ROCK-A-RAMA

HEAVY ORGAN: BACH LIVE IN SAN FRANCISCO - Virgil Fox (Decca):: Virgil Fox accomplishes the rather unexpected feat of turning Bach into the Roller Derby. Which is probably what needed to be done all along.

HOPE (A&M):: Produced by Jack Richardson of Alice Cooper, Guess Who and Mitch Ryder fame, this Canadian group specialises in balladic panaceas with a strong Jesus-rock slant, inflated with full string orchestra which fails to hide the fact that they can’t write at all, though they don’t have to prove their instrumental chops much.