OVER HERE: Biggest event this month is the expected release of
KRAFTWERK'S New LP tentatively titled Europe Endless. . . RANDY PIE
single "England, England (We Can't Come)" is their next U.S. release.
Meanwhile, the band is working on a live album. . . Hardly a month passes
without something coming out from down under. This month's Australian
group is SHERBERT with some pleasant pop on their LP Howzat. . . If
Bach is ;your bag, check into Jon Santos plays Bach, an album of
synthesized sounds from Germany. . . For jazz fans comes JOACHIM KUHN's
Springfever out here on Atlantic. It includes Philip Catherine on
guitar along with John Lee and Gerry Brown, bass and drummer from Larry
Coryell's 11th House . . . Jazz Gala Concert is another album
produced in Germany and featuring some of the worlds most reknowned jazz
names. The concert was assembled to inaugurate a new German T.V. jazz
series. The LP includes hot playing by Gerry Mulligan, Stan Getz, Nat
Adderly, Grady Tate, Peter Herbolzheimer, Albert Mangelsdorff, Art Farmer
and many others. "A jazz fan's dream" . . .A collection of early PFM
recodings has been released here on the Cosmos label as part of their
collector series. Coming from Cosmos next monthj is an album by French
group TRANSIT EXPRESS and an album by Greek group SOCRATES.
OVER THERE:CAN have recorded a new studio LP called Flow
Motion and it should be in the import bins by the time you read this.
. .ELOY's fourth album is called Dawn and is on EMI. . . Hottest
act in Germany is UDO LINDENBERG & DAS PANIC ORCHESTER. Their new album is
called Galaxo Gang and it's being imported here. . . Other albums
worth watching for in the import bins include: FINCH Beyond
Expression, a progressive Dutch band with one previous U.S. release.
HAWKWIND Astounding Sounds, Amazing Music, these British
space-rockers have taken on a new label (Charisma) and attempt several new
musical directions with good success. LE ORME Smogmagica, Italian
band produced by Reverberi. . . THE BLUE EFFECT A Benefit of Radim
Hladik, progressive rock/jazz fusion from Czechoslovakia. VANGELIS
Can You Hear The Dogs Barking?, film soundtrack by the Greek keyboard
virtuoso. His last U.S. release, Heaven and Hell featured a track
with vocal by Jon Anderson. The first two albums by SOLUTION,
Divergence and Solution are now available in the import
bins. . .NEKTAR's A Tab in the Ocean, is availabel here on
Passport, and it's a completely remixed version of the original released
in Germany.
BUNDLES FROM BRITAIN: Lots of LP's from England to keep Anglophiles
up to their ears in wax. STEELEYE SPAN is back on the scene with
Rocket Cottage. There's a new album from ROBIN TROWER this month
called Long Misty Days. . .AL STEWART hasn't been heard from in
almost a year and his new LP is called Year of the Cat. . .STRAWBS
have a new label and their first for Polydor is out this month and called
Deep Cuts. . .Ex-PROCOL HARUM Matthew Fisher has produced an album
by RODERICK FALCONER called New Nation. . .MANFRED MANN's new
album, The Roaring Silence, is an outstanding accomplishment. It
includes a tune written by Bruce Springsteen and another by Mike Herron of
the I.S.B.. . .RINGO STARR's new single, "A Dose of Rock and Roll"
features Peter Frampton on lead guitar. . . .ciao 4 now