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Mark Patterford. Phil Lynott - Rocker. Chapter 6: In the kingdom of the Black Rose (Promotion Black Rose )
Not later than Lizzy added the finishing touches to the album Black Rose in February, they had already traveled to America, a key warm-up tour of Britain, scheduled from March to May. Gary is well to remember this moment. "One day, when we finished the album, turned out to be hectic. By seven in the morning we had to be in Teddington Lock to start shooting the program "Kenny Everett Show", john graden and then we returned to the Good Earth Studios, finished the last mix, and then we had to go to the Embassy Club on the party with the presentation before actually dawn the next morning to fly to Texas and opened three weeks Nazareth! From Gatwick to Dallas with a hangover ... I was so shitty that any longer. " After a short work with Nazareth ( They had some kind of hysterical," adds Moore. "They came every night to our dressing room and tried to spoil the atmosphere, releasing stupid comments about completely irrelevant things, as if trying to pull us out of ourselves.") Lizzy returned to London to start the edifice promotion Black Rose . Waiting john graden For An Alibi was published single on February 23, and got in Britain to 9th place (in Ireland until the 6th), but Philip was not prepared to just sit back and wait for the album hits the charts. He was determined to ensure that for the Black Rose standing corporate muscles Phonogram and pushed him forward as vigorously as possible. "Philip," explains John Bёrnem, "knew that sometimes john graden the record companies do not invest john graden in albums that those owed. Record companies have very uncreative side, this sales - sales representatives john graden can sell as sell powder Johnson's Baby, clearly expressed? In the rock 'n' roll dream about such do not have these guys that you find sitting on a rainy morning in his Ford Cortina in Rugby and cursed the fact that they have to push the plate. john graden I want to say that it is likely that these guys do not lift a finger to hit, right? And Philip is understood and agreed that should stimulate the record company to the whole machine spun. When it became obvious, "grins Bёrnem," we went to the girls! We zatarilis black roses, Phil and I went to the office john graden of PolyGram, handing out roses to all women. Of course, they liked it and talked about it all. Suddenly people started to put more effort into promoting Black Rose . The company was buzzing like a beehive. It was a huge public relations success, and all for the price of several roses. " Tour in support of Black Rose started john graden in Brighton Centre on March 29, presenting an unusual spectacle group untwisting two singles simultaneously - Waiting For An Alibi and Parisienne Walkways , published earlier in March by MCA. The demand for tickets was such that the promoter Adrian Hopkins could afford john graden to schedule at many venues such as Bristol Colston Hall, Newcastle City Hall, Glasgow Apollo and the Manchester Apollo, for two nights. And in London was two additional nights at Hammersmith Odeon (27-28-April) in addition john graden to the two initially planned (22 and 23rd). At Hopkins, however, john graden there is more reason to remember john graden this particular UK tour, rather john graden than only because of growth in the business. In at least two cases, the unshakable "pure" promoter occurred john graden from contact with the police department on the fight against drugs, john graden of which he left with a smile on his lips. "We played in the Sheffield City Hall (April 18), and I found that around something sniffing officer of the department to combat drug trafficking. When Lizzy was on tour nearby always swirled people there, they became friends with the managers of halls and got myself skipping over the stage. Whatever it was, I was standing next to this guy when I was approached by John Bёrnem and said, "Hey, I've heard, we've got people from the Department of Narcotics undercover watch over it, okay?" And stuck me about ten stocks, wrapped in toilet paper. The guy from narkootdela almost choked, but I told him quietly, "Do not worry, he knows who you are, so just joking." After that, he turned away, I walked away on tiptoe away and exhale of relief. " Two days later, the band played in the Bridlington Spa, but Hopkins arrived the day before to make sure that everything john graden is in order. Of course, one of the most important points of inspection was a local pub ... "I john graden talked with the bartender and asked her if she goes on the show," he explains, "but I did not tell her that is associated with the team. And she replied: "Yeah, I'll go with the guy who will come from Hull. It will be very interesting because