Trip thru discophonic jungle.

page 8 — Friday, May 7, 1971 — the colorado daily

Trip thru discophonic jungle

By SAM MADDOX

The recording industry, proven
in the past few years of the

growth of mass pop culture to be

less artistic than lucrative, con-

stantly shoots its corporate shot-

gun into marketing heaven, hop-

ing for the Big Hit. As a result,
buyers who want. to. gét some
black plastic pleasure other than
the usual big-time fare, but are
bewildered by rack after rack of
nameless records, don’t know
what to do.

We all have plopped down $5
for a record that looks like it

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might be good only to bang our
heads against the wall in frustrat-
ed disgust. To help you avoid
unnecessary headaches and to
guide your journey through the
discophonic jungle, consider these
capsules of review:

Stoneground (Warner Bros.
1895). For some background this
band, then called the House Band,
traveled with the Medicine Ball
Caravan across America (including
a stop here in Boulder) and into
Europe last summer, playing free
concerts along the way. The
apparent leader of Stoneground is
former Beau Brummel Sal Valen-
tino, who wrote five of the songs,
sings lead on four and backup on
the rest, and plays guitar and
co-produced the record.

Few bands cut Ip’s anymore
that consistently cut by cut reach
any degree of quality, particularly
rock ‘n’ roll bands. Stoneground,
(it says on the jacket, R ‘n’ R
band) unfortunately fitting the
pattern, cannot maintain the de-
sired vigor and close-knit energy
more than 75 per cent of the
time.

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and gowns will allow the deposit on them to go to one of these
funds by returning the gowns to the appropriate desk at
graduation instead of to the rental agent.

If you are not going to wear caps and gowns or are not going
to participate in graduation, you may contribute to the funds

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album says it was recorded semi-
live, (still in a studio, though) but

the arrangements never allow the
musicians to fully loosen up even
though the sum total production
is fairly tight. While tasteful for
their lack of gaudy displays of
needless solos, the songs generally
lack sustainable intensity. There
are, however, at least four cuts
worth the admission price.

Of particular appeal are the
songs Valentino sings lead on,
with his characteristic wavering
vocal style that phrases groups of
words into a single but distin-
guishable sound. Kind of like
Leon Russel does, only smoother
and less twangy. ‘Stroke Stand”
is a typical Valentino cut, opened
by a female choir and double-time
rhythm guitar delivery that the
takes the edge off Valentino’s
brashness.

The members of the. choir,
Lynne Hughes, Deirdre laPorte,
Annie Sampson and Lydia Phil-
lips, each take a shot at the lead
vocal, but only Phillips and
laPorte manage to get out of the
unemotional sterility of the Carol
King-Rita Coolige rut stylistically
enough to rate solos, on “Bad
News” and “Added Attraction
(Come and See Me)”’ respectivel

Somewhat contrived, sloppy. in
places and a bit repetitive, Stone-
ground is worth a try. The spirit is
there and if you don’t mind
waiting through a doggy cut or
two to get to the meat, you'll
have fun.

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Edgar Winter’s White Trash
(Epic E 30512). Johnnie’s brother
Edgar has a new Ip, blue chip
quality throughout, and _ surely
one of the highlights of the year.
Lesser known than his pop-star
brother, Edgar Winter-has proven
that he has a broader grasp of the
basics and a more refined under-
standing of the techniques than
Johnnie.

Unlike Johnnie, who plays gui-
tar based rock and roll, Edgar uses
Stax-style Memphis arrangements
(often reminding me of Sam and
Dave’s style) with saxophone and
horn. sections filling in the space
between intense vocals. Call it
rhythm and blues, because that is
where the overall direction is, but
the album covers more ground
than that.

It is not particularly melodic,
and if you, like many R & B fans,
are tired of the Elton John-Cat
Stevens-James Taylor cheesecake
niceties, Edgar Winter is your
man. The stops are pulled; its the
real thing, even if White Trash is
white.

Perhaps the most soul satisfying
cut is the only pure gospel style
cut, “Save the Planet,’’ complete
with the traditional call and
response harmonies (Come on
children, save the planet, judge-
ment day is near, yes it is, lordy,
yes it is), hand clap rhythm with
blaring sax and piano accompany-
ment. The musicians play their
asses off, peaking together in
genuine emotional energy.

Edgar, whose vocals are a little
erratic but never dull, is assisted
on the lead part by Jerry laCroix,
a@ desperate shouter who sounds
blacker than Joe Cocker ever
dreamed of. Both singers avoid

exploiting single styles, utilizing
their full vocal ranges in various
songs. Weakest, however, are the
slower songs that neither laCroix
nor Winter are suited for.

Particularly unspirited is ‘Dying
to Live,” featuring Winter on lead
vocal. The presence of the pro-
ducer, Rick Derringer (a member
of Johnnie Winter’s band) is felt
too strongly, holding the vocal at




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too low a pitch.

