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Slade
Sept 5, 2020 18:19:56 GMT
Post by zeopold on Sept 5, 2020 18:19:56 GMT
Have we had a Slade thread yet? If we have, another won't hurt...
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Slade
Sept 5, 2020 18:51:50 GMT
Post by Lord Emsworth on Sept 5, 2020 18:51:50 GMT
Nope, this is the one, and the only Slade thread, though they did come up on the Glam thread
Still a group I adore
I've read all the autobiographies, havel everything they've released, well up until they went a bit heavier
I also love Slade in Flame and have the DVD of that, which really stands up
The 70 singles are still where it's at though
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Slade
Sept 5, 2020 19:12:56 GMT
Post by andyloneshark on Sept 5, 2020 19:12:56 GMT
SLADE are one of those bands that have gone in and out... and in fashion and been rediscovered.
As i have probably already mentioned somewhere on the Glam thread, in recent years, i have been tracking down their singles with ACE B-sides that were not included on albums.
e.g...
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Slade
Sept 5, 2020 19:20:11 GMT
Post by Lord Emsworth on Sept 5, 2020 19:20:11 GMT
There's a compilation of the B sides Andy, but I expect you know that
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Slade
Sept 5, 2020 19:46:16 GMT
Post by zeopold on Sept 5, 2020 19:46:16 GMT
SLADE are one of those bands that have gone in and out... and in fashion and been rediscovered. They came into fashion for me in 72 but have yet to go out. |
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Post by andyloneshark on Sept 5, 2020 20:10:24 GMT
...1971 for me, with "Coz I Luv You" & "Get Down And Get With It"
i meant more in terms of record sales Zeo. By the end of the 70s they were practically broke, but then their reading appearance in 1980 changed all that.
Yes Nigey, i know about the B-sides CD, but those tracks are pretty much all covered as bonus tracks on their album rereleases... i wanted to have them on the original vinyl.
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Post by zeopold on Sept 5, 2020 20:22:31 GMT
By the end of the 70s they were practically broke, but then their reading appearance in 1980 changed all that. One of the few things I like about Christmas is Holder and Lea getting some £££ |
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Post by personunknown on Sept 6, 2020 9:02:38 GMT
Slade story #1
Reading Festival 1980, got dragged to this by some biker mates.Three days of wall to wall heavy rock and metal, though I did have a soft spot for headliners Rory Gallagher and UFO. Sunday afternoon and word spreads that both Gary Moore and Ozzy have pulled out. On come Slade as last minute replacement, hour an a quarter of mayhem. Slade Alive actually live, several covers and hits, Get Down and Get With It, Tak Me Bak Home and a crowd singalong of Merry Xmas, premiered new song When I'm Dancin' and finished with Born To Be Wild. Think Def Leppard were on next but whoever it was they just couldn't follow that.
Slade story #2
1995. My wife of the time had an actress friend who had a small part in a West End Farce. Off to London to be thoroughly un-entertained for two hours. Stayed at slightly posh hotel round the corner from the theatre. Next morning in the breakfast room there is Don Powell and Dave Hill with their partners two tables away. Hotel was not a buffet affair and you had your order taken by uniformed youngsters. I was aware of a bit of giggling amongst the staff and Powell and Hill were as well. Young lassie approaches their table and before she can speak, Don in a gruff West Midlands accent says,
" Don't you dare ask what Cup A Soup we want."
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Post by andyloneshark on Sept 6, 2020 10:08:43 GMT
...both great stories PU. I would LOVE to have seen Slade at Reading. Such in important moment for them. Three years ago i got to meet Dave Hill at a local book launch night for his Autobiography " So Here It Is" He is a very down to earth bubbly fellow, but as he mentioned that night, his book all touches on the darker moments in his life. It's a good read.  |
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Post by personunknown on Sept 6, 2020 10:35:04 GMT
I don't mind festivals but often I get the impression that if the 'names' are not headlining they just go through the motions. Not so Slade that day, they played as though their lives depended on it.
It did kickstart their career again. I bought both We'll Bring The House Down and Till Deaf Us Do Part, great stuff but the Kamikaze album wasn't for me.
I often wonder if their raw almost live sound was down to Chas Chandler, producer and manager. Chandler got his fingers burned by Hendrix, as Jimi would sneak into the studio and jam for hours leaving Chandler with massive bills. Slade were in and the out of the studio in days under Chandler's watchful eye.
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Sept 6, 2020 11:01:04 GMT
I don't mind festivals but often I get the impression that if the 'names' are not headlining they just go through the motions. Not so Slade that day, they played as though their lives depended on it. It did kickstart their career again. I bought both We'll Bring The House Down and Till Deaf Us Do Part, great stuff but the Kamikaze album wasn't for me. I often wonder if their raw almost live sound was down to Chas Chandler, producer and manager. Chandler got his fingers burned by Hendrix, as Jimi would sneak into the studio and jam for hours leaving Chandler with massive bills. Slade were in and the out of the studio in days under Chandler's watchful eye. I'm jealous too A lot of those late 60s/early 70s groups played live incessantly to all kinds of different crowds In Dave and Don's books they describe how they did a residency at some holiday residency in the West Indies (ageing brain can't retain all the info now) in around 1969-70. When you're playing that number of shows to such varied crowds you hone your craft. No suprise they could win the Reading crowd over with their experience and their back catalogue The Slade Alive album is still an all time classic I'll cop a listen to We'll Bring The House Down and Till Deaf Us Do Part - thanks PU Slade and Faces in their pomp are the two groups I'd hop into my time machine and see live if I could The Little Richard classic Get Down and Get With It raised the roof every time - how good are they? (rhetorical question).... |
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Post by johnnyoi on Sept 6, 2020 14:30:06 GMT
Love me some Slade.Remember going to the cinema to see Slade in Flame.Was devastated when Don had his accident.Thought that was the end of the band.It was like something out of fiction the way they came back after being last minute replacements at Reading .
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Post by johnnyoi on Sept 6, 2020 14:32:45 GMT
I just liked my own post.Goddam phones!
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Slade
Sept 6, 2020 16:07:32 GMT
Post by Lord Emsworth on Sept 6, 2020 16:07:32 GMT
Love me some Slade.Remember going to the cinema to see Slade in Flame.Was devastated when Don had his accident.Thought that was the end of the band.It was like something out of fiction the way they came back after being last minute replacements at Reading . Having read Don's book he still suffers from that accident. He has to write everything down to remember it. |
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Slade
Sept 6, 2020 18:31:10 GMT
Post by zeopold on Sept 6, 2020 18:31:10 GMT
I don't mind festivals but often I get the impression that if the 'names' are not headlining they just go through the motions. Not so Slade that day, they played as though their lives depended on it. It did kickstart their career again. I bought both We'll Bring The House Down and Till Deaf Us Do Part, great stuff but the Kamikaze album wasn't for me. I often wonder if their raw almost live sound was down to Chas Chandler, producer and manager. Chandler got his fingers burned by Hendrix, as Jimi would sneak into the studio and jam for hours leaving Chandler with massive bills. Slade were in and the out of the studio in days under Chandler's watchful eye. The Little Richard classic Get Down and Get With It raised the roof every time - how good are they? (rhetorical question).... It boggles the mind how Noddy got so much attack in his vocals without rupturing his throat, makes most 'heavy metal' singers sound wimpy by comparison |
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