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Hit -maker MICKIE gets MOST from the starsMICKIE MOST owns a £45,000 house, a £42,000 yacht

moored at Cannes, and an elegant £3,500 Rolls-Royce."Money is for spending," he says. "I'd spend the last penny Ihad."

Four years ago he was sellingparts of his record collection toscrape together the price of ameal. Then he got a singing jobin a Newcastle club, heard theAnimals, recorded them with anumber called "Baby Let Me TakeYou Home" and started himselfon a trail of hit discs stretchingaround the charts of the world.

Today you'll find the name MickieMost on hits by Lulu ("The BoatThat I Row"), Jeff Beck ("Hi HoSilver Lining"), Herman ("There's AKind Of Hush"), the Yardbirds("Little Games"), and Donovan("Mellow Ye/low").

He was offered the job of record-ing the Monkees, but turned It downbecause it meant spending too longin the States.

You won't find weird, way-out in-struments on the discs Mickie pro-duces. "Making good, commercialhits" is his aim and he claims to be

JEFF BECK: wheat be drat beard"Silver Lining " he thought it a

joke song.

By AlanSmith

so in touch with the pop scene hecan virtually predict the highest posi-tion discs will reach.

He is la blaze of energy: attackinga meal of fish and chips, arms wavingto express a point, talking rapidlyabout anything and everything-frompoverty in India to why Lulu missedhit records for a while.

"Me energetic?" he asks. "I wishI was! I sat in the office yesterdayreading comics."Nevertheless, this recording

manager with the Most is still ableto turn out hit discs at the rate ofone every few weeks, as well as combAmerica for hit songs and currentlywork on the 'soundtrack album forthe Herman movie, "Mrs. BrownYou've Got A Lovely Daughter."

I was so intrigued by the energyand efficiency he puts Into his work,I asked him if he could reel off allthe hits he had ever made.

" What !" he exclaimed. " All ofthem ? "

Reeled offThen he thought a moment, and

said: "Okay - the Animals' BabyLet Me Take You Home', 'HouseOf The Rising Sun', Don't Let MeBe Misunderstood', 'Bring It OnHome To Me', Got To Get OutaThis Place', 'It's My Life', 'BoomDoom' (in the U.S.), the NashvilleTeens' Tobacco Road' and `GoogleEye', Brenda Lee's 'Is It True' . . .

Herman's 'I'm Into SomethingGood', 'Show Me Girls', 'Silhouettes',`Wonderful World', 'Just A Little BitBetter', 'Mrs. Brown You've Got ALovely Daughter', 'Listen People','Must To Avoid', 'You Won't BeLeaving', 'This Door Swings BothWays', another one I can't remem-ber; 'No Milk Today', 'Dandy', 'EastWest', 'There's A Kind Of Hush' . . .

". . . the new Lulu, the new JeffBeck, the Yardbirds' (a big one in

Above: MICKIE MOST, wile is to rim has made a twice tam -- aim, ma INUrdlinAll.Centre: HERMAN, who relies completely on Midde's advice. Right: LULU went without hits for some time

until Mickie took over her recording. She's a great talent, he says.

He'll even predict their chart positionthe States, that), Donovan's ' Sun-shine Superman', 'Mellow Yellow','Epistle To Dippy', plus 25albums . . ."

He attacked another piece of thefish on his plate.

" Herman's Hermits rely on me onehundred per cent." he. volunteered."Donovan is . . . well . . . a littledifferent. He still wants to be inde-pendent.

" But Don has the good sense totake advice and 'if he writes 15 songsand I don't like 'any of them, he'llprobably shrug and do some more.

'It's more of a 'performance' Itorecord Donovan than some of myother artists. Jeff Beck is the same.He thought 'Hi Ho Silver Lining' wasa funny song and he didn't want todo it.

" The trouble is most artists seethemselves differently Ito how I seethem. They've got a private image ofthemselves and most times it'swrong.

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"I've always had this thing aboutspotting a hit iscord. Look at Lulu-'Boat That I Row' is the first recordshe's done with me and it's in thecharts. At Decoa, they were giving herall the wrong stuff. Tragic, becauseshe's a fantastic artist.

"When I was a kid and FrankieLaine was all the rage, I remember I'dalways be the filet to pick out whatwould make the charts. I'd have boughta coming hit record long before any ofthe other kids.

"I don't like any other music butgood, commercial pop. That's whatmakes me succiestsful. All other kindsof music must become rubbish. I don'twant to know about other kinds ofmusic. I don't watt to taste whatpeople called better music because I feelthere isn't any better."

Stickle works with the theory thatevery record in the chart must begood of its kind simply because it'sthere.Butt it doesn't stop him disliking

records like "Release Me," or 'PuppetOn A String," which he describes as"a joke song."

Money mattersFor a few minutes the conversation

seemed to veer between the spendinghabits of the English ("the meanestin the World," says the man with theMost); Aden ("we should Just takeover and show them"), poverty in Indiaand Africa ("'don't kid me, they're notthat bad") and money in general ("didyou know I earn more than PyeRecords?").

About HERMAN, Miokie says: "Isaw a picture postcard of him takenin Manchester. With a face like that heoouldn't fail so I signed him. lit'sthe cutest face in the world.

"I'm not saying anybody could be-come a hit on records. But with thecharacter and appeal Herman has inhis face, he just has to win."

LULU, according to Mickie, was agreat talent wasted on poor songs.

"Songs are the king," he says, "themost important item in building anartist. That's why I spend so long inthe States combing music publishers'offices for numbers.

"I'm not saying I can't find goodnumbers in this country; it's Just thatin the States the field and the choice Isso Wide. Over there you cam go aroundand find guys at the piano day andnight, turning out songs like a way or

"Lulu has such a terrific feel for hermusic, As I sear, this 'Boat Thatt. IRow' hit is the first we've done to-gether, so there isn't that much I canadd. Rut she's a real professional.

ResentedOf the ANIMALS - with whom he is

no longer associated - he says: "Ithink they resented some people feelingthat much of their success was due tome.

