rd.51 LOW PRICES IQlousy.Rhythm of Love-afrothy, bouncy the composer does here. And, though it number that is ideal for jazz -orientedmisses the characteristic EtR LIABILITY pop singers-has a vivacity and charmsyncopation, the rhythm section creates DISCOUNT HI-FI STEREO COMPONENTS just the right side of cute.I'm Back for one of the strongest grooves you're ever RECEIVERSSPEAKERS Moredevelops from a marvelously sillylikely to hear onNight People. TU R NTA BL ESCAATR I DG ES a cappella intro into a delightful melody That song is also the title cut on Lee TAPE RECORDERS thatis given a wholehearted, driving treatment. AndMamma Tried is amar- CaPIONEER RI-7013MOTOR velous evocation of classic gospel singing 3HEAD STEREO TAPE DECK and playing. Smolor SIMI arm The rest of the tracks range from ./Ilm-,..._, calm :?Sumo ,apun,,..tirimI earl. `', '. r -, jr s, ',67:::"..711.7Ztn= agreeable to tiresome. You've half - ,I.,., 1 . ,_ 3% .ps-0 5% Wm IL Flumr ,, SIN _pWlalir IWRMS. Ft. VS Imi heard these bump -bump disco losers, 20.20.003. :.' 1111F----Ai .:: 1I 20.2S.CCO.nr,IMI blah ballads, and King Frog arrange- 13% MI LIST 525 00 31500 ments a hundred times before. The cru- ' cial question is will Marlene Shaw do a... well enough to be allowed more origi- i. ...4

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SEND FOR : Motion.Jerry Wexler, CATALOG TODAY! producer.Warner Bros. BSK 3142, $7.98. Dorsey-a welcome comeback IThese and hundreds of Tape: O. M5 3142.45. M8 3142, $7.98. other items are listed at our low discount prices Lee Dorsey: Night People.Allen - 1 in our FREE Toussaint, producer.A BC AA 1048, catalog. en TIMM $7.98. Tape: 0* 5 1048 A B, Oil 8 1048 A B, $7.98. 2316 RHODE ISLAND AVENUE,N.E Washington,D.C.20018 his first to be produced by an outsider. 12021832-1900 For that task Warner Bros. commis- sioned resident and soul maven CIRCLE 13 ON READER -SERVICE CARD Jerry Wexler, who-perhaps because he doesn't like New Orleans' damp. warm -040100W62- climate-brought Toussaint to Los An- geles to record with local session musi- Be sure and send us your new cians. In some ways the result is similar address 8 weeks before you move to what might happen if Bob Marley so you won't miss any copies of were to record in Detroit. The musicians HIGH FIDELITY. are capable enough, even very good at And please include an old mailing what they do. But Toussaint's music is so label from our magazine when special to a particular region that moving writing us about your subscription. him out of it and away from players who Toussaint-New Orleansis missing Write to: can handle the mood and the beat does HIGH FIDELITY, him a severe disservice. Dorsey's latest, produced and written by 1 Sound Avenue, Marion, Ohio 43302 It's a nice album, probably the com- Toussaint. He has drawn his backup mu- Change of address. poser/singer/pianist/producer's best sicians from Chocolate Milk, a New Or- Enter new subscription.1 year $9.95 since his early '70s Scepter release.leans band that he produces for RCA. payment enclosed bill me "From a Whisper to a Scream." But it Theyhave the syncopation, and a com- AFFIXLABEL doesn't have much to do with New Or- parative listening to Dorsey's and mm 403% 00 leans, and that's a shame. Toussaint's reading ofNight Peoplewill From a songwriting standpoint, there tell you all you need to know about that. n are a couple of potential standards. The album as a whole is a letdown from Lover of Love,a pretty. moving ballad Dorsey's release on Polydor a few years that didn't get much chance in its first in- ago ("Yes I Can"), which brought usYes CT carnation by Meters pianist We Can, Occappella, Riverboat, and on the Cinderella label, sounds fine here. Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley, among

The Optimism Blues isthe kind of sar- other classics. Still, it's Toussaint's most .54 donically cheerful song that Toussaint commercial-and most interesting-pro- used to whip up for Lee Dorsey and Er- duction since then. Dorsey isin fine r- et. nie K -Doe, and others-like Robertshape for the bouncy, frequently hu- Cl O Palmer or Joe Cocker or Frankie morous songs. He brings a biting dimen- col Miller-could do it up almost as nicely as Continued on page 135

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