SINGLES

AMBROSE SLADE-Genesis/ Roach Daddy (Fontana)
BRIAN AUGER AND THE TRINITY-What You Gonna Do/ Bumpin’ On Sunset (Marmalade)
BEE GEES-Tomorrow, Tomorrow/ Sun In The Morning (Polydor) #23
THE BLINKERS-Original Sins/ Dreams Secondhand (Pye)
BLODWYN PIG-Dear Jill/ Sweet Caroline (Island)
ERIC BURDON/ ANIMALS-River Deep, Mountain High/ Help Me Girl (MGM)
COLOSSEUM-Walking In The Park/ Those About To Die (Fontana)
CONSORTIUM-When The Day Breaks/ Day The Train Never Came (Pye)
DAVID-Please Mr Postman/ Light Of Your Mind (Philips)
DREAMS-Baby, I’m Your Man/ Softly, Softly (CBS)
FRESH AIR-Running Wild/ Stop, Look, Listen (Pye)
THE GODS-Maria/ Long Time, Sad Time, Bad Time (Columbia)
HARDIN-YORK-Tomorrow, Today/ Candlelight (Bell)
HARSH REALITY-Heaven And Hell/ Praying For Reprieve (Philips)
THE HERD-The Game/ Beauty Queen (Fontana)
HONEYBUS-She Sold Blackpool Rock/ Would You Believe (Deram)
IDLE RACE-Days Of Broken Arrows/ Warm Red Carpet (Liberty)
JETHRO TULL-Living In The Past/ Driving Song (Island) #3
JUNIOR’S EYES-Circus Days/ Woman Love (Regal Zonophone)
KIPPINGTON LODGE-In My Life/ I Can See Her Face (Parlophone)
LIONS OF JUDAH-Our Love’s A Growing Thing/ Katja (Fontana)
JACKIE LOMAX-New Day/ I Fall Inside Your Eyes (Apple)
MANDRAKE PADDLE STEAMER-Strange Walking Man/ Steam (Parlophone)
MISUNDERSTOOD-You’re Tuff Enough/ Little Red Rooster (Fontana)
MOOCHE-Hot Smoke And Sassafras/ Seen Through A Light (Pye)
MUD-Shrangri-La/ House On A Hill (Philips)
NIRVANA-Oh! What A Performance/ Darling Darlane (Island)
OEDIPUS COMPLEX-Up Down Round And Round/ Empty Highway (Philips)
OPEN MIND-Horses And Chariots/ Before My Time (Philips)
PARKING LOT-World Spinning Sadly/ Carpet Man (Parlophone)
REG PRESLEY-Lucinda Lee/ Wichita Lineman (Page One)
PROCOL HARUM-A Salty Dog/ Long Gone Geek (Regal Zonophone) #44
SERENDIPITY-If I Could/ Castles (CBS)
SHY LIMBS-Reputation/ Love (CBS)
THUNDERCLAP NEWMAN-Something In The Air/ Wilhelmina (Track) #1
VELVET OPERA-Anna Dance Square/ Don’t You Realize (CBS)
THE WEB-Monday To Friday/ Harold Dubbleyew (Deram)

ALBUMS

GEORGE HARRISON-Electronic Sound (Zapple)
HOLLIES-Sing Dylan (Parlophone) #3
JOHN LENNON/YOKO ONO-Life With The Lions-Unfinished Music #2 (Zapple)
THE STRAWBS-The Strawbs (A&M)
TYRANNOSAURUS REX-Unicorn (Regal Zonophone) #12
THE WHO-Tommy (Track) #2

HAPPENING!

