SMALL STUFF

Rip It Up, Issue 35, 1 June 1980, Page 2

SMALL STUFF

Musical guests of the Zimbabwee government for independence celebrations were Bob Marley and the Wailers. They drew a capacity crowd to the Salisbury football stadium ... meanwhile South Africa has banned Pink Floyd ditty, "Another Brick In The Wall” ... 2-Tone ska band Selector had to cancel their Whiskey LA gig as bassist Charley Anderson injured his back while raging at Disneyland ... at last it’s out in the States. The Bomp Records compilation, Waves, An Anthology of New Music Vol 2 features bands from seven US cities, one from Vancouver and Toy Love from New Zealand. The track is "Frogs” ... Mick Jones is holidaying in Jamaica with Ellen Foley ... a personality clash has split Pearl Harbour and the Explosions ... Jon Landau and the Boss have been seen together at Clover Studios, Hollywood, mixing the new Bruce Springsteen album ... Blondie are recording with Giorgio Moroder and Debby Harry is likely to record with Chic man Nile Rodgers... Peter Kriss may leave Kiss to pursue a solo career. Next Kiss is Unmasked. The band is staying with Casablanca Records as the label "made them an offer they couldn’t refuse” ... Southside Johnny has fired bassist Al Berger and trumpet man Bob Muckin ... the David Byrne and Brian Eno album will be released on Heads label, Sire ... Chris Sped-

ding’s band the Necessaries opened for the Pretenders in New York. Spedding joined Hyndes and Co for their encore. Chryssie Hyndes, like Debby Harry, will shortly grace the cover of Penthouse. The Pretenders have already made the cover of Rolling Stone, hot on the heels of the Clash ... speaking of covers, Roxy Music does Wilson Pickett’s "Midnight Hour" and Byrd’s “Eight Miles High” on their newie, Flesh and 8100 d... the second album on Petty label, Backstreet, is the soundtrack to Where The Buffalo Roams, a film based on the adventures of high flying RS writer, Hunter S, Thompson. The soundtrack features new Neil Young recordings plus classics by Hendrix, Four Tops, Dylan, Creedence Clearwater, Beatles and Temptations ... Ry Cooder has recorded the soundtrack for new Walter Hill (Warriors) flick, The Long Riders. It contains two Cooder and two David Lindley originals, a collaboration and Cooder arrangements of traditionals. The film is about the Jesse James gang and features four sets of real life brothers: Carradines, Guests, Quaids and Keachs. Cooder is in the studio working on his follow-up to Bop Till You Drop ... new Stevie

Wonder album is Hotter Than July, it's not about growing (or throwing) tomatoes, and it shouldn’t be confused with Billy Joel's Glasshouses. Have- Casablanca dropped the Pips? Dunno, but they’ve signed the Four Tops and Super Thom Bell may produce ... the Boz Scaggs management is taking legal action against the LA Times as the Times deemed the Middle Man cover art, as being in “poor taste" and refused to carry Middle Man advertisements ... Springsteen is the only rocker left in No Nukes as Tom Petty does not think his own performance is good enough to include. Petty and band play on the new album from Peter Noone, of Herman’s Hermits fame ... new Dylan album is Saved. Bob is too, as is Dion who is recording a gospel album for Word ... Graham Parker novel, The Great Trouser

Mystery got trashed in NME. Out soon is his Jimmy lovine produced album, The UpEscalator. Nicky Hopkins plays keyboards as Bob Andrews will now only work with the Rumour when the band is not with Parker ... Patti Smith live double is still several months away ... reggae artist Max Romero has joined Rolling Stones Records ... Cheap Trick are releasing a four track live twelve inch entitled Found All The Parts. "Day Tripper” is featured. Robin Zander will soon marry longtime girlfriend Karen Wiesand ... Ronin is name of a new US West Coast band and the title of their debut album. Ronin is Linda Ronstadt guitarist Waddy Wachtel, Rick Marotta, Dan Dugmore and Stanley Sheldon.

The above photo shows clearly that No.l is drummer Stan Lynch and N 0.2 is Tom Petty. The winners of the four autographed copies of Damn The Torpedoes are Linda Roberts Cambridge, Roger Liddle Grey Lynn, Shelley Watson Forrest Hill and Carolyn Howie Lower Hutt. By the way, the producer working with Petty on DTT was Jimmy lovine.