Slade (page 2)

Chas Chandler had been managing Slade for almost two years without success when he suggested releasing a version of the Bobby Marchan song, "Get Down With It".
Slade still enjoyed a good reputation as a live act and the song had been used in their performances for many years. Always popular, the song's lyrics demanded
audience participation and it was hoped that the feeling of a live gig would be projected into the studio recording. The song was released in mid-1971 with a slightly
altered title "Get Down And Get With It", and by August it entered the top 20 in the United Kingdom, peaking at number 16.

The band members grew their hair long and allied themselves to the glam rock movement of the early '70s. Hill's stage costumes also became notable during this period.
Many of Holder's costumes during this period, including the trademark Mirror Top Hat, were made by Dorothy "Dolly" Annakin – a sister of Holder's friend Ron Annakin.
Chandler now demanded the band write a follow-up single themselves which led to Lea and Holder writing Coz I Luv You. The song was written in half an hour and started
a writing partnership which would continue throughout Slade's career. Upon hearing the track played to him acoustically, a pleased Chandler predicted the song would
make number one. While recording, the band felt the song's sound to be too soft and so clapping was added. The song's misspelled title also became a trademark for
Slade while causing a furor among British school teachers. The attendant appearance on BBC Television's Top of the Pops brought Slade to a wider audience as well as
pushing "Coz I Luv You" to number one in the UK charts.

A second single entitled "Look Wot You Dun", was released at the start of 1972, peaking at number four and a live album was released in March. The album Slade Alive!
proved to be successful, spending 52 weeks in the UK Album charts, peaking at number two. It also did well abroad, topping the Australian charts and giving the band
their first chart entry in America. The album was recorded over three nights at a newly built studio in Piccadilly in front of 300 fan-club members. Today the album is
regarded as one of the finest live albums ever made.

Two months later, the band released "Take Me Bak 'Ome". The single became Slade's second UK number one and charted in a number of other countries, including America
where it reached number 97 in the Billboard singles chart. Slade achieved their third number one when "Mama Weer All Crazee Now" was released later that year.

Released in November 1972, the album Slayed? peaked at number one both in the UK and Australia, where it relegated Slade Alive to the second spot; and reaching number 69
in America. Both Slade Alive! and Slayed? are widely considered to be two of the finest albums of the Glam Rock era. The final single of 1972, "Gudbuy T' Jane", was
released shortly after, peaking at number two in the UK being kept from the top spot by Chuck Berry's single "My Ding-A-Ling". The single was a big worldwide hit but
only managed to reach number 68 in the American Billboard Chart.

In early 1973, "Cum on Feel the Noize" was released and went straight to number one, the first time a single had done so since The Beatles' "Get Back"
in 1969. Another worldwide hit for Slade, the single again failed to impress in America where it made number 98. The follow-up single "Skweeze Me, Pleeze Me",
again went straight to number one.

Look Wot You Dun	Hear Me Calling
Take Me Bak Ome	Mama Weer All Crazee Now
Gudbuy T Jane

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LOOK WOT YOU DUN
↓ U.K. Look Wot You Dun (promo) 28th January 1972 ↓

↓ U.K. Look Wot You Dun (large gripper ridges on both sides) 28th January 1972 ↓

↓ U.K. Look Wot You Dun (large gripper ridges on side 1 only) 28th January 1972 ↓

↓ U.K. Look Wot You Dun (Same as above but with tighter title font) 28th January 1972 ↓

↓ U.K. Look Wot You Dun (Same but with the A side lable on both sides) 28th January 1972 ↓





↓ Argentina Look Wot You Dun 1972 ↓


↓ Australia Look Wot You Dun 1972 ↓

↓ Austria Look Wot You Dun 1972 ↓
	SORRY NO IMAGE JUST YET
↓ Belgium Look Wot You Dun (yellow, lime, turquoise) 1972 ↓




↓ Brazil Look Wot You Dun 1972 ↓



↓ France Look Wot You Dun Between February and March 1972 ↓



↓ Germany Look Wot You Dun February 1972 ↓



↓ Greece Look Wot You Dun (Test pressing & release) 1972 ↓


↓ Holland Look Wot You Dun (standing (1st edition) & sitting (2nd edition) covers) 1972 ↓




↓ India Look Wot You Dun 1972 ↓

↓ Iran Look Wot You Dun 1972 ↓


↓ Republic of Ireland Look Wot You Dun 28th January 1972 ↓


↓ Italy Look Wot You Dun 1972 ↓


↓ Italy Look Wot You Dun (jukebox edition) 1972 ↓

↓ Japan Look Wot You Dun 1972 ↓



↓ Lebanon Look Wot You Dun (multi-coloured vinyl) 1972 ↓


↓ New Zealand Look Wot You Dun 1972 ↓

↓ Norway Look Wot You Dun 1972 ↓


↓ Philippines Look Wot You Dun 1972 ↓

↓ Portugal Look Wot You Dun 1972 ↓


↓ Southern Rhodesia Look Wot You Dun February 1972 ↓

↓ South Africa Look Wot You Dun February 1972 ↓

↓ Spain Look Wot You Dun 1972 ↓



↓ U.S.A. Look Wot You Dun (promo) 27th January 1972 ↓

↓ U.S.A. Look Wot You Dun March 1972 ↓

↓ Yugoslavia Look Wot You Dun 1972 ↓


↓ UK Hear Me Calling (acetate, unsure if single or double-sided) February 1972 ↓

↓ UK Hear Me Calling (promo single, to promote the album) 21st March 1972 ↓

TAKE ME BAK 'OME
↓ UK Take Me Bak 'Ome (acetate and test pressing) 1972 ↓


↓ UK Take Me Bak 'Ome (Main part of label is shiny red and small centre part is dull) 26th May 1972 ↓


