JUKE BOX JURY

Sometimes a mere 7” piece of plastic Can reach out and grab a whole vector of rock history, pulling it into focus for you for the first time. It happened, to me twice today. Sitting around with Marty Cerf listening to Dusty Springfield’s greatest new record,"Who Gets Your Love" (Dunhill 4341) I suddenly understood what Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds were all about, why the Four Tops had a hit on Dunhill, what the real story behind the short-lived TA label was, and a host of other fascinatingly trivial insights into the workings of the pop process.