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3853?: gftoek THE BATTALION TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 1975 Page 5 Manzarek album representative tkm. 66 loin 1 •flnl life fnti, on JianlPt fronH 916 ion. W. I ' Ittl H on ,dif- Cal! ;mo- dson 7868 Mrs. of Ad- 308tft aitm» m klon-Fa or thm olApi* Colitfi 6Tn m <s By JOHN VANORE Staff Writer Second only to the death of Jiini Hendrix, one of the most significant: tragedies of rock was the loss of Jim Morrison. After his death, the Doors put out two albums and then dissolved the group to go their sepa rate ways. The best known of the remaining Doors was their keyboard player, Ray Manzarek. Ever since eighth grade I’ve thought that Manzarek was great. In my bubble gum/soul oriented grammar school, I defended his keyboard genius against onslaughts from Vanilla Fudge (barf!) and Young Rascals (before they dropped the “Young”) fans. That’s quite a long time. Manzarek’s jazz roots and Morri son’s theatrics and lyrics really held the Doors together. Robby Krieger and John Densmore were basically expendable, but the other two were essential. When Morrison died, Manzarek took over the group, and we then got a glimpse of how strong his influence was on the Doors’ music. His first solo release, ‘‘Golden Scarab,’’ kind of fell flat, but his new LP, “The Whole Thing Started with Rock and Roll, Now It’s Out of Con trol,” (that’s a mouthful) puts Man zarek up on a level with Keith WEDNESDAY IS LADIES’ DAY AT HARDY GARDENS! A WHOPPING 10% DISCOUNT ON ANY PURCHASE TO EVERY LADY VISITING US TOMORROW... AND EVERY WEDNESDAY! _ HARDY GARDENS 1127 Villa Maria...Bryan Texas Ave., So./..^. College Station The Dandy Lion .Manor East Mall 911 THINK BUFFALO THE MSC CAFETERIA WITH ALL YOUNG CHIEFi AND INDtAN\PRINCESSES TO QREAT POW WOW. ORDER ROtyST BUFFALO AND BE INITIATED IN THE ROYAL ORDE1 OF BUFFALO HUNTERS. THIS IS REAL BUFFALO ... NO BULL. ALL WHO PASS THE TEST WILL BE PRESENTED WITH N INDIAN HEADBAND. Because of tb will 1) Indiai items MSC Cafeteria. / „ eaCh evening 4:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Quality First VM ids. 8' I 131* [ "1®* I 'Bluebonne.t^eutelrt/ by Phula Unique pendants, bracelets, lockets, necklaces, pins, earrings, and Iramed miniatures each featuring a single stem bluebonnet fired on fine china. /Auatabie at &/6 [titedtariat^d. ^an.'Jl^ym/ f7/3)&23-S2// /0:00.5.-d0'% e .Sai. © 1974 Emerson and Rick Wakeman. Not that their styles are at all similar; Manzarek isn’t diddling with Wakeman’s orchestral rock ego trip, and Emerson is rather unique. But take a look at the credits on the album jacket — Manzarek plays every keyboard instrument in crea tion and then some, and plays them all magnificently to boot. The instrumentation on this album is outstanding, but Manzarek ’can’t take all the credit himself. His back-up band includes guitarist Joe Walsh (formerly of the James Gang, now on a solo career), and vocalists Flo and Eddie. Let’s look at the songs them selves. The title cut is a good, fast number with lots of jazz input, especially on Manzarek’s piano. “The Gambler” has to be one of the best cuts on the album and Man zarek shares the spotlight on this number somewhat with Walsh on guitar, until he opens up a bit on an organ solo. “Whirling Dervish” is just that, an instrumental where Manzarek takes a back seat to the horn section, especially the saxes, but it tends to wear thin after a while. And “Begin the World Again” is the Doors all over again as Manzarek’s keyboards come to the foreground once more. The song evolves into a sort of “Book of Genesis according to Manzarek” with lyrics full of “Let there be . . . ’ and it builds to a fever pitch just before fading to a close. Side two opens with Satanic laughter a la Morrison on “I Wake up Screaming,” an amusing song about nightmares. It’s cute, but no milestone of musical accomplish ment. It does, however, feature a bit of poetry written by Morrison. “Art Deco Fandango” is pure jazz-blues fusion, with clarinets and horns complementing Manzarek’s tack piano for a light-hearted, re freshing change of pace. “Bicentennial Blues (Love It or Leave It)” really fitted the style of “L. A. Woman,” the last album re leased by the Doors with Morrison. The keyboard and guitar riffs are overly reminiscent of their style for about the first half, but the organ/guitar/percussion takes on a Santana-like sound for a while. But wait — right in the middle Man zarek breaks out in the intro to “Light My Fire, to lead up to his final vocals. “Bicentennial Blues” is probably the best selection, by virtue of Manzarek’s organ playing, and it, thus, gains an edge over “The Gam bler.” “Perfumed Garden, ” the finale, is notable for being rather undisting uished. At any rate, “Art Deco Fan dango” and “Bicentennial Blues’ offset any disillusionments in the first and last songs of side two. And they do it in spades. All I can say in summation is that Manzarek is a superbly gifted per former and that “The Whole Thing Started with Rock and Roll ...” is an excellent and varied showcase for his talents. I’m sure that anyone who listens to the album will agree. Well, I’m sorry I broke my prom ise. Last week, I said I’d write a good, vicious review, but I felt that this was far more significant. Next week, you’ll probably be reading about Alice Cooper’s latest offering, unless I find something newer and more relevant, so you’ll still get your mudslinging. Many thanks to Ernie at Music- land for supplying the copy of the album used here. ★★★ It looks like Town Hall beat me to the punch with their questionnaire. But will somebody please tell them to take Humble Pie off the list? The Pie disbanded after their American tour, which the March 23 perfor mance in Houston was a part of. My choices were BTO, Lynyrd Skynyrd, ELP, Linda Ronstadt and the Average White Band. But I’m not going to hold my breath. If any one of those groups makes it here. I’ll eat my words and swallow my pride. And if they get ELP, I’ll eat my hat too (campaign hat, no less). For the benefit for you who lis tened for my radio show Sunday, apologies are in order. I arrived at the Student Govern ment Radio station early that after noon only to be informed the trans mitter was down (inoperable). I hope to be on the air next Sun day from 1 to 4 p.m. So for some decent music in the Capitol of the American Top Forty, tune in to Sergebutt Serenade at 107.5 FM on Midwest Video. Now available in low-priced Pocket^ Book editions iiiiiilllllipli I::?*:::*:*:*:::: ANP TH£ ain't too dap### fOF\ MATUfkL KIP£> IF ToiA ' STATVTI igpo . 0 • AT 2+ : 00 AHP 7-00 fM • flUETDOOM'S (fad 33td) No. ZW647M-$105.00. 17J, white top, textured case and bracelet, fashion glow black dial. 17J, self-winding Chronograph, water tested to 229 feet. Stainless, yellow dial, luminous. 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