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THIS WEEK'S crop of sound tidbits features a new, young artist poised to snatch the throne from Prince; a highly listenable exercise in multiple personality disorder from the Eurythmics; a crisp collection of standards from Wynton Marsalis, the man with the golden trumpet; and a nod to the Stones at the height of their creativity. -

The disc is a sentimental journey for thase old enough to roman- ticize the past and 4 perfect in- troduction for those young enough to be curious.

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Terence Trent D'Arby — In- troducing The Hard Line Acccor- ding To Terence Trent D’Arby, CBS 1987

He says he’s going to be bigger

_than Madonna in 18 months time. Listening ! v the debut album zipp- ing up the charts, you kind of have to believe he’s more than just another ego with a mouth.

D’Arby's got a strong R&B voice, good hook-laden tunes and fine production on this North American debut album, The disco went platinum in England just three weeks after a July '87 release in England.

The Manhattan-born son of a New York gospel singing mother and Pentecostal preaching father, D’ Arby, 25, is currently based in England.

The album is loaded with poten- tial hits. If You All Get To Heaven, Wishing Well, and Sign Your Name stand out as the kind of tunes that ramble on inside your head long after listening. The acappella As Yet Untitled shows off a blistering blue, haunting voice. ;

Watch out for this guy.

Eurythmics — Savage, RCA 1987 It shouldn't work —- but it does.

Stones — Let It Bleed, 1986 Abkco

Ever since synthesizers arose to compete with the guitar to bend the ears and mind of the popular music consumer, Eurythmics have become onc of the few bands around to squeeze warm-blooded soul from microchip vibes.

The combination of Annie Len- nox’s powerhouse cast of vocal characters and David Stewart’s barren synth backdrop makes for some hot aural moments this time around on Savage.

Standout cuts include I Need A Man, Shame, and I Need You, a curious acoustic guitar-accom- panied sadomasochistic romp through Lennox land.

Wynton Marsalis — Standard Time — Volume i, CBS 1987

A flawless ensemble effort by Marsalis on trumpet; Marcus Roberts, piano; Robert Hurst, bass; Jeff Watts, drums.

This smooth mix of great popu- lar classics, including Ellington's Caravan and Mercer’s Autumn Leaves, is stretched and pulled through the improvisation jazz wr- inger and imbued with new life.

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HIS ALBUM, Introducing the Hard Line According to Terence Trent B’Arby, went platinum in England three months after its July 1987 release, so D’Arby’s claim that he wili be bigger than Madonna in 18 months may have some validity.

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MASTER TENOR and alto sax and flute player James Moody breezes into town with the James Moody Quartet for an 8 p.m. show, Saturday, Feb. 6, at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre.

Moody, a Grammy Award win- ner, first attracted attention in 1946 as a member of Dizzy Gillespie’s band.

Tickets are available at VTC/ CBO outlets for $12.

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While the event didn't receive the media hoopla the Beatles did in the jump from vinyl LP to CD, this digital reworking of the classic Stones '69 rebuttal to the fab four- some’s Let It Be, is worth a re- listening.

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