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Review by Cliff White, NME, 27 March 1976

IF YOU WANT to do Bobby Womack a favour, you'll ignore this album. ...

Interview by Vivien Goldman, Sounds, 27 March 1976

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Bobby Womack: BLAM! Bobby Womack Calls The Shots

Interview by Cliff White, NME, 27 March 1976

CLIFF WHITE hits the floor and runs the tape as the soul veteran pulls the trigger. ...

Bobby Womack: Who Loves Ya Bobby?

Interview by David Hancock, Record Mirror, 27 March 1976

HE'S HUNG out with the Stones, the Faces, Janis Joplin, Aretha Franklin, oh you name them... the point is, Bobby Womack has never been outside ...

Bobby Womack Sings Through Clenched Teeth

Interview by Mick Brown, Street Life, 3 April 1976

IT PROMISED to be, in that time-honoured cliche of showbusiness hyperbole, a 'star-studded occasion'. His publicist said Bobby Womack would be dropping off in the ...

Archie Bell and the Drells Still Dance All Night

Profile and Interview by John Morthland, Rolling Stone, 8 April 1976

NEW YORK – Archie Bell interrupts his rushed, businesslike replies for a moment and works up the faintest trace of a smile: "I didn't know ...

Bobby Womack: Root-rappin' with Bobby Womack

Profile and Interview by John Abbey, Blues & Soul, 20 April 1976

Part 2 of an exclusive feature in which Bobby drifts back to his early days... his roots! ...

Johnnie Taylor: Eargasm

Review by Cliff White, NME, 24 April 1976

THAT THIS ALBUM has already been such an overwhelming success in America must surely be due to US Columbia's marketing techniques rather than the music, ...

Elton John: Ol' Four Eyes Is Back

Live Review by Vivien Goldman, Sounds, 8 May 1976

Elton John: Grand Theatre, Leeds ...

Graham Parker: Nosey Parker

Report and Interview by Phil Sutcliffe, Sounds, 19 June 1976

"There he goes looking like a cross between Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen," jested Martin Belmont, Rumour guitarist. 'He' was GRAHAM PARKER on his way ...

Sly & The Family Stone: Sly Stone: Sly and the Devil Was Walking Side by Side

Overview by Nick Kent, New Musical Express, 19 June 1976

...and on a clear day you could even tell which was which. NICK KENT reads Sylvester Stewart's musical palm and sifts out the rumours behind ...

Jerry Butler, Bobby Womack: Bobby Womack: Home Is Where The Heart Is (CBS); Jerry Butler: Suite For The Single Girl (Motown)

Review by Cliff White, New Musical Express, 12 February 1977

Womack & Butler: Soul Survivors ...

Leon Ware: Motown's Musical Masseur

Profile and Interview by John Abbey, Blues & Soul, 15 February 1977

Some guys get all the best album sleeve sessions! With his Musical Massage set, Leon Ware has come to the fore of Motown's influx on ...

Bobby Womack: Bobby Sox It To Ya

Interview by Robin Katz, Record Mirror, 26 February 1977

"HELLO LONDON, it's Bobby Womack on the line." Hello Bobby, you friendly soul. How good to hear your voice again. ...

George Benson, Blackbyrds, The, Donald Byrd, Crusaders, The, Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Ramsey Lewis, Jimmy Smith, Grover Washington Jr, Weather Report, Stuff, Reuben Wilson, Eddie Harris, Lou Donaldson, Wes Montgomery, Hank Crawford, Ahmad Jamal, Stanley Turrentine, Miroslav Vitous, Norman Connors, Earl Klugh: Blow for Love and Money: Crossover Jazz in the Seventies

Overview by Davitt Sigerson, Black Music, March 1977

In the first part of a detailed investigation Davitt Sigerson chronicles how "jazz" found its way back to the commercial big league. ...

Eumir Deodato, Bob James, Lalo Schifrin, Grover Washington Jr, Herbie Mann, John Handy, Michael Henderson, Norman Connors, Lonnie Liston Smith, Quincy Jones, Brothers Johnson, Gato Barbieri, Ronnie Laws, Harvey Mason, Lee Ritenour, Gabor Szabo, Wah-Wah Watson, Roy Ayers: Blow for Love and Money part 2: Since The Explosion

Overview by Davitt Sigerson, Black Music, April 1977

In part two of his analysis of crossover jazz, Davitt Sigerson looks at developments during the last three years. ...

Ronnie Spector: Cleveland International Records: Ronnie Spector Breaks Cleveland!

Report and Interview by Marty Cerf, Phonograph Record, April 1977

CLEVELAND — It's a freezing night in mid-February for this city that knows no excess in terms of its insatiable hunger for pop. Indisputably, this ...

Brand X: Marquee Club, London

Live Review by Mick Brown, Sounds, 7 May 1977

"THIS IS our first gig for a while," joked Phil Collins, "so we celebrated by rehearsing this morning." ...

Raydio: Tune in to Raydio

Interview by David Nathan, Blues & Soul, 23 May 1978

One of the biggest records of 1978 belongs to a new group known simply as Raydio. With 'Jack & Jill' topping charts across both sides ...

Joe Tex: The Gut Feeling For A Hit

Interview by John Abbey, Blues & Soul, 20 June 1978

Joe stays close to the streets and the people who buy the records. Thus, he has a good instinct for what's a likely hit and ...