"Did you know they didn't want torecord any of the songs that were theirhits - 'House Of The Rising Sun' andso on? They didn't like any of 'em!

"Another thing you have to rememberis this. If someone is a group, he'dnever get rich. seven If the group makesa million dollars, it'll still virtuallydisappear- by the time it's shared out,and expenses and the tax man have hadtheir bite. That could well have some-thing to do with their split -us."

How come an out -of -work singer-which is what Mackie was at on& time- has risen to a point where he cantalk almost casually about a milliondollars?

"Luck," Says Mickie. "'When theBeatles opened the door to She U.B.disc market, I was lucky enough to beright behind them with the Animalsand Herman.

"Before the Beatles, the .Americanslooked on England as a Joke. Now theEnglish products are a very, very bigmarket

"DONOVAN is very big in the Statesand he'll get bigger. He is a very mod,improved artist. r think he's got a

marrielloudy *rood voice, and I mitehim sing very close and down to themike, to give him warmth."

Mickie would welcome an opportunityto wax TOM JONES . . an artist headmires intensely for his feeling andvocal power. "He is a great singer,"he says. "And he has a lot more soulthan many of these Negro so -Calledsoul chars."

Finally, as recording manager for theYARDBIRDS, Mickie realises thatthey've slipped in Britain recently, andhe feels it might be because theirrecords have been too way-out.

"Little Games' is half and half," hetold me. "A good number, with someof the YardlbirdS style thrown in aswell."

We left the restaurant and walkedthrough the noise of Oxford Street toWoolworth's, where Mickie intended tobuy a copy of "The Boat That I Row",in order "to boost sates" and becausehe needled a copy in a hurry.

After a long wait and a browsethrough their records-most of whichSeemed to be Mickie Most productions-no one came and we left again.

"That's the trouble with thiscountry," he said sorrowfully. "No in-terest. Me, I hustle for every penny."

He does, too. Miokie may be tooblunt, honest and straightforward formany people, but he's got gallons ofgo-go and he knows how to go fartheston them. And that's what his artists -and the charts-need plenty of!

From -1L7-41a1C.T to "W.TMRON TURNBULL (Edinburgh): I

cannot understand Jeff Beck'sattitude to his record "Hi Ho SilverLining". I agree it does not show-case his guitar playing but if hedislikes the number so much whydid he record it in the first place?

We have been getting this kind ofattitude from many pop singersover the years. The "I'm glad it'sa hit, but it's not really my typeof music" is a poor reflection onthe artist and a slap in the face forthe record -buying public whosetaste is being criticised.

In Beck's case it is all the moreannoying because "Hi Ho SilverLining" is a very good song andthere is an excellent version by theAttack, who I'm sure would havebeen glad of a hit.

C. J. Stevenson's views on the lack oforiginality on the pop scene (PYTUMay 27) were greeted with cries of

Hendrix, Cat Stevens", etc.Here are just two of the many letters

received.SUE RICKENS (Wolverhampton): How

can Stevenson say there is no origi-nality on the pop scene when, in myopinion, we are going through a periodOf great progress?

He should listen to people like JimiHendrix, the Move, Procol Hamm,not forgetting Cat Stevens, who isone of the most original composersto emerge for a long time.

POLLY TERRY (Surbitton, Surrey): Idisagree wholeheartedly with Steven-son. Not only are new groups comingup all the time, but well establishedones are constantly changing theirmusic and images.

The classic example of this is theBeatles. Compare the style of "LoveMe Do" to "Strawberry Fields" andno one could say that the Beatles lookthe same as they did four years ago.

Mr Stevenson is writing on a subject

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so enormous that it is ridiculous topick out a couple, of "mistakes" anduse them to describe the whole scene.

PAT & WEST ELLIS, KATHY EDDS(3855 Bristol Drive, Beaumont, Texas77707): We are three American girlsand write to you since virtually every-one reads your paper, the best musicpaper we have had the pleasure toread. We write a column about musicin our local paper and want Britishgroups-known or not-to write tous about themselves and send pies.We love long hair, mod clothes andEnglish boys!

JOYCE RANDALL (Sudbury): I don'tknow what all this " pornography "tag on " Pictures Of Lily " Is about;but. I think the advert was a hoot.Who was responsible? (Paragon artdirector, Hamish Grimes--T.B.)

GILLIAN McBALN (Torquay): At lasta realty great record at No. 1. Irefer, of course, to the Tremeloes'fantastic single " Silence Is Golden."

This group certainly know what theyare doing when it comes to makingrecords and their stage act isbrilliant.

PAUL BARRETT (Holcaimbe, Lanes.):Why is it that many of the bestAmerican records are not releasedover here?

I have managed to get hold of twofantastic records, neither of whichare available in this country, " TheGrateful Dead " and " The VelvetUnderground and Nico," both LPs.

The records are produced by one of thegreatest comprehensive artists alivetoday, Andy Warnol, and would sellin enormous numbers if they werereleased here.

LYNDA MORRIS (Pontypool): Afterthe recent success of English balladsingers, I felt compelled to write onbehalf of the many showbands inIreland.

One of the finest singers I have heardis Frankie McBride of the PolkaDots Showband. His voice equalsthat of the late Jan Reeves, Inwarmth and quality.

Another good band is Gregory and theCadets, whose record " Walk WithFaith In Your Heart " was coveredby the Bachelors.

These showbands are immaculate inappearance, give good record andstage performances and it's abouttime they were given a chance inBritain.

WILLIAM BROWN (Manchester): Let'shave no more nonsense about CliffRichard and Elvis Presley being theworld's No. 1 singers. They shouldboth listen to Frank Sinatra whohas been at the top for 25 years.

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Jose Feliciano, the blind blues singer, knew

A VERY POOR PETER TOR

All Mt. Inn. of PETER TORK,who goes for wide belts whichfasten at the side. He likes darkshirts, too, because they suit hisfair hair and also they " don't

need washing so much."

