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66 News!

News!
The Beatles
Beatles film
film promos
promos for
The"PennyLane"and “Strawberry"Strawberry“PennyLane” andFields...". Brian
Brian Jones
Jones makes
makes a film
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soundtrack. And
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Engelbert Humperdinck.
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revolution” coming.
coming. CharlieCharlie Watts
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and thethe
Red Guards.
Guards.

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The Move

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20Duke Ellington
audience with
with thethe Duke
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London-–in
playwith
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cap.
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Pete Townshend
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on thethe"drips".
“drips”.

30
30

LPs/Singles
LPs/Singles
Stones release
release (and(andThe Stones

partiallyreview)
partially
review)Between
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Paul McCartney
McCartney reviews
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The Monkees

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36

The Pink Floyd
Introducing theband
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the house band
the British
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underground. Sydof theSyd
Barrett reviews
the singles,
Barrett
reviews the
singles,
including one
avid Bowie.
including
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Jimi
Hendrix
Jimi Hendrix
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spectacular performer
performer
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in London.
Introducing themindb ending
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the mindbending
and considerable
considerable
music andpersonal charm
personal
charmofof TheThe Jimi
Hendrix Experience.

40
42

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hitmakers The
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92News!

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sentenced.
Jagger/Richards sentenced.
John Coltrane
Coltrane RIP.
JimiHendrix
Hendrix
John
RIP. Jimi
Monkees tour.
exits the Monkees
Introducing... Scott
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The
Hendrix Experience
Experience
The Jimi Hendrix
tothe first
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BrianJones
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96The Monkees

LPS/Singles
80
80
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100u Brian Epstein

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Sgt Pepper,
Pepper, reviewed.
reviewed.

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remains
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workononhis
hismasterwork,
masterwork,Smile.
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MikeLoveLove
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10n Brian EpsteinThemanager,
The Beatles manager,interviewed at length, shortlyinterviewed
before his death.
death. Topics include:
include:before
LSD,sexuality,
sexuality, The
The Beatles.
Beatles.
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The Rolling Stones
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112
112

The Beatles
Paul andand George discuss
discussthechanging Beatles landscapelandscapethe changing
post-Sgt Pepper.
Pepper. The
The songs,
songs, says
post-Sgt
George, “write"write themselves”
themselves" now.

116
116

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LPs/Singles

lesser -spotted Scott
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“HeroesVillains” reviewed.

Radio 1
118
118
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discuss how
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how The
The Beatles
Beatles isis
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News!
124 News!
RIPOtis
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124

the stars
stars pay tribute.
tribute. Elsewhere:
thepaterfamilias of
Murry Wilson, paterfamilias
comes toto town.
town.
The Beach Boys, comesBee
Bee Gees
Gees

128
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128 The Mancunian/Australian
AustralianbrothersbrothersGibb
Gibb reveal
secrets ofoftheir
the subconscious secrets
theirsongwriting success.
songwriting
success.

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back onon
Mick
Jagger looks back"stimulating" year.
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year. And –- “empty
your brains
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SatanicMajesties.
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The
Beatles
The Beatles

138Ringo andand George work
138
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Mystery Tour and

LPs/Singles
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Pete Townshend
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happy about
about having
having worked
but he was very
withBeatles.
with The
The Beatles.
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firstmeeting
meeting with
with thethe groupgroup was“My
was atRingo'shouse," said
was very kind,
kind,
Ringo’s house,”
said Peter.
Peter. "He“He wasandwalk inin hishis garden
garden with
with his
andtook
took meme forfor a walkhis
wife, Maureen,
Maureen, and their
their little white poodle
poodledog,
gotmy
myboots
all muddy,
muddy, andand Ringo
Ringodog, Tiger. IIgot
boots allinsisted
another pairinsisted on
on giving me anotherpair to replace
them
him.
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reallytypical
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everything went wrong during
during thethe“Nearly
filming,
patient. The
filming,but
butTheThe Beatles
Beatles were
were very patient.
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horsesforthethe ‘Penny'Penny Lane’
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proved tohorses wewe got forbespirited, andthem
be spirited,
andwhenwhenThe
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Beatlesgot
got off them
theyjust
hours tothey justbolted.
bolted.ItIttook
tookususaa couple
couple of hours
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recapturethem
themfrom
fromthethefarfarsidesideofof thethe park.
park.
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when I arranged
arranged this-piano“Thenthisweird
weird tree
tree-pianoin a field,
field,allallthethewireswireswe
wehad
hadtiedtiedtotobranches
branchesof aa tree
tree broke
broke in a gust
gust of wind,
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had totobegin
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amazed to find thatthat there
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was a banin Britain
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which prevented
prevented The
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cannot think
think thatthat this
thismiming to their discserves any
anyusefuluseful purpose.
"So IIhad
hadto
tofindfindsettingssettings andand ideas
ideas which“So
were sympathetic
sympathetic to their songs without
without
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turningthem
theminto
intocomic
comicactors.
actors.Ringo,
Ringo,
I found,found, waswasvery
verywellinformed on
oncameracamerawell informedandand photographic
photographictechniques,
techniques,andandPaulPaulwaswasa mostmost entertaining
entertaining conversationalist,
conversationalist, butbuttheinformed me
thethe groupgroup had
had all
all informed
methatthatII was
was thedirector,must direct.”direct."director, andandso
so I must
offogs,fogs,badbadlight
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In spite ofBritish weather
weather conditions,conditions, PeterPeter enjoyedenjoyed his
few daysdays filming
filming with thethe boys, andand hashas anan eveneven
higherBeatles as people
people now, in
higher regard
regardfor
for The
The Beatles
additionadmiration for them as artists.
artists.
addition toto his admiration"They
arefantasticallyfantasticallygifted“They aregifted people –-II heard
their
and thatthat is going
goingtotosurprisesurprise quite
quite
their new
new LP,LP, anda few people.
people. Very
Verydifferent
different fromfrom what
what people
peoplewould
would expect,
expect,andandvery
very good."
good.”
Peter had
had a few words
words toto saysayabout
about thethePeter
presentation
thepresentationofofThe
The Rolling Stones on the
Londonwhich heLondon Palladium
PalladiumTV
TV show,
show, which
he sawsaw
while
while he was here.
"That wasterrible," said“That
was terrible,”saidPeter.
Peter."That“Thatisis nono
way tototreattreatartists
artists –-andartists.
and thethe Stones are artists.
I think
think it was aa very
veryfairfairreflection
reflection of thethe childish
childishdistastedistaste thatthatsomesome misguided
misguidedadults
adultshave
have forlong hair
hair andand anything
anythingthat
thatisisnew.
new.II felt very
sorryfor
Iftheytheyhad,perhaps, beensorry for thethe Stones. If
had, perhaps,allowedpresent things
things themselves,
allowed to present
themselves,itit would
never
never have
havehappened."
happened.”KeithAltham
Keith Altham
8
8 I |HISTORYHISTORY OF
OF ROCKROCK 1967
1967

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Engelbert Humperdinck.
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but I never did.
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last year
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and hefloppedand Gerryandparted company,
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three years
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another hit record.
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told me this
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counter-drugs
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pop
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issued under
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raids areMore
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place
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recentrecoveredraids include
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stage
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those who
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think pop hasgone pretty
pretty with
with their
their mouths
mouths hanging
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open.
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guitar could
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get him
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by Universal
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as A DegreeThefilm was shot
shot inin Munich,
Munich, toto whichwhich Jones
Jones paid
paid three
three visits to see
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preparation –-although
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althoughall
all thethe soundtrack
soundtrack recordings
recordings took
took
in London.
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place inGroups ofup toto andandincluding
including aa10-pieceunit,Groupsof various
various sizes, up
10-piece unit,
werethe score.
himself plays
organ, autoharp,
autoharp,
were used
used inin thescore. Brian himself
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soundtrack. He enteredentered theharmonica and dulcimer
the WestWest
foraa check-up
but discharged
discharged
London Hospital forcheck-up last weekend, but
after three
three days andandflew
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“We
"We areare soon
to begin
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As
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STONESremain
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THEROLLINGROLLING STONES

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Brian Jones,
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and isis keeping
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young revolution
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authority
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the Stones; the Stones promptly
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parents.Today
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between thethe older generation
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some critics
critics argue
argue must
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been
largely overshadowed
overshadowed by
the regular
regular bursts
by theburstsofof shock,shock ,
publicityand personal
exposés in a national
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onlybbadad news is good
good news”
news" asasthe
the groupgroup themselves
themselves
Stones only
to theirtheiruncompromising
uncompromising attitudes
attitudes andand opinions.
opinions.
are toI tooktook upup thethe subject
subject withbar off
withBrian
BrianJones
Jonesinin aa barKensington HighStreet last Monday, where
where hehesupped
supped a pint
pint
Kensington
High Street
Guinness andand flicked fag ash
ash into
into hishisuntouched
untouched oxtailof Guinness
oxtailsoup at regular
regular intervals.
soupintervals."Why“Whyshould
shouldwe
wehavehavetotocompromise with
don't
compromise
withourourimage?"
image?”posed
posedBrian.
Brian."You“You don’t
simplygive
believed in because
because you've
simplygive upup allall you have ever believed
you’vereached aa certain
certain age.
reachedage. OurOur generation
generationis
is growing
growing up
up withwith usus
and they believeb elieveininthe
thesamesamethings
thingswewedo
do-whenfans
and– when our fansolder IIhope
hopethey
theywon't
require a show likelikethethe Palladium.
Palladium.
get older
won’t require"The recent
recent pictures
pictures of me taken
taken in Nazi
Nazi uniform
uniform were aa“The
put-down. Really,mean with
with all thatthat long hair
hair inNazi
put-down.
Really, I mean
in a Nazi
uniform, couldn't
satirical thing?
thing?
uniform,
couldn’tpeople
peoplesee
seethatthatitit was a satirical
can anyone
anyone bed whenwhen I'm
How canbe offende
offended
I’m onon theirtheirside?
side? I'm
I’m notnot
Nazisympathiser.
sympathiser. I noticed
noticed thatthat thethe week
weekafter
afterthethepictures
picturesa Nazimetakentakenininthatthatuniform
uniform appeared
appeared there
of me
therewere
were
photographs of
O'Toolein
inthe
thesamesamenewspaper
newspaper
photographsof Peter O’Toole
wearingmaking. But
wearingaa German
Germanuniform
uniformfor
foraafilm
film hehe is making.
no-one put
wearing that!
no-oneput himhim down
down for wearing"The photographs
photographs taken
myflatterrible mess
mess
“The
takenof myflat in a terrible
recentlywere
another misrepresentation.
misrepresentation.An
recentlywere another
AnItalian
Italian film
companywas
and we pushed
pushedcompany
wasfilming
filmingin
in thethe room
room andeverything into
make room
room for thethe camera
cameraeverything
into one
one cornercorner to
to make
Wewerewerenot
notevenevenawareawareofofthe
thephotographs
photographs thatthat werecrew. We
being taken
taken were
publishing in
seen
being
were for publishinginaa paper
paperhere.
here.You've
You’ve seen
myflatthat kindmess normally.
normally. I’ve
I've
myflat -I– Idon't
don’tlive
live inin thatkind of messcomplained toabout theepisode."complained
to thethe Press
Press Council
Council about
the whole episode.”At thisthis point
point enter
enter Mr Keith
KeithRichards
Richardsin
inhis
hismaroonmaroonleatherjacket,
OfHawaii
H awaiiT-shirt
T-shirtand
andorangeorangeleatherjacket, University
University Of"Our followers
followersare“Our
aresomeofquestioning someofbasicimmoralities
immoralities
the basic
that are tolerarated
tolerarated inthat
present-daysociety":present-day
society”:
Brian Jones
Jones in Hyde
Hyde Park,
Park,
Brian
London,Januaryty67
London,January 1967

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1967

A R CHJJANUARYA N U A R Y – M-1°H

neckerchief,full
fullofof apologies
apologiesfor
for being
beinglatelate asas hehe hadhad forgotten
forgottenititwas
was hisneckerchief,chauffeur'sseethethepossibility
possibility ofofcoming
coming toto terms
terms
chauffeur’sday
day off.
off. How
How does he seewith theThe Beatles
Beatles appear
to have done?
withthe older generation,
generation, as The
appear to“You"Youcan’t
can'tsuddenly
suddenly becomeb ecomeaccepted
accepted overnight
overnight by cutting
cutting your hair,puttingand saying,aren't I nice?’
nice?' –-it's
puttingon
onaa suit
suit andsaying, 'Look,‘Look, aren’t
it’snot
not us,us, it's
it’s nothonest,honest,and
andwhywhyshould
shouldwe?"we?”asked
askedKeith.
Keith.
“We"We haven’t
haven't got thethe samesame PR set-up
set-up as The
Beatles,"
added Brian. “Anyway,"Anyway,IIthink
thinkyou
Beatles,” addedyoumust realisecertainfans
fans ofTheof The Beatles
must
realise thatthat certain
share aa great
share
great many
many of ourour ideas
ideas andand opinions.”
opinions."
moved onon toto justjust who
who exactly
exactly areare thethe
We moved
StonesStones fans
fans now;
now; Brian
Brian obliged
obliged bybydescribing
describing
oneon”.
one who
who hadhad “passed"passed on".
"Margaret Stokeswas
fan three
three years“Margaret
Stokes wasaa Stones fanout’,” hehe said.
said. "Now
“Now she’s
ago but she ‘copped'copped out',"
she's
probablyon theprob
ably married
married with
with a kid
kid andand another
another on
theway. She
Sheandandherherhusband
husband go totothethesamesame pubs
pubs
asthey areboredwithwithlife.
life.
as herher parents
parents andand they
are bothboth bored
If sheshe goesgoes toto seesee aapop
pop groupgroup at all she’ll
she'll go andandseesee Dave Dozy
Dozy andand Speakeasy!
Speakeasy!
"Sometimes wethe old
old characterscharacters like the one we met
met ininaacountry
country“Sometimes
we get theclub over the weekend.
up to
to us andclub
weekend. He came
came upand said
said he was a fan
fan andand thatthat
he'dbeen in the businessbusiness 40 years
years andand prophesised
prophesised thatthat we'dalright ‘as'ashe’d been
we’d be alrightlong as you
you keep
keep yer
yer’armonies’.
'armonies'.
"Our real
real followers
followers have
have moved
moved on“Our
on with
withusus-–some
someofof thosethosewe
we likelike mostare thethe hippies
hippies inin New
NewYork,
but nearly
nearly all
all ofofthemYork, butthem think
thinklikelikeususand
andarearesomeofofthe
basicimmoralities
immoralities which
the basic
which areare tolerated
questioning sometolerated inpresent-day
society –thethewarwarinVietna
in Vietnam,
persecutionof
ofhomos
homosexuals,present-day societym, persecution
exuals,illegalityofabortion,areillegalityof abortion,drugtaking.Allthesethings
drug taking. All these things
areimmoral.
immoral.We
Weare
are
makingare making
ones.
making our own statement
statement -– others
others aremaking more intellectual
intellectual ones.
Our friends are questioning
the wisdom
wisdom of anofquestioning thean almostalmost blind
blind acceptanceacceptance ofcompared with
reports related
religion comparedwith total
total disregard
disregardfor
for reports
relatedto
to things
thingslike
unidentified
flying objects, which seem
unidentified flying
seem more
more
real to me.
"Conversely,
don't underestimate
underestimate the“Conversely, II don’t
the power
power
or influenceof those,
influence oft hose, unlike
unlike me,me, who
who do believe
believein
Webelieve
believethere
there cancan bebe nono evolution
evolution
in God. We
without
realise there
there areare otherother
without revolution.
revolution. I realise
inequalities –-thetheratio
ratio between
between affluence andreward fordone iswrong. I know I earn
earn
rewardfor work
work doneis all wrong.
too
but I’mI'm still
still young
there's
too much,much, butyoung and there’s
something spitefulsomethingspitefulinside
inside meme whichwhich makes
makes me
me
want
are
wanttotoholdholdonto
on towhat
whatI'veI’vegot.
got.II believe
believe we
we aremovingideas andand events.
events.
moving toward
towardaa new
new age in ideas
Astrologically, we
we areAstrologically,
are at thethe endend of the age
age–-atbeginning of whichcalled the Pisces age
at the beginning
people like Christ
Christwere
peoplewere born.
born.
“We
Aquarius, ininwhich"WearearesoonsoontotobeginbeginthetheAgeAgeofofAquarius,
whichevents
eventsasasimportant
importantthose at thethe beginning
beginning ofoccur. Thereyoung
as those
ofPisces
Piscesarearelikelike toto occur.
There is a young
revolution in thought
abouttoto taketake place.”thought and mannermanner aboutplace."
Returningtheconversation
conversationto
toany
anykindkindofof level related
Returning therelated to pop
pop music
music
provedand aa chance
remarkofof minemineasas to Gene Pitney’s
proved difficult
difficult andchance remark
Pitney's
marriage
the retort
fromBrian:
Brian:"You've“You’ve been trying
marriage brought
brought theretort fromtrying to reduce
reduce thetheconversation to thatlevel allthat level
all afternoon!”afternoon!"“You"You can’t
can't beacceptedovernight
overnight byputting
putting on asuit. It’s
us”
It's not us"“Jazzmen"Jazzmen think
think
you’recrap
you' re crap”
MM FEB
FEB44CharlieCharlieWatts’Watts' Think-In
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slot
MM
reveals him to be
be more interesting than
than
supposed.
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supposed. “I’ve
got aa boringboring face."face.”

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told memeto
to do
do thethe drawings
drawings
forthe LP and hefor thehe told
told meme thethe title
title wasbetween thethought hebetweenthe buttons.
buttons. I thought
he meant thetitle
was Between
The Buttons,
Buttons,so
so it
stayed. ItIt
title was
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it stayed.
was mymyfault
fault because
becauseIImisunderstoodmisunderstood him.
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I've
gotmany
manyofofhis
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records.
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it's like going
going back to
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He's fantastic.
fantastic. He
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He swings
swings like
like madmad andhe's got
got aafantastic
fantastic technique.
technique. Listen
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things he did with
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Louis Armstrong.
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it's ju
people you like. Obviously
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it’sjust people
anybody
shouldanyb
ybodywho
wholives
lives in1967
in 1967 should
be aw
aware
of art. What
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suppose,and
andthat’s
that's not
not
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Really I can’t
modern art.
can't talk
talk onon thethe subject.
subject.
You should
should ask my wife.
wife.

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THE LONDONLONDONPALLADIUMPALLADIUMSHOWSHOWI neverI neverwatch
watch
the
the show. I’m
I'm moremore convinced
convinced than ever that
that
nobody evergood on thatthat show otherothernobodyever does
does any goodthan onethat's Sammythan
one man,man, andand that’s
Sammy Davis
Davis Jr, andperform on
pavement. It just isn’t
isn't myhe can perform
on a pavement.
start with,perform onshow to start
with, soso to go and perform
on it...
it…
didn't want
want toto do
do it,
it,andI'mwell. Personally, IIdidn’t
and I’m
not surenotsurewhywhywe
wedid.
did.II suppose
supposeititwas
wasaa
challenge. It's
challenge.
It’s always done more harm than
good togood
toanybody
anybodyI've
I’veevereverseenseenonon it.
it. ItIt wasincredible. I've
front ofincredible.
I’ve never
never played
played in frontof anaudience likeclapped at
audience
like that.
that. They
They would
would have clappedatanything. They
didn't know
anything.
They didn’t
knowwhat
whatwewe werewere
doing ordoing
or whatwhat they
theywere
wereeveneven looking
lookingat.
at.WeWe
could have been Yehudi Menuhin
Menuhin or
Rudolphcould
or Rudolph
Nureyev. Rudolph
Rudolph Nureyev
Nureyev would
Nureyev.
would have done abetter job
betterjobthanthanYehudi
YehudiMenuhin
Menuhinbecause
becausehe's
he’s
better looking.
betterlooking.We
Wethought
thoughtwe
wehad
had made it
clear before
before wewent we wouldn’t
wouldn't go
the
clear
we went
go on
on theturntable. The
we hadhadthetheeffrontery
effrontery
turntable.
The point
pointwas weto say wewewouldn’t,
wouldn't, so
sothetheproducer
producer got
got upset.
to
Why should
get upset?
upset? After
After all,Whyshould he getall, what
whatareare
arguing about?
about?Justbit
you arguing
Just going
going roundroundonon a bitof cardboard
cardboard forofforlo
10seconds.
seconds.Yet
Yet it's
it’s been
been
going onthe papers.
going
on forfordaysdays inin thepapers.
FANS Where
without them?
FANS
Wherewould
would we
we be withoutthem?

I'm veryvery fortunate
fortunate inthat I exist in thethe groupgroup
I’min thatwithout manyof being
being a pop
without
manyofofthethehassles
hassles of
get itit when
when thethe five
five ofof us
usare
aretogether,
together,star. II get
but I'veadoration forbut
I’ve never really liked adoration
formyself.
myself.
Whenever I get it, it’s
it's forfor being part
part of theWhenevergroup, nothope thethe others
others take ititgroup,
not forforme.
me. I hopemore seriously
moreseriouslythan
thanII do!
do!
REDGUARDSGUARDS
You
shouldreally
reallyhave
LennonREDYoushouldhave Lennon
with a quip
quip off
off the cuff. Of
Of course
theyhere, withcourse they
worry me.
against any form
form of organisedorganised
worry
me. I'mI’m against
thought. I'morganised entertainment
entertainment
thought.
I’m against organised
like thethe London
London Palladium.
Palladium. I’m
I'm against
likeorganised force
organised
forcelikelikethethearmy,army, andand I'mI’m against

THE ROLLING STONESTHE ROLLING STONESMax Bygraves’
Bygrave s'action
action on thethe
Palladium
Palladiumlast
last week when
he produced
produced aa cancan of aerosolandand sprayed
sprayed thethe stagestage onmentioning
mentioningThe
TheRolling
Stones bybyname.
name."Brilliant,"“Brilliant,”saidsarcastically.
said Keith sarcastically.
"I
mean, all thatthat andand ‘Tulips'Tulips“I mean,
FromAmsterdam'
From Amsterdam’too!
too!Did hedowithout wearing
do it withoutwearingaawig,"
wig,”
retorted"I mean,mean, that’s
that'sretorted Brian.
Brian. “Ia bit avant
avant garde
gardeforfor Max
Max
Bygraves –- putting
putting down the22,1967:theStoneefirstJan 22,
1967: the Stones’ first
Stoneswithout wearing
Stones withoutwearingaawig!"
wig!”
appearance on
Londonappearanceon The London
PalladiumShow,when
theyPalladium
Show, when they
stepped over Max
Max
We steppedrefused totojoinrefusedjoinotherotheracts
actsonon
Bygraves andand conversationallyconversationallythe roundabout
roundabout attheat thetheendend
circumnavigatedcircumnavigated thethe deathdeath ofPresident Kennedy
Kennedy-– something
somethingelse thatthat Mr Jones
Joneshas
hasvery
verydefinite
definiteopinions
opinionsabout
about-– andand cares
cares about
about
almostes sively.A
neatswerve
swerveinindiscussion
discussion boughtbought us toto what,what, ifif
almostobs
obsessively.
A neatanything
anythingor
oranyone,anyone,isisfollowing
followingThe
TheRolling
Rolling Stones.
Stones.
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like totosee
seeThe
TheMove,”Move,"saidsaidBrian.
Brian.“They"Theyarearereally
reallyananextension
extension of
of
“I’d
our
smashing conventions.
conventions. Thosesmash-ups they
our idea of smashingThosekindkindofof smash-ups
theyhavehave-– destroying
destroying TV
sets, cars
cars etc
etc-– arepart of dissatisfaction
diss atisfaction withwith
TV sets,
are all partconvention.
Townshend's tendency
tendencyto
convention. Pete Townshend’s
tosmashsmashguitars
guitarsis
is a physicalorganisedorganised religion
religionlike
likethetheChurch.
Church.II don't
don’tseesee
howorganise 10 million
million minds to
how you can organise
believebelieved?
believe one
one thing.
thing.How
Howmany
many Nazis believed?
Only
Only until
untilthetheendend ofof thethe war, then suddenly it
was –- Nazis?
Nazis? Nazis?
Nazis?So
how muchmuch dodo they
they really
reallySo how
believeread a lot
lot aboutabout
believeinin thethe RedRed Guards?
Guards? I've
I’ve readit.
Mick is good
good on politics.
politics. MickJohn Bird
it. Mick
Mick andand John
Bird
are fantastic
fantastic talking
talking about politics,
politics, but
but ititdoesn'tdoesn’treally
reallyinterest
interestme.
me.AskAskmemeabout
aboutSid
Sid
Catlett,
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history.
CONFUSION
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town–-thecounty seatseatofofLewes.
the county
Sussex, andandit’s
it'sbeing
being overrun.
overrun. IIdon’t
don't like thethehouses in suburbia.
suburbia. IIwouldn’t
wouldn't live
one forforlive in one
free.Suburbia
free. Suburbiaisa
is astatestateofofmind,mind,butbutno-oneno-oneisis
reallysuburban. Everyone
Everyone has aadifferent
different mind.
really suburban.
know people
people who
who have to
to go
go on
on thethe train
train totoIIknowwork
thework every
everymorning,morning,butbuttheytheyareareas
as madmad as thenext
Howamazing
peoplenext bloke.
bloke. Howamazingthis
thisis when people
make out
out suburbia
suburbia to
the ideal
to bebe theideal way of life
and it isn’t
isn't –-is
don't live in suburbia.
suburbia.
is it?
it? I'mI’m glad I don’t
The sad thing
thing is,is,mostmostofofthethepeople
peopleliving
livingthere
there
were
open life
life in London
London andwere taken
taken out
out ofof an openandputbuilding site.
site. When
When their
their
put into
intoaa house on aabuilding
parents
parents were
were young
young thethe front
frontdoor
doorwaswas always
openfrom four
four streets
streets down
open and kids fromdown were
were
always in.
in. There’s
There's never
never any
anyofofthatthat inin suburbia.
suburbia.
MICK
JAGGER
Veryintelligent,intelligent,except
except he never
never
MICK JAGGER
Verystops talking
talking when you
you talktalkintellectually
intellectually to
him.
don't know
intelligent, sohim. I don’tknow ifif he's
he’s intelligent,somuchmuchasasbright.
bright.He's
He’s very
very bright,
bright,but
butIIknow
know more
more
intellectual
intellectualpeople.
people.He's
He’sgreat,
great,really.
really.He's
He’s
very
very soft,
soft,much
much softer
softerthan
thanhehelooks.
looks.He's
He’s notnotwhat-happy.
what people
peopleimagine
imagine-flash– flashandandever
ever-happy.
He's not.
not. Mick
Mick is one
one ofof thosethose people
people you
you ask:
He’s"Are"Yes." But“Areyou
youhappy?"
happy?”and
andhe
hesays,says, “Yes.”
But youyou
never
never really
reallyknow.
know. HeHe nevernever stops
stops going.
going.IfIfhehewritesgreat number,towritesa great
number, hehe goes on tosomethinggroup hasmeantsomethingelse.
else. TheThe group
has meantreproduction of
in his mind
mind -I
reproduction
ofwhatwhatisisgoing
going onon in
– Iwishwishhe'dhe’dwrite
writeaa book!"
book!”
Asomewhatsomewhat disturbing
disturbing interview
rounded off
byBrianinsistinginterview was
was rounded
off byBrian insistingthat thewasturned
turned up over
over our
our heads
heads
that
the muzakversion
muzak versionofofRavel's
Ravel’s Bolerowas
great climax”
climax" –- andand we finally left
leftthethe restaurant,
restaurant, Mr–-"It“It builds
buildstoto a great
Mr Jones
Rolls,Mr
MrRichards
Richardsin
inhis
hisgirlfriend’s
girlfriend'sdirty
dirty red
red sports
sports car
car andand mein his Rolls,
me byNothing, itit seems,
seems, is going toto changechange The Rolling
Rolling Stones
Stones-– except,
cab. Nothing,
except,perhaps, old
perhaps,oldage!
age! KeithAltham
Keith Altham •everything toeverything
tohim.
him.He's
He’s done
donesoso much. Now
he's got
got timetime toto think,
think, andand things
things are
aregetting
getting
he’sinteresting. Our
more interesting.
Ourrecording
recordingsessions
sessions are
better. Thisthe best
best we havemuch better.
This newnew oneone is theknow, IIthink
think mymywifewife Shirley
Shirley
ever done. You know,
the first
first woman ever toto answer
answer Mick
Mick
was theintelligently. ItItwas
quite a funny
funny incident.
incident. Mick
intelligently.
was quite
Mickvery strong
strong ideas about
about politics
politics andhas veryandphilosophy, and he’s
he's never
never taken
taken much
much notice
noticephilosophy,
girls' opinions
opinions before.
before. It
quite funny toof girls’
It was quite
him whenwhen Shirley
Shirley answered
answered back. It wassee himideas smashed.
smashed.IIthink
thinkhe’s
he'slikely
likelyto
one of his ideas
topolitician. The drag
drag is,is,whenwhenaareporter
reporterbe aapolitician.
Mick aaquestion
question they
they expect
expect aa quip,
quip, soasks Mick
lot ofof thethe things
things henever comecome out.
out.
a lot
he says neversuburbia.Theyare
suburbia.
They aretold
toldwhat
whatthey
theylike.
like. Funnily
enough, withenough,with this
this big
big British
Britishthing,
thing,thethekidskids
to havehavegonegonecompletely
completely mad.
mad.Antiseem to
Anti- thisanti -that. It’s
It's a phoneyphoney existence.
existence.
and anti-that.
ANDREWOLDHAM
OLDHAM
Andrewlikepersonallypersonally
ANDREW
Andrew– I Ilikevery much,been nicenice totoverymuch, because
because he's
he’s always been
don't seehim a lot
lot really. He’s
He's done
done a lot
lot
me. I don’t
see himfor popularthat down.
for
popularmusic.
music. Put
Put that
down.

INSULTSBloody
Bloodyinsults
insults –- blimey,
blimey, haven’t
haven't you
INSULTSyouread thethe paper?
good week forfor
readpaper? It's
It’s been
been a good
insults. Insults
Insults comecome fromfrom a complete
complete lackinsults.
lack ofofunderstanding. We
understanding.
Wemustmustbebe thethe most
most insulted
insultedgroup ever!
peopledon’t
don't shout
shout “Git
"Git yergroup
ever! Stil
Still,I,people
cut!" any more.
more. ItItdidn’t
didn't hurt
hurt really, butbuthair cut!”people say itit often
often enough, it’s
it's like
SECURITYIt’s
It'sveryverydangerous.
dangerous.Very
Verynice,
nice,but
butwhen people
SECURITY
dangerous. IIfeel
feelpretty
prettybrainwashing. You begin
begin
brainwashing.
very dangerous.
at thethe moment,
moment, but
but itthink youshould haveto think
you should
secure atdoesn't half
cut, only
only youyoudon’t
don't
your hair cut,doesn’t
halfmakemakeyou
you lazy.
you know
knowyourbecause you
your ears
POP People
People have taken
taken
POP
than he looks. He's will stick out!
popular music
popularmusic today
today andandnot what people
nearly made it into
into an art
art
GINGERBAKER
BAKERI Ihaven’t
haven'tnearlyGINGER
form.That's
him forfor ages. The
The first
first
form.
That’sreally
really what
what The
seen him
Beatles have done. When
Whentime II saw him
him was at
at thetheBeatlestime
saypop,pop,IIthink
think ofof groups,
groups,Troubadour,aa folk
I say
folk club,
club, andand ever -happy" Troubadour,
veryfew
wasplaying
playing inin aaquartet.
quartet. He
apart from a very
few people
I was
Cat Stevens, Donovan
Donovancame in glaring
glaring at
like Cat
came
atme.
me.He
Hewas
was
Dylan. IIdon’t
don't know
know about
about The Monkees.
good I just
just cut
cut out.
out. He
He really
really is good.
good. IIhaven’t
haven'tand Dylan.
so good
like their
their records,
records, but I’ve
I've got
got one thing
thing
playforthe nearest
nearestI likeseen him playforages,ages,butbuthehewas thethem. They are mass-produced.
mass-produced. They
thing II have seen
seentotoaacompletely
completely American
Americanagainst them.
thingchosen,and
andeverything
everything isisproduced
producedfor
for
Americans put
put itit down
were chosen,
player. Americans
down thethe way they
Everything The
theirthink ititshould
Ginger.
them. Everything
The Beatles
Beatles did
did was their
thinkshouldsound,sound,andand so does Ginger.
But at thethe moment
moment “I’m
"I'm A
Believer" isGingersounded
own. But
A Believer”
isGingersoundedtotome
memoremorelike
likeElvin
ElvinJones
Jones
good pop
pop record.
record. Good
Good for them.
than Elvin does.
does.Thosea goodthanThose Graham
Graham Bond
Bond LPs he
did were
were so badly
badly recorded
recorded andthey were
were
did
and they
AMERICA
America isisgreat,great, really.
really. IIdon’t
don't know
know
doing someridiculous stuff.
to DickDick
doingsome ridiculous
stuff.II spoke
spoke toAMERICA America
howthey
together when they’ve
they've got
got
Heckstall-Smith recentlyand
Heckstall-Smith
recently andhe
hetells
tellsmeme JonJon
howthey keep
keep it all together
about 50 different
different races.
tend to think
think ofHiseman isisincredible,
incredible, but
but I’ve
I've never
neverseen
Hisemanseen him.
about
races. You tend
Angeles andandNew
NewYork,
but there
there areare3,000
3,000
Los Angeles
York, butin-between filled
filled with
with totally
totally different
different
BOREDOMI give
I givethe
theimpression
impression ofof being
being
miles in-between
BOREDOM
they runrun America.
America.They’re
They'refantastic
fantastic
bored, but
got anpeople, and theybored,
butI'mI’m not
notreally.
really. I've
I’ve just
just gotpeople, but
bit like a bloody
bloody great
great
incredibly boring
people,butAmerica
Americaisis a bitincredibly
boringface.
face.

"Mick's softer“Mick’sthan he looks. He’s
not what people
imagine-flash
imagine– flashand ever-happy”

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on a bill
The Pink
Pink Floyd
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andThe
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MELODYMAKER
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HOW
ISyouryour pop?
pop?
OW PSYCHEDELIC IS
isthethedemanding
demanding question
question
This isposed to many
many groups
groups today,
posed
struggling for acceptance.
acceptance. It's
struggling
It’sno longerlonger anynoanygood
goodtotosay,
say,"Well,“Well,
mate, we cancan play Wilson Pickett,mate,James Brown andand all thatthat gear,"to anybody
anybodygear,” tocontemplating
explaincontemplatingbooking
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whether
to setsetfirefiretotothe
theauditorium,
auditorium,
whetherone
oneis
is likely toor batterbatter the audience’s
audience's senses
senses with flame, lightandand fiendish
fiendish noises.
noises.
isproved
provedthese
thesecapabilities
capabilities are available,
Once it isandquantities, theand inin vast quantities,
theroadroadtotosuccesssuccessis
is open.
open.
For example,
example, one
the leading
leading lights
the freak-out
one of thelightsofof thefreak-outbrigade,Pink Floyd,
Floyd,werewerecompletely
completelyunheard
brigade, The Pink
unheardof only
only aafew
fewweeks
ago,but
buthavehavealreadyalready netted
nettedweeks ago,
a residency
residency at London’s
London's Marquee
MarqueeClub,
Club, while
while
remaining-pro.
remainingsemi
semi-pro.
Movehave
havebeen
beenbuildingbuildingup
uptheir
theirreputation
reputation in
The Movea maelstrommaelstrom ofofviolent"happenings" formonthsviolent “happenings”
for some months
andbroken into
into thethe MM
MMPop
Chart withwithand have
have just broken
Pop Chart"NightFear", their
their first
first single.
“Night Of Fear”,
single.
how seriouslys eriouslydo
dothesethese groups
groups take their
their work?
But how
From our inquiries,
inquiries, a newnew patternpattern emerges
emerges –"Schizophrenicare“SchizophrenicPsychedelic
PsychedelicPop".
Pop”.TheThe Floyd areserious,read on.
serious, while
while The
The Move...
Move… well, now readThis
where our
our story
story bbegins.
egins.
This is where
Originally an
blues -type group,group, The
The Pink
Pink
OriginallyanR&B
R&B blues-type
Floyd first
firstgot
gotinvolved
involvedwith
withexperimentation
experimentationin light andand soundsound when they provided
provided the music
for thethe Hornsey
Hornsey College-SoundCollege OfArt
Of Art Light
Light-Sound
workshop. This started
started an interest in thetherelationshiprelationship between
between light and sound and they
continued
continuedsmall
smallexperiments
experimentsbut
butneverneverhad
hadthethemoney
anything beyond
money to do anything
beyond flashing
flashing aa few
footlights.
on: "We
footlights.Said
Saiddrummer
drummerNick
NickMasMason:“We werewerevery disorganised
disorganised then
then until our managers
managers
materialisedmaterialisedand
andwewestarted
startedlooking
lookingfor
foraaguy
guy todo thethe lights full time.
time. The
The lighting
lighting man
man literally
has
be oneone of thethe group.
group. When
When we were in ourour
has toto beearlystages, wedidn't play
our electronic
electronic
early stages,
we didn’t
playaa lot of our"interstellar"rather“interstellar”music
musicandandthetheslides
slides were
were still rather
amateurish.
andamateurish.However
However this
this has
has developed
developed now andour"take -off" into
into thethe mainly
mainly improvised
improvised
our “take-off”
electronicmuch longer
longer-– and,
electronic scenes
scenes areare muchand, ofcourse,opinion, thedeveloped
course, inin my opinion,
the slides
slides have developed
to something
something out
allproportion.
proportion. They’re
They're justout of all
fantastic."
fantastic.”
Pink Floyd
Floyd-Nickdrums; Syd Barrett
Barrett
The Pink– Nick on drums;
on lead guitar
guitar andandvocals;
bass
vocals;Roger
RogerWaters,
Waters, bass
guitar;and Rick
Wright,thetheorganist
organist-havebeen
guitar; andRick Wright,– have beenquicklylab elled asasaapsychedelic
psychedelic group.
group. Their
Their
quickly labelled
opinions
opinionswere
werefairly
fairlydefinite.
definite."You“Youhave
havetoto bebecarefulstart on this psychedelic
psychedelic
careful when
when you startthing,"
don't call
call ourselves
ourselvesthing,” said
said Nickwarily.
Nick warily."We“We don’ta psychedelic
psychedelic groupthat we playgrouporor say thatpsychedelic
It's just
just thatthat people
peoplepsychedelic pop
pop music.
music. It’s
associate
employedassociateus
us withwith thisthisandandwe
we get employed
all thethe timetime atthe various-outs andandat thevariousfreak
freak-outs
happenings
ally a definition
definition for thethehappeningsininLondon.
London.Let's
Let’sfacefaceit,it,there
thereisn't
isn’trereallyword ‘psychedelic’.
'psychedelic'. It’s
It'ssomething
something thatthat has all
alltakentakenplace
placearoundaround usus–-notnotwithinwithin us."us.”Rogerchippedchipped in:in: “I"Ithink
thinkthethe reason
reason isisthatthat we’ve
we'vebeen
been
Bassist Roger
employeds omany
manyofofthese
thesefreak-out
freak -outmerchants.
merchants.I Isometimes
sometimesthink
think
employed by sothatb ecause we have
have lots
lotsofofequipment
equipment andand lighting,lighting, andthatit's
it’s only
only because
anditit saves
theak-out,the promoterspromotersfrom
fromhaving
havingtotohire
hirelighting
lightingfor
forthethegroup.
group.AA frefreak-out,
anyway,should berelaxed, informal
informal andakanyway, should
be relaxed,
andspontaneous.
spontaneous.The
Thebestbestfrefreakout
you'll ever getgetisisatataaparty
partywith
about aahundred
hundred people.A-out
out you’ll
with about
people. A freak
freak-outshouldn't
mobs of geezers
geezersthrowing
throwing bottles.”bottles."shouldn’tbe
besavagesavage mobs
Outrageous, troublemaking
troublemaking andOutrageous,andriotous-you
riotous – youcan
cancallcallThe
TheMove
Moveall
all ofthese
can't call
call them
them phoney.
phoney. An
Anincredible
incredibleandandthese things
thingsandandmore.
more.But
But you can’tH.

refreshing
pervades thisthishard-hitting
hard-hittingrre
freshing honesty pervades
bunch of extroverts
extroverts who have upset
upset asas many
many
bunch
bu
managers andmanagers
andpromoterspromotersas
astheytheyhave
havefans.
fans.
m"Psychedelic music
saidtheir
their“Psychedelic
musicisisaaload
loadofof****,"****,” said“P
singerwith cheery
cheery gleessi
nger Carl
Carl Wayne, withglee thisthisweek.
week.
"Andwewegetgetquitequitenasty
nastytotoanybody
anybodywho
calls
“And
who calls“A
psychedelic!"usu psychedelic!”bombs, H-bombs,
H-bombs, sitars,
sitars, banjars,
banjars, riots
Smoke bombs,
and rebellions
part in making
makingandrebellionshave
haveall
all played
played a partanthe most
most talked
talked about
about group
group inThe
T Move themonths. They
chopped up
wreckedmonths.
They have chopped
up stages, wreckedmand assaulted
cars
assaultedtelevision
televisionsets.
sets. They haveccars andbeen warned,
ed. Amongbeen
warned,barredbarredandandsuppress
suppressed.
Amongbguests who have
have witnessed
witnessed their
their
the
tthe guests
performances have
performances
havebeen
beensections
sectionsofof thep
Metropolitan
Metropolitanpolice
policeforce
force andand London
London firebrigade, who watchedwatched fascinatedfascinated and madecopious notes
notes as smoke
smoke andand fire billowedbillowed
copiousaround them.
them.
aroundthere is nonononsense
nonsense from thethe groupgroup
But there
about reading any deep,
deep, “mystical"mystical
about
significance" into
into their
their activities
activities on stage.
significance”
from indulging
indulging inin “mind"mind expansion”,
expansion",
Far fromtheymaking anthey areare simply making
an artartform
form ofgimmickry.
explains, while
gimmickry.But
But asas Carl explains,while they
they arearebusymaking
busy makingviolent
violentvisualvisual impact
impact on
on thethenation,ackup
uptheir
theircombustion
combustion andandnation, they
they bback
mayhemworthwhile music.
mayhemwith
withaa great
great deal
deal of worthwhile
music.
Carl waswas sleeping
sleeping off aarecording
recording session
session whenCarl
whenII
woke him
him atat hishisBirmingham
Birmingham home.
"The session
session was“Thewas great,"great,” hehe revealed.
revealed."We“We
were doing
doing our-side written
written by ourour leadlead guitarist
wereournext
nextA
A-sideguitaristRoy
RoyWood.
Wood.It's
It’s
called “I"I CanCan Hear
Hear The
TheGrass
GrassGrow”.
Grow".Our
Ourphotographer
photographerthought
thought up
up thethecalledjust thinks
thinks up
out, writes,
writes, andand comes
comes backtitle. He justup titles
titles andandRoyRoy goes out,back
We'rehappy
happyabout
aboutthethechart
chart position
position ofofour
ourcurrent
current
with great songs. We’re"Night Of
OfFear”,
Fear",butbutwe’re
we'renotnotenthusiastic
enthusiasticabout
about thethe number.
number. It’s
It's
single, “Night
served its purpose,
purpose, II suppose.
servedsuppose.I'm
I’minstructed
instructedtotosay
sayit'sit’sallallabout
aboutLSD,
LSD, but
but
you thethe truth,
truth, I haven’t
haven't aa bloody
about!
to tell you
bloody clue
clue what
what it's
it’s all
all about!
"We'remuchmuch moremoreenthusiastic
enthusiastic about
about theIt's complete
complete lunacy
lunacy“We’rethe next
next one. It’s
instrumental withwriting–-aakindkind of Russian instrumental
withBeatle
Beatleharmonies.
harmonies.Roy
Royisis writing
stuff"
some great stuff.”long has
has itittaken
taken The
The Move
Movetotoworkworkout
outtheirtheirincredible
incredible stagestage act?
How long"We've beenb eenworking
working on
onititfrom
fromthethewordwordgo.
go.It’s
It'saayear
yearthisthismonth
monthsince
since“We’ve

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chopped
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15
up about
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stages soWeenjoy being
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We enjoyoutrageous”
outrageous"

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lightsof"theLeading lightsof “thefreak -out brigade”:
brigade": The
freak-out
Movewiththeirviolent
Movewith their violent"happenings" andPink .
“happenings”
and The Pink
(SydBarrett,Barrett,inset),
Floyd (Sydinset),
whofavour"interstellar"
whofavour “interstellar”
experiments
audio-visual experiments

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CARL WAYNE
WAYNE is
CARL
the singer
singer andthetelly chopper
extraordinaire
extraordinairewith The Move.
Move
with
axe -wielding
The axe-wielding
Carl isborn
Carl
is a bornleader and althoughalthough the group
group areleadera closely
closely knit
knit lot, Carl
Carl usually ends
upspokesman. He’s
He's aatough
tough nut,
nut,
up a spokesman.
notabout with.
not toto be
be messed about
with. CarlCarl
is also
also thethe original
original pessimist.
pessimist. He's
He’s
always saying,saying,“If"If thethe next
next record
recordgets
gets into
into thethe chart
chart-– if!"
if!”HeHerealises
realisesthearemoremoreintelligent
intelligent than
the fans aremany parents
parents credit,
credit,andandhishissense
senseofresponsibility resultsof responsibility
resultsininananimmaculate
won't
immaculate dresser who won’t
goout of thethe door
door until
go outuntil he's
he’s
washed,dressedwashed, shaved and dressedtovaluableto thethe hilt.
hilt.Wayne
Wayneisis a valuable
cornerstonecornerstonetotoThe
TheMove
Moveandandhishis
determination
determinationto
toget
geton
on comethroughperformance. He's
throughinin his performance.
He’s
gotlife sorted
sorted out,
got hishis life
out,he's
he’s got
got a
direction,
exactly
direction,andandhe
he knows exactly
whereheading. Carl
wherehe's
he’s heading.
Carlhashas
a lot
lot of ideas on
on vocal
vocal harmonies
harmonies-a
to a lineup
lineup– a valuablevaluableasset
asset tocontaining
containingfour
foursingers.
singers.An
An astute,astute,shrewdbeen aroundaroundshrewd person
person who's
who’s beena longlong while
while andto dealand had
had todeal withwithaalot of “third-division"third -division businessmen
lotbusinessmenin pop”.
pop". Wayne will become
become The
Move's idol
idol along
along thethe lines ofofMove’s
Proby, thethe singer
singer he admiresadmires most.
most.
Proby,CHRIS KEFFORDKEFFORD
CHRIS

Bassguitarist
guitarist
Bass"Ace" Kefford’s
Kefford's“Ace”
hang-up is money.
hang-upwants a lot.
lot. If
He wants
try to shortyou try
forchange him fora cuppa,
cuppa, you’re
you're inin serious
serioustrouble!
trouble!

quite an aggressive
aggressive youngyoung
Ace is quite
but once he trusts
trusts you
man, butyou andyou –-you're
friend forfor life.
likes youyou’re a friend
life.
Chris is very conscious
conscious ofof his dress
dress
Chris
appearance,and
and appearance,
andalways
alwaysinterviews that
insists in interviews
thathishis hair
isn't dyed.
isn’t
dyed. Nothing
Nothingisis worse
worse toto AceAcethan toto beskint. Ifis,youthan
be skint.
If he is,you cantell by thethe look
look onface.
soon tellon his face.
money drives
Basically, money
driveshimhimon
on andanddetermination to
his determination
tobe
be richrich hasveryhard-working
hard-working
made him aavery
guitarist, whothat tobass guitarist,
who knows thattomoney he’s
he'sgot
gotto
tobe
bebetterbettermake money
the others
others in his field.
field.
than all the
Anything Ace
Anything
Aceconsiders
considersas
as achallenge is soon
soon dealt
dealt
musical challenge
with. He
broods over it
with.
He goes home, broods
then completely
completely susses itit out
out
and thengets it under
under control.
control. He
and gets
Hehas
has
illusions, andlike Carl,
Carl, hasno illusions,and like"third division”
division"
suffered from the “thirdpromoters andpromoters
and managers.
managers. Now
he's ininLondonLondon where
where thethehe’s
promoters andfirstpromoters
and managers
managers are first
they're handled withwithdivision, so they’re
justlittle less scepticism.
scepticism.
just a little

TREVORTREVOR
BURTON The
BURTON
youngest
Mover
youngest Mover
at18,
at 18, Trey
Trev hails
hails
from
froma very
part ofof
hard part
Birmingham –thing exists
exists as
as“white"whiteand if such aathingsoul" then
then Trev's
got quite
quite a lot
lot
soul”
Trev’s gotof it. He went to drama school
been acting
acting sinceand has been
since hehe was12,doing
doingtelevision
television andandtheatre
theatre12,
work. At
Trevor was alreadyalreadywork.
At15,
15, Trevor
earning £50£50aaweek
earning
week and went
through a ridiculous
ridiculous “full-scale"full-scale
throughboning scene"
looningscene”atatthisthisearly
early age.
he's levelledlevelled off.
Now he’s

we started,
started, andon, we’ve
we'veadapted
adapted andand changed
changed things.
andas
as we've
we’ve gone on,things.WeWe
have concentrated
concentrated on
bypeople
onthe
thevisualvisualapproach.
approach.Good
Goodmusic
musicisis greatgreat bypeoplewho
can reallys, Zombies,
own Set.
who canreallyplayplay –groups
groupslike
likeArtwood
Artwoods,
Zombies,andandAlan
AlanBBown
Set.
They are tremendous
tremendous groups,
they don’t
don't have
havegroups,butbutgoodgoodasastheytheyare,are, we feel theyany
example, thethe image
image groups
groups likeany image
image at
at all.
all. For example,
thekids
kids gogo for the
like TheThe
Kinks
Kinks and
andTroggs."
Troggs.”the most
most ideas
ideas inthe group?
group? “Well,"Well, it’s
it'saaconglomeration
conglomeration of ideas
ideas
Who has thein theandSecunda isgreat influence
influence onus.
and our
our manager
managerTony
Tony Secunda
is a greaton us.He's
He’s been
beeninin thethebusinesstime andexperienced. We
to dodothings
things thatthat arearebusinessaalong
long timeandis
is very experienced.
We like toandon't want
want to toe
toe thethe line.
line.IfIfyou
dosomething
something outrageous
outrageous
an outrage.
outrage. We don’t
you dothencapture theWestarted
startedthenyou
you capture
thepublic's
public’simagination.
imagination.We
Welikeliketoto be
be first. Weoutwearing gangster
gangster clothes,clothes, andand thenthen everyone
wearing them.
them. Thenout wearing
everyone was
was wearing
Then
we went
went onon to
to sitars,
sitars, which
which IIadmit
admit was
was whenwhen Ravi
RaviShankar
Shankar was
was thethe mode.
mode.
We changed
changed as soon
soon asas everybody
everybody else
elsewaswasdoing
doingthethesamesamething.
thing.
"Alot
lotofofgroups
groupssays aytotous,
us,‘Oh,'Oh,you
yousmashsmashupTVsetss ets–-whatsillyboys.'“A
up TV
what silly
boys.’But
But
so what? It
Itcreates
creates anan impression.
impression. Everywhere
people say, ‘Oh,
'Oh, areare
Everywherewe
we go
go people
you going totosmashsmashupTVset
settonight?’”
tonight?"
up aa TV
When it comes
comes to thethe climax of The
TheMove’s
Move'sshow
show–-who
does thethe final,
final,
When
who doesexistential
telly -bashing?“I’m"I'mthethechief
chiefexecutioner,”
executioner,"admitted
admitted Carl
existentialact
actof telly-bashing?

ROY WOOD
WOOD isn’t
isn't
ROY
just
pasty face.
justaa pasty
He's thethe creative
creative
He’s
mind inMove
mind
in The Move–-thethemusician
musician andsongwriter
responsible for"Night Of“NightOfFear"Fear”andand "I“I Can Hear
The
Grow", whichbeing
The Grass Grow”,
which is being
tippedtippedfor
forthetheNumbers
Number 1spot
spot
when
when it's
it’sreleased.
released.Roy
Royisis an
introvert. Roy's
introvert.
Roy’smind
mindisis always
alwayswhat
Trev knows whatRoy
Roy isis going
going totoplay
and gets
play andgets
right inright
in behindbehind himhimsomewhere
thinking all
thesomewhere else, thinking
all thetime.
time.YouYou could
could put
puthimhimin
in a gig
wagon
wagon andand drive
driveall
all thethewayway totoAustria
would sit happily
happily
Austriaand
and Roy would
the back,back, thinking.
thinking. If
If he could
could
in theown way he’d
he'd growgrow hisbehave his own
to his nose,
nose, with
with two
twohair down toeye -holes,andandwatchwatchthetheworld
world
eye-holes,
through
blimper.
throughititall.
all.Roy's
Roy’s a blimper.
Everything heregistering
Everything
he sees isisregistering
his mind;mind; hehe takes
takes itit all
all inin–-blimp,
blimp,
in hiscontinually
blimp, blimp. Roy continually
instruments
experiments with instruments
andabout fiveand sounds. He has about

different instruments
different
instrumentsthat
thatallall
work,andoriginal
work,
andreally
really make original
Hestarted
started songwriting
songwriting at
sounds. He
at15,butbut got
got sent
sent upmuch by15,
up so muchby hisschoolmates, heschoolmates,
he decided
decidedititwas
wasaa
bit ofdream. His
bitofaa dream.
His enthusiasm
enthusiasmwas
wasknocked out
out of him. After
After threethree
knockedmonths with
with The
startedmonthsThe Move, he started
nowwrites
again and now
writes at
at least one
number aa week,knowing henumberweek, knowing
he has toconsistent output.
output. Many
keep up aaconsistentof thewrites heofthe songs
songs he writes
he tearstears upup
they're better
better thanunless they’rethan thethe last
wrote. Wood
Wood is quiet
quiet andsong he wrote.
He's never
never been
been known
known totocool. He’s
shout atshout
at anybody,
anybody, even
even when
when his
car was smashedsmashed up
up by
by aafriend;
friend;car
stepped out"That
he steppedout ofof itit andand said, “Thatpretty uncool.”
uncool."was pretty
BEV BEVAN
BEVAN Bev
Bev
BEV

not asasintrovert,
introvert,
is notRoy.Basically,
Basically,as Roy.
he's easily
easilyhe’s
pleased andpleasedsatisfied andwillsatisfied
and will
probably end
probablyend upwith aa chain
chain ofof recordwithrecordshops.
shops.Bev
Bevisisbusinessman. He
He brokebroke his wrists
wristsa businessman.
when he was about
about13
playing with
with
when
13 playing
dance band,
band, which
which has
hasresulted
resulteda danceof thethe strangest
strangest techniques
techniquesin one of
you're ever
you’reever likely
likelyto
tosee.
see.
of thisthis accident,
accident,
Because ofdrumsticks sort
sort ofBev holds his drumsticksofcomically throughcomically
throughhis
his fist.
fist. Usually
Usually
after anhour playing,after
an hourplaying, his
his hands
start tostart
tosplitsplitandandbleed
bleedasashe
he keeps
keeps
cutting themcuttingthemagainst
against thethe cymbals
cymbals
probably one
one ofofand drums. Bev isisprobably
the best and steadiest
steadiest drummers
drummers
theto have comecome out
out ofof thethe Midlands
Midlands
toforaalongalmostforlongtime.
time.He's
He’s played
played almost
everything andeverything
andreads
readsmusic.
music. He
He iswell overwell
over six
six feetfeetandandhashas
enormous shoulders.
enormousshoulders.
If anyoneanyone has
him hehe
If
has a go at him
usually swallows itit-– because
because hehethat if
if hehestarted
started fighting
fighting
knows that
he'd probably
probably kill the opposition.
opposition.
he’dquiet, genial
genial man
man –-almost
Bev is aaquiet,
almost
StBernard
Bernard type.
type. Nicka St
Nick Joneswith quiet
eing
with
quietpride.
pride."I've“I’vechopped
choppedup
upabout
about15
15stages
stagesso
sofar.
far.WeWe enjoy
enjoy bbeing
outrageous andcause aoutrageous
andcausing
causingtrouble.
trouble.The
Thething
thingwe'd
we’dmost
mostlike
liketotodo
do is cause
wekeepkeepchanging.
changing. We’re
We're going
goingtotodropdropleadleadguitar
guitar andand have tworiot. But webass guitars.
guitars. We'll
have three
three offront singing
singing a Tamla
Tamla Motown
Motown style,bass
We’ll haveof us in front
Roywillbe on
onhis
hisownownplaying
playingabout
about12
12different
differentinstruments.
instruments.
while Roy
will beActually, we’re
we're going
going totobe
beknown
knownasasan
anelectricalelectrical band.
band. We’re
We'requite
quitenasty
nasty
anybody calls
calls usus psychedelic.
psychedelic. It
Itshould
should be
beveryveryentertaining.”
entertaining."
if anybody
Who
the biggest kickkickout
outof
ofauto-destruction
auto -destruction-– theWho gets thethe audienceaudienceor
orthe
the
group? "Theaudience. At
played, whengroup?
“The audience.
At oneone placeplace we
we played,
whenwewe smashedsmashedup
upaaTVTV
and a bit
bitof
ofthe
thestage,stage,thetheaudienceaudiencejoined
joinedin,in,andandat
atthe
theRoundhouse
Roundhouse
set andwhen we wrecked
wrecked a car,car, there
there was almost
almost a bloody
bloodyriot.
-outs arewhenriot.Freak
Freak-outs
are aajoke,aren’t
aren't they?
they? IIenjoy
enjoyititall,all,butbutthetheotherother groups
groups who
bit of aajoke,
who have
have toto play
playthem have
hard time.”
time."
them
have a hard
Who
are The Move’s
Move's favourite
favourite groups? “In"In aa way
waywe
are compared
compare d with
with
Who arewe areWho. We
Weadmire
admirethemthem andand they
they areare oneone ofofthe
themostmostadvanced
advanced writing
writing
The Who.
groups in the country.”
country."groupsMove andand The
The Pink
Pink Floyd
Floyd areare two
two ofoftoday’s
today's groups.
groups. You
Youmaymayfindfind
The Movetheir attitudes
attitudes frightening
bythunder
thundertheirfrighteningor
or refreshingrefreshing -fun
– funororphoney.
phoney. But by
ChrisWelchandNickJones–-it'sit’srhythmical!
rhythmical!
Chris Welch and Nick Jones *HISTORY OF
OF ROCKROCK 1967
19 67| 117
HISTORY
17

REX

Introducing The
Introducing
The Move...
Move...

still learninglearning
Trevor, however, is still
andwatching, but
and watching,buthe
he knows
knows howtosituation andinvariably
to handle
handle a situationand invariably
the right
right move.
makes themove.HeHehas
has a
certain elegancenaturalcertaineleganceand
andhe's
he’s a natural
dancer –-which
which probably
probablystems
stems
from
fromthethedrama
dramaschool.
school.Trev's
Trev’svery
unobtrusive
very cool
cool and plays unobtrusive
rhythm guitar.
excellentrhythmguitar.He
He has an excellent
techniquesympathetic
techniqueand
andis very sympathetic
tolead guitar.
guitar. He
to Roy's
Roy’s lead
Healwaysalwaysgoing toto playplayknows what Roy isisgoingand he gets
gets right
right in there
there behindbehindadding thethe veryvery necessary
necessaryhim, adding
dynamics toto TheThe Move’s
Move's music.
dynamics

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JJANUARYA N U A R Y – M A R CH

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SoundandRihrer:Sound
and Führer:
Waynecuts
Carl Waynecuts- looseloosewiththeaxeat
with the axe at
aatypicalMoveshow
typical Move show

p.

- NME
—
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TIE

rrHE
MOVE'SCARLCARLWayne
Wayneleaned
leanedHE MOVE’S
forward in the hard-backed
hard -backed chair,forwardlashing his leather
leather overcoat withlashing
its black-thonged
black-thonged belt.
don't meet
meet
belt. YouYou don’t
violencethat every
an NME
violence like thatevery dayday in aninterviewand -I
interview and– Ihavehave to confess! –-II
twitched.
ambition," hetwitched."It's“It’s our
our life ambition,”
he said
said
slowlyandand menacingly,
menacingly, “to"to start
start aa riot.
slowlyPeoplePeoplelove
love violence.
violence.They
TheyWANT
WANT
violence. In our act we wreck
wreckcars
cars andandstick anan axeaxe throughthroughTV
TV sets.
sets. TheThe kids
kids gogowild. Within
Within minutes
minutes they’re
they're right in there
there
with
withus.....WRECKING,us…..WRECKING,SMASHING,
SMASHING,
breaking
breaking things
things up.
up.
"The other
other daywe“The
day wedid
didaa show
show at Chalk
Farm
and we hired
hired two strippers
strippers to strip off
off
Farm andwhile we played.
played.Darlin’
Darlin'birds
birdsthey
theywere...
lovely.There
Therethey
theywere
were… lovely.
were –-thethetwo'emstripping
stripping right down
down to thethe G-strings
G-strings-–andtwo of ’em
andnonenoneofofthethekidskids
was taking
taking a blind
blind bitbitof
ofnotice.
notice.Everybody
Everybodywas
toobusy
busywreckingup
was toowrecking up
thewas crazy;
crazy; wild.
wild. The
Themanager
manager comes
comes backstage
the car.
car. It wasbackstageandandhehesays,says,`Whatgonna do, what
what areare wewe gonna
gonna do?
do? They’re
They're tearing
tearing thethe place‘What are we gonna
placeupthere!'"
up out there!’”offence, IIventured
ventured timidly,
timidly, as
asCarlCarlagain
againlashedlashedout
outwith
withthetheleather
leather
No offence,thongemphasise histhong to emphasise
his point,
point, but
but whateverwhatever happened
happenedto
tomusic?
music?
"Yeah, well,”well,"saidsaidhe,he,hishisfacefacecreased
creasedinto
intoananamiable
amiable grin,
grin, “you"you know
know“Yeah,
how
howitit is.
is.
"You see,see, these
these days
days you've
have a visualvisual“You
you’vegot
got toto be
be so
so visual.
visual.You've
You’ve got
got to haveact,
and thethe groupgroup mean
mean soact, andthelooks
looks of theso much.
much.I'm
I’m not
not saying
sayingyou've
you’ve got
got tobe handsome
handsome-you've
and present
present yourself
yourself– you’vejust
justgotgotto
tohavehave thethe right gear, andtheThat's why
whywe'rethis ’30s'30s gear,
gear, thethe doubledoublethe right
right way. That’s
we’re big on all thisbreasted
and all that.
that. IIthink
thinkwestarted thistrend. There arearebreasted jackets
jackets andwe started
this '30s’30s trend.
a lot ofofpeople
people aroundaround trying
see,tryingto
tocopyus,
copy us,butbutthey
theygetgetititallallwrong.
wrong.YouYou see,it'smatter of thethe tailoring.
tailoring. Girls don’t
don't want
want to see blokes
blokes inin thosethose dirty
dirty
it’s all aamatter
great
baggypants.
takegreat wide baggy
pants.Theywant
They wantsex
sexappeal.
appeal.So
Sowhatwhatyou
youdo
dois,
is, you takethe
influence andtoday's style. You
Youmakemakethethetrousers
trousers
the '30s’30s influence
andyouyou adapt
adaptitit to today’stighter,start.
tighter, for a start.
"Another thing
thing about
set we’re
we're kind
kind
“Anotheraboutbeing
beingvisual,visual,when
whenwe
weaxe
axeup
upthe
theTV
TV setof hitting
hitting out at antisocial
antisocial things.
isantisocial,
antisocial, that’s
that's whywe
things.TV
TV is
why we attack
attack it.
it.
We alsoalsoattack
attack other
other evil
evilthings
things like
likeIan
IanSmith
Smithandand apartheid.
apartheid. The
The car?
Well, that’s
that's a socialsocial evil, isn’t
isn't it?
it?Don’t
Don'tcallcallususpsychedelic.
psychedelic. The Move has
has
been
groups arearebeen tagged
taggedpsychedelic,psychedelic,but
butwe're
we’renotnotandandhatehateit.it.AA lot of groups
calling
calling themselves
themselvesthat,
that,butbutwhenwhenthethewordworddies,
dies,they'll
they’lldie.
die.We're
We’re notnot
psychedelic,""we're showmen.”showmen."
psychedelic,” hehe said grittily; “we’reSitting in the room
room was bass
bass guitarist
guitarist Chris
pale face andandSitting
ChrisKefford,
Kefford, of the palez
the-blond hair.
hair. "'Night
Fear' isn’t
isn't really us,”us,"volunteered
volunteered Chris.
the ice
ice-blond“‘Night Of Fear’reallyChris.
"That
just aabreakthroughbreakthrough in the charts.
charts.
“That one was just
"Wait till
till you
you hearhear our
our next single, ‘I'I CanCan Hear
Hear The Grass Grow’.
Grow'. That’s
That's“Wait
us.
Afantastic
fantastic title,
Our leadlead guitarist
d wroteus. A
title, isn't
isn’tit?
it? OurguitaristRoyWoo
Roy Wood
wroteit.
it.We've
We’ve got
got

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OFROCK
ROCK 1967
1965
1967

aa photographer,
BobbyDavids
Davidson,andhehe sayssays toto Roy,photographer, Bobby
on, andRoy,‘Here’s'Here's
crazy title.
title. Bet ya
yacan’t
can't write
write a song to fit
fit it.’”it.
aa crazy“There’s complete
lunacyin
inthe
thelyrics,
lyrics, but
but it's
it’s a hard,complete lunacy
hard,drivingwith a lot ofdriving soundsound with
ofmicromicrolines
linesandandmagnetic
magnetic things.
things.
didn't taketake us long totorecord,record, because
because we try
tryto
into thethe
It didn’t
to go into
studiostudio when a number
number hits us, andand we’ve
we'vegot
gotthetheinspiration.
inspiration.
It’saway, thetheIt's no good waiting:waiting: if we
we don’t
don't record
record it straightstraight away,feeling's lost."
feeling’s
lost.”
Much as thecrowd may
may havethe groovy-hippy-happening
groovy -hippy -happening crowd
have
taken
to The Move, there’s
ultra-cooltaken tothere's nothingnothing ultra-cool about
about thethegroup itself.
ev Bevan
Bevan
group
itself. Members
MembersCarl,
Carl,Chris,
Chris,Trevor
TrevorBurton,
Burton,BBev
andand they
they tell
tell me theirand Roy comecome fromfrom Birmingham,
Birmingham, andtheirgreatest
pleasureisis"to“togetget backback home".
home”. According
According to Carl:
greatest pleasure"Youcancan keep
keep your
your in-crowd
in -crowdand
andyour
yourhangers-on.
hangers-on. We can’t
can't
“You
stand
phoneysat
atany
anyprice."
price.”
stand phoneys
In spitespite ofoftheir
theironstage
onstageviolence,violence,they’re
they'repleasant,pleasant, amiableamiabletouchinglygenuine
excitement about
about
guys with aa touchingly
genuinefeelingfeeling of excitement
thechartsuccesssuccessof
of"Night“NightOf
Of Fear".
Fear”. As wethe chart
wetalked,talked, every
every once
once
in aawhile
whileCarl
Carl or Chrisin a request
like: "Please“PleaseChris would
would throw
throw inrequest like:thank all
NMEreadersbuying our
our
thank
all your
your NME
readers for buying
record– really.We're
We’reknocked
knockedout.
out.WeWe keep
record-really.
wanting toit's allall sosofantastic.
fantastic.
wanting
to jumpjumpinin thethe air,
air, it’s
CERAM
could you
you thank
thank The Easybeats
Easybeats forAnd
A could
sayingwhat a great
we are.
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group they
theythink
thinkweNo-one has
has ever said
said anything
anything so fantastic
fantastic
No-oneNabout usEasybeats,
about
usbefore.
before.Just
Just you
you telltell The Easybeats,awethey’rethe
thegreatest
greatest
too.”Alanw think
AlanSmithSmiththink they're
too."

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MELODY MAKER
MAKER FEBRUARY
4—- MELODY'EBRUARY
4-

HE MOVE’S
THE
MOVE'S SOMEWHATSOMEWHAT
unorthodox
unorthodox entry
entry into
into thethe poppop
world, with
with thethe aid
aid ofofsensationalism
sensationalismthhrough"auto“auto-destruction”,
through-destruction", laid them
them open
open
forlarge dose
dose ofofleg-pulling,leg -pulling,disrespect
disrespect andandor aa largefoplain sarcasm.
sarcasm.
plainp"Is ititmusic?”
music?"inquired
inquired thethe headlines
headlines barely“Isvisiblethrough smokescreens,smokescreens, splintered
splinteredisible throughvi
televisionelevision sets
sets andandmangled
mangledeffigies
effigiesof
ofAdolf
Adolf
teHitler. Well, thethe good
good old
old British
British record
record buying
buyingHitler.
H
public seemed
publicseemedto
tothink
thinkso,so,andand"Night“NightOf
Of Fear"
Fear”
pushot into
But, asas isissosooftenoftenthethe case,case, ititwill
willtaketake more
more than
than aa hit
shot
intothetheTop
Top 10. But,
hit
record before
getthetherecognition
recognition they
they deserve.
deserve.
recordbefore The Move getLastanother blow
struck. This
Rankwho
Last week anotherblow waswas struck.
This time
timeitit was
was Top Rank
who flatly
flatlyrefused toin theirtheir ballrooms
ballrooms for
the Walker Brothers
Brothers
refusedto allow
allow The Move infor thetour. “Not
"Not unlessunless they cool their
their act
act down,”
down," came
came thethe ultimatum.
ultimatum. "No,"
tour.
“No,”
replied The"ifwe
wecan’t
can'tbebeallowed
allowedto
tochopchopupupour
ourownownprops,
props,then
thenrepliedThe Move, “ifwewon't dowe won’t
do thethe tour."tour.”
Nowwhylooking for trouble?
trouble? Is this
this explosive
explosive
Now whydo
doThe
The Move
Move go looking
gimmickryjust
theygimmickry
justaasmokescreen
smokescreento
tocovercover up
up musicalmusical deficiency?Are
deficiency? Are they
going to be one-hit
one -hit wonders?
wonders? Is there
there aa total
total lackideas? Do they
they have
have
going
lack of ideas?
personality?
no personality?
I don’t
don't think
think so.
at thethe facts
facts andand you’ll
you'll find
find five
fiveBirmingham
Birmingham ladsso. Look at
lads
with
talent, aa lot ofofshrewdness,shrewdness, foresight,
withaa wealthwealthofof talent,
foresight, andandallall thethe"vital“vitalingredients" that
ingredients”
thatwill
will eventually
eventuallymake
makethem
themtoptopdogs.
dogs.
As theirtheir manager
manager Tony Secunda
Secunda so"The Move’s
Move's explosion
explosion
so rightly
rightly says: “The
onto thes ary. This
Thisisisaagroup
groupwho
whoareareprogressing
progressing
onto
the scene
scenewaswasvery
very neces
necessary.
very
rapidly. They have aa lot
lotof
oftalent
talentandandthetheonly
onlywaywe
very rapidly.
way we could
could makemakepeoplepeople realise
realisetheyweren't
they weren’tan
aninsipid
insipidgroup
groupwaswasto
toexplode.
explode.Now people
will
and will listen
listen to their
their music.
will comecome toto seesee The
The Move andmusic.Musically,
Musically,TheThe
Move
survive; musically,
musically, they
they areare going forward;
forward; musically,
Move will survive;
musically, they
they arearethe things
things ofofthe
thefuture.
future. It’s
It'sthethemusic
music thatthat counts.”
counts."one of the
SecundaClayincident,
Secundaparallels
parallelsall
allthisthistoto thethe Cassisus
Cassisus Clay
incident,whenwhenhehe
couldn't getwith Sonny
Sonny Liston. Clay
Claywent
couldn’t
get aa fight withwent roundroundtotoListon's
Liston’s
house
houseandandrippedrippedup
upthe
thefront
frontlawn,
lawn,thenthenhehesaid:said:"Come“Comeout
outhere,here,youyou
bigbear, I'm
whip you.”you." It’s
It's thethe only
onlyway
could get anybody
anybody
big bear,
I’m going
going to whip
way Clay couldtoto taketake notice.
notice.
Therefore,
and take
Therefore, thethe onlywayThe
only way TheMove
Movecould
couldgetget people
peopleto
to sit up andnoticemake sure
sure everybody
everybodyheard
heard about
about them
them-andnotice was to make– andthethegoggle
goggle-box
chopping didbox chopping
did thethe trick.
trick.
"It's
limited idea,”
idea," says
saysSecunda.
Secunda. “When"When it’s
it'sbeen
been exhausted,exhausted, we’ll
we'll“It’s just aa limited
drop it.
Youdon’t
don't seriously
seriously think
think we'redrop
it. You
we’re going
going toto spend
spendthetherestrestofofour
ourlives
lives
chopping up
chopping
upTV
TV sets,
sets, dodo you?"
you?”

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THE MOVE

THE MOVE

Alreadythey
Already theyhave
havetheir
theirnext
nextsingle
singleininthe
thecan.
can.They
They have
have plans
planstotointroduce
movement. They'rechanging the
introducemore
more lighting
lighting andand moremore movement.
They’re also changing
frontline
hard-hitting, well-rehearsed stage
frontlinearound.
around.Plans
Plansforfor a hard-hitting,well-rehearsed
stage act
act are inmotion.
emphasis is on maximum
maximum impact
motion. The
The emphasis
impactandandThe
TheMove plan toperfect
perfect this
this blueprint
blueprintuntil
untilitit carries
carriesas
as muchmuch excitement
excitementand
andforce
force asas
their
their activities
activities with
with thethe axe.
should also
also bebepointed
pointed out
out that,
that, ininfact,fact,thethesmashingsmashing andand crashingcrashing is
It should
only
about 15
per centcent of their
their act.
act. All thatthat goes
goes before
before isis music.
music.
only about
15 permusic isisthe
thelastinglastingproduct,
product, it’s
it's hard-hitting
hard-hitting andguts. The
Move music
andit's
it’sgot
got guts.
group
professional andindividuals,
group themselves
themselvesare
are aa professional
and inventive
inventive bunch
bunchofof individuals,
allwith their
all with
theirsights
sightson
onsuccess.
success.NickJones
Nick Jones“Don’t"Don't call us
psychedelic –we're
we’re not andhate it. We're
hate
We’re
showmen”
showmen"

THETHICK,THICK,soundproof
soundproof
UTSIDE THE
doors a red light glows
glowsbehindbehind the word
doors
"RECORDING",punchedpunched out of aametal
metal“RECORDING”,
plate.
push thethe heavy door to and walk into
plate. I pushthethe tiny
tiny control
controlroom.
room.Inside
Insideititis
is very
very hot,
hot, thethefloor is litteredlittered with-up pieces
pieces of tape,tape,with torn
torn-upold newspapers,
newspapers, empty
empty coke bottles
bottles andandmembers
listening to playbacks
playbacks
membersofof The Move listeningof aa recently
recently cut
cut track.
control room
mass of complex
complex
The control
room is a massequipment.Along
massive mixing
equipment. Alongone
onewall
wallisisaa massive
mixingmachineswitches, knobs,
knobs,
machinewith
withabout
about400
400 switches,
controls
thecontrolsand
anddozens
dozensofof snakey
snakey leads.
leads. In
In themiddlemiddle areare exposed
exposed tape
tape spools
spools thatthatgive themachinethe mainmain control
machinethe
theappearance
appearanceofofaacomputer.
computer.In
Infront
frontofof thecontrol
panel,
bandit fromfaded
panel, looking
lookinglike
like a Mexican bandit
fromThe
The MagnificentSeven
Magnificent Seven inin fadedjeans,
boots, maroon
maroon silk shirt,
shirt, fur jerkinjerkin andand withwith thethe ensemble
ensemblejeans, black boots,
completedvillainous drooping
drooping ’tache'tache sits
sitsindependent
independent producer
producercompleted by aa villainous
Denny
Denny Cordell.
hisconcentration
concentration to
the playback, occasionallyoccasionally
Denny devotes all his
to themutteringmutteringcommentscommentstotosoundsoundengineer
engineerGerald
GeraldChevin
Chevinononhis
hisleft.
left.Before
BeforeD
enny andand Gerald
Gerald isis aaconsole
consolewith
withdials,
dials, sliding
sliding “faders”,"faders",counters
counters and
and
Denny
60 switches
switches set into it. Move
Movemanager
manager Tony
TonySecunda
Secunda andand leadlead singer
singer Carl
Wayne explain
explain thethe functions
functions of this
this bewildering
bewildering equipment
equipment to
tome.
me.
studio is split
split into
intothree
three parts.
parts. First the control
control room
room andand then,
The studiothen,behindlarge,impersonal
impersonal
behindthickwalls,
thick walls,thetheactual
actualstudiostudioarea
areaitself.
itself.This
Thisisis a large,room
an empty
empty school
school hall.
hall. Strewn
Strewn aroundaround areare chairs,
chairs,room which
which looks like an
musicstands, amps,
pianos andmusic stands,
amps,screens,
screens,mics,
mics,aacouple
coupleofof pianos
and ananorgan.
organ.Right
Right
in the centre,
centre, sitting
sitting on aa highhighstool,stool,withwithheadphones
headphones clamped
clamped to his
his earsears

Move,Januaryty67:
The Move,
January 1967:(I -r)Roy
RoyWood,
Wood,Trevor(l–r)
TrevorBurton,ChrisKefford,Bev
Burton,Chris Kefford, Bev
Bevan,producerDenny
Bevan,
producer Denny
Cordell,CarlWayneand
Cordell,
Carl Wayne andengineer Gerald
Gerald Chevin
Chevinengineer

NAPIER RUSSELL

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-—
NME
NMEFEBRUARY11
FEBRUARY 11 —-through which-man Chris
throughwhichhehecan
canhearhearthetheoriginal
originaltrack,
track,isisbass
bass-manChris"Ace"“Ace”
Chris isisdubbingdubbing oror superimposing
superimposing aa"slide-bass riff”,
riff", which
which
Kefford. Chris“slide fuzz
fuzz-bassmeans that
down themeans
thathehestrikes
strikesaa chord
chordandandrunsrunshishisfingers
fingersall
allthethewayway downthefingerboard of his guitar.
guitar.
fingerboard
Chris does
does it once, does
does it twice
twice andand yet a third
third time.
Chris
time.HeHe hashas totoconcentrate hardright. He takes
takes aa short
short break
break andand rubs
rubs hisconcentrate
hardtotoget
getitit just
just right.
tries it again.
again. Denny
Dennyeyes –-he's
he’s been
been recording
recordingseveral
severalhours
hoursalready.
already.He
He tries
Cordell stops
stops him
allywants.
Cordellhimto
to telltell Chris
Chris what
whathehere
reallywants."Yeah,“Yeah,fine.
fine.But
But bring
bring
right down
down –-gaaawoonggg.
no hangover.”hangover."it right
gaaawoonggg.Just
Just slide, no
can't understandunderstand theseems totoregister
registerwith
becauseI can’t
the jargon
jargon but
but it seems
with Chris because
the next take satisfies even Denny
Denny thethe perfectionist.
perfectionist. Carlexplains
theCarl Wayne explainsthat oneach tape
tape there
tracks. “On"On thethe first
first track
trackwethaton eachthere areare fourfour tracks.
we record
rhythmand drums.
drums. That's
rhythmguitar,
guitar, bass
bass andThat’s thethe kindofbasebase fromfrom which
which we
wework.
work.On
Onanotheranother track
trackof
we record
record the lead guitar
guitar andand on thethe third
third we put
put
thetrack to fit extras.
extras.
the vocal.
vocal. This
This leaves
leaves us one track"Ifwe
want to put
put moremore onon afterafter thatthat we reduce
reduce“If
we want
those
tracks to one andand thenthen use thethose four
four tracks
remainingremainingthree.
three.Simple.
Simple.Get
Getit?"
it?”nodded dumbly,
dumbly, more
more from being polite
I noddedthan
thanfrom
fromaccuracy!
accuracy!Now
Nowit's
it’s Carl's
Carl’s turnturntotodo
dosome work. He
He steps
steps into
into a glass-sided
glass -sided booth
booth
some
that
the studio.
thatpartitions
partitionsoff
offaa cornercornerofof thestudio. Inside,
Inside,hepair ofof’phones'phones on toto hishis headhead andandhe too clips a pairstands inhuge mic. We
Wein
inthe
thecontrol
control
standsin front
frontofof a hugeroomroom can't
can’thear
hearaa thing
thingandandas
asaa result
result Carl
looks likelikeaahairy
hairygoldfish
mouthing silently
goldfish mouthingsilently on
thethe glass.
the otherotherside
side of the
makes thethe taketake first
first time
time andand all thethe boysboys assemble
assemble to hear
hear thetheCarl makes
chips inincommentscomments andand suggestions.
suggestions.
playback. Everybody chips"Don't you think
thinkwethat onethe bar?”bar?"“Don’twecould
couldplay
play that
one twice
twice toto the"I likelikethatthat take.”take."“I"Yeah, IIthink
think it’s
it's quite
quite good.”
good."“Yeah,"I still
stillfeel
feelititcould
couldbebemoremoreoriginal.”
original." This
This last
lastfromfrom Tony
TonySecunda,
Secunda, everever“Itheunorthodox.
unorthodox.
striving for the"Not bad,bad, fellers,fellers, but
but let’s
let'stry
tryititjust
justoneonemoremoretime.
time.And
let's have
havesome
some“Not
And let’s
quiet, huh?
quiet,
huh?Some
Somecats
catsarearetryingtryingto
towork."work.”Denny's
Denny’sword
wordisisfinal.
final.All
All this
this
hard work
much for me. The heat
heat is stifling,
stifling, andand thehard
work is too muchtheciggie
ciggie smoke
smokesosodense, I cancan hardly
drink,
dense,
hardlyseeseeacrossacrossthetheroom.
room.As
AsCarlCarl and
andII leave
leave to get aa drink,
Dennyisissaying,
Chris? Right,
Right,we’re
we'rerunningrunning you
now."
Denny
saying,"Take“Take two.
two. Ready, Chris?
you now.”breathes aa sigh of relief
reliefto
tobe
beininthetheairairagain
againandandcommentscomments withwith
Carl breathes
typical Birmingham
Birmingham understatement,
typicalunderstatement,"When“Whenyou've
you’vebeen
beenininthere
thereforfor10
10
hours or more, things
things canhours
can become
becomeaa trifle
trifle strained!"strained!”JeremyPascall
Jeremy Pascall •1967

J A N U A R Y – M A R CH“"You
You know
know howhow
up andand comingInbuthumble
humbleDUKE
DUKEELLINGTONELLINGTONIn 1967,
1967, aa regal
regal butvisits
MAKERmeets
meets Ellington:
Ellington:
visitsLondon.
London.MELODY
MELODY MAKER
awitty sophisticate,a wittysophisticate,and
andaa sacredsacred composercomposerforis nono object.
object. ThroughThrough friends
friends
for whomwhom money
money islike
emerges ofof aa loyal
like Jimmy
Jimmy Jones,
Jones, aa picture
picture emerges
loyal
friendcomplex, tirelesstireless musician.
musician.
friend andand aa complex,- MELODYFEBRUARY18—
MELODYMAKER
MAKER FEBRUARY
18 —DUKE
ELLINGTONISISa amusician
musicianwho
whocomposescomposes
UKE ELLINGTON
tirelessly
wayandand ininhis
hisownowntimetime–-which
tirelessly in his own way
which

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means
circumstances hemeans according
according toto the circumstances
he finds
finds
himself
and often
into thethe night.
night. Fromhimself in,
in, andoften latelate into
From myobservations,observations,stretching
stretchingoverover1919years
years with
with large
large
intervals
intervalsbetween
betweenvisits,
visits,ofofcourse,
course,II should
shouldsay
say heheworks
most happily
happily at
piano inhis hotel
hotel suite
suite with
with oneworks mostat a pianoin hisone or more
occasional
the most prolonged
occasional talking
talking partners.
partners.In
Inmy
my experience,experience, thespells have taken
taken place in the early-morning
early -morning hours,
hours, but intimates
intimates say
saythehour doesn’t
doesn't mattermatterthe hour"Duke writes all thethe time,”time," Mercer
MercerEllington
Ellington[his[hisson,son,aajazz
trumpeter“Dukejazz trumpeter
and"and he isisparticularly
particularly productive
productive rightand composer]
composer]told
told me, “andrightnow
now
on thisthis tour.
tour. He’s
He's working
working on
onaanew
newsuite
atthisthismoment
moment andand he’s
he's just
just
suite atcalledJones, sosoIIknow
knowhe'sfinished another
another partcalled for Herbie Jones,
he’s finishedpartofof it."
it.”
Jones,trumpet
trumpet and flugelhorn
flugelhorn player with thethe bandband forfor
Herbie Jones,some-and -a -halfyears
yearsandand Ellington’s
Ellington's copyist,
copyist, says
says thatthat Dukesome three
three-and-a-halfworks well under
under pressure.
pressure. “Most"Most ofofthisthisnew
newsuitesuitehas
hasbeenbeenwritten
writtenduringduringthethepresent
presentEuropean
Europeantour.
tour.One
Oneor
ortwo
two things
thingsmay
mayhavehave been
been
composed
the States,
States,butbutnothingnothing had
had eveneven been
been
composedbefore
before we left therehearsed
performed onrehearsedandandthethethings
thingsyou've
you’veheard
heardwere
were all
all first performed
thetour."
the tour.”said ititmust
mustbebedifficult
difficulttotocompose,compose,arrange
arrangeandand prepare
prepare a largelargeI said
scaleon thethe roadroad between
between concerts
concerts which might
might be aathousand
thousandscale work on
kilometres
kilometresapart.
apart."If“Ifyouyou think
thinkthat,
that,youyoudon't
don’tknow
know Duke,"
Duke,” said Herbie.
"It'sproblem tohim. Itdoesn't matter“It’s no problem
to him.
It doesn’t
matterwhere
whereheheisisororwhatwhattimetimeititis;is;there'smatter what
what conversation
conversation there
there’sno
no special
special time
time andandit
it does not matter
thereisisgoingfeels likelikewriting
writing hehe justjust gets
getsononwithYou'dbegoing on. When he feelswith it. You’dbesurprisedwhere
performances, in thethe dressing
dressing
surprised whereandandwhen;when; even between performances,roomwith no piano.
piano. Sometimes
Sometimes there’s
there's no manuscript
manuscript paper,room withpaper, but
but thatthat
doesn'thim."
doesn’t stop
stop him.”
called Ellington
Ellington during
during his
and found
I called
his "free"“free” day
day andfound him,
him,atat 4pm,4pm,
be-towelled but busy, presiding
presiding amiably
room -loads
be-towelledamiablyover
overaa couple
couple of room-loads
of assorted
assorted reporters,
reporters, photographers,
personnel andand friends.
photographers,BBC
BBC personnel
friends.
True to form,
form, hehehad
hadbeenbeencomposing
composing during
during breaks
breaks between
between visits.
The BBC
BBCwaswasaskingaskingEllington
Ellington about
about a projected
projected TVtalk
TV talk with
with Andre
AndréPrevindidn't materialise):favourite
Previn(it(it didn’tmaterialise):"Andre“Andréisiswonderful,wonderful,one
oneof
of my
my favourite
musicians,""Of course
course he’s
he'sdifferent
different fromfrom memewithwith »»
musicians,”Duke
Duke said
said cordially.
cordially. “Of
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DUKE ELLINGTONDUKEELLINGTON

it is with themusician…”"Theysayiesimpossibleto“Theysay it’s impossible to
makethesymphonyswing,
makethe symphony swing,
andwedoiriDuke
and
we do it”: DukeEllington
Ellington
conductstheLondon
conducts
the London
Orchestra,
Philharmonic Orchestra,
Februaryi9,1967
February
19, 1967

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CORBISA R CHJJANUARYA N U A R Y – M-1°H

hisclassical background.
background. I'min thethehis classicalI’maa primitive
primitiveartist."
artist.”Seizing
Seizingat
at a gap in
multi-stranded conversation,
understood Dukeonmulti-stranded
conversation,II said
said I understood
Duke was working on
somethingsomethingnew.
new.
"Youknow
knowhow
howititisiswith
withthetheup-and-coming
up-and-comingmusician,”musician," hehereplied
replied in
in
“You
his
blandest manner.
to havehaveourourhis blandest
manner."Always“Always trying
tryingsomething
somethingnew.
new.WeWe like todreams;climbingmountains.”
mountains."
dreams;we like climbing
discovered that
title
Later I discovered
thatthethesuitesuiteisiscalled
calledHear
HearTheTheFreakish
FreakishLights,
Lights, a title
reducedand will consist
consist ofofsevensevenpieces
pieces–-in
reducedon
onthethemanuscript
manuscripttoto"FL",“FL”, andin allprobability.
premiered inprobability."The“Thesuite
suitewill
will bebe premiered
inParis,"
Paris,”Ellington
Ellingtontold
toldme.
me."We“We
playedplayed there
therewith
withElla
Ellaearlier
earlierin
inthe
thetour,
tour,andandnownowwe
wego
gobackbackandandplay
playititalone
willbebeour
ourlastlastEuropean
European date."
alone onon March
March10.
10. It willdate.”
the …Freakish...Freakish Lights suite,
suite, which
which must
more
Some of themustadd
addup
upto
toaa work
work of morethanminutes' duration,
performed at the band’s
band's British
than20 minutes’
duration,isis being performed
concerts.
Affair",featuringfeaturing Harry
Harry Carney’s
Carney's baritone
baritoneconcerts."Chromatic“ChromaticLove
Love Affair”,
sax, is thethe first part.
part. Then
Lawrence Brown's
Thencomes
comes"Rue“RueBleu",Bleu”, with Lawrence
Brown’strombone,
Procope andand others),
others), one
one
trombone,followed
followedby
by "Swamp“Swamp Goo"
Goo” (Russell Procopefor PaulPaul Gonsalves
Gonsalves which
which maymaybe
Hurdle", something
something new
be calledcalled "Girdle“Girdle Hurdle”,
newfor Johnny
Johnny Hodges andand "somethingamilton".
“somethinggoing
goingininfor
for JimmyH
Jimmy Hamilton”.
The title
title of this
this last
ably bbee “Kixx”.
"Kixx".And
AndDukeDukewaswaslastlastweekweekThelast will
will prob
probablyfinishingfinishingthe
theseventh
seventhitem,
item,tentatively
tentativelytitledtitled"Eggo".
“Eggo”.
Asking forforinformation
information about
about thethe band’s
band's programmes
programmesisisalways
always asking
askingahead
the query
query until
aheadofof time,time,evenevenifif you leave theuntilthethedaydayofof thethe event,
event,forfor
Dukeborn improviser
improviser andand last-minutelast-minute improver.
Duke is aaborn
improver.On
OnSunday
Sunday(19)(19) hisband
Hall concert
concert withwiththetheLondon
LondonPhilharmonic
Philharmonic
band sharesshares anan Albert Hall
Orchestra.And
Orchestra. Andthoughthoughthetheprogramme
programmeisisapproximately
approximatelyset,
set,II would not
take
bet onon thethe runningrunning order.
take a bet
isenthusiastic
enthusiastic about
about these
these encounters
encounters with
with symphonysymphony
Ellington isorchestras.
ayit’sit'simpossible
impossibletotomakemakethethesymphonysymphony swing,
swing, andandorchestras."They“Theyssay
we do
do it.
it.That’s
That's ourour major
major objective,”
objective," hehe said.
said. “It’s"It'sinteresting,interesting, you know.
I likelikechanges
changes of pace,
pace, andand IIstill
stilldodothesethesecollaborations
collaborations for my own
own
pers
onaljoythan anything
personal
joy more thananythingelse."
else.”
Ellington enjoy
enjoythese
performances by
Does Ellington
these fusions
fusions as
as muchmuch as performancesby hishis
bandbandononits
its own?
own?
"I enjoy
enjoyeither
either one
one andand IIdon’t
don't think
think you cancan compare
compare them.
“I
them.It's
It’slike
likeyouyoucanPaul Gonsalves
Gonsalves uptempo
uptempo solo andand a Cootie
Cootie [Williams][Williams] soulsoul
can enjoy a Paul
thing,AndIIwouldn’t
wouldn'tchallenge
challenge thethe opinion
opinion ofthing,but
but not
not inin thethe samesame way. And
a person
person who
the other.
other.
who says he prefers one to the"Then, too, we
we havehaveourourchurch
church concert
concert in Cambridge.
Cambridge. These
These sacredsacred“Then,
concerts
mypreoccupations.
concerts areare another
anotherofof mypreoccupations.I'm
I’mbringing
bringingEsther
EstherMarrow
Marrowover fromfrom thethe States
that. I think
think itit would
nice thing
thing toStates for that.
would bebe a niceto do.
do. Adding
AddingEstherthe concert
concert will give ititsomething
something special.”
special."Esther to the
Already, Ellington
Ellington has
Watkins waiting
waiting in
the wings
the malemale
has Tony Watkins
in thewings to fill thesinging"In The Beginning
Beginning God"and othersinging rolerole in “InGod” andotherpieces.
pieces.Is
Is it not an
expensive
another singer
performance? "Yes,expensiveluxury
luxuryto
tofly
fly over anothersingerfor
for oneone performance?
“Yes,
but
sacred concerts
concerts I don’t
don't have aa budget.
budget. Cost
Costconsiderations
considerations
but in my sacred
don't
friend ofofminemine who
who hadhad aa church
church with
with about
don’treally
reallyexist
existat
at all.
all. AA friend
about30
30
members
ahead andmemberswanted
wantedto
toput
puton
onour
ourconcert.
concert.IItold
told himhimto
to go ahead
and rent
rent
a large hall andand I went
went thethe whole
whole bit.
"This is mymyattitudeattitude toto them.
them. I mean,
mean, some
some people
people gogototochurchchurch andand put
put
“This
money
the basket.
basket. I don’t
don't happen
happen tothat. These
money inin theto do
do that.
These concerts
concertsarearemy
my actact
ofworship.
the choir belonging
belonging to thethe University Church,”
Church,"of worship.We
We shall use theEllington
asked him
him what about
about theEllington said.
said. I asked
the CliffAdams
Cliff Adams choir
choir which
which
worked with him at Coventry
Coventry Cathedral
Cathedral last February.
February.
"Yes,what
whatabout
about them?
them? IIthought
thought they
theywere“Yes,
wereexcellent."
excellent.”He
He spokespoke
warmly.
touse
usebothboth groups.
groups. Why can’t
can't we use
use bothboth of them?
them?
warmly. "I'd
“I’d like to
There's stilltime."
There’s
still time.”
went out
out ofofthe
theroom
roomtotoget
getsomebody
somebodystarted
startedHe went
on tracking
tracking downon
downCliffAdams.
Cliff Adams.Max
Maxfones
Jones

JAll
scene

MELODYMAKER
MAKERMARCH
MARCH
4— MELODY
4—
ELLAFITZGERALDFITZGERALDfinishedfinished herher
HEN ELLA
short tour
tour here
here with
with Duke Ellington’s
Ellington's
shortband, sheband,
she andand herher trio
trio stayed
stayed on
on aa few
days
London. Jimmy
days to holiday in London.
Jimmy Jones, her
Memphis-born pianist
pianist andand musical director,
Memphis-born
didn'tdidn’t miss
miss thethe chancechanceto
totighten
tightenup
upaafew
few
arrangements
The restaurant
restaurant
arrangementswith
with thethe trio. The
managerhim between
between lunch
manager produced
producedaa piano
pianoforfor himlunch
andFleming's
and dinner,
dinner,and
andwhenwhenII walked
walked in to Fleming’s
Hotel one
one afternoon
afternoon I heard
heard thethe desirable
desirable sounds
soundsof jazz
jazz emerging
emerging fromfrom thethe eatery.
stopped aseatery. It stopped
as I got
to thethe door.
door.

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Marchici,i967:Ellington
March 10, 1967: Ellington
playing “Sophisticated"SophisticatedLady"at
Lady” attheTheetre
the ThéâtreDes
Des
Champs-Elysees,Champs-Élysées, Paris

Jones, sipping coffee
coffeebetween
between numbers,
numbers, was explaining
explaining a point
point tobassist Bob Cranshaw
Cranshaw and drummer
drummer Sam
andbassistSamWoodyard.
Woodyard. "When“When Bob andbreak ititup
upthere,there,youyouhold
holdthethebeat.
beat.Remember
Rememberthis
thislady
ladywastrainedI break
was trained
Chick Webb;
Webb; sheshe feels
feels two
two andand four.”four."by Chick"Is thatthat bad?”
bad?" Woodyard
Woodyard said.
said. “I"I waswas trained
trained by him
him too, thoughthough II don’t
don't
“Is
think he
Oneof
ofthe
thegreatgreatband
banddrummers…
drummers... whatthink
he knew it. One
what about
about thatthatbitbit
where Ella goes
goes into
into aadance?”
dance?"
where
After the rehearsal,
rehearsal, II asked
the job with
with Ella came
came about.
about.
asked Jimmy
Jimmy how
how the"Well,Duke
DukeEllington
Ellingtonisisthe
thereason,
reason,really.
really.I’d
I'dhadhadaacoronary
coronarymore
than“Well,
more thanyear ago, andand Duke
Duke asked
a yearaskedmemeto
todo
dosomesomework
workforfor himhimon
onan
anEllaEllaLP.
LP.
What happened
happened wasshows. I tried
tried toto covercover
WhatwasthatthatI Iwas
waswriting
writingaalot
lotof
ofTV
TV shows.
all andand itit caught
caught up with
with me.
me. You
Youknowknowhowhowthethe New
NewYork
freelanceit allYork freelancebusiness is...
went down,
down, leaving
leaving mybusiness
is…itit smotheredsmotheredme.
me.OneOnemidday
middayII just
just went
pencil andwas onon aawheelchair
wheelchair going
pencilandpaperpaperononthe
thetable.
table.The
Thenext
nextII knew
knew I was
YorkHospital.
Hospital. Jerome
Jerome Richardson
Richardson took
to New York
tookmemein.
in.II was
was inin bedbedfive
five orsixweeks,then hadforaamonth.
month.IIhad
hadtotopass
passononmy
mywritingsix
weeks, thenhadto
to taketake it easy forwriting
Oliver Nelson,
Nelson, Billy
BillyByers
Byersandand oneone orortwo
two more.
more.
work to Oliver"Anyway,Duke
Dukecalled
called me.
me. HeHe waswasoutouton
onthe
the West
WestCoast
Coastandand invitedinvited me“Anyway,
down there
said, "Youknow howhowlI write,
write, andand
down
theretotoworkwork onon thetheEllaElla date.
date. He
He said,“You know
since Stray
composer andsince
Stray [jazz composer
andpianist
pianistBilly
BillyStrayhorn]
Strayhorn]isissick
sickI'dI’dlikelike youyou
come here
here andwasn't like New
New
to comeandrelax
relaxandandwritewriteasasyou
youfeel.
feel. He told me it wasn’t
York,where
wherethethe living
livingisishard
hard andand fast,
fast, andand he was right.
right. He rented
rented me
York,
me a
and let meme getgeton
onwithwitharranging
arranging thethe Ellington
Ellington andand Strayhorn
Strayhorn things
thingssuite and`EllaAt
Duke'sPlace’.
Place'.ItItwas
wascomplete
completeease;
ease; thethe exact
exact opposite
opposite of thethefor ‘EllaAt Duke’s
NewYork
race.
NewYork race.
"So thatthat was aa very
verypleasantpleas antepisodeepisode altogether.
altogether. We
put our
our heads
heads“SoWe all put
together andallyII was aawriter,writer,player
playerandandgeneralgeneralcollaborator
collaborator on that
that
together
andre
reallyalbum. It's
education toaround thishonour,album.
It’s quite an education
to be aroundthisguy, and an honour,
to bebeableabletotohandle
handlethatthat sort
sort ofofmaterial.
material.Afterthe date,
date, Norman
Normanreally, toAfter theGranz said
was onon thethe album,
album, why
the tourGranzsaid asas I waswhy didn't
didn’tII play
play thetourwithwithElla.
Ella.So
did. That
That was
was last
last year’s
year's tour,
tour, andand I've
stayed on
this far.
I've enjoyedenjoyed it,
I did.
I’ve stayedon thisfar. I’ve
and I believe
believe it’s
it's done
done meme somesome good.
good. IIneededneeded toto getgetaroundaround andand seewhat
and
see whaton. And
AndIIthink
thinkit’s
it'ssparked
sparked mymynamename up
up aalittle,
little,because
because people
peoplewas going on.
what you
you looklooklikelikeand
andyouyouhavehavetotocome
comeout
outeveryeverynowandeasily forget what
now andthen andthen
and makemake public
public appearances.
appearances.This
Thishashashelped
helpedto
tokeepkeepmeme abreast
abreastofofwhat is happening
happening all
whatalloverover thetheworld."
world.”
firstmet
metJimmy
Jimmylatein ’54,'54,whenwhenhehewas
wastouring
touringEurope
Europewith
withSarah
Sarah
I firstlate in
Vaughan.
said he’d
he'd been
been lucky
luckywiththe singers
singers he’d
he'd accompanied.
accompanied.
Vaughan. I said
with theagreed he couldn’t
couldn't complain.
Jimmy agreed
complain."Both“Boththese
thesesingers
singerswere
wereasasgoodgood asascould have
have had.
had. IIcouldn’t
couldn't have asked
asked for more
more inin thethe way
wayof
oftechnique
technique
I could
and style.
matter of
personal choice,andstyle. In the matterof personal
choice,I'll
I’ll still
still taketake these
thesetwo
twooverover anyanyothers. By
the time
Three. Someothers.
By thetimeyou
youaddaddBillie
Billie Holiday,
Holiday, you
you have
have thetheBig
Big Three.
SomeMELODY
MAKER

good singers
singers have come up since,
since, but
but nonenone ofofthe
the samesame stature.”
stature."were ononpersonal
personal choice, I asked
asked what
what Jimmy’s
Jimmy's tastes
tastes were
While we were
were inmusic
he said.
said. “I’ll"I'll have
have totogeneralise,
generalise, andand doin blocks.
blocks.
music today.
today. "Well,"“Well,” hedo it inRight! Duke
Duke Ellington,
Ellington, andand thethe whole
whole Ellington
Ellingtonfamilyfamilyinin fact.
fact. That's
That’sstandard,
that era. Then mystandard,and
andso
soare
areHawkins,
Hawkins, Carter
Carterand
andthethegreats
greatsofof thatfavourites.
favourite pianist
pianistisis HankJone
Hank Jones.
"After that,
that, John Gillespie, of course,
course, andand Bird. I heard
heard them
them on“Afteron 52nd
52nd
Streetbefore they
theybbecame
e came popular
popular andin love
lovewith
withthem
them then,then, andand
Street before
and fell insome
the ideas rubbed
rubbed off,course. Dizzy
DizzygoesDukesome of theoff, of course.
goes onon andandon,
on, like
like Duke
Ellington.
Ellington.He'll
He’llalways
alwaysbe
bethere.
there.So
Sotheytheyarearethethebigbigguns.
guns.JJJJ Johnson
Johnsonisis aa
big gun,gun, too.
"Now, onon thethe horizon,
horizon, I like Kenny
Kenny Barron,
Barron, with
with Dizzy, andand Herbie
Herbie“Now,
Hancock
beautiful andand so is Phineas
Phineas
Hancock andandCedarCedarWalton.
Walton. Hank,
Hank,I've
I’ve said, is beautiful
Newborn.
knowPhineas
Phineas played
playedsax
saxandandtrumpet
trumpet and several
Newborn. Did you know
moreheard himwith Basie's
band, youinfirstfirstwithwithmore horns?
horns?I heard
himsitsit inin withBasie’s band,
you know, sit inthesection, then
then thethe trumpets.
trumpets. What
the sax section,
WhatII think
thinkabout
aboutjazz,
jazz, though,though,is
isthat
history overlap really, one
one stylestylebeing
beingakin
akin totoanotheranother andandthat thethelineslines of history
thethings constantly
constantly reappearing
the older things
reappearingininnew
newforms.
forms.Like
Like thethe stride
stridepianoday. Youknow thethe old ragtime
ragtimepianothat's
that’sactuallyactuallycoming
comingback
backtotoday.
You know
pianistand I areare pretty
pretty close friends.
friends.
pianistandandcomposercomposerEubie
EubieBlake?
Blake?Well,
Well, he and
Now this
this guy talks
talks about
about musiciansand hehe likesmusicianswho
whowerewereactive
activeinin1885,
1885, andPhineasPhineasNewborn
Newborntoo.
too.There's
There’sa alegend."
legend.”Max
Maxfones
Jones- MELODY
MAKERJUNE
111E10—MELODY MAKER
10 —THAD
HADCOME.
COME.Despite
Despitethe
thedoctor’s
doctor'sreassurances,reassurances, despite
despite thetheTwishfuland Billy’s
Billy'sinnumerable
innumerable
wishful thinking
thinkingofof Duke Ellington andfriends, we all knew
knew it.
it. Probably
Probably Billy
Billyhimself
himselfknew
knewit.
it.Death
Deathcame
came
friends,
to
Strayhorn atat4.30
hospital,
to Strayhorn
4.30ininthe
themorning
morningon
onMay
May31,
31,in
inaaNew
NewYork
York hospital,
after
valiant battle
after a valiant
battleagainst
againstcancer.
cancer."What“Whatcan
canI Isay?"say?”said
said thethe voice ofa drained,drained, weary
uke Ellington
Ellington over thethe telephone
telephone from"What
wearyD
Duke
from Reno.
Reno. “Whatcancan anyone
anyonesay
sayor
ordo?
do? Strays
Straysisis at
at peace
peacenow."
now.”
contribution tosmiling little
man we
The contribution
toAmerican
Americanmusic
musicofof thethe witty, smilinglittle mancalledmeasured. In
not want
want itcalled Swee'Pea
Swee’Pea can
can never
never bebe measured.
Infact,fact, hehe diddid not
measured.
characteristic of
measured.ItIt waswas characteristicof himhim that
thatthroughthroughhis
his28
28 years
years with the
Ellingtonband he never cared
cared two
two cents
centsabout
about thetheapportionment
apportionment of
Ellington band
credit.
wrote this
this tune
credit. Who
Who wrotetuneoror arranged
arrangedthat
thatchart?
chart?Duke
DukeororStrays
Straysoror
both? The answer
answerwas
an insouciant
insouciant evasion. History
Historywill
was always anwill neverknow exactly
exactlywhat
the measure
measure ofbeyond thethe generally
generally
what was
was theof his gifts beyond
accepted
Strayhorn, individuallyacceptedfact
factthat
thatDuke
DukeEllington
Ellingtonand
andBilly
Billy Strayhorn,
individuallyor
orcollectively,
collectively, have
have brought
broughtmore
moremusic
musicofofgenius
geniusto
tothe
thejazz
jazzofofthe
thelastlast3030
years than
than any
artists.
any otherother artist
artistoror teamteam of artists.
There were many
many ironies
career. One isis heheneverneverwanted
wanted to bebe
Thereironiesto
to Billy's
Billy’s career.
an
ataaPittsburgh
Pittsburgh
an arranger.
arranger.When
Whenhehewentwenttotosee
seeDuke,Duke,latelate inin 1938 attheatre,writer.
theatre,hehethought
thoughtof
ofhimself
himselfas
asaa lyric writer.
he played
played totoillustrate
illustrate his
his talents
talents
One song he
was"Lush Life",
workofofincredible
incredible melodic,
melodic,
was “LushLife”, aawork
harmonic
harmonicqualities,
qualities,aasong
song with
with lyrical
lyricalsophistication
Coward manner,manner,sophisticationin
inthe
the Noel Coward
writtenman whosmother's
writtenby
by a black man
whosee mother’s
grandmother's
grandmother’s grandmothergrandmotherhad
had been
been General
RobertLee's cook
cook inin thethe Civil War
Warperiod;
period;Robert E Lee’s
whose father’s
father's grandparents
grandparents also
also had beenslaves;slaves; andandwhowhohimself,
himself,fromfromthetheageageofof14
14
until
22,financed
financed his
his own
owneducation
education
until hehe was 22,
byworking-jerk andand odd-job
odd -jobboy
boyin
by workingas
asaa soda
soda-jerk
ina Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh drug
drug store.
store.
A secondsecond irony
ironywasthewasthatthat"Lush“LushLife"
Life” was the
one great Strayhorn
Strayhorn tune
tune Ellington neverrecorded.
Billyhad
hadstudiedstudied harmony
harmony at school,
school,piano
piano privately.
privately.On
Ongraduating
graduating
Billy
from
played Grieg's
AMinorConcertowith
with thethe school
schoolfrom highhigh school
school hehe played
Grieg’s A
Minor Concerto
orchestra.
began tointrigue him,through theorchestra.Then
Thenjazz
jazz began
to intrigue
him, chiefly
chiefly throughthework
work ofsuch
youngsters as
such local youngsters
as Erroll Garner.
Three months
months after
Three
afterthethefirst
firstmeeting
meetingwith
withDuke,
Duke,Billywent
Billy wentto
toNew
New
York,
inFebruary
February of 1939.
1939.Anotherhis songs,
songs, "Something
York, inAnother of his“SomethingTo
ToLiveLive For",For”,
impressed
the bandband and
and
impressedthe
the maestro,
maestro,who
who himself
himself arranged
arrangeditit for therecorded
Billywasdrawn swiftly into
into thethe band’s
band's musicalmusical and social
recordedit. Billywas drawn
orbit; he andand Mercer Ellington
Ellington were soon
soon fast
fast friends.
friends.
Then Duke
Duke andand othersThenotherssuggested
suggestedBilly
Billytry
try hishis handhandatatmaking
makingaasmall
small-band
combo
bandarrangement
arrangementfor
foraaJohnny
JohnnyHodges
Hodgesdate.
date.After
After a series of combo
sessions,
sessions, upon
uponDuke's
Duke’sreturn
returnfrom
fromEurope
Europeaacouple
coupleofof months
monthslater,
later,hehegraduatedband.
graduatedto
towritingwritingfor the full band.

