Caidibox Record Ramblings

/1VVv /// \\.\ //Hew.. MOMM\ I/04M HUM CaidiBoxuu Record Ramblings NEW YORK HOLLYWOOD WATCHING A LEGEND GROW HITS & MISSES It all started with a front cover extra added attraction ... Cafe Au Once again it's that time when tiny cacophony-with an accent on tl story in Rolling Stone on the in- Go Go presents Tim Hardin ...Regu- tots, with their eyes all aglow and last syllable of that last word." ß credible music scene in Texas. Scene lar show at the Fillmore East (27,28) sugar plums dancing in their heads, noted that NBC should be telecastir impresario Steve Paul felt the vibra- will feature th e Butterfield Blues finds it hard to sleep. It's also the the awrads banquet "in blushir. tions and flew off to Texas on secret Band, Arthur Brown and the Mike week when we tie our Ramblings color." NBC has since cancelled the search for Johnny Winters, a 24 -year - Bloomfield/Al Kooper Super Session package with mistletoe and nostalgia, participation in the Golden Glob old blues singer/guitarist who's been . "An Eclectic Christmas," featur- taking a more than passing back- awards... . working professionally since he was ing Ars Nova, Good Earth, New York ward glance at our predictions over Last summer, at the Capitol co: 15. After failure in Dallas and San Rock & Roll Ensemble and others will the past twelve months. Delighting vention, we asked Paul McCartney ti Antonio, Paul found Winters in Hous- give two shows at Carnegie Hall (26 in the successful divinities. Trying to title of the next Beatle single. "I': ton and only he knows what went on & 30) and two at Fillmore East (29) forget the bonehead bloopers. quite sure it'll be about a bird," 1 but the end result was that Paul Janis Ian (more on Janis below) When you consider that about 12,- told us. Certain of a scoop, we race returned to N.Y. and sent Winters a will be at the Bitter End from Dec. 000 LP's and singles were released in to our typewriter to announce "nei round-trip plane ticket. 25 to Jan. 4 ... P.D.Q. Bach (Pro- '68 and that not much more than 1% Beatle single will concern itself wit Winters arrived last Friday (13), fessor Peter Schickele) will do three of those hit the top ten charts, you one of our four feathered friends." V, met at the airport by Paul, Fleetwood Philharmonic Hall dates to introduce can imagine how difficult it is to had seen "Alfie" and should hai Mac and N.Y. Times rock writer Mike some newly discovered works (Dec. predict the winners. known better. The "bird" that M. Jahn. Winters warmed up to our town 23, 28 & 31) . Martha Reeves and Friday night with an impromptu jam the Vandellas at the Copa for a re- at the Scene with Fleetwood Mac. turn gig ... Nina Simone, Young -Holt We'd heard parts of the story from Unlimited and the Sweet Inspirations several sources, and were as aware of at Carnegie on Dec. 28, under the Johnny Winters as we are of several aegis of Teddy Powell ... England's other highly praised acts from out Deep Purple turn-on the Electric of town, but we weren't prepared for Circus from Xmas Eve to New Year's the events of Saturday night. It was Eve ... For jazz fans, George Wein at the Fillmore East that Johnny and the Newport All Stars (Rudy Winters exploded. We'd sat through Braff, Red Norvo, Barney Kessel, Earth Opera (only slightly changed Larry Ridley and Jake Hanna) at from the last time we saw them) and Plaza 9 from Dec. 26 ... Blood, Sweat were currently listening to the Al and Tears headline the Westchester Kooper-Mike Bloomfield Super Ses- Holiday Concert Festival at West- sion, the act most of the packed house chester County Center on Dec. 27, had come to see. BIoomfield brought right before they head to the Miami Still, way back on Oct. 9, 1965 we Cartney gave us was a girl name out Winters ... and the roof came Pop Festival. Earth Opera and the heard José Feliciano's first album on "Jude." down. This young unknown created a Brooklyn Bridge are also on the bill Victor, labeled him a "genius" and for A few weeks ago Ramblings note storm the likes of which even the .. Now the chance to find out what's almost three years waited for the that "Paul McCartney, a little birdi sensation filled Fillmore had never really happening in the music busi- world to agree. 1968 was Feliciano's tells us, will be marrying an Ameri seen. ness. year. For at least the next 56, the can bird." (you see-we're beginnin. Buzz Linhart, recently signed with copyright is in his name. to catch on). A week later an L.A Philips will give a one-man concert at In September, '67 Bernie Lawrence Times columnist picked up the sam the Washington Square Methodist gave us an advance dub of the score item. If McCartney doesn't fail u Church on Dec. 23 as part of the Folk- to "Golden Rainbow." We noted in this time, we may finally have scoope lore Center Festival series. Linhart print that "I Gotta Be Me" was "one Joyce Haber. used to be with the Seventh Sons, of the most eloquent songs of the On Feb. 17th we passed along th but is now out on his own. First LP year ... in the right hands it should rumor that Bob Hudson might replac due in January. be a top twenty title." The right Geoff Edwards at KFI. Boy, did w Add Liberty Records, Mickey Wal- hands, apparently, belong to Sammy have the wrong call letters! Still-i: lach (of ABC), George Hamilton IV Davis, Jr. that same column, we wrote "osca and Morty Wax to the list of Toys In September '68 we received an nominees will be announced nex For Tots contributors. advance single "Those Were the Days" Monday-frontrunning song appear cut by a then unknown 18 year old to be "Talk to the Animals!" blonde beauty out of Cardiff, Wales. On March 23rd, after hearing a: Derek Taylor, polished publicist for advance copy of Laura Nyro's "El Apple