Cuttings 1973

CUTTINGS 1973

Popswap article

The famous Popswap article where Noddy Holder mentions he has a pet tarantula spider called Sooty ..

It's Here and Now magazine - 1973

It's Here and Now article from 1973 about Dave Hill purchasing a Great Dane dog called Windsor (Winny).

Jackie - 1973

Jackie article about Dave Hill's dog Windsor. 1973.

My picture of Dave's dog Windsor - taken 1978

NME - 20 January 1973

Music Star - 1973

Popswap - 1973

French Magazine - 1973

French article about Dave Hill being "in love" (?) with Patricia - 1973.

Record Mirror - 1973

Noddy Holder joined the Nicky Horne show on Capital Radio.

Jackie Magazine - 1973

Jackie interview with Slade's Dave Hill - The Squire of Solihull.

Jackie Magazine - 1973

Jackie interview with Slade's Don Powell - The Powell and the Glory.

Jackie Magazine - 1973

Jackie interview with Slade's Jim Lea - Happilea!

Jackie Magazine - 1973

Jackie interview with Slade's Noddy Holder - The Wolverhampton Wanderer.

Jackie Magazine - 1973

Jackie magazine featured a article about Slade's 1973 tour of America.

NME - January 1973

January announcement of Slade performing at the NME Poll Winners Awards Show at Wembley Empire Pool in March 1973.

Popswap - January 1973

Popswap gives details of Slade's sell out shows at Wembley Empire Pool on 25 March 1973....and shows lines of Slade patches and t-shirt designs for sale...

Jim signs autographs for girl fans - 1973

London Palladium Concert - 7 January 1973

Backstage before the Palladium concert

The band onstage at the London Palladium - 7 January 1973

Sounds - 13 January 1973

Sound's Billy Walker reviews Slade's Fanfare for Europe concert at the London Palladium on 7 January 1973. The band are supported by Brian Johnson's Geordie.

NME - 20 January 1973

NME supplement - 208 Awards 1972. Slade Group of the Year - 1972.

Jackie Magazine

Jackie Magazine announces that Dave Hill has bought his first home - in Solihull. It was next to Solihull High School for Girls.

Music Star - 1973

Mirabelle - 1973

Mirabelle reports on Dave Hill buying a new house in Brueton Avenue, Solihull, 1973.

French Magazine

French newspaper article about the release of Skweeze Me Pleeze Me .

Record Mirror - 20 January 1973

NME - 24 February 1973

Keith Altham interviews Slade's Dave Hill - 24 February 1973.

Disc - 24 February 1973

Disc reviews Slade's Cum On Feel The Noize single - released 23 February 1973.

Disc - 24 February 1973

Disc Music Awards article - 24 Febuary 1973. Slade win Best Live Band. Roxy Music appear subdued - but Slade make up for it. The presentation is onboard the Sloop John B Boat on the River Thames at Battersea.

Sounds - 24 February 1973

Sounds' review of Slade's Cum On Feel The Noize single.

Record Mirror - 24 March 1973

Slade's Jim Lea marrys his girlfriend, Louise Ganner, in secret on 19 March 1973.

Daily Express - 20 March 1973

Jim Lea's wedding to Louise Ganner is just small print in the Daily Express...

NME Poll Awards Concerts, Wembley Arena - 25 March 1973

Popswap - April 1973

Popswap article about the romance between Jim Lea and Louise Ganner - April 1973.

Popswap - April 1973

Sounds - 28 April 1973

Rob Mackie from Sounds interviews Dave Hill. 28 April 1973.

Music Scene - May 1973

John Halsall reports in May's Music Scene about Slade's tour of Australia and New Zealand Jan-Feb 1973.

Los Angeles promotion - May 1973

Record Mirror - 5 May 1973

Record Mirror announces Slade are to play Earl's Court on 1 July 1973.

Record Mirror - 12 May 1973

Record Mirror announces two Slade gigs at the Palace Lido, Douglas, Isle of Man in July 1973.

Melody Maker - June 1973

Melody Maker tells how Slade will tackle the problems that David Bowie suffered when they play Earls Court.

Also, the paper details how Don Powell collapsed at the Birmingham Town Hall concert in June 1973.

Newcastle City Hall concert - 2 June 1973

Record Mirror - 9 June 1973

Record Mirror pick up Slade at the start of their UK Tour - June 1973.

Sounds - 16 June 1973

Rob Mackie from Sounds talks to Slade's Dave Hill in the build up to the Earls Court gig.

The Sun - June 1973

Slade's Skweeze Me Pleeze Me hits No1 in 1973 - and Slade provide 1,000 bottles of champagne to Polydor staff. Picture taken outside the Polydor Offices in Stratford Place, just off Oxford Street, London, W1.

Slade in Stratford Place. In the background of the pic you can see Don's white Bentley - which was written off days later in the terrible crash in Wolverhampton.

Daily Express - June 1973

Bravo - July 1973

Slade fans going to the Earl's Court concert - 1 July 1973.

London Evening News - 4 July 1973

John Blake and Bernard Josephs from the London Evening News report on Don Powell from Slade's car crash. 4 July 1973.

London Evening Standard - 4 July 1973

Don Powell's car crash is reported in the London Evening Standard. 4 July 1973.

Bravo - July 1973

Bravo magazine from Germany reports on Don Powell's car crash. July 1973.

Slade fan Marjit in Germany wrote to Sandro at Bravo Magazine - asking for news on Don, after his accident.

