New Musical Express

January 1968

6 January No. 1095  
Smith, Alan Anita’s ‘Loving’ Is Thrice Beautiful [Anita Harris’ new LP] 2
Evans, Allen Mike Nesmith Emerges as THE Voice of ‘Pisces’ Album 2
Evans Allen Review of LPs [Tom Jones, Allen Price, Ted Heath, and others] 2
Johnson, Eric Top Albums of 1967 [#1-The Sound of Music Soundtrack] 2
Drummond, Norrie I Still Say Beatles’ ‘Tour’ Was Entertaining/NME readers respond/quotes from Paul 3
Johnson, Derek Top Singles 4
n.a. NME Top 30 [#1- Hello Goodbye, The Beatles] 5
n.a. Britain’s Top 15 LPs [#1-Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, The Beatles] 5
n.a. Top 10 Five Years Ago/ Top 10 Ten Years Ago 5
n.a. Best-Selling Pop Records in US [#1- Hello Goodbye, The Beatles] 5
n.a. Tom Jones with Diana and Supremes in Palladium TV 6
n.a. Tom Jones is Cilla TV guest; to S. Africa 6
n.a. Two Sinatras’ TV date, Bee Gees on BBC-2 6
n.a. Monkees’ Peter, Davy in town 6
n.a. 208 Shocks- Big Changes, New DJ’s 6
n.a. Ill: Bee Gees, A Move, Herd, Frankie, Shad 7
n.a. Big Tony Blackburn- Freeman TV Battle Looms 7
n.a. Pet Clark to Star in Western: Waxes Reed-Mason Tunes; Concerts Later? 7
n.a. New Releases—Mann, Move, Amen, Trems, Proby, Geno, Herd, Kinks; Scott Row 7
n.a. Cliff’s Week on Radio 1, Host of Other Stars Set 7
n.a. Full 1967 Points Table [#1- Englebert Humperdink] 8
Johnson, Derek New Musical ExpressWorld-Famous Chart Survey: Hump and Tom Give Ballads Biggest Boost for Years 8-9
n.a. Singles of the Year [#1- Last Waltz, Englebert Humperdink] 9
n.a. Chart Toppers of 1967 [#1- Englebert Humperdink 12 weeks] 9
Smith, Alan Live TV Frightens Me, But I Love It [Petula Clark] 10
Altham, Keith Small Faces Star Steve Marriott Declares ‘Tin Soldier’ the Real Us 10
Harris, June America Calling: February ‘Pinocchio’ Month for Peter [Herman] Noone 10
Thomas, Tracy America Calling: Butterfield Comeback 10
Drummond, Norrie Monkees Peter and Davy Hide-out 11
n.a. Shadows Make Time Go by so Swiftly [NME concert reviews of The Shadows, The Bachelor’s Show, The King Brothers] 11
 
 
  Carolyn Anderson, 3 April 2002  
     
January 13th No. 1096
Barry Cawtheray Brothers Again: Filming the Walker Brothers Japan Visit [Gary, Scott, and John] 2
Nick Logan All About the Ghostly Gibbs [Bee Gees] 3,14
Alan Smith Peter’s Part in TV Series Will Change [Peter Tork] 4
Keith Altham Jim Capaldi Talks About Traffic Life Without Dave [Jim Capaldi, Dave Mason] 5
Keith Skues Life-lines of Keith Skues [Keith Skues] 5
Chris Denning Chris Denning’s Top Ten [Mary Wells, Supremes, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Beatles, Ike and Tina Turner, Four Seasons, Four Tops, Cilia Black] 5
Derek Johnson Top Singles Reviewed [Tremeloes, Louis Armstrong, Young Rascals, Tamla, Manfred Mann, Hank Marvin, Don Charles, Kelly Lynch, Marty Wilde, Glen Campbell, Cliff Richard, Shadows, Eddy Arnold, Roger Whittaker, Letterman, etc.] 6