Now, life is good for Monkee Peter Tork.and money. But it isn't so many years

came dangerously near to outright poverty.around the bohemian clubs of New York's

Someone who shared thosetough times with Peter is blindsinger -guitarist Jose Feliciano, a21 -year -old musical genius who'salready made several TV appear-ances in Britain. (And of whom,believe me, you'll be hearing alot more in the near future.)

Says Jose: " It was in the dayswhen I was considered to be a folkact, and Peter and I used to playaround the Village more or less everynight.

" He used to warm up the audiencefor me. I was reasonably well knownin the coffee bars, and I'd pay Peter afew dollars to get things started.

Easy-going" He was a real nice guy in those

days. Easy-going, happy with life,ready to take things as they came.Maybe success has changed him, Idon't know. We've kind of losttouch in the last couple of years, andI wouldn't know if he's still as relaxedas be used to be.

"All I know is that then, PeterTork was as good a friend as anyonecould wish to have. We knew eachother very well then, and I used tolisten to him play banjo before theypassed round the basket.

" That was what we all did in thosedays, you understand. We weren'tpaid for playing or singing-it wasjust the practice to pass round abasket or shoebox and hope thepatrons would be generous. Somepeople would put in a nickel, othersa bit more.

" Peter always did OK. He wasa good musician-don't let anybodytry to tell you otherwise-and thepeople appreciated him." Often we'd both perform at the

same places in the same evening.Say we might do the Bitter End clubfirst, and then I'd go on with mydog and we'd meet up again at theGaslight.

He's got success, adulation, millions of fans-since Peter knew the rough side of life andHe was a solitary figure, wandering aimlesslyGreenwich Village trying to eke out a living.

By

Alan Smith" I don't know if Peter feels the

same way as I do about those days,but I often used to get that muchmore satisfaction out of my musicbecause I wasn't really being paid.

" Maybe it's hard for other peopleto understand. Put it like this: Afew years years ago Pete or myselfwere more or less relying on thebreadbasket, but the music was satis-fying because it was very personal.

" Now we're both being well paidfor our music it's become work-so it's just that little bit less fun!

" I'm hoping to come back toBritain in June, at the same time asthe Monkees, and I'm figuring that

maybe it might be an idea for meto warm up the audience for himlStill, we'll definitely dig the in -clubstogether."

Jose's sincere tribute to Peterbecomes all the more flatteringwhen you appreciate that Jose isbeing acclaimed by many peopleas one of the most fantastic musicaltalents to come from Latin Americain the past few years.Don't let that name fool you: he

isn't a flamenco guitarist, althoughwhen he 'wants to, he can playflamenco 'with all the fire and soul ofa gipsy from Madrid.

Neither is Jose just a beat singer:but watch him doing pop and bluesat London's Blaises club, and you'llsee the audience almost ecstatic withpleasure.

Jose is, in fact, a man of all music-and I'm not the only one to thinkso. Normally Press conferences are

PETER towers over DAVY-there's S Wiles difference in

reasonably staid affairs (apart fromthe booze), but I saw one the otherday at which Jose played and sangand he literally had newspapermenand TV and radio producers jumpingup and down with delight.

For someone like this to pay

heirtribute to Peter Tork-both as amusician and as a person-is flatter-ing indeed.

Now, maybe, some of those " theMonkees can't play " cynics willfinally eat their words and thinkagain.

TOP TENDAVE MUNDEN

GROOVIN' by Young Rascals. Great.I reckon this is a tremendouslyunderrated group, and when theycome over to Britain I'm hoping tomeet up with them and have a longtalk. I hope it gets to No. 1-infact, it's a number I'd definitely likeus to try on our next LP.

CARRIE ANNE by Hollies. This knocksme out because it's such a differentsound. The Hollies are great blokes,and maybe I'm being corny when Isay it, but I hope it's a big hit justfor that alone. They really put theirhearts into their music.

ALAN BLAKELYYOU DON'T KNOW LIKE I KNOW by

Sam and Dave. Brilliant, the waythis is put together. The wholesound is fantastic. I don't really knowwhat else I can say, because that'sit: it's terrific and I just love thesound.

of the top group-THE TREMELOES

ALAN BLAKPJ,V, KICK WEST, DAVE HUNIMEN an* CHIP HAKIM.

RAIN by the Beatles. This is a 'B' side,but whenever I'm in a calf andthere's a jukebox, I go looking forit and play it over and over again.It's a number I always think wouldgo terrifically on stage. And I'mprobably the 100,000 millionth to sayit, but in my book the Beatles aresuperb and completely above all elsein music.

CHIP HAWKESOLD SHEP by Elvis. This is by one of

the greatest singers of our time. It'salso a number which has a lot ofnostalgia for me. My old granny hada marvellous dog, and every time Ihear this song I think of it.

WE CAN WORK IT OUT by theBeatles. The best record going, bythe best group.

RICK WESTSILENCE IS GOLDEN by Four Seasons.

This is a beautifully performednumber by one of the best harmonyoutfits in the business. The wholesound and the harmony and voicesare just too good for words.

AFTER YOU'VE GONE by DjangoRheinhardt. This is a haunting (tome) instrumental which I have onan LP, and as far as I'm concernedit must be one of the greatest re-corded instrumentals of the past 50years. The only thing to touch itmust be something else by Django.Stefan Grappelly plays violin on thisnumber and this, too, is really some-thing else.

GROUP CHOICEYOU'VE LOST THAT IA)VIN' FEEL-

ING by Righteous Brothers. Tremen-dous emotion.

WHITER SHADE OF PALE by ProcolHarum. A different, churchy soundfront a new group who should defi-nitely go to No. 1 and knock us fromthe top spot:

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Mean, moody Creamshould do nicely !*"Strange Brew"/"Tales Of Brave Ulysses" (Reaction).

YEP, I can see the Cream doing very nicely with this! It's moody,mean and raw - with a nagging insistent beat that gnaws at the

brain and almost hypnotises you.. The lyric is absorbing, and it'ssung in high-pitched tones, carried on a wave of reverberating twangs.

