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Hi

I'm Dave Kemp. I was born on 14th January 1960 and became a big fan of Slade in the 1970's and 1980's.

Slade's manager, Chas Chandler, opened an official Fan Club for them in July 1971.

I was in the Club. I joined in April 1973 and would await the bi-monthly newsletters with anticipation. I used to write to Di (the Secretary) all the time. I remember being thrilled to actually see my name mentioned in a few newsletters (January-February 1974 - requesting a pen-pal, August-September 1975 -winning a competition and February-March 1976 - for writing to the music press).

The Fan Club office was first based in Brook St, London, W1, moving in 1973 to 13 South Molton Street, W1, and later moved again to 49 Upper Montagu Street in 1974. The latter office was ideal for me, as it was round the corner to my school in Marylebone Road. I used to visit the office every lunchtime (the office staff must have got sick of me). What a surprise it was when I found out that Di was really a guy called John Bright.....

After dwindling membership numbers, the original Fan Club closed in 1977. I was gutted. 

Because of my disappointment, I eventually contacted Chas Chandler (Slade's Manager) and he agreed that I could run it myself. I knew the band pretty well, as I had followed them all around the country for their gigs. I the ran the club between 1979-1981. I was later followed by four other guys who in turn took the helm; Haden Donovan, Trevor Slaughter, Paul Lythe and Malcolm Skellington.

The history of the Fan Club was well documented in the media. In 1976 all the original newsletters were published in a book called The Slade Papers. The book was commissioned to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the band. It was great - but the disappointment for me was that all the original photos were replaced.

Whilst leafing though an old copy of the book, I thought it would be good to share all the original newsletters I own, in all their glory (with all the original photos showing). It would be my challenge to get all the old Slade Fan Club newsletters online. I thought it would be good to make this part of Slade history easily accessable to fans. I've virtually completed the task. Yes, I am almost there. The Fan Club started in July 1971 - and was in force for most years until the band "split" in March 1992 (after the release of their last single "Universe"). The club continued after this, for several years, featuring news on the old Slade members - and also the new Slade II band (featuring Dave Hill and Don Powell).

Please enjoy the interesting and trivial information that was the Slade Fan Club.

Dave

Fan Club Photocard 1973

Fan Club Folder 1973

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Can you help?

I was missing some of the early Slade Fan Club newsletters from the early 1970's, and some of the later ones in the late 1990's and the early years of the 2000's.

Dave Jewell, Rudi Schubert, John Johnson, Paul Lythe, Dave Graham, Andy Boden, Ian Edmundson, Malcolm Skellington and AJ Smith have provided me with some of the newsletters that I was missing. Many thanks!

Please look through the site. In particular, if you have any of the four early missing newsletters (from 1971 - 1972) that I have not published - then please contact me!

Dave Kemp (February 2013)

Fan Club Folder 1974

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Jackie Magazine article about the Fan Club 1974

Fan Club Advert - 1974

Were you a member of the original Fan Club?

I want to hear from you if you were a member of the original club.

I am going to create a gallery of photos and details of original members. If that applies to you, can you scan, and email me, a photo of how you looked in the day and give me details of:

- Your name
- Your hometown
- The years that you were a member
- Your membership number (if you have it / remember it)

Please email to noizefeeler@aol.com

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Walter and Dora Powell
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Carol McPhee
Sue O'Leary
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