Beat Instrumental
Beat Instrumental was a UK monthly pop and rock magazine. First published in May 1963 as Beat Monthly it became Beat Instrumental Monthly with issue 18 and Beat Instrumental from issue 37. It ceased publication in 1980.
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The Kinks: 'All Day And All Of The Night'/'I Gotta Move' (Pye 15714)
Review and Interview by uncredited writer, Beat Instrumental, November 1964
TWO ORIGINAL numbers from Ray Davies, Kinks' lead singer and rhythm guitarist — and the top side could well prove at least as big as ...
The Rolling Stones: 'Little Red Rooster'/'Off The Hook' (Decca)
Review by uncredited writer, Beat Instrumental, December 1964
TOPSIDE IS an old Willy Dixon number 'Little Red Rooster' and it's a cert for the charts. ...
Interview by uncredited writer, Beat Instrumental, January 1965
THOSE ROLLING STONES, with their headline-hogging activities have always been controversial. There are more Stone-knockers than door-knockers in some of the snootier parts of the ...
The Righteous Brothers: Righteous Brothers Do Play
Interview by uncredited writer, Beat Instrumental, March 1965
WHEN THE Righteous Brothers made their recent visit to Britain, coinciding with their tremendous number one hit 'You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'', they didn't bring ...
Profile by Kevin Swift, Beat Instrumental, May 1965
THE WHO are comprised of three 'wildies' and a 'quiety'. Sick language, of course, but that's the way most people describe this revolutionary London group. ...
Jimmy Page: The Session Men No. 1: Jimmy Page
Profile and Interview by uncredited writer, Beat Instrumental, August 1965
Each month B.I. receives letters asking for information on various session men. In fact, last month, we published one from J. Townsend of Wolverhampton, who ...
John Entwistle, The Who: Player of the Month: John Entwistle
Interview by Kevin Swift, Beat Instrumental, January 1966
THE DARK and deep member of the dynamic Who gets very, very angry when people take hefty swipes at his group for alleged musical incompetence. ...
Wilson Pickett: Master of Beat and Soul
Interview by Kevin Swift, Beat Instrumental, January 1966
THE WILD sound of Wilson Pickett is still fairly new to our hit parade. 'Midnight Hour' and 'Don't Fight It' have put him in the ...
Spencer Davis Group, Steve Winwood: Player of the Month: Stevie Winwood
Interview by Kevin Swift, Beat Instrumental, February 1966
THERE COULDN'T possibly be a bloke who is more "in" than our Player Of The Month. Stevie Winwood has been called a prodigy, the English ...
The Rolling Stones: Stones Report: "We've put a keyboard on every new track"
Interview by Kevin Swift, Beat Instrumental, February 1966
DECEMBER saw the end of a hectic tour, there were no more one-nighters to do. But it wasn't the end of the Stones' work Stateside ...
Herb Alpert: The Mariachi Sound
Interview by Peter Jones, Beat Instrumental, March 1966
THE CALL from London to A&M Records, on Sunset Boulevard, went through surprisingly quickly. Chap who first answered the phone there was the "M" part ...
The Small Faces: Player of the Month: Ian McLagan
Interview by Kevin Swift, Beat Instrumental, April 1966
HERE'S A bloke who likes to stay in the background. He enjoys keeping just below the surface of the Small Faces' sound, filling in, driving ...
Cream: "I'm not a great guitarist," insists Eric Clapton
Interview by Kevin Swift, Beat Instrumental, August 1966
I CAME face-to-face with the guy who is acknowledged to be the god of British blues guitar in his own small heaven — the top ...
The Beatles: Norman Smith... A&R Man
Interview by Kevin Swift, Beat Instrumental, August 1966
UNTIL RECENTLY the name Norman Smith was synonymous with the Beatles, Cilla Black, Manfred Mann and many other famous recording names. He was the sound ...
Bob Dylan: Blonde On Blonde (CBS 66012)
Review by uncredited writer, Beat Instrumental, September 1966
THIS IS the seventh CBS LP from Mr. Dylan and it is, in fact, two albums in one. ...
