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"When I saw those Czech kids fighting in the may do a double , but I don't know yet. Whatever it streets," said -writer/singer , "it turns out to be, 'CircleGame' and 'LlttleGreen'will be on it was an eye opener for me. They're the same as we for sure. Ifs difficult to choose which will go into the album. I've got 80 songs now. are. "There is a certain chronology to the songs I've set for It': " Youth is hungly for truth. thl' same all over the the album. Like what we had on the first album. By world. We've had so much leisure time - I guess because we changing the order of the songs, they tell a different story. I were all spoiled children - that we've had had more time to haven't decided on a story line yet. When I get them all I. think; perhaps more than any other generation in centuries. 2. Love Child • . • •••• .•. . •••. • ••• Diana Ross & Supremes - Motown It's the thinking more than the drugs that is responsible for 3. Hold Me Tight . . ••. • ...... •...... JohnnyJNash -JAD what's happening now. I think it's incredible. 4. Abraham, Martin & John ...... -. .•... • .....• •. Dion - Laurie Joni is originally from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, but 5. Magic Carpet Ride .•••...... ' ... .' Steppenwolf - Dunhill now makes her home in . She began 6. Hey Jude • ....• ...... •.. ·. ..• . . • .• '...... • Beatles - Apple four and a half years ago and has been writing songs for '7. Elenore .• ...... _ •.•.•. • • • •.•. • . . ..Turtles - White Whale about three years and recently rocketed to national 8: Chewy, Chewy ...... • .•...... Ohio Express - Buddah prominence· via her debut Reprise album, "Song For A 9. Ban~·Shang-A-Lang . . .• .....•.....• • ...... Archies - Calendar Seagull". lO. Stormy • ...... •...... Classic s IV - Imperial She notes: " Aside from Chuck Mitchell, Tom Rush was II. . .. • .. .. ~ ...... O.C. Smith - Columbia the first pei-son to sing any of my songs. I was living in 12. Quick Joey Small ...... • . . _ ...... K .K . Circus - Buddah Detroit at the time and Tom used to play a there. 13. Sweet Blindness ...... Fifth Dimension - Soul City He heard 'Urge For Going' and included it in his repertoire. 14. Fire ...... Arthur Brown - Track I couldn' t get work at that time, not even as a second IS. Shape Of Things To Come . . . Max Frost & Troopers - Tower act. Folk music had become such a professional thing by 16. Over You ...... Gary Puckett & Union Gap - Columbia 17 . Fool For You ...... Impressions - Curtom then, that I didn't have a chance without a big reputation 18. Court Of Love ...... Unifies - Kapp ' or a record. 19. Midnight Confessions ...... G rassroots - Ounhill " When Tom started singing my songs, he would talk 20. Hi-Heel Sneakers ...... Jose Feliciano - RCA about me a little bit and, after a while, I found that I could 21. Suzie Q ~ .. Credence Clearwater Revival - Fantasy get work as a second act at the clubs he was playing. 22 . Les Bicyclettes De Belsize ...... Engelbert Humperdinck - Parrot Sometimes I got put on as the first act but that was only on 23. Promises, Promises .Dionne Warwick - Scepter 24. White Room ...... Cream - Atco slow weekends in small clubs. 2S. Piece Of My Heart ...... Big Brother & Holding Co. - Columbia " I was managing myself for a long time and I never could 26. Harper Valley P.T.A...... Jeannie C. Riley - Plantation tum dowr a job. I was so happy to be working, I accepted 27 . Girl Watcher ...... O'Kaysions - ABC every job I was offered. As a result, my health suffered a 28, Hey, Western Union Man ...... Jerry Butler - Mercury bit. No\\ that I have a manager (Elliot Roberts), I'm still 29 . Who's Making Love ...... Johnnie Taylor - Stax- It very bu~ ' - but it's a little easier for me." 30. Say Loud ...... •...... James Brown - King Keep On Lovin' Me, Honey ...... •• .. . Marvin & Tammi - Tamla Joni ·.'as in New York to play . From there 31. 32. I've Gotta Get A Message To You .. ·. . . . . Bee Gees - Atco she wc1t to the Main .PoiJJt in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, 33. All Along The Watchtower .. .. - Reprise and f .en set out on a concert tour that includes the 34. For Once In My Life ...... - Tamla _ Univ1 .·sity of Massachusetts, the University of Chicago, the 35. Time Has Come Today ...... Chambers Brothers - Columbia Uni\ ;rsity of Windsor, Ontario, and a show in Halifax, recorded, I'll know. 