• Martin Lamble, drummer with Fairport Convention, is killed when the band’s van crashes on the M1 in the early hours of the morning as they return from a gig at Mothers club in Birmingham (12th). Ashley Hutchings and Richard Thompson are injured while designer Jeannie Franklin (Thompson’s girlfriend) is also killed. Roadie Harvey Bramham, who had fallen asleep at the wheel, is later prosecuted for “dangerous driving” and serves a prison term.
• Pete Townsend is arrested and charged with assault after knocking a plainclothes policeman off the stage at New York’s Fillmore East (16th). The cop had been trying to explain that the show had to be stopped owing to a fire. Townsend is bailed the following day.
• EMI announce the formation of a new label-Harvest.
• Peter Dunton replaces Louis Farrell as drummer with Gun. Dunton later plays with Dream and T2.
• Crazy World Of Arthur Brown begins a US tour with Scots group Cartoone as support.
• BBC1 TV “Colour Me Pop”-Family (10^th), Cat’s Eyes (17th)
• BBC SESSIONS-Alan Bown (5^th-9^th, Tony Brandon—19th-23rd, Tony Brandon), Art Movement (19th-23rd, Jimmy Young), Cat’s Eyes (19th-23rd, Jimmy Young—26^th-30^th, Tony Brandon), Colosseum (24th, Johnnie Walker), Cymbaline (26^th-30^th, Dave Cash), Elastic Band (12^th-16^th, Dave Cash), Episode Six (12^th-16^th, Tony Brandon), The Explosive (26^th, Keith Skues), Flowerpot Men (5^th-9^th, Dave Cash), Gentle Influence (5th-9th, Jimmy Young), Glass Menagerie (19th-23rd, Tony Brandon—26^th-30^th, Dave Cash), The Gods (12^th-16^th, Tony Brandon), Grapefruit (5^th-9^th, Dave Cash—12-16^th, Tony Brandon), Happy Magazine (19th-23rd, Jimmy Young), High Tide (21st, John Peel), Honeybus (5^th-9^th, Tony Brandon—17th, Johnnie Walker-19th-23rd, Tony Brandon), Hopscotch (5^th-9^th, Dave Cash), Idle Race (5^th-9^th, Tony Brandon—19th-23rd, Tony Brandon), Jigsaw (12^th-16^th, Jimmy Young), Junior’s Eyes (4th, Top Gear), Kaleidoscope (2nd, Stuart Henry-17th, Johnnie Walker-19th-23rd, Tony Brandon), Katch 22 (5^th-9^th, Dave Cash—26^th-30^th, Dave Cash), King Crimson (11th, Top Gear), Kinks (5^th-9^th, Tony Brandon—19th-23rd, Tony Brandon), Locomotive (19th-23rd, Dave Cash), Magna Carta (28th, Night Ride), Manfred Mann (5^th-9^th, Tony Brandon—11th, Symonds On Sunday—26^th-30^th, Dave Cash), The Onyx (12^th-16^th, Tony Brandon—19th-23rd, Jimmy Young), Orange Bicycle (5^th-9^th, Jimmy Young), Pentangle (15th, Radio 1 Club-18th, Top Gear), Pink Floyd (14th, Night Ride), Pretty Things (25th, Top Gear), Procol Harum (25th, Symonds On Sunday), Rainbow Ffolly (12^th-16^th, Dave Cash), Sight & Sound (5^th-9^th, Jimmy Young—26^th-30^th, Dave Cash), Simon Dupree & The Big Sound (3^rd, Johnnie Walker—5^th-9^th, Dave Cash—17th, Pete’s People-19th-23rd, Jimmy Young), Spectrum (12^th-16^th, Jimmy Young), Status Quo (5^th-9^th, Jimmy Young—19th-23rd, Dave Cash), Tangerine Peel (12^th-16^th, Dave Cash), Timebox (5^th-9^th, Tony Brandon—19th-23rd, Dave Cash), Tyrannosaurus Rex (11th, Top Gear), The Web (5^th-9^th, Tony Brandon—19th-23rd, Tony Brandon)
• Download John Peel's Night Ride 7th May

WATCHING!