Excellent guitar work and drum-ming, and an insidious compulsionabout the whole track. I imaginethat dancers will find it right up theirstreet, because the beat never letsup. And it makes intriguing listening,too.

FLIP: A complex enigmatic lyriccombines with a pounding wallopingbeat. Bit more psychedelic than thetop side, but not nauseatingly so. Veryinteresting item.

Stevie Winwood

group debut ahumdinger !

TRAFFIC*"Paper Sun"/"Giving To You"

(Island).cONGRATS to Stevie Win -

wood on this first disc byhis new group. It's a hum-dinger! A lyric that holds theattention throughout, mainlysoloed by Stevie, but with somereally startling counter - har-monies from the boys. Steadymid -tempo beat, and a tunewith a strangely hauntingquality.

You'll enjoy the guitar work,too-there's a great deal of sitarstimulation, with the result thatthere's an underlying Oriental in-fluence. Value for money, too-runs over four minutes.

FLIP: A bouncy rhythm here,with modern -jazz overtones. MainlyInstrumental featuring a lengthyflute solo, it showcases the boys'musical prowess. Good!

* TIPPED FOR CHARTSf CHART POSSIBLE The CREAM, who look set for mother hit with " Straw Brew."

(L to r) JACK BRUCE, GINGER BAKER and ERIC CLAPTON.

FACES HEAD FO*"Here Come The Nice"/"Talk To You"

(Immediate).THIS is the Small Faces' official new release,

unlike the LP track issued last week bytheir former label. And it's a goodie, too!Rather more subdued than most of theirdiscs, it has an attractive melody line andfascinating harmonies-which are both blues -flecked and falsetto.

Rattling tambourine and controlled guitar worklend colour to the backing, and the entire perform -

INSTRUMENTALS

TOP TENance gels smoothly and appealingly. And dig thatcrazy ending! With all the promotion they intendputting in on this one, it should see them in theTop Ten.

FLIP: Like the top side, a Marriott -Lane composition.Similar mid -tempo beat, but a somewhat more unin-hibited styling with an impassioned vocal. Good pianowork.

The old Jazz speciality " Wang Wang Blues " is up -dated by that skilfulguitar technician Wont Steenhuis on Columbia, with a pronounced Hawaiianflavour . . . . Clanking piano, clipped brass and tambourine are featured ina bouncy little number titled " Imogene " (Deram), played by the composerLes Reed and his Orchestra . . . . " London West One " (Mercury) is thelatest Joe Henderson disc, and it's typical of the happy-go-lucky finger -snappingjangle -piano numbers he does so well . . . . " Love Me Forever " wasoriginally a hit for Marion Ryan and Eydie Gorme, and now it crops upagain in a svelte concerto -type setting by pianist Roger Williams onLondon . . . . For scintillating organ playing, laced with an inherentjazz feel, don't miss Alan Haven's " Image " (Fontana).

PAUL REVERETHE RAIDERS

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GERRY MARSDEN"Please Let Them Be"/"I'm Not

Blue" (CBS).Here we have Gerry minus the Pace-

makers, attempting to make his markas a solo performer. He emerges withhonours, because this is extremely wellhandled.

A plaintive rhythmic ballad, sungwith sincerity and expression-indeed.he interprets the lyric to utmostadvantage.Nice scoring, too-lush without being

overpowering. All the same, goodthough it is, I'm not convinced thatit's terribly commercial.

FLIP: A self -penned number, witha swaying beat -waltz tempo. Dual -tracked by Gerry, with a more raucoustwang -guitar sound than the top side.Hummable!

Cliff-aided by Diamond andLeander makes great disc

*"I'll Come Runnin' "/"I Get The Feelin' " (Columbia).ANOTHER sparkling Neil Diamond composition, which starts

quietly with a rippling Mike Leander accompaniment. Then itexplodes into a pulsating chorus, with blaring brass, chirping girls andCliff in his most rhythmic mood - and equally as spirited as Lulu inher current hit.

I like the light and shade of this disc - the contrast between the delicately -scored verses and the punchy attack of the chorus. Quite a whistleable tune,too - and I see no reason why it shouldn't do as well as Neil's other hits.Cliff's in splendid form.

FLIP: By the same composes', and with a very similar treatment. MelodicallyRot so strong as the top side, but It receives a personality treatment from(liff Richard.

EDDIE COCHRAN"Three Steps To Heaven"/"Eddie's

Blues" (Liberty).A smash hit several years ago and

now reissued. All Eddie Cochran'smany fans will already own this, butit will give the youngsters an oppor-tunity of realising what a loss themusic -biz sustained with his death.

Snappy and tuneful, it sounds - notsurprisingly -a dit dated. But no morese than Elvis' current releases.

FLIP: A slow blues instrumental,showcasing Eddie's expert guitar prow-ess. This one doesn't sound dated-for, let's face lt, the blues never date.

NORMIE ROWE"But I Know"/"Sunshine Secret"

(Polydor).Normie has been knocking at the hit

parade door with his last two or threerecords, but has just failed to gainentry. Quite frankly, I can't see thisone succeed where the others haven't.

Oh, it's pleasantly sung - the lyricmakes worth -while listening, and thethud beat's okay for dancing. But onthe whole not different enough.FLIP: A more punchy approach here,

both in the vocal and the backing.Lively beat and descriptive words. Gota feeling this would have been thebetter "A" side.

JOHN MAYALL.'SBLUESBREAKERS

"Double Trouble"/"It Hurts 2)Ie Too"(Mecca).

One of Britain's most under - ratedgroups, from the charts point of view.This is ultra -slow down-to-earth blues.A wailing, imploring vocal, p.us longinstrumental passages.

No gimmicks, just the real stuff -in fact, you might think it was anAmerican disc.Not in the least commere.al, but

aimed at the specialists.FLIP: This one's only fractionally

faster, and the same remarks apply.A special mention for the guitar workon this track. Generates treinendousfeeling.

