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...born Maggie Bell is a European rock superstar. Her impassioned, straight-from-the-gut delivery-equally effective in bluesy ballads or skull-crushing rockers-has twice earned her election as Britain's top female singer. Her earthy vitality and ability to light up a stage convinced Atlantic and Polydor talent scouts to sign her up in 1973 for $750,000 worth of recording contracts. "I've never had a hit record in my life," admits Maggie. "But I'm a working-class girl, I don't spare the effort, and I know I have the ability...
Light as a Feather (Chick Corea, pianist, Polydor; $5.98). Imagine Sergio Mendes and Brasil 66 playing variations on Miles Davis and you get some idea of the results produced here by Jazz Pianist Chick Corea and his group Return to Forever. This is an ingenious blend of Latin, pop and jazz, both traditional and avantgarde...
SLAVED; Slade (Polydor. $5.98). Move on over, Grand Funk Railroad. Slade is a tough bluesy English combo that could well become the new champ of hard rock. Try Gudbuy T'Jane, their current English hit, for a starter...
...GROSSE HAMBURGER HAFENKONZERT (Polydor). Three LPs of harbor concerts from the port of Hamburg complete with gulls, ships' horns, and a seaworthy selection of North German songs...
...Like his fellow German pianist, Walter Gieseking, Kempff chose to go on playing in Germany under Hitler, now seems disinclined to risk McCarran Act visa difficulties, and the kind of uproar that sent Gieseking home in 1949. He has recorded most of the Beethoven sonatas in the past (for Polydor), but the Decca disks are new and marked by lustrous tone and silent surfaces. Kempff plays with splendid seriousness in the diabolical Hammerklavier, delivers such lighter sonatas as Op. 2, No. 3 with a hint of mischief. Twelve of his performances have been released on six LPs; the rest will...