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cool”

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THE
Ellington's Orchestra
Orchestra and EllaHE OLD FIRM, Duke Ellington’s
Hammersmith
Fitzgerald, were cooking
cooking nicely
nicely at London's
London’s Hammersmith
Odeon last
The bandband solo
solo spots
spots were
were all
all worthwhile
worthwhile
Odeon
last Sunday. The
first half, with Harry
beautifully onin the first
Harry Carney
Carney slurping
slurping away beautifully"Chromatic Love
“ChromaticLove Affair".
Affair”. It's
It’s still
still fascinatingfascinating totolistenlisten totothethenonnonstop note
note andand watchwatch him
him breathingbreathingat
atthe
thesamesame time.
time.Gonsalves
Gonsalves
wriggled his way
way throughthrough “Beirut”"Beirut" withwriggled
with suitable facial contortions
worthy ofcontrast toand shoulder movements worthyof Mr
MrClay.
Clay. What
What aa contrast
to thethebeautifully rounded-shapes he pours out.
beautifullyroundedsoundsound-shapes
Cat Anderson
Anderson wasrock -likeon
on“Salome”,"Salome",withwithhigh
highnotes
notes fighting
fighting toCat
was rock-liketoget away
awayfrom
fromhim.
him.And
Cootie Williams
Williams growled
growled andandgrinned
grinnedgroovily
groovilyget
And Cootie
through "Thethrough“The Shepherd".
Shepherd”.
bandhadhadoneoneofofits
itstighter
tighternights,
nights,with
Ellington masterly
The bandwith Ellington
masterly at the
piano.And
Jimmy Hamilton
Hamilton reeled
reeled off
off
piano.
AndHodges,
Hodges, Lawrence
Lawrence Brown
Brown and Jimmy
their licks
their
licks hot
hot andand cool.
cool.
about toto forge
forge outElla, about
out with
withherherownowntrio
trioononaa series of dates,
decided tothe second half. She laughed,laughed, larked
larked about
about
decidedtohavehavea ball in thelike aadream
dreamdespite
despiteaaroughroughedge
edgetotoher
hervoice.
voice.Amongand sang likeAmong herherefforts werebest efforts
were"Don't“Don’tBe
BeThatThatWay","Let'sWay”, “Let’sDo
DoIt",
It”,"Sunny“SunnySide
Side OfOf
Street", "TheLove" and “Mack"Mack The
Knife".
The Street”,“TheManMan II Love”
The Knife”.
Woodyard played
above average
average in Ella’s
Ella's trio
trio and her
Sam Woodyard
played way
way above
duet withdrum sounds
marvellous. Pianist
Pianistnonsense duetwith him
him onon drumsounds was marvellous.
Jimmy Jones
the supreme
Jimmy
Jonesisis thesupremeaccompanist.
accompanist.InInall,
all,asasyou
youmaymay have
have
quite a night!
night! Jack
Jack Hutton
Huttonguessed, quite

learned thethe deep
Ellington's magic
magic with
with voicings,
Somehow he learned
deep secretsecretof Ellington’sdeveloped others
and foundfound with
with Duke
Duke a musicalmusical andanddeveloped
othersofof his own, andpersonal affinity.
he waswas inin hishis first
first golden
golden days,
days, with
with “Take"Take TheThe
personalaffinity.By
By 1941 he
A Train”,
Train",thetheRavel-inspired
Ravel -inspired“Chelsea"ChelseaBridge”
Bridge"andandcountlesscountless others.
others.
mid -1940she
hecollaborated
collaborated with
with Duke
Duke onon thethe band’s
band's longer
From the mid-1940s
longerconcert works,
SweetThunderThunder andandADrumconcertworks,TheThe Perfume
Perfume Suite, Such Sweet
A DrumIsIs
AWoman.
A Woman.
Afewfewyears
yearsagoagohe
hemademadeaararerareseries
seriesofofpersonal
personalappearances,appearances,touring
touringfeatured pianist
pianist with the band;
band; now andand thenthen hehe committedcommitted toEurope as featured
records his
glittering, adroit
hesupervised
supervised therecords
his airy, glittering,adroit piano
pianostyle.
style. In
In 1963 he"Second Ellington
Chicago.
“SecondEllingtonband"
band”that
thatplayed
playedDuke's
Duke’srevue
revueMy
MyPeople
People inin Chicago.
worked casually,casually, forforpleasurepleasure andand never
never with
with materialmaterial profit in mind.
mind.
He worked
His idea of living
livingwas
wasbeing
beingaroundaround goodfriends,
concert or inin someone’s
someone'sfriends, at
at a bar or aa concert
house
record player
surrounded byhouse besidebeside aa record
player or surroundedbyaapile of good
good books.
books. He
Hewas
wasan
anintellectual
intellectualwithout
hedonist without
without snobbery,snobbery, aa hedonist
withoutselfselfindulgence,
without enemies.
enemies.
indulgence, a friend without
the summer
summer of 1965,
1965,aapersistentpersistent
Then, in thesore throat
throat sent
DrArthursent him
him toto Dr
ArthurLogan,
Logan,
Duke'sperennial friend andand doctor
doctor throughthrough
Duke’s perennial
thethen until
the decades.
decades. From
From thenuntilthetheendend it wasa fight against
against time.
time.
was wellwellenoughenough for aawhileto
He waswhile toto go toEurope,was reunited
reunited with his
Europe, where he wasold friend,
friend, pianist
pianist Aaron
Paris,
AaronBridgers,
Bridgers, inin Paris,a couple of months
months ago, thoughthough down
downtoto75
75
pounds-and -a -half stone),stone), he
he waswas ableable
pounds(five(five-and-a-halfgoto
toPalmPalmSprings,
Springs,California,
California,totospendspendaawhilewith Lena
Lena Horne
Home atat
to gowhile with
the Hayton
Hayton home.
home.
the
25years
yearsLena
LenaandandBilly
Billyhadbeencloser
closerthan
thanmost
most brothersbrothers andandFor 25had beenmutual admirers
the best
sisters, mutual
admirerswho
whoshared
sharedaalove
loveforfor thebest things
thingsinin life.
BillyStrayhorn
Strayhorn is gone,
gone, but
but “Day"D ayDream”
Dream"andand“Passion"Passion Flower”
Flower" and
and
Billy
"Johnny Come Lately”
Lately" andand “Raincheck”"Raincheck" andand a hundred
hundred others“Johnny
otherslive
live onon asmonuments tomonuments
to thethe most
most underrated
underratedgenius
geniusininthethehistory
historyofjazz.
of jazz.
him all
all thethe credit
credit thatthat wasdue him,him, but
giant inDuke gave him
was duebut Duke
Duke waswas a giant
wasinevitable
inevitable obscured.
obscured. The public
public hardly
hardly knew
knew
whose shadow Strays washim: he scarcely ever won
won any
anypolls.
polls.He
Heleaves
leavesmourningmourningfriends
friends andandhim:
admirers all
the world, men
men andand women
women who
during his
admirers
all overover thewho during
his travels
travels withwithband were beguiled
beguiled by his
hiswit,wit,amazed
amazedby
byhis
talent,andandconstantly
constantly
the bandhis talent,stimulated bystimulated
byhis
his company.
company.LeonardFeather
Leonard Feather •“We"We like tohave ourdreams.
dreams. We
like climbing
mountains"
mountains”

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1967

1967“Very likely showmanshipkept The Who in business”:
Pete Townshend andbandmates in London, 1967

24 | HISTORY OF ROCK 1967

THE WHOTHE WHO“We
to be"We had
had tomore pleasanttoto people”
people"CHRIS WALTER/PHOTOFEATURES.COM

A
fractionally lessargumentative WHO meets
A fractionallyless argumentative
meets thethe presspress
atfelt onat thethe start
startofof1967.
1967. Their
Their influence
influence isis being
being felt
on thethelikes ofof The
TheMove,Move,andandaaTV
TVseries
seriesisisplanned.
planned.It’s
It'sleftleft to
to
likes
Pete
and explain
Pete Townshend
Townshendto
towagewagewarwaron
on“the"thedrips”
drips" andexplaintheband's new
new single,
single,“Pictures"Pictures Of
Lily". Futureplans?
the band’s
Of Lily”.
Future plans?
"I'm working
opera," hesays...
“I’m
workingon
on anan opera,”
he says…

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be anything
anything like it. We’re
We'recompletely
completelydifferent
differentpersonalities.
personalities. We'll
will beWe’llprobably end
five-minute spot
probablyend upup inin a five-minutespotafter
afterthetheEpilogue
Epilogueon
onBBC2,
BBC2,
AFTER
TWICEFAILINGFAILINGtototurn
turnupupfor
forappointments,
appointments,
co-starring withand Noddy."
co-starringwith011ie
Ollie Beak
Beak andNoddy.”FTER TWICE
Moon eventually
eventually arrives
arrives for ourour third
third
As The
TheWhoWhowerewereoneoneofofthe
thefirst
firstgroups
groupstotosmash
smashuptheirguitars
guitars andandup theirKeith Moon
arranged meetinghim
equipment on
about The
who havehave
equipment
onstage,stage,howhowdiddidKeith
Keith feel about
The Move, whoarrangedmeetingananhourhourlate.
late.II was waiting for him
withthe group’sgroup's panicking
panickingapparently taken-up bitapparently
takenthethesmashingsmashing-up
bit aa stage
with thepublicist Nancy
further? "They're
don't
further?
“They’renot
notbadbadas
asaa group.
group. I don’t
publicist
Nancy Lewis
Lewis in a
March2,1967,MarqueeMarch2, 1967, Marqueesmall coffee bar
bar not
not far frommuch about
about them
them except thatthat thethereally know muchsmallClub,London:filming
Club, London: filming
Piccadilly. He apologised,apologised, ordered
ordered coffees andandbass
playermoves
like
Entwistle.
bass
playermoves
John
Entwistle.
forfor Germany'sBeatClub
Germany’s Beat Club"I know
know aafar
farbetterbetter act,
act, though.
though. Two motor
motor
settledalongsideJimi“I
settleddown
downatatour
ourtable.
table."I“I didn't
didn’trealise
realiseitit wasalongside Jimi Hendrix
so late,”late," hehe said,
said, “and"and the traffic
traffic onheremechanic friends
mechanic
friendsof
ofRoger Daltrey calledon thethe way here
was dreadful.
dreadful. II bet
we've got
gotaaparking
parking ticket
ticketGeorge The
and Jaimo
GeorgeThe Weld andJaimo TheThe Rub.
Rub. George
Georgebet you we’ve
about welding
welding cars,
cars, doors,
doors, people,
people,by thethe timetime weback."
goesaboutg
we getget back.”
AlthoughEntwistle
anything heanything
he cancan layhis
lay his hands
handson,on, andand JaimoaAlthoughneither
neitherKeith
Keith nor
nor John
John Entwistle
drive,
they have just taken
taken possession
possession of
their act they’re
they're goingthenpolishesthem
themup!
up! In theirtthen polishes
drive, they
put cars
cars andand effigies
Hitler together
together again.”
again."a new
new Bentley.
Bentley.They
Theyhavetheir own
own chauffeur,chauffeur,toeffigies of Hitlert puthave theira young
young man
man called
who looks a cross
cross
things up
up instead
instead ofofsmashingsmashing
Building thingscalledWiggy,
Wiggy, who
betweenthingsup –maybethat's
that’swhat
whatThe
TheWho aretthings up-maybe
betweenJohn
JohnLennon
LennonandandMaoMaoTse-tung.
Tse-tung."We“We
going to do inin future,
future, too.
got thethe Bentley atataareduced
reduced price,”
price,"explained
explained
going
too.
g
Keith. “You"Yousee,see,John
Johnandand IIhave
havebeen
beenrecording
recording
can't help wondering
wondering justare
I can’t
just what
whatThe
The WhoWho area groupgroup called
called The
The Brood
Broodandandtheirtheirmanager
manager
about. Their concert
concert at
London's Savilleallat London’sa about.
Theatre on
Sundaywas
runs
salesroom."
Theatreon Sunday
wasaa mixed-up
mixed-upragbag
ragbagofTruns aa car salesroom.”
and Keith are toying with
with thethe idea
new groupgroup compositions,compositions,
their
hit songs, newttheir hit
John andidea offorming
production company.
and winking
flashing
lights andwinking toy robots
fflashing lights
forming a production
company."We've“We’ve been
wandering aroundwanderingaroundthe
thestage.
stage.Oh,
Oh,ititwas
was allthinking
Moonwhistle
thinkingabout
aboutcallingcallingitit Moonwhistle
Productions.
moment we'redeciding
pleasant andenough-–perhaps
pleasant
and inoffensive enoughperhapstoo
too
Productions.But
But at the moment
we’re deciding
whichcompanywill
record.
inoffensive-andinoffensive– andthethesoundsoundwaswasgood,
good, but
but allwhich company
willissue
issueThe
The Brood's
Brood’s record.
their former
excitement seemed
theirformer excitement
seemedto
to havehave
It maymay come
come out
out onon Reaction
Reaction or possibly
possiblyits
itssubsidiary,
disappeared. Admittedly,
bombs and
and
disappeared.
Admittedly, smoke
smoke bombs
subsidiary,Repulsion,"Repulsion,” hehe gagged.
mentioned tothat in thethe past
past few
could not be used
used because
because of thefire crackers could
I mentioned
to Keith thatand thethe law regarding
regarding thestage
fire risks, andtheuseuseofof stagemonthshad noticed
noticed a distinct
distinct changemonthsII hadchangeinin thethepersonalities
tensions andandprops on Sundays must
must be taken
taken into
props
personalitiesofof thethe group.
group. The tensions
frayed tempers
tempers had
had disappeared,
disappeared, John
consideration, but
and their
theirconsideration,
butTheThe Who andJohn was now
managers havebeen able to think
think ofmanagers
have always
always beentalking,
had mellowed.
mellowed. I asked
asked
talking, Pete
Pete andand Roger had
what had brought
brought about
about the sudden
sudden change.
change.
something in
numbers theysomethingin thethe past.
past. The numbers
they"The group
group works more
more as a unit
unit now than
than weplayed-including"Barbara
played– including"HappyJack",“Happy Jack”, “Barbara“Thedidmonths ago.
progress we
had toAnn", “Boris"Boris The
The Spider”
Spider" andand half
half a dozen
dozen more
more
Ann”,
did six months
ago.ToTo progress
wefeltfelt we had
tochangehad toto bebelesslessoutspoken
outspoken
what one might call–-wereweregood,
good, but
but not
not whatchangeour
our outlook.
outlook.We had
andpleasant topeople.
overwhelming.
overwhelming.
and bebe more pleasantto people.
"For thethe first
first year
year we said
said a lot ofofthings
things wesmashed drumkits,
drumkits, notNo smashed
not one broken“Fordidn'tand arguments
arguments
guitar, merely
feeble thrustthrust at one ofofPetePeteTownshend’s
Townshend's amplifiers.
amplifiers.
didn’tmean
meanmerely
merelyto
to createcreate impact.
impact.Mind
Mind you, the fights andguitar,merely a feeble
we hadhad were
were allallgenuine
genuine enough,enough, but some of thethe statements
statements we mademade in
was some
somegood
goodandandoriginal
originallighting
lightingusing
usingsquaresquareandandrectangular
rectangular
There wasinterviews
course, I think
think we’ve
we've
spots. But what
what waswasthethepurpose
purpose of
ofintentionallyintentionally bringing
bringing down theinterviewswere
were deliberately
deliberatelycontroversial.
controversial.Now,
Now,of course,
spots.
developed
individual personalities.
don't needas outrageous
outrageouscurtains half-way throughcould see, thethe only thing
thing itdeveloped as individual
personalities.We
We don’t
need to be as
curtains
half-way
throughthe
theact?As
act? Asfarfaras
asI could
as we were
were before,
before, andand IIthink
think thatthat now we areare farfarmoremore natural.
natural. We now
now
succeeded inabout 50 people
people fromfrom thethe theatre.
theatre.
succeededindoing
doingwas
was to drive about
speak
minds without
then perhaps
perhaps theact was aa “happening”"happening" -a-out". It
It
speak our
our minds
withoutworrying
worryingso
so muchmuch about
aboutimage."
image.”
But then
the whole
whole act–a"freak“freak-out”.
asked Keith
Keithabout
about thethe group’sgroup's proposed
proposed TV
and whether
could easily
easilyhave
dis appointed with
I askedTV series andwhetheritit would
would
could
havebeen
beenthat
thatIIwas
was simply
simply disappointed
with The
The Who afterbesimilar totheir TV series
series myself,”myself,"seeing The Jimi Hendrix
Hendrix Experience,
Experience, whichthebe similar
to TheThe Monkees'
Monkees’show
showorornot.
not."I“I likelike theirseeingwhichclosed
closedthe
thefirst
firsthalf
halfofof theadmitted
don't reallythink our
Despite thethe fact thatthat only
admittedKeith,
Keith,"but“butII don’t
really thinkourseries
seriesshow. Despite
only one
one mic
mic wasworking andand a meeting
meeting of thethe Electrical Tradesworking
Union seemedtaking place
Union
seemedto
to be
be takingplace onon stagestage at theJanuary29,1967,Saville
January
29, 1967, Saville
Theatre,London:a"mixedTheatre,
London: a “mixedsame time,same
time,they
theybrought
broughtthethefirst
firstspark
sparkofoflifelife
upragbag"ofhits,newup
ragbag” of hits, newahitherto
unresponsive
fromahitherto
unresponsive
audience.
compositions, flashing
flashing
compositions,lightsandtoyrobots
lightsand toy robots
doesn't only
onlyplay
Hendrix doesn’t
play his guitar; hecaresses it,
abuses it,
mothers itit andand talkscaressesit, abuses
it, mothers
talks toto it.
has a love-hatelove -haterelationshiprelationship withHe haswithit.
it.He
He isoften happy
happywithoften
withit,it, occasionallyoccasionally annoyed
annoyedbyit,
by it,
but always
but
always thethemastermasterofofit.
it. HeHe played
played "Wild“Wild
Thing" thecould and
andThing”
the wayThe
way TheTroggs
Troggs never could"Like A
ARolling
RollingStone”
Stone"thethewaywayDylan
never
“Like
Dylan neverwould. He plays
playshishisguitar
guitarwith
teeth, hiswould.
with his teeth,
amplifier, his elbow,
elbow, occasionallyoccasionally his
feet, his amplifier,hands, andhands,
andsometimes
sometimesititplays
playsononits
its own.
own. Jimi
Jimi
Hendrix also
Hendrix
alsosings
sings-verywell!
– very well!NorrieDrummond
Norrie Drummond

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Townshendbackstage
Townshendbackstage
inearlyApril'67asTheinearly April ’67 as The
Who'syear-long
tour
Who’s
year-long tour
movesontoGermany
moves
on to Germany"We were
were totohavehavedonedone anan Ed
EdSullivan
Sullivan TV
TVshow,show,butbutthethenewsreaders
newsreaders“We
were out on
on strikestrike andand asasartists
artists wewewerewereexpected
expectedto
tosupport
supporttheir
theiraction
action-– so no show. Once
Once in thethe theatre
theatre forfor thetheMurray
MurrayThe
TheK
K show you arevirtually
and thethe show goes
goe sononcontinuously
continuouslywith
virtually trapped
trappedfor
for thethe day
day andwithartists
system.
artistsappearing
appearingone
oneafterafterthetheotherotherononaaconveyor
conveyor belt
belt system.
"Originallywe
supposed tonumbers, but
but we complainedcomplained“Originally
we were supposed
to do four numbers,
and
impossible towith only
numbers, so
and said
said it was impossible
to putput thethe act
act overover with
only four numbers,sothey
cut it to
to two!
two!Someone
Someonehad
hadto
tocut
cuttheirtheiract
actbecause
because thethe show
showwasthey cut
wasrunningvolunteered.
runningover,
over, so we volunteered.
"Murray The K’s
K'swifewifewaswason
onthe
theprogramme.
programme. She appeared
appeared about“Murray
about1010times
fashion spot
spot with
with teenybopper
teenybopper girlKand
andtimes inin a fashion
girlmodels
models-–'Jackie‘Jackie The
The K
her fabulous
fabulous fashion
fashion show'.
show’.
"The most presentable
presentable ofthe models
models was
girlcalled
called ‘Joy
loyBang',“Theof thewas a girlBang’, whowhotook a liking
liking to
to Keith
Keithwhich
whichIIthink
thinkwaswasmutual
mutual until
until sheshe said,said, ‘You
'Youmust
must
meet
myhusband
reallyworked
the destruction
destruction bit totomeet myhusbandPaul
PaulBang!'
Bang!’ We really
worked thea fine art
art in ourour spot.
spot. I developed
developed aa great
great thing
thingwhere
whereIIhit
hitmyself
myselfonon thethehead
myguitar,head with
with myguitar,which
whichhadhadabsolutely
absolutelyno
no visualvisual impact
impact but
but mademade memesee stars
stars andand I thought,
thought, 'That's
one timetime IInoticed
noticed Keith
Keiththrowing
throwing‘That’snice.'
nice.’At
At onehis
bass drum
drum at me with
with thethe spike protruding
protruding andhis big bass
andRoger
Roger hurling
hurlingthe
thestand-mic
another direction.
direction.
stand-micat
at me from another"I mademade myself
myselfvery
thin and“Ivery thinand thethemicmic shatteredshatteredto
topiecespiecesin
infront
frontofofme while thethe spike
spike fromfromthethedrum
drum rippedripped my shirt
shirt down
down thethe back.
back.
The stagehand
stagehand got
tired of sweeping
sweeping up
up thethe equipment
equipment andand went
got tiredwent onstrike.
the things
things we
webrokebrokehad
hadto
tobe
berepaired
repaired bybyus
usafterwards
afterwards
strike. Most of thethe next
nexthousehouse-I
guitars arestrong andandfor the– I discovered
discovered Fender
Fender guitars
are very strong
cheap out
cheap
outin
inthe
theUS!
US!
"Weshared
shared aadressing
dressing room
room with
with aagroup
group called
called thethe ‘Hardly'Hardly Moving
Moving“We
Players', who
who did
did satiricalsatirical sketchessketches andPlayers’,
andwerewerenice
nicepeople.
people.Below
Below usus TheCream andand the
Magoosplayed
playedwhining
whiningguitars
guitars all
allafternoon
afternoon until
until
Cream
the Blues Magoos
retaliated for about
about three
three hours
hours by going
goingthroughthrough the entire
entire Shadows
we retaliatedrepertoire. 0Occasionally
ccasionallywe
outside to be
be torn
torn apartapart andand sign
signrepertoire.
we went
went outside
autographs, which
autographs,
whichwasn't
wasn’tso
sobadbadbecause
becausethe
thekids
kidsgive
giveititback
backto
toyou
youby
by
storming thestorming
thestagestageduring
duringthe
theact.
act.TheTheonly
onlyclubclubIIliked
likedwaswas oneone called
calledThe
The
where a man
man called
called Tiny Tim plays
plays ukulele
ukulele andand sings
sings ‘He’s'He's Got The
The
Scene, where
WorldIn
InHis
HisHands’
Hands'andandwhenwhenanyone
anyone applauds
applauds he whoops
whoops like aa
Whole World
Indian. I’m
I'm trying
trying to get
get himhim signed
signed up
up withwith our
our recording
recording company!”
company!"
Red Indian.
A few
fewwords
wordsononthe
the new
new single.
single.
"Isubmitted
submitted threeobvious hit.
“I
threesongs
songsandand'Pictures‘PicturesOf
OfLily'Lily’ was the most obvious
It's all
all about
about aaboy
boywhocan't sleep at night,night, soso hishisdaddadgives
giveshim
himsomesomedirty
dirty
It’s
who can’t
pictures toThen he falls inin love
lovewith
withthethegirl
girlininthe
thepictures,
pictures, which
which
picturestolooklook at. Then
too badbad because
is toobecauseshesheisisdead."dead.”Follow
Followthat!
that!KeithAltham
Keith Altham

MELODYMAKER
MAKERAPRIL
APRIL
29— MELODY
29—
THERE
SEEMSTOTObebethreethreedistinct
distinct phases
phases in
pop
HERE SEEMS
inthe
thelifelifeofof a pop
isimportant,important, andand mainly they areare controlledcontrolled bygroup. Each isT

you-theyou– thepublic,
public,thetheconsumer,
consumer,thetheaudience,
audience,thethefan.
fan.StageStage
the initial
initial impact
impact of the new group. For big
bigimpact
impact you
youneedneed
one is theoriginality andand thepowerthatthat attracts
attracts people’s
people's attention,
attention,
originality
the kindkind of powerputs you head
head andand shoulders
shoulders above thethe otherother groups.
groups.
puts
two isissuccess.
success. AAgroup’sgroup'sfirst
firstevereverhithitrecord.
record. The
The strainstrain ofStage twostardom, hard
travelling, touring,
touring, television,stardom,hardwork,
work, travelling,
television, recording.
recording. They
They
need proper
proper management;needmanagement;suddenly
suddenlythe
thegroupgroupisisfloating
floatingin
inaa cloud
cloud
idolisation, highhigh finance,
finance, andand complete
complete involvement
involvement in the group.
of idolisation,
takes a lot ofofgutsguts toto stay
stay at
at thethe top.
It takes
three must
must bebe acceptance.
acceptance. If thethe groupgroup hasn’t
hasn't withered
withered away on
onStage three
the hard,
hard, dry
dry trail, if their
their progression
progression has
has been
been complete
complete andand pure,pure, thenthen
theacceptance isison
They arearegiven
givenfreedom,
freedom,individuality,
individuality, andand asacceptanceon thethe way. They
pop groupgroup they
they attainattain one ofofthe
thehighest
highest honours
honours –-they
a poptheymove
move into
into aclass of their
their own.
own.
class
Melodramatic? Yes,
but it’s
it's thethe truth.
truth. Look
Melodramatic?
Yes, but
Lookatat TheThe Beatles,
Beatles, The
The Rolling
their original
original impact
ally big hit
hit record,
record,Stones. After theirimpactcame
camethethefirst
firstrereally"Please Please Me”
Me" andand “Not"Not Fade
Fade Away”
Away"respectively.
respectively.And
atthisthispoint
point“PleaseAnd atgrind totothe
theveryverytoptopbegins.
begins.
the hard grind
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included
and The Cream)
Cream) where they
includedWilson
Wilson Pickett,
Pickett, Mitch
Mitch Ryder andcontrived
contrivedto
to destroy
destroyeverything
everythingon
onstagestagetotothe
thetunestunesofof"My“My
Generation"that some of thethe dust
dust and
and
Generation”and
and"I“I Can't
Can’t Explain".
Explain”. Now thatdebrissettled, I talked
talked to bombardier
bombardier Petedebris have settled,
Pete Townshend
Townshend last
last
Thursday,full reportreport on
on thethe damage
damage and exclusively
exclusively
Thursday, who issued a fullrevealedrevealedto
to thetheNMEnews
NME newsofof theirtheirnext
nextmissile,
missile,"Pictures“PicturesOf
OfLily",Lily”, tobe launchedlaunched next
nextFriday
Friday(21st).
(21st).
"Weworked
workedhard
hard onon‘propaganda’'propaganda' forthe first
three days“We
for thefirst threedays and
andI hadtwoquotes which
which everyone
everyone wrote
said Pete. “They"Theywere
two stock quotes
wrote down,"
down,” saidwere
`wewant toto leaveleaveaawound’
wound' andand ‘we'we won’t
won't let
let our
our music
music stand
stand in thethe way‘we wantof ourour visualvisual act’.
act'.At
the press
press reception,
reception, I walked
walked aroundaround inan electric
electric
At thein anjacket with
with flashing
flashing lightbulbs,
lightbulbs, which proved to be
be something
something of anananticlimaxbecause
anticlimax becauseaagirl
girlappeared
appearedon
onTVrecentlywith
TV recently withaadress
dresson
onthe
the
same
same principle.
principle.Reporters
Reporterskept
keptasking
askingme
mewherewhereI Ihad
hadgotgotmy
mycopycopy
fromand I said,
said, ‘It’s'It's psychedelic
psychedelic andand it cost
cost £200£200andandit’s
it'ssupposed
supposedfrom andto blow
blowyermind!'
yer mind!’

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– M A R CH
JJANUARYA N U A R Y -MARCH;11

Who'sfirst
The Who’s
firstUSUS shows,
twoor
orthreebriefplaying two
three brief
setsaa day
dayat
NYC's RKO
sets
at NYC’s
RadioTheatre
between
Radio
Theatre between
March 25 andand April
A ril 2,
2,1967
March
1967`NowPete,
Pete,thisthisoneoneisisvery
veryimportant’,important', soso thatthat‘Nowinterview was
wasevenevenmoremoreimportant
important thanthaneach interview
thefrom thatthat there
there were about
about three
three
the last.
last. Apart fromguys
our rooms
rooms all day,day, listening
listeningguys who just sat in ourto everyeverywordsaid-–so
had to keep all ourourword we
we saidsowe
we hadinterview
didn't think
think
interview materialmaterial variedvaried so they didn’t
we werewere morons
morons ororsomething.
something.
"The soundsound wasn’t
wasn't thatthat good ininAmerica“The
Americaand we had
had to lean
lean heavily
heavily onon thethe visualvisualandimpactimpactofof ourouract.
act.But
But thenthenasasyou
you know,
know, wenever
our soundvisualnever let
let oursoundget
getin
inthe
thewayway of our visual
Ofcourse
course you
you have
have toto be
be very
verycareful
careful inin thetheact. Ofbecause they
theypickon thethe smallest
smallest
States, because
pick you up on
things.
the John Lennon-Christian
Lennon -Christian faiththings.Like
Like thefaithbit.
bit.
I mean,mean, If
Ifyou'dsplashed those
those quotes
you’d splashedquotes all
all overthefront page you’d
you'd get letters,letters, sure,sure, butthe MM's
MM’s front
theEnglish community
communitywouldn't
the whole English
wouldn’tgo
go up
up
in armsarms-but– butininAmerica...!
America…!ButAmerica
But America isimportanthandled itit
importantand
andII think
thinkwe
we handled
professionally
professionally andand convincingly.
convincingly.
"I mean,mean, when we phoned
phoned up a radio
radio station
station“I
interview
yourinterviewand
andsaid,
said,'It's‘It’sgreat
greattoto be
be back on yourstation,' we really
reallymeantbecause we’ve
we've been
been
station,’meant it because
trying toradio for ages
ages –- andandtryingto getget backback onon US radio
we've been
been trying
and bewe’vetryingto
to play
play andbe in America
IF IN if,
forages-so
forages – sowe
wemeant
meantit."
it.”
The Who’s
Who'sBritish
Britishsituation,
situation, what
what
Reverting to Thechanges havechangeshave seriously
seriously affectedaffectedthem
themas
asone
oneof
of
the country’s
country's top
thetop groups?
group must
must develop.
develop. Their
Theirsoundsound must
must
"The mostmostimportant
important and significant
significant thing
thing
“The
The group
be instantly
instantlyrecognisablethat hasthat basicallywe
that
has affectedaffectedus
usis
is thatbasically weall
alllikelikerecognisableandandthethebestbestofofits
its
and canare allkind.
idea must
must betypical,andcan seesee something
somethingin
ineacheachother.
other.We
We arekind. The
The idea
be exciting,exciting, new, typical,
stylish, professional,
professional, andand eachpart ofWe've learnt
learnt how
partof TheThe WhoWho now.
now. We’ve
how toto getgeteach member
memberof thegroupmust contributecontribute freely, unselfishly,
unselfishly, andandother, we’ve
we'veforgotten
forgotten immature
immatureon with each other,group must
limelight?'
recognisepart, his invaluable part,
part, within
withinfeelings –-like
like 'Who's‘Who’s getting
getting all the limelight?’
recognise his
his part,
thegroup.
and silly things
things like that.
that.
and
the existence
existenceofof hishis group.
release last"Weareareallallinfluenced
influenced andand we openly
openly“We
With the release
last Friday of aanew
new single by
The"Pictures Of
Lily",their
their position
position inadmit it.
wasinfluenced
influenced by ‘Satisfaction’'Satisfaction'
admit
it. I wasThe Who, “Pictures
Of Lily”,
inthestructure of
the pop music industry
industry takes
and by ‘The
'The Last
LastTime’
Time'probably
probablymore
thanandmore than
the structureof theanother
realisesome of The
The Beatles
Beatles records
records –-butsome
butI'mI’mfreefreetotoanotherupward
upwardleap.
leap.Now's
Now’s thethe timetime to realise
admit it.
there
that
are gradually
gradually bbecoming
ecoming one
admit
it. I'mI’m part
partofof thethepoppopflow.
flow. And there
thatThe
The WhoWho areone of
Britain's
be new
new groups
groups to replace
replace thethe old
will always be
Britain’s great
great pop
pop products.
products.They
They have
have just
justcompletedtour ininAmerica,
andgroups -Igroups– Idon't
don’tknow
know where
where they'll
they’ll comecomecompleted their
their first
first ever tour
America, anddrawing
their wealthexperience on thethetheywill
up pointing
pointing
from, but they
will come.
come. I've
I’ve given up
drawing onon their
wealth of experience
British pop scene over
over thethe past
past three
three years,
years, they
they
at otherother groups
groups because
because they have
have
the finger atsubs equently"wentdown a bomb”
bomb" in thethe States
been influenced
influenced bybecause I know
know
been
by TheThe Who, because
subsequently“went down-– andand look certain
certain to become
become another
another big British
wasinfluenced,
influenced, andand thatthat everyone is, andand thatthat
I wasexportweare all part
part of one big thing.
thing.
we areexport toto thethe States
States -– along
along with
withThe
The Beatles,
Beatles,
Stones andand Herman’s
Herman's Hermits.
"Wecamecame up
up withwith ideas,
ideas, fresh
fresh ideas
ideas like
like thethe“We
week thethe MM
MMcornered
pop -art clothes.
clothes. But IImean
mean wewecouldn’t
couldn't exploit
pop-artLast weekcorneredThe
The Who's
Who’s
main
pop -art clothes,clothes,wewecouldn’t
couldn'tstart
startmarketing
marketing
pop-artmain spokesman,spokesman, thethe indestructible
indestructiblePete
Pete
Townshend, fresh fromfrom thethe group’sgroup'sinspiring
inspiring
Jackjackets.
Someone else did,
Union Jackjackets. Someone
andexecuted US trip
trip andand guitar-hurling
guitar -hurlingsomebody else
somebody
else mademademoney
moneyout
outof
of ourour ideas,
ideas,
and well executedGermandoesn't matter.
matter. We might
might inspire
inspire somebut it doesn’tGermanvisit.
visit. Townshend's
Townshend’sshrewd,
shrewd,wellwellbalanced
comments are indicative
people, just
just like others
others inspire
people,inspireus;
us;it's
it’s just
just abalanced andand flowing commentsof The
TheWho’s
Who'sall-roundall-round perception,
perception, unity,
matter of being able toto givegiveandandtaketakeandanddigdigit.
matterit.
unity,
freedom"If Keith
Keithcuts
cuts his
his handhand now,worry andand soand so“If
now, I worry
so doesdoes Roger
Roger andso doesdoesJohn,John,freedomand
andsubsequently,
subsequently,their
theirmove
moveinto
intoaaclassclassofof theirtheir own.
own.
does Pete
Pete feel about
about Thebecause webecausewe areareallall part
partofof oneone groupgroupand
andititaffects
affectsus.
us.AndAndthisthisway
waywe
we areare
How does
The Who
Who herehereandandnow
nowin
in1967?
1967?
"Well, IImust
must says ayI’ve
I'vebeen
beenpleased
pleased with
with thethe reviews
reviews of ‘Pictures'Pictures Of
enjoy andand getget immense
immense pleasure
and theable to enjoy
pleasureout
outof
of whatwhatwewe do andthe way“Well,Of Lily'
Lily’
andthink everybody
everybodyhas
we're beginning
beginning
do it."
we doit.”
and I thinkhas been
been most
most kind
kind saying that we’reto move into
into a class of ourour own.
own. IIcan’t
can't saysay I’ve
I'veparticularly
particularly felt this
this in
What
What about
aboutThe
TheWho's
Who’snext
nextLP?
LP?
in
Britaincan onlyat thethe facts
facts toto draw
draw conclusions
conclusions from.
"Wellwewelearnt
learntso
somuchmuchabout
abouteacheachotherotherononthe
thelastlastalbum,
album, the
the
“Well
Britain andandII canonly look atfrom. I'm
I’m
very interested
intereste d in thethe fact
that Thethe highest-paidhighest -paid
next one
one is going to
to be
be an
an absoluteabsolute knockout
nextknockoutto
tomake.
make.Every
Everyone
oneof
of us
us
fact that
The WhoWho areare now
now oneone of thegroupsEngland, except
The Rolling
RollingStones
Stoneswhen
whenthey
theyoccasionallyoccasionallywriting, andand there
there should
Weare
areenjoying
enjoyingourselves
ourselvesis writing,should be
be somesome stuff.
stuff. We
groups inin England,
except for The
play, andand I think
think this
this is good.
good. Also
Alsoevery
everymember
the groupgroup isdespite one
lunatic scenes
scenes in Germany,
Germany, but
but even then
then we have
have
despiteone or two lunatic
member of the
beginning
we're having
having nono internalinternal setbacks,
setbacks, andandenough unity
unity asasaagroupgroupnow
now-togot enough– to discuss the problems, makebeginningto
tocomecome into
into his
his own, we’re
we've
started to
to breakbreakinto
theAmerican
resolutions, andand get everything
everything sorted
sorted out.
resolutions,
we’ve started
into theAmerican scene.
scene.
"The American
American tour
was ininLondonLondon when
when we
wefirstfirststarted
started"I'm working
working on
on an
an opera
opera at
at thethe moment
moment andand we’re
we're all flying
flying about
about in
in
“I’m
“The
tour was
was like it wasto get really
really big. It’s
It'slike
likestarting
starting again
again allWedid
didthreethree days of
directions andEntwistle is writing
writing
our own directions
and meeting
meetingat
at thethetop.
top. John Entwistle
all over. We
interviews
doing
goo dunexpected
unexpected stuff
stuff andand ititgives
givesususanotheranotherdirection
direction andandsome very goodinterviewsand
andpromotion
promotionbefore
beforeweweplayed
playedand
andII think
thinkII was
was doingabout
30interviews
interviews per
per day
day-– andanother dimension."NickJones
anotherdimension.” Nick Jones •about20 or 30
andeacheachoneonehadhadto
tobe
beaa little
little bit

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0different. On top ofofthatthat ourour press
press agent
agent kept
kept
different.
introducing
introducing another
another journalist
journalistandand whispering,
whispering,28
28I |HISTORYHISTORYOF
OF ROCKROCK 1967
1965
1967

THE WHOTHE WHO"Nothing about“Nothing
about life
life scares
scares me...”me..."

Nothing about
mean. Nothing
about life
lifescares
scaresMarriage, having
itme. Marriage,
having kids,
kids, itdoesn't worry
doesn’tworryme.
me.

MM JANUARYJANUARY14
14Pete3etbTownshend..wnshendsubmits
submitsto
toone
oneofofthe
theMaker’s
Maker'sscattershot
scattershot “Think-Ins”.
"Think -Ins".
MM

THECREAM
CREAMThere
Therearearetwotwogroups
groupsTHE

CHRISTMASCARDSI hate
I hatethem.
them.
CHRISTMAS CARDS

don't mind mine, but I hate
hate
II don’t
anybody
I'vethought
thought forforanybody else's.
else’s. I’ve
ages thatthat Christmas
Christmas decorations
decorations
have still
still to be exploited.
exploited. They
They
could be really
really fantastic
fantastic –-withwithcolours
things. Nobody
colours andand things.
Nobodyhashas
done
anything veryout yet,done anything
very far out
have they? I waswasthinking
thinking of
puttingthatputtingChristmas
Christmaslights
lights inin thatrubberrubberplant
plantover
over there.
there. That's
That’s it.
A Christmas rubber
rubber plant!
plant!

FRUSTRATIONDon’t
Don'tsuffer
suffer too
too
FRUSTRATION
much. Musically,
Musically, sexually,ormuch.
sexually, or
socially. I suppose
suppose I’ve
I've gotsocially.
gotaa
of frustration.
frustration.
normal amount of
It comes out
out when I drink.
drink.
Itthetogether later.
the whole thing together
later.
AUTO-DESTRUCTIONPeople
PeopleAUTO-DESTRUCTION

probably
probablythink
thinkthat
thatauto
auto-destruction
little todestructionhas
has got very little
todowith pop,Who
do withpop, but
but inin away
a way The Who
have been
been auto-destructive.
auto -destructive. We
Wehave used
used ideas
ideasthatthat have
haveliterally
literally
destroyed
destroyed ourselves –-especially
especiallyin the economic
economic sense. We’ve
We've got
got
toto thethe stagestage when
when we end thenight
destroying everything
everything -–night by destroying
which
expensive. I think
think in pop,
which is expensive.
though,though,it's
it’sgood
goodbecause
becauseitithas
hasbig
impact, and personallypersonally we findbig impact,
itit a great
great laugh. I’ve
I've often
often felt
felt likewriting
writingto
to thosethose little
littledrips,
drips, those
thoselittle people
littlepeople who
who are nowhere,
who
think they
what
who thinktheycancan telltell meme whatought toto do. IIdon’t
don't mean
mean otherother
II ought
musicians, but thethe drips.
drips. They
They
shouldshould comecome upup herehere andand I should
teachthem a thing
thing or two about
about
teach them
any kindkind of music.
music.II smash guitars
guitars
becauselike them.
them. II usuallyusually
because II likesmash aaguitar
guitar when it’s
it's at its best.
THE
MOVEOhOhdear.
dear.I’ve
I'venevernever
THE MOVE

actually
them. I've
liked what
actually seen
seen them.
I’ve liked
what
I've heard
heard about
about them
them and whatI’vethey do. II think
think they’ve
they've got
got thethey
sort of following
following thatsort
thatwewe used toin oldold Marquee
Marquee Club
have in
Clubdays.
days.
that's thethe kindof fans that
that
And that’s
kind ofthey deserve –-thethe best.
best. Faithful.
Of course
lot ofof thisOf
coursethey
theyuseuse a lot
this
auto -destruction in
it's
auto-destructionin pop.
pop. No, it’s
not sadistic. What
What I do
do isn’t
isn't
not
It's aggression. II think
think
sadistic. It’s
aggression has a place
place ininsocietysocietyaggression
today –-whereas
today
whereassadism
sadism andhasn't.
masochism hasn’t.
PSYCHEDELICPOP
POP
i haven'treally
reallyPSYCHEDELIC
I haven’t

understand psychedelic
heard it. I understandassomething
something thatthat people
people are
pop assupposed toto listenlisten tosupposedto or
or look
look at,at,therefore benefit
benefit fromand therefore
fromwhen
when
they're on aatrip.
trip.)I don’t
don't think thatthey’reof thethe psychedelic
psychedelic groups
groups are
any ofareanything like this.
actually doing anything
Or is itit supposed to be something
somethingOrthat simulates
trip?
that
simulates being
beingonon a trip?
however many lights,
lights,If so, however
electronics or
it'selectronics
or anything, it’sthat just can’t
can't
something that
Basically–-whatbe done. Basicallywhatmost important
important is,is mostis, is itit
entertaining? IfIfititis,
entertaining?
is,good luck
good
luck toto 'em.
’em.

someMine is basicallysome reason. Minewith
McCartney. IIlike
withPaulPaul McCartney.
like all
all thethethingsthe songs
thingshehesays,says, and all thewrites. I’m
I'm aabit
bitdisappointed
disappointed
he writes.
they'rethey’re not
not still
still making
making records.
records.
then I wish
wishthey’dthey'dIf they are, thenhurry up.
They are basically my
hurry
up. Theysource ofof inspiration
inspiration -– andmain source
andelse's forfor thatthat matter.
everyone else’s
I!think
think"Eleanor“EleanorRigby"
Rigby”waswas a very

important musical move forward.
forward.
importantcertainly inspiredwrite
It certainly
inspired me to write
and listen
listen toto things
things inin thatthat vein.
vein.
criticised The
People have criticisedThe
for spending
spending a long
long time
time
Beatles fortheir albums,
think ison theiralbums, which
which I thinka ridiculous
ridiculous thing
Our
thingtotosay.
say. Our
firstrushed andfirstalbum
albumwas
was rushed
and itwas bad.
bad. On
On ourour second we spent
spent
a lot
lot of time
time and it’s
it's good. Why
Why
don't people
people realise thatthat thethe
don’ttime you spend,
spend,thethebetterbettermore timethegoing tothe album's
album’s going
to be?
be?
OLD
AGEI haven’t
I haven'tgot
gotanything
anything toto
OLD AGEsay. IIquite
quite like
like old
old people.
people. At
At thetheI'm thinking
thinking about
about being
being
moment I’myoung.
young. Old
Oldageage doesn't
doesn’tscare
scareme,me,
if that’s
that's
if
what
you
you

THE
BEATLES The
TheTHE BEATLES

Beetle I've
only Beatle
I’ve eversuspected ofsuspectedof having
anything inanything
in commonwith waswith
was PaulPaul
McCartney. I!think
think
Keith finds
parallelKeithfinds a parallelwith John Lennon, for
for
with

Donovan:"Heknows
Donovan:“He knows
something about life
life
somethingthat I don’t
don't know”
know"
that

SHOWMANSHIPGreatGreatbeliever
believer in
SHOWMANSHIP
in
important. I thinkit. Fantastically important.
that very
thatvery likely
likely showmanshipkept Thethink
kept
The WhoWho inin business. I thinkit held
held us together
together whenitwhen we
wethrough a dodgy
dodgy
were going throughdon't think
think we'restage. I don’t
we’re
professional. I'm
professional.
I’mnotnotsayingsayingwe
webehave professionally,
professionally, butbehavebutIIsaysaythat we'reWhen Thethat
we’re showmen.
showmen. WhenThe
Who needed something, theyWho
got itit –-showmanship.
got
showmanship.
DONOVANAh!
Ah!IIsaid
saidsomesome nasty
nasty
DONOVAN
things about
I'dthingsabout Donovan
Donovan which
which I’d
retract -–II don’t
don't usually
like to retract
usually do
dothat, you know
know-–butthat,
butII met
met him
him thetheother dayother
dayandandhehewas
was thethesamesameasas
He's always been,
been, basically,
basically,
ever. He’snice guy. II think
think he knows
knows
a nicesomething about life that I don’t
don't
somethingknow-–butknow
butI'mI’mhopinghopingto
tocatchcatchup!
up!

CLOTHESAtAtthe
themoment
moment I’m
I'm going
going
CLOTHESfor veryforvery colourful
colourfulclothes.
clothes.IIused
usedto dress soberly but
but I’ve
I've found
found
tothat colourthatcolourhas
has become more
important inlife thanimportantinmy
my lifethan it everbefore. I hope I don’t
don't havetowas before.
have toexplain myself.
doubt ifif Daveexplainmyself. I doubt
Mick & Tich
Tich
Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick
colourful clothes forfor thewear colourful
same reason.
CHARLIEPARKER
PARKERFantastic.
Fantastic.One
One
CHARLIE
example ofload ofof crap
exampleof whatwhataa load
crap itit isthat drugs dim the mind.
saying that
OK, they
butOK,they killed
killedhim
him inin thethe end,end, butlook at the fantastic
fantastic things
did
lookthings hehe didwhile healive. OK,
OK, hewhile
he waswas alive.
he wasfantastic before,
think drugs
fantastic
before, but
butII thinkdrugs
brought out
something,broughtoutin
in him something,that little
thatlittleextra
extraininhim,
him,that
thathashas
made him go down
down in history.
history.
made

SECURITYI need
I needit,it,unfortunately.
unfortunately.
SECURITY
it to
to workneed itit toI need it
workandand II needtobe
beI'm like most people,
people, I work
work
happy. I’m
to be
never am,soto
be secure.
secure. I neveram, so II haveto go on working.
working.
to
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"GOOD
VIBRATIONS"TheThefirst
first“GOOD VIBRATIONS”

time
heard itit was on thethe radio
radio intimeII heard
Sweden. My reaction
reaction was: “Oh,
"Oh,
it's
it’s cleverly
cleverlymade
made bits
bits ofof tapetapeallallstuck together.”
together." Mind
it's
Mindyou,
you, it’squite
of putting
puttingquite a good way of
together
don't
togetheraa record
record today.
today. I don’t
think
think many
many people
peoplerealise
realisethat
thataalot of thought
thought goes into this kind
kind
lot
of
record. It's
clever bit
bitof record.
It’s notnot just
just a cleverofknob -turning and editing
editing -– ititof knob-turning
can be extremely
extremely creative
creativealso.
also.
Contrary
Contraryto
towhatwhatI've
I’vesaid
said in thenewspapers,
think “Good"Good
newspapers, I think
Vibrations"Vibrations”justjustabout
aboutremains
remainsa pop
pop record.
record. I have
haveveryvery definite
definiteviews
to whatwhat is pop
pop andviews as toand what
whatisissound experimentexperiment which
can'twhich I can’t
gointo now, but I think
think they
they
go intoshouldshould be
be kept
kept separate.
separate.This
This isisbasically
I'm working
working at
thebasically how I’m
at themoment.
moment.As
As ideas come to mind,
we record
record them
them and then piece

moment whichvery
at the moment
which II like verymuch –-The
TheCream
Creamand
andTheThe Jimi
Jimi
Hendrix Experience.
Hendrix
Experience.InInaaway,
way,
they're a bit
bit alike inin thatthat they
they
they’reboth have fantastic
fantastic guitarists
guitarists
both
drummers. They'reand drummers.
They’realso
alsothat they
they both
both havealike in thathave
tremendous records
tremendous
records out
out atat thethemoment, andmoment,and they
they areare bothbothlaying
layingsomegreat
greatstuff
stuff-– what
down somewhatmore canmore
can anyone want?

1967
1967

J A N U A R Y – M A R CH

JANUARY-MARCH

REVIE
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Rolling Stones,
Stones,reviewed
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Jagger.
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excitement of “Please"PleaseBo Diddley
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Go Home”,“radiophonic”
modern madness"radiophonic" modern
fromfromJones
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OLY
BOYS,
OLY BEACH
BEACH BOYS,
Splatman –-The
The
Rolling
Stones have
have
Rolling Stones
donedone itit again!”
again!" -– thatthatat least
least is my
my opinion
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listened to
to Between
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the latest
latest Rolling
Rolling Stones
Buttons –-thealbum which
whichisis smack
smack in the
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the
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fantasia! Andrew
Andrew Oldham
Oldhamhasproduced
produced an album
album richer
richerhas
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in terms
variationof
ofpace,pace, soundsound andvariation
excitement -– thetheexcitement
the Stones send themind reelingreeling and limbs
limbs wheeling.
wheeling.
mind
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of Dylan
Dylan
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imitations ofon “She"She Smiled
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single forfor Percy
Percy Sledge!)
Sledge!) and“Who’s"Who's Been Sleeping
Sleeping Here”
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good-humoured glancing blow
blow
to thatthat “Well"Well Respected”
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Me Yesterday”
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tambourine
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remind one
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somewhere,of a rainy
anywhere in France.
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remember. It’s
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French cafe
cafe about
about
feelingof a Frenchthought about
it –-II just thought
about thisit was easy
easy toto write.
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he wanted
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drum rhythm
rhythmthink
up a weird
for it andandbrought
brought about
about two
twofordozendifferent
different drums into
into
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thought hehe waswasgetting
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chorus andand plenty
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drums. Anothersong which
which
everyone has written,
written, but never
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original manner.
in such an
MickJagger:
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about in theloose.
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boogie-woogie piano,
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piano, crisp
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and Mick’s
Mick's vocal
vocal fighting
fighting forfor life
life inina barrage
barrage of effects.
effects. Shades
Shades ofThe
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The Whoin places.
places.

MickJagger:
Mick Jagger:"We“Werecorded
recordedthis
this
six months ago.”
ago.""CONNECTION"“CONNECTION”Drums
Drumslikelike
they
inside thethe head. Powerful
Powerful
they areare insidebass rhythms
rhythms punctuatedpunctuated bybyguitar
guitar runs –-forforthethedance.
dance.

MickJagger:
Mick
Jagger:"That's“That’s me beatingthedrums with
with my hands.
hands.Stu
the bass drums
Stuon the piano and organ
organ pedals.”
pedals.""SHE
SWEETLY"This“SHE SMILEDSMILED SWEETLY”
Thisisisthethat Jagger
to getgetthe voicevoice that
Jagger uses to
off thethe record
record andinto theoffand into
the air.
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Things
Kind
Bright And Beautiful”
Beautiful" with
BrightDylan influences.
influences.An
ethereal
Dylan
An ethereal
quality lentchurch organ,organ,
qualitylent byby a church
but a single
single forfor someone.
someone.
but
MickJagger:
religious
Mick
Jagger:"This“Thisisis very religious
really –-it
'He'smiled
sweetly
reallyit was ‘He’smiled sweetly
but someone
someone changedbutchangedit.it .AAquasi
quasi-religious, uptempo
uptempo mid-shuffler.
mid-shuffler.
religious,
That'sNitzsche on
piano."
That’s Jack Nitzscheon piano.”"COOL CALM
“COOL
CALM ANDCOLLECTED"Aof
COLLECTED”
A kind ofChaplinesque Charleston
Charleston sung
Chaplinesquein aa“whoopee”"whoopee" style
stylebybyJagger.
in
Jagger.
Hasalmostalmosteverything,
everything, including
includingHashonky-tonk piano
piano andandbrilliant
brilliantaahonky-tonkkazoo break
break fromfrom Keith!
Keith! The
kazoo
wind-up sounds like
like someone
someonewind-upswitched the speed to 78rpm.
switched
MickJagger:"IMick
Jagger: “Ididdidthisthis likeanEnglish
Englishragtime
ragtime singer
singer –an
the speeded-up
speeded -upportion
portion wastheentirely spontaneous.
entirely
spontaneous. ItIt wasrecorded inrecordedin thethe US."US.”SINGLES | ALBUMSSINGLES I ALBUMSSIDE TWO
TWO
SIDE"ALL SOLD OUT”
OUT"Sounds“ALLSoundslike “Get"Get Off
Off My Everything”
Everything" –like
the mixture
mixture as before,
before, but stillthegood enoughenough to
to excite
excite with
with
good
that traditional
traditional drum
drum splatter
splatterthatfrom Watts
Watts and a whining
whining guitar.
guitar.
fromDone inin aadifferent
different way it couldDone
be aasingle
singleforfor Dusty.
Dusty.
be"PLEASE GO
GO HOME”
HOME" The BoBo“PLEASE
Diddley sound with shades ofof
Diddley
Doctor Who
Who fromfrom thethe rest
rest ofof
Doctorthesound -effects department.
department.
the sound-effects
Lots ofof echoecho–-lots
lotsofofbeatbeat-– lots
lots
Lots
of dance
dance appeal.
appeal.
of
MickJagger:
Mick
Jagger: "That“That high-pitchedhigh-pitched
whineCharlie's wife
wife
whine onon it is Charlie’s
screaming.
it –screaming.Few
Few sounds
sounds on
on itlots ofof reverb
reverb-– ages mixing it.”
it."
lots

"WHO'S“WHO’SBEENBEENSLEEPINGSLEEPING
H ERE?"Acoustic
Acoustic guitar
guitar and
HERE?”
harmonica. Clever
Clever lyric andharmonica.
shades of Dylan.
MickJagger:
Mick
Jagger:"Can't“Can’tsay
say anything
about
this."
about this.”"COMPLICATED"“COMPLICATED”Sounds
Sounds likelike
a fairgroundfairground organ with
with growling
growling
bass,smashingsmashing cymbals,
cymbals, maracas
maracasbass,
and a few
few jungle
jung leeffects
effects thrown
throwninto thethe boilingboiling rhythms
rhythms on the
the
into

instruction “Right”"Right" fromfrom Mick.
instruction
MickJagger:
Mick
Jagger:"Recorded“Recordedinin theUSagainagain–-it’s
it'sallallabout
aboutaagroupie.”groupie."
US"MISS
AMANDAJONES"“MISS AMANDAJONES”
Squealing guitar
guitar effects,
effects, driving
drivingrhythms
interesting lines
rhythms and interestinglines
squeezing throughthrough the barrageofof sounds –-"round“roundandandroundroundsheshegoes –-her
hersuspendersuspendershows".
shows”.
Good
you've got
got
Good one
one toto banban if you’ve
anything
anythingagainst
against suspenders.
suspenders.
MickJagger:'fought' we'd
Mick
Jagger: "Like“Like I ‘fought’
we’dmake aarock’n’roll
rock'n'roll record.”record.""SOMETHING“SOMETHINGHAPPENEDTO
ME YESTERDAY”
YESTERDAY" is the
TO ME
Kinky track
track which
which starts
starts off
off like
Kinky
somethingsomethingfrom
fromaaLooney
LooneyTunes
Tunes
cartooncartoonand
anddevelops
developsinto
intoaafantasticof entertainment.
entertainment.
fantastic piece ofGuitars
supplemented by
Guitars supplemented
chortling
chortlingclarinet,clarinet,sleazy
sleazytrombonetromboneandand drunken
euphonium. Whole effecteffect is
like aaRay
RayDavies
Daviestrauma.
trauma.Keith
Keith
like
gets
gets a vocal solo on this one.
Must becovered as
single by DrDr
Must
be covered
as a single

Crackpot
Mediocre Junk
Crackpot && His Mediocre
Band. GreatGreat production!
production!
Mick rounds
off byMickrounds itit all
all off
by doing
doing
a Henry
Henry Hall –-"Andfrom allall ofof“And so fromus to
to allall ofofyou,
you,not
notforgetting
forgetting thetheboys inin thethe bandband andandourourproducer
producer
Reg Thorpe,
Thorpe, goodbye.
goodbye. And
And don’t
don't
forgetforgetififyou're
you’reonon your
your biketonight
white!"
tonight -– wear white!”
MickJagger:"IMick Jagger: “Ileave
leave itit tototheindividual imagination
the individual
imaginationas
astohappened.The
to what happened.
The ending
is something
something I remember
rememberhearingthehearingon
on thetheBBCBBCas
as thebombs dropped.”
dropped." KeithAltham
Keith Altham"An uptempo
uptempo“An
R
EVIEW
teen-slanted
teen -slanted platter”
platter" iteritivir--- SINGLESFEBRUARY

MELODY MAKER
MAKER FEBRUARY
25 Paul
MELODYFEBRUARY 25
JI McCartney
McCar
wryly reviews
wryly
reviews thethe singles.
singles.
LEE DORSEYDORSEYLEE
Rain Rain
Rain GoGo Away
Away
Rain

Great.
Great. It’s
It's so much
muchbetter
better thanthe period,
vaudevilleperiod, vaudevil
le stuff,
stuff,
becauseit's still
still a bit
bit modern.
modern.
because it’s
It’s
It's hip. No, no,
no, IIhate
hatetoto seeseethatthatword in print.
That’saword
print. It’s
It's good.
good.That's
good"Good" doesn't
good word. “Good”
doesn’t date
date
like
like “hip”.
"hip". Yes, I like
like Simon
Simon Smith
Smithand his high-classhigh-class dancing
dancing bear.

(STATESIDE)(STATESIDE)

It's in thethe same oldold
Lee Dorsey. It’s
andit’ll
it'll be aahit.
hit.Sometimes
vein andSometimes
wonder ifif hemakingI wonderhe can go on making
records thatsound thethe same.
records
that allall sound
Sti11,1
thinkhehecan
canprobably
probably dodoStill,
I thinkfew moremore because
because there’s
there's
a few
nobody else
doing itit -– he's
thenobodyelse doing
he’s theone. ItIt just
justdoesn’t
doesn't matter.
matter.
only one.
Mind you,it will
will ifif he
Mindyou, ithe makesanother one
another
one like
like this?
this? This
This isenough,though.
good enough,though.

THE ACTIONTHE
ACTION
Never(PARLOPHONE)
NeverEver
Ever(PARLOPHONE)

DUSTY
DUSTY SPRINGFIELDSPRINGFIELD
I'll Try(PHILIPS)
I’ll
TryAnything
Anything(PHILIPS)
DustySpringfield!
Dusty
Springfield!Yes,
Yes,IIcan
can seeanuptempo
uptempo teen-slanted
teen -slanted
this is anplatter thatplatterthatshould
shouldbe
beaa wow onchart. And
And it'sfine record
record –the chart.
it’s a fine
hitallallover
overtheworld.
bound to be aahit
the world.
Madeline Belltoo, Dusty.
And like Madeline
Bell too,
LOVIN' SPOONFUL
LOVIN’SPOONFUL
Darling Be
Darling
Be HomeHome Soon
Soon(KAMA SUTRA)(KAMA
SUTRA)John
John Lennon!
Lennon!No,
No, John
John
Sebastian.
from thatthat film?
Sebastian. Is itit fromfilm?
film's on thethe otherotherMaybe the film’s
sideside then?
then? The
The thing
thingis,is, thethe voicevoice
nice butbut thethe backing
backing is very
very
is niceordinary. This sounds like
like thetheordinary.
backing that,
that, ooh,
who is it?
it? WhoWhobackingooh, who
corny backing?
backing?!I know that?
has corny
Can't remember.
thing is, theCan’tremember. The
The thingSpoonfulenoughSpoonfulare
are easily good enougharrangedmusically; they have arranged
this
this themselves
themselvesbut
butititsounds
soundsasasthoughthoughthey've
they’vehad
hadpressurespressures
fromfromthethefilm
filmcompany
companyto
tokeepkeep itit"flimsy".Thebest bit.
bit.
“flimsy”.
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DONOVAN:DONOVAN:
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Dippy
SCHEDULEDSCHEDULEDFORFORBRITISH
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Donovan."Epistle“EpistleTo
To
Dippy". Not
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good asas“Mellow"Mellow
Dippy”.

Yellow”
Yellow" oror “Sunshine"Sunshine Superman”
Superman"estimate. Very
Very nicewords.
in my estimate.
nice words.
No doubt
it’ssoldsoldaa million
doubt there
there-–it'smillionin the States already. I think
think it’s
it's
little less than
than thethe otherotherdone a little
two.
two. Basically the best thing
thing is,Don hasn’t
hasn't taken anything
anything fromfromthe otherother two.
the
two.ThisThis record's
record’saa new
soundsound all over again. II don’t
don't likethat
there. I don’tthat bit
bit there.
don't like thedrumming on
think
drumming
on itit too
too much.
much. I think
this
this is good
good but
but I think
think his single
should have been
been thethe oneone Julie
Julieshould"Saturday Night”.
Night". He
Felix did, “SaturdayHehasn't arranged
arranged his
hasn’this version
version ofof itit
too much –- because
on the album too
it's an album
album track.
track. IIthink
think thatthat if
it’s
he'd spent some time
time with
with that
that
he’dnumber andsingle...
numberand put
putititoutoutas
as a single…
doesn't mattermatter what
It doesn’twhat he records.
He'll goforever.
He’ll
go on forever.
ALAN
ALAN PRICE
PRICE SET
SET

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Smith AndThe Amazing
Amazing
Simon
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(DECCA)
DancingBear(DECCA)

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aboutaaguy
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think
dancing
that'll be
that’llbeaa hit. Again,
it's a great
great thing
thing
it’s
that people
people like
that
like
Alan have
Alan
happened,
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made it. Great.
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THE BYRDSSoYou Want
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BeAARock’N’Roll
Rock'N'Roll
So YouStar(CBS)
Star(CBS)The
Byrds."SoThe Byrds.
“SoYouYouWant
WantToTo BeBeA Rock’N’Roll
Rock'N'Roll Star'.
don't know.
Star’. II don’tknow.
I think
think bythey should
by now theyshould be
begetting-string
gettingoff
offthatthatstylestyleofof12
12-string

guitarparticular brandguitar and that particular
brandof
harmony.Theyof harmony.
Theyreally
reallyshould
shouldbe splitting
splitting fromfromthatthatscene
scene
because they’ll
they'll end up finding
findingthemselves
themselves caught
caughtupupin
in it.
it. Dave
CrosbyCrosby knows
knows where
where they
theyshould
shouldgoing, musically.
musically. And
And
be going,
so doesdoesJim
McGuinn.
Jim McGuinn.
Theyknow what’s
what's
They know
happening.
They'reThey’re thethe only

ones who cameroundroundto
tosee
seeus
us
in
the States.
in theStates.
They've
done
They’ve done
some
good
some good
stuff
their
stuff onon theiralbums. A funny
funny
albums.A
group,
group,youyouknow.
know.
they golike
If they
go on
on likethis… that’s just
justthis...that's
thespeededthe soundsound speededup.
and JimJim
up. Dave
Dave andknow
that they'veknow thatthey’vegot
got toto putput moremoreofof themselves
themselvesin
in
their
can't
theirmusic.
music. I can’t
think
not
thinkwhy
why it's
it’s nothappening.
happening.They've
They’vejust
just got
got toto putput moremoreofof themselves
themselves into
into it.
it.

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Mick andDave
and
Griff?WhoWhoisis it?
it? Ah, The Action,
Griff?
Action,yes. Yeah, it’s
yes.Yeah,
it's quite
quite a good
good
record.
good group.
group.
record. And
And they're
they’reaa good
And I'mI’m notAndnot biased
biased just because
George Martin
Martinrecords
records them,
them,
Georgebecause they’re
they're a good
good group.
group.
They happen
They
happen toto be a good
good group
group
and George
just happens
George Martin
Martin justtorecord them,
them,andto record
and I'mI’m not
biased. Actually,thisthisisisaa goodbiased.Actually,
goodrecord, and withoutwishing totorecord,without wishinggive
plug, I think
think itit could
give themthemaa plug,
could
be a hit.
behit. I’m
I'm not
not biased
biased though.
though.
Hi,Judy
Martin's wife].
Hi,
Judy [George Martin’s

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showhashasmademadethem
themhuge
hugestars.
stars.At
Atthe
thestart
start ofthe year,
year,
Their
of thethree MONKkto
three
MONKEES land
land inin Britain:
Britain:Davy
DavyJones,
Jones, Mike
Mike Nesmith
Nesmith andand"Hollywood phoney"
Are they
they forfor real?
real? Does
Doesitit matter?
matter?
“Hollywood
phoney” Micky
MickyDolenz.
Dolenz. Are"I'm laughing,"
Jones. “All"All thethe way
wayto
tothe
thebank…”
bank..."“I’mlaughing,”sayssays Davy
Davy Jones.
MELODYMAKER
MAKERFEBRUARY.BRUARY1111—_— MELODYATLASTTHE
THEBritish
Britishpress
presshad
hadtrapped
trappedT LAST
Monkee. And they
they all
all wanted
wanted to knowa Monkee.
same thing:
thing: doplay
the samedo The Monkees playtheir records
on theirrecordsand
andin
inthe
theTV
TV series?
answer is thatthat they
they didn’t
didn't but they
The answer
now-– according toto drummer
drummer anddo nowlead singer Micky Dolenz,
Dolenz, who
whohadhad arrived
arrived at
at London
LondonAirport
Airport anan hourhourearlier.
earlier."We“We don't
don’tplay
play onon 'Last‘Last Train
Train To
Clarksville'
agreed. "We
Clarksville’ oror TmA‘I’m ABeliever',"
Believer’,” he agreed.
“We played onthetracks produced
produced by
Nesmith on the first
the two tracks
by Mike Nesmith
album
everything,albumandandtwotwoon
onthe
thesecond.
second.Now
Nowwe
we play on everything,includingincludingthe
theTV
TV show."
show.”
said thatthat as the shows
shows were not put out in thethe order in
He saidwhich
farwhich theywere
they werefilmed,
filmed,ititwas
was impossible
impossibleto
to say how far
throughjust didn’t
didn't have thethethroughthe
theseries
seriesthetheswitch
switchcame.
came."We“We just
time
continued Micky.
timetoto play
play onon thetherecords
recordsor
oron
onTV,"
TV,” continued
Micky."We“We
were in thethe studiostudio 12 hours
hours aaday
daydoing
doingthetheshow
showandandthenthenrehearsingnight for ourour public
public performances.
performances.
rehearsingfour
four hours
hoursaa night
And they
theywouldn't
do ititanyway
anyway-I'm
who
wouldn’t let us do– I’m not saying who
theywere.
performing group
group a year ago,
ago,butbuttheythey
they were.We
We were aa performing
ssaid
aidwe
weweren’t
weren'tready
readyforbecause we didn’t
didn't have
have thethe time
for ititbecause
time
to rehearse.
rehearse. Fairly recently
recentlywe
wegot
got fed up with the stories
going roundround thatthatwewe couldn't
couldn’tplay
playandandnownowwe
weplayplay onon
everythingbetter than
than theeverything –and
andwe
wedo
doit betterthe records.
records.
"Of course,
course, we dodo allallthethe singing.
singing. Anyway, what’s
what's all the
the
“Of
fuss
dy criticises
criticis es Sonny
Sonny &
gtCherCherforfornotnotplaying
playing
fuss about?
about?Nobo
Nobodyall those instruments
instruments onontheir
theirrecords,
records,ororSinatra
Sinatrafor
for notnotplayingstrings or
not playing
playing
playing all
all those
those21
21 stringsor TheThe Beatles
Beatles for notcellos andand trumpets.
trumpets. Re
centlywe
Palace in
Recently
weplayed
playedthe
theCow
Cow PalaceSan
still aa reporter
reporter said
San Francisco
Franciscoandand17,000
17,000kids
kidssaw
sawus.
us.YetYet stillsaid
he thought
thought we were miming
miming with records. Until recently
recentlywe
weweren'tthings were going,
going, butbutthere
there
weren’t content
contentwith
with thethe way things
wasn'twere trying
trying to makemake itwasn’tmuch
muchwewe could
coulddodo about
aboutit.
it. We werein threethree bags at thethe samesame time
time-TV,– TV, records
records andandstage
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performances. In
filming every minute
minuteperformances.
Infuture
futurewewe won't
won’t be filming
the day
day andand will
willhave
havemore
moretimetime toto spend
spend onon recording.”
recording."of the"Until thethe show came
came along IIwas
wasprimarily
primarily anan actor.
actor.
“Untilwasn't involved
involved in
inthe
themusicalmusical end
end ofofthe
thebusiness,business,
I wasn’talthough I'd
guitar withalthoughI’d played
played guitar
withgroups
groupsinin bowling
bowlingalleys,
alleys,lounges, places
that. I also play piano
piano as well
wellasasdrums.
drums.
lounges,places like that.
Torkplays
playsseven
seveninstruments
instruments andwent to thePeter Tork
and hehe went
conservatory. Mike
pretty good too
too andand aa prolificprolific
music conservatory.
Mike is pretty
songwriter."songwriter.”
How does Micky
Mickyreact
reacttoto thetheotherothercriticism
criticismof
ofThe
The
Monkees-thatMonkees– thatthey
theyhavehavecopied
copiedThe
TheBeatles?
Beatles?
"I revere
revere The
The Beatles,”Beatles," said
said Micky. “They"They areare Number
Number 11“I
and they
But wewedon’t
don'tfashion
fashion ourselves
ourselves after
after
and
they always
always will be. But
them. The
doesn't remindthem.
The showshow doesn’t
remindme
meof
ofAHard
A HardDay's
Day’s Night,
some people
people say. It’s
It'snot
notthethe samesame kind
kind ofofhumourhumour at all.
as someare moremore associations
associations with
with thethe Marx Brothers
Brothers or
orthe
the
There areBowery Boys. We
Weplayplayourselves
ourselves inin thethe show.
anBoweryshow.We get an
outline script
situation andoutlinescriptwhich
whichjust
just puts
putsusus inin a situation
and wewe justfrom there.
there. Acting,
Acting,totome,
me,meansmeansportraying
portraying myself.
take it fromJamesCagney
Cagney-no
Like James– nomattermatterwhat
whatrolerolehehewas
was playing,playing,itit
waspriest, a crook or aapilot.
pilot.Character
Character
was just
just Cagney
Cagney playing
playing a priest,
acting is something
something different
different altogether.
the only
only
actingaltogether.PeterPeter is theuswho
whoplaysplaysaabit
bitoutoutofofcharacter-he
isthe
theHuntz
Huntz
one of us
character– he isgets things
things wrong.
wrong.
Hall who gets
"I diddid aaTV
TVseries
seriesbefore,
before, Circus
CircusBoy.
Boy.I played
I playedCorky
Corkywith
my“I
with myhair dyed
dyed-I'm
hair– I’maaHollywood
Hollywoodphoneyphoneyfrom
fromway
wayback.
back.II also
also
played Kitch inin Peyton
PeytonPlace.
Place.Until
Untilthisthisshow
showhappened
happened I just
justplayedconsidered myself
considered
myselfaaTV
TV actor."
actor.”Are The
The Monkees
Monkees now
now inin thethe big
bigmoney?
money?“I"Idon’t
don'thonestly
honestlyknow," said
said Micky.
Micky.“We"Wehaven’t
haven'thadhadthethemoneymoneyfortheknow,”
for therecords yet andand we promote
promote our own concerts,
concerts, sohaven'trecords
so we haven’t
percentages back. I tell
tellyouyouoneonething
thing-I'm
not richrich
had those percentages– I’m notthe TV shows.”
shows."
on theDid
special plans
Did he have any special
planswhile
whileininLondon?
London?"Yeah,“Yeah,I
must hearplaying in town
town this
this week?"
must
hearSpencer
SpencerDavis.
Davis.Is
Is he playing
week?”
BobDawbarn
Bob Dawbarn

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The Monkees
in LosAngelesiniy67:(1-r)Peter
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…and
just his
his cars.
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that's justcars. The
strangeworldofof MikeMike Nesmith's
Nesmith’s Think
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world-In
MIKENESMITH
NESMITHanswered
answered his
ONKEE MIKE
his Think
Think-In questions
perchedonon a table in thequestions perchedthe London
Londonoffice of Screen
like
Screen Gems
Gems while
while what seemed
seemed likethe whole of Fleet
Fleet Street
Street queued
queued outside
outside thethethe door.
door.
Where
Where Micky Dolenz andand Davy Jones joke their
their way
throughinterviews,Mike
Mikeisis of aamore
through interviews,
moreserious
serious nature
natureand considered
considered eachquestion carefullyand
each question
carefully –refusing
refusingto
toanswermost of thoseanswer mostthose involving
involving other
other artists.
artists.

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TEXAS That’s
That's a nice place.
place. It’s
It'sbigbigandanditsitshomehome-kind
TEXAS– kindof,of,anyway.
are still
still living there
in Dallas.
anyway. My parents
parents are
there in
Dallas.
FOLK MUSIC
MUSIC That
That wasall.II like
FOLK
was kindkindofof thethe root
rootofof it all.

bluegrassbutII don’t
careforfor theEnglish folk music
bluegrass but
don't care
the English
music–-ballads
balladsand
andmadrigals
madrigalsand
andallallthatthatstuff.
stuff.Bob
Bob Dylan
that's notmusic. That’s
That's a whole
whole newnew
now, that’s
not really
really folk music.
thing
thing again.
BEACH BOYS
astute. I think
think Brian
BEACH
BOYS Astounding!
Astounding! And astute.

Wilson has
has toto bebeaatechnicaltechnical wizard.
wizard. I’m
I'm really
reallyimpressedby theirand their
theirwhole
whole thing.
impressed bytheir records
records andthing.
they over-extend
over -extendthemselves
themselves because
because they can’t
can't
But theylive.Though
ThoughIIdon’t
don'tseeseewhywhythey
theyshouldn’t.
shouldn't. They
They
do it live.
shouldn't be
the pieces
pieces they
theyuseshouldn’t
be afraidafraidto
to taketake all theuse ininthe studiostudio on stagestage withwiththem
them –-40
musicians and thethe
40 musicians
product is so incredible
incredible andand they
rest. Their productthey areare all such
musicians.
good musicians.

"Whatever isnatural is“Whateveris naturalfine": Mike
Mike Nesmith
Nesmith onfine”:
theset
the
setof
ofThe
The Monkees
show ininLos
LosAngeles
Angeles
TV show

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song takes
takes meme moremore than
than 25SONGWRITING
25
SONGWRITING If aa songminutes tousually scrap
means it's
minutes
towrite,write,II usuallyscrapit.
it. It means
it’s
to come.
come.Some
Somepeople
peopleseem
seemamazed
amazednot ready tothat youcan write
20minutes;
minutes; they
they
that
you canwrite aa song in 20
may have
have spent
spent six oror seven
seven years
years offorget you may
moving towards
towards thatthat song.
can't read
readlife moving
song. I can’t
music, so IIcompose
compose on
on thethe guitar.
guitar.
music,

win this- MELODYFEBRUARY—
MELODYMAKER
MAKER FEBRUARY
2525—-Ear orYOU
COULDN'TMISSMISSthethefact
factthatthat
OU COULDN’T
the coshJoneshadhadaamagnificent
magnificenttantan-–
Davy Jones
naked to the waist andand halfhe was naked
halfROOD
heartedly
heartedlyrubbing
rubbingat
athis
hisnewly
newly washedwashed hair.
hair.
top 21was eight
eight weeks
weeks since
since his last visit,
visit, which
which
It wascontesthardlyhardly createdcreated nationwide
nationwideinterest.
interest.But
But in thoseeight
and hisMonkees had
eight weeks
weeks he andhis fellow Monkees
startsbecomestars andbecome householdhouseholdnames
namesasasTV
TV stars
TODAY
hit-record makers.
makers. This
had got thethe
hit-record
This time
time Davy
Davy had
4I WOO
full treatment
treatment-screaming– screamingfans
fansatatthe
the airport,
airport,policeclearing morepolice clearing
more fromfrom outside
outsidehis
his hotel,
hotel,
journalists
journalistsqueueing
queueingfor
forinterviews.
interviews.How
How did
did itall happen?
happen?
"We were
were just
just aaTV
TVshow
showandandthere
therewaswasaademand
demand forforaarecord.
record. The
Thefirst
first
“We
one,
Clarksville', soldone, 'Last‘LastTrain
TrainTo
To Clarksville’,soldaa couple
coupleofof million,"
million,”saidsaidDavy.
Davy."So“So
they
they brought
broughtout
outan
analbum
albumandandthatthatsold
soldfive
fivemillion.
million.And
And now
now our new
album
albumhashasknocked
knockedthe
theoldoldoneonefromfrom Number
Number11 inAmerica."
in America.”
D avyviewthe future?
future?
How does Davyview the"Mike andand Peter
Peterwill“Mike
will eventuallygo
eventually goon
ontheir
theirown
ownas
assingles,"singles,”hehe said,
said,
after
autographs for two
two chambermaids.
chambermaids. "Peterthe Donovan
Donovanafter signing autographs“Peter is thetypesinger,while
whileMike
Mikelikes
likesthetheMotown
Motownsound.
sound. Micky
Mickyisthetypeof folk singer,
is thefunnyman
comedian.
funny manandandhe's
he’sboundboundtoto be
be a comedian.
Myself, I’ll
I'llstay
staywith
acting."with acting.”as thethe whole world
world must
must know
Davy, asknowbyby now,
now,

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Aiwa

comes
Manchester andand was apprenticed
apprenticed as
comes from Manchester
ajockeybefore
a jockey beforegoing
goingtotoAmerica
Americawith
withthetheOliver!
Oliver!
show.
What music
show. Whatmusic did
did hehe listenlistento
to inin thetheoldold days?
days?
"I couldn’t
couldn't afford records
records inin thethe old
olddaysdays-I
had“I– I had15saaweek
weekspending
spendingmoney
moneyasasan
anapprenticeapprentice15s

jockey,"used tojockey,” recalled
recalledDavy.
Davy."But“ButI used
to digdig Cliff
RichardThe Shadows.
Shadows. Don’t
Don't forget, I’ve
I've been
been
Richardgt
& The
s'E
MIMS
away four years andand The Beatles came
came out
out sincesince
then-they
great
then – theyare
arethetheones
onesI Ireally
reallylike.
like.That's
That’saa great
newrecord.
best side
side-I've
new record.`PennyLane'‘Penny Lane’is the best
– I’vebeen
three weeks."
beensinging
singingitit for the last three
weeks.”Do anyanyproblems
togetherproblemsarrive
arrivefrom
fromthethefourfour Monkees
Monkees having
having to work together"Weallallhavehaveseparate
separate dressing
dressing rooms,”
rooms," explained
explained Davy.
day after day? “WeDavy.
"We work
workour
ourscenes
scenes together,
together, but
but we relax
relaxandand eateat ininour
ourseparate
separate rooms.
rooms.
“We
I have always been
been used
used toan actor.
actor. It’s
It's so
sodifferent
different
to working
working on
on my own as an
being
have to be so
beingaa member
memberof
ofaa group;group;youryourwork
workhas
hasto
tobe
be so
so tight;
tight; you
you have
careful not
throw inanything that
careful
not toto throwin anything
thatwill
willspoil
spoilthethegroupgroupasasaa whole.
"In“In San
San Francisco
Franciscorecently,
recently,weweplayed
playedto
to18,000
18,000 teenagers,
teenagers,withwith5050
policemen
tough andpolicementrying
tryingto
toholdholdthem
themback.
back.Things
Thingsgot
gotaa bit
bit toughand Mike washithairspray. Peter was
was hit
hit ininthe
theeyeeyewithwithaabanana
banana andand
hit inin thethe face with a hairspray.

THE MONKEESTHEMONKEESHOT
guess, as
asfar
faras
asrecreation
recreation isisconcerned.
concerned.
HOT RODSRODS Myfirst
My first love, I guess,I havehave spent
spent a lot
lotof
oftimetimeand
andmoneymoney ononcars.
cars. I’ve
I'venever
neverbeen
beenmuchmuch ofofa sportsman
sportsman inathletic sense,
that's whyl
to build
buildsomething
somethingin thethe athletic
sense, that’s
why I like tothatthan somebody
There's aawholesyndrome involvedthat goes faster thansomebodyelse's.
else’s. There’s
whole syndrome
involved
in cars
cars-–sex
freedom when
sex and
andpainpainandandfreedom.
freedom.You
You have
have freedom
whenyou
you havehave
yourown personalised
personalised form
your own
formofoftransport.
transport.You
Youfeelfeelyou
youcancanjustjustgetget inin it
andanyplace.
and go anyplace.

"Ladies First”
First" syndrome
syndrome isstrange. Women
The whole “Ladies
is strange.
Womeninin America
America have
have
incredible heads
such incredible
heads onon theirtheir shoulders.
shoulders.London
London makes
makesaa whole
philosophical statement
attitude tophilosophicalstatementby
by its attitude
to women.
FAME I don’t
don't reallyre allyknow
what it means,means, even
even yet. IIsuppose
suppose it’s
it's thethe ability
ability
FAMEknow whattosomesome place
place youyou could
could never
never go before
before andand get into
into places
places you
to go tobefore. IIkeep
keepthinking
thinking backbacktowhen they
theywouldn't
never could before.
to whenwouldn’tlet
let meme in.
Maybe it's
reward for
doing aa job
Maybe
it’s a reward
for doing
job well.

HOLLYWOOD
Cardboard andand fast
fast-–aa great
great place
HOLLYWOOD Cardboard
andtinsel.
tinsel.It's
It’s young,young, free andto live andand IIcouldn’t
couldn't live
liveany
anyplaceelse now.
now.It’s
It'scertainly
certainlythe
place elsethe best
best climate
climatefor creative
creative thinking
thinking thatcome across.
areconstantly
constantly
thatII have
have comeacross. You
You arestimulated
million -and -onethings.
things. And
Andeverybody
everybodyis
involved-you
stimulatedby
by a million-and-one
is involved
– you
can
as youyoucancan withwith thethe headhead
can talk
talk shop
shopwith
withthetheguyguy selling
selling flowers
flowers as
as well asof MGM.
MGM.
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masterand
and kindkind andand wasELVIS PRESLEYPRESLEY He isisaamaster

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thefirst
firstwhite
whitebboy
to ever
everdodoit.
it. Chuck
ChuckBBerrystarted
don't want
want
startedititall,all,really.
really.But,
But, like
like I said, I don’t
to talk
talk about
about other
otherartists
artists-I– Idon't
don’tthink
thinkit's
it’s rightfor meme toto dodo so.
PETERTORK That’s
That's anan unfair
unfair question.
question.II just
PETER TORK

don't
don’t talk
talk about
aboutother
otherguys
guysinin thethe group.
group.
NIGHTCLUBS
not muchmuch for nightclubs.
nightclubs.
NIGHTCLUBS I'm
I’m not

It'snowhere scene
scene sitting
sitting andand screaming
screaming
It’s aa nowhereat somebody
someb ody forforhours
hours–-you
don't get muchmuch
you don’t
good
good conversation
conversationthat
thatway.
way.IIpreferpreferto
togo
gosomewhere
conversation unlesssomewherefor conversation
unlessIgo
I go along
along
to a club
club byby myself
mys elftotodig
digsomething
somethingspecial
special thatthatis happening.
happening.

MARX BROTHERS
Our fathers.
fathers. We are
aredirect
direct copies
copies ofofthem,them, ififwe
are
MARX
BROTHERS Our
we aredirect copies
anybody. I cancan sit andand watchwatch their
their films
directcopiesof anybody.
films andandnevernevergetgettired or bored.
bored.We
Wehavehavemademadetheir
theircomedy
comedy-whichtimeless-become
tired– which isistimeless– become
immediate and2525toto30
immediate
andurgent.
urgent.Theywere
They werepopular
popular30years
yearsago
agoandandthisthisisissoratherrather than
than employ thethe samesame humour
humour we employ
employ thethe samesamenow, sotechniques with
Our
techniqueswith thethe humour
humourofof today. Our
jokes are about
about television, airlines,
airlines, things
things they
they
didn't havejokeabout,
about, butbutthethetechniques
techniques
didn’thave to joke
are thethe same.
same. Wheneverare
Whenever somebody
somebodysays,
says, inin adisparaging way,
copying thethe Marx
disparaging
way, thatthatwewe are copying
feelflattered
flatteredandandhonoured.
honoured.
Brothers, I feel"The Marx“The
Brothers are
our fathers.
We’re
We're direct
directcopies of them”
them"

FLYING I'mpilot andwant my own
own
FLYING
I’m aa pilot
andIIlove
love toto fly. I want
aeroplane but
don't know
knowwhichThreeaeroplane
but I don’t
whichtoto get. Three
dimensional travel
something else-you
dimensional
travel is somethingelse – yousit
sitininseat andand you cancan makemake ititgo
goany
anywayyou
want.
a seatway you want.
It's aawholeofdoing
doingthings.
things. It’s
It's that
that
It’swhole newnew way ofsense of freedom
freedom again.
sense
again.And
And that's
that’saa very
very
important thingimportantthingininlife.
life.

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AMBITION
Mine is just
just totocontinue
continue as I am.
am. Whatever
Whatever comes, whateverwhatever is
AMBITION Minenatural,natural,isis fine-whateverfine – whateverseems
seemsright
righttotome
meatatthe
thetime.
time.II never
never have
have
been
planning something.
out ofofbeen one
one for planningsomething.It's
It’smore
morefunfunto
toworkwork your
your way out
situations
than to work
workyourwayinto
situations thanyour way into them.
them.

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somethingLONDON I'm
I’m knocked
over by it.

ugly, but
but I can’t
can't get next to London
London andople go. I’ve
I've been
been
andthethewaywaype
peopleimpressed
own
impressedwith
withthethecity,city,butbutsadsadthatthatititseems
seemstotobe
beheldheldinin itsits own
history.
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past seems
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backwards
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and homesick.
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come backbackhere
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rock’n’roll groups
groups inin thatneck ofthe woods.”
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in Britain
Britain over
overthethepastpastfortnight.
fortnight.
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about thein New
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thefourth?
fourth?"Peter“PeterTork
Tork is in
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folk singer
singer for
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decided it wasn’t
wasn't me, andand thetheof shows
the whole
whole idea
idea of theshow is four
four guys
guys playing
playing themselves.
themselves. Now
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the
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85 pershow is ad-lib.
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HIS IS IT!
A- MELODY,RIL1 1——MELODYMAKER
MAKER APRILBEING
ASKEDTO
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interviewthe
thePink
PinkFloyd
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anordeal
ordealEING ASKED
I would
would have
have wishedwished only on my worst
worst enemies.
enemies. I wasshaking
an hourhour before our first midday
middayshakinglike
like a leaf an
appointment.
appointment.The
Thethought
thoughtof
ofhaving
havingto
totalktalktoto apsychedelicgroup brought
brought me out inin sugarcubesugarcubepsychedelic groupshapedpimples. What language
language do these
these
shaped goose
goose pimples.
musicalMartians speak?
their hallucinatory
hallucinatory gaze turn
turn
musical Martians
speak? Would their
me into an orange? What would
would bebe thethe horrible
horrible consequences
consequences offreaking
bunch of transvestites
transvestites infreaking out
out withwith a bunchin Cambridge
CambridgeCircus?
Circus?
Preconceptions
Preconceptionsflooded
floodedmy
myalreadyalreadybustingbustingmind.
mind.This
Thiswaswasgoing
goingtoto
be 16
16hours
hours ofofterrifying,
terrifying, heart-halting
heart -halting experiences.
experiences.
tiptoed to thethe door of leadleadguitarist
guitarist Syd Barrett’s
Barrett's house
house justNervously, I tiptoedjustt
off busy
busy Cambridge
Cambridge Circus
the middle
London's vice-ridden West
Circus inin themiddleofof London’svice-riddenEnd. The front
front door
doorwaswaspainted
painted anan ominous
ominous purple.
purple. Why
Whywasn't
wasn’tI being
paid
this one trip
trip on which
which all
all expenses
expenses weren’t
weren't
paid danger
dangermoney?
money? Was thisgoing to be
be paid?
paid? Oh,
Oh,to
tobe
begolfgolfcorrespondent
correspondent on
on International
International Times
Times andanddforget these
these blasted
blasted astronomic,
els.
astronomic,hippy
hippyreb
rebels.
Barrett tumbled
tumbled out
his bedbed andand donned
donned his
peekedSyd Barrett
out of his
his socks. I peeked
aroundwomen's clothing
clothing thatthat The Pink
Pink
aroundthe
thesmallsmallattic
atticroom
roomlooking
looking for women’s
Floyd say
sayArnoldtries onthe mirror.
mirror. Instead
Instead his
Arnold Layne
Layne tries
on in front of thehisgirlfriend
girlfriend materialisedmaterialisedatatthe
thedoordoorandandbrought
broughtininaacup
cupof
ofcoffee.
coffee.
sofar
farthethewaswaslittle
littleevidence
evidence ofofthe
the terrible
terrible Arnold Layne being
being
Well, soin the vicinity
vicinity-The
covering– ThePink
PinkFloyd
Floydwere
were coveringup
I'll shoot
shoot Barrett
Barrett aa few quick
quick
up well. I’llquestionsasleep.
questionswhile
whilehe's
he’sstill
still half
half asleep.
why did
did you
you write
write such
such aa dirty,
Syd, why
dirty,filthy,
filthy,smutty, immoral
immoral andand degrading
degradingsong
songas"Arnold Layne”?
Layne"?
as “Arnold
blinked blankly:
wrote it.
Syd blinked
blankly:"Well,“Well, I just wroteit.
I thought
thought 'Arnold
nice name,name,‘Arnold Layne'
Layne’ waswas a niceandfitted verywelland it fitted
very well into
into thethemusic
musicII had
hadalready
composed."already composed.”"But isn’t
isn't it true,”
true," said
said I,I,“that"that Radio
Radio London,
London,“But
quitebanned thethe record because
because theyquite rightly, banned
thought'smutty'?"thoughtit was ‘smutty’?”Instead of reelingreeling into
into thethe wardrobe
wardrobe andandInsteadrevealingcupboard full
feminine clobber,
revealing aa cupboard
fullofof feminine
clobber,
Syd began
began to explain:
explain: “I"I waswas atatCambridge
Cambridge at thethetimestarted tothe song. I pinchedpinched thethe line about
about `moonshine
time I started
to writewrite the‘moonshine
washingline’
line'from
fromRog
Rogourourbass
bassguitarist
guitarist-because
has anan enormous
enormous
washing– because he has
washing
the back
garden of his
his house.
house. Then
Then IIthought,
thought, ‘Arnold'Arnold
washingline
line inin theback garden
musthobby,' andand it went on fromfrom there.
there. Arnold Layne just
just happens
happensmust have
have aa hobby,’to dig dressing
dressing up in women’s
women's clothing.
clothing.A
ofpeople
peopledo
do-soup
A lot of– so let's
let’s face up
to reality.
"About thethe only
only other
other lyric anybody
anybody could
could object
the bit
bit about
about ‘it'it
“Aboutobject toto is thetakes two
twoto
toknow’,
know',and
andthere’s
there'snothingnothing ‘smutty’'smutty' about
then iftakes
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that!But
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wehopehopethey’ll
they'llcancel
cancel each
each other
other out.
areOrganist RickWrightwalked in andand said: “I"I think
think thethe record
record was
Organist
Rick Wright walked
bannedbannednot
not because
because oftheof thelyrics,
lyrics, because
there's
can really object
object toto-–there’s nothingnothingthere
thereyouyou canbutbecause they'regroup andandbut because
they’reagainst
againstususas
as aa groupagainstagainstwhat
whatwewestandstandfor."for.”"It's only
onlyaabusinesslike
businesslikecommercial
commercial insult
insult“It’s
anyway,"thought Syd,"it doesn’t
doesn't affectanyway,” thought
Syd, “itaffect usus
personally."
personally.”
thebassist
bassist andand Nick
NickMason
theRoger theMason thedrummerdrummerjoined
joinedthethehappy
happythrong.
throng.Maybe
Maybe they
they
were
the evilpeople, I thought.
thought. "Let's
were theevil people,“Let’sface
faceit,"it,”
said
seriously,“the"thepirate
pirate stations
stations play
said Roger seriously,
records
that are much more
more ‘smutty’'smutty' than
than
records that
Arnoldonly Radio‘ArnoldLayne'
Layne’will
willevereverbe.
be.In
In fact
fact it's
it’s only
LondonLondon thatthathave
have bannedbannedthe
therecord.
record.The
TheBBCBBC
andthink it’s
it's justand everybody
everybodyelse
elseplays
playsit.
it. I think
different policies –-notanything against
not anything
against us."us.”sounds like sense. Syd got
gotup
upand
andmoved
movedstealthily
stealthily totothethetapetapeThat sounds
recorder. Ah-ha, they’re
they're going tototrytrysubliminal
subliminal brainwashing!
brainwashing! They'rerecorder.
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inaarevolving
revolvingecho
echochamberchamber full
full ofoflaughing
laughing gas
gasandand pipepipe
going to lock
Stockhausen throughCreamcheese writhes
Stockhausen
throughthe
theportholes
portholeswhile
whileSuzy
Suzy Creamcheese
writhes ononthe transparent
transparent roof
ely bytheroofininaa Mateybubble
Matey bubblebath,bath,being
beingwatchedwatchedintens
intensely
the inmates
inmates of the Asylum ofofCharenton
Charentonunder
under thethe direction
direction of thethetheMarquis deMarquisde Sade.
Sade.
put onon oneone ofofthe
thenew
newPink
PinkFloyd
Floydalbum
album tracks
tracks instead.
instead. And,
Syd putAnd,
gadzooks,-tapping stuff.
stuff. Quite
Quite
gadzooks,it's
it’s footfoot-tapping
interestinggarde",
interestingpop
popmusic,
music,actually.
actually."Avant“Avant garde”,
I think
think it’s
it's called.
called. Warming to thethe Floyd’s
Floyd's tapes
tapes
of numbers
numbers like “Interstella”"Interstella" and “Flamin’”,"Flamin'",I beganbegan toto think
think thatthat maybe
maybe I waswaswrong
wrong-–
maybe
beneath themaybe beneaththehustle
hustleandandbustle
bustleofof thein-crowders
in-crowders andand newspaper
newspaperreports,
reports,here
herewaswas a
group
weird as everyone
everyone makes
makes out.
out.
group notnot quite
quite asas weird"Let's go forforaadrink,”
drink," they
they said.
said. A
Adrink?
drink? Surely
Surely“Let’shippies
sure enoughhippies don't
don’tdrink?
drink?But
But sure
enoughthere
therewe
wewere in thethe pub
pub downing
downing good old-fashioned
old-fashioned
brown
another, andand another.
another. And
brown beer.
beer. And another,thenStudios for thethe group’sgroup'sthenitit was
was off to EMI Studios
recordingrecordingsession.
session.Quite
Quiteaa normal
normalaffair.
affair.NoNo
kaleidoscopic
happenings or
kaleidoscopic lighting, no happenings
freaking-justfreaking – justaalot
lotof
of hardhardwork.
work.
Where does thethe groupgroup think
think theyWhere
theyfit
fit in the pop
music
structure? "We
liketotothink
thinkthatthatmusic structure?
“We would like
we'repart of thethe creative
creative half inin thatthat we write
writeour
ourwe’re partownmaterial andown material
anddon't
don’tjust
just record
record other
other people's
people’snumbers,
numbers,oror copyAmerican
copy Americandemo
demodiscs,"
discs,” said
Nick Mason.
Mason. “Our
"Our album
album shows
shows parts
partsofof TheThe
Pinkthat haven’t
haven't been
been heard
Pink Floyd thatheardyet."
yet.”"There's parts
parts wehaven't even
“There’s
we haven’t
even heard
heardyet,"yet,”chippedchippedin
inRoger.
Roger.

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thought,“I‘Arnold
Arnold musthave aa hobby,'
havehobby,’and it went on
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onto
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tumultuous
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waves ofof soundsound which
which
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their act. Pop –-oror poppop inBritain, at least
least –-wasnever likelike
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were content
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colours which
which confound
the
their
the senses
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songs.
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scene, or have they
theability to
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seven
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ended
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piano lessons and ended
abruptly
abruptly after
aftertwo
twoweeks.
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closely followedbyart school
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becameartschool in London.
part of The Pink Floyd
Floyd because
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to bass player
Roger Waters.
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definite
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despite thetheplace in pop
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apparent
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Britain aresays.
great. Possibly, they
they are notnotgreat.
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they
come toto lifelife as audiences.
Humperdinck,
Just because Humperdinck,
followed bybytheclosely followed
theKenKen Dodds,
Dodds,
doing so well
well isisnot
notindicative
indicative ofofis doing
the part
part ofof teenagers.”
teenagers."
apathy on the
Syd himself
himself isthe most
is themost colour
colour-of thethe colourful
colourful Pinks.
conscious ofclothes like black
He dresses in clothes
corduroy jackets,-red pants
pants
corduroy
jackets,wine
wine-redwhite shoes. “Freedom"Freedom is what
what
and white
I'm after,”after," he comments.
comments. “That’s"That's
I’m
likeworking
working in this
this group.
group.
why I like
There's such
suchfreedom
freedom artistically.”
artistically."
There’s
RICK WRIGHTWRIGHT
RICK
organ. He
Heplays organ.
also 21,
21,ratherratheris alsoquiet, very
quiet,
veryeasyeasygoing and
going
and
exceedingly
absent-minded,
lockedwhich explains why he locked
the group’sgroup's carleft thethe
car and leftthekeyskeys
He went
went forfor education
education to
inside. He
toHaberdashers andHaberdashers
and talks
talks like
like it,"Then I went
went toto Regent
Regent Street
Streettoo. “Thenarchitecture
Polytechnic to study architecture
up ininboredomboredom after
after aaand gave up
SoI Istarted
startedgoing
going abroad,abroad, totoyear. So
Greece. Thenplaces like Greece.
Then came
came"It's bringing
bringing into
into flower
flowermany
many ofofthe
thefruits
fruitsthat
thathavehaveremained
remained“It’sdormant
added Nick.
dormantfor
forso
so long,"long,” added"It all
all comes
comes straightstraight out
our heads,”
heads," says
"and it’s
it's not too far out
out
“It
outof
of oursays Syd, “andto understand.
understand. IfIfwe
playwellthink most people
people will
we play
well onon stage I thinkunderstandnoise. Most
Mostaudiencesaudiences respond
respondunderstandthat
thatwhat
whatweweplayplayisn't
isn’t just
just a noise.
togood set.”
set."
to a good
And despite
despite those
those terrifying
terrifying premonitions
premonitions andand thethe misinterpreted
misinterpreted
facts, andand thethe blown-up
blown -uprumours,
rumours,interviewing
interviewing this
this so-calledso-called"psychedelic"experience. They
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group was an enjoyable experience.
were very
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andassorted
assorted hell-holes
hell -holesacrossacrossS THOUSANDS
ballrooms
country are
Pink
the country
are deafened
deafened andandblindedblindednightly
nightlyby
by The Pink
Floyd,thethewell-known
well-knownpsychedelic
psychedelicgroup,group,thousands
thousands might
might
Floyd,
be forgiven for thinking,thinking, "Whatabout?" Are The Pink
Pink
“Whatthethe'ell's’ell’sitit all about?”
Floyd being
being quite
quite honesthonest when they make coy andand attractive
attractive records
records
like “See"See Emily
EmilyPlay”,
Play",thenthenproceed
proceedto
tomakemakethethenight
night hideoushideous withA

bit of money inhome to earn a bitjobs like interior
interior designing
designing andprivate decorating.
very
privatedecorating.But
ButII was very
andturned
turned toto studying
studying
unhappy andgavethatthat up
up twotwo months
monthsmusic. IIgaveago,
but onlyago, butonly because
because The
The Pink
Pink
become aafull-timefull-time
Floyd had become
occupation." Heoccupation.”He still
still hopes someto complete
complete his
day tohis musicalmusicalstudiesstudies "and“and write
writeaa symphonysymphony ororsomething".
something”. Pink Floyding it,
isquitequite enoughenoughhowever, isfor his future
future plans.
compensation for"We're playing something
something“We’redifferent fromcompletely different
from whatgone before.
before. Like
Like jazzhas gonewe improvise
improvise all themusicians, we
time,
instrumentally."
time, vocally and instrumentally.”
drifter, with
with his scarf
A bit of a drifter,
stuffedstuffeduntidily
untidilyinto
intohishis shirt,
shirt, but
butpretty content
prettycontent at present withbeing a part
part ofof Thebeing
The Pink Floyd.
ROGER WATERSWATERS,,
ROGER
22 and thethe bass
bass
says,"!
player, says,“I lieand am rather
ratheraggressive,"
aggressive,”and attempts
attempts
topart
to act
act the partshooting down
down questioners
questioners
by shooting
if he can.
don't thetry
Why don’t
the Pink Floyd try
topersonalities? “We"We
to expandexpand as personalities?
public whatgive the public
what they
they cancan seefor
don't want
for themselves
themselves -– we don’ttoto manufacture
manufacturean
animage.
image.WeWe
don't wantinvolved in
don’t
want toto be involved
some publicity
publicity build-up.”build-up."
Not even a dress
dress image?
image?“We
"We
Not
aswe
wefeelfeelatatthe
thetime.”time."
dress asHow did
did thethe concept
concept of thethe stageHow
act
about? "Thereact come
come about?
“Thereisis noconcept about
about it.
Our music
concept
it. Ourmusic justcomesfromfromthethefingers
fingers–-there's
comes
there’s
preconceived arrangement.
arrangement.
no preconceived
there wasPerhaps there
was an idea
dreamed up
dreamedupinasmuch
inasmuchas
as we use
images as well
well asassound,sound, but
but
imagesotherwise it's
improvisation."otherwise
it’s all improvisation.”
Roger, forfor thethe record,
record, was bornborn
Roger,
at
Great Bookham
but
at GreatBookham in Surrey but

Cambridge when
moved to Cambridge
whenhehestill aababy.
baby.After
AfterCambridge
Cambridge
was stillschooling, he studiedstudiedschooling,architecture atarchitecture
at thethe Regent Street
before drifting
drifting into
Polytechnic before
the group.
there any
thegroup. Was
Was there
any musicalbackground infamily?
backgroundinhis
his family?
"Well, my mother’smother's stone“Well,
stone
deaf, my father’s
father's deaddeaf,
dead andand mymygrandmother bought
firstgrandmotherbought her
her first
pop record
poprecordlast
lastweek.
week.ItItwas
wasdisc called
called ‘Arnold'Arnold Layne’.”Layne'."
a disc
NICK MASON,NICKMASON,
the 22-year -oldthe
22-year-old
drummer fromfromdrummer
Birmingham,
Birmingham,
describes himself
a veryas “amediocre,ordinary youth"andordinary
youth” andthinks
thinkshishisarrival inarrivalin TheThe Pink
Pink Floyd
Floydwaswasremotely connected topossibly remotely
grandfather once
his grandfather
once penningpenningaa"fine, regal march”
march" entitledentitled“fine,"Grand State
March".
“GrandState March”.
Being theBeing
the grandson
grandsonof
ofsuchsuchaacomposer, Nick
"I takecomposer,
Nicksayssays sadly:
sadly: “I
takelife easy but
but I am bit
bit paranoic.
paranoic.
life
feel everyone
everyone has
down onI feelhas a down
on me.
to be successful
successful andI want to
and loved
loved
everything II turnto."in everything
turnmymy hand to.”succeed. He is, forfor one
He may succeed.
thing, thetalk to.
thing,
the easiest
easiest to talk
Joining the
Joining
the groupgroup came largely
because he hated
hated working
becauseworkingininan
anoffice. "Istudied architecturearchitecture
office.
“I had studied
for three
the Polytechnic
Polytechnic
forthree years at the
spent a year
year working
working inand then spent
office. It's
an office.
It’s only
only just
justlately,
lately,inin
fact, thatfact,
thatThe
The Pink
Pink Floyd
Floyd havebeen doing
doing muchthe past
beenmuch work.
work. InIn theplayed about
about onewe played
one date
dateaafortnight andfortnight
andspent
spent thethe rest
rest ofof thetime sitting
timesittingininpubs
pubsandand saying
sayingwould behow nice it would
be to
to be
be famous.
famous.
Only when
got a manager
manager who
Onlywhen we
we gotstarted organisinggetstartedorganisingus
us diddid we get
dreaming."
beyond just dreaming.”
naturally, things
thingsHe hopes, naturally,
better forforwill get bigger and betterthe group.
thethunderous, incomprehensible,
a thunderous,
incomprehensible, screaming
screamingsonicsonic torture
torturethat
thatfive
five
Americandoctors agree could permanently
permanently damage
damage theAmerican doctors
the senses?
Floyddodonot
notwishwishtotoappear
appeardishonest,
dishonest, but
but they
they areare worried.
worried. They
They
The Floyd
appreciate thethe contrast
contrast between
and live
liveperformances,
performances,appreciate
between their
their records
records andagree thethe latterlatter mightthat they
they should
should be,
and areagree
might notnot bebe all thatbe, andare taking
taking steps
steps
rectify thethe situation.
situation. Roger Waters,
Waters, bass
bass player,
player,withwithrather
rather aesthetic
aesthetic
to rectify
looks,andand aataste
tasteforforfrequent
frequentpints
pintsofofbitter,
bitter,grappled
grappledfrankly
franklywith
good looks,
withproblems this
this week.
Floyd problems"We're being
being frustrated
frustrated at“We’reatthe
themoment
momentbybythe
thefact
factthat
thattotostay
stayalive
alivewe
weplay lots
lotsandand lotslotsofofplaces
placesandandvenues
venuesthatthat areare not
not really
really suitable.
suitable.
have to play
can't last, obviously, andand we’re
we're hoping
hoping toto createcreate ourour own
own venues.”
venues."This can’t
Rogeraccepted
accepted aagovernment-approved
government -approvedcigarettecigarette andand warmed
warmed to his
his
Roger
theme. "We
likeour
our music.
music. That’s
That's thethe only
only driving
driving force behindbehind us.
theme.
“We all likeus.
All thethe trappings
trappings of
be coming vaguely successful,
successful, like being
being able
able to buy
of becoming
amplifiers –-none
important. We've
namebigger amplifiers
noneofofthatthatstuff
stuffisis really
really important.
We’vegot
got a namesorts now
now amongamong theof sorts
thepublic,
public,so
soeverybody
everybodycomes
comestotohave
haveaalook
lookatatus,
us,
and we get full
full houses.
houses. But
But thethe atmosphere
atmosphere inandinthesetheseplaces
placesisisvery
very stale.
stale.
There is nono feelingfeeling ofofoccasion.
occasion. There
There isisnononastinessnastiness about
about it, but we don’t
don't
There
rebooked on the club oror ballroom
ballroom circuit.
circuit. What
I'm trying
trying to saysayis
get rebooked
What I’mis
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1967– M A R CH
JJANUARYA N U A R Y-MARCH
idea of using
using a big top.
top.
idea
We'll
huge tent
tent
We’ll have a hugeand go aroundaround likeandtravelling circus.
circus.
a travelling
We'll
have a huge
huge
We’ll havescreen 120 feet wide
wide
screenand 40 feet
feet highhighandand project
inside andand slides.
films and"We'll play
play thethe big“We’llor anywhere,
anywhere,cities, oranand become anoccasion, justoccasion,just likecircus. It’ll
It'll bebe aa circus.
beautiful scene.
beautifulscene. It
thecould even be thesalvation of thethe circus!
circus!
salvation"The thing
thing is, I don’t
don't
“The
thinkwethink
wecan
cango ondoing what
what we are
are
doing
doing now.
doing
now.IfIf we do,we'll
we’ll all
all bebe on
on thethe dole."
dole.”

