The film is about 4 lads ( Noddy aka Stoker, Jim aka Paul, Don
aka Charlie and Dave aka Barry) that play
for 2 rivalling bands that have little success which decide to
split, this leave's the door open for Stoker, Paul,
Charlie and Barry to form the band "Flame" after a bust up
between Stoker and their manager Mr. Harding
(Johnny Shannon) they are sacked after only 1 gig, but in that
audience was another talent scout, in steps
Mr. Seymour (Tom Conti) as their new manager who wants to make
them a big success (and they become
mega stars) Tom is not interested in the band....just to make
more money (which he does), at Barry's birthday
party the lads old manager Mr. Harding confronts Mr. Seymour saying they are under contract with him,
they
meet to discuss the matter and come to a conclusion that if
the contract is provided they will go 50/50 with
Flames success.....but the contract has been stolen by Jack
Daniels (Alan Lake) a singer from 1 of the earlier
bands , and results in a feud between Harding and Seymour and
Jack Daniels death, also Stoker and Paul
start arguing over silly things and seem to be getting fed up
with the limelight, Seymour lets the band go to
Harding's delight, but when Harding tells Stoker Seymour's had
enough....Stoker replies..... We all have!!! and
the band split.Also included on this DVD is a brand new
documentary on the making off the film, with
interviews with all 4 band members, director Richard Loncraine
and Tom Conti (very well put together and
very interesting).There is an excellent booklet (by Chris Ingham)
with comments by Jim lea on photos
included.
A bargain CD and DVD for under £15
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Secondly we have
WHATEVER EVER HAPPENED TO SLADE
(Cat No: SALVOCD006)
This is one of my favourite's containing my all time best
Slade track "Gypsy Road hog" this as far as I was
concerned was their change from glam rock....A heavy style of
Slade( which goes down well), every track
is brilliant and shows off Dons drumming especially " It
Ain't Love But It Ain't Bad".... reminds me of Indians
dancing round their camp fires holding tomahawks and
chanting.....in fact all Dons drumming is top class
on this CD( Not that it was ever far from perfect), there are
11 great tracks (from the original record) and 9
bonus tracks which compliment the CD well, the 1st track "Be"
is fantastic and is sung fast by Nod and was
performed live at gigs to everyone's delight, "One Eyed Jacks"
and "The Soul" are other ones to watch out
for to. All the 9 bonus tracks are great to, my favourite
being "Forest Full Of Needles" being the B - side of
my all time favourite. This CD again is crystal clear and comes
with a fantastic booklet and photographs.
To sum this up I'd say excellent drumming, bass guitar/lead
guitar and powerful singing by Nod (M.B.E.)
a MUST for any serious Slade fan, all for under £7 at
Playing time 69.13 mins
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Next we have
WE'LL BRING THE HOUSE DOWN (Cat No: SALVOCD007)
This is a combination of all the tracks from "We'll Bring The House Down", 5
tracks from their overlooked album
"Return To Base" and 3 bonus tracks. Slade had 4 years in the wilderness before
they released "WBTHD"and this
sparked a revival producing 2 chart hits and once again attracting crowds to
their concerts and TV
appearances,
the album itself reached chart position 25, it contains 10
raw foot stomping tracks, my
favourites being "WBTHD,
Wheels Ain't Coming down (True tale of a near fatal plane
crash for Slade), Dizzy Mama,and I'm A Rocker
(originally by Chuck Berry). Also included are 5 tracks from the
album "Return To Base" which was more than
less the previously mentioned album plus some added tracks( a con really), "Sign
Of The Times"
is a fantastic
track though and " Ginny, Ginny" is quite catchy to, there are 3
bonus tracks also"9 to 5", "Okey Cokey" and the
best of the 3 "Not Tonight Josephine". Inside is a well put together booklet
with some good photos and
narrated
well by Chris Ingham. This CD is crystal clear and well packaged
together and well worth getting hold of.
A bargain at just under £7 and a must for any Slade collection.
Available from
Playing time 56.39 mins
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Next we have
TILL DEAF DO US PART (Cat No: SALVOCD008)
Another of my favourites with an aptly named title "Till Deaf Do Us Part" and
the named track on the CD is
fantastic showing off Slade's power and music talent, "A Night To Remember" is
another cracking song
showing off Jim Leas talent and "M'hat M'coat" showing off Dave Hills (and
written by himself).
There are
12 powerful tracks on this CD, each one is top class not forgetting
"Rock And Roll Preacher"
and "Lock
Up Your Daughters" which became part of their live concerts. This CD
showed that Slade had
not lost
any of their magic, its a shame it only reached position 68 in the charts (should have done better).
Yet
again the CD is crystal clear and the enclosed booklet is well put together
by Chris Ingham.
And all for under £7 available from
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Finally we have
SLADE ROCKERS (Cat No: SALVODCD204)
