AUCKLAND

Rip It Up, Issue 16, 1 October 1978, Page 6

AUCKLAND

Suburban dances (remember them?) may be the . latest rage Promoter Charley Gray ran some in September with Citizen Band and Th’ Dudes which were particularly successful. More are planned . V. ever pondered on the mentality of some pub managers? "If people see a group with three or four members on the stage they know they're not getting value for money," said a representative of the species to an Auckland band manager when offering, low money for a four-piece . . . Bamboo have returned to Auckland to stay a while and air their new bass player John Dodd, drummer Bud Hooper and pianist Derok Gander . . . Rough Justice are finding their national tour an expensive treat. Some promoters aren't helping either. . . Stiff Records boss Dave Robinson has . cabled for tapes of Johnny and the Hookers following interest from Graham Parker who caught their act while in Auckland . . . Flight 7-7 have added guitarist Bruce Leyton . . . The Rockets have left Tom Sharplln ... It’s rumoured that the Windsor Castle pub faces a blacklisting by top Auckland bands ... Streettalk are in the studio recording two tracks, "Blood of Stone” and "Echoes", for WEA . ..; IZM's Bryan Staff has a Kiwi quarter hour from 10.30 nightly, featuring in-, performance recordings and interviews with local groups. A boost for the local scene. Thanks, Bryan .... Sunday nights on Radio Haurakl (7 pm) is a series of live concerts (known in the States as the King Biscuit Flour' Hour) sponsored by Frank Curulli Stereo . ; . that charming Italian animated film Allegro Non Troppo, a hit at the Auckland Film Festival, returns for a season at the Lido in November. . . Auckland bands took the two major titles In the New Zealand Phonographic Federation record awards. Predictably, Hello Sailor waltzed off with the album title, while Golden Harvest received the single of the year award for "I Need Your Love"... Vince Eager and L.B. Sands