The Walker Brothers
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The Walker Brothers: Harmony and rivalry from the Walkers
Retrospective by Fred Dellar, The History of Rock, 1982
In the mid sixties, just as every worthwhile group in Britain seemed to be setting up tours in the States, Scott Noel Engel, John Joseph ...
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The Walker Brothers: The Boy Scout Group
Profile and Interview by Richard Green, Record Mirror, 13 March 1965
A FORD Thunderbird hot rod and an Austin Healey smashed into each other in Hollywood — and that was the beginning of the Walker Brothers. ...
The Walker Brothers: American Walkers Love Wild Wild Fans
Report and Interview by Keith Altham, New Musical Express, 11 June 1965
THERE are fifteen mirrors in one bedroom; a cavalry sword on the wall; a marble bust of nobody in particular on the mantelpiece; an enormous ...
How To Get Our Autograph — And Live!
Interview by uncredited writer, Disc, 14 August 1965
* stage door routine * butter-up compere * through fan club ...
Walkers Make It Sound Easy — But It's Not!
Interview by Keith Altham, New Musical Express, 27 August 1965
TORN, TATTERED, but triumphant — the Walker Brothers have got the big hit they needed with their second record, 'Make It Easy On Yourself'. Hysterical ...
The Walker Brothers: Making it Easy for Themselves
Interview by Maureen O'Grady, Rave, October 1965
The Walker Brothers have shot to the top. Six months ago they were unknown. Now they share with the Beatles and the Stones the tag ...
Interview by Keith Altham, New Musical Express, 22 October 1965
HIS MOTHER CALLS him "the madman." His manager, agent and publicist call him all kind of things when he disappears for days without telling anyone ...
Walker Brothers, the Action, Jimmy James & the Vagabonds: Birdcage Club, Portsmouth
Live Review by Richard Green, Record Mirror, 30 October 1965
THE GREAT LET DOWN or what happens when a top group don't turn up... ...
The Walker Brothers: Thrown Out!
Interview by Keith Altham, New Musical Express, 17 December 1965
WALKER BROTHERS GET FLAT SMELLING 'FUNKY' THEN THEY'RE THROWN OUT! ...
We're Sure Glad We Came Here, Say Walker Brothers
Interview by Keith Altham, New Musical Express, 1966
THEY ARRIVED in Britain in February, 1965, because they felt that to achieve success in Britain was more important than doing so in the States. ...
Interview by Keith Altham, New Musical Express, 14 January 1966
"EVERYONE IN the Business will hate it," Gary declared. "And especially the good singers. It should sell about two million copies — at which point ...
Rave City 66: Groups On The Go Choose The Swingingest Scenes
Interview by uncredited writer, Melody Maker, 15 January 1966
And does it prove that what Manchester is today, London can be tomorrow? ...
The Walker Brothers: Oh! Brother
Interview by Dawn James, Rave, February 1966
The Walkers... oh brother! They're gorgeous! One of the most handsome groups on the scene. But what goes on beneath those glamorous looks? Who or ...
The Walker Brothers: Walkers' Great Bodyguard!
Report and Interview by Keith Altham, New Musical Express, 11 February 1966
IN STRODE the most enormous pair of grey jeans in the World and stood next to Scott Walker (a mere six foot) making him look ...
Interview by Dawn James, Rave, March 1966
Scott Engel isn't supposed to be talkative. On the contrary, his reputation is that of the loner, the quiet one, the unapproachable. RAVE found him ...
Eric Burdon & Scott Engel: Scott Smarts After Burdon's JBJ Slamming
Report and Interview by Keith Altham, New Musical Express, 11 March 1966
AN INTENSE person, who is over sensitive to criticism of his work, I found Scott Engel (Walker) more than a little irked by Eric Burdon's ...
The Walker Brothers: Great To Be Alone At No. 1
Interview by Keith Altham, New Musical Express, 25 March 1966
"IT'S GOOD to have it all to ourselves at the No. 1 spot this week," said Scott Engel when I spoke to him on Tuesday. ...
