Newsletter No. 3

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0 r a n g et h i s t i m e I t h i n k .
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t h e l a s t 3 m o n t h s ,s ' i n c es o m eo f o u r r e l e a s e d a t e s p r o v e da l i t t l e d e c e p t i v e . . .
I ' l e l l - S A R A H7s0 t o 7 3 h a v e a l l e n t e r e dt h e w o r l d s a f e l y a n d l o o k l o v e l y .
7 0 w a s a s m a l l s q u a r e m u l t j c o l o u r e d f a n z i n e p a c k a g ee n c l o s i n g a s m a l l
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c i r c u l a r s e e - t h r o u g hf i e x i d i s c - a l i v e r e c o r d i n g o f B L U E B 0 Y "' sC l o u d B a b i e s "
( f r o m a g i g a t T h e M e a nF i d d l e r l a s t s u m m e r ) i;t w a s , a n d i s , a v a i l a b l e f r o m u s
f o r 5 0 p + S A E . I n c i d e n t a l l y , s e n d i n g S A E ss m a l l e r t h a n t h e r e c o r d d o e s n ' t
h o n e s t l y h e l p ( y o u ' d b e s u r p r i s e d h o wm a n y . . . ) - n o r d o f o r e i g n s t a m p so n t h e
e n v e l o p e ,s i n c e w e d o n r t l i v e a b r o a d , t h o u g h I s u p p o s ei t r s a g e s t u r e . A s i s
t h i s : I v i s u a l j o k e - d o e s n ' t r e a i l y c o m ea c r o s so n p a p e r l . Y o u ' r e a l l a b i t
b l o o d y s t r a n g ea t t i m e s , a r e n ' t y o u ? N o o f f e n c e .
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t r u s t , o b v i o u s l y , t h o u g h a l e t t e r y e s t e r d a y a s k i n g t h e r nt o p l a y a S i x t h F o r m
C o l l e g e i n T a u n t o nw o u l d t e n d t o i r n p l y i t s t r u t h .
Y o u t h - p o pe x p l o s i o n y e a h .
And runawaywinner of the coveted Sarah Srvirly GreenSleeve Award.
SARAH
72 was THE SUGARGLIDERST
awesome"Ahprahran',- jt's apparently an
ancient Aboriginal word for "3-track EP", incidentally, long fallen out of
u s a g es i n c e t h e a n c i e n t a b o r i g i n a l s d i d n ' t a c t u a l l y k n o ww h a t a 3 t r a c k E p w a s .
K a n g a r o o sy, e s - s a y r r k a n g a r o o "t o o n e a n d h e ' d c o m eo v e r a l l m i s t y - e y e da n d
burble on for weeks; say "3-track EP" and herd creep off and sit under a
e u c a l y p t u sf o r 5 d a y s l o o k i n g m o o d ya n d u n a p p r o a c h a b l e H
. a n d yh i n t : f o r t h o s e
w h o s t i l l c a n t t f a t h o mw h e t h e rt h e a l p h a b e t j c a l r a c k s i n O u r P r j c e g o a c r o s so r
down, or whether it runs horizontally from one rack to the next or goes all the
w a y d o w n o n e r a c k f j r s t , w e ' v e m a d et h i s r e c o r d e s p e c i a l l y e a s y t o s p o t b y
p u t t i n g a b l u e l a w n m o w eorn t h e f r o n t ( t h o u g hd o n t t g e t i t m u d d l e dw i t h t h e n e w
"Blue Lawnmowe
Mri x " o f t h e s e c o n d[ r e - i s s u e d ] F r a n k & ! ' l a l t e r s s i n g l e [ w i t h
p o s t c a r d i ,t o w h i c hj t b e a r s a s t r i k i n g r e s e m b l a n c e , ' ad so I ) .
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And SARAH
73 tvas a new EP from ACTI0I{PAII{TING!
