The Slade Review ov 2007

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Before we take a look bak at, the best year for Slade in yonks, can I just wish everybody a very happy 2008.

Jan:

JAMES WHILD LEA web site goes "live" offering Jim 's new album Therapy for download or hard copy.






















Also in January ITV's Raiders of The Lost Archive is transmitted, the edition which features Noddy Holder being re-united with some long lost Slade footage has yet to be screened and perhaps never will.

Feb:

7DIGITAL offer The N' Betweens E.P for download only.





















Courtesy 7digital

Jim Lea's album is finally released and great it is too.

Birmingham's Walk Of Stars web site is set up whereby members of the public can nominate who they would like to see be honoured with a star on Broad St the entertainment golden mile in Birmingham.


Mar:

UNION SQUARE MUSIC win MUSIC WEEKS Catalogue Marketing Campaign of the Year: Chas Chandler for Slade Remastered.





















Courtesy of USM/ Chas Chandler.

Also in March some BBC "unseen since first transmission" footage gets an airing to restricted viewers only.

Apr:

Union Square Music continue their great Slade re-issue campaign with dbl CD Rockers, Whatever Happend To Slade, We'll Bring The House Down & 'Til Deaf Do Us Part and the Slade In Flame Collectors edition.

Noddy Holder appears on BBC4's look at British Rock Movies Channel 4's Richard & Judy and Channel 5's The Wright Stuff promoting the release of the Slade in Flame DVD.

April also saw the 2nd annual "Sladefest" take place at the ROBIN2 in Bilston, featuring Ed Ringer bak in the fold as Noddy Holder 18 year old Ben as Dave Hill Ian Edmundson as Jim Lea and the ever present Rik Raven as Don Powell, Bilston was rockin' that night.















Girl Band TWIN who covered Cum On Feel The Noize play in front of the Slade crowd, they went down great, well dun girlz.

Be there in 2008 23rd March 08

















May:

Claire Gibbons a 19 year old Slade fan from Dudley in the West Midlands becomes the first person to nominate Noddy Holder for the Walk Of Stars.



Jun:

Jim Lea launches his own MYSPACE PAGE

Slade & Union Square Music win their second award of the year, this time in the major MOJO awards category Vision award for Slade In Flame, Noddy Holder is presented the award by ex Sex Pistol Glenn Mattlock.



The final Union Square Music Slade re-issues are released, thanks to all at USM for a great re-issue of the entire Slade back cat.

Noddy Holder is removed from the Walk Of Stars due to a voting scandal.

Jul:


Kelly Johnson of Girlschool, both Nod & Jim produced their L.P Play Dirty in the early 80's passes away, it would not be the only tragic death in the Slade world this year.

11 years after his passing Bryan "Chas" Chandler former Slade Manager is nominated for a black plaque to be placed on his childhood home in Newcastle.


Noddy Holder is re-instated to the Walk Of Stars site minus 15,400 votes.

Aug:

No Slade news

Sept:

No Slade news

Oct:

No Slade News

Nov:

The Birmingham Mail announces Noddy Holder to become the third recipient of a star on Birmingham's Broad St.

The following day after the announcement RANDALL VINCKE lost his life in a car accident in Belgium, Ran was over the moon that his hero Noddy Holder would be honoured and said he would be able to come to England to see the presentation.



Thanks to Dave Jewell

The final unexpected Slade release of the year came courtesy of the Mail On Sunday with a ten track free "LIVE" CD

Dec:

Noddy Holder arrives in Birmingham on Tuesday 4th for a photoshoot/ interviews for the local West Midlands Media including the Express & Star BBC CENTRAL NEWS

Slade fans gathered in Brum on Sunday 9th December to see Noddy Holder collect the award from the Lord Mayor of Birmingham, the third Slade award of the year rounding off the best year for the noize boyz since the early 1980's.


















Also this month:

Merry Xmas Everybody reaches it's highest postion in the UK charts at No 20 the highest chart placing since 1983.

Chas Chandler's former home in Newcastle, is finally fitted with the black plaque in his honour on what would have been his 69th birthday:






























By Kind permission of Doug











Here's To The New Year, have a gud un.


Coming Soon.... A very special guest.

Slade Merry Xmas Everybody/ Noddy's Star On Broad St

Lee Chates "It's a bostin' Slab"


On Sunday 09/12/07 I had the pleasure of seeing Noddy Holder presented with his Star by the Lord Mayor of Birmingham Cllr Randal Brew.






















This was held outside the Pitcher & Piano in Brindley Place Birmingham on the "Glam Rock" Barge which was part of the annual Broad St Xmas Canal Barge Light Parade.















Courtesy my Son Lee Jordan.


The organisers of the Broad St Walk Of Stars the BID "hijacked" this xmas event meaning Noddy and his Star would be seen by thousands of people.


















I had met up with the Slade Clan in All Bar One Dave Jewell, Chris Selby, Lise, Peter, Claire & Si, John & Jane Sales, John & Ed Cutler, Keith & Lee Chates and brother, Rudi & Volker who had come from Germany just to see Noddy get his star, also there was Gwen whom I hadn't seen since Sladefest 06. The Lord Mayor declared the 9th December 2007 Noddy Holder Day.





Courtesy Si & Claire




















Courtesy of my Son Lee Jordan






















Courtesy of Trinity Mirror


On the Tuesday before the event a press conference was held in the Malt House (a pub next to the NIA made famous by US President Clinton)






























Press coverage of the event only featured the West Midlands Media:






















Courtesy Express & Star



















Courtesy Birmingham Post















Courtesy Birmingham Mail


Whilst handing out the USM Slade booklet to the crowd, some bloke came up and said "you must be Gary I have something for you" it was a limited edition Noddy/ WOS hat.





















Mike Olley the Broad St Manager responsible for the Walk Of Stars
















had arranged the actual star paving Slab to be placed in the Malt House pub for viewing by Slade fans, the Birmingham Mail photoshoot/ report has yet to be published, Myself, Dave Jewell, Keith & Lee Chates and John Cutler turned up for the photoshoot. This is the actual paving slab that will be laid on Broad St sometime in the very near future





































































Noddy Holder in the Malt House "You can save your thanks, I'll have a pint of Banks's.

















It was suggested, that we make a video biog of the Nod/ Slade story for showing on the big screen, but due to the lack of space on the tow path it could not be shown.

Many thanks to DJ & CS for their hard work in putting this together.




Merry Xmas Everybody yet again this Slade classic has charted, at No 20 the highest chart placing since 1983 due to Downloads now being added to the chart, pity it wasn't last year when Slade would have made it to No 1 making a grand total of 7.





















Merry Xmas to Noddy, Jim, Dave & Don, Slade Fans, all at the West Midlands Media, Mike Olley & Julie, Chas Chandler and all at USM/Salvo, Mojo and readers of this blog, 2007 has been the best year for Slade in decades.

Gary Jordan Birmingham