Mayi2,1967:thepromo
May12, 1967: the promo
filmfor"ArnoldLayne"isfilm
for “Arnold Layne” isasaaback
backprojection
projectionused asfortheFloyd'sGamesFor
forthe Floyd’s Games For
Mayshowat
theQueenMayshow at the
Queen
ElizabethHallinLondon
Elizabeth
Hall in London

Chris Welchthatthing wethatthethesortsortofof thing
we areare trying
tryingto
to do
do doesn't
doesn’tfit
fit into
into thethesortsortofof
MELODYMAKER
MAKER'cPTEMBER— MELODYSEPTEMBER
1212—environment
Thesupporting
supporting bands
bands play ‘Midnight'Midnight
environmentwe
we areare playing in. The
Hour'
GIVINGPOPJOURNALISTSJOURNALISTSa harda hardtime
timeisisthetheblood
bloodsport
sport ofof
Hour’ andandthetherecords
recordsare
areallallsoul,soul, thenthenwewe comecome on.
on.
IVING POP
"I've got
gotnothingnothing against
against thethe people
people who
who come,come, andand I’mI'mnotnotputting
puttinggroups.
ofthe
the occupational
occupational hazards“I’vegroups. It's
It’s one ofhazardsofof thethe job, as
down
audiences. But they have totocomparecompare everybody
everybody.
So-and-so's
anyone who's
been on the receiving
receiving end
The Beatles’
Beatles'down our
our audiences.
erybody. So-and-so’sSoandanyonewho’s ever beenend of The
group
better thanIt's likelikemark
marking
exerciserapier remarks
The Pink
Pink
group is better
thaneverybody
everybodyelse
else.. It’sn exercise
rkinng
remarkswill
w tellrapierrewill
tellyou.
you.Last
Lastweek,
week, itit was
was Thebooks.
Tichgetgetaa gogold
star
Floyd's turnturn,
surprising, for their
their latest
books.Dave
DaveDee,
Dee,Dozy,
Dozy,Beaky,
Beaky, Mick
Mick gt& Tichold star
Floyd’sn, which was surprising,Fin thethe margin,
margin, or'Tick-Very
the club sc
scene
record, "Apples
And Oranges”,
Oranges", isn’t
isn't exactly
exactly setting
settingor ‘Tick– VeryGood'.
Good’. On
On theccene
record,“A
Apples And
we raterate about
about two out of
of10
10and
and‘Must'Musttry
tryharder
thechartalight.
Still,
I
managedtopenetrate
harder’’.
the
ch
ha
hart
alight.
I
managedtopenetrate
COLUMBIA
We've
hadproblems
problemswith
withour
ourequipment
equipment and
and
their
attitude andWe’ve hadthei
ir initial unreceptive attitude
and asked
we can’t
can't getb ecause we play
play
howfeltabout
about thethe record
record bombing
bombing afterhoow they felt
getthethePA
PA to work because
extremely
because Syd"Arnold Layne”
Layne" andand "See
Play" had
had““A
“Arnold“See Emily Play”
extremelyloudly.
loudly.It's
It’s a pity, because(singer Syd
SydBarrett)Barrett) writes
writes great
great lyrics
lyrics andandbeen soreceived.
b
been
so well received.
(singer
nobodyhears them.
them.
"Couldn't care
Barrett's
nobody ever hears“Couldn’t
careless,"
less,” was Syd Barrett’s"Maybe it’s
it's our
our fault
fault because
because we areare trying
tryinganswer. For
ally regard
regard“Maybeanswer.
For thetheFloyd
Floyd don't
don’trereallyaRPM,
toohard. After all,all, thethe human
human voice can’t
can't
too hard.
themselves
as primarily
primarilyaa record
record group.
group.
tthemselves ascompeteand double
Barrett is an advocate
advocate of musicalmusical anarchy.
anarchy.
competewith
with Fender
Fender Telecasters
Telecasters anddoubleBarrett
B
08 8310drum
veryyounggroup, not inthat all thethe groupgroup canmakedrumkits.
kits. We're
We’re a very
young group,He
cando
do is make
H believes that'1
43 1967
96
age, but in experience.
experience. We'retrying torecord which
which please
notWe’re trying
to solvea recordplease them.
them.IfIf it's
it’s notproblems
Perhapscommercial- –toomakeproblems thatthat haven't
haven’t existed
existed before. Perhaps
commercial
toobad.
bad."All“Allwe
wecan
cando
dois
is makecowe should
should stop trying
trying to do ourour singles
singles onstage
onstage.
records
the kids
kidsdon’t,
don't, then
then
e.
rrec
ordswhichwhichwe
we like. If the
APPLES AND ORANGES
Even The
The Beatles,
Beatles, when
when they
theyworked
theywon't
workedlive,
live,
th
won’tbuybuyit."
it.”tthey
sounded
Ideally,
believes Barrett,Barrett, groups
groups should
should record
recordsoundedlike
like their
theirrecords.
records.But
But thethe soundsoundofof records
reecordsodId
deallly, believes
THE PINK FLOYD
Product. Norman 6mith
we makemake today
today areare impossible
impossible toto reproduce
reproduce on
onstage,their ownpress their
their own
ownrecords,
records,distributedistributenstage,n music, press
their
4441N
so there
there is no point
point in trying.”
trying."themthem. He feels thatthat thethe application
applicationthm andandsellsell them.
tthem
at BRITh1t4
Isn't this
this being
being dishonest?
dishonest? "Thispoint.
of comcommercial
considerations is harmful
harmful to the
Isn’t“This is the point.
mmercial considerations
We don’t
don't think
think so.
'Arnold Layne’
Layne'
music.
tocut
cutoutoutthetherecord
recordcompany
company
so.We still do ‘Arnold
music. He'd
He’d like toandthrough 'Emily...'andmiddleand thethe wholesalerswholesalersand
andretailers.
retailers."All“All middle
and struggle
struggle through‘Emily…’ occasionally.
occasionally.
Wedon’t
don't think
think it’s
it'sdishonest
dishonest because
because we can’t
can't
men
said.
men areare bad,"bad,” hehe said.
playliveon records.
records. It’s
It's aa perfectly
perfectly
Co -manager Peter Jenner
Jenner said
said that,
that, anyway,
Co-manager
anyway,play live what
what we
we play on
OKscene.Can
Canyouimaginesomebody
somebodytrying
themore idea ofofwhatthe groups
groups have
have far more
what thethe kids
kids
OK scene.
you imagine
trying to
play
'ADay
DayIn
Life'? Yet
Yetthat’s
that's one
one of thethewant
than thecompanies. Barrett
want than
the record companies.
Barrett saidplay ‘A
In The Life’?
greatest
that
and
thatthethereason
reasonthethekids
kidsdig
dig The
The Beatles andgreatesttracks
trackseverevermade.
made.AAlot
lotof
of stuff
stuffon
onour
ourLP
LP
is completely
completely impos
sible toWe've got thethe
MickJagger
not soso muchmuch because
because of their
their
Mick Jagger is not
impossible
todo
dolive.
live. We’ve
recording
together andmusic,
because they
what they
theymusic, but because
they always do what
recording side
side together
and not
not thethe playing
playing side.
So whatwhat we’ve
we've got to do
do now
now isisget
gettogether
together awant
and toeveryone else.
want toto do
do andto hell with everyone
else.
stage
that has"That's why
whythethekids
kidsdig
digthemthem-because“That’s– because theystage act thathas nothingnothingto
todo
do withwith our
our records,
records,
things'Interstellar Overdrive',
do what they
theywant.
want.The
Thekids
kidsknow
know this."
this.”
things like ‘Interstellar
Overdrive’, which
which isbeautiful,
instrumentals thatmet Barrett
Barrett andand guitarist
guitarist Roger Waters with
with
I met
beautiful, and instrumentals
thatareare muchmucheasiermanagers
themanagersJenner
Jennerand
andAndrew
AndrewKing
King at
at theeasierto
toplay."play.”
Are thethe groupgroup depressed
depressed when
when they
theyfail
communicate with
Central Office Of
OfInformation
Information in Lambeth.
Lambeth. They
had been
been viewing
CentralThey hadviewing a
fail to communicate
withanaudience? "It'ssometimes depressing
insert ofofthe
thegroupgroupforforaamagazine
magazineprogramme
programme on
on Britain
Britaincolour film insert
an audience?
“It’s sometimes
depressingand
andbecomes
becomesaadrag.
drag.There
There arearevariouscan close your
your mind
mind to thethe fact you’re
you're notnot
networked acrossand Canada.
Canada. The number
number they
networked
across America andthey filmed
filmed waswasvariousthings
thingsyou
youcancando.
do.YouYou canhappening"Jug Band
Band Blues”,
Blues",written
writtenby
byBarrett,Barrett,which
whichmanager
manager Jenner
Jenner said
had
“Jug
said hehe hadhappeningwith
withthetheaudienceaudienceand
andplay
playforfor yourself.
yourself. When the music
clicks, even
even if it’s
it'sonly
onlywith
people, it’s
it's such
such a gas.
gas. We’re
We'retrying
tryingwanted toOranges". He
He said
said
wantedto release
releaseasas theirtheirsingle
singleinstead
insteadof
of"Apples“Apples And Oranges”.
with tenten oror 12 people,
to play music
music of which
which itit can
can bebe said
said thatthat it has
has freedom
freedom offeeling. That
That
pressing fortheir next
isalmost
almost ahe was pressing
for it to be theirnextsingle
singlein
inthe
theNew
NewYear.
Year. It isof feeling.
soundstrue."
poetic recitation
recitation by Barrett,Barrett, with avant-garde
avant-garde soundpoeticsoundeffects
effects by the group.
soundsvery
verycorny,
corny,butbutitit is very true.”
What is thethe future
future of
the Floyd? “We"Wecan’t
can't gogoon
ondoing
doing clubs
clubs andandcentral passage
ers ofthe
The central
passageisis almost
almostfreeform
freeformpop,
pop,withwithsix
sixmemb
membersof theWhatof theballrooms.
want aa brand-new
brand-new environment,
environment, andtheSalvation Army on thethe recording
recording session
Salvation
sessiontold
toldtoto "playwhat“play whatyou
youlike".
like”.
ballrooms.We
We want
andwe've
we’ve hit
hit onon theG

GETTY`A llotlott ofoff stuff
stuff
“A
t fff
on our LP iscompletely
impossible
impossible to
do live”
live"

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the filming,
filming, we retired
retired to a nearby
nearby coffee bar where
where Jenner
Jenner said:
After thesaid:"The group
group has
has been
been throughthrough aa very confusing
confusing stage
past few“The
stage over the pastmonths andthink this
can't takemonthsandI think
thishashasbeenbeenreflectedreflectedin
intheir
theirwork.
work.YouYou can’tfour people
people ofofthisthismental
mentallevel
level–-theyused totobe
bearchitects
architects andand artists,
artists,four
they usedand eveneven anan educational
educational cyberneticist
cyberneticist-–giveandgive them
thembig
big success and not
expect them
them to getgetconfused.
confused.
expect"Butthey
theyarearecomingcoming throughthrough aa sortde -confusing period
period right“But
sort of de-confusing
right now.
now.
They areare not
not just
just aarecord
record group.
group. They
Theyreallyre allypull
pullpeople
peopleininto
seethemthem
They
to seeand their
their album
album has
has been
been terrificallyterrificallyreceived
inthisthiscountry
countryand
andandreceived in
America.
think they’ve
they've got aa lot
lotofoftremendous
tremendous things
things ahead
ahead of them.
them.
America. I think
They areare really
reallyjust
starting."
just starting.”
Floyd'sentry
entry into
into thethe poppop arena
arena was as
as aapsychedelic
psychedelic group.
group. They
They
The Floyd’s
came in on
on thethe surge
surge ofoflights
lightsandandpsychedelia,
psychedelia, which
which isisdwindlingdwindlingcame
rapidly
theystill
stillusing
usinglights
lightsororhadhadthey
theymadedecision
rapidly today. Were they
made any decision
to abandon
abandon them?
them?"Not“Notatatall,"all,”said
saidRoger
Roger Waters.
Waters. "With“With us,us, lights
lights were
were
not,
and aregimmick. We
Webelieve
believethatthat aalight
lightshow
showenhancesenhances thethenot, andare not,
not, a gimmick.
music.
Groups who adopted
adopted lights
gimmick are now being
being forced
forced totomusic. Groups
lights as
as a gimmick
drop them,
them, but there’s
there's no reason
reas onwhy
whywe
should.In
Inthisthiscountry,
country,groups
groupsdrop
we should.
were
forced to provide
provide their
their own
were forced
own light
light shows,
shows, whereas
whereasin
inthe
theStates
Statesitit waswas
theprovided thethe clubs
clubs who provided
the lights."
lights.”"Really,"saidsaidBarrett,Barrett,“we"wehavehaveonly
onlyjust
started to scrape
scrape the surface
surface“Really,”
just started
ofeffects
effectsand
andideas
ideasofoflights
lightsandandmusic
musiccombined;
combined;of
we think
think thatthat theand thepart ofoldthe music
music andthe lights are partthesame scene, one enhancesenhances andthe same
and adds
adds to the 4/1.
other. But wewefeelfeelthatthatininthe
thefuture
future groups
groups are cother.
going to have
have toto offer
offermuch
much more
more than
than just
just
pop show.
show. They’ll
They'll haveaa pophavetotoofferofferaawellwell-presented
Walshpresentedtheatre
theatreshow."show.”Alan
Alan Walsh“It’sfunnyjoke.
joke.The
The"It's aafunny
Pink
Pink Floyd
Floyd like
like jokes…”
jokes.
MELODYJULY 22
22
MELODY MAKER
MAKER JULY
Syd
is thethe week's
week’sSyd Barrett
Barrett is
Blind Date
Blind
Date singles
singles reviewer.
reviewer.

a bit
bit fromfrom those groups. I don’t
don't
any reason
reason forfor this
this record
recordsee any
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endrixThe
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JIMI HENDRIXJIMIHENDRIX“It’
iss freefeeling
feqling andandimagination…”
la illation.
JIMI HENDRIX
touches down
down inin London,
London,JIMIHENDRIX touches
andblows minds.
minds. Soon
Soon
and immediately
immediately blows
there
are hithit singles,
singles, outrageous
there areoutrageous
tours andanextraordinary
extraordinary debut
tours
and analbum.
thewaywaywe
we feel,"feel,”hehe says.
album. “It’s"It's thesays.
“No
"No number
number isis thethe samesametwice…”
twice..."- MELODYJANUARY2121—
MELODYMAKER
MAKER JANUARY—LTHOUGH THINGS
THINGSARE
AREhappening
happening all
allaroundaroundJimi Hendrix
Hendrix-–hethem. It’s
It's
he doesn't
doesn’t choose
choose toto see them.
down to being
being cool. No
No pre-hatch
pre -hatch counting
counting of
all down
chickens. Don't
until you
It's just
justchickens.
Don’t believe
believe it until
you seesee it. It’sdrag to be called
called "in""fave rave”.
rave". Even
Even “an"ana drag“in” oror a “favesuccess could
could reachreachemergent star whose successmomentous proportions
won't believe he’s
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momentous
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happened-–until
make itithappen
happenhappened
untilhe's
he’shappened.
happened.He's
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justgoing
going to makequickly.
–- very, very quickly.
possesses thethe aura
aura ofofaamanmanwhohas seen
seen andand been
been throughthrough a lot
He possesses
who haslife.His
Hisownownstarted
started in Seattle,
Seattle, Washington,
Washington, inof life.
in1945,1945, andandtook
tookoff
off
Tenements, rats andand cockroaches,cockroaches, poverty,
colour prejudice,prejudice,from there. Tenements,
poverty, colour
hitching aroundhitchingaroundthe
theSouth,South,thetheoccasional
occasionalgig.
gig. Eventually
Eventually he joined a
was soonsoon pennilesspenniless again.
again.
blues tour but was
A triptrip toto thethe West
WestCoast,
Coast, backback totoNew
NewYork,
York,another
anothergroup,group,andand thenthengroup. Finally
Finally came
came Greenwich
resting place
his own group.
GreenwichVillage
Village – the resting
place forwearyvoyager.
Villagethe
thefairytale
fairytale began.
began. Jimi waswasspottedspotted bya weary
voyager. In the Village
Chas Chandler
Chandler and"Come to England’,
England', said
said they. How waswas
ChasandMike
MikeJeffrey:
Jeffrey: “ComeHendrix persuaded?
persuaded? "Ididn't have no roots
roots inin thethe States
Statesthatthat would
wouldhang
hang
Hendrix“I didn’tme up. It don’t
don't mattermatter which
as I’mI'm living
living andandmewhichbitbitofof thethe worldworld I'm
I’m inin as long as
putting things
putting
things down."
down.”The Jimi
JimiHendrix
HendrixExperience
Experienc eisisjust
justthat
that-anexperience. Jimi
Seeing The– an experience.
Jimi
caresses his
guitar withhead, looks toto thethecaresses
his solidsolid guitar
with great
great respect.
respect.He
He rolls
rolls his head,and smiles
smiles totohimself
himself andand darts
darts in andand out of thethe quivering
quivering sound.
sound. On
sky, andstage Hendrix
Hendrix takes
and freedom.
stage
takesover.
over.It's
It’s flying
flying music.
music.Love
Love andfreedom.Body,
Body,soul,
soul,
funk, feeling, feedback
feedback andand freak.
Hendrix soundsound is what England
Englandfunk,
freak. The Hendrix
hasn't yet evolved
evolved-but
twitchinghasn’t– butdesperately
desperatelyneeds.
needs.It's
It’s a weaving, twitchingkaleidoscope of tremor
tremor andand vibration,
vibration, dischords
dischords andand progressions
progressions that
that
kaleidoscope
Hendrix thethe kindkind of colour
colour few
fewartists
artists have ever achieved.
achieved.
give Hendrix
has a sad,sad, almost
almost Dylanish
He hasDylanishair
airandandsings
singsofof"going“goingdown
downtotoMexico
Mexicoknow, man
man cancan be free”,
free", andand he looks as if hehe really
really does
does know.
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way where, I know,
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house: Jimi
Jimi Hendrix,
H endrix,
Red house:
Mitch Mitchell
Mitchelldrummer Mitch
bassistNoel
Noel Redding
Reddingand bassist
oneof
ofthe
theflats
flats thethe starstar
at oneshareswithshareswith manager
ChasChandler
inig67
Chas
Chandler in
1967

Coupledwith thethe gyrations,
gyrations, theCoupled withthe emotion,
emotion, thethepower
power andand thethe beauty,
beauty, it's
it’s
thethat will makemake you sweat.
sweat.
the kindkind of music that
"It's thethe way
waywe
We'retrying
trying totocreate
create ourour own
own music,
music, personal
personal“It’s
we feel. We’resoundimprovisation. No
sound andandourour own
own personal
personalbeing.
being.Our
Our music
music is improvisation.
numbernumberisisthe
thesamesametwice.
twice.While
Whilewe
wewerewere working
workingonon `HeyJoe'‘Hey Joe’ as
as anumber,down onrecord."number,that
thatwaswasin
inOctober,
October,sosowe
we putput it down
on record.”Experience areareaamixed
mixedbunch
bunch-– on paper,
paper, theoretically,
theoretically, they
theywould
The Experiencewould
never mix. In
In fact
factthethecombination
combination sets into
into
a natural
natural gel.
-year old Mitch
Mitchgel. On
On drums
drumsisis19
19-yearMitchell, aasensuous
sensuousthunderthunder machinemachinesoundingsoundinglike
likeKeith
Keith Moon
Moon andandElvin
Elvin Jones.
Jones.
Full ofofconfidence
confidence andand technique
technique plus
anplus anunderstanding
understandingof
ofdynamics,
dynamics,which
whichisis vital.
Redding, aa 21-year -oldex-art
ex -artstudent
student
Noel Redding,21-year-old“You’ve"You've got
to gentle
people along
they’reuntil they'reclued in"in”

plays thethe solid bassline
bassline behindbehind Jimi's
cutting,
Jimi’s cutting,yet lyrical, guitar
guitar work.
isaabluesman,bluesman,Mitch
Mitchaajazzman,
Jimi isjazzman, andNoel aa rock’n’roller.
rock'n'roller. They
Theyarearethreethree pretty
prettyextraordinary
the best
best
extraordinaryguys
guysledledby
by oneone of theguitarists
guitariststhis
thiscountry
countryhas
hasever
ever seen.
seen.
Hendrix knows
limitations. A
quiet,
Hendrix
knows his
his own limitations.
A quiet,wise man
man who won’t
won't acknowledge
acknowledge that
that
deceptive
forthcoming successsuccess until
until
deceptive glitter of forthcoming
he'sseen it throughthrough his
be hearing
hearing andand seeing
more
he’s seen
hisownowneyes.
eyes. You'll
You’ll be
seeing aa lot moreof TheThe Jimi
JimiHendrix
Hendrix Experience.
Experience. It's
sound, a big scene
scene thatthat you
It’s a big sound,mustn't
find
out
for
mustn’trun
runaway
awayfromfrom go– goand
and
find
out
foryourself.
yourself.NickJones
Nick Jones- NME—
NMEAPRIL
APRIL 1515—OFTHISTHISWORLD”
WORLD"isisa mucha muchmisapplied
misappliedphrase,phrase, but
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UT OF
when
that extraordinary
extraordinary guitarist
when it's
it’s applied to that
guitaristJimi
Jimi
it's appropriate.
appropriate. Looking as
asincredible
incredibleas
asanything
anything
Hendrix it’sconceived-fiction writerwhose work heheconceivedby
by sciencescience-fiction
writer Isaac
Isaac Asimov, whose
endlessly
devours, Jimi isiscomposing
composing some
some numbers
numbers of equallyequally
endlessly devours,
unearthly
unearthly inspiration.
onetitled
titled“Remember”"Remember" about
about aamanic
manic depressive,
depressive, described
described
There is one

TONY GALE/PICTORIAL PRESS/ALAMYCC“O

as “raw"raw nerves
nerves on record”,
record", another
another calledears Live Forever”
Forever" andandcalled"TeddyB“Teddy Bears
a thirdthird concerning
concerning aa visitor from another
another planet
planetwho
who decides
decides that
thatthethehuman
humanrace
raceisis an
an unworthy
unworthyanimal
animalto
torulerulethetheearth
earthandandso
sodestroys
destroysit,it,turning
the chickens!
turningthe
theworld
worldover
over toto thechickens!
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Hendrix is managed
managed by-Animal, who has
has
Hendrix
by ChasChas Chandler,
Chandler,thetheex
ex-Animal,developed a kind of split
splitpersonality
personalityto
developed
tocopecopewith
withthethenew
newimage.
image. One
One
moment willfind him
him the-pop star
momentwill findthe good-natured
good-naturedex
ex-popstar wearing
wearinghis
hisLordLord
uniform with gold
goldbraid,
braid,and
andthethenext
nextimmaculately
immaculatelyattired
attired inin
Kitchener uniform
suitandand tietieas
asMr
MrChandler,
Chandler,businessman
businessman-– complaining
complaining resignedly
black suit
resignedly
about having£2,000mixing
mixingtape-machinetape -machine instead
instead of thethe Lincoln
Lincolnabout
having toto buy a £2,000
Continental his
Continental
hisheart
heartdesires.
desires.Both
BothChas
Chas andand hishis protégé
protégé share
share a newly
acquired apartment
together withacquiredapartmentoff
offEdgeware
EdgewareRoad,
Road, where,
where, together
with newly
acquired publicist
surveying aacquired
publicistChris
ChrisWilliams,
Williams,II found
found myself
myself last Friday surveying
room dominateddominated bypsychedelic painting
painting (bought
under
room
by a psychedelic(boughtby
by Chas,Chas, while underthe “affluence"affluence of
inkahol" in
Itdepicted
depicted a bleeding
bleeding eye letting
letting
theof inkahol”
inNewYork).
New York). It
droplets fall on a naked
naked woman.
woman. There
There was a brassbrass scuttle
scuttle from which
droplets
projected a number
number of empty
emptywinebottles -relics
bygoneprojected
wine bottles– relicsof
of some bygone
happening, aabook
happening,bookabout
aboutvampires,
vampires,thetheinevitable
inevitableblind
blindeye
eyeof
ofthe
theTV
TV setand anAnimals' best
andan award
awardforfor The Animals’
bestgroupgrouprecord,
record,"House“HouseOf
OfThe
The Rising
RisingSun", ononthe
themantelpiece,
mantelpiece, together
together with a model
model cannon.
cannon.
Sun”,
rest ofofthe
theChandler
Chandler war-souvenirs
war -souvenirs collection
collection is yet toto bebeinstalled,installed,
The rest
and thecovered withand singles
singles fromfrom Solomon
Solomon Burke toandthe floor
floor waswas covered
with LPs andBeatles. I was
was played
played tracks
tracks for thethe new LP
LPby
byJimi,and after
after oneone
The Beatles.
Jimi, and
electrical neurosis,
neurosis, there
there waswasaamind-shattering
mind -shatteringinstrumental
instrumental
prolonged electricalthe three
three musiciansmusicians who comprise the Experience.
from theAs thethe last
last decibel
decibel faded
faded into infinity,
infinity, Chris
Chris produced
producedan
anexercise
exercisein
inselfselfcontrol by observing:observing: "Theywell together,
together, don’t
don't they?”
they?"
control“They play
play so well
Hendrix, together
together with
Hendrix,
withdrummer
drummerMitch
MitchMitchell,
Mitchell,who
wholooks
lookslike
like aand bass
bass player
player Noel
NoelRedding,
Redding,arearesomething
something new
new ininyoung Peter Cook, andvisual dimensions.
dimensions.
musical and visual
Jimi is aamusicalmusicalperfectionist
perfectionist who
expect everyone
everyone towho does not expect
understand, andstand and
understand,andbelieves
believeseven
eventhose
thosewho
whocomecomeonly
only to standand gawp,
eventually catch
catch on.
may eventually
tourwhichwhichboasts
boastscontradictions
contradictions inmusical terms
On aatourin musicalterms like Engelbert
and Jimi, he
he hashas come
come tototerms
terms with
with himself.
himself.
and"Most will comecome toto seesee thethe Walkers,”
Walkers," said
said Jimi.
Jimi.“Those"Those who
who come
come toto hearhear“Most
Engelbert sing ‘Release'Release Me’
Me' maymaynotbut that’s
that's not tragic. We’ll
We'll
Engelbert
not dig me, butforourselves
ourselves–-we've
done ititbefore,
before,where
wherethetheaudienceaudiencestands
standsabout
about
play forwe’ve donewith their
their mouths
minutes before
withmouthsopen
openand
andyouyouwait
wait10
10 minutes
before they
they clap."
clap.”
Originally"Purple
current NME
Chart entry,
entry, waswaswritten
written
Originally“PurpleHaze",
Haze”, his
his current
NME Chart
about a dream
dream Jimi
had thatthat heto walk
walkabout
about under
under the sea.
about
Jimi had
he was able tobeen changed
changed tomake it more
more commercial?
commercial?And
Had the lyric been
to make
Andwaswas hehesatisfied as with
with thethe original
said Jimi, andand there
there
as satisfied
originalversion?
version? "Well..."“Well…” said
significant pause,
pause, “I’m
"I'm constantly
constantly fighting
thiswas aa significant
fightingwith
withmyself
myselfover
over thiskind of thing
thing-but
recordkind– butI'd
I’dnevernever release
release any record
didn't like. You’ve
You'vegot
gotto
togentle
gentlepeople
people along
along
I didn’t
until they
for aawhile
while until
they areare clued
clued inin on the scene.
worry about
about mymy music
music –-youabout
I worry
you worry about
anything thatanything
thatyou've
you’vebuilt
builtyouryourwhole
wholelife
life
around. It's
around.
It’sgood
goodtoto be
be ableable to cut loose
occasionally-we
occasionally– wewere
wereininHolland
Hollanddoing
doingaaTV
TV
week, andand thethe equipment
equipment wasshow last week,
was thethebest ever.
aid play
you like,
bestever.They
Theyssaidplay asas loud
loudaa s you
and wegrooving when
when thisandwe were really grooving
this little
littlefairy comes
comes runningfairy
runningininand
andyells,
yells,'Stop!
‘Stop!Stop!
Stop!
Stop! –-thetheceiling
ceiling inin thethe studiostudiobelow
below is falling
down.' And ititwas,
was,tootoo-plaster
added
down.’– plasterand
andall,"all,” addedwith enthusiasm.
enthusiasm.
Jimi with"I'm getting
getting so worried
worried that“I’m
thatmymy hair
hairisisfalling out in patches,”
patches," he sighed,sighed, tugging
tugging at
falling
tuft in a hedge
hedge of hair
hair which
which looks as
as ififititcould
couldwithstandwithstand a clip froma tuftcombine harvester.
harvester.
a combine
Jimi has noted
noted that-look thatthat a number
number ofthat since
since hehe adopted
adoptedhis
hisbushbush-lookother stars
stars have been
been following suit
suit-– Gary Leeds isisthethelatest
latestbristlingbristlingother
addition onstyle," grinned
grinned Jimi.
addition
onthe
thetour.
tour."I“I thought
thoughtititwas
was aa groovy style,”
Jimi.
"Now everyone
everyone isisrunningrunning aroundaround withthese damn'em“Nowwith thesedamncurls.
curls.Most
Most of ’em
perms –-buthair
are perms
butthere's
there’snothingnothingwrong
wrongwithwithperms
perms-I– Iusedusedtotoget
get my hairstraightened backstraightened
backononthe
theblock."block.”
been a hold-up
hold-up in
LPbecause
because ofofthe
theswitch
switch totothetheThere has beenin Jimi's
Jimi’s first LP
lab el,andandtapestapeshave
havebeen
beendamaged
damaged in
inthe
thetransferringtransferring of studios.
studios.
Track label,"We're callingcalling itAre
YouExperienced,”
Experienced,"affirmed
affirmed Jimi.
Jimi.IIsmiledsmiledand
and noted.
noted.
“We’reit Are You"There's nothingd Jimi.
“There’snothingwrong
wrongwithwiththat!"
that!”emphasiseemphasised
Jimi.Full
Fullofofnew
new ideas,
ideas,
came upupwithwithanother
another on
onrecording
recording techniques.
techniques.
Jimi came"Sometimes whenmake noises
noises in mymythroatthroat –- almost
almost“Sometimes
when I'm
I’m playing,playing, I makesubconsciously," said
as theytheysubconsciously,”
saidJimi.
Jimi."Jazz“JazzmenmenlikelikeErroll
Erroll Garner
Garnerdo
doitit aa lot as
improvise. I'mlittleradio
radio mic,
mic, hang
hang ititaroundaround my neck
neck and
and
improvise.
I’m going
going to get aalittle
them-maybe
record them– maybeI'll
I’llincorporate
incorporatesome
somethroat
throatsoundsoundononaa disc."
disc.” »»JIMI HENDRIX“I
don’t like
like toto stay
stay inin one"I don't
one placeplace forforlong time.
time. The
girls, you
know..."
aa long
The girls,
you know…”
JAN28
28Hendrix
Andrix ponders
Melody Maker’s
Maker's “Think-In”.
"Think -In".
MM JANponders Melody

Teeth
Not saying that
that
Teeth Dracula!
Dracula! Not
am,though.
though. I’ve
I've never
never broken
brokenI am,playing but
but I waswasthinking
thinking oneone
any playing
time, forfreak -out of course,
time,
foraa freak-out
putting bitsof putting
bitsofof paperpaper inin mymouth before
then
mouth
beforethetheshow
show and thenspitting itit out
myteethteeth
spitting
out like
like all my
dropping out.
were dropping
Mexico II can't
too much
Mexicocan’tsaysay toomuch
about itit really.
think
about
really. I guess II think
about open-air
about
open-airjails
jails'cos,’cos, man,them there.
there.
they have them
Bob Dylan
Dylan Oh,
think he’s
he'sBob
Oh, yeah!
yeah! I think

too much. Really out
out ofof sight.
sight. WeWe
too"Like A Rolling Stone”
Stone" on stage
do “Like
Dylan's got
got aalot
lotof
offeel.
feel.They
Theytalk–- Dylan’s
talklikeaadog
dog– -theygotta
about him likethey gotta
that-–but
do thatbutit's
it’s because they
don't reallydon’treally understandunderstandhis
his words,
words,
people really want to dig
man. IfIf people
they should
should goout and
him theygo outand buybook –-finda bookfindout
outwhatwhathe's
he’s saying.
publisher's book
book with
with the words
A publisher’s
it. II have
haveoneoneor
ortwo
two singles
singles ofofin it.
that were
were withdrawn
withdrawn fromfrom
Dylan thatthe shops just a few
few daysdaysafter
afterthe
release.They're
y too
release.
They’retoomuch.
much. Man,

there's one
about this15-year
there’s
one aboutthis 15-year oldoldchick. Too much!
chick.
The Monkees
Monkees Oh God,
God, I hate
hate
The

them! Dishwater.
Dishwater.'I reallythem!
really hate
hate
somebody likethat tosomebody
like thatto make itbig. You
Youcan’t
can't knock
knock anybody
anybody
so big.
for making
people likeformaking it, but people
Monkees!
The Monkees!
Ambition II want
to be Marilyn
MarilynAmbitionwant toMonroe's understudy.
understudy.And
Monroe’s
AndIImean
mean
understudy. In
about 30
understudy.
In about
30 years'
years’
time, maybe.
time,
English food
food Oh
EnglishOh GodGod –- man, see

food... It’s
It's difficult
difficult toEnglish food…
tomashedpotatoes
potatoes–-that's
explain, mashedthat’scanremember,remember, mashedmashedall I canpotatoes. And
potatoes.
And !ain't
I ain’tgonna
gonnasaysayanything good about that!
anything
In -clubs Ouch!
In-clubs
Ouch! That
That word. Mustbethatthatword?
word? Anything
Anything
it always bethat is “in”
"in" has just got
got to
that
to be
be
terrible, man.
I'veterrible,man.TheThe only
only ones
ones I’ve
the ones I’ve
I've played
played in.
seen are thein.
They're usually pretty
pretty crummy
crummyThey’repremises –-butshould gopremises
butIIguess
guess II should
down there
there fordown
forpleasurepleasureandandseeseethem like that.
them
Touring I don’t
don't like
Touring
like toto stay
stay inforaa longone place forlong time.
time. The
girls, you
I'm
girls,
you know.
know.AsAs longlongasas I’m

"If people“If
people reallywant toto digdig Dylan
Dylan
want
they should
should buy
buy aathey
book– find out
out
book-findwhat he's
he’s saying”
whatsaying"comfortable when
comfortable
when I'm
I’m travelling,guess IIco
could
do itit allallthethe time.
time.
I guessIg
ould doThe
Cream That's
the
The CreamThat’s thefirst groupsawandfirst
group I saw
andin withwith when I got
got tosat inEngland. No,
England.
No,justjustaaminute. I played
played withwithminute.
them about
tthem
about a week
after II got
got here.
thinkaafterhere. I think
the onebest is Eric
Eric
tthe
one I like best
Clapton. I don’t
don't know
C
Clapton.
too much about thetotooWhat wasootherther guys.
guys. Whatthegroup I played withwithth
he group
first got
got here?
Ohw
when I first
here? Oh

“Hold the mashedpotato, thanks”

Can we getgetyeah, The VIPs. Can
something in about them?
something
They're good-of -sight.
They’regood-–really
reallyout
out-of-sight.
singer has soul –- nono IImustn’t
mustn't
The singer
that word
good
use that
word-–hehehas
has a goodfeeling for
feeling
forwhatwhathehe sings, rather.
But I have
haveaafeelingfeeling thatthat we’re
we're onBut
different sceneCreama different
scene than
than TheThe Creamsound as aawhole.
whole. II think
think–- in sound
Eric andandlthinkpossibly Eric
I thinkalong
along thethelines, but
but it’s
it's hard
hard toto getget itsame lines,
to thethe otherother 50 million
millionacross topeople who
might be listening.
peoplewho might
I'm not
not sure if Eric is playing
playingI’mexactly whatwantstoto–-but
exactly
what he wants
butknow thatthat if I just
just played
played my
II knowallnight
night I’d
I'd probably
probablyown scene allbore everybody
everybody tobore
to death.
death.

Kirk –-he's
the only
Roland Kirk
he’s theonly catcat
dig inin jazz.
jazz.IfIfI’m
I'moutout ofof my
my mind
mind
I dig
and
go to
to somebody
somebody else's
and I goelse’s placeandhear somebody
somebody else's
and hear
else’srecords then
then I'd
I'drecords
I’d listen
listento
tojazz.
jazz. I’dnever put
put ondisc.IIconsider
considernever
on a jazz disc.
jazz to be a lot
lot ofof horns
horns and one ofthose-speed basslines.
thosetop
top-speed
basslines.II likelike
period. I just dig music, but
butmusic, period.
don't happen
happen toto know
know much
I don’tabout
know thatthat most
most ofofaboutjazz.
jazz. I know
thoseplaying nothingnothing but
but
those cats are playing
though –-1know
blues, though
I know thatthat much!
much!

California II think
California
think that's
that’s thethe best
best
the world.
world. It’s
It's getting
getting aa
place in the
bit hung
Strip at thethebithung upup on Sunset Strip
moment, but
moment,butthetheweather's
weather’snice.
nice.
And there’s
there's lotsof funny
funny people.
people.
Andlots oflikethethe carscars–-man,
man,beautiful
beautiful
IIlikeNot tootoo many Volkswagens,cars. Not
which is good.
good. OhOh yeah, I nearly
nearlywhich
forgot. The
forgot.
The girls
girls -they– theyeven
evencome
comedown toto thethe gigs. I can’t
can't think
think ofofdownmuch elseto say. That’s
That's where
where I'dmuchelse toI’dlike toto die,die, man.
man.I Idon’t
don'tthink
think thethelikeEnglish police
police uniform
uniform would
would goEnglishdown too
too big
there.
down
big over there.

English pop
pop scene
scene After
After a while
while ititEnglishasthoughthoughit’s
it'sstarting
starting but it
looks asquite gets
gets right
right off
off thethenever quite
ground. I think
think if it wasn’t
wasn't forfor theground.
Spencerbackbone groups, like Spencer
the scene
scene would
would really
really drop
drop
Davis, thethink they’re
they're doing
down. I think
doing a very
good job.
job. They are about
about asgood
soulfulthink any
Englishsoulfulas
as I think
any English
group should get.
get.Yougroup
You see, Theman, they
they were
were where
where
Beatles, man,
wasallallat.
at.When
Whenthey
theydropped
droppedit wasaltogether, things
out altogether,things changed
changedthey were
were thethe groupgroup who
because they
kept thethe scene
scenegoing.
going.They
really kept
They
were
were holding
holdingititup.
up.As
Assoonsoonasas TheThe
begin toto relax
relaxtheir
their grip
grip
Beatles begin
a little
little the bottom
bottom starts
starts falling
falling
The only
only ones
onesholding
holdingout again. The
at thethe moment
moment and coming
comingit up atthroughflurry arethroughin
inaa flurry
are thethe solid
solid
performers like
performers
likeTom
Tom Jones, Dusty
Springfield,
Springfield,Spencer
SpencerDavis
Davisand
andallallthethe bands
bands like
like TheThe Troggs
Troggs andandthat
aren't sothatscene
scene who
who aren’t
so solid.
Presley writes
writes songs
Reg Presley
songs andand allallthatof hits
hits –thatandand they
theyhave
have a lot ofgroup like them
them will never
but a group
get any respect.
respect. The Who,
really getthey'rethey’resolid
solid -– but
but I'dI’dhave to listen
toto moremoreofofyouryoursingles
singlesto
togo
goany
any
furtherfurtheronon that.
that.

Chicks I think,
think, naturally, of the
Chicksfarm! Real
farm!
Real chicks,
chicks,hens
hens andandroosters, and eggs
eggs–-though
don'troosters,
though I don’t
like them
them too
too much. I think
think I know
know
like
you're getting
getting at, though!
though!
what you’re
Farmland, horses, you
you know,
know,little
littleFarmland,furry three-toed birds! Member
Member ofof
furry
three-toed
the bird
old chap!
thebirdfamily,family,you
you know,
know, oldLove Right,
Right, II won’t
won't makeLove
makethisthisaaanswer.Something
Somethinglguesssilly answer.
I guessaa
mother rat
motherrathashas forfor herher babies.
babies. Oh!
Oh!
Don't rats eat their
their babies? Well,
Well,
Don’t
guessthat’s
that's all
all love
love too,
too, man.
man.
II guess

Jazz I like toto listenlisten to it. But to playJazz
it -– I don’t
don't thinkitthinkthatthatway.
way.II like
like

VietnamVietnam After
AfterChina
Chinataketake over
over
theworld,thenthe whole world,
then thethe wholeworld
world will
will knowwhy
know whyAmerica's
America’s
tryingVietnam.
tryingsoso hardhard in Vietnam.

HISTORY OF
OF ROCKHISTORY
ROCK 1967
1967 |I 45

TONY GALE/PICTORIAL PRESS/ALAMY

Freak -out Well, whatever theFreak-out
word means to you, add a few
word
to that.
musical notes tothat. Each
Each toto hishisthink for-out
own. I think
for aa new
new freakfreak-out
get reallypeople should get
really highhigh
Mrs Miller
Miller single
and dig a Mrs
single onontalk about
about
33rpm. Then they can talkfor aboutthat forabout two
two weeks
weeks until
until
they're bored –- then you look
look for
for
they’resomething else.
somethingelse. Musically,
Musically,freak
freak-wrong
out is almost like playing wrong
It's playing the opposite
oppositenotes. It’snotes to what you think the notes
be. IfIf you
youhithit itit right
right withshould be.
right amount of feedback it
the right
It's likecan come up very nice. It’s
likewrong notes
playing wrong
notes seriously,
seriously,
It's aa lotta
lotta fun.
dig? It’s

1967

A R CHJJANUARYA N U A R Y – M-1°H

Jimi's favourite
favourite singles
singles at present
present is thethe flip side
side ofofthe
theAmong Jimi’s
newJeffBeck
record, a number
number called"Beautiful guitar,”
guitar,"new
Jeff Beck record,called 'Bolero'.
‘Bolero’. “Beautifulcommented Jimi.
commented
Wetalkedtalked ofofMitch’s
Mitch'snew
newgreengreensuede
suedeboots
boots-– andand how Mitch
Mitch thinks
thinksWehigh heels
heels areare coming
coming back.
allylike
do in thethe act?”
act?"
high
back."Y'know“Y’knowwhat
whatI'dI’drereallylike toto dosaid Mitch,
Mitch, hishiseyeseyesalightalightwith
withthethegleam
gleamofofinspiration.
inspiration.
said"I'dlike
liketotopourpourparaffinparaffin all
all overovermymydrums
drums while
while thethe guy fromfrom Premier
Premier“I’dissittingsitting inin thethe audience.
audience. Then,the endthe act, I’d
I'd setsetfirefiretoto’em'emandandisThen, at
at theend of theup they
they gogoin
inflames
flames-justThat was
was thethe nightnight Jimi’s
Jimi'sguitar
guitarup– justto
tosee
see hishis face."face.” That
accidentally caught
caught fire on stage,stage, andand “the"the fireman
fireman rushes
rushes in from thetheaccidentallypouring
KeithAltham
pouringrain-veryrain – verystrange!"
strange!”Keith Altham

- NME
MAY13
—
NME MAY
13 —THEREALJIMIJIMIHENDRIXHENDRIXisisnow
nowbeginning
beginning toto emerge
emerge fromfrom
HE REALbehind thatdays
behindthat skilfully
skilfully placed
placed publicity
publicity screen
screen of early days
whenin thethe air
air andand see what
when successsuccess was
was too
too fragile to toss incame down. His retorts
retorts are more
more spontaneous
spontaneous andcameandthere
thereisisaa "Jaggered“Jaggerededge" totosomesomewhichwhichindicatesindicatesaanot
notunreasonable
unreasonable impatience
impatience with
edge”
those
freak attraction
attraction
those misguided
misguidedpeople
peoplewho
whothink
thinkheheis
is moremore of a freak
thanmusician.
thanaa gifted musician.
isin
infactfactananextraordinarily
extraordinarilytalented
talentedguitarist
guitarist withwithaastrikingly
strikinglyugly
He is
ugly
appearance trying
produce songs andand sounds
sounds whichappearance
tryingquite
quitesincerely
sincerely to produce
are reflective
reflective of today
today-–hismusic. The sub-plot
sub -plotto
tothisthisarehis music,
music,"NOW"“NOW” music.
question -time was kindly
kindly provided
provided by drummer
drummer Mitch
question-time
MitchMitchell
Mitchell on
on a
phone
having thethe most
most fascinatingfascinating conversation
conversation withphone aside,
aside, who was havingwith thethe
Metropolitan
connection with
MetropolitanWater
Water Board in connection
with his
his stopcock!

T

Now thatthat youyouhavehavecompletedcompleted your
your first
first major
major tour
tour with
withThe
TheWalker
WalkerBrothers,
are you happy
happywiththe results?
results?
Brothers, arewith theSure, thethe tourtour waswas good
goodexperience,experience, but
but our
our billingbilling position
position was all
all
Sure,
wrong.
was setting
setting thethe stagestage onon fire for everyone
everyone else,
else, following
following
wrong. I was
those
ople like
likeThe
TheQuotations
QuotationsandandThe
TheCalifornians.
Californians. IIthink
thinkwethose pretty
pretty pepeoplewedeserved to close
closethethefirst
firsthalf
half-that
hadn't any stage
deserved– that Engel-flumplefuff hadn’t
presence.
anything going.
stone dead.
dead.
presence.He
He nevernever got anything
going. Stopped
Stopped it all stone
wasaagood
goodtour
tourthoughthough-one
It was– oneguyjumped
guy jumpedabout
about20
20feetfeetfrom
fromaa box
in thethe theatre
theatre at
atLutonLutonononto
to thethestagestagejust
just totoshakeoutside thethe stage
stage
shake hands
handswithwithus.
us.We'dWe’d step outside
door where thethe teenyboppers
teenyboppers were andand think,
think,"Oh,
theywon't
torn“Oh, they
won’t botherbotherabout
aboutus,"us,” andand get torn
apart!
weregood
goodininsomething
something called
calledapart! We were
Leicester,
Leicester, too.
too.

Whydidyou
change youryour
Why did youdecide
decide to change
stage numbers?
numbers?
Becauserealised you can’t
can't fight thethe whole
Because I realised
world at once,
once, but
but weweonlyonlybrought
broughtin
innumbers
numbersthat
their own.
did Dylan’s
Dylan'sthathave
havesomesomelife
life of theirown. We did"Like
ARolling
RollingStone”
Stone"andand“Wild"WildThing”
Thing"–-you“Like Ayoucaninside thethe composer’s
composer's mind
can get insidemind onon thosethosethings-but
thisthings – butwe're
we’renotnotgoing
goingin
infor
foranyany of this"Midnight
gotta, gotta”,
gotta",“MidnightHour"
Hour”kick;
kick; nono "gotta,“gotta, gotta,
becausebecausewe
we don't
don’thave
haveta,ta,havehave ta,
ta, have
have ta.
ta.

TONY GALE/PICTORIAL PRESS/ALAMY

youseenseenany
anyotherother groups
groups copying
copying thethe Experience?
Experience?
Have youhaven't, but
but everywhere
everywhere IIgo
they tellme about
about one
I haven’t,
go theytell meonegroupgroupwho
whogotgotup
uplikelike
and thetried tothe guitar
guitar with
us andthe fella tried
to play thewith his
his
teeth andthe stage.
teeth
andhishisteeth
teethfell
fellout
outallall overover thestage.
That's what
fornotnotbrushingbrushing your
your teeth,
teeth,
That’swhat you get fortell ’em.
'em. You
Youcan’t
can'tbebetoo
too careful.
careful.
I tellslightly hysterical:
hysterical: "Butdon't
(Mitch, now slightly“But don’t
think someone
someone should do something.
something.
you thinkmean you can’t
can't go in
inthe
thebathroom
bathroom or you
I meanscalded to death.
death. I wouldn’t
wouldn't mind
mind but thisthisget scalded
the second
second time
time thisis thethis has
has happened
happenedin
inaaweek.
week.
Are
there?")Are you still there?”)"I'm not so“I’msure that
we’ll
that we'll
be accepted
as readily in
the States"theStates”

Are you
youconcerned
concerned that
Mary", has
hasthataa second
secondsingle,
single,"The“The Wind
Wind Cries Mary”,
nowentered
now enteredthe
thechart,
chart,while
while"Purple“PurpleHaze"
Haze”isisstill
stillselling
sellingso
sowell?
well?
We nevernever thought
thought "Purple
should“PurpleHaze"
Haze”would
wouldbebethisthisbig.
big. Maybe
Maybe we should
have
waited for it to
tocoolcooldown
downbefore
before releasing
releasing “…Mary”.
"...Mary".
have waited
Mitchell, experienced
experienced guitarist,
guitarist, is explaining
explaining very carefully
carefully(Mitch Mitchell,to the authorities
authorities aboutanother phone
abouthis
his flooded
floodedflat
flat on anotherphonein
inthe
theoffice:"The
top camecame off the tap
tap andand there's“The top
there’sajet
a jetofof boilingboilingwater
waterabout
aboutsixsixfeetfeet
highhitting thethat we can’t
can't open
open thehigh hitting
the ceiling
ceiling andand thethe water'swater’s so deep thatdoor
because of thethe pressurepressure andand thedoor because
the caretakercaretakerdoesn't
doesn’tknow
knowwhere
wherethethestopcockhang on.")stopcockisis.What. Whatwas
wasthat?
that?Oh
Ohdear!
dear!Yes,
Yes, I'll
I’ll hang
on.”)

Are
atall
allconcerned
concerned thatthat your
your unusual
unusual appearance
Are you atappearancewill
willmakemakeyouyousomeoneat ratherrather than
than someone
someone toto look at
someoneto
to listenlisten to?
Before I go
goon
onstagestage mymyroadroad manager
manager says
saystoto me:
me:"Jimi,“Jimi, you
you scruffy
scruffy-looking
you're not going on
on looking
looking likelikethatthat tonight
tonight areare you?”you?" And
looking git, you’re
I say,
say "As
soon asas I’veI'veput
put out
out this
this cigarettecigarette -I'm
se d." This“As soon– I’mfully
fullydres
dressed.”Thisisishowl
feelcomfortablecomfortable likethis.
how Ilike
like it.
it. I feellike this.
(Meanwhile backcalled the(Meanwhilebackatatthe
thestopcock...
stopcock…"Hello,“Hello,yes.
yes.Yes,
Yes,II called
thefirefire
brigade,-and -a -halfhours
hoursago
agoandandnothingnothinghappened!”)happened!")brigade, but
but thatthat was
was two
two-and-a-half
46
46I |HISTORYHISTORYOF
OFROCK
ROCK 1967
1965
1967

any nice
nice folk lately?
lately?
Met any
Donovan.
First, whenwith theDonovan. First,
when I saw
sawpictures
pictures ofofthisthissweet
sweetlittle
littleguy
guywiththelacquerednails and
andallall I thought
lacquered nails
thought “damnee”,"damnee", but
but whenwhen I met
methimhim heheturnedturnedbe really
really groovy.
groovy.ItItshattersshatters meme anyoneanyone could
could be thatthat nice.
out to benice. He's
He’s
really beautiful.
b eautiful.

tellusussomething
something about
about thetheCan you tellalbum?
new album?
First off, IIdon’t
don't want
want people
people to get thethe idea it’s
it's
First
collection of freak-out
freak -outmaterial.
material. I’ve
I've written
writtena collection
songs for teenyboppers
teenyboppers likesongs
like"Can“CanYou
YouSeeSeeMe"
Me”
and blues
andblues things.
things."Manic“ManicDepression"
Depression”isisso
souglyyou
ugly youcan
canfeelfeelitit andand"May“May
This Be Love”
Love"isisaakind
kindofof“get"getyouryourmindmindtogether”
together" track.
track.
This
It's
collection of freefreefeelingfeelingand
andimagination.
imagination. Imagination
Imagination isisvery
It’s a collection
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hands and watch thethe sunrise
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onelyric
lyric line
line -"Let's– “Let’s hold hands
bottomof
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thesea”sea"– that’s-that'sjust
justpure
pureimagination.
imagination.
at the bottom

Have youyouencounteredencountered any deliberatedeliberate hostility
hostility from the press
press
towards
towardsyou?
you?
There
fewwhocome
Therearearestill
still aa few
who have
have been
beenobviously
obviouslysent
senttotoget
get me.
me. They comeback
the dressing
dressing room
kind of “let’s"let's strip
strip him
him naked
naked andand hang
back toto theroomwith
withaa kindhanghimtall tree”
tree" attitude.
attitude. They
Theydon’t
don'tbotherbotherme
metoo
toomuchmuch-– there’ll
there'll
him fromfrom a tallalways bebe someone
someone whoalwayswhowants
wantstotonail
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go away
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desperation on the phone:
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soundsfunny
funnybutit's not.
not.
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but it’s
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don't do something
something quick
have no flat –- again.
again. The
quickI'm
I’mgoing
going toto havecaretaker? He's
looking for thethe stopcock!”)
stopcock!")
caretaker?
He’s still
still looking

Do you think
thinkyouyou cancan repeat
repeatyour
yoursuccesssuccess inAmerica?
in America?
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conservative; maybe
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still very conservative;
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break than
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theWestWest Coast.
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things the Mamas
Mamas &Papas& Papas areare doing.
doing.

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thought ofofaugmenting
augmenting
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JUNE 10 __Hendrix, Procol
play
Hendrix,
ProcolHarum
Harumand
andDenny
Denny Laine
Laine play
London’son Sunday,
Sunday, June
June 4,1967.
London's Saville
Saville Theatre
Theatre on
4,1967.

T

THREE
NEW forms of British
British pop
pop music were
were
HREE ENTIRELY NEW
brought together
brought
togetheron
onSunday
Sunday evening
evening forfor oneone of the most
exciting shows
staged at
London's Saville Theatre.
Theatre.
excitingshows toto be
be staged
at London’s
first-rate acts –-allthem attempting
attempting something
Three first-rate
all of them
allof
ofthemthemoriginal
original andandveryveryinteresting.
interesting. The Jimi
Jimi
new, allHendrix Experiencebrilliant; thethe Procol
Hendrix
Experience –raucous,
raucous, earthy
earthy and brilliant;Harum –- Britain’s
Britain's most
most talked-about
talked -about group
group at the moment;
moment; and theHarumfirst majorwith his ElectricElectric String
first
major appearance
appearanceof
of Denny
Denny Laine
Laine with
String Band.
Band.
performances, not
Both performances,completely
surprisingly, were completely
sold out.
Hendrix –- despite amplifier
amplifierHendrix
trouble -wastrouble– wasasas dynamic
dynamicas
asanything his
ever. If anythinghisactactwaswasbetter thanworkedbetterthanusual.
usual. He worked
harder to
to compensate forfor thetheharderhang-ups, closing
closing with
with a vicious
hang-ups,
extraordinary smash-up.
and extraordinarysmash-up.
opening number
number –-aa potted
potted version"Sgt Pepper's
His opening
version ofof “Sgt
Pepper’s
Lonely Hearts
LonelyHeartsClub
ClubBand"Band”-–amusedamusedPaul
Paul McCartney,
McCartney,who
whowaswassitting in
Epstein's box.
box.HeHecontinued
continuedwith
with“Hey"HeyJoe","Foxysitting
in Brian Epstein’sJoe”, “Foxy
Lady", “Purple"Purple Haze”
Haze"andstring of other
other numbers before
before an
Lady”,
and a string
explosive finale.
former member
Denny Laine, former
memberof
ofThe
TheMoody
MoodyBlues,
Blues,isis going
goingtotobe
beenormous –-and
don't make predictions
predictions likeenormousand II don’t
like thatthat very
very often.
often. With
With
electric string
string band, he romped
romped casuallycasuallythroughthrough his
hisextremely
extremely
his electric
entertaining act.
Academy Of
Of
entertaining
act. With
Withfourfourstudents
studentsfrom
fromthetheRoyal
Royal Academy
Music onstrings, VivMusic
on strings,
VivPrince
Princeon
ondrums
drumsandandBinky
BinkyMcKenzie
McKenzieon
onbass,bass,
Denny has comecome upupwithwith aawinningwinningformula.
formula.
Denny
Procol Harum?
Harum? A
Agood,
good,very
verygood
goodsound.
sound.The
haunting piano
The Procol
The haunting
coming throughthrough inandthethevery
verydistinctive
distinctive voice
voice ofof
comingin every number, andGary Brooker.
Brooker. MusicallyMusically they
excellent, but
Gary
they are excellent,but their
theiract
actlacked
lacked any
But since
since they’ve
they've been together
together such
short time,visual appeal. But
suchaa shorttime,this
thiseasilybe
beforgiven.
forgiven. The
TheChiffons,
Chiffons, onon theirtheir first
first British
can easily
British tour,
tour, were
werepolished and good
good but
but seemed
dated.
polished
seemed dated.

I’ve got older
I've
older andand II say more
more of thethethingsthingsthat
thatIIwant
wanttotosay.
(As
he was last
(AsforforMitch
MitchMitchell
Mitchell–-heseen disappearing
in thethe generalseendisappearing in
direction
directionofof Gerrard
GerrardStreet
Streetwaving
waving aa
plungerandandshouting,shouting,"A“Aplumb
plumber,plunger
er, aaplumber, my kingdom
plumber,
kingdom forforaa plumber!”)plumber!")
KeithAltham
Keith Altham- NME—
NMEJUNE
JUNE 1010—-

AMESMAURICE
MAURICE HENDRIX,HENDRIX,
JAMES
daydreamer, drifter andandpeeredguitarist extraordinaire, peeredroundthethedoordoorofof hishis London
round
London flat and,and,recognising me,
me, released
recognising
released thethe bolt andandinvitedpulled on
shirt andpair of trousers,
trousers, woke up
invited me
me inside.
inside. He pulled
on a shirt
and aa pairhis manager
ChasChandler
Chandlerand
andputputa acopy
copyofofSgt
SgtPepper's
Pepper’s Lonely
hismanager Chas
Hearts Club Band
Band ononthe
the record-player.
record-player.
flat, which
which Jimi
JimiHendrix
Hendrixsharesshares with
with his
his manager,
manager, is tastefully
tastefully
The flat,furnishedwith
withlong
long couches,
couches, leather
leatherarmchairs,
armchairs,aateak
teakcoffee
coffee table,table,
furnishedoriginal paintings
paintingsand
andthethelatest
latesthi-fi
hi-fi equipment.
equipment.Jimi
Jimiwasn't
wasn’treally
really ininoriginalthespirits when
when I met
methim.
him. The
Theprevious
previous evening
evening his
his concert
concert at
the best
best of spirits
London's
Theatre had
had been
been plagued
plague dwith
withamplifier
amplifierproblems
problemsand
andLondon’s Saville Theatre
it waswas still
still worrying
worrying him.
him.
"Man, it reallyre allybrings
me down
down when
when these
these amps“Man,brings me
ampsdon't
don’twork,"
work,”hehesaid,said,
lighting"and they
theywerelighting his
his first
first cigarettecigaretteofof thethe day, “andwerenew
newones,
ones,too."too.”Manager Chandler
Chandler entered"DespiteManagerenteredthe
theroomroombearing
bearingcups
cupsofof coffee. “Despite
thegreat show,”show,"enthused
enthused Chas,
Chas, “but"but youyoushould
shouldthe troubles
troublesitit was still aa great
haveseen them
them inhave seen
in Sweden."
Sweden.”and hishis groupgroup had
had just returned
returned from
Sweden andandJimi andfromaa tour
tour of Sweden
Germany andand Chas informed
informed methat at one date
date inin Sweden
Swedenthe
thegroupgroup
Germanyme thathad
had almost
almostdoubled
doubledthe
theprevious
previousrecord
recordset
setby
byThe
TheBeach
BeachBoys.
Boys."We'll“We’lldefinitely be
there whendefinitely
be going back there
whenwewe comecomeback
backfrom
fromAmerica
Americain
inJuly,"July,”
he said.
said.
asked Jimi
Jimihowhowhehefeltfeltabout
aboutreturning
returning to his native
native America afterafter
I askedhighly successful
succes sfulyear
yearininBritain.
Britain.“I"Idon’t
don'treally
reallythink
thinkwe'll
achieve asaa highly
we’ll achievemuch
have been
been told
told
muchsuccesssuccessthere
thereasaswe
wehavehavedonedonehere."
here.”HeHe said.
said. "We“We havethat
but I’mI'm not
not sure
sure thatthat we will
will bebeaccepted
accepted as readilyreadily
thatwe'll
we’ll dodo well but
there.
InAmerica
are muchmuch moremorenarrow-mindednarrow-minded than
than they
there. In
America people areare inin Britain.
Britain. If
Iftheytheydodolikelikeusus–-great!
not–-too
bad! In
InthetheStates
Statesthethearegreat! IfIfnot
too bad!
disc -jockeysstopped
stoppedplaying
playing‘Hey`HeyJoe'becausepeople
peoplecomplainedcomplained
disc-jockeys
Joe’ because
about thethe lyrics."
about
lyrics.”he arrived
arrived in Britain,
Britain, Jimi travelled
travelled all over
over thethe United
United States.
Before he"I waswasaadrifter.
drifter.Sometimes
Sometimes I worked,
worked, sometimes
sometimes I didn’t.”
didn't." He feels that
that
“I
he
could -ifthe type
he could– ifhehe waswas forced
forced toto –-return
returntotothat
thattype
typeofoflife.
life."We“We play
play thetypee
ofmusic
musicwe
wewantwanttotoplay.
play.AtAtthe
themoment
momentthe
thepublic
publiclikes
likesitit– -buttheirof
but theirtastes change.
change. Then
would likeliketotoproduce
produce someone
someone else’s
else's records.
records. But
tastesThen I would
whateverhappens justknows?"
whatever happens
just happens.
happens.Who
Who knows?”
Manypeople
moody andandManypeoplehave
have thethe impression
impressionthat
thatJimi
JimiHendrix
Hendrixis
is moody
introvert, but he isisnot.
not.Certainly
Certainlycompared
compared to many
many other
other pop
pop artists
artists heintrovert,
isquiet,quiet,butbutonceoncehehestarts
startstalking
talkingabout
aboutsomething
somethingwhich
whichinterests
interestshimhim
is-– mainly
mainly music,
length.
music, obviously –-heherambles
ramblesononat
at greatgreat length.
"Iknow
knowthat
thatpeople
peoplethink
thinkI’m
I'mmoody,”
moody,"heheadmitted,
admitted,“but"butthat’s
that'sonly
only“I
because I'm
suddenly clam
clam upbecauseI’m thinking
thinkingof
ofmusic
musicmost
mostofof thethetime.
time.If
If I suddenly
up it's
it’s
because I've
an idea.”idea."
becauseI’ve just hit on an
asked what
what his
his mainmain ambition
ambition in"Oh,"hehesighedsighedthoughtfully,
thoughtfully,
I askedinlifelife is. “Oh,”"that changes
changes a hundred
hundred times
reallyjust
want totocontinue
continue“thattimesaa day. IIreallyjust wantplaying andand recording
recording whatplaying
whatgives
givesmeme pleasure.
pleasure.What
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want to have
have toto bowbowto
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from us.
us. I don’t
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changed since
since your
your staystay
in Britain?

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Readers’
Readers' letters
NME MARCH
MARCH18
18They’re
They're on
on TVv screens
NME
obi Gansevery
everyweek
weekasasMonkeemania
Monkeemaniagrips
gripsBritain
Britain
MONKEE CONTROVERSY:CONTROVERSY:MONKEEWILL
THEY LAST?
LAST?
WILL THEY

That'sthe question
question about
about
That’s the
The Monkees
Monkees posed
posed bybyDerek
Derek
Johnson
NMEtwoweeks ago.
Johnson in NME
two weeks
Since then
then your
your replies
replies haveavalanchedavalanchedinto
intoour
ouroffices.
offices. The
result?
Monkees, according
accordingresult? The Monkees,
to 90 perper centcent ofofour
ourreaders,readers, arearehereper centcent were
were
heretoto stay!
stay! But 10 per
vitriolic inintheir
theircondemnation
condemnationof thethe “upstart"upstart four".
four”.

remember exactly
exactly thethe
IIremember
things being
same things
being said when
Beatlesstarted
started and,
and, before
beforeThe Beatles
them, Elvis.
TheMonkees
Monkeesthem,
Elvis. So ififThe"don't happen”
happen" in the same way“don’tthat Elvis “didn’t”,"didn't", they are goodthat
another 11 years.
years.
for another
HAMMOND, Liverpool
Liverpool
FIONA HAMMOND,
Beatles areare dying
dying out
out now
now andand
The Beatles
isabout
about time
time wenew
it is
we saw
saw a few newand new
new sounds
sounds in the pop
faces andWe think
think The Monkees
Monkees will
have
will haveas muchmuch successsuccess as The Beatles.
Beatles.
as
They areare definitely
definitelythe
the best groupout. Even
Even ififthey
theyarearecopying
copying The
The
out.
Beatles, you must
must admit
admit they
they aremuch
better, andand we think
think they
theymuch better,
will bebe asaspopular
popular this time
time next
year
they areare now.
year as they
FREDA KELLY,KELLY, Penge
Penge
FREDA

It makes
makes meme angryangrywhen
read
when I readabout pop
pop groupgroup members
membersabout
saying thatthat The Monkees
Monkeessayingcan't last because
because they are
can’t
manufactured,
manufactured, synthetic
synthetic orcontrived.
think they
contrived.II thinkthey areare jealous
jealousof TheThe Monkees’
Monkees' success.
success.
KEITH ANDERSON,
ANDERSON,Stockport
Stockport

Whenevernew groupgroup appears
appears
Whenever a newon thethe poppop scene
scene everyone
everyone comes
comes
out against
against them.
cannot see
them. I cannot
see
thatmatters ifif The Monkees
Monkees
thatitit matters
copy
Beatles, oreven if they
they
copy The
The Beatles,
or even
don't
their own records
records
don’t play on their-they– theyproduce
produce a fantastic soundwhich
the public
and this
this iswhich thepublic likes andall that counts.
counts.
MARK
BLACKBURN,MARK BLACKBURN,
Tunbridge
Tunbridge Wells
Wells

The Monkees hit Britain when
there
on thethe poppop scene
scene –therewas
was a lull on
when something
something new was neededneededto liven up
up aa repetitious
repetitious series
series ofunoriginal
theunoriginalrecords.
records.Most
Most of thechart-toppers had something
something inchart-toppers
common,common,but
but"Last“LastTrain
TrainTo
To
Clarksville"
eliever"
Clarksville”andand"I'm“I’mAAB
Believer”
had something
something so fantasticallyfantasticallydifferent
different thatthat they
they sent
sent young
Britain into anan exhilarating
exhilarating whirlof enjoyableenjoyable madness.
madness.

GETTY

SUSAN
DOWLING, Morayshire
MorayshireSUSAN DOWLING,

0

Since
people haveSince The Beatles, people
have
been
something big
been waiting
waiting for something
to happen
happen in
the poppop scene, andin thenow thatthat it has finally comecomeno-oneno-oneisis quitequite willing
willing toto believe
believeit...
saying thatthat they
they
it… everyone
everyone is sayingareflash inin thethe panpan andandare just a flash
can't
can’t last.
last.

world.
world. The
The Monkees
MonkeesARE
ARE new
are veryverygood-looking
andfaces, aregood-looking andnicely.
sing very nicely.
Beatles have
have kept
kept going for
The Beatles
years
despite thethat someyears despite
the fact thatpeopledoubted theirpeople doubted
their staying
staying
power-I
power – Ithink
thinkThe
TheMonkees
Monkeeswill
will
bethe same.
be thesame.
SUE MARSHALL,MARSHALL, Sheffield
Sheffield
It would
would bedismiss The
be silly to dismiss
The
Monkees
another pop
Monkees as just anotherpopgroup.
they aregroup. Clearly
Clearly they
are not.
not.
However,would beHowever, it would
be justjust asas sillytoelevate them
them toto elevateto thethe title
title ofworld'sworld’s top group.
Undoubtedly they
Undoubtedly
they have
have
injected
injected much
much interest
interest into
into thethepresent
present stagnant
stagnantpop
pop scene;
scene;
interestbeen reflectedreflected
interest which
which has
has beeninincreased record
in increased
recordsales.
sales. They
have
not, on the other
other hand,
hand,
have not,changed theparade aschangedthe hit paradeas TheBeatlesand soBeatlesdid
didinin1962
1962 andso
therefore
Monkees' impact
impacttherefore The Monkees’cannot beconsidered as
cannotbe considered
as great.
great.
PATRICKPATRICK RILEY
RILEY

I'm
ofreadingreading about
about them,
them, ofI’m sick ofseeing-than -glorious
seeing their
theirlessless-than-glorious
faces, of hearing
hearing their
their records
records
until
innards are
until my innards
areready
ready totobecomebecomeoutards.
outards.It's
It’saa bore.
bore.
BRENDABRENDA WHITE
WHITE,San, San Francisco
Francisco

How cancan anyone
anyone compare
compare thetheoverrated
overratedMonkees
Monkeeswith
withTheThe
Beatles,
the top
top onon
Beatles, who
who got
got to thetheir
their own
own merit
merit andand originality?
originality?
Theeen
The Monkees
Monkeeshave
havemerely
merelybbeen
pushedpushedinto
intothethepoppopworld
worldbybya tremendous
tremendous amountamount ofunwarranted publicity.
unwarranted
publicity.
They don’t
don't play their
their own
own
instruments:
theirmusic
musicisis midmidinstruments: theirand their
their series
Beatle style andseries isstraight
outof
of a Beatle film. Until
straight out
they appear
appear live in Britain
Britain andandthemselves musically,
justprove themselvesmusically, I justhope thatthousands ofthat many
manythousands
young Monkees fans in Britain
Britainsoon regain
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for a glass
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their music and their
their lives.
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wildestbeards
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London this
this year
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belongThe
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RonnieDrew,
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ebullientnatural
naturalspokesman
spokesman spewing
spewing out
outtothousands of-intermingled words
thousandsof curse
curse-intermingled
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LukeKelly,
Kelly, aged 26;
Barney McKenna,
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who is 27;
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1967: The
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Dubliners
performing at
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Kelly,CiaranBurke,John
Kelly,
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Ronnie Drew
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Sheahan and

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formedfour
fouryears
yearsago
ago andandhavehave become
becomeone
one of the mostsuccessful
Irish club andand folk circuits
circuits both
both inin Ireland
Ireland andandsuccessful groups
groups onon thethe Irishin England.
England. “We"Webreakregularly about
break up
up regularly
aboutonce
once aweek,
a week,butbutwe're
we’re always
alwaysback again
again for thethe gigs,”
gigs,"saidsaidRonnie.
Ronnie.They
Theyarearefirst-classfirst-classimbibers
imbibers–-withwith
theexception of John
John Sheahan,
Sheahan, who gets
gets highhighononlemonade
lemonade –-andthe exception
and when
when
asked
they like
pint, theyareaskedifif they
like aa pint,theyreply:
reply:"No.
“No.More
More like
like four
fouroror five."five.” They are
all married,married, andandarearedomiciled
domiciledin
inDublin,
Dublin,butbutwelcome
welcome thethe chancechancetotobringmagic to the notice
notice of aawider
public.
bring their
theirkindkindofof magic
wider public.
found their
their hitcalled Joe
They foundhit inin Ireland.
Ireland."It“Itwaswas written
writtenby
byaa bloke
bloke called
Heaney, he’s
he's fromfrom Connemara
Connemara -it'sIreland, you know
know –– it’sin
inthe
thewestwest of Ireland,andand hehe ilidn't
didn’tmind
mindwhat
whatwewedid
didwith
withit."it.”
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they did
did was record
record it –-andWhat
andit's
it’sbecome
becomethethefirst
firsthithitforforaanewnew label,label,
Major Minor Records.
Records. “It’s"It's notnotinsulting
insulting thethe Irish
Irish -about– about90
90perpercent
centofofthem
them drink
drinkanyway,"
anyway,” said
said Barney.
Barney.

theywant
want totoexpandexpandinto
intocabaret
cabaret andand concerts
concerts in this
this country?
country? "I
Did they“I
wanttotosing
singtotoeveryone.
the readies
arevery,
handy, too,wanteveryone.
AndAndthe readies
are veryhandy,
too, you
you know."
know.”Why haven’t
haven't Irish
Irish artists
theartistsmade
madeititin
in England
Englandbefore
beforenow?
now? "Well,“Well, theIrish areare either
failure complex.
complex. Basically, the
the
Irish
either too
too proud
proudoror havehave a failure
Irishman has
Wethink
thinkthat
that
Irishman
has anan inferiority
inferiority complexaboutcomplex abouthis
his music. We
didn't accept
accept Irish singers either
either until
until recently.
people didn’t"AGerman
Germancould
couldget
getup
upand
andsingsing–-oranIrishman
Irishman could“Aor an
could sing
sing like an
American,an Irishman
Irishman sang likelikeananIrishman,
Irishman, they
they thought
thought
American, but when an
joking. Really,
Really,I’m
I'mamazed
amazed thatthat thethe generalgeneral public
public have boughtboughthe was joking.
the record.
record. I never expected
expected themthethemto."to.”
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fivefunny,
funny,friendly
friendlyextroverts.
extroverts. They
Theydon’t
don'tclaim
claim
The Dubliners
complete harmony
harmony-–"Sometimes
complete“Sometimeswewefight
fighteveryday,
every day, but
but we're
we’re always
together whenwe've
togetherwhen we’vefinished"finished”-yet– yetthey
theyseem
seemonon first
first meeting
meeting toto havethose qualities
qualities of difference
differencethat
thatgels
gelsthem
themtogether
togetherasasa aunit.
unit.•
those
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Irishman could“An
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Irishman sangwhen an Irishman
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thought
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29, 1967, Alexandra
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ITT WAS
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Townshend says, “comes"comes right
right down
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sits next
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you”.
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have toto listenlisten toto –- andand now
now itithas
hasThe
crashed into
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Harum are on
crashedinto thethe chart.
chart.And
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theirway.
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way.
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has come
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very quickly,
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butThe
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the birth
birth of anan extensive
extensive
their first
first record,
record, but
but it could be theexistence for thethe five London
London lads.
lads. Last week Decca
Decca
existence
announced that
their fastest
announced
that"Whiter“WhiterShade
ShadeOf
OfPale"Pale” was
was their
fastest-ever selling
selling record
record forforaa new group.
group. This is some
some feat,
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orRolling
Rolling Stones
Stones sold thatquicklywith
their first records.
records.
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London to
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DennyCordell
Cordell used
used Radio
Radio London
judge what
what audienceaudience reaction
reaction the record would
would warrant.
warrant.
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Denny: “I"I gavegavethetherecord
record toto RadioRadio London
London so thatthat weSaid
could hear
hear it onon thethe air.
air. IIwas
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sound andwanted to see
see thethecertain
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reaction.
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release thethereaction.ItIt was
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as quickly
quickly as
as possible.”
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record was selling all over
overBritain
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success. We hope
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everything
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will continue
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blossom or sprout
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faith inin thethe record
record andand allthe work thatthat he put
put into
into
Keith’s
all theit hashas now beenb eenjustified.
justified. The Procol Harum,
Harum, aa five-piecefive-pieceusing both
both organ
organ andand piano, are onon theirtheirway.
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way. Spearheaded
by moustachioedmoustachioe d Gary
who plays
plays piano
piano andand sings,
sings,
Gary Brooker, who
thethe Harum
Harum includes Matthew
Matthew Fisher on organ,organ,
the rest
rest of the
Roy Royer
Royerononleadleadguitar,
guitar, Dave
DaveKnights
Knights on
on bass
bass andand Bobby
HarrisonHarrisonon
ondrums.
drums.ItItwas
was"sixth“sixth member"member”Keith
KeithReid
Reid whohad
the song at aa “gathering”.
"gathering".
had thethe idea
idea for the“Somewhiter"Some guy looked
looked at
at aachick
chickandand said,said, ‘You’ve'You'vegone
goneaawhiter
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phrase stuck
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say.II wish
wish I'd
I’d saidit,”laughedKeith while
his coffee andlaughed Keith
while Gary put down
down hisandstruggledwith a nose
struggled withnose inhaler.
inhaler.
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wrote this
this song andand used
up. I just
just worked
worked itit inin“So
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way
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you readrather thanthough. If
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itsabstract
abstract sense.
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conception ofcreates hasconceptionof whatwhat he creates
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do withwith what
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was still breathing
Garywasbreathing deeply andand wrestling
wrestlingwith his nose
nose inhaler.
inhaler. "Would
fewwords
wisdomwith“Would you
you like aa few
words of wisdomfrom me?”Just
me?" hehe twinkled.
twinkled. “I"I think
think it’s
it's just
just thethe beginning.
beginning. Justthecherryon
ontop
topof
of thecake. You've
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the cherry
the cake.
gotto
toget
getright
rightinto
intothethesponge. We have
have aalot
lotofofplaying,playing,writing
writingand
andmaturing
maturing
sponge.
generally
to do.
do. And I’m
generally to
I'm sure
sure we’ll
we'll progress.”
progress."
Matthew andand Keith nodded
nodded in agreement.
agreement. "There
Organist Matthew“Theredrawbacks to getting such a sudden
sudden hit,
hit, because
because people
are drawbacks
expectyou toto live up
expect you
up to
to so
somanymany things.
things. But we’ve
we've got time.”
time."and Keith
have a lot ofofsongs
songs written
written so
Gary andKeith haveso far, Garyusually supplying
supplying theand viceusually
themusic
musicand
andKeith
Keith thethe lyrics, andversa. “At
mostof ourin"Atthethemoment
moment we’re
we're spending
spending mostour timetime inthe studios, recording
recording andand finding
finding out about
about our soundsound andhowwe
numbers," said Matthew.
how
we should treat different numbers,”“Sometimes
works somethingout with"Sometimes Gary
Garyworks
something out
with just piano
piano and
and
thenwhen we addthen when
add thethe whole
wholegroup
groupititbecomes
becomesanother
anotherdimension. So
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"The skysky“Theseemedto clear”
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Cilla’s complaining
about thethe noise,
noise,
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things areare looking
looking up
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record onon
SMALL
Andrew Oldham's
Oldham’s Immediatelabel.
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Immediate label.
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Marriott entertains
riverside pad,riversidepad, while
while Plonk
Plonk debates
debatesenlightenment with his
his father.
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advises Mr
Mr Lane.
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at loggerheads.
loggerheads. Cliff Richard
Richard andandbe ever at
Presleyusedused toto be
be accusedaccused ofElvis Presleycorrupting teenage
corrupting
teenage morals.
morals. Quite
Quite how was
adequately explained.
explained. Presumably
Presumably by
never adequately
waggling
their knees
public places.
waggling theirknees inin publicMore recently
recently came
came thethe heaven-sent
heaven-sent opportunity
opportunity ofof reviving
marijuana scandal
scandal thatdance -band musiciansmusicians
the old marijuanathat involved dance-band
The MM
MMwas
givinggraphic
graphic accounts
accounts ofbefore the war. The
was giving"muggles", “reefer”,"reefer",“the"the weed”
weed"andand otherother quaintquaint old“muggles”,
expressions backNowoneoneor
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twopoppopartists
artists have
have
expressions
backinin 1938. Now
sampled theworldwide police
sampledthequalities
qualitiesof
ofchangechangeinin1967,
1967, worldwide
policenetworks havebeen alerted
result,networks
have been
alertedto
tostampstampout
outthisthisevil.
evil.As
As aa result,pop stars
stars have fallen
fallen under
under suspicion,suspicion, andall popandeveneven Steve
Marriott of the Small Faces
Faces waswassearchedsearched bybyconstables
constables ofMarriottthe law recently.
recently.
theThe
illogicality of thethe drug
drug scare,scare, plus
The illogicality
plus their
theirlast
last single
single flop
flop andandthe current
current pop
cus se d withwith
thepopscene,scene,werewereamongamongsubjects
subjectsdis
discussed
at hishis latest
latest flat
flat this
this week.
noisy Steve at
Ifyou
awakened atnoise notnot unlike
unlike several
If you areare everever awakened
at5am
5amby
by a noise
severalelephants dancing
elephants
dancingthe
theWatusi
Watusioverhead
overheadbacked
backedby
by Steve
Cropper and-Keys,don’t
don'tworry.
worry.The
Theuproaruproarmeans
means
CropperandTheThe Mar
Mar-Keys,has moved
moved into
into thethe flatflat upstairs.
upstairs. We
Wetracked
tracked himhim
Master Steve has
his new
new Baker
BakerStreet
Streetflat,
flat,which
whichrevealed
revealedstereo
stereoequipment
equipment
to hisstacked along
the hall,hall, relaying
relaying a full
full orchestra
orchestra getting
getting its teeth
teeth
stackedalong thespirited bossa
bossa nova.
into a spirited
In thethe lounge a huddle
huddle ofofsilent
silentreporters
reportersand
and photographers
photographers
sipped tea
une asily.What’s
What'sthis
this –-aa press conference?
conference?
sippedtea uneasily.
"I don’t
don't know,
know, man.”
man."
“I
ledme
meintointohishisbedroom,
bedroom, leaving
leavingthe
the press
press conference
conference to
Steve led
their own
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UNEAAPRP R IL – JSO“I’ve"I've got
got totomovemoveout
out ofofthe
theflatflatthisthisweek,”
week,"cursed
cursed Steve,
Steve,grabbing
grabbing acigarette.
third time
time this
this year. Cilla
CiliaBlackBlacklives
underneath andandcigarette. "It'll“It’ll be third
lives underneathyou’d thinkbut she has
you'd
think she would
would understand,understand, but
has been
been complaining
complaining thethemost. I'm
I’m sorry
sorry I makethey allall
most.
make so much
much noise,
noise, but
but I’mI'm only having
having fun
fun andand they
complain. What
Isn't there
there anyone
anyone who
fewsounds?
sounds?
complain.
What a drag. Isn’t
who digs a few
“I’ve
worth
"I've just
just boughtbought aa stereo,
stereo, andand it’s
it'sallallin
inthe
thehallhallbecause
becauseit’s
it'snot
notworthfitting up
up here.
here. The guy
who owns
owns thethe placeplace came
cametoto seesee me andfittingguywhoand said,said, ‘No'No
noise
noise after
aftermidnight.'
midnight.’And
AndI'mI’mpayingpaying£40£40aaweek!
week!It's
It’s ajoke."a joke.”Steve jigged
to somesomeSteve
Steve Cropper
CropperandandThe
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grips
with some
some of thethe pressing
pressing subjects
subjects of thethe
day-like
day – likewhat
whathappened
happenedtotothe
theSmall
SmallFaces'
Faces’ last
single, "I“I Can’tsingle,Can't Make It”?
It"? ItItdidn’t
didn't exactly
exactly smash.
smash.
“The"The point
point is, atat thatthat time
time we had
had no manager,
manager,andtheandno-oneno-oneto
tohustle
hustlefor
forus
usto
toget
getplugs.
plugs.All
All theplugs were on London and
the BBC
BBC banned
plugs
and thebanned it,
so not many
knewititwas
wasout!
out!ItIt waswas chaos,chaos,
manyknewchaos,
chaos, chaos."chaos.”
Was thefor mass
the title
title too
toosexy
sexyformassconsumption,
consumption, IIinquired."You've“You’ve got toinquired.
tohavehaveaadisgusting
disgusting mind
mind
to think
thinklike"'I
like that,"
that,” admonishedadmonishedSteve
Steve sternly. “‘I
can’t makemake it'it’ can mean
If you want
want tocan't
mean anything.
anything. Ifyou
be filthy, what
be
what about
about ‘All
All Or Nothing’?”
Nothing'?"
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wechangedchangedthe
thesubject
subject
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wishingto
to be
be filthy, we
JUST
thingslike
like the current
to cleaner
cleanerthings
current pop scene, andand
PASSING
The Walker Brothers,
who areare always
always good
goodforfor
The
Brothers, who
a spot of controversy.
controversy.
“Scott"Scott has got aabeautiful
beautiful voice,”
voice,"thought
thought
Steve. “Ito dodo a lot"I think
think he wants
wants tolot ofofthings,
things, but
but
he's
he’s moody.
moody.HeHe needs
needsaakick
kick up
upthe
theKhyber.
Khyber.He
Heisis
so talented
talented yet he always
alwaysseems
seemsdepressed
depressed about
about
something.IfIf onlyhe
only hecould
couldseeseehow
how all
all thesomething.
thechicksshould takechicks areare rooting
rootingfor
for him.
him. HeHe should
takehishis
finger out.
befingerout. Oh-oh!
Oh -oh!IIcan
canseeseethatthatwill
willprobably
probablybe
the headline!
headline!Scott
ScottWalker
WalkerNeeds
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A Kick Up
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theKhyberMarriott!"Khyber –sayssays Steve Marriott!”paused to explodeexplode forforaawhile,
jumping
Steve paused
while, jumping
aroundaroundand
andturning
turningup
upthe
thevolume
volumeonon Steve
Cropper.
Stevefeel
feelthetheestablishment
establishmentwere
Cropper. Did Steve
werestill chasingchasing him?
him?
"Wot-–Olddemanded Steve“Wot
Old Bill?"
Bill?” demanded
Steveininmid
mid-bounce.
Like,they
theybusted
bounce. "'Course“’Course they
they are. Like,busted myplace
place recently.
recently. Still, all
all they
they found
found was cactus
cactus food! Chrissie
Chrissie [Chrissie[Chrissie
Shrimptoas name
They
Shrimpton]’s
nameshould
shouldnever
neverhave
havebeen
beeninvolved
involvedinin all that. Theybust
I’m a name.
bust me just because
because I'm
name. As
Asfar
faras
asI’m
I'mconcerned,
concerned,there
there should
shouldbe aa distinctionhashand
andpotpotandandhardharddrugs.
drugs.IfIf you read any
distinction between
between hashdictionary, theyare
badscenesceneand
anddictionary,
they arenot
notevenevenclassifiedclassifiedas
as drugs.
drugs. Pills are aa badso areare hard
hard drugs.
drugs.
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andpoppopis
is thatpeoplecan
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they areare"The only
only thing
thing against
against hashhash andthat people
stepping stone
stone to hard
hard drugs,
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public arearea stepping
but that's
that’sonlyb
only because
under
the impression
it’s all the
don’t theunder theimpression it's
the samesame thing.
thing. Why
Whydon't
the newspapers
newspapers
wake
wake up
up andand give people
people thethe facts? I wonder
wonder what
what
the Government
Government would
somebodyinvented
thewould do ififsomebody
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whisky today, they
today?Iftheyinvented
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would banknow a lot of
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people who smoke,
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Immediate label
some sense
sense ofclear up. IImean,label we have somedirection andinandand play
playhimdirectionand freedom.
freedom. WorkingwithAndrew,
Working with Andrew,you
you go inhimsomething, andwell,it’s
it'salright,
alright,butbutwhat'sallsomething,andhe
hedoesn't
doesn’tsay,
say,'Yes,‘Yes, well,what’s it allabout?' He'Yeah!' And
And thenthen maybe,
maybe, ‘But
'But what
what about
about this,about?’
He says, ‘Yeah!’
this,oror this...?
this…?’'"It's aayoung
youngcompany
companyrunin“It’srunbyyoung
by youngpeople.
people.IIcan
cango
go up
up to the offices in
OxfordStreet
Streetandandjustjustsitsitandandsmokesmokeandanddrink
drinktea
tea–-chatting
chatting thethe
New Oxford
afternoon away.
tothe
the big
bigcompanies,
companies, andafternoon
away.YouYou go toandyou're
you’remet
metby
byaa great
great
monster commissionaire,
monster
commissionaire,who
whoorders,
orders,'This‘Thisway,'
way,’and
andstomps
stompsoff
offwith
withyouyou
he's bringing
bringing in thethe milk.
milk. Andrew
Andrew digs thethe people
people he works with,
with, andandlike he’s
the people
people he works
workswithwithdig
dighimhim-that's
should be everywhere.”everywhere."the– that’show
howitit should
ofthe
theless
lessImmediate
Immediatethings
things about
about Steve
Steveisishis
hiscompany
company-I
spent
One of– I spenttrying to locate
locate him
him forforan
aninterview!
interview!The
Thefirst
firsttime
timehishiscamper
campertwo weeks trying
vandown in Sussex, andand thethe second
second time
time his
his roadroad manager
manager did
did notnotvan brokebroke down
wakeneither occasion
greatlyput
up ininwake him.
him. On
On neither
occasionwas
wasII greatly
putout,out,asasII was up
Immediate, whereconversation areplentiful, andand quite
quite often
Immediate,
where thethe tea and conversation
are plentiful,yousneak preview
preview of aagood
goodnew
newsingle
single-like
Mamas Andyou get a sneak– like The
The Mamas
And Papas'
Papas’
called... trustsworn to secrecy; allnew one called…
trustme,me,Andrew,
Andrew, trust
trustme!
me! I'mI’m sworncan saysayisisit’s
it'sgreat.
great.Meanwhile,
Meanwhile, backbackwithwith Steve
Steveandandhishispresspressrelations.
relations.
I can"Idon’t
don't turn
turn up for some
some interviews,
interviews, because
because I don’t
don't like thethe“Iinterviewers," Steve
Steveadmitted.
admitted. “Not
"Notyou,
man-Iinterviewers,”
you, man– Imean,mean,there
thereareareaafew
reporters I dig
dig-you
and one step forward
forward into thethereporters– youand
andNorris
Norris(take(takeaa bow andSMALL FACES

shot fromfrom There
There
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ButFourSmall
Are But
Four Small
Faces,thetheUS
USversionofFaces,
version of
their second album
albumwith
their
with
different tracklist
tracklist
aadifferent

the yearyear 2000
2000andand finds
finds two
two races
races ofofpeople
people left
leftononthe
theplanet.
planet.
goes to theare thethe mole-likemole -likepeople
people-thelabourers who work
work
There are– the drones and labourers
under thethe earthearth-but
race
under
– butononthe
thesurface
surfacethere
thereareareaagentle,
gentle, childlike race
describes as wearing
wearing flowers about
about their
their necks,
necks, andand singing
singing
which he describes
and reading
reading poetry! That’s
That's perception
perception forforyou!"andyou!”rushed off forforthethe plane,
plane, which
which had gone 10
10minutes
minutes ago!
Then Steve rushed
KeithAltham
Keith
Altham-—MELODY
MAKERSEPTEMBER
iPTEMBER2 2
MELODY MAKER
—THE
OFthe
theGreat
GreatWest
WestRoad
Roadgradually
graduallydies
dies behindbehind you
HE HUSTLE OF
yougrowsnearer.
nearer. The
Thearchitecturearchitecture takesthat kindas the river grows
takes onon thatkind
quaint look
look-– asof quaint
as thoughthougheacheachhousehouseought
oughttotohavehave a mossy
high-water mark
youdriftdrift into
into thethe natural
naturalhigh-watermarkaroundaroundits
itsbelly.
belly. Slowly you
wishing you had
had wings on your feet
feet instead
instead of thethe noisy
noisy nails
nails
silence, wishingthat gouge
atmosphere. Giantthat
gouge holes in the atmosphere.
Giantwillows
willowsbow
bow gracefully
gracefully totothe river bank,bank, glinting
glinting in the sunshine.
sunshine. Thethe
The timelesstimelesspeace
peaceisisdeafening, sad,sentry to Steve
Steve Marriott’s
Marriott's
deafening,sad, beautiful.
beautiful.Two
Two oars stood sentry
haven is aafar
farcrycryfrom
fromthethehectic,
hectic,sensationalised
sensationalised
front door. This haventhe pop
pop idol, you
you may
may ask.
ask. Maybe
Maybe not.
not.
world of thehousehold had
alarm system
The household
had stirred
stirredrecently:
recently:"We've“We’ve got the alarmsystem onon
the gas cooker
cooker fixed
fixedupupso
sothatthatititturns
turnsononthe
thesounds
soundsatataaprearranged
prearranged
thetime in the morning,”morning," laughedlaughed Steve, “It’s"It'stoo
toomuchmuch-we
up to
to
time
– we get woken up
sounds ofour own
own choicechoice at 100 watts.”
watts."As
Aseverybody
everybodywas
smiling so well
well
soundsof ourwas smilingearlyitit seems
seems thethe musicalthe camels
camels in theso early
musicalalarm
alarmisis good
good fodder
fodder for theproverbial courtyard.
proverbial
courtyard."But“Butreally,
really,man,"
man,”explained
explainedSteve,
Steve,"I've“I’vefelt
feltsosomuch betterboating on thethe river, andandmuch
bettersince
sinceI've
I’vebeen
beenliving
livinghere.
here.We
We go boating
we've got aagarden
garden andand a dog
dogandand aapregnant
pregnant cat.
cat. We all
allwent
wentthroughthrough
we’ve
pretty strange
strange scenes
our old flats
flats andand places,
places, butbutnow
noweverything
everythingsome pretty
scenes at
at ourre allyniceand I’ve
I'vebeen
beenreallyre allyhappy
happyforforthethelastlastfewfew
months."is really
nice andmonths.”T

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Nice People’s
People's ranks,
ranks, NME colleague
colle agueDrummond!),
Drummond!), andand a couple
couple of otherotherguys, but too many
many of them
them areare just
just gossipmongers.
gossipmongers.
"One guy came
came to seesee meme recently
recently andand said,said, ‘Why
`Whydothinkititisisyou're“One
do you think
you’renotgreat kick-off toto an
an interview!
interview! Too
Toomanymany
not progressing
progressingso
sowell?'well?’ What
What aa greatare-going -out -with -who bit. IIdon’t
don't dig
dig all
all that.
that. I’m
I'm
are down
downtotothe
thewho's
who’s-going-out-with-who
sorrylbut they
theyweresorry Imissed
missedyou
you before,
before, butweregenuine
genuinereasons.
reasons.My
My roadroad
manager
unless hemanagerforgot
forgotto
to wakewake me.And
me. AndII just
just don't
don’tgetget upup unlesshe does.
does.
Anyway, I’m
I'm sitting
sitting here
here now, andand I should
should beplane tobe on
on a plane
to Glasgow likefive minutes
minutes ago. That
That prove
proveanything?”
anything?"
September theAmerica. Steve isis hopinghoping to makemake
In September
theSmall
SmallFaces
Facesgogooff
off to America.
that-deserved andand long-awaited
long-awaited breakthroughbreakthrough inthat well
well-deserved
inthe
theStates.
States.
"We've got
gotaanewnewlabellabelininthe
theStates
States-– Columbia,”
Columbia," said
said Steve,
Steve,“That’s"That's“We’vea goodgood label
label to
tobe
beon
onout
outthere,
there,and
andwe’re
we'revery
veryhopeful.
That's where
hopeful. That’sAndrew comes
comes in again.
again. You
Youknow
knowwhatwhathappened
happened to
to us
usin
inAmerica
Americapreviously,
ed 'All
Nothing', `Sha-La-La-La
Lee'
previously,don't
don’tyou?
you?They
Theyreleas
released‘All Or Nothing’,‘Sha-La-La-La Lee’ando Ab
out It’,It', andand decided
decided wegroup. So
and`Whatcha‘WhatchaGonna
GonnaDDoAbout
we werewere ananR&B
R&B group.
we gotgotrestricted
restricted airplay
airplay on thethe coloured
coloured radio
mean, R&B
radiostations!
stations!II mean,
R&B –own
Disney sound!”sound!"
own up!We'reup! We’re moremoreaa Walt DisneyAndpassed on to thethe critics
critics who think
think "Itchycoo
And so we passed“Itchycoo Park"Park” is a
psychedelic
psychedelicdisc.
disc."Oh“Ohyes!"yes!” grinned
grinnedSteve.
Steve."Well,“Well, we're
we’reup
upfor
for a good oldbanningthen it'sbanningfrom
fromthetheBBCBBCagain.
again.Until
Untilwe
wegetgetintointotheir
theirTop
Top20;
20; thenit’salright.
psychedelic anyway? I read
read somewhere
somewhere that
that
alright. What
What thethe devil
devil is psychedelic
therethat takes
It's thethe
there areare psychedelic
psychedelicsocks.
socks.What's
What’sthat?A
that? A sock
sock thattakes acid?
acid? It’s
way
you."
way it looks at you.”
And so wewetalkedtalked on
onof
ofthe
thedifficultydifficultyofofdistinguishingdistinguishing groovy
groovy people
people-"long– “longhair,
hair,beads
beadsand
andflowers
flowersdoesn't
doesn’tmean
meanaathing
thingnow".
now”.OfOfShelley,
Shelley,
Byron, Keats andand moremore especially
especially Coleridge.
"people who use drugs
drugs
Coleridge. Of “peopleandscience fiction
fiction –-Julesand people
peoplewho
wholetlet drugs
drugsuse
usethem".
them”.And
And of science
JulesVerne
Verne
and
spe cially HG Wells.
Wells.“Wells"Wellshadhadaafantastic
fantastic ability
ability to foretell
foretellandmoremoreeespeciallythingswhich thethe Time Traveller
things –dodoyou
youremember
rememberThe
TheTimeTimeMachine,
Machine, inin which01967

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dog ranran aroundaround inand chasedchased its
The dogin circles andits
tailand Steve danced
danced aroundaround inandtail andin circles andexplained
been using
using
explainedthat
thatthetheSmall
Small Faces had been
electronic
electronic tapes
tapesonon stagestage recently, but the groupwere still
still apprehensive
apprehensive about
about their
their own
own actions
actionsandthe audienceaudience reaction.
reaction.
and the"It's all
all backback totothisthisthing
thing about
about going over your
your
“It’s
fans'
believe it’s
it'ssomething
something a group
group
fans’ heads.
heads.AndAnd I believe
canMan, often
often we’re
we'replaying
playingthings
thingscan dodo easily. Man,that
understood when
13-– sothat I'd
I’d never have understood
whenII was
was 13how
can you expect
expect the
They've come to
how canthe kids
kids to? They’veseeentertain them.
show onsee us entertain
them.We've
We’vegotgotto
to putputaa show
for them
them-–notopened up withnotourselves.
ourselves.We opened`Paperback
the otherand then‘Paperback Writer'
Writer’ theother dayday andthenwewe
got stuck
stuck onon thisthis riff
riffwhile
listened to thethewhile we listenedelectronic
electronictape
tapesounds.
sounds.ItItwas
wastootoomuch.
much.We
Weall
all
got hunghung up
up listening
listening to thethe tapetape andand just
just backing
backing
it-butthrough to
the kids.
it – butIIdoubt
doubtififitit got throughto the"Naturallywe'd
more of these
these kindkind“Naturally
we’dlike
liketoto do
do moreof sounds
sounds-because– becausethey're
they’resounds
soundswe
we really
dig. Man,
Man, thethe jet soundsound onon`Itchycoo‘Itchycoo Park'
Park’isis
tooblew
too much-wemuch – wenearly
nearlyblewupupTop
TopOf
OfThe
ThePops'Pops’
speakers
thespeakerswhen
whenwewerecorded
recordedititlast
lastweek.
week. But thething
takes time
time before
before you get into
into those
those
thingis,is, it takes
kindmore complex sounds.
sounds. We want
want to leadleadkind of moreupthose kind ofofthings,
things, because
because that’s
that's how
up to those
we learnt
learnt to dig
dig them.
them.
"But we’re
we're getting
getting down
“But
downtoto quitequiteaa few
changes
admitted Steve,changesinin thethe stagestage act
act now,"
now,” admitted"and“and we're
we’re trying
tryingto
to calm
calmthethekids
kidsdown
downaabit,
bit,too. We
Weusuallyusually give
givethem
them some
some smoothsmooth kind
kind offloating
floating sounds
soundsat
atfirstfirst and
andtelltell them
themtoto cool
downthat screaming
screaming anddown andand stop
stop all that
andnoise.
noise.It's
It’s
nice
when they get quiet,
quiet, because
because then
then they
nice whenwork up to climax
climax slowly
slowlyinstead
instead of just
justblowing
blowing
their
their minds
mindsandandthroats
throatsout
outstraightstraightaway.
away.WeWe
give them
them sounds
sounds thatthat theyknow,
hits
they know,like
like our
our hits
which is what
whatthey
theywant
hear, andand gradually
graduallywant to hear,
we'rebuilding all thethe time.
time.
we’re building"Then we gogointointomore
morefree,free,random
random things
things“Thenandand takeand start
starttotofreakfreakaa bit
bit andtake things
thingsoutoutaalittle.
little.
Thenthe last
last number
number is the ‘everybody'everybody dig
Then like, theandyou've got to do things
things like
andletlet go'go’ one.
one. But
But you’ve
like
that.
played in
in Glasgow
Glasgowrecently
recentlyand
andopened
openedthat. We playedup`Paperback Writer’
Writer' andand they
they didn’t
didn'tup with ‘Paperback
knowwhat
Might have
havepunchedpunchedknow whatwas
was going
going on. Might
ourheads in!"our headsin!”put ononsomesomesupersonicsupersonic electronic
electronic
Steve put
"We'vegot
showfor“We’vegotto
toput
put oneon a show
formusic, which immediately
immediatelygot
got Seamus
Seamus thethe dogthekids
ourselves":Stevethekids-– not ourselves”:
Stevevery hunghung up trying
trying to see thethe sound,sound, looking
Marriott andMarriottandtheSmallthe SmallFaces
Faces
theTTVV studio,studio, early
early1967
in the1967
hardsoundwaves.
hard roundround thethe speakers
speakers for the soundwaves.
Steve had
had tostart getting
to start
gettingready
readyforforaagig
gigin
inHull.
Hull.
Everybody glided about
about the house andand thethepeaceful
Marriott's latest
latest environment
environment ruled
ruled supreme.
supreme. It’s
It's notnotpeaceful air
air of Marriott’s
a secluded
secluded atmosphere
atmosphere but
butaa congenialcongenialandandhappy
happyone,
one, with
with friends
friends
anddropping inand faces
faces droppingin andandoutoutfromfrom thethebanks
banksofof thethe river.
It's thethe kindkind ofofatmosphere
atmosphere thatthat means
Marriott, andand farIt’smeansaalot
lot to Steve Marriott,fromgetting awayfrom("it all”
all"being
beingthethe spotlighted
spotlighted public
public side offrom getting
away fromitit all (“ita pop star’s
star's life), Steve
Steveisisin
infactfactstoringstoringup
upall
allofofthese
thesebeautiful
beautifulvibrations
vibrationsof aahappy
happy life
lifetotoput
putintointohishislife’s
life'screative
creativegroove
groove-the– theSmall
SmallFaces.
Faces.As
they"Itchycoo Park”
Park" andand asthey areare going to sing
sing inin many
many sounds
soundsthey sing
sing in “Itchycooas they

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tocome, "It's
Too Beautiful.”
Beautiful."
to come,“It’s All Too-—
NME
NMEOCTOBEROCTOBER 1414—rTHE
SMALL
FACESmostoften
throughno
nofault
faultofoftheir
theirown
own-–
HE SMALL
FACES– mostoften
throughfindinterviews,
find great
great difficultydifficulty inin getting
getting fromfrom place
place toto place,
place, ie interviews,
photographic
week thatthatphotographicsessions
sessionsand
andgigs.
gigs.AndAndso
so it was last week
I wentwent toto themthem-–oror ratherratherto
toRonnie
Ronnie"Plonk"“Plonk”Lane's
Lane’s padpadjustjustoff
off Earls
Court.
livelydiscussion
discussionbetween
between him
him and his father on
Court. What with a lively
The Beatles’
Beatles' new
Ronnie is one of “yeractual”"yeractual"
new philosophy
philosophyofof life –- Ronnie
meditators
meditators-a– asneaksneakpreview
previewofofthe
thenew
newBeach
BeachBoys'
Boys’Smiley
SmileySmile
Smile LP
andgirlfriend "Susie"
at, ititproved
provedaavery
verypleasantpleasant
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afternoon. Having
myraincoat,raincoat, Ronnie
Ronnie settled
settledrainy afternoon.
Having relieved
relieved me
me of myarmchair andinto his armchair
andtalked
talkedofof thethe Faces'
Faces’ travelling
travelling problems.
problems. "Last“Lastwearrived
arrived at
at Norwich
Norwich toto findfind thethe promoter
promoter had
had us down
down to play
week wethe day before,”
before," said Ronnie, “all"all thethe publicity
publicity wasthewas for the day before,
only aafew
fewkids
kidsturned
turned up
up –- then
then we
we missed
missed aa gig
gigatatStreatham
Streatham
so only
because we were returning
returning fromshow
completely. That was because
fromaa Paris
Paris TV show
and Stevie's
French taxi
taxi driverdriver missed
missed thethe airport!
airport!
andStevie’s French
At least
the driver missed
missed thethe turnoff
turnoff on
the motorway,
motorway, andand because
because it“Atleast theon themotorway they
theyhadrighttotothe
theendendto
toturnturnround,round,bybywhich
was aamotorway
had to go rightwhich
time thebythatrealised wetime
the plane
planehad
hadgone.
gone. Anyway, bythat time
time we'd
we’d realised
we were at
the wrongwrong airport
airport andarrived at
at London
Londontheandwent
wentforfor thethe right
right one.
one. Poor Steve arrived
around midnightaroundmidnightwith
withnonomoney,money,stranded.
stranded.We'll
We’llhave
havetotomakemakeititup
upto
tothem and play
playthegiganother
anothertime.’”
time.
them
the gig
the Small
Small Faces
Facesononstagestageisisbecoming
becomingsomething
something ofofaararity
raritySeeing thethese days,
asked Ronnie
Ronnie if this
this was aa deliberatedeliberate policy to play
playfewer
thesedays, and
andI asked
fewer
ballrooms andthey areare off promoting
promoting in Europe
Europe andandballrooms
andclubs.
clubs.This
Thisweek
week theymonth there
bookings for live
liveperformances.
performances.
next month
there areare only two bookings"Let's face
face it,it,ballrooms
ballrooms anddrag now,”
now,"said
saidRonnie.
Ronnie.
“Let’sandclubs
clubsareareaa bitbit of aa drag"We'vedone
donetwo-and-a-half
two-and-a-halfyears“We’veyearshard
hardofof thosethosekindkindof dates. Anyone
wanted tomust havekid
who wanted
to seesee usus musthave had
had thethechancechanceby
bynow.
now. When
WhenI was a kid

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never liked
liked who you saw on
on TV
TVall
allthethetimetime –-II went
went
I neverable
able totosee
seethethewood
woodforforthethetrees.
trees.ItItsounds
soundsasasthoughthoughWilson
Wilsonrecorded
recorded
see thethe inner-circle
inner -circle groups
groups like
Nero &&The
to seelike NeroThethethe whole thing
thing at home.
home. IIunderstandunderstand he has aa recording
recording studiostudio built
Gladiators, The
The Piltdown
Piltdown Men
Men andand IIused
usedtotostandstand
Gladiators,
intothat’sthetheway
wayto
todo
doit,
it, man.
The Beach Boys
into his house
house –-that'sman. The
Boyswereweregetting
gettingmouth agape
playedwith me mouth
agape while
while Jimmy
Jimmy Page played
too intricate
andintellectual– there’ssome
somenice,
nice,simple
simplethings
thingshere,
here,
intricateandintellectual-there's
4,
guitar for The
The Crusaders.
Crusaders.
it's nice!”nice!"
guitarit’s"Wehavehavetotoget
getoutoutandandabout
about toto findfind newnew ideas
ideas for“We
Followingof Beach
Following a brainfulbrainful of
Beach Boys IIgot
gotaamindful
mindful ofofKen
KenNordine
Nordineandandour songs.
songs. Steve
Steveandand IItooktookaacabin
cabincruiser
cruiserdown
down thethe
ourhis Colors
Colorsalbum,
album, available
available here
here on Philips.
Philips. A
Aspokenspoken narrative
narrative of thetheThames recently –-thethe Maid Maureen –-two
two ideas foroverused,Lavender
Lavenderis
is anan old,old,verbalassociationsofofcolours,
colours,egeg"Olive“Oliveisis overused,verbal associations
songs came
came out
out of that.
that. We got
gotas
asfar
faras
asReading,Reading,hit
hit
songs
old,
old, old
oldoldoldwoman,woman, Burgundy
Burgundy moves
movesslowly”
slowly"against
againstmusicalmusical settings,
settings, iteverymudbankbetween
every
mudbank betweenthere
there
eand
andThames
Thames_Ditto!"
Ditton.
is aagreat
great deal
deal more
more clevercleverthan
than I cancan makemake it soundsound in cold
cold print.
print. “It’s"It's"We'vegot
gotaatour
tourininAustralia
being“We’veAustraliaga being
Steve’s
isn’t it?"it?”
Steve's LP,”
LP,"said
saidRonnie.
Ronnie. “Great,"Great, isn't
negotiated for a couple
couple ofofmonthmonths'time
negotiatedontths’th ’ time
It wasfor asas
wasabout
about this
this time
time thatthat it all began
began to happen,
happen, forand a loon-up
loon -up in
inthe
thePhilippine
Philippines
andnes
Ronniewas lighting
lightingaa cigarettecigarette(he(helikes
likestotorollroll his
his own)own)
Ronnie wasbefore that.
out
beforethat.You've
You’ve got to get ou
ut
his dadMr “Plonk”
to be adad arrived.
arrived. Mr"Plonk" Lane
Lane proved
proved to
ca.t7D.
and dothings or
brickanddo things
or you find a brickckwith ari\ stocky,
stocky,bespectacled,
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thought aboutsarcastic, but
suppose they arethought
aboutthethelyrics
lyrics being
being sarcastic,
but I suppose–-it'sit’sjust
justthethewayIway I feel."feel.”
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has repeatedlyinferredthat
thateventually
eventuallyhe
hewould
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Kinks-–similar
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had just
justreturned
returned from Manchester,Manchester, where hewith the group. He had
appeared on
appeared
onSimonSimonDee's
Dee’sTVTV show.
show.
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me. He missed
missed andand kicked this
this iron
iron table
table andand went
went
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hoppingout
outofof thetheroomroomholding
holdinghis
hisfoot!
foot!"”
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Sinatra cameFrankcameonon thethe jukebox
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recalledthat
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Sinatraaayear
year ago
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playingdarts,
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which
We
Ray does
does notnotlike,like,andandthetheconversation
conversation swung
swung over
to football,
football, which
which hedoes like. Brother Dave has
has beenbeenn
he does
playing
and is apparently
apparently an
playing too, andan awesome
awesomesight
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told
the CupCup Final
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funny story about
about Jim Baxter,
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who scoredscored thethe winningwinning goalme a very
goal
for Scotland
Scotland against
against Englandseasons ago. He
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three men
men
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then threw
threw his arms
arms up
up in thethe airairand drove
drove theandand proclaimed,
proclaimed,`Tha's‘Tha’sthethegreetest
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ayersee.'see.’IIlike
like that."that.”
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discovered thatthat Raywould
the next
next single
singleI alsoRay wouldlike
like Dave
Dave to write theandthat hisbrother's work
nowvery
much improved.
and feels that
his brother’s
work is now
very much
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should exploit
exploit him
him more,"
Atthisthispoint
point we
we decided
decided to taketakemore,” said
saidRay.
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constitutional andandwalked
walkeddown
downthethehillhilltoto another
anotherpub,
pub,thetheBullAnd
Bull AndBush, where
where Seeker Keith Potger
Potger appeared
appeared out
the confines
confines oftheout of theof thesaloon,hand, andand shook hands
hands all round.
round. "Whenare yousaloon, pint
pint in one hand,“When aregoing to write
write us aanumber?”number?" he asked
asked pleasantly
pleasantly totoRay.
Ray.
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wrote you
you one,”one," smiledsmiled Ray.
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Ray.
"I know,”
know,"saidsaid Keith
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apologetically. “But
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Judith thought
thought itit was“I
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was disputing
disputingthe
themeasure
measureof
ofbeerbeerbeing
being poured
pouredoutoutto
to him.
him.
landlord, a most prepossessing
prepossessing figure
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blazer, old
old school tie
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was pouring
thebeerbeerfromfrom one
one glass into
otherconjuror andand booming:
to thetheother with
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dexterityofof a conjuror
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Ray.
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nervous over thethe successsuccess of “…Clown”"...Clown" andand looks toward
toward his
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Kinkwith
withananalmost
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embarrassed
continued progress
progress as
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air. There is nono doubt
doubt thatthat he finds
finds thethe attention
attention refreshing.
refreshing.But
But hovering
hovering
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brother Ray, andand Dave has
has nownow
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form of brother
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first positive
positive steps
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but a separate
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arrive tomorrow
tomorrow andand wonder
late."
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why I'mI’m late.”
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discussed the new
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realise thatthat there
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angry. I hate
– I’maaterrible
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loser. Just recently
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was staying
staying on
on aafriend’s
friend's farm
farm inin Cornwall
Cornwall andand oneone evening
evening I was having
havinga drink
drink inthis little
in thislittle country
countrypub.
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askedmemetotoleave
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would embarrass
embarrass the locals
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to me for aalong
longtime.
time. IIwas
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wasoneoneoldold manmaninin a
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went into
into who kept
kept going
going onon about
about Jagger
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had been
been ontrial. Then
how pleased
he was thaton trial.
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to me,
me,‘I'Ican’t
can'tseeseewhatwhatthey
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him-he's
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shouldhave
haveseen
seen this
this old guy:
guy: hehehad
had
ugly.’
protruding teeth
protruding
teethandandbifocals!"
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Learning tostand onisproving
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to standon hishis own
own two
two feet isL
surprisinga surrprisingbut
but perplexing
perplexingproblem
problemfor
forDave.
Dave.
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has really
really surprised
surprised me,”me," heheadmitted
admitted later“‘
wn’ has“‘…Clow
the canteen.
canteen. "Inever expected
expected itit to get this
this highhigh inin thethe charts.
charts.
in the“I never
cante
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lotof
ofolderolderpeople
peopleseem
seemtotothink
thinkititisissome
somekindkindofofnovelty
noveltyre
cordrather
record– rather'Cigarettes, Whiskey
WhiskeyAnd
WildWomen’
Women'–-remember
like ‘Cigarettes,
And Wild, Wild
rememberthat?
that?I'm
I’m
quite pleasedmeans we are getting
getting a wider
wider market.
market. Therequite
pleasedabout
aboutthatthatifif it means
are two ways you
you cancan taketake thethe songsong-–oneareoneis
is obvious
obvious andandthetheotherotherisisaa very
very
personal thingtamer, for example,
example, could be thethe bully
bully atat
personal
thingtotome.
me. TheThe lion tamer,school... I'drather notschool…
I’d rather
not talk
talk about
aboutit!"
it!”
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from thethe two compositions
compositions on
which he wrote
Apart fromonhis
hisnew
new single,
single, which
and areKinks
andareincluded
includedon
onThe
TheKinks'
Kinks’next
nextLP
LP-–Something
SomethingElse
ElseByBy The Kinks
veryweird–-DaveDavealso
also has
has another
anothernew
newsong,song,"Funny“FunnyFace".
Face”. "It's“It’s a very
weird song
about aa guywho
lunatic," smiledsmiled Dave.
about
guy whofalls
fallsininlovelove with
with aa girl who is aalunatic,”"It's aa floating
floating kind
kind ofofsongsong–-II was
was veryverypleased
pleased with
with thethe organorgan break
break
“It’s
worked out
we worked
out forfor it."it.”finds thatthat concentrating
concentrating on
Dave finds
onaalyric
lyricthese
thesedays
daysisisvery
very difficult
difficultfor
forhim. “I"I findfindmymymindwandering evensupposed tohim.
mind wandering
even when
when I'm
I’m supposed
to be doing
something specific,"edsomethingspecific,”saidsaidDave.
Dave."Last“Lastweek
weekI Iwas
wasjustjustlying
lyingononmy
mybbedstaring at
must havethere watching
hours.
staring
at thethe moon
moonandandII musthave just lain there
watchingitit for hours.
That's going to
to makemake meme soundsound like anan imbecile
imbecile but
but IIenjoy
enjoyjustletting myThat’sjust letting
mind float
mind
float away."away.”
Beforeanyone
anyone reads
reads into
into thatthat remark
remark thatthat Dave has
hasjoinedjoinedthethebeautiful
beautiful
Beforeperhaps I should mention
mention that"beautiful person”
person"people, perhaps
thathishis version
version of aa“beautiful
someone who
football. "PeteMurray plays,"referringis someone
who plays football.
“Pete Murrayplays,” said Dave, referring
last week’s
week's Top Of
OfThe
ThePops
PopsDJ.
DJ.“He"Hehashasan
aninterest
interest inin Arsenal.
Arsenal. Nice guy.
to lastOne of thethe few really
really genuine
genuine DJs
the scene.”scene."One
DJs on thefinds thethe concept
concept of flower
flowerchildren
children in
in London
London rather
ratherDave finds
contradictory. "Howhave a flower
flowerscene
scene ininActon?"he reasons.
reasons.
contradictory.
“How cancanyouyou have
Acton?” he"This is thethe areaarea of Brylcreem
Brylcreem andand aa Number
Number 233“This233 bus."bus.”
Instead of looking
looking down
down at
at thethe flowers,
flowers,Dave
Davehashasthoughts
thoughts about
about gazing
Insteadup at thethe stars.
stars. "PeteQuaife is trying
trying to turn
turn methis astrology
up“Pete Quaife
me on
on to
to thisastrologybit,"
bit,”"There seems
seems toto bebeaaconnection
connection between
between thesaid Dave. “There
the crystal
crystalgazing,gazing,and thethe Zodiac.
Zodiac.The
Thesupernatural
supernatural has always
alwaysfascinatedfascinatedstars, religion andme since
since II used
used tob books.”ooks." KeithAlthammetoreadreadDennis
DennisWheatley
Wheatley
Keith Altham- NME—
NMENOVEMBERNOVEMBER 4 4—THERE
SOMETHINGofofthe
thesmoking
smokingvolcano
volcano about
about Ray
HERE IS SOMETHING
Sixfoot
footofofsuppressed
suppressed nervous
nervous energy, as taut
taut as
Davies. Six
bowstring, but
but always quietly
quietly spoken,
spoken, quietly
quietly smilingsmilinga bowstring,and quietly
what some
some people
people call “an"an artistic
artisticandquietly watching!
watching! It is what
temperament" thatand often
often
temperament”
thatseldom
seldomworks
worksalong
along logical lines andT

distinguishes thetalented from the mundane.
mundane.
distinguishes
the talented
Rayissomething ofofaamusicalmusicalcartoonist
cartooniston
oncontemporary
contemporary English
EnglishRay
is something
and, like all
all good
goodwriters,
writers,hehedraws
drawsfromfrompersonal
personal experience
experience andsociety and,andpeople he knows for his
hismaterial.
material. Many
Many ofofhis
hissongs
songsareareregarded
regardedas
aspretty
prettypeoplepictures by the critics, like
likeThe
TheKinks’
Kinks'current
currenthit
hit“Autumn"AutumnAlmanac",but
pictures
Almanac”, butthere is a derisive
derisive message
message forforthethe“box”-watchers,"box" -watchers,thethecomplacentcomplacentand
and
there
the conventional.
"I suppose
suppose I tend
tend toto be
beratherrather cruel to mymy friends,”
friends," admitted
admitted Ray“I
Ray overlunch inLondon restaurant,
restaurant, "butlunch
in a London“butI'mI’mreally
reallygetting
gettingat
atmyselfmyself as well.
seldom exaggerate
exaggerate thethe characterscharacters -likeI seldom– like'David‘DavidWatts'
Watts’ononour
ournew
newLP
LP
delib eratelyunderplay
and thatthat is why
whythetendstotosoundsound–-1I deliberately
underplay them andthe lyric tends
sarcastic. People
write
sarcastic.
Peopleareare seldom
seldomoffended
offendedbywhat
by whatIIdo
do oror write
about them.
to recognise
recognise themselves
themselves or they
they
about
them.Either
Either they
they fail toabhave enoughenough intelligencehave
intelligenceto
tolaughlaughatatit."it.”hhave never
never seen
seen Ray Davies
D avieslose
losehishistemper,
temper, but
but like
like many
many
I haveother
ther restrained
restrainedpeople,
people,there
thereisisthe
theimpression
impressionthat
thatififheheot
did let loose his real feelings,
feelings, thethe top
head might
might blow
did
top of his headblowdHelooks
looksbehindbehind thethe smilingsmiling faces
and hisreal
off. He
faces andhis anger
anger is as realohumour.
as his humour.
a"Last week
weekweweplayed
playedaauniversity
universityup
north," recounted
recounted Ray,
“Last
up north,”Ray,"and because
because these“and
thesefaculties
facultiesseldom
seldomorganiseorganisethings
thingswell,
well,
“a
i
were required
required to changechange in thethe library, which served
served aswew weredressing room.
room. One of thethe students
students kindly
smuggled mea dressing
kindly smuggled
me in
in
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just enjoy letting
mymindfloataway":mymind float away”:
DaveDaviesand
Dave
Davies andadmirers,Mayiy67
admirers,
May 1967

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been produced
very much
much inina drink.
drink. The Almoner arrived
arrived in the room
room andand
been
producedthis
thisway.
way.Ray
Ray is veryb
spottedterrible scene
scene andandsympathy
withcurrent
currentmusicalmusical trends
trends andand often
ssympathywith
spottedthe
thedrink.
drink.HeHe mademade aa terrible
began
man,
have been
been duplicated.
duplicated.
finds
ffinds his ideas havebegan chastising
chastisingthe
thestudents.
students.IIsaid,
said, 'Look,‘Look, man,
"I wrote
wrote ‘There'There Is
IsAAMountain’,
Mountain, which
which Donovan
Donovanit's
one drink,drink, that’s
that's all,'and he said, ‘I'I don’t
don't“I
it’s only one
all,’ andtalkrubbish!'"has written,”
written," said
"butmymytunecalledhas
said Ray,“buttune waswas calledhtalk to your kind of rubbish!’”Then Dave said,
said, “You…”"You..." andand I had
had toto clap
clap mymy‘Jonahus
Mountain’andandI Iwrote
wroteititforforDave.
Dave.I've
I’ve‘'Jonahus Mountain'
Then
had toscrap it now becauseb ecause ititwould
wouldhave
havesoundedsoundedhandmouth. It’s
It's amazing
amazing thatthat people
peoplehad
to scraphhand over his mouth.
like thatthat are still
still around,around, though.”though."crib fromfrom Donovan.”Donovan."likel a crib
Rayisan ex-art
ex -artstudent
student andfresh fruit
fruit salad
salad arrived
arrived onon thethe tabletable andand
The fresh
Ray
is an
andhe
he looks
looks at
at
DAVID WATTS
Ray reviewed
reviewe dthe
thelarge
large bowl
bowlofofwhipped
whipped cream.
cream.
thewith thean artist.
artist. His
the worldworld withthe eyeseyes of an
specialitywas"Wouldn't it be great
great to have a false
false hand
hand to stick“Wouldn’t
speciality wassketchingsketchingpeople
peoplebefore
before hebegan
in there?”
there?" he said grinning.
grinning.
began sketchingsketching them
them with
with music and theobservationsindividual.
"Waterloo Sunset”
Sunset" might
might be described
described as“Waterloo
observations areare individual.
"Art school
scho olwas
was aagood
good thing
thing for"lovesong”,
song",but
but Ray
Rayseldom
seldom seems
seems toaa “love“Art
for me,"me,” hehesaid.
had a mastermaster who
don't feelconcern himself
himselfwith
conventional
concernwith this conventional
said. "I“I hadwho said,said, 'If
‘If you don’t
like sketchingsketching-–gosomething else.
formulaand girl.
formulaofof boyboy andgirl.
go homehome andand dodo something
else.
I'm
toteachteachyoucarbon copy
copy
"I missed
missed mymyfavourite
the otherother“Ifavouritefilm
filmononTV
TV theI’m not going to
you to be aacarbon
of me.
me. You
Youmustmust learn
learn to be
be yourself.’
yourself.' He knew
knewnight,"
Ballad For
ForA
Russiannight,” hehe said.
said. "The“The Ballad
A Russianthattheamateur
amateur produces
produces more
Soldier. There
There isisthisthismarvellous
marvellous bit where thethethat thethe eye of themoreoriginality
than the productsoldier is returning
returning homesoldierhomeononleaveleave toto hishis wife.
originality and expression thanof technique.
technique.
He discovers
discovers his
has gone off
offwithwithanother
another
his wife has"I'm going off
offmeat,”meat,"hehecontinued
continued
man.
planned toher two precious
precious bars
man.HeHe planned
togivegive herbars“I’m
distractedly,
ofsoap,soap,butbutinstead
instead he gives
gives them
them to his
his father.
father.
ofdistractedly,forking
forkinghis
his scampi.
scampi."Look“Look atthethis restaurant.
The
on hishis father’s
father's face, who
who does
does notnot knowknow
The look on
the people
people inin thisrestaurant.You
You cancanalways
alwaystell thethe people
people whorare meat
he is being
being thought
thought of second,second, isisincredible.
incredible.
who eateat raremeatall
all their
theirlives.
lives.
As they
they getgetolderolderthey
theybeginThat's thethe kind'love' thatthat interests
interests me.
That’skind of ‘love’me.
begintotolooklook like
like pigs-fleshyjowls,-ringed eyes like ininthe
theHogarth
Hogarth painting,painting, andand little"Loveisismuch
muchmore
morecomplicatedcomplicated than
than justpeople. ‘Autumn'Autumn“Lovejust two people.
– fleshy jowls,large
large-ringed
littlepiggy
Almanac'
It's possessive
possessive-Yes,
yes,it’s
it'sMY
MYAutumn
Almanac’isisaa love song. It’s
– Yes,yes,
yes, yes, yes,
Autumnpiggy eyes."eyes.”
waspleased
pleased thatthat I had
had ordered
ordered fresh
always looking
looking
Almanac!"stressed.
Almanac!” he stressed.
I wasfresh salmon.
salmon.Ray
Ray is always
behindRayhasrecently bbeen
een reading
reading the works ofofHansHansChristian
ChristianAnders
en.
Ray
has recently
Andersen.
behind thethe smilingsmiling faces.
"Look atatthe
the portrait
portrait of thethe Mona
MonaLisa,""and ask yourself
yourself
feltthey
theywere
too abrupt
abrupt andand thetheir heads
heads cut
He felt
were too
the wicked
wicked witches
witches got theircut off“Look
Lisa,” he said, “andwhy she isissmilingsmiling likelikethat.
that. Maybe
Maybe sheshe hashas aagap
gapin
inher
herteeth
teeth likelikemine.
mine.
Weroderodefrom
fromthetherestaurant
restaurant bytaxi to his manager’s
manager's office
too quickly! We
by taxi
officeHer whole life
lifeisisalteredalteredby
bythatone deviation.
deviation. Picasso
Picasso works like
like this
this –after ourplanned toafter
our meal
meal andandhe
hetalkedtalkedofof how
how he planned
tobuybuyaa Bentley, butthat oneexaggerating
decided against
he cannot
cannot drive.
decidedagainst it as heexaggeratingone
onedefect
defect toto illustrate
illustratethe
thewhole."
whole.”
bizarre or
the unusual
aviesspeciality,
speciality, andandtalked of how
how hehe hadhad written
written a film synopsis
synopsis for"of three
three
He talked
for The
The Kinks, “ofThe bizarre
or theunusualslant
slantareareaaRayRay D
Davieshe recounted
recounted to"Autumn Almanac”’s
Almanac-s tune
different ways
getting something",
different
ways of getting
something”,and
andhowhowsorry
sorryhehewas
wasforforthetheBBCBBC
to me
me how “Autumn
tunecamecameabout.
about."It“Itwaswasoriginallycalled 'My
Street'," hehe said,
said, “but"but IIplayed
playedthe
the tape
tapeDJswhowhomight
might getgetthethesack.
sack.Suddenly
Suddenlyhe
hesaw
sawsomeone
someone heherecognised
recognisedDJs
originallyaa song
song called‘My Street’,”backwards,
Teerst',and
andititcame
cameout
outthethetunetuneforfor‘Autumn
AutumnAlmanac
another taxi
past. “Great,”"Great," hehe cried,cried, “it’s"it'sourourmasseur,masseur, Harry
Harry TheThe
in anothertaxi go past.
backwards,'Ym‘Ym Teerst’,
Almanac’.”tapes are not aa newnewideaideaforforproducing
producingan
aninteresting
interestingtune,
tune,
Horse." AndAndhehewavedwavedhishishands
handstogether
together likeliketwo
twopalepalebutterflies.
butterflies.
Horse.”
Backward tapes
andwould be interesting
interesting toeatle s numbers
numbers have
KeithAltham
and it would
toknowknowhow
how manyB
many Beatles
have
Keith
Altham •

““I
t be
b
"II ttend
tendd torathercruel torather cruel
my friends,
I’m getting
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e need"We
needmore love inintheworld…”
the world..."Six months
months inSix
inthe
themaking,making,SGT
SGTPEPPER'SPEPPER’S
LONELYHEART’SHEART'SCLUBCLUBBANDBANDisishere,
here, andand
LONELYansummercan
can begin.
begin.
an extraordinary
extraordinary summer
LennonLennon greets
greets thethe press
press inin aasporran.
sporran.
Post-“AllYou Need
Post -"All You
Need IsIs Love”,
Love", PaulPaul reveals
reveals
his thoughts
thoughts on
moustaches andand sharing
sharinghis
on moustaches
royalties withroyalties
withThe
TheRolling
Rolling Stones.
Stones.

