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P:;),' '"' . ~ ~ Fri. Oec. 9, 1977· ". Records Records Records Records Records Records Here he is Singing to his estranged Santana: Moonflower Then Left" that I forget that I'm professionalism that is the emotion in that voice than Peter lover, Britt Eklund, about his In which '01 Devadip proves supposed to hate this kind of stuff hallmark of an artist who has Frampton and Stevie Wonder relation to her. A beautifully himself to be one of the true living and, in the immortal words of Sly arr ived.' The best word to could ever manage. On songs such written song, it is carried not by guitar wizards. Ted Nugent, hirle Stone, DANCE TO THE MUSIC! describe this album is graceful, as "You keep me hanging on" and the expert musicianship of his 'Your perverse little head. HOT Tim Windsor, Steely Dan has truly arrived. "1 Don't Want To Be Right," band, but rather by his painfully DAMN! THIS IS GOOD!! This is an album for those of you Stewart demonstrates an ability to sung lyrics. There are no TimWinrlsor Steely Dan: .'\ja. We come at last who, like me, are sick of having interpret other writers' songs masterpieces like Maggie Mayor to the album I consider to be the songs like "Blue Bayou" and rivalled on1y by Linda Ronstadt last year's "The Killing of the songs that shine 7th the floor' BOZSCAGGS: Down Two Then best of the bunch so far this month. "Heaven on the air waves. "Black But as usual, are those written by Georgie," but Rod's new album is on the album desecrating Left I have loved this album from the CQYI" gets old easily, but "Aja" Stewart himself The first single consistent throughout, making it first time I heard it on the radio This album will surely become a and "Deacon Blues" are excellent, Irom the album, "You're In my one of his better efforts. WMC standard, cropping up in just For one thing, this is the only enjoyable cuts. "Peg" is good, as is Heart," aptly exemplifies that. Tim Windsor about everyone's record collec- album that I've ever seen that had "Home at Last." "I got the News" , ,. tions before long, taking its place a reasonably honest review of the belong' with "Black Cow"-on Clopton s Triumph alongside such other standards as record ON THE RECORD~ The another album. The last cut, "Silk Degrees," "Songs in the Key review was a real classy thing to "Josie," is easily one of the best on Tim Windsor of Lire," "Frampton Comes do. Basically I'd like to add some the album. Buy this one if you buy ERIC CLAPTON: Siowhand Alive" "Rumors" etc It's not the things to the review in the record, no other album the rest of the year. Over the past few years, instead real BOz Scaggs, the bl~es singer of and paraphrase it in spots. of emerging as a highly visible solo old, but it is another excellent work Royal Seam was the first Steely Steve Bainbridge star, Eric Clapton has evolved into by the persona he has chosen to use Dan album I every really heard, the leader of a very tight band, as on the last two albums. The smooth and it didn't overwhelm me. Aja is much a par-t of his albums and disco-nightclub feel here is not tile to my mind, a departure from their performances as he is. Whether kind of music I usually like, but I previous work, as the record says, this was intentional or not, it was can't help it-Boz has done such a "Aja signals the onset of a new probably the best thing to happen hell of a fine-job on "Down Two . and a kind of solid to E. C. in his entire career. The band concept has allowed for much more artistic development, each member benefitting from the team ~ffort, producing highly consistent, If not commercial, albums. The time spent with this band is the longest in Clapton's career, and, as ~:~m:i~~~s;:~etse of Siowhand, "Slowhand" is the finest album in this most recent period of development, running the gamut from slow blues to (yes, kids!) fast rock and roll. Clapton and band are finished experimenting now; they have reached the perfect level. The feeling throughout is, once again, very laid back and lazy, with a more lively song breaking up the voice, the finest cut far is the possible tedium every now and, concluding song, "Peaches and then. Diesel," an instrumental. Quite " One .of ~~ose more lively songs, possibly the most beautiful song C.ocame, o~ns the album In Clapton has ever written or played, quite a deceptive way. Sounding the theme is stated by the two muc~, like "S~nshine of Your guitarists with organ fills coming Love turned .sldeways, the song in at the perfect time, making the returns to earlier Clapton style. It song reminiscent of those of the is a very guitar-laden number, Allman Brothers Band in its prime complete with the obligatory solos Like the second half of "Layla," by Clapt~n a.nd ~eorge Terry, the the song doesn't change its basic other guitarist In the group. It's theme much; it is constantly built on~ hell of a. good song, but. it upon, reaching new levels of quickly pales In comparison With aesthetic perfection as it goes on, what IS yet to come on the album. ending several days before one The next song, "Wonderful would grow tired of it. To~ight,:' sung -:vith Yvonne With this album, Eric, George, Elliman, IS the claSSIC Clapton love Dick, Carl, J~mie, Marcy and so~g-a multi-textu~ed piece with Yvonne have gone beyond all gutter and organ fills played ever expectations and improved upon " so softly, topped off by Clapton's their already quite decent formula vocals. Eric's vocals have always of ensemble playing, allowing especially me, jux- the listener, perfect the Coming December 23rd ama~e.d VOice, at times even gritty, everyone, as good as this seems im- An taposlhon. ~han less to benefit from the experience. of a ~uch album perfect agains.t hea~tfelt sensitive. lyrics, possible to be improved upon, emerging tri~phant, one. o~ the defying any attempts to .ex- RITCHIE THEATRE TOWSON THEATRE m~t ~xpresslve. and emotional periment even further. But then VOICesin reek music today. He uses again, this time last year ... 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