Slade Scrapbook - 1974 Press Cuttings

CUTTINGS 1974

Birmingham Post - 4 January 1974

Thanks to Gary Jordan for providing this cutting

Midlands Newspaper - 4 January 1974

Thanks to Gary Jordan for providing this cutting

Record Mirror - 19 January 1974

After Christmas the Sladest album goes back to No1 - as fans spend their record vouchers....

Centennial Hall, London, Ontario, Canada - 20 January 1974

Thanks to James Reaney and Bill Atkinson from Canada for finding/providing this archive review & picture from London, Ontario in 1974

Disc - January 1974

Sounds - January 1974

Sounds announce Slade's 28 date Crazee Nite Tour of the UK , starting on April 19th at Bradford St George's Hall.

Disc - January 1974

After headlining the Philadelphia Spectrum, and before performing in Baltimore, Slade hit New York on a promotional trip. Also they announce that Good Time Gals will be Slade's next American single release.

Teen Mag - Spring 1974

Music Star 1974

Nod tells Music Star magazine about the gifts that fans send him. 1974.

Jackie Magazine - 1974

Jackie Magazine 1974

Jackie Magazine ran a series of True Confessions about Slade. Each week a member of the band would answer questions about themselves...

Popswap - 1974

Record (and Radio) Mirror - Poll Results 1974

Record (and Radio) Mirror announce their poll results in 1974...
British Groups - Slade 1st
British Male Singer - Noddy Holder 2nd
British Guitarists - Dave Hill 1st, Jim Lea 7th
British Keyboard - Jim Lea 9th
British Percussionists - Don Powell 1st
Miscellaneous Instruments - Jim Lea 2nd, Don Powell 10th
British Albums - Slayed 4th
British Singles - Skweeze Me Pleeze Me 9th

Record Mirror - letter after the Poll Results announced....

Jean Devine from Lewisham flips after Anonymous from Bloxwich slags off Dave Hill....

French Magazine - February 1974

A French magazine gives a poor review of Slade's gig at the LA Hollywood Palladium - February 1974. LA Jinx?

Disc - 16 February 1974

In the Disc Music Poll Awards 1974 the results were:-
Best Live Group - Slade
Top British Group - Slade.....

Slade at the Disc Awards 1974. Best British Band & Best Live Group

Dave Hill and wife Jan, at the Disc Music Awards ceremony. February 1974.

Noddy Holder with Lynsey de Paul at the Disc Music Awards ceremony. February 1974.

David Essex, Roy Wood, Lynsey de Paul and Noddy Holder - at the Disc Awards 1974.

In the pictures above Dave Hill can be seen reading an article in Disc. The article was written the week before, when a Disc reported travelled to Jack Hill's (Dave's Dad) house in Wolverhampton to interview Dave....Jack Hill is mentioned several times in the interview. He was a great fella.

Disc also announced the next Slade tour...

Music Star - February 1974

BBC Radio One Chart - announced 19 February 1974

The Carpenters stop Old, New, Borrowed and Blue from entering the chart at No.1.....however, it gets there a few weeks later!

Diana - 1974

And It's Here and Now mag comments on Dave Hill's thoughts on the World...

Daily Express - February 1974

The Sun - February 1974

The Sun reviews Slade's Old, New, Borrowed and Blue.

NME - 16 February 1974

NME reviews the Slade album Old, New, Borrowed and Blue - released on 15 February 1974.

Superstar Magazine - February 1974

Disc - March 1974

Japanese Tour - February/March 1974

Japanese Tour Programme - 1974

Japanese mag - 1974

Record Mirror - 30 March 1974

Record Mirror reviews Slade's Everyday single - March 1974. They label it "CHART CERT".

Sounds - 30 March 1974

Sounds review Slade's Everyday single - March 1974.

Disc - 1974

Disc talk to Julian Kraker - Slade's clothes maker....

Disc - 30 March 1974

Disc reviews Slade's Everyday single - March 1974.