More Beatle coversJoe Brown

t"With A Little Help From MyFriends"/"Show Me Around" (Pye).

LAST week I reviewed the YoungIdea's version of this number

from the Beatles' new LP, and nowcomes Joe Brown's treatment-andit's right up his street.

It's an exceptionally good number,and I'm confident that one of the twocovers will make the grade-so I'll giveJoe a t, as I did with the alternativeversion.

Quietly sung, with a group harmonis-ing in Beatle fashion, plus backgroundstrings.

FLIP: A medium -pacer In the " com-mercial r -and -b " style. Rattling tam-bourine and humming group supportJoe's rhythmic vocal.

David Et Jonathant"She's Leaving Home"/"One Born

Every Minute" (Columbia).Very unusual material for David and

Jonathan, but my compliments to themfor the way they tackle it. You prob-ably know the song - it's a bit In the"Eleanor Rigby" style. And it's givena suitably wispy scoring - with pseudo -classical strings and cellos, plus acousticguitars.

FLIP: A much faster track, with athumping beat - but again an imagin-ative arrangement.

Bernard Cribbins"When I'm Sixty-Four"/"Oh My

Word" (Parlophone).Bears no comparison with the orig-

inal, of course - but it might havewider mass appeal with the uninitiated,because Bernie adopts a sort of vaude-ville approach.

You can almost picture him workingthe routine on stage. Catchy, bounceybeat, with clarinet obligato.

FLIP: A medium -pacer With a peppybeat and a romantic lyric. Gives Berniethe opportunity of proving that he canreally sing when he tries. Enjoyable.

FRANKIE VALLI"Can't Take My Eyes Off You"/"The

Trouble With Me" (Philips).Another solo disc from the lead singer

of the Four Seasons - with a Crewe -Gaudio number.

Despite the swinging rhythm, vibes,brass and handclaps, Frankle singsquietly and intimately at first - thoughbelts more strongly in the reprise.

FLIP: This time Frankle indulges ina touch of soul -singing. A pleading andintense slow ballad, with a heavy plodbeat. Don't think it quite comes off.

JOE BROWN.

MARVIN GAYE &TAMMI TERRELL

rAin't No Mountain High Enough"/"Give A Little Love" (Tamla-Motown).

After his hit duet with Kim Weston,Marvin Gaye teams with Tammi. Terrellon this one-and, to me, the outcomeis slightly disappointing,

It bubbles and fizzes, and nodoubt it'll go over big at disco-theques. But the tune's not out-standing, and we've heard it allbefore.FLIP: This is a different cup of tea!

A sensitive blues ballad, very slow andwarbled in heartfelt style with back-ground humming. A convincing rendi-tion.

FREDDIE AND THEDREAMERS

"Brown & Porters (Meat Exporters)Lorry"/"Little Brown Eyes"

(Columbia).A catchy little jingle of a song, as

you might expect from a John Carter -Geoff Stephens number. Actually, thelyric isn't as way-out as you mightthink-simply about a bloke who hitchesa lift to get to his girl friend. Still,it's pleasant and cute.

Infectiously handled by Freddie,with the Dreamers supplying fugal -type harmonies. Mid -tempo, bouncy-but not an obvious hit.FLIP: A gentle rhythmic ballad,

tenderly sung with a backing ofacoustic guitars, piano, flute and mutedbrass. Almost in the folk -beat idiom.Pretty!

CATCHYTURTLES

1 -"She'd Rather Be With Me"/"The Walking Song" (London).

MY first reaction to this Turtlessingle was that it didn't hit

me with such impact as " HappyTogether." Mind you, it's a greatsound-stimulating and exhilarat-ing, with a thundering big -bashbeat and a fairly catchy tune.

Enthusiastically sung with anirresistibly jaunty rhythm, but notquite so distinctive as the last one.Nevertheless, it's infectious andfun-and therefore it must standa chance.

FLIP: Not so tuneful, but moreindividual. An original approach toboth lyric and performance. Loadedwith gimmicks, and obviouslytongue-in-cheek.

POTTED POPSMURRAY HEAD: "She Was Perfec-

tion" (Immediate). A pulsatingthrobbing Mike Hurst sound on thisunusual shuffle -beat number. Self -penned, extremely appealing.

LEFT BANKE: "Ivy Ivy" (Philips).A poignant but rhythmic ballad.Opens gently like a folk song, butswells in the crescendo. Enchantingsong, charmingly sung.

KAYE SISTERS: "It Is No Secret"(Major Minor). A soothing, swayingrockaballad with an exotic Polynes-ian flavour. Lovely vocal blend. Re-ligious overtones in the lyric.

RAY MERRELL: "Chiquita Mia" (Col-umbia). A polished and stylish per-formance of a captivating liltingLatin ballad. Shimmering strings;romantic descriptive words.

AL MARTINO: "Mary In The Morning"(Capitol). The sweet -corn masterswitches to folk -beat. Dainty rhythm,bewitching lyric, background hum-ming and strings.

MARQUIS OF KENSINGTON: "TheChanging Of The Guard" (Immedi-ate). A novelty item in the 1920'svaudeville style. Amusing plum -in -the

mouth vocal, harpsichord prom-inent in the backing, steady stompbeat. Entertaining!

NIGEL HOPKINS: "Chelsea Bun"(Decca). A beaty slap -happy oom-pah instrumental with a martialflavour. Features exceptional solotrumpet work - and what sounds likeclattering spoons!

GLENN WESTON: "Let's Build AWorld Of Our Own" (Columbia). Amelodic up -tempo ballad, powerfullybelted by this promising newcomer,with a bustling backing.

DENNIS LOTIS: "Reaching For TheImpossible" (Polydor). A relaxedtreatment of a sentimental slow -liltballad. Sugary lyric, choir -and -stringsaccompaniment.

DON COVAY & THE GOODTIMERS:"40 Days -40 Nights" (Atlantic). Abreath -taking raver, with frenziedjerk beat and r -and -b shouting. Greatfor energetic dancers!