- NME
MAY27
—
NME MAY
27 —ejOHNLENNONWALKED
WALKEDinto
intothetheroom
roomfirst.
first. Then
Then camecame
OHN LENNON
George Harrison
Harrison andandPaulPaulMcCartney,
McCartney,followed
followed closely by
Ringo Starr andand roadroad managers
managersNeil
Neil Aspinall
Aspinall andand MalMal Evans.
The Beatles had
had arrived
arrived at aa small
smalldinnerdinner party
party in Brian
Epstein's
home, toto talk
talktotojournalists
journalists andand disc
disc
Epstein’s Belgravia home,jockeys forforthethefirst
firsttime
timeininmanymanymonths.
months.
For almost
almost a year
yearthey
theyhave
havebeen
beenvirtually
virtuallyincommunicado.
incommunicado. No interviews,
interviews,
appearances, nodates. We
Weknew
knewthey
theyweremaking an
no public appearances,no"live"“live”TVTV dates.
were making
LPandand thatthat they
they intended
intended tostart work on another
another film,
LP
to start
film, butbut that
thatwaswas all,apart
photographofof a notapart from the occasional
occasional snatchedsnatched photographnot particularly
particularly
happy -looking Beatle. We
Wesawsawthethenew
newJohn
JohnLennon
Lennonlook
lookwhen
he waswas
happy-looking
when hefilming How IIWon
War.WeWesawsawthethechangechangeininGeorge
GeorgeHarrison
Harrison when
when
filming
Won The War.
he returned
from India
India andandwe
we learned
thatRingo
Ringo andreturned fromlearned thatand Paul had grown
moustaches. Their"Strawb erry Fields
moustaches.
Theirlast
lastsingle,
single,"Penny“PennyLane"/Lane”/“Strawberry
Fields Forever",Forever”,
to makemake No
No11andandthetherumours
rumoursand
andspeculation
speculation started.
started. Only
failed to
Only last week
one newspaper
newspaper described them
them rather
rather incongruously
incongruously as “contemplative,"contemplative,
secretive andsecretive
andexclusive".
exclusive”.
Well, The
TheBeatles
Beatlesare
arecontemplative.
contemplative. So
Sowhat?
what?Andsecretive?Only
Onlywhenit's
And secretive?
when it’srequiredof them.
them.As
As for exclusive,
required of
exclusive,surely
surelythey’ve
they've always
always been
been that.
that. But The
most certainly
certainly have not
not become
become four mystical
mystical introverts,
introverts, as some
some
Beatles mostpeople would have us
us imagine.
imagine. Despite
Despite their
their flamboyant
flamboyant clothes
peopleclothes which
which
made
even Jimmy
Jimmy Savile looksane,
made evenlook startled,
startled, The Beatles are still the same
same sane,straightforward people
straightforward
peopletheywere
they werefour
fouryears
yearsago.
ago.Their
Their opinions
opinionsand
andbeliefs
beliefs
onlynow
elieve inthem.
are the same, only
now theyunderstandthey understandwhy
whythey
theybbelievein them.
“I’vehiswirewire-"I've had
had a lot
lotof
oftimetimetotothink,”
think," said
said John,
John, peering
peering at me throughthrough hisrimmed specs,
beginning to realise
realise many
many ofofthe
thethings
thingsrimmedspecs, "and“and only
only now am IIbeginningshould have
have known
known years
years ago.
ago.I’m
I'mgetting
gettingto
tounderstandunderstand my
I should
my own feelings.
Don’t
underthisthisfrilly
frillyshirt
shirtisis aa hundred-year-old
who’s seen
Don't forget thatthat underhundred -year -old man
man who's
seen
and done so much
much-butand– butatatthe
thesamesametime
timeknowing
knowingso
so little."
little.”John
Heart ClubClub Band,
Band, asasJohn regards
regardsThe
TheBeatles'
Beatles’new
newLP,
LP,SgtSgt Pepper's
Pepper’s Lonely Heartone of thestepsinin thethegroup'sgroup’scareer.
career."It“It had
had toto be just right.
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1967“A
splendid time is"Asplendidtimeis
guaranteedforan
guaranteed
for all”:
TheBeatlespresent
The
Beatles present
SgtPeppertothepress
Sgt
Pepper to the press
withbubblyanda
buffetwithbubbly and a buffetdinnerin
Epstein's
dinnerinBrianBrian Epstein’s
townhouseat 24 Chapel
townhouseat24Chapel
Street,London,Maig
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We tried,
tried, andand I think
think succeeded,succeeded,ininachieving
achievingwhat
whatweweset
setoutouttotodo.
do.IfIfwe
wehadn't thenhadn’tthenititwouldn't
wouldn’tbe
beout
outnow."now.”
from hishisgreengreenfrilly
frillyshirt,
shirt,John
Johnwaswaswearing
wearingmaroon
maroontrousers
trousers
Apart fromandand roundround his waist was
was aasporran.
sporran. Why
Whythethesporran,sporran, IIenquired.
enquired.
"Arelative
relativeininEdinburgh
Edinburghgave
gaveitittotoCynthia
Cynthiaas
asaapresent
presentand
andas
astherethereareare“A
pockets in these
these trousers
holding my cigarettes
cigarettes
no pockets
trousersitit comes
comes inin handy
handyfor holding
andand front-door
front -door keys.”keys."
joined George
George sitting
sitting quietly
quietly on
settee nibbling
I joinedon aa settee
nibblingon
onaastick
stickofof celery.
celery.
was wearing
wearing dark
dark trousers
trousers andmaroon velvet
the lapel
lapel
He wasand aa maroon
velvet jacket. On thewas a badge
New York Workshop
badge from thethe NewYork
Workshop Of Non
NonViolence.
Violence.Their
Theiremblem
emblemyellowsubmarine
submarine with
with what
what looked
looked like
likedaffodils
daffodils sprouting
sprouting from it.
is aayellow"Naturally I'm“Naturally
I’m opposed
opposedto
toall
allforms
formsofwar,"of war,”saidsaidGeorge
Georgeseriously.
seriously."The
“The
idea
idea of man
man killing man
man is terrible.”
terrible."
asked him
him about
about histo India
India andand whatwhat it had
had taught
taught him.
I askedhis visit tohim."Firstly,“Firstly,
think too many
manypeople
about India.
India. Everyone
I thinkpeoplehere
herehave
have thethe wrongwrong idea about
immediately
associatesIndia
India with
with poverty, suffering and
immediately associates
and starvation,
starvation, butthere's much,the people, thethere’smuch, much
much more
more than
thanthat.
that.There's
There’sthethespirit
spiritofof thebeauty andand goodness.
goodness. The people
people there
there have
have aatremendous
tremendous spiritualspiritual
beautystrengthwhichII don’t
strength which
don't think
think is found elsewhere. That’s
That's what I’ve
I'vebeen
been
trying to learn
learn about.”
about."
tryinghas taken
taken thethe timetime to find out about
about many
many religions.
merelyGeorge has
religions. Not merely
just to dabble
to learn
dabble in them
them but reallyre allyto
learn andand know. He
Hebelieves
believesthat
that
religion is
day-to-day experience.
religion
is a day-to-day
experience."You“Youfindfindititallallaround.
around.You
Youliveliveit.
it.
is herehere andand now.
now. Not
Notsomething
something thatthat justReligion isjust comes
comesonon Sundays."
Sundays.”
What haddoing for the past
had he been
been doing
past year, I asked.
asked. Didn’t
Didn't he evereverb ored?“Oh,"Oh,I’ve
I'venever
neverbeen
beenbored,bored, there’s
there's so much
much tofind out
out about,”
about,"
get bored?
to findenthusiastically. "We'veb een writing
writing andand recording
recording andon."
he said enthusiastically.
“We’ve beenand soso on.”The LP
Pepper took them
LPSgt
SgtPeppertook
them almost
almost six months
months to makemake andand it hasreceived mixed
from thethe critics.
critics. Having
Having achievedachieved worldwide
received
mixed reviews
reviews fromworldwide
bysingingsingingpleasant,pleasant,hummablehummable numbers,
numbers, don’t
don't they
theyfeeltheyfame byfeel theymay
betoo
toofarfar aheadaheadofof themaybe
the record-buyers?
record -buyers? George
George thinks
thinks not: “People"Peopleare very, very
veryawareawareofofwhat's
goingononaroundaround them
them nowadays.
nowadays. Theyare
what’s going
think forthemselves andaccused ofthink
for themselves
andII don't
don’t think
thinkwe
we cancan everever be accusedunderestimating
theintelligence
intelligenceof
ofour
our fans."fans.”
underestimating theJohnbought ourJohn agrees
agrees with
with him.
him. "The“The people
people who
who have
have bought
our records
recordsininthe past
past must
must realise
couldn't go on making
making the same type
type
therealise thatthat we couldn’t
Wemustmustchange,change, andand I believe
believe those
those people
people know
know this.”
this."
forever. We
allfourfourBeatles,
Beatles,Ringo,
Ringo,IIthink,
think,isisthetheoneonewhowhohashaschanged
changed thethe
Of allPerhaps a little
little more
more talkative,
talkative, more
more forthcoming.
forthcoming. The one
one
least. Perhaps
personality isn't
obvious as thethe others
others andand still thethe most
mostwhose personality
isn’t quite
quite asas obvious
reticent. He
verycontented
contented andand what's
others is alright
alright
reticent.
He is very
what’s best
best by the othershim. What
What had
had inspired
inspired the sleeve cover
coverofofthe
thealbum
album–-amontageby him.
a montagefamiliar faces crowding
crowdingof familiar
round Theround
The Beatles?
By NORRIE DRUMMOWD"We just
just thought
thought we'd“We
we’d like to put
together aalot
people wetogetherlot of people
we likelikeand admire,"andadmire,”saidsaidRingo.
Ringo.
Nowt
Included in thethe picture
picture are Diana
Diana
Included
Dors,
Oscar
Wilde,
Karl
Dors,
Oscar
Wilde,
Marx,
hot "IOU.'L"r"=""r
ShirleyTemple,
Shirley
Temple,Max
MaxMiller,
Miller,Lawrence Of
Dylan
Lawrence
Of
Arabia,Bob
Dylan"a12.4and Stuart
the former
formerandStuart Sutcliffe, themember ofdied inmemberof TheThe Beatles who diedHamburg. II drifted
drifted over
Hamburg.
over to where
e..-T.EgTark
the now clean-shavenclean-shaven and muchthethinner PaulthinnerPaulwaswas sitting
sitting sipping
sipping aofchampagne.
champagne.
glass ofgreeted me in his
his usual
usual
He greeted
charming mannermanner andcharming
and enquired
myhealth.
after myhealth.

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66 | HISTORY OF ROCK 1965
1967

“You
"You know,”
know,”
he said,“we’ve"we've really
SONGS. ItOB
'ryGI SLIM
pif
been looking
Vs.
forwardforward to
this evening.
We
NEED is LOVE
WewantedwantedALL Nctru
to meetmeet a few
unr wt-liceortn.y7
THE. waittS
people, becau
usee sobecause" -IN 2t
many distorted
edstoriess
distorted
were beingWerinteeded We
W havewerebeing printed.
printed.
never thought
thought about
about splitting
splitting up.
We want
want to go on
on recording
recording
together.
The Beatles
Beatleslive!"live!” hetogether. The
he said,said,
raising
his glassraising his
glass in the air.
At thisthis stagestage IIshould
shouldmention
mentionthat
all fourfour Beatlesthat althoughalthough all
are extremely
extremely charming
charming andandcourteous,are still the
courteous, they
theyarethemasters
masters of subtle
subtle evasion.
evasion. No-one,
No-one,in mymyexperience,experience, has
has perfected
perfected tosucharthow
how toto give a feasible
such anan artfeasibleansweranswer to aapointed
pointed question
question
withoutsaying
sayingyes
yesor
or no.
no.
without
They’re not sure whether
They'rewhetherthey’llthey'll be making
making any
any personal
personal
appearancesin thethe future,
future,appearances inalthoughthey’dlike
like to;to; plans
although they'dplans for their
their next film areare scantys cantyand
andthey’re
they'reworking on
on a newAs I said,
working
new single
single which
which they’re
they're not sure
sure about.
about.As
said, secretive
secretive
whenthey
theyneedneedtotobe
beand
andstill
stillvery,
very,very
veryexclusive.
exclusive.NorrieDrummond
Norrie Drummond
when
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MELODY MAKER
2727—- MELODY
MAKERMAY
MAY
HE BEATLES,THE
BEATLES,INNOVATORSINNOVATORSasasalways,
always,lastlastweek
weekbestowed
bestowed
new experience
experience on-IN. They
a new
onthe
thepoppopscenescene-–thetheLISTEN
LISTEN-IN.
commandeered Brian
townhouse incommandeered
Brian Epstein's
Epstein’s luxurious townhouseinChapelStreet,London
LondonSW1,
SW1, played
playedtheir
theirnew
newLP,
LP,SgtSgt Pepper’s
Chapel Street,
Pepper's Lonely
HeartsBand, atatfullfullvolume
volumeandandshouted
shoutedpleasantly
pleasantly atat theirtheir guests
guestsHearts Club Band,for several
several hours.
hours.
Downstairs,
ay, underunder
Downstairs,aalong
long genuine
genuineantique
antiquetable
tablegroaned,groaned,asasthey
theyssay,huge
coldmeats
meats andand vegetables
vegetables served
served bybywhite-jacketedhuge dishes
dishes of cold
white-jacketed
waiters.
drink there
choice of gazpacho,
gazpacho, a cold soup,
soup, oror
waiters.To
To drink
therewaswasaa choicechampers.
won handsomely.
champers. The champers
champers won
handsomely.
The “boys”,"boys",asastheytheyareareaffectionately
affectionatelyknown
knownbybytheir
theirmanagement,
management,werefine fettle. Lennon
Lennon won
were inin finewon thethe sartorial
sartorialstakes
stakeswith
withaagreen,green,flower
flower-patternedshirt,
shirt,red
redcordcordtrousers,
trousers,yellow
yellowsocks
socks andandwhatwhat looked
looked likepatterned
ensemble was completedcompleted by a sporran.
sporran. With his bushy
cord shoes. His ensemble
sideboards andand National Health
Health specs,
specs, heheresembled
resembledan
ananimatedanimatedsideboards
Victorian watchmaker.
watchmaker.Paul
Paul McCartney,
McCartney, sans
sans moustache,
moustache,wore
woreaa loosely
Victoriantied
shirt, a striped
striped double-breasted
double-breasted jacket
tied scarf
scarf over a shirt,
jacketandandlooked
lookedlike
likesomeone out
Scott Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald novel.
someoneoutofof a Scott
They boththings,suchsuchasasthe
theBBCBBC ban
banon
on
They
b oth spoke
spoke volubly
volubly about
about many
many things,"ADay
D ayInInThe
TheLife”,
Life",one
oneofofthe
theLP
LP
tracks.Said
SaidPaul:
Paul:“John"Johnwoke
wokememeup
up“A
tracks.
morning andhim theone morning
andreadreadthetheDaily
DailyMail.
Mail. TheThe news
news stories
stories gave
gave himtheidea for thegoes upstairs
upstairson
onaa bus
bus fora
for a smoke.
smoke. Everybody
Everybodyidea
the song. The
Themanmangoesdoes thatdoes
thatkindkindofofthing.
thing.But
Butwhatwhatdoes
doesthetheBBC
BBCsay?
say? Smoking?
Smoking?SMOKING?
S -M -O -K -I -N -G?
S-M-O-K-I-N-G?
“Well, BBC,Park Drive! Even people
at thethe"Well,
BBC,hehewas
wasactuallyactually smoking
smoking Park
people at
BBC dodo these
these things.
things. So
BBC!You
Youcancanreadreadaadouble
doublemeaning
meaning into
into
So faceface it, BBC!
anything
want
to.to.But
an ouranythingifyou
if youwant
Butwe
wedon't
don’tcare
careififthey
theybbanoursongs.
songs.ItIt might
might
help
It’s exciting
to seehelp thethe LP.They’ll
They'll play
play thethe otherother tracks.
tracks. It's
exciting tosee howmany different
manydifferentthings
thingscancanbebetakentakenfromfromit."it.”
BothPaul andand Johnlaughed off thethe suggestionsuggestion that
Both PaulJohn laughedthat Sgt
Pepper mightbe
betheir
theirlast
lastLPLPas
asaa group.
group. "Rubbish,"“Rubbish,” said
said
Peppermight
Lennon, but
but he went on
on totoconfirm
confirm thatthat their
their touring
touring days
Lennon,were"No moremore tours,
tours, no more
more moptops.
moptops. We
could never
never
were over. “No
We could
hearourselves
ourselvesplaying
playing properly.Anyway,
properly. Anyway, what
hear
what more
more could
weafter playing
people. What
we do
do afterplayingto
to 56,000 people.
Whatnext?
next? More
More fame?
fame?
More
travelling all
the worldworld andand
More money?
money?We were travelling
all over the
couldn’t
moveoutside
outsideour
ourhotel."hotel.”
couldn't move
Now they
theyfeelthemselves, via albums,
albums, tofeel they
they still
still give themselves,
their
theirpublic,
public,butbutthey
theydon't
don’thave
havetotopay
payso
somuch.
much.Says
Says Paul:Paul:“I"I eveneven went
went onon aabus
busfrom
fromLiverpool
Liverpoolto
toChester
Chesterthe
theotherother day
day

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THE
BEATLESTHE BEATLES"Wewerenevermusicians":“We
were never musicians”:(l–r)“someoneoutout ofof aaScott
Scott(I-r)"someone
Fitzgeraldnovel",
Fitzgerald
novel”,Ringo,"an animatedanimated Victorian
Victorian“anwatchmaker"andGeorge
watchmaker”
and George

without much
moustache involved. And
Andnearly
nearlywithoutmuch trouble.
trouble.There
There was
was just aa moustache
every
takemymydog
dogforfor aa walkin Regent’s
Park.”
every morning
morning IItake
walk inRegent's Park."
musical ideas
ideas ofofLennonLennonandandMcCartney
McCartneyseem
seemtotobe
beexpanding
expanding
The musicalthe time.
time. These
These ideas
ideas encompass
encompass a whole
wholespectrum
spectrum of sounds
sounds –all themechanical,
orchestral, electronic,
electronic, animal,
animal, vegetable and mineral.
mechanical, orchestral,mineral.
are becoming
becoming lessless andand less
lessconcerned
concerned with
with their
their own
own playing.
playing.
They are"I don’t
don't practise,”practise," says John.
John. “I
"Ionlyonlyplayed
playedguitar
guitarto
toaccompany
accompanymys
elf“I
myselfsinging.
singing. You
Youcould
couldstudy
studyallallyour
yourlife
lifeandandbecomebecomethethebestbestbassoonist
bassoonist
Israel. So what?
what? IIlike
likeproducing
producing records.
want ain Israel.
records.IIwant
wanttotodo
doitit all.
all. I wantmachine thatlikelearninglearning
machinethatproduces
producesall
all sounds.
sounds.Studying
Studying music
music was like
French. If there
there waswas aanew
newmethod
method ofoflearninglearning music
music –-yeah.
theFrench.
yeah.But
But thepresent methodarchaic."
present
methodisis archaic.”"We were
werenever
never musicians,”
musicians," agreed“WeagreedPaul.
Paul."In“InHamburg,
Hamburg,wewegot
gotaalot
lotof
practice. But reading
reading musicisunnecessary.”
unnecessary."practice.
music for us isconducted thetrack"A“ADDay
ay In
Life"
Paul conductedthebandbandheard
heardononthe
thebannedbannedtrack
In TheThe Life”
and he felt initially
initiallyembarrassed
embarrassed facingthat sea
andfacing thatseas es sioners.“So"SoI Idecided
decidedto
totreattreat them
them likeof sessioners.
likehuman beingsmusicians.
humanbeings andand not professional musicians.
tried to give
givemyself
myselfto
tothem.
them.We
Wechatted
chattedandandI trieddrank champagne.”
champagne."
drank
John
"factory
John dislikes
dislikes what
what hehe calls “factorymusicians". "Classicalare best
best onmusicians”.
“Classical players
players arerecords. They cancan play fromfrom there
there to there…”
there..."
records.
placed his
his open
open palms
palms two
two inches
inches apart,apart,He placed"...and Ronnie
somebody else."“…andRonnieScott
Scott oror somebody
else.”
Lennon's views
viewsareareequallyequallytrenchanttrenchant about
about
Lennon’s
jazz
doesn't dig Dixieland
Dixieland andandjazz styles. He doesn’t
mainstream. "It'smainstream.
“It’sdying,
dying,man-likeman – likeThe
TheBlack
Black&&White Minstrels.
Minstrels. I like John
John Coltrane
Coltrane but I don’t
don't
White
tothe
theclubs
clubsmuch
muchbecause
because it’s
it'sembarrassing.
embarrassing.
get toso-called experts
experts laugh at you
you-– ‘There’s'There's a
The so-called
the audience,
audience, folks.'
It's probably
probablymy
Beatle in thefolks.’ It’s
myblame,blame,butbutthat's
that’swhat
whatIIfeel."feel.”
However,promised the
However, he promised
theMMhe
MM hewould
wouldgogoto
to hearhearCharles
CharlesLloyd's
Lloyd’squartet when
Lennonquartetwhenthey
theyplayinplay inLondon
Londonon
onJuneJune17.
17.AndAnd to prove it Lennon
borrowed aapen
in bigbiglettersletters onon thethe backbackborrowedpenandandwrote
wroteCHARLESCHARLESLLOYD
LLOYD inhis sporran.
sporran. Jackof his
JackHutton
HuttonBut whatwhat isisthe
theofficial
officialdescription
description for thethe latest
latest Beatles hit?
hit? PaulPaul
McCartney
discussed
McCartney dis
cus sed it with
with meme andand put
put it this
this way: “It"Itgoes
goesbackback
a little
little inin stylestyle toto ourour earlier
earlier days, I suppose.
suppose. Yes,
Yes,perhaps
perhaps it does,
does,
but it’s
it's really
really next
next time
time aroundaround on thethe spiral.
spiral. I’d
I'd sumsum it upupas
astaking
takinglookbackwith
I'm feeling veryvery
a lookback withaanew
newfeeling.
feeling.And
And talking
talkingof
of feeling, I’m
good about
beingNo
No 1. It’s
your charts,”
about being
It's always
always good
good toto be
be No
No11ininyour
charts," hesaid magnanimously.
magnanimously.
The Beatles
however; PaulPaul told
told meBeatles areare not
not resting
resting on their
their laurels,
laurels, however;mehe andnew numbers
for a TVand John areare composing
composing newnumbers forTVspectacular,
spectacular, and
and
these
numbersmight
mightmakemakeupupaanew
newalbum
albumororsome
somesingles.
singles."All“AllYouYouthese numbers
Needsolely forfor theOur World TV
Need Is Love”
Love" waswas composedcomposed solely
the Our
TVshow,show,which
which
went out
out late
late inin June via threesatellitesto
to 400,000,000 viewers
wentthree satellites
viewers round
round
the
the globe.
“We"Wewrote
wrote ititin
intwo
twoweeks.
weeks.We
Wehad
hadbeenbeentold
toldwe’dwe'dbebeseenseenrecording
recording ititby thetime.So we hadfor thethe whole world at
at thethe samesame time.
had one message
message fortheworld –‘LOVE’. We needworld-`LOVE'.
need more
more love inin thethe world.
world. It’s
It's aaperiod
period inin history
history
thatneedslove.
love. We hopedthat needs
hoped in aa small
small way
wayto
toget
getpeople
peoplethinking
thinking about
about
love, andand not hate.”
hate."
Nash,of The Hollies,
point,lightlightI told
told PaulPaul thatthat Graham
Graham Nash,
Hollies, had
had raised
raised thethe point,
heartedly,
some nights
before that
he andheartedly, over dinnerdinner somenights before
that heand Gary Leeds
Leeds were
were
on theandwould
wouldthey
theygetget royalties?
royalties?
the record, singing
singing in the background,background, andPaul said
thinkso!
so!Mick
Mick and
andKeith
Keithwere
wereonon it,
it, too.
said drily:
drily: “I"I shouldn’t
shouldn't think
Maybe we’ll
we'll help
help thethe Stones with
with some royalties
royalties if they
they need
need it.”it."That got usThat
us talking
talking about
about thethe Stones’
Stones' case
case andand appeal.
appeal. Paul’sPaul's commentcomment
was: “It’s
was:"It's aaterrible
terriblepity
pitythat
thatpeople
peoplestill
stillthink
thinkthatthat bybyspanking
spanking children
childrenyou canstop themdoing things.
things.The
Thebestbestway
way to stopyou
can stopthem doing
stop kids
kids smoking
smoking at
at
schoolschool is toto letletthemthem smoke.
smoke. IIremember
remember thatthat we all wanted
wanted to try it andandnot be left out,
for a puff.
out, sosowe
wewentwentbehindbehind anan outbuilding
outbuilding forpuff. When
When no-one
no-oneseemedto carecare we
we soonseemed tosoon gave itit up
upof
ofour
ourownownaccount.
account. Trouble
Trouble today
today isisan
anignoranceof whatit's
it’s all about.
ignorance ofwhat
about. Everyone’s
Everyone's frightened
frightened of things
things they
theyknow nothingnothing about.”
about."
that hehe never planned
aheadmuch
muchthese
thesedays.
days.TheTheTV
Paul added
added thatplanned ahead
spectacular
wasjustjustininthe
the"thinking“thinking-about”
stage.No
Nodates
dateswere
were set
set orspectacularwas-about" stage.
anything
anything like that.
that.
"We
liketototaketakeour
ourtimetime andand makemake certain
certain what
good," hehe“We like
whatwewe writewrite isis good,”
talked in a quiet,
quiet, relaxed
relaxed voice. PaulPaul admitted
admitted hesaid. He talked
he likes
likes living in
town, near
nearLord's
Lord’s cricket
cricket groundgroundandandthetheEMIEMI recording
studios.He
Hesaidsaid
town,
recording studios.
John,
and Ringo were
were allallabout
about these
these days
days andand happy
happy in their
theirJohn, George andhouseshousesoutside
outsideLondon,
London,in
inthe
thestockbroker
stockbrokerbelt
beltofWeybridge,of Weybridge,Surrey.
Surrey.
Paul enjoyedPaul
enjoyed his stay at
at hishis farmfarm ininScotland,
Scotland, situatedsituated in the rather
ratherinaccessible
the beaten
beaten track.
inaccessiblepeninsula
peninsulaofofKintyre,
Kintyre,wellwelloff
off thetrack.He
He hadhad JaneJane
Asherhouse guest
Asher as his house
guest earlier
earlierthis
thisyear.
year.Has
Hashe
he
any
thereforforaaspell?
spell?
any plans
plans of returning
returning there"No, I might
might go. But like I told
told you,
you, IInever
never
“No,
make plans
plans inadvance anymore.
makein advance
any more.II just
just
might
up andmight upand go. That’s
That's howhowthings
things happen
happenthese days."thesedays.”
I asked him
him whywhyhe
and John had suddenly
suddenly
he andbecomeclean shavenbecome clean
shaven after growing
moustaches (Imoustaches(I had criticised their hairy images
the NMENME"Summer
in the“SummerSpecial",
Special”,now
now onon sale,sale,quotingteenagegirls
girlsasassaying
sayingthat
thatthethefacialfacialquoting teenage
fuzz image
image of The
The Beatles
Beatles put
put them
them off them).
them).
fuzz
Paul replied:
replied: "Ijust felt like
like ititand
andIIsuppose
suppose John
John
Paul
“I justdid,reason,really."
really.”did, too.
too. No special
special reason,
And
would George
And would
George andandRingo
Ringofollow
follow suit? Paulsounded annoyedsoundedannoyedat
atthisthisquestion.
question."That's“That’sup
up toGeorge andand Ringo, isn’t
isn't it?
it?That’s
That'sthur
thur affur,”
affur," hehe said,
said, going
goinginto
intoaabroader
broader
Liverpudlian
annoyance.
Liverpudlian accent
accent with his annoyance.
Yes,
it'saavery
veryindependent
independent group
group these
these days,
with each
Yes, it’sdays, witheach Beatle
Beatle living
living his
own life andown
and making
making his own
own rules.
rules. The
Theonly
onlyplannedplanned thing
thing about
about them
them isrehearsal
it itisisaacaserehearsalandandrecording
recordingtimes.
times.Otherwise
OtherwisecaseofofGeorge
George Harrison,
Harrison,
MBE,independent
independent gentleman;
MBE,independent
independent
gentleman;Ringo
Ringo Starr, MBE,
gentleman;John
John Lennon,
Lennon, MBE,
MBE, independent
gentleman;
independent gentleman;gentleman; andand Paul
McCartney,
MBE,independent
independent gentleman.
gentleman.
McCartney, MBE,
And
them. If they
they continue
continue to
And good
good luck to them.
to produce
produceforfor usus supersuperLPs
like Sergeant
Sergeant Pepper
Pepper andandgive
givethetheworld
worldmessages
messagesofofLOVE,
LOVE, and
so do
do
like
and sosomethingsomethingto
touniteunitethetheuniverse
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said:"Andy,“Andy, tell yourFinally, Paul calmed
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"It's
“It’s just a fact

a factthatthat we’re
we're
heavy musicians”
musicians"Aspring trip
trip toNot
A spring
toAmerica
Americaproves
provesrevelatory
revelatorytotoTHE
THECREAM.
CREAM. Not
only dodo they
they record
record analbum, Disraeli
Disraeli Gears
Gears – they
to theonly
an album,they awake
awake tothepossibilityof socialsocial andand musicalmusical revolutions.
revolutions.By
By thethe endend ofof thepossibility of
the year
year
they havethey say.
say.
theyhave changed
changedcompletely.
completely.“We’re"We'regetting
gettingfurther
further out,”
out," they
"Jazzers werethat aa pop
pop groupgroup were
were doing
doingsuch
suchthings…”
things..."“Jazzers
were amazed
amazed that-

"It's confined
confined to
the ghettos
ghettos of San Francisco
Francisco andand NewYork
because“It’sto theNew York because
the middle
It's still
still too
too big
bigto
toconquerconquerthemiddleclassclassinAmericain Americaisisstill
stillsoso big. It’s
THYNEIGHBOUR,"
said a voice
and it's
the confines
confines of thethe ghettos
ghettos likeandit’s literally
literally notnotsafesafe toto go out of thelike
OVE THY
NEIGHBOUR,” said
Greenwich Village. IfIfyou
are dressed
dressed strangely
strangelywith
around 1,967
years ago,
ago,andand since
since thatthat day
day
Greenwich
you arewithlong
longhair,
hair,around
1,967 years
earth has
drenched in blood
reaction against
quite frightening.”
frightening."
reactionagainstyou
you cancan bebe quitethe earthhas been
been daily drenched
and a fog
fogof
ofhatehatehashassmotheredsmothered thethe planet.
planet.
"The middle-classmiddle-class American
wouldn't believe“The
Americanis
is suchsuch a slob –-you
you wouldn’t
believeandLifeisisso
socomfortablecomfortable forforthem,them, with
with thethe carcar andthey don’t
don't
the arts
arts of war
war andand thethe philosophy
philosophy of
it. Life
andTV,
TV, they
Today thehate have been refined andand intensified
intensified bywant toworry andand theywant
to worrythey don't
don’tevenevenwant
wanttotothink.
think.It's
It’sallallvery
very sick.
hate
modernPhilos ophyisisaafad
fadininmany
manyways,"
continues Eric. “It"It
The Love Philosophy
ways,” continues
moderntechnology
technologyand
andmass
masscommunications.
communications.But
ButininAmerica,
America,
where
ofconformity
conformity holds
holdsstrongest,strongest, aagenuine
genuinecultural
cultural
newwayofdressing
dressing andand thousands
thousands ofinvolves a new
way ofof people
people areare simply
simplywhere thethe forces ofrevolution
taking place.
is,naturally
naturally enough,enough, taking
taking placedrawn to
don't see much
much harm
harm inthedrawn
to that,that,but
butI don’tin thisthisasas long as therevolution is taking
place. It is,place
young, andand naturally,naturally, musicians,
musicians, asastraditional
traditional enemies
enemies
people don't
hate inpeopledon’tprostituteprostituteit.it.IsIslove
love being
being born
bornout
outofof hatein America?
among the young,ofconformity,
conformity, areare heavily
heavilyinvolved
involvedand
andpoppopmusiciansmusicians
There'spe ople seem
seem
There’snot
notso
so muchmuchhate,
hate,moremoreapathy.
apathy.AAlot
lot of peopleofparticularlytoto thethe point
point where
where they
they aredream. They
to get toare inin a dream.
They getparticularlyare
areinvolved.
involved.
Through disenchantment
disenchantment withup,
watch TV andand gogo totobed.
bed. What
What thetheup, go to work, watchwith thethe establishedestablished
45 RPMgrowingnumber
number of people
people are
are
young
ody in thetheyoungpeople
peopleare
aredoing
doingisiskick
kick everyb
everybodysocial order, aagrowing
actually reje
cting thethe American
American Dream.
Dream.
stomach andat us
us–-we'restomachand shout,shout, 'Look‘Look at
we’re having
actually
rejecting
It could
could bebe said
said theygastimetime with
with people!’
people!'a gas
they areare "waking“wakingup".
up”.AA
philosophy
isbeing
beingexpounded
expounded"They
having a gas
gas timetime with
with people
people“They are having
philosophyofof love is
P EC a FR D5
among theand Sanand not-In ininandnot objects.
objects.II went
went toto thethe BeBe-In
among
theyoung
youngofofNew
New York andFrancisco,
Central Parkand there
peopleCentralPark and
therewere
were 20,000 people
Francisco,and
andeveneveninin London.
London.The
The
trappings are apparent
apparent in
justtime. There
There were nonojust having
having a good time.
external trappings
clothes, adventurous
adventurous pop
pop
admission
fees.
was
a
reactionstagesoradmissionIt
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againstmaterialism.II don't
don’tknow
know how itmusic, andandthetheuseuseof mild drugs
VOCAL
vin.,
LSD.
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greater
was organised.
organised. It seemed
seemed to spreadspread bybywordword
LSD. Underneathis a desire
awareness, more social contact,
contact, more
more
mouth. There is aamagazine
magazine called
calledof mouth.
awareness,human
Realist, likelikeour
ourInternational
International Times, andandhumansetssetsofof values.
C.
It isisalreadyalreadyupsetting
upsetting middle-classmiddle-classspokesmen are
main trouble
trouble isspokesmen
are evolving. The main
STRANGE BREW
Americaand causing
thedealing with
-Inthere
there were
were
dealing
withhooligans.
hooligans.At
At thetheBe
Be-In
America andcausingaa tiny
tiny crack in the
CREAM 00
superstructure. AA Texas cop
coppresented
presented with theon horses
horses riding
riding roundround to makemake sure
sure there
there
cops onsuperstructure.
.taiNG CON...1141OP
spectacle of a happy
happy poet
po etmight
might feel
feelinduced
induced totowastrouble. After aawhile
the kids
kids started
started offering
was no trouble.
while thespectacle
address him"lousy long-haired
long-haire d pinko,
pinko, Commie,
Commie,thepopcorn, andand the popcorn
popcornwas
the police popcorn,
wasdouseddousedinin acid.
address
himss a “lousyLimeydegenerate". The
couple of hours
hours most
most of thethe cops
cops were
were off
offtheirtheirhorses
horses walking
walking
In a couple
Limey degenerate”.
The poetpoetwould
wouldbebecompelledcompelledto
togivegivehimhimaa
flower.
strong, howgenuine isis thePhilosophy? Isaround inholding flowers inin their
theiraroundinthe
thecrowd
crowd with
with their
their hatshatsoff and holding
flower. But how strong,
how genuine
theLove
Love Philosophy?
Is itreaction against
againstAmerica's
Isititanother
anotherhand. By sunset
sunset they
theywere
listening to thethe drums.”
drums."
hand.
werelying
lying on the grass listening
simply aareaction
America’s war
war in Vietnam? Is
empty cult
cult like pole-squattingpole -squatting or yo-yos?
yo-yos?Are
theexponents
exponents looking
Was “acid”"acid" thatthat vital to thethe philosophy?
philosophy?
empty
Are thefor Shangri-La or aapropaganda
propaganda justification"They areare still
still using
using itithappily,
happily,butbutno-oneno-oneseemed
seemed worried
worried about
about
“They
justificationfor
for degeneracy?
degeneracy?
Cream
Clapton recently
recentlyvisited
Nob odyIIsaw
sawwaswasflipped
flipped out
out withwith acid,
acid, andand people
it. Nobody
peopleII got
got to like
Cream guitarist
guitaristEric
Eric Clapton
visitedGreenwich
GreenwichVillage
Villagedidn't even
Ofcourse
coursethetheideals
idealsinvolved
involvedaren’t
aren'tnew
new-they
during hisgroup's appearances
and talked
talked this
this week
didn’teven use
use it. Of– theyduringhis group’s
appearancesininNew
NewYork
York and
about hissophy incouldn't be.
human mind
mind hasn't
and
couldn’tbe. The humanhasn’t done
done much
much since
since Plato andabout
his impressions
impressionsof
ofthe
thenew
newphilo
philosophy
in action.
action."There“Thereisisdefinitely a philosophy
philosophy of love
lovespreading,spreading, andand it’s
it's developing
developing
Socrates in a way
waythatthat could
could bebecalled
called constructive.”
constructive."
Socrates
definitely
did Eric
Ericcompare
compare thethe American
American scene
scene with what wasamong aa wide
wide age group,group, fromto 50.
50.It’s
It'snot
notso
somuchmuchaareaction
reaction
How did
amongfrom 15 toagainst the
inotherothercountries?
countries?
happening in
againstthewarwaras
asaa completelywholecompletely wholenew
newwaywayofoflife,"
life,” says
says Eric.

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Provothing
thing ininHolland
Hollandseems
seems more
morelike
likethetheEnglish
Englishanarchists.
anarchists.
“The
The American
American Love Agents
Agentsarearemoremoreinterested
interested inin starting
starting a new
newwayway oflife. It’s
It'salreadyalreadyhappening
happening here with thethe Technicolour
Technicolour Dream
Dream at
atAllyAlly
Pally, but
but it never
never works
works when
when you have
have toto paypay admission
admission fees.
fees. They
They
shouldshoulddrop
dropleaflets
leafletsover
overLondon
LondonandandsaysayallallmeetmeetininHydeHyde Park
Park andandseeseewhat happens.
happens. Personally, I don’t
don'tthink
think anything
anything would happen.
happen. I’m
I'm suresure
a lot ofofpeople
peoplewould
wouldbebedisappointed,
disappointed, because
because people
peopleareareusedusedtoto having
havingthingsthem.
thingslaid
laid onon for them.
"England is only
onlyinfluenced
influenced bybyAmerica
and we areare several
severalsteps
stepsbehindbehind“EnglandAmerica andin the mind-conditioning
mind -conditioning process.
process.There
There arearesti1110,000
reactionaries here
every onestill10,000 reactionaries
hereforfor every
one ininAmerica.
bricklayer andand labourer
labourer is far
far
America. Every bricklayer
morescope formore individual
individualhere.
here.There
Thereisis still scopeindividuality
Chris
individualityininEngland."England.”ChrisWelch
Welch

MELODYMAKER
MAKEROCTOBEROCTOBER— MELODY
2828—rrHE
CREAMARE
AREhomehomeafter
after one
one of
HE CREAM
thesuccessful American tours
the most
most successful
undertaken
group thisundertakenby
byaa British
British groupthis year,withofbrokenbroken box-officebox-officerecords
recordsand
andwith a stack ofinvitations
invitationsto
to return
returnto
toevery
every venue
venue they
they played.
Was itit thethe musicianshipmusicianship of-winningofMM
MM PollPoll-winning
Instrumentalist
InstrumentalistOf
OfThe
TheYear
YearEric
Eric Clapton
Clapton(gtr),(gtr),
Jack Bruce
Bruce (bass(bass gtr) andand Ginger(drs),
Ginger Baker (drs),
which
impressed thewhich so impressed
the Americans?
Americans?
"Maybe they
theyweresurprised to“Maybewere surprised
tofindfind out
out wecould
our instruments,”
instruments," agreed
could play ouragreedGinger
Ginger this
thisweek. “On"On live
liveperformances
performances we certainly
certainly got
a bigbigundergroundunderground following
there.
following going
going over there.
Everywhere
played we broke the records.”
records."
Everywherewe
we playedAmongthe highhigh spots,
spots, Ginger detailed
detailed The
Among theThe
Cream's
the Fillmore
Fillmore Auditorium,
Auditorium, San
Cream’s shows
shows at theSan
Francisco;Francisco;WhiskyA
Whisky AGo
GoGo
GoClub,Club,Los
Los Angeles;
Angeles;theand Village Theatre,
Theatre, New
the CafeAu
Café Au Go Go andYork;andthethe GrandeGrande Ballroom,
Ballroom, Detroit.
York; and
Detroit."We“We
drew
record 4,500 to the Village Theatre,”
Theatre," said
saiddrew aa record
Ginger. “In"In fact,
fact, thethe only
only place
place thatthat wasn’t
wasn'toutstanding
outstandingwas
wasin
inBoston,
Boston,where
wherewe
we played
played thetheopeningbrand-new club."
openingof
of a brand-new
club.”
particularly enjoyedGinger particularly
enjoyed San Francisco.
"Therepeople doing
things“Thereareareaa lot
lot of people
doingaa lot of things
there,"
said. “In"In fact, IIhaven’t
haven't recovered
recovered fromfrom SanSan Francisco
Francisco yet,there,” hehe said.
yet, wereallyhad a ball. We
Wewerewereallallgiven
givengold
goldwatches
watchesby
bythe
thepromoter
promoterthere
there-–
really had
every promoter
promoter should
should do that.”that."
askedififthethegroupgrouphad
hadheard
heardanything
anythingthat
thathadhadparticularly
particularly impressed
impressed
I askedthem.
thethem."The“Thenightnightbefore
beforewewe opened
openedwewesaw
saw thetheCount
CountBasie
Basie Band
Band at
at theFillmore,"recalled Ginger. “Sonny"SonnyPayne
ondrums
drums and the band
band
Fillmore,” recalled
Payne was on
was sounding
sounding great.
Charles Lloyd andand thought
thought hegreat.We
We also
also saw Charles
hewas
was veryvery good.
good.He
Hewentwentdown
downgreat
great-in
San Francisco
Francisco thetheaudiencesaudiences areare– in San
fantasticallysome very
verygood
goodgroups
groupsoutoutthere
there-The
fantastically hip.
hip. There are some
– The
Electric
and thethe Bloomfield
Band areare veryverygood
Electric Flag andBloomfield Band
goodindeed.
indeed.But
Butit'sit’saadifferent
rehearse allin thethe evenings.
evenings. They
They
different scene.
scene. They
They all rehearse
all day and work invery rehearsed
rehe ars ed
get a very
sound, whereas
whereas wesound,
coliteac
getting further
furtherare getting
Wetin playing
playing things
thingsout inhUdifferently every night.
differently
WI
halt
We eveneven did
did thethe samesame
cr0
number twice somenumberFie
albu
nights andand thethe versions
nightsweredifferent wewere soso different
we gotgot
awaywithaway
withit."
it.”
While
the
While inin New
New York, thegeanrecordinggroup did aa recordingRitamai( session. “I’m
"I'm notnot suresure
expr
whetherwewegot
gotaa single
singleRita whether
Jack out of ititor
ornot,”
not,"reports
reportswarl"Wediddidthemthem ininvont Ginger. “We
studios, just
justthe Atlantic studios,a ladofthree of us,us,althoughalthoughthe threeof
add brassbrass toto oneone
Hear we may add
w of them.”
them."
workT

asked ififtheir
their album
album was
was finished.
finished. "We
said Ginger,
I asked“We finishedfinishedititin
inMay,"
May,” said
sounding heated.
hang-up since
sounding
heated."Any“Any hang-up
sincethenthenisisnothingnothingto
todo
dowithwithus.
us.We
recorded itit inYorkandandever
eversince
sincethen
then there
there seems
seems torecordedin fourfour days
days inin New Yorktobeen hang-ups
hang-ups about
about everything
everything except
actual music.”
music."
have been
except the actual
Cream may
may gogobackbackforforfurther
furtherrecording
recording ininthe
the States
Statesin
inDecember
December
The Cream
and they
inChicago
ChicagoononDecember
December 20.
20.A
further tour
tour is being
being
and
they have
have a gig in
A further
lined up for January.
January.“Everybody"Everybodywe
workedforforwanted
wantedus
usbackbackandlined
we worked– andlots ofofmoney,”money,"saidsaidGinger.
Ginger.“They’d"They'dnever
nevertaken
taken soso muchmuch on thethefor lotsdoors indoors
in theirtheirlives."
lives.”
Immediate
Immediateplans?
plans?Ginger
Gingersaid
saidhehehad
hadto
to seesee hishis
doctor. I asked
asked why? “I’m
"I'm dying,”
dying," hesaid. I left
doctor.
he said.
him todrop deadhim
to dropdeadininpeace.
peace.BobDawbarn
Bob Dawbarn- MELODY—MELODYMAKER
MAKER NOVEMBERNOVEMBER 1818—THEARMS
race,thethechart
chart race is aa
IKE THEARMS race,
monster nobody
monster
nobodycan
canstop.
stop.But
Butaa few braveare shouting,shouting, “Stop"Stopthetheturntable
turntable –spirits arewant to get off.”
off."Scott
ScottWalker
Walkerhas
has said
said hehe is
is notnot
I wantinterested ininterested
in recording
recordingpop
popsingles
singles any
any more,more,
and prefers to concentrateconcentrate on albums.
albums.
andNow
Clapton, Jack Bruce andand Ginger
Now Eric Clapton,
Ginger Baker
Baker
TheCream
Creamhave
haveannounced
announced they don’t
don't want
wantof Therecord any
anymoreare trying
trying to opt
to recordmoresingles.
singles.They
They arethe systemsystem where
where only
only aahit
hitcancanensureensureout of theperformances andthe poppop
publicity, performances
andmoney.
money. Is theimportance orwantsingle losing importanceor areare thethe "We“We wantout" cries
Scott andand The
The Cream
Cream merely
merely straws
strawsout”
cries of Scott
Ericexplained
explainedthe
thereasoning
reasoningon the wind? Ericbehind The
decision by long-distancelong-distancebehindThe Cream's
Cream’s decision
telephone from
telephonefrom Copenhagen
Copenhagenthis
thisweek.
week.
"It's notnot definite
definite that
won't ever release
release a“It’s
thatwewe won’t
main reason
reason for not
not wanting
wantingsingle again. The mainthem isare veryvery antianti- thethe wholewhole
to do themis we arecommercial market.
thecommercial
market.The
Thewhole
whole nature
natureofof thesingle -making process
single-making
processhas
hascausedcausedus
usaalot
lot ofthe studios.
studios. I'm
great believer in thegrief in the
I’m a great
the orythat
become obsolete
obsolete andandtheorythatsingles
singles will become
willtaketaketheir
theirplace.
place.They
Theywill
beextended
extended
LPs will
will beat16rpm
16rpmlastinglasting two
two totothreethree hours.
hours. Singles
LPs atanachronism.
are an anachronism.
"To getgetanyanygood
music inspace of two
two oror“Togood musicin a space
three minutes
three
minutesrequires
requiresworking
workingto
toaa formula
formula andand that
thatpart
partofof thethe poppop
scene really
reallyleaves
hate all
all thatthat rushingrushing aroundscene
leavesme
me cold.
cold. I hatearoundtrying
tryingto
toget
getaa
the otherother hand,
hand, if wewewentwentinto
intothethestudio
studio to
todo
dosomething
something for ananhit. On thethat came
came out short
short andLP thatand compact,
compact,wewecould
couldstill
stillrelease
releaseititas
as a single.
really, singles
singles areare horribly
horribly out
date andand asthe poppop scene
But really,out of dateas long as thesceneisisgeared to them
them a lot of
ofpeople
peoplewill
willbebemaking
makingbread
breadwho
whoshouldn’t
shouldn't bebegearedmaking bread!”bread!"
makingwillThe
TheCream
Creamlose
loseaalot
lotofofmoney
moneyandandthetheopportunities
opportunities for
But will
promotions on
promotions
onTV
TV andandin
inthe
thepresspressthat
thatthetheissue
issueofofaasingle
singleaffords?
affords?"You“You
don't makemoney ondon’t
makeaalot
lot of money
on singles
singlesunlessunlessyou
youhave
haveNoNo11after
afterNoNo1.
1. Youcan lose a lot
lotof
ofmoneymoneyononproduction.
production. And thethe promotion
promotion you
canyou get on
singles is part
part of the systemsystem I would
would like toto breakbreak down.
down.
singles"I can’t
can't criticise
criticise thethe Melody Maker
Makerbecause“I
becausethey
theyarearethethefairest
fairestof
ofall
all thethepapers, butwhen a group
group gets
getsininthe
thechart
chart you
youimmediately
immediately get
papers,but eveneven so, when
the bass
bass guitarist
guitarist in
Youareareallocatedallocatedpublicity
publicityaccording
accordingtheinBlind
Blind Date! You
the acceptanceacceptance ofyour
to theof yourlatest
latestsingle.
single.The
Thewhole
whole music
music scene
scene inin Britain
Britainruled bybythe
thechart
chartand
andpeople
peoplearearebrainwashedbrainwashed into
into thinking
thinking that theis ruledrecordrepresents
represents thethe best
best music
music available.
available.It’s
It'shorribly
horriblyimmature
immature
No 11record
and it'sandit’sgotgotto
to go."
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likelihood ofofThe
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objecting to
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realise thatthat unlessunless we
such policies? “Ourare allowed
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stink about
about itareto do
do whatwhat we
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to, we canthan them!"
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THECream,
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BruceandandClapton
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HEY ARE THE
therearearenot many
many desperados
desperados whotheir breeches andand
who would hitch up theirroll down
down the dusty main
main street
Cream in battle
battle atstreet toto meetmeet The Creamhigh noon.
noon. There’s
There's something
something just formidable
formidable about
about The Cream,
Cream,
maybe
multi -talented Baker, Bruce
BruceandandClapton,
Clapton,brimming
brimming
maybe it's
it’s the multi-talented
with musicalmusical confidence
confidence andsallying their
their audiencesaudiences nightand religiously sallying
after night with aabedazzling
bedazzling hurricane
hurricane ofoftechnique,technique, drama,
drama, emotion
andsatanic aura,
aura, thethe cool hard
hard
and zooming
zoomingspirit.
spirit.Maybe
Maybe it's
it’s that hairy satanic
gaze of Eric
EricClapton
Claptonfrom
frombeneathbeneath thatthat underworld
underworld of hair, the deep
deep
colourfultheir flowing robes. Maybe it’s
it's thethe creamy
creamy texture
texturecolourful mystery
mystery of theirof bothboth the group andand their
their music.
music.
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Cream areare their
their
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one’s fondest
fondest memories
memoriesofof The Creamstunning
performances. That
amplification, red
stunninglive
live performances.
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redindicators-fiction -like rocket
rocketindicatorsshining,
shining,making
makingan
animpressive
impressivesciencescience-fiction-like
power; Ginger Baker
Bakerupupon
onhis
hisdrum
drumrostrum,
rostrum, aaflashing
flashingangry
angry hobgoblin
hobgoblin
weaving percussive
percussive spells, and stamping
stamping his
could
his heeled
heeled boots
boots until
until youyou could
hear
earth shake.
hear the earth
Suddenly the
Bruce, head
head cocked
cocked to one
one side, might
might
Suddenly
thegentle
gentlevoice
voiceofof Jack Bruce,
float throughthrough the
purple andandthechurning
churningclouds
cloudsandandallallthethelights
lightswould
would go purple
thechange again
again-–butgroup
the scene
scene would changebuthow
howcancanthetheexperience
experienceofof a live groupon stage ever be
be putput onto
onto record?
record? The
TheCream
Creamcertainly
certainly have been
been
criticised
fewmembers
membersof
ofthe
thepublic
public–-fans,atthatthat-– on thecriticised by quite a few
fans, attricky relationshiprelationship between
experiences and recorded
recorded ones.
between live experiences
album wasCream, which
which they
they mademade fairly soon
soon after
after
The first album
was Fresh Cream,
their
their formation
formationand
andwaswas justifiably
justifiably an
an "earlyworks"“early works” album.
album.However
However its
blues
blues content
contentkept
keptthethefans
fansatatease.
ease.The
Thenew
newCream
Creamalbum,
album,Disraeli
DisraeliGears,
Gears,
causedcomments from,causedquite
quiteaa shockwave
shock waveofof comments
from,firstly,
firstly, thetheblues
blues fans
fans who
who
were dissatisfied
dissatisfied withobvious blues
blues numbers,
numbers, andwiththethelacklack of obvious
and secondly,
secondly, atatthewith some ofofthe
thehighly
highlyimaginative
imaginative hippies
hippiesthe otherother end
end of the scale, withwhose insatiableinsatiable appetites
appetites demanded
demanded “further"further out”
out" material.
material.
Frequent glimpses"kingdom of freakdom”
freakdom" could
could bebesensed
sensed ininFrequent
glimpses of this “kingdom
a CreamCream live
liveperformance,
performance, with its colours
colours andand its
itsatmosphere,
atmosphere, andand evena straightstraight blues
outin
inthe
theright
rightsurroundings.
surroundings.
blues could
could become
becomeway,
way, way out
Like most
most creative
creative groups,
groups, The
TheCream
Creamhadhadaaproblem
problem-– aaschizophrenic
schizophrenic
audience,"Not
audience,notnot unlike
unlikethe
theoccasional
occasionalStones
Stonesfans
fansstill
still shrieking
shrieking for “NotT

Fade Away".
Away”. So
Fade
Sowho
whowerewereThe
TheCream
Cream toto please?
please?
The hangover
hangover of hard-blues
hard -blues appreciators
appreciators who
whohave followed Eric
have
EricClapton
Clapton throughthrough The
Yardbirds, andstill have
have “Telephone
Blues”
Yardbirds,
and still"Telephone Blues"
ringinghippies sifting
ringing inin theirtheir ears?
ears? The hippies
sifting
throughthe
thepoppopscenescenesearching
searchingfor
fornew
new heroes
heroesthroughandand villains? The
Thenew
newCream
Creamfans
fansattracted
attracted byby
thethe image
image andandthetheglossglossandandthethehithitwithwith"I“I FeelFeelFree”? Or, maybe,
Free"?
maybe, themselves?
themselves?
Last week
threeleft
left forweekthethe magnificent
magnificent three
Atlantic
Studios in New
NewYork
tocommencecommence work
work
Atlantic Studios
York toon their
thirdLP.
LP. They
hadplannedplannedaafruitfulfruitful12
12on
their third
Theyhadto discover
Arethaday recording
recording slot, only
onlytodiscoverthat
thatArethaFranklinFranklin had
had managed
managedto
to bookbook some sessions.
They say “we"wedon’t
don't mind”,
mind", but
but The
The Cream
Cream areareback to squeezing
squeezing their new album
album into sevensessions.
we'vegot
gottootoomany
manynumbers
sessions. "In“In fact, we’ve
numbers
already written,”saidsaidEric
Ericbefore
before leaving
leaving last
alreadywritten,"week, “and"and we’ve
we'verecorded
recorded three
three already, butbut
I don’t
don't know if they’ll
they'll be
be alright
alright for thethe album.
album.
betweenthe
thethreethreeofofus
uswe've
we’ve got
I should
should think
think between
aboutthree
threenew
newLPs!"
LPs!”
about
do thethe groupgroup feel
feelabout
aboutthethe gap
gapbetween
betweenHow doandtheirtheiralbums?
albums?"Well,“Well,
live performances
performances andIIfeel'fro:feel ’fro: "the“thefurthest
furthest-you know,
know,whenwhenwe’re
we'rerecording
recordingthings
things aren’t
aren'tout
musically",out groupgroup musically”,
much
don't use
use
muchdifferent
differentfrom
fromaalive
liveshow.
show. We don’t
accordingto
to Jack
according
Bruce,
Bruce, in latelate 1967
l967
It’s just
just TheThe
a lot ofofeffects
effects ororthings
things like that.
that. It's
Cream making
makingananLP
LP as opposed
to The Cream
Cream
opposed toCreamonon stage."stage.”
Into which
fitting? "Well,“Well,
which field does
does Eric
Eric seeseethethe new
newalbum’s
album's materialmaterial fitting?
I think
whereasthe
thelastlastLP
LPwas
wasaa collection
collectionofof songs,
stuff we're
we’re
thinkwhereas
songs, thethe stuff
writing now is really
really more
more aaseries
seriesofofjumping-off
jumping-offpoints
pointsrather
rather than
than justwritingsongs.
I’ve written
writtenaalot
lot of things
thathavehaveaalot
lot of different
songs. Personally,
Personally, I've
things thatdifferent
sections
andI'dI’d like
like to play these
all together
togetherin
inone
onesong,song,butbutbe
besections andthese sections
sections all
improvise freely on
on eacheach section.
section. I’m
I'm certain
certain a lot
lot ofofthe
thenumbers
numbers
able to improvise
willmuch longer
this newmean you've
will be much
longer on
on thisnew album,"
album,”smiledsmiledEric.
Eric. "I“I meanyou’ve got tothat room
room to move about
about a bit
bit-whichhave that– whichisiswhat
whatyou
you dodo on
on stage
anyway-–soanywaysowhynotwhy noton
onrecord.
record.I Isuppose
supposewewecould
coulddodoaadouble
doubleLP!"
LP!”
Althoughgroup, The
The Cream
Cream haven’t
haven't yet exploded
exploded onon
Although they're
they’reaa very solid group,
the poppop scene
scene with
with obviously
obviouslyspectacular
spectacular ideas, gimmicks
gimmicks or musicalmusicalto thetheywant
do they
theyneedresort to “the"the hard
hard sell”?
sell"?
illusions. Do theywant toto or doneed toto resort"We dodo aalotlotofofnew
newthings,”
things,"answered
answered Jack
JackBruce.
Bruce.“In"Infact,
fact,that’s
that's ourour scene,
scene,“We
getting intothings. That's
and that's
getting
into newnew things.
That’swhere
wherewe
we are andthat’swhat
whatwe're
we’re doing
doing
getting closer toto eacheach other,other, finding
finding ourselves
ourselves andand gradually
gradually getting
getting into
into
getting
the right
right material.
material. II think
think inofwayswedo
dothings
thingsthatthat arearecompletely
completely
thein a lot ofways wenew-it's
spectacular as
new– it’sjust
justthat
thatthey're
they’renot
notinclined
inclinedto
tobe
be things
thingsas
as spectacular
as thetheStones' 3D sleeve
sleeveor
orsomething
something thatthat is boundbound to attract
attract a lot ofofattention.”
attention."
Stones’Eric added:
added: “Also"Alsowe
wespendspendmore
moretimetimeononstagestagethan
than almost
almost any
any otherothergroup. Most ofofthe
thepeople
people who
whobringbringout
outreally
reallysplendid
splendidalbums
albums havegroup.
much more
more time
time than
than wein thethe recording
recording studios.
studios. I mean
mean our
our last
last
much
we do inalbum was completely
completelyspontaneous
spontaneous andand asas itithappened
happenedat
atthe
thetimetime-italbum– itwasn'tfine production.”
production."wasn’tproduced
producedat
atall-itall – itwas
wasjustjustususwithout
withoutaalot
lot of fine"It's just
just aafact
factthat
thatwe’re
we'reheavy
heavymusicians,”
musicians," said Jack. “It’s"It'snotnotsomething
something“It’sthat's justhappened. We've
been thatthat way andand it’s
it'sjust
justthat
thatpeople
peoplethat’sjust happened.
We’ve always been
beginning to
new thing
thing isn’t
isn't noticeable
noticeable tomost
are beginning
tonotice.
notice.For
For meme a new
to mostunless they
they happen
happen tointerested in music. For
Formemeaanew
people, unless
to be
be very interested
newthing is to find
find anan interval,interval, or find
find aacombination
combination of chords
chords oror something
something
thing
that hasn't
that
hasn’tbeen
beenused
usedbefore.
before.ThoseThosearearethethenew
newthings
thingsThe
TheCream
Creamdo.
do.ButBut
they'rethey’renot
notthings
thingsto
tofrighten
frightenpeople
peopleinto
intofollowing
followingus
usand
andprobably
probablyaalot
lotpeople don’t
don't hear
the things.”
things."of people
hearaa lot of the"Yeah,"
continued Eric,that 'We're
Wrong' was in“Yeah,” continued
Eric, "you“you know that‘We’re Going Wrong’fact
different keys but we mixed
mixed them
them in such
such aaway
thatfact mademade inin twotwo different
way thatit's
not very noticeable
noticeable -– you're
supposed tothe overall
andit’s notyou’re supposed
todig
dig theoverall effect andatmosphere of
atmosphere
ofthe
thenumber,number,notnotthethefact
factthatthatit's
it’sinintwo
twokeys.
keys.II mean
meanitit
wouldn't
the States
wouldn’twork
workififyou
you did
did notice
noticeit.
it. TheThe last
last time
timewewe werewere inin theStates aa lot
people ininNew
NewYork-you
know,jazzers
jazzersand
andpeople
peoplelike
likethat
that-wereof people
York – you know,– wereamazed thatthings andand thatthat we could get
getamazedthataa pop
pop groupgroup were doing such things
awaywithwhat thethe fans mean
mean andpleaseaway
withthem.
them.But
ButI know what
and wewe try to please
everybody. A
lotofoftimes
timeswhenwhenwe’re
we'reononstagestagethere
thereisisaaterrificterrifictemptation
temptation
everybody.
A lot
tofurther out
because someto go further
out but
but thenthenyou
you hold
hold back becausesome people
peoplearen't
aren’tgoing
going
tounderstand."to understand.”"Mindconcluded Jack,"I still
still think
think thatthat The
Cream are“Mind you,"you,” concluded
Jack, “IThe Cream
are thethefurthest-out groupfurthest-outgroupmusically."
musically.”So
Sothere!
there!NickJones
Nick Jones
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TRAFFIC

Thel9-year-oldSteve
The 19-year-old Steve
Winwood,getting itit
Winwood, getting
together
togetherwith
withhisnew
his newband inin Aston
AstonTirrold,
Tirrold,
Berkshire
Berkshirein1967
in 1967- MELODY
JUNE1010—
MELODY MAKER
MAKER JUNE—STEVIE
WINWOOD,COOL
COOLininaaflowing
flowingred
redjacket
jacketTEVIE WINWOOD,
neck bells,
bells, satsatsurroundedsurrounded by
and jingling with hip neckhis
his new
new groupgroup Traffic
Traffic andand said:
said: "I'm
“I’m trying
tryingto
toloselose mymyidentity and gain
gain a newnew one.
one. IIdon’t
don'tjustold identity
just want
want totobe'Georgia' andand 'Muddy
be thethe guy who sang ‘Georgia’‘Muddy Waters'.
Waters’.
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don't want
want to deny those
those things,
things,butbutthere
thereisis suchsuch
more I haven’t
haven't done.”done."
a lot morefriends feared
feared thatthat Stevie,
Stevie,who
whocelebrated
celebratedhis
his19th19thbirthday
birthday
Many friends
month, had
split withwiththetheoriginal
original
last month,
had become
become a recluse since his split
Spencer DavisGroup. But while
while escaping
escaping fromfrom his
his old London
London andandSpencer
Davis Group.
Birmingham haunts,
has been
been readjusting
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attitudes to
Birmingham
haunts,Stevie
Stevie has
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getting into the minds
minds of his friends
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happyfirst
firstsingle
single-–"Paper“PaperSun".
Sun”.
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an oldoldBerkshire
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habitation,
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thelifelife of aprofessional musician
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fromthetheageage of 12,
thinking,
playing music
music andand generally
playing
generally enjoying
enjoying a hip holiday.
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result ofofthisthis isolationism,
isolationism, thetheTraffic,
Traffic, consisting
consistingof
ofSteve,
Steve,
Mason (guitar),(guitar), Jim Capaldi
Capaldi (drums)(drums) andand Chris(flute)Dave Mason
Chris Wood (flute)
tend to talk inin aafragmentaryfragmentary conversation
conversation that
sentence attendthat starts
startsas
as aa sentenceatand continues
continues roundround theone end andthe group. »»S

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Berkshire,
England. In
Berkshire, England.
In aa rat-plagued
rat -plagued
cottagecottage with
with patientpatientneighbours,
neighbours, Steve
Steve
Winwood
fleeing“terrible"terriblevibrations”
vibrations"Winwood isisfleeing
withwith mates
mates from
fromBirmingham:
Birmingham:TRAFFII'.
TRAFFIC.
Their music
music isis ruralrural pop
open toto everything.
everything.
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pop open“Wethey say,say, "to“togetgetas
as muchmuch colour"We try,”
try," theycolour
into
lives asinto our
our lives
as possible.”possible."A P R I L – J U NE
"It's very scarys carythere
there at
at nights,”
nights," said
said Dave.
“It’s
Dave.
"You've
got totobe
beveryverycareful
careful you don’t
don't just“You’ve got
just end
endupchasing dreams.
its dangers.
dangers.
up chasing
dreams.The
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has got its
But as a new
new way
way ofoflife,life,it’s
it'sasasimportant
important as thethemusic.
planned thethe life beforehand,
beforehand, butmusic. We planned
but itcanvolcano. We try
try toto avoid
avoid thethe dangers
dangers of
can bebe aa volcano.
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andfriction.
friction.IfIfwe
we getget a problem
that
tryto
that we just try
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out what's
what’s causing
causingit."it.”despiteany
anyinherent
dangers in leading
leading
But despite
inherent dangers
thehip hermits,hermits, Steve isishappierhappier than
than hethe lives of hip
he
has
drag
has been
beenforfor ages.
ages. "That“That last
last tour
tourwaswasaa big dragforme.
vibrations were terrible. Because
for me. The vibrations
I wantedwanted my friends
friends totravel on tour
tour with
with me,to travelme,theyand histhey called
called us
us 'Steve‘Steve andhis Gypsies'.
Gypsies’. Gypsies
is aa nicenice name,
name, andand anyway,
don't want
want toanyway, we don’t
toput
anybody down."
put anybody
down.”- NME—
NME JULYJULY 1515—SO
FORthetherumourrumour thatthat Traffic
O MUCH FOR
Traffic
wasjust Stevie Winwood
Winwood andand a
was really
really justTraffic on
Of TheThe
Traffic
on Top Of
Mellotron! Last Friday, inin thethe offices
offices ofof
Mellotron!
Popsinin1967:(I-r)Steve
Pops
1967: (l–r) Steve
Paragonthose three
three elusive young
young
Paragon Publicity, those
Winwood,ChrisWood,Jim
Winwood,
Chris Wood, Jim
Capaldi and Dave Mason
Mason
Capaldimen,
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men, Chris
Chris Wood, James Capaldi
David
Mason,
confronted theMason, confronted
thepresspressforfor thethe first
first time.
time.
have attained
attained aa unit
extricated guitarist
guitarist Dave Mason
Mason fromfrom aaroom
roomwhere
wherethere
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thoughtwhich
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Steviefeels
feelsisis vitalvital
I extricatedto achieve
achieve proper
proper unity
Steve's desire
desirebe moremore reporters
reporters than
than Traffic andand satsat ininthe
thereception
reception area,
area, where
where aaunityofof groupgroupplaying.
playing.BeneathBeneathititall
allis
is Steve’s
to be
to stop being
being thethe boy
boywonder
band, andand become
disgruntled green
scratching out bird
bird
disgruntled
green parrot
parrot enlivened
enlivened proceedings
proceedingsby scratching
wonder fronting
fronting a band,
become accepted
acceptedasasa musician
musician who
part of an entity.
seed all over us
us fromfrom his
his cage.
cage.Young
Youngpeople
peoplewith
withcontemporary
contemporary faces
seedfaces andand
who isis partraises problems
problems because
because tocommercial successvitally
contemporary spectacles
seemedcontemporary
spectaclesdasheddashedabout
aboutususpublicising,publicising,and
andDave
Dave seemedThis raises
to achieve commercial
success it is vitally
importantlittle bewilderedbewildered byall. “The"Therecord
record really
really happened
happened toous," hehea littleby it all.
toofastfast for us,”importantto
toproject
projectan
animage
imageandandkeep
keepclose
close contact
contactwith
with thethe poppopbusiness.
attempted to explain their
their odd
odd attitudes
attitudes to thethe poppop
smiled. "We
were under
under pressurepressure towerereadyreadysmiled.
“We weretoget
get out
out a single before we werebusiness. Traffic attemptedbusiness,appear in
up to now.”
now."
to appearin public,
public,and
andthatthatisiswhyyou
why youhave
haveseen
seensosolittle
littleof
of us
us up
business,music
musicand
andlife.
life.
Steve: “The"Thegroupgroup just
just happened,
happened, really.
are all people
people I knew
knew
All thethe Traffics
Trafficshave
havebeen
beenpreparing
preparing themselves
themselves musicallymusicallyin
in Stevie's
Stevie’s
Said Steve:really. They arefromowRoom,Room,aaclub
clubininBirmingham
Birmingham about
about twohideaway cottage
cottage inthe depths
darkest Berkshire.
little hideawayin thedepthsofof darkest
Berkshire.There
There is no hotfrom thethe Elb
Elbow
twoyears
yearsago.
ago.WeWe
playedno telephone
telephone andline fromfromanother
anotherwater, noand nono electricity
electricity except
except for a line
played together
togetherquite
quiteaafew
few times
timesbefore
beforethethesplit.
split.TheThe groupgroupisis nownow
house to feed their
their amplifiers.
amplifiers. Whatprivacyand
and thethe right
right
getting
house
What they
they dodo have is privacy
getting past
pastthetheblowing
blowingstage,stage, andandwe're
we’re getting
gettinginto
intowriting.
writing.We've
We’ve still
got problems,
problems, which
which is why
whywe
don't want
want to work
workanywhere
anywhere until
until we areareatmosphere tomusical unit.
unit.
atmosphereto concentrateconcentrateand
andknitknitinto
intoaa close musicalwe don’t
ready. When
When we play,
play,after
afterthethe third
third single, it’s
it's going
going totosoundsound just
just asas good
good"There's a whole lifetime
lifetime ahead"We have
have plenty
plenty of“There’saheadofofus,"
us,” said
said Dave.
Dave. “Weas thethe records.”
records."
patience andare delighted
delighted totothink
think thatthat people
people would
wouldbuy
buythediscpatience
and we are
the disc
Jim:“We"Wedo
domissmissplaying
playingfor
forpeople
peopleandandititcan
canbebemostmostfrustrating.
frustrating.
without evenhaving seen
seen thethe group.”group."
withouteven having
Said Jim:
But we areare planningplanning tolittle open-air
open-air stage
peopletellsmemethatthat thethe only
onlyotherother number
number thatthat theDave tells
the groupgrouphave
have cut
cut istoget
get aa little
stagetotoplayplayforfor aa few people
outsidetheir next single
single-– completednight" –- andand thatthat is another
another group
group
outside thethe cottage."cottage.”theircompleted "last“last night”"When we'rere adywe'replay likelikeaacomplete
completeshow,”show,"continued
continued
composition withan extra
extra
“When
we’re ready
we’re going to playcomposition
withaavery
very tropicaltropicallyric.
lyric."We're“We’re striving
strivingto
to getget anSteve. We
Wewantwant totoget
getourourideas
ideas over,
over,butbutititwill
willalso
alsobebevisual,visual,withwithplenty
plentydimension tothat youcan almost
dimension
toour
ourmusic,"
music,”saidsaidDave,
Dave, "so“so that
you canalmostsee
seeit.
it. TheTheof dynamics.
dynamics. But
are about
about thefar withwith songs
songs likelike
Butititwon't
won’tbebelikelikeDave
DaveDee,
Dee,Dozy,
Dozy,Beaky,
Beaky,Mick
Mickgt&Tich.
Tich.WeWe
Beatles aretheonly
only group
grouptoto havehave done
doneitit so far
wantballrooms, but
don't want
`Strawberry Fields
want toto like avoid ballrooms,
butwe
we don’twanttoto avoid
avoid being
being seen
seen byby‘Strawberry
Fields Forever'."
Forever’.”theballrooms. We
want to do gigs
gigsandand concerts,
concerts, andandseems unlikely
unlikely thatthat the group
group will playplaymany
many clubs
clubs once
once they
theygo"live"Is seems
go “live”
the people
peoplewho
who gogo to ballrooms.
We want
we alreadyalreadyhave
want to prove
prove ourselves
ourselves
September on
their firstincluding all
in September
on their
first tour
tour because
becauseofof thethe difficulties
difficultiesof
of includingallhaveaatour
tourofof Sweden
Sweden lined
linedup.
up.We wantto the pop
pop worldworld-but
want to makemake our
our mistakes
mistakes intheir new soundsound equipment.
equipment. The
quest and thetheir
Theperfectperfectsoundsoundisis Stevie's
Stevie’s quest– butininour
ourownownway.
way.We wantprivate.
have something
something for everybody
everybodyto
music won’t
won't allperfect soundpresentation? "I
don't think
think we'll
perfect
soundhehe will
will have. Stage presentation?
“I don’t
we’ll beprivate. We'll
We’ll havetodig.
dig. Our
Our musicbe
Taper Sun'."foranyanylight
lightshows
showsororanything
anything like
like that,”
that," said
said Dave.
Dave.“The"Thebest
best
going in forbe like ‘Paper
Sun’.”
the biggest
biggestinfluences
influences onon thethe group’sgroup's thinking?
thinking? Were
Werethey
they
I've ever
ever seen
se enwaswasatatfour
fouro’clock
o'clockininthe
themorning
morning recently
recently as thelight show I’ve
What were thelistening
ons andsun rose over mymyhomehometown
town-Worcester."sun– Worcester.”listeningto
togroups
groupslike
likeThe
TheDoors,
Doors,thetheWaters
WatersonsandLove?
Love?
Dave:“It’s"It'snotnotsosomuch
muchsounds
soundsasasenvironment
environmenttownand
andcountry
country
We re-enteredre-entered thethe room
room where Stevie andand thethe others
others were
werefinishingfinishing
Said Dave:– townandGuernsey looking
interviews. I spent
spent some
some minutes
minutes talking
talking to the colourful
colourful Jim Capaldi,
Capaldi,interviews.
and people.
people.'Paper‘PaperSun'
Sun’isisabout
aboutaagirl
girl who
who goesgoes to Guernsey
looking forwork andand chasingchasing thepicture story, very light
light hearted,
hearted,whose friendly
friendly disposition
disposition is
be an
an asset
asset totopresspressmen.
men.
whose
is obviously
obviously going to be
the paper
papersun.
sun.It's
It’s a picture
andlisten to. It’s
It's very
verysympathetic
sympathetic andandWhat drove them
them out
the cottage
cottage into the lightWhat
out of theand nice
nice toto listen
definitely
send-up."the press?
press?
definitely not
not a send-up.”of the"We're notnotusing
usinganyanyrecording"Rats!" grinned
grinned Jim. The
The cottage
cottage begins
begins to“We’rerecording tricks,"
tricks,” said
“Rats!”AND HIS NEW GROUP
Steve. “There"There areare nono effects
effectson
onthe
therecord
recordthat
thatsound more
fairground househorrors
soundmorelike
like a fairgroundhouseofof horrors
we can’t
can't reproduce
reproduce on
minute. “We’re"We'renot
notparticularly
particularly influenced
influenced
every minute.
onstage."stage.”
do thethe groupgroup spend
spend their
their time
time inanyone," volunte
ere d Jim. “We"Welikelikethethesoundsoundby anyone,”
volunteered
How dosplendidsome American
American West Coast
Coast groups,
groups, likeof somelike The
The
splendid isolation?
isolation?
"We sleep!”
sleep!" came
came thethe response.
response. "We
weare
aretryingtryingto
tomakemakesomething
something
Association, but we“We“Wetrytryto
to getget asmuch
possible," came
came thethe
up of ourour own.
own.
upmuch colour
colour into
into our
our lives as possible,”secondmovements"We're trying
trying toto achieve
achieve freedom
freedom of
ofmusical
musical“We’resecond four-partfour-partharmony.
harmony."We“We see movements
andexpression," said
quietly fromfrom thethe carpet
carpetexpression,”
said Stevie quietly
and roamroamthroughthroughthe
thetemple
templeofofour
ourminds.
minds.WeWeget
gettrippedthe countryside.
countryside. It's
beautiful."
where he sat. “Love"Loveandandfreedom
freedom areare probably
probably our
our
where
trippedout
out withwith theIt’s beautiful.”"They are starting
starting tomost important
important influences.”
influences."
two most“Theytoaccept
acceptus
usin
inthe
thelocal
localvillage,"village,”grinnedgirlwhowhobrings
bringspoachedpoachedremark might
might bebeconsidered
considered pretentious,
pretentious,
This remark
grinnedSteve.
Steve. "There“There is aa girleggs
out to us fromfrom thethe café
café andand shebut Stevie has
has great
great honesty
honesty of purpose
purpose andand likebut
eggs out
she brings
bringsoutoutaa
couplees ssoo we
wecan
can gogo riding.
riding. But
felloff.”
off"
Burdon, who
who hashas turned
turned from
more
Eric Burdon,
from blues
blues to a more
coupleof
ofhorshorsesBut I fell

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personal
there is complete
complete
personalexpression
expressionofof his being, there
sincerity
sincerityininStevie's
Stevie’snew
newmusicalmusicallife.
life.The
TheTraffic
Traffic
aremuch concerned
concerned in
newwaveofthought
thoughtare very muchin a newwave ofandan expression
expression ofand attitude.
attitude.They
Theyare,are,inin fact,
fact, ana new
new setset ofofattitudes
attitudes andand ideas forforus
uscontained
contained
in theirtheir music.
music. “Rebels,”"Rebels," someone
someone remarked,
remarked,"have
habit ofofbecoming
becoming middle-aged
middle-aged portly“have a habit
MarlonMarlon Brandos."
Brandos.”"But aagreat
greatmany
manythings
thingsthatthat those
those people
people“Butfoughtnow beenb eenrecognised
recognised andand arearefought for have now
generally accepted,”
accepted," said Stevie
Stevie-– andand thepoint
taken. Associations with
with thethepoint was
was well taken.
psychedelic
psychedelicscene
sceneareareinevitable,
inevitable,but
butJimJim hashas
already
already spottedspottedone
oneofof thethe pitfalls.
pitfalls.
"We don’t
don't want
want to sell ‘love’'love' like some
some kindkind“Weof detergent
detergent or makemake it aacommercial
commercial gimmick.
gimmick.
There
one DJ
DJon
onaapirate
piratestation
station yesterday
yesterday
There waswas oneplayingrecords andplaying Beatles records
and chiming
chimingin
in'Love,‘Love,
love, love
love-loveseconds.
– loveyou
you all'all’ every
every five seconds.
I don’t
don't dig that.”that."
then followed aaparty
party politicalpolitical
There thenbroadcastbroadcaston
onbehalfbehalfofof thethe Traffic involving
religion,-power. Chris Wood strove
strove toto contributecontributereligion, politics,
politics, andandflower
flower-power.
to this but
but remained
remained thethe more subdued
subdued of thethe newer
newermembers
members during
duringthepleasant, happy
the interview.
interview. Theywere
They wereall
all a pleasant,happybandbandofofyoung
youngmen
menfullfullof optimism
optimism and musical promise.
There will be
be more,more, much
much more,
more, heard
heard from
There
fromthetheTraffic
Traffic thisthisyear.
year.

,"We areare“W“We
striving to
striving
to getan extradimension
dimension to
our music"
music”KeithAltham
Keith Altham- MELODY
MAKERSEPTEMBER
IPTEMBER3030——
MELODY MAKER
rTHE
TRAFFIC'SSPLENDID
SPLENDIDisolation
isolationininthe
thewilds
wildsofofBerkshire
Berkshire
HE TRAFFIC’S
has
temporarily ended.
thehas temporarily
ended.Pressure
Pressureofof success has forced thegroupshare twogroup into
into town
town andand now
now they
they sharetwo flats in the midst of
London's
the country
country life has
has been
been ofofimmense
immense value
value
London’s traffic. But theduringdrummer Jim
during thethe group'sgroup’s embryonicembryonic stages,
stages, said drummer
Jim Capaldi
Capaldi lastweek. “It"It gavegaveususaachancechanceto
toreally
reallyget
gettogether
togetheras
asmusiciansmusicians andand asaspeople,"people,” hehe saidsaidononaavisit
visit toto thetheMM
MM office.
office.
"Wehadhadthethequietness,quietness, thethe peacepeace andand the space to rehearse,
rehearse, write andand“We
really sort out
out thethe groupgroup without
without interference
interference or hang-ups,”
hang-ups," he said. “In"In
fact, when
when things
things quieten
somequietendown
downaabit,
bit,we'll
we’llbebegoing
going backback again
againtoto do
do somemore
more work."work.”
Things don't
quieting for some time
time yet as thethe group’sgroup's hit
hit single
Thingsdon’t look
look like quieting
`Hole
In My
MyShoe’Shoe'climbs
climbsevereverhigher
higher inin thethe MM’s
MM's Pop
Pop30.
30.They
Theymademadetheir
their‘Hole In
British debut
debut lastSunday at London’s
London's Saville Theatre,
Theatre, andand have
have alreadyalready
last Sunday
madenumber of appearances
appearances inlikeanother
another rehearsal
rehearsal
made a number
inSweden.
Sweden. "It“It was like-– only this
this time with an audience.
audience. They
Theywere
receptive andand wewere very receptive
managedthings out."
managedto
toworkworkaa few thingsout.”
Trafficmade
made their
their bow
bow ininthe
thepoppopworld
worldafter
afteracquiring
acquiring an
an image
image
The Trafficof seclusion,
seclusion, secrecy
secrecy andand mystery, but this,this, claims
claims Jim, grew
grewupupnaturally.
naturally.
"Wenever plannedplanned to
had always“We neverto createcreatethis
thissort
sortofof image,
image, but
but wewe hadalwaysintendedourselves when
when thethe groupgroup got together
together andand it just
justintendedto
toget
get away by ourselves
sortbuilt up
up intointo aamystery
mysterything
thing quite
quite naturally.
naturally. We didn’t
didn't create
create it but
but
sort of built
it was quite
quite good-wise."
good publicity
publicity-wise.”group want
want their
their scene andand their music to happen
happen naturally.
naturally.
The group
They have deliberately
deliberately mademade sure
Winwoodand
andsure that
thatthetheidea
idea of Steve Winwooda backingbacking group
group waswas dispelled
dispelledimmediately.
immediately."Stevie“Stevieisisaasortsortofof focalpoint,
group thing.
thing. Stevie doesn’t
doesn't do
the vocals,
vocals,point,butbutthetheTraffic
Traffic is a groupdo all theandwere expecting
expectingand this
this rather
rathersurprised
surprisedsome
someofofthe
thefans
fans inin Sweden who were
Stevie andand a backing
backing group.
group. But we want
want thethe groupgroup to happen
happen asgroup,
as aa group,
naturally,naturally, andandwithout
withoutany
anyforcing."
forcing.”they areare fullideas. The
The little-girl
little -girlvoice
voiceonontheir
theirhit
hitwaswasthetheMusically, theyfull of ideas.
idea ofofleadleadguitarist
guitaristDave
Dave
Mason.
"The
recordreallyvery.
easy. We
Mason.
“The
recordwaswasreallyvery easy.
Wedidtakes andand we felt ititfalling
falling into
into place
place fromfrom thedid it in six takes
thewordwordgo.
go. DaveDavefelt-andfelt – andwe
weagreed-thatagreed – thatthe
themiddle
middlepartpartofofthe
thelyric
lyricdidn't
didn’tlend
lend itself
tobeing sung,-girl voice.
to being
sung,sosoDaveDavehadhadthetheidea
ideaofofthe
thelittle
little-girlvoice. She
She waswas thethedaughterreally fitted
fitted inwith thedaughterofof ourour manager
managerandandwe
wefeltfeltitit reallyin withthe sort
sort ofdream
dreameffecteffectwewe werewere trying
tryingto
to achieve."achieve.”
Traffic's next single is called
called “Here"Here We
WeGo
GoRoundRoundThe
TheMulberry
Mulberry
The Traffic’sBush",
the samesame title
title as their
their first
first film, andand will be released
released at about
about theBush”, thethesame
Jim.They
Theyarearealsoalsohalfway
halfwaythroughthrough their
their firstfirstsame time
timeasas thethe film,
film, says Jim.
album.
haven't decided
decided on
but every
everytrack
trackwill
be complete
complete
album."We“We haven’t
on a title yet, butwill beanddone about
and completely
completelydifferent
differentfrom
fromthetheother.
other.We've
We’ve done
about half
half thethe tracks
tracksTfinish the rest by next
nextmonth.
month.
andaand we hope to finish
expectthe
theLP
LPwillwillbebeout
outabout
aboutNovember.”November."I1:expectgroup has been
been very much
much a productproduct ofThe group
they areare looking
therecordingstudiostudioso
sofar,
far, butbut theytthe recording
their British
appearances. "We
forwardto their
British appearances.
“Weallall like
fforward toas muchmuch asasrecording
recording andand we’re
we're really
really looking
lookinggigs
g as
some concerts.
concerts.
forwardfforward to doing some
"We have
have been
be en working
working on
on an
sort
“We
an ideaideaforfor aa sortofconsole
console which
which we will taketake with
with usof
us toto gigs.
We areare hoping
hoping toto havehave speakers
speakers set up all round
round
the
theatre weare playing
playing so thatthat thethe
the hallhall or theatre
we aremusiccomes from all roundround thethe audience.”
audience."
music comes
looksasasthoughthough ititmay
maybe
some time
time before
before
It looks
be somethethe Berkshire
Berkshire Downs
Downs echo
echo again
againtoto thethe roarroar of
Traffic.
Traffic.AlanWalsh
Alan Walsh- NME—
NMEOCTOBEROCTOBER 7 7—-

REMEMBER
THE TEENAGETEENAGEidol
idol-– all
EMEMBER THE
liquidteeth, Cupid's
liquid eyes, milk teeth,
Cupid’s bow
oozing with
with thethe wonder
wonderand simply oozing
ingredient,ingredient,sex
sexappeal?
appeal?Eyes
Eyes right
rightandandyouyouwillwill
observe theTraffic's Dave Mason
Mason of thethe sleepy
sleepy faceobservethenew
newfacefaceofof poppop '67,’67, Traffic’s
and wide-awake
andwide-awakemind
mindwhowhosings
singsandandwrote
wrote"Hole“HoleIn
InMy
MyShoe",Shoe”, now
now
Number 22 inChart. Davenot everybody’s
everybody's ideal
byNumberin thethe NMENME Chart.
Dave is not
idealofofaa 10 byglossy,but
but heheisisaanew
newandandinteresting
interesting personality
personality who puts
puts hiseight glossy,
talent into
After meeting
meeting at
at thethe Traffic
Trafficheadquarters,
headquarters, justtalentinto his
his music. After
OxfordStreet,
Street,wewedeparted
departed forforaacurry
currywithwiththethe groupgroup at
at aanearby
nearbyoff Oxford
restaurant and"upper caste”
caste" Indian
Indianrestaurant
andwhile
while eating
eating andand arguing
arguing with
with the “upper
waiters Dave slowly began
began to comecome out of himself.
himself.
waiters"Really, mymymusic
music isisan
an extension
extension of myself,”mys elf,"hehesaid.
said.“The"Thesamesame applies
applies“Really,
the rest ofofTraffic.
Traffic.We
Wejustjustwant
wanttotoexpress
expressand
andcommunicate
communicateourselves
ourselvesto thewant totodo
dothisthisininan
anoriginal
originalmannermanner andand ifyoumusically. I want
if you areare true
true totoyourself it must
must be original.
original. The
kind of people
people I admire
admire who have done
done
yourself
The kindthis successfully
successfully arethisare Dylan
Dylan and
andTheThe Beatles."Beatles.”naturally aaponderous
ponderous person
person andand you cancan almost
almost see
see thetheDave isisnaturally
motion as he considers
considers a question
question before
answering. He
wheels in motion
before answering.
He hashas
passion forforchildren’schildren'stoys
toysandandspends
spendsmany
manyaahappy
happyhourpotteringa passion
hour pottering
about a large
largeLondon
Londondepartmental
departmental store.
about
wasresponsible
responsible forforthetheslightly
slightlybizarre
dolls' heads
heads adorning
adorning the
He wasbizarre dolls’
thegroup's “amps”"amps" during
during theirconcert, which he had
had painted
painted redgroup’s
their Saville concert,redand green.
green. He waswas disappointed
disappointed all thethe reviewers failed toto mention
mention them.
them.
and
"I've got
gotaatoy
toymechanicalmechanical robot
robot andand I'mthose dolls'“I’ve
I’m buying
buying two
two moremoreof thosedolls’
heads topaint andheads
to paint
andmount
mountononfourfourRoman
Romanfluted
flutedpillars
pillarsin
inmy
myroom.
room.I'm
I’m
after a radio-controlled
radio -controlled model
model aeroplaneaeroplane now."
after
now.”
Well, thatthat is Dave
Dave ofofthe
theheavy
heavyeyelids,
eyelids,orangeorange lace shirt
shirt andand always
alwayssomething new
something
newhanging
hangingabout
abouthis
hisneck.
neck.His
Hisambition
ambitionisisto
tobuybuyaa farm!
previous evening
evening thethe group were recording
recording at
at thethe Olympic
Olympicstudios
studios
The previous
in Barnes.
"The Small
SmallFaces
Faces–-Ian,
Ian,Plonk
Plonkand
andSteve
Steve-turned
volunteered“The– turned up,"up,” volunteered
Chris Wood. “They"They sat
sat ininon
onsomesomedrum
drum tracks
tracks for us
us andand we did
did somesome
Christhings."good things.”
particularly goodrecord producer
producer
One particularly
good thing
thingwas
was played
played toto me
me later by record
JimmyMiller
the groupgroup andand
Jimmy
Millerinin theirtheiroffice-"Girl
office – “GirlWith
WithNoNoFace".
Face”.It
It was by theextremely good andand different from their
their previous things.
things. Their friendly
extremely
drummer, Jim
drummer,
JimCapaldi
Capaldi(with(withthethedangerous
dangeroussmile),
smile),has
haswritten
writtenaaSpanish
Spanishflavoured trackflavoured
track called
called "Dealer"“Dealer”andandthatthattootooshould
shouldbe
beon
ontheir
theirnext
nextLP.
LP.
wasparticularly
particularly impre
ss edwithwiththetheMothers
MothersOf
OfInvention
Inventionconcert
concert hehe
Jim wasimpressed
had seen
seen-"ashad– “asgood
goodasasDonovan",Donovan”,hehesaid,said,"if“if not
not better!"better!”tothe
theofficeofficewhere
wheremanager
manager Chris Blackwell, sockless,sockless, T-shirted
T-shirted
Back toand blue-jeaned,blue-jeaned, sat
downstairs inandsat downstairs
in conference
conference andand assistant,assistant,Steve's
Steve’sbrother Muff Winwood, sat upstairs
upstairs by a green
green telephone.
telephone.
brother
introduced me
Chris Wood introduced
meto
tofan
fanclubclub secretary
secretarySally
SallyMyers,
Myers, who
whoand membership
membership forms upon
upon me.
me.Management
Management
bestowed badges andassistant Pennyot, looking
looking forforsomething
something to “turn"turn meon" foundfoundassistantPennyMass
Massot,me on”
postcard picture
picture ofAmerica's
topless female band”,
band", which Chris
Chris
a postcardof America’s "first“first toplesshad been
been invitedinvited to"handle" -–ifif that
Blackwell had
to “handle”
thatisis thethe word.
word.
Theywerean accompanying
accompanying letter, which
which said
said “Guaranteed"Guaranteed to
Theywere with anaudience's attention."
d was
was
keep the audience’s
attention.”When
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Sunday, June 18, 1967:having
having been
introduced
introducedbyby
by byEric
EricBurdon
BurdonofofThe
TheAnimalsas"athatwillAnimals as “a group thatwill destroy
destroy
youcompletely -in
you completely– inmoreways
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DROVETOTOLONDONLONDONAirport
inAnimalAnimalE DROVE
Airport inmanager Mike
while hehemanager
MikeJeffery's
Jeffery’s Rolls-Royce while
dictated a few last-minutelast-minute instructions
instructions to
dictatedtoassistant Tony
Garland: "RingandassistantTony Garland:“Ring Brian Jones andhim if IIcan
can have
have mymy record
record player andand LPs
ask himback." We
Wepickedpickedup
upJimi
JimiHendrix
Hendrix andandback.”
manager
Chandler at their
their flat
flat andand continued
continued toto thethe airport,
airport,manager Chas Chandler
where
ransacked the-fiction novel.
where Jimi ransacked
thebookbookstalls
stallsfor
foraasciencescience-fiction
novel.
strange thingthat everyone
everyone looks at his
his incredible
incredible
The strange
thingabout
aboutJimi
Jimi is thatappearance
surprise andappearancewith
withaa mixture
mixtureofof surprise
and amusement.
amusement.ThoseThosewho
whotaketakethe"Hello"–-likethe elderly
elderlygentleman
gentleman at
atthe
thePassport
Passport
the trouble
trouble toto say “Hello”
like theControlControl –findfindhimhimcharming
charmingand
andconversational.
conversational.Jimi
Jimimakes
makesfriends
friends
quickerquicker thanthanmost
mostpeople
peoplemake
makeenemies.
enemies.The
Theairairhostesshostesson
onthe
theTWATWA
jet wewetooktookwasapparently delighted
delighted with
with her
herunusual
unusual charge
charge andand
was apparently
spenttalking about
about beatspent some
some time
time sitting
sitting next
next to him and talking
beat groups.
groups. On
thethe mainmain source
source of amusement
amusement were the various
various taped
taped
the plane
plane over, themusic channels
channels played
through earphones
played throughearphonesand
andeveryeverysoso often
often Jimi
would throw
throw up an assortment
assortment of
indicating aa new delight on
onof fingers indicatinga particularparticular channel.
channel.
seemed toperverse enjoyment
He seemed
to get a perverse
enjoymentfrom
fromBing
BingCrosby,
Crosby,AlAl Jolson
andDurante. But
and Jimmy
Jimmy Durante.
But moremore genuine
genuinewas
washishis interest
interestin
inthe
theBachBachtapes.
black
tapes.Arriving
Arriving at
at KennedyAirport,
Kennedy Airport,wewewereweremetmetby
byaa long, sleek black
Cadillacradio
Cadillac andandstation
stationWMCA
WMCA on the car radiofeaturedfeaturedSpencer
SpencerDavis
Davis extolling the meritsof milkshakes.
milkshakes.
Without pausing
pausing totheWithout
to checkcheck in at the
Buckingham
down to the
BuckinghamHotel,
Hotel, Jimi
Jimi shot down
Colonyrecord
andColony recordcentre,
centre,justjustoff
off Broadway, andboughtpeople likeboughthalf
halfaadozen
dozenLPs,
LPs, by people
like The
Doors
and The Mothers
Mothers Of Invention.
Invention. He must
must
Doors andhave
music inroom thehave musicin his room
the whole
whole time.
time. InIn thetheeveningJimi's oldoldstomping
stomping ground,ground,evening we visited Jimi’s
thewhich looks rather
rather likethe Village, whichlike Soho
Soho with
with allall
theand thethe people
people spillingspilling out
out into
into thethe
the roofs off andopen.
pointed out
open. Jimi
Jimi pointed
outthetheCaféCaféWha?
Wha? where
where heheusedwith people
people like Dylan.
Dylan.
used toto gig withateat
ataarestaurant
restaurant called
We atecalledthe
theTinTinAngel,Angel,
metcouple of thethe Mothers,
Mothers, andand moved
met a couple
moved on
on to
to
the
GoGo
Goclub,club,where
wherewewestumbled
stumbled on what,
what, as far as
as I’mI'm concerned,
concerned,
the Au Go
was a phenomenon.
phenomenon. The
called Richie
Themanmanconcerned
concernedisisaafolk
folk singer
singer called
Havens.
sings with
with every
everynerve,
nerve,emotion
emotion andand feeling inin hishisbody
bodyuntil
until
Havens. He singsthethe sweat
sweat runs
runsdown
downhishisdarkdarkfaceface andand forms
forms drops
dropswhich
whichglisten
glistenon
onthe
the
edge
his beard.
beard. He sings
sings ofofloveloveandandwarwarandandhate.
hate.OccasionallyOccasionally heheedge of his
breaksconversation withthings thatbreaks into
into light conversation
with thethe audience,
audience,ofof things
that matter.
matter.
"I seeseethey’ve
they've stopped
stopped thatthat war
East-I'd“I
war in the Middle East
– I’dlikeliketoto know
know
what
do to
tostopstopthethe oneone ininVietnam.”Vietnam." Someone
Someone inin thethe audienceaudience
what we have to dosuggested:
Israeli officers!”
officers!" Some
Some people
people believe
believe thatthat Richiesuggested:"Send“Sendover
over 12 Israeli
may
one day rival Dylan.
Dylan. “He’s"He's worth
worth listening
listening tohard," said
and I
may oneto hard,”said Jimi, andheartilyendorse that.
that.
heartily endorse
around on
with Jimi dressed
dressed in
Walking aroundon thethe outskirts
outskirtsofof thethe village
village withmulticoloured
trousers, emerald-green scarf
multicolouredfloral
floraljacket,
jacket, white
white trousers,
emerald-green
scarf andandgold medallion
medallion embossed
embossedwith
withthethewords
words"Champion“ChampionBird
BirdWatcher",
Watcher”,we
wediscovered
obtained thehonorarytitle
discovered he had obtained
the honorary
titleofof "the“the man
manmostmost unlikely
unlikelytoget a taxi
taxi inin New
I'dlikeliketotosay
sayaaword
wordabout
about New York
Yorktaxi
taxidrivers,
drivers,
to getNew York".
York”. I’dbut
can't think
think of one
one ruderude enough.
enough.
but I can’tWdramatically. Jimi
as dramatically.
Jimihadhadaa little
little sulk
sulk when
when hehe discovered
discoveredII had
had leftleft hismagazine instayedMad magazine
inmy
myroomroomatatthe
thehotel,hotel,but
buthe
hegot
gotoveroverit.
it. We stayed
overnight inFrancisco andovernight
in SanSan Francisco
andearly
early next
next morning
morningset
setoutoutto
to findfind anan"indestructible" guitar“indestructible”
guitar forJimi.
for Jimi.
"Ineedneed aaFender,”Fender,"explained
explained Jimi.
Jimi.“It"Itgets
getsused
usedpretty
prettyhard
in thethe act
act andand“I
hard inthey areare thethe only
make which
stand upthey
only makewhich will
will standupto
to it."
it.”
We failedfailed to
toget
getthethemodelmodelJimi
Jimiwanted
wantedbut
butsomehow
somehowhe
helaterlateracquired
acquired
guitar in Monterey. It waswasthethe wrongwrong colour
colour but
but hehe remedied
remedied thata guitar
thatbybyspraying itit white
white andand drawing
pen.
spraying
drawingswirling
swirlingdesigns
designsall
alloveroverititwith
withaa felt pen.
Wearrived
arrived on
on Friday
Fridaymorning
morning at
at thethe motel
motel-– flyingout from San
We
flying out
Francisco. Also staying
staying here
here isisDylan’s
Dylan'smanager
managerAl
Grossman, whoFrancisco.
Al Grossman,assures usthat Bob isisfully
fullyrecoveredfrom his
his accident
accident andand wewecan
canexpect
expectassures
us thatrecovered fromnew single
single soon.
soon. The
The motel
motel has
has become
become a kind of festival
festival circus
circus inin thethea newfewdays,days,with
withAnimals
motorbikes -Vic
has acquired
acquired alast few
Animals on motorbikes– Vic Briggs hasmonstrous greatparked outside
outside his room
room andandmonstrous
greatcarcarwhichwhich hehe just leaves parked
drives. Barry
BarryJenkins
pointing his
his camera
camera at
at anything
anything that
that
never drives.
Jenkins keeps pointing
and Noel Redding
Redding andand Mitch Mitchell
Mitchell fromfrom thethe Experience
Experience plunge
plungemoves andand out
out of thethe pool
pool with
with hot
hot andand cold runningrunning girls
in andgirlsinin tow.
FridayFridayAfter only one day ofofthe
thefirst
firstMonterey
MontereyPop
Festival organisedorganised by
Pop Music Festivalbymusical giants
giants Andrew Oldham,
Oldham, Lou
LouAdler,
JohnPhillips
Phillipsandandassisted
assisted bybymusicalAdler, John
that genteel
quiteobvious
obviousthatthat they
they have anthatgenteelPR
PR Derek Taylor, ititisisquite
enormous success.
enormous
success.ThoseThose notnot appearing
appearingon
onthe
theshow
show last
last night
night but
but
present inpresent
in various
variousguises
guiseswere
were Micky Dolenz
dressed as
Indian chief,
Crosbydressedasaa Red Indian
chief, Byrd Dave Crosby
cowboy, Brian
Brian Jones
Jonesininaamind-shattering
mind -shattering
as a cowboy,
lame coat
coat festooned
festooned with
with beads,
beads, crystal
crystalgold laméswastika andswastika
andlacelace(he(helooks
lookslikelikeaa kindkindofunofficial Kingthe Festival)
Festival) andunofficial
King of theandPeterPeterTork,
Tork,
came mostwho camemost emphaticallyemphaticallyas
asPeterPeterTork.
Tork.
Jones-gliding
Jones– glidingethereallyethereallyabout
aboutamong
amongthethe fir
the picturesque
picturesque fairgrounds
fairgrounds decorated
decorated
trees on thewith huge coloured
coloured balloons,balloons, lights,
withlights, fruit stalls
and booths
kinds of “beautiful”"beautiful"andboothsselling
selling all
all kinds
things-toldthings– toldme:
me:"I“Idon't
don’tthink
thinkThe
TheBeatles
Beatlesbe comingcoming now
now-Iwill be– Irangrang Brian
Brian Epstein
Epstein lastnight andrecording over the
the
night
and hehe says they are recording
weekend. Just
played aweekend.
Just before
beforewe
we camecameoveroverI playedtenor sax
on one of thethe new
new tracks
tracks they
they have cut
cut
tenor
sax onand Paulofour
oursessions.
sessions. This
This isisreally
reallyaagreat
greatscene
scenehere
here-– allandPaul sat
sat in on one of
the kids
kids areare so nice.
nice. The
The people
people are so polite
polite andand just come up andand talk
thetalk toand say they like thethe way
wayI’mI'mdressed.”
dressed."me andspite ofofBrian’s
Brian'sprophecy,
prophecy, everyone
everyone isis hopinghoping The
The Beatles
Beatles will
willarrive,
arrive,In spitemost eespecially
specially Micky
D olenz, who
who told
told meme how
how muchmuch heloved thethe Sgt
mostMicky Dolenz,
he loved
album. By
By9pm
the opening
opening night
Pepper album.
9pm on thenightthere
therewere
wereabout
about8,000
8,000
spectators andand 2,000 unofficial
unofficial ininthetheauditorium.
auditorium. Milling
official spectators
around theapproximately another
anotheraroundthe grounds
grounds andand booths
booths outside
outside were approximately
10,000,and
andthosethosewho
whocould
could notnot eveneven getgetintointothethegrounds
grounds must
must have
10,000,have
numbered 20,000.
atmosphere isgaycarnival
carnival where
where
numbered
20,000. The whole atmosphereis oneone of gay
everyone wears bright coloured
coloured scarves,
scarves, gay
gayhatsbrilliant swirling
everyone
hatsoror brilliant
swirling
patterns on
their dresses.
patterns
on theirJohn
Philips officially announced
announced theand TheJohn Philips
theFestival
Festivalopen
openatat9.15
9.15 and
Association
Associationtook
took thethe stage.
stage.
PAequipment
equipment here
here sounds
sounds like anan eight-trackeight -tracksystemsystem andand isisabout
about
The PAthe best
best I’ve
I've evereverheard.
heard. The
TheAssociation
Associationprovided
provided some
some slick
slickpatterpatterandandtheharmonies withgood harmonies
withnumbers
numberslike
like"Cherish",“Cherish”,"Windy"“Windy” andand"Along“AlongCame Mary”.
Mary". The
The Paupers,
Paupers, who followed
followed them,
them, have a fantastic
fantastic bass
bass
Came
and somesomeinteresting
interesting sounds
sounds-theyplayer and– theyshot
shottotofamefame here
here while
playing gigs with thethe Jefferson
Jefferson Airplane.
Airplane. The
the English
Englishplaying
The first
first of therepresentatives waslater Martyn]–
Martyn] -aa good friend
friend ofofrepresentatives
wasBeverley
Beverley [Kutner, laterDonovan andGarfunkel. She sang
sang prettily
prettily andand wasDonovanandSimon
Simon&& Garfunkel.
was wellreceived. Peter Tork
Torkmademadeaasurprisesurprise appearance
appearance toreceived.
to introduce
introduceLou
Lou Rawls,
bigblues
blues artist
artist here
here whom
whom heplaying in
the
a big
he knew
knew fromfrom his
his old days playing
in theVillage. He
Hewas
waswellwellappreciatedappreciatedby
bythe
therhythm-and-blues
rhythm-and-blues enthusiasts
enthusiasts
and hadsomething I'm
and
had oneone couple
couple grooving
groovingin
in thethestagestagepit
pit toto something
I’mtold
toldisis adance-thethenew dance– theFunky
FunkyBroadway.
Broadway.Frankly,
Frankly,IIdid
didnotnotexpect
expectto
to enjoy the
Burdon with
with thethe new
newAnimals
new Eric Burdon
Animals-I– Iwaswastootoofondfondofof thethe old one –but it was
was aarevelation!
revelation!WithWithaagroup
groupcalled
calledthe
theHeadlights
Headlights doing
doing
but
unbelievable psychedelic lighting effects
effectsbehindbehind them,
them, which
whichpulsatedpulsated
unbelievable
their music,
music, they
theywere
rapturously received.
to their
were rapturously
here on thethe West Coast,
Coast, Burdon
Burdon isisregarded
regarded as thethe last
last of
ofthe
theBritish
BritishOut here"big ones”
ones" fromfromthethebigbigboomboomperiod
period-apartthat is. His
His“big– apartfrom
fromThe
TheBeatles,
Beatles, that

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Wednesday
Wednesday

Today brought
brought Eric Burdon
Burdon andand a trip
trip upup thethe River Hudson
Hudson in
the evening
eveningin thewithmillionaire Deering
Chas-inwith millionaire
DeeringHoweHowe –aafriend
friendofof Chas– inhishisyacht,
yacht,The
TheEggEgg
And Us. Also
Als oaboard
aboardwas
wasthetheYoung
YoungRascals
Rascalsdrummer,
drummer, Dino Danelli.
Danelli.
Somewhere
lost Eric,
Eric,who
whoreappeared
reappeared aroundaroundSomewhere among
among thethe festivities
festivities we lost
6am
the moremore
6am informing
informingus
ushe
hehad
hadbeenbeentoto"Hell's“Hell’sKitchen"
Kitchen”-–oneoneofof thenotorious
areas.
notoriousof
ofNew
NewYork's
York’s areas.
spite of thethe lack
success of “When"When II Was Young”
Young" inin England
England (itIn spitelack of success(itreachedelieves it was his bestreachedNumber
Number15
15in
inthe
theUS
UScharts),
charts),Eric
Ericfirmly
firmlybbelieves
record.
put theblues scene
scene rightrecord. "I've“I’ve putthe old
old blues
right behindbehindme,"
me,”hehetoldtold me.
me.
ThursdayThursdayWe left
leftfor
forSanSanFrancisco
Franciscoand
andourourdeparture
departure was marked
marked by one
one ofofthosethose
spectacular
spectacularlast-minutelast-minuteappearances
appearancesby
bymanager
managerMike
MikeJeffery,
Jeffery, who
appears
the last minute
minute andand disappears
disappears justappears dramatically
dramaticallyeverywhere
everywhereat
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greatstrength isdevotedlyin
progressive music,
great strength
is thatthat hehe believes devotedly
inhis
his new
new progressive
withwith just
just thethe sinceritywhich
sincerity whichhe
heonceoncefelt
feltforforthetheblues
bluesscene.
scene.His
Hisisis aa
musically
musically honesthonestgroup,group,and
andas
asone
onemembermemberofof thetheaudienceaudiencesaid
saidto
tome:
me:
"He's
getting to thethe truth,
truth, and“He’s getting
andthat's
that’swhat
whatI'mI’mhereherefor."for.”&Garfunkel
Garfunkelpoured
poured beautiful
beautiful sounds
Simon &
soundsinto
intothethenight
nightlikelike"For“For
Emily, Whenever
Whenever I May
MayFindFindHer”
Her"andand“Homeward"Homeward Bound”
Bound" –- they deserve
deserve
far greater recognition
recognition inin Britain.
Britain.

