The famous article where Noddy Holder mentions he has a pet tarantula spider called Sooty - 1973

 

Dave Hill buys house next to Solihull Girls' School - 1973

 

Information about Slade NME Poll Winners Show at Wembley Empire Pool - 1973

 

 

French newspaper article about the release of Skweeze Me Pleeze Me - 1973

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Frank Lea steps in for injured Don Powell for Isle Of Man gigs - 1973

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cum On Feel The Noize review from Sounds - 1973

 

Slade's Skweeze Me Pleeze Me hits No1 in 1973 - and Slade provide 1,000 bottles of champagne to Polydor staff

 

 

Dave Hill's Great Dane called Windsor

 

Slade 1973 USA Tour feature from Diana Magazine

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Another article about Dave Hill's Great Dane - Windsor

 

 

NME interview about Slade's 1973 USA Tour

 

 

 

 

 

 

Don Powell's Car Crash 1973 - article from London Evening News - 4 July 1973

 

 

 

 

Don Powell's Car Crash - as mentioned in the London Evening Standard - 4 July 1973

 

 

 

Review of Slade's Fanfare For Europe concert at the London Palladium 1973 on 7 January 1973. Brian Johnson's band Geordie were support.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

Article from The Sun - 10 August 1973 - announcing that Don Powell is out of hospital.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Slade USA Tour dates announced in Record Mirror - 22 September 1973.

 

Disc magazine review of Slade's Cum On Feel The Noize - 24 February 1973

 

Announcement of Slade's Isle Of Man show - 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.

 

 

 

Jim Lea grappling actress Hillary Pritchard.

 

 

Daily Mirror article about Frank Lea stepping in for injured Don Powell - 10 July 1973.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Skweeze Me Pleeze Me hits No1 in the charts - July 1973 

 

Slade win Group of The Year at the Fab 208 Music Awards 1972

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Slade's Jim Lea weds in secret - as disclosed in Record Mirror 1973.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Record Mirror announce Slade to play Earls Court 1973.

 

Love story about Slade's Jim Lea and Louise Ganner.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Picture of Slade at Heathrow - leaving for their US Tour 1973.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Noddy Holder suffers from mystery illness at Birmingham airport - 1973.

 

 

Jim Lea's blood disorder almost killed him age 7.

 

Don Powell on the mend at Wolverhampton Royal Infirmary Hospital - 1973.

 

 

Slade slay the States - USA Tour review - 1973.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

Article about Dave Hill's house in Solihull - 1973

 

 

Photo of girls going to Slade's Earl's Court concert - 1973

 

Photo of the return of Don Powell  with Slade at Brand's Hatch Racecourse - 1973

 

 

 

Slade Newcastle City Hall gig ticket - 2 June 1973

 

 

Don Powell article about the girl who saved his life.

 

Slade crack the ceiling at the London Palladium - 1973

 

 

 

Noddy Holder joins Capital Radio - 1973

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

Slade are The World's Top Group in NME Poll - 1973

 

Slade voted Top Group in BBC World Service Poll - 1973

 

Slade's Merry Xmas Everybody gets Gold Disc

 

Slade's Jim Lea Personality Top Ten - Disc Magazine 1973

 

Slade's Skweeze Me Pleeze Me chord break

 

Slade to tackle the problems that David Bowie had at Earls Court - 1973

 

 

 

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