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AUQ. 25 "Go All the Way * * by Raspberries (Capitol stations are probably throwing away the best
3348) is a fantastic song, combining the records , so maybe you should try goin down
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You may have noticed this column’s Badfinger thing (and what happened to there. I’m sure they' d never play a record like
disappearance last month. It vanished at some them??) with a taste of Gilbert O ' Sullivan and " Gonna Have a Good Time ’ ’ by Streak (AAM
point too near the deadline for anything to be a freshness all their own. This group, 1375 ) because it ' s too good. Produced by
done, unfortunately. Meanwhile we have been incidentally, has been recording for years as Roger Bain, who also produced Black
thrown out of step and thb column will have the Choir on Roulette and Intrepid and then Sabbath, Streak’s music has been called " raw
to be limited to a rundown of the very best The Quick on Epic. Then there 's Argent ' s excitement rock " and it is. Another Englbh
singles of July and August You wouldn ' t long- overdue hit " Hold Your Head Up," group called Madrigal has a heavy version of
have bought the obscure ones anyway. another song we ’ re very lucky to have on the ‘Time of the Season ” on Capitol 3431. Yeah,
I began the last column with a rant against radio. The Who’s “Join Together ” (Decca the Zombies song. Both sides are excellent
inanities like "Coconut" and the abominable 32983) seems to indicate a new direction for and the album should be great Also cool
"Outa- Space " that were keeping great the group, away from punk aggro and toward from England b "Free Four" by Pink Floyd
summer records like the Beach Boys' a kind of cybernetic harmony. 1 don’t have to (Capitol 3391) who I think have finally found
"Marcella" off the air. " Where is the spirit of tell you how / feel about this, but I think we their groove in this form of tcenie- bubbie-
summerI cried into the wilderness. Since can all agree it's the weakest single from them pop.
then I ' ve mellowed, thanks to a number of yet, whatever its intentions. Better they What else b new? Jonny Rivers has one
fine pop records that have lately graced the should release "Let 's See Action, ” which so called " Come Home America " (UA 50948), a
charts. Like "Alone Again (Naturally)" by far is available only in England. loser which is being withdrawn fast (get busy,
Gilbert O 'Sullivan (MAM 3619) which proves "Rock and Roll Part 2 " by Gary Glitter collectors!) and replaced with his siperb
his mastery of lyrics if not his versatility. Or (Bell 45,237) is the latest reggae smash to hit rendition of “Rockin’ Pneumonia. " which I
the Carpenters ’ "Goodbye to Love ” (AAM these shores. I’m biting my nails waiting for hope to review next month. The Ventures do
1367). Is that Procol Hamm backing them? that stuff to catch on here - it ' s got so much a fine recreation of "Honky Tonk" on UA
50925, and it's getting airplay (Capitol 3363).
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Sure sounds like it, and if so, they haven t vitality it could wipe all this other shit off the
sounded this good to me since their first boards if only people could hear it. The It's a stomper all the way, as b the new
album. record in question is just T. Rex grit chords album.
Other fine sounds include ‘Too Late to and a lot of aimless double-echoed shouting. I John Fogerty’s solo album b due out
Turn Back Now" by Cornelius Brothers A think it's super. Also, forgot to mention last soon, and you can get a taste of it in “Blue
Sister Rose (UA 50910) which is everything time that "Louie, Louie’ ’ by Heavy Cruiser Ridge Mountain Blues " by the Blue Ridge
Todd Rundgren should've been, “Brandy ” by (Family 909) is a reggae record. I didn ’ t Rangers (Fantasy 683). Fogerty b credited
Looking Glass , the fust big hit for this notice until I heard "me see Jamaican moon only as producer, and the hoax b
Canadian group (Epic 5- 10874), and “Where above ” and then it all made sense. Great compounded by a cover photo of him in
Is the Love" by Roberta Flack and Donny record. Same for the Troggs latest, which b quintuple exposure looking like a whole band,
Hathaway (Atlantic 2879). now out here on Pye 65,011. Go get it! but it ’s just him doing old time bluegrass
The latter song b a good example of a The Troggs’ producer, Larry Page, has music, and right nicely at that.
trend that seems to have taken over soul captured their sound well with another group, When does Slade hit the charts, anyway?
music, much to my delight. It’s a soft, the Barron Knights. They ' ve been around for Soon, 1 hope. 'Take Me Back Home"
(Polydor 15046) is killer high energy raunch-
ultra-mellow sound, pioneered by the years doing cabaret and satire, but "You’re
Chi- Litcs , Stylistics. Dramatics, etc. As in the All I Need” (Mercury 73302) b a straight-out rock, with a healthy dose of mid- sixties
RAB of the '50s, the emphasis here is on
vocal subtlety rather than the fake-psyche- raver. And here ’ s one that seems to have been boogie rave. Also plenty of echo and a stark
production job like that on "Long Cool
King Tip Toe
inspired by
“Troglodyte. ' *
delic grossness we've heard so much of. Rain sounds like some old Kim Fowlcy record with Woman. " Sharp! And if you wanna rock all
songs arc suddenly big. the latest being " The " (Love Me Like A ) Dinosaur” ( Metromedia night, pull out the Move's latest biscuit,
Coldest Days of My Life ” (Brunswick 55478 ) 252). Lovers of the bizarre, don ’ t miss thb " California Man " (UA 50928), slide it on
by the ChELites. It's got some wind too. And one. next, and prepare to bop your ass off. Thb
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Donnie Elbert b looking fine with " Ooo, I wish you all could hear some of these has to be the best take off on Jerry Lee Lewb
fine records I get. I ’ d tell ya to phone your
Baby Baby" (Avco 4598), the old Miracles
song. stations but I know that won 't do any good I ' ve heard yet. Now, as soon as it ends slip on
“Burning Love" by Elvis (RCA 74- 0769) and
There’s some great rock records out lately. until somebody rubs out Bill Drake. But the get set to hear hb wildest record since " Stuck
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