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     '(***) BOOK OF DREAMS - STEVE 
     
     MILLAR BAND (CAPITOL RECORDS 
     
    
   
   
    
     Steve Millar must be 
     
     Ldeliberately trying to hide 
     
     his talent from us, because 
     
     as was the case with fly 
     
     Like An Eagle, the worth- 
     
     while songs are hard to find 
     
     on Book Of Dreams. Once a- 
     
     gain the short, completely 
     
     useless synthesizer tracks 
     
     are included, serving only 
     
     to cloud over the picture 
     
     of exactly where Millar is 
     
     now musically standing. 
     
     After subtracting these 
     
     synthesizer tracks, what in 
     
     effect remains? 
     
    

    
     As with Fly Like An 
     
     Eagle, the commercial rock 
     
     'n rollers are back, namely 
     
    
   
   
    
     IOQOIIMIIOII» 
     
    
   
   
    
     ALICE COOPER  
     
    
   
   
    
     C H A N E IN G WIT H T HE. TUNES... 
     
    
   
   
    
     =“Jet Airliner” and llJungle 
     
    
   
   
    
     Love”. Both songs promise 
     
     more than they deliver, so 
     
     subtract those two. Next, 
     
     dismiss for the moment, the 
     
     songs not written by Millar. 
     
     This leaves us with “Winter 
     
     Time”, “Swingtown”, “True 
     
     Fine Love”, “Wish Upon A 
     
     Star”, and “Babes In The 
     
     Woods". None of these are 
     
     Millar classics by any 
     
     stretch of the imagination, 
     
     but simply nice safe.inof- 
     
     fensive tunes to fihl out 
     
     an album. To find Miller at 
     
     his best on this album, the 
     
     non-original material has to 
     
     be considered. Les Dudek's 
     
     “Sacrifice” is the best cut 
     
     of the elpee, with David 
     
     Denny's “The Stake“ a close 
     
     second. 
     
    

    
     Obviously, Millar has 
     
     fallen down the commercial 
     
     stairs and is not even going 
     
     to bother picking himself 
     
     up. He'll just pump out the 
     
     Top ho garbage and watch the 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     by 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     DULY NOTED 
     
    
   
   
    
     Callum Beck 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     CALIFORNIA ROCK 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Youngbioods: “Elephant 
     
     Mountain” - ll969) 
     
    

    
     Soft, soothing, soulful, 
     
     mellow music from over the 
     
     hills, with a light touch 
     
     of California Rock. “Darkr 
     
     ness, Darkness“, “Quicksand” 
     
     and “Ride tne Wind” almost, 
     
     in themselves, make this 
     
     album worth paying full 
     
     price for. But even if they 
     
     don't, with the rest of the 
     
     album thrown in, it is more 
     
     than worth your $7.00. Jesse 
     
     Colin Young is the guiding 
     
     genius and main songwriter 
     
     behind the group. 
     
    

    
     Love: “Revisited” - (1969) 
     
    

    
     Love just about perfect- 
     
     ly represents the essence 
     
     of the whole California 
     
     music scene in the late 
     
    
   
   
    
         
     
    
   
   
    
     sixties. The inside cover 
     
     of the album jacket der " 
     
     scribes them as the 'hip- 
     
     piest [ugh!!] group a- 
     
     round but yet, perhaps the 
     
     only underground group 
     
     left.‘ They attacked the 
     
     older generationfs mores 
     
     and superficiality, and 
     
     were totally immersed into 
     
     the optimism of the Haight, 
     
     but yet their lives were 
     
     basically hung-up, strung- 
     
     out, and miserable. And 
     
     with the death of the dream 
     
     they ended up recording 
     
     what have to be ranked near 
     
     the top of the list, of the 
     
     all-time worst ever albums. 
     
     But this album is Love at 
     
     their best. It is a collec- 
     
    
   
   
    
     (cont'd. page 17) 
     
    
   
   
    
     "Old, Fashioned Goodness???" 
     
     The cellar — Hughes Drug Building 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Abbey (My God)?" " 
     
    
   
   
    
     receipts roll in. When he 
     
     feels a guilty twinge, he'll 
     
     do a song such as Dudek's 
     
    

    
     to ease his conscience. Book 
     
     Of Dreams is the product of 
     
     a stationary Steve Millar. 
     
    
   
   
    
     (**) LACE AND WHISKEY - 
     
    
   
   
    
     ALICE COOPER (WARNER BROS.) 
     
    
   
   
    
     At one time Alice Cooper 
     
    
   
   
    
     was changing his style with 
     
    
   
   
    
     every album. The big problem 
     
    
   
   
    
     with Lace And Whiskey is 
     
     - that he's changing his style 
     
     with every song. Do you want 
     
    
   
   
    
     Alice 1 
     
    

    
     -copying Aerosmith (It's 
     
     Hot Tonight)? 
     
    

    
     -doing "house-wife heavy 
     
     metal“(You And Me)? 
     
    

    
     -singing about Fred As- 
     
     taire and Rudolph Valentino 
     
    
   
   
    
     .(King Of The Silver Screen)? 
     
    
   
   
    
     -singing old rock 'n roll 
     
     music while imitating Elvis 
     
     Presley (Ubangi Stomp)? 
     
