ZABADAK: THE MAGAZINE
The Zabadak Magazine has been going now for 27 years & issues are still available with far below details on each. In the meantime up until the next issue comes out we'll be presenting plenty of new items. Hope you enjoy. Issues 1, 9 to 27 are still available – for costs then please email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Our top album awards so far for 2013 are 1.) MS MR 'Secondhand Rapture'; 2.) LOCAL NATIVES 'Hummingbird'; 3.) JOY FORMIDABLE 'Wolf's Law'; 4.) BLACKMAIL 'II';
MS MR 'Fantasy'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgV42Sd2NNU
LOCAL NATIVES 'Heavy Feet'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2zWfxW60z0
JOY FORMIDABLE 'This Ladder Is Ours'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_t4s-HX3z0
BLACKMAIL 'The Rush'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOI_S0-Q3Nw
WOMAN'S HOUR 'To The End'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4x1OzVibsOo
WOMAN'S HOUR 'Our Love Has No Rhythm' both available on a wonderful AA side 7" vinyl with a mp3 download
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLP6AD3Umds
CUCUN 'Set Me Free' an acoustic version by this fine band
CAMERAS 'Polarise'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHDwzM793U8
CAMERAS 'Running Up That Hill'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uo3RU0RCMUY&list=UU3spKItk5iOLXwnsW0Sv48w&index=1
CAMERAS 'Defeatist'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IteMAKWTMng
HAIM 'Falling' ;-)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlLu0_aqE2Q
HAIM 'Falling' Live
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ovrplcNwXo
HAIM 'Let Me Go'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtP0dQV0Rlg
HAIM 'Forever'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEwM6ERq0gc
HAIM 'Don't Save Me Live'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkzAs1rE3po
HAIM 'Oh Well' (1969 Fleetwood Mac cover)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piHrXlMMmZU
HAIM 'Forever' live Dingwalls great stuff ladies
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPYT0cZAMkw
HAIM 'Don't Save Me'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XinXOHgSfZU
Our top album awards for 2012 were 1.) CAMERAS 'In Your Room'; 2.) BEACH HOUSE 'Bloom'; 3.) GEMMA RAY 'Island Fire'; 4.) DOG IS DEAD 'All Our Favourite Stories'; 5.) DONOTS 'Wake The Dogs'
ZABADAK No.27 NOVEMBER 2012
Hello & hope that all is well & welcome to our 27th issue. It has been a long road & so hopefully you'll enjoy & find interesting discoveries. 48 pages of info, features, articles & CD/LP/SP reviews: The Jezabels and Prisoner the album of 2011 Live She's So Hard; The Subways Eternity & Kiss Kiss Bang Bang; The Joy Formidable Roar; Shirley & Johnny Can't Make It Alone; Jackie DeShannon; Maria Dallas I Don't Have A Penny Ambush; Steve Gibbons Wake Up My Mind; The Lines; Cloud Control Bliss Release; Pigeon Detectives; Bitter Springs; Mungo Jerry; Brian Johnson's Howard Blaikley; Fishwife's Broadside Damaged Goods; Kasey Chambers Little Bird; Peter, Paul & Mary; Paul Vickers & The Leg; Anna Coogan; Johnny Panic; The World Of Oz; Phil Ochs, James Taylor & Joni Mitchell Amchitka; Peanut Butter Conspiracy; J.Lo; DDDBM&T Love; Peter Daltrey King; 7" New Wave Top 20 Singles July'10 - June'11 Hurt Me; Metronomy Riviera; Peter Fauser & Spoiler; Answering Machine Lifeline; K.Li or Kylie; Donots Wake The Dogs; Scorpions (60s); Gemma Ray Fire; Little Birdy Bigbiglove; Let's Take It...Interview Gary Prosser Ballroom; CUCUN Loud; Rock Atlas; Linda William'; John Walker & Kathy Kirby; Touching The Propeller...Paul Vickers Interview; Zabadak #23; #24; #25; #26...Thru The Eyes Of Keith; In The Naughties – A Selection Of Relatively Recent 45's ...Tom Baxendale, The See See; Clint Walker (Cheyenne) Inspiration and the album of 1959; Long To Share The Honeycombs; Philips Australia; Leonard Cohen; Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings; Dave’s Not Here; The Hermits; Dee & Chase; Jackie Leven; Casual Alan Taylor RIP; The Jezabels Meet In The Subways; Poppa Joe Beaky; DBM&T To Retire Not; R.I.P. Section. Hope you enjoy. Cheers. Ron Cost for No.27 via PayPal is 7,70€. Please pay against or to
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Blonde Redhead 'The Dress': Back in 1995 reviewed their 'Flying Douglas' / 'Harmony' 7" Single, Rough Trade (45rev36). They have created some of the most beautiful majestic melancholic music these past 20 years. 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i95DUucUFrI&feature=related
Blonde Redhead 'Falling Man':
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjkHARWim5k&feature=plcp
Blonde Redhead '23':
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uger0WtSUso&feature=plcp
Blonde Redhead 'Spain'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnzJQtBio_o
Anna Calvi with 'Love Won't Be Leaving' (check out her brill guitar solo which starts at the 4m20s mark)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4OjzDAtpaQ&feature=related
also the wonderful 'Blackout' (available on 7" vinyl)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_dgQUfSUTs
Gemma Ray an artist whom we've championed for many years since 2003 'Radiology' & here is 'Flood & A Fire' unplugged from her latest excellent 6th album 'Island Fire'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YG-uAm52sys
Gemma Ray with Sparks and 'How Do I Get To Carnegie Hall?'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nAUk87v9No
Gemma Ray 'Trou De Loup'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1Uglcf37fA
Great new indie band The Lines & their dynamic 'Glorius Aftermath'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpTHNsdNkNg
Little Birdy with the beautiful 'Brother' (a song about family) though not the international successful that they merited. Dave Dee would have been proud to have them on his memorial issue front cover (ZAB#25)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UM-jPQo-T2I&feature=relmfu
and 'Stay Wild' (nice Oz scenery)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuWQWI3a_gU
Little Birdy & 'Beautiful To Me'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMcFmWZyV1U
The Joy Formidable with the incredible 'Whirring' (Live on KEXP)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kNQeDlgBoc
'Cradle' (also Live on KEXP)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BZhFL0hjjo&feature=relmfu
