What's New?
I had thought that I wasn't going to add anything much to this site for a while, but I've found another few odds and ends stashed down the back of the sofa, which you may want to check out, so here goes:
27 July 2003: This is a minimal addition, but I just found a picture of Flick & Babs from Pan's People and I'm damn sure you want to see it.
13 July 2003: As randomly as ever, I've been reading some old copies of Melody Maker from 1971 and wanted to share with you an early piece on the Bay City City Rollers from the time of 'Keep On Dancing', and a piece on the nature of bubblegum, featuring interviews with Nicky Chinn, Brian Connolly and Ian Lewis. And as ever there are some new bits in the Tips for the Top section, taken from the 1971 Melody Maker readers' poll.
8 May 2003: Apart from adding a few links, I haven't had much time to do anything to this site for a while, but I just included a new section at the top of this page for forthcoming events. Let me know if you want me to put anything there for you (but restricted, I think, to Britain and the Internet).
4 February 2003: I've had another raid on the Record Mirror and turned up articles on Middle of the Road, Nicky Chinn and Johnny Wakelin. There's also a handful of singles reviews, including the first hits for Slade, the Rollers and Middle of the Road, before we knew who any of 'em were. And finally there's an addition to the Tips for the Top section, culled from the 1971 Record Mirror readers' poll.
4 January 2003: I've added another four articles from the 'papers of the time, including early pieces on Sunny, Gary Glitter and Hello. There's also a Record Mirror discussion on the state of pop just as the glam tidal wave was about to swamp the charts.