Melody Maker - 30 March 1974

Disc - March 1974

Noddy Holder details his Top Ten favourite records in March 1974. His fave at this time was Jealous Mind by Alvin Stardust...

Disc - March 1974

Disc reports that Don Powell from Slade returned from Japan with measles.

Noddy Holder - Cover Star - Pop Today - 1974

Music Star - April 1974

Record and Radio Mirror - April 1974

Slade's First Loves - 1974

Jackie - 1974

Dave Hill tells Jackie Magazine how he liked visiting Japan on tour with Slade (Feb/March 1974).

Promoting "Everyday" single - April 1974

Advert in the Official SuperSlade Mag - 1974

The SuperSlade Mag carried an advert for The Slade Mag.....complete with free flexi disc. But it was never printed!

Disc - 1974

Disc featured an article about "Sue X - The Tragic Slade Fan".

Your webmaster can confirm that she did exist. I met her at a few concerts in 1978. Her name was actually Sue Stevens. She eventually became the partner of Gerry Shephard (deceased) of the Glitter Band.

Disc - 1974

Disc Fashion Editor, Lynne Thirkettle, talks about Slade's footwear.

Jackie - 1974

Photoshoot for the 1974 Tour Programme

Disc - 6 April 1974

Sounds - 6 April 1974

Blackpool Opera House - 20 April 1974

Slade fans with Noddy - Blackpool Opera House - 20 April 1974

Birmingham Odeon - 22 April 1974

NME - 27 April 1974

Roz Martini from NME reviews Slade's gig at the Blackpool Opera House (20 April 1974) - the second date of their Crazee Nite Tour...

Disc - 27 April 1974

Rosalind Russell from Disc reviews Slade at Bradford St George's Hall on 19 April 1974

Record Mirror - 27 April 1974

Record Mirror's John Beattie talks to Slade as to why they have decided to buy houses in London...

Disc - 1974

Disc featured an article as to how they thought Noddy Holder would look aged 60. Were they right or wrong? Methinks wrong!

Caird Hall, Dundee - 1 May 1974

Blackburn King George's Hall - 8 May 1974

Thanks to George Haworth

Musketeers Photo Session - May 1974

Disc - 11 May 1974

Disc report that Slade will be releasing The Bangin' Man as their next single.

On their British tour they mention that at Dundee Caird Hall (1 May 1974) "hundreds of pounds worth of damage was done when over enthusiastic bouncers upset the crowd and the band weere forced to flee the hall".

Record Mirror - 25 May 1974

John Beattie of Record Mirror reviews Slade at the Hammersmith Odeon 18 May 1974. He says "the lights are the best that I have seen by any British Band".

Jim Lea - 1974 UK Tour

Disc - 25 May 1974

Disc review Slade's show at Hammersmith on 18 May 1974.

"I noticed the house wasn't completely sold out. There were several completely empty rows at the back of the stalls..."

Your webmaster went to the show the day before at Hammersmith Odeon - and remembers there was a notice in the foyer that tickets were available for the following night.

Mirabelle - May 1974

Mirabelle Magazine reviewed Slade's concert at the Hammersmith Odeon - May 1974.

My personal ticket for the 17th May 1974 gig at Hammersmith Odeon.

Popswap - 1974

Disc - May 1974

Disc announces the release of the next Slade single - The Bangin' Man on 28 June 1974.

NME - June 1974

Slade commence their 4th American Tour with a date at the 5,200 capacity Felt Forum in New York (support Aerosmith). Slade sell out and tickets are exchanged outside at inflated prices.... All goes well until someone throws a firework onstage.

Record Mirror - June 1974

Record Mirror mention Slade's Felt Forum visit of 31 May 1974

Bravo - June 1974

Bravo article published June 1974 - about the Slade gig at the Felt Forum. Photo - Slade onstage at the London Palladium - January 1973.

Disc - 8 June 1974

Slade's UK Crazee Nite Tour was over. What did Polydor do with those life size cut-outs of the band that were perched on the stages and foyers of the concert halls on the tour?...... They gave them away in a competition in Disc!