plus the really beautiful 'The Greatest Light Is The Greatest Shade'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TY7GOJW2P54&feature=relmfu
The Jezabels with 'Easy To Love' (now close to 1,000,000 views)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvUQ22Itxjw
The Jezabels 3 years ago now with the brilliant 'Disco Biscuit Love'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNGnrg5dG6U&feature=relmfu
'Endless Summer' new song from their 'Prisoner' album
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jtw8UvESMsQ&feature=fvsr
'Be A Star' (3 years ago)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hjb-WZfFmsQ
The Subways live with a scintillating 'Rock'N'Roll Queen' (German audiences/crowds are just so great)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAlt5TjoqtY&feature=related
latest single 'Kiss Kiss Bang Bang'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2JuPf8FFks
live & the wonderful 'I Want To Hear What You Have Got To Say'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjnYiCtQD7A&NR=1&feature=endscreen
Fabulous new album out by Johnny Panic called 'Ritual Riots'. Check out one of the tracks 'World Around You'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nwRSrrKMqE
Our top album awards for 2011 were 1.) THE JEZABELS 'Prisoner'; 2.) THE ANSWERING MACHINE 'Lifeline'; 3.) METRONOMY 'The English Riviera' ; 4.) THE SUBWAYS 'Money & Celebrity'; 5.) PIGEON DETECTIVES 'Up, Guards And At 'Em'; 6.) ANNA CALVI 'Anna Calvi'
May we wish all our readers a very happy Xmas & a really great 2012 and many thanks for your kind & wonderful support for #26. Just to leave you with a nice track & video by Devon's Metronomy with 'The Look'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFrNsSnk8GM&ob=av2e
Check out also The Jezabels brilliant & beautiful 'Hurt Me' live
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTf6zufJ1J0
There's a great new book out called 'Rock Atlas' by David Roberts with half a page devoted to DDDBM&T & their Salisbury blue plaque. Contains 650 great UK/Ireland musical locations & the fascinating stories behind them. Naturally it concentrates more on the famous acts but does also (which is certainly appreciated) some of the more unknown or unexpected. The research that Roberts undertook is staggering and taking up to date photos of how the locations are looking today then this is a beautiful book & read.
We sadly report that bassist/backing vocalist Alan "Plug" Taylor of The Casuals passed away on the 27th November. The Casuals have been an important part of Zabadak over the years & our condolences go out to remaining original members Howard & John plus Alan's famil
y & friend s. Alan particularly enjoyed them doing 'Alla Fine Della Strada (Love Me Tonight)' at San Remo Feb 1969 & John Tebb's fine singing. R.I.P. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-mHtkjmRnU
Sadly producer Martin Rushent has passed away in June of this year (2011). Martin always had a special place in our hearts for his engineering/production work with Dave Dee's unreleased recordings from 1973 (see below) & the various Mason recordings (Peter Mason, Tich & Beaky)...plus Shirley Bassey (those LPs with Martin were perhaps her best), Stranglers & Human League. Our condolences go out to his wife Ceri & daughter Amy.
If anyone has any info please about Dave Dee's unreleased Advision recordings from January-March 1973 then it would be great if you can please provide any details. Johnny Harris, Steve Howe, Herbie Flowers, Paul Hardiman, David Rose & Martin Rushent were perhaps involved. There are possibly 7 tracks of which Phonogram may have somewhere still in their vaults? Phonogram found it too progressive/rock orientated for Dave's image, and so they knocked it on the head. It was at this point that Dave decided to quit the performing side of the business and joined Atlantic.
The Answering Machine have decided to call it a day (after existing for 5 years) but have left us with a stunning LP in 'Lifeline' (also on vinyl) - overall it's brilliantly executed, and hard to believe that this wasn't a number one album.
Check out the fabulous 'Lifeline' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_q3IuD3HEI&feature=related
A couple of excellent new 7"vinyl singles are JEZABELS 'Hurt Me' & PIGEON DETECTIVES 'Done In Secret' plus The Bitter Springs with a fine download in 'Gary Glitters Fan Convention'
ZABADAK No.26 JUNE 2011
Our latest issue now out with 48 pages of info, features, various articles & CD/LP/SP reviews: Linda William' R.I.P. – a gentle look back at the French singer's career; Mason 'Starting Out As We Mean To Go On'; Clearlake 'Lido'; Ballroom 'Try It'; Bitter Springs 'My Life As A Dog In A Pigsty' & 'TV Tears'; Hollies 'Staying Power'; Jennifer Lopez 'Brave'; Gemma Ray 'It's A Shame About Gemma Ray' & 'Lights Out Zoltar'; Zabadak (Japanese duo) 'Remains'; Kylie Minogue 'Impossible Princess' & 'X'; Cowboy Racer 'Love Stationary'; 'Shapes & Sounds Volume 3 Technicolour Dreams From The BBC Archives 1967 - 1971'; Little Man Tate 'About What You Know'; Marianne Segal (featuring Circulus) 'The Gathering'; Penelope Swales 'Legacy'; Meet Citizen K 'Somewhere Up North'; Sandy Newman 'Golden Years'; Peter Daltrey 'Heroine' & 'tattoo'; Link Bekka 'Erinnern'; Gary Wright 'Connected'; Four Jacks & A Jill 'Jill'; Patrick Campbell-Lyons 'The 13 Dalis'; The Killers 'Sam's Town'; Psykick Holiday 'Forever Pop Noir'; Future Legend Records; Anna Coogan 'The Nocturnal Among Us'; Various 'I Like It Better Here - Music From Home'; Judy Collins 'Paradise'; 7" New Wave Top 20 Singles July'09 - June'10 with The Crookes 'Bloodshot Days', New Young Pony Club 'Chaos', Pete & The Pirates 'Jennifer', Lady Gaga 'Telephone', Local Natives 'Airplanes', The Twang, Marina & Diamonds etc; R*E*P*E*A*T Records – Fear Of A Black Kennett; Gag Spores & Flitwick Records; Fiel Garvie; Ken Howard & Alan Blaikley; Endless Beat New Sarum Sound; Dean Ford; Devereux & Porcelain; Belexes; Alan Kearns; Aaron Woolley; Robin Gair; Alan Clayson; DDDBM&T Top 10; Honeybus; Stealers Wheel; DBM&T, Manfreds & Marmalade Live; The Honeycombs - This Year, Next Year; Stop Look & Listen To….Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders; Crispian St Peters...The Rise And Fall Of The Pied Piper; The Byrds – To Everything Turn Turn Turn; Without Reservations Yeah…Simon Dupree & The Big Sound; The Turtles Meet Surfer Dan...Or David Marks, Hoyt Axton; Kool & The Gang....Fatima's Night; R.I.P. Section.
