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...Songs of the Humpback Whale," Capitol Records, $2.99 at the Coop...
...rapidly-dying breed of whale sang these "songs" in the Athlantic off Bermuda. Some of the sounds are laughably unmusical-the closest description might be of a constipated cow in pain. Others simulate underwater noises: burbling and the purring of motors. And there are a few beautiful echoing calls-like those chosen for back-up on Judy Collins' latest album-that send chills down your spine...
None of the sounds are songs in the melodious sense that one would expect. The album might be better entitled Calls of the Humpback Whale, for they are calls as birds' songs are calls...
...RECORD presents many subtleties of whale song, starting out on solos, moving on to duets and then a very long trio. The first side begins with a solo, which bears a strong resemblance for the first few minutes to a badly squeaking door. During the song, which the record jacket assures us has not been speeded up or slowed down, there are some long high creaks. Band two plays these calls at one-quarter speed, showing the musical subtleties of a long high creak...
Pure Alaska. It was only two days before he was cashiered that Hickel became the first Secretary of the Interior to use the official Endangered Species List before-not after-a species was virtually extinct. By putting eight species of whales on the list, Hickel banned imports to the U.S. of nearly all whale products (meat for pet food, oil for cosmetics, shoe polish, margarine). "Hickel has chosen to make the list preventive rather than commemorative," said Roderick Cameron, head of the Environmental Defense Fund. Two days after Hickel was fired, the White House rescinded the order...