ROY BUCHANAN—My Babe (Waterhouse): :Buchapan’s career ain’t exactly been booming lately; he’s no longer on a major label and he’s not recording with big name session men, either. All he’s done here is to put together a fine, funky band that excels at the barroom blues ’n’ roll that is his specialty and lay down one of his best albums ever. When Roy begins to, flgx his Fender, even the super stars take notes. ■ M.D.

THE TROGGS-Live at Max’s Kansas City (Max’s Kansas City):: Now that Reg Presley is old enough to be the middle-aged lech he always sounded like, the thought of seeing him live and bouncing his beerbelly around the stage has been enough to keep, me away for the year or so that they’ve been around the Big Mango. Still, pieces of this album are full of the simple two chords and a prayer genius that launched heavy metal on .its way. The selection her‡ isn’t the greatest—five out of 12 are covers that were standard repertoire filler back irt ’66 (“Got Love If You Want It,” “Walkin’ The Dog;” “Memphis,”) —but if the Inmates can get away with it I’m not gonna complain. Highlights, besides, of course, Presley’s ocarina on “Wild Thing,” include the “Give. It To Me/FEels Like A Woman” medley (Reg sure does have: a way with the word “groovy”), the guitar wrenches of “Gonna Make You,” and both songs banned by the,.BBC— “Summertime” and “Strange Movie, ” the latter being the one they did On that Midnight Special that Bowie hosted back at the end of ’73. Us purists, however, will wait for Volume Two, which had better include “I Can’t Control Myself,” “Cousin Jane,” and “I Want You,” not to mention, “Hi Hi Hazel.” B.AI