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By PAUL DELEAN Examiner Staff erter Its been rather strange year on the Canadian music scene not quite success but by no means failure While good new artists were sprouting up all over the country several established stars slipped badl Album and single releases moliferatal yet Canadians hard time cracking the Top 20 in their homeland study of ItlM ma tIlelt charts reveals that onlzy nine Canadian singles made that yade in l977 woeful total when compared to the mini ber of as iraiits Only uiio Award Winner Patsy Gallant hit the top of the charts more than once She clicked with Sugar Dad Ty and Are You Ready For Love The single that went highest was You Wont Dan ce With Me rather corny effort form April Wine although Dan Hills Sometimes When We Touch is still active and threatening to dethrone it Fly At Night by Chilliwack Fightin On The Side of Love by Tlll Or Years dont pretend to have heard every album produced by Canadian recording act in 1977 but have listened to several dozen Here in order of preference are those that most impressed me Hard Rock Town Murray McLauchIan 18 the oxamlnor Thursday ago 15 1011 Delean on records 977 Dan Hill Stinging songs from the street delivered with fine rock edge by versatile per former and his exrel ent band Street Ballet Ken Tobias light uncompli cated skillIiillyproduced hit still active record tunes It Burnin At The Stake Domenic Troiano Something long awaited from this master guitarist an album of variety and consistency Au Nord De Notre Vie ano Resourceful op lwelve appealing Novelist born in Barbados turns pen to white society TORONTO CP Clarke the Barbadosborn Canadian novelist whose works have chronicled the ex periences of West Indian imr migrants now has turned his pen toward Torontos upper class white society in book titled More Clarke 43 who has been Canada since 193 says the no book is his first allCar work and contains characters It deals with for affine7 middleaged bored itiaew who rent penny they canindulge Ive titled Clarke because trons who wan thing yet wher everything or gm p2 theirlives SLIIIST You might say 993 in unhappy rich who hanks ea nedt irleisure Clarke admitted it mign seem radical departure from his previous works the bat known of which is probably The Meeting Point novel written from the Viewpoint of Carib bean domestic working for wealthyfarnily YOU ARE IN RAGE AGAINST TIME Austin Why should people be sur prised that Ive switched from kitchendownstairs new to drawmgroomupstairs view of the r1chhc said Man Im novelist and its my business to know both social milieux ARFER Altlllll Clarkes varied career has in beam Tironos broad 1m ieachzng Jfllig Orflarxl Arts outwit grant Ht drives 0m Mercedes Benz nd owns two large houses in Toronto AUEIIII was born in Barbados the illc gitimatl son of gambling art ist and to year old hotel maid HIS mother worked to provulc nun TERROR wiry Roach Bunnies at IO pm plus Revenge of Cheerleaders 825 only Staring MARK HAMILL HARRISON FORD CARRIC FISHER P€T€R CUSHING AL€C GUINN€SS minnod llll miniarr first izslate for mayor in conductmg workshop at rada College on an TriesteifitId larke Smokey Bandit Sally Field Jerry Reed Jackie Gleason fie him Wllll the islands best edu cation at Harrison College After three years as high school teacher in Barbados tlarkc came to tanada to study economics at liiivcrsity of To ronto He said he was victim of racism while working at vari ety of Jobs which ranged from being Janitor an actor clerk at the post office and reporter for The 4610be and Mail IFF SLPIORTET HIM In Nil he began to write gthttll stories about the home szckneSs and humor of West In dzan immigrants such as him self Two of the stories were his published and he was encourr aged to take year off to write relying on his wife Toronto born nurse of Jamaican an cestry to support him larke said the success he has tltJOyHT in the past decade including being Norman Mai lcrs favorite Canadian fiction writer has not diluted his con corn for his people friend recently called me matured militant he said Ive changed and the city hamhanged ammo is our minimi Burt Reynolds NIAT Allllllllll IN BARRIE AT 645 clieslra lhc ltaes Que Sera or Heaven On The Seventh Floor by Mighty Pope were others among the so ect few to penetrate the Top 20 Heart an American roup that called Vancouver onie when it rose to fame last year has apparently returned to the By some dubious logic however the group remained Canadian act from programming standpoint lleart had four charted singles in 977 in cluding the va id but ccr taiiily successfu Barracuda The group getting most in ternational attention for the second consecutive year was power trio Rush The band consolidated its position with new album Farewell to Kings currently best seller Burton Cummings Juno Award winner as best and most promising male vocalist didnt have hit to match his 1976 smash Stand Tall but it wasnt for lack of followups There were six of them in all including the theme track from his suc cessful second album My