East Coastings/Points West: 1978 In Review (continued from page 77) found dead underneath the sink of the "Fire" by The Pointer Sisters ... Peter heading out again, Van cancelled a couple own band ... Also calling it quits - the room she shared with Sid, fatally stabbed in Gabriel tours ... New albums coming from of weeks worth of concerts. Babys, Detective and the Dwight Twilley the abdomen. Vicious, a methadone addict, Billy Joel and Aerosmith. IN NEW YORK -A Broadway play called Band ... and leaving Polydor Records was had been playing a few uninspired gigs at Randy Bachman. Max's Kansas City in the weeks prior to the COME TOGETHER - Getting together murder. He was released after his old Top 10 Albums were Wayne Henderson and Roy Ayers for manager, Malcolm McLaren, posted $50,- This Years Model - Elvis Costello - (Columbia) a duo album ... Chris Spedding and Rob 000 bail. New Boots and Panties! - Ian Dury - (Arista) Stoner joined Robert Gordon's band .. ELTON JOHN NOW SINGLE MAN -Elton on Dave Edmunds (Swan Song) The secluded semi -disbanded) John was around N.Y. and L.A. to promote Tracks Wax - long (and - Moody Blues decided to follow up their new his new album, "A Single Man," but he said Fresh Fish Special - Robert Gordon - (Private Stock) album with a tour ... and several members he won't be doing any touring. The reason, Hearts of Stone - Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes - of Roxy Music got back together for some he says, is that "I'm not hungry at the mo- let's -see -how -it -feels sessions. including ment." What has taken up most of his time (Epic) Bryan Ferry, Andy Mackay, Phil Man- the past two years, he related, was running Next of Kihn - Greg Kihn - (Beserkley) zanera, and Phil Thompson. his Watford football (soccer) team. Also, Pure Pop For Now People - Nick Lowe - (Columbia) ENCORE - Coming back - Frank Sinatra Elton said he now feels he "has more Jacks and Kings The Nighthawks (Adelphi) to New York, where lines formed at Radio possibilities than ever to explore on my - - City Music Hall to see the living legend ... own." One reason may be that "A Single Best of the Spinners - (Atlantic) The J. Geils Band, hoping to revive their Man" is Elton's first album without his Darkness On The Edge Of Town - Bruce Springsteen - sagging career with a new label (EMI - longtime collaborator, Bernie Taupin. America) finished their first album for the Writing the lyrics this time was Gary (Columbia) company at Gil Markle's bucolic Long View Osborne. -Leo Sacks Farm Studios ... Ray Manzarek, Robby THEY CAME TOGETHER Paul - WELCOMING THEMSELVES TO THE "Platinum" opened. It stars Alexis Smith as Krieger and John Densmore, original McCartney was recording at EMI's Abbey BUSINESS MCA threw a coming out a movie star from the '40s who hopes to members of the Doors, finished work on Road Studio, and he decided he needed a - party for their new label, Infinity Records, make her comeback via the vinyl route ... headed by Ron Alexenburg. No ordinary And the "Manhattan Music Playoffs" was Top 10 Albums party it was, either, as it was held in the mar- instituted by Andrew Stein, the Manhattan The Cars - (Elektra/Asylum) bled splendor of the New York Public borough president. It was announced that a Years Model Elvis Costello (Columbia) Library on 42nd and 5th Ave. Making the "battle of the bands" concert would be held This - were Dobie Gray, Robert Johnson, to determine the best non -recording band - scene Bursting Out - Jethro Tull - (Chrysalis) Meat Loaf, Bill Aucoin, Nat Weiss and in Manhattan, with the winners getting a Babylon By Bus - Bob Marley - (Island) Garland Jeffries. contract from Ron Alexenburg's Infinity Van Morrison (Warner Bros.) Records. The contest is part of a task force Wavelength - - NOVEMBER established by Stein to revitalize interest in Double Fun - Robert Palmer - (Island) BEATLES, BEACH BOYS IN NEWS - It's New York as a music industry center. Some Girls - Rolling Stones - (Rolling Stones/Atlantic) easy to tell when the holiday season ap- NAMES IN THE NEWS - Keith Richards Stranger In Town Bob Seger (Capitol) proaches - that's when Capitol starts pleaded guilty to heroin possession in a - - repackaging old Beatles material. This Toronto court and was sentenced to a Darkness On The Edge Of Town - Bruce Springsteen - year, Capitol really outdid itself, though, year's probation ... Crawdaddy magazine (Columbia) coming up with a gift box set of 12 Beatles will become Feature magazine ... Stanley Clarke and Jeff Beck set to tour Japan ... A Time Neil Young (Warner Bros.) import albums and a sampler of songs Comes - Rarities." List Price only John Barbata, drummer for the Jefferson - called "Beatles Berlin - -Joey $150 ... The rumour mill continued to link Starship was seriously injured in acar acci- "An American Prayer" an ambitious project little help from