The Walker Brothers: Walker Hostility On The Wane
Interview by Keith Altham, New Musical Express, 15 April 1966
BEING misunderstood is a full-time occupation for Scott Engel. As the Walker Brothers' reputation soars, so Scott manages to over-exercise his incredible talent for putting ...
All About The World's Greatest Pop Show: 1966 NME Concert Mightiest Ever!
Live Review by Keith Altham, Alan Smith, New Musical Express, 6 May 1966
THOUSANDS upon thousands of fans converging on the massive Wembley Empire Pool for the biggest pop show in the world on Sunday... the staggering, the ...
Interview by Mike Grant, Rave, June 1966
SCOTT — BY THE PEOPLE WHO KNOW HIM ...
Scott Walker: Scott Walker Hits Out Again
Report and Interview by Keith Altham, New Musical Express, 1 July 1966
FRANK SINATRA is back in the pop pillory, but the big surprise is that chucking the rotten eggs is not Mick "Paint Him Black" Jagger, ...
Walker Brothers: Does John Maus miss the cream?
Report and Interview by Penny Valentine, Disc and Music Echo, 23 July 1966
THIS WEEK, into Disc and Music Echo's offices, appeared the following tome: "We have all had enough of Scott Engel. Even Gary gets more attention ...
The Walker Brothers: Portrait (Philips)
Review and Interview by Keith Altham, New Musical Express, 26 August 1966
The Brothers produce a super Portrait album ...
The Walker Brothers: Portrait (Philips)
Review by Peter Jones, Record Mirror, 27 August 1966
Quality LP from Walkers shows no permanent decline in standards ...
The Walker Brothers: Portrait (Philips BL 7732)
Review by uncredited writer, Beat Instrumental, September 1966
NOT AT all what we've come to expect from the Walkers, and for me anyway, a pleasant surprise. It proves conclusively that they really CAN ...
Scott Walker: A Lot Of Pressures And A Personal Problem
Interview by Chris Welch, Melody Maker, 3 September 1966
SCOTT WALKER, for the first time, talks about the incident that ended in hospital ...
The Walker Brothers: A Clever Singer Never Loses His Voice
Interview by Keith Altham, New Musical Express, 30 September 1966
THE WALKER-Troggs-Dave Dee popathalon (33 dates must make it a marathon tour) starts running at East Ham Granada tomorrow (Saturday), so last Monday I taxied ...
The Walker Brothers, the Troggs, Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich: Granada, East Ham, London
Live Review by Penny Valentine, Disc and Music Echo, 8 October 1966
They're Off! Walkers, Troggs, Dave Dee ...
The Walker Brothers, The Troggs, Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich: Granada, East Ham, London
Live Review by Norman Jopling, Record Mirror, 8 October 1966
Scott Was The Hit On Walker Tour First Night ...
RSG RIP: Another pop show bites the dust!
Report by Vicki Wickham, uncredited writer, Disc and Music Echo, 19 November 1966
Ready, Steady Go! Editor Vicki Wickham reviews highlights of the TV aeries that ends on December 23 ...
New singles from the Who, Cream, Tim Hardin, the Walker Brothers et al
Review by Penny Valentine, Disc and Music Echo, 10 December 1966
WHO AND THE HAPPY WORLD OF PETE TOWNSHEND 'Happy Jack' (Reaction) — Happy Who, happy us, happy world of Pete Townshend! ...
The Reluctant American: Some Interesting Opinions from Scott Walker
Interview by Norman Jopling, Record Mirror, 31 December 1966
"I DIDN'T like it in America, and I'm not going back to live there. When I did live there it was terrible – once I ...
Interview by Keith Altham, New Musical Express Summer Special, Summer 1966
HEAVILY DISGUISED as a member of a longhaired beat group, an American balladeer has infiltrated the British beat scene and emerged victoriously among the top ...
Interview by Keith Altham, New Musical Express, 21 January 1967
SCOTT ENGEL, the man likely to be more miserable than most in 1967, was in the highest spirits when I found him at his apartment ...