Jimmy Page, The Yardbirds: Jimmy Will Change Yardbirds Sound!
Interview by Kevin Swift, Beat Instrumental, September 1966
JIMMY PAGE, one of our top guitarists, turned his back on the session scene, took up bass for the first time in his life and ...
Eric Clapton, John Mayall: John Mayall: Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton (Decca LK 4804)
Review by uncredited writer, Beat Instrumental, September 1966
JOHN MAYALL'S voice may not be the greatest example of blues singing there is, but he is sincere, and with blues fans that counts for ...
Chris Farlowe, Albert Lee: Player of the Month: Al Lee
Interview by Kevin Swift, Beat Instrumental, September 1966
THIS THUNDERBIRD guitarist started playing in 1959. "I suppose it was Lonnie Donegan who started me off," he says. In '60 he was already pro., ...
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 ...
The Animals, Eric Burdon, Frank Zappa: Burdon's America
Interview by Kevin Swift, Beat Instrumental, November 1966
IF YOU want to know why so many British artists return from the States and get disgruntled with their home scene, ask Eric Burdon. I ...
Cream: Jack Bruce explains Cream policy
Interview by Kevin Swift, Beat Instrumental, November 1966
IF THE three members of the Cream are the leaders in the field of group instrumentalists, then Jack Bruce their quiet-spoken bassman is the leader ...
Otis Rush: Talking to Otis Rush
Interview by uncredited writer, Beat Instrumental, November 1966
OTIS RUSH is one of the top exponents of the Chicago style of blues guitar. His followers are many and include most of Britain's blues-influenced ...
Peter Green, John Mayall: Player of the Month: Peter Green
Interview by Kevin Swift, Beat Instrumental, December 1966
HE'S NOT yet had the pleasure of being in a chart-jumping group nor has he played with any of the very big names. But, nevertheless, ...
Ray Charles: Ray's Moods (HMV CLP 3574)
Review by uncredited writer, Beat Instrumental, December 1966
OVER THE years, apparently, many people have suggested to Ray Charles that he record certain songs and this album is the result. ...
The Artwoods: Art Gallery (Decca L.K. 4830)
Review by uncredited writer, Beat Instrumental, December 1966
THERE'S BEEN a good attempt to offer some different tracks here, but there is a shortage of original material from the group themselves. Their renderings ...
Jimi Hendrix: Hendrix The Gen Article
Interview by Kevin Swift, Beat Instrumental, March 1967
HE WAS born in Seattle 20 years ago, he plays superb blues guitar, and what's more, he plays it from the heart, not from other ...
Donovan, Mickie Most: Most on Donovan
Interview by Kevin Swift, Beat Instrumental, March 1967
IT'S A FACT. Not many artistes give a thought to the guys who produce their records. Listeners seem to be as bad. Do you think ...
Otis Redding: The Otis Redding Dictionary Of Soul (Atlantic 587050)
Review by uncredited writer, Beat Instrumental, March 1967
MR. REDDING has notched up many, many sales and he should be O.K.. with this one. For my money there's more to it than his ...
The Four Tops: Four Tops 'Live' (Tamla Motown TML 11041, Stereo STML 11041)
Review by uncredited writer, Beat Instrumental, March 1967
GREAT! THAT'S the only way to describe the Four Tops' performance on this "live" album. And it really is "live", too. Recorded at the Upper ...
Chuck Berry... "A Legend In His Own Time"
Interview by Kevin Swift, Beat Instrumental, April 1967
CHUCK BERRY, one of the very few "classic" names. "A legend in his own time!" That, of course, is a well-worn phrase, but there isn't ...
Review by uncredited writer, Beat Instrumental, April 1967
Sam And Dave: Double Dynamite (Stax 589003) ...
The Beatles, Manfred Mann, Klaus Voormann: Klaus Voorman: Klaus Must Choose
Interview by Kevin Swift, Beat Instrumental, May 1967
"I ENJOY my life in music", said Klaus Voorman, opening a discussion on his dual-talent career. He's a brilliant artist, an outstanding musician. How does ...
