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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (April 21, 1995)
J u s t o u t ▼ a p r ii 2 1 , 1 9 0 5 V 31 AURAL GRATIFICATION B eyond R etro , Retro has come to mean revisiting the 970s and disco but some new CDs take us further back V Laughing Horse Books A Sweet Honey m the RocK concert is a powerful a coppella ritual, a revival, a mass meeting and a call to action Back by popular demandi featuring by Aaron Bong Garden Variety Dykes: Lesbian Traditions in Gardening $ 10.00 3652 SE Division ♦ 236-2893 Open Mon-Sat 11-7 687-5000 Sign nanm ta Springtime Album Release Concert Motherlode Friday, May 19 Northwest Service Center 8 p.m. , Tickets $13 advance $15 at the door; available now at IPs My Pleasure 236-0505 and all Fastixx outlets: 224-8499 From left: Betty Hutton, Keely Smith and Dinah Shore V ario us A r t ist s Big Bands in Hi-Fi, Vol. 2 AàAà Wow! What a compilation! Every big band number my grandparents love to listen to on their oldies station is in here. In the Mood, Song o f India, Lover Come Back to Me!, Begin the Beguine, Sentimental Journey, and Lullaby ofBirdland are all included, with plenty more. All of the recordings are remastered from the actual originals, and are conducted by some of the best names in the big band era like Benny fact that some of the songs— It Had to Be You, My Funny Valentine, Lover Come Back To Me!— have been done by so many different artists proves the strength of their lyrical and musical content. With a great voice singing them, they are en hanced to the point of excellence. The Keely Smith CD is the one that didn’t really sparkle for me, though. Smith just doesn’t stand out in the way that Hutton and Shore do. Her version of Stormy Weather is great, and so is You Go to My Head, but beyond that nothing really jumped out to grab me. V a r io u s A r tists Goodman, Duke Ellington and Count Basie. Sure, big band music doesn’t appeal to every one, but most people I know enjoy the talent and the sound of this time period. Skeptical? Just look at the success of Harry Connick Jr. An incredible collection, perfect for that big- band itch in all of us. D inah S h o r e / B e t t y H u t t o n / K e e l y S m it h Great Ladies o f Song, Spotlight On... *A A All three CDs are beautiful. The true essence of each performer is perfectly captured at the peak of their careers. Of the three, I most enjoyed the Betty Hutton collection. Her vocals gave me those warm-fuzzy chills. Like when you hear mom singing in the other room when you go visiting. (Only for some of us, this might not be an entirely pleasant memory.) Included on this CD are Love Is the Damdest Thing, It Had to Be You, Doin ’ It the Hard Way, and the newly popular (since Bette Midler brought it back). Stuff Like That There. Listening to Betty Hutton is incredibly refreshing. A matinée idol surviving after all of these years through her voice. The Dinah Shore CD is a treat as well. I enjoyed it almost as much as the Hutton compila tion. Shore sounds great in these recordings. The Hooray fo r Love: Capitol’s Great Gentlemen o f Song AA A This is the ultimate collection of classic love songs. Before Andy Bell crooned Oh / ’Amour or Sophie B. Hawkins exclaimed Damn, I Wish I Was Your Lover people used to listen to the likes of Frank Sinatra and Tony Bennett tell them of love. On this compilation, culled from the vaults of Capitol Records, all the songs are the older songs of love. Lou Rawls sings Stormy Weather, Sammy Davis Jr. tells us You Are My Lucky Star, and Chet Baker pokes fun at My Funny Valentine. Truly, though, either you love them or you don’t. No in betweens. The Capitol “Spotlight On” series focuses on some of the individual gentlemen of song; look for reviews in next issue’s column. P r ic k U p Y o u r E a r s : Watch for Melissa Etheridge coming soon in concert. Garth Brooks’ lesbian sister, Betsy Smittle (his bass player), will be releasing her First solo album soon. And the return of Dee-Lite to the City of Roses is destined to happen shortly. Maybe Lady Kier will be clean enough to be enjoyable this time. Then again... , It will be a Portland party at this debut concert for Motherlode's new fourth album. Precious Stone Join us for our celebration! CD's and tapes o f Precious Stone will be available for the first time at this event; after that, they will be available at It's My Pleasure and other local music stores. The concert will be ASI, interpreted. CLASSIFIED AD INFORMATION RATES: Ads for private individuals are $5.00 for up to 25 words. Each additional word is 50 cents. Rates are per insertion. JUST FRIENDS ADS: Just Friends ads require a Post Office Box or a Blind Box. For a Blind Box, add $7.50 per insertion to cost of ad. 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