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Rip It Up, Issue 40, 1 November 1980, Page 6

Auckland

Though the organisers are silent Tim Finn on Radio Hauraki said that Split Enz will be playing Sweetwaters. Toy Love are' not on the bill. Where are they? When doing a one set late spot at Kicks, Citizen Band needed another. 10 minutes of music. They made 'I Feel. Good’ fit. Clark and Ch'unn kept the guitars clinking while Kileen and Eccles moved the drum kit down to the front of the stage. Once set up, they finished the song ... the Gary Hunt farewell (or. was it a Terrorways reunion?) at XS, took place with no bass player. Gary Hunt walked off after a few songs and a whole lot of big talk from John Noone Living in the past and loving it were ... Recent NZ 45s include the Techtones 'That Girl’, Crocodiles' 'Telephone Lover', Coup D.’Etat’s 'Doctor I Like Your Medicine', Reel to Real's 'Time To Leave’, 'Ritz' by Pop Mechanix and 'Daddy Was A DJ' by the : Spys (who?) ... Mistakes and Features singles were reviewed in NME (where?) ... is Features’ Exposed out yet? ;

In the Propeller pipeline is Fane Flaws 45, 'The Way'/'Sex Wars’. Fane and lan Morris produced it and the musos were Pop Mechanix members Paul Scott and Kevin Emmett and Peter Dasent and Flaws himself. Class of 81 is tentative title for Propeller compilation. Screaming Meemees, Bombers and Blam Blam Blam are on it. Among the other likely tracks are too few from beyond Auckland. So send your tapes fast to PO Box 37-371, Auckland. In Aussie, Mushroom Records have released a double-single by Zep & the Falcons, with 'I Will Return' from Hats Off Steps Lively and three live tracks Down' and ? Need Your Lovin' from Montreux Festival and I Will Return’ from their New York gig at the Bottom Line.

Also in Oz, RAM mistitled a popular Marching Girls tune, 'Mister Rex' . a pic in Melbourne's Juke shows Sharon O'Neill wearing a badge that reads F* *K IRAN. Iran who? . Swingers Oz single ('Counting The Beat'/'One Good Reason ) may emerge here on Ripper In November Swingers do a week in Sydney double billed with Models. The Band has plenty of new songs. David Tickle is still likely to produce their album, Bones sings lead on 'More', they've written two songs on each other's instruments and Bones warns “don't expect too many old favourites on the album " Also in Melbourne. ex-MG, Ronnie is working with Jed Town and James Pinker of the Features There are 15 songs on tape Des is playing with the Fabulous Marquis after rehearsals with new Marching Girls line-up (a singer and a bassist) did not work out. But Johnny is master-minding another MGs with a keyboard player and Des ... Enz drummer Malcolm Green has a 45 out in Australia, recorded with Eddie and Nigel. On Radio With Pictures soon is Top Scientists' Burn Out' and Larry & the Ladders' selfproduced clip for 'Looking For An Answer'

New and packaged for kids is Mascot recorded album, Enzedd Musical Animals ’nd Things, written and produced by Dave Hollis on the Kid’s Stuff label. It’s rock music for kids. Sounds different?

New in town are Who Slapped John Ramon York, Rod Percy and Alan Evans. The band has recorded four tracks at Stebbings with Aichen and Morris producing ... new Lix members are Dave Major and Craig SmithPilling. Opening in eight major centres on November 21 is the No Nukes concert film with Jackson Browne, Doobie Bros, Bonnie Raitt, Chaka Khan, Poco, Raydio, Ry Cooder and of course the star of the show, Bruce Springsteen.