Eric Clapton, Aynsley Dunbar, Fleetwood Mac, John Mayall, Mick Taylor: John Mayall: Blues Purist
Interview by Kevin Swift, Beat Instrumental, September 1967
THERE'S A dearth of purists in Britain. What's happened to them all, where have they got to? Most of them have "gone pop", leaving behind ...
The Impressions: The Fabulous Impressions (HMV CSD.3631)
Review by uncredited writer, Beat Instrumental, October 1967
AT ALL too rare intervals, the Impressions release an album which showcases their beautiful, and original, vocal sound. The gentlemen responsible — Curtis Mayfield, Sam ...
Vanilla Fudge: Vanilla Fudge (ATCO 33.224)
Review by uncredited writer, Beat Instrumental, October 1967
ON FIRST hearing, this album is unbelievable. Tracks like 'Ticket To Ride' and 'Bang Bang' are given the full 'You Keep Me Hanging On' treatment. ...
Jackie Edwards: Premature Golden Sands (Island ILP.960)
Review by uncredited writer, Beat Instrumental, December 1967
JACKIE IS one of the "in" singers at the moment, and although still without a hit in this country, this album could make quite an ...
Cream: The Cream: Disraeli Gears (Reaction S93003)
Review by uncredited writer, Beat Instrumental, December 1967
BRITAIN'S PRIDE and joy, the Cream, return to these shores, and give us this fine "glad to be home" present, Disraeli Gears. Progressive is a ...
Review and Interview by uncredited writer, Beat Instrumental, May 1969
IN THESE DAYS of controversy about blue men singing the whites (thank you, V. Stanshall) it's amazing just how few black men are signing the ...
Profile by uncredited writer, Beat Instrumental, May 1969
THE CHAMBERS BROS. may well have taken over Blue Cheer's title of the world's loudest group. ...
Blood Sweat & Tears: Blood, Sweat And Tears
Interview by uncredited writer, Beat Instrumental, October 1969
THE TROUBLE is simply a matter of definition. Blood, Sweat and Tears don’t regard themselves as a specifically commercial group... but their fusion of pop ...
Blodwyn Pig: Full Ahead for Pig! Blodwyn Pig
Interview by uncredited writer, Beat Instrumental, October 1969
MY FIRST encounter with Blodwyn Pig was hearing their single, 'Dear Jill', when a friend came round to tell me about the wonder group. I ...
The Rolling Stones: Stones Working Hard — And Mick Goes On Guitar
Report and Interview by uncredited writer, Beat Instrumental, October 1969
IF YOU’VE STUDIED your record covers, then you’ll probably be familiar with the name of Ian Stewart. Their equipment manager and mate, he has been ...
Graham Bond: The Return Of Graham Bond
Interview by uncredited writer, Beat Instrumental, October 1969
GRAHAM BOND is satisfied. After spending the last eighteen months in the States, he returned to England, auditioned 300 musicians and picked himself six. They ...
Interview by uncredited writer, Beat Instrumental, December 1969
JEFF BECK at the moment seems to be wandering in a musical "no-man's-land". He is faced with the unenviable task of forming a new group ...
Interview by uncredited writer, Beat Instrumental, December 1969
We need you too Jethro Tull! ...
Interview by uncredited writer, Beat Instrumental, December 1969
"INDEPENDENCE" and "freedom" are words much used today to justify any act from dossing down in Piccadilly to running naked through Trafalgar Square, but Soft ...
Interview by uncredited writer, Beat Instrumental, December 1969
"IF SSSH IS the music of Ten Years After, then thank God it took them two years and three fantastic albums to find it out." ...
The Hollies: Consistent Standards Gain Wider Audiences
Profile and Interview by uncredited writer, Beat Instrumental, December 1969
CONSIDER THE HOLLIES. Consider them carefully. Because they are pretty well unique. In a scene where their attributes of enthusiasm, dignity, courtesy and style are ...
Interview by uncredited writer, Beat Instrumental, January 1970
THE PINK FLOYD have been playing together for five years. During all this time there has been but one personnel change, when Syd Barrett was ...
