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TODAY CARL ASKS AN
By CARL MYATT IMPORTANT QUESTION:
Just how 'sick'
can we
get?
of
vacant
his career, Bobby tune called "I'm Still Dreamin'' quickly stepped into the "Little Boy Sad" and three al- bums, the third of which is just spot, and now
off the press. keeps the memory of a fine artist still alive.
Whether Bobby Vee sounds like Buddy Holly by accident or on purpose, I don't know, But their styles are o similar, even men with years of experience in the business of pop music have. difficulty telling thêm apart.
Since his emergence on the American music scene. Bobby
:
In the short time that he has been active, Johnny Burnette has made a lot of friends. His discs sell steadily. He makes the occasional big hit and generally derives a handsome enough in- come.
In short he is an average pop singer. There is little individu- ality in his style. Listening to him for the first time, he sounds young men in the business. He has a pleasant enough voice and a re- laxed style. "Bobby Vee With Strings And
con- His contributions on this -centrates on the ballad. He Liberty disc: "Johnny Burnette moves confidently from medium ́Sings," includes such tunes as
Tears" and "Diana" to such "Big, Big World", "Ballad Of
I spent a great deal of time last week trying to find out just vee has gone from strength to like half a dozen other
where and when this normally sane society of ours left the strength. track. The fad these days appears to be for "sick" jokes His new album is entitled and even "sicker" songs. It's weird alright. I don't have Things", and Bobby here any of the answers. Freud might have had. Both fads however originated almost definitely in the United States, tempo tunes like "How Many "Little Boy Sad," "Mona Lisa," and though the jokes can be attributed to such brilliant comedians soulful pieces as "Tears On My The One-Eyed Jacks" and as Mort Sahl and Shelley Berman (for forgetting their subject, their Pillow", and "That's All". material and presentation hints of genius), the source of the "sick" On Liberty LRP 3186. song is a little more difficult to trace.
An avid champion of the type of song almost exclu- "sick" song however has sively. And who can blame teen young Mark Dinning the singer. It is after all who came up with a couple his means of making a liv- of beauties Teen Angel" ing, and he naturally follows and "Come Back To Me My the dollar trail. Love."
Both tunes made the hit parade, and so quite na- turally Mark now sings this
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HAVING A CAMERA IS LIKE HAVING A THIRD EYE.
I blame us the record buyers. There is almost something as morbidly wrong with the record buying public as there is with the people who write the lyrics to these tunes.
Now from London comes the news of what to my mind is the ultimate in "sick" songs. This cne's entitled "Cold, White And Beautiful"!
As the title suggests, it tells the story of a young man who comes home to find his loved one lying on the floor, a revol- ver by her side. She has com- mitted suicide, so the song tells
There
some
be
Protege
But rest easily all you worried I doubt mothers and fathers. this disc reaching Our record stands. It's on an English label that rarely if ever distributes EPs in Hongkong.
however may enterprising dealer Once upon a time there was who'll read this and decide there's money in the ghoul business. Then all I can sug- gest is that you cut junior's pocket money. He probably has too much any way.
IN
+
MEMORY
OF
"Memories Are Made Of This."
On Liberty LRP 3190.
*
One of the hottest talents on the Liberty roster of talented young men is surely Gene McDaniels.
a young song writer who Here is a fresh new per- cooked up a lot of Ricky sonality who in the short time Nelson's best material, that he has been making re- cords, has come up with two One day he came to really big ones-"In Times Like Ricky with a ballad he These" and now "100 lbs Of bad called "Dreamin'." Clay". He hummed it through as Ricky listened intently. American hit parade for many Ricky liked both the tune weeks and added greatly to and the quality of the Gene's collection of fans. writer's voice. He sug-
The latter tune was
on the
His new Liberty LP "100 lbs Gene McDaniels" is
gested that the young of Clay! man record the song him- obviously meant to plug his big self.
hit tune. But there are many other good contributions from After much persuasion the this young Negro singer, making
us, because she has been un- Young Bobby Vee, a young young man agreed. The result: this LP well worth the buying.
faithful to him.
It's all pretty gruesome So gruesome in fact that the critics have already tipped it as an al- - most certain hit. See what I
mean now.
THE
singer from Fargo, North "Dreamin'" became a smash hit He sings in his own inimitable Dakota, was an avid fan for Johnny Burnette and open- style, "The End", "Portrait of of Buddy Holly. Whened up a whole new career for My Love", "Till There Was You"
him.
and many others. Buddy was killed in a Since then he has followed plane crash at the height up his initial success
with 3 On Liberty LRP 3191.
THIRD EYE
OF COURSE THE MECHANICAL EYE OF THE CAMERA IS DIFFERENT FROM THE HUMAN BYE BOTH IN FUNCTION AND OPERATION.
EVOTION
\VOLUNTARY ACTION
{INVOLUNTARY ACTION
VISUAL MEMORY
| WHEN THE HUMAN EYE SEES, THE LEAST IMPORTANT OF THE CONSEQUENCES IS THE VISUAL MEMORY RETAINED IN THE BRAIN.
•
WHEN THE CAMERA SEES, ITS SABLE SPETALIST
FUNCTION IS A VISUAL RECORD.
|IN OPERATION THE HUMAN EYE IS AUTOMATIC, FOCUSING OV NEAR OR DISTANT OBJECTS,
ADJUSTING ITSELF TO LIGHT CONDITIONS INVOLUNTARILY.
THE CAMERA, CAPABLE OF
| SEENG AS MUCH, OR MORE THAN THE
HUMAN EYE AND EVEN IN WORSE LIGHT | CONDITIONS, HAS TO BE PRE-SET FOR EACH DIFFERENT SET OF CIRCUMSTANCES.
Å Å
TO "SEE" ACTION
A SPEED
CONTROL
MUST BE
SET
50 100 250
TO SEE IN PARTICULAR LIGHT CONDITIONS THE APERTURE-A MECHANICAL IRIS-MUST BE SET CORRECTLY
TO SEE CLEARLY AT DIFFERING DISTANCES THE CAMERA MUST
BE FOCUSED.
THE MOST·
SIMPLE BOX
CAMERA COMPROMISES
BY HAVING TE NUNIMUM OF CONTROLS. IT SEES IN AVERAGE LIGHT, PROVIDING SUBJECTS ARE NOT, MOVING TOO FAST.
MORE COMPLEX CAMERAS, MORE VERSATILE THAN THE HUMAN EYE, NEED MANY CONTROLS.
PELAYED
ACTION
CONTROL
LIGHT
METER
RANGE
FINDER
INTER- CHANGEASLE
LENS
BUT ONE CONTROL IS ESSENTIAL TO ALL CAMERAS. TO SEE....
....... THE HUMAN EYE MUST HAVE
LIGHT GIVEN LIGHT THE EYELIDS MUST BE OPEN.
TO SEE....
THERE ARE TWO MAIN TYPES
OF SHUTTER
THE BLADE TYPE, IN WHICH BETWEEN ONE
AND FIVE BLADES ARE USED AND IN WHICH THE
PERIOD OF OPENING MAY
BE AS SHORT
AS 500 SEC
APERTURE CONTROL
FOCUS
ZONE OF FOCUS SCALE
CONTROL
..THE CAMERA MUST ALSO HAVE LIGHT GIEN LIGHT A SHUTTER
MUST BE OPENED.
THE FOCAL PLANE SHUTTER IN WHICH A ROLLER BLIND TRAVELS ACROSS THE LENS, PROVIDING LIGHT THROUGH A VARIABLE SUT. SPEEDS MAY BE AS SHORT AS 11250 SEC.
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