During the early 1970s it was hard to find a UK pop magazine that didn't feature Lyn Paul and the New Seekers. This page lists just a few of the articles that appeared at the time.
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The New Seekers announced that the group was splitting up. Lyn Paul embarked on her solo career.
The Australian Women's Weekly, April 1974, page 102.
The New Seekers ... prepare to go solo
by Camilla Beach
At the same time that the announcement of a general election was made in the UK, the New Seekers held a press conference to tell the world that they were splitting up. As Camilla Beach's article says: "Neither announcement came as a surprise." The news of the split had leaked out the previous evening and Lyn Paul is reported as saying: "My mother's been up all night with crying fans."
The article mostly quotes Marty Kristian, who pointed out the parallel with the Seekers:
"Our careers together followed almost the same cycle as the original Seekers, who broke up when Judith Durham wanted to go it on her own."
Asked about going solo, Eve Graham said she wanted to sing to more sophisticated audiences and leave 'Seeker fever' behind her. Commenting on Lyn's solo plans, Eve said:
"If you've seen Lyn in cabaret you'll know she's going to be another Liza Minnelli."
Bravo
4th April 1974
Issue no. 15 of the German magazine Bravo featured Peter Oliver of the New Seekers on the front cover. Inside the group was featured in an article titled 'Abschied für immer?' ('Split for ever?').
Daily Mail, Thursday, 7th February 1974
It's the end, say New Seekers
by Roderick Gilchrist
An article reporting the New Seekers' decision to go their separate ways. Lyn Paul, it says, "wants to dance and sing in the Liza Minnelli style". Lyn herself is quoted as saying:
"Although we all love each other very much I think that if we stay together for very much longer it will be bad for us as individuals.
We could go on churning out hits for some time to come but we are all progressive people and we want to stretch ourselves further ... We all feel we've got to make this break for our own good."
Diana
The weekly fashion and music magazine for teenage girls often included items on the New Seekers.
23rd February 1974
The edition dated 23rd February included a double-page colour pin-up of Peter, Paul and Marty of the New Seekers.
Disc
26th January 1974 News item and picture
2nd February 1974 Disc went on tour with the New Seekers. This edition featured interviews with Lyn Paul, Eve Graham and Marty Kristian.
16th February 1974, page 14 The Split
by Ray Fox-Cumming
An interesting article about the break-up of the New Seekers, which included quotes from each member of the group. The article also analysed their chances of future success.
Lyn Paul hit back at press reports of her supposed ambition to be the next Liza Minnelli:
"I'm a bit annoyed that one of the national papers said that I wanted to be like Liza Minnelli because the way it was put people are going to say 'Who the hell does Lyn Paul think she is?' I only said that to try to give the reporter some idea of the kind of act I'm aiming at."
And the Disc prediction for Lyn?
"Lyn looks set to become one of the greats of the British cabaret circuit. She's a natural comedienne and her humour extends to her dancing, which has played a vital part in her solo spots with the New Seekers. Since she's worked as a solo artiste in the past she knows the ropes. Now, with the help of the publicity she's gained through being a member of the group, her future career looks certain to be a success."
20th April 1974
As the New Seekers prepared to go their separate ways, Disc published a short interview with Lyn Paul. The interview was accompanied by a small picture.
11th May 1974
Short interview and picture.
29th June 1974 News item and picture
17th August 1974 Squeakers Bye Bye ...
Album review: Farewell Album by the Disc panel
The Disc review of the New Seekers' Farewell Album in August was less complimentary than the article about them in February.
"A case of too much of the girls spoiling the show."
Fabulous 208 and Hit! started life as separate magazines. The New Seekers were featured regularly in both. That continued to be the case when the two magazines combined.
23rd February 1974
The edition of 23rd February included a colour pin-up of the group.
16th March 1974
Another colour pin-up, this time of Peter, Paul and Marty from the New Seekers.
27th April 1974 Fab 208 (now minus Hit!) said a "special farewell" to the New Seekers with a full-page colour pin-up.
Jackie
No. 524, 19th January 1974
This edition of Jackie included a pin-up of the New Seeker boys, Peter, Paul and Marty.
No. 535, 6th April 1974
Issue no. 535 of Jackie had a colour pin-up of the New Seekers on the back cover.
No. 539, 4th May 1974
Issue no. 539 waved a fond farewell to the New Seekers, with colour pin-ups of Marty Kristian and of the group.
Melanie
6th April 1974
The 6th April of Melanie edition included a double-page colour pin-up of the New Seekers.