Phil Spector: The Musical Guts Behind Spector
Profile and Interview by uncredited writer, Beat Instrumental, January 1970
PHIL SPECTOR is alive and well and living on Sunset Boulevard in his beloved Los Angeles. He's producing records again, having come out of retirement ...
Interview by uncredited writer, Beat Instrumental, February 1970
"WHERE shall I start?" asked Jethro Tull's singer-man. ...
Interview by uncredited writer, Beat Instrumental, March 1970
BRITAIN’S art colleges have turned out a disproportionate number of successful musicians – John Lennon, Jimmy Page and Pete Townshend among them. It was while ...
Kenny Rogers: Visual Scene Important For Kenny Rogers: The First Edition
Report and Interview by uncredited writer, Beat Instrumental, March 1970
‘THEY'RE a bunch of real nice guys,’ said the publicity man, talking about Kenny Rogers and the First Edition. Which is a very standard line ...
Fotheringay, Sandy Denny: Concerts, Not Clubs, For Sandy Denny's Fotheringay
Interview by uncredited writer, Beat Instrumental, April 1970
TAKE ONE PART Fairport Convention, two parts Eclection, and two parts Poet and One Man Band, put them in a bag, stir well and allow ...
Interview by uncredited writer, Beat Instrumental, April 1970
YOUVE HEARD it said millions of times, but here it is again. Isn't it a drag that so many of our groups don't play live ...
Love: The Great West Coast Enigma
Interview by uncredited writer, Beat Instrumental, April 1970
IN 1967, a record called Da Capo by a practically unheard-of Los Angeles group called Love appeared on the Elektra label. ...
Interview by uncredited writer, Beat Instrumental, April 1970
EXACTLY one year ago Beat Instrumental reported the Small Faces' last gig with Steve Marriot. After the show Ian 'Mac' McLagen said: 'We're going to ...
John Mayall: Can John Mayall Maintain The Legend?
Interview by uncredited writer, Beat Instrumental, May 1970
THE ADVERTISEMENTS for John Mayall's pre-Christmas tour with his new drumless, acoustic guitar group described him as "the legendary John Mayall". While promoters and Promo ...
Christine Perfect/McVie: Christine Perfect
Interview by uncredited writer, Beat Instrumental, May 1970
FIVE years ago, an art student called Christine Perfect met a guitarist called Stan Webb. As a result of that meeting an R and B ...
The Four Tops: Four Tops Reach Out
Interview by uncredited writer, Beat Instrumental, May 1970
THE BIG QUESTION hanging over the heads of the Four Tops, Tamla Motown's long-running stars, is just how much they are going to miss the ...
John and Beverley Martyn, John Martyn: John And Beverley Martyn
Profile and Interview by uncredited writer, Beat Instrumental, May 1970
JOE BOYD has been responsible for bringing to our attention a number of brilliant musicians. People don't talk much about 'discovering' artists these days, but ...
T. Rex, Tyrannosaurus Rex: T(yrannosaurus). Rex
Interview by uncredited writer, Beat Instrumental, May 1970
JUST OVER TWO years ago, John Peel introduced the public, as is his wont, to one of the most startlingly unusual groups ever to make ...
Interview by uncredited writer, Beat Instrumental, May 1970
ONE OF OUR most original groups that has not yet achieved the recognition it deserves is the Strawbs. They stand out instant by being an ...
Interview by uncredited writer, Beat Instrumental, June 1970
DESPITE having a successful single in 'Yellow River', Geoff Christie (front man of new group Christie) would have been happier had the group just not ...
Interview by uncredited writer, Beat Instrumental, June 1970
"I felt I was doing nothing with my life because there was no challenge." ...
Profile and Interview by uncredited writer, Beat Instrumental, June 1970
MAKE NO MISTAKE about it. Lord Sutch is back, and in accordance with his own tradition he's there at the right place at the right ...
Interview by uncredited writer, Beat Instrumental, June 1970
SINCE THEIR first album in 1966, almost immediately acclaimed as the work of an important new talent, the Incredible String Band have released albums at ...
