new vinyl and tape report wea

Rip It Up, Issue 121, 1 August 1987, Page 33

new vinyl and tape report wea

ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN Echo & the Bunnymen The long-awaited return to vinyl by lan McCulloch, Will Sergeant, Les Pattinson & Pete De Freitas. Among the guest musicians is Doors' Ray Manzarek. Another excellent LP from this classic Liverpool band.

JILL JONES Jill Jones A unique debut LP from a young lady with her own style mixed with a little Paisley Park magic. Prince co-produces and co-writes 3 excellent tracks while Jill Jones writes and producees the bulk of the LP. A tasty selection from funk to bollards.

MANOWAR Fighting the World This fearless four have come to save heavy metal from the clutches of wimps. They're on a mission to save the world from mediocrity! Death to false metal! Long live the hardest, fastest, loudest band in the world.

HUXTON CREEPERS 12 Days to Paris A great album by Melbourne's highly regarded Huxton Creepers, who are touring NZ soon. Their four-piece showcases the writing talent of Paul Thomas and Rob Craw. Don't miss them!

ROBERT CRAY Who's Been Talkin' At last, available in NZ, Cray's fabulous debut LP from 1978, digitally remastered. The instrumentation is richer than his later recordings, great horn players. Cray plays his own blues and such classics as Willie Dixon's Too Many Cooks'.

ANDY SUMMERS XYZ The Police lead guitarist offers a new solo LP, different from his solo instrumental work, here Andy is vocalist as well as composer for all the tracks. Co-producer is Genesis veteran David Hentschel. Another chapter inhis exceptional career in music.

TWISTED SISTER Love is for Suckers Dee Snider & the Boys are back in town with one mutha of an LP. Ten first-rate rock & roll scorchers from the title track to 'l'm So Hot For You', 'Me & the Boys', to 'Hot Love'. Producer is Ratt-man Beau Hill.

THE CALL Into the Woods A critics' fave, a cult fave, a talented band appreciated by such major artists as Simple Minds and Peter Gabriel who have chosen The Call as opening band and asked Th° Call's Michael Been to play on their LPs. An excellent follow-up to last year's 'Reconciled'.

SAMMY HAGAR Sammy Hagar Hot on the heels of his multi-platinum LP with Van Halen, Sammy has worked with Eddie Van Halen producing & playing bass, while Sammy plays guitar and storms through this selection of classic Hagar. Classic rock & roll!

JENNY MORRIS Body & Soul The very talented Ms Morris delivers a fabulous debut LP with her 'Body & Soul', 'You're Gonna Get Hurt' and new single 'You I Know'. After starring with NZ's Crocodiles, touring with INXS, Jenny shows here why she's voted Australia's top female vocalist.

THE FIXX React Never standing still, this remarkable band, present here studio (4) and live tracks (6) produced, engineered & mixed by Hugh Padgham (Police, Split Enz, Phil Collins). A significant combination of talent and sounds.

FROZEN GHOST Frozen Ghost The new landscape — Arnold Lanni and Wolf Hassel explore the modern landscape — Lanni is the songwriter, vocalist & does the programming. Hassel is the bassist and background voaclist. Captivating new music.

THE DOORS Live at the Hollywood Bowl This six track mini album features live cuts from the Doors 1 968 'Live at the Hollywood Bowl' home video. Tracks are 'Light My Fire', 'Wake Up', 'Unknown Soldier', 'Spanish Caravan', 'A Little Game' and 'The Hill Dwellers'.

THE BREAKAWAYS We Know How to Win A specially priced mini-LP for the Auckland Ranfurly Shield rugby team. Souvenir edition features autographs & Sheild programme. Proceeds towards Auckland junior rugby.

HANK WILLIAMS, JR Born To Boogie After his hot live IP, Hank storms back into the studio with producer Barry Beckett and gets down with choogling title track, 'Honky Tonk Women' and 'Young Country' a song that enlists the participation of Steve Earle and Highway 101. Hank sure is born to boogie!

THE REPLACEMENTS Pleased to Meet Me The alternative Minneapolis sound, recorded in famous Argent studios of Memphis by producer Jim Dickinson. Once again, the Replacements prove to be crucial USA music with tracks such as 'Alex Chilton' and 'LO.U'.

STEVE EARLE & THE DUKES J ExitO ' The followup to 'Guitar Town' his mighty debut for MCA is here. They call him the Springsteen of country — he's a great writer and a great guitarist. Very contemporary, hard-living, hard-rocking new country music. Beer drinkers start here!

BEVERLY HILLS COP 2 Movie Soundtrack Once again Eddie Murphy is joined by an all star line-up of artists and songs. George Michaels with 'I Want Your Sex' and hot tracks by Bob Seger, Corey Hart, Charlie Sexton, Pointer Sisters, Jermaine Jackson & lots more...

THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS Movie Soundtrack The newest James Bond soundtrack is very special, with the theme song performed by A-Ha and two tracks by Chrissie Hynde and the Pretenders. Hot film, hot LP!

PAT METHENY Still Life Talking Coming from the pure experiment with Ornette Coleman, this time out Pat Metheny with his reformed group, employs vocals, latin percussion and many varied instruments with a straightahead rhythm section. Pat Metheny explores a new level!