The Blue Cheer suck!

That will give you some idea of what this column is about. Hope to point out a few things, tell it like it is or should be, etc. If you like it how I write it, then congratulations if you don’t, then go and read road maps! Doesn’t “In a Gadda da Vida” sound like “Sunshine of your Love”? What ever happened to “Long Haired Boy” by Tim Rose? Richie Havens seems like a very nice, pleasant-type person. Tim Buckley doesn’t.

“Whiter Shade of Pale” prior to its release by Procol Harum appealed to Otis Redding so much that he wanted to release it as his next single. Apparently lost all interest when he discovered the Harum was white!

Read a really early edition of the Fifth Estate last week. You know-from the days before “peace” was a dirty, unprintable word.

WWLV-FM-Keener’s new call letters, really stand for We Want Lower Volume-For Music! Please take note, all you young, aspiring amplifier players.

Does MC in MC-5 stand for Mr. Sinclair? or Mr. Coltrane? or Mr. Cleaver? Or even Motor City?

Well, spring will be with us soon -so will Procol Harum: back with their same set taken from their same LP’s, played in the same dynamic, hard-hitting, joyous manner. Spring will probably be gone before they are.

Interesting to note that Dave Teagarden (Vanwinkle and Teagarden) played on an early Tiny Tim session. Well, / found it interesting.

Who has the legendary Blue films (stag movies) of the SRC?

Dan Carlisle will shortly reveal that his REAL real name is Merton Schwartz and that he isn’t really a Disc Jockey, and that his show is done by one of ABX’s multi-talented secretaries who used to be an Olympic barbed-wire hurdler until her tragic, voice-lowering accident. Still, it only hurts when she laughs or listens to CKLW.

Was Ed Sullivan born as obnoxious as he is or did he have to practice the technique?

Eric Clapton is the mystery voice on Zappa’s Only In It For The Money brainchild, “Nasal Retentative Music.”

Amazingly good reproduction of album sound by Spirit live!

A1 Kooper, writer of “This Diamond Ring”, plays keyboard instruments on Taj Mahal’s new album, as well as producing Don Ellis’ new album. He gets around!

Russ Gibb; man of a thousand personalities-master of none; is, quite suprisingly, a good person. Bill Graham, not so suprisingly, is pretty offensive!

Wonder if they’ll ever release “Wrapping Paper" by the Cream in this country, or the original Cream “Spoonful.” Both can be bought in Canada. Nice to see Aretha finally recorded “The Weight”. It’s difficult to tell nice guys like the Iron Butterfly how bad they sound. Doesn’t the Led Zeppelin album remind you of the Jeff Beck album, in particular, Page’s guitar work? What ever happened to the imminent release of Dylan’s “Yeah-heavy, an’ a bottle of bread”?

Did you know that WABX almost wasn’t? Next time you call to ask a request-please be nice. You’d be amazed how many people aren’t.

The Frost have signed with Vanguard and are presently cutting their album. Cuts are: Side one-Take My Hand, The Family, Sweet Jenny, Long WayDown To Mobile, and Mystery Man; Side two-Baby, Once You’ve Got It, Stand In The Shadow, Little Suzie, Killer Chicken Blues, and Who Are You?

When Jeremy Spencer (Fleetwood Mac) was young, he used to make cardboard guitars and get very uptight when they wouldn’t play.

“I Heard it through the Grapevine” by Marvin Gaye was recorded five years ago. Betcha didn’t know that! The single is Motown’s biggest seller ever. Gladys Knight and Pips come a close second with the same song.

Go out of your wat to hear “Side of a Hill” by Paul Simon. Call WABX-they have a tape of it.

Turn on to Garolyn Hester, “Astral Weeks” by Van Morrison,

“The Indo-Jazz” and “Handbags and Gladrags” by Chris Farlowe.

All of them are great. “Red Beans and Rice” from Brian Auger’s new album is their stage “showstopper.”

Blue Cheer is also the name of a type of drug. The drug has nothing to do with a HYPE-odermic syringe. The group has a connection.

Hope your conscience lets you sleep!