ROCK 'N' ROLL NEWS

ROCK 'N' ROLL NEWS

Rumors from a usually reliable source indicate that the next Who album will be called High Numbers, and will consist of songs the band performed before they were the Who. They were, as you might remember, called the High Numbers, and their repertoire was a wonderfully strange mish-mash of R&B and surf music.

John Lennon’s next album will be an oldies number as well, his consisting of American rock & roll tunes from the 50s. Already sitting in have been Leon Russell, Steve Cropper, Jose Feliciano and, on surprise sax, Nino Tempo.

When Ronnie Lane’s new band, Slim Chance, hits the road, it’ll be a rock & roll circus in the truest sense. Not only will they be traveHiftgTn a converted circus wagon, bu t they’ll be taking the own'auditorium with them in the form of a collapsable circus tent.

RpxyiMtisic; rudely deleted from, the Warner Bros, roster, should have a new American label and aihurd by the time you read this.

I Also not far off is the. debut > album ofHydra,oneof the finest new bands out of the South. Hailing from Atlanta, their album will be on Capricorn.

Yomean expect to hear Duane and Gregg Adman compositions on the next Johnny Mathis album.

Rumors that Rick Gretch, who added some violin to a few dates on the recent Faces tour of. England, will join that band on a permanent basis are untrue. Look Tor him to make an appearance on Their next studio album, however.

Mott the Hoople’s Ian Hunter will have his first book, Diary Of A : Rock Star, published in the ILK. ! soon;1n the meantime, watch for a feature excerpt in an tincoming; issue of I

Tina Turner’s Previous Lives: Tina Turner said in a recent interview that she got turned on to reincarnation and discovered that she and Ike “have lived two previous lives together.’* She told a reporter that she “was a slave owner in the 1800’s, was held prisoner in England in the 1700s, and was also a French Dance Hall Girl.” (ENS)

As if “Hang On Sloopy” wasn’t enough. .> former McCoy Rick Derringer went all out to promote \m All American Boy -every thing from baseball cards to toy derringers to apple pies are being thrown around to help sell his debut solo LP,

Singer Curtis Mayfield won’t soon forget-the Apollo Theater in Harlem. After performing before a full house, he walked through the audience shaking hands with his fans - only to discover later that one of the faithful had ripped off his $3000 diamond ring.

The Moody Blues have been invited to perform in China later this year; .

Jimmy McCullouch - guitarist for Thunderclap Newman and, more recently, Blue -has been recording with Paul McCartney in Paris, and may play a major part in the reconstructed Wings.

Paul McCartney, to an English journalist: “I’m sick of people knocking the Osmonds. I love them for their whole teenybop thing; really, they’re like an American version of the early Beatles,”

If Peter Rudge has his way, you’ll see the Rolling Stones play ing the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas sometime this year.

Hawkwind’s Bob'Calvert is seeking the assistance of Eito, Viv Stanshall, Keith Moon, Arthur Brown and Jim Capaldi for his first solo album.

Mike Harrison, who quit Spooky Tooth just prior to their recent American tour, is forming a new band called Raw Glory. Reports that Paul Rodgers and ex-Mott the Hoople guitarist Mick Ralphs are to join the band are being denied by all concerned.

Now claiming to be retired as a rock & roller, David Bowie is passing the time by posing as a master of ceremonies. Within the space of a week he showed up to introduce Carmen — the horrendous flamenco-rock band he flaunted on his Midnight Specialat their London debut, and then did the same at the Roundhouse for Cockney Rebel, whom he immediately proclaimed his favorite band.

David Bowie’s plans to do a stage musical of 1984 have been shelved for the time being, so that he can devote his energies to something called the Ziggy Stardust Show, about which nobody seems to know very much.

Due most anytime now is Too Much Too Soon, the second album assault by the New York Dolls. The album is a Lieber Stoller production, and it's expected that ex-Roxy Music keyboardist Eno will put in an appearance on the record. While in London, David Johansen had this to say about the city: "Everyone is either homosexual or heterosexual here, hut nobody ever gets laid."

Meanwhile Johnny Thunders, Dolls' guitarist, was making a few waves of his own. The band flew into Paris, where they were greeted at the Orly Airport by a horde of reporters and photographers. Thunders walked through customs and then, reportedly in full sight of the assembled press, manifested his airsickness all over the floor. Who says the Dolls ain't got no kiass?

Live at Leeds is no more; a recent decision by the city council of Leeds, England, has imposed a ban on all music thai exceeds 93 decibels in volume. Most live rock music comes in at between 105 and 1 10 decibels, some groups like Deep Purple daring as high as 117 decibels. There was speculation that other British cities may follow the example set by Leeds. (ENS)

Word out on the Hollywood Stars, not all of it from Kim Fowley, indicates that they might be one to watch.

The rumors currently flying around that Iggy Pop. was the drummer on the ShangriLas' classic "Leader Of The Pack" are not ex~ctly true. The real story is that the Mighty Pop (then known as Jim Osterberg) pounded the skins for the group on one of their barnstorm tours of the Midwest.

The next album from Roy Wood's Wizzard is tentatively titled Eddy and the Falcons; the Falcons being the first group that Wood ever played in. “The idea of this album,” according to the green-haired Mr. Wood, ' re-create some of the sounds of the old rock & roll stars: people hke Paul Anka, Rick Nelson, Del Shannon and Carl Perkins.”

Van Morrison will produce an album for Dorothy Morrison, former lead vocalist with : Edwin Hawkins Singers, but no relation.

Here’s a little bonus for all you Mott The Hoople fans: you can get a button that features the face 01 Ian Hunter and proclaims “Mott’s Got It!” absolutely free by sending a self-addressed stamped envelope to Josephine Targo, 114 7th Ave„ New York, NY 10011.

Close to 100 schools have already requested Seals & Crosts’ permission to use lyrics from “We May Never Pass This Way Again” to keynote 1974 graduation yearbooks.

Mick Jagger and David Bowie were both offered roles in the forthcoming film production of Topimy, and both politely refused, Jagger, it is said, was offered the role of the Acid Queen.

And what’s this about Ian Anderson producing Herbie Mann?'

Move over Dick, Johnny and Merv.,. Chip Monck Will be host of the forthcoming rocker’s talk show, Speakeasy. Guests luted up already include Dr. John and

Grace Slick. “She looks like she took pot luck in a laundromat,” said designer Mr. Blackwell of Bette5 Midler. He was complimenting her by way of explaining why she was No. 1 on hi$annual list at the world’s most] unfashionable women. Other friends ol ours included art 1 Raquel Welch, Liv Ulimau, Bifliel Jean King, and David Bowie. He was No. 10.