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. Never before has the band

-- Chicago had such a perfect

opportunity to shake off the
tedium that has infused its

_'style--over 13 years of

recording. It has taken a
new record label; anew lead

vocalist and. — most. im-—

-portantly — a -wite, two-
year break. between the Tast
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‘released ‘Cutcaigo 8" (Full
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was. 5 taken | on : board not for
the sake of adding a fresh
sound to the group but

because his. own voice

pattern so, perfectly fits the
Chicago mould.

“And finally, Chicago will
never enjoy a revitaltzation
of lis sound until thé wind

seein — James Pankow,

Leé Loughtiane 3 Walter
Paraanider — try for'a little

‘just another tired reworking —

of .12 previous studio”
releases? .

For one thing, the band’s
strongest writer, bassist
Peter Cetera, channelled a

* Jot.of hia beat recent. work °

into a solo Project. released
during the Chicago luil. For
another, the new vocal
recruit, Bill Champlin (Sons
of Champlin) apparently

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’ Selences presents bats as.
.. little cutie-pies.

_ There probably are 10

billion bats-in the world, in-
450 species, and’ they’re

pretty good citizens. . But

because of fiction and~

". folklore and their nocturnal,

Secretive habits they are
"much maligned, wat
. Among their finer’
qualities, bats “can catch .
| and eat mosquitoes ‘at the ©
‘rate of 12 4 minute. |
‘They cohabit amiably -
with birds, using the ‘same
’ airspace. at night while the
-hirds sleep, ;

They’re a chummy lot,
- believers in free love and
~ ghey even operate their own
maternity wards.
True, a few have nasty
- habits which give batsbad
. Feputation. and -these, . tog,
are. illustrated ~ In, Night:
wings, ‘the: exhibition’: on.
display’ here -until Labor.
- Day. It: then.» “goes: on'-
-‘National tour. *

Nightwings aims to shed.
. light on the dusky bat world .
“and dispe| myths that: ‘they’
like to tangle with people’s |
“hair, drink ‘human.’ Blood; -

"- garry rabies. and bedbugs .

“and generally terrorize. the. .

it community.

Of the -19 speties in’

- Canada only the Ilttie brown. -

“* bat ‘ind the big-brown bat,
are ‘common, says Carleton’

, University's 'S ‘Brock. Fenton, :

“special consultant’ for the .

. exhibition: Others: are found

in the arid forest regions. of

- Southern British Columbia,

. Bats. are: blessed with -

some impressive built-in
mechanisms. The few flesh-
eating types of South
America have — special
hearing to tune in the -
mating calls of frogs, and

. “they ‘even can distinguish
between the edible Romeos.. _

. and the poisonous ones. -
Bat “fishermen” skim the .

_ water using echolocation to
detect tell-tale . ripples
caused by anchovies. and
other smallfry, But on rainy -

days they're out of business,

thrown off by raindrops,
Contrary’ ‘to: popular
belief, bats. —~ the only
mammals truly able to fly —
—'can see, but because they”

* are night. creatures they

rely heavily. on biosonar to
emit sound | pulses which |
bounce off their prey. In the.
. fall they go in colonies to
mines or caves. to mate
indiscriminately and then
hibernate.

The bond between - pairs
“does  yot- last’ beyond
copulation; the sperm. is
stored over winter in the
uterus and fertilization does.
fot take place: until ' the

"female ovulates in: spring.

‘Then the females fly off to-
form nursery colonies; | ~
Nightwings features:
close-up photos, an enlarged
model ‘of. the ; - bad-guy
.. Vampire bat, alow-motion-
films of bats in flight and a:

‘puppet show and two special ~

<~sHows —. Wired for Sound
and Acrobats. of. the-Night.

- The three ‘species ‘of

vampires, all An ‘South:
- America, are agile on the
ground, scurrying spider-
- like onto sleeping animals,
their razor-sharp, blade-like
teeth taking a scooping bite..
They Jap, rather than suck,
and their’ saliva keeps the

_. wound from coagulating, -

Aside’ from: possible in-.
lection they: don't do” much ©

- damage, except: in’ areas

where there are” ‘Many.
‘hungry - “vampires and’ 4-
+), Searcity. oft prey) Them the.
toll may be, fatal). oo

_ Guitarists ~ a
collaborators. Better off Jost a
in space than taking part in: °
» this: ‘grim View: Roma: the, |

ae * Grating:

inventiveness with their
arrangements. Under the
banner Chicago Transit
Authority, the group.came
on the scene.in 1968 with an

- exciting brand of Jazz-and-

- blues-tinged rock — with the
“horns providing: the. band’s
‘identity: but they've been
milking the samemnow-tired
His far too long.

Best bet on Chicago's 16th
album. (their catalogue. -

includes two greatest hits

anthologies and an. over-
.- blown, four-record live set)
’ is the ballad Hard Td Say’

I'm Sorry, co-written. by

. Ceterd and producer. David

Foster and released as the
album’s. first single, In
addition to the fine, eaay
melody and a good har-
monic ‘vocal presentation,
that number breaks the too
obvious ‘formula - per-
_Meating. the: package.
Chicago 16 also includes a
raucous rendition of Chains,

the. Ian "Thomas -tune that

appeared on the Canadian
singer's last _ album, ‘The
Runner... a

- Coincidentally, - ‘Thomas, ,
‘who has yet to break out big .
in the U.S. markel,. is also |

representéd on. the ‘new
album by America, View
From the Ground (Caplitel).
And that oné track — Right

. Before. Your Eyes, which |

first appeared on Thomas's.
six"year-old release

- Calabash — says in a-nul-

Shell why America will
probably never- achieve any
real significance ii in ‘popular
. recording: — a

This band,- actually now
no ‘more than “a duo, has

‘spent .about a decade of
_Tecording in search. of ‘an

identity, liberally
borrowing from other ar-

tists along the way. Case in’
point. is the gentle Thomas:
ballad, on which they don't

even exercise enough

imagination. to style their |

own vocal arrangement.

’ And when Gerry Beckley
anid: ‘Dewey Bunnell (a.k.a
América)are. not waxing
harmony a la Crosby, Stills
and:-Nash, which ‘they are
prone todo; they treat the
listener to some of the most
vapid, lifeless pop this aide
of the Carpenters. .

. Not that it adds anything —
_ to this vinyl yawn, but trivia ~~
. buffs. may ‘be pleased to’:

- know that Billy Mumy — the -

freckled kid on the early:

"60s TV: series Lost.in Space

— is: alive. and: well in
Anierica, as, one of several
and -song