Own Way To Rock Certainly the best story of 1977 and some of the best most impressive discs timistic music modern yet folkloric from French Canadian octet based in Sud bury David Bradstreet The longawaited first album from veteran Canadian folk singer Intelligent in terpretation superb ac companiment Also recommended Bony ney Abramson Stowaway Bill Amesbury 1an You Fell It Toulouse thxport Boule Noirc tles Annees Passcntt Suzanne Stevons Crystal Carriagei and The Good Brothers iPretty Aint Good Enufti Top single releases Lou omes and Grows tMurray McLauchlanl Seasons tBob McBridel Long Long Road nlavid Bradstreet Set Me Free IJackson llawkc Once In Long Time Christopher Ward ERIC CARMEN Boat vvttudn BOA Runaway rrmu LEO SAYER Thunder In My Heart Your love Emy lotuve iltlixtlllfil llll Grecian Hiti Been Mellow SAMS NLY llmoro IIII gm CANADAS LAR Maggie May Seems Like Long Time Against The Current Lttiwtti mt Uit mm AWAV ERIC CARMEN boon Against Im tornn1 Didlt Tool In more tlll NILWIY NJt IINS OLIVIA NEWTNIOIIN Have You Never GIlI YOU CAN BUY IT HERE AND USE IT THERE DEW AT ANY SAMS STORE FROM HALIFAX T0 VANCOUVR AVAILABLE IN ANY AMOUNT IV as ANNE MURRAY draw on TV but music came from Toronto based mystery foursome Klaatu An American jourr nalist upon hearing their debut album 347 EST decided that they were the Beatles in disguise The story was complete hokum but it got Worldwide attention Klaatu was an item and the groups two albums have since sold im pressively boost was also provided by The Carpenters who have made hit of Klaatuiic titled alling to cupants While Klaatu was rising others were falling The of FRIDAY Gordon Best forts of former powerhouse BachmanTurner Overdrive to get back into gear were all for nought The bands year was effectively summarized by one of its 1977 releases My Wheels Wont Turn lerry Jacks who had ninemillion seller in Seasons In The Sun not so long ago produced only the in significant lley ountry Girl this year Anne Murray proved to be tremendous television draw but lid nothing to bolster her meagre musical output of recent years The Stampedcrs once surefire hitiiiakcrs ex perimented with new for mat in their effort to return to prominence The change hasnt done anything for them at least not yet For Gordon Lightfoot 1977 was milestone year his 20th in show business It was also quiet with no new album to appease his legion of fans Another name noticeably absent from record racks this year was an Thomas whose album Calabash ranked with the best of 197t His new release tentatively titled Road to Euthanasia was due in September but has yet to make an ap pcarance April Wine still one of the most popular groups in the nation cut two albums in Itt77 Forever For Now and Live At The El Mocambo The Lamplighter Room Come in and ask to hear your favorite country folk or popular tune while you enioy coffee sundae dinner or whatever 7X SATURDAY DEC l7 AM ONLY ROD STEWART EVERY PICTURE 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on the beam in l97tl The future also bodes well for veteran band Chilliwack which enjoyed banner year in anada and made inroads into the massive American market with album Dream Dream Dream Gino Vannelli however ENTERTAINMENT NOW TWO NIGHTS WEEK SATURDAY Jon Kirk BILLY JOEL THE STRANGER BILLY JOEL The Stranger Always Woman 7mltgtre AT SAMS ONLY 44 LINDA RONSTA GREATEST HITS LINDA RONSTADT Groateit Hits Thotll Be The Day Desperado l0mour AT suws om ILISS Alive II LP Sat Bllh Mord lurk Womon 77 Detroit Rod City l7 more AT SAMS ONLY Store Hours MonFri am pm Sat 9om pm Mavm Out Sbei 699 INVEST NOW DIAMOND NEEDLES fails to inspire the same assurance The Montrealers extravagant new release Pauper In Paradise is clinker New talents ready to step in and garner share of the limelight include Lisa dal Bello Prism Black Light Orchestra The Hometown Band Toulouse Malcolm Tomlinson Max Webster Lougarou Denise McCann IIIMPERIALCINEMAS DOWNTOWN BARRIE Canadian music scene Lisa Hartt Band and Foster child Punk Rock according to the media was going con cem in 1977 Never city to be out of fashion Toronto soon harbored its own slew of groups of punk persuasion rambunctious outfits with names like the Vilestones The Diodes and The Curse Maybe next year theyll even learn how to play can 7233440 ANYTIME now gt lllx ntertainmen Sometimes when you reach for dream you have to leave something behind Wed to Sat Dec I1 only Penny Lane The Fool On The Hill more Mmmow Indoor OILAIDUWN Dont tit Swan IWOULDNI WANT to at Kt vac ALAN PARSONS Robot Breakdown 7v Nucleus The Vouce more AT SAMS srrx Grand Illusion Come Sail Away Mus America mac AT SAMS ONLY IEI DIAMOND HOTAUGUST NGIT ml NEIL DIAMOND Hot August Night 77 Set Cherry Cherry more AT SAMS ONLY Unconditionolly unload for on AT SAMS one items on sale at advertised prices while supply lasts Fri Sat Man One each or arson VIIIIIIIII WM GEST AND BESTKNOWN RECORD STORES MONDAY DEC T9 AM ONLY BEATLES MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR Strawberry Fields Forever 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