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page 4 The Compass - May, i ENTERTAINMENT Four albums available Beatles revived on compact disks The Beatles were our first recording artists, and they ; probably are still our best. So when Capitol Records began : releasing original Beatles music on compact disks last month, people everywhere began to invest in CD players so they could hear John, Paul, George and Ringo with the highest possible fidelity. The first four British al bums -- “Please Please Me,” “With the Beatles,”“A Hard Day’s Night” and “Beatles for Sale”-- were released in their original form. They mark the first time this music has been available in the U.S. with the layouts and arrange ments the Beatles themselves intended. The remaining al bums will be released in in stallments throughout the year. Capitol’s history with this band is anything but gener ous. In the sixties, Beatles re cords were dissassembled and re-sequenced for the American audience, creating more records - and more profits - from the same amount of material British fans got. But this time around, Capi tol is doing things right. Even though the first four records were released in monaural in stead of stereo, producer George Martin - who worked with the group during its hey day - is working on the future releases. “Of course I would have changed things,” Martin says today, “if I had today’s tech nology. But the actual quality of the recordings I’m very pleased with, listening to them again, going back all those years. They have a tre mendous drive and vivacity and cleanliness which I’m very pleased about.” Martin was involved in re working the middle period re cords - “Help!,” “Rubber Soul” and “Revolver” - that are due out in stereo in April. “Whei I heard the trans fers thot had been done, I didn’t think they were very good, a- d should have been cleaned ]),” he says. “So I >ked if I could listen to the iginal four tracks that h been done, and I found, e were things on there v, i could have been put ov‘ n to compact disk much er, so I’ve been workh oil that.” “I’ve been working,” he emphasizes,“not to change anything, but to clean up the sound. It’s surprising how ef fective it is because on CD you hear so much more. You hear distortion and all sorts of things you’d rather not hear things you didn’t hear in the original songs,” Critics still argue which was the Beatles’ best album, though many choose either “Rubber Soul” (1965) or “Re volver” (1966). It was the pe riod in which the musicians began composing more with the studio in mind, just before 'Dance on the Move’ Elizabeth City State University’s modern dance group presented its spring concert “Dance on the Move” April 15 In Wiiilams Hall Gymnasium. From left are Jeffrey Hinton, Willie Cannon, Sean Sharp, and Jane Williams, Cipporah Turnage, Feefee Wiiilams and Stefanie Johnson. WRVS program guide WRVS-FM offers the following public affairs and entertainment pro grams. Daily Programs Job Bank - 7:35 a.m., 11:35 a.m., 5:34 p.m., 8:35 p.m. Shootin’ The Breeze - 8:45 a.m., 5:45 p.m. NC Agricultural Report - 6:30 a.m., 11:45 a.m. In The Public Interest - 9:05 a.m., 10:10 p.m. Business Report - 8:10 a.m., 5:10 p.m. NC Living - 9:55 a.m., 9:55 p.m. Nutrition Update - 7:10 a.m., 10:10 a.m., 2:10 p.m., 4:35 p.m. University Calendar - 7:45 a.m., 4:40 p.m. Evening Programs Monday 7 p.m. - “Harlem Hit Parade” Tuesday 7:30 p.m. - “In Black America” Wednesday 7:30 p.m. - “Forum” Thursday 7:30 p.m. - “The Search For Mental Health” Weekend Programs Saturday 12 Noon - “What’z Nu” 4 p.m. - “Urban Music Magazine” Sunday 10 a.m. - “Inspirations Across America” 12 Noon - "Harlem Hit Parade” 3 p.m. - “Consider the Alternative” 5 p.m. - “In Black America” 6 p.m. - “Jazz From The City” 10 p.m. - “Sunday Classics” Black Women: A Portrait Of Dignity Black Protest - 4:30 p.m. Sunday The Great Ones - 2:30 p.m. Sunday Story Of A People - 8 p.m. Monday through Friday. they gave up touring. “Rub ber Soul” is about romantic astonishment, containing such seminal songs as “No where Man.” The tone is dusky, and the range of moods is remarkable. “Revolver” is a more com plex record. It begins with George Harrison’s “Tax man,” moves through ro mance (“Here, There and Everywhere”) and disillu sionment (“She Said She Said”) to Lennon’s metaphy sically estatic “Tomorrow Never Knows.” Whichever is the best, hear ing these albums through the miracle of CD’s unvarnished