European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 09, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse We a to a what s not record a review various a Roc radio Vietnam Quot it s Ohe of eight in the a morning a a the voice says at the beginning of a Tel s new Rock radio Vietnam album. Quot Welcome into a wednesday from Saigon. Army specialist Jim Ambos soul with Delaney Bonnie. I. Going to shake up your and after playing the record shake your soul Amross. Returns with an announcement Quot it s More than just a. Piece of paper. It s More than Ink and a few pictures. Its a newspaper. Its word from the states. Share the stars and stripes with your it on if you. Get a . A a. Is the album another nostalgia re creation not this time. A radio Vietnam is taken from the tape of an actual 1970 armed forces radio broadcast by Amross one of the network s disc jockeys in Vietnam time. The broadcast includes 10 songs a from aretha. Franklin a Don t play that song and free s All right now to hot legs neanderthal Man a and various Public service announcements. Among the latter an anti drug. Message a reminder of the deadline for sending Christmas gifts Back to the states and information about Absentee ballots. Quot there were several nostalgia collection geared to the Vietnam Era when the film Good morning Vietnam came out a few years ago but they were basically just songs a from the Era,&Quot.said Steve Wilson manager of product ,. Development for a Tel. A a Quot so Quot we were intrigued Veteran Rock. Thompson came to us with a reel to reel Tope of an actual broadcast. It seized to work on several Levels the music was interesting and it also captured a moment in a a Tel then obtained clearances from Amross who now does radio and television commercials in the Midwest y and the record companies whose songs were featured during the broadcast. Quot. Because the sound Quality of the music on the tape was uneven a Tel went Back to the original recording. Company masters of the songs to give the compact disc a cleaner sound. Two of the tracks a Freda Payne s deeper and deeper and chairman of the Board s everything s tuesday a Are reportedly appearing on cd for the first time in the United states. _ Wilson said that the a Tel marketing Campaign will. Concentrate heavily on magazines directed at Vietnam. Veterans. V a Quot there was some concern at first about whether Vietnam veterans would want to be reminded of those. Days a whether the music would bring Back bad. Memories Quot he said. Quot but we spoke with some veterans and they said they remember the music and broadcasts fondly because the music always represented a touch of a Robert Hilburn los Angeles time various a the civil War the original soundtrack recording a just As Ken Burns exhaustive pcs documentary the. Civil War brought a new reality to events most americans thought they already knew so too will the music on the civil War the original soundtrack recording change the average listeners perception of songs like Dixie and Battle hymn of the Republic. Although none of the. Performances Here quite count As historical recordings care has been taken to approximate the sounds of the. 1860s, from sonorous brass bands to plaintive fiddle tunes. It works too whether through the stately cadences. Of the old Bethpage brass band s when Johnny comes marching Home or the Jig like Bounce of Matt Gla Seks fiddle led marching through Georgia the Here a conveys a stunning sense of its time. A. A . Considine Baltimore Sun Cinderella a Heartbreak station there a one glaring omission on Cinderella s latest album its Lead Singer Tom Keifer s whiny shrill scream. That can be Good or incredibly bad. Keifert a Worth to the album comes not from his singing but from his sync Opatic guitar riffs disguised As a weird Cross Between country yeah can you ? deep. Gutsy blues. With led zeppelins John Paul Jones working on Many of the string arrangements it s no Surprise that this album offers a John Lee Hooker esque guitar sound with a Lew a dashes of heavy Metal tossed in. Shelter me the albums first single has a Peculiar singalong Quality that could Lead to its commercial Success. There s the steel guitar twang of dead Man s Road a a throwback to Jon Bon Jovits wanted. Dead or alive a and hard Bluesy riffs such As on the More things change a kind of Quot Georgia satellite with a hoarse cough Quot Type of song. Same with love s got me Doin time. A cursory listen Isnit Good enough to fully appreciate a the album give it some time and its sure to grow on you Rob Staggenborg staff writer Keith sweat soft spoken ladies man4 by Roger Catlin Hartford courant Keith sweat has been up All night putting the final touches on hts first tour in nearly two years. He did t get to sleep until 10 . On the Day it was to open in Syracuse . The tour Caps a month of rehearsals with his eight piece band. Everything had to be perfect for the Headliner of a show that features such equally Strong draws As Bell big Devoe and Johnny Gill. A a All this last minute activity May explain Why sweat is not As talkative As he might have been that afternoon just after waking up. So i understand you be been doing a lot of practising. Quot yeah Quot -. A up late last night and everything a. "right.&Quot.,. There is so much dead air in the conversation that the. Voice activated switch on the tape recorder is pulsing like a blinking Light. Its possible to transcribe the tape without stopping it. Still the interviewer pursues with his admittedly idiotic questions. Well opening night Are you nervous Well How do you feel a Quot in a just tired at the a he right of change the tack a bit. You re a professional. Don t give up yet. Think of him As a soft spoken ladies Man. Think of him As doing his communicating in the Middle of big Slick romantic ballads. That a right in the tradition of Marvin Gaye and Al Green a soul Man with a direct line to the ladies proven with things like make it last forever the title track to his debut album that sold 2 million copies or merry go round from his new album i la give All my love to you. Which is also approaching double Platinum there seem to be Mote romantic songs on your new album than there were on the last a Quot it was just a mood i happened to be in sweat says it is not Only his longest response it also brings an elaboration Quot it was the Frame of mind that i was in Quot of great. He wont bite on that one either. Switch to something else. Background. History. ,. Sweat was Harlem and began singing at 14, mostly with a new York group called Jamilah with whom he spent three years. Shopping a Solo tape he made with another Harlem Friend Terry Riley sweat caught the ear of. Vincent Davis whose Only hit at a entertainment recordings had been Joe ski love s pee wee s dance. With a Sharp ramp a feel that also used rap sweat and Riley were doing nothing less than creating a whole new direction for soul charts. His first single i want her not Only went to no. 3 on the pop charts it started a trend of similar sounding offerings from Al b. Sure Bobby Brown. And eventually Riley s own Trio Guy. It was a style called Quot new Jack swing a a term coined by Barry Michael Cooper in the Village voice and a style also used by his concert co stars Bell big Devoe and Gill. Sweat says he and Riley weren t out to Start a new trend. Quot we just tried to come up with something that was Good. And people picked up on . Yeah it seems like you can t turn on the radio without hearing that style Quot its been Are you Happy with the. Way its caught on Quot it makes me feel real proud apart of starting does it make you angry to see so Many people steal a the style All right. The history Well is dry. What s left but to go straight for the dirt. Dig up the lurid Angle the tour brings together elements of new edition and Guy whose Road Crews last year were involved in a fight that left one Man dead before a concert. Will there be revenge tension. A How. Are you Guys All getting along. Quot it s . Great. But hey look nobody buys a Keith sweat album 1�?�>h ear him talk. Even that seasoned interviewer Lisa Bonot Duin t have such great Luck when she was tabbed to quiz sweat in the current interview Magazine. The Cosby show Queen ends up talking More than he does. We pay attention to Keith sweat because of his singing. And he won t do that Over the phone. But i should have asked him to a soul Man Keith sweat has released a new album a i ii give ail my love to you. A Page 16 a a a the stars and stripes wednesday january 9, 1991