SaturdaySaturdayThe second
second act"Music, Love
LoveandandFlowers”
Flowers"waswasperformed
performed today
today andand
act of “Music,
warm
fallingintermittently
intermittently upon
upon these
these fairgrounds
warm rain
rain is falling
fairgroundswhere
where blues
blues
and
bands areout uponupon thethe Californian
Californian air
and jazz bands
are blowing electric feelings out
to the enthusiastic
enthusiastic thousands.
the bands
bands playing this
this
thousands.Most
Mostimpressive
impressive of theafternoon
bybreakaway
breakaway
afternoonwere
werePaul
PaulButterfield,
Butterfield,The
The ElectricElectric Flag led by"Butterfield"“Butterfield”guitarist
guitaristMike
MikeBloomfield
Bloomfieldon
onleadleadguitar,
guitar,andandBigBig Brother
Brother
And The Holding
Holding Co.
latter boasts
boasts aa vocalist
vocalist who
sounds likefemale Eric Burdon.
Burdon. This isisThe latter
who sounds
like aa femalenomean featno meanfeat whenwhenyou
you realise
realisethe
thegirl
girl moves
moves andandsounds
soundslike
likethetheoldoldEric
Eric
BurdonBurdon but
but manages
managesto
toretainretainher
herfemininity.
femininity.Quite
Quitea agirl
girlisisJanis
JanisJoplin.
Joplin.
Byevening
evening thethe festival
festival officials
officials were
were looking
looking aatrifle
trifleworn
wornandand Derek
Derek
By
Taylor(who(whobutbutan
anEnglishman
Englishman could
could have
havehandled
handled thethe American
American press
press
with
such a mixture
mixture of literate
literate charm
charm andand abuse?) had resorted
resorted to a sign
sign
with suchin his office window
window reading
reading "Icannot relate“I cannot
relateto
toyouryourproblem"
problem”andandleft
leftforfor
otherparts.
other parts.
performance began
TheMGsMGspresenting
presenting
The performance
beganwell,well,with
withBooker
BookerTT& The
somePleasant werethesome inspired
inspiredorgan
organmaterial.
material.Then
Thenwewegot
gotTheThe Byrds.
Byrds. Pleasantwere thesoundsPages" andand “Eight"Eight Miles High”.
High".The
TheJefferson
JeffersonAirplanesoundsofof "MyBack“My Back Pages”
Airplane
explained
most important
importantexplained convincinglywith
convincingly withmusicwhythey
music why theyare
areoneoneofof the mostWest Coast
Coast groups
groups to recently
recently emerge.
and lovely sounds
sounds fromfrom vocalist
vocalist
emerge. Soft andGracie Slick.
Slick.Otis
OtisRedding
Reddingtopped
toppedthe
the billbilland
anddeservedly
deservedly soso–-hethehe tore thestadium-packed delivery
stadiumapartwith
apart witha apower
power-packed
deliveryof
ofnumbers
numberslike
like"I've“I’veBeen
Been
LovingYou
Long",“Satisfaction”"Satisfaction"andand “Try"TryALittle
Tenderness".
Loving You Too Long”,
A Little Tenderness”.
SundaySundayThe highlighthighlight of thethe Sunday
Sundayafternoon
afternoon performance
performance waswasaa"musicarathon"
Shankar. A
three-hour session
session of patterns
patterns“musicarathon”bybysitarist
sitaristRavi
Ravi Shankar.
A three-hourin soundsound inwhich at no time
time did thethe master’smaster's fingers
mind! Noin whichfingers leave his mind!
wonderastute guitarists
Harrison are
are trying
trying totofathomfathomthethewonder astute
guitaristslike
like George Harrisonmusicaldepths of this
this incredible
incredible musician.
musician.
musical depths
Smothers ofofthe
theSmothers
Smothers Brothers
Brothers compered
compered the
Tom Smothers
the evening
eveningshow
show ininbrilliantbrilliantdeadpan
deadpanhumour.
humour.The
Theopening
openingact
actwerewerethetheBlues
Blues Project,
Project, whohave plenty
plenty of good
good jazz
jazz blues
blues sounds
soundshave
and anandan excellent
excellent flute.
flute.
Torkmademade another
another of his
Peter Tork
appearances asappearances
asguestguestcompere
comperetotointroduce theintroduce
theBuffalo
Buffalo Springfield.
Springfield.
recently mislaid
This group has recently
member anda memberandhadhadDave
DaveCrosby
Crosby ofdeputising on
guitar. The
The Byrds deputisingon guitar.
Springfields are happy
happy sounding,sounding,
Springfields
original andand deserve
deserve greater
original
recognition-I– Ihope
recognition
hopethey
theygetgetit.
it. Eric
the announcement
announcement for
Burdon made thefor
Who,whowhoappeared
appeared resplendent
resplendent
The Who,upon theupon thewithupon
the stagestage upon
the stagestage with
Daltreywearing
Roger Daltrey
wearingaa pink
pink silk
poncho, Keith Moon
Moon in
inred
redmandarin
mandarinponcho,Townshend in lace ruffs
ruffs
jacket, Peter Townshend
and John-and -redandJohnEntwistle
Entwistlein
inyellowyellow-and-red
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Johnston"It's really
really ridiculous.
ridiculous. The record
recordJohnston said:
said: “It’s
is in
in no
no waywayrepresentative
representative of thethe kindkind of thing
thing
we areare doing
doing now
now-–ordoing even a year
year
or werewere doingago. This is not
not thethe music
music thatthat won
the NMEwon usus theaward
Group. I've
awardasasthe
theWorld's
World’sTop
Top Vocal
Vocal Group.
I’ve got
got
some
the new tracks
tracks to be onsome tapes
tapes at
at homehome of thethewhich would
would blow your
your mind.
mind. Allthe Smile LP whichAlltheare new andand Brian
Brian is coming
coming up
up with
withthe ideas
ideas arefantastic
the time.”
time."
fantastic ideas
ideas all
all theLove,who
whohadhadreplaced
replaced his
his pipe
pipe withwith
Mike Love,a cigarcigar stub,
stub, puffedpuffed luxuriously
luxuriously andand hugged
huggedhis
pretty, petite
petite wife Suzanne
Suzanne against
against his
his pretty,hiskneecapthat's approximately
kneecap –-leastways
leastways that’s
howhigh
how highshe
sheseemed
seemedto
to standstandnext
nexttoto him.
him.
Mike was
was not
not amusedamused with
with thethe ‘Then'Then I Kissed
KissedHer'success either.
either. “The"The record
record company
company did notHer’ successeven
have thethe decency
Brian'seven havedecencyto
to putput out
out oneone of Brian’s

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compositions," he"The reason
reason forown compositions,”
he said. “Thethe hold-up
hold-up with a newnewsingle
has simply
simplybeen
thesingle has
beenthat wewanted
our public
public the best and thethat
we wantedto
togivegive ourisn't ready
readyyet."best isn’t
yet.”walking, talking
talking Dennis simply shook
shook
Smiling, walking,head when I mentioned
mentioned thethe single and said
his head"Wow!"–-which
seemed toto feelfeelwassufficient“Wow!”
which he seemed
was sufficientcomment fromasked mymyassistanceassistancecomment
from him.
him. Then
Then he asked
balance threetheto balance
threeCoke
Coke bottles
bottlesone
oneon
on toptop of theother. “Positive"Positive thinking,”
thinking," heother.
he explained.
explained."If“If youthinkyouthink
youcancando
doit,
it,youyoucancando
doit."
it.” He did.
sat silently
silentlyand
and thoughtfully
thoughtfully in one cornercornerCarl sat
wifeAnnie,
echoing thethe thoughts
thoughts ofofwith his wife
Annie, echoing
the others.
others. It was aashame
shame thatthat anan oldoldtrack
trackhad
had
thebeen issued as
as aasingle
singlewhenbrotherbeen
when brother Brian
Brian wassome really
reallyimportant
important tapes
tapes inworking on somethe studiostudio back
home.
the
back home.
Without
to soundsound presumptuous,presumptuous,
Without wishing towould say thatthat Carl
one of thethe few pop
pop
I would
Carl is one
stars I would
wouldunquestionably
unquestionablybelievestars
believeto
to beconscientious objector
objector on religious
religious grounds.
grounds.
a conscientious
has previously
previously spoken
his religious
religious
He hasspokento
to me
me of hisand his sincerity
sincerity concerning
concerning "lovefeelings and“love ofhis fellow man
man andand abhorrence
abhorrence ofhisof violence
violence or
killing" struck
genuine.
killing”
struckmemeas
as very genuine.

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Singer Mike Love (left)
and guitarist Al Jardine
attempt to tie up moreloose ends while recordingwhat’s intended to be The
Beach Boys’ 12th LP, Smile

Singer Mike Love (left)
and guitarist AI Jardine
attempt to tieup moreloose endswhile recording
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J U NEA P R IL – SO

APR"Naturally I'm
believe people
people“Naturally
I’m concerned
concernedabout
aboutit,"
it,”said
saidCarlCarlsoftly.
softly."But“But I believe
will listen
listen toto thethe truth.
truth. I sure
sure hope
hope so.”so."HeHeshook
shookhishisheadheadsadly
sadlyandlookedand lookedvery unhappy.
unhappy.
tookthethe conversation
conversation backJohnston, who
his visit
visit
I tookback toto Bruce Johnston,
who waswas fullfull of his
to Dolly’s
Dolly's club,
club,where
wherehehehad
hadmetmetRingo
Ringoand
andMaureen
Maureen Starr
Starrthethe previous
previousnight.
little embarrassed
embarrassed tonight. "Frankly,“Frankly, I was aa little
tobe
bereceiving
receivingaaworld's
world’s top
top
vocal
said Bruce.
vocal award
awardfromfromthetheNME,"
NME,” said
Bruce.
"I
mean, to all ofofus
ustherethereisisonly
onlyoneonenumbernumber“I mean,one
and that's
told Ringo about
about
one andthat’sThe
TheBeatles.
Beatles.II told
thisand he said thatthat was
was nonsense
nonsense andand wishedthis andus
the best
in your
your poll
poll again
again next year.
us thebest of luck in
HEROESand
I thought
thought thatally nice.”
nice."
thatwaswasre
reallyDennis' forecast:
bet anyone
anyone The
The
Dennis’forecast:"Next“Next year
year I bet
Monke
es win it.”it." But
Buthe
hefoundfound nono takers.
takers.
MonkeesApart-single, The Beach
Apart fromfrom thethe pseudo
pseudo-single,Boys'other bigbigdisappointment
disappointment wasBoys’ otherwas thetheMusicians
prevented them
themMusicians Union ruling which prevented
augmenting
musicians
augmentingtheir
theiract
act withwith thethe extra
extra musicians
theybrought along
fromAmerica.
they brought
along from
America."That“That really
reallyburnedwe werewere trying
trying toburnedme
meup,"
up,”said
saidMike.
Mike."All“All wedo was give thethe British
British public
public thethe best
best possible
possiblevalue
money. IIknow
knowthisthisexchange
exchange thing
thing
value for money.
operates,means thatthat the public
public must
must
operates, but
but when it means
suffer
can't seesuffer I can’t
see thethesense
senseofofit."
it.”
Dennis zoomed
zoomed over totoannounce
announce
Dennistriumphantly
triumphantlythat
thathehe hadhad succeeded inpositively thinking
thinking fivebottles one on top
top
five Coke bottlesof thethe otherother andand there
there wasthe soundsound of breaking
breaking
was theglass
to prove
prove thatthat even
even thatthat successsuccess
glass in his wake, towas ephemeral.
ephemeral.
When I left
leftthethe room
room John
John Maus
Maus waswastalking
talkingWhenquietlywith
quietly withCarl,
Carl,asasCarl's
Carl’s beautiful
beautifulwife
wife Annie
Annie
-no
colouringjusticejustice-–– nophotographphotographcould
could do her colouring
lookedBeach Boys could
could do with
withlooked sadly
sadly on.
on. The
The Beachsomeconcerning theandsome luck concerning
the next single andconcerning
against getting
getting
concerningCarl
Carl with
with his
his fight against
a “licence"licence tofinal irony
irony of Carl’s
Carl's plightplightto kill".
kill”. The final
seemedsummed up
fan letter
letterwithanseemed toto be summed
up by a fan
with anenclosed"button" which
enclosed “button”
which bore the slogan –'Draft‘DraftBeer-Not
Beer – NotBoys.'Boys.’Hear,
Hear,hear!
hear!KeithAltham
Keith Altham

pers onally returning
returning toshort visit aroundaroundpersonallyto England
Englandfor
for a short
September andtheSeptemberandI'mI’mthinking
thinkingof
ofbuying
buyingaaflat
flat inin theKensington area
area-–areKensington
arethey
they expensive?"
expensive?”
isstill
stillgenuinely
genuinelydisappointed
disappointed thatthat thethe groupgroup did
Bruce isparticipate in
but puts
puts thethenot participate
inthe
theMonterey
Monterey Pop
Pop Festival but
reason down
involvement withreasondowntoto Carl's
Carl’s involvementwith thethe Draft
Draft Board
Board
and some
differences of opinion
opinionandsome differences
over money matters.
On the second morning of myiosci taI wass collected
lel eLcotveedby
b yhBonvisit
BeachvMeMan
vocalist Mike Love, who arrived
in hishis yellow, vintage
vintage MG
inconvertible. Mike has
has something
somethingconvertible.
"Love"affair
affairwith
withantique
antique orof aa “Love”
English possessions.
possessions. He
EnglishHe alsoalso
owns a large white Jaguar.
owns
We drove
drove toto hishis newly
newlyacquired
acquiredhome-heeen inhome– hehadhadonly
onlybbeen
infor
for two
two
weeks-inweeks– inBelAir
Bel Air down
down a drive
fronted by-feet -highpalm
palm trees
trees
frontedby 80
80-feet-highand he showed
showed me around.
around.
andhouse ishuge level
The house
is a huge
bungalowwith
bungalow
withaa main
main lounge
the width
width of anan aircraft
aircraft hangar!
thepredominate, like thethe
Antiques predominate,
ancient jukeb
oxwithcopperancient
jukeboxwith huge copperdiscs perforated
perforated with
discs
with little
little holes
which plays aatune
tune after
after aapenny
penny
which
has been
been placed in thethe machine.
machine.
has
also possesses
possesses aa beautiful
beautifulHe alsophonograph withphonographwithaa huge wooden
inscribed across the front
bell inscribedwith thethe one word –-"Edison";
this
with
“Edison”; thisfunctions.
also functions.
garden with thethe inevitable
inevitable
The garden
blue pool boasts
boasts a lemon andandbluetangerine tree
d withwithtangerine
treeandandisisfille
filledalldescriptions.
descriptions. This garden
garden looks
flowers of allout onto
magnificent view
outonto aa magnificent
viewofofthe
theBeverly
Beverly Hills
Hills
and haslittle country
country road runningrunning behind
andhas a little
behindthe
theback
backgarden
gardenfence.
fence."This“This
place cost about
about threerecords!" Mike
Mike informed
informed me.
placethreeNoNo 1 records!”
wasat
atMike’s
Mike'shouse
housethat
thatIIheard
heard“Heroes"HeroesAnd
Villains".His
Hisparticularparticular
It wasAnd Villains”.
tape ranabout six
sixminutes
minutes andand the harmonies
harmonies andtape
ran for about
andmelodies
melodiesareareas
asintricate andexpect. The
The number
number sounds
sounds like a
intricateandexciting
exciting as
as one would expect.
combination ofof"Goodcombination“GoodVibrations",
Vibrations”,"God“GodOnly
OnlyKnows"
Knows”andand"I“IJust
JustWasn't
Wasn’tMade For These
These Times”.
Times".
Made
Where
mixed this
this particularparticular potion?
Where was the musical sorcerer who mixed
potion?
"Brian is inin Monterey,”Monterey,"saidsaidMike.
Mike.This
Thiswaswasthreethreedays
daysafter
afterthethe festival
festival had
had“Brianfinished. "He's
up thethe old programmes,”
programmes," smiledfinished.
“He’s picking
picking up
smiledMike.
Mike.
gotaafull
fulltourtourofofthe
thehousehousewithwithtwo
twovastvastbathrooms,
bathrooms, “His”"His" andand “Hers”"Hers"
I got(being Mike’s
Mike's wife
wifeSuzanne),
Suzanne), andand anaby Haley.
(beingan introduction
introductiontotobbaby
Haley.
followingday
dayembraced
embraced aatrip
triptotoDisneyland,
Disneyland,approximately
approximatelyanan
The following
hour's drive
Hollywood, but
but thedrives, half an hour. Mr
hour’sdriveout
outof Hollywood,
the way Bruce drives,
Johnston armed
chocolate chip
Johnstonarmedhimself
himselfwith
withaa double
double portion
portionof
of chocolate
chip from thecream parlour
parlour andice cream
andintroduced
introducedme
metotothethedelights
delightsofofThe
TheJungle
Jungle Cruise,
Cruise,Worldandand The
ThePirate
Pirate Ride.
Ride.The
ThelatterlatterisisBruce’s
Bruce'sparticularparticular
The Small World
contains huge
underground caverns
favourite and contains
huge undergroundcavernswhich
whichyou
you drift
drift
through on
witness working
working figures
figures ofofpirates
piratesattacking
attackingthroughon aa little boat to witness
towns, singing,singing, drinking
drinking andtowns,
andfighting
fightingbattles
battlesononthethehighhighseas.
seas. Theywalk,
They walk,
talk andtalkandscarescarethethehell
hellout
outofof you.
you.
last outing
outing was
wasto
tothe
theLuar,Luar,aavast
restaurant which
which incorporates
incorporates
Our last
vast restaurant
miniature waterfall
a miniaturewaterfall andand stream
streamwhich
which divided
divided thethe restaurant
restaurantin
inhalf.
half.
Lovewaswasalsoalsodining
diningthere
therethatthat night
night andand Bruce became
became involved
Mike Love
involved in"drink fight”
fight" with
with aa friend
friend somewhere
somewhere on the horizon.
horizon. Offensive notes
notes
a “drink
and exotic drinks
drinks passed
passed between
rums arrived
andbetweenour
ourtables
tablesuntil
until13
13 rums
arrivedfor
for usand we capitulated.
capitulated. Latetheand
Latethat
thatevening
eveningwe
wefellfellinto
intoDaisy's,
Daisy’s,aa club
club for thewhere Barbara
Barbara StreisandStreisand andand Bobby Darin
Darin were
werethat
that
Hollywood elite where
evening-we
and enjoying
enjoying
evening– wealso
alsometmetourourownownLuluLuluoveroverononher
herfirst
first visit andminute.
every minute.
"I waswasininherehereoneoneevening
eveningwhile
whilethey
theywereplaying aaSinatra
Sinatra record
record about
about“I
were playing
2am, andlooked up
table onsaid
2am,
andII looked
up andandhe
he waswas sitting
sittingoveroveratat aa tableon hishis own,"
own,” said
Bruce. "When
Lonely,you
youdon’t
don't
Bruce.
“Whenyouryourfavourite
favouriteLP
LPofof allall timetimeisis Only The Lonely,
waste an opportunity
opportunity to
man like that.
that. IIwent
wentoveroverandandintroduced
introduced
waste
totalktalktoto a manBOYS
VILLAINS““We
W haveh"Wean album
prepared.
prepared. To
me it sounds
finished"
finished”- NME—
NME JULYJULY 8 8—TOT
EVERYONEISISfortunate
fortunateenoughenough to
to be
be metmet onon arrival
arrival at
OT EVERYONE
Anglesby
byaaBeach
BeachBoy
Boywith
withThunderbird
Thunderbirdand
and two
two pretty
prettyLos Angles
blondes -– butpleasant lot
blondes
but this
this was
was my pleasant
lot during
duringaa recent
recentvisit
visit totothe
Coast. Bruce
Brucewaswashonorary
honorary chauffeur,chauffeur, guide
guide andand benefactor
benefactor
the West Coast.
duringLAandandshowed
showed me
me Disneyland,
Disneyland, theduringmy
my fourfour dayday stay
stay in LA
the "in"“in”
scene
Daisy club
club(members(members include
include Sinatra,
Sinatra, Garland,
Garland, StreisandStreisandscene in The Daisy
andthose othersurname!) andand all
all thoseotherstars
starsyouyourefer
refer toto by surname!)andMikeMike Love's
Love’snew
new homehomeininBelAir.
Bel Air.
During thethe drive from thethe
Duringairporthe informed
informed
airportto
to my hotel hemethe latest
latest Beach
Beach Boy
Boyplans.
me of theplans.
"Therehas been
been some“There hassome talk
talk of`Vegetables'
our next
next‘Vegetables’ being oursinglesingle butbutas
as farfar asas Brian
Brian isisconcerned
concernedititwill
will still
still bebe`Heroes And Villains’.
Villains'. There
There‘Heroesare about
about six different
different tapes
tapes
are
this number
number about
about andof thisand nownow
is justjust aamattermatter of selecting
selecting
it isthe right
theright one.
one.
"We areare not
not working
working during
during“We
the summer
summer anywhere andtheam takingtaking thethe chance
I amchanceto
togo
go

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back to(University Of
back
to UCLA (University
California, Los
California,
Los Angeles)
Angeles) totake some bass
bass lessons
lessons –-I'm
take
I’m
the world's
theworld’s worst bass player
technically-andtechnically– andsomesomeextra
extra
tuition on
amtuitionon piano.
piano. I am

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THE BEACH BOYS

myself-herecords
myself – hespent
spent15
15minutes
minutestalking
talkingtotome
meabout
aboutThe
TheBeach
Beach Boys'
Boys’ records
andcould notword in
about his."andII could
notgetget aa wordin toto ask about
his.”leftLA
LAasasI came
I cameinindrivento
tothe
theairport
airport by Bruce. He
He told
told meme ofofhopeshopes
I left– driven
he hadhad to record
record a song
song ofofhis
hisownownininthe
thefuture
future-solo.
problem– solo. "The“The only problem
would
everyone would
would compare
compare itit with
with Brian's
and withwith that
thatwould be everyone
Brian’s work, andkindkind ofyardstickof yardstickyou
youhavehavetotobe
bebrilliant."brilliant.”KeithAltham
Keith Altham- MELODYAUGUST1212—
MELODYMAKER
MAKER AUGUST—OOD VIBRATIONS”
VIBRATIONS"TOOKTOOKlight
lightyears
years totocomplete
complete -–C'"Heroes andand Villains"
Beach Boys’
Boys'newnewsingle
singleandand“HeroesVillains” is The Beachit took a long
longtimetime too.
too. But
Butthere’s
there's nono needneed to sweat
sweat about
about
it. Fans
Fans areare getting
getting their
their money’s
money's worth
worth –- as they have done
done fromfrom
The Beach Boys forformany
many moons
moons now. Now
Nowthethe groupgroup isisbeginning
beginningto settle down
down-–not-chair sense
notin
inthe
therocking
rocking-chairsense-–but
but inin thethe hot
hot humid,
humid,
California-dreaming surroundings
California-dreaming
surroundingsthat
thatAmerica's
America’sWest
WestCoast
Coastoffers
offersits natives.
natives.
having aagood
goodtime.
time. Only
Only“Brian"Briandoesn’t
doesn't relate
relate toto time;time;
Brian Wilson is having
he keeps funny
funny hours",
and thethe guys
guys areare keeping
keeping home
home with
withhours”, andthe rest
rest of thetheirbachelor Bruce
Bruce Johnston,Johnston, who
who “snooked”"snooked" into
into
their family, except for bachelor
Britain
Britainthis
thisweekweek"to“towork".
work”.
"Youcan’t
can't relax forever. I getgetboredb ore djust
resting," said
said Bruce.
Bruce. “I"Ireally
really dig
dig“Youjust resting,”
to work, andand man,man, we're
we’re notnot working
working again
againuntil
untilOctober.
October.That's
That’swhy
whyI've
I’ve
come
England, because
because I cancan do some
some appearances
appearances on
andcome over to England,onTV
TV andradio
want tocome overradio interviews.Also
interviews. AlsoI've
I’vegot
gotaa group
group inin America
America who
who want
to comehere, so I’m
I'm doing
doingsome
somenegotiation
negotiation forforthem.
them.I’m
I'mpromoting,promoting, negotiating
negotiating
andand vacationing."
vacationing.”
time when
when hehecamecame totoEngland
England-– accompanied
accompanied by
Unlike the last time
byKim
Kim
Fowley-for
Fowley – foraapromotional
promotionaltrip,
trip,Bruce
Brucewaswasfeelingfeelingaa little
little tired
tired andandwaswasa little
little lesslessforthcoming
forthcoming than
than usual.
usual."There“Thereisn't
isn’tmuch
muchtotoreport.
report.WeWe
haven'tdone anything
anything that
alreadyknow
haven’t done
thatyou
you don't
don’t alreadyknowabout
aboutover
over here.
`Hero
esAnd
AndVillains’
Villains'isisout
outherehereininaafew
fewweeks
and wewehavehaveananalbum
album‘Heroes
weeks andprepared.
s
prepared.Finished?
Finished?Well,
Well,ititsounds
soundsfinishedfinishedtotome.
me.I Iheard
heardititaafew
fewtimetimes
before I came
came over.
over.It’s
It'saaquiet
quietrecord
record-likeeveryone's sliding
sliding aroundaround in– like everyone’s
socks.
efinitely a listen-to-me
listen -to -me record.”record."socks. D
Definitely“G

The
Beach Boys areare criticised
criticised by some
some forforthethe long
longgaps
gapsbetween
between
The Beachreleases. What
does Bruce think
think about
don'tthink
think there
there
releases.
What does
aboutthis?
this? "Well,“Well, IIdon’t
will
anymorebetween "Good
Vibrations" andandwill be any
moregaps
gapsnow.
now. The gap between“Good Vibrations”"HeroesAndVillains"
European tour,“Heroes
And Villains”camecamebecause
becausewewewerewere onon a European
tour,
because wein aalawsuit
lawsuitwith
withourourrecording
recording company
company inbecausewe were involved inand because
because Brian decided
decided to
torecordrecord‘Heroes…’`Heroes...'again
againwhen
the States andwhen
we
the tour.
we got back from thetour.
"He scrapped
scrapped aa finishedfinished version
the song
again. This“He
versionofof thesong andand wrote
wroteitit again.
Thisversioncompletely different
different fromwon't
version is completelyfrom thethe number
numberhehewrotewrotefirst.
first.We
We won’t
so muchmuch work
workononthe
theroadroadininfuture
future andand moremore inin thethe studio.
studio. And
And
be doing soeverything's aa lot more peaceable.”
peaceable."
now everything’s
Talking
peace brought
brought thethe conversation
conversation to
Talking of peace
toBruce's
Bruce’s homehomeinin LosAngeles,
Angeles, where
where he's
he’s been
beensurfing
surfing"to“tobringbringbackbackthethe1961
1961Beach
BeachBoys
Boys
image", hehe laughed.
laughed. “No,"No,surfing
surfing really
really isiswhere
whereeverything
everything started
started forimage”,
It's more
more scary
scary lockedlo ckedininananeight-footeight -footwave
waveandthat’s
that's not
not very
verybig
me. It’s
– and
big
-than
it's because
because you’re
you're ononyour– thanplaying
playingtoto20,000
20,000people.
people. I guess it’s
your own
withocean rightwithMother
MotherNature's
Nature’sbig,
big, big ocean
right under
underyouryourfeet.
feet.
"But basicallybasically thethe conception
conception of thethe Flower
Flower PowerPowerphilosophy,
philosophy,which
which
“But
he althyininCalifornia,
California, isisgroovy.
groovy.The
Thetrouble
troubleis,
is,there
therearearetootoomany
many
is healthy
bandwagon jumpers
bandwagon
jumpersand
andhustlers.
hustlers.But
ButI'm
I’mgladgladScott
ScottMcKenzie
McKenzie has
has
stayed in California
California andstayedand not
not been
beendragged
draggedover
over toto England.
England. It would
have
thing out
outof
ofproportion
proportion-it'shappenshave blown the whole thing– it’s better
betterif
if it happens
naturally.
people think
think andnaturally.Music
Musicnowadays
nowadayshas
hasmademadeaalot
lot of people
and try
try totostraighten things
kids who
whojustjustdon’t
don'tthink,
think, but
butstraighten
thingsout.
out.There
Thereareareaalot
lot of kidsmusic
don't sort
sort things
thingsmusic sometimes
sometimeshelps
helpsthem
themtotosortsortthings
thingsout.
out.And
And you don’t
shooting people.
out by shooting"You
can have
havehits
hitsandand money
money andand saysaypeaceful“You canpeacefulthings
thingsandandlove.
love.II knowthat sounds
sounds corny, but
but that’s
that's kind of what’s
what's happening.
happening. I really
reallythink
think
all that
there's
there’sbeen
beenaachange.
change.II think
thinkthatthatyoungyoungpeople
peoplearen't
aren’tsosoeasilyeasilyled,
led,forone-theyone– theyarearequestioning
questioningthings.
things.They
Theyareare beginning
beginningto
to think
think about
about
thingstheywouldn't
thought about –-usuallythings thatthat normallynormally theywouldn’thave thought
usually because
becauseother people
people think
think about
them.
other
aboutitit for them.
"Brianthink he’s
he's one ofofthe
the contributors
contributors to“Brian Wilson? I think
to thethechange,change,becausebecausehe's
he’sreachingreachingpeople
peopleandandhe's
he’schanging
changingthings.
things.The
TheBeach
BeachBoys
Boys
group at
at thethe veryverytop,
top,butbutthey’re
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coming fromfrom underground,
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FLOWER POWER
POWER
FLOWER“There is a verylaissez-faire attitude”
Open
Openminds.
minds. Mixed
Mixedmedia.
media. Love,
Love,notnotviolence.
violence.Some
Somecallcallitit“Flower"Flower Power”,
Power",
andand inin 1967
1967thisthisnew
newfreedom
freedomofofsocial/musicalsocial/musical expression
expression isis chronicledchronicled inin thethemusic press.
press. From
From its
its origins
origins in
San Francisco
Franciscoto
toits
its tenure
tenure inin British
British undergroundmusic
in Sanundergroundclubs,
clubs, MM
MM explains
explainsits
its origins
origins and,
and,overoverthethenext
nextsix
sixmonths,
months,charts
charts its
its trip.
trip.
41111' “Ifpeople wantto lielie on"If people
want toon thethe floor,
floor, they
they can.”
can."

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1967

J U NEAAPR
P R IL – SO

Nitetrippers:outside
Nite
trippers: outside
theUFOClub,heldinthe
UFO Club, held in
thebasementof31
thebasement of 31
Court
Tottenham Court
London,1967
Road, London,
1967

MELODYMAKER
MAKERMAY
MAY— MELODY
2727—AMERICA'SWESTCOAST
COASThas
hasalways
alwayshadhadaathriving
thriving
MERICA’S WEST
popular music
influence has
has sometimes
sometimes
popularmusic scene. Its influence
dominant thanbeen more dominantthanatat othersothers –butbutit'sit’salways
alwaysthere. The
there.
TheWestWest Coast
Coastgave
gave rise
rise toto TheThe Kingston
KingstonTrio,
Trio,
TheLimeliters
Limelitersand
and acts
acts ininthatthat
Glenn Yarborough, The
pop -folkvein.
vein.California
Californiahas
hasalways
alwaysbeen
been thethe homehome ofof
pop-folk
theBoys.Climate
Climateundoubtedly
undoubtedly
the sunsun andand surf
surf -– subsequently
subsequentlyThe
The Beach Boys.
hasbearing on
has a bearing
on thethemusic
musicscene
scene-–andandthetheWestWestCoast
Coasthashasaa lot
lot ofsunshine.
the vast, andandsunshine.Recently
Recently thethe sunrays
sunrayshave
have been
been watching
watching over theincreasingly
generation seemed
seemedincreasingly powerful,
powerful, "hippy"“hippy” scene.
scene. The younger generation
to have discovered
discovered aa spiritualspiritual homehomeininthe
theWestWest Coast.
Coast.
been anan air of rebellion,
rebellion, revolution,
revolution, freedom
freedom andand funThere has always beenfun
there.
-Ins,
there.Now
Now there
thereisis funfunto
to be
be hadhadplaying
playingflower
flowergames,
games,loving
lovingatatLoveLove-Ins,
being
Be -Ins,freaking,freaking,happying,
happying, laughing
laughing (usually(usually at thethe police) andand
being in Be-Ins,
in a kind
kind ofofnonconformist
nonconformist way, conforming.
conforming.
Coastconformity
conformity exists. You
Youcan’t
can'treally
reallymake
makethethe“hippy”"hippy"scene
sceneWest Coast
without
tuning in, turning
turning on
and dropping
dropping out
without tuningon andsomewhere
mainlyLSD
somewherealong
along thethe line.
line. Drugs, mainlyLSD
andthe scene.
and marijuana,marijuana,arearean
anintegral
integralpartpartofof theApparently today’s
today's hippy must
must bebeexpanded
expandedandand wherefores
and experienced
experiencedin
inthe
thewhyswhys and
wherefores ofpsychedelia,
cannot bethat thethepsychedelia, but
but it cannot
be said that
products"junkie".
productsofof thisthis societysociety areare all “junkie”.
ABillboardheadline"San
A Billboard headlineofMay
of May66 read: “SanFrancisco.
Cauldron Of
Creative Activity. Can
Francisco.A
A Cauldron
Of Creative
The Expanding
Expanding Pop/Hippy
Pop/HippyMovement
MovementTurn
Turn The
The
City Into
Into A Major
Major Music
Music Centre?”
Centre?"been a link
link between
between drugs
drugs
There has always beenandand music-pop
music – popmusic
musicisisno
noexception.
exception.It's
It’s notourmoralise or anything
anything else.
can only
our job to moralise
else.WeWe canonly
look andand learn
learn bywhat
the Westby whatisisgoing
going onon inin theCoast-andCoast – andthe
thecurrent
currentscene
sceneisisrevolving
revolvingaroundand its derivatives.
derivatives. Billboard
states thatpeoplearoundLSDLSD and
Billboard states
thatsomesome10,000
10,000 people
will migratemigrate to San Francisco
Francisco alone
alone to live among
among thethe hippies
hippies andand their
theirlove philosophies,
philosophies, this
this sunny
sunny summer.
summer.
Francisco, with its
its hippy
hippycommunity
community centred
centred in
San Francisco,in thethe HaightHaightAshbury
area; with
Ashbury area;with thethe psychedelic
psychedelicshops;
shops;withwiththetheDiggers,
Diggers, a loose
organisation
clothing, andorganisationofof hippies
hippies dedicateddedicatedto
toproviding
providingfree
free food,
food, clothing,andanything-out groups
anythingelse,
else,forforotherotherhippies.
hippies.With
Withits
itsweird,
weird,mystical,
mystical,freak
freak-outgroupslike The Grateful
Grateful Dead, Love,
Love,Jefferson
Jeffers onAirplane,
Airplane,and
andnumerous
numerous others.
others.
Coast –-madekaleidoscope of
flashing lights,
The West Coastmadeoutoutto
to be
be a kaleidoscopeof flashinglights,freedom,
pop scene
scene that
freedom,sound,sound,colour
colourand
andlove.
love.A
A pop
thathashasgiven
givenrise
rise toto a newconcept
nerve -knotting
concept in pop posters –-wild,
wild, art
art nouveau,
nouveau, optic
optic nerve-knotting
symbols.
pop scene
scene which flows hand
hand inhand withsymbols.A pop
in handwithfashion.
fashion.Gay,
Gay,colourful,exyclothes
clothessupposedly
supposedlyreflecting
andcolourful, ssexyreflectingthe
thegay,gay, young,young, sexy andliberatedthem. Cowboys, Mexican
Mexicanbeads,
beads,Indian
Indianliberated people
people inside
inside them.

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headbands, hearts,
shapes andheadbands,
hearts,flowers,
flowers,shades
shadesofof all
all shapes
and colours,
colours, cloaks,
cloaks,things to projectproject thethe people’s
people's thoughts
thoughts of beauty
beauty and love
love-–
badges; nice things
that isthe way thethe West Coast
Coast is moving.
moving.
thatis theBallrooms like thethe Avalon
AvalonandandthetheFillmore
Fillmorepackpackininan
anenormous
enormous crosscrossBallrooms
section of people,
people, fromfromrockers
rockersto
tofreakers,
freakers,dancing
dancingon
onsprung
sprungdance
dance
sectionbathed in rushingrushing lights, flashing
flashing andand darting
darting aroundaround thefloors, bathedtheballroom. On
maybe
Quartet, whichballroom.
On stagestage it may
be thethe Charles
Charles Lloyd Quartet,
which Chet
Chet
Helms of thethe Avalon
AvalonBallroom
Ballroom andand Family
Family Dog
D ogProductions
Productionscalls
calls“the
"the
Helms
real psychedelic
psychedelicjazz
first real
jazz group".
group”.
production company
ogbecause
because Chet
Chet regards
regards
The production
companyisiscalled
calledFamily
FamilyD
Dog
organisation as
Theirinterests
interests gogodeeperdeeperthan
than money.
money. WhenWhen
his organisation
as a family. Theirin London
Londonlast
lastFebruary
Februaryhe
hewas
wasstressing
stressingthe
theimportanceimportance ofofHelms was in
the light shows
shows –-forregular featurefeature ofofall
allAmerican
happenings,
thefor years aaregular
American happenings,
onlyjust
catching on
but an idea only
just catchingon in Britain.
RollingStones,
Stones,The
TheBeatles
BeatlesandandThe
TheWhoWhowerewerethetheonly
onlythreethree
The Rollinggroups in Britain
Britain to carry
carry lights with them.
them. Few ofofour
ourballrooms
ballrooms arearegroupsadequately equippedthatadequately
equippedtotopresent
presentlight
lightshows
showsanyway.
anyway.This
Thisisis aa field that
the Technicolour
Technicolour DreamtheDream organisation
organisationisislooking
looking into
into andand hopes
hopes totointroduce
andintroduceinto
intothetheBritish
British pop
pop scene.
scene. Light andsound,
sound, audio-visualaudio-visual stimulation,
stimulation,isis again
again anatural"happening".
naturalandandenjoyableenjoyable part
partofof a “happening”.
what of England?
England? How
HowwillCoast
But whatwill thethe West Coastscene
sceneaffectaffectus?Are
us? Arewe
weto
tosee
seescoresscoresof
ofdrugdrug-orientatedincomprehensibly
orientated groups
groups raving incomprehensiblyawaywillweweget
getthethescenescenetogether
togetheraway on stage? Or will
prop
erlyandandonly
onlysupport
support thethe real
realtalenttalent that
that
properlymayarise fromfrom thethe psychedelic
psychedelic scene?
time
may arise
scene? It's
It’s time
for thethe British
British teenager
teenager to start
start telling
telling thethe British
businessman
businessmanwhat
whathehewants;
wants;notnot weakly accept
whatpushed down
advert.
what is pushed
downhishisthroatthroatlike
likeaaTV
TV advert.
has always
always been
been left to people
people like The
It hasBeatles,the Stones, andand now Jimi
Beatles, The Who, theHendrix,
up thethe British
Hendrix,toto liven
liven upBritish scene.
scene. Groups
Groupswho
are going to give
giveususaction.
action. Groups
Groups who
who
who arehappen andanintegral
integralhappenandmakemakeusus react
react andandthink
thinkpositively.
positively. Pop music is anpart ofmost of ourour teenagers.
teenagers. Thisup to
to thethe younger
youngerpartof life for most
Thisisis whywhy it is up
generation to start
start making
making themselves
themselves heard
heard in
inthe
thepoppopbusinessbusiness–-togeneration
tostart saying
eing preyedstartsaying what
what theywant
they wantinstead
insteadofofbbeing
preyedon.
on.
It's time
time the British started
started tohealthy fun
fun andandIt’s
torealise
realisethere
thereisisaa lot of healthy
games tothey come
-Ins,
games
to be
be hadhadifif they
comeout
outofof theirtheirshells.
shells.We
We want
wantbig,
big,fatfat Love
Love-Ins,
Free -Ins, Be-Ins,
Be -Ins,allallwellwellorganised,organised,preferably
preferablyby
byyoung
people (like(likethethe
Free-Ins,
young people
Monterey Pop Festival)
Festival) who
who know
knowwhere
It'stimetime forforthetheaudienceaudience
Monterey
where it's
it’s at. It’sin andand become
become partthe scene.
British music
music fans
fans
to join inpartofof thescene. For too long British
been short-changed
short-changed bybunch of small-timesmall-time people
people who can’t
can't tellhave been
by a bunch
Monke es fromfrom The Seekers.
Seekers.
The Monkees
such totally
totally ignorantignorant fuddy-duddies
fuddy-duddies becontrol an
Should suchbe allowed
allowed to control
es sentiallyyoung
culture? England
England has
has thethe resources,
resources, creativity
creativity andandessentially
young culture?
spirit to house
house a very free-thinking,free -thinking, doing,
doing, loving generation
generation of
spiritof people.
people.

GETTY"The GLC just
“The
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OF ROCKROCK 1967
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1967

T E MO
THE
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Music isisan
animportant
important part
part of life
lifeandandaadeeply
deeplycommunicative
communicative art
art
with
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to British
British youth
youth to makemake surewith aa wealthof things
tosay. It’s
sure itit
develops
it itto.
develops naturally,naturally,genuinely,
genuinely,and
andhowhowtheywant
they want
to.NickJones
Nick Jones- MELODY
MAKERJUNE
JUNE17—
MELODY MAKER
17 —CLUBS
AREONE
ONEofofthethemainmainbastions
bastions ofofthe
the British
British pop
pop
LUBS ARE
industry. They support
support the whole uniqueunique group network
industry.
and link
andlink aa nation
nationofof fans.
fans.They
They cater
caterforfor aa vast
vast range
rangeofof tastes,
tastess,fromthe psychedelicfrom thepsychedelicto
to thethe alcoholic,alcoholic,fromfrom hip
hip London
Londonto
toswinging
Birmingham andswinging Birmingham
andallall points
points north,
north,south,
south,east
eastandandwest.
west.
the first
first part
part of a four-weekfour -weekseries
seriesinvestigating
investigating thethe various
variousIn this, thetypes
clubs andand their
their groups
groups andand patrons,
patrons, thetypes of clubs
the newest
newest andand most
mostbizarredescribed, atbizarre clubs
clubs areare described,
at present
presentconfined
confinedto
toLondon.
London.Fear
Fear
of collective
collective teenage
teenage activity
activity has
has cause
cause massive
massive repression
repression by
bythe
the
establishment
and usuallyusuallywithjust
establishmentin
in thethe past,
past, andwith justcause.
cause.Teddyboys,
Teddy boys,
mods
cults based
based onon violence.
violence.They
Theywere
inturnturn
mods andand rockers
rockers were all cults
were inencouraged
newspapers andand at thethe samesame time
time
encouragedby
by the newspapers
and films
films andviolently condemned.
condemned. But nobody
nobody had
had shownshown anyanyalternative.
alternative.
Today,ininLondon,London,aanew
group ofofyoung
emerging, who
Today,
new group
young people are emerging,
who
renounce
create ororparticipate
participate than
than destroy
renounceviolence,violence, who
who prefer to create
destroyororrmock, andand who want
want aa collective
collectivesocietysocietyrather
ratherthan
than aa destructive
destructive gan
gang;
ng;
love rather
rather than
than hate.
these differences
differences aregrouphate. Until these
are noted,
noted, thethe new
new grouupwill suffer
suffer thethe usual
usual condemnation
condemnation andofandwe
we cancan expect
expect aa deluge ofdrivel from Sunday
Sundaynewspapers
newspapersvery
veryshortly.
shortly.
There will be
be “Hip"Hip Immoralists”
Immoralists" orThereor "Teenage“Teenage Freaks"
Freaks” anyany day
day now,with
thiswith demands
demandsto
to"stamp“stampout
outthisthisevilevilininour
ourmidst".
midst”.Before
Before thishappens,
own muchmuch nicer
nicer phrase
phase- –"Thehappens,let's
let’s coin our own“TheBell
BellPeople".
People”.
The Bell People
PeopleofofLondon,London,complete
complete withwithjangling
janglingneck
neckbells,
bells,
already
their own headquarters,
headquarters, andstands foralready have
have theirandUFO
UFO(it stands"Unidentified"Underground Freak-Out") is“UnidentifiedFlying
FlyingObject"
Object”oror “Underground
Freak-Out”)
believed
Britain's first
first psychedelic
psychedelic club. Other
Other pockets
pockets ofbelieved to be Britain’s
resistanceresistanceinclude
includeHappening
Happening44,
44,thetheSpeakeasy
SpeakeasyandandElectricElectricGarden.
Garden.
n.
Americanruns UFO
UFOin
inthe
thetemporary
temporary absence
absence ofAmericanJoe
Joe Boyd runs
co-founder"Westarted
started thethe clubclub in
inDecembe
Decemberco-founderJohn
JohnHopkins.
Hopkins.Says
Says Joe: “Weerandbasically a home
home for groups
groups who
who arearedoing
doingexperimental
experimental thingsand it's
it’s basicallything
gs
in pop.
pop. The object of thethe clubclub isisto
toprovide
provideaaplace
placeforforexperimental
experimental po
pup
op
music
the mixing of medias,
medias, light
light shows
shows andand theatricaltheatricalmusic andand also
also for thehappenings.
avant-garde films. These cancan beehappenings.We
WealsoalsoshowshowNew
New York
York avant-gardeshown
and performed
performed before
sympathetic audience.
shown andbefore a sympathetic
audience. Among thegroups
Machine, Bonzo
groupsthat
thathave
haveplayed
playedhere
hereareareThe
ThePink
PinkFloyd,
Floyd, Soft Machine,
Bonzo
Dog Doo
Doo DahDah Band,
Band, The
The Procol
Procol Harum,
H arum,before
beforethey
theymademade thethe record;
record;;andexcitement.
and nowArthur
now ArthurBrown
Brownisisgenerating
generatingaalot
lot of excitement.
Membership costs
and members
Membershipcosts1515 shillings
shillingsfor
for aa year andmemberspay
pay10
10
shillings
shillingsan
anevening.
evening.They
Theyareareallowed
allowedtwo
twoguests
guestsatat£1£1 each.
each.It's
It’s a bitdear,
theygetand several groups.
dear, but they
get nine
ninehours
hoursofof music and"The club has
has growngrown spectacularly
spectacularly and“Theandwe've
we’vealreadyalreadyhad
hadto
tocloseclose
membership,
find larger premises.
premises. The
membership,so
sonow
nowwe
wehavehavegot
got to findThe kids
kids whowhho
go areare not
not really
really thethe samesame as those
those whoto thethe Tiles
Tilesororthe
theMarquee
Marquee..
who go to
They are thethe London psychedelic
psychedelic crowd.
crowd.
"The original
original group came from Notting
Notting Hill andand Bayswater
Bayswaterrather
rather th
than
“The
han
Chelsea,course, we areare getting
getting a lot
lotmoremore observers
observers rathe
ratherChelsea, andandnow,now, of course,er
thans ez-faire attitudeattitude at
thanpeople
peoplewho
whoparticipate.
participate.There
Thereisisaavery
verylaislaissez-faireat thethheclub. There
There is nono attemptattempt madehis
madetoto makemakepeople
peoplefit
fitintointoaa format,
format,andandtthhis
attracts-out kids
London. If they
theywant
the floor
floorr they
they
attractsthe
thefurther
further-out
kidsofof London.
wanttoto lie on thehcan,iftheytheywant
jump onthe stage,stage, they cancan-–asthey don’don't
can, or if
want toto jumpon theaslonglong asas theyn’tinterfere
course. But
Butthethemostmostimportant
important thing
thing is nonotinterfere with
with thethe group,group, of course.
otthethe groups
groups andand experiments.
the people
people but
but theexperiments.We're
We’re planningplanningto
tohavehave adance
spectacular."dancegroup,group,which
whichwill
will be very spectacular.”
A membermemb er ofofthe
theunderground,
underground, Dave
DaveHowson,
Howson,told
toldme,me,"This“Thisisisthetheundergroundbecauseundergroundclub,
club,andandnobody
nobodyelse
elsecould
couldorganiseorganiseaaclub
club like it because
they
the scene.
wason
onthe
thescenescene IIopened
opened aaclub
clubcalled
calledthey areare not
not onon thescene. Before I was
Freak Out Ethel
Ethel andand nobody
nobody came.
came.
"The club is packed
packed alreadyalreadybut“Thebutititwon't
won’tspoil
spoilthings
thingsififititgets
getsany
anybigger.
bigger.
We'retrying toplace inin central
central London
peopleWe’re trying
to get a place
Londonwhich
whichwill
will hold
hold 10,000 people
where
have cinemas
cinemas andand a theatre.
theatre. ItIt will be like
like thethe Technicolour
Technicolour
where we will haveDreamgroups aa night.
having theDreameveryweek
every weekwith
with1515oror20
20 groups
night.But
But we are having
theblock put
put ononus
everywhere.Although
us everywhere.
Although thethe management
managementat
atthe
theAlexandra
Alexandra
Palaceadmit wethe nicest
nicest people
people they
they ever had
had there,
there, thethe Greater
Palace admit
we were theLondonuse it again,
again, or Olympia
Olympia ororthe
the Royal
RoyalAlbert
London Council
Councilwon't
won’tlet
let usus useAlbertHall. They
Theyjust
justdon't
don’tlike
like people
peoplewho
whowearwearbells
bellsand
andlonglong hair.
hair.
"We areare not
not fighting
fighting people.
people. The whole
whole essence
essence is peacefulpeaceful andand the“Wethemessagewishthey
theywould
understand andmessageis
is love. IIwish
would understandandnotnotgetgetatatus.
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won't be able
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cash in on
on thethe scene,
scene, because
because none
none of them
them know
knowwhere
to cashwhereit's
it’s at.
at.
It's notnot how
how muchmuch money
money andand equipment
equipment you
It’s
you spend
spendononaa club, but
the atmosphere.
"We're trying
trying toto getgetthethepoppopbusinessbusiness into
into thethe hands
hands of thethe kids,
kids, away
away
“We’refrom those
those whosolong.
long.We’re
We'renotnotstarting
startingan
an all-out
all-out war
war
from
who have
have had
had it for so
against agencies
anything like
that, butthinkweagainstagencies or anything
like that,but we think
we cancan give kids
than thethe establishment
establishment can.
can.
better places than"We're not
not out
out toto makemake money
money for ourselves.
ourselves. We'reusing it for bust
bust
“We’reWe’re using
funds, legal
aid andand tohelp International
International Times.
funds,
legal aid
to help
Times./Talways
IT alwaysruns
runsatataaloss,
loss,
but if ititmakes
makes any
any money
money it will
will got
gotto
tothe
theNational
National Council
Council For Civil
Civil
but
Liberties And Defence,
Defence, anan organisation
organisation for
Indians.
Liberties
for West Indians.
"We're also
also trying
trying to set
set upup hostels
hostels forforpeople
people coming
coming from all over
over
“We’reand abroad,abroad, andand we’re
we're planningplanning free buses
buses fromfrom London
Londonto
to i
England and
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Liverpool, Manchester
Manchester andplan play
playareas
areas
andGlasgow.
Glasgow. Then we planfor children
children andand areas
areas for free
free expression…
expression... we’ve
we've got
gothundreds
hundreds
of ideas.”
ideas."At thethe homehome ofofthe
theundergroundunderground lastfound thethelast Friday, I foundpremisespremisessituatedsituatedquaintly
quaintlyenoughenoughatatthe
theBlarney
BlarneyClub,
Club,
Tottenham
immediately led
supposeTottenhamCourt
CourtRoad,
Road, which
which immediately
led meme to supposea large Irish
Irish contingent
contingent would
battle with thethe hippies,
hippies,would bebe in fierce battle
armed
ands. But there
there
armedwith
withGuinness,
Guinness,shillelaghs
shillelaghsandandshow
showbbands.
wasn'tor Tony
TonyCurtis
Curtishairstylehairstylein
insight;sight;instead
insteadhappy
happy
wasn’t a blue suit or
young
people waving
burning incense,
incense, dancing
young people
waving sticks of burning
dancingGreek
Greek-like dances
dances waving
frond -likehands,
hands, with
with bells
bells jingling,jingling, neckneck
waving frond-likescarves fluttering
fluttering and strange
strange hats abounding.
abounding.
There were pretty
pretty slides
Thereslides casting
castingbeams
beamsofoflight
lightover
over thethe jolly
throng,squatted in communion,
communion, digging
throng, who stood or squatted
digging thelightlistening to Love (the(the group)group) being
being relayed
relayed atlight show or listening
sensible,non -discotheque volume.
frequent
sensible, non-discothequevolume. There
There were frequentannouncements
announcementswarning
warningpatrons
patronstotobe
becoolcool andand thatthat thethe fuzz(police) might
might pay
pay aacall.
call.In
Infact,fact,two
twoyoung
younguniformed
uniformedconstables
constables(police)
did pop in andand seemed
seemed wholly satisfied
satisfied thatthat all
all waswaswellwell-and– and ofcourse,course,all
all waswas well.
well.
Smokedidn’t
didn't turn
turn up as
as advertised,
advertised, which caused
caused some sad
The Smokecomments,
Harum, Britain's-one groupcomments,but
butTheThe Procol
Procol Harum,
Britain’s number
number-one
group(yes,it’s
it'sspreading)spreading) appeared
appeared andenjoyable sets.
(yes,
andplayed
playedtwo
two veryvery enjoyableAb oydanced
dancedabout
about playing
playing some
some maracas,maracas, aafat
wandere d
A boy
fat girl
girl wandered
about
and happiness
about spreading
spreadinglove
love andhappinessby
by smilingsmiling cheerfully.
cheerfully. Nobody
Nobodyswore, nobody
nobody sneeredsneered andand nobody adopted
adopted threatening
threatening poses
posestotobolsterallremember
remember is thethe generalgeneral patternpatternbolster sagging
sagging egos, which we allof socialsocial behaviour
behaviour by
the vastbulk of Britain’s
Britain's youth
youth in any
any number
numberby thevast bulk
Next stopa
Next
stop a London
Londonof conventional
conventional clubs and dance
dance halls.
halls.
toplayforfree?:park toplay for free?:isthethemajor
majorcentre
centre ofofthe
thesocialsocialrevolution
revolutionamong
amongBritain’s
Britain's
UFO is
TheG
rateful Dead
The
Grateful
Deadatatthe Monterey
Monterey Pop
thePop
youth.
also thethe Happening
Happening 44 in Gerrard
Gerrard Street,
Street, Soho,
youth. There
There is also
FestivaLJunetttoy67
Festival,
June 18, 1967
run
two lighting
lighting experts
London's nicest
nicestrunby
by twoexpertswho
whowork
work at
at UFO. London’s
discotheque,runs occasional
anddiscotheque,thetheSpeakeasy,
Speakeasy, runs
occasionallight
light shows andfeatures-out groups. Whilst floating
floating throughthrough last
the house. YouYoucan’t
can'tkickkickthem
them out,
out, but
but it’s
it's aatremendous
tremendous strain.
thehouse.
strain.We
Wefeelfeel
featuresfreak
freak-out
lastweek,
week, with
with 0101111.1111.k
only
total of 10
10hours’
hours' sleep
sleep andand a few
fewglasses
glasses ofofconventional
conventional alcohol,
it's just
just about
about time to split
split forforaawhileand bebe withwith ourselves.
ourselves.Anyway,
only a total
alcohol,
it’swhile andAnyway,I dug
dug The
TheSoft
SoftMachine
Machinein
inactionactionatatthe
theSpeakeasy
Speakeasyand
andnoted
noted considerable
considerable
change is nice.
nice. We went
went totoNew
NewYork
aboutaamonth
month ago.
ago. It’s
It'smuchmucha change
York about
psychedelic
the slides
slidesbursting
bursting into
into flames
flames andand thethe youngrougher therepsychedelic effects, like therougher
there –aaharshharshplace
placetotolive.
live.
musicians
their minds.
minds.
"San Francisco
Francisco is aabeautiful
beautiful city
city-themusicians getting
getting outside
outside of their“San– theclimate
climateisis fine
fine andand thethe people
people arearecontrast to The Soft
SoftMachine,
Machine,who
whoareareloud,loud,naive
naiveandandentertaining,
entertaining,
And thethe kids
kidsarearegetting
getting together
together now
now-– theythe
In contrast
friendly. And
they areare tired
tiredofof all the
The Procol Harum
H arumarearestudious,
studious,sadsadandandrewarding.
rewarding. Nobody
Nobody cancan saysaythebull. They’ve
They've found
found out you cancan be inin thethe lower-income
lower -incomebracket
bracket andandtheold bull.
psychedelicent a
goodtime.
time.Being
Beingfinanciallyfinanciallysecure
secure has
has nothingnothing to do with
withpsychedelic groups
groups areare monotonous
monotonousor
orunvaried.
unvaried.They
Theyrepres
represent
still have aagood
colourful,
being a good artist
artist or having
having a good time.
time.
colourful, kaleidoscope
kaleidoscopescene
sceneat
at present
presentrooted
rootedinin London,
London, but
but which
which
being
may drasticallydrastically alter
the patternpattern ofpresentation all
the country.
country.
"The hippies
hippies now have
have their
their own
own freefree housing,housing, food,
food, medical
medical aid andandalter theof club presentation
all over the
“The
Chris
s ervices.A
fewmonths
months ago,
ago, The
The Grateful
Grateful Dead,
Dead, Jefferson
Jeffers onAirplane,
Airplane,legal services.
A few
Chris Welch
Quicksilver andBrother did
did a dance.
dance. We took
took 8,000
8,000dollars
dollars andand all the
Quicksilver
andBigBig Brother- MELODYJULY2929——
MELODY MAKER
MAKER JULY
moneywent
have a full-timefull-time lawyer
any ofofmoney
wenttotothethelegal
legalfund.
fund.So
Sowe
we now
now havelawyer if any_IRRITAIN'SFLOWERPEOPLE
had
betterget
gettheirtheirorders
orders inin to
the kids run
run into
into trouble
It's aareal
realcommunity
community
thetrouble with
with thethecitycity officials. It’s
RITAIN’S FLOWERPEOPLE
had
betterInterflora. It looks as
as thoughthough there
there may
an invasion
thing andcould be the most
most beautiful
beautiful scene
thing
anditit could
sceneininthe
theworld."
world.”
Interflora.
may bebe aninvasion of real,genuine, 18carat -goldhippies
hippiesfrom
fromSan
SanFrancisco
Franciscobringing
bringing
apart, The
more
Parks apart,
The Grateful
Grateful Dead
Deadwould
wouldalso
alsolike
like toto play moregenuine,18-carat-goldbeads
conventional dates
conventional
dates inin Britain –-particularly
particularlyin
inballrooms.
ballrooms."For“For one
one thing,
thing,
beads for the natives.
advance party
partyarrives
Dannyballrooms thethe soundsound isisalwaysalwaysbetter
betterthan
thanclubs
clubs-inStatesin ballrooms– in the States
The advancearrivesininLondonLondonthis
thisweek
week inin thethe person
person of Danny
Rifkin, co-manager
co -manager of
ofone
oneof
ofSan
SanFrancisco’s
Francisco'smajor
majorundergroundunderground groups,
groups,anyway," said Danny. “The"The PA
PAsystems
systemsin
inthetheclubs
clubsareareusuallyusually horrible
horribleanyway,”The Grateful Dead.
and thenthen everybody
everybodyis
jammed in tight andand probably
probablyjuiced."andis jammedjuiced.”"I'm here just to looklookaround,”around," Danny
Dannytold
tobringbring
Grateful Dead
Dead have
have been
been together
together for two
two years
years andand three
three of them
them
The Grateful“I’mtoldthetheMM.
MM. "We'd“We’d like toaboutpeople from San
San Francisco,Francisco, bands,
bands, light shows andand everything,
everything,and Pigpen
Pigpen-were–-Bob,
Bob, Jerry and– weretogether
togetherin
inajuga jugbandbandbefore
before that.
that. Their
Their
about 150 people
andforfreefreeininthe
theparks
parksandandthings.
things. This
Thisisisthe
thewaywayit'shappening
single to date
date was, according
according to
only single
toDanny,
Danny,"a“arealrealbomb".
bomb”.But,
But, hehe agrees,
agrees,and dodo it forit’s happening
nowthing rather"a hithit single
single would
would be great”.
great".
“anow –dodoyouryour own
own thingratherthan
thanhave
havesome
somepromoter
promoterdo
doit.
it. Thebands
Francisco now put on their
their own
own dances,
dances, and instead
instead of"When we
weplayplaythethealbum
albumnow
nowwe
arenotnottootoohappy
happywithit,althoughalthough“When
we arewith it,bandsinin San Francisco
takingsold soso well,”well,"hehesays.
says.“It"Itwaswasrecorded
recorded in
did allthetaking thethe proceeds,
proceeds,theyput
they putall
allthethemoneyin
money inaafund.
fund.We
Wehopehopetoto raiseraise
it sold
in fourfour days.
days.We
We didall theenoughand thatrecording, theenoughto
toget
get over here andthatpeople
peoplewill
willhousehouseandandfeedfeedususwhenwhenwewerecording,theartwork
artworkand
andeverything
everythingourselves.
ourselves.Now
Nowwe'dwe’dlike
liketotoget over. We
Westill
stillwork
workfor
formoney,money,butbutmoremoreand
andmoremorewe,we,andandotherother bands,
bands,
record in thethe open
open air. Playing outside,outside, the soundsound is so different.”
different."
recordarenothing. We
haven't worked
money in
San
Whether
Grateful Dead in your
your local
local park,
park, youyouare playing
playing inin thethe parks
parksforfor nothing.
We haven’t
workedfor
for money
in SanWhetherorornot
notyouyou will see The GratefulFranciscomonths –- all thethe paying
paying work is outside.”
outside."chance toinSeptember.
September. "Thesent
Franciscofor
for fourfour or five months
will have a chance
to seesee them
themononBBC
BBC TV in“The BBCsent
Grateful Dead
Dead comprisecomprise Bob(rhythm gtr),
camera crew
Whicker'sWorld
Worlddocumentary
documentary on thethe hippies,”
hippies,"
The Grateful
Bob Weir (rhythmgtr), Jerry Garcia (leada cameracrew to do aa Whicker’s
gtr),"Pigpen" McKernan
McKernan (organ),
explained Danny.
goodgtr), Ron “Pigpen”(organ),Phil
PhilLeshLesh(bass(bassgtr)gtr)andandBillBill
explained
Danny."Theywere“They wereaareal
realhip
hip team.
team.ItIt should
shouldbe
be a very good
Kreutzmann
has alreadyalready
programme." BobDawbarn
Kreutzmann(drs),(drs), andandtheirtheiralbum,
album,just
just released
released inin Britain, hasprogramme.”
Bob Dawbarn
done
the States.
doneoverover 100,000 in theStates.
group, their
their two
twomanagers,
managers, equipment
equipment managers
managers and-club
The group,and fanfan-club- MELODYOCTOBER—MELODYMAKER
MAKER OCTOBER
2828—organisers
together inhouse in San
San Francisco’s
Francisco's hippy district.
district.
organisersall
all live together
in a house"We
are leaving
leaving for
New Mexico
Mexico for a while,”
while," said
said Danny.
Danny. "We
AST CHRISTMAS,CHRISTMAS,ILLUMINATEDILLUMINATEDby
bythethegentle
gentle shining
shining of“We arefor New“We will
will live onofa mountain
mountain forcouple ofofmonths
months andand straighten
straighten our
ThenChristmas trees
UFO,ananunidentified
unidentified
for a couple
our heads
heads out.
out. Then
Christmas
treesallall over London, came a UFO,
we hopehope to comecome to England.
England. In San Francisco
Francisco theobject, andand it landed
landed andand it opened
opened its door andand lo, thethe air
theboysboys areare kindkindof local
flying object,heroes.
doors areare always open
open andand there
million people
people ininside wasgood. UFO was
was aaclub.
club.More
Morethanthan aa club
club really,
really,because
because itit
heroes. The
The doors
thereisis always a million
insidewas good.

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ROCK 1967
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was thethe first
its kindkind inin Britain.
Britain. UFO
UFOwaswasthethe London
London youth
youth
first of its
movement,
movement, thethe underground,
underground,coming
comingup
upfor
for air.
air.
Boydpilots
pilotsUFO:
UFO:“UFO"UFOhadhada avery
veryimportant
importantfunction
function inin thatthat itJoe Boyd
was thethe kindkind of shrine
shrine or citadel
citadel for aalot
lotofofbeautiful
beautifulpeople,
people, andand that’s
that'sprobably
then again
probablythe
thebiggest
biggestshame
shameininits
itsclosing
closingreally.
really. But thenagainUFO
UFO waswasjust a surface
surfacemanifestation
manifestation-likebells."– likethetheclothes,clothes,thethe beads
beads andand thethe bells.”
may have
have closed,
closed, but
but its
itssoulsoulstill
stilllives
liveswithwiththethebeautiful
beautiful people.
people.
UFO may
Just what did UFO mean?
mean? Where
Where did
did this
this mecca
mecca fit into
into thethe poppop music
music
world?And
UFOwaswasneeded,needed, why,
why,1010calendar
calendarmonths
months later, has
has itworld? And if UFO
closedclosed down?
"We don’t
don't have
have anyanyidea
what's going to happen
happen next,"“We
idea of what’s
next,” smiledsmiledBoyd,
Boyd,
"but
thinkwhen
happened overor“but I think
whenyou
you reflectreflect on
on what has happened
over thethe last year orso, thethe changes
changes thethrough havethe scene
scene has
has gonegone throughhavebeen
beengood.
good.UFO
UFO wasunique,the only place where you could
could seesee
unique,when
whenyou
you realise
realisethat
thatitit was
was thegroupsweredoing
doingnewnewthings
things–-things
couldn't be presented
presented atgroups who were
things that couldn’t
anyother venues.
any othervenues.
"The Pink Floyd originallyoriginally began
began to“The
to work
on theirtheir act
John Hopkins’
Hopkins' Free School, andand
act at John
when
UFOgoing
goingininTottenham
Tottenhamwhen Hoppy
Hoppy and
andII got UFO
Court
opened up
Court Road
Road we opened
up withwith thetheFloyd,
Floyd,
followed
The Soft
SoftMachine
Machine andand thenthen wefollowed by The
hadbooked in,
in, asastheytheywere
had The Smoke bookedweremakingFriend Jack".
Buttheytheymakingitit withwith"My“My Friend
Jack”. But
got stuck
stuck inin Germany
Germany or something,something, so
rang
so I rangup
the agency and asked him to getgetanother
anotherup thegroup
aspossible
possible-– andand he sent downgroup as quickly as"That night
night was thethe first night
night Tomorrow
Tomorrow played
played ‘Revolution’.
`Revolution'.After
that,
“That
After that,friend put us on toto Arthur
Arthur Brown.
Brown. Hoppy
Hoppy andand I went
went down
down toto thisthis club
club inina friend
Creamcheese. II think
think itit was
motley crew ififever
everthere
there
Mayfair, with Suzy Creamcheese.
was a motley
and they
they didn’t
didn't let
was, andlet usus in!
"Soourourfriend
friend said
saidhehewas
wasvery
verysorrys orryandandmademadecopious
copiousarrangements
arrangements“Soand we trooped
trooped off
down toMayfair again
again theandoff down
to Mayfair
thenext
nextnight.
night.This
Thistime
timewewegot
got
and there,
there, downstairs,
flipped out andandin anddownstairs,was
wasArthur
ArthurBrown.
Brown.We
We just flipped
asked him
asked
himto
to comecometotoUFO.
"But even
even thethe UFO
UFOcrowd
crowdtook
tooksome
somegetting
getting used
used toto Arthur!
Arthur!It
wasn't“But
It wasn’t
until about the third week that
thatArthur
reallybegan
through and
and
until
Arthur reallybegan toto get throughsome ridiculously
ridiculously fantastic
fantastic receptions
receptions backthe audience.
audience.
got someback from themilestone waswhen we had
had The Move
Moveandand
The next milestone
was two
two weeks
weeks inin June when
Floydbooked,
booked,andandhadhadreally
reallyhuge
hugecrowds
crowds– unimaginable.
-unimaginable.And
Pink Floyd
And
that fortnight
new people
people joined
joined andand we really began
began to getin thatfortnightaalot
lot of newhigher ratio
ratio ofofpeople
peoplemasquerading
masquerading as flower
flowerpeople
peopleandand began
began totoa higher
lotof
ofour
ourearlier
earliersupporters.
supporters.
lose aa lot"lotlotofofpeople
stopped coming“Apeoplejust
just stopped
becausein-it
because they
they couldn't
couldn’teveneven get in– itwaswas fartoo
crowded. So we
webeganbegan totothink
think about
about
too crowded.
looking
newvenue,
wanted to think
think
looking for aanew
venue, but we wanted
it outout carefully
carefully andand plannedplannedtotoget
getaa good
good place.
place.
InAugust
Worldcame
came out
out withwith
In Augustthe
theNews
NewsOf The World
their
and thetheir"orgy"“orgy” bitbit andthe police
policestarted
startedtotoput
putaalot
lot
ofpressurepressure onon thethe Irish
Irish landlord
landlord of thethe premises
premisesof
UFO waswas usingusing onon Tottenham
Tottenham Court
CourtRoad.
Road.Sowe were given four
four days’
days' notice.
notice. I found
found out
out
on thethe Tuesday
Tuesdaythatonthatwewewerewere notnot going
going to beallowed to open
open onallowedon Friday.
Friday.
"For aawhileinvited us to“For
while Brian Epstein invitedmove
the champagne
champagne bar
move to thebarofof thethe Saville
Theatre,decided that
that
Theatre, but
but somesome lawyers soon decided
thedidn't reallythe champagne
champagnebar
barofof thethe Saville didn’t
suit a UFO.
UFO.SoSowe
wefoundfoundourselves
ourselvesatatthe
theRoundhouse.
Roundhouse. There
There were
were somesome
suitnights there.
there. But the
the Roundhouse
Roundhouse has
the groups
really good nights
hasaa highhigh rent;
rent; thegroupsgetting more
more expensive,
expensive, andand we were forced
forced to
tocloseclosedown
down-forwere getting– for aa
while at least.”
least."
while
With this small stone the London undergroundunderground mademadeaagentle
gentlesplash
splashinto thethe popthe country.
country. UFO
into
pop scene,
scene,and
andthetheripples
rippleswere
werefelt
felt allall over the
UFO wasthe forerunnerforerunner of
power, originally,
originally,described
described a newnew
theof flower
flower power. Flower power,mode of expression,
expression, andfreer set of experience-based
experience -based values
values for youth
youth
mode
andaa freer
today. NickJonesof today.
Nick Jones`All thethe real“Allflower people
have moved
out of HaightHaightAshbury”
Ashbury"The
In -Crowd.
The In-Crowd.
"I waswaspretty
prettynervous,
atthe
thethought
thought“I
nervous, you know, atof somesome group
group called-Crowd-–ofcalledThe
The InIn-Crowdof allall thethenameswhen they
they arrived
arrived at
atnames-–playing
playingUFO.
UFO. But whenthewereinformed
informed they’dthey'd changed
changed their
their
the club we werenamesotheytheyplayed
played-– andand sonametoto Tomorrow. And sotheyeverybody's minds!
apt upthey blew everybody’s
minds!ItIt was
was beautiful.
beautiful.Jimi
JimiHendrix
Hendrixleleapt
up onon
stage andand played bass and it waswasallallvery
veryamazing
amazing-– andand wewehad
hadthemthem backbackevery three
three weeks.
weeks.
"Gradually the word started
started to spread andand moremore andand moremore of thethe hard
hard“Graduallypopwhat waswas going on. The crowds
crowdspop corecore began
begantotomakemakeititto
toUFO
UFO to see what
got bigger.
bigger.
"One very
verygroovy nightnight was
was thatthat of thethe Stones
Stones court
court case, when
when
“One
groovyTomorrow
playing again.
about three
three o'clock,Tomorrow were
were playing
again. From
From 12 to abouto’clock, thethe clubclub
just emptied and went down
downtotoPiccadilly
Piccadillyto
demonstrate about
about thetheto demonstrate
Stones'convictions. Eventually
Stones’ convictions.
Eventually everybodywent
everybody wentback
backtoto thethe clubclub andand atatfive o’clock
o'clockininthe
themorning
morning ititwas
wasabsolutely
absolutelyjam-packed
jam-packedto
to thethe ceiling.
ceiling.
"When Tomorrow came
came on for their
their last
last set
setat
atthisthistime
timethetheatmosphere
atmosphere“When
was incredible.
incredible. Incredible. Like
Likenothingnothingon
onEarth
Earth-theremuch– therewas
wasjustjust so muchfeeling coming
coming fromthe audience.
Tomorrowstarted
startedfrom theaudience.And
And then
thenTwink
Twink of Tomorrow
going throughthrough thewith a portableportable microphone
microphone singing
the clubclub withsinging"Revolution“Revolution
now"
ally sayings ayingsomething.
something.
now” -– revolution
revolutionnow!
now!ItItwas
wasrereallyAugust 7,1967:
GeorgeAugust7, 1967: George
Harrison turns
turns Pied Piper
Piper
Harrisonduring aastroll
strollthroughthroughduringSF'sGoldenG
ate Park
SF’s Golden Gate
withwithhiswife
his wifePattie
PattieBoyd
Boyd- MELODY,ECEMBER
2—
MELODY MAKER
MAKER DECEMBER
2—FLOWER
POWERISISdead
deadininSan
SanFrancisco
Francisco–- according
according to
LOWER POWER
to
Graham Nash
GrahamNashofof TheThe Hollies,
Hollies, who
who spoke
spoke toto thetheMelody
Melody Maker
in America
America this
this week.
"It waswas killed
killed bybyall
allthethepeople
people who
who just
justweek. “Itweren't genuine,"
thenice
nicepeople
people have
havemoved
moved down
down totoweren’t
genuine,” hehe said.
said. "All“All theAllthetherealrealflower
flowerpeople
peoplehave
havemoved
moved
Mexico. All
Haight-Ashbury."out of Haight-Ashbury.”
According
Graham andThe
According to Graham
andAllan
Allan Clarke, The"finally mademade it big”
big" ininAmerica.
Hollies have “finally
America. After
opening intheyhave
openingin Los Angeles, they
have played
playedSalt
Salt Lake
TexasandandChicago,
Chicago, among
among thethe major
City, Texas
major cities,
cities,and ondays. They
They
andon Monday
Mondayflew
flewtoto NewYork
New York for 12 days.
will
do threethree live
number ofdates.
will dolive shows
shows plus
plus aa numberofTV
TV dates.
The
had news
the Mamas
Papas.
The Hollies
Hollies had
newsof theMamas&& Papas.
"I spent
spent some
some time
time with
with BigMama
Mama Cass,”
Cass,"Graham
Graham“I
the MM.
MM."“She
Shetold
toldmemetheytheyareare going
goingbackbacktold thetogether to do one
one moremore album
album andand thenthen that’s
that's it.
together
Theywon't
together any
anymore.
They
won’t be working together
more.
"Ialsoalsospent
spent some
some time
time with
with Donovan
Donovan on thethe“IWest Coast. He
Heisisdoing
doingtremendously
tremendouslywellwell overhere. He has really got acrossacross to America.
America. We did
did
here.
nice show
show inin Texas
Texaswith
with Simon
Simon &
&Garfunkel
Garfunkel andanda nicespent some
some time
time with them.”
them."
spent
Asked ififAmerica
hadinspired
inspired any
anyHollies
America had
Holliescompositions, Graham
compositions,
Grahamreplied:
replied: "Verymuch“Very much so.

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We've
ideas. IIthink
think we have
have thethe first
first fourWe’ve got lots of ideas.
four
tracks for ourour next
next album
album andand onetwo things
things intracksone or two
our heads
heads forour
for thethe next
nextsingle."
single.” Allan
Allan Clarke
Clarke will
will beon December
December 12 before thethe rest
rest of thetheflying back on
tomovemoveinto
intohishisnew
newhousehouseininHampstead.
Hampstead.•group, to
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June 29,
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He
ICK JAGGER
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to to
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charged with being
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acquired in
and recommended
recommended by thethe Italian
Italian manufacturers
manufacturers as
acquiredin Italy andas
remedy for travel
travel sickness. Mick Jagger
Jaggerhas
hasappealed
appealed against
against thethea remedy
been granted
granted bail until
until thethe hearing
hearing ofofconviction and sentence and has been
theappeal. Because
the case has
has aroused
aroused public interest
interest to such aalarge
largedegree,degree,many
many
the appeal.
Because thenational
nationalnewspapers
newspapershave
havepassed
passedcomment.
comment.The
TheMelodyMakerhas
Melody Maker hasread
readthemthemallalland
andwe
we
find
ourselves, a little
little surprisingly,
surprisingly, handinglarge bouquetbouquet to The
Thefind ourselves,handingnot
notoneone flower, but a large
Times.For
ForlastlastSaturday,
Saturday,The
TheTimes
Timesranleaderon
onthe
theJagger
Jaggercase:
case:objective,
objective,informed,
informed,
Times.
ran aaleader
andThankfully, it lacked hysteria.
hysteria. One ofofthe
themostmosttelling
tellingpassages
passagesran….
ran.... “If,
"If, after
after
and fair.
fair. Thankfully,
his visit totothe
thePope,Pope,thetheArchbishop
ArchbishopofofCanterbury
Canterburyhad
hadboughtboughtproprietary
proprietaryairsickness
airsickness
pills at Rome
Romeairport,
airport, andand imported
imported thethe unused
unusedtablets
tabletsinto
intoBritain
Britainonon hishis return,
return,hehewould
risked committing
committing precisely
unaskedwould have risked
preciselythe
thesamesameoffence."
offence.”The
TheMelody
Melody Maker, unasked
by The Rolling
Rolling Stones,
Stones, thanks
thanks The
Makerbows
TheTimes.
Times. The
The Melody Maker
bowstoto TheThe Times. The
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Keith Moon
hiswife,
Keith
Moon and his
wife,
Kerrigan, decry
decrytheKim Kerrigan,theprosecution ofofStones
prosecution
Stonesguitarist Keithguitarist
KeithRichards
Richards

1CK
JAGGERAND
ANDKeith
KeithRichards
Richards
ICK JAGGER
The Rolling
Rolling Stones
Stones were
were given
given
of Theprisonprisonsentences
sentenceslast
lastweek
weekatatWestWest
Sussex Quarter
Quarter session,
session, Chichester,
Chichester,Sussex.
Sussex.
Jagger waswassentenced
sentenced to three
three months
months forillegally possessing
possessing four
fourpep
peppills.
pills.HeHe waswas
also
costs. Richard
Richard was
also ordered
orderedto
topay
pay £100 costs.
sentenced
sentencedto
toone
oneyearyearforfor allowing
allowing his
his house,house,
Redlands
Wittering, toRedlandsat
atWestWest Wittering,to be
be usedused forsmokingordered to pay
smoking Indian
Indianhemp.
hemp.He
He was ordered£500 costs.
costs. Mick Jagger
Jagger andand Keith Richards
Richards
were released
released frombailfrom prison
prisononon Friday
Friday on
on bail
totalling
Theyhavehaveappealed
appealed against
againsttotalling£14,000.
£14,000. Theythethe appeal
appealthe sentences.
sentences. The date for the
hearing
hearing has
has not
not been
been set.
LesliePerrin,
Perrin, publicity
publicity agent
agent toThis week Leslie
The Rolling Stones,
Stones,answered
answered the following
questionsquestionsfor
for thethe MelodyMaker:
Melody Maker:

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Whyareinterviews?
Why are thethe Stones
Stones not giving interviews?
Becauseto do
do anything,anything, say
Because we do not wish tosayanything,
reportage ororinterpretationinterpretation
anything,which
which by reportageby thethe reader
reader may
may ininany
anywayprejudice thetheway prejudice
hearing
hearingof
of theirtheirappeal.
appeal.We
We havehave nono wishwish toturn
turnthisthisinto
intoaa Roman
Romanholiday.
holiday.
Howdoes
How does thisthislineline up
up withwith thethe fact they
apparently
an interview in thethe Feathers
Feathers
apparentlygave
gave anpub
pub near
nearMiddle
MiddleTemple
Templelast
lastFriday?
Friday?ItIt was
was
coveredSaturday's press.
covered inin Saturday’spress.This
This was without
ourknowledge andand frankly
frankly against
against ourour knowledge
our advice.
advice.
We areare most
most sorry
sorry thatthat this
this wasallowedwas ever allowed
to happen.
happen.

What is thetheposition
position regarding
regarding thethe Stones
anddemonstrations, thetaking ofand the demonstrations,the taking
advertisements,
advertisements,etc?
etc?This
Thiswaswas covered
covered ina statement
statement issued
issuedlast
lastFriday
Friday after
after bailbail waswasgrantedhad been
been
grantedandandbefore
beforeKeith
Keith andandMick
Mick hadreleasedstated that
releasedfrom
fromjail.
jail. It stated
thatThe
The Rolling
Rolling
Stones could not, andand did
did not,
not, associateassociatethemselvesdemonstrations inthemselves with any demonstrations
whateverItaddedaddedthat
thatthethesecretary
secretary
whatever form. Itof thethe fanfan clubclubhadhadbeenbeeninstructed
instructed not
not toparticipate
and toparticipatein
inany
anysuchsuch move
move anddiscourage
taking part.
discourage others
others fromfrom taking
part.
Are The
TheRolling
RollingStones
Stonescontinuing
continuing as a group?
group?
Of course.
course. There
There has
has never
never been
been any
any doubt
doubt
of this.
this.

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What are their
their future
future plans?
plans?No-one
No-one cancan say
until
appeals is known.
known.
until thethe outcome
outcomeofof the appeals
Can
theycarryoncanCan they
carry onworking?
working?Yes.
Yes.They
They canpursuepursue their
their normal
normal professional
professional activities
withingeographical limits imposed bybythe
within thethe geographicaltheAppeal Court.
Court.

Have they
theyaa record
record readyfor
ready forrelease?
release?There
There
is aalong-playerpartly
partly completed.
completed. The
long-player
instrumental
instrumentaltracks
trackshave
havebeen
beenput
puton.
on.Butit needs
needs voice tracks.
tracks. These
These will be
be added
added inthenear future.
future.
the near
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Scott McKenzie:
Scott"Thenew“The
new ideas
evolvedhave evolved
over aafew
fewyears”
ears""It is a state
“It
state
mind"
of mind”
NME
NME AUGUST
AUGUST5 5“San"SanFrancisco”
Francisco"chart-topper
ScottMcKenzie
McKenzie
chart -topper Scottdebatesthemarketingdebates the marketing ofof"flower power".
“flower
power”.
"TAM NOT
A professional
flower
AM NOT
A professional
flowerchild,"
child,”“I

stressed Scott
Scott McKenzie
stressed
McKenzie over
over thethetransatlantic phone wire. “I’d
"I'd rather
rathertransatlantic
carry a flower
flower thangun. But
But I do not
not like
carry
thanaa gun.
uniforms or
the way certain
certain people
people areuniforms
or thearepackaging 'love'
packaging‘love’totobe
besoldsoldinin thetheshops.
shops. I wish
had thethe courage
courage toto arrive
arrive in
I had
in England
England withwithaaconventional crew-cut,tie, because
conventionalcrew-cut,suit
suit andand tie,the wrongwrong emphasisbeing placed on thethetheemphasis is being
explanation of
happening out
out here
here onexplanationof whatwhat is happening
the West
West Coast.
Andrew Oldham
Oldham has
theCoast.ItItis
is as Andrewhas
nothing toto do with
with thelook oror
said –- nothing
the way you lookstateofofmind!”mind!"
dress. It is aastate
We were happily
happily able
able toto shattershatter another
another
misconception held
great many people
peoplemisconception
heldbyby a great
the–-thatthatScott
Scottbelieves
believes himself
himself to be thefigure among thethe “new"new generation”
generation"
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Francisco.
in San Francisco.
"The accent onon peacefulpeaceful thinking
thinking has been
been
“The
going on out
out here
here on the WestWest Coast
Coast for
going
foraa
Thenew
newattitudes
year. The
attitudesandandideas
ideas have arisen
been evolved
evolved over the past few years. Ilamand beenamhelped."pleased to have helped.”
The good
good things
things coming
coming out
out ofof thethe West
West
Coast Scene areare essentiallyessentially aalacklackofofhostility
hostility
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senseofofbrotherhood
brotherhood –- notamong men and aasense
exactly a new
newconcept,
concept,Scottexactly
Scottagreed,
agreed,butbutititis
istofindfind itit being
being practised
practised rather
rather thanunusual to"When Johnof Mamas
Mamas&
preached. “WhenJohn (Phillips, of&Papas)and
andI Igot
gottogether
together forfor ‘San'San Francisco’Francisco'
Papas)
talked about
about things
things thatthat we really believe in
we talked
became aalabour
labour ofof love.
love.Once
Once we
wefoundfound
and itit became
the way, weweknew
knew thethe record
record would
would bethe
be big.
big. ItIt ispeople areare thinking.
thinking.
the way people"I should hate toto see these
these ideas
ideasbecome
become“I
sothatthat thethe truth
truth is lost under
under
big business so
the money
themoneytotobe
bemade.
made.Pop
Popmusic
musichas
has aopportunity totremendous opportunity
to influence
influence thetheyoung people
people think,
think,and
way youngand ifif thethe message
really love and peace
peace it can also be
be aagreat
great
is really
good."
power for good.”

