Spencer Davis Group
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Live Review by Richard Green, Record Mirror, 14 August 1965
RICHMOND RAVE-UP! ...
New to the Charts: Spencer Davis Group Makes Stones Happy
Interview by Keith Altham, New Musical Express, 10 December 1965
THE GROUP that every other group — from the Stones to the Animals — wanted to have a hit, that's the Spencer Davis Group, and ...
'Keep Running' was Originally the Flip Reveals Spencer Davis
Interview by Keith Altham, New Musical Express, 31 December 1965
APPARENTLY BATH was flooded on Monday morning and, following this momentous news, Spencer Davis decided he had time at last to come to the NME offices for ...
Rave City 66: Groups On The Go Choose The Swingingest Scenes
Interview by uncredited writer, Melody Maker, 15 January 1966
And does it prove that what Manchester is today, London can be tomorrow? ...
Player of the Month: Stevie Winwood
Interview by Kevin Swift, Beat Instrumental, February 1966
THERE COULDN'T possibly be a bloke who is more "in" than our Player Of The Month. Stevie Winwood has been called a prodigy, the English ...
Spencer Davis: He's Deep, Very Deep
Interview by Keith Altham, New Musical Express, 4 February 1966
SPENCER David Nelson (his father was a paratrooper!) Davis soared in my estimation last Friday when he sent the Rolling Stones' chauffeur-driven Austin Princess to ...
The Spencer Davis Group: Steve Winwood — Modest Wonder Boy
Interview by Keith Altham, New Musical Express, 11 February 1966
SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD Steve Winwood "the boy wonder" in the Spencer Davis group (lead vocals, guitar, piano, vibes and drums) is a modest – but "colourful" character! ...
Interview by Keith Altham, New Musical Express, 18 February 1966
BASS guitarist Muff (in memory of "Muffin The Mule") Winwood is the Spencer who hides in the toilet when the photographers are about! ...
Spotlight on the Spencers: Useful Pete
Interview by Keith Altham, New Musical Express, 25 February 1966
PETE YORK, 23-year- old drummer with Spencer Davis, is the one who quit and came back. ...
Spencer Davis Group: 'Somebody' Makes No. 1 — But Too Quickly For Spence!
Report and Interview by Keith Altham, New Musical Express, 15 April 1966
THAT WELL-known chart topper and expectant father ("If it's a bloke I'm going to call him Gregory") and man about Potters Bar – Spencer Davis, ...
Interview by Dawn James, Rave, May 1966
That's the question people in pop are all asking. Now that Spencer Davis and his group have crashed into pop-land will they go for all-out ...
All About The World's Greatest Pop Show: 1966 NME Concert Mightiest Ever!
Live Review by Keith Altham, Alan Smith, New Musical Express, 6 May 1966
THOUSANDS upon thousands of fans converging on the massive Wembley Empire Pool for the biggest pop show in the world on Sunday... the staggering, the ...
Sixth National Jazz and Blues Festival, Windsor: Jazz on a Summer's Weekend
Live Review by uncredited writer, Melody Maker, 6 August 1966
A washout, but still swinging ...
Spencer Davis Group: Winwood 66
Interview by Chris Welch, Melody Maker, 17 September 1966
Frustrated or happy? Both, reveals Chris Welch ...
The Spencer Davis Group: Autumn 66 (Fontana)
Review by uncredited writer, Disc and Music Echo, 1 October 1966
YEAH! SPENCER'S GREATEST ALBUM ...
Spencer Davis Group, the Move, Jimmy James, VIPS, the Herd, Wynder K. Frogg: Fairfield Hall, Croydon
Live Review by Chris Welch, Melody Maker, 29 October 1966
SEDATE Fairfield Hall, Croydon, blew up with a wild pop package show featuring the Move, Jimmy James, VIPS, the Herd and Spencer Davis on Friday ...
Report and Interview by Keith Altham, New Musical Express, 11 November 1966
LAST Thursday at Shepherd's Bush Top Of The Pops studio there was the strange case of the group who did not appear to be talking ...
The Spencer Davis Group: Spencer Davis Played On Church Steps!
Interview by Keith Altham, New Musical Express, 17 December 1966
HERR SPENCER DAVIS is a top pop person in Germany, firstly because the young people like the group's earthy, exciting sound, and secondly they like ...
The Spencer Davis Group: Marquee Club, London
Live Review by Chris Welch, Melody Maker, 31 December 1966
IT WAS A night of comedy and merry making when the Spencer Davis Group held their Christmas party at London's Marquee Club last week. ...
A Bird's Eye View of Stevie Winwood
Interview by Dawn James, Rave, January 1967
When a bird like RAVE's Dawn James takes a close look at Stevie Winwood through the magnifying glass of a personal interview, she is surprised. ...