m i n u t e s t o r n f r o m a t e e n a g eh e a r t , s p i n n i n g t h e h a r d f ' l j p - s j d e t o o u r u s u a l
p a r o c h i a l w h i m s y . Y o u g r o w u p f a s t i n a d o c k y a r d - t o w nb: u s k i n gf o r t r a d e r o u n d
t h e t a t t o o - j o i n t s , t e n q u i d f o r a S a t u r d a yN j g h t S p e c i a l - t h e s e b o y s h a v e s e e n
it all - the fighters and the drunks, the losers and the lost, theyrve tasted
t h e r u m o n t h e i r b r e a t h s , s t r o k e d t h e p a r r o t s o n t h e i r s h o u l d e r sA l l t h e s e s i n g l e s a l s o a p p e a r e do n C D , a s d o e s e v e r y t h i n g f o r n o w , s i n c e
CD sales are certainly keeping pace with vinyl and, on export, far outs t r i p p i n g . I n t h e U Kw e s t i l l g e t a d i s t o r t e d v i e w , a n d j t ' s o n l y w h e nl e t t e r s
a r r i v e f r o m ( s a y ) p e o p l e i n t h e m i d d l e o f A m e r i c ac l a i n i n g t h e y ' r e u n a b l e t o
b u y a n e w S T Y L UtSh a t y o u i ' e a l j s e w h a t a p o i n t i e s s a n d U N F A I g
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t h o u g hw e s t i l l a r e w j t h m a n ya s p e c t s . . . B u t t h e n ,
Fare uncomfortablepeople, as anyonewhors sat on us r-ecenily wi 11 testi fy.
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madetheir way to parts of The States - no, not a new sumner-range
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n o w - s e n to u r s p a r e s l e e v e so f f t o C a r g o ,b u t i f y o u a r e s t j l l l a c k i n g o n e , u m w e l l , e v e n t u a l i y w e ! 1 1r e - p r e s s , I g u e s s , a n d h a v e a E w m o r e , s o a s k u s i n s i x
monthsor so...
lierd require proof-of-purchase, of course - a note from the
r e t a i l e r s a y i n g " o u r s t a f f a n e s o s t o o p i d t h e y d i d n ' t e v e nr e a l i s e t h j s r e c o r d
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t o h a v e a s l e e v e , ' , s i g n e db y t h e s t a f f , s h o u l d s u f f i c e .
S o - t h a t ' s t h e p a s t , w h a t a b o u t T H E F U T U R E ?l , l e l l , I t h i n k i t r s
reasonable to surmise that over the next few rnonths the overall. energy
d i s t r i b u t i o n t h r o u g h o u t t h e u n i v e r s e a s a w h o l e w i l l b e c a m es l i g h t l y m o r e
u n i f o r m a s w e s l i p i n e x o r a b ] y t o w a r d st h e u l t i m a t e H e a t D e a t h s c e n a r i o ; b u t
m a y b eI ' m g e t t i n g a l i t t l e a h e a do f m y s e ' l f . M o r e i m m e d j a t e l y ,A p r i l l 3 t h s e e s
H1 5 ) , w i t h a l a r g e
t h e r e l e a s e o f S E C R ESTH I I { E ' sd e b u t L P " U n t o u c h e d (" S A R A 6
p u r p l e c a t o n t h e f r o n t a n d B e x t r e m e l y l o u d n e w s o n g si n s i d e - o r p o s s i b l y
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i t ' s t h e o t h e r v t a yr o u n d , I ' l l c h e c k l a t e r .
l i n e - u p i s n o w b u i l d j n g t o a c . l i m a x ,i n c i d e n t a l l y , w i t h t h e e n t i r e r h y t h m
s e c t i o n h a v i n g r e c e n t l y d i e d i n a c o a c h - c r a s ha n d b e e n r e p l a c e d b y a d r u m m a c h i n ew i t h s o m e b o deyl s e m o v i n go n t o b a s s , p o s s i b l y J a m i e , p o s s i b l y S c o t t . I
h a v ea s n e a k i n gs u s p i c i o nt h a t n o n eo f y o u a c t u a l l y c a r e a b o u tt h i s . . .
new EP
74, BLUEBoYTS
Another two weeks (April 26th) brings us to SARAH
" M e e t J o h n n yR a v e "- t h r a s h - p o pA - s i d e a n d a b o y - g i r l d u e t o n t h e f l i p t h a t r l l
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compressedjnto one 2 second moment; 0h pop-music I love you. And theyrre
r e c o r d i n ga n e wE P ' i n M a yw h i c h r l l b e " F a s h j o nA c c e s s o r y "", A G e n t l eS i g h " a n d
" L a s t S o i g " , f l l o w e d b y a s e c o n da l b u ml a t e r i n t h e y e i r . 0 h , a n d t h e t h a d a
n i c e t i m e i n J a p a n . C Dv e r s i o n a d d s " P o p k i s s "f r o r nt h e l a s t 7 " , b y t h e w a y .
