THE SOLAR SYSTEM: SHALAMAR, LAKESIDE AND MORE...

I say down with that funky nuclear jazz; the sensible energy source is SOLAR, the record label that could well become the Motown of the '80s. SOLAR evolved from the now defunct Sou! Train label (not to be confused with Adam VIII, Ltd., the compiler of those greatest-hits-from-the-TV-show-ofthe-same-name, the best early '70s soul collections you'll ever find in a cutout bin); Don Cornelius went chugging back to his video choo-choo in 1978, leaving chairman of the board Dick Griffey with 29-yearveteran harmonizers the Whispers (who mined gold in '80 with "And The Beat Goes On"), Carrie ("It's Not What You Got") Lucas, and a promising young vocal trio called Shalamar.