New Musical Express

February 1968

3 February No. 1099  
Nick Logan  Herd-a-Week: Gary Taylor 2
John Fred John Fred Writes Personally about his Playboy Sound 3
Alan Smith Supremes Heart Chat! 3
Derek Johnson Top Singles Reviewed: Frank Ifield, Three Great Gals, Temptations, Frugal Sound, Equals, Lovin’ Spoonful, Mike Lennox, Rufus Thomas, Impressions, Peter Sarsted, Jack Jones, Ian Whitcomb, Genesis 4
Allen Evans LPs 4
n.a. NME Top 30:
1. Love Affair “Everlasting Love”
2. Engelbert Humperdinck, “Am I That Easy to Forget”
3. John Fred and his Playboy Band, “Judy in Disguise”
4. The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde “Georgie Fame”
5. Manfred Mann, “Mighty Quinn”
5
n.a. Small Faces Likely to Join April Love Affair – Gary Walker Tour 6
n.a. British Discs Bring More U.S. Gold 6
n.a. Soul Appearances 6
n.a. [Eric] Burdon: Customs Clash and U.S. Departure Hitch 6
n.a. Kinks – Trems – Herd Package…and Foundations Join Bee Gees Tour 6-7
n.a. Offers Flood in for Blues – Tour Plans 6-7
n.a. Troggs, Baldry, Moody Blues, Bassey, Sandie TV Coming Up 6-7
n.a. Supremes Wax in Britain – Concert Tour Planned 7
n.a. Dave Mason Solo, Traffic Next; Scott, Fred LPs; Bassey, Troggs 7
n.a. Change of Mind: Symbols to U.S. 7
n.a. U.S., French, Israeli Stars for Britain 7
n.a. Amen [Corner] Hated Original ‘Bend Me’ 8
Andy Gray Tom [Jones] Made up for British Gala Shambles 8
Alan Smith Our Kid (Paul) Helped Us Says Scaffold Mike [McGear] 9
 Keith Altham Moody Blues Deserve Much Greater Success 9
Alan Smith Trems Will Make Tribal Songs Into Hits 10
“Alley Cat” Tailpieces 12
June Harris Beatles Will Sound Better Still – Says the Maharish 12
Nick Logan Bob Dylan LP 12
 
 
  Audrey Daniel—3 April 2002  
     
10 February No. 1100  
Wells, Alan  A million seller for Brenton after 11 years 2
Logan, Nick 20 years before Solomon found golden touch 2
n.a. Tony turns the tables 2
Altham, Keith Manfred’s Michael desperately tries to find himself  3
n.a. Rowdy press reception for Jimi 4
n.a. Peter’s house guests are Karen, her husband and baby 4
Smith, Alan Anita: follow-up a big problem 5
n.a. Magnificent Bassey gives everything 6
n.a. Dave Dee’s bound to be a smash 6
n.a. Good, but it’s not Otis’ best 6
n.a. May-12 poll concert day 8
n.a. Vaughan TV campaign: concerts, west end? 8
n.a. Cliff, dusty ‘talk of the town’ set 8
n.a. Pop names on TV 8
n.a. Million-dollar Bee Gees in 25-city U.S. package 9
n.a. Solomon stays in Britain-four big stage offers 9
n.a. D-js could give Tuesday’s Children a hit 10
Logan, Nick Andrew Steele 11
Altham, Keith Alan Price fought back 13
Bromley, Tony From you to us 13
n.a. Pop stars play soccer 14
Smith, Alan Foundations an unusual ‘Bunch’ 14
n.a. Tail Pieces 16
n.a. Beatle-backed grapefruit 16
n.a. Paul aids Leicester student’s festival 16
 
 
  Alex Dayton* — April 2002  
     
17 February No. 1101  
Gray, Andy Why no gold medals for pop stars in Grenoble? 2
Logan, Nick Move lead rock revival 3
n.a. Lovely Alan Price, sprawled out on floor 4
n.a. Rosie brings Don in from the cold 4
n.a. U.S. No. 1 comes in at 24 4
Smith, Alan Amen Corner 5
Smith, Alan Esther and Abi-in at 14! 5
n.a. Lyric may hold back the Troggs 6
n.a. Dave Clark head for top ten again 6
n.a. Can Val break the TV rule? 6
n.a. Love affair: music union stand-in ban? 8
n.a. Major ‘Xanadu’ movie for Dave Dee group 8
n.a. Clark offered Peter in Hollywood movie 9
n.a. Tom: Bournemouth Palladium offers 9
n.a. Cilla Black: four variety seasons 9
n.a. Deffinitely another hit for Donovon 10
n.a. It’s Elvis the Pelvis! 10
Altham, Keith Small Faces sink Australia 11
Logan, Nick Peter Frampton tired of being the face of ’68 12
Logan, Nick Going big-time could end us, say status 13
Smith, Alan Thank u Scaffold 14
n.a. Gary Leeds-a year to prepare for chart battle 14
n.a. No chat Lulu-a triumph 16
n.a. Tailpieces 16
 
 
  Alex Dayton* — April 2002  
     
     
24 February No. 1102  
Logan, Nick Spotlight on the Move…Roy Wood and Bev Bevan 2
Smith, Alan Rockefella Wed Cinderella to Get Her Out of the Army [Phillips Chief Leslie Gould Toasts Esther and Abi Ofarim’s Success] 3
Green, Richard Dave Dee Whip Is Bottle on Guitar [Dave Dee] 4
Johnson, Derek Top Singles Reviewed [Dave Manson, Cat Stevens, Traffic, Robert Knight, Dorian Gray, Tom Jones, and Others] 6, 10
n.a. Charts NME Top 30, #1: Mighty Quinn—Manfred Mann
Britain’s Top 15 LPs, #1:Supremes Greatest Hits—Supremes
5 Years Ago, #1: The Wayward Wind—Frank Ifeid
10 Years Ago, #1: The Story of My Life—Michael Holliday
7
n.a. [Tours, Releases, Films, Etc.-Robert Knight, Mike Nesmith, Esther and Obi Ofarim, Dave Clark Five, The Kinks, Jefferson Airplane, The Doors, and Others] 8,9
Altham, Keith Restless Sandie, Twenty-one in Chart and Years! [Sandie Shaw] 10
Evans, Allen LP’s Reviewed [The Cowsills, Ivy League, Fleetwood Mac, Ventures, and Others] 10
Logan, Nick Bee Gees ‘Words’ Mystery [Bee Gees] 12
Moses, Ann
Harris, June
A Page From America [Jimi Hendrix, Hollies, Grahame Nash, Manfred Mann, Tom Jones, Peter York, and Others] 13
Altham, Keith Mr. Mann Plays it Humble [Manfred Mann] 14
n.a. From You to US [Edited by Tony Bromley] 14
Alley Cat Tailpieces [Tom Jones, Manfred Mann, Peter Tork, John McKay, Mike Rossi, Solomon King, and Others] 16
 
 
Josh Elman—April 2002