Morrison days when the band sang about lizards and blood and evil and the influences of LSD seemed to he everywhere. Always a hypnotic sound. the Doors's use Whenyoumake of repetitive melody is still just as fascinating. This driving repetition is evident on In the Eve of the Sun and Hang onto Your Life. The album also contains a country-and-western flavored number, Down on the Farm, and a the numberone hard rocker. Tightrope Ride. The ballad Ships with Sails is the perfect pop song. A faultless combination of perceptive lyric and sensuous melody, the song erupts into a series of brilliant tape recorder, percussive effects. Even a song of frustration, I'm Horny, I'm Stoned, sounds happy. Vocally, none of the Doors's individual voices equals the compelling power of Jim Morrison at his best. Manzarek is even forced to imitate some of Morrison's more dramatic youmake the effects. The Doors, however, sing earnestly. and their vocals should improve with time. The Doors were a powerhouse operation during the Sixties. Enough of their musical drive appears on this album to enable one to numberone foresee a happy and successful future for this still potent musical organization. H. E. recordingtape. PAUL WILLIAMS: Just An Old Fashioned 1* Love Song. Paul Williams, vocals; Tom Scott and David Spinozza, arr. Waking -track. Up Alone; I Never Had It So Good; Gone Forever; eight more. A & M 4327, $5.98. Sony! ;1;:!U7 COPE cngilndER Paul Williams can be found nearly every day at A&M somewhere between his office and the recording studios, walking around, working, CIRCLE 65 ON READER -SERVICE CARD hanging out, making people feel better. He is one of a kind: sunny, funny, and touching. His LOWEST AIR FARES TO EUROPE work, sad or joyous, bears the precious quality of Life Affirmation. All this shines through in his new album. Williams was not a born songwriter. First he was a comedy writer (Mort Sahl). an actor (The Loved One and The Chase), and a pro- fessional skydiver. Songwriting changed from a hobby into a fulfillment about the time Wil- liams ran into Roger Nichols, the superb com- poser with whom he has written his best songs. The breakthrough point was a song called We've Only Just Begun. It began as a TV com- mercial for a bank and ended up a hit song for the Carpenters, making everyone involved famous. By now it is heard at weddings, used as a theme for school yearbooks, and has been recorded over a hundred times. A rush of Williams -Nichols hits followed. including Rainy Days and Mondays (Carpen- ters); Out in the Country (Three Dog Night); Cried Like a Baby (Bobby Sherman); and Talk It Over in the Morning (Anne Murray). At present, two Williams -Nichols songs are on Thingvellir where Iceland's parliament was fourded in the year 930 A.D. the charts: Just an Old Fashioned Love Song (Three Dog Night) and So Many People The unphotographed country. Hurry! (Chase). So much for credits, but never mind. Paul Here where the air is clear as a lens, you get pictures never seen before. Fjords, geysers, waterfalls, volcanic islands. Whaling stations. Farm and fishing villages. Williams continues to be his delightful, ac- The Uninhabited Areas. Even the names are magic. Thingvellir. Langjokull. cessible, open. and talented self. He also sings Siglufjordur. You'll find birds ike the Great Skua. And a people descended from his nose off. the Vikings. This is Iceland, the unphotographed country. Stopover Tours for The album was not designed to wow the under $20 a day. Hurry to Iceland before it gets all snapped up. Then continue charts but rather to be an intimate, good -times on to Luxembourg, England, Scotland, Norway, Sweden or Denmark. statement. Much of its charm comes from the See your Travel Agent, or con'act us in New York, Chicago, San Francisco, fact that Williams has used one of the finest Los Angeles, Miami, Houston, Washington, D. C. or Mexico City. Write for folder HF to Icelandic Airlines, 630 Fifth Ave., New York, N. Y. 10020. rhythm sections in the business, drummer Russ Kunkel and bassist Leland Sklar, best known for their work with James Taylor. Kunkel has ICELANDIC LOFTLEIDIR a singular feeling for space as he plays, making things feel warm, solid, and spare. LOWEST AIR FARES TO EUROPE CIRCLE 37 ON READER -SERVICE CARD MARCH 1972 113