• Pink Floyd and the Pretty Things headline a benefit concert for Fairport Convention at London’s Roundhouse on the 25th. Family, Blossom Toes and Eclection also appear.
• Van Dykes in Plymouth also hold a benefit (29th) featuring King Crimson, Yes, Eclection, Forest, Jackie Macauly & Judy Dyble (Trader Horne), Principal Edwards Magic Theatre and Bridget St John.
• Official live premiere of “Tommy” by The Who at Ronnie Scott’s Club (1st)

• Jethro Tull, Ten Years After and Clouds play a short UK tour including the Royal Albert Hall (8th)
• Marquee- Clouds (1st), Steamhammer (2nd, 16th), The Klubs (3rd), The Turnstile (3rd), Groundhogs (4th), Alan Bown (6th), Trash (7th), Junco Partners (7th, 23rd), Terry Reid (8th, 15th, 16th, 22nd), Grail (8th, 20th), Procession (10th, 17th, 24th, 31st), Mandrake Paddlesteamer (10th), Sam Apple Pie (11th, 21st, 30th), Delivery (11th), Circus (13th, 26th), Yes (14th, 28th), Leviathan (15th), Hard Meat (16th, 22nd), King Crimson (16th, 25th), Pegasus (17th), Blodwyn Pig (20th, 30th), Colosseum (26th), Eyes Of Blue (31st)
• Blaise’s-King Crimson (4th)
• Country Club-Juniors Eyes (1^st), Free (4th), Pretty Things (5th), King Crimson (11th), Deviants, Jody Grind (15th), Spooky Tooth (18th), Edgar Broughton Band, High Tide (22nd), Keef Hartley (29th)
• Klook’s Kleek-Juniors Eyes, Aardvark (6th), Delivery (20th), Jan Dukes De Grey (27th), Trifle (29th)
• Speakeasy-Juniors Eyes (27th), Sam Gopal (28th), King Crimson (30th)
• Revolution Club-King Crimson (14th)
• Whiskey A Go-Go-Gracious (17th), Bunkers Brain (18th), East Of Eden (20th), Trapeze (25th), Smile (31st)
• Roundhouse-Juniors Eyes, Ron Geesin, Bridget St John, Mike Absalom, Screw etc (24th, "Festival Of The Street"), Al Stewart (25th, with John Fahey, a benefit for Fairport),  Soft Machine (31st)
• Abergavenny Croeso '69 Blues Festival- Fleetwood Mac, Jethro Tull, Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera, Eyes Of Blue etc (23rd)
• Rush Common House, Abingdon-Status Quo, The Fire, Jo Jo Gunne (9th)
• Barnet Resurrection Club- Glass Menagerie (19th), Groundhogs (26th)
• Birmingham Factory- Mapleoak (5th)
• Birmingham Metro- Idle Race (17th)
• Mothers, Birmingham-Pink Floyd, Roy Harper (2nd), King Crimson (3rd), Principal Edwards Magic Theatre, Blonde On Blonde (4th), Pretty Things, Sam Gopal (10th), Fairport Convention, Eclection (11th), Free (16th), Tyrannosaurus Rex (17th), Liverpool Scene (23rd), Colosseum, Pete Brown’s Battered Ornaments (25th)
• Birmingham Town Hall-Jethro Tull, Ten Years After, Clouds (15th)
• Bishops Stortford Rhodes Centre-Status Quo (5^th)
• Bournemouth Ritz-Colosseum (16^th)
• Bradford University-Casuals (9^th)
• Bridlington Spar Club-The Herd (10^th)
• Bristol Colston Hall-Ten Years After, Jethro Tull, Clouds (9^th)
• Top Rank, Bristol-King Crimson (2nd)
• Bury Territorial Army Drill Hall-Status Quo (17th)
• Cambridge Dorothy Ballroom- Tuesday's Children (26th)
• Cardiff Top Rank-The Gun (12th)
• Chadwell Heath Greyhound-Mandrake Paddle Steamer (1st)
• Coventry College Of Art-Pink Floyd, Spooky Tooth (15th)
• Lanchester College, Coventry-Pink Floyd (17th)
• Fairfield Halls, Croydon-Pink Floyd (30th)
• Dagenham Village Roundhouse- Fairport Convention advertised but obviously cancelled (17th), Eclection (24th)
• Dumbarton Trident Club-Marmalade (15th)
• Dunfermline Kinema-Casuals (3^rd), Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation (24th), Spooky Tooth (25th)
• Dunstable California Ballroom- Harmony Grass (17th)
• Edmonton Cooks Ferry Inn- Procession (26th)
• Epping Wake Arms-Colosseum (18^th), Sam Apple Pie (25th)
• Ewell Tech College-Caravan (29th)
• Feltham Crown & Sceptre- Strawbs (21st)
• Folkestone Tofts- Fleetwood Mac (24th)
• Glasgow Odeon- Marmalade (19th, 20th)
• Harwich Town Hall-Status Quo (3^rd)
• Hereford Park Hall-Status Quo (16th)
