THE CHRISTGAU CONSUMER GUIDE
B.T. Express: "Do It (Til You're Satisfied)" (Scepter). Boogity-shoogity, B minus. Eric Burdon Band: "Sun Secrets" (Capitol). In this age of fiberglass, Eric's stage show appears genuinely demented - his guitar players look like head-comix versions of Chuck Berry and Panama Red, and on his second encore he holds the entire mikestand in his teeth, like a dirk.
THE CHRITGAU CONSUMER GUIDE
by Robert Christgau
B.T. Express: "Do It (Til You're Satisfied)" (Scepter). Boogity-shoogity, B minus.
Eric Burdon Band: "Sun Secrets" (Capitol). In this age of fiberglass, Eric's stage show appears genuinely demented - his guitar players look like head-comix versions of Chuck Berry and Panama Red, and on his second encore he holds the entire mikestand in his teeth, like a dirk. But when the poor guy was on the radio in Boston not long ago, more than one kid called in to ask how he did the guitar parts on "Layla." C.
Fancy: "Wild Thing" (Big Tree) Especially on the tour de force title track, it sounds at first as if lead singer Ann Kavanagh might be the real Suzi Quatro, but she's not, she's just the pro. You can imagine hard-core rock? Well, this is soft-core. C plus.