Juke Box Jury

�Can�t you feel it growing, day by day? People, get ready for the Move!� Something�s growing, that�s for sure, and the Move have a lot to do with it. Their latest single is �California Man� (UA 50928) and it�s one of the finest takeoffs on Jerry Lee Lewis I�ve heard, but man, dig the flip side! �Do Ya� is such a natural pop record it makes me glow all over, yet UA neglected to even press it on their promo copies and it was out for months before I heard it. It moves from the start with the assurance of any Stones single, goes into a perfect chorus of �do ya do ya want my love,� then after another verse there�s a bridge that�s right out of the Sell Out Who, rising gently to a cliff-edge drop into the heavy �Can�t Explain� chording. Another couple of verses and it ends with a shout of �lookout baby, there�s a planet coming!� Amazing record. I only wish it were on the record.

Meanwhile there are enough brilliant singles on the air that I�m beginning to wonder if another pop renaissance isn�t just over the horizon. It�s not just the number of good records, it�s something about them and the way they fit together. There�ve been plenty of fine sounds all along, but where a Creedence single in 1970 was like an oasis in the desert, the best records now taste more like goblets of wine served in some pleasure palace of Baghdad — if you can follow that analogy. The standards are going up, too — already �Long Cool Woman� seems rather lame.