↓ UK Take Me Bak 'Ome (promo copy) 26th May 1972 ↓

↓ Alternate font used on the ? 1972 POLYDOR LTD. of side 2 ↓

↓ Alternate font used on both sides ↓

↓ Alternate font used on both sides and double-sized gripper ridges ↓


↓ This copy has completely different runout etchings ↓

↓ This copy adds a couple of forward slashes to the runout etchings ↓

↓ Australia Take Me Bak 'Ome 1972 ↓



↓ Austria Take Me Bak 'Ome 1972 ↓

↓ Belgium Take Me Bak 'Ome (two copies, one with a random T) 1972 ↓



↓ France Take Me Bak 'Ome 1972 ↓


↓ Germany Take Me Bak 'Ome May 1972 ↓


↓ Holland Take Me Bak 'Ome 1972 ↓


↓ India Take Me Bak 'Ome 1972 ↓

↓ Republic of Ireland Take Me Bak 'Ome (without date on side 1) 1972 ↓

↓ Republic of Ireland Take Me Bak 'Ome (with date on both sides) 1972 ↓

↓ Republic of Ireland Take Me Bak 'Ome (without black arches on both sides) 1972 ↓

↓ Republic of Ireland Take Me Bak 'Ome (typical English layout but definitely Irish) 1972 ↓

↓ Here's the Irish single with typical English layout from a different angle ↓
↓ Israel Take Me Bak 'Ome 1972 ↓


↓ Italy Take Me Bak 'Ome 5th June 1972 ↓


↓ Italy Take Me Bak 'Ome (Jukebox promo) June 1972 ↓

↓ Japan Take Me Bak 'Ome 1972 ↓



↓ Lebanon Take Me Bak 'Ome (multi-coloured splatter vinyl) 1972 ↓


↓ Mexico Take Me Bak 'Ome 1972 ↓




↓ Mexico Take Me Bak 'Ome (error in the label matrix) 1972 ↓

↓ New Zealand Take Me Bak 'Ome 1972 ↓


↓ Norway Take Me Bak 'Ome 1972 ↓


↓ Portugal Take Me Bak 'Ome May 1972 ↓


↓ Singapore Take Me Bak 'Ome 1972 ↓


↓ South Africa Take Me Bak 'Ome June 1972 ↓


↓ Southern Rhodesia Take Me Bak 'Ome June 1972 ↓

↓ Spain Take Me Bak 'Ome 1972 ↓


↓ Turkey Tak Me Bak 'Ome (Jim's surname wrong and right) 1972 ↓



↓ U.S.A. Take Me Bak 'Ome (promo & release) 1972 ↓




MAMA WEER ALL CRAZEE NOW
↓ UK Mama Weer All Crazee Now (four single-sided acetates) 25th August 1972 ↓


↓ U.K Mama Weer All Crazee Now (promo edition) 25th August 1972 ↓

↓ U.K Mama Weer All Crazee Now 25th August 1972 ↓




↓ Angola Mama Weer All Crazee Now 1972 ↓


↓ Argentina Mama Weer All Crazee Now (promo & release) 1972 ↓


↓ Australia Mama Weer All Crazee Now 1972 ↓


↓ Austria Mama Weer All Crazee Now 1972 ↓

↓ Belgium Mama Weer All Crazee Now (with a random T) 28th September 1972 ↓


↓ Belgium Mama Weer All Crazee Now (random T removed) 28th September 1972 ↓

↓ Brazil Mama Weer All Crazee Now 1972 ↓


↓ Canada Mama Weer All Crazee Now 1972 ↓


↓ Chile Mama Weer All Crazee Now (EP promo & release) 1973 ↓



↓ France Mama Weer All Crazee Now 18th October 1972 ↓


↓ Germany Mama Weer All Crazee Now 1972 ↓


↓ Greece Mama Weer All Crazee Now 17th November 1972 ↓

↓ Guatemala Mama Weer All Crazee Now 1972 ↓

↓ Holland Mama Weer All Crazee Now 1972 ↓


↓ Republic of Ireland Mama Weer All Crazee Now (version 1) 25th August 1972 ↓

↓ Republic of Ireland Mama Weer All Crazee Now (version 2) 25th August 1972 ↓

↓ Israel Mama Weer All Crazee Now 1972 ↓


↓ Italy Mama Weer All Crazee Now 1972 ↓


↓ Italy Mama Weer All Crazee Now (jukebox edition) 1972 ↓

↓ Italy Mama Weer All Crazee Now (Various Artists Extended Play promo) 1972 ↓

↓ Japan Mama Weer All Crazee Now 1972 ↓



↓ Lebanon Mama Weer All Crazee Now (Splatter multi-coloured vinyl and plain black) 1972 ↓