The translated response is as follows:

"Dear Marjit – My latest information is Don now on the mend, at least he is over the worst - but he needs to believe his own doctor, the London brain specialist Jeffrey Knight, as it will be at least two more months until he is fully back in business . He has suffered four ribs broken, a broken ankle and severe facial injuries, and pretty bad concussion. Therefore he cannot remember the accident well - he is not aware yet that his girlfriend, Angela is dead. Let's hope that he is given this sad news as late as possible learn, so that he suffers no set-back. If you want to write to Don himself and wish him well, the current address is here (Les Perrin PR man’s address) - yours Sandro".

Daily Mirror - 6 July 1973

Feature from the Daily Mirror 1973 - announcing Jim Lea's brother Frank as the replacement drummer for injured Don Powell.

Melody Maker - 7 July 1973

Melody Maker reports on the biggest indoor UK concert Slade ever performed - Earl's Court - 1 July 1973.

Record Mirror - 7 July 1973

Popswap - 1973

Music Star - 1973

Slade's Jim Lea almost died aged 7, from a rare blood disorder.

The Sun - 1973

Circus Magazine - July 1973

Record Mirror - July 1973

NME - 7 July 1973

The Kidz Are Alright - NME's Nick Kent interviews Slade and reviews the Earls Court concert. 7 July 1973.

Daily Mirror - 10 July 1973

Deborah Thomas from the Daily Mirror talks to Slade about Don Powell's accident. 10 July 1973.

Pop Up Magazine - July 1973

Mirabelle Magazine - July 1973

Mirabelle Magazine announces that Jim Lea's brother Frank, will stand in for injured Don Powell at the band's Isle of Man gigs. July 1973.

Daily Mirror - July 1973

The chart rundown shows Skweeze Me Pleeze Me at the top spot.

London Evening News - 10 August 1973

Article from the Evening News - 10 August 1973 - announcing that Don Powell is out of hospital.

Bravo - 1973

Mirabelle - 18 August 1973

Mirabelle prints a photo of Slade's Don Powell returning to the public eye at the Radio Luxembourg Fun Day at Brands Hatch - 12 August 1973.

It's Here and Now - August 1973

London Evening News - August 1973

Evening News reporter John Blake talks to Don Powell about his car crash, and the death of his girlfriend Angela Morris.

Sounds - 25 August 1973

Rob Mackie from Sounds interviews Slade's Jim Lea - 25 August 1973

Mates - September 1973

Record Mirror - 8 September 1973

Record Mirror reports that Slade's next single will be My Friend Stan - to be released on 21 September 1973.

Disc - 8 September 1973

Robert Brinton from Disc gets picked up by Noddy Holder (in his ice blue Mercedes Sports) at Wolverhampton Station, and taken to the pub.... 8 September 1973.

Daily Express - September 1973

The Daily Express pictures Slade at Heathrow - leaving for the September US Tour - 1973.

Record Mirror - 22 September 1973

Slade announce American tour dates - September 1973

Sounds - 22 September 1973

Pete Erskine from Sounds interviews Slade's Don Powell. They talk about how Don is recovering from his accident. 22 September 1973.

Record & Radio Mirror - 29 September 1973

Peter Harvey from Record Mirror interviews Jim Lea and Don Powell at the Curzon Hotel in London. The band have to change hotels every time they stay in London....

Record Mirror - October 1973

Record Mirror reviews Slade's performance at the New York Academy of Music on 28 September 1973. They opened for Peter Frampton's Camel and the J Geils Band.

Let It Rock Magazine - October 1973

The famous American journalist Lester Bangs wrote about Slade, in an article called Cum On Feel The Boyz, in the Autumn of 1973...

In one of the cartoon pictures (drawn by Mike Wells ) he gives attention to Slade's stay at the Holiday Inn, Swiss Cottage - where the hotel manager tried to evict Slade (due to the hundreds of screaming fans outside) and told Chas Chandler they had to leave..... Your webmaster was outside the said hotel in June 1973, and this was the first time he met Dave and Don....

The Sun - October 1973

Margaret Forwood from The Sun reports on Slade slaying The States in 1973

NME - 13 October 1973

Part One of John Johnson from NME's interview with Slade in New York. October 1973. They play the New York Academy of Music, and are supported by Blue Oyster Cult.

NME - 20 October 1973

Part Two of John Johnson from NME's interview with Slade in New York. October 1973. The band tell how they wrote My Friend Stan the day that they found out Don Powell was in hospital after his crash...

Noddy Holder and Jim Lea at KSJO Radio (San Jose, California) - around 20 October 1973

Record Mirror - October 1973

Disc - October 1973

Disc announces that Slade will play London dates at Christmas in 1973. But these never happened...

Music Star - October 1973

Music Star reports that Slade's Autumn US Tour is not going too well...

Disc - November 1973

Dave Hill lists his Top Ten Singles - Disc November 1973

Melody Maker - 3 November 1973

Melody Maker's Chris Charlesworth reports on Slade in America. 3 November 1973.

NME - 10 November 1973

Barbara Charone from NME interviews Slade in Chicago in November 1973 - with the band complaining that Eye Level is keeping My Friend Stan from getting to No 1 in the UK...

Sounds - 20 November 1973

Barry Dillon talks to Noddy Holder from his hospital bed at East Birmingham Hospital. Slade's November Tour of Europe, starting in Brussels, is cancelled....

November 1973

Report on Slade's 1973 European Tour...

Big damage done at the venue in Gothenburg, Sweden..
Slade searched for drugs when entering Germany (torch stuck up Don powell's bum)..
....and a riot in Reykjavik, Iceland.

Bravo - November 1973

Bravo ran a feature on Slade's German Tour in November 1973. The band travelled around Europe on their own aeroplane - called Slade Express. Here are some photos from this article...