Cuttings 1972

Jackie Magazine - Noddy interview

Jackie Magazine - Don interview

Jackie Magazine - Dave Interview

Jackie Magazine - Jim Interview

Slade Interview - Jackie Magazine

Record Mirror - 12 February 1972

Peter Jones from Record Mirror talks to Slade. 12 February 1972.

2 March 1972 - Slade Alive press reception, Ronnie Scott's Club, London

Jackie article - 1972

Noddy Holder buys a London flat in 1972

Jackie article - 1972

Jim Lea buys a grand piano for his Wolverhampton home.

Jackie article 1972

Slade - British Rail Advert

Slade advertised the British Rail discount card "Rail-Europ Junior".

Jackie - 1972

Record Mirror - 29 April 1972

Slade Return from Holland Tour - 3 May 1972

Sounds - 6 May 1972

Great Western Express Festival (Lincoln Festival) - 28 May 1972

Slade performed at the wet and soggy Great Western Express Festival (otherwise known as The Lincoln Festival) on Sunday 28 May 1972.
The performed just before Monty Python's Flying Circus, and top of the bill band, The Beach Boys.
Slade were a resounding success and over the next couple of week's Slade were on the music press front pages - because of their great performance...

Melanie - 1972

Jackie - 1972

Pete from Jackie magazine finds out how the membership of the Slade Fan Club has grown from 1,000 to 4,000 in the last 6 months.....and the Slade's Look Wot You Dun hit No.1 in Argentina. Jackie 1972.

Melody Maker - 3 June 1972

Record Mirror - 17 June 1972

Jackie - 1972

Pete from Jackie Magazine talks to Noddy Holder - and how he's sold his Mini and bought a Hillman Avenger. 1972

NME - 1 July 1972

Graham Punter reviews Slade's concert at the California Ballroom, Dunstable on 24 June 1972.

"Hundreds of steaming bodies pushed and shoved - not to see, just to breathe.
Girlfriends were hoisted high on boyfriends' shoulders clear of the crush. Exit doors were burst openby the weight of people seeking air. DJ Bruce Benson appealed for people to move back to alleviate the very danger of massive amps toppling onto the crowd under the pressure....."

Record Mirror - 8 July 1972

Record Mirror gives details of Slade playing the Rainbow on 29 July 1972....and spending three days in Spain from 20 July 1972.

Advert - July 1972

Advert for Slade at The Rainbow - supported by Juicy Lucy and Max Merritt and the Meteors. Concert 29 July 1972.

NME - July 1972

Slade had to do four encores at the Paris Olympia, at the request of the police.....Blackfoot Sue to support Slade at Wembley Empire Pool on 28 October 1972.

Record Mirror - 22 July 1972

Announcement of impending Slade gig. At the opening of the Mile End Sundown, on 7 September 1972.

Record Mirror - 22 July 1972

Record Mirror - 29 July 1972

Diana Magazine - 1972

Jackie - 1972

NME - 5 August 1972

Julie Webb reviews Slade at the Rainbow, Finsbury Park - 29 July 1972.

Sounds - September 1972

Record Mirror - 2 September 1972

Slade presented with a Silver Disc for "Take Me Bak 'Ome" reaching sales in the UK of 250,000

Record Mirror - 2 September 1972

Record Mirror - 9 September 1972

Sounds - 14 September 1972

Review of Slade's Mile End Sundown concert, 7 September 1972.

Melody Maker - 16 September 1972

Buxton Festival Poster - 16 September 1972

Disco 45 - September 1972

Disc - September 1972

Slade undertake their first US Tour - September 1973.

NME - 18 November 1972

NME report from Wolverhampton - back home with Slade. 18 November 1972.

208 Times - October/November 1972

Disc - 18 November 1972

Sounds - 25 November 1972

Sounds newspaper reviews the Slayed album - November 1972.

Popswap Magazine

Noddy Holder first got sent a girl's bra in 1972....

Jackie Magazine

And then girls used to throw knickers at Noddy Holder during concerts in 1972.....

Jackie - December 1972

Fab 208 Magazine

Slade at the Rainbow, London, Finsbury Park - 10 and 11 November 1972. Kid Jensen introduces support act Thin Lizzy and The Osmonds and Donovan are in the audience.