'Both Sides Now', which Dave Van 36. Lalena ...... - Epic No• ' Scotia. She'll return to New York later this year for a Ronk calls 'Clouds', is sort of a culmination of everything 37. Chained ...... - Tamla co!-.:ert at Hunter College. In February, Joni will give her I've written. That wil probably be the theme for the album. 38. Always Together . . _ ...... • ...... Dells - Cadet ..I'm not writing as much as I used to; I used to be much 39. Take Me For A Little While ...... • • . _ ...... Vanilla Fudge - Atco fir:;t solo concert in Carnegie Hall. 40. Little Arrows ...... • •• : ...... Leapy Lee - Decca She is planning to record another album. About it, she more prolific but, not that many of them have stood up to what I now feel a song should be. It's hard for me to 41. ln-A-Gadda-Da-Vida .... . •• ; .. , . .. . - Atco says: ··1 have studio time set aside ~ L.A. for December. I 42. Cycles ...... • . . . . - Reprise explain - it's like knowing when a painting is done or if it 4 3. I've Got Dreams To Remember .. . ..• •...... Otis Redding - Atco says anything at all. 44. I Love How You Love Me . . .. .- . . ••...... - Epic "You've got to write ,about things that happen to you 4 S. ...... - Capitol because they've happened. You can' t just run out and write 4 6. 1432 Franklin Pike Circle Hero ...... • ...... - Elf songs of hope because y0u think there's a neeed for songs 47. - UA of·hope. My songs used to be about'Oh, it's over now and 48. Peace Of Mind ....N ancy Wilson - Capitol I've been left behind.' There was an immediacy to them. 49. The Star Spangled Banner ...... Jose Feliciano - RCA 2 . . . . Glen Campbell - Capitol TRULY I so. " I'm Jess prolific now, because wait. Sometimes I write SJ. Good Goody Gumdrops .. 19 10 Frtiit Gum Co. - Buddah about things that happened months ago. I've gained S2 . Shame, Shame ...... • .•...... Magic Lanterns - Atlantic perspective by then. I've learned that effect the thing has S3. Peace Brother Peace . . Bill Medley :.. MGM had on my life - the truth that I've found in any given S4. To0 We3k To Fight ...... • • • • . . . Clarence Carier - Atlantic situation. What's t'rue for me is sometimes true for others SS. Both Sides Now . . . . • • . . . . - Elektra . too. S6. Goodbye My Lov'e' . . . . fames Brown - King "If you get too fired up on a mission and run around S7. Slow Drag ...... Intruders - Gamble LIVING saying 'I've got to change this - or that ,' it limits you. I'd S8. The Yard Went On Forever . . Richard Harris - Dunhill Kentucky Woman Deep Purple - Tetragrammaton have to go. out and ask everyone about each of my songs to s9. Earthquake ...... Mama Cass - Dunhill find· out if I'm really getting through to them. As long as 60. they get somethirlg Out of it, it's all right with me." Concerning her plans to the future, Joni said: " There are several things I'd like to develop. I want to develop my , my music, and my painting. I want to put all of it LEGENDS together - maybe in films. I want to put the poetry a~d the TOP 20 music together visually but I want to re tain some say as to , N.Y.C. - Both Dino Valente and how it's being done. I like to do things myself; I'd like to I. CHEAP THRILLS . . . . . BIG BROTHER & HOLDING co,·- CO LUMBIA 2. Electric Ladyland ... Jimi Hendrix Experience - Reprise David Rea are somewhat legendary figwes in the record do this whole visual thing myself. 3 . Feliciaho! ...... Jose Feliciano - RCA business. Their performances in New York last week are ''I've started playing the again. I wrote a song on 4 . Time Peace/Greatest Hits ...... Rascals - Atlantic worthy of particular note in that .each lived up to or the piano the other day. It's not completely finished yet surpassed all the great things that haVe been said about s. The Time Has Come ...... Chambers Brothers - Columbia but.the melody is done. I don't know what I'll call it yet; 6. The Second ...... Steppenwolf - Ounhill them. maybe 'The Ballad Of The Blue Boy' or maybe 'The Lady 7. Crown Of Creation ...... - ...... - RCA And The Blue Boy'. I'm not sure - anyway, it's subject to 8. Crazy World Of Arthur Brown ...... Arthur Brown - Track Dino's widespread reputation is primarily due to his song change. 