0. V. WRIGHT: "Eight Men, FourWomen" (London). A soulful slowblues -ballad with gospel chanting andheart-rending lyrics. The title refersto the members of a jury!

SPANKY & OUR GANG: "Sunday WillNever Be The Same" (Mercury). Alively bouncer with a modern ap-proach. Hummable, with falsettosand harmonies in the Beach Boysmould.

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SHOULD BE ILLEGALsays P. P. Arnold whto weda 1 6 !

" SOMEBODY," said dusky and delightful P. P. Arnold, " should banmarriage before the age of 20. I got married when I was 16. Who

really knows about love at that age? They should ban marriage then, theyreally should. I made the mistake-and I've been separated three years.

" I've got two lovely children back inthe States. One is two, the other isthree. I won't be seeing them tillSeptember. By then I'm hoping to buya nice big house in England and havethem come and live with me.

" A lot of people don't understand myattitude, being separated from my childrenso long. But I feel that at the moment, theyshould have a settled home.

" Then, when everything is fixed here,they can come here and oh, it'll be so great."

Her big eyes lit up with jay and sheleaned back on the settee in her Londonmews flat.

" I owe so much to Andrew Oldham andTony Calder and Mick Jagger," shevolunteered. " When I left the Ikettes anddecided to go solo, they offered me thechance to stay here and work.

Nothing to lose" I took it because I figured: ' What have

you got to lose ? You're going solo anyway.Maybe this will be your break.'

" It certainly looks like it's worked outthat way, because here I am with ' FirstCut Is The Deepest ' in the charts !

" Mind you, it wasn't that easy. Just afterI decided to stay, I became ill and I wentinto hospital. I don't really like to tell youabout it . . . it was my personals !

"For a while I thought I wasn't goingto have any career at all. But I got betterand I went to live in Epsom to recuperate.

"The trouble was, I guess everybodyforgot me for a while. So one day I justpacked all my things and came to London.I didn't have anywhere to stay, but I toldAndrew I just wanted to work.

" Now I have my own group, the Nice.

By ALAN SMITHYou like the flame? I think it's nice.

" They're a good group: the organistcame from the VIP's, the guitarist from theAttack, the drummer from Chris Farlowe,and the bass from the T -Bones.

" Also, while I was just in Germany 1found a second singer for the group, a littleguy who looks exactly like Mick Jagger butsings like Ray Charles. How about that ? ! "

Name is PatP. P. (" My name is Pat; I didn't like the

P. P. when it was suggested") is a shy,modest person who hasn't yet let showbusiness life make her cynical or sour.

She told me: " When I was in the Iketteswith Ike and Tina Turner, I joined as araw beginner and I hardly knew a thingabout life.

" Boy, it's different now !" I don't mean things are that bad in this

business . . life is the same wherever yougo, but in show business it's just a littlelarger. So I've spent my time sitting backand educating myself.

" Now, I don't see myself going back to the States to live. I'min love with England and the people. Everyone has been so goodto me here . . . they treat me so well and I just can't get over it.

I want to sing my heart out here. I always want to be asinger . . . to be a truly great singer you have to tear yourself upcompletely, to devote yourself.

" My two -and -a -half years with the Ikettes were the greatestexperience any girl singer could have had and now I'm looking somuch to the future I realise how invaluable it was.

" Ike and Tina? "She laughed, sipped a cup of tea, laughed again. " I don't have

any comment," said P. P. mysteriously, " except that Tina is a verylovely girl and I feel sorry for her."

I'm still trying to work that one out . . . .

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BRAND NEWTHE pop business, like any

other, thrives on somethingbrand new. I met a young manwho looks like Jimi Hendrix'sbrother the other day. He's Ameri-can Charles Lloyd and he claimsthat he had his gollywog hair -dolong before Jimi had his.

He's "outta Memphis", butdoesn't want to be labelled jazz orpop. "My music is outta space,"he says. "I learnt it playing insmall beer joints, which is slowdeath. Now I've transcended anddo only concerts. I want lots ofpeople to get my message."

Charles heads his quartet ontenor sax. "It sings for me, whenI'm not using my voice. It sings

about life here and now, singsexperiences, like 'Forest Flower,the cycle in the day of a flower.It means different things to eachlistener and I never play this longpiece exactly the same twice. Iput my listeners in a trance."

In California, Charles, who is29, is happy that he's got therock groups and rock supporterscheering for him. He wants tounite the jazz and the pop fansinto one. His first chance inBritain is at London's smallishQueen Elizabeth Hall on June 17.

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Track -by -track ofHOLLIES' EVOLUTION

rirHE Hollies must take a big bow for their latest - and best - LP," Evolution." Specially Graham Nash, Allan Clarke and Tony

Hicks for composing all the 12 rousing and interesting times.They've also brought into it added

instrumentation on nine tracks,which is mostly deep brass and isdirected by ex -Manfred Mann leadguitarist, Mike Vickers. RonRichards produced the disc for Par-lophone, and the startling coverdesign is by Holland's surrealisticSimon and Marijke, aided by photo-grapher Karl Ferris. Altogether anear- and eye-opening production.

SIDE ONETHEN THE HEARTACHES

BEGIN* is an up -tempo, harmonytrack, the boys singing about anended romance (the subject ofseveral tracks), with a harmonicaor organ which sounds like a bag-pipe adding to the driving rhythm.

STOP RIGHT THERE* has soft,sultry singing about a girl thesinger (Graham) is crazy about.a gipsy violin plays in the instru-mental backing to add to the ro-mantic thoughts of the boy.

WATER ON THE BRAIN* is aswinger about a "drip, drip, it'sdriving me wild" inside the boy'shead. Deep -throated instrumentalsounds behind makes this exciting.

LULLABY TO TIM* makes youthink the record player has gonewrong. It's just that the vocal isdistorted because the song is abouta dream, with quiet, dream-likemusic in the backing.