Mirabelle
Marty Kristian continued to be featured in his own regular column in Mirabelle, so did Lyn Paul and Eve Graham.
18th May 1974 Super New Seekers Special
This claimed to be "their last ever interview as the New Seekers." The magazine came with a free flexi-disc.
Music Star
16th February 1974 Marty Kristian was pictured on the front cover of the Valentines Day issue of Music Star.
18th May 1974 At Home with Paul Layton
A three-page colour photo-feature of Paul Layton at home.
22nd June 1974
The New Seekers had split up but Marty Kristian was still as popular as ever. Music Star featured him (shirtless) as the centrefold pin-up.
2nd November 1974 V. I. Paul
A photo-feature on Lyn Paul filming Val Meets The VIPs.
New Musical Express
16th February 1974, page 28 Shed a Tear for the New Seekers
Interview and picture
23rd March 1974, page 18 LP review: Together
by Charles Shaar Murray
Popswop
No. 73, 23rd February 1974 Lyn Paul and Eve Graham were pictured on the front cover Popswop No. 73.
March 1974 It's a fond farewell from the New Seekers
In this feature Lyn Paul explained how the New Seekers' decision to split had come about:
"I'd thought for some time that I'd like to make the break and have a go at being a solo singer ... But then Eve said she'd like to go solo as well, and the boys didn't want to go on with such a different line-up. So that's why the split."
No. 82, 27th April 1974
Issue 82 of Popswop featured a double-page pin-up calendar of the New Seekers.
What's in store for the New Seekers?
As their careers together were coming to an end, each member of the New Seekers talked about their future plans. Lyn was quoted as saying:
"I want to get away from the Seekers' image, but at the same time I know a lot of people will know me because of that, so I'll still be doing things like 'Get A Little Sentimental' and 'Another Fool' ... I'm using two male dancers in the act, so there'll be a lot more dancing. After all, I've been taking dancing lessons for about 23 years now, so I want to use them!"
Record Mirror
16th February 1974 News item and picture
23rd February 1974 Before they disband - the New Seekers on: Life ... Love ... and Marriage
Farewell, Folks!
The New Seekers bow out on a top note
by Margaret Forwood
A report on the Sun TV Awards ceremony at which the New Seekers were presented with the award for Best Pop Act. Receiving the award from Neil Sedaka, Lyn Paul is quoted as saying: "We're sad to be breaking up, but we'll see you all again soon"
The Times, Thursday, 16th May 1974, page 17.
New Seekers' last shows must be recorded
Law Report May 15 1974
Court of Appeal
GTO Productions Ltd. v. New Seekers Ltd. and Others
The Times reported on an interlocutory appeal by GTO Productions Ltd. granting the company "an interim injunction to restrain New Seekers Ltd. ... and five individuals constituting the New Seekers group from committing any act or omission which would tend to frustrate, vitiate or prevent the recording by the recording company of the defendants' performances at the Shakespeare Theatre Club, Liverpool, on May 16, 17 and 18 ... until further order or agreement between the parties."
July 1975
It oughta sell a million but the top twenty will do
by Ray Fox-Cumming
Lyn was interviewed after a rehearsal for Top Of The Pops. She talked about her single It Oughta Sell A Million and the three that preceded it - "all very pretty songs but somehow I don't think that they were really me." At the time of the interview It Oughta Sell A Million was at number 37 in the charts but Lyn had hopes that it would go higher: "I'd give anything, anything, for it to get into the top twenty."
9th August 1975 LYN PAUL: Give Me Love
review by Ray Fox-Cumming
Although he thought that Lyn Paul had it in her "to be a great performer" Ray Fox-Cumming reckoned that she'd "played safe" on her début album Give Me Love - "There's too little of the tigress, too little sophistication."
Titbits
No. 4649, 17th-23rd April 1975 (pages 4-5) Nothing in the garden's lovely... the new Covent Garden that is!
An article lamenting the transfer of Covent Garden Market from it's old home in the heart of London to a new site at Nine Elms, Battersea. Lyn Paul was pictured with Bernie Holland, branch secretary of the Transport & General Workers' Union.
In 1976 the New Seekers re-formed, but the group's new line-up did not include either Lyn Paul or Peter Oliver. Lyn Paul's absence was a talking point in the press, as was her presence at the group's reunion concert ...
Record Mirror, 10th April 1976, page 11.
The "new" New Seekers
by David Hancock
David Hancock interviewed the new line-up of the New Seekers. His article was accompanied by a small photo of Lyn Paul and another small photo of Lyn with Peter Doyle.
"... out goes Lyn Paul (now well into a solo career) and Peter Oliver.
