Kingsport Times-News from Kingsport, Tennessee • 13

Night Moves BogSeger (Capitol) OK I know know But just because hot right now mean I like him does it? I mean I like the title cut and "Main rates with best So not great as a whole but some parts an A- Mike Auldridge Mike Auldridge (Flying Fish) Auldridge is one of the best dobro-ists around He is the legendary Seldom-Scene (check out their classic "Live at the Cellar on Rebel) This all instrumental save Jimmie Sunshine and My with Emmie Lou Harris guesting on harmony Vassar Clements is here as well No doubt about talents but things like "Last Train to bnng this albumn down a bit A B- Chords Of Fame Phil Ochs He passed A-plus Beach Beach Boys (Capitol) This is the legendary live in London LP that surfaced on import years ago Its current release is the latest attempt to cash in on the burgeoning nostalgia fad As live albums go not too bad Mike Love talks too much and the song selection Birds Over the is somewhat sappy in places and outdated But the spirit of the Beach Boys is still in full flower "Barbara is always nice to a hear as is "Good and "Do It The cover kind of grows on you too (graphics by Dean remember Jan and Dean?) B-plus 24 Great Truck Driving Songs Various Artists (K-Tel) backing track sounds like something off Magical Mystery Tour of the is always nice and Days on the jerks me straight away into my childhood So three out of 24 bad This even warrant a grade call it for incomplete The Shot Of Rhythm And Blues Rod Stewart (Private Stock) El Stinko Only die-hards should even be allowed to look at this albumn Some things are better left unsaid Michael Clark has been reviewing records for the Weekender for some time He calls them like he hears them and we think he finishes in the money most of the time His impressions of new releases appear weekly and he grades them from a scale of A through Zoot Allures Frank Zappa (Warner Bros) I care if he was on Saturday Night a B- Fall For This Big Ape By TOM YANCEY Times-News Staff Writer The new KING KONG is playing at local theatres In case you missed all the razzle dazzle this one is an update by Dino Di Laurentis who did set in the present time and the story has quite a few touches but essentially the same movie at least as I remember the original from the late bow And entertaining a little silly in spots but it has a lot to recommend it The cast is good The main character is not really Kong as you might expect There really a main character There is a corporate oil hunter almost a cartoon of a goal oriented company man He soon becomes ludicrous with his tailored jungle duds and his obsession with finding oil mostly so he can advance up the ranks of Petrox which rhymes with and has one less than Exxon Then there is the young primate zoologist from Princeton He has long hair and a beard and in a moment of charity characterizes the oilman as an Wants to studyexploit Kong Immediately there is THE GIRL A starlet who survived a yacht explosion because she want to watch a screening of below decks she becomes a member of the oil exploration party bound for an uncharted island Naturally the natives want to make her a sacrifice to Kong the neat part is that they fall for each other Kong is impressive about 50 feet tall The special effects are very good The only time Kong look beTevable was during his capture and that may have been an intentionally dreamlike sequence is too young (in geologic time) to use so they exploit what is available namely Kong Better than a tiger in your tank The press is another heavy which may explain some of the bad reviews this picture has received The press is always there pushing and shoving aiding and abetting Reporters make Kong lose his cool they are the first to the scene of his demise Not a sympathetic portrayal But entertaining and this is entertainment after all Kong has a lot of presence His facial expressions are overdrawn but the point is always made Helreacts to his bride as any red-blooded maleWght to (At this point I think I shouldpoint out that this is not a movie that wily offend many people The ape shows admirimle restraint There is some near nudity non-frontal some of it evidentlyto indicate the passage of time Kongiha THE GIRL fall for each other but things work out) The movie has its heavies too The obvious one is the oil company The oil on the island January 1977 Times-News Weekender Pape 3.