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called Love Now, Hurt Later that is much more imaginative than anything on side one, and ending with the album's best song (and Fine tune wildestelectronicarrangement), Let This Night Go On for Days. All in all, this album takes the middle ground in the increasingly di- your living room. verse field of disco-somewhere between the Bee Gees and Donna Summer's own great Drapes Rugs Wood floors Munich Machine collaborations. E.B. muffle lows. soak up lows. bounce highs. MAJOR LANCE: Now Arriving. Major Lance (vocals); vocal and instrumental accompani- ment. I Never Thought (I'd Be Losing You); Wild and Free; Chicago Disco: Do the Mess Around; How My Love Goes; and four others. Sout S7-751R1$7.98. S8-75 -H $7.98, S75-75 I -H $7.98. Performance:Pro ati work Recording:Good Major Lance, who had some hitsinthe 1960's-notably Monkey Time and Urn, Urn. Um. Um, Um. Urn (Curious Mind)-was one of the Chicago musical crowd whose pivotal figures were vocalist Jerry Butler, arranger Johnny Pate, and the multitalented Curtis Mayfield when he sang with the Impressions. Major Lance hasn't been heard from in some time, which is a shame since he's a real pro. He's back now with this danceable. mostly disco album on which he delivers smooth, fluid vocals.It'sa pleasure to listen to a craftsman at work; may the album sell and sell and sell. J. V. RECORDING OF SPECIAL MERIT MECO:The Wizard of Oz, Meco (vocals and instrumentals). Over the Rainbow; Cyclone: Lund of Oz; Poppies; The Spell; Munchkin- land; and eight others.MILLENIUMMNLP 8009 $6.98, ® MLN8 8009 $7.98, © MLN5 8009 $7.98. Performance:Wonderful Recording:Fine Mirrors Poorly placed speakers, Upholstery Click your heels three times and poof-you're reflect highs. poor sound. soaks up lows. in discoland! As he did so successfully a year ago with Star Wars, Meco has here trans- Your stereo probably doesn't have the sound you thought formed a movie into a dance trip. In this ver- you bought. Because you first heard it in a sound room. Unfortu- sion of the classic fantasy, Oz is Studio 54 and nately, most stereos are set up in rooms designed for living. the Wizard is none other than Meco himself. Not listening. The album opens and closes, appropriately That's why you need a Sound Shaper® One or Two. The enough, with Over the Rainbow; the arrange- frequency equalizers that re -shape music to fit your ears. And ment isbrightbouncy, and sassy-a nice your living room. contrast to the sentimental treatment the song Sound Shaper One has ten frequency controls, five for each usually gets. With Toto barking, the cyclone stereo channel. And beautiful styling. But if your system is more whirling, and the wicked witch cackling, we sophisticated, you'll want Sound Shaper Two Mkl with twenty-four sail nonstop through such great Harold Arlen frequency controls (twelve for each stereo channel). Plus, internal tunes as We're Off to See the Wizard, Ding - switching and monitoring. So highlight the vocal. Suppress the Dung the Witch Is Dead (yes, Munchkins!), bass. Wipe out the flute entirely. And if you want the professional and The Merry Old Land of Oz. In the end we touch, get the new SLM-2 Sound return home, tireder but wiser. The music and Level Meter. With it, sound levels story are so much a part of my childhood that can be read directly on the Sound it's hard to be an objective disco critic here. Shaper Two, so no longer will you AllI can say is that Meco's arrangements have to run back and forth between work: they are just fine for dancing while re- the listening area and the equalizer. maining true to the film. In effect, then, this is Without redesigning your not just a dance trip but a nostalgia trip as living room, turn it into a listening well-two for the price of one wonderful LP. room. E.B. RECORDING OF SPECIAL MERIT ROSE ROYCE:Strikes Again! Rose Royce (vocals and instrumentals). Get Up off Your ADC PROFESSIONAL PRODUCTS Fat; Do It, Do It; First Come, First Serve; rd A Division of BSR Consumer Products Group A Route 303, Blauvelt, N.Y. 10913 (Continued on page 130) , A BSR COMPANY Distributed in Canada by BSR (Canada) Ltd. Rexdale Ont. Sound Shaper is a registered trade -nark of Audio Byrlamics Corporation STEREO REVIEW CIRCLE NO. 19 ON READER SERVICE CARD.