Scott feel
Did Scottfeel that
thatmaybe
maybethey
theycould
coulduse
use
little flower
flower power
Detroit ata little
power down
down in Detroit
atpresent? "Taking
present?
“Takingthe
thechancechance that
thatII will
will bebewidely misunderstood,know
widelymisunderstood,IIwould
wouldsaysay that I knowwhat thethe youngyoung white
white people
what
peopleareare doing
doing andandwondered what
what thethe youngyoung coloureds
coloureds were
IIwondereddoing. Now
know!"
doing.
Now we know!”
During theMonterey Festival,
Duringthe Monterey
Festival, Scott
Scottoccasionto
towatchwatchThe
TheJimiHendrix
had occasion
Jimi Hendrix
Experience, whowere last week removed
removedExperience,
who werefrom thetour for alleged vulgarity.
vulgarity.
fromthe Monkees tour
"I saw nothingnothing wrong
wrong with
with Hendrix’s
Hendrix's stage“I
stage
act," said
saidScott.
Scott."Itoffendedact,”“It certainly never offended
wasvery
veryexciting.
exciting.Some
people areme. ItIt wasSome people
finding difficultydifficulty distinguishingfinding
distinguishing between
betweendeceit anddeceitand truth.
truth.Lenny
LennyBruce's
Bruce’sact
actwaswas thethecleanest II had
cleanest
had everever seen."
seen.”
Scott is at
at present
present trying
trying to
life
Scott
to fitfitin
in his lifearound thephenomenal disc.
aroundthe success of his phenomenal
Although hehoping to
to visit
visit England this
Although
he is hoping
the trip
trip in September
September has
been
year, thehas been
postponed. "At
postponed.
“Atthethemoment
momentmy
mywholewholelife
lifeisis
postponed," said
wantpostponed,”
said Scott.
Scott. "But
“ButII very
very much
much wantto visit
visit England and it
it will
will happen.
happen. At
At present
presenttoare trying
trying to piece together
together morefor
we aremore songs foranother single
I'm doing
doing a lot
lot
anothersingleandandmaybe
maybeanan LP. I’mof composing,composing, butofbut everything
everythingseems
seemstotofallfall
short ofshortof thethestandards
standardsII set
set myself."myself.”attempted to
We attempted
tofillfillininthe
thelostlostyears
years
between Scott's
Journeymen,
betweenScott’s being
being inin The Journeymen,
where hewith Papa John,
John, andandbecoming
becoming
where
he sang withsolo artist.
artist. “Well,"Well, II did
of oddodd jobs
a solodid a lot ofjobs andgrooved aroundgroovedaroundaa bit,"bit,”said
said Scott
Scott vaguely.
vaguely.
"I diddid some acting
acting forfor thethe Diners
Theatre.
“I
Diners Theatre.
played a 50-year-old
50 -year -oldGeneral
General in John
John Loves
IIplayed
Mary, which
hit on Broadway
Broadway backMary,whichwaswas a hitback inin
1949.These
These shows
shows were
were set
set inrestaurant 1949.
in restauranttheatres and they lowered the stage fromfrom thetheatresceiling. I can just
just imagine
imagine thethe picture
picture you
ceiling.
you areare
getting! Anyway,
the original
original production
production
getting!
Anyway, in the
Ronald Reagan
Reagan played
played thethe role I had!”
had!"
Ronaldbrought us nicely
nicelyto
Which brought
to the question –Reaganfor
for President?
President?"'“Ithink
Reaganthinkhehebelieves
believes heheis,"Scott"But God,already is,”Scott cracked,
cracked, adding, “ButGod,hopenot!”
not!"
IIhopePeople whoheard Scott
Peoplewho have only heard
Scottsing
sing ononthe "Frisco"for a shock,shock, ifif hehereverts
reverts
the“Frisco”discdiscareare inin forto theheard him use on
on earlier
earliertothe stylestyleII have heardmaterial. "That's-voice," laughedlaughed Scott,material.
“That’smy
my B
B-voice,”"'Frisco' isismy-voice. II don’t
don't want“‘Frisco’my A
A-voice.
want totoslapslap anyanykind oflabel on the things
things I am going
going toto do.”
do."kindof label
Which people
people influence
Whichinfluence Scott
Scottmost
most in thecomposing field?
but I admire
admirecomposingfield?"There“Therearearemany,
many, but
Dylan, Lennon
Lennon and
Dylan,and McCartney."
McCartney.”KeithAltham
Keith Altham

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with flowers sent
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Duke Ellington,
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many other
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Nina Simone, Stan Getz, The
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with Ornette
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atPinelawn
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ArchieDizzy Gillespie, McCoy Tyner,
Shepp, Charles
Charles Lloyd, Philly
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Donald Byrd, Freddie
Freddie Hubbard,
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Joe Jones, Donald
Art Farmer,
Farmer, Sonny
WayneShorter,
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Herbie Hancock,
Hancock,
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Don Cherry,
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Gerry Mulligan,
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plan totoreleaserelease Coltrane’s
Coltrane's last
last record
record ininAugust.
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August. Only twodays before
before hisdays
his untimely
untimelydeath,death,Trane
Tranetold
toldABC's
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Bob Thiele
Thiele toto title
title thethealbum Expressionsand
and namename thethe fourfour compositions
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album"Offering", “To"To Be”
Be"andand “Ogunde”.
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Coltrane had
had plannedplanned aa European
ColtraneEuropeantour
tourforfor October
October andand hishis first trip to
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music.
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by
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and cold“I don’t know
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we made our way up lift
in thelift to the fifth floor, where a selection of hotmen,
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fifth
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good-humoured,circus. Here you willengineers Rafelson –when
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softly spoken,
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who
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andmaterialises
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and
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were
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of
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EdmundsonistheAmericanheadofsecurity,
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language and-pre sident of the
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why
you
were
born
–
which
is
his
job!
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Davy'soffriend
personal
vice-president
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a goodmini-skirted
England
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a
stage
manager;Bob,abarber;andMarilyn
Schlossberg,
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and
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a
brief
rows; Charlie,
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bad at all,"mini-skirted
publicist with on-and-off
said
post-mortem
Schlossberg, an AmericMicky.
was being held on
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ana briefkept
post-mortem
on the press reception.
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too"Everyone
theheld
a sense of was being
into the roompress
therewas tennis
with a“Everyone
bad at all,”roomsaid Micky.
kepthumour,a sense of humour,which wasimportant.”
reception.
smile
"That
which wasandon two ofhadtoochannels andPeter loped into
the Onroom with aannounced
smile and announced
that
British TVwasn't
had threethem.
introduced
important."
that
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toldherself-I
was verygood."
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had
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two
of
them.
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being
told
Lulu
was
at
the
conference,
Peter
was
at
the
on thethree channels said: “I wish she
JohnnyThen Tork thenconference,andYork. She
had introduced herself – I saw
her onCarson
the Johnnylate-night
TV show in New
late Carson
Peter-night TVshow in said: "I wish she
proceededwhich he was very
toplaygood.”
insisted were "chips".
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NewYork. She
going toTork then proceeded“Eleanora bag of crisps
on hisRigby” on his guitar and eat fromthrow Thenthe entire"Does to play
guitarandanyoneorder
Mike was a little
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fromwhich he insisted
were“chips”.
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order
fish
and
crisps?”hesmiledfish
anda bag ofcrispshappily. “I’m
Tork show: The Monkees
language into
puzzledso difficult?" goingasthe
to theto throw
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language
intocrisps?"
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drawledexcitement at the Royal
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the
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Garden Hotel, Kensington,time).
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J U LY – SEPTEMBERS E P T EM B E R

JULYstandards
standardsfor
formyself
myselfandandIItend
tendtotoreact
reacttotoanyoneanyonewho
whofalls
fallsshort
shortofof mymyideals.Anyway,
ideals. Anyway,how
how cancanyouyou react
reactfavourably
favourablyto
toaa question
questionlike:
like:"Why“Why areareyou so rude?”
rude?"
Rafelson,who
whocheered
cheered all
allby
byinforming
informing them:
them:Enter gentle giant Bob Rafelson,"They'vepulled out
ourpolice
policeguard
guard because
because there’s
there's been
“They’ve just pulled
out half of ourbeenaashooting
shooting roundround thethe corner!"
corner!”Peter took
took a walk
walk out
out onto
onto his balcony
balcony acrossPeteracrossthethehall
halltotowavewavehello
hellototothethe crowds
crowds gatheredgatheredin
inHydeHydePark.
Park.Mike
Mike declared:declared:"I“I want
wanttoto savesave myself
so I cancan bebe attacked
attacked on thethe way toto Wembley.”Wembley."He
Hefurtherfurtherexplained
explained thatthat hehegets embarrassed
embarrassed whenon thethe balcony
balconyand
andno-oneno-one screams.
screams.
whenhehe steps
steps out on
Mike revels inin rolling
rolling aroundaround inlittle old mud
mud patch!
patch!
in hishis little
offered to
toreport
report his
his deplorable
deplorable lack of fan
fanmail.
mail. “Don’t"Don't dodothat,”that," heheI offeredsaid.
oflettersletters saying,saying, ‘Keith'Keith Altham
Altham says
said. "I'll“I’ll just
just getget a lot ofsaysyou
you don't
don’tgetgetanythought I'd
any fanfan mailmailsosoI thought
I’dwritewritetotoyou.
you.Please
Pleasesaysayhello
hellototoDavyDavyforfor me!'"me!’”
We talked
talked of comedian
comedian Billat present
present inseries. The
Bill Crosby, atin thethe ISpyBBC
I Spy BBC series.
Monkeesthe funniest
funniest men
men inthe world.
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thinkheheis
is one of thein the"We went
went toto seesee him
him in the
the Troubadour“We
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clubininLA,"
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saidMike.
Mike."He“He
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standing outside
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first house,house, so there were 300
waitingcome in for thethe second.
second. The
The manager
manager said he would
would have
have totowaiting toto comecome
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first andandcome off. Not
with thehad
had them
themstanding
standingon
ontables,
tables,chairs
chairsandandsitting
sittingon
onthe
thefloor.
floor.ItItwas
wasthethefunniest
funniestperformance
performanceI've
I’veeverever seen."
seen.”
their Paris
Paris visit:
visit:“It"Itwaswasfunny
funnynotnotbeing
beingrecognised.
recognised. We filmed
filmedOf theiraroundone ofofthe
theTV
TVseries
seriesandandcausedcausedaathree-hour
three-hour
aroundthe
theEiffel
Eiffel Tower for one
traffic
the Champs
Champs Élysées.
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gotoutoutofofthe
thecarcar-lifted
thebonnet
bonnettraffic jam in the– lifted theandhand. ItIt was
anditit camecameoff
off inin my
my hand.
was aa bit ofananticlimaxwhen
an anticlimax
whenwewe discovered
discovered ourcameraman
hadcameramanhad
hadrunrunoutoutof
offilmfilmwhile
while I had
thisgendarme jumping
jumping up and down withthis gendarmeabsolute
absolutefury."
fury.”
An official
officialenteredenteredthe
theroomroomandandannounced
announced it
was timetime toforWembley
Wembleyfor
forthetherehearsal
rehearsal
to leave for
and
gothe
theback
backway
and that
thatwewe would
would have to go
way
becausehundreds ofbecauseof the hundredsof fans.
Rehearsals were not without
without their
their difficulties
difficulties
Rehearsals
andPeter's public
public announcement
announcement thatand Peter’s
thatoneone ampamp
was “picking"picking sounds
sounds up
the air
air –up right
right out
out of thewhichwhyyouC"
which is why
you can't
can’thear
hearmemesingingsingingaaTop
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was regarded
regarded withamusement by
with amusement
bythe
thefewisolated spectators.
spectators.
isgettinggetting in
in on
onthe
the musicalmusical side ofofthings
things
Davy isnow, but
but seemed
seemed reluctant
reluctant tobass in –toplug
plug his
his bass"I
won't explode,explode, will I?”
I?"–-andandthere
there areare plans
plans afoot for him
him toto taketake overover“I won’ton
drums andalso showed
showed meon drums
andallow
allowMicky
Mickytoto comecome up
up front.
front. Davy
Davy also
me a flute
he is carrying
carrying about
about withlearn it. About four
fourwith him,
him, hoping
hopingto
to findfind time
time toto learno'clock,suggested a visit
visit totoRadfords
Radfords ininHammersmith
Hammersmith too’clock, Mike suggested
toviewview his
his£3,750mini,
mini, which
which hehehashashadhad specially
specially built.
built. The
Thecarcarhashaseverything
everythingfrom dark windows, stereo, sun
sun roof, aeroplane-type
aeroplane -type seats
seats andand speeds
speeds ofof
110mph to aa “no"no smoking
smoking sign".
110mphsign”.
"I can’t
can't stand
stand someone“Isomeonesmoking
smokingand
andititgetting
gettingininmy
myeyes,"eyes,”saidsaidMike.
Mike.
"I
can standstand the“I canthesmokesmokegetting
gettingin
inmy
my sweater
sweaterandandmakingmakingititsmell.
smell.But
But
what
can't stand
stand is someone
someone smoking
forthetheashtrayashtray
what I can’t
smoking andandjustjustasas hehe goes forthethe cigarette
the floor.”
floor."
the endendof thecigarettefalls
fallsoff
off all
all over the
wentout
outforforaaspin
spinininthe
thecarcarandandthetherocket-likerocket-likeeffects
effectsmight
might best
best
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be described
described by Mike’s
Mike'sdisjointed
disjointedcomments:
comments: “Holymatherogod,"Holymatherogod, waswas
thatrevs?... This is thethe greatest
greatest moment
moment oflife... She’d
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stay
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of my life…
with-type up
up to 75
75mph.
mph.Amgoingtotosurprisesurprise a few
few people
people backbackwith ananE
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cat... I’m
I'm going toto surprisesurprise you
you-I
home…ItIt goes
goes like aascalded– Idrive
drivelikelikea little
little ol’
ol' lady…”
lady..."
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see aablacked-out
blacked -outMini
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drivenatataroundaround 70mph
70mph like
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scalded cat
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littleol'ol’ladywas
lady wasMike
MikeNesmith,
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seventh car
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six-seaterowns in Hollywood
Hollywood has
has aseater Learjet
Lear jetaircraft.
aircraft.One
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limos hehe ownsswitchboard
appliance andand machine
switchboardwhich
which cancan operate
operatenearly
nearly every appliancemachineininhishouse fromdistance ofthe doors in Mike’s
Mike's home
home open
open tohis housefrom aa distanceof 20 miles; all thethealso has
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SATURDAY,JULY1:1:
theRoyal
GardenHotel
Hotelthisthismorning
morning thethe
ATURDAY, JULY
AtAt
the
Royal
Gardentalk
mainly one of dissatisfaction
dissatisfaction with
with “first"first night hitches”
hitches"talk was mainly
and sympathy
sympathy withsuppose weandwiththetheStones'
Stones’sentence.
sentence."Well,“Well,II suppose
we areareentitled to our convictions,”
convictions," punned
punned Peterbut inin hishisheart
heart heheall entitledPeter Tork, butlittle humour
humour in thethe situation.
situation. The previous
previous evening
evening at
atthe
theconcert
concertsaw little
Monkees wore
wore black
blackarmbands
armbands in sympathy
sympathy for the two Stones.
Stones.
The Monkees"When we showed
showe dJagger’s
Jagger'spicture
picturelast
lastnight
night
“When
during Davy's
Wanna Be Free’,Free', thethe audienceaudience
duringDavy’s 'I‘I Wanna
booed," said
can't tell you howhowbooed,”
said Mike.
Mike. "I“I can’t
miserable thatthat madecanonly
onlyhopethat
miserable
made me. I canhope thattheywereauthority andtheywere booing
booing authority
and not
not thethe Stones."
Stones.”Atthisthispoint
pointPeterPeterproudly
proudlyproduced
fan letter
letterproduced a fan
Mike-– a rare
rare occurrence.
occurrence. Mike looked
looked vastly
vastlyfor Mike
impress ed with
with his fan
fan letter
letter andand readread aloud:impressed"'Dear Mike, We
Wesaw
sawThe
TheMonkees
Monkeesat
atthetheairport
airport“‘DearWednes day andand mymy sistersister Linda
Linda touched
touchedon Wednesday
Micky's arm
arm andand thenthen I saw
sawyouand threw
threw up…’”
up...
Micky’s
you and"Hey," said
said Peter,
Peter, “let"let meme see that!
that! You're
not“Hey,”
You’re notthat bad
don't believe
believe it.”it." The
Theletter
letter did
did
that
bad looking.
looking. I don’t
not, of course,
course, saythis butnot,
say thisbutit's
it’s allall part
partofof thetheTorkTorkNesmith off-stage
variety act.
Nesmithoff-stage variety
act.
The
telephone rang
The telephonerangandandMike's
Mike’scall
calltotohis
his
friend Stephen
Stephen in
Francisco was
put through.
through. ItIt was
4am in San
friendin San Francisco
was put
was 4am
Francisco. "Stephen,
Francisco.
“Stephen,listen
listencarefully,"
carefully,”Mike
Mikerattled
rattledoff.
off."You've“You’vegot
gotto
tobe
be
packed andhours. Myprivateyoupackedandready
readytoto leaveleave Ohio
Ohio in two hours.
My privatejet
jet will
will pick you
up from there
there andcan pick
pickupup
andflyyou
fly youto
toNewYork,New York, where you can
upaa Boeing
707,flightflight237,
237,forforParis.
Paris.From
FromParis
Parisaahelicopter
helicopterwill
willpick
pickyou
upand
and taketake707,
you upto England.
England. Now
Nowthere’s
there's aaproblem
problem with
with youyounotnothaving
havingaapassport
passport
you toready, so we’re
we're going
going to land
land youjust off
offSt
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be twotwo
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heavies waiting
waiting to pick
pickyouCharlie."heavies
you upup in aajeep.
jeep. Here's
Here’s Charlie.”
After passing
passing thethe phone
phone toCharlie, Mike watchedwatched for thethe reaction.
reaction.
to Charlie,"What didgrinned Mike.
“What
did hehe say?"say?” grinned
Mike."He“He saidsaidhishislegs
legs have
have just
just dropped
droppedoff,"
off,”
smiled Charlie.
but poor
poor Stephen
Stephen wassmiledCharlie.The
The whole
whole thing
thingwaswas aa joke, but
was reallymoment.
going for aamoment.
prepared to do
do battle
battle forfortwotwoSaturday
Saturdayconcerts
concertsandand sorted
sortedMike preparedthrough his
designs himself.
himself. For aareason
reasonthatthat escapes
escapesthrough
his clothes,clothes, which
which he designs
me thatthat his newly boughtbought Los Angeles
Angeleshouse
house was
was previously
previously
me he told me
called "VillaAntillo"
called“Villa Antillo”andandisisnow
nowcalledcalled"Arnold"!
“Arnold”!
collected aa backstage
backstage pass
pass fromfrom him
him andthat
I collected
andwe
we metmet atat Wembley thatevening, where he waswas shepherding
shepherding three
three young
about.
evening,
young fans
fans from Derby about.
Theyhadchance of seeing The Monkees.
Monkees. Mike
Mike
They
hadjustjustcome
comedown
downononthe
theoffoff chancecollected them
them outsidethem backstage
backstage and saw thatthat they
theycollected
outside thethe Pool, took themhad a place
place to see thethe show!
had
Davywasflitting aroundaround organisingand relatives
Backstage, Davywas flittingorganising40 friends andbought down
the show. “There"There ishe had bought
down fromfrom Manchester
Manchesterby
bycoachcoachtoto seesee thenothing quite
come backyour homehome
nothingquitelikelikethis,"
this,”hehetoldtoldme.
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success andand sing
and family!"country
as a successsing before your friends andfamily!”Mickywashim selfin
inthe
thedrinks
drinksroom,
room,taking
takingpictures
pictures and
and
Micky
was busying himself
insulting Samantha
Samantha-as
another. His
insulting– asonly
only"good“goodfriends"
friends”cancan insult
insult one
one another.
favourite phrasesfavourite
phrasesfor
forherherappeared
appearedtotobebe"Get“Getout
outofofmy
mylife"life”andand"You“Yougungybird".
latter expression
expression he has not thethe least
least idea
idea thethe meaning
meaninggungybird”. The
The latterof It'sanother ofcollected English slang pieces. In thethe dressing
dressingof.
It’s just anotherof his collected
room, Mike andand Davy
Davywereand Mr Short routine.
routine.
room,
weredoing
doingtheir
theirMr
MrTallTall and
Davywascombing hishair andand Mike kindly
kindlyinformed
Davy
was combing
his hairinformedhim
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NMEJULYJULY1515The
The
Monkees'
dizzy
finalshow
showatatWembley
WembleyEmpire
EmpirePool,
Pool,July,..iy 2
2,1967.
NME
Monkees’
dizzy
final
2,
1967
1967.
building seemedwhen the whole building
seemedreverberate withto reverberatewithscreaming.
screaming. A
20 -yard queue
queue outside
outside thethe ladies’
ladies'20-yardlavatory suddenly disappeared
disappearedlavatory
entirely as
members rushedrushedentirelyas its members
their seats.
back to theirfalsealarm.
alarm.Keith
Keith Moon
Moon
It was aafalse
Who was inin thethe audience,
audience,of The Who
upand
"We
standing up
and shouting. “We
Who." Most
Most of thewant The Who.”autograph books thrown
thrown towards
towards
autograph
dangerously neartohim came dangerously
near toclobbering Peteclobbering
Pete Murray.
Thenhappened. The lights
Then it happened.
dropped anddroppedand onon to the stage
bounced The
bouncedThe Monkees,
Monkees, clad
clad inwine -coloured suits with
with white
white
wine-coloured
Mike and Micky
Micky were
were
sweaters. Mike
wearing black
wearing
black armbands
armbands ininwith thethe sentences
sympathy withsentences on
andMick
MickJagger.
Keith Richards andJagger.
number was"I'm AFirst number
was “I’m
A
Believer", with
with Davy looking
looking
Believer”,
surprisingly aggressive
surprisingly
aggressiveas
as hethrust his guitar
guitar towards
towards thethrustaudience as
played. Shaggy
audienceas hehe played.
Shaggy-Micky thunderedthundered happily
haired Mickythe drums
drums andand MrMr Nesmith
Nesmithat theusual)looked
looked suitable
suitable weary
weary(as usual)it all. The
The famous
famous wool hatof itturned out
vivid blue.
turnedoutto
tobe
beaa vivid
blue.
took onelarge stock
stock ofof
Davy took
one ofof a large
tambourines hehim during
duringtambourines
he had by him
the next
next number,thenumber, "Last“LastTrain
Train To
Clarksville", shook
bit,
Clarksville”,
shook itit about
aboutaa bit,threw ititup
threw
up in
in thethe air, missed it,watched it
it fallfall into
into thethe audience,
watchedaudience,then took
took hold of another.
and then
A photographer
photographer withcottonwith cottonwool in his ears
earsstopped
stopped taking
takingwool
pictures of a Monkee-fan
Monkee-fanmothermotherpicturesher Monkee-fan
Monkee-fan babe
-in and herbabe-insnapped away
arms, and snappedaway at Davy

terrible.
terrible," said
said Davy,
Davy,“I’ve"I'vebeen
beentired
tiredsince
since last
lastDecember
Decemberterrible."I“I feel terrible,”-myvoicedown I'll
sleep for three
three days."– my voiceisisallallshotshottotopiecespiecesandandififII lie
lie down
I’ll sleep
days.”
had a few
fewkindkind words
words toto saysayabout
about Lulu.
Lulu. “I
"Iintroduced
introduced her
Davy had
her toto a fewof mymyfamilyfamilyandandsheshesigned
signedautographs
autographs andand things.
made anthings.Then
ThenII madeanexcuseher andand said,
I'm afraid
afraid she
because of
excuse forfor hersaid, 'Well,‘Well, I’m
she hashasto
to go now becauseof thetheshow.'
thought maybe
maybe sheshow.’ I thought
she would
would bebe feelingfeeling imposed
imposedupon.
upon.She
Shesaid,
said,'No,‘No,
I don’t
don't have
have to go.’go.' That’s
That's mymy kindkind ofofperson!”
person!"
After
ay is
that II have
have
After watching
watchingthe
theshow
showforforthethefirst
firsttime
timeallallI Ican
canssayis thatnever seen four group
group members
members work sosohardhard totoentertain.
entertain. Micky
Micky
Dolenz's
routine is almost
almost anan endurance
endurance test.
any otherother
Dolenz’s routine
test.To
To pot with anyarguments
arguments-these– theseboys
boysentertain
entertainand
andthatthatisistheir
theirfunction.
function.Davy's
Davy’s main
main
concern
greatdeal
dealbetter
better than
than thetheconcernafter
afterthisthisshow,show, which
which they
they felt was aagreat
firstnight, washis “double”.
"double". “I"Ijustjusthope
hopethey’re
they're careful
careful with him,”
him,"
first night,
was for his
said"He'll get killed.”
killed." The
The entire
entire group
group left in a catering
catering van.
said Davy. “He’llvan.

SUNDAY,JULY2:
Oncemoremoreunto
unto thethe Royal
Royal Garden
Garden Hotel,
Hotel,UNDAY, JULY
2: Once
wherevisiting with
with friends,
friends, having
where Brian
Brian Jones was now visiting
returned fromprevious night
night hehehad
hadsatsataroundaroundreturnedfrom Rome. The previous
withplaying aaselection
selection ofofguitars
guitarsand
and dulcimers.
dulcimers. In
Inwith The Monkees, playing
thedownstairs we breakfasted
breakfasted with
who invitedinvitedthe Maze Room downstairs
with Micky, whoSecstatically. Mickyecstatically.
Mickywaswas on the lead
vocal;
Peter Tork
vocal; Peter
Tork joined
joinedin.
in.Really,
Really,more ofof aavisualvisualspectacle
spectacle
it was morethanthan anything
anythingelse...
else… thethe sounds
soundsfrombut drowneddrownedfrom thethe audienceaudience all but
from the stage.
out those from
Trying to distinguishdistinguish one
Tryingnumber from another became
near -impossible inmost cases,
near-impossible
in mostandhave toto confess
confess thatthat scenes
and I have
Mike Nesmith
Nesmith blowing
blowing
like Mike
peanuts out
out ofguitar gave
peanutsof his guitar
gave meof mymyenjoyment!
enjoyment! During
Duringmost of
Davy's solo
solo number,number, “I"I Wanna Be
Davy’sFree", wewe got
got thatthat now-famous
Free”,
now-famous"The whole
“The
whole
building
seemedbuilding seemed
to reverberatewith thethe soundsound ofwithscreaming”
screaming"
fun-shot ofof Mick
MickJagger
Jagger projected
projected
fun-shotto thethe screen
screen erected
erected above
on to
the
that
the stage –-althoughalthough I noticed thatforforsomesome strange
strangereason,
reason,thethefansfans
absolute paroxysm
paroxysm ofofreached an absolutedelight when
picture ofolddelightwhen a pictureof an oldfashioned-wing aeroplaneaeroplane
fashionedseven
seven-wing
flashedflashed into
into view.
view.
Other highlights
Otherhighlightswere
wereDavy
Davyononvery capably); Micky’s
Micky's
drums (and very
marvellouslyfunny
marvellously
funny impression ofJames
Brown, which
which someof thetheJames Brown,some ofyoungeryoungerfans
fans seemed
seemed toto taketakerather too
too seriously; Mike
rathersuddenly
freaking out
suddenly freaking
out from
fromhisgloomy
gloomyexterior
exterior totobeneath his

writhe about
writheaboutallall over the place"You Can’t
Can'tJudgeduring “You
JudgeBook By It’s
It's Cover”;
Cover"; DavyA BookDavy inin
immaculate black tuxedo
tuxedo andan immaculate
open-neckshirt,
white open-neckshirt,singing
singingswinging “Gonna"Gonna Build
Build Aa swinging
Mountain"; Micky
Mickystripping
Mountain”;
strippingdown
down
to a sweat-soaked
sweat -soaked yellow
yellow shirt
shirt andtoanddoing a competecompete somersault
somersault on
doingon
the stage; aaquick
quickrendition
rendition ofofthe"Happy Birthday
You" for
for“HappyBirthdayTo
To You”
the production
production staff;
one of thestaff;andandandMicky
Mickythumping
Davy andthumpingawayawayalternately atkettle drum
drum during
duringalternately
at a kettle"Alternate Title".
didn't“Alternate
Title”. Peter Tork didn’t
to makemake too
too muchmuchimpact
impactseem toperformance II watched,
watched,at the performance
although healthoughhe did look highly
proficient as
flicked throughthrough
proficientas he flickedbanjo solo
solowithwithgreat
greatdexterity.
dexterity.
his banjo
Monkees' closing
closing
The Monkees’
number, “Stepping"Stepping Stone",
number,
Stone”,was
magnificent. II hesitate
themagnificent.
hesitatetotouse
use thebut thethe entire
entireword psychedelic, but
production andwhirls of
production
anddizzy
dizzy whirls
light seemed
the
light
seemedto
tocrashcrash at
at theandsendsendthethemindmindreeling.
reeling.
senses andWhen itit was finally,
finally,breathtakingly
breathtakingly
When
The Monkees
Monkees ran off
off stage
stage
over, The
all stood
stood forfor “God"God Saveand we all
Save
Queen." It didn’t
didn't seem the
The Queen.”same somehow.
samesomehow.AlanSmith
Alan Smith

the concert
concert thatthat night.
problem was finding
finding somewhere
somewhere
Brian to thenight. The problem
where Brian could
could watch
watch in privacy.
where"We'vegot
gotHendrix
Hendrixon
onour
ourAmerican
tour," said
said Micky
Mickyenthusiastically.
enthusiastically.
“We’veAmerican tour,”"That should
should reallyinteresting! The bass player, Noel,
Noel,hehereally
reallyknocks
knocks“Thatreally bbeeinteresting!
the way hehe looks.
looks.He
Hewas
waswearing
wearingsome
somekindkind ofofwhitewhitemakeup
makeup ininme out theMonterey. He's
this world."
Monterey.
He’s out
out of thisworld.”
Meanwhile backMikehadhad discovered
discovered aa letter
letter fromfrom
Meanwhileback on the fifth floor Mikesome girls
who hadhad booked
just inin thethe hope
hope ofsome
girls whobookedinto
intothethehotelhotel(£14(£14 aa day!) justgetting to see The
The Monkees.
Monkees. The
Theletter
letter hehereceived
receivedfrom
fromthem
them also
also said
said
gettingthey hadthe hotel
know what
what time
this?"
they
hadto
to be
be outoutofof thehotelbyby midday.
midday."You“You know
timeII got
got this?”
said Mike. “02.15!”"02.15!"andand hehe diddid not
not look
looktoo
toopleased
pleased about
about it.
said
sentinstructions
instructions down
younglady
ladyintears andand hysterics
hysterics in
inthe
the
Davy sent
down for aayoung
in tearspark below his balcony
balcony to be boughtbought up
up to see him.
him. She was
was fromfrom Chiswick.
Chiswick.
park
was frightened
frightened and
She wasandsheshewould
wouldaccept
acceptonly
onlyaaCoke
Cokefrom
fromDavy.
Davy.Finally,
Finally,
her twotwotickets
tickets forforthetheafternoon
afternoon concert
concert andthe showshow
he gave her
and£3
£3 to
to get to thebytaxibytaxiafter
aftergetting
gettingall
allthethegroupgrouptotosignsignphotographs
photographsfor
forher.
her.All
All thisthiswaswasdone quietly
quietly andwas not
not thethe first
first occasion.
occasion.
done
and without
withoutshow
showoror display. This was
had seen
seen this
this kind
kind of thing
thing in thethe three
three days
I had
days The
The Monkees
Monkeeswere
were here.
here.
am convinced
convinced thesekindness were
benefit. The
I amtheselittle
littleacts
actsofof kindness
werenot
notforfor my benefit.
The
Monkees areare very human!
human! KeithAltham
Monkees
Keith Altham •HISTORY OF
OF ROCKROCK1967
1967| 199
HISTORY99

J BARRY PEAKE/REX SHUTTERSTOCK“GITYOURIT
YOUR
MONKEE
MONKEE
NUTS!"
NUTS!”
shouted ashoutedsalesman as
salesmanapproached Wembley
Wembley Empire
EmpireIIapproached
Pool forfor thethe final
final Monkees
Poolconcertnight.
concertonon Sunday night.
"Luvverly,“Luvverly, luvverly
luvverly Monkee
Monkeenuts!"
doing a roaring
roaring
nuts!”HeHewas doingtradeof peanuts
peanuts –trade selling
selling bags
bags ofthoughenterprisethough his business enterprise
was outdone
outdone byby another
another tout
tout
selling
DavyJones
selling pin-ups of Davy
JonesbackedOrbison!
backed by Roy Orbison!
atmosphere ofof excitement
excitement
The atmosphereoutsidetremendous –- but
but
outside was tremendous
inside,the tension
tensioninside, itit seemed
seemed as ifif theand expectancy
expectancyof
ofthe
the10,000
10,000crowd
crowd could
could burst
burst thethe veryvery walls.
The heat was incredible.
incredible.
the timetime compere
compere Pete
By thePete
Murray walked
Murraywalkedonon stagestage mymy ears
werealready singing
singing with
with thewere already
the
sound
fact,
sound ofof thethe screams.
screams. In fact,withrespect topoor oldwith due
due respect
to pooroldPete, IIdoubt
doubt if even he
he heard
heard
Pete,
his introduction
introduction toto thethe first
first act,
act,
Epifocal Phringe
Phringe (formerly(formerly
EpifocalThe
lotforfor thethe
The Echoes). It says aalot
Phringe thatthat they
they managed
toPhringemanaged totametame thethe audienceaudiencefor
foraa while
while andandwin plenty
plenty ofof good
good reaction.
reaction. The
group
gutsy, chunky
chunky soundgrouphas
has a gutsy,
thatnumbersthat came
came over
over well
well on numbers
like “Knock"Knock On Wood”
Wood" andlike
and"SweetMusic".
“Sweet Soul
Soul Music”.
Lulu –-whom
Then came Lulu
whom II canonly
describe as absolutely
absolutely
only describe
terrific
terrific-and– andananintervalintervalin
in whichMonkee-mania reachedreached a pitch
pitch
Monkee-mania
almost impossible to describe.
The intervalinterval was
was almost over

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1967

J U L Y – S E P T EM B E R

JULY -SEPTEMBER“"TheyThey influenced
influenced
me –-andand I
influenced them…”
them_itDays before
before his
his death,death,
Days
EPSTEIF gives
gives aa
BRIAN EPSTEIN
remarkable interview.
remarkableinterview. Topics
Topicsinclude: drugs,
drugs, marriage,
marriage,
include:sexuality, anti-Semitism,sexuality,
anti-Semitism,
faith, suicide
suicide –faith,- andand hishiscriticalcriticalrole in
The Beatles’
Beatles' success.
success.
role
in The- MELODYAUGUST
5—
MELODYMAKER
MAKER AUGUST
5—RECENTLYBRIANEPSTEINtalked
talkedat
atlengthlength to
ECENTLY BRIAN EPSTEIN
Melody Maker
Maker writerwriter Mike
Mike Hennessey.
Hennessey. Because
Becauseofoftherange of subjects
subjects outside
outside music
the widewide range
music covered
covered inin
thesethese penetrating
penetratinginterviews,
interviews,thetheMelody
Melody Maker may
seem
curious vehicle
while Brian
Brian
seem aa curious
vehiclefor
for them.
them.Yet
Yet while
Epstein,the manager
Beatles, thethe most
most
Epstein, themanagerofof The Beatles,
phenomenally
popularphenomenally successful
successful artists
artists inin thethe history of popular
entertainment,
entertainment,isiswellwellknown
knownthroughout
throughoutthe
theworld,
world,farfarlesslessisis known
known
about
interviews
about Brian
Brian Epstein
Epstein thethe man.
man. This
This remarkableremarkableseries
seriesofof interviews
gives thethe veryveryfirst
firstin-depth
in-depth portrait
portrait of thethe manman behindbehind The
The Beatles.

ITV/REX SHUTTERSTOCKR

Yourrecent
recent admission
admission thatthat you have
have taken
taken LSD
LSDhashasbeenbeenattacked
attackedbybysomeirresponsible inthat it may influence
influence younger
younger peoplesome people as irresponsible
in thatto trytrythethedrug.
drug.What
Whatisisyour
yourreaction
reactiontotothis?
this?LetLetmemetelltellyou
you thethebackground
Saturdaytothat he hadbackgroundto
to this.
this. PaulPaul rang
rang me one Saturday
totelltell me that
admitted
that time
admittedtotothe
thepresspressthatthathehehadhadtakentakenLSD.
LSD.AtAt thattimeII was very
worried.
don't think
think I slept thatthat night
night andand I thought
thought abouttheworried. I don’t
aboutitit all thefollowing
Then IIcame
came upup to
toLondonLondon on
on thethe Monday
Monday knowing
knowing thatthat
following day. Then
100
100I HISTORY| HISTORYOF
OFROCK
ROCK 1967
1967

wasgoing
goingtotobe
beaskedaskedtotocommentcomment on
on Paul’sPaul's admission.
admission. I finally
finally decided
decidedI wasadmit that
had taken
as well.
well.There
Therewere
wereseveral
severalreasonsreasons forforto admit
thatII had
takenLSD
LSD asthis. One was certainly
certainly to makemake things
things easier
People don’t
don't
this.
easier for Paul. People
particularly enjoy
eing lone wolves; andand I didn’t
didn't feel likelikebeing
beingdishonest
dishonest
particularly
enjoybbeing
and covering
believe thatthat angood has
has comecomeandcoveringup,
up, especially
especiallyas
asII believe
an awful
awfullot
lot of goodhallucinatory drugs.
think of the San Francisco
Franciscofrom hallucinatory
drugs.People
People tend
tend toto think
hippies as dirty andand unhappy,
unhappy, butthey areare doing
doing rather
rather better
betterhippiesbut inin fact they
things thannation. Coupledadmissionthingsthanthethepeople
peoplewho
who leadlead our
our nation.
Coupled with
with my admission
warning that
was a warning
thatneither
neitherPaul
PaulnornorII advocatedadvocatedthethegeneralgeneraluse
useofofLSD
LSD byand sundry.
sundry. We issued
issued a statement
statement tointention was,
all andto thisthiseffect.
effect.So my intention
was,certain extent,
to ownown up.
up. There
There isisalsoalsoanother
another
to a certain
extent,toto warn
warnasas well as tofactor inin this.
this. We wanted
wanted toStones. It isisfactorto help
help thethecausecauseofof TheThe Rolling
Rolling Stones.
particularly unfortunate
particularly
unfortunatethat
thatthey
theyshould
shouldhave
have been
been scapegoats.
scapegoats.
What mademade youthe first
first place?
about
What
youtaketakeLSD
LSD in theplace?I'd
I’dheard
heardaalot
lot of good about
and IIhad
hadsufficientsufficient understanding
understanding of
knowwhat
had
it andofitit to know
whatII was doing. IIhad
also read
read a lot about
about it.
also
you taketake it before
before The Beatles
Beatles did?
we areare aaclosely
closelyknit
circleDid you
did? No.
No. But weknit circle
and we influenced
influenced eachuscomecomefrom
fromLiverpool
Liverpooland
and *
and
eachother.
other.All
All five of us

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JULY -SEPTEMBER

BrianEpstein:
Epstein:"The
Brian
“The
Beatlesalwaysmakean
Beatlesalways make aneffortefforttoinvolvemeinto involve me inwhatthearedoin"what they are
doing”

drugs
heroin andand cocaine,
cocaine, will
willtrytryto
turn
drugs like heroin
to turntheir
the moremore expensive andandtheircustomers
customerson
onto
to theaddictive
addictive hard
harddrugs?
drugs?The
Thelaws
laws governing
governing soft
drugs
dangerdrugs principally
principallycreate
createthe
thedanger.
danger. But the danger
exists alreadyalreadywith
withalcoholics
alcoholicswho
who turn
turnononto
to hardharddrugs.
think, however, thatthat thethe danger
danger is remoteremotedrugs. I think,inthe present
present context.
know
in thecontext.None
Noneofof thethe people
peopleII know
who smoke pot
pot areare interested
interested in harderharder drugs.
They are certainly
certainly awarethe dangers
dangers involved.
aware of the

Did you
you have
havenonoapprehension
apprehension when
when you took
took
LSD
andsmoked
smokedmarijuanamarijuanathat
LSD andthatyou
you might
might
becomeapprehension,
become addicted?
addicted?IIdid
did have
have some apprehension,but
took thatthat risk.
risk. It was
was aacalculated
calculated risk.
but I tookrisk. But
thenno waywayaddicted
addicted toto alcohol
alcohol andandthenI am in no
seldomcigarettes.
seldom smoke cigarettes.
Youknowthat
couldhave
haveextremely
extremely
You knowthat LSD
LSD could
damaging
damagingand
andsometimes
sometimesfatal
fataleffects?
effects?ItItis truethataffects different
different people
people in different
different
thatLSD affects
ways. Some
Some people
people areare supposed
supposed toto have had badexperiences.
terribleprogramme
programme
experiences. There
There was aaterribleontelevision thethe otherother nighton televisionnightwhen
whenaa panel
panel ofso-calledofnonsense
nonsense about
so-called experts
expertstalked
talkedaa lot ofthebad experience
experience
the drug.
drug. People
People who
who have had a badarere allyfew
andfarfarbetween
between-– certainly
are really
few andcertainlynot
not asas
numerousdied fromnumerousas
asthethepeople
peoplewho
who have
have died
overdoses
any case
don't
overdosesofof alcohol.
alcohol.And
And inin anycase we don’tknow the details
details ofofthesethesecases.
cases.They
Theymayhave
may havemixedcertainly didn’t
didn't feelmixed alcohol
alcoholwith
withLSD.
LSD. IIcertainly
I wantedwanted tojump off
ledge.
tofly
fly oror jumpoff aa ledge.

What
too impressive
impressive
What did
did you
you feel?
feel? TheThe feelingfeeling is tooandhave
andpersonal
personaltotoconvey
conveyin
inwords.
words.II know
know that
thatII havesometimes
sometimeshad
hadtootoomuchmuchtotodrink
drinkandandfelt
felt awful
awful
and
had
and unpleasantunpleasantthe
thedaydayafter.
after.But
ButII have
have never
never hada hangover
hangover fromfromsmoking
smokingpot
potor
ortaking
takingLSD.
LSD.II
think
helped me
elf better,better, andandthinkLSD
LSD helped
meto
to knowknowmysmyself
I think
think it helped
helped me
me totobecome
become lesslessbad-tempered.
bad-tempered.

lived within
within aa few hundred
hundred yards
even
yardsofof eacheach other.
other.InIn fact,
fact, thethe circle
circle is evenwider
because Neil,
Taylorand
and Peter
Peter Brown
Brown areare also
also fromfrom thethewider because
Neil, Mal, Alistair Taylor
same
background.
same background.

Howmanytimes
How many timeshave
haveyou
youtakentakenLSD?
LSD?About
Aboutfive
fivetimes
timesinin thethe last
last
14months.
months.
14
Will you
you taketake it again?
again? II don’t
don't know.
know.

DEZO HOFFMANN/REX SHUTTERSTOCK

Didyou"turn on"the first
firstplace
placebecause
becauseyou
Did you “turnon” in theyoufelt thethe needneed for drugs?
drugs? No,wasan
anexperiment.
experiment.
No, it was

bad-temperedness one
Is bad-temperedness
oneofyourof yourfailings?
failings?Yes.
Yes.
What areare thereproach myself
most often
being badbadWhat
the others?
others?Well,
Well,I reproachmyself mostoften for being
tempered andbeing mean
mean fromtime to time. When I’m
I'm ruderude orormeanmean
tempered
andforfor beingfrom timesomebody itit takes
to somebody
takesmemedaysdaystoto getget over it.

failings do you dislike
dislike most
most inin otherother people?
people? II dislike ignorance,
ignorance,
Which failings
pettiness andthe otherother hand,
hand, egomaniacs
pettiness
andprejudice.
prejudice.On
On theegomaniacsdon't
don’tput
put meme off.
think I, myself,
myself, have
have overcome
overcome a very
very large
large ego,
ego,sosoI’m
I'mvery
veryforgiving
forgivingand
andI think
tolerant
egomaniacs. Therethem
tolerantofof egomaniacs.
Thereareareaa lot of them
about
them are very brilliant
brilliant andandabout andand somesome of themclever. IIthink
think this
this is thethe oneone failing
failing one
one must
must betolerant
also dislike
dislikedictatorship,dictatorship, andtolerantof.
of. I also
and I've
I’ve
nevertried to dictate
dictate to mymyartists,
artists, althoughalthough I'mnever tried
I’m
aware
command quite
respect. The
aware that
thatII commandquiteaabit
bitof respect.
The
manager-artist relationshipmutualmanager-artist
relationshipisis one
one of mutual
dependence,
dependence,and
andoneoneofof thethe most
most perfectperfect
relationships
relationshipsthere
therehas
hasever
everbeen,
been,inin myexperience,that which
which exists between
between The
experience, is that
Beatlesand myself. If
IfI’d
I'dbeenbeendomineering
domineering or
Beatles anddictatorial
dictatorialtheywould
they wouldnever
neverhave
have accepted
acceptedmemeandhave toanditit would
wouldall
all havehavegonegonewrong.
wrong.YouYou havetoallow
freedom. You
can easily
cut down
down toallow for freedom.
You caneasily bbee cut
in certain
certain situations
situations andrealise thatimportant.
size inandyouyou realisethat humility
humilityis
is very important.
When you waffle aa great
great deal
deal andand it has
has nono effecteffectyou
yourealise
realisethatthat you
you havehave
When
modifyyour
attitude.
to modify
your attitude.

"I think
think LSD“I
has
has probably
lessenedmy ego"myego”

Have you ever
ever smokedsmoked marijuana?
marijuana? Yes,
Yes, fromfromtimetime. I reallyre allybelieve
believethat
thatpot,
pot,marijuanamarijuanatime toto time.
or hashhash-whatever
it-is– whateveryou
youlikeliketoto call it– islesslessharmful,harmful,without
withoutquestion,question,than,
than,say,say, alcohol.
alcohol.
I think
think there
there isisaaterrificterrificmisunderstanding
misunderstandingabout
manypeople
about marijuanamarijuanaand
anditsitseffects.
effects. So many
peoplehave
said it must
must be badbad thatthat thishave said
thisverdict
verdictis
is
acceptedcourse, there
there
accepted without
withoutquestion,question,and
andof
of course,is thethe malicious
malicious association
association between
between drugs
drugs andandpop
think society’s
society's whole
attitude to
pop music.
music. I thinkwhole attitude
tosoftsoft
drugs
paralleldrugs must
must eventually
eventuallychange.
change.There
Thereisis a parallelwithhomosexualitywhen
sillythathavewith homosexuality
whenthat
thatwaswasaacardinalcardinalsin.
sin.Isn't
Isn’tit silly
that we have
had
this time
time for thethe reforming
reforming legislation
legislation to gogothrough?
through?
had toto wait all thisDo you,you,then,then, support
support thethe provisions
the new
newbillprovisionsof thebill which
which legalises
legalises
homosexualhomosexualacts
actsbetween
betweenconsenting
consentingadults
adultsininprivate?
private?Of
Ofcourse!
course!
In fact, thethe majority
majority ofpeople do,of people
do, I'mI’m certain.
certain.You
You hearhearofof very few
prosecutions
homosexual offences
these days.
prosecutionsfor
for homosexual
offences these

The Beatles
Beatles helped
helped cut
down toto size? Yes,
theyinfluenced
influenced meme
Have Thecut you downYes, theyand I think
think I influenced
influenced them.
–- andthem.They
Theyare,are,after
afterall,all,The
TheBeatles.
Beatles.I also
think thathas probably
probablylessened
think
thatLSD
LSD haslessenedmy
my ego.

To return
return to thethe question
question of soft
soft drugs,
drugs, dodoyou
younotnotthink
thinkthere
there isisaadanger
dangerthat
supplymarijuana,
pushers of hard
hardthat thethe menmen who supply
marijuana,who
whoareare also
also often pushers

Youonce
oncetold
toldmemein
inananinterview
interviewsome
someyears
yearsthatthat ago
ago thatthat you were
wereYou
anxious tocreative outlet.
still feel
feelfrustrated
frustrated overanxiousto findfind some
some creative
outlet.Do
Do you still

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this?
this? Whatever
Whatevermayhave
may havehappened
happenedininthe
theintervening
interveningtime,
time,IIhave
have
learnedthat I’m
I'm The Beatles’
Beatles' manager.
manager. I’m
I'm a creative
creativelearnedto
tolive with the idea that
persondegree, but
but thethe biggest thing
thing thatthat has
happened topersonto
to a degree,
has everever happened
tome
meis
is
The
haveovercome
overcome thethe feelings of frustration,
frustration, but
The Beatles. I have
butTheThe Beatles
Beatlesalwaysmake anwhat they are doing.
doing.And
always makeaneffort
effort to
to involve me in what
Andthey
theydodoinvolve me. They
Theywanted
thing, but I wanted
wanted to watch
watch
wantedme
meto
tosit
sitin
in on
on thethe TV thing,it comecome over on TV,
TV,sosoI wasn’t
I wasn'tthere.
there.And
I'mstill
stillvery
verynervous
nervous ofofcameras.
cameras.
And I’mWhat
the thing
thing youhope I'll
never bebeWhat is theyou fearfear mostmostinin life?
life? Loneliness.
Loneliness.II hope
I’ll neverlonely. Although,Although, actually,
actually, one
one inflicts
inflicts loneliness
elf to aa certain
certainlonelinesson
ononesoneself
extent.
extent.MikeHennessey
Mike Hennessey

MELODYMAKER
MAKERAUGUST
AUGUST— MELODY
1212—Yousaidininthe
thefirst
firstinterview
interview thatthat thethe thing
You said
thingyou
you feared
fearedmost
mostininlifelife wasloneliness.
thought about
I'dloneliness.Have
Have youyou ever thought
aboutmarriage?
marriage?Yes.
Yes.Very
Very often.
often. I’dlike ititto
tohappen
happen –-if
couldhappen.
happen. Apart
Apart fromfromthethecompanionshipcompanionship itit
if ititcould
represents,
put out having
having to run
run
represents,IIwould
wouldwelcome
welcomeitit because
becauseII get
get very put
twohomes onown.
two homes
on mymy own.

negative reaction!
reaction! But
can't help
feelthatthat people
people should
should haveat my negative
But I can’t
help it. I feelhavegreater concern
concern forthe sufferingsuffering of one
one racerace than
than they
they have for any
any
no greaterfor theother. I believe
believe in
inand
and want
want totohelp,help,asasfar
farasasI can,
I can,totounderstandunderstandmankind
mankindother.
whatever colour, creed,
creed, religion
religion or
ornationality.
nationality.And
think this
this sort
sort ofofwhateverAnd I think
philosophy, however
asic one
philosophy,
howeverbroad
broadandandgeneralgeneralititsounds,
sounds,isisthetheonly
onlybbasic
one
the leadersleaders of the world can
can work fromfrom toto attain
attain world peace.
peace.
thethe Jewish
Jewish faith
faith important
important tonaturally it figures
figures necessarily
necessarily
Is thetoyou?
you?Yes,Yes, naturally
my thought.
thought. There areare many
many beautiful
b eautifuland
andgood
goodthings
thingswritten
written in
inthe
the
in my
scriptures andand true.
true. However,scriptures
andprayers,
prayers,which
whichIIbelieve
believe toto be good andfind ititdifficult
difficult totoaccept
accept religion
religion ofofany
anykindritualistic form.
I findkind in a ritualistic
form. I finduneasy andand unable
unable toto comprehend
comprehend so much
much within
within thethe precincts
precincts
myself uneasy
Jewishhouse
houseofofworship.
worship.(Indeed(Indeed thethe samesame would
would apply to anyanyof aaJewish
specific house
house ofworship.)because I'mparentage I findfind
specificof worship.)But
But because
I’m of Jewish parentage
respectful andmyself respectful
andtolerant.
tolerant.I Ilovelovemymy familyfamily dearly.
dearly.
Have you ever
ever prayed?
prayed? Yes,
prayed as a child.
child. IIloosely
looselystudiedstudied Judaism
Judaism
Have
Yes, I prayedand otherinterested inandother religions.At
religions. At school
school I found myself interested
in Roman
Roman
Catholicism. I think
think thatand God
God thatthat evereverprevails
prevails isisbetterbetterCatholicism.
thatbelief
belief inin life andthan ritualistic
thanritualistic andand religious praying.

Do youyouthink
think marriage
marriage is likely
likelyintheimmediate
immediate future?
future? No.
in theWhat
you look for inin aawoman?
woman? Simplicity,
What dodo youSimplicity,
understanding
understandingand
andaalove
love thatthat appeals
appealsto
to me.

there any
any justification
justification for thethe frequent
frequent association
association of
Jewishness
Is thereof Jewishness
with meanness?
meanness? No,
mean. I’m
I'm meanmean
withNo,II don't
don’t think
thinkso.
so. Everybodyis
Everybody is a bit mean.
because althoughenough money, I’ll
I'll suddenly
suddenly put the
becausealthoughIIknow
knowI've
I’ve got enoughbrakes on
and think,
can't carryon
brakeson andthink,"I“I can’t
carry onlike
likethis
thisforever."forever.”“I"I suppose
I’m
I'm left really,
and I thinkthink
I alwayshave been"
been”

Have you met
met nono women
women with
with these
thesecharacteristics?
have-I've
characteristics?OfOf course
course I have
– I’ve been
introduced
introducedto
tomanywhom
many whomI Iwould
wouldhave
haveliked
liked totoget to know
know better,b etter,butbutititjust
justhasn’t
hasn'thappened.
happened.
Are you
you happy
happy in thethe societysociety of women?
women?
Sometimes.
Sometimes.

But you
youarearefairly
fairlyconvinced
convincedthat
that thethe prospects
prospectsof your
your marrying
marrying are
are remote?
remote? II think
think thethe wish
is slightly
slightlyidealistic
idealistic andand unlikely
unlikelyto
to be fulfilled.
But itit isisone
oneofofthe
thebiggest
biggestdisappointments
disappointments totome, because
because I must
must bebe missing
missing out
out somewhere
somewhere
notand children.
children. II would
would love toto havehave children.
children.
not having
having aa wife andComing from aaJewish
family,have
haveyou
youever
everencounteredencounteredany
anypersonal
Jewish family,
personal
anti-Jewish
antianti-Jewishprejudice?
prejudice?I've
I’vebeen
beenverylucky.
very lucky.But
ButIIthink
thinkaalot
lotof antiJewish prejudice
prejudice is occasioned
occasioned not
people who are anti-Semitic
anti-Semitic but
not by people
but bythose
Inotherother words,
words, Jewish
Jewishpeople
peoplesometimes
sometimes
those who
who areare affectedaffected by it. In
have a defensive
defensive attitudeattitude because
because they
expect a hostile
hostile reception.
reception.
they expect
Funnily
with aaman
man thethe otherother evening
evening who
whocommented
commented on
Funnily enough,enough,I was with

You have
have got
gotaagreat
What have
have
great deal
dealout
outofof life. Whatyou
put into
have done
done what
can andand will
you put
intoit?
it? II havewhat I cancontinue tocriticise me
me maycontinue
todo
do so. People who criticise
have a point
pointandandmaymaybe
sincere-but
doesn'tbe sincere– butitit doesn’treallymatterwhat
they
say.
really matter whattheysay.I Iknow
knowIIhave
have done
done
mybest.
wound up and serious.
my best.People
Peopleget
get too wound
I'vebeen rude
rude toone
I’ve been
to people
peopleinin mylife,
my life, too.
too. But one
that it isisquite
quiteunnecessary.
unnecessary. During
During thediscovers thatvery, very
veryactive
activeperiod
period ofofBeatles
Beatlesmanagement,
management,
I maintained
maintained as
asmuchmuchcalm
calmandandgavegave themthemasasmuchb oost toto theirtheir morale
morale as
could. I would
would
muchofof aa boost
asI could.
agree thatthat IIwas
wasparticularly
particularlyluckyto
found
agree
lucky to have foundthem
the first place
place-but
destinedtheminin the– butmaybe
maybeitit was destinedtohappen. That,
certain extent,
to happen.
That,toto a certain
extent,II believe.

youhavehavestrong
strong politicalpolitical views? I am
ambecoming
becoming more
more andand moremore
Do youpolitically minded.
minded. II feel strongly
strongly about
about some issues, andand the main
main
politicallyonlyininVietnam
but throughout
throughout theisthatthatpoliticians
politicians
problem, not only
Vietnam but
the world, issingle-minded in
Somanymanypoliticians
many
are not single-minded
in theirtheir beliefs. So
politiciansallow
allow so manypressures to bear
bear ononthem,them,restricting
restrictingtruthfultruthful andand honesthonest thought.
thought.
other pressures
Are you inclined
inclined towards
towards thetheright
rightororto
tothe
theleft
left inin politics?
politics? II suppose
supposeI'm left really,
really,andand IIthink
think IIalways
alwayshave
havebeen.
been. *I’m

thetold him.
him.
thefact
factthat
thatIIwas
wasstaying
stayingatataahotel
hotelrunrunby
byJews.
Jews."But“ButI'mI’maaJew,"
Jew,”I told
He waswas veryveryembarrassed
embarrassed andand said
quickly,"Yes,butbutthethe owners
owners of thatthat
quickly, “Yes,hotel
hotelarearenotnotvery
verynice
niceJews."
Jews.”Well,
Well,
they
not have
have been
been very
nice.
they may
may not
very nice.
I didn’t
didn't meet
meet them.
them. But
theywere
But if theywere
notwasnotnotbecause
because they
theywere
not nice it was
wereJews. There
There areare unpleasantunpleasant Jews,
Jews,
Catholics,
Protestants andCatholics, Protestants
andso
soon.
on.

--

I believe
believe you
youwereasked tohelp thethewere asked
to help
Israelithe recent
recent Middle
Israeli cause
cause inin theMiddleEastcrisis andand refused.
East crisis
refused.Why?
Why? I
refusedbecause I'mrefusedto
to help
help because
I’m asas sorry
sorry fora wounded
woundedArab
am for aawounded
woundedArabasasII amIsraeli. People
Peoplefundamentally
fundamentally are allthe
can'tdiscriminate
discriminate
the same and I can’t
betweenbetweenIsraelis
Israelis andand Arabs.

Did your
your refusal
refusal to help
help upset
upset your
your
Jewish friends?
friends? I think
think Bernard
Bernard
Delfont
Shane, who
Delfont andand Cyril
Cyril Shane,
who werewereamong many
manywhoparticularly asked
who particularly
me to help,
help, were
weresomewhat
somewhat surprised
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Is thatthat because
because ofyour attitudeattitude orsuitableof yourorbecause
becauseof
ofaa lack
lack of suitable
candidates?
candidates?IIthink
thinkbecause
becauseof
ofme.
me.

1967

JJULY
U LY –-SEPTEMBERS E P T EM B E R

25June,1967:preparing
25
June, 1967: preparing
forthelivesatelliteforthe live satellite
broadcastof"AllYou
broadcastof “All You
NeedIsLove"atEMI's
Need
Is Love” at EMI’s
Studiot,AbbeyRoadiAlp
Studio1, Abbey Road

1111111111khat
uld youmost likesee? I would
would like toto seesee more
more
What socialsocial
reformiw
would
you most
like toto see?
toleranceround, more understanding
understanding andtolerance all round,andlesslessignorance
ignoranceby
by those
those
who consider
consider themselves
themselves thethe country.
country.
the leadersleaders of the

Do youyouthink
thinkThe
RollingStones
Stonestrial
trialwasanexample
exampleof
ofestablishment
establishment
The Rolling
was anintolerance
intoleranceandandmisunderstanding?
misunderstanding?I think
I thinkititwas
wasananappalling
appalling mess
mess
which
did. On thethe otherother hand,
hand,
which should
should have
have never
never reachedreachedthe
thestagestageitit did.
maybe
willbebegratefulgratefulin
inthe
thefuture
futurethat
thatthey
theywerescapegoats. I really
reallymaybe we will
were scapegoats.
thinkThe
think thepress
pressinterest
interestin
inThe
TheRolling
RollingStones
Stonesandanddrugs
drugsisisin
inexcess
excess of the
public interest.
interest.

You'vehadan
animmensely
immenselysuccessful
but hashas there
there evereverbeen
been
You’ve had
successful career, but
a period
periodwhen
when youwerefilledwith
you were filled withdespair?
despair?There
Therehave
havebeen
been many
many
instances-successful andinstancesthroughout
throughoutmy
mysuccessful,
successful,semisemi-successful
and failure
failure periods.
periods.
Would youyou carecare toto talk
talk about
about them?
them? No,
they are too personal.
personal.
No, they

Has any
anyperiod
periodofof despair
despairever
everbeen
beenacute
acuteenoughenoughfor
foryouyou totocontemplate
think I've
overthatthat period
period now
now
contemplatesuicide?
suicide?Yes.
Yes.But
ButI think
I’ve got overOutsideBeatles andand NEMS
NEMSempire,
empire,what
whatareareyourinterests? II haveOutside The Beatles
your interests?
a natural
natural curiosity
out everything.
curiosityab
about
everything.And
Andatatpresent
presentIIamamveryverykeenkeenonon
SpanishI'm now
nowvery
with my Sussex
Sussexhome,
home, which
which
Spanishthings.
things.Also
Also I’mvery involved
involved with
I bought
bought five months
months ago.
ago.

DAVID MAGNUS/REX SHUTTERSTOCK

How muchmuch did
diditit costcostyou?
you? About
About£30,000.
£30,000.
I movedmoved inin withwith just
justthethe hangings
hangings andand thethecarpets
installing bits
carpetsand
andnow
nowI'mI’m enjoying
enjoying installingbits
andfurniture andand pictures.
pictures.
and pieces of furniture

Where
prefer to spend
spend your
your off-duty
off -duty
Where do you prefertime?
I'm greatly
greatly
time?Either
EitherininSussex
Sussexor
orNew
NewYork.
York. I’m
attracted
thatattractedto
toNewYorkNew York andand feel great in thatenvironment.
beautiful city. Fortunately,
Fortunately,
environment.ItItis
is a beautiful
I'malso able to work
work fromfrom either
either place.
I’m also

Whatyouthink
think of thethecurrent
current Flower PowerPower
What do you
sceneboth here
here andand ininAmerica?
scene both
America?Flower
Flower Power
is becoming
becoming aa tiny
drag.It’s
It'sbecoming
becoming
tiny bit of aadrag.
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clicheandandaafashionablefashionablecult.
cult.I’m
I'mcurrently
currentlywondering
whether thethe cultcult
a clichewondering whether
not slightly
slightly akin
akin to rock’n’roll,
rock'n'roll, Mers
eyb eat, Swinging
Swinging London
London andand sois notMerseybeat,sothere's a lot
lotto
tobe
besaidsaidforforthethegeneralgeneralattitude,
attitude, andand ififthe
theon. Basically, there’s
in thisthis direction
direction-which
and things
things -– could growmove in– whichisistoward
towardlove
love andthroughout thethroughout
theworld,
world,wewe might
mightfindfindthis
thisplanet
planetaabetter
betterplace
placetotobe
be living
livingThere isiscertainly
certainly nothingnothing wrong with
with thethe attitudes
attitudes expressed
theon. There
expressedby
by theChildren. II think
think I've
hope thethe
Flower Children.
I’vebeen
beenaaflower
flowerchild
childallallmy
my life, but I hopemood will progress
progress andand not
notbecomebecomeaacommercial
commercialbusinessman’s
businessman'smoodparadise, because
paradise,becausethen
thenititdefeats
defeatsits
its purpose.
purpose.There
Thereareare somesome signs
signs ofthis, but the attitudeattitude is so good,
good,sincere
sincere andand lovely
lovelythat
one cannot
cannot but
but
this,
that one
happy to be
be in
inits
itsmidst.
midst.It’s
It'sananinternational
international feeling, so IIcannot
cannothelp be happy
differentiate. Mike
differentiate.
MikeHennessey
Hennessey-—
MELODY
AUGUST1919
MELODYMAKER
MAKER AUGUST—understand thatruns out towards
towards thethe
I understandthatyour
your contract
contractwith
withThe
The Beatles runs
end of this
this year.
year.Do
Doyou
youhavehavethetheslightest
slightestdoubt
doubtthat
thatthey
theywill
re-signendwill re-sign
with
don't. I don’t
don't think
think they
them for.
withyou?
you?No,No,I don’t.
theymindmindhow
howlonglongII sign them
A contract
contract doesn’t
doesn't mean
mean muchhappymuchunlessunlessyou
you cancan work and be happy
together. And IIamamcertain
certain thatthat they
theywould
managed bytogether.
would notnot agree
agree to be managed
anyone else. Obviously
ObviouslyIIwouldn’t
wouldn't(and(andcouldn’t)
couldn't) makemake them
them dodo anything
anything
anyonethey didn’t
didn't want
the timetime wethey
wantbecause
becauseofofany
anylegal
legalrights
rightsII hold.
hold. Most of thethink inthink
in thethe samesamedirection
directionanyway.And
anyway. Andso
sowewejustjustgroove
groovealong.
along. In
In fact
the princip
al value of aacontract
contract between
between us
the benefit
benefit oftheprincipal
us is really for thetheaccountants andthe lawyers, accountants
andallall thatthat scene,
scene,
becausethink these
these things
because those
those people
people always think
thingsshouldpaper.
should be
be "proved"“proved” onon paper.

"I'd tried
tried
“I’d
windowdressing,sellingselling books,
soldiering…”
soldiering..."Whenfirst sign
them up?
Whendid
did you
you first
sign themup? InIn
Decemberafter hearing
hearing them
them atDecember1961,
1961, afterattheNovember.
the Cavern
Cavern in November.
It is widely
widelybelievedthat youthem
believed thatyou went
went to see themafter
repeated requests
requests for their
theirafter receiving repeatedrecords
record departments
departments you
records in the record
managed.
ss.At
the time
managed.IsIsthis
thistrue?
true?MoreMoreororleless.
At thetime
I was
was getting
getting veryore dwith
with what
what I was
was doing.
doing.
verybbored
I'dbeen selling
selling records
records infamily's stores
I’d beenin mymy family’s
stores forabout
years andand hadhad attained
attained justabout asabout five years
just aboutasBRIANEPSTEIN
BRIAN EPSTEIN

much success in thatthat spheresphere as possible.
possible. I’d
I'dtried
triedwindow-dressing,window-dressing,muchselling furniture,
furniture, soldiering,Charing Cross Road
Roadwithwithselling
soldiering, selling
selling books in Charing
varying
success, andand just
about thatvarying degrees
degreesofof success,just about
thattime
timeII was
was looking forsomething challenging
challenging andsomethingand exciting.

You
mustfrequently
frequently have been
been asked
asked ififyou
youforesaw
foresawthe
thetremendous
tremendous
You must
success ofofTheBeatles when
when youyousigned
signedthem.
them. May
MaylI ask
askyouyouyetagain?
success
The Beatles
yet again?
neverhad
hadanyanydoubts
doubtsthat
thatthey
theywouldn't
ButIIcouldn’t
couldn'thave
have
IIneverwouldn’t be
be huge. But
seen the turn
turn ofevents. I saw
saw thethe potential
potential of The Beatles
Beatles without
withoutseenof events.
knowing how
The timing
timing was
knowing
how it would evolve. The
was right
right asas well.
If youyouhadhad not
not metmet andand signed
signed The Beatles,
Beatles, dodoyou
youthink
think you
you would
would still
still
have
become aamanager
I don'twanted totohave become
managerand
andimpresario?
impresario?
I don’tknow.
know.At
At161
16 I wantedbedress designer,designer, butwanted to
be a dress
butitit didn't
didn’thappen.
happen.At
At22
22II wanted
tobe
bean
anactor,actor,soso
I wentwent toto RADA,
RADA,but
butI didn’t
I didn'tlike
likeit.it.And
AndthenthenI started
I startedselling
sellingrecords
recordsand
andafter thatthat I met
met The
The Beatles.
Beatles.
after
How muchmuch do you
you think
think you have
have contributed
contributed totothethesuccesssuccessofof TheThe
Beatles?
they areare certainly
certainly not
not where
where they
they arearetodaytodaybecause
Beatles? Well,
Well, they
becauseofme, if thatthat isiswhatwhatyou
youarearesuggesting.
suggesting.But
Butourourgood
goodrelationshiprelationshiphas
hasbeenbeen
contributing factor.
people askwhy
been soaa contributing
factor. When
When people
ask whyThe
The Beatles
Beatles have been
tremendously
theretremendouslysuccessful
successfulthey
theyalways
alwaysexpect
expectone
oneshort
shortanswer.
answer.But
But there
isn't
are hundreds
hundreds of contributory
contributory factors.
isn’t one. There arefactors.
Would The
The Beatles
Beatles have
have been
been sososuccessful
successful ififthey
theyhadhadbeenbeen managed
managedbysomeone
don't think
think
by someoneelse?
else?Theymay
They mayhave
havebeen
beenasas successful,
successful, but
but I don’t
theywould
that I have
have always
alwaysbeen
been
they wouldhave
havebeen
beenasashappy.
happy.II do know thatstraightforward andhonest with them, andand they
they appreciate
appreciate this.
this.
straightforward
and honest
Do youyou taketake 25
25perpercent
centofoftheir
theirearnings?
earnings? I certainly
certainly didthedid at the
beginning
expense inpromoting them.
beginningwhen
whenII had
had moremore expensein promoting
them.But
But now it
works
per centcent shareus.
works out
out roughlyroughlyat
ataa 20 per
shareforforallallfive
five of us.

I imagine,
imagine, however,
however,that
thatPaulPaulandandJohn,John,
as composers,
composers, have the biggest incomes?
incomes?
Yes,
imagine thatthat too.
too.
Yes, IIimagine

There
been suggestions
suggestions in thethe past
past thatthat you
There have beenusedBeatles totopromotepromote other
other artists.
artists. Is this
thisused The Beatles
true?
everything thatthat maymayhavebeentrue?InIn spitespite of everything
have beensaid, this
this is absolutely
absolutelyuntrue.
used
untrue.II have
have never usedthem
promote otherbeen
themtoto promote
otherartists.
artists.II have
have always been
perfectly
single-minded about
must
perfectly single-minded
aboutthisthisandandII mustsay, ininfairness,fairness, thatthat The
The Beatles
Beatles have
havebeen
been easy
easytotomanage.
theyhadmanage.If they
haddecided
decidedononsomeone
someoneelse
elsetotomanageam suresure they
theywould
maintain the
manage them
them I am
would maintainthesame
same faith
faithandandideals.
ideals.Faith
Faithandandbeliefbelief has
has existed
existedmutuallybetween
the beginning.
beginning.
mutually betweenus
ussincesince theAs
Aswellwellasassuccesses,
successes,you’ve
you'vehad
hadyouryourshareshareofoffailures
failuresin
inartist
artistmanagement How
themanagement.
Howdo
doyou
youfeelfeelabout
aboutthem?
them?I Ifeel
feelveryverysorry
sorry for theartists
artists who didn’t
didn't makemake it under
under mymymanagement.
management.

youthink
think in these
these cases
cases thatthat yourthe
Do youyourjudgement
judgementwas
wasat
atfault
faultororwas
was itit thejudgement
ofthe
thepublic?
public?IIthink
thinkmostly,
mostly,in
inthe
thepast,past,II was
was at fault. Thenjudgement of
Then
there
young people
there are other factors ofofyoung
people growing
growingup
upand
andnotnotmaturing
maturing andandprogressing as
progressing
as oneone would
would have liked.
Have The
very muchsince
sinceyouyoufirst
firstmet
metthem?
them?Yes,
Yes,aalot.
lot.
The Beatles
Beatles changed
changed verymuch
have lostA frequent
frequent criticism
criticism of The
TheBeatles
Beatlesthese
these days
daysisisthat
thatthey
theyhavelost touch
touch
with
whomademadethem.
them.What
Whatdodoyou
you think
thinkofof this?
this? This
This is quitewith thethe public
publicwho
untrue. II don't
them to talk
talk inin thethe press
press every
every
untrue.
don’tthink
thinkititis
is a good idea for themminute.
On thethe otherotherhand,
hand,they
theyhave
havebeenbeenquite
quiteopen
openabout
aboutaalot
lotofof things.
minute. On
things.
Paul talked
to thethe press
press recently.
recently. But there
talked quite
quite freely
freelyto
there has
has toto bebesomewhere
somewherethat you cancan stop. There areare 100,000
100,000reporters
reporters who
whowant
wanttotointerview
interviewthem.
them.
that
When
the SgtPepperLP
Sgt Pepper LP we considered
When we launchedlaunched theconsidered for a long
longtime
timethethebestbest
wayto
Finallywe
party atmypad.
way
to do
do it. Finally
we decided
decidedto
to havehave a party
at mypad.ItIt was
was difficult
difficultto
todecide who to invite
invite –-wewanted people
usand
and people
peopledecidewe wanted
peoplewho
who were
were close to us
who would
theword.
word. I suppose
would spreadspread the
suppos e wewehad
hadabout
about 15
15journalists
journalists there.
there.
It proved
went roundtheworld.
world.
proved aagood
goodidea,
idea,because
becausethe
the story
storywent
round theBut willmore concert
willThe
TheBeatles
Beatlesbebemaking
makingany
anymoreconcertappearances?
appearances? Not
in the usualform. But ititisisdifficult
usual form.
difficultto
topredictpredictfuture
future developments.
developments. For
instance, II couldn't
months ago
instance,
couldn’thave
havesaid
said12
12 months
agothatthatThe
TheBeatles
Beatleswere
were going
going
to appear
tothe
thewhole
wholeworld
worldtototell
telleveryb
everybody“AllYou
You Need
NeedIsIs Love".
Love”.
appear toody"All
As youyou know,
know,The
TheBeatles
Beatlesare
areworking
working towards
towards a TV
TVprogramme
programme for
distribution throughout
distribution
throughoutthe
theworld.
world.They
Theyarearealsoalsokeenkeentotodevelop
develop ideas
ideas fora film.
film. Sgt
SgtPepper’s
Pepper'sLonely
LonelyHearts
HeartsClub
ClubBand
Bandhashasbeenbeenaafantastic
fantastic success.
success.
Todatedate itithas
hassold
sold521,043
521,043copies
copiesininBritain,
Britain,nearly
nearlytwo
millionininAmericaTo
two million
Americaand huge
huge sales figures have been
been received
received fromfrom many
many other
other countries.
countries.
andthey wouldlike
liketotomakemakeaaSgt
Sgt Pepper
Pepper film.
I think
think theywould
They have proved
proved thatthat they cancan do thethe sound
sound
part
theyfeelcan tackle the visualpart andand now
now they
feel they
they canpart
Theywould
the film
film to comecomepartasas well. They
wouldlike
like thewithinwithinourourorbitorbit andand there
thereareareplenty
plentyof goodpeoplewhocancan help
helpthem
them with
with this.
this.
people inin NEMS who
Theywant
andThey wantcomplete
completefreedom
freedomto
tomakemake it andcreatecreateitit inin theirtheirown
ownway.
way.

"The Beatles“The
are certainly
not where
are today
they arebecause of me”
becauseme"

Has the phenomenal
phenomenal successcaused people
people to overrate
overrate
successofof TheThe Beatles caused
your
pop Svengali?
Svengali? IIthink
think this
this used
used totohappen
happen more
more than
than it
your gifts
gifts as aa pop
does
was simply
simply showered
showered withdoes now.
now. I waswithtalent.
talent.But
ButII amam notnot looking
lookingfor
for itanymore.
delegated all mymyresponsibilities
responsibilities as agent
agent andand IIthink
think
any more.II have delegatedpeoplestopped overrating
people have stopped
overratingme.
me.
Peoplereferred toMonkees as
as thethe biggest
biggestpop
popmusic
musicsensation
sensation
People have referredto The Monkees
since
Howdo
regard thissince The Beatles. How
do you regard
thisclaim?
claim?IIthink
thinkThe
TheMonkees
Monkeeshavebeen a great boost to thethe music industry,
industry, but
don't think
think they
have been
but I don’t
they cancanseriouslycompare withseriously compare
withThe
TheBeatles.
Beatles.

Do youyouthink
think aaphenomenon
occur again?
again?
phenomenonlike
likeThe
The Beatles
Beatles could ever occur
I think
think it unlikely
unlikelyin
the samesame form or magnitude.
magnitude. Whenpeople refer totoin theWhen people
a groupgroup as being thethe new
new Beatles it doesn’t
doesn't worry
worryme.
the samesame asme.ItIt is theas
Bardot.
doesn't mind
mind thatbeing hailed
hailed as thethe new
new
Bardot. She doesn’t
thatthere
thereareare48
48 girls all being
Bardot.
another Beatles
Beatles phenomenon
phenomenon doesthat I'll
Bardot. But ififanotherdoesoccur,
occur,II know
know that
I’ll bewatching
rather than
than handling
I've been
been throughthrough all thethe phases
phases ofofwatching it rather
handlingit.
it. I’vemanagement
managementwith
withThe
TheBeatles
Beatlesandandthatthatisissufficientsufficientfor
forme.
me.I'dI’dlikeliketotogo
goonwith The Beatles andand withand I'dlike totosee
seeGerry
Gerryhappen.
happen.
on withwith Cilla, andI’d like
Naturally,
am also
also proud
proud to be
be associatedassociated throughthrough NEMSEnterprises
Naturally, I am
NEMS Enterprises
with
Matt
with other
otherartists.
artists.Especially
EspeciallyThe
TheCream,
Cream,The
TheBeeBeeGees,Gees,The
The Who,
Who, Matt
Monro,
Monro, Donovan
Donovanand
andso
soon.
on.But
ButII obviously
obviouslycould
couldnotnotdealdealwith
withall
allNEMS'
NEMS’activities
these responsibilities
responsibilities toactivities personally,
personally,so
so I've
I’ve given these
tothe
thepeople
peoplewho
who
I think
think arethe job.
are right
rightforfor thejob.

Is itittrue
true thatthat The Beatles
Beatles areare getting
getting more
more andand
more
their records
records andmore outside
outside help
help on theirand areare less
personallyinvolved?
personally involved?No,
No,they're
they’renot.
not.Quite
Quite thethereverse.
more involved
involved inin thethe making
makingreverse. They are moreof theirtheir records
records than
thanthey
theyhavehaveevereverbeen.
been.IIcannottruth of thatthat statement
statement
cannot emphasiseemphasise thethe truth
toomuch. Of course
course George
GeorgeMartin
Martin andand others
otherstoo much.
their part.
part. But
the creators.
creators. Theygo
play their
But The Beatles are still the
They goto
to many
manyofofand have
have maintained
maintained control
everything.As
the mixing sessions andcontrol over everything.
As faram concerned,
concerned, IIbelieve
than
ever.
Mike
Hennessey
as I ambelieveininthem
themmore
more
than
ever.
Mike
Hennessey

MELODYMAKER
MAKER''PTEMBER
2— MELODYSEPTEMBER
2—BRIAN
EPSTEINISISdead
deadandandworld
worldshowbusiness
showbusiness has
has lost
lost its
itsmostmost
RIAN EPSTEIN
spectacularly successfulthespectacularly
successfulmanager.
manager.The
TheEpstein
Epstein Interviews, as theseries was called,called, were written
written by
the MM's
Hennessey. He
seriesby theMM’s Mike Hennessey.
Epstein over a long
longperiod.
period. This
This week
weekhehecommented:
commented:
knew Epstein
It may seem
seem lunatic
lunatic to talk ofoffailure
failureininconnection
connection with
with a millionaire.
millionaire.
Yet thethe impression
impression I formed
formed of Brian
Brian Epstein
Epstein was of aaman
man desperately
desperately
wanting
artistically, but
but knowing
knowing in his
wantingto
tobe
be creative,
creative, to express himself artistically,heart
destined for second-handsecond-hand famehearthehe waswas destined
fame-the– thereflectedreflectedglory
gloryofof TheBeatles,
whom his
hisdevotion
devotion andand admiration
admiration were
wantedBeatles, for whomwere absolute.
absolute. He wanted
much to be
be known
known as thethe fifth
fifth Beatle,
Beatle, but
butI’mI'msuresurehehewas
wasonly
onlytooaware
so muchtoo awarethat
not matchmatch their
theirwit,
thathehe could
could notwit,their
theircreative
creative genius,
genius, their
their inexhaustible
inexhaustible
inventiveness.
revealinglyin
inventiveness."The“TheBeatles,"Beatles,”hehe said
said toto me revealingly
inour
ourlastlastinterview,interview,"always“alwaysmake
makeananeffort
effortto
toinvolve
involveme
meinin whatwhatthey're
they’redoing."
doing.”
This
significant remark
made more
more poignant
poignant byfurtherThis significant
remarkis madeby his further
admission thatloneliness. Brian Epstein, a basicallybasically
admission
thathishisgreatest
greatestfear
fear was
was loneliness.
kind,sometimes petulant,
scrupulouslyhonest
kind, sometimes
petulant,always
always scrupulously
honestman,
man,hadhadcomecometototerms
could have
have succeeded
succeeded without
without him.
termswithwiththethefact
fact thatthat The
The Beatles couldhim.
And, althoughalthough hemust also
he hadhadno
no inclination
inclinationto
toput
putitit toto thethe test,
test, he mustalso havewondered,
succeedwithout
withoutthem?”
them?"•
wondered, "Could“Could IIsucceed

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HE NEW MUSICALMUSICALExpress
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versusMichaelMichaelPhilip
Philip Jagger
Jagger-– Friday, August 4,4,1967inhis
hismanager’s
manager's chambers
chambers of1967 inhighappeal-–NewLondon-–thehigh appeal
NewOxford
Oxford Street, London
theright
rightdishonourable
dishonourableKeith
Keith Altham
Altham presiding.
presiding.
theaccused,accused, having
havingadmitted
admitted his name
name
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beforethis
thiscourt
courtwithwithshoulder
shoulder-length
length hair
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wearingaacoat
coatofof many
manycolours,
colours,
patterned
patternedwith
withpsychedelic
psychedelic(highly(highlysignificant)significant)swirling
swirlingdesigns.
designs.Jagger
Jaggeris accusedaccused ofhaving performed
in aapublic
public place
place and
andof havingperformed"We“WeLove
LoveYou"
You” incausing
causing this
this andand another
anothersongsong –"Dandelion",“Dandelion”,which
whichhehewrotewrotewith
withKeith
Keith
Richards-toquite soon.
Richards – tobe
beissuedissuedon
onthe
theDecca
Deccalabel
label quite
When"We
replied: "It's
Whenasked
askedwhyhe
why hehad
hadwritten
written“WeLove
LoveYou",You”, he replied:“It’s just
just a bitof fun.
fun. You’re
You'renot
notmeant
meant toto think
think about
about it –-it's
think. I'm
it’sveryvery funny,
funny, I think.
I’m notnot
involved'love andand flowers’
flowers' scene, but it isissomething
something toto bring
bring
involved in this ‘love

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MICK
MICK JAGGER
JAGGERisis“not"not involved
involvedin thethe love
love andand flowers
flowers scene”.
scene".
in
Still,
recentlegal
legal experiences
experiences
Still, recent
have mademade him
him think
think deeply,
have
deeply,resulting inresultinginnew
new Stones
Stones single
single“We
Love You”"We LoveYou" andand songs
songs forfor
their"Think," hetheirnext
nextLP.
LP. “Think,”
he says.
says.
"Try andthe worldworld up…”
up..."“Tryand size
size thetogether for thethesummer
summer-–somethingpeople together
somethingto
tolatchlatch onto.
on to.In
In winter
winter
we'll
probably latch on
onto
we’ll probably
to snow!"
snow!”
Can
explain totape is played backwards
backwards at
Can you
you explain
to thethe court
courtwhy
why aa tape
atthe
the
ofthisthisnumber
number andand why
whythethesoundsoundofofwarders'footsteps andand thetheend ofwarders’ footsteps
clanging of a prison-cell
prison -celldoor
doorisisusedusedatatthethebeginning
beginning of thethe disc?
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clanging
tapeatattheend
ofof'We
tapeplayed
playedbackwards
backwards
theend‘WeLove
LoveYou'
You’isisthethelastlastfew
fewbars
barsofof`Dandelion, andthe warders’warders' footsteps
footsteps from an actual
actual prison‘Dandelion’,andwe
we took theprison-sound -effects tape."sound-effects
tape.”Are you
you trying
trying to makemake a mockery
mockery ofofthe
theBritish
Britishlegal
legalsystemsystemwhich
which
might
mighthave
haveimprisoned
imprisonedyou
youhadhadyouyounotnotappealed
appealedtotoaahigher
highercourt?
court?TheThe
jurywill
jury willnotenote that
thatthetheaccusedaccusedsmiledsmiledinsolently
insolentlyand
andrefusedrefusedto
to answer.
answer.
Is it notnot true
true toto saysaythatBeatles, PaulPaul McCartney,
McCartney, sings thethatoneone of The Beatles,
highYou"?“Don’t"Don'task
askmemequestions
questionslike
likethat
that-youhighnotes
notesonon"We“We Love You”?
– you
knowwedifferent labels.
know wecould
couldnotnotdo
dothings
thingslike
likethat
thatwhenwhenwewe record
recordfor
for different
labels.
That'sand I singing.
singing. Listen…”
Listen..." The accusedaccused sangselection ofThat’sKeith
Keith andsang a selection

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JULYThe Beatles
Beatles evereverattend
attend your recording
recording sessions?
and soso diddid
Did Thesessions?"Yes,“Yes, andJohn
and James Fox,
Fox,andand they’re
they're not
not on thethe record
record either."John Bird andeither.”explain totothisthiscourt
court your
yourassociation
association with
with “beautiful”"beautiful" people
peopleKindly explain
andmyfriends
friends
andnamenamesome.
some.Then
Thendefine
definethethewordword"love"“love”forforus.
us."A“A lot of myare beautiful
beautiful people
people -Paul– PaulMcCartney
McCartneyand
andMarianne,
Marianne,totonamenamebut
buttwo.
two.
The word ‘love’'love' as we
we useuse ititmeans
means anan all-embracing
all -embracing emotion
emotion for thethe rest
restof humanity.
humanity.
"What really
really concerns
concerns me
ome
“What
meis
is thetheviolent
violent action
actionbeing
beingtaken
takenbybyssomepeoplewith hippy
hippymeetings.
people to deal withmeetings.II read
read somewhere
somewherethat
thatthethepolice
policeareareto take stronger
stronger action
action dealing
dealing withthem inthe United
United States andand thatthatwith themin thetear
and guns
guns will be brought
brought in. I hope
hope not,not, because
because these
these people
tear gas andpeoplethey
are dealing
dealing withviolent andand thataction is notnotthey arewith areare just
just notnot violent
that kind
kind of action
necessary."necessary.”
you approve
approve ofofthe
the action
action ofofdropping
dropping out of societysociety andand not
not working
working
Do youfor aa living?
living?“You"Youdon’t
don't‘drop'dropout’
out'ofofwork
work-youdrop out of things
things like thethe– you drop
rates
and unfair
unfair taxation.
'dropout’
out' ofofquestionable
questionablestandards
standards
rates andtaxation. You
You ‘drop
accepted
and theaccepted bythe
by theunthinking.
unthinking.Someone
Someonehas
hastotodeliverdeliverthe
the coal
coal andthemilk.
I'll deliverdeliver thethe milk
milk forforaaday
day-itshould be possible
possible toto foundfound aasocietysocietymilk. I’ll
– it shouldonthe principle
on theprincipleofof helping
helping others.
others.People
Peoplepayyou
pay youback
backbybyhelping
helpingyou.
you.
"I would
wouldlikeliketotosee
seemoremore
freedom-there
aretootoomany
manyrestrictions
upon“I
freedom– there are
restrictions upon
personal
wanted to
the kids
kids
personalliberty.
liberty.Some
Someofof thethe groups
groupsin
inthe
theUS
US wanted
to play for thein thethe park.
park. The city ordinancesordinances would
them tothe park.
park.
would notnot allow
allow themto play in the
Ten thousand
thousand kids
turned up
Francisco Parkand thethekids turned
upinin thethe San
San FranciscoPark one day andpolicewould like to seesee happen
happen here."police could
could dodo nothing.
nothing.That
Thatisiswhat
whatII would
here.”
yousubscribe
subscribe totothethepremise
premise thatthat ‘Beautiful'Beautiful People’
People' should not
Do youmake
don't think
think itit is any
anygood
d yourto thethemake money?
money? "I“I don’t
goodhaving
havingdevote
devotedyour life topursuitfinding thathave gained
gained no
spiritual insight
pursuitofof money, finding
thatyou
you haveno spiritualinsightat
atall
all
and
your money.
andallall that
thatyou
youareareleft
left withwithisis yourmoney. Youngpeoplepeople areare trying
tryingto
tosizesize thetheworld
world up
up andandgetget into
into
perspective
those misconceptions
misconceptions they
theyweretaughtperspective all thosewere taught
at school. My
Myadvice
adviceisisdon’t
don'tbebean
anengineer
engineerbecause
becauseyourfather was an engineer,engineer, don't
university
your father
don’t go to university
becauseandbecauseyour
your fatherwants
father wantsyou
youto
togo
go to university, anddon't
and size
don’t accept
acceptthings
thingsat
atfaceface value.
value. Think.
Think. Try andthethe worldworld up."up.”youintend
intend toto produce
produce a disc
disc forforMarianne
Marianne
Do youFaithfull?
intend totoproduce
produce aa disc
disc forforMarianne,
Marianne,
Faithfull? "Yes,“Yes, IIintend
andthe materialmaterial we will record
record may
maybe
and somesome of thebe mine."mine.”
weevereverseeseeThe
TheRolling
RollingStones
Stones performperform live
Will weagain?
our film
film is not accepted
accepted by
don't
again? "If“If our
bythe
theBBCBBC I don’t
mind
promotemindleaping
leapingaroundaroundononTop
Top OfThePops
Of The Pops to promotethewe will
willperformperform ‘live’'live' again,
again, but
arethe record.
record.Yes,
Yes, webut wewe arestill
completing ourWe'vecompletedcompleted about
about
still completing
ournext
nextLP.
LP. We’ve
half
the tracks
tracks andand areworking on
number ofhalf of theare still
still working
on a numberofothers.
veryhappy
others. I'm
I’m very
happyat
at thethe moment
momentandandwant
wantothers
otherstotobe
be happy
happy too.
too.
I think
think we cancan all
all look
lookforward
forwardto
tomuchmuchnicer
nicerthings
things andand people
people learninglearning
to get on
on withwith people.”
people."Andsum up MichaelMichael Philip Jagger –-youplead guilty
And so to sum
you plead
guilty toto living yourlife inin thethe mannermanner you
like, thinking
thinking what
you like,
like, to saying what you like,what you
you like
andYouhavehaveininthe
thepastpastbeen
beenconvictedconvicted ofofindiscretion,indiscretion,and doing
doingasas youyou like. You
badlanguage, insulting
insulting behaviour,and refusing
refusing to conform.
conform.
bad language,
behaviour, fighting
fighting andYou
havebeen
beenabused,abused, criticised
criticised andand misjudged.
misjudged. You areare foundfound guilty
guilty ofof
You havebelongingthe most
most heinous
heinous sect
sect ofofall
all-thehuman race.
sentence
belonging to the– the humanrace. Yoursentence
is commutedcommuted totoexistence!
existence!KeithAltham
Keith Altham-—
NM
E AUGUSTNME
AUGUST 1212—SPENTAVERYpleasant,restful Saturday
Saturday afternoon
afternoon with
PENT A
VERY pleasant, restful
withBillBill
Wyman
Wickham, where
where we
Wyman at
at hishis househouse just
just outside
outside West Wickham,
looked for fossils
fossils inin hishis backback garden
garden helped
helped byEars (a(agoldengoldenlookedby Big Ears
retriever)retriever) andand searchedsearchedfor
forthethecatfish
catfishininhis
histanktankofof tropicaltropicalfish.
fish.Bill'sBill’svery big
bigon
onthe
thefossil
fossilscene
sceneatatpresent
present-heofpebbles
pebblesandand– he had
had a pile ofshinglepath and discovered
discovered thatshingle dumped
dumpedininhis
hisbackback garden
garden for a path
that
many
them were imprinted
imprinted withtook one
one totothe
themany of themwithfossilised
fossilisedsea
sealife.
life. "I“I tookmuseummillion years
Billdisappointedly.
disappointedly.
museumbut
butititwas
wasonly
only160
160 million
years old,"
old,” said Bill
Wespent
spent some
some considerable
considerable time
time shooting
target withWe
shootingat
at aa target
with his
his air rifle
andcar.Almost
Almostreluctantly
reluctantlywe
turned toand examining
examininghis
hisnew
new Mercede
Mercedess car.
we turned
talkingtalking about
about thethe record.
record.

GETTY IMAGESS
00"'We Love
LoveYou’…
You'...well,well,it’s
it'sfunny,”
funny,"saidsaidBill,
Bill,unconsciously
unconsciouslyechoing“‘Weechoing
Mick's"It's last
last month’s
month's message
message for this
this month!
had a good piece
Mick’s words. “It’smonth!II had
off oneone ofofthe
the Goons
Goons LPs
LPsIIwanted
wantedthem
them to use
use forfor thethe soundsound of thethe prison
prisongates
the beginning.
beginning. We
turn up
up together
together atgates at the
We seldom all turnat thethe studio.
studio. The
The
office just rings in andand says we
we needneed you
you ononTuesday,
Tuesday,Thursday
Thursday andand Friday
Friday108
108I HISTORY| HISTORYOF
OFROCK
ROCK 1967
1965
1967

"We Love You"1116 Rolling Stones
sate but will lae

is not yet on

released in the next few daysand I just motor
motor ondown. We generally
generally bbegin
egin
andon down.
recording aroundtherecordingaround11pm
11pmandandgo
go on
on to 5am in themorning. A
the record
record is actuallyactually
morning.
A great deal of the
produced there
producedthereininthe
thestudio
studio- –'We
‘WeLove
LoveYou'
You’ waswascase ofofcreating
creating thethe music in the studio.
studio.
really a case
Although
had thetime."
AlthoughMick
Mick andand Keith
Keith hadthe basic
basic idea
idea for some time.”
We talked
talked about
about thethe prospect
prospect ofStonesappearing
appearing again
again
of The Rolling Stones
and Bill
Billwaswasnotnotexactly
exactlyfalling
about with
with enthusiasm
enthusiasm overon stage andfalling aboutover thetheprospect. "Ithappen-–but
It'salright
alright leaping
leapingprospect.
“It could happen
butit's
it’ssuchsuchaa drag
drag now. It’s
about thegets a bit
about
thestagestagewhenwhenyou're
you’re20,
20,butbutwhenwhenyou
yougetgettoto25,
25,26
26 itit getsembarrassing. Mick
old enoughenough toto getgetintointosomething
something newembarrassing.
Mickfeels
feels thatthat hehe is old
knowCharlieCharliecouldn’t
couldn't care
care less, but if Mick
MickandandKeith
Keithsuddenly
suddenly
now. IIknow
decided on
decidedon something
somethingII suppose
supposewe
we would
would dodo it.
"The other
other trouble
trouble is thatthat thethe people
people we play
playtonot really
really ourour“The
to now are notaudience. Ourfans have got
gotmarried
married and turned
turned into
-buying
audience.
Our fans
intoaa record
record-buying
public rather
rather thanthey came
came now
now
publicthanoneonewhichwhichgoes
goestoto stagestage shows.
shows. If they
theywould
they
wouldbring
bringtheir
theirhusbands
husbandsor
orsomething.
something.We'd
We’djust
justgetget thethe curious
curiousand thebrought by their
their mums
mums andandthe kids
kids brought
anddads
dadsandandititwouldn't
wouldn’treally
reallybbee
the fansfans to whom
whom we owe sosomuch.
much. IIknow
knowthere
there have
havebeen
been talks
talks about
about
the
an American
American tour,
they're allvague. There
There waswasoneonepossibility
possibility
antour, butbut they’re
all a bit vague.
that we might
might dodo aatour
tourwith
withThe
TheBeatles
Beatles–-butthat never came
came
last year that
but thatanything."
to anything.”
Billisistrying
tryinghard
hard totobreakbreak ininon
onthe
theJagger-Richard
Jagger -Richardcomposing
composingBill
monopoly andwhich hehe sings
singsandandmonopolyandhashassubmitted
submittedaasong
songforfor thethe next
next LP which
Heplayed
playedme
methe
thetape,tape,andandthethesongsong-whichisaadream
dreamconception
conception
wrote. He– which isextremelyweird
and interesting
interesting electronic–- has some extremely
weird and
electronic effects.
effects.
"Iwas
wasso
soembarrassed
embarrassed about
about putting
putting myvoice
tape thatthat I waited
waited until
until“Imy voice on tapeeveryone had
the studioeveryonehadleft
left thestudiobefore
beforedoing
doingit,"
it,” admitted
admittedBill.
Bill."The“The idea
idea forthe song isisabout
about this
this guy
guywhowakes up
up from
fromaadream
dreamandandfinds
findshimself
himself
thewho wakes
another dream.
being onon thethe next
next album.”
album."
in anotherdream.I'm
I’mvery
veryhopeful
hopefulof
of it being
Billhashasaaroom
roomininhis
hishousehousecompletely
completelydevoted
devotedto
tohis
hisstereo
stereoequipment
equipmentBilland sound-mixing
sound -mixing machines.
machines. Hisparticular interest
group called
calledandHis particularinterestisisin
inaa group
End whichwhich hehe manages.
manages. “They’re"They're making
making quitename for
The Endquiteaa nameforthemselves in"Allthetheotherothergroups
groups go
goto
towatchwatchthem
them
themselvesinSpain,"Spain,”saidsaidBill.
Bill. “AllTHE ROLLING STONESTHE ROLLING STONESr
July30,1967:Keith
July 30, 1967: KeithandandMick
Mick –-bothbothstill
stillononbailbail –-andand- filmmakerPeterWhitehead
filmmaker PeterWhiteheadin London
Londonfilmingapromofor
filming a promo for"WeLoveYou"looselybased“We Love You” loosely based
onthetrial
on the trialof
ofOscarWilde
Oscar Wildeandthe kindbracket out
out there
there thatthatand pinch
pinchtheir
theirideas.
ideas.They
They areare inin thekind of bracket
Spencerused toSpencer Davis
Davis used
to occupy
occupy here."
here.”
Finallywe
post for thethe week.
week. He is getting
getting some
some very
Finallywetooktookaalook
look at
at Bill's
Bill’s postvery
weird mail indeed.
indeed. Following
Followingthe
theannouncement
announcement thatparting from
thathehe is parting
his
there was one postcard
postcard fromhis wife there
fromaa crystal
crystalgazer
gazerworking
workingoff
off thethe endendof
ofa pierpier ononthe
theSouthSouthCoast
Coastwho
whocongratulated
congratulated him
him onon winningwinning his appeal
appeal(Billwaswasneverneverconvictedconvicted ofofanything!)
anything!) andand promised
promised to(Billtobringbringhishiswifewife
backhim. There was another
another gem
gentleman whoback for him.
gem fromfrom aa gentleman
whohadhadaaplay
playforfor
The Rolling Stones
Stones forforwhichwhichheheonlyonlyrequired
required the meagre
meagre sum
sumofof £5,000.
Title of thethe play
playwasTrash andand it was
was allallabout
about aaprostitute,
prostitute, but
was Black Trashbutheheaffirmed
isisa arole
affirmedthat
that"There“Thereroleforforyouyoutoo!"too!”KeithAltham
Keith Altham

MELODYMAKER
MAKERAUGUST
AUGUST— MELODY
2626—CCCASHININon
onpsychedelic
psychedelic craze!
craze! Read
Read all
all about
about it!"TONES CASH
it!”was thethe dramatic
dramatic headline
This washeadlinethat
thatswamswaminto
intoMick
Mick Jagger's
Jagger’svisionanswered newspaper
vision as he answerednewspaperphone
phonecalls
callsononaa gloomy,
wet afternoon
afternoon lastandlastweek.
week.With
Withthetherelease
releaseofof"We“WeLove
Love You"You” and"Dandelion",are once
once more“Dandelion”, The
The Rolling Stones are
more backback at
at thethe poppop
grindstones,
the poppop pulse
pulse andand rhythm
rhythm at
grindstones,fingers
fingers onon theat thethe ready, after
their
once
their recent
recent entanglement
entanglementwith
withBritish
Britishjustice.
justice.And
AndMick
Mick was once
again
again entanglingentanglingwith
with thethe British
British press.
"I justjust had
had thethe Daily ____ on thethe phone
phone andand“I
theywanted
trying to cash
they wantedtotoknow
knowififwe
we were trying
in on thethe psychedelic
psychedelic craze
craze with
with thethe new
new record.
record.
I meanmean-what's
don't know
knowwhat– what’sititall
allabout?
about? I don’t
what
they
talking about.”
about."
they are talking
sounded faintly amusedamused but
Mick sounded
but not reallysurprised.As
the subject
surprised.
As thesubject for more public
criticism
23,thanthancriticism andandknocking,knocking,atatthe
theageage of 23,
most
most people
peoplereceive
receiveinin private
privateall
all their
theirlives,
lives,
Mick retains
retains a remarkableremarkable balancebalance andandhishissensehumour isisstillmoresenseof humour
stillintact.
intact.But
Butitit was
was aa more
reticent
spoke of his
his future
future in pop.
reticentJagger
Jagger who
who spokeSomethe firefire had
had gonegone out.
out. One
Onesensed
sensed that
that
Some of the
Mick doesn’t
doesn't want
want toto standstandupupand
andbe
be shot
shot down
down
so often.
often. "Becool" isisthe
the phrase
phrase andand Mick“Be cool”
Mick is“S

being cool.
First Mick talked
talked about
about their
being
cool. First
theirnewnewdouble
doublesingle,
single,"We“WeLoveLove
You"andand“Dandelion”.
"Dandelion".“We"Wediddid‘Dandelion’'Dandelion'ininNovember
Novemberand
andthetheotherotherYou”
one about
about three
one
threemonths
monthsago.
ago.WeWeput
putthethejailjailnoises
noisesononwhilewhilewe
we werewerewaiting for thethe appeal.
appeal. I really
really likelikeitit-it'sforeboding sound.
sound. The
waiting– it’s got aaforeboding
other side
really more
more tuneful.”
tuneful."otherside is really
Are The
The Beatles
Beatles onon thethe record?
record? “Oh!
"Oh!They
Theycan’t
can'tbebeon
onthe
thesamesamerecords
records
as wewehavehavegotgotdifferent
differentcontracts.
contracts. I don’t
don't know
know how
how thatthat got out.
out. I’m
I'm
as us assure you wouldn’t
wouldn't havethought itit was The Beatles
Beatles onon thethe record
record unlessunlesssure
have thoughtsomeone had
do go
goto
toeacheachother’sother's sessions,sessions, but
but this
this sort
someonehadtold
toldyou
you first.
first. We do
thing makes
makes itit more
more difficult
do that.”that."of thing
difficultfor
for usus toto do"Isingsingthetheleadleadandandsomesomeharmonies.
harmonies. Brian played the Mellotron,
Mellotron, BillBill“I
the bass
bass andand Charlie
drums. BriantheCharlie onon drums.
Brianwaswas awaywhen
away whenwe
wedid
didthethevoicevoice
tracks. The
music is kind
kind of freer
freerandand thethe kindkind ofofthing
thing we
weare
areaiming
aiming at on
on
tracks.
The music
the next album.
album. We’ve
We'vebeen
been carrying
carrying on
on recording
recording the album,
album, but
but it has
has
thetaken sobecause of all this
this trouble
trouble we've
had. Even while we were
were
taken
so long because
we’ve had.
recording, itit mademade usespecially near
near thethe end.
end.
recording,us edgy, especially
We hadhad just
just been
been getting
getting into a nicenice recording
recording groove when
when thethe court
court
thing happened
wasn't really
really scaredscared about
about thethething
happenedandandmessed
messedus
usup.
up.No,
No, I wasn’t
verdict. It was
was just
just thatthat it took
tookupupso
somuchmuchtime,time, mentallymentally andand physically.
verdict.
physically.
kept thinking
thinking all
jail, oror
I keptall thethetimetimewhat
whatIIwould
wouldhave
havetotodo
doifif Keith went to jail,went to jail.”jail."
if IIwent
was Mick
Mick left
leftfeelingfeeling after
after his
his experiences?
experiences? "I
How was“I don't
don’tfeel
feelbitter.
bitter.II waswas
relieved, but
soon got over
over thethe feelingfeeling of relief
reliefandand now
now I’mI'mtryingtrying totorelieved,
but I soon
Allmy
myideasideashave
havechanged
changed inin thethe last
last few
fewmonths.”
months."forget it. All
Mickwasover -anxiousto
toelaborate
elaborateon
onhis
hischanged
changed ideas.
ideas.
But Mickwas over-anxious
the Stones
Stones have
haveforforappearances?
appearances? “I’m
"I'mtrying
trying totothink
think
What plans did thesome nicenice place
place wecan play.
We'd really
really like toto paypay outside.
outside. But it’s
it's
of somewe canplay. We’dto present
present it. We
Wedon’t
don'twant
wanttotodo
doan
anAlbert
Hallthing
thingagain,
again,butbut
how toAlbert Hall
would be nicenice to play
play somewheres omewhere wewecould
could dodo allallourourrecords
records withwith
it would
jumping aboutproper show.
me jumping
aboutand
andallallofof us
us playing
playing andandmakemakeitit aa proper
show.
Something liketheSomething
like MontereywouldMonterey wouldbe
begreat,great,butbutyouyoujustjust can't
can’trely
rely on theweather in
Britain."weatherin Britain.”still want
want pop
pop music"It's notnot my life! It’s
It's
Does Mick stillmusictotobe
behis
hislife?
life? “It’snice part
part of my life,
life,butbutit’s
it'snowhere
nowhere near
near all my life.
life.It’s
It'sjust
justthethepartpart
a nicewhere I apply
apply myself
myself toto pop.
pop. My life
life isisnice.
nice.It’s
It'svery
verybusy
and I get up
up very
wherebusy andearly now. IIget
getup
upat
atninenineandand whenwhen it comes
comes to aroundaround two
start toearly
twoII start
tofeelfeel
bit.But
ButI amI amleading
leadinga avery
very
orderedexistence
existence-tooordered. It’s
It's allall
it aabit.
ordered– too ordered.
very enjoyable."very
enjoyable.”Chris
ChrisWelch
Welch

-—
NME
NMESEPTEMBERSEPTEMBER 1616—rTHE
TIMESTHEY
THEYhavea -changed,asasBob
B obDylan
Dylanpredictedpredicted
HE TIMES
have a-changed,
and withtime when
when–- andwith them,
them,TheThe Rolling Stones. There was aa time
one approachedapproached aaMick-KeithRichard
Richard interview
interview withone
Mick Jagger
Jagger-Keithand trepidation,
trepidation, as they lashed the backs ofofthe
theestablishment.
establishment.
fear andthey areareolder,older,perhaps
perhapswiser,
wiser,and
andcertainly
certainly kinder
kinder toto thetheToday theyaround them.
them.
world aroundNow,instead
instead of thethe old
old“fab"fabgear
gearwhack”
whack"routine
routine andand solicitous
solicitous
Now,
enquiries after
Dodd's health,health, as IIenter
entertheir
theirrecording
recording studios
studios
enquiries
after Ken Dodd’s
am metmet withwith smiles
smiles andand anan orangeorange juice isispressedpressed upon
upon me by thetheI amever -courteous Jones,
while Keith remarks
remarks thatever-courteousJones, whilethathehe hashasnotnotseenseenmemein
inlong time.
time.
a long"Please help
help yourself
yourself totoaadrinkdrinkatatany
anytime,"smiles Mick,
Mick,indicating
indicating“Pleasetime,” smiles
the cardboard
cardboard cartonthecartonstacked
stackedwith
withjuices
juicesandandcokes.
cokes.Bill
Billsmiles
smilesaa slightly
slightlysadder smile andand only CharlieCharlie remains
remains immortal,
immortal, eyes
open as hesaddereyes wide
wide open
drums butdrums
butseeing
seeing nothing,nothing,andandtalking
talkingstill
stillofof Coltrane
Coltrane andand Gillespie.
knows what’s
what's “Watts!”"Watts!" Outside
Outside thethe studiostudio are parked
parked thethe Mercedes
He knows
Mercedesand thethe Rolls andand thethe Aston
AstonMartin
Martin-the
and– thematerialmaterialresults
resultsof
offivefive long,gone years’
years' hard
still there
there –gone
hardwork.
work. "Stu"“Stu” is still
their big-hearted
big-hearted roadtheirroad manager,
manager, still
still leadingwith his chin (a formidable
formidable weapon),weapon), shirt
shirt
with
agape revealing
revealing thethe hairy
hairy chest, andand blueever agape
jeans displaying
displaying something
something newjeans
new in psychedelic
patterns.
white patterns.
moves softly
softlyabout
aboutthethestudio
studio in
inpainted
paintedBrian moves
shoes, red-and-black
red -and -blackstriped
striped trousers
trousers andand huge
shoes,
huge
brown sheepskinsheepskin waistcoat
brown
waistcoat which
which makes
makes him
him
appear likeappearlike some
some bizarre
bizarretroglodyte.
troglodyte.Keith
Keithisis
one ofofthosethoseunbelievable
unbelievable blue creations
creationsclad in one
with many
many other
other colours
hiswithcolours thatthat billow from hisarms andarms
andfallfall inin fringes
fringes almost
almostto
tothe
thefloor.
floor.HeHe
tuning his guitar and appeals
appeals desperately
desperately tosits tuning
the ceiling,theceiling,"Someone“Someonegive
giveme
mean
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at 20,
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JJULY
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Pr -Mayi9,1967:JaggerandGlyn
May19, 1967: Jagger and GlynJohns,who
claimstoJohns,
who claims
to havetaught the frontman
frontman"alltaught“allhisproduction techniques
techniquesat
productionathisknee",inthecontrol
hisknee”, in the control
at Olympic
OlympicStudios
room at
Studios

sitsperchedperched upon
upon a highhigh stool
stool ininthe
thecontrol
control
Jagger sitsroom
surveying the music makers
makers with
with anan indulgent
indulgent
room surveying
air, his leg twisted
twisted about
about thestruts ofthe seatthe lower
lower strutsof theseat
andthat hisspine sticks out
and leaning
leaningforward
forwardso
so thathis spine
throughthin purple
Marianne Faithfull
through thethe thinpurple shirt. Mariannesits cool andand detacheddetached behindbehind him,
him, reading
readingaa copy ofplanning an
andBrian was planning
an excursion
excursionto
toLibya andindicated thebrochure heindicatedtheglossy
glossy brochure
he hadhad boughtboughtononthat country.
at these
these fantastic
fantastic Roman
that
country."Look“Look atremains," heenthused. "I'mremains,”
he enthused.
“I’mgoing
going to findsomewhere in
the Sahara
Sahara where
somewhere
in thethe middle
middle of the4111111110"
there arephotographers."
there
are no photographers.”
A
Treatise On
OnWhiteWhiteMagic,
Magic,fromfromwhichwhich she
she takes
takes timetime
As Brian
Brian left
leftthethecontrol
controlroom,
room, soundsound engineer
engineer
A Treatise
WE EWE YOU
out
talk a little
little with
with me.
me.
GlynJohns extolled
extolledthe
theStones’
Stones'musicianship.
musicianship. “Brian’s"Brian'sout toto talkG
yn Johns
Gly
FNE ROWNO sips
sews*. Ow n. Mow,
"I loveloveThe
TheSupremes’Supremes' new record,
record,incredible,""did youyouhearhearthat
thatharp
harp
0107 Memo to:“I
incredible,” hehe said, “did`Reflections',
and Traffic's
single," sheshe enthuses.
enthuses.
on
the last track?
track? He
Heplayed
playedthat
that-just‘Reflections’, andTraffic’s single,”on the– justpicked
picked"Mick
isproducing
producing some
some tracks
tracks for a new
new album
album
it up in thethe studio.
studio. He came
came in last night
night andand“Mick isfor meme –-youthere
this little child’schild's plastic ukulele
ukuleleyou heard
heardoneonetrack
trackasasyou
you camecamein,in,there was
was thiswrittenlying around.
around. It's
writtenbyThe
by TheIncredible
IncredibleString
StringBand."
Band.”
It’s almost
almostimpossible
impossibleto
toget
get
expressed an interest
interest in
the smallsmall book ina tunetune out
those things,
things, but
seemsI expressedin theout of thosebuthe
hedid.
did. HeHe seems
her shopping
shopping bag written
written by poet-philosopher
poet-philos opher
to be able
able totoplayplayanything
anything hehe picks
picks up
up–-fromfromOmar
saxophonesaxophoneto
to dulcimer!"
dulcimer!”
OmarKhayyam
Khayyámand
andsheshegavegaveititto
to me.
me. The
The wholewholeatmosphereA backingb ackingtrack
trackwasdown andand thethe Stones
was laid down
Stonesatmosphereininthe
thestudio
studiowas
wasoneoneofofaafriendly,
friendly,unhurried
set
about making
set aboutmakingmusic,
music,withwithBrian
Brianisolated
isolatedininunhurriedmeeting
meetingbetween
betweenfive
fiveold
old friends
friends
who were not
not going
goingtotorushrushinto
intoanything
anythingthatthatone
portion of the studiostudio playing tom-toms.
tom-toms.
one portion
was not their
their best.
best. There was hardly
hardly one
Jagger andand Johns
Johns talked
talked about
about “fixed"fixed andand roundround
discordantsounds"sounds”andandthere
therewaswasaabrief
brief hitch
hitch while
while some
some
discordantquote
quotetotorufflerufflethetheserenity,
serenity, except
exceptwhen
deigned toto mention
mention The
The Monkees
Monkeesandanddistortion
bass guitar,
guitar,distortionwas
wasremoved
removedfrom
fromBill'sBill’s bass
when I deigned
The Beatles in thethe samesame breath
breath andnamelyHewas
wasapparently
apparentlyworking
namely Bill. He
working too
andKeith's
Keith’slip
lipcurledthe old familiar
familiar manner.
manner.
close
the bridge
bass.
close to thebridge of his bass.
curled in the
explained a little of thethe new
new direction
direction inwhich theAStones
Stonesrecording
recording session
session nowadays
nowadays begins
begins about
about7pm
7pm andandrolls
rolls onon
Mick explainedin which
the Stones
Stones arearemoving,egan with
until
supper about
untilthetheearly
earlyhours
hoursofof thethe morning.
morning."Stu"“Stu”sends
sendsout
outforfor supper
about
moving, along
along withwithmanymanyotherothertop
topgroups.
groups."It“Itreally
reallybbegan
withTheThe
Beatles'
album," said
said Mick.
Mick.“It"Itwaswasthethebeginning
beginning ofofan
anappeal
appealmidnight
consumed
midnightand
andquantities
quantitiesof
ofporkpork chops
chops andand chicken
chicken are consumed
Beatles’ Revolver
Revolver album,”to thethe intellect.
intellect. Once,
howwellgroup wasdoing byThealong with
with pie andand ice-cream.
great deal
deal of their
their music
music is produced
producedalong
ice-cream.A
A greatOnce, youyou could
could tell
tell howwell aa group
was doingby thereaction
appeal, but
the hysteria
hysteria are fading andand for
spontaneously intheme or idea thatthat onespontaneously
inthe
thestudio
studioas
astheythey improvise
improviseon
on a theme
reactionto
to theirtheirsex
sex appeal,
but thethe daysdays of thethateatles. We
the otherother has
has created.
created.
or thethatreason
reasonthere
therewill
willnever
neverbebea anew
newStones
Stonesororaanew
newBBeatles.
We arearemovingAstrange
strange assortment
assortment of
the studio,
studio, including
includingof people
people drift
driftinin andandoutout of themoving after
after 'minds'‘minds’and
andso
soare
aremostmostofof thethenew
new groups."
groups.”played me
me oneone ofoftheir
their newnewcompositions
compositions -"Shepolicemenbeen inpolicemenwho
wholamely
lamelyexcuse
excusetheir
theirpresence
presenceby,
by,"I've“I’ve never
never beenin
He played– “SheComes
ComesIn
InColours",
Colours”,
which is augmented
augmented by strings
strings-foralbum andand arecording studiodoor was open!”
open!" The Stones
Stones accept
accepta recording
studiobefore"
before”oror"Your“Your door
– forinclusion
inclusiononon thethe next album
15 -minutebacking
backingtrack
trackwhereguitars,piano,
piano,tambourine,
tambourine, tom-toms,
tom-toms,
thisdescribed it,
15-minute
where guitars,
thisininstoic
stoic silencesilence andandanyoneanyonewho
whoisisnot,
not,asas Jagger describedit,bass
and drums"a terrificterrific nuisance”
nuisance" isis allowed
Atthisthissession
session aawell-known
well-known
bass anddrumsarearethrown
throwntogether
togethertotoprovide
providewhat
whatBrian
Briancalls,
calls, "India“India“aallowedto
to stay. At
withArabian Nights!"
they had
had not
not seen
seen forfornearly
nearlythreeturned up
suitwith aa touch
touchofof The ArabianNights!”agent who they
three years turned
up inin suit

MIRRORPIX"The Beatles’
Beatles'
“Th
“The
B
tl ’
Revolver was
Revolverwasthe beginningof an
an appeal totheintellect”
the intellect"

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last badge
badge depicted
depicted a latterday
latterday Hollywood
Hollywo odblonde
blondeininsurrealistic
surrealistic
The last
backgrounds -"Andbackgrounds– “Andthat,"
that,”saidsaidKeith,
Keith,"is“islovely
lovely Rita!"
Rita!”
entered thethe control
control room
conduct a bewildering
bewildering
Charlie entered
room to conductconversation about
conversation
aboutaa session
session musician
musicianwith
with"perfect“perfectpitch"
pitch” whomwhom
knew. Mick
Mickrevealed
revealed thatthat Glyn
Glyn waswasshortly
shortly to
tobebemarried.
married. Glyn
Glyn knew.
revealed thatthat Mick had
had learnt
learnt all
all hishisproduction
production techniques
techniques atrevealed
at hishis knee.
knee.
About
About tam
2amIImademadetotogo
gowhilewhileeveryone
everyonewas
wasstill
stillbeing
beingsosonice.
nice.Just
JustasasII left
left
through theasking Keith toto insultinsult someone,
someone, just once forthroughthedoordoorthetheidea
ideaofof askingtimes' sake,would have
have been
been futile.
old times’
sake, occurred,occurred,but
butIIfear
fearitit would
futile. This
This is the"the Nice”
Nice"andandsavingsavingOmar
OmarKhayyám’s
Khayyam'smemory
memory-– "Theyear of “the“The Rolling
Stones having
having rolled-rollStonesrolled – rollon!"on!”KeithAltham
Keith Altham

MELODYMAKER
MAKERSEPTEMBERSEPTEMBER— MELODY
2323—WHO
PLAYEDTHE
THEdrums
drumsononThe
TheRolling
RollingStones’
Stones'latest
latestHO PLAYED
single "We
You//Dandelion”?
Dandelion"? "Buddy
single“We Love You“Buddy Rich,"
Rich,” says
says
justifiably annoyed,
annoyed, thisCharlie Watts, justifiably
this week.
week. "That“That wastypical Melody
MelodyMaker
Makerremark,”
remark,"heheadded,added,referringreferring totothe
the MMMMpop
a typical
pop
queried thethe record.
record.
singles review which queried
thepresence
presenceof
ofMr
Mr Watts on thereason any doubt
doubt was raised
raised was not because
because of thethe excellence ofofThe reason
rhythm accompanimentaccompaniment andnotthe rhythm
andthetheinference
inference thatthat CharlieCharlie could notconsidered responsible
responsible –-but
because so many
manyfamousthus be considered
but because
famous guests"sat in”
in" onon thethe session
session andand thethe Stones“sat
Stones themselves
themselveswere
wereinin aa state
state of fluxand chaos whenrecorded.
andwhen the various tracks were recorded.
Charlie was in thethe throes
throes of house
house
Charliemoving whenmovingwhenhehe spokespoke toto thethe MM
this week.
this"For thethe last
lastthree
three months
months I’ve
I've been
been“Formessing about
messing
about with
with thethe house,house, andand it's
it’s
been aa complete
complete waste
been
wasteofof time,"time,” said
saidCharlie. “If"IfII wanted
wanted toand seesee anybody
anybodyCharlie.
to go andanything I couldn’t.
couldn't. The
house isor do anything
The new
new house
only seven
seven miles
only
miles fromfromthetheoldoldoneoneinin Lewes
Lewes
o
toL,
nd it’s
it's got
gotsomesomelandland-notwant to doand– notthat
thatII wantany farming.”
farming."anyado thethe Stones
Stones feel
feelatatthe
themoment
momentHow doabout therecord andand all thethe scenes
scenes that
that
about
the recordahappened to"Our hearts
hearts arehave happened
to them? “Ourhbeating," said Charlie noncommittally.
noncommittally.
beating,”beWhatspare time,
time,
What does
does CharlieCharlie dodo in his spareW
when thewhen
the Stones
Stones aren't
aren’tworking?
working?"I'd“I’d like
like tow
writing-but– butIIcan't
can’tfind
find aa pencil.
do some writing
Everything
mess atatthe
themoment.
moment.
verythingis
is in such a messEv
I'd like toto writewrite more,
more, andand II read
read quite
quiteaabit.
bit.
I’d
I'm always doing
doing something,something, but
don't know
knowwhatI’m
but I don’t
whatitit is."is.”sounded decidedly
decidedlyvague,
admitted he didn’t
didn't likeCharlie soundedvague, then admitted
interviews by telephone
telephone anyway,
anyway,and
andthatthat everybody’s
everybody'sremarks
remarks came
came out
outinterviews
the wrong way
wayto
theyhadall cut
cut
theto how they
had been
beenintended.
intended.Does
DoesCharlieCharliefeel
feel at all
fromthethe poppop scene
scene down
down inin thethe country?
country?
off from"I don’t
don't feel
feelcut
cutoffoffandandI’ve
I'veseenseenquite
quiteaafew
fewofofthe
thenew
newgroups
groups-Denny“I– Denny
Laine andand thehave ever seen. When
When I sawsawthemthem
Laine
the String
String Band
Band areare thethebestbestII have
the Saville
Savillethey
theywerefantastic.
at thewere fantastic.
"Television pop
pop is just
just terrible
terrible now,”
now," thought
thought Charlie.
OfThe“TelevisionCharlie."Top“Top OfThe Pops
so bad.
bad. Awful.
Awful.There
Thereisisalways
alwaysthatthat silencesilence atat thethe endend of every
everyrecord andandis sorecordofanticlimax.
anticlimax. I think
thinkReady,Steady,Go!
Go!wasfantastic,especially
especially
feeling ofReady, Steady,was fantastic,
started andand it was
was runrun bybyyoung
people."when it started
young people.”
doesCharlieCharliereact
reacttotoflower
flowerpower
powerand
andallallthetheotherothermanifestations
manifestations
How does
modern pop?
of modern"I think
think it’s
it's great.
great. I don’t
don't really know
know a lot
lot about
about it, but
but ititseems
seems to
to me
me
“I
the papers
papers always
thealwaysmiss
missthethepoint
pointabout
aboutit.it.Although
AlthoughI'm
I’mnotnotinvolved
involvedin
init,
it,
think the clothes
clothes look great.
great. It’s
It'saafashion
fashionand
andit’s
it'sbeen
beendone
donebefore,
before,but
but
I think
it's still very exciting.
exciting.
it’s"Some people
people say it’s
it's aadrag,
drag,but
butmostmost people
people get
get upset
upset at
at young
young people.
people.
“Some
Theygetoys areThey
get upset
upsetat
atTeddyboys
Teddy boysand
andthenthenmods.
mods.I Iexpect
expectthe
theTeddy
Teddybboys
aregetting upset
people now.
getting
upset at
at thethe flower people"When flower power started
started itit wasably fantastic.
fantastic. But now itithas
has
“When
was probprobably
become aa funnyword,
becomefunny word,like
likerock'n'roll.
rock’n’roll.There
Thereisisevenevenaashop
shopininLewesLewes
which has
has got ‘Herrings'Herrings Are Flower
FlowerPower’Power'written
written up
up ininthatthat white
white stuff
stuff
which
the window.
window. I suppose
suppose they'll
next.
on thethey’llhave
have'Sprats‘SpratsAre
Are LSD'
LSD’ next.
"I should
should go andand seesee somesome of thethe groups,
od. Groups
Groups are“Igroups,but
butI'mI’maalazy
lazyssod.
areprogressing andthe light shows are fantastic.
fantastic. It'll
end up where
progressing
andsomesomeofof theIt’ll endgoto
toaaclubclubwithwith3D
3Dglasses
glassesand
andpresspressbuttons
buttons totosee
seeanyanygroupgroup youyou
you gowant." Chris
Welch•
want.”
Chris Welch

W

Message to you from

MICK

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and
tie-looking
and tie– lookingas
ascomfortablecomfortableasasa penguin
penguin in
the Gobi amongst
amongst thein thepresent
present company.
explainedrather
ratherembarrassedly
embarrassedly
He explainedthatwith him
him whothat there
therewas
was thisthisgirl
girl with
who
wanted"just seeseeyouyou-y'know?"wanted to “just– y’know?”
collapsed: “You
"Youdon’t
don't see
seeus
usfor
forover
overthree
yearsandand
then
Jagger collapsed:ththreeyears
d thenth
you turn
turn up
up withwith thethe samesameold
old reasonsreasons-using– usingus
ustotoimpress
impressyour
yourgirl."
girl.”But
But
he smiledsmiled andand thebrought in andand thethe Stones
Stones treatedtreated her
the girl was brought
her kindly.
kindly.
what is going
going tototurnturn upup on this
this next
still somewhat
somewhat
Just what
next Stones
Stones LP is still
confusing,fewsurprises.
surprises. Marianne,
Marianne,
confusing,butbutthere
therearearelikely
likely toto be quite a few
for example,
example, revealed
revealed thatthat Mick
Mickhashasaabookbookononnursery
nurseryrhymes
rhymes-– “the
"the
to St
StIvesIvesandandmetmetaaman
manwithwithsevensevenwives’
wives'variety”
variety"–-andand‘I was going to
he was considering
considering working
them into
into thethe album.
album. Brianworking some
some of them
Brian Jones
Jones
had
thing about
discs owned
owned bybyhis
had a thing
about some
some 1930s discs
his father
father on
on which
which
there
organist called
particular title
there was an organist
called Harry
Harry Foort.
Foort. One particular
title hehementioned
mentionedwas
was"Plum“PlumBlossom".
Blossom”.
between times,
Mick'smeeting
meeting with
with
In between
times,CharlieCharlietalked
talkedto
toMickMick of Mick’s
Maharishi
and wanted
wanted to know
knowwhatabout
MaharishiYogi
Yogi and
whatMick
Mick asked
asked him.
him. "Oh,“Oh, about
thevaguely.CharlieCharliewas
wassceptical
sceptical about
about
the Church
Churchand
andreligion,"
religion,” said
said Mick vaguely.
theportrait thatthe little portrait
thatMaharishi
Maharishicarried
carriedofofhis
hisownownguru.
guru."It's“It’s only
only
somethingremember he is carrying
carrying thethe thoughts
thoughts on fromfromsomethingto
to help him remember
another,"another,”saidsaidMick.
Mick.
heated discussion
discussion in
There was aa heatedin thethe control
control room
roombetween
betweenGlyn
GlynJohns,
Johns,
who abhors
abhors bullfights
bullfightsalthoughalthoughhehehashasneverneverbeen
beentotoone,
one,andandBrian
BrianJones
Jonesintercedednotaasport
sport–-thatanintercededon
onmybehalf
my behalffor
forthethedefence.
defence. "It“It is notthat is an
Englishmisconception," said
spectacle in thethe samesame way
English misconception,”
saidBrian.
Brian."It“It is a spectaclea Greek tragedy
tragedyis
spectacle-it
death andhappy."
is a spectacle– itisislife
lifeasasititisis deathandsadsadas
asitit is happy.”
wasnotnotto
tobe
beconvinced
convinced thatthat thethe spectacle
spectacle of any
any animal
animal in pain
pain
Glyn waswas a desirable
desirable one
one andand Marianne
Marianne finally mademade a profoundprofound remark
remark about
about"naturemankind" andthe subject.
subject.
“natureat
atthe
themercy
mercyofof mankind”
andwe
weall
all forgot
forgot the
had acquired
acquired a cap
cap during
during thethe evening’s
evening's recording,recording, with
with three
three
Keith hadbadgesbadges resplendent
resplendenton
onthe
thepeak.
peak."The“Thebadge
badgewithwiththethetwotwowhitewhitestrokes
strokesstandsrights," heheexplained.
explained. “The"Thephotographphotograph inin thethe otherotherstandsfor equal rights,”
badge
ofthe
theRussian
Russianastronautastronaut who was
was burnedburned to death
death on re-entering
re-enteringbadge is oftheEarth's atmosphere.”
atmosphere."the Earth’s

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J U L Y – S E P T EM B E R“"TheThe Beatles
Beatles isa hobby, really”
really"strange, half-hour
to toHaight-Ashbury
leavesGEORGEAA strange,
half-hourtrip
trip
Haight-Ashbury
leavesGEORGEHARRISONHARRISON focused
focusedonon
what's important.
meanwhile,wants
wants toto inventinvent “new"new sounds,
what’simportant.4AUL
PAULMcCARTNEY,McCARTNEY, meanwhile,sounds,newform
form ofofmusic”.
music".“Right"Right now,”
now," hehesays,says,“I’m"I'm thinking
thinking things
things out.”
out."
aa new

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THE BEATLES

arrived andwalked into
into thethe parkarrivedandititgot
got bigger
bigger andandbigger.
bigger. We walked
parkandanditit just
justbecame aabit
these people
people were
just following
following us
becamebit of aajoke.
joke. All thesewere justus along.
along.

