European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 23, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                By Holly Selby Baltimore Sun w Hen Tom Austin looks around his store sometimes he gets the feeling he s in the baby sitting business instead of the record business. A. Quot there Are a lot of Little kids in Here Quot says the manager of the record bar in Glen Burnie my. Quot i guess they re spending their allowances. I be seen a lot of Little kids come in Here Flop $20 on the counter and buy eight or nine  a a \ 1. A a some of these kids May be picking up a heavy Metal cd or even a Golden Oldie single. But look out Mick Jagger a your  could be. A Bunch of turtles. That a right a the newest hot group Isnit inns it stunt. That a teenage mutant ninja turtles to the unzip or the grown up. A a they re not real they Are real they might not be real to you but neither is Santa Claus Quot says Steven Leber co producer of the turtles current Quot coming out of their shells Quot tour. Quot the kids love . A. Indeed Leber is not the Only producer convinced that cartoon characters can sing Barbie will made her Rock a debut when her album the look was released Jan. 15. Shell probably go on tour next year says her manager. And just before Christmas Geffen records released a 10-song album called the Simpson s sing the blues including the hit single do the Bartman. Quot its the biggest thing Quot says Michelle Blum a Baltimore Mother of three. Quot even the baby dances when the Simpsons video is  a ,. Its All part of a recent Boom of Slick sophisticated music from the new kids on the Block to Barbie aimed at the younger set a kids aged 5 or even younger to 13. Many other groups while not aimed specifically at kids Are drawing Youthful fans As Well says Paul Grein a columnist for billboard Magazine. A Vanilla ices current Success a its the fastest Selling album since Princess purple rain a owes a lot to kids and . Hammer s you can t touch this appeals to a lot of kids  / the timing and Price of the Rock for youth movement is right according to Market analysts at last baby Boomers who Cut their Teeth on the beatles and drove their parents nuts with the rolling stones have children who have reached the age of consumption. And. According to research done by the j. Walter Thompson marketing firm children Between the Ages of 5 and 14 account for $6 billion a year in  spending. A a it a the second baby Boom if you will Quot says Ralph King president of Rincon records producers of barbies album. Apparent that those kids were very Active in terms of entertainment buying that there was a Strong Appeal to them for music and products that they perceived to be More credible and a Little More grown  and parents who grew up Loving Rock Are also More Likely to pay for entertainment in the form of Rock music for their kids Grein Points out Blum confirms that her kids a Ages 1,3 and 5 a listen to. Music Quot because of their father. They know certain rolling stones songs a and they have the disc from the Turtle . A although there were acts appealing to the Young Bunch in the 1960s, such As the Archie a and later cartoon rockers. Such As Jose and the pussycats Grein thinks the real impetus for. The new Young Rock came when acts that Drew preteens began Selling big. A three years ago with the Success of Tiffany and Debbie Gibson who had multimillion Selling album s and a Long string of hits i think people began catching on its a natural Extension of the Market Quot he said. I Call it Tot Rock Quot says Leber one of the producers of. The Turtle group. / Ltd a becoming quite the thing because they be grown up watching mtg and music has been part of their lives and their parents lives. My. Parents never played Rock they played classical  at Phil Collins serious hits. Live sure Phil Collins is an extraordinarily prolific. Creator of hit songs and a. Video Demigod but in t this collection redundant these 15 songs fake from last year s but seriously our Are a bit too  like Don t lose my number in the air tonight suss Dio easy Lover and one  have become so radio Friendly that they be taken on a Muzak like Quail i in order to prevent familiarity from Breeding contempt Collins could Helve tricked up his standards with some new arrangements guest stars or other surprises but for what s not record a review the most part what you have Are the same songs performed in pretty much the Samp Way you hear them on the radio in movies and on Beer commercials. The Phenix horns punch things up on occasion especially on suss Dio but could have used some help to keep this from being More than just a recitation of previous studio works. Bob Marley a Talkin blues this is the Era of the retrospective spectacular when a record company puts together a nifty Box set that includes every chord struck by a particular artist since his first Junior High garage band. Yet to Mark the 10th anniversary May 11 of Bob Marley a death from cancer Island has come up with a package that includes a relatively modest 11 songs and 10 Short excerpts from a 1975 interview. These previously unreleased recordings were done in a studio in 1973 when the wailers were supposed to be touring the United states As the opening act for sly and the family Stone but were dumped reportedly for being too Good and up staging sly. Included Are standards like Burnin and looting shot the sheriff get up stand up and others with similarly soothing music and Seething lyrics. The Surprise is am a do which has never been on an album. Inthe interview snippets Marley discusses rastafarian hero Haile Selassie who had died a few weeks before the interview the breakup of the original wailers and other musical topics but his heavy accent renders Many of them indecipherable. A a William c. Trott up Page 16. A a a the stars and stripes wednesday january 23, 1991