n.a. NME Top 30 [Beatles, Monkees, etc.]; British Top 15 LPs [Four Tops, Rolling Stones, etc.]; 5 Years Ago: Top Ten [Shadows, Elvis Presley, etc.]; 10 Years Ago: Top Ten [Jerry Lee Lewis, Frank Sinatra, etc.]; and Best Selling Records in U.S. [Beatles, Aretha Franklin, etc.] 7
n.a. Donovan, Host of Radio 1 Stars [Donovan] 8
n.a. Holly Tracks Row – Now Old Pitney, Orbison Tracks [Buddy Holly, Norman Petty, Roy Orbison, Gene Pitney, Jerry Lee Lewis, Roger Miller] 8
n.a. Pop-Liners [Don Wardell, Gordon Waller, Dave Dee, etc] 8
n.a. Stop Press [Tom Jones] 8
n.a. Pop-Packed TV Shows Coming Up Soon [Supremes, Long John Baldry, the Tremeloes, the Bachelors, Anita Harris] 8
n.a. Dusty and Dud [Dusty Springfield, Dudley Moore] 8
n.a. Tony Bennett Dates [Tony Bennet] 8
n.a. Ringo Solo TV Debut in Cilla Show Debut [Ringo Starr, Cilla Black] 8
n.a. Scott, Gary Japan Return – No John [Walker Brothers] 8
n.a. Eric’s Two-Part Stereo 45 [Eric Burdon, Animals] 8
n.a. New Discs: Patriotism Plus [Dave Clark, Tamla, Marvin Gaye, Roy Orbison, the Equals, etc.] 8,9
n.a. Monkees Plan ‘Magical’ TV Shows, Interviews [Peter Tork] 8,9
n.a. Sunday TV Pop Chat [Alan Price, Ray and Dave Davies, Cat Stevens] 8,9
n.a. Traffic Tour of Decision [Traffic] 9
n.a. Dave Dee – M.U. Rhodesia Row [Dave Dee] 9
n.a. Herd Package With John Fred and Love Affair [The Herd, John Fred and his Playboy Band] 9
n.a. Baldry British Concert Tour and World Trip, ‘Heartaches’ Sequel [Long John Baldry] 9
n.a. McKenzie, Gentry, Sarah, Satch to Italy, May Also Visit Britain [Scott McKenzie, Bobbie Gentry, Sarah Vaughan, the Four Seasons, Wilson Pickett, Dionne Warwick, Louis Armstrong] 9
n.a. George in India [George Harrison] 9
n.a. Plastics Wax Beatles [Beatles] 9
Nick Logan Aretha Franklin’s Gospel Roots [Aretha Franklin] 10
Derek Johnson More Singles Reviewed [Tony Blackburn, American Breed, Amen Corner] 10
Derek Johnson Potted Pops [Billy Nicholls, Lee Harmer’s Popcorn, Ramsey Lewis, Cedars, Esquires, The Shoes] 10
Norrie Drummond Dave Clark’s Love Scene Will Make You Sit Up [Dave Clark Five, Monika Dietrich] 11
n.a. How Our Discs Are Selling Round the World [Australia, Holland, France, Malaysia, Singapore, Beirut, Puerto Rico] 11
n.a. Who’s Where [Engelbert Humperdink, Frankie Vaughan, Bachelors, Vince Hill, Lonnie Donegan, New Vaudeville Band, Matt Munro, Dusty Springfield, Peter, Paul, and Mary] 11
Allen Evans Impressive First Album From Herd [The Herd] 12
Allen Evans LPs [Bobbie Gentry, Cat Stevans, Seekers, Shadows, Frankie Vaughan, Gene Pitney, Eddie Cochran, etc.] 12
Norrie Drummond Love Affair in Dock as Chart News Came [The Love Affair] 13
Alan Smith John Fred Sounds Like Negro Soulster [John Fred] 13
Keith Altham Plastic Penny Make It With ‘Wrong Number’ [Plastic Penny] 13
Neil Smith Tremeloes Cartoon [Tremeloes] 14
Norrie Drummond Over Big Hurdel [Bretton Wood] 14
The Alley Cat Tailpieces [Diana Ross, Supremes, Monkees, Beatles, etc.] 16
Andy Gray At Luton Cesar’s Palace: Lulu’s a Lulu! [Lulu] 16
