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Rip It Up, Issue 29, 1 December 1979, Page 8

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SPLIT ENZ LP SOON

New Split Enz manager, Nathan Brenner, visited Auckland recently to arrange a new NZ record distributor and to plan a February tour. Here is the news the new album was recorded in five weeks with 21 year old David Tickle as producer and engineer, at Armstrongs, Melbourne. (Tickle worked on Enz's "I See Red" and was engineer on the Chapman produced, Knack and Blondie sessions.) Brenner is confident that the new IP, unlike Frenzy, will achieve US and UK release. One Rip It Up sneaky-listen was enough to comprehend their manager's optimism. Enz fans are in for a post-Xmas treat. Also in the new year, expect the Beginning of the Enz LP, a compilation of pre-Mental Notes singles. STREET TALK RECORD Kim Fowley will visit NZ in January to produce Street Talk’s second album. They will record at Mandrill Studios with Glyn Tucker as engineer, for two weeks starting about January 12. In November the band recorded 14 demos in preparation for January’s recording. RIPPER RECORD Look out for AK 79, a backstreet compilation of new wave cuties on Ripper Records. (Where did they g6t that name?) Rip It Up hasn’t sighted the vinyl yet, but the track listing is a real groove Scavengers’ “Mysterex” and "True Love”, Proud Scum's “I am a Rabbit” and "Suicide”, Terrorways’ "She’s a Mod" and "Never Been to Borstal”, Swingers’ "Certain Sound” and "Baby”, Primmers’ "You're Gonna Get Done” and "Funny Stories” and those loveable chartbusters, Toy Love, contribute their demos of "Squeeze” and "Toy Love Song". (This fine companion to your bound RIUs was originally titled The Way We Were.) For more info write to Ripper Records, PO Box 47-385, Ponsonby, Auckland.