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Rock-a-Rama

ROCK-A-RAMA

This month's Rock-a-Ramas were written by Jeffrey Morgan, Richard Riegel, j. poet, Richard Meltzer and Michael Davis.

November 1, 1982
Jeffrey Morgan

HOOKED ON DRUGS (RCE):: Given the success of such best-selling albums as Hooked On Classics and Hooked On Swing, it was inevitable, I suppose, that someone would come up with the idea for this. Side one's "Hooked On Hallucinations" theme is an amusing enough medley which includes such hoary old chestnuts as "Eight Miles High," "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds," "Pictures Of Matchstick Men," "White Rabbit" and—wait for it—"Puff The Magic Dragon." The best, however, is saved for side two: the "Hooked On Heroin" medley, which features a stellar song selection, including "I'm Waiting For The Man," "Cold Turkey," "The Pusher," "Tonight's The Night," "Heroin," and (surprise!) James Brown's "King Heroin." How they could omit "Fixing A Hole" is beyond me but, should this set sell enough copies, there's always a chance that it'll be included in a Hooked On Drugs Volume Two. We can only hope. J.M.

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