Our hearts & deepest sympathy goes out to Japan & the earthquake/tsunami/nuclear victims there – we are totally stunned. As a little reflection on this world tragedy please check out the wonderful music of the ZABADAK duo of Yoko Ueno & Tomohiko Kira with amongst their beautiful numbers 'Harvest Rain' (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLOV9OzfGqk&feature=related)
After a bit of a lull there are now some brilliant 7" vinyl singles coming out: ANNA CALVI 'Blackout', CROOKES 'Godless Girl', DIZZY EYES 'Lets Break Up The Band', WILD PALMS 'Delight In Temptation', CLOUD CONTROL 'There's Nothing In The Water'.
ANNA COOGAN who is working in the nu-country bittersweet Americana field has an album out called 'The Nocturnal Among Us' with standout tracks: 'Crooked Sea', 'Dreaming My Life', 'Away Holy Ghosts Of Texas', 'The Nocturnal Among Us', 'So Long Summertime', 'Love Again'. Really tremendous stuff. Powerful beautiful & very impressive sounds.
Then we move onto recent CD/LP releases which will keep your 7" vinyl company: GEMMA RAY 'It's A Shame About Gemma Ray', MASON 'Starting As We Mean To Go On', LITTLE RED 'Listen To Little Red', VAMPIRE WEEKEND 'Contra', PENELOPE SWALES 'Legacy', SANDY NEWMAN 'Golden Years', PETER DALTREY 'Heroine' / 'Tattoo', LINK BEKKA 'Erinnern', GARY WRIGHT 'Connected', JUDY COLLINS 'Paradise', PSYKICK HOLIDAY 'Forever Pop Noir', VARIOUS 'Love Music Hate Racism', MEET CITIZEN K 'Somewhere Up North', VARIOUS 'I Like It Better Here – Music From Home', FANTASTIC PEOPLE 'Fantastic Music For Fantastic People'.
Some wonderful 7" vinyl single releases this past year which hopefully Santa will leave 
at least one in your Xmas stocking – & so let's go: THE CROOKES 'Bloodshot Days', NEW YOUNG PONY CLUB 'Chaos', PETE & THE PIRATES. 'Jennifer' / 'Blood Gets Thin', LADY GAGA (featuring BEYONCE) 'Telephone', THE TWANG 'Barney Rubble' MARINA & DIAMONDS 'I'm Not A Robot', THE RAVEONETTES 'Bang!' / 'Last Dance', DELPHIC 'Doubt', BRAKES 'Worry About It Later' / 'Why Tell The Truth (When It's Easier To Lie)', LADY GAGA 'Bad Rom
ance', CAMERA 
OBSCURA 'Sweetest Thing' / 'Tougher Than The Rest', ATHLETE 'Superhuman Touch', DRUMS 'Forever And Ever Amen', KYLIE 'All The Lovers', THE CRIBS 'We Share The Same Skies', ISOLATED ATOMS 'Tell Me What I Want', ALPHABEAT 'Hole In My Heart', A PLASTIC ROSE 'Kids Don't Behave Like This', EDITORS 'Papillon', LOCAL NATIVES 'Airplanes', GEMMA RAY 'Hard Shoulder'.
Recent wonderful BITTER SPRINGS maxi single downloads (& some promo CDs) have been 'TV Tears' c/w 'Sirens Every Day' and 'My Life As A Dog In A Pigsty' c/w 'The Hospital Run
ENDLESS BEAT & DBM&T HISTORY OF ROCK
The launch of the new Salisbury music book Endless Beat (Voices Of The New Sarum Sound 1970-1999) took place at The Chapel, Milford Street, Salisbury on Friday 22nd October 2010, and apparently was a great success. In Endless Beat are contributions from Tich (including the foreword), John Hatchman, Peter Mason, Robin Gair, Alan Blaikley & Steve Collinson (of both Tracker#2 & Band Of Gold fame). The following Friday, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich, supported by the Salisbury College music students History Of Rock played at The Chapel (29th October). The Walls Of Sound exhibition covering 60 years of popular music in Salisbury, including a section on DDDBM&T is on at the Salisbury & South Wiltshire Museum until 15th January 2011. (with special thanks to Richard Nash)
The wonderful Answering Machine ('Rose', 'Lightbulbs', & 'Obviously Cold' fame) are about to tour France/Germany with Tokyo Police Club. Here are their dates: Uebel & Gefaehrlich, Hamburg 17th November; Botanique –Rotonde, Brussels 18th November; Bus Palladium, Paris 19th November Headline Show; Luxor, Koln 21st November; Lido, Berlin 22nd November; 59tol, Munich 23rd November; Das Bett, Frankfurt 26th November; Sonic Vision Festival, Luxembourg 27th November 2010. Go check them out as they are excellent.
"But by the time we’d come off stage we all agreed it was just about the best show we’d played in Europe so far. Koln had that effect on us all I think. Like a chilled out older brother, we can’t wait to return!" please go check out http://www.theansweringmachine.co.uk/
The US cartoon programme Futurama (made by the same team who make the Simpsons), which features a character called Bender, used 'Bend It' in the finale of its 100th programme. There are several comments about it on YouTube 'Bend It' videos. (with special thanks to Alan Blaikley)
AT NUMBER 23 THE BOULEVARD DES REVES...LINDA WILLIAM' R.I.P. 20 November 1964 – 28 March 2010 (written 2nd April 2010)
We announce the very upsetting & sad news that French chanteuse Linda William' has passed away (28th March 2010 at Orvieto Italy aged 45). We stated very briefly in our Zabadak#24 introduction that Linda was not in a good way "French singer Linda Williams is going through a difficult patch at this moment & we hope that she will pull through this such that we can listen to her music & singing once again. Our thoughts go out to her" and then in our #24 Newsletter (12th Aug 08) was stated “You might recall French chanteuse Linda William' see pages 1, 20-21 #11; 10 #12; 48 #14; 1, 2, 45 #17; 35 #20 & perhaps visit YouTube where Linda's fine 'Traces' video is. Here is the link or copy into your browser."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UspubsXQs8 ('Traces' video)
Linda's fine songs were always such a great inspiration for the continuation of Zabadak... a small discography of roughly 20 numbers (including 3 remixes) but they each & all were brilliant and will continue to live on. The album 'Traces' had 4 hit singles at least on it and the album deserved far greater recognition. Linda had a brilliant mind, wonderful personality and a deep sensibility making her loss even more tragic. Her funeral service was held at the chapelle Sainte-Colombe de Villejuif, Paris on Good Friday the 2nd April. There is though really quite a feeling of despair & tragedy about all of this but Linda is now finally in peace. From the readers of Zabadak then our love & condolences go out to Linda (plus her family, close friends & fans) where she is resting at "number 23 the boulevard of dreams". God bless you Linda. (Ron Cooper)
Two other fine videos of Linda's can be found/seen at (please if you each could pay some final respects for/to her by at least visiting each of the 3 YouTube links then this would be greatly appreciated)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RX70dAWl6Uc ('L'Autre Soleil' video)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaiT5yFJwGs ('Traces' live playback)
Footnote. Linda liked very much DDDBM&T's 'Together' CD. Their music bought a smile to her face - she found it happy, positive & melodic (a lot like The Beatles she said).