Profile and Interview by uncredited writer, Beat Instrumental, June 1970
THE SUMMER of 1967 will always be remembered by many as the time when a lot of very good things began to happen. Certainly there ...
Crosby Stills Nash & Young: Alive, Well & Together: Crosby Stills Nash & Young
Report and Interview by uncredited writer, Beat Instrumental, July 1970
LONDON is getting warmer, and the nights longer, and the sound of winter doesn’t even echo anymore. And though it’s not tranquility, it’s an atmosphere ...
Interview by uncredited writer, Beat Instrumental, July 1970
HE'S STILL ONLY 21 but Cat Stevens has returned to the music scene and given himself a new lease of life. Naturally he's changed in ...
Interview by uncredited writer, Beat Instrumental, July 1970
ON THE POPULARITY polls, instrumentalists come and go. Jet Harris, one-time bass player with the Shadows, used to win – especially when he broke away ...
Report by uncredited writer, Beat Instrumental, July 1970
JONI MITCHELL is a beautiful lady, one who write and sings songs born from the depths of her experience, a word painter who shows us ...
Savoy Brown Start Another Chapter
Report and Interview by uncredited writer, Beat Instrumental, July 1970
NOT LONG home from their third exhausting tour of America, the Savoy Brown band were enjoying a necessary break – they have kept their British ...
Interview by uncredited writer, Beat Instrumental, July 1970
THERE can be few artists who have made such a lasting impact on the contemporary music scene as Tom Paxton. Inspired originally by such hard ...
Creedence Clearwater Revival, Wilbert Harrison: Wilbert Harrison & Creedence Clearwater Revival
Interview by uncredited writer, Beat Instrumental, July 1970
WHEN CREEDENCE Clearwater Revival made their first whistle-stop tour of Europe recently, they invited Wilbert Harrison to join them. ...
Report and Interview by uncredited writer, Beat Instrumental, October 1970
ONE OF THE more interesting events of last year, away from the resurgence of rock ‘n’ roll in all shapes and sizes, was the first ...
Jimmy Webb: Did Jim Webb Really Need Richard Harris?
Report and Interview by uncredited writer, Beat Instrumental, October 1970
WORK ON the theory that ‘talent will out’ – and Jim Webb, fantastically consistent young American composer, would have made it anyway. In fact, though, ...
Interview by uncredited writer, Beat Instrumental, October 1970
TEN YEARS AFTER had just returned from their seventh American tour when we spoke to Leo Lyons in the group’s London office. ...
Report and Interview by uncredited writer, Beat Instrumental, November 1970
BLACK SABBATH are very proud of the fact that the making of their latest LP, Paranoid took such a short time. "We did the title ...
Deep Purple: An Interview with Jon Lord
Interview by uncredited writer, Beat Instrumental, November 1970
DEEP Purple, since their formation from the debris of the Artwoods, Lord Sutch and others have become increasingly recognized as one of the most progressive ...
Interview by uncredited writer, Beat Instrumental, December 1970
THE LAST FEW months have seen the emergence of one or two bands whose publicity and stage act seem to be based on – not ...
Electric Light Orchestra, The Move: The Move/E.L.O.: Move Again
Interview by uncredited writer, Beat Instrumental, December 1970
ON ONE OF HIS rare visits to the Metropolis, Move's Roy Wood consented to have a quick chat with B.I. ...
Report by Steve Turner, Beat Instrumental, February 1971
SOMEWHERE IN London stands a black-painted church building with its innards ripped out and carefully replaced with all that modern interior decorating can offer. Inside ...
Marc Bolan, T. Rex: Marc Bolan
Profile and Interview by Steve Turner, Beat Instrumental, February 1971
AT THE DAWN of Britain's history Marc Bolan was a bard; in 1956 he served in the 2 I's coffee house to the skiffling rhythms ...
The Incredible String Band: Incredible String Band
Profile and Interview by Steve Turner, Beat Instrumental, March 1971
"The Beatles are British I suppose," said Bob Dylan in the first of his two post-accident interviews, "but you can’t say they’ve carried on with ...
Profile by Steve Turner, Beat Instrumental, March 1971
‘Another Remarkable Englishman’ ...
