Finally justifying my hoarding gene and sharing clips from vintage Sounds music papers from the late 70s to the mid 80s.
Special thanks to the very brilliant Steve
@SoundsClips
&
@GregRenoff
for their help & encouragement.
Betty Page reacquaints herself with Duran Duran, having previously met not that long ago when opening for Hazel O’Connor, they now return as global sensations.
So where did it all go right?
@duranduran
Sounds May 29th 1982
Mark E Smith talks to Edwin Pouncey about the current state of
#TheFall
, label hopping, married life with Brix & the sound that she brings to the band.
Mark’s as chatty and forthright as always!
@fallnews
Sounds Jun 9th 1984
Sylvie Simmons catches
@VanHalen
in LA at their absolute peak, touring their ‘Fair Warning’ masterpiece.
Oh, and that
@RossHalfin
picture!
Sounds Jul 25th 1981
5 deserved stars from Bill Black for ‘Swoon’, the seminal album by Prefab Sprout. Spike Sommer awards top marks as well to Abrasive Wheels and Grace Slick’s ‘Software’ rates highly too.
@Prefabsprout
#AbrasiveWheels
@GraceSlick_JA
@JeffersonAirp
Sounds Mar 10th issue 1984
A classic interview by Sylvie Simmons with Diamond David Lee Roth in scintillating form. The occasion, is the release of their finest
@VanHalen
LP to date & Dave takes us through it track by track, as only he can. Joyous!
@DavidLeeRoth
@sylviesimmons
Sounds Jun 20th 1981
It’s now 3 months since I started ZoundsAbound, so I just wanted to thank everyone for their support and contributions, which is fuelling my enthusiasm! Sincerely appreciated! ❤️
Particularly enjoying the chats and reminiscing, so feel free to air your thoughts!
Well, that’s 1 month gone in a breath! 500 +posts, & lots of fun reminiscing, as I plough through this pile of music history. Thank’s to everyone who has followed me, reposted, liked or just passed by. Particular thx to
@SoundsClips
&
@GregRenoff
Hope your faith was justified!
Robbi Millar is in Texas & completely overwhelmed by the
@VanHalen
‘1984’ stage show, before falling for the conversational charms of
@DavidLeeRoth
for this week’s cover feature.
@eddievanhalen
@GregRenoff
Sounds Aug 4th 1984
Vinyl Score this week sees REO Speedwagon top the US Album Chart, Adam & the Ants dominate the Indie charts & Vienna by Ultravox fail to reach No 1 for reasons we all know!
@kcreospeedwagon
@adamaofficial
@UltravoxUK
@midgeure1
Sounds Feb 28th issue 1981
In 1982. Sounds put out a series of Kerrang format style mags called Guitar Heroes. Here’s the cover of issue 2 and the cover feature inside on the King, Edward Van Halen.
Interview by JD Considine
@VanHalen
@VanHalenNews
@GregRenoff
@eddievanhalen
Garry Bushell regrets waking up the next morning after witnessing the brutally loud Motörhead at the Hammy Odeon.
#Tank
in support.
Betty Page sees
#ViciousPink
in Leeds & feels they need to hone their craft a bit more if success is to come
@myMotorhead
Sounds Apr 3rd 1982
John Dingwall meets up with Lloyd Cole and the Commotions ahead of the release of their debut single. Great read ahead of a fabulous journey.
@Lloyd_Cole
Pic Hilary Paton
Sounds Mar 17th 1984
Van Halen are this week’s cover stars and Sylvie Simmons catches up with Diamond Dave to bring us another feast of patter from the man himself.
@vanhalen
@DavidLeeRoth
@sylviesimmons
Sounds Jun 26th 1982
Blancmange tells Mick Sinclair how they found their feet and made their way with the help of the likes of Martin Ware, though not Steve Hillage. Too pricy!
They built a solid career which is still successfully running to this day.
@_blancmange_
Sounds Mar 13th issue 1982
Mark Putterford meets up with Dee Snider, frontman of the infamous Twisted Sister to discuss the trials & tribulations of breaking the UK.
@TwistedSisterNY
@deesnider
Pics
@RossHalfin
Sounds Apr 16th 1983
Jay Williams is in Newcastle to see Twisted Sister at the Mayfair, and any preconceived reservations he had about the band, have been brutally kicked out of him.
@TwistedSisterNY
@deesnider
Pic Tony Mottram
Sounds Jun 16th 1984
Garry Bushell tracks the progress of
@IronMaiden
who are back in the US touring relentlessly, this time on the back of their ‘Number Of The Beast’ album.