Linda William' 'Traces' live A wonderful & beautiful new video hommage has recently been put up for Linda (some magical clothing outfits there – six different)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvjAJGZcCHQ&feature=related
Linda William' 'L'Autre Soleil' live
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsCQq1U3ZvM
Linda William' 'Rebelle'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IryXDDVNdKU
ZABADAK No. 25 APRIL 2010
Obviously there's a lot devoted to Dave Dee within, with plenty of obituries and a tribute article. Dave's passing was a really sad event but we have tried to remain positive on this. Though things have generally been pretty quiet (no more those odd little tracks that Dave would always sneak out & surprise us with), it still seems as if Dave is with us. The #25 cover has been carefully chosen (hopefully) and as with most then when you fully open it out then the back cover section becomes also a part (of it). Packed as usual with 48 pages of info then #25 continues on with the 7" New Wave Top 20 Singles July'07 - June'08 with The Coral, Hard-Fi, Dykeenies, Sounds, Wombats, Athlete, Polytechnic etc; and also the period July'08 - June'09 with Maccabees, Killers, Answering Machine, Kaiser Chiefs, Pigeon Detectives, Presets, Last Shadow Puppets, Grammatics, Blonde Redhead, etc. Other articles, critiques & CD/LP reviews are: A Moment Of Being…The Critters; DDDBMT; Heavy Metal Kids; Honeycombs; America; Gemma Ray; Triffids; Fiel Garvie; Dean Ford; Long Blondes; Gyroscope; Penelope Swales; Glenda Collins; Eskimo Joe; Link Bekka; Tells; Greenhaus; Pills By Post; Bitter Springs; Little Birdy; Interview - Roger Simian of Dawn Of The Replicants; Stark Palace; Stone Ghost Collective; Tarzen; Lilith's Army; Missy Higgins; an interview with Keith Hopwood of Herman's Hermits; Back To The Sixties In Stockholm (25th October 2008 – Downliners Sect, Searchers, Mungo Jerry); Pebbles; DDDBM&T Top 10s; Double D Records; Oldies Festivals; Alan Blaikley; Cheep Boots; Woodsmoke; Robin Gair; Mason; Colin Hare; Marianne Segal; the R.I.P. section (a section which unfortunately seems to be getting larger each year with former NME writer (and also a Zabadak reader) Derek Johnson sadly passing away). In closing if & just to give a slight overview of the printing process then it is a slightly strange (almost painful) experience after working with virtually a coloured magazine for a year (seeing all the time most of it in colour) and then at the end converting it to black & white. One reason why we have to do this is for financial as going to colour (with the excess costs) would have meant we'd have folded years ago. In saying that (as many have also noted) there is a sort of magic & abstractness which unfolds when you see it in black & white - it takes on a freshness & mystique of its own. Of course this is our 25th year anniversary issue. Fasten seat belts. (Ron Cooper April 2010)
ZABADAK No. 24 DECEMBER 2008
Hello & how are you all… a long gap & now 22 months since the last. In this issue there is a short history of Double D Records A Case Of Unfinished Business – The Sweat Features Dance Band Marianne Chase Fatal Charm, The Story Of Herman Van Gaal - A DDDBM&T Fan, There's Gonna Be A Storm - The Left Banke, Manfred Mann - The Fontana Years, Wishbone Ash, Lois Lane, Shapes & Sounds - The Mirage Alan Bown The Gun, Fab Daze - Singles Of The 60s & 70s Strawberry Alarm Clock Thorinshield Sunshine Company Chad & Jeremy Angel Pavement Lynne Randell Sagittarius The Greatest Show On Earth 5th Dimension etc, Casuals Clippings - Toy + Lucky Sarah + Best New Group, Death Proof & Hold Tight, Keith Bickerton Zab#22, 60s Weekend Pontins, Normie Rowe & Playboys 30 Of The Best, Little Birdy Hollywood, Sonny & Cher The Beat Goes On, The Morning Set, The Class Of 64, Peter Mason, The Scorpions Now, Hank Marvin, Pebble Brian Johnson & The Howard Blaikley Songbook, 7" New Wave Top 20 Singles July'06 - June'07 Bloc Party Keane Killers Editors Panic At The Disco, DDDBM&T BBC + Blue Plaque + Concert Salisbury + The Other Versions + The Sarum Sound book + Dozy 69 Interview Clipping, Mungo Jerry Dawn Anthology, Colin Hare, Alan Clayson, Bitter Springs, The Byrds Very Best, Amey Gair Mason Reform, Rod Allen R.I.P, Paul Revere & The Raiders The Spirit Of '67, Groovin' With The Young Rascals, Wilde & Hazzard, Hermits, Clockwork Oranges, 50s - 70s Norwegian Rock Book - Thor Rune Haugen, Dannii Minogue, Kylie, Shakira, Judith Berard Itineraire, Jennifer Lopez Rebirth. Hope that you enjoy. Wishing a Merry Xmas & all the very best in 2009. Cheers. Thanks. Ron
ZABADAK No.23 FEBRUARY 2007
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Here are The Complete Herd (Sunshine Cottage), Beach Boys Pet Sounds, DDDBM&T Listen Listen Listen, Penelope Swales Monkey Comfort, The Fun & Games Close To Carmel, Bitter Springs, Cast & Dodgy Collections, Hard-Fi Stars Of CCTV, Gemma Ray Ritual, Ballroom Day After Day, Spectralist, Lemongrowers Ultimate Mutation, Liliths Army Feel The Rage, Geneva Weather Underground, Starsailor Love Is Here, Crosby Stills & Nash Suite: Judy Blue Eyes (John Tobler), Around Grapefruit, The Association Jim Yester & Requiem For The Masses (Part 3), Peter Mason A Long Haul & Every Minute, Thieves Like Us Do It For the Rest Of Your Life, Bob Dylan Chronicles, Aaron Woolley Keep On Tryin', After Tonight - Who Were The Clockwork Oranges, Lollipops Naked When You Come, Renegades, Miguel Angel Villanueva, Mascots 1964-1968, Psykick Holiday, Eskimo Joe A Song Is A City, Colin Hare Life's A Dream, Mungo Jerry Blues Band, 7" New Wave Singles July'05 - June'06 with Bloc Party, Organ, Radio 4, Editors, Pipettes, Kaiser Chiefs, Maximo Park, Killers, Keane, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, etc, Casuals Cool Talk & When We Had £1 Between Us, Nancy Sinatra Greatest Hits, (DD)DBM&T Together + Fresh Ear, Dave Dee Big Send Off, Few People Ever Ask Mick, Bob O'Brien RIP, Solid Silver 60s Show - Wayne Fontana / DDDBM&T / PJ Proby / Gerry & Pacemakers, Hollies, Salisbury Scene (Richard Nash), Les Braid (The SBJ's) RIP, Unit 4+2, Cymbaline's Matrimonial, Herman's Hermits, Bill Cowsill RIP, Obie Benson RIP, Bubblegum & Tampa Florida, Syd Barrett 1946 – 2006.
