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Show 10M The Salt Lake Tribune Friday, January For the record 17, 1'JfA Eddie Murphy as singer? Thanks, hut well pass By Tom McCarthey Tribune Staff Writer EDDIE MURPHY, How Could It Be (Columbia) By now you've probably heard the single Party All The Time either on the radio, television or at a basketball game It is one of the most popular songs of 1986 What the single proves is that the comedianactor has a Record review tiny bit of singing talent What the album as a whole shows, however, is that Murphy has a ways to go before he can be taken seriously as a recording star Unfortunately the only good song on How Could It Be is Party All The Time. But its certainly not a bad first effort. Murphy gets plenty of help on the Eddie Murphy Makes Singing Debut Song opposing apartheid to air Monday In an attempt to draw attention to apartheid in South Africa, a nationwide coordinated broadcast of the new single "Sun City" will be aired Monday at 2 20 pm. The effort will coincide with the observance of Martin Luther Kings birthday. The song, recorded by a melange of rock, pop and jazz stars calling themselves Artists Against Apartheid, can 94 9). be heard on (KLRZ-FWe should do what we can to draw attention to South African apartheid," said Dan McKay, radio personality for We took a poll of our listeners, asking what we could do to let people know what is going on in South Africa. The best idea was to organize the playing of "Sun City across the nation on Martin Luther Kings birthday, and weve gotten a lot of support, he added. McKay is known as the Zookeeper on the Zoo. He and Joan Forster, another of morning personalities, are currently working with members of the Legislature in hopes of making Kings birthday a legal holiday in Utah. Sun City is a $90 million gambling and golfing resort located in one of South Africa's independent homelands. Royalties from the record are being' donated to the African Fund, a charitable trust based in New York. The income will benefit political prisoners in South Africa. Among the artists appearing on "Sun City are Little Steven, Pat Jimmy Cliff, Miles Davis, Bob Geldof, Herbie Hancock, John Oates, Lou Reed, Gil Scott-HeroBruce Shop Weekdays 10-- album from Rick James and Stevie Wonder, two soulful compatriots who cannot salvage the project The problem is, all the songs sound pretty much the same. That's not to say the lyrics are bad. They are not. Even Murphy pens four of the songs, and one, My God Is Color Blind, stands out, if only for his universal plea to rid the world of racism. If only Wonder or James had sung the songs Anyway, Murphy is such a star that he can do whatever he wants and get away with it. JAMES TAYLOR, Thats Why Im How refreshing Here (Columbia) it is to hear Mr. Taylor on record again Sweet Baby James continues to write and sing about personal relationships, experiences and feelings e with a deft, touch. As always, Taylor mixes the sweet with the bittersweet on his latest. close-to-hom- For a man who has gone through Saturday 10-f- HEART-BREAKER- Planta Live (MCA) tion Petty and company present a greatest hits package guaranteed to appeal to roc k d 'n' roll fans The set gives listeners a portfolio of Pettys musical strengths It also is living proof of why Petty is one of rock's most popular figures "Breakdown," "The "Refugee, Waiting" and "You Got Lucky, pernumbers, haps Petty's are here in living stereo "Breakdown" in particular stands out because the crowd sings every word So You Want To Be Five oldies A Rock N Star, "Shout," "Don't Bring Me Down," "Stories We Could Tell" and "Needles And Pins" (complete with a Stevie Nicks duet) give the album a timeless quality "Pack Up The Plantation" is a fine live compilation of Pettys work of the last decade two-recor- best-know- n Closed Sunday i d on S ltlLesses r, Townshend and Bobby Womack. 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That's why I'm here " VV 9 5 Ben-ata- severe depression, public divorce and heroin addiction, Taylor sounds in f,ne fettle In fact, he sounds like a man who is at peace with himself after all these years He makes this perfectly clear on the title cut, when it finally dawns on him that the reason he is here is to make good music His resolve is never more evident that in the verse that goes "Fortune Going Around One More Time penned by brother Livingston, is an optimistic ditty about having your heart broken by one person and then finding salvation through another "My heart had been broken, And I couldn't take no more, I shuttered up my wtndous, And took one look at you, And 1 nearly lost my mind," sings Taylor Turn Away is a plunge into the e hear Taylor depths of lost love sing "And now your eyes wont meet mine, You turn away you turn away, I never want to taste that sweet wine again. 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