Beat Instrumental Back issue No. 146 July 1975

CONTENTS

Cover The Who

Wings Take Off With New Member 4

Letters and Queries 6

Player of the Month Brian May 8

The Who Exclusive 11

With Mott in the Studio 18

Faulkner/Wood BCRs' Lennon/McCartney? 20

Black Sabbath Working on a Sledgehammer 22

Hawkwind A Tale of Two Drummers 24

Instrument Reviews Instrumental News 24

What are the Record Companies Looking For? 28

Songwriting Can Pay 30

Paul Kossoff's Back Street Crawler 32

Album Reviews 34

Microphone Survey 37 Focus on the South-East 43 Studio Playback 51 The Managers Colin Johnson 52 Dave Simms feature 55 Studio Spotlight EMI's Abbey Road 56 Music Mart a Classified Directory of Musical Services 59 Price Listings Guitars, Amps, Keyboards and Drums 62 Advertisement Index 70

Excellent condition.