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ZABADAK No.22 JULY 2005
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20 Year Anniversary issue with The Association Trials And Triumphs Of A Six Man Band (Part 2), Mamas & Papas Complete Anthology, Family Dogg A Way Of Life, Marmalade BBC, Various Clippings - Wishful Thinking etc, 7" New Wave Top 20 Singles Jul'04 - Jun'05 (Keane, Franz Ferdinand, Athlete, Paul Weller, Morrissey, Embrace, Feeder, Zutons, Green Day), Kylie & J.Lo, Carl Wayne, Shel Macrae, Cosmics, Honeybus, Jim Kelly, David Daltrey Wayfarer, Kristina, The Hermits, Stevie Wright Hall Of Fame, Paul Ewing (News, Mark IV, Bakery, Jets, Ice), History Of DDDBM&T Part 22...In Search Of Tracker & Lost Dave Dee album, Bickerton's Papers Part 22 - A Stroll Through Zab's 19, 20 & 21, Salad & Cowboy Racer, Tages Fantasy Island, The Renegades, DVD's Top 40 1965-66, Tremeloes, Demis Roussos, Brotherhood Of Man, Pierre's Plastic Dream 'The Garage Tapes', Ollie Halsall 'Caves', Cowsills Harmonies American Style, Fiel Garvie, Fortunes BBC & Heroes Never Die, Blonde Redhead, Kasey Chambers, Jet, Blonde Redhead, Little Birdy, Saucerful Of Secrets Pink Floyd, ALAB Eddie Hardin, The Badge, Unit 4+2 (Part 2) Concrete Extensions, The Casuals A Letter Every Month, Fanzine's, Troggs Times, Songwriters, Small Faces, Association Top 10s, and more. |
ZABADAK No.21 OCTOBER 2004
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Self Penned Songs Of Herman's Hermits, Where Echoes End Aussie Prog Rock, Association & 'Just The Right Sound' Anthology, New Wave 7" Singles (Blonde Redhead, Franz Ferdinand, The Coral, Limp Bizkit, Lostprophets, Coldplay, Libertines, Starsailor, etc), 60’s Show In Aid Of Dave "Shaky" Morris Of Salford Jets,Stevie Wright & Hard Road Concert, Peter Daltrey & Damien Youth 'Tattoo', Link Bekka 'Pittsburgh Warhola', Kaleidoscope & BBC Sessions, The Marbles, Lindisfarne, Blues Section, Maurice Gibb, Peter Cowap, Hitmakers Tour 2004, Tranquility, Gracious, Castaway In The Harmony Grass, Steve Marriott 'All Too Beautiful', Colin Hare 'Free Together', Vanity Fare 'Hitchin' A Ride', Reflections Of His Life An Interview With Marmalade's Dean Ford, Interview With Marty Wilde - Energy & Ideas, For A Moment....History Of Unit 4 + 2, Dave Dee, Dozy, B, M, & T, Repertoire CD's & 'Greatest Hits' DVD + Historical Clippings Section, Flash Cadillac & The Continental Kids Deserved A Better Break, The Troggs 'From Nowhere', Garlic, Vinyl, Gemma Ray Ritual, Delicate AWOL 'Heart Drops', The Kylie & J.Lo 12" Section, 25 Records Ooer Missus To Out Of Order + Onion Fresh, Dr. Jan (Guru), Phoenix J 'Junkk', Kristina Hautala. |
ZABADAK No.20 DECEMBER 2003
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Vanity Fare, Canterbury Tales, Harmony Grass, New Wave 7" Singles (Blur, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Coral, Supergrass, Idlewild, Coldplay, etc), Steve Darbishire & The Yum Yum Band, Grant Tracy & The Sunsets, Honeybus, Lace, Pete Dello, Colin Hare, Paul Bennett, Tony Rivers, Grass Roots, The Turtles, Cryan' Shames, Buckinghams, The Music Machine, Gary Puckett & The Union Gap, Marie Laforet, Herman's Hermits, Lindisfarne, Peter Daltrey, Maurice Gibb, The Bee Gees, John Farnham, Stevie Wright, Billy Thorpe, Normie Rowe, Jennifer Lopez, Kylie Minogue, Linda William', Romano Musumarra, Fortunes, Rare Bird, Jay & The Techniques, Jason Crest, Renegades, Troggs, Gracious, Dakotas, Wayne Fontana, Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich, Barry Ryan, Searchers, Hollies, Ray Davies, James Taylor, SSH Band, Books, Fanzines, Fans Top Tens, and more. |
ZABADAK No.19 OCTOBER 2002:
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Hollies, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Grass Roots, Turtles, New Wave 7" Singles (Spearmint, Dodgy, Travis, Cosmic Rough Riders, Goldrush, Electric Soft Parade, etc), Lindisfarne, Herman's Hermits, Sylvie Vartan, Jess, Mylène Farmer, Cryan’ Shames, Rockin' Horse, Nirvana/Lyons, Dave Berry, House, Peter Daltrey, Book Reviews (Pet Sounds, Sandy Denny, Hollies, Lillian Roxon, etc), Elton John & Tim Rice, Spearmint, Bitter Springs, Tages, Top 40 Hitdossier 60's / 70's, Birds, Gracious, Status Quo, Shangri-Las, Traffic, Wishbone Ash, Jennifer Lopez, Kylie Minogue, Fortunes, VIP's, Pretty Things, Heroes & Villains Hammersmith 1982, Spencer Davis Group, Troggs, Yardbirds, Long John Baldry, Manfreds, Colin Blunstone, Deep Purple, Moody Blues, Vernons, Eden Kane, Joe Brown, John Leyton, Marty Wilde, Dakotas, Wayne Fontana, Peter Noone, Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich, Honeybus, The Rain Park & Other Things, Marmalade, English Contemporary Chanson, Rare French 60's Records, Fanzines, Fans Top Tens, and more. Respected writers John Tobler and Alan Clayson have helped with this, along with some sterling work from Gary Tibbs. |
ZABADAK No.18 OCTOBER 2001:
