"The Bob Henrit interview: 'I don't advocate drugs for anything, it's just the circumstances we were labouring under — it was the only thing to do. I mean I was doing three drum solos a night.'
Is it necessary to have an enormous drum kit?
'I think it is, yeah.'"
(Sept)
"Don't be Voog, ask for Moog."
(August)
"Valve amps £1 per watt."
Ad, Milton Keynes Music (August)
"The high spot of the Rubettes act is when John Richardson and the guitarist do a drum duet — which has to be seen to be believed!!"
(Sept)
"The following two articles are worth reading for the insight they give people who have actually played a synthesizer."
Synthesizers Unravelled (Sept)
"This album should prove to doubters that the Sutherland Brothers and Quiver are a force to be reckoned with in British Pop Music."
Tony Bacon (now One Two Testing)
"Wearing a floral smoking jacket, tapered Levi's and knee length boots, Keith Moon arrived..."
(October)
"IM: How do you find the aluminium neck's sliding ability when you sweat?
Jerry Garcia: 'I don't sweat.'"
(Aug)
"Buy a set of Sound City strings and get a 'Pluck Me!' T-Shirt for only 65p."
Ad (December)
"£100 a week for miners?... What's your union doing for you?"
(May)
"In the past, synthesizer recordings have tended to use the flashiest and most dramatic 'electronic' sounds available. I'm pleased to see that they are now advancing to the stage where the synthesizer is used more as a musical instrument and less as a gimmick."
Review of Yamaha GX1 (Feb)
"The Auto-Tune drum set is probably the most logical development in percussion since the plastic head..."
Bob Henrit (October)
"Roland are a comparatively new name to the European keyboard scene..."
Frankfurt Preview
"Us middle aged ex-hippies of 29 are now the establishment of the record business, and we are the ones will 'not understand' the New Wave that will follow in the wake of the Sex Pistols."
Nick Mobbs (A&R Man of EMI Records) upon signing the Sex Pistols (Dec)
"Do you know a club or pub which has DJ entertainment only? If you do (and it's large enough fora trio or more) tell the union if you're a member. If you're not a member, join or tell PPL direct... Unlicensed discos are killing music!"
(Aug)
"I practise all the scales. Everyone should know a lot of scales. What is a chord if not the notes of a scale hooked together? There are several reasons for learning scales: one, the knowledge will unlock the neck for you: you'll learn the instrument; second, if I want to improvise over say GMaj7aug5, then go to EbAug9b5 and then to BMaj7b5 — well, if you don't know what those chords are in a scale, you're lost."
John McLaughlin (Nov)
"The Mellotron: Not so much a keyboard. More the sounds of life and now."
Ad (Aug)
"A sophisticated instrument capable of tremendously varied effects."
Review of the Micro-Moog (Aug)
"Being American doesn't automatically give you a license to be raunchy."
Rory Gallagher (Feb)
Publisher: International Musician & Recording World - Cover Publications Ltd, Northern & Shell Ltd.
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