Framed Advert: 1972

A Sensational Alex Harvey Band Vertigo Assault

Published in the UK on December 9, 1972, Record Mirror’s full-page advert screamed FRAMED — The Sensational Alex Harvey Band’s debut album on Vertigo (6360 081). Quoting Melody Maker: “... the Alex Harvey Band are going to be big,” the ad listed their December tour dates from The Marquee to Paisley, plus their *Old Grey Whistle Test* appearance on December 5. Pure theatrical rock menace.

Advert Overview

Publication Details

Magazine: Record Mirror (UK).

Date: December 9, 1972.

Format: Full-page album + tour advert.

Exact Text from the Advert

FRAMED

Album 6360 081

Sensational

ALEX HARVEY BAND

‘... the Alex Harvey Band are going to be big’

Melody Maker

Appearing on

December 4 The Marquee Club London

5 The Nightingale Wood Green

6 Gloucester College of Art Cheltenham

7 Greyhound Fulham

8 The Youth Centre Bourton on the Water

9 The Boat Club Nottingham

10 Stoneground Manchester

11 Windsor Hotel Dumfries

13 Caledonian Hotel Inverness

14 Glasgow Art College

15 Strathclyde University

16 The Kinema Dunfermline

17 The Watermill Paisley

20 Weymouth Grammar School

23 Y.M.C.A. Bells Hill Lanarkshire

Don't miss them on *Old Grey Whistle Test* on December 5

VERTIGO

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