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The Tale Of Tich Amey & His Ten Guitars, Eurydice & The Snake In The Grass, A Concert For Colin, Oldies Im Schenze, Sixties Sing Nineties, The 7" New Wave Top 20 Plus Others - July'00 To June'01, Starsailor, Travis, Dandy Warhols, Coldplay, Ash, Clearlake, The Hollies, The Casuals, Flaming Youth, Book Reviews, Jacques Brel, Masters Apprentices, Catatonia, Wishbone Ash, The Spice Girls, Kim Wilde, Kylie Minogue, Moody Blues, Herman's Hermits, The Five Day Week Straw People, Steve Ellis, Mr Big, P.J.Harvey, Gene, Bitter Springs, 25 Records, Delicate AWOL, Solid Silver 60's (Wayne Fontana, Dave Berry, DDDBM&T & Peter Noone), Jennifer Lopez, Dave Dee, The Beatles, Peter Daltrey, Emerson Lake & Palmer, Alessandro Safina, Diana Ross, Four Tops, Strawbs, Web Sites, Shirley Bassey, Fortunes, Top Tens, Fanzines, Heroes & Villains Concert - Radio 1's 15th Birthday Sep'1982 R |
ZABADAK No.17 OCTOBER 2000
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The Sixties Solid Gold 2 Tour, Morgan, Cranberries, Catatonia, British Lions, Gillan, 60’s Nirvana, Andromeda, Fairfield Parlour, Saxon, Warhorse, Atomic Rooster, Gene, Flaming Youth, The New Rave Of New Wave 7" ZAB Top 20 Plus Others – Spearmint, Coldplay, Longpigs, Eels, Clearlake, Sing Sing, Medal, Supergrass, Snafu, Pirates, Led Zeppelin, Renegades, Dave Clark Five, Four Tops, Jennifer Lopez, Casuals, Linda William’s, Jeanne Mas, Cowsills, 60's Sings 90's (Newman, Hawkes, Dee, D'Abo, etc), Mylène Farmer, Bitter Springs, N.W.F.O.F., Just Others, Supremes, Troggs, Tremeloes, Fortunes, Delicate AWOL, Baxendale, Dawn Of The Replicants, DDDBM&T, The Beatles, Oasis, Tales Of Justine, 25 Records, Top Ten Acts Votes, Fanzine Reviews, DDDBM&T Top 10's, and wot’s more, there's a lot more. |
ZABADAK No.16 AUGUST 1999
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Prepare for the millennium with ZABADAK 16 - The Masters Apprentices, Catatonia, Billy Thorpe & Aztecs, Twilights, 40 Years Of Oz Rock'N'Roll, Stevie Wright, Ray Brown & The Whispers, Freedom, Tee Set, Gillan, Mick Ralphs, Mott The Hoople, Steve Hyams, Verden Allen, Fairfield Parlour, The New Rave Of New Wave 7" ZAB Top 20 Plus Others - Subaqwa, Ballroom, Sea-Fruit, Puressence, Blur, Velocette, 60's Storybook Marmalade, Hawkes, Dee, D'Abo, Mylène Farmer, Bitter Springs, No Wings Fins Or Fuselage, Rare Bird, Suede, Elite, The Magicians, Box Office Poison, Honeycombs, Glenda Collins, Delicate AWOL, Baxendale, Molotova, Theaudience, Salad, The Bluetones, Dawn Of The Replicants, Kinks, Mansun, DDDBM&T, The Beatles, Pretty Things, Peter Daltrey, Whistler, Hermans Hermits, Jethro Tull, Oasis, The State Of Art Today, Steve Rowland The Producer, Bee Gees, Top Ten Acts Votes, Fanzine Reviews, DDDBM&T Top 10's, and there's more. Read in more than 30 countries - and so be a part of this exciting global experience (sorry but the champagne's not free) as we surf the zeitgeist. |
ZABADAK No.15 OCTOBER 1998
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The Easybeats – Hello How Are You, Loved Ones, Normie Rowe, Glen Ingram With The Hi Five – Skye Boat Song, Vibrants – Something About You Baby, The Mixtures – (They Call The Wind) Maria, ‘97/’98 New Rave 7”, Ballroom, Bitter Springs, Theaudience, Black - The Wonderful Comedy Of Life, Marty Rhone & The Soul Agents, Salad – Yeah Yeah & Ice Cream, Verve, Monkees - Justus, Caravan, Rare Bird, Mover, Geneva, Four Tops – Still Waters Run Deep, The Gibsons – Jeff Dart John Rigby John Kaye John Brommell & The Magic Book, The Casuals – Jesamine A Butterfly Child (Part 3), DDDBM&T, Company Caine, Catatonia, Superstar, Twilights – I Won’t Be The Same Without Her, Bluetones, Ultrasound, Feline – Just As You Are, Gene – Speak To Me Someone, Kaleidoscope, July, Turquoise, 23rd Turnoff, Selena – Dreaming Of You, Searchers, Hollies, Sleeper, Stereophonics, Paul Kelly & The Messengers – So Much Water So Close To Home, Gordon Haskell – Serve At Room Temperature, Box Office Poison – Heavy Breathing Decade, There Was Noone Like Peter Cowap & The Hermits, Fanzine Reviews (REPEAT, The Indiependent, The Songwriters, A Hostage To The Beat, Mohair Sweets, The Original Sin), etc
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ZABADAK No.14 SEPTEMBER 1997
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DDDBM&T – The Complete Collection, ‘96/’97 New Wave 7”, Kaleidoscope, Salad, Catatonia, Lush, The Strangers – Terry Walker Is A Stranger No More, Jeanne Mas – Depuis La Toute Premiere Fois, Crowded House, Blur, Monaco, Real People, Pulp, Backwater – Angels Are Cool, Manic Street Preachers, The Who – Join Together With The Band, Strain, Longpigs, Archive - Londinium, Future Sound Of London - Lifeforms, Kula Shaker, Honeybus, The Gibsons, Turquoise, Johnny Farnham – Sadie, Doobie Brothers, Khaled - Aicha, Mylene Farmer, Peter Daltrey – When We Were Indians, The Hollies – The Distant Lights Of Rickfors, The Kinks – Only A Dream, Suede – Coming Up, The Troggs – After Athens, Swinging Blue Jeans – Come On Everybody |
ZABADAK NO. 13 SEPTEMBER 1996
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ZABADAK NO.12 JULY 1995
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'Thommy's Christmas Party' in depth review, The Fortunes...Fortunately Part One), Linda William'...L'Autre Soleil(Ha-Ha)(Part Two), Top Ten Acts Voted So Far, Notable Singles, Box Office Poison, New Wave Of New Rave 7", Eleanor Rigby...Take Another Shot Of My Heart, Peter Cowap...A Whale Of A Tale, Lek Leckenby...Gold Mandela, House Of Keith; White Faced Lady, Casual White Jeans, The Casuals...Jesamine (A Butterfly Child), Barclay James Harvest...Once Again, The Strawbs...Bursting At The Seams, Dave Dee & Rosy...Berlin Rendezvous, the Exploits Of D,B,M,& T, + Dave Dee & Marmalade, Dave Dee 'Unfinished Business', Dave Dee & Jean Musy 'Few And Far Between', A House 'Wide Eyed And Ignorant', The Family Cat 'Magic Happens', Joan Baez, Rockin' Berries, Early Quarry Men Recordings...R'N'R's Holy Grail?, The Quarry Men 'Open For Engagements', Sylvie Vartan...La Maritza; Nirvana...Travelling On A Cloud, Peter Daltrey 'Dream On', The Church...The Unguarded Moment, Whatever Happened To Joey Levine (Part Four), Tommy Boyce 1939-1994...Last Train To Clarksville, Aaron J Woolley 'Aaron J Woolley'. |