clarity should be a revelation. The next group of releases is due in June, with the 20th anniversary of the most noto rious release of all time: “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.” And even though “Pepper”is the Beatles’ most overrated album, it will prob ably be a boon to CD summer sales, spurring interest in Gospel Choir other CDs’ and signalling a revival of a psychedelic sound already creeping into today’s music (witness: the Bangles’ “Manic Monday”). “The White Album” and “Yellow Submarine” will ap pear in August, followed by “Abbey Road” and “Let It Be” in October. George Mar tin is working on them all. Martin says the work has been bittersweet. “It’s been exciting, but somewhat traumatic, partic ularly going back over the master tapes and listening to all the outtakes and to John’s voice sort of chatting me up as I’m playing the piano with him,” Martin says. “It’s like going back in time, and it’s a little bit un nerving and at the same time thrilling because in fact the rawness of the their perfor mance is wonderful. It thrilled me to bits to listen to those voices as they were. I’m so glad they’re going out on compact disk.” When the Beatles broke \ in 1970, no one could have pr dieted they would domina pop as much by their absem as they did by their presenc Pop has seen a number trends come and go since, course, but nothing has coe close to the Fab Foui cheerful genius. You can st hear their influence - straight-ahead rock to t most sprawling experiment lism - in almost every reco of the eighties. Only Bruce Springste and Michael Jackson coi mand the same kind of au ence the Beatles once did c lectively, and their care are markedly differei Springsteen has developed persona as a generous li performer. Jackson remai a recluse except for videos But it’s clear the world s wants quality from its pi and the current Beatles re val couldn’t have demi strated that quality any b ter. Students sing 'Good News by Tasey Taylor staff writer “Spreading the ’Good News’” is 19-year-old Onnya Johnston’s reason for singing with the ECSU Gospel Choir. A Child Psychology major from New Bern, N.C., she plans to work with the choir as long as she attends ECSU. The ECSU Gospel Choir, according to the members, is getting better each year. Founded five years ago by a group of students, it has pri marily been guided by stu dents. The choir has grown from 30 members to 45 mem bers and has raised money to buy robes. This year for the first time, the position of choir director is not held by a student but by the Reverend Dwight Steele, Pastor of the Elizabeth City Olive Branch Missionary Baptist Church. Ronnie Cherry, an 18-year- old accounting major from Brooklyn, N.Y., says she joined the choir to “continue to minister in song.” “I love the Gospel Choir,” she says, “and look forward to singing again next year.” Fall semester found the Gospel Choir on Tuesday and Thursday nights rehearsing their repetoire of songs from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. Concentrat ing on their style and perfor mance has paid off this spring semester. The Gospel Choir has performed for anniversa ries, concerts, visits to nurs ing homes and even on tele vision. They have toured and performed in surrounding states. Derrick Wilkins, a 20-year- old computer science major from Roper, N.C., is presi dent of the group. Wilkins is pleased with the choir’s im provements, especially the “togetherness” and “organi zation.” “The choir members are more supportive of one an other and many of the mem bers have developed do: friendships making the ’tog therness’ better,” he sal “Organizationally, the bus ness aspects of the choir ai handled more effective! than in the past.” ^ “The choir is composed students with different bac grounds who share a commi interest in gospel music Wilkins said. “Rev. Steele is very profound director wl knows music very well ai can teach in any giv( amount of time with quail being the outcome.” Wilkins has big plans f the choir which include ci ting an album and establis ing a Gospel Choir Boost Club to stir public interest the group. “This year has been a yei of achievement for tt choir,” Wilkins said, “and tl future looks very promising HOLLEY-FONVILLE 1 PHOTOGRAPHY 1505 HERRINGTON ROAD ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. 27909 PEDRO HOLLEY 338-1706 338-2634 WILLIE FONVILLE 330-2640
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