In come Danny Finn ... and ... new girl Kathy Ann Rae, complete with hairstyle that suggests there may be more than just a little of Lyn Paul in there somewhere."
Record Mirror, 22nd May 1976.
Shaky start for New Seekers
by David Hancock
David Hancock's review of the New Seekers' reunion concert at Drury Lane opened with the following paragraph:
"It might have been Lyn Paul at the bar autographing New Seekers' programmes or a member of the audience shouting "We want Peter Oliver" but you get the distinct impression that the idea of the New Seekers is bigger than the actual group."
TV Times, 13th - 19th November 1976.
Have the New Seekers found perfect harmony?
by Kenneth Passingham
This edition of the TV Times included a feature article on the recently re-formed New Seekers. "However, now the group has returned with the same mix as before - two girls (Eve Graham with Kathy Ann Rae replacing Lyn Paul) and three men (Marty, Paul and Danny) - is there not a danger of history repeating itself yet again?"
Lyn Paul made many television appearances in 1977, among them a guest spot on the Little & Large Tellyshow ...
In the Summer Lyn appeared with Freddie Starr at the Winter Gardens, Margate. The shows were too "blue" for some but Lyn wasn't having any of it. She wrote to the Daily Mirror to set the record straight.
Look-in, No. 12, week ending 19th March 1977, pages 14-17.
The New Seekers Chapter Three
The "junior TV Times" featured the 1977 line-up of the New Seekers as a centre page pin-up. The double-page poster was accompanied by an article on the group, which mentioned that Lyn Paul had first met Eve Graham in the Manchester band the Nocturnes and that Lyn had been replaced in the "new" New Seekers by Kathy Ann Rae.
TV Times, May 1977, page 26.
A butterfly folds her wings
by Dave Lanning
A short interview with Lyn to promote her appearance on The Little & Large Tellyshow on 2nd May, along with fellow guests the Stylistics and Berni Flint.
Asked about her love life, Lyn said: "I don't have a love to keep secret ... My old butterfly social days are gone."
Isle of Thanet Gazette, 17th June 1977.
Starry Nights Ahead, Freddie?
by Susan Haines
Susan Haines previewed the forthcoming Summer Season in Margate. The article was accompanied by photos of Lyn Paul with Mike Burton and with Freddie Starr.
"Freddie's unique brand of comedy is complemented in the show by the glamour of ex-New Seeker Lyn Paul ...
She became internationally known while singing with the New Seekers until they disbanded in 1974. Since then the group has re-formed without Lyn, who has made a name for herself in her own right."
Isle of Thanet Gazette, 24th June 1977.
ENTERTAINMENTS
Susan Haines
Show kicks off to a lively start: funny Freddie gets 'em laughing
"Lyn Paul adds glamour and an attractive deep voice to the show ... audiences can appreciate her confidence and professionalism as a performer - she is definitely something more than a singer."
Daily Mirror, Thursday, 14th July 1977.
Blue? It's Kid's stuff!
Lyn Paul wrote to the Daily Mirror in defence of Freddie Starr.
"Comedian Freddie Starr has been accused of putting on a "blue" show at the seaside.
I, and the rest of the cast appearing with him, feel this is a slur on Freddie.
My parents are taking my 11-year-old brother and sister, nine, to the theatre, which they would not do if they thought there were anything unsuitable for children.
The audiences certainly like it because the applause is deafening at the end of each performance."
Lyn Paul continued to pop on our television screens in 1978, appearing on variety shows with the likes of Dave Evans and Freddie Starr.
The Stage and Television Today, 9th March 1978.
The Stage highlighted some of Lyn Paul's forthcoming TV appearances: "We'll be seeing a lot of Lyn on our screens in the next month or so. Apart from the Dave Evans' show, agent Tony Birmingham tells me he's now fixed her up with spots in a Freddie Starr special, an appearance on Pebble Mill At One, with a couple of other shows in the pipeline ..."
TV Times, April 1978
Saturday Showtime
The TV Times previewed An Evening With Dave Evans. Guests on the show included Lyn Paul and Acker Bilk.
21st May 1978
Why Miss Paul is still seeking her Mr. Right
by Ivan Waterman
Lyn talked to Ivan Waterman about living at home and life on the road: "I can't see what's strange about living at home ... I'm with my best pals and I have all the independence I need as well."
The main drawbacks of her solo career, she revealed, were "going back to empty dressing rooms or hotel rooms" and meeting 'Mr. Right': "In this business the type of man I like - reserved, not flashy - isn't easy to find."