ZABADAK NO.11 JULY 1994
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#11 showed a slight change of direction as we began to include females in our coverage and with French songstress Linda William being the first (femme) on a Zabadak cover. Linda had been yet another reason for resurrecting Zabadak because her and French music were beginning to make an impact (and motivation on the magazine) and there was quite an in depth piece on her. One of the major articles in #11 was on the Ohio Express which was in fact Part 3 of our Bubblegum story – there were many really interesting new discoveries on their career reported. Via that history then our connections with The Casuals (and John Tebb) started and ever since we have also championed that band. #11 continued with various singles analysed from the 60s/70s - then also notable singles by sixties artists released during the period May'93 to May'94 (there were only 6 singles to report this time – noticeably getting less during the confusing changeover from vinyl to CD singles); there was a major article on Mungo Jerry; a live review of Procol's 15th July 1993 Southend On Sea gig; 3 Beach Boys albums reviewed; a critique on underrated New Zealand 80's band Mi-Sex; White Plains; Marmalade; Hollies were well represented; Swinging Blue Jeans; McGuiness Flint; Idle Race; Moody Blues; Bee Gees; readers Top 10 Acts listings (had actually started in #10) and were now gathering speed (giving us an idea on what acts we should be writing about!). Naturally enough we detailed the latest events on DD & DBM&T (3 pages). Dave Dee's solo album was progressing well - he'd now already been working for 20 months on this moving away from the original heavy rock orientated direction into more mellow sounds. We'd been hoping that DBM&T would come out with something startlingly new but in 1994 - even if Tony "Beaky" Carpenter was making excellent contributions & there were ideas being kicked around on doing new recordings - this was seemingly not going to happen. For #11 it had been a very positive year (and also with a marriage) but a difficult finish as we had once again (since our arrival in Cannes, France) to change printers and then even worse to change one more time after that 2nd messed things up…with the eventual 3rd time lucky (& final) printing company saving matters. So much has happened since this issue but nevertheless this remains an important early chapter. (Ron Cooper February 2010) |
ZABADAK NO.10 JULY 1993 |
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Then came a rather turbulent year for Zab#10 with both the interruption caused by a fairly difficult house move which resulted in the changing of the printing firm halfway through production, plus with also the news of Paul Bennett being now replaced by Tony Carpenter (who now assumed the role as the new "Beaky"). In fact after the really good vibes present in Zab#9 concerning Paul then things seemed to go quickly downhill for him & so in the end it was actually no real surprise to see Tony now entering the band. #10 was more of an issue for Moody Blues and Procol Harum fans with in depth articles for each of them. Both bands had just now released new LPs which captured our fancy and inspired those articles - for example Dave Dee was listening and enjoying very much Procol's then current 'Prodigal Stranger' LP. There were though plenty of other interesting aspects within with articles on The Move, Scandinavian 60s pop rock, Herman's Hermits, plus plenty of retrospective (from original vinyl) LP reviews - Jethro Tull, Wayne Fontana, McGuiness Flint, Allan Clarke, Gerry Rafferty, Downliners Sect, Zed, Tremeloes, Magic Lanterns, Marmalade, Cat Stevens, Beatles, Ringo Starr, Animals, Lindisfarne, etc. DDDBM&T were again well represented with some in depth retrospective analysis for both the 'If No One Sang' and 'Fresh Ear' LPs plus also the latest news in both the DD and D,B,M&T camps. Some big news was that Dave Dee had (then 9 months previously) started work on his solo album - so much so that he'd in fact recorded 12 tracks but that there had been quite a change of direction during this process (six of which had already been thrown out i.e. 'No Guts No Glory' as no longer fitting in with the concept) – Dave was really throwing himself 100% into this project with help from Export's Steve Morris & Marmalade's Sandy Newman. Then there was the Story Of Bubblegum Part 2 (really quite amazing some of the new info that our readers had come up with after Part 1); then continuing with notable singles by sixties artists released during the period May'92 to May'93; continuing also with notable singles from the sixties/seventies "in general" (i.e. Barry Ryan) and some very fine & thoughtful DDDBM&T top tens from various readers were presented. Looking back now at #10 even if perhaps overall not quite as good as #9 it still turned out OK (with plenty of nostalgia & enjoyment within) & a special thanks to Aicha for her encouragement that we were able to continue on during this tricky period. (Ron Cooper February 2010)
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ZABADAK NO. 9 APRIL 1992 |