Pics
@RossHalfin
Sounds Aug 28th 1982
Spandau Ballet’s third album ‘True’ leaves Dave McCullough enraptured, as they dispense with funk for pure pop. 5 stars!
‘This is the best drum sound I've heard since 'Dark Side Of The Moon'!
@SpandauBallet
@TheTonyHadley
@garyjkemp
@realmartinkemp
Sounds Mar 5th issue 1983
Garry Bushell highlights the disparity in success levels for
@DefLeppard
in the UK & the US, where ‘Pyromania’ has already sold 3m copies.
#DefLeppard
are this week’s cover feature artist.
Pics
@RossHalfin
Sounds Aug 6th 1983
Diamond Head have worked their way through the club scene to finally make it on to a major label roster, with MCA.
Philip Bell finds them in reflective mood ahead of starting at big school.
@DH_Diamond_Head
Sounds May 8th 1982
Garry Bushell is in the US with Sounds cover star Ozzy Osbourne. Currently racking up Beatles sized album sales, Ozzy’s burgeoning success is also bringing unwarranted notoriety! Candid & heartbreaking interview at times.
@OzzyOsbourne
Pics
@RossHalfin
Sounds Apr 24th 1982
Robbi Millar provides an early feature on Bob Jovi, at a time when their success is now widening quickly.
Jon Bon Jovi is determined to remain grounded, stay secured to his background & to listen to the fans who make sacrifices to support them.
@BonJovi
Sounds May 11th 1985
Bill Black reviews the Singles this week & seems to like most of them, including ‘In The Ghetto’ by
@nickcave
‘Let Go The Mansion’ by
#TomVerlaine
, ‘Don’t Go Back to Rockville’ by
@remhq
along with releases by
@theblowmonkeys
&
@RedGuitars
with ‘Steeltown’.
Sounds Jun 23rd 1984
On our way to London for tomorrow night’s
@Youngfathers
show at the Royal Albert Hall for
@TeenageCancer
so apologies for shortage of posts
We are fundraising for TCT in memory of our son Noah, who died of bowel cancer 18 months ago aged just 19
Dave McCullough catches The Jam live at London Poly & finds an aging, mean & fierce Paul Weller in fine form
Philip Bell on duty for
#TheRods
&
@IronMaiden
in Dunstable, with Maiden’s new show & new material a big positive
@paulwellerHQ
@LongLiveTheJam
Sounds Mar 6th 1982
Like the majority of us, our son Noah was obsessed with music. He would have been 21 today and in to his final year
@LIPALiverpool
on a BA Sound Technology degree course he couldn’t even start. He had the world at his feet before his terminal cancer diagnosis 1/3
@TeenageCancer
Betty Page gets into the inner sanctum of
@MarcAlmond
&
#DavidBall
of
@softcellhq
‘Well, if people expect us to be really slick and cool and totally in control of the situation, they're coming to see the wrong band.’
Sounds Aug 1st 1981
I bloody love Pete Frame! His family trees are an art form & beautifully meticulous. Highly recommend his books of these trees
If I ever had to define a true fan of popular music, I would think of Pete
@JourneyOfficial
@MadnessNews
Sounds Mar 5th 1983
Stuart Adamson is disillusioned with the Music Industry & is to leave The Skids. Richard Jobson is exasperated. One of the standouts of this era is to end. We can only be grateful for their glorious legacy
Ronnie Gurr reports.
@SAIABCT
@richardjobson
Record Mirror Mar 17 1979
Phillip Bell spends time with former Scorpion, Uli John Roth at his home. After a long winded explanation as to why he left the Scorpions - simply ‘musical differences’, plans for the future are unfurled.
@UliJonRoth1
@scorpions
Sounds Mar 27th 1982
Robbi Millar approaches UFO in Athens with extreme caution amid drama, controversy, feuds & a European tour in tatters!
Heartbreaking read.
@UFO_rockband
#PhilMogg
@BillyonBass
Sounds Mar 12th issue 1983
Motörhead announce imminent release of their new album ‘Iron Fist’, Enid departs Girlschool after ‘differences’ & Gary Numan is cleared of carrying an offensive weapon in court. A rounders bat!
@myMotorhead
@Girlschool
@numanofficial
Sounds Mar 20th 1982
Mark Putterford meets up with Uli Roth in London, as the former Scorpion is about to tour with his newly expanded band, Electric Sun.
Such an underrated songwriter & musician.
@UliJonRoth1
Sounds Jun 11th 1983
Former
#XRaySpex
sax player, Lora Logic, returns with her debut solo album, ‘Pedigree Charm’.