7 5 i s t h e c a u s e o f c o n s i d e r a b l ea r m - f l a p p i n g
M o v i n ga l o n g i n s i d e , S A R A H
here at Sarah, bei ng the f j rst rel ease by fab new si gni ngs EASTRMR PIPE,
c o m i n ga t y o u f r o m N e wY o r k C i t y . T h e y ' v er e l e a s e dt h r e e 7 " s o n t h e j r o w nH e l l
G a t e l a b e l , a n d w e r r e r e - i s s u i n g t h e f i r s t t w o o f t h o s e w i t h a t r a c k a d d e dt o
e a c h ( f r o m r e c o r d i n g sm a d ea r o u n dt h e s a m et i m e ) t o m a k et h e m E P s . F i r s t u p i s
" H e l m e t0 n " ( o r i g i n a l l y o u t i n ' 9 1 ) o n M a y4 t h , f o l i o w e do n J u n e 7 t h b y " S h e r s
A Real GoodTime". And then vlerre concentrating on newer stuff, becausethe
betweenThe
songs hers writing now are all too fabulous for words - somewhere
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a n I t r a c k 1 0 " L P s o m et i m e a r o u n de a r l y a u t u m n 6 b r a n d n e ws o n g s
, e r r ee x c i t e d e v e ni f y o u r r e n o t .
a n d 2 t r a c k s f r o m t h e i r t h i r d U . S . 7 " . W e 1 1w
T a l k i n g o f i r r a t i o n a l b u z z e s o f e x c i t e m e n t , t h e p o p - w o r 1 di s c u r r e n t l y
flat on jts back with astonishmentat the newsthat Wetherbylegends BoYRACER
have finally sjgnedon the dotted - no great surprise, rea11y, given theyrve
recently played with every other band on SARAH
except thejr lamentabiy defunct
(who have a posthumous
heroes THEG0LDEI{
release corningup on Heaven- can
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t h i s b e t r u e ? ) , b u t w o r t h a q u i c k c e l e b r a t o r y s n o g a l l t h e s a m e ;h r e r v et o y e d
t ^ , i t ht h e m f r e q u e n t l y , b u t a l w a y sb e e nt h w a r t e db y t h e i r i n a b i l i t y t o s t a y s t i l l
l o n g e n o u g hb e t w e e nr e l e a s i n g s i n g ' l e s f l e x i s c o m p i l a t i o n - t r a c k sa n d h e a v e n knows-what-el
se on other I abels for us to ask them sensibl e career-based
q u e s t i o n s . B u t a t l a s t , F o U Rp o p c l a s s i c s ( " I ' v e G o t l t A n d I t t s N o t W o r t h
H a v i n g " / " J e s u sS r l - z a n -C
n eh r i s t " / " B l a c k F a n t a s t i c S p l i t t i n g " / " B e a u t i f u l L ' i n e s " )
o n a n E P e n t ' i t l e d " B i s f o r B o y r a c e r "( a n o ' l d G o l d e nD a w nt i t l e , i n c i d e n t a l l y ,
t i l l s o m e b o dpyo i n t e d o u t t h a t B w a s a c t u a l l y f o r B o l d e nD a w n ) . T h a t ' s o u t M a y
1Oth. Meanwhile
t h e i r p r e v i o u s r e c o r d i n g , " N a k e d " ,i s s t i l l a v a i l a b l e o n
T u r n t a b l e F r i e n d R e c o r d s[ d i s t r i b u t e d b y S R D ,o r w r i t e t o : E i g e n s t r a s s e8 2 ,
4100 Duisburg, GermanyJ
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, who are al so rel easing a Boyracer/Hul
m j n i - L P . . . a n d t h e r e ' s a d o u b l e f l e x i p a c k a g ea v a i l a b l e f r o m t h e b a n d c / o B
S p o f f o r t h H i l l , W e t h e r b y ,} { e s t Y o r k s f o r f l + S A E . . . I n c i d e n t a l l y , t h e m o r e
o b s e r v a n to f y o u w i l l s p o t t h a t S j m o ni s w e a r i n ge x a c t l y t h e s a m eT - s h i r t o n
t h e ' r N a k e d " s l e e v e a s o n o u r 7 " - i t r s b e c o m eh j s g i r n n i c k- l i k e t h a t f e l l o w
f r o m A C / D Ci n t h e s c h o o l u n i f o r n . W a t c ho u t f o r h i s s i l l y w a l k t o o , a n d y e l l
i f h e d o e s n r td o i t - " D o t h e s i l i y w a l k , S i m o n ! "- l i k e e v e r y t r u e s h o w m a h
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l o v e s t o w o r k a n a u d j e n c ea n d , l i k e e v e r y t r u e s h o w m a nh,e l o v e s t o m a k ea n
audiencework. 0h, and to the person who refused to buy a flexi at The Duchess
o n t h e g r o u n d st h a t t h e n a m ei s s e x i s t ( " B o y r a c e r " ,n o t " T h e D u c h e s o
sf York" that's just tasteless) - I think yourre missingthe point.