• High Wycombe Blues Loft- Keef Hartley (16th), Ashkan (23rd)
• High Wycombe Town Hall- Free (17th), Pete Brown & Battered Ornaments (24th)
• Ilford, General Havelock- Sam Apple Pie (17th)
• Keighley Tech College-The Herd (3^rd)
• Royal College of Art, Kensington-Soft Machine, Eire Apparent (9th)
• Kilmarnock Municipal Buildings-Marmalade (17th)
• Town Hall, Leeds-Pink Floyd (16th)
• Liverpool Philharmonic Hall-Pentangle (16th)
• London Aldgate, Sir John Cass College- Roy Harper, Al Stewart (23rd)
• London, City University- Idle Race (23rd)
• London College of Printing- Steamhammer (17th)
• London Cousins- Ralph McTell, Keith Christmas etc (17th)
• London, Harrods Boutique-Taste (28^th), The Misunderstood (30^th)
• London Lyceum-Colosseum, Alan Bown, Spooky Tooth (2^nd), King Crimson, Junior's Eyes, Turnstyle (9th), John Mayall, Yes, Gypsy, Hard Meat (16th), Procol Harum, Soft Machine, Mighty Baby (23rd), The Nice (30th)
• Parliament Hill, London- Pink Floyd, Roy Harper, Pretty Things, Pete Brown’s Battered Ornaments, Jody Grind (5th), Procol Harum, Yes, Blossom Toes, Soft Machine, Third Ear Band (18th), Fleetwood Mac, Group Therapy, Edgar Broughton Band, Spontaneous Music Ensemble, Duster Bennett, Bridget St John (30th)
• Queen Mary College, London-Pink Floyd (3rd)
• London, Royal Festival Hall- Pentangle (24th)
• London, Upstairs at Ronnie Scott's- Arrival, Audience (19th-24th)
• London School Of Economics- East Of Eden (24th)
• University College, London-New Formula (3^rd), Spice (10^th),Yes (17th), Blossom Toes (24th)
• London, Wigmore Hall- Tim Hollier, Amory Kane, David Bowie (22nd)
• Lymington, Chords Club- Spice (24th), Eire Apparent (31st)
• Manchester College Of Commerce-Pink Floyd (2nd-recorded for the album “Ummagumma”) supported by: Pete Brown & the Battered Ornaments, Principal Edwards Magic Theatre, White Trash, Edgar Broughton Band, Groundhogs, Smokey Rice.
• Manchester Free Trade Hall-Ten Years After, Jethro Tull, Clouds (6^th)
• Margate Dreamland-Marmalade (3^rd)
• Newcastle City Hall-Jethro Tull, Ten Years After, Clouds (14th)
• Newport Cleopatra’s-Spice (25^th), Onyx (29^th), Cupid’s Inspiration (31^st)
• Earlham Park, Norwich-“East Anglia Rag Barbeque”-The Hollies, Spooky Tooth, Soft Machine, Gun, Marmalade (10th)
• Norwich University-The Gun (10th)
• Notts County Football Ground, Nottingham (10th)-Fleetwood Mac, Tremeloes, Marmalade, Love Sculpture, The Move, Status Quo, Dream Police, Van Der Graaf Generator,
• Nottingham Boat Blub- Man (18th), Juniors Eyes (23rd)
• Commemoration Ball, Pembroke College, Oxford-Pink Floyd, Junior’s Eyes (31st)
• Paisley Ice Rink-Marmalade (16th)
• Van Dykes, Plymouth-Battered Ornaments (1st), Yes (2nd), Gun (3rd), Edgar Broughton Band (9th), Fairport Convention (16th-cancelled), Jackie Lomax (17th), Terry Reid (23rd), Liverpool Scene (26th), Eclection (30th), Pretty Things (31st)
• Portsmouth Guild Hall-Jethro Tull, Ten Years After, Clouds (13th)
• Salisbury Alex Disco- Clouds (22nd)
• Scarborough, Penthouse- Van Der Graaf Generator (8th), Juniors Eyes (29th)
• City Hall, Sheffield-Pink Floyd (24th)
• Southall, Farx-The Gods (1^st), Colosseum (4^th), Mandrake Paddle Steamer (8th), Groundhogs (11th)
• Stockport Town Hall-Pretty Things, Clouds etc (2^nd)
• Stratford Railway Tavern- Bridget St John, Screw (16th), Bum (18th), Ipsissimus (23rd)
• Bay Hotel, Sunderland-Breakthru (19th)
• Tolworth Toby Jug- Pete Brown's battered Ornaments (18th)
• Waltham Forest College-Spooky Tooth, Andromeda, Mandrake Paddle Steamer (2^nd)
• Warwickshire Equestrian Centre, Balsall Common- Amen Corner, Jethro Tull etc (24th)
• Welwyn Garden City Cherry Tree- Liverpool Scene (20th)
• Wolverhampton Tech College- Spice (17th)
• Fishmongers Arms, Woodgreen-Jackie Lomax (2nd), Renaissance (16th), Pretty Things (23rd), Groundhogs (25th)
• York University- Pete Brown & Battered Ornaments (23rd)