Mick Sinclair reports.
@logic_essential
Sounds Jun 5th 1982
The late, great Billy McKenzie from the Associates talks to Dave McCullough.
A poignant read.
@_theassociates_
#BillyMcKenzie
Pic Harry Papadopoulos
Sounds Mar 28th 1981
Question. So in the same issue as they run a huge spread & interview with David Bowie, take cash for a full page ad for his new LP and run a featured news item, Dave Henderson drops this on the Ed’s desk?
Would it happen today? Thoughts?
@DavidBowieReal
Sounds Apr 16 1983
Ian Ravendale gets to hear all about the woes of Tygers of Pan Tang, as they drop like flies early into what should have been an all conquering tour, supporting their new album ‘Spellbound’
@tygersofpantang
@Real_Sykes
Pics Rick Walton
Sounds May 30th 1981
Curt Smith from Tears for Fears chats to Carole Linfield ahead of their new album release, ‘Songs from the Big Chair’.
Pics by Carole Segal
@tearsforfears
Sounds Mar 2nd issue 1985
Garry Bushell rates the new Iron Maiden album as their best to date, though still prefers Di’anno to Dickinson. The iconic ‘Number of the Beast’.
@IronMaiden
Sounds Mar 27th 1982
Van Halen announce the imminent release of Van Halen II, tour dates & possibly festivals.
Magazine, fronted by Howard Devoto are heading out on tour & Iggy Pop announces new album ‘New Values’ and tour.
@VanHalen
#HowardDevoto
#Magazine
@IggyPop
Record Mirror Mar 17th 1979
Such a life affirming performance tonight by
@Youngfathers
a band at the top of their game, playing in support of
@TeenageCancer
who we campaign for. If ever an organisation knows the true value of life, it’s them. A quite extraordinary night.
This week’s Letters page sees the readers defence of
@DefLeppard
for their shifting their focus of attention to the US after lukewarm warm success in the UK.
Sounds Aug 20th 1983
Sparks receive a mediocre appraisal of their new album ‘No. 1 in Heaven’ from James Parade but Motörhead’s ‘Overkill’ is even further beyond Chris Westwoods comfort zone.
@sparksofficial
@myMotorhead
Record Mirror Mar 17th issue 1979
Another week, and the gigs keep on coming. Who we got???
I’m choosing to see Saxon again (first saw them when they were called Son of a Bitch) and also Thomas Dolby for a bit of culture.
@SaxonOfficial
@ThomasDolby
Sounds Feb 18th issue 1984
5 huge stars for the very brilliant ‘Future Shock’ by Gillan.
Was always a massive fan of Gillan so as a teenager, I was blown away that they used a quote of mine from a live review I did for Musicians Only on the cover notes for this
#Gillan
#IanGillan
Sounds Apr 11th 1981
Magnum at the Marquee & Eddie & the Hot Rods at Dingwalls for me. You?
My heart leapt a little when I saw Mammoth listed, but this was the NWOBHM band formed by ex Gillan bass player John McCoy & ex Samson singer Nicky Moore
#Magnum
@EddieHotRods
Sounds Feb 23rd issue 1985
Last week, Karen Swayne lambasted ‘Desperate Character’, the debut LP by
#KirstyMacColl
. This week, the Letters Page afforded Kirsty the right of reply. Boy did she exercise her right!
Sounds Aug 8th 1981
Robbi Millar meets up with
#AndyMcCoy
from
#HanoiRocks
to chart their story to date, and it’s a really good interview on such an influential band.
Of course, it’s still
@michaelmonroe
who makes the front cover!
Sounds Sep 1st 1984
Quite fancy King Crimson in Dunstable, Motörhead at the Hammy Odeon, XTC at the Hammy Palais & Graham Parker back at the Odeon. Bliss!
Feel free to join me.
@DGMHQ
@myMotorhead
@long_live_xtc
@ItsGrahamParker
Sounds Mar 13th issue 1982
‘Leadweight’, a compilation cassette only album from Wallsend’s Neat Records, a real champion of the
#NWOBHM
genre, has thrown up some real gems.
Geoff Barton breaks it down and is delighted to award all 5⭐️
#WhiteSpirit
#Axis
#Raven
@VenomsLegions
etc.
Sounds May 30th 1981
Double page feature by Steve Sutherland on Van Halen, as he flies out to meet with the band in Buffalo after their show.
Fascinating on every level. Poignant too.