26,1967:
Beatles andAugust 26,
1967: Beatles
andpartners at Bangor
BangorUniversity
University
partners
take part
part in thethe Maharishi’s
Maharishi's
to takeontranscendental
transcendental
course on
meditation. The
Thefollowing
meditation.
followingday,
theywill
theywillleavefor
leave forLondon
Londononon
BrianEpstein’s
Epstein'sdeathlearning of Briandeath

MELODYMAKER
MAKER,Le fEMBER
2— MELODYSEPTEMBER
2—interviewGisisofo nono
OU MAY THINK thistoNK
this interview
said George Harrison
Harrisonf
importance to me,” said
acrosstable inEnterprises' Mayfair
across aa tablein NEMS Enterprises’
offices.
you'd beoffices. "But
“But you’dbe wrong.
wrong. It's
It’s very
very
important.
realised thatimportant.We
We havehave realised
thatit's
it’s up
up toeveryonespreadeveryone -– including
including The
The Beatles –- to spreadlove andand understanding
understanding andandto
to communicate
communicatethis
thisininanyway
any waywe
wecan."
can.”radiant in flowered shirt
shirt and trousers,
trousers, long flowing hairhair
George, radiantandand bushy
bushymoustache,
moustache,litlitup
upaadismal
dismalwet
wetLondon
Londonday
dayby
byhis
hisclothes,clothes,
his friendlinessfriendliness andspoke quietly
quietly
andthethewarmth
warmthofofhis
his replies.
replies. George spoke
butGod
but frankly
frankly about
aboutmany
manysubjects
subjects-from– fromGodtotoLSD
LSD-–andandthethe90
90minute
the most
most
minuteconversation
conversationexaminedexaminedthe
thewhole
wholeexistence
existenceof theintrospective
introspectiveBeatle.
Beatle.

“YYou
havejust
justreturned
returned fromfrom Haight-Ashbury.
Haight-Ashbury. What
You have
What were yourimpressions
Haight-Ashbury for
impressionsofoflife
lifethere?
there?Well,
Well,we
we werewere only in Haight-Ashbury
for
about
minutes, butquite a bit. We
Weparkedparked ourour limousine
limousine
about30
30 minutes,
butII did
did seesee quitea block
block away
awayjust
appear thejust to appear
the samesame andandwalked
walkedalong
alongthethestreetstreetfor
for
about
aboutaa hundred
hundredyards,
yards,half
halflikelikeaatourist
touristandandhalf
halflikelikeaahippy.
hippy.We
We weretryingshops.
tryingto
tohavehaveaalook
look inin a few shops.

Who was with
with you? Pattie,
Pattie, her
her sister
sister Jenny, aafriend
friend ofofJenny's,
Jenny’s, Derek
Taylor, Neil
NeilAspinall,
Aspinall,our
our roadroad manager,
manager, andwho's aa friend.
friend.
andMagic
MagicAlex,
Alex, who’s
We walked
walked along
along andand it waswasnice.
nice.At
Atfirstfirstthey
theywere
justsaying,saying,“Hello”"Hello"andandwere just"Canshake your
yourhand?”…
hand?"... things
things like that.
that. Then
Then more
more andand moremore people
people“Can I shake

You'venever
never deliberately
deliberatelyset
Forme,
You’vesetoutouttototake
takeLSD?
LSD?No, not really. Forme, itit
good thing
thing but it showed
showed meme thatthat LSD
LSDisn’t
isn'treally
reallythe
theanswer
answer toto
was a goodeverything. ItItcaneverything.
canhelp
helpyou
youtotogogofromfromAAtotoB,
B, butbut whenwhenyou
yougetgetto
toB,
B, youAndyouyouseeseethatthattotoget
getreally
reallyhigh,do ititstraight.
straight. There
There
see C. And
high, you have to doofgettinggettinghigh
highwithout
withoutdrugs
drugs–-with
meditation
are special ways ofwith yoga, meditation
and all those
those things.
this was thethe disappointing
disappointing thing
andthings.So thisthingabout
aboutLSD.
LSD.
this physicalphysical world wewelivelivein,in,there’s
there'salways
alwaysduality
duality-good
In this– good andandbad,bad,
and white, yes andand no.
no.Whatever
Whatever there
there is,is,there’s
there's always
alwaysthetheblack and
There's always
alwayssomething
something equal
equal andand opposite
opposite totoeverything
everything
opposite. There’s
and thiswhyyouit's bad,bad, because
because it’s
it's good
goodAND
andthisisis whyyou can't
can’tsayLSD
say LSD is good or it’sAND
it's bad.
bad. It’s
It's both
both ofofthemthem andand it’s
it'sneither
neither ofofthemthem allalltogether.
together.People
Peopledon’t
don't
it’s
consider that.
Haight-Ashburywas
shock,because
because althoughalthough there
Haight-Ashbury
wasaabitbit of aa shock,therewere
were sosomanygreat people, really nicenice people
people whowhoonly
onlywanted
friends and
and
many
great
wanted to be friends
didn't want
impose anything
didn’twant toto imposeanythingororbe
be anything,anything,there
therewaswasstill
stillthetheblackblack
the opposite.
opposite. There
where people
out of theirtheirbit, theThere was
was thethe bit
bit where
peoplewere
were soso outminds trying
and acidacid-–every
there wasminds
tryingto
toshoveshoveSTP
STP on me, andeverystep
stepII took
took therewassomebody trying
mesomething
something-–butdidn't wantsomebody
trying toto give me
butII didn’t
want toto know about
that. II want
want tocan taketake it and
and
that.
to getget high,high, andandyouyoucan't
can’tgetgethighhighononLSD.
LSD.You cantake it as many
many times
times asto aapoint
point thatthat you can’t
can't gettakeas youyou like, but you get tofurther unless
any further
unlessyou
youstopstoptaking
takingit.
it.
Haight-Ashbury reminded
There were these
theseHaight-Ashbury
remindedme
meaabitbitofof thetheBowery.
Bowery. Therepeople just
just sitting
sitting roundpeopleroundthethepavement
pavementbegging,begging,saying,saying,"Give“Give us
us somesomemoneyforblanket." These are hypocrites.
hypocrites. They areare making
making fun ofofmoney
for a blanket.”tourists andand at thethe samesame time
time they
they areareholding
holdingtheir
theirhands
hands
tourists
and all that, andbegging off them;
them; that’s
that's what
don't like.
out begging
whatII don’t
like.
don't mind
mind anybody
anybody dropping
dropping out of anything,anything, but it’s
it's thethe imposition
imposition
I don’tsomebody else I don’t
don't like.
like.The
Themoment
moment you
youstart
start dropping
dropping out andandon somebody
then begging
somebody elsethen it's
good. I’ve
I've just
just
thenbeggingoff
off somebody
elsetoto help
help you, thenit’s nono good.
realised throughthings thatthat it doesn’t
doesn't matter
realisedthroughaalot
lot of things
matterwhat
whatyou
youareare asas longwork.ItItdoesn’t
doesn'tmattermatter if
ifyou
chop wood,
as youyouchopchopandandas you work.
you chopwood, as long as
keep chopping.
chopping. Then
what's coming
don't have
have totokeep
Thenyou
you getget what’s
comingto
toyou.
you. Youdon’t
drop out.
youdropdropout,
out,you
youputputyourselves
yourselves further
further away fromdrop
out. InIn fact, if you
the goal
lifethanthan if you
youkeep
keepworking.
working. »thegoal of life
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them tried
tried tobelieve? They
Theywereme
One of themtogiveyou
give youSTP,
STP, I believe?
were trying
tryingto
togivegive meeverything. This
thing thatand getpeople.
everything.
Thisisis aa thing
thatII want
want toto trytry andget over to people.
Althoughwith hippies,
hippies, especially
this
Althoughwe've
we’ve been
been identified
identifiedaa lot withespecially since
since all
all thisthing about
has come
don't want
want toanyone else
thing
aboutpot
potandandLSD
LSD hascome out,
out, we don’t
to tell anyone
else tobecause it’s
it'ssomething
something that’s
that's up
the person
person himself.
himself. Although it
have ititbecause
up to thekeythatthatopened
opened thethe door
door andand showed
showed aa lot ofofthings
things onon thethe otherotherwas like aakey
it's still
still upup totopeople
people themselves
themselves what
what they
with it.
side, it’s
they dodo with
LSDisn’t
isn'taareal
realanswer.
answer. ItItdoesn’t
doesn't give
giveyou
youanything.
anything. It enables
enables you
LSD
you toto seelotof
ofpossibilities
possibilities thatthat you
you may
may never
never have
have noticed
noticed before but it isn’t
isn't thethea lot
answer. You
don't justand that's
answer.
You don’t
just take
takeLSD
LSD andthat’sititforever,forever,you're
you’reOK.
OK.
Ahippyhippyisissupposed
supposedto
tobe
besomeone
someonewho
whobecomes
becomesaware
aware-you're– you’rehip
hip ifwhat's going
you're really
really hiphip you
you don’t
don't get
get involved
involved
you know what’s
going on.
on. But if you’rewith LSD
LSDandand things
things like that.
that. You
Youseeseethethepotential
potential thatthat it has
has andand thethewiththat cancan come
but you
youalsoalsoseeseethatthatyou
youdon’t
don'treally
reallyneed
good thatcome fromfrom it, butneed it.
needed it thethe first time
time I ever
ever had
had it. Actually,
Actually,IIdidn’t
didn't know
know thatthat I’d
I'd hadhad
I neededI'dneverneverevenevenheard
heardofofititthen.
then.This
Thisisissomething
somethingthat
thatjust
justhasn’t
hasn'tbeen
been
it. I’dEverybodynow
that we’ve
we've had
had it,it,butbutthethecircumstances
circumstances weretold. Everybody
now knows thatthat somebodyjust
heard of thethethatsomebody justshoved
shovedititin
inour
ourcoffee
coffeebefore
beforewe'd
we’d ever heard
stuff. So wewehappened
happened toquite unaware
unaware of
the fact.
stuff.
to have it quiteof thefact.
don't mind
mind telling people
people I’ve
I've had
had it.
it.I’mI'mnotnotembarrassed.
embarrassed. It makes
makes noI don’tdifference because
didn't actuallyout andand tryto
difference
becauseII know
know thatthat I didn’t
actuallygo
go outtry toget
get some.
some.

1967

JJULY
E P T EM B E R
U LY – SSEPTEMBER

Haveyouanydeflned
Have
you any definedidea
ideaofofwhat
whatyouryourgoalgoalininlifelife is?
We've
all got
gotthethe samesame goal whether
whether werealise itit or not.
not.
We’ve allwe realise
We'reall striving
striving for something
something whichcalled God.
We’re allwhichisis called
God. For
reunion, complete.
complete. Everybody has
has realised
realised at
at somesomeaa reunion,
time ororotherotherthatthat nonomattermatter howhowhappy
happythey
are, there’s
there'stime
they are,still always
alwaysunhappinessunhappiness thatstill
thatcomes
comeswithwithit.
Everyone is a potential
potential Jesus
Everyone
Jesus Christ,
Christ,really.
really.We
We are alltrying toto where
where Jesus Christ
Christ got. And we’re
we're going
going
tryingto get to
to be
be on
onthisthis world
worlduntil
until we
weget
getthere.
there.We’re
We'reallalldifferent
differenttopeopledoing different
different things
things inbutpeople andandwe
we are all doingin life, butthatthat doesn't
doesn’tmattermatterbecause
becausethe
thewhole
wholepoint
pointofoflife
lifeisis toharmoniseharmonisewith
witheverything,
everything,every
everyaspectaspectinin creation.
creation. That
That
means
eating thethe meat,meat, killingkillingmeansdown
downtoto notnot killing the flies, eating
peoplechopping trees
trees down.
down.
people or choppingCanever getdown tocan only
Can wewe ever
get it down
to thisthislevel?
level?YouYou canonly dodo it
if youyou believe
believe in
init.
it.Everybody
Everybodyisispotentiallypotentiallydivine. It’s
It's just
just aamattermatter of self-realisation
self -realisation before
beforedivine.
it will
willallallhappen.
happen. The
The hippies
hippies are a good
goodideaidea-–
love, flowers
flowersand
andthatthat isisgreatgreat-but– butwhenwhenyou
you seesee
theit's like anything.
anything. II love all
the otherotherhalf
halfofof it,
it, it’sthese
are honesthonest andandthese people
people too, those who aretryingbitof
oftruthtruthandandto
tostraighten
straighten out
out
trying toto find a bitthethe untruths.
untruths.I'm
I’mwith
withthem
them100
100perper cent,
cent, butbut
when
see thethe badI'm not
not so happy.
happy.
whenII see
badsidesideofof it, I’m

To getgetanywhere
anywherenearnear what
what youyouarearetalking
talking
about,
youbelieve
have to be
be aahippy
hippyorabout,dodo youbelieveyou
you haveor

June
24: George arrives
June24:Georgearrives
EMIStudiosforapressat EMI
Studios for a press
beforetherecording
call before
the recordingof“All You Need Is Love”
of"AllYouNeedIsLove"“EverybodyEb d isi"Everybody
potentiallydivine. It’s
It's justa matterself-matter ofofself
realisation”
realisation"a flower
flower person?
ody candoubt ifperson?Anyb
Anybody
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do it.
it. I doubt
anyone whohippy or flower
flower person
person feels
anyonewho is a hippy
that
It's only
onlyyou,
the press,
press, who
who callcallusthat hehe is. It’s
you, theus
that.
some tag. If
Ifyou
that.They've
They’vealways
alwaysgot
got to have someyou
like, I’m
I'm a hippy
hippy oror aaflower
flowerperson.
person. IIknow
knowI’mI'mnot.
not.I’m
I'mGeorge
GeorgeHarrison,
Harrison,a person.
person. Just
everybody else, but different
different at
the same
getJust like everybody
at thesametime.
time.YouYou getto a point
point where
where youyourealise
realisethat
thatititdoesn’t
doesn'tmattermatter what
whatpeople
peoplethink
think youyouare,it's what
what you
you think
thinkyouare, it’s
you areare yourselves
yourselves that
thatmatters.
matters.Or
Orwhatwhatyou
you knowknow
you are.
are.Anyone
shirt on.
Anyonecancanmakemakeit;it;youyou don't
don’thave
havetoto putput a flowery shirt
on.

Could
abank
Could abankclerk
clerkmakemakeit?Anyone
it? Anyonecan,
can,butbutthey've
they’vegot
gotto
to havehave thethedesire.
Beatles got
gotallallthethematerialmaterialwealthwealththat
thatweweneeded,needed,and
andthatthat
desire. The Beatles
was enoughenough tothat this
this thing
thing wasn't
theto show us thatwasn’tmaterial.
material.We
We areare all in thephysicalare strivingsophysicalworld,world, yet
yet whatwhat we
we arestrivingfor
for isn't
isn’t physical.
physical.We
We all get sohungwith materialmaterial things
cars andand televisions
and houses,
hung up
up withthingslike
like cars
televisions andhouses, yet
what
there for a little
little bit
bit andand thenthen it's
gone.
what they
theycancangivegive you
you is only there
it’s gone.

Did you
you evereverreachreachthethepoint
point where
where you
youconsidered
considered getting
getting rid ofofthethe materialmaterial thing
the materialmaterialwealth?
wealth?Yes,
Yes,but
butnow
now that
thatI've
I’ve got thethingininperspective,
Thewhole
wholereason
reasonI’ve
I'vegotgotmaterialmaterialthings
thingsisisbecause
becauseperspective,it's
it’sOK. The
theywere
Soit’sit'snot
notreally
reallybad
that I've
it,because
becausethey weregiven
giventotome
meas
as aa gift. So
bad that
I’ve got it,
I didn’t
didn't ask
was just
just mine.
mine. All
did waswas bebe me.
me.
askforfor it. It was
All I did
All weweevereverhad
had totodo
dowas
wasjustjustbebeourselves
ourselves andand itit allallhappened.
happened. ItIt waswasthere,
this. But then,then, itit was
us to enableenable us
there,given
giventotous.
us.AllAll this.
was givengiven to
to us
us to
to seesee
that
thatthat
thatwasn't
wasn’tit.
it.There
Therewaswasmoremoreto
toit.
it.

Where
these beliefs
beliefs fit inin withwith thethe musicalmusical side of
ofThe
I'm
Where do these
The Beatles? I’ma musician.
musician. II don’t
don't knowwhy.
thing thatthat I've
looked back onknow why.This
Thisisis a thing
I’ve lookedsincebirth. Many
since my birth.
Many people
peoplethink
thinklife
lifeisis predestined.
predestined.I Ithink
thinkititisisvaguely,
vaguely,butwhich wayyour
I've ever
ever done
done isbut it's
it’s still
still upup to
to youyou which
way yourlife's
life’sgoing
goingtotogo.
go.All I’ve
keepbeing meworke dout.
out.ItItjust
didititall…
all...magic…
magic... itkeep being
me andand it's
it’s just
just all worked
just didjust
Weneverneverplannedplanned anything.
anything. So it’s
it'sobvious
obvious–-because
I'mjust did
did it. We
because I’m

you any
anyidea
into thetheHave youideawhat
whatThe
TheBeatles
Beatleswill
willdodo next
next time
timeyou
you go into
recording studios?
until we do it.
it.We’re
We'renaturally
naturally
recordingstudios?No
Noidea.
idea.WeWe won't
won’t know until
influenced byeverything that's
weren'tinfluenced
by everythingthat’sgoing
goingonon aroundaroundus.
us.If you weren’t
influenced, you
do anything.
anything. That’s
That's all anything
anything is, ananinfluenced,
you wouldn't
wouldn’tbe
be able to do
influence fromtheinfluence
fromoneone person
personto
toanother.
another.We'll
We’ll write
write songs
songs andandgo into thestudios andstudios
and record
record themthemandandwe'll
we’ll tryand
try andmake
makethem
themgood.
good.We'll
We’ll makemakebetter LP than
than SgtPepper.
don't know
knowwhata betterSgt Pepper. But I don’t
whatit's
it’sgoing
goingtotobe.
be.
youhadhad aachild,child,dodoyou
youknow
knowwhatwhatyou
youwould
wouldtry
tryto
as aafather?
father?
If youto do ashaven't, andand I can’t
can't reallyknow
wouldn't let
I haven’t,
really knowwhat
whatI'dI’ddo.
do.But
ButII know
know I wouldn’t
let ittoschool.
school.I’m
I'mnotnotletting
lettingfascist
fascistteachers
teachers put
put things
things into the child’schild's
go tohead.
an Indian
Indian guru
guru to teachteach him
him-–andhead.I'd
I’d get anandme,
me,too.
too.

George, cancanyonTheBeatles
Beatlesare
areat
atmusicallymusicallytoday?
Whatareare
you tell where The
today? What
you trying
trying to
Nothing. We'retrying to do
do anything.
anything. Thisthe big
big
to do?
do? Nothing.
We’re not trying
This is the

I believe The
TheBeatles
Beatlesare
arethinking
thinking about
about making
making aafilm
filminin whichyou
which youcreateYes.
createthethevisualvisualasaswellwellasasthe
thesoundsoundandandmusic?
music?
Yes.We've
We’vegot
gotto
to thethepointother people, things
thingspointnowwhere
now wherewe've
we’vefound
foundout
outthatthatifyou
if yourely
rely on otherneverout. This
This may soundsound conceited,neverwork
work out.
conceited,butbutit's
it’snot.
not.It's
It’sjust
just what
what
happens.
happens.The
Thethings
thingsthat
thatwe've
we’vedecided
decidedourselves
ourselvesandandthatthatwe've
we’vegone
goneahead andout right
right-orahead
and donedone ourselves
ourselves have
have always worked out– oratatleastleast
satisfactorily-whereas
satisfactorily– whereasthe
themoment
momentyou
yougetgetinvolved
involved with
with other
other people,
people,joke.
Cosmic Joke 43.
43.Everyone
Everyonegets
getsourourrecords
records andand says, “Wonder"Wonderjoke. It's
It’s all Cosmic
how they thought
thought of that?”that?" or “Wonder"Wonder what
what they’re
they're planningplanning next?"
next?”oror
whateverButwe
wedon’t
don'tplan
plananything.
anything. We
Wedon’t
don'tdodoanything.
anything.
whatever they
they dodo say. But
All
do isisjust
justkeep
keepononbeing
beingourselves.
ourselves. It
ItjustAll we dojust comes
comesout.
out.It's
It’s The
The Beatles.
Beatles.
All any
any of us
usare
are trying
trying to do now is get
get asasmuchmuch peace
peace and
andlovelove asaspossible.
will never
never bebeplayed
played out,
out, because
because you can’t
can't play out thepossible. Love willitit goes
goes wrong.
wrong.
It's
record company.
company. You
Youhandhand them
them thethe wholeand thetheIt’s like aa record
whole LP andand everything
everything there
sleeve andthereononaaplate.All
plate. Allthey've
they’vegot
gotto
todo
dois
is print
printit.
it.
Then
Thenall
all thethe crap
crapstarts
starts-–"You“You can't
can’thave
havethat"that”andand"You“You don't
don’tdodo this"this”-– andinvolved with
with trivial
trivial little
littlethings
things thatthat it all
allstarts
startsandwe
we get so involved
deteriorating around
deterioratingaroundus.
us.

a musician
musician now,
to tobe.be.
It'sIt’s
mymy
gig.
Alan
now,that's
that’swhat
whatI was
I wasdestined
destined
gig.
AlanWalsh
Walsh-—
MELODY
1PTEMBER9 9
MELODY MAKER
MAKER SEPTEMBER—-REDFERNS/GETTY (2)truth.
can be taken
taken a million
milliontruth.Whatever
WhateverII say candifferent
different ways depending
depending on how screwed
screwed up
up
the reader
readeris.
is.
the
The Beatles
Beatles isisjustjustaahobby
hobbyreally...
it's justBut Thereally… it’s
doing
doing it on
on itsitsown.
own. We
Wedon’t
don'tevenevenhave
havetotothink
think
about
about it. The
The songs
songs write
write themselves.
themselves. It just all
works out. Everything
Everything thatthat we’re
we're taking
taking into
our
– and
our minds
minds andand trying
trying totolearn
learnororfindfindout
out-and
I feelfeel personallypers onally it’s
it's such
such aa lot,
lot,there’s
there's so muchmuch
to get in
in-– andand yet thethe output
output coming
thecoming out
out theback endback
end is still
still sosomuchmuchsmaller
smaller than
than what
you’re putting
in.Everything
Everythingis
is relative
relative totoyou'reputting in.
everything else.
know thatthat now.
everythingelse. We know
So we’ve
peoplesay,say,
we've got
got totoaapoint
point where
where when
when people“There’snothingelse
elseyou
you cancando",
do”, we know
only from
they"There's nothingknow that’s
that's only
from where
where they
lookupupand
andthink
thinkwe
can't dodo anyanymore,but when you’re
you're up
upare. They look
we can’tmore, butthere you see
see you
youhaven’t
haven'tstarted.
started.
there
Take Ravi Shankar,
Shankar, who
who isissosobrilliant.
brilliant. With
With pop
pop music,
music, thethe moremore youlisten to it, thethe moremore you
you getgetto
toknowknowit,it,thethemoremoreyou
youpacepacethroughthrough ititandandlistenthe less satisfaction
satisfaction it gives you,
you,whereas
whereasIndian
Indian music andand Ravi Shankar
Shankartheperson... it's
opposite, because
as aa person…
it’s exactly the opposite,
becausethe
themoremoreyou're
you’reable
abletotounderstand theappreciate. The more
more
understandthemusic,
music,thethemoremoreyouyouseesee there
there is to appreciate.
youback out
out of it.
it.YouYoucancanhavehavejust
justoneonerecord
recordofofIndian
Indianmusic
music andandyou getget back
forthethe rest
rest ofofyouryourlife
lifeandand you’d
you'd probably
probably still
still never
never seeplay it for
see all
all thethesubtleties insame with
Shankar. He feels asas thoughthough hesubtleties
init.
it. It's
It’s the samewith Ravi Shankar.
hasn't started
much, teachingteaching so many
many people,
hasn’tstartedandandyetyethe's
he’s doing
doing so much,
writing
everything.
writing film
film music, everything.

114
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THE BEATLESAnd
the same
And it's
it’s thesamewith
withaa film.
film. The
The moremoreinvolved
involvedwe
weget
get withwith film
film people,
people,theBeatles film it’s
it's going
going toto be.
be. Take
Takethatthat Our World
World television
television
the less
less of a Beatles
show. We
Wewereweretrying
trying totomakemake ititinto
intoaarecording
recording session
session andand a good
good time
time
andwere trying
trying to makemake it into a TV
TVshow.
show.It’s
It'saaconstantconstantstruggle
struggleandthetheBBCBBC wereto get ourselves
ourselves acrossacross throughthrough all these
these other
other people, all hassling.
hassling.
end it’ll
it'll be best
best if wewewritewritethethemusic,
music,write
writethethe visualvisual andand thethe
In the end
script,doeverything
everything ourselves.
then it's
script, film
film it, edit it, doourselves.But
But thenit’s such
such aa hell ofa job
job thatthat you
you have
havetotoget
getinvolved,
involved,and
andthatthatmeansmeans you
youcouldn’t
couldn't dodo otherotherthings.
we'll have
have toto getgetotherotherpeople
peopleto
todo
dothings
thingsbecause
because wewecan’t
can't
things.But
But we’ll
give thatthat much
much time
because it's
film andand there
there aretimetoto justjust a film, because
it’s only
only a film
aremore important
important things
thingsin
inlife.
life.

Do youyou think
think thethe nearnear future?
think it’ll
it'll
thefilm
filmwill
will comecome off in the
future?Yes.
Yes. I thinkprobably
Alan
probablyall
allhappen
happennext
nextyear
yearsometime.
sometime.
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Walsh

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MOSTPEOPLEPEOPLEmustmusthave
havenoticed,
noticed,The
TheBeatles
Beatleshave
have
S MOST
undergone aa major
moptops
undergone
major changechange inin thethe past
past year. The moptops
and been
been replaced
replaced by four
four highly
highly individual
individual
have gone andcreativeo ohs" have given
creative personalities.
personalities.The
The"yeah-yeahs"“yeah-yeahs”andandthethe"o“ooohs”
way toto sitars
sitars andand Mellotrons.
Mellotrons. The Beatle boots
boots andand round-collared
round -collared
jackets have
have been
been discarded
discarded andand replaced
replaced by kaftans
kaftans andand beads.
beads. No
longerit news
news when
when they
they areare seen at clubs or theatres.
theatres. At
thelonger is it
At last, thescreams
screamsare
arefadingfadingaway.
away.
Tofindfindout
outmoremoreabout
aboutthethe great
great Beatles
Beatlestransformation,transformation, II visited
visited PaulTo
McCartney
home recently.
told my taxi driverdriver
McCartneyat
athis
hisSt
St John's
John’s Wood homerecently.II told
themore
the address.
address."Oh,“Oh,you
you meanmeanwhere
wherethat
thatBeatle
Beatlelives,"
lives,”hehe said.
said. No morethanwaiting patiently
thanhalf
halfaa dozen
dozen fans
fans were
were waiting
patientlyat
at thethe massive
massiveiron
irongates
gatesof hishis house.
house.
opened by his housekeeper,housekeeper, Mrs("She still hasn’t
hasn't
The gates were opened
Mrs Mills
Mills (“Shegivenme a tune
tune yet,"Paul), who
who ledled meme intointo thethe lounge.
lounge. Paul's
given meyet,” says Paul),Paul’s hugehuge
Old English
English sheepdog
sheepdog Martha
Martha boundedbounded forward,
forward,leapt
leaptup,up, put
put bothboth front
front
paws on mymyshoulders
shoulders andand started
started chewing
chewing mytie. His
Histhreethree cats
cats–-Jesus,
Josephand
andMary
Mary-–
Jesus, Joseph
were crawling
crawling overovereacheachotherotherunderneathunderneath the
television
television set.
set.
dressed in a green
green floral-patterned
floral -patterned shirt
shirtPaul, dressedandand greengreenslacks,
slacks,sat
sat cross-leggedcross-leggedin
inaa large
large
green
ar, Paul's
greenvelvet
velvet armchair.
armchair.Mike
MikeMcGe
McGear,Paul’sbrother,leaving with
with several
severalkaftans
kaftansbrother, was just leaving
over his arm.
arm.
A largelarge Sgt Pepper’s
Pepper's Lonely Hearts’Hearts' Club Band
Band
posterpinned tobook collection
collection
poster is pinned
to oneone wall. His bookincludesmanyworks
and meditation.
meditation.
includes many
worksonon yoga andAt thethe moment
moment all
allfourfourBeatles
Beatlesare
areon
onholiday,
holiday,althoughalthough theyhave
they havebeen
beenrecording.
recording. "When“When
I usedused tototelltellyouwe
didn'tyou we didn’t
knowwhatknow whatour
ourplans
planswere,
were, itwas simply thatthat we
wehadn’t
hadn'tbeen
been told
told what
what we
we were going
to be doing.
doing. Now we
we simply
simplyjust
don't know."
just don’t
know.”
Millsreappeared,
reappeared,
Mrs Mills
bearingbearingcups
cupsofof teatea andandaa large
large
cream
thing
cream sponge.
sponge. "The“The only thing
lined
linedupupfor
forus
usisisthe
theTV
TV show,"
show,”
said
stirring his
said Paul, stirring
his tea.
tea.
"But
we're still trying
trying to“But we’reto workout
the format.
out theformat.We've
We’ve also
been
been recording
recordingthe
thepastpastfew
few
nights,and our
our next album
album
nights, andwill probably
probably come from theTV show.”
show."
Anything
Anythingthat
thatThe
The Beatles
Beatles
now indulge
indulge in they obviously
do for love
love-not– notforformoney.
money."We“We
canand pick andandcan now
now sit back andchoosechoosewhat
whatwewe want
want toto do.
We're
not going
going tototurnturn out
We’re notrecords
therecordsor
or films
films just
just for thesakeWedon’t
don't want
want to talktalksake of it. We
unlesssomething tounless we've
we’ve got somethingA

When you
you don’t
don't have to makemake a living,
living, aa jobjobhashas aadifferent
different meaning.
meaning.
say. Whenpeople have
Ifyou
don't, you taketake ajob
Most people
have toto earnearnaa wage
wage toto live. If
you don’t,a jobtotothe boredom–boredom- but
something which
youpleasure.
pleasure.
relieve thebut you do somethingwhich gives you"Weenjoy
enjoyrecording,further. I would
would like toto comecome“We
recording,but
butwe
we want
wanttoto go even further.
completelynew
invent new sounds.
sounds. I want
want toto do
doup with a completely
newform
form of music, invent
something, but
don't know
knowwhat.At
moment I'm
thinking things
something,but I don’t
what. At the moment
I’m thinking
thingsout.
out.
There seems
seems topause in my life
liferight
rightnow
now-– a time
time for reassessment.”
reassessment."
There
to be
be a pause
asked PaulPaul ififhe
heevereverregarded
regardedhimself
himself asasbeing
being rather
rather like aaretired
retiredI askedman of 65,
65,whowhowaswasnow
nowonly
onlypottering
potteringaround,around, dabblingdabbling in his
his favourite
favouriteman
Toaacertain
certain extent
extent he waswas inclined
inclined to agree.
agree.
hobby. To"Idon’t
don't regard
regard myself
myself asashaving
havingretired,retired, but
but whatwhat dodo mostmost people
people dodo“Iwhen they
they become
be comewrappedwrapped up
up in a hobby.
hobby. Either
Eitherwhen
they retire?As
retire? As you
you say, theythat orthey find
find another
another job.
would like to do
do something
something else,thator theyjob.II would
else, but
but what
whatthat will
don't know."
thatwill bebe I don’t
know.”
that three
three of The Beatles
Beatles are
aremarried
married andand they
Despite the fact thatthey are,are, allofthem,them, very
verydifferent
different individuals,
individuals, they still have
have thatthat same
same bondbond offour ofto eacheach other
other thatthat they
theyhaveeach others’
others'loyalty tohavealways
alwayshad.
had.They
They areare still
still eachbest friends.
friends. If they
they are asked
asked to do
do something
something asgroup andthem
best
as aa group
andanyanyof themdoesn't want
want to taketake part,
part, then
then the scheme
scheme isisdropped.
dropped.
doesn’t"Ifthreethree ofofus
uswantedwanted totomakemakeaafilm,
film,forforinstance,
instance,and
andthethefourthfourth didn’t
didn't“If
think itit was aa good
goodidea,
idea,we’d
we'dforget
forgetabout
aboutit,it,because
becausethe
thefourthfourthperson
personthink
would havegood reason
reason for not wanting
wanting towouldhave a very good
todo
do it."
it.”the past
past year
year PaulPaulhashasbecomebecomeaamuch
muchmoremoreintrospective
introspective person.
person.
In theisconstantly
constantly striving
striving toto discoverdiscovermore
moreabout
about himself
himself andand about
about other
other
He is
people. What
depression? Why do people
people become
become bored?
people.
What is depression?
bored?What
Whatisis hishisultimate goal?
These areare questions
questions totheultimategoal? These
to whichwhich PaulPaul has
has tried
triedtoto findfind theanswers in
meditation andanswers
in books
books of meditation
andlectures
lecturesby
bymen
menwhowhoknowknowmore
more
about it than
than heMaharishi MaheshYogi
part inabout
he does.
does. Maharishi
Mahesh Yogiis
is playing
playing a big partdeveloping thethe Beatle minds.
minds. He is thethe manman who gave
gavethem
them strength
strengthdeveloping
when they
they heard
heard of Brian Epstein’s
Epstein's tragic
tragic death.
death.
when"I'm more
more tolerant
tolerant now
more at
at easeease myself,
myself,but
but“I’m
now thanthanII was,was, and
andI feel moreI'm now lessless certain
certain about
I’m
aboutmany
manythings,"
things,”saidsaidPaul.
Paul."In“Insomesomeways
waysII envy
envy
because hegreat faith.
faith. He seems
seems to have found
found what
what
George, because
he now
now hashas a great
he's
been searching
India
he’s been
searchingfor.
for.When
Whenwewe went
went toto India
we werewere amazed.
amazed. So many
many people
peopleliving
living ininterriblepoverty-but
terrible poverty– buteveryone
everyonewas
wassosohappy.
happy.
Theywerelaughing and
They were always
always laughing
and smiling,smiling, eveneven
thoughthem were
thoughmost
mostofof them
were starving.
starving.For
For people
peoplein thethe Western
We sternworld
worldtotounderstandunderstand why these
these
peoplevery difficult
difficult thing.”
thing."
people can
canbe
beso
so happy
happyisis a very
and Ringo,Paul will beWith John, George andRingo, Paulflying to India
India again
again shortly
shortly to study
transcendental
ditation with
Maharishi.
transcendentalme
meditation
with thethe Maharishi.
To aacertain
certain extent,
extent, Paul’sPaul's music
music is his
his greatest
greatest
emotional
Shankar discovered
discovered
emotional outlet.
outlet. "Ravi“Ravi Shankar
himself
suppose inhimself throughthroughhis
hismusic,
music, andandII supposeinmanyways
many wayswe
we are,are, too."too.”isapparent
apparent in their
theirThis islatest albums,
albums, which featurefeaturemany
tracks based
based onmany tracks"I want toto dodosomething,“I
something,personal
personal experiences.
experiences.But
but I don’t
don't know
knowwhat":butwhat”:
how far can
can one go with
with anyany
Maccawith
Macca
with hisOld
his Old English
Martha on
Sheepdog Martha
newmusic,
new artart form,
form, bebe it music,
Primrose Hill,
Primrose
Hill,near
near hisfilms
theatre? Will thefilms or theatre?
London home, summer
summer'67
London’67
great
great generalgeneral public
public accept
acceptit?
it?
"We've never
never set out
out with“We’vetheintention of trying
tryingthe sole intention
to pleaseplease people.
people. It’s
It's been
been
wonderfulwonderful thatthatsoso many
many have
have
appreciatedappreciatedwhat
whatwe've
we’ve done.
done.
We don’t
don't want
want to comecome toto apointcheeriopoint where
where we wave cheerio
to anyone.
anyone. We
want totake
We want
to takethemthemalong
along with
with us."us.”
McCartneycertainly
certainlyPaul McCartney
is moremore at ease
ease now
now andandmuchmore tolerant
tolerant andandmuch more
understanding.
understanding.But
Buthe's
he’s stillsearchingsomething.
searching for something.
Whether
Whetheroror notnot he'll
he’ll find
find it,
I justjust don’t
don't know.
know.But
But hehe isisdetermined
determinedto
tosomehow.
somehow.
NorrieDrummond
Norrie Drummond •"In some ways“In
I envy George,
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now hasgreat faith"ggreatfaith”HISTORY
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rival The Beatles and thethe Stones.
Stones.
mine,sothing balanced out.”
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about hishisfuture
future plans
off is Scott
Scott after
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paid forforspeak, which
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crying.
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realise thethe work
work involved.
involved. Then
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therewere
werebills
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suits"Then I’m
I'm going
going to do
dothe
that
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withRonnie
Ronnie Scott.
Scott.
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gottorn
tornevery
everynight
nightwe
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played, hotel
hotel bills,
bills, big drink
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big 15-piece
15 -pieceband
bandin,in,butbutthere
there isn’t
isn't
bills
entertainment bills.
to taketakea bigbills and entertainment
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REVIEW"It rose“Itrose toto aheadhead when
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J U L Y – S E P T EM B E R

JULY -SEPTEMBER“They"They are notstaff men.
They
They will havefreedom…”
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From
the BBC
BBC staffs
From thethe ranks
ranks ofof thethe pirates,
pirates, thestaffs aanew
new“pop”"pop"radio station.
MAKERquestions
questionscontroller
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Robin
radio
station.MELODY
MELODY MAKER
Scott, andmeets his
his new
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be aa
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person," says
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too old
old and
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John Peel.

- MELODYSEPTEMBER1616—
MELODY MAKER
MAKER SEPTEMBER—DESPITE
THEIRFONDLYFONDLYimaginedrolesasasthe
the
ESPITE THEIR
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andbeloved
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drags of thethe first
firstjockeys are regarded
water. But every
every now
now andand thenthen aa DJ
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John Peel.
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late -night show
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old ex-Radio
Garden broke
broke newnew groundground in
pop radio.
played only
onlythe
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new-wave groups
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listeners andand– readpoetry,
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conversationswith
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his listeners
built
letters aa week.
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builtupupaa fan
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has ananinfectious
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andseemingly
seeminglygenuine
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thepop. Peel
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talkedthis
thisweek
weekabout
abouthishisintroduction
introduction toto radioradio
the virtues
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andand thethesuccesssuccessofof hishis air
air show.
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theNational
NationalServicemen,Servicemen,andand whenwhen thatthat finishedfinished I“I
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wordII said. Then IIbecamebut
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wanted to sell totopeople
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was fantastic.
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a jobwith
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oldinstitution
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unlimited credit.
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left
mybelongings
joinedall mybelongingsbehind,behind,including
including800
800LPs,LPs, andand camecameback.
back.I joined
London about
about five months
months ago. The
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developed
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reading. I was
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communication.
to communicate
withpeople.
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people have told
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hopes to carry
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September
4,1967theSeptember 4,
1967: thenewly
newly
appointed BBC
One DJs
DJs
appointed
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poseoutside
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outside Broadcasting
London –-(from(fromleft)left) PetePetein LondonDrummond,Tony
Drummond,
Tony Blackburn,Cash,Kenny
Everett
Dave Cash,
Kenny Everett(kneeling), Duncan Johnson,
Johnson,(kneeling),
Denning,Ed
EdStewart,
Mike
Chris Denning,
Stewart, Mike
Ahern, John
John Peel, Emperor
Em eror Rosko
Ahern,RADIO ONE
RADIO
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1967

J U L Y – S E P T EM B E R

JULY -SEPTEMBER- MELODYEPTEMBER1616—
MELODY MAKER
MAKER SEPTEMBER—ALL
THOSEBUTTONSBUTTONSwith
with “Ring-a-247-ding”,"Ring -a -247 -ding",talktalkabout
about
LL THOSE
humorous jingles,
rumours ofFrench horn
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players inpractising Beatles
tunes -–allPudsey practising
Beatles tunes
all thatthat makes
makesme
me worry
worry just
justa little about
about thewhich dons
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piratetheBBC's
BBC’s Radio One, which
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uniforms
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onSeptember
September30.
30.
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Broadcasting House, dominateddominated by
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large Latin
Latin
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dowithwithGod,
God,did
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little totolull my suspicions.
suspicions. However
talkwith
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RadioOne's
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boss,Robin
Robin Scott,
Scott,
didsome of,of,ififnot
notall,all,thethewaywaytowards
towardsallaying
allayingmy
mydoubts.
doubts.Scott
Scott–-who
did go somewhoallies enormous
enormous charmthat he knows
charmwith
with anan abilityto
ability toconvince
convinceyou
you thata greatgreat deal
dealabout
aboutbroadcastingbroadcasting andand thethepoppopandandjazz
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worlds-patiently– patiently
answeredquestions:answeredthe
the following questions:Youwill
willbebebroadcastingbroadcasting forhours aa day. How
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you going
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round
seven hours
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seems to be
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instead of
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be totally
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sense ofofAmericancommercial stations,
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stations,butbutwe
we maymove towards
towards thatthat intime. Being aanational
national station
station makes
makes it much
much more
more
in time.
difficult.
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feel very exposed.
peoplecarry thesepeople who
who will carrytheseshows
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producersand
andthetheDJs.
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will have
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bitofoffreedom
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oranything
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that–-butin– no scripts
but intheis thethe producer
producer who carries
carries thethe canthe endend it iscan andand hehe mustmust have
have thethe final
final
say on what
what is played.”
played."RadioOneOnebe
beaimedaimed atataaparticularparticular age group?
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listening-–and“I
andI'mI’mno
no teenager.
teenager.Some
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peoplegrow
grow older
quickerthan others,
quicker thanothers,butbutobviouslywe
obviously wethink
thinkourouraudienceaudiencewill
willbebechiefly
chieflyat the younger
younger end
end of thethe ageagespectrum.
spectrum. But obviously during
during thethe day
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be reflectedreflected in ourour
the teenagers
teenagersare
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atworkwork oror school,
school, so thisprogrammes-andprogrammes – andadapted
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duringthe
theschool
schoolholidays.
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average age
ageininthisthiscountry
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about 28 –-which,“The
is about
which, incidentally,
incidentally,is older
thanGermany.And
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average in France or Germany.
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teenager when The Beatles
Beatlesstarted
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average housewife
has
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grown upwith
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thistype
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Presley andand rock’n’roll.
rock'n'roll.An
with
Anoriginal
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nowbe
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29 withtwo
three kids, andand I don’t
don't feel
feelthatthat most
most ofofthemthem just
just throw
throw thatthat
two or threeoverboard.
would really
reallylike
would be a pop
pop station,
station, a rockrock
overboard.What
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liketoto seesee would
stationbe doing
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andaa sweet
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station,but
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we will bethanthananybodythought
anybody thoughtwas
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withthetheresources
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programmes include
records?
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jazz andandfolk
folk records?
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personalities andthis“I
andpreferences
preferencesofofthe
theDJsDJswill
will show
show inin thisway. RealRealfolk
folkisisstill
stillbasicallybasicallycult
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musicandandcommercial
commercial folk
folkalreadyalreadycomes
often in pop
pop shows.
shows. As Constant
Constant Lambert
Lambert once
comes up
up fairly
fairly often
oncesaidsaidofof folk
music:
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doisisplay
playitagain-withdifferentmusic: you play ititonce
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words.
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tohavehavetwo
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segments eache achweek
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at earlier
earlier times
times
words. Jazz is
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than
want these
the whole field
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thepast.
past.II wanttheseshows
shows toto range
range over the
including
Ornette Coleman-moderns."
including people
people like Ornette
Coleman andand ultra
ultra-moderns.”
Don't you think
think themake Radio
Radio OneOne tootoo muchmuch ofof
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pirates?
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wehavehavegivengivenaalot
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workingsome time.
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advertising otherworking onon themthemforforus
us for sometime.We shallotherBBCBBCshows
funny stuff.
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shows andandthere
therewill
willbebequitequiteaalot
lot of funny
stuff.II thinkpeoplewill
willlikelike
them-I
them – Ihope
hopesosoanyway."
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ONE,"said
saidRadio
RadioOne
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Robin Scott,
Scott,"RadioRadio One,
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Auntie BBC
BBCadjusted
adjusted her“Radio Two, Radiopirate'sskirts to mini
mini length
pirate’s eyepatch,eyepatch, hitchedhitched up
up herher skirts
and,the first time,
time, acknowledged
acknowledged the existence
existence of anan enormous
enormous
and, for thelistening
contemporary pop.
stoppedlistening public
public for contemporary
pop.Tony
Tony Blackburn stopped
looking as thoughthough he was inin thethe electric
electric chair,chair, adjusted
adjusted his
his headphones
headphones
andmorning everyone.
and said:
said: "And“And good morning
everyone.Welcome
Welcometo
toRadioRadio One,
One, thetheexcitingsound."
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ROCK 1967
1965
1967

Saturday,September
Saturday, September 30,
1967-7amproducerJohnny
1967 – 7am: producer Johnny
Beerlingwatchesas
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Robin Scott
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the station
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three years.
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eight million.
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rumours of enormous
enormous sums
sums being
being paid
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with £30 a show
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beingabout
about thethe average.
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think that
that
these will be
be changed
changed as listening
listening figures
figures comecome ininand
and public
public reaction
reactiontheseis assessed.
assessed. But in its
its first
firstweek,
week,IIfor
foroneoneoffer
offercautious
cautiouscongratulations
congratulations
to Robin Scott
Scott andand his team
team for giving
giving usus whatwhat sosomanymany people
people obviously
obviouslywant. BobDawbarn
want.
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musicbusinessbusinessfor
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17 years,
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in 1950 andlatterly as a singer
singer andand DJ.
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had a hit
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record with
with a song
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Young".AAlittle
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From Laramie”.
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radio andand their
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day onon thethe show.
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hisRadioRadioOneOne showshow will have any
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have applied
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disc sales:
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think theeffectthe public
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patchy, but
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at all.
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remember aa fewyears
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forced tosing thethe B-side‘Unchained
Melody’.Because
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row,II was
was forced
to sing
and Radio
Radio London
London inin particular.
particular.Others
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David JacobsShow,Show,
for example
example –-hardly
the follow-up
follow-up on
on The JackJackJacksonof theJackson Show.
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three weeks later,
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roaring roundround
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occasional minority
minority shows
the provinces
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concerts.Now
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an extraextratoto thethe work
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NME DECEMBERDECEMBER1616
theDecember
Decemberdeath
death of
of
NME
The
Otis
Otis Redding
Redding inin aaplane
planecrash
crash brings
brings aa shockingly
shockingly
abruptend tocareer.
abrupt end
to aa stellar
stellar career.

THE
HEARTOF
OFsoulsoulmusic
musicstopped
stoppedthis
this week.
week.Headlines
Headlines
HE HEART
that spelled
Redding Dies In
In Air
AirCrash”
Crash"brought
broughtthatspelled out
out "Otis“Otis Redding
numb, sudden
thea numb,suddenshock
shocktotofansfansandandstarsstarsalike.
alike.At
At26,
26, thechunky man
tall, chunkymantheytheyaffectionately
affectionatelycalled
called"Big“Big Otis"
Otis” wasforever. The
Thefirst
firstpicture
picture thatthat came
came to my mind
mind when
when
gone forever.
heard thethe news
news was of Otis
Otis doing
doing his
his famous
famous “I’ll"I'll getget there
there in thethe end”
end"
I heardwalk as thethe audienceaudience at Hammersmith
Hammersmith Odeon
Odeonwent
wentwild
wildforfor thethe highhigh
his act,
act, thethe Stones’
Stones' “Satisfaction”.
"Satisfaction".
spot of his
Theyhim. Otis
the King, thethe Master.
Master. It may have been
been theThey loved him.
Otis was
was thetheStax
Stax
roadshow, but
but it waswasmoremore likelikethetheOtis
OtisRedding
ReddingShow
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Arthur Conley, Eddie
Eddie Floyd, etc.
of Arthur
When it was over,
over,IIwent
wentbackstage
backstageandand tried
tried toto interview
interview him.
him. It waswas
When
because-as
tough because– asIIwrote
wroteat
at thethe timetime –Otis
Otisseemed
seemedto
tohavehave worked
such aapitch
pitchthatthathehefoundfoundititalmost
almostimpossible
impossibleto
toconcentrateconcentratehimself to suchmyquestions.
questions. During
During thatthat same
same tour
tour a tremendous
tremendous film
made
on my
film was madewhich should
should-must-beseen
bybyanyb
ody to– must – beseenanybody
towhomwhom thethe namename Otis
certain kind
kind of magic.
magic. By
Byunhappy
unhappy coincidencecoincidence ananRedding held aa certain
imported LP,
Otis Redding
Redding (Volt(VoltRecords),
Records), was
was mademadeimported
LP,TheThe History
History Of Otis
this month
month throughtheavailable thisthroughPolydor.
Polydor.Included
Includedon
onititarearesomesomeofof thegreatest Otis hits, from the fever-pitch
fever -pitch“Satisfaction”"Satisfaction"totothe
thesmokysmokypathos
greatest
pathos"My Girl”.
Girl".
of “Mywillstandstand asasaamemorial
memorialto
toaapowerhouse
powerhousepersonality
personalitywho
helped to
It will
who helped
givesoul
soulmusic
musicananalmost
almostpermanent
permanent place
the British
British charts.
charts. Otis’
Otis'
give
place in the
NME Chart
Chart hits
which reachedhitsbegan
beganin
in19651965withwith"My“My Girl",
Girl”, whichreachedNo
No7,
7,
followed by “I"ICan’t
Can't Turn
Turn You
YouLoose”
Loose"andand “Sad"Sad Song”
Song" in
in1966
1966(which(whichbothbothfollowedreached No
then “Shake”"Shake" in 1967 (up
(upto
toNo
No24)
24)andand“Tramp”"Tramp"(with(withreached
No 21); thenThomas), which
which got to No
No 16.
16.Another
AnotherOtis
Otisrecording,recording, “Satisfaction”,"Satisfaction",
Carla Thomas),been a long
longandand steadysteadyseller.
has been
seller.
words ofofminemine cancan matchmatch thethis week fromfrom
No words
the tributetributeto
toOtisOtisII got thisFloyd,thetheusuallyusuallycheerfulcheerfulguy
guywhotoured Britain
Britain with
with him
him
Eddie Floyd,
who toured
recently. His voice
voice overcome
overcome with
with emotion,
emotion, Eddie"The last time
time
recently.
Eddie told
told me:me: “The
spoketotoOtisOtiswaswasin
inthe
theStates.
States.I Iwas
wasjokingjokingwith
withhimhimabout
abouthim
himtraining
training
I spokehispilot’s
pilot's licence.
licence. Now
NowIIwill
willnever
neverforget
forgetthat
thatday
dayhewasn’t
wasn'tflying
flyingfor his– hehimself but
died inown plane.
plane. I cancan say only
onlythis:
himself
but hehe diedin his own
this:I've
I’ve lost mybrother. We as
as soulsoul brothersbrothers areare as one. I don’t
don't know
know ififyou
youunderstandunderstandbrother.
that... heone... there
Cooke... I don’t
don't know
know mymythat…
he wasn't
wasn’tthetheonly
only one…
therewas
was Sam
Sam Cooke…
destiny either.”either."own destiny
obviously overcome
overcome with emotion,
emotion, but
asked me to remindremindEddie was obviously
but he asked
ofthe
theothers
others who
whodieddiedwhenwhenthethelight
lighttwo-engined
two-engined plane
planeeverybody ofplummeted intowith Otis
Otis were
wereplummeted
intoLake
LakeMonona.
Monona.He
He knew
knew themthemall.
all. Killed withmembers of his backing
backing group
group The Bar-Kays
Bar-Kays-Jimmie
members– JimmieKing,18;
King,18; Ron
19;Carl
CarlCunningham,
Cunningham, 1818;; andand Phalin
Phalin Jones, 18
18–-plus
pilot andand
Caldwell, 19;
plus pilot
Otis' 17-year -oldvalet,valet,Matthew
Matthew Kelly.
Kelly.Otis
Otisleaves
leavesaawidow,
widow,Zelma,
Zelma, and
and
Otis’
17-year-old
three children.
three
children.Geno
GenoWashington
Washingtonsaid
saidthisthisweek:
week:"The“Themanmanwaswasreal.
real.SoulSoul
an overworked
overworked word these
these days,
but Otis Redding
Redding had
had a barrelfulbarrelful of
it."
is an
days, butof it.”Alan
Smith
Alan Smith122 |I HISTORYHISTORY OF
OF ROCKROCK 19
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reprise two
two encounters
encounters with
with Redding
Then
Reddingduring his
triumphant, poll
-winning 1967.
duringhis triumphant,
poll-winning
1967.
BROOK
That's quite
me. We’ll
We'll miss
miss a great
great singer.
singer.
BROOK BENTON
BENTON That’squiteaa shock
shock toto me.

I'dworke dwith
with him
him but
but I knew
knew him
him well.
well. IIused
usedtotocatchcatch his
his showsshows
I’d never worked
andused tocatch mine.
terrible.
and hehe usedto catchmine. It's
It’s terrible.
ERIC
It's pretty
pretty sadad news.
news. IIknew
knewhimhim quite
quite well
ERIC BURDONBURDON It’s
sad andandvery
very bbad
andthe most
mostand metmethimhimon
onhis
hisranchranchininGeorgia.
Georgia.It's
It’saa drag.
drag. He was one of thecopiedthis generation's
copied singers.
singers.He
He was thisgeneration’sRay
Ray Charles.
Charles.
PETE
TOWNSHEND Obviously it’s
it'saagreat
greattragedy,
tragedy,and
andparticularly
particularly for thethe
PETE TOWNSHEND
whole
Atlantic label. Otis Redding
Redding was aa leader
leader inin thethe soulsoul field
fieldandand oneonewhole Atlanticof mymygreatgreat favourites.
favourites. IIsaw
sawhimhimat
atMonterey
Montereyand
and hehejustjustbrought
brought the
the
house
people are going toto miss
miss him,
him, because
becausehousedown,
down,andandI'mI’msuresureaalot
lot of people
I don’t
don't think
think people
Texwillevercompare
comparepeoplelike
like Wilson
Wilson Pickett
Pickett or Joe Tex
will everwithwith Redding
EDDIE
have truly
trulylostsoul brother,brother, because
because in
EDDIE FLOYD
FLOYD We havelost a soulin thethe Stax Record
Companywe
can't believe this has happened.
happened.
Company weare
areallall brothers,brothers,andandII just can’t
And The Bar-Kays
Bar -Kaystoo
toowerewereallallvery
veryyoungchaps withyoung chaps
withsuchsuchaalot
lot toto say.
TOM
It's a terrible
terrible shock;terrible loss.
was a great
great fan
fan of his.
his.
TOM JONESJONES It’s
shock; aa terrible
loss.II was
I've
four ofofhis
hisalbums,
albums, all ofofwhichwhich IIboughtbought inin thethe States
States before
beforeI’ve got four
theywere
went down
down totothey werereleased
releasedhere.
here.When
Whenhehewas
waslastlast inin London
London I went
Tiles toto seesee himhim work
workandand hehe waswasfantastic.
fantastic. I met
met him
him later
later andand we had
had
a greatgreat conversation.
conversation.
GENO
WASHINGTON I never
never knew
knew him
him in thethe States
States but
but we got quite
quite
GENO WASHINGTON
friendlywhile
here in Britain. IIlearned
learned something
something you
friendly whilehehewas
was herewould
never know about
about a man
man fromfrom his music. Otis had
had aaheart
heart asaswould never
big as America.
America.
CHRIS
I'm really
really shocked
shocked andand upset.
upset. IIappeared
appeared with his
his bandband
CHRIS FARLOWEFARLOWE I’m
on
Go!andand gotgotto
toknowknow Otis
Otis well.
well. He
Hewantedwanted to
on Ready, Steady, Go!
to taketakememeto
toAmerica and record me there.
there.
SIMON
was thethe king of soul.
soul. It’s
It'saagreat
greatshame.
shame.
SIMONDUPREEDUPREE He was
LONG
JOHN BALDRYBALDRY I’m
I'm deeply
deeply shocked.
shocked. II had
had a great
great deal
respect for
LONG JOHN
deal of respectforhime ArmsMine" about
about sixye
ars ago.
him asas anan artist,
artist,right
rightfromfrom"Thes“TheseArmsOf Mine”
six years
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big gap
gap whichwhich I hope
hope cancan bebe filled
filled by someones omeone like Wilson
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"We setset out
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this thing
thing
bring
called soul”
soul"calledNME APRIL
APRIL 15NME
15 A backstage
backstageencounterencounter with
with Otis.
Otis.
BIG
REDDING tugged
tugged aa comb
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through hiswiry hair, wiped
wiped a trickling
trickling
through
his wiryof perspiration
perspiration fromglistening
bead offrom his glistening
edgily ontable indressing
face, and sat edgily
on a tablein his dressing
room at Hammersmith
Hammersmith Odeon.
room
Odeon.He
He hadhad just
rushed fromrushedfromthethestage,stage,and
andhe
hewas
waslikelikeaahalf
half-of nervous
nervous energy
energy –-vague,
unable totospent ball ofvague, unable
collect his thoughts,
thoughts, trying
trying tocollect
tolistenlisten toto several
conversations at once.
once."I'mconversations“I’msorry,"
sorry,”hehe said
apologetically."I'mapologetically.
“I’mkinda,
kinda,y'know..."y’know…”
Otis' words
but I knew what he
Otis’words trailed
trailedaway,
away, but
I'd watched him
him perform,
perform, and IIwouldn’t
wouldn't
meant. I’dbeen surprised
surprised if
if he’dhe'd taken
taken straightstraight toto hishave been
bed forfor athour's rest!
rest! The
The artist
artist mostbed
at least an hour’s
pop fans
know only
only for-soft numbers
numbers likepop
fans know
forsilksilk-soft
like"My Girl"
scorching dynamo“MyGirl”is,is, inin fact,
fact, a scorching
dynamo whowhoaround the stage like aaman
manon
onfire.
fire.Audiences
Audienceslove
loveitit-– there
there wereraves aroundwere
3,000 fans
the Stax package show, andandthey
they roaredroaredover 3,000
fanstotosee
seehimhim atat thetheir appreciation
theirappreciationover
overandandoveroveragain.
again.
Said Otis,
Otis,, breathlessly:
breathlessly: "Did
OtiO
“Didyou
youhearhearthose
thosepeople?
people?IItell
tellyou,
you, British
Britisharebeautiful
beautiful –- beautiful!
beautiful! We set out
out toto bringbring them
them this
this
udien
aaudiencesnces arethink we’ve
we've won.
won. They
They love
love it!
it!
tthinghing
w callgwe
wecall soul, and II think"Even
won't everevercome
cometotothisthiscountry
country again with
with the same““Eveen so, IIwon’t
of package. A show
show like
like thisthistakes
takestoo
toomuchmuchattention
attention away
ind ofkkind
fromI've been
been doing
doing only
only 20 minutes.
minutes.A
short act like thatthatom me.
m I’vefr
A shortdoesn'tchance toto prove
prove mymy worth.
worth. When
When I next
next come toesn
don’tgive
givememe a chance
BritaintheritainBr
nII want
want toto give
givethethepeople
peopleatatleast
least4545minutes,
minutes,sosoII cancan be thestar
the show,show,anddo allallthethenumbers
numbers they
they want
want toto hear.”hear."
ar of thestand I can do
asked
himwhywhyhe
hedidn’t
didn'twax
waxmoremorenumbers
numberslike
like“My"My Girl”,
Girl",
I ask
ked himparticularlykind of materialmaterial seemed
good chart
chart
articcularlyaspa
as thisthis kindseemed to have goodpotential
tenpontialhere.
here.Said
Said Otis,
Otis,emphatically:emphatically:"In“InthetheUS
USII would
wouldNEVER
NEVER
recordlike ‘My`NlyGirl’Girl'forwouldn't standcor
rrec
c rd a song likeforaa single. It wouldn’t
standaa chance.
Sure,might dodo something
something else like thatthat when I get
get backback toto thetheSure,, IImight
S
States.
first thing
rest."
Staate
S
a es. But the firstthingI'm
I’mgonna
gonnadodois
is rest.”Someonesaid:“Lionel"Lionel Bart’s
Bart's outoutSommeone came into the dressing room, and said:
there
hat," followed
followed by, “You"You ain’t
ain't got any money
money
the
ere
e e wearing
wearinga cowboy hat,”
Otis" (both comments which caused
causednot
notthetheslightest
slightest
to ccome,oOtis”
reactionreacttion fromfrom him).
wasthenthenininthethemiddle
middleof
ofaaquestion
questionwhen
whenOtis
Otis started
started toto comb
wa
Iw
was
comb
hair furiously
furiously once
once more
more and walked quickly
quickly over
his h
hair
over toto thethe otherotherend
end
long dressing
dressing room
room toto talk
talk toto someone
someone else. Vague, distracted
distractedof hhisiss long
edgy –-that
impression ofof OtisOtis Redding.
and edgy
thathadhad been
been my impression
Redding. But
But with
withvoice
likehishis(and(andI’ve
I'vejust
justbeen
beenlistening
listeningto
tohis
hisfantastic
fantasticAtlantic
Atlantic
a voi
iice like
Pain In My
MyHeart,opinion), I could
could forgive
forgivealbu
aalbumbum PainHeart,which
whichbacks
backs upup my opinion),
almostalmo
ost anything. Alan
Alan SmithOtis
OtisRedding
Reddingand
and
NinaSimonechat
Nina
Simone chatinina roomroom at the
the Regency
RegencyHyatt Hotel,
Hotel,Atlanta,
Hyatt
Atlanta,Georgia,AugustGeorgia, August1967
1967

“We
"We don’t
don't get it
prepared"prepared”
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poll-wining"All the songwriting“All
ong riting
is donedone ininthe
the studio”
studio"HISTORYHISTORY OF
OF ROCKROCK 1967
1967 |1125
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PRESLEYBEATENBEATENfor
forthethetitle
titleofofthe
theWorld’s
World's Top
Top Male
Male
LVIS PRESLEY
Singer-–that
Maker
Singerthatisisthethebiggest
biggestupset
upsetofofthe
the1967
1967 Melody Maker
Readers'
the manman whoOtis Redding,
Redding, thetheReaders’Pop
Pop Poll. And thewho did
did it? Otis
gravel-voiced soul
soul singer fromfrom Stax Records.
Records.
gravel-voiced
Born
in Dawson,
Dawson, Georgia
moved toBorn inGeorgiaon
on September
September9,9,1941,
1941, Otis moved
Macon,
schoolboy. He waswas inspired
inspired by thethe successsuccess ofMacon, Georgia
Georgia while
while still
still a schoolboy.
another
showbusinessanotherMacon
Maconresident,
resident,Little
LittleRichard,
Richard,tototry
tryhishis luck in showbusinessandwon several
several local
local
and started
startedsinging
singingininpublic
publicatatthe
theageageof
of15.
15. He won
amateurhigh school
schoolstudent
student named
named
amateurcontests
contestsand
andwaswasnoticed
noticedby
by a highPhil
Walden who
who waswas dabblingdabbling as
Phil Waldenasaa booker
bookerfor
for a local
band.
with Phil
Philhandling
handling thetheband. The
The two joined forces, withbusinessthe singing.
singing.
businessand
andOtisOtis doing
doing thejoined aagroup
groupcalled
calledJohnny
JohnnyJenkins&The
Otis joined
Jenkins &The
Pine-Troopersdoing
doingone-nighters,
one-nighters, mainly
mainly at
Pine-Troopers
colleges andand universities.
universities. On one occasionoccasion Johnny
was scheduledscheduled torecording session
session inin Memphis
Memphisto do aa recordingandthe endend of thethe session,
session, Otis
and asked
askedOtis
Otis toto drive
drive him
him toto thethe studios.
studios.At
At theasked
there wasdemo disc.
had 40 minutes
minutes
asked if there
was time
timetoto cutcut aa demo
disc.He
He waswas told
told he had
ande Armsandcutcuttwotwotracks,
tracks,one
oneofwhichof whichwas
was"Thes“TheseArmsOf
OfMine".
Mine”.ItItsold
sold
800,000 copies
copies andand started
started aa longseries of disc
disc dates.
dates.
long series
launched with
Otis launchedwithaalong
longstring
stringofofhit
hitsingles,
singles,including
including"Come“ComeTo
ToMe",
Me”,

Pitiful",“Chained"Chained And
And
“Mr
“"M
M rPitiful”,
Bound", “I’ve"I've Been Loving
Bound”,B
TooLong”
Long"andand thetheYou
Yo TooStones'hit"Satisfaction".
Stones’hit “Satisfaction”.
St
the samesame time
time his fameAt
At theasspreadas aa hit songsspreadp
andcomposerand hehe foundccomposerohimselfwritinghfor dozens
imself writingfor
other recording
recording stars.
ofstars.
of otheralso aatalented
talented
Otis
O is also
musician,
playingmusician,
playing guitar,
guitar,mu
drums, piano
piano andandbass,
ba drums,
organ,and hisbusinessogan, andhis businessrgIacumenbyword among
among
aumenisis a bywordcu
his
artists. He
h
Heis
is a
iss fellow artists.
producer, music
rrecordeccord producer,
publisher,real-estate tycoonpblisher, real-estateub
and300 -acre ranchranchadownerownerofof a 300-acrend
PIUS - Inwood Morel SttInfs
IV,,hstprirdro,
outsideoMacon.
uttside Macon.
does hehe findfind timetime
How
H doesto write songs?
"I'll tell you
you whatwhat happens,”
happens," he
the
“I’ll
hesays.
says."All“All thesongwriting is
don't get it
songwriting
is donedone inin thethe studio.
studio.We
We don’t
preparedpreparedbeforehand.
beforehand.After
Afteraawhile,
while,wewe quitquit andand gohome.
daywehome. Next
Next day
we areareback,
back, fresh
fresh andandwithwithaa lot
lot ofnew ideas.
ideas. That's
newThat’sthethewayway it's
it’s done."done.”
must getgetparticularparticular satisfaction
satisfaction from
Otis mustfrom beating
beatingboth
bothPresley
Presley andand Bob(third inthe poll). Dylan is
isone
oneof
ofhis
hisparticularparticular favourites,
favourites, perhaps
perhapsDylan (third
in thesurprisingly for
type. "Hethe greatest,”
greatest," says
"I digdig
surprisingly
foraa singer
singerofof his type.
“He is thesays Otis.
Otis. “Ilikemad.”mad." *
his work like

1967

O C T O B E R – D ECEMBER"Brian“Brianhad a bad
psychologicaleffect on thegroup…”
group..."GETTY

MELODYMAKER
MAKERNOVEMBERNOVEMBER
MurryWilson,
Wilson,father
father
MELODY
1818
Murry

of
Beach Boys
Boys Carl,
Carl, Dennis
DennisandandBrian,
Brian, visits
visits London
London totoof Beachpromotenot thethe money
money now,”
promote his
his debut
debut album.
album. “It’s"It's notnow,"

says Murry,
Murry, “but"but the pleasure…”
pleasure..."126
126I |HISTORYHISTORYOF
OFROCK
ROCK 1967
1967

A

AFEW
an
FEW YEARS AGO, an
American machinery
machinery
manufacturer andmanufacturer
importer madebusiness
importermade a businesstrip towithtrip
to Mexico
Mexico City withwife, leaving
leavinghis
histhreethree teenage
teenage
his wife,sons at home.
home. They left plenty
plentysons
food in thethe ice-box andand aof food
ice-box90 -dollar “emergency"emergency fund”.
fund".
90-dollar
When
found
When they
they got
got back they foundwasbarebare-– and their
the larder wassons had
had spentdollars on
sons
spent thethe90
90 dollars
on
set ofofdrums,
drums, aa string
string bass
bass andand
a set
amplification equipment.
equipment.
some amplification
The
Brian, Dennis
Dennis andandThe boys, Brian,wanted to form aarock’n’roll
rock'n'roll
Carl, wantedgroup. Their dad was madmad at thethegroup.
he'svery
veryverypleased
time, but he’s
very pleased
Forthethe three
three boys’
boys'
today. For
surname wasand thesurname
wasWilson
Wilson andthe rockgroup wasgroup
wasTheThe Beach
BeachBoys,
Boys, now
now amulti -million -dollar pop
pop empire.
empire.
multi-million-dollar
MurryWils
on, father
father of thethe Beach
Beach
Murry
Wilson,BoyWilsons,me thethe storystory
Boy
Wilsons, told me
lunch at London’s
London's Hilton
Hiltonover lunch
middleHotel last week. Murry, a middleaged practicalpractical joker,
agedjoker, was
was inLondon with
Londonwith his
his wife Audree on
promotional trip
his first
a promotional
tripforfor hisalbum under
album
underhis
his own
own name:
name:The
Many Moods
Moods Of Murry
Murry Wilson,
Manyfeaturing aa number
number ofandfeaturingof songs andmelodies written
written by Murry andandmelodies
songwriters,
includingother song
writers, including
Beach Boy
BoyAl
Jardine.
Beach
Al Jardine.
Murrybeen a songwriter
songwriter
Murry has
has been
his life,
life,withwithminor
minor success.
success.
all histhanks to his trio ofNow, thanks
talented sons,dollartalentedsons,hehe is a dollar
millionaire (hegroup's
millionaire(he was the group’s
manager andand publishes
publishes their
manageran ambition
ambition to see
music) with anmusic recorded.
recorded.
his own music"It's notnot thethe money
moneynow,"“It’s
now,” hesaid. “It’s"It's thethe pleasurepleasure of seeing
seeingsaid.
own music
music onon anan albumalbum
my ownand perhaps
perhaps giving
someand
giving someyoung, lesser-known
lesser -known
young,
songwriters a chance.”
chance."songwriters
Murry
e are
are
MurryandandAudre
Audreeimmenselyproud
theirimmensely
proudof theirofanecdotes
anecdotes about
about
sons, full of
their childhood
childhood andalthough all three
three areare grown men with
with their
their
their
and still,
still, althoughconcerned about
own homes, concerned
about them
them andand about
about their
their existence
existence inin abusiness infested
suspicious characters".
business
infestedwith
with"a“alot
lotof
of suspicious
characters”."They“Theyallalllive
live
within about
each other
other andand see each other
other several times
withinaboutfour
four minutes
minutesofof eachday,"said
said Murry.
Murry. “We"Weliveliveabout
about 35
35milesmilesaway,
away,but
butIIcancandrive
drivetotothemthema day,”
pretty quickly
prettyquickly along
along thethefreeway."
freeway.”Whenfirst started
started they
When The
The Beach
Beach Boys first
they mademadeaa record
recordcalled
called"Surfin'",“Surfin’”,written byBriansmash all over
over thethe States,
States, but
butwrittenby BrianandandMike
MikeLove.
Love. "It“It was a smash
three -and -a -half months
months later,
as farfar asasthe
the music
music
three-and-a-halflater, The
The Beach
Beach Boys, asbusiness wasconcerned, were
crestfallen.
business
was concerned,
were through.
through.The
Theboysboys were crestfallen.
did not
not want
want to be
be aaone-record
one -recordgroup,group,butbutthethe Hollywood
Hollywood record
recordThey did
companies didn't
companies
didn’twant
wantthem.
them.They
Theyasked
askedmemeto
to manage
managethem,
them,and
andII went
went
tosee
seethethecompanies.
companies. I went
wentinto
intoCapitol’s
Capitol'soffices
officesand
andfortunately
fortunately
off toman there
there remembered
had written
a manrememberedmy
mynamenamefrom
fromaasong
songII had
writteneight
eightyears
years
before. Capitol took thethe boys on.
on. With
With Capitol,
Capitol,thethe groupgroup had
had a string
string ofofbefore.
worldwide hits
hits andand were uniqueunique intheir records
records had
had
worldwidein thatthatoneonesideside of theirstarted aa surfing-rodstartedsurfingmusic
musictrend,
trend,while
whilethetheotherotherhad
hadsparked
sparkedoff
offaahot
hot-rod
music trend.
trend. Two trends
trends on one record.”record."music
the early
earlydays
daysofofthe
thegroup’sgroup'ssuccess,success,Murry
Murryhaddoubts about
about all
all three
three
In thehad doubts
hissons
sonsbecoming
becoming involved
involveddeeply
deeplyinbusiness. “In"In thetheof hisin the pop music business.
there areare a lot
lotof
ofcrooks
crooksininthe
themusic
musicbusiness.
business.Then
Thenmusiciansmusicians
first place, there
have had
had a reputation
reputation of
didn't want
want mysons getting
haveof being
beinglazy.
lazy. I didn’t
my sonsgettinglazy.
lazy.
They'd always been
been brought
brought up
hard andand well.And
wanted a lot
They’dup toto work hardwell. And it wanted
money spent
spent ondollars toof moneyon theirtheircareers.
careers.IIworked
workedititout
outthatthatititcost
cost7,600
7,600 dollars
toMurry Wilson:
Murry
Wilson:millionaire
publisher,music publisher,practical joker
practical
andlifelong
andlifelong
songwriterSTEREO

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them to reach
reach thatthat stage. They
for themown, as a group,group, two
twocorporations
corporations
own,(Wits/and their
between four
andtheir net
net worthworth is between
and five million
million dollars.
dollars.
and"The three
three boys areare extremely
extremely“The
generous," said
generous,”
saidMurry.
Murry.In
Infact,fact,itit
seems, Dennis
seems,
Denniscancanbebeaa little
little too
generous. "Onegenerous.
“One year, where theother boys
invested or
saved their
their
other
boys invested
or saved
money, Dennis
Dennis spentmoney,
spent$94,000.
$94,000. He
Hespent $25,000 on a home,
home, butbut thethe rest
spent
just went.
went. Dennis
Dennis isthat, hejustis like that,
he picks
up thethe tabuptab whereverwhereverhe
he goes.
goes. He wasupset when,the endthat year,
so upsetwhen, at
at theend of that
had aa long
longtalk
talkwithhim. He
cried
I had
with him.
He cried
when he learned
learned how much
much he had
had
when
wasted. Now hehe hashaslearned
learned that
thatwasted.
particular lesson.
particular"Brian, on thethe otherother hand,
hand, never“Brian,never has
hasmoneyinrememberany moneyin hishis pocket. I remember
when Audree
ack towhen
Audreeflew
flewbbackto Los Angeles
once. Dennis
Dennis went
the airport
airport toonce.
went to themeet herand had
had to borrow
borrow35
cents tomeet
her and
35 cents
the carcar out
the parking
parking lot."
get theout of thelot.”
Murry's fears thatthat success would spoil
spoil
Murry’s
his sons seem
seem to have
have been
been dispelled.
dispelled.
his"Theyhaven't“They
haven’tlet
letmoneymoneyoror successsuccessgo
their heads,
heads, although
had toto theiralthoughII have
have hadspeak tothem firmly,
speak
to them
firmly, even
even sternly,
sternly, ononoccasion. They are human
human beings
occasion.
beingsafter
afterall."
all.”
Brian
Wilson's decision
decision totoquitquitappearing
appearing
Brian Wilson’s
the groupgroup totoconcentrateconcentrate on writing
writingwith theand arranging
arranging was"Brianandwas entirely
entirely his
his own.
own. “Briandeaf inin oneone ear.
ear. When
When hehe waswas doing
doing
is deafconcerts, thethe amplifiers
amplifiers had
had to be
be turned
turned up
concerts,
make the group
group heard
heard overthehigh to makeover thescreams. Brian
suffering fromthescreams.
Brian waswas sufferingfrom thenoise. His ears
ears used
used tothree or fournoise.
to click for threehours afterconcert. It was his
his own
own
hours
after every concert.
decision to quit
quit appearing
appearing withdecisionwith thethe groupgroup
and put
put a substitutesubstitute inandin hishis place.
place. His
decision had
had a bad psychologicalpsychological effect on thethe group. They
decisionwere
and off but
but
were crestfallen.
crestfallen.Brian
Brianwas
was thethe leader
leader on
on stagestage andthey decided
decided toand it was
was probably
probably thethe best thing
thing forthey
to go on, andthem becausethembecausetheywere
they wereleaning
leaningon
onhim
himtootoomuch.
much.Brian
Brianisishappier the
shy,timid
timid even.
even.
happierthewayway things
thingsarearenow.
now. He's
He’s very shy,
He'd bebe afraidafraid to appear
appear on
think he’d
he'd be panicpanicHe’don stagestage now. I thinkstricken ifif hestricken
he hadhadto
tojoinjointhethegroupgroupagain."
again.”Alan
AlanWalshWalshlaunchlaunchthethegroupgroupinin thethe States.
States. Not
muchcompared withmuch comparedwith thethe million dollars"So many
I estimate
estimate wasspent onwas spenton The Beatles.
"Afterthe
the group’sgroup's second
second hit I told
toldthemthemgroups come on“AfterI would
would have
have to go backb acktotomy
mybusiness,business, butbut
they
would staythey begged
beggedme
menot
notto.
to.II said
saidII would
stay iftheywould
ey me andand they agreed.
agreed.
they wouldob
obey"Really all
all IIwas
wasdoing
doingwaswasharnessing
harnessing“Really
Brian'stalent andBrian’s talentand thethetalenttalentofof thethe group.
group.
want my sonsAnd coachingcoaching them
them in humility. So many
many
groupsstrong after
after success.
success.
groups came
came onon strong
I didn’t
didn't wantoys like that.”that."
wantmymybboys
the groupgroup –- andandMurry stayed with thewatcheds fail.
didn't take
take
watchedhis
his own
own machinery
machinerybusines
businessfail. "I“I didn’t
anything
the first year. ItItseemed
seemedimmoral
immoralanythingfrom
fromthetheboysboys inin theto taketake fromper centcent ininfrom your
your own
own sons.
sons.InIn 1963I
1963 I got
got 10 per
royalties
day Murry has more
more
royalties fromfrom their
theirconcerts."
concerts.”To
Today
money
than hedreamed ofmoney thanhe hashas ever dreamedof.He
He said
said thatthat Brian,
Brian,
his
eldest son,millionaire. "He'shishis eldest
son, is a millionaire.
“He’swell
well onon hishis way to his
secondDennis andand Carl aren’t
aren't millionaires
millionaires yet
second million
million now. Dennis
yet“So manygroups come onstrong after
after
success. II didn’t
success.
didn'twant my sonsthat"like that”

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now decided
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perform
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at thethe endendof thisthis month,
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would clash with
with
date
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thegroup’s holiday.
holiday.
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Following
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Hermits’
10-day visit
to Brazil
toBrazilin
inmid
mid-November, they
they will
November,undertake anundertakeaneight
eight-Mexican tour
tour
day Mexicanfrom November
November 30.
from
NM E OCTOBEROCTOBER 14
NME
14
guitarist Dave
Byrds guitarist
Crosby has
split with
with
Crosbyhas split
the groupgroup after
after being
the
being
"asked toto leave”
leave" by“askedleaderJim
leaderJim McGuinn.
He will
will bebe replaced
replaced byHe
Gene Clark, who left
left
Gene
the groupgroup tothetogo
go solo.
MM OCTOBER28
MMOCTOBER 28
Bee Gee
Gee Robin
Robin
Bee
Gibb was put under
under
Gibb
sedation by
sedationby hisdoctor on
doctoron Monday
after being
after
being severely
shocked in thethe train
train
shockedatHither
Hither Green,
Green,
crash atSouth -East London,
London,South-Easton Monday.
Monday. Robinon
Robinwaswasreturning toreturning
toLondonLondonafter spending
after
spending thetheweekend at
the homehomeweekendat theof hisgirlfriend
girlfriend Molly
Molly
of
Hullis. Molly,
Molly,aged
Hullis.
aged19,19,
from Hastings,
fromHastings,wasthe train
train andandalso in thewas pulledpulled clear
clear byRobin. A
A NEMSN EMS
Robin.
spokesman said
spokesmansaid onon
Monday: “Robin," Robin,after
after
Monday:getting himself
getting
himselfand
andMolly clear
clear fromfrom thethe
Molly
train, helped
helped withwithtrain,
the rescue ofof otherotherthepeople andsustained
peopleand sustained
cuts andbruises.
bruises.
cuts
andMolly had to have her
her
Molly
shoulder X-rayedshoulderX-rayedandandboth were put underboth
sedation on Monday
sedation
suffering from
suffering
fromshock."shock.”MM NOVEMBER11MMNOVEMBER 11
Broadcasting ban
A Broadcastingban
TheMindbenders’
Mindbenders'on Thenew disc
d isc“Schoolgirl”"Schoolg irl"
newdenied by thewas denied
BBC this
this week. The
BBCgroup claimed
that
group
claimed thatthe song,
which deals
thesong, which
dealswith a schoolgirl
schoolgirl
withbecoming pregnant,becoming
had been banned, but
a spokesman
spokesman forfor thethe
BBC said:
said:"WeBBC“We neverrecords. The
ban records.
The
question ofquestion
ofplays
playsisat thethe discretion
discretion ofindividual producers.”
producers."
individual
MM NOVEMBER11MMNOVEMBER 11

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telepathy...

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They areare Mancunian
Mancunian expats
expatsThey
whomagically write
write hits
who magicallyhits while
while
walking down
But
walking
down thethe street.
street. But
THEBEE
BEEGEES’
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Gibb
brothers are
are
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Gibb
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also deep
deep young
young men:
men: religious,
religious,
political,
and spiritualist,
receiving
political, andspiritualist, receiving
career advice
at seancesfromcareeradvice atséances fromman called
called Noel.
Noel.“Another"Anotheraa mantime,”sayssays Maurice,time,"
Maurice, “we"wecontacted aa German
Germanbaron…”
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lights went down;
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and thethe twins
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theyfinished,audience clapped
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Forget it.
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clapped andmanagershilling"Showbusiness hasd,“Showbusinesshasalways
alwaysbeen
beenininmy
myblooblood,
managertold
told them
themtheywere
they weregreat
greatandandgavegavethemthemaa prize
prize of aashillingeach.
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did getgetananordinary
ordinaryjob
Brisbane, andhad to cart
cart
butjobonce.
once.ItIt was
was in Brisbane,
andII had
each. "It“It wasn’t
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spurredususon,
on,then,"then,”
saysBBarry"andjust wanted
wanted tosuccess."
materials totailor would give meme thethe money
money andandmaterials
toaa tailor
tailor inin a case. The tailor“anditit isn't
isn’t now.
now. We justtobe
be aa success.”the years,
has become1st) Bee
Bee GeeGee withwithwould have to taketake it backb acktotothe
theoffice.
office.IIgot
gotsacked
sackedbecause
because IIwent
went homehome
I would
Over theyears,Little
LittleBG
BG hasbecomebig
big(6ft(6fttall,tall,111st)a deepdeep conscience,
conscience, aa sense
sense of humour,humour, andand a looklookinthat asks to
one day andand forgot to hand
hand thethe money
really did
did forget,
forget, but
but they
theyone
money in.
in. I reallyin hishis eyes thatbe respected
respected as
man of intelligence.
intelligence.
thought I'dthey sacked
sacked me.”me."thought
I’d nicked
nickedit.
it. So they
as aa manconscience strikes him most when
when hehe appears
appears with thethe groupgroup andand
Bee Gee
Geefans
fans know
know thethe big
bigbreakbreak forforthethe groupgroup waswas aachildren’schildren's Most Bee
His conscience
sees bouncers
bouncers pickup
fans andand fling them
them aroundaround withouthour series
TVstation,
station,butbutthenthen thethe kiddies’
kiddies' welfare
hourseries on
on Brisbane's
Brisbane’sBTQ7
BTQ7 TV
welfarepick upgirl
girl fanswithoutregard
regardforfor
theirfemininity. He feels
feelspersonallypersonallydepartment interferedand itdepartment
interferedin
intheir
their activities
activities andtheir feelings
feelings or femininity.
responsible.
makes him
eventually fizzled
recalls how they
eventually
fizzled out.
out. Barry
Barry recalls
responsible.He
Hesayssaysitit makes
himfeelfeel sickinside.
this reason,
reason, Barry
afterward did
afterward
didayeara yearand
andaahalf
halfatataa place
place atinside. For thisBarry revels
revels in the story
Surfers' Paradise
Paradise (hethe others
othersofAustralian
Surfers’(he waswas about
about 14, theof Australiansinger
singerNormie
NormieRowe,
Rowe, who once
stopped10oror11)11)singing
singingall
allkinds
kindsofofmaterial,material, fromfrom10
stoppedininthethemiddle
middleof
ofhis
hisactactin
inorderordertotofellfell
a bouncer
bouncer he'daround like
"My Old
OldMan’
Man' AADustman”
Dustman" to"What'd II Say".
“My
to “What’d
Say”.
he’d seen
seenwhirling
whirlingaagirl
girl aroundlike"Bigartists
artists would
would comecome to top
top thethe billbill there,”
there,"
a top before
before flinging
flinging her into thethe stalls.
stalls.
“Big
Barrygrinds"but we were
were so
so young
young andand sweet
sweet wehe says, “butBarrygrindshishisteeth
teethandandsits
sitsonon thethe edgeedge ofhisseat as he recounts
recounts thewhattheir sets
sets andand doing
were killing their
doing great!
great! We
his seatthetale.
tale."He“He got
got whatthought, `Ifwe
can dothis well –-why
not havewas coming
coming to him,”
him," he smiles
smiles withwiththought,‘If we cando thiswhy not
satisfaction.
crack at
at Sydney?’
Sydney?' We
Wethenthen went
went toto Sydney
Sydneya cracksatisfaction."Some“Some ofthoseof thoseheavies
heaviesare
are sososadistic
and got aarecording
recording contract
contract andand mademade theandthesadistic they
they frighten
frightenme
meto
to death."death.”
first of 15 flop
flop singles
singles in
row."
As an
an act, three-fifths
three -fifths of
firstin a row.”of TheThe Bee Gees
were born
born thethe day
dayBarry
Barryfirststrummed his"People would
would tap
tap usBarry adds bitterly: “Peopleus
first strummed
hisChristmas-present guitar
the headplaywithon theheadandandsay,say, `Go‘Go play
withyour
yourtoys.'toys.’
Christmas-present
guitar andand foundfound tiny
tiny
Theythought
Mauricewith him.
him.
Theythoughtwewewerewerejust
just kids
kids who
who would
Maurice andandRobin
Robin joining
joining inin with"It waswasamazing,”
amazing," hehesayssaysininthe
thewarm,
warm,roundedroundednorthern
northern accent
accentnever make
There's nono special
special love for thethe English,
English, either.
either. The
The
never
make it. There’s“Itthat
years in Australia
Australia couldn’t
couldn't takejust started
started
Australians are very
veryAmericanised
Eighteenmonths
monthsAustralians
Americanised now. Eighteen
that10 years
takeaway.
away. "I“I justsinging-year
got into
into thethe Australian
Australian Top
with 'Wineago, we got
Top10
10 with‘WineAndAnd
singing andandtryingtryingto
toplay,play, andandsuddenly
suddenlyIIfound
foundthethesixsix-year
old twins
twins with me doing
doing three-part
three-part harmony.
Women'; then
then 'I‘I Was
WasALover,ALeader
OfMen';
then
Women’;A Lover, A
Leader Of
Men’; thenharmony.'This,'‘This,’IIthought,and`Spicks And
And Specks’.
Specks'. ‘Spicks`Spicksand
and Specks’
Specks' was No 11when
when‘Spicks
thought,'could‘couldbe
besomething.'
something.’So
Sowewekeptkept at
at it, andfiddlewith thethe guitar
guitar until
until I found
found my own chords.
chords. I
decided toAustralia. But wewewentwentwithout
without
we decided
to leave Australia.
fiddledd with
still
that way. After
After thatthat we did
did thethe talenttalent show
one wordpress."
oneword of press.”still play thatshow atattheother things.
outaayear
Father of Barry, Robin
Robin andand Maurice
Maurice is Mr
Fatherthe Gaumont,
Gaumont,thenthenaafew
few otherthings.Ab
About
year
**.
later, thethe fretboard
fretboard warped!”
warped!"Hugh Gibb, who
who used
used totobe
beaadrummer
drummer with his
Hughstill suffers
suffersfrom
frombutterflies
butterflies in
inthe
thestomach
stomachown Hughie
Hughie Gibb Orchestra
Orchestra on
the Mecca
Mecca circuit
circuitown
on theBarry still
beforeshow,except
exceptthat
that now
nowthethe butterflies
butterflies have to
until
he
his
boys
toAustralia.
He
hasmanaged
until
he
took
his
boys
to
Australia.
He
hasmanagedbefore a show,yytfluttercigarette smoke.
get thethethem andadmit readily) pushed
pushed them
them
them
and (this(this they admit
flutteraroundaroundininaafog
fog of cigarettesmoke. "I“I getwhole
when I'mon," he told
told me.
me.
along over
the years.
the vast
alongover theyears. Mr
Mr Gibb was in thewhole bit when
I’m waiting
waitingto
to go
go on,”"I
smoke andand I tremble
tremble andand I walk
walk aroundaround all overpenthouse flat
agent RobertpenthouseflatofofBee
Bee Gees
Gees agent
Robert Stigwood
Stigwood“I smoketheartist tells you hehe doesn’t
doesn't get nerves
nerves(where Barry
Barry andand IIsatsattalking),
talking),andandhe
henegotiatednegotiated thethe(wherethe place.
place. Any artist
is eithereither lying
lyingororcompletely
completelyuninterested
animal skins
the floor to bring
bring ususthe
thelatest
latestmagazinesmagazines
animalskinsover
over theuninterested in
his performance.”
performance."
fromAustralia.
minutes elapsed
andfromAustralia.Several minutes
elapsed while Barry andled aafairly
fairlynormal
lifeininManchester
Manchester
muttered, understandably,
his father muttered,understandably,atatthe
theway one
Barry led
normal lifearoundfamily lived
particular magazine
seemed toparticularmagazineignored
ignoredThe
TheBeeBeeGees,Gees, or seemedaroundthe
theageageofof10
10oror11. The family
lived
in a nicenice semi-detachedsemi-detached ininKoppel
delight in paying
paying them
them down.
siecolumnist
columnist
delight
down.OneOne Aus
AussieKoppelRoad,
Road,
Chorlton-Cum-Hardy,
seemed to
and Theeats
seemedtobelieve
believe Normie
NormieRowe
Rowe andThe Easyb
Easybeats
Chorlton-Cum-Hardy, andand he went
to Oswald
Oswald Road School. He later
later
the latest
latest rave
Britain.
were therave in Britain.
remembers"See what
what I mean?”mean?" asked
asked Barry.
have hits
hits“SeeBarry. "We“We have
remembershis
his mothermotherbeing
being a greatfriend ofofHerman’s
Herman'smothermother-"Petein thethe States;
here; andand we getinStates; we've
we’ve been
beenNoNo 1 here;– “Pete=nw,.
[Noone] 'smum
mum waswasmarried
married in mywrite-ups likewrite-ups
like that.
that.What
What cancanyouyou do?"do?”[Noone]’s
mum's
dress" –- andand Herman
Hermannatural exasperation
exasperation hits
mum’s wedding dress”
This natural
hits him
him once
once inbeing
girls andand always telling
telling
while. Usually,can, hebeing shy
shy of girls
a while.
Usually, if he can,he likes
likes toto taketakelife
life
them
calmly. He describes
describes himself
themhe
hehad
hadto
togo
go homehometoto play
play his
hiscalmly.
himselfas
asveryvery religious.
religious.
trumpet.
Didsbury,"I don’t
don't like church,”church," hetold me,me, “but"but I amam very
trumpet.That
Thatwaswasin
inWestWest Didsbury,“I
he told
where, maybe, dating
dating girls andandreligious. I just
just happen
happen to
religious.
to think
thinkit's
it’saa very
BarryGibbinMarch
Barry
Gibb in Marchtrumpetcompatible
personal thing.
to church
church to learn
learn
trumpetplaying
playing areare as compatible
personal
thing.To
To go to1967:"Iwas12when
1967:“I was 12 whenas they could be. When
When Barry’s
Barry's father
fatherthat, I think
think too many
many–-yes.
yes.But after that,wegottoMelbourne,
we
got to Melbourne,
left school
left
schoolat
at13"
13”
and
him the familyfamilywas
people justout of habit.
habit.
and mothermother told
told him
waspeoplejustgogo out-—NME
NMENOVEMBERNOVEMBER 2525—-

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"We went
went toSydney andmade the first
15flopflopsingles
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"Youhavetobelieve“You
have to believe
inwhatyousing":
inwhat you sing”:
BeeGeeson
The BeeGees on TV
inSeptembert967
inSeptember 1967

"It's thethe same,same, “he"he volunteered
volunteered suddenly,
“It’s
"with
ex in
in films.
films. I hate
hate to see
see it. I’m
I'm not
not saying
saying“withssex
I turnturn away, but
but IIsimply
simplydon’t
don't believe
believe aawoman
woman
shouldher body
body asan excuseshouldshow
showoff
off her
as anexcuseforforhavingtalent."having no talent.”
genuine about
about his fiercely moral
moral point
point ofofview,view,but
butdon’t
don'tthink
think
Barry is genuineof himhim asasaahumourless
humourless fuddy-duddy.
fuddy-duddy. He
Heloveslovescomedy
comedy-– especially
especially thethe
Carry On
Onfilms
films-– andand he hates
hates realism
realism andCarryanddeath.
death."I“I adoreadorebiblicalbiblical epics,"
epics,”
he admitted,
admitted, as
drumming his
knee.
as he
he sat forward drumming
hisfingers
fingerson
on hishis knee.
"They'refantastic."“They’re fantastic.”
believesin
inlifelifeafter
afterdeath;death;thatthatthroughout
throughout life
lifeweweare
areauditioning
auditioning
He believes
for something
something higher;that death
something hehigher; thatdeathisis something
heshould
shouldnot
not bebe afraidafraidof; andand thatthat people
people who"heck
who think
thinkthere
thereisisnothingnothingtotofollow
followhave
havegot
got aa “heckof a cheek”.
cheek".
alsoconvinced
convinced ofofthe
the existence
existence ofofunidentified
unidentified flying objects;
Barry is also
thatyears thethe blacks inin thisthis world will
willwage
wagewarwaron
onthe
thewhites;
whites;thatthat
thatinin 10 years
war
futile, anyway,
anyway,butbutthatthat people
people have
have always
always fought
foughtandand they
they always
alwayswar is futile,will; andand thatthat everyone
everyoneneeds
needssomesomekindkindofofpurpose
purposeininlife.
life.He
Hetoldtoldme:me:"Iwant to live, andand live toto want.”
want."“I wantshows fear
fear ininhis
hiseyes
eyeswhenwhenhehetalks
talksabout
aboutaaséance
séanceheheexperienced
experienced
He shows
in which thethe question
question was
there after
after death?”death?" He
was asked:
asked: "What“What is there
He says,chillingly:
chillingly:"The“Theglassglassshot
shotoff
off thethe table."table.”
BarrytheGeeisismore
morethanthanaapop
popstarstar-he's
thinkingperson
personwho
Barry
the Bee Gee– he’s aathinking
who
knows
inadequacies, wants
but knows thatthat some ofknows his own inadequacies,
wantstoto improve,
improve, but
hishim forever. He
Hetoldtoldme,me,with
withincredible
incrediblehonesty
honesty andandhis faults are with him
candour,candour,about
aboutaa broken
broken romanceromancehehehas
has just
justexperienced.
though he would
experienced.And
And even thoughnotme of thethe emotions
emotions
not name
namethethegirl,
girl, hehe told
told mehe was feelingfeelingand
and thethe way
waythey
theyworried
worriedhim
him deeply.
"The reason
reason we
suppose, 50-50“The
we split
split up
up was,was, I suppose,
50-50
betweenlongand
anddeep
deeprelationship,
relationship,
betweenus.
us.It was aa longbut
can't see it being
being patched
patched up.
kind ofbut I can’t
up. TheThe kindpersonam-–obsessedruns
person I am
obsessedwith
withmymy career.
career. It runs
mywholethink II talk
talk a bit too
too much,much,
my wholelife.
life. I thinkalthoughcan'talthoughI'm
I’malways
alwayscareful
carefulwhat
whatIIsay.
say. I can’t
be nasty
nasty to anyone.”anyone."Barryis,man withwith anan overwhelming
overwhelming
Barryis, finally, aaman
dedication
dedicationto
tomaking
makingThe
TheBeeBeeGeesGeesaa namenametotobe
bereckonedbelieves thatthat
reckonedwith
withinin thethe poppop world.
world. He believes
to do this
this one ofofthe
thethings
things they
theymust
mustalways
alwaysdo
dois to act
act their
their records.
records."You“You have
have toto believe
believe inin whatwhatyou
yousing,"
sing,” says
says Barry.
Barry.
"This
believe black
black people
pe opleto
tobe
bethe
thebestbest singers
singers in thethe world.
“This is why I believe
world.
They'vebeen shunned
they sing
singout
outtheirtheirheartache.”heartache."
They’ve been
shunnedfor
forso
so long. Now they

OTHERWISENONDESCRIPTNONDESCRIPTmorning,morning, toto thethe
NE OTHERWISE
clatter of anan alarm-clock bell,clatter
alarm-clock
bell, young
young Robin
Robin Gibb
Gibb
arose and...
awoke, arose
and…lo,lo,thetheworld
worldwaswasround.
round.And
Andlo,
lo,rained every
knowandand you
you know
know (and(andit rained
every day. Now IIknow
Manchester readersparticular) that
Manchester
readersknow
know inin particular)
thatitit rains
rains every
every
and we all
all know
know (Flat(Flat Earth
Earth Society members,
members, here
day, andhereclose
close
your eyes) thatthat thethe world is round.
round. But pleaseplease be patient.
patient.
yourAnyway, as ififall
allthatthatwasn’t
wasn't mind-boggling
mind -boggling enough,enough, Robin
had previously
previously accomplishedaccomplished thehadtheamazing
amazingfeat
featofof makingmakingescape back to
toMassachusetts
Massachusetts bybythe
good his escapethesimple
simple trick
trick
taking a boat
boat totoEngland,
England, where,
where, astuteastute listeners
listeners toof takingphonographs andthephonographs
andsteam
steamradio
radiowill
will remember,remember, hehe did all thethings hethingshe wanted
wantedto
todo.
do.
all this
this would
would seem
seem tomake Robincert forNow all
to makeRobin a certN
least prime
prime contender
contender forsychiatrist’s couch,
couch, or at leasta ppsychiatrist'sar" !However,
However,he’s
he'saavery
veryhappy
happy
title"Nut“NutOf
OfThe
TheYeYear”!
ttheetitlethandbaffled? Then
Then yound contented
contentedBee
BeeGeeGee indeed.
indeed.Still
Still baffled?
anhaven't been
songbook. For thethehaven’tbeenreading
readingyour
yourBeeBee Gee songbook.
hhaand illiterate,
explain:illiterate,Robin
Robin will
will explain:llazy
azzy and"We always
alwaystry
tryto
toput
putourselves
ourselves into
into our
our records.
records.
““We
We've never
never tried
tried totowritewriteanything
anything thatthat wasn't
We’ve
wasn’tus.
us.
W
What we areare doing is sort
sort ofofwritingwritingdown
down people’s
people'sWhatW
thought ofofwritinghoughts;nobody
nobody has
has ever thought
writing down
downtthoughts;hthe way people
pe oplethink.
think.“Massachusetts”,"Massachusetts'hings exactly
exactly thetthingsth
not talking
talking about
about peoplen fact, is not
people going
going backback toin
Massachusetts. ItIt represents
represents all
want
Massachusetts.
all the people who wantMback totosomewhere
somewhere or something.
something. ItIt is all
all aboutabout
ttoo go backpeople whowant to escape.”
escape."peoplewho wantp
represent Robin"No, notnot
Does it represent
Robinand
andThe
TheBeeBee Gees?
Gees? “No,
now.
did.
wehavealreadygone
goneback
backtotoMassachusetts.
Massachusetts. When
When we
wed. BButnow
now. IItt d
diddiutt wehhave
a alreadynot recognised
recognised
wewereweretrying
tryingtotoescapeescape-torecognition. That iswere not– to recognition.
i d wesomething we
wanted. We came
came to England
England searching
searching forsomething
we havehave always
always wanted.
forand we found
found it.
it and"Now ‘World’,'World',our
ournew
newrecord,
record,isisthethenext
nextstepstepandand isiscompletely
completely“Now'Massachusetts'. It's
about somebody
somebodywho
different from ‘Massachusetts’.
It’s about
whoknows
knows
everything about
everything
aboutthetheworld
worldandandthethestoryline
storylineis:
is:'Where‘Wherewill
willII be
tomorrow?' ItItsays:
I And of course
coursetomorrow?’says:Wow‘NowI've
I’ve found
found that
thatthetheworld
worldisisroundround/And
rains every
everyday'.
He knows
knows what
what it’s
it's allallabout
about andand hashas learnt
learnt to live with
with
it rainsday’. He
and accept
accept it. That is completely
completelyus.
found thatthat theit andus.We
We have foundtheworld
world isround andWe'vefound
found peace
peace ofofmindmindandand nownow
roundandthatthatitit rains
rainsevery
every day. We’ve
we're very happy.”
happy."
we’reEighteen -year -oldRobin,
Robin,older
olderthan
than his
his twin
twin Maurice
Maurice by
Eighteen-year-old
by oneone hour,hour,
indeed looke
d veryveryhappy
happywhen
met him-skin rugs
indeedlookedwhenII met
him amidamidthethetigertiger-skinrugs andandhunting trophies
Scatteredhunting
trophiesin
inRobert
RobertStigwood's
Stigwood’sexotic
exoticMayfair
Mayfair "den".
“den”. Scattered
round theGees were
were coping
coping with
with aa queue
queue ofof
round
theroom,room,thetherestrestofof TheThe Bee Gees
interviewers, whoand again
again would
trot acrossacross thethe tigers
interviewers,
who every
every now andwould rise, trot
and leopards,
leopards, andchairs.
andand changechangepartners
partnerslike
likeaagame
gameof musical chairs.
sank his
his slightslight frame
frame into
into thethe softsoft settee,
settee, shook
shook his
his shaggy
shaggybrown
brown
Robin sankking-sizecigarettecigaretteand
andpreparedprepared to answer
answer mymyquestions,questions,hair, lit aaking-size
jumpingand expounding
expounding at length, punctuating
punctuating eachjumping onto
on toeach
each one
one andeachphrase andgrinning profusely.
phraseand grinning
touched on thethe subject
subject ofofsongwriting
songwriting
I touchedandand thatthatsetsethimhimoffoff."We“Wegetget ideas
ideas for songs
everywhere
telepathy typeeverywhere andandanywhere.
anywhere.It's
It’s aa telepathy
typeof thing
thing with
with us, sort
sort of written
written in thethe mind.”mind."
Intrigued, II asked
asked him
explain. "I
supposeIntrigued,
him toto explain.
“I suppose
it's
because we
as brothers.
brothers. It's
it’s because
we areare so close as
It’s
prettytimes andand it's
just confined
confined topretty scary
scary at times
it’s not justmusic.
can be walking
walking along
streetmusic. Barry
Barry and
andI canalong a street
togetherstart singing the same
together when
when we just startsong
the samesame key at thethe samesame time.
time. It can
can besong in thefrightening,eachfrightening,but
butwe
we nevernever talk
talk about
aboutitit to eachotherotherinincasecasewewe putputaa mental
mentalblock
blockononit.
it. But
But wearewouldn't likeare veryvery gratefulgratefulfor
forit;
it; we wouldn’t
likeitit toto go.
"It's incredible
incredible really.
getthethesamesame chords
chords“It’sreally. We getrunningrunningthroughthroughour
our minds.
minds. Barrywill
Barry will chanceontune andthe samesame
on a tune
andmy
my mindmindwill
will go for thething. All ofofaasudden
suddenhehelooks
looksatatme
meand
andwe
weknow
knowweareon
onthe
thesamesame
thing.
we arewavelength. It can
can happen
happen anywhere.
mentalwavelength.
anywhere.Ninetyper
Ninety percent
centofofitit is mental
telepathy. ‘Massachusetts’'Massachusetts' isisan
had had
had this
this line in mymyheadtelepathy.
anexample.
example.II had
headday-`Theout ininMassachusetts’.
Massachusetts'. Later
Laterthatthat night
night *
all day– ‘Thelights
lights all went out“What"What we aredoing is sortofof writing
writing
down
people’sdown people's
thoughts"
thoughts”