Q. Spot the
p o s j t i v e f e m a l e r e f e r e n c e : B l u e b o y , B o y r a c e r ,S h a r k b o y ,C o l a B o y , H u g g yB e a r ,
V e 1 o c i t yG i r l , A . T h e r ei s n r t o n e . D i s c u s s ,u s i n g b o t h s j d e s o f t h e a r g u m e n t .
Ri0t Grrrl seens to be producing rather more bathwater than babies at the
noment- "Her Jazz'r might be the best single for 15 years, but I donrt see why
t h a t m e a n sw e h a v e t o p r e t e n d t o l i k e h a m m o
y l d p u n k - r o c kl i k e B i k i n i K i l l a f t e r a l l , s t a r v i n g b a b i e s a r e u n d o u b t e d l ya b a d t h i n g b u t I b e t y o u n e v e r
b o u g h t " F e e dT h e W o r l d " . . . ( f n e f l a w i n t h i s a r g u m e n it s , o f c o u r s e , t h a t y o u
n e e d m o r e b a t h w a t e rt h a n b a b i e s - u n l e s s y o u u s e a f l a n n e l , I s u p p o s e . ) A n d
Picasso had in mind whenhe painted Blueboy- he always was a
Faven knowsWHAT
sexy old devjl with no senseof perspective. Still - nice of Liz Naylor
( C a t c a l l ) t o t e l l u s i n h e r H u g g yB e a r s l e e v e - n o t e st h a t t h e r e ' s n o t h i n g t o
s t o p g i r l s s e t t i n g u p r e c o r d - l a b e l s , a s a 1 l y o u n e e d i s a n i c e m a nt o l e n d y o u
m o n e y . I t r s a g u y t h i n g . I n c i d e n t a l l y , w h y d o w e a l l h a v et o t a l k A m e r i c a n ?
Speakingof AC/DC,SARAH
77 (out May 24th) is yet another bloody EP by THE
- with 2 songs ("Unkind" & "Beloved") recorded on their recent UK
SITGARGLIDERS
trip at Satya Studios in Derby, and one ("TrumpetPlay'r) recorded back homein
M e l b o u r n e- l i s t e n c a r e f u l l y t o t h e C Da n d y o u r l l a c t u a l l y b e a b l e t o s p o t t h e
difference - just ihere, faintly in the background- the clatter of surfboards
a n d t h e r u b b e r y t h u m po f b e a c h b a l l sb o u n c i n ga l o n g t h e s h o r e ; o d d , r e a ] 1 y , a s
all I rememberabout Derby is the HamptonCourt style one-waysystem and the
impo-sibi'lity of ever reachjng The Dial once you get yourself stranded the
wrong side of the ring-road - we normally give up and head home. But there you
go. "Unkind"also has the distinction of being our shortest song ever - 47
secondsincluding false start, and anyonewho tiinks ThTili-a'kesii a rip-off
h a s n r t g r a s p e de v e n t h e b a s i c s o f p o p - o n e d a y A L L s o n g sw i l l b e t h i s s h o r t . . .
A n d h a v ef a l s e s t a r t s . B e c a u s e
w e a l l l i k e t o b e r e m i n d e dt h a t b a n d sa r e
human. Speakingof which: THEORCHIDS.Well - forget what we told you last
time; theyrve recorded half a dozen songs, but want to do somemore to makea
f u 1 1 - ] e n g t h L P s o - t h e y r l l d o t h a t l a t e r t h i s m o n t h , m e a n i n ga r e l e a s e d a t e
ust donea session
o f , u m , a b o u t 3 m o n t h sa f t e r t h e y f i n i s h .