REVIEWS

Bee Gees

Tomorrow, Tomorrow: Rumours were circulating in the corridors of pop that only Robert Stigwood remains of the original Bee Gees, and that he has formed a backing group and is shortly to go on the road, commencing with two weeks residency at Batley Variety Club, but I think these can be safely discounted as wholly unfounded. This is a fine epic song from Maurice and barry Gibb, and Barry sings with all the power and feeling at his disposal. The strings and piano soar and crash, the tempos shift and the mood is of despair, but the promise of a silver lining just around the corner. Hi ho silver lining, and well done Barry.

Colosseum

Walking In The Park: It seems odd that people should ask "Where is the excitement in today's scene?" when Jon Hiseman is in our midst. This is a tremendous, towering tour de force and should be a monster hit--if those deejays would do their job.

Misunderstood

You're Tuff Enough: Not a particularly good record. This is the first release by the reformed band and they lack rehearsal. It was important to get something out in a hurry and this blues rave-up serves as a nice introduction and discotheque material. Better things will be forthcoming.

Thunderclap Newman

Something In The Air: Stand by for sensation! Pete Townsend's proteges are about to be unleashed on the public. Thunderclap is the phantom pianist featured in a cliff-hanging boogie-type break sandwiched between the straight vocals. They make a weird team that will blow several minds. Townsend did the production and it's a strong chart contender, once their image is established.

Velvet Opera

Anna Dance Square: A bright, entertaining square dance, much in the mood of a Dave Mason composition Traffic used to play. Nice guitars and a compulsive dance beat.

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