
"Bob Dylan is reported to have said of Smokey Robinson that he is 'today's greatest living American poet'; that is a hard act to follow, but I love this new album enough to want to go on and say more even when there is nothing more that needs saying."
ON CAROLINE / the Doors in Concert . . . . . Kris Weintraub
SMOKEY ROBINSON & THE MIRACLES . . . . . Paul Williams
BEAU BRUMMELS . . . . . Paul Williams
RANDY NEWMAN . . . . . Samuel R. Delany
BRIAN: PART III . . . . . David Anderle/Paul Williams
U.S.A.: WHATEVER HAPPENED TO PHIL LESH . . . . . David Flooke
TOM RUSH . . . . . David Hartwell
THE OCCUPATIONAL HAZARDS OF SELF-CONCEPTION/the Kinks and the Who . . . . . Robert Somma
THE VELVET UNDERGROUND . . . . . Sandy Pearlman
BUDDY GUY . . . . . Peter Guralnick
AUTOSALVAGE . . . . . Marc Silber
COVER: United States of America, photograph by Elliott Landy and design by David Flooke