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Rip It Up, Issue 45, 1 April 1981, Page 22

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Just a note to point out that the song by Youth For A Price that features so prominently on Class Of 'Bl is actually called ‘Yeah Yeah Ooee Baby’, not ‘Oh Yeah'. Maybe the cover designer was a big Roxy Music fan, or maybe she/he was running short of vowels in the Letraset. Robbie Lisdonk This is to inform you that the Knobz will require a written retraction in your forthcoming edition as regards, uninformed comments and demeaning similies used by the writer, Mark Phillips, in the February RIU. Had the writer read the KNOBZ correspondence to RIU, dated Jan 1, or otherwise

informed himself of the facts relevant to his subject, he would have been aware that the proceeds of the single in question are being donated to charities, via the John and Yoko Spirit Foundation. One does assume the writer has listened to the track, however, nowhere in the review do I read any praise or criticism, constructive or otherwise, relevant to the song as a musical production. Peter McManus Knobz EDITOR: It is misleading to suggest that royalties are the primary financial return from the release of a single. Even when a hit, the amount is insignificant compared with the free publicity (Sunday News etcj, increased door take at live appearances (the primary “money” return) and the radio exposure that also assists the sales of the album that will surely contain the track in question. Thus a retraction is not possible, whatever the motive, “money'' and “misery" are involved. MC