White Trash is a strong band,
driving along as good R&B ought
to, and if you might think Edgar
is pulling a Livingston/Alex/Kate
freeload trip, open your mind to
this record’s approach to the
dynamics of musical expression
disciplined but not stifled, force-
ful but not out of touch with
style, form rather than formula. It
is not just another flash in the pan
rock band. Edgar’s trash is a
synthesis of memorable soul food,
not clothed in anything but a few
coats of polish.

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Strange Locomotion, Siren’s
second album, is what you call
British style rock and roll, fitting
that mold quite well with songs
that sound like so many other
British recordings of the past five
years to the point that one forgets
just what record is playing. But
the record is not bad, especially
the dance songs that move along,
fingerpoppin’-like.

Siren’s lead singer, Kevin Coyne,
sounds like a combination of
Robert Plant, Mick Jagger and
Blue Cheer’s Leigh Stevens (Amer-
ican version of British blues). He’s
affected as hell, but on the fast
songs he doesn’t have time to sigh
and moan. On the slow ones like
“Lillian” and the all-around poor-
est cut on the album, “I’m
Aching,” Coyne’s voice gets shot
down by the instruments accom-
panying him, which happen to be
on key.

The rhythm end of the record is
the band’s only redeeming quali-

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ty. The bass player produced t
record, and while he ignore
refining his techniques to inclyg
the rest of the band, the bez
comes through well.

The title song might be consig
ered the best cut, except that i
sounds like three other songs o
the record, distinguishable onl
by its lyrics. Coyne, althoug
failing in his attempt at lyrica
sensuality, does manage to dc
justice to the arrangement.

What makes Siren interesting
despite the shortcomings of this
particular record, is the-down-pat
fusion of the basic roots 0
rock-blues. There is nothing novel
here, it has all been heard before
but the music is uncluttered and
tight, sort of like Credence Clear.
water. Outweighing the technique

_ is the strong tendency to wear out
_ this record far before one should

have to do so. Not bad, just not
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Hold On, It’s Coming, by
Country Joe McDonald — this is
Joes first “political” statement in
some time and the record is
worthwhile despite that. Pop
musicians make for strange politi-
cians considering the nature of
record promotion. And this re-
cord had plenty of that. At least
Joe is trying to say something
besides the usual themes of
drugs-sex-love. But, Joe, you can’t
have your cake and sell records
too.

Musically, Hold On has enough
moments of quality to override
the three or four lowbrow cuts.
Spencer Davis and _ Alex
Dmochowski help bring success to
the arrangements, and Joe’s vocals
hold water except when he tries
to get fancy. This is not the kind
of album that will replace Sticky
Fingers in the sales charts, but it is
better than most best-sellers.

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FRIDAY, MAY 7, 1971

MOVIE-ITALIAN” DEPARTMENT:
Mafia No!,”? UMC Forum, 9 a.m.-2:15
p.m. (continuous every 35 minutes)

AFTERNOON
FRENCH TABLE: UMC 137, noon-
1:30 p.m.
RADIO-TV GUILD MEETING: Harold
Hill will speak on the proposed radio
station for the University, Stadium
367, noon:
BASEBALL: CU vs. Iowa State, East
Campus Diamond, 1:30 p.m. (students
with CU ID no charge).
WOMEN: Meeting for women inter-
ested in setting up an inter-departmen-
tal women’s studies program, UMC
423, 2 p.m.
SEMINAR-MECHANICAL ENGIN-
EERING: “Physical Metallurgy at
Rocky Flats,’ Dr. Fred J. Fraikor,
EC-CR-2-26, 3 p.m.
SEMINAR-ASTRO-GEOPHYSICS:
*‘The Ionosphere in Relation to Dis-
tinctive Stratospheric Phenomena,”’ Dr.
Alan Shapley, HAO-AG 138, 4 p.m.
SEMINAR-BIOLOGY: “Stamina and




Survival of Rainbow Trout (salmo
gairdneri),”” Dr. Donald Horak, Hale
103, 4 p.m.

SEMINAR-NUCLEAR PHYSICS:
“Discussion of Lamph Users Proposals
Content and Criteria,” Dr. David A.
Lind, Physics 104, 4:10 p.m.
SEMINAR-CHEMISTRY: ‘“Coordina-
tion Chemistry-Ligand Conferred Pro-
perties,’? Prof. Everly B. Fleischer,
Chemistry 132, 4:10 p.m.

EVENING
MOVIE-PROGRAM COUNCIL: “Cam-
elot,” UMC Forum, 7 and 10 p.m. ($1)
DANCE CONCERT-DANCE DEPART-
MENT: University Dancers, Academy
Chapel, 8 p.m.

