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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Honkers & Screamers (vol. 6) is perhaps the most definitive Rock & Roll album in the series. This instrumental LP of very early (mostly around 1948) sax-led rock features Paul Williams (not the short blond mutant), Hal Singer, Big Jay McNeely (the main argument for this set) and other important sax screamers. McNeely's ferocious sax attacks coupled with some of Rock & Roll's earliest arrangements are powerful statements indeed. In a sense, this record hints at a very primative form of jazz rock: highly improvised yet controlled-by-the-arrangement sax playing is set against Jazz's traditional "walking bass...
...roads and bridges of the 6.2 mile course. Members of the Boys Club of Boston dispensed cups of water at the seven waters stations, Massachusetts Institute of Technology students watched from the roofs of fraternities and serenaded the more than 6000 women with selections from Jackson Browne's album, "Running on Empty...
...latest album, Wild Planet, lashes out at the unconvinced and forces all within listening distance to start dancing with fresh fervor. With this album, the B-52's lay firm claim to the zany territories that their first album (The B-52's) merely staked...
Soon, their wildness caught on, propelled by the anthemic "Dance This Mess Around" and the irrepressible ridiculous tones of "Rock Lobster," but their spirit still seemed repressed on that first album. Without the visual effects, the bare music sounded too thin and repetitive. They've replaced the loose craziness with a tighter brand of insanity. Refinement supplants disorganization; their energy emanates in a more controlled and direct fashion. They communicate better because their musicianship is more solid. They've matured and they know it. This new confidence and improved ability gives both their live show and their new album...
...only slack moment, which isn't even that weak, stems from unoriginality, when the female harmonies on "Dirty Back Road" start sounding like clones those on the first album's "52 Girls." But "Dirty Back Road" has a stronger beat that avoids any trouble spots...