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AUDIO: Slade (1975)

John Tobler, Rock's Backpages audio, May 1975

The Black Country glam-rockers discuss their struggle to break the States; the importance to them of Top Of The Pops; their first hit 'Get Down and Get With It'; singles versus albums; their Yuletide No. 1 'Merry Xmas Everybody'; Slade Alive!; looking back on their skinhead phase, and meeting manager Chas Chandler for the first time.

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