his friends. So after a few label -shopping Paul McCartney to Colum- dent ... The Clash reemerged with awidely that entailed composing and playing new phone calls, in came all four members of bia ... And the Beach Boys were the sub- hailed new wave album produced by Sandy music to mix with old tapes of Jim Morrison Led Zeppelin, Eric Clapton, Peter ject of a new book that explored "The Pearlman ... Tom Robinson's next to be reciting his own poetry ... Ian Hunter, Townshend, Gary Brooker, Dave Gilmour Beach Boys And The California Myth." produced by Todd Rundgren ... Melanie looking for a comeback, signed on with and Bruce Thomas. Whether the get- Cleveland International management . together will find its way to vinyl is unknown, Top 10 Albums Johnny Griffin, outstanding rock and jazz but reports are that McCartney did have a The Clash (Epic) sax player of the early '60s, who went to live film crew present to record the event. Give 'Em Enough Rope - - in Europe, returned to the States LANDMARKS - Roger McGuinn, Chris This Years Model - Elvis Costello - (Columbia) triumphantly and landed a contract with Hillman and Gene Clark signed with All Mod Cons (import) The Jam - (Polydor) Hamill left a - Galaxy Records. Capitol ... Peter now disban- Alberta Hunter NAMES IN THE NEWS - William ded Van Der Graaf Generator ... Richard Remember My Name (original soundtrack) - "Bootsy" Collins, noted bass player for P - Nader's Original Rock 'N' Roll Spectaculars (Columbia) Funk and leader of Bootsy's Rubber Band, celebrated their ninth year(!) as volume 25 Misfits Kinks (Arista) rolled in "Saturday Night Live" - was hospitalized for exhaustion .. John ... - Teddy Pendergrass Belushi and Dan Aykroyd debuted their celebrated its fourth season by presenting Life Is A Song Worth Singing - "Blues Brothers" act in L.A. with heavy - the Rolling Stones ... Mitch Ryder (Philadelphia International) hitting sidemen like Duck Dunn and Steve returned to New York with a stellar gig at Power In The Darkness Tom Robinson Band - (Capitol) to be in Fagen, - Ray Caviano reported NYU ... Steve Becker and Walter Cropper ... Rolling Stones (Rolling Stones/Atlantic) line for a job heading up a Warner Brothers a.k.a. Steely Dan, moved back to New York Some Girls - - disco arm ... and Bill Graham held his fifth after a few years in L.A.... Cheech and Hearts of Stone - Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes annual "Day On The Green" in Oakland, Chong signed with Warner Brothers ... (Epic) featuring Ted Nugent, Blue Oyster Cult, Steve Smith replaces Aynsley Dunbar as Bruce Springsteen Journey and Cheap Trick. drummer in Journey ... Tom Waits to tour Darkness On The Edge Of Town - - with Leon Redbone ... a Louisville DJ (Columbia) mixes both Barbra Streisand and Neil Dia- -Dale Kanashima OCTOBER mond's versions of "You Don't Bring Me Tomato Records A VICIOUS TALE - Sid Vicious, the 21 - Flowers," prompting CBS to record the Written by David Leaf, the book stresses tried again, this time with year -old former bass player for the Sex song as a Neil -Barbra duo ... Richard the Beach Boys' relationship with the Southside Johnny Lyon slashed his arm Pistols, was charged with the murder of his Perry's first release on his new Planet label American myth that the author claimed, has when he fell onstage in California. girlfriend, Nancy Spungen. Spungen was to include a version of Bruce Springsteen's become embodied in Southern California. MORE SIXTIES FLASHES - Bob Dylan DECEMBER Top 10 Albums was on the road, touring with a full throttle LABEL TALKING - While Chuck Berry Hog Heaven Elvin Bishop (Capricorn) band and reworking his old classics. Once inked a new contract with Atco Records, - - shy Bob was even giving longer and longer that present day pioneer of funk, George The Cars - (Elektra) raps before the songs, offering explana- Clinton, was reported considering how This Years Model - Elvis Costello - (Columbia) tions for his stories. At one concert, he nice things would be if he had his very own People Lee Dorsey (ARC/Columbia) revealed that "Ballad Of A Thin Man" was label. Needless to say, the companies have Night - - partially inspired by watching the circus been knocking at his door. In The Night Time - Michael Henderson - (Buddah) geek back in his Minnesota hometown, the NEW YORK AFFAIR -A battle appeared King/Federal Rockabillies - Various - (King) guy who "would bite the heads of chickens to be erupting between Ron Delsener, New L.T.D. (A&M) and then eat the chickens and their heads." York concert promoter, and Alan Pepper Togetherness - - ... And Van Morrison, hot on the com- and Stanley Snadowsky, owners of the Bot- Double Trouble - Frankie Miller - (Chrysalis) eback trail, apparently burned off a little too tom Line. After hearing that Delsener plan- Jacks & Kings - The Nighthawks - (Adelphi) much energy.