I Saw Rock N' Roll Future And

James Taylor May Be An All-american Boy But He Isn't Horatio Alger, And The Lionizing Of Many Rock Stars By The Rock Press Has As Much To Do With Old Fashioned Rags-to-riches Stories As Does The Straight Culture's Deification Of Its Idols.

'call Me' Is Not An Exceptional Al Green Album, But It Is As Solid As A Rock At Its Center.

Atlantic's Jerry Wexler Believes First-rate Records Are Made By First-rate Voices. He Certainly Has Worked With Enough Of Them: Clyde Mcphatter, Joe Turner, La Vern Baker, Ray Charles, Otis Redding, Solomon Burke, Wilson Pickett And Aretha Franklin.

The Beatles Never Sounded Intimidated By Their Idols. They Never Interpreted Old Rock; They Simply Played It As Well And As Joyfully As They Knew How. On 'rock 'n' Roll,' John Lennon Does Nothing But Interpret Old Rock.

The Beatles Production Is Often So 'perfect' That It Sounds Computerized. 'sgt. Pepper' Really Does Sound Like It Took Four Months To Make.