Profile by Steve Turner, Beat Instrumental, June 1971
But I was so much older then,I’m younger than that now. ...
Interview by Steve Turner, Beat Instrumental, June 1971
MOTT THE HOOPLE are possibly the most exciting live band gigging in Britain today. A lot of that excitement emanates from the gymnastics, guitaristics, vocals, ...
Rory Gallagher: 'I Want To Be Playing When I'm Fifty'
Interview by uncredited writer, Beat Instrumental, June 1971
WITH ALL THE troubles surrounding the break up of Taste far behind him, Rory Gallagher is calmly setting out to build upon the high reputation ...
Stackridge: An Every Day Story Of Country Folk
Profile and Interview by Steve Turner, Beat Instrumental, June 1971
NEW BANDS emerging today seem to roughly divide into two categories. ...
Syd Barrett, A Psychedelic Veteran
Profile and Interview by Steve Turner, Beat Instrumental, June 1971
In every great revolution heroes are created who in turn are often killed by the very ideals which they fought for. The "psychedelic revolution" of ...
The Moody Blues: Justin Time for the Moodies
Profile and Interview by Steve Turner, Beat Instrumental, June 1971
While I was at the Moodies offices, situated in the Surrey stockbroker belt, photographs were being taken of Justin and Graeme with Trevor Taylor of ...
David Bowie: Profile: David Bowie
Profile and Interview by Steve Turner, Beat Instrumental, July 1971
David Bowie doesn't give interviews. 'I don't feel that anything I could say would be worth quoting,' he says by way of explanation. However, he ...
The Band: The Boys in The Band...
Profile and Interview by Steve Turner, Beat Instrumental, July 1971
The Band have probably become the most highly respected group among groups since their first album was released three years ago. ...
Bonzo Dog Band: Vivian Stanshall
Profile and Interview by Steve Turner, Beat Instrumental, July 1971
"I take a hell of a lot of drugs." Says Vivian Stanshall describing how inspiration appears. "Then I go out to a hilltop with an ...
Procol Harum: The Purpose of Being Procol...
Profile and Interview by Steve Turner, Beat Instrumental, August 1971
THE SORT OF article in which Procol Harum are invited to star usually gets titled Procol Still To Make It Here or The Most Underrated ...
Richard and Mimi Fariña, Tom Jans: Jet-Set Folkies: Not Us, Say Tom Jans and Mimi Fariña
Profile and Interview by uncredited writer, Beat Instrumental, October 1971
ON MAY 1, 1966, Richard Fariña, novelist, poet and folk singer was returning from a party celebrating the publication of his novel Been Down So ...
Marc Bolan, T. Rex: Marc Bolan: Hot Rods and Hot Love
Profile and Interview by Steve Turner, Beat Instrumental, November 1971
CAMOUFLAGED WELL enough to stand unnoticed in front of a rainbow, Marc Bolan sat crosslegged on his sofa and explained that "too much" had happened ...
Profile and Interview by Roger St. Pierre, Beat Instrumental, December 1971
WITH AL Green's 'Tired Of Being Alone' Decca's subsidiary London label has notched its first chart entry in more than 18 months. It's quite a ...
Pete Townshend: Genius of the Simple
Interview by Steve Turner, Beat Instrumental, December 1971
Pete Townshend is a little worried about the advancement that is being made with musical equipment and recording studios. "The technology is beginning to overtake ...
Gong: Rude and Banana Guitar Playing with Gong
Profile and Interview by Steve Turner, Beat Instrumental, December 1971
Someone once said that if Dylan Thomas was alive now he'd be writing for a rock group. Daevid Christopher Allen is the perfect example of ...
Wishbone Ash: A Surge of Greatness
Profile and Interview by Steve Turner, Beat Instrumental, December 1971
Wishbone may seem to have suddenly emerged as this year's brightest hope but as with all overnight success it's been a hard slog. The wrong ...
Profile and Interview by Steve Turner, Beat Instrumental, 1972
LOU REED looked out of his seventh floor window down onto six floors of other people’s windows. He asked what the weather was like outside. ...
