Juke Box Jury

Well gang, here we are again with another column of unjustly ignored singles and other flotsam and jetsam of the music world. I hope you were as pleased as me to see Alice Cooper�s �Eighteen�, reviewed here last time, break into the national charts. I�d like to claim some credit for that, but though the column was written before the record had received any airplay, it had already taken off by the time CREEM saw print. But it�s good to know there are some courageous program directors around. Now if we could only spread that kind of success around to some other groups, like the Shadows of Knight frinstance.

�My Fire Department Needs a Fireman� by the Shadows of Knight (Super K SK10)

Yes, another Shadows of Knight record this month, fans! And this one�s just as good as all the rest, almost. Pure middle-of-the-road 1966 raunch-rock, from the classic chord changes to the way rhythm guitar dominates the record with a simple two-note figure. It�s hard and loud and raw, just what the doctor ordered for James Tayloritis. God save the Shadows of Knight!

�Big Bad Cadillac� by King Lizard (Original Sound OS-99)