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Up and rock ‘n’ rollin’ with the rest – back in touch with Slade’s Dave Hill
‘We flew on to Freeport, this island where Frank Sinatra goes, and there’s a posh hotel there, the Sheriton. Now, for a bunch of council house kids, this is a big deal! This guy, Ken, says, ‘I’ve put you in … Continue reading
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Tagged Bahamas, Black Country, Cornwall, Coz I Luv You, Darwen, Dave Hill, Dave Hill's Slade, Don Powell, Dortmund, Jim lea, lancashire, Len Tuckey, Mama Weer All Crazee Now, Marco Pirroni, Merry Xmas Everybody, Musical Exchanges, Noddy Holder, Pool, Slade, Slade in Flame, Wild! Wild! Wild!, Witten, wolverhampton
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Bringing Flame bak ‘OME – the latest rock ‘n’ roll antics of Slade’s Noddy Holder and Don Powell, from Manchester and Silkeborg
A sell-out audience enjoyed a special screening of remastered cult classic Slade in Flame in Manchester at the weekend, diehard fans of the Black Country’s Finest getting to rub shoulders and trade tales and memories with Slade legend Noddy Holder, … Continue reading
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Tagged Australia, British Film Institute, Cornwall, Dave Hill, Denmark, Don Powell, Jim lea, Manchester, Mark Kermode, Mark Radcliffe, Noddy Holder, Paul Cookson, pERTH, Silkeborg, Slade, Slade in Flame, Solid Bond in Your Heart, Wild! Wild! Wild! A People’s History of Slade
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Still feeling the Noize – Chris Selby and Ian Edmundson talking Slade in Flame at 50
According to Chris Selby’s impressive Slade Live! online listings (linked here), 50 years ago yesterday, Noddy Holder, Jim Lea, Dave Hill and Don Powell were on the Continent, recording for Belgian TV show Chansons a la Carte. Four days later, … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Lake, Black Country, Brian Epstein, British Film Institute, Chas Chandler, Chris Selby, Daryl Easlea, Dave Hill, Don Powell, Far Far Away, Gered Mankowitz, How Does It Feel, Ian Edmundson, Jim lea, Led Zeppelin, Never Too Young To Rock, Noddy Holder, Slade, Slade in Flame, Steve Megson, The Beatles, The Wombles, Tom Conti
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Wham! Bam! Thank You, Slade!
Fifty years ago this week, Slade were deep into their ‘Thanks for the Memory’ tour, on the back of the release of Slade in Flame, the cult movie about to get the remaster treatment five decades later, back on the … Continue reading
Set the house ablaze – celebrating 50 years of Slade in Flame
In honour of the British Film Institute (BFI) marking 50 years of Slade in Flame with its return – newly remastered – to the big screen in the UK and Ireland, then a BFI Blu-ray/DVD release, WriteWyattUK presents the first … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Lake, BFI, Capitol Theatre, Cardiff, Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine, Dave Hill, David Essex, Diana Dors, Don Powell, Enfield, Far Far Away, glasgow, How Does It Feel, Jim Bob, Jim lea, Johnny Shannon, London, Music, New Victoria Theatre, Noddy Holder, Ray Stiles, Slade, Slade in Flame, Sunderland, That'll Be the Day, Tom Conti, UK
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Slady – Vinyl Tap, Preston
Can it really be a staggering 44 years this weekend since Slade’s Reading Festival rebirth? Apparently so, the Black Country’s finest spectacularly seeing off the critics in what proved to be the inspiration for an 11th-hour career resurrection, acceptance from … Continue reading
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Tagged Cum on Feel the Noize, Dave Hill, Don Powell, Jim lea, Noddy Holder, Preston, Reading Festival, Slade, slady, Vinyl Tap
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Slade Alive at Christmas – a two-decade trip down Memory Lane … towards Liverpool’s Royal Court Theatre
There’s a rather wonderful website out there listing more than 20 years of live performances for Noddy Holder, Jim Lea, Dave Hill and Don Powell, marking Slade’s evolution from their time with the bands that preceded the Black Country’s finest … Continue reading
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Tagged 'N Betweens, A People's History of Slade, Ambrose Slade, Dave Hemingway, Dave Hill, Don Powell, Hammersmith Odeon, Jim lea, Liverpool, Noddy Holder, Royal Court Theatre, Slade, Spenwood books, Sweet, the Vendors, Top of the Pops, walsall, Wild! Wild! Wild!, wolverhampton
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Whatever Happened to Lord Wakering? Talking Slade, McCartney, Our Price, and more with Daryl Easlea
Catching up with fellow author and freelance writer Daryl Easlea recently, we got the mutual backslapping out of the way fairly quickly, complimenting each other on our recent Slade publications. It’s not just about being complimentary though, preferring the term … Continue reading
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Tagged 'N Betweens, Ambrose Slade, Chic, Chris Charlesworth, Chris O'Donnell, Chris Selby, Daryl Easlea, Dave Hill, David Kemp, Don Powell, Futura, George Tremlett, Helen O'Hara, How Does It Feel, Jim lea, Keele, Kube Radio, Leigh-on-Sea, Louder than Words, Merry Xmas Everybody, Michelle Hickman, Noddy Holder, Off the Ground, Omnibus Press, Our Price, Paul McCartney, Record Collector, Rik Gunnell, Slade, Slade in Flame, slady, Smoke Fairies, Sparks, Steeleye Span, Steve Gregory, Steve Megson, The Beatles, The Fall, Thin Lizzy, Whatever Happened to Slade?, Wild! Wild! Wild!, Wreckless Eric
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‘He paints with light!’ Talking Slade with influential rock ‘n’ roll photographer Gered Mankowitz
In which Malcolm Wyatt publishes further excerpts from Wild! Wild! Wild! A People’s History of Slade, in this case the full-length version of his late April 2023 feature/interview with esteemed South East Cornwall-based photographer Gered Mankowitz In Gered Mankowitz: Rock … Continue reading
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Tagged Andy Scott, Bilston, Chas Chandler, Dave Hill, Don Powell, Gered Mankowitz, Jim lea, Jimi Hendrix, Kenneth Williams, Noddy Holder, photography, Rock and Roll Photography, Rolling Stones, Slade, Slade in Flame, Suzi Quatro, The Beatles, The Monkees, Tony Hancock, Wild! Wild! Wild! A People’s History of Slade, wolverhampton
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