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STAY AWAKE (A&M). A collection of tunes from Disney films is a bundle of surprises. Suzanne Vega spooks her way through a Mary Poppins ditty; Tom Waits does a mine-shaft version of Heigh Ho; Ringo Starr and Herb Alpert loft When You Wish Upon a Star: a little eccentric but beguiling enough to be more than novelty...
Probably the most ambitious perfume peddler is Herb Alpert, the trumpeter. He spent five years mixing his own curiosities in a lab at home before coming up with Listen, a floral scent for women. Muses Alpert: "A fragrance has an opening note, a treble, bass and midrange." His product, a sellout in California boutiques, may achieve volume as well...
...Bullitt. Sometimes it is comic, as in Smokey and the Bandit. It invariably involves smashups and high tension, but rarely does anyone get hurt. Alas, nothing could be further from reality. "The pursuit is a cop's most deadly weapon other than a gun," declares criminal-justice professor Geoffrey Alpert of the University of South Carolina. Some believe it is deadlier. Says Erik Beckman, professor of criminal justice at Michigan State University: "High-speed chases probably result in a greater toll in injuries and deaths than incidents involving police use of deadly force...
...Jam/Lewis produced and written Hearsay, demonstrates, there's an advantage in using the same formula. They say that practice makes perfect, and in this instance, Jam and Lewis just about perfect what they've practiced many times before with artists as diverse as the SOS Band and Herb Alpert...
...Neal, in another Motown parallel, is a modern-day Marvin Gaye, able to sing powerfully on both funk jams and ballads. And for Jam and Lewis, accustomed to the frail voice of Jackson or the nonexistent voice of Alpert, a real singer completes the framework they've needed to perfect their sound...