Sound International incorporating Beat Instrumental Back issue June 1981

16 Today's Teardrops

The freedomrof the press is put under fire
as fearless Adam Sweeting looks down
the cold, grey muzzle of Julian Copes
gun, considers whether the typewriter is
greater than the Colt 45 and lives to tell
the tale of the Teardrop Explodes.

20 Leicester

Roving reportage team Hen-
dersonnPyke alights in Leicestershire's
most famous city and uncovers four of the
best: The Sinatras, New Age, Il y a
Volkswagens and the Swinging Laurels.
Part One of SI's Guide To The World
North Of The Thames.

24 Mo Foster: Wild ranging and fretless

From Sheena Easton to Gerry Rafferty
and from the Shads to Jeff Becks band,
Mo Foster has (as we say in the trade) bin
there, seen itndunnit. Ralph Denyer
follows the yellow brick road that leads
from Duane Eddy and Carol Kaye and
examines the technique of a modern
bassman.

28 the Duncan age

UK guitar maker Peter Cook indulges in a
transatlantic cross-cultural dialogue with
US pickup maker Seymour Duncan and
discovers such modern phenomena as
the Duncan ageing process utilising the
sound of vintage pickups.

32 Tony Zemaitis

The A to Z of Anthony Zemaitis, guitar-
maker by appointment. You dont get an |
appointment, you dont get a guitar. Max
Kay of EFR guitars discovers, among other
things, the job that got away the guitar
you could play from the inside.

34 A look at sound

Are you sitting comfortably in front of your
synthesiser? Then we'll begin. Last month
that nice Dave Crombie explained his
theory of sound and this month he helps
you apply it to your instrument while
simultaneously broadening the mind and
foreshortening the legs.

News: Summer shows, Newsnotes 5
News: US and Japanese guitars, Teac Tascam 20 7,9
Sound Advice: Guitar necks, 50s Les Pauls 10
Guitars: Paul Day on Burns 11
Etcetera: Rhine River Three at Pathway 13
The Daily Slog: Bob Black, Modettes manager 15
Bass: Arco Upright Steve York 38
Amps: H/H Performer Guitar Combo Gary Cooper 39
Keyboards: Sequential Circuits Pro-One Dave Crombie 42
PA: Speakers Ben Duncan 46
Sound Reviews: Independence Day, Beat '66 - 48