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Rip It Up, Issue 33, 1 April 1980, Page 13

George Jones, My Very Special Guests (Epic) Designed to introduce honky-tonk, country singer George Jones to a wider audience, this collection of ten duets with famous people is an uneven bunch. It ranges from the predictably good (Willie Nelson; Tammy Wynette) to the unpredictably bad (Linda Ronstadt; Emmy-Lou Harris) plus a couple of real left-field successes and all the more intriguing for that in the tracks with Elvis Costello and the Staples Singers. AD Live Wire, Pick It Up (A&M) From London, Live Wire, on this their debut album produced by Glyn Johns, are hot on the trail left by overnite successes, Dire Straits. Vocalist/songwriter/rhythm guitarist Michael Edwards is nothing if not a Mark Knopfler clone boasting the same lazy drawl and loping reggae songs with the worldly lyrical slant. Live Wire are implied power and authentic style but Dire Straits hero worship seems like a one way ticket. Wanted: one new identity. GK The Knack, ... but the little girls understand (Capitol) The kings of leer weigh in with their second album which rates largely as a disappointment. Their flat-tack pop songs are as successful as before, but attempts at retreading “My Sharona” ("Baby Talks Dirty”), rewriting the Stones’ “Beast of Burden" (“Price On Love”) and performing 1961 style wimp-ballads are failures. Their limitations as writers, musicians and singers are becoming clear. AD

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