SMALL STUFF

Rip It Up, Issue 28, 1 November 1979, Page 2

SMALL STUFF

■With basic tracks and overdubs down, Iggy ,Pop has fired , producer James Williamson and dropped the three songs chosen by. Williamson to make the album more commercial. The LP now features seven Iggy tunes and three Pop/Matlock compositions. . David : Bowie i sings with Iggy on one track. On his , forthcoming US tour he will gig as Iggy and the Stooges with guitarists Steve New, Ivan Krall (Patti Smith Group), Glen Matlock on bass and Klaus Kruger drums ... Patti 1 Smith and j band are 1 off j the road for a year or so, “to let the earth ■replenish itself.” Patti will record a solo album and Lenny Kaye will amuse himself assembling a compilation album follow-up to Nuggets ... Tom Petty has resolved his legal hassles with MCA and is working on his newie Damn the \Torpedoes on Backstreet/MCA records ... highly regarded guitarist Jimmy McCulloch of Thunderclap Newman and Wings fame was [found dead in his London flat. The cause is not ' known. Since Wings McCulloch has played with] the reformed Small Faces and more recently,in] the Dukes with ex-Be Bop Deluxe bassist Charlie Tumahai ... Richard Dudanski, the PIL drummer has left the band. He was unable to work with certain PIL members and feels that the good ideas behind,the, band will never see the light of day ... the new look for Eric Clapton is no beard, a suit and tie, swept back hair and a new band Albert Lee (guitar), Dave Markee (bass), Henry Spinetti (drums) and Chris 1 Stainton (keyboards)... not to be outdone, Ray Davies has smashing new white spectacles and the Kinks are rehearsing a couple of Kink oldies, the Jam’s “David Watts” and the Pretenders’ “Stop Your Sobbing”, for t their UK tour... the final Little Feat LP is not now called Duck Lips. The new title is Down on the Farm and guests on the platter include Bonnie Rait, Sneaky 1 Pete and David Lindley ... Thin Lizzy toured Japan with Ultravox’s Midge Ure on keyboards ; and ex-Manfred S Mann guitarist, Dave Flett ... first single off Strangler Hugh r n we I’s solo album is an up-date 1 of the old ; Cream song, “White Room”. Most of the tracks; are written by Cornwell with Capt Beefheart drummer, Robert Williams ... Cheap Trickster, Tom Petersson was secretly t marr|ed in August in Las Vegas to his German girlfriend ... wed in September in London were New Musical Express shit-slingers Tony Parsons and Julie Bur.chill ... Stevie Wonder’s new double album Journey Through the Life of Plants is likely to be in stores by Xmas. The cover is perfumed and Stevie has added vocals to several tracks that were originally instrumentals ... Ringo’s 13 year old son Zak has formed a band and plays the drum set given to him by the late Keith Moon ff!|PeteYTownsh e n d cut his" hand : while playing at Madison Square Garden, had two stitches put in, and then finished the song ... Abba has a crew of 50 on .their: US tour ... Frank Zappa was a hit on US TV show Make Me Laugh. He didn’t, even smile ... Gary Moore’s guitar collection includes a Peter Green Gibson and. a Steve Jones guitar that Jones left at Moore’s place 1 ... Rounder j ßecords (the George Thorogood people) will release the Peter Green album In the Skies, . in ,the ... Rolling Stone ace Dave Marsh has a Springsteen bio out [titled Born t to Run the ' Bruce Springsteen Story. Industry mag Cash box: describes Marsh’s writing as "a tad hypey, ... written in the style of a devout I follower.” But they really; liked the Springsteen pix ... Springsteen was upset by the presence of his ex-girlfriend rock [photographer Lynn Goldsmith in row 12. at the MUSE Madison Square Garden concert. He walked into the au- .

dience and pulled her on stage in front of 20,000 people shouting “this is my exgirlfriend” before he “flung her towards the wings,” (Rolling Stone Nov 1). The photographer is expected to take legal action. Goldsmith was in charge of still photos for the MUSE concerts and refrained from entering the photographers’ pit but Springsteen claims they’d agreed that she would not photograph the performance ... record producer Jack Nitzche (Mink Deville albums and Graham Parker's Squeezing Out Sparks) is facing charges including assault with intent to commit murder and assault with a deadly weapon ... Nick Lowe is now expected to produce the new Costello in Holland not Australia. Currently Elvis Costello is producing the debut LP by UK ska act the Specials ... is it true that the new Steve Jones/Paul Cook band is called the Bollock Brothers? Is the final Sex Pistols' album titled Flogging A Dead Fiorse? ... due to heart troubles Jethro Tull bassist John Glascock has left the band. His replacement is Dave Pegg (ex-Fairport Convention)... when the Members played Houston, USA, they played four encores before an insistent Mr Springsteen dragged the band back for more. We are told Bruce described the band as the best British group he’d seen ... Stevie Nicks is the first signing to Modern Records. Nicks remains a member of Fleetwood Mac and her first LP will be the film soundtrack Rhiannon (based on her big Mac song) ... disco acts Village People and Sylvester are both releasing live double albums ... Johnny’s daughter Rosanne Cash and Rodney Crowell expect their first child in January ... new names in USA include Mike Chapman produced Nervus Rex (Chapman also produced new Tanya Tucker Tear Me Apart), Capitol Records’ latest LA discovery the Motels, unlike the Knack, features a woman singer/ guitarist Martha Davis who wrote eight of the 10 tunes on their debut The Motels. Also fronted by a woman (Pearl E. Gates) is Warner Bros’ San Francisco signing Pearl Harbor and the Explosions ... Jeff “Skunk” Baxter (exDoobie) produced the new Livingstone Taylor LP ... the next Yes may be produced by Queen/Cars whiz Roy Thomas Baker ... Quincy Jones has produced Rufus with Chaka Khan newie Master Jam ... Sly and the Family Stone are back after a three year absence with Back On The Right Track. Also released soon is Ten Years Too Soon an album of disco remixes of Sly’s early hits ... Sex Pistols Cook and Jones are working on their new album. Old mate Andy Arthur plays bass and Jones sings. There's nine originals and two covers (the Ronette’s “Do I Love You?” and a George McCrae song) ... Joe Perry has quit Aerosmith to form the Joe Perry Project... next Clash album may be the.soundtrack to their flick Rude Boy ... filming of Urban Cowboy (starring John Travolta) is completed. The Irving Azoff compiled soundtrack features Bonnie Raitt, Doobie Bros, Jimmy Buffett, J.D. Souther and Waylon Jennings ... the Stranglers are filming a 'new wave Kids Are Alright' about touring, on and off stage ... Springsteen offsiders Clarence Clemmons and Gary W. Tallent will front their own band for a few gigs ... albums to look out for lan Hunter double live and double Mott Best of, Tony Banks (exGenesis keyboards) A Curious Feeling, Police Regatta de Blanc, Joe Jackson I’m the Man, Steve Hillage Open, The Skids Days In Europa, Graham Parker High Times (Best of), Human League Human League, Penetration Coming Up For Air, David Johansen In Style, Culture International Herb and The Ruts The Crack.'