Redbone and Friends Dominate A Sunset Music Roundup
Leonard Redbone and guests steer a wide array of vintage style in a 1970s style review. Leon Redbone shines with oldies and a distinct persona while Lou Rawls Nat Adderley New Riders of the Purple Sage Jefferson Airplane and Grand Ole Opry entries add depth to the contemporary catalog. The piece closes with How to Grow Orchids a Sunset Book overview.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW Riders OF the Purple Sage
MCA
California
San Francisco
Stephen Love
Allen Gumbs
Grant
Grace Slick
Grand Ole Opry
RCA
Country Palace
Nashville
Connie Smith
Chet Atkins
Bobby Bare
Hank Snow
Dolly Parton
Jim Reeves
Ronnie Milsap
Dottie West
Lane
Hawaii
Rock Books and Records Face the Test of Time
A review of rock literature and discography notes publishers winding down catalogs from the 1960s while saluting standout books and albums. It praises Rock On for the 1950s, Enyclopedia of Rock for the 60s, Rolling Stone Illustrated History, Rock 100 by Dalton and Kaye, and Illustrated Encyclopedia of Rock, while highlighting Al Kooper’s Backstage Passes and Keith Jarrett’s Shides along with related jazz and rock releases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norm N. Nite
Lillian Roxon
Sounds
Rolling Stone
Grosset and Dunlap
David Dalton
Lenny Kaye
Patti Smith
al Kooper
Stein and Day
Ben Edmonds
Kooper
Ritchie Yorke
Methuen
Garland Jeffreys
New York
Sleepwalker
Ray Davies
Ray Davies and Company
Kinks
Keith Jarrett
Jarrett
Dewey Redman
Charlie Haden
Haden
Ornette Coleman
Alice Coltrane
Paul Motian
Allman Brothers
ABB
Short takes on new films including Noah Ark docu drama
The review covers In Search of Noahs Ark as a four part docu drama with reenactments interviews lab work and eyewitness accounts. Rocky stars Stallone and Shire praise for depth though imperfect. Special Delivery, a crime caper with Vietnam vets, mixes comedy and suspense but feels slow with weak social digs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Ararat
Asia Minor
Rocky
Sylvester Stallone
Philadelphia
Talia Shire
Ugly Duckling
Bo Svenson
Top 10 Albums Week of March 5 1977 Billboard
The March 5 1977 Top 10 albums list features A Star Is Born Soundtrack Hotel California Animals Songs in the Key of Life Year of the Cat Fly Like an Eagle Boston Rumours Night Moves Wings Over America with primary entries from Streisand Eagles Pink Floyd Stevie Wonder Al Stewart Steve Miller Fleetwood Mac Bob Seger Wings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Streisand & Kristofferson
Eagles
Animals
Pink Floyd
Stevie Wonder
al Stewart
Steve Miller Band
Boston
Rumours
Fleetwood Mac
Bob Seger
America
Wings
Billboard
Navy sailor builds impressive S3A Viking model aircraft
David Lindsay, chief aviation machinist's mate at Air Antisubmarine Squadron 41, crafted a one twelfth scale S3A Viking model with 68 inch wingspan and 14 pounds. The $1000 project features retractable landing gear a tail hook working flaps and a 1.5 horsepower fan jet driving speeds up to 80 mph. Lindsay plans college study in aeronautical engineering after Navy service and hopes to market model kits once his flying skills mature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Imperial Beach
Calif
Naval Air Station
David Lindsay
Lindsay
Air Antisubmarine Squadron 41
North Island
San Diego
Viking
Navy
The Coin Box Sale Fails to Meet Canada Olympic Profit Hopes
Canada began its Olympic Coin Program in 1973 to help fund the 1976 Montreal Games but inflation strikes and cost rises push profits down to 125 million dollars, half of expectations. Canada produced 28 commemorative coins as lasting records and hopes Russia and future hosts mark Olympics with coinage too.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Russia
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Nebraska
ETV
Leon Redbone
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Vancouver
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Ann Arbor
Mich
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Lazybones
Bing Crosby
Sophie Tucker
Bob Dylan
Maria Muldaur
John Prine
Mariposa
Buster Keaton
Bombay
Afghanistan
Warner’s
Leon
Sheik
Lawrence Welk
Lou Rawls
Capitol
Rawls
Nat Adderley
Hummin
Little David
Adderley
John Stubblefield
Onnie
Rock
Yorke
Zep
Mariette Hartley
Rosie Sayer
Warren Oates
Charlie Allnot
C.S. Forester
Munich
Omaha
Allied Tours Travel Agency
U.S. 20
Columbus
KMTV
KTIV
Sioux City
KHAS
Hastings
WOW
KETV
KCNA
Albion
KCAU
KOLN
Lincoln
Columbus Weather
KUON
12Th St
Mulcahy
William Christopher
Maj
Margaret
Hot Lips
Houlihan
Loretta Swit
Donald Penobscot
Beeson Carroll
Frank Burns
Tenance
Federal Reserve
Franklin Roosevelt
Public TV
Willi Boskovsky
Vienna Corps de Ballet
Skyway Drive-In
Teirls
Christina Hari Jane Anthony
Jill Damas
Wendell Burton
Jim Backus
Gregory Sierra
Lana Wood
Iproducers Releasing Organization
SKY Theatre
Metro- Goldwyn- Mayer
George Schlatter
Dennis Dugan
Michael Warren
Tamara Dobson
Vernee Watson
Jayne Meadows
Wayland Flowers
Ron Clark
Sam Bobrick
United Artists
Clint Eastwood
Dirty Harry the
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