Dayton Daily News from Dayton, Ohio • 85

Campbell Polishes Up Notv-Type Tunes Records By B.W. Glen Campbell. "The Last Time I Saw Her" (Capitol). Campbell's latest goodie-bag contains some of my favorite now-type tunes and I'm sure you'll be pleased, too, with such as She Understands Me and the very positive Today Is Mine-both written by Glen's "Good Time Hour" companion Jerry Reed. Another pair of tunes from a friend-Gordon Lightfoot-makes for pleasant listening: If You Could Read My Mind and the title tune.

The Last Time I Saw Her. lest you blame young Glen Campbell fur a friendship album, there are other numbers included: The Theme From Love Story and an innovative rendition of He Ain't Heavy. He's My Brother. None of these were written by bosom buddies-although Campbell and the composers are not enemies, either. One of my current favorites-Kris Kris-tofferson's Help Me Make It Through the Night-is done bee-yoot-4-fully by Glen.

This could possibly become the definitive rendering of Kris' highly definitive must-. cal essay. Glen Campbell may be of Scottish descent, but there's nothing parsimonious about this plethora of tunes and talents. Good-o Glen. Keep 'em comin" on PETE EG ER," Rainbow Race" (Columbia).

We bandy about such words as "trou-bador" and "balladeer." Pete Seeger is lioth-and oh so very much more. The livin' to lust two lifetimes. It's down on wax. On this album. And the liner notes are good, too.

Xew Hired Hluegrass New Grass, The Blue Grass Alliance. (American Heritage Music Corp. AH 10- 30S) There's something here for every blue-grass fancier, and a lot of other people, too. The album's title implies the creation of bluegrass from music that hasn't fit the mold before. Under the slick professionalism, fine instrumentation and vocal harmony of this new breed blue-grass group, the songs fit now without a fault.

It's commercial enough to be widely appealing, as in "Gentle on My Mind" and "Early Morning genuine enough for the aficionado, with "Freeborn Men." "Where Were You" and "Randy heavy enough for the growing numbers of long hairs who are getting into bluegrass, with "One Tin Soldier." And the "New Grass" version of "You Ain't going' Nowhere" lends new dimensions to a Bob Dylan song that could never have existed in the Dylan a tonal. -Nick Taylor. Truth in Packaging The Mothers Of Invention, The Worst of the Mothers. (MGM SE 4754) A masterpiece of truth in packaging, this album is exactly what its title says it is. Sledgehammer satire, garbled voices, and sound effects all contribute.

Necessity may be the mother of invention, but don't feel you need to listen to this truth is in this kicked about-kicked around guy. Seeger is the poet laureate, of the downtrodden-mid puts his sometimes pithy poetry in motion with music. This, he does here. Succinctly. Precisely.

Pete sings well. Very well. Oh, not with a silken smooth. Sinatr style, but with a gentle concern and warmth. The songs in this album come full spectrum: Rage and romance.

Hilarity to high dudgeon. Yes, I'll use it-from laughter to tears. Comedy and tragedy. Bathos and pathos. Wanna run the gamut? Do It with Pete.

And for Pete's sake-and yours-run out and buy this fine collection of Seeger-mania. Warning: If you think of yourself as "sorta to the right" in your political leanings, don't waste your money. You just wouldn't like the albums contents-might even wind up hatin' Pete's guts. He's got enough gut-haters to last for a lifetime. Come to think of it.

Pete's done enough Week's Tops This list top records in tkl OaytM is compiled or radio stations hosed oot mmd dixt mott frequently rufaested my ten erg. WING' Pons Touching Wrap-Up of Man's Life Country 1. Uncle Albert-Paul and Linda McCartney 2. Ain't No Sunshine-Bill Withers 3. Smiling Faces Sometimes-Undisputed Truth: 4.

Sweet Hitch-Hiker-C'reedence Clearwater Revival 5. Won't Get Fooled Again-The Who WDAO'sSoul 1. Mercy, Mercy Me-Marvin Gaye 2. Can You Get to That-The Funkadelic 3. A Part of You-Brenda and the Tabulations 4.

Breakdown-Rufus Thomas 5. Spanish Harlem-Aretha Franklin I IIO Albums 1. I ove Story-Vikki Carr 2. Sweetheart -Englebert Humperdinck 3. Stoney End-Barbra Streisand 4.

Sinatra and Company-Frank Sinatra 5. I Won't Mention It Again-Ray Price WONK's Country 1. Easy Lovin'-Freddie Hart 2. Good Lovin' (Makes It Right) -Tammy Wynette 3. The Year Clayton Delaney Died -Tom T.

