28th)
- Hanwell Community Centre- Procol
Harum (17th)
- Harrogate Royal
Ballroom-Tremeloes (2nd)
- Hastings Pier Ballroom- Fortunes
(3rd)
- Pavilion, Hemel
Hempstead-The Herd (28th)
- Queens Hall,
Great Yarmouth-The Herd (17th)
- Islington Pied Bull- Graham Bond
(11th)
- Kilbride
Olympia-Status Quo (26th)
- Kirklevington Country
Club-Moody Blues (25th)
- Lancaster
University-Barclay James Harvest (17th)
- Lapworth Punch Bowl- Dantalian's
Chariot (23rd)
- Queens Hall,
Leeds-The Move, The Herd, Chris Farlowe, Brian Auger,
Julie Driscoll & The Trinity, The Accent, Chuck
Berry!
Edwin Starr!! (2nd)
- Leeds
University-Kaleidoscope, The Searchers (16th)
- Leicester Rag Rave at
the Granby Hall (23rd)-The Kinks, The Move, Traffic,
Plastic Penny, Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band and Eyes Of Blue.
- Leicester
University-Cream (9th), The Scaffold, Incredible String Band, Ron Geesin
(13th), The Move (23rd)
- Liverpool
University-The Herd (3rd)
- Empire Rooms,
London-The Herd, The Status Quo, Simon Dupree & The
Big Sound etc (14th-Disc & Music Echos
Valentine Night Ball)
- London, Manor House Bluesville-
Fleetwood Mac (2nd), Ten
Years After (9th), Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation (16th)
- London Queen Elizabeth Hall- The
Scaffold (10th)
- London School of Economics-Bonzo Dog
Doo-Dah Band (10th), Elmer Gantrys Velvet Opera, Honeybus (24th)
- London, Royal Albert Hall- Roy Harper,
Al Stewart (10th, a Folk Festival marking the farewell appearance by The
Watersons. The Incredible String Band are billed but drop out through
illness)
- Loughborough Town Hall- Procol Harum
(16th)
- Mister Smiths,
Manchester-Barclay James Harvest (4th)
- Manchester, New
Century Hall-Plastic Penny (3rd)
- Owens Park,
Manchester-Van Der Graaf Generator (22nd)
- Students Union,
Manchester-The Who (17th)
- Manchester
University-Moody Blues, Manfred Mann (27th)
- Melton Mowbray
DrillHall-Simon Dupree & The Big Sound (24th)
- Nantwich Civic
Hall-Moody Blues (24th)
- Imperial Ballroom,
Nelson-Moody Blues (3rd), Pink Floyd (10th)
- Newcastle Mayfair-Procol Harum
(20th), Moody Blues (28th)
- Industry Club,
Norwich-The Herd (23rd)
- Nottingham Boat Club- Penny Peep
Show (9th), Band Of Joy (11th)
- Nottingham Portland
Buildings-Moody Blues (9th)
- Sherwood Rooms,
Nottingham-The Herd (13th)
- Oxford Town
Hall-Tremeloes (5th)
- ICI Fibres Club,
Pontypool-Pink Floyd (16th)
- Portsmouth Brave New
World-Traffic (27th)
- Reading University- Chicken Shack
(10th)
- Romford, Artful Dodger's Club-
Dantalian's Chariot (9th)
- Salford
University-Barclay James Harvest (24th)
- Scarborough Candlelight Club- Peter
Green's Fleetwood Mac (16th)
- Sheffield City
College-Status Quo (17th)
- Sheffield
University-The Who, Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band (16th)
- Southend Cliff Pavilion- Peter
Green's Fleetwood Mac (17th)
- Casino, Southport-The
Herd (27th)
- Stockport
Tabernacle-Plastic Penny (4th)
- Stoke On Trent Golden
Torch-Plastic Penny (12th)
- Stratford Town Hall- Tinkerbell's
Fairydust (14th)
- Streatham
Locarno-Plastic Penny (1st)
- Sutton Coldfield
Belfry-Simon Dupree & The Big Sound (26th)
- Swansea
University-Simon Dupree & The Big Sound (13th)
- Tottenham Royal
Ballroom-Plastic Penny (9th)
- Torquay 400
Ballroom-Simon Dupree & The Big Sound (23rd)
- Warwick
University-Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band (23rd)
- Wimbledon Southlands
College-The Move (10th)
- Wood Green Fishmonger's Arms- Savoy
Brown Blues Band (13th)
- Yeovil Liberal
Hall-Moody Blues (8th)
REVIEWS
The
Bee Gees
Horizontal (album) : The
writing capabilities of the Gibbs are quite remarkable. Here are twelve tracks
penned by the brothers and melodically they are way above most of the
opposition. Some of their songs reach greatness in the pop idiom. The album
exudes a mood of gentle sad sombreness induced in some part by the thoughtful
and tasteful accompaniments directed by Bill Shepard. Among the best tracks are
'World', 'With The Sun In My Eyes', 'Massachusetts', 'Harry Braff' and
'Horizontal'.
Horizontal (album) : A song
writing tour-de-force by the Gibb brothers. They wrote them all, and most are
first class, including the title track, Massachusetts, Harry Braff and World.
Andy
Forray
Epitaph To You:
Builds a fine atmosphere--good voice and a very clever arrangement...unusual
song most of the way.
Jethro
Tull
Sunshine Day : Jethro was
originally the man who invented the seed drill. This Mr Tull, misnamed on the
label as Jethro Toe, as going down a storm with his group in London clubs with
an unusual sound and approach. While not a hit, this West Coast flavoured tune
will break the recording ice.
Kytes
Running In The Water :
Backward running tapes give the rhythm section an interesting sound, but isn't
that gimmick getting a little overdone? There's a nice swelling organ sound, a
lot funkier than Barnaby Rudge's organ, which you remember we left being gawped
at by beer-swilling Londoners. I'm just playing for time, folks. This isn't very
hit-prone I'm afraid.
Love
Sculpture
River To
Another Day : An air of magic and mystery pervades this Beatles-influenced and
extremely interesting sound. A clear and attractive lead voice, and the backing
has some sturdy drumming, carefully used backwards tapes and an effective
fade-out. Only complaint--too short! One to watch.
Manfred
Mann
Up The Junction : The score
for the controversial UTJ film was entirely written and performed by Manfred
Mann, and this is the title number that runs through the picture. It's a
brilliantly descriptive piece, conjuring up mental visions of the sordid,
squalid location of the movie. Features some wonderfully sensitive harmonies by
the boys, set to a backing of clanking piano, tambourine, twangs, and a solid
beat - and at the end, it tapers off into infinity. The melody is simple and
quick to register, with the title phrase constantly repeated. I'm told that this
isn't intended as a follow up to "Quinn", but with the group's current
popularity, it could well catch on.
Motivation
Come On Down:
Motivation come up with a fine record. Strongly drummed, with organ featured,
this is one to watch for.
Tomorrow
Tomorrow
featuring Keith West (LP) : A very imaginative group are Tomorrow, and this LP
spotlights a wide variety of songs, most of which are contrasting--and they have
a varied selection of styles too. They also use reverse tapes, insidious
harmonies, and good percussion work. Obviously a lot of trouble has gone into
this--it deserves to sell.
Mark
Wirtz
(He's Our Dear Old)
Weatherman: What is it - the Chipmunks? Very interesting arrangement. A lot of
records like this seem as though they coming over the radio from the other side
of the world. Any minute you expect the cricket scores. Happy song - stands a
chance. A bit of everything in this one.
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