6 The Tar Heel Thursday, June 9, 1977
New releases: it's music to your ears
Plavin' Ud a Storm, The G reef
By DOUG GRAVES
DTH Contributor
Little Queen, Heart (Portrait)
The Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl
(Capitol)
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This Time It's for Real, Southside
Johnny and the Asbury Jukes (Epic)
Allman Band (Capricorn)
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Heart is the first successful band in a long
time to feature female vocals in a hard rock
context. While -their sound is occasionally
mellow, the focus is on straight-out driving
music and Ann Wilson's powerful voice.
"Barracuda," their new single and this
album's opening track, exemplifies this with
a churning riff not unlike that of "Achilles
Last Stand" by Led Zeppelin. "Kick It Out"
and the title cut are also examples of the
rocking side of the group, while "Love Alive"
and "Cry To Me" are my favorites of their
softer songs. Those who liked Dreamboat
Annie Heart's exceptional debut album,
should also enjoy this.
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Since I've been a Beatles fan since the
beginning, I suppose it's not surprising that 1
like this album very much. It is admittedly
not a great production, but for me the
mediocre recording quality is outweighed by
the sheer enthusiasm of the band and crowd.
Since the tapes were made in 1 964 and '65, all
of the material is from their early albums,
but this gives the listener an idea of the
Beatles as a live rock V roll band as
compared to the studio band they were to
become starting with Rubber Soul. Some
will undoubtedly be put off by the screaming
throughout, which does sound pretty silly,
but it is the way people reacted to them
they didn't call it Beatlemania for nothing. It
was a musical and cultural phenomenon the
likes of which may never be seen again.
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Beach music lues! It ma be nostalgia to
some, but to Southside Johnny I. yon, it's the
music of his soul and he sings it with every bit
of feeling he has. Vocally, he is not unlike his
old Asbury Park friend Bruce Springsteen,
except that he's maybe a little smoother.
Backed by a tight band and horn section, he
can't go wrong with a great selection of
songs two oldies, five by Miami Steve Van
Zandt (Springsteen's guitarist and the Jukes'
producer), and three Springsteen-Van Zandt
collaborations. Add to that appearances by
the Drifters, the Coasters, and the Five
Satins on one song each, and you can
understand how Johnny makes 1950's-style
rhythm and blues come alive.
I he tault in this album w not in Uregg, but
in the band he has chosen to play with him.
Gregg is a blues singer, blessed with an
expressive and versatile voice, but tosmgthe
blues, you've got to have someone playing
the blues. This group sounds unemotional
and studio-perfect; they know the notes, but
they don't get the feeling, (It's interesting
that the band listed on the back cover does
not correspond exactly to the people
pictured on the inside cover, so perhaps
Gregg has realized this problem.) I'm
disappointed in this LP, but 1 hope that its
best track, "Brightest Smile in Town" (which
is a tribute to Ray Charles), indicates the
direction in which Gregg will go.
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