Description
Whatcha Gonna Do? is an album by the American pop combo Amplified Version, released on NewPax Records in 1975, distributed by Word. The album was recorded by Ron Reynolds, Tom Semmes, Warren Peterson, and Lee Hazen at Sound Stage Studios, Columbia Recording Studio “A”, Starday Studios, and Pete Drake Studio in Nashville, Tennessee; with Gary S. Paxton, Joe Moscheo, and Bob MacKenzie producing. Mixed by Peterson, Semmes, and Paxton. Basic track arrangements by Paxton. String arrangements by Ronn Huff. Horn arrangements by Buddy Skipper and Phil Forrest.
Gary S. Paxton. Not a name that’s typically bandied about by the cultured rocker. He’s got way too much Nashville gospel/MOR to penetrate that crowd. But you know what? The guy can go from normal to total wacko in no time flat. And when he does, It’s Dr. John meets Barry McGuire in Dr. Demento’s backyard. Of course none of this should come as any surprise given his unusual album titles, odd cover photos and songs like «You Ain’t Smokin’ Those Cigarettes (Baby They’re Smokin’ You)», «Will There Be Hippies In Heaven?», «Fat, Fat Christians», «There’s Goes A Cigar Smokin’ A Man», «The Clone Affair» and the morbid «When The Meat Wagon Comes For You». Cuts like «Victims Of The System», «Sophisticated Savages», «Mental Pollution», «I’m Hooked On A Good Thing», «Ninevah Noose» and «Images» show the boy is certainly capable of brewing up a slick brass-funky swamp-rock groove when called for. Still a lot of traditional songs to wade through, but ultimately worth your time for Gary’s weirdo half. [Ken Scott, The Archivist, 4th edition]
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LP tracklist:
Side One
A1. “Jesus Is My Lawyer In Heaven” – 3:12
A2. “What ‘Cha Gonna’ Do (When You Ain’t A Kid No More)” – 2:15
A3. “I Just Came To Praise The Lord” – 3:10
A4. “Jesus Keeps Takin’ Me Higher And Higher” – 3:17
A5. “He Was There All The Time” – 3:50
Side Two
B1. “The Gadget Man” – 6:44
B2. “Life Is The Son” – 3:37
B3. “Victim Of The System” – 2:59
B4. “Let There Be Music” – 3:10
B5. “Jesus Can” – 3:24
Note: Simultaneously released on 8-track tape, cassette, and 12-inch vinyl LP by NewPax Records.
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