Records, crystal balled "it will and the Thirteenth Confession," w be #1 on the charts . whistled, Winters, Stills & Hendrix forecast that it would be "one of th. hummed, translated, exploited, adapt- monumental LP's of '68." It still i ed all over The rest legend is the world." Credit Taylor at our house even though it neve of the still hap- for the prediction-an assist to Ramb- amounted to much as a chart item pening. Paul whose only ties with lings for choosing Mary Winters at the moment are those of Hopkin as The Fifth Dimension and produce: our Sept. 7th "west coast girl of the Bones Howe obviously agreed. Thd friendship is handling negotiations week." The song, had with several selected record firms on incidentally, group grabbed two songs from th. been around for awhile-the Lime - LP ("Stoned Soul Picnic" and "Swee what he terms a "presidents only lighters basis." Meetings have already been cut it in an album on Victor Blindness") and came up with twi held with Clive Davis (of Columbia), about five years back. stoned soul smashes. Jac Holzman On Feb. 3rd we noted that the On June 29th we guessed that Mil (of Elektra and Ahmet Golden Globe's selection of top songs Farrow's "Lullaby from Rosemary': Ertegun (of Atlantic). Ertegun, in- for '67 cidentally, was down at the Scene Mon- Janis Ian was "an exercise in atonal (Continued on page 107) day night despite a touch of flu, the Janis Ian returned to New York prior to returning to Germany where to watch Winters jamming with Jimi last week (16) CHICAGO Hendrix and Steve (ex -Buffalo after three weeks in she'll helm the popular "Hot Ana Spring- Madrid, Spain, where she wrote the CHICAGO-Recent Dot pactee Ray Sweet" TV'er! Lark's Moulin Rouge field) Stills. Diane (Annie) Fisher of entire score to her first movie, "Four Frushay, the Village Voice set up a special and his manager boxing engagement here is her first in the Rode Out," which stars Sue 'Lolita' champ Rocky Marciano, spent a few U.S. . . The Flower Pot on Rusi photo session (her first) on Monday Lyons and Pernell `Bonanza' Roberts. days in town last week exposing will be spotlighting the John Bishoi for Wednesday's issue. Other media Janis goes back into the studios in songster's debut single "I'll Make It Trio through the holidays. Group wa: have been calling for info and inter- January to produce her views. second in- Up To You." Label's new local promo recently signed by Tangerine Record: dependent album, this time with man Danny Schneider arranged a full . Local songstress Harriette Blake "It's definitely the most exciting young duo Janey and Dennis. Janis' p.a. schedule for the pair, climaxed by has a new single on Monument coupl overnight (10 year) success story I've first production, an Andy Robinson LP ever seen," said Paul, "and I couldn't a Dot -hosted cocktail party at Fritz- ing "I Laughed Til I Cried" with "Tel on Philips, will be out in January. The el's! . . . Topper Schroeder, branch Me Like It Is" . . Topping the lisi be any happier because I don't think young singer/writer will begin work manager of Merrec Dist., tells us of goodies out at United Record Dist it's been better deserved." on her own fourth LP in call for February, Jerry Butler has a powerful new LP, is the new B. J. Thomas LP "On My Present plans a press party with a possibility it may be a two - which was released by Mercury this Way" (Scepter), and singles "Forever at the Scene in 4-6 weeks to introduce record set. Winters' three piece past week. Tagged "The Ice Man My Love" by Maurice Jackson (Weis) group, Winter, B. B. Cunningham of Holiday Inn Cometh", package includes Jerry's and "I Can't Forget" by Bull & The followed by his public debut at the Records, called to let us know his four most recent singles hits. Songs- Matadors (Toddlin Town) ... Charlie Fillmore East. firm has beat out heavy competition ter's currently riding high with "Are Musclewhite, The Amboy Dukes and We've seen him in action and while for "Black And Proud," a sermonette You Happy." Incidentally, Merrec New York Rock & Roll Ensemble will 10 minutes may not ordinarily be by Rev. W. L. Jones of Buffalo, enough time to judge an act's worth, N.Y. just moved into new quarters at 540 be this weekend's headliners at Aaron The album is being kept on the J&W N. Lake Shore Drive . Current Russo's Kinetic Playground ... Sonji a talent like Winters' is the proverbi- label to expedite delivery. Along with headliners at the Rush Up are The Clay is making some headway on the al exception to the rule, and we'll the expected gospel play the LP is Street, who record for Verve/Forecast local r&b stations with her new say he's got to become one of the picking up R&B spins. Most unusual and have a newly released album .. . single "Here I Am And Here I'll greats. development is that another label has Suzanne Doucet, German lark cur- Stay" (Songee). Tune was written by VIEW FROM BROADWAY-Xmas already cut a cover! Can it go pop ? rently appearing in the Moulin Rouge, Artie Feldman, a student at Columbia in New York is going to be a musi- Argentine -born composer/conductor was a CB visitor last week, with Li- college, and is published by local- cally eventful period, so here we go Lalo Schifrin, discovered in Buenos berty's promo man Bill Roberts. Her based Lyman -Feldman pubbery . . with the round-up of what will be Aires in 1958 by Dizzy Gillespie, has initial Liberty single is tagged "The Songstress Marilyn Michaels is sched- happening: Steve Paul's Scene will applied for U.S. citizenship papers. Swan Song." Suzanne is scheduled uled for an upcoming engagement in have Slim Harpo, along with a fiery (Continued on Page 107) for some p.a.'s on the West Coast Mister Kelly's.

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