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...Dave Mason. A superb solo album had fans anxiously awaiting what ex-Traffic member Dave Mason had in store as a follow-up. Patience is admittedly a virtue but four years is a bit long to wait for any album. The disc was finally released after the resolution of numerous hassles with Mason's record company and although listenable, it was hardly on a per with its predecessor. His third release, which just came out a couple of days ago, seems to resemble the first in compositional quality as well as musicianship. That part is reassuring, at least...
...creators are undecided as to whether she should be den mother or kid sister to the squad room, and they really ought to come up with a characterization more novel than either of those. In any event, neither Christie nor Pepper has much more dimension than Perry Mason's old sidekick, Delia Street. They've got a long way to go, baby. " · Richard Schickel
Tunes by Monteverdi and Vivaldi played by the New York Chamber Soloists. Free--For tickets, sent SSE to Peabody Mason, POB 153 Back Bay Annex, Boston, Ma. 02117. Wednesday...
DURING THE PAST couple of years, Traffic's force in commercial music has seemed to slowly dwindle. This was not due to a lack of novel material, as was the case with former member Dave Mason, who released every rehash of old songs possible ranging from live albums to greatest hits collections to half-live, half-studio albums. Traffic's course struck a different vein. Whereas Mason remained stagnant musically, Traffic explored new musical realms whose limits it reached rapidly. With the release of Low Spark, the group's personnel doubled, drummer Jim Capaldi was shifted to tambourine beater, dancer...
...lawyers like Mason, Hawkins and Preston routinely best prosecutors and private attorneys alike by dint of imaginative research and brilliant courtroom tactics. Without the aid of the TV scriptwriters, though, a lone practitioner or a small firm is rarely a match for a large adversary backed by a platoon of associates in the firm and a big reference library. Nor can small outfits usually afford the high annual fees electronics firms charge for use of computers that can search their prodigious memories in seconds and spew out legal precedents...