Profile and Interview by Steve Turner, Beat Instrumental, January 1972
Frank Zappa was staying at the London hotel which possesses the actual loo shown on his internationally famous poster. When I arrived at the reception ...
Isaac Hayes: Hot Buttered Hayes
Interview by uncredited writer, Beat Instrumental, January 1972
JAMES BROWN may still be Soul Brother Number One but now Issac Hayes, songwriter/arranger/producer and artist is making a serious challenge. ...
Report and Interview by Steve Turner, Beat Instrumental, January 1972
KID JENSEN IS probably more able to make or break an album than any other radio jockey in the free world. His two-hour show is ...
Profile and Interview by Steve Turner, Beat Instrumental, January 1972
Pete Sinfield is, of course the Bernie Taupin... the Keith Reid... of King Crimson. Together with Robert Fripp he forms the lowest common denominator of ...
Elton John: Bernie Taupin: The B-Side of Elton John
Interview by Steve Turner, Beat Instrumental, February 1972
The offices of DJM records in new Oxford Street give the feeling of being a shrine to the glory of Elton John. Button-size stickers are ...
Randy Newman: Who Is Randy Newman?
Profile and Interview by Steve Turner, Beat Instrumental, February 1972
The name of Randy Newman kept cropping up in the interviews I wrote for Beat Instrumental. First of all it was Keith Reid who claimed ...
Cream: "Nobody can replace Cream" — Ginger Baker
Interview by Steve Turner, Beat Instrumental, April 1972
It seems that it’s not only the record-buying public that consider Ginger Baker to be the world’s top drummer. "I haven’t ever heard anybody who’d ...
Profile and Interview by Steve Turner, Beat Instrumental, April 1972
Al Stewart earned his fame by singing about Bedsitter Images and closed subway stations. Now he owns a house in Hampstead outside of which he ...
Profile and Interview by Steve Turner, Beat Instrumental, April 1972
MC5 decided to conduct their interview with me in one of their cupboard-size hotel bedrooms. On the door was a poster of Chairman Mao, on ...
Nik Cohn: My Book is Rubbish but it’s the Best
Interview by Steve Turner, Beat Instrumental, May 1972
"There is only one decent book that has ever been written on pop," said Nik Cohn from beneath his wide brimmed hat, "and that's Awopbopaloobopalopbamboom ...
Marc Bolan, T. Rex: Marc Bolan: Top of the Guitar Parade
Guide by Steve Turner, Beat Instrumental, June 1972
BEHIND EVERY success story there’s a team of guitars. Marc Bolan decided to give his chosen few a taste of the publicity he’s been getting ...
Grateful Dead: The Legend Of The Dead
Profile and Interview by Steve Turner, Beat Instrumental, June 1972
ALTHOUGH THE GRATEFUL DEAD are a rock band, they've almost been turned into an institution, a way of life over, the years since they came ...
David Bowie: The Rise and Rise of David Bowie
Profile and Interview by Steve Turner, Beat Instrumental, August 1972
Ch-ch-ch-ch-ChangesCh-ch-ch-ch-ChangesLook out you Rock 'n Rollers.(Changes). ...
Joe Cocker: Cocker Power: Are The Mains Being Turned Off?
Report and Interview by Derek Grant, Beat Instrumental, September 1972
MANY UNCOMPLIMENTARY words have been written in the music press recently about the return of Joe Cocker to the rock and roll fold after a ...
Marc Bolan, T. Rex: Marc’s Music, Film & Future
Interview by Steve Turner, Beat Instrumental, October 1972
The following interview with Marc Bolan took place in a restaurant near Little Venice in London. Originally the meeting was to have taken place at ...
Profile and Interview by Steve Turner, Beat Instrumental, October 1972
Peace Rock, Acid Rock, Hard Rock, Country Rock, Psycho Rock, Fag Rock & Glam Rock, NOW WE’VE GOT SCI-FI ROCK BY: ROXY MUSIC. ...