Tony Bromley From You to Us [Rolling Stones, Four Tops, The Doors, Chuck Berry, etc.] 16
Toby Rappaport—8 April 2002
     
January 20th No. 1097
Barry Cawtheray Brothers No More: Concluding Barry Cawtheray’s Account of the Walkers’ Japanese Tour [Walker Brothers] 2
n.a. More early Bee Gee Pics [Bee Gees] 2
Keith Altham Rolling Stone Charlie Watts Takes Over Mansion of First Archbishop of Canterbury [Charlie Watts] 3
Alan Smith World-wide Dusty Hasn’t Forgotten British Fans [Dusty Springfield] 3
Derek Johnson Top Singles Reviewed [The Foundations, Felice Taylor, Righteous Brothers, Marvelettes, Sonny and Cher, Herb Alpert, P.J. Proby, The Majority, Love, The Loot, Roy Orbison, Denny Laine, Bruce Forsyth, etc.] 4
Derek Johnson Potted Pops [Jim Webb, Rudi Bennet, Enchanted Forest, Harry Belafonte, Mike Curtis, Mike Yarwood, Tim Buckley, Tommy Hunt, Maureen Evans, Captain Beefheart, etc.] 4
n.a. NME Top 30 [Georgie Fame, Four Tops, Monkees, etc.]; Britain’s Top 15 LPs [Beatles, Rolling Stones, Four Tops, etc.]; 5 Years Ago [Shadows, Elvis Presley, Cliff Richard, etc.]; 10 Years Ago [Jerry Lee Lewis, Everly Brothers, Frank Sinatra, etc.]; and Best Selling Pop Records in U.S. [John Fred and His Playboy Band, Aretha Franklin, Beatles, etc.] 5
n.a. ‘Family Choice’ Shorter – More Tony Blackburn [Tony Blackburn] 6
n.a. More Pop-Packed TV [Petula Clark, Cilla Black, The Foundations, Long John Baldry, Ken Dodd, the Tremeloes, Tom Jones, Gene Pickney, Eric Burdon, Matt Monro, etc.] 6
n.a. Solomon With Dodd [Solomon King] 6
n.a. Pop-Liners [Rog Whitaker, Flowerpot Men, Long John Baldry, Easybeats, etc] 6
n.a. World Music Event at Palma, Majorca [Georgie Fame, Bee Gees, Dusty Springfield, Long John Baldry, Lulu, Scott Walker, the Who, the Tremeloes, Petula Clark, etc.] 6
n.a. Plastic Penny Dates [Plastic Penny] 6
n.a. Matt ToT Definite [Matt Monro] 6
n.a. Cat-Mike Hurst Split [Cat Stevens, Mike Hurst] 6
n.a. London Concert, Europe Trips [Moody Blues] 6
n.a. Manfred ‘Junction’ LP [Manfred Mann] 6
n.a. Move British, America Tours [the Move] 6
n.a. Solomon Cabaret [Solomon King] 6
n.a. New Traffic Movie Song, World Plans Finalised [Traffic] 6,7
n.a. Fame: Taylor-Burton Film Theme [Georgie Fame] 6,7
n.a. Beatles to Make Third U-A Contract Film [Beatles] 6,7
n.a. Bassey Only Briton [Shirley Bassey] 7
n.a. Clapham “Junction” [Manfred Mann, Mike Hugg] 7
n.a. Brenton Wood, Conley Visits [Arthur Conley, Brenton Wood] 7
n.a. Bee Gees’ Secret Jet Trip to Hanover – Award [Bee Gees] 7
n.a. Throggs Go East [The Throggs] 7
n.a. Francoise’s Visit [ Francoise Hardy] 7
n.a. Ifield Up and Away [Frank Ifield] 7
n.a. And Their Full Tour Dates [Bee Gees] 7
n.a. Hit Team Tries Again [Tony Macaulay, John Macleod, Long John Baldry, the Foundations] 7
n.a. Big 1968 For Dusty: Three U.S. Trips, TV, Tour, Clubs [Dusty Springfield] 7
n.a. Trems, Trogss, Move, Eric, Dee and Co. on Radio 1 [The Tremeloes, the Troggs, the Move, the Marmalade, Eric Burden, the Flowerpot Men, the Easybeats, the Settlers, Cliff Bennet, Rebel Rousers, etc.] 7