B u t t h e y h a v e j-well
fov" Raiio Scot.land/Radio 5rs "Eaishot" which includ-edlas
as a cover of
T h e B o x T o p s r " T h e L e t t e r " , t w o n e ws o n g s , " o b s e s s i o n# 1 " a n d " I t r s o u r s r r ,b o t h
o f w h i c h w i l l a p p e a ro n t h e L P . A n d f o r t h o s e s t i l l j n t e r e s t e d i n t h e c u r r e n t
a c t i v i t i e s o f w a y w a r db a s s i s t J a m e s- I ' n a f r a i d w e d o n r t k n o wa n y m o r et h a n w e
d i d l a s t t i m e , M r s , M o o d yb, u t I t h i n k t h e p h o t o w i t h t h e c a m e lw a s a j o k e .
Back to Australia and EVEI{AS l{E SPEAK,reeling still from the shock of
m a s sc r i t i c a l a c c l a i m ( a n d y e s , t , l l et o o w e r e d i s t i n c t l y U N - k e e no n t h e s w i m s u i t
p h o t o s i n M e l o d yM a k e r- a l a s , a l 1 b e y o n do u r c o n t r o l . . . ) , h a v e r e c o r d e ds o m e
new stuff including versions ofrrBlue Eyes", "Air" (both familiar from their
recent Peel Session) and lGetting Faster" (to be heard on a Goodier Sessiondue
f o r b r o a d c a s ti n M a yw h i c h a l s o i n c l u d e s [ t h o u g h p o s s i b l y I s h o u l d n ' t s p o i l
your fun - so close your eyes till you get to the end of the sentenceif you
dontt lrant to knowl a toasting lreggae not crumpetsJversion of "Falling Down
T h e S t a i r s " . . . n o t f o r n o t h i n g a r e t h e y o f t e n p i g e o n h o l e da s t h e l l a c k y
Australian Bandon Sarah). So - a new EP of somesort in early sunmer,maybe?
By which time Juljan and Paul will have returned from a brief sortie down
under, be back in the bandrs new homein Hove- the Bondi of East Sussex- and
r a r i n g t o t a k e t o t h e b o a r d sa g a i n ( s t a g e sn o t s u r f ) . M a y b ea t o u r i n J u l y . . .
T h e r e ' s a l s o a " D a n c eR e - m i x l ol f " S t r a i g h t A s A n A r r o w r r d u eo u t o n B u s h
Recordsof Manchester- it was supposedto be out in January but one of the
m i x e s s t i l l i s n r t d o n e s o - I g u e s si t w o n ' t b e o u t f o r a l i t t l e w h i l e y e t .
Anyway,from International Rock and DanceCulture to the more traditional
world of parochial whimsy, and HEAVEIILY
SARAH
return to the studio on 8th May
t o r e c o r d a n e w E P - t h e f a b u l o u s " P . U . N . K .G i r l ' r p l u s " H e a r t s & C r o s s e s "a n d ,
um, other things
and it's undoubtedlyanother one to look out for over the
summer. Plus they have someother ner,,songs too, so hopefully it won't be too
Iong after that before somethingelse happens. Hey, you want hard news, wetve
(The whole point about hard news is that itts difficult to get,
got it.
s u r e l y ? ) I n c i d e n t a l l y , f o r r e a d e r s i n t h e U S , K s h o u ' l db e c a p i t a l i s i n g o n t h e
s u c c e s so f " L e J a r d i n d e . . . " b y r e - i s s u i n g " . . . V s . S a t a n " o n C D - w e r v e n o t
had CDsourselves since Danceteriawent bust, though therers possibly an entire
w a r e h o u s e f uiln L i l l e .
t . J h i c hr e m i n d sm e : i f y o u r r e r e a d i n g t h i s e n F r a n c e ,
yourre probably wonderingwherewerve been for the past year since, in the wake
of Danceteriars slolv demiseand subsequentlegal stuff, nobodyrsbeen importing
our releases - but this time of darkness is now thankfully passed, and
e v e r y t h i n g w i l l b e a v a i l a b l e h e n c e f o r t hv i a M E D I A7 , w h ow i l l p r o b a b l yg o i n t o
liquidation sometiineround November
owing us lots_ of moneyif past experience
'is anythingto go by but l e s d o i g t s s o n t c r o s s 6 sp o u r n a i n t e n a n t . . . o h , a n d
might be doing whatever the French version of''MTV Unplugged"is BLUEBoY
" B l u e b o ys a n s p l u g s r r . S o w a t c ho u t f o r t h a t . A n d - " s h h h h . . . ' l
o f f n o v rt o t h e C e l t i c T w i l i g h t , l a n d o f m i s t s , g o b l l n s a n d c h e a pa l c o h o l ,
and the news from Glasgowis that THEIArE had to stop recording becausethe
studio was being rebuilt, which is |,{hynothingrs been heard from them for a
while. (And there rras us thinking theyrd used our moneyto help Tony l,lilson
o u t f o r o l d t i m e s t s a k e . ) B u t t h e y r r e n o w s u p p o s e d l yf i n i s h i n g o f f n e x t w e e k ,
while in Dublin THEHARVEST
t{It{IsfERsLP is aiieady i'inisned (ior an6Tfi-erTTdrelease) so - excitement rains upon us...