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I mentioned
mentioned ititto
toBarry
Barryandandhe
hesaid,said,'Yes,‘Yes,II know.
know. I've
I’ve
already
wrote thethe rest
rest of thethealreadygot
got thethetunetunefor
forit.'
it.’So we wrote
words together and Maurice did
did thethe arrangement.”arrangement."
allsoundedsounded like something
something straightthe
It allstraightout
outofof thecolumns
News,but
but before
before thethe sceptics
sceptics takecolumnsof
ofPsychic
Psychic News,
takeup
their bludgeons,
known factthat veryup their
bludgeons,ititis
is a known
fact thatvery close
relatives
can at times
times think
think along
the samesame lines.
relatives canalong theNevertheless,must go down as one
one ofofthe
thestrangest
strangest
Nevertheless,itit must
songwriting
songwriting methods
methodsin
inpop
pop history.
history.
Weturnedturned totomoremoredown-to-earth
down-to-earth facts about theWe
Bee GeeGeewhowhodescribes
describeshimself
himselfas
asveryverytemperamental,
temperamental,
very creative,
creative, a bitbitofofaahypochondriac,
hypochondriac, slightly
slightlyneurotic,
the mornings,
mornings, withneurotic,inclined
inclinedto
tobe
be lazy in thea dry, goonish
goonish sense
sense of humour.
humour.
Byan
an oddodd quirk
quirk ofoffate,fate,Robin,
Robin,like
likehishisbrothers,brothers, was
was
By
born
date: December
December 22,
borninin Douglas,
Douglas,Isle
Isle Of Man. The date:22,
1949.“Mum"MumandandDad,Dad,whowholived
livedininManchester,Manchester,used
used to
to
1949.
spend
Douglas,andanditithappened
happened that
that
spend their
their holidays at Douglas,
eachtime theywent
each timethey wenttheywere
they wereexpecting
expectingone
oneof
ofus."us.”
Robin's schoolingschooling wasspent atRobin’s
was spentat suchsuch romanticromanticsounding
Chorltonsoundingplaces
placesas
asOswald
OswaldRoad
Road School, ChorltonCum-Hardy
Manchester.
Cum-Hardy andandCavendish
CavendishRoad
Road School, Manchester.
"I
went backback there
there and“I went
andlooked
lookedininlastlastweek,
week, just
justreminiscing.
changed now
reminiscing.It's
It’s probably
probably all changed
now anyway.
I usedused toto lovelovespelling,spelling,history,
history,chemistrychemistry andandastrology.
I'm still keen
keen onon spellingspelling andand astrology.
astrology.
astrology. I’m
I was
was interested
interested inpeople spelt
in thethe way people
spelt things.
things.YouYouknow
everybody spells
didn'tknow how everybody
spells inin theirtheirown
ownway."way.” IIdidn’tknow, but anyway…
anyway...
continued: "Iread aa lot
lotabout
aboutthetheplanets
planets andandHe continued:“I still read
Maneattraction:The
Mane
attraction: TheBee
Bee
Geesposein
thetrophyGees
pose in thetrophyfollow thethe space
space races
races closely. IIused
usedtotohatehatemaths
maths andandstrewnpenthouseofstrewnpenthouse ofmusic.
was aacomplete
complete andand utterutter failuremusic. I was
failureatat that.
that.We
We feel agent Robert
RobertStigwood,
Stigwood,
London,Decembert967
London,December 1967
music,
learn.
music, andandthere
thereisis nono feelingfeeling when
when you
you have
have to learn.
Mauricethe school
Mauriceand
andII sang
sang inin theschool choir
choir at
at Christmas
Christmascarol
concerts, andwhen
carol concerts,
and whenititcame
cametoto'God‘GodSave
SaveThe
The
Queen'
together andplayed Surfer’s
Surfer's Paradise
Paradise at
the Beachcomber
Beachcomber Hotelsixweeks,
three
Queen’we'd
we’d sing together
and throw
throwthethewhole
wholechoir!"choir!”
playedat theHotel for six
weeks, threewarmed to"In November
November 1958 wewewerewereshows a night.
night. Then
went towhich was like going
going toto London,
London,Robin warmed
tothe
thestory
storyofof TheThe Bee Gees. “In
shows
Then we
we went
to Sydney, whichchasing
bike along
along Buckingham
Buckingham Road in
in Manchester,Manchester, andand weand didcker. It was thethechasing Barry
Barry onon a bikeanddid thetheSydney
SydneyStadium
Stadiuminin1962
1962with
withChubby
ChubbyChe
Checker.
were talking
talking about
the Gaumont
Gaumont Theatre
breakwehad.
about these
thesekids
kidswho
who used
usedtoto sing at theTheatreatatbiggest break
we ever had.
Saturdayused to watch
watch them
them every
everyweek
and we thought,
thought,"The first
first song
Saturday matinees.
matinees.We
We usedweek and“The
songweweevereverwrote
wrotewaswas'Let‘LetMeMeLoveLoveYou'.
You’. OurOurfirst
firstsong
song`Why
can't we dodosomething
something like that?’that?' Thereus,Maurice
Maurice andandwriting success‘Why can’t
Therewere
were five of us,
writing
successwas
was'Starlight‘StarlightOf
OfLove',Love’, which
whichwaswasrecorded
recordedby
byCol
Col JoyeBarry
and myself,
and Paulrecordand got to No
No1.1.We
becameananovernight
overnight successsuccess but
but our
our first
first hithitdidn’t
didn'tBarry andmyself, andPaul Frost
Frost andand Kenny
Kenny Orricks.
Orricks. There
There waswas a recordandWe becameout
the timetime called
Susie' byby TheTheEverly
EverlyBrothers
and wecome until-wise.
out at thecalled'Wake‘Wake UpUp Little Susie’
Brothers andcomeuntil1965,
1965, althoughalthoughthe
theBeeBeeGees
Geeswere
werealways
alwaysbig
bigTV
TV-wise.
thought
called ourselves
ourselves The Rattlesnakes.
Rattlesnakes.
"Our first hit was ‘Wine'Wine And Women’,
Women', aagroup
group song,
song, which
which got totothoughtwe'd
we’d mime
mimetoto that.
that.WeWe called“Our"The Saturday
Saturday morning
morning came,
Christmas, and
going
10.We
Wefollowed
followedthat
thatwith
withthree
three complete
complete flops.
first, ‘I'I Was“The
came, just
just before Christmas,
andwe were going
No 10.
flops. The
The first,up
the stairs
stairs of thethe Gaumont
Gaumont whend thethe record! It smashed.
smashed.
A Lover,
Lover,AALeader
LeaderOfOfMen’,
Men,wonwonan
anawardawardforforthethebestbestcomposition
composition ofofup thewhen Barry
Barry droppe
droppedWe thought,
thought, 'Great
do?' Barry
Barryhadthe year,but it wasn’t
wasn't a hit. We
Wethenthen met
met Bill
BillShepherd,
Shepherd, who came
came to‘Great Everlys!What
Everlys! What areare wewe going to do?’hadaa guitar,
guitar,theyear, buttowhich
to help
helpthethemiming,
miming, andand hehe suggested
suggested thatthat weEngland withmusical director,
director, andsieBurn,Burn,ourourproducer.
producer.
which he had taken along toEnglandwith usus as musical
andOs
Ossie
go outout andand really
really sing.
Wewerewereononthe
theSpinSpinlabellabeland
andusedusedtotorecord
recorduntil
untilseven
sevenininthe
themorning.
morning.
sing.
Weout wewewentwentandandsangsang ‘Lollipop’'Lollipop' by The
TheMudlarks,
Mudlarks, andand it went
went down
down`Monday's Rain’,
Rain', ourour first
first forforhim,him, waswasan
anabsoluteabsolute flop.
flop. Our
Our next,
next, ‘Cherry'Cherry
So out‘Monday’s
well. We
Weendedended upup doing
doing five more,
more, including
including 'That'll
Red' –- again,
again, an absoluteabsolute flop.
‘That’llBe
BeThe
TheDay',Day’, 'Book
‘Book
Red’
OfLove'"InAugustwent into
into thethe studiostudio desperate
desperate tohit before
beforeOf Love’ andand'Oh‘OhBoy'Boy’ -– andandthatthatwaswashow
howThe
TheBeeBee Gees
Gees began."began.”“In
August1966 we went
toget
get aa hit
paused for breath,breath, lit
litanother
another king-sized
king-sized cigarette,cigarette, andandleft forforEngland.
England. We mademade this
this song
Specks', but Spin
Robin paused
we leftsong `Spicks‘Spicks And Specks’,continued:
Odeon, when
when
didn't wantrelease it. They
Theythought
finished, a financial
financial loss.
continued:"Our“Ournext
nextdate
datewaswasat
at thethe Whalley
Whalley Range
Range Odeon,
didn’twant toto release
thoughtwe were finished,
Mauriceadded banjos. Then we did
didthethePalentine
Palentine Theatre
Theatre asaswasreleased
released eventually
eventually andweeks.
Maurice andand I added
However, itit wasandwent
wenttoto thethe top
top inin fourfour weeks.
Wee Johnnie
Johnnie Hayes &&The
Mulecats –-Barrywas
January 3,
when we left, it was
was aa No
No11hit.
hit.ItIthad
hadbeenbeen inin ourour
On January
3, 1967, when
The Mulecats
Barry wasJohnnie
JohnnieHayes.
Hayes.We
We got£5 a week
weekforforourouract.
act.This
Thiswaswasin
in19581958andandwe
wewentwentonondoing
doingmatineematineeminds forthe past
Specks' gave
gave
minds
for thepast years
yearstoto comecome toto England.
England.`Spicks‘Spicks And Specks’
performances
the money.”money."
us theperformancesfor
forabout
abouttwotwoyears.
years.
"Then we left
leftManchester
Manchester andand emigrated
emigrated towelcome cups
cups ofoftea
teaappeared
appeared before
before us
Two welcome“Then
Australia
Wethought
thought up
up thetheandmyhardworking
hardworking pen
pen a well-earned
well-earned
and I gave myAustraliawhen
whenII was
was 10. We
nameon thethe boatboat andand also
also started
startedchanceput away, Robin
Robin picked
pickedchanceto
tocoolcooloff.
off.Tea
Tea put
nameThe
The Bee Gees on
writing
Brisbane,up
up thethe story.
story.
writingour
ourownownmaterial.
material.We
Welivedlived inin Brisbane,where
se condary school,s chool,andandafterafter"When wefirst came
came overwent to“When
we first
over here
here we
we went
to seewhere I went to a secondary
about
started thea man
man-whohim– whoshall
shallremain
remainnamelessnamelessto
tosavesave him
about a year started
the groupgroup again.
again.
"We played
played thethe Speedway
Speedway Circus
Circus in Brisbane
Brisbaneembarrassment“Weembarrassment –atatthe
theGrade
GradeOrganisation.
Organisation.He
He
andGood, who
who
practicallythrew
practically threwususout
outofofhis
hisofficeoffice andandsaidsaidweweandmetmetaa racing
racingdriver,driver,Bill
Bill Good,
introduced
riend ofwere wasting
wasting ourtime: 'When
our time:‘WhenTheThe Seekers
Seekers
introducedus
usto
toaaDJ
DJ friendofhis.
his.WeWe didsome
He played
played them
them andandcame
theywerecameinin herehere I knew they
weregoing
goingtoto dodosome tapes
tapesforfor hishis show. He
usedtremendous number
number of orders
something,are just
justanother
anothergroup…’”
group...something, but
but you areused to get aatremendous
for them,
them, butbut they
theyweren't
released as records.
records.
Pause
that short-sighted
short-sighted gent
kickhimself.
himself
Pause for thatgent to kickweren’t released
Thenonto television
television in"Then Robert Stigwood began
began to take an“Then
Then we
we got ontoin Brisbane
Brisbanein
in1960
1960
with
and
interest
interestandandwaswasringing
ringingour
ourhousehouseevery
every20
20
with ourour own
ownshow,
show, Cottie's
Cottie’s Happy Hour, andwe got very
verybig
Brisbane. The
minutes.
theminutes.When
Whenhehefinally
finallygot
gotin
in touch,
touch,II was the
big in Brisbane.
The three
threeofof us
us“Barry"Barry andstart
I can just start
singing thesame song inthesame key"key”
the same132 |I HISTORYHISTORY OF
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1967

THE BEE GEES

THE BEE GEES

they
Stigwood soon
soon after
after they
they
they did
did for Robert Stigwood
arrived in
Britain.
arrivedin Britain.
"We
did our
our nightclub
nightclub act,"
Maurice, “and"and“We didact,” says Maurice,hehe watchedwatched andandlistened
listenedandandneverneversmiledsmiledonce.
once.
Then
o'clock', andand weThenhehesaid,said,'Be‘Beatatmy
my officeoffice at
at six o’clock’,
were
signed thethe contracts.”
contracts."
were andand we signed
Maurice
Mauricealso
alsolooks
looks backwith
back withaaslightslightsense
senseofofawe
awe
the way
wayhe
and thethe rest ofofthe
thefamilyfamilyjust
packedon thehe andjust packedup
and camecame to Britain,
Britain, without
without anything
anything
up anddefinitedefiniteto
tolooklook forward
forwardto,
to,onononlyonly £200£200
betweencrummy hotel
betweenthem.
them."We“We stayed
stayed inin a crummy
hotel inin
Hampstead,""and one
one day
daymy
Hampstead,” says Maurice, “andmydadSeekers' manager,
manager, Eddie
dad went
went toto see The Seekers’
Eddie
Jarrett,
could help. He said
said sorry, heheJarrett,toto seesee if he could
couldn't
couldn’tdo
doanything.
anything.After
Afterthat,
that,Dad
Dadwent
wenttoto seesee
Robert
NEMS-– andRobert Stigwood
Stigwood at
at NEMS
andhereherewewe are."are.”indeed... still
with
There they are indeed…
stillselling
sellingwellwell with"Massachusetts",“Massachusetts”,and
andnotnotonly
only that,
that, but
but highhigh inthethe skywith
sky with"World".
“World”. Maurice
Mauricemight
mightwell
well bebeinclined
inclinedto
to celebratecelebratethis
thiswith
withaa great,
great, big,swinging
thatswinging humdinger
humdingerofof a party, except that
he isn’t
isn't thatthat keen on parties.
parties.
"I don’t
don't mind
mind a celebration
celebration now andand again,”
again,"“Iheraver. But
But many
many
he told
told me.
me. "In“In fact,
fact,I'm
I’maa bitbit of a raver.
times I like to
to be
be on
on my
myown
ownandand play
playaa bit of thethe old
old‘Monty`MontyVarni'.
times
Varni’.
"Know something?
something? Everything
Everything surprises
mention Lulu andand I’m
I'm“Know
surprisesme.
me.YouYou mention
surprised. Say
well-known girl record
record reviewer
reviewer has
has got
gotfalse
falseteeth
teeth
really surprised.
Say a well-known
and there
there I am
am again
again-really
shrug andandand– reallysurprised!
surprised!SomeSomepeople
people would
would shrug'Ohyeah,yeah, sosowhat?’what?' Not
Notme,
me,everything
everything surprises
surprises me."say, ‘Ohme.”
Mauricesubtle humour
humour andimpressions
Maurice loves subtle
and also
also doing
doing his own impressions
other people,
people, but
but there’s
there's an intensely
intensely serious
him. When heof otherserious side
side to him.
heard about
the shockshock andand suddenness
suddenness of itit
heard
about thethe deathdeathofof Brian Epstein, thedeep andand traumatic
traumatic effect.
had a deep
Apart
death, thethe greatest
greatest personal
hisApart from death,
personalblow
blow to him has been failing his
driving test
the middle
middle of thedriving
test three
threetimes.
times.Bitterly
Bitterly Maurice
Maurice recalls
recallshow
how inin thefirst driving
driving test
first
testhehetook,took, thetheexaminer
examinersaid,
said,"You're“You’reone
oneof
ofThe
TheBeeBee Gees,
Gees,
aren't youaren’t
you –thetheones
onesgetting
gettingdeported?"
deported?”(This(Thiswaswasat
at thethe timetimeof work
permits trouble
permits
troubleregarding
regardingColin
ColinPetersenPetersenandandVince
Vince Melouney.)"I waswasjustjustabout
about totosay
saythisthisapplied
applied toto only
onlytwotwoof
ofthe
themembers,”
members,"alleges
alleges“I
Maurice, with
with anan acid edge to his
his tongue,
tongue, “when"when this
this bloke says,
says,‘Then'Then
Maurice,the hellhell areare youtaking yourod reallybboiled
oiled
why theyou taking
yourtest?'
test?’That
Thatgot
gotme.
me.My
Myblo
blood
reallyand I thought,
thought, 'Right,
were going along
along like
and‘Right,mate.'
mate.’I Igave
gaveititto
tohim
himat
at80.
80. We were
there wastomorrow. Whenout he said, ‘Mr'Mr Gibb,
Gibb, I’m
I'mhappy
happytothere
was nono tomorrow.
Whenhehe gotgot outtosayyou've
failed.say
you’ve failed.’”out -of -this -worldmattersmattersoften
oftenconcern
concernthe
theagile
agilemind
mind ofofMore out-of-this-world
Maurice Gibb, who at 17
17admits
admits totofeelingfeelingfar
farmoremoremature
mature than
than his
Mauricehis years.
years.
tells ofofspiritualist
spiritualist séancesseances in which “an"an English
English guy
guy named
named Noel, who
whoHe tells
killed in a motorbike
motorbike crash
was killedcrashwhenwhenhehewas
was22"
22” hashasgiven
givenThe
The Bee Geesand prophesied
prophesied their
their future
future in the charts.
charts. “There"There waswas another
anotheradvice andtime," says Maurice,
Maurice, “in"in whichwhich we got
gotin
intouchtouch with
with aaGerman
German baron
baron bytime,”
means of using a glass
glass andand lettersletters of
ofthe
thealphabet.
alphabet. But ititdidn’t
didn't really
reallywork.
means
work.
couldn't spell,he couldn’t
couldn't speak
speak English."
Either he couldn’t
spell, or heEnglish.”things thatthat worry
worryMaurice
The things
Mauriceinclude
includedeath;death;his
hisnose;nose;thethegold
gold in his
tooth; making
making a wrong move
move andand embarrassing
embarrassing himself
front tooth;
himselfwhen
whenhe's
he’s
with a girl;
girl;andand being
being ininclubsclubsandandbeing
beingstared
stared at.
at.
with"I hatehate that,”
that," says
Maurice. "Iclubs aa lot, but I don’t
don't like“I
says Maurice.
“I usedusedtotogo
go to
to clubs
conspicuous. Now
don't gogoso
somuch,much,IIsuppose
supposepeople
peoplewill
willthinkthink
feeling conspicuous.
Now I don’t
I'm big-time.
big-time. But I’m
I'm not.”not." Maurice
Maurice isisright.
right. He
Heisisstraightforward,
straightforward,
I’mconfident, uncertain,
uncertain, impulsive,
and the mostconfident,
impulsive, romantic,
romantic, nostalgic
nostalgic andmature and-year -old I've
met. But big-time?
big-time? Never.
matureandsensible
sensible1717-year-old
I’ve ever met.
Never.
Alan
Smith
Alan Smith

one who
who picked
picked up
up thethephone.
phone.We
Wewentwenttoto seeseeonehim
wanted tobusiness. He took
tookushim andand hehe wanted
to do business.
us
we havehave never
never looked
over andand since February
Februarywe
back. We would
world now.
now.
back.
would give Robert
Robert thethe world
He's
He’s done
donewonders
wondersfor
forus."
us.”Nick
NickLogan
Logan

-—
NME
NMEDECEMBERDECEMBER 1616—-

I’ve aaF I WERE
WEREaafilm
filmcasting
casting director
director I've
feeling I could
MauriceGibb
Gibb asasfeeling
could visualise
visualise Maurice
the-eyed, brown-haired, 5ft
the brown
brown-eyed,brown-haired,
5ft 6in6in
son of anhighsonan Indian
Indian chief, what with those
those highcheekbones that
thatdip
dip inwards
inwardsto
to give him
cheekbones
him thethelean,-to -killlean, hungry,
hungry,proud
proudlooklookofofaabrave
braveout
out-to-killwagon-train
wagon-train mastermaster who speak with forked
tongue. Maurice
Maurice sees
sees himself
himself inin anotherlight.
tongue.
another light.
He would
would have
have loved
have Clyde in Bonnie
loved to have
And Clyde,
And
Clyde,playing
playing thethe Warren
Warren Beatty
Beatty rolerole with
withfervour because
because it struck
struck him
him as a real,
real, human
humanthing.
-set eyes light up as hehe speaks
speaksthing.His
His deep
deep-sethis hopes
and hishis
fluently, articulately,
articulately, about
about hishopes andinner thoughts
thoughts on
on successsuccess andinnerand the lifetime
stretching
stretchingin
infront
front of him.
“It’s
"It's a nicenice idea,”
idea," hehe told
toldme,me,“to"totalk
talkaboutabout
thingslike
likethisthisonce
onceininawhile.
a while.I Ilike
likepeople
peopleto
toknow
knowI'mI’mnotnotjustjustaaface
faceininthingsa photograph.”
photograph."
The first time
an oldold single by Lorraine
time I met
met Maurice
Maurice he waswas carrying
carrying an
Lorraine
Ellison, “StayEllison,"Stay With
With MeMeBaby”,
Baby",which
whichhehethrust
thruston
onto
tothe
therecord
recordplayer
playerwith
withurgencyand delight.
urgency andSeconds later IIwas
waslistening
listeningto
toaafull-blooded,
full-blooded,screaming,
screaming,beautiful,
beautiful,agonised, ecstatic,
ecstatic,sobbing,sobbing,sexual,sexual, soaring
soaringperformance
performanceof
ofaa song
song thatagonised,that
prickled
the most
most incredible
incredible
prickledthethehairs
hairsatatthe
thenapenapeofofthe
theneck.
neck.ItIt was
was oneone of therecords I've
I’ve ever heard,
records
heard, andand I raved,
raved, Maurice
Maurice raved,
raved, even
even thethe manman there
there
from thethe BBC World
from
WorldService
Serviceraved.
raved.When
When IIheard
heard thatthat Cilla andand Lulu were
were
also
mind was mademade up. I asked
asked Warner
Warner Brothers
Brothers toalso raving,raving, thatthatwaswasit.
it. My mindrush
as soonsoon asastheytheycould,
and I raced
raced home
home andand also
thrust itit
rush meme a copy as
could, andalso thrust
on to
tothe
the record
record player
player with
with urgency
urgency andand delight.
delight.
on
Lorraine Ellison's
MeBaby”
Baby"maymaynownowbe
beheardheardscreaming
screaming
Lorraine
Ellison’s "Stay“Stay With Me
through
the great
great
throughour
ourhousehouseandandright
rightout
outintointothetheroad,road, probably
probably toto thechagrin of ourour neighbours
neighbours Ron andand Marge on one
one side
side andand thethe nice
nice oldoldchagrinboy onon thethe other.
other. That
That ananemotionallyemotionally supercharged
supercharged record
thisrecordlike
like thisshould appeal
appeal to
Maurice doesn't
great sense
shouldto Maurice
doesn’tsurprisesurpriseme
meatatall.
all.HeHe hashas a great
ofthe
theromanticromantic andand he admits
admits toreadily.
of
to it readily.
"When I meet
meet aa girl,”
girl," Maurice
Maurice told
treat hershould“Whentold meme gently.
gently. "I“I treatheras
as aa girl shouldbetreated. II evenas farfaras
aswalkingwalkingon
onthe
theoutside
outside ofofthe
thepavement.
pavement.
be treated.
even go as
I findfind IIget
getvery
veryromantic,
romantic,andand IIdon’t
don'tswear
swear andand IItreat
treat her
her withwith respect.
respect.
I likelike small
small girls,
girls, preferably,
preferably, blonde,
blonde, with
with a sense
sense of humour.”humour."When he added
added thaton whoWhenthathishissteadysteadygirlfriend
girlfriendwas
wasaahappy
happypers
person
who waswas
also inin showbusiness,
showbusiness, I took
took aacalculated
calculated guess and asked
asked him
him did
did healso
mean
before news
news of their
their romanceromance foundmeanLulu.
Lulu. This
This waswas before
foundits
itswayway into
into thethepapers.
widened with
undisguised surprise.
papers. Maurice's
Maurice’s eyes widenedwith undisguised
surprise."You're“You’reright!"
shrugged one
right!” hehe exclaimed.
exclaimed."How“Howdiddidyouyouknow?"
know?”II shrugged
oneof
ofmy
my I-justI-justhappen -to -b e -a -geniusshrugs,
shrugs,andandgavegavehimhimmy
mywordwouldn't break
break
happen-to-be-a-genius
word IIwouldn’t
theWetalkedtalkedabout
about many
manythings,
He's quick-witted
quick-witted
the news. We
things,Maurice
MauriceandandI.I. He’s
and cheerful,cheerful, andand his conversation
conversation isn't
pop music or buying
buyingandisn’t limited
limited toto popan ’ouse'ouse for ’is'is muvver.
muvver.
ansays hehebelieves
believes ininGod,
God,but
butdislikes
dislikesthe
thehypocrisy
hypocrisy of many
many
He sayschurchgoers; thinks
the biggest bore
bore thatthat ever
ever happened
happened to thechurchgoers;
thinkspolitics
politicsis
is theworld; can’t
can't see himself
himself splitting
splitting with the other Bee Gees,
Gees,althoughalthough he
he
would
to do
dootherother things
things as
as well;well;would
wouldlikelikeeverybody
everybodyin
the group
group
would like toin theto act;act; isisobsessed
obsessed bybycars,cars,althoughalthough he is still
still waiting
waiting toto pass
pass his
his driving
drivingtotest; has
has a Rolls
RollsRoyce
Royceandand
test;
Morris -Cooper SSwith
withaa Morris-Cooper'YEW MUMCM, VAP00:31"blacked out”
out" windows
windows“blacked2
and all that;
that; likes The
The
andBachelors forfortheir
their
Bachelors
GEE
professionalism; and says
professionalism;
his greatest
greatest dream
dream is toto ownown
his
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OOCTOBER
D ECEMBERC T O B E R –-DECEMBER

iy67:backbackfrom
March 1967:
from
Morocco,leaving
Morocco,leaving longlonggirlfriend
suffering girlfriend
Pallenbergwith
Anita Pallenberg
withKeith Richards, Brian
Keith
JonesposesbyGeorgeJonesposes by George
Harrison'sswimming
Harrison’s
swimming
ool in Esher,
Esher,Surre
pool
Surrey134
134I HISTORY| HISTORYOF
OFROC
ROCK 1967

THE ROLLING STONESTHE ROLLING STONES

stimulating“`A
A stimulating
year”
year"

Arrests(Jagger,(Jagger,Richards,
Richards,Jones)
Jones) andand psychedelia
Arrests
psychedelia haven’t
haven'tshakenSTONES.Their
Theirmessage?
message?MusicallyMusically
shaken HE
THEROLLINGROLLING STONES.

-NMEDECEMBER
ummall99——NME
ANGEROUSLY
CLOSE TOANGEROUSLY CLOSE
London's Royal Academy
AcademyLondon’s
Music inin aa dimlydimly lit
Of Musicapartment, whereapartment,
where a poster
Mao Tse-tung
Tse-tung is fixed toof Maothe wallthewall andandTS
TS Eliot,
and Sophocles
Lawrence Durrell andSophocles rest in booknearby shelf, sat
sat thethe wicked
wicked wizard
wizardform on aa nearby
Jagger eating
eating his baked
baked beans
beans onon toast.
toast.
The light comes
comes filteringfiltering throughthrough a beautiful
beautifullace shawl
shawlembroideredembroidered with
with red roses
black lacethat is draped
draped aroundaround thethatthe lampshade.
lampshade.EverEver
and anonanon therepast to rise
rise
andthe wizard
wizard leaves his repast
his feetfeet andand jig
jigaroundaround theto histhe roomroom(Mick(Mick likes
likes
jigging)
the sounds
sounds of Erma
Erma Franklin
Franklin or somejigging) to theblue syStax
Staxalbum.
album. He finds
finds it difficult
difficult tobluesyto sit still
while
and
while thethemusic
musicisis playing,playing, which
whichisis always, andabove thethe earth-shattering
earth -shattering stereo
stereoapologises abovethat he cannot
cannot haveloud asasthe
the people
peoplethathaveitit on too loud
havecomplainedcomplained-again.
downstairs have– again.
On aatable
table areare aapile
pileofofstereo
stereocartridges
cartridges for his
hisOn
artists like The Beatles,
Beatles, Ravi
RaviShankar
Shankarcar by artists
and The Temptations.
Temptations. A
Ayoungman with shiny
andyoung manhair andand friendly
the phone.
phone. He
hairfriendlyface
face is using the
He isJohns, who isis aapop
popstarstar inin Spain
Spain andand TheGlyn Johns,
Stones' soundsound engineer
engineer inEngland, or
Rolling Stones’in England,
wherevercord. He draws
draws mywherever they
they mayre
may record.
attention tosmall sailingsailing vessel
attention
tothe
themodelmodelofof a small
the floor. It
Itisisaareplica
replicaof
ofananactualactualboat
boat
lying on thebuilt in 1898
1898andand hadhad been
been picked up in ananbuilt
antique shop
because its namename wasantique
shopbyby Mick because"LadyJane"and thethe“LadyJane” andcaptain's namename written
captain’salong thethe hullhull was one
along
Jagger.Coincidence!
Coincidence!
M Jagger.
The"wizard" andThe “wizard”
andII
the new
newalbum
album
talk of theextraordinary
and the extraordinary
three-dimensional
whichthey
theyput
sleeve which
put
together themselves
themselves in
together
NewYorkwarehouse.
a New
York warehouse.
concept is
The concept
is aalmostfantasy, almost
fairyland -like picture
picture with
with thethe Stones infairyland-likecostumes andthe wizard.
wizard. "It'scostumesandMick
Mick as the“It’s notreally meant
me ant to be a very
very nicenice picture
picture at
reallyat all,"all,”"Lookatatthe
theexpressions
expressions on
on ouroursaid Mick. “LookD“We"We just
justcome together
to makerecords”
records"

It'saaGrimm’s
Grimm'sfairy
fairytale-one
faces. It’stale – oneofof thosestories thatchild."
storiesthat used
usedtoto frighten
frightenas
as a young child.”
idea ofofthe
thealbum
album title
title-– Their Satanic
The idea
Request-was
Majesties Request– wasMick's,
Mick’s, taken
takenasas aa
corruption from
Britishpassport,
passport,
corruption
frompage
page22 of aa British"Her Britannic
Britannic Majesty…
Majesty...requests
requests
which reads “Herand requires,talked of thethe shape
shape ofandrequires,etc".
etc”.We
We talked
things toseethingstocomecomeandandwhen,when,ififever,
ever,we
we areare toto seethe Stones"live" again.
again. When
When will
willthey
theyappear
appearthe
Stones “live”
on TV
TVagainagainandand thethe “sneer"sneer of cold
coldcommand”
command"onseen once
once more
OfThe
TheGrandpops”?
Grandpops"?
be seenmore onon "Top“Top Of"Oh yes, IIsuppose
suppose I could
could go on
on doing
doing my“Ohsame act
years," said
said Mick, “but"but I don’t
don't
same
actforfor years,”
want towind upValentine. IIdon’t
don't
want
to windup like Dickie Valentine.
want to be associatedassociated withwant
with Simon
Simon Dee's
Dee’s show
orJonathan
We'veappeared
appeared onorJonathanKing's
King’sshow.
show. We’ve
TopOf
OfThe
Popshundreds
hundreds of times.
times.
Top
The Pops"Reallyit
finished with
with thethe Palladium
Palladium TV“Really
it all finishedTV
Wewentwentononwithwiththose
those funny
funny soft hats
hatsshow. Weand wearing
wearing brooches,brooches, andand thatthat shockedandshockedeveryone. One
everyone fromeveryone.
One yearyear later,
later, everyone
from The
The
Gees down
down areare doing
doing the same
same thing.
Bee Geesthing.We've
We’ve
made aa 15-minute15 -minute colour
colour film which we hope
hope
made
someone will
promote thethe new
album,
someonewill show to promote
new album,
and as forfor‘live’'live'appearances,appearances, some
some areare plannedplannedandthe New
NewYearbut IIcan’t
can't saysaywhere
when."
for theYear butwhere or when.”allthethefilm
filmplans
plansthatthat have
havebeen
been
What of all
projected forthe groupgroup andprojected
for theand hishis own
own plans
plansasasactor? Will
Willthey
theyattemptattempt a film ofoftheirtheira solo actor?
own in thethe samesame mannermanner asown
as thethe Beatles havewith Magicalwith
MagicalMystery
Mystery Tour?
"We've never
never been
been aafour-headed
four -headedmonster
monster“We’vesame sense
sense thatthat The
TheBeatles
Beatleshave
have-there
in the same
– thereverylittle
littleunified
unifiedpurpose
purpose about
about Thewas veryWe're just
just five
fivepeople
people who
who come
comeRolling Stones. We’re
together totogetherto makemake records.
records. There
There areare several
several film
projects being
being considered
considered bothprojects
bothby the groupand myself,
not want
want to be specificspecific
andmyself, but
but I do notabout any
them in case
case they
theygothe samesame wayabout
any of themgo theofthetheothers.
others. Until
Untilcontracts
contracts are signed
as some ofand thekeep quiet.”
quiet."
andthe seals
sealsclosed
closedit's
it’s best
best toto keep
Mickatatall
allworried
worriedthat
thatthethe content
content of this
this
Is Mick
present album
advanced forpresent
albummaybe
may betoo
toofarfar advanced
manyofthe
manyof theStones'
Stones’fans,
fans,oror thatthatthethe message
message isintrospective tounderstood by many
too introspective
to be understoodoutside theiroutsidetheirown
owncircle?
circle?
"No. There
There areare lots ofofeasyeasythings
things toto listenlisten to“No.
'Sing This
This SongSongAltogether'.
an album,
album,
like ‘Sing
Altogether’. As an
don't think
think it's
I don’tit’sasas'far‘farout'
out’asasSgt
SgtPepper.
Pepper. It's
It’s
primarily anan album
album to listen
listen to,to,butbutI Idon’t
don'tfeel
feel
primarily
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and otherwise,otherwise, don’t
don't rule
rule anything
anything out.
out. “Entertaining"Entertaining isisandboring,”says Brian
Brian Jones.
boring," says
Jones. “Communication"Communication isiseverything.”
everything."

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1967

O C T O B E R – D ECEMBER—MELODY—- MELODY MAKER
MAKERDECEMBERiCEMBER9 9
E’RE STILL
Mick Jagger,
Jagger,
WE'RE
STILLJUSTJUSTa arock’n’roll
rock'n'rollgroup,”group," said
said Mick
voicing perhaps
statementofof thethe week.
perhaps the most startling
startling statement
Amid the furore
furore createdcreatedby
by theirtheir latest
latestRolling
Rolling Stones
album,
Their Satanic“selfalbum, Their
Satanic Majesties Request
Request-– called
called aa “milestone”"milestone" andand "selfindulgent”
indulgent" -– Mick sat calmly
calmly inin hishis accountant’s
accountant's office overlooking
London's Oxford Circus
Circusandand demolisheddemolished as “pretentious”"pretentious" theLondon’s
the verdicts
verdicts
passedpassed on the album.
album.
“It’s
It’s different
from thethe others
otherswe've
we’ve done
done and
andit's
it’s"It's just
just another
another album.
album. It's
different fromdifferent fromit's still
still just
just anan album.
album. The
on
different
fromthethenext
nextwewewillwill do.
do. But it’s
The work
work onthis
like
this album
album is not aa landmark
landmark or aamilestone
milestone ororanything
anything pretentious
pretentious like
that.
Allwe
we haveto do is makethat.All
have tried
tried tomake anan album
album we like, with
with some
some sounds
soundsItdoesn’t
doesn'tmean
mean that
that
that
haven’t been
been done
done before. Ittthat haven't
we’ll
any morerock'n'roll
rock’n’rollororR&B
R&B
w
we'll never release
release anymore
ttracks.
tracks. Everything
Everything we recorded
recorded isn’t
isn't on this
thisalbum. We
nine things
things whichalbum.
We have eight or nine
whicharearelikelikea
And they
will be released
tthe
the old Stones
Stonesmaterial.
material.And
theywill
releasedas bits ofthings.”offuture
future albums
albums andand things."" SatanicMajesties
isjustjustanother
another avenue
avenue for us.
“Satanic
Majesties is
It doesn’t
we’ll never domore blues.
blues. But
doesn't mean
mean we'll
do anyanymoreI don’t
particular
don't want
want totolimitlimitthethegroupgrouptotoany
anyparticular
type of music,
music, I don’t
don't want
want to just do
do blues
blues oror soulsoul
type
or anything.
Wewantwanttotodo
doall
alltypes
typesofofmusic."
music.”
anything. We
How valid
valid was
was thethe criticism
criticism of thethe Stones
Stones fan
fanlast week’s
week'sMM
MMMailbag
that they
they
who said in last
Mailbag that“have
R&B earthiness”?
"have lost their
their R&B
earthiness"?
“Veryvalid,” replied
Mick. “But"Veryvalid,"
replied Mick.
"But we can’t
can't just
just
do oneone kindkind of music
music to pleaseplease someour fans.
fans.
dosome of our
OthersJane’.AtAt
Others want
want to hear
hear things
things likelike‘Lady
ladyJane'.
leastfans who
who preferprefer ourour earlier
earlierstuff
stuffcancango
goleast thethe fansand getthe Stones
andget our
our earlier
earlieralbums.
albums.But
Butas
asIIsay, theStoneshaven’t
movedaway
awayfrom
fromthethesortsortofof stuff
weusedusedtotodo."
do.”haven't moved
stuffweMick felt
and waswas
feltthat
thatpoppopwaswasbecoming
becoming lesslesscommerciallycommercially processed
processed andreflecting more
direct emotion,reflecting
more direct
emotion,inin thethe waythat
way thatjazz,
jazz,for example, was aa
directly emotive
emotive music. “The"The thing
thing about the album
album which
directlywhich stands
standsoutout totoafter I heard
heard it as aa whole,
whole, waswasitsitsspookiness,”
spookiness," he said.
said.
me, afterThe
album's coverstir.
The album’s
coverhas
hascreatedcreatedtremendous
tremendous
stir."We“Wediddidititas
asniceniceasaswe
wecould. It had
had to pleaseplease us initially,
initially, but
but we also
also wanted
wanted it toto pleaseplease otherother
could.
people. It has
has meantmeant aa lot ofofhardhard work.
work.Apart
Apartfromfromthethe initial
initial idea,
idea, youyou
people.
to follow
followthe
thething
thingthroughthrough every
everystagestageandandcompromise
compromise on
on things
thingshave toyou gogoalong.
along.There
Thereareareaanumber
numberof
ofthings
thingswe
wewantedwantedthat
thatcouldn’t
couldn't bebe
as youachieved for technicaltechnical reasons.
reasons. That's
had toto compromise.
compromise. But
achievedThat’s when
when we had
generally, we feel thatthat it’s
it's what
what we wanted.”wanted."generally,
The
Stones knew
knew they
theywanted
The Stones
wantedaa3D
3Dcover.
cover.They
They also
also knew
knew thatthatitit would
would
be produced
produced inbecause theofhave to be
in NewYork
New York because
thefirm
firmwhichwhichdid
did3D
3D work ofthis sortorganising. We
thissort was
was there
thereandandheld
heldaapatentpatentononit.it."It“Ittook
tookaa lot of organising.
had toto New
NewYork,
where we
we built
built aa mock-up
mock-up of thethe set we used.
used.
all hadto go to
York, where
Then we physicallyphysicallybuilt
school. We built
built it,it,painted
painted it
Thenbuiltthetheset.
set.ItItwas
was like
like school.
and obtained
the mainmain reason
reas on why
why
andobtainedthe
theprops
propsfor
foritit ourselves.
ourselves. This
This is thecompanies don't
likethis
this–-they
aren't asrecord companies
don’t comecome up with ideas likethey aren’t
involved as
were. It’s
It's a lot
lotof
ofextraextrawork
workandand they
they don’t
don't thinkinvolved
as we
we were.
thinkofofititbecause they
things."becausethey aren't
aren’tthat
thatclose
close toto things.”
But wasn’t
wasn't it only
onlygroups
the Stones
Stones whogroupswith
withthethestatus
statusof
ofthe
theBeatles
Beatles oror thecould insist
insist on
having what
what theywanted?
the idea for
could
on having
they wanted?"No.
“No.IfIf a group has thesomething likethe record
record company,
company, they’ll
they'll probably
probably getsomething
like this
this andand put
put it to the
Butthetheideaideahashasto
tocomecomefrom
fromthethegroup,group,because
because thethe companies
companies justit. Butjustnever think
think of
don't expect
expect aa rush
rush ofof3D
3Dcovers
coversafter
afterthis,this,but
butIIthink
thinkthis
this
never
of it. IIdon’tthing helps
helps totoexpandexpand things
things inin thethe music
music businessbusiness andand encourage
encourage
sort of thing
morethink beyond
beyond thethe accepted
accepted methods
approach."more people
people to thinkmethodsof
of approach.”
But with the extended
extended recording
andrecordingactivity
activityofof groups
groupslike
like The Beatles and"actually thethe album
album took
months on
and not
Stones –- “actually
took about
aboutfive
five months
onand
andoffoff andnotnineninemonths"
months”-will– willfans
fansbebeableabletotosee
seethetheStones
Stonesagain
againononstagestageininthe
thefuture?
doing a tour
tour of something
something early
future?"Of“Of course.
course.We
We will be doing
earlyin
inthe
theNew
New
Year, notnot just
just here,
here, but all over
over thethe world.
world. But
But it’ll
it'llbebemoremore ofofaaproduced
produced
I'm thinking
thinking about
show. I’m
aboutthat
thatnow."
now.”
1967hashasbeenbeen aamixed
mixed year
year forforthetheStones,
Stones,withwithpolice
policetroubles
troubles andand1967
management
managementrifts
riftspunctuating
punctuatingthe
theyearyearforforthem.
them.Looking
Lookingback,back, howviewthetheyearyearpast?
past?“There’s"There'sbeen
beenaatremendous
tremendous amountamountdid Mick view
happening
happening-like– likethe
theprison
prisonthing,
thing,which
whichisisstill
stillhanging
hangingover
overususwithwith
Brian.
then there
there were thethe management
management hang-ups.
Brian. And thenhang-ups.IIsuppose
supposeI'll
I’ll bebeform aaproper
proper opinion
opinion later.
It's been
been a sort
sort ofofstimulating
stimulating year,
able to form
later. It’s
year,
though.
happyyear
Walsh•
though.Strangely,
Strangely,it's
it’s been
beenaa very happy
yearininmanyways."
many ways.”Alan
Alan WalshW

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peoplethinkwe've
totally roundround thethepeople will think
we’ve gone totally
bend
that."
bend because
becauseofof that.”soititwas
wasthatthatMarianne
MarianneFaithfull
FaithfullAnd soarrived from work wearing
wearing her
her fur
fur coat
coat andandarrivedwhatlooked suspiciously
suspiciously like Mick’s
Mick's green
green
what lookedsatin trousers
trousers (onpleased Mick had
had eaten
eaten
satin
(on herher theylooked
they lookedgood).
good).She
She was pleased
and(which heheindicatedindicated inin an
an appropriate
appropriate
and Mickwas
Mick was pleased
pleased toto see her (whichmanner)theywould
left-–sodid.
manner)andandIIfelt theywouldbothbothbebepleased
pleasedififII left
so I did.

0days later
later found
found me
TopGearGearstudio.
studio. Mick
MickwasFive days
me inin thetheBBCBBC Topwas insplendidsplendidform
form andandwaswas referringreferringto
to various
various tracks
tracksonon theirtheiralbum
albumasas"mid“mid-tempo-tappers". Brian
temposnufflers"
shufflers”andand"dirgy“dirgyknee
knee-tappers”.
Brian waswas credited
creditedby
by Mickwithalmost every instrument
instrument on
album andand Charlie lookedwith playing almoston the album
severalhe was going to say
say something.
something. ItIt wasCharlie who
several times
timesasasifif he
was Charlie
who diddida lot ofofworkworkhelping
helpingto
togetgetthethealbum
album together.
together.
After thethe recording
recording II had
fewwords-red
had aa few
wordswith
withBrian,
Brian,who
who hadhadaa rubyruby-redsoft hat
hat withwith glittering
glittering green-and -gold band
band aroundgreen-and-goldaroundititon
onhis
hishead,head,
sheepskinsheepskinjacket
jacketononhis
hisback
backandandaacold
coldsoresoreononhis
hislip.
lip.HeHe waswas as
as ever
pleasant
wasdeeply
deeplyconcerned
concerned about
about thethe “evolutionary"evolutionary
pleasantand
andpolite.
polite. He was
explosion"and thethe feeling thatthat perhaps
perhaps journalists
explosion” andjournalistshad
hadbeenbeentold
toldnot
notto
to
speak
him because
recent exploits.
speak toto himbecauseofof recentexploits.
"Yes,ofofcourse
coursethe
thealbum
album isisaaveryverypersonal
personalthing,”
thing," agreed
agreed Brian.
Brian. “But
"But
“Yes,
The Beatles areare just
just asasintrospective.
introspective. You
havetotoremember
remember thatthat ourour
You haveentirebeen affected
s ocial-political influences.
influences. You
entirelives
lives have
have been
affectedlately
latelyby
by social-politicalYou
have
expect those
have toto expectthosethings
thingstotocome
comeout
outininour
ourwork.
work.In
Inaaway,
way, songs
songslike
like`2,000LightYears
YearsFrom
FromHome’
Home'areareprophetic,
prophetic,not
notat
atall
allintroverted.
introverted. They
‘2,000 Lightarethe things
things we believe totobe
behappening
happening andand will happen.
happen. Changes inare thevalues and attitudes.”attitudes."their capacity
capacity as “entertainers”,"entertainers", I ventured?
ventured?
What about their"Entertaining, pah!"“Entertaining,pah!”ejaculated
ejaculatedBrian.
Brian. "Entertaining“Entertainingis
is boring:boring:communication
communicationis
is everything."
everything.”
now you
youknow.
know.Why
Whydiddidhehethink
thinkititwas
wasthatthatnonootherotherrecording
recording
So now
artists
taken theattitudes that
artistsbefore
before themthemseem
seemtoto havehave taken
the objective
objective attitudes
thatsosomany
our establishedestablished groups
many of ourgroupsseem
seemtotobe
be takingtakingtoday.
today.
"Because of thethe wars,”
wars," declareddeclared Brian.
people began
began toat
“Because
Brian. "Just“Just as people
to look atlife andand their
their values
values aawar
break out,
out, andand nothingnothing destroys
destroys culture,
war would breakculture,art
simple privilege of having
having time
time toto think
think quicker
quicker than
than awar.
art or the simple
a war.AndAnd
once
the horror
horror andand terror
terror of aawar,
people have toto escapeescape fromfromonce you've
you’ve got thewar, people
it. They
They need
ne edthetheescapist
escapistpop
popcultures
cultures thatthat croon
croon about
about moon
moonandandJuneJune
and
had to gogothroughthrough those
those times, andand I thankthank Godand romance.
romance.I've
I’ve never
never had
I havehave not.”not."does Brian
Brian explain
explain thethe successsuccess ofofartists
artists like
like Frankie
Frankie Vaughan,
Vaughan,
How doesVal
Doonican and
Val DoonicanandVince
VinceHill,
Hill,who
whostill
stillmakemakeaagood
goodliving
livingsinging
singingofofmoon-and -Juneand
andromance?
romance? “They’re"They're very
verynecessary
thosemoon-and-June
necessary for all thosepeoplepeople who
who were
were tired
tiredandandworn
wornout
outby
by thethewars,"
wars,” said
said Brian.
Brian. Exit Brian
Jones,"philosopher", ininhis
Jones, “philosopher”,
hisRolls-Royce.
Rolls-Royce.KeithAltham
Keith Altham
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ALBUMSREVIEW__
DECEMBE __R"The stars
stars
“The
and
and beyond…”
beyond...
NME
DECEMBER
TheirSatanic
SatanicMajesties
Majesties Request
RequestNME DECEMBER
2 2Theirreviewed
listen at
at Mick's
Mick’s place
place
viewed after
after a ﬁrst
first listen
KINDLYINDLY RAISE your hands
the air.
air.Empty
Empty your
your mind
mind
in theto thethe desk andand youryouron tointo thethe ashtray.
brains into
Now letlet us see what
what weNowhere. Item:
Item:aa small
have here.
small bag of
Item: two
two dozen assorted
assortedfears. Item:
Item: a large
large jar
jar ofof obsolete
obsolete
ethics. Item:
standards. Item: two packets ofpreconceived moral judgements.
judgements.
preconceived
Item: one
one large
large chunk
-used
Item:
chunk ofof wellwell-usedconscience. Item:
Item: halfconscience.
half a dozen
black -and -white lies
lies andand oneone shiny
black-and-white
white magic
white
magic soul.
Now youNow
you will
willput
putallallthese
theseininaa
and shakeshakethem
them aroundaround a bit.
bit.
sack andNow whatwhat have you got? Answer:
Answer:Now
roughly thethe equivalentequivalent ofroughlyof someattention to
Rollingclose attention
to TheThe Rolling
Stones' latest
latest album,
album,Their
TheirSatanic
Stones’Satanic
Majesties Request,
Majesties
Request, (Decca),
December 8.
released December
iswhatwhatthetheMothers
Mothers Of
Of
This isInvention have attempted,
attempted, with
with
Inventioncertain amountamount ofof derision,
derision, anda certain
andBoys have
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tried with
with
The Beach Boys
SmiteySmite.
the trip
trip toSmiley Smile. This
This is thetoKinfinity -theinfinity– thejourney
journeyto
to thethe dark
between thespace between
the stars
stars andbeyond. The
beyond.
The sounds
soundsareare East
East andandWest and thethe lyrics
lyrics bothWest
bothsanesane and
andiswhatwhat thethe Beatles
Beatles
insane. This isbeen saying
saying inin part,part, and now
now
have been
the Stones
Stones havethe
have said it. The only
outstanding question
outstanding
questionisishow
how manyand how
how many
many will
will want
want totoknow, and
about their
their braveknow, aboutbrave album?
album?
There are no compromises
compromises
Therewith this
this new LP fromfrom the Stones.
withblatant expression
expression ofof whatwhat is
It is aablatant
important for
now important
forthem,them,andandaa
light years removed
removed fromfrommillion lighttheir days
rhythm and blues
theirdays as rhythm
enthusiasts when
"I am black
black
enthusiasts
when “I
that's why I’m
I'm blue”
blue" was theand that’s
There is currently
currently a very
mode. Thereadvertisement ofprovocative advertisement
newfilm
concerning aa chain
a newfilm concerningwhere a prisoner
prisoner is being
being
gang where
clubbed overclubbedover thetheheadhead withwithaatruncheon andcaption reads:
truncheon
and the caption"What we“What
wehavehave here
here basicallybasicallyis
isfailure toto communicate!”
communicate!"a failure
It should not be
be necessary
necessarytoIttothe head, but
but behit you over the
prepared for
prepared
for those
those who
who walk
quietly withquietly
withaa big
big stick.
stick. Fantasy
with thethe first
first part
begins withpartofofaa songtwo parts,
parts, "Singin two“SingThis
This SongSong
Altogether", aa musical whirlpool,
whirlpool,
Altogether”,

in which guitars,
guitars,
bells
bells and drums
combinecombine totoproduceproduceaa
singalongfor those
singalong for
those
who
who can sing along
insidetheir heads.
inside theirThe
request is to
The request"open“open our
our heads,
heads,
letthe pictures
pictureslet thecome"
therecome” and in there
chanting
chanting thethe chorus
choruswithMick are “just"justwith Mick
friends"might
friends” who
who might
befrom Paulbe anyone, fromPaul
McCartney to
McCartneyto Ho
Ho ChiChi Minh.
Following this comes “Citadel”,"Citadel",Following
whichslightly surrealistic
surrealistic
which is aaslightly
review
review ofof New
New York
York City
Citywith
withallallitsits
cementconcrete
cement innards
innards and concreteheart-go-goheartonondisplay.
display. Guitars
Guitarsaa-go-go
and at one
one point
point I wrote
wrote down
down"the grassgrown highhigh andand thethe“thegrass has grownfeathers
floated by”
by"tofeathers floatedtofindfind himself
another dream! Number
Number ends
in anotherundivulgedartist
artistsnoring,with an undivulged
snoring,"2,000 Man",not“2,000Man”, who
who does notunderstand, isisyou
understand,
youor
orme
meor
orus
us
our children
children in time
time toto come.
and oursomething"three-point
And if the song disturbs,
disturbs, then
then ititsomething about aa“three-point
And
plug"
attached toto thetheplug”which
which was attachedmade its
its point.
point. The
The first
first sidehas madestereogram
Mick's room. On
finishes with
with a return
return to"Singstereograminin Mick’s
finishes
to “Sing
seeing my
myobvious
obviousdifficultydifficulty
SongAltogether
Altogether (PartThis Song(Part TheThe
tryingSecond)",tryingto
toconvey
Second)”, which
which
the
bewildering
opens with thatthe bewilderingmusical effects
effects
time-honoured
time-honoured
into
salutation
into words,
words,
salutation
Mick, who
"Where's
Mick,“Where’s thetheof organ sighs
was sitting
sitting
joint?"
joint?”andandscrewedit toto us onescrewed up
upsocks itand the mystery socks
inarmchair,more
in an armchair,more time.
time. ThisThis
grabbedgraduallyfades
grabbedhis
his
gradually fades
toeswith his
intosomething
toes with
into something
swamp of sound" which
hands
cried:
hands and cried:
whichisis"Oh"Cosmic"“Ohdear,dear, if
“Cosmic”(or(orisisyou can’t
can't getitit CosMick
Cos Micktogether
don't think
I'll botherbother to
Christmas?) but
but is not
not called
togetherII don’t
think I’ll
to
Christmas?)
ask thethe otherother reviewers.”
reviewers."
anything, ififyou
what I mean.
mean.
anything,
you seesee what
Wyman breaks
Side
begins withBill Wyman
breaksthe
theJagger
Jagger-Side Two begins
withaaRichardsmonopoly
monopolyfor
firstfairground background,barkerRichards
for the first
fairgroundbackground, a barker
time
composition, “In"In
shouting fromtime with
with his own composition,shouting
fromhishis sideshow
Another"any prize
prize youlike", which
which leads
AnotherLand",Land”,which
whichhehe sings“any
you like”,
leads
himself. The Mellotron
Mellotron is usefully
myfavourite
into myfavouritetrack:
track: "She's“She’semployed
Rainbow", which
which includes
includesemployedininthis
thissong
songabout
aboutaamanman
A Rainbow”,
whofrom a dream
dream where
where
stringsection and thethe kindkind ofof
who awakes fromg sectiona string"`Gomper is full“‘Gomper’of organ sighs
and the mystery
Tibet–-aa
of Tibet
swamp of sound”

rodomontade
rodomontadevocal
vocalfromfromJagger,
Jagger,inwhich heexcels. For
For somesomein whichhe excels.
reasonthe whole
whole number
reason thenumbermakes
makes
me think
think ofof thethe evilevil ofof innocence.
innocence.
"The Lantern”
Lantern" is another
another“The
excursion
into “Electra”"Electra" andexcursion into
andprovidesillumination forprovides illumination
for thosethoselooking into
into thethe voidvoid –- “the"the sea ofoflookingnight".
night”. And for another strange
reasonit reminds
reminds meof Paradise
Paradisereason it
me of
Lost, where
where the devil flies throughthrough
Chaos, a short
short trip
trip fromfromhell.
hell. AndAnd
forfind thisfor those
those ofof youyou who findreview
reviewunusual
unusualIIcan
canonly
onlysay:say:
wait
wait tilltillyou
you hearhearthetheLP.
LP.

"Gomper" (subtitled"The“Gomper”(subtitled “TheLadies, The
The Lillies
Lillies And The Lake”)
Lake")
Ladies,is fullfull of organ sighs andandguitar
guitarcries
the mystery
mystery of Tibet
Tibet –cries and thea swampswamp ofof sound.
sound. Gomper
Gomper is,
in fact, the Tibetan term
term forfor thetheincredible
incredible journeysome
journey some ofof theTibetan
Tibetanmonks
monks make while underinfluence"2,000influence ofof hypnosis. “2,000Light Years From
FromHome”
Home" almost
almostLight
explains
itself in
the title.
title. A
explains itself
in theA
combination
combinationof
ofthe
themusic
music ofof thethespheressoundsthatthat might
might
spheres and sounds
have been
been picked
picked up
up by
byJodrell
JodrellBank. “For"For now wewe seeseethroughthrough a
Bank.
glass darkly…”
darkly..."on Earth
Earth with
with “On"On
Bang back on
WithShow", featuringfeaturing Mick
Mick
WithTheThe Show”,
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voice cajoling
cajoling
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as a metallic
thestrip show.
the public
publicto
tosee
seeaa strip
show.
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harp on this
this one. The
TheThereisis a harp
last remark
remark is aadeliberatedeliberate underunderlast
statement
statement fora
for atrack
trackwhere
where words
words
are inadequate
inadequate toto describe
describeit.
it. I
expectthe critics
critics call
expectto
tosee
see thecall thisalbum everything
everything fromfrom “brilliant”"brilliant"tomust maketo "nonsense".
“nonsense”.You
You must
make upyour
A finalfinal word
word
your mind.
mind.II have. A
about
the three-dimensional
three-dimensional
about thealbum
album sleeve
sleeve-"EEK!"– “EEK!”KeithAltham
Keith Altham
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THE BEATLES

THE BEATLES"It'ss like
like an office“It’
office job,
really…
really... II get
gethomehomeabout
7.30pm”
about 7.30pm"
Whilefinishing Magical
Magical Mystery
Mystery Tour,
George Harrison
Harrison andand Ringo
RingoStarr
Starr
While finishing
Tour, George

ponderTHE
I HtBEATLES,
Daub, and
ponderandtheirtheirlives.
lives.For
Forboth,both, thethe spiritual direction
offered byby theofferedthe Maharishi
Maharishi continues
continues toto loomloomlarge.
large. “I"I got
got toto aa point,”
point,"
says Ringo,
says
Ringo,“where"where II wondered
wondered what
what itit all
all was…”
was..."-—- MELODY
MELODYMAKER
MAKERDECEMBERDECEMBER 22 —BEATLESSINGLESINGLEisishitting
hitting
NOTHER BEATLES
the Christmas
Christmas Pop
Then comes
comes
the
Pop 30. Then
their Magicalfilm, which
which
their
MagicalMystery
Mystery Tour film,
almost certain
certain tois almostto be seen on British
TVscreens
screens on
on Christmas
Christmas Day,TV
Day, plus abooklet andbookletand two
two records
recordsofof songs fromtheblazon on, changing,changing, developing
the film.
film. The Beatles blazon
developingas
asmonthsgetting moretheirmonthsandandyears
yearsgogoby,
by, getting
more involved
involved inin theirwork andand yet staying
staying simple.
prob ablythe
the most
most unquoted
unquoted Beatle,
probably the
Ringo, probably
Beatle, is probably
themostmost unchanged
unchangedBeatle.
Beatle.He's
He’s been
been called
called everything
everythingfrom
fromaabadbad drummer
drummertotoaanatural
naturalfilm
filmactor.
actor.How
Howdoesdoeshehesee
see Beatle
Beatlelife at
at thethe endend ofof1967
1967– -thedrugs,thethe filming,
filming, thethe recording,recording,the drugs,
thethe Maharishi
Maharishi MaheshYogi?
daythisthe music,
music, theMahesh Yogi? One day
this week,
betweenKettner's
betweenwashing
washingdown
down scampi
scampi andandchips
chips inin Kettner’s
restaurant
bottle of hockhockandand editing
editing thetherestaurantin
inSohoSohowith
withaa bottle
Magical
Tourfilm
filmininaacramped
cramped cutting
cutting room
Magical Mystery TourroomininOld
Old
Compton Street,
ComptonStreet, Ringo
Ringo taped
tapedananinterview
interviewfor
forthetheMM.
MM.

A

youregretregret The
The Beatles
Beatles not
not doing
doing live
liveshows
showsany
anymore?
Do youmore?
That was
was thethe scene
scene andand that’s
that's what
doing. It's
No. That
whatwewe werewere doing.
It’schanged now.
out as wechangednow. I'm
I’m not
not against
againstgoing
goingout.
out.Just
Just going
going out
wasneverneverworried
worriedabout
about violence
violencebecause
because I’ve
I'venever
neverwere. IIwas
been hurt.
protected.
beenhurt.WeWe were always well protected.

There's not much
muchyou
top thethe Shea
SheaStadium
Stadium
There’s
you cancan dodo to topshows, is there?
there? No, but
but there’s
there's something.
something. We
don't know
shows,
We don’twhat it is yet.
yet. We
Wekeepkeeptopping
topping ourour last
last LP all
allthethe time.
time.
what
What kind
do you lead
lead today?
today? Very quiet.
quiet. I get
get up
up at
at
What
kindofof lifelife donine andnine
andcomecomeupupto
totowntownevery
everyday.
day.It's
It’slike
like anan officeoffice job,
It's aachange.
change. IIget
gethomehomeabout
abouthalf
halfpast
past seven,seven, have
have
really. It’s
dinner, chat,my dinner,
chat, dodo whateverwhateveryou
you dodo andandthenthengogoto
to bed.
bed.
drive inin withwith John
John andand seesee PaulPaul andand George
George inin town.
town.
I driveyou everever meet
meet toto havehave aablow?
No,thetheonly
onlytime
ever
Do youblow? No,
time we everis whenwhen we’re
we're recording.
recording. We don’t
don't set
set upup inineacheach other’sother'splay ishouses and"Whoopee! Offwehousesandsay,say, “Whoopee!
Off we go!"go!”
you keep
keep your
your hand
hand in?
Do youin? NoThe law
lawsaysthese drugs
can't condone
condonesays thesedrugs areareillegal,
illegal, so you can’t
them,
them,cancanyou?
you?ItItused
usedtotobe
belegallegaluntil
untilaacouple
coupleof
offellasfellasgot
got
round
hospitals
roundaa table
tableandandsaidsaidwe'll
we’llmakemakeitit illegal.
illegal. Even in hospitals
now
now they
they can't
can’tgetgetintointoitit asas they're
they’renot
notallowed
allowedtotohave
haveititforforresearch,
can't says aytotosomeone,
someone,“Don’t"Don't taketakeresearch,which
whichisissilly.
silly. You can’t
pot,
pot,it's
it’s nonogood."good.”OrOr youyou can't
can’tsay,
say,"Take“Takeitit 'cause’causeititis
is good."
good.”
It's
the person.
person. It's
not a harmful
harmful thing.
It’s up to theIt’s notthing.IIdon't
don’tseeseewhywhytheays you
you can’t
can't havethelaw
law suddenly
suddenlyssays
haveit.
it.

41

Do youyouthink
think people
peopleare
areinfluenced
influencedbywhat
by whatThe
The Beatles

Novemertg67:TeNovember
1967: The
BeatlesinaSohoediting
Beatles
in a Soho editing
suite,cuttingtheirfilm
suite,
cutting their film
MagicaNysteryTour
MagicalMystery Tour-.Ne.adidt

do?
hope not,not, but
but by all
allreports,
reports, some
some of them
them are.
are.
do? I hope
Sometimes itit worries
worries me,
but people
Sometimes
me, but
people areare going
going toto do whatyou
anyway. If someone
someone else
they'll do it. They’re
They'reyou say anyway.
else says it, they’ll
justsort of person.
person.
just a sillier sort

Do youyouthink
think young
young musiciansmusicians should
should experience
experiencedrugs?
drugs?OhOh
no,don't have
have to. The
The Troggs
Troggshaven’t,
haven't, so
sotheytheytellandno, you don’ttell me, andthey're"without ityou
they’redoing
doing alright.
alright.It's
It’s not “without
it you can't
can’tmakemakeit".
it”.

youever
everplay
playwithrecords? No.
Do youwith records?
got aakit
up at
at home?
home? No
Have you got
kit setset upNo –-IIhaven't
haven’tgot
gotaa kit athome, folks! The
Theotherotherweek
weekIIthought,
thought,“I’ll"I'llhaveuphome,
have aakit
kit uphere." Maybe
Maybe I’ll
I'll get toto it,
it,maybe
maybe not.
not. When
When we
we don’t
don't record,
record,here.”
don't play. The
The first
first week
weekit’s
it'slike
likestarting
starting again.
again. My stylestyle
I don’tchanges onchanges
oneveryLP.
every LP.After
Afteraaweek
weekororso
soII find
find aa style.
style.

youever
evergogoand
andhearhearany
anydrummers?
it's
Do youdrummers?No.
No. Perhaps
Perhaps it’s
playing drums,
drums, because
because I've
been interested
interested insoft playing
I’ve never been
inwatching drummers
done
watching
drummersor
orlistening
listeningto
tosolos.
solos. I've
I’ve never donesolo, because
because it bores
bores me.
me.
a solo,likethethe rest
rest ofofThe
TheBeatles,
Beatles, comecome inin forformusicalmusicalYou, likeknocks. Yes.
People think
think I can’t
can't play. IIdon’t
don'tconsider
consider myself
myselfknocks.
Yes. People
great player. IIdo
doaarock’n’roll
rock'n'rolloffbeat
offbeat andand I’mI'm quite
quite happy
happy
a greatwith that.
that. I don’t
don't want
want to get progressive.
progressive. When
When people
peoplewithsometimes think
think I should
should do
dosomething.
something. But
Butthatthatknock me IIsometimes
catering to them.
them.
would be catering
lotof
ofgoodgooddrummers
drummers around;around; I'd
There are a lot
I’d last
last two
two
lessons andand give ititup.
up.John
Johnand
andPaul,Paul,because
becausethey
theywrite
lessons
write
how they
theywant
done and,
and, in some
some small
small
songs, know how
wantitit to be done
complement it. They’ve
They've usuallyusually got
rough idea
way, IIcomplement
got a roughidea ofdrum goesasthe
theguitar,
guitar, andand thethe organ,organ, andand
how the drum
goes as well as
the piano,-piece orchestra.
orchestra. They
"I'd likelikethe
piano,and
andthethe40
40-piece
Theysay,say, “I’dthat bitthat..." They
direct methethat
bit to do that…”
They more
moreoror less directme inin thestyle I cancan play. *style
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Pop andand drugs
drugs have been linked
linked often in recent
recent months.
months.
What
What difference
differencehas
hasititmade
madetotomusic?
music?It's
It’smademadeaalot
lot ofdifference tothe type
music andand theone
difference
to thetypeof music
the words.
words.It gave one
more
more scope
scope and
andotherotherthings
thingsto
totalktalkabout.
about.The
Thewords
wordswere
were
relevant
ofpeople.
people. Some
Somegetgetititbut
butothers
othersdidn’t
didn't andandrelevantto
to aa lot of
theyjust
they justmentioned
mentionedcertain
certainthings.
things.It's
It’sbeen
been aa goodexperience for everybody,
everybody, because
because it’s
it'sbrought
brought out
out new
newexperienceand a lot
lotof
ofpeople
peoplewho
whoweren’t
weren'tgetting
gettinganywhere
anywherestyles andcame out andand said
said it andand they
they got
got somewhere.
somewhere.
came

1967

OOCTOBER-DECEMBERC T O B E R – D ECEMBER

Do youyou everever have
have aspirations
aspirations totowritewritemusic
musicyourself?
yourself?IItry.
try.II have a
guitarthey're all just chingalingas.
chingalingas.
guitar andandpiano
pianoandandplayaplay afew
few chords,
chords, but
but they’re
There'stune comes
I'm concerned.
concerned.
There’s no great tune
comesout
out as
as far as I’m

HaveyouanymusicalHave you any musicalfavourites
favouritesatatthe
themoment?
moment?No,
No,IIdon't
don’treally
really havefavourites.
buyJimiOne
favourites.II buy
Jimi Hendrix's
Hendrix’sLP
LP andandthenthenII buy
buy someone
someoneelse's
else’sLP.
LP. Onesort
takes over fromfrom thethe other.
other.
sort of takes
The standard
standard ofmusic is aalot
higher now than
than whenof poppop music
lot higher
when The Beatles
started?
started?Yeah.
Yeah.What
Whatweweusedusedtotoplay
playisislike
likeThoseThoseWere
WereThe
TheDays.
Days. It's
It’s
harderyoung fellas now.
now.When
WhenIIstarted
startedIIcouldn’t
couldn'tplay
playanything
anything andandharderfor
for youngnone
could. Now to get
get into
into aagroup
group you’ve
you've got
got totohavehavebeen
been playing
playingnoneof us could.
a couple
couple of years
years andand you have to be pretty
pretty good.
good.

Do youyou think
think quick
quicksuccesssuccessand
andalota lotoflootof lootisisgood?
good?They
Theydon't
don’tgetgetitit very
fast.
Acouplecouple ofofNo
No1sisandandthenthen out
out 1818months
months later
later won’t
won't makefast. A
makeyou
you rich.
rich.
You'llbebackbackononthe
the buses.
buses.
You’ll be

and people
people are talking
talking about
about theseifyou
more publicity andthese things.
things.Before,
Before, ifyouin aalittle
littlevillage
villageandandoneoneofofthe
thegirls
girlswho
whoweren’t
weren'tmarried
marriedhappened
happened
lived inbaby, thethe news
news would
would stay in thethe village. Now it’s
it's different.
different.
to have a baby,
Newspapers lovebuild you up
up –-Thethe hippies
hippies or any
any
Newspapers
love to build
The Beatles or the
movement. But
when you get big
bigthey
theycancanonly
onlyknockknockyoudown. They
They
movement.
But when
you down.
onlyprint
don't print
print thethe nice things.
only
printthethecrap
crapthen.
then.They
They don’t

the so-calledso-called flower movement
movement spentfinished in Britain
BritainHas thespentitself?
itself? It's
It’s finishedbecause we
can't afford
those lightweightfreezebecausewe can’tafford toto keep thoselightweight clothes
clotheson.
on. You'd
You’d freeze
death. So flower
flowerpeople
people areare putting
putting on their
their overcoats
overcoats again.
to death.
again. But
people are still feelingfeelingnicenicetowards
towards each
each other
other even
eventhoughthough they’re
they're backpeopleofthe
thereasonsreasonsitithappened
happenedwas
because of all thethe troubles
troublesinto suits. One ofwas because
the world.
world. We all
allfeelfeelwewedidn’t
didn'tcause
cause this
this trouble.
trouble. It was all these
these oldin therun theneed a war!
war!
fellas who run
thecountry.
country.You
You know
know -give– givememeaawar!
war! I need
Youwouldn’t
wouldn'tfeel
feelgood
goodabout
aboutconscription
conscription-– like forforVietnam?
but thetheYou
Vietnam? No, but
AmericanAmericansituation
situationisistheir
theirsituation.
situation.The
Thepoint
pointI'd
I’dmakemakeabout
aboutVietnam
Vietnamisisthe killingeach other.
other. There’s
There's nogood reason
reason tothekilling of eachno good
totaketakeanyone
anyoneelse's
else’slife.
life.

Is thethe Maharishi
Maharishi Mahesh
thing inyour life?
MaheshYogi
Yogi aabig
big thingin yourYes.
gottotoaapoint
pointwhere
where IIwondered
wondere dwhat
what IIwas
wasandand whatwhat it all was.
was. This
Yes. IIgot
looks likelikeansweringanswering those
those questions
questions like nothingnothing else can. I think
think they’ll
they'llbe the right answers.
answers.

Are you
youpreparedprepared to spend
spend a considerable
considerable time
so?
time inin India
India toto do so?
Yes.
It'sthetheonly
onlyway.
wouldbebeniceniceififyou
couldsitsitaroundaroundand
and thetheYes. It’sway. ItItwould
you could
answersthem. Seek andand yeanswerswere
werebrought
broughtto
toyou,
you,but
butyou've
you’vegot
got to find them.
shallshall find,
find, asas George
George keeps
keeps saying!
saying!
Some people are sceptical
sceptical about
aboutthetheMaharishi
Maharishiasking
askingaaweek's
week’swages.
wages.
Yes,
myunclethat-–"He's
week's wages
wages
Yes, myuncle said that
“He’safter
afteryeryermoney,money,lads."
lads.” But a week’sis only
onlyaalot
lotwhenwhenthey
theytalk
aboutpeople
peoplelike
likeus,us,because
becausethey
theythinkwe
talk about
think wemakeforan
an ordinary
ordinary man
quid. Andmakeaa million
millionaa day.
day. But for
manit's
it’s2020 quid,quid,15 quid.
that'sbargain -oneand thethat’saa fair bargain– oneweek
weekofyourof yourworking
workinglife
lifeyou
you give andMaharishi
Maharishigives
givesyouyousomething
somethingfor
forthetherestrestofofyouryourlife.
life.
What
lot ofofpeacepeace andand answers.
answers. It's
What dodo youyou think
thinkyou'll
you’llgetgetoutoutofofit?
it?A
A lot
It’s
not
come inweek, you
you know.
know. One
Onefella
fellacame
came totoget
getinitiatedinitiated
not going
going to comein a week,(a terrible
terrible word,
word, butbut that’s
that's thethe word)and heseen ’im!
'im! I’ve
I've seen
seen(aword) andhe said,
said, "I've“I’ve seen
'im!" HaHa ha.
ha. Maybe
Maybe hehehas,
has,but…
but...
’im!”

Haveyoudone any
anypreparation?
dayin
Have you done
preparation?You
Youmeditate
meditateevery
every dayin a quiet
room.
close your
your eyes
eyes anyway,
anyway, so
soyou
youdon’t
don't have
have toto decorate
decorate a room!
room. You close
Or go into
into pitch
pitch blackne
ss. II do
do it before
before I go
go toto work
workororwhenwhen IIget
gethomehome
blackness.
fromfrom work.
work.

Do youyouthink
think aalot
people have
havejumped
jumped onon thethe Maharishi’s
Maharishi's
lot of people
bandwagon
suppose somebandwagonbecause
becauseof
ofthe
thepublicity?
publicity?II suppose
some people have

Coming backBritain, judges
Comingback toto Britain,
judgeshere
hereseem
seemtototaketakeaasevere
severeview
viewofof poppopmusicians. Yes,
that's becausemusicians.
Yes, that’s
becausethey
theyarearethetheoldold menmenagain.
again.Judges
Judges areare old
men. And I’m
I'm not
not saying
saying all
alloldoldpeople
peoplearearebad.
bad.But
Butsomesomejudges
judgesthink
thinkit'smen.
it’s
great joke. They’re
They're trying
trying to “kill”"kill" thethe poppop people.
people. But asassoonsoon asastheytheya greatgrab one
one of them
them thethe news
news is all
all overovereverywhere,
everywhere, so they’re
they're spreading
spreading it.
grabit.
Theyhaven'tthe
They
haven’tcaught
caughtonto
on tothatthatyet.
yet.Theythink
They thinkit's
it’sgreat,
great,youyouknow,
know, if thepolice raid
raid a place. But 50
50million
millionpeople
people have
have read
read about
about it again
again andand apolicecouple of thousand
thousand will
"I'll try
try drugs.”
drugs." So
Sothey’rethey're buildingbuilding thecouplewillsay, “I’llthe casecase
it,moremorethanthan against
against it, because
because of their
their silly
sillyattitude.
attitude.
for it,the future.
future. You're
doing anan LP
LPnextnextyear
yearandandaafilm
alongthetheFinally, theYou’re doing
film alonglines of thethe Magical
we don’t
don't really
really know. We’ll
We'llhave
have
lines
MagicalMystery
MysteryTour?
Tour?Well, we
It's maybe
maybe theak
to see. It’sthemagicalmagicalboat
boatride.
ride.We'll
We’llgo
goon
onas
aswe
weare.
are.II may
may brebreak
and do aafilm
the last two films,
films, they
theysortout andfilm part.
part.Because
Becauseofof thesortofof stuck on
Ringothethe film
filmstar,star,because
because IIdon’t
don'twrite
writeororanything
anything likelikethat.
that.
me as Ringo
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JackHutton
Jack Hutton- MELODY—MELODYMAKER
MAKER DECEMBERDECEMBER 1616—rTHE
MAHARISHIMAHESHMAHESHYogi
Yogi
alreadybeing
beingcriticised,criticised,
HE MAHARISHI
is isalready
are The
The Beatles,
Beatles,ininconnection
connection with
with your
your studies
studies inin
as aretranscendental meditation...
[Georgetranscendental
meditation…
[GeorgeHarrison]:Harrison]:It's
It’seasiereasier to
criticise ssomebody
omeb odythan
than to see
see yourself.
yourself. We
Wehad
had gotgotto
tothe
thepoint
point where
where wecriticiselooking forforsomebody
somebody likelikethetheMaharishi,
Maharishi, andand thenthen there
there hewere looking
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didn'tjust
justsuddenly
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toaameditation
meditation"kick"?
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get on to“kick”?No, it’s
three years
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we’re here
the purpose
purposeofof whatwhat
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doing here
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gettingbornbornandanddying.
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think about
about it andand thenthen they
theyjust
die-–and
and
don’t
just dieandthenthenthey've
they’ve gone
gone andmissed itsome purpose.
purpose. And I’ve
I'vefoundfound out
out
missedit –because
becausewewedo
do comecome here
here for somethat theget back
backtotothatthatthing
thing GodGod had,had, whateverwhateverthat
the reason
reasonwe
we comecomeherehereisis to getmight callthat scene.
dy isyou might
call God,
God, you
you know, thatscene.The
Thething
thingis,is,everybo
everybodyispotentially divine;
human being
potentially a Christ.
Christ.
potentiallydivine; every humanbeing is potentially
youallallwerewereininthis
thisscene
scenebefore
beforethe
theMaharishi
Maharishiand
andallallthethepublicity
publicity
So youcame along?
When you’re
you're young
young youyougetgettakentakentotochurchchurchby
byyourcamealong?Yeah. When
yourparents andpushed into
school. They’re
They're trying
trying to
toput
put
parents
andyouyou get pushed
into religion in school.
something into
Obviously,because
becausesomething
intoyouryourmind.
mind.But
Butit's
it’s wrong,wrong, you know. Obviously,
nobodygoes
nobodygoestoto church
churchand
andnobodybelieves
nobody believesininGod.
God.Why?
Why? Because
teachers don’t
don't know what they’re
they're teaching.
teaching. They haven’t
haven'treligious teachersinterpreted thewas intended.
intended. This is thethe thing
thing thatthat led me into
into
interpreted
theBible
Bible asas it wasthe Indian
Indian scene,
didn't reallybelieve
and I’dI'd been
been taught
taught it.
thescene, that
thatI didn’t
really believein
in God andwas just
just like
likesomething
something out
science -fiction novel.
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thinkitit was
I think
was really
really after
after acid,
acid, because
becauseacid
acidwaswasthethebigbig sort
sort ofpsychological reaction.
after acid thatthat it pushes
pushes home
home topsychologicalreaction.It's
It’s really
really only afterthat you’re
you're only little
little –-really.
there's all thatthat infinity
infinity out
out there
there
you thatreally. And there’s
and there's
andthere’ssomething
somethingdoing
doingit,it,youyouknow.
know.It's
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notjustjust thatthatit's
it’susus doing
doingitit or
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Queen doing
doingit,
it, but
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some great
great power
powerdoing
doingit.
it.
the music.
music. Indian
Indian music just seemed
seemed to have
have something
something very
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became a stepping
stepping stone
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aboutHinduism
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made memerealise
realisethatthat Christianity
Christianityisisthat
sort of religions
thatasas wellwell –every
every
religion
the samesame scene
scene really.
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be thethe religious
religious teachers
teachers
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it’s the people
whos crewthe
thewhole
wholething
thing up.
up. They’re
They're thethe people
people who create
create thewho screw
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supposed to be
bepropagating
propagating thethe Lord’s
Lord'sword
word-they're
people who are– they’rescrewing
up. You’re
You're taught
taught to just have faith,faith, you don’t
don't havescrewingitit all
all up.
have toto worry
worry
about
just believe
believe what
what we’re
we're telling
telling you. And this
this isiswhatwhat makes
makes thetheaboutit,it, just
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people,Indianone
onesuchsuchaagroove
groovefor
forme
meand
andI'mI’msuresureforforaa lot
lot of otherbecausebecauseover
overthere
therethey
theysay,say, "Don't“Don’tbelieve
believe inin anything.
anything.IfIfthere's
there’saaGodGod
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must perceive
perceive itit andsee him,
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andso
so on."
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better to
to be
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outspoken atheist
atheist than
than a hypocrite,
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their whole
whole
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witnessed it forforyourself.
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yourself.
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reallyfeel
and believe
believeverymuch
feel andvery muchininthis
thiswhole
wholesortsortofof scene,scene, you know,
God.
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knowwhen
the word
word “god”"god" people
people arecurl up
up
God. You
when you
you say theare going
going toto curlandand cringe
cringe -they– theyallallinterpret
interpretititin
inaadifferent
differentway.
way.
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hasn't got
The Maharishi
is a monka penny,
penny, andand hedoesn't want
he doesn’t
wanttotohavehaveaa penny.
penny.
He doesn’t
doesn't want
want any money,
money, andand obviously
obviouslyyou
you
get thethe press saying he’s
he's staying
staying inin thethe Hilton
Hiltonanddoes this
this andand hehedoesdoesthat
that-butand he does
– but inactualactualfact
facthehe didn't
didn’tstay
stayininthe
theHilton
Hiltonbut
butin
inaa
meditator's
been here
here for nine
nine
meditator’shouse.
house.And
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he’s been
years
those years
years he never
never had
had ayears andand for eight of thoseword said or written
written about
about him
him until
untilThe
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Beatles
got interested
interested ininit,
it, andand thenthenhehegetsgetsall
all this.
this. So
we know
know where
where thethe press
press areare atat andand allallthosethosepeople who
whoareareputting
puttinghim
himdown
down-because– because
they'rethey’re onlywriting
only writingabout
abouthim
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term this
this scene
scene ofwaking
reality.”of wakingup,
up,going
goingout
outto
towork,work,
home again, going toto sleep,
sleep,dreaming,
dreaming, waking
waking up
again andthat
going home
up againand all
all that
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inactualactualfact
factyou’re
you'reinto
intoillusion
illusion-it's
nothing to do withwith–- reality! But– it’s nothing
because realityis
reality, because
reality isGod
Godalone.
alone.Everything
Everythingelse
elseisis illusion.
illusion.
people in
the Himalayas,
who areare veryvery advanced
advancedThose people
in theHimalayas,thetheYogi
Yogi who
spiritually, andthe ones
the otherother planets,
spiritually,
and all
all theones on theplanets,well
well it's
it’s just aajoke
joke tothem, allthis thatthat we do andand call reality.
reality. IImean,
mean, it’s
it'sevenevenaajoke
them,
all thisjoke ififyoujust
you just
take yourself
yourself out
and watchwatch allallthethe things
things going on.
on. It’s
It's aajoke.
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people who
joke’s on
on all thewhotaketakeitit seriously.
seriously. There's
There’sso
so muchmuchmore
moretotoit.
it.
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somebodycomes
comes totothe
theEarth,
Earth, like
like Jesus
Jesusdid,
did,andandYou
they've been
been comings ooften,
often,these
thesepeople,
people,divine
divineincarnations,incarnations,they’vecoming every so
Buddha, Jesus andand all
all that.
that.
like Buddha,
There's always
always been
been these
these people
people coming
coming andand they areare thethe truth,
truth, like
There’s
God-this
elf intoGod– thisgreat
greatforce,
force,whateverwhateverititis,
is,manifesting
manifestingits
itselfinto a physicalform.And
fewpeople
peoplewalking
walkingaroundaround on
on Earth
Earth this
this
form.
And there
there areare quite
quite a few
minute who
attained thatminute
who have attainedthat –allallover
overthetheworld,
world,inin thethe Himalayas,
Himalayas,ininAmerica, everywhere
everywhere-and– andtheyjust
they justlook
looklike
like
funny
men. I mean,
mean, like Maharishi,
Maharishi,
funny little
little old men.
they
ok likelike that.
that.
theylolookofcourse,
course, don’t
don't taketake much
much notice
notice ofPeople, of
them
down, whenthese people
themoror putput 'em’em down,
when all thesepeople arearedoing isistellingtellingthe
thetruthtruth-they're– they’realways
always there.
there.
I readread somewhere
somewhere that
that,
thatthethenext
nextfella like that,
the
much.
the next
next Messiah
Messiahlike,
like, he'll
he’ll just
just bebe too much.
Anybodywho
Anybody who doesn't
doesn’tbelieve
believe thatthathe's
he’s thethe one,one,
then
thenhe'll
he’lljust
justshowshow'em,’em,you
youknow.
know.He's
He’s just
just
gonna
gonna comecome down
down andand zap
zap them
them all.
all.
Miracles, like. That’s
That's why
whythisMiracles,this whole
whole thing
thingisisgetting
getting better
betterandandbetter.
better.It's
It’s buildingbuildingup
upto
to a
great
the cycle moving
moving on. The
The majority
majoritygreat peak.
peak. It's
It’s theof people
people areare going to believe
believe andand they’ll
they'll bebedigging
everything anddigging everything
andhe'll
he’llcomecomeandandsay,say,"Yeah,baby,
baby,that’s
that'sright”,
right",and
andallallthosethosepeople
peoplewho
whoarearebastards,
bastards,they’re
they're“Yeah,
gonna get something
something else.
else.Instead,
Instead,when
whenthey
theydiediethey
theywon't
reincarnate
gonna
won’t reincarnate
Earth: they’ll
they'll get put down
down on another
another planeton this Earth:planetthat's
that’sstill
stillgot
got tothrough thethe evolutionary
evolutionarythous
ands ofyears
been
come throughthousandsof yearsthat
thatwe've
we’ve just been
through. It's
it's allalltootoomuch,much,because
becausethrough.
It’sjust
just fantastic,
fantastic,youyouknow.
know. Really it’s
everybodywho's
the plot.
everybody
who’sbecoming
becominginvolved
involvedandandrealises
realisesititisis part
partofof thedon't likeliketotouse
usethethewordword“religious”,"religious",butbutwhenwhenyou
yougetgetintointowhateverwhateverI don’tthat is, thatthat scene, when
when youyougo
gothroughthrough yoga
yogaandandmeditation,
meditation, it’s
it'sjust…
just...
that
self -realisation.
self-realisation.
And thethe next
next world that’s
that's coming
bring us into
into this
this agecomingalong
alongisis going
going to bringthat's known
that scene
that’sknownasasthe
theGoldenAge.
Golden Age.You
You know thatscene about
aboutthetheIronIronAge,
Age,
the Stone
Stone Age,
Age,thetheIceIceAgeAgeandandthat’s
that'sthis
thisthing
thingofofevolution,
evolution,thethecycles
cyclesthat
that
thegoesthroughthrough-andeverything is really nicenice –it goes
– andthetheGolden
GoldenAge
Age is when everythingpleasure to
here. Nickfones
a pleasure
to be here.
Nick Jones“It’s"It's just a joke
to theYogi,
the Yogi,
all this that
we do andandcall reality”
reality"

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how dodothesetheserealisations
realisations fit into
into youractualsayingthatthat everything
everything really
really isactualeveryday
everyday existence?
existence? You're
You’re saying
predestined?
what thethe Maharishi
Maharishi says.
more youpredestined?Well,
Well,yes.
yes. This
This is whatsays. The more
meditate
meditateandandthethemoremoreyou
you harmonise
harmonisewith
withlife
lifeinin general,
general, then
then thethe moremorenatured you
naturesupports
supportsyou.
you.Nature
Naturehas
hassupporte
supported
yousince
sinceyou
youwerewereborn,born,ifif
you come
come tothink about
to thatthat school
school at
the time,
to think
aboutit.
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thatfella
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between the thing
thing ofWhy did
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me meeting
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peoplewill
willseesee this
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theirpoint
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muchdifferent.
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toknowknowhim,
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was like
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thousandyears
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him. The
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reality
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this is thethe big
bigdrag,drag,because
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everybody lives their
their lives
livesthinking
thinking this
thisis reality
reality andand thenpeople like us, “Oh,"Oh, you’re
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when he's
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thepissedd out
outof
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his headhead inin thepub,
because thepub, because
the songsong had
had
only
got three
only got
threenotes
notes and
and
that'sremember.
that’s all
all he can remember.
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it’s notnot just
just old
old dears
dears
buyingit's
buyingall
all these
these balladballad hits,
hits, it’sthemarried."the young married.”
did Pete view the past
How didyear
of Love
Love Philosophy
Philosophy andyear ofand LSD?
LSD?
"A
lot ofpeople in“A lotof people
in poppop have takenacid and all
all ofof themthem have
havesoftened
softeneduplost a lot
lot of drive
drive andup and lostand basic
basic
ambition.
ambition.Life
Lifecancanonly
only bebe seen by
being
not
being involved
involvedinin realreal life
life andand nota lot
lot ofof nebulous
nebulous and ethereal
etherealideas. Real faith
faith and religion
religion ininterms of societysocietyare
their
are worth theirposition.
fine
position.II think
thinkreligion
religionisisaa finething
thing fora
for alot
lotof
ofpeople
peopleandandhelps
helps
them.Andthe wholethem. Andanyway,
anyway, thething
thingabout
aboutlove
loveisis thatthat it's
it’s ananaggressive
thing.
aggressive andand possessive thing.
It's greed
greed andandthetheembodimentembodiment ofIt’ssome ofof thethe worst
worst characteristics
characteristics
in people.
people. Lovenot just
justLove is not`forgiving‘forgiving thy
thy neighbour
neighbour andbeing
everyone'. Anyone
being nicenice to everyone’.
can do that.
that.
"Youth got
society“Youthgot out
out ofof thethe society
thatthat supports
supports them,
them, thensuddenly
suddenly wanted
wanted toto getget backback insaying,'We loveyou.' But
But
saying, ‘Welove you.’dressing
lot ofof cream
cream
dressingup
up likelike a lot
cakes only
only earned
earned them
them dislike.
"I like colourful
colourful clothes“I
clothesand
and
don't
why everybody
everybodyshould
don’t see why
shouldhave to wear charcoal-greycharcoal -grey suits.
But when kids say people
people who
Butwear them are conforming,
conforming, theyshouldremember theyshould remember
theyonly
onlydress
dress
like thatthat toto earn
earn mutual
mutual respect.
respect.
like
As a fashion
fashionidea
ideaflower
flower power
power
was veryvery valid.
valid. But
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wasallall

misinterpreted
misinterpretedbythe
by thepress.
press.The
The
flowerflowerpeople
peoplewere
wereononone
one side,and thethe press were in thethe middle
middlemisinterpreting
misinterpretingthe
thewhole
whole thing,
thing,
takingpictures ofof girls taking their
their
taking pictures
clothes-In.
clothesoff
offandandcallingcallingititaaLove
Love-In.
you did
did a survey
survey ofof greysgreys andIfIf youflowerbet you’d
you'd find
find thetheflowerpeople,
people,II bet
greys
get morethegreys getmore than
than any
any of theflowerChrisflowerpeople."
people.”ChrisWelch
Welch"Take it off
off-– it
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might
might get worse”
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NEW VAUDEVILLEVAUDEVILLE BAND
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NEWPeek -A -Boo (FONTANA)(FONTANA)
Peek-A-Boo

It's a loadload ofof crap!
crap! It’s
It's aabloody
bloodyIt’sinsult! I detest
detest thethe "it's
it's
insult!
“it’ssoso badbad it’sgood" attitude.
it's badgood”
attitude.IfIfit's
it’sbad,bad, it’s-and(Paul Jones)– andthisthisisis bad. (Paulget thethe samesound andgetsame soundnobody has done
done it.
it. Leave
nobodyalone!!I can’t
can't stand it!
it alone!
No –-own
own up! (Lulu)

It really
really is aabad
badrecord,
record, and sheIt
has mademade some great
great ones.
ones. TakeVAL
VAL DOONICANDOONICAN

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Made OfOf This(DECCA)(DECCA)

Martin? Bing Crosby?
Dean Martin?
King? It’s
It's notnot an old
Dave King?
record by MichaelMichael Holliday?
Holliday?
recordPerry
It sounds like him. Perry
Not Val Doonican!
Doonican!
Como? Not
I'm sorry, but
but heWell, I’mheshouldn't have done
shouldn’t
that, becausethat,becausehehe hasdistinctive style
style ofofsuch aadistinctive
own, but
but here
here he comes
comes
his own,with a record
record thatup withthatmakes
makes him
himsound like Dean
sound
Martin, Bing
Martin,Bing
Crosby or Perry
Como. It's
Como.
It’saabut itshame, but
could make the
couldchart because
chartbecauseit's a good
good song.
song.
it’s
(Engelbert
Humperdinck)
NANCY &&NANCY
FRANK SINATRA
SINATRA
FRANK
Something
Sommumg
Stupid (REPRISE)(REPRISE)
StupidIt's thethe same
old words
words andIt’ssame oldand it's
it’sallallsing-along.Take
off, itit might
might
sing-along. Take itit off,
get worse.
worse. No,
N o,IIdon’t
don't know
know who
who
get

No... my god,
god, Sinatra
Sinatra has really
reallyNo…
gone downhill.
downhill. He'sgone so far
far
gone
He’s gone
he'll never
he’ll
never comecome back,back, forforme.
me.
don't know
knowwhy
doing itit
I don’twhyhe's
he’s doing
doesn't need–- he doesn’t
need thethe money.
money.
Maybe he's
just foolingfooling about
Maybe
he’s justaboutininwish hehe would
would stop.
stop.
his old age. I wish
(Scott Walker)

N of aahit!
hit! Not
Not unlessunless she
it is. Not
she
wears
very long
long dress!
dress! (John(John
wears a very
Entwistle
EntwistleofofThe
The Who)
Who)

SANDIE SHAWSHAWSANDIE
Puppet On(PYE)
PuppetOn AA String
String(PYE)

PETULA CLARK
CLARK
PETULAThis(PYE)
ThisIsIsMy
MySongSong(PYE)

BEATLESBEATLES

Strawberry
StrawberryFields
Fields Forever
Forever(PARLOPHONE)LOPHO N E)
(PARLOPHONE)

like thethe otherother side
best. I hated
hated
I likeside best.
first and thought
thought
both of them at first
they'dthey’dgone
gonedown
down thethe pan, but"Penny Lane”
Lane"gets
getsbetter
better every
every“Pennytime
suppose this
thistimeII hear
hear it.
it. I suppose
might growwell, but
but
might
growononme
me as well,atmoment itit doesn’t
doesn't reallyat the moment
reallyanything toto me.
me. (Alan(Alan
mean anything
Blakleyof
Blakley ofThe
TheTremeloes)
Tremeloes)
THE
THE FLOWERFLOWER POT
POT MENMEN

Let's Go
ToSan
SanFrancisco
Francisco
Let’s
Go To
(DERAM)(DERAM)

Oh no! Ever since The BeachOh
did“Good"Good Vibrations”,
Vibrations",
Boys didthousands
been trying
trying tothousands have been
toThat's terrible!
terrible! That's
That’sThat’sembarrassing! Is thatthat forfor
embarrassing!
the Song Contest?
Contest? It’ll
It'll lose,
the
lose,
definitely. Germany
definitely.
Germany will
will lovethat “oompah”"oompah" though.
though.
all that

itit off
off anyway! (Scott Walker)
THE
MOVE
THE MOVE

It's thatthat Hollies
Hof liesthing
thing–-"Stop,
It’s“Stop,
stop."
similar andthey arestop.” Too
Too similar
and theyaretryingtryingto
tosoundsoundlike
like The
The Beatles
as well.
well. Is it The
The Move?
Move?IsIsititaa

Denny Cordell
Cordell production?
production?
Dennysuppose it
it will be a hit,
hit, but
but I’m
I'm
II supposenotparticularly impressed.
What
not particularly
impressed. Whatdothe lyrics
lyrics mean? (Alan(Alan Price)
do theTHE
HOLLIESTHE HOLLIES

Carrie(PARLOPHONE)
CarrieAnne
Anne(PARLOPHONE)

Take itit off.
off. ItIt reminds
reminds me ofofsomeone"If youwantsomeone saying: “Ifyou wanta hit
hit you
you have totothis way.”
way."
do it thisof forfor me!
Notme!
Tony Bennett)
Bennett)(Tony
TREMELOESTREMELOES

ince IsIs Golden
GoldenSilence
(CBS)
(CBS)

They're a nice
They’rebunch ofbunch
of lads.
lads.
Nice harmony
this. I’d
I'd likeon this.
see itit be a hit,
hit,
too seeout I don’t
don't think it
but
will.
might getgetwill. It mightin on their
their name, but not
not on therecord.
record. It's
It’s notnot thethe sort
sortofofsoundsoundthat
going tothat is going
to sendsend 17,000 kids
rushing
to the nearest record
recordrushing toshop. (Simon(Simon Dee)
Dee)
PROCOLHARUM
PROCOL HARUMAWhiter Shade(DERAM)A WhiterShadeOfOfPale
Pale(DERAM)

It sounds
sounds like
like hip-type
hip -typechart
chart
Itmusic.
It's a record
record thatthat hasmusic. It’s

atmosphere. (After(After the vocal
starts)Now itit doesn’t
doesn't soundstarts) Now
sound like
like
chart
don't think
chartmusic.
music. I don’t
thinkthisthisisisgoing
goingtotobe
beaa hit.
hit. It's
It’snot
notaa badbadrecord,rather negative.
record, but
but it's
it’s rather
negative.

(Peter Murray)
Murra )

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OCTOBER – DECEMBER

Readers’
Readers' letters

MM OCT-DEC
OCT-DECPirates,
Pirates, The
The PinkMMfake flower
people and...RFloyd,
fluid, fakeflower people
and otherother hot
hot poppop potatoes
potatoes
HATE ASHBURYASHBURY
HATE

havejust
justreturned
returned from
IIhavefrom a visit
to SanSan Francisco.
Francisco. I sawsawthethebirthbirthtoand deathdeath of anan ideal.
ideal. The
Thestreets
streets
andwere full ofoffilthfilthandand people
people were
were
drifting aroundaround saying, “Want"Wantdrifting
some acid?”
acid?" Most ofofthemthem
somewere college kids
kids hippedhipped fortheoriginals were
the summer.
summer.The
The originals
out inin Arizona
Arizonadoing
doingtrue
true things,
things,out
while the phoneys
phoneys were shouting,shouting,"There isis nonohopehope without
without dope.”
dope."“ThereIt's
not ananAmerican
dream,
It’s notAmerican dream,more aajunknightmare.
junk nightmare.
MICHAEL LANE,
LANE, London
London SW3
MICHAEL(MM, Oct
Oct28)(MM,
28)

A WORD TO THE BEAUTIFULA WORD TO THE BEAUTIFUL
Now autumn
autumn is here, how about
about
dropping thethat bigbigjoke
dropping
the leaves
leaves of that
joke
Flower Power? Since
Sincethethe original
original
hippiesnearly every
hippiesofof a year ago, nearly
British group has taken
taken to this
thisridiculous
ridiculouscult.
cult.Groups
Groupslike
like The
The
Move andand Flower Pot
Pot MenMenshould
shouldhave
have gone
gone out
out withwithElvis
Elvis Presley.
If SamSam &&Dave
Davecamecameononin
infloweryflowery
shirts thethe rioting
pershirtsrioting would
would bebe 100 per
cent
against. Own up, beautiful
beautifulcent against.
people, take the hint,
hint, and try
somethingsomethingelse.
else.
STEVE JONES,JONES, Oldham,
Oldham,Lancashire
Oct28)
Lancashire (MM, Oct
28)

SOCKS UP, SCOTT!

SOCKS UP, SCOTT!
I humbly
humbly suggest
suggest Scott
Scott Walker
Walkershould consider thethe statement
statement
madethat "It'smadebyby Stevie Wonder, that
“It’s
not
not suchsuchaa dragdragbeing
beingblind".
blind”.IfIf it's
it’s
notsuch a drag being
being blind,
blind, why
not such
is it aadragdrag being
being aa famous,
famous, goodgoodlooking, much-sought-after
much -sought-after (andphysically
healthy) pop
physically healthy)
pop singer?
F ROSE,
ROSE,London
London W1
WI (MM,(MM, Oct
Oct28)
28)

TAFF TREATMENTTAFF TREATMENT
Being thethe organist
organist with
withTen
TenYears
Years
After, I found
found myself
mys elfplaying
playing in
in
the
the
the outbacks
outbacksofof Swansea
Swanseafor
for thelocal
university. The
local university.
The showincludedincludedChris
ChrisFarlowe,
Farlowe,Wayne
Wayne
Fontana,
Fontana,TenYears
Ten YearsAfter
After andandEyesEyes
Of Blue.
Blue. We
Wecould
could allall seesee wewe werewerein for aaroughrough time
time when
when thethemanagermanagerinsisted
insistedwewewerewere notnot totobe allowed
allowed out
the dressing
dressing
out of the

without aa tie. This was later
later
room without
amended toamendedto "no“no groups allowed
leave atatall”.
all".Imagine
Imaginethe
thescenescene
to leave26men
men andand boysboysherded
herded into
intowith 26
room 12ft square.
square. At
Atthe
the endend ofofa roomthe dance,
dance, two
Blue
the
twoof
of thetheEyesEyes Of Bluewereejected, kicked andandwere forcibly ejected,
thumped by
the largest
largestthumpedby somesome of theJones esyou’ve
you'veever
ever seen.
seen.
Tom Joneses
show thethe knockers
knockers
This will show
why ordinary,ordinary, intelligent
intelligent people
peoplegroups rebel against
against society.
from groups
University officials were
sympathetic, but couldn’t
couldn't help
sympathetic,
because they'dlosetheir
theirbecausethey’d have to lose
self-respect-– andteeth.
self-respect
and front
front teeth.
CHICK, Ten Years After,
After,CHICK,(MK Dec56)
London W2 (MM,Dec 16)FLOYD FLAWEDFLAWED
FLOYD

Whatboring load
rubbish The
What a boringload of rubbish
PinkFloyd
turned out
thePink
Floyd turned
out toto be on thetour with
with Jimi Hendrix.
Hendrix. All
Allthosethose
tour
and painful
painful noises
stupid lights andmade meme sick. IfIfanything
anything cancan kill
madeit's this
this sort
sort ofofinsulting
insultingpop music it’s
nonsense. Thanksomenonsense.
Thank God some
had thethe sense
sense to jeer andandpeople had
handclap
handclaptheir
theirpuerile
puerile"act".
“act”.
ANDERSON, Glasgow
Glasgow
ROBERT ANDERSON,(MM, Dec(MM,
Dec16)
16)

TUNE IN, DROP OUT, BOOGIETUNE IN, DROP OUT, BOOGIE
Last
wasbusy
busy knitting
knitting
Last week I wasmacaroni sock with
with threethree
a macaroni
concrete needles
needles whensuddenly
concretewhen I suddenly
heard
hideous row
heardaa ghastly,
ghastly, hideous
row onmy steam
steam radio
pagan
radioset.
set. It was a paganbeatsinful rhythm
rhythmbeat group, playing sinfulmusic.
this scandal
scandalmusic. When will thisbestamped out
Church,be stamped
outby the Church,
trade
trade unions,
unions,Red
Red Cross andUnitedEarth must
must
United Dairies? The Earthbecleansed of
be cleansedof thisthis heresy.
heresy.
BFHEART,
HEART,Orpington,
Orpington,
CAPTAIN BF
Kent (MM,
Kent(MM,Dec
Dec16)
16)

WOAD TRIP

WOAD TRIP
I recently
recently had a most
most amazing
amazingexperience I would like totoshareshare
experiencewithattended thethe first
with readers.
readers. I attended
British Hate-In,
Hate -In, atatWanstead
Wansteadever British
Flats,
skiffle group
group
Flats, London.
London.A
A skiffle
playedmusic
played Olivier Messiaen music
daubeddaubedininmud
mudandandwoad.
woad.Hordes
Hordesofyoung
prostratedof young initiates prostrated
themselvesl esbefore
f a hugehhugebburningg
them
th
emse
em
selv
se
lves
lv
bef
efore
g burning

CHRIS WELCH IS FAH!

HAVE sew all Yourgroovy arlicks on Chris
Welch, and I think he'slab. MIL could you tellme what pump he's into's I an buy his records.

ft he hasn't got all °Md.!
Pan Club, Can I start one

please?

Is his hair really
all curly like that, or dock
he

have

it

flonc? -MAUREEN %MOTES, lb

Lydon:to Rood, Grove Poorkeffigy of Mick
Mick Jagger.
Jagger.Crazy
Crazy foam
foam
sprayed in allalldirections,directions, andand
was sprayedeverybodygot drunk
drunkononold
old-everybody got
English mead
mead while
while shouting
shouting antiantiBonzo Dog Doo
Doo DahDah BandBand slogans.
slogans.
Bonzobeat-crazed
Is thisthis aa symbol
symbolof
ofbeat-crazed
degeneracy?
facet ofdegeneracy? Is it another
another facet
the submissive
submissive society?
Can itthesociety? Canmean
yet anotherObserver Colour
mean yetanother Observer
Supplement special investigation
investigation
into thisinto
this living
living world
world of ours?
I sincerely
sincerely hope
hope not.
LUCIANLUCIAN F CATTERMOLE,
CATTERMOLE,
Penge, London
Penge,
London(MM,(MM,Dec
Dec16)
16)

HAIL KING JIMITRACK RIECORDI/m4u.

MUSICAL MYOPIAMUSICAL MYOPIA
Read any
any newspaper
newspaperfeature on
on youth
youth orfeaturepop music andpop
and amidamid"startling disclosures”
disclosures" youthe “startling
will findfindthethephrasephrase “permissive"permissive
generation”.
Read MM’s
generation". Read
MM's mailbag
mailbagand it is clear
clear thethe opposite
opposite is the
the
and
case.
case. If their
their lettersletters areare a reliable
reliableguide, the majority
young
majority ofofyoung
people areare myopic, narrownarrowpeople
minded,minded, self-opinionatedself-opinionated andandabove all intolerant
intolerant in the extreme.
extreme.
Anything,
permissive.
Anything,inin fact,
fact, but permissive.
See how all
alljazz
dismissed as
jazz is dismissed
astripe byfan fromfrom Bootle,
Bootle,tripe
by a Troggs fan
how all
all pop
pop isisdenigrated
denigrated asor howasmeaningless drivel
shallow, meaninglessdrivel by"Folk Fan”,
Fan", Pudsey.
Pudsey. There
There is never
never
“Folk
much asan "Iprefer" or “in"in myso muchas an“I prefer”
opinion". Pop,and thetheopinion”.
Pop, jazz, folk andLan -11 steam& Illacanal
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classics areclassics
areeacheachaafacet
facetofofthe
theallallembracing art
andembracingart form, music, andeach is worthy
worthy ofofappreciation.
appreciation.
each
why all
all thethe bigotry?
bigotry?
So whyHALLAM, Belper, Derbyshire
NEIL HALLAM,(MM, Dec(MM,
Dec16)
16)

IRREPLACEABLE OTISIRREPLACEABLE
OTIS

There will never
never bebe another
another Otis
There
Otis
has been
been
Redding. There never has
and neversinger with soandnever will
will be a singer
much soul and depth.
depth. He had
had truetrue
muchsincerity andand genius
genius andand poppop hassincerity
much -revered figure,figure, an outlost a much-revered
and-out great
modern music.
and-out
great of modern
Aberdeen (MM, Dec
Dec23)W Hull, Aberdeen
23)

BROADCASTING GROUSE

BROADCASTING GROUSE
Last
Last summer
summerIIspent
spent£16£16 onon atransistor
transistorradio,
radio, andand wheneverpossible
listened topossibleII listenedto RadioRadio
LondonLondon andand thethe otherother pirates.
pirates.
Now
can get isis Eamonn
EamonnNow all
all I canAndrews
Andrews talking
talking about
about boxing,boxing,Andy
Andy Williams
Williamsor
or Tommy
Tommy Vance
Vance
makingprune
makingstupid
stupidjokes about prune
machines.
machines.Radio
RadioOne
Onestinks
stinksof
ofold
oldsounds andsoundsandoldold records.
records. Bring
backtheback thegood
goodold
olddays!
days!
Chelsea, London
LondonMISS RRTILNEY,
TILNEY, Chelsea,(MM, Dec(MM,
Dec16)
16)
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this monthly magazine.
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1968!

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Rolling Stones
StonesThe Rolling1967 brought
brought drug busts
busts andhas elements
elements of thethe
1967
andSatanic
SatanicMajesties.
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yearwhenwhenthetheStones
Stonesreturn
return to rock,rock,
Mick Jagger
with
with"Jumpin'“Jumpin’Jack
JackFlash",Flash”, BeggarsBanquet
Beggars Banquetand
andthetheRock'n'Roll
Rock’n’RollCircus.
Circus.

The
Beatles
The Beatles
Not content
contentwith
withbeing
beingthetheworld'smostfamousmusicians,
now TheNotworld’smostfamousmusicians,
now Thepresent their
their business
Beatles present
business plan.
plan.TheThe yearyear begins
beginswith
withRingo's
Ringo’s early
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do thethereturnfrom anan Indian
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visit with
with thethe Maharishi
Maharishi ("Now(“Now I haveinterviews..."),andand continues
continues with
with the launch of their own
interviews…”),
own label.
label. It
concludes with their eponymous double album andand Paul talking about"getting back”.
back". The Beatles
Beatles are,are, hehe andand George
George maintain,
maintain, "rockers".
“getting“rockers”.

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HolliesThe Hollies
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psychedelic bandwagon
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seemed appealing,
appealing, andand thethe hits are stillThe
coming. Still, ititmay
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the original
original lineup
lineup thatthat provides
providescoming.
be thethe most interesting
interesting tale
their career.
career.
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PLUS!
PLUS!
ArethaAretha Franklin!
Franklin!
The
Doors!
The Doors!
Cream!
Cream!

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146 |I HISTORYHISTORY OF
OF ROCKROCK 1967
1967

FROM THE MAKERS OF

Every month, we revisit long-lost NME and Melody Maker interviews and piece
together The History Of Rock. This month: 1967 – the complete guide to the year
music turned psychedelic! “Are you experienced? Have you ever been experienced?”

Relive the year…

HENDRIX SET FIRE TO MONTEREY
THE BEATLES INTRODUCED SGT PEPPER
THE PINK FLOYD TOOK LONDON
ON AN ALL-NIGHT TRIP
…and THE MONKEES, ROLLING STONES, BEE GEES, CREAM, TRAFFIC,ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK, THE DUBLINERS and many more sharedeverything with NME and Melody Maker

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