@VanHalen
@VanHalenNews
@VanHalenVault
@GregRenoff
Pics Tom Sheehan
Melody Maker Apr 14th 1984
It’s 10 years since
@myMotorhead
took to the stage but their celebration of the decade is currently marred by legal wranglings with their label Bronze. And they don’t hold back to Neil Perry on what they think about it!
Sounds Jul 13th 1985
AC/DC are to headline this Summer’s Donington Monsters of Rock
Ian Gillan departs Black Sabbath unexpectedly & the rumour mill about a Deep Purple reunion begins
Tragically, Paul Gardiner of Tubeway Army is found dead at 25
@acdc
@BlackSabbath
@_DeepPurple
Sounds Mar 17 1984
Derek Oliver interviews an open and amiable Gary Moore ahead of his ‘Victims of the Future’ tour which will take him around the world as a headline artist in his own right. Hard earned by an artist of real substance.
@gmooreofficial
Pic Zbysiu Rodak
Melody Maker Mar 10th 1984
After last week’s shock announcement of the tragic light aircraft accident that killed Randy Rhoads, Sounds publish the interview he did with Garry Bushell a few months earlier.
@RhoadsRememberd
#RandyRhoads
@RRhoadsFanClub
@OzzyOsbourne
Sounds Apr 3rd 1983
Crispy Ambulance deliver their new album ‘The Plateau Phase’ to the 5 star delight of Dave McCullough.
‘this is how the Doors would sound if they were around in ‘82’
Listening to it now, it still sounds so fresh and clearly influential.
@CrispyAmbulanc
Sounds Mar 20th 1982
Garry Bushell breaks type & rightly recognises Prince as a real deal superstar.
Mary Anne Hobbs & me held the same opinion, that Tarazara & Danielz would take the world by storm, but it never happened for them.
@prince
#Tarazara
#TRexstacy
@maryannehobbs
Sounds Mar 2nd 1985
In Record News, Rufus & Chaka Khan have their US hit ‘Ain’t Nobody’ released here, Ausgang have a new EP released on Criminal Damage & The Pale Fountains release a new single on Virgin
#Rufus
@ChakaKhan
#Ausgang
#PaleFountains
Sounds Mar 24th 1984
Phillip Bell interviews
@DH_Diamond_Head
who are at pains to express why they distance themselves from the obvious music genres & categorisation.
Sounds Jul 25th 1981
Dave McCullough reviews the new album from
@neworder
‘Power Corruption And Lies’. A tour de force, 5⭐️
Chris Burkham reviews the new
#CoatiMundi
album very favourably, as does Ralph Traitor of the new LP by
#1919
, ‘Machine’.
Sounds May 7th 1983
Well,
@Slayer
at The Marquee is screaming at me this week. Ticks all my boxes!
I’m also off to see
@CameoNation
at The Venue, back to the Marquee for
#Eloy
,
@VenomsLegions
at the Hammersmith Odeon &
@INXS
at The Astoria
Sounds May 26th 1984
Garry Bushell cross references Iron Maiden and The Cockney Rejects, Maiden coming to terms with the mediocre reception for ‘Killers’ & the Rejects struggling with growing pains.
@IronMaiden
@cockneyrejects2
Sounds Feb 28th issue 1981
So many tasty bands to see, but I doubt many will turn down the chance to see Prince for £4.50 at the Dominion! Certainly not me.
Bill Nelson & Mick Karn before that perhaps.
@prince
@BillNelsonMusic
#MickKarn
Sounds Feb 26th 1983
Bill Black reviews ‘Empire Burlesque’ by
@bobdylan
& the new
@Prefabsprout
LP ‘Steve McQueen’.
Jack Barron tackles ‘Songs of Praise’ by
#PoisonGirls
and Sandy Robertson is just about onboard with ‘Misplaced Childhood’, the new LP from
@MarillionOnline
Sounds Jun 15th 1985
Betty Page awards full marks to Spandau Ballet’s debut album ‘Journeys to Glory’, but for Robbi Millar, The Barracudas’ appeal has worn very thin.
@SpandauBallet
#TheBarracudas
Sounds Feb 28th issue 1981
John Dingwall is in Glasgow for
#TheArmouryShow
&
@richardjobson
completely avoids the clamour from the crowd to dip in to the
#Skids
catalogue, which he was so entitled to do. Classy move, & this band’s future is looking very promising already.
Sounds Jun 18th 1983
Geoff Barton is on the same page as Judas Priest and gives them a rave review for ‘Point of Entry’.
Paul Suter even goes half a star better for Steve Madden’s band Reckless from the US, and their self titled opus.
@judaspriest
#Reckless
Sounds Mar 7th issue 1981