MOVIE-PROGRAM COUNCIL: “Yel-
low Submarine,’’ Chemistry 140, 8 and
10 p.m. ($1)

SPRING OPERA: Bizet’s “Carmen,”
Macky Auditorium, 8 p.m. ($2.50,
children under 12, $1)

UNIVERSITY THEATRE: ‘*We Bomb-
ed in New Haven,” University Theatre,
8 p.m. ($2)

SATURDAY, MAY 8, 1971

MORNING

BOULDER WALK FROM HUNGER:
Meet on the Boulder High School
athletic field, registration at 6:30-7:30
a.m., opening ceremonies at 8 a.m.,
then 32 mile hike.

TENNIS: CU vs. University of Nor-
thern Colorado, Kittredge Courts, 10
a.m.

AFTERNOON
BASEBALL: CU vs. Iowa State, East
Campus Diamond, 1:30 p.m. (students
with CU ID no charge)

VARSITY POND CLEANUP: 1 p.m.

EVENING
MOVIE-PROGRAM COUNCIL: ‘“‘Cam-
elot,’? UMC Forum, 7 and 10 p.m. ($1)
MOVIE-PROGRAM COUNCIL: “Yel-



low Submarine,” Chemistry 140, 8 and
10 p.m. ($1)

SPRING OPERA: Bizet’s “Carmen,”
Macky Auditorium, 8 p.m. ($2.50,
children under 12, $1)

UNIVERSITY THEATRE: ‘‘We Bomb-
ed in New Haven,” University Theatre,
8 p.m. ($2)

SUNDAY, MAY 9, 1971

CU BRIDGE: UMC Tower Room, 1:30
p.m.

EVENING
ISRAELI FOLK DANCING-HILLEL
FOUNDATION AND ASI: . Hillel
House, 2795 Colorado Ave., 7:30 p.m.
CONCERT: Collegiate Chorale, Music
Hall, 8 p.m.
LECTURE-ASUC AND. PROGRAM
COUNCIL: ‘The Economics of a
Rational Society,” Prof. John Kenneth
Galbraith, Macky Auditorium, 8 p.m.
MOVIE-PROGRAM: COUNCIL: “Yel-
low Submarine,” Chemistry 140, 8 an
10 p.m. ($1)
MOVIE-BAVI _SHOWCASE OF
FILMS: “Journalism-Mirror, Mirror on
the World,” and “Fur-Lined Fox
Hole,”? UMC Forum, 8 p.m.
DANCE-PROGRAM COUNCIL: With
Flash Cadillac, UMC Ballroom, 8 p.m.
($2 students, $2.50 others)

MONDAY, MAY 10, 1971

SEMINAR-CIRES: ‘‘The Upper Mantle
and Plate Tectonics,” Prof. A.L. Hales,
PSRB No. 1, Room 270, 11: a.m.

AFTERNOON
LECTURE-MEXICAN-AMERICAN
STUDIES PROGRAM: “Unity and
Diversity in the Mexican-American
Culture of the Southwest,”? Dr. Donald
C. Cutter, Chemistry 140, 1 p.m.
SEMINAR-HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS:
“The Hypothesis of Limiting Fragmen-





tation,”’ Prof. T.T. Chou, Physics 204,
4:10 p.m.

SEMINAR-CHEMISTRY: “The Ethics
of Genetic Engineering,” Prof. David
Hawkins, Prof. Michael Yarus, Chemis-
try 132, 4:10 p.m.

EVENING

CU JUDO CLUB: Men’s Gym, 7-9 p.m.
MOVIE-PROGRAM COUNCIL: “A
Man Called Horse,’”? UMC Forum, 7
and 9 p.m. ($1)

INTERNATIONAL FOLK DANCING:
UMC Human Relations Lounge, 7:30-9
p.m. teaching, 9-10:30 p.m. requests.

TUESDAY, MAY 11, 1971

AFTERNOON
FRENCH TABLE: UMC 137, noon-
1:30 p.m.
JAPANESE LANGUAGE TABLE:
UMC 158A, noon.
TENNIS: CU vs. Air Force Academy,
Kittredge Courts, 2:30 p.m.
SEMINAR-ELECTRICAL ENGIN-
EERING: “Optical Laser Memories,”
Prof. Julius Fienlieb, EC-CR-2-28, 4

p.m. ,

SEMINAR-JILA: ‘“‘Measurement and
Interpretation of Molecular Photo-
electron Spectra,” Dr. Burkhard
Brehm, JILA Auditorium, 4:10 p.m.

EVENING
CU KARATE CLUB: Men’s Gym, 7

p.m.
MOVIE-PROGRAM COUNCIL:
“Sweet November,” Chemistry 132, 7
and 9 p.m. ($1)

LECTURE-BOULDER SOCIETY OF
THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL _INSTI-
TUTE OF AMERICA: “Paleo-Indian
Sites,”’ Dr. Joe Ben Wheat, UMC 156,
7:30 p.m.
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