Disc - 29 June 1974

And the winners of the Slade competition were...

Record Mirror - June 1974

Record Mirror review of The Bangin' Man - June 1974

NME & The Sun - June 1974

Record Mirror - June 1974

Music Star - June 1974

The Slade boys stripped off to their snazzy trunks to promote their single The Bangin' Man at the Serpentine, in London. June 1974.

Daily Mirror - 27 June 1974

TV Times - June 1974

Slade - featured in TV Times Magazine. They were to perform The Bangin' Man on Lift Off with Ayshea on ITV on 1st July 1974 (photo used taken from their previous Lift Off performance on 22 June 1973 - performing Skweeze Me Pleeze Me).

The Bangin' Man - TV promotion - June 1974

These are the outfits that Slade used to promote The Bangin' Man on Top Pop in Holland - in June 1974

Food photo-shoot - Summer 1974

Disc - June 1974

Disc - July 1974

Record and Radio Mirror - July 1974

Chart progress of The Bangin' Man. July 1974.

Birmingham Evening Mail - 6 July 1974

Thanks to Gary Jordan for providing this cutting

Disc - 13 July 1974

In order to promote The Bangin' Man - Slade completed the Star Probe in Disc in July 1974. They answered questions from the fans...

Disc - July 1974

Sounds - August 1974

Daily Express - August 1974

The Daily Express reports how Slade have used a part of Battersea Town Hall for filming Flame. August 1974.

Disc - August 1974

Disc mention that Slade are recording the soundtrack to Flame....However, the talked about Wembley concert in 1974 never happened.

Record Mirror and Disc - 14 September 1974

Slade get fit with women athletes Donna Murray and Leslie Kiernan - 1974. Picturte taken in Brook Green (in Hammersmith / Shepherd's Bush area), London.

Record Mirror - 14 September 1974

Disc - 14 September 1974

Record Mirror - 14 September 1974

Music Star - 1974

The Sun - September 1974

Noddy Holder is pictured by The Sun filming in Portobello Road market.

The Sun - September 1974

Disc - September 1974

1973 Tour pic - used in Far Far Away article above.

Bravo - October 1974

Bravo promotes Slade's German Tour dates for November 1974.

Bravo - 1974

Bravo article 1974 - photo UK Tour 1973

Record Mirror - October 1974

Record Mirror announces Slade's European Tour in Autumn 1974 commences with a gig in Keykjavik, Iceland on 12 November 1974.

Sounds - 19 October 1974

Don Powell was interviewed by Sounds in October 1974. The article was called Slade: the final challenge

Melody Maker - 19 October 1974

Melody Maker's Colin Irwin talks to Dave Hill in an article: Slade - Your Public Is Your Judge. 19 October 1974.

Record Mirror - 19 October 1974

Jan Iles talks to Jim Lea. 19 October 1974.

Disc - 19 October 1974

Record Mirror - 19 October 1974

Disco 45 - October 1974

Record & Popswap Mirror - October 1974

Chart progress of Far Far Away - October 1974

Jackie - 1974

In Jackie Magazine, Don Powell tells of his admiration for Harry Nilsson. 1974.

Jackie - 1974

Jackie magazine features an article on the Slade Fan Club. 1974.

German Charts - 1974

The Bangin' Man hits the German charts in 1974.

Jackie Magazine - 1974

Jackie Magazine featured Dave Hill in an article called Over The Hill. 1974.

Jackie Magazine - 1974

Jim Lea was featured next in Jackie's series on Slade - in an article titled HappyLea Ever After. 1974.

Jackie Magazine - 1974

In Jacki'es series on Slade in 1974, Don Powell was featured in an article called Powellful.

Jackie Magazine - 1974

Jackie's featured Noddy Holder in the article "Holder and Wiser ....."

Iceland - 12 November 1974

Slade kicked off their Autumn European Tour 1974 in Iceland - on 12 November. Here's a photograph of Gunnthor Sigurdsson's original ticket for the show - signed by the band.