| 1972 |
In terms of chart success the New Seekers ended 1972 second only to Marc Bolan's T. Rex. Their hits included the million-selling I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing, the Eurovision entry Beg, Steal Or Borrow and Circles. Press coverage was relentless.
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| Beat Instrumental |
Issue 110, July 1972, pages 70-71
Issue 110 of the UK magazine Beat Instrumental included a 2-page interview with the New Seekers - "We're no longer searching for our own identity".
Issue 115, December 1972, page 50
A New Seeker discovers a hot lick
by Derek Abrahams
An interview with Peter Doyle, which posed an interesting question: "Doyle's own musical background certainly hasn't helped him when it comes to playing with the group ... How long might it be before Doyle gets the yearning to return to the rock field?" Six months later the question had been answered.
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| Bravo |
3rd May 1972, pages 3-5.
Liebe verboten - Küsschen erlaubt
Not long after the group's appearance in the Eurovision Song Contest, the New Seekers were featured in the German magazine Bravo.
June 1972
Bravo No. 19 included a single page colour pin-up of the New Seekers.
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| Daily Express Sound '72 Album |
Every Monday the Daily Express published a pop column titled Sound '72, written by Judith Simons and David Wigg.
The Sound '72 Album was a "picture and caption book" featuring black and white pictures of 53 of the top pop acts of the day. During the course of the year readers were invited to collect the colour picture cards published by the Daily Express and to stick these on top of their black and white equivalents in the album.
The New Seekers, described as "good clean fun", were among the stars pictured on the centre pages.
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| Diana |
The weekly fashion and music magazine for teenage girls often included items on the New Seekers. One of the editions published in December 1972 featured a full-page pin-up of Marty Kristian.
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| Disc |
8th January 1972
Short article and picture
5th February 1972
2-page colour feature on the New Seekers.
4th March 1972
Single review and picture
26th August 1972
Concert review
23rd September 1972
LP review: Circles
4th November 1972
News item and picture
25th November 1972, page 9
The birth of Kristian-ity
by Mike Ledgerwood
16th December 1972
LP review
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| Fabulous 208 |
11th March 1972
The centre-spread pin-up calendar for March featured a photo of the New Seekers.
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| Jackie |
8th January 1972
Onward Kristian soldiers (page 19)
Interview with Marty Kristian.
26th February 1972
Interview with Peter Doyle.
4th March 1972
Interview with Paul Layton.
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| Look-in, Number 62, week ending 23rd December 1972. |
The New Seekers were featured in a Look-in "four-page extra". It included a double-page colour pin-up, brief biographies of the group members and a competition to win copies of the album Live at the Royal Albert Hall.
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| Melody Maker |
22nd January 1972
"Blind Date"
25th March 1972, page 14
LP review: We'd Like To Teach The World To Sing
by Chris Charlesworth
8th April 1972
Concert review
19th August 1972
Concert review
18th November 1972
LP review
23rd December 1972
Short interview and picture
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| Mickie |
No. 6, 9th November 1972, page 3
The Mickie 'Monster Mover' was the New Seekers' Come Softly To Me. Marty Kristian was featured on the front cover of the magazine.
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| Mirabelle |
The New Seekers were featured regularly in the weekly teen magazine Mirabelle, including a regular column by Marty Kristian.
25th March 1972
On this particular week Marty's column was all about the Eurovision Song Contest.
15th April 1972
Scoop! The truth about the New Seekers!
by Linda Newman
This week "Britain's brightest young magazine" featured a quickfire interview with Lyn Paul (page 7). Lyn was asked about the other members of the group. She characterised Paul as "the businessman of the group", Marty as "the quietest of the group" and Peter as the "extrovert... although he does have times when he likes to be on his own and have a think." Of Eve, she said: "I met Eve ... when she was singing for a group in Manchester and I went for an audition ... I must admit that, when I first met her I found her a bit frightening ... but literally after a day we were joking around and got on really well."