Kris Kristofferson: White Man’s Soul Singer
Profile and Interview by Steve Turner, Beat Instrumental, November 1972
KRIS KRISTOFFERSON, I'd heard it said before, manages to combine the seemingly opposing qualities of little boy lost and man of the world. Indeed, it's ...
Sha Na Na: Moving History with Sha Na Na
Report by Steve Turner, Beat Instrumental, November 1972
Back-stage areas are hardly ever glamorous and form a stark contrast with the dazzle of lights and adulation that lurk beyond. Here, even the most ...
Profile and Interview by Steve Turner, Beat Instrumental, November 1972
There are some parts of New York City that nice people just don't walk around. The East Village, for instance, is one of them. It's ...
Genesis: A Hit LP in the Making
Profile and Interview by Steve Turner, Beat Instrumental, December 1972
Some people are too embarrassed to ask Peter Gabriel about his spot of artificial 'premature' baldness. He's seriously thinking of making a public statement saying ...
Profile and Interview by Steve Turner, Beat Instrumental, January 1973
Elton John is a fast worker. He just about has to be because he allows himself only ten days to write and rehearse all the ...
Isaac Hayes: A Man Of The People
Interview by Roger St. Pierre, Beat Instrumental, April 1973
ISAAC HAYES certainly lives up to his 'Super-star' title. During his recent British visit the Black Moses spent £38,000 on jewellery and another £30,000 on ...
Roxy Music: Bryan Ferry On The Swift Rise Of Roxy
Interview by uncredited writer, Beat Instrumental, May 1973
BRYAN FERRY has got a very substantial ego. And it's a good thing for British and American music fans that he has because without it ...
Interview by uncredited writer, Beat Instrumental, May 1973
Sonja Kristina On Air's New Runway To Success ...
Junior Walker & the All Stars: Junior Walker: Out Front At Last
Interview by uncredited writer, Beat Instrumental, May 1973
AS IS AMPLY evidenced by the success of his recent British tour and the high chart placings gained by his last three singles, Junior Walker ...
Interview by Derek Grant, Beat Instrumental, May 1973
PETER FRAMPTON'S talent has been undisputed for some time now, although the final musical proof of it has always been something forecasted for the ...
James Brown: The Legendary James Brown
Interview by uncredited writer, Beat Instrumental, May 1973
JUDGED SOLELY on sales figures, James Brown has to be one of the half-dozen most important performers in popular music since the War. ...
Profile and Interview by uncredited writer, Beat Instrumental, May 1973
PHIL MAY, vocalist with the Pretty Things, is one British rock musician who really has seen it all. ...
Interview by uncredited writer, Beat Instrumental, August 1973
AVERAGE WHITE BAND is rubbish!!! – they should be called Extraordinary White Band.Why? ...
Sweet: Can You Take Sweet Seriously?
Interview by uncredited writer, Beat Instrumental, November 1973
SO SWEET WANT to be taken seriously! Well, that's what they've been telling everyone over the past few months. ...
John Entwistle, The Who: John Entwistle: Quadrophenia Another Great Who Opera?
Interview by uncredited writer, Beat Instrumental, November 1973
JOHN ENTWISTLE is a happy man! He enjoys a reputation as one of the world's best electric bass players, he's had a decade of success ...
Interview by uncredited writer, Beat Instrumental, July 1975
WHEN Free finally fell apart at the seams after staggering around in various forms, there was a lot of damage done to the members. Despite ...
Mott The Hoople: Mottamorphosis
Interview by uncredited writer, Beat Instrumental, July 1975
Changed line-up brings more commercial sound ...
Comment by uncredited writer, Beat Instrumental, July 1975
Are Eric Faulkner & Stuart 'Woody' Wood The 'Lennon & McCartney' Of The Rollers? ...
Wings Take Off With New Member
Interview by uncredited writer, Beat Instrumental, July 1975
WINGS IS A VERY apt name for a group with so much jet mileage behind them. Concert appearances will take a band of this stature ...
Rory Gallagher: Gallagher: The Rory Details
Interview by Adam Sweeting, Beat Instrumental, March 1979
I LOST COUNT of the number of times men in check shirts spilt beer down me. Elderly blues and rock and roll music thundered over ...
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