New Singles from the Rolling Stones, Otis Redding et al
Review by uncredited writer, Melody Maker, 14 January 1967
Stones old firm back in strength ...
New albums from Donovan, Jefferson Airplane, more
Review by Loraine Alterman, Detroit Free Press, 26 February 1967
MELLOW YELLOW The Provocative Donovan ...
Column by Mike Grant, Rave, March 1967
RAVE man Mike Grant is here again with more gossip on your favourite stars! ...
Report and Interview by Chris Welch, Melody Maker, 4 March 1967
MM EXCLUSIVE: CHRIS WELCH probes the Great Break Up and finds the Spencer Davis-Stevie Winwood split inevitable ...
The Hollies, Paul Jones, Spencer Davis Group: Granada, Mansfield
Live Review by Derek Boltwood, Record Mirror, 18 March 1967
HOLLIES JONES DAVIS TOUR ...
Interview by uncredited writer, Rave, May 1967
Stevie Winwood walked out on success when he left the Spencer Davis Group. Now he intends to lose his image, and change his style and ...
Live Review by Keith Altham, Alan Smith, New Musical Express, 13 May 1967
POLL SHOW THRILLS ALL THE WAY ...
Right Then, Who's Backing Britain?
Comment by Chris Welch, Melody Maker, 20 January 1968
IF BRITAIN is going to the dogs, it is obvious a large section of the (older) community are convinced that sinful pop stars are prime ...
NME Reporters Cover the Weekend's Major Event — the Eighth National Jazz and Blues Festival
Live Review by Keith Altham, Richard Green, New Musical Express, 17 August 1968
STARS, SUNSHINE and a SHAMBLES ...
Interview by Richard Green, New Musical Express, 26 April 1969
Island Records boss CHRIS BLACKWELL talks to Richard Green ...
Interview by Dave Marsh, Creem, March 1971
SPENCER DAVIS suffers from a peculiar affliction – his name is tied inextricably to that of Stevie Winwood, it's almost certain that, first time around ...
Interview by Harold Bronson, Phonograph Record, June 1971
SPENCER DAVIS was just disgusted with the whole London pop scene. He had hit records, yes, ‘Keep On Running’ and ‘Gimme Some Lovin'’ among them. ...
Spencer Davis: Waiting For The Next Crack-Up
Interview by Caroline Boucher, Disc, 3 June 1972
SPENCER DAVIS' ailment is that he's hooked on music. It has made him ill, broke, come near to wrecking his marriage and, although he talks ...
Steve Winwood: Winwood (U.A. Import).
Review by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 6 January 1973
WHAT A strange world it is. A couple of years ago this same double set was released in America, and swiftly withdrawn following objections – ...
Stevie Winwood: Not Just A Singer In A Rock And Roll Band
Retrospective by Ben Edmonds, Phonograph Record, April 1973
I MADE INITIAL contact with Stevie Winwood in March of 1966, a weekend rebel still in the high school clutches of suburban Boston. As was ...
Overview by Rob Partridge, Melody Maker, 26 January 1974
"Liverpool today – Birmingham tomorrow. That's the forecast for the beat business in rock music. Yes, the Brum Beat is all set to take over ...
Interview: Island Records' Chris Blackwell (1989)
Audio transcript of interview by John Tobler, Rock's Backpages Audio, 1989
This is a transcript of John Tobler's 1989 audio interview. Listen to it here. ...
The Spencer Davis Group: Eight Gigs A Week — The Steve Winwood Years
Review and Interview by Sylvie Simmons, MOJO, June 1996
BACK IN THE EARLY '60s, in their Golden Eagle residency days, The Spencer Davis Group played the whole gamut of American R&B from John Lee ...
10 Questions for Steve Winwood
Interview by Kieron Tyler, MOJO, April 2004
The blue-eyed soul voice behind the Spencer Davis Group and Traffic on jamming with Jimi Hendrix, the madness of Viv Stanshall and the problems of ...
Retrospective by Dave Thompson, Goldmine, 2 April 2004
ALTHOUGH THE Spencer Davis Group are best remembered for propelling the young Stevie Winwood to prominence, paving the way for Traffic, Blind Faith and, of ...
Spencer Davis Group: Gimme Some Lovin' – Live 1966 (MVD)
Film/DVD/TV Review by Bill Wasserzieher, ICE, 22 March 2005
FOR DECADES, Spencer Davis has taken heat for having named his British Invasion band the Spencer Davis Group. One critic likened it to calling the ...
Retrospective and Interview by Alan Clayson, Record Collector, Fall 2011
Alan Clayson investigates British artists of the 1960s whose early output included records issued only in Germany. ...
see also Steve Winwood
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