15th July 1972
The edition of Mirabelle published on 15th July included a double-page colour poster of the New Seekers (with Peter Doyle in suit and tie).
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| Music Scene |
November 1972, pages 18-19
Seekers join the riotmakers
by Gordon Coxhill
An interview with Eve Graham in which Eve talked about the fan's reaction to the New Seekers' live shows: "The girls all go wild for the boys, especially Marty," she said, "but it's nice to know that Lyn and I get noticed."
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| Muziek Expres, May 1972 |
The May edition of the Dutch magazine Muziek Expres included an article on the New Seekers.
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| New Musical Express |
25th March 1972
LP review: We'd Like To Teach The World To Sing
15th April 1972, page 10
If you don't write to me I'll kill myself: a look at who likes the New Seekers
Interview (with picture) by Julie Webb
22nd July 1972
LP review: Never Ending Song Of Love
23rd September 1972
LP review: Circles
16th December 1972
LP review: Live at the Royal Albert Hall
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| Petticoat |
8th July 1972
Eve and Lyn and life with the New Seekers
by Keith Altham
Interviews with Lyn and Eve which highlight the differences between them:
"Lyn Paul is a direct contrast to her attractive partner Eve, who is dark, slightly reticent and very together, whereas Lyn is blonde, highly extrovert and very untogether!"
Lyn's life is portrayed as a series of "minor mishaps" on stage and off. Lyn describes losing her dress in a dance routine, doing high kicks on stage and accidentally kicking her shoe off (it hit the conductor in the mouth)! And the most recent disaster?
"Four months ago my flat burnt down with everything in it and nothing was insured. I'm always falling downstairs or off buses ..."
Keith Altham concluded:
"Scatty blondes may be a bit passé in 1972 but Lyn Paul has given the old model a few new twists which even Goldie Hawn would find it hard to beat."
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| Popswop |
2nd December 1972
This edition of Popswop included two short articles of interest to New Seekers' fans.
Paul Layton of the New Seekers answers back (page 5).
A place to dream with Marty Kristian (page 8).
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| Radio Times, 25th-31st March 1972. |
The Radio Times previewed the Eurovision Song Contest. The New Seekers were pictured on the front cover, setting off for Edinburgh by train.
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| Record Collector, June 1972, page 17. |
We Are Original
An article on the New Seekers, in which Record Collector reported on a new phenomenon, Seeker Fever.
"Those who believed mobbing by super-enthusiastic fans ended with Beatlemania should have been present at Stockton's famous Fiesta Club during the group's recent British tour when they smashed all house records - as they did at most of the venues."
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| Record Mirror |
29th January 1972
Interview and picture
4th March 1972
Miss Mishap by Keith Altham
An interview with Lyn Paul which was re-written for Petticoat magazine (see below). This version is clearly aimed at a more adult audience.
Lyn talked about her early days in showbiz - appearing on Coronation Street as a child, singing with the Chrys-Do-Lyns (or as their name is spelt here, the Chrys-Do-Lyns!) and then joining the Nocturnes.
Lyn commented that she enjoyed the fame that being a member of the New Seekers had brought her but complained about being misquoted in the press:
"I love all the publicity ... but some reporters just write down what they want ... One woman on a national newspaper was talking to me about diets and she asked me my measurements and I told her and she said 'You look more like a 38 to me' and wrote that down. Do I look like a 38?"
11th March 1972
Single review and picture
1st April 1972
Full page picture
8th April 1972
LP review: We'd Like To Teach The World To Sing
6th May 1972
Interview and picture
1st July 1972
Concert review
8th July 1972
An interview with Paul Layton - the "New Seekers' forgotten man."
22nd July 1972
LP review and picture: Never Ending Song Of Love
19th August 1972
Concert review
23rd September 1972
LP review: Circles
25th November 1972
LP review and picture: Live at the Royal Albert Hall
2nd December 1972
Interview and picture
23rd December 1972
Interview and picture
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| The Record Song Book, 1st April 1972 |
No April fools - the New Seekers were the cover stars on Words magazine on 1st April 1972.