HAVE YOU EVER LOVED SOME-BODY is pure Hollies, up -tempoand happy sounding, with anattacking vocal about someoneremembering about a crashedromance and asks: "have youever loved all night?"

YOU NEED LOVE* features achoral effect, the vocalists shout-ing at times and sounding a littlehysterical as they sing a drivingsong about a boy who, when tiredand worn out, is revived when hisgirl runs to him.

SIDE TWORAIN ON THE WINDOW* is an-

other descriptive piece like WaterOn The Brain. The boy is lookingout at the rain on the window andsaying how the pitter-patter re-minds him of his girl. Wind in-struments are used in an echoeffect rather tellingly, and thevocalists keep the words 'Pitter-patter' going over and over again.

HEADING FOR A FALL* is sungon the off -beat and is mostappealing. About a boy hypnotisedby a girl's beauty and knows it'sbad for him. Deep organ soundbehind it all is good.

YE OLDE TOFFEE SHOPPE*spotlights a harpsichord to get theOlde English feeling as a sweetshop and old lady who owns itis sung about. It develops into apleasing gavotte.

WHEN YOUR LIGHT'S TURN ONis a rousing, up -tempo Hollies-only piece with strident guitars tothe fore as a song about a girlwho isn't afraid to tell a boyabout all his many failings Is sungby the boy who admits "Every-thing you say about me gets righthome, that's why I put up withyou."

LEAVE ME. Organ pours out a deepbeat behind this song, whichmakes a plea to a girl to leave theboy alone.

THE GAMES WE PLAY* is asaucy song which might getparents wondering! To a ravingrhythm backing, the boy is singingto his girl about what their re-spective parents think about themgoing together, then shatters theillusion they have with "If yourfamily only knew the game wePlay!" Sometime the Hollies lyricsreally strike home at everydayteen life, don't they? Or do they?Anyway, here is another pulsat-

ing, Imaginative, varied album from

;LPs ByALLENEVANS

a group considered one of the bestin the pop world today. It's the bestthey've done, I think. Only one ques-tion remains in my mind - as ninetracks have 'extra instrumentation'behind them (indicated by *) canthe Hollies do these on tour?

**** 16 BIG HITS - Vol. 5(Tamla-Motown).

What a great collection of talentBerry Gordy's Tamla company has.Not only top stars on this disc, buttop tunes written largely by theirown composers, including the famousHolland brothers, Dozier, Robinson,Stevenson and Gordy himself. Andthe Tamla beat is here in variousthrobbing pulsations. Sixteen tracks

. . . and here they are . . .Artists and titles: Four Tops (Baby

I Need Your Loving); Marvelettes(Too Many Fish In Sea); Miracles(That's What Love Is Made Of);Supremes (Baby Love, Let Me GoThe Right Way); Marvin Gaye(I'm Crazy 'Bout My Baby, TryIt Baby; and with Mary Wells -What's The Matter With YouBaby, and Once Upon A Time);Mary Wells (Two Lovers, MyGuy); Martha and Vandellas (InMy Lonely Room); Contours (CanYou Jerk Like Me); Temptations(I'll Be In Trouble); Shorty Long(Devil With A Blue Dress); Jr.Walker and All Stars (Hot Cha).

****TONY'S GREATEST HITS(CBS).

Anyone who has been luckyenough to see Tony Bennett withthe Basie orchestra will know heis the greatest 'make -it -look easy'singer today. Tony is such a perfec-tionist I'm not surprised he hadFrank Sinatra writing in 'Life':

.. best singer in the business . .he excites me, when I watch him-he moves me." Here are 12 of hisbest recordings on one LP, standoutsprobably being (I Left My Heart)In San Francisco and If I Ruled TheWorld, but all are good.Other titles: I Wanner Be Around,

Quiet Night Of Quiet Stars, WhenJoanna Loved Me, Moment OfTruth, Who Can I Turn To, GoodLife, Taste Of Honey, This Is AllI Ask, Once Upon A Time, Best IsYet To Come.

*** ORBISONGS (Monument).A compact way of announcing an-

other Roy Orbison LP, with thesinger offering some of his owncompositions, notably PrettyWoman, Sentimental and You're MyGirl. To these and five other of hissongs, he adds rousing versions ofGene Pitney's 22 Days, Don Gibson'sI'd Be A Legend In My Time, andLee's Let The Good Times Roll.Recorded some time ago and re-leased last year in America.Other titles: Dance, Goodnight,

Nightlife, Yo Te Amo Maria,Wedding Day, Sleepy Hollow.

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Let's hope there is a denial about .

SUPREMES BREAK-UPTHE Supremes are the world's most successful female vocal group. They rank in the

feminine world almost equal to the Beatles in the male category. Yet there seems to bedoubt about their future.

It has been reported thatFlorence Ballard (who with MaryWilson makes the harmonisingsounds when not joining in thewords with lead singer DianaRoss) may quit the group. NME'sHollywood correspondent TracyThomas reported that Florencemissed an important HollywoodBowl show and her place wastaken by Cindy Birdsong of PattyLaBelle and the Bluebells.

Of course, Tamla-Motown has thegreatest artist replacement pool inthe world. Performers are told thatwhen they join the Motown universityof pop they are expected to helpeveryone in the organisation for theoverall benefit of dear old TA.

So if Florence left the group I'msure there would be several girls whocould step in. But it does lessen theappeal when a member leaves. Andit cuts off a lot of publicity as faras photographs are concerned, be -

says ANDY GRAYcause all the thousands of picturestaken of the famous trio would beout of date because one memberhad left.

We at NME know only too wellthe chaos it causes when a memberleaves a group. Pictures cannot beused because of it and until, thenew member is pictured with thegroup he's joined, the group sufferspicture -wise.No confirmation or denial was

forthcoming from Tamla's head-quarters about Florence, so we don'tknow if she'll leave or not. We hopenot.

The Supremes will survive, ofcourse. If Diana Ross were to leavethat would be different. And late lastyear someone did seem to try tobreak up the group by suggestingthat Diana was leaving.