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After a refreshing lay-off period (a 3 year gap from June 1989's Zab#8) then our ninth issue came out (April 1992). The magazine had quickly evolved after #1 into a fairly general 60s magazine (even if still concentrating on DDDBM&T) with now bands like Troggs, Tremeloes, Hollies, Marmalade etc also under the spotlight). Mario Sienknecht and I though had decided to finish the magazine up after #8 mainly because when main heroes DBM&T had returned back to the UK from their Spanish sojourn, that they had seemingly split up (Beaky Dymond now wishing to stay on in Spain and not to continue on with the DBM&T cause). Frankly there did not seem to be many positive things happening in the world of DDDBM&T back then (early 1989 that is). Then events slowly or even quickly began to happen in a positive way with 1989 ending up being quite an excellent year. DBM&T reformed with Paul Bennett taking over the role of "Beaky" and with also the release of Dave Dee & Marmalade's excellent 'Scirocco' single, then things were looking up. Both the sad passing of Steve Marriott and Rex Woodard (a staunch USA supporter of DDDBM&T and Zabadak) were also strong motivations (we wished to dedicate something for them). There was also now more feedback from fans and readers and #2 through to #8 were all sold out. Therefore with all these events then decided to resurrect and continue on to produce another edition. Articles that stand out in #9: Murray Head – seemingly one of the more significant ever on him (quite surprising considering the number of albums that he has released and his important role in stage musicals); Bubblegum - we took this short lived fad into thought provoking realms and through one Gerd Rochel even inspired an Ohio Express resuscitation (plus also in a convoluted way a 1910 Fruitgum Co one); Steve Marriott; The Herd; Gary Brooker; Four Seasons; Gladys Knight & The Pips; Ten Years After; some French music discussion; various Alan Clayson books (it was quite a golden period for him); notable singles by sixties artists during the period May'89 to May'92; notable singles from the sixties/seventies in general; Searchers; Beach Boys; top groups in Western Australia November '66 to May '70 (3.5 year chart history); plus more. Within this context we continued the DDDBM&T Appreciation Society with the aim to devote roughly 7 pages each issue (if ever there would be an explosion of interest then we would increase this coverage). We also covered the career of the new "Beaky" Paul Bennett in great detail (we thought that he was going to help revive DBM&T's career into a higher circle). Amongst others Aicha & Françoise Lajat both presented their fine DDDBM&T Top 10 tracks choice within. Looking back now at #9 then it was really quite a fine issue – and luckily enough there are a few copies still left & available today. (Ron Cooper February 2010)
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ZABADAK NO.1 DECEMBER 1985 |
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This first issue of Zabadak (#1 December 1985) was totally dedicated to DDDBM&T and briefly covered bits & pieces of most of their career within. We had a lot of fun making it though looking back now it is a bit rough & ready but there was an innocence & an enthusiasm which still lends a certain charm today. When Mario Sienknecht & I began this adventure (of producing a fanzine dedicated to DDDBM&T and running their Appreciation Society) we did have slightly higher expectations of what would happen. This is one of the reasons why copies (of this original issue #1) are still available today! Yes we thought that there would have been more fans out there! One of the initial problems was that the fanzine really probably came out a couple of years too late. The band had been slowly evolving into something that seemed to be set to achieve some sort of a reasonable "comeback success". Between 1979 and 1983 (DD)DBM&T had released 6 singles 'You've Got Me On The Run', 'In The Coven', 'Ballad Of Bulldog Bobby', 'Doo Wah Diddy', 'Xanadu (live H&V)' and 'Staying With It' - with each indicating a certain continuing positive upward trend. Discussions had been ongoing also with Howard & Blaikley for a new song and there were quite a number of their unreleased demos (original songs) in the vaults awaiting finalisation & a possible album release. The scene had now been set for a Top 40 hit. But then after 'Staying with It' things frankly began to become really rather reversed because 1984's Heartbreak Hotel covers LP then came out, then 'Here We Go' only ever happened in promo vinyl versions (Atlantic knocked it on the head and as boldly original as it was, it was the weakest single so far), plus 'Matthew & Son' for all its promise (fine production & performance) was never going to achieve much (a cover version without a UK release and with no Dave Dee in the band - plus almost 3 years after 'Staying With It'!). Much of this interesting scenario is presented within #1. Perhaps if #1 had have come out in December 1983 things may have been different for the band – creating a little more added media interest at the time. In fact we began working on the first issue in April 1984 and eventually produced enough parallel info to produce the next 4 issues (in a quicker time framework). Further to this then when our first issue came out it unfortunately coincided when Dave Dee had just been asked to leave the band (by the others) because he wasn't devoting 100% of his energy (to the band) – this was because he was also involved in band management (Tarzen & Export) plus charity organisations etc. Though 1984 & 85 had in any case been a slightly barren time zone (for DDDBM&T fans) this was now really quite a major setback. Perhaps if we'd received more feedback & participation from fans back then this may have helped DDDBM&T's subsequent career somewhat - but many were nowhere to be seen. Looking back now it seems a case of only if that happened then this may have happened etc. In any case #1 still makes for a fine first chapter of one of the greatest & most unsung bands from the sixties. A copy recently went for more than 30 Euros on eBay which is quite strange because there are still some available here for 6€!!! (Ron Cooper January 2010)
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