Melody Maker, September 3, 1977

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Melody Maker

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Live Stiffs!


Melody Maker

A bunch of Stiffs hit the road during October and November when Elvis Costello, Ian Dury, Nick Lowe, Wreckless Eric and Larry Wallis appear in the Stiffs' Greatest Stiffs Live Tour.

The package will be playing 24 concerts during the tour, and the shows will feature five sets, each lasting about 20 minutes. To coincide with the tour, Stiff are releasing a barrage of new records to celebrate their first year of recording.

The opening night at High Wycombe Town Hall on October 3 will be recorded, and the live album, Stiffs' Greatest Stiffs Live, will be on sale at £1.99 four days later when the bands play Bath University on October 7.

The record details are:

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■ A new Elvis Costello and the Attractions three-track single, "Watching The Detectives," will be released just before the tour starts, and Nick Lowe's new album, Wireless World, will be out on October 6.

■ Ian Dury's album, New Boots and Panties, is out on September 23, and a single, "Sex, Drugs and Rock and Roll," is out this Friday. Wreckless Eric's "Whole Wide World" single has just been released, and a new single will be available during the tour.

■ Larry Wallis, former Pink Fairies and Motorhead player, is currently recording his album with the Rods' rhythm section, and he releases a single, "Police Car"/"On Parole," on September 23.

Dury will also be appearing as drummer with Wreckless Eric, alongside Denise Roudette (bass) and Davey Payne (sax). Lowe, who has just finished producing the new Feelgoods' album, Be Seeing You, is expected to be taking a seven-piece band, including two drummers, on the road. He is presently working on a solo album.

The tour dates are: High Wycombe Town Hall (October 3), Bristol Exhibition Centre (6), Bath University (7), Loughborough University (8), Middlesbrough Town Hall (9), Liverpool Empire (11), Glasgow Apollo (13), Sheffield Polytechnic (14), Leeds University (15), Croydon Fairfield Halls (16), East Anglia University (18), Brighton Top Rank (19), Salford University (21), Leicester University (22), Rochdale Champness Town Hall (24), Birmingham Town Hall (25), Cardiff Top Rank (26), Woverhampton Civic (27), London Lyceum (28), Guildford Civic (31), Aylesbury Friars (November 2), Essex University (3), Newcastle Polytechnic (4), Lancaster University (5).

Tickets are priced between £1.25 and £2.25, except the London Lyceum where tickets at £2.50 are on sale now. Tickets for the other venues go on sale during September.


Brand X, Crawler join Santana at the Palace


Melody Maker

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Brand X and Crawler have been added to the Santana bill at London's Crystal Palace on September 10. The full line-up for the tenth Crystal Palace Garden Party now reads: Santana, Elvis Costello and the Attractions, Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes with Ronnie Spector, Brand X with Phil Collins and Crawler. A further guest will be announced before the Party, which runs from noon to 8 pm.

Santana now consists of: Carlos Santana (guitar), Tom Coster (keyboards) Raul Rekow (congas, bongos), Graham Lear (drums), Gregory Walker (vocals), David Morgan (bass), Peter Escovedo (timbales). Tickets are £4.80 in advance and £5.30 on the day. Postal applications to: Garden Party, 22 Kings College Court, Primrose Hill Road, London NW3, payable to Garden Party and with an s.a.e.


Parker's sticky problem


Melody Maker

Graham Parker and The Rumour have hit a major problem with their new album Stick To Me. First pressings showed a serious flaw in the bass end of the recording, and this week the band went back into the studio with producer Nick Lowe to start re-recording. To keep to the planned release date of September 30, the band has had to cancel a European tour with the exception of four days in Scandinavia. A four-piece brass section has now been added for the band's future live work.

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Melody Maker, September 3, 1977


Melody Maker previews the Stiff's Greatest Stiffs tour and reports on upcoming Stiff releases.


A half-page ad for the Crystal Palace Garden Party runs on page 5; the event's full line-up is reported on page 4.


My Aim Is True is No. 18 on the album chart (page 29).


Melody Maker reports that Nick Lowe will be in the studio with Graham Parker & The Rumour until the end of September.

Images

1977-09-03 Melody Maker cover.jpg Ad for Crystal Palace Garden Party
Cover and advertisement.


Ian Dury / Nick Lowe


The Raver

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Ian Dury's album now neatly wrapped up and in the can. Hooray! We wonder, though (what with everyone else bringing out musicals an' all an' all), whatever became of Ian's musical about the East End, Pigeons? And then there was the one about prison that he was working on with former Kilburns roadie, the legendary Spider? Oh well, nice to have him back ("Sex And Drugs And Rock 'n' Roll" is a killer, kids). He's off producing Wreckless Eric this week somewhere in Bermondsey.

Will Nick Lowe NEVER stop working on other folk's albums and get down to finishing his own, long-awaited solo waxing? Having just completed the new Feelgoods set, he's back in the studio until the end of September with Graham Parker & the Rumour who've been forced to re-record their entire album after some kind of technical problem nished the original tapes.


Chart pages.
Chart pages


Page scans.
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Live Stiffs photo by Chris Gabrin.
Live Stiffs photo by Chris Gabrin

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