sumrner
. . . l u c k i l y , I h a v e m y e x c i t e m e n t - p r o o uf m b r e l l aw i t h m e - p i n k a n d b l u e
s t r i p e s w i t h ' a b l a c k u n d e r s i d e ,y o u r l l d o u b t ' l e s ss p o t m e s i t t i n g g l u m l y u n d e r
'it should you sally forth to any of our upcorningSARAH
entertainments, first of
which appears to be BLUEBoY
headlining at Riot crrrl Central i.e. The Monarch
j n C h a l k F a r m o n A p r i l 2 2 n d . S u p p o r t i s E V E R C L EaAnRd B r i s t o l r s v e r y o w n
(can you tell we knowthem?) 0RLAND0,
emerginginto 3D
embryonicpop phenomenon
and full technicolour from the pagesof Stud BaseAlpha fanzine (20p + SAEfrom
Dickon, 132 Cheitenham
R o a d , B r i s t o l 8 5 6 s R l . l )- i t ' s t h e i r d e b u t , s o I h a v e n r t
a c l u e w h a t t h e y s o u n dl i k e , b u t w e ' l l h a z a r d a g u e s sa t s n o wm e l t i n g o n r u s t y
play The NarrowBoat in
drainpipes. Two days after that (April 24th) HEAVEI{LY
N o t t i n g h a mt o w i l d t u m u l t u o u sa p p l a u s e( I ' m g u e s s i n gh e r e ) - t h a t ' s w i t h T H E
C A R 0 U S-E La n d o n 1 2 t h M a yt h e y ' r e p l a y i n g T h e B o a t R a c ei n C a m b r i d g (ea l l v e r y
w a t e r y , t h i s . . . ) w i t h S A T U RVN. A n dt h e y ( H E A V E [ { LaYl s) o h a v e a n o l d - f a s h i o n e d
h o m e - t o wgni g a t T h e J e r i c h o T a v e r ni n O x f o r d o n 3 0 t h A p r i l . F i n a l l y , o n J u l y
play The Povi€rhausin lslington,
znd, ]EA\rEilLY,EVEI{AS IE SPEAKand E0YRACER
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, not come along? lf yourre wondering why nobody's
i t r s b e c a u s ey o u h a v e n r t o r g a n i s e d i t .
And thatrs about it, sadly and
though r'reare in the m'idst of trying to organise a Frenchtour for HEAVEilLY
and maybeB0YRACER
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l h,o h a v e n r t g o t a p h o n e .
i n w h j c hc a s er ' l e r l l r i n g g .
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never happened,and the HEAVEI{LY
T-shirts - EVENAS l,,lESPEAKTs
b u t t e r f ' l y " o n e s h a v ea l l f l e w e d a w a y- o h C R I N G E . .p. a r o c h i a l w h i r n s ya t t a c k .
49 as the only remaining
Record stock-check: slight problem with SARAH
copies of that are trapped in Australia - but there are 2-300 of them, so we
s h a n r t r e p r e s s ' i t t i l l w e r v e g o t t h o s e b a c k . I f y o u h ; q 4 es e n t o f f f o r i t , w e
havenrt fbrgotten, and you sh6uld have had everythinglTie you ordered at the
s a m et i m e a s w e l i a s a b r j e f e x p l a n a t o r yn o t e .
T o c o n c l u d e :i f y o u w a n t a n u p - t o - d a t em a i l - o r d e r l ' i s t , p l e a s e w r i t e ;
if you want the next newsletter sent to you please send an SAEwjth
"Newsletter 4'r ttlritten in the corner - or fl secures a Dlace on
the mailing-list for the next 4 issues (f1.50 Europe,
f2.00 the rest of the viorld) - as long as you give us
hd d r e s s . S o r r y , n o c a t t h i s t i m e
a p e r m a n e n t - i sa
as shers gone off i nter-rai 1i ng.
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