Platter Chatter: Albums from The Beatles, Donovan, Ravi Shankar et al
Review by uncredited writer, Hit Parader, February 1967
SUNSHINE SUPERMAN, Donovan's first big "commercial" success, is a beautiful, poetic, soothing, soaring, lyrical, rhythmic, groovy experience. ...
Interview by Mike Grant, Rave, February 1967
The real Scott Walker is still a mystery to everyone but himself. Thousands of words have been written about him, but they just add up ...
The Hollies: Fun and Games with the Nash and Leeds
Interview by Maureen O'Grady, Rave, February 1967
When two pop characters like Gary Leeds of the Walker Brothers and Graham Nash of the Hollies happen to be under the same roof, there ...
The Walker Brothers: Images; Cat Stevens: Matthew & Son
Review by Norman Jopling, Record Mirror, 18 March 1967
Moody Walkers L.P. and a great debut L.P. from Cat Stevens ...
Walkers — Humperdinck — Stevens — Hendrix... on a 25 — Day Rave!
Interview by Penny Valentine, Disc and Music Echo, 1 April 1967
Blast-off for THE big four is this Friday — Here's Disc's curtain-raiser by the stars themselves ...
Engelbert Humperdinck, The Walker Brothers, Jimi Hendrix, Cat Stevens: Finsbury Park Astoria, London
Live Review by Chris Welch, Melody Maker, 8 April 1967
A show which proves pop still has something up its sleeve ...
Walker Brothers/Cat Stevens/Engelbert Humperdinck/The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Finsbury Park Astoria
Live Review by Keith Altham, New Musical Express, 8 April 1967
WE WERE WELL and truly blitzed with "mini-happenings" on the Walker Brothers’ tour opening night, at Finsbury Park Astoria last Friday, when Jimi Hendrix literally ...
The Walker Brothers: Walker Plans
Interview by Nick Jones, Melody Maker, 13 May 1967
AFTER THE SPLIT: NICK JONES PINPOINTS THREE NEW CAREERS ...
The Walker Brothers: Why The Walker Brothers Split Up
Interview by Keith Altham, New Musical Express, 13 May 1967
"I WANT to make it clear that it was not solely my decision to break up the Walker Brothers, but for the first time in ...
Interview by Dawn James, Rave, June 1967
Fans make success for a pop star — more than money, more than influence, more than talent. But what are fans? Why do they remain ...
The Walker Brothers: Walk Right Back
Report and Interview by Ed Jones, Melody Maker, 15 November 1975
IT'S BEEN A hard day in the plush penthouse suite of the Westbury Hotel in Mayfair. The chandeliers in the mirrored hallway have seen a ...
Interview by Colin Irwin, Melody Maker, 14 February 1976
IT'S ONLY mid-afternoon, but the curtains are drawn and the lights are out. The room is in darkness and at first it looks empty. "Hi, ...
The Walker Brothers: After The Lights Go Out, Scott Walker: Boy Child
Review by Martin Aston, Q, September 1990
AT THE SUGGESTION of their drummer Gary Leeds, who'd just returned from backing PJ Proby, The Walker Brothers shifted camp from the US to the ...
Scott Walker: “That Francis Bacon, In-The-Face Whoops Factor...”
Retrospective and Interview by Jim Irvin, MOJO, May 1995
TWENTY-TWO YEAR OLD Noel Scott Engel was on the run from Uncle Sam. He was fleeing from a country that would never connect with his ...
The Walker Brothers:Take It Easy/Portrait/Images
Review by Richard Williams, MOJO, October 1998
Their first three albums, remastered for CD, each almost doubled with extra tracks. ...
The Walker Brothers: Nite Flights (1978)
Review by Chris Roberts, Uncut, September 2008
Chilling, Bowie-beloved experiments in ambient pop. ...
Obituary by Dave Laing, The Guardian, 9 May 2011
Singer with the Walker Brothers, one of the most popular bands of the 1960s ...
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