CLUB SANDWICH 24

            MPL's Managing Director, Stephen Shrimpton, is no longer a new face about the office, having been with the company now since January 1980. Hailing from Melbourne, Stephen lived most of his previous working life in Sydney, where he spent twelve years at EMI Australia, right in the heart of the music business.
            Joining EMI in 1969 as the National Sales Manager, he was responsible for launching a successful budget range of pop records. Upon promotion to their National Marketing and Sales Manager, Stephen directed the entire sales and marketing activities of EMI in Australia, including the Wings product.
            In April 1974 Stephen became EMI's Managing Director, at the helm of all the company's operations in Australia, with its 600 employees. His work embraced a wide scale of activities from negotiating major label contracts with artists to the manufacturing and distribution of records, music publishing and mail order.
            Stephen maintained his personal involvement with Paul McCartney and Wings as Managing Director and during the following six years saw them top the charts with seven No. 1 singles and five No. 1 albums.
            Although it was an enormous change in company size for Stephen when he joined MPL with its staff of twelve people, it was in many ways a natural shift into his field of special interest. With his wealth of experience across she breadth of the entertainment business, Stephen slotted neatly into MPL's expanding range of activities from records to films and books. His current projects range from the planning of the proposed video cassette of the successful current movie Rockshow to the worldwide launching plans for Paul's Composer/Artist book, due out in September (except in the U.S. where it has already appeared).
            Stephen and his wife and two young sons have settled well into life in England. He finds working with EMI's biggest recording artist constantly challenging and rewarding. He's also brought a breath of fresh Australian air to the Soho based company with his open, direct manner and language peppered with cricket phrases. And he's changed, too. His Liverpudlian accent's getting better all the time!

            Hi there, all you clubbers!
            It was super that so many of you Funsters managed to get to London for the gala opening of the brilliant film Rockshow, 'cos with Paul and Linda there, the experience became unforgettable. The atmosphere was charged with terrific excitement waiting for them to arrive at the Dominion Theatre, and when they came, they almost got crushed in the mob along with many of us!
            As I'm sure most of you know, Denny, Steve and Laurence have left Wings to concentrate on their solo careers, and I know you'll join me in wishing them well . . . Meanwhile Paul and Linda have been continuing work on the new album (and they say it is "going great"), but don't get your hopes up yet 'cos it probably won't be released til the autumn. But I'm sure lots of you've got your copies of the charity album, Concerts for the People of Kampuchea which was released by WEA in April. It includes the following fab tracks by Wings: Got to Get You Into My Life, Every Night, Coming Up, Lucille and the Rockestra Theme ... I see that the Seaside Woman film's picked up another award. It's the D&AD Silver Award for the 'Most Outstanding Promotional Film for a Record' given at the Designers and Art Directors Association dinner in London recently.
            Lots of feedback (see back page) from our last ish. Everyone was truly moved by our tribute to John. I know how you'll treasure your copies, especially when I tell you that as a special limited edition, there aren't any more copies left! So you'll have to get out your irons and smooth out any creases!
            Before I go, I'd like to say once again how delighted we are with all your super pix and artwork, some of which you see in Gallery Corner. Do keep us supplied with fresh material. It's the filling for your Sandwich!
            'til next time, Sue

            In April, Denny Laine left the band after having been a member of Wings for 10 years. We are all sorry to see him go and wish him all the best for the future. At the moment Paul has no immediate plans to tour and Denny likes live performance so he is hoping to tour on his own with a new band he is forming.

Special SHEET MUSIC PACKAGE with words and music to the following McCartney hit songs: WITH A LITTLE LUCK, BAND ON THE RUN, JET, GIRLFRIEND, TEMPORARY SECRETARY Price: £1.25 (U.K.) Price: £1.10 ($2.20) Foreign sea-mail Order from new address: FUN CLUB OFFERS 32 NEWMAN STREET, LONDON W1P 3PE Please note There is no Club Offer Sheet with this issue

CLUES ACROSS 1. Not new, this part of the walch (6-4) 6. B-plus the name of the group (4) 10. Get to know name of Shakespeare's king by noon (5) 11. Mere vibes, repaired, can produce this note (9) 12. Travelled via Columbia? (8) 13. Range of reds? (5) 15. Relief for one who sounds gullible (7) 17. Would it have no tail if caught in Manx waters? (7) 19. Television band running between England and France (7) 21. Showy rooftop violinist (7) 22. Broken stein having a piece let in (5) 24. Imports average mixed gins (8) 27. Rear fitting causing plane's nosedive? (4-5) 28. Scoffer starts with a boom at sea (5) 29. University - or jail if Swede says so (4) 30. Contracting - ten staring wildly (10) CLUES DOWN 1. Unaccompanied part from Oslo (4) 2. Three teas ordered in dance (3-3-3) 3. Band of nine in difficulty at Wimbledon? (5) 4. Swindler hurtles round ... (7) 5. ...having no fixed abode (7) 7. Scene of fight (real war or simply boxing) (5) 8. Might gambler lose it in important evening race? (5-5) 9. Bud acted badly in "Kidnapped" (8) 14. Mind being treated? (10) 16. Only rate revised for being dressed in an elaborate way (8) 18. What was wrong with exam. paper to cause failure at Reading University? (9) 20. Go miles out of the way in France (7) 21. Overpraise - that's more even (7) 23. For all that, it's not a moving picture (5) 25. Honest sort, I swear, and brave possibly (5) 26. Sandstone has such firmness of character(4)

ACROSS

1 Chestnut, 5 Stuffing, 9 Game, 11 Bop, 13 Ache, 15 Easel, 16 Leash, 17 Barm, 18 Kris, 20 Clown, 23 Rayon, 24 Rosin, 25 Oath, 26 Stye, 27 Show, 28 Same, 30 Meek, 31 Mine, 33 Uvula, 35 Nests, 36 Young, 37 Echo, 41 Hair, 42 Tulip, 43 Spook, 44 East, 45 Got, 47 Legs, 48 Starlets, 49 Maestoso.

DOWN

1 Cage-bird, 2 Steam, 3 Novel, 4 Tub, 5 Sip, 6 Usher, 7 Flask, 8 Greasing, 10 Merrythoughts, 12 Onion, 14 Christmas cake, 19 Snowman, 20 Cutlery, 21 Nothing, 22 Present, 29 Cureless, 32 Espresso, 34 Burro, 38 Outer, 39 Mince, 40 Spoke, 41 Holst, 45 Gas, 46 Tom.