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Speaking Of .M Big Sti By BOB CRAFT BIG STAR No. 1 Record Ardent ADS-2803 This group has produced a record here that could turn into this year's version of "Sittin' In," the smash sleeper of last year. The group is out of Memphis and perhaps the only one you have ever heard of in the group is a fellow by the name of Alex Chilton. Not familiar? How quickly we forget. Alex was that raspy throated dude who wailed out "The Letter" among others for a group called the Box Tops not too awfully long ago. Well, the Box Tops have gone away, redeemed so that Dick Clark can have his very own Buys And we'll th If you're b a BritRail Youth I And at no If you wai F.. Bta I . u USIC ar: Comb Tony Tiger Breakfast Bowl and Spoon and we have Alex Chilton and his cohorts in Big Star. Somewhere along the line Alex cleared his throat and the sandpaper in his voice went away, presumably with the Box Tops to Battle Creek. How to describe the Big Star? Well, it's kind of hard because there are so many styles at work here you can dredge up influ ences from Led Zeppelin, the Stones, the Moody Blues, the Pink Floyd, the Byrds, the Hol lies, the Cufflinks (no kidding) and of course the Beatles on individual cuts. When you get the record you can find your own influences. But, the point beyond the point that one of these guys (I'm not sure who) can doing a bang up Robert Plant imitation is that it doesn't matter. Not a bit. You didn't fault Help Yourself for sounding like the Springfield and God knows you're still buy i lof England fo row in Scotland etween the age of 14 and 22, yot 'ass for 15 days of unlimited ecc all over England for just $45. extra charge we'll throw in Scotlai it to stay longer, you can buy a one Youth Pass for $85. For those of you w~ whether you're a post grac we have a BritRail Pass fo: Either BritRa anyone of our 160 can take you froi north as Aberde Howev restriction. BritRa sold in Britain. Yot here in the U.S.A. b There are als bargains you may be One is the It entitles you to a castles, gardens ; Britain for onl Thece shrinkers - leave Lon< and go t Covent price:l and n: Li tRail -itavel inforrnation tnIsland, Ne ,rk 10314 l'm under 22 and I want to buy Britain for $45. I'm over 22. but I want to buy Britain too. I wnt to get in(nd out of) the 'Iower of Londoi I want to see Britain shrunk. dress SCity State Zip BritRa ination a Review ing that lame CSN&Y imitation called America, so there goes another rule. But even these are bad exam ples. Because with all this varied styling carrying-on, you like. It's the first record I've gotten hold of recently that I could actually stand to listen to all the way through, both sides, without skipping a cut. A minor miracle in itself. And its happy music. I'm very tired of everybody trying to be as evil as the Stones. What it does for me is dredge up 1965, the Beatles and trying to get the family car. Reactionary hogwash and David Bowie owns the world. Yeah, I know, I read the papers, but still, there ought to be room for uncomplicated rock and roll, something that doesn't have to be two tons heavy or as greasy as truck stop chicken r $45. I and Wales. i can buy nomy rail travel id and Wales. month BritRail ho are over 22, luate or a professor, r you too. il Pass lets you ride 3 daily trains. They n London to as far en -and farther. er, there is one il Passes are not 1 must buy them :fore you leave. o two other travel interested in. Open to View Pass. dmission to over 400 md museums all over y $5.50. 'ther is the Britain Four neat tours. You :lon in the morning either York, Chester, ry or Bath. The tour ncludes all admissions lunch in a pub. And at ght you'll be back in mndon in time for dinner and a night on the town. -I ~I f Differani before it is acceptable. Someone said in a recent arti cle about the Raspberries some thing to the effect that there is very little music that is pro duced to sound good on a car radio and that most teenagers today are more worried about getting laid than about the energy crisis or Mr. Nixon's subversion of democracy. Take a song on AM right now. "Rocky Mountain High" for instance. The dude in that song is 27 years old and his big hang up is worrying about the seren ity of clear mountain lakes. "Killing Me Softly With His Song" the main character in that song is a jaded lady who came to a concert or nightclub because she heard this guy was different; he might amuse her. None of these songs talk about people having fun or any thing. Now this may seem pre tty far afield, but when was the last time you heard a song that simply made you happy without trying to solve the world's prob lems, that is without socially redeeming qualities? When was the last time you heard a song on the old car radio that made you jump and want to turn up the volume real loud? Yeah, yeah, I know, you're all sophisticated-up and can't be boothered with that. But if you Easy To Open Gamecock Charge Account $100 (Limit) I BRITTONS Why don't we eat in at the Coliseum tonight? ood I'll call they ha sliver y The . TMA//VILL DELI VERY TO THI 827 HARDEN STREET OPEN 11:30 A.M. tol1 AM (2 AI Styles haven't heard a single, the chances are albums are a lot fewer and farer between. Big Star isn't like that. I put it on and let ride. I didn't busy myself with perusing the cover or seeing the name of the cut that was playing at that instant. I was too busy enjoying the music. And its very simple, one side rocks, the other side is dreamy and nobody get shortchanged because there are six on each side. So no matter what your musi cal taste, for an easy to take record that'll make you smile, try Big Star. Wills Named To New Post Elizabeth T. Willis has been appointed assistant director for transfer admissions ot the University of South Carolina. Mrs. Willis, who has been working in the Admissions Office on a part-time basis while in graduate school at USC since February 1970, was for merly director of admissions at Erskine College for seven years. She expects to receive her master's degree in student personnel services from the University of South Carolina in May 1973. In 'her new post, Mrs. Willis will be responsible for all opera tions of the transfer admissions office. Frats Plan MarathOnGame Two USC fraternities are planning a marathon football game, with the proceeds to go to the Sickle Cell Anemia Fund. Spokesman for Phi Delta Theta and Kappa Alpha Psi revealed plans for the marathon will start at 12p.m. Thursday March 8 and will continue until Saturday March 10 at noon. Information concerning the game can be obtained from either the table in the Russell House Lobby or by phoning 5668. 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