    

    
     -confessing that all his 
     
     old rock classics were crap 
     
     (I Never Wrote Those Songs)? 
     
    

    
     -coming on like the Su- 
     
     premes, Motown production 
     
     job included (No More Love 
     
     At Your Convience)? 
     
    

    
     -sounding like he was re- 
     
     corded live at Westminister 
     
    

    
     -being just mediocre (Lace 
     
     And Whiskey, Road Rats)? 
     
    

    
     -at all (and be Damned If 
     
     You Do)? 
     
    

    
     The only sign of the old 
     
     Alice is the one line in 
     
    
   
   
    
     which he says he wants to eat' 
     
    
   
   
    
     his make-up and wear dresses 
     
     again. Those days, and esp- 
     
     ecially the music that go 
     
    

    
     with them, are, alas, gone. 
     
    
   
   
    
     (****) TRANS-EUROPE EXPRESS- 
     
     ,KRAFTWERK (CAPITOL RECORDS) 
     
     Donna Summer's synthe- 
     
     sizer dominated single, I'I 
     
     Feel Love”, is now burning- 
     
     up North American charts, 
     
     and if you enjoy that song, 
     
     then Trans-EurOpe Express , 
     
     by four electronics experts 
     
     under the name of Kraftwerk, 
     
     should also satisfy you.They 
     
     first broke in America with 
     
     “Autobahn”, a single from 
     
    
   
   
    
     the album of the same name.'f 
     
    
   
   
    
     A very successful album, 
     
     Radio-Activity, followed. 
     
     Trans-Europe Express con- 
     
     tinues Kraftwerk's tradition 
     
     of bringing you top-quality 
     
     electronic music. Check out, 
     
     in particular, the title 
     
     cut, and "Europe Endless”. 
     
     Kraftwerk are to electronic 
     
     music as Chuck Berry to 
     
     rock 'n roll, so get in on 
     
     Kraftwerk on the groUnd 
     
     floor, particularly Trans- 
     
    
   
   
    
     Europe Express. 
     
    

    
     (*****) PIPER (AeM RECORDS) 
     
     A lot of name bands have 
     
    

    
     sprung from Boston, includ- 
     
    

    
     ing J. Geils, Aerosmith, and 
     
    

    
     Boston. But a new five- mem- 
     
    
   
   
    
     ber band, led by Billy Squier 
     
     and called Piper, is superior 
     
     to any of those mentioned 
     
     above. They are by far the 
     
     best rock group to come out 
     
     of the United States in many 
     
     a year. * ” 
     
     Billy Squier is one of 
     
     the present genius' in rock 
     
     music. Along with writing 
     
     all the songs exéept the 
     
     Stone's. “The Last Time", 
     
     Squier plays lead guitar, 
     
     handles the lead vocals, and 
     
     even contributes in the per- 
     
     cussion category. His song- 
     
     writing leaves little to be 
     
     desired. The music takes . 
     
     numerous listens before the 
     
     listener discovers the var- 
     
     ious hooks inherent in each 
     
     of the songs. There is an 
     
     underlying magic in each 
     
     that brings you back time 
     
     after time. Add to this 
     
     mystifying music the cap- 
     
     tivating vocals of Squier 
     
     and you have an unbeatable 
     
     combination. The very subtle‘ 
     
     phrasings in songs such as 
     
     “Whatcha Gonna Do” leads 
     
     one to the conclusion that 
     
     Piper just can't miss. The 
     
    
   
   
    
     . dynamic combination of music 
     
    
   
   
    
     and vocal ability is espec- 
     
     ially eVident on “Sail Away” 
     
     a song I consider to be a: 
     
     classic for just that elect- 
     
     rifying pairing. As far as 
     
     his guitar work goes, Squier 
     
     rates with the best. The 
     
     Rolling Stone's “The Last 
     
     Time” never had it so good, 
     
     eVen from Keith Richard. 
     
     Piper is a band to be 
     
     heard from. Don't pass them 
     
     up. Their second album, 
     
     entitled Can't Wait, has 
     
     just been released. The 
     
     title js appropriate. I’ 
     
     Just can't wait for more 
     
     from Billy Squier and Piper. 
     
    
   
   
    
     (46m) FUNDAMENTAL ROLL - 
     
     WALTER EGAN (COLUMBIA) 
     
    
   
   
    
     Stevie Nicks and Lindsey 
     
     Buckingham of Fleetwood Mac 
     
     had some time to themselves 
     
     after the recording of 
     
     Rumours, so they entered the 
     
     studio and produced, Sang on 
     
     and played on the debut al- 
     
     bum of Walter_Egan. The fact 
     
    
   
   
    
     A that even in this company, 
     
    
   
   
    
     his album is a credit to his 
     
     own style of songwriting and 
     
     playing means that Walter 
     
     Egan is a major new talent. 
     
     "Yes I Guess I Am”, "She's 
     
     So Tbugh”, and “Tunnel 0' 
     
     Love“ are as good if not 
     
     better than anythingmMac has 
     
     done, and Egan deserVes as 
     
     much credit as his mentors 
     
     for their ultimate effect‘ 
     
     iveness. 
     
    

    
     If you're looking for 
     
     something to enjoy between 
     
    
   
   
    
     .Mac albums, Walter Egan's 
     
     Fundamental Roll is it.