Hall 4. Pitty, Pitty, Patter-Susan Raye 5. I Wonder What She'll Think About Me Leaving -Conway Twitty By AL FREEDERS "Yesterday's Wine." Willie Nelson (RCA Victor), -This album is the most touching piece that I've come across in many years as it covers the story of a man from birth to death recalling different incidents of life. Starting with "Family Bible" as a child, the cycle revolves around love, hate, bitterness and finally back to God when it's "Coin' Home" time. It's hard to word the feelings it leaves a man such as I.

With the exception of "Family Willie Nelson wrote all the material here, which gives me one more reason to highly respect this man and his work. (A) "LAWANDA LINDSEY'S GREATEST HITS," Vol. 1 (Chart). CHS-1048 Through no fault of Lawanda's, Chart is "pullin' somebody's leg." These are not 10 of the greatest, although I presume they are the better ones 'nuf said. Young and full of pep.

Miss Lindsey has an excellent course of paving started with this company. I must she didn't turn me on at first but as the tunes kept coming. I began to like what I heard. Better material will show off her real talent. I've settled for: "You Make COUNTRY TALK Recently, I ed some country talk to my friend, Bette Smith of New Carlisle.

Since then, her hubby. Ken, called and said that the label wanted a name to identify with the Roaring 20's sound of her hit, "I'm A Lady," and Bette became Margo. Very catchy don't you think? Ken advised of a Gavin pick and Record World pick. Pleasant things are happening for Margo congratulations to a deserving gal Sept. 11 is a big day for Dayton town.

WONE Shower of Stars present the Merle Haggard show with Bonnie Owens. Roy Drus-ky. Billy "Crash" Craddock For the best in country music tune to WONE-AM for details. Terry, Jim, John, Bob, John and David O. will fill you in Dianne McCall has taken the marriage vows with Buck Evans, bass player with Jim Fd Brown.

The wedding took place at the home of steel guitarist Curly Chalker Don Gibson is being booked by Buddy Lee. Says Wesley Rose, who has booked (iibson for many years, "It's the best thing I could do for Don's future'' Fpicv'Columbia producer Glen Sutton is producing another member of his family, his mother-in-law, Liz Anderson My Day," "That's a. No No." "I'll Take Your Word'' and "Partly Bill." (B) "Baby, You've Got What It Takes," Charlie Loiivin'Melba Montgomery (Capitol). ST-808 Charlie and Melba ring a bell in anyone's memory, but it seems as though their natural resources have been drained beyond recognition lately. The exact cause is hard to pinpoint, thus making the finale useless.

As I am by nature "easy to get along with," acknowledgment of several tunes is available. They are: "Did You Ever," "Baby, You've Got What It Takes." "After the Fire Is Gone" and "Take Up Where' Goodbve Began." (C) Sumptuous Collection of Traviata Excerpts Classics. T' ADMITTEDLY, there's never been any particular shortage of recordings of the Edouard Lalo Symphonie Espagnole. latest, from Telefunken 'which lures, violinist Konstanty Kulka and Sinfonie-Ochester des Polnischen Rut); funks under, the baton blazimierz; Korrjf is attractive, enough.1 a ji h.iU yfiw hi j. But it is" the performance! Satium Sa.ens'flnuxidiictionand JRondo Capricc-iom jsiiwt he reverse, jiide jtJiwt, attention.

the play1 of instrument against instrument, soloist against orchestra, offers excitement and Kulka By BETTY DIETZ KREBS Lorin Maazel who conducted the Cleve-' -land Orchestra's opening concerts at Blossom Center this summer holds reins on a sumptuous collection viata excerpts newly released, fitful! opera is also available from London. 'There is much to admire in tiiisliand-- some Pilar Lorengars silvery soprano in the flc rid Verdi arias, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau'l superb singing as. the -elder Germont and Giacomo Aragall's Alfredo. demonstrates a high order of solo playing. (Telefunken SLT 43119-B) A MUST for, the organ, buff and the Olivier Messiaen.enthusiast-they're like, ly to be one and the same-is the record? ing of one of the French composer'! major works, Les Corps Glorieux.

Filling out the album, is a shorter more mystical piece, Le Banquet Celeste. -This is an excellent performance, beautifully corded, by Simon Preston who uses for the occasion organ in the Cathedral and Abbey church of St. Albans. (Argo ZRG 633) DAYTON LEISURE 1 But more than thatthisis a perform' Vnce tljat spotlights some magnificent orchestral playing op the part of Berlin Deutsche Oper The balj j.v ance and the clarity are exceptional. London OS 26193 (for highlights) -London OSA 1279 (full opera) 4 FACE 14.