The girls were hoaxed by an un-known New York girl. This

audacious lady rang up a deejay andconned him into thinking that DianaRoss was definitely quitting to marryher (and Tamla's) boss, Berry Gordy.The girl posed as Diana's secretaryand told the jockey she was givinghim the big exclusive scoop of theyear.

He flashed the false news far andwide. It was picked up by otherdeejays and newsmen and relayed on.Cables started flying round the world,one from NME's New York corres-pondent June Harris to our officein London. We checked with BarneyAles, a top executive in Motown,and he denied it.

"It's not right. It's wrong! Verywrong!" he stormed over the trans-atlantic wire. "Someone is trying tolouse up the act. It makes moremoney than any other female actin the world and someone doesn'tlike that. The hint they'd break uphas forced us to cable bookers allover the world. The girls are workingtill 1968 solid."

HOLLYWOOD CALLING B;11 MAC:HIPPLE Hollywood turned out in full regaliathis week as the Whisky A Go Go booked

the Byrds for a six -day stand.They gave one of their most polished

performances in months for the wild, parkedhouse. Perhaps they took the manyadmonitions to rehearse to heart!

Supporting Doors group and Buffalo Spring-field jammed the old Whisky before the Byrdsarrived.

Owner Elmer Valentine seemed pleased atthe big turn -out for the rock group, but hasnevertheless booked the Four Tops andMiracles for upcoming months.LASHED record producer Phil Spector isr returning to the pop music world!

Herb Alpert's independent record company

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *Top: ANDREW OLDHAM, as one of theBoard of Governors of the Monterey PopFestival, attends a meeting but keeps hishat on. Left: Not Leslie Caron, butMICHELLE PHILLIPS, of the Mamas andPapas, who has become a secretary tohelp the festival. Andrew is now back in

London.* * * * * * * * * * * * * *

has signed Spector to an a -and -r contract.Meanwhile, his temporarily -inactive Philles

Records plans to release a new Ike and TinaTurner record next month, titles not yetannounced.

MONKEE Peter Tork banjo-ed again thisweek at the Troubadour hoot night.

For 15 minutes he entertained the crowdwith several country, bluegrass selections,including a banjo solo, showcasing his pickin'prowess.

(He plays banjo on the new Monkee albumon one of Mike Nesmith's tracks, " You ToldMe.")

INDIAN sitarist Ravi Shankar opened hisKinnara School of Musk this week in

Hollywood.Following a concert at Los Angeles' Music

Centre Sunday for an audience full ofHollywood musicians and actors (PeterFonda, Byrds, etc.) , Shankar began groupclasses on Monday.

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SUPREMES (I to r) MARY WILSON, DIANABut it did come out that Berry

Gordy, whom I had known in Lon-don as a married man with threelovely children (who own in trustthe Tamla music company, worthmillions!) had had his marriage endedby divorce and was the constantcompanion of Diana.

TragedyHowever, Barney denied most

emphatically the rumour that thegolden girls would break up. It wouldbe a tragedy for pop music if theydid, for they have been riding on acloud of success, with hit after hit-"You Can't Hurry Love," "YouKeep Me Hangin' On," "Love IsHere And Now You're Gone" and"The Happening."

The girls are remarkable for thespeed in which they make records.Berry Gordy told me when he visitedLondon: "They are the one-two takegirls. They've always had their words,phrases and rhythms perfect beforethey come to the studio to record. Itsaves a lot of money on studio sessiontime . . . . and as the girls are ingreat demand everywhere, their time,too."

They live in the millionaire sectionof Detroit, where each has bought aColonial styled house within a fewhundred yards of each other, and notfar from the studios.

They are all 24 now and have been

ROSS and FLORENCEsinging together for seven years. Atthe age of 16 they invaded BerryGordy's office at Tamla-Motown andbegged him to let them make a record.Berry looked at their school books,their hair in ribbons, and said: "Comeback when you leave school."

A year or so later, Berry was inCanada (just over the border fromDetroit) at a show and saw the samegirls in it. Gone were the ribbons andschool books. In place were sophisti-cated young ladies in lovely gowns.And, more important, singing togetherwith exciting harmony. Their actbrought them three encores, Berryremembers.

He got backstage quickly and askedthem to drop round to Tamla as soonas possible. He signed them and saystoday: "They have helped to make mycompany one of the largest in theworld. They are the top act of manytop acts."

Tamla has, of course, such stars asMartha and the Vandellas, the FourTops, the Temptations, Stevie Wonder,Marvin Gaye and many more-but theSupremes are the supreme act!

I've met the girls several times inthe past four years-since their fourbig hits-"Where Did Our Love Go,""Baby Love," "Stop In The Name OfLove" and "Come See About Me"-took Europe by storm, and made theworld Tamla-Motown sound conscious.

I've found them always charmingand disarming.

Diana Ross is the youngest Supremeby a few months, yet she's the boss."I make the decisions and look after

BALLARD.the other girls. I handle the money.too. I know exactly what we're worthand sometimes I can't believe it, it'sso much. But we still take an allowanceeach week and usually have some overat the end of it, chiefly because wehave so little time to spend money."

I congratulated her on the smartnessof herself and the Other girls, wearingidentical costumes. "We always wearthe same clothes. We're a team, yousee, and we believe in looking smart,off stage as well as on.

"I used to make all our clothesbefore we got well known. Now wecan buy clothes or have them made forus, and I haven't time to make them,anyway, though I still design themand I'm very critical of the sewingbefore I pay out for clothes.

Soothing"I majored at school in dressmaking,

but most of the time now I knit. Itcalms my nerves, though I have tostop so often because of interruptionslike the phone and having to go outsuddenly, it takes me a time to finishanything. But I'll knit you a pair ofsocks for Christmas. What size areyou?"

I told her and she made a note ofit. But I'm not expecting them.

"We love shopping and do as muchas we can round the world. We likelots of shoes. We're all size 7, butcan't wear each others, because weall have different width fittings. But

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