Beat Instrumental Back issue No. 150 April 1979

FEATURES
CHEAP TRICK Rick Nielsen and
Tom Petersson play a Cheap Trick
or two on Tom Stock...........12
HERBIE HANCOCK Herbie Hancock
takes Chris Simmonds inside the
Vocoder and elsewhere..........16
GOLD IN A JUNK SHOP Gary
Cooper sets off on the hunt for amp
bargains buried and forgotten under
cobwebs ...........................30
ROGER McGUINN The legendary
Byrd gave Chris Simmonds his special
interpretation of a brick wall but still
answered a few questions........34
TERRY REID has been still is,
according to Jonn Adali-Mortty ..... 36

REVIEWS
ARIA PRO-11 GUITAR Tom :
Stock still trying hard to get a share in
the company ........................22
STORM EFFECTS Tom Stock
stamped, jumped and twiddled
before deciding that he liked them ...24
MORIDAIRA ACOUSTIC passing the
acid would | take it to Woodstock?
test .................26
BURMAN AMP Tom Stock
tangled with the beast but emerged
happy and unscathed............28
ALBUM REVIEWS...............40
\ FRANKFURT FAIR REVIEW .......46

LETTERS & QUERIES ............10
COMPETITION RESULTS.........4
AMP SURVEY ...............---48
PROFILE: HH Electronic ..........58
DEALER PROFILE: Sudbury Music,
Sheffield ...................... 60
TRADE NEWS .................. 68
PROFILE: ML Executives...........64
STUDIO SPOTLIGHT: Wessex Studios 66
MUSIC MART..................- 68
PERSONALADS................75
PRICE LISTINGS................ 76
ADVERTISEMENT INDEX ........85

Excellent condition.

Beat Instrumental was a monthly UK pop and rock based publication aimed at musicians & readers interested the music industry. First published in May 1963 as the smaller sized Beat Monthly magazine it became Beat Instrumental Monthly with issue 18 and Beat Instrumental from issue 37. Unlike the weekly music press it was predominantly aimed at musicians, emphasizing instruments and production equipment in it's interviews and moving to progressive rock in the late 1960s and 70s.