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↓ Mexico Mama Weer All Crazee Now 1972 ↓


↓ New Zealand Mama Weer All Crazee Now 1972 ↓


↓ Norway Mama Weer All Crazee Now August 1972 ↓



↓ Philippines Mama Weer All Crazee Now 1972 ↓

↓ Portugal Mama Weer All Crazee Now 1972 ↓


↓ Southern Rhodesia Mama Weer All Crazee Now August 1972 ↓

↓ Spain Mama Weer All Crazee Now 1972 ↓


↓ Switzerland Mama Weer All Crazee Now 1972 ↓

↓ Thailand Mama Weer All Crazee Now (various artists E.P.) 1973 ↓


↓ Thailand Mama Weer All Crazee Now (various artists E.P.) 1973 ↓


↓ Turkey Mama Weer All Crazee Now 1973 ↓


↓ U.S.A. Mama Weer All Crazee Now (test pressing & promo) 1st November 1972 ↓


↓ U.S.A. Mama Weer All Crazee Now 1st November 1972 ↓

↓ Yugoslavia Mama Weer All Crazee Now 14th November 1972 ↓


↓ UK The Whole World's Going Crazy (Flexi disk) November 1972 ↓

GUDBUY T' JANE
↓ UK Gudbuy T' Jane 17th November 1972 ↓



↓ This is a combination of the two above singles. Note the paper labels and the moulded text round the rim ↓

↓The same freak single but missing the fullstop after PUB on side 1 ↓

↓ UK Gudbuy T' Jane (jukebox version with small-sized gripper ridges) ↓

↓ UK Gudbuy T' Jane (jukebox version with double-sized gripper ridges) ↓

↓ UK (made in Italy and exported) Gudbuy T' Jane 17th November 1972 ↓

↓ Italian export. Note the lack of secondary inner rings towards the centre of the label ↓


↓ UK (made in UK) Gudbuy T' Jane 17th November 1972 ↓

↓ Argentina Gudbuy T' Jane 1973 ↓


↓ Australia Gudbuy T' Jane 1972 ↓

↓ Austria Gudbuy T' Jane 1972 ↓

↓ Different and lower case font used on ? 1972 Polydor Ltd. ↓

↓ A single with the "B" side labels on both sides ↓

↓ A single with both versions of the labels ↓

↓ Belgium Gudbuy T' Jane 1972 ↓


↓ Brazil Gudbuy T' Jane 1973 ↓

↓ Canada Gudbuy T' Jane 1972 ↓

↓ France Gudbuy T' Jane 1972 ↓



↓ Germany Gudbuy T' Jane 1972 ↓


↓ Greece Gudbuy T' Jane 1972 ↓

↓ Holland Gudbuy T' Jane 1972 ↓


↓ Southern Ireland Gudbuy T' Jane (With and without full-stop on side 2) 17th November 1972 ↓


↓ Southern Ireland Gudbuy T' Jane (No circled P on either side) 17th November 1972 ↓

↓ Southern Ireland Gudbuy T' Jane (Irish pressing with UK side 2 label) 17th November 1972 ↓

↓ Southern Ireland Gudbuy T' Jane (Pushout edition) 17th November 1972 ↓
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↓ Italy Gudbuy T' Jane (Test pressing, release and jukebox editions) 1972 ↓




↓ Japan Gudbuy T' Jane 1972 ↓




↓ Lebanon Gudbuy T' Jane 1972 ↓

↓ New Zealand Gudbuy T' Jane 1972 ↓


↓ Norway Gudbuy T' Jane November 1972 ↓


↓ Portugal Gudbuy T' Jane 1972 ↓



↓ Singapore Gudbuy T' Jane (extended play) 1972 ↓


↓ South Africa Gudbuy T' Jane 1972 ↓


↓ Southern Rhodesia Gudbuy T' Jane 1972 ↓

↓ Spain Gudbuy T' Jane 1972 ↓


↓ Sweden Gudbuy T' Jane 1972 ↓

↓ Thailand Gudbuy T' Jane 1972 ↓
	SORRY NO IMAGE JUST YET
	SORRY NO IMAGE JUST YET
↓ Thailand Gudbuy T' Jane 1972 ↓


↓ Thailand Gudbuy T' Jane 1972 ↓


↓ Thailand Gudbuy T' Jane 1972 ↓


↓ U.S.A. Gudbuy T' Jane (promo) 1972 ↓

↓ U.S.A. Gudbuy T' Jane (release) 1972 ↓



↓ Yugoslavia Gudbuy T' Jane (alternate labels) 15th February 1973 ↓



↓ Ireland A few lines of Get Down And Get With It amongst other popstars greeting December 1972 ↓