Original release: Scholastic Records FS 12010 / Contact, 1971
Produced by: Sheila Turner and Robert Mack
Interviews by Sheila Turner
Comments: Entertaining odyssey through
a drug-ridden America in 1971, put together by a Sheila Turner who interviews addicts,
doctors, therapists and more, mostly from Illinois and New York. Highpoints
include a weed-smoker being verbally abused by a bitchy classmate, a 14-year
old Puerto Rican laying out the harsh facts of NYC ghetto life in a cool
Hispanic accent, and a braindead-sounding LSD casualty mumbling about her
lost dreams. Best of all is the unforgettably titled "Reaching out to
a glue sniffer", which opens with maniac therapy ravings upon which Ms
Turner explains that this is "Stuart", a glue sniffer whose problem
is that he can get high on almost anything. Stuart then speaks in a calmer
manner, confesses to "feelings of stupidity", and hopes that he
may one day be able to clean up his act.
Among the adults interviewed a Louie Armstrong-soundalike judge speaks of
his experiences of misguided legislation and suggests that "my wife may
be an addict", while a doctor talks of the shocking drug scenes he
encountered at a rock festival. Lotta fun.
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LamaSivartDoz 2002