n.a. ‘Last Waltz’ Duo Pens Tom Single [Tom Jones, Engelbert Humperdinck] 7
n.a. Procol’s First U.S. Concerts [Procol Harum] 7
n.a. Freddie-Dreamers Surprise [Freddie and the Dreamers] 7
n.a. Belgians Mob Herd [The Herd] 7
Alan Smith Question-time with Big Sound’s Simon Dupree [Simon Dupree and the Big Sound] 8
n.a. Who’s Where [Engelbert Humperdinck, Frankie Vaughan, Bachelors, Vince Hill, Des O’Connor, Lonnie Donegan, New Vaudeville Band, Supremes, Peter, Paul and Mary] 8
n.a. New to the Charts [Solomon King, Engelbert Humperdinck] 8
Norrie Drummond After 20 Years, Solomon Makes the Hit Parade [Solomon King] 8
Keith Altham Georgie Fame No. 1 Again [Georgie Fame] 9
Tony Bromley From You to Us [Monkees, Moody Blues, the Byrds, etc.] 9
Nick Logan Hit Means Love Affair Get Attacked [Love Affair] 9
Nick Logan Tony and Jackie Even Take Their Tape Recorder to Bed with Them! [Tony Hatch, Jackie Trent, Petula Clark, etc.] 10
n.a. Life-lines of Bob Holness [Bob Holness] 10
The Alley Cat Tailpieces [Bee Gees, the Rolling Stones, Johnny Mathis, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Georgie Fame, etc.] 12
Allen Evans LPs [Dave Clark Five, the Supremes, the Who] 12
Keith Altham Air Crash Lyric May Be Who’s Next Single [The Who] 12
Toby Rappaport—8 April 2002
     
January 27 No. 1098  
Alan Smith Supremes Live it up in London 2
Norrie Drummond Engelbert World’s Greatest Worrier 3
n.a. Love Affair Still Pinching Themselves 3
Keith Skues Keith Skues’ Top Ten 3
Nick Logan Herd-a-Week: First of a Brilliant New Series 4
Keith Altham Plastic Penny Put ‘Scratch’ On Record 5
 n.a. Symbols Faith has Paid Off 5
Derek Johnson Top Singles Reviewed by Derek Johnson: Bee Gees, Spooky Tooth, Neil Diamond, The Animals, James Brown, Dubliners, Frankie Valli, Sam the Sham, Buckinghams, Gene Latter, James Royal, Grapefruit, Graham Bonney, Warm Sounds, The Human Beinz, Chris Andrews 6
n.a. NME Top 30: 1. Love Affair “Everlasting Love”, 2.The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde “Georgie Fame”, 3.Engelbert Humperdinck “Am I That Easy to Forget”, 4.Monkees “Daydream Believer”, 5.Four Tops “Walk Away Renee”, etc. 7
n.a. Dupree in 3-D Movie Musical 8
n.a. Kink Dave [Davies] Solo Dates – But No Group Split 8
n.a. Love Affair Tour, Sunday Concerts 8
n.a. Herman[‘s Hermits] Europe Package – British Spring Tour 8
n.a. Sandie, Lulu TV Series, No Seekers 8-9
n.a. Des, Mireille TV Series 8-9
n.a. Streisand Man to Wax Anita [Harris] and Philharmonic ‘Beatles’ LP 8-9
n.a. Pet [Petula Clark] Meets the Queen 9
n.a. Five Group Blitz on U.S.: But Jimi Handrix Ban Mars Visit 9
Norrie Drummond Bob Dylan’s Been Good to U.S., Says the Manfreds 10
Keith Altham Small Faces Shatter Old Image 11
June Harris John Fred British Tour Most Unlikely 11
Andy Gray Everyone’s Happy Here [Cannes] 12
Nick Logan What Stirs Inside Cream 13
Allen Evans LPs 13
“Alley Cat” Tailpieces 14
Audrey Daniel, 3 April 2002