After a number of delays NEKTAR's third U.S. release is out. Called Recycled, it features Larry "Synergy" Fast playing synthesizer on some of the tracks as well as lending a hand at production. The band is now about ready to embark on a major tour of the U.S. . . .JANE's third album is their first to be released here. It's already a couple of years old and is hardly representative of the band as they sounds now. Their fifth LP called Earth, Air, Wind, Fire was recently released in Germany. . . .SILVER CONVENTION have their second album out, following closely the release of their lead singer's solo album. DONNA SUMMER has her second disc out called A Love Trilogy. It's much more polished and sophisticated than her premier LP and should be a big hit with the disco crowd. . . .more disco sounds arriving soon from Germany as RANDY PIE's next single will be strongly disco-oriented. . . .From Italy comes an album called Contamination by RDM released here on the Cosmos label from Peters International. . . .MONTY PYTHON will be appearing live at the City Center in New York from April 14 till May 2. Hard Core Python fans may want to make a trip to the Big Apple as it's billed as their only U.S. appearance. . . .More contemporary rock jazz sounds from Australia released here. AYERS ROCK have their second album out; it's called Beyond. . . .Polish artist NIEMEN will soon have his first U.S. release out. It will be his album Mourner's Rhapsody which is already familiar to import buyers and Triad listeners. It was recorded in New York and features Michal Urbaniak, Jan Hammer, Rick Laird, and John Abercrombie. . . .Turk-rocker, ALEX, has his third album ready for release. It features guest appearances by the drummer and bass player from CAN, Jaki Liebezeit and Holger Czukay. When Alex opened a show for BAD CO. in Munich las year, they were so blown away by his performance that they invited him back on stage with their encore. . . .In the Import Bins: Shamal by GONG is their fourth for Virgin and their first without Daevid Allen. More commercial than anything they've done before. Northern Dream by BE BOP DELUXE leader BILL NELSON, an early solo album now being imported due to the rising interest in BBD. Highdelberg by AX GENRICH, ex-lead guitar from GURU GURU includes guests from KRAAN, CLUSTER, HARMONIA, and Mani Neumeier of Guru Guru. Sagittary by a Scottish band called BEGGAR'S OPERA; they had an album out here on Verve many years ago. Chickenfarm by a group from Germany called ALTONA. It's good hard jazz rock and should appeal to fans of Passport and related music. More jazz rock, this time from Italy on an album called Blink by NOVA. They're the first Euro band to be signed by Arista. GASOLIN a Swedish hard rock band produced by Roy Thomas Baker, who also produced QUEEN.......ciao 4 now