On First Listening, Joni Mitchell's 'court And

The Rolling Stones Have Been The Best Of All Possible Worlds: They Have The Lack Of Pretension And Sentimentality Associated With The Blues, The Rawness And Toughness Of Hard Rock, And The Depth Which Always Makes You Feel That They Are In The Midst Of Saying Something. They Have Never Impressed Me As Being Kitsch.

The Who, England's Most Self-conscious Band, Have Released 'quadrophenia,' Which In Turn Freezes In Time Our Image Of The Mid-sixties Mod Sensibility.

When The Beatles Cut Old Rock N' Roll, They Were Recording Music Still In Their Performing Repertoire, And Besides, They Never Thought Of The Music As Old.

'let's Get It On' Is A Classic Motown Single, Endlessly Repeatable And Always Enjoyable.

The Modern Recording Studio, With Its Well-trained Engineers, 24-track Machines And Shiny New Recording Consoles, Encourages The Artist To Get Involved With Sound. And There Have Always Been Artists Who Could Make The Equipment Serve Their Needs In A Highly Personal Way - I Would Single Out The Beatles, Phil Spector, The Beach Boys And Thom Bell.