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Shepherds Bush Gazette and Hammersmith Post,
Thursday, 21st December 1972, page 1.
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Fans faint at the Palais
The Shepherds Bush Gazette published a short report of the New Seekers' Fan Club Convention at the Hammersmith Palais.
"Weenybopper hysteria arrived in Hammersmith on Saturday when the New Seekers pop group put on a special Christmas show for their fans at the Hammersmith Palais ...
Several girls were taken to hospital with bruised ribs after they fainted in the melée, but most seemed to accept this as part of the fun."
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| Spec, No. 42, September 1972. |
Meet a passel of AUSSIE DELIGHTS
The US teen magazine Spec featured the New Seekers in an article about stars from "down under".
"The New Seekers ... have asked the world to sing again, this time with their latest Elektra single Circles. Latch on to it for a treat!"
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| Superstar '72 |
The New Seekers' Fan Club Secretary, Jill Webster, wrote a regular column for Superstar. The magazine usually also featured pin-ups and interviews with members of the group.
Issue No. 10 (July 1972) featured Marty Kristian on the front cover. Inside there was also a 2-page article titled The 2 Gals & 3 Guys Behind Seeker-Fever! (pages 36-37).
Issue No. 12 (September 1972) included the usual Fan Club news (page 33) plus an article, New Seekers Off Duty (pages 34-35). The photos of the New Seekers (page 32 and 35) show the group relaxing in Bermuda. Marty Kristian had left a day before the others so doesn't appear in the photos. Pictured in his place is the group's tour manager - "the sixth New Seeker" Glenn Wheatley.
Issue No. 13 (October 1972) featured the New Seekers on the back cover.
Issue No. 14 (November 1972) included a pin-up of the New Seekers (page 28) and Fan Club news (page 29).
Issue No. 15 (December 1972) included an article Come Home with Paul (pages 32-33), plus a pin-up of Marty (page 34) and the regular Fan Club news (page 35).
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| 'Teen, September 1972. |
A day with the New Seekers
by Fiona MacDougall
'Teen magazine featured the New Seekers in a double-page photo shoot, following the group from Los Angeles airport to their hotel and then to the CBS television studios to record five segments for the WOW show (pages 72-73).
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| Teen World, Vol. 15, No. 1, February 1972. |
Star Bright
by Ron Scott
The US magazine Teen World featured the New Seekers in an article by Ron Scott.
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The Times, Monday, 21st February 1972, page 4.
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Song contest choice
The choice of Beg, Steal Or Borrow as the UK's 1972 Eurovision entry was announced in The Times.
"Britain's entry for the Eurovision song contest in Edinburgh on March 25 is Beg, Steal Or Borrow, by Tony Cole, Graeme Hall and Steve Wolfe. It will be sung by the New Seekers."
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The Times, Monday, 27th March 1972, page 2.
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Song contest sequel
The Times' report on the 1972 Eurovision Song Contest was almost as brief and matter-of-fact as the snippet that preceded the contest (The Times, 21st February 1972). Had it not been for an incident off-stage, one wonders whether it would have been mentioned at all!
"A man will appear in court in Edinburgh today after an incident during the Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday when, police say, a 'noxious substance' was scattered on the floor of the Usher Hall, Edinburgh. Vicky Leandros won the 18-nation contest for Luxembourg with the song, Après Toi. The New Seekers, for Britain, were second."
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TV Times (Australia), 23rd-29th September 1972,
page 12 and page 37.
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The New Seekers in a world of their own
An interview with each of the New Seekers - Marty Kristian, on being passionate; Eve Graham, on home-making; Peter Doyle, on ego; Paul Layton, on marriage; and Lyn Paul, on getting edgy: "I get worked up about silly little things... My mum said I was getting edgy, and knitting would help me calm down. She was right..."
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| Valentine, 16th December 1972. |
Another teen magazine, another front cover featuring Marty Kristian. Inside: an invitation to "make a meal of Marty's favourite food."
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