9 . Wheels Of Fire ...... Cream - Atco writing ability. He's been responsible for more than one ..I'm developing the piano and I'm painting a lot. The JO. Gentle On My Mind ...... Glen Campbell - Capitol message/rock hit, including the oft-recorded, "Let's Get · next thing may be photography but, right now, it would II. ? . . . . . Jimi Hendrix Experience - Reprise Together. " He's decided to go out as a solo performer and just be another distraction. I aheady carry around a big box 12. Man Without Love ...... Engelbert Humperdinck - Parrot his first album was recently released on the Epic label. It's 13. ln-A·Gadda·Da-Vida ...... Jron Butterfly - Atco called simply, "Dino Valente''. of paint and canvas along with guitar and clothes whenever I travel. All I need right now is to add all kinds of cameras 14. Wild In The Streets . . . Soundtraek - Tower I S. Waiting For The Sun ...... Doors - Elektra and equipment to that. I haven' t time for more distractions ' Essentially, Dino is a musical poet of the wandering 16. Truth ...... - Epic minstrel school. His music and his manner are steeped in now. I never had a car, I never wanted a c·ar, couldn't be 17. The Graduate ...... Soundtrack - Columbia the carnival tradition and often seem reminiscent of the bothered with driving. Now somebpdy's given me an 18. Super Session . . . Bloomfield, Kooper, Stills - Columbia midway or sideshow. He stands, almost rooted to the stage, English taxi and I'm going to drive it all over." 19. Harper Valley P.T.A...... Jeannie C. Riley - Plantation swaying slightly as he bangs the guts out of a big Guild Joni loves to perform most of the time, but she has 20 . Late Again ... Peter, Paul & Mary - Warner Bros./? Arts 12-string. The power of a Dino Valente song is in its words, but they come across better in his live performance than mixed feelings about the right situations. On this, she they do on his LP. reflects: "I find that since I've been doing more concerts, I feel much more informal and relaxed in a club. I talk more Though his voice would_ be considered anything but and fool around more in clubs. In a concert, you can't melodic, Dino's live performance is marked by a fierce, raw really mumble under your breath into the microphone; If emotion that adds up to pure excitement. In you do that, the people in the back can' t hear and they The Spotlight - whisper 'What did she say?'. When a lot of people are " Peggy Lipton ~' a new album and a new singer of the same name have recently Dave Rea is a guitarist's guitarist. He's built a far reaching whispering like that, it makes a lot of noise. underground reputation over the past few years as back-up made their collective debut. The album features some new pieces and some you've guitarist for Ian & Sylvia. He toured with that group in " That-makes it hard for me. There are a lot of words in heard before. The singer you've never heard before. concert and enchanced their records with his dazzling guitar my songs. When I'm performing, my mind must be Peggy is a talJ blonde who sings, writes and acts. She is currently the female treatments. completely into the songs so I can sort of regenerate - lead in TV's " ". Peggy is not as unknown to TV as she is to the remember e?'actly what I wrote about and how I felt at music scene, having appeared all over the dial in numerous roles for the past few But, Dave Rea can sing, too. He now works as a solo act , the time. II a lot of people are whispering, I get distracted. years. singing and playing his guitar. The phrase " playing his in Peggy grew up in New York but currently lives in Los Angeles. She is a guitar" leans a bit toward understatement - he ranks with It doesn't work to try to be real intimate concerts. That vegetarian who is concerned with staying trim and healthy. Peggy enjoys riding the best of the Nashville-styled axe men. His songs are whispering stuff has made me forget the words sometimes. and swimming and the piano - playing it that is. basically social commentary, but social commentary coated "My music would be more together in a concert because Before branching out into acting and singing, Peggy was a very successful with a gloss of whimsy and underlined with near of my concert attitude, whereas, in a club, you could sort of photographic model. She became interested in acting when a friend suggested she phenomenal guitar picking.A.D. get to know me better." take a drama course.